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Don't Plug it in Yet
In the last article I discussed briefly how the plug-in and module systems worked. This article will get more in-depth on the subject, but, before we talk about the plug-ins (in fact, before they'll even work) we'll have to make a few other functions. I'd also like to take this time to let you know that for this project we're going to be using PHP5rc2 with MySQL.
Since all the information about the plug-ins and modules is in the database, we're going to want to make a class that will let us perform the most common SQL functions with ease. Also, since the site engine will run multiple sites, each of which can have their own plug-ins and modules, we'll want to make the functions that let the engine know what site is requesting the plug-ins and modules. Let's get started with our general functions. I hope you learn something new and cool that you'll like.
This is the SQL class; save the following as:
class sql{
public $qcount; //this keeps count of how many queries we make
function sql(){ //we name the main function the same as the class so that it initializes when the class is called
$this->qcount=0; //set the default of $qcount to 0 because we don't yet have any queries
$db=@mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass,$dbname); //create connection string ready to accept the parameters to connect with
if($db){ // check to see if a connection is made
return $db; //return the connection ID if it's a valid connection
die("Error: Database offline.
".mysql_error() ); //if connection is invalid quit script and return error
function _select_db($dbname){
return mysql_select_db($dbname); //this is the function to select a MySQL database (of course…)
function _query($query){
$this->qcount++; //add 1 to the $qcount for each query, this will update $qcount everything the _query function is called
return mysql_query($query); //This is the function to execute a Query on a MySQL database
function _fetch_row($id){
return mysql_fetch_row($id); //this fetches one row of data from the result of calling the _query function, it returns data as an array with numeric offsets
function _fetch_array($id){
return mysql_fetch_array($id); //this function is just like the _fetch_row function, only this on returns both numeric offsets, and offsets named like the database field
function _insert_id(){
return mysql_insert_id(); //this function returns the ID generated for an AUTO_INCREMENT column by the previous INSERT query
function _affected_rows($id){
return mysql_affected_rows($id); //this function returns the number of rows affected by the last INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE query
function _num_rows($id){
return mysql_num_rows($id); //this function counts the number of rows returned form a previous SELECT query
function _fetch_object($id){
return mysql_fetch_object($id); //This function is my favorite MySQL function, it's just like the _fetch_array function except an object is returned instead of an array
function _mysql_error(){
return mysql_error(); //This function will return and errors generated by MySQL
Now to complement our previous class file, we'll make another little class called config. This should be self explanatory; save the following as "your_site_dir/inc/config.inc.php"
class config {
public $dbhost;
public $dbuser;
public $dbpass;
public $dbname;
function config(){
These may not directly tie in to each other at the moment, but they will in just a bit.
{mospagebreak title=Best Site() Ever Made}
Now we need to make a class that will get all the information we need about the site. Since each site's common information is stored in the database, all we'll have to do is select it. However we'd need some bit of information about the site to give to the select statement to tell it what site we want information for. I really don't think anyone wants to hand code an entire list of all the sites they have, just to have to update it when you add a site, therefore we look toward the parse_url() function. This function is really useful for something like this; it will take the URL for a site and bust it up into an array that contains all the information about a URL you could ever need. Here's a list of all the elements it can handle:
- scheme – e.g. http
- host
- port
- user
- pass
- path
- query – after the question mark ?
- fragment – after the hashmark #
Pretty useful isn't it? We'll also need to know what page has been requested (www.url.com?page=thispage), therefore we'll also include a small function to get that information. Here is the class we'll use for doing everything, save it as "your_site_dir/inc/site.inc.php":
class site{
public $site; //This will hold the array of site information that will be used in other classes
function site(){ //we name the main function the same as the class so that it initializes when the class is called
global $sql; //this requests the $sql class as a global variable
$purl=parse_url('http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']); //The parse_url function breaks the page's URL into and array of the URL elements
$purl=$purl['host']; //This sets the $purl variable to the value of "host" in the array previously made by parse_url
$host=explode(".",$purl); //now we break the hostname from $purl into an array delimited by a period
if($host[0]=='www'){ //check the value of the hostname
$this->site['host']=$host[1]; //if the first element of the hostname is www, the variable $site['host'] to the second element of the hostname
$this->site['host']=$host[0]; //if the first element isn't www, set the variable $site['host'] to the first element of the hostname
$site_info=$sql->_fetch_row($sql->_query("SELECT `sites`.`site_ID`,`sites`.`site_name`FROM`sites`WHERE(`sites`.`site_host` = '{$this->site['host']}') LIMIT 1")); //select the information about the site from the database
$this->site['ID'] = $site_info[0]; //set the site's ID in the $site variable
$this->site['name'] = $site_info[1]; //set the site's name in the $site variable
$this->page(); // call the function page()
function page(){
if(isset($_REQUEST['page'])){ //check to see if "page" has been set as a _GET or _POST variable
$this->site['page']=$_REQUEST['page']; //if it has been set as a _GET or _POST variable, set it as the page name in $site
$this->site['page']="main"; //if it hasn't been set as a _GET or _POST variable, set the page name in $site too "main"
This class will produce an object with an array that looks like this:
$site->site['host'] — the URL to a site without the www or the .com/.org/.net (i.e. www.devshed.com will be deshed)
$site->site['ID'] — the site's ID in the database
$site->site['name'] — the name you gave to the site when you set it up (it's nice to use as the title of the site)
$site->site['page'] — the currently requested page (www.url.com?page=thispage)
See, using the parse_url() function is pretty useful when you need to retrieve site information. Sometimes it's even easier than calling the query_string.
{mospagebreak title=OK, Plug it in Now}
Now that the past couple of classes are all set up, we're ready to start loading up all our plug-ins. Well, we're ready to make the class that will load them. First we'll select the plug-in ID, name, directory, and file from the database. Then we'll set them all to an array in the plug-ins class, that way the information about the plug-ins can be used later without having to select it from the database again. After we've built our list of initialized plug-ins, we'll use a function that will actually load the plug-ins and include them into our engine. With that all said, let's take a look at the class file.
class plugins{
public $pcount; //this will hold the number of plug-ins that we actually load into the engine
public $plugin_list; //this will hold our array of plug-in information
public $plugin_error; //this will hold any errors that are produced by loading a plug-in
public $lcount; //this will hold the number of plugins in our plug-ins list
function plugins($site_id=""){ //we name the main function the same as the class so that it initializes when the class is called
global $sql,$site; //this requests the $sql and $site classes as a global variables
$this->pcount=0; //set the default of $pcount to 0 because we don't yet have any plug-ins loaded
$this->lcount=0; //set the default of $lcount to 0 because we don't yet have any plug-ins in the plug-ins list
if($site_id==""){ //check to see if the administrator overrides the $site_id to list plug-ins for other sites
$site_id = $site->site['ID']; //if the site_id isn't overridden set it to the current site's id
plugins.plugin_ID = plugin_status.plugin_ID AND
plugin_status.site_ID = '$site_id' AND
plugin_status.plugin_status = 'initialized'
plugins.plugin_priority DESC"); //select all the initialized plug-in information from the database
while($plugin=$sql->_fetch_object($plugins_list)){ //start a loop to get the information from the select query using the _fetch_object function
$this->lcount++; // update lcount for each plug-in we add to the plug-ins list
$this->plugin_list['plug_ID'][]=$plugin->plugin_ID; //add the current plug-in's ID to the plugin list
$this->plugin_list['plug_name'][]=$plugin->plugin_name; //add the current plug-in's name to the plugin list
$this->plugin_list['plug_dir'][]=$plugin->plugin_dir; //add the current plug-in's directory to the plugin list
$this->plugin_list['plug_file'][]=$plugin->plugin_file; //add the current plug-in's file to the plugin list
if($this->pcount==0){ //check to see if any plug-ins have been loaded into the engine
$this->load(); //if no plug-ins are loaded, call the load() function to load the plug-ins
function load(){ //this function loads the plug-ins from the plug-ins list
if(is_array($this->plugin_list)){ //make sure that the plug-ins list as an array, to prevent errors
for($i=0;$i<$this->lcount;$i++){ //start a loop to identify each plug-in in the plug-ins list
if(file_exists("{$this->plugin_list['plug_dir'][$i]}/{$this->plugin_list['plug_file'][$i]}/main.plug.php")){ //make sure the plug-in's file exists, to prevent errors
@include("{$this->plugin_list['plug_dir'][$i]}/{$this->plugin_list['plug_file'][$i]}/main.plug.php"); //include the plug-in into the engine
$this->pcount++; //update pcount for each plug-in that loads
$this->plugin_error[]="The plug-in file: /{$this->plugin_list['plug_dir'][$i]}/{$this->plugin_list['plug_file'][$i]}/main.plug.php Does not exist"; //if the plug-in cant load add an error to the error list
Save this as "your_site_dir/inc/plugins.inc.php". Now that we have the plug-ins class set all up, let's get the modules class ready to go.
{mospagebreak title=Module Madness}
The modules are loaded in almost the exact same way as the plug-ins. The only difference is that we need to check to see if the plug-in that the module depends on is loaded. There's not much more to it than that. So let's take a look at the module class.
class modules{
public $lcount; //this will hold the number of modules that we actually load into the module list
public $mcount; //this will hold the number of modules that we actually load into the engine
public $module_list; //this will hold our array of module information
public $module_error; //this will hold any errors that are produced by loading a module
public $module_load; //this will hold the names of all the modules we've loaded
function modules($site_id=""){ //we name the main function the same as the class so that it initializes when the class is called
global $sql, $site, $plugins; //this requests the $sql, $site, and $plugins classes as a global variables
$this->lcount=0; //set the default of $mcount to 0 because we don't yet have any modules in the modules list yet
$this->mcount=0; //set the default of $mcount to 0 because we don't yet have any modules loaded
if($site_id==""){ //check to see if the administrator overrides the $site_id to list modules for other sites
$site_id = $site->site['ID']; //if the site_id isn't overridden set it to the current site's id
modules.mod_ID = module_status.mod_ID AND
modules.plugin_ID = plugin_status.plugin_ID AND
module_status.mod_status = 'initialized' AND
plugin_status.plugin_status = 'initialized' AND
module_status.site_ID = '$site_id'"); //select all the initialized module information from the database
while($module=$sql->_fetch_object($modules_list)){ //start a loop to get the information from the select query using the _fetch_object function
$this->module_list['mod_ID'][]=$module->mod_ID; //add the current modules ID to the plugin list
$this->module_list['mod_name'][]=$module->mod_name; //add the current modules name to the plugin list
$this->module_list['mod_dir'][]=$module->mod_dir; //add the current modules directory to the plugin list
$this->module_list['mod_file'][]=$module->mod_file; //add the current modules filename to the plugin list
$plug_key=array_keys($plugins->plugin_list['plug_ID'],$module->plugin_ID); //select the plug-in ID from the plug-in list using the array_keys() function with the modules "plugin_id" as a search parameter
$this->module_list['plug_dir'][]=$plugins->plugin_list['plug_dir'][$plug_key[0]]; //add the current modules dependency's directory to the plugin list
$this->module_list['plug_file'][]=$plugins->plugin_list['plug_file'][$plug_key[0]]; //add the current modules dependency's file to the plugin list
$this->lcount++; // update mcount for each module we add to the module list
if($this->mcount==0){ //check to see if any modules have been loaded into the engine
$this->load(); //if no modules are loaded, call the load() function to load the modules
function load(){ //this function loads the modules from the modules list
if(is_array($this->module_list)){ //make sure that the modules list as an array, to prevent errors
for($i=0;$i<$this->mcount;$i++){ //start a loop to identify each module in the plug-ins list
if(file_exists("/{$this->module_list['plug_dir'][$i]}/{$this->module_list['plug_file'][$i]}/{$this->module_list['mod_dir'][$i]}/{$this->module_list['mod_file'][$i]}.mod.php")){ //make sure the modules file exists, to prevent errors
include("/{$this->module_list['plug_dir'][$i]}/{$this->module_list['plug_file'][$i]}/{$this->module_list['mod_dir'][$i]}/{$this->module_list['mod_file'][$i]}.mod.php"); //include the module into the engine
$this->module_load[]=$this->module_list['mod_name'][$i]; //add the modules name to list of loaded modules
$this->mcount++; //update mcount for each module that's loaded
$this->module_error[]="The module file: /{$this->module_list['plug_dir'][$i]}/{$this->module_list['plug_file'][$i]}/{$this->module_list['mod_dir'][$i]}/{$this->module_list['mod_file'][$i]}.mod.php Does not exist"; //if the module can't load add an error to the error list
As you can see, it's not much different from the plug-ins class. In fact it's frighteningly the same. Nevertheless it all works great and very fast. Save this as "your_site_dir/inc/modules.inc.php". There is one thing I'd like to point out though; the line that looks like this:
array_keys() is a great function. It's very useful. It allows you to return an array of the keys from another array. But, that's not the best part of array_keys(). The best part is that you can specify a search parameter to match. That's what I've done here. I've taken the value of $module->plugin_id and used it as the search parameters to search the plug-ins list array and then return the key to the specific plug-in that the particular module depends on. Now that we've gotten the plug-ins and module systems set up, all we have left is to put it all together.
{mospagebreak title=Bring it Together}
We have everything here ready to go. Now we just need to put it all together so that it will run. I made a file that basically includes all the files we've just put together. That way we only have to include one file on our index page so it doesn't become all cluttered up. Save this as "your_site_dir/inc/core.inc.php".
$config = new config();
$sql = new sql($config->dbhost,$config->dbuser,$config->dbpass);
$site = new site();
$plugins = new plugins("1");
$modules = new modules("1");
Pretty simple and self explanatory. All we did was include all the files in the /inc directory, then we initialized the classes that are defined within them.
Now all we have left is the index page — another simple bit of work. All we really have in the index page is a quite common parse time function and an include. Save this file as "your_site_dir/index.php".
function getmicrotime()
{ $temparray=split(" ",microtime());
return $returntime;
Final thoughts
That's all we have to do for the plug-in and module systems. In the next article in the series, we'll go through the authentication system and the block system. I'll also show you how the database and directories should be set up so you can set up your first plug-in and module and give it all a try. Following that will be an article illustrating how to build the template and loading system of the site engine. Then finally, there will be an article on making an administration page and how to quickly build a site with the site engine.


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Why China is Getting Their Feet Wet in the Oil Sands
By Addoeh on August 6, 2012 at 11:42 am
How many pipelines will the oil sands need in the future? If projections for 2021 of 3.7 million bpd are correct, that's an awful lot of oil to go around. The combined Keystone pipelines, if the XL portion is built, will take about 1.1 million bpd. Of course, a part of that will include Bakken oil. There are a couple pipelines that lead west that are being planned, but they are facing opposition. A few days ago, the Premier of Alberta threw a plan out to move oil east through Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec to refineries in eastern Canada.
By CarbonBridge on October 21, 2012 at 10:39 am
[ Motorists don't interpret the crap they're presently driving. ]
This recent slide show of professional aerial images was shocking. Like the article's author, I too thought that I'd learned something about destructive tar sands. However, I didn't accurately interpret its immensity, intensity, nor its continuation for another 25 years before 'reclamation time,' initiates and begins by moving some of the piles of dirt back into the huge drainage pit oily lakes, etc.
A woman attorney quoted that this Tar Sands BITUMEN EXTRACTION process is illegal and that a international law should be introduced to stop it… She and others are making big statements indeed in the face of Canadian Gov't approvals with spokespersons talking about $1-2 trillion of economic impact over the next 25 years and employing a bit over 600,000 stooges as the rationale to proceed. Those that dug that mountainside open-pit copper mine at Butte, Montana, needed laborers too.
Just my rather shocked 2¢ worth…

subset: commoncrawl


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The telecommunications and IT industries have gotten several rude awakenings from mother nature in the form of hurricanes during the past decade. The two highest-profile storms, of course, were hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Each year, plenty of lower-profile storms cause significant damage, as well.
The small bit of good news is that there is a growing understanding of how businesses can minimize a hurricane's disruption and expense. The ideas here are a mix of general approaches and specific suggestions. Many of them may not have appeared on IT's list of responsibilities to date; if that is the case, and IT will not be able to take care of them all, at the very least make sure they are addressed by facilities or another department.
Related Topics : A Big Market for Big Data Jobs, Midmarket CIO, IT Management Automation, SharePoint, Technology Markets
The gig economy is clearly disrupting the tech industry, both in positive and negative ways. ... More >>
Is fake news a security issue? Some say yes, as it can be used as a social engineering tool to spread disinformation and conceivably to get unsuspecting users to click on malicious links. ... More >>
Executives at several top tech firms outline the skills they need now and in the near future, including IaaS and IoT security expertise. Other skills listed may surprise you. ... More >>


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GNU Parted
GNU Parted manipulates partition tables. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data on hard disks and disk imaging. The package contains a library, libparted, as well as well as a command-line frontend, parted, which can also be used in scripts.
Downloading Parted
Parted can be found on the main GNU ftp server: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/ (via HTTP) and ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/ (via FTP). It can also be found on the GNU mirrors; please use a mirror if possible.
Documentation for Parted is available online, as is documentation for most GNU software. You may also find more information about Parted by running info parted or man parted, or by looking at /usr/doc/parted/, /usr/local/doc/parted/, or similar directories on your system. A brief summary is available by running parted --help.
Mailing lists
Parted has two mailing lists: <firstname.lastname@example.com> and <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
The main discussion list is <firstname.lastname@example.com>, and is used to discuss most aspects of Parted, including development and patches. Bug reports should be send to <email@example.com>.
Announcements about Parted and most other GNU software are made on <email@example.com>.
To subscribe to these or any GNU mailing lists, please send an empty mail with a Subject: header of just subscribe to the relevant -request list. For example, to subscribe yourself to the GNU announcement list, you would send mail to <firstname.lastname@example.com>. Or you can use the mailing list web interface.
Getting involved
Development of Parted, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and you can contribute. For information, please read How to help GNU. If you'd like to get involved, it's a good idea to join the discussion mailing list (see above).
- Test releases
- Trying the latest test release (when available) is always appreciated. Test releases of Parted can be found at http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/parted/ (via HTTP) and ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/parted/ (via FTP).
- Development
- For development sources, bug and patch trackers, and other information, please see the Parted project page at savannah.gnu.org.
- Translating Parted
- To translate Parted's messages into other languages, please see the Translation Project page for Parted. If you have a new translation of the message strings, or updates to the existing strings, please have the changes made in this repository. Only translations from this site will be incorporated into Parted. For more information, see the Translation Project.
- Maintainer
- Parted is currently being maintained by Phillip Susi and Brian C. Lane. Please use the mailing lists for contact.
Parted is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.


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There's no wrong answer. But you can't stay silent.
If you've heard about My Hope America with Billy Graham — the nationwide event aimed at reaching an entire country for Jesus — you may be wondering who, just exactly, is this outreach aimed at.
Well, sure.
But one North Carolina megachurch pastor breaks it down in bite-size pieces.
Dr. John Munro — who leads the 5,000-plus member Calvary Church in Charlotte, N.C. — has challenged his congregation to simply look at the people around them.
"Are there people in your family who don't know Christ?" Munro asked.
"What about your next door neighbor?" he continued, not skipping a beat.
"What about this friend at school?"
"What about this person who works with you that you've been talking to?"
Munro is trying to cut through some of the fear of evangelism, as he tries to "equip, motivate and inspire" his congregation to share the Gospel.
After all, My Hope America is all about relationships and as Munro points out, a large portion of Calvary Church is already halfway there.
"Many in our congregation have great relationships with people in their neighborhood or at work," he said, "so it's not starting from scratch."
But it does take action.
And the biggest step is committing to being a host "Matthew" for My Hope America — a unique opportunity for an entire country to hear Billy Graham share his heart during the week of his 95th birthday — November 7.
See Photos from Calvary's 'Matthew Sunday'
The 30-minute My Hope America video presentation, which will be availaible via TV, Internet or DVD to all "Matthews" —features music, culturally relevant life-changing stories and a Gospel message from Mr. Graham. Afterward, each "Matthew" host will share a brief testimony and invites guests to follow Jesus.
My Hope hosts are called "Matthews" after the apostle in the New Testament, who was so eager for his friends to meet Jesus that he threw a dinner party and invited them over.
And hundreds of churches like Calvary have already dedicated a morning service as "Matthew Sunday," which ranges from showing brief My Hope videos to explaining the project from the pulpit to preaching entire sermons on relationship evangelism to handing out a My Hope brochure in every bulletin.
The brochure, colorful and well-made, is nothing special on its own—although it contains the most important part of the entire project.
Ten blank lines on the back.
"Matthews" are encouraged to start filling in these 10 lines with names of people around them who need Jesus in their life. Some "Matthews" may run out of lines, which may inspire them to consult with their November social calendars even earlier about getting folks together for multiple My Hope America viewing parties in their living room.
"For those who know Christ as their personal Savior, we want them out in the marketplace, the schools, wherever they work, to be sharing their faith," Munro said. "The mission of Calvary Church is being and making authentic followers of Jesus Christ.
"So My Hope captures our mission 100 percent."
For Munro, My Hope was a no-brainer for his church on many levels. Always looking for ways to encourage evangelism, he feels there is a sense of urgency with My Hope that may help the idea of evangelism "crystalize" in the hearts of his church.
"With a large church, we have a lot of things going on, a lot of different ministries," he said. "But we want the whole church to get behind it and pray for it."
And the fact that Calvary Church is in the heart of Charlotte, just a few miles from where Billy Graham grew up, gives My Hope a little added significance.
"Billy Graham has great name recognition, especially here in Charlotte," said Munro, whose church is one of more than 750 in the state of North Carolina to get involved with My Hope America. "His father (William Franklin Graham) was one of the founding elders of Calvary Church (in 1939)."
And while Billy Graham has reached millions with the Gospel, preaching in more than 185 countries, My Hope America is constructed to cover an expansive area with the Good News on a smaller scale.
After all, My Hope, which has been successful in places like India and Brazil along with 55 other countries, is all about relationships. And as Munro points out, a large portion of Calvary Church is already halfway there.
Forget that it's a nationwide outreach, said Munro. Or even a citywide crusade.
"In real terms, if we think we're going to present this message to all of Charlotte, it's intimidating," he said. "But each person has a sphere of influence. And Christ wants us to accept responsibility. We can do it."
That one neighbor. That friend at the gym. That extended relative.
And really, that's the answer to the question — who is My Hope America for?
In some cases, it's the person right in front of you.


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Already a multiple times sell out performance, Below The Surface has been generating waves far beyond the reach of windsurfing. In Sylt, the plan was to have the usual single premiere, but the tickets were so popular they ended running four sell out shows in total. From our inside knowledge we've been hearing about the DVD's literally flying off the shelf and there are yet more premiers to take place in cities and surf breaks world wide. If Andre is out there and watching down on us, he sure as hell would be proud of his team and what they have pulled out the bag. So with this in mind we've decided to tap into the knowledge of the BTS crew and probe a little deeper with a few featurettes about the 'Making Of'.
in places where the wind never stops it is a challenge to not lose your mind


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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney blasted Mitt Romney for his campaign's new television ad this afternoon, accusing the Republican presidential candidate of lying about President Barack Obama's position on welfare reform.
The ad, released this morning, lays out the Romney campaign's latest assault against Obama, which focuses on his administration's July directive allowing states to request waivers to get out of welfare work requirements.
"Under Obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job," the ad says. "They just send you your welfare check. And welfare to work goes back to being plain old welfare."
The White House disputed this characterization Tuesday, arguing that the directive is designed to give state's greater flexibility in administering welfare programs.
"This advertisement is categorically false and blatantly dishonest," Carney told reporters, noting that the waivers were most aggressively sought by Republican governors in Utah and Nevada, and that states are required to prove that their programs will put more people to work.
Carney also pointed out that Romney himself supported similar measures in 2005, when he joined other Republican governors in writing a letter to the Senate urging Congress to pass a bill that would have allowed states more flexibility in administering welfare.
"The hypocrisy knows no bounds," Carney said. "Perhaps his argument is with his past self, and I suppose that should not be a surprise."
It's worth noting that the governors were asking for action by Congress, not an executive order.
Texas Republican Senate candidate Ted Cruz took this line of attack during a Romney campaign conference call Tuesday, calling the directive "another action of executive arrogance."
"He didn't try to make the argument to anybody that work requirements were unnecessary or were counterproductive in welfare," Cruz said. "Instead, he simply decreed it by executive order and this has been a pattern of this administration where they believe their own ideology trumps the views of the American people."
But the Romney campaign's memo on Obama's welfare position doesn't mention this line of attack, and Romney himself hasn't made that argument. Instead, he lavished praise on the 1996 bipartisan welfare reform bill passed under President Bill Clinton during a campaign rally in Illinois today, accusing Obama of trying to "reverse that accomplishment, by taking the work requirement out of welfare."
*An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that the Romney campaign has not addressed the 2005 letter. That is incorrect. Deputy Policy Director Jonathan Burks told reporters on a conference call today that the letter was in reference to a Senate welfare reauthorization bill that increased welfare work requirements from 50% to 70% and increased state flexibility in administering the program.


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BigDogBuford wrote:I'd bite someone who was getting into my food.
pitbullmamaliz wrote:One of my students was telling us how he sticks his hands in his dog's' food, and makes his dog eat out of his hand or just holds it in there while he's eating and even takes food and treats away from him just to prove he can.
mnp13 wrote:"won't somebody think of the children???"
BigDogBuford wrote:One of my favorite George Carlin lines:
"It's not my fault some dumb bitch forgot to put her diaphragm in!"
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Woodke Productions necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 44 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Woodke Productions
We are Woodke Productions and we are breaking our way into the media industry, focusing on video and audio production. We want a logo that's creative with an urban feel, incorporating both the video and audio aspects of our company. We're not simply looking for a logo, but a brand for our company. The logo should be recognizable, both in design and as a representation of our personalities.
Woodke Production's is a company started by my brother and I, Jason and Tyler Woodke. Both in our twenties, we are very active and extremely driven to do what we love. We both bring unique interests and talents to the table, Jason with his passion for snowboarding and action sports filming, and my passion for music and studio recording. We pride ourselves in these interests and the unique visions that they create.
Specifically, we'd like the design to incorporate these interests and the passions that brought us to start our business.
One idea we had was to use two silhouettes, one with headphones and one with snowboard goggles.
We both like urban and earth-tone colors. We like the Bella in the Forest color set from the link below
as well as color set "Copy of zen and bamboo" from the following link
We'd also like our logo to translate easily to black and white.
While this is one idea we've come up with, we are open to creativity and anything you feel inspired to design after learning a little about us.
Here are a couple photos that might also help describe our personalities, passions, and what we are inspired by.
http://www.blottophotto.com/gallery-tres/ the photo of the videographer filming the skateboarder with his tongue out.
We're filming a lot of weddings, which is currently our primary source of income. We're also dabbling in action sports and recording up and coming bands. Seeing as how these are our focuses, most of our clients are in their 20's and 30's. We're seeking people who want young and fresh ideas but also want a professional quality of work.
See above. We require that it's original and unique! Let your creative juices flow, so please, no clip art.
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Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy was formed in 1957 as a neighborhood grocery store with world class service. From the beginning, community involvement has been an important part of Farm Fresh. Our name was even chosen from entries submitted by local residents. Today, we are recognized as the premier grocer in the Hampton Roads-area. Annual Reader's Choice polls consistently name us the area's best grocery store. Farm Fresh prides itself on providing its customers with competitively-priced products, clean stores, one-stop shopping services, and a large selection of quality national and regional brands. We currently operate 45 stores in the Hampton Roads area. Farm Fresh also operates a free-standing pharmacy inside CHKD in Norfolk. In order to provide our customers with the best products and selection, Farm Fresh offers the following world class products & services: Internet Express Online Shopping, Trellis & Bloom Floral, Starbucks, Certified Angus Beef & Boar's Head Brand Meats & Cheeses.


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World Mental Health Day raises public awareness about mental health issues. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, and investments in prevention, promotion and treatment services. The treatment gap for mental, neurological and substance use disorders is formidable especially in poor resource countries.
This year the theme is "The great push: Investing in mental health". Financial and human resources allocated for mental health are inadequate especially in low resource countries. The majority of low- and middle-income countries spend less than 2% of their health budget on mental health.
The World Health Organization are launching the Mental Health Atlas 2011 and call governments to invest more for mental health.
One in four people will require mental health care at some time in their lives, yet globally, spending on mental health is less than US$2/person/year and less than 25 cents in low-income countries.
We need to increase investment for mental health and to shift the available resources towards more effective and more humanitarian forms of services.
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A day in the sugar warehouse
Cut them up and pop them in the packaging,12 boxes of the first 12 stamps, sitting in a row, hunners and hunners of the wee darlings. OMG these are our stamps, people love them, its hard to believe that all that goes on in a little studio in Scotland.
Cart art are getting the first Nellies to go to Holland this weekend, hand delivered to Carmen at Scarpaganza. These will be available from CardArt in the new year.
We are still waiting for Funkykits to have international shipping on Sugar Nellie stamps, any time now.
I believe that the final drawings for Maggie are on there way from Linda, I cant wait to see those too. Looking forward to seeing a bonnie wee loon in a kilt.
WE STILL HAVE CANDY BOXES LEFT.............who wants one.
33 comments:
- Anja's weblog said...
I am from the Netherlands and i've just ordered some sugar Nellie stamps. They are so beautiful!!
And i am also happy that international customers can buy them too..
Can't wait to use the stamps....and i love candy:))
- November 14, 2007 at 9:12 AM
- Lisa said...
I want one, ooppps My mummy always told me not say I want one, sorry I NEED one!
Lisa x
- November 14, 2007 at 9:18 AM
- sammismum said...
Well I succumbed to Nellie - resistance was futile, she looks sooo cute - a new is waiting as I type - please hurry with my candy
- November 14, 2007 at 9:29 AM
- leann said...
meeeeeee!!!! please...
- November 14, 2007 at 9:48 AM
- Stampingcaz said...
me me !!! LOL I would make a great mummy :)
- November 14, 2007 at 9:53 AM
- LisaS said...
I'd love some candy, pretty please with sugar sprinkles on top.
- November 14, 2007 at 10:03 AM
- ger76 said...
Karen thats great news!!!! I'm just waiting on my postie :o) really looking forward to seeing the kilt loon sounds great
- November 14, 2007 at 10:15 AM
- Andrea said...
Sounds like fun up there!! Can't wait for mine to arrive but a candy box would make my day :)
- November 14, 2007 at 11:45 AM
- Minty Magic said...
I am very excited about my impending delivery. I had the e-amil last night to say that they have been despatched. I hope that they don't turn up today as my hubbie is off sick with the worst case of man flu known to the medical world and he will make a miraculous recovery when he sees how many I ordered. I had hoped they would turn up when he is not around and then I can say to him "What these old stamps... ... Oh I have had these for ages!!!"
- November 14, 2007 at 1:11 PM
- leann said...
i've just added a pic of my first Nellie card to my blog ~ i love them!!!
- November 14, 2007 at 3:17 PM
- scfranson said...
I'd love one!
- November 14, 2007 at 3:19 PM
- Tarasdesigns said...
I would love to give a home to a little lonely box of candy and it would very well looked after!
- November 14, 2007 at 3:34 PM
- Andrea, said...
I got my order of 3 Nellie's this morning and have been using them already, the cards on my blog. They are lovely stamps are cut really well. I can't wait for my others to arrive, hopefully later this week.
- November 14, 2007 at 4:48 PM
- elin said...
How can you have candy boxes left!!
I'd love to give one a home!
- November 14, 2007 at 6:02 PM
- Liza said...
Oh yes please. Mine have arrived today and they are beautiful, can't wait to have a play!!
- November 14, 2007 at 6:17 PM
- purplewinkle said...
I would love one~! I just saw them and they are so cute.
- November 14, 2007 at 6:39 PM
- kimmiek said...
Whoo Hoo! A SUgah! Rush. I'd Luv some candy, please Mum!
You R the best!
- November 14, 2007 at 6:50 PM
- Quixotical said...
Cannot wait to see Maggie. And cannot wait till my Nellie order turns up - the stamps look so sweet.
Would LOVE a candy box!
- November 14, 2007 at 6:59 PM
- Nikki said...
Here is my first card with Nellie...she is just gorgeous and such wonderful quality stamps.
- November 14, 2007 at 8:38 PM
- Linda said...
Things are certainly exciting in your neck of the woods.
I would really really love a Nelly to play with please.
Linda x
- November 14, 2007 at 8:54 PM
- Lori said...
OOOH OOOH- me please! Got to be a good adoptive mommy and make sure my Nellies have lots of little friends to play with! They really are a joy to colour in too!
- November 14, 2007 at 10:09 PM
- My Little Space said...
Received my stamps today, wow, they are sooooooooo cute, will soon have something to post on my blog. candy sounds yummie!
- November 14, 2007 at 11:29 PM
- jenny said...
Yes please! cant wait for my 1st Nellies to arrive but there's always room for more!
- November 14, 2007 at 11:41 PM
- Cath said...
Would love a candy box, but international shipping is not up yet:(
- November 15, 2007 at 11:21 AM
- Jo said...
little bits of candy,
now isn't that a treat?
the chance to win a nellie
is actually quite sweet!
I've got a space upon my desk
just waiting to be filled,
if I was lucky to win just one,
I really would be thrilled!
I have a range of rubber stamps
but Nelly's cute in every way..
so if I was picked to get just one,
that would really make my day!
- November 15, 2007 at 2:49 PM
- Suzanne said...
Yes please, my lovely sugar Nellies arrived today I have Nellie with Dotty Wellies, Ballon Boy and Winter Nellie can't wait to play!! Sue :o)
- November 15, 2007 at 8:20 PM
- leann said...
a few more pics on my blog ;)
- November 15, 2007 at 8:48 PM
- Nicola said...
I would love some candy please , pretty please with Sugar on top ;)Nellie would love it in my little Gongerbread House
Nicola xx
- November 15, 2007 at 9:00 PM
- Elaine said...
Howdy! I think one of the candy boxes should mosey on over to the blue sky state of WASHINGTON - Seattle, WA to be exact! ;-)
- November 16, 2007 at 8:51 AM
- Lisa said...
Me Me Me too. Pretty Please sugar coated and all that LOL!
- November 16, 2007 at 10:05 PM
- Monica-FC said...
I would please. she would love it here.
- November 17, 2007 at 1:11 AM
- Rhiannon said...
Such lovely designs, I especially love the pirate, he's fab!
Whereabouts in Scotland are you? Im on the east coast near Montrose, just wondering if you were nearby :)
- November 17, 2007 at 11:37 PM
- Carmen said...
I received my stamps on friday night! Thanks for sending me these darlings Karen. To bad I was to busy to work with them but I will in the comming days.
And thanks Erika!
- November 19, 2007 at 11:36 AM


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AIKEN, S.C. – The Georgia College Pep Band took second place at the annual Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Spirit Group Competition, the highest finish among GC entries.
Also competing Saturday was the Georgia College Cheerleading Team, along with the Sassy Cats Dance Team.
The pep band finished a close second to UNC Pembroke, while the cheerleaders and dance team did not place in the top-three.
GC's Pep Band continued its success in the PBC Spirit Group Competition, after taking the title the previous two years. Georgia College has won the competition 13 times in the past 17 years.
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CNN's State Of The Union Downplays The Consequences Of Default
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CNN's State of the Union downplayed the economic consequences of not raising the debt ceiling, claiming "there is a way" for the federal government "to pay the bills." Economists, however, have warned that a default would have catastrophic effects. Moreover, even if the federal government could stave off default by prioritizing interest payments, the decline of government spending would create "a massive demand shock to the economy."
On State of the Union, during a discussion of the consequences of failing to raise the debt ceiling, Wall Street Journal editorial board member Stephen Moore downplayed the impact of a default, arguing: "There's no default. The Treasury bills get paid before anything else does." Host Candy Crowley responded by saying, "There is a way to pay the bills, but it is unsettling, you would agree."
But in fact, economists have warned that not raising the debt ceiling would be economically calamitous for the United States. Following Republican threats not to raise the debt ceiling in 2011, Moody's analytics chief economist Mark Zandi warned of the economic ramifications of a possible default, writing that "financial markets would unravel and the U.S. and global economy would enter another severe recession." A June 2011 letter to congressional leaders, signed by 235 prominent economists, warned of the deleterious impact to the U.S. economy if the debt ceiling was not raised:
Failure to increase the debt limit sufficiently to accommodate existing U.S. laws and obligations also could undermine trust in the full faith and credit of the United States government, with potentially grave long-term consequences. This loss of trust could translate into higher interest rates not only for the federal government, but also for U.S. businesses and consumers, causing all to pay higher prices for credit. Economic growth and jobs would suffer as a result.
The Economic Policy Institute noted that even if the federal government were able to prevent default by prioritizing interest payments on the debt, the resultant ceasing of government spending would create "a massive demand shock to the economy." EPI explained:
Even if the Treasury were able to avoid officially defaulting on the debt by prioritizing interest payments, the government would have to immediately cut expenditures by roughly 10 percent of that month's GDP, and more than that as time went on. This means Social Security checks would be cut, doctors would not be reimbursed in full for seeing Medicare and Medicaid patients, and private contractors doing business with the federal government would not be paid. All of this would constitute a massive demand shock to the economy.
A Treasury Department report, titled "Debt Limit: Myth v. Fact," stated that efforts to prioritize payments on the national debt above other legal obligations "would not prevent default, since it would seek to protect only principal and interest payments and not other legal obligations of the United States from non-payment":
Suggestions that Congress could somehow evade responsibility for raising the debt limit by passing legislation to "prioritize" payments on the national debt above other legal obligations of the United States are simply not true. This would not prevent default, since it would seek to protect only principal and interest payments and not other legal obligations of the United States from non-payment. Adopting a policy that payments to investors should take precedence over other U.S. legal obligations would merely be default by another name, since the world would recognize it as a failure by the United States to stand behind its commitments. It would therefore bring about the same catastrophic economic consequences.


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The Miniatures Collection presents the most important classics of modern furniture history in miniature scale of 1 : 6. The construction, materials and colors correspond to the historical Vitra Design Museum collection original, right down to the last detail. Because they are so true to the originals, the miniatures are not only valuable collector's items, but also ideal illustrative material for universities, colleges of design and architects.
The Miniatures Collection is unique worldwide. For each miniature, there is a license agreement with the designer or their estate. Many designers collaborate with us to develop the miniatures of their own designs and offer their assistance by supplying information on the objects.
Charles and Ray Eames received a commission to design the interiors of three lobbies in the new Time & Life Building at Rockefeller Center in New York City.
In addition to outfitting these spaces, this major project encompassed the development of the comfortably upholstered Lobby Chairs and a group of stools made out of solid walnut. The lathe-turned stools, which were also conceived by Ray to be used as small occasional tables, have distinctive individual profiles. The sculptural and decorative character of the stools makes the most striking impression when they are grouped together.
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Honorable Paul J. De Muniz was elected to the Oregon Supreme Court in 2000 and served as the court's Chief Justice and administrative head of the Oregon Judicial Department from January 2006 to May 2012. Between 1990 and 2000, he sat on the Oregon Court of Appeals and served as presiding judge on one of the three panels that comprise that body. Prior to ascending to the bench, Justice De Muniz was in private practice for 13 years with the Salem, Oregon, law firm of Garrett, Seideman, Hemann, Robertson and De Muniz PC, where he specialized in complex criminal and civil litigation, as well as appeals. From 1975 to 1977, he was a deputy public defender for the State of Oregon.
In November 2011, Justice De Muniz was inducted into the National Center for State Courts' Warren E. Burger Society in recognition of his commitment to improving the administration of justice within the states. In addition to his work within Oregon, he also was a member of the Conference of Chief Justices and was elected to its Board of Directors in 2008. He is on the Board of Trustees for the National Judicial College and recently completed a three-year term as a member of the Harvard Kennedy School's Executive Session for State Court Leaders in the 21st Century. In 2002, Justice De Muniz founded a rule-of-law partnership with judicial leaders in the Russian Far East, working with lawyers and judges in Russia to implement reforms within the Russian criminal justice system.
Justice De Muniz speaks frequently to both national and international audiences on the importance of maintaining independent state judiciaries, improving state court administration and the need for adequate state court funding. He has served as the 2009 Robert H. Jackson Lecturer for the National Judicial College and, in 2010, addressed judicial leaders from 55 countries at the Asian Pacific Courts Conference on the ways and means of judicial branch strategic planning. Later that year, Justice De Muniz gave the 17th annual Justice William Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice at New York University Law School, discussing the need for reengineering state court operations.
Justice De Muniz's work has been recognized with a number of state and national awards, among them: the National Judicial College's 2009 Distinguished Service Award, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' Judicial Recognition Award, the Oregon Classroom Project's 2011 Legal Citizen of the Year Award, the Oregon Area Jewish Committee's 2010 Judge Learned Hand Lifetime Achievement Award, the Oregon Hispanic Bar Association's Paul J. De Muniz Professionalism Award, the Edwin J. Peterson Racial Reconciliation Award, and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers' AssociationKenneth Morrow Lifetime Achievement Award.
Paul De Muniz was raised by his mother in Portland, Oregon, and attended Portland's public schools. After finishing high school, he joined the US Air Force and served a one-year tour of duty in Vietnam. After his discharge from the service, Justice De Muniz received his bachelor's degree from Portland State University in 1972 and his JD from the Willamette University College of Law in 1975. De Muniz was the first Hispanic American elected to statewide office in Oregon. In 2010, Hispanic Business Magazine named him among the 100 most influential Hispanics in America. Today, he sits on the Board of Trustees of Willamette University and the World Affairs Council of Oregon. Justice De Muniz and his wife, Mary, reside in Salem, Oregon, and have three grown children and two grandchildren.
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The contest to captain the Titanic lead Scottish Labour, continues.
Gray Man
I see my friend Fern Cake (see comments) has as always got his finger on the political pulse. According to The Times it could be that Ian Gray and Margaret Curran may stand as a "Dream Ticket". There is still speculation that Cathy Jamieson will stand and she could team up with John Park standing as a "Hard Ticket".
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Tetchy old hack Angus McLeod says in the same paper that "Nelson Mandela could not win the next Holyrood election for Labour". That statement would seem to work on several levels.
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The combination of history, the beauty of the race course and unique qualifying standards makes the Boston Marathon one of the best known and most popular marathons in the world. Running the Boston Marathon is a lifetime goal for many runners throughout North America and the world.
Boston Marathon Travel Made Easy
The Boston Marathon course begins in the small village of Hopkinton and winds its way through a series of small communities on the way to Boston. The course is lined with spectators throughout the route who delight in encouraging runners along the way, from the elites to the back of the pack finishers. Rounding the final corner from Hereford to Boylston streets and seeing the finish line 600 yards in the distance is a triumphant experience that every runner should experience at least once.
Getting to Boston
If you're coming by air, you'll arrive through Logan International Airport which is only a short ride from Downtown Boston. Once there, you can take a cab into the city or hop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority buses which take you directly from the airport to the city's subway line.
If you're coming by train, Amtrak offers several routes into the city with three Boston stops:
- Rte. 128 stops about 12 miles outside the city center and takes you to the southwest part of the city.
- Back Bay Station takes you closest to the finish line of the marathon and the downtown hotels which are most convenient for those running the race.
- The South Station terminal is close to the theatre and financial district, not far from Back Bay and allows you to hook up with the Red Line subway.
If you're travelling by car, you can take one of three main routes. The Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) comes into Boston from the west, and the I-95 and I-93 pass through the city from the north and south.
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The MBTA bus and subway systems are easy to use and cover the city very well. There are 5 different color coded subway lines, the Red, Orange, Green, Blue and Silver. Each of these cover a different area of the city and you can link from one line to another at various stops along the way.
You can purchase unlimited daily bus and subway passes for $9 per day or $15 for a week. Children under 11 ride free and students, seniors and those with disabilities are eligible for significantly discounted rates.
There are plenty of cabs available locally as well, but the public transit system renders these largely unnecessary unless you're in a rush.
with the excellent public transportation system and high cost of parking, car rentals are often not preferred. However, if you wish to compare car rental rates, check RentalCars.com
Where to Stay in Boston
The Boston Marathon presents unique challenges in choosing a hotel since the race is point to point, with the start and finish being a full 26 miles apart. There is very little lodging available in Hopkinton, where the race starts, however, the race organizers run shuttle buses from the Boston Common area near the finish line to the Athlete's Village in Hopkinton. These buses are for race participants only, and you must show your number to board the bus.
The most convenient place to stay is near the finish line in Boston's Back Bay Area. There are a number of hotels within a mile of the finish line.
- Boston Marriot Copely Place This hotel is located within steps of the finish line and less than a mile from Fenway Park and Boston Common.
- Holiday Inn Boston at Beacon Hill Affordable lodgings in the Beacon Hill district, less than a mile from the finish line and just a couple of blocks from the pre-race Pasta Dinner location.
- The Boston Omni Parker House Hotel is located just to the north of the Shuttle Bus pick up location on Tremont St. and is very convenient for the early morning trip to Hopkinton. It's in the Beacon Hill District and is just across the street from the pre-race pasta dinner.
- The Radisson Boston is just across the street from the Park Plaza Hotel and offers excellent access to the finish line and the family meeting place on Stuart St. where families can meet up with the runners after they finish.
- Sheraton Boston Located a few blocks south of the finish line, the Sheraton Boston is one of Boston's finest hotels. It recently underwent a $55 million renovation and has more than 1,200 rooms to offer.
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The pre-race pasta meal is located outdoors near Beacon Hill on Tremont St., just steps from the Government Center subway stop. If you're looking for local restaurants, you can't do better than Maggiano's Little Italy, on Columbus Avenue, a block south of Boston Common near the Park Plaza Hotel. It's a family restaurant with great food and huge portions, just what you're looking for if you're loading up on carbs for race day.
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Boston is one of the most historic cities in America. The combination of city's history, the friendliness of the people and the fantastic architecture make Boston an excellent tourist destination, even for those not running the race. Viator offers a number of reasonably priced tours and attractions in the Greater Boston area.
The Boston City Pass is a great way to get an overview of the city's most famous attractions. For a surprisingly low price, you get access to:
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· The JFK Library and museum or the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
· The Museum of Fine Arts.
· The Skywalk Observatory at the Prudential Center.
· The Museum of Science.
Each ticket booklet gives you vital information such as the hours of operation, how to get there and tips for making the most of your experience. Another similar tour card is the Go Boston Card.
The Boston Dinner Cruise takes you on a three hour tour through the famous Boston Harbor. The cruise allows you to enjoy fine dining, delicious wines and live entertainment.
You can peruse all of Boston's major landmarks on the Boston Duck Tour. Take a ride on a renovated authentic WWII amphibious vehicle to explore sights such as the State House, Bunker Hill, the Fleet Center, Copley Square and more before finishing with a trip down the Charles River to view the city from a rarely seen perspective.
If you're looking for something a little off beat, you can try the Boston Ghosts and Gravestones Tour, which takes you on a walking tour through 17th century burial grounds to the graves of Paul Revere, John Hancock and Samuel Adams.
The Boston Whale Watching Cruise takes you on a 3 hour catamaran trip to see the North East Coast's most vibrant whale watching location. You're guaranteed to see a whale during your cruise. If no whales are sighted, you'll get a free ticket for an upcoming cruise.
The Boston Hop-on Hop-off Trolley Tour let's you see Boston at your own pace. There are 18 stops and you can hop on or hop off whenever you like. Trolleys leave every 20 to 30 minutes and visit the following attractions and more:
- New England Aquarium.
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- The Theater District.
- The Original "Cheers".
- Copley Square.
- Christian Science Plaza.
- Fenway Park.
- Boston Common.
Useful Boston Marathon Travel Links
- Boston Sightseeing from Viator
- Boston City Pass
- Go Boston Card
- Orbitz
- Expedia
- Hotels.com
- RentalCars.com
- Priceline.com
- Boston Marathon Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- RoadRunnerSports.com
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While all of our American readers were enjoying a nice, well-deserved holiday (even though Frank and I had to work on Canada Day!), a nice, juicy rumor popped up to go along with those nice, juicy hot dogs on the BBQ. A list of Capcom's upcoming PlayStation Portable games for Japan has revealed what could be a new entry in the Devil May Cry series for the handheld.
Unfortunately, no information about the title is know at this time, such as a release date or actual confirmation of its existence. But E3 is just around the corner, so we may hear something then, seeing as Capcom has a few secrets to unveil at that event.
While this is still firmly in the rumor stage, it would seem plausible that Capcom could be seeking to emulate the success of the God of War series and its Chains of Olympus PSP spin-off.


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While it's not concrete and official just yet, it looks like all signs are pointing to Saoirse Ronan reuniting with Peter Jackson for his massive two-part "The Hobbit."
In an interview with IFTN (via ComingSoon) casting director Ros Hubbard confirms that Ronan has been cast — or is intended to be cast — in "The Hobbit." Talking about the strong presence of Irish actors in the forthcoming films, Hubbard said, "[W]orking with Peter Jackson is like working with a family. So they'll have a great time. Saoirse's family will go too. Everyone is very close and very loving on those sorts of jobs. It's not like typical studio movies at all."
But as you might remember, just a few days before this story, Saoirse Ronan said she hadn't yet been offered a part. But with the shoot likely to be long and the casting extensive, it's not too surprising and probably likely that not all the offers and contracts have yet been signed; there's still time. Ronan has long been rumored for the role of Itaril and we expect that's the part she'll play. We're hearing no deal is in place yet, but it sounds like it's just a matter of time.
In case you missed it, the start of the film has been slightly delayed as Peter Jackson recovers from surgery for a perforated stomach ulcer. But lensing is expected to begin next month, with an extensive cast that includes Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Richard Armitage, Aidan Turner, Rob Kazinsky, Graham McTavish, John Callen, Stephen Hunter, Mark Hadlow, Peter Hambleton, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Sylester McCoy, Adam Brown, Mikael Persbrandt, Ryan Gage, Jed Brophy, William Kircher, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen.
The first installment of "The Hobbit" lands in December 2012.
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Atlas (not his real name, I'm guessing) was in the right place at the right time with the right message. Before he came along almost a hundred years ago, the idea of bodybuilding was largely unknown. You spent your life trying to get lucky enough to avoid physical labor and exercise, after all.
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A dramatic scene was caught on video last Friday when an 18-wheeler loaded with cotton bales stuck on a railroad crossing in Kings Mountain, N.C., was sliced in half by a train that did not stop. (Beware of loud screaming on the video)
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Kevin Harlow and his wife Kassie witnessed the train crash. … Harlow described how he saw the tractor-trailer stop along the railroad crossing. He said the driver got out and unsuccessfully attempted to free his truck.
Less than three minutes later, Harlow said he heard the train's whistle and saw the lights through the trees. The tractor-trailer's driver jumped out of the train's way with about 15 seconds to spare, Harlow said.
Debris from the tractor-trailer scattered along the road. The impact sliced the vehicle into two pieces – one on either side of the tracks. White fluff covered the ground from the destroyed cotton bales the tractor-trailer carried.
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They called him Captain Santa.
For 25 years, he sailed fresh-cut trees from the northern tip of Lake Michigan to the southwest corner of the Clark Street bridge.
For Chicagoans, his arrival meant one thing: Christmas was just around the corner.
Capt. Herman Schuenemann had used a variety of ships in the late 1800s and early 1900s — the Mary Collins, the Margaret Dal, the Ida, the Truman Moss, the George L. Wren. But it was the Rouse Simmons, a rickety, old three-mast schooner, that the public seemed to embrace.
Word would trickle along the docks, its festive message proclaiming to the streets above: "The 'Christmas Tree Ship' is here!" Thousands of stacked trees, snow still on the branches, filled the decks of the Rouse Simmons, the smell of spruce and pine wafting over the bow.
Schuenemann would tie a Christmas tree atop the main mast, trumpeting the ship's arrival on the Chicago River. He would string colored lights, a novelty at the time, to the 127-foot schooner he co-owned in 1910. His wife, Barbara, and their daughters — Elsie, Hazel and Pearl — would make wreaths and garlands. He even crammed a small cabin aboard, where people could dine and chat with the crew.
It became a social event, according to Tribune accounts.
Schuenemann knew how to sell trees. Forget the middleman — local stores — he sold his trees to the people. The Tribune reported how he would routinely hang a hand-printed sign on the dock: "The Christmas Tree Ship. My prices are the lowest."
Six- to 7-foot trees sold for 25 cents to $1. A few hotels and businesses preordered 20-foot trees and paid more. But some trees were never sold. Schuenemann would give those to poor families, churches and orphanages.
"He was an excellent marketer" and a bit of a showman, said Colleen Henry, a volunteer on the archives committee at St. Pauls United Church of Christ on North Orchard Street in Lincoln Park. The Schuenemanns were members of the church, known in those days as German United Evangelical Lutheran St. Pauls Congregation. Back then, it was on LaSalle and Ohio streets.
St. Pauls will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the "Christmas Tree Ship" on Nov. 18. In attendance will be retired Dr. William Ehling, of Streator — Schuenemann's grandson.
A jovial man, Capt. Schuenemann had a "generosity of spirit," Henry said.
That entrepreneurial and Christian spirit would ferry him to Manistique and Thompson, Mich., where he and his men would venture into the woods and help the locals cut down the trees. After loading up, they would sail home. In all, it took about six weeks. If everything worked out, he would celebrate the holiday with his family in Lincoln Park, a tidy profit in hand.
There were dozens of other tree ships, but Chicagoans trusted Schuenemann. He and his older brother, August, sailed what is believed to be the first boatload of Christmas trees to Chicago in December 1887, according to Tribune files.
But it was risky business. Winter gales and ice were a constant threat.
On Nov. 9, 1898, a storm sank August Schuenemann's ship, the S. Thal, near Glencoe. He and his four-man crew drowned, the Tribune reported.
Herman, who would have been aboard, had stayed behind to care for the family lumber business and tend to his wife, who had given birth Oct. 6 to twins Hazel and Pearl. The girls were baptized at St. Pauls less than three weeks after August died.
Schuenemann carried on the family business. Year after year, he made the Christmas tree voyage. But in November 1912, disaster struck again.
After making the 300-mile trip Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Schuenemann loaded thousands of trees aboard the 44-year-old schooner.
On Nov. 21, weather conditions were deteriorating when the Rouse Simmons started to bob home. As temperatures dropped, sheets of rain and 50-mph winds kicked up waves, some as high as 20 feet, over the deck. Icy spray coated the trees, the weight pushing the ship's hull lower into the water.
A Coast Guard station spotted a ship matching the schooner's description, its sails in tatters, its flag at half-mast to signal it was in distress. But the ice-covered ship seemed to vanish in the storm Nov. 23.
Schuenemann's family waited, as did some of the families and friends of the other 16 crew members. Days went by. Still no word. The news led the Tribune's front page on Dec. 5, 1912: "'CHRISTMAS SHIP' LOST ON THE LAKE WITH 17 ON BOARD."
Then hundreds of evergreens started to wash ashore near Two Rivers, Wis.
Families remained hopeful, but a note reportedly written by Schuenemann was found along the Wisconsin coast. It seemed to sum up what had happened, according to the Tribune: "Friday — Everybody goodbye. I guess we are all thru. Sea washed over our deck load Thursday. During the night the small (lifeboat) was washed over. Leaking bad. ... God help us."
There were no survivors. A Chicago tradition turned to grief.
Years later, the Tribune reported that Schuenemann's oilskin-wrapped wallet washed ashore, a rubber band still holding it together. Inside were a few newspaper clippings about his voyages.
His wife, affectionately called the "Christmas Tree Lady," continued the family business, according to Tribune archives. She died in 1933. Her daughters carried on for a few more years, but by the end of the decade, the "Christmas Tree Ship" seemed to fade from the city's landscape.
A diver found the well-preserved remains of the Rouse Simmons in 1971, resting in about 170-foot deep waters northeast of Two Rivers.
Nearly 100 years after its sinking, Schuenemann's legacy lives on in re-enactments, museum exhibits, books, music, a movie — and actions taken by the Chicago City Council. In April, it adopted a resolution recognizing Schuenemann's contributions. And Oct. 31, it authorized the placement of a cast bronze plaque next year on the southwest corner of the Clark Street bridge.
Adorning the plaque, a line drawing of the Rouse Simmons, the "Christmas Tree Ship."
Editor's note: Thanks to Barbara Arsenault and Colleen Henry for suggesting this Flashback, and to Richard Koeneman and Tom Skilling of WGN-TV for providing weather details.


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Shapiro on racial wealth gap, Occupy movements
Director of the Institute on Assets and Social Policy shares views on economy
Thomas Shapiro has dedicated his career to closing the racial wealth gap and instituting public policy. The Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy and director of the Institute on Assets and Social Policy, is also a respected pundit for audiences ranging from the Washington Post to the Village Voice. His books, which have received wide acclaim, include "The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality," "Great Divides: Readings in Social Inequality in the United States," and "Black Wealth/White Wealth," with Dr. Melvin Oliver. We sat down with Shapiro to discuss the Occupy movements; why our economy is in trouble; race and wealth and what launched his career passions.
BrandeisNow: Do you feel that movements such as Occupy Boston and Occupy Wall Street are important to create a buzz and open up conversation?
Thomas Shapiro: I don't think the question is how long into the winter we're going to see tents in Dewey Square, but how long will the stickiness, the staying power of the conversation around inequality and the kinds of policies that that puts on the table last. I like to put the Occupy movements into a much broader context, which for me is that there is a lot of activity through grassroots organizations in communities that have more people involved than just those in the Occupy movements. They have created space for conversations to happen, created space for people like me to speak to larger audiences than I might otherwise [have the opportunity] to do. It creates cover for policy makers, because they now need to be responsive to a constituency that's more progressive than the policies that they're proposing.
Why is the topic of inequality particularly hot right now?
The topic of inequality is hot, I think, because of the Great Recession. We can track it from 2007, with very high unemployment rates, the standard of living declining for many families and rising poverty levels. When a society reaches historic levels of inequality, not only do you see that divergence in fortunes and prospects and inequality but you start to see a lot of ramifications in terms of social issues, the types of threshold problems that go with historic levels of inequality. Income inequality has not been this high since 1929. I do not think that is a random occurrence between two years, one the beginning of the Great Depression and the beginning and the consequence of the recession, the Great Recession that we're in now.
Who do you feel is responsible for the plummeting economy?
There are 1,000 cuts to this bleeding, but it is also important to figure out and to think through that not all causes are equal. We are, and have been in the midst of a structural adjustment to a different place in the global economy of the United States, something that's been going on since the early 1970s. I think some part of this is that global structural adjustment which means a lower standard of living, which means a different labor force and all kinds of things. On top of that we get the shock of the foreclosure crisis, which has its clearest roots in predatory lending, speculative investments and lack of regulation in the financial sector. That hits the perfect storm of the economy also starting to go through a recession. This is unofficially the longest sustained Great Recession since the Great Depression. But it's also part of a longer pattern of what's been happening with top bracket income taxes, top bracket estate taxes and top bracket corporate taxes, all three of which are at the lowest levels they have been at since 1929, again. The top tax bracket in the 1950s was 90 percent, today the top tax bracket is 35 percent. The top estate tax bracket three decades ago was 55 percent and is down to 35 percent. We've created a tax policy that is lopsided in distributing the huge amount of the benefits to those that need it the least, those at the very top.
You began research your research on inequality two decades ago. What first moved you to this?
I was in high school when John F. Kennedy was assassinated and began some exploratory participation in what it was about. As a young boy I witnessed inequality around farm workers in the citrus industry in California and Arizona. A lot of this crystallized when I was a senior in high school and was arrested for something that I did not do. This was in 1964, and the attitude and the politics and the institutions around that time forced me into a situation where I was told not to vehemently protest my innocence of the charge, but to be good about it, to nod, and it would go away. In the process, I was thrown in jail overnight. As a 17 year old [the experience] was simultaneously horrifying and imprinting. It's about the level of how innocence is not taken as the assumption, how the label sticks, and how difficult it is to right an injustice, and to think about people where real injustices are done.
How and when did you begin investigating the wealth gap?
My interest in wealth inequality started two decades ago, looking at the ways in which the prospects of African American and white and Latino and Asian families differed according to the financial assets and resources of their families, which is something that had not been studied much in the American social sciences.
What prompted your research in race and wealth?
I became involved through an academic and policy project where we were trying to get at the issue of affirmative action. For the first time, in 1984, publicly available information about family wealth became available for researchers and we became extremely excited about a way to crack open a window to the past. Wealth, unlike most other things, is something that can be passed along. We can track the historical legacy of race, possibly through that avenue and it might tell us something — perhaps a new way of looking at racial inequality, certainly a way of assessing affirmative action and policies around race in the United States. It was the moment where the availability of the data matched sort of an intellectual roadblock that we felt the social sciences had come to, and that was a way to unlock it.
You coined the term "transformative assets" while writing "The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality" (Oxford Press 2004). It describes the inherited wealth that lifts a family beyond their own achievements and contributing to the wealth gap between working-class and middle-class families and individuals. Will you expand on that?
Whether inherited or earned, for many families, transformative assets have the capacity to lift them above the economic station in which their earnings otherwise would put them, allowing families to live in upper middle class communities when their income might otherwise have put them in a middle class or a working class community; allow families to send their children to private schools to navigate what can be very weak public school systems. That provides thinking about a pathway of how inequality and advantage and disadvantage is passed along through families.
You recently attended a teach-in at Northeastern University, and discussed a number of subjects including the wealth gap. Do you feel we should have a teach-in at Brandeis, and if so, how would you like to see it run?
For me, a teach-in is also a listen in. It's for the community to come together in a way that shares information and tries to work through some evidence and what to do about that. The structure and format of a teach-in at Brandeis should reflect the values of this community.
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SkyNet has taken over the market, it now appears poised to make labor and wages redundant (and while we hardly welcome our new robotic overlords, we doubt anyone would shed a tear if the House and Senate replaced its 535 corpulent windbags with a bunch of Johnny 5s engaged in binary colloquies). The world's biggest non-debt based slave-driver, Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn, also known as the place where all of your iPhones, Pads, etc, are made, has just announced that it will deal with rising wages by doing what US-based quants have figured out years ago: outsource it all to robots. About a million of them. The irony is that the last time we looked at Foxconn, we asked: "what happens when this million realizes it can only buy half a McRib sandwich with the money it makes, courtesy of the primary US export to China, and demands a pay raise. What happens to Apple margins then?" We now have our answer. Per Xinhua: "Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will replace some of its workers with 1 million robots in three years to cut rising labor expenses and improve efficiency, said Terry Gou, founder and chairman of the company, late Friday. The robots will be used to do simple and routine work such as spraying, welding and assembling which are now mainly conducted by workers, said Gou at a workers' dance party Friday night." As a reminder, with over 1 million workers, Foxconn has enough people on its payroll that if mobilized would be the 5th largest army in the world, and just after WalMart in total number of employees, albeit instead of spread out around the world, are all concentrated in one small space.
The company currently has 10,000 robots and the number will be increased to 300,000 next year and 1 million in three years, according to Gou.
Foxconn, the world's largest maker of computer components which assembles products for Apple, Sony and Nokia, is in the spotlight after a string of suicides of workers at its massive Chinese plants, which some blamed on tough working conditions.
The company currently employs 1.2 million people, with about 1 million of them based on the Chinese mainland.
What happens when other Chinese companies, flush with CapEx-beckoning cash decide to do the same, and engage in a worker-for-debt swap? Sure margins will surge, Chinese imports will drop in price, but what about the imminent wave of discontent courtesy of tens of millions of laid off workers replaced with machines?
Is it time for another dystopian Philip K. Dick-esque novella looking at our increasingly roboticized future? Or do we all know by now how it ends?


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I blogged it only tangentially, here, last Christmas Day:
Merry Christmas.I was "not celebrating Christmas today," because by then, I'd rescheduled Christmas for January 25th, when I did go to Austin.
I hope you have a happy Christmas, if you're celebrating Christmas. Is anyone here not celebrating Christmas today? If so, is it because you never celebrate Christmas or is this year different for some reason? Are you experiencing Christmas woes? For Christmas solace, congregate here.
But now it's Christmas 2008 -- 2008, the year with 2 Christmases -- and I'm happily in Madison and not alone -- though I am the only one awake, which makes for good blogging time. And I see that many people are stranded in airports:
Tom Waltz, his wife, Kristina, and their two daughters played a Christmas Eve game of Crazy Eights in a corner at O'Hare International Airport, trying to forget the past four days of flight delays and cancellations that spoiled their holiday plans.Aw, Samantha, some day you'll think fondly of the time your family was all together and you played Crazy Eights on the carpet in an airport. It's a nontraditional Christmas celebration, but then, so is a Caribbean cruise. And maybe this family doesn't even celebrate Christmas. I guess missing one's cruise pretty much sucks too -- or stinks, as the nice kids say.
The family from Vancouver, Wash., tried to fly out of Portland, Ore., on Saturday, but a blast of snow and ice kept them from getting a flight for two days. On Wednesday evening, they hunkered down for their second night at O'Hare, awaiting a Christmas Day flight to Miami, where they hoped to catch a Caribbean cruise on Saturday.
"It stinks," said 11-year-old Samantha Waltz. "We're playing cards to get our mind off of things."
Merry Christmas to all, wherever you are, whatever religion or nonreligion you are. Are you reading this blog while stranded in some airport? I acknowledge your disappointment. The time in airports is also part of life, though it's one of those parts we wish away. Perhaps the happiest moment of your life will be spent in an airport. Perhaps the happiest moment of your life will be spent in an airport because you were delayed. On Christmas.


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"A master of screen comedy. He is every bit as worthy of study and praise as Tati, yet he is all but unknown today." LEONARD MALTIN
"Étaix is a revelation: hilarious, subversive, deadpan. You can see in his work the seeds of everything we've laughed at during the last 60-plus years." KEN BURNS
NEW 35mm PRINTS ► A gag writer for Jacques Tati; an Academy Award winner after just his second comic short; a close creative partner of the great French screenwriter and frequent Buñuel collaborator Jean-Claude Carrière; a gifted physical comedian and director responsible for a much-acclaimed (but long-unavailable) body of work in the 1960s; an actor and performer whose many screen credits include Fellini's The Clowns and Aki Kaurismäki's Le Havre —Pierre Étaix may very well be, as the Los Angeles Times recently called him, "the funniest filmmaker you've never heard of."
"Pierre Étaix is back, by popular demand. Jerry Lewis acclaimed him as a genius and Terry Gilliam is a devoted fan, but until very recently, the 83-year-old Étaix, a comedian, magician and clown who Paris-Match called 'the French Buster Keaton', was in danger of being forgotten entirely. His films are timeless treasures of whimsical, physical comedy, but copyright difficulties meant that his movies had not been distributed, let alone released on home video, for decades. Étaix's signature on a disastrous distribution contract cast his films into oblivion, but 56,000 more, including those of Jean-Luc Godard, David Lynch and Woody Allen, on a petition in 2009, have rescued them for posterity. The end to this long-running legal dispute should be a cause for celebration among film fans, even though many, quite understandably, will never have seen one of his movies before. .... Thanks to support from the public and his fellow filmmakers, Étaix's films have been fully restored (under his supervision, by Technicolor and Groupama Gan) and are being shown again around the world." PAMELA HUTCHINSON, THE GUARDIAN
"Keaton? Lloyd? Tati? Inspired by the first two and protégé and gag writer for the third (he also penned Tati's trademark cartoon silhouette), Pierre Étaix (pronounced "ay-TEX"; born 1928) has had a lifelong love affair with silent cinema and the circus, combining the two in a series of brilliantly-inventive '60s comedies — all co-scripted with the legendary Jean-Claude Carrière (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Tin Drum, The Return of Martin Guerre, etc. etc.). All but unknown since he stopped making them, Étaix's hilarious oeuvre is finally back in circulation again, after decades of rights disputes." FILM FORUM NEW YORK


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