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Governments and researchers are mistaken to continue looking to high-potential farmlands and single-commodity farming systems as the answer to alleviating world hunger. We need to bring our focus back to small-scale farming. We must change our agricultural investment priorities and paradigms to embrace not only the high-potential intensively farmed lands of the past, many of which have already reached their peak capacity, but also the relatively extensive mixed crop-and-livestock lands.
It is these mixed farms that, more than the traditional breadbaskets and rice bowls of the past, will feed the growing world over the next few decades. The group of farmers mixing crops with livestock on 'in between' lands—often located between high-potential farmlands and low potential rangelands—are the heavyweights in global food security. The thousand million farmers practicing modest mixed crop-and-livestock agriculture in poor countries resemble to a degree the small family farms in rich countries that have become so fashionable in recent years among those wanting to reform wasteful and dangerous industrial food systems. It is the developing world's one billion mixed family farmers tending rice paddies or cultivating maize and beans while raising a few chickens and pigs, a herd of goats or a cow or two on relatively extensive and rain-fed lands who feed most of the world's poor people today.
This same vast and till-now neglected group of mixed food producers is likely to play the biggest role in global food security over the next several decades, as world population grows and peaks (at 9 billion or so) with the addition of another 3 billion people.
Mixed extensive farmers make up the biggest, poorest and most environmentally sustainable agricultural system in the world. It's time we invested heavily in this particular kind of farming system. Here is where there remain the biggest yield gaps. Here is where research and development work can make the biggest difference.
What this 'extensive agricultural frontier' needs are basic forms of infrastructure and services. With these at hand, the world's extensive mixed farmers will be in good position to scale up their food production to meet the growing future needs.
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12 Bars of X-Mas – Check In Information
Hello 12 Bars Participants,
We have a few points of order to help make the day as smooth as possible.
Registration opens at 12:00 sharp and ends at 3:00.
You will need to bring either a printed Eventbrite ticket or show the app on your phone. If you don't have a paper ticket or the phone app, you can use your ID to pick up your ticket. Please be ready when you get to the top of the line. We'll be checking in hundreds of crawlers and nobody wants to be stuck behind the person who doesn't have any of their stuff ready. Only the ticket buyer needs to be present. If multiple tickets were bought, you'll get all your goodies at once and you can pass on the extras to your friends.
Check In takes place at the following:
12:00 – 1:20 – Vanderbilt – 105 Water Street
1:30 – 3:00 – Vintage Lounge – 72 Broad Street
If you don't have tickets yet
Bar schedule:
We have 12 bars in the Faneuil Hall/Financial District area planned. There is another big crawl from another group that day and we're planning to visit places not associated with their schedule.
You will receive the entire schedule when you check in on Saturday. All the bars will be in the Faneuil Hall and Financial District areas. We are not releasing the schedule prior to the crawl, as we want to keep this event as exclusive as possible for your own comfort. Please note, the bars have the right to refuse entry to anyone due to bar capacity or personal incapacity. Also, you will need to show a valid license or ID to gain entry to each of the bars (this is the bars policy).
I know that bringing your card might be easy. But when tons of people are trying to order drinks, it takes a lot more time to open and close a tab than to pay with cash. Plus you'd be surprised about how many people forget to close their tabs at the end of the night and leave for home without their credit cards. There are multiple ATMs around Faneuil Hall…check one out. Also, remember to tip your bartenders!
Remember to drink responsibly and use public transportation. Don't drink and drive!
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How to Pay off Debt Fast To Qualify for a Home Loan
Struggling to pay down or pay off debt? You're not alone. Most Americans are shouldering about $30k in debt from credit cards, school loans, or car loans. And if you want to buy a home, too much debt can hinder mortgage approval. Fortunately, there are ways to get a handle on it. Check out this popular and effective method for quickly lowering your debt.
The Fastest Way to Get Rid of Debt and Get Approved for a Home Loan
The Debt Snowball Method
Changing habits is tough. But when you see that your efforts are making a difference, the chances are that you'll continue the course. That's the trick behind the "Snowball Method" for debt elimination --positive feedback.
The Snowball Method uses positive feedback to help you stick to your plan of paying off debt. Here's how that works: Conventional wisdom says to pay down the biggest debt first because it has the highest interest rate, and paying this one first will save you money in interest. However, reducing large debt happens at a snail's pace and it can be discouraging. This is the primary reason that many give up too soon.
With the snowball way, you focus on the shorter-term goal of paying off your smallest debt first. Since it's the easiest one to pay off, you'll get rid of the debt sooner, and the sense of achievement will motivate you to keep going.
How To Make The Snowball Method Work For You
All you need to do is make the minimum payment on all but your smallest debt. On the smallest debt, put as much towards the payment as your budget allows. Once it's paid off, work on to the next smallest debt, funneling the funds that you freed from the previous debt to tackle this new goal.
Let's look at an example with a school loan, car loan, medical bill, and credit card. First, list the amount owed from smallest to largest, such as:
- Credit Card: $1,000
- Medical: $7,000
- Car: $12,000
- School: $23,000
In this example, you'd start with paying off the credit card first, making the minimum payments on all other debts except the credit card. Let's say the minimum on the credit card is $65, but pay $100 until it's paid off.
Once you've paid off the credit card debt, you'd move onto the medical bill, rolling over the $100 you spent paying off the credit card into the medical bill payment. So your monthly medical bill payment would be the minimum PLUS $100.
Keep "snowballing" like this until all debt is demolished!
Why Snowballing Works
While it logically makes more financial sense to focus on eliminating the debt with the highest interest rate, emotionally, it's not as rewarding --and this is why many lose their motivation.
With the "snowballing," you rely less on willpower and more on the sense of accomplishment. This approach, as it turns out, is a lot more effective for sticking to goals.
Where to Find the Money to Eliminate Your Debt
If you're living paycheck-to-paycheck, you may be wondering where you can find the funds to add a little more to pay extra to your debt. Start by reviewing your regular spending and see if there are any areas that you can cut back --even if only temporarily --while you work on paying off debt. Also, see if there are ways to increase your income with a side hustle so you have more money to work with.
And remember that it's just as essential to avoid getting deeper into debt while working on paying down what you already owe. And of course, once you get out of debt, stay out.
You Don't Need To Be Debt-Free to Buy A Home!
Depending on how much you owe, it can take some time to get rid of your debt entirely. But that doesn't mean buying a home now is out of the question.
Your debt-to-income (DTI) is just one of the factors that determine your eligibility. Get straightforward answers from a local loan expert. Contact us to set up your free consultation.
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All political systems must operate according to the "rule of law" if they are to be deemed legitimate. This statement has assumed the quality of a truism: we hear it repeated by the President of the United States, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and the President of the International Criminal Court. At the same time, though, that everyone seems to agree that the "rule of law" is a good thing, no one seems able to say for sure what the "rule of law" is. What, then, do we mean by the "rule of law"? What does it mean to speak of government limited by law? What are these limits, where do they come from, and how are they enforced? What role does the "rule of law" play in legitimating structures of governance? Does the "rule of law" imply any particular relationship between legality and morality? We will hazard answers to these questions through a close reading of works of theorists such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, H.L.A. Hart and Lon Fuller. In addition, we will examine the arguments of the theorists as they help us think through pressing legal challenges of our age, such as defining the limits of executive power in the "war against terror."
Our seminar will be devoted to the close reading of a select number of texts. We will analyze the structure, meaning and adequacy of the arguments contained in these works through vigorous discussion and frequent writing assignments. Our aim is to gain a rich critical understanding of a concept that lies at the foundation of domestic and international socio-political systems, and to improve our abilities to discuss and write about complex ideas with sophistication, nuance and flair.
Fall semester. Professor Douglas.
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Hi Deana,
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and commenting on my new cover. I am with a small publishing house in the UK and they do all the cover designs for my new books, but 'American Smile' was self-pubbed before I got that contract so that's why I got my husband to redesign the cover. I visited your blog today and I'm going to follow it - you have a great attitude to writing and I look forward to hearing all about your successes.
Very happy to be friends Deana.
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Five Things That Need To Be Put Into Mainstream Ice Cream
You would think that we Americans have conceived of every possible ice cream flavor on Earth. The ice cream aisle at your local grocery store occupies 40 percent of the total floor space, and that's before you get to all the Turkey Hill shit at the end of the aisle that's on sale because no one wants it. Famous ice cream shops like The Ice Cream Store have come up with flavors like Bacon, Booger, Mountain Dew, Caramel Popcorn, Motor Oil (which really does taste like motor oil), White Wine, Sweet Corn, and more. And fancy pancy restaurants love to present you with all kinds of ice cream with crazy ingredients like fennel dust and foie gras and eye of newt and whatever the fuck else makes them sound innovative.
But we haven't exhausted the possibilities just yet. There's still plenty of shit that we can enrobe in frozen sugar cream to make ourselves even fatter and more repulsive than before, and I'd like to suggest a few of them:
1. Entenmann's Raspberry Danish Twist
This is that Entenmann's coffee cake that comes in a long box, and when you nuke it for eight seconds, it's basically as good as shooting up a thousand pounds of opium while staring at a thousand puppies frolicking in a field of a thousand daisies (NOTE: Don't nuke it longer than that, or else the raspberry part turns into molten steel). The only reason I don't eat an entire danish twist in one sitting is because people would stare. One day I'm gonna lock myself in a room with six of them and act out every repulsive breakfast fantasy I've ever had. If they put this in ice cream, I'd never buy anything else.
Only Blue Bunny has introduced a coffee cake ice cream, and that was in a limited edition. Why limited? Was it because it sucked? Or was it so delicious that it threatened to destroy the fabric of American society? I MUST KNOW.
2. Glazed Walnuts
You know those bags of glazed walnut pieces you can buy to put on salad? I'm pretty sure that a salad is the least effective method of deployment for these things. Much better to rip open the bag and pour it into your mouth, using your throat as a kind of industrial grain funnel. One Amazon customer actually reviewed these nuts and gave them one star (!!!!):
you will not taste the nut at all - it's all sugar coated and soggy and bad
This person is the Armond White of nut reviewers. She's WRONG. That shit is delicious and needs to be mixed in with a vat of dulce de leche ice cream immediately.
3. Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ice cream sandwiches are awesome, except for Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches which taste like plywood. In recent years, ice cream makers have gotten all meta and thrown cone pieces into their ice creams, and the results have been well-received by the American public. Haagen Daaz's caramel cone flavor is delicious and is a mere 320 calories per half cup. You can't get any healthier than that.
So if cone pieces work spectacularly, I don't see why ice cream sandwich ice cream couldn't also cause a quivering mouthgasm. And we don't have to stop there. What about Choco Taco ice cream? Or Strawberry Shortcake ice cream? Or Fudgie the Whale ice cream? Why do I have to buy a whole ice cream cake to experience those little chocolate crunchy bits that Carvel uses? Who made them the fucking crunchy bit oligarchy? That's crap.
4. Hostess Ho Hos
I don't know why birthday cake ended up monopolizing all cake-related ice cream flavors. There are other cakes out there to mix into your ice cream, you know. I went to Yogurt Stop in LA once (come for the yogurt, stay for the sexism!), and they had pieces of red velvet cake you could mix into your yogurt. And even though red velvet cake is just red cake, I still loaded up. The red lets you know it's working.
We need more cakes in ice cream. Coffee cake ice cream. Cupcake ice cream. Winky Dinky ho-cake ice cream. Cake pop ice cream. And Hostess Ho Ho ice cream. Even though the chocolate used to enrobe a Ho Ho is probably 90% candle wax, it's still worth attempting. In fact, every Hostess product should be incorporated into ice cream. The people at Foodbeast made Twinkie ice cream and then put it on top of a Twinkie, which I assume is the reason we ended up killing bin Laden.
5. Miniature Eclairs
There's the Good Humor Chocolate Eclair bar, but that has NOTHING to do with actual eclairs. If you put ACTUAL eclairs in ice cream, complete with pastry, cream, and chocolate coating, you'd have an entirely new flavor profile.
Preferably, I'd like the five ingredients listed above to be put into ONE ice cream, which is then covered with bacon and rolled up in a fresh pancake. If we're gonna be the fattest country on Earth, we gotta do it right.


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Bottom Line Up Front: KICKASS! Miffed about the lack of action and new plot development last week? Well, this one has it all, and all of it is done well. We're back to action-packed naval porn, and in a much more satisfying manner than in the season premiere two-parter. This one stays on the re-watch list and would be a great entry point for new watchers this season.
Summary: Again, I'm playing catch-up like in the last BLUF Review, so SPOILERS ABOUND.
Ahoy! USS NATHAN JAMES is underway and en route antivirus labs in the southeastern US when intel informs them the Norfolk lab may not have just vanished. They may have gotten underway with their full lab setup and 15 docs aboard USNS SOLACE, one of the Navy hospital ships — which would be perfect for getting the cure all over the world. Cap'n Crunches, CDR Tom Chandler has the ship search for SOLACE, and they eventually find her. Meanwhile, we get to know some new faces. The ship's SEALs and VBSS boarding teams / security force get augmented by some badass do-gooders: "Wolf" a Wolverine stand-in from the Australian Special Forces and Ravit, a tough but attractive butt-kicking lady from the Israeli defense force, both of which had been in Norfolk for an exchange course when the virus hit. GUNNO is in love, but is instantly shut down, to Tex's delightful amusement, and Sexy LT 2 notes to Sexy LT 1 that all the females are keenly aware of Wolf's manly attributes.
They find SOLACE adrift with a pre-recorded message looping out on bridge-to-bridge and they worry they were too late. The XO takes over and Cap'n Tom goes over with the boarding teams, including Wolf, Freckles, GUNNO, Sexy LT 1, Tex, and Ravit. No signs of any life, they split into multiple teams, with Tex, GUNNO, and Ravit going one way, and the Skipper and the rest going the other. They find the virus labs good to go, but recently unmanned, and signs of a struggle. Tex's team finds bodies, plural, not dead of the virus, but all executed with shots to the head. They are not alone.
The Skipper finds a bunch of docs and crew holed up in an operating suite, trying to save a wounded crewmember. They tell them they've been boarded by mercs looking for the cure, and they are killing everyone. Both teams coordinate with NATHAN JAMES, who goes to GQ and brings guns to bear. The mercs then make themselves known and firefights ensue. Freckles and Wolf/Wolf-man have some mutual badassery, while Ravit amply shows GUNNO and Tex how much of a take-no-prisoners-I-don't-need-no-man kind of gal she is. Great action here. The lead merc, who had been in an intro scene earlier with his brother aboard an infected British submarine, challenges Chandler on who's team is more lethal. He is determined to kill everyone and get the cure. Firefights and battles continue, with NATHAN JAMES' snipers and Sexy LT 2 getting some kills in with the remotely operated 30 mm cannon.
Main Merc realizes he's lost, and he skedaddles. At the same time, Ravit, GUNNO, and Tex come on a tank room rigged to blow the ship, and Main Merc has the detonator! Chandler chases the Brit merc, GUNNO takes a bullet for Ravit, and Tex + Ravit disarm all the bombs, the last of which Tex throws off the ship right as the merc triggers it. SOLACE is saved, some bad guys and redshirts die, and Main Merc jumps into the sea . . . and never comes up. NATHAN JAMES realizes the mercs had to come from somewhere, so they freak out and start searching for a sub. They get one SONAR hit, but then its gone and lost.
Later, Typhoid Niels is revealed to still be with the immune survivalists who hate the cure, and they are revealed to be working with the Brit sub merc force, including Main Merc and his brother.
The Goods: THIS EPISODE KICKS ASS! Everyone gets to play, new villains are revealed, we remain at sea and aboard ship like I like it, and somebody's torso gets esssssploded with a 30 mm round. The bridge chatter as they approach SOLACE is also very good. Like I've always said, this show listens to its Navy tech advisors (except for whoever teaches them Engineering or tactics, because that shit is just painful). The real hospital ships are MERCY and COMFORT, but it looks like the Navy let them film on a real one nonetheless. Thumbs up!
The Less Goods: I'm not sure you can use a 30 mm cannon as a sniper rifle, cathartic though it may be. The Skipper pulls a Captain Kirk and goes with the boarding teams. Ummmmm, no. Also, SONAR doesn't work or look like that. The show also returns to its default position that positions of responsibility and importance MUST be manned by OFFICERS ONLY. In a pinch, they draft a clueless ENS as the anti-submarine officer. What happened to the SONAR chief or any of the petty officers? ASWO? Ah well, the complaints are minor, but they may be more next episode, as it looks to be an "The Enemy Below" ripoff. I hope I don't have to hate on their ASW as badly as I hate on their engineering understanding.
Verdict: One of my favorites. Great job, crew!


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Reports of what appears to be an attempted sexual assault in India have added yet another ignominious chapter to the country's recent saga of high-profile sex crimes. Fearing an attack from a hotel owner, a British woman traveling alone near the Taj Mahal jumped out of the window of her third-story hotel room.
The AP has the details of the woman's terrifying ordeal:
Police arrested the hotel owner in connection with the incident in Agra, the site of the Taj Mahal, one of India's most cherished tourist attractions, Gaur said. No charges have been filed.
The woman told the police that the hotel owner kept knocking on her door persistently and even tried to unlock the door after she refused his offer of a free massage.
The owner denied that and police said he told them he knocked on the woman's door only because she had asked to be woken up at 4 a.m.
Oh yes, because all thorough wake-up calls include breaking down a guest's door and threatening sexual violence. Who'd even need an alarm clock? The fear, adrenaline, and three-story tumble are quite enough to keep tourists wide-fucking awake forever.
A spokesman for the British High Commission in New Delhi told the AP that a consular team has spoken to both the woman involved in the incident and the police, adding that the woman is right now being offered consular assistance.
News of the British woman's apparent brush with sexual assault comes tripping on the heels of reports that six Indian men had been arrested over the weekend for the brutal gang-rape of a Swiss tourist.


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- Me & Earl & the Dying Girl at the Little, July 1: Jenn, Ali, and I thought this would be an okay film to check out. It's a smart teen movie (that is, quite enjoyable by adults too) about Greg, whose mother forces him to visit a dying classmate, Rachel, but all he really wants to do is to make short films with his friend Earl. The thing I think was most pleasing is that Greg is a clumsy teen who makes painful-to-watch mistakes. The relationships between the three seem pretty organic and natural and the story is interesting enough. Oh yeah, the beginning … with its Greg-centered exposition, is not so hot … but it gets much better after that.
- Shorts Made for the Theaters at the Dryden, July 15: Jenn and I both enjoy short films. This program was treasures from the Eastman House archives which were designed for a cinema audience. Kicking off, Popeye Makes a Movie was quite hilarious. Then Paramount News Review 1938: A Year of Contrast was a laden with U.S. nationalism as WWII began. This Theatre and You, the later Let's Go to the Movies, and History Brought to Life were each slightly boring essays on how movies work and are made—the latter being borderline offensive in its claim to historical realism in fictional films. The History and Development of the 35mm Projector was an interesting history lesson on early 35mm projector development. The Film That Was Lost was an interesting early film promoting motion picture preservation—I'm still not clear on the 20-year lifespan of cellulose-based film and how we have originals from way more than 20 years ago. Finally, Dancing in the Street was a production made by Kodak that was a cringe-worthy 1980s music video for the version of that song done by Mick Jagger and David Bowie for the Live Aid benefit concert.
- Trudno byt bogom (Hard to Be a God) at the Dryden, July 14: Jenn and I were both interested in this film touted as being made by "legendary Russian auteur Aleksej German". It's ostensibly about an Earthling scientist who lives on the planet Arkanar, stuck in a parallel to Earth's middle ages except without the benefit of a Renaissance on the horizon. As Jurij Meden noted in his introduction, the film is a parable for life under communism in the Soviet Union, and, lacking a linear story, it is more of an experience. Once Jenn and I had enough of the experience—a mere hour into its 170 minute runtime—we left. It was indeed an impressive work but we didn't feel the need to stay for the whole thing.
- Mad Max: Fury Road at the Cinema, July 20: I kept hearing good things about this so I figured I'd hit up the double feature. It's an entertaining action movie with lots and lots of driving going on. What I found most impressive was its ability to handily pass the Bechdel/Wallace Test as even the somewhat minor "damsels in distress" characters are well thought-out and not simply interchangeable trophies as is too often the case.
- Lambert and Stamp at the Cinema, July 20: Following that, I stayed for the documentary about the managers for The Who, Kit Lambert and Christopher Stamp. As I'm not a huge Who fan, the documentary seemed to ramble a lot, especially toward the end. And it probably could have been better called "Kit Lambert and the Who" as it was largely about Lambert (who died in 1981). Unfortunately, the archival footage seemed to be rather sparse, so lots of reminiscing filled the bloated 117 minute running time.
- The Wicker Man—Final Cut at the Dryden, July 25: Jenn went to revisit, and I to see for the first time this genre-improving horror film. It's about a devoutly Christian police officer investigating the reported disappearance of a 12-year-old girl on a remote island inhabited exclusively by Pagans. The officer tries to retain his composure but is horrified by the nudity and sexuality of the islanders, and especially their willingness to allow children to witness their natural lives. The film's conclusion is a potent capstone to an amazingly interesting story. I got the impression that we were to strongly empathize (er … empathise as this is a British film) with the Christian morals of the cop. The 1973 original date could be rooted in conservatism or in hippie liberation, and a bit of searching the Internet didn't reveal any original critics' reactions so I'm not sure.
- Amy at the Little, July 28: Jenn and I went to see this because it looked kind of interesting. I knew very little of Amy Winehouse save for the mocking she received from comedians in the early 2000s for her drug and alcohol abuse. The film offers a heaping of empathy through the spectral glimpse we can see in archival and personal footage. Her singing style was unique, and her commitment to music was unparalleled, making her seem like one of those people who are just ablaze with talent. I got the impression she tried to show a composed, controlled demeanor, but the veneer was particularly thin and her opinions easily punched through it. She was also not quite ready to be in the spotlight; the hounding by paparazzi was disheartening, especially the glimpses of the worst of a thousand photoflashes rendering the night a stroboscopic minefield. In the end, I guess the film reminded me to never make fun of people you know nothing about.
- Grey Gardens at the Dryden, July 29. Jenn had already seen this so I went by myself … it's about aging Edie Bouvier Beale, and her elderly mother Edith Bouvier Beale who live in a mansion in East Hampton. Albert Maysles, and David Maysles were to make a documentary about their wealthy relatives, but when they found the two during research, they changed plans. The most common and roughly-fitting adjective is "eccentric" as the mansion is in a decades-long state of disrepair and the two appear to solely live on the property along with numerous cats. Despite outward appearances, they seem to be content with their lifestyle. As documentary subjects, they didn't have much to say—but that didn't stop their domestic banter, making for a virtually surreal viewing experience.
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GIF: Player Does 360 Spin After Hitting Homer
If you know me you know this: I love the art of the bat flip. There's nothing like it. Some people knock the cockiness, but I love it. Now, you can throw your bat into next Tuesday, but I don't think it'll top the cockiness of doing a complete, lazy 360 before taking one step towards first base. This guy set the bar. I'm excited to see who's going to top it.


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It's two weeks until Thanksgiving! You know what that means? Any second now the talking heads and "experts" will rise up and moan and rail against retail. Suddenly the plight of the employee and the sanctity of family will take on grave importance. The siren song of the big box store will lure people away from the sacredness of their nuclear hearth! How dire it is to impose commercialism onto such a pure holiday! Never mind the millions of turkey and pilgrim tchotcke festooning tables and mantels. Disregard the families barcalounged in front of football games all. day. long. It is shopping that threatens to erode this holy Norman Rockwell day!
"People shouldn't have to work on Thanksgiving"; the
bobble talking heads will shout. I suppose we should close the hospitals, police force & diners as well. Lots of people work on Thanksgiving. Do we expect the secret service or any branch of the military to lay down their arms and hoist a drumstick? I'm not sure anyone would want pilots, gas station attendants or bus drivers to have the day off. It's interesting that retail employees are often the concern during this sacred poultry time. Retail workers regularly work evenings and weekends and often quite erratic schedules. Depending upon the shop they can be forced to wear a uniform and carry a see-though bag containing their belongings (the assumption being that they steal.) Retail workers are often on their feet all day long, not allowed to use the same bathroom as the customers and not given their week's work schedule until the last minute. Throughout most of the year their interests aren't exactly a priority. Let us just assume the moaners/ranters are just grasping at (cheese) straws and spouting twaddle.
But what of the family?! Whose family exactly? Is there a family so functional and fun loving and their time together so sacred? Is this fictional (if not entirely creepy) family so enamored with each other yet powerless to resist the charms of a doorbuster sale? Many many people do not have a family or one with whom they'd like to be sequestered. To impose some ideal onto every single person is if not callous than surely annoying. Would anyone care if family members went to the movies (spending obscene amounts of money to sit in dark silence together?) What is it about shopping that rankles the pundits? Is it that the shopping in question is for Christmas? Is the melding of holidays the equivalent of "my corn is touching my sweet potatoes!!!!"? If that's it I suggest they take on the Thanksgiving/Chanukah synchronized celebrating of 2013.
I suspect that at the core of the whining is that any kind of change can make people cranky. Thanksgiving is nothing else if not a holiday revered for its stasis. We eat the same exact foods every year (heaven help the host who changes the stuffing recipe!) We go to or watch the same parade or movies. We take the post-feast walk or nap. There's nothing wrong with clinging fast to the comfort of tradition. But there are lots of people out there with lots of different needs and desires. The idea that there is only one way to do something is a bit offensive. There's a reason we serve more than one kind of pie.


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Fence Installation
When we talk about fencing one's property, the things that come to mind are usually fence types, material, style, design, and even height. But not everyone pays attention or gives importance to fence installation, even when it's one of the most critical parts of the fencing process.
Many people probably think that fence installation is a negligible and straightforward task, but it involves a lot of strategic thinking, meticulous calculation, and hard work. It's definitely not as easy as it looks. And the primary reason why most people leave this work to the pros is because the quality of the fencing installation makes a significant impact on the overall performance of a fence.
No matter how durable your fence materials are or how attractive your design looks, they won't be any good if they aren't installed properly and accurately.
So while it's really tempting to DIY your way to installing your fence system, having it professionally done by established local fence installers like Blue Bird Fence Company is the safest and most practical way to go.
Blue Bird Fence Company is a full-service fence company based here in Indianapolis, IN and we are dedicated to giving you the excellent quality, safe, secure fences that beautifully complement your property, and one of the ways we do that is by giving you the best fence installation service possible.
Call Blue Bird Fence Company at (317) 680-5702 for a Free Consultation!
Passion For Precision
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Tornadoes rip eastern North Carolina
Hundreds of houses damaged, thousands lose power
Agency: Conditions could be dangerous from Sunday through Tuesday
Tornadoes, wind and hail are possible throughout Midwest and South
Eastern North Carolina cleaned up Saturday from powerful tornadoes that damaged about 200 homes and knocked out power to thousands of customers.
Meanwhile, much of the central United States is bracing for even more severe weather in the form of tornadoes, damaging winds and hail.
Multiple twisters touched down in an area east of Greenville, North Carolina, to Beaufort County, on Friday evening, the National Weather Service reported.
A tornado that struck Whichards Beach in Beaufort County injured 16 people and damaged or destroyed 150-200 homes, reported the Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management, quoting the National Weather Service.
The twister was rated an EF-3, with winds estimated at 150 mph. Emergency management official said that ended the streak of days without an EF-3 tornado at 158 days.
John Pack, spokesman for the Beaufort County Emergency Management, estimated more than 200 homes in that county sustained major damage, and at one point at least 2,500 homes didn't have power.
He told CNN that staffers at the National Weather Service, county volunteer fire crews and more than 100 electrical crews were working to assist residents.
In Pasquotank County, three tornadoes touched down, destroying 13 homes and causing major damage to 17 homes, the Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management said. The weather service said those were EF-2 and EF-1 twisters.
NC Dominion Power reported 3,100 customers losing power in Pasquotank County. Elizabeth City Public Utilities said approximately 4,000 city customers lost power.
In nearby Perquimans County, the story was similar.
A spokesman for that county's emergency management agency, Tom Ponte, told CNN a preliminary assessment showed the storm damaged 38 homes and left about 1,770 residents without power.
According to Ponte, the county is opening a shelter for residents displaced by the storm and roads are being cleared by the county fire department, with assistance from the North Carolina Department of Forestry.
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center, which monitors severe weather across the United States, said severe weather will move over other parts of the United States over the next three days. That's all due to a storm that's moving eastward from the Rockies.
CNN meteorologist Matt Daniels predicts a slight risk of severe storms Saturday evening from central Texas into southeast South Dakota. This may include damaging winds and large hail, but does not rule out a few tornadoes.
On Sunday, most of Arkansas and neighboring areas – including Shreveport, Louisiana, and Springfield, Missouri – face the highest chance of severe weather, though states as far north as North Dakota, and southeast to Georgia, also could be in harm's way.
The SPC said it may upgrade Sunday's threat level from moderate to "high risk." This would be the first "high risk" threat this year – a warning that is typically issued only a few times a year.
The danger zone shifts farther east on Monday, with Memphis, Tennessee, and Tupelo, Mississippi, among the cities most likely to get hit.
There is also a slight risk of storms stretching into the Midwest, north Georgia and the western Carolinas. These storms could produce damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes (some could be strong) throughout the day.
And yet more severe weather looms for Tuesday.
The Storm Prediction Center notes that these threats come in a year that has been – so far – one of the quietest for tornadoes in U.S. history. Already, the country has set a record for going the longest into a new year without a tornado fatality.
CNN's Ralph Ellis, Dave Hennen, Suzanne Presto, John Branch and Stephen Daniel contributed to this story.


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"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy." Rumi
How do you make decisions? From the ego or from your higher self? How do you know when you've made the best decision?
Do you remember the song, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" Recently, as it floated through my mind as old songs often do, I decided to look at the lyrics, most of which I didn't remember. I discovered that the narrator in the song is longing to return to San Jose because she wants to leave Los Angeles and return to a place where she can find peace of mind, space to live, and reconnect with friends. She wants to return home where she has what she really needs because her Hollywood dream has fallen apart.
Becoming Aware of Wrong Choices
Like so many, the narrator of this song was pursuing a dream that evaporated in the midst of the noise, intensity, and superficial environment of L. A. How many of us have experienced something similar? How many times do we have to make the wrong choice in order to see what the right choice would be? Hind sight is always a valuable evaluator.
When the path takes us to places that are the wrong places for us, how we respond to these situations is very important. We often blame ourselves for being foolish or blind to the reality we can later see clearly. But what if these twists in our spiritual path are simply other ways to get to the place we need to go?
We are not all infallible. We can only see what is possible based on the level of our consciousness. More than once in my life, I have chosen to stay in a job, friendship or relationship because I was afraid of the consequences of leaving or because I thought I could fix what was wrong with the situation. Sometimes we can resolve the challenges that face us, so knowing when to leave is a huge decision.
Higher Choices Come From the Soul Level
In order to make the highest decisions, we need to consult our soul, go deeper, meditate, and take the time to evaluate the spiritual value of the situation. When we do this, and out of this contemplation, we discover an answer, we then need to look closely at that answer. Could ego have slipped in there to derail our best intentions? Will the way we decide to handle a situation hurt someone? I test myself by asking this question: "What choice can I make that is for the highest good of all?"
If we live in love for other humans, the decisions that are the most difficult are the ones where we know others will be hurt by our decisions, but sometimes walking away from a situation is for the highest good of all although it hurts. It may be the higher choice. We not only need to love others, we need to love ourselves as well and choose not to allow others to undermine and abuse us.
I once met a woman who stayed with a man who abused her. When I asked why she did that, she replied that she believed showing him unconditional love helped him to finally see that what he was doing was wrong and that it motivated him to change. Did she make a decision that was for the highest good of all? I don't know. I wouldn't make a similar choice, but I do not know the details of her journey or the lessons of her lifetime.
Soul Choices Expand Our Lives and Free Us
The choices we make from the soul level are the highest choices no matter how they look to others. They always serve us well even when the path is difficult. They take us deeper. They expand our understanding. When I had to walk away from a relationship I'd been in for eight years, I was terrified, and yet, the moment after I said good-bye I was flooded with peace and joy. I never expected this response; I just wanted to be free of the irresolvable conflicts. But no matter what doubts I'd had before that, I knew in that moment, I had made the highest choice.
Although we may sometimes feel we are overwhelmed by that river moving within us that Rumi refers to, it will lead us to moments of joy, confirming we have chosen the best way. It is all part of the dance of life, and the more we awaken to our higher choices, the more we will love our lives.
What higher choices have you made lately? Please share your thoughts.
© 2012 Georganne Spruce
Related Articles: Every Choice Is A Spiritual Choice, Keep an Open Heart in All of Your Relationships,


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SC insurance agency extending service hours
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The S.C. Department of Insurance is extending its customer service hours.
The department's consumer services division is now open from 8:30 a.m. through 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The division will maintain its regular business hours of 8:30 a.m. through 5 p.m. on Fridays.
Insurance Director Ray Farmer says the agency wanted to provide extended hours for customers who can't call with their questions during regular business hours.
Customers can call 803-737-6180. Residents calling within South Carolina can also call the toll-free line at 1-800-768-3467. Questions can also be submitted via email at consumers(at)doi.sc.gov.
On the Web: www.doi.sc.gov


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London and Edinburgh on collision course
The phoney peace is over.
When Theresa May assumed the prime ministership, one of the first trips – not for now a foreign visit – she made was to Edinburgh for talks on Brexit with First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
Now it's Sturgeon's turn to come to London for talks with Mrs May along with the leaders of the Welsh and Northern Irish Assemblies.
When May went to Scotland it was all smiles and emollience from the new Tory leader –a wise move given Scots had voted to remain in the EU by a much wider margin than England and Wales voted to leave in the referendum a few weeks before.
It was no secret that many supporters of independence would now push for another Scottish referendum to prevent their country being dragged out of the EU against its will.
Twenty six months ago – yes time does fly – at the time of what was known as the Indyref, the supporters of Scotland staying in the Union with England had argued the country could only ensure it stayed in the EU if it remained in the UK
Many at the time, including myself, thought this was a hostage to fortune.
Prime Minister Cameron had already committed to hold the vote on Europe if he won the 2015 UK general election – and – as we've now seen – he could not guarantee an EU referendum would see a victory for what would become known as Remain.
The Scottish National Party had also foreseen this possibility and kept their options open on holding a second independence referendum by running for the Scottish parliament elections in May this year on a manifesto reserving the right to call a second referendum in event of a vote to leave the EU.
So when May met Sturgeon in Edinburgh she promised to listen and consult over Brexit, while Sturgeon largely kept her powder dry taking a wait and see approach to how the new UK leader would handle Brexit.
Two months and a Conservative Party conference later, it is clear Theresa May is veering towards a comprehensive break with the EU – hard Brexit – with pledges to restrict immigration and no guarantee of continued preferential access to the single market or possibly even the customs union.
There also seems to have been precious little listening and consultation with the Scottish Government either, despite strong legal arguments that Holyrood needs to consent to the repeal of the 1972 European Communities Act.
In response, and probably reluctantly (despite what the London media and Scottish Tory leader, Ruth Davidson might say), Nicola Sturgeon has started the process to legislate for another vote in Scotland on the whether to end the Union with England.
Number 10 sources have made clear May will block this.
The 2014 Scottish vote was legislated for by Westminster following an agreement between David Cameron and then First Minister, Alex Salmond, and clearly Cameron's successor thinks she can veto another vote by refusing to pass the necessary legislation.
Mrs May might think this would be legally sound, but unless she wantes to boost support for independence in Scotland and provoke a constitutional crisis it wouldn't be a wise course of action.
And the spin ahead of this week's meeting in London, with May in danger of sounding patronising, is unlikely to help her convince Scots she really takes their concerns seriously.
The change from the cuddly rhetoric of listening and consulting to the 'we'll make the decisions on Brexit' and dismissal of the SNP's democratic mandate to consider calling a second referendum also indicate something else Scots are unlikely to miss.
It seems Theresa May doesn't consider The Union a true union of equals – flying in the face of the rhetoric from London ahead of the Scottish referendum and the history of how the two countries came to form the UK in the eighteenth century.
But one thing is clear – the gloves are off and we seem set on course for a showdown over whether Scotland remains in the EU rather than the UK.
The unionist media in London and Scotland already seem to believe this is coming and have settled upon Scots Tory leader, Ruth Davidson, as the leader of the anti-independence campaign when the next indyref comes.
She is being given extensive coverage, much of it fawning, on the back of leading the Tories to second place in the Scottish election in May.
I'm not sure this is either justified or wise.
Yes, she led the Tories to their best ever result at a Scottish parliament election with 22% of the vote, but only seven of her MSPs were directly elected from constituencies rather than via the proportional vote for the regional lists.
It's also worth noting she ran by downplaying her Tory credentials and the Conservatives only won one seat in Scotland at the 2015 UK election
Pro-independence supporters are also already exposing Ms Davidson's Achilles heel – she is the leader in Scotland of the party that called and lost the Brexit vote which, as things stand, will take Scots out of the EU against their will.
On her side, First Minister Sturgeon is also on less than ideal political ground.
She has made clear she would not want to have another independence vote until it was clear she would win it and, at the moment, the limited opinion polling that's been done since June 23rd doesn't suggest a big shift has yet occurred since 2014.
It is very possible that once Article 50 is invoked and talks between London and Brussels get under way – probably next spring – the long-term economic damage from leaving the EU will be clearer and it will focus Scottish voters' minds.
But Article 50 imposes a timetable on Sturgeon not of her choosing.
A second independence referendum would need to be held before the UK leaves the EU to improve the chances Scotland could remain with the minimum disruption.
All of this means tension between London and Edinburgh will intensify and a second indyef becomes a good bet.
Given the demographics of the first vote and the continued vibrancy of the pro-independence movement, it was already likely there would be a second bite of the cherry for supporters of Scottish independence.
Now, the Brexit vote and – as importantly – the way the government in London is approaching the upcoming talks with the rest of the EU are bringing the end of the United Kingdom ever closer.


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"Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy"
Yes there is a new papa and he is an American.
Except he is a South American, from Argentina in fact.
Close but no cigar fasab 🙂
His name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, but now it is Francis I, and he was the surprise choice in one of the fastest conclaves in recent times.
He is a Jesuit and he is 76 years old and, no pun intended, he has one hell of a mess to try to clean up.
In fact the trouble never stops coming.
As the election was getting under way in Rome, an article published on Monday, in the Italian newspaper La Republica, noted that the Vatican paid an estimated $30 million in 2008 for around 20 apartments in the imposing palazzo at 2 Via Carducci.
Not only will these apartments do very little to help the poor and needy in his flock as I guess very few of them could afford even to rent a $1.5 million apartment let alone buy one, but the complex it turns out is also home to Italy's biggest gay sauna, the Europa Multiclub!
Europa Multiclub, which features a Turkish bath and Finnish sauna, bills itself as the number one sauna in Italy. Open all year, the club also offers weekly "bear parties", which it advertises on its website with a video of a stripper donning clerical attire.
And to top it all, the housing block accommodates 15 priests, including a 12-room apartment on the first floor of the building for 76-year-old Cardinal Ivan Dias, a socially conservative Cardinal who was the former archbishop of Bombay, who has called homosexuality a disease of the soul. Does anyone detect a hint of hypocrisy?
Red faces to go with those red robes I think.
Good luck Francis, you're going to need it.


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This week's selection for the group French Fridays with Dorie is Marie-Helene's Apple Cake from Dorie Greenspan's fantastic new book "Around my French Table".
Project Angel Food. During a crazy five-day fundraising event, we were working hard and stressing out. Since we had trained the volunteers in our area, most knew to ask Mary or Helen questions about their tasks. On the last day (when we were so exhausted and just so sick of seeing each other), a volunteer comes up and says, "I'm looking for Mary-Helen." Since then, we often refer to ourselves as MaryHelen or HelenMary. I'm hanging out with Helen tonight and will bring her a slice of this cake.
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I like unfried chicken just as much. The chicken is soaked in tangy buttermilk and then coated with flavorful breading, just like fried chicken. The difference is that it's baked.
This dish was on the menu at LYFE Kitchen. I first prepared it when Oprah's movie "Beloved" opened. One of the many lessons I learned from Oprah is to offer people a choice at meals, and one of those choices should be a healthy one. To this day I honor that lesson in my home and my restaurants.
Serves 4
For the chicken:
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon Louisiana Hot Sauce or another hot sauce
4 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, cut in half
1 1/2 cups multigrain or whole wheat panko bread crumbs
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne
1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon paprika
For the brussels sprouts:
16 brussels sprouts, cut in half
1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the garnish:
1 lemon, quartered
METHOD To prepare the chicken: Preheat the oven to 400°F. In a mixing bowl, mix the buttermilk and hot sauce. Submerge the chicken pieces in the buttermilk and soak in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour but no more than 24 hours.
In a gallon-size plastic bag, combine the bread crumbs, Parmesan, black pepper, cayenne, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika. Seal the bag and shake until well mixed. Remove the chicken from the buttermilk and transfer directly to the bag with the bread crumb mixture. Shake the bag until the chicken breasts are evenly coated with the bread crumbs. Remove the chicken breasts from the bag and lay flat on a nonstick baking sheet. Refrigerate, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Bake the chicken for 20 to 25 minutes or until just cooked through.
To prepare the brussels sprouts: Preheat the oven to 400°F. Place brussels sprouts in a medium mixing bowl, toss with the olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Spread the brussels sprouts in a medium ovenproof baking dish and roast for 20 minutes or until caramelized and tender.
ASSEMBLY Divide the chicken and brussels sprouts among 4 serving plates, and squeeze the lemon over the chicken.
Per serving: 427 calories | 12 g fat | 3 g sat fat | 79 mg chol | 349 mg sodium | 45 g carb | 6 g sugar | 9 g fiber | 40 g protein | 185 mg calcium


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Oligopoly pricing behavior has characteristics of a specific game of strategy. Like chess or poker. The best way to play such a game depends on the way opponent play. Oligopolists (in our case players) must pattern their action according to actions and reactions of rivals. The study of oligopolists behave in this strategic situations is called game theory. We will use game theory model to analyze and explain the pricing behavior of oligopolists. Let's assume that in our oligopolistic market system are only two firms that produce CDs simply called "A" and "B". Each firms- "A" and "B"- has a choice of two pricing strategies: increase the price or lower it. The profit of each firm depends on what strategy it chooses and what strategy its rival chooses.
There are four combinations of strategies possible for these two firms, and letter cells in the table below express them. For example, cell W represents low-price strategy of firm "B" and high-price strategy of firm "A". This table is called payoff matrix because its cells represent the profit(payoff) each firm makes that result from combination of strategies of firms "A" and "B". Cell W represents that after firm "A" chooses to adopt high-price strategy and firm "B" chooses to adopt low-price strategy, then firm "B" will make 4 million dollars and firm "A" will make only 1 million.
Mutual Interdependence
The Data in the payoff matrix are just hypothetical one, but relationship is very realistic. Remind the fact that oligopolistic firms can increase their revenues, and influence rival's profits, by changing its price strategies. Each firm's payoff depends on its own pricing policy and that of its rival. This mutual interdependence in economics is very well demonstrated by figure above. If both firm "A" and firm "B" adopt a high-price strategy then revenue of each one will be 3 million of dollars. If firm "A" uses a low-price strategy while firm "B" uses a high-price strategy then firm "A" will increase its market share and profit from 3 to 4 million of dollars, however firm "B" will lose 1 million of dollars, since its revenues will decrease from 2 million to 1 million of dollars. So, firm "B" high-price policy will be efficient only if firm "A" will also choose to employ a high-price strategy.
Collusive Tendency
The figure above suggests that oligopolists will benefit from collusion, or better said cooperation with rivals. An example of benefit can be when both firms are following high-price strategies, so each firm will get a profit of 3 million of dollars (cell X).
Note that either firm "A" or firm "B" can increase its profit by switching from high-price to lo-price policy. So, the profit can become 4 million of dollars, but the firm that keeps high-price policy will get only 1 million of dollars as revenue. If the firm that right now employs high-price strategy switches to low-price strategy will increase its revenues by 1 million so it will be able to collect 2 million (cell Z). The effect of all this will be switching the profits from 3 million (cell X) to ones which worth 2 million (cell Z).
In real situation, however independent actions of oligopolists may lead to competitive low-price strategies, which clearly will be beneficial to consumers but not also to oligopolists whose profits will decrease.
How can oligopolists avoid low-profit outcome of cell Z? They may collude, rather that installing independent and competitive price. Each firm will increase its profits from 2 to 3 million dollars (from cell Z to cell X).
The payoff matrix explains why oligoplists may be tempted to cheat on a collusive agreement. Suppose that our firms "A" and "B" agree to maintain high-price policy, both of them earning 3 million of dollars (cell X). Both firms are tempted to cheat so that they will be able to increase their revenues to 4 million of dollars. If firm "A" cheats and diminishes its prices then it will increase its revenues from 3 to 4 million of dollars (cell Y), while if firm "B" cheats secretly and moves to low-price policy while firm "A" keeps high-price policy then firm "B" will increase its revenues by 1 million of dollars moving from cell X to cell W.
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For a long time, I've wanted fast access to Google Calendar's agenda view. Essentially, I don't like waiting for the page to load every time I have to remind myself of the time of some appointment in the next day or two. Feel free to read my solution and skip my disclaimers and ramblings.
The major challenges for me have been (1) that I don't care to open iCal, since I never use it otherwise, (2) that Google presents all its data on one line (making it a bit more complicated to use Unix commands that rely on line endings), and (3) that I don't want to take up a whole lot of bandwidth or system resources.
I think I've finally got a solution, and though it's a bit complex, it's worth sharing here. I should mention now that it is Mac-only, though I'm sure capable Windows or Linux users could adapt it readily enough.
My system involves a number of components, some non-standard (in the Mac OS), some optional. But here they are, just so you have a sense up front of where we're headed:
- A curl command to retrieve data from my calendar's RSS feed
- A launchd agent to run the curl command periodically (UPDATE: I no longer use this part)
- Lingon to set up the launchd agent (UPDATE: I no longer use this part)
- A Perl script to parse the XML from the calendar feed (UPDATE: The perl script now also runs the curl command directly)
- A few Perl modules to support the script
- Geektool to send the output of the script to my desktop periodically
What I will discuss here is how I implemented a system that is perfect for my needs. I won't really suggest modifications or alternatives, though I welcome such thoughts in the comments.
Still, a few limitations are worth noting:
- As it stands, this doesn't address multiple calendars; I have only one that I check with any frequency
- I use 24-hour time, because I don't care enough to convert to 12-hour; if you do, please post your changes.
- At this point, the launchd command fails if I go without an Internet connection for more than 10 minutes or so (which causes the curl command to fail). I can restart it easily enough, and I usually have a connection. But, consider this fair warning, and give us a comment if you have any ideas.
- As I'm not an expert in any of this, really, I don't know how portable my solution is, nor how efficiently my code is written. Comments are welcome.
Otherwise, happy reading.
Using curl to Get the Data
First, create a plain text file in your user directory. Open a new terminal window, and type
pico .gcalfeed.xml
Then type Ctrl-O, then the enter key. Finally, type Ctrl-X to exit pico.
I use the following curl command to retrieve my calendar's private feed from Google. Note that the lines are broken artificially; otherwise you'd have a wicked horizontal scroll bar right now.
/usr/bin/curl -f -s
-o /Users/[your-OS-X-user-directory]/.gcalfeed.xml
First, note that I specify the full path to curl, which will become necessary once we're using launchd to run it. The -f flag makes the command fail silently (for example, if I have no Internet connection). The -s flag keeps curl's bulky status meters out of my system logs.
The next three lines are the URL, which you can retrieve in its entirety by going your calendar's details page in Google Calendar. To grab the XML link for your Private Address, click the XML button in the Private Address section and copy the URL. Be sure you change the end of the URL from "/basic" to "/full" before you use it.
The last flag above, -o, tells curl to save the output to a file. Mine is in my OS X user directory to avoid permissions issues; it's got a period at the front of its name so I don't have to look at it all the time.
It's worth trying all this from the OS X Terminal with your own information till you're certain it works for you.
Using launchd to Run the curl command
UPDATE: The latest version of the script bypasses launchd altogether, simple allowing geektool to call the script directly. In other words, with the version linked to below, you can skip this section.
I used Lingon to set this up, and that's probably the easiest way for you, too. In Lingon, click the New button. Leave the "My Agents" radio button selected, and click the Create button. Click go to the Expert panel, select all, and paste in the XML below. (Don't worry if the indentation doesn't show up.)
Newer versions of Lingon don't have the Expert panel. In that case, you can also create a text document with this XML at ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ (create the LaunchAgents folder if it doesn't exist). Follow the com.devan.gcalfeed naming convention, but append ".plist" to the filename. Once you're done, you'll have to log out and back in, or restart.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
First, where I have com.devan.gcalfeed and DownloadGCalFeed (under the Label and ServiceDescription keys), you can have whatever you want. It is worth using the reverse naming convention for the former, as it will make the process readily identifiable in case you run into trouble.
Next, both the URL string and the string containing the path to your XML file should be on a single line, but once again lines have been artificially broken here.
Finally, theRunAtLoad key tells launchd to run this process once when it is loaded (which happens, among other times, when you log in), and the StartInterval key tells launchd how many seconds should pass between invocations of the process.
Once you've pasted this in and included your own information, click Lingon's Save & Load button.
Using Perl to parse the XML
Download this Perl script (UPDATED to include checking for multiple calendars and with other tweaks; changes should be clear within) and uncompress it. Place gcal.pl somewhere on your system; I chose /usr/local/bin, but do what you like. Also, on lines 34 and 38, you've got to include the path to your own XML file.
For the script to work, you'll need the following Perl modules installed. I use CPAN for installation, which in this case is a good idea because some of the modules have dependencies on others.
- XML::Simple
- Data::Dumper
- Date::Parse
I've got a lot of commenting in there, but in brief, the script grabs non-all-day events from today, tomorrow, and the next day, and returns the title and date and time information for each one. Then, it grabs all-day events whose date span includes today's date, and returns their information.
(In fact, it doesn't grab them in that order; the last few lines do the sorting to get them that way. All the same.)
Typical output looks like this:
Today, 12:30-14:00: Meet with Andrés
Tomorrow, 08:00-09:00: Call with client
Tomorrow, 19:00-20:00: Dinner at Casbah
Through 09/14: Off from work
UPDATE: A sharp commenter alerted me to the fact that I abandoned this formatting in favor of something much more compact, just a single asterisk next to today's events. Instructions for restoring the "Today: ", "Tomorrow: ", and "Through: " labels appear in my response to him/her in the comments below. (Find "third problem" on this page.)
Using Geektool to View the Data
This is the easy part. Install Geektool, if you haven't already, and set up a new entry. Make it a Shell command, and enter the following:
I have GeekTool run the script every 300 seconds.


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This news report has been updated
Banking competitors are trying to lure away top talent at JP Morgan by highlighting the recent prop trading losses are likely to affect bonuses and Jamie Dimon isn't being honest about how bad the loss will be. On July 13th the banking giant will announce 2nd quarter earnings and a real-time number is expected on how many billions net income gets wacked with because the London whale trade has been wound down or they're willing to admit how bad the wind down will be at based on how the trade looks at the end of June. Last week Mark DeCambre at the New York Post wrote his JPM sources expect the loss to be between $4-6 billion – JPM's estimate in May was only $2bn. But I heard this week JPM managing directors are being told total losses on the trade are estimated to be more. To the tune of $9 billion – Ouch!
That could be two quarters worth of net income and since JPM staffers are paid in part on how the whole company earns that rumor about a yearend lack luster bonus is looking more like a reality. Not good if you are killing your quota this year and working in a group that has nothing to do with the wrong way derivative trade. So a few seasoned wealth managers I spoke with are weighing competitor offers and seriously thinking of jumping ship – even if that means they give up their not yet vest $JPM stock.
Of course JPM can use accounting tricks to make the trading loss look better on final quarterly income statements. They can also choose to stay in parts of the trade so they don't have to back a full loss right away. I highlighted last month how litigation reserves can be added or taken away to move the net income number around when they need it. But considering the recent news heat they've gotten on how low the legal reserves already are for the size of the RMBS putback problem…they'd be pretty damn arrogant to try to play with that number in the face of their regulators. Of course if their other trading departments make good on another trading bet, like being short silver, that could help offset losses. But loosing $9 billion on a single trade strategy gone so very wrong will put a lot of pressure on the White House's favorite banker and make the Senate look even more foolish for their fluffy congressional hearings on the failed trade. If a $9bn gross trading loss becomes reality then the 3 notch downgrade by Moody's could slid even further which increases their cost of borrowing and well – that sucks for anyone contingent on a JPM paycheck.
UPDATE 6-28-12: This morning the New York Times Dealbook rewrote my scoop about a possible $9bn loss for JPM and didn't credit me for reporting this first. They've done journalism theft like this before when I was scooping them at the New York Post during the financial crisis. Times reporters like Andrew Ross Sorkin led the scoop stealing behavior during 08 and this morning I see him doing the same thing on CNBC.Sorkin claimed 'his sources' were saying reported losses will be closer to $4-6bn – a number he read on June 21st when Mark DeCambre (my former jurno peer) 1st reported it at the New York Post. Scoops are assets for journalist and I don't appreciate the New York Times or Sorkin taking my hard-earned research and sourcing and using it as their own without a mention or link to my original reporting. If you think this is wrong- write them, comment on their sites or tweet about it. Only together we can hold other journalist accountable and demand accuracy.
Editors Note: I am a professional journalist who has written for most major publications with a track record in breaking news and investigative reporting. This is a news site funded by crowdsourcing and coming ads not a blog. Please credit and source it that way.


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Supportive Parents
Overview - Supportive Parents assists parents with understanding and minimizing the negative consequences that kids may experience from their parents' separation or divorce. Supportive Parents provides education on the mediation and parenting process, and reviews common scenarios of divorce or separation. Jefferson County courts require parents to complete this course, as needed.
Online Platform - Due to health and safety guidelines, all Supportive Parents classes will be held online. Participants will not attend the class at a physical COMTREA location. Login details and the platform link will be sent to participants via email 2-3 days before the online class.
Does my ex have to take the class? - Jefferson County courts require both parents to take a class. Individuals involved in the same case cannot attend the same class.
Will my ex be in my class? - No. Participants in the same case are scheduled in different classes to increase comfort with openly discussing situations they may have with the other parent. If parents register for the same class, we will contact the parent who registered last to choose a different date.
Can I bring my children? Is childcare provided? - Not at this time.
Can I bring my current significant other, friend, or family member? - Yes. The charge will be an additional $50 for each additional person who attends.
When will I get a confirmation letter? - Participants will receive a confirmation letter at the end of the completed class.
When will my lawyer receive confirmation that I have completed the class? - Confirmation is sent within 5 business days.
I took the class but the court doesn't have a copy of the letter-What do I do? - Please check with your attorney to get a copy of the completion letter. If your lawyer does not have a copy, please contact us with your inquiry or contact us via phone at 636-931-2700 ext 1010.
If I have taken the class recently, do I have to take it again? - Contact the court to find out if you need to take the class.
Will there be food and drink available? - Food and drink are not provided, but please feel free to bring your own.
Will I receive counseling or mediation on my case? - Counseling and mediation are not part of Supportive Parents. A mediator will be court-appointed by the judge. Counseling services are available at COMTREA and can be accessed at the COMTREA Welcome Center. There are a limited number of daily assessments available that are assigned first to those in most urgent need.
How can my child receive counseling? - Most Jefferson County schools have contracted counselors through COMTREA or other agencies. Counseling services can also be accessed via the COMTREA Welcome Center.
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Whenever Eric Desjardins reunites with his 1993 Montreal Canadiens teammates, the topic of Canada's ongoing Stanley Cup drought doesn't come up in conversation.
"We don't see it that way. Canadian team, American team, it's just that we were part of the NHL," the former star defenseman said. "Sure, it's been a while in Montreal, but we don't really talk about the 26 years."
That's right. With the NHL playoffs set to open Wednesday, it will be going on 26 years since the Canadiens – or any other Canadian team – brought home the Cup.
Desjardins, who enjoyed a 17-year career split between Montreal and Philadelphia, chalks up the drought to NHL expansion across the United States and league-wide parity ushered in with the introduction of the salary cap in 2005.
"It's supposed to be our national sport, and we're supposed to be the best at it," said Desjardins, who's from Montreal. "But now, the way the league's structured I think it could go anywhere. … I think anybody can win it now. And I think it makes it more interesting."
Still, the 49-year-old acknowledged a quarter century between Cups in Canada is far too long, and Desjardins can see himself rooting for any Canadian team making it to this year's Final.
"If the Final's between Pittsburgh and Winnipeg, yeah I would root, even though I like Pittsburgh," he said. "But yeah, against Calgary, Winnipeg, I would cheer for the Canadian team."
Canada's Cup hopes this spring rest on three teams – Calgary, Winnipeg and Toronto – to end the drought. Of course, most current Canadian-born NHL players weren't alive to see Desjardins and Co. celebrate their five-game series win over the Wayne Gretzky-led Los Angeles Kings.
Sabres forward Jason Pominville is among the exceptions.
He was 10 when his hometown Habs won, and Pominville still vividly recalls Game 2 of the series in which Desjardins scored all three goals in Montreal's 3-2 overtime win after the Canadiens lost the opener.
"I remember watching that and celebrating in my living room, and fist-pumping when he scored," Pominville said. "I was a big fan of Gretzky, too. But when you're in Montreal, it's tough not to root for that team when you're growing up."
In Montreal, there was a time when winning the Cup was considered a birthright. The Canadiens still top the list with 24 championships, 23 coming after the NHL was founded in 1917.
And yet, Montreal hasn't reached the Final since '93, while only five Canadian teams have done so; Vancouver is the only one to make two appearances during the drought, in 1994 and 2011.
Then there are the Maple Leafs, who haven't reached the Final since winning the Cup in 1967, the last year of the NHL's Original Six era.
The low point might have been the 2016 playoffs, the first since 1970 to not feature a Canadian team
This was not always the case. From 1927 to 1995, the lengthiest stretch for a Canadian team not appearing in the Final was two years. It last happened in 1991-92, when Pittsburgh won consecutive championships by beating Minnesota and Chicago.
As for Canada's lengthiest Cup drought before the '93 Habs, it was a six-year span from 1936-41.
The current drought has gone on for so long, former executive-turned broadcaster Brian Burke said the math simply doesn't add up.
"It doesn't make sense. There's 31 teams, so seven out of 31 teams, a Canadian team should win every four-and-a-half years," said Burke, who has worked in the front offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary.
The problem, Burke said, is Canadian teams are at a disadvantage because many players don't want to play north of the border for several reasons.
The first, he said, is a lack of privacy and the amount of pressure placed on players to win north of the border. Burke said a large number of players, including Canadians, often list all seven Canadian teams on the no-trade clauses of their contracts.
"Even in Calgary, we had our lists where players got to put 10 teams on a no-trade list, and all the Canadian teams were on those lists," he said.
The second issue is Canada's taxation rate.
"There's no privacy. Horrible personal criticisms on social media, and then you take home way less money, so it's pretty easy," Burke said.
He can only imagine how much national attention will be paid to the next Canadian team to win it all.
"The next GM that wins a Cup in Canada, they'll be naming schools after him, and streets," Burke said.
Don't think Flames GM Brad Treliving hasn't given ending the drought some thought.
"Hey, that's all you dream about," he said, while attempting to keep the pressures of winning in Canada in perspective.
"You got to bed at night and it's no different than any other manager or any other person involved in the game: That's what you want to accomplish" Treliving said. "If you really put the energy and the effort into doing the right things, the results will come."
Having lost in the Final twice, Desjardins can't remember a sweeter moment than winning the Cup.
"It's a reward that's indescribable," Desjardins said. "When you win, you can share it. You share it with your teammates, you share it with the coaching staff."
In Canada, it will be shared with an entire nation.
AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno contributed.
More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports


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Made in the USAHandheld remote control activated variable speed heated blowerThe Sandava59CAJ is a sleekly shaped double ended, rectangular center drain tub with concealed heated air jetting. To enhance it's sleek minimalist appearance, the deck area has been left very narrow, so the Sandava59CAJ requires either a wall mount or freestanding tub filler.
Freestanding Modern Tub with Heated Air Jetting - Made in the USA
Length & Width (Outer)
59 x 29.5
Length & Width (Bathing Floor)
37.5 x 18
Depth to Overflow
Approximate Empty Weight
Stepover Height
Capacity to Overflow
US Gal
Overflow Position
Center, Integrated
Suitable Faucets
Freestanding or Wall Mount Only
Electrical Connection
One 110V 15A GFCI Required
Drain Connection
1.5" Drain Hub Supplied
Air Jets
14 Total
Made in the USA, the SanSiro 'Sandava59CAJ' is a fabulous Zen style minimalist air jetted acrylic bathtub.
A lovely wide, deep tub, if you take a look at our size chart, you will see a 5'8" person inside the tub.
All of the air jet fittings are concealed between the inner and
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Unscrew the drain basket, lift the tub straight up, turn it over on its' side
and you have easy access to all working parts.
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To maintain hygiene in the air pipes, every time you take a bath and drain the
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SanSiro Jetted Tubs - Electrical Cord Position on Tub
All of the jetted tubs in the SanSiro range use a 3' long cable 110v – 15-amp standard 3 pin plug. You have choices as to where you would like the plug on the jetting system to connect to the GFCI outlet in your home.1 - Leave the connection under the tub. In this case, you would need to have your GFCI at the control board and not on the plug under the tub.2.- Connect to a wall socket GFCI. You can drill holes in the outside of the tub and run the electrical cable to a wall mounted GFCI near the tub.3 - To drill the holes, we recommend first drilling the 1/8" (bit supplied) pilot hole and then the hole saw supplied. If you have two plugs, drill two holes.4 - You can then feed the cord through the hole(s) and attach the rubber grommet. This grommet fits around the inside of the hole to prevent a rough tub edge rubbing on the electrical cord.Just in case you need it, we include an additional 3' long extension cord for each plug on the tub.See or print photo directions


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Harrogate, EnglandHarrogate Cricket Club, The Pavilion, St George's Cricket Ground, St George's Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. (Phone: 01423 561301)
This has been the home Harrogate CC since 1877 and five years later it staged its first first-class match when an England XI played the touring Australians (believed to be the first first-class game to start on a Saturday). In 1894 Yorkshire staged their first Championship fixture, and they continued to play there regularly until 1996 when the fixture list was almost exlusively centred on Headingley. Between 1974 and 1996 an annual Harrogate festival was held. In 1904 the ground was at the centre of controversy when the game against Kent was abandoned after the pitch was interfered with overnight - this was not the first time such an occurrence was reported. The best attendance was 15,000 who attended an India-Pakistan charity match in 1996 - Yorkshire's best was 13,630 for the match against Glamorgan in 1962.
The main pavilion which dominates the ground was built in 1896 and further additions were made in 1956 (the Mound Stand) and 1965 (the Tavern). In 1936 Harrogate CC were in financial difficulties and the ground was bought by the city corporation, who still own the venue. Harrogate CC, who reached the final of the National Club Knockout in 1998, still play on the ground. In 2005 Bradford/Leeds UCCE started playing matches at Harrogate following the decision to vacate Bradford Park Avenue.
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The Birthday of Two Willems,
An Excuse to Celebrate Holland
The Netherlands has a special place in the heart of New York and its role in the city's history helped forged its profound differences from other U.S. cities. Since today is the 108th birthday of a famous Dutch New Yorker painter, Willem de Kooning, we thought we take a moment to gather some of the latest, and quirkiest, highlights from the land known around the world as the Low Countries.
Today is also the 479th birthday of another Willem, a prince known as the Silent or Willem the Orange, with a passing connection to New York. So as we celebrate these two, let's stop by at a Repair Cafe to fix something broken, check an amazing street-making machine, choose a snack from the Insect Cookbook, and see how long is the wait for the world's first lab-grown meat to be served.
For a relatively small country sitting mostly under sea level, the Netherlands' has had an admirable influence over world culture. During the Renaissance and the Enlightenment era, seminal artists and philosophers came from or made their home there, and arguably, the liberal ideals thriving in the period infused 'the island at the center of the world,' New York, with its diversity and unique agnostic spirit.
While most European nations were mired in bloody, thousand-year fanatical wars, Holland was the cradle of the humanities and religious pluralism. It was the defeat of William the Silent's eldest son, Dutch governor of Brazil Johan Maurits van Nassau, by the Portuguese, and Continue reading


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On the Imminent Death of Flies
In which The Gay Recluse introduces the pitcher plants.
This is the first year for our new pitcher plants (Sarracenia).
Flies, we have one message for you: beware!
The pitcher plant will eat you for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
And dessert, too.
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Have you ever wondered what makes Michele Banks tick? Nature Microbiology did. So, they asked her. You can read their interview with Michele here and gaze upon her lovely artwork for their homepage here.
Nature Microbiology: When did you first become exposed to scientific images?
Michele Banks: I started doing watercolours about 15 years ago. I was mainly working in pure abstraction, just playing with colour and with the properties of the paint. One of the things I love to do is wet-in-wet technique, which gives a 'bleeding' effect. I showed some of my wet-in-wet work at the Children's National Medical Center here in Washington DC about 10 years ago, and they told me they liked my work because it looked like things under a microscope.
We hope the interest in the overlap of science and art will be a theme that continues throughout future Nature Microbiology issues – also open access, gender balance in publishing, shying away from bogus impact factors. etc. etc…


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DMOTE is a New York-based artist hailing from Sydney, Australia, where there is no denying his influence on the global underground scene. You mention graffiti in Australia, people say Dmote. Spearheading the Australian graffiti scene since the early nineties, DMOTE has accomplished a phenomenal plethora of work, and now, transcending into a fine arts focused phase of his career, is bridging the gap between his roots in street, painting and a culture sensitive approach to commercial work. DMOTE's style derives from him youth and life experiences while his inspirations come from the streets and graffiti. His paintings are a natural progression from a misspent youth to a new found maturity. His artistic ability lends itself to allow him to act as a designer, illustrator, painter and curator in addition to graffiti artist.
DMOTE and Pow! Wow!