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Mistakes Were Made: How Tons Of People Started Slamming EasyDNS For Actions Of EveryDNS
from the error-correction deptThere's a famous paragraph that made the rounds a few years ago purporting to show that people really look at the first and last letters of a word and then assume the rest, more or less. It was:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.Of course, it turns out that this isn't quite true (and the research wasn't done at Cambridge). However, it is true that when people are reading quickly, they can sometimes sort of "guess" the word they're going for with the first and last letter. It seems that happened on a large scale last week, much to the chagrin of one particular company.
As you may recall, last week we were among those who wrote about EveryDNS killing Wikileaks.org's website, claiming a terms of service violation for getting DDoS'd. Before I did the post, I had checked EveryDNS's website, and hadn't seen any info about the takedown. Soon after I posted the story, however, the very first comment in the story said "Check EasyDNS.net's website" claiming there was an explanation. I quickly went to EasyDNS... and immediately noticed it looked entirely different than the EveryDNS site I had gone to originally, and rechecked the article. It was clearly supposed to be EveryDNS (as I had written), and the commenter was wrong (I also found the post that EveryDNS did put on their website about the issue). I pointed out that the commenter meant EveryDNS (and that I had now seen EveryDNS's explanation).
It turned out that that first commenter's mistake -- swapping EasyDNS for EveryDNS was done by a lot of people. I discovered that later, when someone from EasyDNS stopped by our comments to ask us to make the "correction" more prominent. And I was confused, because we hadn't made any error -- but had only corrected someone else in the comments. I then went and saw that EasyDNS had an entire blog post slamming journalists for repeatedly using their name in the stories about Wikileaks, including the NY Times, the Financial Times, Gawker, GigaOm... and us. Of course, we hadn't made the mistake, and I found it a bit amusing that, in a story about a lack of fact checking and publishing false information, EasyDNS had done exactly that to us. So I dashed off a quick comment on their blog post, and the EasyDNS guys were quick to correct the error and apologize both in the post and over email (thanks!). But it does highlight how easy it is to make a quick mistake when reporting on such things... even when you're reporting on mistakes!
Of course, the mistake had little impact on us... But for EasyDNS, it's apparently been a massive pain. The company has spent the past few days alerting people via Twitter that they were falsely accused, had nothing to do with Wikileaks, and did not, in fact, take the site down. Yet, it's one of those things that doesn't die (though, the company also put up a post about whether or not it would work with Wikileaks -- and also now appears to be doing some of the heavy lifting for elements of Wikileaks, these days) .
This is one of the reasons that I get a little wary of internet mob justice, of course. Lots of people are running around blaming the wrong company, because they're swapping an Every for an Easy. Of course, the IP lawyers in the house will say that this is what trademark law is supposed to be about -- that there shouldn't be two such companies since people can (and obviously do) confuse them. But it appears that both companies lived peacefully together in the world for quite some time before all of this mess.
In the end -- I'm not sure there's a good answer to all of this. The fact is mistakes happen. We make them all the time too (though, we didn't in this case -- even if we got blamed for one!). It can suck for those on the receiving end. For us, in this case, it wasn't a huge deal, but for EasyDNS, it clearly has been a major distraction. Hopefully it's active efforts on Twitter and various comment boards will help clear things up for most people. Perhaps the real lesson is that when you do make a mistake, and are informed of it, you should correct it as quickly as possible, and apologize for the mistake. And then everyone can get on with their lives.
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~had a great visit with family the last five days! Hope everyone else had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well. I have so much to be thankful for!!
~am so behind on email. Ack. We have been so busy!
~spent the day on a cleaning rampage again. But my house looks goooooooooood.
~am spending the rest of my night with my back on a heating pad because of it. *back.hurts*
~am excited about snuggling into my new (Target Black Friday deal!) flannel sheets. A whole complete set for $14...can't beat it!
~did not, mind you, brave the stores on Black Friday in the wee hours. I went much later than the crazies, but earlier than the lazies, and managed to score a couple of good deals! There is nothing, nothing on this earth I need a deal on badly enough to fight those crowds. *shudder*
~put our (well, one of our) Christmas tree(s) up last night! I was so excited--this is our big tree, the kind that has like, 814 different, color-coded branches and takes forever to put together and shape--but the boys helped (Colin read which color was next, Cameron found that color and, with Ethan's help, brought those particular branches to me and Shane, who assembled and shaped) and we had that sucker together, lit, beaded, bowed, and ornamented in about an hour and a half! I was so excited about putting it up, but so dreading the process. It turned out to be a great, successful family activity. It. Is. Beautiful. Yay!
~shall do the other one tomorrow night with the boys. Here's hoping it is just as successful.
~had a good cry over Baby Merritt's Christmas tree ornament from 2007. Now that that's out of me, I will be able to look at it for the rest of the season and smile, knowing exactly where my baby is and Who s/he is spending this Christmas with.
~really, really, really, really, reeeeeaaaaalllllly want this. In fact, I think this just may classify as a need. Seriously. I mean, it would prevent a lot of unnecessary conversations with complete strangers. Anyone with me?
~have another SONO on Wednesday! Woot! Can't wait to see my Peanut...and I can't believe I'm 32+ weeks! (If you think of us, say a prayer that all is still well...still can't help but be *just a mite* nervous.)
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MADISON, Wis. — A fourth wolf-hunting zone is closing in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said hunting and trapping of wolves in Zone 5 covering parts of central Wisconsin will be closing at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
With that closing, only Zone 3 and Zone 6 remain open to wolf hunting.
The DNR said it expects Zone 6 to close soon as it is one wolf away from meeting its quota. The DNR encourages hunters to check daily for updates.
The quota in Zone 5 was 23 wolves. The 23rd wolf was harvested on Monday, which triggered the closing process.
The goal was to harvest 116 wolves during the state's inaugural hunt this year which began Oct. 15 and will close Feb. 28 or when harvest goals are reached.


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Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, considered a "short-lister" to share the top Republican ticket with MItt Romney, is adamant about this: Only American leadership can deliver the global freedom and prosperity the 21st century promises.
That was the main message Wednesday from the son of refugees from Fidel Castro's Cuba, during a speech billed by some in Washington as the Republicans' opening shot in an election-year battle with President Obama over US foreign policy. Their aim: to paint Mr. Obama as timid in standing up to the world's tyrants and as disregarding the robust American leadership the world needs.
But Senator Rubio did not differ with the Obama administration on much of fundamental importance. He said he would have kept the US at the helm of NATO's Libya operation longer, would do more to challenge Russia as it attempts a world leadership comeback, and would offer a prescription for Syria that sounds much like what the administration is already doing.
Rubio's sharpest warning, in fact, was a challenge to those from the left and the right who call for turning inward and who insist that America's days of global leadership are past. Rubio described this argument as "one that increasingly says it is time to focus less on the world and more on ourselves."
Rubio referred to Robert Kagan's book, "The World America Made" (known to be on Obama's bedside table), and noted that every world order has had its dominant nation. When constituents ask him, "Isn't it time for someone else to lead the world?," Rubio says his "short answer is … there is no one else to hand off the baton to, even if that were a good idea."
Expectations were so strong that Rubio would blast Obama for failing to grasp America's unique role in the world that the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sent out a "prebuttal" to Rubio's speech. In its e-mail, the DNC reminded recipients that Obama called the US "the one indispensable nation in world affairs" in his State of the Union address in January.
But Rubio treaded lightly on Obama, saying he agreed with some of the president's foreign policy moves and not others, perhaps recognizing that voters give Obama relatively high marks on his management of foreign affairs.
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But on Syria, Rubio advocated actions that are already part of the Obama administration's policy, and he pointedly went only so far as to say the US should "potentially" equip the opposition with weapons – thus distancing himself from more hawkish colleagues, including his mentor, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I) of Connecticut, who had introduced Rubio to the audience. The US first needs to gain a better sense of who the rebels are, Rubio said.
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The Writers' Network is proud of the 2006 inductees of the Literary Hall of Fame:
- Gerald Barrax
- Fred Chappell
- Elizabeth Daniels Squire (deceased)
Gerald Barrax: 1933-
Producer Joanne Gabbin wrote "African American poetry is both furious and flowering. . . a poetry of grace and rage, of identity and struggle, combining beauty and political activism." Her description applies to the poetry of Gerald Barrax, whose work is marked by tenderness and anger, by reverie and irony, by castigation and celebration.
Born in Alabama, Gerald Barrax moved to Pittsburgh when he was ten. He served four years in the Air Force and received degrees from Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh. In 1969 he joined the faculty at North Carolina Central University then moved to North Carolina State University, where he is an esteemed professor in the MFA program.
Since 1970 Barrax has published five volumes of poetry as well as work in numerous journals and anthologies. For a number of years he served as editor of Obsidian, a major contemporary journal, and as poetry editor for Callaloo.
Of African, Indian, and Dutch ancestry, Barrax has not been slow to deal with his black heritage and with the race-based injustices he has seen and/or experienced. His entry in the African American Registry reads: Gerald Barrax: a poet with humanity in mind! Marked by originality, introspection, and intellectual engagement with a wide range of subjects, his work draws from the best traditions of poetry writing. He shapes and reshapes the images, metaphors, and ideas of his poems until they satisfy his stringent requirements. His work has been honored by numerous awards, including a Ford Foundation Fellowship, the Sam Ragan Award, and the Raleigh Medal of Arts. In 2000 he was the honoree of the North Carolina Writers' Conference.
Father of five and grandfather of two, Barrax currently lives in Raleigh with his wife Joan, and continues to honor us all with his poetry.
Fred Chappell: 1936-
"An immensely gifted, exuberant, versatile writer who should be ranked among our important contemporary voices." So spoke novelist William Styron about Fred Chappell, poet, novelist, essayist, and professor. The man who inspired this ebullient tribute was born in 1936 on a farm near Canton. An avid reader, he began writing science fiction in the eighth grade, poetry in the ninth. At Duke University Chappell studied under acclaimed writing teacher William Blackburn and befriended other future literary headliners, including Reynolds Price, James Applewhite, and Anne Tyler. An editor asked if he'd be interested in writing a novel. Chappell reports, "I told him I was a poet and I wasn't really sure that fiction was a worthy endeavor." But he began writing fiction; and four novels later, Dagon won the best foreign book award from the Academie Française.
Thus began a long stellar career that has produced almost thirty volumes. Perhaps his most ambitious accomplishment has been four poetry collections paired with four novels, each based on one of the four elements -- earth, air, fire, and water -- and all reflecting Chappell's Appalachian roots as he examines the core of human experience: love, community, and mortality. In 1997, following the tenure of Sam Ragan, Chappell's remarkable versatility and skill earned him the title of North Carolina Poet Laureate.
As professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Chappell has mentored several of our state's fine poets, including Sarah Lindsay, Pulitzer-prize winner Claudia Emerson, and Kathryn Stripling Byer, who succeeded him as state Poet Laureate. His excellence in teaching was recognized by the statewide O. Max Gardner Award. Other honors include the Bollingen Prize, the T.S. Eliot Award, and the North Carolina Award for Literature. Now retired from teaching, he lives in Greensboro with his wife Susan, and continues to compose poetry, which he calls "the noblest secular endeavor that the human mind undertakes."
Elizabeth Daniels Squire: 1926-2001
Elizabeth Daniels Squire came from a noted family of letters: her grandfather, Josephus Daniels, founded and edited the Raleigh News and Observer; her father Jonathan, also an editor, authored biographies and regional studies; her sister Lucy is a novelist. So it is not surprising that Elizabeth Squire began as a journalist and married a journalist, before building her own illustrious literary niche and an enthusiastic national following for her mystery novels.
A Vassar graduate, Squire served as a columnist in Beirut and a reporter in Connecticut. When she and her husband, C.B. Squire, a New York Times correspondent, moved to a farm in Weaverville, North Carolina, she began writing mysteries, drawing for her first novel, Kill the Messenger, on her expertise in journalism. For her second, Who Killed What's-Her-Name?, Squire invented a sleuth, Peaches Dann, much like herself: a middle-aged significantly absent-minded woman who was also warm, smart, and witty. Six more Peaches Dann novels, all enlivened by humor and colorful details, were published before her creator's untimely death in 2001.
Early on, Squire authored a collection of biographical sketches of twenty-five journalists, proclaiming that journalists have profound social responsibilities -- a principle to which Squire adhered all her life. Despite the complexities of juggling career and family, she always found time to offer advice to emerging writers and support the North Carolina Writers' Network and the Southeastern Chapter of Mystery Writers. She served as a library trustee, and visited libraries and classrooms. She used her personal experience with dyslexia to inspire kids for whom reading was difficult, challenging them: "If I can become published, just think what you can do!"
Known in her home state and throughout the nation as a generous, energetic friend, Elizabeth Daniels Squire made her mark as writer, colleague, wife, mother, and citizen. She left us too soon, but her legacy will endure.


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So you might've seen this comment on a previous post about fake nerd girls from some brave hero called "wtfwhateverdood". I'm waiting for some work to download, so I thought I'd give a response, because I'm such a nice guy and must continue to defend "the honour" of women (that's from the comment before)
F you and your encouragement of the cultural appropriation of nerd culture:
First fail. My comment policy clearly indicates no swearing and yet that's the first thing you did. Welcome to the banned list, bro. But please do link to me when you write your thoughtful ranting elsewhere on the big wide internet, as I am under no obligation to continue to provide a platform. Please, really do: I can't wait to waste my life reading your deep thoughts about them nasty hot girls, destroying your life with their existence in your vicinity.
"Cultural appropriation is the adoption of some specific elements of one culture by a different cultural group. It describes acculturation or assimilation, but can imply a negative view towards acculturation from a minority culture by a dominant culture.[1][2] It can include the introduction of forms… "
Thanks for the Wikipedia entry, bro. I like that you didn't even remove the footnote numbers. Cute. If you were my student, I'd fail you for not (1) providing a source of your quotation, (2) not indicating it's not your words thus becoming plagiarism, and (3) using WikiPedia instead of another source.
Also, boring.
"Here's a quiz Tauriq"
I love quizzes from strangers demanding I give them attention! Please! MOAR!
how do you feel about Dartmouth canceling a Cinco De Mayo Fraternity fundraising "Phiesta" because one young woman complained about the cultural appropriation?
Eh. What?
Fake girl nerds, with the emphasis on fake
+ have no understanding of what it was like to grow up a nerd
+ were usually the oppressors of nerds
+ take on nerd costume as a way of seeming cool
+ oppress the real nerds still. That is, in their new fake girl nerd role, they still shun nerds
You don't define "fake" so I don't know what it means. Emphasising is not the same as defining.
"[They] have no understanding of what it was like to grow up a nerd". And?
"were usually the oppressors of nerds" – so?
"take on nerd costume as a way of seeming cool" – What a crime! Arrest them!
"oppress the real nerds still. That is, in their new fake girl nerd role, they still shun nerds" – Circular arguments make me dizzy, bro. They oppress because they oppress. Wow. Insight!
Are you trying to justify why it's ok for bros to be dicks to women? If you're explaining why it happens – that's one thing. If you're justifying it, that's another thing entirely. And I don't think you're interested in explanation, since you'd be indicating it's wrong to unnecessarily target women. Even make-believe ones like "fake nerd girls".
Oh, it's cute. Oh, what does it matter? Oh, it's just a name.
No, it's cultural appropriation, it's disrespectful, it's oppressive.
Yes, disrepectful. Totally. The elders of nerdom must be appeased!
Oppressive. Wow. Yeah, really oppressive when non-existent groups of people enter your conventions and… "oppress" you. What does this mean? You keep saying oppress and shun and so on, but never provide examples. Just their presence apparently is enough.
That says more about you than the women, bro. Also, how come men aren't guilty of these crimes? When I was bullied, it was by other boys my age. Not women.
So well done there bro, you're totally not looking like a sexist jerk.
Portlandia, written and starring two nerds, including a real nerd girl, understands what you are too much of a dipsh*t to understand
REAAAAAAAL NEEEEEEEEEERD GIRLLLLLLLLL! SHE HATH PASSED TEH TRIALS SET BY THE LORDS OF NERDOM, AROSE VICTORIES THROUGH THE FIRES OF GEEKERY! PRAISE BE HER NAMES! [sic]
Go away. You are boring, bro. And this is incredibly, incredibly sad.
UPDATE (because of Comment #1):
It seems as though the commenter's only way to communicate on the Internet is through my blog's comment section. This leaves me in a dilemma! What should I do?! He's already so oppressed!
Clearly the entire rest of the Internet is closed to him – that's the only conclusion I can reach from his desperation to appear on my blog.


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|Hamamelis in flower since last December
I'm happy to say that I've achieved that second goal too. Granted, the bunches of flowers from the garden can sometimes be rather small,
|A small posy of Rosa Moonlight picked in early January 2012
And last autumn I set myself a third goal: growing vegetables in my potager for 12 months of the year. I haven't reached that goal yet because I only started last September (with sowing lots of vegs for the winter months) but I'm getting there. Harvesting vegs in winter can be a bit of a challenge but so far I'm doing great: Brussels sprouts, cavolo nero, red cabbage, Jerusalem fartichokes, leeks, carrots, kale, Swiss chard, wild rocket and much, much more. So much in fact that I manage to score at least 1 meal and fresh greens galore for my chooks from the potager on a daily basis. Salads I love so I have them almost daily and fortunately in my potager I'm still spoilt for choice as you can see here:
|Salad of giant red mustard, wild rocket, mibuna, lettuce, land cress, red chicory and endive.
Dear Veg Plotting has set herself a garden goal too: to have a salad from the garden at least once a week for a whole year and as I thought it a splendid idea I've joined in the fun of what is now called 52 Week Salad Challenge.
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Thomas and Margret Mordecae Watkins are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Margret to David Jordan, son of Benjamin and Mary Evans Jordan. David and Margaret were married 21 September 1839 in Merthyr-Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Much of the history below is taken from the sketch written by David and Margret's granddaughter Martha Evans Anderson (1870-1930). I have fleshed it out with dates and additional detail from source documents.
Margret Watkins was born 10 September 1816 in Merthyr-Tydfil. She is believed to be the second of 5 children born to Thomas and Margret Watkins. We really do not know a whole lot about Thomas and Margret Watkins. A number of stories have survived which are shared below.
David Jordan was born 7 February 1820 in Merthry-Tydfil. He is the first of four known children born to Benjamin and Mary Jordan. Just like Margret's parents, we really do not know much about this family. At least minimal family history dates or stories have come down regarding either line.
Benjamin and Mary Jordan "were of a religious turn of mind and taught the Bible when he was just a boy, refined and of a gentle manner." Mary Jordan passed away in April 1843 when the family was still young. The family consisted of David, Jane, Sarah, and John. The Jordans were "a very refined and considered High Class people and of a high moral and religious character. They were always proud of their personal appearance, always well dressed." The brothers were "devoted brothers, they lived and worked together with kind and friendly for each other. When David and Margaret had children they all lived as a loving family together…this brother was named John Jordan."
We really do not know anything of the Courtship between David Jordan and Margret Watkins. "At this times Wales was in a prosperous condition and David and Margret were soon settled in which was very comfortable and spacious. They had an extra room so that his father and one brother could live with them in their home. His father lived only two weeks, when he died. His brother continued to live with David and his wife."
"Margret (Watkins) Jordan lost her mother when she was very young, leaving her father with a family of small children. While the family was without the mother's care, Margret met with an accident which left her with a crippled arm for the rest of her life. This happened when she was about 2 years old…when her sister was carrying her on her back, when she slipped and fell. Margret cried for days from pain before they learned that she had a broken arm at the elbow. It had already started to set, it had been so long since it happened that they thought the child could not stand to have it rebroken and set properly, so it was never properly taken care of."
"Margret's father married again and brought into their home a most worthy and wonderful new mother to the children. Grandmother used to tell us that she never remembered her real mother but their step mother was all that our real mother could have been."
"When Margret was still in her teens and because of her crippled arm, she was apprenticed in a school for sewing. The sewing at that time was all done by hand, they had no sewing machines. Margret took to that kind of work very readily and was very satisfied to become a very good seamstress, while still a very young woman. She was able to construct some of the finest work in the area."
"Margret had a blind brother who learned to play the harp. He was often requested to play, to entertain for groups at entertainments. He carried his harp with him everywhere he went. He was employed to play at different places and went alone to his employment places with his harp. He became very popular and was loved by all his friends and family."
"Margret continued to follow her trade as a seamstress after her marriage to Grandfather David Jordan, because she was very popular among the people of her community for her sewing. As her family duties increased on her time, they had six children, two of which died in infancy, she gave up a lot of her sewing and devoted most of her time and energies to her family responsibilities."
"David and Margret were among the very first in their area to embrace [T]he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized [18 January 1849]. Their children all grew up in the church."
At this time there was a large branch of the Mormon church in their area of Wales. "Their family was very faithful and devoted to their new church. David was a good singer and also a composer and poet." He composed a number of beautiful poems. One song was in honor of the Prophet Joseph Smith. "As children, we remember hearing him sing this beautiful song, the music was very sweet and the words were all in Welsh. We only understood it in part, but there was just something about the song that touched us very deeply."
When they embraced the LDS church they had two little children, Mary and her older sister Gwyn who were 3 and 5 years old. They were raised in the LDS church and were baptized when they reached 8 years old.
David and Margret's first son was Thomas Jordan born December 1840 in Merthyr-Tydfil and dying June 1841. We know very little about this little boy.
The first daughter was Gwenlliam Jordan born 2 August 1842 in Merthyr-Tydfil. She was baptized in August 1851.
The second daughter was Mary Watkins Jordan born 5 December 1844 in Merthyr-Tydfil. She was baptized 1 January 1852.
"David was a coal miner. He and his brother went to work every day in the coal mines. They were paid good wages at the time, so they did very well economically."
"One day David's shift in the mine interfered with his Priesthood meeting so he traded shifts with a friend of his. He was the secretary of his group and felt like he should attend his Priesthood meeting. Grandmother Margret told us that she remembers the incident very well. It was a beautiful day and all was peaceful and calm. Then at 9:30 am word came there had been an explosion in the mine. People rushed to the place and it was soon learned that a large number of miners had lost their lives in the explosion and among them was David's friend who was working in his place. This was a great sorrow for David. He loved this man very much and he was there instead of David."
"As time went on, conditions changed. Little by little the miner's wages were reduced causing hard times. Then there were strikes putting them out of work entirely for months."
"Their two girls had by now grown into their teens. They found employment and became independent. There was also two little boys in the family." These two boys would have been David and Thomas.
Charles Jordan was born 3 November 1848 in Merthyr-Tydfil. He died in December 1848.
Margret Jordan was born 26 Jul 1850 in Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales. She died in June 1852.
David Moiah Jordan was born 7 June 1854 in Merthyr-Tydfil.
Thomas Jordan was born 17 March 1857 in Merthyr-Tydfil.
Ann Watkins Jordan was born in 1861 and we do not know how long she lived.
"Margret now returned to her sewing again to support the family during the hard times. In a few years, the two girls got married and came to Utah, leaving their parents and the two brothers in Wales. This happened in 1864."
I have previously written about Gwenlliam Jordan and her marriage to David D Williams at this link.
"David and Margret had now been members of the LDS church for 20 years. They were however very happy and contented until their daughters left for America. They were also making every effort to join their daughters in Utah.
"Then they were made very sad by the death of their youngest son. He was 11 years old. Many of the members of their church had gone to Utah and they were feeling lonesome and sad." David Moiah Jordan died 14 October 1865.
"The Elders that served as missionaries in their area always found a big welcome in the Jordan home, even in the middle of the night would stop by and found a welcome and told them that it was like coming home."
"They themselves were making every effort to prepare to go to Utah themselves. They were planning to sail with the next company of Saints that were to leave by ship for New York."
"It was now 9 years since their two daughters had gone to Utah. One day the Elders called on them and told them that the next ship would sail in three weeks. They counted their money which they had saved and it was not enough. So they decided that they would have to wait for a later sailing date, until they could accumulate some more funds."
"When they had secured the money they needed, they sent word to their daughters of their plans so they would expect them." The Jordan's departed 29 July 1872 from Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
"After a lazy and weary journey crossing the Atlantic Ocean, they landed in New York City, on the 13th of August 1872 and remained in New York with their 15 year old son. They found employment and remained there until October. They received a letter from their 2 daughters containing money for them to continue to Utah. Some of the money came from their daughter Mary's husband, who sold his team of horses to get the money to send to them."
They arrived in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah on 10 November 1872 "after visiting in Ogden with their oldest daughter Gwenie Williams, and then they continued on to Brigham City where their daughter Mary Evans lived. It is useless to try and describe how happy they all were to be back together again after 9 years of being apart, and praying for the time when they could all be together in Zion."
"The first winter in Utah was very hard on them because of the extreme cold temperatures and the abundance of snow. It was particularly hard on Grandfather David because he was used to working underground in the coal mines of Wales."
"Their daughter Mary and her husband William Evans were living in their two room log cabin at 1st East and 3rd South, just one half block south of the First Ward Meetinghouse. They had 4 children by now, Margret, Mary Jane, Martha, and Abraham, who was just one week old when their grandparents arrived in Brigham City from Wales. These newly arrived grandparents remained with William and Mary and their 4 children in their small home the rest of the winter of 1872."
"At this time the railroad was being built from Ogden to Logan and the three men, Grandfather Jordan, son-in-law William, and the 15 year old son (Thomas) of David and Margret Jordan, all found work building for the railroad. It was very difficult for David and his son to endure working out in the awful cold weather through that first winter."
"Two years later, William Evans purchased another house on a large lot. The house had 4 rooms in the Third Ward at the corner of 3rd West and 3rd North. It was on the northwest corner of the intersection. When they moved into the bigger house with their 4 children, they sold the old house to David and Margret who lived in their log home for the rest of their lives."
"They lived comfortable and made it very attractive and comfortable. They were neat and tidy people and they kept a beautiful garden which they were very proud of and they produced a lot of products for their table."
"They were very interesting people to talk to and had many interesting and the conditions and memories of their lives in Wales and the extensive knowledge and testimony of the gospel, made it always a pleasure to visit with them."
"As time went on they worked at many different things that there was to do around Brigham at that time, which was all real hard labor."
David and Margret attended the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah to receive their own endowments on 10 October 1878. David and Margret were sealed to each other the same day.
"Their son Thomas grew into manhood and they decided that they would build themselves a better house. They erected the foundation and bought as much of the material for the house as they could the first year, with hopes that the next year they thought and hoped that they could continue building the house."
"However, the winter came and there was no work to be had for them. Their son Thomas decided to go to Evanston, Wyoming to work, putting up ice, and they had some relatives. He obtained employment in one of the coal mines near by. He was doing well and was very happy there with the thought that he would be able to help his parents with their new home building."
"This was not to be because Thomas was severely injured in an accident and word was sent to his parents at Brigham City. His father, David, went to Evanston to see his son but Thomas died just one hour before his father arrived on February 28, 1880."
"This was a great sorrow to Thomas' family and destroyed all their hopes for completing their home building plans. When spring came, David sold all the building materials that he had accumulated for their new home, spent the rest of their lives in the original small log house."
"Their sorrow over the loss of their son weighed so heavily upon them that it changed their life's hopes for the future. However, their faith and convictions in the gospel and the LDS Church which they accepted in Wales; and the trust in their Heavenly Father never failed them. Faithfully they continued to attend all their church duties and their testimonies grew and were wonderful to hear them speak."
"Grandfather David was able to adapt himself to most any kind of employment; and with the products of their well kept garden and the fruit that he raised in the years at their home, they had a comfortable living."
"They also took a great interest in the Temple work of the church and were some of the first to attend the new Logan Temple after its dedication in 1877."
"They had their family genealogy all in order so that when the temple was ready, so were they. They traveled to Logan often to do temple ordinances for the members of their family and stayed a week at a time on many occasions to do this temple work."
"This work of love continued until David's health began to fail, but he continued to obtain information and prepare records on the members of their family for the work to be done in the temple for their dead ancestors."
David and Margret were sealed to all their children in the Logan Temple 27 June 1888. Gwenlliam and Mary were both happy to be physically present for the occasion. All of the other children had passed away prior.
"Grandfather David Jordan's life came to a peaceful end November 26, 1893 in Brigham City, Utah. So peaceful and sweet was his passing away that our family can be proud of that dear old Grand Sire. He was the first fruits of the gospel in our family."
"Grandmother Margret was not the last one in their little home, and she felt the loss of her companion very keenly, but she was visited and comforted by her living daughter and grandchildren. She wanted to continue living along in their home."
"It had been 25 years since she and her dear husband came to live in that little log cabin; and there she wanted to stay until she could go to join her dear departed companion."
"She lived another 7 years after her husband died."
"She died November 19, 1902, at home in Brigham City, Utah. She was buried in the Brigham City Cemetery beside her beloved husband.
A side note at the end of the above: "This was written by granddaughter Martha Evans. This story was copied from a note book, in the hand writing of Martha Evans." "It is probably a repetition of the story I have previously translated from his hand-written record that I have previously had translated and distributed some years ago. However, I am sure that it is more more in detail than the one I translated previously because there is much more of it. Yours truly, Wesley Anderson 10 May 1986"
Gwenlliam passed away 3 September 1900 in Slaterville, Weber, Utah. Mary passed away 8 December 1923 in Brigham City.


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depending on how good Amare looks when he comes back and what role he plays, will make us legit contenders for sure.
No matter how good you think Carmelo is or how deep you think this team is we need a second go to scorer come playoff time (that guy who can spot us 20 points any given night)
Magic Johnson has always given the Knicks more respect than anyone on ESPN. The only problem that I had with Magic was when he suggested that Isiah Thomas should be the GM of the Knicks back in the day.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
I want to see how the Knicks integrate Amare and Shump before I go crazy.
But I think we are a bad matchup for the one team in the league we need to go through to get to the finals. Miami.
Originally Posted by Knicksin60
we need STAT as much as heat need Wade & James
Melo simply will not play all 82 games + playoffs and shooting ~30
that dude simply must be reset few games before playoffs
Stat will play with Felton/Kidd [ if wont be traded]
sure i like Earving coz Wilbon from time 2 time prising Knicks others are haters.
Even JVG with flu was prizing Knicks as he told they were terrific with just 7 to's


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It's an Egg–citing Time for Eggs
By Donna Quirk, MBA, RD, LD
LMC Clinical Nutrition Manager
Spring has started and Easter is upon us. Eggs are given as gifts to celebrate this special time of year. The Easter Egg for Christians is a reminder that those who believe will have eternal life. Eggs in other cultures and religions symbolize fertility and the start of new life.
But is it OK to eat eggs? It appears the answer is YES!
If, like me, you have heard the message that eggs are high in cholesterol and therefore detrimental to your health then its time for a change.
So what are the facts about eggs?
• Eggs are a good source of protein. One egg has 6 gm of Protein – about ½ in the yolk and 1/2 in egg white.
• Eggs are a very good source of the B vitamin – Riboflavin. Riboflavin helps the body metabolize food into glucose for energy. It also acts as an antioxidant and helps prevent chronic diseases like heart disease.
• Egg yolks are an excellent source of Choline. Choline is important for brain development of a fetus during pregnancy and the normal functioning of all body cells.
• Egg yolks are a rare food source of Vitamin D which supports bone health and the immune system.
• There are 14 additional vitamins and minerals in eggs – primarily in the yolk.
• Eggs are affordable. Eggs, on average, costs less than 15 cents a piece.
But what about the Cholesterol? It is well-known that egg yolks contain cholesterol. However, advances in poultry production techniques have, on average, lowered the amount of cholesterol in an egg. Eggs now contain approximately 5 gm of fat (1.5 gm saturated) and 185 mg of cholesterol.
It is recommended that we all eat 300 mg or less of Cholesterol per day, so one egg per day can fit into a healthy diet as long as you include other lower cholesterol foods in your day.
Here's a great recipe from the Egg Nutrition Center
Muffin Frittatas
Makes: 12 mini-Frittatas, 6 servings
6 Eggs ¾ cup chopped zucchini
½ cup milk ¼ cup chopped red bell pepper
¼ tsp. salt 2 tbsp. chopped red onion
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 cup (4 oz.) shredded Cheddar Cheese (preferably reduced fat)
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper in a medium bowl until blended. Add cheese, zucchini, bell pepper and onion; mix well. Spoon evenly into 12 greased muffin cups, about ¼ cup each.
2. Bake in oven until just set, 20 – 22 minutes. Cool on a rack for 5 mins. Remove from cups; serve warm.
Pair with a whole wheat English muffin and a glass of fat-free milk for a well-balanced meal.
Nutrition Information per serving (2 frittatas): 164 calories; 11 g total fat; 6 g saturated fat; 207 mg cholesterol; 12 g protein. This recipe is an excellent source of protein, choline and a good source of vitamin A, vitamin D, and calcium.


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We know it's the middle of the day, but it's Friday and we ain't got shit to do other than watch this three-ring not-so-Big Three circus. Luckily, a friend sent in an idea for a drinking game. Their rules below the jump, let's make up some of our own in the comments.
One sip for every time Bob Nardelli says, "I don't know."
Two sips for every time Bob Nardelli says, "I'm new to this industry."
Chug when Nardelli mentions Home Depot.
Drink entire six pack if Nardelli leaps across the conference table to strangle member of Congress.
Also, sorry about the Chevy shot glass rather than a GM one. I couldn't quickly find one with a GM logo, and I didn't want to waste precious drinking time.
Also, if you're looking for a full live-blog, head on over to Speed:Sport:Life. They've got some fun stuff going on over there.


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The World Health Organization says diesel exhaust fumes cause lung cancer.
The arrest of seven Zetas drug cartel members from Mexico may reveal links to money laundering via horse breeding and racing in several U.S. states, including New Mexico.
The worst recent surge of killings in Iraq renews fears about sectarian violence.
Former assistant of Gabrielle Giffords will take her place in Congress after beating out conservative opponent.
Handy tip: Don't keep $1.25 million in envelopes around your apartment if the Russian security state is on your ass.
George Zimmerman's wife is now in trouble with the law, too.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (along with approximately 7 million other U.S. citizens) is having a rough time in jail.
A newly formed public-interest reporting organization aims "to foster a stronger journalistic culture in our state."
Jay McCleskey, top advisor to Gov. Susana Martinez, obtained names and email addresses of non-union public school teachers on behalf of her political action committee. Why McCleskey wanted the list isn't clear. It's against the law for state employees to contribute to the work of PACs.
Joy Junction emergency shelter is set to expand in the midst of what its CEO calls a statewide "crisis" of homelessness.
Scientists were shocked to find algae thriving under Arctic sea ice.
Stress of contemporary life got you on the rails? Self-soothe by crawling back into the (recycled-fiber) womb.
Stevie Wonder joins the Albuquerque Isotopes! (Don't get as excited as I did at the prospect.)


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NEW YORK (WCBS/CNN) - A New York girl with autism died Saturday, after falling from a fourth-floor apartment window in the Bronx.
Police said four-year-old Helena Flores, who has autism, was playing around in the apartment and her dad was watching her.
But the child managed to climb over the window air conditioning unit then fell out of the window.
The child landed four stories below in the building's backyard.
"They picked her up and brought her out on a stretcher. She was in her pajamas," said Frank Robles, a witness.
The child was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Police said the incident is still under investigation and have not made any arrests in the case.
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Caversham men were honoured for serving.
Military Distinctions Awarded to Caversham Men
Second –lieut. D.T. Cowan, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Military Cross; Capt. C. Gentry-Birch, Royal Berks Regiment, Military Cross; Rev. C.W.O. Jenkyn, Royal Army Chaplains Dept, Military Cross; Capt. A. Hill, Surrey Yeomanry, Military Cross; Capt. (Rev) W.M. Austin, 1st Wiltshire Regiment, Military Cross; Capt. G.O. Taylor, R.E., Military Cross; Capt. E.F. Churchill, R.E. Military Cross; Lieut. Rollo, Scots Greys, Military Cross; Lieut. H.C. Powell, R.G.A., Military Cross; Sergt-Major D.E. Deane, R.A.M.C., Military Cross; Lieut F.C. Ransley, R.A.F. Distinguished Flying Cross and French Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star; Lieut. B.J.E. Belcher, R.AF. Distinguished Flying Cross; Sergt. A. Price, R.G.A. Distinguished Conduct Medal; Pte. W. Shackleton, 3rd Royal Berks, Distinguished Conduct Medal; Pte J. Girdler, Distinguished Conduct Medal; *Pte. J. Cox, 1ST Grenadier Guards, Distinguished Conduct Medal; *Pte. H. Godwin, 1ST Berks Yeomanry, Military Medal; * Pte. F. de Grunchy, 4TH Royal Berks, Military Medal; * Pte. H. Simmonds, R.A.M.C., Military Medal; Pte. F. Neale, 1st Royal Berks, Military Medal; Pte W. H. Heath, R.A.M.C. Military Medal; Sig-Cpl. F.J. Pointer, R.G.A., Military Medal and Bar; Pte. H.D. Helmore, 1st Royal Warwicks, Military Medal and Italian Bronze Medal for Valour; Gunner T.W. Shuff, R.H.A., Belgian Croix de Guerre; Mec-Staff-Sergt. J.W. Beasley, Meritorious Medal.
*Formerly members of Caversham C.L.B.
Third List
POWELL, Capt. E.I. Royal Sussex Peppard Road March 22, 1918
Bryant, Trumpet. F.N. R.E. 59, Queens's Road July 16, 1917
Bryant, Cpl. S.C. R.E. 59, Queen's Road
Bell, Cpl. A.J. R.E. 188, Westfield Road
Blackall, Pte. A.E.J. 2/4 R. Berks 8, Cromwell Road Dec. 7 1917
Briant, Pte. A.E.J. 6TH Royal Berks Emmer Green Aug. 15 1917
Bue, Pte. W. 27th Enniskillens Emmer Green Oct. 20 1917
Bennett, Pte. T.A. Gloucester Regt 92 Queens Road Dec. 5 1915
Bristow, Pte. H. R.E. 114, Queens Road Dec 21 1916
Carter, Pte. C. London Regt 69, Briant's Av Nov 22 1917
Chamberlain, Pte. F. R.H.A., Berks Emmer Green Aug 28 1918
Cox, Seaman D.E. R.N. 18, Coldicutt Street Oct 1918
Doe, Bomb, S.W. R.H.A. 68, Prospect Street Nov 26 1917
Davis, Pte. J. Royal Berks 9, Donkin Hill May 31 1918
Eacott, Pte. H.W. 14TH Royal Warwicks 121, Gosbrook Rd Oct 26 1917
Fuller, Pte. F.G. Rifle Brigade 18, King's Road May 9 1915
Goodwin, Pte. F.C. 6TH London 168, Hemdean Rd April 14 1917
Gibbins, L-Cpl. A.G. 28TH London 33, South View Av July 16 1918
Hatto, L-Cpl. H.H. 1/4TH R. Berks 111, Kidmore Rd Aug 16 1917
Havell, Pte. H.A. 2ND Ox and Bucks Emmer Green Nov 3 1917
Harrison, Seaman G. H.M.S. Victory 54, Briants Av Sept 4 1918
Higg, Pte. W. Rifle Brigade 105, Queens Road 1916
Jones, Pte, T.J. Northumb. Fus 100, Kings Road Dec 17 1916
Knight, Pte. R.R. Royal Berks 145, Queens Road Aug 26 1918
Morgan, Pte. S. Liverpool Regt 57, westfield Road June 20 1917
Martin, L-Cpl. B.E. R.M.L.I. 163, Gosbrook Road Aug 25 1918
Mott, Pte. S. R.G.A. 79, kidmore Road Sept 21 1918
Miles, Pte. G. R.F.A. 96, Kings Road July 31 1918
Nicholls, Lieut. H.G. 2nd Royal Berks 5, Queens Road May 28 1918
Nicholls, Pte. J. M.T. 3, River View Cots 1918
Povey, Cpl. J. R.H.A. 4, Queens Street April 16 1915
Palmer, Pte. H.T. 1ST Warwicks 34, George Street April 18 1918
Purvey, Pte. W. Oxon & Bucks 16, King's Road Feb 25 1918
Purvey, Pte. E. R.A.S.C. 16, King's Road April 12 1918
Rampton, Pte W. Labour Corps 35, Gosbrook St April 9 1918
Robinson, Pte. H. 7TH Queens 34, Priory Avenue Sept 22 1918
Swift, Pte. H.G. 3RD Rifle Brigade 31, Oxford Street May 19 1918
Semple, Pte. H. 2/4TH Royal Berks Emmer Green July 16 1916
Semple, Cadet. F.J.M. R.A.F. 23, Priest Hill Oct 30 1918
Caversham parish magazine, March 1919 (D/P162/28A/7)


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MB Madaera
Lost 31.7 lbs fat
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Chris Madaera
Built 9 lbs muscle
Keelan Parham
Lost 30 lbs fat
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Bob Marchesello
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Jeff Turner
Lost 25.5 lbs fat
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Determine the Length of Your Workouts
Evaluate Your Progress
Keep Warm-Up in Perspective
"Doing more exercise with less intensity,"
Arthur Jones believes, "has all but
destroyed the actual great value
of weight training. Something
must be done . . . and quickly."
The New Bodybuilding for
Old-School Results supplies
MUCH of that "something."
This is one of 93 photos of Andy McCutcheon that are used in The New High-Intensity Training to illustrate the recommended exercises.
To find out more about McCutcheon and his training, click here.
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"Training secrets? There are NONE!" Arthur Jones often said.
Chris Lund has been a primary photographer for Joe Weider's muscle magazines for more than two decades. Plus, he's also the editor of the British version of Flex magazine.
"I cannot provide an exact formula for success, but I can furnish a formula for failure. Give bodybuilders what they want: Easier, longer, more frequent . . . exercise. Instead, I supply bodybuilders with what they need:
harder, briefer, more infrequent... exercise."
— Arthur Jones Inventor of Nautilus and MedX Equipment
(Tim Patterson is the CEO of T-Nation.com, Biotest Laboratories, and Testosterone Publishing. Ellington Darden is the author of 47 fitness books. Patterson and Darden have been colleagues, business associates, and good friends for more than 20 years. The following discussion recently occurred in Patterson's Colorado Springs headquarters. It is divided into two parts.)
The latissimus dorsi muscles are the largest of the upper body and they need intense work to reach their full potential.
The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results contains more than a dozen two-page spreads that illustrate various parts of the book. Above, a series of historic photos lead into the "Golden Age of Bodybuilding," which feature training stories from Muscle Beach about Steve Reeves, John Grimek, Eric Pedersen, Clancy Ross, Vic Tanny, George Eiferman, Marvin Eder, and Bill Pearl.
Approximately ten years ago, late in the afternoon on December 31, 1995, I phoned Arthur Jones.
"From only one workout," Arthur Jones announced, "I'll put half an inch of permanent muscle size on each of your upper arms!"
Jones's pledge was made to advanced bodybuilders, who were readers of IronMan. These men would do almost anything to add a fraction of an inch to their biceps and triceps.
"Drive down tomorrow and watch Casey train," Arthur Jones said to me on the phone.
The date was June 9, 1971. I hadn't seen Casey Viator in nine months, so I was anxious to view him working out. Jones had been training Viator on and off for eleven months. Everyone interested in bodybuilding at that time was following the escapades of Jones and Viator through IronMan magazine.
From his autobiography, " . . . And God Laughs"
Many people have asked me which were my favorite books, and which films I liked best. But having read so many books, literally many thousands of them, and having seen thousands of films, it is not easy for me to answer such questions.
After a brutal trip through the Mexican jungle in the summer of 1951, I arrived back in Veracruz without a cent remaining in my pocket, with a large truckload of wild animals and with no place to put them, and filthy dirty, only to find that Mike Tsalikis had sent me no money at all.
John Peters was directly involved in almost continuous combat, all over the world, for nearly forty years, so he was fluent in several languages. In Africa, however, hundreds of different languages are spoken, and nobody understands all of them.


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Maria Kirilenko wins WTA Champs Doubles Title
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- 29 October 2012
Maria Kirilenko (EZONE Xi 98, PTGP125) and her partner fellow Russian Nadia Petrova won their biggest WTA doubles title at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul on Sunday.
The Russian team defeated Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci—the first qualifying team of the tournament—with 1-6, 6-3,10-4 in the semifinal. In the final, they met No. 2 seeds Czech Andrea Hlavackova (RQiS 2 Tour, PTGP125)/Lucie Hradecka and captured the title with a 6-1, 6-4 victory—defending two break points on their serve.
Maria and her partner have now won four doubles titles in total, the other three in Cincinnati 2008, Moscow 2009 and Miami this year.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and yank on Tom Brady's ponytail. Ten years from now, that man will retire and become the world's dumbest yoga instructor. I can feel it. LET'S GO!
GLEE – 8:00PM (FOX) The Gwyneth Paltrow express shows no signs of slowing down. After dazzling audiences at the Grammys and Oscars and at Jim Bob Gristle's Old Tyme Country Music Awards, the Oscar winning actress returns to "Glee" to reprise her role as substitute teacher Holly Holliday. And you know Gwynnie just adores her newfound singing career. She'll muscle her way onto one of her hubby's Coldplay records and set off an internal war within the band sometime within the next month. It's a lock. Watch tonight as Paltrow covers Prince's "Kiss," which sounds like a rather sultry development. Also up on the cover block tonight are Stevie Nicks' "Landslide," "Afternoon Delight" (pray for a Paul Rudd cameo), and "Do You Want To Touch Me," a song originally penned by Gary Glitter, who was convicted of molesting underage girls in Vietnam. Try not to think about that during the chorus. ANTICIPATION: EWWWW!
DIRTY JOBS – 9:00PM (Discovery) Mike's mom and dad pop by the show. And thank God his mom finally showed up. This man has cleaned out whale carcasses, shoveled manure, and scrubbed sewers. And do you EVER see him use hand sanitizer? Not pleasant. ANTICIPATION: CUTE!
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF MIAMI – 10:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) Adriana hosts an art gallery opening, but everything goes to heck when the artists can't finish his paintings in time. Well honestly, who holds a show for an artist who hasn't painted anything yet? Much less one that's still alive? Any seasoned gallery owner knows you wait until the painter dies, then you go ahead with the opening. No risk of procrastination there. ANTICIPATION: DRAMA!
GROWING UP TINY: KENADIE'S NEXT CHAPTER – 10:00PM (TLC) Seven-year-old Kenadie is growing up with primordial dwarfism. But even that is probably easier to deal with than having parents who willingly named you Kenadie. I assume she has a brother named Linkin. ANTICIPATION: BAD NAME!
THE COLBERT REPORT – 11:30PM (Comedy Central) Your guest tonight is Dan Sinker, who created the fake Rahm Emanuel Twitter account. I love Stephen Colbert and I watch this show a lot, so I finally have to speak up and tell him: Please, don't interrupt your guests so much. I know that's part of the act, but at least let them get out one sentence before you jump on top of them. ANTICIPATION: CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM!
Tuesday Watch List: Return of the Paltrow
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and yank on Tom Brady's ponytail. Ten years from now, that man will retire and become the world's dumbest yoga instructor. I can feel it. LET'S GO!


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Happy New Year! I hope everyone brought in the new year just as they wanted. Stylish & toasting with champagne. Snuggled in a blanket on the couch sipping on peppermint hot coco or perhaps mountainside at your ski house. All great options if you ask me.
So it's 2016 but I still have some looks from 2015 that I haven't yet posted. Yes, I'm behind but catching up. Never a bad thing to have ensembles in reserve.
This look is something I wore while up at our ski house in Vermont. Its kind of an odd look. I wore leggings that have a higher waistline, a crop top and OTK boots. Yes, I know…..tacky, cheesy and a fashion NO NO!
Fellow NYC Blogger, Allie NYC spoke about this very fashion atrocity a few weeks back and I actually commented. I had to be honest and throw myself under the bus. My only excuse for this look is, I was in Vermont where fashion & style never roles off anyone lips. I was going to an outdoor fair wherein my coat was staying on and zippered up… nothing would be exposed to the public. (I hope that's a good excuse).
*Stuart Weitzman Lowland Boot Tip ~ if you purchase the boot from a regular retailer, they only come in one width. If you need a narrow fit or extended fit, purchase directly from Stuart Weiztman. I made the mistake of getting the medium from Bergdorf and you can see how baggy they are. I took them to the Leather Spa here in Manhattan to have them fitted properly.
Coat: Here at JCrew (in Tall) | Top: Zara (old) | Leggings: Here at Wolford (now on sale) | Boots: Stuart Weitzman here at Bergdorf Goodman | Gloves: Club Monaco (old) | Bag: Here at Louis Vuitton | Sunglasses: Ray-Ban
If you clicked on the JCrew link I provided and noticed my coat looks different, that's because I yanked the faux fur trim off the hood before I even walked to the counter. If you follow my blog, you know I hate faux fur. The jacket is still really cute without it.


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Monday, June 4, 2007
Goin' to New Orleans
2 comments:
- Mojave Joe said...
Don't miss:
a) the Camellia Grill (recently reopened) at St Charles and Carollton (take the trolley).
b) Napolean House in the French Quarter (for a muffaleta and a glass(es) of wine).
c) the Columns Hotel (if it's open) on St Charles.
d) Masperos (French Quarter) for lunch.
- June 4, 2007 at 11:30:00 AM EDT
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
Thank you for the tips!
To add my recommendations: in the French Quarter, for dinner, NOLA and Bayona are worth a trip to New Orleans. New Orleans is coming back, and needs your business. If for nothing else, go for the incomparable food.
I'll post more about this later, but two things: it is certainly safe to travel there, with parts of the city serving tourists operating normally (many streetcars not up until perhaps August, however).
If you've thought about volunteering and wondered whether those one-week trips do any good -- everyone I spoke to said that the volunteer efforts were essential to helping some areas begin to come back.
There remains extensive devastation in many neighborhoods. You have to make an effort to see it. I hired a local cab driver to take me around. New Orleans continues to need a national commitment to restore and rebuild the city.
- June 11, 2007 at 8:14:00 AM EDT


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I recently purchased the NP Surf Golf bag for travel on the strong recommendation of the staff at Silent Sports in Toronto. They assured me that the bag was bomber.
I post this as a warning to anyone needing a large golf-style travel bag: stay away from the NP Surf. Multiple emails to NP Surf and Silent Sports have gone unanswered. I am not looking for anything but advice on repair, but neither could be bothered...
Anyway, on picking up my bag after its first flight, there is a big wear-hole in the corner. I can stick my thumb through this hole. It doesn't look torn or appear evident that something punctured it. It looks like it was rubbing up against another bag and just wore a big-ass hole right through the material.
For years I've travelled with all kinds of specialized and oddball shaped luggage, and never has anything lasted only one flight...one season of frequent flying maybe, but one trip???
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The Operators and Monoids of CHP
When we create binary operators, in mathematics or in programming, they often have certain common identifiable properties:
- If you can re-order the arguments, e.g. 1 + 2 is the same as 2 + 1, we say that it is commutative — in contrast, division is not commutative.
- If you have two applications of the operator and the order of evaluation/bracketing doesn't matter, e.g. (1 + 2) + 3 is the same as 1 + (2 + 3), we say that it is associative — in contrast, subtraction is not associative.
- If one particular operand always leaves the other side unchanged, we can say that this is the unit of an operator, e.g. 1 * x is the same as x, so 1 is the unit of multiplication.
- If one particular operand always ignores/overrides the other, we can say that this is the zero of an operator, e.g. 0 * x is the same as 0, so 0 is the zero of multiplication.
- If an operator has a unit or zero that only works on one side of the operator, we name it accordingly. For example, we say that division has a right-unit of 1 (because x / 1 is the same as x), but it does not have a left-unit; there is no value k such that for all x, k / x is the same as x.
We can find these properties all over maths and programming. Set union is commutative, associative, and has a unit of the empty set, but no zero. The boolean AND operator is commutative, associative, has the unit "true" and the zero "false". STM's orElse combinator is associative, with the unit retry, and the left-zero of a return statement. Any operator that is associative and has a unit forms a monoid, which can be put into Haskell as an instance of the Monoid type-class (more on that below).
The operators in CHP also have some of the aforementioned properties. A full list is buried at the back of the tutorial, but I should probably pull them into the API documentation. (Note that the laws I discuss here are concerned with the behavioural semantics of the operators; the types of the expressions may differ trivially.) The parallel operator <||> is commutative and associative, with a unit of skip, the process that does nothing and returns successfully. The unprioritised choice operator <-> is commutative and associative, with a unit of stop, the process that is never ready in a choice. The implication of choice and parallelism being associative and commutative is that the order of the items in a call to alt or runParallel doesn't make any difference to the behaviour. The operators for wiring up a pipeline in the Utils module are associative but lack the other properties.
Poison Handler Properties
We can view the poison handlers `onPoisonTrap` and `onPoisonRethrow` as binary operators. To recap: `onPoisonTrap` runs the left-hand side, but if a poison exception occurs then the right-hand side is run. `onPoisonRethrow` does the same, but after the right-hand side has finished, the poison exception is rethrown. They are not commutative — in exception terminology, the first argument is the try and the second the catch; they cannot be swapped freely!
To my surprise, `onPoisonTrap` is associative. Abbreviating it to `oPT`, consider p `oPT` q `oPT` r. If you bracket the first two items, (p `oPT` q) `oPT` r, q will only execute if p throws poison, and r will only execute if q then throws poison (because p's poison is trapped, so the only poison that can escape the first bracket is from q). If you bracket the latter two, p `oPT` (q `oPT` r), the brackets will only execute if p throws poison, which will pass control to q, which will only pass control to r if poison is thrown by q. So the semantics are associative.
In contrast, `onPoisonRethrow` is not associative. Abbreviating it to `oPR`, consider: p `oPR` skip `oPR` r. If bracketed (p `oPR` skip) `oPR` r, r will be executed if p poisons, but if bracketed p `oPR` (skip `oPR` r), r will never be executed (because skip won't throw poison).
`onPoisonTrap` has a left-unit of throwPoison (because throwing poison automatically transfers control to the other side, the handler), and a right-unit of throwPoison (because trapping poison then throwing poison has a null effect on the original code). `onPoisonRethrow` has no left-unit but has two right-units: throwPoison and the return statement. Any code that cannot throw poison (e.g. a return statement) is a left-zero of both `onPoisonTrap` and `onPoisonRethrow` because it will never trigger the handler. Neither operator has a right-zero; there is no handler that can cause the original code to always be ignored.
The fact that some of the operators mentioned here are associative and have units mean that they could form a monoid. In fact, CHP blocks of code could form several monoids. In Haskell, there is the problem that the monoid instance must be uniquely identified by its type, even though it is really its operator that is distinctive. All the standard number types can form a Monoid in addition (unit: 0, operator: +) or multiplication (unit: 1, operator: *). Defining a Monoid instance for, say, Int would thus be ambigious: when you say 4 `mappend` 3, would you expect 7 or 12? To solve this, the Data.Monoid module defines newtype-wrappers around types to identify the monoid. Sum Int is a monoid in addition, whereas Product Int is a monoid in multiplication.
I could use the same trick for CHP; I could define several monoid instances. Here is a monoid that allows blocks of code (with no useful return) to be joined in parallel:
newtype Par = Par {runPar :: CHP ()} instance Monoid Par where mempty = Par skip mappend p q = Par (runPar p <|*|> runPar q) mconcat = Par . runParallel_ . map runPar
This could be made a little more useful by making a parallel monoid out of blocks of code that return a type that is itself a monoid; when the parallel blocks of code have all finished, their results are combined using the monoid instance:
newtype ParMonoid a = ParMonoid {runParMonoid :: CHP a} instance Monoid a => Monoid (ParMonoid a) where mempty = ParMonoid (return mempty) mappend p q = ParMonoid (liftM (uncurry mappend) $ runParMonoid p <||> runParMonoid q) mconcat = ParMonoid . liftM mconcat . runParallel . map runParMonoid
There is also a straightforward monoid instance for choice between blocks:
newtype Alt a = Alt {runAlt :: CHP a} instance Monoid (Alt a) where mempty = Alt stop mappend a b = Alt (runAlt a <-> runAlt b) mconcat = Alt . alt . map runAlt
Finally, there is a monoid built around `onPoisonTrap`:
newtype PoisonTrap a = PoisonTrap {runPoisonTrap :: CHP a} instance Monoid (PoisonTrap a) where mempty = PoisonTrap throwPoison mappend a b = PoisonTrap (runPoisonTrap a `onPoisonTrap` runPoisonTrap b)
Consider the meaning of mconcat (map PoisonTrap [p,q,r,s]). It says run p; if no poison is thrown, that's done. If poison is thrown, run q. If q throws poison, run r, and if that throws a poison, run s. Obviously this is quite excessive, but I had never thought of constructing such a function until I realised that `onPoisonTrap` was associative and thus could form a monoid.
I can't recall seeing monoid instances like these (involving monadic actions), so perhaps these sorts of monoid instances on monads don't end up being very useful (if you know of a particular use, please add a comment below). I find it interesting to see how CHP code can form several different monoids just as an exercise.
November 20, 2009 at 3:15 pm
my impression was that both Alternative and MonadPlus are used to capture monoids on monads. Alternative idiomatically being used to capture choice, and MonadPlus to capture union.
November 20, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I have a few monoids of monadic actions in hackage under
but they are only for the obvious cases.
I use them to build up useful folds over monomorphic Foldable-like containers:
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Opener: Doctor Doctor, I feel like Dr Bob off of Veterinarian's Hospital.
Response: Lie on the side of the bed and you'll soon drop off...oh wait, that's another joke. Why do you feel like Dr Bob off of Veterinarian's Hospital?
Answer: Because I need all the patients I can get. *rimshot*
Get it?
Oh never mind...
So, that said, what can we do instead to channel our Muppet NEED to see, hear and read whatever we can of The Muppets?
Well, we may not have The Muppets (tm) but we DO have The Muppets themselves with us right here, right now on DVD (or VCR, or whatever). Last night I took all my pent up anticipation and Muppenergy and sat down to watch The Muppet Movie.
So you see, that is one excellent way to pour your enthusiasm for The (new) Muppets into seeing The (old?) Muppets with new eyes.
Other suggestions include:
• Put yourself into a coma for a few months ala Sleeping Beauty (Why is there never a spinning wheel somewhere about when you need one?)
• Time travel (forward, not backward, but then again if you can afford time travel just get a ticket to America for a private screening)
• Watch Muppets From Space once through...by the time you have managed to actually sit through the whole thing without getting bored, switching it off, changing channel or pausing it to GO PEE!, The Muppets will be released in your area
• Alternatively, browse The Muppet Mindset archives (using the filter: TBC, for only the best)
• Arrange to have Jason Segel's rubbish delivered to your home and see if you can find a copy of the original script somewhere in there between the orange peel and the egg shells.
• Buy Muppet Merchandise and try and piece together the entire plot from things you read on the packaging
• Visit any locations that they may have been to in the movie (S.O.R.N., for example, or Paris)
• Try to answer the question: "Man or Muppet" without having an existential crisis (A Muplife crisis?)
• Promote the movie in a unique way: dress as a Muppet and hand out flyers in your local supermarket...just a suggestion...I will not pay bail if you get arrested
• But most of all, have a fantastic Christmas and New Year and before you know it...The Muppets will be upon you!
...I say, that is rubbish, we (the 99%) should riot until the 1% hand over The Muppets to us right NOW!!!
-The British Correspondent (See how I went all political there at the end???)


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|Mud (Isa) and Comby (Leghorn) in the new 'chooky garden' part of their run
I ummed and arred and considered the debate between Isas vs Heritage breeds. In the end, where I went to get the new girls from, the Isas seemed the friendliest... so breed in itself wasn't a factor. The two new girls were named Mud and Sunrise, very pretty chooks actually. Sadly, for reasons we can only guess at, Sunrise did not make it to sunrise the next day. I was hoping that in the dark and some peace, that Sunrise would perk up overnight but I buried her the next morning.
|Mud and ? checking out the 'chooky garden'
So we were left with Mud, on her own and not behaving very chooky at all. We had built a second yard for Mud and Sunrise that butted up to the other one, so they could see and 'get to know' each other while still being separate enough. Now with Mud on her own I figured it would be harder for a lone new bird to join the other four when they were eventually merged, than it would if there was a pair. So I decided after a few days, to get another chook to keep Mud company. I figured that Mud, who seemed quite shy, would be settled enough (in terms of 'territory') to accomodate a slightly larger new chook (the newcomer) and was hoping to get an Australorp, with the plans she would be a bit 'motherly' towards Mud and hopefully help the pair of them to mix well with the other girls when they joined yards. I was also hoping Nicoal would teach Mud some chooky ways, when Mud joined the 'old girls'.
|Mud (apparently not camera shy) and the original roost, nesting box to the right
Once home, I also observed, and am annoyed that this was in hindsight (was trying to do too many things at once while picking from the Isas) that Mud looks like her beak had been trimmed and that she was not very chooky. She was not at all sure footed on hay, didn't know what to do when presented with a freshly dug worm and generally in my limited experience didn't seem 'chooky'... I concluded that I was a little dubious about her origins and treatment and that I would not be buying chooks from that place again. Maybe I'm not right, maybe Mud just had a beak injury and was trying to get her head around the new place, maybe that's all it was but I wasn't okay with having doubts so I tried elsewhere for the newest chook.
|dog kennel sleeping roost, water and new plant.
|Keeping the water up high, and near the lemongrass to water it
Arrived... only to find that there were no Australorps. Darnit. Okay... next option... 20 week old Leghorns. Hmmm... smaller chook, younger but would be eventually bigger than Mud... but younger so that might work in terms of Mud being the 'boss' of the twosome yard. ok, done. She was named 'Everest' then 'Avalanche' and then back to 'Everest' again. As soon as we got her home, Everest was most definitely a chook who knew how to be a chook - drastic contrast to Mud. Scratching like there was no tomorrow, in the dirt, checking it all out, dust bathing you name it. No worries about settling in she just made herself at home. I was hopeful that this good chook-example would also be helpful for Mud.
|transplanted lemongrass with 'paver protection'
When we got home, we decided that having the four girls in one yard and two in the other wasn't fair in terms of space. I also had noticed that Nicoal (Australorp) was the only one who hadn't tried to peck at Mud through the fence. So we put Nicoal in with Everest and Mud. Nicoal was not bothered at all by either of them, and let them alone so long as they didn't want to peck in the spot she was pecking in. Fair enough.
So far so good until around sundown, Everest decided she wanted to be in the other yard and I spotted her balanced hi-wire style on top of the edge of the chook wire dividing the yards - as in, tall chook yard wire fence! so I took her down and put a branch up there. Back up she went in one jump n flap. hmmm... I guessed she wanted the roost in the yard next door (though she did have options in her yard) so in the dark, Brooke and I swapped over the girls. Everest and Mud and Nicoal into the other yard and the 3 Leghorns; Snow White, Comby and Spots into the 'new' yard. It worked well for the pecking order and the roost as some of the girls prefer the nesting box at night. Whew. Only thing now was if Everest could manage that, she could probably get over our yard fences via trees and vines and ... that might not have a good outcome.
|Everest under one of her 'hidey branches'
Cue Googling for how to clip a wing. Spent a bit of time on the net and the next morning, done. So far so good and no escapes (we thought about calling her Houdini but Everest fits since she likes to be up high!). Now clipping a wing is not something I wanted to do but I figure better that (and done without hurting her) than her end up in the mouth of a dog or cat...
|the tin tunnel. Another great hiding spot and for keeping out of the rain.
At the time of posting, it had been three weeks of the new and the old girls side by side in the same yard so today they were all let out together, the new girls first until they got their place in the garden set and then the 'old girls'. They were out and about together while I took away the divider between the two yards, cleaned out the yards again, did some chooky landscaping and made sure there were plenty of hiding spots. I kept the original nesting box we converted from another dog kennel (as we can access it from outside the yard to collect the eggs), the original roost and left the second dog kennel in place (where it was in the temporary 'new chook' yard), just raised it higher and added the ladder. I kept the half tin tunnel and the two branches that I'd put in for Everest to hide under. Water and feed bowls cleaned out and refilled. Fresh straw in the nesting boxes and then they all went back in.
So far so good. A few pecks and a few squawks but nothing major and fingers crossed it's going well. Then I oiled their legs for good measure and tonight I'll withhold the water and do the worming tomorrow morning. That's another topic (natural vs chem worming) and for another post! The challenge will be when Everest gets bigger, how to tell her apart from Comby. At the moment Everest is a skittish but very curious 'kid'. Mud has picked up in the 'chook habits' department and maybe it's just she's settling in but I like to think the other girls are setting good examples for her to follow and learn from. See how they go... so the pics throughout this post are of the new yard and the girls checking it out. I hope they like it and I'll do a 'meet the girls' post soon.


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Posted on March 1st, by Peter Parkorr in Britain, London, Roaming Resources. No Comments
Planning a weekend city break or looking for cheap places to stay near central London? Everyone seems to think of AirBnB, but lots of other accommodation booking sites go under the radar. An alternative for the next time you book accommodation is the site Housetrip. With a similar format to AirBnB, owners and agents list properties on the site for you to get in touch and rent out their place.…