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Procedural. A list of instructions telling a computer, step-by-step, what to do, usually having a linear order of execution from the first statement to the second and so forth with occasional loops and branches. Procedural programming languages include C, C++, Fortran, Pascal, and BASIC.[1]
Procedures and modularity.
Comparison with imperative programming
Procedural programming languages are also imperative languages, because they make explicit references to the state of the execution environment. This could be anything from variables (which may correspond to processor registers) to something like the position of the "turtle" in the Logo programming language.
Comparison with object-oriented programming most important distinction is that while.
Comparison with functional programming
The principles of modularity and code reuse in practical functional languages are fundamentally the same as in procedural languages, since they both stem from structured programming. So for example:
- Procedures correspond to functions. Both allow the reuse of the same code in various parts of the programs, and at various points of its execution.
- By the same token, procedure calls correspond to function application.
- Functions and their invocations are modularly separated from each other in the same manner, by the use of function arguments, return values and variable scopes. freer.
- Functional programming languages tend to rely on tail call optimization and higher-order functions instead of imperative looping constructs..
Comparison with logic programming
- ^ "Welcome to IEEE Xplore 2.0: Use of procedural programming languages for controlling production systems". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
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How to Tame Your Dragon – Too intense for young children?
Is How to Tame Your Dragon too frightening for young children?
Answer::: No. Read more below.
Though we still have to go to the theater for the movie, the page link shows everything else a kid could want to celebrate this fabulous movie. How to Tame Your Dragon is a tribute to realizing prejudices, facing our misunderstandings and accepting our disabilities. Entertaining, heartrending and evolutional movie for kids of all ages.
HOW TO TAME YOUR DRAGON — EVERYTHING A KID COULD WANT
QUESTION::: Is this movie too intense for young children, say five and under.
We went with our four-year-old granddaughter. The intensity of the pests was fierce, especially in the beginning before we settled in to the story. All she was interested in was seeing the dragons. So I made it seem like a night at the fireworks. Just keep telling the children that they won’t let the dragons get hurt. Everyone will be okay. And tell them that Toothless will be okay, too…. you’ll know when.
My opinion in two sentences…. or forty-seven…. below
How to Tame Your Dragon Review
This movie was the best movie for children that I have ever seen. They want the fast and furious these days and How to Tame Your Dragon gives its all. The novelty of these characters is timeless. The dear dragons who have been misunderstood and – oh no, I cannot give it away – for ages and the expectations placed upon them speaks of the world in general.
Like in Tinkerbell, the gift in life of the main character is not understood, even disarmed from them until they flounder for what to do with their life. Now Tinkerbell has been one of my favorite movies of all time, but for life lessons, How to Tame Your Dragon goes beyond. There are discussions to be shared about our life gifts, life purpose, the feeling of prejudice, the fears we have of what we do not understand, the underdogs in life and would we help them, the trials of disabilities.
How to Tame Your Dragon is a learning experience and a timeless movie that I absolutely recommend for your library. Make it a family tradition, children or not.
HOW TO TAME YOUR DRAGON — EVERYTHING A KID COULD WANT
You may wonder what this movie is doing in the Women’s Fiction Blog. But it is one of the best movies I have seen and I learn more from kid’s movies than adult dramas. So here it is. I rate How to Tame Your Dragon as spiritual fiction, new age fiction and inspirational fiction. Also metaphysical fiction and romance fiction.
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By sheer coincidence, one vendor demonstrated the fallacy of another vendor’s beliefs in the space of the last few days. I give you two vignettes:
The American Chemical Society dismissed Jenica’s report about SUNY Potsdam dropping their subscription to ACS by calling out blogs as unbalanced, discourteous things..” (from this morning’s Chronicle of Higher Education, with apologies for their paywall)
So public discussions on blogs and email lists lack civility, but private one-on-one communication is good for finding common ground. Got it.
Meanwhile, the JoVE sales force have taken that to heart and prefer to sell their product to individual faculty members rather than to librarians (actually a fairly typical practice), getting the faculty to request their product from the library. And apparently this one-on-one communication between individuals can also be unbalanced and discourteous. Here is the email one JoVE salesman sent to a faculty member who wasn’t really interested in the JoVE product in the first place.
—— Forwarded Message
From: Max Radbill <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:18:24 -0700
To:
Subject: Completion
Tom-
I am writing not to ask if you ever evaluated JoVE, but to question your integrity. By asking me to set up a trial for what I am assuming you wanted only to use a protocol from JoVE and then be done with JoVE. This is the reason I am questioning your integrity. Before the trial you said,you would be able to evaluate JoVE in the time given and if useful for you and your student you would endorse JoVE highly. This, of course, never happened.
For me this is a completion of the transaction that has been lingering. My conclusion is that you lied to get what you want and you lack integrity.
Max
Max Radbill
Account Manager
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) <>
17 Sellers St., Cambridge, MA 02139
tel. 617.765.4362 (office) | tel. 774.254.3451 (mobile) | [email protected]
You’ll want to read the full email string on that one, and JoVE’s apology is here.
I bet we’d have universally civil discourse if we took the humans out of the equation. Short of that, it seems that it’s possible to be a complete jerk in any format.
Howard, J. (2012, September 26). “As Chemistry Journals’ Prices Rise, a Librarian Just Says No.” Chronicle of Higher Education. Washington, D.C.
Hi:
Here’s a temporary free link to the story, for those who want to read it:
It should be good for 5 days.
Best,
Jennifer Howard
Those companies are bullies pure and simple. I saw the apology from Jove, and that supervisor should indeed be embarrassed, shocked, and appalled. If I had been that salesman’s boss, “strictest disciplinary action” would mean that that salesman would be fired. Such lack of common manners and behavior should not be tolerated in any workplace and certainly not towards a potential client. Lack of skills at a job is one thing (you can train for that). Lack of manners and common courtesy is something you either bring in to a workplace or you don’t. And as far as I am concerned, if you don’t bring your best behavior, go work elsewhere. I read that e-mail and just cringed.
Best, and keep on blogging.
Thank you for that link Jen, and thank you for the story!
And yes, Angel. That was such an awful lack of manners. Incomprehensible.
I’ve worked with two different reps from JoVE. While JoVE’s reps are, as a rule, persistent, I would not characterize either one of the reps I dealt with as rude.
Iris is already aware of this, but for others reading: marketing directly to faculty instead of librarians is not a new tactic, and it’s not exclusive to JoVE. I suspect on many campuses a purchase or subscription request from a faculty member carries a lot more weight than a request from a library staff member (or maybe even from several library staff members).
“JoVE sales force have taken that to heart and prefer to sell their product to individual faculty rather than to librarians, getting the faculty to request their product from the library”
Interesting tactic and maybe it works (probably better that unsolicited trials, or just cold-calling acquisitions librarians). But still, it’s not like the professor in question makes the final decision about what to purchase, or is likely to have any clue about the present budget.
Yes, the practice of going to faculty can be a good one. I get miffed when the faculty get pressured, but in general the faculty are the ones who know the curriculum’s needs.
On the topic of ACS, Glenn Ruskin, Director of the Office of Public Affairs for the American Chemical Society, just wrote to CHMINF-L. He says that the Chronicle misrepresented him. Here is the email in full:
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What Type Of Government Does Estonia Have?
Estonia is a parliamentary representative democratic republic where the Prime Minister leads the government of the country.
The Republic of Estonia is a small European country which was formely part of the Soviet Union. It gained independence on August 20, 1991 after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. Estonia has a parliamentary representative system of government and is divided into three arms: the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. According to the Constitution of Estonia, the President is the head of state but has no executive powers. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President and is the head of government.
The President Of Estonia
The President of Estonia is elected by a special electoral body to serve a five-year term. The President has no executive powers but has several important roles and duties defined in the constitution, which include promulgating laws and signing the instrument of ratification. As head of state, the President also acts as the senior-most representative of the country in all international affairs and signs all international treaties. Most senior officials in government are appointed or nominated by the President including the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the Supreme Court, the Auditor General and the President of the Bank of Estonia. The President can serve several terms but is limited to only two consecutive terms.
The Prime Minister Of Estonia
The Prime Minister is the head of government and is deemed as the supervisor of all work of government. The Prime Minister is nominated by the President and is confirmed by Parliament. In most cases, before the appointment, the Prime Minister is the leader of the largest party, and the authority and influence in government is defined by his position within the party.
Parliament Of Estonia
The legislative arm of government in Estonia is known as Riigikogu and is a unicameral parliament with only one chamber. The Riigikogu is comprised of 101 members (with the government and opposition sharing the membership) who are elected by proportional representation to serve a four-year term. The parliament of Estonia is one of the most important arms of government. The Constitution provides the Riigikogu several roles which make it very powerful including appointing the President, confirming the appointed Prime Minister as well as appointing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Riigikogu also has powers to ratify international treaties with military obligations as well as amending the constitution. The Riigikogu is headed by the Speaker.
The Cabinet Of Estonia
The Executive is the arm of government involved in carrying out all domestic and foreign policies of the country. Also known as the cabinet, the Executive is led by the Prime Minister and is comprised of several ministers who head respective ministries. The cabinet is accorded executive powers by the constitution and is a representation of the country’s political leadership. The roles of the cabinet include co-ordination of the activities of governmental agencies as well as overseeing the implementation of the law. The Executive is also responsible for the preparation of the national budget and its presentation to the Riigikogu.
The Judiciary Of EstoniaThe Judiciary is an independent arm of the government and is mandated to administer justice. The Judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice who is responsible for the nomination of Supreme Court judges who are then confirmed by the Riigikogu. The judicial system is divided into the city, rural, and administrative courts, the circuit court of appeal and the Supreme Court.
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Austin Vanderford dedicated nearly half a year to training, eagerly awaiting a chance at eclipsing consecutive sixth-place finishes at the state wrestling competition.
Well, that day has finally arrived.
Squaring off against Hutchison senior James Gillen in the 152-pound state finals, the junior from Ninilchik staved off a late charge by Gillen and held on for a 6-5 victory and his first title in three chances.
“It feels awesome,” Vanderford said by cell phone from the Wasilla Sports Complex. “I’m just relieved it’s over and that I won it.”
Seward’s Brandon O’Brikis (215) lost 5-4 to Barrow’s Michael Gonzales in the finals and William Clock (160) was pinned in 3:16 in his championship match by Michael Gumlickpuk of New Stuyahok. Complete medalist results will be available in Monday’s edition.
Coming up short in his two previous attempts at glory, Vanderford began his offseason training in March, hitting the gym every day for two hours and running up and down stairs.
In the end, he said it was all worth every second.
“I had to sacrifice so many things to better myself as a wrestler and to achieve something like this,” he said. “It was very worth it.”
Vanderford (31-1) pinned his way through his first three matches en route to his championship fight with Gillen, an opponent he had defeated twice earlier this season.
Jumping ahead 2-0 on an early takedown, Vanderford said he knew their third hookup this season would be more difficult.
“When we first scrambled around, I thought it would be a much tougher match than the times before,” he said. “But I never doubted myself.”
After earning an escape point for a 3-0 lead, Gillen put Vanderford in a leg ride which eventually led to a stalling point and a 3-1 match.
“For Austin to get a stalling call is pretty rare,” said his coach Kevin Zimmerman.
It didn’t faze him, though.
He scored a reversal in the third for a 5-1 advantage, but Gillen took him down for two points before he escaped again, making it 6-3.
With about 15 seconds left, Gillen added another takedown for a 6-5 final.
“I knew I was up 6-3, so I kind of gave him the last takedown so he couldn’t throw me and get back points,” Vanderford explained.
His coach never had any doubts, either.
“He’s a thinking wrestler. He’s pretty well-rounded,” Zimmerman said. “It doesn’t overwhelm him to be under the lights. He’s still the same wrestler.”
The flow was similar to that of their previous two matches. The intensity, however, was significantly higher.
“I think it was just a little bit tougher being state and being his senior year and his last match in high school,” Vanderford said. “So obviously, there was a lot of emotion out there.”
After placing sixth during his freshman and sophomore campaigns at 119 and 135 respectively, Vanderford may move up another weight to 160 next season.
“The way he’s growing from 119 to 135 and this year to 152 hopefully he’ll be around 160 or 171 next year,” Zimmerman said. “Barring any injuries and with the good, positive attitude he’s got, he’s got high hopes and will do nothing but improve, that’s for sure.”
For the time being, though, Vanderford is still trying to process what took place.
“It’s awesome,” he said, “but I don’t think it’s set in all the way yet. It probably will tonight when I’m lying in bed.”
Perhaps dreaming of what he’s been thinking about for years.
Matthew Carroll can be reached [email protected].
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Gravity: is not affected by size but is a measurement of mass. Drop two objects the same size but weigh differently (bottle of pop with water in it and the other empty.)
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Ector County Sheriff's Deputies Continue Search For Missing Man
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Updated: January 30, 2013
Deputies say that Jason Belin was last seen at Jaguar's Gold Club (6824 Cargo Road) around 10 PM on January 24th.
Belin, 23, is of American Indian descent.
Belin is 5'11" tall and he weighs 190 pounds.
Deputies say Belin has dark brown eyes and short black hair.
Belin was last seen wearing denim jeans, a solid grey t-shirt, black Vans shoes and a black cap.
Anyone who knows where Belin might be should call the Ector County Sheriff's Office at (432) 335-3050.
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Friday, January 12, 2007
What is in a logo?
S4C's audience consists of the 600,000 Welsh speakers in Wales and it commands a monopoly position as the only TV channel catering for them. It has a huge name recognition amongst its viewer base. Quite how the channel can justify this sort of expenditure on this sort of marketing is difficult to understand.
The Chief Executive claims that the new brand reflects S4C's agenda for "creative excellence". She adds: "It demonstrates a renewed confidence in our content and will help the channel stand out as a multi-platform operator in the all-digital environment." If anybody can translate that nonsense into plain English then I would be interested in hearing it. It is a prime candidate for Private Eye's Pseuds Corner.
What the new brand actually demonstrates is that this television company is failing to spend the £94.4m of public money it receives on what it was intended for - quality programmes in the Welsh language. It is no wonder that they have been fighting against the Welsh Assembly taking responsibility for them. Goodness only knows what would come out if they were ever subjected to vigorous scrutiny.
I'm constantly surprised by the amount of non-Welsh speakers who I come across that tell me they watch S4C (probably more often than I do!), so it's not just Welsh speakers they cater for - most (if not all) programmes are subtitled.Post a Comment
But you're right, who's not going to have heard of the channel, and I actually thought the old branding was very good.
But you're right, who's not going to have heard of the channel, and I actually thought the old branding was very good.
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I really hate living in this country. I’m dieing to get my hands on the Jessica Darling books and the Sookie Stackhouse books but I can’t find them ANYWHERE here. WHY oh WHY does the world hate me so?
I looked online, thinking that I might order them from amazon but as it turns out, shipping to the faraway land of Oz is actually more expensive than actually buying the freaking books.
I want them so badly. I beg you world, don’t treat me so!
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Sending good vibes your way! It's tough seeing our dogs get older..
*hugs**hugs*
Sending good vibes your way! It's tough seeing our dogs get older..
*hugs**hugs*
Kai [Sheltie], Kaedyn [Sheltie], Keeva [Malinois], Kwik [Malinois]
Sorry to hear dear Bobby has had some health troubles.
I will keep him in my thoughts please keep us updated.I will keep him in my thoughts please keep us updated.
Thanks guys.
Bob also thanks you.
My dear Bob: Yes it sucks to get old, but please know that I'm saying prayers really hard for you sweetie. Hang in there please. I might be visiting the UK in 2012 and I really want to see you.
{{hugs}} Chris.
Oh Bob...my beloved Bob!
I am sad to hear you are suffering some of the indignities of aging - but then....so am I!
It is so good to see your adorable face...
Bobby Boy...you are my most favorite dog. I send good thoughts and hope to you...
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Hi Chris,
My dog, Jasper, has what must be considered the most sensitive tummy in the world. He gets into something before I can get to him, and we will go throw a solid week of intense diahhrea, sometimes vomiting, but otherwise normal behaviour. I have taken him to the vet many times. While the anti-diarhal helps a lot..flagyl (metronidizole), I have to do this:
No food whatsoever for a full 24 hours. None. Then, we go on a plain boiled rice and greenbeans for 3 days, and this is small amounts. Jasper normally eats one cup twice a day. When he is on the green bean/rice diet, it is a half cup mixture, twice a day. When the 5th day comes around, I offer him 3-4 small meals, maybe 1/4 cup (so one fourth of his normal meal) 3 or four times a day. He also eats a special, limited ingredient diet, sweet potato and fish, as those are seemingly less allergy'ish than others.
Every day for dinner, he gets one omega 3 pill, and a allergy pill. If I keep him away from everything else, he is ok, but if he eats something outside- it is devastating to him. This summer, he literally broke out of the house, through a window screen, to get outside to do his business during the day. In the process, he took out most of the other screens, too. It seems to stress him out, which only contributes to the problem.
The no food for 24 hours cannot be encouraged enough. It gives the gut time to calm down.
Good luck!!
Johanna
It's funny, as a human with food allergies, after I have had a new reaction to something, I have no desire to eat the next day, and only approach food cautiously for a couple days after that. And I'm not at all hungry usually for several days, it's like my body is telling my brain - "Nope, food is bad! Never mind that stuff!"
I've Been Frosted
Handsome Bobby
, all our fingers and paws are crossed for you here sweetheart. I hope things go well., all our fingers and paws are crossed for you here sweetheart. I hope things go well.
Thanks slick, Liz, Sara, Johanna & Karen, and once again for everyone else who has posted, for your concern, good wishes and prayers. All very much appreciated.
Similar to Jasper, over the years Bob has eaten all sorts of things, inorganic and inedible, many is the time I have had to withhold food for twenty four hours and then feed him something easy on the tummy for a few days, usually fresh chicken, or fish, and rice. However this 'whatever it is' now is kind of different.
In the spring of 2010 he was checked out for weight loss but we managed to get it stable again by feeding him up but this latest weight loss seems to be somehow tied to allergies. Any kind of gluten and/or grain seems to set him off. I have fed him a whole bunch of different foods, both dry and canned, and the one he is on now, canned, seems to suit him, so far anyway.
I feed it shared out into three or four meals spread throughout the day in order not to overload his stomach in one go. As to his picking up and eating things I use a muzzle for walks and watch him as much as I can when he goes out in the garden.
He was on steroids for a week or so but besides the fact they didn't seem to be helping much they made him uber hungry to the point he was snaffling food any which way he could and was nasty with it, so I weaned him off them.
Got an vet appointment on Monday morning, (God willing we can get there). I'm almost certain Bob has not gained any weight, in fact could even have lost some more after last weekend. But fingers crossed eh?
Bobby sweetheart, we are sending all our good thoughts and healing vibes to you for your appointment tomorrow. Good luck, baby boy.
While I'm not around as much either, I most certainly do remember you and your sweet Bob
I hate to hear that he's having such health problems and has been loosing weight, but I do hope to hear that the vet has good news when/if you visit Monday.
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that picture of him! He's like Angus was in his pictures...smiling away!that picture of him! He's like Angus was in his pictures...smiling away!
Love and (((HUGS))) to you both!
Remembering all the Rainbow Bridge Pets
Thanks Karen & Anna. {{hugs}}
Hope things are lookin' better for Bobby soon Chris, I always enjoyed seeing his smiling handsome face.
"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."
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Winter 2018 National Student Writing Competition: Less Stuff, More HeartWant to inspire your students to write? Here's an opportunity to write about something meaningful and for an audience beyond the classroom.
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While shopping in Wal-Mart on the cat food aisle.... a man approached my husband and I about some kittens at his home. To make a long story short, we agreed that if they could catch them (a litter of 5) we would take them in with a donation of a large bag of food!
His wife, was able to catch 2 of them, and brought them over today. You won't believe this.... they are 2 tuxedos!!! She said all of them are black and white's except for 1 solid black! Now we have two complete tux litters right here on PT. Now COMEON all you tux lovers, let's ADOPT some of these babies!!!!
They are pretty feral right now.... hiding behind the toilet in my bathroom.
But here are a couple of teaser pics....But here are a couple of teaser pics....
The one on left is male and the right (longer hair) is female!
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A poignant service took place which gave people across the city a chance to let the memory of their loved ones sparkle ahead of Christmas.
Dozens of friends and family members gathered at The Light shopping centre in Leeds for the Yorkshire Evening Post’s annual Light Up A Life Appeal carol service.
PIC: Jonathan Gawthorpe
And hundreds of lights twinkled in memory of loved ones at the venue as part of the annual appeal, now in its 34th year.
People were invited to sponsor a light on a huge Christmas tree at the shopping centre, and all money raised is to be donated to the city’s St Gemma’s and Wheatfields hospice charities.
The names of those with lights dedicated to them was listed on a roll of honour during the event.
YEP editor Nicola Furbisher told the service: “I think everyone here knows all too well that Christmas is a time when happiness and sadness go hand in hand. It is a time when we miss our lost loved ones even more.
“But the purpose of Light Up A Life, as well as to remember those we have lost, is also to help raise funds for two organisations that do such marvellous work for the people of Leeds and the city of Leeds, and they are, of course, St Gemma’s and Sue Ryder Wheatfields hospices.
“Those of you who have attended Light Up A life before – and I know that will be many of you – will know that each year a fantastic amount of money is raised through the generosity of the people of Leeds.”
The names in the roll of honour will now be placed in the courtyard by the tree for the entire festive period.
The event also featured carol singing, a choir and a band.
And there were readings from Jenny Harris and Sue Roberts, who work at Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice, as well as Peter McEvoy, and Diane Lofthouse from St Gemma’s Hospice.
Visitors, friends and family at the service in The Light were also treated to free mulled wine and mince pies on the night.
Donations for Light Up A Life go towards the YEP’s long-running Half and Half Appeal for both hospices.
During the carol service last night, it was revealed that last year’s event raised almost £8,000 for the charities through its fundraising.
St Gemma’s and Wheatfields hospices in Leeds work tirelessly to care for loved ones across the city who have life-limiting illnesses.
For more information about St Gemma’s Hospice, or the care it provides, contact 0113 2185555.
Contact 0113 2787249 for details about Wheatfields.
YEP readers took to our Facebook page to share their views on the emotional service.
Erin Mace: “Lovely, we have several lights on the tree for family members no longer with us.”
Marilyn Layton: “Beautiful tree, thank God for Wheatfields and St Gemma’s.”
Maxine Dickinson: “So lovely remembering our love ones.”
Joan Kitson said: “How lovely.”
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Summary: Phytochrome region
Pfam includes annotations and additional family information from a range of different sources. These sources can be accessed via the tabs below.
This is the Wikipedia entry entitled "Phytochrome".tochrome Edit Wikipedia article ..
[edit] Structure
Phytochrome consists of two identical chains (A and B). Each chain has a PAS domain and GAF domain. The PAS domain serves as a signal sensor and the GAF domain is responsible for binding to cGMP and also senses light signals. Together, these subunits form the phytochrome region, which regulates physiological changes in plants to changes in red and far red light conditions. In plants, red light changes phytochrome to its biologically active form, while far red light changes the protein to its biologically inactive form.
[edit] greenish colour. When Pfr absorbs far-red light it is converted back to Pr. Hence, red light makes Pfr, far-red light makes Pr. In plants at least Pfr is the physiologically active or "signalling" state.
[edit] (Heme). In contrast to bilins, haem and chlorophyll carry a metal atom in the center of the ring, iron or magnesium, respectively.[4].
[edit]. Phytohrome A or phyA is rapidly degraded in the Pfr form - much more so than the other members of the family. In the late 1980s, the Vierstra lab showed that phyA is degraded by the ubiquitin system, the first, the first evidence of phytochromes outside the plant kingdom..
[edit] Genetic engineering
Around 1989 several laboratories were successful in producing transgenic plants which produced elevated amounts of different phytochromes (overexpression). In all cases the resulting plants had conspicuously short stems and dark green leaves. Harry Smith and co-workers at Leicester University in England showed that by increasing the expression level of phytochrome A (which responds to far-red light), shade avoidance responses can be altered.[5].
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- ^ PDB 3G6O; Yang X, Kuk J, Moffat K (2009). "Crystal structure of P. aeruginosa bacteriaphytochrome PaBphP photosensory core domain mutant Q188L". Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 106: 15639–15644. doi:10.2210/pdb3g6o/pdb. PMID 1972099.
- ^ Britz SJ, Galston AW.. Physiology of Movements in the Stems of Seedling Pisum sativum L. cv Alaska : III. Phototropism in Relation to Gravitropism, Nutation, and Growth, Plant Physiol. 1983 Feb;71(2):313-318
- ^ Walker TS, Bailey JL. Two spectrally different forms of the phytochrome chromophore extracted from etiolated oat seedlings. Biochem J. 1968 Apr;107(4):603–605.
- ^ Mauseth, James D. (2003). Botany : An Introduction to Plant Biology (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning. pp. 422–427. ISBN 0-7637-2134-4.
- ^ Robson, P. R. H., McCormac, A. C., Irvine, A. S. & Smith, H. Genetic engineering of harvest index in tobacco through overexpression of a phytochrome gene. Nature Biotechnol. 14, 995–998 (1996).
[edit] Other sources
- Hua Lia, Junrui Zhangb, Richard D. Vierstra, and Huilin Lia Quaternary organization of a phytochrome dimer as revealed by cryoelectron microscopy PNAS June 1, 2010, doi:10.1073/pnas.1001908107
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- Terry and Gerry Audesirk. Biology: Life on Earth.
- Linda C Sage. A pigment of the imagination: a history of phytochrome research. Academic Press 1992. ISBN 0-12-614445tochrome region Provide feedback
Phytochromes are red/far-red photochromic biliprotein photoreceptors which regulate plant development. They are widely represented in both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic bacteria and are known in a variety of fungi. Although sequence similarities are low, this domain is structurally related to PF01590 [1] which is generally located immediately N-terminal to this domain. Compared with PF01590 this domain carries an additional tongue-like hairpin loop between the fifth beta-sheet and the sixth alpha-helix which functions to seal the chromophore pocket and stabilise the photoactivated far-red-absorbing state (Pfr) [1]. The tongue carries a conserved PRxSF motif, from which an arginine finger points into the chromophore pocket close to ring D forming a salt bridge with a conserved aspartate residue [1].
Literature references
Essen LO, Mailliet J, Hughes J;, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008;105:14709-14714.: The structure of a complete phytochrome sensory module in the Pr ground state. PUBMED:18799745 EPMC:18799745
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This tab holds annotation information from the InterPro database.
InterPro entry IPR013515
Phytochrome belongs to a family of plant photoreceptors that mediate physiological and developmental responses to changes in red and far-red light conditions [PUBMED:1812812]. The protein undergoes reversible photochemical conversion between a biologically-inactive red light-absorbing form and the active far-red light-absorbing form. Phytochrome is a dimer of identical 124 kDa subunits, each of which contains a linear tetrapyrrole chromophore, covalently-attached via a Cys residue.
This domain represents a region specific to phytochrome domain has been found. There are 22 instances of this domain found in the PDB. Note that there may be multiple copies of the domain in a single PDB structure, since many structures contain multiple copies of the same protein seqence.
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What are outside factors that cause acne?Let's start from the very beginning. The best way to eliminate acne is to eliminate causes of it. As causes of acne can be versatile and there are different outside factors that cause acne, one should be attentive and try to take everything into account. But actually often these causes simply lie on the surface - as the causes of different consequences of acne do.
But not only carelessness concerning skin condition triggers appearance of acne. In some cases, excess and blundering skin care can also do more harm than good - this applies to various cosmetics that have bad influence on skin and thus cannot be regarded as beauty aids.
For example, oily creams are named as one of outside factors that cause acne; frequent application of different powders is not recommended as well as washing your makeup off every evening is strongly recommended, because some cosmetics can just block skin pores themselves.
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DHEISHE REFUGEE CAMP, Palestinian Territories, (AFP) - Umm Abdullah sits beneath a cross-stitched portrait of a keffiyeh-clad Palestinian youth holding a stone high in the air.
Her sunny, crumbling apartment in Dheishe refugee camp in the southern West Bank town of Bethlehem is filled with the laughter of children and grandchildren; but two of her sons are missing.
''The Israeli soldiers come in the night,'' she says, staring at a faded photograph of a teenage boy. ''They take our children.''
Three of her seven children spent time in Israeli prisons on stone-throwing charges when they were minors. Two of them, now adults, are still behind bars.
Her youngest, 20-year-old Abdullah, has been arrested three times; the first when he was 16.
In Dheishe, Umm Abdullah's story is often the norm.
According to Defense for Children International (DCI), around 700 West Bank children are arrested every year, most accused of stoning Israeli soldiers and military vehicles.
Other charges include making petrol bombs and involvement in ''terrorist groups''.
At the end of June, DCI figures showed that 221 Palestinian children were in detention. Of that number, 35 were aged between 12 and 15.
Stone throwing, a symbol of Palestinian resistance to the Israeli Occupation, began among the youth of Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip during the first Palestinian uprising (1987-1993).
And 25 years on, with those children now adults, their own children continue do the same.
Under Israeli military order 1651, throwing stones is an offence which can see a child as young as 14 sentenced to 10 years behind bars if it is directed at a person with the intent to harm, or up to 20 years if thrown at a vehicle.
DCI says children as young as 12 can be tried in Israeli military courts and imprisoned without charge for up to 188 days, although most are detained for between two weeks and 10 months.
In a 2012 report on stone throwing, Israeli rights group B'Tselem found that between 2005 and 2010, the military prosecuted 835 minors on stone-throwing charges.
''The IDF (Israel Defense Force) does not take lightly such serious incidents which endanger the safety of residents,'' the army said in a written response.
'It shows we exist'.
When a child is arrested, the families often have to rely on information from neighbors and the Red Cross to find out where their sons have been taken.
According to local residents and DCI, interrogations are often conducted without the supervision of a parent or lawyer, and children often go for months without seeing their families.
Of the 30 children in his class, Jareishi says that 24 ended up in Israeli jails on charges of stone throwing and political involvement.
And the remaining six who weren't arrested that year were all later sent to prison, he adds.
Many had to repeat the school year, or have yet to complete high school as they are still detained.
At 17, he himself was charged with throwing rocks and belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) -- which Israel and the United States see as a terrorist group.
''Throwing stones shows the Israeli soldiers that we are still here, that we exist,'' says Jareishi, glancing out the window.
''We want toys; not guns or rocks,'' he says. ''But this will only happen when the occupation ends and we get our rights back.''
Jareishi says that during interrogation, he was beaten and spent 51 days in solitary in a room barely bigger than he was.
There was no window and only a harsh fluorescent light that was always on, a tactic he believes is used to keep prisoners awake as a form of psychological torture.
When he did fall asleep, soldiers would blast music and drip water from the ceiling on his head for days on end.
'I am not afraid'
B'Tselem has also accused the military of using interrogation techniques such as sleep deprivation, playing loud music, forcing detainees to sit on chairs with their bodies arched backwards, putting sacks over their heads, and exposure to extreme heat and cold.
According to the father of another 17-year-old detainee, child prisoners are forced to ''confess'' through threats of sexual violence and withholding medicine.
DCI has urged the United Nations to look into reports of sexual threats and assault.
Jareishi described how children as young as 12 were made to choose a ''political affiliation''; either Fatah, Hamas, or PFLP, by which they were grouped in prison.
Although some children are actively involved in political groups and even smuggle weapons into refugee camps, others insist they are falsely accused.
Whispers circulated around Dheisheh in late July about Mahmud al-Badan, a 17-year-old who had just been released from prison with what doctors said was a broken jaw.
''They locked my family inside the house and beat me with guns in the street,'' says Badan, his face black and blue as he sat in the hospital lobby. ''But I am not afraid.''
Jamal Fraj was 14 when he was arrested for throwing petrol bombs at soldiers who raided Dheisheh. Now, more than 20 years later, his son Khaled is in Ofer prison near Ramallah on similar charges.
A framed photograph of Khaled sits next to him, taken when he was on hunger strike for 28 days in April and May.
Children in Dheisheh grow up with Israeli soldiers a constant presence, he says.
When he was small, Jamal threw stones at soldiers who entered the camp at night because he thought it was a game of cops and robbers. He says it was an attempt to normalize the abnormal.
''After I was in prison, I went from a child wanting to play to a man full of anger, resisting the occupation,'' he says.
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Shopwise is near Penelope Lane; is near Odysseus; is near I - 5; is near Calle Industria; is near Adonis Avenue; is near Greenmeadows Avenue; is near Atlas; is near Carpa Road; Shopwise is geographically located at latitude(14.6036 degrees) 14° 36' 12" North of the Equator and longitude (121.0797 degrees) 121° 4' 46" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Manila.
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Images from Saturday's season opener against South Dakota at Memorial Stadium.
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Fredmandu 4 years, 2 months ago
Go ahead and say it... A big part of the problem is the way Charlie Weis calls games. I love what he's done for our program, but he's just not a good game caller. In the first half when we should have just been pounding the ball on the ground, he's throwing. In the second half, when South Dakota was gassed and we should've been going deep, he's running those stupid wildcat plays.
Yes, there were plenty of on-field mistakes to correct, but the biggest correction would be to remove the playcall headset from Coach Weis.
EveryMan 4 years, 2 months ago
Not be a downer to all of this negativity, but.... Good job team! Nice win. I see a lot of progress. Keep it up. Rock Chalk!
BradWesley 4 years, 2 months ago
Fredmandu is correct. I like Weis, he's humorous, good communicator but his play calling and personnel decisions need improvement. IMO, Weis blew the Rice game last year by abandoning the run when KU was gashing them to "call the game" his way. Same at Northern Illinois . KU should and could have ran up and down the field on that team all night and hung 21 or 28 by half. He has 5 running backs with speed. Why in the heck are they putting Mathews in to run a pistol, wildcat, or Jayhawk formation for a sweep? If you are going to run a sweep out of a shotgun have the running backs run the ball!. Hell, we should have had 400 yards of rushing against the worst team from Mo Valley. Frustrating.
patkindle 4 years, 2 months ago
as usual the arm chair quarter backs know more that the coach. I think it is nice they won and we should be proud of that, give it up and get a real life for gosh sakes
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imagine if gym leaders could use revive
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some of you are actually really attractive what are you doing on the internet
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So how about giving me a lock of your hair to keep under my pillow?
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Why To Study?
My lecture to the young college students on The Art of studying started with a question as under:
“Let us suppose you are on a ship called Titanic. It’s sinking. As there is no heroine/hero, you need not wait nor sacrifice for anybody (smiles). You start swimming and land up on an island. You find it gorgeous with waterfalls, mountains, rivers, peacocks, and what not. There are no snakes, no scorpions, and no anaconda. If you are a vegetarian, you have varieties of fruit to eat and if you are a non-vegetarian you can have the feast of Rabbit – 65 or Deer – Manchuria (smiles). If you believe that we labour hard through out our life for food and security, both are available in plenty there without one having to work. Now give me your option. Will you stay there or come back?”
After a brief silence, when everybody is prepared to opt for the second option, a student hesitatingly replied, “I prefer staying there”. Asked for the reason, he said that he fancied living in peace throughout his life. ‘Are you married?’ I questioned him. When he said ‘no’, I joked, “Then why there is no peace in your life?” The class burst into laughter.
After launching the class on a lighter vein, I prompted them to identify the reasons that motivated them to come back. For their age, it is not an easy question to answer immediately but they arrived at three main aspects that magnetize them towards the existing world, Love, Comforts, and Recognition. I add one more to it. Medicines (Health).
According to our ancient philosophy a person should acquire six qualities in his life. They are called Shadguna Aiswarya. The above are four of them. The other two are Courage and Spirituality. If an animal accidentally lands on such an island described above, it considers it-self most fortunate. But a man does not. He wants the Shadguna Aiswaryas. Education is the basic and fundamental step to acquire them.
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Tower Park Pool will be adding a handicap lift to its facility for the upcoming summer season.
Jan Fawley, Logansport parks administrator, said the money for the lift was appropriated this year and will cost between $6,700 and $6,800. She said having the lift is required by federal law.
Fawley said the lift will lower people with mobility disabilities from the deck of the pool into the water.
“Frankly, we’ve had people up there that really need it, so we’re looking forward to having that for them,” Fawley said.
Linda Klinck, director of development and communications at Peak Community Services, said the lift will be a good addition to the pool.
“I’m really glad the parks department has requested that and it’s been approved,” Klinck said. “I think it can help the pool get more people in there to service a broader group of people.”
Klinck said Peak Community Services currently works with about 150 clients from a multi-county area, about 80 percent of whom reside in Cass County. She said the agency has clients who would benefit from the new lift at the pool.
“Our agency services a variety of people with different needs,” Klinck said. “There are some that could certainly utilize that.”
Klinck said the lift may also provide for rehabilitation programs.
“People are able to be a lot more mobile in water than on land and can utilize muscles more easily,” Klinck said.
Rene Robbins, habilitation coordinator at Peak Community Services, said she was glad to hear the pool will now be handicap accessible.
“We’re ecstatic about that and we think it’s wonderful,” Robbins said. “I have clients that will benefit from the use of the lift and be able to participate in summer activities because of it.”
Robbins said the lift will allow her clients to benefit in several ways, including increased independence, being able to participate in a low-impact physical activity that’s easy on muscles and joints and provide more social interaction.
“It’s good for social interaction and creating natural supports in the community and making new friends,” Robbins said. “It’s one more social thing that people can work on to have that natural relationship in the community.”
Robbins said because her clients regularly set goals for themselves that include participating in new activities, she’s glad swimming can now become one of the options.
“We’ll let them know the pool will be accessible to them,” Robbins said. “If they want to take up swimming as one of their new goals, we’ll definitely find a way to meet that goal.”.
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Yep, it's really almost Christmas!
Man, I'm always a bit surprised by holidays and birthdays (I have the worst sense of time), but this year Christmas really jumped me! How did this happen? Jee-wiz Louise...Man, I'm always a bit surprised by holidays and birthdays (I have the worst sense of time), but this year Christmas really jumped me! How did this happen? Jee-wiz Louise...
So we've decided to be crafty this year, and our lucky best friends all got/will get a box full of goodies: Oreo truffles (from this recipe) and one of these ornaments:
It's made using this pattern. It was meant to have embroidered eyes, but I spend three days sick this week, and figured people won't want my germs for Christmas too. That's why Ant made the Oreo truffles too. He did so well, BTW. They came out very delicious. We only exchanged the candy bark with white chocolate chips. It made the coating less even and more lumpy, but I thought it was much tastier.
So we got a real tree (we're really on that bourgeois binge this year, especially now that we're officially middle class) from Delancy Street trees in Silverlake, which I didn't know was something special, but now that I do - it makes me even happier. Charity means so much more these days.
We (finally) decorated it, and the cats are pretty ecstatic. Emmet figured out that if he picks off the ornaments from the back of the tree, it'll take us longer to find out = more time for him to play with them. And we thought he was just such a dummy little cat...
And how's your holiday crafting going?
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by Rick Conrad
For the Pharos-Tribune
WINAMAC —
Pioneer made the short trip north on U.S. 35 to take on the Winamac Warriors Friday evening in a Midwest Conference matchup.
Unfortunately for the hosts, the Panthers simply took the Warriors behind the woodshed and showed them why they’re ranked No. 4 in the state in Class A by dishing out a 75-30 beating.
The Panthers (15-3, 6-0 MWC) secured at least a share of the conference title. They can win it outright with a win at Tri-County next Friday. Winamac dropped to 7-11 and 3-3 in the MWC.
This one was over shortly after it got started as the Panthers were a machine clicking on all cylinders.
With Zach Shidler stuck to Carter Skaggs to take away the long bombs, it was Brandon Scruggs and Mitchell Williams picking up the scoring slack in the first half. With Skaggs being denied the outside shot, he took Shidler inside and went to work on the shorter Warrior. Skaggs finished with 18 points in the game but for perhaps the first time this season he was held to zero points from 3-point land. Between Pioneer’s fast start and Winamac turnovers, the Panthers raced out to a 17-5 lead after one quarter of play.
“Coming out we knew they were going to focus their attention on Carter,” Pioneer senior Mitchell Williams said. “That’s when me, Matt [Dorris]and Stephen [Whitlock] just have to step up and provide something for the team, and we just tried to get after it.”
Things didn’t improve any for Winamac in the second quarter as Pioneer continued forcing turnovers on defense, while on offense the barrage continued. Scruggs nailed two from long range in the quarter and the Warriors just couldn’t get anything going on the offensive end of the court. Scruggs finished the first half with 17 points. By halftime the Panthers had built the lead to 39-17.
As if things weren’t bad enough for Winamac, the Warriors went ice cold from the field in the third quarter. They must have felt a lid was on the basket as they misfired from long range as well as from in close. With turnovers continuing and fouls beginning to add up, the hosts watched the Panthers roll to a 56-23 lead at the end of three.
It didn’t get any better in the final quarter for Winamac. Following a mid-court turnover, Shidler was whistled for an intentional foul, his fifth and final, at the 4:29 mark. He followed Skaggs to the basket and hard-fouled the sophomore. Skaggs went to the free throw line and hit 1 of 2 to make it a 66-23 game. At the 3:08 mark Pioneer coach Pat Skaggs removed all starters and with 2:21 to play emptied his bench. All Panthers that dressed for the game played in the contest. Moments later Parker Fox followed Shidler when he collected his fifth at the :55 mark as Pioneer went on to the lopsided win.
“They just played so well against us tonight,” said Winamac coach Kyle Johnson. “On a night when we couldn’t hit a shot they played so well offensively and defensively. And they are such good shot blockers. I just didn’t put our guys in position to play against that smothering defense and that’s something I’m going to have to fix.”
The story of the game had to have been the suffocating defense that Pioneer put on Winamac. The Panthers held Winamac to just 29 percent shooting from the field and a dismal 1 of 21 from behind the arc, while forcing 18 Warrior turnovers. Not helping their cause any, the Warriors committed 24 fouls in the game allowing for 26 points from the free throw line.
“We tried to get it inside but we had trouble getting it in there,” Winamac’s Dalton Button said. “They put unbelievable pressure on the ball all night. Our guys did a nice job on the perimeter, but we were just out of rhythm the whole game.”
Shidler led the Warriors with 11 points in the game. No other Winamac player put up more than four points.
The Panthers had four players finish in double figures. They were led by Scruggs with a game-high 21, while Skaggs finished with 18. Williams finished with 13 while Matt Dorris chipped in 10.
“Scruggs really stepped it up for us in the game,” Pioneer coach Pat Skaggs said. “I think he finished with 21 points, but the bigger thing to me is that he finished with 10 assists. That accounts for a bunch of points. Our defense was solid, but our kids played so unselfishly and played well together. They’re such a good group of kids to coach.”
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Philly fans celebrate World Series berth
Rejoicing faithful take to Philadelphia's streets in droves
PHILADELPHIA -- Though the Phillies were almost 3,000 miles away from home when they clinched their first World Series berth in 15 years, Phils fans were out in full force Wednesday night to celebrate."I wish we could go out and spray champagne on our fans," pitcher Brett Myers said after the Phillies defeated the Dodgers, 5-1, in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium.
"I can only imagine what it's going to be like when we land, how excited the people are going to be and who's going to be there to see us," center fielder Shane Victorino said. "It's going to be a fun time."It was a celebration in Philadelphia for everyone involved. Red-and-white clad Phillies fans hooted, hollered and sprayed their beverages at McFadden's Restaurant at Citizens Bank Park. After the game ended, Philadelphia's local FOX station showed overhead shots of the city's streets, filled with overjoyed fans. The station reported that police had not encountered any major problems. "I'm sure they're celebrating," pitcher Cole Hamels said. "We'll be able to celebrate with them in the next couple days or so." Victorino had a message for the Philadelphia faithful. "We're still not done," he said. "This means a lot, but they don't want to stop here. They want a championship. They don't want to just get close. If we don't win that championship, they won't be happy. Be ready to go."
Kevin Horan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Anthony DiComo, Matthew Leach and Ken Mandel contributed to this report. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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At last I have found the perfect artwork to go with this piece of twisted brilliance (warning: 5.4 Mb file). I first encountered it 10 years ago when it was making the rounds at Apple, where it induced painful laughter.
(BTW, readers in Office Land should know that this is sorta kinda not work safe. I mean, they don't actually say ANYTHING that wasn't said in the original series, obviously, but context is everything. You'll understand when you hear it.)
Enjoy.
* Yes, this is a real song. I even have it in my iTunes. So there.
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Why Public Programs Matter - and Will Continue to Matter - Even After Health Reform
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 36 (4):670-676 (2008)
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Gwendolyn Roberts Majette (2011). PPACA and Public Health: Creating a Framework to Focus on Prevention and Wellness and Improve the Public's Health. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 39 (3):366-379.
Jiři Marek & L. E. Musberg (1984). Matter in its 'Infinity'. Studies in East European Thought 27 (1).
Michael Fuller (ed.) (2010). Matter and Meaning: Is Matter Sacred or Profane? Cambridge Scholars.
Irving H. Anellis (1989). Distortions and Discontinuities of Mathematical Progress: A Matter of Style, A Matter of Luck, A Matter of Time A Matter of Fact. Philosophica 43.
Paul Ernest (1992). A Note Concerning Irving H. Anellis "Distortions and Discontinuities of Mathematical Progress: A Matter If Style, A Matter of Luck, A Matter of Time, A Matter of Fact". Philosophica 50.
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost (2004). Why Can't We Do What They Do? National Health Reform Abroad. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 32 (3):433-441.
Jeanne M. Lambrew (2004). Numbers Matter: A Guide to Cost and Coverage Estimates in Health Reform Debates. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 32 (3):446-453.
Jonny Anomaly (2011). Public Health and Public Goods. Public Health Ethics 4 (3):251-259.
Amanda R. Clarke (2011). Beyond Reproduction: Women's Health, Activism, and Public Policy. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 4 (2).
Paige R. Sipes-Metzler (1994). Oregon Health Plan: Ration or Reason. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 19 (4):305-314.
S. Solomon (2000). 'Through a Glass Darkly' - the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Board and Soviet Public Health. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C 31 (3):409-418.
Dana Jalobeanu & Peter R. Anstey (eds.) (2011). Vanishing Matter and the Laws of Motion: Descartes and Beyond. Routledge.
Annemarie Jutel (2001). Does Size Really Matter? Weight and Values in Public Health. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 44 (2):283-296.
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Thinking about buying the best sporty hatchback but not sure which one deserves your money? You could watch Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May hash it out in their “reasonably priced hot hatches” in a long episode of Top Gear, or you could watch this.
In this 11-minute video, Auto Express’s Mat Watson tries out the Mazda 3, Audi A3, and BMW 1 Series. The Germans may be the ones known for their automotive ingenuity, but in a fair drag race, it was the Mazda3 that smoked the other two, thanks to its 2.2-liter, 150-horsepower diesel engine.
Despite this, the Mazda was just as fuel efficient as the BMW and even cleaner, though as expected it, the underpowered Audi did win points in both those categories.
Of course, cars are more than just about their engines, and they’re all fairly closely matched, so watch the video below for the full review. Call us biased, but we like the Mazda3 the most at Lancaster Mazda!
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John keble on the anglican church and the church catholic
Heythrop Journal 5 (1):27–35 (1964)
L. Campbell (2002). On Dying Well: An Anglican Contribution to the Debate on Euthanasia: Board for Social Responsibility of the Church of England, Church House Publishing, 2000, Pound4.95, 94 Pages, 0 7151 6587. [REVIEW] Journal of Medical Ethics 28 (3):209-209.
Daniel P. Maher (ed.) (1997). The Bishop and the Future of Catholic Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Workshop for Bishops. Pope John Center.
Edward James Furton & Veronica McLoud Dort (eds.) (1999). Ethical Principle in Catholic Health Care. National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Philip S. Keane (2002). Catholicism and Health-Care Justice: Problems, Potential, and Solutions. Paulist Press.
Georges Enderle (2004). Business Ethics and Wealth Creation: Is There a Catholic Deficit? Erasmus Institute.
Nicholas (2008). Writings on Church and Reform. Harvard University Press.
Benedict M. Ashley (1994). Ethics of Health Care: An Introductory Textbook. Georgetown University Press.
Maurice Blondel (1964/1965). The Letter on Apologetics. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Oswald Bayer & M. Alan (eds.) (1996). Worship and Ethics: Lutherans and Anglicans in Dialogue. Walter De Gruyter.
Kevin D. O'Rourke & Philip Boyle (eds.) (1999). Medical Ethics: Sources of Catholic Teachings. Georgetown University Press.
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Up Against The Wall
(Ian MacCulloch, 6/8/05, by dopamine)
An unfortunate lack of inspiration this evening. I must be pining for Let's Kiss & Make Up. So my eyes rove and happen upon one of those old-fashioned plastic discs that seem so arcane and weird nowadays when surrounded by virtual music and the like.
Charity shops are great, especially when they sell you Echo & The Bunnymen LP's. I've been listening to the reissued Icicle Works album recently, and they're of the same ilk as the Bunnymen - scouse neo-psychedelia with a leaning towards the hugely dramatic. Sweeeeet. So of course, what's their finest hour? The Cutter? Seven Seas? Nothing Ever Lasts Forever? Don't kid me, when you've written one of the greatest songs of the last 50 years, everything else tends to pale into comparison. Listen to The Killing Moon. Really listen. It's such a good track - atmospheric, filmic, and oh so eighties. In a good way this time, if you're as sick as I am of the thin-tied, angular-haired revivalists you find about, this is the track that will replace your irritation with good old-fashioned moping and misery.
It's actually not a miserable song. It's Ian McCullogh hectoring the world, in a gentle, almost foppish fashion - if you are happy to listen to the Smiths for their jangly, unusual arrangements, to The Cure for their gothic (in the proper sense of the word) romanticism, to what one might call proper indie, then your heart was mightily cheered to watch Donnie Darko. Lovely.
I've talked for a while about nothing there. Good for me. Listen to Echo & The Bunnymen, but make sure you listen really loud (on vinyl if possible), and make sure you grow your hair and start writing poetry because this, my friend, this is romance.
The Music
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
BONUS Material:
For Colin:
The Field Mice - Let's Kiss & Make Up
Idlewild - You Held The World In Your Arms Tonight
One of the few tracks of recent years to really capture the bombastic, overblown pop of the Bunnymen and their contemporaries.
Pavement - The Killing Moon
Nouvelle Vague - The Killing Moon
Grant Lee Phillips - The Killing Moon
I don't like Pavement, boring slackers that they are. But, for the sake of completeness, here's a fairly decent cover. Grant Lee Phillips has one of the great voices of all time, so he's a safe bet. Nouvelle Vague are more of a Gallic curiosity.
The 'fo
Artist: Echo & The Bunnymen
Website: bunnymen.com
Recommended: Songs To Learn And Sing
Label: Cooking Vinyl
Buy: Amazon, CV
More: Hype Machine; elbo.ws
Tags: Echo &amp;amp;amp; The Bunnymen; Killing Moon; Donnie Darko; indie; eighties; covers; Pavement; Nouvelle Vague; Idlewild; Field Mice; Grant Lee Phillips
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I'm not sure I can thank you enough for posting The Field Mice's Kiss and Make Up. I had forgotten how much I loved it.
It reminds me of drinking Newkie Brown at an Sarah records/shoegazing night at a Manchester club I can't even remember the name of any more, except it was near Powercuts Records, it was painted in black throughout and it got knocked down in the name of urban regeneration some time in the mid-90s.
You have made a thirtysomething fart very nostalgic.
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Lihtz Kamraz hits the switch up and visits Hollywood for stand-out single, “Lingo.”
The video, directed by Freebandz own Rick Nyce, captures Lihtz posted in the Hills, surrounded by beautiful women. It’s not hard to tell why the buzzing Philly rapper has his own way of talking.
Expect more releases from Lihtz Kamraz in the near future, but for now, watch “Lingo” above!
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Jungle Memories Competition
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You have two ways of entering the competition:
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The more interesting and original your memory the better. You don’t have to have been around for it all back in the early ’90s – the memory could be a recent one!
The winner will be chosen on May 22nd.
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1. Music in Worship
In this section you will find a series of articles written by Pastor Balthrop discussing some particular distinctives of corporate worship at Redeemer Reformed Church. Popular humanism defines man as homo sapiens, thinking man, but we believe that God created man primarily as a worshipper: homo adorans. As such, Redeemer places a high premium on worship of the Triune God. It is our hope that these articles will assist you in becoming better acquainted with who we are and why we do what we do.
Music in Worship
Before plunging into the topic of music in church, we need to start with a firm idea of what church is (and, by extension, what it isn’t). I’d like to go on the record for stating that the church is not a vendor of religious goods and services. We should not think of all the churches in our town as so many stores at the mall where you can choose which one will cater to your needs. Church is exactly the opposite! Church is where you go to find satisfaction in denying yourself. You shouldn’t come to church to have your preferences met but to have your preferences changed. Church is where you should assume that your natural inclinations are wrong but will be set right.
I don’t tell you this to step on your toes (well, not entirely!), but to help you understand that when we think of the music used in worship the defining rule is not what you like or prefer. When you buy CDs, choose your radio station, or organize your Ipod playlist, your preference is the guiding force because these are all consumer products whose function is to please. Music in worship has an altogether different purpose.
From childhood on, we simmer in this consumer-geared world such that our whole worldview is molded to make us good consumers. If we don’t like what we buy, we return it. If we want to be wise consumers, we read the reviews of the product. If the product doesn’t live up to what was advertised, we complain. Sadly, this has shaped our expectations for church as well. Perhaps worse is that there is no shortage of consumers who have started churches that are out there vying for your business. They foster this unbiblical state of affairs.
Whenever a church sets out to accommodate to personal preferences instead of desiring to amend personal preferences, the church will be compromised. No doubt it is an extraordinary challenge to convince people that worship music is not the same as consumer music, but to simply be carried along on the current of popular opinion is not the church’s place.
Our philosophy on worship music is fourfold. We believe that corporate music should be:
doctrinally dense (God cares about content.)
aesthetically rich (God cares about beauty.)
communally held (In order for worship to be corporate, we want people to know a lot of it by heart).
historically representative (Older and newer songs will need to pass the first three criteria).
This works out to be fewer hymns and Psalms overall (probably 150-200) which means that we (and our children) can sing without a great deal of new material every week. These are selected by trained people who are qualified to evaluate (1) if the tune is accessible to both older and younger people, (2) if it fits the attitude of the text, and (3) whether it is representative of Protestant history.
We find that this gives us the opportunity to practice denying ourselves while promoting unity in the church. There will be times when we will sing a song that you don’t enjoy, but we hope that you can happily stand next to your brothers and sisters in Christ and help them sing a song they enjoy (just like they’ll do for you with a song you enjoy but they don’t). This won’t make us a big church of consumers, but we’re okay with that. We’d rather be a church described as the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, the house and family of God.
The next article in these series is Liturgy in Worship (Why We Have a Formal Worship Service).
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This does not look like a fun scene. Let's hope the job markets and economies around the world see a ray of light soon.
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Job seekers wait in the rain to enter a job fair in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Millions of college graduates face dim prospects for finding jobs this year amid the global economic downturn.
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UPDATE: can take it off with rubbing alcohol (before a top coat) so you don’t have to use nail polish remover and completely take off your polish. I have seen a variety of awesome ones using Metallic Sharpies
or Assorted Color Sharpies
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1. Metallic Gold Sharpie
2. Black Sharpie Designs
3. Birds
4. Valentine’s Sharpie Nails
5.Tuxedo Nails
6. Silver Sharpie Pollka Dots
7. 2-Tone Stipple Manicure
8. Pink Striped Nails
9. Leopard Print
10. Gold Sharpie on Black
PS- Did anyone catch my Arrested Development reference?
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Ok I have had lots of fun with the sharper but how do u keep it from rubbing off of fading
Have you tried to put a top coat over your Sharpie? That should keep it all in place! Thanks for reading!
Hi where can I find Sharpies
You can find Sharpie’s almost anywhere. Target, Walmart, any office supply store, or order through Amazon.
You can buy Sharpies markers at almost any store.
At the store like Walmart
clear coat smears it
Spray your nails with a quick shot of hairspray before putting on your top coat and that should help!
Are any other ways to paint my nails with other supplies or with other nail sticks
I’ve learned that if you spray hairspray on your nails then use a top coat it keeps it from smearing… if that helps
U put on a top coat.
Putting a top coat on it and dont forget to put basecoat before you begin👌💅
let it dry completely and then go over it again with clear nail polish
Is it safe?
Well, I am not an expert, but I can’t see what it would be any worse than regular nail polish on your nails or Sharpie fumes when are just writing with one. If you are concerned about nail polish chemicals you might want to try a natural brand like Zoya. Thanks for reading!
I’ve used Sharpies on nails before…but my top coat smears it. How do I prevent this?
Hey Torie! Thanks for reading! I have the solution for you right here! Check it out!
Great…thanks for your quick response. I will try this soon 🙂
Sharpies contain a fast drying agent which is among the most toxic chemicals. You should not be using this on your skin for it is dangerous. I would not put this on my nails!
Thanks for reading! I have a post on this topic coming soon!
I’m sure you put more crap in your body with the foods you eat than anything from a sharpie.
Exactly! #true
It is not directly on your nails. You are drawing on the nail polish that is already covering your nails.
Absolutely genius! I can’t wait to try some of these cute ideas!!!! And I just totally pinned the heck of this post all over my Pinterest page…
As long as you use a base coat, you should be fine. ALWAYS use a basecoat!
I tried this & it worked well but my sharpies started drying out after only a few nails (I did a rainbow design so only one stripe of each colour per nail)
Not all of those are sharpie nail art. Numbers 5, 9 and 10 specifically.
Yes it is it just looks different
No dear it isn’t. I did the research. I saw how each one was done and the ones I pointed out are NOT done with sharpies.
Several of these are not done with Sharpie pens..com. Number 10 is done with acrylic nail polishes and studs and can be found on 10blankcanvases.com.
Hi! I think the goal of the article is to display designs that COULD be accomplished using a sharpie, rather than displaying designs that WERE accomplished by a sharpie. The article is titled, “Sharpie Manicure IDEAS” after all.
If that were true I think she would have replied to me and said that. She has replied to a number of comments on here but not mine.
Hence the title that included the word “idea”. Please try to pay attention prior to slamming and climbing up on your high horse. Why should she even give you the satisfaction of a reply to your very rude response. Perhaps your diligence and policing could be put to good use elsewhere. Unbelievable that someone has that much free time.
Amen
You totally did your homework on this subject!
Yes ma’am I did lol. I can’t stand it when bloggers get lazy. If I could find all of that why couldn’t she??? If you are going to put up a blog post do something you are proud of and can stand behind.
THANK YOU there is no way in hell this is done with sharpie it smears way too much even with hairspray
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Love the idea another reason for me to love my sharpies
Thank you
Do you use water based or oil based sharpies?
Hey Natasha, thanks for reading! I have always used the Metallic Sharpies, and I don’t actually know (and can’t find the info online) if they are oil or water based. But I am guessing any Sharpies will work.
I have tried fixing a mistake I made with a black sharpie on my nails with alcohol and does not wipe off unless using polish remover, am I doing something wrong because it worked on my table top, alcohol took it right off.
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Exactly what honestly motivated u to publish “10 Sharpie
Manicure Ideas | You Put It On”? I personallyreally adored
the blog post! Thanks for your effort ,Marissa
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Nice sharing. It would be good 2 have designs done with shArpies since i do believe this is a clever idea, specially for people like me who don’t have much experience with diy mani. Thanks!!
You really have good ideas of using sharpies on nail art designs. I am really having a hard time making designs on my own, but I would like to try sharpies now since I have a collection of different colors.
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I used a base coat, then sharpie, then Revlon’s Quick Dry Top Coat. NO SMEARING OR SMUDGING!!
I don’t use hairspray so I thought I would try it without and it worked!!
Good Luck!!
Holly
I’ve tried this so many times with so many hairsprays and so many topcoats and it keeps smearing so I bought really expensive sharpies for nothing
I’ve found that using nail art pens works just as well. The best nail art pens can give you some the best nail designs!
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I have to add — I did a series of manicures using Sharpies in just black. I drew a series of popular memes, such as the “y u mad bro”. They are super easy to draw (and I CANNOT DRAW) because they are already crudely drawn. Those are some of my most popular manis.
Also, they’re great for drawing words onto your manis.
Enjoy and thanks for the great post!
“I’m having a love affair with this ice cream sandwich.” Hehehehe classic! Great idea with the sharpie! So clever! 😉
There’s always money in the banana stand…
No, really, there is always money in the banana stand.
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sharpies leave your nails black!!
If you leave a base coat it shouldn’t be a problem!
That’s awesome, thanks for the post! I will totally be getting some sharpies tomorrow 😉
Thought it wolund’t to give it a shot. I was right.
I love using sharpies and now i can use them on my nails YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!😄👍�������😄👍🏻😄👍🏻😄👍
Hi,
Has anyone tried this with gel polish? If so did it work?
Many thanks
I’ve been a nail tech for about 30 yrs and I have to say……..I am so excited to try this! This is like the best thing ever! And I know a few clients who love being guinea pigs!(expression) Thank you whoever you are for thinking outside the box! YAY!!!
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Angels In Heaven
Matthew 22: 30 For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry. Luke 12: 8-9 I assure you that those who declare publicly that they belong to me, the Son of Man will do the same for them before the angels of GOD. But those who reject me publicly, the Son of Man will also reject them before the angels of GOD. Luke 15:
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Woman feeds stray, feral cats in Kenner
Monday, May 14, 2012 10:46 AM
JOHN MCCUSKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Cats that live in Kenner's Laketown chow down on food left by Catherine Bordlee Monday, May 14, 2012.
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Antimicrobials classification essay
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It's a serious question. On the Liberal side of the aisle, the insanity has hit the mainstream. By God, many of the so-called leaders have made sounds and chattered in ways that twenty years ago...hell, ten years ago would have had reasonable and total accusations of the world "treason" bandied about. Not the least of which is the whole "we want out of Iraq" chant from senior leadership of the Democratic party. They are willing to make the blood that American soldiers have shed, the work of thousands that have fought and stood by Iraqis that want a nation of laws, a nation where they know they won't be killed walking down the street because they believe in a slightly different version of God, all for domestic political points. DOMESTIC! POLITICAL! POINTS!
And, let's not ignore our so-called "conservative" and "Republican" friends on the other side of the street. EVERY SINGLE POLL that has checked on this subject has stated that people want a border wall and law enforcement first on the whole illegal immigration issue. Emphasis on the first part, before anything that looks like a guest worker program or amnesty. And enhanced enforcement of the laws-busting employers that knowingly use illegal immigrant labor, busting up gangs that get across the border to escape justice, and keeping people from coming here and using our laws to surf the welfare rolls. Instead, it's like the White House has been working with the Mexican goverment and given it everything they want...
And, the sides are crazy. Not even during the Clinton years did things get this crazy. I don't think any of us hated him in the same way the Left does with the BDS-we didn't like him, thought he was fool and a knave and an idiot...but we just wanted him to go away and join Jimmy Carter in peanut farming. To become a trivia question on Hollywood Squares. Not this outpouring of venom that is standard....I don't think even the Freepers were this insanely hateful of Clinton.
I wonder, seriously, what will happen in this upcoming election. It hasn't gotten serious yet, but when it does, it will be a messy election.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Back From The Educational Wars
Long few months, mostly the fun of learning how to work through the various Adobe programs. Still discovering new tricks for old monstrosities.).
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Can’t seem to get something to synth right? Curious about what lens is best? Ask your fellow Photosynthers here.
I found a stitching error in one of my synths and want to update it with a fix. How can I do this and keep the same URL?
I'm sorry, elfrench, but that isn't supported.
The new version will just have to be at a separate URL.
Is it on the feature list for the next update?
elfrench, I am not part of the Photosynth team, so I can't tell you when it is planned to be released, but the question has been asked before and Photosynth team members have commented on the topic before.
Here are some links to previous conversations. In conversations where a Photosynth team member has commented, I will list their username, so you can pay attention to what they've said.
Photosynth: Kevin H
Photosynth: Marvin, Nathan, & Darius Monsef
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After almost three hours of driving for the first time in Europe, for the first time in the left of a car and for the first time on the right hand side of the road, following for the first time an in-car navigation system as best I could, I made it only slightly panicked and frazzled to the course in the far north-east of Belgium, parking up alongside the team trucks of BKCP-Powerplus - sponsor of current world champion Niels Albert. I just squeezed in between a couple of trees on a patch of grass, happily just out of view of the hoards of passing celebrity cyclocross-spotters. Due to the late start of my race at 5pm, I had plenty of time to look around and check out the course both on foot while other races were on, and then on my bike when there was free time.
It was a very sandy base, with an actual sandpit at one point which we went through twice per lap. I've never ridden much in sand, and it showed. I'd try and get up as much momentum as possible before entering it, then abruptly come to a halt not long after. This is definitely something to work on over the coming months, as one of the World Cup races is at a place called Koksijde, and it is essentially just a race over a whole bunch of sand dunes.
When I was scouting around the course I was recognised by a man with his family. He asked me if I was racing, and when I confirmed that indeed I was, we started to chat about why I'm here and how it's all going. His name was Andy and he gave me his email address, and later sent through a bunch of photos that his wife had taken of me.
Crucially though, we became Facebook friends. I didn't realise it at the time, but this was the initial trickle of a series of events that would turn into a veritable raging torrent and be by far the most surreal and unexpected experience of my life. At the startline I was approached by a journalist who had seen I was from New Zealand, and wanted to write a story about me. I had photos taken of me, and generally felt like a bit of a star, especially rubbing shoulders as I was with the big hitters of the cyclocross scene.
The race I had wasn't one to write home about, I felt out of my depth and struggled with the course's sandy features - let alone everyone else in the race disappearing off ahead very early on. I think I got through only about 3 or 4 laps before being pulled off the course, lungs heaving and my morale sifting lazily through the sandy ground beneath me.
I set about heading back home - my new home in Oudenaarde, which is situated in the province of East-Flanders. It was just before sunset, and the sunstrike was the most intense I've ever experienced. Heading almost directly west was no fun at all, and combined with feeling blown to pieces from the race, discombobulated from the car's controls being backwards and driving on the right, I couldn't really see anything. Cars were overtaking me on a stretch of road with the sun directly at eye level, as I couldn't see what the speed indications on the side of the road were saying. I didn't know whether it was a 50km, 70km or 90km per hour zone, so I chose not to drive over about 55. I quickly got tired of this retina-burning exercise, and pulled over to buy a falafel and have a rest. Employing my slowly-improving Dutch I managed to order what I wanted, but when it came time for the sauces I had a bit of trouble. I understood that "pikant" was spicy, so I got that, but none of the other names registered anything familiar. I asked for the owner's recommendation, and so I had some "cocktail" with it. It was gigantic, delicious, full of a funny tasting mayonnaise and had about 10 medium-sized whole green chilies on the side. I bit into one, and finding it suitably "pikant" set about putting the rest of them onto my possibly-but-probably-never-having-later-on napkin.
It didn't take long for the sun to set, and I got on my way again. I took wrong turns several times on the massive motorway exchanges around Brussels and Antwerp, backtracking frustratingly and confusingly each time, watching the GPS clock as it showed the estimated arrival time getting later and later. I did eventually get home at about 10, so after washing my bike in preparation for the following day's race in Kalmthout, I had a chat with the others staying here at the Chain Stay, finding encouragement where previously I had been feeling pretty down. I went to bed determined to use this day as a lesson in what it's going to be like here. Always physically challenging, and therefore also mentally very difficult, but as I've mentioned previously, this is all part of what you need to be able to handle to do this here, so I just have to work out how to cope.
I woke up the following day feeling much better, and excited once again about racing in this huge events. I wasn't alone at this race, as Luke Gray - fellow resident of the house and former British U23 cyclocross champion - was also competing, albeit in the separate U23 category a couple of hours earlier in the day.
It was a nice winding flat course through a grassy forest, with an overpass construction and only a small couple of patches of sand. There were several sections of steps, some quite close together, but overall it looked like a fast and not too demanding loop. The organisers had started to notice the presence of a New Zealander in their midst, and made a special mention of this as I was called up - last, of course - to the start line.
I had a good start, keeping up with the back of the race train for about half of the first lap. I then had a slip up on a corner, and they disappeared off ahead. I rode as hard as I could, desperately trying to get back into the race, but it didn't happen. So after about 3 laps of racing by myself, I knuckled down in preparation for what would probably be my final lap. But the next time around I was shown the sign saying 5 laps remaining, so I figured I had just slipped through and might as well ride this one like it was my last. So I did, and again, as I rounded the corner into the finish straight I saw that I now had 4 laps remaining. I had just ridden as hard as possible to stay in this for another lap, and now I still had other laps to ride!
So I forced myself to push at my limit for another lap, and again I approached the finish straight assuming I would be taken off. It was at about this time that someone texted the commentator (who knows how they got his number!) and asked if the New Zealander was still in the race. He replied that yes indeed, the Nieuw Zeelander is still in the race. Shortly after they cut to this shot of the aforementioned antipodean:
I had lasted much longer than I ever expected, about 48 minutes in total. The average speed for the leaders was a very high 27/28km per hour, and through the majority of the race everyone else had more or less stayed together as one very long line of riders. Despite being totally satisfied with how things went, overwhelmed even, I couldn't help but feel a tinge of what if I'd just had a better first lap.... But there'll be plenty of races in which to make up for it over the coming months. One of my main goals - in fact probably my main one - is to finish at least one of these A races on the lead lap. Although it may not seem like that big a deal to lots of people, the level of competitivity of these races is just incredible in comparison to anything else I've ever done, so it's a pretty lofty goal. But seeing I've come all this way, why not?
During the week after these races, I had my interview with the journalist, and found it printed in not only the local Kalmthout newspaper Het Belang van Limburg, but also in the larger Gazet van Antwerpen. It also then spread onto the web through Sporza.be and Wielertoerist.be and suddenly my phone started ringing every day with various kinds of reporters looking to write a story about the rare moustachioed far-flung Kiwi.
Equally too I began to receive offers from generous locals offering all kinds of services from bike cleaning, to applying warm towels to the back of my neck, to the use of a van and even a teenager who is trying to find me some sponsorship for shoes and sunglasses. So it has been an overwhelming few weeks. The publicity eventually attracted the attentions of Los Pedalos Cycling Team, who are being extremely helpful and supplying me with two Focus Mares cyclocross bikes, a stack of tubular wheels and tyres, and lots of their kit. Also they have begun to wear moustaches at the races, and further fuelled the growing hairy support club that has inched its way into the fray. I am extremely grateful for all this help, and it has been very humbling. Having a second bike means I will now be able to continue to race when I crash my bike or it just gets full of mud, as it is likely to do given the conditions that I will be racing in more and more from now. I have set up a Fundme site for donations, for financial help to go towards my campaign over here in Belgium, in which I plan to take on the nearby World Cups, and to take me through to and literally over to the World Championships in America in February. It is a long and increasingly cold season, but the reception I've had here has been warm and embracing.
People are constantly cheering me on at races, giving me thumbs up and words of encouragement and congratulations after races, and they even get excited about taking a photo of me! I am just as excited about all of this, and am looking forward to a great continuation of what has been so far the most unusual yet also encouraging and genuinely exciting time of my life.
This is so cool, Snor! You are on an amzing learning curve and you seem to be handling the many adversities really well. Great too to see the fans and media getting in behind you, you so deserve it. Keep it up, brother, we're all behind you!
Awesome to see your campaign picking up speed in every way Alex - best of luck in your next races!
Keep it up Alex. It's great to be living vicariously through you. There is a problem with all of the experience and fitness you're gaining--no one will be able to keep up with you next winter in Wellington. (Unless, the plan I'm hatching works out and we have a few of my faster compatriots come over from the US.) In any case, you're now in a league of your own.
Look forward to catching up with you upon your return. Keep well,
Mike Anderson
Hey Alex!
I have read cycling blogs and commentaries for hours and hours in the last week, mostly related to the USADA investigation, and which describe the lengths some have gone to, to achieve success in our sport.
I like this story much more. You are such a lovely man, and its so impressive that you're out there in the unknown, setting lofty goals and trying your guts out to achieve them. Thank goodness for inspirational people like you.
You deserve every ounce of support you get, and it's great to see it's coming your way!
JR
Hero mine you are hmmmm.
When someone as genuinely humble and nice as yourself puts themselves out there in those positions, help invariably comes there way. Bouyed no doubt by a fantastical crop of hirsute face farming. Keep up the good work, it's hellishly inspiring
You're a real inspiration, those guys must be scary fast. I'm loving the blog and it's great that you're taking the time to share what is obviously the adventure of a life time.
In an unusual turn of events I ended up talking to a Belgian colleague and managed to steer the conversation to cx. He's now going to be looking out for you.
Keep up the good work!
Hi Alex, I used to be an ex Wellingtonian cyclist now living in London. If you ever in London and need a place to stay, drop me a line.
Always happy to help out Kiwi cyclist living in Europe.
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(Phys.org)—In a world-first, a team of University of Queensland researchers has developed a laboratory aimed at unpacking and understanding the political implications of news television programs.
How we relate to major events depends significantly on how they are reported and given meaning in the context of television news programs.
By shaping public opinion, TV news also contributes to how events in world affairs are addressed by political elites.
The MediaLab will assist in understanding these implications by recording and storing up to twelve 24-hour TV news channels parallel in real time for up to three months continuously. News channels from Russia, China, Japan, India, Qatar, Iran, Germany, France, UK, USA, New Zealand and Australia will be recorded.
According to researcher Dr Martin Weber the technology will allow the team to engage in comparative studies of news reporting during major international crisis events.
"Our understanding of world affairs continues to be shaped significantly by televised news. MediaLab will enable us to investigate the ways in which news on events of global significance is produced, consumed and processed," Dr Weber said.
"Anyone who has ever watched more than one 24-hour news channel as a particular event unfolds will have noticed that while the broadcasts have much in common, they often also display significant differences," he said.
"The same images, still or moving, may receive very different interpretations. Particular pools of experts are drawn in to provide commentary or analysis; the significance of particular occurrences during a crisis cycle is sometimes interpreted vastly differently; and some images and stories, having briefly been reported, disappear swiftly off the agenda."
With the use of this unique facility, the differences in the coverage and interpretation of global crises can be analysed in detail. From humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, 'the Global War on Terror' and the Arab Spring, to large-scale environmental events, the MediaLab allows for unprecedented research into the politics of the global television news landscape.
Over the next three years, the MediaLab will be used to comprehensively monitor reporting on major conflicts and emergencies.
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, "In the past, dunlins stored up fat reserves in the autumn months so that they could survive the harsh Canadian winters when food is short. What we're seeing now, however, with the increase in numbers of peregrine falcons, is that the dunlins have to consider the energy trade-off between preparing for starvation and being able to escape quickly".:
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By Leo Babauta
When I’m feeling down, I make a list of what’s contributing to the down-ness:
- Didn’t get enough sleep
- Overwhelmed by too much to do
- Not exercising or eating well
- Got in an argument with someone
- Feeling uncertainty about something
So there might be five different factors contributing to a funk. That’s a lot of things to deal with at once, and so it can be depressing to think about all the things I need to fix in order: talk.
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LIBERTY — Luther Johnson Jr., 82 of 6 North Fernwood Street Liberty, SC slept peacefully away on January 30, 2013 with his wife and son at his bedside holding his hand. He was born in Pickens County the son of the late Luther Johnson, Sr. and Eva Louise Anderson Johnson.
He received his Bachelors of Art’s Degree from Benedict College, Columbia, SC, and Master of Science from North Carolina A & T State University, additional training at Penn State University, and studies in religion at Clemson University.
Mr. Johnson a retired principal of Geer Elementary and Belton Middle School, Belton, SC. He was one of the oldest licensed funeral directors in the state of South Carolina. Licensed in 1955 when licensed were first came out. He was a member and officer of the South Carolina Mortician Association (SCMA) and National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, also a member of Pickens County Retired Teachers Association. The SCMA named him mortician of the year in 1987 and again in 2010. He was a member and Active Deacon of New Hope Baptist Church, Secretary of Oolenoy River Baptist Association, Liberty Chambers of Commerce, a Mason and a member of the Banneker Lodge No. 137, and past Co-chairman of the Pickens County Branch NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, and a multitude of other organizations too numerous to name.
He is survived by his wife, a beloved son, Luther Johnson III, one granddaughter, Washica (Shawn) Brazeal-Todd, one great-grandson Keaven, and one great-granddaughter Eboni, one sister-in-law, and two brother-in-laws, and nieces and nephews. His first wife Evelyn Johnson preceded him in death.
Services will be 2:00pm Tuesday at the Easley Union Missionary Baptist Church, Easley, SC by the Rev. Dr’s J.O. Rich, C.L. Cruel, O.T Hill, James Blassingame, James Hallums, S.A. Mattison, Samuel Neeley, and South Carolina’s First Lady of song recording artist, Loretta Holloway.
Interment will follow at Westview Cemetery Liberty, SC.
The family is located at the home and will received friends from 3:00 – 8:00pm Monday at the Luther Johnson Funeral Home (formally S.C. Franks of Liberty) 301 E. Main St. Liberty, S.C.
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Spreads from Abstract Pictures by Wolfgang Tillmans.
Publication Date: July 2011. Published by Hatje Cantz
Graphic design by Wolfgang Tillmans, texts by Wolfgang Tillmans
German/English
2011. 384 pp., 312 color ills.
29.70 x 27.50 cm/ Clothbound
ISBN 978-3-7757-2743-3
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October 2010
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Had a good night
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.its so crazy how girls can mess with your exes lmao, and its the people closest to you…”keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” I guess that’s true shit…like real chat
What does my future hold .?
.this whole college process is a drag and its making me want to give up, then I remind myself that I am looking foward to getting the hell out of this house with these aggy people lol. I just want to meet the college experience and find out what I’m doing with the rest of my life ..(making money will definately be one of things I’m doing). I know I’m going to miss all of my...
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.I just seen the most beautiful girl that I’ve seen in my life…but I’m faithful ;)
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I need a simple way to convert a C string to .bin for data structures. Something like: int eval(const char *c_init, void *buf, int bufsize); Which could evaluate "int a[] = {1,2,3};" to binary: 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 The script part of it seems relatively easy. Run make and dump the .bin to stdout. How to do the spawn?
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How To Travel the World for Free
Posted by Helen Tonetti
I saw a man on a TV programme on Friday mention how he used Twitter to travel around a hige chunk of he world, he managed to do this all for free, by asking Twitter to get him from one point to another, then provide him with a bed or even a couch, it seems he made it with a mix of travel options.
Yet agaian I love the on-line community. Its open helpful and loves`a challenge.
I found this great article written in the Telegraph by Andy Bloxom about a very similar story.
Mr Smith, 34, a freelance writer, came up with the idea while suffering post-holiday blues after spending his honeymoon in New York.
He decided he wanted to try to get to Campbell Island, 200 miles off New Zealand’s coast, within 30 days.
Rather than argue about it, his new wife Jane, 40, backed him and told him to put the dates on the calendar, he told The Sun.
He posted his aims on Twitter 28 days before he wanted to leave but, at first, there was little interest.
That changed when Stephen Fry found out about him and mentioned Mr Smith to his many followers.
This is how he did.
At this point, Mr Smith had hoped to find a sailor to take him to his intended destination but here, at the final hurdle, he failed.
However, he realised.
What event have you used the on-line community for, or have you heard a story you would like to share.
I have a couple of ideas up my sleeve that I will share soon. April 10, 2011, in A mix of articles and tagged create a fan page on facebook, goal setting, Helen Tonetti, How are proffessionals using social media, how to develop a social media campaign, postaday2011, search twitter, social media marketing, Travel ideas, twitter, twitter ideas, twittering, using linked in to promote my legal practice, why use social media, YouTube. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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Renegade is less than a month away! For all you Chicagoans who will be braving the crowds this year – I’ll be bringing you looks at merchandise I’m debuting for the fair. So prepare for your appetites to be thoroughly whetted!
This first “Sneak Peek” is of my new handmade shopping totes. Made out of second-hand linens – these adorable folksy bags will be free gifts to anyone who spends $60 or more in my booth! They’ll also be up for sale individually, for those of you looking to stay frugal at the fair. They were machine sewn and then stencil printed all by moi. Read the rest of this entry ».
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Kobe Bryant is one of the athletes having their insignia on a shoe developed by Nike. Bryant’s logotype was placed on the fourth version of Nike’s Air Huarache 2K5 shoes.
Meaning and history Kobe Bryant Logo
In summer 2003, Nike signed Kobe Bryant to a 5-year contract. Ironically, shortly after he was accused of a sexual assault. Although the lawsuit was eventually settled, with the terms being undisclosed to the public, the stain on the Bryant’s reputation certainly affected the commercial success of the shoes.
Kobe Bryant symbol
The Kobe Bryant logo consists of six elements of varying shape. Together, they form another geometric shape resembling a tricorn. The two top “corners” are shorter, while the third “corner” is the longest one.
What does the emblem Kobe Bryant mean?. It is your calluses and your baggage, it is your training. He referred to the logotype as the Sheath, which was supposed to be the official name of the emblem.
In addition to this, Eric Avar, who developed the shoe, pointed out that the emblem used Japanese samurai warriors as an inspiration. In Avar’s view, the warriors exhibited the balance of Bryant.
Font of the Kobe Bryant Logo
The Kobe Bryant logo is basically just an emblem without any text. In case the athlete’s name needs to be included in the logo, it may be given in a variety of matching typefaces.
Color of the Kobe Bryant Logo
The color palette may vary depending on the background against which the sheath logo is placed. This is a typical approach for the emblems placed on footwear or clothes. The colors most often used for the emblem include gold, purple, and red (against the black background).
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Keeping You And Your Apartment Happy And Healthy
If you have a stressful day, the last thing you want is to come home to a messy apartment. Your apartment should be your sanctuary. Home is where you get to check your troubles at the door, and the following are some basic tips that will allow you to do so. Stay happy and healthy in one of 1st Lake’s many New Orleans area apartment communities!
Clean – Instead of waiting for the weekend to spend it cleaning the house after a week’s worth of dirt and clutter, break it down and spend 20 minutes a day cleaning. That way the house will be clean every day and you don’t have to devote a whole weekend to picking up the past week’s mess.
Organize – One of the most aggravating things ever is not being able to find something – typically keys – when it’s time to leave the house. Make sure everything in your apartment has its own home so you always know where to find it. Use the same logic for the rest of the apartment as you do when organizing closets or junk drawers.
Breathe – Literally. Let your apartment and in turn yourself breathe easier with indoor houseplants. Use our guide to easy indoor houseplants for the best types to grow in your apartment. Not only do they spruce up the place, but they are great natural medicine!
Think – Think about what makes you most happy about your apartment and incorporate it into your daily home life. Is it keeping it neat and tidy? Displaying photos of friends and family? A pet? Good karma by doing chores even if it’s not “your turn?” Decide what will make you happy at home, practice those things and so it shall be.
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Image Viewer
Image Viewer is the stock application used for pictures. It does not need to be installed since it comes with Ubuntu. This is useful for very simple picture needs, such as opening and rotating images. However, you do not have the option to create photo albums, crop images, sharpen them, view location data, share to social media or any other of the more modern and expected features of a photo managing application. Indeed, if they intended these features to be in the program they probably would have called it “Image Editor” or something right?
fotoxx
The next program i tried was called fotoxx. From the name, you can’t tell whether it is a viewer or editor, but let me tell you…..man this program has all sorts of features! Tags? You got it. Retouch/sharpen/blur/red eye/white balance? Yup. Transformations? Better than Instagram.
Speaking of Instagram, fotoxx doesn’t seem to have any sort of “Share to Social Media” options though. In my opinion, it is far more convenient to have Facebook integration, for instance, than exporting a photo and uploading it manually. Sure, it is possible, and up to a few short years ago that’s how we all had to do it. But given the option of two similar programs, I would obviously lean towards the one with the integration. How else are people gonna know what food I’m eating today???
Also, although fotoxx is pretty feature packed, the GUI (Graphical User Interface, for the noobs) is very clunky and limited. Just about everything is stashed up in the menu bar, and the gallery browser is probably the ugliest thing I have seen since Skype 5.0 (you know you hate it too).
Shotwell
Where fotoxx seemed to do really well at photo editing but lacked decent photo management, Shotwell is the complete opposite. It has basic editing features such as crop/red eye/etc, but doesn’t have any of the filters and transformations to that you might want. However, Shotwell fills in all the gaps that fotoxx missed: great GUI, fantastic galleries/albums, and built in camera import features.
If you are familiar with iPhoto on Mac OSX, this program looks EXACTLY LIKE IT. I really hope Apple doesn’t sue them. Don’t they have enough money by now? Anyways, Shotwell also has social media sharing capabilities including Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Tumbler and YouTube.
Darktable
Darktable 1.1 seems to be a bit more advanced than what you might be used to. It doesn’t really manage photo albums or anything, and it doesn’t have any crazy transformations. It is basically just for correcting/tweaking color balance, saturation, contrast and such. It’s probably very powerful and useful but to be honest, I feel out of my league in Darktable. I’m not a very knowledgeable photographer and when I’m in this sort of situation I pretty much just move values around until things start looking cool.
I do have to say though that Darktable has a very cool GUI! I love the all-black look. If you notice, on every side of the screen there is a little grey triangle which you can click and it will slide the tray in or out allowing you to customize the amount of information shown on the HUD (Heads Up Display, noobs).
Wrap-Up
When managing your photos on Ubuntu, there might seem like there are many choices. Rejoice! They are all free, and each one fills in the gaps of the rest. If you’re downloading memes from the internet just to look at them, Image Viewer looks great. If you want to tweak them, check out fotoxx. Store them all and sort them with Shotwell.
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Shotwell does have social network integration. You can set it up via… edit – preferences – plugins
as the below image shows.
You’re right! I have updated the article. Thanks!
You don’t mention RAW, but a lot of photographers shoot it. For my free money, the best editing tools for RAW and/or JPEG are:
. RAWTherapee – I’ve been using the v. 4 beta with no problems
. UFRAW standalone or as a plug-in for GIMP
I recently installed KDE support in my Lubuntu set up and consequently am playing with and so call attention to:
. DigiKam / ShowFoto
I looked at Darktable a few years ago – it may have evolved but was no great shakes then.
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Century 21 Home Run Derby celebrates global diversity of Major League Baseball
On Monday, July 11, players from eight nations around the globe will represent their native homelands in the CENTURY 21® Home Run Derby, it was announced today. The eight players, to be announced next week, will be competing in the annual CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby to highlight the global reach of Major League Baseball and to promote the upcoming inaugural World Baseball Classic. The 2005 CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby, part of Gatorade All-Star Workout Day, will be televised live on ESPN beginning at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Last season, the CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby posted a 5.7 HH rating, drawing 7.7 millions viewers. The CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby annually ranks as one of ESPN's most-watched events.
In addition to the eight players representing their native homelands, eight lucky sweepstakes finalists will be heading to the CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby for the chance to win $250,000 toward the purchase of a home compliments of CENTURY 21. Finalists will be matched with a 2005 Major League Baseball player competing in the CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby; the finalist paired with the Major League Baseball player who captures the 2005 CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby title will win the grand prize.
This is the seventh year that Century 21 Real Estate LLC -- the "Official Real Estate Organization of Major League Baseball" -- has hosted the grand slam sweepstakes in conjunction with the CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby. Last year in Houston, Baltimore Orioles' shortstop Miguel Tejada of the Dominican Republic launched 27 home runs to win the 2004 CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby title.
The World Baseball Classic, scheduled for March 2006, will consist of 16 national teams highlighting the best players in the world competing for their home countries. National teams from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America and the Caribbean will compete in the four-round tournament to be staged at various sites in Asia, Latin America and the United States., 2005 were born outside the 50 United States. The Dominican Republic led all countries with 91 players, while Venezuela ranked second with 46 and Puerto Rico was third with 34.
Rules for the 2005 CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby:
Opening Round
Each player gets 10 outs to hit as many home runs as possible.
The four players with the most home runs hit in the Opening Round advance to the Semi-Final Round.
Second Round
Home runs do not carry over; Opening Round totals are cleared from the board.
Each player gets 10 outs to hit as many home runs as possible per at bat.
The two players with the most home runs in the second round advance to the Championship Round.
Championship Round
Home runs from the first two rounds do not carry over to the Championship Round: Opening and Second Round totals are cleared from the board.
Each player gets 10 outs to hit as many home runs as possible.
The player who hits the most home runs in the Championship Round is declared the CENTURY 21 Home Run Derby champion.
Rules
An out is registered when a player swings at a pitch and does not hit a home run. A ball hit over the fence must be fair to count as a home run.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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Every Tamora Pierce Challenge
I’m reading every, single, published Tamora Pierce book (this year, most of them I have already read)
More will be added if released. Ones in italics are read.
Starting Date = April 11, 2009.
THE TORTALL UNIVERSE
Provest’s Dogs
1. Terrior
2. Bloodhound (not yet released)
3. Mastiff (not yet released)
Song of The Lioness
1. The First Adventure
2. In the Hand of the Goddess
3. The Women who Rides Like a Man
4. Lioness Rampant
The Immortals
1. Wild Magic
2. Wolf-Speaker
3. Emperor Mage
4. In the Realm of the Gods
Protector of The Small
1. First Test
2. Page
3. Squire
4. Lady Knight
Daughter of the Lioness / Trickster
1. Trickster’s Choice
2. Trickster’s Queen
THE EMELAN UNIVERSE
The Magic Circle
1. Sandry’s Book
2. Tris’s Book
3. Daja’s Book
4. Briar’s Book
The Circle Opens
1. Magic Steps
2. Street Magic
3. Coldfire
4. Shatterglass
The Circle Reforged
1. The Will of The Empress
2. Melting Stones
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News
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Please take a moment to register for the Con Moto e-newsletter. Be the first to recieve concert announcements and news about the PFO.
Upcoming Events
Maestro Thomas Octave and the Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra proudly present their 2012-2013 Season Highlights
King David- Honneger
Westmoreland Choral Society
March 2013
Place and time TBA
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Dave Lennox Signature® Collection CBWMV Variable-Speed Hydronic Air Handler
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Required Reading
September 30th, 2004 - 10:20 am
This has me rethinking my support for Turkey’s admission to the European Union – and a lot of other things, too.
This has me rethinking my support for Turkey’s admission to the European Union – and a lot of other things, too.
Europe will become Islamic with or without Turkey. The question is will Europe begin to integrate Muslims and develop a new culture that is a synthesis of both, or will Europe continue to try to keep Muslims seperate from their society and eventually be ‘conquered’ by them.
I think bringing Turkey into the E.U. will help to accomplish the first possibility.
I agree with the concept behind the article, it is something that any rational thinking person, not blinded by ideology and up to date on current events, should be able deduce on their own. I saw this coming back in the late ’70′s when I was in the Army over there in Germany — the Turkish/Islamist thing was already starting to happen back then.
I do think that Tibi’s conclusions in the last paragraph are the correct ones to draw. But I’ll add one thing to that: That is unless we and our allies, perhaps along with China, India and/or Russia, intervene so as to change that path.
I do think that Tibi is right in that Europe is unable to stand against it. At least not now, not with their current aversion to resisting it. Could they turn things around? Sure, but the correct question is actually: Will they turn things around? I seriously doubt it. I see them as being the proverbial Frog in the Pot on the Stove. They’ll sit still and patiently wait while they get cooked, doing nothing about it. Until they are Dead, Dead, Dead. Culturally, that is.
I’ve long said taking Turkey on in the EU is DUMB. Period.
Politically: They’re backward (what EU country has the army to provide the “escape clause” if the country sinks into theocracy?)
Economically: They’re backward (per capita GDP=$7300, less than Mexico)
Socially: Backward: Radical Islamists and Kurds, oh my! Polygamy, cousin marriage in the hinterlands (which are 90% of the country) etc etc.
Europe doesn’t need Turkey. Curiously, neither does Turkey need the EU. They don’t need the straitjacket of EU regulations to stifle the economic growth they need to move up. What they need is a NAFTA type of arrangement. (which is what the EU should be in the first place).
I’ve never supported any country joining the EU — not even Fr@nce.
David:
What you say is undeniably true.
One other point that seems to elude so many is: Where do we draw the line between Europe and Asia? Historically, in that region it has always been at the Bosphorus Straits. Meaning, Turkey is on the other side. Or, at least, the vast majority of it is. So, why are they even being considered? They aren’t even European.
And if they (the Turks, that is), are trying to make the case of being a “Civilized Western Nation”, why aren’t they more involved in trying to spread that Civilization to the rest of the “Greater Islamic World”, as they at least have the advantage of being Islamic themselves? Instead of trying to piggyback on the relative freedom and prosperity of Europe (note: RELATIVE freedom and prosperity), shouldn’t they be trying to encourage it with their neighbors, and then form a “Free & Prosperous” Islamic Union in Asia & Africa? It makes more sense to me, anyway.
What wasn’t said was that if Bush doesn’t win big or GOD FORBID Kerry is elected, it’ll happen a darn sight faster than ten years.
What wasn’t said was that if Bush doesn’t win big or GOD FORBID Kerry is elected, it’ll happen a darn sight faster than ten years.
David,
Turkey is “Politically backward”, and the rest of the EU isn’t? France, where one reason why Chirac is remaining President is because when he steps down he will no longer be granted immunity from bribery charges? Denmark, where a rising politician who spoke for the people, not the elite, got assassinated, adn the political establishment just sort of shrugged?
Nice try, but no dice.
David said:
All of these are correct, but only if you’re comparing them to the rest of the developed world. Compared to the rest of the region, and a number of the countries that just recently joined the EU or will join in 2007, the comparison doesn’t look nearly so bad. And if you look at the trends, they’re all going in the right direction. See my post here for more details.
Turkey joining the EU helps both Turkey and the EU. The EU gains the young workers its going to need to fund it’s pension system and Turkey gets a free trade/movement area.
If the EU countries were willing to actively socialize/culturalize (talking melting pot, multiculturism is a sure loser)the Turks, they have a chance of extending, if not enhancing, the EU ‘civilization’. If they continue to segregate their Muslim populations, they’re doomed to catastrophic failure.
Can you imagine Turkey as an EU member, with business as usual? Open borders with no hope to stop terrorists crossing freely at will. An ocean of immigrants flooding into the EU with Turkey as a layover, looking to improve their lives. As the EU welfare states are overwhelmed, discontent will rise. What happens then?
Well, so Europe feels like it’s too late to save the individual cultures of each country? I’ve noticed in the U.S. that most of our college campuses and Universities have become islamisized too. The Arab American population isn’t supporting Bush this time because he liberated 50 million muslims from the grip of two dispicable and horrific regimes. I guess we were just supposed to leave them alone? Mind our own business? Huh? Most of those 50 million people are thankful for our help, so I’m feelin’ pretty good about it myself, but I’m getting suspicious about our Arab American populations motives for why they don’t think we have the right to do what we’ve done. I know I have no interests in converting to islam, and I’m very sure I’d cause a big scene if anyone tried to force me to do so. My thought is if Islam wants to co-exist with all the other religions under un-Islamic laws then no problem. But using the ACLU and the election ballots in order to remove god from the pledge of alegiance, ban teachers from wearing a cross necklace, bracelet, or earrings. And most recently, reversing a pratice of allowing a monument of the ten commandments to be displayed on the grounds outside of our local and federal courthouses, and to which our rule of laws is based upon.
When bureaucrats in Europe start saying in public what I only feel safe theorizing in the privacy of my own home, that gives me pause.
I’ll be in Europe in two weeks, and keeping a close eye out.
Another thought here:
If Turkey isn’t geographically in Europe (well, the vast majority of it isn’t anyway) and yet is being considered for inclusion into the EU, what argument is there for other countries to likewise petition? Apparently, geography isn’t that big of a concern.
I mean, Canada is a much closer ideological and cultural fit for the EU than Turkey, and is no more a part of Europe than Turkey is (again, for the most part). So, why not them?
The big problem is in trying to create a United States of Europe. Having open borders is one thing, but having your government’s constitution in 16 different languages won’t work.
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>> Sacramento, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Sacramento znajduje się w pobliżu takich wartych uwagi miejsc, jak np. Discovery Park, Muzeum kolejnictwa California State Railroad Museum i Muzeum Sztuki Crockera. W pobliżu znajdują się również: Historyczna willa gubernatora i Siedziba parlamentu stanu California.
Opis obiektu
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Sacramento. Hotel oferuje następujące udogodnienia biznesowe: centrum biznesowe, sale spotkań (dla małych grup) oraz sprzęt audio-wideo. W cenę pokoju jest wliczone przyjęcie z lekkimi przekąskami, organizowane w wybrane dni, oraz codzienne śniadanie. Dodatkowe udogodnienia to centrum fitness, grill/barbecue oraz pralnia. Goście mogą korzystać z darmowego transportu, który obejmuje transport do pobliskich miejsc, transport z i na lotnisko oraz odbiór gości z dworca kolejowego. To hotel dla niepalących.
Pokoje
W 271 klimatyzowanych pokojach, którymi dysponuje Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Sacramento. Wyposażenie multimedialne pokoi: telewizor HD i, krzesła ergonomiczne oraz. Wyposażenie pokoi to m. in. kuchnia i kuchenka mikrofalowa, lodówka oraz naczynia do gotowania, zastawa, sztućce.). Bezpłatne przyjęcie z lekkimi przekąskami odbywa się wieczorem w następujące dni: poniedziałki, wtorki, środy, czwartki i piątki.
Na terenie obiektu znajdują się: basen odkryty i wanna spa. Inne udogodnienia rekreacyjne to m. in. sauna.Zobacz wszystkie hotele - Sacramento
"Good nights stay at great price"
Let us check in early (9:40 AM) after red-eye flight, airport pickup and delivery, took us to Old Sacramento and picked us up in the evening, shower needed maintenance, TV had no controller and hotel guy had problem getting it to work, finally got it working (satellite TV), price was great (special rate thru Hotel.com)Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Not too bad, overall this hotel was average. "Kitchenette" in our room not really a kitchenette at all. Was a countertop with a small refrigerator and a microwave. No utensils, no plates, no cups, etc.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Dirty area"
The room was pretty clean. The halls smelled like pot. My daughter's bathroom smelled like someone smoked pot in it and there were pot ashes in the tub. Overall the hotel grounds were dirty with Mc Donalds bags and cups all around. The area is loaded with homeless people.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Toilet seat was broken. The sink drainage was not workingPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"A great stay"
The stay was great took a shuttle to concert, very nice driver and great service all aroundPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"near Old-Sac"
Loved it. Had a problem with the air conditioner and they fixed it right away, and told us we could switch rooms if they couldn't fix it. Everyone was very nice. The restaurant, Sekau, that was across the parking lot was excellent.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"spacious"
Great value for the money. Nice breakfast. Good sized room, beds were a little hard.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Ten gość nie zostawił komentarza.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Great value"
Only real complaint is that there was no bottled water in most of the vending machines and the one that usually had it was sold out.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Close to Old Sacramento and the railroad museum"
Very pleasant with a filling and tasty breakfast. Better than I expected. Room was clean and well cared for. Refrigerator didn't work and a repair person was dispatched almost immediately and got it working. We were extremely satisfied with this really nice hotel. Thank youPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Ten gość nie zostawił komentarza.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"good price"
A little battle worn, but overall generally clean, good location, great full breakfast and a fantastic price. I would definitely stay there again.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"The only negative"
Great location, great place to stay is you are traveling by air, but a terrible recent choice of television service by Direct TV. gPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"close to airport, old town sacramento"
Overall the hotel was nice, clean and priced right. But the biggest problem was with our keys to get into our room. We had to go back 5 or 6 times to get a key that worked. Very frustrating!! They had to keep reprogram our keys. Other then that, it was great.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Front Desk Personnel Need Training in Common Sense"
We were put in a newly painted room. When we were assigned to it the front desk even told us that it was not quite aired out. We went to it and found out we could hardly breath the fumes were so powerful. We were assigned another room. We could not contact the front desk from our room because the phones were not working. We needed a wake-up call to […] catch our flight in the morning so we got out of bed went downstairs and told them about the phone. They told us that we did not know how to use our phone, but wrote down in their book that they would give us a call the next morning. NO CALL CAME the next morning. When we left we went to the front desk and we told them that we did not get called. They told us that the phones were not working so they could not call us. "Really?" It does not take a rocket scientist to figure that out. They could have come up to the room to tell us. There is more, but I think you get the picture! However, the ladies that cleaned the rooms were fantastic with great personalities! It was also a decent location with restaurants nearby. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Hotel was nice. We were told the room had 2 queen beds and a bunk bed. The bunk bed was not present and the phones did not work. The hotel was going through construction so I can understand the phone line but hotels.com should not have said there was a bunk bed when there wasn't.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Ten gość nie zostawił komentarza.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Comfortable & Convenient"
We were pleasantly surprised. It's not top notch, but the room was spacious, clean and conveniently located near the areas in which we needed to be. We also liked having the kitchenette; it came in handy for storing and preparing things for our toddler. Being able to store ice cream for a midnight snack was wonderful. We had an enjoyable stay.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Great time. The only problem I had was every time I left somewhere and came back to the room, my room key would t work. I must've had 8 keys by the time I left :((Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Good deal for the money"
Hotel has a tired run down feeling about it . However the hotel is in the process of upgrading their facilities. The hotel is not a "dump" and a you get a pretty good deal for the price.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
Ten gość nie zostawił komentarza.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
I found it easy to get to, pleasant staff, and am staying there againPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Clean and Convenient"
Stayed one night and caught the free shuttle at 4am for an early flight out of SMF. Perfect for this purpose. Good staff, great driver, very helpful.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Wait until it is remodeled"
Hotel is under renovation. The building I was in was plagued with smells from paint and I presume adhesives. The last night of my stay I could not take it any longer and had management move me to another building. The staff was courteous and tried very hard to please, but the physical plant is in rough shape.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Close to the airport"
We stayed at Hawthorne Suites the night before we left for vacation. Had an early flight and it was so convenient. Shuttle to the airport and allowed us to leave our car. Restful way to start our trip, and a great breakfast. Thank you.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Good hotel for the money"
This hotel is not in a 'bad' part of town as some reviews have suggested. I stayed here with my boyfriend and we thought it was fine. No homeless or seedy people around. The hotel was well lit. Close drive to midtown where we had dinner plans. Easy drive in from airport. Would stay here again.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Hawthorn SAC"
Hotel undergoing renovations.. Parking lot over full due to park and fly program.. Room although old and tired was compfortable.. Breakfast goodPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
It was great and very convenience location....very close to old sacramento and turistics places....Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"OK-if u dont need wireless & poor staff service"
Our 4 room keys carried by 4 different people got deactivated at the same time. They were away from cell phones and any other magnetic devices and carried in different pockets. I call them from the building's phone and they made me walk to the lobby in the middle of the pouring rain instead of sending someone. When I got there there was a long line […] of people and just one person in the lobby (it was around 8/9 pm). The wireless signal was very poor in both of the rooms I stayed, even though they were not next to each other but in the same corridor. They sent somebody to fix it, but the signal was still on and off. We could still connect computers to internet through wire, but any other wireless devices were not able to connect. Aside from that my stay was OK. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"family holiday"
The hotel is within easy driving distance for family gatherings during the Christmas holidays. The room is spacious with 2 queen beds for 3 adults. We appreciate the complimentary full breakfast. Easy access to freeway ramps and a gas station nearby is a plus.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Always Room For Improvement"
When me and my husband first walked into the room, we thought "Wow! This is a great deal." The room appeared to be nice and clean at first, but we all know how looks can be deceiving. There were make up or nail polish stains in the linens on the bad, and it had me somewhat worried as to whether or not it was even clean. Another large disappointment […] was when I needed some utensils for our breakfast, and I was looking at the dishes available provided by the hotel, and they did not look clean at all. It definitely would not be something I would eat off of. The refrigerator made an awful ticking sound in the middle of the night on and off at various hours, when I first heard it I thought it might have been a rodent until my husband convinced me otherwise. Then, I heard a somewhat large dripping sound coming from under the sink, where there had been a rather large spot of water coming from the pipes visible under the sink, that looked poorly wrapped with something that resembled styrafoam. However, all these things I have listed may not be pleasant at all, I did appreciate the quality of staff and their service. Everyone had very big welcoming smiles and attitudes, and was always happy to help you with anything you needed no matter the time of day. I would also like to commend Hawthorn Suits on the comfort ability of their beds. It was beyond wonderful to gain a good nights sleep in between traveling. I also really like the layout of their rooms, they feel more like home. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Good hotel for families and business travelers."
Very close to downtown Sacramento with easy access to freeways as well. Room was clean and to be expected for a two to three star hotel. Free buffet breakfast was good as well. Overall, good value for your money. I would stay there again!Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"SMALL BED-NOT A STANDARD QUEEN"
I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE SIZE OF THE BED. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A QUEEN BED..BUT THERE IS NO WAY IT WAS A QUEEN. MORE LIKE A DOUBLE. ALSO THERE WAS ALOT A NOISE FROM OUTSIDE- PEOPLE JUST HANGING OUT UNTIL 2-3 AM IN THE PARKING LOT.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Great hotel for everything"
Very conveniently located, great service and kind hotel staff.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Disappointment"
It wasn't what it look like in the pictures. I was disappointed with my stay there.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Freeway close"
Room was nice and large for my 4 night stay. Bed was compfy. Very quiet till the last night and some inconsiderate nieghbors and door slaming. Freeway close and many restaurants walking distance. Was sad housekeeping did not refill in room coffee. But breakfest in lobby was good.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Ten gość nie zostawił komentarza.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
The only glitch we experienced was a leaking lavatory faucet and parking was a challenge. They were great other than those two items. reception at 5pm with free snacks, beer and wine. Decent breakfast with scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits, gravy, waffles, etc No complaints.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Ten gość nie zostawił komentarza.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
A real bargain. Plan to stay there again soonPrawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
Ten gość nie zostawił komentarza.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Great hotel"
Very nice hotel. The room was clean and nice. The complimentary breakfast was awesome with a huge variety. The airport shuttle was prompt with a very friendly driver. I would stay here again!Prawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Goodvalue"
Great value short walk Long river bank to old scaramentoPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Nice room, bad staff."
There was no luggage cart, I ask for one waited 15 min, then packed it in myself. Staff did not seem concerned. Went and did my buss. When I returned at 1:30 room was not cleaned yet. The cleaning lady was leaving the floor, so I stopped her and ask. She informed me it was not on her list , gave me an odd look and left. Went to front desk and got help. […] Bad. It was noise because of construction. Must be why we got a deal. It was not in the best neighbor hood. Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
"Not what we thought..."
Several aspects of the room were problematic - the room door didn't close all the way without forcing it shut. They were unable to get the in-room phone working, despite sending someone up to fix it. One of the lights in the bathroom wasn't working and the fan was relatively loud. Finally, the "kitchen area" was nothing more than a microwave, small […] fridge and counter space (no utensils, etc.) - they had to be requested from the front desk. Overall, it was an inexpensive room that was kept clean, but the issues listed caused us to wish we had stayed elsewhere. It would be a decent place if all you needed was a place to sleep with none of the other elements typically found in a "suite". Przeczytaj więcejPrawdziwa opinia gościa Expedia
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"Lumpy Pillows"
Maybe it was just the one pillow that I grabbed, but a lumpy pilow made for a less that restful sleep.Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
"Awesome Hotel!!"
Very nice hotel, right off highway 5, clean, hallway noise only problem... I will go back always..Prawdziwa opinia gościa Hotels.com
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The absolute WORST hotel I have ever stayed in. The people in the next unit had their TV on full volume day and night. The walls were so thin I couldn't get a break other than to blast my TV full volume. That and get ear plugs. PLUS the cards to get in and out of your unit didn't work - twice I had to go get replacement cards. NOT fun when it's cold […] and dark and you just want to crash in bed. I should have gone to the Governor's Inn across the street. It was close to the wedding I had to attend and I didn't want to pay the high hotel cost of the Citizen but I should have read more reviews before settling on this place..
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Ezra Klein today has.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tax Reform is (Almost) Impossible
there isn't a single person reading this who has revenue-neutral comprehensive tax reform as his or her top policy priority
Andrew Sullivan
Cute (and of course I hope he's reading!). But, no -- I'm sure that torture/detention issues are much higher priority to him, and I can think of several other that are probably higher priority. Even in related policy areas, I'm pretty sure that deficit reduction is a far higher priority for him than tax reform.
Retrospectively, how much credit should Bill Bradley and Dan Rostenkowski get for accomplishing such a difficult feat? And is it worthwhile, given the relatively short life of the tax reform?
I don't really remember which pols deserve the credit and which don't; maybe someone will chime in. On the second question, it's a tough call. My guess is that cleaning out the tax code once a generation or so is worth it even if it rapidly deteriorates again, but whether it's worth the legislative cost of doing so is a harder call. But that's just a guess.
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Was the late '80s tax reform "comprehensive" and "revenue neutral"? Maybe it's more difficult now precisely because neither party is openly and consistently trying to argue for a simplifying reform that also clearly favors their supporters' material or political interests, which is how you build political support for something after all.
Another reason this won't happen is that like entitlement reform/the long term debt problem it's largely something that beltway op ed columnists and politicians like Obama who pander to those columnists care about. Rank and file Democrats look at record corporate profits, DOW 13000, 8% unemployment, and growing income inequality and wonder why this is even being considered a significant problem worthy of Presidential attention. The country needs jobs not more supply side voodoo economics.
(On a side note, your blog now has one of the worst/least readable Capcha things I've ever seen. I suggest you do some research about how useless those are and remove it.)
I concur about the Capcha thing, but I'm not sure how much control JB has over that...isn't that just forced on us by teh googul?
I tried turning it off...not sure if it will take, but I'm trying.
For what it's worth, I haven't been asked to do Capcha today.
Not only are the beneficiaries of loopholes motivated to keep their own specific loopholes, but the concentrated nature of the benefit--focusing on one or a few beneficiaries--makes it easier to mobilize those interests to defend their specific benefit. (No one else is going to do it.) Moreover, they probably have privileged access. The diffuse nature of the benefit of reform--where, as you say, the benefit is equally shared by everybody--as well as its prospective nature make it harder to mobilize the would-be beneficiaries of reform.
On the other hand, the success of reform undermines any prospect for industrial policy (or at least one type of industrial policy). Obama, for instance, is now promoting new tax preferences for manufacturing, and the existence of a strong manufacturing may be a generalized benefit in addition to the specific benefit to the manufacturers. I keep reading lately that manufacturing doesn't matter, that it doesn't matter to the economy whether you make your money building trucks or driving them; but a national economy can't survive forever importing the things that it uses and paying for it with debt and you can't really export haircuts. So the specific benefits of loopholes could feasibly have generalized benefits as well.
Please tell me if any of that made sense.
And why on earth should it be revenue-neutral?
Good points. Also, while it's implicit in Klein's piece, JB's, and your comment, we also have to remember that the diffuse benefits are also rather small (as part of the nature of diffusing them: we're dividing the pie into more pieces). Thus, any individual corporation/person stands to gain, really, not that much money from this. And, if it's revenue-neutral (another good point, as I find that just plain stupid...these things didn't have to be revenue-neutral when they got PUT in there!), then, on average, the diffuse benefit is zero (though the median is small but positive). I'm not manning the battlements to save $200 on my taxes...are you?
I would guess that there are some generalized benefits that would, in the sense of your last point, "make the pie higher." (Couldn't avoid making that reference) If there's ANYTHING AT ALL to conservative economic philosophy, then there should be positive externalities to lower rates with fewer loopholes. OTOH, I could see an argument a la Smith/competitive advantages that we really should have a tax code with winners and losers so that we create more opportunities for global competitive advantages. (If nothing else, it's frickin' AWESOME for the transportation/logistics industries!) I guess I'd have to trust an economist on which of these effects is bigger, but I'd guess the generalized one is.
Good points. I think in order for reform to work, the issue actually has to be boldly politicized, drawing interest from the general public. Otherwise particular interests can effectively block anything.
Is it possible that we've been seeing the rise of the little guy, who suspects that he's the loser in this tax code game? With the Tea Party and OWS generally getting a fair amount of support, maybe there will be enough pressure on lawmakers resist the small, influential interests and do some tax reform. I don't see that happening this year as parties jockey for the election, but maybe next year. Have the little guys ever been successful?
@PF, Cain got a lot of interest with his 9-9-9 plan, even though it was a shell of a plan. I think the country is fertile ground for a better plan.
@ModeratePoli: I was specifically discussing corporate tax policy. I think Obama's wrong to come at this in such a detached, "nonpartisan" fashion. He'll only ever end up getting out-negotiated and out-lobbied by the GOP and by various particular business interests and never get a public-spirited reform, because there'll be no spotlight on the issue for the average citizen.
It seems to me that it's different with personal tax reform, because that issue will always be of immediate general interest to the population.
...even though it was a shell of a plan. I think the country is fertile ground for a better plan.
The odds are better that you'd get fundamentally a crank plan, like a modern Georgism, than one that would do any good, since anything simple enough to sell would be too simple to do any good.
The little guy may be right when he concludes he's being boned, but I'm not sanguine about his ability to discriminate between various proposals to ameliorate his position.
Jonathan I'm pretty sure you're familiar with Machiavelli on change. What you're talking about in the piece is a classic example.
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Tuesday’s bond market has opened in positive territory after this morning’s economic data showed weaker than expected results. The stock markets are helping to boost bonds with a negative opening that is giving back some of yesterday’s strong gains. The Dow is currently down 55 points while the Nasdaq has fallen 11 points. The bond market is currently up 16/32, which will likely improve this morning’s mortgage rates by approximately .250 of a discount point.
There were two relevant economic reports posted this morning. The first was June’s Personal Income and Outlays data that revealed no change in both the income and spending readings. Analysts were expecting to see the flat reading in spending, but were calling for a slight increase in spending. This data indicates that consumers had no more income to spend, nor did they spend more than they did in May. These can be considered favorable results for the bond market and mortgage rates because they show weaker than expected economic activity that make long-term securities, such as mortgage-related bonds, more attractive to investors.
June’s Factory Orders data was also posted this morning. It showed that new orders for both durable and non-durable goods fell 1.2% in June. That was more than twice the decline that was expected, indicating a weaker manufacturing sector than many had thought. This is also good news for bond and mortgage rates. However, this particular report is not one of the more important ones we see each month, so its impact on this morning’s rates has been minimal.
There is no relevant economic data scheduled for release tomorrow. This will allow the stock markets to take center stage as the diving force for the bond market, at least until we get to Friday’s key data. If the major stock indexes show sizable losses tomorrow, expect to see bonds rise and mortgage rates to fall slightly. But if this morning’s losses are reversed, we could see upward changes to mortgage rates in the…
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Iraqi ambassador talks about life under Saddam By: Randy Dockendorf
Yankton Media, Inc. The Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations told a University of South Dakota audience Wednesday Oct. 22 that he came to tell the story that most Americans donâ�?�?t hear about his homeland. â�?�?I believe the American people have the right to hear what is going on in Iraq from an Iraqi perspective. You donâ�?�?t hear it much,â�? Ambassador T. Hamid Al-Bayati told a packed room of about 200 in the Al Neuharth Media Center. Al-Bayati spent time as a prisoner of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Husseinâ�?�?s regime. Saddam hired two people to kill Al-Bayati, who led Iraqi opposition in London from 1992-2003 until returning to Iraq that year. â�?�?I knew opposition members who lost 30, 40 and 50 family members. I lost eight family members,â�? the ambassador said. Saddamâ�?�?s regime repressed women, tortured innocent people and invaded Kuwait for no reason, Al-Bayati said. The Iraqis tried to overthrow the regime but were unsuccessful, he said, adding that 500,000 Iraqis were killed and the revolt crushed. â�?�?We needed the support of the United States,â�? he said. â�?�?The Iraqi people never forget what you (Americans) did to get rid of Saddamâ�?�?s regime and bring democracy.â�? Since the fall of Saddamâ�?�?s regime, the Iraqis have adopted a permanent constitution, elected a government that includes women, and have taken their place in the United Nations, he said. â�?�?Itâ�?�?s the first time in contemporary history that we have had a parliamentary government,â�? he said. â�?�?Almost every component is represented in the government.â�? Because of Saddamâ�?�?s regime, Iraq was isolated from the world community and suffered sanctions that crippled the economy, Al-Bayati said. Iraq has begun to turn things around but still needs billions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, he said. â�?�?Everything needs to be rebuilt. We are talking to people about investing in Iraq. We are reaching agreements with Iraq and the U.S.,â�? he said. â�?�?We allow foreign investments and give incentives such as free taxation and free land. There is no such thing as not having the United States corporations coming to Iraq.â�? Even with a $70 billion budget surplus, Iraq needs billions of dollars in investment in its oil industry and is not ready to repay the United States at this time, Al-Bayati said. Iraq now produces 2.5 million barrels of oil a day but has the capacity of producing 6-7 million barrels a day, he said. â�?�?We hope someday to repay,â�? he said. A current agreement calls for U.S. troops to begin a drawdown in June 2009 and totally leave Iraq by December 2011, Al-Bayati said. However, that timetable can be altered, he said. â�?�?We hope to continue with the support of the United States. We still need U.S. troops in Iraq. We arenâ�?�?t able to maintain the security of Iraq,â�? he said. â�?�?We want you to go back as soon as possible, but not one day earlier than needed.â�? In response to audience questions, Al-Bayati said: â�?¢ India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons that endanger the world. Iraq opposes weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, in the Middle East. â�?¢ Iraqis view the U.S. presidential election as an internal matter, and he declined to name his preference for a candidate. â�?�?We respect the view of the American people. We will work with (the newly-elected president) as much as we can. We have strong agreement to fight terrorism in Iraq,â�? he said. â�?¢ Al-Bayati criticized much of the major world media for not telling the truth about the Iraqi situation. Al-Jazeera promotes terrorism, while the BBC, CNN, the New York Times and other major Western media sensationalize the negative to draw readers and audiences, he said. â�?�?When itâ�?�?s negative, we make the news,â�? he said. â�?�?When the situation is good, why donâ�?�?t we hear anything in the media?â�? â�?¢ Al-Bayati told of efforts to help preserve and promote Iraqi historical sites dating back to Biblical times with Iraq as the cradle of civilization. He recently met with First Lady Laura Bush and received her support, and the effort to help Iraqi sites received a $14 million donation. Al-Bayati told of growing up in an Iraq where Christians and Muslims lived peacefully together. â�?�?This Iraq I grew up in is the Iraq I would like to see again, not the sectarian violence,â�? he said. Wednesday nightâ�?�?s event brought out a sharp contrast in audience sentiments over the war. One man said President Bush has violated Iraqi sovereignty, and the war has brought five-and-a-half years of destruction and loss of life. â�?�?When will it all end?â�? the man asked. Al-Bayati took a different approach to the idea of sovereignty, saying Saddam violated Iraqi human rights and stole the nationâ�?�?s oil. The United States and coalition forces brought freedom to the Iraqi people, the ambassador said. The United States has shown restraint in its dealing with terrorists over the years, Al-Bayati said. He pointed to terrorist attacks on Marines in Beirut, the USS Cole in Yemen, and on targets in Kenya and Tanzania. â�?�?On 9/11, we had a whole 3,000 people killed in one day in New York. You canâ�?�?t expect the United States to say â�?�?I donâ�?�?t care, this (Iraqi invasion) is against sovereignty.â�?�? You went from containment and deterrence to pre-emptive strikes and the war on terrorism,â�? the ambassador said. â�?�?You had a terrorist attack against the United States on its homeland. God knows if (terrorists) could manage weapons of mass destruction (WMD), what would happen? If they could kill 30,000 instead of 3,000, they would not hesitate.â�? The audience gave a loud ovation for a woman who said she was a soldier who â�?�? along with other veterans in the audience â�?�? came to hear Al-Bayatiâ�?�?s story. â�?�?I thank you for coming,â�? she told the ambassador. â�?�?A lot of what you have said validates a lot of what I saw as a soldier, especially as a female soldier and what I saw happen to (Iraqi) females
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Calling Baseball
My first baseball broadcast on a radio station took place in the spring of 2007. I was a freshman at Northwestern University and very eager to get my three innings of play by play as the Wildcats took on the Michigan Wolverines. In fact, I was so fired up I got equally excited for a big Michigan play as I was for a big Northwestern play! This probably isn’t the best thing when you’re on the Northwestern student radio station. Lesson learned, and from then on I was very careful to make it clear who I was supporting as the local broadcaster without going overboard and saying things like “we” or “us.” After all, I am not on the team! As much as I would love to share those first three innings of my career, the audio archive is too distorted to justify posting.
I’ve been all over the country in the pursuit of a major league baseball broadcasting career. I’ve been to Alaska (twice!), Cape Cod, and Huntsville, Alabama. The most memorable game so far actually came during my first summer in Alaska when the AIA Fire took on the Kenai Peninsula Oilers in a must-win game on the second to last day of the season. The Fire needed to win to keep their championship hopes alive and in one of the craziest games ever, they did get that victory. But it took 17 innings. In Alaska the stadiums don’t have lights because the sun is out almost 24/7 in the summer. But this was late July, and Kenai does get dark that time of year. They start the games an hour earlier than usual to avoid that issue, but it didn’t matter as this one soon began to push the five-hour mark. The Fire scored four runs in the top of the 17th mainly because the Oilers could barely see as multiple errors were committed during the inning. Then the umpires did the unthinkable, they called the game on account of darkness and the Fire were declared the winners. The reason why the game could not continue the next day was that the Oilers had a 4 am flight to Kansas for the NBC World Series. I guess they could have reverted back to the end of the 16th inning, in which case the game would have been a tie, but for some reason they didn’t and the Fire won the next day to clinch the ABL Title. Crazy stuff. I did the entire game without commercials so needless to say that was a lot of talking! It was a great experience and the fact we all got championship rings after the Fire clinched the next day made it even sweeter in retrospect.
One of my most unique broadcasting experiences was when students at the Northwestern News Network were lucky enough to actually produce a live web stream of Northwestern-Notre Dame at US Cellular Field in 2009. I got to sit in Hawk Harrelson’s booth and call the game. The video below is an excerpt from that broadcast.
I will continue to update this page with interesting stories and notes about baseball broadcasting as my career progresses..so stay tuned!
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We first visited Haiti in the summer of 2009 thanks to an invitation from the Neohumanist Foundation of Puerto Rico. Since that initial visit we fell in love with this beautiful Caribbean island and we have been committed to creating a HAPPY Haiti ever since.
On that first visit, we worked on creating a school garden and planted fruit trees that today serve as food for students and members of the Special Academic Institution Ananda Marga (AMSAI) in the community of Anse-a-Pitre. We also began a program of reforestation and community beautification, offered agricultural education workshops and delivered personal and educational supplies, clothing and toys to children of this community.
A few months later, a devastating earthquake took the lives of over 200,000 people, and left homeless more than 1.5 million. About two weeks after this tragic event, we arrived at Port-au-Prince and worked together with other organizations to provide our Haitian brothers and sisters a warm meal, water, safe shelter and health services.
The following are some of the achievements in Haiti so far:
• Planted dozens of fruit trees that serve as food for students, teachers and members of the community
• Created a school garden where vegetables seeds have been planted and harvested
• Created about 10 temporary jobs
• Achieved the beautification of AMSAI
• Delivered hundreds of school supplies, clothing and toys
• Donated agricultural and construction tools, and kitchen items
Helped facilitate health services and shelter
Provided food and water to thousands
The following are objectives for the coming years:
• Help improve public health centers
• Work on the development of micro-businesses
• Work on the construction of homes, community and educational centers
• Encourage the planting of trees / reforestation
• Offer agricultural / aquaculture, vocational and business development workshops
• Work on creating community gardens and fish farms
• Help with the provision of food and clothes for Ananda Marga Pre-School and Orphanage Ayitimoun Yo
• Provide materials and labor to expand and maintain the vegetable garden that provides food to the school’s children and staff
• Provide materials and labor to repair and seal the school’s roof
• Provide materials and labor to paint the school and enhance the school’s playground
• Provide hardware, materials and labor to develop a computer center for adults and children in the community
• Provide funds for a summer camp
• Provide school supplies and educational materials for pre-school and orphanage
• Provide sports and recreational equipment for pre-school and orphanage
• Help acquire environmentally friendly kitchen appliances
• Support the development of the Ayitimoun Yo shelter and orphanage
• Provide materials to improve the structure of the orphanage’s building
Many of us want to help and make a difference. Lets unite and work together towards a HAITI FELIZ.
At the moment we are only accepting monetary donations.
To donate by check, please send your check payable to Planeta Feliz to the following address:
P.O. BOX 260066
Miami, FL 33126
To donate by credit or debit card:
Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something.
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I'm trying to figure out how line wrap works in Notepad++. This is maddening. I want line wrap turned on. There are like fifteen kinds of line wrap on this crazy program. Ah-ha. Line wrap is what happens to the same line as you go past the end of the page. Word wrap is what I'm looking for. Live and learn. I was just writing this line to get something to test with. Enjoy.
Why does Dell put a program called Dell-eBay on their new computers? I do not know what this software does, but I guess it is for buying more Dell products using eBay or it is a discount system for Dell products by using the program to perform your eBay tasks. Bastards.
There is a small group of scientists who are studying how fish react to the sounds of a reef. The scientists are actually studying how the fish react to carbon dioxide content of the water. They say the PH of the sea is changing faster now than it has in the past 600,000 years. -The Naked Scientist.
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Okay, I’ve put together a huge folder containing all kinds of stuff — birth certificates, death certificates, bank statements, stock trading records, and credit cards. I’ve mapped out which places I’ll be visiting that are all in midtown Manhattan, and I’ll be spending several hours tomorrow acting like a grownup. Which kind of sucks, but it needs to be done.
On the plus side, I can do my lunch and dinner shopping downtown and treat myself to some nice things that will boost my morale afterwards. Because nothing says “I’m a grownup who can deal with real and depressing stuff like a mature human being” like fancy donuts and fancy sandwiches.
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Really cool sports communications job openings in the NFL (as of Feb 15, 2012)
As a communications person, I love when I run across jobs I think would be really cool.
Like, for example, “head of communications” for NFL media.
Position Summary:
Based in the NFL’s Culver City office, the Head of Communications for NFL Media will direct and implement communications strategy for NFL Network, NFL.com, and other NFL digital media.
This executive will be a strategic and proactive communications executive with the capacity to also be a hands-on, sleeves-up team player. This leader will have superior business and communication skills, and will be successful at developing effective relationships with sports, business, and trade media.
Major Responsibilities:
• The Head of Communications, NFL Media will be a critical member of the management team for NFL Network and the Digital Media Group, and will work closely with League public affairs and communication executives to craft messaging, talking points, and positioning for NFL Network, NFL.com, and other digital media assets.
• This executive will direct publicity efforts for programming, sales and marketing initiatives and serve as a spokesperson on carriage distribution issues.
• He/she will also serve as the lead contact with sports, business and trade media.
Also, the NFL is looking for aDirector of Media Talent. Based on the job description this would be a position in which you get to tell Warren Sapp to tone down his tweets, Michael Irvin to tone down his suits, and Marshall Faulk to tone down his…everything.
Reporting to the Director, Talent & Production Development, the Director of Media Talent is the key position responsible for identifying, recruiting, managing, coaching, training and developing a team of Hosts, Anchors, Analysts and Guests in all aspects of their job including on-air, on-line, image and off-air contributions such as social and multi-media.
Responsibilities:
• Day-to-day management of Talent while monitoring the performance of each on-air Talent, providing ongoing 1:1 coaching and feedback for all on- and off-air activities.
• Develop on-air Talent and create individual growth plans and strategies focused on specific opportunities, talents and interests aligned with NFL Media needs.
• Identify and recruit top tier on-air Talent candidates.
• Conduct auditions and/or interviews in order to evaluate potential on-air Talent.
• Maintains a strong network and portfolio of on-air talent and strong relationships with agents to deliver appropriate on-air Talent to NFL Media.
• Develop feedback standards across all production units to ensure regular, consistent and honest feedback; tie feedback to ratings analysis with appropriate input from other NFL Media departments (Research, etc.).
• Develop processes to assess and implement cross platform and cross departmental utilization of on-air Talent.
• Supervise and coordinate with outside consultants to assist in the development and scheduling of on-air Talent.
• Work is reviewed from a short- to mid-term perspective and against objectives, budgets and schedules. Translates strategies for talent relations function into short-term objectives for areas of accountability.
The Cleveland Browns are looking for Digital Media Manager. I assume this person will help the Browns engage with the few fans they have left. I kid I kid!
Job Description:
This position is directly responsible for management of the Cleveland Browns day-to-day digital operations – which includes ClevelandBrowns.com, as well as the team’s mobile assets, Social Media touch points and email communications, among others.
It is essential that the qualified candidate be able to build strong relationships with various external and internal groups – including the Corporate Sales & Service and Ticket Sales & Service teams – as well as a strong manager of both people and processes.
Duties include:
- Development of graphic and multimedia elements across digital channels to drive engagement
- Ensure that company brand strategies and standards are upheld
- Oversee/perform web and email creation, routine site maintenance and all future development
- Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to increase revenue through digital channels, including, but not limited to, ticket sales initiatives
- Execute sponsor-driven and internal marketing campaigns
- Maintain an active relationship NFL and teams digital teams to ensure that the club maintains best-practices and is current on all emerging offerings; be current with best practices and emerging offerings across all consumer brands
- Continually seek ways to improve the fan experience through innovative technologies, including those in the Social Media and Mobile spaces
- Work with video production to ensure proper presentation and delivery
- Seek ways to cross promote all digital assets
- Help to ensure that web, email and social media content calendars are updated and fulfilled
- Manage staff to ensure execution of projects
- Manage all third party digital vendor contracts
- Manage budgets
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Justice John Roberts has already been confirmed to the Supreme Court. Now let us keep the Court in our prayers that they might defend life for everyone from conception to natural death. I am hopeful that he will support life. He is a Catholic so he should support life.
May God bless America, and may America praise God.
Update on July 21, 2005:
I have just read that if Justice John Roberts is confirmed to the United States's Supreme Court, he will be the fourth Catholic on the court at the present time. His position on abortion is a little unsure, but his wife is a member of Feminists for Life. I think that he would serve our country well, but I certainly would like to hear his answers to abortion; I certainly hope he would vote against Roe vs. Wade, which legalized the murder of an unborn child.
Written on July 4th, 2005:
I'm asking anyone that hasn't done this action to please do so very soon.
As of last Friday, Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement from the US Supreme Court even though rumors suggested Chief Justice Renqheist would retire before her. In light of this announcement by Justice O'Connor, President George W. Bush must appoint a replacement to the High Court.
While on the court Sandra Day O'Connor was the major "swing" vote that could go either way. However, in most cases involving abortion, Justice O'Connor supported abortion, and now a major opportunity for the pro-life movement has opened up.
"She angered social conservatives by re-affirming abortion rights in several abortion-related cases, insisting states place "no undue burden" on those rights. Earlier this week, she sided firmly against Ten Commandments displays in both Texas and Kentucky" (Catholic Online).
Image Source: White House Photo by Paul Morse found on Wikipedia (Public Domain)
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I dont know what to think about her resigning because she was for some of the issues im for but she was pro-abortion, which is always a bad thing
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Lynn, WY:
Your web site was complete and prices very good. the quality of my wool rug was excellent and a better price then a major dept. store I found it at as well. your customer service was timely with their help. You are the site I will turn to in the future as well. Thank you, Lynn
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Wow! We scored front row seats right in front of Tom Vincent’s grand piano. Tom’s trio was perfectly together, performing original compositions mingled with traditional requests and jazz favorites. The new dome at Hobart’s Baha’i Centre provided the venue — we were very impressed by our first time in the space. The acoustics were just right for the trio, while the space gets good natural light and feels “happy”.
Tom is now based in Tasmania, so we are very much looking forward to his next gig 24, 25, 26 February near Hobart.
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It certainly was a great gig.
Tom also has another gig with Leigh and Hugh this Sunday:
Sunday, January 23 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Bossa & Boo
38 Waterloo Crescent
Battery Point
Thanks heaps Christine — I hoped we could make Bosso & Boo on Sunday. But we’re ferrying to Moorilla for the day. FYI, Bosso & Boo reviewed by Nola here.
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This is a small enhancement request. It would be very useful (and trivial to implement) to write: [[include:PageName#anchor]] and have pmwiki return the text up to and excluding [[#anchor]]. If $anch is not in PageName, it returns the whole page. It could mean the following changes to ProcessTextDirectives: ... preg_match( ... include:(.*?)(#.*)? ... ) ... if ($inclpage) { $incltext = $inclpage['text']; $anch = '[['.$match[2].']]'; if ($match[2]!='') $incltext = substr($incltext,0,strpos($incltext.$anch,$anch)); } Would anyone else find this useful? There is an obvious extension to support: [[include:PageName#from#to]] to return the text between the anchors. If [[#to]] is not in PageName, return the text from [[#from]] to the end. Currently, I don't have a need for this. -- JR -- John Rankin
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Reminis
we have come from far,i remember the first mobile phone bought in our house was a Nokia 3210 for ksh 16000,and a kencell line that cost ksh.2000.Mark you the whole family went to town for this,it was a big deal then 🙂
Whooping Ksh16000 thats rent for a good house in town for real things change hope to acquire an ipad at the same price soon(dreaming)
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[The following is the opening section of Owens’ Solitary Workwoman, recently published by Junction Press and printed here by permission of the author.]
BELOW GROUND
This treacherous procession
I am WASHED in the
thought of the toil of
women women drawing water
And then the thought
of women dragging waterjugs
their MUSCLES contracting
bigger and bigger
muscles like strong woody cores
And then the thought of
a needle a woman THREADING
a needle wetting the tip
of the thread with her
lips trying seven times
her red and pale mouth
as SMALL as an eye
the needle only a blur
the woman’s eyes of MYOPIA
crossing over to UTOPIA
And then spitting out
a bit of white thread thread
transformed into wet pulp
the shining needle coming
closer
Such difference between those fixations on
HAGS those you see climbing up the ladder
angelic beings with bloody RAGS of
afterbirth You search always the source
‘the fruitful vine’ the hind wing of a
flying ant blending the male and female
spheres spawning BLUE larvae
blue larvae into BONES autonomous
bones washed in saltwater
Is knowledge of the hag a search for
something to grasp—a thickness of
the fat layer beneath the skin her
enormous bunions a callus tearing
like the hymen of a virgin?
*
And of a hag’s embrace it is LONG smooth
and unyielding her winding arms press
her partner’s body organs
the CRUSH of her knees will fracture
the spine of a youth who cowers
before her but the hero who lies down
beneath her flattening and pushing
his backbone into the earth like the
roots of a TREE
tensing tensing squeezing squeezing
the muscles of his butt
the hero who lies down beneath her
without sloth or greed and feels LUST
and gazes upwards smiling smiling
with pale and red lips
flickering flickering his long eyelashes
flirting flirting with the hag
singing singing to the hag blowing blowing
kisses singing and blowing kisses
to the GOLDEN belly of the hag
That hero will never creep backwards
on his haunches nor be SORE afraid
he will be redeemed
*
For a long time the hag’s skills were thought
to be at the very least efficient
able to do good works
You must HOLD onto this idea like you hold
onto the edge of a CLIFF
your attention slips SINISTER
you step on a nail and draw blood
The good rural housewife is seen making
mustard she measures closely and tightens
the cap of the jar
Step where you are into the hag’s DOMAIN
Isolated feigning to be BELOW ground
and waiting—her wisdom GERMINATING
becoming active VITAL
She is musing on her version of a
Solitary WORKWOMAN
Suddenly you hear breaking GLASS
your neck twisting to the side FORCE
of escaping a freak accident hit and miss
hit and miss
You begin horsing around with letters
of the names of the hag STRINGLA greek
VETULA latin
You see two gray forms moving towards you
then fusing into ONE hit and miss hit and miss
You repeat the RITUAL a gray form moving
towards you SPEEDING up swinging and flinging
her gray wool cape her gray wool cape
saturated with piss
The names of the hag STREGA BRUJA HEXE
illuminate gyrating rotating rising upwards
to the ceiling
She is behind me her elbows winging out
under the FAMOUS piss saturated gray
wool cape
Now she is standing in front of me
And under the cape are a gray donkey’s legs
hit and miss hit and miss a gray donkey’s legs
knocking the mustard jar off the table
breaking glass shattering glass
splinters of glass glittering YELLOW
DEADLY women’s stuff
*
And of a hag’s COUNTING waterjugs it is
a solitary activity during the cold months
light reflecting off GLASS
And then the image of the shape of her
knuckles STYX in my mind red and pale
hexagonal bumps and stretching your fingers
and cracking your knuckles
you ponder on the degenerating cartilage
the bulbous arthritic knuckles of the hag
You FORCE a grimace ETCHED into your face
like the ancient mask of TRAGEDY feeling
the black letters of the word LOSS
LOSS lashing and scourging your body
All flesh is GRASS
To each her own PLAGUE
*
A NOTE ON ROCHELLE OWENS
From the time of her first publications Rochelle Owens has spoken with a voice that seemed to some of us – when first heard – like a fierce and unrelenting force of nature. Coming into the present her latest work – the booklength Solitary Workwoman – adds to this a remarkable sense of form unfolding and expanding in the very process of composition – in the way she picks up, then releases, and again picks up key words and images – a truly dazzling display over the near-epic length of the entire work. There is no one quite like her, as Marjorie Perloff explains in summary: “Rochelle Owens’. Hers is a universe of stark gesture, lightning flash, and uncompromising judgment: it is imperative, in her poetic world, to face up to the horror, even as the point of view is flexible enough to avoid all dogmatism.” That Solitary Workwoman is also her most personal and tragic work is its deeper secret and well worth noting. As in her final stanzas:
The chemical energy
in the crone’s brainstem becomes
heat light and SOUND And the sound
is a VOICE released by the WOOD
and her burning body
In a medieval town GUTTED by fire
the red and pale sun casts a SHADOW
of a donkey and limping beside the animal
is the hag She is called Helga-Bruja
Her quest is irregular evolving
it is a FAULTLINE
No witnesses no photographs no proof
More of Owens’s work, plus an extended commentary, appeared in a December 8, 2008 posting 20, 2011
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Now before you get mad, please hear me out. This isn’t opinion, but this is honestly what you can expect. Tom Brady does not have a chance at winning his appeal.
The U.S. Court System is not going to overturn Roger Goodell’s ruling. Not because of the facts or circumstantial evidence involving the case itself, but because of the NFL bylaws. When players enter the league, they agree to adhere to the rulings of the commissioner. For this reason, they don’t have the right to sue. It is like checking the “I Agree” box when you update your software. You never read the fine print, but hidden in the text are statements that protect whatever company you are dealing with. The NFL is no different.
Hear what an expert in law has to say about the issue:
So, essentially, Roger Goodell is the judge, jury, and executioner. If I were the players, I would try to bargain for some sort of hearing board made up of both executives and former players. That would be a great way to ensure that any player found in violation of a rule would have a fair due process. The current situation is not only unfair, but it doesn’t work. It seems as if the league is not harsh enough with serious offenses such as Greg Hardy or Ray Rice, and they are too harsh with less serious offenses such as the ‘Deflategate’ allegations.
I’m sorry for Pats fans, because this issue should be over and done with, but unfortunately, it is not. However, unless Brady is ok with throwing money away on attorney fees, he should just drop the appeal. He’s got plenty of cash, so if he’s fine with writing a big check, then more power to him for standing up for the principle.
Pats fans, you’ll love this. Savage stand up comic, and die hard Bostonian, Bill Burr just rips all things Deflategate. Let’s just say the Colts don’t have a leg to stand on… This is worth the watch ( and that’s coming from a Jets fan).
– R. Ilardi
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