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David Beckham. Soccer legend. Humanitarian. Reality television star.
Beckham appeared on FOX’s new show “Knock Knock Live” on Tuesday and gave a California family, the Gonzalezes, the surprise of a lifetime. Beckham gave the family seven prepaid iPhones and hand-delivered a check for $100,000.
Beckham said he chose the Gonzalez family because they are tight-knit and hard-working, which reminds him of his own family.
Thumbnail photo via Twitter/@Eurosport_UK
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Cheyenne Jackson's (ex-Dustin Goolsby) Mockingbird Lane won't go to series, but he'll soon be seen in HBO's biopic "Behind the Candelabra." The movie tells the story of the flamboyant, closeted musician Liberace and his lover/chauffeur Scott Thorson. The project is based on Thorson's book "Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace."
Matt Damon ("Promised Land") will play Thorson, Michael Douglas ("Wall Street," "Fatal Attraction") portrays Liberace and Cheyenne Jackson will appear as Billy Leatherwood, one of Liberace's early boyfriends. Get a glimpse of the movie that premieres in 2013 in HBO's Yearender clip.
Are you horrified or intrigued by "All My Babies' Mamas?" Read about it in Soaps.com's Reality TV Rush. Keep up with Port Charles' New Year's Eve plans with Soap Opera Fan's General Hospital spoilers.
Join us on Twitter @soapoperafan, and Facebook. Come tweet and Facebook with us about all soap operas, "Glee," "Grey’s Anatomy," "Pretty Little Liars," "Revenge," "Vampire Diaries" and "Venice the Series."
Header photo credit: Antonio Reyes/WENN.com
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Acumatica 4.1 Cloud ERP
Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, VA – just a few minutes away from Washington, DC – hummed with activity late Sunday night and all day Monday. Nearly 300 professionals representing 98 partners, 20 Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) from 12 countries, gathered there to celebrate the launch of Acumatica 4.1, “the best and most usable version of of Acumatica to date” according to Jean Gea, Product Marketing Manager. Partners will be training all week there – fully committed to the cutting edge Cloud ERP company that has grown by over 300% in 2013.
Acumatica 4.1, 5.0, and Beyond
The focus of the first day of the event was educating partners on exciting changes regarding pricing, partnerships, and product functionality. Partners were also introduced to the product roadmap to version 5.0 and the latest available 3rd party software integrations.
Acumatica CTO, Mike Chtchelkonogov spoke to the crowd about features coming soon to the product such as integrated business intelligence, simpler customization and integration, mobile application framework, Office 365 Integration, more streamlined implementation, and overall more functionality out of the box. The company’s development team has significantly increased in size and has built up a lot of momentum over the last year. Testing processes have become much more efficient – reducing bugs and speeding up development time.
The Acumatica team is also focusing on continuing the progress they’ve already made in Acumatica University – the partner training program dedicated to establishing a strong community of salespeople, implementers, and developers.
We had the pleasure of sitting through a fantastic live demonstration of an Acumatica eCommerce tool. “CurveCommerce has partnered with Acumatica to deliver a fully integrated ERP and eCommerce Platform. The CurveCommerce System incorporates all of the flexibility and functionality of Magento® eCommerce software with time-tested usability and state of the art marketing techniques. The result is a user-friendly website framework which generates superior sales performance and outstanding conversion rates while seamlessly passing information quickly and securely between Acumatica and the website.”
Retail Management System with Acumatica
Another application we got to see in action was FusionRMS. Like many of the ISV products, this RMS seemlessly integrates with Acumatica. That is, a user will never even see where Acumatica ends and the ISV product begins. The client installed POS does have a different feel, but is said to be redesigned to fit the Acumatica style in the future. “Fusion Integrated Software application suite includes retail applications: point of sale, customer service, call center, scheduling, etc. Restaurant applications address the need of both counter sales as well as sit down dining. Wholesale / distribution applications include high volume order entry and warehouse management complete with Fedex / UPS integration.”
Services Management Module for Acumatica
We were blown away by the functionality of this application. It was good to see that it was fully embedded in the Acumatica UI. M5 also shared with us their SCRUM development process.
“M5 software brings over 20 years in accounting and ERP software implementation and customization, IT consulting and development. The backgrounds of M5 Software key staff include Industrial Engineers, CPAs, CMAs, Senior Developers and Consultants.
This depth of management and operations knowledge, coupled with software-implementation expertise, results in the best-practices approach to give your business a real top-quality and versatile solution.”
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Assessing effects of forecasted climate change on the diversity and distribution of European higher plants for 2050 M . B A K K E N E S , J . R . M . A L K E M A D E , F . I H L E , R . L E E M A N S a n d J . B . L A T O U R National Institute of Public Health and Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands Abstract The rapidly increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases may lead to significant changes in regional and seasonal climate patterns. Such changes can strongly influence the diversity and distribution of species and, therefore, affect ecosystems and biodiversity. To assess these changes we developed a model, called EUROMOVE. The model uses climate data from 1990 to 2050 as compiled from the IMAGE 2 model, and determines climate envelopes for about 1400 plant species by multiple logistic regression analysis. The climate envelopes were applied to the projected climate to obtain predictions about plant diversity and distributions by 2050. For each European grid cell, EUROMOVE calcu- lates which species would still occur in forecasted future climate conditions and which not. The results show major changes in biodiversity by 2050. On average, 32% of the European plant species that were present in a cell in 1990 would disappear from that cell. The area, in which 32% or more of the 1990 species will disappear, takes up 44% of the modelled European area. Individual responses of the plant species to the forecasted climate change were diverse. In reviewing possible future trends, we found that plant species, in general, would find their current climate envelopes further northeast by 2050, shifting ranges that were comparable with those ranges in other studies. Keywords: biodiversity, climate change, Kappa statistic, multiple logistic regression Received 3 July 2001 revised version received and accepted 19 August 2001 Introduction The increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases could lead to significant changes in regional and seasonal climatic patterns (Houghton et al. 1996). Because of the major influence of climate on the distribution of plant species and vegetation types from continental to regional scale (Holdridge 1947 Walter 1979 Woodward 1987 Huntley 1999), we expect that climate change will alter plant distribution considerably, and could strongly influence the diversity of ecosystems and species (IGBP 1988 Smith et al. 1993 Watson et al. 1996). Consequently, climate change may affect various properties of natural ecosystems, such as biodiversity (Leemans & Halpin 1992) and ecosystem stability (Mooney 1997). Palaeobotanical studies (e.g. Davis & Botkin 1985 Prentice 1986 Huntley 1990 Prentice et al. 1991), simulation studies (e.g. Cramer & Leemans 1991), and observations and experiments (e.g. Hattenschwiler et al. 1996 Parmesan 1996 Molau & Alatalo 1998 Parmesan et al. 1999) also indicate climate- induced changes in ecosystems. The cost and difficulty of detesting climate-induced changes in the coming decades (Watson et al. 1996) make use of alternative ways to assess impacts of current and future climate change a valuable guide to observational work. Various methods and models can assess effects of cli- mate change on biodiversity (e.g. Peters & Lovejoy 1992). However, in many studies, changes are not quantified and spatially oriented over larger (regional) areas, or are only based on climate correlations with species counts, so that a change in local species composition cannot be assessed (e.g. O'Brien et al. 1998). Our study aimed at a geographically explicit quantification of the possible effects of forecasted climate change on the diver- sity of the European flora. Biodiversity or biological di- versity refers to variety within the living world. The term biodiversity is commonly used to describe the number, Global Change Biology (2002) 8, 390��407 390 �� 2002 Blackwell Science Ltd Correspondence: Michel Bakkenes, fax ��3130 27444 19, e-mail Michel.Bakkenes@rivm.nl
variety, and variability of living organisms. Biodiversity is usually defined in terms of genes, species, and ecosys- tems, corresponding to three fundamental and hierarch- ically related levels of biological organisations. As biodiversity can be species-dependent, we developed a species-based probabilistic model, called `euromove'. In euromove, occurrences of plant species with a known European distribution (Jalas & Suominen 1972��94) are correlated with climate data from the image 2 model (Alcamo 1994) using multiple logistic regression. The euromove calculations resulted in climate envelopes for nearly 1400 plant species. Euromove integrates calcu- lated regression equations to analyse the effects of cli- mate change on the European flora. With euromove, response curves and maps can be drawn for plant species diversity and species distributions for various climate scenarios. Climate envelopes, describing ranges of climate vari- ables over which species can occur, are derived from the niche theory of Hutchinson (1957). Many important stud- ies using climate envelopes have been carried out (e.g. Ellenberg 1974 Box 1981). Although climate envelopes of species have been analysed experimentally and mechan- istically, such analyses are not feasible for species grow- ing in natural environments (Sykes & Prentice 1995). Instead, climate envelopes based on empirical correlation between plant species distribution and climate variables have no such practical limitations (e.g. Woodward 1987 Woodward & Williams 1987 Booth et al. 1988 Huntley et al. 1995 Carey 1996). We assume that climate deter- mines the large-scale patterns in physiognomy and po- tential species distribution. Other factors, such as soil characteristics, are important as well, but they influence plant distribution on smaller (i.e. more local) scales. The ecophysiologically relevant variables that we applied to our study were all available in the output of the image 2 model (Alcamo 1994). By using principal component analyses and correlations between the vari- ables, we grouped highly correlated variables, and selected from each group one explanatory variable. Al- together, the resulting variables are assumed to reflect the main controlling factors on plant distribution. As a result, intercorrelative effects between initial explanatory vari- ables were reduced, thereby preventing overfitting. In our study we used observed climate for 1990 and simulated climate for 2050. By applying the climate en- velopes to the forecasted climate in 2050, resulting from scenario calculations from image 2, we were able to ana- lyse climate-induced changes in the diversity of the European flora. Large-scale patterns in species diversity vary geographically (Walter 1979 Grabherr & Kojima 1993 O'Brien et al. 1998). Hence, species diversity as such is not a measure of a region's biological importance the number of species in some regions would simply be low in accordance with their natural environment. However, relative changes in species diversity give in- sight into the vulnerability of a region with respect to climate change. Assessing the change of species diversity in a changing climate on a regional scale can identify vulnerable areas. This may, in turn, stimulate the arising awareness of the impact of climate change and, further- more, allow specific mitigation measures to be planned and implemented. Materials and methods Climate data We derived the calculated present and future climate data from Alcamo's image 2 model (1994). Image 2 pre- sent climate data are derived from an updated version of the IIASA climate database on a global terrestrial grid (Leemans & Cramer 1991). This climate database in- cludes measured values at an array of weather stations for the climatic-normal period of 1931��60. It is interpol- ated onto a grid with a resolution of 0.5 longitude by 0.5 latitude. Image 2 calculated future climate data for 2050 based on a simulation of the Conventional Wisdom Scenario (Alcamo 1994 pages 39��68) by calculating annual temperature and precipitation changes in latitu- dinal belts. These changes are interpolated towards the terrestrial grid by overlaying the normal climate with a scaled climate change based on the longitudinal patterns of a 3-dimensional climate model. This is a common approach in climate change impact assessments (Carter et al. 1994). The Conventional Wisdom Scenario makes conventional assumptions about future demographic, economic, and technical driving forces. It is a reference scenario, and makes no assumptions about climate- related policies. Input data for the main driving forces are based partly on the assumptions of the IS92a scenario for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 1992). The climate sensitivity (global mean tem- perature increase for doubled CO2 conditions) of the model is 2.3 C, which is at the lower end of the IPCC range of 1.5��4.5 C (Houghton et al. 1996). The actual temperature increase used for this study is 1.8 C in 2050, with greenhouse gas concentrations of 513 ppmv, 2.8 ppbv, and 376ppbv for carbon dioxide (CO2), me- thane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), respectively. The resulting CO2-equivalent concentration is 575 ppmv. Climate can be described by numerous climate vari- ables. Woodward (1987) and Prentice et al. (1992) used various approaches to select ecologically relevant cli- mate variables. The variables should, at least, reflect summer and winter temperatures, and a measure for the available moisture, which are regarded as the main controlling factors for plant distribution (Holdridge 1947 �� 2002 Blackwell Science Ltd, Global Change Biology, 8, 390��407 E F F E C T S O F C L I M A T E C H A N G E O N E U R O P E A N H I G H E R P L A N T S 391
Holten 1990 Leemans & Cramer 1991). In various species-based studies, growing degree-days or effective temperature sums (Flannigan & Woodward 1994 Beerling et al. 1995 Huntley 1995 Sykes & Prentice 1995) or mean temperature of the warmest month (Malanson et al. 1992 Jefree & Jefree 1996) indicates warmth. Cold is reflected by the mean temperature of the coldest month (Malanson et al. 1992 Beerling et al. 1995 Huntley 1995 Sykes & Prentice 1995 Jefree & Jefree 1996), and moisture is indicated by annual precipitation (Fernandez-Palacios 1992 Malanson et al. 1992 Flannigan & Woodward 1994) or the ratio of actual to potential evapotranspiration (`Priestley & Taylor 1972 equation', used in Beerling et al. 1995 Huntley 1995 Sykes & Prentice 1995). The Image 2 dataset (Alcamo 1994) includes 13 climate variables as discussed below (see also Table 1), which we considered for regression analyses. The mean tempera- tures of the coldest (TCM) and warmest (TWM) months are directly selected from the array of monthly tempera- ture values. The effective temperature sums (ETS0 and ETS5) are the summations of quasi-daily values above the respective temperature thresholds of 0 C and 5 C, respectively. These quasi-daily values are obtained by adopting a spline��interpolation approach using the monthly mean temperature values. Annual precipitation (AP) is the sum of monthly precipitation values. The annual potential evapotranspiration (APE) is the summa- tion of quasi-daily values for temperature and cloudiness used together with a few parameters for vegetation prop- erties and latitude (Priestley & Taylor 1972). Actual eva- potranspiration is calculated using a simple bucket model for soil moisture dynamics. The annual actual evapotranspiration (AAE) is the sum of daily values, and is always less than the potential evapotranspir- ation. The alpha moisture index (AMI) is simply the ratio between actual and potential evapotranspiration. A value of 1 means a soil profile that is always moist. Lower values denote climates with a more distinct dry season. The details and rationales of the algorithms used to calculate the moisture balance are described by Prentice et al. (1992). The annual runoff (AR) is defined by the sum of the daily precipitation surplus values that cannot percolate into the soil bucket. The start of the growing season (SGS) is the (derived) Julian day on which the temperature increases above 5 C and when precipitation equals half the potential evapotranspira- tion. The growing season is defined according to the FAO definition that is, the period with adequate mois- ture and temperatures for plant growth based on the daily sequence of precipitation, temperature, and soil moisture (Leemans & van den Born 1994). The growing season ends when soil moisture drops below wilting point or temperatures become too low. The length of the growing season (LGS) is the number of days in between. Mean growing season temperatures (MGST0 and MGST5) are the average temperatures during the grow- ing season above 0 C and 5 C, respectively. Data on plant species distribution and data connection In the Atlas Florae Europaeae (afe) (Jalas & Suominen 1972��94), presence��absence data for (utm) grid cells of, on average, approximately 50sq. km depending on their longitude and latitude coordinates are given for 2432 relatively early evolutionary higher plant (sub) species (up to Cruciferae). These distribution maps have been digitised at the Botanical Museum of Helsinki (Lahti pers. comm. Ascroft pers. comm.). The distribution of all afe (Fig. 1) species shows plant diversity to vary geographically due to not only climatic stresses, such as drought and cold, but apparently also poor data col- lections (eastern Russia). Nevertheless, we assumed the afe data, collected by different individuals throughout Table 1 Climate variables with units and abbreviations as used in this study Climate variable Units Abbreviation Used in study 1. Temperature of the coldest month C TCM X 2. Effective temperature sum above 0 C degree-days ETS0 3. Effective temperature sum above 5 C degree-days ETS5 X 4. Temperature of the warmest month C TWM 5. Alpha moisture index �� AMI X 6. Annual precipitation mm AP X 7. Annual potential evapotranspiration mm APE 8. Annual actual evapotranspiration mm AAE 9. Length of growing season # days LGS X 10. Start of growing season Julian day SGS 11. Mean growing season temperature above 0 C 0 C MGST0 12. Mean growing season temperature above 5 C 5 C MGST5 X 13. Annual runoff mm AR �� 2002 Blackwell Science Ltd, Global Change Biology, 8, 390��407 392 M . B A K K E N E S et al.
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Getting Goosebumps: The Power of Storytelling
The Craft that is Comedy with James Acaster | #44
July 28, 2016
Ph.Creative | Digital Marketing Agency
On this weeks episode of Getting Goosebumps, I am joined by Stand-Up Comedian James Acaster. James has been a comedian for the last 8 years and has appeared on Mock the Week, Live at The Apollo & Russel Howard’s Good News! He gives insights into the world of comedy that is far removed from the world of business.
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Via Mazzini 25, 28838 Stresa, Italy
Tel: +39 32 330 235
Stresa is a very scenic town along Lake Maggiore in the lake district of Northern Italy. The two lakes (Orta and Maggiore) are actually very close, but are separated by the Mottarone mountain and we needed to 30 minute drive from Orta San Giulio where we were staying, up north and around the mountain before coming back south along Lake Maggiore to Stresa. The two lakes couldn't be more different. Orta gives the sense of quiet serenity, with its still lake and the monastery of silence being the stark centerpiece. Maggiore on the other land, is significantly larger and is teeming with tourists. There are many small towns lining the lakeside of Maggiore, and the areas near and including Stresa have large hotel properties. Hence, large tour buses and long lines of tourists are not uncommon during holiday season. In many ways, Maggiore is similar to Como.
We had planned to eat at a pizzaria which was recommended by someone in Chowhound, but unfortunately, it was closed that day. Our second choice, a seafood restaurant 10 minutes drive south of Stresa, was also closed (it was a Tuesday but unusually many restaurants were closed). So we drove back into town, walked around a bit and ended up in a small but rather serious looking restaurant called Ristorante Piemontese which is located at the centre of town.
The restaurant specializes (which we could gather also from its name) in Piedmontese cuisine and looked like it could be a rather formal dining place at night. But in the day it was relatively quiet with only 2 other tables of elderly Italian and American couples having their lunches (there are a lot of elderly tourists in Stresa - we felt absolutely juvenile in contrast). There was only one server (and he was always in the kitchen) so service was a bit slow but we felt like a laid-back lunch anyway so weren't too bothered.
They had a good wine list concentrated in the Piedmontese wines like the Barolos, Barbarescos and the lesser varietals, but it seemed rather expensive for a small town (albeit tourist town). We decided to have a glass of Barolo each instead of having an entire bottle (big dinner that night).
The menu was very traditional and there wasn't anything innovative or unusual, which suited us since we just wanted some familiar Piedmontese dishes. We started with the Vitello Tonnato, which was prepared in a much simpler manner that the one we had at dinner the previous night at Il Sole di Ranco. In truth, we preferred the simpler version at this restaurant compared to the more elaborate one at the 1 Michelin star restaurant.
Our next dish was an old favourite, the ravioli del plin (hand-folded small ravioli made with homemade pasta and stuffed with meat, usually veal), a regional speciality. You don't get plin anywhere else as good as you get in Piedmont. It was as good as we remembered it.
We also had the gnocchi with hazelnut which was also brilliant. This was potato dumplings with lots of cheese and ground hazelnuts which added a layer of complexity to the otherwise creamy and cheesy pasta.
Dessert was a warm chocolate cake which was very nice (albeit unspectacular).
Final Thoughts: Not a destination restaurant but decent choice if looking for traditional Piedmontese fare while in Stresa and not wanting to eat at the more casual pizzerias. Food was reasonably good though its more formal setting is reflected in its relatively high prices.
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Microsoft has informed event planners and third-party developers that it is planning a one hour-long press event for Gamescom this August, something Microsoft has never done before
“We’re excited to be back at Gamescom this year but we’re not announcing any further details on our plans at this time. Please stay tuned for more details!” Those were the words of a Microsoft spokesperson, and while that isn’t much to go on from that, CVG has reported that several developers may already be informed about Microsoft’s upcoming Gamescom press event, and that we will find out about it shortly.
While it is unclear if a date, or even a schedule of the event has been decided upon, the one hour press conference will be something out of the ordinary: Microsoft has never held such an event at Gamescom before. It is a clear indication that Microsoft is trying to strengthen its European market. The announcement follows a series of setbacks and surprising decisions following the disastrous Xbox One reveal at E3. It was little over two weeks ago that Microsoft did a 180 on its supposedly unchangeable DRM and online-requirement policies for the Xbox One, and just last Monday, Xbox chief Don Mattrick left the company to work for Zynga.
The Xbox One: Getting Xbox chiefs to leave for Zynga since 2013
Perhaps the press conference then, is Microsoft’s last and best chance of saving the Xbox One: Europe is a major battleground for the console war, and both Microsoft and Sony have labeled it as a heightened priority zone. Microsoft will do well on its home turf in America, and the same can be said for Sony in Japan. Who wins Europe is the big question, and Microsoft will likely be using the press event to re-adress some of the key appeals of their new console and get Europeans excited about it.
To help Microsoft win Europe, the Xbox team secured Phil Harrison back in 2012 as vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business. Harrison “will not only lead the Microsoft Studios European organisation directly, but will also influence the broader performance of IEB’s European business through strategic partnerships and by bringing culturally relevant entertainment experiences to Microsoft platforms, now and in the future,” said Microsoft at the time. Sony meanwhile, is approaching Europe aggressively, stating earlier this year that they will do whatever it takes to ensure there is no PS4 delay in Europe.
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Most of us know our local commercial farmers markets, the type that have an established retail location, the ones you can find in the yellow pages, but what about the ones that are gatherings of smaller sellers? The ones that bring their produce to town for sale one day a week? Those don't normally...
Here's my dirty little secret; I've been doing that all summer. To look at me no one would say I have a weight problem, but thanks to sports injuries and other medical issues this summer, I've been sidelined from my normal active lifestyle. Sprawling on the chaise lounge and reading instead...
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Decker ThicknerThe drum of Decker Thickner is installed eccentric to the vat radius, with more clearance on the feed side than on the discharge side. The drum rotates in the direction of the incoming feed, carrying the pulp underneath the drum to a compaction zone on the other side where dewatering occurs. Filtrate passes through the perforated deck and is discharged through the open end of the drum and an outlet connection on the vat head. The liquid level inside the drum is lower than the level in the vat outside the drum, creating a static pressure differential that drives filtration. Pulp discharge consistency can be regulated by removing or adding stainless steel weirs to the overflow wall between the filter vat and the pulp discharge box. By regulating the same, Pulp is being made thicken for easy storage in chest.
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Microsoft, NYPD Unveil $40 Million Counterterrorism Database System
- By Chris Paoli
- August 09, 2012
Microsoft has partnered with the New York Police Department (NYPD) to develop a crime prevention and counterterrorism solution called Domain Awareness System (DAS).
The Microsoft-developed DAS, estimated to have cost $40 million to develop, was finalized by Microsoft last October and unveiled Wednesday at a press conference in New York City. The city eventually plans to sell the DAS technology to other U.S. cities and allied countries, with Microsoft receiving 30 percent of all sale revenues. Microsoft officials said this is the first time that Microsoft is sharing overall revenue from a public-sector venture.
DAS is designed to alert law enforcement when a suspicious package or vehicle is located in the city. Any collected information on a suspect, suspicious package or vehicle will be instantly available to law enforcement, along with the geographic and chronological context, according to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly.
"By providing real-time analytics and improved situational awareness for the men and women on the front lines of counterterrorism and crime prevention, this new system can help further enhance public safety outcomes for New Yorkers," said Rahul Merchant, commissioner of the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, in a prepared statement.
DAS aggregates and analyzes public safety data using information from law enforcement databases, cameras, license-plate readers and sensors. For New York City, the system will tap data collected from an estimated 3,000 closed-circuit video cameras, plus 911 calls and police records.
According to New York City public security guidelines, DAS can be used only in public areas and in instances where legal privacy protections don't apply. However, the always-on monitoring feature of the system is already coming under fire by critics.
"We fully support the police using technology to combat crime and terrorism, but law-abiding New Yorkers should not end up in a police database every time they walk their dog, go to the doctor or drive around Manhattan," said Christopher Dunn, associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in a statement. "The NYPD's massive surveillance systems should have strict privacy protections and independent oversight."
Addressing such claims, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at the press conference that a goal of the system is to protect the civil liberties of the public, and said that any nonpertinent surveillance footage collected can only be held for 30 days before deletion.
"Microsoft is honored to partner with the NYPD to provide these important public safety capabilities to other jurisdictions," said Kathleen Hogan, corporate vice president of Microsoft Services. "The NYPD is a respected leader and is continually innovating to help ensure the safety of New York's citizens. It is a privilege to support its work with our technology and professional services."
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If you’re going through puberty you’ve probably noticed a few changes in your body, like growing breasts and hips.
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For one thing, there may be pubic hair there now – hair that is thicker and coarser than the rest of the hair on your body. And you may have noticed a small amount of vaginal discharge – a clear or creamy liquid with a very slight smell. Don’t worry, this is all totally normal and something every girl experiences. And while these changes may seem strange, they’re happening for positive reasons. Pubic hair reduces friction, so that your intimate skin doesn’t become irritated, while discharge is your body’s way of keeping your cervix clean and your vagina moist, which helps prevent infection.
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The vagina is self-cleansing so there’s no need to wash inside it (known as ‘douching’). In fact, this can lead to conditions like thrush or bacterial vaginosis, so avoid doing this. You may also find that perfumed soaps, shower gels and bubble baths make your vagina sore, so use an unperfumed soap or an intimate wash like Nana Purifying Intimate Wash Gel.
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Lawton_A new exhibit at the Museum of the Great Plains is celebrating Black History Month in Lawton-Fort Sill. "Composed Portraits, Defining African-American Citizenship" features photographs from the early 1900s. The museum Curator believes the photos were taken in Lawton and feature Lawtonians of the time. However, the photos are a mystery - no one knows who those in the pictures really are.
About thirty years ago a Lawton couple found some dusty old boxes in their attic. Upon further inspection, they found many glass plate negatives, and research at the courthouse revealed the owner of the negatives to be Ogle H. McCoy - a Lawton photographer. The photographer no longer lives in Lawton, so there's no way of knowing who the special people honored in the exhibit are.
Many of the photos remain undated and unnamed. But, each picture chosen shows a struggle that has contributed to America's growth as a nation and honors Black History Month.
Dr. Sarah Janda was asked to contribute to the narrative of the exhibit. She says there were thousands of the negatives, and it took time to select the right ones. But the hardest part, she says, was writing captions about individuals that no one knew anything about. "It's challenging because we don't know anything about the people in the photos," she says. "We roughly know when the photos were taken...you don't want to speculate too much."
Those who walk through the exhibit say it's hard to choose a favorite. Albert Johnson says they're all great, he came because he says it's important for people to learn about this transformation. "We have been here since the beginning of America," says Johnson. "At one time we were not a part of history - but, now we are." He says he's thrilled to hear the exhibit will be on display for the next two months.
Janda says these photographs represent the hopes and dreams of those whose every day life was a fight. During the 1920s, rigid segregation was part of day to day life in Lawton, as all over the US. These photos and this exhibit have found a way to create a historical record of the African American effort to become recognized as equal citizens in America, and honored for instrumental contributions that have shaped our country.
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After looking at Companies and Products; Business Opportunity, Compensation and Extras are the next three categories to compare before you make the leap from one Network Marketing company to another. Here are some questions you should answer that will make the finer points stand out:
It is common knowledge that only a small percentage of consultants/distributors will make it “to the top” of a compensation plan. Does the company reward heavily for entry level consultants? Do they make it easy to conduct business with tools available? Are consultants required to pay additionally for the corporate website by which to conduct business transactions and provide information to their customers? Are the distributors given freedom to market without pressure or very limiting restrictions? Is the business opportunity sustainable in all economic climates? Can it be shared and duplicated by all? Are you required to make a large financial purchase of a starter kit? Are there samples available to share with prospective clients that are easy to distribute, and easy for samplers to use?
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Is the sale more important than the relationship? Is there an emphasis on customer service? Is there emotional hype in meetings, trainings, and conference calls? Are those who are sponsoring supportive and willing to work along side and mentor new consultants? Are the leaders talking more about their vacations and their “stuff”, thinking it will motivate the lower levels to work harder, or are they sharing tips and advice that will help you grow your business in a realistic way? Do the leaders of the company and of the group you are joining within the company have a reputation for honesty, integrity, humility, intelligence, conducting themselves in such a way as to earn the respect of colleagues and consumers? Do they use fear or scare tactics in their sales presentations, or bring out the benefits of the products to the potential customer? How well do they care about the customer and the consultant? Do they respond to inquiries and requests in a timely manner? Do they enjoy what they are doing, and are they able to identify and bring out the potential in those around them?
These are all questions that need to be answered, and evaluated when you are looking to change companies.
I hope this helps you make the right decision, the wise decision, for you!
The last thing to ask is: If you were to start all over in another company, will you be able to do so if you could not bring anyone from your existing company with you, and could you walk away without looking back?
If you answered “Yes”, then you are ready to move. If “no”, then you are not!
I answered “YES” to a new opportunity and as difficult as it was to start completely over, it was a clean slate and I looked at it as a way to make so many more new friends! Only you can answer these questions in make the decision whether to stay or go. If you do stay, after doing the above comparison, you should be ready to move ahead with a renewed motivation. If you decide to move on to a new company, you should be filled with excitement for your new beginning. Your future should be bright whatever you decide!
Thanks for stopping by and best wishes for success!
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Days to next Series collection: 0 days to Sept 07 Series 4
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1 May 2005
You were who again?
It's fun to introduce oneself as a blogger for Power Line at events like this. In the various "day jobs" I've held, the reaction when I introduce and identify myself is pretty uniform a reasonably respectful acknowledgment. As a blogger, by contrast, I almost invariably receive one of two reactions, glowing praise or a look of total incomprehension.
Myself, I'm working on somehow fusing the two.
We do it differently
The fall of Saigon propelled thousands of Vietnamese out of their homeland and into the States as refugees, and quite a few found themselves in and around Oklahoma City, sponsored by local citizens or by area charities. And once here, they went to work, partly because the sponsors gave them encouragement, but mostly because, well, that's what they do.
At least, that's what I've always believed. The Oklahoman has been running stories on the Vietnamese in Oklahoma for the past few days, and from this Friday article, something jumped out at me:
Refugees themselves bragged about their quick path to self-sufficiency. On the 10th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the Vietnamese American Association of Oklahoma City reported that only 15.6 percent of Indochinese refugees in Oklahoma remained dependent on public assistance after 18 months here. The comparable rate in California at the time was about 80 percent.
Were the refugees in California somehow different from the refugees in Oklahoma? I don't have any reason to think so. Which means that the reason the Oklahoma refugees did so much better, most likely, was the relatively low level of benefits present-day progressives would presumably call it "stingy" provided at that time in Oklahoma.
Last summer I wrote about Oklahoma City's Asian District, and quoted local real-estate magnate Tom Waken, whose offices are in the District, as follows:
The Asian business people staked out Classen Blvd. in 1975.... they are responsible for bringing Classen from a dying area to a place where business is thriving and property owners and business owners are paying more taxes into the city's treasury than they were previously.
Which is the sort of thing that works, even in California.
Loud but never square
Still, my mind drew a blank upon encountering the phrase "ear threads", even though its meaning should be sort of obvious.
So much for my delusions of fashionista-hood.
Ten out of ten for style
With the singular exception of I Capture the Castle, no motion picture has ever caused me more apprehension than has The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and recent fanboy condemnation hadn't made me feel any better about it.
So I betook myself to Tinseltown this afternoon for the first showing of what I refuse to call H2G2, and I'm pleased to report that it stands up pretty well. I didn't want a straight transcription of the book, or of the radio series, which is where I learned all this stuff; what I wanted was about two hours of visuals that did justice to Douglas Adams' wordplay, and mostly that's what I got, though a few catchphrases I might have liked to have heard once more were conspicuous by their absence. The film departs from Adams' original premise in a couple of small ways and in one large one: the character of Trillian, relatively insignificant before, has been redeveloped into someone sufficiently real to provide some sort of motivation for the otherwise-phlegmatic Arthur Dent. By holy Zarquon's singing fish, he might actually be in love with her, and Zooey Deschanel makes it believable, even as she makes you wonder what, other than a source of entertainment, she ever saw in Zaphod Beeblebrox. Trufans, of course, are supposed to hate this sort of sentimental rubbish.
And there are a few disappointments: the clash between Arthur and the bulldozers isn't as frenetic as I might have hoped, and the Magratheans are given relatively short shrift. But I was quite thrilled with Slartibartfast's factory tour, and Vogon poetry is every bit as bad as I remembered it. If you can think of fifty things that you loved about any earlier version of Hitchhiker's, this new film will deliver on 42 of them.
2 May 2005
Does two make a trend?
Earlier this year, I wrote about the Green-walled Garden Club of Frederick, Maryland, which issued a cookbook as a fundraiser in which the recipe sections were set off by photographs of club members, 55 and up, in "varying degrees of undress." (It's still available here.)
Now a California group is doing likewise. Making It with the Canyon Ladies is a fundraiser for the Colman Museum in Centerville, outside Chico. Each of the Canyon Ladies, ranging from fortysomething to eightysomething, poses with an artifact from the Museum.
Did Calendar Girls really start all this? And, more important, do I need another cookbook?
It wasn't even in the catalog
Two buyout firms Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus LLC will acquire the Dallas-based Neiman Marcus department-store chain for $100 a share, about $5.1 billion.
Neiman operates 37 full-line stores, 35 under its own name; the firm also owns two Bergdorf Goodman stores in New York (who knew Bergdorf's was still around?), the Last Call clearance outlets, and mail-order house The Horchow Collection.
The success of Neiman Marcus, say analysts, is due to its continued emphasis on high-end products: there is no push to expand to the "near-luxury" market. Neiman's average customer is a woman 45 to 65 with a median annual income of $285,000.
Neiman Marcus operates (of course) zero stores in Oklahoma.
Not that this helps me, particularly
According to this essay on craigslist, there are fifteen reasons why geeky and/or nerdish guys make great boyfriends. One of these, apparently, is fidelity of a sort:
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Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go run Defrag.
(Via the eminently-sane Chris Lawrence.)
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[A] record written by a white Englishman imitating Native Americans as portrayed by white Americans and made famous by a Dane with a vaguely Hawaiian sound, arranged by a Canadian, became the biggest record in black New York.
Not to mention a British B-side that overtook its flip to sell a million, and the influence of this tune on American surf music.
And that's just the first half-century of Jerry Lordan's "Apache," recorded by everyone from the Ventures to Stan "Hot Butter" Free, lately a source of hip-hop beats. Even the third-worst musician in the world I have reference to me once recorded a version, circa 1976, with my stolid yet fumbling organ work overlaying Free's rhythm bed from four years earlier. (The tape box containing the stereo mixdown of the four-track original has been hermetically sealed and abandoned on Funk and Wagnalls' porch.)
The same article is up at soul sides, complete with sources. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some records to spin.
(Via Jesse Walker at Hit and Run.)
Am I down with G.O.P.?
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3 May 2005
It takes three hands to handle
A fifteen-pound hamburger? In Clearfield, Pennsylvania, you betcha:
Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, which lost its crown as the home of the world's biggest burger earlier this year, is now offering a new burger that weighs a whopping 15 pounds.
Dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, the burger comes with 10.5 pounds of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, three tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half each of mayonnaise, relish, ketchup, mustard and banana peppers and a bun.
It costs $30.
Um, hold the mayo.
There may have been a time when I might have tried to polish off one of those. But there's never been a time when I would have succeeded; I might go through 10½ pounds of ground beef in a month, maybe.
(Via Vinny Ferrari, who also isn't buying.)
Brussels being Brussels, a 10-point directive on the proper use of the [European Commission office's] sauna was sent to the assorted Eurocrats, the Telegraph wrote: "Nudity is de rigueur, according to the commission's infrastructure office, but bravado is not. 'Reckless competition about who stands heat best is out of the question. Leave your clothes in the dressing room nakedness is natural,' the code tells its 18 male and seven female commissioners." The facility is mixed, but limited to commissioners, heads of cabinet and VVIPs.
I am, of course, a NVIPAA (Not Very Important Person At All), but I'm thinking that wardrobe considerations in a sauna are just about enough to peg the Futility Meter; it's rather disheartening to see allegedly-sophisticated Europeans (who, after all, aren't Americans and therefore are supposed to have cultural values that extend beyond McDonald's and the Hummer) having to be told to doff their duds at 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
And, as Ford Prefect reminds us, it's useful to know where your towel is.
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It's rather a long distance 22 miles between the west end of the Turner Turnpike at I-35 in north Oklahoma City and the next gate, in Wellston.
Construction will begin next year on a new gate that splits the distance, to be built on Hogback Road, which passes under the Turner east of the Indian Meridian south of NE 164th Street.
Still undetermined is the amount of toll to be charged; for passenger cars, the 22-mile stretch to Wellston costs a buck, minus a nickel if you use PikePass.
Pajamas in Walden
The Blog of Henry David Thoreau turns out to be fragments of Thoreau's actual journal, ordered by date if not necessarily by year.
Of course, I had to see this to see if it was running Movable Forts and Magazines v.1.0.
(Via Reflections in d minor, and I'm sure Thoreau didn't wear pajamas, but bear with me here.)
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4 May 2005
A handful of woolyboogers
Based on the events of the last week or so, I have to conclude that Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin thinks the quickest road to the Governor's Mansion is to paint the Senate as a bunch of do-nothings.
Which, most of the time, they are. The Democrats' powder-taking, reminiscent of the way their Texas counterparts fled quorum calls during the redistricting dust-up in Austin, might be characterized as a tad juvenile. The spectacle of the Republicans doing the same was comparably silly. But the Democrats do have one thing on their side: they can point to Mary Fallin and say "Well, she started it." The state GOP is asking the state Supreme Court just what power Fallin actually has; they could have saved themselves a trip by asking Mike Morgan.
Oh, the pertinent Constitutional passage?
The Senate shall, at the beginning of each regular session and at such other times as may be necessary, elect one of its members President pro tempore, who shall preside over its deliberations in the absence or place of the Lieutenant Governor; and the Senate shall provide for all its standing committees and, by a majority vote, elect the members thereof.
Not the most precise wording, to be sure, but if the writers of the Constitution had intended that the Lieutenant Governor should always preside when present, it's reasonable to assume that they would have said so, rather than go through the trouble of requiring the Senate to elect a President pro tempore in the first place.
And frankly, I'm inclined to distrust anyone's bill when its proponents insist that it should pass without going through a conference committee, even though it didn't get out of committee in the house in which it was introduced.
Anyone for a nuclear option?
So long, Tony
The war in Iraq is not appreciably more popular in the United Kingdom than it is in the United States, and it's proving to be a worrisome issue for Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Tony is getting savaged over there over the war. And guess who has turned up to help him out in his election, to help him be re-elected over the objections of those who thought they were lied to?
The very same team that was helping to get John Kerry elected, muttering the whole time that Bush lied to get the country into a war.
That's right. The whole bunch of them: Bob Shrum, Stan Greenberg et al. The Democrats' A-Team.
So here they were in the U.S. saying Bush lied, but now there they are in Britain saying Tony didn't lie.
Of course, no one expects anything different from political consultants. And we know what to expect from Bob Shrum:
Shrum, you may remember, is the political consultant who quit the Carter campaign in 1976 because it wasn't enough like the McGovern campaign, which he had helped lose in 1972. Shrum went on to help Ted Kennedy lose in 1980. Then Dukakis in 1988. Then Al Gore in 2000.
And, in case you'd forgotten, John Kerry in 2004.
Expect the moving vans at Number 10.
The Treasury vacancy is filled
Governor Henry has appointed State Finance Director Scott Meacham to the State Treasurer slot, replacing Robert Butkin, who is leaving at the end of this month to become dean of the University of Tulsa law school. Butkin's term would otherwise have ended in 2006, at which time Meacham says he'll run for the office.
Budget Division Director Claudia San Pedro will take over as Finance Director.
High in WTF Factor
Integration today does not mean assimilation. Rather, it means a recognition of the value of a pluralistic society in which ideals are shared at the same time that different identities are values. They involve a recognition of the fact that integration does not describe the static demographic mix but rather involves a dynamic process of dialogue. This is a powerful and, to my mind, vital contribution to our society's understanding of diversity and I want to endorse it wholeheartedly.
Never mind "our society's understanding of diversity"; what happened to our society's understanding of English? I've read this paragraph three times and the most I can get out of it is "I like the pretty colors." Nothing wrong with that, particularly, but this guy writes like he's being paid by the buzzword.
Criminy. I got accepted at this place, back in the Jurassic period. Maybe I should consider myself fortunate to have wound up elsewhere.
(Via John Rosenberg, who can't make heads or tails of it either.)
Which is, of course, the square of the charge of the electron divided by the speed of light times Planck's constant.
And also the number of weeks we've had the Carnival of the Vanities, the 137th version of which is hosted by Fresh Politics. A week's worth of superior bloggage, just in case you missed it the first time around.
Telephone numbers that ten years ago were rendered as something like 555-2368 are now occasionally appearing with a dot instead of the dash: 555.2368. (This is even weirder-looking when the area code is included: 405.555.2368.) It's not a problem, though, since you don't dial the punctuation anyway.
Now comes a new wrinkle. A local property-management company is rendering in-between addresses in decimal form: they have, for instance, a 1-bedroom apartment, not at 221½ NW 36th Street (not its real street), but at 221.5. This could be troublesome, especially since the Postal Service has what it calls a "standard format" for just about every address to which it delivers, and the standard for this isn't 221.5, or even 221½, but "221 1/2". (Most of your automation systems don't support the ½ character, and the Postal Service loves automation systems: they make
When I lived in Charleston, South Carolina, there was a dealer in antiques at the east end of St. Michael's Alley, on the other side of 2. They duly reported their address as 0. The USPS can handle that, at least.
5 May 2005
Striking fear into the Fourteenth Floor
Kirk Kerkorian, last seen in Detroit complaining about the Daimler-Benz/Chrysler merger and how it had cost him mucho dollars, is now seeking to buy up to 9 percent of GM.
What are the chances that Kerkorian will sit back and clip coupons? Next to nil. I mean, this is the man who bought Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1969, sold it in 1986 (to Ted Turner), bought it back before the year was out, sold it again in 1990, bought it back once more in 1996, and finally unloaded it on Sony this year. Obviously GM is far larger than MGM ever was, but Kerkorian is not at all cowed by the General's sheer size. Rick Wagoner, GM chairman, must be wondering what he did to deserve this.
That E Pluribus stuff really works
Eastern Kentucky, like everywhere else, has its lazy good-for-nothings. It has criminals and unsophisticated unskilled workers and people who've never been more than 30 miles from home. But I've lived in Florida and New Jersey and Tennessee and Alabama. I've spent quite a bit of time in Manhattan. I've visited friends in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, California, Arizona and Indiana. I've been to pretty much every state east of the Mississippi and a lot west of it. Everywhere I've gone, there's the same array of folks. Manhattan is pretty different from Pine Lick, but someone who's never been outside of New York City can be just as parochial as someone who's never left their home county in Kentucky. It's not so much what your experience is, but the narrowness of it and the mindset that accompanies it that results in the Boss Hoggs of this world. And from what I've seen, there's more than a few Boss Hoggs in the Upper East Side.
Which reminds me: I have to start planning World Tour '05.
Leaders of the Oklahoma Senate have, for now, buried the hatchet: everyone showed up for a quorum call, Mary Fallin got one more chance with the gavel, and the stalled GOP workers'-comp bill was given one last reading, but wound up in the dustbin on a 26-22 vote against suspending the rules to give it further consideration. (By coincidence, the Democrat/Republican ratio in the Senate is 26:22.)
With this out of the way, perhaps the remaining bills on the subject can be turned into something resembling legislation. As for that hatchet, it may be buried, but you know they remember where they buried it.
They're no angels, either
Xrlq (rhymes with "strlq") notes that an Assemblyman from Orange County has introduced a bill to require a disclaimer by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to the effect that, well, they're not actually in Los Angeles, which is exactly the sort of consequence that logically follows from the adoption of the second-dumbest team name in recent history.
I am reasonably certain that 42nd and Treadmill will not be participating and will not be at all happy if I'm participating in No Pants Day tomorrow.
I don't think it will help if I send them this OU Daily editorial, either.
6 May 2005
Anyway, the day in question was Wednesday, on which I had (gasp!) fried chicken as the main course at dinnertime. And while I thought I was properly respectful I have learned, for instance, that it is advisable to at least wear something during the frying process I suspect that the proponents would have objected to this entrée no matter what steps I took.
Oh, well. I said all that to say all this: Matt Rosenberg wants your chicken recipes. He's already gotten one from me. Keep them simple and, if at all possible, respectful. If there are enough entries, there might even be a prize.
Meanwhile, this being the Friday before Mother's Day, I think I'll work up my mom's stock Friday offering: fish sticks, French fries, and Brussels sprouts.
At least there's only ten
Pass it on, as they say.
Is this even legal?
Somebody with more than $21,000 to spare is going to buy a Dream Date with Carmen Electra on eBay.
Well, someone 15 to 20 years old, anyway. (The lovely Ms Electra is thirty-three.) And, of course, 17-and-unders can't bid on eBay, but that's another issue entirely.
Meanwhile, I continue to fixate upon [fill in name of female blogger], whose price is far above rubies, let alone Carmen's.
Meanwhile, we get the Lincoln Zephyr
I don't know which of these is the most upsetting:
A chap on one of the message boards I read describes himself as a "card-carrying nudist."
Nothing wrong with that, but I really don't want to know where he carries the card.
7 May 2005
Because it sort of fits
Today being May 7th, it seems like a good time to exhume "220.127.116.11." by City Boy, a #27 hit in the late summer of '78 that sounds a little like ELO, a little like Queen, and more than a little like Mutt Lange had his hands on it, which he did.
(As always, MP3s evaporate before you know it.)
Down on the farm
One of the more reasonable objections to power production by wind turbine is "What if you get enough wind to blow down a turbine?"
Well, there wasn't that much wind yesterday 12 mph or so but a tower at an FPL Energy wind farm near Weatherford snapped: two-thirds of the structure came crashing to the ground. The turbine had been operating for only a week when it broke; officials are at a loss to explain how it happened. Power delivery was unaffected.
It's only a number
A friend of mine, a Ph.D. with specialties in psychology and statistics, once sat on a plane next to an older woman who had achieved a great deal and spoke proudly of her five grown children, who were all achievers on their own, holding advanced degrees and honored positions in their professions. The woman credited their success to home schooling.
My friend challenged her on that, saying that heredity must also have something to do with their success. "Yes," the woman replied. "It would if they hadn't all been adopted."
We expect so much from "intelligence," despite the fact that our very definitions of it are inconsistent, and even though the tools we have to "measure" it are questionable at best.
[M]ost people are born smart and ... we use the likes of IQ tests to pound populations of uniquely gifted individuals into bell curves.
IQ is a head trip. There's something misleading, even delusional, about it.
No doubt those who score well are smart. But average or low IQ scores are often meaningless, except to the degree that they fortify our belief that intelligence is a fixed value, like height or weight, and as easy to measure. The whole culture we've built around IQ tests serves to legitimize a creepy form of elitism. Worse, it substantiates our need to treat individuals always as members of populations. As typicalities. Nowhere is this more apparent, and obsolete, than in corporate org charts. Yes, hierachies are useful. But so are human beings that like working, and advancing, in companies that value their unique gifts.
And, of course, fitting people into those corporate org charts was the primary motivation for this sort of number-crunching in the first place: find suitably-elevated positions for the ostensibly "gifted," and provide subtle discouragement for those who didn't test well and whose dreams would inevitably be crushed.
This is not any kind of an argument for the abandonment of testing: in an era where no child is supposed to be left behind, there exists a perfectly-legitimate need for the evaluation of students. What we don't need: the compulsion to express those evaluations on a single scale, and the blithe assumption that the scale itself is anything more than a statistical abstraction.
The crankiest guy in movies
Giamatti shows up answering 20 Questions in Playboy this month the same issue in which I am proven, once again, to have predicted the Playmate of the Year wrongly and he sounds a little bit like me on some of these:
When I got that part [in Sideways] I thought, Who's going to believe Virginia Madsen would fall for me? But it was great that my looks weren't used as a gag, gimmick or joke. Hey, I could probably lose some weight and get my teeth fixed, but I don't want to.
Whom would you switch bodies and faces with?
What's your biggest concession to vanity?
Growing up, were you an irritable, misanthropic little kid?
I demur only on the "hottie glamour women": while I can imagine being Cameron Diaz for a day, a weekend, or whatever, I'm not so sure about Jessica Simpson (the loss of 60 IQ points), Paris Hilton (the possibility of spending long afternoons at the clinic) or Britney Spears (the thought of having to spend time with Kevin Federline).
Still, while obviously I don't have Giamatti's charm, his not-entirely-inexplicable appeal to the babes, or any discernible talent, we seem to be walking in similar shoes. And I definitely liked this bit:
I've done plenty of crud. I'm fine doing crud, but it's nice to be in some noncrud now.
Although noncrud, they tell me, is much, much preferable.
Let me roll it
I have no idea how long my blogroll is, and I'm not going to count all the entries thereupon to check. (BlogShares lists 181 under "All Outgoing Links," but this includes items that were linked in entries on the front page the last time they spidered the place.) I have no idea how many other blogs have me on their rolls, though I would guess somewhere around, oh, 181 or so.
And no, I don't use Blogrolling or any of those other
Which is by way of saying that I run this roll, not to score Brownie points with Technorati or to suck up to N. Z. Bear, but simply as a convenience to me. It contains some A-list names, yes, but it also contains a lot of blogs that don't have A-level audiences yet.
Aldahlia notes that some people find the very concept of blogrolls hurtful, and gives this notion the sort of scorn I think it deserves:
[I]f you honestly think that perma-linking other blogs "hurts" the blog-o-sphere, I can only assume that you are the Athena of the blogging Universe. That you popped out of some server's head, fully-formed, with a worshipping audience ready to comment on your brilliance. Aren't you just special?
The rest of us, however, have to build an audience. And, links are how you do that. And, when I find something new and promising, or someone that I can't believe I missed all this time, or just something cool in general, I'm gonna link them. Because they deserve it.
And, I don't think this call for the withdrawal of blogrolls has anything to do with preventing psychic pain in the world-o-bloggers.
It sounds a whole lot more like, "Well, if I can't play the Pirate Captain, then I'm gonna take my toys and go home. The rest of y'all can just walk the plank."
Why in the world would anyone think something like that?
The general theory is that "I'm not being taken seriously."
"I only have 500, 1000, 2500, etc, hits a day, and that guy gets 50,000 a day for posting material that isn't even any good or fresh or anything, and it's not fair."
God forbid there should be a Committee for Fairness to Bloggers. (Why, someone would put up a Blogspot blog just to fisk its findings.)
I never made the January issue of TIME
And just before I run out of words that rhyme
I really should tell you that deep in my heart
I don't give a damn where I stand on the charts
Not as long as the sun sinks into the west
And that's going to be a pretty serious test.....of time
And yes, my audience has grown, from 6400 over the first three years to about 6400 a week today, but it's not because I've been embraced by the A-list (I haven't) or because I've worked diligently to promote the site (I haven't): it's simply that I turn out rather a lot of words, and sooner or later somebody reads them and finds them somewhat worthy. In other words, there's some truth to that possibly-apocryphal Woody Allen quote about how half/80 percent/90 percent (choose one) of life is just showing up. It's not like I'm anything special, but dammit, I'm here.
8 May 2005
First past the post
What do South Belfast and northeast Tulsa have in common? Michael Bates explains:
In Thursday's [UK] vote, unionist parties received 51.1% of the vote, while nationalist parties received 41.3% the rest of the votes went to three minor parties which are neither unionist nor nationalist. Even though a majority of voters supported unionists, the winning candidate was a nationalist. Most of the nationalist votes went to the SDLP [Social Democratic and Labour Party] candidate, who took 32.3% of the vote, while the DUP [Democratic Unionist Party] and UUP [Ulster Unionist Party] candidates split the unionist vote almost down the middle 28.4% and 22.7% respectively. If there were a runoff, the DUP candidate would almost certainly have won, but there isn't going to be a runoff just a "winner" who had two-thirds of the voters against him.
And this relates to Tulsa how?
Tulsa's upcoming City Council special election no primary, no runoff, no majority required has the same flaw, only to a greater degree.
And in Bates' worst-case scenario, the two reform-minded candidates will wind up in a virtual tie for second place while a representative of Business As Usual waltzes into District 5 with a minority of the votes but enough to finish first.
In Oklahoma City, this is the sort of situation that produces a runoff, but not in Tulsa. I have to wonder if this isn't the sort of divide-and-conquer business that's kept the Tulsa power structure in power all along.
The unexciting life
If bloggers are ever to replace the role of big media institutions as responsible purveyors of information, they're going to have to cover some truly boring stuff, like drainage boards and ethics commissions.
I dunno. I don't seem to have any problems writing about truly boring stuff.
What the traffic will bear
And some days, the bear eats you. From OKCBusiness:
Despite being one of the three cities considered for the nation's seventh largest convention the American Legion National Convention Oklahoma City lost the bid this week to host the event because of the room charges of its downtown hotels.
David Kellerman, the director of the American Legion's operations in Oklahoma, and Christine Wise, the marketing director of the Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau, confirmed the city was told it lost the convention for one reason only.
So the Legionnaires will go to Milwaukee, because:
Kellerman said Milwaukee's average hotel rate was $99.
He said he advised Oklahoma City officials that the city's proposal needed to ensure the downtown hotels specifically the Sheraton, the Courtyard by Marriott and the Renaissance didn't include room rates above $107. However, the hotels refused to budge from rates ranging between $124 to $154 a night, he said and Wise confirmed.
Hotels in the Reno/Meridian area were more competitive, but they're five to seven miles from the convention center.
We can argue that okay, we're new at competing for top-tier events, we haven't figured out the fine points yet. But we can only play that card once.
(Via The Downtown Guy.)
A Busch-league proposition
As far back as I can remember, which is farther than I'd care to remember sometimes, the St Louis Cardinals were on KMOX radio (1120); I used to pick up the games in Charleston back in the 1960s.
Apparently a blowtorch station that reaches about half the states in the Union isn't good enough for the Birds anymore, though:
The Cardinals' contract with KMOX (1120 AM) expires after this season, and team officials have talked with KTRS (550 AM) owners about buying that station and moving the broadcasts there.
KTRS, once KSD (I think), is a 5,000 watt regional station that has fairly decent reach but nowhere near the coverage of KMOX, especially at night when the directional pattern kicks in.
I understand the team's wanting to control the product, and the radio market has changed radically in recent years, but this still seems wrong, and Brian J. Noggle knows why:
Building the brand through a consolidated marketing plan by putting the broadcasts on a small radio station that most Cardinals fans cannot hear? The MBAs love it!
And when the fans in Iowa, Kansas, Tennessee, and Indiana can't get the broadcast on KMOX, don't spend money for satellite radio [XM carries MLB games], and eventually stop making the pilgrimage to Busch stadium, the MBAs won't understand how the loss of tradition in a longstanding sport franchise ultimately hurts more than it makes hip.
I expect to have no trouble getting Cards games here in Oklahoma City, but it won't be the same without KMOX.
9 May 2005
Over the weekend I mentioned the failure of the city to land the American Legion convention in 2010 at least partially because some people specifically, the downtown hotel operators refused to yield on their room rates.
If this Capital of the New Century stuff is going to catch on, the powers that be are going to have to realize that they're still babes in the woods at this level of competition. Mistakes will be made. There's one hard lesson to learn, and everyone who's in the business of promoting this city is going to have to learn it: you can't have everything your way.
A professional street-skating exhibition planned for the Mat Hoffman Action Sports Park down on the river may be moving to Edmond instead because Oklahoma City insists on enforcing a helmet rule on the pros, despite the markedly-lower risk presented by the style of skating involved.
Repeat after me, Parks Commission: you can't have everything your way. Nobody is going to believe that this town has anything to offer if everything that is offered comes with strings attached.
What will we miss out on next?
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small.
And sometimes I get the feeling that the pharmaceutical industry is counting on me to take both of them. Constant drug advertising, coupled with the tagline "Ask your doctor if Suchandsuchium is right for you." Instant demand, whether it's "right for you" or not.
There's no denying that some really good, useful drugs have been developed to deal with some really horrible illnesses. But we are playing with fire when we allow pharmaceutical companies to do direct marketing of their products. A few years ago when we (who?) decided that it might be ok for drug companies to start advertising on TV you just had to know it would come down to what we have now, with wall to wall ads for erectile dysfunction drugs and smiley happy little clouds bouncing along in a cheery haze from a chemical concoction.
Got some sniffles? Ask your doctor for this pill.
Feeling kinda sore? Ask your doctor for this pill.
Feeling a little blue and sad? Ask your doctor for this pill.
And of course, the cost of all this puffery is rolled into the cost of the drug.
Perhaps I was better off with the ones Mother gave me. They didn't do anything at all, but they didn't cost me (or her) a thousand dollars a year either.
Google: the great equalizer
According to the old small-p proverb, "The words you speak today should be soft and tender...for tomorrow you may have to eat them."
With the rise of the Net, you may not even have to wait for tomorrow, and someone will be more than happy to shove them back down your throat.
Scenario: North Dakota high-school senior bashes the yearbook faculty advisor on some Xanga site. Said advisor's daughter discovers the post and reproduces it on her blog, with, um, recommendations to the student.
Just one brief passage:
I'm still so impressed by your assertiveness and your take-charge take-this-spoon-and-shove-it attitude. You'll enjoy your career of supersizing meals for customers.
In a different world, this kid would be painting "Romani ite domum" on the walls of the city. For now, he's just going to be screaming for a sitz bath.
Moving the pickpocket to the front
Rep. John N. Hostettler (R-IN) sent this out [link is to a Microsoft Word document] last month in an effort to line up sponsors for an unusual piece of legislation:
I ask you to join me in opening our constituents' eyes by repealing the federal government's ability to withhold taxes from the paychecks of our hard-working constituents. The Federal Tax Withholding Repeal Act of 2005 would repeal the 62-year-old law allowing the federal government to withhold federal income taxes and social security taxes. Instead, this bill would implement a system in which employees would make quarterly payments to the federal government.
When this blindfold is lifted from the eyes of the taxpayer and they realize the staggering amount of money the federal government takes from their paycheck, taxpayers will demand a smaller and more efficient government. This is an important act to help taxpayers understand the magnitude the federal government plays in their financial lives.
Actually, I know how much Washington takes from me, and cutting them a check for a couple thousand dollars every three months is far more reminder than I need, but "staggering" is still the right word.
Withholding, you'll remember, was originally implemented as an emergency wartime measure during World War II. And this isn't the first attempt to get rid of it: Rep. Ron Paul proposed switching to monthly tax payments in 2001.
I doubt that Hostettler's bill will be any more successful than Paul's was, but I'd like to propose an alternative in its absence: require the Feds to pay interest on the tax money withheld. After all, they're preventing the owners of the money from getting any return on it.
(Via Kim du Toit.)
Welcome to the last level
It's called the Unified Theory of Career Nervousness, and Sgt. Mom explains it thusly:
Given that complete and total dickheads ought to be pretty evenly distributed throughout the ranks, I tried to account for the disproportionate accumulation of them at the rank of Technical Sergeant [E-6] or Major with eighteen to nineteen years of service. I believe that Sgt. Mom's Unified Theory of Career Nervousness accounts for this phenomenon.
My theory is predicated upon the fact that a career military member can retire with a somewhat adequate pension at twenty years, but that most enlisted members want very much to retire as an E-7, and that officers want very much to retire as a Colonel. At those ranks, you can stay on past the twenty year mark, but if you have not … oh well. As they say in Moscow, "Tuff shitski, comrade." An E-6, or a major with just a year to two to go before that twenty-year cut off, and facing the prospect that making it to the next rank is problematical to impossible … well, that person is very often either sour and embittered or afraid that the least little mark against will screw up the chance they do have of making it to that next magical promotion. The sour and embittered, or the terribly ambitious are not nice people to work for. Three guesses as to whom they will take it out on, and the first two guesses do not count.
I've never been terribly ambitious, though I'll admit to "sour and embittered." As it happens, though, I never made E-6. (Then again, I was only on the rolls for six years, not eighteen or nineteen, and one doesn't pile up stripes as an inactive reservist, which I was at the end.)
And a commenter to the original post said that insufferability, in his experience, peaked at the E-7 level: "Having received that coveted promotion, they concluded that they were perfect and proceeded to act accordingly."
Blame it on Rio
Apparently this is Orgasm Day in Esperantina, a town in northeastern Brazil.
I assume it comes only once a year.
(Via Cutting to the Chase.)
10 May 2005
Fresh angles in the public square
After the kerfuffle over last December's Lakehoma School musical in Mustang, it was clear something was going to be done, and the something begins this way:
Public schools may neither instill nor inhibit religion. They must be places where religion and religious conviction are treated with fairness and respect. Mustang Public Schools uphold the First Amendment by protecting the religious liberty rights of students of all faiths or no faith.
It remains to be seen whether this new policy, adopted by the Mustang school board last night, will be enough to keep everybody happy, but the opening words, at least, seem scrupulously fair. (The full document hasn't been posted yet.)
Put another nickel in
You don't remember Carlton Cole Magee, but you almost certainly have seen his invention (U.S. Patent #2,118,318, granted in May 1938).
Some years earlier, Carl Magee had wound up on the traffic committee of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, and one of the problems on his plate was the tendency of people who worked downtown to use up the available parking spaces, leaving few or none for retail customers.
Magee's solution was both elegantly simple and incredibly annoying, at least at first: the city would install meters of his design alongside the streets, which would collect a small fee in exchange for a short period of time. The very first parking meter went into service on 16 July 1935; Park-O-Meter, a firm partly owned by Magee, started up shortly thereafter.
There's no doubt that Magee understood the revenue potential of his little box on a pole: his patent application specifies that the device is for "measuring the ... use of parking or other space, for the use of which it is desirous an incidental charge be made upon a time basis."
Oklahoma City is currently upgrading its downtown parking meters, which gives The Downtown Guy an idea:
[W]hy not re-install either the original parking meter or a duplicate of it where the world's first parking meter stood at Park and Robinson. Install it, charge the original rates for this meter and this one only, and put up a sign next to it explaining that the world's first parking meter was invented and installed here. I know, we're not supposed to like these gadgets, but they're a fact of life and why not give tourists and visitors a whimsical chuckle and picture spot while they are here?
Works for me. I suspect that people's irritation with meters will subside, at least temporarily, when they see that very first meter in action.
Incidentally, POM Incorporated, descended from the original Park-O-Meter company, still makes parking meters in Russellville, Arkansas.
(Ronald B. Luttrell II, who died in 2000, was working on a book about the history of the parking meter; I have borrowed liberally from his notes, some of which are collected at The Parking Meter Page. A few minor changes have been made since the original post.)
How can people be so heartless?
And after reading this post last night from Andrea Harris, perhaps three of them.
[insert "seven separate fools" joke here]
I am generally distrustful of things that are pitched as "bipartisan," largely because they're so, well, binary: you got your Democrats, you got your Republicans, and what's left isn't worth a bucket of John Nance Garner's bodily fluids.
The parties in question don't even agree on what "bipartisan" means, as R. Alex explains:
A Republican believes that something is bi-partisan so long as it has the vote of a couple of Democrats, even if 95% of the Democrats voted against it. Democrats, on the other hand, believe that bi-partisanship is Republicans coming around in their thinking and agreeing with the eminently reasonable and thoughtful Democrat policies and when Republicans don't (because they are Republicans for a reason), Democrats get into a huff and complain about how partisan the Republicans are.
Whether this has anything to do with the GOP's transformation into the Party of Big Government (the Democrats, of course, are the Party of Enormously Huge Frickin' Government), I leave to the pundits. But when donkey and elephant agree these days, I tend to look around for snakes.
Correcting the oversupply
One of the graffiti at the Old Economists' Home says: "If you want less of something, tax it."
[L]et's tax checkered flannel shirts, polyester suits, car alarms that make 20 obnoxious sounds and never turn off, Dr. Phil, mullets, Britney Spears CDs, bare-midriff tops over size 6, Speedos in any size, magnetic ribbons on the backs of cars in any color, Starbucks orders of more than four words, pop-up ads, tofu, PowerPoint, and gum.
A few of those, I contend, are at least somewhat arguable.
(A blog tax, you say? Bosh.)
11 May 2005
It stays with you
Saw this on the woefully-underused Oklahoma City craigslist:
I miss snow cones, Robertsons' beef jerky, REAL barbecue, thunderstorms, crickets, 23rd street piercing studio, Gary England's tornado alerts, Garfield's perfect margaritas, Sonic (oh my god! to have a blue coconut slush and some onion rings right now!!!), sweet tea, skinny dipping in shawnee lake, the okc zoo, funnel cakes, Henry Hudson's...
And all my friends and family!!!!
I am somewhat surprised to hear that Sonic hasn't made it to Portland, Oregon yet. And no doubt some people are surprised that it's possible to miss a place like this, especially if you're twenty-four years old; their reaction is closer to this.
On the other hand, I expect some people to be surprised that Oklahoma City has a craigslist, even though I told you back in February, and I was hardly the first to notice it.
Fighting poverty one house at a time
Not too long after LBJ declared War on Poverty, bumper stickers began to appear: I FIGHT POVERTY. I WORK.
Too simple a solution for the policy wonks of the day, and certainly too simple a solution for today, when everything is somebody else's fault.
Avoiding long-term poverty is not rocket science. First, graduate from high school. Second, get married before you have children, and stay married. Third, work at any kind of job, even one that starts out paying the minimum wage. And, finally, avoid engaging in criminal behavior.
None of these four provisions, you'll note, contains any racial references whatsoever. And if you were thinking of finding some between the lines, La Shawn Barber advises otherwise:
"Racism" is so inconsequential to black people's lives in 2005 as to be laughably negligible. Given the extent of social pathology in certain "black" communities, I can’t tell you how embarrassing it is to hear black men in expensive suits blaming immoral behavior on "racism." It's archaic, tired, shameful and unimaginative. It bores me to tears as they prattle on about "racism," as if white people have that kind of power over blacks. We're teaching our children that if they fail, blame the white man.
I don't know if I'd characterize its negligibility as "laughable" where it does exist, it's not all that damn funny but for the most part, Jim Crow has flown the coop, and nobody this side of Trent Lott misses the miserable bird. There are entirely too many people who resent the idea that life requires effort, and the ethnicity of that group, whatever it may be, is stunningly insignificant in comparison to its self-destructive mindset.
Postponed until Boys' Night Out
Defamer reports that the soon-to-be-DVDed Director's Cut of Alexander is eight minutes shorter than the theatrical release.
Why would they do such a thing? To, um, straighten it up, perhaps?
Is Warner Bros. trying to de-gay Alexander for the home video market? We'd really hate to lose some of the interesting moments which explored the young conqueror’s fluid sexuality. Without Anthony Hopkins' revealing voiceover that, "It is said that Alexander was never defeated except by Hephaiston's thighs, and occasionally by the huge, glistening cock that dangled between them," or the scene where the two fast friends are chased out of the Academy by rock-wielding bullies taunting them as "toga-biters," all [Oliver] Stone really has left is Jared Leto in eyeliner, a couple of elephants, and Rosario Dawson's unexpectedly huge rack. Maybe they think that'll play better in Oklahoma.
Gee, thanks for the cultural stereotype, Bunsen.
Actually, you had us at Rosario Dawson's rack.
Which is twice sixty-nine, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Meanwhile, the 138th Carnival of the Vanities can be seen and enjoyed at Cynical Nation.
Hold your tongues, knaves
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that members of the public who address the Board of Supervisors are expected to adhere to the highest standards of political correctness. Declared Board President Aaron Deskin:
[D]iscrimination and harassment on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, weight, height or place of birth will not be tolerated in San Francisco city government.
(Via Tongue Tied.)
12 May 2005
Brad on a roll
SurveyUSA ranks the nation's governors by approval/disapproval ratings, and Brad Henry should probably be smiling: he's doing better than 40 of them.
As of Tuesday, based on data gathered over the previous weekend, 59 percent of the Oklahomans surveyed think the Guv is doing just fine; 30 percent think quite the opposite.
The average is 48/41; bringing up the rear are some people with serious problems, Ohio's Bob Taft being the worst off by a considerable margin. There doesn't seem to be any party preference: Republicans hold the top two and the bottom three slots. Of course, none of this is guaranteed to last.
(Filched from Paul Musgrave.)
Back to the Forward Look
Today we went through many web pages looking at many cars, and it was depressing; most mid-priced sedans were designed by graduates of the International Institute of Boring Your Ass Off, and have the same dull front and the same dull back and the same dull middle. I repeat my earlier contention: bring back a car that would have looked at home in 1957 and they would sell a kajillion units. Something that leaned into the wind, had boobie headlights and forty-nine tons of chrome, two colors, poke-your-eye-out fins and a hood ornament in the shape of a rocket or a nuclear weapon. But no: we get the same old same old, over and over.
The closest thing we have to an iconic American automobile these days is the Chrysler 300, a massive, roaring rear-wheel-drive sled that, in its 300C guise, carries a big honking Hemi V8. It's perfect for 1957: why, they actually had a 300C then, a massive, roaring rear-wheel-drive sled that carried a big honking Hemi V8. The 21st-century C, alas, has been shorn of its fins, but it's selling kajillions of units: it's one of the few Detroit nontrucks moving without rebates.
I can't imagine Lileks being bored by one of these. On the other hand, I can't imagine him peeling off thirty-odd large for one of them either.
The city as amusement park
San Francisco, says Joel Kotkin, is an ephemeral place, a city devoted to "stylish living" above all else:
The ephemeral city differs dramatically from traditional urban centers. No longer populated mainly by middle class families and a diverse set of industries, it is dominated by a wealthy elite, part-time sojourners, hordes of tourists and those that serve them.
And its political climate, says Kotkin, runs "from left-liberal to left-lunatic," which would ordinarily suggest a great deal of wailing and gnashing of teeth over job losses 13 percent in the last five years and recent declines in "diversity," because urban ethnics can no longer afford to live there. Instead, San Francisco worries about shopping bags and the possibility that a person addressing the Board of Supervisors might commit a verbal faux pas.
For some inscrutable reason, this sort of circus is being held up as a role model for the rest of us. Kotkin reports:
San Francisco is not alone in building an ephemeral economy. Montreal, Berlin, Boston and Portland, Ore., all display signs of constructing an urbanity based on hipness, art and culture. Like San Francisco, these cities attract large numbers of young, educated people with their notable street life, entertainments and nice architecture.
Less reasonable are the attempts of other, less favored cities places like Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Manchester, Vt., and Oklahoma City, even Aarhus in Denmark to peg their futures on becoming hip cultural centers. Some, adopting popular development guru Richard Florida's notions that having lots of gays is key to making your city successful, have decided that they, too, need to get more gay.
Will this strategy succeed in the boondocks? When a reporter from Oklahoma City tells me of the city fathers' dream of attracting hip, cool people, including a large contingent of gay people, to create a Sooner State Castro district, I can answer with one New York word fuggedaboutit.
You might think, or I might, that if Oklahoma City really wanted to attract gay people, the city would have mounted a campaign against State Question 711 last year. And besides, however popular Dr Florida's notions may be these days, they seldom translate into actual economic success.
Some of our "emerging professionals" bewail the fact that Oklahoma City doesn't seem to be transitioning into a vacationland for lawyers in love. Right now, I'm more interested in whether they can keep the sewer lines from backing up.
(Via Matt Rosenberg in not-always-delusional Seattle.)
Well, what do you know?
Finally, something is somebody else's fault.
I got my auto-insurance bill for the next six months, and the premium has risen by $36.80 this time around. Since I've had no unfortunate encounters with the law, I immediately pulled out the previous bill and compared notes.
Thanks to all of you deadbeats out there who can't, or won't, scrape up the bucks. Please feel free to pass away from high levels of coprophagia.
13 May 2005
Of course not.
Prepare yourself for I Love the 30s. [Requires QuickTime.]
One recurring complaint about Oklahoma in some local circles is that while its population is actually predominantly urban these days, its politics are still fundamentally rural (read "backward"). This is a questionable assumption at best both houses of the Legislature reflect the population shift to the cities and the suburbs but the knack of some small-town legislators for seizing the spotlight (think Senator Frank Shurden, D-Henryetta) causes consternation in those folks who think that if only we could shake off this hillbilly stuff we could have the next Dallas, or at least the next Fort Worth.
This notion basically ignores history: there has always been an urban/rural divide in this state, and it's hardly unique to Oklahoma. Julie Neidlinger reports from North Dakota:
I remember after 9/11, a friend and I were talking. She made the comment that she was glad there were farmers and people living out in the country and that everyone wasn't in the cities because it was nice to know there were people out there watching, knowing what was going on across the land. I hadn't thought of that, ever, until she mentioned it.
Cities need rural people, and not just for the obvious "we need farmers so we have food" connection. You need people out on the land, watching and aware of what is going on. Just because you live in a place of pavement doesn't mean you don't have a connection to what is going on in the country. You need people out there. Stuff happens out in the country, from weed or pest outbreaks to weather to crime to you-name-it that needs to be noticed for the good of everyone.
And you need people in the rural areas because they are a different kind of people than city dwellers. Rural people have a different work ethic and attitude, different priorities and concerns, a different outlook ... that kind of thing. It isn't better, it's just different. We need that. Think about it. Why are the students of North Dakota so eagerly snapped up by other states? What is it that makes this state unusual as compared to, say, California? The ruralness of the state produces a different kind of person. If everyone were urban, it would be unfortunate.
Much of what we think of as the Oklahoma character originated out in the countryside. On the farm we learned the basics of fatalism, that a few hours of horrible weather can take out a season's crop; in the small towns we learned that for every person who is content with his lot, there's another who wants out.
The rural population in most states is declining, as people pack up and look for jobs in the cities. But I can't imagine everyone moving: those who remain behind, I suspect, become even more firmly attached to the land. The Oklahoma Panhandle may seem like a vast, empty place, but twenty thousand people live there, and fifty years from now, I'm betting there will still be twenty thousand people living there.
Waters less BRACish
Apparently Oklahoma will lose no military bases under the current Pentagon plan, and will in fact gain nearly 4,000 personnel.
Some local reserve centers will be closed, but the major facilities will remain.
(DefenseLink has the complete list here; you'll need Adobe Reader.)
Workout, Stevie, workout
Scott Johnson has a nice tribute to Stevie Wonder, who turns fifty-five (is that even possible?) today, and whose catalog of recordings is as bright and brilliant as anyone's: the light that never made it through his eyes obviously penetrated deep into his soul.
In the middle Seventies, Motown issued a series of double and triple LPs encapsulating the careers of some of their top-line acts, under the umbrella title Anthology. Stevie balked. It's not that he objected to these glorified greatest-hits albums; it's simply that he thought Anthology suggested some sort of closure, that it represented a statement that his best work was behind him. After some discussion at the highest level (which is to say, with Berry Gordy Jr. himself), the album was eventually issued as Looking Back. By then, of course, Stevie had already made enough great records to fill up three more LPs.
Everybody say "Yeah!"
14 May 2005
Don't go changing
The Lee Enterprises group has agreed to purchase Pulitzer and its St. Louis Post-Dispatch for $1.46 billion, and one provision of the purchase agreement specifies that Lee will retain the Post-Dispatch's reliably-leftward slant for a minimum of five years, a clause I have to assume was inserted at the request of anguished Pulitzer officials who couldn't bear to see any changes in their beloved paper.
Not that they had to worry, particularly none of Lee's existing papers have any reputation for rampant conservatism, and Lee doesn't have a habit of dictating editorial policy from the home office but obviously this was a concern, or Lee wouldn't have bothered to make this assurance in the contract.
I have to wonder if Pulitzer would have fretted so had Lee's headquarters been located in a liberal stronghold like New York or San Francisco, instead of in Davenport, Iowa.
A little less service
A couple of weeks ago, a local auction house put up a banner at Harper's Sinclair station at NW 63rd and May, announcing that the property would be sold in June.
What I didn't notice was that Harper was no longer posting gasoline prices, which at the self-service pumps had been consistently one cent below those of the Shell station across the street. Turns out that Harper's was no longer selling gas; the service bays, which are still open five days a week, will close before Memorial Day.
Jim Harper has been running this station since 1957; once it's out of his hands, he and his wife are going to hit the road in an RV.
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was working on converting my Sixties mix tapes to CD, a process which involves a great deal more than hooking up the cassette deck to the sound card and pressing the appropriate buttons. On the off-chance that some of you might be curious as to How I Do It, here's what I went through this morning for Mid-60s Mania Volume 9 (cover art not yet determined):
1. Review the track list and edit as necessary.
2. Select the source material.
3. Determine the sequence.
4. Apply corrections.
5. Burn away.
Artwork comes later, after I audition the final product. Time elapsed from printing the original track list to pulling the CD-R out of the drive: 78 minutes, which is coincidentally almost the playing time of the disc.
Update, October: It took long enough, but you can see the artwork and the complete track listing here.
Rocket Jones has evinced a vaguely-unhealthy interest in a 1977 movie called Chatterbox, which, I must report, I have actually seen. (Worse, I once owned a copy, on one of those old RCA CED NeedleVision videodiscs.)
Actually, it's not as horrid as the synopsis suggests, although the premise is extremely silly. The young lady in question discovers her, um, gift at the conclusion of an indifferent bout of lovemaking: she is grateful to her geekish (and not in a good way) boyfriend, but the Box claims lack of satisfaction. Despairing, she rushes to a shrink, who sees her and Virginia, to give the Box a proper name, as his ticket out of this dead-end profession and into the Big Time.
It's really not all that bad, but it's impossible to describe with any degree of discretion, as demonstrated quite clearly above. The 1988 German film Ich un Er Me and Him in its English release is a variation on this theme, with Mark Linn-Baker, for some reason, playing a real prick.
You dare to criticize us?
Blogger Christophe Grébert is not at all appreciated by the power structure in his home city of Puteaux, France: last year he was arrested for his commentary, but subsequently released, and now he is being sued by the mayor.
He's taking donations via PayPal to help with his legal woes. Somehow, the sheer joy of annoying French officialdom was enough to coax ten euros out of my wallet.
(Via Doc Searls.)
(Update, 10 am, 15 May: M. Grébert wrote to his donors seventy-eight so far to thank them for their participation, which gives him great confidence as he faces his showdown with the mayor, scheduled for the 21st of June. At least, that's what I got out of it with my just-above-menu-level French.)
15 May 2005
NewsOK.com has a map of substandard bridges in the state, and there are plenty of them; every county has at least four or more.
The one nearest to Surlywood (there are three within a mile or so) is the May Avenue overpass above Northwest Distressway, which dates to 1952 and carries about 5000 vehicles a day, occasionally including mine. The deck has been downgraded to Critical; the superstructure is Poor, while the substructure holds on to Fair. Redoing this bridge will cost $4.89 million.
It doesn't take a lot of these to get into some serious money. Unfortunately, we do have a lot of these nearly 7500, in fact and ODOT's Gary Ridley says the tab for fixing all of them will run $3 billion or so.
He said/she said
[T]he news organization quotes a girl named Dai as a boy named David, and a boy named Josh is quoted as a girl named Jessi because respect for transexual youth's self-esteem apparently trumps the facts in the Associated Press's 2005 stylebook.
Having once been a girl named Jessi, at least for online public consumption, I really can't see what horrible crime against language is being committed here.
Welcome to Louavul
This time she's in Louisville, a place full of fascination, and plenty of it big. I wish I had some kind of eye for this sort of thing.
So much for my adoring audience
My brother got a look at my infamous mid-February television interview today, and he found it, um, highly suggestive of irregularity.
So far, this is one of the kinder reviews.
16 May 2005
Wrevenge of the wrens
Somebody apparently thought it would be a really cool idea to pry out all the birds' nests under the eaves at 42nd and Treadmill. It didn't occur to that somebody to remove all the nesting material from the premises, though, so while the War Council gathers in the cottonwood trees to the south, one nest has been rebuilt and a second is under reconstruction.
I don't think it's advisable to park over there today: those birds are pissed.
(Update, 1 pm: Three nests are now operational, and sentinels have been posted. They're not yielding this territory without a fight.)
Well, I never!
Make of these what you will.
I have never:
(Via Accidental Verbosity.)
Not including shelves
Two weeks from tomorrow, Oklahoma City will auction off the old Downtown Library building at 131 Dean A. McGee. The city has set a minimum bid of $950,000, and The Downtown Guy thinks they'll get it:
Will the city get $950,000? You bet. The question will be what will happen to this property under private ownership. I could see the property being renovated into lofts. But its historic credentials are flimsy at best. It’s a rather forgettable 1950s-era piece of architecture, an Eisenhower mentality where function was more important than design (though certainly that thinking didn’t prevent other stunning examples of Atomic and pop-Americana design during that same period).
So, if it were to be torn down, especially if you could get it consolidated with the old bank drive through next door, you could end up with a pretty great project in the heart of downtown. What would I build? Retail/housing for sure.
I think I'd miss the old Fidelity (now Bank of Oklahoma) drive-in: when it was built half a century ago, it was a model for the way these things ought to be done, and it still looks pretty good today. On the other hand, there's a real question of whether you can put up a big-enough structure on the existing library lots: the library itself was only about 64,000 square feet, which wouldn't allow for much in the way of residences (since you'd presumably need an adjacent parking facility), and while downtown retail is certainly something to be desired, the 100 block of Dean A. McGee (or the 400 block of Robinson) is not going to be the first place anyone looks for it.
One thing's for sure, though: we don't need any more office space downtown, at least right this minute.
Update: One bid received, below the reserve price: the city will now try to sell the building outright.
A word to the sufficient is wise
Frighteningly, this makes perfect sense:
I talk to a lot of consultants, freelancers, and small businesses who do web work, and I used to be a freelancer myself, so sometimes I get asked for advice on how to price one's goods and services.
I think I came up with my best suggestion today, and it involves only two simple steps:
1. Slap the client in [the] face.
If the person looked more shocked, horrified, offended, hurt, saddened, or wounded by the slap in the face, then you are still pricing yourself too low.
Geez, I'm even cheaper than I imagined.
A window closes
Last fall, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit by surviving victims of the 1921 Tulsa race riot, citing the statute of limitations. The plaintiffs had argued that the countdown should begin with the release of the report of the State Commission which investigated the riot, which was published on 28 February 2001, four days less than two years before the suit was filed.
Today the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the 10th Circuit's decision, effectively putting an end to the suit.
We linguistic mossbacks are apparently standing athwart the path of a grammatical and/or sexual revolution:
For those who are not familiar with ze/hir, it is used rather than she/her or he/him/his for some people who identify outside of a man/woman dichotomy. Like he and she, ze has several forms that are not particularly easy for the average person to classify grammatically (he, she, ze; his, her, hir; him, her, hir; his, hers, hirs; himself, herself, hirself), but anyone who can use she and he is capable of integrating ze. Listening to individuals who respect self-identification and pronoun preference makes this quite clear, as they form sentences like "ze knows that's hir job," "that book is hirs," and so on. There is a pattern that is consistent and easy to produce.
I suppose it's better than "it," but I submit that persons who "identify outside of a man/woman dichotomy" have issues far beyond mere pronoun usage. Even transsexuals, as I understand them, are binary: they are A and seek B-ness, or vice versa. While I must assume it's possible to live Somewhere In Between, I really have to wonder if this is good for one's um, hir social life: does the pool of putative datables increase markedly, or does it shrink to the dimensions of Newspeak?
17 May 2005
The Church of the Triglycerides
We have a "sick fascination" with weight and health, says Deb, and maybe it's an inevitable by-product of our increasingly-secular age:
I may not be a churchgoer, but I think there's something very healthy about a strong faith in a force that's beyond human control.
I think this is the sickness that we're suffering from, and it becomes worse and worse as we take our faith away from God or fate or whatever you want to call that power and transfer it to humanity: we believe that we can control everything. And I think this is what leads to the viciousness of the current moralizing, which continues to get more and more overwrought the more secular our society becomes.
Emphasis added. We can, I believe, control more than we think we can, but anyone who thinks my first priority for the rest of my life has to be shedding these few extra pounds deserves a pie in the face not that I'm going to waste a perfectly good pie on some shmendrick's face.
And oddly enough, this belief has taken on the character of a sort of superstition, and now instead of praying that we'll be blessed with a long life, or making an offering to a goddess or a saint, we diet and run and lift weights and count on that to protect us. Sadly, there is something in the human animal that wants to demand that others must share the same belief system or forever be other, open to demonization.
And that demand remains constant, even as the evidence for it dwindles.
Why, yes, I will have fries with that, thank you.
(Update: Deb follows up here.)
This is a test
Actually, he's kind of hoping it isn't, because if it is, it means he's not writing anything worth linking, or so he thinks.
O horrible Hummer, evil Expedition
The headline here is instructive:
Police search for SUV driver after accident hurts 2 in city
Not just any driver, but an "SUV driver." The story:
Police are searching for the driver of a sport utility vehicle who walked away from a collision that seriously injured a taxicab driver and a passenger.
The SUV apparently crossed the centerline about 9 a.m. Saturday, colliding head-on with a taxicab in the 7800 block of S Western Avenue, Sgt. Gary Knight said. The names of both drivers and the passenger in the taxi were not released.
Knight said the driver and passenger in the taxi were taken to an area hospital in critical condition. The other driver fled the scene on foot, he said.
Wouldn't he be just as culpable had he been in a sedan?
The ongoing demonization of the sport-utility vehicle continues, as Kathleen Parker observes:
I don't expect to clip many news stories that begin: "Hybrid runs down elderly, blind woman."
(Incidentally, this very same Kathleen Parker column was carried in the Sunday Oklahoman; I'm wondering if maybe the staff doesn't read their own paper.)
Make mine an aisle seat
Might as well give it away in the first couple of paragraphs:
Some United Airlines employees at risk of losing their shirt are taking it all off instead.
A group of five flight attendants who are at risk of having their pension plans terminated decided to show some skin in a 2006 calendar titled "Stewardesses Stripped (Of Their Pension?)" to publicize their plight.
At the moment, StewsStripped.com
Queen of Sky notes:
[N]o, these women are not risking their jobs, since United flight attendants have a union to protect them.
And no, Q of S herself wouldn't pose for such a thing. I think.
(Updated with a proper Q of S link.)
That's it, I quit, I'm movin' on
How far can you get into a book before you decide, well, you're really not into this book? Syaffolee says:
[M]y "cut-off point" (in quotations because I don't stop reading) is approximately 100 to 150 pages in. If I'm not completely hooked by then, the book is not getting my recommendation.
I'm not quite so forgiving: it takes about 60 pages for me to decide whether a book should not be put aside, but thrown with great force. And I've hurled a few, though only a few.
Of course, if I wrote the book, I'll never make it past the Foreword. (I have written no books, and, Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I never will.)
18 May 2005
I spent enough time in Catholic schools to become familiar with what was called the Douay Bible, and most of the verses I committed to memory were taken from versions thereof. (I took three years of high-school Latin, which threw me into the Vulgate, but that's another matter.) Still, the text I found most appealing was one from a different tradition entirely: the Authorized, aka King James, Version, which, to me at least, always stood out for its lyric quality, as though it were written to be performed in public. It is, of course, no coincidence that this was about the same time I was immersing myself in Shakespeare.
A more recent text has emerged, called the English Standard Version, and it looks promising:
The ESV is an "essentially literal" translation that seeks as far as possible to capture the precise wording of the original text and the personal style of each Bible writer. As such, its emphasis is on "word-for-word" correspondence, at the same time taking into account differences of grammar, syntax, and idiom between current literary English and the original languages. Thus it seeks to be transparent to the original text, letting the reader see as directly as possible the structure and meaning of the original.
Which latter, alas, wasn't the KJV's strong point. And this is the clincher:
Every translation is at many points a trade-off between literal precision and readability, between "formal equivalence" in expression and "functional equivalence" in communication, and the ESV is no exception. Within this framework we have sought to be "as literal as possible" while maintaining clarity of expression and literary excellence.
Susan B. posted the ESV Psalm 91, and, to these eyes anyway, it has all of the lyricism of the King James version, without the necessity of translation from Elizabethan English into something more contemporary, and with the sort of balance between spirit and letter I generally don't see in more "modern" (read: "less literal") renderings.
The entire text is available online, but I'm thinking of ordering one of these for myself anyway.
Dustbury à la française
The most interesting thing about this, I thought, was how it rendered the blogroll. La Patrouille d'Aube and Une Petite Victoire have their charms, but I suspect the one I'm going to remember is Ce Blog Est Plein de la Merde.
Speaking of horrid books
And I was, wasn't I?
Anyway, Aldahlia reads Left Behind so you don't have to.
And believe me, you don't have to.
Get dressed, dammit
Rusty Pearl's Captain Plectrum lists some laws regulating nudity which fall under the general heading of "At the time, it seemed like the logical thing to do."
Mike at Okiedoke homed in on this one:
Oklahoma women may not gamble in the nude, or lingerie, or whilst wearing a towel.
The Captain speculates that it's to curb the advantage they might otherwise enjoy, but Mike sees another angle:
So, only men can "lose their shirt" gambling?
Me, I wonder if this law is extensible to, say, strip Scrabble®.
It's the single most dangerous port on a computer connected to the Internet.
On the other hand, there's no danger involved in reading Carnival of the Vanities #139, presented this week by Commonwealth Conservative, and as always highlighting the best of seven days' worth of bloggage unless, of course, you find the possibility of opening minds to be potentially hazardous.
Icing, and an actual cake
[I]t would restore excitement and a following to the season itself, promoting regional rivalries (no more Edmonton-Nashville epics), giving the most passionate fans the best shot at the Cup (by the way, to decide your three or two Stanley seeds, you would of course have your own tournament from among the top XX teams), and spare casual watchers the startling incongruity of a Calgary-Tampa Bay final.
You'll have to read the whole thing, of course, to see how this happy conclusion is reached. (Hint: it involves a Canada/US split.)
Abort, retry, fall?
No way I am getting into an elevator with a farging DOS prompt.
Under cover of darkness
Downsize DC reports that the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the USA PATRIOT Act tomorrow with no notice to the rest of the world, with an eye towards extending it indefinitely.
Regardless of what you may think of the Act itself, holding secret, off-record hearings (who's being heard?) is an unconscionable mixture of the ridiculous and the reprehensible, and should be discouraged. I've already dropped a note to the two Senators from Oklahoma, though neither is actually on the Intelligence Committee. (Write your own joke.) Who knows what sort of mischief sixteen Senators can concoct? I'd just as soon not find out.
19 May 2005
I was briefly entertaining the idea of calling in someone with landscape experience to reshape the western side of the lot, which has a rather ragged slope and all manner of bare spots.
It's probably a good thing that I didn't, since Oklahoma City is replacing a sewer line that runs parallel to the fenceline, and they'll do quite a lot of reshaping themselves, though not necessarily the sort I might actually want. They left a note on the door yesterday afternoon explaining in the vaguest possible terms just what it is they're doing.
As always with easements, it's a mixed blessing:
Upside: Presumably an end to the sporadic hydrogen-sulfide stench in the front yard near the regular access point; about five percent less back yard to mow.
Downside: Trees are coming down, and so is the fence (a temporary chain-link fence is already in place); no discernible privacy for the rest of the summer; no access through the gate.
More as things begin to happen.
Lessons from life (one in a series)
When the sticker on the pill bottle says "Take with food," it doesn't necessarily mean "Wash down with a Coca-Cola and a couple of Ding Dongs."
Radio for people who used to like radio
Way back in the waning days of World Tour '02, I gave a shout-out to what sounded like some superior radio:
[A] salute to WDRV ("The Drive") in Chicago, the only station I've ever heard with the gumption to play both Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" and the McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy" and the latter in its 3:45 stereo mix, at that.
[T]heir tagline is "we play anything". And so they do.
Recently I've heard, in a span of 15 minutes, sets of music containing both R.E.M. and Donna Summer. Bad Company and Wild Cherry. Beck, Bee Gees, and James Brown.
If any of the professional risk-avoiders who run Oklahoma City radio had the temerity to try something like this, the world would surely judder on its axis.
WRZA, not to be confused with the guy from Wu-Tang, is at 99.9 in Park Forest, Illinois; it has two translators farther north. Pray that they get a Webcast.
Let's drop the big one
[E]ven if you view ideology as a proper basis for Senate rejection of a judge, there's a world of difference from doing so on a majority basis, and letting judges be blocked by any 41 Senators. In an evenly divided country, it'll be rare that any party will ever have 60 votes. As such, an unprincipled minority will have massive power to obstruct any judges they dislike. This is anti-Constitutional and dangerous. Presidential elections have consequences, and one of them is that Presidents will determine, within reasonable limits, who gets appointed to the judiciary. When a minority party demonstrates, however, that they wont confirm people who don't share their view of abortion, or affirmative action, federalism, and when that minority party openly tries to block rising stars who commit the sin of being both ethnic minorities and judicially conservative, then we've gone way past any reasonable restriction on Presidential power. More importantly, we've gone past any conceivable constitutional restriction on such power.
"Advise and consent" at some point actually implies consent; nowhere does the Constitution authorize "advise and obstruct."
And there should be a $1000 fine for any Senator who uses the word "mainstream": it's been bled of any conceivable meaning.
And doesn't that sound yummy?
Well, they're not dawdling, at least not yet; the rest of the fence was ruthlessly excised today, lengths of pipe were stacked up at the north end, and the parking lot to the west was partially blocked off.
I have two trees of my own on the periphery a small evergreen and an adolescent cottonwood and both are still standing for now. The chain-link temporary fence is almost flush against the rosebush, which suggests some possible amusements down the way.
The meter readers (gas and electric) will be totally blocked, which should make for some bizarre billing in weeks to come.
20 May 2005
That new abortion package
Today Governor Henry is expected to sign House Bill 1686, which requires parental notification before an abortion can be performed on a minor, criminalizes the killing of a fetus in the process of killing the mother, and mandates "informed consent," which means basically that the service provider must hand out a state-approved packet of information regarding the procedure and its, um, consequences.
Meanwhile, Reproductive Services of Tulsa has filed a legal challenge to the bill, saying that the parental-notification measure lacks guidelines for waivers. New York attorney Bebe Anderson, representing the clinic, stated:
Our client, Reproductive Services, already strongly encourages all of its young patients to involve a parent before having an abortion, and in fact, most of them do. But it's the minors who have the most difficult family situations or who have no family situation ... those minors have to be able to go to court, and they've got to be sure they can do that and have it done quickly.
The Legislature in Oklahoma failed to include any time frame in which the court must act on a petition or for any appeals.
Oklahoma Republicans are busy taking credit for the bill, despite the fact that its House and Senate authors are both Democrats.
Oh, those media dollars
Wired is saying we spend an average of $240 a month on media, including both content and delivery. CT at Population Statistic, more wired than Wired, spends half again as much.
Which, of course, led me to break out the calculator:
(The last figure does not include Stuff, which has started appearing in my mailbox despite the fact that I don't remember ever ordering it.)
Which brings me to $295, a tad ahead of your median Wired reader, but somewhat behind CT. I do, however, agree with his conclusion:
It's damned expensive to be fully plugged-in today. But on the plus side, you’re in on practically all the jokes.
Wally World shrinks a bit
Just in case you were starting to think that Wal-Mart was some sort of invincible juggernaut:
Wal-Mart has departed the online DVD rental business after less than two years, doing a deal with Netflix in which Wal-Mart will sent online movie renters to Netflix and Netflix will promote Wal-Mart for disc purchases.
Back when Wal-Mart launched its service, there were plenty of predictions that it would spell serious trouble for Netflix. But the retailing giant's online service never took off back in February, Business 2.0 reported that Netflix had 2.6 million customers while Wal-Mart's service had a piddling 50,000. In retrospect, this isn't surprising: When a Web-only company has invented a business that makes sense, it's proven practically impossible to unseat it as the market leader.
(From PC World's Techlog.)
You can say, "Yeah, they couldn't be number one, so they took their ball and went home," but they weren't even close to being number two; Blockbuster has about half a million customers for its DVD rentals online.
At least Wal-Mart didn't abandon their customers, something we've seen a lot of from failed retail ventures in recent years.
We got your mainstream right here
Wendy Long at NRO, picking up quotes from Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA):
Boxer declared that Justice [Priscilla] Owen has ruled on "a series of issues where she's hostile to the people." What Justice [Janice Rogers] Brown "wants to do to our lives and other peoples' lives" is "frightening," she said. To "use these two women nominees to say that the Republicans care about women, you know, is like saying that Clarence Thomas has ruled in favor of African Americans, when in fact he has been the leader on the opposite side."
Well, okay, but then there's this:
In her last election, Boxer was supported by 58% of the voters in California; California's other Senator, Diane Feinstein, won only 56% of the vote. Justice Brown was supported by 76% of Californians in her reelection to the California Supreme Court, and 84% of Texans voted in the last election for Justice Owen.
I should be so hostile.
What? Oh, that? Do I look like a Senator? (Don't answer that.)
Can you dig it, baby?
Apparently they can. The city's crew demonstrated that shovelry isn't dead after all: since yesterday they've managed to open up nearly 30 percent of the trench, about 50 feet, no small accomplishment on a day which topped out at 97 degrees, three above the previous record. Large piles of rust-red dirt this is Oklahoma, after all are heaped on the western edge, and the ubiquitous yellow tape is looped around the weird elm/mulberry hybrid on the far side of the driveway; since they've already dug past it, I have to assume it will be spared. They haven't reached the backyard trees yet, though.
Next report, I presume, will be Monday evening, for those of you who are utterly transfixed by the very idea of sewerblogging.
21 May 2005
Patches, I'm depending on you
Tuesday night at the City Council meeting, City Manager Jim Couch will report on the Pothole Posse, which has been working overtime since spring to repair some of the more egregious gaps in local pavement.
This statement in the original press release perturbed me somewhat:
Crews can repair up to 400 potholes a day and will pour 30 to 40 tons of asphalt each day.
Four hundred potholes require forty tons of asphalt? It takes 200 pounds of I Can't Believe It's Not Tar! to fill just one of the four thousand holes
Here's what the City Manager's report says:
Since the initiation of the Pothole Posse, crews have completed 1,402 work orders by patching 12,845 potholes with 1,274 tons of asphalt.
Which is, by gum, 198 lb 5 oz per hole.
Evidently I don't know my asphalt from a hole in the road.
"Live-blogging" doesn't quite fit
Now this is genuinely creepy: a murder victim blogged the arrival of his killer, his sister's ex-boyfriend, who subsequently hung around and killed the sister as well.
Here's the last entry.
The perp, confronted with the entry, confessed.
(Via Doc Searls.)
Roommate wanted, no clothing
I learned a long time ago that I wasn't going to be anyone's ideal roommate; I'm way too cranky and possessed of some odd quirks. [Aren't all quirks odd by definition? Shut up.]
Then again, if I had a Tribeca penthouse to share, I might be tempted to be this picky myself:
Next, do you (the potential roommate) have to be a nudist? Yes, being a nudist is a “lifestyle” for lack of a better term. Although there is always the initial cheep thrill, I enjoy the freedom of running around naked and so should you. Does this mean I do this in public. Not usually but I may visit the occasional nudist beach (you do not have to come).
Do you have to be a goddess. No but I am not looking for the usual nudist eye pollution either. You do not have to be a model or look like you stepped off a mens magazine but you should be in shape, well groomed (not a hippy all natural type) and have a great smile.
Well, if you gotta dream, dream big. And anyway, in New York, he'll have no trouble filling this position, unless all the nudist women are also spelling freaks. (If this latter describes you, write me. Please.)
(Via Joey McKeown.)
The wonderful world of financial minutiae
I find it amusing to hear all the grousing over a law that requires nothing more than simple accountability. That the extra work drives CFOs to distraction (and in the case of Outback Steakhouse's Bob Merritt, resignation from his job) elicits no sympathy from me at all. These companies are more than happy to reap the rewards of being a public company huge cash reserves, leveraged borrowing, etc. but ask them to pay for those advantages by lifting the veil from their financial books, and they have a fit.
I have my own issues with Sarbanes-Oxley, mostly philosophical: as Mindles H. Dreck points out, the regulatory trend is toward "giving up on the idea of strict prescriptive guidelines of behavior in favor of both subjective guidelines and creating a paper trail for litigators," and while paper trails have their value, subjective guidelines are worrisome.
And if it's so bloody necessary to keep pesky investors and such out of your books, then take the company private and shut the hell up.
Fraud alert, it says
This phishing attempt is just so much fun:
eBay Fraud Mediation Request
Date: Thu, 21 May 2005
You have recieved this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids at eBay. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.
Well, let's see. Somebody at eBay would likely know (1) how to spell "received" and (2) that the 21st of May wasn't a Thursday.
THE FRAUD ALERT ID CODE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ATTACHED IN OUR FRAUD MEDIATION REQUEST FORM, IN ORDER TO VERIFY YOUR EBAY ACCOUNT REGISTRATION INFORMATIONS.
Fraud Alert ID CODE: 00937614
To help speed up this process please click here:
I need hardly point out that "acces-ebay.com" is not a real eBay domain. And if this were a secure server, it just might specify https: in front of the URL.
This was actually sent from 18.104.22.168. Geolocation, which is not particularly reliable, puts it in Dallas.
I mention all this mostly for the benefit of Googlers and similar searchers, since it's highly unlikely I'm the only person who's ever going to get this. And I continue to urge that phishers, once caught, be filleted on national television.
Saturday spottings (trippingly on the tongue)
I haven't done a lot of Spottings lately, mostly due to the pressures of what we laughingly call Other Things, but there's still plenty going on. Bricktown traffic was unusually heinous for a hot Saturday afternoon; judging by the parking distribution, I'm guessing the major contributor was Sith happening at Harkins.
There was a blurb in the Mid-City Advocate this week about the new bank branch in the Asian District yes, it does have a multilingual staff which got me to thinking about the possibility of ghettoization: are we boxing our ethnic communities into neat little zones?
But perhaps I needn't have worried. A couple of weeks ago, the Walgreens at 50th and May put up some signage in Vietnamese; today I saw Spanish signs at a laundromat on NW 23rd in the south end of Bethany. Whatever boundaries we might imagine, they don't actually exist.
There was a little clothing store on 23rd east of May, which has recently relocated to a space just west of Portland. Their old marquee, however, remains, and it still asks: DO U LISTEN?
And while we're speaking of May, there's a new restaurant going in, replacing the short-lived Uschina buffet, to be named for its location at the light at 57th. Technically, this is half-true: it's at a light, and it's north of 56th, but the intersection is actually United Founders Boulevard. (And it's just as well; were it at 59th, a truly hellish crossover, nobody would ever get into the place.)
(Update, 1 am: At least part of the crunch in Bricktown was the Redhawks game, for which over 10,000 tickets were sold. The Birds lost to Salt Lake, 9-1.)
22 May 2005
But it's, y'know, organic
In the United States ... the rules that define organic products are, literally, nonsensical, in that organic standards are process-based and have little to do with the actual characteristics of the product. Certifiers attest to the ability of organic operations to follow a set of production standards and practices that meet the requirements of highly arbitrary regulations. Paradoxically, the presence of a detectable residue of a banned chemical alone does not constitute a violation of these regulations, as long as an organic operation has not used excluded methods. That's rather like saying that as long as your barber uses certain prescribed tools and lotions, your haircut is automatically of high quality.
Moreover, because organic farming is far less efficient than conventional farming, organic food costs more (to say nothing of requiring more and poorer- quality land put into farming), and the hype from markets like Whole Foods puts pressure on the less affluent to buy more expensive fruit and vegetables that may actually be of lower quality.
So says Lord Taverne of Pimlico, more familiarly Dick Taverne, author of The March of Unreason, which goes immediately on my list of Stuff To Read.
I do want to point out, though, that my experience with organic lettuce has been uniformly positive: it doesn't taste any better I mean, we're talking lettuce here but the two-dollar amorphous organic head inevitably lasts longer in the vegetable crisper than the 99-cent spheroid with the big brand name, and less of it winds up being thrown away for excess wilt.
(Via Matt Rosenberg.)
The new OG&E rate case
Small business drives Oklahoma's economic growth, and it is clear that they have been paying more than their fair share for electricity for far too long.
So they get a rate cut, about seven percent. Not so lucky this bunch:
Large industrial and residential customers have enjoyed artificially low rates for several years, and it is time to bring them in line with what they should be paying.
And Tinker gets a break because it's, well, Tinker:
We are recommending that Tinker Air Force Base receive a special military base tariff that will result in cost savings. We hope this will contribute to efforts to better position Tinker as a critical military installation over the long term.
Take that, BRAC.
Down among the nuts and bolts, Roger Walkingstick, in charge of pricing and revenue analysis, notes the following with regard to the classes of service who are being hardest hit by the proposed new rates:
The existing subsidies among customer classes should be minimized, new rates should reflect a rate design consistent with marginal costs, and additional customer rate options should be offered to our customers.
Since [Residential and Large Power and Light] represent almost 60% of all energy sales in the Oklahoma jurisdiction, this presents a significant problem in rate design. Ideally, both classes should be moved to the average Oklahoma jurisdictional ROR [rate of return] and that is what I am proposing for the LPL class. However, the revenue impact of completely eliminating the subsidy for the Residential class would impose an unacceptable level of customer impact. This group of customers has limited ability to modify their consumption so as to mitigate increases and no way to pass those cost increases on to others.
So customers in the Residential class will still be subsidized, albeit at a lower level.
There's a lot of regulatory jargon in the proposal, of course, but there's a definite trend toward demand-based pricing, with higher rates in the summer (of course). The biggest change? Right now, you pay one rate for the first 600 kWh you use and a lower rate for usage over 600 kWh, except in the summer, when all usage is billed at the same rate. Under the new plan, the rate for summer usage will actually increase at the 1400-kWh point. There is also a new subsidy: customers qualifying under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program will be exempted from the flat $6.50 customer charge that is included in the standard Residential rate during the four-month summer rate period. The net increase to Residential customers, they say, will be about 3.5 percent, around $3 a month.
Those of us who buy OG&E's wind-farm watts, however, get a break. Last month I paid $12 for my 600-kW package, offset by $7.55 in fuel adjustments I didn't have to pay. Under the new rates, if I'm reading this correctly, I wouldn't have any of the fuel adjustments the new base for computing them would be higher than actual numbers for the month but the cost of the package itself would drop from $12 to 60 cents, a $3.95 savings overall.
Their gal in cyberspace
Good Thing: Dawn Eden's column for the New York Daily News contains actual URLs to stories of note.
Not-So-Good Thing: The Daily News online editor apparently has yet to figure out how to turn those URLs into actual, clickable links.
Still, it's a step ahead for good ol' dead-tree media, and unlike those other New York papers, the Daily News has yet to make its online readers jump through absurd registration hoops.
Donna goes to a Dali exhibition, and it's so, so serious:
When I think of Dali, I think of a man who had a sense of humor. This was not in evidence in the audio tour or any of the written pieces within the exhibition. It was simply surreal how seriously they handled his surrealism. "In this piece, the young poet is depicted with a lobster on his head, which offers us Freudian insight into Dali's own juxtapositioning of...." C'mon guys, there's a freakin' lobster on this kid's head... now that is FUNNY!
Of course he had a sense of humor. This is a man who once did an advertisement for a hosiery company featuring a dandelion with nice legs.
"The Love of My Man" was the sole major hit (#21 in Billboard in 1963) by Theola Kilgore, a gospel singer from Oakland, California she had been born in Shreveport, Louisiana who died last Sunday at the age of 79. Written and produced by Ed Townsend, "The Love of My Man," issued on Al Sears' short-lived Serock label, distributed by Scepter/Wand, was one of the classic instances of gospel chords turned to more earthly concerns. Producer/archivist Mick Patrick once summed it up this way:
A gold-plated example of how fluid and accommodating the pop charts of the early 1960s were, the record was as close to black church music as a hit could get without mentioning the "G" word.
Bowing to the inevitable
When's the last time you schlepped along a book full of traveler's checks?
Right. Same here. So American Express, which used to make a ton of money off them, has come up with Plan B: the Travelers Cheque Card, a reloadable debit card that's available in multiple currencies (dollars, euros, sterling) and has the traditional Amex within-24-hours replaceability. The initial load is $300 ($14.95 fee); you can store up to $2750 on the Card, and reloading ($100 minimum, $5 fee) can be done through a standard Amex card or a debit Visa or MasterCard over the phone. And if it is stolen, the thief won't have any access to your bank or credit-card accounts, a distinct advantage.
23 May 2005
Hey, read this, will you?
I don't get that many emails from people wanting to call attention to their latest and greatest blog posts, largely because I don't get that much traffic in the first place currently around 6000 a week, which sounds impressive only if you're getting 600 or 60 or, God forbid, 6 and I can't imagine someone lying awake at night hoping against hope for an actual, um, Dustalanche.
I do read the ones I get, though, and I probably wind up linking the majority of them, if only because each one I do link is one less item I have to come up with on my own. (And you thought I was prolific! Ha!)
I'm pretty sure, though, I won't get one from Lana at live from the guillotine:
I cannot bring myself to do this. It feels too much like bragging or begging and I do neither. I've emailed exactly two people with a post. The first time it was a solicited type thing, as in email a funny story which tops this, and of course I couldn't resist. The second was an issue I really wanted to address and I emailed it to several people who had more influence than I did so that I could get the message out. That seems modest enough to me; 2 years of blogging and 2 emailed posts.
I think I've sent out five or six myself since the discovery of fire, two of which actually went to the Blogfather himself. (I still wince at this term, since I started before he did; nonetheless, I know my place in the pecking order.) Once or twice I started to write an official Policy on Emailed Links, but I decided it was more trouble than it was worth, and I continue to think so.
Whirled without end
Here in Oklahoma City, Oklahoman-bashing has been a popular pastime for years; with the death of Edward L. Gaylord, the paper's longtime conservatism has evolved, if that's the word, from blind to bland, but sniping at Fourth and Broadway remains a major topic of conversation, even though the paper hasn't actually occupied that corner for ages.
With the perceived mellowing of the Oklahoman, there's now an opening for Most Hated Newspaper in Oklahoma, though the position might already be filled:
I believe that most democratic peoples of the world are quite capable of creatively dealing with the problems they face if they have access to both sides of the argument through mainstream media sources. This is not the case in the City of Tulsa where our City's only daily newspaper, the Tulsa World, uses the power of its editorial page and slanted news coverage to secretly promote the financial interests of its publisher. From its undisclosed interests in Great Plains Airlines to stifling free and honest Council debate, this paper suppresses democracy and attempts to profit from our City's government. An informed public can make good decisions, but one manipulated for the benefit of the Tulsa World's owners is going to make poor decisions based on inaccurate information. The biggest lie in the World is that this newspaper represents the interests of the citizens of Tulsa.
At least the Oklahoman was (occasionally) open about promoting the financial interests of its publisher.
(Via Steven Roemerman.)
Wearing a tie, report legions of guys, is uncomfortable: women should appreciate their pain, they argue, since it's very much like wearing pantyhose.
When wearing a necktie in the scorching summer heat gives you a yeast infection, then I'll believe that a tie is just as uncomfortable as pantyhose.
Then again, I can think of no instance in my life where the presence of a tie has elicited a "Nice neck" response from women.
Oh, well. Pass the Windsorstat-7.
Getting a grip on health care
Bruce White sits on the City Council of Kent, Washington; he's running for Mayor, and he's proposing a new approach to how the city provides health insurance to its employees:
My proposal is to cut the current $1200 per month per employee expenditure in half. Instead of providing a traditional health care plan the city would instead offer a combination of high deductible catastrophic insurance and health savings accounts. A catastrophic plan with a $1500 per year deductible costs about twice a person's age per month for the premium. So, I'll use myself as an example the city will give me a $600 per month medical benefit. $78 of that will go to pay the monthly premium for the catastrophic plan and the remaining $522 will go into my city-managed health account. Now that's $6264 per year going into MY account that I can use to pay my day-to-day medical expenses.
And what if I don't spend it all throughout the year? I as the employee decide what to do with it. I could keep the money in the account and increase my catastrophic deductible to say, $3000 per year, decreasing the amount of the monthly premium leaving more money per month for my savings account. Or maybe I'd prefer to take $3000 out as a self-awarded Christmas bonus. The employee is able to take total ownership of the cost and benefit level that they feel comfortable with.
$14,400 a year seems a bit high, even for metropolitan Seattle, for comprehensive health insurance, but if they're indeed paying this much in Kent, the White plan would most certainly cut it in half, and it would give individuals a great deal more control over their health-care spending. I expect there will be some opposition, mostly from the sort of folks who would rather cede that control to someone else in exchange for not having to think about it.
The downside, of course, comes if you're one of those people whose regular recurring expenditures exceed the amount of the benefit. Still, it's impossible to come up with an insurance plan that doesn't eventually stick it to someone. (A government-run single-payer plan, of course, ultimately sticks it to everyone.)
(Via Jacqueline Passey.)
A cooler day (merely the low 90s) than it's been, and the sewer-line crew have made substantial progress: they've now dug 100 feet, maybe a little more. (I estimate 160 total for this segment.) While some of the vines and such around the cottonwood have been excised, the tree itself and the evergreen to its south apparently will be spared entirely, perhaps because they're so close to the gas line that runs nearby. (Of course, if ONG ever has to replace that line, I can kiss those trees goodbye, and well, I draw the line at hugging them.)
So far, no reason to complain, other than the fact that complaining is what I do best.
Down by the deli-side
Some songs are associated with various dates: Bruce Springsteen's "Sandy" (which is officially titled "Fourth of July, Asbury Park"), Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe" (the third of June), the Bee Gees' "First of May" (duh).
Then there's this:
When you go to the delicatessen store
Don't buy the liverwurst
Don't buy the liverwurst
Don't buy the liverwurst
I repeat what I just said before
Don't buy the liverwurst
Don't buy the liverwurst
Oh, buy the corned beef if you must
The pickled herring you can trust
And the lox puts you in orbit A-OK
But that big hunk of liverwurst
Has been there since October first
And today is the 23rd of May
So when you go to the delicatessen store
Don't buy the liverwurst
Don't buy the liverwurst
Don't buy the liverwurst
It'll make your insides awful sore
Don't buy the liverwurst
Don't buy the liverwurst
The very last segment of Allan Sherman's "Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other," the last track on My Son, the Celebrity, ostensibly "recorded live at Allan Sherman's birthday party (November 30, 1962)," and the only song I can think of that actually mentions the 23rd of May.
Don't expect me to post "Ode to Billie Joe" next Friday. (And actually, I don't have to: Francis W. Porretto has already blogged the story of what happened in and around the Tallahatchie Bridge.)
The primary remains closed
From the 6-3 majority opinion [link requires Adobe Reader], written by Justice Thomas:
The [Libertarian Party of Oklahoma] is free to canvass the electorate, enroll or exclude potential members, nominate the candidate of its choice, and engage in the same electoral activities as every other political party in Oklahoma. Oklahoma merely prohibits the LPO from leaving the selection of its candidates to people who are members of another political party. Nothing in §1-104 prevents members of other parties from switching their registration to the LPO or to Independent status. The question is whether the Constitution requires that voters who are registered in other parties be allowed to vote in the LPO's primary.
The Court declined to consider whether Oklahoma's unusually-difficult ballot access made any difference in the LPO's ability actually to do any of these things.
(Update, 24 May, 11:15 am: The Libertarian Party of Oklahoma responds.)
24 May 2005
Further evidence that American culture rules
A Slovenian surf band, fercrissake.
The GOP locks up the invertebrate vote
Call them the Axis of Feeble.
In other news, the National Football League has announced a rule change: teams with losing records will now only have to gain eight yards for a first down.
The color of your cards
From the "I did not know that" department: A New York survey firm has found that Latino and African-American households tend to carry more credit-card debt than their white counterparts, and the gap is slowly widening.
Are there cultural factors at work here, or is it simply a reflection of relative wealth? (Keep in mind that I'm doing my part for egalitarianism by carrying a debt load that would frighten two or three families of any ethnicity.)
The implications of term limits
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), when he was in the House, said he would serve three terms at most, served three terms, and did not run for reelection. Now 57, he suggested to the Heritage Foundation that two terms in the Senate would be enough for him:
Why would you want to be up here when you're 68 years of age? If you have any type of life, this is the last place you’d want to be.
I note in passing that Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) is 87. Then again, as Coburn observes:
There are a lot of people who are in the Congress that would never achieve in the private sector anywhere close to the remuneration they receive as a member of Congress.
That's gonna leave a mark.
Herbicide: fully loaded
ConocoPhillips has been running a billboard (I saw it on I-44 eastbound just west of I-35) with the catchy phrase EXFOLIATE YOUR PISTONS.
I have to assume that this isn't exactly what they had in mind.
All your bass were belong to him
A moment of silence, if you please, for the late Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft, a tall skinny guy with a big, big voice, a member of the R&B group the Mellomen, whose records inexplicably came out under the name Big John and the Buzzards, and for fifty-three years the voice of Tony the Tiger, spokescritter for Kellogg's [Sugar] Frosted Flakes.
Oh, yes: "You're a mean one, Mister Grinch." That, too.
Slash and burn
Okay, nothing was burned today, except maybe some exposed skin (not mine), and some phone customers up the street: the sewer guys dug all the way to the back fence, and at the last minute sliced through some telephone cable. When I got home, SBC was busy patching up the repair; one of the crew allowed that given the sheer number of sewer repairs, they wound up doing fewer such splice jobs than I might expect.
Still, decent progress, and no change to the status of the trees.
What goes around
I guess, if you're Judge Greer, all those Schiavos look alike.
(Via AKA Mike Horshead.)
And every tent shall have a camel's nose
You may as well read the whole thing:
Whereas believers of all religions, including the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, should be treated with respect and dignity;
Whereas the word Islam comes from the Arabic root word meaning “peace” and “submission”;
Whereas there are an estimated 7,000,000 Muslims in America, from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds, forming an integral part of the social fabric of America;
Whereas the Quran is the holy book for Muslims who recite passages from it in prayer and learn valuable lessons about peace, humanity and spirituality;
Whereas it should never be official policy of the United States Government to disparage the Quran, Islam, or any religion in any way, shape, or form;
Whereas mistreatment of prisoners and disrespect toward the holy book of any religion is unacceptable and against civilized humanity;
Whereas the infringement of an individual’s right to freedom of religion violates the Constitution and laws of the United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives–
(1) condemns bigotry, acts of violence, and intolerance against any religious group, including our friends, neighbors, and citizens of the Islamic faith;
(2) declares that the civil rights and civil liberties of all individuals, including those of the Islamic faith, should be protected;
(3) recognizes that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, as any other holy book of any religion, should be treated with dignity and respect; and
(4) calls upon local, State, and Federal authorities to work to prevent bias-motivated crimes and acts against all individuals, including those of the Islamic faith.
And we're doing this why, exactly? It surely isn't reciprocity.
(Found at LGF.)
25 May 2005
In the air tonight
A new survey by Stanford researchers indicates that there are enough sustainable Class 3 winds (15 mph) worldwide to produce as much as 72 terawatts of electricity, assuming most efficient placement of the appropriate hardware. Total worldwide electricity use in 2000 was a bit less than 2 terawatts.
Don't expect things to happen too quickly, at least at first: coastal regions (think ocean breezes) have a higher potential for producing power than areas farther inland, but people who actually live on the coast might be expected to object to this sort of thing. Here's the map of potential locations, coded by measured wind speeds.
(Via the Alternative Energy Blog.)
Waiting for the break of day
So I roll out of bed at, it says, 6:00, and it's awfully dark, and what's more, the automated voice on the National Weather Service VHF radio service is giving 3 am readings.
After a few minutes of wondering what sort of quantum trickery had taken place, I finally figured it out: the alarm clock was displaying the time for which the alarm was set, rather than the actual time. No problem: just push the slide switch for the correct display.
Which didn't work. The "time" display was stuck at 3:34 am (which, for you music buffs, is about 25 or 6 to 4) and wouldn't budge unless you actually took the wheel and spun it, and even then it wouldn't advance any further.
Curiously, the box was still keeping time. I woke about 5:56, and four minutes later the theme from Morning Edition burst forth. The display still read 3:34.
Oh, well. A $40 alarm clock that lasts for eleven years has presumably earned its eternal rest.
Needles for your balloons
The DVD release of Fearless Freaks, Bradley Beesley's Flaming Lips documentary, elicits some fascinating memories of the band by Lips fan Chase McInerney.
I'll just throw out one paragraph to whet your interest:
It was a great night for non-instruments. [Eugene] Chadbourne played an electrified rake that's right, a rake but the Flaming Lips topped him by rolling a motorcycle out on stage and proceeding to rev it repeatedly, over and over, attempting to merge it into their music. Mainly, all it did was fill the cramped dive of a place with exhaust fumes.
Not that this was particularly unusual or anything.
Updates in the four months since then:
Total volume: 12 GB
Last CD bought: The Originals, Susan and the SurfTones
Last song heard: "Wingding," Thurl Ravenscroft (courtesy of Lileks)
But thanks for asking.
It's a beautiful day in the Naboo 'hood
Under the general heading of Love Stories I've Heard Entirely Too Much Of These Days, you'll find the Anakin Skywalker/Padmé Amidala romance, which is of course doomed, and the Kenny Chesney/Renée Zellweger match, which isn't. Yet.
It takes Fametracker, though, to fuse these into a single concept: The Billboard Country Music Top Ten If Kenny Chesney Were Anakin Skywalker and Renée Zellweger Were Padmé Amidala.
Grateful they didn't mention Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, I am.
Not quite so deluxe, but probably a lot more edifying, is Carnival of the Vanities #140, brought to you this week by Karol at Alarming News, and stuffed to the very walls (or whatever) with bloggy goodness.
The less-than big dig
It rained today, but not enough to keep the sewer crew away, and I suspect that in a day or two they'll be ready to start flattening out the mounds of dirt. The south end already looks like they've kicked down a sand castle or two.
26 May 2005
Qwertyer than thou
I type about 55 wpm with four to seven fingers, but I have to glance down at the keys every once in a while to make sure I haven't migrated so far off the home row that I'm inadvertently creating manual cryptography.
Of course, if this catches on, there's an obvious idea for product placement have the Fantastic Four's Invisible Woman use one of these on her computer but I, as a typist, am doomed.
(Via Brian J. Noggle, who isn't buying one either.)
In the middle of things
The schedule is up for this year's deadCENTER Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday, 9 June. It's the fifth year for deadCENTER, and over 100 films have been selected for inclusion.
What? You didn't know we had a film festival? Sheesh.
It's part of the business plan
Susanna Cornett talks to PC technical support for a firm whose name rhymes with "hell":
When all was said and done, she concluded the exchange by giving me a link to a Microsoft self-help page. My goodness! Nothing I could have done for myself! She said if that didn't work I could contact another tech for additional help. Of course, after such a great experience, I'm likely to do that, ohhhhh, sometime in the next millenium. But perhaps that is their goal. If their tech help absolutely sucks, then it stands to reason no one will use it and thus they will cut costs. You like to deal with a company like that.
Packard Bell? Um, no.
But with a whimper
NPR has put George Voinovich's crying jag into heavy rotation, and the more I hear it, the less I think of it. If I wanted to hear something simultaneously weepy and defiant, I could walk down to the grade school and insult nine-year-old girls.
Now I'm a firm believer in civility and all that. But there's a difference between being civil and being deferential, and being deferential to the UN, as Voinovich evidently so deeply desires, is the practical equivalent of handing over your milk money to a band of schoolyard thugs.
Maybe he'd prefer Michael Bolton at the UN.
At least long enough this morning to decide "Well, we're not going to get anything done here," even though the afternoon was bright and sunny.
Not so bright was the tailgater I drew on I-44 westbound; it took not one but two exhibitions of "Geez, that guy must be insane" to shake her. The more interesting of the two was the left-lane exit at Classen
Tomorrow: who knows? The city's official completion date is still listed as the 18th of September.
A set for summer
Speak the Language is a three-piece band from Mahopac Falls, New York, and their self-released CD Summer Set has just arrived at my listening post.
It's hard to categorize StL, really: on first hearing, they'd seem to qualify for the dreamy side of power-pop, but their instrumental arrangements work in all manner of textures over and above the guitar-bass-drums basics "Cool New Mind," for instance, is accented by what sounds like a cross between an ocarina and a theremin and the woe-is-me stuff that occasionally creeps into lyrics in this genre is conspicuous by its absence. There's a sense of longing here and there, yes, but it never descends into self-pity or nihilism. (Meaning, of course, that I couldn't have written any of these songs.) There's no obvious single here, though "I Found You," the opener, could fill the bill nicely; Summer Set isn't meant to reach out and grab you, but to insinuate itself into your CD changer and stay there as long as possible. Definitely worth your time.
27 May 2005
A bigger tent than you thought
So I looked in the mirror, and what did I see? Matt Rosenberg:
I will define whether I am a Republican or not; and I am one. Some party hack isn't going to tell me I don't make the team because I'm not outraged over federal funding for stem-cell research, because I'm pro-choice, or because I don't lie up nights plotting Arlen Specter's demise. I think Republicans need to reach out to those who simply call themselves "conservatives," and be ready to talk to self-declared, unaffiliated "moderates" as well. "Leaving The Left" doesn't necessarily mean Embracing The Right.
And just to emphasize the point:
Republicans, with whom I am allied on many issues including strong suppport for President Bush, the war in Iraq and the war against terrorists, and hostility to "identity politics" and "victim politics" nonetheless need to understand that their own "litmus tests" are a form of political correctness, no less odious than much of the thought-policing that comes from The Left.
Keep this in mind next time you read my stuff and wonder "How in the hell does he get away with calling himself a Democrat?"
Bumps? We got some
Urban thoroughfares in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area are the 10th worst in the nation, says The Road Information Program. Tulsa's are a smidgen less horrible, at 18th; the absolute worst, says TRIP, are in Kansas City.
The complete report is here [link requires Adobe Reader].
Dehorning a dilemma
As of the first of May, I was the 392nd-ranked player on BlogShares, with a net worth in the vicinity of B$26 billion. Not too shabby for what began a year and a half ago with a B$500 stake, but not keeping up with the Joneses either; I had reached as high as 102nd, but newer players with newer techniques were passing me by. And I'd been almost smug about it: not for me the artefacts with the cutesy names, the hostile takeovers, any of that stuff. I'd done it all the old-fashioned way: I'd bought low and sold high.
So when one of the high-ranked players wished to unburden himself of his quadrillion or so pseudodollars, I hesitated. For a $5 donation to a charity he specified, he would hand over B$1 trillion. I could certainly use the extra scrip to learn the new high-rolling tricks, but did I really want to learn them? Wasn't I content with what I had built already?
In the end, I rationalized this as "at least it's for a good cause" and forked over ten dollars. The player duly dropped B$2 trillion on me, which moves me up a couple hundred rungs in the standings. But I suspect that for a while, anyway, I'm going to wish that my Total Worth figure had the sort of asterisk that had been attached to Roger Maris' home-run record all those years.
Injunctions in lieu of burning
Last year, a Marion County, Indiana judge ordered that a divorced couple who are both practicing Wiccans may not expose their nine-year-old son to any of the trappings of their belief system, which he complains is "non-mainstream."
The county's Domestic Relations Counseling Bureau apparently advised the judge on this matter, noting that the boy is currently attending a Catholic school.
The boy's father is appealing the pertinent section of the divorce decree. I figure the free-exercise clause of the First Amendment ought to make this a slam-dunk, even in Indiana.
(Via Ed Brayton at In the Agora.)
(Update, 10 am, 28 May: Steph Mineart observes: "I guess getting a divorce in Indiana entitles the courts to dictate how to live your life.)
28 May 2005
We tilt this city
The rumblings began, I think, with Bass Pro.
The sweetheart deal that the city struck with Bass Pro Shops to locate a store on the edge of Lower Bricktown came in for some criticism, which largely subsided after a while and the store started producing revenue close to projections. Still, it's Bass Pro, which caters to guys in flannel shirts who might own rifles and think sitting in the middle of the lake with a line over the side is fun, and this just irks the sort of young trendy types who believe that Bricktown ought to be their own private preserve, a row of bars, upscale shops and more bars, who aspire to have Bricktown become the local equivalent of Dallas' West End or Deep Ellum and worry that any development of which they do not approve is a sign of creeping Lubbockization. The last, or at least next-to-last, straw was the hint that John Q. Hammons Hotels was contemplating dropping its plan for an Embassy Suites in Bricktown and replacing it with a presumably less-prestigious Residence Inn. Good God, this is the sort of thing they do in the (gasp!) suburbs!
Not that this mindset is limited to this part of the world, as Andrea Harris knows perfectly well:
I know, because I tried to be like that: I'd go see boring indy bands in gay bars play sub-par pub rock and try to hide the fact from myself that the cover band at the suburban dance bar I and my friends used to go to in the early 80s was at least as talented, if not more so, than the indy band; I'd go to the tiny room behind the railroad tracks where the art crowd gathered to watch foreign films, and tried to ignore the fact that a soap opera isn't any more interesting or original when done in black and white, spoken in Czech and spiced up with exposed breasts; I'd go eat at the French restaurant and pretend that snails in garlic-flavored oil and fungus dug up by pigs were not foods inherited from a poverty-stricken, starving peasantry, and that the salad I'd just finished consisting of a plate of warm lettuce was just fine; I'd go to old warehouses converted into "alternative" art museums to look at displays of cardboard boxes containing battered dolls with knitting needles stuck through their eyes and red paint poured all over them and tried to squelch the memory of my sister and I doing the very same things to our dolls just for fun before throwing them in the garbage.
I bring this up because this is the opening day of the Paseo Arts Festival, and while this is a quintessential "urban" event, it's worth remembering that the Paseo, now an established artists' district, started out as a shopping center back in 1929.
Cities don't always grow and develop in the directions we'd like. Stores close here and open there; neighborhoods rise and fall. Official proclamations have little or no effect: there's nothing to stop someone from opening a Mexican restaurant in the Asian District. If your biggest fear is that you'll take a date to an upscale club in Bricktown and you'll run into a bunch of tourists from Woodward on their way to Toby Keith's, perhaps you need to rethink your definition of fear.
(Update, 10:45 pm: The Downtown Guy reprints this screed, and notes: "Everything I've heard about the Embassy Suites ... that is being downsized to a Residence Inn [is] because John Q. Hammons couldn't get a deal to build a garage across the street." I can believe that.)
You know, it might be kind of neat to get one of these for the house.
The appliance, I mean.
Payments from here to eternity
Winston at nobody asked... gets an email comeon for a "Christian mortgage," and certain questions just naturally come up:
I wouldn't bet on #6.
I figure the concept is probably legit I mean, they have, for instance, financial services for Lutherans but the use of spam techniques automatically lowers one's credibility by 99-point-something percent.
Well, this is depressing: the monorail at State Fair Park is being dismantled.
Apparently maintenance costs are soaring, ridership has been decreasing, and the train will just get in the way of the scheduled renovations of the park. The train itself is supposed to be auctioned off next week.
Then again, Matt Deatherage noted last year:
They told us last year was the Monorail's last year, that the track was going to be taken down, but it was there again this year. I felt betrayed.
The monorail was built in 1964 for the city's 75th anniversary, more or less simultaneously with the development of Fourteen Flags Plaza.
Can't make heads or tails of Lost? Think of it as simply a new version of Zork.
Women, we are told, love spontaneity. Which means, of course, that I am doomed: I pulled up today at a chicken-takeout joint in the Village, and by the time I got to the register, they'd already pulled and bagged my order. I am so predictable. (And I hadn't been there in two weeks, either.)
Now that's an open house
File this under Things I Never Would Have Guessed but Perhaps Should Have:
Last year, her first in the business working with Classic Realty Group in Hollywood [Florida], she sold a small home to a young family of nudists for slightly less than $400,000, a preconstruction condominium to a single nudist man for $369,000 and an older unit on the Intracoastal Waterway to a nudist couple from New Jersey for $250,000.
Those people were ''in their early 40s, very cool, very nice,'' she said.
Nudists in general are a Realtor's dream, demographically speaking.
''They tend to be a little older, probably a little more settled, at a stage in life where they're looking to buy a home,'' Roberts said. "And, of course, they like sunshine and the beach.''
It was sorta cloudy today, wasn't it?
Ada's KAKO (91.3 MHz) isn't even on the air yet, and already they're asking to move their transmitter site to just south of Tecumseh, thereby enabling them to reach eastern areas of Oklahoma City.
This station is owned by the American Family Association, Donald Wildmon's bunch; it's perhaps a little disheartening if not in the least surprising to see an ostensibly Christian organization pulling the same stunts as commercial radio operators to pick up a few extra listeners at the expense of the people who live in the town to which the station is licensed.
29 May 2005
The blessings of technology
"The machines," I said to a supermarket checkout clerk yesterday, "are out to get us," and she smiled: "You got that right."
Well, actually, I didn't. I mean, yes, these contraptions are less than 100-percent reliable, but what invention of man isn't? Still, I retain a healthy respect for our technological experts, and their track record is pretty good, all things considered:
God made the world in seven days, but it was a fairly bleak and hopeless place full of volcanoes and sharks. On the eighth day, however, man got cracking and as home improvements go, did a monumentally good job. He created light, warmth, the potato crisp and the dishwasher. And every single one of these things everything that makes your life pleasant, comfortable, safe and exciting is down to engineering.
Environmentalists make out that the planet is some kind of wondrous, self-sustaining entity and engineering has ruined it. They look at the gun, the car and the jet engine as instruments of Satan, but the mosquito has killed more than all three put together.
Then again, Pringles haven't really done much to advance the technology of the potato crisp (a British term for what we call "potato chips" that Procter & Gamble apparently adopted for no apparent reason), unless you think stackability is paramount. (And, well, if you're going to put the damned things in a can, perhaps it is.)
I don't have a dishwasher either.
Return of the neighbor
I was in the driveway this morning, trimming mulberry branches that were hanging low and might scrape someone's car roof, when the sweet little old lady from this article waved at me from what used to be across the fence. We talked about trees, the previous residents, Decoration Day those "younger folk" don't seem to understand what it all means, we agreed and the inconveniences of the ongoing sewer-line work.
Fortunately, we didn't discuss wardrobe issues.
Buckle up or else
Midwest City police set up a checkpoint on NE 10th between Sooner and Air Depot yesterday, looking for those hardened criminals who don't fasten their seat belts. About six hundred vehicles were pulled over, and 175 tickets were written, mostly for this heinous offense, but sixteen were busted for driving with suspended licenses (real smart, guys) and one actual DWI was picked up. Eleven cars were impounded in the process.
My compliance with the seat-belt law is, and has been for some time, 100 percent. But I am not persuaded that failure to comply with a safety measure is something that ought to be considered an actual crime; people who fall asleep behind the wheel represent a far greater threat to traffic safety, and you don't see any checkpoints looking for them.
30 May 2005
The value of things
I'm pulling out my wallet to pay for this trip to the spa, and to my horror, I discover that half my cash has mutated into some sort of department-store scrip, and that my credit cards have started to disintegrate and will have to be reassembled, practically digit by digit, in the hopes that one of them can actually be swiped through a card reader. I am escorted to the back, where my befuddlement won't be witnessed by the real customers, and at some point my internal clock reminds me that I've overslept by about four hours and should get up already.
Out of bed, I remembered that this was Memorial Day, and I was thoroughly embarrassed: so many, over the years, have given so much, and here I am, worked into a frenzy over a minor contretemps that didn't even happen.
I wish I could just go to the medicine cabinet, pop open a bottle marked "Perspective," and drink deeply therefrom. But I think it will be more useful to pick some flowers and place them where they'll matter.
Random hiss levels
It's "so much noise," says Jeff Brokaw as he folds his tent and steals away into the night:
Bloggers themselves, for the most part, have gotten boring. A good blogger needs at least one of these two things: kick-ass writing talent, or voluminous content. Most bloggers, sad to say, are just not that interesting as writers, or, not that voluminous as content providers. Think about it. If they were, you would only need to read three or four bloggers every day instead of 15 or 20. There are rare exceptions to this, of course. Hog on Ice. Ace of Spades. Orrin Judd. Tony Woodlief, Lileks and American Digest. A few others. But mostly, it's a part time gig, and it shows. Which is OK, I guess, since people do have lives to lead and mortgages to pay. But I really think we are kidding ourselves if we think most of this bilge amounts to anything important, that will stand the test of time.
For some reason, this made me think of American composer Charles Ives, who earned his keep by selling insurance and writing music in his spare time. His "part time gig" won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1947.
I don't think for a moment that anything I've written is much more than pop ephemera, nor do I envision that I could make a living with these words of mine. If anything, I lean toward Thoreau's thinking:
I too had woven a kind of basket of a delicate texture, but I had not made it worth any one's while to buy them. Yet not the less, in my case, did I think it worth my while to weave them, and instead of studying how to make it worth men's while to buy my baskets, I studied rather how to avoid the necessity of selling them. The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?
And I don't pretend that I'm in the same league with the favored few: I'll never be as funny as Steve, either as hard-hitting or as whimsical as Lileks, as pointed as Ace. (I am, however, probably as fat as The Fat Guy.)
Still, my lack of accomplishment hasn't driven me out of blogdom yet. In a more orderly world, perhaps it would have. I think Jeff and I just disagree on the actual threshold. And it's been quite a long time since I could get through a day with reading only 15 or 20 blogs.
Both doctor and undertaker
I am starting to think that Kenneth Tomlinson, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sees his job as clearing a path for the eventual dismantling of the CPB. A couple of weeks ago, Tomlinson showed up on NPR's Diane Rehm Show to pitch his ideas for putting "balance" back into public broadcasting, and he kept trotting out Bill Moyers and NOW as exemplars of "liberal advocacy journalism," though at no time did he establish to my satisfaction, let alone Rehm's, that NOW was typical of PBS fare, nor did he explain particularly well why he, or CPB, thought The Journal Editorial Report, which he did allow might be "conservative advocacy journalism," was necessary to offset NOW.
I don't watch PBS anymore I hardly watch any television anymore but I am persuaded that NPR tilts somewhat leftward. I am also persuaded that I don't care; if it's obvious enough for me to spot, it's easy enough for me to filter out. The idea that CPB, which covers maybe one cent out of every dollar of NPR revenues, needs not one but two ombudsmen to counteract this sort of thing, strikes me as absurd: if there were widespread objections to NPR's editorial judgment, the listeners, who kick in most of those dollars, would be hitting them in the pocketbook, hard. Surely Tomlinson knows this, which makes me think that the appointment of those ombudsmen is mere windowdressing while the Administration works up an argument to eliminate CPB entirely.
Which wouldn't bother me that much either; the dissolution of CPB would mean that a few conservatives would get to slap themselves on the back, and that Diane Rehm would get to tell Kenneth Tomlinson to go to hell. Given the way that show went, I'm surprised she didn't.
31 May 2005
Above all, don't get sick
What's the motor driving the health-insurance machine? Jonathan Wallace has some thoughts:
I am gambling that a more remote contingency will occur: something will happen, or go so badly wrong, that I will require much more than $6,000 [the cost under COBRA of his health coverage] in medical care, this year.
What kind of an event would this be? It's probably not going to be a car accident, as my medical bills would be paid for by the other guy's auto insurance, or, if he doesn't have any, by my own. It's probably not going to be a workplace injury, as that would be covered by workers' comp. So I am really betting on two kinds of events. The first is the possibility I will be shot or stabbed by an impecunious felon who cannot afford to pay the bills resulting from his actions. The second is the possibility that I will get cancer, heart disease or some other very serious ailment.
The crime rate has dropped, and the possibility that I will be badly injured in an assault is quite small. On the other hand, the odds are quite good that I will get cancer or heart disease one day; after all, these are two of the leading causes of death in our world. However, the insurance company is not really betting that I will never get ill. It is simply betting that I will come down with a serious ailment so late in my life that I will no longer be covered by medical insurance. The company really doesn't care how sick I get as long as the taxpayers are footing the bill (via Medicare), rather than the insurance company itself.
And the libertarians, he says, are no help:
To a nonlibertarian, American business history seems full of examples of monopolies and price fixing which occurred in the absence of any government intervention. Just as we could capture any number of oil-producing countries without necessarily seeing a decrease in the price of gasoline, it is hard to see what free market influences will bring about a decrease in the price of medical services. I understand the theory, which says that doctors, chasing market share, will cut prices; but this never actually happens on the ground.
Don't say "never" just yet. In 1998, laser eye surgery cost more than $2200 per eye; today it's about half that, though it's not covered by insurance plans or by Medicare. Or maybe because it's not covered by insurance plans or by Medicare, which have their own ideas about what medical procedures should cost.
Does this mean that health-insurance plans should just stop covering stuff? I don't know. Laser eye surgery is, of course, just one procedure, and an optional one at that. I do know this, though: for the same amount of money I would pay for dental insurance (about $350 a year), I can get three cleanings, and a set of X-rays every other year besides. The policy itself seems almost redundant.
Behind the screens
One of the ongoing projects around here was to clean up the 1800 or so posts which were constructed in such a matter as to take advantage of various Internet Explorer quirks but which looked like hell, or at least like heck, in Firefox and other browsers which hew more closely to the W3C standards book. To my amazement, this is now actually mostly done; anything else that looks like hell is due to my own clumsiness, and not Microsoft's.
While reviewing all these posts, I shuffled some of them into different categories, so if you're wondering why the category counts have been way inconsistent of late, this is why.
And I revised the archives a bit: TrackBacks are now displayed inline, instead of in a pop-up box, on individual-archive pages. (Neither comments nor TrackBacks are displayed on category or monthly archives, which will be taken care of One Of These Days.)
Remind me to pick up some Oreos
"Boycotts," some girl once said, "are etymologically sexist."
I wouldn't know about that, but it's been a long time since I felt compelled to take part in one: it's not so much a consistent policy of refusing to take part so much as it is a nagging suspicion that most of them are intended, not to get an organization to alter its plans, but to get publicity for the group engaging in the boycott.
And this suspicion grows closer to certainty whenever the American Family Association, Donald Wildmon's Mississippi-based activist group, is involved: they will boycott anyone at any level for anything they don't like. Certainly they have a right to do so, but I'm getting to the point where I'd actually support things they can't stand, just because they can't stand them.
Well, some things, anyway. The AFA bombarded Kraft Foods with complaints after word got out that the company was providing some sponsorship money for the seventh Gay Games, to be held in Chicago in 2006. Kraft is apparently not going to back out, and corporate counsel Marc Firestone sent a letter to Kraft employees explaining why:
It can be difficult when we are criticized. It's easy to say you support a concept or a principle when nobody objects. The real test of commitment is how one reacts when there are those who disagree. I hope you share my view that our company has taken the right stand on diversity, including its contribution to the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago.
Now if Kraft starts kicking in funding for embryonic stem-cell research or something, I'll complain. But I'm not taking part in this ongoing Everything Gay Is Evil campaign. Period. Pass the Cheez Whiz.
(Suggested by Aldahlia.)
Just don't call it a Carnival
First, the nomenclature:
A cotillion or debutante ball is a formal presentation of young ladies, debutantes, to polite society.
Debutantes are usually recommended by a distinguished committee or sponsored by an established member of society.
Which, you have to admit, sounds traditional. Conservative, even.
Hence The Cotillion, which turns out to be a collection of blog posts by conservative womenfolk. It's genuinely interesting this time around, and what's more, there isn't anything by the likes of me in it.
I assume this will be a weekly event, unless they have to send out engraved invitations or something, and I suspect it will catch on pretty quickly.
Just a little bit better
Something tells me Brian J. Noggle is into something good:
I'm Hillary '08, I am
Hillary '08 I am, I am
I got married to the fellow named Bill
He's been president, now I'm on the Hill.
And so forth. Second verse? Plan for the worst.
Hilton heads in a new direction
Paris Hilton, airhead though she be, never bothered me that much; she just seems to bumble through life, which is a lot easier to do when you have a famous name, a reasonably nice bod, and a few bazillion dollars in the bank. It probably never occurred to her that her car-washing technique is not so great, and in that notorious sex video, she comes across, so to speak, as more dutiful than deranged.
So I'm not inclined to snipe at her: I wish her well on her impending marriage to a guy named Paris, no matter how narcissistic it sounds, I hope they find themselves a lovely townhouse in Paris what's one more dim bulb in the City of Lights? and I hope they have lots of little Parisites together.
By the time I found the Kleenex
... he was crying.
(Via NRO's The Corner.)
Don't play that song
The San Francisco Chronicle was asking for songs "you'd love to never hear again."
Of course, were I to go into any sort of detail about my own musical bêtes noires, we'd be here all week.
In the meantime, what one recording is absolutely guaranteed to make you hit the button, the on/off switch, or the roof?
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WHO CREATED THE GOD?
If anyone can practically prove that real God was “created” then this question will make sense by him otherwise WHO is irrelevant and invalid to use. So can you practically prove to the world that creator of universe was created?
NON-MUSLIMS ARE TOLD TO REMAIN BLIND
About 5 billion Non-Muslims are told they have to remain non-Muslims, otherwise, they can't be successful hereafter or they can't go to heaven.
Non-Muslims have plenty of time to sort out their religion is true and Islam is false, but they did not do it.
Because they cannot prove their religion and they cannot disprove Islam.
They can only make claims and counterclaims and fight with Muslims.
They've been doing this for the last 2000+ years.
KNOWING THE TRUE GOD THROUGH CONTROL OVER NATURE
I do believe in Allah's existence and power because He practically proved it by changing law of nature to NOT decay his true Muslim followers and He keeps blood fresh in their dead bodies too (research available on www.rightfulreligion.com).
And, I don't believe in all other claimed gods because they are unable to prove their existence and power by changing law of nature that they cannot preserve any fresh dead body with blood of their followers.
I also don't believe in mummified and corrupt skeletons of Catholic, Buddhist, etc because it is manually done by their religious leaders to fool public. It is no work by their claimed gods at all.
If gods of Non-Muslims do really exist, then they must be able to change law of nature like Allah does.
WHY DOES NATURE DENIES BELIEFS OF NON-MUSLIMS?
Nature is under the control of God of universe and it obeys the command of God. Since, the God of universe is "Allah" and his accepted religion is Islam. Therefore, nature denies beliefs of all Non-Muslims and only supports beliefs of true Muslims.
IF WE WERE MONKEYS, THEN...
If we were monkeys, then why monkeys...
- Cannot build a building?
- Cannot make a medicine?
- Cannot make an airplane?
- Cannot make a mobile?
- Cannot create a software?
- Cannot be a medical doctor or scientist?
Monkeys have tail, but we don't.
So, only having a tail stopped monkeys to do what I have said above?
Sure, atheists don't use their common sense.
LIE IN NON-MUSLIMS INCORRUPTIBLE CLAIM
Non-Muslims claim to have saints with incorruptible bodies as well, but they embalm the corpses and even place wax faces over the real faces. Their dead bodies are not even flexible and do not have any blood. Thus, they cannot really be called incorruptible, but 'corrupt dead bodies'.
ZAMZAM HOLY AND SPIRITUAL WATER
There is no holy water for Non-Muslims in world with qualities like the holy water of Zamzam for Muslims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
So, if Islam is not a true religion, then who gave spiritual quality to Zamzam?
Why Non-Muslims do not have any holy water in world like Zamzam near east of Kaaba?
Is there any spiritual water that can compete the water of Zamzam in quality?
If answer of all above questions is "No", then accept the truth of Islam and be a Muslim.
NON-MUSLIMS DON'T USE THEIR COMMON SENSE FOR FINDING THE TRUE GOD
Is there any Non-Muslim who has common sense with wisdom and uses it too? I can prove that majority of Non-Muslims don't use their common sense for finding the true God Creator because there is no gain to talk with mad person. So, I only talk with those who use their common sense with wisdom.
PROVE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL POWERS AFTER DEATH
There are many non-Muslim religious people in world who show their physical and spiritual powers, but why I don't find any one of them who prove these powers after death? So, I want to know that:
1) Is there any one from five billion non-Muslims who has physical or spiritual power after his/her death?
If yes, then provide complete postal address and contact numbers of those who are living there.
If not, then why not?
2) Is there any Non-Muslim who can does all kinds of operations after his / her death?
If yes, then provide complete address and contact numbers for confirmation.
If not, then why not?
DID PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) MURDER ANY INNOCENT NON-MUSLIM?
There is not any perfect proof from Holy Quran, Hadiths and Islamic history that the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) murdered any innocent non-Muslim in his whole life. It is double standard of his many enviouses that if they murder any one in their defense, then it is lawful for them and it is humanity, but if prophet Muhammad (PBUH) murdered some one in his defense or for his crimes then it is called a murder and against humanity? Please don't be unjust before you die.
WHY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MUSLIMS MARTYRS AND NON-MUSLIMS MARTYRS?
According to all religious books of all religions the God creator is only one, then why there is a huge natural, neutral, irrefutable and perceptible difference between His followers when it comes to Muslims Martyrs (fresh dead bodies with fresh blood) and Non-Muslims Martyrs (corrupt dead bodies without fresh blood)?
Please use your science, sense, common sense in this difference and think deeply alone so that you can find out the true God from these religions. Please don't blindly follow any books or any person. If you don't trust me, then I request that you research about this difference by yourself.
NON-MUSLIMS DON'T OBEY THEIR GOD
He who is the God/Father of Jesus (pbuh), surely He is the God/Allah of last prophet Muhammad, Moses, Abraham, Noah, Adam, Rama, Krishna, Sita, Gotham Buddh and Gurunanak, etc too. Then why the Non-Muslims do not obey their God if He created Muhammad the last prophet and revealed the Holy Quran on him?
PLEASE DO NOT SEE THE MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS
My Atheists and Non-Muslim Brothers and Sisters! Please do not see the majority of Muslims because they do not completely follow Islam just like many followers of your own religions and faith, but instead see the truth of Islam because you will only be asked about Islam in the life hereafter that why did you not accept it?
So, I ask you that if we leave some fresh dead bodies with fresh blood of Muslim Martyrs preserved from decay on the Earth forever then will you all accept the truth of Islam and convert to it?
If yes, then announce this in world through media because you are five billions and it will take time to inform all about this 100% proof on truth of Islam.
GOD IS UNHAPPY FROM 90% HUMAN BEINGS
The God creator of this universe (Almighty Allah) is unhappy from 90% human beings whether they are Muslims or Non-Muslims because they don't obey the Almighty Allah.
YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR BELIEFS AND CONVERT TO ISLAM IF...
O my Atheists and Non-Muslim brothers and sisters; if you will use your common sense and wisdom, then you will leave all your beliefs, thinking and convert to Islam by knowing our natural and perceptible proofs on truth of Islam.
MUSLIMS' MAJORITY ARE NOT SINCERE WITH PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH)
The majority of Muslims will not accept the Islam of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) because they are not sincere for him. The reality is that they are sincere for his enemies Jews and Christians who are insulting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and calling him with bad name.
HOW CAN JESUS SAVE YOU IN THIS WORLD OR IN THE LIFE HEREAFTER?
My Christian brothers and sisters! I love you therefore I want to guide you to the right path of true God Creator. Please think deeply that if according to the Bible, Jesus couldn't even be able to save himself from being crucified by the Jews and Roman then how the Jesus can save you or others?
If according to the Bible even Jesus (pbuh) was forsake by God how are you very sure that you will be saved? Matthew 27:46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema... And. And, about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
So please study Rightful Religion's website for perceptible and irrefutable proofs on truth of Islam.
EITHER YOU PROVE OR I PROVE THAT DEAD PERSON OF TRUE RELIGION CAN SPIRITUALLY TREAT PATIENTS AND HEAL THEM
O five billion Atheists and Non-Muslims of the world: Either you prove that any died person from your faith/religion has been treating medical patients and healing them spiritually and successfully so we Muslims will accept your thinking, logic, God, beliefs, religion and lifestyle OR, I prove that a Muslim Martyr named "Shah Aqeeq Baba" has been doing all kinds of operations as a medical surgeon since centuries and you accept religion Islam.
Click here for more details about spiritual surgeon Shah Aqeeq Baba.
THE GREATEST ENEMY OF SECULARISM IS ISLAM
The greatest enemy of secularism is Islam because most Christians think Christianity is apolitical, but Islam is a political faith and most Muslims think Islam is political.
Jesus (peace be upon him) will return as a Muslim king to defeat Godless Jewish Antichrist Dajjal. He will break the cross (because no one can die for the sins of another according to Ezekiel 18:20 and because Jesus taught us to take our own crosses). He will kill the pigs to end secular and Christian antinomianism and will rule as a Lion of God through Quran and Sunnah.
WHY THE NATURES ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF GOD(S) OF NON-MUSLIMS?
I asked you Non-Muslims only one question in my life so that I can be satisfied about your God(s). But it is sad that none of you still this time couldn't answer this question. The question is " Why the natures like Earth, Fire, Water, Air, Sky, Sun, Moon, Mountains, Seas etc are not in control of your God(s)? Is there anyone from you who can practically prove that these are in control of your God(s)?
WHY SPIRITUAL NON-MUSLIMS DON'T FIGHT WITH ME?
I ask to all Christians, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Sikhs, etc that why NONE of you spiritually fight with me if they or their gods have spiritual powers?
I CHALLENGE to all (5 billion) Non-Muslims that bring anyone from you who can spiritually fight with me. If you can’t do it then leave the enmity of Islam and accept it.
MAJORITY OF 7 BILLION MANKIND OF THE WORLD ARE FOOLS
The majority of 7 billion mankind of this world are fools, but they don't know because according to all religious books like Holy Quran, Holy Bible, Holy Torah, Vedas and Gita etc etc and according to all human beings the God who created this universe is only one and acceptable religion near to God creator is also only one. But, they have different names of God creator, different concepts about Him and there are many religions in world too.
While I have had proved by natures that Almighty Allah is the only God creator and only Islam is acceptable near Him, but they still have different concepts of God creator.
Please see the truth of Holy Quran in chapter 2 verse 13 "And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad peace be upon him, Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not.
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Good leaders know there is always room for improvement and after the Village of Bellevue received the results from the 2014 Parks and Leisure Services Community Needs Assessment local officials have a better idea of where to start.
The Parks and Leisure Services Department conducted a needs assessment to gather citizen input to help establish priorities for the future development of parks, facilities, programs, and services within the Village of Bellevue. In addition, to providing the Village with a roadmap for the Parks and Leisure Services Department, the needs assessment data will be used to update the Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. An approved Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan is required to apply for grants administered by the Department of Natural Resources, which has been a substantial funding source for past Bellevue park projects.
The following steps were taken to gather citizen input:
Nine staff moderated focus group meetings were held with identified key stakeholders groups between April – July, 2014, 65 people participated in the focus group meetings. Listed below are the groups that participated.
o Park Commission
o Globe University / Bellin College
o Faith-Based Community
o Senior Advisory
o Green Bay Public Schools
o Planning Commission
o Bellevue Service Groups
o Athletic Associations
o Open to the General Public / Past & Current Participants
An online survey was available for residents from May 1-July 31st, 2014, 194 responses were received. Paper copies were available upon request.
Highlights of the survey include:
• 77.5% of respondents are very satisfied or satisfied with the Parks and Leisure Department. 17.2% Neutral. 5% dissatisfied.
• 95.4% respondents rated facilities in good to excellent condition.
• The top four ways respondents receive program information are the Newsletter, LI.F.E. Guide, Website & E-newsletter.
• 88.1% find importance in quality of public trees.
• Most frequently used recreational amenities: Playground Equipment, Paved Trails and Park Open Space.
• Actions respondents felt the Village of Bellevue could take to improve the park system: Repair existing Park Shelter Buildings, Develop Passive Facilities & Develop additional paved trails.
• Respondents indicated we are not meeting their needs in the following areas: Outdoor Swimming/Aquatics Center 53.4%, Splash Pad 48.4%, Off Leash Dog Park 32.2% Paved Walking / Biking Trails 25%.
• Top used Bellevue Parks: 1) Josten 91% of respondents use Josten Park though out the year, 2) DeBroux 62%, 3) Willow Creek 43.2%, 4) East River Park. 42%.
• 40% of respondents believe there is a need to build a new community center in Bellevue.
• Top three areas respondents feel the Village of Bellevue should allocate funding to: construction of outdoor swimming/aquatic Center, improvement/maintenance of existing parks and recreation facilities and construction of new passive recreation facilities.
• Program areas most important to respondents: Family Special Events, Youth Sports Programs and Adult Fitness & Wellness
Input from the focus groups:
• Village should focus on maintenance of existing facilities
• Develop new trails & and improve connectivity
• Build a new Community Center. However, there is insufficient support to raise taxes to build a Community Center.
• Participants felt they are well informed.
• Upgrades to Josten Park Shelter, add gym and shelter reconfiguration.
• Outdoor recreation development: Splash Pad, Community Pool, Soccer Tournament Facility, and additional playgrounds.
“This is the third parks and leisure services community needs assessment that we have participated in, and we are thankful for the community’s feedback,” said Debra Lom, Director of Parks and Leisure Services.
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Shop Tide Liquid Detergents
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Acer Liquid Mini review: Internet
The Acer Liquid Mini has a 3G connection with HSDPA offering 7.2Mbps downloads. Add that to the Wi-Fi that supports 802.11 b and g connections, and you shouldn't have any trouble accessing the internet.
As usual, the web browser offers full page views of sites, though the 3.2-inch 480 x 320-pixel (HVGA) screen is obviously a bit limited in terms of how much detail it shows, and if you look at a fullscreen page you probably won't be able to read much.
The browser sports a familiar double-tap to zoom feature, and if you zoom into pages there's good text reflowing so that you don't have to pan around too much to read text.
The browser supports multiple windows and opening a new one is as easy as hitting the menu button and choosing 'New window'. Bookmarks are similarly easy to use. Each one is saved as a tiny thumbnail, and you can add one by tapping an icon on the main viewing page.
Drop into bookmarks view and as well as seeing bookmarks themselves you can see a list of your most visited websites and your browsing history.
Unfortunately for fans of embedded video, the Acer Liquid Mini has dodgy Flash support. We weren't able to stream video from the BBC website, for example. But at least there is a YouTube client and that worked fine.
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Similar to Sony Triluminos technology is also LG’s new “Quantum Dot technology “a very wide color gamut again and will thus offer especially for playback of 4K content. This color nuances and shades of color can be represented better.will present his TV set with Quantum dot technology at CES (Central Hall, Booth 8204) and thus expand its 4K TV portfolio.
Basically, the use of quantum dots in TV sets not new. To putfor example, in January 2013 CES appropriate device with improved LED backlight under the name Triluminos ago.
LG’s technology uses nanocrystals in the size range between two to ten nanometers , Depending on the size radiates from every point of a different color. By adding a layer of quantum dots in front of the LCD backlight, the color spaces can be expanded and greatly improve the overall brightness.
Since the points radiate very vivid image with nano-size quantum dot technology developed features that LG 4K Ultra HD In-Plane Switching (IPS) displays further. The color space of IPS panels from LG, which, according to LG already has a high color accuracy and panel due also offer wide viewing angles, to be raised by 30 percent by adding the quantum dot layer.
Positive: LG 4K Ultra HD TVs with Quantum dot technology to contain cadmium or other toxic heavy metals.
“The bright and lively color reproduction capabilities of Quantum Dot technology beat for LG LCD TVs, a new chapter in terms of image quality,” said In-Kyu Lee, Senior Vice President and Head of the Department for TVs and monitors in the business LG Electronics Home Entertainment.
There For sizes and pricing from LG so far no details. Sony offers 4K models with Triluminos display 49-85 inches in price from 1,600 to 20,000 €.
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It’s no advantage to discover an extraordinary value for scrapping your vehicle and then managing into legal issues for not following the government legislation.
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The apartment we stayed in was perfect. Beautifully decorated and well kept with a large private patio. The owner Paul, is a very nice man who really cares about the people who book with him. When we arrived the apartment was nicely lit, music was playing and there was a bottle of wine and fresh fruit waiting for us. Paul was quick to reply to any requests or questions we had and offered many great suggestions on places to go and things to see. On the weekend we were able to enjoy free entertainment and a wine walk through the village. There are many water sports to enjoy on the lake and lots of trails for walking and biking. All the restaurants we dined at in the village had great food at reasonable prices. The resort is far enough from the bustle of the Strip to be relaxing but still close enough to get to easily. We would not hesitate to book this apartment again and will be sure to tell all our family and friends about this wonderful little spot in Vegas.
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Public access to works supported by new alliance | Opensource.com
Public access to works supported by new alliance
Molly Van Houweling interviews herself for the launch of a new non-profit she has co-founded: Authors Alliance will work to promote authorship for the public good.
Who started Authors Alliance and why?
The founders of Authors Alliance are U.C. Berkeley Professors: Carla Hesse (Department of History and Dean of Social Sciences), Thomas Leonard (School of Journalism and University Librarian), Pamela Samuelson (Berkeley Law School and School of Information), and myself. I’m a professor at Berkeley Law who focuses on the law of both tangible property (land, cars, etc.) and intellectual property (copyrights, patents, etc.).
We are all authors of books and/or articles in our fields of scholarly expertise. We care deeply about how these works of authorship reach people now and in the future. First and foremost, we want what we write to found and read by people who are interested in it. And we want it to be preserved for the benefit of future readers and our own intellectual legacies.
Based on our own experiences and interactions with other authors, we came to realize that there is no existing organization that speaks for us as authors and helps us navigate the increasingly complicated environment in which our writings are disseminated to the public. We decided to create that organization.
We started by reaching out to others who share our concerns and priorities and have insights to contribute to the organization. This group has become our Advisory Board, which includes preeminent researchers and scholars; authors of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry; and experts in publishing, librarianship, new media, and digital dissemination.
Boring legal and fundraising details: Authors Alliance is incorporated in California and recognized by the I.R.S. as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The four founders have all made donations to help fund the start-up of Authors Alliance, as have many of our Advisory Board members and founding members. We will be seeking additional support from the public, new members, and foundations who share our mission.
What is the Authors Alliance mission?
The mission of Authors Alliance is to further the public interest by assisting and representing authors who want to disseminate knowledge and products of the imagination broadly. Hence our slogan: Promoting authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read.
Although the advent of digital networks makes it easier than ever before for authors to reach audiences all over the world, many authors encounter barriers. Authors who are eager to share their existing works may discover that the works are out of print, un-digitized, and subject to copyrights signed away long before the digital age. Authors who are eager to share new works may feel torn between publication outlets that maximize public access and others that restrict access but provide important value in terms of peer review, prestige, or monetary reward. Authors may also struggle to understand how to navigate fair use and the rights clearance process in order to lawfully build on existing works.
We aim to help authors sort out these issues by providing educational materials, legal tools and forms, and testimonials from authors who have successfully overcome challenges to disseminating their works. (Explore the issues section of this website to see what have provided so far.) We also plan to advocate (within the limits imposed on charitable organizations) for public policy that helps authors manage their rights and disseminate their works.
Say more about the importance of prestige and monetary rewards.
We recognize that some mix of these rewards is important to many authors. Academic authors who earn salaries for producing scholarship are retained and promoted when they garner the prestige that comes from influential scholarship. Authors who earn a living in whole or in part based on the sales of copies of their books rely on the royalties they generate to support themselves and their families. Not only is there nothing wrong with the pursuit of these rewards, they are important mechanisms for encouraging the generation of knowledge and products of the imagination in the first place. We do not, however, want to pursue these rewards in ways that unnecessarily jeopardize long-term public access to our works, our intellectual legacies, and our part in our collective cultural heritage.
What is the problem? Can’t authors who want to increase public access and thereby ensure their intellectual legacies just choose to put their works online, perhaps with a Creative Commons license attached?
Not necessarily. As strange as it may seem, legal and practical barriers often prevent authors from making their own works available to readers.
To take an example of a legal barrier: authors often find themselves in the position of wanting to make their works more widely available after they have already transferred to a publisher the exclusive rights to do so. That means that the author herself cannot make her work available to readers without permission from the publisher (unless an exception like copyright or first sale applies).
This is a common problem for academic authors, who often cede their rights because of an immediate concern with how a publication outlet’s scholarly reputation will impact their academic careers. They can come to regret those agreements when they later struggle to identify, locate, and then negotiate with entities that control the rights to their works. Some publishers may be willing to renegotiate—especially for works that are no longer commercially successful—but authors often don’t know where to begin. Authors Alliance will provide information and tools to help them navigate these dilemmas and avoid them in the future. (See, for starters, our FAQ about authorship and ownership under U.S. Copyright Law.)
What about non-academic authors?
Non-academic authors can find themselves facing similar legal barriers to broad dissemination of their work, having signed agreements in which they transferred their rights in exchange for a lump-sum payments and/or royalties. Once their works outlive their commercial usefulness, publishers may lose interest in making them available. But authors who write to be read do not!
Some savvy authors manage to avoid these problems. Some have literary agents to help them. Existing organizations like the Authors Guild and Keep Your Copyrights help with educational resources about copyright and contract law. We will contribute to this educational campaign and develop tools to help authors manage their rights. We will also promote policies that empower authors and make it easier for them to keep track of those rights.
By "authors," do you mean only people who write books and articles?
No. The founders of Authors Alliance are authors of the written word and expect that the bulk of our initial membership will be as well, but we hope that our efforts will be valuable to all types of creators. We use the word "authors" in the sense in which it is used in the U.S. Constitution and Copyright Act, to include originators of works of creativity of all types—including literary works, photographs, audiovisual works, music, etc.
You just referred to the U.S. Constitution and Copyright Act. Is this only for authors in the United States?
No. Although some of our initial resources and policy positions will focus on U.S. law, they will reflect principles that we think are applicable more broadly. We welcome members from all over the world.
Will your resources, education, and advocacy all be about law (copyright law and contract law)? Is law the only obstacle faced by authors who want their work read as broadly as possible?
No. Authors who figure out how to manage their rights may still need help managing their works in other ways—getting their out-of-print books to readers in a variety of formats, using metadata to help readers find their works, working with traditional and digital libraries to ensure that their works are preserved and curated, etc. We hope to provide resources and develop partnerships with other organizations to help authors with these challenges.
How can I join and support your mission?
I thought you’d never ask! Any author who supports our mission may become a member of Authors Alliance, and we would appreciate a voluntary donation to support our work as well.
Originally posted on the Authors Alliance blog. Reposted under Creative Commons.
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Retractable Awning Installation for Homes in Jacksonville, Orange Park, St. Augustine, Amelia Island & Other Nearby Florida Communities
A retractable awning can transform an uninviting outdoor space into a popular family retreat – one that’s largely sheltered from the elements. At Gutter Helmet of North Florida, we install retractable awnings on homes throughout the Jacksonville, Florida, area, including the communities of Orange Park, Middleburg, St. Augustine, Amelia Island, and beyond. With our assistance, you can purchase a fully retractable awning that perfectly suits your tastes and budget. We carry products from Sunesta, a pioneer in the residential awning industry with a reputation for quality craftsmanship. Whatever style awning you buy, the fact that it’s a Sunesta will give you total peace of mind. Sunesta awnings are 100 percent custom made, require no support poles, and retract almost effortlessly with the push of a button or turn of a handle.
Purchasing a Sunesta awning through us is a prudent choice, as we are a locally owned and operated business with a great reputation among homeowners in the Jacksonville community. We pride ourselves on:
- Showing up on time to all appointments
- Providing our customers a single point of contact who will promptly address any concerns before, during, and after the awning installation process
- Offering professional installation services by full-time company employees, not subcontractors
Homeowners in Orange Park, Amelia Island, St. Augustine, and throughout the Jacksonville area can contact Gutter Helmet of North Florida to request a quote on a retractable Sunesta awning. We also install Gutter Helmet-brand gutter covers, custom-made seamless gutters, vertical retractable patio screens, and Micro-CS™, a specialty gutter protection system designed for pool enclosures, screen porches, flat roofs, and commercial buildings.
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The flat, thin edge and the slight curve of this wooden cookie spatula are specifically made to help you take your cookies from the oven to your cooling rack. It is the perfect size for any size cookie or for many other tasks such as flipping burgers or serving bread and will not scratch your pans. Designed specifically with your cookies in mind, the BoWood cookie spatula is sure to become a favorite in your kitchen.
This cookie spatula is made with some of the finest American hardwoods, allowing you to enjoy them for years. Each utensil is hand-made and finished, giving you a one of a kind unique piece of art that you can use in your kitchen long enough to hand it down. The utensils are given a bath in our Wood Oil and sanded three times to give you a perfectly smooth finish. They are then hand rubbed with our Wood Butter to give you a water-repellent finish, keeping it looking fresh and easy to maintain.
Handmade in Iowa.
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I’m pleased to announce that Quest of Dungeons is finally out.
I didn’t get to make a post on day one, and it’s been nearly two weeks since launch but these past 2 weeks have been one crazy roller coaster.
I released all platforms on the same day, which was something I always wanted to try, and I have to say that it didn’t went as bad as I thought. As some of you know I have a day job so I had to take 2 vacation days to simple answer emails and do quick fixes, especially to the PC/Mac version. With each new software is natural to have problems at launch and Quest of Dungeons was no exception, and right now I’m still working on a daily basis in fixing some stuff and attending to some popular requests/changes from players to the game.
It was an extremely complicated task to do on my own, managing marketing, answering emails and tweets, scouting Steam forums to see if players are reporting problems, oh and do some actual coding, because you know, bugs don’t fix themselves. But overall I’m happy with the results so far.
The response to the game has been overall positive, and despite a few problems the game has gathered some good reviews.
There are several youtube videos, and I even caught a few people live streaming it on Twitch, it’s always awesome to see people playing your game, and having genuine reactions.
This is one of my favourite moments (#spoilers)
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This episode marks the first time Gooseman shows shape-shifting abilities. Previously, he showed vaguely defined powers including instant healing, indicated by his body or limbs glowing.
Zachary Foxx: I wouldn't do that if I were you. This is a neutron bomb!
Overboss: You fool, my men are fanatically loyal! (his men look at each other and scatter) Come back here, I command you to take them prisoner! (they all run away)
Crown Agent: Sir, the Queen of the Crown demands to know what's happened!
Crown Agent Cmdr: (slaps robotic forehead) Oy!
Thug: Where's the money?!
Waldo: You see, that is, well, we never carry cash.
Zozo: We always leave home without it.
Found on the DVD Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - Chained
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Study objective: To report the first series of patients
with severe airway manifestations of relapsing polychondritis (RP) that
were managed successfully with self-expandable metallic stents, and to
review the literature.
Design: Retrospective review of
medical records, and current clinical follow-up.
Setting: Tertiary care referral hospital.
Patients: All patients with airway manifestations of RP
that were managed with self-expandable metallic stents at our
Results: All five patients (four women
and one man; age, 40 to 69 years old) had severe airway manifestations,
and three of them required mechanical ventilation. Spirometry with
flow-volume curves showed severe combined obstructive and restrictive
ventilatory defects. Bronchoscopy revealed dynamic collapse of the
proximal airways. Diagnosis was made 8 months to 13 years after the
first symptom of the disease. Pharmacotherapy included prednisone,
methotrexate, cyclosporine, and dapsone. A total of 17 self-expandable
metallic stents of varying sizes were placed using flexible
bronchoscope from 4 to 19 years after the first symptom. The overall
outcome was favorable in four patients. Three patients have survived
without ventilatory support 16 to 18 months following the first stent
placement, and the fourth patient survived for 20 months without
ventilatory support before she died. The fifth patient, who was
receiving mechanical ventilation, died in 1 week probably due to
persistent dynamic collapse of the airways distal to the stents.
Conclusion: Self-expandable metallic tracheobronchial
stents should be considered in the management of airway manifestations
of RP, especially in patients who require mechanical
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(June 3, 2021 / JNS) There is a cliché that “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” The phrase seeks to engender a notion that there is moral relativism within the context of political struggle and the use of force. As a former naval officer who adheres to Western concepts of respect for human rights and the dignity of individual life, this is anathema.
Over the last few weeks, I have watched in disgust as this continuously retread both-sides-style characterization played out across our national and international discourse concerning the Israel-Hamas/Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) conflict. Media on the left, right and center, in addition to politicians, podcasters and pundits, have haphazardly used words like “war crimes” without any regard to their meaning or effect. Such imprecise language reveals either a misunderstanding of the rules governing the use of force or perhaps, more cynically, an intentional disregard of these rules to suit a particular narrative. At varying levels and contexts, I have seen both.
Much hay has been made regarding the disparity in death toll between Palestinians and Israelis. At the writing of this article, nearly 96 hours after the imposition of a ceasefire, the numbers stand at approximately 230 Palestinian lives lost and 12 Israelis—almost a 20:1 ratio. This includes 65 Palestinian children and two Israeli children. Hamas fired more than 4,000 rockets towards the civilian population of Israel. Nearly 650 landed in Gaza, killing Gazans themselves, while Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system intercepted 85 percent of the remainder. Assuming a proportionate increase in death from rocket attacks, Iron Dome can account for nearly 40 to 45 lives saved in the recent weeks. This is a conservative estimate given that Iron Dome prioritizes rockets that will impact densely occupied areas. I expect these numbers to change as the literal and figurative dust settles.
Under the law of armed conflict (LOAC), proportionality does not necessitate using the same level of force as one’s enemy, ensuring equality of death toll, or engaging in the same style of warfare. This would be a cold and meaningless calculus that would devalue human life and unnecessarily prolong armed conflict. It is unnecessary to use the minimum amount of force possible, just as it is unreasonable to flatten an entire city to kill a single terrorist. Large, sophisticated militaries should expect to trounce smaller, unsophisticated ones. They bear no responsibility to use less force than necessary to end the conflict quickly and preserve human life.
The Israel Defense Forces’ use of laser- and GPS-guided munitions, shape-charges, programmable missiles and precision artillery have all gone far in providing advanced targeting capabilities that reduce unnecessary destruction. The IDF gives warnings before strikes and directs attacks at known rocket sites and Hamas/PIJ strongholds.
Contrast such practices with the 4,000-plus rockets fired indiscriminately from the Gaza Strip. They are crudely constructed, unguided and fired for maximum effect in the general direction of Israel’s most populated cities. They do not target military facilities or critical defense infrastructure. They are fired without warning, giving some citizens between 15 and 45 seconds to reach shelter. The rockets do not distinguish between soldier or civilian, adult or child, Palestinian or Jew.
The unfortunate occurrence of civilian death from IDF airstrikes does not imply that the attacks causing those deaths are illegal; one must evaluate the legality of the attack itself. This is not a task for a 24-hour news cycle or a passive social-media user from thousands of miles away. As a security matter, when given the option between performing a targeted strike to neutralize a threat or doing nothing whereafter people will continue to be shelled by indiscriminate rocket fire, it is hardly a choice.
Collateral damage and civilian death are always tragic, regrettable and should be avoided to the greatest extent practicable. Therefore, we limit armed conflict where feasible and implement rules to govern the use of force. But these rules are meant to be followed, not abused. Thus, it is a violation to hide weaponry and combatant forces among citizens in their places of worship, schools, residential buildings and commercial centers. The rules do not say “Don’t fight terrorists near civilians;” but instead “Don’t use civilians as human shields.”
The need to remain objective is especially challenging when faced with the gut-wrenching personal narratives and visual media that this recent round of conflict yielded. The stories and the loss of life are tragic and should not be discounted. Simultaneously, emotion should not form the basis for determining what is and is not an appropriate use of force.
The death of innocent civilians is justifiably disgusting. I do not celebrate such loss of life or suggest that a 12-year-old child delivering a toaster oven was a necessary victim of collateral damage. However, I do suggest that those who share in my disgust direct it at the party that established an indistinguishable military presence among the civilians they claim to fight for, knowing that the response to indiscriminate rocket attacks would be military force. When faced with such death and destruction, the same party increased their attacks from populated areas and uses the images of the dead and tragic stories of loss as propaganda tools.
Israel is not above criticism. I have reservations about retaliatory strikes in general, and I think there is ample reason for an inquiry into some of the decisions made regarding specific targets. Israel’s explanation of IDF actions has been somewhat lackluster. Despite any operational successes in weakening Hamas/PIJ militarily, the handling of the public-relations aspect of this conflict has been a failure. We live in a world wherein perception determines reality, and Israel has failed to account for this principle.
I see a large swath of American distaste at Israel’s management of the conflict in Gaza as ignorance at best—perhaps mixed with displeasure in the rules that govern armed conflict or even warfare itself. There are legitimate policy debates surrounding these issues. But for now, the rules are what they are, and warfare is hardly an anachronism. At worst, I see these criticisms as an overused double-standard that conveniently suits an anti-Israel narrative while ignoring Israeli concerns for international security and the safety of its citizens.
Regardless, terms that have far-reaching international consequences should be used with discretion and a complete understanding of both their meaning and the facts, rather than promoting a false moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas/PIJ. These actors are not the same—not even close.
Cade Spivey is a publishing adjunct at The MirYam Institute. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and served three tours in the Navy as a gunnery/anti-terrorism officer, damage control assistant and counter-piracy evaluator. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law.
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Aside from being a dedicated actress, Maggie is also a dedicated supporter of various causes. Listed below are just some of the worth-while causes she has lent her support to, by either openly expressing support or by attending charity functions.
Artists United to Win Without War is an organization born from a committee of artists after the invasion of Iraq to express their discontent over the decision to invade and of the political climate in Washington in general. AUWWW encourages debate, engages opinion makers and activates concerned citizens using the strength of one of America’s most useful tools, the media. Part of their mission statement reads, “Unprovoked war will increase human suffering, arouse animosity towards our country, increase the likelihood of terrorist attacks, damage the economy, and undermine our moral standing in the world. It makes us less, not more, secure.” During both the 2003 Academy Awards and the 2003 IFP Awards, Maggie wore a peace sign pin in support of this organization and its message. If you’d like to learn more about the AUWWW.
On February 25, 2004, Maggie attended the 14th Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert held at Carnegie Hall in New York. Tibet House is an organization that is dedicated to “to the proposition that the wisdom and arts of all human civilizations vitally enrich the emerging global culture.” They focus specifically on the culture of Tibet, and is part of a worldwide network that hopes to ensure the survival of Tibetan culture. Part of their mission statement reads, “By presenting Tibetan civilization, its profound wisdom and special art of freedom, to the people of the world, we hope to inspire them to join the effort to save it.” The Tibet House offers many courses, seminars, and lectures concering the Tibetan culture and the current state of Tibet. To learn more about this worth-while organization.
Declare Yourself is “a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to energize and empower a new movement of young voters to participate in the 2004 presidential election.” On the night of March 2nd, Maggie and several other stars including her brother Jake, her boyfriend Peter Sarsgaard, Kirsten Dunst, and Reese Witherspoon, co-hosted an event sponserd by Declare Yourself which hoped to stress the importance of voting and democracy to young people. The event was held at the Historic Beverly Hills Post Office and gave young people the opportunity to register to vote, as well as to view a copy of the original Declaration of Independence. Declare Yourself hopes that “by creatively fusing education, entertainment, information and technology” they will be able to challenge “Americans between the ages of 18 and 29, especially first-time voters, to find their reason to register and to vote.” To learn more about Declare Yourself.
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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS Walk & Fair
Saturday, 9/25/2021, 11am-1pm
at South Sioux City Drive-In/Soccer Fields along the riverfront / Scenic Park
NOW accepting sponsors & donors!
NOW accepting vendor registrations!
NOW accepting walker/participant registerations.
Hosted by Heartland Counseling Services Inc., this FREE Fun Event and Walk celebrates the 32nd Anniversary for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery Month! Donations will benefit the many services provided by Heartland Counseling to the families in the Siouxland community. For more information on the event, including registering as a sponsor, donor, vendor, or walker/participant, visit our event page!
Sponsors/Donors (as of 9/1/21):
- Tyson (PREVENTION Sponsor)
- R Perry Construction (HEALING Sponsor)
- Jessica Kern Realtor, Century 21 ProLink (HOPE Sponsor)
- Wall of Fame (HOPE Sponsor)
- Nebraska Total Care (HOPE Sponsor)
- Siouxland Community Health Center (HOPE Sponsor)
- Ideal Roofing LLC (HOPE Sponsor)
- Don Claeys (Donor)
Food Trucks (as of 8/20/21):
- Big Papa's on the Run
- Dona Ana's
- Kat's Grub
Vendors/Organizations (as of 8/20/21):
- Scentsy by Paula Wendte
- Color Street by Dianna Rodriguez
- Heartland Counseling Services
- Project Aware Grant
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Human Rights Commission
- Safe Place
- Catholic Charities
To get involved, contact Jennifer Hart at Heartland Counseling Services Inc. - firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Imagine living in a contemporary apartment home with the conveniences you deserve. Chene Park Commons offers spacious 1 and 2 bedroom apartment homes featuring a private balcony or patio, abundant closet space and on-site laundry facilities. Located just minutes from downtown attractions, entertainment and businesses, you will be centrally located near it all. Easy access to I-75, I-94 and the Lodge freeway. Call to visit us today and see why Chene Park Commons is the perfect choice for your new home!
Come enjoy the newly renovated garden-style apartments at Chene Park Commons! Quality living waiting for you!
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For you readers out there who aren't orphans or feral children, Sunday is Mother's Day. Make her happy with these gift suggestions. Clean Her House: Molly Maid 800.MollyMaid; MollyMaid.com For all those years she spent picking up your dirty towels and cleaning your crusty sheets, give her a Mollymaid.com gift certificate -- valid for full-service house cleaning in most parts of the country. You'll keep her off her feet for a day, and wrack her with guilt for letting the house get so messy. Maybe if she were more motivated to clean, she'd have gotten an actual visit from her son. Rub Down: Human Touch OttoMan 3.5 Foot and Calf Massager $379.95 at SharperImage.com Tired of giving mom foot massages? Make your life easier and less Oedipally disgusting by getting her this Foot and Calf Massager. It's remote-controlled, offers three different speeds for her aching dogs, and will allow you to never interact with your mother on a physically intimate level ever again. Hollandaise of Yore: Tetra-Pak Hollandaise $11.95 at GourmetSleuth.com If you can't be with your mother on May 14th (or you're just too lazy to wake up before 4pm) buy her the essence of brunch: pre-packed Hollandaise sauce. Think about it: Without Hollandaise, Eggs Benedict is just a McMuffin. And unlike homemade H, this'll keep for weeks -- so her initial elation won't turn to disappointment when she's poisoned by salmonella.
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Whatever kind of pet you have, and whatever your own fashion style might be, you can find just the right outfit for your animal companion.
When Madonna sang "Strike a pose" in her 1980s hit, "Vogue," you can bet she wasn't talking about high fashion for pets. How things have changed! Now, whatever kind of pet you have, and whatever your own fashion style might be, you can find just the right outfit for your animal companion.
Retailers such as Old Navy and Land's End sell pet clothes right next to the sweaters, jackets and hats they sell to their two-legged customers. Search for "pet clothing" online and the options are endless. From basic to bling, fashion options abound for dogs, cats, ferrets and even pigs who want to strut their stuff.
For years, caring pet owners dressed their dogs in sweaters and coats to protect them on rainy and snowy walks. Boots can keep dogs' paws warm and dry, and safe from the harsh salt used to melt ice on sidewalks. In the past few years, however, thanks to high profile Chihuahuas like Paris Hilton's Tinkerbell, and to movies like Legally Blonde and Beverly Hills Chihuahua, pet fashion has moved from practical to playful.
If you've got a favorite sports team, your dog can join you on the couch or at your next tail-gating (!!) party wearing a bandana, football jersey, varsity jacket or a baseball cap emblazoned with your team's logo. Want to take Fido to the beach? He'll be one gnarly dude in his Hawaiian print board shorts and sunglasses....and don't forget the doggy sunscreen! Going sailing? If the weather turns a bit stormy when you're out on the ocean, Fido can don a weather resistant squall jacket, complete with reflective binding exactly like the one you'll be wearing. Bring Fido along to the coffee shop with you dressed in jeans or trendy camouflage pants. And if you're heading out on your hog, don't forget to outfit Fido or Fluffy in matching leathers, complete with the Harley Davidson logo.
Searching for something suitable for a more festive occasion? You can array your pet in formal attire ranging from basic rhinestone-studded collars to tuxedos, top hats, satin gowns and tiaras. Sparkling jeweled necklaces, some crafted with semi-precious stones and Swarovski crystals and with price tags to match, can be ordered or custom designed to compliment any outfit. High end retailers, such as Coach and Burberry, also offer status conscious pets (and their owners) the chance to dress to impress.
Your cat might not take to dressing up as easily as your dog does, but if you are lucky enough to own a cat with a passion for fashion, there's quite a selection available for you, too. Cats can wear any article of clothing sized to fit a small dog. At holiday time, why not consider matching "Meowy Christmas" t-shirts for you and your feline? After bath-time, wrap Fluffy up in a snuggly hooded towel or a silky robe.
Even small animals like ferrets can become fashion icons. Shop online to buy bandanas, hoodies, sweaters, fleece vests, hats, t-shirts and biker jackets sized just right for ferrets, gerbils and guinea pigs. On the larger end of the pet spectrum, the potbellied pigs at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary have been photographed wearing elegant, custom made quilted jackets.
Putting clothing on an animal is not for every pet owner. It should go without saying that if your dogs, cats, or ferrets are resistant to your efforts to dress them up, don't force them into doing it for your own amusement. But if your pets seem to share your love of fashion, there's no reason not to indulge your urge to splurge.
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Matha is a Consultant with BSP. He has worked on the firm’s Business and Clinical Strategy, and Health Economics and Outcomes Research, and Medical communication areas. Some of his recent projects include:
Business and Clinical Strategy
- Identified a market opportunity for a medical device manufacturer, by analyzing unmet needs, market sizes and avenues for quick market capitalization for launching their technology in a novel market
Health Economics and Outcomes Research
- Developing case-studies to evaluate the sustainability and effectiveness of an enterprise-wide medical device (urology) standardization program
- Developed BSP monthly disease awareness reports by analyzing EHR data and providing insights across various disease areas
Designed a poster for an international meeting showcasing the cost-effectiveness of adoption of a pharmaceutical company’s novel anti-arrhythmic drug formulation
Matha holds a PhD in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University, following which he worked at the University of California, Berkeley and the Oregon Health and Science University, Portland as a post-doctoral researcher. He developed opto-chemical tools to understand biochemical pathways in neuroscience, oncology, and cystic fibrosis, resulting in publication of several peer-reviewed manuscripts. In addition to research, he also worked with start-ups and provided market opportunity assessments for life sciences tools, rare disease therapeutics, and a pulmonological-health monitoring device. In his spare time, Matha enjoys exploring new restaurants, baking and yoga.
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The late Greg MacLean founded the Golfers Against Cancer event three years ago, which raises money for the Cape Breton Regional Hospital’s cancer patient care fund.
But Shane, despite living in Stratford, P.E.I., has been up to the task in an effort to carry on his father’s legacy.
“I was so overwhelmed with all the support and the people that turned out, for me, it’s my duty to continue what he started,” Shane said. He noted the help of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation and others in organizing the event. “I don’t really have a lot of free time myself, but I just felt like it’s something I had to do. I kind of picked up where he left off and tried to turn it into an annual event.”
In 2010, Greg was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and received assistance from the cancer patient care fund while he battled the disease. The fund helps cancer patients and their families cover the costs of travel and medical expenses while undergoing treatment.
A longtime golfer, Greg decided he wanted to give back by organizing an annual fundraiser. Although his early goal for the first tournament in 2015 was to hit about $1,000, the event brought in close to $8,000.
To date, over 160 golfers have taken part, and nearly $20,000 has been raised.
“Those kind of treatments can take a toll on a person and during that time, not everybody can work through it, so a lot of them have to leave their jobs, they might not have proper medical plans or things that can take care of or offset those costs,” said Shane. “It was a fund that helped my father and mother during their time when my father was dealing with that, and he became very attached to the cancer patient care that happened at the regional and the people who are part of that particular fund.”
Greg died a week before last year’s tournament at The Lakes Golf Club in Ben Eoin, but Shane says the day was helpful in the healing process. He called his mother, Pat, “a rock” as everything unfolded.
The third annual Greg’s Golfers Against Cancer will be held at Dundee Resort and Golf Club in West Bay on Saturday. It’s a course that has extra meaning for Shane, because it’s where he and his father played their last round of golf together.
To register for the tournament, donate, become a sponsor, or for more information, visit gregsgolfersagainstcancer.com.
On Twitter: @cbpost_sports
Greg’s Golfers Against Cancer
Where: Dundee Resort and Golf Club, West Bay
What: Charity tournament that raises money for the Cape Breton Regional Hospital’s cancer patient care fund.
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US Weekly is reporting that Nicki Minaj is leaving American Idol. Minaj first joined the show last year along with Keith Urban and Mariah Carey—the latter of whom she simply could not get along with on the show.
News of Nicki's departure comes just days after Randy Jackson announced he'll be leaving the show after 12 seasons. There's no word on whether Carey or Urban will return to the show.
According to US Weekly a source close to Nicki said, "It's safe to say she isn't coming back to Idol."
But damn, without Nicki how would they get Drake to make unexpected cameos?
[via Us Weekly]
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Teenagers, Facebook and Self-esteem
An article reporting some research on the impact of Facebook on teenagers’ self-esteem in my local newspaper caught my eye recently. And to be honest, it confirmed everything we old fogeys had suspected all along about the impact of social media. The question is, what do we as parents and grandparents, aunties, uncles and friends do to help our young folk?
The Upshot of the Article
The article, entitled Under the sway of social media has this to say:
The more time teenage girls spend on social media – caught in a world of competition for likes on Facebook, posting weight-loss progress selfies on Instagram – the more likely they are to be dissatisfied with their bodies and have low self-esteem.
It goes on to report a study of girls who were first interviewed in years 8 and 9, and then again in years 10 and 11, which asked them about their social media habits and self-esteem. 90% of them had a Facebook account with an average of 475 friends each. All of them were uploading pictures of themselves onto the internet. Over the course of the study, the time they spent on social media had blown out from one and three-quarter hours to two and a half hours a day.
That by the way is fully 10% of their time each and every day!!
This is what the research concluded:
Even though 80 per cent of the girls surveyed were classified as normal weight, 46 per cent said they were dissatisfied with how much they weighed.
“Time spent on social network sites was related to lower self-esteem, body-esteem, sense of identity and higher depression,” Amy Slater from Flinders University’s school of psychology said.
This is definitely an article that everyone with teenagers in their life should read.
So What’s Changed?
Back in my day as a teen, my parents were deeply concerned over the corrupting effects of Start Trek (Series 1) in my life, and banned me from watching it.
Hard to believe I know. But each generation of parents it seems, finds some social demon that they are convinced is going to destroy their children’s hearts, brains, moral fibre and lives.
So, are we just repeating that cyclical phenomenon with social media? Is this just our generation’s version of Star Trek demonisation?
I don’t think so. Because something has fundamentally changed. There is a major discontinuity that we now have to navigate our way through and that discontinuity is this:
And that’s a profound shift. We all know how cruel teenagers can be to one another. If you’re not one of the “beautiful set”, you’re nobody. And we all know how immature teenagers are – that’s par for the course. So if your kids and mine are listening more to immature teenagers than to loving parents in order to discover their identity, the Houston, we have a problem.
And that’s exactly what’s happening. Back in our day, when we came home from school, we were disconnected from our friends, and connect to our family and in particular our parents. Loving parents had at least equal airplay in our lives as teenagers , at a time when we were establishing our identities and sense of self-esteem.
Yet these days, teens come home and often withdraw to their bedrooms, where most of them have access to high-speed internet and cable television where they continue to be bombarded with all the wrong messages.
So, what’s the answer?
Now is Not The Time to Abdicate
The answer is not to demonise social media. It’s here to stay. And the answer is not to throw our hands in the air and give up – abdication of our loving, parental responsibility is never going to be the answer.
Another article on the role of parents in the social media lives of their children sheds an interesting light on this. It reports a different study involving 491 families with teenagers aged from 12 to 17, (the majority 14 to 16). The participants were from Seattle, USA and selected randomly. This is what it found:
Parents who connect with their kids on Facebook and other social networks are likely to build a stronger connection with them in real life. These teenagers also have higher rates of “pro social behaviour”, meaning they are more generous, kind and helpful to others, according to the study by Brigham Young University.
“Social networks give an intimate look at your teenager’s life,” said Sarah Coyne, lead author of the study. “It lets parents know what their kids are going through, what their friends think is cool or fun, and helps them feel more connected to their child. It gives a nice little window into what is going on.”
The answer isn’t to abandon them, the answer is to join them.
Hmm. That can be a touchy thing. Most teenagers won’t want their parents peering into their SM-lives … that is unless they already have a deep relationship with them.
So, maybe liking each other on Facebook isn’t an option for every parent-teen relationship. But engagement … that’s a whole different thing.
I had to be dragged kicking and screaming onto Facebook – a lot of us are like that.
But maybe, just maybe, it’s time for those with teenagers in their lives to find creative ways of engaging with them in their space on their terms, rather than abandoning them to a life where they establish their self-image by staring into those side-show mirrors that distort what they see.
Because their emotional wellbeing for the rest of their lives, utterly depends on discovering who they are, by hearing it from the loving parents God gave them for exactly that purpose!
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. (Psalm 127:3)
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)
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1958 Morris Minor 0.9
A real practical classic
Blown head gasket trying to get the most out of the engine!
Vast range of electrical problems due to poor restoration in the electrics by previous owners. Lots of cheap work.
Car was very slow in traffic, especially uphills it kept a lot of traffic behind.
I am fitting the popular Fiat Twin Cam and using disks upfront to keep up with modern traffic and also trash some of it!
The car has a lot of character. I wonder how a car like the mini and beetle kept on production and the Minor didn't - I prefer driving it more than the other modern car I own.
The interior is very simple and that attracts me a lot - no plastic stuff, fearing it will break in your hands on first touch.
People love it, wherever I go people are asking about it. For old people it brings old memories and to youths it looks funky.
I am just 19 years old and I think with little mods and a nice color the car is cool enough!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 16th February, 2003
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Jonny Williamson provides an overview of IBM’s new global headquarters for its Watson Internet of Things (IoT) business in Munich, Germany.
Ecosystem, collaboration and integration. Those were the words I heard most while taking a tour of IBM’s impressive new Watson Internet of Things (IoT) Centre, and characterise the very real approach the technology leviathan has adopted.
The new headquarters represents IBM’s largest single European investment in more than two decades, totalling close to US$200m, and it’s easy to see where the money has been spent. More than a dozen floors have been fitted out with the very latest technology and tools needed to create the products and services that deliver on the promise of cognitive IoT, not to mention some of the sharpest talent currently working in this space.
IBM’s vision is to bring all associated competencies under one roof in an effort to compress innovation and development cycles, a move inspired by, and will no doubt itself increase, the tremendous pace of advancement in the ultra-competitive IoT space.
Interestingly, the building itself is around a decade old so offers an excellent facsimile of how others could effectively retrofit and implement IoT Watson into existing structures. In the words of one IBMer, the building had been ‘IoTised’, short-hand for describing how an embedded cognitive infrastructure makes the building smarter.
Everything from climate control to hot-desking, comfort to space utilisation is controlled using a combination of voice-activation or wall-mounted panels, with a mobile app currently under development offering a host of further functions.
Appropriately described as a ‘campus environment’, the centre is presently home to 300 IoT developers, researchers, designers and engineers, with a target of 1,000 set to be reached in the near future. As well as numerous ‘IBMers’, the building is – or at least will shortly be – home to five co-located research and development teams seconded from within IBM’s partner organisations.
To date, these include BMW (the first of such key partners, announced late last year); IT distributor AV Net; banking group BNP Paribas; technology consulting business Capgemini, and software service provider Tech Mahindra (all announced in February 2017).
Demonstrating the cross-sector, multi-industry impact IBM expects the Internet of Things to have, it has also announced collaborations with the likes of payment giant Visa; global engineering firm Bosch; imaging and electronics company Ricoh; French railways operator SCNF; drone manufacturer Aerialtronics; Arrow Electronics, and crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.
“We have reached a tipping point with IoT innovation; we now have over 6,000 clients and partners around the world, many of whom are now wanting to join us in our new global Watson IoT centre to co-innovate,” explained Harriet Green, general manager, IBM Watson IoT, Cognitive Engagement and Education.
“Together we are building a new global IoT innovation ecosystem that will explore how cognitive and Internet of Things technologies will transform industries and our daily lives.”
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Chicagoland Gasoline and Caffine May 6th
Our April 1st event was a huge success, we had well over 40 cars in attendance even though the skies started off gloomy and the roads were damp from the hard early morning rains that fell. There were lots of BMW's AMG's as well as several Audi's, Porsches and Corvettes in attendance.
Based on feedback from many of those who attended the first event we will be holding the May 6th event at the same location. They have a very large parking lot that can accomidate over 200 cars and everyone thought the location was easy to get to.
This event is open to any and all makes and models of vehicles.
Date: Sunday May 6th
Location: Caribou Coffee 2879 W. 95th St. Naperville, IL
NE Corner of Rt. 59 & 95th St.
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The 3-days Domotex Asia & China Floor ended successfully at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, which lasted from July 26 to 28, attracting more than 1,500 enterprises to participate in the exhibition, and more than 1,000 brand products were exhibited at the same time. Overseas visitors from
Interface is now a third-party certified Carbon Neutral Enterprise.Creating a Climate Fit For Life.In 1994 Interface founder and visionary Ray C. Anderson set its company and peoples on a path to Mission Zero® with a pledge to reduce carpet negative impact on the environment and live zero every day.
2023, the global trade and what involves imports and exports in the carpet industry is also heading towards a speedy recovery. DOMOTEX Hannover took place 12-15 of January 2023, after two long years of absence, and more than 100 Chinese exhibitors took part in person. “This is a clear sign of libera
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I fell asleep - just for a bit. I really need to get better at the night time sleeping thing.
But I just finished Twilight Child. "Gentle" is the best word that I can use to describe this book.
It's a nice little story about Eleni - a child born at twilight and therefore gifted to see the other folk - the fey. Her life takes her from Finland to Scotland when her father decides to take her after her mother's death. She finds herself in Tobermori, a small town in the Scottish highlands.
Its a short nice read about Eleni and her life and experience with the other from the tonttu of the Finnish sauna to the brounies of her Scottish home.
I read it once years ago and remembered it as a nice read and wanted to go back to it. I was glad that I did because it was a nice story. But I believe that's the best I can say of it. It was nice.
Well now I am in for the harder bit of staying up for the next 12 hours.
Wish me luck and I hope you all are enjoying your marathon!
Shame Nation Genre: Non-Fiction Rating: 4 Stars Summary My Thoughts: This is a book everyone needs to read. The title perfectly fits ...
So tired. I will do a better wrap up later- 1. Which hour was most daunting for you? 2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you t...
5 more hours....I'm not sure I am going to make it. But gosh dang it I will try. Since we last met I have listened to one little fluff...
Always by Sarah Jio Genre: General Fiction Rating 3.5 stars Summary: While enjoying a romantic candlelit dinner with her fiance,...
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Reader-revenue strategies offer publishers a recurring revenue stream and positive audience relationships. A strong subscription business requires measuring and monitoring the core metrics of consumer engagement. More than likes and clicks, though, true subscriber engagement is characterized by regular usage. The Medill index developed by the Medill Spiegel Research Center provides insights to identify this important metric of at-risk subscribers for local news outlets.
The research includes data from close to 50 news outlets. On average, across all publications, 95% of subscribers pay for their subscriptions each month. However, they do not visit the sites that they subscribe to daily. And that could spell trouble.
Know your readers
The Medill’s subscriber index segments readers into three tiers based on outlet size to identify at-risk subscribers.
- Tier 1, large newsrooms, shows a monthly retention rate of 95.4% and visit an average of 5.7 days per month.
- Tier 2, mid-sized newsrooms, shows monthly retention at 95.7% and visit an average of 9.2 days per month.
- Tier 3, small newsrooms, shows monthly retention at 96.2% and visit an average of 10.5 days per month.
Subscribers in smaller communities tend to look at their local news organizations for multiple purposes. These include local news events and sports sports, as well as national and international news. In contrast, many readers of medium and large newsrooms turn to secondary sources for national and international news.
Deep dive into audience analyses
The Medill index tracks both subscribers and registered non-subscribers to assesses whether they are “at-risk” or “established” based on their regularity. “At-risk” is defined as two or fewer visits per month, while “established” means more than two visits. The research concludes that regular visits to a website is more important for retention than the number of stories subscribers read. Building toward habits of daily usage is a necessary retention metric.
Engaging with at-risk subscribers is vital to keeping retention high. Tim Franklin, Senior Associate Dean and John M. Mutz Chair in Local News at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, suggests getting subscribers engaged through regular communications. This connection point can be a newsletter, a news alert, an email from the editor or the publisher, or even emails about events. Reader retention needs to be a central focus and play a prominent role in a publisher’s strategy.
Experiment to engage
In addition, experimentation is essential to evaluate the effect of different pricing offers on churn. Lenfest’s Herts, a former Finance VP of the Dow Jones Consumer Media Group, recounts an experiment at a major metro news outlet. They offered an introductory price of $1 for six-month access. A higher number of sign-ups for the long-term introductory offer resulted in more total subscribers after one year than previous short-term offers.
Understanding cross-platform consumption is also crucial in understanding the total engagement picture. How often a reader engages in the site, app, newsletter, comments, etc., all represent an integration into the reader’s lifestyle experience. The publisher’s goal is to make its product a constant touchpoint and — as such — valuable to the subscriber.
Identifying and engaging with at-risk subscribers is necessary for reader retention. The Medill Index demonstrates the importance of publisher attention to reader regularity to build a long-term relationship with a core cohort of paying subscribers
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The top U.S. vacation destinations draw tourists from across the globe, eager to check out the famous Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone Park or the bright lights of Times Square in New York City. Though you’ll never go wrong with these world-renowned sights, sometimes the greatest adventures take place right in your own backyard. The best U.S. vacations might be as easy to plan as a road trip to the historic coastal city of Savannah, Georgia, or a weekend in the beautiful Pacific metropolis of Seattle, Washington.
The country’s oldest national park, Yellowstone encompasses almost 3,500 square miles of breathtaking wilderness. Hike to dramaticwaterfalls; snap memorable photos of bison, bears, and elk in the wild; and seek out one of the park’s signature volcanic lakes and geysers, like the world-famous Old Faithful.
Southern California's largest recreational lake makes for happy travelers all year round. Surrounded by the San Bernardino NationalForest, this community is a haven for outdoor activities and offers something everyone can enjoy. Skiing, fishing, camping, hiking…the opportunities for adventure are endless!
There are more diverse people and cultures crammed into New York City’s streets than anywhere else on Earth. Come here to experience it all: the dazzle of Times Square, the tranquility of Central Park, and the high-fashion boutiques on Fifth Avenue. Don’t forget to check out iconic sights like the Statue of Liberty.
With sun that shines 310 days a year this southwest city has a charm that draws people year round. The downtown area offers impressive museums and shops while the mountains to the east provide thrilling outdoor opportunities. Don’t miss the chance to take a ride in one of their famous hot air balloons during your stay.
Quaint Victorian architecture, top-notch dining, and lovely urban parks distinguish the city by the bay.
Take in this city from its Oceanside Pier, one of the longest wooden piers on the Western coast of America.
Chili, the Alamo, and the River Walk are just a few of the things that set this Texan city apart.
The famed Bald Mountain is a source for year round fun for this scenic resort town.
This glittering desert city has something for everyone, from glitzy casinos to luxury day spas.
Searching for gorgeous landscapes? Crested Butte is a quaint city with breathtaking surroundings.
Low-key yet cosmopolitan, Savannah is a great place for local music, dining, and boutiques.
Visit Chicago for top theater and artistic institutions, great shopping, and pretty lakefront parks.
Blessed by Southern California’s sunny charms, L.A. is a top spot for food, nightlife, and beaches.
If you’re a fan of Mother Nature, we are sure that the seven miles of sandy shoreline will impress you.
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"The movie will show first in Austin, Tex., where its writer-directors, the brothers Mark and Jay Duplass, got their filmmaking careers in gear. Then Baghead will probably move on to Dallas, Houston or, maybe, Portland, Ore. — cities that, in the words of Tom Bernard, the co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, 'tend to connect with what’s new and different.'" - Mark Cieply, The New York Times (7/3/08)
I've been waiting for the studios to catch onto what everyone who's been to Portland - including many filmmakers - already know. Portland is a city full of people itching for something a little more cutting edge; something outside the mainstream. Our music scene is already known across the country, but it's high time the film scene received some recognition. I'm not going to go on and on about our many fine rep theaters, the bar theater scene, or the fact that there are regularly more interesting, varied film programming in Portland than any other city I've been to.
But I will say this - The Puffy Chair, Mark and Jay Duplass' feature debut, went over very well in Portland. It played for several weeks at a Regal theater (an art house Regal theater to be sure, but nevertheless). At the time I saw it, I wrote that I was riveted by the film right up until the end, which I felt undermined essentially the entire journey. It was nevertheless a wholly engrossing film, which makes their follow-up effort a must-see.
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A few years ago for Christmas I received a hand-held GPS, and shortly thereafter discovered the hobby of “geocaching.” Have you heard of it? Basically, it’s a sort of high-tech scavenger hunt, usually in search of a hidden “treasure”—the cache. Now a cache can be anything as large as an ammo box, well hidden in the woods, to a medicine bottle tucked away in the knot hole of a tree. Most of the time, the only real “treasure” is found in the satisfaction of discovery after a diligent search.
Well, one Saturday afternoon, Chris and I went off to find a geocache in our area. We made sure we punched the right coordinates in the GPS and followed its leading to the precise spot where the cache was supposed to be hidden—in the middle of a small picnic shelter. We looked and looked, then looked some more. Since the accuracy of the GPS can be inconsistent, we widened the search area, looking in all the typical—and atypical—spots: around trees, up a tree, beneath a bush, and so on. After about an hour of searching, the afternoon was slipping away, and we couldn’t continue. The cache stumped us. We came up empty. We had to go to geocaching.com and humbly record in that cache’s log, “Did not find.”
In the years since, I’ve thought of that unfound cache from time to time, and the reminder has always left me a little frustrated. We hadn’t taken the time or made the opportunity to return to that site since—until last weekend. Again following the GPS’s lead to the very same spot, Chris and I spent about 20 minutes searching, prodding in all the possible spots, leaving no stone unturned—literally! Nothing. We returned to the group we were with and reported our frustration. Others decided they wanted to look for the cache, too. So a fairly decent group, probably 7 or 8 others, headed off to the cache site and joined us in the hunt. Again, for half an hour we searched, hunted, prodded, probed—all to no avail. Once again about to give up in defeat, I was scanning the picnic shelter where this cache was supposed to be hidden, trying to look carefully at every detail—and then I saw something amiss. A little bit of the paint around one of the bolts embedded in the 4×4 post was chipped. “Could it be??” I wondered? With just my fingernails, I pried on the bolt head to see if I could turn it. Sure enough, the bolt slid out of its hole, and attached was a tiny canister that held nothing but a tightly rolled up piece of paper—the cache log, where those who found it could record their find (you can see the picture above). My joyful shout of discovery brought everyone running, and all of us delighted in this cleverly hidden treasure.
Of far more significance than a geocache log is the divine wisdom offered by God in the Bible. But it’s not ours without a little bit of intentional searching. Listen to Proverbs 2:3-5 and its offer:
“…yes, if you call out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”
How thoroughly we can give ourselves to finding some buried treasure that may not really be worth much at all, once we’ve found it—if we find it! And what scant attention we give to God’s revelation of Himself and His ways and His will as recorded in the Scriptures. God promises that if we’d give some diligent effort in searching for His insight into life, the world with its problems and need, and the hereafter, we’ll not come away empty. The search will yield truly valuable treasure!
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Are you one of the growing numbers of people interested in alternative (and often less expensive) housing options like yurts? If so, it’s important to understand your local government’s rules and regulations related to living in these structures year round, as a primary residence. Read on to explore the option of living in a yurt in Santa Cruz County.
What is A Yurt?
Traditionally, yurts consisted of an expanding wooden circular frame overlaid with a felt cover. Fun Fact: this structure is known to have been used throughout Central Asia for at least 3,000 years.
With elements of these core-features intact, yurts have become increasingly modernized with companies like Pacific Yurts offering practical, sustainable solutions for a variety of modern uses. Modern yurts are typically covered in durable fabrics and vinyl and might come with full bathrooms, windows, domed skylights, and even radiant floors (on the luxury-end of the spectrum).
Making A Yurt Your Primary Residence
Clearly not your typical housing-solution, living in a yurt year round may sound like a radical idea to some. However yurt-houses have become more popular over the past few years. According to this article, companies that sell modern yurts report exponential growth in recent years, in some cases quadrupling.
In Santa Cruz County, if you plan to build or erect a yurt for your primary residence you will likely need to obtain a building permit. If you want to install a yurt for another purpose, you should inquire with your local planning department to determine if a permit will be required. Below we’ll cover some of the key steps that go into obtaining a permit and making a yurt your primary residence.
The California Building Code And Your Yurt
All new homes built or erected in Santa Cruz county must meet the requirements specified in the California Building Codes. These rules may restrict the type of yurt that can be permitted. If you want to learn more about buying or building a yurt that is up to code, we suggest you talk to a manufacturer directly or work one on one with an architect.
The Right Lot
If you purchase a lot with no structure on it, you’ll have to undergo a process to ensure that your lot is buildable.
- You may need to get your lot connected to electricity or gas, water, and sewer systems. These utilities may be provided through public or private sources depending on where you are located in the county and the lot you choose. To access public utilities, you may have to work with your local water district, fire district, and public works departments to find out if your parcel can get “hooked up”.
- Additionally, you’ll have to ensure that the land is relatively flat: if too large a percentage of your lot is sloped, you’ll run into problems and may not be able to build or install a yurt.
- You may also have to undergo an environmental review if the land has protected flora or fauna on it.
As you may have guessed, determining the buildability of a lot can be a complex process. We suggest that you talk directly to the zoning and planning department(s) within the jurisdiction that your lot falls within. Not sure how to find the right office? Give us a call, we can help.
Another, often times less complex route to determine the usability of a lot would be to hire a land use planner. You can learn more about land use planners here. If you’d like a recommendation, please let us know!
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Schneider Optics currently offers the following types of optical filters:
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Schneider MPTV Filters for Motion Picture and Television applications are diamond cut from crystal clear, water-white optical glass ground and polished to a precise flatness and plane-parallelism.
Century Filters have been specifically selected to meet the unique needs of today’s DV/HDV cinematographers.
Schneider Industrial Filters are high performance technical filters that have been adapted to the requirement of industrial users in research, engineering and production.
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Much to the amusement of my friend, T (aka “The Goose Slayer“), a sister organization is also under attack. Not by geese, or the feather-headed imbeciles who love them, but by groundhogs, and the fur-brained boneheads who can’t spell “nuisance”. i despise deliberate cruelty, and even benign neglect, of animals*, but there are issues when the human need to colonize the planet conflicts with the animal need to… well, gnaw, shit and procreate all over the place.
From the Operations Director of the other organization:
We’ve had a groundhog problem in the courtyard. Now we have someone releasing them and sabotaging the traps. PLEASE do not release the captured groundhogs or mess with the traps. The captured groundhogs are relocated — they are not destroyed.
From a distance the groundhogs, especially the baby ones, look cute and friendly but they are aggressive animals—keep away from them. They have destroyed building foundations, and they have chewed through wires and hoses of vehicles in the parking lots.
Groundhogs are considered nuisance animals and state law prohibits the release of a captured nuisance animal. Don’t release them!
Well. Isn’t that special? Apparently, the rodent-fetishists didn’t get the message. This came out the next day:
SUBJ: Gopher Cam will Get You
Someone has sabotaged the gopher traps again! As a result, we now have a camera that is viewing the area and the culprit will be caught if it happens again. I will ask management to take the maximum disciplinary action possible. Wiring has been damaged on several cars, resulting in $1000 repairs. By sabotaging the traps or releasing the animals, someone is putting everyone at risk. The animals caught are relocated and not destroyed. Release by unauthorized personnel violates the law.
Bottom line: Don’t screw with engineers. We have the technology. We will get your sorry, mushy-brained, PETA-supporting ass.
* Why do the animal rights folks seem to care more about “cute” animals? Have you ever heard of “Possum Rescue” or “Naked Molerat Preservation Society” or “Earthworms Unlimited”?
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A recent Truthout article, "The Fascist in November" claims that Trump is a Fascist. Of course this is nothing but misplaced historical concreteness. If as the authur, William Rivers Pitt, claims, Fascism is the merger of state and corporations, then we've had fascism for some time. Of course, at most ours is not a structural fascism but a functional fascism. But that does not make Trump more fascist than Obama or the Clintons. But to cast allegations such as this is an easy and transparently polemical way to avoid concrete, political and historical analysis. It is at best lazy thinking but more likely ideologically and culturally crippled thinking.
For those dissatisfied with this election outcome (and how could one not be?), this is the time for action. Part of such action, and at this point in our viciously anti-intellectual history, is developing a real democratic discourse with a theoretical heart. We can no longer, if we ever could, hope for a political silver bullet, to save the day. Government is one of those silver bullets. But parliamentary democracy is dead.
It is time for a new grassroots movement to unite the neo-populist right and left. It is time to go beyond the embarrassingly smug, self-righteous political correctness that wants to sum up our problems in terms of such bureaucratic and also polemical categories as racism, sexism, fascism, religious chauvism, militarism, etc. Whereas Trump's detractors want to reduce him to these categories, this is simply another way of not moving forward practically and theoretically.
Trump has called out the ideological function of political correctness and provides the opportunity to think beyond it and go beyond our so delicate pseudo-sensitivities to the suffering of others. Let's stop reducing the causes of our suffering to the symptoms attacked by the political correctness police. Let's move on to the real causes such as the oligarchs running the show and the corporations corrupting the law, culture, and the value and virtue of community.
So all you sobbing Clinton supporters out there can take comfort in the words of Gandhi: "When I despair," said Mahatma Gandhi, "I remember that all through
history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been
tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in
the end they always fall."
If Trump is one of the tyrants, then, if Gandhi is right, he will fail. So far Clinton is more implicated in murder. Witness her support of Iraq war. She has proved herself to be quite capable of imperialist tyranny.
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Australia: Opposition leader unveils slush fund for corporate polluters and agribusiness
9 February 2010
Liberal leader Tony Abbott last week released the opposition coalition’s new climate change policy, pledging to establish a multi-billion dollar public fund to be placed at the disposal of the largest corporate polluters and agribusiness interests.
Like the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) of the Labor government, Abbot’s alternative “direct action” plan has nothing to do with reducing carbon emissions to the necessary, scientifically-determined, levels. The coalition instead aims to win the support of those sections of business dissatisfied with the proposed ETS—above all the mining industry and the privately owned coal-fired power generators—while waging a populist campaign, appealing to widespread public concerns over the regressive impact of a carbon trading scheme.
Abbott’s policy is shot through with inconsistencies and anomalies—a reflection, above all, of the political crisis that continues to wrack the Liberal Party.
Abbott assumed the leadership last December after ousting Malcolm Turnbull by a single vote in a Liberal parliamentary caucus meeting. In line with the demands of dominant sections of business and finance capital, Turnbull had attempted to cut a deal with the government and rush the ETS legislation through parliament. Turnbull’s stance provoked a rebellion among Liberal MPs with close ties to the fossil fuel sector—which under the former Howard government had effectively determined climate policy. They were joined by the Nationals, who opposed the ETS from the outset over concerns about the impact of rising costs for less efficient farming interests.
Abbott’s new climate change policy is projected to cost $3.2 billion over four years. The bulk of this, $2.6 billion, is allocated for an Emissions Reduction Fund—essentially an enormous public slush fund for business. Corporations that supposedly demonstrate a reduction in carbon emissions below their individual baseline level will be rewarded with a handout. Any polluters who continue to operate at “business as usual” levels will be unaffected by the scheme. Financial penalties may be imposed on companies whose emissions increase beyond their “business as usual” levels. But the coalition’s 30-page policy paper emphasised that the “value of penalties will be set in consultation with industry”, “will not apply to new entrants or business expansion at ‘best practice’”, and “is only expected to apply in exceptional circumstances”.
More than half of the coalition’s promised emissions reduction is to come through soil carbon absorption, or bio-sequestration. Abbott has pledged a “once in a century replenishment of our national soils and farmlands”—effectively a multi-billion dollar subsidy to agribusiness and farming interests. This aspect of the opposition’s policy clearly reflects the greater weight of the National Party within the coalition under Abbott’s leadership.
The other potential big winner from Abbott’s plan is the electricity sector. Much of the Emissions Reduction Fund is expected to be made available to the coal-generated power stations that are responsible for more than one-third of Australia’s total emissions. Other aspects of the coalition’s policy include public subsidies for home solar panels, the creation of “solar towns and solar schools”, and the planting of 20 million trees by 2020.
Several commentators dwelt on the “irony” of the differences in the major parties’ climate change policies—the Liberal Party proposes the transfer of public subsidies to selected industries while Labor, led by the so-called critic of “neo-liberalism” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, advances a free market carbon trading scheme. In reality there is no irony or contradiction at all. Both parties represent the interests of big business; the Labor Party, however, is focussed on the “national interest” as a whole—i.e., the dominant sections of finance and industrial capital—whereas the opposition coalition is concerned about specific sectional interests.
The Australian Financial Review noted last Friday: “Mr Abbot’s plan has been welcomed by carbon-intensive exporters, such as mining and aluminium ... but there is concern in some sections of the business community that because it fails to provide a clear, long-term carbon price, the scheme would not give investors the certainty they need”.
Investor Group on Climate Change represents firms including Goldman Sachs, AMP Capital, and superannuation fund CBus. Its chief executive Nathan Fabian told the Review: “Investors are struggling to see any clear signal in the opposition plan. The uncertainty of where to direct capital remains.”
Malcolm Turnbull yesterday told parliament that he would vote with the government for the ETS. “The proposed ETS is a balanced, substantive and timely step forward on an issue of immense importance,” he declared. “And by relying so heavily on market forces to address this challenging problem, the ETS is far more in the great traditions of modern liberalism than any other available policy response.”
Abbott has combined his pitch to specific industries with a focus on the Liberal Party’s right-wing base. While pledging action on climate change, Abbott is at the same time dependent on colleagues such as Senator Nick Minchin, who believes climate change is a hoax, akin to a communist conspiracy. Abbott himself is on the record as saying the science behind global warming is “absolute crap”. He recently met with prominent climate change “sceptic” Lord Christopher Monckton.
The National Party’s senate leader and shadow finance minister Barnaby Joyce has played a prominent role in the coalition’s campaign. He recently explained that the coalition’s $3.2 billion climate policy could be financed by reducing Australia’s foreign aid bill as well as through public service job cuts.
The opposition’s focus is on promoting an anti-ETS populist pitch. Abbott uses every available opportunity to describe the government’s scheme as a “great big new tax on everything”. He has also demanded that Rudd explain exactly how much petrol, heating, food, and other costs of living for ordinary people will rise under the ETS. Abbott accuses Labor of seeking to establish “a new class of carbon speculators who, in time, could do as much for the environment as derivative traders have done for the world banking system”.
Labor has no answers. The Liberals’ criticisms of the ETS, although grossly hypocritical, are accurate. Rudd’s proposed “free market” carbon trading scheme will hit working people and the poor with substantially higher living costs. The government is acutely aware that as the ETS becomes subjected to even minimal public scrutiny, illusions that the proposal has something to do with tackling climate change will evaporate and opposition will develop.
Rudd had banked on Turnbull’s cooperation in ensuring the legislation was passed with minimal public debate. The ETS is now before the parliament again, and unless Labor can secure a deal with the Greens or convince at least seven Liberal senators to cross the floor, the legislation will be defeated. As Abbott is well aware, the prime minister is reluctant to call an early, “double dissolution” election (in which both houses of parliament are dissolved) over the issue. Broad opposition to the government is emerging, not just over the ETS but against Labor’s entire right-wing economic and social program. The impasse over the proposed carbon trading scheme is therefore the expression not only of the Liberal Party’s crisis but the Labor government’s as well.
The debacle at last December’s world summit on climate change at Copenhagen has undermined Labor’s push for the rapid installation of an Australian ETS. Finance capital had anticipated that securing “first mover” advantage in carbon trading would position Australia as the regional hub for a highly lucrative Asian carbon market. But the failure to secure a post-Kyoto climate treaty in Denmark, combined with widespread scepticism that the next summit due in Mexico later this year will achieve anything of note, has dampened expectations that China, India, and other east Asian economies will each soon establish a national ETS.
The Australian last week cautiously welcomed Abbott’s climate policy. The Murdoch newspaper declared that while the coalition’s plan “falls short of the comprehensive document voters might have expected”, it recognised that the “climate change debate has been transformed by the failure of Copenhagen ... it is wrong to suggest that Australians have no choice but to lock themselves into a carbon market ahead of the world”.
For all the media commentary on the issue, no attention has been paid to the fact that the Labor government and the opposition are both committed to reducing national emissions by just 5 percent by 2020. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that advanced economies must lower emissions by between 25–40 percent—and recent scientific studies indicate that even this target likely underestimates what is required. In other words, the Australian political elite, like its counterparts internationally, has no intention of taking the necessary steps to avoid environmentally devastating climate change.
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The early morning sunrise gives you magnifint possibilities for a different view. Here some examples mostly taken in Myanmar….
This post is about the way the nature integrated with the temples in the past thousand years. Most trees have grown into the temple of Ta Prohm. It is an amazing and astonishing view. This is my last post from Cambodia. In the coming weeks you will see more images per subject. Thanks for your…
Around the Angkor temples there are thousands of tourists. But of course you also find some local children and devotes persons (monks and nuns). Another element you find around the Angkor temples is nature. In the second post today I will come back to that subject.
Almost at the end of my trip through the surroundings of Angkor Wat. One of the oldest Buddhist monuments in the world has inspired a lot of photographers. My excellent guide, Dutch photographer Eric de Vries, really showed me the secret views. Herewith a glance through my images. Because of a lot of hick ups…
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The farmer of today requires to adopt an intensive use of technology to produce higher yield from the same piece of land. Additionally, it is important that the input cost in agriculture remains low so that profitability is not affected. To achieve the twin goals of improving crop yield and keeping the cost under control, the farmer should make use of cutting edge technology such as the smart fertigation system.
This system allows the farmer to use fertilizers in his or her field in an optimum way. The advantages of this system are described below for your ready reference.
1) The accuracy of fertilizer input: One of the major advantages of using this system in the field is to use fertilizer optimally. Modern fertigation systems come with sophisticated injectors. These injectors allow you to regulate the amount of fertilizer you wish to use in your field. This reduces the chance of high use of fertilizer thereby reducing the input cost and also preventing a pH imbalance in the soil.
2) Accurate nutrient mix: Smart fertigation system allows you to provide an accurate nutrient mix for your crop. It helps you to regulate the flow of fertilizer and gives you the option of accurately providing nutrients that are important to ensure a healthy crop growth in the right proportion. Additionally, the fertigation system allows you to mix the fertilizer with water making it easier for the nutrients to reach every plant uniformly. This will go a long way in improving your crop yield leading to greater profitability.
3) The right timing: The system is extremely useful in providing the right amount of fertilizer at the right time of plant growth. Plants need fertilizers at different rates in different stages of their growth. This system allows you to regulate the release of fertilizer to the standing crop at different rates in sync with the plant growth. This is far more economical than other methods of fertilizer input; mainly through broadcast or band application method.
4) Customized way of fertilizer application: The fertigation system gives you the option of providing fertilizers at different rates in different sections of a field. In a single field, there may be variation in crop, soil content or growth stage. All these require different quantum of fertilizers for optimum crop yield. The fertigation system is of great help in such a situation. You can customize the application of fertilizer for different sections of the field at different times as per your requirement.
Conclusion: These are just some of the advantages of using smart fertigation system. In addition to these, the system allows you to check the nutrient requirement of your soil, accurate weather prediction, monitoring of crop growth, and many more. With the increased use of sensor and trackers, smart fertigation system is the future of agricultural management that will help improve your ROI significantly.
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Grasshopper is a VoIP phone system that gives local business the possibility to take advantage of effective digital phone technology once readily available to the greatest multinational firms on earth. Phone Portal Sign Up
Created from the ground up to be as basic and also as simple to utilize as, while providing industry-leading versatility and pleasant rate factors, Grasshopper is a video game transforming brand-new innovation in the VoIP space– which’s a big component of why it’s come to be so popular so rapidly.
The “awesome attribute” with Grasshopper has to be its capacity to easily integrate with the phone system or set up you currently have in your business as well as any one of the cellphones or gadgets that your staff members are utilizing, as well.
This type of adaptability assurance that your clients, suppliers, customers, and also partners will always be get to somebody from your firm without you needing to spend a small lot of money much more conventional communications infrastructure that’s always a great deal a lot more restricted.
To find out a little bit more regarding everything Grasshopper gives the table, take a look at the remainder of this quick review!
Quick Benefits And Drawbacks
• Lightning fast and also uncomplicated to set up
• Extremely affordable
• Provides ALL business phone system essentials you’re looking for
• Can be tricky to aboard everyone across all of their devices
• Entry-level plans are a bit minimal compared with the extra feature-rich (as well as somewhat much more expensive) options from Grasshopper
Out of the entrance, you are going to be quickly thrilled by how numerous enterprise quality features are developed right into the Grasshopper system at such an extremely inexpensive cost tag.
It is necessary to bear in mind that Grasshopper was substantiated of the idea to give ALL local business (as well as micro businesses, right down to one male operations) the sort of visibility and integrity of much larger procedure when customers or clients called their phone number.
Grasshopper does a great task at offering you the adaptability you should offer your business cents a much larger and much more professional entity, a much more well established procedure, and also a much more credible procedure via your phone system.
Best of all, Grasshopper does all of that without requiring you to acquire any kind of specialty equipment whatsoever. You’re able to utilize your existing interaction tools, telephone number, and even smart phones and gadgets to connect right into the Grasshopper system.
It does not obtain a great deal much easier compared to that!
Perhaps not as feature-rich or as durable as some of the larger VoIP design phone infrastructure platform, Grasshopper isn’t really mosting likely to explode your checking account or wreck your spending plan into tiny little items the method far more costly competitors would certainly, either.
At the end of the day, this is a system that knows specifically that it can best serve– small companies looking for a professional phone visibility– and also actually knocks those capabilities right out of the park.
If you’re a local business as well as mean to remain a small company, there may not be any much better VoIP professional phone system in the world than Grasshopper.
Uncomplicated and also basic Configuration is Nearly Instant
Signing up for a brand-new account with Grasshopper couldn’t be anymore straightforward. Phone Portal Sign Up
The real subscribe as well as on boarding process is only a handful of websites long and also could be finished within about five mins or so. The prices framework for this solution is additionally simple obvious, and simple to obtain a hang out right from eviction– giving you every chance to locate the ideal degree Grasshopper solution to immediately.
You’ll be able to alter your Grasshopper tier of service if you require something extra robust or something a little bit more slimline later down the line, however you rate bulk of brand-new Grasshopper consumers either stick with the first level of solution they update or select for more features with time.
There are currently 3 various tiers of solution available from Grasshopper:
• The Solo strategy, supplying you a single number and 3 different expansion. This plan can be found in simply $29 per month.
• The Companion strategy is the following step up, providing you three different get in touch with numbers and also 6 specific expansions. This strategy will run you $49 a month and also is one of the most preferred of all the Grasshopper plans.
• The Small company plan is the highest possible cost tier of the whole bunch, however, for $89 a month you obtain great get in touch with numbers and also unrestricted expansions– as well as a whole host of various other unique additional functions rolled right in.
In most situations, a $25 activation charge is charged, yet Grasshopper on a regular basis runs promo that waives this activation charge however additionally consists of added bonus offer attributes for all specific strategies that you could take advantage of, as well.
After you finish the preliminary sign-up process with this brand-new VoIP business technology will certainly prepare to rock and roll. Your new number will go real-time and also will certainly be energetic promptly, and you’ll be able to use your brand-new Grasshopper backend and also Control board to establish the rest of your phone facilities without any trouble whatsoever!
Internet and also Mobile Interface is Flawlessly Developed
Another huge benefit of utilizing Grasshopper is your capability to leverage every aspect of your brand-new VoIP organisation phone modern technology on any one of your net allowed device– including your smart phone as well as your tablets or laptops.
The internet user interface as well as mobile device offered from Grasshopper typically aren’t quite as feature-rich or as flexible as some of the various other industry-leading options from competing VoIP solutions, but also for the cost– as well as for small businesses not looking to bewilder themselves with all type of modern technology different choices they likely will not ever before make use of– these internet and mobile devices most definitely do the job.
Both of these solutions are most likely to service Android as well as iphone gadgets. Because they are cloud-based tools (or mobile applications you can download directly to your phone or tablet) you’ll have the ability to access your phone system, change setups and also procedures, and also typically administer your new VoIP organisation technology from anywhere on the planet that you have internet access or mobile data.
It doesn’t get far better than that!
Specialty Quality That Separate Grasshopper From the Rest of the Load –
At the end of the day, you’re mosting likely to be seeking a brand-new VoIP option that can provide you with all of the business phone technology you anticipate for hundreds if not countless bucks– which’s specifically what you’re getting at a price cut from Grasshopper.
We are discussing functions that include, but absolutely typically aren’t restricted to:
• Automated VoIP phone attended that could be customized to offer consumer comments depending upon the regulations you develop in your Grasshopper back-end
• Songs you choose to play while your callers are put on hold
• A full, thorough, and also quickly accessible name as well as extension directory
• The innovation required to approve multiple telephone calls from numerous people at the exact same time
• A full-featured voicemail and also voicemail to email transcription solution constructed right in
• Online faxing technology on-demand
• Built-in text messaging options that could be utilized throughout all your Grasshopper gadgets
Certainly, you’ll additionally have the ability to utilize several of the most effective economical conference calling remedies readily available, also.
By utilizing the Grasshopper Bridge devices (readily available at no cost with every rate of solution), each private employee in your procedure will certainly be able to hold their own conference calls with approximately 10 private callers. Bump as much as the Grasshopper Local business level of service as well as you’ll be able to host teleconference with an endless number of individuals throughout each specific worker line!
Grasshopper Assistance is available on a 24/7 basis, also. You can get in touch with these professionals anytime, day or evening, for aid or you can use the online communication devices built right into the Grasshopper website if you’re seeking assistance in this way.
When it comes to the Grasshopper system, there truly isn’t really much to be disappointed in.
As we have highlighted a few times already, this business VoIP remedy isn’t rather as feature-rich or as “enterprise quality” as several of the various other competing options available– but it never ever asserts to be, either.
Grasshopper is significantly developed and also established local business proprietor wanting to leverage progressed VoIP technology. If you are a much bigger procedure seeking to utilize a much more conventional phone system, or require all type of whistles and also bells, you most likely must look elsewhere.
If, on the various other hand, you end up beginning entrepreneur looking to bootstrap with the most flexible and also versatile innovation readily available– innovation that gives you all kinds of leverage to develop and also expand your business with lightning like rate– you won’t discover many far better choices than Grasshopper.
At the end of the day, you’ll always have plenty of options when it comes time to get established with a new business VoIP option. Phone Portal Sign Up
However, if you’re major regarding offering your service every opportunity to prosper with the sort of advanced innovation that used to just exist for extra-large, multinational firm willing to spend hundreds of bucks every month on their phone system– all at a fraction the cost and with no frustration and also headache– you need to look at Grasshopper ASAP.
The probabilities are respectable you will not be disappointed….
Grasshopper virtual phone system
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Count me as a fan of the original. Saw it theatrically a couple times, defended it in arguments.
Bought the VHS, later the Laserdisc, finally the DVD in a round tin resembling Mars.
Total Recall, to me, was the last good Arnold film. Have not liked - or bought - a title after this.
To be honest, if someone is not familiar with Total Recall, they will got lost with Jorge's edit.
A lot was cut, and the linear narrative is a choppy mess. Plot points bounce back and forth, and I never got a feel for Kuato's group, the Agency motivations, or why Hauser-Quaid bothered going to Rekall or Mars for that matter.
Audio sounded fine. Video- black n white sequences (all on Mars?) were well rendered. The color palate (on Earth?) was harsh - perhaps by design. Very 70s looking.
I appreciated all the thought and work that went into Blue Skies On Mars. I'll watch Total Recall again, then return to this one.
this is the first jorge edit i've seen and as an faneditor there's some really good stuff within this edit, the flashback montage sequence being a particular highlight. however while total recall was already a complicated film this edit makes things even more complicated. i found things pretty hard to follow with the constant back and forth. i don't mind a story that's been told out of sequence but i couldn't help but feel disconnected between who was who. maybe the edit would have benefited with 5 or 10 mins extra just to show a better understanding of peoples motives and to get to know some of the characters sooner
overall an enjoyable edit but not one that i would return to
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E1310, E1320 For Research Use Only. Not for Use in Diagnostic Procedures.
Patents - Disclaimers
BY USE OF THIS PRODUCT, RESEARCHER AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LIMITED USE STATEMENT. If the researcher is not willing to accept the conditions of this limited use statement, and the product is unused, Promega will accept return of the unused product and provide the researcher with a full refund.
Researchers may use this product for research use only, no commercial use is allowed. Commercial Use means any and all uses of this product and derivatives by a party for monetary or other consideration and may include but is not limited to use in: (1) product manufacture; and (2) to provide a service, information or data; and/or resale of the product or its derivatives, whether or not such product or derivatives are resold for use in research. Researchers shall have no right to modify or otherwise create variations of the nucleotide sequence of the luciferase gene except that Researchers may: (1) create fused gene sequences provided that the coding sequence of the resulting luciferase gene has no more than four deoxynucleotides missing at the affected terminus compared to the intact luciferase gene sequence, and (2) insert and remove nucleic acid sequences in splicing research predicated on the inactivation or reconstitution of the luminescence of the encoded luciferase. No other use or transfer of this product or derivatives is authorized without the prior express written consent of Promega. In addition, Researchers must either: (1) use luminescent assay reagents purchased from Promega Corporation for all determinations of luminescence activity of this product and its derivatives; or (2) contact Promega to obtain a license for use of the product and its derivatives. Researchers may transfer derivatives to others for research use provided that at the time of transfer a copy of this label license is given to the recipients and recipients agree to be bound by the terms of this label license. With respect to any uses outside this label license, including any diagnostic, therapeutic or prophylactic uses, please contact Promega for supply and licensing information. PROMEGA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING FOR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARDS TO THE PRODUCT. The terms of this agreement shall be governed under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, USA. The above license relates to Promega patents and/or patent applications on improvements to the luciferase gene.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,670,356.
U.S. Pat. No. 8,008,006 and European Pat. No. 1341808.
The method of recombinant expression of Coleoptera luciferase is covered by U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,583,024, 5,674,713 and 5,700,673. A license (from Promega for research reagent products and from The Regents of the University of California for all other fields) is needed for any commercial sale of nucleic acid contained within or derived from this product.
The use of this product and derivatives thereof is strictly limited to that of a life sciences research reagent. All other use is strictly prohibited, including but not limited to any diagnostic, therapeutic, or commercial use. The use of this product for in vivo bioluminescent imaging may be covered by one or more patents controlled by Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. Those patents include U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,650,135, 6,217,847, 6,923,951, 6,908,605, 6,890,515, and corresponding foreign patents and pending applications. The purchase or transfer of this product is not intended, either expressly or by implication, to grant any right or license to practice under the foregoing patents. Purchasers are advised to contact Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., 68 Elm St., Hopkinton, MA 01748 for information regarding a license to practice under such patents.
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The icecano is a common geological feature of Einwimz whereby a subterranean vanilla ice cream topping called methluent comes violently to the surface. Unlike most similar eruptionary geological features—such as the smogcano, the cloudcano, and the ever popular goocano—the icecano has to be manually stimulated in order to erupt. Manual stimulation proceeds by ancient art of snoggadocio, a technique which is often colloquially referred to as frigid fumbling on a mountainous scale.
Though snoggadocio is a difficult process, most icecanos around Einwimz are being erupted at a reasonable frequency due to the utter usefulness of methluent as an eating and building material. The delicacy is particularly popular on top of the ice cream that most people add to a Jam and Spam Roll in summer. The pony can even survive solely on methluent, which attracts many a pony to the area of a recent icecano eruption.
Once an icecano has erupted, the methluent in the region stays unmelted for often days at a time, allowing local indigionaries to create methluent igloos. Strangely, these igloos cannot be seen by those with dorensaro denial. They tend instead to claim that the igloos are natural formations, even when confronted with evidence to the contrary by the local indigionary who made the igloo in the first place. The igloos are popular with holidaygoers, who ski and apres on the methluent slopes, and with pony catchers.
Mount Snobulence, the biggest icecano in all of Einwimz, was a mere ten clickin' miles south of the original city of Furyus. Since the Dandoorian Meteor affected the "geology, flora, fauna, and demographics of the region", you'd think that Mount Snobulence would have been caught up in the kerfuffle. You'd be wrong. It lost a little bit of its oomph, but it can still methluate like the best of 'em.
Though there have been many efforts to mine methluent from under the ground instead of through the traditional method of snoggadocio, all such efforts have failed. Usually the miners come back saying eloquent things about the rights of miners to congregate for the purposes of consuming fine beverages. Either methluent is ensconced deeper into the ground that one would naturally suppose, or it takes a different subterranean form than from its magnificent surface manifestation. In any case, a little bit of snoggadocio is fun to watch.
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Bill and Ted reunited! Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter back together 21 years on
It's 21 years since Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter starred in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
But the friendship they made has obviously aged well, with the pair out at the cinema together in Los Angeles last night.
Despite the two decades that have passed the two were unmistakable as the stars of the hit teen movie - even sporting similar hairstyles.
Party on dudes! Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, stars of Bill and Ted, leave The Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Blvd
The actors have had very different careers since their Bill and Ted days.
After the sequel Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey, 'Ted' Reeves became household name, starring in hits such as Speed and The Matrix trilogy.
The 46-year-old is still making films today.
As they were: Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in the 1989 film Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure
But apart from one children's movie 'Bill' Winter has since worked behind the camera.
The 45-year-old makes music videos and adverts, including Peugeot's Thelma And Louise adverts.
However there has been talk of Reeves and Winter reuniting to film a third instalment of the Eighties hit.
At the Oscars in March Reeves revealed: 'Alex and I are still friends and we're talking, and we're talking to Chris [Matheson] and Ed [Solomon]
'They're going to try and see if they can write something. To me, I'd love to play the role. I'd love to work with Alex and Chris and Ed again.'
More recently there have been rumours that Justin Bieber will star in a remake of the movie.
Earlier this month a source revealed that the 16-year-old popstar would play Reeve's role of Ted, saying producers are searching for a Bill to star alongside him.
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Tekla EPM (Estimating and Production Management) is a tool that has been built for and with the steel fabricators. As its name summarizes, it helps standardize your estimating process, empowers project managers with real time visibility to the project progress and brings purchasing and production control into a new level of speed and automation.
Tekla EPM includes every functionality a steel fabricator could need: Estimating, Project Management with scheduling, Production Control, Material Optimization, Inventory Control, Purchasing and Order Entry. (Tekla EPM was formerly known as FabSuite)
Your Tekla PowerFab subscription includes one concurrent license of Tekla EPM. If you need to purchase additional Tekla PowerFab subscriptions, please contact your local sales.
If you have an existing FabSuite license on maintenance, you can upgrade to latest Tekla EPM free of charge. Please contact your local sales to purchase new licenses.
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Healthcare providers use a combination of physical symptoms and the results of a genetic blood test, called a karyotype, to determine the chromosomal characteristics of the cells in a female’s body. The test will show if one of the X chromosomes is partially or completely missing.
Turner syndrome also can be diagnosed during pregnancy by testing the cells in the amniotic fluid. Newborns may be diagnosed after heart problems are detected or after certain physical features, such as swollen hands and feet or webbed skin on the neck, are noticed. Other characteristics, like widely spaced nipples or low-set ears, also may lead to a suspicion of Turner syndrome. Some girls may be diagnosed as teenagers because of a slow growth rate or a lack of puberty-related changes. Still others may be diagnosed as adults when they have difficulty becoming pregnant.1
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Almost a third of British workers feel that having remote access to the workplace means they can’t switch off in their personal time, according to a new survey.
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I love my Giant Panda because it was the first gift my soon to be wife bought me and cemented my enjoyment of farmville and encouraged me to play more
I love my Retriever because he helps me track my foals and calves on my Lighthouse Cove farm -- which I'm turning into my own "Noah's ark."
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I first laid eyes on the Ultimate Direction Signature Series SJ (Scott Jurek) Ultra Vest 3 weeks ago when I was asked to review it for URP. The guys were getting asked about how the vest fits “for a girl” and they were running out of answers.
As it turns out, this new style of hydration vest, designed in collaboration with Scott Jurek, holds (2) 20oz water bottles in the front and is now all the rage. I just read recently in a URP Facebook post that these vests are tough to find in stores due to their popularity (but that the San Francisco Running Co has a big stash!)
Clearly these vests are definitely a hot ticket right now. So, what’s all the fuss about? Here are my 2 cents…from a female perspective.
My first impression of the vest was “Seriously?! Bottles in the front? But that’s where my umm…boobs go. “ Dirty Ultra Girls, this review is mostly for you because wearing nipples over your nipples does initially seem counter-intuitive. Guys, much of my opinion about this product won’t apply to you for obvious reasons, so you can skip to the end if you’d like. Wait, I am talking about boobs… which will probably interest you too. Okay, everyone read on…
I have been using the SJ Ultra Vest for a few weeks now. I have worn it on one 20+ mile run and several other shorter runs, and the best way to describe our relationship is as a Love/Hate one.
I’ll start with all the gender-neutral qualities that I love about the vest. I love the fact that it is super lightweight, only 13.0 oz with bottles. Seriously, it’s paper-thin. Also, there are pockets in every square inch of space. Your keys, Gu, cell phone, extra socks, rain gear, and tampons (sorry guys, but I did warn you ) can each have a pocket of their very own. Really, there is so much space in this vest, 9.2L total volume to be exact) that you could carry your own mobile aid station with you. And then there is the nifty whistle sewn into the top left of the front of the vest. This is an excellent safety feature when out on the trails, especially if you’re as accident prone or as GPS challenged as me.
I love, love, LOVE the general design IDEA of putting the water bottles in the front. Personally, I am not a fan of hydration backpacks because I do not like drinking out of a hose and not being able to see where my water comes from. I mean, how do I know there aren’t gross things floating around inside the pack at the exact moment I’m sucking down water?
Even though I do like my Salomon backpack, I avoid using it in favor of hand-helds whenever possible. Also, I think backpacks are a pain to refill because, unless you have awesome concierge service at an aid station, you always end up having to take the backpack off even if someone else refills it. I don’t mind running 100 miles, but taking off my backpack to refill the water plain brings out the lazy in me.
With the Ultimate Direction vest you just whip out the bottles, and Voila! Of course, I can imagine that in an actual race, it may feel like well-meaning aid station volunteers are grabbing at your breasts in their effort to help you out. On the upside, if these vests become more popular, maybe race directors will have an easier time getting male aid station volunteers.
So, the real issue in ultrarunning gear usually boils down to comfort. When I first put the vest on, I thought it had the potential to be comfy. I wore it on a short 6 mile run and still thought it was surprisingly comfortable. I had been concerned that the water bottles in front would interfere with my arm swing, but this was not a problem. I had also been told by another runner that when the bottles were only half full, the sound of the water sloshing around was loud and made it difficult to carry-on a conversation. Again, this was not a problem for me at all.
As a physical therapist, I do wonder if carrying that much weight in the chest region would encourage poor posture. However, I would have to wear it for longer than a couple hours to have an opinion on that. My only immediate comfort complaint is that on a longer 20+ mile run, the inside of the shoulder straps significantly chaffed my neck. The vest would’ve been better for me if the shoulder straps were narrower. This probably would not be an issue with a more broad-shouldered person.
So here’s where the love affair ends. To put it bluntly… I just feel like I look ridiculous wearing 2 large water bottles over my breasts. Pardon me if this is TMI, but in order to make this review as helpful as possible, I should specifically mention that I wear a size B bra. I guess that makes me a little on the flatter size of average where breasts are concerned. Even though I am not terribly well-endowed, I felt like there was just way too much “stuff” around my chest region. If I felt uncomfortable with my smallish “girls”, I can imagine that larger-breasted women may be even more uncomfortable. The bottles felt like actual extensions of my boobs, and as such, they should have their own timing chip because it seemed they would be crossing the finish line minutes ahead of the rest of my body.
So there you have it … Love/Hate. Love the fact it doesn’t bounce at all. Love the lightness, pockets, design idea… Hate that the bottles up front make me feel like I have size Triple-D breasts. Girls, I’d borrow one to see if you like it before running out and buying. At around $125, the vest is a significant investment.
Also, I should mention that the sizes do run on the small side, so you may wear a size larger than you might expect. (Ed note: My 28 lb 3 year old tried it on. It was too big, but not by that much. That’s her on the left.) You definitely need to try it on and take the vest for a spin, if possible, before buying.
Will I wear it again? Not sure. Generally, I am not prone to paranoia, but I m pretty sure that I got a few chuckles from other runners while wearing the vest last weekend. Maybe it was just me, but I would love to hear other feedback from my running sisters. Happy trails!
Reviewed by URP Enduro Team member Abby Hunter.
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Re: Advice: Bug Net or Bee Veil - Beekeeping on a Budget
These work well if you have a zipper that goes up to top of the collar. Zip up and stand up the collar and place the elastic around the collar. A hat with a brim around the exterior will keep the netting away from your ears.
I use them for for minimal inspections, working around the exterior, and feeding, but are marginal during the late season and honey removal. Elastic had better be snug around the neck or bees will find a way in!
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This article is meant to help you learn about what causes of zits and find out ways to treat it.
Many times people will pop their pimples. If it the pimple gets too big and you must pop it, make sure that your hands and nails are clean and sanitized to avoid causing your skin further damage by adding more bacteria to the open pore.
Resist temptation! Avoid picking at and do not pop them. Use a drying treatment cream instead. Picking at your broken skin becoming infected or leaving scars when it heals. The uneven discolorations that often result from picking at the skin can also permanently discolor the skin.
One of the worst things to do with pimples is not picking at your skin. Popping or picking at pimples can lead to spreading the bacteria to spread to other areas of your face. You are also run the risk of leaving a scar.
Avoid pimples by laying on a clean pillowcases each night. Just think about rolling all over this every night.
This is good for you because meat and dairy products frequently contain hormones which can adversely affect your skin.
If you’re getting breakouts around your mouth, perhaps you are reacting to food or to something you use to clean your teeth. Tooth whitening products of all descriptions can lead to breakouts if they get on your skin. The skin that is around the mouth is sensitive and can be easily irritated.
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How to Choose a Live Wedding Band
If you are looking for a live wedding band, then you will love the fact that there are a lot of them to choose from. Obviously, you are going to want to narrow down your selection somewhat. This is why we have put together this guide.
It is not all about you
Yes. It is your wedding day. It is about you to that extent. However, it is important to remember that you want people to have as much fun as possible at your wedding reception. This is why you need to choose a band that plays popular music. It keeps people entertained and having fun. A good band can mean the difference between a good wedding and a great wedding.
Choose a wedding band
If a band does not have experience performing at weddings, you should not hire them. There are no ifs or buts here. Performing at a wedding is a lot different to your standard gig. You have to remember that when a band is performing a gig, they are trying to be the focus of your attention. At a wedding, they take on somewhat of a backseat role. They are going to be playing live music while the focus is probably going to be on other things in the room.
In addition to this, a wedding band is going to be tasked with keeping things moving along. For example; they are going to be ensuring that the first dance goes off without a hitch. For this reason, they are going to be interacting with your guests regularly. You want to know that they are up to the challenge.
Meet with the band
It is important that you meet with the band before you choose to hire them. This way you will be able to get a rough idea of their personality. This will enable you to determine whether they are going to be right for your wedding or not. You will also be able to discuss song choices. If you have a particular song that you want them to play but the band does not know it, a good band will be able to learn it for you.
Watch the band perform before you hire them
Before you book a band, watch them perform. If you can, watch them perform at a wedding. Most bands should have videos available that you can watch. This will ensure that you choose the right band for your event.
Book in advance
Finally, and we can’t stress how important this is, you are going to want to book your live wedding band in advance. If the band is any good, they are going to get booked up very quickly. If the live band has been booked up, you will not be able to use them on your wedding date. Remember; wedding bands are going to be in high demand during wedding season. We recommend that you try to hook them the moment you know that they are going to be the right band for you.
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publixdeals.com was registered 3 years 11 months ago. It has a alexa rank of #227,910 in the world. It is a domain having .com extension. It is estimated worth of $ 22,140.00 and have a daily income of around $ 41.00. As no active threats were reported recently, publixdeals.com is SAFE to browse.
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Re(3): "Can China and the U.S. Avoid War?" Posted on 12/10/2018 at 09:41:52 by Ed Tipshus
Balance of Power - Maybe it is time to get friendlier with Russia AND encourage Japan to revise their US written Constitution and rearm. Japanes do not ever want the military to come to power again. The 30s and WW2 was their disaster.. Both and the US would balance the World Power scales against China's ascendancy. And it seems that would be advantageous to Russia and Japan. Replies: There have been no replies.
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1. Schedule listing appointment.
This means that you will need to contact the client and set up a time for when they can come by to see the property.
2. Review property information.
This is so you are familiar with the property and can answer any questions the client may have.
3. Confirm listing appointment.
The day before the listing appointment, you should confirm with the client that they are still coming and what time they will be arriving.
4. Arrive at listing appointment on time.
Make sure to arrive early so you can do a walkthrough of the property beforehand. This way, if there are any issues, you can fix them before the client arrives.
5. Tour the property with client.
Show the client around the property and point out any features that may be of interest to them..
6. Collect feedback from client.
After the tour, ask the client what they thought of the property and if they have any questions.
7. Gather marketing materials.
Before the client leaves, make sure to gather any marketing materials you think they may need such as flyers or business cards.
8. Give estimate to client.
Based on the feedback you received from the client, give them an estimate of how long it will take to sell the property.
9. Follow up with client after listing appointment.
Once the listing appointment is over, make sure to follow up with the client to see if they have any other questions or if they are ready to list the property.
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It’s here! It’s here!!
Finally, after roughly eight months, college basketball returns tomorrow with a huge slate of games. The ACC alone has 20 games this weekend with six teams playing two games and Duke is actually playing on back to back nights. Florida State is the only team that won’t play, they open their season on 11/14 against George Washington. Pitt is the only team that will open the season on an opponents home court, playing at Navy for the Veterans Classic. Georgia Tech opens the season against UCLA in China.
Here is the complete schedule courtesy of the worldwide leader in everything other than sports:
|FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10|
|6:00 PM||Detroit Mercy at Virginia Tech||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|7:00 PM||Northern Iowa at #9 North Carolina||Preview | Tickets|
|7:00 PM||Cornell at Syracuse||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|7:00 PM||VMI at NC State||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|7:00 PM||Western Carolina at Clemson||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|7:00 PM||Elon at #1 Duke||ACC Network Extra||Preview | Tickets|
|7:00 PM||UNC Greensboro at Virginia||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|7:30 PM||Maine at Boston College||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|7:30 PM||Georgia Southern at Wake Forest||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|8:00 PM||Gardner-Webb at #13 Miami||ACC Network Extra||Preview | Tickets|
|9:00 PM||Pittsburgh at Navy||CBS Sports Network||Conversation | Tickets|
|11:30 PM||Georgia Tech vs #21 UCLA|
|SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11|
|4:00 PM||#14 Notre Dame at DePaul||FOX Sports 1||Conversation | Tickets|
|7:00 PM||Utah Valley at #1 Duke|
|SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12|
|1:00 PM||South Carolina State at Boston College||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|2:00 PM||North Carolina A&T at Clemson||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|2:00 PM||George Mason at #16 Louisville||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|4:00 PM||Navy at #13 Miami||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|4:00 PM||Charleston Southern at NC State||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
|7:00 PM||The Citadel at Virginia Tech||ACC Network Extra||Conversation | Tickets|
I want to take a look at a few of the more intriguing match ups real quick.
UNI @ UNC
Northern Iowa struggled last year, and lost two of their top 5 scorers , but they had some young guys logging heavy minutes. I fully expect Carolina to win, but without Joel Berry running the show I think Ben Jacobson’s team can keep it close for a half. Prediction: UNC by 21
UNCG @ Virgina
UNC-Greensboro visiting Virginia is also really interesting. Virginia turned over their roster in the off season, Kyle Guy is becoming…the Guy, after the graduation of London Perrantes. DeAndre Hunter and Jay Huff haven’t played a meaningful game in a year and a half. Ty Jerome has a ton of pre-season hype. UNCG is coming off a 25-10 season under Wes Miller who has built this program from the ground up. The Spartans did lose two of their top three scorers, but they do return Francisco Alonso who led the team at 15 ppg. The thing I like most about this match-up is UNCG doesn’t mind playing slow. The Spartans were 240th in adjusted tempo last season according to KenPom. The deciding factor in this game is going to be how they defend Virginia. Tony Bennetts team was one of the most efficient teams offensively in the country last year and UNCG ranked 173 in adjusted defensive efficiency. Prediction: UVA 54 UNCG 49
Georgia Southern at Wake Forest
Anyone who follows this blog knows, I am a huge fan of this Wake Forest back court. Chaundee Brown is one of my favorite prospects in the 2017 class, and Bryant Crawford is one of my favorite players in the country. They are going to be tested early by the Eagles of Georgia Southern who return EVERYONE from an 18 win team in 2016-17. Ike Smith and Tookie Brown are a pair of guards that can really fill it up and the one thing that Danny Manning’s teams have struggled with is defending the perimeter. This is my pick to be the most entertaining game of the weekend in the ACC. Prediction: Wake 79 GSU 71
Georgia Tech vs UCLA from China
What a shit show this trip turned out to be. Georgia Tech gets nailed with a story about impermissible benefits provided to suspended wing players Tadric Jackson and Josh Okogie by a Pastner acquaintance who felt slighted so he then released photos of the two college students hanging out by his pool. A 50 year old ex-convict recovering addict flies two college students out to his home to hang out by his pool while he takes pictures of them. That’s not creepy. Off course Pastner is conveniently gallivanting through Asia when the story is released and his side of the story has yet to be told.
Not to be outdone, in a real “hold my beer” moment, three UCLA freshman get busted for shoplifting from Louis Vuitton on the trip. Jalen Hill and Cody Riley are both nice four star front court players who will not be available for this game. Riley is expected to be a big time contributor so his absence will really hurt. Also involved and suspended was LiAngelo Ball.
So what would have been a really nice game from Shanghai has turned into a game where one team has hardly any front court depth, and one team is missing two of their top three players. Expect Aaron Holiday to have a huge game going up against a young Jackets back court. Keep your eyes on Kris Wilkes during this game, he is a future star in Westwood. Prediction: UCLA 67 GT 52
A couple of other things to watch this weekend:
- How Louisville plays. David Padgett has said that he will play Pitino type basketball, which means tough, in your face defense. He has rounded out his staff with Greg Paulus and former Shaka Smart Graduate Assistant RJ Evans to go along with former LSU, Nevada, Stanford and TCU head coach Trent Johnson. The Evans hire points to an uptempo defense as Smart runs the very popular “Havoc” defense.
- Will Brad Brownell let the big dog eat? Clemson has a good roster. They have some guys that can score the ball. He needs to loosen the reigns a little bit. Playing the same style of losing basketball and wasting Jaron Blossomgame’s entire career has to have convinced him to adapt right? Right?!
- Markell Johnson. This is one of my guys to be a breakout player this year, and he gets two games at PNC against cupcakes to take a step towards that prophecy. Look for him establish himself as the leader of this program this weekend, providing NC State fans a reason to take to twitter and revert back to thinking they are the equal to their Triangle neighbors.
- Will Chris Clarke play? He played 5 minutes in VT’s exhibition game the other night, and I saw a video (that I can’t fucking find anywhere) of him doing some kind of spartan training or something, and he was going full bore. I expect against these opponents he will play very sparingly in the first game, and probably not at all in the second.
- I can’t wait to watch Miami play. They might beat Navy by one hundred, thousand points. Not really, that would be inappropriate. But, Lonnie Walker apparently looked really good in the exhibition and not hobbled so, hot damn, they are going to come out of the gate blistering teams.
I will check back in on Saturday with thoughts on the results and with another Recruiting Roundup on Sunday morning. Enjoy it people! It’s finally here.
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EPASOrg A.I.S.B.L, the OSCar Consortium and the CIR Working Group have decided to join forces to create ‘nexo A.I.S.B.L.’, an international non-profit association based in Brussels, which will replace the former EPASOrg organisation.
The noise surrounding omnichannel commerce and the role of the point of sale is deafening. PCM met with June Felix, Verifone’s new European president to understand how the company is rising to the challenge.
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Thirteen years ago, I accidentally fell in love with a goofy, handsome camp counselor. Luckily, he loved me back and before we knew it, we were setting off into the sunset of marriage. We found our happily ever after. Our one and only true love. He loved me and I loved him. Nothing would get in our way of a lifetime of happiness. It really was that simple for us.
Early into our relationship, we decided to forget the "dating rules" and make up our own. Dates were long walks in nature; late night phone calls; hikes and bike rides. We had very few fancy dates, but none of them stick out in my memory. However, the things we talked about on our walks, burn deep into my brain, even years later. The simpler the better. We accepted the gift of our time together.
Years later, I woke up and found myself living halfway across the country with the same man, but all of a sudden, we had two kids. Simplicity was still our motto, more because of economics; but I treasure it all the same. Family fun nights consisted of picnics on the beach, walks to the park; and flying kites through the air. Road trips to cities with snacks and books also fill my memory.
Years later, I still see the movies in my head of our simple couples dates, as well as our simple family outings. I see smiles and laughter, along with a few tears. We took the time to be a family; to ignore the "you shoulds" of our generation: "You should sign your kids up for sports." "You should make sure your kids are well rounded." "You should have your kids in music lessons and sports." "You should make sure every minute of time is organized."
We believed our kids would be fine, but life is for living NOW. The time is today. Maybe we saw it coming, maybe we had some strange foresight to know that we needed to take the time as a family now, because tomorrow is not guaranteed. I will never regret keeping our lives simple, before cancer came and took our family's future away.
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Solicitor: Upstate Attorney Stole From Civil Rights Leader's Trust
Dayatra Baker-White Pleads Guilty
A Greenville attorney is headed to prison for stealing from a trust account, according to the 13th Circuit Solicitor.
In a press release, Walt Wilkins says Dayatra Baker-White pleaded guilty to breach of trust with fraudulent intent and a violation of the computer crime act.
Judge Ned Miller sentenced White to 10 years in prison suspended to the service of 7 years on the breach of trust charge followed by five years of probation. White was also sentenced to 5 years in prison on the computer crime act charge to be search consecutive to the breach of trust sentence.
According to Wilkins, in Sept. of 2006 Dr. William Bagwell, a civil rights leader, died, leaving White as trustee of his estate.
Under the terms of Bagwells will, White was able to open an estate trust account and distribute the estate assets to several women who Dr. Bagwell assisted in their fight for the right to attend all-white educational institutions, according to Wilkins.
Wilkins said from Sept. 2006-March 2009, White routinely withdrew money from the estate for her own personal use. The estate, initially valued at $430,663.92 was reduced to $14.35 before Whites crimes were discovered.
Wilkins says White used a personal computer to electronically transfer money from the trust account into one of her several personal bank accounts.
Wilkins said she also distributed trust money to her family, made deposits into her personal investment trading account and paid her personal mortgage and credit card bills.
Investigators said law enforcement determined White had no other significant source of income other than the money from the trust.
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With Ajarae Coleman, Working Actor, Master Coach, Founder of Acting Resource Guru.
How can I avoid drinking without being the odd person out?
How can I stay sober and social in LA?
Can I be sober without attached unwanted attention?
What can I do have fun but will be engaged in LA nightlife?
What can I do at night in LA without alcohol?
What kind of nightlife activities can I do without the temptation of alcohol?
Any activity suggestions for night life in LA that does not have alcohol as a temptation?
What sober night life options are in LA?
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2021-01-27T10:54:12Z
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Several weeks back I wrote about how this easy-to-use database over at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration where you can check if your peanut butter is salmonella free. But if a parent wants to find out if that Thomas and Friends wooden railway the kid has been hankering for is free of lead paint or easy-to-swallow parts, you won't have much luck over at the Consumer Product Safety Commission--yet. The agency is over two months late with a required report to Congress on plans to build a new searchable database for its website that will contain information on reports of hazardous toys and other products. With this new database in place, parents should be able to quickly discover whether any other parent out there--or health professional, or child care center operator--has reported a safety problem with a toy, long before there is an official recall.
Last summer, largely in response to public uproar following the recall of millions of lead-contaminated popular toys imported from China--Big Birds and Elmos and Thomas the Tank Engines among them--Congress approved the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. As part of that law, the agency was required to produce, within 180 days, or by February 10, a detailed plan to Congress for the new database. Once the report is submitted, the agency then has 18 months to make it available to the public.
Yet February 10 came and went without the agency submitting the plan, with the agency claiming it had not received the funding to work on it. With the passage of the 2009 appropriations bill, Jacquie Elder, deputy executive director staff now says the money is in and that staff are "beginning our work on developing the plan for the database." As the law is written, every day in delay for the submission of the database plan to Congress also translates into a day of delay before the database is required to be made available to the public.
Nancy Nord, the acting chairman of the commission and a Bush appointee, was notoriously hostile to the idea of the database when it was originally debated on Congress. At a May 2008 speech before the National Retail Federation, she reportedly told attendees to fight the database provision. Nord had testified earlier that the database requirement would be too costly. In March, Sen. Dick Durbin sent Nord a blistering letter, saying "Recent comments you have made in the press...show your continued resistance to modernizing your agency and addressing the genuine public concern over unsafe products." Nord has come under fire in the past for taking trips on the dime of the industries she regulates. The CPSC is also hamstrung because one of three commissioner slots has been vacant for some three years.
The new database is required to go beyond information currently available to consumers by requiring disclosure of any reports of harm that are submitted by consumers; local, state, or federal government; health care providers; child service providers; and public safety groups. You'll be able to find out the types of injuries that have occurred, where they occurred, and other information typically now available only through a formal Freedom of Information Act request. Manufacturers will be identified, which ought to make it possible to mash that information up with lobbying and campaign finance information.
However, there's no explicit language in the law requiring that the raw data underlying the database be made available to the public in a format such as XML or a text file. Offering the data in this format would make it easy for programmers to mash it up with other information, enhancing its reach. Imagine, for example, maps showing where product injuries are occuring. Or an application that helps you check out toy safety on your cell phone. Every day the CPSC runs late on getting this data out to the public is a day when that information could have helped prevent new injuries.
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Successful promotion of “Transpac Tahiti Race 2020” in Los Angeles at the departure of the “50th Transpac Honolulu Race 2019”.
For several months, the company Archipelagoes has collaborated with the Transpacific Yacht Club of Los Angeles in order to revive a Transpacific offshore race from Los Angeles to Tahiti: the Transpac Tahiti Race 2020. The start date for this race is May 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, with an 11-day monohull record to beat and a multihull record to set. A dynamic communication campaign has been in place since the official announcement of the race in February 2019 by the Transpacific Yacht Club in Los Angeles, with a website (transpac-tahiti.com), posters, brochure, articles in international specialized media, and promotional events held at various yacht clubs from Tahiti, Auckland, through Nouméa, Long Beach and Los Angeles, California USA.
In this context, the team of Transpac Tahiti 2020 was invited to promote the race at the start of the LA-Honolulu Transpac, organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club. For this 50th edition, 90 sailboats were featured in three separate starts at Point Fermin in Los Angeles. “More than 50% of the sailboats registered for the Transpac Honolulu race are more than 40 feet in length (the minimum size required for our race to Tahiti), and therefore were the target of our Los Angeles – Tahiti 2020 race promotion campaign,” said Stéphanie Betz, Manager director of Archipelagoes. Four of the seven monohulls entered in the Transpac Honolulu race have already pre-registered for the Transpac Tahiti race 2020. They received a box of products “made in Fenua” as a sign of welcome in next year’s south sea race to Tahiti.
The team of the “Transpac Tahiti 2020” was able to make a 10 minute presentation in the large theater of the Long Beach Aquarium during the skippers briefings of the 90 skippers and their crews registered for the Transpac Hawaii 2019. “The audience was particularly interested, and several sailboat crews came to see us after the presentation to confirm their interest, including the largest of the fleet, the Rio 100,” added Stéphanie Betz.
For multihulls, although there are no pre-registered teams yet, the organization has a major ambassador for this division. Indeed, Mr. Loic Peyron, Godfather of the Tahiti Pearl Regatta since 2018, has fallen in love with the water-filled playground of Polynesia. He was also present at the start of this race aboard the trimaran MOD 70 (Multihull One Design 70-foot) of the PowerPlay team. He did a wonderful job boasting about the “Transpac Tahiti” to other competitors in this division. After this promotional event in Long Beach, two owners of MOD 70 have shown interest in taking up the challenge of coming to Tahiti to set a new record.
This trip also allowed the “Transpac Tahiti” team to familiarize themselves with the venues of the competitor’s reception festivities at the Long Beach marina and with the starting line at Point Fermin adjacent to Los Angeles harbor. “We can now prepare to organize the departure village of Transpac Tahiti in Long Beach, which will highlight many aspects of Tahiti as a nautical and tourist destination, but also in terms of its cultural and maritime heritage, highlighting the historical links between Fenua and California, and beyond, between the USA and France.”
The next highlight of the promotional campaign is a scheduled presentation of the Transpac Tahiti 2020 at the prestigious St Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco on August 22, 2019.
The Transpac Tahiti 2020, which will take place before the America’s Cup and could be for some yachts a race on the road to its venue in Auckland, is already supported by the French Polynesia Ministry of Tourism, Air Tahiti Nui, the municipality of Papeete and the Harbor Master of Papeete.
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Deutsche Bank: Central banks simply can’t afford higher rates with global debt so high
Repost from 3-2-2021
“When I talked about the inflation picture slowly turning before the pandemic, the major reason was that I thought we were moving more towards a helicopter money / MMT world and away from fiscal austerity. The pandemic has accelerated this and a Blue Wave has picked up the baton in its crest.” – Jim Reid, chief credit strategist, Deutsche Bank
USAGOLD note: Reid, in short, does believe that we are more at the beginning than the end of the money creation process. He says that central banks (not just the Fed) will “lean quite hard” against rising rates. All of which gives one the impression that the Fed might be nearing some kind of an announcement. One more event like last week’s bond market scare might be enough to prompt it.
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2021-10-18T11:36:08Z
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Carian Baru-baru Ini
Wego mencari pelbagai laman pelancongan agar anda dapat melihat dan membandingkan kadar terbaik.
Located in Junin de los Andes, Cabañas Illihue offers free WiFi access and barbacue facilities, only 200 metres from Chimehuín River. This holiday home.Apartments at Cabañas Illihue feature wooden furniture and a cosy décor. They have a fully-equipped kitchen, a dining table, a satellite TV and a patio with barbacue facilities. Daily maid service is included.The property has a large garden, a shared lounge area and a games room. Parking is available for free.Cabañas Illihue is 1.5 km from the Civic Centre, 1.5 km from the Bus Terminal and 20 km from the Airport. Huechulafquen Lake is 25 km away.
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For many injury victims, pursuing a personal injury claim is unfamiliar and perhaps intimidating.
Learning about the mechanics of the litigation process will prepare you for the work ahead. The more you know about the process, the better you will be able to make appropriate decisions in your best interest.
If The Babich Law Firm agrees to represent you, the firm will :
Discovery is the legal term used to describe the investigative activities in a case after it is filed and before trial. Historically, neither side found out what the other side’s evidence was prior to trial. Ambush, surprise, and concealment were the order of the day.
However, as the courts became more sophisticated and more crowded, it became clear that if both sides knew each other’s case before the trial, the trial would be more fair, the parties would have a better idea as to what they were facing, and more cases would settle before trail. Now, as a matter of rule, each side must disclose to the other its evidence, witnesses and exhibits upon a proper request.
As a plaintiff in a personal injury case, you will be asked and are obliged by the law to answer particular questions routinely posed by a defendant. The information sought must be reasonably calculated to lead to relevant evidence. This broad standard allows the seemingly most trivial information to be "discoverable" including detailed personal and medical histories, copies of many personal documents and answers to questions concerning your case, evidence and exhibits. The Babich Law Firm and its office staff will help you in responding to discovery. All discovery is given under oath and must be complete, truthful and consistent.
The firm will conduct discovery on your behalf in order to assist it in the preparation of your case. Generally, because a defendant’s medical condition is not an issue (it usually is for the plaintiff in a personal injury case), the defendant is not required to answer questions which touch upon such personal matters as the defendant may inquire of the plaintiff. The same is true as to the defendant’s finances. Although a defendant’s insurance coverage is discoverable, it is generally not admissible into evidence and a defendant’s financial status is not even discoverable as it does not tend to prove a proposition regarding a defendant’s conduct. Unfortunately, you may be required to disclose far more information about yourself than you may ever learn about a defendant.
Interrogatories are a written series of questions posed by the other side. This is generally the first "wave" of discovery served by both sides. Answers to Interrogatories must be given in writing. The Babich Law Firm will assist you in preparing your answers.
Even though both parties are entitled to discovery, The Babich Law Firm believes it has won or enhanced many clients’ cases through the quality investigation done outside of the formal discovery process. Especially before the case begins, an investigation should include photos of relevant objects involved in the injury, a visit to any place important to the events, and interviews of witnesses. The firm often hires professional investigators to complete investigations and ultimately to serve any process in the case. The expense of any investigation generally pays for itself many times over. The firm strongly advises against you undertaking any investigation on your own.
Your deposition is one of the most important parts of your case. A deposition is testimony given under oath, prior to trial. The deposition is taken by the opposing lawyer usually at the offices of The Babich Law Firm. A court reporter is present to transcribe all of the questions and answers.
A deposition has three purposes. First, it is the opposing lawyer’s opportunity to meet you and evaluate you. It is therefore important that you arrive on time, neatly dressed and groomed, and that you are prepared, articulate, and direct. The opposing lawyer will, after the deposition, report to the insurance adjuster how, in that lawyer’s judgment, you will be viewed by a jury. Are you the sort of person who evokes trust and sympathy, or are you the sort of person who is not likely to be believed or liked by a jury?
Second, the opposing lawyer will be seeking, and is entitled to know, the facts as seen through your eyes. This means that you will need to be able to recount, as consistently and accurately as possible, the events important to the lawsuit. You will probably be asked many of the questions already posed in Interrogatories – about your background. If you need to, you are entitled to refer to your prior answers when giving your deposition testimony. However, unless otherwise instructed you are to bring no documents or things to your deposition.
Third, a deposition is an opportunity for the opposing lawyer to get you to make damaging admissions. The Babich Law Firm will discuss these matters with you in advance. Nothing is to be volunteered in a deposition and you are to only answer the questions posed. However, you must anticipate that the opposing lawyer is well prepared, and you must be ready to truthfully manage any manipulation of facts that the insurance company lawyer the may attempt.
Often, the insurance company behind the defendant will hire a physician to examine an injury victim to dispute the opinions of the treating physicians regarding the victim’s medical condition or its cause. This exam is frequently called the I.M.E. for "Independent Medical Exam," which is a misnomer. It is really an “Insurance Medical Exam,” often presenting a predictable opinion from a small group of certain doctors who make a substantial portion of their incomes by repeatedly providing the negative opinion the insurance company wants to hear, and for which it handsomely and repeatedly pays.
At the exam, you should keep notes of the examining doctor’s actions and remember that you are not there for treatment. A report by the doctor examining on behalf of the insurance company is required to be submitted, and The Babich Law Firm will share a copy of the report with you.
You can be a great help to your case by sharing with the firm any information you have concerning the parties and witnesses to your case. Every detail that you can recall concerning the individuals involved will assist in better preparing for their depositions. Additionally, if you review the discovery requests and the responses of the defendant, you may have insights into matters that will help your case. The key is to stay involved in the case, review the discovery, and to give the firm any useful feedback you might have.
Over 95% of all civil actions conclude by settlement. A settlement eliminates the risks associated with trial and often provides a guaranteed source of funds for medical treatment and income replacement, as well as some measure of compensation for non-economic damages and permanent impairment.
To reach an appropriate settlement, The Babich Law Firm evaluates your case based upon the injuries, damages, losses and liability picture. In Colorado, statistics are routinely compiled as to verdict results, and are broken out into categories for type of case and injury. Additionally, the Jury Verdict Reporter, and the ATLA Exchange (an electronic database developed by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), give reports of verdicts and settlements of every stripe in Colorado and the United States. This information, coupled with experience of The Babich Law Firm, provide the tools for evaluating your case.
Often, settlements are mediated. The mediator is often a retired judge selected by both parties to assist in arriving at an appropriate figure.
No case will settle unless you are prepared to win at trial. The best formula for a successful settlement is thorough preparation for trial. The Babich Law Firm will discuss settlement of your case with you and guide you through the process every step of the way.
As with your deposition, it is important for you to arrive appropriately dressed and well-prepared. The Babich Law Firm will prepare you to present your testimony. The Babich Law Firm will have worked to arrange the appearance of your witnesses and prepared your exhibits. You should be aware of potential delay, as civil trials are often postponed. You should also be prepared to be encouraged by the Court to continue settlement conversations. A case can be settled at any time during a trial, even after a verdict.
Remember that as a party to a jury case, one member of the jury will probably be looking at you and your lawyer throughout the trial. The judge will instruct the jury not to speak directly with the plaintiff, the opposing party or counsel; and you must respect these instructions. You may look at the jurors but you should not gesture at them. Criminal penalties may attach to any misconduct between a party, counsel and a sitting juror. After the trial, your lawyer may contact jurors to thank them and to get feedback from the jurors as to their deliberation and verdict.
The party calling a witness is the proponent of the witness and generally is limited to ask direct questions which do not suggest an answer. Defense counsel is entitled to cross-examine each witness the plaintiff calls. You will probably testify as a witness for your case. After plaintiff’s evidence is presented, the defendant presents witnesses. The Babich Law Firm will cross-examine those witnesses on your behalf, as well as deliver opening and closing statements.
At the conclusion of the evidence, the jury is instructed on the law, retires to deliberate and to render its verdict.
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As a valued member of sixty27's community we invite you to a FREE Networking Sundowner to celebrate the end of 2016 and help you move into 2017.
This event inlcudes informative and engaging presentations from three sixty27 members, delicious canapés, wine and beer.
When 5.30pm – 7.30pm, Friday 9 December
Where sixty27 coworking space, North Metropolitan TAFE (corner of Lakeside Drive & Shoveler Tce, Joondalup). With free parking included, can there be a reason not to attend?
EO Joondalup Business Association
Creating a Sustainable Competitive Edge in 2017
Digital Marketing and Sales Coach
Search Engine Optimisation in 2017
Get your Network Working for you in 2017
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Wall Mounted Electric Toothbrush Holder Toothpaste Holder Bathroom Organiser. 220V Electric Car Polisher Buffer Sander Sanding Machine Waxing Machine 7-Speed. Door Canopy Polycarbonate Front Back Porch Awning Rain Shelter Roof 120cm/150cm. Our exquisite door canopy will not only enhance the appearance of your property, but also protect your doorway or window from precipitation without blocking the light.It can be used in both residential and commercial applications. The polycarbonate sheets are incredibly durable and weather and corrosion resistant. Additionally, the solid construction with strong steel brackets and aluminium bars is exceedingly stable and could strongly sustain this canopy.
All required assembly accessories are included for a quick and easy installation. Please note the roof of our door canopy cannot withstand heavy snowfall. Colour: Silver brackets and transparent sheets.
Material: Solid PC borad (polycarbonate), steel and aluminium. Size: 120 x 90 cm (L x W). 3 x Divided polycarbonate board.
2 x H-shaped plastic connector. 2 x oxidized aluminium bar. Size: 150 x 90 cm (L x W).
If you have not received your item after estimated delivered days, please do not hurry to open case to us. The item "Door Canopy Polycarbonate Front Back Porch Awning Rain Shelter Roof 120cm/150cm" is in sale since Thursday, April 15, 2021. This item is in the category "Garden & Patio\Garden Structures & Shade\Awnings & Canopies".
The seller is "tide-online" and is located in Venray. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.
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Obedience, writes Elizabeth Scalia , is a spiritual discipline desperately in need of recovery (especially for American Catholics) given ongoing challenges in the Church and more recent eruptions like the LCWR report.
Obedience, or really, our refusal to practice it, is at the heart of most of our troubles, because disobedience serves so much within ourselves that ought not be given in to. Our egos; our pride; our selfishness; our need to self-medicate, our greed it all gets served by disobedience to the first and fundamental things. Disobedience is at the heart of the LCWR story, too , to some extent.
But Julie is on to something when she ties Americanism to Disobedience and finds something troubling in the mix. Our ingrained independence doesnt understand the idea of something not being a democracy, subject to a campaign and a vote. [ . . . ]
In Europe, people either leave the church or remain ; in Africa and Asia the church is of course growing and determined in its orthodoxy. Only in America do you see this insistence that a spirit of Vatican II that arose in the early 1970?s and that often has nothing to do with the actual documents of VCII must flourish; it (and these proponents) must increase, while Rome must decrease.
These tendencies lead her to speculate that the establishment of a schismatic “American Catholic Church” may be a real possibility. Fans of Walker Percy’s novel Love in the Ruins are aware of that body’s fictional existence there (it “emphasizes property rights and the integrity of neighborhoods, retains the Latin mass and plays The Star-Spangled Banner at the elevation”), but Scalia seems to think it’s not as far-fetched as it sounds.
I’m much more skeptical, especially given that some Catholics can (and do) simply leave the Church when they become sufficiently irritated by others’ emphasis on orthodoxy. Why bother going through the legal, emotional, and monetary trouble of a formal separation (for just how messy this can be, see the spate of ongoing lawsuits in Episcopal dioceses around the country) when there’s a much easier option? Nevertheless, Scalia’s points about our particular difficulty with obedience are well-taken, and one hopes that dangerous spirit/letter dichotomy she mentions, source of forty years of trouble, is indeed beginning to find resolution.
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Lucy Lawless Joins Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2
created 07/21/2014 - 5:37pm, updated 07/21/2014 - 5:38pm
It's learned that Lucy Lawless has joined the Season 2 cast of Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV Guide reports the news with mention details on her role are being kept under wraps.
It's possible more will be learned about her involvement at this week's Marvel TV Panel at Comic-Con.
Lucy Lawless is known for roles on Xena, Spartacus, Battlestar Galactica and Parks and Recreation.
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2014-12-18T22:24:20Z
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Novato, Calif. (August 3, 2018) – 100-year old, Marin Country Club member CD Madsen will open the PGA Championship Preview Show airing on CBS this Sunday, August 5th at 10 a.m. PST. In celebration of the playing of the 100th PGA Championship, CBS Sports contacted several centenarians across the nation and chose Mr. Madsen to be part of the show.
Mr. Madsen has been a Marin Country Club member for 58 years. In June, Mr. Madsen and the CBS Sports crew filmed the PGA Championship Preview Show segment in-and-around Marin Country Club. The crew interviewed Mr. Madsen in the clubhouse and near the 18th green, and also captured him hitting golf shots around the course.
“Mr. Madsen is a true gentlemen and an inspiration to us all,” said Ken Doherty, director of golf, Marin Country Club. “We’re all excited to watch the preview show this Sunday morning and see CD on television, it’s a well-deserved honor.”
The CBS show appearance isn’t Mr. Madsen’s first brush with stardom. In 2017, at the age of 99, Mr. Madsen received national attention for making his first-ever hole-in-one on Marin Country Club’s 16th hole. A life-long golfer, Mr. Madsen hit a 6-iron from 108 yards for the ace, and went on to shoot 85 for his round.
“To this day, I keep getting better,” jokes Madsen.
The 100th PGA Championship will be played August 9-12 at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri and will air on CBS and TNT. For more information on the PGA Championship, visit www.pga.com. For more information on Marin Country Club, visit www.marincountryclub.com or call 415-382-6700.
About Marin Country Club
A Troon Privé-managed facility, Marin Country Club is private, member-owned club located in the heart of Ignacio Valley, a short drive north of San Francisco. Members enjoy an impressive, well-maintained golf course, four sparkling tennis courts, three pristine pools, a cutting-edge fitness center, and an exceptional social scene. Marin Country Club’s clubhouse features casual and fine dining for members, as well as a stunning ballroom for weddings, banquets and special events. Originally designed by Lawrence Hughes, Marin Country Club first opened in 1957. In 2007, the course underwent a total renovation under the direction of John Harbottle. In 2017, San Rafael-based golf course designer Doug Nickels oversaw a bunker renovation, the addition of new forward tee boxes and the expansion of the club’s short game area
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– Journalists and researchers from with experience in the media and investigations,
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- Target countries: Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico &t Dominican Republic
- Application language: Spanish
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