Surfer dude stuns everyone

Telegraph.co.uk

- Nov 15, 2007

- 12 hours ago

Lisi's inspiration lies in the most elegant and intricate shape known to mathematics, called E8 - a complex, eight-dimensional mathematical pattern with 248 ...

Confessions of a Bialy Hater

Last night we made a trip to our local supermarket to buy groceries. Not uncommon and barely worth mentioning, except that this evening the seeds of a rift in our marriage were planted in the bread aisle of Trade Fair. ...

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Jessica Simpson Clothing Line

Jessica Simpson: I want a family man

TransWorldNews (press release)

, USA

- Nov 15, 2007

- 4 hours ago

Meanwhile, Simpson seems to be doing just fine by herself. She recently launched her own clothing line. Her ‘Jessica Simpson Collection’ includes handbags, ...

http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=28149&cat=2

The Liberty dollar

The future of an Evansville-based company that produces a "private voluntary barter currency" known as the Liberty Dollar is in question after federal agents raided the facility this week, according to an e-mail sent by its founder. ...

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natalia livingston

For more resources about Natalia Livingston Staying Put at General Hospital or for the full story of General Hospital please review this link http://www.buddytv.com Before last month ended, General Hospital actress Natalia Livingston ...

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Who heard Junny Rios-Martinez’ appeal? Injection issue may delay another execution Detroit Free Press, United States - 11 hours ago Mark D. Schwab is to die by lethal injection for the 1991 death of 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez. ...

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Execution of Child Killer can be appealed

This is the latest in the on again, off again execution of Mark Dean Schwab, who was convicted of killing a Brevard County child. One court stayed his execution yesterday. Today, an appeals court overturned that stay (Appeals Court: ...

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_homicide/

New Cabbage Soup Diet

You should go here to read about the new cabbage soup diet and how to do it. Tell your friends!
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mistake on news feed when someone got struck by lightning

http://www.break.com/index/lightning-victim-news-tape-mess-up.html

Awesome satelite view of our sunlight

http://www.opentopia.com/sunlightmaprect.html

VISTA DEATH WATCH

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2209837,00.asp

So happy i became a switcher last year!

Your switching my apartment over to Comcast.. I'm moving out

http://blogs.pcworld.com/communityvoices/archives/2007/11/youre_switching.html
The apartment complex I live in near Greenbelt, Maryland, is switching all residents to Comcast. That's reason enough for me to move out.

Uh-oh. It's Enron all over again

Everything was supposed to be different in the post-Enron era. So why, asks Fortune's Bethany McLean, does it feel like someone hit rewind?

By Bethany McLean, Fortune editor-at-large

November 14 2007: 5:06 AM EST

(Fortune Magazine) -- Start with the headlines about off-balance-sheet entities known as structured investment vehicles, or SIVs (or sieves, as some wags are calling them). As Gertrude Stein never said, an off-balance-sheet vehicle is an off-balance-sheet vehicle is an off-balance-sheet vehicle.

Just as Enron's off-balance-sheet vehicles were propping up its stock price by camouflaging the company's real financial results, so SIVs were inflating the credit market by providing demand for the complex securities created out of mortgages and loans used to finance buyouts.

Like Enron's off-balance-sheet vehicles, SIVs were invisible to those on the outside -- and to many on the inside -- until they weren't. When times were good, these creations made money for their sponsors, but when times changed, they became a problem for the rest of us.

It's a little bit like "heads I win, tails you lose," which is pretty much how a former Enron executive described that company's off-balance-sheet vehicles.

In both cases, part of the problem was that the rating agencies, which are supposed to serve as watchdogs, were blindly optimistic, either through sheer incompetence or because of conflicts of interest. Just as Enron's investment-grade rating -- which it kept until four days before its bankruptcy -- turned out to be an illusion, so did the investment-grade ratings on many mortgage-backed securities.

"Structured finance," as the Street calls the black art of making one thing look like something else, couldn't transform Enron from a money-losing company into a moneymaking one, and it couldn't make subprime mortgages into investment-grade debt.

Now the rating agencies are scrambling to explain why it isn't a problem that they are paid by the very people they're supposed to rate, and Congress is holding hearings. That's exactly what happened six years ago.

After Prince, more problems for Citi

Just as with Enron, the messy truth here is that some of the victims are also the villains. Buyers of these complex mortgage-backed securities didn't understand what they were getting, just as buyers of Enron's stock didn't understand its accounting.

But no one wants to remember two simple rules -- some things are too good to be true, and be wary of Wall Streeters bearing gifts -- when everyone seems to be making so much money. And the collateral damage always hits the true innocents, such as gas pipeline workers and homeowners.

While Marx may be right that history repeats itself, it rarely does so exactly. One of the biggest enablers of the Enron mess was the accounting firm Arthur Andersen. Today it appears that the accountants have gotten some backbone. In early October the Center for Audit Quality -- which has the backing of the Final Four accounting firms -- issued a paper saying that firms could not employ wishful thinking in valuing the complex securities on their books. And that just might explain the mammoth losses that firms are suddenly declaring.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/13/news/companies/bulldog_enron.fortune/index.htm

Cy Young

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Cy Young
Pitcher
Born: March 29, 1867
Died: November 4, 1955 (aged 88)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 6, 1890 for the Cleveland Spiders
Final game
October 11, 1911 for the Boston Rustlers
Career statistics
Win-Loss	511-316
E.R.A.	2.63
Strike Outs	2798
Teams
Cleveland Spiders (1890-1898) St. Louis Perfectos (1899-1900) Boston Americans/Red Sox (1901-1908) Cleveland Naps (1909-1911) Boston Rustlers (1911)
Career highlights and awards
Won the 1901 AL Triple Crown for Pitchers. 1st All-Time wins (511) 1st All-Time IP (7354 2/3) 1st All-Time Games Started (815) 1st All-Time Complete Games (749) Boston Red Sox Career Leader in WHIP (.97), Walks/9IP (.99) and Complete Games (275)
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Elected	1937
Vote	76.12%

For the Disney animator, see Cy Young (animator).

For the Major League Baseball award, see Cy Young Award.

Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American baseball player who pitched for five different major league teams from 1890 to 1911. He established numerous professional pitching records during his 22-year career in the majors, some of which have stood for a century. Young retired with 511 career wins, the most in MLB history and 94 more wins than Walter Johnson, who is second on the list.

In honor of Young's contributions to Major League Baseball, MLB created the Cy Young Award, an annual award given to the pitcher voted the most effective in each of the two leagues. The Baseball Hall of Fame elected Young in 1939. During his professional career, Young won at least 30 games in a season five times, with ten other seasons of 20+ wins. He also pitched three no-hitters, including the first perfect game of baseball's "modern era."^[1][a]

In addition to wins, Young holds the MLB records for most career innings pitched (7,355), most career games started (815), and most complete games (749). He also retired with 316 losses the most in MLB history (the only other pitcher with more than 300 career losses was Pud Galvin). Young had 76 career shutouts, fourth most in history.

In 1999, 88 years after his final Major League appearance and 44 years after his death, editors at The Sporting News ranked Cy Young 14th on their list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players". That same year, baseball fans named Young to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

Nigella Lawson

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Nigella Lucy Lawson
Nigella Lawson at a book signing
Born	January 6, 1960 (1960-01-06) (age 47) London, England
Occupation	Television presenter, cookery writer and journalist.
Spouse	Charles Saatchi
Children	2 (Cosima and Bruno)
Website	www.nigella.com

Nigella Lucy Lawson (born January 6, 1960) is an English journalist, food writer, broadcaster and television presenter. After graduating from Oxford, Lawson worked as a book reviewer and soon became the deputy literary editor of the Sunday Times. In 1998 she wrote her first cookery book entitled How to Eat which became an instant bestseller. Lawson wrote her second bestselling book, How to be a Domestic Goddess in 2000, winning her a prestigious British Book Award. Her career progressed in the United Kingdom when she hosted the successful Channel 4 cookery programme, Nigella Bites, which was accompanied with another bestseller. She also hosted a less successful chat show on ITV in 2005, which was followed by two highly successful cookery series on BBC Two. Lawson also enjoys a flourishing career in the United States where Nigella Feasts has been aired. Her own cookware range is reportedly worth £7 million a year^[1], and she has sold nearly 3 million cookery books worldwide.

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Your Guide to Ordering Coffee

If you go into a coffee shop and ask for a coffee, you’ll most likely be bombarded with a slew of questions as the barista tries to figure out exactly what type of beverage you have in mind. In order to get exactly what you want without wasting anyone’s time, you need to know the basics of ordering coffee.

There is a lot of coffee lingo – much more than most people need to know. However, you should learn some basic coffee vocabulary. Here’s a list of the most commonly used terms:

Americano: espresso and waterBarista: café equivalent of a bar tenderDrip coffee: good, old-fashioned brewed coffeeDry: more foamCafé Au Lait: drip coffee with steamed milkCaffe Breve: espresso and steamed half-n-halfCaffe Latte: espresso and streamed milkCaffe Mocha: espresso, steamed milk, and chocolateCappuccino: espresso and foamed milkEspresso Con Panna: shot of espresso with whipped creamEspresso Macchiato: shot of espresso with a dollop of foamSkinny: made with skim milkSteamer: steamed milk with syrupWet: less foam



Once you have learned the above terms, you should be able to communicate easily with the barista. Of course, each coffee shop has its own special drinks, so you will still need to look at the menu. If there is a line, you should look at the menu and decide what you want before you get to the front of the line. If you fail to do this – maybe you’re talking on your cell phone instead – you will greatly annoy the very busy barista, as well as the other people waiting in line.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5887/your_guide_to_ordering_coffee.html

Top 10 College Mascots - 2006

Top 10 College Mascots - 2006

1. General Scott(Mule), Army. In 1899, at the Army-Navy Game, the Navy football team appeared with a mascot, a handsome if smelly goat. Army fans looked hastily for a mascot of their own. The Army mule was already legendary for its roughness and endurance, so the mule was obvious. A quartermaster in Philadelphia stopped a passing ice truck, and the big white mule pulling it became the first Army mascot.

2. Uga (Bulldog), University of Georgia. Only mascot to attend the Heisman Award ceremonies. Hershel Walker said UGA looked better in a tux than he did. Sport Illustrated number 1 mascot. Bonus points for attacking an Auburn Football player during a game.

3. Bevo (Long Horn), University of Texas. The legend says that in 1916, either in retaliation over a humiliating loss to Texas, Texas A&M branded a Texas Longhorn steer with 13-0, the score of a previous A&M victory. In a example of turning lemons to lemonade, Texas rebranded the Longhorn. 13 became B. The hyphen became an E. A V was added then the zero remained as O. BEVO was born.

4. Ralphie (Buffalo), University of Colorado. Ralphie is a she and is a big, 1,300-pound buffalo with horns and hooves. Her top speed is around 20-25 MPH.

5. Bill the Goat, Navy. The first Bill the Goat appeared in 1893. Currently, Bill XXXI reigns as the 34th mascot and is the 30th goat to be named Bill.In 1893, however, a live goat named El Cid made his debut as a mascot at the fourth Army-Navy game. El Cid was a gift to the Brigade of Midshipmen from officers of the USS New York. The goat helped Navy win 6-3 over Army that year, so he it was adopted as part of the team.

6. Traveller (White Horse), USC. Traveler first made an appearance at USC football games in 1961. Whenever USC scores, the band plays "Conquest" and Traveler gallops around the Coliseum.

7. Falcon, Air Force Acedamy. The falcon was the first collegiate mascot-and a wild creature at that-to perform at sports events, free and untethered. Here is the fascinating history of this unique performing mascot, from the ancient art of falconry to the use of these magnificent birds in reaching out to the public to entertain and to educate.

8. Mike the Tiger, LSU. One of LSU’s traditions is for Mike to parade around the field with the LSU cheerleaders perched on top of his cage-on-wheels. Mike’s trailer stops in front of the Tiger Band and the student section. LSU tradition dictates that the Tigers will score a touchdown for every time Mike growls before the game. According to Baker, Mike the Tiger does not appear to like Mike the Mascot, or any other mascot for that matter. Mike tends to roar at the mascot almost every time he sees him, predicting a touchdown for LSU and exciting the crowd inside Death Valley.

9. Renegade (Horse), FSU. Renegade and Chief Osceola have been representing FSU for over 25 years. "My wife ... thought up the idea of getting a horse and a rider, which began the Renegade and Osceola theme," Head Coach Bobby Bowden remembers. "Bill Durham is the one who got the horse and carried it out and kind of took it over, which is good because he is doing an excellent job."

10. Reveille (American Collie), Texas A&M. In 1931, Reveille came to Texas A&M when some cadets hit a small black and white dog on their way back from Navasota. They picked up the dog and brought her back to school so they could care for her. The next morning, when "Reveille" was blown, the dog started barking and then was named after this morning wakeup call. The next football season she was named the official mascot.
    
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11. Joy and Lady (Bears), Baylor University. A series of bears have served as Baylor's mascot, but the best known was Joe College, who came to Baylor through the work of Baylor student, Bill Boyd. Boyd bought the bear from a Texas zoo that went broke. He then approached Baylor's president and offered to take care of the bear in exchange for free tuition. The president accepted the deal and the tradition of live bears as mascots has continued since.

12. Handsome Dan (Bulldog), Yale. The oldest continuous college mascot. For over 115 years and 15 previous bulldogs have represented Yale.

13. Smokey (Blue tick hound), University of Tennessee. In 1953, a student poll revealed a desire to select a live mascot. The Tennessee Pep Club held a contest in 1953 to select a coonhound, a native breed of the state, as the mascot to represent the school. Announcements of the contest in local newspapers read, “This can’t be an ordinary hound. He must be a ‘Houn’ Dog’ in the best sense of the word.”

14. Tusk, (Russian Boar), University of Arkanas. The live boar mascot tradition dates back to the 1960s and several hogs have represented Arkansas through the years. Tusk, a Russian boar (380 lbs.) that closely resembles a wild razorback hog, is the current official live mascot. He lives on a local farm and leaves his home to attend all Arkansas home games.

15. Cam the Ram, Colorada State. In 1947, the students at Colorado State, known at that time as the Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College, voted on a permanent mascot. They chose the Rambouillet Ram as the official mascot. The name CAM represented "Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical."

16. Rameses (Ram), University of North Carolina. In 1922, the idea of having a ram as a mascot came from a bruising fullback named Jack Merritt. Merritt was nicknamed "the battering ram" for the way he plunged into lines. It seemed natural to have a mascot to symbolize the style of play of this player.

17. Jack, English Bulldog, Georgetown. In 1962, "Jack" and the breed of English Bulldog was formally adopted the official mascot of Georgetown.

18. Tiger (Golden Eagle). Auburn University. The namesake of Auburn's battle cry "War Eagle" is represented by a live eagle named "Tiger". At every home football game, "Tiger" is released into free flight from the upper deck of Jordan-Hare Stadium. To a deafening roar of the cheer 'Waaarrrrr Eagle'. Even though Tiger is really a symbol for Auburn University, she made the best mascot list. Tiger retired at the end of the 2006 season and was replaced by Nova.

Jonathan XII, University on Connecticut. This Jonathan is the 12th mascot in a line that began in 1934.(reported that he retired 2 years ago)