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Snackman, I admire your loyalty to Sprague, but either he's lying or he's incompetent. He's batting 0.000 lately.
I don't know if he doesn't know how to close, gives things away below cost to 'plant flags' or just doesn't know what he's doing. And I really don't care.
All the DD in the world won't keep this stock afloat -- only solid recurring sales will.
That's why I'm out, and will stay out, in spite of provacative DD, until the bottom line is black.
Hmmm...I don't normally go to Indy Jones movies for a dash of reality...
Planning on seeing it next week.
Australian flagship store (on George street in Sydney) will be opening next month, and speculation is that this will be coincident with the launch of 3G capable iPhones (so far announced for Vodafone, Optus and Telstra -- no word from Hutch yet).
Should be nice....
I don't think it is. It's becrypt.
very impressive.
I watched it again and again...
With all due respect awk, what guidance has Steven given in the past that could be construed in hindsight to be anywhere near accurate?
"Guidance" would have no impact, as that bolt has been shot repeatedly in the past.
Higher than expected revenues -- that would have an impact (5 mill or more, I'd say, would be needed to effect that impact)
The initial interest,and what got me nto this stock 10 years ago, was indeed the technology.
The repeated failure to execute -- as seen by the poor financials -- is what got me out.
It's been COOLING since 2000, and we are having the coldest, wettest April on almost 80 years here in Australia. Global warming my ass.
I'm telling ya, the rest of the (democratic) world looks at the American presidential election process as a joke.
A full year of dicking around to determine who the nominees will be for the two major parties (fortunately one of them has already been decided) spending (wasting?) 10's of millions of dollars that could be better spend on infrastructure (if nothing else, to keep bridges bridging)
Are we really expected to believe that it takes that long to determine who will lead the party into an election? I'm not an American, and can't take part in the process, but as a Canadian who thinks the democratic system in Canada (and Australia and UK, among others) works just fine, I'm amazed at the contortions gone through by my American neighbours (in spirit, if not geographically)
As I see it now, from the outside, the Democrats don't have a hope in the next election. McCain, the 'presumptive', is sitting back having a good old chuckle at the Democrats ripping themselves apart. I can't tell Obama and Clinton apart policy-wise (not that much policy has been discussed in the past 6 months) and, very surprising to me, a fairly hefty chunk of supporters from both democratic sides have stated they will vote Republican should 'their' preferred nominee not make it. Madness!
I'm living in Oz right now. From John Howard's announcement of an election to his ousting by KRudd took, I believe, 6 weeks.
Think about it. Both parties in any democratic country are active through the non-election years and anybody paying even the slightest attention knows how those parties will behave after an election. Why spend a year, or more, belabouring the issue?
Blows my mind.
It's fiction.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23411799-7583,00.html
Climate facts to warm to
March 22, 2008
CATASTROPHIC predictions of global warming usually conjure with the notion of a tipping point, a point of no return.
Last Monday - on ABC Radio National, of all places - there was a tipping point of a different kind in the debate on climate change. It was a remarkable interview involving the co-host of Counterpoint, Michael Duffy and Jennifer Marohasy, a biologist and senior fellow of Melbourne-based think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Anyone in public life who takes a position on the greenhouse gas hypothesis will ignore it at their peril.
Duffy asked Marohasy: "Is the Earth still warming?"
She replied: "No, actually, there has been cooling, if you take 1998 as your point of reference. If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued. This is certainly not what you'd expect if carbon dioxide is driving temperature because carbon dioxide levels have been increasing but temperatures have actually been coming down over the last 10 years."
Duffy: "Is this a matter of any controversy?"
Marohasy: "Actually, no. The head of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has actually acknowledged it. He talks about the apparent plateau in temperatures so far this century. So he recognises that in this century, over the past eight years, temperatures have plateaued ... This is not what you'd expect, as I said, because if carbon dioxide is driving temperature then you'd expect that, given carbon dioxide levels have been continuing to increase, temperatures should be going up ... So (it's) very unexpected, not something that's being discussed. It should be being discussed, though, because it's very significant."
...and this is why I am still on the sidelines. I need to see that Wave can break even.
"... it has agreed to sell 3,173,500 shares of its Class A common stock at a price of $1.10 per share, yielding gross proceeds of approximately $3.5 million. Investors in the private placement will also receive five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 952,050 shares of Wave’s Class A Common Stock for $1.15 per share. The net proceeds of the financing, approximately $3.3 million, will be used to fund Wave’s ongoing operations.{/i}
Yeah, I know, probably the least painful way of funding (except for self-funding), but while I believe they've got a great niche in the trusted computing market, I'm not convinced that niche is big enough to fund what they are trying to do.
Hottie/Nottie.
No intention at all to ever see this, but reading the reviews has been brilliant.
I especially like this excerpt:
http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=381696&rel_no=1&back_url=
It’s almost needless to describe how awful “Hottie” is. It’s a total and complete misfire of intention and execution; an utterly worthless, unfunny sack of pain that doesn’t deserve anyone’s time or attention. It’s best to ignore it, like one might avoid say the plague or a “Two and a Half Men” studio taping. Oh yes, it’s that bad.
"Ellen Page is well on her way to A list status"
Home town girl doing good. Great to see
The FA cup is known for the opportunity it provides lower league (even non-leage) teams to play with the big boys.
Last night Havant & Waterlooville -- a team 5 divisions below the premier league -- met Liverpool, 6 time winners of the FA cup. H&W are 123 places below Liverpool. And not only did they score first, but that kept L'pool to a 2-2 draw at the half. The Liverpool dressing room must have been pretty ugly. I expect Rafa lost his voice. Ultimately fitness won out, Liverpool fielded some of their first string in the second half and H&W lost 5-2 to be knocked out of the Cup.
But for 45 minutes they were the better team on the pitch.
Tragic. Top of the news here in Oz
RIM (service provider of Blackberry) already has a very secure private network. Even if a Verizon, or ATT or Vodafone offer BB service, it is through RIM's network, with private IP addresses and very secure. It's no accident that while Paris Hilton's T-Mobile BB wannabe was hacked, BB itself has yet to be.
Certainly, a mobile TPM equivalent would help it, but the way they are structured, network security-wise, is world class.
Good point.
And a happy New Year to you too....
;^)
To poke my nose in, for a bit...
If it's illegal to make copies for personal use, then all those mix tapes I made in the 70's and 80's should send me away for quite a long time...
The fact that Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) recently joined TCG is interesting. The mobile phone part of Nokia is NOT a part of NSN. The activitied of Nokia in the TCG in the past has been exclusively in the mobile space. Will be watching to see where this goes.
Just saw the trailer for The Dark Knight.
Had some reservations about Heath as Joker, but he certainly pulls it off...
http://www.moviecentre.net/upcomingmovies/trailer/movie_id_1814.htm
You should try it. Coaching, especially the younger ages (up to 10's) is very rewarding.
Of course, I've always wanted to be a teacher.
As long as the fun aspect of the game is stressed over the 'win at all costs' that some parents seem to push, you'll do fine.
Great fireworks display in Sydney to end the year, bring in 2008
Happy New Year, and I hope 2008 trumps 2007.
Cheers.
To coach all you rally need is the grassroots program, half a day.
I took it upon myself to do the next two levels. And I'll do the Senior certificate next offseason (November). Fortunately the club will reimburse the fees (if you choose to take advantage of that). At about $200 - $250 per, it's nice to have that option.
Happy New Year, and best of luck in your soccer endeavours in 2008.
My opinion...
...but the price is where it is solely due to the lack of black ink on the bottom line.
I know, I know...the story is compelling now, and the ducks are all truly lined up and boarding the train, but the promises have been made in the past, and not fulfilled, and there are some that won't believe it until they see it.
And you can't argue with that.
I'm looking forward more to his next one...Hancock...
Trailer is very funny.
For those that have some down time over the holidays (and I recommend all should take time to 'sharpen the saw') and feel like a hell of a yarn (with tons of crypto references), allow me to point you in the direction of Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson.
Bruce Schneier (diligent Wavoids would know that name) even develops a crytosystem based on a deck of cards for the book. A workable, albeit somewhat confusing to my middle-aged, old dog not looking for new tricks brain, crytosystem.
And if you've never read Stephenson before, it's fast (even though it's 900+ pages) and dryly funny.
Happy New Year all...
freakin' near nuthin' works with Vista...
...which is why I switched to iMac a couple of months ago.
crackin' game.
Friendly my ass, though...
final score, Sydney FC 5 - 3 LA Galaxy
There was an act of pure lunacy when one of the LA Galaxy players (can't remember the name) intentionally trod on Sydney FC's Biddle's arm while he was on the ground. The resulting mêlée looked suspiciously like a hockey game
edit: Harmse was the idiot...
Well, thus Sunday is the last Sunday of the 4 Sunday Youth Coaching certificate...wish me luck. If I want to go for the Senior certificate in the future (and I will), I need to get an advance pass in this one.
My 'test' will be to set up a small sided game to teach "controlling and moving the ball". Should be fun. My son came along last Sunday and had a ball (in a manner of speaking). There'll be at least 10 kids there this Sunday. So, instead of a bunch of other coaches as test subjects -- who, by the way, know what I'm trying to achieve and will try to help -- I'll have a bunch of kids that will have absolutely no idea what I'm trying to achieve. Should be an honest test.
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I was chatting with another dad while we were watching our sons at their weekly academy training session and we got talking about a particular set of parents (both husband and wife shared the same traits).
They are what I would have considered bullies when I was in grade school. The dad was my team manager last year (for what it's worth -- I did most of the management, in addition to the coaching). But what he really wanted to do was coach. (The club didn't agree). His coaching style, and their game day sideline demeanor, shouldn't be tolerated by anyone. Their targets include the players (both teams), opposing coaches and officials.
A far as I'm concerned, the basic idea when coaching (kids or adults) is to help develop their game and that includes attitude as well as skill. If you're yelling at the kids you're pushing the game in the wrong direction for them. Correct mistakes (that's why you're there), be firm with horsing around, but negative comments have no place in training.
Fortunately, the negative couple are no longer on the club committee. Unfortunately, they haven't been banned from showing up at games. I'll still have to deal with them (their son is on my team and is probably the best right back in his age group that I've seen -- and remarkably balanced despite his parents.
Being in one of those 'tomorrow' markets, I can tell you it's a dog chasing it's tail.
While you look at what's going on here as an indication of what will happen there, the financial reporters here speak of the follow on to expect from whatever happens in the NY markets...
Who's on first?
I have a sign that says" Never assume malice when ignorance can be the answer"
Or in this case, a typo.
I think the first delisting was in '97
right click the table and "save picture as"
I've coached informally (and without qualification, if truth be told) soccer for about 5 years. Last year I took the Grassroot and Junior certificate courses from Football NSW and became a "real" coach.
While my son went through the different soccer schools and academies I'd sit on the sidelines, notebook in hand, and poach all the good drills they had.
Turns out it was, for the most part, a waste of time.
I'm half way though the training for the Youth Football Certificate (2 of the 4 Sunday's down, two to go) and the focus, now, is a flip from what was taught in the past.
Before:
o teach the technique
o go through drill to reinforce the technique
o game play to practice the technique.
Seems like a great idea, but (and I know this from personal experience) drills are boring, kids have sort attention spans and the only fun they have is at the end of the session when the small sided game kicks in. By then, they're not interested in listening to what you are saying, and in reality, it's the application of the techniques in the game that really counts.
So, what is recommended now:
o start with small sided game play
o modify to reinforce a technique to score (i.e., if you want to work on crosses, stipulate that goals can only be scored off a cross.
o stop the play if the technique that you're coaching is going astray (and it will be). For example, if the crosses aren't getting loft, or goinging wide, or if the player doing the cross is stopping the play to set up the cross (an opportunity you would never get in a game), stop it, demonstrate how it's supposed to work, let them go through it slowly a couple of times without the time pressures of game play, then continue the game.
The 'drills' end up being an integral part of the game. And if you think about it, there's a huge gap in a kids mind between the drills you dthemo in a grid, and how to set up in game play. Reversing the order keeps the fun from the beginning and lets you set up development within the games.
I'll add some ideas through the weeks ahead -- if anyone else has any ideas, feel free to share them.
I'm in the middle of my next level coaching certificate course. Would love to take moderator status from you...
Cheers,
Ya see, this arguement only works if you're copying something you ALREADY BOUGHT
...but then again it's for my own personal use...
Otherwise, it's still theft.
[edit]: I see from additional reading that dead horse is being flogged here.
So, assuming I haven't COMPLETELY forgotten year 2 maths, there's a 5% overlap -- a "panicked boredom". Something I don't think I've ever seen...
Probably one of the coolest YouTube clibs there is...
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