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Sunday, January 11, 2009
How Come No Posts?
I have to admit to you that I've kind of dropped the ball on posting. It is a matter of attitude, I suppose. Either I've had no particular interest in the news stories or I do and have nothing particularly illuminating to say.
I'll give a couple examples.
Israel and Gaza are a big story, well here's the deal - I don't have a dog in that fight, I think both sides are assholes who couldn't have done a better job of ensuring conflict if they'd set out to do that. I do not mean over the past few months, for many decades. You can stick fault in your ear, it doesn't matter, fixing what's wrong matters. I've watched folks run all over hell's half acre with their hair on fire fixing blame and they are exactly why this won't get fixed. Yes, I include our government in that equation.
Sarah Palin? I don't do humor well enough to mock her sufficiently and any other reaction is just silly.
Bush and Cheney revisionism? Well, cripes, if you're reading this site you're an obvious political junkie and have some idea what's going on and been going on. So I can refrain from calling them lying sacks.
Obama seems to be making pretty smart choices for his administration and since they haven't done a damn thing yet to praise or damn... I suppose I could scoff at right wing blogs, but I'd have to read the damn things and besides, is it something new that the Republican Party is spiraling into weirdness?
Well, I'll see if I can come up with something...or if the world will.
1 comment:
Kevin said...
I can certainly relate to what you're saying about the Gaza conflict. But, personally, I can't not write about it.
I write about what I feel passionately about and I feel more passionately about this than just about anything else. The same was true during the 2006 War on Lebanon, except that then I divided my venting between two different blogs and now it's just on one blog.
I do however try to break it up with other content.
That said... It seems to me that we all have at least one dog in the Gaza fight, even if it's just to criticize the fact that our tax dollars are funding one side and our national political leaders are (largely) uncritically endorsing one side.
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Mon, Jan 28, 2013 | 12:29 GMT
Berners-Lee calls for computer science education at a younger age
Accredited with creating the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee Knows a thing or two about the possibilities of computer coding. In a new new interview, Berners-Lee has called for an increase in computer science education at a younger age, to help children develop greater understanding of what makes computers tick, and how to code new applications and even games themselves.
Speaking in a video interview with World Economic Forum, Berners-Lee cautioned that while millions are using computer programs and using services like Twitter and Facebook, a low percentage of those users actually know how to code, or to understand why these tools and services work the way they do.
“A quarter of the planet uses the web,” he cautioned, “then within this quarter of people who may tweet and use social networks and so on, there’s a fairly small set of people who code. But when you look at those people, they have the ability to make a computer do whatever they can imagine.
Berners-Lee also discussed the nature of IT education in schools, and criticised teaching bodies for giving children classes on how to use Microsoft Word, instead of teaching them how to get the most of of computers technically, or giving them the knowledge to code themselves.
He added, “I think we have to be careful about prejudging what’s good and what’s bad in certain things. But learning to understand a computer, learning actually how a computer ticks and being able to program it is in fact a high idea.
What do you think? Are kids now becoming so naturally proficient at using computers that basic IT courses are wasted? Should coding be taught in schools at a deeper level? Let us know below.
Thanks to Develop for the transcription.
28/01/13, 12:56 pm
Game development should be taught at an early age. It touches a lot of main subjects such as Math/Science/Art.
Applying maths/physics to video games made me far more interested in learning them. I’m even into the history of math/science now, reading about Newton/Euler/etc.
28/01/13, 7:34 pm
Salute to this guy. One of the most important person of previous century.
29/01/13, 6:38 am
I think most kids would resist programming lessons as they are, but could really benefit from simple game designing tools like (I’m dating myself here) Klik & Play. There must be something like that around now, but it seems it’s very rare. Just something that let them drop in a few actor objects and add some script to define their behaviour could kindle an interest in the ones with potential in this area, I think. Then they could move on from there, while others would just sort of remember basic concepts, like basic music lessons or foreign languages that are only compulsory at beginner levels.
29/01/13, 9:20 am
Reel them in with something which doesn’t seem like programming is a good idea. I did a day at a primary school once where we brought Lego Mindstorm kits and laptops with us. We spent a good part of the day building robots/vehicles and then some time trying to program them to move around. The software was a bit archaic even then but the principles were good, what they were doing was essentially programming. It worked really well and the kids were engaged by different aspects. What I found interesting was that the boys tended to be attracted to the building part of the exercise and the girls were noticeably better at understanding and executing the programming side.
29/01/13, 11:20 pm
@5 Interesting. I don’t know if that’s a larger overall trend (I certainly don’t know of many female programmers anywhere in the world, though I worked with one very good database analyst) but your story makes me think of Ada Lovelace and how she contributed quite significantly to the programming for Charles Babbage’s difference engine, correcting his own logic sometimes.
30/01/13, 5:21 pm
Great article and kids today need math as that is the base. They need to memorize mathematical problems so they can build the left brain. Teach them the concept of IPO, input-Process-Output, and that at the transistor level, all computers are created equal. Demand they understand not only the decimal numbering system, but the binary numbering system too. Math is the base to learning and living in a technology world, and learning about computers (technology) needs to be fun. Bring back the lab, and the 8-bit processor and teach some assembly language, and drive some DC current to a bread board and learn about resistance and how that effects current, and turn on some LED’s, and design a traffic intersection and control the traffic lights. Every kid getting out of 6th grade should know this. Then move them on to learn to address the real problems we face. Every day 10,000 people turn 60 and with older age comes vision loss, and technology isolation. Millions of older adults will need an EASY GUI, or often called ezGUI, and we need the next generation to understand the problems and encourage them to solve the problem. If you learn to love math, you will enjoy the challenge to solve technical problems. Not everybody is a programmer, but everybody needs to learn the base which all programmers need.
Da Man
30/01/13, 5:24 pm
Also, they should start by teaching kids how to use paragraphs.
30/01/13, 5:29 pm
That is part of the same problem. Lack of education.
30/01/13, 8:19 pm
I think the idea of getting kids into programming is a good and feasible one. I am directing the Scalable Game Design project and involved in a study funded by the National Science Foundation with over 10,000 students (elementary, middle and high school) indicating that students are not only motivated across gender and ethnicity but also that they acquire skills through game design which, later, they can apply towards science simulation building. Some links:
- The Scalable Game Design strategy:
- project summary:
- see sample 2D and 3D games and run in browser:
09/02/13, 10:23 pm
Khan Academy has some great introductory computer science materials.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
The Conservative Case for the Pardon Power
Right On Crime (added to our blog listing) is a new site which claims to focus on "Conservative" views of the criminal justice system. In particular, it takes an interest in reducing crime, reducing the costs of criminal justice, reforming past offenders, restoring victims and protecting communities. In its Statement of Principles, the site notes that "Conservatives are known for being tough on crime," but argues it is also vital to achieve "a cost-effective system that protects citizens, restores victims, and reforms wrongdoers." In addition:
The corrections system should emphasize public safety, personal responsibility, work, restitution, community service, and treatment—both in probation and parole, which supervise most offenders, and in prisons. An ideal criminal justice system works to reform amenable offenders who will return to society through harnessing the power of families, charities, faith-based groups, and communities.
With these very concerns (and others) in mind, here are some reasons why Conservatives should favor well-articulated clemency policies which 1) regularize the process and minimize the tendency toward last-minute blitzes 2) restore a proper balance between the branches of government 3) address the specific concerns of Conservatives and 4) re-educate the American public as to the significance of the pardon power:
Reason 1: The pardon power is explicitly vested in the President of the United States by Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution. It is not derived from a so-called "elastic clause" or inferred from penumbras emanating from the Bill of Rights. The pardon power is not the result of a "test" imposed by judicial fiat, or a goal-oriented construction of the traditions and conscience of the people, or tortured divination of what is implicit in the concept of ordered liberty. It is a power explicitly granted and as firmly entrenched in the Constitution as the provisions creating a House and Senate and the federal judiciary.
Reason 3: The pardon power is not a fetish of ancient monarchs that accidentally crept its way into the Constitution. It is an important part of our system of checks and balances. Although political scientists have long recognized that our government more accurately features "shared" powers (as opposed to truly "separated" powers), the fact of the matter is that each branch has its unassailable weapon in the system of checks and balances. The Supreme Court has judicial review. Congress has the spending power. The president has the pardon power. For centuries, pardons have made up for the lack of flexibility in laws, anticipating - long before Congress - such considerations as reformation and rehabilitation, the juvenile status of offenders, the possibility of insanity, the considerable costs of incarceration, degrees of guilt in relation to murder, etc. Of course, pardons have also been used to blunt the impact of imperfect decision making in the judicial branch. To be sure, Conservative Presidents - for whatever reason - can neglect this power. But they do so at a cost to our political system and in direct contradiction to the intent of the Founding Fathers.
Reason 4: Conservatives have long recognized the importance of incentives, even in the arena of crime and criminal justice. But the public (and, evidently, most in the news media) doesn't seem to be aware of the fact that the typical (as in well over 95 percent) recipient of a presidential (or gubernatorial) pardon, today (and for the last several decades), is someone who has already served their time (if there was any time to serve), has taken care of all associated fines and penalties, and has integrated back into the community as a law-abiding citizen. That is to say, presidential pardons are not springing hardened professional gangland criminals from our prisons and tossing them into the streets, or overturning the judgement of judges and juries. The impact of pardons is to simply restore the civil rights of applicants. The pardon allows them to vote again, serve on a jury, run for public office, own a hunting rifle, etc. The problem is, today, the typical presidential pardon is also granted more than two decades after the offense, when the applicant is probably in his/her 60's or 70's. This, in itself, prompts many to ask, "Why bother? Why does a person even want a pardon?" It is clear that presidential pardons, if granted on a more regular basis, and in a more relevant manner, could provide powerful incentives for hopeful recipients to demonstrate just the kind of reform Conservatives (and every American) should desire.
Reason 5: "Controversial" acts of clemency get the lion's share of attention from the news media, and reasonably so. But this kind of attention invariably warps the public's general perception of pardons and, to some extent, the perceptions of politicians (who tend to view pardons as huge political risks requiring some grand expenditure of political capital). But Conservatives should give a long hard look at recent pardon "controversies." Yes, Democratic presidents have dropped some stink bombs along the way. But, on the Republican side, there is Richard Nixon, the Iran-Contra figures, Scooter Libby, etc. These pardons have all had a distinct "political" feel to them. Indeed, along the way, Republicans frequently expressed concern that Democrats were hunting for "show trials" and "criminalizing" policy differences. If there is even the slightest element of truth to these claims, we must seriously ask: Where would this country be, today, without the pardon power?
Reason 6: Conservatives and Liberals may differ as to the effectiveness of the War on Drugs, but no one doubts that it has failed to accomplish all that was hoped for and that it is very costly. Recently, Democrats and Republicans rolled back the 100 to 1 disparity in crack cocaine sentencing, reducing the ratio to 18 to 1. While the criminal justice system is likely to be more fair, as a result, even the most basic notions of justice (Conservative or Liberal) demand that we now consider the circumstances of those who were convicted under the previous legislation (almost 30,000 inmates). Congress has probably done all that it is going to do in this matter. It is the president who should now consider the careful, systematic use of the pardon power (or, more specifically, commutations of sentence) in individual cases - at a minimum - for first time, non-violent offenders who have already served considerable sentences and show evidence of rehabilitation (just as an example). In addition to approximating fairness, such use of the pardon power could save tax payers millions of dollars.
Reason 7: In recent years, some Conservatives have rethought their position on the death penalty. On the surface, it does seem quite odd that an ideology which seems to instinctively distrust the government would express such enthusiastic support for a process like capital punishment. Conservatives loath the growth of government and the expansion of its power. Catch phrases like "the nanny state" and "over-criminalization" are often employed by Conservative columnists. Or, in the very words of Right on Crime:
In addition to the profusion of federal statutory crimes, there are additional state crimes (Texas alone has over 1,700), and federal regulatory offenses (approximately 300,000). The creation of these often unknowable and redundant crimes, the federalization of certain crimes traditionally prosecuted at the state level, and the removal of traditional mens rea requirements all contribute to a relentless trend known as overcriminalization.
Message to Conservatives: When George Washington worried that the government's charges of treason against the Whiskey Rebels were too Draconian, he pardoned them. When Thomas Jefferson thought the Alien Sedition Acts went too far, he promised, if elected, to pardon those who were convicted. As soon as he became president he pardoned the last individuals who were still being held for writing bad things about John Adams. When Woodrow Wilson had his veto of the Volstead Act overridden, he set records for pardons of individuals who violated drug and alcohol laws. When John F. Kennedy thought mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders were too harsh, he granted pardons accordingly. Jimmy Carter promised a blanket amnesty for Vietnam draft offenders and delivered. It is quite obvious that, if Conservative presidents (and governors) ever decide to get serious about addressing the problems associated with government overreach, the pardon power is there, waiting.
Reason 8: Since the "law and order" campaigns of Richard Nixon, Conservatives have placed every seemingly "soft on crime" politician on the radar. When crime was among the highest concerns of Americans in Gallup polls (the 1960s and 1970s), it was clearly a strategy that worked, at many levels. Would Conservative presidents be going "soft" on crime if they granted pardons - as most presidents have throughout history - frequently, and on a regular basis throughout, the calendar year? There is certainly no doubt that someone, somewhere will make the accusation, especially if a single pardon recipient (out of no matter how many hundreds, or thousands) commits an additional offense. On the other hand, if pardons are granted more frequently, and on a regular basis, the American public (and the media) will quickly learn what has largely been forgotten: again, the typical pardon does not spring anyone from prison. It simply restores rights. An additional benefit of a more regular use of the pardon power is that pardons granted to the president's friends, fellow partisans and political supporters (all of which deserve justice and fair consideration as much as anyone else) will appear less significant. In general, the fewer pardons granted, the more obnoxious such pardons will appear (rightly or wrongly).
Should Conservatives take the lead on this matter? Should they take the risk, when it is much easier to simply do nothing? For the sake of the purity of our political system, in order to benefit from the wisdom of our Founding Fathers, in order to pursue justice and economic efficiency in the criminal justice system and in order to better articulate concerns with / and combat the ever invasive expansion of government ... the answer is clearly "yes."
Anonymous said...
Best article Ive seen on the subject. Been following this blog for a couple years now, & this piece covered all the issues. Bravo...
Anonymous said...
Thank you Mr. Ruckman. Restoration of one's right is an act of humanity, and a fair consideration of justice.
beth said...
As usual you cover all the bases with logic
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2006 Extra Mile Awards
We're once again praising the folks who, through innovations introduced over the past 12 months, have made travelers' lives easier, more enjoyable, and just plain better. As a reward for their good deeds, this year's winners receive a pat on the back and an invite to our fancy awards dinner at The Modern restaurant in New York City--not to mention one highly coveted snow globe.
JetBlue Airways: On long flights, the little things make a big difference
Rather than removing amenities and nickel-and-diming customers with $7 sandwiches and $25 excess baggage charges, JetBlue actually added perks. The airline gives every passenger on an overnight flight a free Bliss Spa kit with earplugs, eye masks, mint lip balm, and a small tube of lemon-and-sage body butter moisturizer. Passengers on red-eye flights--or "shut-eyes," in JetBlue parlance--receive lemon-scented hot towels prior to landing, too. "We wanted to bring humanity back into travel," says Eric Brinker, JetBlue's director of brand management and customer experience.
JetBlue also introduced a self-serve snack pantry on all cross-country routes. Whenever passengers feel like it (and the seat-belt sign is off), they may head to the back of the plane to help themselves to Terra Blues chips, Doritos Munchies Mix, and more. "They can take what they want without feeling like they're going to get their hand slapped," says Brinker.
Westin Hotels & Resorts: A breath of fresh air in the hotel industry
After conducting a survey that showed 92 percent of its guests request non-smoking rooms, Westin became the first major U.S. hotel chain to ban smoking in all 77 of its North American properties--not just in rooms, but also in bars and restaurants. Before the policy went into effect in January, every one of Westin's 2,400 previously smoking rooms was thoroughly de-smoked: Bedding, pillows, drapes, and air-conditioning filters were replaced; walls, carpets, and other surfaces were treated to eliminate allergens and smells. "It was a nervous decision and it was a huge deal, but I think the gamble paid off," says Sue Brush, senior vice president at Westin. It sure seems so: Not only did the chain receive a lot of positive guest feedback, but other industry players have followed suit. All Marriott hotels in the U.S. and Canada--comprising nearly 400,000 guest rooms--have likewise banned smoking.
Eos Airlines: First-class treatment that extends out onto the sidewalk
With 48 fully reclining seats on a plane that could accommodate 220 passengers, Eos offers a luxurious way to cross the Atlantic. What's most impressive is that the plush treatment begins before passengers even get on board. "We take an end-to-end approach," says David Spurlock, Eos's founder and chief strategic officer. "It's not just about the in-flight experience." The airline, which began flying its sole route between New York JFK and London Stansted last October, originally asked passengers running late to call so that an Eos representative could meet them at their car and speed them through check-in and security. The curbside greeting--which enabled passengers to arrive at the airport only 45 minutes before departure--proved to be so popular that Eos made it standard practice. "Our passengers keep hectic schedules, and it's our job to minimize the impact of traveling," says Spurlock. "They're just blown away that an airline actually cares."
Transport for London: A pricey city is helping families out
Every government claims to want to help children and encourage public transportation. Last September, the city of London actually did something. Mayor Ken Livingstone's government made riding city buses and trams free for kids under 16 (recently extended to all full-time students 17 and under). And, since April, kids under 11 can use the subway for free, so long as they're accompanied by a paying adult during off-peak hours--all day on weekends and after 9:30 A.M. on weekdays. When anyone 18 or over shows a valid ticket, up to four kids can tag along for free. "Staff have been advised to question the accompanying adult at the time of travel, and generally take their word that the child is under 11," says Peter Legg, ticketing policy manager at Transport for London, the city's public transportation authority.
Paris, France: For those times when having exact change isn't top of mind
When you need to use a restroom in a big city, there are usually two courses of action: Beg at a hotel or restaurant, or track down the elusive public toilet. If you wind up at the latter, you might be required to insert a few coins--which is downright maddening if you don't have correct change handy. (Finding a store that'll make change might prove harder than begging a café owner to take pity on you.) In January, Paris's city council voted to eliminate fees at 420 self-cleaning toilets conveniently located on sidewalks all over town. "The council decided that public use was more important than any loss of income from the coin-operated toilets," says Laurent Queige, cabinet director for the deputy mayor in charge of tourism. "To use them now, you just push the door," says Queige.
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Offshore investing and Private Banking
08 Nov
HSBC Private Bank building on St James's Street, London, England
HSBC Private Bank building on St James’s Street, London, England
The term ‘private banking’ is becoming so prolific that it’s close to losing the prestige that once connected to the intensely secret relations between a bank and its wealthy clients. Traditionally, international banks have required a minimum deposit of $100,000 to ear preferential treatment but over the past years this minimum has been reduced to amounts as low as $10,000. Banks have realized over time that cultivating relationships with the smaller investor is worth the effort in the hopes that he will have a larger excess of cash to invest in the future.
Most private banking is now seen as an entry into investment management versus the familial relationship with a banker you personally trust with your money. Those more personal relationships are reserved for the extremely wealthy with minimum $10M more often than for more moderate investors. While private banking does not necessarily mean offshore it is a very common offshore investment opportunity. When you are looking for a bank that is offering a customized relationship you need to understand what the bank is offering and how they hope to benefit through their service.
Private banking is more than just offshore investment it means fees for services rendered. You want to be clear that you will be investing a large enough sum to afford a profit once the banking fees have been covered. The bank can profit through offering bridge financing or providing transit for large funding amounts. The bank may continue to develop a relationship with you in hopes of a more substantial investment from you down the road. You need to always remember that your initial involvement will simply be that of a client with his financial advisor.
Ensuring that your investments are legal at home and in the country within which you will be banking. Some countries require that residency guidelines be met before an investment or deposit can be made through one of their banking establishments. You must remember that in most countries you must still report earnings from investments in offshore bank accounts and many countries require the reporting of these offshore accounts as financial assets. Because of this most offshore banks require that you sign documentation acknowledging that they will either withhold tax or exchange information with your country of residence. If a bank is not licensed in your home country it may not be allowed to offer you an account at all. You will be held responsible for abiding by the laws of the country where you reside.
Finding an offshore bank with an investment platform that you can believe in may pose a lengthy search. It is best to approach associates who have a history with different banking establishments for recommendations rather than to rely upon received advertisements. There are also many quality internet websites that offer reviews of services provided by offshore banks. It is important to ensure that they bank you choose has a well-established provider in the country where you want to invest.
Several jurisdictions offer a choice of banking establishments that could meet your needs. The Cook Islands, Bahamas, Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, and Hong Kong are but a few of the countries that can meet your legal and banking needs. These countries offer well-established systems of international banking with a variety of banks to offer services to you.
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Debris Headed to a Beach Near You? Sailors Track Tsunami's Destruction from Japan to US
In one event, an estimated 3 billion pounds of buoyant debris washed from Japan’s shores. Here's a firsthand account of where some of that went.
Photo Credit: Lindsey Hoshaw
You can view a photo slideshow by Stiv Wilson of his journey here on AlterNet.
One March 11, 2011 a tsunami devastated Japan’s northern prefectures causing one of the worst human and environmental catastrophes in modern history. The images of chaos and destruction were broadcast around the world, depicting one of the most awful natural disasters conceivable--a standing wave between 30-133 feet high traveling at 500 mph across the ocean, reaching as far as 6 miles inland. Such opulent power triggers something primeval in us—the survivalist—one can’t but help to place himself on a street, imagining what that wave would look like roaring down it at him. Oh the horror.
Still, over a year later, the public imagination is transfixed by the event as tsunami debris has begun to land on the shores of North America. Everyday, several stories emerge about agency cleanup efforts and curious flotsam. Fox News, for their part, in a startling moment of insensitivity said, “Who is going to pay for this cleanup? How about the Japanese, it’s theirgarbage.”
In one event, an estimated 3 billion pounds of buoyant debris washed from Japan’s shores. Researchers from the International Pacific Research Institute (IRPC) in Hawaii created animated graphics predicting when the debris will make landfall on the other side of the Pacific. One of the men responsible for making this happen, a hitherto relatively obscure researcher named Nikolai Maximenko found himself inundated by hungry press wanting to know when debris would arrive.
But never mind the fact that the press had barely heard of the IRPC before the tsunami, nor has the public looked at all the other IRPC models depicting 5 oceanic gyres where debris constantly collects and has increased in density over 100 times in the past 40 years. Never mind that the last best study that estimates how much garbage washes out to sea every year was done in 1975 when world population was a little more than half of what it is now. Forget, too, that plastic production was only a fraction of today’s consumption and that 90% of what floats in the ocean is plastic. Discard, too, that the study only includes maritime inputs (garbage from ships, not land based) and equates to 14 billion pounds. With all the vectors by which we trash our seas, it seems a good bet that almost 3 billion pounds of garbage leaves land almost everyday.
But tsunami debris is special; special because it was taken by a wave, connected to humans, and not haphazardly littered on the beach, by a river, or in the gutter. In Oregon, where a length of dock washed up on Agate Beach near Newport, disaster tourism is so prevalent that county officials were reluctant to see the dock removed, citing the boost to the local economy from disaster beachcombers. In Port Orchard, Washington, a fishing float that may or may not be tsunami debris is on sale at a local shop for $400. How long until this stuff is on Ebay?
Landing in Japan
This spring I joined an expedition organized by the 5 Gyres Institute and Algalita Marine Research Foundation to sail from Tokyo to Oahu to observe and study the tsunami debris field. The scientific goals of the expedition were to: assess how the computer models generated by IRPC and others reconciled with empirical observation from sea, gather baseline data for plastic density in the understudied western half of the North Pacific Garbage Patch, understand the speed of photo-degradation of plastics in to small pieces in the ocean, and to assess the threat posed by invasive species hitching a ride across the sea.
But beyond the science, the expedition team traveled to the tsunami affected north of Japan to seek a metaphorical alpha point for the voyage. Near Sendai, in the northern prefectures next to where the Fukushima meltdown occurred, the land was quiet, nearly deserted as the government had just opened the area, citing acceptable levels of radiation. Geiger counters could be bought just about anywhere, and we had procured a cheap version from a local 7/11 just to be safe.
The landscape was decimated, haunting. Here there were untold amounts of destroyed rice fields, thousands of empty house foundations, lost neighborhoods, and walking through the destruction was akin to stepping into the first chapters of Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us.Streets abruptly ended at cliffs above new streams and tributaries. Scattered everywhere were all manner of human effects: children’s stuffed animals, toys, kitchen supplies, picture-less frames. Along the side of the road were piles and piles of debris that had been sorted by type. Things like mattresses were piled 50 feet high and a quarter mile long as well as toilets, metal, concrete, cars, wood, glass. The constant hum of heavy equipment burning diesel could be heard as slowly, painstakingly, Japan dug out from a topography-altering catastrophe. But where the debris would go was in question—protests in other prefectures had erupted as no one wanted potentially radiated tsunami debris in their own backyard. On the beach was plastic, stratified in the sand by wind, and I couldn’t help but note that even after a tsunami, I saw less plastic trash on this beach than ones I’d seen in Nicaragua, South Africa, and Portugal.
Our team volunteered to help with disaster relief, agreeing to spend a day digging out a woman’s house from a mudslide that buried one side of it. At first, the Japanese officials overseeing the volunteers were skeptical of us: what was this rag tag group of artists, photographers, scientists, journalists and activists doing here? But one thing translates beyond any language barrier: hard work. We labored for hours digging mud and quickly we had won the hearts of our Japanese foreman. And after this breakthrough the formality dropped and they shared their personal stories of the tsunami as we sat and listen to them, silent. They told missives of loss, pollution and government infighting. They talked about the uncertain future of nuclear power in Japan.
But for all the sadness of their tales, one thing was certain: it was entirely un-Japanese to wallow in self-pity—no, the Japanese are incredibly strong culturally and are tirelessly working to rebuild their country. The two defining characteristics of the people we observed were resilience and efficiency. In fact, these people were years ahead already of where Hurricane Katrina relief was dropped years ago.
To Sea
On the coat tails of the first typhoon of season, Mawar, our team left Yokohama Harbor on June 11th bound for Hawaii, some 3,500 nautical miles away following Maximenko’s model of the tsunami debris field. In total, we had a crew of 12 aboard all cramped into a poorly ventilated sailing vessel, some 72 feet long. Our team included Brazilian, Australian, Swiss, Mexican, Bermudian, South Korean, USA and UK nationals. Skill sets varied from the artistic, to waste management professionals, coastal cleanup coordinators, journalists, photographers, filmmakers, professional sailors, and scientists all at the forefront of their fields. The model of the expedition is unlike other research voyages; this team was assembled to study not only the tsunami debris, but also the debris within the context of the larger anthropogenic pollution problem in the gyres and then communicate his or her experience to a global audience; all at different touch points and with different constituencies from opposite hemispheres of the brain. The shared ethos amongst the crew was this: one, a global problem requires a global response; two, the tragedy of the tsunami is an opportunity to educate on a bigger scale to a captive, engaged audience.
Within 12 hours of gaining the open ocean out of Tokyo Bay, bad weather was on us. Thirty knot winds, heavy seas and rain so hard visibility didn’t extend to the front of the ship. Conversations aboard considered the contingencies; tsunami debris present vs. small steel sailing ship steered in poor visibility. What are the limits of radar? How strong is the hull? To be safe, the watertight bulkhead door to the front of the ship remained closed at all times in case of a hull breach.
The ocean is big. There is no way to impress that fact upon someone who hasn’t crossed one. Statistics like the ocean covers 70% of the earth’s surface are meaningless to a population that on average ventures fewer than 40 miles from home, daily.
But when the math of the ocean’s size starts hitting the brain, finding flotsam in any quantity is alarming, especially when spotting garbage is at least a thousand times more common than seeing wildlife. The chief science officer, Dr. Marcus Eriksen of 5 Gyres, had arranged at-sea interviews with major news organizations about the voyage. Upon ‘finding’ the debris field, a theoretical place in space and time, perceived by much of the public and press to have an appearance of a contiguous mass, was where the major news organizations wanted their stories set. But most of them only wanted stories if we discovered exceptional debris like refrigerator trucks and severed appendages floated by shoes. Ordinary household effects like buckets, detergent bottles, and laundry baskets were ever present in the water, but distinguishing between regular pollution and tsunami pollution was difficult.
In fact, as part of the larger macro-debris studies while at sea, our crew participated in timed observations of the sea surface which involved two people sitting on the bow of the ship, one watching left, the other, right for an hour. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) developed a protocol for the activity where observers record and classify everything that floats past. After gathering 41 hours of data, the expedition’s results found that 98% of marine debris out there is plastic, and was seen every 3.6 minutes traveling at an average of around six knots over 3,500 nautical miles. Every 60 nautical miles we deployed a surface trawl, too, to gather micro-plastic debris present. Each sample, from a swath of ocean 60 centimeters by 25, yielded a handful of photo-degraded plastic confetti. Yikes.
If one considers the average home’s inventory, anywhere in the world, the majority of objects aren’t necessarily of any intrinsic or aesthetic value; they’re just synthetic forms made for utility meant to be discarded after a couple of uses. A water bottle that finds its way to a watershed has the same effect of losing one in a tsunami, scientifically speaking. Positively identifying tsunami debris is easier for the rarer objects in our lives, like spare tires, Harley Davidson’s, wall or flooring material, propane tanks and boats—the things that are rarely, if ever, littered or fall out of an overflowing garbage can.
Such were the things we found that we positively identified as tsunami debris, some 1,500 miles east of Japan—almost at exactly the same day the dock section washed up in Oregon, thousands of miles farther east. What’s the explanation? Scientifically, different objects travel at different speeds, depending on how much sticks out of the water and is affected by wind. But to try to develop a simulation that accounts for wind sheer and predicts how two like objects will travel is almost an exercise in futility. The North Pacific Ocean as a mechanism isn’t a very well known scientific story; it’s a variation on a theme. As Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, author of Flotsametrics,told me in an analogy speaking about how the North Pacific works, “After you sweep your floor, you know where some of the dust bunnies will gather again--like in the corners, but others will form in places you never expected.” This is how the ocean works, he explained.
Discovering Tsunami Debris
“It’s a whale,” shouts someone from the foredeck. I jump out of my bunk, grab my camera and rush to the bow of the ship. Seeing anything other than garbage at sea is a major event. But as we drew closer on a calm ocean, the object we spotted was not organic. Bobbing in faint swell was the bow of boat, clearly marked with Japanese characters. We took the sails down and prepared to dive.
In the water, the rest of the boat was visible. Swimming 1,500 miles from Japan, in 10,000 feet of water observing an object that was ripped from its mooring haunted me to the core. Underwater, perhaps 50 fish had populated the boat, using it as shelter from predators. One species was a coral dwelling type, not an open ocean fish and it shouldn’t have been there at all. In the water, I could see the rope that was torn from the bow cleat when the wave hit. Where the other two thirds of the ship had gone was anyone’s guess. Only a few barnacles had inhabited the hull and fouling growth was minimal. “It’s likely that this boat was unattended when the tsunami hit,” said Dr. Eriksen, observing the frayed rope, piecing together, forensically what had happened. Both of us took solace in the likelihood that this object wasn’t connected to a human when it was ripped out to sea. Someone had lost a boat, but most likely, not a life. Using the registration number on the boat, broadcast through NHK, a Japanese news agency, we’re still trying to locate the owner.
Other objects we discovered that we positively identified as tsunami debris were a spare tire from a light truck, still inflated, never used. Most likely it had floated from the back of a truck when the wave withdrew. We also found a section of traditional Japanese flooring, called a Tatami mat. The original Tatami mats consist of woven reeds, straw interior and a cloth border. This modern version had Styrofoam added for cushioning or traction. This latter discovery hit the crew hard. This was someone’s home, an artifact that supported the movements of a household and all of us wondered the same thing: was anyone standing there when …?
I have now traveled to four of the five subtropical oceanic gyres or garbage patches as they’re called. I’ve pulled out tampon applicators, buckets, shotgun shells, syringes, lighters, bottle caps, toy soldiers—you name it—if it’s plastic and it floats, it’s out there. On this trip, we found a bottle cap, possibly from the tsunami that had sea anemones living in it—in the middle of the ocean! But the vast majority of garbage present isn’t there because of a tsunami. It’s there because of small, seemingly insignificant habits by individuals, you and me, that together as a world population have a tsunami’s effect worth of pollution.
The initial findings of the expedition posit this: the wave of tsunami debris won’t be a single event, it will be a slow steady trickle for years and years. Offshore of North America is a dominant phenomenon called the California Current. This current flows from north to south, keeping most of the ocean born plastic garbage off US beaches. When strong westerly flows occur, the ocean’s deposit is made on our sand, tsunami and otherwise. But finding a boat 2,500 miles east at the same time a dock washes up on a beach in Oregon means this: no one can really predict where it all is, or when it’s all going to land. Like plastic debris, some tsunami debris will spend years if not decades in the ocean before it’s spit out.
Back to Oregon
I arrived back to Agate Beach, Oregon, just in time to see the last bits of the Japanese dock being removed from the beach. Charlie Plybon, Oregon Field Manager for the Surfrider Foundation, said that 40,000 cars had visited the parking lot at Agate in one weekend; the usage statistics typical of several weeks. Calls and emails come to him everyday from all over the world, inquiring about tsunami debris asking every kind of tsunami sensationalist question imaginable. As Cylvia Hayes, First Lady of Oregon who is helping to facilitate a tsunami cleanup task force said to me, “The fact that tsunami debris from the tragedy in Japan is now washing up on the shores of Oregon is powerful evidence that our oceans connect us all and we all have a stake in their health. I think it’s very important to recognize that while the tsunami debris is extraordinary, it is only a fraction of the amount of plastic trash in our oceans. This is a serious problem that deserves serious action.” Indeed it is Cylvia, and I couldn’t agree more, I’ve been there.
Click here to see a photo slideshow by Stiv Wilson of his journey.
Stiv Wilson is a freelance journalist and communications and policy director for the 5 Gyres Institute, a global NGO working on plastic and chemical pollution in the world's oceans and watersheds.
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A chat with ... author/musician Patti Smith
Early Buzz: 'Stargate,' 'Top Chef,' 'Tron' and more headlines
16 things I learned from Sofia Coppola and Stephen Dorff
By Whitney Matheson, USA TODAY
Last night I attended a conversation featuring Somewhere director Sofia Coppola, star Stephen Dorff and moderator Jason Zinoman (from the New York Times).
The bulk of the talk was spent discussing Coppola's new film, which offers what Dorff called "the most challenging role of my career by far." To recap the 90-minute TimesTalks event, however, would offer several spoilers about scenes and plot elements that you probably don't want to read.
"Everybody has moments (where they) have to decide what kind of person they want to be," Coppola told us. That, in a nutshell, is the point of Somewhere. Below are 16 more things I learned from the evening. Some relate to the movie, others don't:
1. The Somewhere script is short. The film is light on dialogue; Coppola said the script is about half the length of an average script. "I feel like in life people rarely articulate what they mean," she said. Dorff: "I always find that scripts are overwritten."
2. Dorff has lived at the Chateau Marmont -- twice. The actor admitted that after the 1994 film Backbeat, he checked into the hotel for about three weeks ... until he realized he didn't exactly have the money to live at the Chateau. The second time he lived there was during shooting of Somewhere, which made production much easier.
3. The cast improvised. Coppola had Dorff, young co-star Elle Fanning and Lala Sloatman (who plays his ex) improv meals and fights so they could get to the place they needed in the film, which takes place after the pair has split.
4. Stephen has been to Color Me Mine. Coppola also had Dorff pick up Fanning from school one day and spend the afternoon with her as a bonding exercise. "(I'm thinking) I'm smokin' too much and my car smells," he told the crowd. The two ended up going to Pinkberry and the pottery-painting shop. They both made creations for Coppola, which she still has: a soapdish from Fanning and an ashtray from Dorff.
5. Motherhood influenced Somewhere. "I'd just had my first daughter, so I was thinking about how that changes your perspective and your priorities," Coppola said of writing the script.
6. Paper Moon influenced Somewhere. Coppola showed Dorff the film during production. She also watched Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman (a movie with very long takes, similar to Somewhere).
7. Photographer Helmut Newton influenced Somewhere. "There's kind of a little flavor of Helmut's girls lingering about," Coppola said.
8. Coppola wanted a change after making Marie Antoinette. "After that, I really wanted to go do something small and intimate," she said. In contrast, the Somewhere crew was very small.
9. The word "locationships"? That means relationships you have on the set of a movie. Dorff said he hasn't had one.
10. Coppola is careful about music. In Somewhere, she said she tried to "only use music when the character would be listening to it."
11. Dorff's mother didn't like her son playing villains. "I know my mom's kinda smiling when she saw this movie," he said of his late mother. "This is exactly the kind of part she'd want me to play."
12. Dorff once appeared on an episode of Diff'rent Strokes. Sadly, Gary Coleman did not appear in the ep.
13. Francis Ford Coppola used to write in casinos. Why? Because, said Sofia, they were open 24 hours.
14. Coppola still remembers riding in the helicopter on the set of Apocalypse Now. She was 4 or 5 at the time.
16. Sofia Coppola is one of the few people on the planet who can start a sentence by saying, "My dad and his friend George Lucas ..." Jealous?
Somewhere opens Dec. 22.
A chat with ... author/musician Patti Smith
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The Motor-Voter Effect
DA 2/3s numbers below average 07-16-2006
The Herald Staff , From the Plainview Daily Herald
Herald Correspondent
Perry Dorrell, aka PDiddie said...
Richard Orr also has a pretty good blog.
kaptinemo said...
Not a criticism, just a suggestion. You might want to try using to place a link on the frontpage, so it doesn't overrun the column boundaries. It's a very handy tool and it's free.
kaptinemo said...
Oops, the name of the link didn't show. It's TinyURL.
AlanBean said...
Thanks so much
silentlamb said...
I just had to comment. I know this article is fairly old, but I can tell you that Wally Hatch is not necessarily a change for the good in Hale County. His conviction rate is low because he's not well versed in criminal law, and he has not chosen solid cases to adjudicate. It has nothing to do with the motor voter law or the CSI effect.
One tactic Wally has employed to improve his win/loss stats is to close the DA's files to one defense attorney who won several acquittals for his clients. I know Wally can do this legally, but it demonstrates that he has already forgotten his job is to see that justice is done, not to hide evidence and punish defense attorneys that actually defend their clients. Blaming the juries for the losses is spinning the truth.
Soft spoken, maybe, but Wally's a busy little bee behind the scenes. I suspect he's behind the change in the policies at the Hale County Jail. Where the old policy allowed defense attorneys liberal access to their clients, the new policy limits that access. Access to a client on the weekend prior to trial will be determined on a case by case basis. And who do you think that determination comes from? The DA's office.
If the DA doesn't like your attorney, you may not be allowed to speak with him/her the weekend before your trial.
Justice is an elusive commodity when public officials allow personal vendetta's to rule their actions. Our community is at risk when our laws allow such actions to be sanctioned.
The idea that Wally will change the policy of tossing minorities off jury panels is unrealistic. It's the same ole, same ole with minorities being routinely dumped as jurors. So far, Wally hasn't actually tried many of the felony cases. His staff does that. The two assistant DA's trying cases in the district courts were trained by Terry McEachern.
I could go on, and on, but I'll spare you and leave my rant at this. I feel for the innocent man or woman caught in this judicial system. It's a fearful thing to be threatened with prison. If you're poor, it's like winning the lottery to get a court-appointed attorney that gives a damn. Plea agreements are a favorite remedy for most of them. Don't even get me started on how "Community Supervision" is used to siphon money out of the pockets of the poorer members of the community until the DA files to revoke them and send them away to serve their full sentence.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Libya: Barack Obama 'signed secret order allowing covert operations'. A timely plan to estabish prior to the June Bilderberg meeting in Switzerland.
Libya: Barack Obama 'signed secret order allowing covert operations'
Barack Obama signed a secret order authorising covert US government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, according to government officials.
Libya: Barack Obama 'signed secret order allowing covert operations'
Barack Obama has said: 'if we wanted to get weapons into Libya we could' 10:08PM BST 30 Mar 2011
Mr Obama reportedly signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks, four US government sources told Reuters.
News that Mr Obama had given the authorisation surfaced as the President and other US and allied officials spoke openly about the possibility of sending arms supplies to Gaddafi's opponents, who are fighting better-equipped government forces.
While US and allied air strikes have seriously damaged Gaddafi's military forces and disrupted his chain of command, officials say, rebel forces remain disorganised and unable to take full advantage of western military support.
Because US and allied intelligence agencies still have many questions about the identities and leadership of anti-Gaddafi forces, any covert US activities are likely to proceed cautiously until more information about the rebels can be collected and analysed, officials said.
According to an article speculating on possible US covert actions in Libya published early in March on the website of the Voice of America, the US government's broadcasting service, a covert action is "any US government effort to change the economic, military, or political situation overseas in a hidden way."
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Along the lines of this story...
"The Bilderbergers hope that part of their common agenda with the "Trilateralists" will be accomplished by the time they meet (in June): a US invastion of Libya to generate increased Middle East turmoil so America can go to war with Iran, on Israel's behalf."
Again, along the lines of this story...
"Are we preparing for a major war that will be engineered through "false flag" attacks and other fake events to shape popular opinion towards the necessity of such war?
Is "ol' Lefty" gathering the reins of power to his office so that the public will have no chance to speak out when they finally wake up?
Have the parameters been set for the control of the masses when rioting and revolution break out here in America as they have in other countries?
The Federal Reserve, the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Affairs (or Relations) which are all part and parcel to the Bilderberg Group have systematically robbed Americans and impoverished our nation. The only thing standing in their way to total domination of this country is the American people.
Can it be that enough people are waking up to the machinations of our "shadow" government that their hand is being forced? Are the plans of the globalists being hurried in order to stay ahead of public knowledge of their crimes?
Or is this just the "right time" and the elitist's plans have come to fruition, their bases covered, their damage irretrievably inflicted on our society, and the ways and means of controlling the masses established and tested?"
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IL minimum wage hike debated
Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:44:44 CDT
At eight dollars 25 cents, Illinois' minimum wage is already a dollar higher than the federal limit, but Governor Pat Quinn says it should be higher. Quinn suggests raising the minimum wage, or at the very least making sure it keeps pace with cost of living increases:
Quinn's pronouncement comes as US census data revealed more people living in poverty in the US, and in Illinois. Though the increase is statistically slight, nearly 150 thousand more people dipped below the poverty line from 2010 to last year, it means about 14 percent of the state's residents are impoverished. However, businesses say that raising the state's minimum wage will hurt, not help, the cause. Business owners fought an effort by a Democratic legislator last spring to hike Illinois' minimum wage. They say to afford paying bigger paychecks, they'd have to lay off employees.
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Sea Creatures’ Response to Ocean Acidification Shocks Scientists
Have you ever heard those tales of how dumping toxic waste into water will cause the aquatic life to mutate into something out of science fiction? Well, apparently marine life as of late are going through some shocking changes, and while it may not be like something out of the twilight zone, it sure has baffled scientists.
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Acidification of the ocean has been on the rise, thanks to increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. The CO2 dissolves in the water, which makes the water more acidic. This decreases the number of carbonate ions in the ocean, which some marine life use to build their shells and skeletons. Scientists had thought this acidic increase would cause shells of sea creatures to become brittle, but it would seem the opposite has happened. Crabs, lobsters and other such animals have been building more shell when exposed to the acidification, rather than losing shell.
Past studies showed that the changing ocean chemistry was thinning the shells of some microscopic creatures. However, the latest study—published in the journal Geology—shows that 7 out of 18 creatures built more shell when exposed to the acidic changes. One theory comes from former WHOI (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) member, Justin B. Ries:
“Most likely the organisms that responded positively were somehow able to manipulate … dissolved inorganic carbon in the fluid from which they precipitated their skeleton in a way that was beneficial to them. They were somehow able to manipulate CO2 … to build their skeletons.”
Apparently the process also affects shell-less sea life, such as algae. A lot more research is needed into this discovery, however. Why does it only affect certain marine life in this way, and not all marine life? What about the impact acidification has on coral? Now that some of the animals have been adapting to higher levels of acidification, what will happen to them if the acidic levels should drop again?
A lot of questions definitely need to be answered, especially in regards to the way animals have responded to the acidic changes. According to study co-author and WHOI research specialist, Anne L. Cohen:
“We were surprised that some organisms didn’t behave in the way we expected under elevated CO2. What was really interesting was that some of the creatures, the coral, the hard clam and the lobster, for example, didn’t seem to care about CO2 until it was higher than about 1,000 parts per million [ppm. Current levels are at 380 ppm.]. I wouldn’t make any predictions based on these results. What these results indicate to us is that the organism response to elevated CO2 levels is complex and we now need to go back and study each organism in detail.”
Given the amount of sea creatures scientists already know about, and the possible amount they have yet to find, this study could take quite a while to complete. It is an interesting thing to see the creatures adapt in such a way, but is it really a good thing?
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Halloween isn’t just for kids, adults love to dress up too. If you’re tired of the same old choices when it comes to adult costumes this year choose something fun like costumes from the popular summer movie The Hangover. The Hangover was directed by the same director who put out the recent Starsky and Hutch film, Road Trip and the classic Will Ferrell movie Old School. A combination road trip/buddy movie The Hangover has enough action and comedy to delight fans and make them laugh through the whole movie. At the box office The Hangover pulled in a respectable amount of money and beat The Land of the Lost to come in first for the weekend of its debut.
The Hangover centers on a group of friends who are traveling to Vegas for a bachelor party. Doug Billings, the main character, is about to get married so his friends Phil Wenneck and Stu Price along with his soon to be brother in law Alan Garner head to Vegas to have one last wild night out before the wedding. All of the other men are involved in relationships, Stu is involved in a particularly unhappy one and looks at the trip as a chance to break away and have some fun. The group arrives in Las Vegas without incident and check into their rented suite at the famous Ceasar’s Palace. With a toast they get ready to go party the night away.
They wake up the next morning with no memory of the night before. When they wake up the suite that they were staying is in wrecked. They find a baby in the closet, and a tiger in the bathroom. Stu has somehow lost a tooth, and Doug is missing. As the guys try to piece together what happened they find clues like Stu’s tooth in Alan’s pocket and a receipt from an ATM for $800.They also find a hospital bracelet. When they go to the hospital they find out the doctor found traces of the “date rape” drug Rufalin in their blood. Stu confesses that he dosed their champagne the night before with a drug he thought was Ecstasy that he had brought with him. The drug turned out to not be Ecstasy but instead to be Rufalin. They follow the clues and discover that during the course of the night they stole the tiger from Mike Tyson, who makes a cameo appearance as himself. Stu got married to an escort named Jade, who is the mother of the baby that they found in their suite. They also find out that they owe a gambler $80,000 and that the gambler has kidnapped Doug and is holding him until he gets the $80,000. Through the course of trying to save Doug the men realize that the gamble is actually holding a different Doug, the drug dealer who sold Stu the Rufalin. Eventually they remember that they locked Doug, the groom, on the roof the night before. After they let him in and get him to his wedding with very little time to spare they find a camera with pictures documenting their night’s activities. They look at the pictures and then destroy the pictures.
Check out this Drunk Mask for Halloween.
All your children’s favorite Ice Age characters are back in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Dinosaur costumes are always popular with kids, and now your kids can dress up as their favorite Ice Age characters from the first two films and some new dinosaur characters from Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs too.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is an animated film that was created using state of the art 3D technology. The film opens with Ellie and Manny expecting a baby mammoth. Manny is busily preparing a home for his growing family and is obsessed with making sure everything is just right. Diego has left the herd because has started to doubt his hunting abilities and wonders if he’s losing his predatory nature. Sid decides that he wants a baby like Manny and Ellie so he adopts three eggs that he finds which seem to be abandoned. However the morning after Sid adopts them the eggs hatch revealing three baby Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs. The baby dinosaurs are energetic and scare off all the other babies in the area with their rough play. Just when Sid is thinking that he is in over his head the mother Tyrannosaurus appears to reclaim her babies. She take Sid and the three babies and runs off with Diego tracking her. Manny, Ellie, Crash, Eddie and Diego set off to go rescue Sid. They go through an ice tunnel and discover a rainforest jungle where there are dinosaurs that everyone believed to be extinct.
The group is threatened by an Ankylosaurus that Diego can’t seem to stop, and the group appears to be in trouble until a new character, Buck, appears. Buck is a rakish weasel with one eye who is intent on tracking down Rudy, a white carnivorous dinosaur called a Baryonyx, who took his eye. Buck saves the group and joins them to help in the quest to get Sid back because he has been living in the jungle for awhile and knows it very well. Sid, meanwhile, has been charming the mother dinosaur with his care for her children. He is soon accepted by her and taken in as part of the family. The next day Rudy attacks the little family and Sid is thrown into a perilous fall over Lava Falls. As Sid is lying suspended over Lava Falls Ellie goes into labor not far from the falls. Manny goes back to help Ellie, Diego take up a position as a lookout for Ellie and Manny, and Buck takes Crash and Eddie up the falls to rescue Sid.
Manny and Ellie have a healthy baby girl that they name Peaches. Sid is rescued, and the group prepares to return to their glacial world. But on their way back Rudy attacks the group. The mother Tyrannosaurus appears and knocks Rudy off a cliff, although an ominous growl says that Rudy is not gone for gone. Manny, Ellie and Peaches return home with Sid, Crash and Eddie. Buck decides to continue looking for Rudy, and Diego decides to stay with the pack after all.
The characters from the TV show True Blood are sure to be some of the most popular Halloween costumes this year. True Blood is an HBO TV series that was created and is mostly written by Alan Ball. Alan Ball is most famous for his TV show Six Feet Under which chronicled the life and family relationships of the Fischer family and their family owned mortuary. Six Feet Under was wildly popular with fans and won a lot of critical acclaim for its brilliant writing and sharp cinematography. True BloodTrue Blood has shown to have the same grit, wit, humor, insight and edgy darkness that Six Feet Under had. True Blood has developed a loyal cult of followers who are hooked on the show. The unique characters on this Southern Gothic steeped vampire show are ideal for Halloween costumes.
The show is based on a series of books called the The Southern Vampire Mysteries. The show is built around a young telepathic waitress, Sookie Stackhouse, who works in a bar called Merlotte’s in the small town of Bon Temps Louisiana. In the True Blood world vampires and humans live side by side because of the creation of a synthetic blood substitute that the vampires use to survive instead of human blood. Some humans aren’t exactly comfortable with this arrangement but they tolerate it as long as the vampires and other creatures of the night don’t cause a lot of trouble. Sookie’s boss at the bar is Sam Merlotte, a shape shifter. Sam is protective of Sookie and often changes form into that of a big black dog and watches over her. Jason Stackhouse, Sookie’s brother, eventually joins an anti-vampire church and begins flirting with religious zealotry and starts to develop a deep hatred of vampires. Bill Compton is Sookie’s love interest, a vampire who has remarkable compassion for humans. Bill was turned into a vampire during the Civil War Era but has never lost his love and empathy for humans. Originally Sookie is drawn to him because she cannot read his thoughts the way that she can read other people’s thoughts. Eric Northman, another vampire, is interested in Sookie. Eric is the sheriff of one of the five local vampire precincts and is known for his vehement punishment of any crimes against vampires.
Other important human and vampire characters in Bon Temps include Jessica Hamby who is a teenager that was turned into a vampire by Bill Compton at the end of season 1 of the show. Bill was forced to turn Jessica after he killed a vampire who threatened Sookie. Sheriff Bud Dearborne, a human, is prejudiced against vampires and was very good friends with Sookie’s parents so he takes a special interest in her and her brother Jason and is not happy about Sookie’s relationship with Bill Compton. Another human, Tara Thornton, is Sookie’s best friend and an important part of the story.
Like Six Feet Under True Blood has gathered viewers from many different social groups. The quirky, edgy characters and Southern Gothic roots of the stories appeal to old and young alike.
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The Wizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel TV show and an upcoming movie. The show originally aired in Canada and the UK before airing on the Disney Channel in the United States. The Wizards of Waverly Place is set in New York City, and chronicles the life of three teenage children who have magical powers. Waverly Place is a famous street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Occasionally the show features footage shot in the real Waverly Place although most of the time no outside shots are used. As the kids get older only one of them will be allowed to keep their magical powers and eventually the children will need to take part in a competition to see which one will keep their powers. The children attend both magic school and regular school to help them develop their magical powers.
In the TV show the father of the children, Italian-American Jerry Russo was a wizard himself and won the competition to keep his magical powers when he was young but gave up his magic powers to marry the children’s mother- Mexican-American Theresa Russo. Jerry is the children’s main magical teacher but also runs the family business which is a sub shop located in Waverly Place. Even though she has no direct experience with the magical world because she is not and never was a wizard Theresa Russo is also very understanding of the abilities that her kids have and tries to help them learn more about magic.
The Wizards of Waverly Place are Justin Russo, the oldest child, Alex Russo who is the only daughter, and the youngest Russo Max. Alex’s best friend Harper Finckle is in on the family secret that the kids are wizards but has sworn not to let that secret get out to anyone at home or at Tribeca Prep, the school that all of the Russo kids and Harper attend. Most of the mishaps and adventures that the Russo kids have involve Alex in one way or another because she is the one who is most likely to use magic without supervisions, which is against the rules. The kids attend WizTech school to learn more about magic and they also have lessons with their father in The Magic Lair, a place that is usually accessed through the freezer in the sandwich shop that the family owns.
If you have children turning them into the Wizards of Waverly Place for Halloween is the perfect family costume. Not all families like to dress in a theme but for the ones that do the Wizards of Waverly Place is a great way to have fun as a family. Parents like the show because through the various adventures that the kids have with their magical abilities they learn important lessons about personal responsibility, family, loyalty, friendship and morality. The show is a very popular one with kids and choosing Wizards of Waverly Place costumes could be a very clever way to get your tween or teenage kids to want to participate in a family event.
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Welcome to My Scout Stuff - a Resource for Scouters about Boy Scouting!
When you take just a minute to look at the last text message on your own wireless device, consider whether it would be worth causing a serious accident, possibly one that could take a life... or several lives. When you look at it this way, there's no text that can't wait.
Go to the BSA It Can Wait app on Facebook and then pass it on to your friends.
Help put an end to texting and driving!
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USC Seeks Redemption on the Road
There was no finger-pointing because it was a group effort. There was no trashing the locker room because the trashing had been on the court. South Carolina was in complete agreement -- it had badly failed. No sense re-hashing it because the Gamecocks knew they would have the point again driven home during the next practice.
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Dec 01 2011
And they lived happily ever after
Oh how sweet, Hamid Karzai has pardoned a woman who was serving a 12 year prison sentence for…arson? Armed robbery? GBH? No; for being raped. That’s what women who are raped get in Afghanistan (and not only there): they get long prison sentences, and that’s if they’re lucky; the less fortunate ones get stoned to death. Here’s why: it’s because a man was able to get access to the aperture between her legs, and allowing a man to get access to that is of course a horrendous crime. It’s no good calling it “rape”; it’s the woman’s job to make the aperture inaccessible, period; it’s not the man’s job to refrain from shoving his penis into it when he gets the chance.
But in this case it all works out, because Gulnaz, the woman in question, isn’t actually being set free (to go on making her aperture accessible to random men, the slut), she’s being let out of one prison so that she can enter another: marriage to the man who raped her.
Some 5,000 people signed a petition for Gulnaz’s release. News of her pardon came in a statement from the presidential palace.
It said a meeting of the judiciary committee had “discussed the issue of rape… and the issue of her imprisonment”.
“As the both sides [Gulnaz and the rapist] have agreed to get married to each other with conditions, respective authorities were tasked to take action upon it according to Islamic Shariah,” it said.
Darling Islamic Shariah, which hands a rape victim over to her rapist.
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1. 1
It’s pretty sick…
2. 2
Eamon Knight
Hey, they’re just doing what the Bible says (don’t know if that particular reg got plagiarized into the Quran, but anyways good on ‘em for picking up on it). Not like those apostate American Republicans, who’ve forgotten where they came from….
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Yellow Thursday
Well, if CNN is to be believed, marriage is not a condition of her release. Her (unnamed) attorney says she has a safe place to go and doesn’t want to marry her attacker.
A word of warning: only read the comments at the link if you have a strong stomach regarding rape apologists. According to some of the commenters, it’s ok to put a woman in jail for 3 years for “fail[ing] to report her rape quickly enough” with additional justification being that her sentence was less than her rapist’s.
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Francisco Bacopa
You gotta remember, in this cultural context rape is not a crime against a woman, it is a property crime against a woman’s owner. Makes it all make much more sense.
Oh, but wait…Women have owners? Forget everything I just said and to hell with their culture.
5. 5
Remember Allah is all merciful!
This is why I still regard Islam as evil.
6. 6
Svlad Cjelli
Poor guy. He almost didn’t get to keep raping her. So glad they came to their senses.
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Ockham's Soul Patch
But hey, this is a just punishment for the rapist – they’re forcing him to marry a soiled woman! The horror!
To be absolutely clear: that was sarcasm.
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Jurjen S.
Ugh. I’m on the verge of saying “why did we bother overthrowing the Taliban again?” but I just read in The Economist that the number of kids in school has increased from 1.2 million under the Taliban to 8.2 million now, and the percentage of them who are girls has gone from 0 to 40%; the percentage of Afghans with access to basic health care has gone from 8% to 80%; 27% of members of the lower house of parliament are women, and the article quotes one woman (anonymously) as saying:
When the Taliban first took power, people didn’t really know what they were like. They do now and the women of Afghanistan will never forgive them.
But the rest of Afghan men evidently still have some lessons left to learn, and they’d damn well better learn them.
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Derek M
With regard to legal systems that are anathema to civilised societies, there isn’t much between Sharia and Deuteronomic law.
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Doubting Thomas
What is bizarre about the women as property idea is, If your car get’s stolen, and you get it back, you don’t junk the car if all the thief did was take it for a ride*. Jailing or stoning rape victims seems ridiculous in that sense. Rather it is the woman’s body parts that are the property and she herself is responsible for securing them. The man get’s ownership of the parts, the woman just comes along as the caretaker. Religion and Islam specifically is a mental disease and should be eradicated.
*No, I’m not equating rape with joyriding.
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Now all he needs to do is rape three more and he will have the full set of wives permitted under the merciful sharia.
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Object in Focus Chinese Scholar's Study
All is quiet. A trickle of water flows in the garden outside the window. A breeze whispers through the window screen. An inky brush slaps softly against paper as you write at the desk. At home in 18th century China, you might easily forget that a bustling town lies beyond the walls of this room.
Clay tiles cover the walls and floor. They keep the place cool even in the sweaty heat of southern China. You see no bright colors or flashy gold here, only the shine of polished wood. Glimpses of the miniature garden outside take the imagination to a wild place far beyond the edge of town.
Of course, no one would mistake this room for a simple hut in the wilderness. Even the gnarled tree root in the far corner, now a stand for an antique pot, has the same high polish as the gleaming desk. But a room like this one was more than a quiet get-away spot for a city dweller. It was a place to connect with nature through poetry, painting and music, in search of spiritual peace.
China, Jiangsu Province
The Studio of Gratifying Discourse, 1797
The study was one of the most important rooms in the house of a well-educated government official.
Nature offered a way of understanding the world.
The arts helped literati scholars absorb the lessons of nature.
In the Company of Friends: Join two or three friends to put together a scrapbook of your favorite songs, books, movies, and artwork. Have each friend write a few sentences next to a selection about why he or she admires it. What would be the most comfortable place to do this project? What kind of music would you listen to? What else would you want around you? How might this activity be similar to a gathering of literati scholars?
The Mind's Eye: Objects can lead the imagination to faraway places. Scholars imagined themselves traveling through a landscape suggested by the shape of a rock, for example. Find an object in your surroundings and imagine the journey a miniature version of yourself might take climbing around it. Write a description of the journey. Can another reader identify the object you had in mind?
At the Museum: The Scholar's Study is permanently on view at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Bring along a pencil and paper and see if it inspires a poem in you.
The Tools of a Scholar: Tools for painting and calligraphy, such as brushes, ink stones, water droppers, and brush pots, were collector's items among literati scholars. Use the Art Collector function of ArtsConnectEd to choose your own favorites. What different types of tools do you see? What themes do you notice in the decoration? Click here to start. (Click here to learn more about Art Collector.)
Inspiration in the Past: Literati scholars of the 18th century felt a deep connection to China's past. Browse the Dynasty Guide (part of the Institute's "Art of Asia" Website) to explore the contributions of different periods in Chinese history. Sketch an example of the art of each period in your sketchbook. Which appeals to you most? Why? Choose one to inspire a written journal entry or work of art of your own.
October 2004
The most important room in the family compound was a hall like this one, used for formal gatherings of family and guests.
Thousands of government officials served the emperor of China. Badges on the front of their coats indicated their rank. The silver pheasant here means this coat belonged to a fifth rank official.
Every scholar's study contained a ch'in, or zither, an ancient Chinese musical instrument. It was a symbol of great learning since the days of Confucius in the 6th century BC.
key idea
This room once stood between two small courtyard gardens in the family compound of a government official. Only the formal reception hall was more important within the family compound. There, the whole family gathered on special occasions to receive guests or pay respect to their ancestors. This room, on the other hand, was a place for the head of the household to enjoy books, nature, and the arts, alone or with a small group of friends.
Government officials in imperial China were well-rounded scholars. The difficult civil service exam required years of study. Scholars had to master the teachings of Confucius and his followers, the basis of Chinese government for thousands of years. But they also had to be skilled in poetry, calligraphy, and painting. These subjects developed their ability to think carefully and sensitively, important qualities in an able administrator.
The arts remained a passion for many officials. They often retired from government service while still fairly young to devote themselves to reading and writing poetry, playing chess, and practicing music. Such men, known as wen jen ("men of letters") or "literati" in English, were highly respected for their good taste and artistic accomplishments.
A shelf like this one would have held a scholar's collection of rare books, scroll paintings, and antiques.
October 2004
A scholar might see the rocks in his garden as miniature mountains and explore their peaks and valleys in his imagination.
Literati scholars collected rocks shaped over time by flowing water. Such rocks gave them a sense of the forces of nature.
Scholars took delight in accidents of nature. The patterns in the piece of marble framed in this screen suggest a mountainous landscape.
key idea
Nature offered a way of understanding the world.
The teachings of Confucius described an individual's duties to family and the state. Harmony among individuals would bring harmony in the world. But a real understanding of the world, most Chinese believed, came from the close study of nature.
Although nature seems wild and uncontrollable, it has its own order. Seemingly opposite forces--light and dark, life and death, creation and destruction--are in fact part of a single force, the tao, or "way," of nature. Taoist philosophers teach that an individual must above all understand his place in nature. All actions must follow nature's flow to be right and good.
Some literati scholars went to live alone in the wilderness to study the way of nature. Such hermits were greatly admired. But most literati stayed closer to home. They collected reminders of nature, like rocks, gnarled wood, and patterned stone, to think through the puzzles of nature in elegant comfort.
Caged crickets brought the sounds of nature inside. They were kept in decorated containers, like these ones fashioned from gourds.
October 2004
Scholars enjoyed practicing their arts in the company of friends. Here, a famous group of scholars listen to the zither in a rock garden.
Many literati paintings were based on famous pictures by earlier masters, but here Wang Ch'en has painted a scene from the region where he worked as a government official.
Painting and calligraphy used the same tools--a brush, inkstone, and paper. This poem begins, "The mountain's rocky girth has endured a thousand years. . ."
key idea
The arts helped literati scholars absorb the lessons of nature.
The "four arts" of the literati scholar were painting, calligraphy, playing the ch'in, or zither, and the game of chess. All these activities sharpened the mind through years of study and practice. When enjoyed in the company of friends with similar interests, they were a focus for meaningful conversation. That companionship gave this room its name, "The Studio of Gratifying Discourse," carved on a plaque on the wall.
Nature was the most common subject of both poetry and painting. If a scholar could not live the life of a hermit alone in the wilderness himself, he could recreate the experience through words and pictures. Looking at a famous painting would inspire a poem in response, which he might add to the picture in his own calligraphy.
The tools of Chinese painting and calligraphy—the brush, ink, water, and paper—are very difficult to control. The most skilled painters are able to harness accidental effects to express their own ideas, all within the format of age-old Chinese traditions. This balance of natural forces, self-control, and society perfectly echoes the scholar's sense of his own place in the world.
The shapes of scholars' painting tools often reflected their interest in nature, like this waterdropper in the shape of a lotus bud.
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FSK modulated wave file
pal.debabrata123 - 2007-06-27 09:07:00
Hey guys, Though my problem is do a FSK modulation os an ascii string and send it to telephone between "init ring" and "full ring" , I don't know how to test. Is there a software FSK demodulator free somewhere? Can I get some standard FSK modulated file to test the decoder? So that I am test my c...FSK modulated wave file
PSK instead FSK?
maluenda - 2006-02-18 12:46:00
Hi, I just started up some reading on Digital Communications. I need some information about PSK vs FSK for use in DSP. Can anyone explain in few words the advantages of using PSK instead FSK? Will appreciate any help in this regard. Thanks ...PSK instead FSK?
xr2211 & non coherent fsk demodulation
josedebrest - 2007-05-24 15:29:00
Hello, I am using the XR 2211 to demodulate a non coherent fsk signal. It works but I would like to know how to evaluate the theoritical BER performance of this demodulation. But all the non coherent fsk receivers that are mentionned on the web dont use a pll ... any idea ? thank you very m...xr2211 & non coherent fsk demodulation
Is there a software FSK encoder API for PC using no addtl hardware?
Tomer - 2003-08-27 15:33:00
Hi All, We need an API module to allow us to send data using the FSK (Frequency Shift Keying) modulation. This module is to run on a PC and may use no additional hardware except for the built in sound card. The module will allow us to convert ASCII characters to their FSK sound and play tha...Is there a software FSK encoder API for PC using no addtl hardware?
software for generating FSK modulated signals
Somia - 2005-05-23 07:11:00
hi I have to generate signals with data encoded in them using FSK, 1300Hz for mark and 2100Hz for space with a baud rate of 1200. i dont have an FSK modulator so is there any software that could do this over voice modem ? i dont have any backgound of DSP so i would really be thankful for for generating FSK modulated signals
Is frequency multipliers suitable for boradband FSK?
isgone - 2007-06-08 16:26:00
there are many applications use frequency multipliers to improve the deviation of narrowband FSK . i wonder is it suitable for boradband FSK? For example,the input signal should be 4FSK,and the frequencys is 67MHz/69MHz/71MHz/73MHz,the symbol rate is 10M . ...Is frequency multipliers suitable for boradband FSK?
Who made the comment about modems and FSK signals?
Brian Reinhold - 2004-01-15 10:01:00
I think some respondant named 'v' made a remark in response to a post I made last week regarding FSK decoding and filtering, but the post has been removed. The remark concerned the special processes that have to be done detecting FSK tones that are very short in the sense that the number of per...Who made the comment about modems and FSK signals?
Few taps Filters for FSK?
Brian Reinhold - 2004-01-09 13:34:00
Does anyone have any suggestions for an IIR or FIR band pass filter that will isolate the two tones of an FSK signal which an integrate and dump scheme can then be applied to? I need to minimize the delay since this FSK signal comes from scanned radio frequencies. I need to detect the signal f...Few taps Filters for FSK?
Detecting FSK on a power fft pk hold spectrum
d1sturbanc3 - 2008-07-17 14:54:00
Found this board, and hopefully someone can give me a helping hand. Background: I'm using labview with a DAQ. It's acquiring a signal and I take a power fft with peak hold averaging on. In this spectrum, there are atmospheric noise, some other signals with large BW about 250 hz, and signals that...Detecting FSK on a power fft pk hold spectrum
Fax/modem detection
Jadran - 2009-12-20 14:36:00
Hello, I m implementing fax/modem detection. So far it is based on CNG and CED tones. Goertzel's algorithm is used for tones detections and seems to work fine. However I would like to increase reliability, specialy for cases when such tones are not present or missed. Idea is to do it by detecting...Fax/modem detection
FSK bandwidth
Jach - 2004-04-09 02:45:00
What is the estimated bandwidth using Carson's rule when your separation is 19.8 kHz, the baud rate 19.2 kBaud/s modulation is FSK, NRZ line coding and the crystal tolerance is negligible? Thanks ...FSK bandwidth
FSK Demodulation (help urgently needed)
mudassir84 - 2006-06-30 10:35:00
Hi I am trying to Extract Caller ID from FSK v.23 Encoded CLI Packet which has been stored in audio format in pc. To demdulate FSK i am using two Bandpass Filters centered at Mark and Space Frequency. According to FSK V.23 1300 hz is frequency for mark(1) 2100 hz is frequency for spcae(0) 120...FSK Demodulation (help urgently needed)
FSK and timing recovery
ejstans - 2005-04-06 12:43:00
Hi, I'm trying to gain an understanding of how to do timing recovery or symbol synchronization in a digital radio receiver but I need something clarified. The methods I have found information on (Mueller & Mueller, Early-late, Gardner etc) seem to be intended for linear modulation schemes but wha...FSK and timing recovery
FSK Versus OOK Demodulation
Randy Yates - 2011-06-21 15:51:00
With the right filtering, an FSK signal can be viewed as two complementary OOK (on-off keyed) signals. Is the optimal FSK demodulator more optimal, less optimal, or equivalent to two optimal OOK demodulators with their outputs combined? -- Randy Yates % "Watching all the d...FSK Versus OOK Demodulation
Multicarrier modulation scheme vs FSK
koolguyuf - 2007-01-14 16:56:00
Hey, What is the difference between multicarrier modulation and FSK (Frequency Shift Keying)? Can OFDM considered to be a hybrid of the two? Thanks TD ...Multicarrier modulation scheme vs FSK
clock recovery
mahsad - 2009-10-20 03:15:00
hi, I have implemented a binary FSK modem(V.21). but i have a question: how can i implement clock recovery for fsk demodulator? does any reference exist for this subject? please help me. ...clock recovery
FSK demodulator code?
Scott Miller - 2004-12-22 13:11:00
I'm looking for code, either in ANSI C or assembly for the ARM7TDMI, that'll demodulate 1200 baud FSK, in particular 1200 baud Bell 202 keying like that found in caller ID systems. Any suggestions? Thanks, Scott ...FSK demodulator code?
GMDSS/DSC FSK Modulation: Continuous-Phase or Not?
Randy Yates - 2011-01-03 09:29:00
Hello, I'm looking at demodulating a GMDSS/DSC (Digital Selective-Calling) 100 baud FSK (1700 Hz center, +/- 85 Hz) signal (per ITU-R M.493-12). The spec says nothing about whether it's continuous-phase FSK or not. I've found on the net that DSC is similar to SITOR-B, and further that SITOR...GMDSS/DSC FSK Modulation: Continuous-Phase or Not?
general fsk question
frumious - 2009-01-22 11:20:00
I am trying to understand fsk demodulation in general. Is there an industry standard set of specific demod schemes or just classes of particular methods (i.e. matched filter, correlation, coherent vs non-coherent) that are invoked on a project by project basis? ...general fsk question
Definition of modulation index for shaped FSK
Steve Pope - 2010-06-30 17:41:00
I have a pretty elementary question. For an unshaped, 2-FSK signal, the modulation index h is defined as the ratio of the difference between the two tone frequencies to the symbol rate. For shaped 2-FSK, how is h usually defined? I can think of a few possibilities: (1) Base it on the pe...Definition of modulation index for shaped FSK
Re: FSK Correlation Demodulator
Stan Pawlukiewicz - 2005-12-12 08:28:00
Vale_a_pena wrote: > I can try to help you Opamp. > > Even without money :) > > When you mix two signals: y1*y2 with y1 FSK signal and y2 a > sinusoid > > You obtain a result varying in time (y1*y2)(t) > > > Correlation is the integral during a period of T o...Re: FSK Correlation Demodulator
PC FSK decoding - stuck beginner!
mcd - 2005-04-01 08:55:00
Hi, I'm urgently trying to get my head around methods for decoding an FSK encoded signal on my PC. I have a .wav file of the transmitted data, and I want to get the data out. I'm doing my work in Matlab/Simulink for now for simplicity. So far I've tried: - Goertzel algorithm as used for dtmf -...PC FSK decoding - stuck beginner!
Definition of BT in an FSK system
Steve Pope - 2010-07-15 14:30:00
BT denotes the product of the 3 dB bandwidth of the shaping pulse in an FSK system and the symbol time. My question has to do with the conventional definition of B. My first thought was to use the 3 dB bandwidth of a bandpass function obtained by translating the baseband pulse up to the FSK...Definition of BT in an FSK system
fsk demodulation
harsh17 - 2005-07-17 02:58:00
I am a novice in DSP.I am trying to demodulate a FSK signal wherein the mark and space frequencies are 16MHz and 24MHz respectively.I am thinking of using delay and multiply method.Can this be implemented using an ADSP-2181?More specifically will the DSP be able to handle the high throughput involve...fsk demodulation
FSK Demodulator
biff - 2008-07-01 20:40:00
Hi folks, I manage a hardware engineering group for a telcom company and I am beginning to look around for FPGA IP to implement both FSK modulation and demodulation. I am wondering if any of you have any experience with any of the IP around today. The demodulator is the most difficult part a...FSK Demodulator
FSK encoding: alternatives to Manchester and NRZ
howy - 2007-02-03 13:39:00
Hi all, I noticed a lot of FM related questions this month, so here is another one... I am transmitting FSK using a MICRF505 transceiver chip. The FSK modulator in this chip requires a bit encoding scheme to reduce the DC content of the bit stream to a manageable level. I am struggling with ...FSK encoding: alternatives to Manchester and NRZ
Coherent FSK
john - 2006-06-17 13:34:00
A colleague and I are trying to understand the performance limits that apply to coherent detection of continuous phase FSK in AWGN. As I understand it, the familiar textbook formula for coherent FSK BER is derived for the case of square one-bit pulses and tones that are orthogonal over one bit t...Coherent FSK
Re: FSK mod and demod
Jerry Avins - 2005-12-13 11:00:00
Gunstinger wrote: > Hello I'm stuck with a little problem here in MatLab. What I need to do is > input a string of text, convert it to binary, and then use FSK to mod it > together, then demod and and filter it out and convert it back to text > again. The first part is easy, the input of tex...Re: FSK mod and demod
Question about Continuous Phase FSK
brent - 2010-09-03 08:59:00
I am trying to understand what is meant by continuous phase FSK. Right now I am of the opinion that it means that a very quick change in frequency can take place as long as there is no discontinuity in the time waveform when the frequency change takes place. Is this a correct interpretation? ...Question about Continuous Phase FSK
What is the maximum bits-per-symbol possible using FSK on telephone devices?
Green Xenon - 2009-12-16 20:49:00
Hi: What is the maximum amount of bits-per-symbol of FSK possible using a telephone system [including the phone lines and any devices from start to finish of the phone's signal chain]? Thanks, Green Xenon ...What is the maximum bits-per-symbol possible using FSK on telephone devices?
Goertzel and FSK
Fender123 - 2012-02-14 18:42:00
Hi all. Adapting Goertzel algorithm for FSK in a system with a preset sampling rate, tones and baud rate does not always result in ideal parameters. Let me try to explain what I mean: For example, consider a case with Fs=9600, tones 1650 and 1850 Hz, and baud 300. That's N=32 samples per symbo...Goertzel and FSK
Anyone have a Good filter for FSK with short delay
Brian Reinhold - 2004-01-08 14:18:00
I need to find a bandpass filter with as few taps as possible to apply to an HF radio FSK signal. The reason is that the radio is scanned and the more taps, the longer it takes before the signal can be recognized which slows down the possible scan rate. Can anyone give me any references or id...Anyone have a Good filter for FSK with short delay
Re: Detectiong CW
Randall Gawtry - 2006-03-04 01:42:00
In article , "John E. Hadstate" wrote: > What's the slickest way of turning an I/Q data stream, tuned > to baseband, into audible Morse Code with user-selectable > pitch using strictly digital signal processing? > > > John, The CW pitch-shifting feature is in the Timewave DSP-5...Re: Detectiong CW
FSK - sample rate and bit depth
Scott Miller - 2005-04-06 20:38:00
I'm working on a couple of demodulators - one for 1200 baud AFSK (and possibly other bitrates) and one for 9600 baud baseband FSK - and I've got some questions. I'm using an ARM7TDMI chip, so I'm rather CPU constrained. An issue I'm having trouble with is that the CODEC I'm considering off...FSK - sample rate and bit depth
Decoding FSK
Jon Mcleod - 2008-09-20 18:18:00
A Bell 202T modem uses FSK modulation (1200HZ, 2200HZ) and send data at up to 1800 bits per second. I need to replace an "analog" version of this with a digital version, sampling the phone line with an A/D and "decoding" the 1's and 0's in firmware (ARM C). My question is how.. The modu...Decoding FSK
FSK demodulation
Tomeu - 2009-01-08 06:21:00
Hello all, I am involved in the development of an underwater modem. Right now I am dealing with the simulation stage with simulink. The modulation scheme I am using is a non-coherent FSK. The carrier frequencies are 20kHz and 22kHz. At the demodulator part, I have designed a matched filters...FSK demodulation
FSK modulation and clean FFT
Ted T - 2008-03-31 18:58:00
Hi, I'm looking at FSK modulation in matlab, using my own modulator as I don't have the matlab comms toolbox. In the time domain, the signal looks fine, but in the frequency domain, it just doesn't seem to work, I get lots of other garbage in the spectrum. I'm hoping someone can see an error ...FSK modulation and clean FFT
Receiving symbols using non-coherent M-FSK
2007-11-22 06:59:00
Hi There, How does the demodulator of a non-coherent M-FSK system correctly time the "reading" of the symbols? In the book on Digital Comms by Proakis, it is mentioned that a bank of 2M correlators can be used. In the book there is also a model for non-coherent M-FSK in an AWGN environment. ...Receiving symbols using non-coherent M-FSK
ping: Jim Thompson
Bo - 2006-04-24 11:20:00
Jim, I was perusing your website and happened upon your patent regarding demodulating of FSK. Is this the currently easiest/best way to decode FSK? Or would I be better off doing with SW and microcontroller? I was thinking that a comparator with hysteresis to minimize noise could be used Jim Thompson
Robust FSK demodulator ?
Robert Lacoste - 2012-02-23 02:31:00
Dear all, We are looking for a robust FSK demodulator and framer solution for an SDR application (decoding of simultaneous narrow channels at some kbps each from a wider baseband stream) : channel filtering, center frequency tracking, demodulation, bit-level timing recovery, synchronisation...Robust FSK demodulator ?
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Episode 10, December 16, 2009 (Tea and Psychopathy)
Max needs Joanna’s help with a story. It involves a woman named Gloria who was murdered in Eastwick 25 years ago. The word “witch” was carved into her forehead. She was killed on the same date as Sebastian Hart, the local millionaire who died in a tragic fishing accident. If you remember, he’s the guy Joanna believed faked his death and became Darryl Van Horne. Gloria was poisoned after possibly having had a baby. An autopsy photo reveals that she was branded with the same symbol Roxie envisioned on Jamie’s body just before he placed it there himself.
Joanna and Max head out to Eleanor Rougement’s house to ask about the symbol and Gloria’s murder. Surprisingly, Eleanor is more than happy to chat. It turns out that Gloria did have a baby and gave him up for adoption. Over tea, Eleanor confirms that the baby’s father was Sebastian Hart and further confirms that Sebastian is, indeed, Darryl Van Horne.
Now you’d think Joanna and Max would be jumping for joy at their juicy scoop. Unfortunately, their legs are paralyzed thanks to the poison Eleanor slipped into their tea. Uh oh. Eleanor tosses the two reporters into her basement where they are stuck on their backs almost completely immobilized. We say almost because Max is able to extend his arm just enough to clutch a frightened Joanna’s hand. It would be such a sweet moment if the situation wasn’t so dire.
Kat is totally jazzed about her healing powers. She makes her way around the hospital curing everyone’s ailments. But when her hair starts turning gray and she gets sudden nosebleeds, it’s obvious that her actions are taking a toll on her own health When Raymond sees that Kat has fallen asleep as dinner burns on the stove, he threatens to sue for full custody of the kids. Think Kat’s gonna take that? No way.
Kat uses her powers to send a few falling icicles in her ex’s general direction. Kat says, “Don’t mess with me, Ray. Because if you do, I will mess you up right back.” After Raymond is gone, Kat draws a bath and lowers her exhausted body into the water. As the water continues to rise, a dangerously lethargic Kat continues to sink. Think she can wake up before going completely underwater?
Roxie keeps having visions of a dagger dripping with blood. That can only mean one thing: Somebody’s getting stabbed. Who you ask? We have no idea. Neither does Roxie. When she discovers that Jamie’s father is Darryl Van Horne, Roxie offers to help Jamie spill the news to daddy dearest. She invites the two men over for dinner not realizing that Jamie has plans to murder Darryl. Actually, that’s not entirely accurate. His plan is to have Roxie kill him. Wonder if that’ll happen before or after dessert.
When Jamie tries to break the news, Darryl says this isn’t the first time a con artist has claimed to be his son. This ticks off Jamie big time. So much so that he grabs a metal rod and strikes dear old dad on the back of the head. Darryl is down and bleeding on the floor. Jamie tries to convince Roxie that Darryl murdered his mother and he’s an evil being who is not of this world. There’s only one way Darryl can die. Roxie has to kill him.
Jamie gives Roxie a dagger. While holding her at gunpoint, he instructs her to stab Darryl or he’ll kill her. Roxie holds the dagger above Darryl’s motionless body. Then she thrusts it backwards, stabbing Jamie in the leg. Roxie makes a run for it but Jamie catches up to her and traps her inside her shop. Roxie pleads that she’s on his side, but Jamie knows that she can’t be trusted. He raises the dagger, swings it toward Roxie and then…SMASH TO BLACK! Don’t you just love/hate cliffhangers?
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Saturday, September 04, 2004
Where's censorship when you need it?
There's always much to-do about how violent or sexual programs on TV ought not to be viewed by children; and how musicians playing at sporting events must be required to keep their wardrobes from malfunctioning; and how offensive radio shows like Howard Stern's should be banned from the airwaves; and how pornographic magazines need to be kept out of the reach of minors; and whether you feel these restrictions are essential or essentially unconstitutional, it's certainly undeniable that there's a great deal of thought and debate and passion going into the examination of those issues. But there's a whole other level of potentially damaging media content sneaking through without anybody giving it a second glance, and I'm starting to think that it might be even worse for kids than the stuff everybody's always arguing over.
I've written here before about the difficulty of explaining those omnipresent ads for Viagra and Cialis and the like to curious kids who'll ask, "Mommy, what's erectile disfunction?" Lately I've also been noticing lots of really scary ads for horror films, both on TV and on the radio. If my kids are too young to see these films in theaters, do they really need to see clips that make their hearts skip? The radio ad for the new "Exorcist" film upset me when I was sitting at my desk in my office in the middle of the day; does my daughter really need to be hearing it at night when she's listening to the radio in bed? Guess that's not going to help her sleep. And even that old family friend, the local newspaper, isn't free of trauma. Like many people I was following the story of the school hostage situation in Russia with increasing dread, and certainly wanted to read about the tragic ending in this morning's news. But the large color photo that accompanied the story gave me pause -- it showed a Russian police officer carrying a young girl out of the building. The girl, maybe 8 or 9, had blood all over her face and was dressed only in underpants. The image was disturbing for any number of reasons, but what I found myself wondering most of all was, if my kids see this sitting on the coffee table, how on earth am I going to explain what happened to this girl, and why isn't she wearing any clothes? I tried to make sure that page was face down, with lots of glossy Saturday store ads on top.
The thing about all this is -- it's easy to keep our kids from watching specific shows, or listening to specific radio stations, or seeing specific magazines. But it's really hard to avoid commercials that can come on any time of the day or night, or news photos that turn a local paper -- which yesterday, for example, featured a picture of a particularly large zucchini grown by a local man -- into something terrifying. How's the FCC going to protect us from that?
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Ever I send a token request to Facebook I receive a NULL response. Not a exception or success response. Always NULL
$this->facebook = new Facebook(array(
'appId' => 'APP ID',
'secret' => 'APP SECRET',
'cookie' => true
$token = $this->facebook->api('/oauth/access_token', 'GET', array(
'client_id' => 'APP ID',
'client_secret' => 'APP SECRET',
'redirect_uri' => '' . urlencode('account/connect/facebook/'),
'code' => $_GET['code']
print_r($token); // NULL
} else {
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up vote 1 down vote accepted
You can not use Facebook::api to makes this call, because that method expects a JSON response, which this endpoint does not respond with.
But why would you want to do this anyway? The PHP SDK already has the functionality to detect a passed code parameter and exchange it for an access token included, and does it automatically.
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I think you can just do:
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No, because I will get: Uncaught OAuthException: An active access token must be used to query information about the current user, because default access token is like this APPID|APPSECRET – Gabriel Santos Dec 12 '12 at 2:11
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Film Freak Central,2003:weblog-99928295733106445 2013-05-17T10:29:20-05:00 TypePad The We and the I (2013),2003:post-6a0168ea36d6b2970c01901c475bb7970b 2013-05-17T10:29:20-05:00 2013-05-17T10:35:03-05:00 **½/**** starring Michael Brodie, Teresa Lynn, Raymond Delgado, Jonathan Ortiz screenplay by Michel Gondry, Paul Proch, Jeff Grimshaw directed by Michel Gondry by Angelo Muredda The We and the I opens with a throwback, an image that wouldn't be out of place in Michel Gondry's distinctive music videos from the late-1990s, which were themselves full of backward glances to the more rough-hewn early days of MTV and old-school hip hop. Over the credits, a boombox modified into a miniature bus rolls along the streets of the Bronx pulsing out Young MC's "Bust A Move," until it's crushed by what's ostensibly the real thing, a city bus packed with urban teens who make up Gondry's boisterous, gossiping, and privately wounded nonprofessional cast. That's an interesting start, insofar as it suggests that Gondry's obsession with whimsical props tinged with nostalgia are about to be traded in for something more authentic, even as it implies a bit cheekily that the "real" bus, taking a bunch of high-schoolers home on the last day of school, is itself a roaming set on which to stage semi-scripted exchanges between proper teens doubling as actors and artistic partners. Both intimations turn out to be true, in a... Bill Chambers Dan in Real Life (2008) + Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Blu-ray Discs,2003:post-6a0168ea36d6b2970c017d42d8c35a970c 2013-04-16T11:11:31-05:00 2013-04-16T11:11:31-05:00 DAN IN REAL LIFE */**** Image A Sound B Extras D starring Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Dianne Wiest screenplay by Pierce Gardner and Peter Hedges directed by Peter Hedges RACHEL GETTING MARRIED **/**** Image A Sound A Extras C starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Debra Winger screenplay by Jenny Lumet directed by Jonathan Demme by Walter Chaw The Darwin chart of this breed of American indie, otherwise known as unlikely shrines to The Celebration (or Festen, if you prefer), follows in the United States with something like Margot at the Wedding near the top as most-evolved down mid-way to Rachel Getting Married and its histrionic Demme-tasse reduction, down to ankle-deep--we're talking primordial muck--with Dan in Real Life. That last one, from Pieces of April perpetrator Peter Hedges, squanders an unusual amount of currency in Steve Carell (at his melancholic zenith), pairing him with Juliette Binoche in a bittersweet romantic imbroglio that absolutely does not deserve the happy horseshit ending slathered on it to apologize for its occasional poignancy. It's not that I enjoy being sad, it's that I enjoy getting a condescending handjob even less. I'm willing to forgive the bad slapstick of a group-aerobics session,... Bill Chambers True Blood: The Complete Second Season (2009) + True Blood: The Complete Third Season (2010) - Blu-ray Discs,2003:post-6a0168ea36d6b2970c017c387a84bf970b 2013-04-10T20:28:40-05:00 2013-04-10T19:35:33-05:00 Image A Sound A+ Extras B- S2: "Nothing But the Blood," "Keep This Party Going," "Scratches," "Shake and Fingerpop," "Never Let Me Go," "Hard-Hearted Hannah," "Release Me," "Timebomb," "I Will Rise Up," "New World in My View," "Frenzy," "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" S3: "Bad Blood," "Beautifully Broken," "It Hurts Me Too," "9 Crimes," "Trouble," "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues," "Hitting the Ground," "Night on the Sun," "Everything Is Broken," "I Smell a Rat," "Fresh Blood," "Evil Is Going On" by Walter Chaw "True Blood" is pulp crap. Yet as Bryant and Bill have already so eloquently pointed out, it's highly-addictive pulp crap--the sort of shallow, handsomely-mounted titillation that fosters the craze that sprung up around prime-time soaps like "Dynasty" and "Falcon Crest". White-collar smut that traffics in the currency of the age: once upon a time it was the super-rich, now it's the supernatural. Plus ça change, plus c'est la meme. It's certainly soapier than showrunner/creator Alan Ball's previous pay-cable drama, "Six Feet Under", but to its credit what "True Blood" does in returning sexuality--and gore, and (southern) Gothic trappings--to the vampire mythos, it does well. The shame of it is that it seems to be ashamed... 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Bill Chambers In Treatment [Season One] (2008) + Tell Me You Love Me: The Complete First Season (2007) - DVDs,2003:post-6a0168ea36d6b2970c017c37ff5d97970b 2013-03-21T21:08:31-05:00 2013-03-21T21:08:31-05:00 Image B Sound B Extras B ("Tell Me You Love Me") by Walter Chaw It's a show about the traditional mode of psychoanalysis--a nine-week, five days-a-week series detailing shrink Paul (Gabriel Byrne) and four patients, culminating each "Friday" in Paul's own session with former mentor Gina (Dianne Wiest). It's based on a popular Israeli drama that was the brainchild of such filmmaking talents as Eran Kolarin and Nir Bergman. And though it begins stilted and ends badly, its thick mid-section is the enabler of our obsessive, maybe ugly, voyeuristic impulses, gratifying the viewer with the sensation that, for all the dense verbal webs spun in these little progressive one-acts, the real expert is the viewer. "In Treatment" clarifies the role of the observer in this media, how the active participant is always involved in an anthropological exercise deconstructing the characters' motives and actions--and how that critical facility, eternally underused, is occasionally gratified by material that's not quite smarter than you, but appears to be. RUNNING TIME 30 minutes/episode MPAA Not Rated ASPECT RATIO(S) 1.78:1 (16x9-enhanced) LANGUAGES English DD 5.1 Spanish DD 2.0 (Stereo) CC Yes SUBTITLES English French Spanish REGION 1 DISC TYPE 9 DVD-9s STUDIO HBO RUNNING TIME 45... Bill Chambers Carnivàle: The Complete First Season (2003) - DVD,2003:post-6a0168ea36d6b2970c017d422e83b9970c 2013-03-21T20:58:59-05:00 2013-03-21T20:58:59-05:00 Image A Sound A Extras C "Milfay," "After the Ball Is Over," "Tipton," "Black Blizzard," "Babylon," "Pick a Number," "The River," "Lonnigan, Texas," "Insomnia," "Hot and Bothered," "The Day of the Dead," "The Day That Was the Day" by Walter Chaw It's the Depression in Dust Bowl United States, and Ben (Nick Stahl) really needs a bath: His mother's just died (but not before hissing at him to keep his distance, Mr. Antichrist) and he's in the act of burying her when a traveling carnival happens along to spirit him away before the local constabulary can. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy threatens briefly to break out as a bulldozer shows up to raze Ben's ramshackle homestead, but hey diddley hee, the roustie's life for me, says Ben. 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That so-called garrison mentality, Frye offered, meant early white Canadian settlers bonded together against both the malevolent nature past their forts and the more generalized outside threats it represented--shutting their doors to anyone who seemed the slightest bit unneighbourly. Although Frye had a very specific community in mind, it's hard not to see it reflected in the gated neighbourhood of critic-turned-filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho's Neighbouring Sounds, a conclave of middle-class northern Brazilian condo-dwellers who define themselves by the riffraff they discard, whether car-stereo thieves or sleeping doormen. Part-Hanekian surveillance thriller and part-Altmanesque ensemble of overlapping voices, it's one of the most assured debut features to land in years, the sort of fully-formed high-concept work you expect after a couple of interesting misfires. 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What's most surprising is that beneath the formal variety and cheekiness, mainstays of Leos Carax's freewheeling cinema, is a moving and altogether serious exploration of what it means to be an actor, in both a professional and a metaphysical sense. Carax's films have been ranked among the boldest aesthetic manifestos since the 1980s for good reason, yet the ineffable quality that distinguishes them from the superficially similar grandstanding of nascent stylists like Xavier Dolan is their deep sincerity and unabashed adoration of the eccentric city-dwellers who cross paths on the loneliest roads in urban France. If Holy Motors is even wilder in presentation than its predecessors, then, it's also perfectly legible within a body of work that's always found a human streak in the avant-garde. RUNNING TIME 115 minutes... Bill Chambers Friday Night Lights (2004) [Widescreen] - DVD,2003:post-6a0168ea36d6b2970c017c36e1156a970b 2013-02-15T00:01:00-05:00 2013-02-14T15:29:42-05:00 ***/**** Image A Sound B+ Extras B+ starring Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Lucas Black screenplay by David Aaron Cohen and Peter Berg, based on the book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger directed by Peter Berg by Walter Chaw Turning the microscope on the reptile hearts and minds of small-town sports culture, Peter Berg's Friday Night Lights is so alive with seething energy and meanness that it emerges as one of the better sports films on the short list of good sports films. It's what the Omaha Beach sequence in Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is to Oliver Stone's Platoon: an evolution by way of devolution that erases the veneer, such as there is, prettifying violent confrontation, becoming in the process the unadorned engine to which Stone's ultimately featherweight Any Given Sunday aspired. It finds Lucas Black (as star quarterback Mike Winchell) reunited with Sling Blade co-star Billy Bob Thornton (playing his coach, Gary Gaines), with the mental disability roles reversed ("There's something wrong with my head," Winchell complains) but the peek under the Rockwell covers at insular, provincial psychosis transplanted intact. Friday Night Lights is a work of sociology, a... Bill Chambers Valentine's Day (2010) - Blu-ray Disc,2003:post-6a0168ea36d6b2970c017c36e12673970b 2013-02-14T15:47:09-05:00 2013-02-14T15:57:22-05:00 ZERO STARS/**** Image B Sound B Extras C starring Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper screenplay by Katherine Fugate directed by Garry Marshall by Walter Chaw There are worse directors working today than Garry Marshall, but not many and then not much worse. I've vowed on a few occasions (like after Beaches, Pretty Woman, Exit to Eden, The Other Sister, Raising Helen, Georgia Rule) to never subject myself to another Marshall joint--certainly to never bother reviewing another one. What's the point, really, of taking the piss out of this guy and his movies? They're consistently, stridently tone deaf; unfailingly saccharine; morally suspect; visually uninteresting; casually racist/misogynist/classist/homophobic; and dangerously enervating to the point of meriting some kind of warning label. Marry Marshall's adorable dog/kid reaction shots and wholesale white-rape of Motown standards to a bloated ensemble cast (everyone from Jamie Foxx to Kathy Bates--yes, it's horrific) enacting a two-hour version of Marshall's career-launching TV series "Love, American Style" and what you get is every bit the horror movie the title Valentine's Day suggests. RUNNING TIME 125 minutes MPAA PG-13 ASPECT RATIO(S) 1.78:1 (1080p/MPEG-4) LANGUAGES English 5.1 DTS-HD MA French DD 5.1 Spanish DD 5.1 SUBTITLES English SDH French Spanish... Bill Chambers
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef Made Easy
How to have a swimmingly good time in the world's most sprawling reef system, and why you'll want to go soon.
WHY? Scuba divers around the world dream of spotting an ockie in a bommie—that would be an octopus in a coral outcropping—but you don't have to be breathing air out of a tank to take in the spectacle: Dolphins, innocuous reef sharks, six types of sea turtles, and 1,500 varieties of tropical fish live amid the neon-colored coral in the planet's most sprawling reef system. Paralleling the northeastern coast of the Australian continent, the Great Barrier Reef—which forms more than 70 islands, or cays, atop its coral shoals—stretches for more than 1,250 miles across the Coral Sea and is a haven for snorkelers and divers alike.
HOW? For beginners: High-speed catamarans and sailing vessels make the daily 90-minute run to the reef from Cairns and offer passengers at least four hours in the water. Great Barrier Reef Dive & Snorkel Adventures also operates the glass-bottom boat Compass—you can watch the underwater show, narrated by a marine biologist, as you voyage (reeftrip.com, $79 per person, including lunch and snorkeling equipment, glass-bottom boat and marine biologist package $13 extra). For the advanced: If you're a certified diver, leave land behind and head out for a two-night jaunt with Pro Dive Cairns (prodivecairns.com/liveaboards.html, from $600, including double or twin cabin, meals, equipment, and up to 11 dives). It's a terrific value—two-tank outings in the Caribbean start at $100—and the ultimate way to see the mysteries Down Under: Days begin and end in the water.
WHEN? Soon. Global warming and rising sea temperatures are taking their toll: Charlie Veron, former chief scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, recently warned that the Great Barrier Reef will be "in tatters" by 2030. The Zoological Society of London feels the future of the reef is so bleak it plans to freeze coral samples in liquid nitrogen. Heed the warning and go now! Fortunately, the best time to dive off Cairns is during the dry stretch, from May through October, when Australia's low season (May–June)and shoulder season (August–September) has flights at their most reasonable. June flights from Los Angeles to Cairns are currently starting at $1,057 per person on Qantas, with a free stopover in Brisbane or Sydney.
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EVERY country has national myths, and one of Britain's most enduring is that of the stiff upper lip. This suggests that Britons are strong, self-reliant types who remain calm and unbending in the face of adversity. Of course, many national myths are just that, and on April 14th a survey instead painted Britons as quivering jellies, beset by fear and anxiety over everything from crime to terrorism, the economy and the pace of technological change.
On its face the poll, conducted on behalf of the Mental Health Foundation (MHF), a charity, makes worrying reading. Three-quarters of its respondents agreed that the world is scarier today than it was ten years ago, and that people are more frightened and anxious. They blamed everything from a government seen as keen to hype terrorist threats (an accusation recently made by Paddy Ashdown, a former leader of the Liberal Democrats) to the supposed infantilisation produced by official exhortations to “mind the gap” at train platforms and eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, topped off by a media that cheerfully regurgitates scare stories in order to shift papers.
Celia Richardson, the MHF's director of campaigns, thinks that people are responding to the effects of an emotional arms race. Modern media-savvy governments realise that, with so many messages competing for the public's attention—about benefit fraud, climate change, crime, drunkenness, obesity and terrorism—ramping up the fright factor is the easiest way to make sure individual messages get through. She compares a famous second world war poster that exhorted people to “keep calm and carry on” with modern warnings about smoking or junk food expressly designed to be as terrifying as possible.
Look a little closer, though, and people seem reassuringly resilient to doom-mongering. Official survey data suggest that the number of people suffering from anxiety disorders is up, but only slightly, from 13.3% in 1993 to 15% in 2007 (in America the figure is 18%). Mental health is tricky to measure, but Britain does not seem noticeably worse than other rich nations. Its suicide rate is low, and the OECD, a rich-nation think-tank, reckons that British prescriptions of anti-depressants hover around the average.
People also overestimate just how jumpy their countrymen are. Although 77% of respondents agreed that “people are more frightened or anxious than they used to be”, only 37% felt that way themselves, whereas 29% said they were more sanguine than before. That discrepancy extends to specific terrors: 63% of people think the economic situation is a major cause of fearfulness in others, but only 12% of respondents confessed to feeling “quite” or “very” scared about it personally (see chart). Shame or self-delusion may explain some of the difference (28% of respondents claimed, rather improbably, never to feel frightened about anything). But they cannot explain it all.
In any case, the reign of terror may soon start to ease: the government's new mental-health strategy requires it to promote the mental well-being of the public at large. Whether that will stem the litany of doom is unclear: Britons continue obstinately to smoke, speed and be fat, and the impulse to terrify them out of such sins will remain hard to resist.
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Developer time is rivalrous
Sun 07 June 2009
Martin Owens writes on the subject of open source economics:
What I would suggest is that we are looking at the problem the wrong way. While software is not rivalrous or excludable, software development as a service is excludable (although not quite rivalrous) and this is important.
Fundamentally, I'm not sold on "source code isn't excludable". Or computer data of any sort for that matter. If I make a photo, I can exclude it by not publishing it until I receive payment for it. Similarly, if I hire Martin to patch the source code for a project, I can exclude others from that work simply by not publishing the patch. It's tempting to apply the following logic to excludable goods:
1. HackerWare publishes an open source product, FizBuzz.
2. SuitSales Inc discovers FizBuzz has a flaw.
3. SuitSales Inc, depending on FizBuzz, hires a Joe The Programmer to fix the bug for them in house.
4. (the "software isn't excludable" step/fallacy) Joe the Programmer gives the patch away for free to people, maybe even HackerWare.
Except Joe the Programmer doesn't have to give the patch away for free. He could go around consulting with SuitSales's competitors and repeat the transaction, at significantly lower costs (people complain about this practice in the IT community). He might even negotiate an agreement with people not share his patch. But even if he doesn't, SuitSales Inc. has the same incentives: share in exchange for cash. In any case, some action has to be taken for a third party to enjoy the benefits of the patch.
In fact, the GPL isn't enough to make normal code a public good. You're under no obligation to publish patches for private use, and no third party is required to be involved. Instead, the GPL is sort of a compromise, to undo the damage copyright has wrought on the process. Copyright provides massive incentives to produce "intellectual property." Ever notice how "hit-driven" markets seem to deal exclusively with intellectual property? Movies, music, software, books; theres more stuff out there that I want to enjoy than I could spend a lifetime consuming.
So if this is more of a club good, why do people offer code seemingly for free? Joe might give the patch away in exchange for some peer review of his code before he offers it to his clients for production use. SuitSales might want ease of maintenance, because carrying a delta incurs a cost. The GPL provides grease on the wheels for this.
And why would HackerWare release the code in the first place? Because all this consulting work is, and always has been, the gravy train, and HackerWare has a major competitive advantage. They can advertise support contracts at the same place you get the software from, and they know the heart of the code.
So I find Martin Owen's proposal interesting, but probably misguided. He denigrates support contracts as somehow indirect and undesirable, when it's really a good way to insure a group of users and fund development in the process. The trouble with buying and selling developer time directly is one of estimation. Generally speaking, you hire developers for their output. It's generally believed that programmer productivity is unequal and hard to measure beforehand, so you really have no idea how many "blocks" you'd need to spend to prioritize a feature or bug. And how would you enforce hours worked?
Most importantly, what does escrow do with failed projects?
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04-29-2004, 10:51 PM
Well, I swore it wouldn't happen. I'd read all the posts and think, I won't need to post anything like that. I'm really careful. So maybe he'll go in high school after an atheletic event...
Carson's had an infection in his finger for about a week. We were putting hydrogen peroxide and Neosporin on it since last Friday (per the doctor's orders.) Mom came over to visit yesterday and got me kind of concerned, so I called the doctor again and we went in for him to check it last night.
The doctor said that it looks like it is improving (from my descriptions), and to continue what we are doing (hydrogen peroxide and Neosporin) and to start him on an antibiotic because it is an infection and it needs to be cured from the inside.
today, he was playing around 3:45 after just "snacking". He was moving so quickly through all of his toys. I was on the couch, paging through a magazine and watching him. He ended up next to the couch where we keep the bigger toys and was playing with the push cart that we just borrowed 2 days ago from our neighbor. It has little mail slots on it to put plasitc "mail" and they open as doors. Anyway, all the sudden I heard a shriek, much more high pitched and louder than a "fall-and-get-back-up" pout. I knew something was wrong. I picked him up and he was screaming and catching his breath... so red in the face. So I saw his hand was all bloody. I ran him over to the sink and sprayed warm/cold water on it to rinse it off so I could figure out which finger/where it was. Of course, it was the infected finger. It was like a faucet with blood and I tried to keep it under the water, but he was really crying. So I called the doctor's office. They wanted me to put pressure on it for a few minutes to stop the bleeding, then ice it if he'd let me. Took a cloth and put pressure on it, but he would just scream. I decided to take him outside to distract him and me, and we walked up and down the street singing. Then we sat on the stairs. Everytime I tried to change the pressure point, to try to stop the bleeding, he would scream. (I sang to calm him down.) So I decided to breastfeed him to calm him. That worked a little, but he was still in too much pain. Called Steve after about 30 minutes and we talked and decided it was time to go to the doctor. So I put 4 bandaids on it and put him in the car. Promptly, he fell asleep and I called the doctor who told me to go to the ER.
First, I had to call Steve to find out where the nearest hospital is (I was a little in shock, but I'm also still learning the area.) I got there, but made a wrong turn on the way. It was a beautiful hosptial!! The people were so great to us and Carson was the entertainment for the ER waiting room. As long as the bandage didn't come loose, he was smiling and jumping and "talking" to everyone. When we finally got in to see the doctor, they decided that there wasn't much they could do. It was too small to stitch and if it is broken, they would only recommend a bandage and an antibiotic, so since he was already getting that, they didn't even x-ray.
I felt a little embarrassed because we spent the afternoon in the ER and all he needed was a bandage of guaze. But now we need to stop the hydro-peroxide and Neosporin and continue the antibiotic for 9 more days.
It still bleeds when irritated so I have a feeling it will be a long few days while it heals. We'll go back to the doctor on Monday.
Just a thought... I remember at Carson's 6 month appt., the ped said, "okay, we'll see you in 3 months." My response was, "I have a feeling we'll be in before then." Since his 6 month appt., we've been in 6 times... this will be number 7 on Monday! And he has over a month to go until his 9 month appt. Yikes!
04-29-2004, 11:25 PM
Oh Julie! I am so glad that Carson is ok. What an afternoon you have had. I am sure you were frantic but I am glad all is ok.
Mom to Julia 6-13-02
And baby #2 EDD 12-30-04!!
04-29-2004, 11:35 PM
Good to hear that Carson is ok! What a scare you had. I hope after Monday you don't see your ped again until his 9-month appointment!
04-29-2004, 11:36 PM
What a day! Poor little guy. I hope he isn't in too much pain.
Mommy to Jackson 11-10-02
04-29-2004, 11:36 PM
I'm so glad Carson is ok. I know how scary those ER visits are...we had to take Sammy in when he fell off the counter. We felt kind of dumb when we walked out a few hours later without even a bandaid, but it's better safe then sorry.
I wanted to tell you that I was taught in nursing school not to use hydrogen peroxide on wounds because it actually interferes with the healing process by inhibiting the build-up of a scab. I imagine every health care professional has their own theory on wound healing, but just wanted to pass that along for your consideration. Also, to throw another wrench into it, my dh is a pharmacist and he swears that Neosporin doesn't really help much with skin infections because it doesn't fight the most common bacteria that cause most skin infections. He says oral antibiotics and soap and water are the way to go for infections. Take it for what it's worth. Like I said, there are lots of different theories out there.
Glad Carson is ok :)
Lisa - mom to 10 month old twin boys who's sure she's going to be going through a LOT of bandaids and ER visits in the future with my guys :)
04-30-2004, 09:35 AM
Lisa, It's interesting you mention that. My DH had the same comment yesterday afternoon. He thinks the hydroperox. dried it out. I'm going to mention it to the doctor. At the ER they were like, "NOOOOO! don't continue doing that" and had abot the same comment as your dh.
thanks to everyone for your notes!
04-30-2004, 11:01 AM
Aww, Julie - hugs to you and to poor little Carson! You must have been soo worried when he wouldn't stop crying and you couldn't get the bleeding to stop. Glad it turned out ok and I hope he heals soon!
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Concerns Raised About Broken Florida Hydrant
The fire hydrant across the street from the ruined house was out of service.
DELTONA, Fla. --
Investigators said a fire that gutted a home in Deltona Monday night was set deliberately, making it a big concern to neighbors.
But the fact that the fire hydrant across the street from the ruined house was out of service raised even bigger concerns.
Deltona firefighters did not know the fire hydrant was out of service until they arrived on the scene and saw a bag over the hydrant. As a result, the house kept burning while firefighters worked to find the next closest water source.
"I saw huge flames and what looked like fireworks shooting up into the sky," said neighbor Louis Lenoir.
The fire literally blew the roof off of the house, and had swelled to an inferno by the time firefighters arrived. Officials confirmed that someone must have deliberately set it ablaze.
"This was obviously a deliberately set fire, with accelerants of some type that obviously were used to create this large volume of fire this rapidly," said Bob Rogers of the Deltona Fire Department.
As a result of the accelerants, firefighters do not think they could have saved the home, but they were nevertheless surprised to find their efforts hampered by the out-of-service fire hydrant.
Lenoir said he was very concerned by this revelation.
"You work all day and you come home and you put your kids to bed," said Lenoir. "You like to think that if anything ever happened, you're taken care of."
Firefighters used a tanker to get immediate water on the fire, while others laid hose to the next closest hydrant-- more than a quarter-mile away.
"We just brought in the trucks and we did a lay from the house that was on fire to the hydrant," said Rogers. "It was about 1,700-1,800 feet away."
The nonworking hydrant does not belong to Deltona, but rather Volusia County Utilities. It was the company's responsibility to notify the city the hydrant was out.
"Why that didn't happen this time, we don't know," said Rogers. "We're working with them to find out what happened and why we didn't get notification that this fire hydrant was out of service."
Volusia County officials held several meetings Tuesday to investigate why the fire department was not notified.
The owner of the torched home is out of the country. It was not immediately clear whether the owner is aware of the arson.
No one was injured in the blaze.
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De Palma and Pacino to make biopic
Scarface team Brian De Palma and Al Pacino are set to reunite on an upcoming biopic.
Brian, who directed Al in the 1983 gangster film, has signed up to work with the star on a movie about the late former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, Deadline reported.
The film, which has a tentative title of Happy Valley, is reportedly expected to depict how Paterno's legacy at the school was tarnished by the revelation of his knowledge of defensive co-ordinator Jerry Sandusky's molestation of children.
Al - who also played a football coach in the 1999 film Any Given Sunday - has been attached to play Paterno for some time.
He is also set to star in an upcoming film version of Shakespeare's King Lear, which is currently in pre-production.
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Name: PWFP003.EXE
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((Goodfellas : The Classic))[[10]]
One of those movies I can watch over and over. Even if it's on TV and I haven't started from the beginning I'll still watch the rest! The soundtrack is amazing and fits in perfectly with the scenes. I can't pick one fault with it except it made me want to become a gangster, which probably isn't a good thing.
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