text: On 12 June 2011 11:49, Pascal Costanza <pc at p-cos.net> wrote: > Hi, > > This is all very frustrating. With ASDF 1.x, everything worked fine and I have never encountered any issues. Since CL implementations "upgraded" to ASDF 2.x, things run into problems on a regular basis. > I'm sorry you're running into problems. I could have done things better. Yet, I believe ASDF 2 is a clear improvement over ASDF 1. I also believe a lot of your problems come from your rash attitude in dealing with adversity. > What is really annoying is that the ASDF 2.x documentation is misleading. *central-registry* is described as old-style and deprecated that is hopefully going away in the future, and logical pathnames are also described as old-style and better to be avoided. If I read the recent messages by Fare and James correctly, it turns out that if I had sticked to *central-registry* and switched to logical pathnames, everything would be fine and I wouldn't have had to waste time on a very frustrating experience. > I still believe central-registry and logical pathnames are old style, since they necessitate implementation-dependent configuration (i.e. more buck) for results of more limited applicability (i.e. less bang). I am unwilling to dig into each implementation's details and document the 14 different ways to get things working this way. For a less frustrating experience, you could communicate better and earlier about your problems. For instance, you apparently switched to logical pathnames after you experienced a bug in the ASDF support for RMCL. If only you had reported that my previous series of fixes to RMCL support still didn't solve your issues, and kept pressing the issues, I would have provided a solution then, rather than when Binghe reported the issue again a few months afterwards. > Please take one or two steps back and try to see the global picture: Logical pathnames and *central-registry* have their quirks and complications, that is correct. But all you're doing is to replace this with an alternative that has again their own quirks and complications. So overall you're not making things easier, you're just replacing one difficult-to-use system with another difficult-to-use system. This is not a win, not for anybody. > I believe I made things easier: no more per-implementation configuration, no more attempts to badly documentation half of them. > ASDF is not the central focus of my work. It's a tool that is supposed to make my life easier, not harder. I want to contribute to the Common Lisp community by providing my own libraries, not by fighting a build tool. > > I will try to switch to *central-registry* again. It seems promising that this could actually work in the mid run and not cause any further problems down the line. Please make sure that it stays that way. > > Best, > Pascal > > On 12 Jun 2011, at 02:25, Faré wrote: > >> TL;DR: ASDF currently doesn't play so well with logical pathnames. >> I'm seeking advice on how to make things better — >> or on whether it's worth the trouble. >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> Pascal's recent plight with logical pathnames on SBCL >> once again rises the issue of how much ASDF (or SBCL) >> should support logical pathname users, and >> how they should behave to make logical pathname users happy. >> >> With case-sensitivity issues, things only get worse! >> >> (Note: personally inviting James Anderson to the discussion, since >> he's the only strong proponent and user of logical pathnames I know.) >> >> >> REMINDER ABOUT LOGICAL PATHNAMES (LPNs) >> >> So, the CLHS says LPNs are case-converted to upper-case, >> portably restricted to such upper-case characters, >> and get translated to physical pathnames >> in an implementation-dependent way. >> On Unix, with its case-sensitive filesystems and lower-case conventions, >> the useful thing is then downcasing names. >> >> At least SBCL and CLISP follow both the standard >> and the useful pathname mapping convention. >> SBCL goes on to length to throw an error >> when non-portable code tries to break >> the standard restrictions on logical-pathnames; >> CLISP will let you manually make-pathname a LPN >> with lower-case or mixed-case characters, but >> will still downcase them at the end >> (the latest CLISP 2.49 also seems to not want to create >> a logical pathname with parse-namestring). >> CCL tries to make users happy by leaving the logical pathname host >> case-insensitive (per the standard) but case-preserving, >> and being case-sensitive in the rest of the pathname >> (if you want upper-case, you know where to find it). >> To collect and analyze the behavior of each of 14 implementations >> is left as an exercise to the logical-pathname loving reader [M20]. >> To devise, document and get implementations to adopt a common behavior >> that would be universally accepted by all is left as another exercise [50]. >> >> >> ASDF NAMING OF SYSTEMS >> >> Similarly, when naming an ASDF system, to allow >> to designate systems with symbols (CL legacy), which are case-converted, >> yet map them to a unixy lower-case name, and still >> allow systems with all kind of cases, >> symbols are downcased whereas strings preserved. >> Then the filesystem is queried with the resulting normalized string name >> (see function coerce-name). >> >> Now with its good old central-registry, >> ASDF used to query each directory every time a system was requested. >> This works great with logical pathnames, as it defers >> all case handling to the last minute, and allows .asd files >> to be loaded with a LPN as the *load-pathname*. >> However, this was somewhat slow, and >> it didn't scale to recursively searching directories, >> and so came the habit of creating "link farms", >> single directories with plenty of symlinks to adequate .asd files. >> Of course, symlinks are both not so portable >> (not very well supported in Windows, if at all, though >> later versions of ASDF recognize Windows shortcuts as a substitute), >> and a maintenance nightmare (unlike Macintosh aliases, >> they are not automatically updated >> when a system is installed, moved or deleted). >> Therefore link farms were not a good interface to end-users. >> >> For ASDF 2, I implemented a new way to manage system files: >> the source-registry. It allows you to specify trees to search recursively >> as well as single directories. Whether the registry is searched lazily >> (when a system is requested) or eagerly (one the first time around) or >> yet something else, was left unspecified. In my first implementation of it, >> I built upon the previous central-registry, and at initialization time >> I was looking for which subdirectories in the specified trees >> did contain .asd files, then saved these in a list that I consulted >> in the very same way as the central-registry. >> (Note: the central registry is still there, and consulted first.) >> >> However, DIRECTORY returns fully resolved TRUENAMEs, and >> any portable way of searching inside subdirectories is doomed >> to squash away logical pathnames. Currently, any use of :tree >> in source-registry will resolve into physical pathnames (PPNs) >> on most implementations, and always did. >> >> However, entries with :directory used to preserve LPNs. >> Not so with 2.014.7, where, prompted by a Quicklisp feature request, >> I implemented eager caching of ASDF systems. So I query DIRECTORY >> and save the results in a hash-table indexed by pathname-name. >> The table is case-sensitive, to reflect the case-sensitive names of ASDF. >> One consequence is that :directory entries do not preserve LPNs anymore. >> >> Another more subtle consequence is that things may go wrong >> if your filesystem is case-insensitive but case-preserving. >> In the old way of doing things (still available with the central-registry), >> you'd typically be looking for the file with lower-case name, >> and you would find it even if named in different cases on disk. >> With the old way, you'll record the name in its case mix, >> and will never match it against the (lowercase) name. >> So some systems that depend on this behavior will disappear. >> >> >> POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS >> >> An easy way out is to declare that ASDF from now on >> shall be case-insensitive, using EQUALP to compare system names >> and in hash-tables that cache system files. >> Another way out is to declare that ASDF is still case sensitive, >> and that the only case allowed is lower-case for physical filenames. >> Any system that doesn't work with this new interpretation >> probably didn't work portably with the old one, anyway. >> >> A harder way out would be to assume case-sensitivity in the filesystem >> (since some filesystems are case-sensitive, and any asd file that depends >> on case-insensitivity is non-portable and deserves to lose), >> and make extra effort when using DIRECTORY against logical pathnames >> to always reconstitute LPNs from the PPNs given by directory, >> and drop the reconstituted results if they don't resolve to the same thing. >> But is it worth the pain? >> >> Finally, I could do nothing, and assume that >> people who go through the pain of setting up logical pathnames >> before they run ASDF can just as well setup the *central-registry* >> and have LPNs be recognized in the good old way. >> If you use the source-registry, your LPNs will be squashed, >> and nothing will break in the code since code works fine with PPNs, >> just like most everyone use it, but your debug information >> will be stored according to the PPN, not the LPN. Meh. >> >> Zach (if you're still reading), do any systems in the wild >> use anything but lower-case names for system files? >> >> [ François-René ÐVB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] >> Two members of the Political Police salute a giant portrait of our Great Leader >> - Comrade, do you think the same as I do? inquires the first one, with >> a sincere gaze pleeing into his colleagues' eyes. >> - Comrade, the second one replies and returns the same gaze: yes, I do. >> - In that case, comrade, you're under arrest! concludes the first one. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content >> authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image >> Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Sbcl-devel mailing list >> Sbcl-devel at lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sbcl-devel > > -- > Pascal Costanza > > > >


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Hi all,
thank you for your feedback and comments.
In case you haven't seen it, I merged all ATHENA posts into one page:
But be warned, it is huge and will take a long time to load.
The build of the HERMES continued over the last few days, and I think I made good progress.
First I added the intake fan.
Then the first armor panels and the front grill.
More panels.
After that I started to build up the passenger pod.
Fits snugly under the body.
Other than the VIP pod, this one has sliding doors.
As Malevengion commented:
One thing I wonder about the HERMES design is how is it intended to maneuver? It's got plenty of thrust and vectored thrust nozzles for VTOL capability but seems a bit light on control surfaces. Of course, it's a bit of a roar in there and cause carnage sort of aircraft so it works (and it's looking good too!) but that's just my take. I look forward to seeing this diorama come along!
Maneuver? We're Imperial Guard! We only go straight! And we're only going forward 'cause we can't find reverse :)
Just kidding.
I added some flaps to the fins (top and side) that should allow some additional maneuver force to the various thrusters.
I added some flaps to the fins (top and side) that should allow some additional maneuver force to the various thrusters.
With most of the inside completed I worked on the passenger pod.
First was the bench.
GreenStuff for the cushions.
And some holders for the seats (in open position).
Mounted together with some grab handles.
Almost done!
Still needs the lights and a million of rivets :)
I really like this version of the HERMES.
What do you think?


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Jump to: speaker intro | downloadable hi-res portrait | Contact info
My photography comes down to this:
When people tell their stories, I listen with my camera. I constantly end up in situations, even when I am out photographing landscapes, where fascinating stories tumble out of complete strangers. Why, I can't say. Instead I try to anticipate and honor these intimate moments by translating stories into compelling images.
Somewhere on Highway 89 I began to almost expect and rely on these exchanges. They resonate through my first book, U.S. Highway 89: the Scenic Route to Seven Western National Parks (Sagebrush Press, 2009). In the three years of research and photography for that project, I drove 15,000 miles to document the 1,600 mile, border-to-border transect through the intermountain west. I also jumped in the middle of a Hell's Angels motorbike ride, learned to throw a tomahawk and went on my first cattle round-up with new friends I made along the way.
For historian Gary Toppings' The Story of the Cathedral of the Madeleine (Sagebrush Press, 2009), I produced a full color photographic essay documenting Utah's Catholic community in their spiritual home. Photographed between Christmas and Easter 2009, I was granted extraordinary access to witness the major liturgical rituals and individual acts of faith for the series. Under a tight deadline, Topping's history was issued to coincide with the August 2009 centennial of the landmark structure.
I look for my own stories in the context of the American West. I am most interested in the competing drivers of change and tradition; volunteerism and leadership in rural communities; passionate individuals of any stripe; and the romance of the road. I am currently working on another book-length project and creating a fine-art series that reinterprets western themes.
Based in Salt Lake City and Torrey, the gateway town to Capitol Reef National Park in southern Utah, I am conveniently located to serve documentary, editorial and commercial clients throughout the intermountain west. If you have a story to tell, let's begin the conversation (contact link).
Ann Torrence drove over 15,000 miles to research and photograph her first solo work, U.S. Highway 89: the Scenic Route to Seven Western National Parks. The Highway 89 project explores a north-south transect of the United States as a metaphor for the myths and realities of the American West. Ann's documentary photos explore the interplay of the human element and landscape; transformations of culture–what is kept, lost, and reinvented over time; passionate people of any stripe, and the idea of the great American west.
Ann is based in Salt Lake City, where she co-founded Utah's largest photography group, PhotowalkingUtah (1000+ members), teaches workshops on photography for the University of Utah's Continuing Education program and was the Entrada Institute 2010 Artist-in-Residence (in Torrey, Utah). Her book won the City Weekly 2010 Artys Award for Best Non-Fiction Book.


text: DigitalTime Inc., Smithsonian Pair Up On AdvertisingBy Amanda Ernst|February 1, 2010 ShareBy Amanda Ernst|February 1, 2010 Share Advertising revenues are at a premium these days, so magazine publishers are seeking ever more creative ways to market themselves to advertisers.Take today's announcement that Time Inc. is now pairing with Smithsonian Media — the publisher of high class titles like Smithsonian magazine — to offer multi-title advertising opportunities to clients. Time Inc. will now include Smithsonian's titles in its offerings, adding to Smithsonian's sales efforts that are already in place.Although Time Inc.'s 21 magazines and 26 Web sites in the U.S. have a greater reach, Smithsonian is one of the largest magazines in the country — reaching seven million readers with a circulation of two million. So even though on the outset it seems like Smithsonian has the most to gain from this partnership, it looks like Time Inc. will also be pulling in some additional ad space from allying itself with Smithsonian's iconic brands."This is a great opportunity for both companies to bring even more to our advertising partners," said Time Inc.'s president of corporate sales and marketing Leslie Picard in a statement about the partnership, adding that Smithsonian's brands are "wonderful complement" to Time's portfolio.Who will partner up next?Full release after the jump Time Inc. and Smithsonian Media Announce New Strategic Partnership— Time Inc. to include Smithsonian in corporate sales offering —New York, N.Y. (Feb. 1, 2010) — Beginning this month, Time Inc. will include Smithsonian Media properties — led by Smithsonian magazine and the Smithsonian Media digital network — among its advertising sales and marketing offerings, it was announced today by Time Inc. and Smithsonian Media.Through the new strategic partnership, Time Inc. will include Smithsonian Media properties in corporate-level, multi-title opportunities offered to its clients. The arrangement will augment, not replace, Smithsonian's existing sales efforts. The two companies will share in revenues generated from advertising sales associated with this partnership."This is a great opportunity for both companies to bring even more to our advertising partners," said Leslie Picard, President of Time Inc. Corporate Sales & Marketing. "Smithsonian Media properties are of the highest quality, led by its flagship, Smithsonian magazine. They are a wonderful complement to Time Inc.'s best-in-class portfolio of trusted brands.""We're pleased to join with Time Inc. in this endeavor, as both Smithsonian and Time Inc. publish truly iconic, legendary brands," said Tom Ott, President of Smithsonian Enterprises. "I'm confident that advertisers will be receptive to this new opportunity." Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kZc2vQ copy Adweek Adweek


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Well what happened was I got tired of painting black (the raven guard) and needed something both dual purpose for 30 and 40k
And with a bit of colour,
So I'm doing some night lords.
I'm into my loyalists so it's going to be a loyalist or rebel force for 30k (campaign dependant) and a loyalist splinter fleet of night lords under a different name for 40k.
Anyway, here's the beginnings..


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Chinese Learning Resources
I've spent many hours honing my learning-Chinese setup, and this page is intended to share some of the resources I've found.
Define-on-highlight in Kindle (with pinyin)
I consider highlight-on-lookup an essential feature for reading 'real' Chinese long-form material. I don't have the patience to handwrite characters into Pleco every time I don't understand what's going on. This problem is solved with the following (very-very-very-critical-to-my-life) file [here]. It's mobi file for the English-Chinese dictionary CC-CEDICT.
I put this file in the documents/dictionaries directory on my Kindle; it might be different for your e-reader. If your e-reader doesn't support mobi, I suggest the wonderful tool ebook-convert as a means to convert it to epub.
This isn't a perfect solution; CC-CEDICT is probably my least favorite English-Chinese dictionary around, but I have been unable to find any other dictionaries in electronic form. The Kindle has a English-Chinese dictionary by default, but for baffling reasons, it does not include pinyin.
Another good approach could be add pinyin to the builtin Kindle dictionary, but the file format might be obsfucated.
Programmatically collecting vocab words from books
ChineseTextAnalyzer is the best program of this type I've seen so far (shout out to the incredible 书博 for telling me about this one). It does a lot of stuff, but I'll just outline my favorite part here.
You feed it a text file and it splits the file up into words (presumably with longest-match against CC-CEDICT). Based on a set of 'known words,' ChineseTextAnalyzer can give you a list of unknown words from the corpus, sorted by frequency of appearance in the text. It's then super easy to export these words into a CSV file and import into Anki.
I find this method of gathering vocab to be much more motivating that studying lists of words from a textbook. This way, I get longer-form reading with content I'm interested in, and a vocab list custom-tailored to the content I want to consume.


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Dialect in Korean is referred to as 사투리 ~ Satoori. The standard South Korean dialect and the most widely used is 서울말~ Seoulmal ~ Seoul speach. The chart below shows the different classification of the Korean dialect according to regions
Source: Wikepedia. A chart showing the classification of dialect in the Korean Peninsula
The northeastern and Northwestern as well as Yeongdong dialects are used in parts of North Korea and Northeastern China. The rest are all part of the South Korean dialect and is widely spread between the eight regions. Just like the English language, the most noticeable difference between these dialects is tonation. There is also a major distinction in some of the vocabulary where some words are completely different. The Korean grammar has what is referred to as word endings, this can be used to identify the distinctions in these dialects. An example
- The phrase 'What did you just say?'
뭐라고 ~ Mworago ~ Seoul dialect
뭐라카노 ~ Mworakano?~ Gyeongsang dialect
- The word 'Really' / 'Is that so?'
쿠래 ~ Kurae? ~ Seoul dialect
맞나 ~ Manna? ~ Gyeongsang dialectGenerally the differences in the dialects allow for comprehensible conversations except for Jeju dialect, which is sometimes considered as a separate language because it is often incomparable to the Korean language. UNESCO and the locals consider it as a distinct language.
|Map of South Korea showing the different provinces and it's cities
I cannot remember the first time I heard Satoori, mostly because when I first started watching K-Dramas, I didn't pay much attention to the Korean language. Frankly, at that time everything sounded the same to me and I hadn't the slightest clue what was being said (Thank you subtitles). But along the line, as I began to learn more about the Korean language and familiarize with the sounds, I started noticing the contrast in their manner of speaking and pronouncing words and also how some words differ.
The first time I remember hearing Satoori was in the drama 응답하라 1997 ~ Reply Me 1997, a nostalgic drama that takes us back to the 90's depicting the growing pains of six Busan teenagers. Set in Busan, it gives us not only an insight on how Korea was in the 90s but specifically Busan, and a full-on Korean dialect 101. Avid K-Drama watchers will be intrigued by the differences in colloquialism between the language used in this drama and the average K-Drama language. If you're not careful you'll also fall in love with the sound of Satoori!
|Reply 1997 Cast
Korean dialect started to gain worldwide popularity as a result of these types of dramas and the increasing presence of Satoori fad in Korean Variety shows. The distinctness became more apparent and a new form of korean wave was established. A lot of Korean drama fans— including myself — gained affection for Busan. I have grown fond of what I later found out to be the 경상도~ Gyeongsang dialect especially the Busan Dialect aka 부산말~Busan speech
Some fun facts about Busan
- It is known for having the largest port, second largest Metropolis after Seoul, largest beach and longest river in Korea
- It is home to the world's largest shopping centre, Shinsegae Centum City (Shopaholics, time to get pleased!!)
- Hometown to some well-known celebrities such as YongHwa of C.N.Blue, Sandara of 2ne1, Coffee Prince's Gong Yoo, Jung Eun-Ji, B.A.P's Daehyun, 2PM's Taecyoon etc.
- Good tourist destination not just for shopping but a lot of sightseeing from visiting the Jagalchi Fish Market, Beach and Island hopping and so much more.
My foreigner perspective of Satoori was solely based on how the language sounded. I was always gushing about how much I loved it. With my love for Korea came many encounters with Korean people, for some reason I met a lot of people from Busan - Now I'm not sure if it was just coincidence or if Busan people love London - but as you can Imagine I was very pleased. There is always the initial reaction of shock when I tell them about my not-so-secret love for their hometown, which is then followed by me trying to speak Korean in what little Busan dialect I can. Total fail BTW. Bless them though, they find it funny and endearing.
This post was inspired by the song 팔도강산 ~ which translates to 'the scenery of the eight provinces of Korea' but in English the song is known as 'Satoori Rap'. It is by the hip-hop group 방탄소년 ~ Bangtan Boys.
The song was what sparked my curiosity on Satoori which led me to the realization that there are so many types of Korean dialects. I had no idea. I discovered that there are certain stereotypes associated with the different dialects. Also how people try to lose their accents because it is sometimes deemed as "Uncool". I was surprised by this, as a foreigner I had an unbiased first impression of Satoori and I liked it. I don't know if I would think of it as being "uncool" if I had known about this preconceptions beforehand, although I highly doubt it would have made a difference.
The message behind the Satoori Rap song is in a way challenging these types of regional prejudices. With the use of friendly banter, they showcase some dialects in korea focusing more on how they all form The Korean Language, the boys are fundamentally pointing out that it doesn't matter which dialect you use, you can still 'to quote the song', "communicate from Moonsan to Marado" - Places in korea.
Do you like Satoori as well? Did you know all this prior to reading this article? Let me know in the comments section.


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1) Travel Journal - Here
2) Travel Notes Notebook - Here
3) Bracelets my Nanna brought in Vietnam in 2002
4) Canon 700D - Here
5) Sunglasses
6) Passport
7) Travel Brochures
8) Nanna's Photos from Vietnam
9) Sleeping Mask
10) Travel Card
11) Purse
12) Hiking Boots
13) Neck Pillow - Here
With only 12 hours till we jet off on our first solo overseas trip, we thought creating a travel blog would be the perfect way to keep in contact and share our adventures. Above is a little snapshot of some of the items that will get us through the month.
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newportFILM this month presents the documentary "Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper" on March 29 in the ballroom of the opulent Breakers mansion.
Born into a family whose name is synonymous with wealth, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the unsparing glare of the public eye for more than 90 years. In this poignant, feature-length documentary, Vanderbilt and her youngest son, Anderson Cooper, look back at her extraordinary life in a series of candid conversations, setting the record straight on her many tragedies and triumphs.
Directed by Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Liz Garbus, "Nothing Left Unsaid" features rare and personal footage showing Vanderbilt as never seen before. The event begins at 6:30pm with pre-film hors d'oeuvres by Blackstone Caterers and wine by Nobilo & Tom Gore in The Loggia, followed by the film screening at 7:30pm. Stick around afterwards for a discussion with the film's producers.
Tuesday, March 29
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Pre-film hors d'oeuvres by Blackstone Caterers & wine in The Loggia.
Film screening in The Ballroom, followed by discussion with the film's producers.
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"An entertaining overview of the famed heiress' colorful history to date, drawing on an extensive trove of archival materials and the subject's own testimony." - Variety
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Tactics of Vision in the Taksim Gezi Protests
by Kate Elizabeth Creasey
As I approached Taksim Square from Gumussuyu early Sunday evening, June 2, I first noticed people posing for pictures in front of a large barricade protestors had erected to protect themselves from police. Friends snapped photographs of each other on their smart phones and tablets. A young man wearing a Turkish flag with a picture of Ataturk as though it were a superhero cape had climbed on top of the barricade and punched the air with his fist. A teenage girl with blonde hair in a Besiktas soccer jersey stood in front of it and made a V sign with her fingers. Her two friends giggled as they took her picture. At the other end of the barricade an elderly man took pictures of his wife who was dressed in a mid-length skirt, a short sleeve sweater, and low platform sling backs. Both wore somber expressions as though they were taking photographs in front of an important national monument.
The protests in Taksim are likely the most photographed events in Turkish history given the number of people in Istanbul who carry smart phones and tablets. The ability to quickly relay visual information via social networking sites was critical to the victory protestors scored against the police last weekend in Taksim. They were aided by staff at surrounding hotels, who reportedly unlocked the hotels' wireless networks making them useable to people gathered in the Square.
The presence the event had on the internet stands in contrast to the lack of coverage it received on Turkish television stations over the weekend. Last Friday when people turned their televisions on, they found cooking shows with middle class Turkish house wives giving instructions on how to make borek and kebab. Even on Sunday evening there was a notable absence of white broadcast trucks or television news correspondents in the square. The government had tried to make the protestors invisible, but in turn the protestors made themselves invisible to the state. By spray painting over the CCTV cameras that watch Taksim Square from high metal perches, the protestors successfully inverted the dynamics of state surveillance. Instead of being watched they used their wireless devices to watch the state and record nearly every action taken by the police.
A friend who had participated in some of the heaviest fighting against police on Friday and Saturday told me he had been in a group of protestors who all had proper gas masks. Some members of the group casually walked up to the riot police, took out their spray paint, and in the midst of thick clouds of tear gas, spray painted polices' gas masks making it impossible for them to see. Some riot police then took off their gas masks to see only to be choked by their own tear gas. It was, in part, a battle to control who sees, what they see, and how they see it.
There were other reports that protestors had filled light bulbs and balloons with paint and thrown them at cameras and windshields of the TOMA vehicles making it impossible for the vehicles to record protestors or aim streams of water at them. When I walked by the Beyoglu police station on Tuesday afternoon there were two TOMAs parked on Tarlabasi Avenue. The vehicles usually look intimidating, but on Tuesday they looked humiliated. The front of the vehicles were covered in splattered white paint, which resembled the droppings of an extremely large sea gull.
On Sunday evening Taksim and the Gezi Park were free of overt state surveillance and visible police presence. The only sign of government authority were the traffic lights at the southern end of the square that continued to cycle, from green, to yellow, to red. No one was paying any attention.
Istanbul, June 5, 2013


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By Don Jolly
*This is the first installment of a new monthly column, The Last Twentieth Century Book Club, exploring religious ephemera *
The religious world, like everything else in the American twentieth century, has produced a vast and unprecedented amount of stuff: pamphlets, comics, Chick Tracts, VHS tapes, videogames and vinyl records. This column, The Last Twentieth Century Book Club, is an exploration of this ephemera in the religious mode. Its aim is to unearth the obscure religious artifacts of my birth century, examine them critically, and open them up to new audiences.
In the early 1970s, Steve Groce (pronounced "Gross"), now a sociologist at Western Kentucky University, was in his mid-teens and living in Greenville, South Carolina. One day, during his confirmation class at Trinity Lutheran Church, Groce first listened to Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Jesus Christ Superstar. "[I was] totally blown away by the album," he recalled, through our recent correspondence. "At that time, I had also finished 10 years of piano lessons, and had recently taught myself guitar. In addition, I was very 'into' the popular singer-songwriters of the day—Carole King, James Taylor, Dan Folgelberg, etc. So, at some point, I began to think some version of the old, 'Hey, I can do that.'"
So, he did. Good Ol' Job, a rock opera based on one of the most wrenching explorations of theodicy in the biblical text, was completed soon after, written by Groce and performed by the Trinity Lutheran Youth choir, under the direction of Ann B. Coon. They took the act on the road, touring Lutheran churches in North and South Carolina one summer, where it was met with rave reviews. An LP version was recorded at Mark IV Studios in Greenville. It was sold at out-of-town performances and through the church office at Trinity. "To my knowledge, [it] was the only record ever made and sold through the Church," Groce recalled.
I came across a copy of Good Ol' Job in 2011, in the "oddities" section of Breakaway Records in Austin. Its label, in hasty, confused letters, reads "xtian rock funk?" It cost me seven dollars, and the clerk gave me a look when he rang it up.
Good Ol' Job is an impossible record. There's no way it should have worked. Job, as source material for adaptation, is difficult at best. While framed by a relatively simple parable about a righteous man being tested in a game of bets between God and "the adversary," Satan, the majority of the book is taken up by a symposium on theodicy between the afflicted Job and his friends Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite and (in a section whose provenance is controversial) Elihu the Buzite. Within this material there are two overlapping ideological (and perhaps compositional) strands: the first is the Book of Job the Patient, covering 1:1-2:13, 27-28 and 42:7-17, which contains a Job who refuses to blaspheme, even in the face of absolute despair. The second strand, the Book of Job the Impatient, covers chapters 1-31 and 38-42. In it, Job argues with increasing vehemence that suffering often arrives without moral precondition, that God "destroys the blameless and the guilty" alike (Job 9:22). God, ultimately, agrees — and Job's doubting cohorts are made to apologize for their presumptions.
Hardly material for light afternoon listening. Groce's approach, however, does an admirable job of capturing the flavor of the text. The key here is multivocality. As Ann Coon, writing on the back of Good Ol' Job's record sleeve puts it:
Faced with a Biblical book largely rendered through dramatic debate, Groce decided to use a variety of musical styles and approaches — from the creeping, bluesy bass line employed to represent the adversary in "God and Satan" and "God and Satan (reprise)" to the rattling, condemnatory rock n' roll of Eliphaz the Teminite and the bouncy, Kinkesque sound used for Zophar the Naamathite. The highly poetical (and difficult to translate) language of the biblical book is elided, here, replaced by a folksy, unpretentious vernacular in which quotations from the original material are slyly inserted, alongside winking colloquialisms such as God's offer to "go fly a kite," if Job blasphemes under Satan's torture. In both form and content, there's a sense of play in evidence.
The ultimate effect is disarming and effective. Good Ol' Job, by virtue of its playful side, treads into some of its source material's most challenging philosophical waters without collapsing. The structure of the Book of Job is, somewhat, retained, although most of the first side is given over to the background material of chapters one and two. The symposium in the biblical text begins with a speech from Job and then rotates to statements from each of his friends, pairing them with Job's response. This cycle is then repeated twice, with some alterations (and no Zophar) in the third go-around. In Groce's version, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar are accorded one song a piece — each featuring some of the album's wildest musical invention, broken up by downbeat, lamenting responses from Job. God, speaking in the fifth track of the record's second side, "Stand Up Like A Man", attempts to reconcile the two musical strands by capturing both the cold, desolate tone of Job's responses and the bombastic explosion of his friends' critiques. The album ends as it began, with a triumphant reprise of the first track, recounting Job's return to prosperity.
The nuances of the biblical book's argument are, of course, somewhat simplified in Good Ol' Job. The distillation of Zophar, Bildad and Eliphaz's long speeches into bite-size pop songs, for instance, is openly reductive. Still, the record's embrace of multivocality through genre leaves its listeners without a clear sense of resolution, or at least, with the tools to resist the resolution provided. While Job does, ultimately, return to God in the album's penultimate track, "Everything In Heaven is Mine," the fact that the thorniest issues of the story are posed in musical language wholly distinct from this conclusion leaves the question of theodicy open in the mind of the listener. Groce's sense of play keeps Good Ol' Job from turning into a rote and didactic exercise, and his sense of musical invention keeps it from being pat. Ultimately, he turns out an entertaining pop record which also raises complex questions of theodicy without either brow-beating or talking down to his audience. Like I said, impossible.
While he was producing Good Ol' Job, Groce was also in a series of garage bands. "They never amounted to anything," he recalled. "It wasn't until I went off to college that I started performing regularly in 'play-for-pay' rock 'n' roll bands — a trend that continues to this day."
"I'm still recovering from the physical demands of playing a four hour bar gig on Saturday night," Groce told me, in our recent exchange of e-mails. Immediately after the Saturday show, he jumped in the car, making the hour-long drive to Hendersonville, Tennessee "to play the music at my brother's church at the crack of dawn Sunday morning!" Pop music, for Groce, has never been a problematic addition to his religious practice, although he recalls some mild strain at Trinity over the form of Good Ol' Job. When it came to pop, young Lutherans in the 1970s "were much more accepting than, say, our Baptist counterparts," Groce recalled:
"I recall that even in statewide Lutheran youth gatherings, we were playing Three Dog Night's 'Joy to the World' as part of contemporary worship services. It's probably worth noting that, at least in part because of the success of [Good Ol' Job], that electric guitars and drums became much more normative during worship services at Trinity [in the 1970s]."
"The reaction to the album was unfailingly positive—much to my amazement," Groce recalled, speaking of the album's early days. The first performance, at Trinity, was a blow-out:
"When we finished, of course everybody applauded (the church was absolutely packed). We exited the church through a side door. I was putting my guitar into its case, when [choir director Ann B. Coon] grabbed me and told me I had to go back into the church. When I walked out there, I got a standing ovation—I guess for having written the thing. It was a feeling I'll never forget."
It's not something we should forget, either.
- If Only My Prayer Could Be Answered
- Zophar the Naamithite


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As part of a larger project, I've been doing some profiling on various aspects of the CDK, focusing on core cheminformatics operations. I'm using the excellent YourKit profiler to do the tests. They tests are run on a Macbook Pro (2.16GHz) with 1GB RAM, using the latest trunk version of the CDK and JDK 1.5.
The test data is a 1000-molecule subset take from the ZINC collection. The operations I've been looking at are
- Ring perception (AllRingsFinder)
- Aromaticity Perception (CDKHueckelAromaticityDetector)
- Atom type perception
- SDF reading (IteratingMDLReader)
- Fingerprinting
- Tanimoto similarity (Tanimoto.calculate())
The test harness simply reads the 1000 molecules one by one and performs the operation in question. For certain tasks which are not atomic in nature, the code does a little more but the timing is measured only for the operation under study. In all cases, things like loading molecules from disk are not measured. The whole process is repeated 10 times and the times reported are the average of the 10 runs. A brief overview of the results:
SDF Reading
Looping over the file of 1000 molecules, with no subsequent operations (such as atom typing or aromaticity detection). Time required = 0.875s
Ring perception
Out of the 1000 molecules, there were 927 molecules with a total of 3090 rings. Time required = 1.027s
Aromaticity perception
Out of the 1000 molecules there were 733 aromatic molecules. Time required = 1.334s
Atom typing
For this test I employed AtomContainerManipulator.percieveAtomTypesAndConfigureAtoms. So the time for this does include the time for reading from the data files (but that's a one time process). Time required = 1.152s
This was tested using the Fingerprinter with default arguments on all 1000 molecules. This method is not "atomic" as something like ring perception since it will perform aromaticity perception and atom typing, but is a common enough cheminformatics task. Time required = 222.456s
The figure below highlights the bottleneck in this method:
This is tested by first generating 1000 fingerprints using Fingerprinter and then evaluating unique, pairwise similarity values. The time reported is for the 499500 similarity calculations. Time required = 0.962s


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The Gathering is a group that seeks to come alongside families and individuals as we all learn to navigate critical paths together. Each Sunday at 9:00 AM in Room 105, there are opportunities to hear and discuss monthly topics that are vital and relevant in each of our lives. In the month of May, the discussion will focus on finances.
- Why do we need a budget?
- How can we have financial security, but not "store up for [our]selves treasures on earth?"
- How can we, as Christians, support our hurting neighbors?
Join us as we delve into these questions and more in the month of May!


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An Edinburgh street has been closed after two cars crashed during rush hour.
The incident took place on Broughton Road, near the junction with Pilrig Street, at around 8.40am.
Emergency services have been sent to the scene.
It is understood firefighters are using cutting equipment to free at least one occupant.
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There might still be more of the current Arsenal squad to be heading for the Emirates exit door during the summer transfer window, with the England trio Kieran Gibbs, Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain three of the Gunners that could be on their way.
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Relief! Arsenal finally release Flamini
Flamini IS leaving Arsenal!
After much debate over the past few weeks since the closure of the domestic season, it was questioned whether Arsenal's Mathieu Flamini would be leaving the club. Now after weeks of waiting for a decision, Arsenal fans can finally rest easy knowing Flamini will be leaving the club after all!
Flamini in talks with Arsenal over contract extension
There has been little mention of Mathieu Flamini leaving Arsenal this summer despite the whole world and his dog knowing that Mikel Arteta, Tomas Rosicky and Flamini were all out of contract this summer. Matheiu was the only one of the three that actually featured in a few games last season and he wasn't completely useless, and it seems that Wenger certainly hasn't ruled out the idea.
Flamini thanks Wenger for his business success – but wants more football now!
The Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini is on his way to being (most likely) the richest ex-footballer in the world when he retires from football as his half-owned company GF Biochemicals goes from strength to strength in the world market, and is now in fact the world's largest producer of an oil replacement product called levulinic acid, which is set to revolutionize the worlds dependency on oil taken from wells.
Arteta, Flam and Rosicky deserve a rousing send off from Arsenal fans
Saying Goodbye to Arsenal Players this Sunday!
Arsenal play their final game of the season this Sunday against relegated Aston Villa at home. In a game that Arsenal should definitely win (not jinxing it), it will be a chance to say goodbye to some of Arsenal's current long serving players.
Arsenal midfielder refusing to lower demands despite lack of action
Mathieu Flamini is looking for a new club this summer, and is demanding that his current wage is met before agreeing to move.
The Frenchman has not featured in the Premier League since January, and with Arsenal currently having a full squad fit for action, his campaign looks to be over.
Five Arsenal stars headed for summer exit, but where to?
We are into the last two months of the current season, which means some of our favourite stars are into the later stages of their Arsenal careers.
FIVE Arsenal players that definitely need replacing this summer
Every Arsenal fan and his dog will tell you that the team desperately need a World-Class striker and an a new DM to compete with Francis Coquelin, as we have needed for more than a couple of years, but even before that Arsene Wenger has to find replacements for five of our players that will be surplus to requirements.


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Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D) offered an overview of her recent trip to Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and discussed the imperative of U.S. reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide in a public forum hosted by the Armenian National Committee of America - San Francisco (ANCA-SF) on October 9th.
"Through all the visits and meetings, really the strength and resilience of the Armenian people came through loud and clear," stated Rep. Gabbard, who had joined Bay Area U.S. House Members of Armenian descent Jackie Speier and Anna Eshoo, as well as Representatives Frank Pallone, David Valadeo and James Sensenbrenner on the trip, which coincided with September 21st Armenia Independence Day celebrations.
Commenting on her visit to an Artsakh vocational school in Shushi and subsequent meetings with elected officials and parliamentarians in Stepanakert, Rep. Gabbard noted: "It was great to see everywhere that we went, how focused people are -- and they literally are … it's not a figure of speech to say that --- on building a bright future. Literally, that is what is happening, with their hands, and with their feet, and with their hearts." Rep. Gabbard decried Azerbaijan's destabilizing role in the region, noting that Aliyev's "continuous acts of aggression along the border have undermined the whole [peace] process and all the work that has gone in for decades to be able to try to reach this agreement." She noted that in 2016, Hawaii became one of several U.S. states to
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Something else that is getting bigger in Texas? The groove at Texas Motor Speedway, according to Jeff Gordon.
It has been feast or famine for the driver of the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet at the Texas track. In 23 starts, Gordon has one win (2009), two poles, eight top-fives and 11 top-10's. He also has seven finishes of 25th or worse.
"Texas has been 'hit or miss' for me," said Gordon ahead of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup event. "I love the facility, and the track has matured over the years. The groove has really widened out compared to the first few races here.
"It's become one of my favorite tracks."
A widened groove certainly helped him in the April event. After starting 34th, Gordon had worked his way through traffic up to 10th by lap 94. The 86-time winner gained six more positions over the final 234 caution-free laps – including cutting a 15-second deficit to the leader nearly in half following his final green-flag pit stop.
"A lot has changed since April, and the setups are constantly evolving," said Gordon, who is sixth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings entering the antepenultimate race. "But I'm looking forward to this weekend's race because of how we ran in that race and because of what we've learned since then.
"With multiple grooves, you can search the track for grip and you can move up through the field like we did here in the spring.
"But being out front is the preferred route."
Leading is familiar territory for Gordon. During his 20-year NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career, he has paced the field for 23,133 laps – one shy of tying Darrell Waltrip for sixth all-time. Of course, Gordon is just a scant 28,246 shy of matching Richard Petty's total of 51,379.
"Those are the kinds of statistics that are hard to believe for me," said Gordon. "It's hard to believe I've led that many laps, much less grasp what Richard was able to accomplish.
"Much later in life, I think I'll have a better appreciation for stats like that."
Only one lap led is needed for Gordon to tie Waltrip. Only one lap led – the last one – is needed for Gordon to win his second event at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Mississippi Republican Governor Busted Telling More Lies On Southern Racism
In doing so he stated that his generation had moved beyond racism and that he attended a desegregated high school and never thought twice about race.
This would be welcoming news, but as Rachel Maddow points out, it's not true. The school he claimed was desegregated was Yazoo City High in 1964 and 65. History points out that Barbour is off 5 years. Yazoo City was segregated until 1970.
Apparently, Barbour is now trying to become the only man in America that honestly believes southern, racist Democrats never fled to the Republican Party after the civil rights legislation passed.
The Republican Tea Party is shining with bright ones.
Human Trafficker Is Major Donor to Republican Party
A frequent contributor, Mordechai Orian recently gave $11,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee.
This is the face of the new
Governor Fail
Well today for weekend entertainment we are posting a clip following the debate. If you go to 2:05 of the clip and watch, Governor Brewer is boxed in by reporters demanding she take back the false statement she made this summer claiming there were beheadings in Arizona.
Apparently, Gov. Brewer has made it appear so violent that many in Arizona are claiming she is the core reason for economic disaster due to her negative, false rhetoric.
Blue Note: This is what not to do when being asked the same question by every reporter in the room. Governor fail.
Dumb and Racist Are Two Qualities Of A Tea Party Leader
Enter Arizona Governor Brewer.
It is no secret the Republican Party has been hijacked by Tea Party wackjobs looking for their rising star. These individuals get in front of a crowd yell key talking points that include mentioning patriotism as many times as possible, cursing liberals and demanding change in Washington by electing the very same Republicans that led us into mass corruption and waste.
With the election just around the corner, the GOP is beginning to wonder if they created their own monster. Debate season is upon us and that means the underdog crazies that proved victorious in Republican primaries across the nation will now be placed on national tv for the first time.
When a Governor fails to display any knowledge of a few good things that have been accomplished in their state you have to ask: what type of people is the Tea Party trying to promote?
See for yourself:
Chick Fight: Peter Kinder Calls Women "Tramps" On Twitter
It appears the Lt. Governor on Twitter decided to promote the "Top Twenty Tramp Stamps". The post linked to pictures of young women showing their lower back tatoos, some of which were noticeably naked.
Now there are some major problems with this tweet, which is no surprise. When Lt. Governor Kinder logs into Twitter it is almost an expectation he will get into a political disaster.
Why is the Lt. Governor tweeting pictures of naked young women showing tattoos?
More importantly, the Lt. Governor must answer why he referred to women as "tramps" on his twitter account.
We at The KC Blue Blog believe the Lt. Governor is trying entirely too hard to prove he doesn't like men, which is fine. That still does not justify calling women "tramps" just because you are forced to pretend to like them.
Stay tuned to Fired Up Missouri as this story develops...
Thursday, September 2, 2010
BREAKING: Questions Surround Taxpayers Unlimited and Henry Rizzo Campaign Following Finance Reports
The KC Blue Blog is reporting that very serious questions surround Taxpayers Unlimited President Sherwood Smith, Local 42 President Louie Wright and County Legislator Henry Rizzo following campaign finance reports.
Every Democrat in Jackson County is well aware of the primary race beating delivered to Henry Rizzo by children advocate Crystal Williams.
Our tipsters point out that the 30 Day After Campaign finance reports show that Taxpayers Unlimited paid a total of $21,345.47 to media outlets in Kansas City (we assume for this commercial promoting Henry Rizzo) while failing to file an in-kind contribution to his campaign.
They also point out that Henry Rizzo's hand scanned report also fails to report any in-kind contribution made to his campaign.
There are now two major questions being asked by tipsters regarding these reports:
Did Taxpayers pay for these ads instead of providing a direct contribution to Rizzo to avoid showing a conflict of interest regarding legislation Henry Rizzo sponsored and was later forced to back away from?
More importantly, by failing to file an in-kind contribution, did Taxpayers and Rizzo attempt to hide from the KC Star a 48 hour report which should have been filed showing a contribution of over $5,000 to Rizzo days before a vote on the matter was originally scheduled to take place?
Specifically on 7/26/10 Taxpayers Unlimited Reports paying $14,987 for ads which clearly exceeds the 24 hour reporting guidelines and none of which is filed in-kind to Rizzo.
They also report in 7/30/10 purchasing $3215 in air spots, none of which is filed as in-kind to Rizzo.
Reports show that Rizzo only raised $29,500 which means Taxpayers should have provided an in-kind contribution the very same month legislation was to pass showing a jawdropping 73% of the total raised by Rizzo the entire cycle.
As a side note, Henry Rizzo paid President Harry S. Truman $400 on 7/31/10. Dead Presidents are allowed to vote in Jackson County, right?
Blue Tip: The KC Blue Blog tipsters report this may be the center of serious problems facing Louie Wright and Sherwood Smith...developing.
Felons for Life. Missouri Right to Life Endorses Felon in St. Joseph
Gregory will be the first member of the Felons for Life caucus and joins an elite group of individuals the MRL believe represent the finest Christian values in the state. See for yourself:
Gregory admitted back in January to the St. Joseph News-Press that he pled guilty to a felony offense in 1994 for "unlawful practices" in connection to his role in scamming senior citizens out of an estimated $48,000. His business partner received 4 years in prison. Gregory served 4 years probation.
We at the KC Blue Blog are calling on the Missouri Right to Life to remove their endorsement of Jason Gregory. Supporting a candidate that admits to scamming senior citizens is not a good position to take. Many of those senior citizens were likely pro-life and a mix of Republicans and Democrats.
It gets better. According to the Missouri Right to Life website, Gregory failed to even fill out a survey!
Endorsing Gregory, who has previously pled guilty to a felony charge, will make a great addition to their Republican endorsed candidates with morals such as Brian Nieves (under investigation for allegedly assaulting a campaign staffer), Denny Hoskins (who notoriously failed to pay $21,000 in taxes) and Steve Cookson (has faced MSHAA investigations into recruiting practices).
These endorsements are insults to Missouri Christians statewide. We call on the MRL to remove their endorsement of Gregory immediately. They should also strongly consider removing the endorsements of the other individuals named above.
Bad Week for Hermann Gets Worse
In an 8-4 vote, leaders from south of the River stood up against a move by Republican hacks to redistrict the city council in favor of the Northland.
The vote should be seen as a complete loss for Deb Hermann, and as we previously stated, she is starting to face mass exodus from her campaign by Democrat supporters.
She originally supported the measure because it is the smart thing to do. Following e-mails from and campaign threats from Republican donors in the Northland Hermann flipped her stance and cast THE vote to kill the measure. After gaining a new life, the measure passed and was vetoed by the Mayor at the advice of his Republican campaign staff.
Today's vote slapped that move down and has tangled this process badly for Hermann. Forward Kansas City, a Northland group that agressively pushes for a strong Northland voice, will now file suit via Chris Byrd (a top Republican hack).
Now Hermann has walked Governor Nixon into a political fight with The Greater KC Chamber and labor leaders Louie Wright and Duke Dujakovic over the Earnings Tax.
The KC Blue Bloggers continue our call on Hermann to do the same for the Republican elected officials in her own City Council district that have each received thousands from Billionaire Rex.
"Double Talk" Deb has had a very bad week.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Republican Flunky Leads Charge for Redistricting
Byrd will be leading the fight for Northland Republicans in their attempt to gerrymander the city council districts to increase power for their
We at the KC Blue Blog couldn't be more excited about the Northland showing their true colors in this fight. Hiring Chris Byrd signals their real intentions and should rally Democrats in the north and voters in the south around any map but theirs.
In the end, this is one more bit of bad news for Northland Republican darling Deb Hermann.
Kander Ethics Reform Becomes Law
Kander also known as "Mr. Ethics" fought aggressively for a bi-partisan ethics reform bill to pass the Missouri legislature. The bill which started as an underdog with a 1 in 1 million chance of passing, began to grow new life due to the hard work of Democrat Jason Kander and Republican State Representative Tim Flook.
To put it mildly, they refused to let it die. Every week Kander was on radio, television, in the newspaper and blasting out e-mails to blogs like ours with the goal of making the GOP leadership act.
This is bill placed the name Jason Kander statewide and we are excited about that. Kander is the kind of individual and leader the Democratic Party and our state needs!!
His resume is filled with genuine public service to his country and his hard work has reignited a sense of energy inside the Brookside-Waldo neighborhoods. Something that is key to Democrat success statewide.
We at The KC Blue Blog salute Rep. Jason Kander. Keep up the good work.


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I've been waiting for some time for any discount on the black Adrenaline GTS 8, and I am happy to report that today I acquired a pair on sale from Rebel Sport, to upgrade my worn out pair of ruby Adrenaline GTS 6. My new black stability running shoes feel just as comfy and familiar as the retired pair, and look distinctly better than my new black Asics GT2140s. Black is definitely the new orange.
Category: Running
Spring, allergenic rhinitis, and new Asics
Spring is definitely in the air, when my allergies flare up severely. I must stock up on Loratadine (allergy relief pills) for however long it takes and bear endless severe bouts of sneezing, runny nose, eye tearing, nasal congestion, etc.
My new Asics GT2140 black shoes arrived today. Compared to my Asics GT2110 shoes, even though they are both of the same size (9) and width (2E), the new pair fits more snugly and I am able to run faster with them. They fit almost as well as my Brooks Adrenaline GTS 6 (size 9.5), which remain one of my favourite shoes. I am going to be running in the Blackmores Bridge Run and Rebel Sport Run4Fun in a few weeks.
I am trying to enrol in a yoga teacher training course, so I have a new mobile phone number!
Back in runners
I ordered a new pair of Asics runners from FootLocker with an online discount coupon. So it seems that I'm getting serious again about my fitness. I am eating less and drinking green tea. I shall motivate myself to run faster in the Bridge Run. The only issue I have is the niggling pain in my neck and shoulders from injury that I am treating with Voltaren and Ibuprofen.


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Mannheim Steamroller's Biographyby Jason Ankeny [allmusic.com]
The alias of composer Chip Davis, Mannheim Steamroller was among the pioneers of neo-classical electronic music, emerging as one of the driving forces behind the new age phenomenon. Born in Sylvania, OH, Davis' father was a high school music teacher, while his mother was a trombonist with Phil Spitalny's All Girl Orchestra. His grandmother was his first music teacher, giving the child his initial piano lessons at the age of four; two years later, Davis composed his first piece, a four-part chorale written in honor of his dog. He later joined a boys' choir as well, and while attending the University of Michigan, played bassoon in the school's concert band. Upon graduating in 1969, Davis was tapped to tour with the Norman Luboff Choir; after five years with the group, performing everything from pop to classical, he returned to Sylvania to teach music at the local junior high school, often adapting classical standards to contemporary harmonies and rhythms for student consumption.
Davis later left teaching, arranging and conducting an Omaha, NB production of Hair before accepting a job writing advertising jingles. With co-worker Bill Fries, he created the enormously popular C.W. McCall character, later the figure behind the chart-topping hit "Convoy." As the McCall craze went into high gear, however, Davis returned to the classical adaptations he'd first composed as a teacher, and soon entered the studio to begin recording what he dubbed "18th century classical rock" -- classical music performed on electric bass and synthesizers. He titled the resulting album Fresh Aire, and when no label would touch it, he founded his own company, American Gramaphone, in 1974, creating a fictitious band named Mannheim Steamroller to better promote the project. Davis initially marketed Fresh Aire to stereo show rooms, where his state-of-the-art sound proved ideal for demonstrating home stereo equipment; the LP became a smash hit among audiophiles, and a series of popular Fresh Aire sequels followed in the years to come.
In 1984, Davis issued Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, which shocked onlookers by selling over five million copies on the strength of a Top 40 Adult Contemporary rendition of "Deck the Halls." It was followed four years later by A Fresh Aire Christmas, another unqualified hit. The environment informed 1986's Saving the Wildlife, the soundtrack to a PBS special, and was followed three years later by Yellowstone: The Music of Nature, which raised over half a million dollars for the National Parks Service. Although in the early '90s Davis began recording under his own name for the first time, he also maintained the Mannheim Steamroller guise for a series of seasonal recordings, among them 1995's Christmas in the Aire, 1997's Christmas Live and 1998's Christmas Angel: A Family Story. 1999's two-disc 25 Years celebrated Mannheim Steamroller's silver anniversary. Continuing with their Fresh Aire series, volume eight was released in mid-2000. The albums Romantic Melodies and American Spirit came in 2003.


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In these situations, a car accident lawyer proves to be beneficial. But before hiring a car accident lawyer, one should be aware of whether they are applicable to claim for a car accident compensation and require a lawyer. If there are injuries that have been sustained in the car accident, then one should move to hire a car accident lawyer. A car accident lawyer is required in case of injuries, as the attorney will negotiate with the insurance companies for the hospitalization charges and other additional charges.
A car accident lawyer will sue accordingly after finding out how much is owed. Finding out if another person is involved to determine who was at fault is necessary. If any injury sustained from the accident, that person and the insurance companies owe to the injured person. Based on the injuries and damage to the public property to the vehicle that has been damaged, the driver at fault will owe compensation.
What exactly can the client sue for to gain compensation will be determined by the car accident lawyer. A car accident lawyer is very necessary, even if the other driver is not at fault. This ensures that any person is not taken advantage of, in case of car accident. A car accident lawyer might be needed even if it is a minor car accident where there are no injuries sustained to any of the parties.
If a liable person is missing out on insurance, then he/she is suppose to pay out of their pocket for the damage to either the other party or to the public property. The liable person here pertains to the individual who is basically at fault. The person who is not at fault, but has received damage or incurred injury, is responsible to claim compensation by filing for accident car compensations.
In major car accidents, the importance of car accident lawyers increases itself to many folds. In these types of large cases, the offender might be strictly charged by the law. The car accident lawyer represents their client. The lawyer makes all possible efforts by using their legal expertise to avoid or decrease the amount of any penalty that could be awarded by the court to the client.
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There are some very interesting things that Michael shares in the interviews: he mentions his recent holiday in Costa Rica and Nicaragua; he likes to keep things simple in his life; he lives a regular non-posh lifestyle (even super cheap hotels); he packs three jeans and seven t-shirts for travel; he's scared to fail in playing a role; and his crazy Irish side permits him to party hard and 'mess up', etc. Some of the things Michael shares in the interviews may sound familiar, but there is a lot of good fresh information too. Michael is honest and forthcoming, and comes across like a healthy, normal, ambitious man in his late 30s. Every time I learn more about what makes Michael tick, I enjoy and admire him and what he offers as an actor and human being even more.
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Yesterday, lensmaster AJ Ashley started a thread on Facebook about using unique Amazon ID to track your lenses performance. I started doing this recently and I am slowly in the process of adding a unique tracking to each of my (many) lenses. It's a long job because I have way too many lenses. But it makes a lot of sens.
This allows you to pin point exactly which lenses bring the clicks and the sales. Obviously it takes time to change all those links but it is well worth it. You can have a nice overview of Amazon performance on your lenses by using the Tracking ID Summary report:
Here's how to do it (with screenshots too!):
1- Log into your Amazon affiliate dashboard.
2- Locate on the left navigation "tracking ID box" and click "manage":
3-On the manage page, click "add a tracking ID" :
4- Type a tracking ID you would like to have and click search:
5- Click use selected to have this ID added to your bank of Amazon ID's:
6-Congratulations! You have a new Amazon tracking ID:
Now whenever you make an Amazon link, just pick the correct ID in the drop down menu like this:
For older links you wish to change to new tracking ID, you don't need to re-do the links from scratch! Just edit the links directly on your Squidoo page and replace the old ID with the new.


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Yay, Balloon!
If you work in the Library, and you are known to like squirrels, and you have a birthday, and you leave your office for five minutes to get a drink of water, you might come back to this:
There he was, just filling the space. Isn't he beautiful?


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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev announced to the world he was alive and well after hackers broke into microblogs run by a news agency late on Wednesday and posted false reports of his death.
"I'm alive and well. I understand that some people are trying to use their sites to catch people's attention or are fulfilling the orders of some authority or another," the former Soviet president, 82, said in a statement on newspaper Novaya Gazeta's website.
He said the hackers had been "hoping in vain", and used a Russian profanity to describe them.
Gorbachev is disliked by many Russians for what they see as his role in the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was followed by political and economic chaos in the 1990s.
The state-run RIA news agency removed the bogus posts from its Twitter blogs within minutes and said it had launched an internal investigation and requested an investigation by the Federal Security Service.
The spokesman for the last president of the Soviet Union said in June Gorbachev had been taken to hospital for tests. Rumors about his health spread online.
Gorbachev has maintained his interest in politics and criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin last year.
The hacked sites included Twitter accounts of RIA's German-language service and its International Multimedia Press Center.
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Finally, a ROW80 update post, but unfortunately, there's not a lot new to report.
On the writing front, I've been so busy with work and family of late that it's been about all I can manage to crank out my weekly chapter of The Perfidious Mister Wickham – and I'm enjoying working in the serial format because it keeps me honest about getting a minimum amount of writing and editing done every week. Looking forward to getting back into my short stories (and sketching out the world and plot of a new novel) as soon as the pace of work slows down a bit.
Fitness and French goals are coming along – I've been pretty consistent about logging half an hour of French practice Monday through Friday, which means I'm making about half my required study hours. I'll look forward to reporting better progress in my language studies in the weeks to come.
I'm 2 weeks into a 3-week cleansing fast, which has reduced my overall weight as my various workout programs have been making me stronger, and while I am looking forward to the end of this rigorous program, it has given me a renewed appreciation for both the pleasures of eating, and the importance of a very healthy diet.
One of my other non-writing goals for this ROW was to re-design this website, and I've managed to get that done this week as well... Would love to hear your thoughts on the new look!
I'm getting ready to head to Europe for a 3-week seminar class focused on politics and security in Eurasia, which will be a great learning opportunity and also a nice change of pace from my daily duties here in South Carolina.
It also seems be a most appropriate opportunity for me to release Und Wenn Sie Nicht Gestorben Sind..., the German translation of Happily Ever After. That will complete the publishing goals for this round, and leave me with just social networking and writing to focus on (but not necessarily in that order!)
Well, that's where I'm at this week – not a terribly thrilling update, I'm afraid, but it is what it is.
Wishing everyone a happy and productive week to come,


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The ArcBest Corporation Performing Arts Center, a Fort Smith treasure, is a gorgeous & well-maintained traditional theater space, ideal for performances, theater productions, concerts, awards ceremonies & community events. The spacious exhibit halls are ideally functional, offering infinitely flexible open space for conferences, conventions, trade shows, concerts, large weddings and much more.
These walls have seen it all, including world-class concerts in every musical genre, bridal fairs, lawn and garden shows, home shows, association and trade shows, horse shows, car shows, sporting events, extravagant weddings, large corporate gatherings, church events, local and state competitions, awards banquets, balls and galas, community events and more.


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Reflecting on the Litter March
One of the most important parts of planning a big event is reflection and celebration! Interns did just that for the follow up meeting where they discussed the challenges, successes and overall pros and cons of their event!
Not only were we celebrating a great event, but it also happen to be Jenna's birthday. Interns enjoyed pizza and brought their own snacks and goodies for a surprise celebration! It was a great day taking a bit of a mental break to think about the event, the year, and to just be together.
Here is what our interns had to say!
1. Do you think the Litter March was an effective way to spread awareness about Litter issues in Oakland?
"Litter Marches are a pretty effective way to spread environmental awareness because of the attention it attracts, the more audience it attracts, the more people are forced to face the problem. It also brings people together, but again, one litter march can only go so far, many creates a force." – Cai
"People saw us out there doing good things, and we took up their thoughts for at least two seconds. Some idea in their head that we should pick up our trash and look how much there is." – Marie
"Yes, because it is visible to the people who are walking or driving by. For some of the neighbors, they can also see us through their windows. It also inspires young children like the ones who were looking at us." – Chuyi
2. What did our team do well when presenting? How can we improve?
"We got each others back if we get stuck or loss words. They'll come in and help us finish the sentences." -Huong
"What we did well as a team was that we stood together and spoke loud and proud about what we were doing and why were doing this" – Peter
3. What was your favorite part of the March?
"My favorite part was meeting people who also cared about the environment and the fact that our chants attracted a lot of people (especially cars honking)" – Cai
"Picking up the trash and seeing it go into the bag. Knowing from then on.. it won't be floating around on our streets." – Marie
"My favorite part was planning for the march, working on flyers and brochures. Also making the signs." -Julian
"I got to meet new people and work together with them during the Litter March. Also, the fact that a lot of people honked at us shows that they care. Some were even cheering outside their car window." – Peter
4. Was the day what you expected? Better or worse and why?
"What I expected was for it to be boring. It was actually not boring at all, it was cool and I had lots of fun." – Itzel
5. Give three words to describe the Litter March?
"Enthusiastic, Joyful, Earthy" – Itzel
"A step forward" – Cai
"Fantastic, Awesome, Powerful" – Peter
"Fun, exciting, empowering" – Brianna
6. What advice would you give next year's interns about planning and implementing the Litter March?
"Practice, practice, practice! Practice before you speak in front of the group. Focus on how fun it is, but now how dirty you are!" – Chuyi
"Choose a location where people will notice and see the March, know and rehearse your speeches, and invite your family & friends because it will be more fun and you can teach them about environmental awareness."
"Just try to get as many people to go as possible, spread the word to your friends and classes if you can. Don't make TOO many signs, half weren't used. Get multiple megaphones, the march is too big for everyone to hear one chant in different spots." -Nicole
"Be ready to meet new people and be communicating with each other. Work together." – Peter
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EDC WorkShop coming to Columbia City
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. — Thanks to assistance from a USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG), the Whitley County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is establishing the EDC WorkShop in Columbia City. The EDC WorkShop Initiative will provide clients with customized coaching and mentoring, specifically in the areas of digital design and manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and/or lightweight and modern metals.
"We are specifically targeting these areas to help local manufacturers improve their competitiveness in existing technologies, and to assist companies in expanding their capabilities," said EDC Small Business and Entrepreneurship Program Manager Bruce Stach. "It's critical that companies keep up with the latest technologies and continue adapting their processes to compete in the global marketplace."
The EDC WorkShop will house two centers – the Knowledge Center and Commercialization Center. The Knowledge Center will create awareness about new technologies and resources and connect clients with regional and state partners who specialize in areas in relation to the clients' needs. Through the Commercialization Center services will be offered to move technologies and opportunities to market.
Although the WorkShop will be housed and developed at the Whitley County EDC offices, the EDC WorkShop Initiative encourages local, state and federal partnerships to work with companies on product and technology development. The WorkShop will engage partners from several areas including technology resources such as the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, education resources such as the Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership and community and economic development resources such as the EDC, USDA Rural Development and the Indiana Small Business Development Center to name a few of the resources.
USDA awarded the Whitley County EDC $40,000 for programming for the EDC WorkShop Initiative and $20,000 for a low-interest revolving loan fund to be used by companies for projects related to the initiative.
Source: Whitley County Economic Development Corporation


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