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Boring, boxy rooms with zero personality: Raise your hand if you've got one. Better Homes and Gardens decorating editor Amy Panos did. Take a peek at how she and BHG remodeling coach Meredith Ladik turned a 1970s suburban room into something special.
Creating a Peaceful Space
To dress up the space and create unity between the dining room and living room, Amy and Meredith chose to add instant character with classic-looking wainscot. Amy chose to wrap the room in urethane trim because, compared to wood, it comes in more styles, is lighter in weight, and is easier to install.
Editor's Tip: It's perfectly OK to place furniture in the middle of a room. Just keep the visual footprint light (a pair of chairs works better than a sofa) and pick pieces that look good from all sides.
Window Wise
Vinyl replacement windows with Energy Star-rated glass are more efficient than the 1970s originals, and the trim never has to be painted. Plus they can be ordered to the size of the existing opening, which saves on installation costs.
On the Ledge
Three styles of molding were stacked to create a chunky ledge atop the wainscot. The result: a built-in spot for displaying art at eye level.
Desk Space
Amy took the corner of the room and created a little office that is perfect for paying bills.
Editor's Tip: Picking paint colors is a challenge, but landing on the right blue proved extra tricky. If you want a gray-blue, like Amy did, you have to go much grayer than you ever imagined. We must have tried a dozen different shades. Thank goodness for $4 sample paint pots.
Pretty Dining
To connect the dining and living room, Amy continued the color scheme and wainscot around the room. Adding more storage in the dining room was a must. Replacing a pair of rickety bookcases with glass-front cabinets gives the dining room structure and storage capacity. The cabinets are semi-custom, meaning you can choose the door style, finish, size, and extra trim for the top and bottom to give them a built-in look.
Handy Hostess Station
Pairing 12-inch-deep upper cabinets with deeper lower cabinets allowed the units to tuck neatly under the existing soffit while still offering plenty of storage. It also left space for a small countertop -- handy for setting dishes or food to serve.
Hidden Storage
Tucked below the window seat, large drawers are the perfect place to hide extra china and crystal but keep them handy if needed.
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Cadillac Escalade Adds FlexFuel Capability for 2009 – All models of the 2009 Cadillac Escalade will be able to run on either ordinary gasoline or E85 ethanol, or any combination of the two, General Motors announced Friday. And customers will have the fueling choice at no additional cost. The Escalade, E Source: www.autonews24h.com
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Car Brakes: How Do You Know When to Change Them?
By Zach Bowman For those who suffer a daily commute through heavy traffic, your vehicle's braking system can bring thousands of pounds of metal, plastic and empty Starbucks cups to a stop hundreds of times before you get to work. It goes without saying that these pieces wear out, but they do so slowly, meaning you may not notice they need attention until ...

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On Feb. 8, 1913, Douglas Mawson arrived back at the hut known as Winter Quarters, the main base camp of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. He had left the camp three months earlier, accompanied by Belgrave Ninnis, a 25-year-old lieutenant in the British Royal Fusiliers, and Xavier Mertz, a 29-year-old lawyer from Switzerland. He returned alone, emaciated, his hair and beard coming out in clumps, the skin on his hands and feet peeling off in sheets, his countenance so ravaged that the men who greeted him were not entirely sure which one he was.
"Alone on the Ice" is the story of Mawson's unfathomable solo trek across 100 miles of Antarctic ice. Battered by winds of 60 miles per hour or more, buried in drifts of blowing snow, threatened at every turn by invisible cracks in the ice, he endured all the standard torments of Antarctic exploration. But for 31 days he endured them alone under conditions that few could have survived.
To begin with, he had almost nothing to eat, the bulk of the party's supplies having plunged into a crevasse with Ninnis and half the dogs in mid-December, when they were more than 300 miles out. Following this catastrophe, Mertz and Mawson immediately turned back. They had only a week-and-a-half's worth of food between them — no tent, no pick, no shovel, no food for the dogs. Their only chance of survival would be a rapid retreat, killing and eating the dogs as they went.
Mertz died a miserable, lingering death three weeks later. It has been argued that he succumbed to hypervitaminosis A, that is, vitamin A poisoning brought on by the consumption of dog's liver, which, along with that of wolves, seals, and polar bears, is unusually toxic. Not everyone agrees with this theory, however, and as Roberts points out, Mertz might have died simply from starvation and exposure to cold.
Whatever the cause of his death, it left Mawson in a hideous predicament. Using the only tool he had, a serrated pocket knife, he remodeled his sledge to make it lighter and cut up Mertz's jacket and sewed it into a sail. He discarded everything that was not essential to his survival. "The most painful of those sacrifices," Roberts writes, "was the last of the exposed film packs from the outward journey, containing the only photographs of Ninnis and Mertz on the final journey of their lives."
In his native Australia, where his balaclava-covered face appears on the $100 bill, Mawson is a national hero. His story is also one that will be known to aficionados of polar exploration — not least because of the fascinating debate about whether they inadvertently poisoned themselves by eating their dogs. But on the larger stage of history, Mawson's expedition has been largely eclipsed by the legend of Robert Falcon Scott, who, having been pipped by Amundsen in the race to the pole, died in a different part of Antarctica during the same exploring season.
While Mawson's trek is both the high point and the raison d'etre of this book, Roberts does a fine job of recounting the expedition in its entirety. It was a complex affair, with two separate bases 1,500 miles apart, and multiple forays from each base conducted by different parties. There is a curious moment in the middle of the book when the author, who has been largely invisible thus far, steps forward to address what he calls "a narrative conundrum." With "no fewer than eight three-man teams . . . operating for the most part autonomously, in a kind of well-coordinated frenzy of discovery," he writes, "there is no simple way to tell their stories."
In fact, the book is impressively seamless and straightforward. A tale of action, it proceeds from event to event, periodically shifting settings in an almost unremarkable way. Were it not for the author's moment of self-consciousness, I might have missed the sleight of hand that is required to transform a messy, overlapping history into a smooth and readable book.
The book's other virtue is that is strongly founded on the words of the expeditionary members themselves, including Mawson's own "The Home of the Blizzard'' and other firsthand accounts, which gives it both immediacy and texture. There is little in the way of interpretation here; what there is instead is a wealth of detail. Like the pleasure of nibbling on a piece of frozen butter. Or the difference between "ice blink" and "water sky" — the one, a white cast on the undersides of the clouds indicating ice beyond the horizon, the other, dark streaks that tell of open water beyond the ice. Or the sound of boots on a snow bridge crossing a crevasse: "crunch crunch crunch crunch tang tang tang tang crunch crunch." Or the nicknames the men gave each other: Gee Whiz and Crusty, Gadget King, Error, Cherub, and Dad.
One is left, in the end, marveling at the men who undertook these journeys, admiring them, of course, for their tremendous fortitude and bravery, but also wondering what madness it is that draws people to such extremes. Well before their situation had become critical, Mertz confided to his diary: "It is difficult to travel in this region"; "We are always hungry after a work day"; "We have stiff backs because we are sleeping on hard ground, and we have terrible dreams."
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Mozilla Rolls Out 2011 Firefox Roadmap
Mike Beltzner, Mozilla Developer, rolls out the 2011 Firefox roadmap.
"We succeeded in re-energizing the browser market, creating competition and innovation which benefits Web application developers and users alike. This newly competitive market has presented challenges for the continued success of Firefox, and in 2011 we must ensure that we can deliver a product that is compelling to users in order to continue to be able to demonstrate our vision for the Web. This roadmap outlines our planned strategy and direction for Firefox in 2011," says Beltzner on the Firefox roadmap website.
The roadmap discusses Product Priorities for 2011, So, what are we building?, How will we know how we're doing? and Product Roadmap.
The seven Product Priorities for 2011 include: Ship Firefox 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the 2011 calendar year, Always respond to a user action within 50 ms, Never lose user data or state, Build Web Apps, Identity and Social into the Open Web Platform, Support new operating systems and hardware, Polish the user experience for common interaction tasks and Plan and architect for a future of a common platform on which the desktop and mobile products will be built and run Web Apps.
Under the So, what are we building? fall the following items: Firefox Front End, Web Platform, Gecko Platform Development, JavaScript Engine, Add-Ons, Plugins, Customizations, Developer Tools, Distribution Support, Build to Brand.
When Firefox asks, "How will we know how we're doing?" they will obtain metrics on the following: Usage and market share, Customer satisfaction amongst end users and web developers and Brand impressions amongst end users, web developers, and technology influencers.
The Product Roadmap includes Firefox 5, 6, and 7 with a look at how Firefox can ship faster.
More information on the Firefox 2011 Roadmap can be found on the Mozilla wiki pages.
Firefox 4 support OpenType font rendering, HarfBuzzHello.
I am Serb.
HarfBuzz ( http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz )
Best thing in last 15 years for Serb. Support for OpenType glyphs, Cyrillic fonts .
One of the best thing in Firefox 4, ever.
I want this font rendering in Chrome fully supported.
Best Regards.
4, 5, 6, and 7?Why so many new version numbers? Is there a concern that Firefox needs a version number high enough to match those of other browser vendors? That seems kind of silly.
Yeah, rightI want to know how they thing they're going to release 4 new stable versions of Firefox in 2011 when they haven't even managed to release the one that was supposed to be released last year. They're setting kind of lofty goals, IMO. I think they're just jealous of the pace at which Google releases new versions of Chrome/Chromium and they hope they can hit that kind of pace.
Mozilla Firefox RoadmapNo worries! Thank you so much for your feedback as it is always welcome. Thanks for reading and the taking time to comment.
misleadingOK, please disregard my previous message, haven't read the original news thoroughly enough
misleadingThe link that you are referring to does not say "Ship Firefox 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the 2011 calendar year".
I believe that what they really say ("Four technology shipment vehicles in 2011, including Firefox 4" was interpreted mistakenly by you.
Mozilla has lots of technologies other than Firefox and I really think that the four shipment they mention are Firefox, Thunderbird and two other ones.
Thus your news item is misleading and requires correction.
Issue 39: Getting Started with Linux – /Special Editions
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Microsoft Brings procmon to Linux
The creators of Windows have brought the sysinternals procmon tool to the open source operating system.
New KDE Slimbook Available
The makers of the KDE Slimbook have released a Ryzen-4000 powered laptop.
PinePhone Now Offers a Convergence Package
The makers of the Linux PinePhone are now offering a model that makes desktop/mobile convergence a reality.
Flutter is Coming to Linux
Google and Canonical have joined forces to bring Flutter to the Linux desktop.
Purism Launches a Mini PC
The makers of the Librem line of Linux-based laptops have released a mini PC.
openSUSE Leap 15.2 Adds AI Machine Learning
With the new release of openSUSE Leap comes some exciting new features, including machine learning.
Google's Nearby Sharing Could Work with Linux
Google's answer to Apple's AirDrop feature is rumored to work with the Linux desktop.
System76 Launches Ryzen-Powered Laptop
The new System76 Serval WS includes a powerful AMD Ryzen CPU.
Linux Mint Drops Snap
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Arenado lets instincts take over on defense
LOS ANGELES -- Third baseman Nolan Arenado's game-saving diving catch of a Tim Federowicz line drive to end a Dodgers threat in the fourth inning of the Rockies' 5-4, 11-inning victory pleased a large group of family and friends -- well, to an extent.
Arenado grew up in Lake Forest, Calif., where there are plenty of Dodgers fans, including those in his family.
"My closest cousin, he's a huge, huge Dodger fan," Arenado said. "He follows them, like, nonstop. He wants me to have success, but he wants to the Dodgers to win. So we have a little competition, and through messages, we talk a lot of trash about it. But it's been fun.
"In San Diego, there's a lot of family, too, but the Dodger atmosphere gets people going. My family has a lot of Dodger fans."
Arenado, coming off winning a Rawlings Gold Glove as a rookie last season, has kept up the highlight-reel plays that are way more fun for him to perform than to analyze. It seemed as if he knew exactly where the ball would be hit. He seemed to be moving or leaning with the pitch, and was able to take four choppy steps before making the dive.
"Sometimes you just get the feeling the ball's going to come your way," Arenado said. "I guess you just build the instincts. But I try not to overthink. When I overthink when I have the ball, that's when I make the error and get myself in trouble. I try not to analyze things too much. I just do them and hope it works out."


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While creating and building Shale Oak we kept a keen eye on sustainability in every facet, striving to make the smallest impact possible on our surrounding environment. Mesa Vineyard Management and Jeffery Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture both helped us achieve some of our goals.
Mesa Vineyard Management
Founded over 20 years ago, Mesa Vineyard Management is not only a leader in developing Paso Robles' reputation for growing quality winegrapes, but they are on the forefront of promoting sustainable farming practices. A founding member of the Central Coast Vineyard Team, the organization played an integral role in the creation of the SIPTM Certified Sustainable program. Knowing he would be a natural fit for owner Al Good's project, it was the folks at Mesa that introduced Al to winemaker Kevin Riley. Mesa worked with the entire team to integrate the vineyard with all systems, and is responsible for farming both of Shale Oak's vineyards.
Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture
Brought to the Shale Oak project by Studio2G, Jeffrey Gordon Smith runs a think tank type creative firm. Based on the concept of "Regionalism" which considers all surrounding influences when developing a plan, they literally designed Shale Oak's landscape from the ground up. Using native plants and a complete native palatte, the finished design celebrates the natural aspects of the winery and plays on all four seasons, highlighting qualities in each. A few of the sustainable design features are a native bioswale, native wild flower and grass meadow, and an aqueduct-like water feature that uses recycled water in respectful proportion. The latter was included to not only be aesthetically enjoyed, but to actually demonstrate the elutriate water system.


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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (Xbox 360) review
"Bullets rarely feel as if theyre making proper contact, and aiming serves little purpose other than to give the illusion of accuracy. In an attempt to make the game seem a little more realistic, weapons have been handicapped, if you will, to maintain the illusion that these are still two men on the run, testosterone and adrenaline fueling their every move. It doesnt work, and as a result the game feels artificially lengthened by frustrating firefights and enemies who take more punishment than your controller while playing this game."
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Jennifer Lopez Suffers Nip Slip in Italy
Jennifer Lopez dealt with a wardrobe malfunction back in the winter at the Oscars when her dangerously low-cut dress migrated a little, showing a bit too much of her lovely lady lumps. She apparently suffered another nip slip, this time while she was performing on stage in Italy. So her second nip slip of 2012 was just as public as the first.
La Lopez was reportedly dancing in a sequined catsuit during a sold-out gig in Bologna last Thursday (Oct. 11 ) when an errant move caused the outfit to shift on her famously curvy body and expose a nipple to her fans.
The singer/actress/designer quickly adjusted outfit and continued to perform. A nip slip will not take down Jennifer Lopez. As if.
It's been a year of wardrobe malfunctions for Lopez, actually. She reportedly showed her Spanx onstage recently, as well.
Since J. Lo is such a fashion risk taker, these things are bound to happen. As long as she continues to don clothing, costume and attire that is cut low, super sexy or expository, she is going to have to deal with the consequences, which is the inadvertent flash of a headlight.
Something tells us that Lopez's male fans don't mind much when the superstar endures a wardrobe mishap such as this.
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Title: Throne of Glass (2012)
Series: Throne of Glass – Book 1
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Extent: 404 pages
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
Review: In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old Celaena Sardothien is serving a life sentence for being an assassin. This was until the Crown Prince offers her a deal: if she fights for him in a tournament to the death and serves his kingdom for a certain period of time, she will be free.
Unfortunately, I must be one of those very rare people who didn't find this book ~*TOTALLY AMAZING*~ (all caps). I think the reason for my relatively low rating (and by that I mean low in comparison to the ones I've seen in the blogosphere) is the characterisation of the main character. This review is going to read more like a rant at some parts, so please bear with me.
Before starting Throne of Glass, I was already afraid that Celaena was going to be a Mary Sue, and I wasn't wrong—she ticked off many of the characteristics of one, including but not limited to:
- She has a strangely spelled, pretty-sounding name that's related to nature—Celaena is pronounced 'Selena', which means the moon. This is in contrast to other characters in the book whose names are spelled quite normally, i.e. Philippa, Sam, Dorian, Bill, Cain, Xavier (#1).
- She is described as especially beautiful numerous times throughout the book, in great detail at that. Many people commented on her beauty and found her attractive or a competition (#4-6, #11).
- She has unnaturally coloured eyes: blue/grey/green with 'a brilliant ring of gold' (#12).
- Her outfits are described in extremely great detail (#17).
- She is incredibly snarky and prone to insulting the other characters (#28).
- Animals are instinctively attracted to her (#39).
- She is the best assassin in the region and famous for that, despite being 'just a young girl' (#48).
- She plays the piano extremely well even though she hasn't touched it in a few years (#50).
- She's an orphan who is later adopted by an assassin, and her past is incredibly traumatic and tough (#85-87).
Basically, what I meant to say is that Celaena is a Mary Sue, and I found that really, really, REALLY irritating. Besides being too perfect, she was also unnecessarily arrogant and really quite rude. A good chunk of the book was devoted to describing how beautiful and talented she is, and it didn't do anything for me.
Celaena also wasn't believable as an assassin. She was much too vain, too into her clothes and her looks. She complained about many things that I don't think a world-class, number-one assassin would even think of, starting from her shoes:
Everything was wet and half-frozen, and while she could bear sodden hair, she couldn't withstand the agony of wet shoes. — Chapter 6
… to being dirty:
But she'd been trained to be an assassin since the age of eight, since the day the King of the Assassins found her half-dead on the banks of a frozen river and brought her to his keep. She wouldn't be humiliated by anything, least of all being dirty. — Chapter 2
"I'm capable of quite a lot, thank you," she said, picking at her jagged nails. She tried not to cringe at all the dirt beneath them. When was the last time her hands had been clean? — Chapter 3
… to her shoes again:
"But my feet hurt in these shoes." She frowned pitifully. "You can't intend for me to stand all day? Even through my meals?" — Chapter 12
You get the point. On that note, who even rates these assassins? Who decided that Celaena's the best assassin? Is there a world ranking? How does it work? So many questions!
Secondly, the romance fell short for me. I didn't like that Celaena was so enamoured by [highlight to read spoiler] Dorian [/spoiler]. Their relationship came out of nowhere for me, given that they didn't actually spend that much time together, although she did keep mentioning how handsome he was:
Princes are not supposed to be handsome! They're sniveling, stupid, repulsive creatures! This one… this… How unfair of him to be royal and beautiful. — Chapter 2
In fact, he was so attractive that she had difficulty not thinking about how attractive he was, and again wondered why he wasn't married. She sort of wanted to kiss him. (…) Damn him for being so handsome! — Chapter 18
I much prefer [highlight to read spoiler] Chaol [/spoiler], who was much more smart, responsible and really quite likeable, but alas.
If I have to say who my favourite character is, though, it's probably Nehemia, the Princess of Eyllwe. She was brave and bold, completely devoted to her country, and yet smart enough to know which cards she should play. She had a few tricks up her sleeve which I thought were much more interesting than Celaena's trials and tribulations.
All that aside, Maas was great at keeping the tension, and every scene from the beginning up until the end is imbued with suspense. Despite my lack of connection with Celaena, I still wanted to know what happens next, and the plot generally didn't disappoint. Making me care about the plot when I don't care about the characters is incredibly hard to do, so props to Maas for that.
The world-building was interesting too. Celaena lives in a world unlike ours, complete with its own cultures, traditions, languages, politics and history. The places Maas described in the book—starting from the salt mines of Endovier to the entire Adarlan kingdom—were well-developed, and it was these things that I really didn't mind long descriptions on because they came alive in my head. It was also quite interesting to read about the Wyrd, the Yulemas, and the way religion works in Celaena's world.
Overall, Throne of Glass was a slightly irritating read, with the occasional enjoyable scenes. I didn't like the main character at all and found the romance mediocre at best, but there were still parts of it that I appreciated. Maas isn't a bad writer—this book just isn't for me.
On that note, I am honestly SO UTTERLY DEVASTATED that I didn't like this book as much as I wished! The blogosphere is totally crazy for it, and I'm just here twiddling my thumbs and feeling like something is wrong with me. 😦 Can someone tell me if Celaena gets less 'perfect' in the later books? I might still read them.


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A fresh light chicken salad with figs, melon and vegetables.
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Combine lime juice, honey, soy sauce, pepper flakes and ginger root in medium bowl; mix well. Add chicken, figs, onions and mint; toss to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate for one hour. Stir occasionally.
When ready to serve, combine cantalope, pepper strips and cucumber with marinated chicken and toss gently but thoroughly. Line serving bowl or salad plates with greens and arrange mixture in center. Garnish with mint sprigs if desired.


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"Tired Iron" – The Longfellow Bridge – 2004
In the summer of 2010 the Massachusetts DOT announced a $300 million rehabilitation project for the aging Longfellow Bridge. Built in 1908, originally known as the Cambridge Bridge, it spans the lower Charles River connecting Boston to East Cambridge. Its granite neoclassical towers are a fixture in the Boston cityscape.
There has been much discussion about redesigning the bridge to give pedestrians and bicyclists more access, to create a space that will be more than just a bridge but will become a destination in and of itself. Now, almost 130 years since Longellow's death in 1882, it is time to reflect on Longfellow's poetic works, and what our relationship is to them today .
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his family were active participants in the political, economic, and social activities of early and mid 19th century America. His maternal grandfather, Peleg Wadsworth, was a commanding general in the Continental Army. He returned from the war to build the house in Portland, ME where Henry Longfellow was born, was active in trade, founded the town of Hiram, served in the Massachusetts legislature and was the first U.S. Congressman from Cumberland County, serving 14 years. His father, Stephen Longfellow, a lawyer from Gorham, ME, had a similar background as state legislator and U.S. Congressman. His maternal uncle and namesake, Henry Wadsworth, was killed in the fight against the Barbary pirates in the Battle of Tripoli. Longfellow can trace his ancestors back on his mother's side to Mayflower passengers John and Priscilla Alden whose love and courtship he recognized for posterity in his poem the Courtship of Miles Standish. While a professor at Harvard, his home in Cambridge where he lived with his second wife Fanny Appleton even had a connection to the founding of the country. It served as George Washington's Revolutionary War Headquarters during the 1775 Siege of Boston.
Longfellow's family position also brought him connections to the cultural elite of the emerging nation. He and his older sister graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825 along with his good friend Nathaniel Hawthorne. His home in Cambridge at Craigie House was a center of academic discourse of the day. His brother Samuel, who would later write a biography of him, was a good friend of a less well known Levi Thaxter. Thaxter would eventually marry Celia Laighton, the daughter of Thomas Laighton, a lighthouse keeper on White Island of the Isles of Shoals off the coast of Portsmouth, NH. Laighton founded one of the early destination hotels on Appledore Island which was an attraction for many of the Bostonian well known literary and artistic figures of the day. His daughter, Celia Thaxter, a literary figure in her own right, was acquainted with Longfellow as well as with his contemporaries, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Longfellow's poetry helped create the mythology of the developing nation and peoples of the continent involved in the restructuring of colonial North America. Whether it was the Song of Hiawatha, Evangeline: Tale of Acadie, The Ride of Paul Revere or the The Village Blacksmith, Longfellow was more interested in telling a story that entertained the reader than in producing an historic treatise on the subject. His style and subject matter were not as original or esoteric as some of his contemporaries, such as Walt Whitman or Emily Dickinson, but they were accessible to the public and live on in our collective memories even if I dare say many more people today know of them than have read them.
Our relationship to the bridge in Boston that bears his name is in many ways similar to our relationship to the man and his works. It reflects a time gone by in our past that is fondly remembered. It is highly utilized but under appreciated. Over time its structure and reputation have become run down. It is well worn and in need of much repair, but the foundation is solid and well built. With attention and rehabilitation it will well serve future generations for years to come.


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A fantasy warrior with dual axes, and light armor. Drawn and sculpted from scratch in Curvy 3D 4.0.
The axes were made with inflate image, while the new 4.0 feature drop to surface was very usefull placing the belts and studs correctly.
The images here use Depth and Ambient Occlusion that can be generated in 4.0 when you save a screenshot from Curvy, they help to bring out the depth of a model. It is worth noting that in 3.0 I would bake ambient occlusion and also paint in textures with extra shadows. But wih this scene I let the screenshot AO do all the work!


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Will Anyone Face Charges For UC, Xavier Fight?
Prosecutor Says He's Reviewing Case
The suspensions have been handed out. The apologies have been made. But the question remains: will anyone be charged in connection with Saturday's melee at the Crosstown Shootout?
Many in the public and on chat boards have questioned why no one was arrested after a fight broke out between players from Xavier and the University of Cincinnati.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters issued a release Monday saying that his office was reviewing the matter.
"My office will review this matter to determine whether any criminal charges are appropriate. We will have no further comment until a decision is reached," he said in a statement.
The casual observer would say it looked like assault on the court at Cintas Center. But legal experts said it might not be that simple.
"The question: can they be arrested? Absolutely," said former Butler County assistant prosecutor Jason Phillabaum.
But Phillabaum said there are many factors to consider in a case like this one. For example, not every sport is treated equally.
"A punch in boxing will you get you a championship. A punch in hockey will get you cheers and the penalty box. A punch in basketball, you dont see that. It's not supposed to happen. That's not even part of the game," Phillabaum said.
Phillabaum also said the severity of the injuries and when and where it all happened will also factor in a decision.
"Was it during the game or after the game? If two players got into a fight after the game, absolutely they're going to be charged. Fight during a game, that's going to be a call based on what type of game it was and the prosecutor," Phillabaum added.
Asked about the prosecutor's review of the case, UC coach Mick Cronin replied, "Anything we're asked to do, we'll fully comply with."


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A playlist of songs to whet the beauty and solitude of the winter season. Winter embodies such a rare starkness. The days are shorter. The air is crisper. The light is somehow different. The earth's palette darkens. Sparse boughs creak over the soft glow of our homes. These quiet notes flit and arc like a canopy of starlight. Harnessing us into the season.
(This playlist was originally created for Kinfolk Magazine. View that post here.)
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01 • M83 – When Will You Come Home
03 • Broken Social Scene – Sweetest Kill
05 • Christina Vantzou – Homemade Mountains
09 • A.A. Bondy – Skull & Bones
11 • Goldmund – Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
13 • Deaf Center – Hunted Twice
14 • Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto – By This River
15 • A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Requiem For A Cheap Piano
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The third and final cornerstone-laying was for the Gnothautii cornerstone. Check out the first and second ones. Sounds like it wasn't quite as cool as the Adelphi ceremony.
Members and friends of Gnothautii got together on a Wednesday morning to lay the mottled red granite stone, which bears a simple inscription: "Gnothautii. Founded 1848." They filled an empty space within the stone — what we'd now call a time capsule — with several items. Among them: an account of Gnothautii's founding, its constitution and by-laws, a list of members from the founding, a list of present officers, and newspapers.
The cornerstone was laid by Knox Professor Milton Comstock, an 1851 Knox grad and one of Gnothautii's original founders. He taught mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy, and he also was a noted horticulturalist. Comstock was part of "The Great Triumvirate," a name given to three distinguished scholars (Comstock, Albert Hurd, and George Churchill) who formed the core of the Knox faculty in the second half of the 19th century.
Comstock delivered remarks, and he was followed by J. A. McKenzie, a Gnothautii and a lawyer in Knox County. McKenzie made his speech without using notes.
Here's a photo of "The Great Triumvirate."


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Ever since Matthew Brady trekked to Civil War battlefields documenting war and warriors, photography has been a critical way of showing what the rest of us cannot—or choose not to—witness. The Pentagon itself has long acknowledged the importance of photographs, and it has hundreds of photographers, some in uniform and some not, taking thousands of pictures every day.
Beginning in 1960 the best have competed to be the Military Photographer of the Year. This year's contest included 3,500 entries submitted by 603 competitors.
In March, Colonel Jeremy M. Martin, who runs the Pentagon's Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Md., announced the 2011 winners. A formal ceremony for the first-place winners in each category will be held on May 4. But in the meantime, LightBox looks at some of the powerful and harrowing images that were recognized this year.
To see more work, including winners of the year in video and graphics, take a look at the DINFOS awards website.


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As I do more research into what happened to the children of Joseph Lawrence (who were probably born in this house!) and update the Lawrence family portion of the site accordingly, I'm finding that all 3 of his sons were politicians at either the state or federal level. Some of their sons and/or grandsons went on to become politicians, lawyers or judges as well. Very interesting! Pictured below is George Van Eman Lawrence, son of Joseph Lawrence II and grandson of Joseph Lawrence who built and owned the house.
According to FindAGrave.com:
Birth: Nov. 13, 1818 Death: Oct. 2, 1904
US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 24th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1865 to 1869, and 1883 to 1885. He also served as a Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1844, Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1850 to 1851, 1861 to 1863, and 1876 to 1882, and Delegate to the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention in 1872. (bio by: K)
|I have to wonder how closely George Van Eman Lawrence resembled his grandfather Joseph as well as his great grandfather John. His father, Joseph Lawrence II (probably born in this house!) was also a US Congressman. Here is his bio listed on the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress:
There seem to be plenty more in addition to the 3 sons and grandsons, but I'm only going to research so much as it can become overwhelming.


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My wallet however, did not.
After my long train trip back home, and being called "sale race" (always a highlight) I arrived in Marseille around 11 pm. Alain met me at the train station, and we went underground to the subway station. I took out my subway ticket from my wallet in my purse, and....
that was the last I saw of it.
The next morning I went for groceries, had a full cart, and when the time came to pay...
Nothing. Nada. Rien.
I had my other wallet which had about 10€, my carte de sejour, and my permis de conduire. I managed to pay for most of the cart of groceries with the 10€ and some tickets resto, then came home and searched. Couldn't find it. Somewhere between taking the subway in Marseille at 11 pm and going to the grocery store the next morning at 9 am, my wallet disappeared. Lost or stolen, I don't know, but if I have to guess, I would say stolen on the subway.
I called and canceled my credit card and remaining checks.
On Monday I sent in the form to cancel my Carte Vitale (health insurance card) and the registered letter to La Poste, confirming the Opposition of my card.
Luckily, my harder to replace cards (ie carte de sejour and permis de conduire) were not in there.
On Friday, I received a notice from La Ville de Marseille, service des Objets Trouvés - something of mine had been turned in.
Knowing that it was my wallet and hoping there was still most of it left, I went in on Monday morning (over in the not-so-good part of town). I gave the woman the piece of paper and she looked it up on the computer. Behind her were piles of clothes, backpacks, and other stuff that I am sure didn't have any ID on it and is probably given to charity after a month.
I got back (wrapped in a rubber band):
- credit card (which did me no good as I had already canceled it)
- check book (which did me no good as I had already canceled it)
- health card (which did me no good as I had already canceled it)
- the receipts that were in my wallet
- my points card for Casino grocery store, and
- a business card from another student at the course in Strasbourg
By this time, the only thing that was really worth it was the Casino points card.
But really, who steals a wallet, keeps the wallet (Louis Vuitton I might add) and the money (about 50€), and carefully puts the credit card (which he know he can't use because it has probably been canceled), check book (ditto), health card, bothers to take out the receipts and business card, and puts them in a nice pile for the subway officials to find and turn in to Lost and Found?
Le Sigh.
Got a new credit card, still working on getting another checkbook, and haven't heard back from about the health insurance card.
And am back to my 10€ wallet which at least isn't a temptation for theives.
8 commentaires:
- deedee a dit…
At least you got it back.
- samedi, décembre 04, 2010
- Michel a dit…
Megan, I am sorry to hear about your experience. I had a similar experience earlier this year in Marseille. While dining at Chez Fonfon at Vallon des Auffes, someone broke into my hatchback car and took my suitcases with my checkbook, house keys and a laptop computer among other things. Nothing was visible, it was all in the trunk. Thankfully, I took my passport and camera with me when I got out of the car.
- samedi, décembre 04, 2010
- Starman a dit…
If you can call or write to cancel your stuff, why can't you call or write to cancel the cancellation?
- samedi, décembre 04, 2010
- Anonyme a dit…
Maybe some homeless person just needed the cash. Glad your carte de séjour and the driver's license were not stolen.
- dimanche, décembre 05, 2010
- Astrid a dit…
We had such an experience in Rome. We reported the wallet stolen straight away at the train station and then the police informed us that if we were "lucky" we had been robbed by the "kind" thieves. The kind of thieves who only go for the cash and then leaves the wallet for the train staff to find.
And sure enough, we got everything back except the cash. Even the card car key which was in the wallet too.
But like you, we had by then cancelled all cards etc etc
- lundi, décembre 06, 2010
- Mwa a dit…
That is one crazy thief! They're probably congratulating themselves on being an ethical thief or somesuch. Bastard!
- mardi, décembre 07, 2010
- Samantha Vérant a dit…
Aye-yai-yai! It took me three months to get my health insurance, which I received yesterday. Of course, there was a delay b/c I need to get my premier titre de sejour, but I feel ya! I'm going to guard everything with my life! What a nightmare! Geez1
- mercredi, décembre 08, 2010
- Pepe Le Pew a dit…
Most likely the wallet was turned in (minus the cash) and someone from the Lost and Found liked the wallet and kept it.
- mercredi, décembre 08, 2010
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[Verse 1: Ghostface Killah]
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Yo they gotta hit placed on my head, what should the god do?
Max out in Spain and do business with the Jews?
Never that, don't ever look at me out of sync
The imperial, industrial king got weight
Don't give a fuck, like the poor part we watch Hart To Hart
They used to push me in shopping carts, now I'm writing darts
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It got back that the world government tried to dub it
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Willie Stargel passed this shit his piece, where's the Nobel?
Oh well, signing off as usual
The arsonist leaving niggas lost in the stairwell
[Hook: The Delphonics & Ghostface Killah]
Wu-Tang, Delphonics number one (Yeah, yo, yo)
Represent my projects Stapleton
After the smoke is done
He represent that project Park Hill
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Now Born arm banging into that will, word up
After the smoke is clear
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Delphonics and Wu-Tang still here
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[Verse 2: Raekwon]
The greatest story ever told by me, precisely
Roman numeral IV plus three describe me
My son move like the toad, get drunk, speak in codes
Throw a fiend in the sleeper hold, got beef with the globe
Met my comrade, go half on this lab down in Baghdad
Flipping like a meth's tab, get money like an Arab
The tight niggas snapped six legs on the crab
Now hush, you wanna do what? My clique better bust
[Verse 3: RZA]
Underprivileged, grew up in a Stapleton house village
Where blood flood the water in streets like oil spillage (Wu-Tang, Delphonics number one)
My front door was blowing, the debt man spotted 55 boa
Niggas was still flowing, voice was echoing
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[Hook: The Delphonics]
After the smoke is done
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After the smoke is done
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After the smoke is clear
Delphonics and Wu-Tang still here
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Tim Hardaway Jr. opened the scoring with a smooth 3-pointer from the right corner, then Trey Burke added another, dribbling behind a screen for an open shot near the top of the key.
Moments later, Hardaway came breezing across midcourt and snapped a quick pass to freshman Nik Stauskas on the left wing. Another 3-pointer gave Michigan an 11-2 lead.
This is exactly what the Wolverines were hoping for when John Beilein was hired as coach in 2007.
Over the last six seasons, Michigan has built a program that can again challenge for a national championship, and that early flurry against West Virginia on Saturday has become the norm lately. After an 81-66 victory over the Mountaineers, the Wolverines are 11-0 and sitting at No. 2 in the latest AP poll - their highest spot since the Fab Five era.
``We feel if we play our best basketball, we can compete with anybody,'' forward Jordan Morgan said. ``We can't guarantee a win, but we're going to play hard every game.''
Beilein arrived before the 2007-08 season with a distinguished resume that included NCAA tournament appearances at Canisius, Richmond and West Virginia. He came within a game of the Final Four with the Mountaineers in 2005, but the jury was still out on whether he could help Michigan become one of college basketball's elite programs again.
For the last three years, the Wolverines have been trending sharply upward. They tied for the Big Ten title last season, and now they have achieved their highest national ranking since the 1992-93 season, when Chris Webber led Michigan to its second straight appearance in the NCAA title game.
Expectations began to soar when Burke decided to stay at Michigan following a terrific freshman campaign in 2011-12. He's now perhaps the nation's best point guard.
``The better the challenge, the more he responds individually,'' Beilein said. ``He plays beyond his fatigue level, beyond his years.''
Burke is the leader of an offense that is precise, efficient and extremely difficult to defend right now. Beilein's teams have always done a good job spreading the floor, and there's not a lot of wasted movement. Players like Burke, Hardaway and freshman Glenn Robinson III have the ability to drive to the basket and finish if there's no help defensively.
Add in a crafty big man in Morgan and a 3-point threat in Stauskas, and the Wolverines seem to have everything they need for a deep NCAA tournament run. They could use a little more depth, and their defense may be somewhat ordinary by Big Ten standards, but there's still plenty of time to improve.
Under Beilein, Michigan has never been a team that rushes on offense, but the Wolverines are capable of running, with a more athletic rotation than in seasons past.
``There were times when Jordan Morgan, early in his career, would rebound, but we still struggled with the outlet,'' Beilein said. ``Now, the outlet's much better, and Trey Burke getting the ball up the floor.''
Saturday's game might have been Burke's finest as a Wolverine: 27 points on 12-of-16 shooting, eight assists, five rebounds, three steals and no turnovers. And not once did he seem to be forcing the issue or taking unnecessary risks.
A few days later, when Burke showed up for a midweek news conference, the competitive point guard was preparing to go back to the court after losing a game of 1-on-1 to freshman Caris LeVert.
``I'm trying to get back out there to play him right now,'' Burke said. ``I'm mad about that.''
Burke and the Wolverines haven't had to deal with much losing lately. If they can beat Eastern Michigan on Thursday night, they will be 12-0. Only one Michigan team has reached that mark - the 1985-86 group that started 16-0 and went on to win the Big Ten.
For the current Wolverines, each victory seems to raise hopes and expectations even higher - with the most important games still to come.
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WHEELING, WV- The Wheeling Nailers, proud ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens, are excited to announce their opening weekend uniforms for the 2012-13 season. This uniform will only be worn during the opening weekend of the season, and it marks the fourth different uniform that the team will wear.
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Both restaurants are closed now, but I was headed back into the heart of Aurora this afternoon to try Thai Landing, a place that my wife and I visited years ago, and is still standing strong. I don't remember the food very well, but the friendly owners and quirky dining room had this place on my list for another visit. The plan was simple: drive to Aurora, get some take out and speed back to Denver before it all got too cold.
Everything changed when I pulled into the Thai Landing parking lot and spied this truck: Antojitos Hondureños.
I hoped my family would be in the mood for beans and cheese as there was really no way I was eating anywhere else that night.
I've never had Honduran food before. The closest I have been is Nicaragua, and a Honduran friend that I hung out with a lot in Costa Rica. The most I knew was that baleadas were pretty common--just a simple tortilla with melted cheese and beans.
It turned out I didn't need to know much about Honduran food as there were really only five menu choices, and two were baleadas (spelled baliadas here, but I'm pretty sure that's not right). I ordered the other two main plates: a carne asada and chicken with tajadas (sliced and fried plantain).
After I paid I did my best to peer into the truck where two older women who looked like they knew their way around a kitchen were busy pounding out masa dough, frying meat and generally putting together one enormous meal.
As I was driving home, the aroma of refried beans, warm tortillas and melted cheese was almost too much too bear. But I figured the only thing worse than coming home with something so completely the opposite of Thai food would be to come home with half-eaten baleadas--or worse no food at all. I was at this point very, very hungry.
I did make it home without eating all the food as I always manage to do when getting take-out from far-away places (it's one reason my marriage has lasted so long). And its good I didn't come home empty-handed as my equally-as-hungry wife was struggling to get our two screaming-for-food-boys into their high chairs for dinner as I triumphantly arrived.
I quickly quelled the situation by starting to feed my boys bits of still-warm, thick flour tortilla from the baleada. Then I took a bite and was equally smitten with the soft, freshly-made tortilla, the creamy beans and even the tremendously salty cheese.
My wife was surprised at the cuisine choice, but she goes well with the flow (on second thought that is more of the reason our marriage has lasted so long), and started in on the baleada with carne asada. The carne asada was a thin-but-sizable cut of grilled steak, and although a little dry as these cuts of meat often over-cooked in much of Latin America, it made a very good baleada even better.
My wife liked the baleadas as well but was not so excited about the cheese. I admit it was exquisitely salty, but the beans were not, nor was the tortilla--I imagine on purpose--so that it all balanced out quite well. This cheese was not unlike a Mexican cotija, but whereas cotija is often sprinkled sparingly on food, there were copious amounts of this saliferous cheese in each bite. (I'm not sure if this cheese was from Honduras but I am glad that I didn't give any to my babies after reading this hilarious post about the state of Honduran cheese.)
The next dish we tried was the chicken and tajadas. The chicken was deep-fried and covered in a wonderful crisp, thick breading. The problem was that it was already getting cold (though it was still quite moist) so that it was not nearly as good as it could have been. It's too bad, as the rest of the chicken dish was amazing.
Under the chicken was a bed of tajadas, or green plantain that was sliced thinly (but not overly so like a chip) and fried. It was part sweet, part savory and married well with the Honduran-style slaw of cabbage and radishes that covered everything. Sprinkled over the top were beautiful pickled purple onions that made the whole dish pop with color and added yet another layer of flavor. Again, it is just too bad the chicken was not hot. Lesson learned: next time I will have to eat this in the car.
The carne asada plate was the same overcooked meat found in the baleada. Again, this is standard practice in many countries South of the US, and although it was dry, it was flavorful and had a nice sear. There were more glorious beans, some fluffy white rice, a slice of avocado, some more of that cheese and the pickled onions. It was a re-hashing of most of the night's other ingredients, and while I enjoyed it, I'd probably skip this next time for a chance to try that chicken when it was still hot.
Though I waited in front of Antojitos Hondureños mostly alone, by the time I got my food, there were quite a few Honduran ex-pats filling up the parking lot. The truck, as it happens, had only been open for five days, meaning that this was the first weekend. I imagine this truck's presence created quite a stir in the Denver Honduran community, and with good reason: They make comfort food that I'm sure any Honduran living in Denver would crave. And for the rest of us, it is most certainly worth the drive into Aurora. I know I will be back, and next time I will sample the fifth menu item: pastelitos de carne, a corn masa fired empanada filled with ground beef.
Visit Antojitos Hondureños in Aurora on the corner of Montview and Nome. Based on the notorious ephemeral nature of the food truck, call first: 720-628-0522.


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Anyone watching 60 Minutes' interview with Elon Musk? They keep dubbing motor noises over driving footage of the Model S. It sounds like they recorded a motorcycle engine and used it to spice up the car footage. Whatever it is, it's not the sound of a Tesla. (Update: 60 Minutes admitted to dubbing the sound)
Maybe the drive-along camera was on a bike, and they used the audio footage? Regardless, it seems very weird and out-of-place. It's one thing to dub exciting motor noises over a mundane-sounding car, but to plop engine sounds on a car that most folks realize is nearly silent? That just seems . . . bizarre.
Update: Here's a small piece of the interview from CBS's website. Around the 40 second mark, there's Tesla driving footage that definitely includes motor noises that definitely don't come from a Tesla. In the full episode there were about three or four instances like this, complete with gear-shifting sounds that didn't correspond with the speed of the Model S (or the presumed camera vehicle).
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I spent the week at TechED in L.A. and I had the (good?) fortune to sit in on a couple .Net sessions. The most memorable of course, and the one that attracted me to begin with was on data access tricks. I didn't have a session guide with me at the time so I didn't know it was a .Net session till I got there, but man, once i started listening i was amazed.
Ok, so the course was about data access tricks… and hearing .Net guys talk about SQL and DB access is like listening to your 5yr old explaining to your 3yr old why it rains. It's no wonder why there are so many poor apps out there when one of the big data access tricks is to create a view in the DB for large joins. Now, I'm not saying that the guy suggested using a view instead of putting a large join query on the front end… no, not quite. He was actually announcing it like it had just been created… the latest thing developed by the SQL world to get around an age old problem. And I'll tell you too… the ooos and aaaahs were plentiful.
Another good one was creating a view to get around all that pesky crap the DBAs make you do like solving many-to-many queries with lookup tables. The way they were whining about that and saying what nonsense it was is incredible. I thought about raising my hand and offering some constructive criticism on the matter, but I get enough of those conversations at home when I'm arguing with my kids about why they can't have candy for dinner in the middle of the street.
Now, ordinarily I wouldn't mind this kind of thing too much, but I think part of the problem with .Net devs being so puerile about these things is that their leaders aren't guiding them. Because instead of complaining about DBAs making them use lookup tables, which are necessary in many designs, he could have approached it from the professional angle of… hey you know how you have to solve a many-to-many with lookup tables and how much work that is on the front end? Well here's an idea, have your DBAs give you a view for that on the back end and you can just select from it in your C# code. Now that makes .Net guys sound like professionals who know a thing or 2 about coding and about data access instead of whiney babies who are being made to go to bed early by the DBAs.
So I know I've said this before but it bears repeating because it keeps coming up… devs just don't get it. And seriously guys, if you really can't see why your DBAs make you do the things you do, then you deserve this rant.
You take performance and concurrency pretty seriously in your apps, so why can't you apply that to your data access as well? So it's time to grow up and become real adult IT folk.
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The Common Law: Holmes' Own Annotations On-Line
There's cause for celebration for fans of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and his great work of legal scholarship, The Common Law, judging from a post by David Warrington, Special Collections Librarian at the Harvard Law School, on the Law Library's Blog. First, the copy of Holmes's Common Law, annotated in his own hand, that has long resided in the Harvard Law School Library is now mounted on-line, in a format that permits one to magnify the justice's often-difficult handwriting. Second copy annotated in Holmes hand has also turned up in Harvard University's Houghton Library. Warrington speculates that the "second copy was kept at [Holmes's] home on Beacon Street or at his Beverley Farms summer house."
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- Michael F. Martin said...
It's pretty amazing that he was going back to substantively annotate his own book. The annotation on the second page, for example, is surprising: "Imagination of men limited. Can only think in terms of the language they have been taught. Conservative instincts."
Was he planning on expanding this into a new edition?
- April 19, 2009 at 10:18:00 AM EDT
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Matthew Morrison, Rachel Bloom, Deborah Cox and Wayne Brady will lead several Broadway and TV stars at a benefit later this month to aid victims of the Florida high school shooting that killed 17.
The show called "From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Parkland, USA" is set for April 16 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. All proceeds will be donated to Marjory Stoneman Douglas Victims' Fund and Shine MSD, which advocates for arts in the Parkland community.
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