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Telecom-Media-Internet Politics in Canada: Evidence, Theory & Ideology
We are at a fundamental turning point, a constitutive moment when decisions taken now will set the course of developments across the telecom-media-Internet ecology for years, maybe decades, to come. We've just finished one set of hearings, and two more are on the immediate horizon: the CRTC's hearings on Usage-Based Billing that begin Monday, July 11 and its upcoming so-called 'fact finding' hearings on Over-the-Top/new media.
In an interesting and helpful post today, Peter Nowak argued for 7 fundamental guiding rules for telecom issues in Canada, by which he meant the full gamut of issues right across the TMI (telecom-media-internet) spectrum. They are very useful guides and starting points for discussion, and easy to remember to boot. They are:
- Ditch Usage-Based Billing
- Don't regulate new media/over-the-top (OTT) services (e.g. Netflix)
- Strengthen Net Neutrality
- Turf Foreign Ownership Restrictions
- Spectrum Set Aside for New Players
- Don't Regulate Cross-media market power (aka vertical integration)
- Plan ahead for 'shared networks'.
I find these very useful starting points; perhaps because I agree with most of them wholeheartedly (1, 2, 3, 5). Others I'd endorse with some caveats (4). Some I would expand on greatly (7). Others I would reject completely because they lack any basis in evidence, history or theory (6).
In terms of foreign ownership, Nowak proposes to drop all of the current limits on ownership of telecoms industries in Canada. He suggests that doing this will increase 'real competition' in the market by adding new players. This is not an uncommon position and in my view, its goal of increasing competition is basically a good one. Michael Geist and Mark Goldberg, each in their own way, make much the same point.
There are at least three or four problems, some of which I've outlined in another recent post, however, with this notion of dropping foreign ownership, although I am, to repeat, not against the idea in principle. First, there's a good chance that we could drop the rules and nobody would come. These times are not those of the high-tide of foreign investment, in case anybody has been sleeping under a rock for the past few years.
Second, even if new investment does occur, this doesn't necessarily mean that new competitors will enter the market. It's more likely that they'll just take over one of the incumbents, thereby switching the 'title' to the underlying telecom property but not doing anything at all to increase the market, unless the new owners turn out to be better than the current ones.
This is exactly the point made by a recent report by the C.D. Howe Institute. Despite its exuberant support of the idea that all foreign ownership rules across the telecoms-media-Internet board should be dropped, the Howe report was forthright that this would probably not result in more competitors. Instead it would lead to something much woolier: "performance gains" (p. 3).
Good luck assessing that, I'd say. Like "beauty", performance would mostly be subjective and in the eyes of the beholder. Besides, with all of the existing telecom and broadcast players clamouring for less information disclosure, less regulatory oversight and less transparency, as they did one after another during the vertical integration hearings, how could we possibly know whether this nebulous objective was achieved?
Third, Nowak's piece is couched in the idea of being a "pragmatic" set of proposals, rather than one that dogmatically sticks to what he sees as the right or left of the political spectrum. Thus unlike the Howe Report's suggestion to drop foreign ownership rules across the board, he argues that if an integrated telecom-media player wanted to sell to foreign investors, say a US telco like AT&T or Verizon or, just as likely, a private equity group, then Bell Media, for example, would have to sell off its television interests, e.g. CTV (and 28 specialty channels, 28 local television stations and 33 radio stations, although he doesn't spell that out).
Quebecor would have to do the same with respect to TVA, for example, and its extensive holdings of newspapers and magazines. Rogers would do the same with CityTV, 17 specialty channels and stable of magazines, while Shaw would have to part with its assets in television (Global) and specialty channels (Corus). Fat chance that'll happen, I'd say.
Moreover, because there is a much broader range of media involved than just telecoms and television due to the fact that the 'big four' vertically-integrated media companies (VIMCos) (Bell, Rogers, Shaw, Quebecor) also all have, in different combinations, extensive holdings in radio, newspapers and magazines, it's not going to be so easy to simply hive of telecoms from television. Indeed, with newspapers and magazines swaddled in their own bundle of tax and investment incentives designed to shore up Canadian ownership, unravelling this stuff will be messy and complicated.
To my mind, this part of the proposal not might have been as fully thought through as it could have been. The C.D. Howe Institute report at least has the virtue of purity and clarity: drop the barriers on everything, telecom, broadcasting, media in general.
Fourth, a very significant problem and one that strikes deeply at whether we want to further allow our culture to be 'securitized' and 'militarized', US telecom-media-Internet companies and investment capital comes with a lot of national security baggage, particularly so in the telecoms-media-Internet space. Their operations are subject to the Patriot Act and US telecom providers and ISPs have shown a propensity to cooperate with national security agencies in a very murky zone outside the rule of law and without cover of authorized warrants in ways that subsequent courts have found illegal (here, here, here and here).
Microsoft's acknowledgement in Britain this past week that all U.S. companies like it, whether they admit it or not, are subject to the Patriot Act, was the first real candid acknowledgement of the extra-territorial reach of U.S. national security policy when it comes to matters of the information infrastructure. As Gordon Frazer, managing director of Microsoft UK, admitted, data stored in the cloud was well within the reach of the PATRIOT Act.
The acknowledgement came in response to a question posed by ZdNet journalist, Zack Whittaker. Whittaker asked,
"Can Microsoft guarantee that EU-stored data, held in EU based datacenters, will not leave the European Economic Area under any circumstances — even under a request by the Patriot Act?"
No, Fraser explained, "Microsoft cannot provide those guarantees. Neither can any other company".
Tying networks, servers, the Internet and everything else in Canada that runs through and on top of these facilities to US national security policy is to sell out fundamental principles regarding open media, transparency and a networked free press for the feint hope that we might achieve a modicum of more competition than we have now, and even then, not 'real competition', but rather the kind of newfangled Schumpeterian 'innovation economics' pushed by the C.D. Howe report.
But let's move beyond the issue of foreign ownership to Nowak's sanguine approach to vertical integration, an approach that I also find problematic. Why? Because he offers no evidence, lessons from history, or theory to support his case.
This is problematic because current evidence shows that concentration across the spectrum of telecom-media-Internet services in Canada is high, in absolute terms, and relative to comparable international standards. I offered a snapshot of this evidence in an easy-to-digest form in my Globe and Mail column last week.
I'll repeat that here for convenience. In Canada, the 'big 4 VIMcos' — Bell, Shaw, Rogers, Quebecor (QMI) — account for:
- 86 per cent of cable and satellite distribution market
- 70 per cent of wireless revenues
- 63 per cent of the wired telephone market
- 54 per cent of Internet Service Provider revenues
- 42 per cent of radio
- 40 per cent of the television universe
- 19 per cent of the newspaper and magazine markets
- 61 per cent of total revenues from all of the above media sectors combined.
These numbers are not trumped up in the slightest, and in fact on the matter of the Internet and television services they are actually lower than those offered by the CRTC because of the different methodologies we use. Nowak doesn't refute these numbers; he just doesn't deal with them.
Theory tells us that media concentration, for which vertical integration is just one manifestation, embeds a bias for trouble in the 'structure of the media'. Tim Wu, in the Master Switch, gets things right when he sets up the simple premise that it is important for regulators to curb the potential for companies to leverage power and resources across the three main layers of the telecom-media-Internet system: networks, content/applications and devices.
In theory, I think he is right and, based on the current and historical record, strong measures are needed to prevent companies from leveraging control over any one of these three layers — networks, content, devices — to curb competition and diversity in any other layer.
Nowak is clearly aware of the connection in this regard and he hopes that his first and second principles — ditching UBB and leaving 'new media'/OTT untouched by regulators — will take care of vertical integration problems by removing the ability of Bell, QMI, Rogers and Shaw from using bandwidth caps and the pay-per Internet model to basically undermine the viability of rival online video distribution services (AppleTV, GoogleTV, Netflix, etc.) that they see as a threat to their own broadcast services. I think that these are important steps, but insufficient to deal with the full range of ways in which leverage across the three layers of the telecom-media-Internet system can be used to hogtie competitors and stifle the fullest range of voices and expression possible.
This is not just hypothetical potential, either, but rather documented by case after case of examples where either access to content or to networks is deployed in the strategic rivalry between less than a handful of players in oligopolistic markets. And when highly capitalized Netcos such as Bell own much smaller content companies like CTV, they have every incentive to use the latter to shore up the position of the former.
The recently completed vertical integration hearings at the CRTC were replete with example after example of this, from network companies such as Telus, SaskTel, MTS Allstream and Public Mobile as well as media content companies, whether the CBC or smaller production companies like Stornoway Productions.
These examples are not just limited to Canada either, but global in scope. They are behind the recent detailed regulatory framework put into place in the US by the FCC and Department of Justice that blessed the merger between Comcast and NBC-Universal, but not before taking comparatively stern steps, especially by Canadian standards, to ensure that NBC-Universal content could not be locked up or used by Comcast to the disadvantage of rivals in the broadcasting business. Furthermore, Comcast was also required to make its television and film content available to Internet competitors and 'online video distributors' (OVDs), a new category designed to cover services such as Netflix, Hulu, AppleTV, and so on, and to adhere to open Internet requirements generally.
Other countries such as Australia, Belgium, Britain and New Zealand have dealt with their own experience of networks being used to trample competition and diminish the range of voices and expression possible by going even further to set up rival 'unbundled' open networks (Australia) or by mandating 'structural separation' between incumbents' networks (layer 1) and other layers (services, content, devices) in the system. In an important post yesterday, Bill St. Arnaud also talks about the development of networks that are essentially based on pick and choose access to capabilities and functionalities that respond flexibly and recursively to user generated communication and information needs
The problem, thus, is one that is buttressed by evidence, by theory and by global experience. In light of this, robust measures rather than a sanguine approach to vertical integration is most definitely needed.
And to bring this to a close, the issues raised by vertical integration are not the consequence of innovative, new industrial arrangements or newfangled theory, but rather deeply entrenched historically and indeed endemic to situations where those who control the medium (networks) are also in a position to control the messages (content) flowing through those networks.
Thus, in the first decade of the 20th century in Canada, the Canadian Pacific Telegraph Co. and Great North Western Telegraph Co (the latter under ownership control of Western Union) had exclusive distribution rights for the Associated Press news services in Canada. As part and parcel of the telegraph companies' bid to buttress their dominance in the highly lucrative telegraph business against a couple of smaller rival upstarts (the Dominion Telegraph Co in Canada and Postal Telegraph Co. in the US), the Canadian Pacific Tel. Co. and Western Union-backed Great North Western Tel. Co. offered one of their premier set of clients — newspapers across the country — access to the AP news service at a very cheap rate. In fact, they gave it away "free". Sound familiar? (observant readers might also note the persistent recurrence of 'network infrastructure duopolies', too)
The AP news service was so cheap because instead of paying the cost for both the news service and the telegraph charges for delivering it from one place to another, Canadian Pacific Tel. Co. and Great North Western Tel Co only charged newspaper subscribers the 'transmission costs' for the AP service. The content, under such arrangements, was 'free'. Of course, this was a real boon to established members of the press and to AP, while it also helped to stitch up the companies' lock on the telegraph business. It was a menace to rival news services and a competitive press or telegraph system, however.
The fly-in-the-ointment was that any competitor news service was at a huge disadvantage because its subscribers had to pay the 'transmission costs' plus the cost of the news service. Thus, when Winnipeg-based upstart, the Western Associated Press, tried to set up a rival Canadian news service to that of the Associated Press in 1907, it found it's opportunities blocked at every step of the way because there was simply no way its subscribers could pay two costs — transmission and for the news service — while the AP service was essentially given away free after subscribing newspapers paid the telegraph companies their fees for distribution.
As one muckraking journalist W. F. Maclean wrote in the Toronto World,
"attempts on the part of public service companies [the telegraph companies] to muzzle free expression of opinion by whitholding privileges that are of general right cannot be too strongly condemned."
The matter found its way before one of the long-lost predecessors to today's CRTC, and one of the first regulatory bodies in the country, the Board of Railway Commissioners. Canadian Pacific Tel. Co. came out swinging, arguing that the BRC simply had no authority over the news services or to compel it to separate the costs of the news services from transmission costs.
Times were different then, it seems, and the BRC didn't wilt one bit amidst the hot-heated rhetoric but blasted back that it was compelled by law to insure that rates were "just and reasonable" and that unless transmission rates were separate, explicit and equitable "telegraph companies could put out of business every newsgathering agency that dared to enter the field of competition with them" (BRC, 1910, p. 275).
The upshot was separation of control over the wires from control over the news business. The regulator had all the authority in the world it needed to break up the 'double headed news monopoly'. It is a lesson that the CRTC and everybody else interested in ensuring that we oversee the creation of the most open media with the maximum range of voices and creative expression possible should pay close attention to.
Of course, the modalities of communication have changed tremendously and we now live in age of information abundance rather than scarcity, but as Tim Wu's Master Switch and the mounting evidence before our very eyes attests, the basic logic of leveraging content and networks to confer advantages on one's own operations whilst driving others into submission, if not out of business altogether, is alive and well.
This is a basic and easy-to-grasp point, and until we firmly implant it at the heart of the structure and regulation of the telecom-media-Internet system, we will continue to forgo the economic, political, cultural and personal benefits of the most open network media system possible and which further the goals and values that define a free and democratic society.
On that score, Nowak is right, these are not 'left' and 'right' issues. They are issues, principles and values of concern to all who take the precepts of liberal capitalist democracy seriously and who see in the status quo a condition that is badly lacking by even that non-ideological/utopian standard.
July 8, 2011 at 9:34 am
July 8, 2011 at 6:41 am

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Today the issues in this lab have come to a head. Over the past year I have seen the other grad students in the lab return from the boss' office in tears...I think today was to have been my turn. (After a decade of working for a series of jerks, I have no tears, or patience, left.)
Since last September I have:
changed fields from microbiology to plant molecular biology
relearned Mendelian inheritance in a diploid species
genotyped an historically mis-managed advanced population while searching for the correct parents of the initial hybridization
constructed a linkage map for 20 chromosomes using a few hundred individuals, including screening for polymorphic markers, since January
and now am in the middle of tidying up missing data on a single growing season, field work for the next season, and writing a thesis that is now due next month instead of in December
endured hour-long lectures about how I am inefficient and waste my time working inefficiently
been told that I am not going to be kept, now a PhD student, no, just a master's, maybe not kept...(shuffle and repeat)
been told that I do not understand my project (question: how do you want me to design the field layout?)
now I have to write my thesis on the basis of data I do not have
...which will be my evaluation to determine if I am good enough to be a PhD student
...but I got an undergrad helper since I am the sole investigator on my project now
the other people in the lab don't like me and don't want to talk to me because I am not nice
...but I am too nice, and should say what is bothering me once in a while
he is interested in seeing my "real personality"
I should be able to get all my work done during 8-5 pm, even though there are 10 of us in the lab and 5 thermalcyclers
and today, at the end of another hour-long lecture on how I am inefficient with my time (interrupting the work that I was doing at the time): He doesn't think I have the ability to do data analysis (on data I don't have), so he must reconsider whether I am good enough to be a PhD student since I was "unsuccessful" in my previous field (as a technician) for the past 10 years.
That last unprofessional remark is what made me snap. The other people in the lab (yes, he said this in front of everyone else in the lab) said the look on my face was "unmistakable" and they were surprised that I managed to smile and say "thank you for the advice". The lab manager said she was surprised, since the other grad students would have been in tears by then and I recovered well enough to say thank you. I took the undergrad's advice and went to the bar.
I am not sure what to do next; I sent him an email telling him that I was concerned about his misinterpretation of my choice in career direction and that I was deeply hurt by his remark. I'm still pretty steamed about it, but I'm afraid I will have to take another walk on my own--a long-legged angry person + mini schnauzer = forced march for the dog. When I picked up the leash tonight, he whined and limped away as fast as he could! I am really tempted to ask a magic 8-ball for advice, but figured I should see what real people have to say first.
Any thoughts? I'm holding it together at work, but if this keeps up my poor dog will lose a lot of weight. Thanks.
edited 'cause I'm so mad I can't spell right...
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One, two, three Words and music by Mario Papa
From "Jump Rope", by Mario Papa & Janet Shelly,
Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 2000
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I'm Tommy Lee.
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It's all Diana's fault. I was at Knit Night working on the Shawl-That-Never-Ends, when she started teaching the person next to me how to spin on a drop spindle. It looked so cool! I was sucked in immediately. I went home & ordered a drop spindle & fiber.
This is my first drop spindle (purchased from Maine Woods Yarn & Fiber), with fiber I purchased from the Sheep Shed Studio.
Carol included some bonus fiber:
(I bought a few more spindles, too.)
Next, I moved up to a spinning wheel. I haven't taken a picture of mine (her name is Judy), but you can see the model I have here. Once I got the wheel, I finished spinning & plying this yarn:
The yarn was very uneven. I decided to knit it into a hat holding it doubled.
And that's what I've been doing lately.


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A new police report says two witnesses saw a car pull alongside a Rolls Royce driven by rapper Rick Ross earlier this year in South Florida and heard numerous gunshots fired before the car crashed into a nearby building.
The Fort Lauderdale police report released Thursday says witnesses saw three or four people inside an older model, burgundy- or maroon-colored BMW before the shots rang out. Neither Ross nor his girlfriend, fashion designer Shateria L. Moragne-el, were injured in the Jan. 28 attack. The bullets mostly struck nearby businesses.
The witnesses told police that the car's occupants fired out of their passenger side window at Ross's vehicle, according to the report. Police recovered 18 bullet casings.
"The witnesses ducked for cover in their vehicle due to the rapid gunfire, but were able to see the vehicle flee eastbound," the report says.
The report also says that Ross was armed with a loaded 9mm semiautomatic handgun located in his waistband. Ross, whose real name is William Leonard Roberts II, did not draw the gun. The police report also notes that Ross has a suspended concealed weapon permit.
Police are reviewing video from 20 surveillance cameras in the area for clues. The footage has not been made public.
Ross and Moragne-el had gone to breakfast in Fort Lauderdale after celebrating the rapper's 37th birthday at a Miami Beach nightclub hours before. The couple lives in nearby Davie.


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Buzz- Who is he? Motley Peter Markush releases debut piano pieces
Peter Markush may be best known as the cross-dressing frontman for absurdist rockers The Falsies, but he's also got a few other projects: punk-rock band The Marzaks, old-time bluegrass outfit The Two-Dollar Bills, and The Plum Blossom String Quartet, for example. He also sometimes goes it alone as a solo pianist, though, and his Sunday performance at Fellini's will also mark the release of his first recording in that vein, the aptly titled pianomusic.
"This stuff was actually composed long ago," Markush says. "I've been poking around with it for years while I was trying all kinds of other things."
Markush grew up in a musical family – his seven sisters formed an a capella gospel group together, and his parents met during a stint in the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra – which is probably why he started with the cello at the early age of three and eventually moved on to pop and rock.
"People assume that The Falsies persona is the real me, but I like to have my feet grounded in reality," he says. "They're really surprised when I say piano is my favorite instrument. I think sometimes people misunderstand who I am."
That's understandable: he uses the stage name "Mark Rock" with the Marzaks; he's prim and proper when performing at weddings with the Plum Blossom Quartet; and of course he's all wild and dirty with The Falsies. But he teaches also teaches piano lessons to kids, and he hopes PianoMusic will help him land more highbrow gigs.
"With a band like The Falsies, it's great that we get a lot of love onstage and it's just a big energy exchange-fest– that's something I'm not going to get from the piano," Markush says. "But sometimes I get tired of being in a band where I'm just a clown– I want other ways of expressing myself, to show I'm more than just a clown."
Nevertheless, he still loves the goofball side. "I think I need them all," Markush says of his variety-show pursuits. "I compartmentalize my wildness– but it's not that one is more me than any others. They're all me."
Peter Markush releases PianoMusic on Sunday, November 15 at Fellini's #9 during brunch at 11am.


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Onto the National League, starting with the East division. You can also take a look at my previews of the AL East, AL Central and AL West.
Last Year's Records
Philadelphia – 97-65
Atlanta – 91-71
Florida – 80-82
New York – 79-83
Washington – 69-93
Notable Additions
Atlanta – Dan Uggla
Florida – Omar Infante, Mike Dunn, Javier Vazquez, John Buck
New York – Brad Emaus, Ronny Paulino
Philadelphia – Cliff Lee
Washington – Jayson Werth, Adam LaRoche, Tom Gorzelanny
Notable Losses
Atlanta – Omar Infante, Mike Dunn, Derrek Lee, Melky Cabrera, Takashi Saito
Florida – Dan Uggla, Cameron Maybin, Ronny Paulino
New York – John Maine, Hisanori Takahashi, Pedro Feliciano
Philadelphia – Jayson Werth
Washington – Josh Willingham, Adam Dunn
My Thoughts
Atlanta – This is a playoff team from last year that has upgraded itself at 2B (Uggla), and will look for growth from Jason Heyward in his second season. The team will plug in Freddie Freeman to start at 1B, and hope that he can have even a partially similar season to Heyward's rookie year. The pitching remains solid, behind Tommy Hanson, Tim Hudson, and Jair Jurrjens. The biggest role that seems to be up in the air coming into Spring Training is the closer, with Craig Kimbrel and Jonny Venters competing for the job.
Florida – As they prepare to move into their new stadium in 2012, this is a young team who should continue to be exciting for the next few seasons. It appears that 3B Matt Dominguez is likely to be the starter this year, despite not playing a single day in the Majors yet. However, the loss of Dan Uggla's bat in their lineup could cause a major hole in terms of power and run production. They're also hoping that Javier Vazquez will rebound with a return to the NL East, and also provide some more veteran leadership with Josh Johnson in the starting rotation. I'm not sold that they stand a great chance of winning the division, but they could surprise some people in a tough division.
New York – With new GM Sandy Alderson on board, 2011 is going to be a partial rebuilding season. They did not make any substantial changes to their roster, and will look to get bounceback seasons from players like Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes instead. Ace Johan Santana is expected to be out until midseason, and the team is going to be looking for nice performances from Chris Young and Chris Capuano.
Philadelphia – The Phillies went out and made what was probably the biggest surprise move of the offseason, inking Cliff Lee to a 5 year, $120 million contract. With their four aces in the starting rotation, they definitely look like the team to beat in the NL East. However, the injuries are already starting to pile up, as Chase Utley has yet to play in Spring Training, and potential right fielder Domonic Brown will miss 3-6 weeks after having hand surgery. If this team can stay healthy, I don't think there's a team in the NL that can compete with them. But that is a gigantic if.
Washington – The Nationals made one of the biggest splashes in the free agent market, and it was completely unexpected. Jayson Werth signed a 7 year contract with the team, and will play right field for the first few years of the contract. The team is still not ready to compete, but they will look for continued growth from Ian Desmond and Danny Espinosa. Jordan Zimmermann will also look to have an injury free campaign, and while they will miss Stephen Strasburg this season, he should be back in 2012 from his injuries.
Overall Thoughts
The NL East really comes down to the two teams at the top of the pile. The Braves and Phillies really seem like they will be the only teams that are likely to win the division or the Wild Card. The Mets and Nationals just simply aren't ready, and I don't believe that the Marlins are ready to compete quite yet either. Here's my predicted order of finish:
1. Philadelphia
2. Atlanta
3. Florida
4. Washington
5. New York


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One day when Lev Saltonstall '10 was eight, his father and mother, co-owners of King Ferry Winery, were busy with an event the winery was sponsoring and a group of about 20 people showed up wanting a tour.
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I was late to the Twitter game and I'm glad I finally got into it. The Linkbuildr Twitter account has steadily been growing and I've been trying to find new ways to get more subscribers, and that has led me to write this post. Besides having chiclets, banners, buttons and other on page methods of getting people to your Twitter account there hasn't been much options outside of that for attracting attention.
Twitter Search Engines:
There are a number of Twitter search engines out there and they are a great way to find people that are interested in the same topics as you. You can either search for your favorite bloggers, or search for the top keywords around your niche and subscribe to all those people. Keeping this up will encourage them to follow you back.
Search.Twitter.com – the original search provided by Twitter lets you search for people and topics easily. If you click on the advanced search button you'll get a nice set of search features that rival Google's advanced search. You not only search by name and topic, but you can also search by location, date, language and if the post includes a url link.
TwitterTroll.com – a real time Twitter search engine that indexes popular people and topics and is all about finding like minded people. As of today their are only 58706 Twitter users indexed in the search engine, and the crawl rate has been set to low a lot lately. I imagine this app is starting to take its toll on the server.
Twellow.com – is not only a Twitter search engine, but it is also a directory for people broken down by category. It is pretty much a web directory for Twitter users and you can find more Twitter directories like this down the post a bit. This site is great for finding like minded people in your niche or industry.
Twidentify.com – this is a search engine for Twitter users that get retweeted the most. This is great for finding like minded people because you can see others discussion topics you're into, and that includes their opinions.
Twithority.com – is an authority based Twitter search engine for finding the most popular people on the site. The site kind of makes a mini magazine based on the content on Twitter and popular users tweets get displayed on the main page. Twithority also tracks the hottest trends based on searches so you can get an idea of what to blog about, or retweet.
Twitter Alerts:
Twitter alerts are a great way of keeping up on topics being tweeted and give you a chance to find more people in your niche. They act the same way as google alerts which are great for the same reason in the blogosphere. There have been a few sites for this popping up lately so it must be catching on.
Twilert.com – is an easy interface to get alerts for a topic when it hits the tweet street. Just put in your Twitter details and keywords to watch and you'll get updated via email when someone talks about a topic you've requested to watch.
Tweetbeep.com – has been down since the end of December, but it still ranks number 1 on google for Twitter Alerts. I'm not sure when it will be back up, but when it does it's worth checking out because it worked well. Nice slick interface and the alerting system always worked up until now.
TwitterAlerts.com – this site is a really simple sign up and track your keywords app that has been around almost the lonest. All you need to give them is the email to send the alerts to, your username and password.
Twitter Forums:
Twitter forums have been popping up all over the place and it is a great way to not only interact with other Twitter users, but its a great way to show off your account and attract new readers. I never would have suspected forums for Twitter would take off and so far it seems that I'm right. All the forums listed below are very inactive, but only time will tell.
TwitTown.com – is the largest forum for all your Twitter addicts out there and only has a few active posts going on. This site used to be hosted under the domain Twitterforums.com but decided to move for some reason. There are only a couple hundred users.
Twitplace.com – has only 13 members and is decently new so I don't know what to say as of yet. Since Twitter is pretty much a large unorganized chat forum it must be hard to get something like this going.
Tweetbars.com – is not a forum but fits under the topic at hand. TweetBars lets you easily implement your tweets into your Email, Website and in your forum signature. It is basically Twitter meets Forum Signatures as they've coined it already on their website. Interesting little app to play with in my opinion.
Twitter Directories:
I have noticed a few Twitter user directories popping up and they are getting quite populated already. I imagine we'll see more so I hope I can remember to keep updating this post. If anyone has anything I missed be sure to contact me or leave a note in the comments.
Twitdir.com – is the premier Twitter directory and unfortunately was down for maintenance at the time of writing. It features a directory broken down by interest so it makes finding Twitter users really easy. Be sure to add yourself into the mix and approval normally takes 1-5 days.
Twellow.com – is one I already mentioned under Twitter search engines, but it is also a directory for users. You can submit your Twitter account and once it is loaded up you can confirm the listing by entering in your password. Another bonus is that the URL you have listed in your Twitter profile gets listed here as well, but it's do follow! Check out the Linkbuildr profile on Twellow.
TwitterPassion.com – is another less SEO friendly Twitter user and topic directory that has a good amount of people listed, including celebrities. You can submit your link and although it is not auto approved, should only takes a few days to get listed in the directory.
JustTweetIt.com – is one of the newer Twitter directories on the block and has a huge user base already. I've added myself to the SEO/Internet Marketing category and I really like how the listings are displayed. Submission was auto approved and the link to your Twitter account is do follow, but any links you put in your description are no follow.
I hope this helps some of you grow your Twitter accounts because they can be a great place to leverage sales, get traffic and make some new friends. Again I'll mention to contact me or post in the comments anything I missed that would be a great addition to this post. I would also like to hear how some of you snagged a lot of Twitter subscribers.


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Not In The Moo'd for Cow's Milk? Try a Milk Alternative
By Jennifer Benedetto MS, RD, LD, CNSC
As the old slogan goes, "Milk does a body good". But what if you are lactose intolerant? Or Vegan? Does almond milk do a body good? What about Rice Milk? Alternatives to cow's milk are now readily available but how do they stack up nutritionally?
Soy milk, which is made from water and ground soybeans, has been considered the closest alternative to cow's milk because it contains a similar amount of calories and protein. Soymilk is often fortified with vitamins and minerals including calcium, so some brands actually boast more calcium than cow's milk. Since soy milk is made from a plant, it does not contain cholesterol and has less saturated fat. It is popular with people who are lactose intolerant or vegetarian and can be used just like cow's milk.
Almond milk is popular with the calorie conscious since it provides fewer calories than skim milk. Unflavored almond milk contains ~ 60 calories per cup. Unsweetened almond milk contains even fewer calories at 30 calories per cup. However almond milk provides only 1 g protein per cup, while cow's milk contains 8 g per cup. Almond milk contains no cholesterol or saturated fat so it is an appropriate choice for those on a heart healthy diet.
Rice milk is a good alternative for those with a soy or nut allergy. But since it is made from rice, it contains more carbohydrates and would not be the best choice for diabetics. Like almond milk, rice milk contains no saturated fat or cholesterol and is low in protein. When shopping for rice milk, be sure to look for brands that are fortified with calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin D.
New to the American market is a lesser known alternative to cow's milk, hemp milk. Hemp milk is a vegan product made from water and ground hemp seed, the edible part of the hemp plant. These seeds contain no THC, the psychoactive ingredient in the related marijuana plant. Hemp milk contains more omega 3 and omega 6 essential fatty acids than other milks and contains slightly more protein that almond and rice milk, 2-3 g per cup. Hemp milk is a good source of calcium and vitamin D and contains all ten essential amino acids. As for taste, hemp milk is said to have a creamier consistency and nuttier taste than soy or almond milk.
So, whatever your health goals are, there is likely a milk alternative that is right for you. Need more protein, choose soy or hemp milk. Want to lose weight by cutting calories, try almond milk. Whichever milk alternative you choose, however, be careful with flavored varieties, they contain added sugars.


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Airline archtop obviously hasn't done his/her homework when listing this guitar on eBay, claiming it is from the 1940s. Although now revived by Eastwood Guitars, originally Airline was a brandname of the Valco Manufacturing Company for guitars sold through Montgomery Ward mail order between 1958-1968.
By the way, although this guitar looks fine in the above images, photos on the eBay listing showing the rear of the guitar tell a sadder story. The neck/body join needs some serious repair work.
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TNA Wrestling head writer Vince Russo and Hulk Hogan engaged in a heated argument last Sunday at Hardcore Justice regarding the finish to the World Heavyweight Championship Match between Sting and Kurt Angle. Hogan later grumbled to colleagues that Russo doesn't know anything because he was never a wrestler.
The two former World Heavyweight Champions made up at the following day's Impact Wrestling tapings. There was, however, noticeable tension among the organization's high ranking officials in the days that followed. Several employees feel it did more damage to a locker room already low in morale.
There has also been internal complaints regarding Eric Bischoff as many wrestlers feel he's arrogant and snobbish. His criticisms over in-ring performances fall on deaf ears because some wrestlers don't respect his opinion regarding their craft. An Eight-Man X Division Gauntlet Match that was originally taped on Tuesday was re-shot the following day because Bischoff didn't like it.
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Editor's note: Alex Castellanos, a CNN contributor, is a Republican consultant and the co-founder of Purple Strategies. Follow him on Twitter: @alexcast
(CNN) -- If I named the conservatives who've done the most for freedom and the conservative cause in my lifetime, I'd include William F. Buckley, Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, and not necessarily in that order.
I'm not sure Rush has ever run a political campaign, but he's a hell of a radio host. The man has enthralled 20 million listeners three hours a day, nonstop, without guests for nearly 30 years. Reliably, I'm one of them.
Turning afternoon soliloquies into a national institution for more than three decades cannot be easy. No one has duplicated it. His unique work requires a prodigious brain and a matching ego. Rush is not particularly fond of any idea that isn't his; when he was growing up, I suspect he was not allowed to play with other kids.
A few days ago, on his radio show, Limbaugh took exception to a suggestion I made on CNN that Mitt Romney add a little variety to his political campaign.
Right now, to these experienced old eyes, Team Romney appears to be doing the same political event over and over again. They ride the same bus, show up at the same political rally, deliver the same message to an identical looking crowd, at an indistinguishable venue. As a result, we are force-fed the same cookie-cutter campaign on TV news.
Opinion: Can Romney get back on track?
It has become a snoozer.
Rush took a little license in interpreting my remarks, saying, "Alex Castellanos -- our good buddy, the Republican strategist on CNN -- is upset at these big crowds. He wishes Romney would make the crowds smaller. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding you. Not kidding you. Well, he says it doesn't look presidential."
What I actually said was the following:
"Every time I turn on my TV, it's the same political rally with Paul Ryan and the same crowd around him, state after state after state, and it looks like a political beauty pageant. And it looks like politics, not like governing. You don't want to run for president looking like a candidate. You want to run for president looking like a president. Go to where the problem is, Mitt Romney, go to an inner city and find out what's happened to the American family that's falling apart. Go where the problem is, go to an unemployment line, talk to some people."
That is not exactly urging smaller crowds -- and it was not a suggestion made by someone who has never run a political campaign.
So how is the endless parade of rallies working for Romney-Ryan? In the swing states Team Romney is executing these displays, he is further behind than the rest of the nation. Nationally, where Romney is not campaigning via an interminable series of rallies, Rasmussen daily tracking has the race tied.
This would recommend that Romney have more rallies in Alaska and fewer in Ohio, where the CNN poll of polls puts Romney at 7 points down, requiring him to gain a few votes to win.
Apparently there is also a Rush radio listener named Rick Wilson who feigns expertise in these matters and also prefers that Romney maintain his same rally-round-the-clock approach. Wilson admonished my "astonishingly dumb" idea, explaining, "The people who show up to those events are committed. They're believers."
Well let me slap myself on the forehead. Why did that not occur to me? That's exactly right, Romney is talking to believers -- which is one reason I would urge Team Romney to add a little variety to their menu.
If they are believers, that could mean Romney already has their votes. It's called preaching to the choir. And such rallies make for relentlessly boring television for the persuadable voters watching the news who chose not to attend.
Bennett: Why you shouldn't vote for Obama
Over the years, I've seen lots of candidates get trapped in a loop, campaigning to their own supporters. A procession of love fests makes the candidate happy, which makes the campaign staff happy. Rallies, as organizational events that motivate your troops and display their whooping support, are often wonderful campaign tools. But is that the only news-making activity we can recommend?
This unusual year, Republican voters are already intensely motivated to get out to vote by a fellow named Barack Obama. GOP intensity is at record levels.
Constructing the same redundant rally to motivate people who are already motivated is trying to set fire to a fire. Perhaps we could conceive a better use of the candidate's valuable time, like trying to get votes he does not have?
If Romney's rallies were expanding his support, like Obama's coliseum-fillers four years ago, keep doing them! When you are behind in Ohio, however, it might help to stop throwing the same pitch to the batters every inning. Throw a change-up.
By the way, whom do people hate these days with a revulsion beyond that earned by pedophiles and car salesmen? I'll suggest the answer: Politicians. Politicians who look like politicians, politicians who politic, politicians who hold rallies.
I do not expect to win the Nobel Prize for this, as our president did for even less, but here is an insight I've gleaned from years of campaign analysis and decades of experience: Political rallies are political.
And the recommendation we would make to Mitt Romney now is to look more like a politician?
In these last few weeks before Election Day, both campaigns will increase their ad spending. Their TV commercials will flood the airwaves. Political ads will become wallpaper, an endless series of Obama and Romney spots, interrupted by the occasional program. Imagining and creating news events will become more important than TV ads.
With six weeks to go, our audience is at home, in their seats, absorbing the news, munching popcorn, watching the gladiators. One great moment, like Reagan's "I paid for this microphone, Mr. Green," can elevate a campaign and change the world.
My advice to the Romney campaign remains this: Create those great moments.
Opinion: Republicans risk being the party of mean
Get serious. Get presidential. Elevate our great problems and demonstrate your solutions in front of us. Firemen go where the fire is. So do leaders. On this, Rush Limbaugh and I may agree.
In the same program, Rush suggested, "By the way, if Romney is to go where all the problems are, he's got to go to every Democrat congressional office. You want to go find out where there's unemployment, go find a Democrat. If you want to find out where the inner city is crumbling, go find a Democrat or go talk to Al Sharpton. America falling apart, unemployment line? Go to the White House."
Yes! Exactly. Which is why, for months, I have publicly urged team Romney to go to Washington and campaign in the belly of the beast. Go to the center of Barack Obama's government-centered society. Tear down the columns in government's temples.
Let Washington know that the next president of the United States is going to stop growing Washington's economy and grow America's economy. Let Washington know you are going to sell every other government building and replace them with three good websites. Let Washington know Kinko's better get some new copying machines because they will soon be printing a lot of old bureaucrats' resumes.
Let Washington know you are going to cut taxes and spending and take money out of its pocket, and put those dollars in the pockets of the American people, where they work, where they live, where they shop, where they invest, so we can grow this great economy bottom-up, naturally and organically, not top down, politically and artificially from Washington.
Let Washington know that the seeds of growth cannot flourish in the barren concrete of our capital. Only debt and inefficiency grow there. Tell them Mitt Romney is going to plant those seeds in the fertile soil of the American economy so we can renew the greatest economy in the world.
If Team Romney does, they will not only make news and drive social media in Ohio, as they might with a local rally, but they'll also make news in Ohio, plus every other swing state.
Our greatest American playwright, David Mamet, understands a little bit about storytelling. In his book, "The Three Uses of the Knife," he notes this: "The power of the dramatist, and of the political flack therefore, resides in the ability to state the problem."
Sometimes the best way to get a job is to start doing the job, not campaign for it. Two suggestions for Mitt Romney: Go where the problem is ... and kick the problem's butt. And every day, listen to an hour of Rush. It's good for what ails your campaign.
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Last year, Daniel Crowninshield pleaded guilty to those counts in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping other charges. According to investigators, Crowninshield, known online as "Dr. Death," would sell unfinished AR-15 lower receivers, which customers would then pay for him to transform into fully machined lower receivers using a computer numerically controlled (CNC) mill. (In October 2014, Cody Wilson, of Austin, Texas, who has pioneered 3D-printed guns, began selling a CNC mill called "Ghost Gunner," designed to work specifically on the AR-15 lower.)
"In order to create the pretext that the individual in such a scenario was building his or her own firearm, the skilled machinist would often have the individual press a button or put his or her hands on a piece of machinery so that the individual could claim that the individual, rather than the machinist, made the firearm," the government claimed in its April 14 plea agreement.
Under federal law, it is allowed to manufacture your own firearm (even with a CNC mill), but it is not allowed to do so for others without proper licensing.
In a Thursday statement, Special Agent in Charge Jill A. Snyder, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, said that Crowninshield "owned and operated a machine shop where he allowed customers with unknown backgrounds to use his machinery to unlawfully manufacture firearms for profit. That activity posed a very dangerous threat to the safety of our communities."


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The rounded renal papilla is located at the apex of each pyramid and contains the excretory ducts which empty into a minor calyx. A number of minor calyxes converge to form three or four major calyxes, which join to form the renal pelvis within the renal sinus. Open the renal pelvis with scissors and follow it distally to the ureter (Figure 40.3).
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(Pocket-lint) - We've tested a whole bunch of tough, rugged and waterproof digital compact cameras. They may well be shockproof, freezeproof and dustproof too, but, truth be told, no company has got the full package quite right after many years' worth of attempts.
Can the Canon PowerShot D20, the company's update to the PowerShot D10, with its radical, almost wave-shaped design change this?
Tough where it matters
The Canon D20 comes loaded with tough features. It's waterproof to 10 metres deep, shockproof to withstand drops of 1.5 metres, and freezeproof to -10C. There's not much this camera can't withstand.
If you're into deeper sea diving then there's an optional accessory waterproof case that's resistant to the water pressures found as deep as 40 metres under. However this will cost as much as the camera itself, so isn't a budget investment.
We've used the D20 in the rain - thank you "British summer" - dunked it in rivers and left it to sit in a full sink, all without issue.
Yet weak in some areas
In terms of design the PowerShot D20 sure looks striking. But in use this isn't a benefit to the user; we'd say closer to the opposite.
The wave-like shape makes it tricky to hold, and too easy to place a finger in front of the lens area. Hands feel bunched up in order to get the best possible hold without touching the screen, while the lack of any sensible grip - particularly for a waterproof camera - is an obvious gripe.
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Controlling the 28-140mm (equivalent; 5x optical) zoom uses two buttons to the camera's rear. Again they're bunched up together and ought to be more spaced apart for comfortable use. As with any rugged camera worth its salt, a zoom-rocker would be tricky to implement, so while we understand the necessity for the zoom button type approach, as featured here, it still doesn't mean we find it likable or easy to use.
As with all current waterproof compacts there's also a lack of higher-spec features or user control. The Olympus TG-1, for example, got us excited by implementing an f/2.0 lens, only to then not include any kind of manual aperture control. The Canon D20 doesn't have such an exciting lens proposition and also lacks full manual controls. Instead programme auto (P) can be selected should you wish to adjust exposure compensation, ISO sensitivity, metering and the like.
However the D20 does offer some control of its autofocus system. As well as face detection there's a centre-point and centre-based AF tracking mode. The AF point size can be adjusted from "normal" to small, and the only real omission here is that the focus point can't be manually placed around the screen.
Half depress the shutter and the autofocus kicks into action, but we didn't find it to act nearly as quick as many of Canon's compact cameras. The AF area box turns green to confirm focus, or there's an AF Zoom option within the menus that zooms into a 100 per cent area to confirm focus. Compared to some of the more budget compacts the D20 holds its own, and we were happy enough with its focus results.
If manual focus is something you like the sound of then the D20 offers that too. It's controlled via the up and down d-pad buttons and enlarges the centre point of the screen to help confirm focus. It's a little slow, but here it's possible to make the best of the close-up macro mode.
And if there's one thing the D20 can do well then it's definitely close-up focus. At its 28mm wide-angle setting it's possible to focus on a subject just 1cm from the lens.
The inclusion of GPS (global positioning satellite) technology also means its possible to geo-tag images with location data. This can then be used to catalogue images by location, show shots on a map online and other similar ventures. This is at the cost of battery life, however, though the function can be deactivated from within the menu settings.
Image Quality
As the D20 has no external moving parts its 5x optical zoom lens has certain design compromises and limitations as a result. The screen in front of the lens can easily smudge from fingers, and it's not uncommon for water marks either. This is a common problem for any waterproof camera, but something to pay great attention to. Although a lens cloth isn't included, we strongly advise getting hold of a decent microfibre one.
Within the function set menu (centre d-pad) it's possible, among other options, to select the ISO setting. By default this is set to auto, between 100 and 3200, but it is also possible to manually select these sensitivities also.
The 12-megapixel sensor produces reasonable image quality, though it's not exceptional. It's as we'd expect really: the aforementioned limitations of a lens cooped up in a small body thickness is the probable cause for in green and purple fringes - chromatic aberrations throughout the image - and the screen between the lens and the real world doesn't help sharpness match up to some other non-waterproof Canon compacts. Edges can be rather mushy even at lower ISO settings.
But if waterproof is an essential feature, then this is the price to pay. Pictures aren't bad by any means, and Canon's well-measured exposure and bright colours straight from camera are definite plus points. There are also scene modes, including an underwater one and a built-in flash that can fill-in shots or be switched off.
As well as still images it's also possible to capture 1080p movie clips at 24 frames per second, or 30fps when shooting at the lower resolution 720p mode. The one-touch movie activation button on the rear of the camera will add top and bottom crops to the frame and takes about one second to activate recording.
There's a lot of choice out there when it comes to tough and waterproof compact cameras. The Canon PowerShot D20 certainly ticks the boxes when it comes to underwater use, but it's the awkward design and the lack of the core image quality elements that leave it short of the mark.
Compared to some of its cheaper rivals, however, the D20 has preferable autofocus options, a resolute and therefore detailed 3-inch LCD screen, is most capable when it comes to close-up focusing and the inclusion of lens-based image stabilisation is a further plus point.
It's almost there in some departments, but the current lowest £280 price point is rather steep for what's on offer, and the quirky design marks it down.


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What's the Next Step ???
Say one has been on a diet for four months under the watchful eye of a physician, and gets a progress checkup once every four weeks. For the first three months, there has been a steady decrease in weight, but visit #5 reveals the same numbers on the scale as visit #4, although the diet has remained the same with caloric intake and types of food being maintained and consistantly unwavering at any time throughout the entire 4 months. Exercise coninues at the same level throughout.
What happened?
What did the body do?
Is there any hope or is one doomed to regain and add a few as a natural recourse for the body to get even with the mind and the spirit?
What to do next?
What's the next step? Lipo?
Allen Moulton from Uechi-ryu Etcetera


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Yeah, yeah…I've been slacking on the blog again lately…but, hopefully, this will make up for it.
Let's go back to the 80's…and some great moments in the Portland Winterhawks vs. Kamloops Blazers history.
Video 1 – Regular season game between the two when Rob Brown spears Dan Woodley in the final minutes with a few goal lead…the Hawks get a five minute power play and comes back to win…here are the final two goals. (BTW…watch the crowd…holy cow…can we have this spirit for this upcoming series?):
Video 2 – 1987 West Final
Video 3 – 1989 West Final – Game 2 – Hawks down 5-1 in the third, rally to win 6-5 to take a 2-0 series lead:
Video 4 – In 1986-87 Jim Latos and Rudy Poeschek had two epic fights…this is round 2…
Fired up, yet?
Game 1 of the Winterhawks and Blazers goes Friday night at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum…tickets available at www.winterhawks.com.


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Never say, and never take seriously anyone who says, "I cannot believe that so-and-so could have evolved by gradual selection". I have dubbed this kind of fallacy "the Argument from Personal Incredulity". Time and again, it has proven the prelude to an intellectual banana-skin experience.Of course, Dawkins is talking about evolution, but I see the same sorts of "Arguments from Personal Incredulity" come up again and again in discussions about functional programming. Except, the "Personal Incredulity" argument is something along the lines of: "I cannot believe that such-and-such can be done without side effects..."
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Arguments from Personal Incredulity
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- Anonymous said...
Now, the question is what you consider to be side-effects. If the ST monad counts as a side-effect (which I do), then clearly there are things which cannot be done with the same complexity as the lazy-thunk updating machine that is pure Haskell. For example, the simulation of the state of a memory over time.
But you are free to demonstrate the impossible.
Also, certain non-trivial algorithms often use mutable state in certain interesting ways which are also outside of functional programming. I will be the first to point out however that those kinds of algorithms make up less than 5 percent of a large application.
And then there is the abstraction over what run-time system hides. One wants to have a RTS which is efficient without any issues, but this is not the case for a lot of systems (including GHC (look at the open bugs)). Using a well-tested simple system in that case has some advantages over a system which has seen less use.
There are a lot of people that say "functional programming is bad", but saying "functional programming is good" is just as bad.
- May 17, 2010 at 5:17 AM
- Paul Chiusano said...
@Anonymous - I could have been a bit more precise and said "no referential-transparency-breaking side effects" or "no observeable side effects" but that seemed overly pedantic :) (although I seriously considered writing both of these!) The ST monad, lazy thunk updating, the IO monad - none of these break RT.
As you suggest, there are probably cases where observable state is needed for efficiency, and I think precise arguments about when this is the case are valuable. It's the handwavy "oh noes!! I NEED observable side effects to do X" type arguments that I have a problem with.
- May 17, 2010 at 8:00 AM


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Readings in the Netra Tantra (Session Four)
OCHS Library
Prof. Gavin Flood
Thursday, 13 February 2014 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
The Netra Tantra is an important early medieval Śaiva text. We will read and discuss sections of the text based on the two manuscripts in the NGMPP Library and compare these with the published KSTS edition. Apart from reading the text we will discuss its meaning.


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Here is the first episode of Dynamo, a crazy indie scifi web series that is one of the coolest (and silliest) things I've seen in a while. With visual effects that are dreamy and evocative, Dynamo is a bizarre peek into a post-apocalyptic future where it seems there is only one city left on Earth. A weird cast of characters — including a wanted criminal, a "superintelligence agent," a mysterious bearded man from space, a ninja who lives in the "dustlands," and an adorkable couple who like stargazing — are all living in this weird future Earth, their paths crossing and diverging. At first, it will seem like a lot of random stories, but be patient. It starts to come together by the third episode.
The soundtrack and design combine noir, cyberpunk, westerns, samurai tropes, and classic science fiction into one gorgeous, extremely fun mindbender. The acting is generally quite good too. Episodes range from 5 to 15 minutes, and there are only 4 of them so far, which is frustrating because I get the sense that all these disparate storylines are coming together into something seriously awesome.
VFX designer Ian Hubert describes Dynamo as "a sci-fi/fantasty/cute cyberpunk web series made for people who don't mind being confused, by people who try really hard." All the CG is done in the open source program Blender.
Here's the official synopsis:
It's a convoluted puzzle about the nature of reality (and monsters! and horrible romance!) It's a narrative with layers of interlocking pieces . . . and it's pretty wacky!
And, I would add, genuinely funny. I don't know what it is, but I like it. And I want more.
Watch all four episodes on the official Dynamo site.


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It is 2008 and it's time for a brand new start to a healthier life! I don't know about all of you, but my body is ready for a time of cleansing and healthy eating and getting back in shape.
Our plan for a sugar free January, is much more than a weight loss plan. It's a plan to bring our bodies back to a state of health, to feel better, to sleep better, to wake up energized and ready to begin our new year.
I plan for one month, because I think it's easier to have a time frame for our goals. We have a tendency to stick with the plan because we know when it begins and when it ends. This doesn't mean we will abandon everything healthy at the end of the month, it is simply a jump start for the new year. We plan to continue much of what we will learn this month throughout the rest of this entire year and we hope you'll join us for some or all aspects of the plan!
We have a set plan for each week. There will be a certain food that we will eliminate each week. The final week we will follow a completely sugar-free, vegetarian diet. Each week, proper portion sizes will also be followed per common guidelines, such as stated in this PDF.
(Explanations will follow):
Week 2: Sugar Free, Whole-Grain Gluten-Free, No Red Meats
Week 3: Sugar Free, Whole-Grain Gluten-Free, Meat-Free, Dairy Free,
Water and Juice only for drinking
Week 4: COMPLETELY Sugar-Free, Whole-Grain Gluten-Free, Meat-Free,
Water Only, Vegetables Only
- Sugar-Free
Not Allowed: Refined White or Brown Sugar, NO pure sugar sources such as full sugar sodas, desserts, ice-cream, etc...
- Whole Grain Gluten-Free
Allowed: Whole Grain Gluten Free flours and grains ONLY, such as: brown rice, sorghum, millet, quinoa, SOME whole grain corn flours, certified GF oats and oat flour, and bean flours if tolerated. Sweet potatoes and other healthy beans and carbohydrates will be allowed.
Not Allowed: NO refined white rice, tapioca, cornstarch, arrowroot, etc... NO white potatoes
- Meat-Free
Allowed: Week 3 and onward is specified as Meat-Free. We will basically be following a pescetarian food plan which will include eggs and fish, such as tuna and salmon. While not a "meat" : bean proteins, such as tofu will also be included.
Not Allowed: Beef, chicken, lamb, etc... basically any meats other than what is listed above.
- Diary-Free:
Allowed: Week 3 and following dairy products will be eliminated. The only exception to this will be 4 oz. of probiotic yogurt daily. Soy and Nut products will be substituted for some dairy foods.
Not Allowed: Diary Milk, cheeses, ice-cream, creams, butter, etc..
- Supplements we will use each day:
-1 oz. Gogi juice, 2x per day. (Thanks for telling us about this great supplement Donna and James!)
-1 Tbsp. flax seed oil per day.
-1 daily vitamin (women or men's specific) with essential B vitamins and Iron.
Spiritual Health Goals:
- To make sufficient time every day for personal prayer and devotions.
- To do this, I will go bed an hour earlier every night and get up an hour earlier each morning.
Physical Health Goals:
- To make a commitment to exercise 30 minutes a day, for three days per week for the entire month.
- To do this, I will commit a half hour as soon as I get home from work on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
This is our basic plan for the month of January. If you have questions about this plan or why we are doing any specific part of this plan, please feel free to email me at: gingerlemon_girl(at)yahoo(dot)com. We will be journaling how we do all month. We'd love to know how you are doing if you're following any part of this plan as well!
After January we will continue to follow a much healthier eating plan with whole grain gluten-free foods and vegetables as the base of our diet. I would love to hear your personal goals and resolutions for this year be it dietary, financial, physical, or relational! Please leave me a comment below!!
Happy New Years to Everyone and Healthy Eating to all of you!
We'll be posting a menu plan for each week on Mondays if you'd like to see how we actually follow this diet!


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A sampler of Spanish coast and mountains from this fall's trips:
September in the Picos de Europa, with a stunning view of el Naranjo de Bulnes.
October on the Asturian coast after another good hike in Picos
and a week later further east to Cantabria, also gorgeous.
November brought an autumnal hike in the Sierra de la Demanda, with a stop at the cascadas de Altuzarra.


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Directions: When applying for this license, applicants must pass a 50-question test. And applicants must score 80% to pass the test. The following questions are based on the details provided in the Michigan Commercial Driver Handbook. Endorsements that may be used with a Class A CDL include Hazardous Materials, Passenger, Double and Triples, HazMat and Tanker, Air Brakes and School bus. If you need additional information, please contact your local DMV office. You can find your nearest DMV office at Michigan DMV locations.
1. What is the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999?
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3. A general rule for tying down cargo: you need one tiedown for each _____ ft. of cargo.
4. You will lose your CDL for at least ______ days if you have committed two serious traffic violations within a three-year period involving a CMV.
5. When trying to figure out how much space you should have in front of your vehicle, a good general rule to follow is that if you are travelling below 40 mph you need at least one second for each 10 ft. of your vehicle's length. If you are traveling at greater speeds you should add how many seconds for safety?
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Tom Allen on Government Reform
2008 Senate challenger; Democratic Representative (ME-1)
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support instant run-off voting?
A: Yes.
Q: Should Election Day be a national holiday?
A: Yes.
Allen adds, "Support reform of congressional rules to promote transparency and an open process to prevent undemocratic closed door deal making and abuse of power."
Proponents support voting YES because:
This measure will more effectively regulate, but does not ban, the practice of registered lobbyists bundling together large numbers of campaign contributions. This is a practice that has already taken root in Presidential campaigns. "Bundling" contributions which the lobbyist physically receives and forwards to the candidate, or which are credited to the lobbyist through a specific tracking system put in place by the candidate. This bill requires quarterly reporting on bundled contributions.
We ultimately need to move to assist the public financing of campaigns, as soon as we can. But until we do, the legislation today represents an extremely important step forward.
Opponents support voting NO because:
This legislation does not require that bundled contributions to political action committees, often referred to as PACs, be disclosed. Why are PACs omitted from the disclosure requirements in this legislation?
If we are requiring the disclosure of bundled contributions to political party committees, those same disclosure rules should also apply to contributions to PACs. Party committees represent all members of that party affiliation. PACs, on the other hand, represent more narrow, special interests. Why should the former be exposed to more sunshine, but not the latter?
The fact that PACs give more money to Democrats is not the only answer. Time and again the majority party picks favorites, when what the American people want is more honesty and more accountability.
Proponents support voting YES because:
This bill corrects a 200-year-old oversight by restoring to the citizens of the District of Columbia the right to elect a Member of the House of Representatives who has the same voting rights as all other Members.
Residents of D.C. serve in the military. They pay Federal taxes each year. Yet they are denied the basic right of full representation in the House of Representatives.
The District of Columbia was created to prevent any State from unduly influencing the operations of the Federal Government. However, there is simply no evidence that the Framers of the Constitution thought it was necessary to keep D.C. residents from being represented in the House by a voting Member.
Opponents support voting NO because:
The proponents of this bill in 1978 believed that the way to allow D.C. representation was to ratify a constitutional amendment. The Founders of the country had the debate at that time: Should we give D.C. a Representative? They said no. So if you want to fix it, you do it by making a constitutional amendment.
Alternatively, we simply could have solved the D.C. representation problem by retroceding, by giving back part of D.C. to Maryland. There is precedent for this. In 1846, Congress took that perfectly legal step of returning present-day Arlington to the State of Virginia.
Proponents support voting YES because:
This bill would strengthen one of our most important weapons against waste, fraud and abuse, and that is Federal whistleblower protections. Federal employees are on the inside and offer accountability. They can see where there is waste going on or if there is corruption going on.
One of the most important provisions protects national security whistleblowers. There are a lot of Federal officials who knew the intelligence on Iraq was wrong. But none of these officials could come forward. If they did, they could have been stripped of their security clearances, or they could have been fired. Nobody blew the whistle on the phony intelligence that got us into the Iraq war.
Opponents support voting NO because:
It is important that personnel within the intelligence community have appropriate opportunities to bring matters to Congress so long as the mechanisms to do so safeguard highly sensitive classified information and programs. The bill before us suffers from a number of problems:
Proponents support voting YES because:
The election system is the bedrock that our Republic is built on and its security and oversight is of paramount concern. Only US citizens have the right to vote in Federal elections, but our current system does not give State election officials the tools they need to ensure that this requirement is being met.
This bill is designed to increase participation by ensuring that each legitimate vote will be counted and not be diluted by fraud. There are many elections in this country every cycle that are decided by just a handful of votes. How can we be certain that these elections, without measures to certify the identity of voters, are not being decided by fraudulent votes?
Opponents support voting NO because:
There is something we can all agree on: only Americans get to vote, and they only get to vote once. But what we are talking about in this bill is disenfranchising many of those Americans. It is already a felony for a non-American to vote. We had hearings and what we found out was that the issue of illegal aliens voting basically does not occur.
The impact of this will disproportionately affect poor people and African Americans, because many are too poor to have a car and they do not have a license. We have no evidence there is a problem. We have ample evidence that this will disenfranchise many Americans. This is the measure to disenfranchise African Americans, Native Americans. It is wrong and we will not stand for it.
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ME Gubernatorial:
John Baldacci
ME Senatorial:
Olympia Snowe
Susan Collins
Newly elected in 2008 & seated in 2009:
AK:Begich (D)
CO:Udall (D)
ID:Risch (R)
MN:Franken (D)
NC:Hagan (D)
NE:Johanns (R)
NH:Shaheen (D)
NM:Udall (D)
OR:Merkley (D)
VA:Warner (D)
Newly appointed in 2009;
special election in 2010:
DE:Kaufman (D)
CO:Bennet (D)
IL:Burris (D)
NY:Gillibrand (D)
Announced retirement as of 2010:
DE:Kaufman (D)
FL:Martinez (R)
KS:Brownback (R)
MO:Bond (R)
OH:Voinovich (R)
Up for 6-year term in 2010:
(13 Democrats; 15 Republicans)
AK:Murkowski (R)
AL:Shelby (R)
AR:Lincoln (D)
AZ:McCain (R)
CA:Boxer (D)
CT:Dodd (D)
GA:Isakson (R)
HI:Inouye (D)
IA:Grassley (R)
ID:Crapo (R)
IN:Bayh (D)
KY:Bunning (R)
LA:Vitter (R)
MD:Mikulski (D)
NC:Burr (R)
ND:Dorgan (D)
NH:Gregg (R)
NV:Reid (D)
NY:Schumer (D)
OK:Coburn (R)
OR:Wyden (D)
PA:Specter (R)
SC:DeMint (R)
SD:Thune (R)
UT:Bennett (R)
VT:Leahy (D)
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