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|2011-11-27, 12:02
|Link #101
Cross Game - I need more
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I've moved around the American West. I've lived in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Oklahoma
Age: 39
Poor Ron Paul, everyone just pretends he doesn't exist.
Yeah. I actually almost mentioned Ron Paul. Unfortunately his positions on a lot of other issues make him a less attractive candidate.
Primarily his foreign policy views. Not so much his desire to avoid war, as much as that he is isolationist. Many Tea Party members actually would like to pursue isolation- from an emotional stand point. But the practical concern is that if the US was to abandon it's treaty obligations... well what would that do to world stability? I think a lot of Tea Party members feel this would probably result in a worse world than the current one. They see America as the reluctant hero who keeps bad things from happening, but really wishes he could just go home.
Therefor Ron Paul is likely to pick up a lot of Tea Party support, but people just feel worried about actually making him President.
|2011-11-27, 18:54
|Link #102
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 29
Well, mentioning the scarcity of jobs and the plight of young people in finding employment the world over is really good, I think. I said it just a bit earlier, but Japan's been a deflationary economy for two decades, right? That was the second largest economy in the world (still the third). And they're still in that slump. In my view Japan really has always been a leading indicator. Their economic troubles have been a precursor to what the rest of this world will inevitably have to learn, about the natural structural limitations on what we call "growth", that exist in our reality.
(Well, on just a personal note, that's also why I find Japan so interesting. Precisely because of that backdrop, that environment, fascinating new things can occur. Economic growth and survival is about creating value--human value. Specifically, the extraordinary successes that companies like SHAFT and Nintendo have achieved with relatively limited resources is something I find truly fascinating. Now those are some "Survival Strategies" right there.)
To come specifically to the concept of the "chosen" and "unchosen". In a general sense, the context of life and death: those words carry the connotation of your fate being directly in someone else's hands. lol, sounds terrible, doesn't it. That's why, to believe that you are either one of them is pure complacency, imo. I don't believe in the "chosen", really; every truly successful person has struggled his damnedest to get where they are. Well, in the same way, I guess, to decide for yourself that someone else is "chosen" or "unchosen" might be, I think, to take away something precious.
Kenzan talks about a "frozen world". If such a thing exists, that might really be a world of "Fate", of unchanging truths, wouldn't it. But if he himself is standing up to fight against it, how is it his place to decide for others that they are "unchosen" for themselves? Alternatively, if Kenzan believes that he has been "chosen" to save the unchosen rest of the world, then, perhaps, what are his actions in the end except pushing his arrogance onto everyone else.
Going back to the politics, I think believing that being "chosen" is even possible is a fallacy in itself. Think back to the example of Japan. Fortune and prosperity now is not any guarantor of happiness in the future. The only true form of success that exists is that which you can grasp with your own hands by your own effort and ability. If now the entire global economy is stalling, then being "chosen" by Harvard or Wall Street is not any guarantee of security. Giants you thought could never fall, may very well fall, and fall hard. There is no such thing as "safety", so you must live, being prepared for inescapable sacrifice.
Insofar as "chosen" and "unchosen" in this story refer to a belief in or reliance on "Fate", I do think that this story will move towards scrapping such ideas altogether. However, there is one more side to the coin of the "chosen" and "unchosen" story. That is, when you make choices for yourself, and are also chosen and accepted in return by someone else. This pertains specifically to romance. That is the miracle of mutual love. I think someone posted some translated tweets or something earlier, that this is indeed one of the themes Ikuhara wants to portray in this story.
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|2011-11-27, 20:02
|Link #103
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Anyway, I can see that on one hand we have various example of people who have lost hope and their self-worth. You could say they decided they were "unchosen" on their own, which in itself highlights the fallacy in such belief. Examples of this are Tabuki, Yuri, and also Himari. Now, by saving little Himari, Shouma sort of validates her misguided point of view. He "chooses" her, and so she ends up ascribing her entire self-worth to him.
I think that's why she tells Sanetoshi she doesn't want to "chase". She knows if she does, there's a chance she won't get the "fruit". Basically, she knows that if she chases after Shouma, there's chance she might lose him, and she's dead afraid of that because Shouma's the only thing that gives meaning to her life.
It's interesting how Ringo provides a very stark contrast to Himari's misguided logic. Shouma risked his life for Ringo, but it's not like she was "chosen" or anything. Yet this experience alone inspired her to pull herself together and become stronger on her own. Unlike Himari, Ringo, as she is now, doesn't need external validation, she's her own person, or to use your own words: her fate is in her own hands. She might decide to chase after Shouma (maybe she's already doing it) but if he doesn't "choose" her, she will do as she said: "accept that fate and become stronger".
Now, in now way "accepting fate" means no to fight for what you want. This is clear to me now. But if you do fight, there's alway only two possible outcomes: you either win or lose. If you lose, "accepting fate" means not being a sore loser, but rather use the experience to "become stronger".
On that context, being "chosen" (romantically speaking) might be a miracle, but only provided you are already your own person. Otherwise we're in Tabuki (and possibly Himari) territory all over again.
|2011-11-27, 21:19
|Link #104
I'm confused lol. But it was a fun watch, and the factory of ragequit always makes me laugh so 8/10.
It was a nice theme to pick of being chosen and not chosen. It is by some twist of fate that some of us are fortunate to be here, while many less fortunate may not have had the chance. This goes along with the show's concept of "destiny". A lot of things in life are simply out of your control that determine who you are.
One man's treasure is another man's trash. Sometimes strangers to you may be just mere generic "lowlifes that will never amount to anything" but if they're someone you know and care about it completely changes.
In any case, this family is "fake". Does it really matter though. Is this relationship simply determined by cut and dry issues like genetics, or is the concept and feelings something far more important than the definition would have us believe?
|2011-11-28, 07:27
|Link #105
Guess what time it is?
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Age: 33
I think I just crossed the Lewis Black Threshold, which I would like to define as that moment in an Ikuhara show when you take stock of where you are, and just hear Lewis' voice in your head saying "Fuck, I don't have enough bread crumbs to get home."
|2011-11-28, 07:46
|Link #106
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
Everyone always believe more or less in luck, fate,being chosen. Some may think their love life driven by fate (dreaming of meeting their "chosen one"), others may believe their whole existence was chosen to carry out one deed (positively: devote whole life for social development works; negatively: become a terrorist or mass-murderer). Criticising the whole belief is like grouping someone dreaming to win lottery (being chosen by luck) to be no different with cult leaders, pyscho murderer. Or in this case, a kid dreaming on being chosen to live a happy life (with a loved one, with a family), with a (slightly) maniac who believed he is chosen to carry out world justice
That's my first complain, at your unparalleled comparison. My second complain is how you state the mentioned belief "a misguided logic". Isn't it simply is just a case of determinism here? Hence I really can't understand the ground for your statement, other than if you are a total libertarian
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|2011-11-28, 17:05
|Link #107
Senior Member
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|2011-11-29, 17:47
|Link #109
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
The debate over a fictional character will reflect your own belief/value over certain issues, that's why we took it so serious, isn't it? There's no contest here to win
|2011-11-29, 17:58
|Link #110
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
|2011-12-01, 06:29
|Link #112
a small cat
Watched this episode today, and I was literally moved to tears on Shouma and Himari's encounter when they were still children.
The touching drama scenes (Himari x Shouma), as well as the disturbing scene of children going to be cooked and cat being squashed would haunt my mind for sometime..
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|"Are you a wizard or not?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
- "I want to get into earth magic. I love to dig."
- —The Hogwarts student.[src]
This individual was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1990s. He was Sorted into either Ravenclaw or Slytherin, and was very keen on the subject of earth magic which he expected to join in the 1991-1992 school year.
Early life
- "Chugga chugga, chugga chugga, woo woo!"
- —The boy, while en route to Hogwarts Castle, on 1 September, 1991.[src]
This individual was born somewhere in the British Isles no later than 1980.[2]
Hogwarts years
- "Good for you, Harry. He had it coming."
- —The boy after Harry Potter beat Draco Malfoy in a duel.[src]
He started at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in or before 1991 and was to be Sorted into either Ravenclaw or Slytherin. He was not very fond of Draco Malfoy, congratulating Harry Potter after the later beat him in a duel.[2]
He was expecting to join the earth magic classes in the start of the 1991-1992 school year. While en route to Hogwarts on 1 September, 1991, he sat on a compartment while picking his nose and eating his bogeys.[2]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (First appearance)
Notes and references
- ↑ There are students similar to this individual in both the Ravenclaw and Slytherin tables during the Sorting ceremony.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - Game Boy Color

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What makes a good student?
All teachers know the answer to that question.
Parents who care and who value education.
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It's the kids, stupid!
It's not the administrators or the teachers or the curriculum or the funding plan. It's all about the kids.
If you don't believe that, take all the teachers and administrators from the highest performing school in Nassau County and have them work for a year in the lowest performing school in the county.
Would the students in that low performing school suddenly become high performing students because of those teachers?
My experience has taught me that the kids would remain at the same level and the teachers would run screaming from the building.
It's all about the kids — and, of course, their parents.
That is not to say that teachers and administrators do not matter. They do, and good teachers can make a difference and excellent administrators can shape a school or a district to do better.
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Mattocks and RPI's Jeff Corelli each finished the eight-kilometer course in 26:44, but Corelli was able to narrowly beat Mattocks across the finish line. Justin Bullock (Detroit, Mich.) took fifth place with a time of 27:10 and Logan Trimble (Clearwater, Fla.) was directly behind him in 27:12. Freshman Chadd Kiggins (Xenia, Ohio) was the next Tech harrier through the chute in 11th place with a time of 27:40. Kris Frey (Lake Forest, Calif.) was two seconds and two positions behind him to round out the scoring for Cambridge's version of the Engineers.
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BrianA necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 16 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
I need to have a new Website look-n-feel designed for my company, GT Software. We are an enterprise software company focused on mainframe SOA and integration.
We will need a design for the following areas to use on Drupal:
front page, content pages, and a password-protected partner section graphical look and feel.
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The current site has a recently updated front-page, but a very dated look and feel for the interior. We want a new cutting-edge Website design that we can use with Drupal to take advantage of
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SALEM, Ore., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The state of Oregon is fighting tobacco use among people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders, officials say.
Linda Drach of the Oregon Public Health Division said the prevalence of tobacco use among people with mental illness and substance use disorders is well documented, but few policies exist in the United States that address this problem.
In Oregon, three statewide policy changes were enacted at community-based residential mental health and addiction treatment facilities including:
-- Requiring 100 percent smoke-free campuses.
-- Prohibiting staff from distributing tobacco products to residents.
-- Mandating integration of smoking cessation into discharge planning.
"States can play a key role in ensuring that widespread policies addressing these tobacco-related disparities among people with mental health and substance addictions are adopted, implemented and enforced, Drach said in a statement.
The initiative details are scheduled to be published in the January edition of the journal Preventing Chronic Diseases.


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Last time we looked at the tensor product of free vector spaces. Given A = Vect k a, B = Vect k b, then the tensor product A⊗B can be represented as Vect k (a,b). As we saw, the tensor product is the "mother of all bilinear functions".
In the HaskellForMaths library, I have defined a couple of type synonyms for direct sum and tensor product:
type DSum a b = Either a b
type Tensor a b = (a,b)
This means that in type signatures we can write the type of a direct sum as Vect k (DSum a b), and of a tensor product as Vect k (Tensor a b). The idea is that this will remind us what we're dealing with, and make things clearer.
During development, I initially called the tensor type TensorBasis. In maths, tensor product is thought of as an operation on vector spaces - A⊗B - rather than on their bases. It would be nicer if we could define direct sum and tensor product as operators on the vector spaces themselves, rather than their bases.
Well, we can have a go, something like this:
{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies, RankNTypes #-}
type DirectSum k u v =
(u ~ Vect k a, v ~ Vect k b) => Vect k (DSum a b)
type TensorProd k u v =
(u ~ Vect k a, v ~ Vect k b) => Vect k (Tensor a b)
type En = Vect Q EBasis
This appears to work:
$ ghci -XTypeFamilies
> :l Math.Test.TAlgebras.TTensorProduct
> e1 `te` e2 :: TensorProd Q En En
I'll reserve judgement. (Earlier in the development of the quantum algebra code for HaskellForMaths, I tried something similar to this, and ran into problems later on - but I can't now remember exactly what I did, so perhaps this will work.)
Okay, so what can we do with tensor products. Well first, given vectors u in A = Vect k a and v in B = Vect k b, we can form their tensor product, u⊗v, an element of A⊗B = Vect k (Tensor a b). To calculate u⊗v, we use the bilinearity of tensor product to reduce the tensor product of arbitrary vectors to a linear combination of tensor products of basis elements:
(x1 a1 + x2 a2)⊗(y1 b1 + y2 b2) = x1 y1 a1⊗b1 + x1 y2 a1⊗b2 + x2 y1 a2⊗b1 + x2 y2 a2⊗b2
Here's the code:
te :: Num k => Vect k a -> Vect k b -> Vect k (Tensor a b)
te (V us) (V vs) = V [((a,b), x*y) | (a,x) <- us, (b,y) <- vs]
This is in essence just the "tensor" function from last time, but rewritten to take its two inputs separately rather than in a direct sum. Mnemonic: "te" stands for "tensor product of elements". Note that the definition respects normal form: provided the inputs are in normal form (the as and bs are in order, and the xs and ys are non-zero), then so is the output.
We can form tensor products of tensor products, such as A⊗(B⊗C) = Vect k (a,(b,c)), and likewise (A⊗B)⊗C = Vect k ((a,b),c). These two are isomorphic as vector spaces. This is obvious if you think about it in the right way. Recall from last week that we can think of elements of A⊗B = Vect k (a,b) as 2-dimensional matrices with rows indexed by a, columns indexed by b, and entries in k. Well A⊗B⊗C (we can drop the parentheses as it makes no difference) is the space of three-dimensional matrices, with one dimension indexed by a, one by b, and one by c.
We can define isomorphisms either way with the following Haskell code:
assocL :: Vect k (Tensor u (Tensor v w)) -> Vect k (Tensor (Tensor u v) w)
assocL = fmap ( \(a,(b,c)) -> ((a,b),c) )
assocR :: Vect k (Tensor (Tensor u v) w) -> Vect k (Tensor u (Tensor v w))
assocR = fmap ( \((a,b),c) -> (a,(b,c)) )
It's clear that these functions are linear, since they're defined using fmap. It's also clear that they are bijections, since they are mutually inverse. Hence they are the required isomorphisms.
Last time we saw that the field k is itself a vector space, which can be represented as the free vector space Vect k (). What happens if we take the tensor product k⊗A of the field with some other vector space A = Vect k a? Well, if you think about it in terms of matrices, Vect k () is a one-dimensional vector space, so Vect k ((),a) will be a 1*n matrix (where n is the number of basis elements in a). But a 1*n matrix looks just the same as an n-vector:
a1 a2 ... a1 a2 ... () ( . . ) ~= ( . . )
So we should expect that k⊗A = Vect k ((),a) is isomorphic to A = Vect k a. And indeed it is - here are the relevant isomorphisms:
unitInL = fmap ( \a -> ((),a) )
unitOutL = fmap ( \((),a) -> a )
unitInR = fmap ( \a -> (a,()) )
unitOutR = fmap ( \(a,()) -> a )
So tensor product is associative, and has a unit. In other words, vector spaces form a monoid under tensor product.
Tensor product of functions
Given linear functions f: A -> A', g: B -> B', we can define a linear function f⊗g: A⊗B -> A'⊗B' by
(f⊗g)(a⊗b) = f(a)⊗g(b)
Exercise: Prove that f⊗g is linear
Here's the Haskell code:
tf :: (Num k, Ord a', Ord b') => (Vect k a -> Vect k a') -> (Vect k b -> Vect k b')
-> Vect k (Tensor a b) -> Vect k (Tensor a' b')
tf f g (V ts) = sum [x *> te (f $ return a) (g $ return b) | ((a,b), x) <- ts]
where sum = foldl add zero
(Mnemonic: "tf" stands for "tensor product of functions".)
Let's just check that this is linear:
prop_Linear_tf ((f,g),k,(a1,a2,b1,b2)) = prop_Linear (linfun f `tf` linfun g) (k, a1 `te` b1, a2 `te` b2)
where types = (f,g,k,a1,a2,b1,b2) :: (LinFun Q ABasis SBasis, LinFun Q BBasis TBasis, Q,
Vect Q ABasis, Vect Q ABasis, Vect Q BBasis, Vect Q BBasis)
> quickCheck prop_Linear_tf
+++ OK, passed 100 tests.
So we now have tensor product operations on objects and on arrows. In each case, tensor product takes a pair of objects/arrows, and returns a new object/arrow.
There is a product category k-Vect×k-Vect, consisting of pairs of objects and pairs of arrows from k-Vect. The identity arrow is defined to be (id,id), and composition is defined by (f,g) . (f',g') = (f . f', g . g'). Given these definitions, it turns out that tensor product is a functor from k-Vect×k-Vect to k-Vect. (Another way to say this is that tensor product is a bifunctor in the category of vector spaces.)
Recall that a functor is just a map that "commutes" with the category operations, id and . (composition).
So the conditions for tensor product to be a functor are:
id⊗id = id
(f' . f)⊗(g' . g) = (f'⊗g') . (f⊗g)
Both of these follow immediately from the definition of f⊗g that was given above. However, just in case you don't believe me, here's a quickCheck property to prove it:
prop_TensorFunctor ((f1,f2,g1,g2),(a,b)) =
(id `tf` id) (a `te` b) == id (a `te` b) &&
((f' . f) `tf` (g' . g)) (a `te` b) == ((f' `tf` g') . (f `tf` g)) (a `te` b)
where f = linfun f1
f' = linfun f2
g = linfun g1
g' = linfun g2
types = (f1,f2,g1,g2,a,b) :: (LinFun Q ABasis ABasis, LinFun Q ABasis ABasis,
LinFun Q BBasis BBasis, LinFun Q BBasis BBasis,
Vect Q ABasis, Vect Q BBasis)
> quickCheck prop_TensorFunctor
+++ OK, passed 100 tests.
We can think of composition as doing things in series, and tensor as doing things in parallel.
Then the second bifunctor condition can be paraphrased as "Doing things in parallel, in series, is the same as doing things in series, in parallel", as represented by the following diagram.
You might recall that there are a couple of Haskell type classes for that kind of thing. The Category typeclass from Control.Category is about doing things in series. Here is the definition:
class Category cat where
id :: cat a a
(.) :: cat b c -> cat a b -> cat a c
The Arrow typeclass from Control.Arrow is about doing things in parallel:
class Category arr => Arrow arr where
arr :: (a -> b) -> arr a b
first :: arr a b -> arr (a,c) (b,c)
second :: arr a b -> arr (c,a) (c,b)
(***) :: arr a b -> arr a' b' -> arr (a,a') (b,b')
(&&&) :: arr a b -> arr a b' -> arr a (b,b')
Intuitively, linear functions (Vect k a -> Vect k b) are arrows, via the definitions:
id = id
(.) = (.)
arr = fmap
first f = f `tf` id
second f = id `tf` f
f *** g = f `tf` g
(f &&& g) a = (f `tf` g) (a `te` a)
However, in order to define an Arrow instance we'll have to wrap the functions in a newtype.
import Prelude as P
import Control.Category as C
import Control.Arrow
newtype Linear k a b = Linear (Vect k a -> Vect k b)
instance Category (Linear k) where
id = Linear P.id
(Linear f) . (Linear g) = Linear (f P.. g)
instance Num k => Arrow (Linear k) where
arr f = Linear (fmap f)
first (Linear f) = Linear f *** Linear P.id
second (Linear f) = Linear P.id *** Linear f
Linear f *** Linear g = Linear (f `tf2` g)
where tf2 f g (V ts) = V $ concat
[let V us = x *> te (f $ return a) (g $ return b) in us | ((a,b), x) <- ts]
Linear f &&& Linear g = (Linear f *** Linear g) C.. Linear (\a -> a `te` a)
Note that we can't use tf directly, because it requires Ord instances for a and b, and Haskell doesn't give us a way to require these. For this reason we define a tf2 function, which is equivalent except that it doesn't guarantee that results are in normal form.
There is loads of other stuff I could talk about:
Exercise: Show that direct sum is also a monoid, with the zero vector space as its identity. (Write Haskell functions for the necessary isomorphisms.)
Exercise: Show that tensor product distributes over direct sum - A⊗(B⊕C) is isomorphic to (A⊗B)⊕(A⊗C). (Write the isomorphisms.)
Exercise: Show that given f: A->A', g: B->B', it is possible to define a linear function f⊕g: A⊕B->A'⊕B' by (f⊕g)(a⊕b) = f(a)⊕g(b). (Write a dsumf function analogous to tf.)
There is another arrow related typeclass called ArrowChoice. It represents arrows where you have a choice of doing either one thing or another thing:
class Arrow arr => ArrowChoice arr where
left :: arr a b -> arr (Either a c) (Either b c)
right :: arr a b -> arr (Either c a) (Either c b)
(+++) :: arr a a' -> arr b b' -> arr (Either a b) (Either a' b')
(|||) :: arr a c -> arr b c -> arr (Either a b) c
Exercise: Show that the dsumf function can be used to give an ArrowChoice instance for linear functions, where the left summand goes down one path and the right summand down another.


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Stone Mountain is in Dekalb County, Georgia and is nearly considered a district of Atlanta. The town is named for Stone Mountain, the largest exposed granite dome in North America, featuring the largest bas-relief sculpture in the world, of Confederate Civil War heroes "Stonewall" Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis.
The town was incorporated in 1839 and has a population of approximately 7,000 people. The Stone Mountain Industrial Park is a large employer in the area. Stone Mountain retains its small town feel despite being so close to one of the biggest cities in the Southern United States. There is a concerted effort to revitalize and grow the downtown area, tapping in on the legions of tourists at the nearby Stone Mountain Park.
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Public transport is very little or nothing due to its small size.
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Former teammates, coaches remember slain M's prospect
By Benjamin Hill / MLB.com | November 22, 2011 3:10 PM
Those were the sentiments of Red Sox prospect Swen Huijer as he attempted to put into words the enormity of the loss the baseball world suffered Monday.
Greg Halman, a 24-year-old outfielder with the Seattle Mariners, was stabbed to death in his native Netherlands, where his younger brother Jason is in police custody as a suspect.
Huijer, a 21-year-old right-hander who pitched for short-season Lowell this summer, is, like Halman, a native of the Dutch city of Haarlem. He and Halman had crossed paths only two weeks ago, teaching young players the fundamentals of the game as part of the European Big League goodwill tour organized by fellow Netherlands native Rick VandenHurk.
"[He was] a man with lots of love for the game and someone that worked really hard to live his dream," Huijer wrote.
That dream, patrolling the outfield for the Seattle Mariners, was realized when Halman made his Major League debut on Sept. 23, 2010. The moment came with the only organization Halman had ever known, as he was signed by the Mariners in 2004 at age 16. He went on to play at every level of the Minor Leagues, making a lasting mark at each stop along the way.
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After making his professional debut in 2005 in the Rookie-level Arizona League, Halman spent 2006 and much of 2007 with short-season Everett in the Northwest League. AquaSox broadcaster Pat Dillon remembers him first and foremost as an "upbeat guy and very friendly. My main point of emphasis would be what a genuinely good guy he was."
But there were growing pains. Halman was still in his teens during his time in Everett, and he was rebellious by nature.
"I remember in 2007 we were playing in Boise, which is a college town and a fun place to go out on the weekends," Dillon said. "I had had a postgame meal and was walking back to the team hotel, about five minutes before the team curfew. And there comes Halman walking toward me, ready for a night on the town."
A more serious youthful indiscretion occurred in 2006. Halman's season with the AquaSox came to an end after 28 games when he broke his hand in a bench-clearing brawl.
"You can't condone stuff like that, but it helped to build up his image as a good teammate," Dillon recalled. "They saw that and knew that he would always go to the mat for them. He would stand behind anybody and would do anything to help his team succeed."
That loyalty manifested itself in other, less obvious ways.
"After a player gets released and is just sitting there at his locker, devastated, Halman would be the guy to go up to him and offer support," said Dillon.
In 2007, Halman played 52 games with Class A Wisconsin and enjoyed a breakout 67-game stint (19 home runs and 53 RBIs) the following season with Class A Advanced High Desert. His manager at both stops was Jim Horner, now an assistant coach at Texas Tech.
"[Halman] was a hard-headed kid, but around 2007 he really started to turn his life around," Horner said. "He started to figure it all out, paying attention to the rules and listening more. ... And all the stuff you'll read about him is true -- he always had a smile on his face."
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Another key aspect of Halman's personality was his facility for languages. In addition to Dutch and English, he spoke fluent Spanish. This made him a natural mediator and, somewhat ironically, a bridge between two cultures even though he was an outsider to both.
"Because he could speak Spanish he was good with the Latin players and because he could speak English he was good with the American guys," Horner said. "He knew when arguments were accelerating and things were starting to get heated. He understood both sides and could step in and cool it down."
Halman finished 2008 with Double-A West Tenn, where he also spent the 2009 season. His manager was Phil Plantier, who in 2012 will serve as the Padres hitting coach.
"He was an extremely talented athlete and, during the time we spent together, he was in the process of figuring out how to use that talent," said Plantier, struggling to find the right words. "He had a lot of charisma, too, and that alongside his talent made for a good combination. He had the potential to become a real leader."
Though Halman struggled with a low average and high strikeout rate in 2009, he opened the following year with Triple-A Tacoma. He played 112 games for the Rainiers in 2010 and 40 more this past season, with Daren Brown as his manager.
"I can still see him walking into the clubhouse and telling me, 'Hi,' with a big smile on his face. And that was an everyday occurrence, regardless of what had happened the night before," Brown said. "This was a kid who signed with [the Mariners] when he was 16, so he more or less grew up in the organization. In that time, he touched a lot of coaches and teammates."
One teammate was pitcher Forrest Snow, who played alongside Halman on the 2011 Rainiers.
"When he came back down to Tacoma [from Seattle], I didn't really know him. I had just gotten there, but he made me feel like a teammate right off the bat. It made the transition easy for me," said Snow, who debuted with the Rainiers on July 24 and spent the rest of the season there. "I remember after my last outing of the year he told me, 'Dude, I'm watching you from center field and can tell that you've got what it takes.'
"He was that kind of guy, who would go out of his way to talk 1-on-1 and let his emotions show. He was an amazing friend and a great teammate. I don't know what else to say."
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Very, VERY excited for this. I was pretty blown away by how quickly it sold out, I honestly had no idea she was so popular. I only found out about her once this show was announced a few months ago. She's amazing.
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Saw her in Clerkenwell last year
was ace, tonight should be grand.
I didn't know about this. Balls. Tits. Arse. Etcharman_kardon this'd this
If they can meet me
in or near Willesden Green this evening, my ticket is going for a tenner. Message me if interested.
Missed out on this one and am too shattered to go tonight,
but she was wonderful when she supported Emeralds last year.
Can't wait for this
can't really be arsed to stand around by myself but i'm sure the music will make up for it
Fantastic performance.
Wonderful venue too. The only thing that let it down is the way she ended every song by rather abruptly fading it out- would have been nice for her to maybe slowly remove some of the layers and gradually bring the song to a standstill.
the fade outs were unfortunate
she messed up a couple loops as well, notably on prizewinning which was a real shame, but it was still pretty lovely.
yeah it was a shame
but it also made it seem very fragile, and coupled with her unaffectedly shy yet very warm presence (I spoke to her afterwards too, and she was very friendly yet also very awkward!) it just felt very honest. The last few gigs I've been to have been irony-ridden hipster cesspits so it was refreshing to see something so pure and unaffected.
Loved it.
Was up there with the time I saw Joanna Newsom play in the tiny workingmen's club environs of the Brudenell Social Club in 2004 for witnessing someone enthrall a room with something so fragile.
Does anyone know if she has anything new on the way?
New record just recorded in Iceland to be released in May
when I asked her after the show.
This was a lovely gig and she seemed like such a likeable person too. I love that she kept thanking the soundman and audience in a really sweet and honest way and was so into her songs. The occasional hiccup and fadeout made it all better as it emphasised the fact that it was real, live and how awesomely talented she was to get it sounding like the record.
I read an interview recently
seems that she is expanding her sound a lot with Amiina contributing strings, some assorted backing vocalists (including her Mum) and a guitarist. Very excited to hear what comes of it
sounds promising
feel like she's sort of taking her thing as far as it can go as it is, does need some new elements or something
Missed any announcement for tickets.
If anyone has a spare please PM me.


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The story opens in a Texas prison. Finn Tully, an inmate and self-describe heroin addict and liar, has struck up a friendship with Calvery, while mopping the corridors of death row. With his connections, Tully is able to provide sugar to Calvery, who in exchange gives him some of the wine he makes with it. During these exchanges Calvery tells Tully about many things including his daughter Chloe, his treasure, and the thin places. Tully is dismayed to discover that Calvery's execution date is the next day. Calvery seems very serene despite his situation, and reminds Tully that he promised to find Chloe and tell her that her father was innocent. This isn't a promise he's sure he's going to keep, his priority is to get home to his wife and daughter, but he's not about to deny a mans dying wish.
The day after the execution, Tully received a box of Calvery's possessions. He finds some some books, a calendar, a poem and a pet turtle named Sport. Even though a good man and his friend had died, things seemed ok. Tully's sentence was almost up and he was ready to go home. Unfortunately, he received 2 letters, one was a bill of divorce and the other was from his mother, telling him she has cancer and only about a year left. When he's released, he goes to see his mother first and despite her protests goes to see his now ex-wife and daughter, Lacey. When he gets there, all he finds is a new man in his wife's life, and a little girl who doesn't know who he is. With everything he cared about gone, he convinces his mother to take a trip with him to Washington, so he can find Chloe and fulfill his promise to Calvery.
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Zaha Hadid Architects and AECOM have been selected to act as design consultants on the Al Wakrah Stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Stadium in Qatar. Located on a site 12 miles south of Doha, the stadium will hold 45,000 spectators during the international sporting event and be reduced to a capacity of 20,000 spectators after the FIFA World Cup has come to a close. The stadium will be designed by Albert Speer & Partner GmbH with AECOM and Zaha Hadid Architects as design consultants.
AECOM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John M. Dionisio commented: "We are delighted to be involved with the 2022 FIFA World Cup program and to support the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee. This is an exciting time for Qatar, and our global team of forward-thinking sports experts is well equipped to meet the challenges that a project of this calibre demands."
As with all new-build stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, sustainability is integral to this scheme. Cooling-technology systems will be integrated throughout with climate-control requirements for renewable energy production. Another fundamental element of the design is the incorporation of traditional Islamic architecture into an otherwise modern structure. Al Wakrah has a plethora of historical buildings, distinctive mosques and archaeological sites and these will be evidenced throughout the new stadium.
This week AECOM celebrated the opening of the 2013 Serpentine Pavilion in London's Kensington Gardens, a stunningly beautiful temporary structure designed in collaboration with Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. The cloud-like form is comprised of thousands of solid steel rods topped with a canopy of clear polycarbonate discs which will shelter users from any summer rain.
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PU'ER, China — This remote southwestern city near the borders of Laos and Myanmar is named after one of China's most famous teas, grown on mountain terraces painstakingly carved out of the region's rich red soil.
But in recent years, pu'er tea has surrendered prime real estate for a more lucrative brew: coffee. Chinese farmers have taken to the new crop, which thrives in high-altitude areas of Yunnan province and commands up to three times as much money as tea.
"My sole income depends on coffee now," said Ma Jiaying, a farmer from a dab-sized hamlet in Pu'er called Tea Tree Village.
Behind the change are major foreign producers, including Seattle's Starbucks Corp. and Switzerland's Nestle. Those multinationals are training farmers and buying beans from the region to meet the world's growing thirst for coffee.


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Echoes of the Holocaust The Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach stands as a stark reminder and stunning symbol of anguish and tragedy. The memorial - comprised of evocative stone and bronze sculptures, a meditation garden, a reflecting pool, an eternal flame and a granite wall - honors the Holocaust's six million Jewish victims. Its centerpiece, "The Sculpture of Love and Anguish," features a giant outstretched arm tattooed with a number from Auschwitz rising from the earth, depicting the last desperate reach of a dying person. D
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Peking Duck at Beijing's Liu Zhai Shi Fu (刘宅食府)
November 11, 2012 in China, Food, Reviews, Travel by pacejmiller
One cannot say they've been to Beijing (formerly Peking) unless they've had some Peking Duck, right?
I was very lucky on Wednesday night that my cousin-in-law was free and offered to take me out to Liu Zhai Shi Fu (刘宅食府), a famous Peking duck restaurant with a traditional Chinese setting.
The place wasn't that easy to find, requiring us to go through a narrow alley until we arrived at the massive traditional Chinese doors. Inside, all the decor was traditional Chinese, from the wooden tables to the benches, making me feel as though I had just landed on the set of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
We ordered the Peking duck, of course, which is three courses in itself, plus three other dishes. Apologies for the quality of the photos because I only had a phone and not my proper camera (I was too excited about the food and forgot to bring it).
The Peking duck was the highlight of the night. Unlike my previous experiences with Peking duck, the first course was just the skin. And it was so nice and thin and crispy, glazed with just the right amount of oil. And the way to eat it is to just dip it in a bit of sugar and/or chili sauce. Mmm….
The second course is your traditional Peking duck meat and just a little bit of skin (not crispy) wrapped in the pancake. You can add your own scallions and cucumber sticks and hoisin sauce — as much or as little as your want. There's even this kind of melon you can put in but I wasn't used to it.
And the third course is the bones with the remaining meat on it — you could either make a soup out of it or fry it with salt and pepper. We went with the latter option.
The other dishes we got were a cold cabbage platter which had this real nice sweet and sour tang to it, a pot of stewed chicken and eggplant rolls. All marvellous stuff. If I had to pick a favourite out of the three it would be the eggplant rolls — eggplant on the outside, meat on the inside, fried and dipped in sauce.
Check it out.
In all it was a fabulous dinner that will no doubt end up as my most memorable meal of the trip.
Liu Zhai Shi Fu (刘宅食府)
Website: http://www.bjliuzhaishifu.com/
Address: 8 Meishuguan East Street, Beijing
Phone: (+86) 010-64005912
Price: Around 60-80 yuan (AU$9-AU$12) per person


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I love to look at vintage or not so vintage stuff and often find wonderful little things that speak to me.
Estate sales have the added fascination of being such a big slice of some one's life. The house we visited last week belonged to an older lady. She had a beautiful cherry wood dining room set. Then covered with the china she surely cherished her entire life. It was obvious she loved to entertain.
There was a huge game table that obviously got a lot of use perhaps when her husband was around and the children were at home or visiting. One son was running the sale and he was middle aged, tall, slender and good-looking. He was also very friendly which I imagine is a trait picked up from his mother.
The best thing was his mother LOVED owls. There were paintings and images scattered throughout the house. I kept coming back to this guy who still had the tag on. He was to cover golf clubs and is lined on the inside with sheepskin.
Obviously he came home with us. Well, actually, he now roosts in the back seat of my car and every time I look at him I smile.
A couple of weeks ago I took him in to my writing group as a prompt. I told the group, briefly, about where I got him and told them they could write about the lady, the owl, or anything in between. A few asked his name. He didn't have one yet.
The stories were wonderful and, as always, widely varied.
The owl now has a name, Oliver.
Even though I never met this lady I wonder if she sees the fun her owl is spreading through the community.
Memoir Prompts:
Have you ever found a "treasure" at a yard sale?
What part of you do you hope will be continued after you are gone?
Did you play cards as a child? What games did you like?
Have you ever seen an owl up close? Have you ever petted one?
When you doodle what shapes seem to be the most common?
What traits did you learn from your mother?
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Commentary by Col. Jim Dryjanski
National War College
7/19/2012 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The greatest threat to the United States Air Force right now is not external. It is from within. The allegations of sexual misconduct at Lackland Air Force Base splashed across the news will undoubtedly be fully investigated and criminal behavior will be prosecuted appropriately.
The victims will be heard and they will be cared for, but the bell cannot be unrung. The reverberations from "Jerry Springer-esque" moral failure can shake public trust.
Senior leaders of our Air Force and the Department of Defense will look deeply, far beyond the current trial, to see if there are any institutional root causes in climate, leadership, training and oversight that need to be addressed.
We can expect some necessary actions to be taken, but will disciplinary action or the implementation of recommendations from various independent top-down strategic reviews be sufficient? Probably not, if we as Airmen don't recognize the moral battle being waged or fail to act from the grassroots-level to strengthen our core. The stakes are incredibly high–so should be our attention and urgency.
Lackland Air Force Base is known as the "Gateway to the Air Force." Every enlisted trainee must pass through this training crucible in order to earn the title of "Airman." The center of our identity as Airmen is found in our core values: Integrity first, Service before Self, and Excellence in all we do. Every Airmen can spout these core values…Integrity, Service, Excellence are easy to remember and easy to say, just as former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Fogleman designed them. So what's the problem?
The words Integrity, Service, and Excellence are ubiquitous in our Air Force. Like the sound of a dripping faucet they can fade into the background over time. They are on power point slides, on wall-hangings in various offices, and they are all over the social media outlets of our Service. But, are they only words? Only words to be recited in speeches by commanders and enlisted leaders? Only words to be cited by those very same leaders when an Airmen breaks a rule or regulation?
Yes, they are…if we let them be. If we lose sight of the moral truth that our core values are grounded in, these mere words of Integrity, Service, and Excellence lose their true meaning and true power.
Sunshine is often the best antiseptic. Increasing transparency of our training and strengthening the accountability of our instructors at Basic Military Training in this light will help. But, more broadly, all Airmen in our Air Force should use this opportunity to illuminate why our Core Values are much more than mere words.
Let's be clear about one thing, the vast majority of our Airmen–like their joint brothers and sisters in arms, are honorably serving our nation at a very critical time in our history. They are among the very best our nation has to offer, and they are making the extraordinary look ordinary around the globe every single day. That said, no Airman is exempt from the temptation in life to do the easier wrong, rather than the harder right. We must be prepared to win this battle every single day..
It is up to Airmen–wingmen, leaders, warriors to calibrate our moral compasses to true north and give life to our Core Values where the rubber meets the road during our toughest times.. Lou Holtz, former head football coach at Notre Dame, had a great way of boiling complex ideas down to their essence. He has said there are three questions people have when they meet you.
Can I trust you?
Do you care about me?
Are you committed to excellence?
If "yes" is the answer to those questions, people want you on their team. How do you get to "yes?" Holtz has three rules to live by.
Do the right thing.
Care about people.
Do your best.
Simple and profound rules to live by and strengthen our core and our team: Integrity First, Service before Self, and Excellence in all we do.
Aim High…Fly, Fight and Win!


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