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War of 1812, Nullification, Trail of Tears
Winfield Scott was born June 13, 1786, at Laurel Hill, his father's farm in Dinwiddie County. He was one of four children, and although his father died when he was young, his mother provided for his education. Orphaned at age seventeen, he was well equipped by then to set out on his own. Scott initially pursued law as a career, studying at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg before apprenticing to a lawyer in nearby Petersburg. In 1807 in Richmond, Scott witnessed the former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr stand trial and be acquitted for treason.
After the war, Scott studied tactics in Europe—a way to compensate for his lack of professional military training—and on March 11, 1817, married Maria Mayo, who was from an influential family in Richmond. The two settled in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, and had seven children, two of whom died young. After locating his headquarters in New York City, Scott authored General Regulations for the Army; or Military Institutes (1821), a rewriting of U.S. Army procedures. His nickname, "Old Fuss and Feathers," suggested a faith in the rigors of regular army discipline that was built during his War of 1812 campaigning and manifest in his new regulations. His corresponding lack of confidence in volunteer troops starkly contrasted with the prevailing public preference for the militia system, which was informed by a general distrust of "elitists" in the government and military. As such, Scott earned the ire of General Andrew Jackson, the hero of the Battle of New Orleans (1815), who was busily building an entire career out of antielitism. When Jackson was elected U.S. president in 1828, Scott offered to resign (not for the first time) but was persuaded to withdraw his letter.
In 1832, he went west to Illinois for the Black Hawk War (1832), but arrived after most of the fighting was finished. From there he was ordered to South Carolina to deal with a long-running political battle that was now threatening to turn into a military one. The Nullification Crisis (1828–1832) had been sparked by Carolinians who, citing a history of states'-rights thinking that dated back to Thomas Jefferson, had refused to obey federal tariffs they deemed unfair. When Jackson did nothing to address their concerns, and with the support of Jackson's soon-to-be former vice president, John C. Calhoun, the Carolinians declared the tariff null and void. Jackson responded in force, dispatching warships to Charleston Harbor. Scott's duty was to defuse the situation without starting a war, a mission that sorely tested his diplomatic skills. The Compromise Tariff of 1833, brokered by U.S. senator Henry Clay of Kentucky, finally settled the issue, and the Whig Party was founded the following year in opposition to Jackson's policies.
Mexican War
Opposed by superior numbers, he was forced to cut off his army from its regular supply lines in order to move more quickly. It was a stunning maneuver, one that was declared hopeless by no less a military figure than the Duke of Wellington, the British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Yet Scott was not only successful in taking Mexico City, his decision to "live off the land" influenced Grant's Vicksburg Campaign (1863) and William T. Sherman's March to the Sea (1864). His approach to war also had an important effect on Lee, who saw in Scott a gentlemanly general, obsessed with looking the part and playing according to the established rules of war. "Scott had mixed caution with audacity," the historian Brian Holden Reid has written. "He disliked the defensive because he needed to act, to keep the initiative and to gain every advantage over the enemy." Scott's way would, during the Civil War, become Lee's way.
On March 7, 1855, Scott was promoted to brevet lieutenant general, a rank not held by anyone since George Washington. Congress made the promotion retroactively effective to 1847, and Scott promptly submitted a request for almost $27,000 in back pay. He received about $10,000. In the meantime, he worked with Pierce's secretary of war, Jefferson Davis—who called Scott "peevish, proud, petulant, vain and presumptuous"—in modernizing the army and helped to oversee the introduction of the minié ball, a bullet that greatly increased the accuracy of rifle shots. The rifled musket and minié ball would sorely challenge the military tactics Scott had spent a lifetime perfecting and were in part responsible for the large number of casualties during the Civil War.
Civil War
On March 3, 1861, Scott sent the secretary of state-designate, William H. Seward, a letter listing alternatives for dealing with the secession crisis. Seward was advocating policies with the president-elect, Abraham Lincoln, that would lead to a peaceful way out of the crisis, and Scott famously suggested one possible response: "Erring sisters, depart in Peace!" Scott was not, in fact, promoting this option, but it hardly mattered. Already vilified by many Virginians and other Southerners for his unseemly loyalty to the Union, he was now attacked by Northerners for being weak in the knees. Ultimately, however, he made no public statements on the issue and approved of Lincoln's decisive refusal to surrender Fort Sumter. When Anderson and his men were attacked on April 12, 1861, war came and, not long after, Virginia seceded.
When Virginia left, so did Colonel Robert E. Lee, who addressed a letter to Scott on April 20, making his intention to resign clear. Lee had been Scott's favorite subordinate. He was the commanding general's chief of staff in Mexico and Scott's choice to take field command of the Union armies against the Confederacy. By this time Scott was old and sick, suffering from gout and other ailments; he could no longer even mount his horse. His military planning skills were still sharp, however, and he now immersed himself in the formulation of a comprehensive war plan.
History, meanwhile, suggests some vindication for Scott's Anaconda Plan. Many historians have argued that the war ultimately was won not by Lincoln's hurried thrusts toward the Confederate capital at Richmond, but by a squeezing to death of the Confederacy along its coasts and up the Mississippi, a slow political submission in the face of Union men and arms. Scott's plan, it should be said, did not foresee the hard war in Virginia and Georgia, an attack against the Confederacy's will and ability to fight that may have been crucial. Instead, he favored, and his plan created the conditions for, political conciliation.
Scott had a role in defusing British-American tensions resulting from the Trent Affair (1861), in which an overzealous Union officer seized two Confederate diplomats from a British ship. And in March 1862, he recommended to Lincoln that Henry W. Halleck be brought to Washington to assume command of all Union armies—a personnel decision that yielded less-than-stellar results. After a long career, it was Scott's last bit of military business. His wife died in June 1862 in Rome. Two years later he published Memoirs of Lieut.-General Scott, LL.D., a two-volume autobiography, written in the third person, whose title carries a perhaps self-aggrandizing mention of the general's honorary doctorate from Columbia College in New York City.
Time Line
June 13, 1786 - Winfield Scott is born at Laurel Hill in Dinwiddie County.
August 1807 - After studying law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg and apprenticing in Petersburg, Winfield Scott witnesses the treason trial of former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr, who is acquitted.
May 3, 1808 - Winfield Scott is commissioned a captain of light artillery.
January 1810 - Winfield Scott is court-martialed for publicly criticizing a superior officer, found guilty, and suspended from service and pay for one year.
July 6, 1812 - Winfield Scott is appointed lieutenant colonel of the 2nd U.S. Artillery.
October 13, 1812 - Winfield Scott wins recognition for leadership at the Battle of Queenstown, Canada, during the War of 1812, in which invading Americans are defeated by the British and their Mohawk allies along the Niagara River. Scott is captured in the fighting.
January 1813 - Winfield Scott, captured by the British at the Battle of Queenstown, Canada, in October 1812, is exchanged.
March 12, 1813 - Winfield Scott is promoted to colonel.
May 25–27, 1813 - Winfield Scott participates in the capture of Fort George, Canada, during the War of 1812. He is slightly wounded in the shoulder.
March 9, 1814 - Winfield Scott is promoted to brigadier general.
July 5, 1814 - Winfield Scott participates in the American victory at the Battle of Chippawa in Ontario, Canada, during the War of 1812.
July 25, 1814 - At the Battle of Lundy's Lane in Ontario, Canada, during the War of 1812, Winfield Scott is severely wounded in the left shoulder. His later brevet promotion to major general will be retroactively effective to this day.
November 3, 1814 - Congress passes a resolution awarding Winfield Scott a gold medal in recognition of his service during the War of 1812.
1815 - Winfield Scott travels to Europe to study military tactics.
March 11, 1817 - Winfield Scott marries Maria Mayo, who hails from an influential family in Richmond.
1821 - Winfield Scott publishes General Regulations for the Army; or Military Institutes, a rewriting of U.S. Army procedures.
1826 - Winfield Scott is named president of a board convened to rewrite the tactics for the U.S. Army.
1832 - Winfield Scott is ordered to Illinois to fight in the Black Hawk War. It ends before his arrival.
November 1832 - Winfield Scott arrives in Charleston, South Carolina, to help broker a peace between the Carolinians who have declared a federal tariff null and void in their state and President Andrew Jackson, who has dispatched warships to Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
January 1836 - Winfield Scott is sent to Florida to plan and lead the Second Seminole War.
March 1836 - Winfield Scott leads a failed campaign against Seminole Indians in Florida during the Second Seminole War.
December 1836 - Winfield Scott faces a military Court of Inquiry into his conduct during the Second Seminole War; he is exonerated.
April–August 1838 - Winfield Scott oversees the often violent removal of the Cherokee Nation from northern Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee to present-day Oklahoma, part of what came to be known as the Trail of Tears.
March–April 1839 - Winfield Scott skillfully settles a border dispute between Maine and Canadian lumber interests that had led to the nearly bloodless Aroostook War.
June 25, 1841 - Winfield Scott is promoted to major general and made commander in chief of the army.
April 25, 1846 - After the United States annexed Texas from Mexico in 1845, war breaks out between the two nations, still arguing over the border.
March 9, 1847 - Winfield Scott launches the largest amphibious assault in American history against the Mexican city of Vera Cruz during the Mexican War.
March 29, 1847 - Mexico surrenders the city of Vera Cruz to Winfield Scott during the Mexican War. His 1855 brevet promotion to major general will be retroactively effective to this day.
April 17–18, 1847 - Winfield Scott defeats a Mexican army at the Battle of Cerro Gordo during the Mexican War.
August 19, 1847 - Winfield Scott wins a victory at the Battle of Contreras/Padierna during the Mexican War.
August 20, 1847 - Winfield Scott wins a victory at the Battle of Churubusco during the Mexican War.
September 8, 1847 - After a bloody assault, Winfield Scott and his American army win a victory at the Battle of Molina del Rey (King's Mill) during the Mexican War.
September 13, 1847 - The final attack on Mexico City at the castle of Chapultepec is successful during the Mexican War. The city surrenders to Winfield Scott's American army.
February 2, 1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the Mexican War.
March 1848 - Winfield Scott is the recipient of a "Thanks of Congress" resolution for his success commanding American forces during the Mexican War.
July 1848 - Winfield Scott loses the Whig Party nomination for U.S. president to Virginia-born Zachary Taylor, his one-time subordinate during the Mexican War.
1852 - Winfield Scott is nominated as the Whig Party candidate for U.S. president, but is trounced in the election by a former army subordinate, Franklin Pierce.
March 7, 1855 - Winfield Scott is promoted to brevet lieutenant general, a rank not held by anyone since George Washington. The promotion is made retroactive to 1847, and Scott immediately sues for back pay.
1859 - Winfield Scott helps to defuse the Pig War, a confrontation over possession of a group of islands in Puget Sound threatening to bring the United States and Britain to war.
1860 - Abraham Lincoln wins election as U.S. president, South Carolina secedes, and Winfield Scott advises calm negotiations.
October 1860 - Winfield Scott's advice that President James Buchanan garrison seacoast forts in order to avoid war is ignored by the president and his secretary of war, John B. Floyd, a fellow Virginian and Southern sympathizer.
December 1860 - Winfield Scott moves his military headquarters from New York City to Washington, D.C. He again urges President James Buchanan to garrison federal forts in Charleston, South Carolina, and Pensacola, Florida.
April 12, 1861 - Edmund Ruffin reportedly fires the first shot on the U.S. installation, Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The act initiates the Civil War and makes Ruffin a popular hero in the South.
April 15, 1861 - In response to the firing on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issues a call for 75,000 troops—2,340 of which are to come from Virginia—"to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, repel invasions."
May 1861 - Winfield Scott presents his so-called Anaconda Plan for subduing the Confederacy to President Abraham Lincoln. The plan would take too long for those who want immediate action against the Confederacy.
June 1861 - Winfield Scott's so-called Anaconda Plan for subduing the Confederacy is shelved by President Abraham Lincoln in favor of an immediate attack in the direction of the Confederate capital at Richmond.
July 21, 1861 - The First Battle of Manassas is fought near Manassas Junction in northern Virginia. Confederate troops under Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre G. T. Beauregard decisively defeat Union forces commanded by Irvin McDowell.
July 26, 1861 - George B. McClellan, having been summoned to Washington, D.C., by President Abraham Lincoln, is given command of Union troops there.
August 20, 1861 - George B. McClellan forms the Army of the Potomac out of Union troops gathered in Washington, D.C. He becomes its first, best-loved, and most controversial commander.
November 1, 1861 - Winfield Scott resigns as general-in-chief of Union armies. President Abraham Lincoln immediately replaces him with George B. McClellan.
1862–1864 - Winfield Scott writes his autobiography, Memoirs of Lieut.-General Scott, LL.D., published in 1864.
June 1862 - Winfield Scott's wife, Maria, dies in Rome. He arranges her burial at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. President Abraham Lincoln visits Scott to consult with him on war strategy.
May 29, 1866 - Winfield Scott dies.
June 1, 1866 - The funeral for Winfield Scott is held at the Cadets' Chapel at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Former Union generals Ulysses S. Grant, George G. Meade, John M. Schofield, and George H. Thomas all attend.
Further Reading
Cite This Entry
- APA Citation:
Clemens, T. G. Winfield Scott (1786–1866). (2014, January 2). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Scott_Winfield_1786-1866.
- MLA Citation:
Clemens, Thomas G. "Winfield Scott (1786–1866)." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, 2 Jan. 2014. Web. READ_DATE.
First published: July 8, 2009 | Last modified: January 2, 2014
Contributed by Thomas G. Clemens, a retired history professor at Hagerstown Community College, in Hagerstown, Maryland. He is also president of Save Historic Antietam Foundation, Inc., and a tour guide at Antietam National Battlefield, both located in Sharpsburg, Maryland.


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It's a Question of Trust
"It's a question of trust. It's a question of not letting what we've built up crumble to dust." – Depeche Mode, A Question of Lust The answer to my groups dilemma struck me as soon as I began to implement the administrative functionality. We really have two fundamentally different groupings at play: people and things….

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Credit CBS 2
NEW YORK(CBS2)— In this edition of Furry Friend Finder CBS 2′s Don Dahler and Vanessa Murdock introduce us to Oscar and Brooklyn.
Both of these animals are in need of a loving home. You can get to know these adorable dogs better by watching the video below.
Every Sunday morning around 8:20 on CBS 2 HD News, the Humane Society of New York City will feature one of its many great pets up for adoption.
Here you can keep track of which furry friends are still looking for homes, and which ones have been adopted by a loving family. The Humane Society of New York is located at 306 E. 59th Street near Second Avenue.


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Programming:Windows PowerShell
- 1 General
- 2 Compatibility
- 3 Security
- 4 SQL Server
- 5 Active Directory
- 6 Links
Leave out column headers in output
Here is an example of querying the Services list, limiting the results to 10 items and then sorting them, all as as stream of values:
Get-Service | Select-Object -First 10 -ExpandProperty DisplayName | sort
This gives a bare list like so:
ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV) Adobe Acrobat Update Service Application Experience Application Identity Application Information Application Layer Gateway Service Application Management ASP.NET State Service Windows Audio Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
-ExpandProperty parameter takes the value of an incoming object, enumerates its values and outputs each of those values as a single record on the output stream. By pointing it at a scalar property (a property that is not a collection), you get the raw value and not an object with a single property.
PowerShell v2, ForEach loop statement with null/empty lists
As I write this, I'm still using Windows 7 as my predominant Windows OS and I am learning PowerShell. Windows 7 comes with PowerShell v2.0 out of the box, so unless I take the time to install something newer, I can count on PowerShell v2 to be present on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 systems that I manage.
Unfortunately, PowerShell v2's
ForEach statement has a nasty bug that will cause it to execute once when it encounters a null value. This bit me repeatedly until I found a blog post which clarified that I wasn't imagining things. The fix is to make sure that you don't give the
ForEach statement an empty collection.
Here is an example of doing so based on some code I'm working with (remember, I am a newbie):
$installed_app_versions = GetInstalledAppVersions $AppName
# The 'foreach' loop construct will loop once if the array is null in PowerShell v2, so we have
# to guard against that possibility
if ($installed_app_versions -ne $null) {
foreach ($app in $installed_app_versions)
$app_package_guid = $app | Select-Object -ExpandProperty PSChildName
$app_package_name = $app | Select-Object -ExpandProperty DisplayName
# Using Write-Output to add "blocking" characteristic to the removal command
# so that PowerShell waits for it to complete before running the next
echo "`n[i] Uninstalling $app_package_name ..."
RemoveAppVersions $app_package_guid
This seems to work well and appears to be best practice.
Execution Policy
PowerShell x86 and x64 have different policies
This had me scratching my head until trial/error got me past it. It wasn't until later that I stumbled across a blog post which clarified that the x86 and x64 versions of PowerShell each have different execution policies. Setting the policy for one does not set it for the other.
These are the registry values where the chosen policy settings are stored:
- x64:
- x86:
I expect the paths are subject to change for a future PowerShell edition.
Setting policy for both x64 and x86 versions of PowerShell
Using PowerShell
Tested on a x64 Windows 7 OS, but presumably this works the same up to Windows 10.
- Run x86 version of PowerShell with elevated rights
- "Run as Administrator" with UAC enabled
- "Run as different user" with UAC disabled
- Run
Get-ExecutionPolicyto examine the current policy
- Run
Set-ExecutionPolicy VALUEto set
VALUEas the policy
- Current valid values:
- Unrestricted
- RemoteSigned
- AllSigned
- Restricted
- Default
- Bypass
- Undefined
- Current valid values:
- Run x64 version of PowerShell with elevated rights
- Repeat the steps for the x86 version of PowerShell
Example of setting the execution policy for 64-bit systems (remotely) using the
reg.exe command-line tool:
for /f %i in (\\utilityserver\servers.txt) do reg add \\%i\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell /v ExecutionPolicy /t REG_SZ /d VALUE /f
Setting the value locally is handled roughly the same way:
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell /v ExecutionPolicy /t REG_SZ /d VALUE /f
Bypassing the PowerShell Execution Policy
- Batch script runs which does some prep work
- Same script runs a PowerShell script to do some heavy lifting
- PowerShell script completes and batch script performs cleanup work
I need this process to work everywhere the batch script runs and I don't know in advance what the Execution Policy will be. Sure, I could add registry settings before calling the script, but I want to just bypass the policy for a short time so my PowerShell script can be executed properly. Here is what appears to work just fine on a Windows 7x64 system:
powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -File SCRIPT_NAME.ps1 -Parameter1 "Value1" -Parameter2 "Value2"
SQL Server
List enabled SQL Server Agent jobs
# Load required assembly
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO') | out-null
# Create new object/connection
$sqlsvr = New-Object ('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server') "LOCALHOST"
# Examine object
$sqlsvr.JobServer.Jobs | Where-Object {$_.IsEnabled -eq $FALSE} | Select Name,LastRunOutcome,LastRunDate
Active Directory
Look up Active Directory group members
I found this tip on ServerFault.com.
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Get-ADGroupMember "MyADGroupName" | Select-Object name | Sort-Object name
If you wish to expand all group members from any included groups, run the command like so:
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Get-ADGroupMember "MyADGroupName" -recursive | Select-Object name | Sort-Object name
and if you wish to instead list by Distinguished Name use this:
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Get-ADGroupMember "MyADGroupName" -recursive | Select-Object distinguishedName | Sort-Object distinguishedName
An alternate approach is to use
dsquery and
dsget from the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) package:
dsquery group -name "MyADGroupName" | dsget group -members -expand
With the current set of options the list of users will be by Distinguished Name.
Look up group memberships for user account
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership username | select name
name ---- Domain Users Domain Computers Workstation Admins Company Users Company Developers AutomatedProcessingTeam
Copy all users in one group to another group
AFAIK, both groups have to be created in advance.
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Get-ADGroupMember -Identity GROUP-A | Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership -MemberOf GROUP-B
- Command line to list users in a Windows Active Directory group?
- How to get all groups that a user is a member of?
- Checking SQL Server Agent jobs using Windows PowerShell
- Active Directory: Copy a Group Members to a new Group
- Windows PowerShell Blog - Select –ExpandProperty <PropertyName>
- Remotely tweak powershell execution policies without powershell remoting
- Change Execution Policy in the Registry
- PowerShell - Security Cmdlets - Set-ExecutionPolicy
- PowerShell ForEach behaviour with null and empty lists


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ESPN.com on Hard Knocks
Good to know that NFL teams look at ESPN.com in their meetings.
Why Does ESPN Charge Money?
I see/hear lots of anger about having to pay for Insider or ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360). I thought these articles by ESPN's Ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer has a great explanation why content companies charge money.
Take on Insider
Summary: Insider is premium content, NOT copy-and-paste articles from the Associated Press or Reuters like many headlines or blog posts. There are dedicated researchers that do lots of statistical analysis or have inside contacts for rumors. You likely won't find something similar on the Internet for free. Fantasy players, gamblers, and obsessive fans care about so much for this overanalysis that they would be willing to pay. If you are upset that you need to pay for the article, I challenge you to find/Google the same research for free.
—The premium-vs.-public debate
There's an unending litany of Web sites — advertising can't possibly support them all. If these services are to exist, at some point users are going to have to cover a portion of the costs. The irony, of course, is that users don't get their content free now. Advertising is based on the audience buying products they need, want or just crave. Incorporated in the cost of almost every item consumers purchase is a charge that can be siphoned off for advertising. So, consumers already are paying for those TV programs, radio shows, print sources and Web sites that they might think they're getting for free.
Broadcast television has always been thought of as free TV. It had one revenue stream — advertising. But in the 1980s, premium channels began charging for programming the viewer could not see elsewhere. There was resistance at first, but as the quality and originality of the programming increased, people adjusted to subscriber fees. They may not like to pay, but they wouldn't if they didn't feel they were deriving significant value or pleasure.
Web content providers won't succeed by simply relying on the old broadcast model. For ESPN, Insider is a foray into the premium market. Its readers will determine whether the content is truly proprietary or just more undifferentiated information. That perceived value will tell the story.
Take on ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360)
It costs a lot of money to get digital/online streaming rights from the leagues like MLB, NBA, FIFA, etc. You can't pay for access directly. You need to get access through your ISP (e.g. Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, etc.) This business model is very similar to the way cable works. You don't pay for ESPNU directly: you get it by subscribing to a provider that carries the channel, then you purchase a package that has the channel.
—ESPN360.com access
The mailbag has repeatedly received complaints from viewers who can't access live game coverage on ESPN's broadband network, ESPN360.com, and don't understand why. The service is an online network that features more than 3,500 live events a year as well as replays. It's available via Internet service providers in 70 percent of U.S. homes that have broadband capability. It also can be accessed on most college campuses and military bases.
The cost for fans to access the service is included in payments to their ISPs, such as AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox and Verizon. ESPN is continuing to gain increased participation with ISPs around the country. (Talk to your local provider to see whether it's available in your area.)
There were also questions about the ability to record or save ESPN360.com programs. For security, antipiracy and copyright reasons, you can't burn a disc from an event on the service. Because video on demand is available for most events, even though you can't record, you can still retrieve an event for later screening.
Welch's Fruit Snack Accident?
Update: My friend, Conrad, educated me on the fact that the fruit snack is a replica of the Manneken Pis ("Little man Pee" in Dutch), which is a landmark small bronze sculpture in Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into a fountain's basin. It was designed by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder and put in place in 1618 or 1619.
Normally, Welch's Fruit Snacks are a great tasting and convenient snack made with real fruit and real fruit juices that are roughly shaped like fruits. However, in this package my girlfriend's brother, George Kunath, discovered a piece that resembles a naked man. Someone over at Promotion in Motion (the maker of the snacks) has a lot of explaining to do. I mean these are snacks that have kindergarten kids as a target demographic.
10 Year Comparison – circa 1999
For 2010, I am going to compare my life when I was 15 in 1999 to my life right now. I'll also sprinkle in details that happened in the last 10 years for context. There will be a part 2 to this post that will have more details about 2009.
Life & Family in 1999
I identified myself to strangers by saying I am a sophomore in high school at Memphis University School. I spent most of my time at my parents' house, where I studied, ate, and slept. I was in the longest relationship of my life: a few months. I couldn't drive yet, so my mom and older brother drove me places (even on dates, which is kinda weird). Sometimes my best friend Jamie drove me around in his Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer edition (remember those?). I was still playing football, but I quit that a year later. I ran track and field: 100m, 200m, high jump, long jump. I qualified for the State Championship in high jump and the 4x100m relay. The closest thing I had to a job was cutting grass, bucking hay, and painting.
Technology in 1999
No one had an iPod because they weren't invented yet (first released 10/23/2001). Few people had heard of MP3s or knew how to listen/use them. Napster did come out in 1999, but I downloaded my first MP3 (Marcy Playground's Sex and Candy) before that on AOL. DVDs were new too. In December 1999, only 4 million households had DVD players in the US and Blockbuster hadn't started renting DVDs yet. Most people were still using VCRs and watching tapes. I had my dad's old Toshiba Infinia 7161 Desktop that had Windows 98, 166mhz Pentium processor, 2GB hard drive, 32MB of RAM, and 56kbps modem (that I upgraded myself from 33.6kbps). Note that most people were still on dial-up on AOL, which is about 214x slower than the 12mbit Comcast Broadband (cable modem) that I use now.
LeGarrette Blount Punching Byron Hout
Wow, I've never seen a game end like this. It was a surprisingly dominant performance by Boise State's defense, but the punch at the end was unlike anything I have ever seen outside of a MMA fight. Definitely not something I would expect during the post-game handshake. Read more about the game on the recap of the Oregon at Boise State game.
Random Thoughts from 25-35 year olds
I normally only get a smile or smirk from these forwarded emails, but I love these random thoughts because I've had all of them. I swear I had a conversation about the folding of fitted sheets last week.
- More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
- Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
- I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?
- Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
- I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
- Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know" feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?
- Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
- There is a great need for sarcasm font.
- Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first saw it.
- I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
- How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
- I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
- I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
- The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.
- A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
- LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?"before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in…(10 second lapse)..ummm…Goonies"
- What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it…thanks Mario Kart.
- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
- Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
- I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu' to be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an overweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night."
- I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
- Bad decisions make good stories
- Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
- If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
- Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem….
- You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
- Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
- There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
- I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my document that I swear I did not make any changes to.
- I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
- I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
- When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
- I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
- Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles…
- Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
- It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
- I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
- Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
- Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time…
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- I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
- I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
- I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
NCAA Football 10
Tino Delamerced | 2009 Spelling Bee
This year, I am rooting for Speller No. 200, Tino Delamerced.
Age 13, 7th grade
School: The Summit Country Day School
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
A nationally ranked chess player, Tino was just a second grader when he beat a grandmaster during a simultaneous chess exhibition. He recently took home first place in the Cincinnati Scholastic Chess Series—in the high school division. Musically inclined, Tino plays clarinet and is an accomplished pianist. He regularly volunteers his time playing piano for the residents of a nursing home. His sister, Anna, tied for 25th place in the 2008 national finals.Words spelled to qualify for the semifinals:
- sedentary
- parody
- calque
- warrant
- quomodo
- verbiage
- Micawber
- congenital
- cemetery
- secede
- abyss
- scalene
- thorough
- arrogance
- mores
- affluent
- rebuttal
- asylum
- onychorrhexis
- limousine
- vacillatory
- cubicle
- isthmus
- décor
- civitas
- nineties
- pogrom
ESPN.com Unicorns
Disclaimer: This is my personal view and opinion, which does not necessarily represent the views and opinions of ESPN.
You can try out the code on this page. Just type: ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A on your keyboard. Or click this Cornify button:
I am the developer who removed the javascript from ESPN.com the evening of April 27th, 2009. Kotatu broke the story on the unicorn Easter Egg. The Konami code triggered Easter Egg is popular on many sites like Digg (expands the comments). It was added the day before April Fools (4/1/2009), but it didn't explode on the Internet til Kotatu blogged about it on the afternoon of Tuesday April 27th, 2009. It wasn't a hack, virus, or anything malicious, just a Easter Egg prank by a developer.
EXPLANATION: Cornify is a javascript plugin written by
Paul Irish Christoph Helzle that puts sparkles, rainbows, unicorns, happiness and glitter images on the site. Paul Irish wrote the Konami trigger. The code also changes the font to Comic Sans and the font color to purple/pink and adds corny words to the page. You can add the Konami code triggered Easter Egg to your own site with the code below.
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var kkeys = [], konami = "38,38,40,40,37,39,37,39,66,65";
$(document).keydown(function(e) {
kkeys.push( e.keyCode );
if ( kkeys.toString().indexOf( konami ) >= 0 ){
The most interesting part about the Easter Egg is the fast viral spread across the Internet. Also no one seemed to have anything negative to say. Most people thought it was great that there was this code that changed the site. The only negative thing I have seen is that some people incorrectly thought the site was hacked.
- The original Kotaku story made the front page of Digg
- Kotaku's sister site, Deadspin, a sports blog, picked it up.
- PCWorld.com blogged about it
- CNET loved it
- Even a local Dallas NBC affiliate picked up the story
Twitter and Facebook exploded with the Easter Egg too. "ESPN", "unicorn", "Konami" were all trending on Twitter. And I personally got lots of mentions on twitter after I tweeted that I was taking the unicorns down.
- 4/27 19:26 - keithlam: removing Easter Egg from ESPN.com. thanks internet blogs
- 4/27 19:29 - geekgrrl: RT @keithlam: removing Easter Egg from ESPN.com. thanks internet blogs.; Awwww. ESPN Web Dev is going to axe the fun.
- 4/27 19:31 - mager: Goto ESPN.com and do the Komani code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Enter). Quick before @keithlam removes it.
- 4/27 19:31 - paul_irish: @keithlam ooooooh sad!! everyone loves it though! http://search.twitter.com/search?q=espn
- 4/27 19:32 - sujal: @keithlam sorry man, it's my fault for yammering it.
- 4/27 19:32 - paul_irish: @schill hahaahah!! so awesome. sadly they're gonna take it off: http://twitter.com/keithlam/statuses/1633743492
- 4/27 19:32 - mathewfoster: @keithlam BBBOOOOOO
- 4/27 19:32 - scottconnor: @keithlam woah, ESPN's trending pretty well on twitter right now: http://tr.im/jRND
- 4/27 19:36 - cabel: …aaaand ESPN took it down. http://bit.ly/wah-wah — Hey, @keithlam, don't add it if you don't have the stones to fight for it! :)
- 4/27 19:36 - boxkite: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! RT @keithlam: removing Easter Egg from ESPN.com. thanks internet blogs
- 4/27 19:36 - geekgrrl: @keithlam Aww, why'd you have to take away our fun? ;) I take it that wasn't something you did.
- 4/27 19:37 - keithlam: Dear internet, I didn't add the code or make the decision to take the unicorns off ESPN.com. Don't shoot the messenger. kthxbye
- 4/27 19:39 - christydena: @keithlam :(
- 4/27 19:40 - alexquigley: Aha! Maybe this guy knows something about it: @keithlam What was that, man?
- 4/27 19:40 - paul_irish: The espn unicorns are gone, everyone. http://twitter.com/keithlam Please feel free to cornify your own site: http://?.ws/?
- 4/27 19:43 - cabel: @keithlam Call me crazy, but isn't "thanks internet blogs" just another form of shooting the messenger? ;) Anyway, sad to see it go! :)
- 4/27 19:43 - meancode: @keithlam well that's no fun!
- 4/27 19:44 - mnolin: Entirely unfortunate that unicorns were removed from ESPN.com - best idea ever. And who are we supposed to shoot if not @keithlam ?
- 4/27 19:44 - alexpalex: @keithlam If you didn't think the internet would go batshit insane over glittery unicorns triggered by a nerd code, I'll sell you a bridge
- 4/27 19:44 - sujal: @keithlam hehe
- 4/27 19:45 - Donerail: @keithlam booo
- 4/27 19:45 - Drarok: @keithlam Awwwww :(
- 4/27 19:45 - ErneX: @keithlam omg FAIL bring back the glitter to espn.com hahah
- 4/27 19:46 - unicornrockstar: @mndaniels oh i guess they took it down. http://twitter.com/keithlam/status/1633743492
- 4/27 19:56 - gulup_jamun: aaaand ESPN took it down. http://bit.ly/wah-wah - Hey, @keithlam, don't add it if you don't have the stones to fight for it! :) (via @cabel)
- 4/27 19:59 - deadspin: @keithlam: You might want to check all of your pages. That was one heck of an Easter Egg.
- 4/27 20:3 - ddej: Konami code on ESPN.com: http://is.gd/uZpw. Check out exchange btw @cabel & @keithlam here: http://twitter.com/cabel/status/1633416790.
- 4/27 20:6 - MisterD: @gruber Doh! Never mind. http://twitter.com/keithlam/status/1633743492
- 4/27 20:8 - kevinchu: @eltejano Yup. Look: http://twitter.com/keithlam/
- 4/27 20:14 - keithlam: @Deadspin yeah, i am in the process of making sure that it is removed from all the pages. thanks for letting the internet know ;)
- 4/27 20:16 - deadspin: @keithlam: We do what we can.
- 4/27 20:41 - evanw: @demonbaby Aww, http://twitter.com/keithlam/statuses/1633743492
- 4/27 20:48 - alexnichols11: @keithlam WHY DO YOU HATE FUN?!?!
- 4/27 20:54 - sleepybrett: @keithlam spoilsport.
- 4/27 20:57 - keithlam: there is a first time for everything: today it was honestly my job to hunt down unicorns and kill them
- 4/27 21:2 - cloud79: http://twitter.com/keithlam/status/1634481147 HA!
- 4/27 21:26 - espnbish: @keithlam all bow to the unicorn slayer. might be my favorite tweet ever.
- 4/27 21:49 - jdeuel: rt @keithlam : there is a first time for everything: today it was honestly my job to hunt down unicorns and kill them
- 4/27 21:59 - stillgray: @keithlam is responsible for murdering the unicorns on ESPN's website. That murdering bastard.
- 4/27 22:3 - ask: @keithlam Man, that "easter egg" was AWE-SOME!
- 4/27 22:3 - keithlam: @stillgray i like to say it was slaying unicorns. not murder :)
- 4/27 22:43 - keithlam: I personally enjoyed the unicorns. Honestly. But all good things must come to an end or maybe just transform into something else… :)
- 4/27 22:45 - sujal: @keithlam ssssshhhhh.
- 4/27 22:48 - keithlam: RT @wirelessjoe: @sujal my point was it was interesting how many non-sports fans were talking about it [unicorns on espn.com]
- 4/27 22:50 - steveclancy: @keithlam perhaps if we can get it sponsored :)
- 4/27 22:54 - keithlam: sponsorship opportunity @konami @espn put a konami code easter egg up, maybe it could show Pro Soccer 09 ad instead http://tr.im/jSxx
- 4/28 2:11 - fonnerberry: @keithlam Aww, don't suppose I could bribe you to put the unicorns back.
- 4/28 2:50 - weblizard: RT @geekgrrl: RT @keithlam: removing Easter Egg from ESPN.com. Awwww. ESPN Web Dev is going to axe the fun. // what was it?
- 4/28 6:12 - matthewweston: @sparticus I missed it! RT: @keithlam there is a first time for everything: today it was honestly my job to hunt down unicorns and kill them
- 4/28 10:48 - shiflett: I missed the ESPN.com Easter egg. Apparently @keithlam was tasked with removing it. Who knew killing unicorns was a job description? :-)
- 4/28 10:54 - webdevgeek: Quick b4 @keithlam fixes it go to http://is.gd/v5VM and type: up up down down left right left right b a enter [keep pressing]


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This week was momentous. This time of year usually is. Because this week, my friends, we celebrated Truck Day! On Tuesday, all of our equipment rolled out for the long drive down to Fort Myers. Spring Training has officially unofficially started! Man, it's been a long winter. It still is a long winter. And we have a long way to go, but we're getting there. It's February already, and since Truck Day has come and gone, Pitcher and Catchers is our next milestone, followed of course by the officially official start of Spring Training and then the season! We're well on our way. It may be freezing outside, and there may be snow in the air or on the ground, but we know that in Florida there is baseball to be played. I can almost taste it, especially since Farrell is already talking about lineups; expect Ellsbury to bat first this year.
Pedro Martinez is back in Boston, in the front office this time; he's a special assistant to Ben, and he's basically going to advise the pitching staff. Kalish had successful surgery on his right shoulder, but we re-signed Sweeney just in case. We signed Lyle Overbay to a minor-league deal. Terry Francona won the Judge Emil Fuchs Award, presented by the Boston Baseball Writers, for his service to the game.
Gary Tuck, our bullpen coach, decided to retire and has been replaced by Dana Levangie. Remember him? Levangie was our bullpen coach for eight years, the last of which was 2004. After that, he was an advance scout. And now he's back where he started. Tuck was going to be the last man standing from last year's staff, and he surely was a fantastic bullpen coach. He expected nothing but the best from pitchers and catchers; he made our staff great, and he will be sorely missed. Levangie has big shoes to fill, but seems like the logical choice.
Congratulations to the Red Sox and the Jimmy Fund, who celebrate sixty years of partnership this season. This will be the inauguration of a suite available all season long for Jimmy Fund patients and their families. A Jimmy Fund Chorus will also perform at the park. This is one of those occasions when you feel really proud to support this organization.
Okay. There's something else that needs to be said, and I'm only going to say it once and then be done with it, because it's that excruciating. Kevin Youkilis is now a Yankee. Like his predecessor, Johnny Damon, he has enlisted in the Evil Empire. He has committed himself to the aiding and abetting of New York's success. Baseball is a complicated business these days; it's a rare and happy find to discover a player whose sentimental connection with a particular team is strong. In Boston, we've had a long tradition of such sentimental connections, and we still expect that from our players; we give them everything we've got, and we like to see the same in return. So when one of our own, a homegrown farm boy no less, goes to the dark side, it's extremely difficult to accept. It was difficult to accept Damon doing it, and it's no less difficult now. We salute Youk and everything he has done for this team and this city. He was a potent combination of hitting and fielding, volatility and versatility. He had his good moments, and he had his bad moments, but he has left a legacy here of a stellar player. I already made the tribute when he left, and we all know how awesome he was. All I'm saying now is that it hurts. It hurts, and it's devastating, and we have to go through that pain all over again of seeing one of our own turn away from us. That's all I'm saying.
In other news, the Ravens won the Super Bowl, 34-31. What a game. It looked like the 49ers didn't have a chance for most of it, and then it looked like the Ravens would be hard-pressed to keep them down after the power went out. But alas, they pulled through. At least now we get to say that it took a Super Bowl champion to defeat us this year. The Bruins, for their part, have been doing quite well. Since the shortened season's first game, the Bruins have beaten the Jets by a score of 2-1, the Isles by a score of 4-2, the Canes by a score of 5-3, the Devils by a score of 2-1, the Leafs by a score of one-zip, and the Habs by a narrow yet satisfying score of 2-1. We lost to the Rangers, 4-3, in sudden death and to the Sabres by the brutal score of 7-4.


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President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga's impasse over the 2017 election has cast a shadow on Kenya's future.
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Health experts are already calling 2015 one of the most complicated ever for influenza outbreaks, and the prevalence of lethal strains normally found in birds is especially troubling, writes CFR's La…
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The events in Iraq affect core U.S. interests, and Washington should be prepared to help both battle jihadist forces and press for political reforms over the long run, says CFR's David Palkki.
December 5, 2013South Africa
The country Nelson Mandela leaves behind remains racially divided with deep economic problems. But South Africa has also emerged as a robust democracy, writes CFR's John Campbell.
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As human activity intensifies in the Arctic, U.S. interests would be best represented by a reinforced Coast Guard, exercising the role it carries out in other coastal areas, writes CFR Military Fello…
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Policymakers must act swiftly post-election to approve a viable fiscal plan or trigger market volatility and severe damage to the U.S. economy, writes CFR's Robert Kahn.
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Skinner did the research when he was a Perimeter postdoctoral fellow. After finishing that fellowship, he obtained a faculty appointment at the University of Cambridge. Currently, he is seconded to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He also remains an active part of Perimeter's research community: his status as one of Perimeter's 10 Visiting Fellows means that he can make extended research visits of up to six months each.
Skinner's research lies at the intersection of quantum field theory and gravity. More particularly, he is studying the rich geometric structure that lies behind gauge and gravitational scattering amplitudes, and their relation to twistor theory and string theory. He is widely considered a pioneer in this particular area of mathematical physics, which has been extensively developed here at Perimeter.
Mason and Skinner's winning paper was chosen, alongside two other papers, by the editorial board of Journal of Physics A. It is being honoured for excellence, novelty, achievement, and potential impact. The full text of the paper has been made free to read on IOPscience until the end of 2013.
This marks the second year in a row that Perimeter researchers have won this prize. In 2012, along with collaborators, Perimeter Faculty member Pedro Vieira and Senior Postdoctoral Fellow Amit Sever won for their paper, "Y-system for scattering amplitudes."
- Read the full text of the prize-winning paper
- View lectures by Skinner on the Perimeter Institute Recorded Seminar Archive


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Today, people all over the world celebrate the arrival of the three wise men at Bethlehem to worship baby Jesus. This is the last major event of the Christmas season. Unfortunately, not a lot of people in the U.S. outside of the Latin communities are very familiar with this celebration of the epiphany.
Three Kings Day, celebrates the Biblical story of the three kings, Gaspar, Melchior and Balthazar, who followed a star that led them to Bethlehem, where they brought baby Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The journey is believed to have taken 12 days, beginning on Dec. 25 and ending with their arrival on Jan. 6.
On the eve of Three Kings Day, children leave a shoebox filled with grass, sometimes accompanied by a glass of water or freshly polished shoes, under their bed or by the door to help the three kings and their camels along on their journey.
When children wake up on the morning of Three Kings Day, the grass and water will have been replaced with candy and small gifts, believed to have been consumed by the three kings and their camels. Family and friends will then gather for a feast and to sing the rosary and songs.
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The tragedy in the Mediteranean Sea, the numerous deaths of refugees had put the focus on the international migration politics for a short time. But again the only answer of the many death people is the call for border closure and military action. With their restrictive migration politics the G7 states do not fullfill their obligation in giving entry for people seeking refuge and protection.
By looking at the cause of migration the direct link to the G7 politics can be seen, such as "landgrabbing", "militarization" and "free trade markets".
During the talk, members of the initiave "La Terre est pour Tous" - "The Earth is for everbody" from Tunisia, and members of "Voix de migrants" - "Voice of migrants", aswell as the "International Coalition of Sans Papiers and Migrants" (CISPM) will talk about their work and give a transnational perspective. Afterwards there will be shown a part of the theater "Hurria!" - arabic for "freedom!", from the tunesian artist Riadh Ben Ammar. A theatre about revolution and freedom of movement.
The international activists are touring through Germany and give infos why people are fighting worldwide against the G7 states.
With this they want to mobilize to come to the protests against the G7 summit
And they want to invite to a discussion in solidarity and to work on a network south-north and south-south: What are the conditions and similarities of our fights? How can south and north together change the political conditions?
Souad Rouahi and Mohamed Ben Smida: Initiative La Terre est Pour Tous, they connect families of missing refugees together with deportees (arabic "harraga") and artists.
Touré Moussa (Ivory Cost/living in Germany), engaged with Voix des Migrants and the Network in Germany for the International Coalition of Sans-Papiers, Migrants and Refugees (CISPM).
Riadh Ben Ammar: Tunesian activists and theater producer, came 15 years ago as an irregular migrant ("harraga") to Germany. In his play "Hurria!", arabic for "freedom!", he shows the diverse fights for freedom (of movement) during the tunisian revolution 2011, given from the perspective of an "harraga".
translation to french, arabic and german
(english translation possible if needed)
Sa 30.05. | 19.30 H | Allerweltshaus | Körnerstraße 77-79 | Köln
part I - Impact of the G7 on the countries of Latinamerica
with activsts from Mexico, Honduras and Ecuador
talk in spanisch, translation into german, english if needed
Fr 29.05. | 19.00 H | AZ Autonomes Zentrum Köln | Luxemburgerstr. 93 | Köln


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Click for A, Press and Hold for B
That's a pain, so I'm adding it to the PPAC program next, and to keep the interface simple-- jog/shuttle and a button-- a press and hold event seems appropriate for switching into an otherwise hidden mode, like shutting down a MacBook by holding down the button instead of just clicking it.
Despite a few posted examples on debouncing a button press (explicitly or with a library), I couldn't find any press+hold examples, so I took a stab at it and got a test sketch working pretty quickly with a button and two indicator LEDs. The code is posted below, as a comment.
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/* Click and Press+Hold Test SketchReplyDelete
By Jeff Saltzman
To keep input interfaces simple, I want to use a single button to:
1) click (fast press and release) for regular button use, and
2) press and hold to enter a configuration mode.
#define buttonPin 19 // analog input pin to use as a digital input
#define ledPin1 9 // digital output pin for LED 1 indicator
#define ledPin2 8 // digital output pin for LED 2 indicator
#define debounce 20 // ms debounce period to prevent flickering when pressing or releasing the button
#define holdTime 2000 // ms hold period: how long to wait for press+hold event
// Button variables
int buttonVal = 0; // value read from button
int buttonLast = 0; // buffered value of the button's previous state
long btnDnTime; // time the button was pressed down
long btnUpTime; // time the button was released
boolean ignoreUp = false; // whether to ignore the button release because the click+hold was triggered
// LED variables
boolean ledVal1 = false; // state of LED 1
boolean ledVal2 = false; // state of LED 2
void setup()
// Set button input pin
pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
digitalWrite(buttonPin, HIGH );
// Set LED output pins
pinMode(ledPin1, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(ledPin1, ledVal1);
pinMode(ledPin2, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(ledPin2, ledVal2);
void loop()
// Read the state of the button
buttonVal = digitalRead(buttonPin);
// Test for button pressed and store the down time
if (buttonVal == LOW && buttonLast == HIGH && (millis() - btnUpTime) > long(debounce))
btnDnTime = millis();
// Test for button release and store the up time
if (buttonVal == HIGH && buttonLast == LOW && (millis() - btnDnTime) > long(debounce))
if (ignoreUp == false) event1();
else ignoreUp = false;
btnUpTime = millis();
// Test for button held down for longer than the hold time
if (buttonVal == LOW && (millis() - btnDnTime) > long(holdTime))
ignoreUp = true;
btnDnTime = millis();
buttonLast = buttonVal;
// Events to trigger by click and press+hold
void event1()
ledVal1 = !ledVal1;
digitalWrite(ledPin1, ledVal1);
void event2()
ledVal2 = !ledVal2;
digitalWrite(ledPin2, ledVal2);
- AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM
how do you have it wired. i tried on my arduino uno and i get nothing.Delete
Hi! I tried to modify your code to work in a different way: press-on (led1) / hold-off (led1)... i need only to on and off the same output but doesn\t work like i want.Delete
very, very nice! I think a lot of 'duino with LCD's just got nested menus because of you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 15, 2009 at 5:26 AM
Gotta say that's a great idea. Seems so simply obvious to do that now that you've stated it. :-)ReplyDelete
I think that's begging to become a compliment to AlphaBeta's Button abstraction layer: http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Code/Button.
We could start coding all that in two lines like this, and get down to the fun stuff:
Button pressMe = button(2, PULLUP);
if (pressMe.held(1000)) someFunction();
I used something like this in a project I was working on. Though I think this could be compacted further. If you use a simple counter 'while' or 'for' loop, you can have the led turn on, or the function occur right when the threshold between a 'press' and a 'hold' is crossed.ReplyDelete
Attach this function to an interrupt pin
int ButtonCheck(){
count = 0;
if (count > 100){ /button held
return 2; /button held
else if count > 0
return 1; /button pressed
- AnonymousMay 15, 2009 at 5:08 PM
What about a double press?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2011 at 4:54 PM
I'm working on a similar code but with a sensor instead. I've been trying for days to convert the code but no luck.ReplyDelete
Here's the code I have for the sensor to turn off a single led.
void loop() {
val = analogRead(LDR);
if (val2 < 28)
{digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
} else {
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turn the ledPin off
Thanks, 12 year old from Toronto
- AnonymousDecember 7, 2014 at 12:56 AM
You are awesome, this code is flawless.ReplyDelete
i try this code with keys, but i get ever a 'g' and one second later a 'h'.ReplyDelete
i try click, double click long click. always the same --> gh
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St. Petersburg Passes 'Anti-Gay' Bill, Could Ban Gay Events
St. Petersburg, Russia, officials recently passed a bill that could take away some of its LGBT citizens' rights by now fining individuals up to $16,700 for the "promotion homosexuality,"All Out, a LGBT advocacy group, reported.
A number of gay rights activists against the bill protested outside the city's parliament building but were arrested.
If the city's mayor approves the law, reading, writing, speaking and reporting anything connected to the LGBT community will become illegal and subjected to the hefty fine. LGBT related events such as gay pride parades will be banned as well.
"This bill, which would violate Russia's own constitution as well as any number of international treaties, is an outrageous attack on the freedom of expression for all Russians - straight and gay. It must not be allowed to stand," said Andre Banks, AllOut.org executive director.
Additionally, St. Petersburg's gay rights organizations could be heavily fined for spreading "homosexual propaganda."
"This law would legalize discrimination against gays and lesbians in Russia," the St. Petersburg LGBT organization ComingOut said in a statement. "The history of Europe shows that all totalitarian regimes here began with similar repression of LGBT people. If this law is allowed to pass, it could signal that Russia is sliding towards a new totalitarianism."
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A similar law was passed in the country's southern region of Astrakhan, which makes LGBT events and demonstrations illegal. Last month, three Russian LGBT activists were arrested in the area under the controversial law, EDGE reported.


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Parents need help, as well. Full Circle facilitates parenting classes that teach them how to decrease stress, increase communication and discipline while providing support and empowerment. Full Circle's Immigrant Project is recognized as a model program. Acculturating women develop leadership and integrate into our community. Cultural competency trainings throughout the mountain region expand our mission.
Full Circle partners with Vail Echo to sustain our successful after-school programs. For just over $1,000 per year per child, Full Circle is making a "World of Difference … On Top of it All." Find out more at http://www.fullcircleleadville.org.
Alice B. Pugh is the executive director of Full Circle of Lake County. Through Vail Resorts Echo, Vail Resorts hopes to connect its communities to its efforts – from on-the-ground conservation programs to grants for local schools. Aimed at both protecting the natural resources that surround the resorts and helping build stronger communities where its employees live and work, Vail Resorts Echo encompasses three core efforts: environmental stewardship, charitable giving and community engagement. Learn more at http://www.vailresortsecho.com.
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What I found is that people, and especially women, are so generous. And so eager to support and help each other.
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Reckon we could get 25m for Niasse at the end of the season too. But then why would we want to sell a 10-15 goal a season striker.
still not having the he's not ready fitnness wise for the prem and then wait until we are safe, said all this after he was questioned about not bringing him on , after bringing MS on, even the echo kirkbride gets it wrong when he says that had one last chance to bring him on @ 3-1 but it was 3-0 with 10m to go when MS came on and we still conceded, yets he says 3-1 and did not want to let them back in to 3-2 with Rooney and Davies not able to play defensive, all bollocks
Remember when we brought Oumar on with 10 to go on at west ham a few seasons ago?
We were down to 10 men and they were having a decent season though. Plus we took off Lennon who was doing a lot of work defensively. We could have just swapped Tosun for Niasse without affecting the defensive balance at that stage.
Sorry if already posted but the echo are claiming Allardyce has said he won't play Tosun until we're mathematically safe from relegationCannot wait for Allardyce to fuck off, absolute joke.
Niasse is just so likeable he wears his heart on his sleeve and is a proper battler
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When Ilene Blanchard had a kidney transplant at St. Paul's Hospital in 1987, she had no idea she'd be back just over a year later for a caesarean section. Neither did her doctors.
That's because her high-risk pregnancy was the first successful delivery of a baby to a post-operative, diabetic kidney transplant patient in B.C.
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"He's a baby of medical science," the then 31-year-old Nanaimo resident said from her hospital bed almost 25 years ago. "He's a miracle baby for myself and my husband."
Now living in Windsor, Ont., with her family, Blanchard, 55, reflected on what led to the landmark birth of her son, David Louis, on Dec. 14, 1988.
Blanchard had been diagnosed with Type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes at age 12. In those days, diabetics had to rely on less accurate urine testing for glucose and her disease was hard to manage. Over time, she suffered kidney damage. It didn't help that she also endured bouts of depression, which made self-care a challenge.
Despite her medical problems, Blanchard, a hospital lab technician on Vancouver Island, yearned for a family. But she told her husband, Richard, whom she married in 1987, that her diabetes and high blood pressure made it all but an impossibility.
In the late '80s her kidneys failed, and her sister, Adeline, volunteered one of her own. The transplant, in October 1987 under the care of nephrologist Dr. David Landsberg, was a success. But just a few months later, Blanchard was back in the office of her physician Dr. Hugh Tildesley, an endocrinologist specializing in diabetes, with startling news: she was pregnant.
"At the time, she was absolutely unique," Dr. Tildesley said, adding that in the 1980s, "renal transplants in people with diabetes were incredibly rare."
Pregnancy was a risky endeavour for a recent organ transplant recipient — the operation was so new she was still on anti-rejection medication. But Dr. Tildesley, who has since left to run the Western Canadian Insulin Pump Centre in Vancouver, had helped her through rough patches before, even working to get her treatment for her mental-health issues. She trusted him to guide her through it, although she was nervous.
"It was so soon after," Blanchard recalled. "My medication was still being monitored. I was scared and excited at the same time. I thought it was a miracle I was able to get pregnant after so many years of trying."
It wasn't an easy pregnancy. In need of constant monitoring, she went into the hospital in her second trimester on bedrest. High blood pressure and a scare over her baby's lack of movement led to an emergency C-section two months before he was due. But he was born at a healthy six pounds, nine ounces. After fighting off a case of viral meningitis, he was able to go home with his parents on Christmas Eve.
"I was so relieved and happy that he was here," his mother recalled of her son, now a strapping six-foot college student working toward a career in policing.
"I feel they turned my life around," Blanchard said of her St. Paul's team. "Especially Dr. Tildesley. He helped my whole person, body and mind and soul."
Her message for him today?
"It's so precious what you did for me and my family and my life. You saved me."
For his part, Dr. Tildesley said he's never forgotten her groundbreaking case.
"It's really gratifying to hear 25 years later that the kidney is still working well and she obviously has a fantastic relationship with her son," he said. "It's almost like a fairy tale."


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