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Your Gouge and Blind no longer have an Energy cost, and no longer break from damage dealt by your Poison and Bleed effects.
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Glyph of Vendetta
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I need to show some love for the work at Washington Post as well [h/t NextGenerasian]. Two reporters, Annabel Park [1.5 gen. Korean immigrant] and Eric Byler, went to Prince William County in Virginia to report on their rising tension over immigration [racism]:. The “interactive documentary” project took its name from a street address in Old Town Manassas where a sign had been posted, reading: “Prince William Co. Stop Your Racism to Hispanics!” The sign — on what was known as “Liberty Wall” — protested a county policy that requires police to check immigration status during routine traffic stops and denies some services to undocumented immigrants. The county, like many places across the nation, is in the middle of a demographic transformation: Since 1990, its Hispanic population has quadrupled; today one in five of the county’s 360,000 residents is Hispanic; and the number of Asians has more than doubled.
I have no scathing response to their “discoveries” or the video posted below. It doesn’t surprise me at all. Been there…and still there. While America is an incredible country, it still has much to grow. In many ways, it doesn’t matter who I am, what I’ve accomplished, where I’ve studied, or what I do. To the eyes of some or manhy, I am an Asian and thus, not American. I don’t look American [meaning I don't look White] and thus, I am not American – even if I am a US Citizen and a proud Korean-American.
Take a look at the video. It’s 9 minutes long but worth checking out in light of the immigration issue being such a hot issue. I don’t pretend to have the answers to the immigration debate but would love to hear some of your thoughts. In the video, listen carefully to when Annabel Park talks about “identity crisis.”
My family and I immigrated to San Francisco when I was six years old. It has been such a significant part of my life that it intricately shapes my worldview. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of myself as the “other” - or reminded as such. As a Christian, I am thankful that my identity, ultimately, isn’t rooted in earthly realms but rather as a follower of Jesus. And furthermore, as a follower of Jesus, I am that more compelled to have a commitment to the “others” around me.
Filed under: politics, religion, immigration, racism
That video makes me pretty upset. But doesn’t surprise me at all but am concerned how some in the video equate immgrant to illegal immigrants.
anchor babies? wow…
The Concepts of America are striking. When you have the concept of a government “founded” on principles, of equality among peoples, regardless of race, gender, creed, or culture And you mix in the concept of a nation made up of immigrants, whether it was 1 generation ago or 6, you have the perception of a free nation, who is fundamentally open to immigrants and will not fundamentally exclude any would-be participants based on prejudice. These are the concepts that have drawn in immigrants, from the Mayflower to the present.
But Identity is a totally different dimension altogether. American Identity is very often, if not almost always, based on the very things American Concepts supposedly transcend. I’ve found at the heart of most citizens, its not “one nation…indivisible…with liberty and justice for all”, but its about culture, families, language, skin tone, and economics that define us.
In the globally-connected environment of 2008, the American Concepts are still writing checks that the American Identity doesn’t want to cash. With life expectancy increasing around the world, but still the non mortal effects of poverty still forcing people to consider leaving their homes for a “better promise”, the US and other nations, will continue to face this, as more people come announced and unannounced.
I think the American Identity has been holding down the fort for the last 200 years, but the American Concepts seem to be coming back with a vengence now.
Hi Eugene,
I have been living in this country for the last six years, I personally haven’s experience racism but I have seen how people treat the immigrants. When watching the video, the only thing I could do was to cry. I cried for people’s heart. Yesterday we get together celebrating “the posadas” a traditional holiday in the Mexican Culture. But this posada was unique because there were not only Hispanic, but American, not only Latin but African-American. The walls were broken because everybody there was able to get to know the persona who was beside them. If they were just willing to seat down with them and listen to their stories, to their hearts; if they were just willing to feel their pain and frustration; if we could just dream with them….if’s without answers….Gracias, thank you for this post…
Grrrrr this just makes my blood boil. I had the privalege of watching the immigration reform march in Chicago in ’06, and there are very few things that I am as passionately opinionated about as immigration in the US. I am just EMBARASSED by my fellow white American’s attitudes sometimes! As a third culture kid that grew up overseas as an American citizen, I’m called a hidden immigrant. My skin, my family, and my language create the illusion of me “fitting in” to the majority. I had the benefit of being able to “hide”, in a way that most immigrants never can. I still felt incredibly isolated and different, though, and as soon as the hubby is done with grad school I hope to leave the country. There’s very little patriotism left in me, nor do I feel like an American.
Annabelle is incredibly gracious and insightful. I wonder if she is a Christian. She acts like on.
I stumbled unto this blog via WordPress. Interesting thoughts but I think most of you don’t have a clue what you are talking about? Kacie: What exactly are you talking about? What are you embarrassed about? The proposals for immigration reform isn’t to simply protect White Americans, it is to protect America. We have no idea who is livinng within our own country. Imagine if you had people living in your own and you had no idea who they were? Imagine if you only had space for a certain number of people but people kept still inviting others to live with them in your home?
Although I grew up in the Seattle area and am a born caucasion American, I have had the privilege of living in Canada for almost four years now. The culture here seems to be so much more inviting to other cultures. I believe that when someone becomes an American or Canadian citizen (or a citizen of any other country, for that matter), they have obvious responsibilites to that country, but in no way does that have to mean giving up the culture or lifestyle of their country of birth. How many of us who are sixth generation Americans (or seventh or whatever) still hold on to vestiges of our Eurpean culture and just call it “American”? There is very little original American culture in reality, most of it comes from where we came from. I can certainly see that if immigrants are breaking the law based on too many people living in one house or raising livestock on land not zoned for it, they are breaking the law and there should be a consequence. But how many white people regularly break the law and get away with it? How often does our government fail us when it comes to caring for the poor and helping them out of the slump? It’s frightening to see that there are people whose ancestors were immigrants being so cold and uninviting to new immigrants. To be honest, I think it has everything to do with a comfort zone that white Americans are often unwilling to give up. When they hear the person in line in front of them at the grocery store laughing and speaking Spanish or Korean or whatever, they worry that they are being laughed at or talked about. Thus, they shout (or write on posters) “This is America: speak English!” I think it interferes with their desire to eavesdrop (I know I’ve done my share of wondering before what someone else is talking about -whether it be the Asian students who come here to study or the Mennonite women whose families have been here for many many years but who still speak low-German). My question to the man at the fence who is yelling at the film makers and those with them about speaking English is this: Are you willing to help them learn English? Here in the northern parts of British Columbia, we get a good number of Japanese, Korean and Chinese students coming to study. Once a week for most of the year, we meet with some of them (whoever wants to come) at our church and play games that will improve their skills in using the English language. The easiest way to learn it is to immerse yourself in the culture. If immigrants (or students who come to study) are continually excluded from normal “American life”, how will they learn? And how many of us, if we moved somewhere foreign, would still speak English in our homes if it was our first language? I have heard of many Americans going to visit other countries and getting mad when people can’t speak English there. What is that all about? Again, it’s a comfort zone and indicates to me that they are too lazy to make the effort to learn a few words of conversational German, Spanish, Korean, etc.
For anyone to whom these words seem offensive – fine! I’m a white girl born and raised with people around me who were very frequently prejudiced against people of other colours or looks and at some point, I just grew up. If the US wants to make immigration impossible or difficult, fine. But as long as it works the way it does, people should make every effort to make those immigrants comfortable and help them to adjust to a different way of living. I don’t think illegal immigrants should be overlooked by the law, but those who have a right to be in the country should be looked upon with love.
Thanks for the video post, Pastor.
Brent –
I am embarassed when people are rude or dismissive of people from other cultures. I am embarassed when my friends who are American citizens are treated badly because people assume they are immigrants. I’m embarassed when we are xenophobic or ignorant of other cultures.
I am all for knowing who lives in your borders, and I agree that people should not come here illegally.
I disagree, however, that we are running out of room. This country is not in the least overpopulated, we have plenty of space… we’re #144 on the list of countries by population density (see). Europe is much more highly populated then we are.
Kacie,
Ok, that’s fair – to an extent. Those things take place not just with White Americans but across the board. People simply can be mean spirited and rude. And as for our link from wikipedia, that’s irrelavant. Immigrants aren’t crossing borders or coming into the country to live on hte plains in South Dakota. They mostly go to to cities of high density and consequently, adding strain to the infrastructure.
Great link & video, pastor.
My heart goes out to my Latino/Latina brothers and sisters who have deal the BS anti-immigrant, racist hysteria that goes on these days. In a sad way, it’s eerily similarly to the same hysteria faced by Chinese Americans during the late 19th century (Chinese Exclusion Act, anyone?).
I’m reminded of one of my favorite verses from Scripture:
“Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the immigrant or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.” -Zechariah 7:9-10
Thank you so much for linking to this video. It reminds me to “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” I am trying to be a good influence on my family members and those around me. We have so much more progress to make in the way that we interact with one another in America. I’ve been meaning to comment here for some time, but I’ve not done so until now. You have a beautiful blog. | http://eugenecho.com/2007/12/20/racism-and-immigration/?shared=email&msg=fail | 2013-05-18T10:12:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Germany no longer immune to crisis
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On Wednesday, Belgian ten-year yields at one point hit 5.53 percent, the highest in ten years, while France also saw yields on its ten-year bonds climb to 3.69 percent
The development follows on from a poor showing by Spanish bonds last week, where ten-year bonds at auction saw yields hit 6.975 percent - nearing the seven percent point at which other peripheral states were forced to apply to the EU and the International Monetary Fund for financial assistance.
The climb in borrowing costs across the board is a sign that investors and banks are dropping their holdings of European debt, no longer confident in the ability of the euro to survive in its current form.
Japan’s biggest mutual fund has sold off its full portfolio of Italian government bonds, according to Bloomberg News, which also reports that France’s BNP Paribas and Germany’s Commerzbank are selling European sovereign debt at at a loss.
Atop these gloomy developments, France was stung on Wednesday by a fresh report from credit rating agency Fitch that said that the country now had little room left to absorb any further shocks from the crisis.
Were there to be any further decline in growth or a need for deeper support for what are now essentially insolvent banks, Paris could lose its triple-A credit rating.
Separately, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to host an EU-core triumvirate of himself, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the newly installed Italian technocrat leader, Mario Monti.
Until now, the Franco-German duopoly have been the driving force in the heart of the eurozone, setting policy shifts almost to the exclusion of consultation with other EU powers.
The three are expected to discuss Italy’s austerity and structural adjustment plans, but also the wider eurozone crisis.
Monti is likely to be tapped for his opinions on the issuance of common European debt, or eurobonds, outlined in a series of options by the European Commission on Wednesday. Germany remains steadfastly opposed to the concept, but head of his appointment as Italian chief, Monti had publicly backed the idea. | http://euobserver.com/economic/114381 | 2013-05-18T10:21:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Telecoms: European Commission extends consultation on draft measures for IP traffic exchange in Poland
In a letter just sent the European Commission has informed the Polish telecoms regulator, UKE, that it has serious doubts whether UKE is right to define two separate markets for IP traffic exchange (IP transit and IP peering with the network of Telekomunikacja Polska). The Commission has also questioned the assigned incumbent with significant market power in those markets. During the following two months the Commission will assess further market data from UKE and consult with market players.
"This is the first time that a European regulator considers IP traffic exchange as non-competitive and that regulation is proposed. This is therefore a complex precedent case which requires thorough, in-depth analysis, and strong supporting evidence. In that context opening a second phase investigation is an opportunity to examine in detail whether the proposed measures are well-founded." said Viviane Reding, the EU Telecoms Commissioner.
Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said "Only a sound analysis of the markets for IP traffic in Poland can clarify whether the competitive situation justifies ex-ante regulation. It is important not to impose regulatory measures that deter competition and hinder the further development of the markets concerned".
UKE believes that Telekomunikacja Polska SA (TP) dominates the wholesale markets for IP transit in Poland and IP peering with the network of TP. Although those markets are generally not regulated in the EU, UKE is of the view that there are exceptional circumstances in Poland which justify the imposition of regulatory obligations. In particular, UKE claims that the incumbent refuses to exchange IP traffic at publicly available internet exchange points and forces alternative internet service providers (ISPs) to interconnect at high prices at the private exchange point belonging to TP.
The Commission underlines in its serious doubts letter just sent that the data provided by UKE so far does not support the finding of two separate markets for IP traffic exchange. Direct interconnection to TP's network seems to be interchangeable with cheaper, indirect interconnection and the two markets could in fact constitute one single market for IP traffic exchange. Furthermore, UKE has not sufficiently demonstrated TP's significant market power in the two defined markets. Given that the provision of retail internet services depends on full connectivity to large international operators (Tier 1) on one side and a large number of internet service providers and content providers on the other side, it remains unclear why TP should not have the incentive to exchange traffic with other networks.
UKE has also failed to provide information on TP's wholesale share of the proposed market for IP transit which would allow the Commission services to assess TP's ability to act independently from its competitors and consumers. UKE and the Polish competition authority have previously imposed obligations and fines to prevent TP from conducting any discriminatory practices concerning the exchange of IP traffic. TP's prices for IP traffic exchange are on a clear downward trend, which may be the result of low entry barriers and competitive constraints.
Background:
Internet Service Providers must ensure the connectivity of their costumers with content providers and subscribers of other networks. There are two ways to do this: IP Peering and IP Transit. IP Peering can be defined as the direct exchange of IP traffic between two interconnected networks. In case one ISP is not directly connected to another ISP, then the traffic can be exchanged via a third operator which offers transit services against payment.
UKE defines (i) a wholesale market for IP traffic exchange in the IP Peering mode only with the network of TP, arguing that TP is the sole provider of this service on its network and controls the underlying network, and (ii) the wholesale market for IP traffic exchange in Poland (IP Transit). UKE claims that -due to lack of supply side substitution for peering services – TP has 100% market share in the exchange of IP traffic through direct connection (peering) with its own network.
The Commission's serious doubts on UKE`s draft measure, as in the present case, the Commission can require the regulator to withdraw the measure. Where they concern regulatory measures, the Commission may make comments of which the regulator must take utmost account.
The Commission's letter sent today to the Polish regulator will be published at the end of this week at: | http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-10-1_en.htm?locale=nl | 2013-05-18T10:25:24 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Industry down 1%: Confidence needed to reignite EU production
Brussels, 19 January 2011: The economic outlook for EU industry has deteriorated. According to the January 2012 report published today by the European Commission, in the last three months to November 2011, manufacturing production was some 1% higher than a year ago, but also 1% below the level registered in the preceding three months. Manufacturing output is still 13% higher than its trough in early 2009 and some 9% below its former peak in early 2008. Output has surpassed its earlier peak in pharmaceuticals, other transport equipment, beverages and food. However, most of the sectors are again declining with the biggest contractions in production occurring in textiles, furniture, leather, printing and computer industries. Recent data and forecasts for services, including tourism, remain positive, but their performance will depend on the general economic situation.
After a very fast initial recovery from the economic crisis, manufacturing output has stabilised and even fallen back over recent months. Business confidence has declined, but still remains broadly at its long-term average. Continued high energy prices, fiscal consolidation and persistent difficulties in access to finance continue to adversely affect the dynamics of the recovery. Uncertainties about the prospects for the European economy in the light.
Extra-EU exports have already recovered their previous peak and although they have stabilised in recent months they continue to support demand in industry. Growth in intra-EU trade, internal demand and private consumption continue to be, on the other hand, remained stable in November at a record high level, but the situation is differs greatly between countries. Deteriorating employment expectations suggest little room for further improvement.. | http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-33_en.htm?locale=EN | 2013-05-18T10:53:02 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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August 5, 2012 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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The Wayne State Planetarium is pleased to host a special planetarium show to underline the landing of the Curiosity Rover on Mars in the early morning of August 6th, 2012.
The special show will take place at the planetarium at 3PM on August 5th, 2012. We will discuss various aspects of the Mars exploration program, and more specifically the Curiosity mission. We will also present the fulldome feature movie Invaders of Mars.
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By: Amy Montalvo
Updated: October 31, 2008
With gameday nearly here, things are heating up at Lubbock International Airport, with both Tech and Texas fans pouring off the planes. Fans are counting down the hours til the big game and many of them are streaming into The Hub City just in time for kickoff. We ran into both Red Raider and Longhorns fans. Many of them said they booked flights and reserved hotels back in the summer! Every flight is packed with fans from both teams, flying in from all over the country, and they say, they're ready to see the action! Says former Tech football player Gaines Baty, "Everybody's talking about it all across the country. In Dallas, it's bigtime, I walked into a store this morning, and 5 people said 'What do you think about the game?'" | http://everythinglubbock.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=19161 | 2013-05-18T10:21:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Despite the dichotomy created here (i.e., “fat person” vs. “thin person,”) Moore generally steers clear of politicizing the issue of weight. This is, more than anything, a personal story about one woman’s struggle with her emotions, her experiences, and her weight. But, Moore’s writing above provides a window into the socio-political context of fat: Why would thin people ascribe low willpower/self-esteem/pride to their heftier counterparts when, oftentimes, these are the very issues they’re struggling with themselves? It seems that projection is sometimes easier than introspection.
Moore continues:
I am on a diet. I am almost always on a diet. I am trying to get rid of pounds of my waddling self. I am always trying to get rid of pounds of myself. . . . I hate myself. I have almost always hated myself, but it’s not for bad things I’ve done. I do not hate myself for betrayals, for going behind the back of someone who trusted me. I hate myself because I am not beautiful. I hate myself because I am fat.
Yes, Moore happens to be fat, but it wasn’t until I read this quote a second time (out of the context of the story itself), that I realized it could apply to anyone at any size. It really doesn’t matter what Moore weighs. This could be the lament of the fat or the thin, the grossly overweight or frighteningly underweight (whatever those terms mean, exactly). It could also be written by someone with a beautiful figure, because as you know, just as it’s not about someone else’s body, it’s also really not about yours.
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That last sentence may provoke some thoughts for many people. Shame on you drstacey!! (just kidding).
Another good post.
I have more to write on this, and have been meaning to on my blog, but I totally agree. I have been very skinny (aah, the anorexic college years) and have been not-so-skinny, and at both weights, I've always felt too fat, too ugly. That's why I've come to the conclusion that I'm not sure it's dieting and losing weight that will ever change how I feel. I think it's going to have to come from changing the way I look at and think of myself, and it has to come from a more loving, caring place.
I agree with the last thought.
I could have written/thought the last paragraph by Moore at most points and (even some days still) since I was about 15.
That was a great analogy.... And written very well. I really enjoyed reading it.
I just found your blog today. Actually, I was referred to it on -of all places- a Weight Watchers message board. I just cancelled my Weight Watchers online membership I'm tired of dieting, and I'm not going to do it anymore. Thanks for making such a great blog.
Yes, thin people often unkindly dismiss or feel sorry for fat people. I can generally say that I think fat people are mentally weak and not as smart as their(only if equal in all other areas)thinner peers. Years ago, when I first began dieting and lost a few pounds, I wondered how anyone could remain overweight when counting calories or making sacrifices was so simple. After years of weight gains and loss, and now having a life controlled by food, I know that simplicity is only the numbers. Calories and our weight are simple in a quantitative sense. When these issues, along with food, flood anyone's thoughts, they impose a state of mental weakness. If this is the case for a thin person struggling to maintain their figure, a bulimic obsessed with eating, or a fat person, they are all on an equal level inadequacy. The beautiful, enviable ones are not the fat who preach fat acceptance or the thin who live for dieting, but the average (whatever their weight) who are guided by family, god, learning, joy, and purpose.
Kristi--I like what you write, and it'll be interesting to see where you go from here (we'll stay tuned on your blog!)
Thanks for the feedback, PTC, WTR, and AS.
HS--welcome and thank you (for the compliment and the dose of irony) ; )
Beth--so, as you imply, it's really not about the calories or the weight (that IS pretty simple, when it comes down to it). There is, beneath the simplicity many deeper, more difficult issues.
Dr. Stacey -
Nail, hammer, bang.
I thought on first reading that it was just important in an ancillary way that Judith Moore was fat; this was a woman who just hated herself.
Do you notice that even though she has (well, had, before she passed) a family of her own and a fairly flourishing career, she rarely talked about those?
I had a similar experience to Kristi; I'm "NYC/Hollywood fat" now (I wear size 10 or 12; I'm really careful not to say I AM one or the other), but I was an anorexic dancer in college -- having been told by the dance company director that I moved well, but I just had to take off some weight before she could let me in the company -- and I was a fat little kid.
I didn't feel ANY DIFFERENT at any weight. The only thing that really changed is other people's reactions (except my doctors; I've been tired since I was 12 and they really don't seem to give a damn other than chalking it up to "overachiever" exhaustion.)
"It could also be written by someone with a beautiful figure, because as you know, just as it’s not about someone else’s body, it’s also really not about yours."
This is way too profound. I'm going to be thinking about this for days. If it's not about our bodies, what IS it about?
m--you actually just alerted me that she had died. I didn't know. . . .
No, no, nothing too profound in my last statement--I'm just saying that b/c it's really abt self-acceptance/hatred, which seems to remain fairly constant (at any weight, as you and Kristi note), it's really NOT abt the body.
Here is one of Judith Moore’s obits, Dr. Stacey | http://everywomanhasaneatingdisorder.blogspot.com/2006/07/book-club.html?showComment=1153261380000 | 2013-05-18T11:01:36 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Per a tipster:
I came by there about 5 minutes after the accident happened. It occurred on the Stuyvesant Town service road between bicycle and an Audi A6. The bicycle rider was a male in his early 20's, and the Audi driver appeared to be in his late 20's with a cast on his arm. The Audi's windshield was demolished from the bike rider going over the hood and hitting it, and the bike was damaged too. The biker didn't appear too hurt, as he had some gauze on his right arm, I believe was put on by a ST security guard.
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seems to me there have been an awful lot of car/bike/pedestrian accident lately.
anybody else think so?
You're not baiting me blue glass... I think the biker must have skidded on one of those discarded greasy jelly donuts from the Amor(e) bakery.
Did the accident happen at the intersection of the service road and Ave A or B ?, or was the cyclist traveling the wrong way on a one way street ? | http://evgrieve.com/2010/09/bike-car-collision-on-14th-and-b.html | 2013-05-18T10:53:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
we posted and stuff last week, Ben Stiller's remake of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" will be filming around here today... on East 10th Street between Avenue C and Avenue D and elsewhere in the immediate vicinity... (If you see him, then don't ask about a possible "Along Came Polly" sequel!)
Also, wonder if the studio found a kid to play Kristen Wiig's son yet...
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It gets a bad rap but Along Came Polly had some gems, particularly from Philip Seymour Hoffman and Alec Baldwin. Its worth watching on a rainy hungover weekend for them alone.
He really really really is ridiculously good looking. Make sure Bobby Williams is in the look-out for him and to buy him an Orange Mocha Frappucino.
I like along came polly. Hank Azaria steals the movie in his role. | http://evgrieve.com/2012/04/reminders-say-hi-to-ben-stiller-today.html | 2013-05-18T10:21:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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I wouldn't bother texting any of his female contacts - that won't do any good. It would take you ages, cost you grief and he'll probably just find others to text ...
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It sounds very much like an addiction to me, as if it were compulsive. Have you considered counselling? If he refuses to go, go by yourself. It will help you decide where your priorities lie and where you want to go from here.
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Does he see you as a team? How does he feel about the baby? Does he take care of the baby too? Or does he see him as a nuisance?
Finally, I really like what Rohvannyn said. All of it.
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OK. First off, you need to talk to a lawyer. You need to know where you and the baby are heading. That is all that matters for the time being. Forget about moving on because it is a LONG process. Deal with the present and the rest will fall into place.
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I Feel Great, I’ve Stopped Watching Morning Joe – Please Join Me!
I made the decision this morning to NEVER watch Morning Joe again. I’ve been tuning them out a lot over the last few months, see many previous posts about why they are so bad. I’m now watching American Morning on CNN and I kind of like it. They actually talk about news stories, they have real Democrats on not just Jonathon Capehart and Harold Ford Jr. who smooch Joe’s ass all morning. Or Mike Barnicle who may have a few progressive leanings, but is clearly not a Democrat at all.
I feel fucking great not having watched the propaganda this morning, it’s like a breath of fresh air. I realized that Morning Joe was ruining my attitude for the entire day, it kind of set me off on the wrong track. Just like when I quit smoking 10 years ago, I just made the decision and did it. I will not be turning them on ever again and it feels great. I highly recommend it to you all and I have to give some credit to Roberta in MN for helping me to see the light. Thanks Roberta, I feel like a million bucks. :)
Thanks for the heads up on this issue. I have not watched any of the Morning Joe since election day. In fact I have switched off most of the MSM and just using the internet to keep up on what is going on in the world and the US. My stomach and nerves have been much better. In fact I think my blood pressure has gone down. LOL. I will keep reading your post and a few others, but not glued to the internet either. Time to start catching up on my regular scheduled programs. It’s munch saner entertainment. I hope others do the same. It’s called a Boycott.
Hugs to all the Liberals and Progressives that voted on the 2nd and shame on the ones that didn’t.
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I haven’t watched Morning Joe much mostly due to the ever present Pat Buchanan, who was one of the main architects of Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” which actively invited racist Democrats to make a new home in Party of Lincoln. We have been paying for this “strategy” ever since where race and religion have been effectively used as wedge issues by the bigots in the new GOP.
Smarmy Joe “Dead Intern” Scarborough, however, is the main reason I don’t watch, a “know-it-all” who talks down any guest not sharing his world view. Mika is about as much of a “liberal” foil to Scarborough as Alan Colmes (and now Juan Williams) are to the fascists at Faux News.
I try to avoid Dylan “Johnny-One-Note” Ratigan, too, whose show is about “banksters” and is another long-winded “expert”.
Why were you watching it in the first place (not a flame)?
My sister watched it, she liked it, and told me about it, about a year and a half ago.
I watched it (and also sent her info about an article about the staffer found dead in Joe’s Congerssional office in Florida), but not for long.
Why?
I learned Joe is partisan, thin-skinned, has a problem with women (I used to feel sorry for Mika Brezinsky [sp.], now, if she wants to be abused on national television, it ain’t my problem), and loves yes-men.
Oh, and he ain’t that bright.
I sleep in when he comes on; I feel a lot better.
I think my sister has given him up, too.
I’ve given up on the on-air-pundits; I’ll get my information on-line (newspapers, blogs,etc.).
Did you notice how he calls woman “woe man”….and man he has a temper if anyone challenges him. Carl Bernstein did the other day and Joe turned bright red, his lips became even thinner than normal….you could see smoke coming out of his ears.
“I feel fucking great not having watched the propaganda this morning, it’s like a breath of fresh air. I realized that Morning Joe was ruining my attitude for the entire day, it kind of set me off on the wrong track.”
-I know the feeling; I got it watching Keith Olbermann one night in April, 2009; he was complaining about what President Obama didn’t do (I think it was something legislative, something Congress should have dealt with), and I felt my blood pressure rise.
I haven’t watched him since (and my blood pressure is just fine, thank you).
It’s clear my friend you didn’t watch “Scarbrough Country” during it’s run, think Sean Hannity with the fake outrage meter set on 11.
I remember flipping to Scarborough Country once, I screamed and changed the channel quickly. :)
I have no patience for Trolls anymore, I’ll try to keep their comments out of the discussion without having to moderate every comment, which sucks for some people.
If they wanted to contribute to the discussion, that would be one thing, but it’s all about abusing people to them, must be a sad existence.
Thanks to all you who do contribute to the discussion, you all rock.
Well I never watch morning joe… Never had the urge for that matter I don’t care for MSNBC at all. I go on their website but it seems like overwhelmingly they have articles that are ridiculously slanted, maybe not as bad as FOX but almost as bad.
I know this is an old post, but I was so disgusted this morning after tuning in to MJ, that I started googling ‘Stop watching morning joe’ and stumbled on this. I’ve just had it with Joe S and his ranting and raving – especially when he started on wanting sequestration. What an idiot. Ever since Willie Geist left, MJ has become even harder to watch. And Mika honey – you don’t help women by posing with you legs in the air next to a disinterested Joe. I’m done with Morning Joe and feel as fucking fantastic as you do!
As my mom always said, different strokes for different folks. I love Morning Joe and have been watching since 08. It’s taken me a while but my hard core left leaning wife not only loves the show but starts her day at 6 by hurrying up to turn the plasma on. I like the roundtable discussions, the occasional right wing guest, and the fact I do hear both sides. Faux news and CNN just don’t cut it for me. Even my Asst. DA son loves Morning Joe’s show. I enjoy all the MSNBC hosts of the various shows. Often times, having their station run from 6 AM to 10 PM. (I work from home)
Call me crazy, I don’t care. I won’t call the few that don’t like Morning Joe crazy.
Got up early enough to catch “Morning Joe” and looks like he is trying to “out-Benghazi” Faux News with the word SCANDAL repeated over-and-over sometimes with “Clinton scandal(s)” being used by Scarborough who was always wearing a grin. Joe even showed two new RNC/American Crossroads anti-Clinton video ads where Hillary doesn’t answer the “3 a.m. phone call”. You’d think that Mrs. Clinton had already announced a run in the 2016 presidential campaign. | http://extremeliberal.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/i-feel-great-ive-stopped-watching-morning-joe-please-join-me/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:34 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
As our cells age they progressively become damaged by the oxidative process of life. DNA, the molecule that stores instructions for building the cell, is very sensitive to this damage, and when enough of it occurs the cell either becomes incapable of further dividing or becomes cancerous.
There are robust DNA repair networks in the cells which function to detect and repair this damage as it occurs.
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What they discovered is that when guanine is damaged by oxygen it turns into a molecule called 8-oxoguanine. This compound in turn is removed by a DNA repair molecule called OGG1. When the oxidized guanine is excised and replaced by normal guanine the 8-oxoguanine becomes bound the OGG-1. This new complex is a powerful signaling mechanism that activates what is known as the ras enzyme system.
“Ras family proteins are involved in almost every cell function: metabolism, activation of genes, growth signals, inflammation signals, apoptosis,” said lead author Istvan Boldogh. “Because it activates Ras pathways, the release of 8-oxoguanine in DNA base repair could be a master regulator of many very basic processes.”
Thus the damaging event itself turns on the process which restores and maintains cellular health.
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Finding St. Pio of Pietrelcina's Chapel in Barangay Bagumbayan, Libis, Quezon City felt serendipitous. On the first day of January 2011, while on my way to Eastwood City, I saw this chapel, and I knew I had to drop by and check it out. I am a greedy "prayer". When I pray, I ask too much from God, I suspect He would somehow chuckle whenever he sees me kneeling down for the rite. But the Almighty that I know is One with boundless understanding. So my litany of intentions actually grow exponentially by the day. Despite such prayerful devotion, I am really not too much of a religious being. I miss masses, I hardly do confessions or even communions. I am pretty sure I've never done a novena in my lifetime. I just pray because I know that someone listens.
But part of being a Catholic, I also believe in the power of the intercessors - the "saints", as well as the magic of a very first visit at any Church where "intentions" are supposedly granted. Faith is such a potent spiritual entity, and I have mostly been blessed. And there was this unmistakable pull leading me to Padre Pio's Chapel. It would, at the very least, give me spiritual satiety - the "smugness" of having been blessed by His presence. One particular saint that draws interest is St. Pio.
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Pio of Pietrelcina (25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968) was a Capuchin priest from Italy who is venerated as a saint, having been canonized by Pope John Paul II. He was born Francesco Forgione, and given the name Pio when he joined the Capuchins; he was popularly known as Padre Pio after his ordination to priesthood. He became famous for his stigmata - bodily marks, pain, and bleeding in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ. This phenomenon continued for fifty years, until the end of his life.
Padre Pio believed that the love of God was inseparable from suffering and that suffering all things for the sake of God was the way for the soul to reach God. "After my death I will do more. My real mission will begin after my death" - he was once quoted. True enough, he is known to grant the wishes and prayerful "intentions" of the faithful. He further said, "If God refuses no one, how can I refuse those seeking my help!" These days, such granted intentions are on display at the walls of this QC chapel built for his memory. The ones I read: thyroid cancer, and various illnesses - all healed by the power of prayer!
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Interesting post...even am like you, I visit temples and ask for loads of things from God :)
The church looks lovely, the bright white outside looks fresh!
I know what you mean. "Faith" is something that's common in many parts of Asia, including Philippines and India.
Hi eye in the sky... I like your article with regard to Padre Pio and the pictures that you have posted is awesome. Hopefully I will be able to visit the church of Padre Pio... Hopefully sooner than I expect. =) great post
Thanks.
It's a serene and pious place, perfect when you just wanna pray.
how to get there if im coming from tandang sora ? plz help
@ Isabel:
The easier point of reference would be going to Eastwood City from Tandang Sora. Since you're coming from North Q.C., you have to get yourself to E. Rodriguez Jr. Avenue (C5) and proceed south. You will pass by Eastwood City to your left, but go straight ahead and make the nearest U-turn. After the U-turn, you will be heading north again. You will pass by Nuvo City, then a small street called Industria Street, then a Honda (Cars) Center, then a creek.
Right after the creek, you will see a Signage that says "Chapel of St. Pio de Pietrelcina". Right after that creek is another small road that heads inside a compound (RER Compound) where, from a distance, you will see the white facade of a chapel. Entrance to St. Pio's Chapel is immediately to the left side of this white facade.
For more information, you can call the following numbers: +63-2-6343668, and 6343669 (telefax). You may also email them - admin@saintpiocenter.com.
It's really an easy find as long as you're attentive on your way to Eastwood City Mall.
Good luck. Cheers!
Just saw this post. It's really refreshing whenever I visit this place. Lots of renovation happened to suit the tremendous crowd flocking to this place especially during Padre Pio's feast day. Had the privilege of seeing St Pio's birthplace in San Giovanni Rotondo. The Libis chapel is a "mini" replica of Pio's church in Italy :)
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Interesting. I always thought the chapel looked too "simple" - doesn't look European at all, and I've seen several in central Europe. But then faith overwhelms any architecture, simple or grandiose. :) | http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2011/01/st-pio-of-pietrelcina-chapel-in-quezon.html | 2013-05-18T10:11:42 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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It's Last Thursday on Alberta. A few Last Thursdays ago, I had an opening at Guardino Gallery - sharing space with amazing sculptor Julie Fiedler, and I never posted about it, so I thought I'd give you another little virtual tour.
Most of the show was encaustic work. This piece, "A Wish and a Prayer," was one I really struggled with, but I love the way the shape of the praying hands and the wishbone echo each other.
I think this piece was my favorite in the show . . . the piece has a lot of dimension, and the cat's cradle is actual string suspended over the moonlit sky . . . I want to do more in this series, but it's incredibly difficult to construct and work the multilevel surfaces; it takes a lot more time than I have right now!
Here's another piece that rocks the multilevel surfaces . . .and takes full advantage of the scroll saw my father-in-lawish gave me two Christmases ago. Here, the heart sort of turns into an octopus on one side of the bridge and a tree on the other . . . the bridge is Portland's St. Johns Bridge. I'm not totally satisfied with this one . . . I think the octopus is maybe a little much. I think I want to keep working on this one, maybe pull the octopus tentacles back a little bit and make them more vine or root-like.
A few more encaustics . . ."What is Left Behind" and "Recipe for the Moon." Each of them includes some collage elements . . .
This is a diptych . . . my first really successful one. I had just finished reading an article on bower birds, and somehow the drawing hand and the heart only really came together after I added the bower bird. It feels like the bird is making a bower in the heart . . . there's a seduction of some kind happening in the painting. At least for me. It's always interesting to me what other people see in the paintings.
Here, I'm combining encaustic on the panel and the panel is mounted on a reclaimed drawer decorated with acrylic, tea bags and resin. More hands. More tea bags.
And here's a look inside the gallery . . . me and Julie's stuff looked really great together! I had a few collages up, too, things I'd worked on while I was up at Whidbey Island this summer.
And this Last Thursday's opening at Guardino on Alberta with Katherine Dunn and Lisa Kaser looks AMAZING . . . and there's a Dia De Los Muertos opening at Fantasma on Alberta featuring the work of Alea Bone and Linda Rand . . . be sure to drop by and check them out!
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Thanks for the mention and GREAT to see you tonight Bridget! I'm so glad you posted this virtual tour of your Guardino show -since I missed the opportunity to go back and see it a second time. Now that your beautiful paintings are on the web, I can 'go back' whenever I want!
yes, thanks for posting: i'm so sorry sven & i didn't get to see this! but i love what you're doing here, especially with the unusual formats & multilevel surfaces and night skies and bridges. :) and the collages are really sweet. | http://eyesaflame.blogspot.com/2010/09/gallery-walk-2010-guardino-gallery.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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RANKS and offers beautiful white beaches and blue ocean surrounded the main attraction for three islands namely Pulau Manukan, Pulau Sapi Mamutik and off the coast of Sulawesi Island.
Only about 15 minutes from Pier Jesselton Point, Kota Kinabalu, visitors will be welcomed by many tour operators that offer tours of the island with boats, beaches and marine recreation sports.
Set in the zone of Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, a variety of lifestyle activities accompanied bioleh island. In addition to the three islands, there are options other islands such as Pulau Gaya and Pulau Sulug.The Island Manukan, although it is less popular than Pulau Sapi, it remains rich variety of marine life, colorful. Natural attractions easily found via the sea or snorkeling with the fish eat when activity at the jetty of the island. Many visitors do not miss the opportunity to bring bread for reef fish in the area are not afraid to reach out to people.
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wooden table and comfortable seating are also available along the beach for the convenience of visitors who come to purpose of a family picnic or a rest after a hard water play.
Meanwhile, the island also has attractions Mamutik are great. First, it is less popular due to the lack of sports facilities and equipment, but is now preparing for attracting the attention of visitors is seen to be ahead of Manukan and Sapi Island.rest room, toilets, souvenir shops and small cafes easily found around the island Mamutik for meet the needs of visitors. Uniquely, the design of buildings and facilities looked quite similar to that found in Cow Island. equation is actually the edge every time the season came on an island because of congestion can be avoided with a similar attraction in the islands nearby. to spend a relaxing moment, the location must be visited is open-concept cafes. As the sea breeze rocked, meal price charged is reasonable and not like most island resorts which tend to impose high prices. The beauty of the coast are also at stake in Island Mamutik. green landscape of trees and ornamental leaves a lot melatari casuarina tree view of the island and create a shady and peaceful environment.
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In the meantime, Pulau Sapi is certainly the main attraction at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park. Crystal clear waters seemed unbeatable there.According to public opinion, Pulau Sapi regarded as the best island in the area is limited but there certainly can not sustain a large number of visitors at any one time. So, if you want to visit there, to get traffic information from tour operators of the many jetties.
During the day at Cow Island, beach activities like snorkeling the main attraction. Contours sloping beaches for swimming activities increase as one of the advantages most beautiful beach locations in the region.However, variations of marine life is not ‘semeriah’ Manukan Island. Thus, many visitors who come to the Island Cow is to enjoy the more relaxed activities such as sunbathing on the edge of the magic atmosphere pantaidan seen at sunset. There is also a group of tourists who come here just to have a barbecue with family activities and friends. All packages are fun and tasty barbecue is also provided by tour operators.
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The Essential 4GW reading list: John Nagl
This is an archive of work by Dr. John Nagl (Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, retired), the newest chapter in the FM series about Modern Warfare’s Top experts. Nagl is one of our top experts in insurgency warfare.
Previous chapters include:
- The Essential 4GW reading list: Martin van Creveld
- The Essential 4GW reading list: Donald Vandergriff
- The Essential 4GW reading list: David Kilcullen
- Writings of Andrew Bacevich; they deserve your attention
Contents
- Biography of John Nagl
- Posts about Nagl’s work
- Articles in the mainstream media
- Articles in professional publications
- Interviews on radio and TV (no transcripts)
- Articles about Nagl
(1) Biography
John Nagl is President of the Center for a New American Security, a Visiting Professor in the War Studies Department at Kings College of London, an Adjunct Professor in Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program, and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Dr. Nagl was a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Military Academy Class of 1988 and served as an armor officer in the U.S. Army for 20 years, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. earned his doctorate from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, taught national security studies at West Point, and served as a Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Nagl also earned a Master of the Military Arts and Sciences Degree from the Command and General Staff College, where he received the George C. Marshall Award. He was awarded the Combat Action Badge by General James Mattis, USMC., Foreign Policy, Parameters, Military Review, Joint Force Quarterly, Armed Forces Journal, and Democracy, among others. He was also profiled in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times Magazine. Dr. Nagl has previously appeared.
Source: Center for a New American Security
(2) Posts about Nagl’s work
The central post about Nagl’s work: How America can survive and even prosper in the 21st Century – part I, 7 June 2008. Other posts:
- “America’s Greatest Weapon”, 25 May 2008
- Nagl gives a profoundly wrong vision for the US military, 22 June 2008
- The US Army brings us back to the future, returning to WWI’s “cult of the offense”, 13 February 2009
- A joust between two schools of American military theory, 19 May 2009
- Today’s volleys in the domestic battle about Afghanistan, 2 September 2009
- The three kinds of advocacy for the Af-Pak War, 15 October 2009
- Another sad little bit of agitprop, this time from John Nagl, 28 February 2010
- The key to success in Afghanistan: independence, 11 April 2010
(3) Articles in the mainstream media
- “Defending Against New Dangers: Arms Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Globalized World” World Affairs, Spring 2000
- “Wes Clark’s War”, The American Oxonian, Autumn 2001 — Subscription only.
- Institutionalizing Adaptation: It’s Time for an Army Advisor Corps, Center for a New American Security, June 2007
- “We Can’t Win These Wars on Our Own“, op-ed in the Washington Post, 9 March 2008
- “A Battalion’s Worth of Good Ideas“, op-ed in the New York Times, 2 April 2008
- “How Important Was the Surge“, The American Prospect, 28 July 2008
- “Canceling Iraq’s Blank Check“, with Colin Kahl, Shawn Brimley, website of Foreign Policy Magazine, August 2008
- “Institutionalizing Adaptation: U.S. Counterinsurgency Capabilities Must Improve,” with Brian Burton, World Politics Review, 5 August 2008
- “In It To Win“, book review in the Washington Post, 17 August 2008 — “A Vietnam veteran argues against an abrupt pullout from Iraq.”
- “How to Exit Iraq“, with Shawn Brimley, Colin Kahl, op-ed in the New York Times, 5 September 2008
- “Learning from the Triangle of Love“, blog of the Washington Post, 10 September 2008
- “This Time, Things Are Looking Up“, Washington Post, 14 September 2008
- “How to smooth the transition in Iraq“, with Adam Scher, Christian Science Monitor, 6 October 2008 — “The town of Mahmoudiya is ready for the next step: a Transition Task Force.”
- “Striking the Balance – The Way Forward in Iraq“, with Brian M. Burton, World Policy Journal, Winter 2008/2009
- “Ending the Neverending War“, Azure, Winter 2009
- “The Expeditionary Imperative“, The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2009
- “Intellectual Firepower“, Democracy, Winter 2009 — “New threats require new think tanks.”
- More Troops, and Lots of Them, blog of the New York Times, 26 January 2009 — About Afghanistan
- “White House Hones its Strategy in Two-Front War“, PBS Online Newshour, 6 May 2009 — Discussion with Bacevich and John Nagl.
(4) Articles in professional publications
- “Tank Destroyers in World War II” Armor C, January-February 1991
- “A Tale of Two Battles.” Armor CI, May-June 1992
- “Nearly War: Preparing a Divisional Cavalry Squadron for Operations Other than War”, with Tim Huening, Armor CV, January-February 1996
- “The Armored Gun System.” Armor CI, July-August 1992
- Army Professionalism, the Military Ethic, and Officership in the 21st Century, with Don M. Snider and Tony Pfaff, US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, December 1999
- “Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: British and American Army Counterinsurgency Learning during the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War”, World Affairs, Spring 1999
- “Si Vis Pacem, Pare Pacem: Improving U.S. Army Training for Complex Humanitarian Emergencies”, with Elizabeth O. Young, Military Review, March-April 2000
- “Defending Against New Dangers: Arms Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Globalized World” In James M. Smith, Ed., Searching for National Security in an NBC World. Colorado Springs, CO: Institute for National Security Studies, July 2000
- “A Strategic View of Where the Army Is: Homeland Defense and Issues of Civil-Military Relations”, with Don M. Snider and Tony Pfaff, in Max G. Manwaring, Ed., To Insure Domestic Tranquility, Provide for the Common Defense. Carlisle, PA: US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, October 2000 — Here is the PDF, 32 meg)
- “Combat Roles for Women: A Modest Proposal“, with Kim Field, Parameters, Summer 2001
- “Post Cold-War Priorities“ Military Review, July/August 2001, 104-106
- “Hitting Us Where We Don’t Expect It: Asymmetric Threats to US National Security”, National Security Studies Quarterly, Autumn 2001
- “Arms Control in the Year 2025.” In Jeffrey A. Larsen, Ed., Arms Control: Cooperative Security in a Changing Environment, Lynne Rienner, 2002
- “The Army Officer as Warrior“, with Paul Yingling, Military Review, January-February 2003
- “The Army Officer as Warrior”, with Paul Yingling, in Lloyd J. Matthews, Ed., The Future of the Army Profession(Second Edition), McGraw-Hill, 2005
- Foreword to David Galula, Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice, Praeger, 2006
- Managing Editor of Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency. Department of the Army, 2006.
- Foreword to The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, University of Chicago Press, 2007
- “Principles, Imperatives, and Paradoxes of Counterinsurgency“, with Eliot Cohen, Conrad Crane, and Jan Horvath, Military Review, March-April 2006
- “A Better War in Iraq“ Armed Forces Journal International, August 2006
- ”New Rules for New Enemies“, with Paul Yingling, Armed Forces Journal International, October 2006
- Foreword to Instructions for American Servicemen in Iraq during World War II, University of Chicago Press, 2007
- Spilling Soup on Myself in Al Anbar, SWJ, 26 January 2007
- Moral Dilemmas in Counterinsurgency, SWJ, 30 March 2007
- It’s Time for an Army Advisor Corps, SWJ, 11 June 2007
- The Evolution and Importance of Army/Marine Corps Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency, SWJ, 27 June 2007
- “Desperate People with Limited Skills”, SWJ, 1 November 2007
- “Ghost Stories“ RUSI Journal, December 2007
- “New Answers to Hard Questions“, with Brian Drohan, Armed Forces Journal, April 2008
- “Unprepared“, RUSI Journal, April 2008
- America’s Greatest Weapon, with Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. (Maj Gen, USAF), SWJ, 22 May 2008
- On Advisors and Advising, SWJ, 16 August 2008
- “Learning as We Go: The US Army adapts to counterinsurgency in Iraq, July 2004-December 2006,” with Brian Burton, Small Wars and Insurgencies, September 2008.
- Soundtrack of Dora: A Neighborhood Reborn, SWJ, 12 September 2008
- “Institutionalizing Adaptation: It’s Time for an Army Advisor Command,” Military Review, September/October 2008
- FM 3.07: Stability Operations (Updated With FM Link), SWJ, 6 October 2008
- Learning from Experience in Afghanistan, SWJ, 6 November 2008
- ISAF Campaign Plan Summary, SWJ, 19 November 2008
- “Let’s Win the Wars We’re In“, Joint Force Quarterly, 1st Quarter 2009
(5) Interviews on radio and TV (no transripts)
- “Book TV: FM 3-24“, Sean Naylor, no date
- “Vietnam and Iraq“, Charlie Rose, 31 March 2006
- “US Turns More Attention to Training Iraqi Forces“, NPR, 5 December 2006
- “Army Unveils Counterinsurgency Field Manual“, NPR, 15 December 2006
- “Future Iraqi Advisers Face Hard Lessons“, NPR, 27 March 2007
- “Advice to WWII Soldiers in Iraq Relevant Today“, NPR, 9 August 2007
- “Lieutenant Colonel John Nagl“, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 23 August 2007
- “US Army Lieutenant Colonel John Nagl“, NPR, 16 January 2008
- “Interview with U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Nagl, NPR, 26 January 2008 — About Iraq
- “Officers in Exodus“, NPR, 21 February 2008
- “Beating Insurgents Takes Unconventional War“, NPR, 12 February 2008
- “Army Focus on Counterinsurgency Debated Within“, NPR, 6 May 2008
- “In Iraq, Tactical Theory Put Into Practice“, NPR, 22 July 2008
- Experts Discuss Strategies For Iraq Withdrawal, NPR, 16 August 2008
- “Clear and Hold Showing Results 40 Years Later“, NPR, 31 October 2008
- “The New President and the Military“, NPR, 4 November 2008
- “Iraqi Lawmakers Evaluate US Security Pact“, Jim Lehrer News Hour, 17 November 2008
- “In Afghanistan, New Spirit to Challenge the Taliban“, NPR, 18 November 2008
- Interview, PBS 12 December 2008
- Is It Time For A New Plan For Afghanistan?, interview on NPR, 4 February 2009
- “White House Hones its Strategy in Two-Front War“, PBS Online Newshour, 6 May 2009.
(6) Articles about his work
- “Professor Nagl’s War“, Peter Maass, New York Times, 11 January 2004
- “US Counterinsurgency Expert Tests Ideas in Iraq“, NPR, 11 January 2004
- “Learning from Vietnam, 30 Years Later“, NPR, 20 March 2006
- “As Iraq War Rages, Army Re-Examines Lessons of Vietnam“, Greg Jaffe, Wall Street Journal, 20 March 2006
- “The Cult of Counterinsurgency“, Tara McKelvey, The American Prospect, 20 November 2008
- “Obama vs. Osama: Has He Picked the Right War?”, Michael Crowley, The New Republic, 24 December 2008
Why don’t you write an opinion for once? Who cares what Nagl has to say? What do you have to say about Obama’s 17,000 man deployment?
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Fabius Maximus replies: (1) This is a reference source, the raw material from which opinions are made. (2) Nagl is one of the key authors of the US military’s COIN tactics. (3) My opinion about Afghanistan is evident in the 15 posts about it to date, which you can find at Iraq & Sub-continent Wars – my articles.
You just listed 75 articles. Is my math close? Can I read?
Nagl writes refreshingly from first-hand experience, devoid of the usual cliches. However I was disappointed that he doesnt consider the wisdom of the wars in the first place. However unrealistic — physically, culturally, politically — it was to launch the Iraq invasion, Nagl now treats it as just another practical problem to be solved. If the strategy was wrong in the first place, how can better tactics make it right?
I am basing this on only one article (A Battalion of Good Ideas), and may be understating his full range and point of view.
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Fabius Maximus replies: I suspect that as a soldier (he only recently retired), writing about the broader issues of the war was not appropriate. Esp as only a Lt. Col. | http://fabiusmaximus.com/2009/02/21/john-nagl/ | 2013-05-18T10:40:20 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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I am entering you contest for leap day!! Other than that, the day is normal. hehehe
Hoping to actually get some sewing in this evening... I'm also blog hopping through the Leap Day giveaways! Thanks for a chance to win this beautiful fabric! :)
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Love these colors! I am having a 'regular' type day, but there is still something special about Feb. 29th!
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Nothing special in the works for me today. Maybe a bit of sewing. Thanks for the giveaway. The fabrics look great.
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I started packing for a sewing retreat next week...
I am doing something special, I am entering your giveaway. Have a happy Leap Day and thanks for the chance to win.
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Nothing too special for leap day -- just work! I adore these prints...
I am staying in, away from the snowstorm that surrounds me.
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Listening to my son's play in the local music festival, getting my 2 new kitchen cabinet's installed and celebrating my husband making his first ever sale in an art show! A really Bizzi Lizzi day!
Entered a few leap day giveaways :) Thanks for the chance to win!
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I was thinking of asking a guy if he'd consider dating me, but I chickened out. Maybe some other time. :)
Otherwise, nothing much!
Chocolate...because calories don't count on Leap Day (I just made that up). Thanks!
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Nothing special for the leap year for me. Well, I got an eye exam, I guess thats special because I can see again.
nothing great going on here just watching american idol!
Normal day over here, I suppose if the kids weren't so busy we would have made a bigger deal of it!
Nothing special for me!
Nothing out of the ordinary for today. Had to work, then grocery shop. I so hate doing that on a weeknight! :)
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Just hoping for this give away for my brand new sewing room that I've been waiting to have back after housing family members who came back home for whatever reason these past few years:) Happy leap day!
Nothing special--had to go to work!
I made good use of an extra day to train, which, combined with unusually delightful weather, meant my husband and i ran 7 miles outside together.
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It was a snow day here so we shoveled and played.
I just pinned my favorite fabric combo.
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My Aunt came over for dinner which was pretty special. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! Love me some Lizzy House!
I had the best sewing day I've had in weeks.
No special Leap Day plans. It's ugly outside, and I'm going to stay in and snuggle with my dog, hang out with my husband, and sew.
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For leap day, I finished block number thirteen for the quilt I am working on.
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That day, I took myself out of my crafting rut and made around 24 batches of hand dyed threads, HDTs in three different colorways.
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this leap day I sewed all day with fabric ordered from Fabricworm
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I spent the afternoon helping a friend sew a denim blanket for her son. Great way to spend the day!
Spent the day visiting my Gram in the hospital!
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I'm feeling better after 19 days of sickness - yay Leap Day! Thank you for the chance to win - I especially love the butterfly print!
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Leap day... Just an extra day of the year - cleaning up and throwing away old stuff. Spring is coming!!!
Its been and gone! Just another day at work.
Did nothing special :( had an extra long day at work and crashed at home.
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I'm having a job interview! Wish me luck!
We placed a bid on a house and they accepted! This will be our first house so I'm pretty excited.
spent Leap Year Day entering giveaways and sewing a little instead of cleaning
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no, I didn't do anything special for leap day. just did some cleaning/organizing around the house.
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waiting anxiously fo a friend to announce the birth of a leap day baby - she made it just around 11pm!
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Nope, just studying for my finals and wishing that I was sewing instead.
We went shopping for a new dining table and chairs set :)
Nothing special for Leap Day. Just sat at home and watched the stupid wind blow all day long.
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Aww -- now that I think about it, I just let Leap Day go right on by! Thanks for the giveaway though:)
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I'm from Portugal and i will let here my latest bike.
It is not a weight weenie bike due to the normal aspects ($$$). Still it has 7.6 Kg and i want to make it under 7.
It is a Cannondale caad 3 frame with a campagnolo record 10s group.
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Even when I’m on a well deserved vacation this God forsaken industry refuses to allow me to get some rest. Here I was trying to relax on the beach on a beautiful sunny day in the Bahamas, quietly sipping some exotic looking drink I can’t remember the name of, when my phone starts going crazy. Facebook, SMS, Email, Whatsapp – fucking everything started giving me notifications while at the same time calls were being diverted from the office as well. Similar to a crazy war veteran, I started getting flashbacks from 2008 when the 1D Mark III debacle was still upon us and started reciting prayers in my mind hoping to God this was not related to issues with the 1DX or 5D Mark III.
Turns out all the fuss was about the piece of shit Nikon D800 and D4 winning the EISA 2012-2013 camera of the year awards. If you ever had any doubt about all these awards and reviews in this industry being nothing more than a big fucking joke, then I’m hoping that this will remove all doubt. Just check this out:
The EISA judges said: .”
This is just pure hogwash. High video quality? BAHAHAHAHA right, with all the softness, moire and aliasing? Looks like the EISA judges aren’t aware of Philip Bloom’s review:
And highest image quality? With the shitty JPEG engine in both the D4 and D800?? Please, don’t make me laugh. Even the 5D Mark III JPEG images look better than the D4 images:
So, what can be taken away from this test? Well, the 5DIII kicks the daylights out of the D4, no doubt about it. The kickers that make the 5DIII even more superior: it has 6Mp more resolution than the D4 and only costs half as much. Talk about getting bang for your buck!
After comparing the sets of images in Lightroom and comparing the two cameras, there wasn’t exactly a clear winner. The Nikon D4 seemed to have cleaner highlights, while the Canon 1Dx appeared to have better contrast and possibly cleaner shadows. In the end, if we have to award a point here and pick a winner, it’s the Nikon D4 – by a hair. Still, the Canon 1Dx still has slightly more pleasing colour and overall image tone.
Not to mention the awful as fuck green screen on both the D4 and D800 that makes everyone, including Ken Rockwell, want to shoot with Canon instead:
Matt is not alone in noticing this issue with the Nikon D4, as a simple internet search will instantly reveal many others complaining of the same green screen issue. Matt has actually called Nikon about the issue and feels that Nikon may have been a bit coy in their response when they claimed that this was the first they have heard of it, and boldly claimed that the D4 has a more actuate screen than its predecessors. Maybe Nikon doesn’t have the internet??
And super-fast autofocus on the D4? Well, certainly these guys seem to disagree with those fucking EISA idiots:
The previous tests were close to call. This wasn’t. The Canon 1Dx ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED the Nikon D4 in the AF speed test. It was almost three times faster than the Nikon. Where the D4 was yielding an average of just under one image per second, the 1Dx was handily snapping three. Even more telling was the hesitation that the Nikon D4 seemed to display, at times not knowing if it should continue to focus forward, or head back. In contrast, the Canon 1Dx just ripped it to shreds, launching it’s AF like a shotgun, sure and confident, every time.
Matt, who has over a decade of experience with Nikon cameras & lenses was absolutely blown away by the Canon performance here. He echoed himself over and over again for hours afterward, saying “I can’t believe how fast that Canon can drive those lenses…” A clear winner in the Canon 1Dx
No wonder these guys are considering getting the 1DX instead of the D4:
And high resolution? The 1DX wins here with 18MP – 2 MP more than the D4. High frame rates? Again 1DX wins with 14fps compared to 10fps on the D4.
So you tell me: Apart from some obviously huge Nikon cocks, what the bloody fuck are those EISA judges smoking? The 1DX should have been the winner here.
And then there’s the D800. Oh God, the D800. I’ve spent a number of posts discussing this stinking heap of crap in the past already. First we had those fucking idiots at DxOLabs blatantly misleading everyone with their claims. Now it looks like these morons from EISA also want to join in and continue to mislead the entire fucking industry with the D800, strangely while the press stands by and watches it happen. This is what the fuckwads at EISA would have you believe:
The EISA judges.”
No compromises have been made with noise levels at high ISO settings? I beg to differ.??
Don’t forget what Ken Rockwell said:.
Obviously those fuckwads at the EISA don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. Because the movie mode of the D800 is crap as well, with all the noise, aliasing and moire. This can be seen in Philip Bloom’s review above, but here’s another:
But the shitty green screen LCD, the noisy-ass images and the horribly aliased and moired video are the least of your concerns if the universe hates you so much that today you somehow find yourself owning a D800. A bigger concern for you should be the malfunctioning autofocus system on the D800, that as of right now, is shaping up to become the equivalent of the 1D Mark III debacle for Nikon.
So here you have a camera with a 36MP sensor, that’s so fucking overhyped with regards to the resolution that it supposedly produces (which in reality isn’t that much more compared tot he 5D Mark III), but apparently you can’t actually focus accurately to take advantage of the resolution on the sensor. I have to say, this reminds me of the 5D Mark II which had a similar problem. Fortunately Canon Inc. got their act together with the 5D Mark III, but all of you Nikon morons are now fucked with the D800. Similar to the green screen LCD, Nikon apparently refuses to really acknowledge the autofocus problem on the D800. Nikon whore Thom Hogan already had the following to say about?
Here’s more from Thom Hogan:′s?
Nikon morons are literally filling up the Internet with their complaints regarding the autofocus issues on the piece of shit D800. Here’s a screenshot taken on Nikon Rumors:
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Many loyal customers are now switching to 5d mark III or 1DX due to superior AF system and better low light capabilities.”
BAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those Nikon morons really need stupid fucks like DxOLabs and EISA to make them feel better about spending their money on the worthless crap that is the D800.
That’s just fucking hilarious. Here’s what Lloyd Chambers has to say:
But after testing today with my D800 and D800E both just back from Nikon, my conclusion remains the same as what I initially showed in my review of the Nikon D800: the D800 /D800E has poor autofocus precision, and that’s with the center focusing sensor, which is the best one (one example). In short, the asymmetry issue is a footnote issue compared to the fundamental problem of poor precision in general.
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In my testing today under the same conditions, the Canon 5D Mark III + 85mm f/1.2L II achieved both high precision and high accuracy, similar to what I found with the Canon 1D X autofocus. If anything, an ƒ/1.2 lens is more of a challenge than an ƒ/1.4. lens.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lloyd, man, just get a 5D Mark III or a 1DX and throw that piece of shit D800 in the river.
And similarly, you may want to check out this website with a discussion of the D800 issues. Here’s the end result after some failed attempts at getting it fixed:
My choice(s)? Getting rid of a defective product, not bothering to check the My Nikon website each day for reasonable answers that never come, skipping the robotic conversations full of empathy but no meaningful information, not risking an additional failed attempt by Nikon’s Service Center to fix my D800, not wasting my time taking photos of test charts, and using the camera I already have. The good news? My doctor also tells me that, with time, the phenomenon of seeing Siemens Stars everywhere will eventually subside.
And if Nikon will reimburse me $73 for the scenic, but fruitless trip my D800 took to Melville, I suspect I will feel even better.And if Nikon will reimburse me $73 for the scenic, but fruitless trip my D800 took to Melville, I suspect I will feel even better.
So once again, my D7000 is glad the D800 has left our home. And this time… so am I.
Here are some quotes from the comments:
Nikon’s stupidity and arrogance are beyond belief!…or are they? As much as I and many respect this site, Thom Hogan, the more sane posters at dpreview, etc., many D800 owners,such as those Thom met in Alaska, have no idea they have a defective camera and a manufacturer whom doesn’t give a damn.
Galbraith is offline, Nikon Reviews is apparently a shill, Kelby is all self-promotion now—who is going to speak up for poorly treated Nikon customers?
It unfortunately seems that there are many cameras Nikon cannot fix with recalibration. If recal was the solution, they would have done it a long time ago. It is a stopgap measure which can improve some cameras, but there must be a major manufacturing/structural error which is so expensive for Nikon to fix or replace, they have decided not to do it. That is why there has been no public statement.
So, if you have a camera they cannot “fix” with recal, Nikon has abandoned you. What can we do about it?
No class action suit unless someone is injured (your response when I suggested this previously)? I’m not an expert or a lawyer.
Nikon needs to pay for this, in more ways than one. What can we do?
Those readers who have suggested we need a kinder, gentler response to those nice Nikon people need not apply.
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After hearing of the mess Nikon has made of this problem and comparing it to my experience with my first Nikon, the D5000, I am seriously considering selling all of my Nikon equipment and moving to Canon.
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I finally got my D800 back from Melville, exactly a month after sending it in due to extremely inconsistent af. I of course had to cover the shipping and insurance costs. I tested it once again and found that it was in much worse condition than before sending it in. Before I sent it in the center point was slightly off and the edges were a complete mess. After receiving it back the edges are slightly better but the rest of it is absolutely horrendous, including the center! The af is so bad that I can even see through the viewfinder that it is not grabbing focus and it goes without saying that the resulting images are completely fuzzed. I am using charts and multiple lenses to test, i.e 24 1.4, 35 1.4, 24-70 2.8 and so forth. I am comparing all my results to lv which is perfect.
Being a full time photographer with multiple Nikon bodies and lenses including the D4, I am somewhat astonished and appalled by the conversations I have had with Nikon and with the treatment I am receiving.
I wish I had returned my body when I had the chance but wrongly trusted Nikon repair to do the right thing. It’s back in a box heading to Melville yet again and my fingers are crossed that I do not get stuck with a $3000 lemon.
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My D800 is back from the second repair attempt. The left focus issue is not resolved. Maybe I can return it back to Amazon after 5 months of use … unbelievable …
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After reading your story and several others in a number of forums I am convinced that I made the right decision when I returned my D800 to the vendor. As much as I like the D800 I cannot bring myself to spend $3k on something with a known defect that Nikon can’t seem to repair.
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My D800 came back from Melville today UNREPAIRED. El Segundo had it for 19 days and couldn’t fix it. Melville received it Tuesday, overnighted it to me last night and it is still not focusing on the left. This issue was escalated to Nikon’s Sr. Management (I spoke to them on the phone yesterday) and they still could not get it right.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those of you who ended up buying this piece of garbage can try to get sharp images by reading this post of mine.
What a nightmare for Nikon and all those Nikon morons who bought into the D800 hype. I warned all of you from the very beginning that the D800 was a piece of shit. I warned you, you poor pathetic fools, I warned you. But ya just wouldn’t listen. Some people have emailed me and called me a prophet or psychic, but with my 30 years of experience in this industry, “predicting” this stuff is a piece of cake. I’m not called the Canon Camera Guru for nothing – I fucking earned that title!
And honestly, when Nikon was caught using footage from the 5D Mark II to promote the D800, you had to realize the video quality from the D800 was probably nowhere near good enough to sell the camera. Certainly, as we’ve seen, it sucks compared to the 5D Mark III.
So what do those fuckwads from EISA have to say about this??? Does this camera really deserve a camera of the year award? Honestly? As far as I’m concerned, Nikon can go ahead an rebrand the D800 to become the Nikon 1D Mark III. It fucking deserves that title!
Everywhere you look right now, people are impressed with the 1DX and 5D Mark III, especially with regards to the autofocus system. Both of these cameras are using the new 61-point AF system with 41 cross-type points that just kicks incredible amounts of ass in terms of speed and accuracy.
But there’s something seriously wrong in Europe. Nikon appears to have some strong influence on key organizations and publications in Europe. DxOLabs is one, but EISA clearly is also biased towards Nikon. I’ve already sent an email to Mitarai to have this situation thoroughly investigated.
CLEARLY what you can get out of all of the above, is that the Canon 1DX and Canon 5D Mark III are really the best DSLR cameras available today. Everyone who is honest and isn’t biased or influenced by Nikon says this. You simply cannot come to a different conclusion GOD DAMMIT!!!!1
Now all of you stop bothering me and let me enjoy the rest of my vacation.
Hi Fake Chuck. That penis enlargement regime that you’ve been doing, it doesn’t work?
Not as good as I hoped for.
Ha ha ha! Yeah Chuck, you’re right and everyone else in the industry is a moron! Suck it up princess, everyone knows the Nikons are superior. And the D600 is coming to give Canon another ass whooping too.
Oh the Nikons are superior alright. Just ask all those people complaining about the D800 autofocus issues which Nikon apparently can’t seem to fix.
This camera has really upset you, hasn’t it?
It’s OK Chuck, everyone makes mistakes. Just ebay your Canon gear and go get one, move on man. This self torment won’t do you any good.
I’d rather get kicked in the nuts by a donkey instead of buying a D800. I mean that.
Today is a very happy day. The courier just delivered my Nikon D600!
Along with my 70-200mm 2.8. Just taken some test shots and even at 2000 iso is very very impressive. Much much better than my old Canon 550d at 400 iso. Then I read the Canon 6D specs! Yes, today is a very happy day!
I’m so glad I switched to Nikon.
iso 6400 JPEGS aren’t terrible either.
Great post, as ever. All these big companies need someone with enough balls to expose their defective products that, once and again, launch to the market. Well done, FCW!
Thanks man, my balls are so massive they distort the very fabric of spacetime around them.
You guys are seriously sick – change your druggs and get shooting instead of
wasting your time with such a bullshit!
cheers!
lol wut?
my Minolta X700 got that EISA award long time but that camera fails me and breaks every 2 weeks. On the paper all the features seem great but on the field it’s terrible. Seems like nothing ever changed with EISA.
oh well. better luck next year.
Chuck, Nikon is starting to sound like United Airlines (lost a 10 year kid, and didn’t give a shit ) and Progressive Insurance (defended a customer’s killer in court to avoid paying a claim ). Apparently, giving a shit about your customers is passe.
Nikon is the new Canon man. And Canon is the new Nikon.
Ahahaha! Great post Chuck! You are doing a great service in exposing these things of the photographic industry. Hopefully the message is not lost in the twisted humor, though!
Someone has to do it. Might as well be me since the entire fucking industry consists of a bunch of photographic girliemen.
Have nice holidays Fake Chuck, we enjoy your great posts and your opinions !
awww… another disappointment for you chucky boy, too bad
Ask all those Nikon morons with their precious D800 about disappointment!
I have a D800, and it rocks
Sorry Chuck…
I think you have an obsession problem. Maybe you are frustrated and you need to have sex ?
I can’t deny needing sex. Lots of it to be honest with you. However, this doesn’t make the facts about the piece of shit D800 and Nikon’s fuckups less true.
The camera shop offered me a good deal on a 5D mk3 the other day. They got stock they can’t move. Told them to bash that up their arse sideways, I only want a D800… :p
with all your posts, you look much disappointed than them… anyway, just get Canon’s best camera award from bloom, rockwell and all the persons you idolized for their opinion. fact of the matter is none of it would matter and certainly wont make you happy either.
PAY ATTENTION TO THIS TAKEN FROM THE ABOVE POST:
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so? yes its true there are some units that are affected by the defect in AF, so what? it happens to every camera thats been released in the past. besides only Nikon USA has not been able to fix this issue, while the rest of the distributors have and they have done it correctly, no disassembly of the unit, no black tapes, etc… and there are A LOT of D800/E out there that are working perfectly out of the box. you’re just arguing for the sake of it… seriously, grow some brains princess
and let me remind you, it took Canon 2 flagship units before they could get their AF system working fine, and in the end they redesigned to to be released on the 1Dx because they couldnt fix it… those are FLAGSHIP units princess
Hey moron, didn’t you read? Those 2 D800 bodies were FUCKING FACTORY SERVICED BY NIKON!!! And still it could not focus sharp enough, at least not as good as the 5D mark III. MANY people are reporting this problem. I have links above, google it. Nikon service centers in other countries have also not been able to fix this. Google is your friend.
Hey FC, great shot catching those judges working hard, that’s a 10 right there. I use Nikon, and yes a D800, which I love. D’you know what’s Nikon evil plan buying off every judge of every test of every company?
Keep fighting the good fight my friend, you know I’ll come back everytime, a little humour comes handy nowadays…
Come on and switch already, you know you want to… be true to your heart…
It’s just a fine line between love and hate…
Nikon really is the new canon. As a Nikon user, I appreciate what you are doing here and I hope Nikon inc. reads this and learns from it. Nikon got their asses handed to them this year! The D800 is crap. Ergonomics and iq. It’s like taking a fucken dump then holding it up to your face and making click click noises. Now I just have to figure out what I am going to do with all my nikkor glass. I am thinking about putting it all on eBay and starting over.
what the fuck! you cant be serious about Nikon listening to princess chuck for their next move, arent you?
I just don’t know. You canon morons wandered around lost for several years before canon pulled its head out of its ass. Now us Nikon morons are the ones who are lost and Nikon has its head so far up its ass it doesn’t know which way is up. Keep my glass and wait for Nikon to figure it out or sell everything at a loss and switch brands? What to do….
Chuck my man, lucky you’re still around, kicking asses as bad as ever for our great enjoyment. Keep it up, man, keep it up.
You had me until you started quoting Ken Rockwell. Then again he has a similar mentality as yourslef of “I”m right and the rest of the people of this world are morons.”
I’d love to hear your comments regarding the rumor of a Canon 3D. 46 mp< LMAO… My only thought is WTF??? Is Canon gonna turn tail and follow Nikon in the race to MEGA-megapixels??? Hear we go again, it's like the USA vs USSR in the space race all over again… PR companies, start your engines…. LOL
‘After hearing of the mess Nikon has made of this problem and comparing it to my experience with my first Nikon, the D5000, I am seriously considering selling all of my Nikon equipment and moving to Canon.’
That’s EXACTLY what I did. D7000, 24-70mm f/2.8, 105mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4, 18-200mm, Sigma 8-16mm and an SB-600, all jacked in.
Got a lovely new 5D Mk III, 580 EX II (what a flashgun), 50mm f/1.4, 24-70mm f/2.8 L, 70-200mm f/2.8 IS L. Couldn’t be happier.
Fuck you Nikon and hello Canon!
If you think the 580EXII is good, wait until you try the 600EX-RT.
I shoot along side several avid canon users, my old Nikon D3 kick Canon’s ass. You should hear the cussing and damn thing would;nt focus, or damn thing missed that one. It’s funny to listen to the disappointment if trying to capture a bird in flight for example. What really pisses of a Canon user is when we put our images on the big screen and view the percentage of in focused and well exposed action shots. Now if you are trying to capture images of stationary or slow moving subjects, the canon is just a good. My 600 F4 Nikkor is just as good as the 500 F4′s that these Canon guys are shooting. That is even after their 500 F4 canons were sent back into canon to be adjusted as they say.
You should take a look at DigitalRev yt video with their 1Dx vs. D4 overview – seems like C R&D finally did something considering AF issues, in side by side shootout D4 was loosing it.
I just wiped my ass with my D800, threw it into my fucking fire-pit dumped gasoline on it and lit the bitch on fire. Thanks Nikon, for nothin. If the CF card survived I will be posting a video of it. I doubt it though. Piece of fucken shit looks like a blob of smoking bear shit now.
Amen brotha, after sending my D800 back to Melville to fix the crippled AF issues, getting back just as bad, I sold the motha fucka. Sure, I took a $500 loss, but as the wife says, “Get rid of the Fucker and move on. Life is too short to deal with drama”.
Yeah, we got rid of a Canon crop sensor DSLR because it was a noisy piece of shit you couldn’t get a decent photo out of at anything over 400 iso. Switched to Nikon and never looked back. DXO mark scores agree with our findings, you Canon shooting retard fanboys just get all upset ‘cos the DXO marks disagree with your fanboy opinion. I bet the two ‘tards above never even owned a Nikon camera, just making up fanboy bullshit.
Nikon D600 just come in third behind the D800 twins on DXO marks sensor ratings. That would mean something to you Canon shooting retards if you knew anything about image quality. But just to generalise it for you, Nikon shooters have a higher ability to take better quality photos than Canon shooters. Less Noise, more dynamic range, higher colour depths…
Hmm, wonder if Henri Cartier Bressona needed Nikons higher ability to take better quality photos with less noise, more dynamic range, higher colour depths…
If he were alive today, he’d have switched to Nikon too.
True, very few of HCB’s images are in focus….I hear he had arthritis and couldn’t focus those antique Leica lenses. Getting a D800 would assure that he would be able to continue his out of focus technique.
love your review!! Nikons overpriced and over rated. Bought a d800 first without looking at reviews, took some shots, didn’t like what I was seeing.. decided to max my credit card by buying a 5D3 from another store, took a few shots with both in the same places. Checked the pics at home and punted the d800 straight back, lucky they accepted it! wish I hadn’t deleted the pics, they would have done justice to this review! Couldn’t be happier with how dependable this bitch is!
See above post moron
Dear FCW,
What’s up with all the Nikon Fanboys?
Are they in denial or just have masculinity issues?
Fake Chuck Westfall, now Canon approved PR. I would have preferred them succeeding in shutting the Blog down TBH.
I have bought 2 nikon D800 and i have sold them fast, because of the problem’s that they have. The lenses are good but come on Nikon, give as what Canon give, a 5D3 and a 1dx. I need a Full Frame camera raight now, but Nikon don’t have any camera to function normaly. It is a good time to be a Canon shooter.
I raced out an bought a 5D mk3 after reading your blog. Well… what a piece of shit. All my friends D800′s and D600′s shit all over this thing for image quality. My photos are dull and lifeless and if I have to shoot in high contrast conditions, I’d be better off borrowing some old Nikon crop sensor. Now I’m going to lose big dollars trading in this shitbox for a Nikon. Wish I’d listened to my friends in the first place instead of this rubbish blog.
If you produce shit with a 5D Mark III, the problem is you my friend. Go get a D800 and see what shit really is.
What a pisser!!!! you diden’t read the manual it says on page 47 (DO NOT PLACE IN THE HANDS OF MORONS)
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Anyone looking at the ISO performance from dpreview shows that the d800′s image is cropped in further, compared to the other cameras. When cropped to the same size on both images, the D800 does phenominally well for a 36mp sensor. And easily compares with the other cameras. Go back to that site and check again, and notice, the images for the d800 are shown cropped more.
My only problem with Canon is, the 5D Mark III is the only camera worth buying, anything below that (7D, 60D, 600D) is worthless in terms of image quality. Nikon on the other hand, has an army of very compelling low end DSLRs (D3200, D5200,D7000) ready to steal Canons marketshare. I can’t wait to see what they have for 2k13, It will be the D7100 vs the 70D and both NIkon and Canon are playing the waiting game to see who releases first.
Camera is a camera, i own both cameras, D800E for studio and 5D MARK 3 outdoors for sports. i like them both. I like D800 cause of that old school film look it produces at higher ISO and 5D3 for fast AF. both handles well. I agree with the test result with DXOmark not being close to each other but yet again. I found out they are looking for how much color array that sensor accepts.
Hey 5D800
How good is the colour reproduction (accuracy) from the Nikon D800 compared to the 5D Mark iii?
You look like an old guy, yet yo use fuck and simular words in 50% of your sentences. Its kinda patetic. I would take you much more seriously if you would act like an adult, instead you try to act all though, pathetic.
Hey Chuck, Canon spent alllllll that time designing a new camera, adding an extra 1 megapixel and auto focusing ( one that should have been updated in the mark ii) and increased the sensor’s sensitivity by 1-2 stops, WHOOOPY FUCKING DOOO Argh pathetic canon…
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D700 owner with lots invested in lenses. I’ve taken great shots with the D700 but I have always been infatuated with Canon’s color, WB and over artsy feel in the overall image. I usually can pin point a 5D of some sort pretty easy. I want to sell/trade my system but I’m in the middle of wedding season but I was recently offered a straight over trade for a mkII and lenses. I have the D700, 85/1.4G, 24-70/2.8G, 50/1.4G, 80-200/2.8G and he has the 5dMkII, 35/1.4L, 50/1.4/, 85/1.4, 24-105/f4 and Sigma 80-200/2.8. | http://fakechuckwestfall.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/introducing-the-nikon-1d-mark-iii-aka-the-piece-of-shit-d800/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=48bfce9332 | 2013-05-18T10:12:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Taji Mustafa, the British head of Islamist group Hizb Ut-Tahrir:
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Geert Wilders, Anti-islam campaigner:
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Taji Mustafa, the British head of Islamist group Hizb Ut-Tahrir:
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Geert Wilders, Anti-islam campaigner:
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Thank you for your comments at BRM!!
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You’re most welcome, DM.
And for anybody interested, the comments thread is here:
This is exactly why I’ve given up any hope of mainstream Christians opposing islam.
“islamophobia”?? What the hell? A ‘phobia’ is an unreasoning fear of something. Millions of people worldwide have a very sound reasons to fear and detest islam. And this Wabbit doesn’t fear islam–he hates it.
WTF? Who knew there could be so many to be found on one thread so willing to offer up their riches, lifestyle and (in the end) their necks to the savages!
One comment resonated with me. Instead of nuking the joint, we should be using smart-bombs on their mosques (at about 3pm local, Friday). After all, I quite like the sphinx, the pyramids and the Egyptian museum and I’d like to visit them someday. Oh, and by the way. As Israel prepares to launch a pre-emptive defense against the Iranian animals, the navies of various Western powers are massing to defend … their oil supply. Not Israel, but oil. Israel is under the bus, to be enthusiastically condemned in the UN to the cheers of those same western nations. But the oil must get through!
‘The’ sphinx is very disappointing – it’s not very big at all and the commercialisation around it makes it very tatty, the pyramids OK – impresssive in the engineering required to build them, but the Museum is fascinating. I spent hours wondering around a whole floor display of Tutankhamun’s funerary.
Anglophobia means a hatred or fear of things British (more likely anti-English). The term Islamophobia probably is the same – a fear or hatred of, and we are experiencing both because our elected leaders are doing nothing to counter the threat it poses to our very existence.
Spotted on a car bumper today: I love my country America.
I fear my government.
Nice to see
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HaHa!!!OMG!!!!thought it was middle age white man. But it seems that Harvard just goes off on wild tangents.
After a noon meeting, I stopped at a Chic-filA for lunch. parking lot full. Many children and mothers with rings on their left fingers, not in their nose, etc. Live flowers in small vases on every table. Fast service, good food, I had Number 1 combo. The McDonalds across the street was much less busy. Maybe this is an indication that there is Hope after all.
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Shakespear quotes:
Syria,Lebanon,Egypt,the majority were Christians.The moslems,either killed them
or forced them to leave.They do that at every country when their numbers increase.
Cyprus was divided by Turkey and chased all Christians out in order to make the Island
on the north pure moslim.
They will do the same in England,France,Canada, if their numbers are left unchecked.
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With us will be Eric Welch, teacher at JEB Stuart High School, who is spearheading the effort to establish the Fairfax Leadership Academy, a 7th to 12th-grade school aimed at high-risk, low-income students.
Borrowing ideas that have proven effective in boosting student achievement, organizers have proposed a full-year school calendar, extended-day schedules, intensive college preparation and small learning communities, with just 75 students in each grade. But opponents worry that the school would be so attractive that it would draw students and other resources from nearby Falls Church High School.
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. They don’t always get the big difference between fiction and nonfiction. They suspect that all historical movies are about as accurate as a documentary. They are far from stupid and are often more pop-culture savvy than their parents. But they are also impressionable and still soaking up information that will shape their lives. So for every film that muddles an important issue (and here I’m focusing on slavery but it can apply to a number of other topics), are we obliged to make sure our kids have a pop-culture counterpoint? Do we need to make sure we get in a Lincoln for every Django? For every Inglorious Basterds do we make sure there’s a Schindler’s List viewing?
Or am I overthinking it?
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Hi there, I am new to this group, but wanted to post a question up straight away, as there is something I am really worried about. I have two daughters, one who is 9 and one who is 6. We live in France for most of the year, and the UK for the remainder. I have been unschooling for 3 years now, my eldest dd went to school in France for three years (kindergarten) until she was 6, but the youngest dd has never been to school. We know no other homeschoolers in France at this time.
The older dd is very sociable and meets up with her friends at least once a week. The younger dd is struggling to make friends of her own as invariably when a friend of 'hers' comes to play, they end up playing with the eldest dd. I have tried to invite one friend for each dd at the same time, but the youngest dd always ends up alone, with her friend playing with the other two, she frequently cries about not having any friends, when she sees her sister being so successful with everyone she comes across. My youngest dd adores her older sister and in the house she is bright and funny and confident, this changes when we are out of the house though; she hardly ever speaks.
The other day I managed to arrange to connect with about 8 other girls of two distinct age ranges, (a very rare occasion) and my eldest dd immediately went into the older group, so of course, the youngest dd tagged along with her elder sister and ended up sitting on the edge of the action, whilst the group of younger girls were playing happily by themselves - so she was unable to get into either group to get involved (and she was the youngest child there out of both groups, yet she stuck to the older group like glue).
Although she does not want to go to school, she feels strongly that she is missing out socially - she cannot speak french, unlike her older sister (who learnt whilst she was in school) and does not want to join any sports or craft groups here in France, she is extremely timid when in a large group of children. I am acutely aware that she has not had that time 'in school' to form her own friendships like other school children do.
I invite many children to my house to play and sleepover, but unfortunately the opportunity very rarely arises when she is invited back to other children's houses alone. I am at the moment struggling to find even one child to invite to her birthday party in a week's time who is not more interested in playing with her older sister and it really saddens me.
She follows her older sister in everything she does, but she is very sad about her lack of close friendships she has herself.
please, has anyone else been in this situation who may be able to help?
thanks, Louisa.
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Hi Louisa. Re your worries about your youngest daughter and friends in social settings, is this regardless of language spoken / which country you're in? Could it be that the speaking-French / integrating-in-French is the issue, or do you think it's 'something else'?
I mention this as (a long time ago!) I spent a year of my degree course at a French-speaking University in Belgium. Whilst my French was otherwise 'good enough', I was there with two close friends from the UK, both of whom were completely bilingual French/English. We spent most of our time together, along with our Belgian friends, and somehow I found that I let my 'usual personality' get squashed, partly by my perfectionist streak when it came to speaking French as well as everyone else was in my company. I also found it immensely difficult to put across who I was personality-speaking, in my 2nd language. This was exacerbated probably by being with two friends who had no issue with this whatsoever, being bilingual!
At the time I'm sure I would have been described by English friends as being social, extroverted, confident and humorous, but I'm quite sure my French-speaking friends wouldn't have seen me in the same light. Possibly the opposite! In hindsight, I think I would have still struggled in some ways, but it would probably have been a better move for me to have gone to a French speaking University without my bilingual friends. I think I would have asserted myself much more, and felt less pressure to be 'as good as they were'. (In fact, I know this was my mistake: I lived in Belgium for several years outside of Uni years - without my bilingual friends - and had no issue conversing in French without the performance anxiety!)
Whilst I'm sure some children jump straight-in with languages that aren't their mother-tongue picking up the new language osmotically, maybe others that have a more serious / perfectionist streak hold back? Especially if they're around a much more confident and fluent sibling / friend?
I guess one acid test is this: is your youngest much the same around English speaking friends when you're back in the UK? (Especially after a few 'sessions' of being able to get to know others gently, in her own time?) If so, are there any ways in which she can improve her French - in a way that works for her, and of her choosing - without pressure to 'perform' socially? (I expect you've thought of these ideas already, but in case not, how about some short French 'lessons' / games - if she actively wants this and can cope with it - on a 1:1 basis? Asking a single French speaking girl of her age-group round just to spend time with her speaking French one week, perhaps if they can swap and try speaking English another week?... Maybe it would help your daughter to see a French 'friend' learning English in this way? Watching childrens' movies in French? etc.)
In our family, we have a very socially confident and extroverted 6 year old son (when it comes to children, at least). And a much more introverted 3 year old daughter. Both get plenty of opportunity each week to mix with other home educated kids, and several unschoolers too. My daughter has had people around her in this way since birth, but she seems to prefer her own company to mixing with other children. (Granted, she's still very young, but my son was far more interested in other children at her age. I can see a difference in their social preferences.) For now at least, she's aware her brother loves playing games and being involved with his friends, but she doesn't seem to be unhappy or frustrated with not being the same way. (Of course this may change...). I mention this, as I expect it would help your youngest and you if you're able to shed more light on what exactly is frustrating your daughter. The language issue, and / or something else...?
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Have you tried arranging play dates just for the younger girl? Away from her sister? It sounds like she doesn't have as much "interpersonal intelligence" as her sister, or else learns about social situations in different ways - so in company she trails along and falls into the older girl's shadow. I'm inclined to think part of the problem is that she's looking at her sister thinking "that's how its done" when she can't actually Do what her sister does - she may very well need to watch a group of people for a good while before stepping in and starting to socialize. But her big sister is creating a kind of template she thinks she needs to follow - just like if her sister learned to read in a way which didn't work for the younger girl. The more she thinks she needs to do the same, the more of a failure she'll feel.
She follows her older sister in everything she does, but she is very sad about her lack of close friendships she has herself.
Another thought is to actively look for an older child or teen, or even an adult to play with your younger daughter - take her out, away from her sister and do things together. That sort of thing is helpful to a lot of kids who don't mingle well with their age-peers. It could also be a good idea to talk about the ways in which people are different and make much of her skills and accomplishments which are Unlike her sister's. Right now, she's like a fish measuring herself against a bird.
I am acutely aware that she has not had that time 'in school' to form her own friendships like other school children do.
She could easily run into exactly the same situation in school, being an outsider while kids with more interpersonal intelligence easily collect comrades and attention. Schools very much "reward" girls like your older daughter, kids who socialize easily with age peers. It's important for you to look for ways to help your younger daughter see her own real abilities.
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Thanks for your comments!
Hi Tracy, you know, at the moment it is not the language that is the problem, I think it is actually lack of 1 on 1 contact with ANY child that is the problem. I am arranging for both of them to be looked after by an older french girl a few times a week, and she will read to them and speak solely in french to them, but I know that the youngest would never want to be in a situation where she was 1 on 1 with a french friend without her sister around just quite yet, but I am hoping that will change when she is ready. She wants to play with/have a special friend for herself and I feel that I am failing her as I have been finding it impossible to find a girl who is of her age and who can play without the older one around.
I spoke to some of my friends today and told them how I was feeling and it really is down to me to try and arrange for them to go their separate ways when it comes to playing with other kids. I guess I have to be stronger at 'inviting' my children round to other people's houses, asking for favours more often, at the moment I seem to be doing endless favours for others hoping that one day I will get some return for my efforts, but so far, not much joy!
The ideal situation would be when one friend comes home to play with one of them, the other goes off to play with someone else. I find it very challenging trying to make this work in an ex-pat community esp. when all the kids have very heavy schedules (v. long school days and homework every night) and really don't see the need for lots of socially activity out of school. I cannot believe how little school children's lives allow for down time out of school, it is practically zero!
I agree with you Meredith, she could run into these problems at school, and I actually remember my eldest when she was in french school feeling very isolated (and that WAS a problem with the language at first, as she stuck very closely to a little english boy and therefore didn't really integrate properly with the others), and I think it also is probably a question of age.
I have never thought of an older child taking the youngest one out for activities, that is very interesting, I will look into it.
I know that both my children have what many other children do not have and that is a sibling as a best friend, regardless of the three years difference in age between them and I love how well they get on with each other. I hope that this kind of confidence in the act of friendship will pull my youngest through when she eventually gets out into the big wide world.
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I hope that this kind of confidence in the act of friendship will pull my youngest through when she eventually gets out into the big wide world.
She is already in the world, though, and in her real world, her sister is more personable and fun for other people. That's not her fault, but its something she needs help negotiating. In the longer term, seeing her sister "stealing" all her friends has the potential to erode the relationship. And at some point the elder could become resentful, too, of the little sister always tagging along. Unschooling doesn't automatically prevent those kinds of dynamics from developing.
I am arranging for both of them to be looked after by an older french girl a few times a week
Can you alternate days with each girl while the other does something special with you?
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Yes, this would be a good plan, I see where you are coming from Meredith. I must say when I spend time with either one of them them by myself it seems to always be special.
I had not really thought of the long term implication of our current set up, but I can see where resentments could come up in the future. It seems like relationships with others outside the home and giving each child their own time to fully express themselves as individuals are a thing that must be respected and handled with care. I will work on it over the next few weeks and see if I can set up something that works and gives both of them some space for themselves and other friends if they so wish.
thanks.
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Hi, I haven't had time to read all of your post, or the replies, (sorry, bedtime, I'm tired...) but I wanted to let you know there are homeschoolers and unschoolers in France, some maybe not too far from you. I will PM you my email address, if you want to tell me what town you live in I can ask my friends in France if they know anybody there.
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Thanks Bea, will do......
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Hi Lousia
I have a similar issue with my 6yo son (the younger of my 2 children), though probably for different reasons. Brodie loves playing with other children, but takes quite a while to warm up to others, so he finds it hard to make new friends and doesn't have any special friends of his own whom we see regularly. A couple of things that are working for us and one thing I plan to do to ...... the things that are working: he has a 16yo cousin who lives nearby who now has 1 day free a week since starting college in September; Tom has been coming over to play with Brodie a bit on those free days and I am hoping to make this a regular arrangement this year as Brodie loves playing with him and they have a great time together. The other thing that has happened recently is that both Tess & Brodie have really got into the computer game Minecraft and play that with other children while chatting on Skype. They both have a few friends on there whom they love chatting to. (We found the friends on the Unschooling Gamers list). It's not the same as friends in real life, but it is giving them a lot of social interaction and they are building friendships there, so it is a good addition to meeting friends in person.
The other thing is that I've realised Brodie needs quite a lot of help from me at the moment to make new friends, so I intend to help him more with playing with other children when it seems like there is someone he would enjoy playing with - I'm struggling a bit for how to phrase that without sounding like I will force him to play with others and I need to get off the computer, so please read it as not coercing or forcing and only doing this in appropriate situations when Brodie is interested! I have done this a couple of times and it's worked well, although it hasn't helped with finding any special friends for him to meet up with regularly so far, which would be the ideal.
Carole
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Something I found helpful with Mo wrt getting to know new friends was to set up the first playdate or two so the kids could do something in the same space w/o having to interact too much -like watch a movie or go to a zoo or museum, or do some kind of planned activity. That gave Mo a chance to get comfortable without the other child being hurt or confused when she didn't want to play right away.
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A census is a count and description of the population. Censuses have been taken by the government primarily for population studies and taxation purposes..
Searching Census Records. When searching census records, it is important to remember the following:
- Accept the ages with caution.
- Women are usually are not listed by their maiden names.
- Information may be incorrect.
- Spelling of names and places may vary from modern standard spellings or from how they may be listed in other sources.
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- Because the handwriting can be difficult to read, it may be helpful to figure the age that a hard-to-find person should have been in a particular census, scan the age column for that approximate age, and then look for the name.
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There were many different kinds of Indian censuses taken. They were taken on prescribed forms, and the forms were changed periodically. In searching for Indian ancestry in census records, it would be helpful to learn the history of the census to understand the importance of these records.
Early Census
One of the earliest Indian censuses available is the 1832 Parson’s and Abbot’s census of the Creek Indians. This was an attempt to record the number of Creek Indians living in Alabama. It is important that a person using these books read the introduction to understand the importance of this roll in Creek history. This census identifies the names of the principal chiefs and heads of the household, where they resided, the number of people living in the household, and whether they owned slaves:
Abbott, Thomas J. Creek Census of 1832 (Lower Creeks). Laguna Hills, California: Histree, 1987. (FHL book 970.3 C861a.) It is indexed by name.
Parsons, Benjamin S. Creek Census of 1832 (Upper Creeks). Laguna Hills, California: Histree, 1987. (FHL book 970.3 C861pa.) It is indexed by name.
Agency Census Rolls
Congress required Indian agencies to take an annual census of Indian reservations starting in 1884. The census forms contained different information, depending on the year the census was taken.: This census.
Many of these census returns were deposited in the National Archives and condensed under the title Indian Census Rolls. The Family History Library has these census rolls, such as:
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Indian Census Rolls, Blackfeet Agency, 1890-1939. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0595. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1965. (FHL film 573849-57.) These census records include the Blackfeet, Kainah, Siksika, Piegan and Ojibwa Indians. The births and deaths for some later years are also included.
Several tribes were exempt from annual census taking. For example, the Five Civilized Tribes and states like New York, which had state reservations, had no censuses taken under this act. Some tribes that were selected to have an annual census didn’t have one because the agent failed to take the census. The Navajo tribe had a census taken in 1885 but did not have another taken until 1915.
To use these censuses you must know the tribe, the name of the head of the household, and the agency. The census rolls are arranged alphabetically by the name of the Indian agency, name of the tribe, and then by year. A particular tribe may have been under the authority of many Indian agencies, so the right Indian agency must be found in order to find an ancestor on these rolls.
There are problems in using these records. The person could be listed by an Indian name, his English or Christian names, or any number of different spellings of the name. The names used may have differed with each census. Many Indians did not have a surname and given name and only used one name. The census takers often didn’t speak the native language so the names and the spelling may have been written incorrectly. Most Indian names could be used by either males or females. In some tribes, the mother’s surname was used. Often Indians did not live close to others, so the census taker may have missed them.
Another problem is the definition of relationships in an Indian family. The term brother or sister may not have the same meaning to the Indians as is recognized by the white culture. The Cherokee and other tribes took in children or other non-relatives and called them brother and sister, aunt and uncle, or grandparents without them having a blood relationship.
With all these concerns, census rolls still give a location and a family clan and will add to the understanding of the ancestor.
Federal Census
Federal census enumerators often did not count Indians that either lived on reservations or roamed on unsettled land. When doing Native American research before 1880, Indians were often identified on the census forms as “Mulatto” or “Black,” especially in the southern states. It was left to the discretion of the census taker whether to identify them as Native American.
The federal census before 1870 included names of Native Americans who had cut off tribal affiliations, but it is difficult to identify them as Native Americans. There are four volumes of schedules for a special 1880 enumeration of Indians living near military installations in California, Washington, and the Dakota Territories. There was no census taken in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in 1880, but there is a census taken by the Cherokee government.
The most important federal censuses for Native Americans were taken in 1900 and 1910, since they include separate “Indian Population” schedule sheets usually found at the end of the population schedule for a county. Indians who had incorporated themselves in the general population were enumerated there. The 1900 and 1910 census may provide the individual’s Indian and English name, their tribal affiliation and that of their parents, degree of Indian blood in themselves and their parents, education, and land allotment information. After 1910, the federal census offered no separate Indian schedule.
For more information on the United States federal censuses and indexes and the information they contain, see the United States Research Outline.
State Census
State census records may also be helpful in New York, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. These censuses often have an enumeration of the reservations. See the research outlines of the individual states for information on state census records.
Canadian Census
When searching for Canadian native races in the census, Eskimo, Inuit, and mixed blood groups such as the Metis could be included. Native Americans and 20 Inuit groups are called “First Nations.” More than half of the 410,000 Canadians who claimed descent from native races in the 1981 census were “status Indians,” affiliated with bands living on reservations or otherwise registered with the federal government.
Canadian federal censuses are only available from 1851 to 1901. If the Indians were not living on a Reserve, they may have been included in the census with the general population. However, the census forms do not indicate that they are Indian. In 1901 the census enumerators of the older provinces of Canada were instructed to include the Indian population, so the censuses for the earlier and more populated areas include more Indians in the census.
Census returns for the territories and provinces established after 1870 are incomplete.
From 1871 to 1917 the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) took its own Indian census annually. In 1917 the DIA decided to take a census every five years. These censuses were not taken until 1923 because of the delay caused by World War I. From 1924 to 1959 these tribal censuses were taken and published. Unfortunately, many of these census records were lost or have not been transferred to the National Archives of Canada.
For other clues in finding an ancestor in Canadian census records, see the Canadian Research Outline and the research outlines for each province.
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[NCAA Football: Notre Dame at Michigan] September 10, 2011; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Military personal hold an American flag before the game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Michigan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-US PRESSWIRE
The Razorbacks announced via a press release that they will travel to Ann Arbor in 2018. In a release of their own, the Wolverines announced they will make the trip to Fayetteville the following season.
“We are pleased to be able to add the University of Michigan to our football schedules for the 2018 and 2019 seasons,” University of Arkansas.”
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Blakney, Miller Lead Rams Past Old Westbury
Farmingdale State - 89, Old Westbury - 75
Old Westbury, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State
women's basketball team improved to 12-0, 7-0 in the Skyline
Conference, after an 89-75 win over Old Westbury. The Panthers
dropped in 8-6 overall, 3-4 in conference play.
The Rams opened up a 10 point lead with 8:31 remaining in the first half on back-to-back layups by sophomore guard Shemique Hooks (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury). Old Westbury would cut the deficit to 32-30, only three minutes before halftime, on a three-point basket by freshman forward Abigail Williams (Brooklyn, N.Y./Frederick Douglass Academy). Farmingdale would close the half on a 10-0 run and go into the locker room with a 42-30 lead, their largest of the game. Senior guard Kimberly Blakney (Brooklyn, N.Y./Benjamin Banneker) had 14 points and five rebounds in the first half, while senior guard Kamaya Miller (Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood) scored 11 and had 10 rebounds for the Rams.
In the second half, Farmingdale extended the lead to 55-34 at the
15:40 mark. The Rams held a double-digit lead throughout the
remainder of the game, improving to a perfect 12-0 on the season.
Blakney led Farmingdale with a team-high 28 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists and five blocked shots. Miller added 21 points, shooting 8-for-15 from the field and matched Blakney with 13 rebounds. Sophomore guard Kayla Koch (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) had 10 points, while senior guard Juanita Chappel (Brooklyn, N.Y./Grand Street Campus) had a game-high eight assists.
Freshman guard Krystina Agard (Queens, N.Y./August Martin) led all scorers with 30 points, shooting 56% from the floor for the Panthers. Junior guard Brittany Jones (Elmont, N.Y./Elmont Memorial) and freshman guard Daniella Santos (Inwood, N.Y./Lawrence) each scored in double-digits, while junior forward Shannon Gilly (Staten Island, N.Y./Curtis) had a team-best 10 rebounds.
Farmingdale State will host Mount Saint Mary with first place in the Skyline Conference at stake on Saturday, January 16th at 1:00 p.m.
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Tractor Guide
Valtra - T Versu Series - T153 Versu SCR
Engine Power :
155/165**
Engine Size :
6T/6600 E
Cab Suspension :
Front Axle Suspension :
Transmission :
PS 30x30/5
Hydraulics :
V 160 E
Linkage :
8500 E
The new Valtra Versu tractors are based on proven, high-quality Valtra technology that we've now taken to the next level. We wanted to create something so powerful and intuitive that you have total control over your productivity. You can really feel the difference.
The T and N Series Versu tractors have the ultimate powershift transmission technology on the market. Actually, it's more than just the state-of-the-art powershift transmission. It's the future of powershift transmissions.
AGCO Sisu Power engines at the heart of Versu tractors
The new Versu models have more power and considerably more torque than previous models. They are suitable for all agricultural and contracting work. And, like all Valtra tractors, they are custom built to match your individual requirements.
True to Valtra tradition the heart of the Versu models are the powerful and reliable AGCO Sisu Power (formerly SisuDiesel) engines. AGCO Sisu Power engines in the N and T Series have full approval to run on 100% esterified Biodiesel (RME or SOME).
Saving fuel with EcoSpeed and EcoPower
Valtra tractors are developed with fuel savings in mind. There is one low revolution EcoPower model in the Versu range, the T162e. Versu models are also equipped with the automatic fuel-saving EcoSpeed function which reduces the engine speed to 1800 rpm during transport.
User-friendly push-button transmission
Versu models are equipped with an incredibly easy to operate electrohydraulic multi-step powershift transmission.
Everything is in here but the gear shift lever. Now you control the power transmission with only 3 shifting buttons on the patented, ergonomic Valtra armrest - independent of your working direction.
Hydraulics
Versu models come with load sensing closed circuit hydraulics with an output of 115 l/min as standard and 160 l/min as an option, the most efficient in it’s class.
In Versu tractors all hydraulic functions are literally at the tip of your finger in the patented, ergonomic Valtra armrest. The tractors come with up to 7 valves and 2 on/off valves + power beyond.
For superior lifting power the T182 and T202 models are available with 85kN heavy duty three-point linkage.
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P.J. Griekspoor Archives Email Author Kansas Winter is Challenging but Beautiful Getting around is a difficult but slowing down helps you see the beauty Published on: February 5, 2010 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Blog RSS Permalink Print This is strange weather. Fortunately, we have missed the really dangerous stuff such as black ice and falling power lines. What we have instead is the amazing beauty of the landscape shrouded in frozen fog or dusted with snow. I have had the good fortune to be driving across the Kansas landscape from east to west and north to south multiple times in the last couple of weeks as I talk to this year's class of Master Farmer/Master Farm Homemakers. As always, I am amazed at the unique beauty of every region of the the state, from the Kansas Ozarks in south to the Flint Hills to the Gyp Hills and the endless prairies of the West. I love this land. | http://farmprogress.com/blogs-kansas-winter-is-challenging-but-beautiful-1105 | 2013-05-18T10:22:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Tyson CEO Addresses USPOULTRY Conference Poultry leaders convened last week at USPOULTRY's Financial Management Seminar to learn about current issues affecting the industry. Published on: Jul 2, 2012 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Story RSS Permalink Print Tyson. Donnie Smith, Tyson Foods CEO, spoke at USPOULTRY's Financial Management Seminar last week. the. | http://farmprogress.com/story-tyson-ceo-addresses-uspoultry-conference-0-61067 | 2013-05-18T10:32:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Karl Lagerfeld sketches the Queen for her Diamond Jubilee
As part of his coverage of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee for France 2 television, Karl Lagerfeld has been busy sketching Her Majesty. Joining presenters Marie Drucker and Stéphane Bern, the Chanel designer resumed his role as royal commentator which he began last year during the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
During the broadcast the jack-of-all-trades took to his sketchpad to draw Queen Elizabeth’s flotilla outfit with a few modifications, before posting it on Twitter. Being the creative type that he is, I am sure it was only natural that Lagerfeld would add his own twist on Angela Kelly’s (the Queen’s senior designer) Diamond Jubliee outfit. Throwing in his own observations on how he would have dressed the Queen if given the opportunity, Lagerfeld tweeted: “I would have dressed the Queen in a cape, it would have been prettier than her shawl”. Despite this, it seems Kelly’s creation has attracted nothing but praise so far from the fashion industry.
What do you think of Karl’s sketch of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee ensemble? Follow all of our fashion coverage of Her Majesty’s royal milestone here.
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Hercules Challenge 5k Results & Recap
It was cold and it was windy, but everyone still had a great time at the first annual Hercules Challenge 5k & 1 mile walk at Fletcher Park in Mt. Zion, Illinois.
A warm up led by The Back Institute.
For a smaller event of just 107 5k finishers, this race had many great perks that one might expect from larger events. Pre-registered participants received very nice dri-fit t-shirts with their race entry. Each finisher took home a special clay-fired finisher’s medal from Next of Kiln that could be personalized with your name, the date, and your finish time. The race festivities also included a DJ, face painting, a warm-up led by The Back Institute, an awards ceremony, and professional photographers from MTZ Photo throughout the race course.
See the 5k results here. (PDF)
I was especially excited to do this race since I am getting married at Fletcher Park in September! The course had more hills than I had expected. The race started on Henderson St., near the entrance to the park and extended south on country roads, out and back to the finish.
The only thing I was a little disappointed in about this race was the age group awards. The age groups were extremely broad and inconsistent ranges (M/F 8-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-39, 40-50, 51+). Plus awards were only given to the top finisher in each category.
My goal for this race was to beat my 5k PR for a third time in a row this year — and I did! I beat last week’s 5k time by 2 minutes, 2 seconds, coming in at 34:33! I felt like I walked a lot but I still ran the first mile in 10:14, which was a personal best for a 1 mile in itself. I still have lots of room for improvement, I just need to work on running longer and walking less.
So that is my last 5k before the Indy 500 Mini Marathon (half marathon) on May 5! It will be my third half marathon and my only goal is to just beat my last time of 3:03. I’d be happy to come in under 3 hours for the first time and my ultimate goal is to finish in 2:45. It would be nice if I could keep up the average pace that I did for this 5k… I could finish in 2:26! No chance of me being able to keep that pace for 13 miles though. But maybe 2:45 is within reach… | http://fatatthefinish.com/races-training/hercules-challenge-5k-results-recap/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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What happened: The board approved changes to its franchise agreement with Lumberton Rescue Squad and EMS. The change allows off-duty paramedics to conduct home visits of patients discharged from Southeastern Regional Medical Center who are Lumberton residents and most likely to have a second visit to the hospital within 30 days.
Why it matters: The hospital received a $310,000 two-year grant from the Duke Endowment to help reduce the number of repeat visitors.
Under the Affordable Health Care Act, hospitals can face penalties up to $1.2 million if a high number of patients visit the hospital multiple times within a month, said Wayne Martin, manager of SRMC's Seventh Bed Tower.
The rescue squad approached the hospital with the idea to implement follow-up home visits for patients with heart failure or heart attacks and respiratory failure. They account for the hospital's 27 percent readmission rate.
Paramedics will visit the patient's home within a few days after being discharged and look for environmental factors that may contribute to a second hospital visit including falling hazards and diet. The paramedics will also monitor the patient's medication intake and educate them on symptoms of their illness.
Under the current franchise agreement, paramedics are not allowed to provide services without a 911 dispatch.
Wake County is the only other municipality to offer a similar program in the state, said Greg Bounds, EMS director and Robeson County Emergency Service Plan coordinator.
What they said: "It is our goal that the numbers will show in two years that is is worthwhile to expand to the entire county," Bounds said.
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Santa Claus made a list and, thanks to a courtside replay monitor, he checked it twice.
The big guy with the red suit and bushy beard - no, not N.C. State's Richard Howell - did his best to give ACC basketball coaches and players what they wanted or needed for Christmas. Some have been naughty, others nice, but Santa looked out for everyone. Here are a few of the highlights:
For Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, "The Avengers" on Blu-Ray. Coach K's collection of stars has handled every challenge presented this season, lifting the Blue Devils to a No. 1 national ranking. That certainly qualifies as a box-office hit. And it's quite the bounce-back performance given what happened against Lehigh in March.
For North Carolina's Roy Williams, an Apple iPad Mini. Smaller sometimes means better, and that could be the case for a UNC team with limited options in the post. James Michael McAdoo prefers to operate outside of the paint, and Williams has given Desmond Hubert, Joel James and Brice Johnson opportunities to win the other starting position. With wings Leslie McDonald, P.J. Hairston and J.P. Tokoto coming off the bench, perhaps it's time to insert one of them at the '4' spot and play to the strengths of a perimeter-oriented group.
For Wake Forest's Jeff Bzdelik, a copy of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." Plain and simple, the embattled coach could use a few laughs following several trying weeks.
For N.C. State's Mark Gottfried, a Hot Wheels Remote-Control Terrain Twister. "No mission is too ambitious, no terrain is too tough," reads the product description, and Gottfried can relate as he tries to lead his well-equipped roster through the bumpy roads that come with being the ACC preseason favorite. Aside from an early hiccup against Oklahoma State, the Wolfpack has played well, and that loss to the Cowboys might serve as a blessing in disguise because of how it tempered expectations.
For Miami's six seniors, the "Just Dance 4" video game for Nintendo Wii. None of the seniors have played in the NCAA tournament, although Julian Gamble redshirted for the 2007-08 team that made Miami's last appearance and a back injury cut short Florida transfer Kenny Kadji's sophomore season with the NCAA-bound Gators in 2010. Durand Scott missed Miami's surprising loss to Florida Gulf Coast and Reggie Johnson didn't play early Monday in a lopsided loss to Arizona, but the Hurricanes are otherwise unbeaten. The tournament drought should end this season.
For Wake athletics director Ron Wellman, "The Time Keeper" from best-selling author Mitch Albom. The book follows the inventor of the first clock, Dor, who is confined to a cave as punishment for measuring time. Wellman has talked about the Demon Deacons answering questions of when, not if, they will win with Bzdelik as head coach. The heat on Wellman will only increase if Wake continues to. | http://fayobserver.com/articles/2012/12/24/1226263?sac=fo.sports | 2013-05-18T11:03:20 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Map of the Warsaw Ghetto
Map of the Warsaw Ghetto showing Gesiowka Prison, Pawiak Prison, the hiding place of the Ringleblum archive, the Great Synagogue, the Korczak Orphanage, and the Jewish Cemetery.
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Here's an inside look at ten more red-hot fishing machines. III of this buyers’ guide (for the first two installments
Marathon
The 2002 version of Marathon’s popular dual-purpose aluminum fishing boat, the Eurosport 21, maintains the 18-degree deep-V hull design that has made it a favorite among anglers who cross rough water to get to fishing grounds. Combined with a linear deadrise and a built-in 24-inch setback for the outboard, the Eurosport is fast, as well as seaworthy. Rigged with a jackplate and a high-performance outboard with low-water intakes, the boat can approach speeds of 70 mph.
Constructed of welded-plate aluminum, backed-up by four box-stringers and nine stiffening brakes, the Eurosport is a great choice for anglers who frequent rocky bass and walleye waters. The aluminum hull measures a full 3/8-inch thick and is flanked with sides and gunwales that are joint-laminated and surrounded by a reinforced, welded rubrail.
The hull of the 2002 Eurosport is filled with vibration-dampening, soundproofing, flotation foam below decks, while topside is a wide-open cockpit covered with synthetic, nonskid flooring. A wraparound windshield that bridges the consoles breaks in the center to allow access to the raised floor of the bow fishing area. The starboard helm console sports a fully instrumented dash and the cockpit is fitted with welded side trays for storage.
The options list available for the Eurosport is impressive. It includes a custom trailer ($1900) and, for anglers who need maximum durability, the choice of adding 1/16 inch of thickness to the aluminum hull ($950). Marathon does not package its boats with an engine, but add another $9960 for a Yamaha 150 two-stroke. — Dan Armitage
Specifications
For More Information
Marathon Marine
Dept. B&WB
7719 44A St., Edmonton, AB
Canada TB6 2R5
(888) 461-8079
marathonmarine.com
MirroCraft
A huge hit among walleye anglers when the model was introduced last year, the 17-foot side-console Aggressor EXP 1775 from MirroCraft has been refined for 2002 to make it stronger and more durable. The construction highlights include an extra plate on the outside of the transom to beef it up and a twin-hull layout on the boat’s bottom.
The Aggressor’s hull is riveted and built of two layers of 0.125-inch-thick marine-grade aluminum, an asset especially appreciated by walleye fishermen who frequent rocky waters and push through pounding seas to get to the fish.
A semi-V hull and exaggerated bow flare keep the trip dry and comfortable in wind and waves. The Aggressor’s broad beam (89 inches) keeps it stable once the boat is anchored or slowed to trolling speed.
The MirroCraft’s large, twin livewells are complemented by a pair of oversized 40-quart bait-wells, long rod lockers, lots of dry storage space and other standard features that include a tilt-steering wheel, an aluminum floor and three comfortable fishing seats.
Elevated casting decks on the bow and stern offer great accessibility for anglers, yet there’s enough freeboard to keep them feeling safe in rough water. Fully carpeted decks keep things quiet and sure-footed topside. There’s plenty of room on the bow for an electric trolling motor and space on the transom for a kicker, either electric or four-stroke.
Options offered aboard the new Aggressor EXP model include a stereo, hydraulic pedestal seats and a mooring cover. — Dan Armitage
Specifications
For More Information
MirroCraft Boats
Dept. B&WB
39 N. Harding Ave.
Gillett, WI 54124
(920) 855-2168
mirrocraft.com
Monark
First-time bassboat buyers take note: Monark continues to offer its Pro 754 bassboat for people looking for an entry-level bassboat that is still fully featured with what you need to fish. This is Monark’s number-one-selling bassboat and it markets strongly in the South and in Missouri.
The Pro 754 was introduced in 1999, but it does have some new features for 2002. Take, for example, the boat’s Quick Plane, modified-V design that the company has incorporated into its 0.100-inch, welded-aluminum hull to get the boat out of the hole faster and to improve cornering, top-end speed and dry ride. Meanwhile, torsion-beam-integrated construction controls the flexing of the hull. Underfoot lies 3/4-inch, seven-ply, pressure-treated flooring, covered with marine-grade carpet.
The boat comes fully packaged with a color-matched, EZ Loader bunk trailer and an engine (a Mercury 40 ELPTO is standard power). There is plenty of space to stow your gear, with a portside rod box, lockers beneath the driver’s and passenger’s seats, and beneath the fore and aft casting decks. A 743-42 trolling motor from MotorGuide, tacho-meter, fuel gauge, rack-and-pinion steering, 12-volt power point, dual bow and aft Rotocast livewells (12 gallons each), and two pedestal seats are also among the standard features of this boat. Optional items include a variety of outboards, a Humminbird Wide 100 fishfinder, mooring cover and a galvanized bunk trailer.
A lifetime warranty guarantees the hull. Meanwhile, a lifetime-limited warranty ensures the longevity of the deck. — Mark Halvorsen
Specifications
For More Information
Monark Marine
Dept. B&WB
P.O. Box 517
Topeka, IN 46571
(219) 593-2500
monarkmarine.com
Nitro
Nitro bassboats combine high performance with a long list of features and a reasonable price. This company’s Top Gun was given an all new look and reint
roduced in mid-2001; bringing back the performance and ride of the original 896 hull.
The Nitro NX 896 is targeted at bass tournament fishermen and sold mostly in the South and Midwest. The handlaid hull is braced with a fiberglass-stringer assembly and joined to a 2-inch pressure-treated transom. AME resin strengthens the decks without adding weight. The front deck includes a storage compartment flanked by two rod lockers. Storage compartments are also built-in on both sides of the livewell behind the bench seat. Compartments are covered with weight saving, insulated, aluminum lids. The insulated 33-gallon livewell has two aeration and recirculation pumps with timers and remote drain control.
Standard equipment includes: dual rack-and-pinion steering; Humminbird Pro 160 SX sounder; MotorGuide 12/24V foot-controlled trolling motor with 67 pounds of thrust; single or dual (add about $300 and 32 pounds for dual) consoles with smoke-tinted Plexiglas windshields; custom dash with pewter accents; speedometer, tacho-meter, voltmeter, fuel, trim and water-pressure gauges; Guest two-bank battery charger and a color-keyed, factory-matched, drive-on trailer with single axle, deluxe step pads, chrome wheels, folding tongue jack, outboard motor support, tie-downs and swing-away tongue.
Options include custom colors ($495), electronics upgrades and OptiMax engines with 150 or 200 horsepower. — Allan Tarvid
Specifications
For More Information
Nitro Boats
Dept. B&WB
2500 E. Kearney
Springfield, MO 65803
(417) 873-5900
nitroboats.com
Norris Craft
Norris Craft didn’t change its popular 2000 FXLD Vee for 2002; a testament to its fishability and performance. Introduced in 1997, the 2000 FXLD is for anglers who want a fast hull with all the amenities.
The FXLD Vee uses a time-tested, 20-foot pad-V hull built the old-fashioned way — from encapsulated wood and fiberglass with composite reinforcement materials. We tested this hull in B&WB’s July/August 2001 issue and found it to be a solid 80-plus mph performer with a 225 Pro Max. It’s real appeal, however, was its miserly way with fuel. It achieved almost 6 mpg in cruise range. Top speed handling was smooth and clean, with just a slight tendency to chinewalk; which is easily kept in check with practice and careful use of the trim and jackplate.
Detail fans will love the FXLD for its pain-staking attention to the little things; all the livewell lids are rimmed with aluminum carpet trim, cut and fit to perfection. The livewells and seatbacks are custom-gelcoated to match the boat’s exterior. Anodized gauge bezels adorn the dash, and the rigging is as immaculate as it can get. Other features include a hydraulic Detwiler jackplate, TeleFlex SeaStar Pro hydraulic steering with Pro Trim controls, Lowrance fishfinders in the bow and driver’s console, and more. Color choices combine tasteful solid gelcoat hues with metal flake to arrive at a striking scheme that shines with high gloss.
The 48-year-old Norris Craft produces only 70 boats per year. Nevertheless, a Norris Craft boat isn’t inexpensive, and could be an excellent fishing investment that will pay returns for many years. — John Tiger, Jr.
Specifications
For More Information
Norris Craft
Dept. B&WB
P.O. Box 209
LaFollette, TN 37766
(423) 562-7629
norriscraftboats.com
Patriot
Patriot’s 2050 Dual Console fishing boat is built upon a deep-V hull, similar to hull designs of offshore powerboats, with three lifting strakes per side and a concave chine. However, the 2050 DC has a user-friendly walleye-fishing interior with 25 inches of freeboard in the main cockpit area and 41/2-foot-long rod rails on each of the gunwales, which makes for an appropriately designed Great Lakes fishing package.
The boat has a 5-gallon baitwell and a 5-gallon cooler in the bow casting-deck, along with four stowage boxes. More storage is available under the driver’s console, and in the stern of the boat there is a 45-gallon livewell. Between the tall driver’s and passenger’s consoles is a large rod-stowage locker with room for 12 rods up to 81/2 feet long.
The lamination schedule of the Patriot 2050 DC includes between three (hull sides) and six layers (bottom and transom) of 24-ounce-roving fiberglass, which results in 5/8 to 1 inch of solid fiberglass. No wood is used in construction and the lay-in carpet is easily removed for cleaning up at the dock.
All wiring harnesses, control cables and hydraulic-steering hoses run into an extremely organized system of plastic piping that is secured with fiberglass to the inside of the deck. This arrangement makes it easy to install aftermarket equipment and to perform necessary preventive maintenance and repairs.
The Patriot 2050 DC is built in Lancaster, Ontario, Canada, and is distributed by Jim Devenport of J.R. Fishing Source in Wisconsin. — Doug Thompson
Specifications
For More Information
Patriot Boats
Dept. B&WB
3640 Cedar Creek Court
Jackson, WI 53057
(262) 677-8903
jrfishingsource.com
Princecraft
New for 2002, the side-console Super Pro 188 DLX has a lot for anglers to like, including plenty of open deck space, storage and fishing features. The new Super Pro comes complete with a Lowrance X-49 sonar, raised casting platforms fore and aft, a built-in tackle box, two large combination livewell/baitwells with timers for aeration and circulation and buckets for bait, lockable storage for rods up to 7 feet long and six seat base locations for the three high-back fishing chairs, which are all standard.
The hull is built of 0.100-inch-thick aluminum, with sides 0.072-inch thick, coated in a high-gloss paint. The boat’s 94-inch beam offers stability, as well as space for fishing, while the advanced reverse-chine-hull shape allows the boat to handle extremely well in a variety of water conditions. The Super Pro’s side console comes complete with full instrumentation, including tachometer, speedometer, voltmeter, trim and fuel gauges, and a panel to the right of the dash offers plenty of space for electronics. No-feedback, dual-cable steering is standard, as is a quick-release smoke windshield and interior lighting.
The bow-fishing platform features no fewer than five storage compartments — all with carpeted aluminum lids — for a deep-cycle battery, the anchor and fishing tackle, as well as a cargo net topside for quick access to items such as planerboards and bottom bouncers.
Options offered with the new Super Pro 188 DLX model include a 15 hp Mercury kicker motor, 24V bow-mount trolling motor and downrigger mounting plates. — Dan Armitage
Specifications
For More information
Princecraft U.S.
Dept. B&WB.
703 N. Huntington St., Suite 102.
Syracuse, IN 46567.
(877) 777-4623.
princecraft.com
ProCraft
ProCraft’s Top Gun entry for 2002 is designed to appeal to a wide range of serious bass fishermen. The Pro 185 SC (single console) comes standard with a 115 hp engine that keeps the sticker price and fuel consumption more affordable. The 115 is great for general fishing or club tournaments and ordering one of the optional engines up to 175 hp makes the boat competitive in regional and national events. Fish wait for weigh-in in two 14-gallon livewells with low-heat-transfer lids. Livewell management includes a Max Air Induction system and pump timers for aeration and recirculation. The boat sells best in the South and Midwest where bass is king.
The Pro 185 has been around for about five years, but improvements keep it young. Its handlaid hull is now strengthened with AME resin and braced with fiberglass stringers that combine to make it more durable than ever. ProCraft backs the boat with a 10-year ProGuard limited structural warranty.
Standard equipment includes: dual anti-feedback steering; marine-grade 20-ounce carpet; Zercom in-dash sonar with surface temperature readout; 12/24-volt MotorGuide trolling motor with 60 pounds of thrust; smoke-tinted windshield; speedometer, tachometer, voltmeter, fuel, trim and water-pressure gauges; recessed cleats and a factory-matched custom trailer with 14-inch tires on chrome wheels.
Options include a rod organizer, MotorGuide or Dual Pro onboard charger, hydraulic steering and foot throttle with Pro Trim. Trailering options include surge brakes, a swing-away tongue and a galvanized trailer with galvanized wheels. — Allan Tarvid
Specifications
For More Information
ProCraft Boats
Dept. B&WB
2500 E. Kearney
Springfield, MO 65803
(888) 776-5520
procraftboats.com
Ranger
Pictured above is the Ranger 520DVX Limited Series. Starting from left, photos of all models in this buyers' guide run in alphabetical order.
Ranger’s 520DVX Comanche Limited Series comes out of the factory fully loaded for 2002, with a host of standard features. For example, standard electronics on the 520DVX includes two Garmin 240 depthfinders, two Everstart Deep Cycle trolling batteries, a Minn Kota Maxx 74 trolling motor and a three-bank onboard charger. Well-placed courtesy lights, as well as lighted compartments, are other much-appreciated features.
Most buyers will rig the boat with a Mercury or Yamaha 225 hp engine, and SeaStar Pro hydraulic steering keeps the big powerplant in control. Ranger integrates 15 inches of setback into the hull, which helps holeshot and cuts down on backwash after a quick stop.
At the helm, a cutting-edge digital-switching system replaces individual rocker switches. The digital network reduces the number of wire connections and performs better than rocker switches, according to Ranger.
On the front casting deck, rod storage is on both sides. Each rod locker features oversized openings, locking latches and air shocks to lift and hold the lids open while storing and retrieving rods. On the rear casting deck, the recirculating 25-gallon livewell (located in the center, just behind the middle passenger’s seat) has a removable divider and filter screens, and runs on an automatic timer. The insulated live-well is lined with gelcoat, and utilizes a unique aeration system. This below-water oxygen injection process maximizes efficiency and includes the additional security of two pumps aerating the livewell. — Doug Thompson
Specifications
For More Information
Ranger Boats
Dept. B&WB
P.O. Box 179
Flippin, AR 72634
(800) 373-BOAT
rangerboats.com
Ray Craft
This East Texas boatbuilder’s Top Gun remains the V190 Pro. Introduced in 1995, this solid boat with classic styling remains popular with guides on two legendary bass factories, Lake Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend Reservoir. Beyond the piney woods, it’s also the choice of serious bass anglers in the rest of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
The boat can be tricked out with a 200 hp engine and jackplate to run with the high-performance pack, but it also performs well with less power, endearing it to guides and other budget-conscious fishermen.
Storage is abundant under the front and rear casting decks and below the bench seat. Two large, front-hinged hatches cover the bilge area. You can kneel on one while opening the other and access batteries, pumps and oil tanks without getting near the edge of the boat or hanging over an open hatch lid. The forward deck is roomy enough for two stand-up fishermen and the divided livewell easily supports tournament catches for both.
The hull has a reputation as a stump-resistant, stable fishing platform that’s easy to move with a trolling motor and tough enough to slam through rough water when it has to. Standard equipment includes: Teleflex no-feedback steering, two removable pedestals, dual-cable steering; carpeted storage compartments; gas-cylinder supports for compartment lids; custom bench seat; driver and passenger hand rails; single-axle custom trailer and a 5-year limited warranty.
Options include dealer-installed electronics, built-in battery charger, foot throttle and a dual-axle trailer with brakes. — Allan Tarvid
Specifications
For More Information
Ray-Craft Boats
Dept. B&WB
P.O. Drawer 596
San Augustine, TX 75972
(936) 275-3456
raycraftboats.com
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Features/Ada developer tools
From FedoraProject
Revision as of 11:19, 9 June 2011
Feature Name
Features/AdaDeveloperTools
Summary
Ada is a structured, statically typed, imperative, wide-spectrum, and object-oriented high-level computer programming language.
Owner
- Name: Pavel Zhukov
Current status
Detailed Description.
Benefit to Fedora
For Fedora this brings the Ada support right up to date and alongside Debian. It also enables our developers to use a powerful, secure and fast programming language.
Scope
Required steps are:
- Ada Packaging Guidelines - accepted
- Support of Ada 2012 specification - in progress
- GprBuild - Gnat project build (Requres XMLAda) - approved
- GtkAda - Ada bindings for GTK - approved
- QtAda - Ada bindings for QT - in progress
- GPS - GNAT Programming Studio - in progress
- AWS - Ada web server and tools for http:// and other protocols - in progress
- Gdb - Ada support for GDB (need hard-working with GDB upstream and AdaCore is needed) - in progress
- Matreshka - a set of Ada libraries to help to develop information systems. - under review
How To Test
- No special hardware is needed.
- For install compiler and project-file use:
$ yum install fedora-gnat-project-common gprbuild
- Use any examples GPRs for build and test
User Experience
End users won't notice the difference. Developers will have a more powerful and up to date Ada to use.
Dependencies
None
Contingency Plan
None necessary. We should fix existing packages in order to help the Community. We should also monitor upstream development process for potentially discovered issues and proactively apply patches.
Documentation
Release Notes
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039208151316581753.comments2012-12-17T17:51:11.385-05:00THE Feisty Irish WenchFeisty Irish Wench would help if media outlets ceased the broadcas... <br /> Feisty Irish Wench, someone who summed up exactly my thoughts...Finally, someone who summed up exactly my thoughts on the horrible events of Friday. Personal responsibility and parenting are two things that may have helped to prevent this crisis and others like it.....Squire McGuire second to last paragraph describes my workpla...Your second to last paragraph describes my workplace. Exhausting. Sometimes I just need a big helping of quiet.<br />Karen learned probably 12-15 years ago that carrying t...I learned probably 12-15 years ago that carrying the anger doesn't hurt them, it hurts me. There are those whom I've told that I have forgiven them (and I truly have), and that I truly hope that they find peace in their lives, but that in order for me to maintain my peace, which is more important to me than theirs, their peace will never include me. I try not to carry a lot of baggage around with me, and to some folks, I'm sure it makes me appear callous to some folks, but my real friends understand and support me.Raevyn you need to forgive yourself for not being t...First you need to forgive yourself for not being the friend you'd like to be for yourself, or them. Nobody's perfect, and at some point you have to accept that your friendships ARE going to change, and the circle of friends you have today may not be the same circle you have in a year, or two, or three, and that's ok. We all grow and change. Some people are in our lives for moments, others a lifetime. <br />Find something away from the computer that you enjoy, take the little ones to the park, or the library, it doesn't have to be expensive, maybe you'll find new folks to interact with, away from the computer. <br />One day at a time, but first, forgive yourself, then start working on the changes you want to make.Raevyn, I was not trying to make anyone else cry. I ...Well, I was not trying to make anyone else cry. I was just spilling my brains because I don't have the guts yet to say even half of this to anyone in person - YET. <br /><br />And yes, excuses and opinions are in the same line of thinking. They all stink. Feisty Irish Wench of all, you made me cry on a Monday. Suck. S...First of all, you made me cry on a Monday. Suck. Second, I'm still crying. Double suck. If circumstances weren't what they are and all...<br /><br />Kinda makes me want to say that whole party line of "excuses are like assholes..." until I realized that isn't how that line really goes.<br /><br />I've asked you to lunch, you've said we hang...we get mired down in life. I'm just as guilty of circling my wagons.<br /><br />Especially with this last round of life and the backstabbing of the mutual "acquaintances" which left me both physically and emotionally drained and scarred. I just don't want to get hurt again.<br /><br />Since I don't want to cry anymore, and I am sure you are also a wonky, snotty mess, I will just leave it with...<br /><br />I have gas. I have time. Maybe we should do lunch, or coffee, or just meet somewhere and connect. Ball's in your court.<br /><br />You know who I am.PTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039208151316581753.post-25341095697670585702012-08-19T21:23:46.304-04:002012-08-19T21:23:46.304-04:00Love it. I have those brain dump moments, too! T...Love it. I have those brain dump moments, too! The distractions for me are the endless amounts of INPUT when I sit with my ipad on my lap. I can go from reading blogs ;-), playing Hanging With Friends, checking email, checking. Crack book, posting on a forum without ever moving a muscle. Before I know it, hours have passed. And what I wanted or needed to do....Karen would love to come hear you read one day. I would love to come hear you read one day. Persnickety Ticker;) I loved your blog today! Very lovely and thou...;) I loved your blog today! Very lovely and thought provoking! I too have had those same 'brain-clogging diversions lately' and been working my way through to get them appropriately dealt with so all the GOOD stuff in life has room to grow and prosper! Loved it! ;)Tracy Hoffman feel like a schmuck for not keeping up with ...Kinda feel like a schmuck for not keeping up with your blog. Just read this post for the first time tonight. Sorry you had to read about the depressing news through social media and blogging.<br /><br /.<br /><br />Thank you for that.Persnickety Ticker should know that I love you. Really, really lo...You should know that I love you. Really, really love you. And I want to thank you for being there for most of my life. And for not jumping ship when everyone else has. I promise to come visit you after I'm gone as long as you promise to come visit me. I re-read this now that I am lucid thinking I wouldn't cry this time.<br /><br />It didn't happen.<br /><br />~You know who I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039208151316581753.post-77246789832924639442012-07-20T06:38:43.726-04:002012-07-20T06:38:43.726-04:00This is a great post. I think being fairly poor ...This is a great post. I think being fairly poor has helped my adult kids. They are self supporting , 2 with families, and 2 home owners...I cannot help them financially....Cate8 i know you speak of :( Hugs to you !!! Faye...Think i know you speak of :( Hugs to you !!! Fayefazzey, if only this were like crackbook or the Ra...Raevyn, if only this were like crackbook or the Rav, and I could just click a lil button-y thing and show some love for it. I'd love to know what you find out in your search.Feisty Irish Wench an amazing experience! Now I toddle off to se...What an amazing experience! Now I toddle off to see if I can find a similar event in my area to start planning for next year!Raevyn, the 2 reading this blog know me enough that t...see, the 2 reading this blog know me enough that they don't feel a need to ask anything.Feisty Irish Wench it... thanks for sharing!love it... thanks for sharing!Ashley! Thanks for that info! Unfortunately there ar...OOH! Thanks for that info! <br />Unfortunately there are none even remotely close to me :( <br />However, this info is worth forwarding to the folks at the local college. They have a firefighter/EMS component in the school, so this could serve dual purpose - to both educate riders, and provide training opportunities for first responders.Feisty Irish Wench! Have fun at your BRC class. Another one ...Hooray! Have fun at your BRC class. Another one to take, if you get a chance is Accident Scene Management, it's a real life-saver!<br />'m just busy with my job as a merchandiser th...I'm just busy with my job as a merchandiser that takes me all over the city (lots of miles on the mom-bus) and 4 kids, and a student-husband, and now a teen with a job, and 2 middle kids in activities (many more miles on the mom-bus). I feel like I'm more acquainted with the driver seat of my van than I am with any part of my house that isn't my bed. <br /><br />Then there's the Crackbook thing and that's a vortex. So, something has to go by the wayside, and I already shirk my sleep, so blogging and blog-hopping took an axe.Feisty Irish Wench happy to see your comment just now! been a whil...so happy to see your comment just now! been a while...hope all is wellstephanie. We have this at home. Oh my goodness. And I mi...Oh. We have this at home. Oh my goodness. And I mix and match my creamers (there are four in the fridge right now) with different coffee flavors. Holy cow. I put the peppermint mocha in my swiss chocolate almond coffee. Caramel creamer in my pumpkin coffee. It gets crazy around here. Nanny and I ordered a ton of sample packs of flavored coffee and spend copious amounts of time making new combinations. :-)Kristin interesting! Dh was born with hot sauce in...Sounds interesting! Dh was born with hot sauce in his blood...his great grandfather founded Trappey's Hot Sauce... He would be the hot sauce connoisseur in this house!Karen, my DS16 would probably rate it a 3 or 4. I ...Well, my DS16 would probably rate it a 3 or 4. <br /.Feisty Irish Wench | http://feistyirishwench.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default | 2013-05-18T11:03:21 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
WTF! Since when did “femme” start being an insult? Or start having significance for English speaking, straight dudes?
It’s popped up in two of the recent hate mail letters.
Maybe I’m in the dark about this one since I live in Québec and “femme” is the French word for women, or maybe it’s because my best friends self-identify as Femmes, or maybe it’s because I have “Hot Femmes on Bikes” spoke card for my bike, still WTF?!
It’s this genius’ secret dream one day to be bare-naked with a girl!
But kudos to Jessica for so generously taking on his case. His admission of his problem is an important first step in healing.
I can’t say much about this pathetic text, it’s just very sad and very, very badly written. And I’m sure there’s a sad life of frustration behind it.
The responses are amazing! Thank you, all who commented. You rock:-) Your wit makes a wonderful Christmas gift for us all.
I don’t know what’s more pathetic; this letter, or that you fools think it’s genuine.
Um, yeah, I’m sure it was just to get readers riled up. But, hey, dnx-x1- you’re being a true ass, when you call readers on here fools.
You’re the fool. Get it straight.
dnx-x1 — you should think twice before you call participants of a discussion “fools.” Typing is easy and fast, and hence often leads to leaving disparaging comments that are completely amiss.
Do you really think that it’s a question of the letter’s authenticity? Whatever the author thought when writing it, the issue is that it’s full of unnecessary vitriol and misogyny. Wordas aren’t just letters strung together — the letter, whoever wrote it for whatever reason, is a verbal expression of aggression.
And please keep that in mind next time you feel the temptation to type the word “fool” when responding to a discussion. If you don’t like what is sad, make an actual argument (not ad hominem, but about the topic). Or keep your dissatisfaction to yourself and comment on your own website. Don’t troll around.
Hey, Januaries, et al: go to dnx-x1′s blog. It’s great for laughs. Oh, and I’m sure he has a girlfriend or wife. *laughs*
I think we’re free to go ahead and pity that piece of fiction, as well.
Peepers, thanks–I tried.
And La Femme, hope you like the book. Let me know when you’re done…
Dear Jessica:
I regret that you have to slog through this level of stupid. If this one was your favorite, I can only cringe imagining the kind of tripe you get on a regular basis. Ugh. For the record, I quite admire the level of grace, class & wit on display in your response.
Cheers,
Smartpatrol.
Attn: the author of FH-ME!, dnx-x1, & all their friends. GWAR summarizes my feelings about you very well.
Jessica: YOU ARE BEING TROLLED. You will get more E-mails like this until you stop posting them. Stop posting them, and they’ll go back to a dull roar.
holly–this letter, while it may reek of misogyny, is intentional. It’s purpose was to anger the girls on here, and it worked! Furtheremore, I didn’t call every participant here a ”fool”, but rather those who honestly believed those are the letter’s author’s thoughts.
Januaries–yes, I have a girlfriend. What’s your point? What is wrong with my blog?
I see everyone here is ”one (un)happy, tight family.” It’s pretty pathetic some of you ”ladies” have to gang together to try to ridicule someone.
”To/too”–he probably made a typo. It happens, but obviously, you all have to jump on this one little mistake s/he made.
hlynn–so if you’re not a feminist, you’re an idiot? Well, you’ll be glad to know 66% of women are not feminists.
Not that I actually believe this guy but if he really had a wife and kept her in a cage, he’d get arrested, and sent to jail, where he’d live in a cage and be some bigger guy’s “wife.” Irony is a bitch, isn’t it?
you all have to jump on this one little mistake s/he made.
OK, this cracks me up even more than the original letter did. Man, you make one tiny mistake, and all the feminists jump on you!
Dude. That is the smallest of the many mistakes this guy made.
And…
. It’s purpose was to anger the girls on here, and it worked!
I believe you mean the women here. While there are feministing commenters who are under 18, the majority of us are not. And do work on your reading comprehension. The vast majority of comments here are mocking the letter, not expressing anger.
I know it’s probably not PC to say, but I sure hope the letter writer doesn’t use innocent people at a mall or college campus to exorcise his disappointment with life.
I realize it’s supposed to come off as over-the-top trolling, but I got a premonition of a sexually confused young man (bitter about his own internal inconsistences, with poor coping mechanisms, and unable to reconcile himself with social rejection even though he’s tried to follow “the rules”) climbing into the tub with a revolver and respectfully pulling the shower curtain closed so as not to mess up mommy’s pristine white tiles.
Perhaps I’m just a bit weary what with the rash of disturbed young men expressing themselves through mass murder of late. I suppose we should all just chuckle and hope that with Jessica allowing this pathetic soul a bit of attention, he might decide to stick around for Christmas afterall.
BluePencils–not sure why you’re attacking me, but whatever. I said the ”girls” and I meant it. To me, it seemed they were expressing anger. Obviously, different people are going to detect different emotions from words, but you just have to attack me, don’t you? Why don’t you work on your grammar a bit? Didn’t your English teacher ever tell you never to start a sentence with ”and”?
It’s purpose was to anger the girls on here, and it worked!
First, as someone else said, we’re women, although I suppose there may be a few girls who read this blog. And good for them! Anyway, we’re not angry. We’re amused, and a bit saddened. We do understand that these letters were written with the desire to anger us, that they’re not “real,” but who would write a letter like that, except someone who does have some serious anger issues towards women? Maybe that anger is hidden in real life, these may be the sort of guys who think it’s just hilarious to bait the feminists, but…why would they bother unless they really believe some of it?
And I find it interesting how “you need to get naked, pregnant, and in the kitchen” keeps coming up, when these are the same guys (I assume) who also love to accuse women of using their vaginas for gain, either through sex, marriage, or child support. But then I guess I can’t expect trolls to use logic.
BluePencils–I see you’ve changed your tone. My apologies for the above response to your comment, then.
I see you’ve changed your tone. My apologies for the above response to your comment, then.
Dude–I think you have me confused with another poster. Although that wasn’t me, when you make aggressive posts on a blog, you should expect aggressive responses. And, there’s nothing wrong with using “and” to start a sentence in informal discourse.
He lost me at “if you were my wife.”
Yeah, if we were in Bizarro-World.
What makes these guys think that there’s any reality in which a feminist would marry such a sorry, sad sack of hate and bitterness?
BluePencils–You’re right; I did have you confused with someone else. I thought the commenter’s name appeared at the top of each comment, like they usually do in most blogs. The blue lines’ emplacement make it even more confusing. Anyway, my first post was not offensive. Using ”and” to begin a sentence is improper English. One should not attack another’s grammar if theirs is poor.
Using ”and” to begin a sentence is improper English. One should not attack another’s grammar if theirs is poor.
Using “and” to begin a sentence is improper only in formal writing. In other contexts, it’s perfectly acceptable. There is no context, however, in which “too” and “to” are interchangeable.
“Didn’t your English teacher ever tell you never to start a sentence with ”and”?”
Didn’t your English teacher ever tell you never to use contractions in formal persuasive writing? And aren’t you now ashamed that you did?
Also, didn’t Fievel Mousekewitz teach you to never say never?
EG–as I said previously, the man/woman most likely made a typo. Don’t tell me you never make typos?
UCLA–yes, she did, and yes, I’m ashamed. lol.
”Also, didn’t Fievel Mousekewitz teach you to never say never?” I’ll let you think on how this is a contradiction. Tell me when you find out.
As for him saying ”cunt ass”, it’s a common insult. It’s usually followed by the world ”bitch.” Do you fem girls never listen to rap music? Also, he said ”femme” before ”cunt”, so I am guessing he meant ”femcunt”, which is just one word.
Dnx, I think most of us here refrain from listening to rap music. You kindly demonstrated to us how most rap is, lol..
:-p
From:
I was on feministing.com, posted a comment, and 2 minutes later, I checked back and they were ALL ganging up on me!
Dude! What would happen if any of us went to anti-misandry to post about our devotion to feminism. That’s right. We’d face a lot of vocal opposition. If you don’t want opposition stay in your own corner. If you come here with bullshit you’re going to get called out on it.
Also, that’s real classy the way you posted another person’s e-mail address in a hostile forum.
I love how many of them feel threatened by vibrators. It’s such a loss, too, that there are so many men burning with hate because they suck so badly that they feel threatened by plastic toys. I firmly believe that anyone can be good enough in bed to see masturbation as supplemental to their partnered sex life, but for these guys, of course, it would require so much personal work and growing up it will never, ever happen.
funny. never would have guessed it. dnx-x1 is an MRA. go figure. and he gets dates, damnit! oh, no, wait… he has a girlfriend.
God, she must be a mess!
Anyway, notice how he stopped linking to his blog? amusing.
Don’t tell me you never make typos?
Tons. And if I were so dense as to make typos in a hate letter, I would fully expect the object of such a letter and her friends to make fun of me.
Do you fem girls never listen to rap music?
Ah…I think we may have a clue as to why this particular MRA thinks we’re being so unfair.
I was on feministing.com, posted a comment, and 2 minutes later, I checked back and they were ALL ganging up on me!
Aw! The poor widdle anti-feminist! All those mean girls are picking on him!
Oh, man…
I’ve just fallen in love with
antimisandry.com
that shit is too funny! they are scared of the wimmins! oh, noes!
man, my music snob came out reading that thread, where they assumed the catherine wheel email address was about catherine the great. dumb fucking assholes, a 2 second google reveals thats a band. guh. and while i kno nothing about catherine the great, im pretty sure most feminists arent big fans of the idea of rule by king or queen, as deciding who leads a country based on bloodline is far from democratic. guh guh guh.
im going back to the thread about our magical vaginas, its pretty much my favorite thing ever.
“”"I love how many of them feel threatened by vibrators. It’s such a loss, too, that there are so many men burning with hate because they suck so badly that they feel threatened by plastic toys.”"”
I don’t know about that being the only reason. In parallel, I think alot of women would be uncomfortable with bringing in a vibrating vagina into the bedroom.
This might be a TMI but these things are pretty cool:
Well UCLA, a woman can have sex with her male partner AND use a vibrator. A man using a vibrating vagina has limited options as to what he can do to you at the same time. So that’d be pretty shite.
OTOH if my partner wanted to use a Fleshlite or something seperately from me I wouldn’t care. I’d be somewhat amused – he won’t let me buy him one actually. LOL
“Well UCLA, a woman can have sex with her male partner AND use a vibrator. A man using a vibrating vagina has limited options as to what he can do to you at the same time.”
Oh, I think two people could come up with quite creative uses. But I wouldn’t let my gf buy me one either, I’d worry that she’d ultimately be uncomf.
If people are offended by it, it is in fact offensive.
And check Snopes.com for the subject of your most recent blog post, fool.
Sibylle,
I’m listening to Lupe Fiasco as I read that. Let’s not lump all rap together, ‘kay?
Also, I *love* the way we’re being portrayed as a gang of women making fun of these poor iddle haters. As if we went LOOKING for them?
Why would I give a shit about displaying her email address in a hostile forum? This ”woman” made a fake email address just to bother me. Not my problem.
As for me being an MRA–not true. I just go on antimisandry.com because they have *some* interesting stuff from time to time, just like I come here and other GOOD feminist websites such as the Independent Women’s Forum. So please, if you don’t know something, either shut the fuck up or research it. Before I forget, did I mention I fell in luv3 with feministing.com? They’re afraid of men! Lol. is 200x better.
snobographer, just because people find something offensive does not make it so. I find your post offensive.
sgzax, nice stalking. I don’t suppose you could stalk me to my house so we could have a threesome? ***awaits angry feminists lecturing on how I’m degrading women***
Roxie-
Which is why I said “most”.
dnx-x1,
I read all the way through the comment thread just to say what misogynistic thing you would come up with next. It was worth it.
what i find most disturbing about these types of emails is that you just know, some of the people who write them have a girlfriend or wife, what must her life be like?
I know some of the emails are just written to upset people, I did some of that in my teens with various political groups but there are people out there who think this way.
@UCLABodyImage: I bought my husband a Mermaid sleeve. No more friction burn!
For people of either sex who are uncomfortable with masturbation sleeves that look like bodily orifices, I suggest buying one of the ones that looks like a flower, or like a simple jelly tube or pad.
(apologies for the OT.)
Mmmmm…I am willing to bet that the composer of that joke of an e-mail probably doesn’t go out much and lives in his mother’s basement surrounded by his Star Wars memorbilia. Possibly even a virgin who learned about “cunt asses” while watching his “disgusting porn”. Eh, just a theory. I’ve known plenty of those types of losers, but this one in particular takes the cake.
/First post, be kind.
is Star Wars memorbilia.
Are you cracking on my beloved Millennium Falcon, my Star Wars figures, and my C3P0 carrying case?
Heh. I’m kidding. Sort of. I mean, I’m not kidding about owning my Star Wars stuff, but I am kidding about being offended.
As for me being an MRA–not true. I just go on antimisandry.com because they have *some* interesting stuff from time to time, just like I come here and other GOOD feminist websites such as the Independent Women’s Forum.
Wow. Another troll trying to tell us how we should be *good* feminists, which, according to him is to be completely anti-woman. Is it time Jessica broke out the TrollAway?
The responses to this blog are so damn hilarious. I’ve been dying of laughter for like an hour.
I hope the little boy who wrote that is happy with himself! I bet he is watching porn as we speak…poor thing.
bubblex–where have I said one misogynistic thing? Oh wait–I failed to agree with the majority of the crowd, is that it? Must be.
UltraMagnus–how am I a troll? Because I said something disliked. The IWF is not anti-woman, it’s a women’s forum.
I don’t know if all of the hate mail you are receiving is just humorous or really sad. I think it’s a bit of both.
dnx-x1, how many misogynistic assholes does it take to ruin a good thread? One.
The “Independent” Women’s Forums a “good” feminist website? Please, don’t make me laugh. Oh wait – too late!
“UltraMagnus–how am I a troll?”
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For most of your savings you want mint gold and silver coins.
Coins, ok? Do NOT buy piles of junk/scrap gold.
But a small bag with a few ounces is a good idea in my opinion.
It doesn’t attract much attention, you can pull a wedding band and sell it and still look like just another poor desperate guy, even if you have a small bag with a couple dozen more used ones bought at a pawn shop.
Going around offering mint gold and silver coins is a good way to get robbed, shot or kidnapped.
You can go to the jewelry store, bring out your great grandmother’s favorite bracelet on the counter (BS, you bought it as scrap on ebay) and cut just a few links of chain with your Leatherman tool.
Just the amount of weight you need to buy some groceries next door, just a few links. (chains make this so much easier)
This happens in Argentina, people sell their jewelry for their gold out of desperation, and I verified that this works this way in Libertad street here in Buenos Aires. Everyone offers somewhat similar prices.
Warning: Make sure the gold is properly stamped and ins’t plated junk.
The jewelry gold, (junk/scrap gold) will come in handy as a PM version of pocket change, like the silver content in pre -65 coins, but know that you'll be loosing a bit of money compared to mint PM, at least most of the time.
I'd check pawn shops or online for people selling it as junk/scrap (meaning selling it for its gold content or a bit over or below that)
Used wedding bands and chains, people rarely want a used failed marriage ring.
Stick with these simple stuff, you don’t want to pay for the jewelry's artistic value.
Hopefully the wedding ring will fit you and you can pull it out of your finger when selling or bartering for extra drama.
Stick to 18k gold. Less than that and gold dealers will become more suspicious. It should be stamped somewhere as "18K" , and it shines nicely and doesn't darken. “14k” seems to be also acceptable in some places. Just make sure it’s stamped and not plated junk.
You want to preferably buy things like this:
That's 29 grams of 14k scrap/junk Jewelry (supposedly one 18k ring)
It's all going for 400 bucks
Using this PM calculator you see you have 498 bucks worth of gold in there.
That's preferably the kind of deal you want.
Yo might want to invest 17 bucks in an acid test kit, play around a bit unitl you learn to tell the difference of gold purity.
Take care
FerFALFerFAL
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Ferfal,
What happens with insurance polocies after
SHTF? Do they generally still honor valid claims
or have they begun denying almost all of them?
I'd imagine premiums have gone up but quite a
bit.
In particular I am wondering about auto and
personal property insurance. With so many
cars being stolen and houses being robbed are
the insurance providers you have still reliable?
Thanks,
Kyle
They are kind of expesnive for most of us ( specially auto ones) but yes, they do stick to the contract. Unfortunately most tiems you wont be able to afford teh same car you got stolen, insurance is very slow and will usually pay a bit less than what your car was actually worth.
Theres home insurnace but again, its not excatly cheap nad you just recover part of waht you got stolen with what the comapny pays you.
A good contract that pays for real everything you got stolen is usually too expensive for the average guy.
FerFAL
Hi, I live on Texas gulf coast. After Ike there was a spate of news about insurance companies that were bust and didn't pay claims. There is supposed to be some kind of government pool that pays. In my experience you are more likely to have insurance companies that denigh claims for specious reasons. Of course this is pre-bust. It's a good question, though and one I have been wondering about.
The whole scrap gold thing. 18k jewelry is HARD to find here. Usually 18k is "vintage" or "antique" so you pay a premium for that. For some reason bracelets seem to be the best bang for the buck here. Nice because as Ferfal points out they are easily divisable into smaller quantities. Old high karat gold rings seem to go for a premium as well. You have to watch your ass on eBay. I would look for sellers who regularly sell gold jewelry, have LOTS of nothing but positive feedback, and are located in the US. I have bought some butt ugly jewelry for less than the spot price of the gold content. I have found reputable local (not in the town where I actually live) sources for some stuff that sells at a reasonable amount above spot. (Pay cash and keep your mouth shut. As for as anyone knows I like to collect "vintage jewelry".) Pawn shops are usually WAY over priced. I looked at a lovely 22k chain. I checked the weight and whipped out my trusty calculator. It was 3x the spot for the gold content. There is a whole lot more sterling silver jewelry and other stuff floating around out there that you actually have some hope ot picking up for the silver content value if you are very careful not to overpay. Again, antique or collectable value push the price up. I never ever buy silver that isn't marked sterling or 925. There is just too much plated crap out there and alpaca and german silver are not silver no matter what a seller tells you. A lot of things like candlesticks are weighted with cement or sand so be aware. Again hocking "granny's" silver candlesticks, sugar bowl, or platter is a lot less conspicuous than selling gold coins or shiny minted ounces of sterling silver.
This is the kind of info. that is needed. Spot? Weight? Karat? What are dealers looking for? What do they charge you for that you don't need in scrap gold or used jewelry? I would think that if you paid $400. USD for a chain, and the economy crapped out, that you would be actually ahead. For example, your bracelet that you sold, if your sister paid $200. USD before 2001 for it, and after the 1:1 you cashed it in, you should, theoretically, get 3 times as much. Am I correct in this assumption? Again, not looking at this as a money making venture, but it is helpful to know.
Great post. I need to learn more about testing gold to make sure it is what they say it is.
To Texas gulf coast (8:29)
You can get 18k at Asian (Vietnamese, Chinese etc ) jewelry stores and it is gorgeous. These cultures view 14k as junk. So somewhere there might be near you a Vietnamese shopping center or you may have a Vietnamese store? They also sell 22k and 24 K.
The Indian jewelry stores (people from India, not Native Americans) sell only 22k or 24 k.
In addition, if you go to a gold coin seller, many of them take in "scrap gold" which means 14k,
18k etc. They weigh it on a scale in front of you, then calculate the price of gold in it, etc
It may not be a "great deal" at the time but as the dollar becomes more worthless and inflation rockets, you may be happy you bought some of this jewelry. I have a friend from Cambodia and she said that gold chains literally kept her from starving. She cut off a piece to get groceries, as paper was worthless.
She also said she used Swiss gold bars to give border guards, to bribe them to get across the border.
Now she owns here a donut shop and has done fantastic. Very nice lady.
She said in her culture you put everything possible into gold.
hope that helps.
Her's an example of what I have been buying... a 14k gold chain at "less than spot" gold prices. I have some 18k; but, It's hard to come by at a good price.
Yep... I'm gunn44, the lucky buyer on this item. Fortunately, I have the time available to check hundreds of items against the spot gold price. I am amazed at the prices people are paying for ingots, nuggets and "Replica" bullcrap coins. Some have little or no gold content and all are overpriced. Ingots are going for 3X spot price sometimes. Whew! Here's a good example of a bad idea (see FerFal's post on attracting attention with unusual items for sale):
Taking one of these in to sell gets you instantly recognized as a gold hoarder... not good. The occasional ring or necklace is just standard operating procedure for these gold buyers.
FerFAL knows because he has seen first hand what most people can't even bring themselves to think about. I feel confident that the 30,000+ people who hit this blog every couple of months are at least thinking about the unthinkable... and, that's healthy.
By the way... one of you FerFAL fans that knows internet marketing tricks need to share some good marketing tips for free with FerFAL so he can continue to provide this public service.
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Accelerator vs. Incubator: What’s the Difference?
Pasadena, CA-based incubator IdeaLab on the left, Los Angeles-based accelerator Amplify on the right.
Here is an excerpt from another excellent article in Christina DesMarais‘ “Launch” series for Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out other online resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here.
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The terms sometimes get used interchangeably, but they’re not the same thing. And that matters if you’re thinking of applying.
If you’re interested in getting your start-up into an accelerator or incubator there’s no shortage of options. But these terms sometimes get thrown around interchangeably. Do you know the difference between the two?
I asked Paul Bricault, cofounder of Amplify, a Los Angeles-based accelerator, to define them. “An accelerator takes single-digit chunks of equity in externally developed ideas in return for small amounts of capital and mentorship. They’re generally truncated into a three to four month program at the end of which the start-ups ‘graduate,’” he says.
TechStars would be an example of an accelerator, although good luck getting in—even though thousands of companies apply every year, it only selects 10 for each of its programs.
An incubator, on the other hand, brings in an external management team to manage an idea that was developed internally. “Those ideas can gestate for much longer periods of time and the incubator takes a much larger amount of equity [compared to accelerators],” he says.
One highly successful incubator is Pasadena, California-based Idealab, which was started by Bill Gross in 1996. Bricault says Idealab itself usually comes up with all the good ideas for new businesses then recruits outside people to bring them to fruition. Incubators like Idealab take a bigger cut of the company than an accelerator does—anywhere from 20 percent or more Bricault says.
Want to get your idea incubated? Idealab doesn’t accept business plan submissions but only considers ideas it hears about from people with whom it already has a business relationship, although Bricault says that’s not the case with all incubators.
Fortunately, now there are so many to choose from. Capital efficiencies in the market have brought down the cost of creating a start-up, Bricault says, thus fueling a boom in new accelerators and incubators. “What would have taken $5 million to get off the ground with a product developed and customers and traction several years ago now can take a few hundred thousand dollars,” he says.
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All that runs through my head is an episode of the show Radio Lab called Choices. How am I ever to choose what to do? I needed something simple, fun, but something that my partner may love. Here's what I came up with.
A wonky star because it's all the rage. I added the border down the right side because I HATE wasting fabric. Look it totally matches. :)
The quilting was a new experiment for me. This totally adds to the effect of a quilt or a mug rug. This is yet another reason why I haven't finished many quilts. It's the commitment of it all. I didn't feel comfortable using a colored thread and I couldn't bring myself to handstiching. . so I tried this.
The back are the cute cups I purchased for something just like this. I have more of this and other 'coffee' stuff just waiting for mug rugs!
The binding is something else. I used Very Kerry Berry's Single Binding Tutorial . And look it totally worked. Not only did it work but I HANDSTITCHED the binding on. . eep! I'm a rockstar!
I know that it's not perfect but it's so perfect to me and I hope my partner adores it too. For being my first mug rug ever - I'm proud!
Good for you! I haven't made a mug rug yet, but would be so happy to create one this vibrant!
That is a pretty fabulous mug rug. (I haven't made one yet...but it may be on the list for the Solids swap.) I have to say, I think I like a partner who likes everything more than one that doesn't talk. (I fret even more that they won't like what I make.) Did you use a walking foot?
I'm in awe that you hand stitched the binding! Go Team You!
So stinkin' cute :)!! I am sure she'll love it!
You should be! It looks great!
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Categories > Celebrities > Fall Out Boy > Best Thing that You Never Had
Maybe things would start to look up for good now...4 Reviews
Amy goes on a date with Chris and a band starts to form...
Amy studied the unprogrammed number flashing across her cell's screen.
"Hello?"
She perked up.
"Hey Chris!" (you were our only fri- okay, no one said that. nevermind.)
"Tomorrow? No, that sounds great!"
"Okay yeah! That'll work! See you then!!"
She smiled and pressed 'end' and quickly dialed Patrick's number.
"HEY! DON'T GO ANYWHERE - I'M COMING OVER!"
She grabbed her purse and keys and was at Patrick's 5 minutes later.
Patrick came to the door and was almost plowed over by Amy's giant hug. She squealed "PATRICK I HAVN'T SEEN YOU FOR LIKE THREE DAYS!!"
Patrick picked her up off the floor in a hug and whined back "I KNOW! Let's never be apart again!!"
They laughed and sat at the stools at the counter.
"So what's up?"
Amy jumped a little and grabbed Patrick's knee the way she did when she was excited to tell him something .
"Chris called me... we actually made out last night... it wasn't awkward. I think I like him, and we're going out tomorrow!!!"
She managed to get it out all in one, overly excited breath. Patrick rolled his eyes.
She pulled her hand back off his knee "What was that for?! You hardly know Chris!"
He shook his head "No, no it's not that. I just thought you were gonna mention what happend with Andy last night. I'm happy for you and Chris, really... but I kinda wanna know what happend with my friend.
She jumped out of her Chris state of mind "Oh god! Yeah - Andy... Okay, this is what happened : I went to that girl Evie's house and it was insane. Seriously, Pete and I had never seen anything like it."
He interrupted "Oh - Pete went too? Thats good, at least you weren't alone."
"Yeah... I was at his house when you called. We were pretty much latched onto eachother from the minute we walked in the door - both of us were scared for our lives, seriously. Anyway, Andy came out of this room in a back really pissed off and screaming. Oh! And he was half naked cause I guess he was gettin his fuck on with that Evie girl, but thats besides the point. He does have a nice body, by the way..."
"AMY! Take a breath and stay focused... just tell me how things ended up."
"Ohhhh okay! geeeeeeeeeeeez! So he was yelling at me because he wanted you to go get him, not me. I guess I talked him into it because he eventually left and came home with me. We went back to my house and sat outside and talked and stared at the stars."
Patrick smiled "oooooh romantic!!"
She rolled her eyes "Yeah ... it would have been more romantic if it was dinner and look at the stars kinda date. Not a 'rescued from a crack house with a whore' and look up at the stars kinda date. He probably doesn't even remember anything..."
"So he stayed at your house then? Where is he now?"
"I dont know, he was gone when I woke up. I called him and he said he woke up early and headed home. I'm not quite sure how he got there though -- but I think that's where he is."
Patrick pressed his lips together "Hmm... alright. Well, thanks for doing that. I was stuck late at the store anyway and didn't get out until super late. I swear that'll be the last time!"
"It better be! Not that I mind doing it, I just want him to get his shit together."
Patrick changed his mood and grabbed her knee to mock her "SO!! oh my god! Tell me what you and Chris are doing!!"
She shoved his hand away "Shut up, don't make fun. We're gonna go see a movie."
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Chris picked Amy up the next day and they went to the movies. They spent most of the movie making out in the back row. Classy, right?
They walked downtown of their town holding eachother close. They didn't make much conversation, they just kissed.
Amy stopped as she saw Patrick's work "Hey! Wanna go to the record store? Patrick's working tonight!"
"Yeah sure!!"
"PAAAAAAAATRICK!" Amy screamed as she walked into the tiny record shop, still latched onto Chris' arm.
She walked over to the counter, where there appeared to be no one. As she approached, Andy popped up from behind the counter, where he was putting things away.
"Hey Amy!"
She smiled at him "Heyyy Andy how's it goin?"
"Good, good. Listen - once again, I'm really sorry about-" He stopped when he noticed Chris standing there and politely reached out his hand.
"Hey I'm Andy..."
Chris returned the handshake "Chris."
Amy sat on the counter "Where's Patrick?"
Andy nodded his head to the right. Patrick was standing there, arms gesturing, in serious conversation with a taller, curly haired boy. Amy could tell they were in deep conversation about some band, the only thing Patrick really does get that serious about, and decided not to interrupt them.
Chris spoke up in a manly way and pointed at Amy and Andy "So how do you guys know eachother?"
Andy laughed and Amy raised her eyebrows "Uh... Patrick works here."
Chris realized the stupidity of his question and looked down "Oh yeah... I guess that would make sense."
"AMY!"
Patrick ran over to Amy, the curly haired boy in toe.
"Hey Amy!! Hey Chris... did you guys have fun?"
"Yeah." They both said in unison and Chris pulled Amy in for a long kiss and held her close. Patrick, Andy, and the fro'd kid stood there looking uncomfortable by the PDA.
Patrick adjusted his had "Yeah okay.... so guys, this is Joe. He plays guitar apparently and also has kick ass taste in music." He looked over at Amy "He's gonna come over and jam later! I was thinking I can invite Pete too."
Amy smiled "Oh that sounds fun! When do you get off work?"
"10"
Chris leaned into Amy "Hey... i thought maybe we can go back to my place for the night."
Patrick raised his eyes and looked at him. He didn't want this guy taking his best friend back to his house and doing god knows what to her.
"Uhm... I'm not sure what's going on yet, we'll talk about it later." She whispered back to Chris. Patrick smiled, he knew she'd get out of it.
She turned to Andy "Andy don't you play the drums?"
He shifted uncomfortably "Uh yeah buut not for a while. I'm a little rusty I guess..."
"Well it might be a good side project for you to do, you know -- to hang around other people." She accentuated the words side project and /other people/.
He smiled at her : his knight[ress] in shining uh - mini skirt? Coming to his rescue... again. "Yeah, actually that sounds cool. You guys can come over my place since I have a drum set. I was supposed to go to a party tonight, but that sounds a lot better."
He smiled at Amy and she winked at him, knowing that she had once again, in her own little way, saved him from another night of disaster. Maybe things would start to look up for good now... | http://ficwad.com/story/33822 | 2013-05-18T10:52:47 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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This past May when the Seattle Seahawks turned down an invitation to be on “Hard Knocks,” they didn’t just avoid a potentially monster-sized distraction, they also kept the lid on what might just be the best-kept secret in the N.F.L. Want a breakout team for 2012? Turn your attention to the upper left corner of our country’s map.
The Seahawks are returning a solid, aggressive young defense that quietly ranked in the top 10 last season. It’s a defense that plays a fairly straightforward style, relying on talent more than gimmicks. Offensively, the Seahawks finally discovered a run game in 2011, which is largely why they went 5-3 in the second half of the season.
Coach Pete Carroll and his fellow decision-maker, General Manager John Schneider, entered this past off-season knowing their team was just a passing attack away from serious playoff contention. Obviously, a “passing attack” is not an insignificant hole to fill. In fact, it’s many holes: offensive line, receivers and, of course, quarterback. Feeling O.K. (but probably not good, and almost certainly not great) about the offense’s talent and depth up front and at wide receiver, Carroll revamped the lackluster quarterback position by signing free agent Matt Flynn and drafting Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson.
One could take issue with this approach. In an age of superstar signal-callers, the Seahawks opted for a competition between a veteran backup whom they signed for $10 million guaranteed (high-end money for a No. 2 but low-end for a No. 1) and a rookie whom they acquired in the third round (where most backup quarterbacks are taken these days). But a funny thing happened during training camp: one of the quarterbacks clearly won the job outright. And it wasn’t the one people would have guessed going in.
What should give fans in the Pacific Northwest permission to be almost as optimistic as the perpetually enthused Carroll is, with the style they play and the division they play in, the Seahawks don’t necessarily need sensational quarterbacking to make a postseason run this year. They might need better quarterbacking over the long haul if they want to be a perennial contender, but either way, the first step in their growth is simply reaching the playoffs. From there, they’ll believe anything can happen.
OFFENSE
There seems to be a consensus on Russell Wilson: good arm in terms of accuracy and strength; smart, cerebral player; superb athlete; admirable character, respected leader…..and…..too short. Three inches cost the 5-10 or 5-11 Wilson millions on draft weekend; if he could have broken the 6-0 barrier, he would have gotten to go on the first-round ride.
If Wilson turns out to be multi-Pro Bowl-caliber, a red-faced Football Universe will look back on the spring of 2012 and regret having been so concerned about something as silly as height. With Wilson lighting it up in the preseason, that’s already starting to happen a bit now. We shouldn’t be so hard on ourselves, though. There’s a reason all 32 teams thought a lack of height was problematic enough to pass on Wilson in the first two rounds. And there’s a reason only 17 six-foot-and-under quarterbacks have started an N.F.L. game in the past 25 years. Coaches and scouts don’t care what players look like – they just care about winning. The only reason players with certain physical shortcomings don’t get chances is because coaches and scouts have learned in the past that they couldn’t win with those guys. In a win-at-all costs industry like pro football, prejudices don’t appear out of thin air.
The vast majority of short quarterbacks fail because they aren’t excellent in enough other areas to compensate. And it takes excellence. The Seahawks believe Wilson is excellent at making and executing smart, decisive throws from the pocket. And they believe he has the athleticism to be an excellent run-pass threat out of the pocket when things break down. At Wisconsin, Wilson was good enough in these areas to compensate. He completed over 70 percent of his passes, threw 29 more touchdowns than interceptions and had only four passes batted down at the line of scrimmage.
There are ways to help Wilson see over the line. Shotgun is one solution. Rolling pockets are another. In the grander scheme, though, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell needs to be able to use his entire West Coast-oriented playbook. Like the 6-0 Drew Brees has done, Wilson will ultimately have to make even quicker decisions than he already makes and also master his footwork and subtle movement skills in the pocket.
Expect Wilson to get a relatively long leash, as from a long-term standpoint, he offers a much better potential return than the meager-armed Matt Flynn (who people forget was originally drafted in the seventh round for a reason). And don’t expect the Seahawks to ask too much of their rookie quarterback; ideally, Carroll and Bevell will have the offense run through Marshawn Lynch.
After being an undisciplined runner his first four years in the league, Lynch last year discovered newfound patience and vision in his first full season behind Seattle’s zone-blocking offensive line. That, coupled with his already decent burst and exhausting tenacity, made for a 1,200-yard feature back. Lynch can be that for the next few years assuming he stays healthy and out of trouble (he was arrested for suspicion of DUI in July).
For durability sake, it would be wise to give a few more of Lynch’s touches to veteran backup Leon Washington and, if he’s ready, fourth-round rookie Robert Turbin. Washington is a scatback who can be dangerous in space; Turbin showed some short-area explosiveness at Utah State. In this one-cut scheme, he could be punishing as a fresh runner late in games.
You might think that fullback Michael Robinson is another ball-handling option given that he played quarterback at Penn State and running back early in his pro career. But Robinson had just 16 total touches last season. It’s possible he’ll see his role shrink in 2012, as Seattle’s trade with Tampa Bay for Kellen Winslow indicated that the team could be looking to use more two-tight-end sets. Winslow was eventually released and replaced by Evan Moore, a former Brown who knows Bevell’s system. Moore will compete for playing time with Anthony McCoy, a third-year pro who struggled mightily last season but showed improvements this past training camp. Having one of those two on the field alongside starting tight end Zach Miller (a solid all-around player who wasn’t as involved in the 2011 offense as he should have been) will have Lynch operating out of a single-back set, where he’s most comfortable.
Hopefully Miller can be flexible enough to occasionally play the slot on first and second downs, enabling Bevell to keep the ball on the ground or create one-on-one matchups for his tight ends against linebackers. But if Moore or McCoy aren’t serviceable at blocking, Bevell might as well line up on first downs with No. 3 receiver Doug Baldwin in the slot. If he can overcome his preseason hamstring problems and continue his development, the small but surprisingly strong (and certainly quick) second-year pro will offer enough dynamic qualities to make defenses eventually have to plan for him.
Baldwin is far from the only Seahawk receiver with an “if he’s healthy” asterisk. Top wideout Sidney Rice has battled injuries since arriving here, most recently to his shoulders, which sidelined him for most of the summer and leaves in doubt his effectiveness heading into the regular season. The 2011 fourth-round pick Kris Durham was sidelined with a torn labrum last November. He wound up losing his roster spot to undrafted journeyman Charly Martin. Fourth-year pro Deon Butler was once expected to be what Baldwin is, but his career has been derailed by a broken leg.
Competing for playing time opposite Rice is Ben Obomanu and Golden Tate. Obomanu is a possession type target who might be just a tad too sluggish. You could probably describe him as a less athletic but more stable version of Braylon Edwards (who is also in the receiver mix). Tate is an intriguing catch-and-run downfield talent, but he was very green entering the league as a second-rounder in 2010 and hasn’t ripened much.
Wide receiver isn’t the only sector that injuries have put in limbo. Up front, starting right guard John Moffitt missed most of August with an elbow injury after recovering from knee surgery earlier in the off-season. (Seventh-round rookie J.R. Sweezy has filled in during Moffitt’s absence.) At right tackle, last year’s first-round pick, James Carpenter, has already been lost for likely the first half of the season with a knee injury. Thus, Seattle is counting on brutish-but-limited 26-year-old backup Breno Giacomini.
In 2010, center Max Unger was lost for the year with a toe injury. Fortunately, Unger bounced back well enough last season to earn a five-year, $25.5 million contract. Unger has improved his technique to become very adept in the run game, and he’s always had good mobility in space. He’s a good fit in this scheme and will have to continue getting better with the right side of the line being iffy and left guard Paul McQuistan being nothing special. Same goes for Russell Okung at left tackle. The supremely talented 2010 first-round pick has the light feet and supple strength to be a star, but (asterisk again) a multitude of injuries have hindered his development. Seattle can’t afford to be without Okung (or any of their other starters) again this season, as their top backups are the vulnerable Frank Omiyale and underachieving veteran Allen Barbre.
DEFENSE
Obviously Seattle’s offense has plenty of significant “ifs.” What takes a bit of the edge off is that this defense is potentially good enough to carry the team. It starts in the secondary. With cornerbacks like Brandon Browner and Richard Sherman, the Seahawks have one of the few defenses that can play true bump-and-run coverage every down on the outside. They don’t do this, as Carroll and coordinator Gus Bradley subscribe to a lot of zone concepts, but they have the option to – and that’s important. Both corners are uncommonly big (6-3, 220 pounds, give or take) and, as you’d imagine, physical. They’re often too physical, in fact. Browner led the league with 19 penalties last year; Sherman had 10 despite starting just 10 games. Neither is a star; Browner is fairly stiff in his change-of-direction (though improved technique has assuaged this a bit) and Sherman sometimes pays for his super aggressive, super brash style.
But it’s that style that ultimately liberates the rest of this defense. Having a pair of quality press corners allows the safeties to roam more freely and take more chances. That leads to good things when your safeties are as gifted as third-year pros Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas. Chancellor, a brawny fifth-round pick, plays with tremendous downhill power. There were rumors of moving him to outside linebacker, not because he’s a liability in coverage (he’s adequate in that area) but because he’s so stout. Seattle can’t afford to play him there in the base packages (and perhaps not even in nickel) because undrafted backups Chris Maragos and Jeron Johnson are unsettlingly inexperienced. As for Thomas, he too is a great hitter and, more important, a rangy pass defender. In fact, the former first-round pick covers as much ground as any safety in the league.
The only concern with this secondary is depth. With rising young corner Walter Thurmond still out with a a gruesome broken leg suffered last October, 10th-year veteran Marcus Trufant is learning to play the slot for the first time. That’s a drastic change for a declining corner who made a career out of using the sideline to his advantage. If Trufant and his creaky knees can’t cut it, the Seahawks will have to turn to journeyman Phillip Adams or recent sixth-round picks Byron Maxwell (’11) and Jeremy Lane (’12).
The stingy first-string defensive backfield will be aided by what could be a potent four-man pass-rush in 2012. A lot of tweeters and bloggers were shocked when Carroll and Schneider drafted West Virginia’s Bruce Irvin 15th over all, but seven different teams reportedly had the 245-pounder listed as the top pass rusher of this year’s class. Critics aren’t pleased that pass rushing is all Irvin can do. But a pass-rushing specialist can potentially play more than 50 percent of the snaps (and they’re usually the most critical snaps of the game). Besides, the Seahawks ranked tied for 19th in total sacks last season and fourth in yards allowed per carry. As “needs” go, it doesn’t get much clearer than that.
The man Irvin will replace on passing downs is Red Bryant, one of the most fierce run defenders in the league. The monstrous-sized fifth-year pro was signed to a five-year, $35 million contract ($14.5 million guaranteed) this past off-season. That was $4.5 million more in guarantees than Chris Clemons got in his new three-year deal, even though Clemons was easily one of the five best all-around ends in football last season. The difference is, Bryant is 28; Clemons turns 31 in October.
Seattle’s line is nearly just as formidable inside. Nose tackle Alan Branch has finally come alive after underachieving as a high second-round pick in Arizona. Being 6-6 and at least 325 pounds, Branch obviously has plenty of raw power. But there’s also a hint of initial quickness to his game. Alongside Branch, sixth-year pro Brandon Mebane is constantly disruptive in both shooting the gaps and congesting multiple blockers. His energy and craftiness routinely open up big-play opportunities for the rest of the front seven.
Surprisingly, Mebane is not a productive pass rusher. He had 5.5 sacks in 2008 but has recorded a total of just 2.5 since. To buttress the interior pass rush and replace the versatility of departed veteran Raheem Brock, Schneider signed willowy ex-Titan Jason Jones to a one-year, $4.5 million contract. That’s an unusually low-risk investment to make in an accomplished 26-year-old – especially one who can be used anywhere on the defensive line and even in a two-point stance. But Jones has battled various shoulder problems since 2009 and must prove that he’s not damaged. If he does turnout to be damaged, the Seahawks will turn to fourth-round rookie Jaye Howard, a natural athlete with similar attributes.
Linebacker is the only position of real concern in Seattle, and that could change if second-round rookie Bobby Wagner is as productive here as he was at Utah State. Some are understandably leery of the fact that Wagner didn’t regularly face top-shelf competition in the WAC and has never been a fulltime Mike ‘backer (he played inside and outside in college).
If Wagner struggles too much early on, K.J. Wright will most likely slide inside. Ideally, though, Wright, a fluid, aggressive fourth-round pick of a year ago, will make his permanent home on the strong side, where he’s shown more and more explosiveness lining up close to the line of scrimmage. The key for Wright will be improving as a pass defender, as he’ll be needed in nickel packages. Last year’s primary nickel linebacker, Matt McCoy, is still recovering from a knee ligament tear. If Wagner doesn’t earn snaps in nickel, Heath Farwell, Michael Morgan or Malcolm Smith will get a crack.
Rounding out the linebacking corps is veteran Leroy Hill. He has managed to stay on the roster despite several off-field issues (mainly marijuana), which tells you how much the coaches like his instinctive run defense and how little they like their second string of linebackers.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Journeyman kicker Steve Hauschka was 25 for 30 on field goals in his first full season last year. Jon Ryan has ranked somewhere in the middle of the pack in net punting each of the last three seasons. He did, however, lead the league in punts inside the 20 last year. In the return game, Leon Washington is the type of weapon coaches think twice about kicking to, though he was kept mostly in check last season.
BOTTOM LINE
The makings are here for a breakout season, but with iffy depth on both sides of the ball, Seattle’s key players will have to kick the rampant injury bug. Perfect health never happens in the N.F.L., which means the Seahawks will probably be trying to hide some serious vulnerabilities at some point.
Predicted Finish: 2nd NFC West
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IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012: Very Extremely Dangerous
Those who took refuge from the burning sun on a sweltering Saturday afternoon and attended the IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012 documentary festival were treated to Reluctant Revolutionary. Director Sean McAllister’s film focuses on Yemen and Kais, a 35 year-old local tour guide, who travels from being a cynic to a participant in the revolution that eventually leads to the toppling of Ali Abdullah Saleh, dictator for 33 years.
While there’s no denying McGill’s charisma his ongoing selfish tantrums and aggressive behaviour (particularly toward his partner) drive a wedge between him and both the director and audience. All the more surprising then that Very Extremely Dangerous makes for an utterly riveting 85 minutes despite its subject’s self-serving indulgences.
Duane has skillfully crafted a documentary that is an enthralling portrait of a difficult and often infuriating subject who is a ragbag of hoggish traits and bellicose attitude, and, as Duane told the audience in an enlightening post-screening Q&A, is a man who is difficult to be around, a man who creates drama and tension wherever he is. Duane admitted that being around him ‘as a filmmaker it’s great; as a human being it’s diffuicult.’
An inciting film that will challenge audiences, Very Extremely Dangerous is a lightning bolt of a documentary.
Saturday came to an end with the screening of Anton Corbijn: Inside Out, an intimate portrait of the influential Dutch artist who has taken iconic photographs of iconic figures throughout his career from David Bowie through Nelson Mandela to Kylie from Neighbours.
Keep an eye on filmireland.net for coverage of the festival as it happens.
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Clan Gully is the clan that Luso joined in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. It is led by Cid, though after he is shot in an assassination attempt, Luso effectively assumes command.
It all begins with Luso dropping into the middle of a forest, right in front of a large bird: Klesta the Crushatrice, which Clan Gully had been hired to drive off. He is told by Cid that if he wishes to live, he should join his clan, Clan Gully. Luso excitedly does so, and, in front of a judge, swears into the clan, after which he magically transforms into a soldier, complete with sword and fantasy garb. As a clan unit, you complete various quests throughout the game.
A brief description of Clan Gully (shown when it wins an area in an auction) says that it is little known, but with an impressive record of completed quests.
Clan Gully grows more and more popular as the game progresses, and as such they receive more Clan requests and more battle encounters from rival clans, but these battles take place usually after an auction. They also have allies and rivals in the clans House Bowen and Prima Donna.
EtymologyEdit
"Gully" is an English word, meaning "a deep ditch or channel", possibly referring to the Rift. In Scottish it means "a large knife". | http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Clan_Gully | 2013-05-18T10:53:43 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
China eats up Caterpillar bondsNovember 24, 2010: 10:13 AM ET
Caterpillar is plowing a furrow in what is shaping up as one of the investment world's most fertile fields: The Chinese local-currency bond market.
The Peoria, Ill., tractor maker said Wednesday its finance arm sold 1 billion renminbi ($150 million) worth of medium term notes to institutional investors in Hong Kong.
Caterpillar (CAT), like many other big multinational companies, has been intent on expanding its sales to the world's fastest-growing big economy. It says selling bonds denominated in renminbi will allow it to match its Chinese assets with local liabilities.
"Our ongoing strategy is to fund our international country operations through the local capital markets wherever possible, and this transaction helps to further expand the diversified global funding platform supporting our international business," said Caterpillar Financial's Kent Adams.
Machinery sales in Caterpillar's Asia/Pacific region surged 81% from a year ago in the third quarter to $1.8 billion. The company doesn't break out sales by country, but it said in its most recent quarterly filing with regulators that "China had a large increase in sales volume, benefiting from more than 9% growth in the economy and 18% credit growth."
Investors were so eager to buy into the company's global growth story that Caterpillar was able to pay just 2% on the notes. Caterpillar shares have surged 45% this year (see chart, right) on sentiment that big U.S. multinationals provide the best means for cashing in on economic growth prospects in developing countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China, known collectively as the BRICs.
The rally has brought Caterpillar shares within a few dollars of their 2007 all-time high of $87.
Caterpillar's offering isn't the first by a big U.S. company, following on the heels of this summer's 200 million renminbi sale by McDonald's (MCD). But the Caterpillar deal is five times as large and is priced a full percentage point lower.
Wednesday's sale also comes as the Chinese government has been trying to open up the market for yuan-denominated debt to expand international use of its currency. China said this week it would sell 8 billion renminbi ($1.2 billion) of debt in Hong Kong in its second bond sale in the Asian financial capital.
U.S. companies aren't the only ones testing the Hong Kong bond market. Russian steel company Rusal is reportedly moving toward a debt sale as well.
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67 WALL STREET, New York - September 11, 2012 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Utilities, Alternative Energy and Water Services Report. This special feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is also available by calling (212) 952-7433.
Topics covered: Grid Parity Timelines for Alternative Energy - Water Infrastructure Development - Water Industry Consolidation
Companies include:, an experienced utility industry analyst discusses the economic impact of lower U.S. natural gas prices for investors:
TWST: Why are those your preferences at the moment?
Mr. Winter: Assuming our six- to 18-month time horizon, the nonregulated energy businesses remain challenged by low gas prices and oversupply of natural gas. Regulated utilities are less sensitive to low gas prices, and actually are positively exposed to low gas prices. The United States energy industry is rapidly evolving or undergoing a significant revision to its landscape driven by a sudden abundance of natural gas. As a result, natural gas prices have fallen from over $10 per MMMBtu to as low as $2. So it's become cheap at the same time that EPA regulations are making many older coal plants uneconomical. The biggest beneficiaries are regulated utilities and U.S. consumer.
On the other hand, low gas prices result in lower margins and earnings for utilities that have nonregulated exposure to gas prices or power prices. Because gas prices set the price of power in most deregulated states or regions, the price of power has also fallen and resulted in lower nonregulated power margins. Given the dynamics associated with the abundance of gas, we believe it will take at least six months, if not 18 months, to economically work our way back into a more normal supply/demand equilibrium. Now, economics tends to work out over time so we think we will get there.
At the same time, we are observing the rapid pace at which suddenly low-cost gas-fired generation is overtaking coal-fired generation as a source of power, which means we see a significant growing demand for natural gas and upward pressure on prices. But again, it will take some time to play out. So that is why we don't favor commodity-sensitive utilities.
Why do we favor distribution utilities? Distribution utilities, which again are the electric, gas and water wires and pipes companies and the traditional electric utilities - regulated utilities don't directly benefit from the lower cost of fuel, because they pass it on the lower costs to the customers and the customer gets a lower bill. But lower bills create a very favorable environment for the utility to operate because when customers get lower bills they tend to be a little more satisfied with the utility service. They tend to not complain to the regulators or the public utilities commission, and without the pressure, commissioners will tend to treat utilities more constructively.
Not to forget, there is some price elasticity associated with the utility bill, meaning if you know your gas utility bill is going to be low during the winter or summer, customers will likely consume more heat or air-conditioning service.
So that being said, we have a more favorable environment for electric and gas regulated utilities to invest in the business, in infrastructure because regulators and customers are a little more satisfied than they have been in the past, because there is no upward pressure on bills related to fuel.
And this is occurring during a time that utilities are forced to invest heavily in infrastructure to address global warming. Utilities must invest a tremendous amount of capital investment to retrofit older plants, put pollution-control equipment on coal generation, retire coal generation, build transmission lines, build wind farms, build solar farms. And that is a good thing for regulated utilities because that investment can earn. The PUC can award rate increases to allow a return on the investment. This is known as growing rate base. While higher rates are awarded for the capital investment, the fuel portion of the bill is declining, which minimizes the pain to the customer. Under a less favorable gas-cost environment, utilities would have to request even larger rate increases than we're seeing now.
Regulated utilities have ample ability to invest in the business and earn a return. They are allowed to earn 10% to 11% returns on the 50% equity portion of their investment. I think most investors consider a 10% to 11% return to be quite attractive in today's interest rate environment.
In addition, the regulated utility business remains a low-risk monopoly business, so it's appropriate for even the most conservative of investors. Unfortunately, gas utilities experienced a very mild winter, but over time we expect normal weather, and they too have significant opportunity to invest in pipe integrity.
Recall the unfortunate pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Calif., owned by Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG); another in Allentown, Pa. The disasters have really led to a considerable refocus on gas pipeline integrity. There is a tremendous focus on replacing distribution pipe, so that we don't have any more incidents. Because state commissions don't want to be responsible for not allowing pipeline investment and don't want an explosion in their jurisdiction, they encourage the replacement of older pipe as rapidly as possible through timely and frequent rate increases to recognize the investment. So bottom line, gas utilities have a growing rate base, and thus, earnings growth.
That all being said, utility stocks have done well in 2011 and then through the first half or so of 2012 - 20% return in 2011. We had a small performance hiccup to start the year, but now, the group is back up 5% or 6% year to date. Investor expectation, our expectation going into 2011, going into 2012, is that utility stocks would earn an 8% to 10% total return. And so we got 20% last year. We're three-fourths of the way to that already this year. Importantly, those returns are achieved at relatively low risk. The 4% to 4.5% current return or dividend yields compares to U.S. Treasuries coupons of less than 1.5%. And finally, and most importantly, utilities generally will raise dividends on an annual basis.
TWST: You mentioned we're in a time when the utility industry is addressing global warming. Which companies from your group are doing the most effective or most interesting or innovative approaches to address this phenomenon?. | http://finance.yahoo.com/news/20-returns-utility-sector-coal-173700675.html | 2013-05-18T10:22:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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For all the fuss that Tesla’s (TSLA) parabolic rise is a product of short sellers running for cover, I am sorry but that does not compute with the data. Unless someone has real time daily data to be able to tell if shares are being covered on a daily basis, while new short positions open at the same time, the data simply does not show that shares are being covered.
As the most recent data from NASDAQ shows, while short sellers have covered a little over the past several weeks, the truth of the matter is that the stock has been rising for several months now and short covering has nothing to do with it.
But with about 49% of the float sold short, all the stock really needs is several people on CNBC saying it is being covered, and speculation activity takes over and the by-product is the | http://financefollow.com/tag/fslr/ | 2013-05-18T10:41:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Homemade Fireworks Materials Discovered in Garage
An East Moriches man is being held on $150,000 bail Wednesday after his arraignment on reckless endangerment charges. The family of Ronald Walker, 34, discovered several marked containers with chemicals used to make illegal fireworks inside his Woodcrest Drive home and turned him in to authorities. Emergency services were called in to remove the chemicals. Authorities say most of the chemicals discovered are legal over-the-counter materials but were not stored safely.
Prosecutors revealed that a grenade launcher was also found at the residence. Walker has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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Date Night…
No, date nights are not just for mom and dad! How often do you have a “date night” with your kids? Parents sometimes feel very disconnected from their preteens because in a rapidly changing world, these digital natives keep up while parents are feeling a bit left in the dust. Well here are 10 simple but fun things you could be doing with your preteen. All you need to do is…set a date!
- Play video games. Ok ok, I know, you have not played video games since the Nintendo (or even Atari?) years. Who cares, let your preteen smash you. Who knows…maybe you’ll like it!
- Go to a movie.
- Play them in a game of basketball…or whatever sport they prefer.
- Go out for ice cream.
- Give them a spending limit and head to your local Toys-R-Us. Buy something you can have fun with together.
- Go on a bike ride.
- Read a story.
- Take them to a baseball game.
- Go to the mall and have lunch at the food court.
- Play a board game (one of my favorites!).
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*** A fight that fizzled? When President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court back in May, who thought her nomination would largely take a backseat to the political fights over the stimulus, health care, and energy? But as her Senate confirmation hearing begins today, that's precisely what has happened. Even the morning's Republican National Committee research document is about Obama's meeting today with organized labor, not Sotomayor. And here's what today's headline from the Washington Times was: "Sotomayor Faces Easy Route to Confirmation." (By the way, DO note that the Washington Times has since changed the headline to the less tough "Debate continues ahead of Sotomayor hearing.") These things tell you all you need to know about how this political fight has fizzled. Of course, Republicans will ask her questions about her views on abortions and guns, the New Haven firefighter case, and that "wise Latina" comment. But as NBC's Pete Williams said on TODAY, unless Sotomayor says something explosive during the hearings, it's a virtual certainty that she'll be confirmed.
Video: TODAY's Matt Lauer talks to David Gregory, moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," about the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor
*** Hearing tick-tock: Today's Sotomayor hearing begins at 10:00 am ET in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building. The morning will consist of opening statements by the 12 Democrats and seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Then, at about 1:00 pm, Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (who's trying to boost her name ID for 2010) will introduce Sotomayor. About 30 minutes later, Sotomayor will make her opening remarks. Per NBC's Williams, the actual questioning takes place Tuesday morning. Each senator will be allowed 30 minutes in this first round of questioning (and if past experience is a guide, some will not consume their full time allotments). On Wednesday, Williams says, questioning will pick up where Tuesday left off. Once every senator has concluded a first-round question period of 30 minutes, the second round begins for those who wish to ask more. Second-round questioning is limited to 15 minutes per senator. On Thursday, outside witnesses will testify.
*** Introducing Sen. Franken: The sideshow highlight of the hearings this week: Al Franken's debut on the national stage as a Senate questioner. Of course, he once PLAYED a U.S. senator questioning a Supreme Court nominee on "SNL." He was the late Paul Simon questioning Clarence Thomas.
*** Latest cable catnip: Sotomayor's confirmation might not be contentious, but the news -- via the Sunday New York Times -- that the CIA withheld information from Congress about a secret counterintelligence program on orders from former Vice President Cheney certainly is. Today's Wall Street Journal says the program "was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives, according to former intelligence officials familiar with the matter." The story is cable catnip because it involves spies and Cheney, two important ingredients to fire up the left and the right on the air and in the blogosphere. By the way, there are other lingering questions about the future of the CIA that this story could spark. Will the National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair use this moment to seize more control over the intel community (as a whole) and the CIA (in particular)? Speaking of Cheney, his daughter Liz pens a Wall Street Journal op-ed criticizing (who else?) Barack Obama.
*** When Obama isn't the news: Given that the two big stories for TV today appear to be Sotomayor and CIA-Cheney, it means an entire week when the president is NOT front and center talking about the economy or health care. On the one hand, it's helpful for the president to handle things behind the scenes, and it certainly makes it harder for Republicans to find their own news hole to hit on the economy or health care. On the other hand, Obama needs more attention to be given to his attempts at re-defining the stimulus and making a push on health care. Granted, these two issues will likely bubble back up next week -- and beyond -- when the CIA-Cheney and Sotomayor stories wear themselves out on cable. But it's not the "hit the ground running" Monday the White House needs after an overseas trip that wasn't the same overwhelming success as the first three trips.
Video: The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee is suggesting that the Bush administration concealed a CIA counterterrorism program from Congress. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
*** Holder'em: For further proof that the Bush years aren't going away anytime soon, NBC's Williams confirms the story, first reported by Newsweek, that Attorney General Eric Holder is considering the appointment of a special prosecutor to look at whether post-9/11 detainees were illegally tortured. But Williams adds that such an investigation would be very narrowly focused and would look only at cases in which CIA officers or contractors went far beyond what was authorized under the "enhanced interrogation" program. "Anyone who followed the legal guidance issued back then would not be investigated," said one official -- nor would those who may have strayed beyond the technical limits but acted in good faith. Instead, the investigation would be limited to a small number of what are described as "egregious" cases that appeared to have crossed far over the line.
Video: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., discusses Attorney General Eric Holder's possible investigation into torture with NBC's David Gregory on "Meet the Press."
*** Pallin' around with Palin: The Palin story isn't going away, either. With an Anchorage dateline, the Washington Times interviewed the soon-to-be-departing Alaska governor, who revealed that she might stump for conservative Democrats. "I will go around the country on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation," she told the paper. "People are so tired of the partisan stuff." (Wow!) Today's New York Times also has an Anchorage dateline. "Ms. Palin had returned to her home state from the presidential campaign as one of the hopeful prospects in her struggling party…." Meanwhile, on Meet the Press yesterday, John McCain unequivocally defended Palin, despite the multiple reports about disloyalty during the presidential campaign. McCain clearly decided he wanted no part of the Palin drama. One way to guarantee that: hug her publicly and don't push her away.
Video: Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis talks about Levi Johnston's claims that Sarah Palin resigned from office to pursue other monetary opportunities such as a reality television show and a book.
*** Labor day: At 1:15 pm ET today, Obama meets with labor leaders. This meeting comes, according to NBC's Athena Jones, as the Council of Economic Advisers releases a report entitled "Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow" that offers an overview of how the U.S. labor market is expected to grow and develop over the next few years. At 4:00 pm, Obama delivers remarks at an urban and metropolitan policy roundtable. Pegged to Obama's meeting today, the Workforce Fairness Institute is up with a Web site blasting "union bosses."
*** Jill Biden's surgery: Finally today, Dr. Jill Biden is in Philadelphia undergoing outpatient orthopedic surgery to relieve shoulder pain. Vice President is accompanying her there.
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The theory of eating no calories to lose weight makes logical sense but it is not how your body works. It has been taught for a very long time that it is all about calories in versus calories out.
What I have seen with many clients including trial and error with myself is that it is about the quality of foods you put in more than how many calories you eat.
If you are eating less than 1000 calories per day you are deliberately putting your body into starvation mode. When the body is in starvation mode it will betray you and actually do the exact opposite thing you are trying to do. It will instead, hold on to all of the food that you have in your system and not burn it off because it does not know when it will get nutrients next. It is literally in survival mode. You want to avoid this at all costs.
Our bodies are built to survive and so it will do whatever it takes to stay healthy and alive. The counterintuitive thing that we must do is to eat small meals often throughout the day.
This trains your body to get used to getting nutrients often so it can utilize the fuels you are eating more effectively. When your body feels “safe” then it will finally start to burn the fuel you are giving it so you can start to tone up and lose weight.
You may be wondering how often should you be eating per day? What I suggest is you eat every two to three hours and keep a routine. This will help tremendously in reaching your goals. This may be hard to believe because there are a lot of hang ups on if you are eating often then you are going to get “fat”.
I am here to tell you that if you give this technique a chance, it will work. You will notice that your energy will be higher, you will sleep better, and your overall mood will be happier because you will not go through so many blood sugar spikes.
Every meal make sure that you are eating a protein and a healthy carbohydrate for the best results. If you are really a busy person with school, work, or life then I would suggest you invest in a meal replacement, protein shake, or protein bars.
If you need some suggestions direct message me.
Duration
First think about quality versus quantity. If you are going really slow and using very little effort and you are on the treadmill for two hours or running up a hill for sprints, which one of those exercise techniques do you think will work best for you to lose weight?
I am a firm believer in what you put in is what you will get out (as long as it is smart and calculated). The more effort that you put into your cardio, the better and faster your results you will be.
Like any other workout program you should never start at an advanced level. For example, if you have not worked out in years, then you should not start out with high intensity incline sprints. This will be too much intensity too fast and will cause an injury.
But if you have been working out consistently (3-5 times per week) then you should definitely consider increasing your intensity and pushing yourself as hard as you can push yourself without getting injured.
So you are probably wondering how long should you do cardio to get the best results? I suggest that you focus on doing cardio sessions for twenty to thirty minutes at the highest intensity you can handle each session.
Each week try to push yourself a little more by increasing your incline or speed of your workouts based on what tools and exercises you are using to get your cardio work done.
Treadmill versus bike versus running outside
The best cardio workouts are the workouts that you enjoy, understand, and will stay most consistent with. If you love swimming or mountain biking then choose those forms of activities to measure and use as your main source of cardio work.
You always want to switch up your workouts so your body does not plateau but you have to have a main source of cardio that you can go to to get results.
In my opinion there is no one source of cardio better than the other. This is a common question that I get in the gym all the time by people who want to lose weight.
My simple suggestion is they are all great ways to lose weight so choose the ones you enjoy and do it consistently.
Heart Rate
I would highly recommend that you get a heart rate monitor to track your effort and intensity in your workouts. Tracking heart rate is a great way to measure your exercise progress and can give you important data on how you should train.
The best data that it will give you is if your heart rate has been one hundred and thirty eight every single workout for the last four weeks and you have not seen results, then that will tell you that you are not pushing yourself enough to break your plateau.
The next step would be to either start running on an incline or a hill or push yourself to pedal faster in your workouts, or swim faster etc.
Your heart rate can be a great number to use to guide your workouts and take you to the next level.
What is your favorite form of cardio?
Empty Stomach versus Full Stomach
There have been research and studies that show both the pros and cons of exercising on an empty stomach and if it really matters. In my opinion, doing cardio on an empty stomach versus eating a light snack about an hour before is controversial.
The theory is if you workout is,
Cardio has been recommended by many fitness professionals to have a more clear mind.
Doing cardio in the evening can for some people like myself, actually have more benefits because of the nutrients that you have ate and the water you have drank and less intense exercise as well as doing fast high intensity workouts.
One thing that I would encourage you to look at is how you want your body to look like. the long duration like cardio workouts. If you are looking for a more muscular and defined framed then do the higher intensity and faster workouts.
My advice for you
Try the methods that I presented to you above and is.
What have you found works best for you? wheat breads instead of white breads or 12 grain.
9. Cut out regular sodas completely.
10. Avoid simple sugars and saturated fatsuvia, sweet n’ low or nutra-sweet instead of regular sugar
16. Use a variety of spices to make your food less bland
17. Be creative and include your whole family in your nutritious meal plan!
One of the most commonly asked questions that I get as a personal trainer is how long will it take to lose a certain amount of weight? I am going to provide below a healthy weight loss timeline.
A healthy amount of weight that you can lose per week without sacrificing too much muscle will be anywhere from 2-3 pounds (Maximum).
So take a look at the following numbers below to see your timeline. How much weight do you want to lose? (Keep in mind these are the maximum numbers you can expect if you are training hard, anything more than this is considered too much and unhealthy) Also use this as a guideline. This is the potential you can lose if you wanted to lose a certain amount of weight.
Be safe and realistic with your goals. Remember it is about living a healthy lifestyle.
1 month- 8-12 pounds
2 months- 12-24 pounds
3 months- 24-36 pounds
4 months- 36-48 pounds
5 months- 48-60 pounds
6 months-60-72 pounds
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Why I wrote my book Body Fit
If you are overweight and think that you cannot ever lose weight, I am going to say that you are dead wrong. The results take time to see but the long term effects are well worth the wait.
I know there are times when you feel that you work out harder than anyone out there and are not seeing the results you want fast enough. But don’t lose hope, they will come over time. I have seen it time and time again.
Things may have happened in your past that have really affected you and your current status. But that is the past and you can change your future, if you really want to.
It will take a lot of courage and strength. You will have to be brave and be ok with feeling insecure and having plenty of self doubt. But because you feel insecure or have self doubt should not be a reason why you don’t try.
It should not be a reason that you quit on yourself. You can be the next role model of someone who may be in the same situation you are in and desperately needs a leader to follow.
You can be the one who gives others the hope that they too can do it. Look at the show the biggest loser and what it does for so many people around the world. They watch the show and they are inspired to be a better person.
That can be you. You can be the role model who stands up and says, enough is enough. You can change people’s lives by changing your own. People respect others who chase after their dreams and take charge of their lives.
Be proactive and think of ways of how you can do it instead of ways on how you can’t do it.
Maybe you are surrounded by negative people. Or you in a family who is out of shape and overweight and they encourage you to not worry about it. If this is something that bothers you then I am giving you permission to be an outcast and become a leader.
I challenge you to be the best you can be and take the risk of being different. Just visualize how good it will feel when you break the plateaus and prove to yourself and everyone around you that it can be done.
Really think about that. I promise you, that if you believe in yourself and just show up everyday and try your best, you will not only change your life but the ones around you.
Start Today and keep your Body Fit.
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As you read over what I have written to you, you’ll be able to see into the mystery of Christ.
None of our ancestors understood this. Only in our time has it been made clear by God’s Spirit through His holy apostles & prophets of this new order. The mystery is that people who have never heard of GOD and those who have heard of Him all their lives (what I’ve been calling outsiders & insiders) stand on the same ground before GOD. They get the same offer, same help, same promises in Christ Jesus. The Message is accessible and welcoming to everyone, across the board.
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Vintage Trouble – The Ironworks, Inverness – 17/11/11
This is the difficult bit of tonight’s wee job/adventure. The reviewing bit. I have disclaimers on my own blog about this sort of thing ie I shouldnt do it
So this is Vintage Trouble‘s third visit to the Highlands this year – theyve already proved they can shift people’s feet at Rockness & Tartan Heart. Tonight’s the turn of a somewhat more intimate venue compared to those festival main stages – Inverness’ illustrious Ironworks !
A packed out Ironworks saw the L.A four piece at the top of their game – from start to finish Ty Taylor grinned his best I-Love-You-Scotland smile. Id love to be able to rattle off set-lists and song titles but I just wasn’t that organised tonight (am I ever – note to self: be more organised) and apart from seeing them live havent bothered to get hold of any of their stuff. Sad I know but seeing them live is definitely where it’s at – I doubt if recorded performance could come anywhere near to the polished soul juggernaut that Vintage Trouble are live – did I really just type polished soul juggernaut……? Actually not just soul – we had plenty RnB, blues and at times even gospel in there for good measure.
Judging by Vintage Troubles facebook messages this morning the crowd were more than happy with being hit by it last night !
Thanks to Still Burning for giving me the last minute heads up for this gig.
Words and pics by Houdi.
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Re-Venture pic’s are released and some surprises are included. First up a glimpse as the Valve Portal toys, OK im not overwhelmed by them but they look surprisingly good hopefully we get a proper Aperture science turret at some point. And the piece that makes me wish i was seriously rich… a FULL SIZED 1:1 Peaceday
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As diesel and gasoline prices yet again are to be found on an upward track, fleets of all shapes and sizes are redoubling their efforts to find ways to reduce fuel expenditures.
Now, there are a ton of different ways to cut fuel expenses – the best being to improve vehicle fuel economy – yet how fleets by their fuel in the first place is one that often gets overlooked.
So – along that line of thought – I asked Bill Cooper (seen at right), vice president of fleet sales with fuel-card provider Wright Express, for some advice on the subject of fuel buying strategies.
While some fleets may not agree with his take on the questions I presented to him below, at the very least, it’ll give fleets plenty of fuel for thought (no pun intended … well, OK, maybe a LITTLE bit of intention) when it comes to what types of fuel-buying strategies to deploy.
Q: Does the type of fuel a fleet buys dictate what kind of fuel buying strategy they should use? For example, is cost plus a better strategy for diesel, while retail minus works best for gasoline?
Cooper: Margins on diesel have historically been larger than on unleaded gasoline. While this means a true “cost-plus” program could be beneficial to a diesel fleet operator, the process to determine the best price scenario would remain the same.
If you are in a geographic area where diesel margins are compressed, a “retail-minus” program could be beneficial. Another fact to consider is there are more diesel locations throughout the U.S. other than the typical interstate truck stop location. You might have access to a diesel site on the corner, three miles before you reach the exit for the interstate. If the canopy height can handle your box truck, the pricing at the neighborhood station may be better than the location 40 miles down the interstate.
Regardless of the type of fuel, the single most important factor in determining if a cost plus program is cost effective for your business is: A) determining the “cost” basis your price will be calculated on and B) finding a source to benchmark the cost that is not reliant on the station or card program supplying you the fuel. Having to rely on your supplier for proof of savings is no different than a car dealership showing you how much you saved off of the sticker price on the new car!
Q: Does the style of operation dictate fuel procurement strategies as well? For example -- if a fleet is operating coast to coast across the U.S. should its fuel plan be different from a fleet that stays within a set region or localized area?
Cooper: The short answer is yes. There are various factors that fleet managers should consider for their fuel procurement strategies. Retail margins, and thus prices, fluctuate daily, swinging significantly from region to region and brand to brand. Seasonal demand, weather emergencies, regulatory pressure, local competition, and, of course, volatility in the oil market can all push margins higher or lower.
There are three categories of margin markets that could affect fuel pricing and procurement:
- Low margin markets tend to be found in oil-producing states, such as those in the Gulf Coast, where fuel does not need to travel far to reach stations. Retail margins here average about 4 to 8 cents per gallon (CPG).
- In high margin markets, such as in California or Hawaii, gas must travel farther from terminals to reach fueling stations, meaning lessees must pay their dealers higher prices for fuel. These costs are passed along to customers. Stations in these areas might impose margins of upwards of 25 CPG.
- Mid-margin markets – such as in many parts of the Northeast – fall somewhere in between these two extremes.
Q: Many fleet managers try to find the lowest pump price and direct their drivers to it – is this a wise strategy from a strategic perspective?
Cooper: The price at the pump is a combination of several individual factors, dictated primarily by the cost of crude oil with the addition of other contributors including refinery costs, federal or state taxes, and distribution and marketing.
Each station chooses between retail minus or cost plus plan depending on how region and additional costs added to the station price. Due to preferences, for a fleet manager operating vehicles across many regions, the math begins to change in favor of retail minus vs. a pre-determined rack price by Oil Price Information Service (OPIS).
Fleet managers should not select pricing schemes based on “at-the-pump cost” alone because of the fact that pricing is always changing based on a variety of factors and might not be the most profitable fuel source in the long term. As little as one extraneous mile per month per driver can result in significant margin erosion across a large-scale fleet.
Q: You believe “retail-minus” offers the best fuel pricing plan most of the time. Why is that?
Cooper: Generally, retail minus provides several benefits to fleet managers and drivers that is not offered through cost-plus.
First, “retail-minus” provides the best transparency to the pump price: the pump price is the pump price, no matter what. In today’s volatile markets and increasingly complicated regulatory environment, managers need a pricing structure that allows for self-reporting and ease of auditing.
By contrast, “cost-plus” requires the fleet manager to place significant trust in the pricing provider to set fair index pricing. And when not all the information is immediately obvious, it can be difficult to determine whether the index benefits the fleet manager, or just the suppliers.
Next, a fuel plan with broad acceptance is critical, because then fuel consumers may choose the retailer best for them at the time of purchase.
“Retail-minus” provides that choice, since drivers simply pay pump price, then receive a discount negotiable through their fuel card provider. In contrast, only about 30,000 U.S. stations currently support cost plus pricing plans. Retail minus plans, by nature of how they are structured, gives drivers the freedom and flexibility to react to local changes and secure the best price possible.
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Like most of our friends, before we had kids we got a dog — our "trial child." She was a Dachshund and just two months old at the time. We picked her because despite having received all her shots that morning, she was still mischievous and played with the curtains and pooped on the carpet in the owner's living room. We named her Abby. Abby was our one and only. We loved her so much. We took her everywhere with us, let her sleep in bed with us and continued to buy her toys, even though it was her mission in life to destroy them. Before our son was born, we took a class on preparing your pet for children. In that class, the vet leading the class said that pets don't understand the change, and that if you can give your pet 15 minutes of your … | http://florissant.patch.com/topics/attention | 2013-05-18T10:30:44 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
And it's so easy.
And colorful.
And festive.
And beauty full.
I sliced the ends off, then sliced them into 1/4 inch slices. You want to do your best to keep the widths consistent, so they bake evenly.
After slicing, place them on a dishtowel, which helps to blot off excess juice.
I would advise against placing them on a white towel, unless you are hankering for an orange/white tie-dyed effect. Who knew OJ stains??
Here's where the...discrepancy comes in.
The guide I worked from stated that it would take "about four hours" to dry them out.
I think mine took 7 and a half hours, causing me much consternation and angst.
The trick is to make sure that they dry entirely, so they don't get moldy.
When I removed mine, the bottom pan was over-cooked and too brown looking. I shed a tear and tossed that batch.
The top pan was lovely.
They still seemed kind of soft - a little like the texture of a gummy candy. They were pliable, but not at all juicy.
After they were completely cooled, I put them in a pile and forgot about them for the next few days.
Then I remembered them again and took a wooden shishkabob skewer to them, poking two holes in each one (see photo). Try to space the holes evenly.
I then threaded my lovely $0.10 seam binding tape through them, making sure, in typical OCD fashion, that the "ribbon" was smooth all the way through.
(The original idea in the book was to just poke a single hole and hang each one as a Christmas tree ornament, which would also be pretty.)
However, they smell quite lovely while they are cooking and they look gorgeous when they catch the light.
And they are cheap. Especially if you conveniently forget to factor in the EIGHT hours that your oven is on.
Hallelujah.
*I think it would also work to use a dehydrator, although you would want to keep a close eye on them and make sure that they didn't dry out too much.
After seeing your first post on these, I went and dried myself up some oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and limes, tied some ribbon through them and hung them on our tree. () Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks!
P.S. Do you have any idea how much I love your blog? No?? Well, I DO! Very, very much, too.
I just love the oranges, Maybe I'll try some when we get home. Thanks for the comment, I finally got time to become a follower on yours and copyed a buttom.
this garland is so pretty! it's so lovely i think i'd be inclined to keep it up all winter long. thanks for the sharing the how-to's!
Did you have fun - do you like them - I know you did and do - that's what's cool! Live and learn I always say - take it from someone who continues to bake and fail and try again lol! Happy Holidays and I plan to add this to my to do list! Making jerky right now - that takes about 10 hours. Jennifer stop in at jennsthreegraces
Oh, the garland turned out beautifully! I love how the light passes through the oranges and the green ribbon is such a wonderful contrast to the orange.
Fun! I love simple projects like that. It looks really neat - too bad it doesn't hold the smell.
Oh, that garland is so pretty! My mom did a more "homespun" Christmas this year, with cranberry garland and cinnamon ornaments, and this garland would have gone great, too!
I'm pretty sure santa is bringing be a dehyrator for Christmas - if so I promise to let you know if they work :+)
I use to do this years ago and had forgotten about it; but NEVER with such a cute ribbon! Yours is darling!! Very traditional and festive.
Merry Christmas!!
Simply adorable!! :)Hugs,Rachel
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Super cute....I think I will have to try this one. It would be really cute in the summer too.
This is so pretty! I love that you can keep it up after Christmas too.
I saw your first post and, as luck would have it, had large bowls of left over lemons and limes from my Thanksgiving table centerpieces. (We ate all the oranges, plums, cranberries, apples & persimmons). I thought I was being so thrifty using edible fruit but was disappointed we couldn't consume that many lemons and limes. Then I saw your post and VOILA. I now have the cutest lemon and lime garland and some ornaments for my tree. Am also attaching to presents. We added glitter glue and then spray clear varnish. Thanks for the idea. With all you creative bloggers who I constantly copy, my neighbors and family think I'm so creative. :) Merry Christmas to you and your family. I enjoy your blog all year.
Love this craft Shannan! Just beautiful:)
So pretty! I used to do that but I don't remember them taking that long. ;)
it is just beautiful with the sunlight coming through them.....
laughed at the part where you say this craft was cheap...UNLESS you count the eight hours the oven was on. :)
Very farmhouse chic! Too bad they don't retain the smell! BTW I got that table I was coveting! YAY He did right by me! Hugs and Have a Merry Christmas! Traci
I love this SO much and totally want to make one!
I was just thinking about making one of these..so pretty!
Just pick one of our lovely COLD blustery days in Indiana, and your kitchen would be warm all day! At least that's how it would go in my ever-infused with fresh air farm house! (read DRAFTY!)
Thanks for the How To Do!
I dig it! Merry Christmas! It really would not have had the same christmassy effect if it had molded. :)
Glad to hear that other people experience angst.
OH! I love it!!...even if it doesn't smell for too long :) and it is just lovely with the light shining through!
Thanks for sharing!
Merry Christmas!
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Jill
These are so lovely! A little bit 'o sunshine.
Merry Christmas!
We did these oranges one year - I loved how lovely the house smelled! Then we added cranberry garland, bundles of cinnamon sticks, pretty little dinner rolls (covered in shellac and hung with ribbon), and stars made from wheat grass I cut from the field. It felt like a tree celebrating the abundance God has given us. I'm so thankful we don't live with the stress of where our next meal will come from...
I love this garland! So pretty! I think I may have to go slice up some oranges right now....maybe they'll be finished by Christmas morning. ;)
Definitely going to try this. Looks super cute and I love the green ribbon. I'm liking your new zest for color!
My sister just got engaged (Christmas Eve Eve) and I so delicately suggested that her wedding would be just fine as long as she didn't use orange, the very color she had been planning to pair with teal. (I promptly corrected myself and said that orange is a wonderful, bright color to add to any wedding involving pasty white brides and bridesmaid; I was only referring to fluorescent 80s orange, a perfectly hideous wedding color.) Needing to reinforce my love of orange so she won't question my loyalties and take away my bridesmaid duties, I sent her a link to this little gem, which I actually do LOVE, and she made it the first addition to her inspiration board! I think the stained-glass effect will be a lovely distraction from my transparent skin.
Mmm! Yummy! I love oranges! I should decorate with them too! :D
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Thank you guys so much for your help finding little Clarkson. Your kind words, happy vibes to the universe and your helpful hints made all of the difference. The little
Want to see what he's doing when I'm usually writing blog posts? He crawls under the laptop because he likes the heater. What a little monkey.
Well, quilting world has seriously slowed with the move. I had to pack up the stash and the sewing machine a few days ago, so it's only hand work that's moving ahead. I finished my table runner for the Canadian Abroad swap and it will go in the post today. I wish I took a photo before I packed it up to send. My mind's not focusing lately.
I also finished hand stitching the binding on Mod Logs. It's all done and dusted except for a few loose threads that need cutting and a final wash. There's a larger washing machine at the new house, so I'm holding out 'til we move to get it all crinkly.
What do do to celebrate? How about a giveaway? Would you like the original version of my pattern? Just leave a comment below and I'll hold a drawing on Monday. I (by accident) packed it (argh!) already, so it will go into the post in about 10 days time. Sorry, guys!
Quilt Stats:
Quilt Stats:Name: Mod Logs
Made For: Myself. It's the first quilt of mine to be used in my house.
Fabric: Kona white and Moda Fresh Flowers Jelly Roll
Batting: Warm & Natural
Size: 84"x90" (goodness!)
Size: 84"x90" (goodness!)
Quilting: Straight line across the "join" between rows
Pattern: Mod Logs by Della Gardner
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Glad that little guy found his way home...love that pattern. Happy Thanksgiving!!
me me, pick me! *waves hand furiously...
#2 is my lucky number so here's hoping.
So glad cheeky rascal cat came home :)
And I'm in LOVE with that quilt. Guess what I'm making next now!
So happy your little guy came home. I had a cat leave me for 9 months, then show up on my doorstep like nothing had ever happened! Love your quilt and I'd love your pattern!
I will eat your share of turkey! Happy Thanksgiving!
Oh Cindy, I'm so so so happy your cheeky little guy found his way home. May your evenings be full of snuggles and your bed be full of fluff :-)
Remember Donkey in the original Skrek? when he was jumping up and down and saying "pick me, pick me" well put my face on that ass ...hehehe
What a beautiful quilt! And so glad your cat came back! Thanks for a chance to win! :)
Congratulations on your reunion!! And your Mod Logs is so beautiful! Excellent work!
Congratulations!, it is all good news in Fluffy Sheep's Quilting world!, little baby is back, new home, bigger washing machine!
You might win the lotto tonght, and I might win this lovely giveaway!;)
Yay! I've been checking your blog regularly since you posted that he had gone missing, hoping that you would post that he had returned. I'm so happy for you that he's back and I love starting my day with such happy news.
Oops! That anonymous comment above is from me! Haven 't had my morning coffee yet...
Aww so happy you got your baby back! Love that pattern as well.
Great the little guy is back. I worried so much for you. Just love the pattern. Happy Thanksgiving
So glad that your litle cat has turned up, you may find that he doesn't venture out so much now - that's what happened to one of my son's cats who went missing for several days, she eventually turned up covered in cobwebs and wasn't so keen to go outside after that! I'd love a chance to win that super pattern. Liz
Cindy, so glad you got your furbaby back. Gemma was worried about him (she is an animal freak, if she doesn't end up working with animals somehow there is no justice in the world). Her uncle found a small mixed breed dog on Monday (out in the middle of nowhere when he was working), took him home, no collar, microchip etc. We've put posters up in the local vets etc to see if anyone claims him. She is hoping nobody does as they have said they will keep him if an owner does not turn up. Clarkson looks like he is so happy to be home and I bet you are a lot happier now. Love your quilt especially the colours you've used.
Best of luck with the move and enjoy the rest of your Thanksgiving day.
I seem to have missed some posts. Gahhh! Firstly, so happy your kitty is home and keeping warm. Secondly, Happy Thanksgiving! Thirdly, you`ve moved! Happy New Home! Fourthly, I love that pattern and love that quilt so in the words of Kat, `Pick me! Pick me!`.
Well that is the best news Cindy!! Now you have something to be really thankful for.
Ha, Clarkson's not daft, he knows where his food and warmth comes from ;o)
Loving the mod logs quilt, such bright, cheery colours :o)
I already won when I heard he came back! (Seriously, I cried...as a cat mama that is one of my worst nightmares.)
I shall be humming "The Cat Came Back" all day.
Oh so pleased to hear that moggy showed up! What a rascal for putting you through all that worry! Your quilt is stunning Cindy! I hope the move goes smoothly. Thinking of you, Jxo
I'm so glad you found him! I was thinking of it last night and realized I hadn't read an update and was getting nervous haha -- Chinese food is absolutely a thanksgiving tradition, just add movies to it and your set (that might be a christmas thing i'm thinking of but it'll still work!) enjoy your day!
I'm so, so glad he's home :) And your quilt is looking lovely!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the chance to win! :)
So glad to hear that your little wanderer has returned!
Great quilt! I'd love to make one too!
Yay he is home! We move house next friday/saturday so I so know where you are coming from with things you want being packed! Im dreading it with 2 animals, sorry I mean children, a cat, a dog and 5 chickens! Id love the make the quilt when we are all settled in.
So glad Clarkson is home.
Very pleased that your cat has come to appreciate you and home! He looks quite content there. Your quilt is gorgeous. Love the colours you used more than those on the pattern. But I would not be adverse to having the pattern for myself. ;-)
I'm so glad to hear he's home and looking very cute!
Your quilt looks fabulous! Can't wait to see it all crinkly :)
I'm so glad he's home! Love the quilt and good luck with the move!
Oh thank goodness for the return of the wanderer!! I feel a lock-in coming on in the new house for a long while!!
Love the Mod Logs - so bright and happy - well done xxx
Glad to hear that your four legged friend arrived home safe and sound. I love the quilt..It looks so nice and inviting. Put me down for the giveaway!
So happy he's back!
We celebrated thanksgiving last month so it was an ordinary day here but I always love a reminder to be thankful.... And an excuse to eat pie. ;)
Pizza sounds good to me. Did you share it with your little friend? Love the quilt as the White makes the colours so bright and zingy.
I'm so glad that your little kitty came home! I'm just waiting for the apple pie to be done so I can eat it! The quilt is beautiful :)
Aw I am so so glad your furry friend found his way home! :)
Great quilt!
i am so pleased to read your post about the naughty puss he looks very cheeky in the pic ,glad he returned to you :))
So glad he's back! Love the quilt!
So glad to hear your good news of the little furry one,good luck with the move,
they do say when you move house with cats, to keep them in for a few weeks, so they get used to the new home, before venturing out into the big new world...your quilt is fab, I have just the fabric *wink*
That is a relief! So happy your little one returned home!
Beautiful quilt as well. :)
Happy that your cat is back! Now he can cuddle under your beautiful quilt. It's a wonderful pattern. Love it!
Cindy!!! I am SOOOO thrilled your little guy made his way back home!! You had to be on Cloud 9. That just made my day when I read that. And I LOVE the star quilting. What a great post to start my day with! xoxo
oh, I'm so glad your cat came home!
I'm so happy that Clarkson found his way home! He looks adoooorable under your laptop. :D
This is such a happy quilt!
Glad your little one came back. Hope the move goes smoothly too. I would like your pattern if you pick me.
I'm not a cat fan - but that's pretty cute! Well done on finishing the quilt - it looks superb.
thanks for the giveaway
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I couldn't see or listen to the winners' acceptance speeches before the afternoon. I did it and get moved, of course, though none of them sounded unforgettable.
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So, I have begun to work my way round this blogging site, which hasn’t been obviously easy. I seem to have spent more time working out how to tag and make categories than anything else, i.e. writing. I’ll become more proficient in good time.
And talking of getting started, I have only recently started to be serious about writing. This year at any rate. Well, that’s not strictly true-I once completed an online creative writing course, but then i stalled for a few years, until now.
My phoenix rose from the dusty ring binder this winter when I spotted a short story competition on the Writers and Artists Yearbook website. I had two days to write a story, which I did. It was shortlisted, (to my utter delight). This provided the impetus I needed to carry on and since then I have entered more competitions and attempted to enter the mysterious world of writing for, and let’s whisper it, Womens’ Magazines. So far, I have had no success, but certainly know what they are not looking for. I think it is the challenge of writing in a particular style for a very particular market which intrigues me. My current ambition, (well, one of them at least), is to sell a story to The Peoples’ Friend Magazine. Just because I want to. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.
Meanwhile, I am also writing more serious stories, which I am entering in various competitions. I had no idea there were so many of these. It’s a whole new world of which I knew nothing. Should I post some of these here? Maybe i will if anyone begins to read my blog.
My latest story was a piece of flash fiction. My first foray into the genre. 250 words. I’m entering it into something called the Three Lochs Festival. I love entering these competitions, it is like entering a lottery or waiting for your premium bonds to come up!
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