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|Survival Research Labs: Interviews: Out of Control
Systems are getting so complicated that they're out of control in a rational sense. To avoid self-destruction, we have to start thinking of our inter- action with technology in terms of the intuitive, the irrational. A trialogue on machine consciousness with Mark Pauline, Manuel De Landa and Mark Dery.
By Mark Pauline, Manuel De Landa, and Mark Dery
Mark Pauline is the founder and director of Survival Research Laboratories (SRL), a San Francisco-based organization that stages mechanical spectacles in which teleoperated weaponry and autonomous robots menace each other - and audience members - in a murk of fumes and flames. SRL performances incorporate military technology - an electromagnetic rail gun, a V-1 jet engine - in a Theater of Operations that explodes popular myths about antiseptic "smart" wars. On another level, the group's colliding vehicles and reanimated roadkill can be seen as a scaled-down model of our chaos culture, with its freeway pile-ups and automated slaughterhouses.
Chaos is Manuel De Landa's bailiwick as well. In War in the Age of Intelligent Machines (1991), he considers the evolution of the war machine from a vantage point at the intersection of chaos theory and post- structuralism.
De Landa's argument turns on the notion that singularities - the "transition points...where order spontaneously emerges out of chaos" - catalyze curiously lifelike behavior in nonorganic matter. By extension, he argues, the military apparatus might be seen as a self-organizing process in which human agents function as "industrious insects pollinating an independent species of machine-flower that simply [does] not possess its own reproductive organs." More auspiciously, he speculates on the use of the "machinic phylum" - a superset containing all singularities - to facilitate "a symbiosis in which the evolutionary paths of humans and machines interact for their mutual benefit."
Although Pauline had read War in the Age and De Landa had seen SRL videotapes, the two had never met. When we learned that Pauline would be visiting New York in preparation for a performance, the remedy seemed obvious: a trialogue in De Landa's midtown apartment.
Dery: The notion of the "machinic phylum," which you define as "the overall set of self-organizing processes in the universe," is central to War in the Age of Intelligent Machines. Could you expand on that definition?
De Landa: The idea, basically, is that humans didn't really invent machines. A hurricane is a motor in the literal sense, a motor defined as something with a heat reservoir that circulates heat through a Carnot cycle via differences of temperature. When a hurricane is born, a lot of self- organizing processes are involved that bring heat from the outside and concentrate it into a reservoir. In other words, it's a self-assembled motor. That, to me, is a mind-blowing concept, because it took centuries before humans discovered the motor, something that self-assembles spontaneously in nature.
So the machinic phylum is simply the notion that as soon as you let matter and energy in any form (whether it is organic or inorganic) flow in a nonlinear manner (that is, past a certain threshold of complexity) machines will tend to spontaneously self- assemble. The key word here is "nonlinear." When you let matter and energy get far from equilibrium, spontaneously stabilized states called "attractors" emerge.
Dery: Mark, your performances could be seen as dynamical systems. Have you noticed any consistent patterns in the flux and flow of machine interaction?
Pauline: Yeah, it's all based on being able to pump enough energy, enough machines, enough inputs of all kinds into the situation. Otherwise, you get a collection of machines stomping around, halfway between a performance and chaos. To me, a show is when everything coalesces in such a way that it's undeniably more than the sum of all the activities involved.
De Landa: What Mark does is push things far from equilibrium, to that point of unpredictability. From the videos I've seen of his performances, I gather that a lot of the experience has to do with the fact that you don't know when these machines are going to attack the audience; the question in everybody's mind is, "Hey, are these guys really in control?"
Pauline: But that, to me, is the mark of a true machine consciousness - when a mechanical system gets to a point where there's a disjunction between you and what's going on because what's going on is just too complicated or too intense. Systems are getting so complicated that they're out of control in a rational sense.
The role model for the future of human interaction with machines, if we want to avoid our own destruction and regain control, is to start thinking of our interaction with technology in terms of the intuitive, the irrational.
De Landa: One of the things I admire about Mark's work is that he uses the human body as a laboratory. Mark's remote-controlled devices affect the mind of the operator so that he or she becomes the machine, experiencing these intensities.
Pauline: I was just running our high-pressure air launcher last week. We have a lightweight armature with two hi-8 camera viewfinders that fit into your eyes with eyecups. There's a set of servos that turns your head into a big joystick operation, so that when you move your head the machine points wherever you look. On the machine is an air-launcher that uses high pressure CO2 to fire a beer can filled with concrete, an explosive, and a contact detonator at about 550 feet per second. There's a cross-hair at your focal point, and when you line that up with the target, you fire, and it just obliterates it.
De Landa: Do you get the feeling that you are becoming the machine when you operate this thing?
Pauline: Oh, yeah. The depth perception is incredible; you just sink into it. You start to imagine your body in different ways, like you do when you're in an isolation tank. Because of the comfort level, your body becomes transparent, which is the key feature in any of these input devices. Once you achieve transparency, interesting things start to occur.
Dery: It seems as if there's an ontological nausea, beyond simulator sickness, induced by the experience of losing your body. People mapping cyberspace seem obsessed with creating new, cartoon bodies or inventing tactile effectors to generate the sensation of touch on the actual, physical body.
De Landa: Well, we have all these self-organizing effects, clocks that regulate the sleep cycle and so on, trapped in our bodies - trapped in the sense that DNA controls when they manifest themselves. Any experience that opens up a little bit of space that DNA doesn't control directly, allowing these self-organizing processes to play more freely, is to me an important thing to experiment with.
We thought everything was so simple and linear, but the fact of the matter is that there have been, throughout history, missed opportunities for human flesh to go into a different attractor.
Mark Dery is currently at work on *Cyberculture: Road Warriors, Console Cowboys and the Silicon Underground*, a survey of cybernetic subcultures to be published by Hyperion in 1994.
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Avoid Hyperbole, by Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm, Persuasive Litigator™
What is hyperbole anyway? Here's a quick example. How would you respond as opposing counsel to a statement that there are "countless obvious examples" of the opposing party's errors? Perhaps, something like, "Oh really?" "Countless and obvious, you say? How interesting that you did not name anything specific. We did what any reasonable company would do in a similar situation." And, then you must explain what you meant all over again – if you get the opportunity.
Simply put, hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration. Although often misguidedly used for emphasis, rhetoric, or even sarcasm, you invite an attack to prove your statement. At best, you may have illustrated that the other side's behavior is outlandish. At worst, you have lost credibility with the court because you are unable to back up your statement with hard facts. Never imply a promise that you cannot deliver.
This is a good time to remember that your writing is more persuasive when you show, don't tell. If the opposing party has behaved beyond the pale, telling the court or the jury what happened (who did what to whom and why) will be more persuasive than rhetorical outrage.
You will find in legal blogs on the use of hyperbole. This post is one of my favorites. As always, there is the bonus of hyperlinks to posts on similar subjects at the bottom of the page. -CCE

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In my new job, it looks like I am going to be flying quite a bit. From Sydney to Melbourne. This is good because I really like Melbourne, although I'm less keen on airport coffee, putting my laptop in a grey plastic tray, and having to take my belt off in a public place.
But Australia is a flying country. There are two main advertising centres - Sydney and Melbourne - and so people fly regularly between the two.
America is also a flying country.
If you work in advertising over there, you will fly nearly all the time. Sometimes excessively. I know someone who works at Crispin Porter in Boulder. They fly regularly to meetings with a client in Seattle. Recently they shot a TV ad for this client, which involved flying to New York. But then the job was edited in LA. And for the sound, obviously, they flew to San Francisco. Before flying back to Boulder.
France, however, is a non-flying country. Every single ad agency is in Paris. If you go to a client meeting, it's a 20-minute taxi ride. Shoots? The studios and sound studios are in Paris too.
The UK is another non-flying country. Like France, nearly all the ad agencies are in the capital. And so are many of the clients. Exception - for 9 months of the year, location-based shoots have to be shot abroad, since the weather's unreliable, and the world-as-depicted-in-TV-ads requires smiley happy weather.
What's it like in Brazil? Germany I know has several centres, but for some reason I imagine people might take the train between them.
And what's your experience of work-flying?
I actually suspect flying is probably conducive to creativity, in that you're out of the office for a while, out of your normal environment, and can't use the internet.
Does it help you? Or do you hate it... and have you got any tips for your ol' buddy Scamp?


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This Bike.....
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That's seriously hot - what is it?! 'Knrmn' brings up nothing on Google...
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- 6 October 2010 at 13:19
- Bianchista said...
bugger, cant remember where i found it, from an interbike pics thread i think? will try and dig out the link for you. Massively lustworthy!
- 6 October 2010 at 17:58
if you haven't found it already, it is a kocmo.
(pronounced cosmo) a german designed russian made ti bike. kocmo.de
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The U.S. attorney's office for Kansas says a federal grand jury has returned a four-count indictment against a Kansas physician accused of unlawfully distributing prescription drugs.
Michael Schuster of Manhattan was indicted Wednesday on one count each of conspiracy to illegally distribute controlled substances, drug distribution, unlawfully distributing drugs to a person under 21 years old and using and maintaining a premise for drug distribution. Prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of money and property linked to the crimes.
Schuster's attorney didn't immediately respond to phone or email messages.
The 53-year-old doctor was initially charged April 23 in a criminal complaint that linked his clinic to drug overdoses by active-duty Fort Riley soldiers. The indictment does not allege overdose deaths and doesn't reference soldiers.
Schuster remains jailed pending a detention hearing Tuesday.


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Angie Kelleher
Angie Kelleher has a love of libraries in her genes.
The access services librarian at Alma College, who is a daughter of a librarian, worked in libraries throughout high school and college. Despite her history with libraries, Kelleher admits that it took her a while to read between the lines.
"My first master's degree was in social work, so I worked on crisis hotlines, in domestic violence shelters, and with emotionally-impaired homeless teens," she says. "I decided to pursue other career options, and after taking graduate courses in library research, I could finally tell the discipline would be a good fit for me."
Kelleher earned her master's degree in library science from Wayne State University in 2003 and began working at Alma, where she oversees the circulation and interlibrary loan departments. She teaches library instruction sessions and library research classes, and she works one-on-one with students, something she really enjoys.
"Even though I'm no longer a social worker, I can still make connections to my previous career and help people, but in a different way," she says. "I get to help students find what they're looking for and then help them understand how to utilize that information, which is very rewarding. I like being in an environment where people are learning new things all the time."
While books are one of Kelleher's first loves, she recommends that students, especially those considering a career in libraries, be aware of the constantly changing nature of information.
"So much information is now available digitally, and you need the tools to effectively use it, whether you're a librarian or a student," she says. "I feel like I'm constantly learning new technology, which helps me to embrace the new information world that we live in."
Educational Background
M.L.S. (Library Science), Wayne State University, 2003
M.S.W (Social Work), Michigan State University, 1999
B.A, International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University, 1994
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also a member of the Case Management team (Title IX and Civil Rights issues), a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board, and a member of the Women's Issues Advisory Board.
Associate Professor of Library & Information Science
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- "Not just a place to sleep: Homeless perspectives on libraries in central Michigan." Library Review. 2013. 62: 1/2. April 26, 2013.
Recent presentations:
- Presented with Ashley Hall & Dustin Bissell, "Expanding Literacies: Scaffolding Citation Practices with Creative Commons." SLAC WPA Conference, Illinois Wesleyan University, January 10, 2015.
- "Not just a place to sleep: Homeless Perspectives on Libraries in central Michigan." International Federation of Library Associations, Library Services to People with Special Needs Satellite Program. Tallinn, Estonia. August 10, 2012.
- with Jennifer Starkey. ""Venturing off the island: Librarian involvement in the campus community" - a poster presentation." American Library Association annual conference. Washington, DC. June 2007.
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The Take Five Club
Yesterday marked Mother's third Monday morning at the Dietert Center's Take Five Club. The Thursday before her first visit, the program director came by the house to introduce herself so that Mother would be able to see at least one familiar face upon arrival. When I told Mother about the visit that evening, she asked why.
"To talk to you about the Take Five Club."
"I'm really not interested in going."
"Mom, you need to give it a try. It's hard on me being your only social contact! I need you to at least give it a shot!"
"Well, is the bathroom nearby? I'm worried about sometimes making it to the bathroom in time."
"I'm sure they have a bathroom right there."
"Will you stay with me?"
"I can't stay with you every time, but yes, I could stay the first time or two."
Mary arrived shortly and was so warm and friendly that Mother was soon agreeing that Take Five sounded like fun. When Mom mentioned that I would be staying, Mary said, "Oh, no, she'll just go on to work and pick you up at the end."
Mother then gave me "the look" which was my cue to speak up and say that I had already promised to stay that first time. I amended that I wouldn't be staying in the same room, because that might disrupt the program, but that I would bring a book and be nearby. That seemed to satisfy her, and Mary eventually left, telling Mother that she would see her the following Monday morning.
As we stood in the kitchen, watching Mary's car pull out of the driveway, I asked, "So, does it really sound like fun, or were you just being polite?"
"No, it does sound like it might be fun."
"Oh, good. I'm glad."
By Sunday night, however:
"Well, I wish I didn't have to go to that old place tomorrow."
"Well, Mom, I wish you were looking forward to it more."
We arrived at the Center the next morning, promptly at 10 a.m., and found ourselves the first to arrive. Mary offered to take Mother's coat and purse to hang on the wall hooks, but Mother declined. We were then ushered into the sitting area, consisting of comfy looking couches, recliners, and end tables with happy-looking house plants. Mother sat with her purse beside her leg and her jacket pulled close around her, legs crossed and arms folded, giving Mary short, polite answers to conversational inquiries.
Others began arriving, and I stayed until the activities started, then excused myself to an adjoining room. I perused the lending bookshelves, made a couple of phone calls, and read a magazine until about an hour had passed. Then I peeked around the corner to find Mother's body language completely changed. He arms were relaxed into her lap, she had a smile on her face, and she seemed quite engaged by what the director was saying.
I took that as my opportunity, and stepped in the room to tell her that I had some errands to run. She confirmed that I would be returning right afterward, and I agreed. She smiled and said, "ok", and turned back to what was happening with the group. I went back to work, and when I returned to pick her up at 2 p.m., she was surprised that it was already time to go.
When we got to the car, I asked her about her morning, and she told me about singing songs, having lunch, and getting to pet Bennie the Bunny, a therapeutic pet visiting for the day. I was afraid to ask her if she was going back the next week and hear her knee-jerk "no" that usually comes to new ideas. I figured I would have plenty of time to broach the subject before Monday rolled around again.
And so I did: my niece came to visit and I asked Mom to tell us about her first experience with the Take Five Club. She seemed happy to do so, and I picked up the Dietert Center lunch menu to show to Vickie. I then pointed to the following Monday and said, "Mom, look. You'll be having spaghetti for lunch when you go back next Monday."
"Am I going back?"
"Well, of course! You had a good time, didn't you?"
"Yeah. You're sure it's not too much trouble for you to leave work to take me and pick me up?"
"Mom, it's more troublesome to me worrying about you being at the house all day, every day, with nothing to do and no one to talk to."
"Well, ok, then."
The following Monday, when we pulled up to the Center, Mother said, "Oh, this is it? We're here already? Ok, see you at 2 o'clock!"
And she hopped out of the car and went right in without a backward glance.


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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today named 32 communities in 26 states as the initial participants in the Sustainable Communities Building Blocks program. The communities will receive technical assistance during a day-long session that will help them achieve their sustainable planning goals. Sustainable planning helps safeguard the environment and spur economic development while also improving Americans' health.
"EPA has seen a demand for tools and resources to help communities strengthen their economies, protect human health and the environment, and create more housing and transportation choices at the local level," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "The Building Blocks program will bring in private-sector experts to train communities to use tools that have been applied successfully in other places, spreading our technical assistance program's positive effect to our nation's communities."
EPA selected the 32 communities from 354 applicants through a competitive process in consultation with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). During a day-long session with EPA-funded, private-sector experts, participants will focus on a specific sustainability tool such as zoning code reviews, walkability assessments, or economic and fiscal health assessments. They will also learn about additional environmentally responsible, economically healthy development techniques and general sustainable community strategies.
Sustainable Communities Building Blocks is coordinated through the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, a joint effort between EPA, HUD, and DOT to coordinate federal actions on housing, transportation, and environmental protection. This interagency collaboration achieves efficient federal investments in infrastructure development, facilities, and services that meet multiple economic, environmental, and community objectives.
The selected communities are: Bemidji, Minn.; Bluffton, S.C.; Cambridge, Md.; Chelmsford, Mass.; Deerfield Beach, Fla.; Dover, N.H.; Erie County, N.Y.; Essex, Conn.; Fitchburg, Wis.; Granville, Ohio; Helena, Mont.; Hellertown, Pa.; Jersey Shore, Pa.; Kayenta Township, Ariz.; Lincoln, Neb.; McKinney, Texas; Muskegon, Mich.; Nashville/Davidson, Tenn.; Northampton, Mass.; Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Portland, Maine; St. Louis, Mo.; Pike's Peak Council of Governments, Colo.; Ranson, W.Va.; Reedsburg, Wis.; Renton, Wash.; Rockport, Texas; Shelburne, Vt.; Spencer, N.C.; Syracuse, N.Y.; and Wichita, Kan.
More information on the Building Blocks program: https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/buildingblocks.htm
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Writing and Executing SQL Statements
This feature is supported in the Professional edition only.
Use the input pane of the database console to compose and execute your SQL statements, and also to perform other, associated tasks. (The input pane is shown as a tab in the editor.)
- Selecting the default schema or database
- Controlling the schema search path for PostgreSQL
- Composing SQL statements
- Editing data for INSERT statements in table format
- Navigating to a table or column view in the Database tool window
- Configuring the Execute command
- Executing an SQL statement
- Executing parameterized statements
- Executing a group of statements
- Executing all statements
- Executing a part of a statement (e.g. a subquery)
- Executing auto-memorized statements
- Outputting the result of a SELECT statement into a file
- Using the error notification bar
- Canceling running statements
- Managing database transactions
- Showing execution plans
- Showing DBMS_OUTPUT for Oracle
Selecting the default schema or database
You can select the default schema or database by using the list in the right-hand part of the toolbar. If you do so, you'll be able to omit the name of that schema or database in your statements.
Note that you cannot switch schemas like this for read-only MySQL data sources, see Read-only.
See also, Controlling the schema search path for PostgreSQL.
Controlling the schema search path for PostgreSQL
When working with a PostgreSQL data source, the default search path (one set in the database) is used unless you specify a different search path.
To control the search path, use the popup in the right-hand part of the toolbar.
If the search path should include only one schema, open the popup and click the necessary schema. In the same way you can replace a schema with another one in a single-schema search path, or restore the default search path (use the Set default search path link).
To form a search path that includes two or more schemas, open the popup and use:
- Space to add a highlighted schema to the search path and also to remove a schema from the search path.
- Alt+Up and Alt+Down to reorder the schemas within the search path.
- Enter to apply the changes, i.e. to set the search path.
More instructions and usage hints are available right in the popup.
Composing SQL statements
When composing your SQL statements, use:
- Predefined patterns (Ctrl+J or Code | Insert Live Template).
- Auto-completion and highlighting of SQL keywords, and table and column names.
- Data type prompts for columns (Ctrl+P or ).
- Advanced find and replace capabilities (Ctrl+F or , and Ctrl+R or ).
- The console history ( or Ctrl+Alt+E). See Executing auto-memorized statements.
See also, Navigating to a table or column view in the Database tool window.
Editing data for INSERT statements in table format
- Select the
INSERTstatement of interest.
- Select Edit as Table from the context menu. As a result, the table editor opens.
- Use context menu commands and associated shortcuts for working with the data in the table editor.
Navigating to a table or column view in the Database tool window
When composing a statement, it's sometimes useful to take a look at the structure of a table, or to see the info about a column (field) in the context of the table to which it belongs. For such purposes, PyCharm provides the ability to switch from the name of a table or column in the input pane to its view in the Database tool window.
The following ways are available for using this feature:
- Place the cursor within the name of the table or column of interest. Then use Ctrl+B. (Alternatively, you can use from the main menu or from the context menu.)
- Press and hold the Ctrl key, and point to the name of interest. When the text turns into a hyperlink, click the hyperlink.
Configuring the Execute command
The Execute command ( on the toolbar, Ctrl+Enter or Execute from the context menu) is used to run your statements.
PyCharm provides many options for the Execute command depending on the cursor position and on whether there is a selection.
The options are specified on the page in the Settings / Preferences dialog ( on Windows and Linux; on macOS). For more information, see Execute in Console.
Executing an SQL statement
- Place the cursor within the statement.
- Do one of the following:
- Select the statement or statements to be run. (The suggestion list always contains an item for running all the statements.)
See also, Execute in Console.
Executing parameterized statements
Your statements can contain parameters, however, by the time you execute such statements the values of the parameters must be specified. There are the following ways of specifying the parameter values:
- Click on the toolbar or press Ctrl+Enter to execute the statement. In the dialog that opens, specify the parameter values and click OK.
( To start editing a value, switch to the corresponding table cell and start typing. To indicate that you have finished editing a value, press Enter or switch to a different cell. To quit the editing mode and restore an initial value, press Escape. )
- Alternatively, you can open the Parameters pane in the Database Console tool window ( on the toolbar) and specify the corresponding values there. (The values are edited in the same way as in the corresponding dialog.) Then execute the statement ( on the toolbar or Ctrl+Enter).
For more information, see Parameters pane.
See also, User Parameters and Always review parameters before execution.
Executing a group of statements
To execute a group of statements that follow one another in the console, select (highlight) the statements (to select all the statements, use Ctrl+A) and do one of the following:
See also, Using the error notification bar and Execute in Console.
Executing all statements
To execute all the statements contained in a console, as an alternative to the Execute command, you can use the Run console.sql command.
This command is available in the context menu, and its keyboard equivalent is Ctrl+Shift+F10.
The Run console.sql command, generally, runs faster but:
Executing a part of a statement (e.g. a subquery)
To execute a part of a statement (e. g. a subquery), select (highlight) the fragment that you want to execute and do one of the following:
See also, Execute in Console.
Executing auto-memorized statements
As you run SQL statements in the consoles, PyCharm memorizes them. So, at a later time, you can view the statements you have already run and, if necessary, run them again.
To open the dialog where the auto-memorized statements are shown (the History dialog), do one of the following:
There are two panes in the History dialog. The left-hand pane shows the list of the statements that you have run. For "long" statements, only their beginnings are shown. When you select a statement in this pane, the overall statement is shown in the pane to the right.
You can filter the information: just start typing. As a result, only the statements that contain the typed text will be shown.
You can copy the statements from the History dialog into the input pane of the console. To copy a statement, do one of the following:
- Double-click the statement to be copied.
- Select the statement of interest and press Enter.
- Select the statement and click OK.
(Once the statement is in the input pane, you can run it straight away.)
You can delete unnecessary memorized statements. To delete a statement, select the statement in the History dialog and press Delete.
Outputting the result of a SELECT statement into a file
Instead of the Result pane of the Database Console tool window, you can output the result of a
SELECT statement into a file.
- Right-click the
SELECTstatement of interest.
- Point to Execute to File and select the output format.
- Specify the output file location and name.
Using the error notification bar
If when running a statement an error occurs, an error notification bar appears in the lower part of the input pane.
This bar may be particularly useful when executing a sequence of statements (see Executing a group of statements) because in such a case it lets you select how to react.
The options are:
- Retry. Execute the sequence of statements starting from the one that caused the error.
- Ignore. Skip the erroneous statement and execute the sequence starting from the next statement. If another error occurs, the error notification bar will appear again.
- Ignore All. Skip the erroneous statement and execute the sequence starting from the next statement. If other errors occur, all the erroneous statements will be skipped and the error notification bar won't appear for these statements.
- Stop. Stop the execution of the sequence.
Showing the error notification bar in the input pane is enabled or disabled in the Settings dialog (the Show error notifications in editor check box on the Database page).
Canceling running statements
To terminate execution of the current statement or statements, do one of the following:
- Click on the toolbar of the input pane, or on the toolbar of the Dababase Console tool window.
- Press Ctrl+F2 .
Managing database transactions
The Auto-commit check box, and the Commit and Rollback icons on the toolbar let you manage database transactions.
The Auto-commit check box is used to turn the autocommit mode for the database connection on or off.
In the autocommit mode, each SQL statement is executed in its own transaction that is implicitly committed. Consequently, the SQL statements executed in this mode cannot be rolled back.
If the autocommit mode is off, transactions are committed or rolled back explicitly by means of the Commit () or Rollback () command. Each commit or rollback starts a new transaction which provides grouping for a series of subsequent SQL statements.
In this case, the data manipulations in the transaction scope are committed or rolled back all at once when the transaction is committed or rolled back.
Showing execution plans
The following context menu commands let you show an execution plan (a.k.a. explain plan) for a statement:
- Explain Plan. The result is shown in a mixed tree/table format on a dedicated Plan tab.
- Explain Plan (Raw). The result is shown in table format. (Technically,
EXPLAIN <CURRENT_STATEMENT>or similar statement is executed.)
Showing DBMS_OUTPUT for Oracle
For Oracle, you can enable or disable showing the contents of the DBMS_OUTPUT buffer in the output pane. To do that, use on the toolbar of the Database Console tool window (Ctrl+F8).


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I must clarify one thing before I start: I am not a book blogger, but I used to be—for about three years—and I still post book reviews on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. I also help authors connect with book bloggers every day. I'm an author myself, after all. I know how important book reviews are, and because of this, I absolutely adore book bloggers. In a metaphorical publishing world, book bloggers are authors' best friends, and readers who don't blog are the friends authors meet at the book blogger's party. The reason I'm writing this is to make that party as enjoyable as possible. Below, I have outlined some tips to help aspiring book bloggers get started with a website, as well as how to create a fun and safe environment for bloggers, readers, and authors.
For Your Website:
1. Find a Host: Name Your Blog and Yourself
Pick out where you want to blog. Personally, I love WordPress, and it's free! But you can also go to Blogger and many other places. Once you choose, consider the name of your blog carefully. It is your blog, of course, but try to avoid a name that contradicts the blog's purpose. Ex: "Magical Book Reviews" when you don't read novels with magical elements. This could cause a lot of confusion and frustration when it's easily avoidable. If you can pick a name that sums up what types of books you plan on reviewing, even better. But once you have a name, name yourself by creating an About Me page. Have a name on your blog. It doesn't have to be your REAL name, but readers like to be personal. We want you to know we truly enjoy your website, and using your name is one way we can prove we aren't mass commenting or sending you spam messages. Knowing more about you also helps readers share your blog to others. For instance, if you're a librarian, I will tell others to go check out an amazing reviewer who gets to work around books all day!
2. Have a Contact Page, Review Request Form, and/or a Review Policy:
This advice is for book bloggers who are looking for authors, publishers, and other people to submit novels. Be clear about what you want to read and what you never want to read. Include types of information you want in a request, like a link to Amazon or the synopsis. If you are closed for submissions, put that at the top in bold. This way, requesters don't read pages of information only to realize you're not accepting anything. Clarify if you accept self-published and small press published authors. I would also suggest adding if you reply to all requests or only the ones you're interested in. That way, you won't get as many repeat emails wondering if you received their request. You could also include your favorite and least favorite novels—and if you want to get really fancy, tell us your ratings of well-known novels. This will help start reading discussions with fellow readers of that genre.
3. Include a Rating System and Other Websites:
Clarify if you will use the 5-Star Rating System and/or explain how you rate on other pages. For instance, if you say 3.5 on your blog, explain what you'll do on websites that aren't accommodating to that (like if you will generally lean up or down or if it depends on the novel). Readers will want to know if, how, where, and when you will be posting reviews. This is also a GREAT opportunity to send your readers to your Bookstagram, Vlog, Goodreads page, or other places where you review books. On a side note, if you are accepting review requests, I would suggest stating if you will or will not post your review no matter the rating. Unfortunately, there has been hostility in the past with authors/publishers requesting readers to only post reviews if it is a certain rating. Although I don't agree with anyone who demands this, I still suggest clarifying that you will post your review, even if it is below 5 stars. That way, they won't demand it from you later or send you nasty emails when it happens. By posting your rules, you lessen your changes of internet negativity.
A Note For Authors:
Remember that book bloggers are your best friend. Respecting boundaries is important. Don't request a review from someone until you have read their review policy, and definitely do not contact them with your dinosaur erotica if they state they hate dinosaurs or erotica or both (even if you think you will somehow change their mind). If you receive a poor review, do not retaliate in any way. If you're going to say anything at all, just thank them. They read your book, after all. If you promised to share their review, share it. If they promised to review a book but never did, be polite when asking them if they are still interested in reading your novel.
Sometimes, expectations fall flat, but surprises are sometimes better. Helping one another know what to do in certain situations can improve everyone's relationship, but it does take two. Taking these steps might help our friendship grow more than ever before.
We want the author-reader relationship to be fun and exciting, so let's be sure to celebrate one another with respect and enthusiasm.
Here's to our love for books.
Original posted March 6, 2014
On a side note, my YouTube channel – Coffee & Cats – is back! This month, I discussed Female Romantic Tropes…We Hate, and next month, I'll discuss Male Romantic Tropes…We Hate. Granted, these tropes work for both genders, but I separated them due to how much each trope happens to that specific gender. I hope you like it! And, of course, let me know what tropes you don't like, so we can continue to change fiction!
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Welcome to Aloni Hotel in Paros Island
A true life story
By George Pittas
Paros has not the high mountains of Naxos, the strong winds of Mykonos and the impressive cliffs of Santorini. The mountains and the hills of Paros are smooth and nicely end down to the shores, which rarely become wild by the winds. It is like meltemia (north summer winds) have an informal agreement with Paros. They blow enough to cool off the summer heat but they are not so strong as to make the island wild. The island's beaches, like women who do not show all their allurements from the beginning, are full of secret allurements. The nature is interesting and rich, provided you want to explore it, to look behind the obvious so as to see things beyond your imagination. Its villages are beautiful and alive but in order to open their arms and let you know them, they don't want the eye of a tourist but the one of a traveller...


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POTTSTOWN — The Historic Pottstown Neighborhood Association is bringing back its popular house tour, Historic Pottstown by Candlelight, on Sunday, Dec 9. This year's tour, planned after a one-year hiatus in 2011, will be the 26th version of what has become the most important holiday festival in the surrounding area.
The tour's planners are this year breaking new ground by bringing participants a look at a more recently constructed home, one that was built in the 1940s. No one today can recall the original owner's name, but in 1946 it was purchased by William and Hindela (Orensten) Pollock and over the years it has became known to everyone as the Pollock Mansion.
The Pollock family name is readily recognized by most Pottstown-area residents as the owner of Mayer Pollock Steel Corp., 850 Industrial Highway. This longtime Pottstown-based company was founded in 1888 by Mayer Pollock, who immigrated to America from Russia in 1884. Like many men looking for a better life in this country, Pollock left his family behind and brought them here only after he made a home for them.
Read more: http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20121203/LIFE01/121209992/former-pollock-mansion-highlights-house-tour#full_story


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Dealing with frustrating repair and improvement projects is an unwelcome prospect for many homeowners. The hassle and frustration they so often experience is not worth the effort they are putting in, so hiring a professional to help them with the more complicated projects is a good idea. Once they decide to do the work themselves, homeowners usually end up regretting their decision and scouring the phone book for a contractor.
With extensive home improvement projects, homeowners are usually best served hiring a contractor. Some homeowners do attempt these projects themselves with some success, but these are often few and far between. Not that they cannot accomplish the project, but the quality homeowners receive from contractors far exceeds what they are usually able to provide themselves. Home improvement is not for everybody, so realizing when it is far above their head is important and helpful in avoiding a costly project. Spending more money than they realize doing the work themselves, many homeowners regret their decision.
The training and experience a contractor brings to the table will help ensure the quality of the project. Helping with the planning and development stage of the project and providing excellent craftsmanship, professionals are able to provide a level of service far better than any amateur trying to pass themselves off as professionals. So when it comes time to choose the best route to take when facing home improvement projects, it is usually best to consider the work of a contractor. It may be one of the best decisions the homeowner can make for their home.


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Two years ago, InTouch Weekly broke a story about Josh Duggar's alleged sex crimes and Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's subsequent cover-up of the molestation charges. The scandal led to the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting, TLC's most popular and profitable reality series. For nearly 10 years, the Duggars were synonymous with the TLC brand and ending 19 Kids reportedly cost Discovery $19 million.
In theory, a scandal should keep reality stars out of the spotlight. But not the Duggars. In December 2015, TLC aired Jill and Jessa: Counting On, a three episode series that addressed how the family's adult children, particularly Josh's wife Anna, were handling the scandal. Nearly 3 million viewers tuned in to witness Jill and Jessa become the Duggar family's new standard-bearers.
Counting On debuted in March 2016 and the spin-off has effectively rebranded the family. They are the Duggars 2.0. Josh Duggar is noticeably absent from the series but his wife Anna and children make frequent appearances. Jim Bob and Michelle, whose marriage and child rearing practices were at the center of 19 Kids, only show up when the plot needs to be advanced. (Jim Bob gives his blessing to his daughters' suitors; Michelle assists during her daughters' deliveries.)
Counting On has chronicled a few personal milestones in the Duggars' lives:
- Jessa Duggar Seewald gave birth to her second child.
- Jill Duggar Dillard and her husband Derrick have been serving as missionaries in Central America. They are expecting their second child.
- Jinger Duggar courted and married Jeremy Vuolo.
- Joy Duggar began courting Austin Forsyth. They are now engaged and their wedding is rumored to be imminent.
- Joe Duggar began courting Kendra Caldwell.
For the most part, Counting On follows the same episodic structure as 19 Kids and Counting. The Duggar kids go about their daily lives and the women complete mundane household chores. Like 19 Kids, Counting On is about the performance of womanhood within the domestic space. Each task the Duggar daughters complete on Counting On is presented as the normal experience all newlyweds and new parents go through.
And it's boring. So, so, so boring. But unsurprisingly, Counting On keeps the Duggar brand afloat as they navigate their public lives post-scandal. At the rate the Duggars begin courtships, get engaged, married, and have children, Counting On is guaranteed to have at least one wedding or birth special per season.
All of this just sets the scene for the Duggar family's latest development. Four of the Duggar daughters — Jill Dillard, Jessa Seewald, Jinger Vuolo, and Joy Duggar — have filed a federal invasion of privacy suit against InTouch,the city of Springdale, Arkansas, and Washington County, Arkansas. The Duggar lawsuit is not unlike the Hulk Hogan lawsuit that brought down Gawker and alleges that the "plaintiffs had no knowledge that the highly personal and painful details revealed in their confidential interviews would be disclosed to anyone except law enforcement and child services personnel. Indeed, they were instructed that their statements would remain confidential and not be released to the public."
The sisters provided an additional statement, telling E! News: "This case is solely about protecting children who are victims of abuse. Revealing juvenile identities under these circumstances is unacceptable, and it's against the law. The media and custodians of public records who let these children down must be held accountable. This case has vast implications for all our children. We hope that by bringing this case to the public's attention, all children will be protected from reckless reporting."
The timing of the lawsuit is particularly noteworthy. Initially, only Jill and Jessa came forward as Josh's victims. In an exclusive interview with Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File, the sisters detailed the abuse and publicly forgave their brother. In this same interview, Jill and Jessa criticize InTouch, calling the tabloid's reporting "a re-victimization that's even a thousand times worse." These comments are more or less reiterated in the lawsuit
The family did not confirm Jinger or Joy's involvement until now. It does make sense that the Duggars initially shielded Joy, who was a minor in 2015. But what else shifted? Well, the four Duggar daughters are now married or soon-to-be married. The Duggars are followers of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) and the Quiverfull movement. As described by Kathryn Joyce in Newsweek, Quiverfull is a pro-purist lifestyle and its followers view contraception "as a form of abortion and considering even natural family planning an attempt to control a realm — fertility — that should be entrusted to divine providence." Quiverfull is anti-feminist, patriarchal Christianity that is spread through homeschooling, and most often, the Quiverfull do not identify themselves as part of the movement. (The Duggars do not.) But to paraphrase Heather Doney, co-founder of Homeschooling's Invisible Children, the Duggars are the Kardashians of Quiverfull.
As followers of Quiverfull, the Duggar women are most valuable when they are fulfilling their divine purpose as women: marriage and motherhood. If Jinger and Joy were revealed as Josh's victims before entering courtships, it would potentially harm their marriageability. As one friend noted to me on Twitter, waiting until Jinger and Joy were married and engaged to file the lawsuit effectively preserved their future ability to submit to men.
Jana Duggar, the eldest Duggar daughter, is also noticeably absent from these legal proceedings. (Presumably because she is not one of her brother's victims.) At 27, Jana is unmarried and acts as a second mother figure for her younger siblings, as seen on both 19 Kids and Counting On. Compared to her four sisters, who received television specials for fulfilling their duties as women (successful courtship, marriage, and motherhood), Jana and her domestic labor remains in the background. (Stay-at-home daughters are common in Quiverfull and fundamentalist Christian families.)
The Duggars lawsuit is yet another indicator of how specific hypocrisies sustain their family brand. By claiming "this case is solely about protecting children who are victims of abuse," the Duggars are reasserting an image of themselves as good Christian saviors. They claim to be protecting innocent victims from careless reporting while denying how their religious practices preserve cycles of abuse. Former Quiverfull followers, such as Vickie Garrison of No Longer Quivering, have written extensively on how the movement keeps women in submissive positions. In one post, Garrison explains, "Quiverfull is a mindset (a very powerful head trip) in which each family becomes a cult unto itself with Daddy enshrined as the supreme Patriarch." Vice has also reported on the larger Christian abuse problem.
The Duggars might be, as Jessa Seewald told Megyn Kelly in 2015, "just a family that just happened to be on TV". And yes, we owe the Duggar sisters the same respect we give other sexual assault survivors. But this family has an unparalleled ability to survive scandal and and keep a public presence. They undeniably have had it easy compared to other reality TV pariahs. We must remain critical of the platforms the Duggars are given and the way they frame their own story.


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Mobile providers can't restrict VoIP apps, and "paid prioritization" is illegal, according to 194 pages of rules approved Tuesday that are now public.
Net neutrality advocates in Washington have long insisted that eventual government regulations would be simple and easy to understand. Public Knowledge has called the Net neutrality concept "ridiculously simple," and Free Press said the rules would be "clear" and easy to understand.
The Federal Communications Commission finally released its long-expected regulations this afternoon, which it had previously approved on a 3-2 party line vote earlier this week, and they're not exactly "ridiculously" simple. The rules and the related explanations total a whopping 194 pages (PDF).
One new item that was not previously disclosed: mobile wireless providers can't block "applications that compete with the provider's" own voice or video telephony services. By including that rule, the FCC effectively sided with Skype over wireless carriers.
A series of disputes erupted last year over whether Skype would be allowed on smartphones and over whether it was AT&T or Apple that was responsible for Google Voice not appearing in the iPhone's App Store. (In October 2009, AT&T agreed to support voice over Internet Protocol applications such as Skype on its 3G network, and Google Voice appeared as an iPhone application last month.)
The legality of "paid prioritization," which previously was ambiguous, also has been cleared up. The concept means a broadband provider favoring some traffic over other traffic. That would mean Amazon.com can't, theoretically, pay Comcast for its Web site to load faster than Barnes & Noble's.
The FCC acknowledged there's no evidence that "U.S. broadband providers currently engage in such arrangements." But because any pay-for-priority deals would "represent a significant departure from historical" practice and potentially raise barriers to entry on the Internet, they should be outlawed.
That section of today's order, which has been championed by Chairman Julius Genachowski, rejects arguments about paid prioritization that AT&T made earlier this year. As CNET reported at the time, AT&T noted it already had "hundreds" of customers who have paid extra for higher-priority services, and it argued that the Internet Engineering Task Force's specifications explicitly permit the practice.
Genachowski had said during Tuesday's vote that the rules would require all broadband providers including mobile services to disclose their network management practices, and that non-mobile providers would be prohibited from blocking and "unreasonably" discriminating against network traffic.
Other points that became public in today's order:
• Internet providers are allowed to block users from committing copyright infringement, "which has adverse consequences for the economy," though the FCC intentionally left ambiguous the extent of this authority.
• Mobile providers, which are generally not the target of these rules, nevertheless can't block access to "lawful" Web sites or "competing" services. That includes "a voice or video telephony service" provided by that carrier or a parent company.
• The definition of "reasonable" network management: "Appropriate and tailored to achieving a legitimate network management purpose, taking into account the particular network architecture and technology of the broadband Internet access service."
• All broadband providers, including mobile wireless providers, must disclose their network practices. That includes "descriptions of congestion management practices; types of traffic subject to practices; purposes served by practices; practices' effects on end users' experience; criteria used in practices, such as indicators of congestion that trigger a practice, and the typical frequency of congestion; usage limits and the consequences of exceeding them; and references to engineering standards, where appropriate."
• It also includes "whether and why the provider blocks or rate-controls specific protocols or protocol ports, modifies protocol fields in ways not prescribed by the protocol standard, or otherwise inhibits or favors certain applications or classes of applications."
The FCC has been attacked on nearly all sides since its vote Tuesday, with pro-regulation groups like Free Press and Public Knowledge saying the order doesn't go far enough, especially in terms of regulating wireless providers. That was echoed by FCC commissioner Michael Copps, a Democrat, saying he almost voted against the proposal because it "could--and should--have gone further."
Robert McDowell, a Republican, dissented from the vote, saying the FCC did not have the legal authority to enact Internet regulations. The real effect, he predicted, would be: "Less investment. Less innovation. Increased business costs. Increased prices for consumers. Disadvantages to smaller ISPs. Jobs lost."
The ultimate fate of the FCC's order released today is, of course, anything but certain.
In April, a federal appeals court unceremoniously slapped down the agency's earlier attempt to impose Net neutrality penalties on Comcast after the company temporarily throttled some BitTorrent transfers.
And more than a few Republican members of Congress -- including incoming House Speaker John Boehner--have slammed the FCC's action as an illegal attempt to regulate the Internet. In the 2011 funding bill, they could prohibit the FCC from enforcing any such rules.
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The Science Circle is an alliance of scientists, educators and entrepreneurs from various fields who gather twice a month in Second Life for presentations on a wide range of interdisciplinary topics. They're a very creative and engaging group, and I was honored to be recently invited to give a talk. Here's a summary of my topic:
"The Art of Enhanced Reality"
Innovative educators are constantly facing the challenge of matching pedagogical goals with complementary technological tools. Unfortunately, given the wide range of technologies and devices that vie for consumer attention, the right choices are not always clear. In this presentation, John Lester will describe how focusing on the way the human mind interacts with the world and other human beings can help identify the right tools for the right jobs. From a mind-augmentation perspective combining constructivist and behaviorist approaches, John will explore the "Art of Enhanced Reality" through tools for knowledge management, self-animated artificial life living in augmented reality, and the unique affordances of perceptually immersive multiuser 3d virtual worlds for collaborative learning.
Below is a full video of my presentation, and you can find all my slides online.
Thanks again for the opportunity!
Take care,
-John "Pathfinder" Lester


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For me a good night's sleep is a dream, a distant memory. Having spent years battling with anxiety and my sleep becoming a casualty I am always looking for ways to help my mind relax and allow my body to do the same. It means I spend many of my day's counting down the minutes until bedtime to yet again be faced with hours of staring at the ceiling. It seems I'm not alone with 1 in 5 people admitting it takes them longer than an hour to fall asleep and a massive 90 % saying they still feel tired when they wake up*.
March is National Bed Month, an awareness campaign run by the Sleep Council with the aim of highlighting how important a good night's sleep is for your health and wellbeing. Understanding that 'Sleep Matters' Feather & Down kindly sent me a package of their products specially designed to encourage relaxation and aid restful sleep. I couldn't wait to try them out!
Pillow Spray 100ml RRP £7
Nicknamed 'sleep in a bottle' this spray combines lavender and chamomile essential oils to aid a restful sleep by helping to calm an anxious mind. To use simply spray a generous amount onto your pillow before settling down for the night!
An independent study undertaken by 103 people over a four-week period saw a staggering 83% fall asleep quicker than usual when using this pillow spray. Feather & Down's pillow spray has also recently won "Best New Health & Wellbeing Product" at the Beauty Awards with OK! Magazine as voted by readers.
SLEEP FACT: Research shows that lavender increases the type of brain waves associated with relaxation.
All Purpose Balm 16g RRP £7
Using a combination of moisturising Vitamin E with lavender and chamomile essential oils this balm is designed to encourage a restful night's sleep by easing your mind. To use a small amount is applied to your pulse points – wrists, temples and neck – before bed.
SLEEP FACT: Placing fragrance onto your pulse points makes it last longer due to the beat of your heart.
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With the same combination of lavender and chamomile essential oils this shower cream is designed to melt onto your skin creating a calming oil to wash away the stresses of the day. Simply massage onto wet skin under a beautifully warm shower.
SLEEP FACT: Taking a quick shower before bed will help to prepare you for sleep. The feeling of warm running water on your skin relaxes your body and eases tension after a long day.
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Before I tell you about my experience with the products themselves I must point out their stunning packaging. In deep blue and gold they give a real feeling of being a high end luxury product despite their 'high street' price tag.
Prior to testing the products, I was slightly worried as I'm not a massive fan of lavender however I needn't have been concerned. All three products smell AMAZING and not overpowering in the slightest, as I feared they may be. I used the spray and balm religiously every night and used the shower cream more sporadically as I kept forgetting to take it in the shower with me! Despite having sensitive skin I experienced no problems whilst using the balm or shower cream.
Between the wonderful scent and the creamy texture of the shower cream it has a real luxurious feel which left my skin feeling smooth and soft. The balm is absorbed easily into the skin leaving it soft without any residue. I find the rubbing of the balm into the pulse points very calming in itself, starting the relaxation immediately.
The products are all decent sizes and with only a small amount needed at a time will be sure to last a good while, in my opinion making them excellent value for money.
From the very first evening I noticed a difference in how quickly I fell asleep. Whilst not instantly it was significantly quicker than usual, and I slept all night- a rare occurrence for me. Upon waking I felt refreshed, however for me the real difference was that I didn't get the tired lull I usually experience during the day. This tiredness usually sees me reaching for something caffeine based to get me through the day, but I just haven't felt the need. I feel that using Feather & Down has helped me to achieve a better quality of sleep, allowing me to unwind and relax, achieving the rest that my body often lacks. Mr F has also been using the products alongside me and has reported the same lack of tiredness throughout the day which is fantastic for him as he has three very busy, active jobs to get through!
I would recommend Feather & Down products to anyone who struggles to achieve a restful sleep as it has worked wonders for us! Simple yet effective these products can easily be incorporated into your nighttime routine so why not give them a go.
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We just recently had the all-time greatest Uniter-of-All-Americans, President Barack Obama, offering up:
"Voting is the best revenge."
Which goes along with President Bipartisan on Univision in 2010 offering up:
"If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, 'We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends….'"
Which goes along with then-Candidate Bipartisan off the cuff on the campaign trail offering up:
"So it's not surprising that they get bitter and cling to guns or religion or antipathy towards people who aren't like them."
What about Congress? Forget about it. President Dining-on-Dog offers up:
"Cap-and-Trade was just one way of skinning the cat. It was not the only way. It was a means, not an end. And I'm going to be looking for other means to address this problem."
(Is he totally forsaking the Pet and Vet votes?)
Which goes along with President Pliable offering up to Russia President Dmitri Medvedev:
"On all these issues…this, this can be solved but it's important for him (Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin) to give me space…. This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility."
The Obama Administration's first term has been terrible, and unilaterally tyrannical.
Network Neutrality: Like health care, the Tech sector is 1/6th of economy. Unlike ObamaCare, Net Neutrality never passed Congress – the President just imposed it, in December 2010. (Ditto the Administration's power grab of wireless cellular phone networks, and a whole host of other unilateral Tech regulations.)
Energy Sector regulations: The Greatest Fraud on Earth is alleged "global warming." Or "climate change." Cap & Trade never passed Congress – so Obama's Environmental Protection Agency and Departments of Energy and Interior are imposing it as if it did.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been a one-stop bureaucratic wrecking shop.
- Unilaterally making it much easier to form business-impeding, Democrat-supporting unions – and much harder to un-form them.
- Telling Businesses Where They Are Allowed to Locate
- Imposing Union "Propaganda" Mandates on Employers
And how unilaterally terrible would a second Obama term be?
Obama Administration Sits on Key Regulations
Federal agencies are sitting on a pile of major health, environmental, and financial regulations that lobbyists, congressional staffers, and former administration officials say are being held back to avoid providing ammunition to Mitt Romney and other Republican critics….
The drop-off stands out not just compared to earlier years of Obama's term but also compared to other years in which presidents are running for reelection….
Sources in regular contact with agencies say they've been told that new rules won't resume until after the election, and many expect an avalanche of new major rules shortly afterward….
Much of the delayed regulation is tied to major Obama administration policies, not vestigial red tape. Both the Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank require significant regulatory clarification in order to move forward….
Several people who work closely with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency at the Health and Human Services Department responsible for most of the outstanding health care regulations, say they've been told the delays are due to political considerations, not technical difficulties.
So a second Obama Administration term will have all the small-government, less regulation transparency and openness of the first – only more so.
With all of the success of the first Obama Administration term – only more so:
More than 23 million people are jobless or underemployed under Obama.
Report: Negative job growth under Obama
1,035,000 Construction Jobs Lost Under Obama
Tech (sector) layoffs hit 3-year high in first half of 2012; 260% more than first half 2011.
Obama closes more than 2,000 car dealerships; more than 100,000 let go
111 coal plants – more than 20% of US total – closed under Obama; more than 120,000 jobs lost
Government-land oil and gas drill permits down 36% under Obama.
Food stamp recipient number rises from 32 million to 47 million under Obama.
Record 5.4 million join (Social Security) disability rolls under Obama.
Welfare spending jumps 32% during Obama's presidency
Health care premiums rise $2,370 per family under Obama.
Gasoline prices double under Obama.
What voter wouldn't want more of all of this?
Note: The original version of this piece had a quote from President Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett that we thought we had verified, but ultimately did/could not. It has been removed.


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Blues aim for fourth straight win in road test with Canucks
The St. Louis Blues look to match their longest winning streak of the season on Tuesday evening as they kick off a three-game swing through Western Canada with a meeting against the Vancouver Canucks.
The Blues have won three straight and five of their past six games, putting them second in the Central Division with 34 points. Though that is 17 back of the first-place Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis is tied for fourth in the Western Conference.
St. Louis completed a perfect three-game homestand on Saturday with a 2-1 overtime victory against the Anaheim Ducks. Chris Stewart stayed red-hot and put home his team-leading 14th goal and 28th point of the season 45 seconds into overtime.
Stewart has seven points in his past three games as well as seven goals and seven assists over the previous seven. His winner came after Vladimir Sobotka picked up a steal at his own blue line and hit the trailing Stewart, who waited for Anaheim goaltender Jonas Hiller to make a move before lifting a backhander into the net.
"By the time (Sobotka) gave it to me, Hiller was already down and out and I went back to the backhand and put it home," Stewart said.
Kris Russell added a power-play marker and Jake Allen stopped 27-of-28 shots. Vladimir Tarasenko, meanwhile. returned from a 10-game absence caused by a concussion and had an assist.
St. Louis, which won a season-high four straight games from Jan. 24-31, also seems poised to get Andy McDonald back from a left knee injury that has held him out of the last 10 games. McDonald was hurt in a collision at practice on Feb. 26, but practiced on Monday and the Blues cleared a roster spot by sending winger Adam Cracknell to the AHL.
That leaves just T.J. Oshie (bruised ribs) and Jamie Langenbrunner (hip surgery), who is not expected back this season, on injured reserve, while defenseman Alex Pietrangelo is questionable after missing Saturday's game due to flu-like symptoms.
Allen, meanwhile, is expected to start again on Tuesday after improving to 8-1-0 on the season with Saturday's win. One of the rookie's victories came on Feb. 17 in Vancouver, where he made 28 saves in a 4-3 shootout win.
Oshie and McDonald scored in regulation and the shootout for the Blues, who have won five of their last nine in Vancouver.
Ryan Kesler, Mason Raymond and Henrik Sedin scored for the Canucks, while Roberto Luongo made 20 saves.
Luongo stopped 22-of-25 shots in Monday's 3-1 loss to Minnesota. It marked the first time that the Wild won in Vancouver since Jan. 31, 2009 and put the club two points ahead of the Canucks for first place in the Northwest Division.
The Canucks dropped to seventh in the Western Conference despite a power-play goal by Henrik Sedin. It was the first goal for Vancouver on the man advantage in 12 games and it was 0-for-30 in the previous 11.
"In the end it's not about the power-play goals, it's about the wins and we didn't win tonight," Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault said.
Vancouver has lost two straight and eight of its past 11. It will conclude a four-game homestand with Cory Schneider in net and he has split two career meetings with the Blues, giving up five goals on 61 shots.
The Blues will visit Edmonton on Saturday before ending their trip in Calgary the following night.


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A year ago today, I'd also reached another milestone. I'd just broken the six-figure debt barrier and had only $98,992 of debt at the time. That was cause for celebration. This, reaching the 60's, is also something to celebrate. I hope this will mark a July milestone trend.
Current stats from my lender:
Original Balance: $112,258
Remaining Balance: $69,966
Monthly Payments: $2,720.00
Term Remaining on Debtor's Prison Sentence: 2 years and 4 months
Current (variable) Interest rate: 4.20% (up from original rate of 3.42%)
LoL@ my interest rate now being 420 just as I reach the 60's. 🙂
(While we're in that territory, shout out to Steppenwolf for sharing their 'Magic Carpet Rides' with us). 😉
That reminds me…
Put on your boogie threads
Yeah, you know what time it is. It's time for some CCR.
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down on the Corner (1969)
Well, my friends, that was a nickel well spent.
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The One in Debt @ Stupid Debt motivated me to look at my budget and spending after seeing her very detailed accounting ledger. She's a Gen-Xer and single mom. "$73,335 in debt – I'm going to pay it off d*mn it!", she declares.
MrsPickyPincher @PickyPinchers writes about frugality, including advice for keeping grocery spending under control. MrsPickyPincher (and her husband) are paying off over $200k in debt including mortgage and student loan debt. They just paid off MrsPickyPincher's $25k student loan debt in 7 months thanks to some serious monthly mega payments.
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I'm jazzed about being in the 60's. The 50's are within sight and that's when I'll finally start to feel Iike I'm pushing this infernal boulder downhill instead of uphill.
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The need to get parenting right has become an obsession for many of us.
But we can make some simple changes and bring some fun and sanity into our lives.
We can love being moms again.
We can sit.
We can laugh with our kids.
We can love life and enjoy our wonderful kids.
Dr. Meg Meeker
The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers
2019 seemed to the year of the hashtag did it not?
Or was that the year of the feminists?
The year of a fanatical and even angry #metoo movement—
As in I am woman, hear me roar.
As in let's demasculinize and neuter all men in the name of revenge.
As in let's let little boys be girls while we let little girls be boys as
in gender is no longer relevant.
As in let's say hooray for abortions…for pregnancy is an inconvenience
As in it is my right and my choice by gosh by golly…
As in it's all about women empowering women…cause power is important is it not?
And so let's hear it for the rise of militant feminism.
The rallying cry has gone out…
Challenging, even defying, any and all legislation put out there to protect
a fetus in the womb.
Strike down those heartbeat bills…
As we are left wondering who will speak for those who cannot speak…
And so it is my prayer that the coming year of 2020 would be the year of the moms,
motherhood, and the family.
The year of the traditional family.
The year of both moms and dads along with their children.
Bound by the covenant of God.
As the late Pope John Paul II continues to remind us …
"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world
in which we live.
To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children.
Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman."
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols
are pleasure, comfort, and independence,
lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
And thus I will leave this offering of hope with a final offering of wisdom
from Dr. Meg Meeker, a Christian, a Catholic who is married to an Evangelical, a pediatrician,
an author and most importantly– a mother…
If every mother could wrap her mind around her true value as a woman and a mother,
her life would never be the same.
We would wake up every morning excited for the day rather than feeling as though
we'd been hit by a truck during the night.
We would talk differently to our kids, fret less about our husbands' annoying habits,
and speak with greater tenderness and clarity.
We would find more contentment in our relationships,
let mean remarks roll off our backs,
and leave work feeling more confident in the job we performed.
Each of us would live a life of extraordinary freedom.
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I wanted to like Paul Ryan.
Before he was nationally known, Rep. Ryan visited me at ABC, and we went to lunch. He was terrific. He was a rare politician, one who actually cared about America's coming debt crisis and the unfairness of entitlements. He even talked about F.A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom"! If only more politicians thought that way.
But then the housing bubble burst. Ryan voted for TARP. Then he voted for the auto bailout. Who is this guy? I thought he believed in markets!
At Fox, when I got my own TV show, I asked him about that.
"I voted for TARP because I believed we were going to fall into a deflationary spiral, the economy was going to collapse. … The purpose of voting for that auto bill was to prevent the auto companies from getting TARP dollars. … Now TARP has become this revolving government slush fund. Never was intended … ."
But in your ideal world, should government have bailed out the auto company?
I wish he had voted against those bills, but the political class was in near panic, and Ryan is a politician.
It's a reason I don't like politicians.
But at least Ryan speaks against bailouts now.
"We're reaching a tipping point in this country where a majority of Americans are getting their benefits and livelihoods from the federal government … .
Why does this put us on a road to "serfdom"?
"Because we're moving from a society where the goal of government is not to equalize opportunity but to equalize the results of our lives. … The more we ask government to do for us, the more government can take from us. … Government is doing so much in our lives that we have less freedom to govern ourselves."
I like hearing a politician say that.
I told Ryan that I fear that most Americans don't understand economics and actually prefer a government that "takes care" of us.
"No. I think people believe in the American idea, (that) our rights don't come from government. … And so we do not want a government where they give us our rights and redistribute, regulate and ration our rights."
Hope he's right.
In 2008, Ryan proposed a "Roadmap for the Future," a budget plan that would slow the growth of government. It was timid. It wouldn't eliminate the Education Department or other useless government agencies and wouldn't balance the budget for decades.
Yet even Republicans said his plan was too radical. Newt Gingrich called it "right-wing social engineering."
Last year, I invited Ryan back on my show to talk about that. By then, "the needle had moved." Ryan's Roadmap helped change the discussion. Many Republicans woke up. Newt apologized for his comment. The Republican Study Committee proposed bigger cuts.
Now, said Ryan, "I would call (my plan) mild. I was trying to get consensus. We've moved the center of gravity. We've taken on what they call the third rail, these entitlement programs which are the big drivers of our debt. We showed the country that there is a different way to go and that we can get back toward limited government, economic freedom. And I feel pretty good where we are and how we brought this conversation forward."
He should feel good. For 50 years, the needle did not move at all. Americans accepted the welfare state. Now, more understand.
"We have one more opportunity in this country. … It is not too late to revive and reapply the American idea. But there will come a point where that moment might pass us."
Countries can: get off the road to serfdom. Canada did it and prospered because of it. It won't be easy for America, but if we do it, Paul Ryan deserves much of the credit.
"What I've learned in southern Wisconsin (is that) people are ready to be talked to like adults, not like children. And they know we're in a debt crisis."
Hope he's right.
John Stossel is host of "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network. He's the author of "No They Can't: Why Government Fails, but Individuals Succeed." To find out more about John Stossel, visit his site at johnstossel.com.
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Leinsdorf, Erich ĕr´ĭkh līz´dôrf, līnts´– [key], 1912–93, American conductor, b. Vienna. Leinsdorf studied at the Vienna state academy of music and in 1934 began his conducting career, serving as assistant to Bruno Walter and then to Toscanini at the Salzburg festival. He made his New York debut as an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in 1938, remaining there as Wagnerian conductor until 1943, when he was made conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. He returned to the Metropolitan Opera (1944) for one season and then served (1945–54) as conductor of the Rochester (N.Y.) Symphony Orchestra. After one year with the New York City Opera Company, he again conducted at the Metropolitan Opera until 1962, when he became music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He had enormous success in that position, from which he resigned in 1969.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
My creative space.
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I just love it! This is where my "mothering" skills conflict too..I want to be a good mom and let them help out but sometimes my sanity is on the line haha...Hope you find some alone time to do some more of that dirty work :)ReplyDelete
They all look great Kate! Love those pants!ReplyDelete
Love the stencil! It's hard to get good help these days! I know the feeling well! NicReplyDelete
The screen prints look fabulous, but for me, the applique wins! I love the depth of the print fabric, still gorgeous..ReplyDelete
I love them Kate! Gorgeous with black on the fabrics!ReplyDelete
Love those wisteria leaves! You have some great "old" pillow cases, don't you?ReplyDelete
Ah yes, the " little assistant" Busy pipes up with is ther a job for me - which can be the most minor of things , this seems to satisfy er, I love the cblack leaves on the white onesie- very striking!ReplyDelete
The leaf applique pants look wonderful, and the frill just finishes them off! It breaks my heart when I yell at the spawn and the tears well up and say "help you, help you" The screen printing looks cool though, good luck on some quiet time!ReplyDelete
I love her keeness to help out. You've got a good recipe but yes, perhaps just the dry ingredients when she's lending a hand.ReplyDelete
i LOVE your appliques and those pants are too cute!ReplyDelete
your stencils are just as delightful!
The screen prints look great, but I really love the applique. Little helpers can be a challenge though.ReplyDelete
Fantastic work! I love the results :)ReplyDelete
Looks great, what a great helper you've got. Those finished pants are just adorable. xxReplyDelete
The pants are gorgeous Kate! I love that wisteria design and Miss Pepper's artwork is beautiful too - her colour choice is great!ReplyDelete
Its funny how those helpers can actually slow you down! Love the screenprint :-)ReplyDelete
this looks like such fun. i once did a screen printing process for work, the artists I assisted made beautiful peices with lots of spots and blots, but I found they can be rinsed out carefully if you get them while they are wet. Maybe you can dye it another darker colour?ReplyDelete
That print is lovely :-) I'm lucky my helpers go to school, although not today one is home sick so no playing today for me!ReplyDelete
So I'm totally coming to your house so you can have to joy of teaching me screen printing.ReplyDelete
Thanks in advance... ;o)
P's dacks are way cool!
Ab x
Kids just love helping dont they:) Have 2x helpers here that I would not trade for the world (which is why I get heaps of knitting done - They both want to help 'stitch' when I have the machine out)ReplyDelete
So let me know when Abbe's arriving and I'll meet ya there - two students for the price of one!ReplyDelete
I just love the way you say oh so casually "so I cut out a stencil". Super impressive Kate!
The screen prints (and the pants) look amazing. Definately a job for when they are otherwise occupied. My 3 year old tried to help me with my hot glue gun yesterday. Nearly gave me heart failure!ReplyDelete
Mummy's little helper, how lovely! She looks like the little storybook character from 'We help Mummy' too. Your screen printing looks great...and I love the applique.ReplyDelete
I attempted some gocco-ing last week. Always guaranteed to bring the 'helpers' out of the woodwork, they'd probably say it was an unmitigated success! Ahem.ReplyDelete
Beautiful pants! Ahh wisteria. I'm loving that onesie too.ReplyDelete
My girls are wild about screen printing too. Its one of those deep breath moments when they join in and the tiny fingerprints end up everywhere... Love the onesie. The wisteria has turned out beautifully, Kate.ReplyDelete
I love it on the little bubba bodysuit...ReplyDelete
Hey Kate, I love the black leaf against the white, & the row of printed fabric, looks ace. Hope you are having a happy day honey xoReplyDelete
What a good little helper!ReplyDelete
They look fantastic Kate. But I can see why a little helper might not be...well, helpful.ReplyDelete
Love the screen printing Kate. Love the little helper too!ReplyDelete
so sweet!ReplyDelete
I love how you take an idea and apply it to so many things Kate. So very creative.
it does get tricky sharing tasks!ReplyDelete
they are so sure that they can do everything too :)
Those pants are magic!! Love your little helper...I have one too...but mine likes to put everything in her mouth. Gotta laugh though. I love your space...always makes me feel calm and inspired. Ta Kate, you're a gem ! :)ReplyDelete
No do it when your little ones are around so they can take over when they're older!! Love PosieReplyDelete
Nothing like bringing out the paint to attract the kidlets.ReplyDelete
looks like fun all round ; )ReplyDelete
love the leave design and the colour of those cords is gorgeous love the ruffles!
Why do little helpers have the ability to create the worlds biggest mess!?ReplyDelete
Love all of it though!
i adore the applique and the screen print. you got the shape exactly right.ReplyDelete
The screen print look fantasticReplyDelete
- love it -
I love your screen printed motif, Kate. Obviously your small helper is more helpful than my small helpers (I could only do printing around them if I wanted every surface in the house to be covered in ink!)ReplyDelete
Love the ruffles on her pants. I love how you're using that stencil so much- it is just so gorgeous and will never get old! xo m.ReplyDelete
I am so incredibly jealous that you can screen print, I have always wanted to learn how to do this. You are so talented.ReplyDelete
Love the contrast of the black on the pastel print!ReplyDelete
Love that you have all the equipment and skills for screen printing. Cool!ReplyDelete
Alissa @ http://craftalicious-caper.blogspot.com/
They look fabulous Kate! I wonder is it easy to screen print? Wouldn't mind giving it a try one day. So many things can be done with it, it seems!ReplyDelete
Could you maybe incorporate the little marks made by your sweet helper into some sort of extra design around the neck? Like it was meant to be? :))
I love that stencil and my favourite would be the lilac t-shirt! I also love Pepper's pants - could a mid-30's chic get away with a pair do you think? Great stuff as always - you make me want to sew rather than study!!ReplyDelete
Those pants are just SENSATIONAL!! xxReplyDelete
Thanks so much for stopping by...
I do read every single comment you leave and appreciate it very much, but I should let you know that I can be a wee bit on the useless side when replying to comments, that's just me, everyday life sometimes gets in the way....so I'll apologise now, just in case.
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The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
[C. C. Moore]
If I could put a subtitle on this post, it would be, The Last of the Argyle. Thirty years ago, I knit an argyle vest for my husband. I found the technique so tedious and frustrating that, when I finished it, I swore I'd never knit another. I've known knitters, including my mother, who enjoy the technique immensely and who would be frustrated with the techniques I enjoy most. Such is the way with human beings.
Less than a decade ago, a group asked me to teach the intarsia knitting technique (as used in making argyle) so I designed another argyle vest. The request keeps cropping up so I keep knitting more argyle. I tell myself, it builds character.
Then came the ultimate request, a sock pattern that is argyle without a sewn seam. Here it is. Since I knew that I didn't have the self discipline to knit a second sock, I made it into a Christmas stocking so I could say I was finished after only one. The accent lines are worked in duplicate stitch using metallic gold yarn. Although the pattern is worked to and fro, a wrap and turn avoids the need for a sewn seam.
Here is a Christmas gift for those of you who knit — a free printable PDF pattern for knitting the sock. NOTE: This version of the pattern is a revision of the original. The heel instructions are altered.