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SHALIMAR — The Florida Department of Transportation wants motorists along Eglin Parkway to know that the men standing in the middle of the road with their hands in their pockets are not slackers.
They're thinking.
They're supervisors and inspectors, and they're watching the guys working below the thick concrete barriers that separate construction crews from the vehicles to make sure everything is done right.
"Everybody here does take pride in their job," said Doug Pritchard, the DOT's project administrator at the construction site in Shalimar. "Even though driving by it may not look that way, we do care. We want to get it done right the first time."
Last April, the DOT began a complex $6.9 million drainage and resurfacing project extending from Richburg Avenue in Shalimar south to U.S. Highway 98.
In Shalimar, the first phase of work called for the replacement of aging storm water pipes running under the road.
"The existing drains couldn't handle the amount of water. We saw some pretty significant flooding," Pritchard said.
The work involved digging to 8 feet below the pavement and installing 48-inch-by-76-inch drainage pipes to run alongside the existing 15- and 18-inch pipes, Pritchard said.
"Our biggest challenge was working around an existing system that has to remain active," Pritchard said.
Each segment of new pipe had to be set down along 600 feet of sandy surface and "fall" a degree of slope that would carry storm water downhill, he said.
"We have to start at the lowest elevation and work our way up," Pritchard said. "The accuracy of the fall is very important."
After the pipe was laid, it had to be held in place and covered so new asphalt could be laid over it.
Manholes were fitted to be level with the street surface when new pavement is put down.
The work was confined to the middle two traffic lanes of Eglin. The space available to DOT contractors was limited.
"It's a relatively short work zone. There's no advantage to putting five or six large pieces of equipment in there," Pritchard said.
The size of the work zone has limited how much machinery could be used at any one time, and delays have occurred when equipment had to be moved to and from the site, he said.
The pipe work requires a crew of five to seven people, Pritchard said.
Perhaps it was the small size of the crews, perhaps it was the limited view of the work zone, but something has sparked a lot of complaints from passing motorists and businesses.
The Daily News has made a public records request to the DOT to assess just how many complaints have been filed.
Pritchard said he understands the reasoning behind the complaints.
"People drive by and don't see anyone working," he said.
"What they don't realize is that to complete this work we've had to excavate to 8 feet deep, and we're working behind a 4-foot wall. As you drive by you very well might not see anyone," he said.
Business owners along the stretch of Eglin have reported significant losses in customer traffic. Some say they were losing as much as 35 percent of their business.
Pritchard said the traffic diversions have never created snarls as bad as expected. He said business owners have been kept abreast of every aspect of the progress, and no entrances to any business have been blocked.
Ian Satter, the DOT's district spokesman, said work crews understand that after eight months "construction fatigue" has set in.
Following the holiday break, manhole work and repaving work will wrap up in Shalimar. By mid-January, crews will begin phase two of the drainage and repaving work, Pritchard said.
During the second phase, the southbound lanes of Eglin will be closed and traffic diverted to the middle so other drainage pipes can be run to the west of the main pipe.
Satter said he believes the shifting of the work site should help boost the morale of motorists and business owners.
"To see the barrier wall move, that's a good thing for the public," he said. "When they see the work is not in the middle of the road any more."
The construction isn't going to go away, though. After phase two is completed, the work will move to Eglin's northbound lanes through Shalimar so other drainage pipes can be fitted there.
In the meantime, work will continue farther south on Eglin to include intersection work at Hollywood Boulevard, Pritchard said.
He said the plan is to resurface the road, install new traffic signals and a right turn lane at the Hollywood intersection that is more truck friendly.
He promised everyone will be happy with the results when construction ends late this year.
"At this point we have to hold on to when this project is done it's going to be a massive improvement to this area. People will have new drainage, new asphalt and new striping," Pritchard said.
"We do understand the frustration."
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Tom McLaughlin at 850-315-4435 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomMnwfdn.


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I noticed that as well. Nice to see that Microsoft are doing everything they can to fix the issues with Surface, I also noticed that the performance hit when Surface runs low on space is fixed as well. Some people are just impatient though and expect it to be perfect straight away.
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In all fairness, its not like MS is new to the OS market. I would kind of expect it to be past the stage of taking up so much space, at least by the time they launch.
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Seems a bit of an understatement to call it a caching bug when it returned over half of our available space on the device.
So is this just surface specific or does it extend to Rt and 8 in general through some other non-firmware patch?
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I don't understand what you mean. The impact on a specific user doesn't change the nature of the bug. If you hit the bug and did a lot of app installs/updates, the cumulative size of those downloaded packages stuck in the cache can be quite large.
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Except I don't know anyone that had ever installed anywhere near the size of the freed space. (ie I had about 2GB of apps installed and still got 8+GB back. On our other one that is shared by two people, it had maybe 500MB of apps per user and still saw the exact same 8GB+ returned space.) ie use of the device seems to have little to no bearing on the amount returned or we wouldn't have all seen roughly the same amount.

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The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television series about a hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills, California after finding oil on their land. A Filmways production, the series aired on CBS from September 26, 1962 – September 7, 1971 and comprises 274 episodes—106 in black-and-white (1962–1965) and 168 in color (1965–1971). The show starred Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett, Irene Ryan as Daisy May "Granny" Moses, Donna Douglas as Elly May Clampett and Max Baer, Jr. as Jethro Bodine.
At the beginning of The Beverly Hillbillies series, the OK Oil Company discovers oil in a swamp in the Ozarks owned by family patriarch Jed Clampett. Jed moves with his family to the wealthy Los Angeles County city of Beverly Hills, California, where he attempts to live a rural life despite his wealth. This sequence of events was recapitulated in the title credits for each show and was described in the lyrics of the theme song, so that new viewers would easily understand who the Hillbillies were and why they were in Beverly Hills (although the credits and song portray Jed finding the oil while hunting as opposed to knowing the oil was there but being unaware of the value). Lasting nine seasons and accumulating 7 Emmy nominations, it remains in syndication on several cable stations including TV Land.
The Hillbillies themselves were Buddy Ebsen as the widowed patriarch Jed "J.D." Clampett; Irene Ryan as his mother-in-law, Daisy May "Granny" Moses; Donna Douglas as his daughter Elly May Clampett; and Max Baer Jr. as his cousin's son Jethro Bodine.
The supporting cast featured Raymond Bailey as Jed's greedy banker Milburn Drysdale; Harriet E. MacGibbon as Drysdale's snobbish wife Margaret Drysdale; and Nancy Kulp as Drysdale's secretary, "Miss" Jane Hathaway, who pined for the clueless Jethro.
Jed's cousin Pearl Bodine (played by Bea Benaderet) was Jethro's mother. She appeared in several episodes during the first season, as did Jethro's twin sister Jethrine, played by Baer in drag, using Linda Kaye Henning's voiceover.
Although not a major character, actress Sharon Tate had a recurring role during the early years of the series. Tate appeared in a dark wig as Janet Trego, an assistant to Miss Hathaway at the Commerce Bank. Two episodes before Janet's debut episode, Sharon had appeared (sans wig) as one of Elly May's classmates in "Elly Starts to School"
Veteran canine actor Stretch portrayed Jed's bloodhound Duke, and the many other animal actors on the series came to be known as "Elly May's critters".
The theme song "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by Bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. The song was sung by Jerry Scoggins (backed by Flatt and Scruggs) over the opening and end credits of each episode. It was #44 on the music charts in 1962 and a #1 country hit. Flatt and Scruggs also had another Billboard country top ten hit with the comic "Pearl, Pearl, Pearl," an ode to the feminine charms of Miss Pearl Bodine who was featured in the episode "Jed Throws a Wingding," the first of several Flatt and Scruggs appearances on the show.
The six main cast members participated on a 1963 Columbia Records soundtrack album which featured original song numbers in character. Additionally, Ebsen, Ryan and Douglas each made a few solo recordings following the show's success, including Ryan's 1966 novelty single, "Granny's Miniskirt".
The series generally featured no country music beyond the bluegrass banjo theme song, although country star Roy Clark and the team of Flatt and Scruggs occasionally played on the program. Pop singer Pat Boone appeared on one episode as himself, with the premise that he hailed from the same area of the country as the Clampetts.
Despite being panned by some critics, the show shot to the top of the Nielsen Ratings shortly after its premiere and stayed there for several seasons. During its first two seasons, it was the number one program in the U.S. During its second season, it earned some of the highest ratings ever recorded for a half-hour sitcom. The season 2 episode The Giant Jackrabbit also became the most watched telecast up to the time of its airing, and still remains the most watched half-hour episode of a sitcom as well It was ranked in the top ten most watched prime time programs for six of its nine seasons.
The series received two Emmy nominations for Best Comedy Series as well as nominations for cast members Irene Ryan and Nancy Kulp.
Because of the show's high ratings, CBS asked creator Paul Henning to pen two more folksy comedies, spawning a mini-genre of rural sitcoms during the 1960s. Petticoat Junction featured an extended family, including three pretty young women of marrying age, running a small hotel in the isolated rural town of Hooterville. Green Acres flipped the Clampetts' fish-out-of-water concept by depicting two city sophisticates moving to Hooterville, which was populated by oddball country bumpkins.
Certain actors appeared on more than one of these series:
Despite the actor cross-overs and the character Uncle Joe Carson's multiple appearances (which made it clear that the three shows were set in the same fictional universe), the two Hooterville series retained identities that were distinct from The Beverly Hillbillies.
In addition to The Beverly Hillbillies, the series that were eliminated included Green Acres, Mayberry R.F.D. and Hee Haw, the latter of which was resurrected in first-run syndication, where it ran for another 21 years. Petticoat Junction had been canceled a year earlier due to declining ratings following the death of its star Bea Benaderet.
In 1981, a Return of the Beverly Hillbillies TV movie was aired on the CBS network. Irene Ryan had died, so her character was written out and made Imogene Coca Granny's Mother. Max Baer refused to reprise the role that both started and stymied his career, so the character of Jethro Bodine was given to another actor, Ray Young.
The familiar Clampett mansion was not used as a location, as its owners sought too much money to lease it. The plot had Jed back in Bugtussle, while Elly May and the recast Jethro remained in the Golden State. Jane Hathaway had become a Department of Energy agent and was seeking Granny's "White Lightnin'" recipe to combat the energy crisis. Since Granny had gone on to "her re-ward", it was up to Granny's centenarian "Maw" (Imogene Coca) to divulge the secret brew's ingredients. Subplots dealt with Jethro playing an egocentric, starlet-starved Hollywood producer, Jane and her boss (Werner Klemperer) having a romance and Elly May owning a petting zoo. The four main characters finally got together by the end of the story. This TV-movie was made a scant decade after the last episode of the series; nonetheless, some viewers felt that the spirit of the series was lost on many fronts.
The 1993 The Beverly Hillbillies film returned the storyline to its original premise, retelling the arrival of the Clampetts in Beverly Hills.
Reruns of The Beverly Hillbillies are still televised daily around the world in syndication. The show is broadcast on TV Land many times throughout each day of the week, including weekends, albeit heavily edited, adversely affecting the pace of the story and character development. The show is distributed by CBS Television Distribution, the syndication arm of CBS Paramount Television. The repeats of the show that debuted on CBS Daytime on September 5-9, 1966 as "Mornin' Beverly Hillbillies" through September 10, 1971 and on September 13-17, 1971 as "The Beverly HILLBILLIES" lasted up to Winter 1971–1972. It aired at 11:00-11:30am Eastern/10:00-10:30am Central through September 3, 1971, then moved to 10:30-11:00am Eastern/9:30-10:00am Central for the last season on CBS Daytime.
Many episodes of the first two seasons of the series are in the public domain because CBS, having bought the rights to the series shortly after its cancellation, neglected to renew their copyrights. As a result, these episodes have been unofficially released on home video and DVD on many low-budget labels and shown on low-power television stations and low-budget networks in prints. In many video prints of the public domain episodes, the original and much-loved theme music has been replaced by generic music due to copyright issues.
However, before his death, Paul Henning, whose estate now holds the original film elements to the public domain episodes, authorized MPI Home Video to officially release the best of the first two seasons on DVD, the first "ultimate collection" of which was released in the fall of 2005. These collections include the original, uncut versions of the first season's episodes, complete with their original theme music and opening sponsor plugs. Vol. 1 has, among its bonus features, the alternate, un-aired version of the pilot film, The Hillbillies Of Beverly Hills (the version of the episode that sold the series to CBS), and the "cast commercials" (cast members pitching the products of the show's sponsors) originally shown at the end of each episode.
For many years, 20th Century Fox, through a joint venture with CBS called CBS/Fox Video, officially released select episodes of Hillbillies on videocassette. After Viacom merged with CBS, Paramount Home Entertainment (which was acquired by Viacom in 1994) took over the video rights.
In 2006, Paramount announced plans to release the copyrighted episodes in boxed sets through CBS DVD later that year. The show's second season (consisting of the public domain episodes from that season) was released on DVD October 7th, 2008 as "...The Official Second Season", albeit with music changes and replacements that are typical of more recent CBS DVD releases.
In 1993, a 110-card set of Beverly Hillbillies trading cards was released by Eclipse Comics. Although timed to coincide with the release of the 1993 Beverly Hillbillies film, these cards featured photos from the original television series, with storylines and character details on the back. That same year, Ebsen, Douglas, and Baer reunited onscreen for the only time in the TBS retrospective television special, "The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies".
In episode 258, "The Frog Family", Granny told a psychiatrist that Jed and Jethro were second cousins (a common error when actually referring to a "first cousin once removed"). In the same episode, Granny also recounted a story about Jethro's father, Fred Bodine, who died in a drowning incident. However in an earlier episode Jethro told another psychiatrist that he used to go hunting with his father.
A running joke is Granny's loyalty and revisionist history in regards to the "Boys in Grey", but she hails from the Great Smoky Mountains in Eastern Tennessee, which although part of the Confederacy remained loyal to the Union. This however may be explained as Granny's confusion as she states the North tried to withdraw from the United States not the other way around. She consistently says Jefferson Davis is the President of the United States which would explain her confusion.
There is no real clear indicator of where the Clampetts hail from. Granny is mentioned as being from "across the river" and born in the same county as Davy Crockett. That would place her birth in Eastern Tennessee. There are other references in episodes which suggest an origin in the Ozarks of Arkansas or Missouri. In the opening episodes, it's established that the owner of OK Oil, lives in Tulsa about 50 miles away, which would place the Clampetts in Arkansas. Also Jethro makes several references to Springfield and Joplin which are in Southwestern Missouri. Injoke references also suggest Bug Tussle is near Silver Dollar City or near Hooterville of Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. In the beginning episodes Jethrine meets Jasbo Depew and they go to a dance in nearby Hooterville. In one episode Granny tells of a 3rd cousin, a famous "painter" (of barns) in "Pike County" (there is a Pike County in Arkansas and one in Missouri). One episode has Granny referring to her moonshine as "Tennessee Tranquilizer".
The opening episode establishes the Clampetts' nearest neighbor is eight miles way. Indeed Pearl seems to live in a very small town while Jed, Granny and Elly live far back in the woods. As the Clampetts first settle into their mansion, Jed, Granny and Elly all have no idea what a phone is but Jethro does, so his family does seem to be a bit more advanced.
Most episodes revolved around the clash between the "uncivilized" hillbilly culture represented by the Clampetts and the "civilized" American culture of the Drysdales. The Clampetts lived as they always had, even in their large, elegant mansion, never abandoning their mountain attire or replacing the old rattletrap truck in which they had they moved to California. All the Hillbillies were handy with firearms and always seemed to have their weapons close at hand and ready to draw. They continued to grow their own food, and Granny made lye soap and moonshine. The extreme potency of the moonshine liquor and the harshness of the lye soap were running gags throughout the run of the series.
As another running joke, the movie theaters back in the hills were still showing films from the silent movie era and the Hillbillies were unaware of talking pictures or more contemporary movie stars. Granny's favorite actor was Hoot Gibson, but she also had an intense crush on William S. Hart, and the whole Clampett family adored Mary Pickford. Silent movie legend Gloria Swanson made a memorable guest appearance on the show as herself in an episode that featured a comic parody of a silent melodrama. The Clampetts did, however, have a television, on which they watched soap operas and "rasslin'", as well as John Wayne movies, as he was apparently one of the few "talkie" movie stars of whom they were aware. Wayne made a brief cameo as himself after the Clampett mansion was "attacked" by stuntmen dressed as Native Americans.
Pearl and Granny often fought for kitchen supremacy. Pearl once told Granny "a blood cousin trumps a mother-in-law". This underscored a familial disconnect between Jethro and Granny; although they shared no bloodlines, Jethro still called her "Granny" (as did everyone else on the show, including Jane and the Drysdales). Other than their kitchen wars, relations between Granny and Pearl were generally friendly. The second season began with a brief mention of Pearl having moved back to the hills, an ironic departure, as it was Pearl who had urged Jed to move to California. The change came about because actress Bea Benaderet had left the show to star in Petticoat Junction). Mrs. Drysdale soon became Granny's main sparring partner.
Although both Douglas and Baer were well into their twenties when the series started, during the first years of the series, their characters were supposed to be teenagers. Elly May was enrolled in an elite girls' school in the first season, although no further mention was made of her education in later episodes. Jethro was enrolled in a sixth-grade class with much younger students; a few episodes later on, the scripts suggested that he was still in school.
A running theme during the series involved the outlandish efforts Mr. Drysdale took to keep the Clampetts in Beverly Hills (and their money in his bank). Their desires to return to the mountains were often prompted by Granny after some perceived slight she received from the "city-folk" around them. Drysdale went so far as to recreate the log cabin the Clampetts had lived in and place it right next to the "cee-ment pond" and the still Granny had installed to make moonshine. Another time Drysdale followed the Clampetts to the "Hills" and bought up the Silver Dollar City "bank" just to make sure he had a controlling interest in the Clampetts' money. One running gag was that when Jed would take money out of his pocket, Drysdale's blood pressure would go up. A similar running joke was that when it seemed the Clampetts would take their money out of his bank, Drysdale's face would turn green. A variation of the joke of Drysdale's face changing color is in one episode when after being given some of Granny's "Tennessee Tranquilizer" (moonshine), Drysdale's face turns red!
Another frequent source of humor dealt with Jethro's endless career search, which included such diverse vocations as soda jerk, brain surgeon, Hollywood celebrity, and secret "double naught" agent/spy. Jethro coveted movie star fame and relished becoming a "playboy" like Elly's sometimes-beau Dash Riprock (Larry Pennell). Jethro's stupidity usually caused such career attempts to fail spectacularly, as when he decided to open a "topless" restaurant ("The Happy Gizzard"), where the waiters and waitresses were hatless. The one time in the series when Jethro almost succeeded as a "Hollywood celebrity" was when "Cousin Roy" (Roy Clark) tried to get Jethro to back him up as a country singer in Hollywood; Jethro refused and failed as usual. Jethro did have one success, of sorts. When he rescued a Bird Watchers girl troop who fell into the "cement pond" (they were attacked by ants), Jethro got a "lifesaving badge"!
Misunderstandings were a general source of humor in the program: when the Clampetts did not understand something they had never encountered before (such as a water faucet), or when various city dwellers could not comprehend something the Clampetts were talking about. A group of businessmen overheard Jed talking about "crawdads" and concluded that he was discussing a new type of military vehicle, which they wanted to invest in.
The Clampetts went back to the hills for Christmas during the first season but did not return there again until the eighth season, during which several episodes were filmed on location at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. During this period, Shugh Fisher and Elvia Allman joined the cast in the semi-regular roles of Jed's eccentric friend "Shorty" and Granny's arch-nemesis Elverna Bradshaw, respectively.
One constant throughout the series was that the Hillbillies, who were scrupulously honest, were surrounded by cynical, conniving and money-hungry "city-folk," whose plans were always foiled (usually unknowingly) by the Clampetts.


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When I have a programming assignment or some program that I have to start on I sometimes have this feeling of despair, I just do whatever to starting and then I just start feeling like crap, and that makes me not start even more...it's like a vicious circle. All my friends seem to just get things done...Is it just me or are there others that have this problem? Am I not a in "love" with programming?
If there are others, how do you overcome this feeling and just start?
EDIT: @Kennith it's actually kinda hard to describe but it kinda like very mild depression, i think it may be because the work required of us is so challenging. I remember in high school I loved programming because after learning the synthax of a language(ie java) you felt like an expert and could do a lot of programming. But in university the there is just so much complexity to programming and so many little things that I never considered before, log time, data structures, insane algorithms, graphs, np problems, etc.that I think I've lost that confidence that I once had. I don't think I've had to do any programming over the last 3-4 years where I knew much about what I was doing (had an overview but it was all new territory), every single project I work on is new material, new concepts, language, theory, etc. It's good for learning...in hindsight, but when your learning it's hard and frustrating. But you sort of never feel like your progressing or actually accomplishing anything. You feel good for a little while after finishing one proj, but as soon as you look the next one...its back to ground zero. What I love(d) about programming is that feeling of mastery, that was motivation enough, now when you're always doing something new, its really hard to get that feeling back.


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Inside the locker room: Ben RoethlisbergerPosted by on November 29, 2012 – 3:38 pm
How are you feeling?
|Fine, thank you.
How is the shoulder?
It's doing okay. Getting better.
Is there any chance you're going to play Sunday?
Yeah, there's always a chance. We'll go out and re-evaluate it again today and see how it feels after today.
Is pain the biggest issue right now?
I can play through a lot of pain. That is a little bit of it but mostly it's just, to me, ability. Can I make a long throw? Can I put a lot of zip on the ball, throw it really hard before people like Ed Reed and defenders can get to the ball? Because if I can't, then I'm not putting this team in the best situation to win the game.
Has the recovery process been what the doctors expected or quicker than they expected?
I don't know. That's probably a question for them. I'm just doing everything I can to get back. The training staff and doctors have been great. I'm just working to get back out there.
Have the doctors told you that you are safe from any type of damage to your heart?
This game we play, I don't think you're ever completely safe. According to them, it's stable on the backside, which I think is posterior. Obviously, you can take a big hit and anything can happen. But from what I understand, that aspect of it is okay.
How was it throwing the ball yesterday? How far could you get it down the field? How much zip?
That was yesterday so we'll see what today holds. I'm not 100% but we're going to get as close as we can.
How much confidence does this team have in QB Charlie Batch?
A lot. I firmly believe that. They know what he's capable of. He's been doing it a long time. They respect him. I think he's ready to rise to the occasion.
Re: Batch saying he was disappointed with his performance in Cleveland:
I think he holds himself to a high standard, like we all do. For him to say he was disappointed doesn't surprise me because I know he wants to go out and play a great game and he expects himself to do that. I expect a big bounce-back game from him if it's that time.
Will you have to wear any extra protection around your injured areas?
We've juiced up the shoulder pads a little bit and the trainers and equipment staff have put some protective padding and Kevlar stuff on the shoulder pads to help.
What about more protection for the ribs?
I always wear rib protectors that are low. Nothing to change there. Most of it's just up higher in the shoulder pads.
How tough is it to evaluate your injury when you really want to be able to play?
I think that's always something that as a player, and me in particular I have to evaluate when I'm injured, I want to be out there no matter what but not at the risk of hurting the team, if that makes sense. I don't want to go out there and play so bad just to be out there and hurt the team and us not be good. It's tough. It's hard for me. You watched me during these games. I've been on the field more than most of the coaches because I'm just antsy to get out there. We'll evaluate it and ultimately it will come down to coach's decision.
Where are you in terms of pain compared to this point last week?
I'm better. I'm a lot better. I'm sleeping in the bed. I can only sleep in certain positions in bed but at least I'm in bed. It's gotten better. To know that you're just dealing with pain is something I can deal with. I can deal with pain.
It sounds like you being able to play is more based on your arm strength rather than a chance of being re-injured. Is that right?
Well, it's a lot of things. What I'm going to evaluate today and in the next couple days is where am I. What throws can I make? What can't I make? So, we go look at it heavy today.
Is part of the evaluation considering that one more week of rest might be better for the last four games?
Yeah, you could look at it that way. We've had people talk about last year in San Francisco. If I would have rested maybe I would have been better off the last couple games and stuff like that. To me, I live for the here and now and I'm going to do everything I can to be out there. If it doesn't work, I'll do everything I can to be out there next week.
Do you buy that an extra week last year would have helped you get healthier for the last few games of the season?
I don't know. It could be. It could not be. Maybe I wouldn't have healed up. Maybe I would have. I don't know. I'm going to make sure I'm ready to go so I can help this team the best I can.
When do you start pushing yourself?
I'm going to do everything I can. I did some stuff yesterday and we'll do some more today and tomorrow and every day.
Is there just a lack of arm strength or is there also pain when you throw?
Is the pain scar tissue tearing?
I don't know. Sorry.
Is there more motivation to play this week since it's Baltimore?
To me it doesn't matter who it is, but it's a divisional game. That gives you motivation. It's Baltimore. So, yeah of course, there's a little bit more in that.
Do you feel that if you won last week and the team was 7-4 there wouldn't be as much of a need for you to try and play this week?
Well we want to win every game, so we'll see what happens. These are all kind of crazy questions for me. Sorry.
How's fatherhood?
Great. Thank you.
So, even with a newborn you are able to get some sleep?
I'm getting a little bit of rest, yes. [Laughs]
Are you able to help out with the baby?
I'm helping out as much as I can.
Have the doctors made any suggestions to you about coming back?
No. I just think they're telling me the same thing that I think I'm telling you. If I'm wrong, I'm sure they'll let you know. What I understand is it's an evaluation. How do you feel pain-wise? What can you do and what can't you do? What are you able to do? Like I said, can I throw the ball 30 yards, 40 yards or 50 yards? I think it's just an evaluation thing by everybody.
How much input do you have in deciding if you can play, even if it is the doctors and coaches who may be making the final decision?
I hope I have a lot. I'm going to be honest with coach and I think he trusts me to be honest with him. I'm not going to go out there and tell him I feel great if I don't. I think a lot of it is going to depend on that as well.
Re: The first week of being a father:
It's pretty cool. You can tell people about it, but it's something special.
What arm are you holding the baby with?
I can hold him both ways. Not as long in the right but I can hold him both ways.
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So if u could would you play or sit out another game?
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Fighting Chuck Hagel–Not The Worst Idea Ever (Now With Update!)
Posted by KingShamus on January 8, 2013
Why? Let's let Robert Stacy McCain…I mean Bear Bryant Reincarnated…explain.
…conservatives should not hesitate to roast liberals for the hypocrisy and cynicism inherent in the "Democrats for Hagel" bandwagon. If that vicious bastard Andrew Sullivan supports Hagel, this is reason enough for any patriotic American to oppose the Hagel nomination. And the obverse of this brutal logic is that we must welcome every ally to our cause of defeating Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, in order to inflict maximum embarrassment on the Democrats. They might "win" — Hagel's nomination may be approved by the Senate — but the conservative strategy must be aimed at making that "win" as damaging as possible to the reputation of the Democratic Party.
If we can't beat them, at least make sure we hurt them.
I knew I was sorta miffed at this Jazz Shaw piece, but I really couldn't figure out why until I read The Other McCain's post.
The thing is, I sorta agree with a lot of Shaw's argument. Hagel isn't the worst nominee Obama could pick for the job of Secretary of Defense. The President could always find someone less qualified, more chicken-shit or more leftist than Hagel, so fighting him might not be all that productive.
Under certain circumstances, I'd probably counsel the same thing. If it was early in Obama's first term, fighting against Hagel would be more painful. The GOP would've had a much harder time beating up on a Hagel nomination at that point, and it would've cost them more to do so.
However, floating the Hagel trial balloon now means a Republican nomination fight makes more sense. Obama's had far too many victories lately. He won a bitter election just a few months ago. He just got the GOP to cave on taxes during the fiscal cliff train wreck. The President has momentum and the Republicans should being trying to halt it using any opportunity at hand.
What does a fight actually cost Republicans? Congress' approval ratings are a burning-hot eighteen percent. Serious conservatives, people who at one point identified with the GOP brand, are kinda done with the party. In a way, the Republicans almost have to have a fight, if only to remind people that they still exist.
Even more importantly, it's not like Chuck Hagel is some beloved conservative stalwart. Yeah, I guess he helped spike the Kyoto Treaty back in the day. When pondering that, it's also important to remember that the sun shines on a dog's ass every once on a while. Meanwhile Hagel was against the surge in Iraq. Hagel has said no to a military strike against Iran, which won him the enduring respect of Iran's mullah-run media. Even fellow RINO maverick John McCain doesn't like the guy.
Hagel has been wrong about a lot of stuff. Wrong about military stuff. That should be good enough for Republicans to pick a fight with him and his BFF Commander-in-Chief.
The era of Republican reasonableness should be over. They have nothing to lose by confronting Hagel. They have a lot to gain. Obama is the one with his political capital hanging in the wind. It's time for the GOP get a win–any kind of win–against the President for a change.
UPDATE: Linked by the great Dustbury, who makes this observation about Republican courage.
…if the GOP imagines that it might someday want to grow a spine, it would help if the party had some vague familiarity with vertebrae, doncha know.
If the Republicans really wanna show they're brave truth tellers unafraid of their own shadow, I have a phrase they could use–free of charge:
"Sarah Palin-Bobby Jindal 2016″
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Jul 1, 2006
Come on, LEGO Education!
Is anyone out there? HELLO?????
...Hello... (echo)
6 comments:
- Jul 1, 2006, 4:55:00 AM
I was also wondering if LEGO has officially acknowledged the clicking issues many folks seem to be reporting. I keep pinging the official site without much luck.
- Jul 1, 2006, 5:26:00 AM
- Dick Swan said...
Two minor additions to the procedure posted by Jim Kelly.
The reset button (the one activated by the paperclip) is only effective when the NXT is actually powered up. So the first step is to push the orange ENTER button to "power on" the NXT into its corrupted state.
There may be enough residual power in capacitors and such that will keep acorrupted NXT powered if batteries are only removed for a few seconds. A more failsafe method is to remove the batteries, hold the ENTER key down for a few seconds (which will cause more of a power drain than idle condition) and then re-insert batteries.
- Jul 2, 2006, 5:47:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
Thanks Dick - at some point I'd love to have a "this is our best guess" document, and these are two points I *didn't* address (but will in the next revision.
Brian Davis
- Jul 5, 2006, 10:53:00 PM
- Dick Swan said...
If you're stuck with the "dead NXT, can't load firmware despite everything" then I have one last suggestion for the not so faint at heart.
See http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=26222 which will tell you how to use the ATMEL developed boot loader with the NXT.
- Jul 7, 2006, 9:03:00 AM
- Michael said...
I have just begun working with my NXT bots for this year and am excited. I have a few that are clicking though. I also have some that wont boot up :(
I tried to update the Firmware to 1.26 using an iMac running 10.5.8. Do you have any suggetions?
Thanks in advance!
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- Muhammad Aizat Zainal Alam
- Shah Alam, Selangor
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What makes TED truly international?
As above.
Sep 8 2013: The conversations I've had on TED have driven me to discover new truths and knowledge. It is, without reservation, the most delightful site I've ever joined. The great diversity of people and their ideas give a depth and scope to conversations I've not found elsewhere. Some questions that -appear meaningless to some people- take on a life of their own when discussed in a multicultural setting, revealing a relevance of connectivity we don't see at the beginning of conversation.Sep 19 2013: TED welcomes everyone who values our shared desire for freedom, peace and a better world. Ideas here are local and hence global, and communities all over the world have the opportunity to let people in on what is happening around them and the vision for something better.
Ideas are good, and good ideas are blessings.Sep 5 2013: Because we all have a equal opportunity to be a part of it.
Sep 5 2013: It's great that we are given equal opportunity to be here yet are we open enough towards one another?
Sep 5 2013: Well, it will depend on one's personality and other's perception...
Sep 10 2013: Thousands of,-no, even much more than that.- willing translators from diverse countries. Also, those who are eager to share inspiring ideas and hopefully discuss about it. It is always good to be talkative when it comes to share "ideas worth spreading".Sep 9 2013: Good question ! From a personal point of you TED helped me to get more knowledge about different things and changed my view of life . TED really helps people in the sense that they can regonize themselves on different conferences given by people who had tragidies but they never gave up , who wanted to make a change and have an impact on the society , who wanted to transmit a message of hope and love and so on.That's why TED stretched over the planet.Moreover, over my visions of different conferences of TED.I'm not the same person , I'm more optimistic and more energitic and all what i think is to never give up in this life and always try to be more and more creative and helpful towards the society.I think this is the goal of TED (Having a positive impact on the world) .Yet , that's why it is international .Sep 9 2013: Participation is not restricted on the basis of nation, at least not by TED, and TED seems to do a good job policing users so there is no de-facto exclusion on the basis of nation.
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It really is that simple.
Fritzie -
Sep 5 2013: As you have 30+ TED creds, meaning you are not new to the site, would you share your view candidly of whether TED members are sufficiently open to each others' ideas?
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I think it is clear that you are interested in other people's views on this. But those who have replied to you are surely just as interested in your sharing your views now that they have shared theirs!
This is what makes TED potentially an exchange of ideas both ways- the willingness to share your ideas and points of view, particularly on subjects you bring up.
Sep 5 2013: Personally, I feel TED is not the best place to share new ideas that are related to sensitive issues.It is a good platform to do so yet the community might not be ready to face alien ideas.Partly because we are different and comfortable in our own way.But it's okay to be different just don't be hostile about it.
I believe that if we are more open to new ideas that are related to sensitive issues, we might develop a more international mindset where nothing is alien after all.
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Sep 5 2013: Thank you for sharing your perspective on this. I agree with you that, while many communities aspire to an open discussion of ideas without hostile styles of engagement, those who have spent little time in settings with those norms tend to bring to new settings the styles with which they are more accustomed.
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Maintaining vigorous and civil discourse is best accomplished, I think, if members committed to a community consistently model such fruitful behaviors, regardless of the subject at hand. I know some people prefer the strategy of meeting fire with fire, but in my experience that often fails.
Yoka Feng
Sep 5 2013: I think people make TED truly international. Because they have different countries' cultural backgrounds,languages and ways of thinking, which make TED globalized. The free ambience here also makes it possible for everyone to express their point of view. Everyone has some curiosity about the world outside their own. Even about our own familliar world, it's very interesting to hear other people's voices from their views because they could be very enlightening to you.Although some people don't show up in the comments, they still help TED to be spread everywhere. I was introduced to TED by an ABC teacher. And I'm very intereted in the world different from mine. I once read some interesting comments about what Chinese people most look like in foreigners' eyes.
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"Chinese people never kiss their parents","they like KTV/karaoke","they never use a eggbeater but chopsticks to whip eggs ". These really cracked me up when I saw them. We never thought these could be our traits! So at that time I began to think why and got a deeper understanding of the difference between our culture and foreign cultures.
Sep 15 2013: Indeed. It's quite interesting to know what others(foreigners)think of one's own country—like, what it represents, the country's image, etc.
Btw, since you mentioned, I'm curious, lol
Don't Chinese people kiss their parents? That's new to me.
I assume maybe it's because kissing their parents is so awkward or something…?
Well, as for me, I don't kiss my parents, so lol…
But I do know that many young people in China serve their parents with devotion—I think I heard even there's a law punishing sons and daughters who never visit their parents on holidays. Is it true?
Sep 15 2013: Yes, generally when we grow up to an adult we don't do that. And we don't do kiss- goodbye when parents leave home for work,too. It's our custom, not that we don't love our parents. The fact probably is some parents may also feel weird even if their children kiss them in the way foreigners do.Traditionally, Chinese people don't do much face contact except for the people in love relationships. And I think so do the Korean people, don't you?
And I'm very surprised you're really well-informed about our laws. The law you mentioned has been put into effect only a few months before. It aims at preventing the elderly from being ignored by their children and appeals to them to pay more attention and care to their parents. But I think the law is only effective to a small portion of the young. Most of us still stick to our traditional family values and social moral values. And most of parents will have a good sympathy on their children's hard work in earning money to make family's life better because many of them have to go to bigger cities such like Shanghai,Beijing,Guangzhou to do their jobs. They're always busy with their work day and night without holidays and the transportations for returning may cost a lot,which also reduce the frequency for the young to go back that they can save more money for their family.
Sep 15 2013: Lol yes, Koreans as well. But it differs from individuals.
Considering the situation, it's no surprise that visiting parents on every holiday costs a lot of things. As you say, Chinese still stick to their traditional values. I saw a Chinese man helping his mother-in-law almost all day. When asked, he reacted as if it's a natural thing to him.
As to Chinese moving to bigger cities like Shanghai, I think it's understandable that young people are to earn money while working hard and because of that they have problem visiting their parents on a regular basis.
Btw, do people get irritated about this law by any chance?Sep 15 2013: No typical bad case in Shanghai has been reported yet. I don't think people will get irritated about it.Sep 4 2013: You state in one of your replies that you are concerned about bringing up religion ... why. On TED we discuss most of the taboos ... politics, religion, sex ...
The key for me is responding and being responded to with respect.
If you look at the bios of the TED community you will see the majority are super liberal and atheist.
Remember even a bad answer can be learned from .... I promise not to force my opinion on you .... if you disagree say so and move on .... generally we are a cross section of the world.
The minority on TED are Conservatives. Please have mercy on us as we are a few brave souls who journey into the land of a uninformed majority.
I wish you well. Bob.
Sep 4 2013: Robert,
Why do you need to say that the majority is "uninformed"?
Sep 4 2013: You could take that literally I guess ... I thought it a comment on the minority facing over whelming odds and made a joke of it.
I read it again and thought it funny. Was this the only thing you got from my response?
Always a pleasure to hear from you my friend. Bob.
Sep 4 2013: It might be funny if it wasn't used so often when someone disagrees. When a person does not agree with another person, it is often said that the other person is "uninformed".
No, that is not the only thing I got from your response.
I wholeheartedly agree with your statement...."The key for me is responding and being responded to with respect." That feels nice Robert, and it seems very important:>)
Always a pleasure my friend:>)Sep 9 2013: I agree with Robert. I see the majority as uninformed. Uninformed due to not taking the time to seek the truth. That is, accepting the status quo opinion without reservation. It's the hall mark of conservative thinking -that is, let the leader or priest give us the opinion and we just parrot it along.
edward long
Sep 4 2013: I spent a half-hour contemplating what a "uniformed majority" is and concluded you must be referring to either the US Postal Service or the combined Armed Forces of the United States. Then Ms. Steen points-out that the word contains a second letter "n". That can only be referring to that ever-growing group of people who disagree with me, after all, why would anyone disagree with me unless they are uninformed? I was really lost there for a second, but I'm OK now! Really, I am.
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Sep 4 2013: Now THAT is funny!!! LOL:>)
edward long
Sep 4 2013: Speakers, visitors, and contributors from more than one nation cause TED to be truly international.
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Sep 4 2013: If put literally then I would agree to that.But are we truly international in spirit?
Sep 4 2013: I keep telling myself to stop making assumptions but here I have done it again. I assumed you considered TED to be an international undertaking and were asking what it is that makes it so. Now I see you are questioning if TED is international "in spirit". I apologize for responding to a question you did not ask. Perhaps you could edit your wording to include, and explain, the concept of "in spirit". Be well sir.
Sep 5 2013: Sorry for the misinterpretation.What do you say? Are we truly international in spirit? Are the TED members open-minded?Sep 5 2013: RE: "Sorry for the misinterpretation. . . ". I surmise from reading your comments herein that you view TED as having an innate lack of diversity awareness particularly regarding Islam. Is that what you mean by the phrase, "in spirit"? If that is the question you wish to ask, again, I suggest you word it more precisely, i.e. "Is TED biased against Islam?". I have nothing to contribute to that specific topic.
Sep 5 2013: Ok now I don't understand what you're saying here.Why is Islam suddenly in the equation? Let me rephrase, do you find the TED members open to new ideas particularly when it comes to sensitive issues? :)Sep 5 2013: I think Edward is trying to get you to articulate more clearly your position on whether participants in TED are actually open to each others ideas.
To most or many respondents, you pose the question of whether people are open enough and in that do give the impression that you personally doubt that others are truly open to ideas, maybe to specific ones. Those who have replied seem pretty consistent in saying people here ARE open to each other's ideas, regardless of nationality.
Edward is trying to figure out, since you mentioned religion, whether you personally are thinking TED members are not open to the ideas of specific religions- whether that is the particular area in which you would hope people here would reconsider their views.
Sep 5 2013: I did say religion but it was just an example to many other sensitive topics.I just want to know people's views of the degree of openness among TED members.Sep 5 2013: RE: "Ok now I don't understand...". I concluded from your comments herein that you have a specific issue you hope to understand better. It is incumbent upon you to be candid, crisp, and relevant in your comments and questions. Please feel sufficiently secure to say what your issue is. My surmising and assuming is getting us nowhere. Thank you for your patience and for your concern for TED. Be well sir.
Sep 5 2013: I want to know if you feel the TED members are open to new ideas when it is related to sensitive issues or not.It is just a matter of opinions.Thank you. :)Sep 9 2013: Basically all individuals need: food; water; air; comfort. After that comes confusion about why we are alive in the first place: why are we here; where did we come from; what is our goal in life.
Comfort embraces a multitude of things like clothing, shelter, entertainment, perspective on why we continue to survive.
Culture is a mixture of these things: why we eat certain foods and prefer the to taste a certain way, why we pray or practice a ritual(s). We breathe air the same, drink water the same and have the same need for food. How we go about seeking comfort is the defining element of culture.Oct 4 2013: 1.No restriction on registration.
2.High quality talks.
3.Free download.
4.Highly active usersSep 29 2013: TED make union by souls and minds instead of borders and countries. TED turns people to growth in a good media instead of local customs. TED creates the people of future and the future itself instead of yesterday-thinking. It mkes TED international, may be a new kind of nation, using new principals of connection in space, mind structires and time.
What could be more international?
Gord G
Sep 27 2013: I think of TED as an inter-rational community. ;-)Sep 15 2013: I think our movement to the maturity of all the sciences makes feeling of need to knowledge for all the people all over the world,and in this large global movement TED plays an important role,connecting and getting minds together,and it makes Ted truly international.
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wayne uejio
Sep 5 2013: I feel there are 2 parts to your question:
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1. Yes TED is international but not totally until all people have access to the internet free of government control of the access.
2. The other side of the question is can we discuss anything logically and politely without rancor and hostility? NO. There are too many with strong opinions who are unwilling to admit there could be different sides of a topic.
Sep 9 2013: Do you have examples of #2 that you could link me to? I am new to TED Conversations and doing a research project on the writing found here, so I am curious to see an interaction as you described. If you have an example readily available I would greatly appreciate you posting the link or sending me an email.
Thank you very much!
Sep 10 2013: Forgot the conversation but someone could not accept the fact that not everyone is a conservative christian. The last comment was I should accept his god and go to church. He could not accept that there was a different point of view.
Annie Li
Sep 5 2013: First of all I'm from China! And to answer your question, the internet.
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Sep 5 2013: First of all I love China! Beautiful country it is.I agree, the internet gives us a whole new possibility to interact with one another.But now that we meet each other, can we accept one another?
Annie Li
Sep 5 2013: Haha sure! IAnd are you from Malaysia? I have two friends from Malaysia. I've always wanted to go there!
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Sep 5 2013: And now you have three friends in Malaysia. Wo jiao Muhammad Aizat. :)Sep 5 2013: Annie Li shi wo de pengyou.I've been learning Mandarin for a year and a half now. ;)
Annie Li
Sep 5 2013: Omg this is so coo!! I can't speak any Malay though. Maybe I should learn before I go travel there. But I think a huge population in Malaysia is Chinese, so I guess Chinese would work just fine :p
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Sep 5 2013: Haha contact me whenever you're in Malaysia :)Sep 9 2013: Hi Muhammad. In my opinion, there are no "aliens" on this planet. We are all humans, with different perspectives or outlooks towards life. We were taught these perspectives as young children. As we grow older, we learn to identify those elements of being human that we have in common. It is those elements that draw us together into one community. Culture (part of your young upbringing) is strong is those who were taught it is the very foundation of everything they believe. It is weaker in those with a free spirit and open mind, whose mental scope allows them to see the world as one culture, divided into many Geo-cultural segments.
It's a puzzle that we must put together and find the human cultural, so we can no longer be divided by our imprinted minds. We need a one world government, governed by on human culture -just my opinion.Oct 3 2013: intellectual assetSep 17 2013: TED inspires me. There are so many unique talkers and participants like most of us. Even though we are totally different from each other, when we talk about same topic and share ideas we could feel invsible connection between us. I think that kind of sense pushes us into participating in TED more eagarly.:)Sep 15 2013: 페이스북이나 다른 소셜 노트워크보다 더 의미 있는 공간이랄까..
여기서 많은 것을 배워가요.
다양한 친구들 생각도 들어보고..indeed an international space..!
Unexpected various answers and ideas(mostly polite and well-contemplated)
And it's a great place to make lots of friends in different parts of the world.
是相逢的场所。Sep 14 2013: In front of the knowledges,there is no limitation of culture and races.those who are bright will never refuse to learn more.since TED is so amazing and inspiring to watch, even a student in china like me who have learned english for no more than a decade would be passionate about it ,and i love to spend my spare time doing this.plus,with the transcription in almost 20 languages,people from all over the world can have easy access to the talks.
Yoka Feng
Sep 14 2013: Dear sister Chen, decade is a concept of long time for normal sense, better to count your study time by hours.:)
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Sep 14 2013: i think that you need to have a language enviroment in order to let it become your second mother language ,while i am in china , although it 's very international nowadays , still can't compare to those learners in english speaking conturies.it's not that easy for me.yoka,you must be a language genius.
Sep 14 2013: Don't get me wrong, when I was at your age, my English wasn't as good as yours. I just wanted to help you to make it easier for others to understand your words. For most people ten years' learning is a long time. Of course you can come here as you like.Sep 15 2013: yeah,definitely.Sep 14 2013: That particular questions is subjected to the intricacies which involved within the fabric of our international community. The creation of internet was a blessed and stands as a powerful platform to bridge the gap. Since then, many had tried to invent the so called "intellectual platform" but did not avail.
TED however began from a humble background and strive to improve their platform model by introducing an ingenious ways to spread the insights worldwide. The distinction of community's thoughts are anticipated as we are different although we are all just the same typical human beings. I already fall in love with TED as it really inspired me and I want others also to feel the same.
The missing link would be on how to ensure the flow of thoughts by reducing our differences from obscuring the whole picture. For me, the formation of TED was a bless and it does reach the global community. Although the participation rates are still low, we can spread the words and share it to our local community.Sep 6 2013: Last year I joined TED , to seek raw,crude and rude answers to the rough & tough questions based on hard reality.But,my question was not posted on the pretext that it is not related to any TED talk . After that I have come across many conversation topics which were/are not related to any TED Talk. Even the above conversation is not related to any TED talk . So, my question is : Who can start the new conversation ? What is the criteria to a new conversation without any reference to any TED Talk.
Sep 12 2013: Santokh, many of us post all kinds of conversations on here.
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Some are spin-offs of other conversations. Some are directly related to a TED talk.
Perhaps you need to just reword the title of your conversation?
If you have been on here a year already, then you must certainly realize the spirit with which conversations are held............
I hope I have helped you in some small way. :)
Fritzie -
Sep 12 2013: Your question does not need to be related to a TED talk. It should be a topic people would find interesting to discuss.
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The TED staff will give you advice on how to reshape a question so it will capture other people's interest.
You should also check the Terms of Use, because some topics are outside the terms. For example, you cannot use a thread to promote your religion or to sell a product.Sep 5 2013: I think is because TED is no longer incarnated as a being but still around in spirit...
Sep 5 2013: I'm sorry I don't catch what you're saying.Perhaps a little elaboration might help? Thanks :)
Sep 5 2013: My TED Story - link : http://www.ted.com/profiles/1908181
Met Ted when I was like 5yo and he described strings of particles to me like a do-nut that went round in a wave while light was straight like an ocean wave, and went on to tell the perimeter of a circle string is proportional to temperature.
Unified String Theory of light and matter: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4AL6VvhUMetRXdIRkw5N2k1cG8/edit?usp=sharing
I am pretty sure he didn't realise he died and wanted to finish his ideas before he crossed over as he was not confident that would remember them if he reincarnated. So he found me, a reincarnated monk to talk to.
I seem to recall a bit of manipulation in trying to enter my body but forced him not to and to project his ideas through a no mind meditative state.
Is this site not made by someone compelled too via TED?
Sep 5 2013: I am really sorry, I still don't understand what this all means. I am truly sorry.Sep 9 2013: Hello Brenton Maddocks. I read your paper. Interesting.
Have you read Garrett Lisi's papers? He is interesting too. http://sifter.org/~aglisi/Sep 5 2013: or to say TED alive in spirit and can travel the world freely at will.Sep 5 2013: We are destined to meet each other here, Thanks to all the gods.Sep 4 2013: Speakers, listeners, and discussants from across the globe investigating matters of universal, including international, importance or interest.


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While there are those who say if you have to worry about the mileage you shouldn't be driving a Corvette, that kind of thinking is foolhardy. After all, why spend more money on anything than you have to? As of this writing here in New Jersey, high-test gas is slightly over $2.50 a gallon, steadily inching its way up to the $3 mark. Back in the day when I started driving, you could almost fill your whole tank for $3, and now it barely buys enough fuel to prime the carburetor on my '67 big-block coupe! The whole idea is to get the biggest bang for the buck, so if there are some ways you can get more miles to the gallon, why not pursue them? The money you save on gas can be better spent on bling or other things, right?
So, you ask, what can you do to increase your Corvette's fuel economy? Well, there are a number of things; some of these are common-sense measures that will definitely increase your miles per gallon, while other measures may entail some physical adjustments, maintenance, or mods to better your mileage. And, lastly, there are the devices and products that make claims to increase your mileage that certainly seem to be too good to be true-whether they are legit or "snake oil" is the question.
Let's take a closer look at all three of these approaches to getting better mileage. bear in mind that they can and should be used in concert with each other to really make a noticeable difference in your bottom-line fuel economy.
Lay Off The Loud Pedal
Sure, nailing the accelerator on your Vette and getting that adrenaline rush as you're pushed back into the driver seat is a lot of fun, but it's also an expensive kick when you look at what it does to your mileage. Jackrabbit starts cause the engine to literally gulp fuel in copious amounts rather than ingesting a smooth, civilized stream. While we're all guilty of engaging in the stoplight drags, next time you feel the temptation, ask yourself if it's really that important to show the dude in the 5.0-liter Mustang who the real king of the boulevard is. Remember, it's your wallet, so why is it so important to impress a total stranger (who's driving a Ford, no less).
Keeping your highway speed at 55 mph can improve your gas mileage by as much as 25-percent, compared to 75 mph. Bear in mind that over 50-percent of the energy required to move a vehicle down the road is spent overcoming aerodynamic drag (pushing air out of the way). The faster your drive, the more the aerodynamic drag and rolling resistance increases. Consequently, the fuel economy decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. As a rule of thumb, you can assume that each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.21 per gallon for gas. Do the math, it adds up in a hurry.
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MIRAMAR BEACH — The fog rolled in quickly on that long-ago Christmas Eve, and by 1 p.m., it was so thick that people on the top floors of Hidden Dunes Resort couldn't see the ground.
It also obscured the high rise from pilot Timothy Warren Butler, who was hurrying home for Christmas in his single-engine Cessna.
About 1:30 p.m. Dec. 24, 1987, Butler flew into the 19th floor of Hidden Dunes on U.S. Highway 98. The landing gear lodged in the window of a corner unit, keeping the plane from crashing to the ground.
"That fog just came in so damn fast," Butler told reporters nearly a month after the crash. "It was clear — and then there was fog."
Butler was critically injured. His passenger, 31-year-old Deanna Atkins, died at the scene, according to news reports.
Both lived in the Milton area, where Butler is believed to still be living. He could not be reached for comment.
News accounts of the crash in the days and weeks that followed were plentiful.
Then-Walton County Sheriff's Lt. Bill Fowler told reporters that when he first drove up to the building, the fog was so thick he couldn't see anything.
"As the fog cleared, I could see what had happened," he said in 1987 news accounts. "I could see a body hanging out."
He took the elevator to the 19th floor, broke down the door to Unit 1901 and found a tire from the plane had bounced off and rolled across the empty room.
He leaned out the hole in the wall while a woman he didn't know held onto his belt to keep him from falling.
"I took hold of the woman's (Atkins') arm while the other woman held onto my belt," Fowler told reporters at the time. "I was thinking, 'what am I going to do?' "
Other rescue workers recalled getting the call about a plane hitting a building. They though it was a hoax until they got to the scene.
While horrified rescue workers watched, Butler undid his seat belt, slipped from the cockpit and became wedged between the building's wall and the plane's right wing, news accounts said. He was pulled to safety through an 18th-floor window.
"His time wasn't up," Fowler told reporters. "He should have slipped and fallen 19 floors."
The plane was secured with ropes during the rescue. On Christmas Day, a helicopter was brought in to lower it to the ground.
Butler and Atkins were flying home from Cocoa Beach, where they had visited Atkins' brother.
Their destination was a small airstrip in Navarre.
Atkins was the mother of a 3-year-old boy.
In an interview nearly a month after the crash, Butler told reporters that they wanted to get home for Christmas.
The weather had been "nearly perfect" on the first part of their trip, he said. But conditions deteriorated as the Cessna neared Destin.
Butler, who was not rated for instrument flying, said he planned to land in Destin. He spoke to someone at the airport who said there already was someone landing and he needed to go around again.
"So I was going around and — bingo — I smacked into that damned condo," he said.
The National Transportation Safety Board investigated the crash. It found Butler to be at fault for flying in conditions for which he did not have the necessary ratings.
The report called his "in-flight planning/decision" poor, and cited fog as a contributing factor.
The Hidden Dunes tower was largely empty at the time. Unit 1901 belonged to Michael Pizitz of Birmingham, Ala. A decorator had been working in the unit, but was not there when the crash occurred because it was Christmas Eve.
Friends from Destin started calling Pizitz within 30 minutes of the wreck.
"I've got bad news and worse news," one told him. "It crashed into the building. It also crashed into the unit."
Pizitz requested a copy of the newspaper photo, which shows the plane hanging from the condo. A framed copy hangs in the bedroom where the crash occurred.
He said last week that the crash is still a topic of conversation around Hidden Dunes, even though decades have passed.
"My next door neighbor, who is relatively new, requested a picture of it when I was down there," said Pizitz, who made her a copy.
"Now the condo is being used by children and grandchildren who weren't even alive at the time."
Daily News Staff Writer Wendy Victora can be reached at 850-315-4478 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @WendyVnwfdn.


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Every gym-junkie already knows it, but listening to fast music helps you get a better workout, according to new research published in the Journal of Exercise Physiology-online. In a study that compared volunteers exercising to fast, slow, or no music, the fast-music group burned more calories.
Scientists at St. Scholastica College in Duluth, Minnesota recruited six men and five women and observed biological markers during 15-minute treadmill runs with each of the three music treatments. To help control the effects of the music (or lack thereof), all the test subjects exercised at the same 5.5 miles-per-hour on the treadmill. That means that despite all three groups working out at the same pace, listening to the up-tempo tunes boosted the volunteers' metabolism.
In the study, the fast-music group burned 10 extra calories over 15 minutes - an extra 40 calories per hour. That may seem like a small gain, but if you spread that increase over just three hours of exercise a week, you've burnt an extra 2 pounds of fat in the course of a year.
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Lately I've been a bit obsessed with reading first-person accounts of folks hiking the Appalachian Trail.
The thought of hiking 2,000-plus miles fascinates me. I love all the details, including how much each person packs, what they leave behind, what they miss the most, how they get through the physical pain and what keeps them from getting in an air-conditioned or heated car and heading home.
As a writer, I'm also fascinated with the trail names hikers acquire and use to leave notes in log books along the trail.
Daily News photographer Nick Tomecek and his brother hiked the entire trail before he came to work here. They were known as the Blues Brothers.
I love to hear him talk about it.
But I can't see myself ever hiking the AT.
I'm not the type to sleep alone in the woods, stare down a bear, pitch a tent or carry water on my back. My knees hurt when I walk two miles a day. These folks are hiking 15 to 20 or more on uneven, difficult terrain.
But if I did, I know what my trail name would be: Bag Lady.
Everywhere I go, I tote at least one bag with an eclectic assortment of emergency supplies.
Get stung by a wasp? I've got Benadryl.
Blisters? See me for Band-aids.
Going to swim practice but forgot your suit? You're in luck; I have one extra suit for each gender in my bag.
You can also hit me up for ear buds, dental floss, ear plugs, hair ties, socks, anti-itch cream and tweezers.
Of course, everything that makes it into my emergency bags is there because in 15-plus years of parenting and coaching and traveling, I've wished I had this or that item handy.
Over the years, my hands-down favorite has been the Ziploc bag.
In fact, I have a box of Ziplocs in my car, as well as a half-dozen bags filled with a variety of items.
You can keep your phone and keys dry in a deluge.
You can turn Ziplocs into ice packs by adding a few cubes from a convenience store cup.
You can seal things inside that are better left unsmelled.
I love being prepared for anything. Obviously, with my Bag Lady mindset, that hypothetical trail name is about as close as I'll ever get to the thru-hiking adventure.
You can't carry your life on your back, or even in your minivan.
That won't stop me from trying, of course, or living vicariously through those who leave it all behind.
Daily News Assignment Editor Wendy Victora can be reached at 315-4478 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The planners overestimated inflation by more than 10 percent per year for the next decade — the Roaring 20s. Further, the inflation rate for the following decade — the Great Depression — was negative 2.08 percent per year.
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Week One: Women's contribution & budget sources
Welcome everyone! It is so exciting to finally be starting our bookread on Women and the US Budget. During this week we will focus on the first two chapters of the book: Women and Abundance and Where Does the Money Come From.
In the first chapter we read about the contributions made by women to the budget and the abundance of economic resources in our country which, if prioritized differently, could provide for everyone's economic security and overall well being. Instead, we see lawmakers attempting to privatize programs such as social security and health care, pass laws which benefit corporations and restrict the rights of individuals, and decrease funding for educational, environmental and social programs. Recent congressional scandals have emphasized the role that large financial contributions play in influencing politicians. Jane asks us to think about how monies that go into the US treasury, particularly women's tax monies, do not go to benefit women in relation to their needs. This is a novel way of looking at a government's budget. Might it be possible to get the government to act in terms of proportionality, that is, percentages of the federal budget allocated to spending on women's needs in proportion to women's tax percentages.?
In the second chapter we read about the complexities of budget and how taxation affects public policy by determining where the money comes from, where it goes and how much disposable income we have to spend. Tax cuts are promoted as a way for the wealthy to have more money to invest in the economy which will provide trickle down benefits to everyone else when we know the policy promotes a redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the wealthy. Corporations provide only 10% of the government's source of income (figure 2.1 p. 26). The possibilities for overcoming women's greater state of poverty in the US and elsewhere, for promoting peaceful conditions for women instead of them fearing violence on the streets and at home, and for the many other conditions where women find themselves in greater need than men because their tax monies have a lesser influence on the federal budget would not be possibilities but likelihoods if the 60% of corporations that have not paid any taxes from 1996 to to 2000 (p. 27) had paid taxes. What can we do to put women's tax monies where their needs are?
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:50 pm
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First I want to say that I think WILPF should have 3-4 bookreads per year, one every three to four months. They can be sponsored by the committees and/or campaigns. We could even have two or more simultaneous bookreads particular to issue areas. I think they are an excellent way to get people in touch with each other and an issue.
The US is a wealthy country but I dont feel that wealth and there are many more who feel it less than I do. I am indignant beyond words that corporations pay so little taxes, especially when they benefit so greatly from legislation. (I really appreciated WILPFs analysis of capitalism and corporatism in its Mil-Corp Connection. That analysis was what prompted me to join WILPF.) Our democracy is not one: its an oligarchy of the wealthy, the corporations, and the politicians. The propagandizing forces of this triumvirate have us believing that there is not enough money to fully fund needed social programs but its a ruse. The 150 billion plus for Iraq and the rest of the military budget would go a long way to providing for womens and mens economic needs. The government gave billions away to the airlines over the Sept 11 event but made no, not a single provision for airline employees pink-slipped because of Sept 11, of which there were thousands in the US, mostly lower paid employees with no default paycheck. The most they had was unemployment, which is very limited in pay out and in duration. And where was the outcry over this? Not even those affected mounted an outcry. Propagandized and too poor to protest.
And social security, that failsafe for many millions of elderly, especially women (who receive less than men on average) put in place by the Roosevelts, let us not forget Eleanors influence here, up for grabs by profiteers! Pirates is what they are.
Jane Midgelys book is very helpful in explaining in elemental enough terms the conditions of the US budget. Governments budgets are very uninteresting topics to me and I found that I was not only able to follow it but interested in it.
Pat Willis
Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:36 pm
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I appreciate hearing that government use of funds shows the administration's priorities and values. This pre-election time is ripe for Democrats to speak about geniune valuing families through supporting programs such as education, child care, health services, and elder care rather than corporate welfare and military spending.
In response to the earlier suggestion of proportional spending on women based on how much women contribute to the economy, I think it is dangerously divisive; when what can be great about government is the ability to use funds where most needed to improve life, regaredless of exactly how much any one put in. Thank you.
Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:49 pm
Patricia Willis
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You're right Ellen about proportionality except that if women's and girls social needs were met to the percentage that women currently pay taxes I think that would be a great increase over what the federal government pays out today. I would just like, for starters, for the government to acknowledge materially that women do pay taxes and that women deserve government services such as the child care you mention, health care, etc etc in greater proportion to what our tax monies allocate currently. We really need representative budgeting or democratic budgeting, or participatory budgeting, whatever someone wants call it but first we have to have an educated and civic minded populace and we lack that.
Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:51 pm
Laura Roskos
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Location: Cambridge, MA
Define Abundance
In 1996, hundreds of women's organizations and more than ten thousand US women participated in a process that generated a harmonized women's agenda. In the introduction to that document, published by the Stanley Foundation of Iowa, the editors note three crosscutting themes that emerged in every issue area. The first of these was reprioritization of the federal budget away from defense toward social programs; the second was to define national defense in a less militaristic way so as to include the multifaceted dimensions of human security.
In 1996, I understood that capitalism relied on poverty and perpetuates it. What I didn't see then, but I think I see now is that capitalism creates poverty. I think the graphs Jane provides charting women's entry into paid employment is telling, as is her discussion of the changing nature of the sorts of jobs being created. But it is also interesting that during the historical period during which women have pushed so hard for paid employment is the same period during which we've documented the feminization of poverty. So, what seems to be happening, on a global scale, is that as women are becoming more cash dependent they are simultaneously becoming poorer, or impoverished (as Shiva might put it in Monocultures of the Mind).
Therefore, I am very intrigued by the title of the first chapter of Women and the U.S. Budget, "Women and Abundance." Jane moves quickly to a discussion of how women's unwaged work is really the foundation enabling the configuration of waged work and the flow of cash wages (which are then taxed to support the military). But, what's been troubling me is that I can't see how struggles for pay equity for women are ever going to help stop the cycle. Recently, it has seemed to me that instead we want to struggle to keep some aspect of human life outside the nexus of cash exchange and, when possible, move more aspects of life into this arena (of barter, gifting, sharing, and subsistence). I'd like to know where others are in their thinking about "abundance." Is it appropriate to talk about "economic abundance" (income, wealth, assets) as separate from "abundance as plenty"?
Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:26 pm
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Location: Boston
Just a thought...
The idea of women as an integral part of the economy has always been relegated to the category of "silly feminist argument". Jane Midgley's book is breaking out of a classic battle between the sexes and opening our eyes to the fact, not opinion, that women take responsibility and give contributions to the U.S. economy . She is striving to educate readers about a financial plan effecting everyone in the United States and as a result, around the world. Whether one is an impoverished female teenager or a wealthy socialite, because you are a human being, you are "inextricably connected to what happens in Washington". I think a lot of women forget this and assume their status as women alone removes them from the right to political efficacy or from economic consideration by the federal government. Midgley tells us that only 13% of Congress is made up of women and that our voices are not being heard, but I think too many women have succumbed to an archaic mold of "meant to be seen not heard". However, when a woman breaks the mold and acquires great power and influence, it's like she is no longer considered by females as a gender counterpart. The women who are in positions of political power, i.e. Hillary Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Condaleeza Rice, are often ridiculed for attempting to fill the shoes of a mans position and giving up their femininity along the way.
Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:22 pm
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Location: Boston
Professor Roskos brings up an interesting point. If a woman is doing the same work as a man, why should she receive anything but cash? Let's examine...bartering, gifting, favors in exchange for a woman's work stems from the archaic belief that women needed to "earn their keep". The nexus of cash exchange- meaning someone works and receives monetary reimbursment, it's a symbiotic relationship so the amount of the contribution given and taken should be equal and sometimes this isn't always the case. Food stamps, vouchers, free tickets, favors, subsidized housing, free healthcare-these things are helpful to only a certain degree. It's a very limiting strategy. But I believe the conflict lies within the concern for those who are irresponsible and would spend cash on nothing beneficiary to self-improvement or running a household. Does capitalism really rely on poverty or do the impoverished rely on the central government? A long time ago, women didn't have a chance to be breadwinners. When women started earning places in the workforce, especially corporations, they still did not receive the same treatment and pay as men and still do not to this day. While education opportunities are the same nowadays, women do not always have as much time to devote to a job, mentally and physically, as men. They raise children, keep a household, are more emotional and sensitive and have to deal with this and if they got a phone call from a sick relative asking for help for the week, a woman is probably more likely than a man to take the time off of work. I think, given the history of civilization, men will always have a higher cash value than women. This is something natural and intrinsic to society and I don't know if it can change just due to the fact that men and women are not always made of the same emotional and physical capabilities...it's evoultion. Men equate success with money and will do anything to get it. Women look for success in a lot of different areas and they have a lot of dignity to consider when something, like a lot of cash reimbursement may seem to good to be true. The woman must always question the man's motives. Absolute gender equality is impossible. A perfect example is maternity leave. If a man wants a child, he is dependent on a woman. The woman must take, at some point, paid maternity leave. While she gets the same salary, employers often get irritated that there is a shift or major change because of a "woman's issue" when it's really an issue for a whole family. On the other hand, In this day and age, many women want to have the finest things, they want an abundance of goods, just like men do. What is plenty to survive and what is plenty to live like a queen? This is where the term abundance becomes controversial here. Is it really just women who feel they are not getting plenty to survive or is the problem women who want plenty to survive and more? Are women taking advantage of all they can education and opportunity wise? Do they have a choice> There are so many ways to look at this.
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