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Refers to a work day interrupted by an internet outage that effectively shuts down all productivity, especially at a .com.
Co-worker 1: Our internet is down.
Co-worker 2: Woo hoo! Digital snow day! Let's go get coffee.
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The most beautiful, cultured and economically strong country in western Europe. For its size, it has produced many geniuses, who will continue to be studied and adored. A nation that is full aware of its importance in Europe, and the world. a country that "Fights well above its weight". The Celtic tiger has given this beautiful country the boost it needed to reign supreme of her own affairs. A country once torn and still bares the scars of the illegal occupation by a "more civilised" nation that raped, ruined and pillaged nearly every country in the world at the but of a gun. One day this fabulous country will be united and that shall be my dancing day. Any uninformed, uncultured member of the dregs of society (more than likely British) who thinks that Ireland and its inhabitants are the slaves of Europe are gravely misinformed. The people of Ireland do not care how they are perceived by the rest of the world, we know that our country is one that shines bright in the European union, a neutral country that harbours a great tradition of acceptance and diversity. A country of beautiful unspoilt landscapes paralleled with bustling cities and cosmopolitan lifestyles. A country that I am proud to call home, because when you have such a home, you are one lucky individual! Up President Mc Aleese!
Ireland is the best!
by Teasy Scullion September 16, 2004
1. Where Irish people live.
2. Where Leprechaunsare NOT from.
3. Where not everyone is a drunken bogger.
5. Where it always rains
7. Where everyone rocks!
1. Ireland is a island in Europe.
2. Tá Éire fíorálainn (Ireland is beautiful)
by Cailín beag (small girl) June 14, 2003
Yes, despite all that, I'm proud to be Irish.
by Snake January 15, 2005
Dia duit.....Póg mo thóin!
translation: Hello.....Kiss my ass!
by non-conformist May 08, 2005
Land of drinkers and black sheep.
Ireland rocks and will rock forever.
The sky moves with you.
green, clouds, guinness
by Anna January 09, 2005
The withdrawl was due to several reasons.
Freedom to Ireland.
by ShamrockPaddy July 22, 2006
Guy 1: Dude, do you remember going to Ireland!
Guy 2: Yeah, that was the best.
by The I.R.A. November 25, 2010
1. Ireland and Italy both rock !!!
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A person who gets INSANE amounts of pussy. Can walk down a hallway and get several girls' numbers.
j0, d00d, Mike is a huge oyster shucker
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The noise you hear when a couple in an apartment near you is having sex in a large tub.
First I heard the water run and fill the tub followed by the couple laughing and splashing around together. Later, all I heard was moaning and rhythmic sloshing.
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Let us begin by defining mobile banking:
Mobile banking is essentially a service that enables bank customers to access their bank accounts and associated services provided, over a mobile handset. Other than the mode of access it is not very different from Internet banking but more limited in terms of scope and usability.
In contrast mobile commerce can be defined as a service that allows users to make and accept payments using a mobile phone, which may or may not be linked to a bank account. This freedom from a bank account is what distinguishes mobile commerce from mobile banking and takes it to another level of financial service provisioning.
Today, something around 40% of the worlds adult population have access to financial systems (or banks) whereas mobile telephony has penetrated almost 70% of the total population. This mismatch gets even more skewed in developing economies where banking penetration may go as low as 15-20%. Today the mobile phone has the potential to extend the reach of governments, financial service providers to remote areas and create an all inclusive economy.
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Ask a vet online – ‘ Is too many wormer tablets bad for my dog?’
Question from Gillian Richards
I have a American bull dog and every couple of weeks as worms I have giving 1 dose wormer tablets but is to many wormer tablets bad for her or is their another wormer I could use to treat it many Thanx
Answer from Shanika Winters MRCVS, Online Vet
Hi Gillian and thank you for your question about worming your dog. I will start by discussing the common worms that affect dogs and then treatment options.
When we say a dog has worms we are usually talking about intestinal (gut) worms but we are now much more aware that worms can also affect the lungs and heart of dogs. Worms have a life cycle and this can include other species sometimes such as cats, foxes, sheep, slugs, snails and mosquitoes. The worms are a parasite, the animal it is living in is called the host, and if the worm as part of its life cycle has to pass through another animal then this animal is called an intermediate host.
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Ask a vet online- “My 9 year old GSD has a black disk like cataract in one eye. Can it be removed safely. Would this be expensive to remove? Is this usually done by my vet or a specialist eye vet?”
Question from David Keown
My 9 year old GSD has a black disk like cataract in one eye. Can it be removed safely and what’s the prognosis for a good recovery. Would this be expensive to remove? Is this usually done by my vet or a specialist eye vet? Thanks.
Answer from Shanika Williams MRCVS online vet
Hi David, thank you for your question about the black disc in your GSD’s eye (German shepherd dog).
Firstly I will describe what a cataract is; I do not think that your dog has a cataract but an iris cyst.
A cataract is an area of discolouration in the lens of the eye, the lens sits in the middle of the eye and is usually colourless and clear, it sits just behind the iris (coloured part of the eye). Usually a cataract can only be seen without the use of specialist equipment if it is very large or the lens has dropped out of its correct position and has fallen into the front chamber of the eye.
So what is the black disc?
The black disc that you are describing in your GSD’s eye is most likely to be an iris cyst. Iris cysts are fluid filled black discs of varying size that bud off from another part of the eye. They vary in size (usually few millimetres in diameter) and can move around or are fixed in position; they are usually found at the front bottom half of the eye. I have personal experience of this condition as our family GSD had several mobile iris cysts.
Does my pet need any treatment?
Protect your dogs: lock up your Easter Eggs
Easter is a celebration of the Christian faith, but in our modern secular world, it’s known more for the celebration of eating chocolate, in the form of Easter eggs.
Chocolate is a popular treat for humans, but it’s also the most common poison to affect dogs: in the UK, there are nearly 2000 cases reported every year.
A small dog can die after eating a single Easter egg. The chemical in chocolate that gives humans a pleasant buzz – theobromine – has a highly toxic effect on dogs, rapidly poisoning the heart and brain.
A small chocolate indulgence that would be an enjoyable treat for a human can kill a dog, and the toxic dose is surprisingly small. Half a small bar of dark chocolate – around 50g (2 ounces) – is enough to end the life of a little terrier weighing 5kg. Milk chocolate is less dangerous, needing twice as much for the same effect. A standard Easter egg may weigh around 200g, which means that half an egg can be enough to kill a small dog.
Small dogs are much more at risk: the toxic effect is dose-dependent, so a 50kg German Shepherd would need to eat ten times as much chocolate as a 5kg terrier to be affected………..
Ask a Vet Online – ‘I have got 2 staffies 1 is afraid to go out at night even on a lead. How can I help him?’
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I have got 2 staffies 1 is afraid to go out at night even on a lead. How can I help him.He stopped going out after he heard a car back-fire and he thought it was a firework.
Answer from Shanika Winters MRCVS, Online Vet
Hi Anji, thank you for your question about your dog’s fear of going out at night. What you are describing would fit with being a noise phobia.
What is a noise phobia?
Noise phobia is a fear response which is triggered when a particular sound is heard, in this case banging sounds similar to those produced by fireworks. Dogs are intelligent animals and soon make associations to a stimulus, in this case the stimulus is a sound and the response associated with it is a reluctance to go out for walks in the night for fear of hearing the scary sound.
From what you have described I have assumed that your dog already was fearful of fireworks prior to hearing the car back-fire. If this is the case then hopefully the following will be useful information.
How can I help my dog with his noise phobia?
In order to deal with a noise phobia you will need the help of your vet or someone trained in dog behaviour and plenty of patience.
Puppy Love! How to Look After your New Puppy
Puppy Love!
There are few things more exciting than bringing home a new puppy. No matter how big they eventually get, they are all cute bundles of fluff with wobbly legs and wagging tails in the beginning! The experiences and care a puppy receives in it’s early weeks have a massive impact on the rest of it’s life & behaviour, and it’s your job as their owner to ensure they grow up into happy, healthy and well adjusted individuals.
A pup’s introduction to the world around them begins from the moment they are born. The bitch and litter must live in the home, surrounded by the sights, sounds and smells of family life; not in a shed or outhouse. Once they become more independent they should be handled regularly, allowed to meet different people, given a variety of toys and plenty of opportunities to play and explore. Finally, and most importantly, they should not leave the breeder until they are 8 weeks old. Although they will have been quite independent for some time by this age, they will still be learning vital social skills and doggy behaviour from their mum and littermates. A good breeder will understand all this and ensure their pups have the best start. They will also, if they are breeding pedigrees, have completed all the relevant health tests on the parents & have registered the litter with the Kennel Club at birth, meaning you will be given all the paperwork when you collect them.
Once you have your new pup home, allow them a couple of days to settle in before inviting everyone round to meet them! Ask the breeder what they were feeding and keep this the same for a week, after which you can change their diet but make sure it is good quality puppy food. This is also the time to instill good sleeping habits. It might be cute having a little pup curled up in bed with you but it won’t be so nice when they are fully grow and spent the day splashing in puddles in the park! Most pups will cry when they are left alone for the first few nights but they soon learn to settle and it is very important dogs learn to be on their own, otherwise they can develop serious problems such as separation anxiety. I am a big fan of using crates for young pups. You can shut them in at night and when you go out; the pup will feel safe and secure in the small, enclosed space and you know they are safe. Leave the door open when you are at home and then they can take themselves off to bed when they feel tired.
Ask a Vet Online – ‘I have a border collie he has progressive retinal atrophy and now he has a cateract, is there anything that can be done for him?’
Question from Anne Wood
I have a border collie 5 years old. Hes a very frightened dog but he is completly blind in 1 eye and partly blind in the other the vet told me it was progressive retinal atrophy and now he has a cateract on top of his blind eye, is there anything that can be done for him please and thank you for taking the time to read this.
Answer from Shanika Online Vet
Hi Anne, thank you for your question regarding your dog’s eyes and behaviour.
So what is progressive retinal atrophy (PRA)?
As the name suggests it is a condition where there is gradual degeneration of the retina (layer lining the back of the eye). PRA is usually an inherited condition and sadly there is no cure for it, however on the positive side it rarely causes pain. There is no treatment for PRA at present, there have been some trials of using antioxidants to slow down the degenerative process but the results of this are as of yet inconclusive.
Cataracts are a common finding along with PRA; a cataract is cloudiness in the lens of the eye. The loss of vision caused by the PRA itself means that cataract surgery is rarely advised as there will not be much improvement to vision as a result of the surgery.
How would I know that my dog has PRA and how is it diagnosed?
Owners usually notice a loss of vision in the pet, most noticeable in low light conditions, their pets pupils may appear more dilated with an increased glow/shine (tapetal reflex) from the back of the eye.
A diagnosis is usually made when your vet or ophthalmologist examines your dog’s eyes and notices the damage to the retina.
What can I do for my dog with PRA?
Sadly there is no treatment for PRA itself but as it is a painless condition then it is more a case of trying to help your dog to adjust to his gradual loss of vision. Generally the other senses smell, hearing, touch and taste increase to try and compensate for the one that is deteriorating.
You can take steps to make your home environment easier for your dog with poor or no vision to get around. Keep large pieces of furniture in the same place, use stair gates to block off dangerous areas, when out and about use lots of vocal and physical clues to let your dog know where you are and to provide reassurance.
Dogs are incredibly resilient animals and adjust very well to changes especially when they are gradual. I hope that this answer has helped you to understand a little bit about PRA and how both you and your dog can still lead a happy life together………
Think before you throw… The trauma of canine stick injuries…..
Who “wood” have thought that playing with a simple tree branch or stick could result in such life threatening injuries?
With such a vast selection of toys available today for our canine companions it is a wonder why the simple tree branch / stick is still so widely used as an interactive “toy” for dogs to chase , catch and retrieve. Often so freely available after a windy winters day the selection of the most suitable stick can be so tempting, often dogs will help themselves with an overzealous approach attempting to carry a tree branch much larger than their own body length or owners simply pick up a small stick that would be much easier to throw, fly through the air further and with the added advantage to float in water too!
But do you ever stop and think of the implications of throwing a stick? And the serious life threatening injuries that can result?
Dogs are natural athletes often with a desire to do everything with such speed and with an abundance of enthusiasm during play. Mid-air acrobatics during stick catching is often considered part of the “fun” but severe trauma can result ; I have even nursed a dog that have caught the stick and then ran into a tree resulting in a cervical fracture in the neck!
The hidden “minor” injuries that occur through playing with sticks can often go unnoticed for a period of days, often lacerations occur under the tongue, in the laryngeal area, or stick fragments become lodged in the roof of the mouth which cannot be seen. Often symptoms of excessive salivation and reduction of appetite might be the only indication of oral damage……
How to walk your dog safely in the dark months of winter
As the clocks go back next Sunday (28th October) at the end of British Summer Time, millions of dog owners in the UK will be walking their dogs in the dark when they come home from work. Road casualty statistics show that there is an 18 per cent rise during the winter months in the number of pedestrians killed or seriously injured in road accidents: it’s darker, wetter and windier out there.
Road traffic accidents – RTA’s – are the most common cause of serious injury to pet dogs. While it’s true that many accidents happen when dogs are out on their own, a surprising number happen to dogs that are accompanied by their owners. And even more surprisingly, dogs can even be hit by cars while on the leash. I remember one case, where an owner was walking on a narrow footpath, with their dog on one of those extendable leashes. It was a dark evening, with poor visibility. Cars were swooshing by at speed. A cat darted out of some bushes beside the road, and the terrier leapt after it without thinking, straight into traffic. The oncoming car braked heavily, but couldn’t avoid hitting the dog. The unfortunate owner was left shocked, with a badly injured dog at the end of his leash.
It’s important to take steps to ensure that you – and your dog – are as safe as possible during those evening walks in the winter. The UK’s biggest dog charity, Dogs Trust, has put together some useful tips to help.
Keep control of your dog and don’t let him off lead unless you are in a safe area which is well lit
Wear high visibility clothing such as jackets, vests or reflective strips on your clothes so you can be easily seen by motorists
A reflective collar and lead or a high visibility coat or flashing collar will also increase your dog’s visibility in the dark
Work out a winter dog walking route which, in urban areas, includes both wide pavements and bright street lighting
If there is no pavement, walk against the flow of the traffic and keep your dog on the side farthest from the road
Carry a torch which will help you be seen and also enable to you see to pick up your dog’s mess. Or, consider a head torch so your hands are free
Walking in groups can be safer than on your own
If possible, take your dog in the car to a place where you can walk away from the roadside. Many parks and sports fields have lighting but always check that dogs are allowed first
Make sure your dog is well trained and responsive to commands. For helpful tips on training, visit www.dogstrust.org.uk
With some thoughtful planning, you can make dog-walking a safer, more enjoyable activity, for both you and your pet. Take care out there this winter.
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Managing people is much more of an art than it is a science. There is no secret formula or set of rules to follow. Like any true art it takes personal style and a relentless commitment to developing that art.
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Rid your mind of the word “manager” and replace it with “leader”. Leaders don’t require titles or promotions, they are people that inspire and motivate without regard to the setting or the team.
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Keep a good sense of humor. It makes you approachable and it helps you maintain perspective. Don't take yourself too seriously. Everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time.
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Remember that your direct reports are people. They are not resources and they are not human capitol. They are people with families, feelings, and problems. It is not possible to separate work from home life. Be aware that people have personal lives and do the best you can to be sensitive to them. Treat everyone as your equal regardless of their title or position. Remember to smile a lot and always maintain a pleasant demeanor.
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Know your strengths and weakness. Know the strengths of your team as well as the weakness and allow for improvement.
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Have a clear plan of what needs to be done. “By failing to plan you plan to fail.” Set long and short term goals.
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Be decisive. When asked for your opinion, you should have it well thought out and present it persuasively. You should not waffle or stall. For big decisions, set a deadline, and have the decision by that time. If someone offers an argument that convinces you to change a decision, acknowledge it and embrace the new idea completely.
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Communicate your expectations. Put them in writing whenever possible. Solicit feedback from the people you are leading. Know what they expect from you. Address any discrepancies immediately and clearly.
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Have a clear understanding in your own mind of things that you can change and the things that you cannot. Simply accept the things you cannot change and do not apply any energy to them what-so-ever. Then, focus all of your efforts on the things you can change. Action oriented people are always sought after and successful.
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Remember that different things motivate different people and that people will do what they have incentive to do. It is your job to make sure that their incentives match your goals. For example, if you pay a bonus for people to produce a higher number of pieces, don’t be surprised if quality starts to suffer in favor of volume.
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Maintain the confidence of everyone in the organization. Managers frequently have access to more information than other employees. It is imperative that you never betray the confidence of the company, your manager, your peers, or your employees. Be sure that people can confide in you.
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Be Consistent. Your actions and reactions must be consistent. You don’t want to be the type of manager that everyone asks what kind of mood you are in before they approach you with an issue.
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Being flexible is very important and it does not conflict with being consistent. You must remain flexible to change directions, change rules, and change resources to remain competitive.
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Focus only on solutions and not on problems. People gravitate toward solutions oriented individuals.
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Hire slowly and fire quickly. Take your time hiring good quality people. Have several people interview and do thorough background checking. But, when you have a disruptive personality or person who fails to perform you need to take all steps to get rid of them as quickly as possible.
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• Don’t be afraid to fail. Every time you or your people fail it just means you have discovered one more thing that doesn’t work. It means that you are one step closer to something that will work.
• When confronting someone, be sure to focus only on their actions. Typically when someone is confronted they will react as though it is a personal attack. By focusing on the inappropriate action it will help you keep the conversation more professional
• Address issues directly. Don’t become a policy manager. This happens when you have one person on your team who sends more personal emails than they do work emails so you create a department policy that you cannot use work computers for personal email. Everyone gets punished for one person’s abuse. Instead, address the issue directly with the person who is abusing the privilege. Let them know they are abusing the privilege and if it doesn’t stop immediately disciplinary action will be taken.
• Always remember the rules of goal setting. Goals need to be S.M.A.R.T.E.R: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely, Ethical, and Relevant.
• Never tell someone that something is impossible. Anything is possible given enough time and resources. You should always answer, “These things would have to happen, and it will take this long and cost this much”.
• Being aware that people have personal lives does not mean you should ever get involved with their personal lives. Focus on your business relationship while keeping in mind that people have personal lives to attend to is your best bet. Avoid giving advice about personal and relationship issues.
• Don’t be afraid to admit you were wrong. Everyone makes mistakes. You will eventually make them as well. When you do, admit it and learn from it. Making mistakes is always acceptable. Repeating them is not.
• Remember that you will never control people or events. In fact the only thing in your life that you control is your own actions. Use your actions to motivate and to inspire. Don’t waste your time trying to control people. It cannot be done.
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It can be difficult and intimidating, but for all you little guys out there, here is some help for you if you are a budding football/soccer player. Don't be scared of your opponents, Messi is little but has made it as arguably the best player in the world.
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Act big. When you receive the ball, square your shoulders and act like you are 6 feet tall. People respect that and if you can prove it to the other team by your play, they will be less likely to run you over because they believe you can burn them.
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Throw your weight around. Even if you only weigh 110, if you put all of your weight into your opponent when going shoulder-to-shoulder, you may knock them off the ball. This is also very important because if you opponent challenges you back, the large opponents usually gets called for the foul.
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Own the field. Whether you play defender, forward, or midfield, nobody gets past you. Ever. You may get called on a foul. Getting a foul is not the end of the world, in fact, It sends a message to the other team They will respect your power if you prove it to them.
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Do Not Trash Talk. Don't give big players an excuse to run you over. By the end of the game you and the guy marking you should respect each other after playing your hearts out. And respect goes a long way.
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Be forceful. Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog.
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Play like the world is ending. Run as fast as you can, hit as hard as you can, kick as hard as you can, etc.
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Play fast. Don't give the other team a chance to catch up with you.
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Don't get cocky. On corners let someone else go in. If you can kick well, take placekicks so that all of your taller guys can win the ball.
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• Put on weight. Not fat, muscle. Every night: arm curls, push-ups, wall-sits and anything else you can think of. The muscle and strength you will build will make you more confident.
• Remember: Lionel Messi = 5'7" Diego Maradona = 5'4" Even Beckham was once told he was too small to make the team.
• Run every day. Being a speedy, short guy is lethal.
• Live, Breathe, and Sleep soccer. If you really want to be a great player, dedicate yourself to the sport.
• Again, don't be arrogant on the field.
• Don't become so physical that you enjoy hurting other players. You will become a danger to everyone on the field.
• "I'm too short/small to get that" is never an OK excuse.
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Sitting around eating, watching tv, playing video games, messing around on the computer, and/or listening to music (if you aren't going to dance or move much).
"What'd you do all day?" "Oh I was just being fat."
"Did you start your essay yet?" "No, I'm being fat."
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being as a fat person would be, and sometimes being an all around loser. other times it can be used as a reason on why something is wrong.
eating like you have never ate before, doing things that are stupid that nobody think is funny or can be used like this: "well the car doesnt work because its being fat" or "no you cant do (insert something here) because you are being fat"
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For the past week, the flooding in the Upper Midwest has been all over the news, as rivers have reached record levels and thousands of people have been evacuated across several states. A couple of science bloggers have been personally affected, and we hope that they, their families, and their labs continue to be safe and dry.
Floods are a personal fascination for me, as I can trace my interest in hydrology directly to the 1993 Mississippi River floods that affected my hometown in Minnesota. However, flood recurrence intervals are also one of my professional pet peeves. I make sure that students in my classes never walk away with the misconception that a 500-year flood can only happen once every 500 years. If you finish reading this post, you’ll be disabused of the notion as well.
The most important point is that a “X-year flood” is a poorly-chosen way of expressing the probability of a flood of a given magnitude happening in a given year. A 500 year flood, has a probability of 1/500, or 0.2% of happening in any given year. Just like when you flip a coin the probability of getting heads is always 50% on the next flip, even if you happen to get heads three times in a row. In the same way, if a river has a 500-year flood in 2008, there is the same probability of having such a big event in 2009. That’s bad news for those flood victims with a poor understanding of probability. Fortunately, a quick scan of this round of media coverage has revealed very few reporters getting it wrong (and some news outlets even taking time to get it right).
Flood probabilities are based on historical records of stream discharge. Let’s use the Iowa River at Marengo, Iowa as an example. It reached a record discharge of 46,600 cubic feet per second* (1320 m3/s) on 12 June. That flow was estimated to have a 500 year recurrence interval, based on 51 years of peak flow records. Here’s a graph of the peak flow record for the site:
Typically flood probabilities are based on a time series of the highest instantaneous discharge measured during a given water year (1 October to 30 September). These data are then fitted to a statistical distribution, often this one. These distributions then allow the estimation of the probability (or recurrence interval) of a flood of a given magnitude. Taking the peak flow time series from the USGS website and using the distribution above, I also get a ~500 year recurrence interval (0.2% probability) for the flood of 2008. But there’s a big problem here…I’m estimating a 500-year flood based on only 51-years of record. So I’m going beyond my data by a factor of 10!
When you are extrapolating beyond your data by an order of magnitude, the highest points in the dataset start to have a lot of leverage. Let’s imagine that there’s another big flood on the Iowa River next year and we do the same analysis. Now our dataset has 52 points, with the highest being the flood of 2008. When that point is included in the analysis, a discharge of 46,600 cubic feet per second* (1320 m3/s) has a recurrence interval of <150 years (>0.6%). It’s still a darn big flow, but it doesn’t sound quite so biblical anymore.
OK, so our predictions of the probability (recurrence interval) of big floods can be really wrong just because of the limited nature of historical data (the situation is better in some other parts of the world). But there are a number of other possible confounding factors. First, erosion or deposition of the channel and surrounding regions over time can change the height of the flood relative to the volume of the flood. And flood height is what those people manning the sandbags really care about. Second, changes in the watershed can affect how much and how quickly precipitation makes it to the river. Urbanization and the adding of impervious surface is one cause of increasing flood peaks, but in Iowa, a more likely culprit is agricultural. Between the 1780s and 1980s, more than 95% of Iowa’s wetlands had been drained. (Most of this drainage occurred prior to the 1930s in Iowa, so it is unlikely to affect the example above.) Conversely, flood control dams (like Coralville Dam on the Iowa River) can suppress flood peaks downstream. Another potential culprit is climate change, though it is nearly impossible to attribute the occurrence or magnitude of any one event to changing climate.
All right, with all of that under your belt, the next time you hear someone say something like “They said 1993 was a 500-year flood. How can we be having another one only 15 years later?” you can patiently explain to him that recurrence intervals are only shorthand for probabilities. The hydrology professors of the world will thank you.
*Still the standard units for reporting discharge in the U.S.
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the first case on tuesday on california's proposition 7 ban and on wednesday the defense of marriage act. >>> to paris where hundreds of people clash with police at an anti-gay marriage protest. police fought huge crowds with tear gas and riot greer. protesters are against the proposed law allowing same-sex couples to marry. french lawmakers approved the bill for everyone last month. it's up for a vote in the senate come april. >>> a week from easters and tenses of thousands gather to hear the new pope lead palm sunday prayers. ♪ the pope broke with tradition at the start of the ceremony, greeting the crowd in an open jeep instead of a bulletproof pope mobile. during his message pope francis urged followers to shun corruption and greed. >>> have you noticed that your gas is cheaper? we're on a four-week streak where gas prices are on a steady decline. the lundberg survey reports the national average is 3.71 for a gallon of regular unleaded. that's 22 cents cheaper than a year ago this week. the most expensive gas is in chicago. cheapest is in billings, montana. >>> a pre-historic's fam
visiting the israeli air defense system that has a name that sounds like it comes out of a comic book. the iron dome. a big iron dome fly swatter paid for in part by the united states. and that's where our domestic politics intruded on today's presidential trip abroad. we are still trying to wrap our heads around the self-inflicted, unnecessary, designed to be dumb budget cuts. the sequester. and yes, those cuts include the funding for the iron dome. at his press conference today with his israely counterpart, the president oohed and awed. >> we're providing more security assistance and advanced technology to israel than ever before. and that includes more support for the missile defenses like iron dome. we will take steps to ensure that there is no interruption of funding for iron dome. >> taking steps to ensure that there's no interruption of funding for iron dome. one of the ways to not interrupt the funding of the iron dome would be to get rid of the sequester. we're not talking about that. we're talking about trying to mitigate its effects. on a related note, related to those budg
the terror 30 years ago. the prosecutor. >> obviously guilty. >> the defense attorney. >> not proven. one way or the other. >> the fbi agent in charge. >> guilty of two double homicide. >> sheila baltazar. >> he could have killed all of them. >> the supreme court justice. >> not proven. >> the witness. >> guilty. >> camille bell. >> innocent but stupid. >> that first task force detective. >> no maybes, ifs. guilty. the right man for those homicides is in jail. >>> the original audience verdict, guilty. 69%. innocent 4%. not proven either way, 27%. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, everyone. don lemon here and the stories that you are talking about, but first, the day's headlines. president barack obama back home after a busy trip to the middle east and he arrived at andrews air force base after the trip that took him to jordan and the west bank. secretary john kerry did not arrive on air force one. he stayed around to talk to the israeli leader e. >>> the motion to vacate is granted. >>> david ranta spent 23 years in prison for a murd her didn't commit. he was wrongfully convic
guilty. >> the defense attorney. >> not proven. one way or the other. >> the fbi agent in charge. >> guilty of two double homicide. >> sheila baltazar. >> he could have killed all of them. >> the supreme court justice. >> not proven. >> the witness. >> guilty. >> camille bell. >> innocent but stupid. >> that first task force detective. >> no maybes, ifs. guilty. the right man for those homicides is in jail. >> the original audience verdict, guilty. 69%. innocent 4%. innocent 4%. not proven either way, 27%. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello everyone. don lemon here. the stories you're talking about in just a moment. but first, let's get you up to speed on some of the day's headlines. president barack obama back home after a busy trip to the middle east. he arrived at joint base andrews earlier after his first visit to israel as president. the trip also took him to the west bank and jordan. secretary of state john kerry didn't return on air force one. he stayed behind to hold separate talks with israeli and palestinian leaders. >>> the defendant's motion to vacate the
infield left it all to coach basketball. >> we're up tempo on offense. we play tough defense like florida state did when i was there. >> a lot of attention has not only gone to infield even his team but also his wife, amanda markham, a former model who appeared on the cover of "maxim" magazine and this story of his team is playing out on the tenth anniversary of the weekend infield met his wife. >> she's an oklahoma state fan. she's from oklahoma city. we went to boston. i drove her and her friend from new york city to boston to go to the oklahoma state first and second round. and when i picked her up in the car, i didn't know her at the time. i knew as soon as she got in my car it will be a great trip to boston. >> infield eventually won her over and now his team is winning the hearts of fans who never heard of this school. so the first 15 seeded team to make it to the sweet 16, look, it's a big deal out here. all eyes right now are on what happens friday as this team takes on florida. joe? kate? >> all right. everybody loves a cinderella story. it's blowing up everybody's bracket at the
to cut the democrbudg deficits and cut defense spending and simplify the tax code and lower tax rates. in a deal with president obama they could get the first four, more deficit reduction, protect defense, the democratic president would get some cover in cutting medicare and social security and they could simplify the tax code by taking out expenditures. they are now saying they want none of those things and also not going to get the tax rates and keep the sequester and not have a deal. i've asked a lot of them to walk me through the reasoning here and honestly never come to an answer i understand a little bit. >> does that mean they're post policy. even some things that seem like constants don't actually a matter them, it's pure politics, just positioning themselves v a vis-a-vis the president and not interested in a particular outcome for the country? >> i would like to have an answer where that isn't true. i really would. i've been trying to find it. i'm sure part is i'm not smart enough to do so or found the right people to have spoken to them. it's hard to come up with one. we c
that the defense psychologist richard samuels has just completed what i think is one of the longest expert testimonies on record. he basically suggests that jody diarias, the reason she can remember every detail of every sexual encounter she ever ha h. with the deceased travis al >> alisyn: election an der but cannot remember the moment she stabbed him 27 times or slit his throat or shot him in the head is because jody diarias suffers from ptsd. post-traumatic stress disorder much like the veterans coming home from the iraq war or afghanistan and she has partial, as a result, partial amnesia. as you you can imagine the prosecutor in the case juan martinez, who is extremely provocative and impassioned wasn't having any of samuel's remarks. he suggested that samuels had fallen kind of in love with jody diarias in all their 30 hours of interviews and as a result not being objective. samuels was also questioned by the jurors. arizona has this weird law where jurors can also ask questions. they peppered him also with 100 questions. also extremely skeptical i have a theory, bill. i think that sa
. the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. sdwoo >>> our second store i didn't remember "outfront," biden's assault. joe biden stood firm in favor of an assault weapons ban hours before harry reid introduced a new gun control measure, without an assault weapons ban. >> for all those who say we shouldn't and can't ban assault weapons, for all those who say the politics is too hard, how can they say that? >> well, here's someone who does. he should probably ask harry reid. >> and i'm not going to try to put something on the floor that won't succeed. i want something that will succeed. >> david from joins me now, 14:37:14:form er speech write for president bush. david, joe biden long supported an assault weapons ban. but when the gun task force when he started talking about what their ideas were, he didn't even mention his remarks or anything about assault weapons ban. so he also down played it. is he trying to play both sides of the coin? >> it is hard to understand what the president is playing. it's been eviden
is a common pastime of republican politicians who attacked this president's choice for secretary of defense as somehow being an enemy of israel. it is a common past time for fox news commentators and other right wing pundits. they would have shouted down this president for saying what he was about to say, and they would have claimed that their shouting was all in defense and support of the people of israel. the president chose today to speak directly to the people of israel, including that heckler, about the hopes and dreams and, yes, the rights and fair expectations of the palestinian people. and not only did he not get booed for that, he was cheered for speaking to the israeli people about the palestinian people. the strongest cheers he got in his speech today surely much to the discomfort of benjamin netanyahu, were all for his vision of the future for israelis and for the palestinian people. >> given the demographics west of the jordan river, the only way for israel to endure and thrive as a jewish and democratic state is through the realization of an independent and viable palestine. t
threat more seriously? i mean it seems we have a missile defense program the president is rebooting. but are we taking it seriously enough? >> well, i certainly think that the recent set of tests, the missile tests in december and then the nuclear test in february in which they appeared to have advanced their programs has created enough of a concern that i think we are taking it more seriously. last week there was an announcement of our intent to move to put 14 new interceptors, missile defense interceptors up which is a sign that we're taking this quite seriously now. but i think we should. >> all right. thank you very much, victor. we appreciate you taking the time tonight. >>> and now to a story we've been "outfront" on, the mysterious hanging death of 31-year-old yelled shane todd. he is from montana. but he was found dead in his apartment in singapore. the fbi is now investigating the case. secretary of state john kerry and attorney general eric hold rer asking questions of the singapore government. singapore police say todd committed suicide. todd's parents say it was murder.
defense secretary donald rumsfeld tweeted ten years ago began the long difficult work of liberating 25 million iraqis all who played in a role in history who deserve our respect and appreciation. i'm joined again by documentary filmmaker, michael moore. michael, we will get into iraq quickly but the twitter verse is lit up by saying all you guys are so unfair because we know president obama doesn't control legislation, the republican house does. why don't you tell us, yes, republicans need do things, but is there more barack obama can do to use his bully bill put to push this issue forward? >> yes, and he knows it. social security happened because of franklin roosevelt. i don't think you can anyone anyone in congress back then responsible for social security. civil rights and voting rights act in '64 and '65 were because lindon johnson took the southern democrats and others literally by the ears and said, you will vote for this. people want it. h is right, end of story. go up there and vote for it. and obama, president obama, i really think he just has to get his game on here and start
on tuesday involving california's proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage. the second strs on the defense of marriage act which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. cnn.com has been covering this very extensively. john, you recently followed some gay couples. i looked at some videos you had this morning, trying to get married in mississippi, a state that bans same-sex marriage. here's a clip of that. >> this application is a record, and it is a permanent record. but we're showing it's denied. >> i can't imagine what it might be like to be in your position, to have to tell people who clearly have a home together, share things and love each other -- >> i appreciate you all -- >> that's part of a story on cnn.com by john sutter. also with us is ryan anderson of the heritage foundation. he's also written on this issue for cnn.com. ryan's most recent column argues that the court should not rewrite marriage laws. so first to john. what compelled you to get so invested in putting together these pieces on same-sex marriage for cnn.com. >> i think there's an incredible amount of bravery
defense in an argument with the 17-year-old but prosecutors had this evidence. a 911 call made by hoffman. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> i've been shot. >> what? >> i've just been shot. >> where are you at? okay. how did you get shot? who shot you? >> my grandma shot me. >> your grandma and grandpa shot me? >> my grandma. i'm going to die. [ inaudible ] >> i got shot again. help me. >> you got shot again. are they still there? >> someone get help now. i need help. now! >> are they still there? >> yes. >> i think -- >> lane reportedly faces at least 14 years in prison. >>> it's been 593 days since the united states lost the top credit rating. lawmakers in cyprus adding doubts to the bailout package of three days ago, a package for a tiny country to mean a lot for our biggest trading partner. >>> fourth story "out front," we have new video tonight inside the dorm room of the former university of central florida student who committed suicide yesterday and because we want to be -- make sure you're aware here, it could be inappropriate for some viewers. they found the gunman and a stash of
tell us the cia would maintain a role but the defense department which, of course, already has its own program, would be the only agency to operate and fly the drones. daily beast reporter daniel klegman first broke the story and he tells "outfront" the shift would add an extra layer of accountability because the military has a much more vigorous vetting process when it comes to a kill list. since 2004 the cia conducted 365 drone strikes in pakistan alone. >>> the operator of the fukushima nuclear plant says a rat is to blame for a power outage. a rat may have caused a short circuit in a switchboard that led to the outage and that led to the cooling system to fail. obviously there is no laughing matter. it made us wonder could a rat take down a plant in the united states? it's not likely. critters can cause problems. but facilities here have several backup systems and fukushima is still trying to recover theirs. it sounded like one of those things it's easy to say it could never happen here until it does. >>> a set of giant rocket engines used in an apollo mission have been recovered f
. >> have you ever done anything like this before? not just buy a house but taking public stands in defense of ideas that help vulnerable people? >> my charity does many things. we have dewarming programs around the world. we have orphanages around the world. this is our first time, yes, taking a stance like this, such a direct stance. >> right. what's the value of that? what motivated you from moving from being a person that
secretary of defense in the obama administration. i appreciate both of you taking the time. let me start with you, colonel. $200 million also equals half the amount that was just cut from head start programs before spending cuts. so that's 35,000 low-income kids that could good back into early education programs. i'm just using that to give an example for this. can the obama administration give gitmo $200 million without seeming utterly hypocritical? >> i don't know how you do it. we had a plan back years ago to spend $120 million to build a complex at guantanamo. we were told it was a temporary facility and it was nuts to spend that kind of money so they built a $12 million temporary facility instead. as you say, when we're in a time of sequester and cutting money to spend that kind of, you know, almost a quarter billion dollars to detain in essence 80 men is outrageous. >> it seems shocking. rosa, when you look at the -- you said the $49 million they swant for high value detainees. there are 16 detainee that's fall in that category. so $49 million for the new facility is $3 million per
, with fixodent. the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> i'm back with robbie parker, the father of 6-year-old emilie parker who was killed at sandy hook. your wife, just from meeting her briefly today, seems an extraordinary woman. incredibly brave. clearly highly emotional still as you are for reasons that are obvious. do you feel lucky to have each other? >> i definitely feel lucky to have her. sometimes i wonder if she feels the same way. i'm sure at some point she does. but i knew that i was marrying up and when she said yes to my offer, i knew that i had just become the luckiest man in the world. >> she started a blog and i was reading it earlier. it's at times very moving, very sad, very heartwarming, inspiring, funny, all the range of emotions that clearly she and you have been going through with your family. you still have these two beautiful young daughters who have been running around the set earlier and are beautiful, little mirror images of emilie. it's really extraordinary to see them.
is under attack, from food particles and bacteria. try fixodent. it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >> time now for the ridiculist. not since the great mup et caper has the world been so daring for a heist. on this program a few weeks ago discussing the jodi arias trial. hey, nancy, are you wearing handcuffs as a necklace? >> that's right. it's gone. and now, nancy and her team have plastered cnn center with these fliers. and, last night, nancy came on this program to level some pretty serious accusations. >> anderson, the last time my handcuff necklace was admired on the air, i'd like to point out that you were present. you. susan and mark geragos. you three were the last ones to admire it on air. >> i like how she pulled those handcuffs out of her twins. now, ask and you shall receive. nancy grace, joining us now via skype. so, mark, consider yourself under oath for this deposition. you've been accused or implicated in this heist. >> let me tell you something, anderson, this is not the first time t
shall receive. nancy grace, i bring you famed defense attorney mark geragos joining us now via skype. mark, consider yourself under oath for this deposition. you basically have been accused or implicated in this heist. what do you make of nancy's comments? >> let me tell you something, anderson. this is not the first time that nancy has made false accusations. and you notice that i'm coming from skype and you don't know from where. i have instituted an investigation. i've got both of my top investigators looking into this, because we're going to show and i will report back with you on
hollingsworth v parry challenges california's ban on same sex marriage. people have come out in force in defense of the same sex marriage act. that is part of the backdrop. today, senator mark warner became the third u.s. senator to voice support for the right to marry in the last few days. public opinion is shifting. our new polling shows 53% support for recognizing same sex marriage, up 13 percentage points from just six years ago. so's the willingness to recognize gay friends and family. 57% of people now say they have a family member or close friend who is gay. 12 percentage points higher than in 2007. tomorrow, though, the only survey that really counts, will have a sample size of nine. nine supreme court justices and perhaps only one pivotal voice when the decisions are read most likely in june. let's talk about it with senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and california's attorney general, kamela harris. tomorrow, the justices will be dealing with whether or not americans have a constitutional right to same sex marriage and they are looking at the constitutionality of proposition 8. what's
his hands up, he had defensive injuries, deep cuts on both sides. i think what happened is he came out of the shower, this is just my opinion, she came at him with a knife, he put up his hands to protect himself and she got in a couple really vicious blows, including the one to his heart which would have been fatal. he's over the sink, he's bleeding there, and she kept going at him. a lot of the stab wounds are to his back. that should tell you something. eventually, i think that gunshot wound to his head was probably after the fact. this woman, i think this was an incredibly vicious rageful crime and i don't believe that she just doesn't remember everything. she remembers too much. >> she remembers everything apart from murdering her boyfriend which is completely ridiculous. let's move on to cannibal cop. very quickly, on that, of course the great debate is can somebody who is having these outrageous fantasies really evil stuff, does that make them a criminal? >> well, you know, it all begins with fantasy. that's the problem. remember hannibal lector said it all starts here, what you'
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Certifications: Part II
Two questions I really dislike:
• foreach(SqlError err in myExp.Errors)
• foreach(Exception ex in myEmp.Errors)
TestDriven.Net 2.0 is out, and it is exciting!
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Orand has all the details about using this.
Great work, Jamie.
User Group Lecture : Summary
Things to improve:
Published at
Yesterday Stats
• One Class
• 2,333 Lines of code
• 89 Lines of code in a single property
• 125 Lines of code in a single method
• 30# Cyclomic Complexity in the afore mentioned method
• One Enterpise Document
• Metric Ton of bullshit
• Zero SQL in my project
Bringing it all together: Even More Magic,
ProjectionQuery<User> query =
ProjectBy.User.Name && ProjectBy.User.Email);
foreach (object[] objects in query.Execute())
Where.User.Name.Like("Ayende", MatchMode.Start),
ProjectBy.User.Name && ProjectBy.User.Email);
foreach (NameAndEmail nameAndEmail in query2.Execute())
And yes, this is filed under Linq as well.
C# != C++ : Sometimes I need a reminder
Apperantly mixing implicit operators and params array is not something that you should do. The C# Compiler refuse to understand that it can first implictly convert to the type and then satisfy the params array decleration.
Sometimes it is not worth getting up in the morning. That ruined a beautiful API.
Projections Support In Active Record
Ken, this post if for you...
Neat class, isn't it?
ProjectionQuery<Blog> proj = new ProjectionQuery<Blog>(
IList<object[]> results = proj.Execute();
public class ProjectionQuery<ARType, TResultItem> : IActiveRecordQuery
Assert.AreEqual(blog.Name, results[0].Key);
Assert.AreEqual(blog.Author, results[0].Value);
IList<NameAndAuthor> results = proj.Execute();
Assert.AreEqual(blog.Name, results[0].Name);
Assert.AreEqual(blog.Author, results[0].Author);
NHibernate Query Generator 1.7
You can get it here.
Generic Specialization
It is not often that I am arriving to work and the first application that I open is Visual Studio, and I can't get it to open fast enough. Today was such a day, mostly because I got an Eureka moment. It is not often that I get those, so I really want to try it out.
Check out the following code:
public class Aggregator<T> : Aggregator<T, List<T>>
public class Aggregator<T, TCollection>
where TCollection : ICollection<T>, new()
private ICollection<T> collection = new TCollection();
Can you tell why I am excited? Because this means that I have static generic specialization (I already have dynamic generic specialization, thanks to Windsor) back!
Notice that for all intents and purposes, I can either use Aggerator<T>, or use the more generic version of Aggerator<T, TCollection>, which allows me to pass my own ICollection<T> implementation.
This is actually compiler supported Inversion Of Control!
Now, of course that I can do this using ctor parameter, but this puts the burden on the client code, and couples the base implementation to the defaults. This approach keeps the base implementation frees from any default whatsoever.
I intend to make use of this soon, so I'll post about the results.
Bug Tracking, Round II
I got a ton of suggestion to my Bug Tracking? question. As I mentioned, I don't want to use BugZilla, and JIRA is out of the immediate price range that I have in mind - I really want it to be free :-) And although anything without per-user cost is good, JIRA is expensive, although it certainly worth the price.
I tried Gemini, but I managed to hit two seperate bugs in the space of an hour, one of them a show stopper, and it didn't have an integration with Active Directory, which means that I need to handle more passowrd (bad thing in general). Leaving that aside for now, because I really liked the UI and it uses NHibernate.
I then started trying Trac, which was a bit hard to install on Windows, but I managed. The UI is really nice, and I love the SVN integration. It took me a couple of minutes to set it up with mod_python and Active Directory integration, so I don't need to remember yet another password. I'm not crazy about the command line interface to admin the project, but it has a reasonable CLI UI, so it is not that bad. I tried the web admin plugin, but it didn't work that well (kept erasing all the settings). One thing that bugs me :-) is that I can't seem to figure out how to set a default component / ticket type / version.
Thanks for everyone who gave a suggestion to the previous post. I think that we will try that out for a while and see how it goes.
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Amusing error
I got this error trying to build the mod_python extention:
error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building extensions for Python.
I am not sure what to say about this...
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Great Interview Question
I'm constantly on the look up for good questions to ask in interviews, mainly because "describe the page life-cycle" gets boring and I would like to get away from the page lifecycle myself. The problem with finding good questions is that it has to expose as much knowledge from the candidate, while keeping the answer short and possible to answer within the time limits of an interview.
Here is one that I just thought of:
Given an Employee class, create a collection that accepts employees but doesn't allow duplicate employees to be entered. You are free to use any of the classes in the .Net framework.
Basically, build a set class. This is a good question in my opinion because it tests a wide range of knowledge, in a short question, which can be implemented in about 10 minutes. The question test the following:
• Basic data structure / efficencies knowledge - if they decide to use ArrayList and compare each time, that would cost in both time to develop and performance
• Thinking toward reuse - if they implement this from scratch (starting from building growable arrays and moving forward), that means that they either have a problem with knowing the building blocks of the framework or they suffer from NIH.
• Understanding basic idioms of the framework - implementing IEnumerable will make the collection usable for foreach(), for instnace.
• Understanding how low level stuff works - can they explain what reference equality vs. value equality is, can the explain how the Dictionary works?
It then leads to another question:
In certain circumstances, I wasnt to be able to able to allow no employees with duplicate names, how would you extend the collection to support this?
And this question tests how they can extend an existing class, and whatever they can come up with something that fits into the .Net idioms cleanly. Adding a boolean to check for an employee name is not a good way to do this.
Here is what I would consider an excellent implementation (not great, because it doesn't implement ICollection<T>):
public class EmployeesSet : IEnumerable<Employee>
Dictionary<Employee, object> internalDic;
public EmployeesSet()
internalDic = new Dictionary<Employee, object>();
public EmployeesSet(IEqualityComparer<Employee> comparer)
internalDic=new Dictionary<Employee, object>(comparer);
public void Add(Employee item)
public bool Contains(Employee item)
return internalDic.ContainsKey(item);
public bool Remove(Employee item)
return internalDic.Remove(item);
public int Count
get { return internalDic.Count; }
public IEnumerator<Employee> GetEnumerator()
return internalDic.Keys.GetEnumerator();
IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
return internalDic.Keys.GetEnumerator();
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War Stories: Check the stupid stuff, too
Mission Critical application, running quitely in production, suddenly stopped working. No warning, not errors. The application is still up, still running, but for all intent and purposes, it is not operational. I get a call that basically says: "Fix it!"
The main interface to this application (windows service) is a huge amount of logs that is being outputed. The target for the logs is the same SQL Server database that the application is using. Any error in this application should be logged and some errors should go directly to the administrators (and me).
But, the application is not doing its job, and worse, it doesn't write anything to the logs. This is a heavily multi-threaded application, so the first thing that I thought of was a deadlock, but restarting the application didn't help. I am on the phone with the sys-admin, going over the application configuration, trying to figure why it doesn't even log its startup event (which is singled threaded, so no chance for deadlocks).
I give up and drive there. Restarting the service doesn't help, and no logs are written, even thought the cofniguration seems just fine. The first thing that I do is taking a look at the logs table. But it currently has about 500,000 records, so queries take longer than instantenous. I get annoyed and try to add an index for the main search criterias. It errors. I double-check my syntax and tries again. It errors.
This time I read the error. It says that it doesn't have enough space to create the index. I didn't think that it is that large an index, but now I operate on a hunch. I tries to insert a row to the database (row size: 40bytes or so). The database refuses, says that it doesn't have enough space.
They had a rigorous backup procedure that kept backups on the same disks as the database files and never purged them. Once I cleared some of the old backups, the application immediately resume normal processing.
Total time trying to fix the issue: ~3 hours.
Total time fixing the issues since arrival: ~10 minutes.
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Querying collections in NHibernate
I got some interesting replies to my post about what not to do with ORM. I got several comments back, and the major one was how to do a query about an entity collections with using string concantation, which I said was a code smell.
Specifically, the most interesting challange was presented by Josh Robb, and it goes like this:
m:n Author
1:m Posts
n:m Categories
1:m Comments
Find all Posts where:
Blog.Author = 'josh' and Categories includes 'Nhibernate' and a Comment.Author = 'ayende'.
This being a part of a search screen where you can searc h by mulitply criteria, which are change dynamically. This is interesting because is spans just about any interesting assoication type that exists. So I set up to figure out how to do this.
My first step was to try to understand what I want NHibernate to do, so I started by writing the SQL for the above query:
[dbo].[Posts] post
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Blogs] blog
ON post.post_blogid = blog.blog_id
INNER JOIN [dbo].[UsersBlogs] user2blog
ON blog.blog_id = user2blog.blog_id
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Users] author
ON author.user_id = user2blog.user_id
author.user_name = 'josh' AND
[dbo].[Categories] category
INNER JOIN [dbo].[PostsCategories] post2category
ON post2category.category_id = category.category_id
category.name = 'NHibernate' AND
post2category.post_id = post.post_id ) AND
[dbo].[Comments] comment
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Users] commenter
ON comment.user_id = commenter.user_id
comment.comment_postid = post.post_id AND
commenter.user_name = 'Ayende' )a
Complex, isn't it? There may be better ways to do this, but that is the most straight forward way I could think of. Here is the query in HQL:
select post from Post post, User user
where user.UserName = 'Josh'
and user in elements(post.Blog.Users)
and exists (from Category category
where post in elements(category.Posts)
and category.Name = 'NHibernate')
and exists (from Comment comment
where comment.Post = post
and comment.Commenter.UserName = 'Ayende')
It generate nearly the same SQL that I wrote by hand, but uses tetha joins instead of ansi joins (I am not sure why, but the end result is the same).
Just a reminder, this isn't just a single query, this is something that that needs to be built dynamically, and we wish to handle this without using string concantation. In general, this means using the Criteria API. The first problem is that NHibernate's Criteria API doesn't allow you to query collections. This is very bad when you consider that this query is all about collections.
Strings are bad, I said so myself, so I put decided to add this to NHibernate (add is too strong a word, I went to Hibernate's source, found the relevant piece of code, and ported that). Now NHibernate can execute queries like section 15.8 in this page. All fine and dandy, until you get to the point where you need to query many-to-many assoications. You can't do that using the Criteria API in NHibernate (nor in Hibernate, as far as I can tell).
Many to many assoications are a funny beast, since you need to join through a second table to get the real value. I played a bit trying to implement support for that, but I wasn't successfull in the time frame that I could dedicate to it.
But, as the politician said, "This is a great question, but let me answer this one instead.", let us see what happens when we don't have many to many collections, shall we? The model is this, I change the assoication from Blogs to users to be a many to one, so a blog can now belong to a single author and remove categories.
m:1 Author
1:m Posts
1:m Comments
The query then becomes get all posts where:
Blog.Author = 'josh' and Post Title includes 'Nhibernate' and a Comment.Author = 'ayende'.
That being the case, we can use the following code the create the query (again, SVN trunk only, I am afraid):
DetachedCriteria theComment = DetachedCriteria.For(typeof(Comment))
.Add(Expression.Expression.Eq("Name", "Ayende"));
IList list = s.CreateCriteria(typeof(Post), "post")
.Add(Expression.Expression.Like("PostTitle", "NHibernate",MatchMode.Anywhere))
.Add(Expression.Expression.Eq("Name", "Josh"))
To conclude, at the moment NHibernate doesn't support queries over memebers of many to many collections using the criteria API (at the moment). But it does offer a good way to handle queries over memebers of collections in nearly all other cases.
So, allow me to retract my words a bit, if you have dynamic queries and you need to handle many-to-many assoication, HQL is your only choice. Nevertheless, I would strongly suggest to encapsulate this in an OO layer that would generate HQL under the cover, rather than build the HQL dynamically in the UI layer.
How to get started with NHibernate?
A lot of my posts about NHibernate assume a certain level of familarity with the library and what it can do. For someone who doesn't know NHibernate, I believe that it so much nonesense...
Anyway, this post is intended to give some information about kick-starting your NHibernate development.
The classic articles about NHibernate, at least for me, are the Server Side .Net ones, here and here, by Justin Gehtland.
There is, of course, the online manual, but that is for reference, not to get how to use it. The Officual Quick Start Guide will take you from "NHibernate, huh?" to wielding the NHibernate magic in a short time, but will skip the background. A great resource is this page, which aggregate a lot of this stuff.
There are two example applications for NHibreante: This one by Scott Bellware and this by Paul Wilson. While Cuyahoga is using NHibernate (and my site run on Cuyahoga), I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner, it is definately a very advance application.
Ben Scheirman has a good series of posts about this, actually is it not so much about NHibernate per se, but how to structure your project to make it easier to work with (in general, and with NHibernate):
Benjamin has a lot to say about NHibernate. And Nikola has a very nice introductory post ot it here.
The Hibernate In Action book is wonderful, but many are holding back because they don't want to read a "java" book. I know of at least one (good) NHibernate books that is going to be coming out soon, but until it does, Hibernate In Action remains the best resource to learning about NHibernate.
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Refactor: My.Presentations From Internal To Public
It seems to me that I started to accomolate quite a few presentations, and in the spirit of not keeping stuff internal if I can make it public, I decided to publish them.
Here you can find all the public ones.
They are of varying quality, and are mostly used by me to keep me on track and not digress to interesting (but irrelevant) topics in mid talk.
Not suprisingly, most of them are about OR/M, specifically, Active Record and NHibernate. All the ones that start with "NHibernate " are from a course I gave on NHibernate nearly six months ago. The one about Active Record is from an internal presentation that I gave at work (not the one that I am going to give on Monday). There is also an Inversion of Control presentation that I never really had a chance to give for some reason, which I am particulary proud of.
Have fun, and if you intend to use this, I would like to get a link to any recording / video made.
My Jobs Site
Well, not exactly, but if you go to http://jobs.ayende.com you will find a customized version of Hidden Networks jobs, just for me.
Thanks for Alex for doing all the hard work...
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Messed up site...
[Via Eber Irigoyen] [Via Javi Moya's blog]
1. Highlight the text below
2. Ctrl+C
3. Alt+D (Ctrl+L in opera) (or just go to the address bar)
4. Ctrl+V
5. [Enter]
Here is how my site looks like after doing this.
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Bug Tracking?
Any recommendation about a good bug tracking system?
I really don't want to pay per user, that is for sure. So FogBugz is out, and JIRA is expensive to start with (although it is pretty amazing bug tracker). Trac looks really interesting, but I get too many errors that I am not sure how to solve when I try to use it (entirely my fault, I know), and it looks to me like it is a tool that really requires some learning.
I would rather that it would open source and wouldn't require a day or two to install on windows (e.g: bugzilla). Preferably with a nice UI.
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Correction: MonoRail vs. WebForms
Ken Egozi reminded me that my issue is not with ASP.Net itself, but rather with the WebForms implementation. As someone who had done quite a bit of work with the internals of ASP.Net, I have nothing but respect to the way it is architected and impelmented, This is truly a really great platform. (Except the entire System.Web.Cache API, which is completely internal, and therefor very bad in my eyes).
Update: I forgot to mention another point about Ken's post/comment. He suggested a view engine in C# / VB.Net. Unfortantely, this is not easily possible. To be a little more correct, it is not possible without a lot of really hard work. Neither language is extensible in any meaningful way, which would lead to building a view engine that it mainly parsing strings to create the object model. Possible, certainly. This is what aspx pages are, after all, but not fun to do at all.
Ben Scheirman commented on my post with some interesting observations.
About encouraging postbacks:
I don't see this as a problem. As long as you're aware of areas where you'll benefit from user friendly urls and back-button-friendly navigation I think you can avoid areas where it sucks.
I have issues with technologies where I have the easy-way and the real-world-way approaches. I don't want to benefit from friendly URL and have to do something to enable the back-button. Both of them are core parts of the web. It should be painful to not use them, not the other way around.
About view state bloat, complexity, MIA, etc:
Sometimes this can be a blessing. When choosing persistence strategies for page state, you have a lot of options. That's a good thing!
The problem here is that the ViewState model encourages its use (and its bloat), an ASP.Net page may be composed from several hundreds of controls, and each of them has at least several properties in the ViewState, mostly those are completely not needed. "Page State" is not what the name of the columns in the grid was, but that get saved as well, for example.
ViewState itself is a very good idea, actually. I can certainly see a generic way of persisting data as a valuable assest, the problem with this is what I define as data, and worse, that the moment you start using it you are limited to the postback model, see the point above for details.
I am really just defending ASP.NET because I enjoy it immensely. It is a breath of fresh air from my days with ColdFusion, PHP, and ASP.
Actually, I have been known to say more than once that I would just as soon do it in ASP classic, since it would be so much simpler to understand what is going on and the #%@# page wouldn't decide to make to move the data from one control to another randomaly. ASP Classic had a lot of issues with the way it is implemented, yes, but as far as the model that you are working with in the real one. ( I am assuming that you kept the COM for BAL and ASP for UI, of course, which no one did. )
I commented on making simple things complex and on the MCP exam today. Well, here is the (correct) answer on how to get the data from a text box inside a grid:
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To Google...
The Google Blog managed to piss a lot of people with their request to not use Google as a verb. The reason being the Xerox and Kleenex precedents.
I don't like the tone of their post, and I think that they are already too late. In the DNR Bulgaria show, one of the guests (can't recall who) said something to the effect of: "You can't put the exception stack on live.com and get the details."
This sentence was met with resounding shock on the part of the audiance (and me), as people to to figure out what he was meaning. Replace "live.com" with google and you get what he meant. (After anyone got that, hilarity enused... by the way).
Stand back, I am Certified!
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I just took 070-315 MCP test. Frankly, I was appalled by the level of questions that they had there. I speak here as both a technical guy and as a teacher. I used to be responsible for teaching and educating, and I am familiar with the concepts of good tests.
If I was handed this test for evaluation, even without the technical knowledge to judge the questions, I would have failed it. And question that has the following as answers is fatally flawed...
A) products.Merge(otherProducts, true);
B) products.Merge(otherProducts, false);
And that is leaving aside my own feeling about my own feeling about the whole DataSet / DataTable issue. Asking about the specifics of API in this manner is simply wrong. Especially when it is a boolean parameter. What are they testing, exactly?
Another question had the following query:
"select * from Users where UserId = " + userId
And the correct answer was something along the lines of:
I have so many issues with both question and answer that I don't know even where to begin. Given that I wouldn't hire anyone who tried to give me this code as an answer to a question, I have a lot of issues with this being a question.
Just a few notes:
• Concatenating strings to create queries.
• Not using parameterized queries.
• Using raw numeric indexers to get the data from the query
• Relying on the DB orderring of the columns.
I never had that much respect for certifications in the first place, but this is really pushing it. If this is the level of the tests, I am going to start putting job ads that says: "Not certified by Microsoft - BIG Plus."
Why I hate taking dependency on other people code...
When I need to write stuff like this one:
This is because the get_Result can be null or undefined and this
is considered a false value.
return Messages.get_result() == true;
The sad part is that it took nearly an hour to figure out why this happened.
The really sad part is that I would waste my time trying to explain to the developers who wrote this code why this is not a good idea.
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Apple Developing Curve Screen iPhones and Improved Sensors
Da w00t Classified. You keep using that word. (243 comments)
I do not think it means what you think it means. Classified documents originate from a classification authority. There is no classification authority within Apple. Classification authorities are within the state and federal government. While Apple is large (and last I heard had more money than the federal reserve), that doesn't mean they can classify documents :)
Now, there can be trade secrets, that's an entirely different thing. :)
about a year ago
Mechwarrior Online Developer Redefines Community Warfare
Da w00t Wasn't there a mech-style game on kickstarter? (189 comments)
I seem to remember there being a mechwarrior style game on kickstarter that looked really good in videos - now for the life of me I can't track it down. It was a mech style game, but not the mechwarrior brand.
about a year ago
Thanks For the Logos; Help Us Choose a Winner
Da w00t Re:The Current One... (66 comments)
Upmod parent. Please. No animated GIF logos please.
about 2 years ago
Ask Slashdot: Best Inexpensive VPS Provider?
Da w00t Go with Linode. (375 comments)
I've been a customer for what feels like 10 years now. Their support is great, they have knowledgable people and yes, you do get root. You can have console access, just not graphical console access. (Who would want X running on a colocated server anyway?)
Here's their faq: - They've got a great community, go pop on IRC on and join #linode. Ask your questions there if there's something you want to know that isn't in the FAQ.
Here's a referral link - you don't really need to use it, but if you do I'll get some free service as a thank you for referring you.
more than 2 years ago
IT Pros Can't Resist Peeking At Privileged Info
Da w00t This explains why I still have a job. (388 comments)
I used to do sysadmin work professionally, and I still do it personally (I have a Linode VPS) where I host my personal e-mail, website, jabber server, and personal e-mail of family members. It's just one of those things that as a geek a lot of us end up doing.
One of the unspoken golden rules of trust was this: don't fucking read other people's e-mail. Period.
Now I do information security, where I keep my employer's network safe. This includes both external, and internal threats - such as domain admins going rogue, and abusing their powers (I've seen it happen, and wrote up the incident). It really bothers me that 1 out of 4 "IT Professionals" are unprofessional enough to violate the trust that has been granted them.
more than 2 years ago
Da w00t Re:What about CentOS? (201 comments)
What's going on here?
more than 3 years ago
Intel Wants To Charge $50 To Unlock Your CPU's Full Capabilities
Da w00t What's next, Windows only CPUs? (832 comments)
How come the software to "unlock" this capability appears to be windows only?
more than 4 years ago
Steam Not Coming To Linux
Da w00t Valve != iD I suppose (520 comments)
iD software has historically produced Linux versions of their games; I remember fondly playing the quake(s), and doom 3 under Linux. While there have been lots and lots of reports over the years showing there is a Linux gaming market, it isn't a large enough market share for these game developers to put serious effort into it. I bet some of them actually see developing for Linux as a hindrance, even though most big game dev companies essentially abstract-out the bits between PS3, XBOX, Wii, PC, etc that are different.
more than 4 years ago
Sony Sued Over PS3 "Other OS" Removal
Da w00t Re:Well... (546 comments)
One for me please. I want to know how to join too. In the mean time I'm boycotting everything that is sony. Which is hard, because they've already got thousands of dollars of my cash. But I won't be doing any of the following:
• Going to the movie theatre (sony pictures)
• Listening to sony music (I havn't bought RIAA music in years, so this isn't hard)
• Purchasing sony hardware (AV equipment, etc)
• Purchasing any video games
more than 4 years ago
Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More
Da w00t Things to do to lose me as a customer (373 comments)
Disable all analog outputs on my high definition devices (such as blu-ray players) - this is coming up in a couple years.
• This makes a feature I paid for on my $1000 USD receiver for "multiple zones" absolutely useless. That very same feature is also crippled by default by Sony such that *only analog* video and audio can be piped to the other zones.
Charging extra for "digital download" for content I have already purchased a license for
• I've intentionally not purchased many blu-ray discs because of the absurd crypto on them preventing me from watching that content on something besides a severely locked down combination of HDCP compliant players and display sets. When blu-ray's crypto is 100% broken like CSS for DVDs, then I'll start purchasing all my favorite shows in high definition on blu-ray. Until then, I'm downloading shows that I watch on TV in the US via BitTorrent.
Cable Companies that set the CCI bytes such that TV shows can't be transferred from one DVR to another
• Cox Communications (my cable TV and cablemodem internet provider until I get Verizon FiOS) sets the CCI bit to prevent me from moving content off my TiVo. FiOS doesn't set these CCI bytes, and permits "multi room viewing" on both TiVo DVRs and their own FiOS DVRs. I've been working approximately a 66 hour work week for the past month and a half, and I can't be sure that when I have time between work and sleep to watch a TV show that it will be present on my DVR because other programs have been recorded and replaced it. So, back to BitTorrent.
MPAA/RIAA/friends suing their consumers instead of getting with the program and adopting the new world that they find themselves in
• I stopped buying CDs entirely. I stopped buying music entirely. I now find music that I enjoy much more than the cookie cutter "formula" stuff I hear on the radio that artists put on their own website available for free. And you know what? I paypal them money as a thank you for producing the music. Direct cash to the artist. If you like ambient/chillout electronica, go to and look up the artist Xerxes.
Take away features with a software update
• Yep, I'm pissed that instead of Sony fixing a software problem with a patch, they remove a feature all together. When was the last time that Microsoft told you that they were retroactivly removing support for Mice and all pointing devices in Microsoft Windows because of a Click-Jacking vulnerability? Fix the hardware or software bug you made and don't negativly impact your consumers, or live with the fact that users will get what they want out of what they purchased. Licenses be damned, I'll take a soldering iron to my Sony PS3 if I damn please.
more than 4 years ago
Fedora 12 Beta Released
Da w00t Be weary of upgrades if your /boot is small (236 comments)
I was bit by the preupgrade CLOSED NOTABUG "bug" where preupgrade requires a sizeable chunk of (temporary) disk space in /boot during an upgrade from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11. I ended up with a system that was unbootable, but repairable. No CDROM made things .. interesting, to say the least. I use pxeboot and kickstart to do all my installs because I hate having to swap CDs/burn DVDs
I don't recall exactly what I did to work around the huge file "needing" to be in /boot, but I think I had a local copy of the install medium on disk, and softlinked the big file from /boot to where it actually resided. Then preupgrade went smoothly.
more than 4 years ago
Dead Salmon's "Brain Activity" Cautions fMRI Researchers
Da w00t Wait, is it april already? (287 comments)
"The *dead* salmon was asked to determine what emotion the individual in the photo must have been experiencing."
How long until we have undead salmon providing emotional therapy services for humans? Or is Dartmouth employing Aqua Man?
more than 5 years ago
Faction Changes Coming To World of Warcraft
Da w00t Yet again, they further homogonize the game (209 comments)
Alliance had the Palladin class.
Horde had the Shamman class.
More to the point: what's the bloody point?
more than 5 years ago
Otherland MMO Announced
Da w00t I just hope this doesn't turn into another SL (142 comments)
This, on the other hand sounds very interesting.
about 6 years ago
Google Voice transcribed voicemail + audio leaked
Da w00t Da w00t writes | about 5 years ago
Da w00t (1789) writes "If you search on google for*, you'll get a list of recorded voicemail messages from the Google Voice service. Unfortunately, there appears to be little to no security besides the expectation that the URLs wouldn't get indexed, and become public :("
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House Proposal Would Require Cell Phone Companies to Keep Logs of Your Sexts
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What’s in your inbox? Some risque dirty talk? Maybe a handful of regretful messages about how hammered you were last night? If a law enforcement-backed proposal going before a House subcommittee today gets passed, wireless companies will be one step closer to having to store all of your text messages, sexy or not.
The bill is backed by law enforcement agencies, which argue that text messages can serve as key pieces of evidence in cases, particularly related to “domestic violence, stalking, menacing, drug trafficking, and weapons trafficking.” Cops want wireless companies to store your text messages so that they can have access to them in the event that any crime occurs. This is similar to a wireless provider recording phone calls and storing the audio files.
The House is working to update the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and today’s hearing will focus on whether or not a bill like this one should be tacked on to the act. The Justice Department itself requested yesterday that any update to the ECPA allows the government access to Facebook messages and Twitter DMs.
How long before they’re subpoenaing Snapchats?
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1. When in September? What day of the week?
What is your budget, per person, per meal, BEFORE tax, tip, wine/drinks/etc for your meal? It is much easier for us to help you if you give a pre-tax-and-tip figure.
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The birthdays is on a Monday in mid September. So if we are going to book then I better get onto it. As I know things can book out pretty early.
Budget is hard but I guess we would be looking at 60-80 per person with drinks plus tax. But would stretch for the right place.
I guess I should have said that it would be nice to have somewhere with a bit of atmosphere too
Any help appreciated
1. re: Annaboyer
$80pp for food & drinks? So cocktails? Those can run $14 each in restaurants, so 2 cocktails each will really eat into your budget.
Can you define what you mean by atmosphere?
1. re: kathryn
A bit of a buzz, not too quiet. A nice fit out
What do you think a more reasonable budget would be?
1. re: Annaboyer
You would need to stretch the budget a bit but you should check out The NoMad (the restaurant at The NoMad hotel NOT the restaurant Nomad). The Atrium is young and energetic with a great vibe. The food is fantastic and an incredible cocktail program.
1. re: Spiritchaser
Thanks! NoMad looks really good. Great menu and atmosphere
2. Would you consider spanish? Casa mono has a great "vibe", the wines are served as a quartino- a glass and a half really, and you could do a nice selection of the smaller dishes to share.
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Tapas are a good idea. I'll check out the menu. Thanks
2. Check out reviews for Tulsi.
1. Everything suggested so far is great. I would just add Louro. The food is unusual, creative and innovative. Atmosphere is lively, full of enthusiastic diners enjoying wonderful food. One of my all-time favorites. And it's not overpriced.
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0.031721 | <urn:uuid:4fe8acce-caea-4f46-95db-24b32e9f09f4> | en | 0.950634 | Short military-style haircuts seem to be particularly popular right now, and they do look good on a lot of guys, but there are some of us like our hair to be not just short, but somewhat severe. I, personally, have a fondness for flattops...not exactly a common haircut, these days.
Well, this morning I decided to do something a little different with my hair, and cut my regular flattop down to a severe, full-on high-and-tight horseshoe, complete with shaved sides and back, and a 00000 landing strip. Left the front a little long to balance it out aesthetically, but the rest is little more than stubble. Approximately 3/4 of my scalp is now completely bald, including the stripe down the middle of my skull.
Yeah, it's winter, but I was in the mood for a little change. And one of my clients, yesterday, was a barber. I always get inspired after spending time with barbers.
So, who else enjoys wearing severe haircuts? Do you wear them all the time, or only seasonally? Do you find them to be business appropriate? And, how do your coworkers/friends /family respond to it, when you go severe?
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We've had this discussion before, between us. If you died it purple and made it a little more spikey, I wouldn't want to punch you.
Besides, with my skin tone, green would probably look better than purple.
Fits your head though.
Coming from you, Shane, that's high praise. Thanks!
Looks good but your eyes look kinda creepy on that pic my friend^^ But as said by shane it fits you well
Webcams are hardly the best choice for photography, but it was quick and easy. Thanks for the compliment.
Instead of getting off on the tangent of whether my haircut suits me...let's revisit the original question.
Severe haircuts can be difficult to wear. They take a certain type of personality, and a certain level of self-assuredness, to pull off the look successfully. A flattop is only one choice, obviously. A few years back, bald-by-choice would have been included. And, how many adults do you see with a mohawk? In fact, there's a whole gaggle of other choices as well. The point is that they are severe, and somewhat out of the mainstream.
So, I ask...who else enjoys wearing severe haircuts?
Do you wear them all the time, or only seasonally?
Do you find them to be business appropriate?
I am a huge fan of flats, but I'm too scared to wear friends and family tease me mercilessly :( I think there is nothing manlier than a nice tight flat though, good for you! Maybe someday I'll join your ranks as a regular flat guy. Any tips on how not to care what other think of your hair? I just got a job as a parking officer, and i really think it is the best cut with the uniform...
You have a new job. As an officer. Which requires a uniform... You have the *perfect* excuse to get a new haircut. Adhere to those grooming standards, and get flattened out!
Seriously, Elias, why are you so scared? No matter what choices you make, you'll offend someone, so why let it paralyze you? You said you want a flattop. And, you believe that it is the most flattering cut with your uniform. Sounds, to me, like you already made up your mind.
So, find a traditional barbershop and get yourself flattened out!
Take it from someone with experience, it'll be a big change. You probably won't recognize yourself in the mirror for about a week. Keep it for at least that long, before deciding whether you like it.
I'm soundly offended by Chuck's haircut, but he doesn't care.
I returned to the Flat top just recently. I go through phases of growing my hair long then becoming sick of it and getting a short cut. As my hair is considerably thinner these days I think the long hair style has come to an end for me. I gota standard flat top but prefer a more high and tight style. (Nothing like a straight razor shave tot thesides and back of the head) Sadly I can't do the landing strip due to a surface anomaly onthe top of my head. Put simply I have a knot in the top of my head like Wiley Coyote after Roadrunner dropped a Piano on him. LOL!
I couldn't agree more. Shaving the sides and back is a wonderful experience, and just takes the cut to that "next level."
It's a definite statement.
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Revision 1.17 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Jun 14 20:53:04 2013 UTC (16 months ago) by wiz
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Update to 1.1.1:
2013-05-24 Philip Kendall <>
* Fuse 1.1.1 released.
* Distribute PORTING,hacking/valgrind.supp,sound/wiisound.c,
tests/success.{mgt.bz2,opd} and ui/wii/wiimouse.h (Stuart Brady).
* Add ChangeLog entries for and (Fredrick Meunier).
* Release correct version of source files.
2013-05-19 Philip Kendall <>
* Fuse 1.1.0 released.
* Remove ROMs that there is no formal permission to distribute.
* New features:
* Add Spectranet ethernet interface emulation (Philip Kendall).
* Add SpeccyBoot ethernet interface emulation (Patrik Persson).
* Add SpecDrum sound interface emulation (Jon Mitchell).
* Add DISCiPLE disk interface emulation (Stuart Brady).
Sinclair Network emulation is not provided, and the interface is
not available under 128K emulation in this release.
* Support reading PZX files (Fredrick Meunier).
* Add support for POK files (Sergio Baldoví).
* Add recording of movies to FMF files (Gergely Szasz).
* Add GTK+ 3 compatibility (Sergio Baldoví).
* Emulation core improvements:
* Add support for ABC AY stereo (Stuart Brady).
* Correct feedback in AY noise generator (Patrik Rak).
* MIC bit only isn't enough to drive the speaker (Fredrick Meunier).
* Mirror Interface 1 ROM to the second 8Kb of ROM as in the real
interface (Fredrick Meunier, with thanks to mcleod_ideafix and
* Support the Beta interface setting to not auto-boot the interface
on 48K machines (ketmar).
* Machine specific improvements:
* Read and write all potential 1024k worth of memory pages from a
snap (ketmar and Fredrick Meunier).
* Initialise the Pentagon 1024k memory ports from a snapshot (ketmar
and Fredrick Meunier).
* Restore the paged state of the Beta ROM when loading Pentagon
128k/512k/1024k snapshots (ketmar and Fredrick Meunier).
* Debugger improvements:
* Disassemble ED 4D as RETI (Simon Owen).
* Add IM, IFF1 and IFF2 setting and getting to the debugger (Alex
* Miscellaneous improvements:
* Many improvements to Win32 UI and installer (Sergio Baldoví).
* Allow the use of the SDL joystick code in the GTK+ and Xlib UIs
(Sergio Baldoví).
* Add current machine name to GTK+ and Win32 statusbars (Sergio
* Allow the drag and drop of files from KDE (Dolphin/Konqueror)
(Sergio Baldoví, with thanks to Diondeville).
* Add a statusbar for the xlib UI (Gergely Szasz).
* Extend supported symbol characters on SDL and xlib UIs (Sergio
* Support for the TZX set signal level block (Fredrick Meunier).
* Drop support for GLib and GTK+ version 1.x (Alberto Garcia and
Sergio Baldoví).
* Support setting late timings from snapshots (Fredrick Meunier).
* Various other minor bugfixes.
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* Fix temporary breakpoints on platforms using replacement Glib
* Ensure Amiga port can load files
* Fix SVGAlib compilation
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Changes 1.0.0:
* Add Opus Discovery disk interface support
* Wii support
* Many improvements to Win32 UI, including an installer
* Support weak data in +3 disk images
* NTSC Spectrum support
* Add support for flipping disk images in single sided drives
* Add support for automatically merging both both disk images where
they are in separate files named with the text [Ss]ide[ _][abAB12]
* Switch to using Blip_Buffer (by Shay Green) for improved beeper and
AY output
* Allow beeper and AY volumes to be set
* Enable Beta 128 interface in 48K and TC2048 machines
* Add emulation of the Fuller Audio Box
* Allow sound to run from 2% speed up
* Add emulation of the Melodik and similar 48K-compatible AY interfaces
that use the 128K sound ports
* Add support for Pentagon 1024SL v2.2 16 colour modek
* Implement GTK+ drag and drop support
* Better support for international keyboards
* Allow svgalib UI to use full range of bit depths and scalers
* Allow GTK+ scalers to set window size in GTK+ UI
* Allow selection of "TV speaker" or "beeper"-style sound output
* Allow hot-key switching between full-screen and windowed mode in SDL UI
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Distfiles has been changed. Confirmed with the author of Fuse
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* Make loader acceleration work on all compilers.
* Make the "Don't Save" option in the widget UI do the right thing.
* Allow both +3 disk drives to be used at once.
* Allow both +D disk drives to be used at once.
* Make .dsk code handle missing newline on "Track-Info" header.
* Remove unnecessary 'use' directive when building widget options
header file; fixes some build issues.
Revision 1.11 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Dec 18 19:18:59 2008 UTC (5 years, 10 months ago) by adam
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* Writing files would not truncate the file at the correct point,
leading to corrupt files when overwriting an existing file
* Distribute ui/fb/fbmouse.h
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Changes 0.10.0:
* New upd765 FDC emulation; all known +3 DSK images now work.
* Loading acceleration.
* Automatic saves while using RZX recording.
* Many improvements to Win32 UI.
* Improved widget UI, with look and feel borrowed from that in FuseX.
* Emulation core improvements.
* Debugger improvements.
* Miscellaneous improvements.
Revision 1.9 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Jan 24 18:32:37 2008 UTC (6 years, 8 months ago) by adam
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Changes 0.9.0:
* New features:
* Add +D disk interface support
* New floppy disk controller emulation for +D and Beta disk
interface emulation
* Add Pentagon 512 and Pentagon 1024 emulation
* Add Hi-Fi beeper for improved reproduction of multi-channel beeper
tunes (e.g. Fairlight 2, Wham - the Music Box)
* Add support for saving tape images without using tape traps
* Add support for loading from WAV tape images
* Add support for saving CSW tape images and TZX direct recording
* Allow distinction between "soft" resets (activating the reset line
on the Z80) and "hard" resets (pulling the power)
* New ALSA sound driver
* AmigaOS support
* MorphOS support
* Emulation core improvements
* Machine specific improvements
* Various other minor bugfixes
Revision 1.8 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Sat May 12 19:44:08 2007 UTC (7 years, 5 months ago) by adam
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* Fix IN timings and floating bus behaviour: fixes Sidewize.
* Fix widget UI pokefinder and keyboard help picture
* Fix crash if fullscreen mode attempted a resolution higher than
the native graphics mode could handle.
* Ensure ABS, MIN and PATH_MAX are available where needed.
* Distribute autoload snapshots.
* Remove flicker when playing back RZX files with embedded
* Remove warnings when building from CVS.
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Changes 0.8.0:
* New features:
* Loader improvements: automatically run at full speed while
a loader is in progress and automatically start/stop the tape
when the start/end of a loader is detected.
* RZX 'rollback' support.
* DivIDE support.
* Interface I and microdrive emulation.
* TS2068 support.
* Kempston mouse emulation.
* TZX generalized data block (0x19) support.
* Much improved widget UI, including allowing selection of
* Allow SDL full screen mode to be used.
* Add the ability to save 'movies' as collections of screenshots.
* Widget pokefinder.
* Add a simple code profiler.
* New libao sound driver.
* New CoreAudio sound driver.
* New PALTV 1-3x and TV3x graphics scalers.
* Emulation core improvements:
* Improved screen rendering code (now character accurate rather
than line accurate).
* Corrections to write ordering and contention for EX (SP),HL,
EX (SP),IX and EX (SP),IY.
* Corrections to contention for OTIR and OTDR.
* IR contention.
* Flag bits 3 and 5 are copied on all BIT instructions.
* Improved ULA emulation with respect to interrupt length.
* Fix timings of shifted no operation opcodes.
* An interrupt in IM 0 takes 13 tstates to acknowledge, not 12.
* Improved speed control code.
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CVS Tags: pkgsrc-2004Q4-base, pkgsrc-2004Q4, pkgsrc-2004Q3-base, pkgsrc-2004Q3
Changes since 1.4: +5 -4 lines
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Changes 0.7.0:
* New features:
+ Scorpion ZS 256 support
+ Spectrum SE support
+ Support for the simple 8-bit IDE interface (as used by the +3e)
and the ZXATASP and ZXCF interfaces
+ Spectrum +3e support: just a +3 with different ROMs
+ Interface II support
+ Emulation of joysticks other than the Kempston
* Z80 core improvements:
+ Get undocumented flags right after SCF and BIT
+ Improved contended memory timings for RLD, RRD and
instructions involving (HL), (SP), (IX+dd), (IY+dd)
* Debugger improvements:
+ Memory map pane showing what is present in each 8K chunk
+ Allow port values to be masked before checking for port read/write
+ Ability to set breakpoints in non-RAM pages
* Miscellaneous improvements:
+ Improved display timings
+ Improved floating bus timings; Arkanoid and Sidewize now work
+ Save/restore the high bit of the R register; Bruce Lee now works
+ Fuse can now save snapshot formats other than .z80 and tape formats other
than .tap; the appropriate format will be selected according to the
extension given
+ Improved sound emulation, now using 16 bit samples
+ Allow real joystick buttons to be equivalent to either 'emulated joystick
fire' or 'press a key'
+ The pokefinder can now search for bytes which have increased or decreased
since the last search
+ HP-UX sound support (Stuart Brady).
+ After 'flashloading' a tape block, set the registers to the values they
would have if the block had been loaded normally; 'The Rats' now loads
+ GTK+ 2.x user interface preferred to GTK+ 1.2 by default if available
+ Don't display an error message if the same message was displayed within
the last second
+ Writing to the Betadisk ports is a no-op if TR-DOS isn't active
+ Keep Timex Dock cartridge inserted after reset if it had been inserted
via File/Open or from the command line
+ Split the 'ROM selection' dialog into one dialog for each machine
+ Unused bits of AY registers are zeroed
+ Remove segfault if one ROM of a multi-ROM machine didn't load
+ Don't segfault if Space rather than a mouse double click is used to select
things in the GTK+ tape browser, debugger or pokefinder
+ Stop output to the serial printer when printer emulation is disabled;
prevents the random appearance of 'printout.txt'
Revision 1.4 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Feb 20 14:14:52 2004 UTC (10 years, 8 months ago) by adam
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* Compilation fixes:
+ sdljoystick.h missing from tarball.
+ Link failure if a widget UI in use and lib765 not available.
+ Compilation failure if ROMSDIR defined.
* Bugfixes:
+ Use of the SDL icons could cause screen corruption.
+ The reverse page mapping for 0xc000 - 0xffff would occasionally be
wrong on the +2A/+3.
* Miscellaneous:
+ Allow selectable devices to be used for the real joysticks.
+ Use glib 2.0 if available.
+ Allow ROMSDIR to be set when configuring.
Revision 1.3 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Fri Feb 13 13:40:15 2004 UTC (10 years, 8 months ago) by adam
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Changes 0.6.2:
* New features:
+ Real joystick support.
+ The 'pokefinder'.
+ Black and white TV mode for the GTK+ and SDL user interfaces.
+ The Timex 1.5x scaler and the reappearance of 3x3 mode for the GTK+ UI.
+ A simple memory browser.
+ Writes to disk will not affect the underlying file unless
explicitly requested by the user.
+ Status bar for the GTK+ UI, and status icons for the SDL UI.
+ Options to disable the GTK+ confirmation dialogs and the printer emulation.
* Z80 core improvements
* Debugger improvements
* RZX improvements
* Minor bugfixes
Revision 1.2 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Thu Oct 2 15:24:12 2003 UTC (11 years ago) by adam
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CVS Tags: pkgsrc-2003Q4-base, pkgsrc-2003Q4
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Changes Bugfixes to the RZX code and to allow the SVGAlib user interface to compile
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* Support for loading from .tzx files.
* Kempston joystick emulation.
* Very basic support for RZX files.
Changes 0.6.1:
patterns in the instruction set. This shouldn't have any effect
as yet, but will make performance enhancements easier to do in
the future (Philip Kendall).
memory contention applies only in the HOME bank (Fredrick
* RZX competition mode (Philip Kendall).
* Add AY logging to .psg files (Matthew Westcott)
* Optionally autoload +3 and TRDOS disks when they're inserted
(Philip Kendall).
unavailable (Philip Kendall).
and the ability to use general numeric expression to the GTK+
debugger (Philip Kendall).
* Add a scrollbar to the GTK+ debugger's disassembly window
(Philip Kendall).
* New AdvMAME3x graphics scaler (Fredrick Meunier/ScummVM team)
appropriate (Philip Kendall).
framebuffer user interface (Witold Filipczyk).
* Add confirmation dialogs before resetting or quitting under the
GTK+ UI (Philip Kendall).
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Cardassian history is perhaps one of the most brutal histories of the species inhabiting the Alpha Quadrant. Originally, the Cardassian homeworld was that of a deeply spiritual and artistic people, which soon fell into decay when famine and plague struck their civilization. Over the years, Cardassian society evolved to adopt a philosophy that sacrificed their individual freedoms for the greater good of the state and their society. For over five centuries, the iron fisted Cardassian military sought to solve Cardassia's problems through the conquest of numerous worlds and species throughout the galaxy, leading to an era of expansion and conflict. This ultimately left Cardassian civilization in ruins once again after suffering the staggering losses of two major wars.
The ancient Hebitians were a spiritual and peaceful civilization which thrived on Cardassia Prime centuries prior to the formation of the Cardassian Union. The Hebitian burial vaults were said to be magnificent and filled with many jeweled artifacts made of jevonite. Due to the planet's scarcity in natural resources, the impoverished society suffered from famine and disease, leading to millions of deaths. The frail population then turned to a militaristic ideology thus ending the Hebitian way of life.
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Introduction Laos
Geography Laos
Location: Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam
Geographic coordinates: 18 00 N, 105 00 E
Map references: Southeast Asia
Area: total: 236,800 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km
land: 230,800 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Utah
Land boundaries: total: 5,083 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Terrain: mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
highest point: Phou Bia 2,817 m
Land use: arable land: 3.8%
permanent crops: 0.35%
other: 95.85% (2001)
Irrigated land: 1,640 sq km
Natural hazards: floods, droughts
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
People Laos
Population: 6,068,117 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 41.9% (male 1,277,152; female 1,265,761)
15-64 years: 54.9% (male 1,642,895; female 1,688,175)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 87,995; female 106,139) (2004 est.)
Median age: total: 18.6 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 19 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.44% (2004 est.)
Birth rate: 36.47 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate: 12.1 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate: total: 87.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 76.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 97.05 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 54.69 years
male: 52.71 years
female: 56.75 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.86 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 1,700 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases: typhoid fever, dengue fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis
overall degree of risk: very high (2004)
adjective: Lao or Laotian
Ethnic groups: Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66.4%
male: 77.4%
female: 55.5% (2002)
Government Laos
Country name: conventional long form: Lao People's Democratic Republic
conventional short form: Laos
local short form: none
local long form: Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
Government type: Communist state
Capital: Vientiane
Independence: 19 July 1949 (from France)
National holiday: Republic Day, 2 December (1975)
Constitution: promulgated 14 August 1991
Legal system: based on traditional customs, French legal norms and procedures, and socialist practice
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch: chief of state: President Gen. KHAMTAI Siphadon (since 26 February 1998) and Vice President Lt. Gen. CHOUMMALI Saignason (since 27 March 2001)
head of government: Prime Minister BOUNGNANG Volachit (since 27 March 2001); First Deputy Prime Minister Bouasone BOUPHAVANH (since 3 October 2003) Deputy Prime Minister Maj. Gen. ASANG Laoli (since May 2002), Deputy Prime Minister THONGLOUN Sisolit (since 27 March 2001), and Deputy Prime Minister SOMSAVAT Lengsavat (since 26 February 1998)
elections: president elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term; election last held 24 February 2002 (next to be held in 2007); prime minister appointed by the president with the approval of the National Assembly for a five-year term
elections: last held 24 February 2002 (next to be held in 2007)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LPRP or LPRP-approved (independent, non-party members) 109
Political parties and leaders: Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president]; other parties proscribed
Political pressure groups and leaders: noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
International organization participation: ACCT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, CP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO (observer)
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador PHANTHONG Phommahaxay
FAX: [1] (202) 332-4923
telephone: [1] (202) 332-6416
chancery: 2222 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Patricia M. HASLACH
mailing address: American Embassy, Box V, APO AP 96546
FAX: [856] (21) 212584
Economy Laos
GDP: purchasing power parity - $10.32 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 5.5% (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 49.4%
industry: 24.5%
services: 26.1% (2003 est.)
Population below poverty line: 40% (2002 est.)
highest 10%: 30.6% (1997)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 37 (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15.3% (2003 est.)
Labor force: 2.6 million (2001 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 80% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate: 5.7% (1997 est.)
Budget: revenues: $298.5 million
expenditures: $429.9 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
Agriculture - products: sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, tea, peanuts, rice, water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry
Industrial production growth rate: 9.7% (2001 est.)
Electricity - production: 1.317 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption: 824.7 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports: 400 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2001)
Oil - consumption: 2,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports: NA (2001)
Oil - imports: NA (2001)
Current account balance: $-58 million (2003)
Exports: $332 million (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities: garments, wood products, coffee, electricity, tin
Exports - partners: Thailand 20.7%, Vietnam 15.9%, France 7.3%, Germany 5.3%, Belgium 4% (2003)
Imports: $492 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - partners: Thailand 59.4%, China 12.8%, Vietnam 10.2% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: $201 million (2003)
Debt - external: $2.49 billion (2001)
Economic aid - recipient: $243 million (2001 est.)
Currency: kip (LAK)
Currency code: LAK
Exchange rates: kips per US dollar - 10,443 (2003), 10,056.3 (2002), 8,954.58 (2001), 7,887.64 (2000), 7,102.02 (1999)
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
Communications Laos
Telephones - main lines in use: 61,900 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 55,200 (2002)
Telephone system: general assessment: service to general public is poor but improving with over 20,000 telephones currently in service and an additional 48,000 expected by 2001; the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas
domestic: radiotelephone communications
Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios: 730,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 4 (1999)
Televisions: 52,000 (1997)
Internet country code: .la
Internet hosts: 937 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
Internet users: 15,000 (2002)
Transportation Laos
Highways: total: 21,716 km
paved: 9,664 km
unpaved: 12,052 km (1999 est.)
Waterways: 4,600 km
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2003)
Pipelines: refined products 540 km (2004)
Ports and harbors: none
Merchant marine: total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,370 GRT/3,110 DWT
by type: cargo 1 (2004 est.)
Airports: 46 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 35
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 21 (2004 est.)
Military Laos
Military branches: Lao People's Army (LPA; including Riverine Force), Air Force
Military manpower - military age and obligation: 15 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - minimum 18 months (2004)
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,456,500 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 783,800 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 68,563 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $10.9 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.5% (2003)
This page was last updated on 1 January 2003
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Happy Halloween Discurso
Samhain eve's opining on the public discourse.
There are probably scarier things to be for Halloween than a Republicon, but I'm hard-pressed to think of any just now.
Let's start off with a display of Sarah Palin's ghoulish ignorance. In today's episode, she fails to understand the First Amendment:
Sarah Palin sees her free-speech rights under fire from journalists who've highlighted her personal attacks against Barack Obama.
Let's unpack this a bit.
If I understand her correctly -- and with Palin, it's sometimes tough to understand her general incoherence -- the governor believes she should make scurrilous, dishonest, and personal attacks against Democrats. She's afraid, however, that reporters might tell voters she's making scurrilous, dishonest, and personal attacks, and worse, that voters might recoil from her vicious style of campaigning.
And if that happens, politicians in the future might hesitate before launching scurrilous, dishonest, and personal attacks of their own. What a brutal "chilling effect" that would be.
Nothing in the First Amendment claims that you're to be free from people rejecting the things you say. It's so simple a simpleton can understand it, but it's beyond Sarah Palin's grasp. This says all we need to know about her.
The fact that this freakishly stupid woman is McCain's running mate could have something to do with this interesting shift:
CNN downgrades McCain's home state from "safe McCain" to "leans McCain."
The network also moves North Dakota from "leans McCain" into the "toss-up" category. The Obama camp announced today that he's going on the air in both states, plus Georgia.
McCain is fighting a losing battle to hold states that should have been his to pick like a ripe plum. If there's been a more incompetent presidential nominee in my lifetime, I'll be shocked.
Still more signs that John McCain is in a panic over Arizona. He now has a second slime call running in his home state, this one attacking Obama for his "present" votes in the state senate and hitting him as a "follower" and not a "leader."
For good measure, the call also calls Obama "America's most liberal Senator."
The claim that Obama has the "title" of "America's most liberal Senator" is, laughably, based on the National Journal's ranking of him as the most liberal in one year -- 2007. Recycling this one, along with the state senate stuff, is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
And then he snivels and plays the POW card:
John McCain's new 30-second spot, set to air in key states, presents a closing argument based on his POW biography, and the implication that he's the real candidate of substance:
"I've served my country since I was 17 years old -- and spent five years longing for her shores," McCain says, as footage of him in his Vietnam hospital bed is played. "I came home dedicated to a cause greater than my own."
Maybe there's something about scandal-plagued Alaskan Republicans that leads to denial. When Sarah Palin was found to have violated state ethics laws, she announced that she'd been cleared her of "any hint of any kind of unethical activity." This was the opposite of reality.
Similarly, when Ted Stevens was found guilty of felony corruption charges, he said he hasn't been convicted.
Now, I'm not an attorney, but if an accused criminal goes to trial, and a jury founds the accused guilty, I think it's called a "conviction." The defendant can appeal his conviction, of course, but therein lies the point -- he's appealing his conviction.
When last I wrote about Bill Sali (R-ID 01), he was making bunny ears at his opponent's staff while they were being interviewed. The time before that, he was claiming that "Forty percent of the mass of every tree in the forest is crude oil." In devastating news for humorists everywhere, it looks like he might finally be getting into electoral trouble:
"CQ Politics, which takes past voting behavior and demographics into account in handicapping elections, has held the Idaho 1 race at a very tenuous Leans Republican rating, meaning Sali had an edge but an upset by Minnick was a plausible scenario. But the growing financial disparity between the parties in this contest -- and the fact that Minnick had a 51 percent to 45 percent lead in an Oct. 18-19 poll by SurveyUSA, the only published independent poll to date in the race -- has prompted a rating change to No Clear Favorite."
But just to make up for this news, the article I just cited notes one Sali gem that I wasn't aware of:
"He also introduced a bill proposing to weaken Earth's gravity that was intended to lampoon Democratic-led efforts to raise the minimum wage, calling the two proposals equally absurd."
Much to my chagrin, I find that Sali did not actually introduce the bill, though he did draft it (pdf). Still, it's the thought that counts.
And we hear the banshee wails of Michele "Libruls is anti-Amurkin!" Bachmann and Liddy "ZOMG My Opponent Hangs Out with Atheists!!111!1!" Dole shrieking from outside:
So much for that denial of reality. Let's turn now to Dole, who's doubling-down on the "my opponent loves godless heathens" attack in hopes of rescuing herself from her own stupidity:
Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) has released a second "Godless Americans" ad attacking Democrat Kay Hagan in what increasingly looks like the nastiest battle of the cycle.
The new ad appears to take a step back from Dole's earlier controversial ad this week that suggested Hagan, who is ahead in polls, is an atheist.
Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), who's trailing in the polls, is up with another nasty TV spot attacking her Dem opponent as a tool of "Godless Americans" and the atheist agenda -- in fact, Hagan is criticized for even going to a party with atheists...
"I just think Elizabeth Dole is trying to top out her desperation day by day," Hagan spokesperson Colleen Flanagan told Election Central.
And has topping out her desperation helped her prospects?
[NC] Senate
Dole (R) 45 (45)
Hagan (D) 50 (49)
Yeouch. Apparently not.
Friday Favorite Halloween Costumes
'Tis Samhain Eve. All Hallows Eve, for you Christians in the audience (and I know you're there because one of the smarmy variety came by to troll and is getting thoroughly trounced by my beloved heathens - my dear Catholic heart sister NP should be along soon to administer the coup de grace). Halloween ranks among my favorite holidays for two major reasons:
1. Loot.
2. Costumes.
I'm a little too old for the loot. Besides, I learned the dangers of doing so when you're no longer knee-high to a short beaver when my ex came back traumatized from a raid on the neighborhood many years ago. He and his brother, both too young to drink and too young-at-heart to give up on traipsing the neighborhood with a sack, had decided to go as Batman and Robin. Why the taller of the two decided to be the sidekick, I'll never know. But I remember clearly the difficulties involved in finding a leotard that will fit a six-foot-two twenty-something male.
I won't paint you the entire horrifying picture, but merely sketch: it was tight. As in, form-fitting. As in, he didn't need a rolled-up sock to enhance a certain portion of his anatomy.
He didn't go trick-or-treating the following year. I have no idea why. I'm sure receiving a Valentine of Robin swinging through the city, inscribed with "To the biggest superhero I know," from one of the witnesses that February had absolutely nothing to do with it.
When Justin wasn't going to be at work one Halloween, we went through considerable effort the night before setting him up as the Invisible Man. We suspended a fedora from the ceiling, glasses from the fedora, and perched a stuffed suit in his chair, with detached gloves on the keyboard. I printed a Claude Raines nameplate to slide over his own. That "costume" earned guided tours from the call center manager.
We blew that out of the water a couple years later when we spent months preparing Eric to be an English gentleman in a gig. We created a horse, made the harness from scratch, and suspended it from poles from his wheelchair. The wheelchair itself got a thorough renovation, complete with a pole with a lantern. Eric decked out in a morning coat and top hat. I wish I had the pics scanned in - it was a total sensation. He tried to top that with Professor X once, but even though he went so far as to shave his head, it just didn't have the same cachet as him driving that horse-and-carriage on the grand tour through our building.
She slipped an arm around me, and said in her best seductive voice, "Hi."
I looked into her eyes, and grinned.
She paused. Her arm stiffened. She took a good look at the facial structure beneath the beard, stammered "I'm sorry!" and fled.
How I love Halloween.
This Samhain Eve, I shall be attending the Rocky Horror Picture Show, dressed as Neil Gaiman's Death. She's a cute perky Gothic chick whom you see twice in your life: once when you're born, and once when you die. When I walked into my friend's dorm room, his previously absent roommate turned around and exclaimed, in all seriousness, "Hey - haven't I seen you somewhere before?"
That's why I love this holiday. So many opportunities to play, for just one night be someone we'd like to be, a figment, a fantasy. So many chances for unintentional hilarity. And when else would you see Captain Jack and Brian do the Peanut Butter Jelly Dance?
Revel, my darlings, and return to tell the tales.
Beyond Pathetic
Obama pulls in crowds of up to 100,000 on a regular basis. I didn't think there were 100,000 people total in America who gave enough of a rat's ass about politics to stand for hours in line just to get packed in like sardines for yet more hours in order to listen to a man's stump speeches, but here we are. Obama's just that good.
McCain had a rally in Ohio today - wonder how he's measuring up? Oh, deary me:
I feel sorry for those kids. I remember the agony of being forced to attend rallies at which a bunch of blithering idiots yawped at us for an hour or so. But at least we were only window dressing for our school spirit rather than warm bodies to plump up the crowd numbers for a two-bit Republicon hack who bears an eerie resemblance to that embarassing elderly relative who rants at the young-uns from the front porch.
McCain seems to feel safe with kids who are too young to vote. Maybe he feels that seeing his former-POW self hurl insults like "socialist" at his political opponent while the crazy adults filling in the cracks in the audience scream "communist!" "terrorist!" and other choice epithets will ensure the kiddies are brainwashed enough to vote Republicon when they come of age. It hardly matters to McCain anyway: by the time these children are all growed up and voting straight Democratic tickets in hopes of purging the trauma from their minds, he'll be safely dead or demented. But it's a far different story when it comes to people who are old enough to vote and young enough to be suspected Obama supporters:
Guess why they'd be chucking college-age people out on their ear? Yup:
Among 18- to 29-year-olds, Obama leads by 32 points in the latest Gallup poll, by 36 points in the latest CBS/New York Times poll and by 39 points in the latest Pew poll [and 29 in the latest R2K - DemFromCT].
McCain's ham-handed tactics might make those numbers rise:
I'm sure that's one McCain voter wishing she could take that vote back. Makes you wonder how many more have realized their mistake before it's too late?
One more thing I want to note here: Republicons have an interesting habit of throwing stones from their glass houses. It hadn't really occurred to me until now to chalk that "communist" bullshit up under the column headed "I know you are, but what am I?" However, the above noted items make me think I shouldn't have been so hasty to write it in under the "Hey, Red-Baiting Worked in the Fifties!" label.
Let us take note of the similarities between McCain's actions and the good old Soviet Communist Party:
1. "Everything that comes out of their mouths is a lie." Check.
2. "Want total control over the media." Check.
3. "Compulsory shows of support by the masses for the beloved Party." Check.
4. "Paranoid purges of suspected enemies, even when those 'enemies' are actually allies." Check.
5. "Failed ideology forces them to manufacture and attack enemies to keep the people distracted from harsh reality." Oh, check.
Hmm. It appears the old Soviet Communists and the McCain campaign have much more in common than just the color red. Remember your Shakespeare, my darlings: the next time McCain blithers on about Obama's communist tendencies, we'd be right in thinking Grampa McCrankypants doth protest too much.
(Tip o' the shot glass to Steve Benen and Kos)
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
When you're served a premium shot like this:
30 October, 2008
Happy Hour Discurso
Today's opining on the public discourse.
John McCain seems determined to delve the lowest levels of stupidity. Just when we think his campaign and his statements can't get any more ridiculous, he finds a new motherlode of idiocy to mine:
Economic growth may have fallen into negative territory*, but there's at least one company that's doing very well: ExxonMobil's third quarter profits totaled $14.83 billion, the best quarter any U.S. company has
ever had.
Like practically everything else, this has campaign implications. The AP
That's not a typo or an editing error. The McCain campaign saw ExxonMobil's record-breaking profits as grounds to go after Obama for support tax breaks for Big Oil.
noting the $4 billion in tax breaks McCain
supports for America's largest oil companies? By highlighting the fact that McCain's energy policy reflects Big Oil's wish list? By reminding folks of McCain's abysmal record on alternative energy solutions? By mentioning that McCain's campaign is being run and financed by lobbyists for the oil industry?
This supreme idiocy may be explained by the following tidbit:
It's probably fair to say conservative columnist George Will has been thoroughly unimpressed by John McCain of late. He's blasted McCain for "behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high." Will has lamented McCain's "dismaying temperament." He's described McCain as "childish," "shallow," and suffering from a "Manichaean worldview."
And today, Will labeled McCain "John the Careless," citing among other things, McCain picking Sarah Palin for the GOP ticket because he eemed to believe "never having attended a 'Georgetown cocktail party' is sufficient qualification for the vice presidency."
This is amusing, but it's also important. McCain's appreciation for policy complexities doesn't exist. Maybe he's impatient, maybe he's easily confused, maybe both. But McCain not only prefers to see the world
A man who would be president cannot - let me repeat this, cannot - reduce complex issues to "hero" and "villain." The world doesn't work that way. If you insist on simplifying to this extent, you're going to end up with four more years of Bushian dumbfuckery, in which those who don't agree 100% with America end up dumped in the Axis of Evil bucket, problems can't be solved, partisanship reaches ridiculous and deeply damaging levels, and the country suffers. We do not need another high-functioning moron in office. I have my doubts as to whether the words "high functioning" can even be applied to the McCain/Palin ticket.
We saw this kind of judgement go horribly awry in Iraq, and it's still damaging us today:
Roston said, which it opposes.
military bases in Iraq and Stein
This ratfucker has close ties to - who else - some of McCain's most important advisors: Charlie Blackand Randy Scheunamann. They decided he's not a villain, therefore he's a hero, and therefore they got completely snowed by a con man.
And this is judgement we can believe in? I don't bloody well think so.
No more simplistic fuckwits in charge of America. Please. We can't survive another four years of this ignorant dumbfuckery.
Yup. We're Officially Scarier than Teh Gays and Teh Moozlims
I didn't think she'd get this desperate.
And fourth, what the hell is "godless money"?
More Steve, less pander, please.
Washington State Voting with Kitteh
Got me ballot. Got me Google. This is the brilliant thing about mail-in ballots: I can sit here and really scrutinize the bastard, make sure I'm not voting for something that's all sizzle and no substance. Consider this Dana Hunter's Official List of Endorsements for the 2008 Washington State Election.
Righty-o. In order of appearance:
Not no but fuck NO. On the surface, it looked decent enough: open the carpool lanes to all traffic during off-peak daytime hours (which Arizona does, and it makes it soooo much easier to get around), along with increased roadside assistance funding and other goodies. But two strikes: the Seattle P-I editors hate hate hate it, and it's the darling of Tim Eyman. I hadn't heard of Tim Eyman before tonight. I've now heard quite enough. NO.
I wrote you two novels on this one a little while ago, so you all know where I stand on allowing terminally ill folks the right to end things with dignity and grace. Hell YES.
Well, this one's proving a bugger. Lot's of noise against. However, after reviewing said noise, it appears that it's the screaming of people who don't want to have to undergo background checks and pay for training before they can care for the elderly. The people against are almost all home care businesses whose arguments sound like Republicon Talking Points 101. And they're afraid of the scary union!!11!!1! SEIU was a driving force behind this, so of course it's all about the evil unions trying to impose standards on the free market. Blah. Seriously, even if it costs a little extra, I'd rather the person caring for Grandma is certified and checked. YES.
Onward, ho.
How many fucking Charter Amendments can you stuff onto one ballot? Jeez. Eight of the thrice-bedamned things. This is when being a responsible citizen sucketh mightily.
Except... So far, ProgressiveVotersGuide.org has been with me 100%, so why not trust their judgement here? After cursory review, o' course. So, the quick-and-dirty:
#1: Experience over popularity contest for Elections Director - sounds good to me. NO
#2: Prohibiting discrimination - duh. YES
#3: Less city council members on assorted committees. No fucking clue. I'm not a local policy wonk, so shall entrust my opinion to those who are. YES
#4: Establishing minimal qualifications - "We think our Sheriff , Assessor and Elections Director should know what they're doing." Me too. YES
#5: Improved economic forecasting. Hell, improved anything economic sounds good. YES
#6: More time to review a budget that has - ye gods - gone from the millions to the billions. YES
#7: Make laborious and confusing charter amendment stuff more simple. After what I've just been through with it? And I didn't even have to propose one of these damned things! YES
#8: Removing party identification from some county offices - sponsored by three Republicons. Say no more. These fucktards can run, but they cannot hide. NO
Brilliant. I love that website. Too bad it's only for Washington State, but I'm sure there's one like it for yours. Use the power of teh Google and get informed.
Now that we've got that nonsense out of the way, it's on to the super-important stuff: the first President I will ever vote for.
That's going to be such a hard choice.
President and Vice President of the United States: I'm gonna have to plump for genius. Filling in this bubble feels so amazingly good. Barack Obama and Joe Biden. YES, WE CAN!
(BTW, you know this is a blue state when there's not one but two Socialist parties on the Presidential portion of the ballot. Wow.)
Now on to the second most exciting part of my evening: I FINALLY GET TO VOTE FOR JAY INSLEE OMG!!11!11!1! Ahem.
United States Representative Congressional District No. 1: Jay Inslee.
Damn, that feels good. Two of my favorite politicians in the entire fucking universe, there.
Governor: No question, no doubt in my mind. Christine Gregoire. Suck it, Dino!
Lieutenant Governor: Well, Marcia McCraw gets brownie points for not being a gutless wonder and actually owning the name Republicon, but still. Brad Owen.
Secretary of State: Shit, this one's really hard. I swore to myself I'd never vote for a single Republicon, but Sam Reed's endorsement list is a mile bloody long, and even the ProgressiveVotersGuide.org loves him. Wingnuts hate him. And it is not my policy to punish a man for his party. Crapola. Sam Reed.
State Treasurer: Not really a contest here. When you have two solid candidates, and one of them's a good solid Dem, and you're a lefty, you plump for the Dem. Jim McIntire.
State Auditor: Now, I'm tempted to vote for the Dem for two reasons. 1 - he's a Dem; 2 - I like his last name. But this is not responsible voting. We now consult the oracles. The Stranger and ProgressiveVotersGuide.org both agree: Brian Sonntag.
Attorney General: Strong record of supporting civil liberties, reproductive rights, consumer rights, AND environmental protection vs. anti-abortion Republicon climber who let Dino weasel out of calling himself a Con. No fucking contest. John Ladenburg.
Commissioner of Public Lands: (I know, when we get down into the ballot's nether regions, it's about as exciting as watching sheep graze. But this shit's still important. Stick with me - we'll get there.) Hey, a biologist! And a Dem!!1! Easy: Peter J. Goldmark.
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Hmm. Non-partisan office. Challenger does not appear to be a closet creationist and has assloads of political (former Democratic State Rep) and educational experience. Current incumbant couldn't answer the questions on the noxious standardized test she forces all students to pass. FAIL. Randy Dorn.
Insurance Commissioner: The Stranger says we should stick it to one of the Founding Fathers. I have a harder time with this - John Adams is also one of my characters. But my John Adams is no fucking Republicon, and the Democratic challenger is an advocate of health care reform and other progressive goodness. Mike Kreidler.
Legislative District No. 45, Position No 1: This is where endorsements matter, because I've paid fuck-all attention to local races. I shall plump for the candidate supported by the people I believe in, and when you have one guy supported by a huge swath of organizations out to do good, and one endorsed by nothing but business interests, the choice is simple: Roger Goodman.
Position No 2: Ditto, Larry Springer.
(And yes, I peeked at the issues, too. And yes, the Republicons running are Republicons. 'Nuff said.)
State Supreme Court Justice Position No. 3: Spoiled for choices here. We have a name and a blank line, and not even my trusty voter guides seem to have this one on the radar. However, Judgepedia gives me enough info to know I don't need to write in Screaming Rubber Chicken as a protest vote. Mary Fairhurst.
Position No. 4: Judgepedia likes him. Charles W. Johnson.
Position No. 7: Heh. She looked like such an easy shoo-in that her challenger dropped out. Debra L. Stephens.
Court of Appeals etc. etc. No. 5: Judgepedia fails me, but Google shows the only contender was appointed by Gov. Gregoire, and there seem to have been no embarrassing incidents. Good 'nuff. Linda Lau.
No. 6: Holy shit, she's got an assload of experience. No scandals Google could find. Ann Schindler.
Superior Court Judge Position No. 1: Finally, some competition again! I'll take the candidate endorsed by NARAL, thanks. Sue Parisien.
No. 22: The lady described as "This badass former federal civil-rights attorney" by the Stranger so has my vote. Holly Hill.
No. 37: I'll take the candidate who's rated "outstanding" and "exceptionally well qualified" AND is endorsed by NARAL and Equal Rights Washington. Jean Rietschel.
And, at long last... the final vote to be cast. Prop. No. 1: Mass Transit Expansion. Hell to the YES. Or, in this case, APPROVED.
Fini. A few hours with Google, and I've been a responsible voter, choosing people that I think are best qualified for the positions they're running for (don't you fucking make me regret that one Republican vote, Sam!) and choosing the right stand on the ballot measures. In the Age o' the Intertoobz, there is no reason on earth why you can't do the same.
Kitteh sez: GET OUT THE VOTE! Even if you punk off the rest of the ballot, she'd like you to vote for this man:
They not only share political views, but exquisite taste in columns.
PSTP Coming Soon
Just a quick update. For those who actually read them, there will be a new Press Start To Play next week. It'll probably be a long one, so I may not include it in its entirety, or I may offer a download of the full article. Or I'll just throw it all up there. We'll see. In any case, we are doing a unit on music in my writing class (why we're doing a unit on music in my writing class is, well, sort of a problem) and I chose to do mine on the history and evolution of video game music. It is a four or five page paper, which is why I am debating on how to transcribe it here.
So stay tuned for next week's episode of Press Start To Play!
29 October, 2008
Happy Hour Discurso
Today's opining on the public discourse.
The right wing must be totally illiterate or unbelievably dishonest. There's no other explanation for enormously stupid statements like this:
Right-wing radio host Dennis Prager spoke before an audience of 3,000 at Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall, during which he attacked the “left” for constructing “a grand edifice of lies about America.” One of those lies, according to Prager, is that “equality” is an American value:
These fuckwits have no idea what "American values" actually are. And they seem to be getting more ignorant by the instant.
They can't even answer the simplest of questions:
Last night on CNN, host Larry King — taking a viewer question — asked former Bush administration press secretary Ari Fleischer, “How would a McCain administration be different to Bush’s on foreign and economic policies?” Instead of answering the question, Fleischer diverted into how both McCain and Bush are similar:
FLEISCHER: Well, you know, on foreign policy, number one, John McCain will be a powerful supporter of Israel, just as George Bush was. So I’m going to go right to that where there is an agreement.
When King tried to steer him back on course, noting that “the question was different,” Fleischer finally settled on taxes and global warming and falsely claimed that McCain called on Bush to fire Donald Rumsfeld.
It is rather odd that Fleischer cited taxes as an economic policy difference between Bush and McCain. While McCain did vote against Bush’s tax cuts, if elected president, he plans to extend and double those same cuts — giving most of the benefit to big corporations and the wealthy, while allowing the federal deficit to skyrocket.
Moreover, Fleischer’s example of a foreign policy difference between McCain and Bush isn’t even true. McCain never called for the firing of
Rumsfeld, a fact that even the McCain campaign
has acknowledged.
It's pathetic that right-wing hacks can't even comprehend the questions put to them. Utterly pathetic that a former press secretary can't even understand what the word "different" means. And as for knowing what their candidate has said: epic fucking fail.
And this grade-school "I know you are but what am I?" bullshit is getting old in a hurry:
By now, I suspect most people have seen the breathtaking interview between Joe Biden and Barbara West of WFTV in Orlando, in which, by any reasonable standard, West's questions fell somewhere between "ridiculous" and "in need of medication."
Soon after, the Obama campaign realized there wasn't much point in talking to Barbara West. She's not really a journalist, the campaign wouldn't be treated professionally, and there's no real point in having a dialog.
In response, John McCain is now whining to Fox News' Sean Hannity about the Obama campaign's media "boycotts." McCain said, "[I]f anybody in the media, much less Joe the Plumber asks a tough question, then they're boycotted. They pull their ads, etc."
I sincerely wonder about McCain's grip on reality sometimes. Amanda Terkel noted the irony of McCain's latest complaints.
* McCain canceled an appearance on CNN's Larry King Live after CNN's Campbell Brown conducted a tough interview with McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds about Palin's foreign policy experience.
* Last month, the McCain campaign barred New York Times
* McCain campaign officials barred Time's Joe Klein from traveling with them, after he asked McCain an uncomfortable question about foreign policy.
* Campaign officials have repeatedly gone on air to bash journalists after tough interviews, saying that Katie Couric asked Palin "a series of trapdoor questions," the New York Times "cast aside it's journalistic integrity to advocate for the defeat of John McCain," and demanded that the media treat Palin with "deference."
If you're going to bitch and moan about what somebody else does, it's generally a good idea to make sure you're not doing that horrible thing yourself. But not Republicons. They think double standards are perfectly acceptable.
Two words: Hell. No. We've played that game for eight fucking years. We're done.
That could be why battleground state numbers look like this:
The new CNN polls confirm the conventional wisdom that Barack Obama is close to locking up Colorado and Virgnia -- a combination that would would deliver him the presidency if he holds on to all the Kerry states -- and he's running strong in other swing states, too:
• Colorado: Obama 53%, McCain 45%. Two weeks ago, Obama led 51%-47%.
• Florida: Obama 51%, McCain 47%, not all that different from the 51%-46% Obama lead two weeks ago.
• Georgia: McCain 52%, Obama 47%. This is not significantly changed from the 53%-45% McCain lead a week ago -- but it is significantly different from the 17-point win that George W. Bush had here in 2004, and could have serious implications in down-ticket races.
• Missouri: McCain 50%, Obama 48%, basically the same as a 49%-48% McCain lead two weeks ago.
• Virginia: Obama 53%, McCain 44%, not significantly changed from the 54%-44% Obama lead two weeks ago.
All five of these states went to George W. Bush twice, and combined they have a total of 75 electoral votes. These surveys all have a margin of error of ±3.5%.
We're so dramatically sick of the lies and the bullshit that even blood-red states are turning purple. Game fucking over.
Jesus Wuz a Socialist!
Some inconvenient truths about Jesus:
Sounds like that dirty liberal Jesus was an anti-American socialist commie freak, doesn't it? I hear he was also into giving to the poor (OMG, redistribution of weath! WELFARE!!11!1!) and thought rich people would have a hard time getting into heaven.
Wait a sec. Isn't Sarah Palin a big fan o' Jesus? Doesn't that make her an anti-American socialist commie freak?
Why, yes. Yes, I believe it does.
The Coming Bloodbath
Question: so what the fuck are we still doing there? And is this why Iraq's running out the clock on the UN mandate that allows us a patina of legitimacy? That's up on December 31st, and everyone assumed we'd be there far longer, but it seems like Baghdad has other ideas. You see, Maliki's been playing silly buggers with the Bush regime again. He's learned to "negotiate" with the invaders of his country:
I don't think Maliki is some kind of genius - signing this or really any agreement with the United States at this point would be political suicide. But the idea of "listening to constituents" is something that nobody in this country has bothered to consider when dealing with the Bush Administration for the past 8 years.
They might want to give Baghdad a ring.
It's a nice idea, but it won't be Republicons calling. They're too busy sharpening their knives in preparation for a civil war of their own:
South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson insisted this is necessary, arguing that "moderating our party is what caused us to lose power" in 2006.
This is not an uncommon sentiment among leaders of the Republican base -- they seriously believe voters would be far more likely to support the GOP if party leaders were more right-wing. What's more, if things don't go well for the party seven days from now, these activists will push this line very aggressively as the party starts to put the pieces back together, whether it makes sense or not.
In Which I Reply to Victoria Jackson's Unintentional Self-Parody
I think someone needs to sit Victoria Jackson down and 'splain to her what "uneducated" means:
Apparently, Victoria was too busy standing on her head reciting poetry to get Tim LaHaye's memo informing her that Barack Obama, in fact, is not the antichrist. What was that about "uneducated people" who "will ignorantly vote" again?
This is what an upbringing by fundamentalist parents and a few years at Florida Bible College will do to a person. Her critical thinking skills are non-existent. That doesn't prevent her from misusing words like "cynic." From the bio on her website:
Well, I'd feel like we didn't really connect if I didn't tell you about what I really feel is important. I am a genuine true blue believer...not in Kaballah...not in Scientology...not in the New Age movement...not in Mormonism...not in Buddism...not in Hinduism...not in Catholicism...not in Protestantism...but in Jesus Christ. I've studied all those other religions...and as a cynic, and a free spirit...I personally decided to put my faith in Jesus. I've read the Bible all the way through....and I believe it is the Truth...the Word of God. Read John 3:l6, Ephesians 2:8,9, Romans 3:23, and Romans 6:23 and tell me what you think. What do you think? Jesus claimed to be "the Lord"...He was either the "Lord", a liar, or a lunatic. Tell me what you think and why. After all, none of us has died and come back to tell....so we all have our faith in something. What is your faith in? I'm eager to listen and discuss.
Something tells me Victoria wouldn't be all that eager to "listen and discuss" with the likes o' me. Because I'd say something like this:
Here's what I think, Victoria. If you want to bring up the Lord, liar or lunatic talking point to "prove" the divinity of Jesus, my money's on options two and three. You see, growing up with a bipolar mother and studying forensic psychology led me to draw certain conclusions about Jesus. And this, mind you, is back when I was still nominally still Christian. The parallels between Jesus's behavior as described in the Bible and the behavior of mentally ill people today were too striking to ignore. So I think that Jesus was either batshit insane, or his biographers added a few embellishments that make him look like a megalomaniacal cult leader.
I think you sound precisely like all the other ignoramuses who attend Palin rallies and shout "terrorist," "kill him!" and "communist." I excerpted the ridiculous from your statement on Obama, but I refuse to let you spew the rest of that poisonous crap in my cantina. To have someone like you call someone like me "uneducated" would be massively insulting if it wasn't so pathetically funny.
I think your invitation to discuss what I believe is a lure meant to proselytize. I've known many like you, and what you mean by "I want to listen" is "I want to tell you why you're wrong, and you'd better listen to me or you'll burn in Hell." There is no discussion here. There is no common ground to work from. When you gave up reason in favor of blind faith, you gave up any chance at useful dialogue.
And frankly, the idea of "really connecting" with someone who is so far gone that they believe every bit of right-wing bullshit that hits their email inbox nauseates me. So, Victoria: thanks for the offer, but I think I'll pass.
I rather meant this post to be light-hearted and funny, but there's nothing funny about people like this. People like this are a threat. And the most frightening thing is, one of them is the current Republicon vice presidential candidate. People like her are fighting for control of the remnants of the Republicon party. People like her, if they get into power, will see no problem with imposing their appalling version of Christianity on every single one of us, believer and non-believer alike. Because they think they have the Truth of God, they'll have no compunctions about establishing a theocracy every bit as horrifying as the Taliban.
And they live in a fantasy world that could get us all killed. What do you think true believers like her are going to do if they believe the antichrist's been elected President of the United States?
Obama's going to win, barring unforseen catastrophe. Electing him is going to be one of the best things we've ever done. But we're going to have to watch out for the frothing fundies who think he's a sign of the end times. They're going to be doing their best to ensure their prophecies are self-fulfilling.
28 October, 2008
COTEB VI: We Be Sailin' the Wine Dark Seas
Happy Hour Discurso
Today's opining on the public discourse.
ABC has priorities:
ABC, which is the only one of the networks that won't air Barack Obama's unusual 30-minute special during prime-time tomorrow, has taken a bit of a swipe at Obama and told its viewers not to watch Obama's appearance.
"Wednesday, America, you have a choice," ABC's ad says. "Get political with the other networks, or enjoy the Emmy-winning drama full of surprising revelations: ABC's `Pushing Daisies."
At the mention of getting "political with the other networks" someone intercedes with an expression of disgust: "Please."
ABC lost its chance to air Obama's special tomorrow because it delayed too long in answering the Obama campaign's request to buy the air time.
So. Let me get this straight. ABC thinks a fucking TV show is more important than Americans being politically informed. That's responsible journalism, that is.
I have some friends and family in Florida -- I'm a Miami native -- and I've heard quite a few stories about extraordinary lines in order to vote. One guy I know waited in line for literally three hours -- in the middle of a weekday, when one might assume the lines would be
The executive order comes after record early voting turnout has contributed to
long lines at polling sites.
Immediately after signing the order, which declares a state of emergency, Crist told reporters, ''It's not a political decision. It's a people decision.''
Given the recent trend -- most of the early Floridian voters have been Democrats -- the decision doesn't do McCain any favors, which makes Crist's decision all the more honorable.
Or these call center workers in Indiana:
For these call-center employees, they weren't just demonstrating character by taking a stand, they were also making a personal sacrifice -- by refusing to read McCain's vile script, these workers gave up a day's pay.
Those folks know what responsible citizenship is. And it's not telling an audience of millions to blow off politics for pop culture.
Moving on to the "reaping what you sow" category, Faux News is discovering that their ill-informed viewers are too extreme even for them:
SMITH: Yeah, well that’s what I was kinda wondering.
thing “frightening.”
Yes, Mr. Smith, it is indeed frightening. You and your network bear a lot of the responsibility for creating such ill-informed, over-the-top, fearmongering citizens. Your most favoritest candidate McCain has fed this crap to these people, and you've been happy to feed them more. Not pretty when it comes back at you, is it?
McCain is going to be learning this lesson to his sorrow here in the not-too-distant future. The whirlwind's already begun:
The internal fight among McCain and Palin staffers got a little more intense over the weekend, when a McCain adviser told CNN, "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone.... Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all
Today, the blame game got even uglier. The Politico's Mike Allen reports:
I suppose we'll be hearing even more of this in the coming days, with McCain/Bush loyalists holding Palin responsible for practically all of the campaign's difficulties.
And, as Steve goes on to point out: this could very well be true. But they, ultimately, are the ones who bear the responsibility for choosing this "whack job" in the first place.
When you create a frothing mob of dramatically misinformed fundies, when you have to rely on that base to elect you, and you have to choose a "whack job" to pander to them, what happens next is nobody's fault but your own.
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NBA Releases More Reasons To Hate The Spurs
(NBA HQ, Secaucus, NJ) -- Has your week-long Suns Suspension chewing gum of hate lost its flavor? Refresh your chew with these sparkling new, league-approved reasons to hate Duncan and Company.
1. The Spurs are the only team in the NBA to protest foul calls, and it is against our rules to give them technical fouls.
2. If not for the strike year championship, Phil Jackson would have passed Red Auerbach’s championship record while Red was still alive, which would have caused Red to throw his cigar to the ground and curse like Yosemite Sam.
3. San Antonio is close to Mexico, and MEXICO IS KILLING THIS COUNTRY WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS. (The NBA would like to thank Lou Dobbs for his support.)
4. Isiah Thomas doesn’t like Gregg Popovich, and when has Isiah ever been wrong?
5. San Antonio is also in Texas, which is responsible for the current president, and by extension, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and global warming.
6. The Spurs have several foreign players. See reason #3 for more clarification.
7. No prominent member of the Spurs has been connected to drug use, controversial rap albums, or spousal abuse. The Spurs do *not* keep it real.
8. The Spurs are the only reason why Eva Longoria gets so much television time. And Eva Longoria is worse than Joumana “Eva Braun” Kidd.
9. You have always hated the Spurs. And Eurasia.
10. Hate isn’t the opposite of love – indifference is. You hate this game!
The Truth said...
You forgot #11 - There are more guns in Texas than people, so frankly, we're scared of the fans.
Anonymous said...
STOP SAYING THE PRESIDENT IS FROM TEXAS!!! Yes he WAS governor of Texas but he is NOT from Texas. he was born in New Haven, Connecticut; lived a while in Midland,TX(football powerhouse) but went to private school in Massachusetts(Andover). Besides that he was educated at Harvard AND Yale. The only reason he had interest in Texas is cause he had ownership in the Texas Rangers baseball team and his father had oil investments in Texas. Ya'll wanna blame someone for Bush blame Vermont and Harvard/Yale!
Anonymous said...
1. That’s right, Spurs are the ONLY team to criticize Referees
2. And what stop the ’99 Lakers to reach the championship? Would we have given them an asterisk to Phil Jackson for this record?
3. So is Phoenix (Suns) and California (Lakers, Warriors and Clippers)
4. Isiah Thomas was wrong the day he decided to coach.
5. Bush is NOT from Texas.
6. And from which state is Leandro Barbosa from?
7. Apparently, the Spurs are violent enough on the court. They don’t need a rap album (Shaq).
8. I guess her TV show is low in ratings.
9. No more than I hate ice cream.
10. I guess then that I should be indifferent to this article.
jyafink said...
DMtShooter said...
Wow, even the natives are now trashing the place.
For the record, we hate the Spurs in the same way that Stephen Colbert supports Our President.
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Topic: Servo twitch on startup (Read 2 times) previous topic - next topic
I'm making a remote start for my generator and I have a servo to operate the choke. When I power my system, both the Arduino and the servo get power at the same time. My servo gives a quick little twitch and rotates about 30 degrees. This isn't desirable. Everything runs off the 12V battery and the servo gets its power from a 5V BEC. The servo is too big to run off the Arduino 5V supply.
I played around a little and I can get rid of the twitch by delaying the power to the servo. My current solution is to manually connect the BEC after the Arduino is alive and sending a control signal to the servo. This works, but obviously isn't a good long term solution.
Anyone else experienced this? Any good solutions?
My current thought is to use a MOSFET to control the BEC. I would just turn on the BEC around 200 milliseconds after the Arduino control signal is sent. Is there some product out there that outputs 5V and can be easily turned on/off through a built in Arduino input (combined BEC and MOSFET/relay)? I'm trying to reduce assembly time as I have to build a bunch of these.
Have you tried to write the servo position before the attach?
The most common thing with servos is that they twitch when power is applied. Some are
much worse than others. The GWS servos I have are especially bad.
That's if you aren't even sending pulses to the servo. Then, you have the problem that the
servo will almost never be in the exact position corresponding to the first pulse it gets, and
it will go to the commanded position at maximum speed. So, 2 uncontrollable movements,
(a) one at power up, and (b) the other with the first command pulse.
For (a), try different servos. For (b), you might use some sort of external position feedback,
such as another pot, or alternately, take advantage of the fact that servos have poor torque
when the pulses aren't coming in at a full 50-Hz rate. IOW, send the first few pulses at a slow
update rate so the servo takes a while to get over to its commanded position.
Any good solutions?
Posting your code might help.
Jan 27, 2013, 02:43 am Last Edit: Jan 27, 2013, 05:05 pm by ticklechicken Reason: 1
Thanks for the suggestions. I had to put this away for a while, but I'm back for the weekend.
The problem is in the setup, not in the loop. The twitch is at the myservo.attatch() and myservo.write() commands. As AWOL suggested, I tried swapping those commands and also adding a delay(1000) in between the commands. None of these ideas worked. What's shown below is the last code I tried.
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#include <Servo.h>
Servo myservo;
int servo = 9; // pin output to control the servo
int start = 50; // start position of servo
int finish = 130; // finish position of servo
void setup() {
myservo.write(start); // move servo to start position
myservo.attach(servo); // attaches the servo to pin 9
*** non-servo related code removed ***
void loop() {
*** all this code works fine ***
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The new year arrived with the load of hype that comes with the territory in Washington ' it being the first city built on a foundation of hype, buzz and hot air. Generally speaking, the Rat tends to be immune to the zeitgeist of the latest big thing.
But sometimes, the whiskered one's wall of isolation is broken down by the enthusiasm of those in his proximity, and he is forced to conform to the wave of popular sentiment, and maybe even wear a color that clashes with most of his wardrobe.
Thus it was with recent events in the rodent's region, and he found himself forced to take a position on what turned out to be the losing side of the debate. That is, he got Baltimore Ravens playoff fever forced down his throat. The Rat was one black-and-purple face-painting away from totally succumbing to Festivus.
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'We don't want to stick out too much,' he told his wife. 'After all, we're the only family of anthropomorphic rats on the block.'
The Rat's interest in football was about as long-lived as his interest in the upcoming Apple iPhone (or whatever it will be called once Cisco and Apple get done with negotiation and litigation ' Cisco already owns the trademark). While he was initially just as floored by the reality distortion field as everyone else, there were a few things that quickly dispelled the spin.
The biggest issue for the furry one was the carrier that Apple teamed up with. While Apple's device will have all sorts of features for wireless broadband, Cingular (owned by AT&T) has by most accounts the creakiest and slowest of the cellular broadband offerings. The slick Web browser and rich media applications will be as much fun as crawling through a wiring conduit running over the older parts of Cingular's network.
Of course, it does play music.
So while the iPhone promises to do more than the new Democrat-led Congress, the Rat is treating it with the same amount of trepidation ' especially because he knows some gadget-happy users in his agency who will be looking to plug them into his network somehow at some point.
With all of the people already clogging his network at lunchtime with sports shorts, LonelyGirl15 videos, Second Life sessions and the like, that's the last thing he wants to deal with.
Of course, the hype over the iPhone might evaporate as fast as the bad buzz about Steve Jobs' stock option hanky-panky.
Until then, the Rat is sticking to something a little less potentially damaging and addictive ' his new BlackBerry.
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These days, you can catch them on planes and buses, but also in a very posh location - the Concordia class cruise liner Costa Pacifica has had 7 confirmed cases of measles amongst its crew members, 40 are in quarantine in Italy, where the boat made an unscheduled stop.
Check your vaccination records now, unless you want to bring home a souvenir...
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Carlo: Thank you for a thoughtful, well-considered look at the situation from your perspective. I hope that it kicks off a productive conversation both here and in winery offices throughout the state.
I have a few comments of my own that I'd like to throw out there as well.
I know several winery owners and winemakers who take to blaming the leaders of wine trails and the NYWGF for the industry's woes (at least partly) and while I agree that the NYWGF isn't solely to blame, it's easy to see why it's a target.
For one, it's the only state-wide group. Each region has its own promo organizations, but each is out only for itself (which is how it's supposed to be). The Long Island Wine Council cares about Long Island wine, not the Niagara Escarpment or the broader "New York Wine" issues. Frankly, the regional organizations have enough on their plates already. They work hard - harder than people realize.
NYWGF is the only state-wide organization and the only one chartered with promoting and supporting the entire state. Under the current system, the things you list can only come from the NYWGF or not at all.
Perhaps the NYWGF isn't meant to do these things things for the state's wine industry, but has Jim Trezise ever come out and said "We want to be doing this, but we can't/shouldn't?" I'm asking because I have no idea.
The NYWGF also get blamed because it's head, Jim Trezise is seen by most people inside and outside of the NY industry as THE face of New York wine. Winery owners and winemakers are looking to him for leadership in that role. I think that's easy to understand. As the industry has grown and evolved, it expects its leadership to adapt and grow with it. I'm not sure that has happened.
Many winery owners have given up on the NYWGF (which you've alluded to) and decided to do some of the things you suggest on their own -- some with great success. But without a statewide, coordinated effort we're never going to see the kind of growth and success the state's wineries could achieve.
First and foremost, intrepid, creative leadership is needed. The other items on your list can fall into place eventually, but there needs o be a strong leader at the top of the pyramid, one who can deftly navigate the various needs and wants of all constituents -- NOT an easy job -- and push those member wineries in the directions they need to be going in. The status quo isn't good enough anymore.
What's the answer? I won't pretend to know, but perhaps your suggestion that a second organization be created is the way to go. An organization that is focused solely on promotion and growth (and not grape juice and helping new wineries) might have more impact.
I'm curious to hear what other people think about this.
Lenn: Great post. There are some really great ideas here and with everyone talking about eating local there should be a "Drink Local NY Wines" table or booth at Union Square and every other significant green market in the state.
Sue -
While I don't disagree with you - I think the local movement is ripe for bringing in the NY wine industry - I also think we have to shoot for much larger than that. To some degree, the local movement for wines will be seen as niche. The goal is to move NY wine beyond niche to a level of mainstream respect. In that regard, there has been widespread failure in doing so.
A bureaucratic arm is going to be saddled with limitations, no matter what tweaks are made. That's because there is a requirement to serve members equally. A privately funded organization would have more power and sway, more ability to be discerning in what is and is not promoted.
Sue: There has been a rotating (meaning different wineries weekly) booth system at the NYC Greenmarkets for the last couple of years I believe. I know that places like Paumanok Vineyards, Waters Crest and others have taken advantage of that program.
Evan: While I agree that the ultimate goal is to "shoot for much larger than that" the fact is that NY wine hasn't even saturated the NY market. If NY wine can't dominate in NY, how do we know it can fare better outside, where "local" isn't an aid?
Lenn - It will never dominate in NY. It just needs to be a major player.
I disagree! NY wine probably can't dominate New York City (okay, I don't think it EVER can) but I think it can dominate the wine regions themselves, and maybe smaller cities.
Syracuse, Albany, Rochester....
First, I agree with just about all the "remedies" that Carlo provided--have agreed with them for 25 years!
I disagree with Carlo that this has become an issue in the past 3-5 years; lack of NY wine industry coordination has been an issue for as long as I've been in the wine business--25 years, as long as the Foundation is old.
The Foundation was formed by the state in '85 as an organization scheduled to phase down in about six years; each year was supposed to have seen increased industry funding, until the funding was nearly 100% industry.
The wine industry never did its part with funding, and so the annual begging from Albany for funding became the modus operandi, but you can't rely on the government forever, and that day has arrived when you can't.
As for the promotional needs of the wine industry: Carlo, when you get all five regions and the majority of wineries to agree on "socialized" promotion, you will be recommended for knighthood!
It is mostly about money. The NY wine industry claims it does not have enough collective money for massive programs. Maybe so, but where does that leave the industry?
In the late 1980s someone at one of the wine magazines interviewed Robert Parker. In the interview, Parker was given a number of words or phrases and he was to answer the first thing that came to his head. When the phrase was New York wine, Parker replied that it would always be a regional curiosity.
I nearly went ballistic when I read that, and I wrote a letter to the magazine. Today, however, I think I understand what Parker may he been getting at. I'm sure that he has seen first-hand how much money it takes to move the wine industry.
Tom - I'm an American. No need for the Knighthood, but thanks for the thought. As for "socialized promotion" what I am really looking for is coordinated effort. Say twice a year - April and October - we have New York Wine Month - with coordinated protions in stores - posters, fixtures, and a deal, say a few extra points on five to ten cases per store, with product from cooperating wineries.
I don't want one giant sales organization. No one wants that. BUt if the French and Italians can get their acts together (I'm Italian, my wife French), then surely we should be able to come together twice a year.
And here's the thing. The NYWGF have attempted this, but the wineries haven't really bought in. They just like to complain. Yes, we might have a capital shortfall, but with some coordinated efort and some enthusiasm, on our home court, we should be able to make a dent.
One of my growing sons asked me, when do you know if you "really" like someone? I told hem when I saw them take a shower, brush their teeth, comb their hair, put on clean clothes, and ask where my aftershave is, then I'll know when they "really" like someone. I thik it's the same thing. When the majority of the wineries really get serious, consumers and wine shops will know.
Lenn & Evan - I don't ever expect to see NY wines dominate NY in my lifetime. We live in a special place, one of the great cross roads of wine, in what Kevin Zraly is calling "the Golden Age of Wine." But when I walk into a wine shop in California or Oregon or Washington, I see the regional wines being touted. I'd say there are a good percentage of the shops that carry little to no quality New York wine at all. And that has to change.
I don't know how long you've been in the NY wine business, but everything in your last post could have been written in the late 1980s. While things have changed, many more things have remained the same.
The fact is that the NY wine industry as a whole has never shown a desire to work in concert and create what you have identified, and what I agree, is necessary. That's in part because the industry is diverse in its wine offerings (hybrids, natives, vinifera). The elitism that some place on some species does not allow them to even consider working with those who produce the other species wines.
It might be a good thing for the state to stop funding the Foundation, if only to motivate the wine industry to stop complaining about conditions and to organize action to change things for the better.
As for France and Italy, I'm unsure about France, but I know that Italy has had government programs to help promote and also that the separate wine regions have done miraculous work to get their messages out--while they also have increased the overall quality of their wines a hundredfold. Their focus has been export markets, and what they have done has been expensive. But at the same time, when you talk to Italian producers from region to region, which I have done many times, you find strong differences among them. Much of their promotion has been confined to regional blocks rather than country-wide.
It is not easy to get any wine industry to work in concert.
Tom - I understand that you and I are on the same side, so we're just parcing words, but with all due respect, I would say there was not enough good quality wine in New York in 1985 to sell, the way there is today. We have more wineries, and more good wine than ever before.
In 1985 I bought my first few First Growth Bordeauxs, and I had visited CT, NY, NJ, and RI wineries at that time. I was buying NY wines back in Union Square from Art Hunt when that was the only place in NYC you could get them. I know what was being offered. And it has improved. And I know the difference.
And yes, Italy has improved a hundrefold, and I believe NY is improving in the same way. And I don't expect a NY love fest. I just expect some cooperation somewhere down the line. You can say we didn't do it in the past, but eventually people come together. In 1775 the Congress of America sent out the Olive Branch proposal to Geoge III. At that time the Adams (Sam and John) were considered absolute freaks, the outer fringe to be avoided at all costs, but by the 1776 Congress they were in the majority. People need to find a common interest, and share a common need.
Perhaps you are right, if the Foundation is let go or desolved, then the wineries will have to face facts.
"People need to find a common interest, and share a common need."
You are so right about the above.
In my travels through this industry, I've found that common interest has always been its weakest link.
As for the wines of the 1980s, I beg to differ. You may know what you drank, but you may not know all that was being offered back then.
At that time, we had Dr. Franks's, Wiemer, Glenora, Heron Hill, Millbrook, Hargrave, and a number of smaller wineries doing stellar work--they just didn't get the notice that they are receiving today (except that Hargrave is gone).
Sure, we had many clinkers and, unfortunately, that gained most of what little press there was about New York, with the exception of guys like Howard Goldberg, who led the pack back then in providing serious coverage of what was going on in his home state.
I don't think that quality is the only issue that holds back the message.
Also, in the upstate market, there were a number of innovative retailers and restaurants that made NY wine available.
Terry Robards in Lake Placid one was of them; Michael Turback in Ithaca was another.
In 1982, I tasted my first Wagner Chardonnay (Finger Lakes) at Tastings Restaurant, which was located on 55th Street in Manhattan and was operated by the then young and original International Wine Center. It was in fact the wine that got me to leave Brooklyn and come to Keuka Lake.
The battle over wine in grocery stores ended the way it should have, with wine stores prevailing over Big Box chains that could care less about NY wine. So while The Last Store on Main Street Coalition believes there is no fair compromise to that question, we do believe the battle has had some positive impacts that must be pursued.
Retailers from around the state in increasing numbers recognize that supporting New York wines is not just critical from a political perspective, but it can also be profitable. As a result, that relationship has grown stronger and can be stronger still.
The issue comes down to a simple question: How can we increase demand for NY wines? Stores will carry what their customers want, obviously, so how do we get more of them to want NY wine? The answer doesn't fall only on stores, nor does it fall on wineries alone. It falls on all of us who have a stake in the future of this industry.
In an attempt to answer that question, we have held roundtables around the state -- your winery participated in the event at Brotherhood. A lot of good ideas came from those discussions, and we are now trying to distill them down to an agenda that retailers and wineries can support.
There are many things we can do without government help, like promoting NY wine tourism in our stores. There are other things we will need government help to acheive, maybe an I Love NY Wine ad campaign. Many of your ideas offered here make a lot of sense and we look forward to the conversation Lenn has started for additional ideas. We also plan to host additional roundtables this year to bring retailers and wineries together to accelerate the conversation.
It's our hope and intention to develop an agenda that we can bring to Albany with one, united voice rather than gear up for battle again over the grocery store issue. That issue has distracted us for long enough. It's time to try something new: working together on a plan that will increase consumer demand for NY wines.
So Michael, does the new direction mean that some of the retailers that barred or punished wineries for having a position will back off from that tactic? Or have they already?
The rancor was disgusting to watch and listen to, and I do hope that it is avoided in the future.
It's disturbing that a position on an issue can't be debated between parties with sincerity instead of with threats and half-truths. It doesn't bode well for positive promotion.
What is disturbing is continuing to perpetuate an total falsehood. Claims that wineries where blackballed were investigated by the Attorney General. who found absolutely nothing to support them. Saying it over and over doesn't make it true.
The grocery issue was debated vigorously over the last two years. I respect the position of those in favor of it -- I just think they are wrong. Like it or not, the Legislature rejected it two years in a row. The fact that Big Box stores lost doesn't mean the issue wasn't debated with sincerity. That sounds like sour grapes to me.
The question now is how we move forward. Wine stores across the state are putting time, effort and resources into a new partnership. So are many wineries. We welcome you to be part of a solution. Or you can continue to throw stones.
In this month’s Beverage Media, 52 NY wineries are listed for sale by distributors statewide. 9 are from Long Island. That means these wines are available on one day’s notice, with 30 days to pay, at wholesale pricing anywhere in the state of New York. From Watertown to Ithaca to Montauk, and of course Manhattan and Brooklyn. Any restaurant, and any retailer can get delivery to the door on terms, and any consumer can get these wines in their own neighborhood on demand just by asking.
What makes California, Rioja (and the rest of Spain), all of Italy, Oregon and Greece so successful in our state? They are in distribution. They are available. They have no choice of course, but my point is, we don’t have a choice either. (There are more 77 Oregon wineries in distribution in NY by the way – do I have to count the Californias?)
Continuing to wait at the cellar door for wholesale customers to find you, and continuing to drop millions of dollars trying to convince people of our quality is a policy that seems valid, perhaps worthy, but ineffective. We can demonstrate how ineffective this policy is whenever Mr. or Mrs. Newyorker goes to the store to buy a bottle of wine and finds limited selection of our state’s produce and selects something else. We can demonstrate how invalid it is when a restaurateur tells you (quite correctly) “how can I place a wine on my wine list I don’t have a regular supply of?” How can my Long Island wine be by-the-glass in Buffalo without a distributor to handle the regular deliveries? Sure, I can UPS it to them, sure, it costs more to do so, but what if I wanted 50 restaurants to do that? How are they going to find me anyway?
I do not accept the lack of demand for NY wines as cited by the retailers on its face. They aren’t wrong, but a lack of selection, and the very difficult measures they must take to add 25 or 50 new vendors (as all wineries who self-distribute are) is way too much for the retailer to want to manage – most of them anyway. Difficulty in accessibility of the wines makes the lack of demand a self-fulfilling prophecy. That’s not the retailer or the restaurateur’s fault.
No winery with successful distribution is unhappy with the access they have to the market, and yet there are many things to complain about, like slight profits and lack of attention. But the talented marketers and the knowledgeable and experienced sales people who have managed their distribution well know they cannot get along without it. I’m afraid the vast majority of people in command of our wineries think they understand a wine shop or a restaurant’s needs on a daily basis, but they are wrong. Self distribution makes their job harder. They take your wine out of courtesy and appreciation for your product – many like to deal with the producer directly - but I’ll bet they wish it was easier to get all the same…And of course this does not ignore the fact that many wineries DO NOT want to be in distribution – they are happy with the limited, but very profitable methods they are managing to use to get their products out there.
Bottom line, we can’t compare ourselves to the successful imported wines because we simply don’t behave like them. If we behaved like a new and exotic import, we might find ourselves in greater demand. And to truly unify us under a political banner has proven fruitless, and we should not bother with it, but we can unify ourselves under a group-think flag of “doing business.”
Carlo’s original post and this essay are outstanding, showing a depth of understanding of the “business” of wine that seems lacking so often. I don’t agree with everything, but you know where I stand – in traditional distribution methods, and for consumer access. Access is sales. Thanks Lenn, as always, for an excellent forum.
Right. Like I said...
Anyway, which big box stores do you mean when you use that phrase? Is it the grocery stores or the big liquor stores with the stacked boxes of bulk wine that since the 1980s have replaced more than 2,000 mom and pop stores across NY State?
You hit on an important subject: there are many wineries that have finally awakened to the fact that the tourist trade isn't going to be enough, and that wider distribution is what they must have (many claim that is their reason for wanting wine in grocery stores, as liquor retailers aren't doing them enough good).
No longer being int he trenches, I have no answer for wineries concerning distribution. I only hope that the kind of stuff I endured when I worked with distributors as a rep for local wineries has diminished greatly. Otherwise, I don't see how much help that route offers to small wineries. The small operations simply don't have the resources to support "programs" on which distributors rely in order to motivate their reps and "move" boxes.
Thomas: Just want to mention that I think you're wrong that the wines "back then" were -- on the whole -- comparable to the ones being made today.
Even just in the last 5 years, wine quality has jumped significantly. There are more better producers and even the lesser ones have really raised their winemaking game.
There are very few absolutely undrinkable wines on Long Island right now -- that wasn't true when I first really got into the local wines. And the top producers have gotten even better.
I can't speak to the Finger Lakes over the arc that you can, of course. But I think I can for LI and HV.
You are right--I am mainly speaking of the Finger Lakes, but was trying to spread the largess around ;)
I do recall the vegetable nature of early LI wines.
My point was, however, that there were some truly good producers that far back and that it wasn't just bad or mediocre wine that kept NY from advancing (a far back as 1976, Taylor was the 6th largest domestic winery--how so?).
With a consumer product it doesn't take much for negative image to become viral, and it takes a whole lot more for a positive one to build. It's worse when the bad image is not counteracted with a good promotion and distribution program to kill it.
I don't want to lose sight of the important messages contained in this posting, but I'd like to agree with both Lenn and Thomas.
I'm the first one to pull out the "remember when?" card in most any discussion, but I don't think the good ol' days were really that good. The wines, from EVERYWHERE in the world, were inferior to today's technically improved wine (sometimes at the cost of their soul?)
There was a whole lot of very bad wine from NY that was extremely popular. I cut my teeth in a huge retail store in Delaware in the late 80s and the best seller in the whole store, bar none, was Widmer (in 3L bottles.)
Dwelling on the past in wine is totally apropos since wine is such a long-lived product - that's the awesome part, but dwelling on the past "wine business" will get us nowhere, sadly!
The country, our palates, the winemaking, the grapes, our competition, and the major players are all different. Really different!
What brought Taylor to its high position? Great promotion, sales, and distribution, with which to sell mediocre, yet technology sound products for the time.
Imagine what can be done with great promotion, sales, and distribution with which to sell outstanding products for our time!
Right before reading this post I had read a blog by Matt Kramer. In it he made the following observation:
"Apart from the sheer pleasure that this wine afforded, it reminded me of how many good, even extraordinary, wines are now created in America that most of us never see. Cowhorn Spiral 36 White Table Wine 2009, for example, is just 400 cases. So how many of us will ever come across it? The same could be said of hundreds of wines across the United States, never mind Canada. Here on the West Coast, I don't see a single wine from, say, Long Island.
This situation suggests that in a strange way, we are slowly becoming like Europe, where in many cases locals are the near-exclusive audience for local wines, and the rest of the nation is largely oblivious to what's happening just down the road. We're not quite so extreme yet, but we're getting there. The question is, is that good or bad?"
I thought it was an interesting question to piggyback on this conversation. Is it really a good thing or bad thing that LI (or any individual region) is mostly limited to it's immediate surroundings. From a consumer perspective, I can see positives and negatives either way. Conversely, for those in the wine business in NY I can completely see all the positives (image, recognition, $$$) to "go global"..... or at least "go American".
Dave, that's romantic a notion, no doubt. But imagine now Italy as just regional. That is, no Italian wines here.
Now do the same for Spain. For California.
Boring, no?
Thomas, what you are describing is the Gallo Model. No puns, no hyperbole intended. Gallo invented wine marketing. Smart (large) producers like Taylor learned from it.
Yet it's still quality at the end of the day...
I'm not so sure that Taylor (1880) learned from Gallo (1933). Taylor grew just about every day after it opened its doors--it grew even during Prohibition).
In 1933, when Prohibition ended and Gallo began, Taylor likely had the best sales and distribution network in the nation. The company was sold to Coke only after its management realized something was amiss with the growth path--something along the lines of the wine consumer had begun to change in the U.S. after the famous Paris tasting of '76, a turning point year in Taylor's future.
The Taylor story is a most interesting one regarding the way that wine moves through both this country's economy and its social structure.
We agree and we disagree. Firstly, do not confuse my position - I was against the grocery store bill two years in a row. Read any of my posts on it. It was poorly written legislation, and I agree, the big box stores will not support my little winery, or any of the small wineries in New York state. No questions asked.
Secondly, yes, we seemed to have made good progress back when those roundtables were held, and many of us small vendors were very optimistic. The store owners were kind and friendly. But things seemed to have stalled somewhat after the grocery store bill was defeated and time has gone on.
Thirdly, as I have written often before, I think wineries need to make themselves sexier to consumers and to store owners, and I think there needs to be a better, more concerted marketing effort in general. There is no question that this is a burden the wineries owners need to take up. We have some exceptional accounts, that get the local wine angle, and know that we are making some wonderful wines. They are great partners. Some retailers really get it. Many, however, still do not.
I think this conversation is in fact a great opportunity. I and other winery owners and marketing people, would love to work with The Last Store on Main Street to begin a steady program to show liquor store owners how to maximize their investments in New York wines, and improve their sales and increase their profits, while supporting local growers and industry. We'd love to do more tastings, and get more opportunties to put our products in front of the retailers and their customers.
I also think there is another great opportunity. I would also tell you that NY wineries, especially the small ones, would also love real information from the Last Store on Main Street, on how to best position themselves to make themselves more attractive to liquor store owners. This could be a revolutionary and historic chance to provide real partnership between the two sides.
I and my fellow small, quality winery owners welcome any continued dialogue we can engender to make the NY wine industry as vibrant as possible. We need partners like you and your membership to make New York wine as successful as it can be. We want to be an asset to the liquor store owners, indeed, we would like to be friends.
I hope we can pick up this thread together and take advantage of this tremendous opportunity.
Siding with the last store on main street coalition was a bad miscalculation on the part of NYS wineries. NYS retailers do not support your wines, nor do they care to. Last Store represents big box stores. Michael is clearly misusing that term. Big box stores defeated supermarkets. Supermarkets would have less selection of wines than 80% of the wine stores in this state. I just wanted to clear that up for everyone.
NYS wines need promotion. That promotion needs to come within the wineries. The wineries should be targeting small boutique like wine shops, that carry good wines. The ones that hand sell stuff. Not the ones that floor stack Clicquot and Santa Margherita. Last Store protected those stores from supermarkets. They certainly did not protect the "good" wine shops. 35 states allow wine in grocery stores. Plenty of great wine shops in those markets.
Listing wines in the Beverage Media is not enough. Heck, I let my BevMedia subscription lapse this year. Waste of paper, waste of $100.
Wineries need to get out in the marketplace more. Macari and Hermann Wiemer are great examples of successful marketing...they get out there, show their wines to retailers and restauranteurs all over the region. Lo and behold, their wines get onto retailer shelves. The wines are good and people get to see that they are.
PS-Michael, are you saying that because the attorney general found no wrongdoing, that no wrongdoing occured?
Just for the record, I am a retail wine store owner, and I am pro consumer. The majority of consumers in this state would like to see wine in grocery stores (they are already in bog bix stores). I say we let nature take its course, and let the chips fall where they may.
Retailers need to align themselves on important progressive issues. Not regressive ones.
The AG found no wrongdoing mainly because the AG did not go through with the investigation. No one knows why that is so, but many have ideas.
On this, as on many issues, the NY legislature was up for auction, and the powerful Speaker of the Assembly, who refused to even think about the word "consumer" must be courted if an AG wants to trade his job in for Governor.
Daniel, how many dozen NY SKUs does your store carry? From how many NY regions? Do you have the new Fox Run offering? If so, how is it doing for you? I love it.
Hello. I know your store--and the others--quite well, and you are an exemplary example of how a big store can still support a local wine industry.
Still, we may disagree on where wine should be sold in NY, but regarding Last Store On Main Street, the issue is: who does that organization represent? If it's the mom and pop stores, as they claim, where were they over the past 20-plus years while mom and pop stores were being forced out of business because they cannot compete with the real big box stores that already exist?
It's quite clear to anyone who knows the retail industry that wine sold in grocery stores presents the big box liquor stores with competition. It's also clear that in this country, we espouse the belief that competition is good and free markets work--except when they apply to protecting our domain in a regulated industry.
Thomas, Hello!
It is fairly useless to discuss at this point but I met and worked with many small winestore owners and winery owners in the fight against WIG. There were some winery owners for it as well, my good friend Scott at Fox Run was one of them (and Scott and I are friends, he as a person is quite incredible and I consider that our relationship transcends the business). Fox Run, Anthony Road and Red Newt make great wine (I assume Miles does as well considering their fruit source and winemaker). If any store is depriving their customers of these wineries, shame on them- I hope their customers follow the wine and find a new store.
As far as any winestore owners being for it, the only 2 I've heard of did not support NY wines. I hope Daniel comes back with a link to his website showing plenty of support for great local wines and does not make it 3.
I'm working on a story about another issue connected to depressed grape prices. One of the reasons for the drop in prices is a drop in demand; one of the reasons for that drop in demand, according to Scott, Miles and others, is the need for more retail outlets, because, for whatever reason, there aren't enough people like you in the NY liquor retail trade.
Maybe Scott and the others place their bets with opening more outlets at the expense of better promotion and marketing. I see the need for both, but nobody pays me either for my advice or my opinion, so I'll end it here, knowing that Micheal McKeon doesn't seem interested in providing me an answer to my questions.
I actually did not for Daniel P to get back about the NY wines he carries. I clicked on his name, followed the link and searched New York on his store's website was disappointed. It is unfortunate that some store owners do not care to provide customers with local wines. I will tell you it is my opinion that stores and restaurants in New york that do not carry NY wines are shameful.
I recognize it might be easier to sit back and not bother to visit a winery but it is the most personally and professionally rewarding aspect of my career. It's how I met Scott (who promised to introduce me to Doug Miles). Believe me, I'd drop everything in a second if I ever came up with a better way to support NY grapes, farms and wine.
We very much want to keep this conversation going, so I will reach out to you directly to see how we can bring your ideas to life. Thanks for the offer.
If there was any "stall" in the conversation, it was likely due to the fact that the budget battle this year lasted much longer than anyone expected. But now that it is over, we are committed to picking up the pace of those conversations.
As I stated early on, I am not looking to keep fighting the grocery store issue on this blog. Rather, I and the members of the Coalition are hoping we can work together with wineries and others to lift our industry. Sorry, Tom and Daniel, but I dont think its all that productive to keep arguing that question. Lets just agree to disagree on that one.
No Michael, I don't agree to anything unless, maybe, you can answer simple questions.
Where was your "coalition" when over 2,000 mom and pop stores faded?
What exactly do you mean by "big box" Stores?
Who funds your outfit?
The first thing that is necessary for a relationship between your "coalition" and the wine industry should be transparency. Can you provide that?
A very thoughtful piece, for sure. I think it makes sense to have NYW&G focus more heavily on NY City as it is a large, very large, market for fine wine (and very close). A marketing focus similar to that of New Zealand, Australia, Washington, also makes sense, just as separating the needs of the juice grape growers does. Hopefully, NYW&G will morph into something more strategically important to the industry in building the NY brand.
I didn't read all of the comments above yet - too much on WIGS (be interesting to see how you guys got on that).
We got on WIGS because wineries claim that they need more retail outlets and grocery stores would provide it. The so-called "coalition" was against the idea, which initially was truly a bad one. But after many concessions were put into a new proposed bill, to take into consideration the needs of the retail trade, the resounding response from the "coalition" was "we don't want anything to change."
One of the things that holds the NY wine industry back (only one of them!) is liquor control regulations. Here, the state was ready to dismantle pieces of the regulations and this "coalition" of retailers fought (and some say paid) for its defeat.
The issue is one spoke in the wheel that Carlo got rolling in his original post.
I am in fact unconvinced that grocery chains would do much to help the access problem, but I also see where more availability may help boost sales of local wines, and that the present system of distribution isn't exactly free trade.
Great post, important discussion. I'm sorry I joined so late.
I do think that all issues are important and valid, but to focus on the WIGS is letting the core of the issue get away a bit. It is the easier discussion to have but does not address the bigger issue. "Carry my wines in your store" is fine, but I don't believe sales come simply from availability.
Getting the consumer to pick the NY bottle off the shelf instead of one of the many similarly priced (or lower priced) offerings that they are more familiar with is what needs to be addressed. The reputation of the wines is not where it needs and deserves to be.
I work every day to sell various NY wines into retail and restaurant accounts in manhattan and brooklyn (admittedly for MUCH less time than many of you). I would rather have my wines btg at restaurants than languishing on a list or a shelf. Yes, there are many stores that do a good job selling NYS wines, but there are not enough stores that can hand sell the wines effectively.
The industry needs to help increase demand. People walk into stores all the time and say "I'm looking for a....". The sentence rarely ends with "Finger lakes Riesling" or "Long Island Merlot". That is not the retailers fault.
Every type of wine is Available in NY city. People buy what they want, and the industry needs to drive the demand by getting consumers acquainted with and excited about our wines. Coordinated marketing efforts including large tastings for industry, press, and consumers is a good start. Harvest celebrations (in the city) are another. Easier access to the wine trails is a third.
Let's not forget that we who read this blog are involved with NY wines on a daily basis. You would be amazed how many people I encounter at in-store tastings in Manhattan and Brooklyn that still exclaim "I didn't know they made wines on Long Island!" And these are not tourists. Yes, having the wine more widely available will help solve the issue of awareness. But it won't sell the bottle.
I would love for this discussion to pick up steam again on what I think are the bigger and more important issues. They are, unfortunately, the more difficult ones to address.
May I also suggest another possible hurdle to the issue at hand: Do NYS winery owners really want to work together? In my, again limited, experience I have seen and heard some evidence to the contrary.
questions some of you may be able to better address:
1) Are Producers primarily concerned with selling wines at maximum profit (through tasting rooms or direct to retailers) or with getting wider distribution of their brand?
2) Do the majority of producers agree that success for others in the state will translate into additional success for themselves? Or are they fighting each other for what they see as the limited slots on retail shelves?
3) Is there enough capital in the coffers to forgo short term individual sales for coordinated marketing efforts that will take some time to bear fruit?
Lenn good for you to stir up the hornets nest. We are smack into harvest so I will try and respond to some of this.
First: Let’s talk about the big box stores. NY wineries out there who say that a big box store won’t carry your wines: Have you actually asked them? So how do you know? As a business person how can you make a statement like “Big Box Stores won’t carry my wines” without asking them? Check out the Big Box Stores in California, TX,AZ, SC, VA,OR, WA et. al. and see if they carry local wines. Take a trip to Sonoma and visit some of the Safeway’s and then tell me you don’t have a chance. You sure do!
NY State law will not allow central warehousing so each store will have to purchase the wines individually. Think about a grocer and their warehouse space. So large quantity purchases are going to be out of reach for most grocers and specialty stores!
Everyone forgets about the Big Box Liquor stores that are devastating the liquor store industry by putting out of business thousands of smaller stores because these stores cannot compete because they are limited by what they can sell. The Big Box liquor stores with their huge warehouse space can purchase larger quantities and sell it with full mark up for the same price the small liquor stores can BUY it for. Many of those small stores would welcome the chance to sell other items because they know they can compete on service to the customer by selling gift items and delivering gift baskets with all sorts of items like cheese, coffee, glasses, etc. They know they can compete against all those other stores out there because they have the expertise. Why can’t we give them a chance to compete against those Big Box Liquor Stores?
Now let’s talk about the New York Wine Industry.
I have been in this industry since 1985 in one form or another here in NY and owning my winery since 1993. We had 14 wineries on Seneca Lake in 1993 now we have 60. The tourism pie has not grown since 2000 yet we have added 30 wineries to the mix since then. The pie slices are getting smaller.
Those of us who started early on selling our wines to the retail trade were able to get some of the limited shelf space that is offered by the liquor stores. Since all these new wineries have opened up and not been able to sell their wines out their tasting room door, they have begun selling to retailers. The retailers are not willing to cut into their Australian, French, South African, or Italian sections to replace them with a local product so they take my wines or other well established New York wineries wines off the shelf. So what does that mean? It means we are cannibalizing ourselves.
As much as Michael Mckeon says they, the NY Liquor stores, are opening up to us but he is a paid lobbyist for them and that is his job. They aren’t opening up to us. Go out into the market and look. How many liquor stores in the NY city area carry any NY wines? If they do most put us on the bottom shelf or in some weird section of the store. They as a whole have no respect for local products like ours. Most of them think we are a bunch of hick farmers. There are not enough outlets in this state to accommodate all the wineries. You new wineries that are opening up in other regions have not had the pressure of new neighbors cutting into your shelf space yet. What are you going to do 5 years from now when there are 20 wineries all within 20 miles of you and you can’t sell your wines and Mike is telling you about all that great support the liquor stores are giving you?
Have any of you thought of the distributor aspect and their sales people? Think about this! Distributors represent wines from all over the world. When we as NY wineries start to cut into their business by taking shelf space and therefore sales away do you think they are going to sit idly by and let that happen? There are only three large distributors left in the state and they will not pick up every little NY winery that wants to sell wholesale. The distributor sales people have relationships with stores that go back as much as 20 years. The distributors also sell distilled spirits which every liquor store needs. Do you think the liquor store owner is going to bring in your wines when he sees you maybe once or twice a year vs that distributor sales person he sees once or twice a week. They will fight us for that space and most of you will loose.
The marketing has been done at some point or another. Yellow Tail did not do one bit of advertising or marketing. It was all done by the distributor and the retailer. The distributor supported it with deals and the retailer gave the wines prime shelf position and told their sales people to recommend it. That is all that needs to be done in marketing NY wines. But as many of you have experienced when you are standing in line at a liquor store waiting to speak to the owner and someone comes in and asks for a nice Riesling you watch in awe as the owner or one of their employees say “come over here to the Washington state section and I will show you a nice Riesling”. It’s not what they tell you it is what they do that shows how they really feel.
Lastly, the boycott of my wines. I had 375 liquor stores and growing and now have less then 200 since I spoke out in support of wine in grocery stores. Contrary to Mr. McKeon’s comments for which he is paid to say, it would indicate to me that there is something going on so if it is not a boycott what would you call it? I have customers who come into my tasting room daily saying “I used to be able to buy your wines at such and such store how come they don’t carry you anymore”?. Why would a growing brand in January of 2009 all of a sudden loose this kind of market share? So I don’t know what you would call it but boycott and conspiracy come to my mind.
We do need wine in grocery stores because we need more outlets to sell our products so our industry can grow and we can take back the number two position in wineries and sales of local wines.
As a wine professional, my area of knowledge is local wines and I make a good living. NY seems to have a group of hardcore advocates who foster relationships and disseminate knowledge. Ron Reals (now of Opici) for example introduced the wine store owners of WNY to several different wineries and his passion for NY wines goes beyond his corporate interests. The Lenn and the team at the NY Cork Report is another example. How can we create more individuals and groups like these? If the W&G Foundation had more funding could they create/employ more advocates and then create more demand?
There are some Wine Stores that do not carry NY wines. There is a lot of quality NY wine out there at a great price, the wine is not an issue.
There are many wines not available through major wholesalers, a lot of the smaller wineries have to sell themselves and that can make service to the stores a challenge. A store that does not serve the local wine market is not necessarily run by lazy owners and staff, sometimes economics does not allow owners to seek out local wines. A small restaurant owner has to get dinner on the table and cannot drive out to wine country. If Daniel P. returns to this thread I'll simply ask "If small production NY wine was as easy to order and discover as fine European or Californian wine, would you do it?" If so, how can we make that happen? Is it the job of the State? The W&G Foundation? the small wineries to band together like Ron Reals did years ago? The large proactive retailers promoting NY wines, creating demand that will filter across to the smaller/family run stores?Can we create more visionaries like Ron Reals/Len Thomson?
As more top quality wines are produced in state, we need to ensure shelf space devoted to NY wines will increase with it.
Scott's quote from above
Wow, that turns my stomach.
Well Duncan, it got on WIGS because WIGS is core to the success of selling NY wines and helping the whole rural NY economy.
Carlo, I applaud your “attack” plan. But crucial to successful promotions, reviews, and tastings are enough stores where people can pick up a bottle of ‘that’ wine. We're getting great press now. Next we need great distribution before investing more in building a market demand we can't satisfy. Getting more distribution in a few liquor stores, with such limited space to sell wines, isn't going to help much.
Currently few wineries benefit from promotions because of the lack of distribution of most NY wines.
Why is there a ‘lack of distribution?’ Liquor stores, no matter how supportive of NY wines, do not have enough shelves to stock enough NY wines so consumers can purchase the wines they hear about when they want to purchase them – not have to wait for a special order to arrive.
There are 14 million adults in NYS but only maybe 1,000 stores in cities and towns where a consumer can buy a NY wine for off-premises consumption. There are hundreds of towns in NY where there isn’t even a liquor store – but there are grocery stores.
Perhaps this has contributed to the dilemma of/for the NYWGF. Lots of great press but since it’s not easy to buy the wines the NY wineries aren’t making the income they could and should.
Lenn, since Jim T took the leadership role, you are right the industry has changed. Many promotion, tourism, wine quality, and other industry organizations have sprung up throughout the State in the last 15 years. Each targets certain goals and wineries/growers/others can join the organization(s) that provides what they want at a membership price they want to pay. These organizations sometimes complement each other. The Pride of NY offers excellent options. No one organization can provide everything for everyone. But one umbrella organization would be helpful to coordinate and connect the others.
Ben, you are right – sales don’t come only from availability in a liquor store. They will come, however, from impulse purchases in grocery stores. “Hey let’s try this Pahrump Valley Winery Syrah,” I said to my husband when we were in a grocery store in CA last year. We had selected food for dinner and were cruising the wine aisle. Never heard of the winery but the wine was perfect with dinner. Pahrump Valley Winery is in Nevada! We subsequently found their wines in a CA liquor store so bought more there.
People who start to purchase wines in supermarkets will ask for NY wines when they graduate to liquor stores which most will do because liquor stores will offer different selections. And if they sell high mark-up artisan cheeses (retail prices between $19 and $36 a pound isn’t chips/dip), and other products and offer services - that will increase the store’s adult customer base.
Wineries, grape growers, suppliers, restaurants, food stores, and related businesses do work together, Ben. Look at the successful Wine Trails that include associate members. But when you are threatened, and have seen the threats carried out with other wineries, to oppose wigs or lose accounts what would you do?
Mike McKeon says the wineries that claim such threats are “perpetrating a falsehood.” This comes from the man who is paid by a NYC PR agency, with the Last Store on Main Street account, which said many times in 2010: “No State in 23 years has passed legislation legalizing the sale of wine in grocery stores.” If anything is a falsehood –that is. Arkansas legalized the sale of wine in grocery stores in 2001 and broadened it in 2007 - uh, that's not 23-years ago. So why would anyone believe anything that Mike or the LSMS says?
There are many liquor stores in NYS who feature high quality wines from NY as well as other regions in the world. Many want to increase their customer base by getting big box wines off their shelves to make room for specialty wines and other products but the liquor store organizations ignore them. We want and need to continue to work with those stores to sell NY wine – and supplement them by opening the market to a broader adult audience. Then promotions – and organizations such as the NYWGF – will be most effective.
Carol Doolittle
Avoiding the WIGS issue, yet following some of your points & using your figures. You said NY wine can be purchased in about a 1000 stores. That leaves about 1000 winestores left without NY wine under the current law. In your opinion, is there an economical, reasonable way to tap into that market? How many of those existing stores would have to come on board to make distribution possible? Certainly the wineries have provided quality and value- all we need to do is open some eyes.
Hi Ed,
Understand about wanting to avoid wigs - me too!
I wish I could think of an economical and reasonable way to tap into that market - reliably (that's the trick word). But even if we could do that, one shelf slot in a food store where thousands of people pass by each day, will sell more bottles of a wine than several shelf slots in a wine/liquor store where maybe a hundred people go into in a normal day. That said, more people would go into wine/liquor stores if those stores had other products to sell. And more people would go into wine stores after being introduced to wine where they buy their food. This happens in other states and it seems in other wine-producing regions in the world.
While I agree with your points and many others made above I believe opening the market is the only way to solve many problems with the industry - and the state economy (more wineries in rural NY would be fantastic for employment and tourism).
Jim and I have been literally immersed in the NY wine industry since 1974 and have learned a lot first hand ☺ which is where I'm coming from now. Hope to meet you someday - have heard a lot of good words about Ed Draves.
Thank You Carol, that is very kind. I hope I do meet you someday soon. Local wines are my passion.
After reading this thread I have a bit of a different perspective than some. The distribution is a clear problem but I wouldn't necessarily think that the outlets will have much of an impact on sales of NYS wine. Convincing distbutors that NYS is a high quality, marketable wine is the most effective way to increase sales volumes. Whomever wrote that NYS wine is not the problem they are correct, however, the perception of the wine is still not there. When I open up bottles of wine with friends who are not familiar with nys wine they are always amazed at the quality. I know there has been some good press through WS recently but the perception still is not the greatest. When I was in Napa in the spring I would speak with the people in the tasting rooms and they would inevitably ask what I normally drink, I would respond that I love Finger Lakes wines especially Rieslings. Almost always they would say that they didn't realize NY had good wines and a woman a Clos Du Val even went so far to ask if the reason I drank NY wine was because they were cheap. I'm a big supply and demand person and I think that demand tends to drive supply not the other way around. If people desire NY wines enough distribution will increase to support demand.
Agree with you (and Ed) but if wineries spend lots more money to create demand and consumers can't buy the wine what's the gain?
I wonder if, instead of a promotion/wine tasting/tourism organization, we need a distribution/sales one?
It is comical to listen to Carol Doolittle and Scott Osborn continue to cry sour grapes. WIGS was defeated because it was garbage legislation designed to benefit one organization's interests...the grocery stores. Osborn and Doolittle should be ashamed of themselves and the setbacks they have presented to others in the wine industry in NYS. Instead of focusing on growing demand for NYS wines, we have been distracted by internal conflicts of interest that have held the industry's growth back. When the NYWIA has to submit its first 990EZ, we'll uncover where Osborn and Doolittle got their contributions for this sham organization and we'll hold them accountable at that time.
As for the debating points from Carlo, the issues facing NYS wineries is that we have tapped out NYS wine demand. Its very simple economics, there is now too much supply of NYS wine for the demand in it. More outlets for wine in NYS will not increase consumption, as every community in NYS is well served with a sales outlet in their neighborhood. Liquor store geo-location coverage in NYS has be optimized to the point of diminishing marginal return. Simply stated, you cannot generate additional demand when none exists. Only so much can be gained through personal selling efforts by liquor store owners and the wineries need to look beyond maximizing profits built off the distribution system provided to it by the NYS government.
The problem with wineries in NYS is that there are no formal marketing departments at these companies. Most of the winery owner are hobbyists that have turned it into a small business. Do Scott Osborn or Carol Doolittle have a VP of Marketing at their podunk vineyards? Doolittle has all she can do to even harvest her crops, let alone have the business expertise to hire a seasoned marketer. The answer is that neither Osborn or Doolittle have hired a marketing professional and instead of making an investment to grow their company, they looked to shifting the existing distribution channel in hopes of "incremental sales" that would be non-existent and cozying up with the biggest wallet in Wegmans in hopes of preferential treatment for their personal wineries.
The fact the NYS wines have no brand image even inside NYS says it all. Personal selling at the store level will not make a dent on awareness. With the lack of monetary resources from these small businesses, it falls upon the NYWGF to step up and provide a marketing function to bring awareness to NYS wines inside and outside of NYS. The small wineries, as part of their membership, should be contributing advertising dollars to generate awareness outside of NYS.
Until this is done, there will be no growth for the industry and wineries will go out of business. As new NYS wineries pop up, they will cannibalize the sales of existing NYS wineries. Sales growth will only come from out-of-state sales and that is where the focus needs to be. These are basic economic principles that fools like Scott Osborn and Carol Doolittle want others to dismiss. The reality is they cannot be dismissed and every winery in NYS needs to be focused on building awareness for NYS wines through effective marketing efforts.
Frank -
Do you want to make an allegation about a winery owner, or do you want to make unsubstantiated remarks? That's the last we'll tolerate of that around here. If you have something you'd like to share, go ahead.
Regarding marketing, I think you raise fair points (in a horrendously self-immolating manner) about the value of a strong marketing team. But to call Scott Osborn a fool is to detonate your credibility here. Do you hold a personal grudge with Scott? What is your position in the industry?
This forum needs substantive debate, even heated conversation - as long as it stays courteous and respectful. I'd ask you to try again.
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Another Day, Another Katt Williams Story: Sacramento Police Issue Arrest Warrant For Comedian
December 8th, 2012 - By Drenna Armstrong
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Edited (as of 1 pm): New details have now become available. TMZ reports that Katt was arrested on Friday night on the arrest charge at a gas station after a traffic stop by police. He was about 40 miles outside of Sacramento in Dunnigan, CA.
You’re tired of this, aren’t you? We know, it’s tiring and as we all continue to say, very disheartening to hear.
According to E! Online, an arrest warrant for Katt Williams has been issued for felony evading police and driving in a reckless manner, stemming from a November 25th run-in with the police.
The California Highway Patrol said they spotted Williams driving a white three-wheeled motorcycle on the sidewalk near a Sacramento hotel. When they tried to pull him over, he apparently kicked up the speed and fled the scene. They report that at one point, Williams took off his helmet and screamed to the officers, “I am not going to stop!”
After about two minutes of chasing him, the police stopped out of concern for public safety.
No word from Williams or his lawyers about whether or not he’ll be turning himself in. Sadly, we’ve never heard from a Katt Williams legal team so the most we can likely expect is that the police will track him down or he’ll make some type of unusual “statement.”
We’ve been reading that many people have questioned the company Katt keeps and why they would “allow” these things to keep happening but the unfortunate reality is that you can rarely ever save someone when they’re not ready to save themselves. Katt also has a lot of children so hopefully they’re able to keep themselves in a decent head space while they watch their father unravel.
This Is Not How You Win: Wyclef Tweets Suspect Picture, Greased Up On A Motorcycle
October 17th, 2012 - By Renay Alize
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If you’re on Twitter you might have seen this picture already. Because right now, as I type Wyclef’s name is trending there. Memes are being created on Instagram and my office is erupting with laughter and shade throwing. And this picture is the reason why. This was not a personal, family photo that someone leaked. This is a picture Wyclef posted himself on his personal Twitter page, along with this caption.
There are several things wrong with this image but I’m just going to highlight the most egregious ones, in the form of questions because there are no definitive answers as to why we, the public, ever saw this image.
1. Why did Wyclef only lotion (baby or canola oil perhaps) the top half of his body?
2. Why is he wearing these panties?
3. Do these panties feature the Haitian flag?
4. Is this where the money from the Yele foundation went?
5. Who took this picture?
6. Why didn’t they tell him it wasn’t a good look?
7. Does he believe this is the image of a man who wants to run a whole country?
8. Do you think Lauryn is somewhere laughing at this?
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Makezine_COTM_October-PowerSupplyOctober is power supply month! For the rest of the month, we’ll be posting about ways to utilize or create power supplies for your projects, with the most obvious way being an AC-DC power adapter. The following is an excerpt from Charles Platt’s definitive Encyclopedia of Electronic Components, Vol. 1:
What It Does
An AC-DC power supply converts alternating current (AC) into the direct current (DC) that most electronic devices require, usually at a lower voltage. Thus, despite its name, a power supply actually requires an external supply of power to operate.
Larger products, such as computers or stereo equipment, generally have a power supply contained within the device, enabling it to plug directly into a wall outlet. Smaller battery-powered devices, such as cellular phones or media players, generally use an external power supply in the form of a small plastic pod or box that plugs into a wall outlet and delivers DC via a wire terminating in a miniature connector. The external type of power supply is often, but not always, referred to as an AC adapter.
Although an AC-DC power supply is not a single component, it is often sold as a pre-assembled modular unit from component suppliers.
Linear Regulated Power Supply
eeco 1601 Component of the Month: Power SuppliesA linear regulated power supply converts AC to DC in three stages:
* A power transformer reduces the AC input to lower-voltage AC.
Because the rectifier in a power supply generally passes each pulse of AC through a pair of silicon diodes, it will impose a voltage drop of about 1.2V at peak current. A smoothing capacitor will drop the voltage by about 3V as it removes ripple from the current, whereas a voltage regulator typically requires a difference of at least 2V between its input and its output. Bearing in mind also that the AC input voltage may fluctuate below its rated level, the output from the power transformer should be at least 8VAC higher than the ultimate desired DC output. This excess power will be dissipated as heat.
The basic principle of the linear regulated power supply originated in the early days of electronic devices such as radio receivers. A transistorized version of this type of power supply remained in widespread use through the 1990s. Switching power supplies then became an increasingly attractive option as the cost of semiconductors and their assembly decreased, and high-voltage transistors became available, allowing the circuit to run directly from rectified line voltage with no step-down power transformer required.
Some external AC adapters are still transformer-based, but are becoming a minority, easily identified by their relatively greater bulk and weight. An example is shown to the right: A relatively old, cheap AC adapter contains only the most rudimentary set of components, and does not supply the kind of properly regulated DC power required by electronic equipment.
Switching Power Supply
eeco 1604 Component of the Month: Power SuppliesAlso known as a switched-mode power supply, an SMPS, or switcher, it converts AC to DC in two stages.
* A rectifier changes the AC input to unsmoothed DC, without a power transformer.
* A DC-DC converter switches the DC on and off at a very high frequency using pulse-width modulation to reduce its average effective voltage. Often the converter will be the flyback type, containing a transformer, but the high-frequency switching allows the transformer to be much smaller than the power transformer required in a linear regulated power supply. See the DC-DC converter entry in this encyclopedia for an explanation of the working principles.
A simplified schematic of a switching power supply is shown in picture to the right. It’s a greatly simplified schematic showing the principal components of a switching power supply. Note the absence of a 115VAC power transformer. The transformer that is inserted subsequently in the circuit functions in conjunction with the high switching frequency, which allows it to be very much smaller, cheaper, and lighter.
John Baichtal
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About IP CameraReviews
In accordance to reports, the closed circuit tv cameras have presently done a great deal of help in securing the attributes of a small business. These protection products will deliver the company proprietors proof if there will be some unwanted occasions that’s likely to come about. Most home business establishments are obtaining these surveillance devices to avoid any types of theft. Furthermore, these units advertise productivity amid the staff members.
Some of the unique options of CCTV safety cameras which each individual enterprise proprietor will need to pay interest to are the video clip zoom lens, the remote access, the picture and video good quality, and the navigation or the controls. Take into consideration the zoom lens of the digital camera. The placement of this will count on the spot which one needs to view or watch. Furthermore, the company owner need to take into account the length of the camera from the sender. A lot of research advise that a wireless network is a finest choice as the remote access for it is quick to use.
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CCTV is commonly utilized all the way through the planet as a security and surveillance instrument. This guide will look at what CCTV stands for, a transient heritage of this technology and some of the primary works by using of CCTV in culture.
What does CCTV stand for?
CCTV stands for closed circuit tv. CCTV is unique from television you observe your favorite soaps on as it doesn’t broadcast a signal to the public. As a substitute it transmits an image from video clip cameras to monitors possibly via cable, a wireless transmitter or by the online. This picture can be recorded and stored on disk.
History of CCTV
One particular of the initial significant makes use of of CCTV was in the 1940’s by the US Military. To check V2 missiles closed circuit cameras have been made use of to watch safety exams. This technological innovation was beneficial mainly because it allowed officers to enjoy closely, searching out for defects and doable challenges while staying out of harm’s way. Without CCTV issues with the missiles may have gone unnoticed.
In the United kingdom in the 1960’s CCTV was put in in some public parts to observe crowds for the duration of marches and rallies. As the technology designed and became more hi-tech CCTV was widely utilised in public places to observe activity. Additional uses incorporated preventing theft from retail outlets.
Principal Makes use of
These days in the Uk CCTV is greatly applied to keep track of public spots like as practice stations, roads, metropolis centre squares, shops and buses. Having said that, it isn’t going to cease at public locations as numerous people are now investing in CCTV to shield their houses. With nine.5 million crimes in England and Wales previous calendar year it is crystal clear to see why CCTV is so significant.
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OpenLab is a Research Center at the University of California Santa Cruz founded by Professors Jennifer Parker and Enrico Rameriz-Ruiz. The Center targets complex education issues of national significance regarding the ability of art and science researchers to collaborate on research endeavors. The goal of the OpenLab is to help change the current status by providing shared research facilities and create a network for collaborative discourse fueled by academic communities, arts and science communities, and industry.
OpenLab is pursuing the physical development of new collaborative laboratories as spaces to foster this research and establish an on-line social networking system for faculty and students to create projects. Laboratories and studios in both the arts and the sciences will be accessible to users in the OpenLab Network. Within this immersive environment, we will conduct research to acquire skills and knowledge that crosses disciplinary boundaries between science, education, and the arts while sharing expertise in collaborative research methodologies.
The following research questions will be investigated:
(1) How can we strengthen or create new methodologies that truly engage art and science thinking?
(2) Is an interdisciplinary laboratory space for cross-disciplinary and collaborative research more engaging and productive for students and faculty without these resources?
Background and Rationale
To the Artist:
During the Renaissance, art was closely tied to science. These artist scientists saw no distinction between the disciplines. DaVinci explored imaginative machines while Filippo Brunelleschi concerned himself with perspective. Both were scientists and artists at once.
As we know, there was a split in this kind of thinking. Artists fought to create art ‘for the sake of art’. The discipline was revolutionized by a plethora of new genres and ideas, studying and deconstructing art, asking the question: What exactly is art? Like science, it became known as an entity separated from whole systems thinking, removed from other areas of study. Art was reinvented, twisted around, re-represented, deconstructed, reconstructed, repackaged and refurbished. With the OpenLab Network project we hope to refuel connections between art and science by creating interdisciplinary spaces that re-integrate the hard and soft science with art into the realm interdisciplinary and collaborative research.
To the Scientist:
Science has become the backbone of our modern existence, yet most scientists behind the discoveries are isolated from all but their fellow researchers. Ideas that take so much money, time, dedication, and precision to achieve are siphoned into the market or lost in academic niches. Even then the discoveries are not fully appreciated as anything more than a problem that have enabled the latest iPhone app, the streamlining of some process, or a household appliance. The grandeur scientific discovery is reduced to convenience features.
These discoveries deserve to be celebrated by more than the educational elite. Researchers agree that new types of experimentation could be propelled by the scientific frontier, if the information were only accessible. Researchers in many fields are becoming aware that in order to do really creative work, they may need to go back to visual approaches once again. Very high level and creative achievement in the sciences has often come from the neurological resources linked to success in the arts.
Artists work to achieve variations in visual expression, and may at times strive for the viewer to experience the emotional turmoil embedded in the art form. The artists’ tools of line, shape, form, contrast, color, scale, composition, and movement are manipulated in order to affect the emotions and, at its zenith, the passions in others. Because objectivity and reproducibility are the ultimate goals of scientific models, scientists and engineers who create and use these models rarely allude to this psychical process and hence effectively deny the motivation and inspiration behind this creative visual experience.
With science education and outreach being a requirement for all grants given out by NSF and many other scientific funding sources, the question then becomes how to effectively give this information to the masses. Public lectures, science museums, and non-technical publications most often engage an audience that has a pre-established interest in scientific disciplines, while failing to draw anyone else. Vocabulary can make the material seem dry, inapplicable, and abstract. The OpenLab network offers a new type of production for science education and outreach with the potential to reach a wider audience, while also offering the opportunity for new and exciting frontiers of interdisciplinary and collaborative research.
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November 28th, 2009 By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR , Associated Press Writer in Medicine & Health / Health
Graphic shows the process of making the health care reform bill into law
(AP) -- Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question:
Q: How many people would be covered?
A: The would cover 94 percent of eligible Americans under age 65; under the House bill, it's 96 percent.
Some 16 million eligible people would remain uninsured under the Senate bill and 12 million under the House bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That's not counting illegal immigrants, who would not be eligible for government assistance under either bill.
Both bills would eventually require Americans to get , or face fines.
Q: Why don't lawmakers just provide coverage for everyone?
A: It depends.
Q: Twenty-year-olds don't have many health problems. Would they be required to get coverage?
A: You bet.
Unmarried children could stay on their parents' plan until age 27 in the House bill, 26 in the Senate plan. That change would start in 2010.
"The people who are going to do best are older people with a problematic medical history," said health policy expert Paul Ginsburg, of the Center for Studying Health System Change.
A: Yes, but not immediately.
A: At Obama's request, tried to take care of that by setting aside $5 billion for temporary "high-risk" insurance pools to provide affordable coverage for people whose health is frail.
But there's a problem with the patch.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the money would run out in 2011 unless Congress pumps in more cash.
Q: Older people are concerned about what's going to happen to Medicare. Should they be?
A: Even though cuts in Medicare payments to hospitals and other providers are paying for much of the cost of covering the uninsured, benefits under traditional Medicare aren't reduced.
But those who've signed up for private insurance plans through Medicare Advantage could lose valuable extra benefits, according to the budget office.
For years, the government has been paying the private plans more than it costs traditional Medicare to deliver similar services. The plans used the money to provide extra benefits - mainly lower copayments and deductibles.
Both bills offer cheaper prescription drugs to those who fall into the "doughnut hole," the Medicare coverage gap. The House bill gradually would eliminate the gap. Both bills also provide better coverage for preventive care.
On the Net:
Comparing the bills: http://tinyurl.com/yeshhgv
Congressional Budget Office: http://www.cbo.gov/
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Natural Pain Relief in Labor
In This Article:
Acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, and reflexology
This uses fine needles placed at specific points on the body to reduce pain by stimulating the production of endorphins. Acupuncture is a traditional form of Chinese medicine that believes there are channels within the body through which energy, or "chi" runs. Blockages can occur in these channels, and so by inserting needles at certain points, energy is unblocked, relieving pain and restoring balance to the body. Many women find acupuncture helpful to treat mild pregnancy symptoms, and some women use this therapy during labor. Acupuncture has no harmful side effects for the mother or baby and in labor, needles will usually be inserted in points that do not restrict your movement, for example in the ear. If you want to have acupuncture during labor, you will need to look for an acupuncturist who specializes in this area and arrange to have him or her with you during labor.
Aromatherapy (essential) oils are derived from plants and used for their therapeutic properties. The use of these oils in childbirth can stimulate, refresh, and soothe you and to some extent your partner. There is some evidence that oils, such as lavender, reduce anxiety in labor, which in turn helps you cope with pain. Hot and cold compresses with essential oils added to the water used to wet the cloth can be soothing and massaging diluted essential oils (in a carrier oil) into the skin is therapeutic. Many experts recommend against aromatherapy during pregnancy and labor because some scents may be hazardous to pregnant women. The effects of most plant oils on pregnant women is unknown.
Reflexology involves massaging reflex zones on your feet that correspond with different parts of your body to improve your blood circulation and relax any tension you may be feeling. Reflexology is gaining some popularity as a coping technique in the early stages of labor. However, because many women naturally want to be active and move around during their labor, this may be more helpful in between early contractions.
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Mind you, I'm not a self-identified Buddhist, not by a long shot, but when I read this by Brian Rotman on "Becoming Besides Oneself":
I was reminded of a conversation I recently had with one of the Zen Buddhist monks who invited me to Seoul last month and who, upon hearing me riff on the subject of the Networked Buddha, asked me: "Can you show me this state of mind?"
How would we begin to visualize a networked mind? Vannevar Bush conceived of the networked research mind via the memex, an apparatus that would facilitate the linking/distribution process (the tech spec was soon to follow and 45 years later we had the World Wide Web).
Flusser carves out a rough draft of this networked mind in relation to what he calls the Universe of Technical Pictures:
Today we have access to deeper insights into brain function and telematic technologies that would permit us to turn a stupid society into a “creative” one. Specifically on the basis of a circuitry that does justice to the interaction among brain functions. In such a social structure there would be no more broadcast centres. Rather each point of intersection in the web would both send and receive. In this way decisions would be reached all over the web and, as in the brain, be integrated into a comprehensive decision, a consensus. That which is known in the biological sciences as the leap from individuation to socialization, for example the shift from single-celled to multiple-celled organisms, or from individual to herd animal, would here be achieved at the level of the “mind,” intention, decision, freedom. The single “I” would maintain its singularity (as does the single cell in an organism and the single animal in the herd), but the production of information would take place at another level, namely at the level of society. (Translation by Nancy Roth, currently unpublished)
Rotman writes:
[...] according to historian Anne-Marie Willis, "The means of production of ... visual imagery is undergoing a mutation as significant as the invention of photography." The mutation is digitization, the enabling technology of the post-photographic practice behind the vast upsurge of contemporary semiotic images that Richard Friedhoff glosses as the "second computer revolution." And, as with its predecessors, there is the question of the transformation of the self accompanying it.
Is it possible that the digitization and mutation of what we used to call "self" is now entering a post-photographic universe of technical pictures, one that transforms the self into a networked mind that renders our unconscious digital imagery as embodied destinarrativity? For hyperimprovisational remixologists, the transformation into the not-me is not about experiencing a religious epiphany. It feels more like an always already just-in-time "cut and paste" open source lifestyle that is intuitively structured within the flow of an imaginary timeline. Think of it as the narratological version of a poetic-mystical vision similar to the one Allen Ginsburg had in his youth. In an online interview, Ginsberg said that at age 26 he heard a voice that was his own mature voice, his mature voice being the voice of William Blake. He describes the voice of Blake as "completely tender and beautifully ... ancient."
Looking out the window, through the window at the sky, suddenly it seemed that I saw into the depths of the universe, by looking simply into the ancient sky. The sky suddenly seemed very ancient. And this was the very ancient place I was talking about, the sweet golden clime, I suddenly realized that this existence was it! And that I was born in order to experience up to this very moment that I was having this experience, to realize what this was all about -- in other words that this was the moment I was born for.
Anyway, my first thought was this was what I was born for, and the second thought, never forget -- never forget, never renege, never deny. Never deny the voice -- no, never forget it, don't get lost mentally wandering in other spirit worlds or American or job worlds or advertising worlds or was worlds or earth worlds. But the spirit of the Universe was what I was born to realize.
It sounds like a religious epiphany, yes?
But he later remixes this version of the mystical experience into a more digitally inclined poetics that grows out of the thinking of his Paterson patron, William Carlos Williams:
Since a physiologic ecstatic experience had been catalyzed in my body by the physical arrangement of words in so small a poem as "Ah, Sunflower," I determined long ago to think of poetry as a kind of machine that had a specific effect when planted inside the human body, an arrangement of picture and mental associations that vibrated on the mind bank network: and an arrangement of related sounds & physical mouth movements that altered the habit functions of the neural network.
Now he sounds more like an autohallucinating new media artist experiencing a kind of body-brain-apparatus achievement. The idea of "poetry as a kind of machine that had a specific effect when planted inside the human body, an arrangement of picture and mental associations that vibrated on the mind bank network" is something I have elaborated on in my own metafictional works like GRAMMATRON, especially in regards to the concept of Nanoscript.
One question we have been asking at the Professor VJ blog is: "Is a more fluid version of self beyond self, one that is multiple [networked] and continuously mutating, really capable of turning the human figure into a postproduction medium?"
The hyperimprovisational remixologist conjures up images ready for instantaneous remixing. The self per se disappears in a sea of source material and what emerges instead are the "ghost tendencies" that Heisenberg called potentia, data-things to be experienced via unlimited mediation and manipulation (the art of generative remixology, philo-style).
[Another thread in this hypertextual digression of associative thought relates to the poem as a narcotic machine. By this I mean to ask: "Is it possible that the 'ontological aneurism' that inaugurates the remixologist as postproduction medium is the result of "a physiologic ecstatic experience," one that has been catalyzed in the body by the physical arrangement of new media codeworks packaged as just-in-time-released nano-drugs of the future? How would these new media drug-poems remixologically inhabit the pharmakons of the past? Through muscle memory?]
In writerly terms, Ginsberg nails it again when says:
..the ambition is to write during a prophetic, illuminative seizure. That's the idea: to be in such a state of blissful consciousness that any language emanating from that state will strike a responsive chord of blissful consciousness from any other body into which the words enter and vibrate.
Were the voices inside Ginsberg's head and that he attributed to Blake, a kind of "metempsychotic flashback"? Perhaps that would be the neuro-narcotic effects of the Networked Buddha in ecstatic form. A reality sandwich with a smear of experiential metadata.
What's the word for "alternative state of mind"?
Om -- ?
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Transcendental Meditation Lessens Kids’ ADHD Symptoms
By Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on July 27, 2011
Transcendental Meditation Improves ADHDA new study suggests practicing transcendental meditation (TM) improves brain function and reduces symptoms among students diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Researchers investigated the effects of the meditation practice on task performance and brain functioning in 18 ADHD students, ages 11 to 14 years old.
The study was conducted over a period of six months in an independent school for children with language-based learning disabilities in Washington, D.C., and is published in Mind & Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry.
Neuroscientist Fred Travis, Ph.D., and other researchers performed electroencephalogram (EEG) tests to measure and record the electrical activity of students’ brains as they performed a demanding computer-based visual-motor task. Successful performance on the task required attention, focus, memory, and impulse control.
The study showed improved brain functioning, increased brain processing, and improved language-based skills among ADHD students practicing the meditation technique.
Experts say that EEG measurement can help to diagnose ADHD as the ratio of theta brain waves can be used to accurately identify students with ADHD from those without it.
“In normal individuals, theta activity in the brain during tasks suggests that the brain is blocking out irrelevant information so the person can focus on the task,” said Travis. “But in individuals with ADHD, the theta activity is even higher, suggesting that the brain is also blocking out relevant information.”
And when beta activity, which is associated with focus, is lower than normal, Travis added, “it affects the ability to concentrate on task for extended periods of time.”
“Prior research shows ADHD children have slower brain development and a reduced ability to cope with stress,” said co-researcher William Stixrud, Ph.D.
“Virtually everyone finds it difficult to pay attention, organize themselves and get things done when they’re under stress,” he said. “Stress interferes with the ability to learn—it shuts down the brain. Functions such as attention, memory, organization, and integration are compromised.”
Why the TM Technique
“We chose the TM technique for this study because studies show that it increases brain function. We wanted to know if it would have a similar effect in the case of ADHD, and if it did, would that also improve the symptoms of ADHD,” said principal investigator Sarina J. Grosswald, Ed.D.
Stixrud added, “Because stress significantly compromises attention and all of the key executive functions such as inhibition, working memory, organization, and mental flexibility, it made sense that a technique that can reduce a child’s level of stress should also improve his or her cognitive functioning.”
The transcendental meditation technique is an effortless, easy-to-learn practice, unique among categories of meditation. “TM does not require concentration, controlling the mind or disciplined focus—challenges for anyone with ADHD,” Grosswald added.
Ongoing research suggests the TM technique is effective for reducing stress and anxiety, and improving cognitive functioning among the general population.
“What’s significant about these new findings,” Grosswald said, “is that among children who have difficulty with focus and attention, we see the same results. The fact that these children are able to do TM, and do it easily, shows us that this technique may be particularly well-suited for children with ADHD.”
TM produces an experience of restful alertness, associated with higher metabolic activity in the frontal and parietal parts of the brain, indicating alertness, along with decreased metabolic activity in the thalamus, which is involved in regulating arousal, and hyperactivity.
“In a sense,” Travis said, “the repeated experience of the transcendental meditation technique trains the brain to function in a style opposite to that of ADHD.”
Source: Maharishi University of Management
APA Reference
Nauert, R. (2011). Transcendental Meditation Lessens Kids’ ADHD Symptoms. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 21, 2014, from http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/07/27/transcendental-meditation-lessens-kids-adhd-symptoms/28078.html | http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/07/27/transcendental-meditation-lessens-kids-adhd-symptoms/28078.html | dclm-gs1-428575528 | false | false | {
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0.050541 | <urn:uuid:78452d62-339b-4f93-9003-3bf3fef97ad0> | en | 0.980806 | Stunned by the acquittal of a former Florida professor on terrorism charges, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday that they might seek to have him deported to the Middle East.
Federal prosecutors said they might still decide to retry the former professor, Sami al-Arian, on some or all of the nine criminal counts on which a federal jury in Tampa deadlocked on Tuesday.
But if the government opts not to retry him, officials said, they would probably bring separate immigration charges that could result in Mr. Arian's deportation -- and which would require the government to meet a lower burden of proof against him.
Federal law enforcement officials were still trying to figure out Wednesday what went wrong in a case that was more than a decade in the making.
After a five-month trial, the jury did not return any guilty verdicts against Mr. Arian or his three co-defendants on 51 criminal counts regarding accusations that they ran a North American front for Palestinian terrorists. Mr. Arian, whose vocal support for militant Palestinian causes had put him under American surveillance since the early 1990's, was acquitted on eight counts against him, and the jury deadlocked on nine others.
Muslims in Florida and around the country celebrated the verdicts, and defense lawyers said the jury's decision reflected the weakness of a case that they said relied on guilt by association. But law enforcement officials said they remained confident that Mr. Arian represented a clear danger.
''It is very easy for those watching from the sideline to act as Monday morning quarterbacks when things don't go as anticipated,'' said a senior Justice Department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case was pending.
''The reality is there are a lot of different reasons juries decide cases the way they do,'' the official said. ''In this instance, what seems to be getting lost is that there are three serious charges against al-Arian still on the table'' on which the jury deadlocked, related to aiding terrorist attacks through the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Another law enforcement official in Washington, also speaking on the condition of anonymity because the case is continuing, said ''many people still can't believe he was acquitted.''
The official added, ''It's tough to know who's at fault, but everyone is formulating legal strategies as to how we move forward, and the question now is, Do we deport the guy if he's not recharged?''
Mr. Arian, a former professor of computer engineering at the University of South Florida, is already being held on what is known as an immigration detainer, which serves as a backstop to criminal charges.
Born in Kuwait, he is a permanent resident of the United States but has no formal citizenship, and his lawyers consider him a ''stateless Palestinian.''
A possible destination if he is deported could be Egypt, where he has family, officials said. But his past could make it difficult to find a country willing to accept him and could set the stage for a repeat of the lengthy battle of his wife's brother, Mazen al-Najjar, who was deported from Florida in 2002 because of his ties to Palestinian militants.
William Moffitt, one of Mr. Arian's lawyers, said he was hopeful that the government would not seek to deport Mr. Arian or try him again on criminal charges. After nearly three years in jail under difficult conditions, Mr. Moffitt said, ''this man has suffered enough, and I would hope the government would say enough is enough.''
But he acknowledged that deportation ''right now is certainly a concern that worries me.''
Linda Moreno, another lawyer for Mr. Arian, said interviews with several jurors indicated that even on those counts on which they were deadlocked, they were leaning strongly toward acquittal. That underscored the weakness of the Justice Department's case, Ms. Moreno said, adding that ''we hope the government is listening.''
David Cole, a Georgetown University law professor who represented Mr. Arian's brother-in-law in the earlier deportation case, said the government could have a somewhat easier time deporting Mr. Arian because of changes imposed by Congress this year that make associating with a banned or terrorist group a deportable offense.
But ''if he decides he wants to stay in the country,'' Mr. Cole added, ''it will be a contentious immigration case, because at the end of the day you're trying to deport a permanent resident who has not been convicted of any crime based on his political affiliations alone, and that raises serious constitutional questions.''
The jury's decisions came two weeks after the Bush administration, reversing course, decided not to continue holding Jose Padilla, once a suspect in a plot to detonate a dirty bomb, as an enemy combatant in a military brig and said it would instead try him in a criminal court on narrower charges.
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India has had six Presidential visits from the US----those of Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George Bush and now Barack Obama.
There have also been instances of Presidential offspring coming to India----noticed or unnoticed. Example : Chelsea, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
The other First Ladies restricted themselves to mingling with India's social elite--- ex-maharajas, ex-maharanis, Bollywood actors, fashion-designers etc.
Michelle was the first First Lady to have mingled with the Aam Admi---the common man. And woman.
The rest of the time----whether in Mumbai or in Delhi--- she was mostly in the company of the ordinary people of India---children and adults.
A totally captivated country watched her chatting, joking, singing and dancing with India's Aam Admi. Very naturally.
She won hundreds of thousands of new friends for the US----in the old as well as the new generation.
Her contribution to the success of the President's visit was immense.
If they had come during the election campaign, the people-friendly images of Michelle beamed to the US might have won some extra seats for the Democrats in the elections. (12-11-10)
On his way to China in November,2009, President Barack Obama had made his first halt in Japan to underline the importance attached by him to the USA’s relations with Japan, with which it has a security relationship. There were detailed references to China in his speeches and comments in Tokyo. In one of his speeches, he said: "The United States does not seek to contain China, nor does a deeper relationship with China mean a weakening of our bilateral alliances. On the contrary, the rise of a strong, prosperous China can be a source of strength for the community of nations. And so in Beijing and beyond, we will work to deepen our Strategic and Economic Dialogue, and improve communication between our militaries. We will not agree on every issue, and the United States will never waver in speaking up for the fundamental values that we hold dear – and that includes respect for the religion and cultures of all people. Because support for human rights and human dignity is ingrained in America. But we can move these discussions forward in a spirit of partnership rather than rancor."
2. After his visit to India from November 6 to 8,2010, he proceeded to Indonesia. There were detailed references to China in his remarks at Jakarta. Addressing the media after his arrival in Jakarta from New Delhi on November 9, he reportedly said that the US will not seek to contain China. He added: "We want China to succeed and prosper. China's continuous development is good for the US.” He also said that the US regards China as "a huge, expanding market, where Americans can sell goods and services", and treats China's prosperity and security as "a positive".
3. As compared to his readiness to speak openly and in detail about China at Tokyo last year and at Jakarta now, he was economical in his references to China during his stay in India. However, in his address to the Indian Parliament on November 8, he spoke of his policy of deepening co-operation with India and China in two different contexts. He spoke of his policy of comprehensive engagement with the world based on mutual interest and mutual respect. He then added: “And a central pillar of this engagement is forging deeper cooperation with 21st century centers of influence -— and that must necessarily include India.”
4. Subsequently, he referred to the US again playing a leadership role in Asia and, in this context, he said: “More broadly, India and the United States can partner in Asia. Today, the United States is once again playing a leadership role in Asia —- strengthening old alliances; deepening relationships, as we are doing with China; and we’re reengaging with regional organizations like ASEAN and joining the East Asia summit —- organizations in which India is also a partner. Like your neighbors in Southeast Asia, we want India not only to “look East,” we want India to “engage East” —- because it will increase the security and prosperity of all our nations.”
5. After his visit to China in November,2009, there were concerns in India that he was giving greater priority to the USA’s relations with China. There were also concerns over the following formulation in the Joint Statement issued by him and President Hu Jintao: “The two sides welcomed all efforts conducive to peace, stability and development in South Asia. They support the efforts of Afghanistan and Pakistan to fight terrorism, maintain domestic stability and achieve sustainable economic and social development, and support the improvement and growth of relations between India and Pakistan. The two sides are ready to strengthen communication, dialogue and cooperation on issues related to South Asia and work together to promote peace, stability and development in that region.”
6.In the weeks preceding Obama’s visit to India, there was an attempt by the Obama Administration to remove the impression in the Indian mind that his administration was giving greater priority to China and was encouraging a strategic role for China in South Asia in the context of Afghanistan and Indo-Pakistani relations. The US policy was clarified by Mrs.Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, in a speech at the East-West Centre at Honolulu on October 28. She said: "The relationship between China and the United States is complex and of enormous consequence but we are committed to getting it right. There are some in both countries who believe that China's interests and ours are fundamentally at odds. They apply a zero-sum calculation to our relationship, so whenever one of us succeeds, the other must fail. But that is not our view. In the 21st century, it is not in anyone's interest for the United States and China to see each other as adversaries. In a crowded field of highly dynamic, increasingly influential emerging nations, two stand out: India and China. Their simultaneous rise is reshaping the world and our ability to cooperate effectively with these countries will be a critical test of our leadership."
7. The policy of co-operating effectively with both India and China was also underlined by Obama’s White House aides in their interactions with the media before his visit. This policy of equality of strategic relationship with both India and China without favouring one to the detriment of the other is reflected in the references to India’s engagement with the East in Obama’s address to the Indian Parliament and in the following formulation in the Joint Statement issued by him and Manmohan Singh: “The two leaders have a shared vision for peace, stability and prosperity in Asia, the Indian Ocean region and the Pacific region and committed to work together, and with others in the region, for the evolution of an open, balanced and inclusive architecture in the region. In this context, the leaders reaffirmed their support for the East Asia Summit and committed to regular consultations in this regard. The United States welcomes, in particular, India's leadership in expanding prosperity and security across the region. The two leaders agreed to deepen existing regular strategic consultations on developments in East Asia, and decided to expand and intensify their strategic consultations to cover regional and global issues of mutual interest, including Central and West Asia. In an increasingly inter-dependent world, the stability of, and access to, the air, sea, space, and cyberspace domains is vital for the security and economic prosperity of nations. Acknowledging their commitment to openness and responsible international conduct, and on the basis of their shared values, India and the United States have launched a dialogue to explore ways to work together, as well as with other countries, to develop a shared vision for these critical domains to promote peace, security and development. The leaders reaffirmed the importance of maritime security, unimpeded commerce, and freedom of navigation, in accordance with relevant universally agreed principles of international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and peaceful settlement of maritime disputes.”
8. Thus according to him, just as China has a useful role to play in South Asia as stated in his Joint Statement with Hu, India has a useful role to play in South-East and East Asia. It is evident that the US will not like to get involved in matters relating to the Sino-Indian border dispute. Recent remarks by Mrs. Clinton and other US officials have indicated that the US will not be averse to playing a role in the search for a mutually satisfactory solution to the maritime disputes involving China with Japan in the East China Sea and with some ASEAN countries in the South China Sea. But, it does not envisage a role for itself in the territorial disputes between India and China. This suits India too which prefers sorting out bilateral issues----whether with Pakistan or China--- at the bilateral level without the involvement of third parties.
9. What India would want is that just as it would prefer the US continuing its effective presence in Afghanistan to act as a check on Pakistan, it would prefer the US continuing its effective presence in South-East and East Asia to act as a check on China without itself getting involved in any relationship with the US which might be interpreted by Beijing as directed against it.
10. What does Obama mean by saying that India and the US can partner in Asia? What will be the objectives of such partnership? How would India react to the proposal? Answers to these questions are not available. As part of the policy of re-asserting the US leadership in Asia, there has recently been a surge in US diplomatic activity in South-East and East Asia and Australia. Mrs.Clinton and Robert Gates, the Defence Secretary, had visited separately a number of countries in the region. They had also visited jointly South Korea and Australia.
11. From their statements and comments and from those of Obama, it would appear that what Obama probably has in mind is not the revival of the idea of his predecessor George Bush of a four-cornered strategic relationship involving the US, India, Japan and Australia, but parallel strategic partnerships of the US with each of these countries in order to strengthen peace and security in the region without giving it the shape of an alliance. Where would the USA’s relations with China----which Obama wants to deepen simultaneously--- fall in this parallel arrangement? It is not clear. Obama’s new Asian policy is still taking shape and not much thought seems to have been given by his advisers to the various implications of it.
12. This may please be read in continuation of my following articles:
(b). The Return of the US to Asia: Core Interests Vs Mutual Interests of November 3,2010, at ( 11-11-10) ---To be continued
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to feel sad
don’t die on me
remember when the cops caught you
going 140 km on the freeway
all the grief
we went through
that year
mum sobbing
‘i’ll kill myself for this’
collapsed on the staircase
now you claim
you’ve been reborn
sorrow’s in pools
from the pills you vomited
mum’s bent over
cleaning you up
please don’t do it again
i sleep next door
with my ear to the wall
listening for signs
you’re okay
the highway
cloud cover and v formations
birds wonderful working together
the hills
i am sleeping awake into the daytime
i am waiting for wakefulness
i am coming to terms
with my illness
watching sheep
this motion
moves only landscape
i may want to cry
in the sunshine
and be just bones
being touched
by someone who will stay
not just by a doctor taking my blood pressure
a shopping centre masseuse
the tiny whiskers of a cat walking by
a cashier returning my change
a mosquito
why do they stop
why do things always have to end
i’m in my soft skin prime
why aren’t you touching me
tw: rape
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p. 277
"Lomasa said, 'Saying this, O Yudhishthira, wroth with Vandin, Ashtavakra thus thundered in the assembly, and addressed him in these words, 'Do thou answer my questions, and I shall answer thine.' Thereat Vandin said, 'One only fire blazeth forth in various shapes; one only sun illumineth this whole world; one only hero, Indra, the lord of celestials, destroyeth enemies; and one only Yama is the sole lord of the Pitris. 1 Ashtavakra said, 'The two friends, Indra and Agni, ever move together; the two celestial sages are Narada and Parvata; twins are the Aswinikumaras; two is the number of the wheels of a car; and it is as a couple that husband and wife live together, as ordained by the deity.' 2 Vandin said, 'Three kinds of born beings are produced by acts; the three Vedas together perform the sacrifice, Vajapeya; at three different times, the Adhwaryus commence sacrificial rites; three is the number of words: and three also are the divine lights.' 3 Ashtavakra said, 'Four are the Asramas of the Brahmanas; the four orders perform sacrifices; four are the cardinal points; four is the number of letters; and four also, as is ever known, are the legs of a cow.' 4 Vandin said, 'Five is the number of fires; five are the feet of the metre called Punki; five are the sacrifices; five locks, it is said in the Vedas, are on the heads of the Apsaras; and five sacred rivers are known in the world.' 5 Ashtavakra said. 'Six cows,
p. 278
it is asserted by some, and paid as a gratuity on the occasion of establishing the sacred fire; six are the seasons belonging to the wheel of time; six is the number of the senses; six stars constitute the constellation Kirtika; and six, it is found in all the Vedas, is the number of the Sadyaska sacrifice.' 1 Vandin said, 'Seven is the number of the domesticated animals; seven are the wild animals; seven metres are used in completing a sacrifice; seven are the Rishis, seven forms of paying homage are extant (in the world); and seven, it is known, are the strings of the Vina.' 2 Ashtavakra said, 'Eight are the bags containing a hundred fold; eight is the number of the legs of the Sarabha, which preyeth upon lions; eight Vasus, as we hear, are amongst the celestials; and eight are the angles of yupa (stake), in all sacrificial rites.' 3 Vandin said, 'Nine is the number of the mantras used in kindling the fire in sacrifices to the Pitris; nine are the appointed functions in the processes of creation; nine letters compose the foot of the metre, Vrihati; and nine also is ever the number of the figures (in calculation).' 4 Ashtavakra said, 'Ten is said to be the number of cardinal points, entering into the cognition of men in this world; ten times hundred make up a thousand; ten is the number of months, during which women bear; and ten are the teachers of true knowledge, and ten, the haters thereof, and ten again are those capable of learning it.' 5 Vandin said, 'Eleven are the objects enjoyable by beings; eleven is the number of the yupas; eleven are the changes of the natural state pertaining to those having life; and eleven are the Rudras among the gods in heaven.' 6 Ashtavakra said, Twelve months compose the year; twelve letters go to the composition of a foot of the metre called Jagati; twelve are the minor sacrifices; and twelve, according to the learned, is the number of the Adityas.' 7 Vandin
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said, 'The thirteenth lunar day is considered the most auspicious; thirteen islands exist on earth. 1
Lomasa said, 'Having proceeded thus far, Vandin stopped. Thereupon Ashtavakra supplied the latter half of the sloka. Ashtavakra said, 'Thirteen sacrifices are presided over by Kesi; and thirteen are devoured by Atichhandas, (the longer metres) of the Veda. 2 And seeing Ashtavakra speaking and the Suta's son silent, and pensive, and with head downcast, the assembly broke into a long uproar. And when the tumult thus arose in the splendid sacrifice performed by king Janaka, the Brahmanas well pleased, and with joined hands, approached Ashtavakra, and began to pay him homage.'
"Thereupon Ashtavakra said, 'Before this, this man, defeating the Brahmanas in controversy, used to cast them into water. Let Vandin today meet with the same fate. Seize him and drown him in water.' Vandin said. 'O Janaka, I am the son of king Varuna. Simultaneously with thy sacrifice, there also hath commenced a sacrifice extending over twelve years. It is for this that I have despatched the principal Brahmanas thither. They have gone to witness Varuna's sacrifice. Lo! there they are returning. I pay homage to the worshipful Ashtavakra, by whose grace to-day I shall join him who hath begot me.'
"Janaka said, 'Listening to thy words, I take them to be excellent and superhuman. Thy form also standeth manifest as superhuman. As thou hast to-day defeated Vandin in discussion, I place even him at thy disposal.' Ashtavakra said, 'O king, Vandin remaining alive, will not serve any purpose of mine. If his father be really Varuna, let him be drowned in the sea.'
p. 280
"Lomasa said, 'Then rose before Janaka all the Brahmanas, after having been duly worshipped by the magnanimous Varuna. Kahoda said, 'It is for this, O Janaka, that men pray for sons, by performing meritorious acts. That in which I had failed hath been achieved by my son. Weak persons may have sons endued with strength; dunces may have intelligent sons; and the illiterate may have sons possessed of learning.' Vandin said, 'It is with thy sharpened axe, O monarch, that even Yama severeth the heads of foes. May prosperity attend thee! In this sacrifice of king Janaka, the principal hymns relating to the Uktha rites are being chanted, and the Soma juice also is being adequately quaffed. And the gods themselves, in person, and with cheerful hearts, are accepting their sacred shares.'
277:2 There is a Vedic revelation that two birds live together on a tree as friends--one of these eats the fruits and the other looks at the former. From this it is manifest that two are the lords, leaders, and guides of the senses. That there is a second faculty besides the intellect is also proved by the fact that in sleep when the intellect is inactive that faculty continues in action, for if it were not so we could not remember having slept, nor connect the state after awaking with that preceding sleep. Accordingly by citing the number two Ashtavakra assets that besides intellect there is another faculty--consciousness that these two are jointly the lords, leaders and guides of the senses and that they act together as Indra and Agni, etc.
277:5 By bringing in the quinquennial series, Vandin wishes to assert that the five senses are competent to cognise their respective objects and that besides these senses and their objects there is neither any other sense to perceive nor any other object of perception. He also cites the authority of the Veda according to which the Apsaras (or consciousness) have five "locks" on their hands--i.e., five objects of perception.
278:1 Besides the five senses Ashtavakra contends for an additional sense namely the Mind and accordingly cites the number six.
278:3 Ashtavakra advances an eighth element, namely, the knowledge of the ego.
278:5 Prakriti does not really create. It is the Supreme Being who through the medium of illusion in contract with the ten organs (viz., the five locomotive organs and the five organs of sense) makes manifest the system of things. Prakriti therefore has no real existence--her existence is only apparent in the real existence of the soul.
Vandin means to say that the soul is not essential free from the fetters of happiness and misery arising from the eleven objects of perception. In this world all men are subject to happiness and misery. We also hear that there are Rudras in heaven.
278:7 The supreme soul unaffected by happiness and misery really exists--but His existence is not susceptible of being proved--nor can the ignorant ever perceive Him. Men attain that condition through these twelve, viz., virtue, true, self-restraint, penances, good-will, modesty, forgiveness, exemption from envy, sacrifice, charity, concentration and control over the senses.
279:1 According to some, endeavours to attain emancipation can be successful not in this world but in the world of Brahma. Others say that to that end a special yoga is necessary. By bringing forward the objects numbering thirteen. Vandin advances the opinion that, virtue, etc., are not sufficient for purposes of emancipation but that suitable time and place are also essential.
279:2 Ashtavakra concludes by citing the same number thirteen. The soul which is essentially unaffected, becomes subject to happiness and misery through, the thirteen, viz., the ten organs of locomotion and sense, and intellect mind and egoism. But Atichhanadas, i.e., those that have surmounted ignorance, namely, the twelve, virtue, etc. destroy those thirteen and that is emancipation.
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More ridiculous right wing extremism. . .
Just got another one of these from a right wing extremist group.
Sadly, this is where the mainstream "conservative" movement rides these days.
Alan Gottlieb
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
In all my years of living in the USA, I've never once lost the tiniest bit of freedom as far as my guns are concerned.
These whack jobs seem to think that the UN is running the country. . . at least they rely on their followers to be dumb and ignorant enough to think so.
The pain of the high road
I know, President Obama is taking the high road on this. That is what he does. He's one of the most honorable men to ever hold the office of President of the United States. I believe in taking the high road. It's a much better way to travel. We all need to respect each other and get along.
But then I think about all those year right up to the present day when the opposition sits there calling everyone else traitors and unpatriotic. I think of how they would not and still do not budge off their positions. I think of how stictly partisan they are and how they would rather see the country fail than give an inch to get things done for the good of the country and I just want to fucking tell them all what a bunch of lying piece of shit fuck wads they are. I want to see George W. Bush in a cold dark prison rotting for the rest of his life. I want to see Newt Fucking Gingerich nest to him.
But that's just me. I'm glad we have a president who insists on taking the high road even if it does feel like he's betraying those of us who have put up with the pricks and pieces of shit who called us names and villanized us left leaners for all those years.
In address, Obama pays tribute to George W. Bush
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Waddaya think teabaggers? Or don't you?
It seems like if I were really concerned about spending deficit in the United States I'd be really worried about how much we wasted in Iraq.
Will we be hearing from the teabaggers soon about this?
I suspect they will remain as quiet over this as they did for 8 yrs while Bush the Chimp racked up the biggest deficit in history or back in the 80s when Reaga nad Bush the Elder did the same.
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer Kim Gamel, Associated Press Writer
Pictures that make me want to vomit with wretched disgust.
I've read a lot about Abraham Lincoln. He was probably the most qualified man to ever hold the office of President of the United States. You see, Abraham Lincoln had the rare and genius ability to listen to all sides of an issue. He would then study the issues intensely in his mind. He would jot down notes. He would consider the consequences of any action he had the option to take, then he would take the action that he thought was the best for the people of the United States of America. He didn't please all of the people all of the time, but he did what he believed was best for the country all of the time. Nobody owned Abraham Lincoln. He was no pawn to any special interest group.
Lincoln had many people in his cabinet that were political rivals and some that simply disagreed with his basic ideas, but he knew that it was important to consider and hear from all side of any issue before making any decision that could have a profound effect on the nation.
Lincoln wasn't nick named "Honest Abe" for no reason. He really was one who only told the truth in all matters. His love and compassion for people was legendary.
There's a great book out recently called "Lincoln As I Knew Him, Gossip, Tributes and Revelations From His Best Friends and Worst Enemies." It becomes clear reading these stories how honest, thoughtful and kind he truly was.
Abraham Lincoln was truly one of, if not the greatest men in the history of the United States.
When I see some racist divisive hate filled prick like the one above using the image of Lincoln to further his cause it really does make me sick. What shallow minded souls find themselves attracted to such lies and deceit? This is someone who is claiming moral high ground using bitter lies, hate speech and mental manipulation to sway ignorant people to go along with his agenda of greed and power.
Abraham Lincoln was the antithesis of that type of behavior. How dare some opportunistic recreant bastard like Glenn Beck use his image to instill hate and fear in the minds of Americans?
The Morons on the Mall Rally
So who are these morons who come from "all over the country" by the "tens of thousands" to hear some penis headed Baby Huey looking hate filled cry baby spew ugliness and divisive rhetoric?
I suspect they are mostly the teabagger bunch. Here are some snap shots of teabaggers taken at teabagger functions:
And just in case you get the wrong idea about these fine upstanding morally righteous citizens who traveled all the way to Washington DC to hear a talking penis, here's a picture taken at the very same rally:
Nice, huh? Don't worry, like most radically extreme fundamentalist movements, it will soon dissolve and the 24%ers will move on to some other form of racist, hate mongering.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Cap and Trade 101
It's really a simple concept. It has worked very well in the past. Each major polluter is given a limit to the amount of CO2 it can emit. They look at what is being emitted, what can be done about it and set an immediate limit. Over time, that limit is reduced until a certain goal is reached. It's really quite fair and reasonable way to enact federal regulations on pollutants.
The really nice deal to this is that some companies are going to have an easier time of controlling their CO2 emissions than others, so what they can do is sell some of their "carbon credits" to other companies. So say a company has a limit of 1500 tons of CO2 and they only emit 1000 tons. They can sell the extra 500 tons to some other company that can't do as good a job of limiting emissions. So a company that is emitting 2000 tons with a 1500 ton limit can buy the other company's 500 tons and still be within required amounts.
I say "fuck em." Tell them the level they need to go to, tell them when they need to be there and shut them down if they don't meet those goals. . . but I'm not in charge which is probably a good thing.
See, it really is a policy that works WITH the corporate polluters to help them come into compliance with regulations.
Do the corporations see it that way? No, they never do.
Since the Clean Air and Clean Water acts back in the late 60s, they have fought and resisted every single piece of legislation to come down the legislative pike. They have consistently used the same arguments. . . "it's going to ruin corporate America." "It's going to cost too much and bankrupt corporation causing us to loose all these jobs."
Fun fact: Following all major legislation on pollution, America has enjoyed periods of (sometimes unprecedented) growth and prosperity.
During the past decade when corporate America lived in a wonderland of tax break and huge pushing back of environmental regulations by a corporate controlled administration, we experienced unprecedented job loss and the destruction of the middle class.
Now the greedy corporate power mongers are at it again. This time they employ their legions of teabaggers to scream about the evils of "Cap and trade" which they call "cap and tax." "It will destroy jobs" and "it will ruin corporations."
Yaaaawn. We've heard this so many times before and each and every time we've heard it, it has turned out to be untrue and nothing but greed inspired lies.
This time they've got the proles doing their screaming at teabagging parties across America.
I wonder, when is the democratic party going to raise THIER voices and tell America how ridiculous these teabaggers are with their lies and shallow minded ideas planted by the corporate greed machine? I'm waiting. . . and waiting, . . . still waiting.
Alaska politics
Why is Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in trouble?
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Microbes, oil spill disasters and getting BP off the hook.
New microbe discovered eating oil spill in Gulf
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid, Ap Science Writer – 1 hr 2 mins ago
Argh! These fuckturds keep coming up with bullshit to make you think it's all ok in the Gulf of Mexico and the BP holocaust is not all that bad and wonder of wonders, natures is doing for us what we couldn't do for ourselves! WOW!
As every biologist who has even sniffed at a bacteriology text book knows, there's a microbe somewhere that will absorb and digest just about any substance under just about any natural condition on this Earth including crude oil in the deep once blue sea.
New species are being discovered every day on this Earth. Hell, we don't know about a majority of the insects on planet Earth, let alone the gajillions of bacteria species.
So the "discovery" of a new bacteria that happens to be absorbing a little crude oil in the Gulf is no surprise to me.
The BP oil spill is still a holocaust for the Gulf of Mexico. BP is still responsible for the deaths of their workers, the thousands of lives interrupted and ruined on the Gulf coast and the thousands of square miles of Gulf of Mexico territory devastated by this man made disaster that, with proper operations could have been avoided.
Like most modern industrial disasters, this one could have been avoided if their plant had been legally operated according to rules and regulations imposed by the gov't and their own standard operating procedures.
Again I ask, why are the executives of BP and those responsible for the proper operation of their rigs not in jail? Why do they walk free collecting their huge corporate salaries while others are dead, thousands are ruined and the Gulf of Mexico is devastated?
Why? Because the gov't, which is acting like a whore for BP is sending out bullshit news articles like this and the sleeping proles will let it lull them back into their safe quiet sleep. Maybe they'll wake up when a holocaust occurs on their own backyard. . . but don't count on it.
Right wing republican leadership
By Gail Russell Chaddock – Tue Aug 24, 4:31 pm ET
Ok, so this orange faced bozo is supposed to be the up and coming republican leader. This is the guy who's going to be running the GOP when they take over congress and lick Obama out. So when they hype up the fact that he is going to give a major economic policy speech for the GOP establishment, you expect him to lay out what the GOP would do about the economic crisis that they created during the Chimp years.
I'd welcome some good ideas from the right. I'd like to hear some conservative strategy for the continued revival of the national economy. Trouble is, they apparently don't have any. The best Boehner could do was to recommend that Obama fired all his economic guys and start over. WTF?!
It looks like the mainstream republican party is just as clueless as the radical extremist wing. In fact, it's kinda difficult to tell where the radical extremist teabagger wing stops and the mainstream begins. Both are devoid of constructive ideas and both fill their rhetoric with shallow minded hateful rhetoric.
Are the American people in general falling for this extremism? Will they really buy into this destructive, devisive, bigoted hate talk that is totally lacking in substance.
I hope not.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Coal mining, safety and coal company executives
See article below. . .
What? Like a few dead miners are going to make these corpo-fascist pricks change their ways? They'd have to cut into their profits to do that and it's much cheaper for them to pay out a million here and there to dead miner families than it is to install an all-out safety program that actually goes by the rules.
Safety rules and environmental regulations work and they help, not hurt a company. I witnessed this first hand during my career at a multinational chemical company between 1974 and 2001. If the company I worked for even thought a new rule or reg was going to be placed upon them they immediately implemented said rule or reg., trained all affected personnel and if anyone broke those rules or reg. their ass was busted.
I watched as accidents almost ceased to occur, the workplace became a cleaner and more efficient place and the general environment improved drastically for everyone. In 1974 it was a nasty ugly dangerous place to work. By 2001 there was little danger except for some dumbass that might fuck up, but even they were protected against themselves. Nothing was flushed down the drain and all materials were accounted for from cradle to grave.
It is an abomination that miners are killed on a regular basis in Appalachia. Sometimes there are mass murders. "Murders?" Yes. When companies knowingly ignore safety rules and regs., and someone is killed because of it, it is nothing less than premeditated murder.
Why are these coal company executives allowed to walk free when they have murdered so many?
Feds: Appalachian mines keep breaking safety laws
By TIM HUBER, AP Business Writer Tim Huber, Ap Business Writer – 2 hrs 41 mins ago
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Federal regulators say recent surprise inspections show that despite increased enforcement, underground coal mines continue to violate safety laws.
Mine Safety and Health Administration director Joe Main says it's appalling to keep finding the egregious violations revealed by the agency Tuesday.
MSHA says it found miners working under an unsupported roof at a Tennessee mine, and sections of a West Virginia mine were closed after inspectors found numerous serious violations.
Other problems turned up at two Kentucky mines, including an International Coal Group operation that was issued 43 citations last week.
An ICG spokesman had no immediate comment.
MSHA stepped up enforcement following an April explosion that killed 29 in West Virginia.
Monday, August 23, 2010
TSA moronic goons, etc.
I'm sitting at na airport gate waiting for my 3 hr. late flight. I just endured the usual TSA bullshit where a bunch of morons who do not possess the basic life skills to become thug cops stand around and scrutinize every inch and possession of anyone and everybody who wants to board a plane in this country. We are obsessed with security and the excuse of "9-11." Even at the TSA gate there was a big flag made up of the names of people killed on 9-11-01. "We will not forget" or some such bullshit printed in big letters. . .
It's amazing what stupid fucking proles will put up with. IT's amazing what ridiculous jizz you will swallow like $3 back alley whores.
Then I sit here and read this shit. Now these knuckle dragging TSA morons are allowed to pat you down like a common criminal just because they decide it might be a cool thing to do.
This is why I drive whenever I possibly can and why if I were rich I would NEVER fly commercial.
ACLU questions 'enhanced patdown' of air travelers
The TSA says the new procedure is also being tested at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas before a national rollout.
The ACLU questions whether the new technique is effective enough to justify what it calls a "seemingly constant erosion of privacy."
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Stand behind our president!!
Liberals. . . who are complaining about Obama not doing enough liberal stuff: wtf do you want? How bold is it for a sitting president to declare something like this? This is going to enrage the greed and power hungry who are pushing the teabaggers.
I say we need to stand behind this president and let him know that we WILL have his back when it comes to the teabaggers and their lies and false propaganda.
Barack Obama We cannot allow the corporate takeover of our democracy. We’re going to continue to fight for reform and transparency, and I urge all of you to take up the same fight. Let’s challenge every elected official who benefits from corporate-funded ads to defend this practice or join us in stopping it.
In this week’s address, President Obama urged Republican leaders in Congress to end their obstruction of a bipartisan bill that will reduce the influence of corporations and foreign entities.
Tea Party Lies
I keep getting these messages from MinutemanHQ.com and other right wing extremist groups.
Obama's Homeland Security To Grant Amnesty For Illegals
Homeland Security Amnesty Memo Subject: Administrative Alternatives to Comprehensive Immigration Reform
How about this one:
Friday, August 20, 2010
Rush Limbaugh and his hot young blond wife.
So Rush Limbaugh (you remember him: the guy who was busted for doctor shopping for prescription drugs and spent time in court ordered rehab while telling his listeners that illegal drug dealers ought to be executed and was also busted for having prescription Viagra on a plane coming in from the Bahamas that WAS NOY prescribed to him), yes that Rush Limbaigh has just married this really hot young blond woman.
Rush Limbaugh is an old, bald, deaf, fat guy who looks like Baby Huey. Why do you think the hot young blond woman married him? Is this an example of right wing extremist moral conduct?
These right wing extremists seem to be a morally shallow bunch according to recent news items.
Oh, and as for Elton John who attended and performed at "the wedding," fuck you, you British wanker asshole. I'm done with your music.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
How can the republicans get away with their hate based rhetoric?
Here's how: The American proletariat are some of the dumbest, most ignorant fucktards in the world. . .
They swallow the republican jizz like $3 back alley bj whores.
Poll: Growing number incorrectly call Obama Muslim
By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer – 13 mins ago
Sexism, yes, but more important, RACISM at it's worse.
Minnesota GOP: Republican women are hotter than Democrats
By Rachel Rose Hartman
OK, the idea of comparing one party's female leaders to the other on the basis of who looks best is juvenile, lame, childish and just plain goofy at best. It also shows what a sad state one's party must be in as far as female leaders go if you've got to present them as mere sex objects for physical comparison.
There is something about this whole story however that just reeks of typical right wing racism; how can they use an image of Michele Obama to try and persuade people that democrat women are ugly? Well, we all know hopw they can do that. They do it because they are playing to a segment of America that no matter how beautiful the woman, if she is African-American, she is ugly to them. Yes, the really low down, knuckle dragging white supremist crowd is their obvious contingency and obviously where the Minnnesota Republican Party is firmly entrenched.
I mean come on, Michele Obama is nothing but beautiful. Her face, her body and even more enchanting, her total demeanor . . . the way she walks, talks and acts. She is simply the most beautiful woman to hold the position of first lady in my lifetime. We have never had a first lady with such dignity and confidence that I can remember or even think of. How could anyone possibly find it fitting to show an image of her and refer to her as a dog? Only a white supremist who would find any African-American woman ugly. Only a white supremist who, no matter how brilliant, intellectual or capable the person, they would reject them because they are Black.
Fuck these piece of shit bastards who really, are a reflection on all white America when they, in their position of power put forth such horrendously recreant propaganda. I try not to hate anyone and to have compassion for every lost soul, but these pricks really make it difficult.
How low do these white supremist sons of bitches have to get before America simply says "ENOUGH!"
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Corporate greed and their government collaborators
Who will win in the end?
Ga. scientists: Gulf oil not gone, 80 pct remains
Mon Aug 16, 6:30 pm ET
The scientists say as much as 80 percent of the oil still lurks under the surface. The Georgia team said it is a misinterpretation of data to claim that oil that is dissolved is actually gone. The report from University of Georgia and other scientists came from an analysis of federal estimates.
New Study: Oil from Gulf Spill Settling on Sea Floor
Researchers say oil from leak appears to have seeped into underwater canyon east of ruptured BP well, where they say it is killing small plants and bacteria
VOA News 17 August 2010
A pelican flies over new marsh grass in an area that had been impacted by the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill near East Grand Terre Island, where the Gulf of Mexico meets Barataria Bay along the Louisiana coast, 10 Aug. 2010
A new study by scientists in the Gulf of Mexico finds that oil from the worst offshore oil spill in history is settling on the sea floor, where it is harming critical microscopic organisms.
Researchers at the University of South Florida issued the report on the impact of the BP oil spill Tuesday.
They said oil from the leak appears to have seeped into an underwater canyon east of the ruptured BP well, where they say it is killing small plants and bacteria. The plants, called phytoplankton, are a critical part of the food chain for several species of fish.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Leading the way in alternative energy
This is a picture of a huge tidal turbine that will be installed on the British coast around the Orkney Islands.
Why is Europe leading the charge on alternative energy? Where is American ingenuity?
Have we traded in all our technological excellence for the corporate bottomline?
And people wonder why, as I get older, I begin to truly believe that perhaps some form of socialism IS a good thing.
The corporate structure has become more of a destructive force in our society than ever before.
Monday, August 9, 2010
American religious wars
This is from Red Neck Liberal. He says it better than I could. . .
The ongoing anti-Muslim hate campaign makes me wonder how blissfully unaware of history wingnuts must be. How else could they co-opt Nazi-style racial scapegoating so blatantly and with so little shame? Hasn't anyone amongst them even skimmed a history book and noticed how Hitler's prewar treatment of German Jews parallels the way they're treating American Muslims?
It also makes me wonder how 'Baggers disprove their own case every time they open their fat, stupid traps. The fact that they're free to push their hate unmolested and largely unchallenged by the people they're attacking only goes to show how stoic and peaceable regular Muslims really are. And how far away they are from the terrorist/fanatic stereotype pushed by fringe hate groups like the... err... GOP.
One side in the "debate" do show themselves up as terrorists, fanatics and all-round enemies of civilization. But they don't read the Koran - aside from maybe the Glenn Beck crib notes.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Moralistic morons
I just got this "Conservative action alert" in my e-mail titled, Keep Marriage Marriage.
Federal Judge Tramples Your Rights! Help Fight Back! August 5 , 2010
I've been trying for years to figure out how gays getting married threatens my marriage. I've been married for 31 yrs of my adult life and I just can't recall a single reason or event where gay marriage could have had the least effect on my marital status.
Are you threatened by gay marriage? I'd like to know how exactly. See, these right wing extremist say this shit but they never explain anything. Their rhetoric is totally lacking in substance. Let's face it: "Keep marriage marriage" is nothing but simple minded church parlor talk. WTF does it mean?
In the paraphrased words of my blogging friend Teddy Velvet (come on Ted, you know you are), 'why shouldn't gays be just as miserable as the rest of us?'
The funny thing is that these moralistic morons just don't understand how a constitutional republic works. Ya see, it doesn't matter if every single voter in the United States of America decides to infringe one single person's constitutional rights, it is the duty of the federal gov't through the courts and legislation to protect that one person from the will of all the others.
Yes, you dumb fuck bozos, that is what a constitutional republic is all about. WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY! We employ certain democratic processes, that is all.
Now go back to your caves and take your primitive moralistic bullshit with you.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Hughes Net Sucks!
Yes, Hughes Net SUCKS!
Myanmar goes eco!
Bravo to the Military Regime of Burma (Myanmar). This not only saves a large species, it saves and protects all the species in an entire ecosystem. This is a great thing that Myanmar has done and should be recognized and praised by all nations.
Myanmar triples size of northern tiger reserve
Thu Aug 5, 1:39 am ET
BANGKOK – Myanmar has tripled the size of the world's largest tiger reserve in an effort to save the endangered species, which now numbers less than 3,000 in the wild, a conservation group said in a statement seen Thursday.
The entire Hukaung Valley — a remote area of northern Myanmar about half the size of Switzerland — is now a protected tiger area, the government announced Tuesday.
"Myanmar now offers one of the best hopes for saving tigers in Southeast Asia," said Colin Poole of the U.S.-based Wildlife Conservation Society. "The newly expanded protected area in the Hukaung Valley will be a cornerstone of tiger conservation throughout this iconic big cat's range."
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Fascist America
So here's the deal; the police ("fucking pigs" in this case) can video tape you any time they please. In fact, they have video cameras set up in the most popular and well traveled public places these days. They can tape you when you drive or any time you walk along a street, road or in a park.
But according to all these prosecutors and police agencies, you CAN NOT video tape a police officer ("pig" in this case) in a public place or while he is carrying out his duties with you participating. Somehow YOU are breaking "wire tap" laws
I'm waiting for this to become an issue in any locale near me. I will be out there daring the mother fuckers to arrest me. I am getting so tired of police thuggery in this country. It's getting worse and worse and cops are getting dumber and dumber.
But it probably doesn't bother the typical proles in the least. Afterall, as long as you're being a good little prole and obeying the law, it shouldn't effect you a bit, right?
Yea, fuck the Constitution of the United States, just obey the law. . . then cops thugs don't have to.
Should Videotaping the Police Really Be a Crime?
By ADAM COHEN Adam Cohen – Wed Aug 4, 11:05 am ET
Lies for the proles to sleep by.
Lessee, last week we were being told that skimmers had picked up a small percentage of the oil and that microbial action and evaporation was what was containing the spill. This week, it's skimming and burning.
It has become acceptable to simply lie about all this. Say whatever is convenient. The proles accept that the gov't is going to feed them a pack of lies and in turn the gov't feeds them lie after contradictory lie.
Obama, Bush, some douchebag governor or mayor, they're all the same. . . lies follow lies.
It astounds me that the proles are so fucking docile and accepting of being lied to. If it were another individual lying like the gov't does, they would be marginalized and condemned.
Hey you dumb fucks! Wake up! When did we ever have a major oil spill and all the oil just disappeared or was sucked up in a matter of weeks! There are still toxic amounts of oil on the shores of Prince Edward Sound 20 yrs later! There will be toxic levels of oil in the Guld of Mexico 20 yrs from now. . . probably 100 yrs from now.
Oh, but don't worry, this time bacteria, evaporation and BP are going to remove it all and make everything alright.
Proles = Bunch of $3 back alley whores. . . swallow away.
Hell, they bought you for less than $3.
Mud plugs well; feds say much of Gulf oil is gone
By HARRY R. WEBER and GREG BLUESTEIN, Associated Press Writers Harry R. Weber And Greg Bluestein, Associated Press Writers – 43 mins ago
Declaring it a milestone, BP PLC said mud that was forced down the well was holding back the flow of crude and it was in a "static condition."
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In my PHP webapp, I want to be notified via email whenever certain errors occur. I'd like to use my Gmail account for sending these. How could this be done?
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Gmail's SMTP-server requires a very specific configuration.
From Gmail help:
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server (requires TLS)
- smtp.gmail.com
- Use Authentication: Yes
- Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL)
- Port: 465 or 587
Account Name: your full email address (including @gmail.com)
Email Address: your email address (username@gmail.com)
Password: your Gmail password
You can probably set these settings up in Pear::Mail or PHPMailer. Check out their documentation for more details.
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You could use PEAR's mail function with Gmail's SMTP Server
Note that when sending e-mail using Gmail's SMTP server, it will look like it came from your Gmail address, despite what you value is for $from.
(following code taken from About.com Programming Tips )
require_once "Mail.php";
$from = "Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <recipient@example.com>";
$subject = "Hi!";
// stick your GMAIL SMTP info here! ------------------------------
$host = "mail.example.com";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array ('host' => $host,
'auth' => true,
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password));
if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
} else {
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Swift Mailer, while generally considered bloated in comparison to other mailing classes has an approach for this too:
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in Google Chrome 7 Folder drag and drop has been added click-here, Can any one show demo code how is that possible?
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closed as not a real question by casperOne Oct 2 '12 at 18:51
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The iMacros for Chrome extension has a drag & drop file manager and is open-source. Is that the kind of drag & drop you need?
Chrome extensions are basically just websites, so the same code will work in a normal website, too.
From the iMacros extension gallery page: alt text
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I mean Folder drag and drop as they mentioned in Chrome Blog, and Yes I'm able to use file dnd,,, – mabuzer Oct 22 '10 at 21:40
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I am trying to limit the number of characters entered in a textarea as shown:
@Html.TextAreaFor(x => x.StudentName, new { @maxlength = "1000" })
This works fine in Firefox and Chrome but the maxlength attribute doesn't work in IE. How do I do that??
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@TimMedora: So why not mark the question as a duplicate? – leppie Feb 2 '12 at 8:46
@leppie - because last time I searched for a maxlength script that worked in all cases, I ended up writing my own. The post I linked to is over 18 months old; there may be a better solution out there but I figured it would give the OP somewhere to start at least. Just my opinion. – Tim Medora Feb 2 '12 at 8:49
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The maxlength attribute is not standard for <textarea> in HTML 4.01. It is defined in HTML5 though but I guess IE doesn't implement it. To make it work across all browsers you could use javascript. Here's an example.
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It does work in IE10 according to this chart from wufoo: wufoo.com/html5/attributes/03-maxlength.html – Case Aug 14 '12 at 0:45
@Sharon, IE10 is not RTM yet. – Darin Dimitrov Aug 14 '12 at 5:13
Yes it does work in IE10+. Only IE9 and less is an issue. It is a very good solution for the problem!!! – Kremena Lalova Oct 1 at 16:15
You can use javascript as well, which is way easier:
<textarea name="question" cols="100" rows="8" maxlength="500px" onKeyPress="return ( this.value.length < 1000 );"></textarea>
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What about pasting? – Matthias Dailey Mar 4 at 20:37
@MatthiasDailey If you're using jQuery, my answer handles pasting. It could probably be refactored to pure JS. – Walter Stabosz Apr 8 at 20:32
Why do you have a px for maxlength? That's not what it's for. – stimpy77 Aug 18 at 7:01
Use the following Jquery - for eg, if you want to restrict the length to 48
var lengthF = $(this).val();
if (lengthF.length > 48){
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this fails when the user tries to press delete or backspace. The user will be stuck after reaching the limit – Mandeep Jain May 14 '13 at 17:01
Here is my jQuery based solution. Works well in IE9, a little wonky in IE8.
// textarea event handler to add support for maxlength attribute
$(document).on('input keyup', 'textarea[maxlength]', function(e) {
// maxlength attribute does not in IE prior to IE10
// http://stackoverflow.com/q/4717168/740639
var $this = $(this);
var maxlength = $this.attr('maxlength');
if (!!maxlength) {
var text = $this.val();
if (text.length > maxlength) {
// truncate excess text (in the case of a paste)
link for IE8: http://jsfiddle.net/hjPPn/show
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Commenting on the significance of the filings, Bill Mohl, president and chief executive officer of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, said, "A number of potential transmission operating arrangements have been under review by the Entergy operating companies, and following careful analysis, we are confident that our proposal to join MISO is a key step in our efforts to best meet the energy needs of our customers. This decision is an important component of our commitment to meet those needs as we look forward into the future."
These savings are largely attributable to MISO's organized power markets, which allow for a more efficient commitment and dispatch of generation resources, and to economies of scale offered by an RTO of MISO's size. MISO operates across 12 states and one Canadian province and, with the addition of the Entergy operating companies to its membership, will stretch from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
"Some of the most significant benefits are achievable because MISO has an established, transparent and highly efficient Day Two Market, which is an innovative system that effectively and economically matches supply and demand for electricity," said Mohl. "MISO's ability to provide a platform for transactions among power sellers and purchasers across its footprint through the Day Two Market was a critical factor in our determination that MISO is the right RTO choice for our customers."
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The College Savings Cheat Sheet: It’s As Easy As 5-2-9
For parents seeking to pay for their kids’ college educations, here are three numbers that will make the task much easier: 5, 2, 9.
Why are families missing out on 529s? Well, chalk it up to confusion. Nearly every state has its own plan, and some operate more than one, so shopping around can be daunting. (You can invest in nearly any state’s 529, not just your own.) And much like a 401(k), each 529 presents you with a wide array of investment choices to sort through. Still, you can quickly drill down to the right choice for you — just follow these five steps:
1. Check out your state’s tax breaks. First determine what tax benefits your state offers — most states let you claim a deduction for contributions to a 529. (Go to savingforcollege.com, where you can look up each state’s tax breaks and 529 plans.) If you live in a state with no income tax, or one that doesn’t offer a tax deduction, you’re free to look elsewhere. You can also shop around if you live in one of the six states (including Missouri and Pennsylvania) that allow you to deduct contributions to any state’s 529 plan.
2. Assess your state’s plans. If your state does give you tax breaks, you’re typically better off investing at home, especially if the deductions are generous. But there are exceptions. When the local 529 offers poorly performing funds or charges high costs — say, more than 0.5% — you may do better by going elsewhere. (More on costs below.) And for those investing for young kids, you may be able to start out with your in-state plan and later roll over your money to a better plan elsewhere. Some 14 states allow you to move your funds to an out-of-state 529 without penalty as long as you stay invested for a few years.
To find a low-cost 529, stick with those that are direct-sold — meaning you invest directly with the plan — and avoid plans sold through brokers and advisers, who typically layer on fees. If you sort through the choices, you’ll typically find funds charging less than 0.5% — often index offerings that cost 0.2% or less. (You can find links to the different state plans at collegesavings.org).
4. Opt for an age-based fund. The simplest and best choice for many families is an age-based portfolio, which is similar to a retirement target-date fund: You get instant diversification and the asset mix shifts to become more conservative as your child nears college. (That automatic feature is especially helpful for 529s, since you can generally make only one investment change a year.) But make sure you’re comfortable with the asset mix, since some age-based portfolios are more risky than others — an aggressive fund for a 10-year-old might have 70% in stocks, while a conservative choice might hold less than 30%.
5. Protect your portfolio. When you’re one or two years away from paying that first tuition bill, you may want to shift out of the age-based fund to even safer assets. Just make sure they really are safe.
Still, 529s offer many low-risk options, such as a high-quality short-term bond fund, which is likely to hold up relatively well if rates rise. (You can look up the fund’s average maturity and credit quality at Morningstar.com.) Many 529s also offer stable value funds, which are backed by an insurance company and hold a steady net asset value — they pay a yield equivalent to a short-term bond fund. And some plans, like Ohio’s CollegeAdvantage 529, let you invest in bank CDs. You can’t get safer than that.
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I was dog tired but I forced myself to stay up and clean the kitchen to avoid tomorrow's dish hangover.
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the flyest person alive. Head Bitch in Charge.
The act of being gangster, fly, bitchy.
DAAMN! you be acting all Tawnizzle up in here!
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0.031421 | <urn:uuid:e799ad48-bf5b-4fbc-bde5-d6a098b0bcdb> | en | 0.962559 | There’s not very much time left in the US Senate lame duck session, and there’s a lot of work yet to be done. Fortunately, as David Culp tweeted yesterday, that work will include Senate consideration of the New START treaty; according to the Senate calendar, at 2:15 PM today,”there will be a roll call vote on the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the START Treaty…”.
This will only be the beginning of what could turn into a bit of a circus. Despite the fact that there has been a trend toward support from some Republican Senators, others have vowed to make the process as difficult as possible; Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) has actually said that he “will work very hard” to make sure the treaty resolution does not get approved in the lame duck session. The track that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has chosen, i.e. consideration of New START on a dual track with consideration of the federal budget proposal, isn’t going over well with Republicans, so the outlook for the lame duck session is a bit cloudy at this point.
As Joshua Pollack predicted in his post last week, treaty opponents are likely to propose amendments to the treaty itself and to the resolution of ratification. Since Josh’s post, we have found out that a number of amendments will be offered, and that the Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the preamble to the treaty can be amended. A number of Republican Senators are happy about this, because the treaty preamble contains language on missile defense that they find unacceptable.
Given these recent developments, here is what you need to keep in mind as the Senate considers the treaty resolution of ratification.
How the Amendment Process Works
There are a few excellent resources regarding how a treaty resolution moves through the Senate. The White House has some information on its website, there’s an excellent CRS summary, and there’s a rather large 448 pg CRS report that goes into all the historical details. The best summary has been published by the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, so let’s stick with that for now.
Much drama has come about because the proposed amendments to the treaty resolution and the treaty itself (including that to the treaty preamble) have been called “treaty killer” amendments. However, the most important thing to remember is the math. The bold emphasis in the following excerpt is mine:
• The Senate has never added an amendment to the text of an arms control treaty because the amendment would have to be approved by the other party(ies) to the treaty. Any amendment to the text of the treaty requires 51 votes, not a two-thirds vote, to be adopted (which means that a simple majority of the Senate can defeat any of the amendments).
• After debate on the treaty itself, the next step is for the Senate to consider this resolution. The Senate is not to begin considering the resolution of ratification on the same day it completes debate on the treaty itself and disposes of any amendments to it, unless the Senate by unanimous consent determines otherwise.
• The resolution of ratification can be changed on the Senate floor through conditions, reservations, understandings and declarations. A simple majority vote, not a two-thirds vote, is required to approve any of these additions (which means that a simple majority of the Senate can defeat any of the additions).
• Once the Senate has begun consideration of the treaty, cloture can be filed at any time. Two days must pass for that cloture vote to occur. If cloture is successful then there is a 30 hour limits on debate on both the treaty and the resolution of ratification. At the end of the 30 hours there is a vote on any pending amendment(s) to the resolution of ratification and then immediately on passage of the resolution which will need the two thirds vote.
So, you see, it’s far more difficult to amend treaty text than you might think. Rounding up 51 votes in a situation where the Democrats are not likely to break ranks (which is the case with New START) would be quite a chore. In other words, yes, the Republicans won this round; the parliamentarian said they could amend the treaty. That doesn’t mean it’s going to happen.
The Treaty Preamble
Now, let’s look at the preamble. The Republicans have been objecting to the missile defense-strategic nuclear weapons language for a long time. The preamble specifically says:
But, as Kingston Reif says, “A link [between strategic arms and missile defense] is of course not a limit. But it has been longstanding U.S. policy to note the link between offensive and defensive forces. And it’s still our policy.”
Keep that in mind as things move forward in the Senate.
What’s Really Going On?
The reason the proposed amendments are being called “treaty killers” is because the Russians would object to any amendments we make, would probably propose their own amendments, and this could ultimately kill the treaty.
However, what I think is going on right now, with the lame duck session, is that the Republicans want to run out the clock. Each amendment must be voted on, and precious time would be lost on the Senate floor. The more time spent arguing over amendments, and the time needed to consider the amendments, the less time there is to finish things up and get to a final vote on the treaty resolution.
We’ll have a lot more to say about treaty amendments and New START in general in the coming weeks. This post (and your comments) will hopefully provide a good point of reference as we watch the debate unfold.
UPDATE: I mentioned this in the comments, but the Senate voted 66-32 on the Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider Treaty Doc. 111-5 Between the U.S.A. and the Russian Federation (New START). The roll call vote is here. Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) did not vote, but will very likely vote “yes” on the resolution itself. | http://vanderlinden.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/130/more-on-new-start-amendments | dclm-gs1-429565528 | false | false | {
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During the Roman Republic
Roman Republic
, nobilis ("noble," plural nobiles) was a descriptive term of social rank, usually indicating that a member of the family had achieved the consulship
Roman consul
A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...
. Those who belonged to the hereditary patrician families were noble, but plebeians
The plebs was the general body of free land-owning Roman citizens in Ancient Rome. They were distinct from the higher order of the patricians. A member of the plebs was known as a plebeian...
whose ancestors were consuls were also considered nobiles. The transition to nobilitas thus required the rise of an exceptional individual, who was considered a "new man" (novus homo
Novus homo
). Two of the most famous examples of these self-made "new men" were Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius
, who held the consulship seven times, and Marcus Tullius Cicero.
The Second Samnite War (326–304 BC) was a formative time in the creation of this ruling elite comprising both patricians and plebeians who had risen to power. From the mid-4th century to the early 3rd century BC, several plebeian-patrician "tickets
Ticket (election)
Scholarly attempts to define nobilitas have led to debates over the particulars of its usage in ancient sources. Fergus Millar
Fergus Millar
-External links:* staff page at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford* announcement of "History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ."...
points out that nobilis was a descriptive word as used in the Late Republic, and not a technical term for a restricted social group in the sense of peerage
. Matthias Gelzer held that the term was reserved for descendants of consuls, and therefore reckoned that Munatius Plancus
Lucius Munatius Plancus
Lucius Munatius Plancus was a Roman senator, consul in 42 BC, and censor in 22 BC with Aemilius Lepidus Paullus...
, consul designate for 42, was the last man to qualify as an ancestor for a nobilis. P.A. Brunt, building on the view of Theodor Mommsen
Theodor Mommsen
, assembled evidence of broader usage that suggests any curule office might grant the aura of nobilitas. The term is not found in the literature of the mid-Republic, and came into use long after the social and political changes that created "noble" plebeians.
During the time of Augustus
, a nobilis enjoyed easier access to the consulship, with a lowered age requirement perhaps set at 32. Women who descended from Augustan
consuls are also regarded as belonging to the Roman nobility. In the usage of Tacitus
and Pliny Minor
Pliny the Younger
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo , better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him...
, a nobilis is a descendant of the Republican aristocracy. The meaning of nobilis then evolved during the Imperial period
Roman Empire
Further reading
• Barnes, T.D. "Who Were the Nobility of the Roman Empire?" Phoenix 28 (1974) 444–449. On usage of the term in the 4th century.
• Brunt, P.A. "Nobilitas and novitas." Journal of Roman Studies 72 (1982) 1–17.
• Hölkeskamp, Karl-J. "Conquest, Competition and Consensus: Roman Expansion in Italy and the Rise of the nobilitas." Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 42 (1993) 12–39.
• Ridley, R. T. "The Genesis of a Turning-Point: Gelzer's Nobilität." Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 35.4 (1986) 474-502. | http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Nobiles | dclm-gs1-429805528 | false | false | {
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This Mack Sennett silent comedy includes rare footage of a Wright Model B piloted by Phil Parmelee. After he left the Wright exhibition team, Parmelee had a brief career as an actor, starring in A Dash Through the Clouds, released in 1912. Playing the role of Slim, “the Aviator,” Parmelee flew with actress Mabel Normand in a Wright Model B for the film’s aerial scenes. This scene features good footage of the Model B taking off and landing as Parmelee and Normand’s character, Josephine, fly to the rescue of Josephine’s boyfriend, Chubby, who is in a shack, hiding from a group of Mexicans whom he has angered. At the film’s end, Josephine switches her affection from Chubby to Slim. Shortly after the film was completed, Parmelee died in an airplane accident in Washington state. Video: Library of Congress (2:02) | http://www.airspacemag.com/videos/a-dash-through-the-clouds-1912/ | dclm-gs1-429845528 | false | false | {
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Latin America
(and navigation page)
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~ Latin America blog ~
Information pages
All Latin American Flags
Country pages
Featuring background information on the political, social, and economic conditions in all twenty countries of the region, as well as other data.
Culture, Identity, and Politics
The phrase "Eternal Eternity" is in part an allusion to the joke that Brazilians often tell each other: "Brazil is the country of the future -- and always will be!" It also borrows from the description of Colombia as "the land of eternal spring." As I have learned from personal experience, patience is one of the highest virtues in Latin America. To even begin to understand Latin America, one must first put him or herself in a poetic, playful state of mind and set aside deadly earnestness. From the results-oriented technocratic perspective of North America, one is often tempted to dismiss the entire region as plagued by an irrational determination to do things its own way, hopelessly lost in a never-ending search to find its own cultural identity. What is the reason for this tortured struggle of Latin Americans to define themselves? At least at a superficial level, this vast region shares a strong sense of common identity based on language and religion.
Latin America montage
Clockwise from top left: Old cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua; Monument to the Heroic Boys at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City; National Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica; Mural in honor of Benito Juarez in Oaxaca, Mexico; Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City; U.S. postage stamp honoring Frida Kahlo; folk musicians in La Paz, Bolivia; Palace of Government in Lima, Peru; and (center) Mayan ruins at Tikal, Guatemala.
Why is Latin America called "Latin" anyway? They don't speak Latin, as some people think Dan Quayle once said. Actually, Latin America was a term coined by the French during the 1860s when Emperor Louis Napoleon (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) imposed a Hapsburg monarch ("Emperor Maximilian") to rule Mexico as a puppet on his behalf. (His reign only lasted five years). Ironically, those of Hispanic descent who live in this country and proudly call themselves "Latinos" are perpetuating a terminological trick that was foisted upon their ancestors precisely to justify an imperialist agenda!!! For a splendid cultural history of the region (at least the Spanish parts), see Carlos Fuentes, The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World.
Two countries did not gain full independence until later: Cuba (1934) and the Dominican Republic (1844). There are two remaining colonies: Puerto Rico and French Guyana. As indicated in the map above, Belize is NOT considered part of Latin America; like Jamaica, most of its people speak English, or a dialect thereof. What about French Guyana? Shouldn't that be part of "Latin" America? Perhaps, but it is not an independent country, and in fact in political terms it is considered part of Europe: Just look at the "Euro" currency, which shows a map of Europe plus the overseas departments belonging to France.
Beneath this facade, however, one finds that except for Argentina and its neighbors in the "southern cone," the ethnic composition of Latin American countries is heavily mixed, the legacy of Spanish conquistadors marrying (or simply dallying) with indigenous women. (Latin American specialists try to minimize use of the contentious term Indian, both because of the mistaken origins of that ethnic term (Columbus was lost) and because it is considered an insult in most of Latin America, with similar connotations to Redskin.) In Brazil, the ethnic issue originated in the mass importation of African slaves to work in sugar cane fields. Racial differences tend to reinforce class differences, which are in some cases as sharp as any you'll find in the Third World: it's the rich versus the poor with only a weak middle class to keep things stable.
Traditionally considered one of the three main pillars of Latin American society, the Catholic Church became more socially progressive during the 1960s, thanks in part to the Second Vatican Encyclical of Pope Paul VI. This was when a social action movement called Liberation Theology was founded and gained strength. Inspired by the Gospel and the theories of Karl Marx, it is an odd mixture.
Spanish is the official language (though sometimes not the only one) of all but two countries in Latin America: Brazil is predominantly Portuguese-speaking, and people in Haiti speak a local variant of French.
NOTE: Even though I know Spanish fairly well, in most cases I'm not going to worry about accented Spanish characters (other than ñ) on these Web pages.
Social norms
The most outstanding characteristic of politics in Latin America is that everything depends on personalities and personal connections. There is some debate over this, but most scholarly observers agree that a person's obligations to his or her family takes precedence over all other considerations; this may explain in part why respect for the law is often so low in Latin America. Government and civic institutions are relatively weak, by and large, so policies are often uncoordinated and subject to change based on somebody's whim. Corruption is a big problem in the drug-exporting countries (especially Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia), but an even bigger problem is administrative chaos, which reflects the relative absence of professional standards in the bureaucracy. Presidents and cabinet ministers issue decrees by the boatload and nothing gets done about it. Meanwhile, pay scales for bureaucrats are often quite low (especially since all the budget cutting of the late 1980s and 1990s), so many officials have second jobs to pay the bills.
Regions of Latin America
The twenty nations of Latin America can be grouped, more or less, into five subregional groups, based on geography and cultural affinity. There is some "overlap" among these subregions, however: Venezuela, Panama, and Chile combine aspects of two subregions, while Costa Rica and Paraguay are each rather distinctive in their own right. Since I have greater expertise in the Andean region, I tend to pay more attention to those countries.
Mexico / Central America
Before independence from Spain, the Viceroyalty of New Spain (as Mexico was called) extended through all of Central America with the exception of Panama. Most of the countries in this region bear significant residual influence from the Mayan Indian civilization, which began to decline centuries before Columbus arrived. For the first two decades after independence (1821-1838, roughly), there was a unified Central American Confederation. This broke apart into five countries, however, and this region remained backwards for many decades thereafter.
The Caribbean
The island nations of the Caribbean embody a great variety of cultural influences, reflecting the four European nations that colonized them: Spain, France, Britain, and the Netherlands. A high proportion of people are descended from African slaves.
The Andean Region
Geographically, this region is united by the mountainous terrain plus the cultural legacy of the Inca Empire. Most of these countries were liberated by Simon Bolivar, who dreamed of creating a vast confederation of Spanish-speaking countries. Although there is a semi-effective regional institution (the Andean Group), lingering jealousy and ancient animosity between the neighbors have prevented the goal of regional political-economic integration from being carried out.
Brazil is nearly as big as the United States in terms of land area, and is by far the most populous country in Latin America, so size alone qualifies it as a separate region. The fact that it is the only Portuguese- speaking country in the Western Hemisphere makes it stand out even more. The country has a vibrant, fun-loving culture, with much more relaxed social norms than in Spanish America, where the Catholic Church tends to have a stronger influence.
The Southern Cone
In terms of both ethnicity and dialect, this southernmost part of Latin America does live up to its claim to be the "most European" part of the region. A large proportion of the population in Argentina and Uruguay are of Italian descent, while Germans and Basques make up a substantial portion of the Chilean population. Ironically, despite all the economic advantages and relative lack of ethnic friction that affects the Andean countries, Mexico, and Central America, the Southern Cone has never lived up to its promise. Quite the contrary, some of the most barbaric violence anywhere in Latin America took place in Chile and Argentina during the "Dirty War" of the 1970s and 1980s.
Latin American Music
Caveat: "work in progress"
The most popular form of music throughout most of Latin America. It is strongest in the Caribbean and northern parts of South America, and has many sub-genres. It is usually dominated by trombone, piano, and cowbells, and the orchestral combos that usually perform salsa yield a rich sound reminiscent of 1940s-era "big band" music.
Fast-paced tunes in 2/4 time (oom-pah, OOM-pah, OOM-pah, oom-pah) with a repetitive melody in a minor key. Usually features a trumpet. Most popular in the Dominican Republic and Peru.
Slow-paced tunes with a repetitive melody in a minor key, usually featuring an accordion. Most popular in Colombia.
Accordion-based, moody, minor key music invented in Argentina and Uruguay. Carlos Gardel was the undisputed master of this genre during the first half of the 20th century.
The cowboy music of Mexico, featuring trumpets, violins, and guitars of every shape and size. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass popularized this music in the U.S. during the 1960s.
Indigenous folklore
My personal favorite, a synthesis of indigenous music (Inca or Aymara) with Spanish guitars, often reminiscent of "Old Western" cowboy music. The most distinctive instrument is the charango, shown in the photo. It resembles ukulele, but with five pairs of strings and often using an armadillo shell as the body. Another folk instrument is the quena (flute). (See musical group in photo montage above.)
Vals (waltz)
Slow, moody, nostalgic tunes in a minor key at 3/4 time, most popular in Peru.
The music of Brazil, associated with carnaval celebrations. (The word refers to persons of African descent.) It features multiple large drums, small guitars, and loud cheerful singing.
Medium-paced, rhythm-heavy music popular in the Caribbean.
Fast-paced, music popular with African origins in the Caribbean.
Latin pop and rock
Influence from North America and Europe has had mixed results on the Latin music scene, and some of the Latin rock music is quite good. The list below is ranked in rough order of my preference. It includes U.S.-born musicians whose parents were immigrants.
General sources
Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline, Latin American Politics and Development 5th ed. (Westview, 2000)
Thomas E. Skidmore and Peter H. Smith, Modern Latin America 4th ed. (Oxford, 1997)
Jan Knippers Black (ed.), Latin America: Its Problems and Its Promise 2nd ed. (Westview Press, 1991)
Lawrence E. Harrison, The Pan-American Dream: Do Latin America's Cultural Values Discourage True Partnership with the United States and Canada? (Boulder: Westview Press, 1997) | http://www.andrewclem.com/LatinAmerica/index.html | dclm-gs1-429895528 | false | false | {
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0.746356 | <urn:uuid:626261f0-43ed-4557-8fea-1fc14ded63a9> | en | 0.942013 | What happens when a person eats mold?
Although some molds cause no adverse reactions when they are eaten, others may cause respiratory issues or severe allergic reactions. Additionally, some molds produce dangerous mycotoxins that can make people ill, according to the USDA.
Different types of mold may look like green dots, gray fur, white dust or round, velvet-like patches on food. The USDA does not recommend cutting the moldy portion off food because the visible mold is only a small portion of the plant itself. The invisible roots typically thread deep into the food, sometimes affecting the entire dish. The growth of mold can be minimized by keeping dishcloths and sponges disinfected and cleaning the refrigerator with baking soda every few months to eliminate mold spores.
Hard varieties of cheese such as cheddar are safe as long as an extra one inch of cheese is cut off all the way around the mold. Shredded cheeses, crumbled cheeses and soft varieties such as cottage cheese should be discarded when mold appears. In addition to the danger presented by the mold itself, harmful bacteria such as E. coli, salmonella and brucella can grow in the same conditions. The Mayo Clinic advises individuals to discard any type of moldy cheese that they are unsure about.
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Final Test - Hard
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Beecham when he joins the military?
2. Moore visits a Catholic church that is working on a new what?
3. Who is laughed at for being bald?
4. Who does Moore run into in Chapter 46 that will not admit that he helped the team?
5. How many children do Adam and his wife have?
Essay Topics
Essay Topic 1
Explore the role of Theodore Roosevelt in the novel. How does he drive the plot? Discuss the ways the story benefits from having a real person as a character. What disadvantages are there to this usage?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the fact that the team eventually realizes that the killer fits perfectly into the psychological profile they have constructed. How do they come to these conclusions? How do they react when their theories start becoming realities? Why do you think Carr makes the killer fit their profile so exactly? What point is he trying to make?
Essay Topic 3
Explore the use of historically accurate aspects in the novel. What historically accurate events, places, people, or ideas have you noticed throughout the book? What techniques does the author use to paint a historically accurate picture of New York City at this time? What tone do you think Carr is trying to create?
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How the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize uses literature to tell us something historians can’t.
Uncommon Knowledge
Study finds white people associate superhuman words with black people
When explicitly asked, white people indicated that a black person was more capable of possessing superhuman qualities.
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I’m a man! I know man stuff!
A study being published in a top economics journal shows that men and women have more or less confidence in the kinds of information they hold based on gender. | http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas | dclm-gs1-430285528 | false | false | {
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0.020736 | <urn:uuid:326c851f-cc11-4aa5-ae3c-69d75d9608d6> | en | 0.928432 | 'Rise of the Guardians' Review: Silly Santa Saga Recasts St. Nick as Childhood Protector
Santa Claus has been brought to the screen for decades as a jolly gift giver making kids' dreams come true, with the occasional divergence as a killer purging his naughty list.
In “Rise of the Guardians,” director Peter Ramsey and screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire envision him as a big-bellied, tattooed Russian named North (voiced by Alec Baldwin). He’s a Guardian, along with some familiar but equally imaginative recreations of familiar fictions: an Australian jack-rabbit, Bunny (Hugh Jackman) the Easter Bunny; an eccentric dwarf-like scientist, the silent Sandman; the bicuspid-obsessed tooth fairy Tooth (Isla Fisher), supported by a sorority of mini-me helpers.
Together, they protect kids from the menace of bad dreams and dashed hopes. Guardians are, of course, only needed if someone’s trying to do harm, and minutes into Ramsey’s adventure we learn that Pitch Black (a devious Jude Law), the boogeyman and overlord of nightmares, has returned from the shadows for the first time since the Dark Ages to torment, terrorize and otherwise frighten the children of the world.
The Man in the Moon, the oft-unseen Guardian leader who communicates via hologram images, alerts the Guardians to the threat and commissions them to add Jack Frost (Chris Pine) to their number as they battle Pitch.
Jack is a mischievous fellow who flies around the world delivering winter fun to unaware youths. While his antics have miffed the Easter Bunny in the past, the Guardians accept him as their own as they set out to stop Pitch. But Jack wears the guardianship heavily. He has no memory of how he came to be, or knowledge of why the Man in the Moon chose him to become a Guardian.
Drawing from author William Joyce’s children’s stories, Lindsay-Abaire’s "Guardians" each not only protect children but guard an aspect of childhood. Santa protects the wonder of children, the Easter Bunny protects their hope, the Tooth Fairy protects their memories. Jack has no idea what he’s supposed to be protecting.
Lindsay-Abaire’s telling relies heavily on characters explaining what’s going on, and with a relatively inexperienced director, this means the characters end up standing around and talking when they could be doing something. Additionally, the plot as a whole teeters on the fine line between imaginative and ridiculous, especially regarding the Tooth fairy.
When it’s focused on the faith of the children whose belief bolsters the Guardians it’s a magical film. When it delves into the Tooth fairy’s obsession with molars or the Guardians’ awe at their own positions of power, it gets a bit silly.
"Rise of the Guardians" is no "Toy Story." You won't find complex comedy or hidden cultural nuggets for adults to glean and children to discover later. All the entertainment is right there on the surface, in the physical jokes of Jack Rabbit losing his power and shrinking to the size of an actual bunny or when Sandman accidentally puts several of the Guardians to sleep.
That said, it’s still a DreamWorks production. Ramsey captures the wonder audiences have come to expect from the studio. It’s in the high-flying imagination and great camera angles of “How To Train Your Dragon” and “Monsters, Inc.,” on which Ramsey was head of story. It’s also in Ramsey’s own constructions – Sandman’s dreams, Pitch’s nightmares, Santa’s workshop, a wizardly battle between Pitch and Jack. But those wonders appear and disappear, barely lasting long enough to be appreciated before the next ones arrive. A few are even spooky, as producer Guillermo del Toro’s creative vision becomes apparent in a scene involving a decaying bed covering a deep well-like hole, a la “The Ring.”
That darkness is quickly replaced by the continual march of creative genius as the children of the world, and the audience, are swept up in the magic of bumbling elves, high-speed sleigh rides and childlike faith that saves the day.
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'Milton: Introduction', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 9: Chesterton, Northstowe, and Papworth Hundreds (1989), pp. 177-179. URL: Date accessed: 21 October 2014.
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THE small ancient parish of Milton (fn. 25) lay beside the river Cam, almost 5 km. (3 miles) north-east of Cambridge. Nearly square, it covered 1,416 a. until 1912, when 1,622 a. were transferred from Chesterton, of which 694 a. were shortly transferred again to Impington, leaving Milton with 2,344 a. (fn. 26) In 1934 294 a. south of the village, containing the Cambridge sewage farm, were transferred to Cambridge, leaving Milton with 2,050 a. (830 ha.) in 1981, including a detached area east of the sewage farm in the former Chesterton fen. (fn. 27)
Milton lies upon the gault, overlaid along the river bank by alluvium and further west largely by gravels. (fn. 28) It is virtually flat, lying at under 10 m. (33 ft.). To the east near the river its former fen is drained by a network of channels. In the early 17th century the fen, divided into Lug (Lodge) and Baitsbite fens, covered probably 230 a. (fn. 29) The manorial court then often appointed fen and field reeves to oversee the repair of the banks and maintenance of the watercourses there. (fn. 30) The banks were being repaired in the 1770s at much expense, though not entirely effectively, because Samuel Knight, then lord, and other landowners would not cooperate. (fn. 31) At inclosure in 1802 a new bank was made; (fn. 32) the windmill put up to drain the ditch was taken down in 1841. (fn. 33) No ancient woodland survives, but the grounds of Milton Hall were from the late 18th century well planted. (fn. 34) The parish was formerly devoted mainly to arable farming, being cultivated in three open fields until 1800. After 1900 much land was used for market gardening and gravel digging, and some was absorbed by suburbs. (fn. 35)
The population probably increased considerably between 1086, when there were 31 peasants, besides 5 servi, (fn. 36) and 1279, when there were some 75 tenants. (fn. 37) In 1327 there were 30 resident taxpayers, (fn. 38) while 146 adults paid the poll tax in 1377. (fn. 39) Although in 1524 only 18 people paid the subsidy, (fn. 40) by 1563 there were 36 households, (fn. 41) and still under Charles II some 40 dwellings, (fn. 42) which contained in 1676 c. 86 adults. (fn. 43) Milton grew slowly until the late 18th century: 40 families contained 170 souls in 1728, (fn. 44) while 39 houses held 224 inhabitants in 1782, (fn. 45) and c. 40 dwellings housed some 55 families c. 1800 with 270 people. (fn. 46) After growing gradually to 377 in 1831, numbers increased by over 90 in each decade until 1851 and after dropping by a tenth by 1861 recovered to 576 in 1871. The late 19th-century decline usual in the area, to 471 by 1901, was masked from 1911 by the addition of part of Chesterton, then containing c. 75 people. Thereafter the population of the enlarged parish was almost static at 740 from the 1910s to the 1950s. Growth thereafter was rapid: the population doubled from 850 in 1961 to over 1,700 in private households in 1971, falling slightly by 1981. (fn. 47)
The village stood almost in the centre of the ancient parish by a road leading north-east from Cambridge, which until the 1790s forked at a triangular green in the middle of the village into Beach Way, running north to Landbeach, and Waterbeach Way, both so named by 1600. (fn. 48) The latter formed a section of the Cambridge-Ely turnpike road from 1763 to 1874, (fn. 49) when the toll keeper's cottage put up c. 1824 was demolished. (fn. 50) The road was diverted in 1795 round the new manorial park, (fn. 51) but a new road laid out in the 1970s virtually followed the earlier route. From the green Fen Lane or Road led past Hall, later Fen, End to the Cam at Baitsbite Lock. The parish's straight western boundary follows the line of a Roman road, (fn. 52) perhaps once locally called Street Way. (fn. 53) At inclosure in 1802 a straight road was laid out leading west to Impington from Butt Lane in the village, which later gave its name to the whole route. (fn. 54) A bypass built between 1976 and 1978 west of the village, cutting off Butt Lane, runs from the Cambridge northern bypass, which occupies much of the south of the enlarged parish. (fn. 55) The CambridgeEly line, built by the Great Eastern Railway and opened in 1845, (fn. 56) was still in regular use in the 1980s.
By the late 18th century (fn. 57) buildings in the village stood mostly on the high street and along Fen Lane to its east. From the early 17th century the northern half of the village area was largely occupied by manorial closes, which were later converted into parkland. One house was distinguished as the 'tiled house' in 1521. (fn. 58) East of the green a few thatched cottages of the 17th century and later stand at the junction of Fen Lane with Church Lane leading north-east to the church and Hall. Most notable is Queen Anne Lodge, on a late medieval plan of hall and cross wing, although its present structure is probably 17th-century. Its exterior has plaster reliefs of busts, lions' heads, and fruit swags, augmented in the 20th century; inside one room has moulded ceiling beams. (fn. 59) It was restored c. 1960 and in 1976. (fn. 60) Many older houses were lost in a great fire of 1735. (fn. 61) At inclosure there were 14 houses and 21 cottages. (fn. 62) Most of the existing older buildings in the village are plain grey-brick 19th-century cottages and farmhouses. Only after inclosure could a few farmsteads be put up on the former open fields, such as Rectory Farm to the north and Benet Farm (fn. 63) by the old Chesterton border. In the mid 19th century there were usually c. 60 dwellings along the high street, 30-35 at Fen End, 5 on Church Lane, and 7 on Butt Lane, gradually rising to 17 by 1881. There were 14 empty houses in the 1870s, while the number occupied fell from c. 125 in 1871 to c. 100 by 1901. (fn. 64) By 1910, when Milton contained c. 40 houses and 83 cottages, almost half the cottages were at Fen End. (fn. 65)
After 1914 the number of dwellings increased steadily to 199 by 1931 and 285 in 1961. (fn. 66) Growth in the village was mainly by infilling, but to the south there was some ribbon building along the road towards Cambridge, including c. 20 council houses on the east side. Piped water and electricity reached the village by the 1940s, but there was still no main sewerage c. 1945. (fn. 67) Rapid growth overtook Milton in the early 1960s: by 1971 it had 580 houses. (fn. 68) Cole's Lane was laid out parallel to the high street to the southeast and Old School Lane off the street on the east. Major growth was then deliberately delayed, partly because of drainage difficulties, (fn. 69) for almost ten years. A plan in the 1970s by Cambridge city council to build 1,800 houses to the south-west (fn. 70) was modified in 1982, after prolonged and vigorous resistance by the villagers, (fn. 71) to permit c. 600 houses each side of Butt Lane as far as the village bypass. (fn. 72) By 1986 only the area north of the lane had been built over.
In the 19th century the village had 4 or 5 public houses, besides beerhouses. (fn. 73) The Three Tuns, established by 1765, closed after 1910, (fn. 74) while the White Horse on the high street, also open in the 1760s, (fn. 75) was still open in 1986. The Lion and Lamb, open by 1841, remained in 1986 in a 17th-century house, cased later in brick. (fn. 76) Between 1848 and the 1870s it was the meeting place of the local lodge of the Ancient Shepherds. (fn. 77) At the Jolly Brewers off Fen Lane the Essex family ran a brewery from the 1840s (fn. 78) to c. 1925. (fn. 79)
In 1802 the village's Camping close, previously claimed by King's College, the patron, was ceded to the rector. (fn. 80) About 1800 the village Feast was being held about mid Lent, (fn. 81) but c. 1835 to reduce disorder its three days were moved to run from the second Sunday in May. (fn. 82) W. H. Illingworth, a local builder, in 1892 gave a reading room off the high street, which had 65 members in 1897. (fn. 83) Still used as the village institute in the 1960s, (fn. 84) it was sold and demolished in 1968, (fn. 85) following the opening of a new village hall and sports pavilion in 1964 at the corner of the recreation ground off Cole's Lane newly acquired by the parish council. (fn. 86) The new hall was enlarged in 1971 and 1976, (fn. 87) but was again too small by 1985. (fn. 88) From the 1960s Milton had a range of clubs catering for various ages, sexes, and sports, including football and cricket. (fn. 89)
The antiquary William Cole, a pioneer of local history in Cambridgeshire, lived at Milton between 1770 and his death in 1782. (fn. 90) Between 1768 and 1770 he spent £600 on reconstructing and enlarging a small timber-framed 17th-century farmhouse belonging to King's College. He built out two bow windows with Gothick window frames toward the garden, and incorporated fragments of late medieval masonry in the north exterior walls. His collection of stained glass in the windows was removed and sold under his will in 1783. (fn. 91) T. W. Dunn, an antiques dealer, who bought the house in the 1920s, added a bay to the west in matching style by c. 1930. (fn. 92)
25 This account was completed in 1986. Previous accounts of the parish include W. K. Clay, Hist. Parish of Milton (1869, C.A.S. 8vo ser. xi); K. A. Humphries, 'Story of Milton, or Middleton' (1962): copy in Cambs. Colln.
26 Census, 1891, 1911, 1921. This account does not cover the area transferred from Chesterton except for aspects of it that impinge directly upon Milton village.
27 Census, 1931, 1971, 1981.
28 Geol. Surv. Map 1/50,000, drift, sheet 187 (1975 edn.). For the parish, O.S. Maps 6", Cambs. XL. NW., NE., SE. (1889 and later edns.); 1/25,000, TL 46 (1958 and later edns.); above, Landbeach, intro., map.
29 B.L. Add. MS. 33466, f. 186; Wells, Bedf. Level, ii. 174.
30 C.R.O., L 3/9, s.a. 1650, 1666-7.
31 B.L. Add. MS. 5810, f. 165v.; cf. Vancouver, Agric. in Cambs. 131.
32 Milton Incl. Act, 39 & 40 Geo. 111, c. 19 (Private, not printed), p. 13; C.R.O., Q/RDz 5, pp. 95-6.
33 Humphries, 'Milton', 7.
34 Below, manor.
35 Below, econ. hist.
36 V.C.H. Cambs. i. 395.
37 Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 452-3.
38 Cambs. Lay Subsidy, 1327, 67-8.
39 East Anglian, n.s. xii. 256.
40 P.R.O., E 179/81/126, m. 25.
42 Below, Analysis of Hearth Tax Assessments.
43 Compton Census, ed. Whiteman, 157.
44 C.U.L., E.D.R., B 8/1, f. 24.
45 B.L. Add. MS. 5033, f. 55v.
46 Vancouver, Agric. in Cambs, 132; Census, 1801.
47 Census, 1811-1981.
48 Cf. C.R.O., L 35/1, 2.
49 Above, Chesterton, intro.; cf. C.R.O., Q/RDz 5, p. 42.
50 Camb. Chron. 11 June 1824; 30 May 1874.
51 C.R.O., L 35/2.
52 Cf. above, Waterbeach, intro.
53 e.g. C.R.O., L 35/1-2.
54 Ibid. Q/RDz 5, pp. 42-3.
55 Camb. Evening News, 25 Oct., 2 Nov. 1976; 9 Aug., 8 Nov. 1977; 3 Oct. 1978.
56 V.C.H. Cambs. ii. 131 sqq.
57 For layout, C.R.O., Q/RDc 4 (incl. map); for street names and houses: P.R.O., HO 107/69; HO 107/1759; ibid. RG 9/1021; RG 10/1582; RG 11/1661.
58 B.L. Add. MS. 5861, f. 76v.
59 M.H.L.G. list; date 1703 on a gable possibly placed there only during 20th-cent. alterations: Camb. Ind. Press, 5 Feb. 1960; cf. note on illus. of ho. in Cambs. Colln.
60 Camb. Ind. Press, 29 Jan. 1960; Camb. Evening News, 7 Aug. 1976.
61 East Anglian, N.S. ii. 96.
62 C.R.O., Q/RDc 4, table.
63 So named only in 19th cent.; cf. below, econ. hist.
64 Census, 1871-1901.
65 C.R.O., 470/0 103.
66 Census, 1921-61.
67 Bartlett Sch. of Archit., Milton Regional Development Scheme, Rep. (1942-5), p. 24 (copy in Cambs. Colln.).
68 K. A. Humphries, 'Milton Area District Plan, studies' (1979) (copy in Cambs. Colln.).
69 Census, 1971.
70 e.g. Camb. Evening News, 4 Aug. 1970; 14 Nov. 1974; 20 Jan. 1975; 2 Mar., 6 Dec. 1977; 3 Sept. 1978.
71 Ibid. 1 Feb. 1978; 3 July 1979; 12, 20, 26 Feb. 1980; 5 June 1981.
72 Ibid. 19 Aug., 25 Sept. 1981; 19 May, 10, 21 Sept. 1982; 25 Apr. 1983; 2 Feb., 31 May 1984; 9 May 1985.
73 Para. based mainly on Gardner's Dir. Cambs. (1851); Kelly's Dir. Cambs. (1858-1937).
74 Cf. C.R.O., 470/0 103.
75 C.R.O., Q/RLv 2, ff. 23, 132, 244 (from card index).
76 Camb. Chron. 28 Aug. 1841; cf. M.H.L.G. list.
77 Camb. Chron. 14 July 1849; 7 Jan. 1855; 9 Jan. 1869.
78 e.g. P.R.O., HO 107/69; C.R.O., L 35/11.
79 C.R.O., 515/SP 789.
80 C.U.L., E.D.R., H 1/Milton 1638; C.R.O., Q/RDz 5, p. 46; cf. Incl. Act, p. 14; Clay, Milton, 25.
81 B.L. Add. MS. 9413, f. 9v.
82 Clay, Milton, 29-30; cf. Camb. Chron. 14 May 1870.
83 Camb. Chron. 28 Oct. 1892; C.U.L., E.D.R., C 3/38.
84 Cf. Kelly's Dir. Cambs. (1896-1937).
85 Camb. News, Aug. 1967 (Cambs. Colln., press cuttings: villages: Milton); ibid. 13 Nov. 1968.
86 Camb. News, 24 July, 15 Dec. 1964; 11 Jan. 1968.
87 Camb. Evening News, 19 May, 30 June 1973; 3 Oct. 1975; 11 May 1976.
88 Ibid. 27 July 1984; 23 Jan., 13 June 1985.
89 Camb. Ind. Press, 29 Jan. 1960; Camb. Evening News, 29 Mar. 1974.
90 D.N.B.
91 Palmer, Wm. Cole, 32-43; Horace Walpole, Corr. ed. W. S. Lewis, i. 142-3, 155, 193; J. Nichols, Literary Illustrations, vi. 297-300; B.L. Add. MS. 5834, ff. 192-8.
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Feymages are spellcasters of fey or elven race who choose to accept a slower spell progression in order to develop and enhance the skills, affinity with nature, and innate magical characteristics inherent in their fey heritage.
The Feymage prestige class is particularly attractive to Wizards and Sorcerers of elven race who wish to overcome the fragility that results from combining d4 hit dice with a racial Constitution penalty. It also allows them to develop the traits traditionally associated with elven and fey races which are simply not available within these classes: stealth and observation skills, agility, nature-related abilities and spells, and moderate skill in combat. Those of fey races become Feymages to gain increased Damage Reduction and fey characteristics which their own fey race does not possess, such as Spell Resistance or water breathing.
• Alignment: Any Non Lawful.
• Race: Fey or elf (including Half-Elf) or gnome.
• Languages: Elven, Sylvan.
• Skills: Knowledge (arcane) 5 ranks, Knowledge (nature) 3 ranks, Spellcraft 7 ranks.
• Feat: Alertness.
• Spellcasting: Arcane Caster Level 3.
Table: The Feymage
Hit Die: d6
Level Base Attack
Special Spells per Day/Spells Known
1st +0 +0 +2 +2 Wild empathy +1 level of ranger spellcasting
2nd +1 +0 +3 +3 damage reduction 1/cold iron +1 level of ranger spellcasting/
+1 level of existing spellcasting class
3rd +2 +1 +3 +3 Elfsight +1 level of ranger spellcasting
4th +3 +1 +4 +4 Charisma Boost (+1 Cha), Charismatic magic, damage reduction 2/cold iron +1 level of ranger spellcasting/
+1 level of existing spellcasting class
5th +3 +1 +4 +4 Elven lore +1 level of ranger spellcasting
6th +4 +2 +5 +5 Fey transformation, damage reduction 3/cold iron +1 level of ranger spellcasting/
+1 level of existing spellcasting class
7th +5 +2 +5 +5 Fey magic +1 level of ranger spellcasting
8th +6 +2 +6 +6 Charisma Boost (+1 Cha), damage reduction 4/cold iron +1 level of ranger spellcasting/
+1 level of existing spellcasting class
9th +6 +3 +6 +6 Invisibility +1 level of ranger spellcasting/
+1 level of existing spellcasting class
10th +7 +3 +7 +7 Fey metamagic, spell resistance, damage reduction 5/cold iron +1 level of ranger spellcasting/
+1 level of existing spellcasting class
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level)
Balance, Bluff, Climb, Concentration, Craft, Disguise, Escape Artist, Handle Animal, Hide, Jump, Knowledge (arcane), Knowledge (nature), Listen, Move Silently, Perform, Search, Spellcraft, Spot, Survival, Swim, Tumble.
Class Features[edit]
All of the following are class features of the Feymage:
Weapon and Armour Proficiency: Feymages are proficient with all weapons usable by Druids. They gain no additional proficiency with armour or shields.
Wild Empathy (Ex): This is identical to the Druid ability, with Feymage levels counting as Druid or Ranger levels. These levels stack with any actual or effective Druid levels the character has.
Spellcasting: When a new Feymage level is gained, the character gains new spells per day as if she had also gained a level in Ranger. Additionally, the character gains new spells per day (and spells known, if applicable), except at 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th levels, as if she had also gained a level in another spellcasting class she belonged to before she gained the prestige class (not Ranger again, or any other class that advances the Ranger spell table). In neither case, however, does the Feymage gain any other benefit a character of those classes would have gained. This essentially means that she adds the level of Feymage to the level of Ranger the character has (even if she doesn't acually have levels in Ranger), then determines spells per day and caster level accordingly, and she adds 2/3 the level of Feymage to the level of whatever other spellcasting class the character has, then determines spells per day and caster level accordingly. If the character has more than one spellcasting class, she must decide to which class the new level is added for purposes of determining spellcasting ability.
Damage Reduction (Su): At 2nd level, the Feymage gains Damage Reduction 1/cold iron, which increases by 1 point on every even-numbered Feymage level thereafter. This stacks with any similar Damage Reduction the character might have.
Elfsight (Ex): Like an elf, the character gains a +2 racial bonus on Search and Spot checks, low-light vision, and the ability to note secret and concealed doors within 5 feet as if actively searching. This bonus stacks with any existing racial bonuses.
Charisma Boost (Ex): The Feymage gains a +1 bonus to Charisma at 4th and 8th level.
Charismatic Magic: From 4th level, Feymages may use their Charisma score as their primary spellcasting statistic if it is better than the one they usually use for any arcane spellcasting class, Druid or Ranger spells, or Clerical domain spells from the Animal or Plant domains; their aptitude for arcane and nature magic is an innate aspect of their personalities.
Elven Lore (Ex): At 5th level, non-elven Feymages are considered to be elves with regard to the ability to make and use elven magic items. They are not, however, treated as elves with regard to their vulnerability to race-specific attacks unless they actually are elves or half-elves.
Fey Transformation (Ex): At 6th level, the Feymage's racial type changes to Fey if it wasn't already. This also confers immunity to the effects of age; like a sprite, a 6th level Feymage is immortal.
Fey Magic: From 7th level, Feymages gain access to the Fey Domain for all divine spellcasting classes the character has (including the Ranger spell capability that all Feymages get). The domain power is the ability to use non-domain spell slots to prepare these spells. The Fey Domain spell list is as follows:
1. Charm Person
2. Water Breathing
3. Invisibility
4. Commune with Nature
5. Hallucinatory Terrain
6. Awaken
7. Transport via Plants
8. Irresistible Dance
9. Shapechange
Fey Magic also confers certain advantages when learning or preparing arcane Enchantment or Illusion spells, the schools most commonly associated with fey. When learning new arcane spells as part of level advancement (but not from scrolls or similar items), they may learn one bonus spell for each spell level they can cast, provided that at least one of the existing known spells of that level is an enchantment or illusion and the bonus spell is also an enchantment or illusion. This applies retrospectively when Fey Magic is gained, and for every arcane caster level advance thereafter, but the total bonus spells gained cannot exceed one for each spell level (thus a Feymage of 7th level or higher who casts as a 6th level Sorcerer, and has at least one enchantment or illusion at each spell level, will gain knowledge of an extra 0th, 1st, 2nd and 3rd level enchantment or illusion spell). This ability allows arcane spellcasters with a limited spell repertoire (such as Bards and Sorcerers) to exceed the normal limit on spells known.
If they are specialist Wizards with either Enchantment or Illusion as a specialist school (and neither of these as a forbidden school), they may treat both as specialist schools thereafter and use their bonus specialist spell slots to prepare spells from either school, just as a Cleric can use domain spell slots to prepare spells from either domain.
Invisibility (Su): At 9th level, a Feymage can become invisible at will as a supernatural ability. Unlike pixies, however, Feymages don't gain the ability to remain invisible while attacking.
Fey Metamagic: A 10th level Feymage can apply metamagic feats more readily to enchantment and illusion spells. The modified level of a metamagically-enhanced enchantment or illusion is reduced by 1 (though not below the level of the unmodified spell). Also, metamagic enhancement of enchantment or illusion spells does not increase their casting time.
Spell Resistance (Su): At 10th level, Feymages gain Spell Resistance equal to their overall character level plus 10 (not just Feymage level, as this is treated as an acquired racial ability rather than a class feature). If the Feymage already has Spell Resistance, use the highest total and add a +4 bonus.
A feymage who becomes lawful in alignment cannot progress in levels as a feymage, though he retains all his feymage abilities
The Epic Feymage[edit]
Class Skills[edit]
Skill points at each additional level: 6 + Int modifier
Class Abilities[edit]
Hit Die: d6
Class Features[edit]
All the following are class features of the Epic Feymage:
Charisma Boost: This continues to improve by one point every five levels above 10th.
Wild Empathy: This continues to improve by one point per level.
Damage Reduction: This continues to improve by one point every two levels above 10th.
Spells: The Feymage continues to gain ranger spellcasting levels at each level and spellcasting levels of any existing spellcasting class at two-thirds of his/her Feymage level: at 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 17th, etc.
Bonus Feats: The Epic Feymage gains a bonus feat every four levels above 10th, from the Bard feat list.
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This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word complement
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com•ple•ment*ˈkɒm plə mənt; -ˌmɛnt(n.; v.)
1. something that completes or makes perfect:
A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
2. the quantity or amount that completes anything:
We now have a full complement of bridge players.
4. the full number of officers and crew required on a ship.
Category: Nautical
5. a word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object, as small in The house is small or president in They elected him president. any word or group of words used to complete a grammatical construction, esp. in the predicate, including adverbials, infinitives, and sometimes objects.
Category: Grammar
Ref: Compare object complement , subject complement.; complement clause.
Category: Math
Ref: Compare supplement (def. 3). 4
7. Math. the set of all the elements of a universal set not included in a given set.
Category: Math
8. a musical interval that completes an octave when added to a given interval.
Category: Music and Dance
9. a set of about 20 proteins that circulate in the blood and react in various combinations to promote the destruction of any cell displaying foreign surfaces or immune complexes. any of the proteins in the complement system, designated C1, C2, etc.
Category: Immunology
10. Ref: complementary color.
11. (v.t.)to complete; form a complement to.
12. Obs. to compliment.
13. (v.i.)Obs. to compliment.
* Syn: complement , supplement both mean to make additions to something; a lack or deficiency is implied. To complement means to complete or perfect a whole; it often refers to putting together two things, each of which supplies what is lacking in the other: Statements from different points of view may complement each other. To supplement is to add something in order to enhance, extend, or improve a whole: Some additional remarks supplemented the sales presentation.
Origin of complement:
1350–1400; ME < L complēmentum something that completes
Princeton's WordNet
1. complement(noun)
a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
2. complement(noun)
a complete number or quantity
"a full complement"
3. complement, full complement(noun)
number needed to make up a whole force
"a full complement of workers"
4. complement, accompaniment(noun)
something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
"a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
5. complement(noun)
6. complement(verb)
either of two parts that mutually complete each other
7. complement(verb)
make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
"I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
1. complement(verb)ˈkɒm plə mənt; v. -ˌmɛnt
to match or work well with
Blogs were used to complement the newspaper content.; white wine as a complement to fish
1. complement(Noun)
Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.
2. complement(Noun)
3. complement(Noun)
The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
4. complement(Noun)
5. complement(Noun)
Fullness (of the moon).
6. complement(Noun)
7. complement(Noun)
8. complement(Noun)
9. complement(Noun)
10. complement(Verb)
To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
We believe your addition will complement the team.
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13. complement(Noun)
The complement of blue is orange.
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19. complement(Noun)
The complement of uE000110892uE001 is uE000110893uE001.
20. complement(Noun)
The complement of uE000110894uE001 is uE000110895uE001.
21. complement(Noun)
The numeric complement of a number.
The complement of -123 is 123.
22. complement(Noun)
23. Origin: From complementum, from complere, with some senses from .
Webster Dictionary
1. Complement(verb)
2. Complement(verb)
that which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole
3. Complement(verb)
full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness
4. Complement(verb)
a second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity
5. Complement(verb)
something added for ornamentation; an accessory
6. Complement(verb)
the whole working force of a vessel
7. Complement(verb)
8. Complement(verb)
a compliment
9. Complement(verb)
to supply a lack; to supplement
10. Complement(verb)
to compliment
1. Complement
In grammar and linguistics, the term complement is used with different meanings, so it is difficult to give a single precise definition and explanation. In a broad general sense however, a complement can be understood as a word, phrase or clause that is necessary to complete the meaning of a given expression. The terms complement and argument overlap in meaning and use. A given complement is therefore often also an argument. Complements are not adjuncts, however.
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in a sentence, the words of the predicate, not including the verb.
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in•ter•faceˈɪn tərˌfeɪs; ˌɪn tərˈfeɪs(n.; v. also; v.)-faced, -fac•ing.
1. (n.)a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
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2. the area shared by or linking two or more disciplines or fields of study.
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3. a common boundary or interconnection between systems, equipment, concepts, or people.
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4. something that enables separate and sometimes incompatible elements to coordinate or communicate.
5. communication or interaction.
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6. computer hardware or software designed to communicate information between hardware devices, between software programs, between devices and programs, or between a computer and a user.
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7. (v.t.)to bring into an interface.
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8. to bring together; connect or mesh.
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9. (v.i.)to be in an interface.
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10. to function as an interface.
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11. to meet or communicate directly; interact; coordinate.
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Princeton's WordNet
1. interface(noun)
(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
2. interface, user interface(noun)
3. interface(noun)
"the interface between chemistry and biology"
4. interface, port(noun)
1. interface(Noun)
The point of interconnection between two entities.
Public relations firms often serve as the interface between a company and the press.
2. interface(Noun)
The point of interconnection between two systems or subsystems.
The data is sent over the air interface to the remote system.
3. interface(Noun)
The connection between a user and a machine.
The options are selected via the user interface.
4. interface(Noun)
The connection between parts of object-oriented software.
This interface is implemented by several Java classes.
5. interface(Noun)
A thin layer or boundary between two different substances or two phases of a single substance.
6. interface(Noun)
In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
7. interface(Verb)
to construct an interface for, to connect through an interface
8. interface(Verb)
to be an interface, to be into an interface
1. Interface
In computer science, an interface is the point of interaction with software, or computer hardware, or with peripheral devices such as a computer monitor or a keyboard. Some computer interfaces such as a touchscreen can send and receive data, while others such as a mouse or microphone, can only send data.
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There are so many diseases that take the lives of humans, it is not rare that some are buried by the media. Malaria is one of the issues that has taken a backseat, at least here in America. I am glad to see that Bill Gates, someone with influence and money, has chosen to help with such a serious, but often ignored disease.
While mosquito nets have proven effective in the past, I worry about how much vaccines can help a developing country. They are much more expensive in cost to produce, and the money needed to distribute them to the people of developing nations.
I found this engaging but some information seems to be missing. How does one stop the progression of a disease when the carrier is a fast multiplying insect? How can a 'mature' society eliminate malaria while an 'immature' society can not? Is it the removal of habitat that drastically reduces the number of potential carriers that is the cause or is it more along the lines of better medicine to treat and diagnose earlier? With smallpox the elimination was easier as the mode of transmission could be cited to specific individuals; while the remedy was even easier: Infect with a lesser disease and the bodies immune system can handle the similar strains.
This treatment/vaccine seems to be along the same lines. Inoculate the individuals with a protein that will adhere to the parasites and have the immune system fight it off. Could it not go the other way? Infect the mosquitoes and other pests with the appropriate proteins and have all the malaria variants become infected with the protein? Surely this could disseminate easier and quicker than inoculation of a single individual at a time.
While Gates' foundation is making great strides to eradicate malaria, there is still much more research to be done and more vaccines to be made. The RTS,S vaccine will be beneficial, but it is not the final answer to the problem. It will not eradicate malaria, therefore it is necessary that researchers continue to study alternative ways to protect people from malaria. Researchers should also make sure that it is cost effective so places all around the world can benefit from it.
It is interesting to know how long the world has been trying to find a cure for malaria. This is a good next step in our world. Only if people would work together like this all of the time to help others. Mr. Gates is headed in the right direction, but there is still a lot of work to be done from the sounds of it. Even after there is a cure for the disease, how are these people who live in sub-Saharan Africa going to to get the drug or be able to afford it? This is where we need some rich folks to step in and donate money. Eventually, this cure will be perfected and will become well accessible, but the sooner the better.
This is interesting and exciting news. While I do not think that the vaccine is a good long-term fix, it could help buy time to find a better cure. Like many of the readers have already mentioned though, what's the cost? Most of the people who contract malaria don't have money to spare or health services to utilize. This will only be effective if richer people help fund it. One reader suggested the use of DDT to reduce malaria. While DDT is effective, it is dangerous (like he stated). The people there do not have extra food handy or good water sanitation practices. If DDT was brought in to this "dire" situation, yes it would kill the mosquitoes. BUT it would also pollute the water and put residues on the crops that are being grown. How would you wash off the residues? With the already contaminated water? While vaccinations can be a useful way to prevent a disease, focusing on the manual transmission of the disease is another good idea. The treated nets have been useful, what about bug spray? How costly would bug spray be? It will be interesting to watch the developments over the next 20 years.
This would be an absolutely phenominal outcome. however, could Africa afford these vaccinations for everyone? I suppose there are organizations like World Vision that can take care of the funding. This could really get Africa rolling. Yeah, they have a thousand other issues, but one less is significant, especially one as large as this
It's amazing how intelligent the human mind can be. We conquered small pox and slowly, we are on our way to conquering malaria. It's great to know that wealthy people are still capable of remembering the poor and helpless. As an American, its impossible to imagine what it must be like for the third world countries that have to deal with malaria on a daily basis. I hope that this recent success continues to blossom.
Those who are at risk of malaria should be very very thankful generous men like Gates exist and are willing to help them. Think about it, a pharmaceutical company isn't going to want to invest money into research for a vaccine if they can't make money off that vaccine! Suppose they spend $100 million developing it; are African citizens going to be able to buy enough for that company to profit, let alone break even?
We have medicines for impotence, restless leg syndrome, add, etc.. why? Because there is a huge market for it. Is malaria more important? Yes. Is the money there, no.
Problems like these need to be focused on more than wars. Wars are just adding deaths to the pile as people are also killed by diseases like Malaria. Governments should put their money toward medical research to help find vaccines for diseases like this so lives can be saved instead of putting money into war where more lives are killed. Even if not a vaccine, something that can help people who have it and possibly slow the time of death at least.
Malaria research has been hard and unfruitful in the past decade. However, it seems that things are looking up. RSK,K, the new malaria vaccine, significantly reduces the amount of clinical infection as well as diminished the severity if it is contracted. The vaccine delivers hepatitis B proteins which bind to the surface of the Plasmodium falciparum, sparking an immune response! Although brilliant, a mutation is almost sure to ensue. This summer I interned in a Parasitology Department at the Universita Di Camerino in Italy. There the scientist were working on eradicating malaria while in the gut of the vector but using a mosquito gut endosymbionant Asaia to do it. No vaccine or drugs necessary! There research is very promising but they are desperately underfunded. WHO and other organization need to fun these independent research groups, not just pharmaceutical companies.
Money towards technology is totally worth it if it can save even one single life. You can NOT put a price tag on a life. I am 100% for finding new disease prevention, and I think that we should do all that we can to give all areas of the world access to this vaccine.
Malaria is a debilitating disease and movements towards eradication look to be continuing in a positive direction as exemplified by the fact that deaths have decreased by 20% in the past decade. The trials from the RTS,S also look to be preventing a substantial amount of disease in infants and by the time the vaccine is to be administered in 2015, hopefully more vaccines will be in development that produce greater immune responses with the potential of eradicating malaria in the future.
This is a great step forward in disease prevention. It would be great to expand these technology to poorer nations to prevent and possibly to eradicate the disease as a whole! as technology increases, so will the possibilities to do bigger and better things with it. Way to go Bill Gates!
I think that it is crucial that we find somewhat of a better malaria vaccine. Malaria has been a big problem throughout the world and it cannot necessarily be put to rest. Research must constantly be put into it before any progress is made. For the latest vaccine, they need to discover how long the vaccine does last for and to what ages it lasts for.
It is great to hear that the new vaccine RTS,S had results showing that it reduces the risk of malaria in the 6,000 infants it was given to. If research is furthered with this vaccine, it could help prevent the deaths of over 700,000 people per year. If only millions upon millions of dollars were given to the eradication efforts for every disease, the world’s human population would be much healthier. I admire the effort that the Gates Foundation, among others, are making to create and provide this vaccine to those affected in Africa, but many challenges are ahead because it will be hard to eliminate any disease in several unstable countries and provide that vaccine to all who would need it.
It's so good to hear that a vaccine against this horrible sickness is finally on its way. The people of Africa have been suffering from malaria for years. Eliminating it, even just in half, would be a tremendous difference in their lives. If people could reduce the amount of malaria in the kids, then they would grow up without the disease. Eventually, the disease should disappear alltogether since the new vaccinated generation would grow up and the diseased people would die out. However, it presents a problem in the amount of vaccine available and the price. If every child has to recieve this, that's a lot of vaccinations. The health care in Africa isn't as good as the US, which could pose risks in actually administering the vaccine to every kid. And since they are also poorer than the US, people may not be able to afford it. Stopping malaria will take years, but this vaccine provides hope that it will be eliminated faster.
More millionaires and billionaires in rich countries should follow in the Gate's footsteps along with other world powers with interests in eradicating diseases. Anything is possible with enough funding. Malaria is like any other disease and can be killed somehow. Along with funding these medical researchers, people can invest in preventable measures such as bed netting and bug spray for impoverished peoples in Africa and other afflicted countries. This would save many more people from getting the parasite. By eradicating Malaria, more people would be able work and be able help build up their countries. Its not very likely, but possible non the less.
While researching better malaria vaccines is the only way to truly eradicate the disease, short term efforts to decrease the number of people exposed to it can also save lives. Mosquito nets around beds can greatly decrease the likelihood of contracting malaria and are relatively inexpensive. The first line of action in sub-Saharah Africa should be to ensure that the people have at least this form of protection from the disease. When a successful Malaria vaccine is produced, then it will be time to invest the money to distribute it widely. Until then, research and small protective measures should continue to be the main priority for funding.
Shikhee Soeb
I applaud Bill Gates's efforts to eradicate this disease that afflicts thousands of people a year in developing countries. It is encouraging to see that someone who is so influential and actually unplagued by scandal in today's world is actually working to help those less fortunate than himself. This article provides hope for the societies in need of a vaccine. Let's just hope that this vaccine is not so pricey that the poorest of the poor who are the most in need cannot afford it. Although more research needs to be done, I think that if the vaccine is produced cheaply and efficiently at a large scale, it can definitely lead to a major positive change in the world.
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NVIDIA debuts GeForce 8800 GT
updated 09:25 am EDT, Mon October 29, 2007
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
NVIDIA today is releasing the GeForce 8800 GT, a new mainstream version of the company's fastest video card series. The chipset takes advantage of an improvement in the manufacturing process to allow much of the speed of top-performing cards with the single slot and cost of older cards. The new core is built on a 65-nanometer process (versus 90 nanometers) and runs far more efficiently: typical power use is 105 watts versus roughly 185 watts for a top-spec 8800 GTX, NVIDIA says. The GT can also potentially outperform the GTS by including more shader units to process pixels and vertices (112 versus 96) and faster clock speeds, boosting the core from 500 to 600MHz and reaching an effective 1.8GHz memory speed compared to the 1.6GHz of the GTS.
The new GeForce is also NVIDIA's first video card to support the PCI Express 2.0 standard, which theoretically offers much higher bandwidth for particularly data-intensive graphics. PureVideo processing has also been fixed compared to the GTS and GTX cards and allows for near-total independence from the CPU when decoding HD video from movie discs or downloads, even at 1080p. Dual dual-link DVI ports should be standard on reference cards with HDCP encryption support for some protected videos.
Shipping today from several well-known video card makers such as Biostar and Gigabyte, the 8800 GT should be available at prices ranging between $199 for a 256MB card or $259 for more advanced 512MB cards. The chipset offers theoretical support for common operating systems but has not yet been announced outside of the Windows platform.
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Apple? Hello?
One of the most disappointing parts of owning a mac- video card selection is minimal. Now with 8% market share- you'd think some drivers would show up? Apple's current video card offering for the Mac Pros has been unchanged for 2 years. That's the digital stone age. Need new cards- drivers NOW.
1. technocoy
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this so doesn't make...
Apple should have a team of guys dedicated to drivers and some of these flagship cards should have mac support on launch... especially since we're on the Intel platform now.
Some of the amazing things apple does and they can't keep us up to date on graphics drivers?
1. karmatose
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Joined: Sep 2007
I'll still take my 8800GTX, but that is tempting seeing as how it takes up only one slot... Its making me reconsider. Im sure it would be a lot cooler too.
Ill have to make a trek to the computer store this weeeknd with the Hacintosh and see if I can get it to work under Natit...
PS, I feel sorry for you Apple hardware people. You will never know how great your OS can run under your crippled hardware.
1. Kees
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just saw some benchmarks, it beats the the much more expensive GTS 640Mb in about every test they throw at it. Apple does really need to get with the program on this. The only reasonable choice for a Mac Pro is the ATI Radeon X1900 XT. I'm surprised they can even still order those form AMD/ATi. As for the PC guy being sorry, I'm pretty sure my core2 iMac runs more reliably and is better supported than any vacuum cleaner style hackintosh.
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Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank thinks it's pretty silly for Republicans and climate change deniers to say that the recent snowstorms mean that climate change is phony.
BUT…. don't think for a second that Milbank's going to let "greens" off the hook that easy. No way. As he put it on Sunday (2/14/10): "There's some rough justice in the conservatives' cheap shots. In Washington's blizzards, the greens were hoist by their own petard."
How so? Climate activists "have argued by anecdote to make their case," especially Al Gore, who has warned of a whole menuof negative consequences from climate change. Milbank writes: "It's not that Gore is wrong about these things. The problem is that his storm stories have conditioned people to expect an endless worldwide heatwave, when in fact the changes so far are subtle."
Milbank has more:
Scientific arguments, too, are problematic. In a conference call arranged Thursday by the liberal Center for American Progress to refute the snow antics of Inhofe et al., the center's Joe Romm made the well-worn statements that "the overwhelming weight of the scientific literature" points to human-caused warming and that doubters "don't understand the science."
The science is overwhelming–but not definitive. Romm's claim was inadvertently shot down by his partner on the call, the Weather Underground's Jeff Masters, who confessed that "there's a huge amount of natural variability in the climate system" and not enough years of measurements to know exactly what's going on. "Unfortunately we don't have that data so we are forced to make decisions based on inadequate data."
Aside from lamenting Romm's comments for being so "well-worn," did Jeff Masters really "shoot down" climate analyst Romm? That's not what Masters says happened; he has a response on his site, where he writes, "I agree with Dr. Romm's statement." Milbank's storyline–both sides are exaggerating–is a familiar one, but it's also entirely misleading. As is his drive-by summary of the whole "Climategate" scandal:
There is no credible evidence that climate scientistswere "stacking the deck."It is hard to figure out what he means by"numerous" errors in the 2007 report; there are two prominent allegations, including the aforementioned glaciers error. The New York Times determined that the complaints have amounted to "half-truths." Milbank's assertion, then, that the "scientific case has been further undermined" is specious. But the point of climate change denial is to manufacture a political scandal–which is what journalism like this does well.
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Will States Get A Multibillion-Dollar Windfall From Corporate Tax Reform?
If Congress follows the classic approach to revenue-neutral corporate tax reform, it will broaden the tax base just enough to offset the revenue loss from lower rates. Many Republicans, like Ways and Means Committee Chair Dave Camp, are gunning for corporate tax reform with a rate reduction from 35 percent to 25 percent. With this rate change, Congress would need to expand by 40 percent the profits subject to tax in order to maintain revenue neutrality.
Most states have corporate income taxes, and most of them base the calculation of profits subject to state corporate tax on taxable income reported on federal tax returns. If the federal government expands its tax base by 40 percent, these states could see an expansion of their corporate tax bases, and their corporate tax revenues, by 40 percent. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, state corporate tax revenue collections now total about $45 billion annually. With the continuing recovery, this figure will soon easily reach $50 billion. So can the states expect something like a $20 billion increase in tax revenue after federal corporate tax reform?
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The short answer is almost certainly no. Yes, there is potential for significant revenue gains from an expansion of the corporate tax base. Federal tax reform is likely to include less generous depreciation allowances, recapture of last-in, last-out reserves, limits on the excess domestic interest deduction, and tightening of international rules so less corporate profit will be shifted outside the United States. But there are many obstacles to states enjoying an increase in tax revenue as large as 40 percent. Here are some of the most important:
(1) As a practical political matter, Congress is unlikely to reduce the corporate tax rate to 25 percent. A more realistic outcome of 30 percent would require only a 17 percent increase in taxable income to maintain revenue neutrality.
(2) Not all states have corporate income taxes. States without corporate taxes or without business taxes based on taxable federal profits get no benefit from an expanded federal corporate tax base.
(3) Many states have already removed from their tax rules federal tax breaks that would be repealed as part of federal tax reform. For example, after 2004, when Congress enacted a deduction for domestic manufacturing and production, about half the states decoupled from this change. Those states would get no expansion of their tax base from tax reform’s repeal of this deduction.
(4) Despite the tax reform mantra “broaden the base, lower the rates,” many revenue raisers to pay for corporate rate reduction will not expand taxable profits. For example, tax reform is likely to include fewer tax credits and more excise taxes. These changes do not increase federal taxable income. (In fact, they will reduce it slightly because excise taxes generally are deductible and tax credits are often included in taxable income.) Also, if Congress enacts a minimum tax as part of its tax reform, this likely will not increase taxable profits that states use to calculate their corporate tax.
(5) States can legislate away the extra revenue from federal reform. Even in states that automatically incorporate federal law changes into their tax rules, action can be taken to offset any federal action. States could decouple from part of federal tax reform and thereby negate potential revenue gains. A far simpler alternative would be for states to use the extra revenue to pay for a reduction of their own corporate tax rate, as some states did after the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Of course, the great temptation in many states will be to passively accept the extra revenues the federal government has made available. For state legislators hard-pressed for additional revenue, a tax increase they do not have to vote for is a gift from heaven.
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Shame on you.
You owe people an apology.
Just sayin,'
Pop Culture Monster with a pretty epic take on this.
Jill Pantozzi eloquently replied here.
1. I'm on OKCupid. how come the only guys the contact me don't know what WoW or a DS are?
2. I don't even understand how someone who "made a dating profile while drunk" even gets to write and be taken seriously in the slightest... for both Alyssa and Gizmodo- it was tacky, mean and just very disappointing.
3. So when I read the OKCupid article, I thought her point was that OKCupid didn't have the additional input boxes to show just how much of a nerd you really are. Which seems to imply what Alyssa Bereznak really wants is a pretend nerd or a NerdLite. She really doesn't want someone who is so focused on something else that it would take away from focusing on her. But, I bet if her NerdLite was the champion of something really really cool, like I don't know, Capt. of the rugby team?, that would be OK with her. Or how about if he only played a Nerd on TV, well, that would rock. Because then he would be hunky cute, available to provide all the focus on her she needs and still provide "nerdcred" without all that interfering nerd lifestyle hassles.
Seems like Jon was the one who wasted his time on a NerdLite.
4. They made a Magic card for her....
5. Too be fair, a lot of guys are into judgmental bitches.
However, my theory is that is you can either be Cordelia Chase or Willow Rosenberg, but not both, if you get my meaning.
6. THIS is why I hate movies like "How to Lose a Guy. . ."
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Finally! You're able to sneak away to watch your favorite tv show or you have it saved on your computer and your kid accidentally found it and watched it too! Here's what it would sound like if you had to explain the tv hit show 'Breaking Bad' to an 8 year old. Hopefully it's a conversation you will never have to have but if you do, here's some tips on how to handle it.
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0.042136 | <urn:uuid:b80b3847-181e-4e20-8c56-9d797160e2e1> | en | 0.942945 | By Erik Derr ( | First Posted: Apr 30, 2013 01:37 PM EDT
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As if causing melting glaciers, cracked deserts, disrupted natural food chains and the full-on destruction of native tribal homelands and endangered animal habitats isn't bad enough, now the phenomena known as climate change is responsible for leading women into prostitution.
That, at least, is the assertion of United States Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and a dozen other Democrats, who want Congress to recognize how they say climate change is harming women and could lead impoverished women to "transactional sex" for survival, reports
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The group's resolution suggests the world's diminished agricultural output brought about by climate change-induced drought has a particularly hard impact of women, who already face limited career opportunities generally and might well end up without any other alternative except to sell their bodies.
"Food-insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health," states the resolution, which also notes female farmers produce 60 to 80 percent of the food in developing countries.
But, aside from women farmers, the resolution explains how climate change may harm so-called "marginalized women," refugees, sexual minorities, adolescent girls and women and girls with HIV.
Lee claims that women overall are grossly underrepresented in the development of climate change policy.
"My resolution will affirm the commitment to include and empower women in economic development planning and international climate change policies and practices," said Lee. "This will help communities adapt to climate impacts and embark on a path towards clean and sustainable development."
In addition to officially recognizing the effects of climate change on women, the resolution asks Congress to develop and implement "gender-specific frameworks in developing policies to address climate change."
According to a report by Newser, supporters of the measure refer to Hurricane Katrina as a prime example of climate change's negative effects on women.; the storm, they say, displaced over 83 percent of [the area's] low-income, single mothers.
The resolution also requests the president "integrate a gender approach in all policies and programs" related to climate change and to ensure such policies "support women globally to prepare for, build resilience for, and adapt to climate change."
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
LOS ANGELES ( - Fox and Marvel have slotted "Deadpool," their long-in-development "X-Men" spin-off, for Feb. 12, 2016. Ryan Reynolds, who portrayed the character in 2009's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," has been expected to star for many years, although no deal is in place. Tim Miller is directing the superhero film with Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel's Kevin Feige producing. The talkative mercenary character, also known as Wade Wilson, was created by artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza. He first appeared in print in 1991. If Reynolds does reprise his role in the film it would mark his first superhero project since "Green... | http://www.mcall.com/topic/entertainment/movies/x-men-origins%3A-wolverine-ENMV000168-topic.html | dclm-gs1-432475528 | false | false | {
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* Movie Mistakes in Star Wars 2 *
1. In the very first scene, when the decoy for Padme is killed by the explosion, Padme’s hair is in “pigtails,” one hanging in front of each shoulder. In the next shot showing Padme, her hair is gathered to one side and hanging over one shoulder.
2. When Palpatine is speaking to the Jedi very near the beginning, the ships in the suspended invisible freeways on the background are always going on the same pattern. Notice that there is an elongated ship with a large rear tip, and then two smaller ships always seem to catch it at the same time. This goes on for about 3 minutes.
3. The twin-engine speeder which Anakin is using to pursue Zam is equipped with four antennas, two of them between the headrests. In the shot when Anakin is trying to catch the falling Obi-Wan, the two antennas in the middle are missing.
4. In the bar scene on Coruscant, when Anakin is tracking Zam Wessel through the bar, his Jedi braid changes sides – it is on the left side of his head in a shot where he is seen from behind. At all other times in the movie, the braid is on the right side of his head.
5. When Padme is packing to leave with Anakin for Naboo, she has a pink outfit in her hands, and she starts walking towards her suitcase. The shot changes and she is still walking, but the pink outfit has been replaced by a navy blue one.
6. On Kamino, when Obi-Wan watches the clone troopers parading, one shot has been reversed: watch Obi-Wan’s clothes.
7. During the scene when Obi-Wan attempts to capture Jango Fett as he departs Kamino, Fett and his son Boba can be seen about to load crates onto his ship. As soon as Boba warns Jango about Obi-Wan’s presence, Jango tells Boba to get in the ship, the scene switches view, the fight between Jango and Obi-Wan starts and where did the crates go?
8. When Padme and Anakin enter the droid production centre, there is a shot of them going through a large door. Though they both crouch slightly, Anakin’s head passes through the door.
9. During the battle of Geonosis, Ki-Adi-Mundi has a blue lightsaber. After the clone army arrives, there is a shot of Obi-Wan and Mace, then Anakin, then Padme. During that shot of Padme, over her right shoulder, Ki-Adi can be seen with a green lightsaber. It then changes back to blue when he is on the transport ship deflecting laser shots.
10. Yoda drops his cane to fight Count Dooku. Then in the wide shots, the cane (CG animated) is no longer on the floor (anywhere), until Yoda conveniently needs it again and pulls it into his hand from nowhere.
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President Barack Obama has called on Mynmar's leaders to step up their startling political reform drive.
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Barack Obama is set to make history as the first sitting US president to visit Myanmar. Source: AAP
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has flexed US power in Asia on a regional tour that will make history when he lands in Myanmar (Burma), calling on its leaders to step up their startling political reform drive.
Obama touched down in Air Force One in Bangkok on Sunday, sending a message that relationships like the six-decades-old treaty alliance with Thailand will form the bedrock of US diplomacy as the region warily eyes a rising China.
On Monday Obama will become the first sitting US president to visit formerly isolated Myanmar. He will praise President Thein Sein for ending a dark era of junta rule, but also prod him to go much further towards genuine democracy.
Speaking in Thailand on the eve of the visit, Obama praised Myanmar's reforms but urged the regime to do more.
"The country has a long way to go. I'm not somebody who thinks that the United States should stand on the sidelines and not want to get its hands dirty when there's an opportunity for us to encourage the better impulses inside a country."
After a 19-hour journey from Washington, Obama first paid homage to Thailand's ancient history with a private tour of the Wat Pho temple, which is famed for a huge, golden statue of a reclining Buddha.
He also held talks with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra focusing on trade, regional politics, counter-narcotics issues and terrorism.
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Syllabification: Ser·bi·a
Pronunciation: /ˈsərbēə
A republic in the Balkans; population 7,379,300 (est. 2009); official language, Serbian; capital, Belgrade.
Serbia was conquered by the Turks in the 14th century and regained independence in 1878. Serbian rivalry with the Austro-Hungarian Empire contributed to the outbreak of World War I, after which Serbia was absorbed into the kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (named Yugoslavia from 1929 to 2003). In 1991–92 four out of the six Yugoslav republics seceded; Serbia became involved in armed conflict with neighboring Croatia and in the civil war in Bosnia. On the breakup of Yugoslavia it remained in federation with Montenegro until 2006
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Quick release trigger valve and blast aerator
Image Number 19 for United States Patent #6726059.
An externally-mounted, quick-acting trigger assembly for firing blast aerators, air cannons, or the like. The trigger assembly is ideal for high temperature applications involving environmental factors such as excessive heat, humidity, and mechanical shock. The trigger comprises a symmetrical, ventilated housing that internally mounts a hollow piston. A plurality of vent orifices are radially disposed about the housing periphery, and normally covered by a resilient band forming a check valve. The trigger piston comprises a generally cylindrical base and an integral, generally conical bottom that is displaced into and out of contact with a mechanical valve seat. An air passageway through the piston is controlled by a deflectable spherical valve element that is captivated within the piston, for selectively blocking air passage through the piston by contacting an internal valve seat. This construction with internal air passageways facilitates trigger function. The base comprises a circumferential groove for seating an appropriate O-ring.
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Best Off-Trail Hikes Phoenix 2008 - Estrella Mountain Regional Park
Estrella Mountain Regional Park
Estrella Mountain Regional Park
14805 W. Vineyard Ave.
Goodyear, AZ 85338
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There's a moment when you reach the southwest extremity of this park's Pedersen loop trail that you stare into madness. The glimpse into the vast vacuum of central/western Arizona is the sort of horizon-less view you see in the movies, where some poor sap's got himself lost in the trackless desert, and now he's shuffling along like a zombie in the middle of nowhere. The outlook from this particular point on the Pedersen is a lot like that: Nowheresville.
Don't go that way.
Instead, trek east a couple of miles and keep going straight, even after the Pedersen bends north. We guarantee you'll have one of the times of your life — if you live. Heh heh.
The route you'll find yourself on travels straight up the gut of the least-accessible mountain range in the greater Phoenix area: the Estrella, or Star, Mountains. Whatever route you choose, it'll be random; there are no sanctioned trails to guide you to the 3,650-foot pinnacle of the range, so it's all about route-finding your way through the lush, virgin terrain. How delightful, you say! Well, that depends on whether you like being slapped across the face or bonked on the head. The going's way steep and way exposed. The vegetation's so thick you can't see your legs, and the vicious flora keeps depositing small, pointy pieces of itself in you. It's prime rattler and Gila monster country, and, as noted, you can't see your legs.
So why torture yourself this way? Here's why: A hike into the Estrellas is a trip into the past. This is what Phoenix — and the upper Sonoran Desert — looked like before we brought the jackhammer down. You'll see flora and fauna that no longer exist elsewhere, you'll drink in panoramic views that few others have seen, and you'll set your feet down in places that no one else has. Ever.
Just don't kill yourself, 'kay?
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no way... this isn't off trail. there are some off-trail hikes on the south side of estrella but certainly not the north side. try hiking in the eastern superstitions before commenting on off-trail hiking | http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/bestof/2008/award/best-off-trail-hikes-896208/ | dclm-gs1-433055528 | false | false | {
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Why Advanced Yoga Students Go to Beginner's Classes
Back to Basics: 4 Reasons Advanced Yogis Should Go to a Beginner's Class
Regardless how many years you've been practicing, making your way back to a beginner's class can breathe fresh life into a stale practice. Here are four reasons more advanced students could benefit from hanging out in a beginner's class every now and again.
2. You can cultivate your beginner's mind. The "beginner's mind" means heading to your mat with no preconceived notions about what you can or can't accomplish, poses you can or can't do. Approaching your practice with fresh perspective every time will increasingly benefit your relationship with yoga.
Keep reading for two more reasons to go to beginner's yoga.
1. You'll be forced to slow down. Every few months, I make my way to a beginner's class for a little R&R, but one thing that I started recognizing is how impatient I sometimes get during these classes. If you're practicing on a regular schedule, then you typically have a comfortable flow with your favorite class or teacher, but things tend to move a little more slowly in beginner's classes. But part of yoga practice is quieting your mind and going with the flow — whatever that may be — so relish in the opportunity.
2. You can really focus on your breath. The connection of movement to breath is a cornerstone of strong yoga practice, but when you're constantly bending into all your favorite shapes, it's easy to get caught up. Instead of focusing on a superphysical practice, you can really take your time in beginner's classes, giving your body some love in the form of less rigorous routines. The feeling of bliss that you leave with will be worth the moments spent wishing the pace wasn't so slow.
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Predictably, the conspiracy theorists say, proof of this story abounds—but the government insists on keeping it all under lock and key. Several "scholars" now claim that, through the Freedom of Information Act, they were finally able to access piles of declassified documents. Official reports, they say, prove that a flying saucer once crashed into Mt. Ararat in Turkey, where it is traditionally believed that Noah's ark came to rest after the great Flood.
Anyway, it just doesn't seem likely that Noah's intergalactic starship, after tumbling through space and dodging meteor showers, finally ran aground in Turkey. But forgetting this silly story for a second, there is the real scientific idea of panspermia, which raises the possibility that our planet's first single-celled organisms have extraterrestrial origins. | http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/9-utterly-ridiculous-conspiracy-theories-4 | dclm-gs1-433165528 | false | false | {
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Describe your latest project.
Good evening. My name is John Hodgman. I am the author of The Areas of My Expertise.
My book is compendium of fascinating trivia and historical oddities in the tradition of The Book of Lists, though different in that all of the amazing true facts in my book are entirely made up by me.
If you are curious, the areas of my expertise include hobos, monsters, haircuts, utopia, the nicknames and mottoes of our fifty-one United States, and most other subjects.
When I am not writing fake trivia, I write actual journalism as a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, where I also help to edit the new section called "The Funny Pages."
Sometimes I also host a lecture series in NYC called The Little Gray Book Lectures.
I am self-employed.
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What fictional character would you like to date, and why?
Pass. I am happily married, so I do not date. And even more astonishing, I am married to a non-fictional character who exists in the real world.
If you could choose any story to live in, what story would that be? Why?
Please see the answer to the first question. I cannot imagine a more exciting or improbable story to be a part of.
Introduce one other author you think people should read, and suggest a good place to start.
I am very enamored of Don't Point That Thing at Me by the wonderful, deceased dissolute art dealer Kyril Bonfiglioli. It's a crime novel first published in London in the '70s introducing a wonderful, living dissolute art dealer named Charlie Mortdecai who half-slyly/half-drunkenly weaves his way through a completely impenetrable plot involving some kind of spy ring, and also Texas.
It and its two sequels [After You with the Pistol and Something Nasty in the Woodshed] were recently re-published by the Overlook Press, and it has everything I like in a book: it's a forgotten literary artifact that lives within two lowbrow, overlooked genres (crime and humor). Of course, it's in the dark soil of the lowbrow, overlooked genres where literature usually grows most interestingly and unexpectedly. It's hilarious throughout, and ridiculous, and by the end quite surprisingly tragic and moving.
I wouldn't want to date Charlie Mortdecai, but I was very, very happy to live in his head for all these pages.
Writers are better liars than other people: true or false? Why, or not?
Lies are just another kind of storytelling, but with the very distinct and enlivening motive of desperation. Since writers are by nature desperate creatures, they usually do a pretty good (or pretty awful, but always interesting) job of lying.
What is your favorite literary first line?
—Jorge Luis Borges, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"
I received Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven for Christmas, at my request. Jonathan Coulton, who accompanies me on guitar when I read in public, asked me if I wanted to read a fascinating and disturbing history of Mormonism and of religious fundamentalism in general. Because he has been such a good sport about playing guitar and wearing a buckskin shirt when I read, I figured I owed him one.
What makes your favorite pair of shoes better than the rest?
I own one pair of shoes.
I am a Gemini, and like all good Gemini, I only know and care about one sign: Gemini. What are the others? The pig? The gryphon? The shooting star? The sleepy bear? I have no idea. I guess I could be a gryphon if I had to be.
Describe the best breakfast of your life.
Scrapple sandwich.
Why do you write?
I have an unfortunate compulsion. I really would rather not do it, as it is very nerve-wracking and un-fun. But when it works, there is nothing like it.
Dogs, cats, budgies, or turtles?
I like dogs, but I also have children, so I do not need to handle any more feces or neuroses at this time. Budgies and turtles are simply incomprehensible to me. What do they want? I have always had cats, and while I feel a little taken advantage of, I think this situation will continue.
In the For-All-Eternity category, what will be your final thought?
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This is a complicated bug. Pay close attention.
1. We have a <h4 id="testHeader">. We create a pointer by means of pointer = document.getElementById('testHeader');.
2. Click on 'Move header'. This function moves the header to the test DIV by means of the pointer. No surprises here.
3. Click on 'Empty innerHTML'. We now empty the innerHTML of the test DIV. The header disappears, obviously.
4. Click on 'Move header' again. The header re-appears in the DIV, but in Explorer Windows its text is gone.
The text disappearance is obviously a bug; if the element is available it should also contain its child nodes.
It's also interesting to note that when you remove an element through innerHTML='', the element is not trashed but continues to exist in DOM hyperspace. It's there, but it's not attached to the document, so it's invisible.
That's why 'Move header' works the second time. The pointer still points to the element in hyperspace, and it's re-inserted into the document. Without the pointer this wouldn't work: document.getElementById('testHeader') doesn't work, because the test header is not part of the document any more.
1. Move header
2. Empty innerHTML
The test header
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[–]slenderpmen 0 points1 point (0 children)
maybe because VHS tapes are so unusual now. I suppose that nobody would notice an out-of-place DVD, but something like a VHS tape would really catch your eye. | http://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/195pa8/airosdhjgoidkfj/c8o234c | dclm-gs1-433425528 | false | false | {
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[–]tommysmuffins 1 point2 points (4 children)
My audiologist suggested that tinnitus could be caused by pressure differentials between parts of the ear.
You really need to see an ENT doctor. His examination will be much more useful to you than our speculation.
[–]zotune[S] 1 point2 points (3 children)
Update: I went to see an ENT doctor. He removed some wax and I did a hearing test in which he said everything was okay. Then he told me to just ignore the tinnitus and that it wouldn't get any worse. I can hear it a bit better now that he removed the wax. My regular doctor also gave me some Phenylpropanolamine which I'm currently taking.
[–]tommysmuffins 1 point2 points (2 children)
Good for you. I think the most unsettling part of tinnitus is the uncertainty. Once that's gone, the whole situation becomes a lot more bearable.
[–]zotune[S] 1 point2 points (1 child)
Heh. Yeah, just gotta learn to put my attention elsewhere :)
[–]tommysmuffins 1 point2 points (0 children)
For sure, that's the answer. It's easier said than done some of the time, but whenever I'm fully engaged with what I'm doing, my tinnitus bothers me very little, if at all. | http://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/comments/2360u0/when_i_bite_really_hard_with_my_jaw_the_tinnitus/chaulv4?context=3 | dclm-gs1-433435528 | false | false | {
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I think it has a lot to do with the fact that most people these days just don't like fast music. It seems like a lot of music across the spectrum has slowed down over the years. | http://www.reddit.com/r/trance/comments/18pkwz/why_do_some_most_people_not_like_trance_music/c8gzexz?context=3 | dclm-gs1-433445528 | false | false | {
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0.213014 | <urn:uuid:44389b25-397b-48cb-b066-a4688085d768> | en | 0.956981 | Q There was a big deal about work to be done on Mount Hermon Road. The county came out and did some patching and that was it, so far. Some of the patches are already losing the material they put in. Is this all that is going to be done or can we hope that this was just the prep work? I know if anyone can find out what is happening, you can.
Anita Lande, via email
A This summer, county public works plans to resurface Mount Hermon between Graham Hill Road to just north of Locatelli Lane, officials said.
In 2010, the county resurfaced from the Scotts Valley City Limits, from just north of Lockhart Gulch to about 1,000 feet north of Locatelli Lane. This summer's project will take the resurfacing the rest of the way into Felton, county officials said.
Expect the project to occur sometime from July 14 to Sept. 23. Meanwhile, work happening now in the area involves road maintenance and drainage repairs in preparation for the bigger project.
Q Why is it legal -- or is it -- for the city to charge more than one individual for the same parking space at the same time? Especially, with the electronic devices now in use, refunds would only have to be programed in as they are for the street meters. Besides there still being long lines while people try to figure out the frustrating and bizarre user interface for the parking lots, it definitely diminishes my downtown experience even before I leave my parking lot.
Chris Blanchard, via email
A "With the pay-by-space lots the person parking will input how many hours that they are going to park," said Marlin Granlund, parking program manager for the city of Santa Cruz.
Drivers usually leave before their time is up, freeing up that parking space for the next person to park and pay, he explained.
"Someone may pay for that space before the remaining time on that space has elapsed," he continued. "Each transaction is a new parking session and only the person that originally paid for the space can add more time to park in that space."
The next time you park, look at the receipt for an add time number. Drivers can go to any parking machine and add time to their session without going back to the same parking lot or their car, Granlund said.
As for the electronic parking meters, Santa Cruz ParkCard users can get the remaining amount on the meter refunded back to their card when they vacate the parking space.
"We have asked for this same program for the pay-by-space machines and the manufacturer is looking into adding this feature to the machines," Granlund said.
Street Smarts questioned whether some parking lot users accidentally enter the wrong space number into the parking machine. The answer was yes.
"Some individuals have input the wrong space number when they use the pay-by-space machines," Granlund explained. "What we have seen is that parkers will take a cellphone picture of their space number and use that when they pay at the machines. If someone receives a citation, they will follow the same procedure for all citation reviews. The information is printed on the backside of each citation."
Drivers who receive tickets for nonpayment in pay lots have 21 days from the date of the citation to either mail a letter or visit the parking office at 124 Locust St. to request an administrative review of the citation, he said.
"If we find through our records that the individual paid for a different space, we will give them a one-time dismissal in the interest of justice," he said.
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MERWE, Jan Van Der. Ludwig Feuerbach the anthropologist. Tydskr. geesteswet. [online]. 2011, vol.51, n.3, pp. 319-331. ISSN 0041-4751.
Ludwig Feuerbach was one of thefirst philosophers to arrive at the insight that religion had its origins in the human psyche and that religion ought to be nothing but anthropology. Feuerbach (as quoted directly in Kamenka 1979:46-49) argued that religion and reason are concurrent and that religious belief had established itself in people's inward visualizations and in representations that became elevated as the only truth. He said further that the representational world of religion revolved around individuals, their needs and their desires, yes, around their blissfulness and immortality. This abstract takes us to a quote by Joseph Koterski (1993:15) whereby he had responded to Christopher Dawson's "Religion and Culture" (1944) and "Religion and the Rise of Western Culture" (1950): "Religion", says Dawson, "is the key of history". In contrast to the academic tendency to reduce religion to an epiphenomenon, a product of various material and psychic forces (the recipe depending for the most part on how much Marxism and how much Freudianism one likes to mix in the intoxicated conversations at Ivy League faculty clubs), Dawson insists on the need to understand a society's religion if one wants to understand the original formation and the successive transformations of any human culture: In all ages thefirst creative works of a culture are due to a religious inspiration and dedicated to a religious end. The temples of the gods are the most enduring works of man. Religion stands at the threshold of all the great literatures of the world. Philosophy is its offspring and is a child which constantly returns to its parent. And the same is true of social institutions. Kingship and law are religious institutions and even today they have not entirely divested themselves of their numinous character, as we can see in the English coronation rite and in the formulas of our law courts. All the institutions of family and marriage and kingship havea religious background and have been maintained and are still maintained by formidable social sanctions. Feuerbach makes a distinction between religion and theology. According to him, the former is not without value, but the latter should be resisted and regarded with contempt since it was fabricated and misused by a particular society. Religion, says Feuerbach, can still be excused in a certain sense, since it comes into being involuntarily and unconsciously. He adds that religion, in fact, is merely an illusion and a fantasy, since it comprises a person's relationship with his own being (Engels 1886:4). Theology, in contrast, is a myth, which derives its origins from anthropology. In The Essence of Christianity (1841), Ludwig Feuerbach described God thus: "God as a morally perfect being is nothing else than the realized idea, the fulfilled law of morality, the moral nature of man posited as the absolute being". In other words, God is a projection of the human moral idea. He is our idea of what the perfectly moral person would be like, freed from all the limitations that apply to individual human beings: "God is the self-consciousness of man freed from all discordant elements". All genuine individuals and societies are limited, so they can never completely exemplify the ideals and hopes we have of them. (In a way, this reflects Plato's theory that individual things are pale, imperfect copies of an eternal "form" or idea.) But we still have hopes and aspirations for something perfect. Feuerbach argued that God was a projection of those ideals. To believe in him, was to believe in a moral order freed from all conflicts and limitations. He is a way of describing the highest aspirations of our own self-consciousness. In the nineteenth century, such thoughts were regarded as threatening and unacceptable to many, thus Feuerbach effectively ended his academic career at the age of 26, when hefirst challenged the belief in personal immortality and a conviction in a transcendent God. Feuerbach argued that the natural world, known by way of the senses, is the sum total of reality. Hence "God" is seen as part of that world only by being a projection of an aspect of humanity. In this sense, religion becomes a feature of humanity that should be studied by anthropologists - a phenomenon like any other. This did not imply that religion had not played an important part in human self-awareness, since it was by way of religion that a sense of the world as a whole and humanity's part in it had been developed. However, Feuerbach argued that it had already performed that task. The phenomenon should now be recognized as a projection of ideals, that should give way to a humanism which would allow those ideals to be developed in this world, rather than projected out into another realm. He accepted the need for human spirituality, and saw the benefits of celebrating human and natural qualities, but argued against these being associated with supernatural beliefs. In other words, for Feuerbach, people created gods to express the spiritual significance of life, just as the artist creates a work of art in order to express his or her awareness of beauty. But for Feuerbach, it was better to celebrate life directly, as was encountered in his world. In his philosophical reflections, Feuerbach (Bakker et al. 1972:63) points out that religion comprises the underlying foundation of every phase of mankind's cultural history. He therefore alleges that each change in the history of culture is brought about by prior changes in the domain of religion. This article focuses primarily on Ludwig Feuerbach's philosophy of religion. Religion, according to him, is not something external to an individual that has been poured into him from above, and stands apart from the totality of his person. As information that has its origins and continuation in the godly initiative, religion is fulfilled in the psychical functions. Religion forms part of the totality of the human experience and is irrevocably tied to an individual's life history. Religion is not isolated data. In religion the initiative of God has moved by means of people, and everything that people undergo comprises an aspect of experience, psychology and culture.
Keywords : Theology; anthropology; philosophy; Christianity; belief; religion; Hegel; Kant; Descartes; Schleiermacher; God; secularization; secular society.
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Must be the hockey
Because it can't be the taxes:
Source. A 26-foot truck from Minneapolis to Sioux Falls from U-Haul was $489, from Sioux Falls to Minneapolis $288. St. Cloud to Rapid City $880, Rapid City to St. Cloud $518.
Boy, those South Dakotans retiring to Minnesota to take advantage of our high taxes are sure getting a deal there! [/snark>
I had thought they had cherry-picked, and thought perhaps U-Haul was looking to move trucks into a higher-population market more generally, but it doesn't appear so. Someone could have fun with a study of those rates. Clearly you pay less to drop the car in the higher-demand market, and demand is a function of more than tax rates, but the ND/SD distinction takes out a number of confounding factors.
Mankiw asks if one has ever turned down a job that you would have accepted if it paid twice as much. I can think of one job I declined because net of cost of living and higher taxes (than Minnesota! Yes, Virginia, such places exist) I would have ended up with a worse standard of living. But it turns out the U-Haul would have been cheaper.
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The Nike LeBron 11 didn't get a lot of court time via LeBron James, so Nike had to hit the lab hard to come up with some more suitable footwear. Enter: 'The Twelve' which has officially been unveiled in seven different colorways.
The 'Instinct' LeBron 12 will be hitting retailers on November 22nd, just a month after the initial 'NSRL' release. The swoosh on the side is reminiscent of the LeBron 9, but the build is unlike any previous models. The kicks aren't nearly as high-top as the Nike Kobe 9 Elite, but are definitely a step above the Nike LeBron 11.
If nothing else, the 'Instinct' Nike LeBron 12 certainly has us intrigued. Let us know your thoughts on LeBron's 12th signature, and if you'll be picking up a pair this Fall.
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By Nicole Holmen
It is perhaps an understatement to say that the character Connie in Joyce Carol Oates’s short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” has a lot of issues. Oates has provided the perfect character to undergo a healthy dose of psychoanalytic criticism. Connie’s problems with her family, social life, and the people who, however unwillingly on her part, come to control her future are examples of some of psychoanalytic theory’s most prevalent ones.
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” opens with a short physical description of the narrator, Connie, in the form of a comparison to her mother. Connie, who is 15 and very beautiful, has a habit of checking her face in mirrors to reassure herself that it is still as beautiful as it has always been. Her mother disapproves of this habit:
“‘Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you’re so pretty?’ she would say. Connie would raise her eyebrows at these familiar old complaints and look right through her mother, into a shadowy vision of herself as she was right at that moment: she knew she was pretty and that was everything. Her mother had been pretty once too…but now her looks were gone and that was why she was always after Connie” (Oates 249).
This habit of always needing to bolster the knowledge that she is beautiful is an indication that Connie is suffering from insecurity, or having an “unstable sense of self.” Lois Tyson describes this as “the inability to sustain a feeling of personal identity, to sustain a sense of knowing ourselves (Tyson 16). Connie’s description of her beauty being “everything” can be interpreted to mean that she would feel worthless without it, that she is nothing without her pretty face. This insecurity makes her completely vulnerable to the will of others, and is one of the things that eventually leads her to run off with Arnold Friend at the end of the story, a mysterious character whose purpose for kidnapping Connie is not clearly stated, but can be inferred easily; Connie is beautiful, and therefore desirable, for all the wrong reasons.
Connie’s insecurity about her own self-worth also falls under the category of low self-esteem. Low self-esteem is defined as “the belief that we are less worthy than other people” (Tyson 16). Especially noteworthy about this psychological disorder is that it causes the sufferer to think that they deserve whatever ending they get. “Indeed,” Tyson writes, “we often believe that we deserve to be punished by life in some way” (Tyson 16). Since Connie falls into the low self-esteem category, it is possible that she feels this way about her life. Her fractured relationships with her mother, father, and sister certainly seem to indicate that Connie is used to, and even accepts, the fact that she is completely responsible for her fate.
Perhaps caused by Connie’s insecurity and low self-esteem, or perhaps coming from another source entirely, is Connie’s severe fear of intimacy. Fear of intimacy is defined as “the chronic and overwhelming feeling that emotional closeness will seriously hurt or destroy us and that we can remain emotionally safe only by remaining at an emotional distance from others at all times” (Tyson 16). The examples of Connie’s fear of intimacy are numerous throughout the story. Her frequent excursions with the boys she meets at the drive-in restaurant certainly indicate a fear of intimacy, as there is never any indication that she is actually interested in any of them or that she ever sees any of them for more than one night. Connie’s friends, who the reader doesn’t even know by name, all seem to be rather mercurial; there only seems to be one of them who Connie hangs out with on a regular basis, and then only because the girl’s father drives them to the mall and doesn’t question them about what they do every night. Her extremely casual reference to her “friends” (“She and this girl and occasionally another girl went out several times a week…” (Oates 252)), is another indication of Connie’s fear of intimacy; by not forming any true connections to her girlfriends, she is able to keep herself emotionally distant from them.
Also worrisome, however, are her relationships with the members of her family. Her observation that she only ever sees her father at supper time and that “he didn’t bother talking much to them” (Oates 250) clearly indicates that the feeling is more than mutual. This is her only reference to her father throughout the entire story, and it seems that far from being bothered by the absence of her father, Connie is perfectly content to never grow close to the man. Her relationship with her sister, June, also seems to be rather nonexistent. Through Connie’s eyes, June “was so plain and chunky and steady that Connie had to hear her praised all the time by her mother and her mother’s sisters” (Oates 250). What could possibly be explained away as a simple case of sibling rivalry is better diagnosed as another facet of Connie’s fear of intimacy. Connie is afraid to be close to anyone, even her sister, and so she determinedly clings to the idea of her sister’s faults so as not to see June as she truly is: a sister that Connie could love and be close to. Connie’s relationship with her mother, though nowhere near as distant as the ones with her father and sister, is equally a part of her fear of intimacy. Connie is extremely contemptuous toward her mother for always nagging her and favoring June over her; she even goes so far as to wish that her mother was dead. While this may seem like a typical rebellious teenager’s reaction to her mother, it truly hints at something deeper. Connie’s fear of intimacy leads her to retreat emotionally even from the person she should be the closest to: her mother. Normally, the bond between mother and daughter is a sacred one. However, with Connie and her mother, it is anything but, and this is entirely due to Connie’s fear of intimacy. This fear, this defense that Connie has developed, is another reason that she ends up with Arnold Friend in the end.
Readers of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” will ask how it is that Connie ends up leaving the safety of her house to run off with the mysterious stranger, Arnold Friend, at the end of the story. Some will theorize that this shouldn’t be surprising; after all, Connie often runs off with strange men for no apparent reason. Why should the arrival of Arnold Friend be anything but typical for her, despite the man’s great difference in age? This theory completely ignores the psychological disorders that Connie has. Her insecurity, her low self-esteem, and her fear of intimacy all aid her in her unconscious decision to leave her house and go with the devious Arnold Friend in his gold convertible jalopy. After all, it is not as though Connie does not realize that Arnold Friend is a dangerous man; she is immediately wary of his presence when he shows up in front of her house (Oates 254), the knowledge that he is much older than her puts her on her guard even more (Oates 259), and she repeatedly warns them that they should leave, eventually threatening to call the police (Oates 262).
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What color hair would look best on me?
I need to re-dye my hair because my roots are getting really bad. My hair is naturally darkish blonde... I would love any advice and thoughts you all would have.
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If you are looking to soften your look and reduce the amount of maintenance you require I would go for a the Ombre technique. This will still allow you to keep your blond surrounding the face but will really cut back on having to touch up the roots. If you are not a fan of that look you can always going and soften the line of demarcation by adding in some light lowlights. This will break up the regrowth and add diminution to your blond. You can also tone the blond with a beige blonde shade to refresh the ends and eliminate unwanted brass.
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So overall, would you suggest brunette or blonde?
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Nicole Ritchie's color would suit you fine. I would also suggest going a little shorter. Make sure you wash your hair with a sulfate-free shampoo, or the color will fade out quickly.
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@GoodFaith, Yes my skins gets tan in the summer. Kind of dark actually. And my eyes are green most of the time and they change to blue some of the time.
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i think you can make bangs and highlight you hair
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Nov 13 2013: Hi James, I guess the most exciting lesson I've learned in life is that THERE ARE NO RULES and that there is no black or white that will answer this question.
A few years ago I took time to look at my life and identify some of the many 'cracks' in it. I lived a very selfish and self consumed life for a number of years, I ripped people off and only entered into relationships that were of benefit to me.
When I once earned much I was not content then when lost what I had I was equally uncontent.
I guess the only thing truly worth fighting for in life is to be as significant as you can be for others. If you take time to define who you are (for example are you loving, caring, honest, reliable, giving, integral, creative or sincere), what you get in life is meaningless in comparison to who you can become for others.
Working is a good thing, however working outside of your passions and innate talents isn't purposeful or contributory.
Once we define who we are in life, how we express this is both exciting and fulfilling. Nothing worthwhile or significant in life come easy, so I guess that the legacy that people wish to leave behind when they die will determine how easily someone lives or how hard someone works.
Apologies for this not being a yes or no answer,
• Nov 12 2013: James,
I was climbing the corporate ladder and checked what I liked. I went back to the bench to do research and consulting, made enough money to pay for my kids education, my house, and food. We could not take vacations but that did not matter much. You have to make a decision what is important to you, for me my family and working on technical problems rather than management or corporate strategy. I was asked every year if I wanted to move to management. (hated doing employee evaluation)
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Nov 12 2013: Wow, that's a gutsy call. I completely understand about taking what matters in your life and analyzing what makes you happy, pursuing it and having gratification from your deeds. I m more interested if people thing that if its harder in the United States to go down this path than in other countries. Almost to the point as if it is more of a psychological burden here because of the subliminal messages through TV, movies, ads, and even through everyday life as we see the people who benefit from "corporate structures" versus those who are peaceful but yet struggling. For someone who has life experiences you can definitely read through the crap but for a young person trying to figure out what they want I can see the struggle of decision making because of what is considered the "American Way'. Before I go off on another tangent ha, what do you think.
• Nov 13 2013: James,
I can give you my opinion. I have worked in other countries. I found that in certain countries they are as bad as America. Others they are more laid back. I am not sure about people benefiting from the corporate structure, a lot of ulcers and heart attacks.
• Nov 11 2013: I am not sure what you mean by "ease of life". Life is, and always has been, a struggle. Over the past few hundred years, the struggles have changed, but life is still a struggle.
What I interpret from your comments is that those pursing the "American Dream" are subject to stress and mental exhaustion. I will agree in part, but I think how much of each depends on how hard you want to push yourself beyond what you need to just barely survive, and the quality of life each person wants to define as survival.
I agree with your father, going to college and working hard will improve your chances for success, but they are not guarantees of success. The decision to risk some debt on the belief that by going to college you would have more opportunity for success is usually a pretty good bet. However, the risk has increased as a result of a poor job market and the sky-rocketing cost of colleges. In addition to this, not all degrees have the same potential payback over the course of a career.
I believe that part of the American Dream is to have the freedom of choice to live where you want, work where you want, and seek your own balance between life-style, risk, stress level, and work ethic. As you point out, your physical and mental health need to be part of the equation. Similarly, if you have a family, your struggle for survival includes them until they can survive on their own.
How you choose to use your life to pursue happiness is up to you. You get to define what makes you happy. For most it is independence, self-reliance, and the ability to pay the bills and feel like you are not a burden on anyone, mostly in control of your own destiny. For some the American Dream involves a purpose or goal that improves the quality of life for their families, for their nation, or for mankind in general. Maybe it is art, maybe it is science, maybe it is the accumulation of wealth with more stress and hard work so your family has a better life style or insurance from bad times.
• Nov 17 2013: Wealth offers opportunity, garners respect, elicits ego responses. but the American dream was never a never ending money pit. Money is an illusion that we will kill each other for.
A nicely built 3-4 bed 1.5-2.5 bath home with a big (1-2 acre) yard, with a white picket fence, 2 to 3 well mannered loving children and a nice family dog. A father who could buy his home in 15 years, with the decent salary he made, and also have a nest egg for retirement, and a bit put away for each of the kids for college or vocational school. That was the American dream. A loving family one could be proud of. An investment in a home you may one day pass down to your own kids or sell and buy a condo in a place you and the wife always talked about after the kids went to sleep. A family with dental, vision and healthcare for each member, and nutritious food, and clean fresh nice clothes to wear on Sundays when you visited the grand parents.
THAT was the American dream. Somehow the yard got smaller, the house poorly built & less spacious. The mortgage elongated itself from 15 to 30 years & the interest rate hiked itself up almost unnoticed. The mother works & is always absent b/c she is a single parent. Even married families still needed mom's job to help make ends meet & feed the kids hot dog slices, cold canned beans & bread with butter simulated spread. Insurance companies cheated sick people out of the care they needed to stay alive, and the PIP insurance became HMO, which was barely a step up from walking straight into an ER with no insurance or money and just hoping you get lucky. The American dream became warped so much without our realizing it was greed of banks, insurance companies, ect. robbing us of the right to feel safe and happy, until all we could imagine was a load of money; just to live what is now called an upper middle class life. Sad.
How did America become a nation of workaholics, and now a nation of despairing unemployed? We already know the answer to that.
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Nov 12 2013: What you mention is not something "made in America" but true to everywhere.
You as an individual have to decide what you want in life and be authentic to yourself.
If you want to climb the career ladder then you know what you have to do and you know that it will mean certain sacrifices before finally achieving your goal.
On the other hand, you also can opt for a simple life. I think nobody is pushing you into either direction, not in the US, not anywhere else.
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Nov 13 2013: Your right. When it is an option to take A or B, yes no one is behind the wheel it is either A or B. The question that I was asking is it harder here in the United States to strive for a lifestyle that does not fit the "standard" lifestyle or what is the "American Dream". I m seeing many people aim their response towards a decision I m requiring opinions for. I am not. The question again is the "Ease Of Life" from a society viewpoint not my own.
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Nov 13 2013: James, why do you care about society's POV. You should do what you feel is best for you.
Don't care about the American Dream, but about your dream(s) whatever they might be.
But back to your question. I don't think there is a "standard lifestyle", neither in the US nor anywhere else. Also, not everybody is living the American Dream. The ones that live the American Dream are probably a minority anyway ;-)
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Nov 11 2013: Hi James,
I'm guessing that by "ease of life" you mean mainly being at ease with oneself, (part of which relates to lifestyle choices).
If climbing the corporate ladder is not your thing, my advice would be don't bother, and seek an alternative closer to your heart. What currently passes for the 'American dream' is stratospheric in terms of expectations. "Money can't buy you love". But I'm sure there is a path you can make through life which is meaningful and important to you; and which will pay the bills at an acceptable level.
I recommend Ken Robinson's talk(s) on TED, and his book "Finding your Element" which came out this year, and which I am currently reading.
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Nov 12 2013: Thanks Joshua. I m going to look into this book.
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Nov 11 2013: @Fritzie....Oh yes, my father is alive. I interpret what he was saying was that he didn't want me to be a "bum" in our society. He wanted me to succeed so that I wouldn't be a burden to the family or himself. Its understandable to want that for your child (from my father's perspective).
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Nov 12 2013: This doesn't sound like he was pushing you to aspire to social status and possessions.
It sounds like he wanted his son to be self-sufficient.
I think that is what most parents want for their children and, in fact, what most people want for themselves- to be able to take care of themselves and their loved ones while leading an interesting and meaningful life.
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Nov 12 2013: Well maybe the way I used my father as an example in my statement was interpret as a I wasn't sure what he was trying to say. I understood his message, I wasn't really trying to open an interpretation on that context but I appreciate the insight. | http://www.ted.com/conversations/21314/is_the_ease_of_life_worth_fi.html?c=774071 | dclm-gs1-434155528 | false | false | {
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Complete skull from early Homo evokes a single, evolving lineage
by Staff Writers
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 22, 2013
This is the Dmanisi D4500 early Homo cranium in situ. Credit: Photo courtesy of Georgian National Museum.
What if the earliest members of our Homo genus-those classified as Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo erectus and so forth-actually belonged to the same species and simply looked different from one another? That's precisely the implication of a new report, which describes the analysis of a complete, approximately 1.8-million-year-old skull that was unearthed in Dmanisi, Georgia.
Unlike other Homo fossils, this skull, known as Skull 5, combines a small braincase with a long face and large teeth. It was discovered alongside the remains of four other early human ancestors, a variety of animal fossils and some stone tools-all of them associated with the same location and time period-which makes the find truly unique.
The site has only been partially excavated so far, but it's already providing the first opportunity for researchers to compare and contrast the physical traits of multiple human ancestors that apparently coincided in the same time and geological space.
David Lordkipanidze from the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, along with colleagues from Switzerland, Israel and the United States, say that the differences between these Dmanisi fossils are no more pronounced than those between five modern humans or five chimpanzees.
Traditionally, researchers have used variation among Homo fossils to define different species. But in light of these new findings, Lordkipanidze and his colleagues suggest that early, diverse Homo fossils, with their origins in Africa, actually represent variation among members of a single, evolving lineage-most appropriately, Homo erectus.
"Had the braincase and the face of Skull 5 been found as separate fossils at different sites in Africa, they might have been attributed to different species," said Christoph Zollikofer from the Anthropological Institute and Museum in Zurich, Switzerland-a co-author of the Science report. That's because Skull 5 unites some key features, like the tiny braincase and large face, which had not been observed together in an early Homo fossil until now.
Given their diverse physical traits, the fossils associated with Skull 5 at Dmanisi can be compared to various Homo fossils, including those found in Africa, dating back to about 2.4 million years ago, as well as others unearthed in Asia and Europe, which are dated between 1.8 and 1.2 million years ago.
The jaw associated with Skull 5 was found five years before the cranium was discovered but when the two pieces were put together, they formed the most massively built skull ever found at the Dmanisi site. For this reason, the researchers suggest that the individual to whom Skull 5 belonged was male.
The braincase of Skull 5 is only about 33.3 cubic inches (546 cubic centimeters), however, which suggests that this early Homo had a small brain despite his modern human-like limb proportions and body size.
"Thanks to the relatively large Dmanisi sample, we see a lot of variation," continued Zollikofer. "But the amount of variation does not exceed that found in modern populations of our own species, nor in chimps and bonobos."
"Furthermore, since we see a similar pattern and range of variation in the African fossil record... it is sensible to assume that there was a single Homo species at that time in Africa," he concluded. "And since the Dmanisi hominids are so similar to the African ones, we further assume that they both represent the same species."
Skull 5 seemingly indicates that, rather than several ecologically specialized Homo species, a single Homo species-able to cope with a variety of ecosystems-emerged from the African continent. And accordingly, our classification system for these early human ancestors may never be the same.
The report by Lordkipanidze et al. was supported by the Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, the American School for Prehistoric Research, a Rolex Award for Enterprise, BP Georgia, the Fundacion Duques de Soria, the A.H. Schultz Foundation, and the Foundation for Scientific Research at the University of Zurich.
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