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The Gateway (Manny Gold & Sludgie The Dolphin Memorial Edition)
posted by Gatemouth
Sun, 01/27/2013 - 8:41pm
Back in 2011, before I came to my senses and realized (when no one else did) that the Democrats had to run a real campaign to hold the Weiner seat, and the only concern was how to deal with a seat almost certain to disappear after reapportionment, I had an idea:
Sadly, Senator Gold, who made some history, is now history himself.
Marty Connor remembers:
"The passing of Sen. Gold yesterday will no doubt be commemorated in a resolution sometime in the near future. Those remaining in the Senate from both parties who served with him will no doubt expound on his incredible skills as floor leader and debater. (back when the Senate had real debaters on both sides --lots of trial lawyers and a few professors ---al spoke ex tempore --the back and forth was relished by the debaters---sometimes, we in the Minority even convinced Republicans and had the bills withdrawn!)
But, no Republicans will bring up his finest hour. No Democrats (except perhaps Toby Stavisky) will remember when he put it all on the line.
Some will remember that he (always in the Minority) passed significant legislation -- Son of Sam; pill labeling, etc. (Senators in the Minority got to do that until the late 1980's).
But, his finest hour was when he voted for racial justice against his district's strong sentiments (the attached articles will give you a flavor of his district ---Forest Hills Jews were not liberal about Black people living there in 1971 and 1972; forget his Irish and Italian areas -- they were worked up over abortion!)
I have seen courage from other legislators ---the story of the deciding vote on abortion by George Michaels is legendary---he lost his seat. Of course, we have Senators Alessi, Saland and McDonald from the Republican side as well, losing their seats for supporting marriage equality.
I defeated Manny in 1994 in the Leader race. He always said we were friends who just happened to run for the same office (during the race for leader he announced to the Black and Hispanic Caucus members that he had already picked the Deputy Leader ---me!).
There was much more of a sense that the Democratic Conference was on a common mission (is there any now?). When Senator Joe Galiber died in late 1995, I appointed Manny as Ranking Member on the Finance Committee. As always he led with intelligence energy and compassion.
Manny was an incredible Renaissance man --excelling at music, photography, sports and the practice of law. His colleagues were always enthralled by his talents, kindness and commitment to public service.
But, his finest hour was when he stood up against the prevailing political storm in his district to defend fairness for all. I trust Senators will read the stories below and make sure his political courage gets mentioned when a resolution mourning his passing comes before the Senate.
I'm glad someone is taking a look at how Manhattan Borough President candidate Julie Menin, back in 2002, at age 35, somehow managed to go on a political haj, journeying from Democrat to Independence to Republican and back, in the course of 17 months without any plausible rationale beyond her own self interest.
My only problem is that no one points out that Brooklyn Beep candidate Eric Adams began the same sort of later life journey (hBrooklyn Beep candidate Eric Adams began the same sort of later life journey at the height of the Gingrich revolution, with far more right wing ideological fire, before doing a complete backflip to left liberalism, without any explanation whatsoever, and no one in the press thinks it is worthy of even passing comment. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/fool_dem_twice_2oiPP3JD6hoYI5wBnj1Q9N
Eric Adams always says "Show Me The Money" and this time someone did.
To be fair, Adams has always been big on working across party lines (hbig on working across party lines.--I guess that's why he fancies himself a "re-former" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/nyregion/after-diversity-complaints-3-black-men-will-lead-committees-in-senate.html?_r=1&
Most intellectually dishonest article of the week:
The Post uses the restoration of the payroll tax, a provision of the "fiscal cliff" compromise insisted upon by the Republicans and initially opposed by the President, to slap the President for raising taxes on the poor and middle class.
The "Smartest Man In America" needs a grammar check.
Allocating Presidential Electors by Congressional District is not a "proportional system," (which would require they be allocated by the proportion of the vote each candidate received in a particular constituency)--it is a "winner take all" system played on a smaller table (with loaded dice).
I will, however concede that if one ignores the gross stupidity of calling a Congressional based system "proportional," Silver does make a few interesting observations. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/electoral-college-changes-would-pose-danger-for-democrats/
Punchline of the joke "what is the difference between Ariel Sharon and Avigdor Lieberman? Former Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon Has "Significant" Brain Activity Despite Coma
Good news for David Storobin--there appears to be hope for him-- in Russian politics http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21194710
CHARLIE PETERS: Oliver Stone's documentary miniseries The Untold History of the United States is more accurate than his movie JFK, in which he wove a few remotely plausible facts into an absurdly vast conspiracy to explain the assassination of John Kennedy...
...Stone has one fact right that few other historians have acknowledged. Henry Wallace was indeed deprived of the 1944 vice presidential nomination by Democratic political bosses...On the other hand, Stone does not mention that Wallace's original nomination to the vice presidency in 1940 had also been forced down the convention's throat by the bosses. I was there and witnessed the loud booing whenever Wallace's name was spoken.
As for Harry Truman, if David McCullough's beguiling biography tends to airbrush the blemishes on his record, Stone tends to exaggerate them to the point of painting Truman as more responsible for the Cold War than the Soviet Union, which is just plain not true. This kind of tilting, emphasizing the sins of the United States while minimizing the misdeeds of the other fellows, mars the entire series. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/januaryfebruary_2013/tilting_at_windmills/petrauss_demands_fox_newss_gop042290.php
Palin leaving?
Anywhere else, this would auger an improvement in journalistic quality. While it is hard to see how things at Fox could get any worse, one must always be wary. Ever prior time one has thought they couldn't get any lower they always pulled an unexpected surprise.
Paul Newell The Todd Akin Hour? This Week in Illegal Wiretapping?
Gatemouth The Ted Nugent/Hank Williams Jr. Goodtime Hour.
Paul Newell Schoolbeat with Wayne Lapierre? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/25/sarah-palin-fox-news-out_n_2553421.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
A Dolphin appears at the end of the Gates' block and Dybbuk makes his TV debut (it's the post in the second page of the videos entitled "Dolphin in Brooklyn")
Dybbuk: I know it's from Fox, but you should watch it anyway.
Domestic Partner: He wouldn't even get off the couch until he heard there were TV cameras up the block. Wonder who he takes after.
Orthodox Pundit: Cute boy. Well thought responses. Looks like he practiced already for prime time (May I say this publicly: He flashes with this fingers for quotation marks - "good waters" - like John McCain/Jon Stewart). And his body language at "of all the places," looks like you would reason when studying Talmud. ://www.myfoxny.com/story/20707815/dolphin-stranded-in-gowanus-canal?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8242028#.UQPpTgfxtTo.facebook


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That Antioxidant You're Taking Is Snake Oil
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Medical workers killed, injured as Israel targets Gaza health infrastructure
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They're Here: Massive Mayfly Emergence in Wisconsin
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The Server Needs To Die To Save The Internet
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When the Los Angeles County coroner blamed the death of Tamara Walter, a Lap-Band patient, at least partially on the "suboptimal" anesthesiology care she had received at a clinic affiliated with 1-800-GET-THIN, the clinic smeared the coroner's anesthesiology expert, accusing her in a letter to the coroner of a conflict of interest because she had once worked at UCLA, which they said "competes directly" with the Lap-Band clinic. (To his credit, the medical examiner, Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, essentially told them to go jump in the lake. The consultant's work, he responded, was "both thorough and accurate.")
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Don't worry, this post aside, we're not going to bombard you with updates on the European collections going on now. Not our style. But London is the across-the-pond capital that most captures our heart, and no Brit is more special to us than J.W. Anderson. We've been following the young designer since the beginning, and now, in his first stand-alone women's collection, Anderson has crystallized his talent for meshing the demure with the oddball, pretty English paisleys that seem less aristocratic than they do space-age. We love the furry flat Derbys, too, and check after the jump for some fantastic shaggy coats and leather pants. (via Fashionista)
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Exploring the Wild Side of Nicaragua
With majestic volcanoes, grand mountains, beautiful rainforests, pristine lakes and undeveloped ocean coasts, Nicaragua offers everything from jungle tours and hiking to scuba diving and bird watching. With admirable foresight, the Nicaraguan people have set aside an extraordinary 20% of the country's land mass as protected national parks and biological reserves. This is particularly remarkable, given the economic pressures experienced by small developing countries around the world, and Nicaragua's idealistic program of environmental protection is paying unexpected dividends as adventure travelers and nature lovers begin to discover this little-known jewel of Central America.
Its many treasures include the pristine and largely unexplored Bosawás Biosphere Reserve – a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that is the second largest rainforest in the western hemisphere, (after the Amazon in Brazil;) and the Indio Maiz Biological Reserve, in the southeastern corner of the country. This particular reserve is revered by visiting international biologists and contains a higher number in species of trees, birds, and insects than all the countries in Europe combined.
Nicaragua's abundance of biologically unique ecosystems is helping to build its reputation as a biodiversity hotspot. The Central American Volcanic Arc runs through the center of the country, thus its colloquial name – "La Tierra de Lagos y Volcanes," or, "The Land of Lakes and Volcanoes." An unforgettable adventure is to hike one of the country's active volcanoes. You do not need any mountaineering skills to climb one of these massive and breathtaking mountains. From the top, the view is stupendous, and not many people can say that they've gazed down into the very belly of the earth. Maderas Volcano is no more challenging than a vigorous hike, and a crater lake lies alongside the trail for those who want cool off with an icy swim.
The Cosigüina Volcano is another favorite hike. Located in the northwestern corner of Nicaragua, it takes some time and effort to reach, but it is one of the most spectacular volcanoes in Nicaragua. In 1835 the Cosigüina volcano exploded with such force that ash came down in Mexico City, some 1,400 kilometers away. Soon after this violent eruption the volcano became dormant. The huge hole was later filled up with water, and today a lagoon is located inside the crater.
Nicaragua has ocean coast on both sides of the country, and adventure travelers can don scuba gear and, under the protection of undersea guides, set out in crystalline water to search for abundant sea life like rays, eels, groupers, and harmless sharks. Another fantastic Nicaraguan travel adventure is camping on the Zapatera Archipelago. The archipelago consists of Zapatera Volcano as well as eight islets. The islands are of great historical interest and are home to pre-Columbian statuary. These islands are a national park and visitors can explore untouched forests or stroll along gorgeous shorelines.
And the newest sporting trend soon to gain international exposure? Cerro Negro is the only Nicaraguan volcano where extreme adventurists can go volcano surfing (also known as "volcano sand boarding" and "volcano skiing,") a sport that has quickly growing in popularity. In 2001, Frenchman Eric Barone broke a world record by descending the Cerro Negro by mountain bike, exceeding 80 mph.
To slow down the adrenaline rush, visitors can tour two of Central America's most charming and historic cities. Granada, on the shores of Lake Nicaragua, boasts dozens of restored Spanish Colonial buildings, many of which now house charming hotels, restaurants, galleries and boutiques. Leon, also known for its Spanish Colonial architecture, is the site of The Ruinas de Leon Viejo, a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Site.


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Tonight marks the start of the holiday season in Downtown Seattle.
It's taken weeks of planning to pull it all together but it was worth it!
The centerpiece of the celebration - the Westlake tree.
Many painstaking hours were spent behind the scenes, before the light switch could be turned on.
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Montecito Firefighters will be sleeping a little better at the station tonight.
As part of National Fire Prevention Week, Sit 'N Sleep alongside Tempur-Pedic have donated 24 mattresses to the Montecito Fire District.
"Everybody in one way or another has had a fireman or paramedic touch their lives," Kelly Zane Young with Sit 'N Sleep said. "So we really thought it was just a great way to give back to the community especially during Fire Prevention Week.
The companies are donating a total of 144 mattresses to fire station throughout Southern California.
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One hundred fifty Michigan National Guard Soldiers are back home after a 12-month tour of duty. The soldiers were deployed in Kuwait and Afghanistan.
Army National Guard members were part of the Howell-based 1462nd Transportation Company. An emotional ceremony welcomed them when they arrived at Highlander Middle School in Howell on Sunday afternoon.
The transportation unit performed multiple missions during the tour of duty. The large unit was led by Capt. Megan Hall and 1st Sgt.David Spreeman. Troops received mission specific training before deployment at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Today, more than 1,000 Michigan National Guard Soldier sand Airmen are deployed across the globe in support of the global war on terrorism. However, as the Michigan Guard serves the nation abroad, more than90 percent of the force is available, trained and ready to respond to a state emergency, including a terrorist event.
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In The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City we travel the nation with Alan Ehrenhalt, one of our leading urbanists, as he explains how America's cities are changing, what makes them succeed or fail, and what this means for our future.
Just a couple of decades ago, we took it for granted that inner cities were the preserve of immigrants and the poor, and that suburbs were the chosen destination of those who could afford them. Today, a demographic inversion is taking place: Central cities increasingly are where the affluent want to live, while suburbs are becoming home to poorer people and those who come to America from other parts of the world. Highly educated members of the emerging millennial generation are showing a decided preference for urban life and are being joined in many places by a new class of affluent retirees.
Ehrenhalt shows us how the commercial canyons of lower Manhattan are becoming residential neighborhoods, and how mass transit has revitalized inner-city communities in Chicago and Brooklyn. He explains why car-dominated cities like Phoenix and Charlotte have sought to build twenty-first-century downtowns from scratch, while sprawling postwar suburbs are seeking to attract young people with their own form of urbanized experience.
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The Guardian has an interesting look at the growth in air conditioning usage both within the United States and internationally.
[W]orld sales in 2011 were up 13 percent over 2010, and that growth is expected to accelerate in coming decades.
By my very rough estimate, residential, commercial, and industrial air conditioning worldwide consumes at least one trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. Vehicle air conditioners in the United States alone use 7 to 10 billion gallons of gasoline annually. And thanks largely to demand in warmer regions, it is possible that world consumption of energy for cooling could explode tenfold by 2050, giving climate change an unwelcome dose of extra momentum.
The United States has long consumed more energy each year for air conditioning than the rest of the world combined. In fact, we use more electricity for cooling than the entire continent of Africa, home to a billion people, consumes for all purposes. Between 1993 and 2005, with summers growing hotter and homes larger, energy consumed by residential air conditioning in the U.S. doubled, and it leaped another 20 percent by 2010. The climate impact of air conditioning our buildings and vehicles is now that of almost half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.
If the estimates made by the author (Stan Cook, who also writes for Yale's Environment 360) are correct, car air conditioning accounts for between 5 and 7 percent of the nation's entire 2011 gasoline usage. (The Energy Information Administration has a somewhat lower estimation of the amount of electricity spent on cooling -- some 479 billion kilowatt-hours -- though the excludes manufacturing.)


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Bolsa Chica State Beach is a popular state beach, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors to its location south of the community of Sunset Beach in Orange County. This area was once called "Tin Can Beach" and became a state beach in 1960. Bolsa Chica is a perfect place to go surfing, sunbathing, play volleyball, enjoy water sports, hold family outings or to watch the sun set. Average summer temperatures range in the high 70s, while winter brings slightly cooler mid-60- degree weather. The beach consistently draws prime waves and the surf breaks in shallower water, causing incoming waves to form a desirable curled shape as they crest.
Bolsa Chica is also a place for surf fishing of perch, corbina, California corbina, croaker, cabezon, shovelnose guitar fish and sand shark. At new and full moons during the summer, visitors can enjoy bare-handed fishing for California grunion, a species that only spawns on sandy southern California beaches. Under state law, these fish may be caught by hand with a fishing permit. Wildlife and bird watching are also popular at this state beach. The Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is located across the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) from the beach and is operated by the California Department of Fish and Game.
The Bolsa Chica State Beach Visitor Center features year-round interpretative displays and exhibits. The State Beach has 50 campsites with electric and water hookups for self-contained RVs. Picnic tables, outdoor showers and restrooms are accessible. A beach wheelchair is available for loan, with ramps for sand access.There is a paved beachside trail that runs for 8.5 miles between Bolsa Chica and Huntington State Beaches.
Note: Tent camping is not allowed at Bolsa Chica State Beach. Fire rings are available every day of the year from 6 am to 10 pm.
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Location – Directions
Bolsa Chica State Beach is located in Huntington Beach, California and extends three miles from Sunset Beach to Seapoint Avenue along Pacific Coast Highway.
Lifeguard Service
Lifeguard Services at Bolsa Chica State Beach are provided by the California State Parks Lifeguard Service. Lifeguards patrol the beach year round while lifeguard towers are staffed roughly from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.
Yes we have them! There are 200 on Bolsa Chica State Beach and they are first come first serve unless reserved with a picnic area (see Event and Picnic Reservation Information).
Coals and Wood can be used in the Fire Rings or coals can be used in the "existing" park BBQ's in the picnic areas. (No charcoal grills allowed).
You may bring your own PROPANE GRILL, it must be at least 18" off the ground and can be put anywhere on the beach behind the line of Lifeguard Towers.
No balloons or piñata type things allowed anywhere on the beach (think environmental awareness). We do have wild life that like to eat unedible things they find.
No enclosed tents, ez-ups and open tarps only.
No Dogs on sand, they can be on a leash on paved multi-use trail (bike path) only.
RV's: no pop-outs or awnings allowed. You may bring your recreational vehicle but you must be inside it or on the beach. Each parking space must be available for a paid parked vehicle at all times.
Bolsa Chica State Beach User Fees:
JULY 4th FEES:
Day Use Fees $20
Oversized vehicles $40
Disabled Discount pass $10, with oversize vehicle $30
Standard Vehicle Rates (April to September):
Day Use $15.00
Senior Day Use $14.00
Disabled Day Use $7.50*
Oversize Vehicle Rates:
Day Use $30.00
Senior Day Use $28.00
Disabled Day Use $22.50*
*Valid CA State Park Disabled Discount Pass required. Note: Golden Bear, Limited Use Golden Bear and State Parks Annual Pass prices remain unaffected.
*Your purchased ticket gets you in and out of the park and into any other State Park on same day until closing as long as parking is still available.
Off-Season Rates (October to March):
Standard Vehicle Day Use $15.00 cash
"with Debit/Credit $13.50"
"valid Monday-Thursday, excluding holidays"
Senior Day Use $14.00
Disabled Day Use $7.50*
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Love scrambled eggs? Would you like to kick them up a notch? Try using egg whites and The Laughing Cow Light Queso Fresco & Chipotle wedge for an entirely new breakfast experience!
In a small bowl, mix together egg whites and mustard. Gently break the Laughing Cow cheese wedge in pieces and add to the egg mixture.
Meanwhile, heat up a small skillet to medium heat and spray with cooking spray. Add in egg mixture and scramble until eggs are cooked through and The Laughing Cow cheese is melted and evenly distributed.
Once cooked, add pepper (salt if you must) to taste.
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We are now in the "post-fledging period." I am getting lots of reports by phone and email about people seeing both the adults and fledglings in various locations in proximity to the nest. One person wrote to say that he saw an adult pick-off a squirrel on a power line and deliver it to a juvenile that was waiting on a window ledge nearby. Many people within Big Pink (US Bank Tower) have seen them flying around that structure at various levels and landing on the rooftop.
If all goes well, this is the way it should be for several weeks. You will see the hawks individually and in groups. The young will be seen flying together and dogfighting to practice their skills. The young will increasingly try to hunt for themselves--they do this instinctively--but the adults will also continue to provide them with food. You may see the adults forcing the young to chase them for a bit before giving over food---biologists believe that this helps the young develop skills that they will need to effectively hunt on their own. You may also see begging behavior known as "flutter gliding" where the young where they drop and spread their tail and bend and lower their wings below horizontal. Biologists believe that this may be a behavior that has developed to differentiate begging youngsters from aggressive competitors. As time goes on the young will venture further and further from the nest area and spend more time on their own. By late summer they will be fending entirely for themselves.
For folks interested in getting out in the field and watching hawks, an osprrey nest in South Waterfront offers great viewing opportunities. Osprey (once known as fish hawks) often nest on man made structures including channel markers and utility poles. In 2007 a pair of osprey took up residence and raised young on a utility pole along the South Waterfront Greenway. The nest was removed and the pole was capped after the nesting season due to hazards created by the proximity of the nest to the electrical equipment. Osprey have strong fidelity to their nest sites and return year after year and sure enough they did return to find their nest site no long accessible. Over the past year we have worked with PacifiCorp, South Waterfront Residents and Zidell Marine to offer the osprey a new nesting location. In early spring Zidell constructed a new pole and platform and within a couple of weeks the osprey returned from their wintering grounds in Mexico and took-up residence. They are currently raising at least one young in the nest. Go down to the South Waterfront Development (the big glass skyscrapers at the south end of Portland, walk to the river and look north. The nest is at the end of the greenway. Should be great viewing opportunities for weeks to come as the parents hunt and bring in fish to their nest.


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The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art holds these special events the second Wednesday of every month and you are able to enjoy the gallery in a completely different way. You get to ask questions about the art as well as get involved in conversations with other people who are just as curious about the pieces and the wine as you are. The best part is that the event is very approachable for the non-expert. If you don't know your way around wine or art this is perfect because you can ask any question and get a real answer from a couple of well informed professionals.
The evening begins with a tasting of the wines and you get to bend the ear of Jason Smith, Director of Wine and Master Sommelier at the Bellagio. Later in the evening you'll get an opportunity to walk around the gallery as Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art (BGFA) Director Tarissa Tiberti discusses the pieces and Jason Smith explains his pairings made from the Bellagio wine cellar.
Ultimately, you learn far more about the artwork and you'll expand your palate at the same time.
If you're like me you try to guess what you would have paired with each piece of artwork. Would it be Pabst Blue Ribbon or Jack Daniels or maybe a Barolo from that special place in Piedmonte? So much fun and a perfect date night in Las Vegas.
Through October 27, 2013, "Warhol Out West" is on display feature over 50 pieces of work that depict Andy Warhol's idea of all things Western.
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Psychopaths constitute only a tiny percentage of humans but disproportionately occupy positions of political and financial power. For that stunning and I'm sure hard-won insight, this book ("The Psychopath Test," by Jon Ronson) wins the 2011 Statement of Obvious Banality award. But the book does raise an interesting question: Is there a way to require or pressure major federal and state political candidates — for president, Congress, governor, etc. — to take a personality inventory that would reveal psychopath/sociopath tendencies? I realize the mere suggestion of such a requirement has all sorts of civil liberties implications, and the political hurdles may be all but insurmountable. (I'd love to see the congressional debate about such a bill on CSPAN, though.) But those difficulties are part of the reason I find the question/suggestion interesting. Society has a clear interest in not electing a true psychopath president; presidential candidates, on the other hand, don't lose all privacy rights, just for wanting the world's most powerful position and 24/7 access to the football that could launch thermonuclear Armageddon. But do they retain the right to conceal psychopathy, an almost total lack of empathy manifested by the absence of what most people call a conscience, often hidden by high intelligence and a winning personality? This thought experiment is now in your court.
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Praying for the GOP nomination
I just thought I'd horrify my friends on the East and West coasts with this inspiring little report from the "Third Coast," in which Texas Gov. Rick "Good Hair" Perry has, as the Houston Chronicle's Austin bureau puts it, "invited the country's other 49 governors and evangelical leaders for a 'non-political' event to pray for the nation." Of course, the non-political event actually appears to be another step in Perry's nascent campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Or, as the Chron puts it:
Such an event would allow Perry to build his profile with Christian conservatives, a group that play a key role in Republican primary politics, especially in the South and the Midwest. The playbill for the call to prayer hits all of the notes that a candidate seeking the GOP nomination would be expected to hit (see: debasement of society). And the venue selection— Reliant Stadium (a football stadium) — indicates that organizers are aiming to make a splash with the event.
Beyond horrifying with words, this post hopes to cause widespread cursing at coastal computer screens via the picture, provided courtesy of the Texas Tribune, of Gov. Perry, praying to the heavens. Good afternoon, elite thought leaders. And you're welcome.
How Warren powned* a congressman
There's a California-ism that my 13-year-old son uses — powned* — that has something to do with beating someone so badly in a competition that you didn't just own him, you poned him. I don't know where the starting p came from, but being poned by your son in basketball is definitely worse than merely being owned. And if you want to see the definition of someone poning a member of Congress, watch what one of my heroes, Elizabeth Warren, does to Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry in this video. (h/t to Gawker.)
* as noted in a comment by the esteemed Shameless Pedant, I had no idea where "pown" came from or even how it was spelled when I wrote this post. As explained below, pown or pwn is an acceptable spelling, but "pone" is not. My apologies to the powning world.
Bibi the PR debacle
My support for the idea of Israel — as the permanent home the world owes to the Jewish people — is deep, and I understand the fears Israelis have of Arab populations that appear to hate them and Arab governments that still, overtly or covertly, hope to erase the Jewish state from the map of the Middle East. (I saw this directly during the Persian Gulf War, while I was reporting from Saudi Arabia. When Iraq lobbed Scud missiles into Israel night after night in an attempt to draw it into the war, The Arab News, the official English language paper in Saudi Arabia, barely mentioned what was the lead story in most western news outlets. Every day, Scuds landing in Jewish cities were noted at the very bottom of the jump of a story on the course of the war. And when the newspaper deigned to show readers where these Scuds were falling, it was on a map that had Israel, the West Bank and Gaza melded into one entity called "Palestine.") I also understand the reluctance to negotiate with Hamas, which is a terrorist organization by any stretch of the definition. But I absolutely do not understand why Israeli voters see Benjamin Netanyahu as a credible person to represent their country and keep it safe. There is plenty of testimony from the Clinton and Obama administrations that Bibi is unreliable, untrustworthy and uninterested beyond measure in reaching a peace accord that creates a Palestinian state. Beyond that, he is a public relations nightmare that his supporters apparently sleep too deeply ever to experience. Watch the video of his performance at a joint session of Congress today with a fresh eye. Would you buy a used car from this prime minister? His is a jowly, sneering schtick, full of trite catch phrases, planned off-the-cuff remarks and truculent insistence that Israel, the strongest military power in the region, never misuses its power. The performance — both today and last night at an AIPAC dinner — seemed not just unconvincing to me, but insincere and condescending. And I don't think condescending insincerity is the best path toward persuading those who do not already sing in your choir that your melody is pure.
Kos I said so
Mostly I'm off the Daily Kos because so much of it is stretched-to-the-breaking-point rhetoric and sneering nastiness. But every once in a while, the site gets the back to the mix that once made it so fun and readable — facts presented in a wry deadpan — and that keeps me from deleting it from my RSS reader. "George W. Bush saved capitalism. And he got bin Laden too." is one of those posts. Enjoy.
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The August issue of Miller-McCune magazine is on the Web site (www.miller-mccune.com) and sailing through the postal system to 92,000+ smart people. A few highlights:
- Duquesne University's Mark Haas explains why an unprecedented era of aging in major countries around the world makes it likely the 21st century will once again be American. (If link doesn't work: http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/497).
- The University of Naples' Bruno Siciliano explains why the world needs a complete book of robots. (If link doesn't work: http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/483).
- Syracuse University's Mark Obbie explains why an engaged Congress is needed to put U.S. anti-terror policy on sound legal footing. (If link doesn't work: http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/485).
- James L. Gibson of Washington University in St. Louis explains why encouraging judges to act like politicians is good. (If link doesn't work: http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/495).
- And I explain why John McCain and Barack Obama should both support a truth commission on the human rights abuses of the war on terror. (If link doesn't work: http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/487).
All that, and: why Oprah caused the downfall of American society; how environmental contaminants become hereditary illness; problem-solving courts that work; managing water, carbon and energy together in a time of climate change; biophilic design that brings the outside in; and an innovative whale warning system.
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CSCI B656 Web Mining
Class Projects
Proposal format
Project wiki
Sample of past projects
Evaluation form
Ideas for Future Projects
We know that social networks tend to become polarized around controversial topics in social media, for example
political discourse on Twitter
. It has been suggested that social media increase such polarization, by making it easy for people to communicate only with those who think like themselves. This is the phenomenon of so-called "echo chambers." Can you think of a way to find evidence for such a
Wikipedia's publicly-available data set provides a wealth of information about the structure and evolution of a dynamic socially-edited forum. (i) Possible research includes automated fact-checking and user authority measures (date of registration, number of posts, average size and longevity of posts, etc). (ii) Another avenue of investigation would be correlating IP addresses / usernames with changes to specific hot-topic issues. An automated method to detect suspicious editing / revisions could aid in the identification of biased or self-serving modifications leading to the identification of the offending individuals / organizations. (Submitted by
Mike Conover
, based on discussion in class and prior conversations with
Virgil Griffith
. UPDATE: Virgil has now done (ii) and caught a lof of attention for it: see
Create a meta-search engine that finds potentially "embarrassing" personal material (photos, videos, text, etc) by mining various sources such as search engines, social network sites, photo and video sites, etc. This could play an educational service by highlighting the dangers of posting private information on the Web. (Based on an idea by
Mike Conover
Develop an application (eg for the Google Desktop, the Yahoo Desktop, Windows Desktop, browser extension, Mac Dashboard Widget, or mobile platform) that implements some (simplified/extended) version of the HITS algorithm, discussed in class. This would be a client-based solution for the query-time analysis. (Inspired by Michel Salim)
The economics of Google Ads are inducing (creating incentives for) a "pollution" of information on the Web. People create fake "original content" with popular query terms to attract traffic and make a profit through advertising. This is being done both manually (by underpaid hired writers) and with automatic text generation scripts. Can we devise techniques to clean the Web from such pollution? UPDATE: Google recently announced changes to its ranking algorithm to demote so-called content farms.
Try to come up with a list of top-X sites frequented by spam harvesters. For example I created a gmail account to submit a script to CPAN, which posts the email of authors on their site. That account has quickly become a honeypot with thousands of spam messages. So clearly spammers harvest emails from CPAN. What other sites? What are the worst? You could write a crawler that automatically posts email addresses to sites it encounters (message boards, etc) and then monitors which sites generate the most spam.
A machine learning method to classify an arbitrary Web page as blog or not blog, for crawling purposes. (Submitted by
Alex Breuer
A text mining algorithm to find a huge set of triples (email address, name, address) from crawls of personal websites, blogs, bios, etc. and cross-reference with structured databases such as ip-to-zip converter, phone book, and other online
. This problem is one of the holy grails in phishing. (Submitted by
Markus Jakobsson
, who could act as external co-supervisor)
Project Proposal Format
The project proposal is free-format but cannot be longer than a page in length. Use your best judgement about margins and font size (fitting too much on a page would be a bad idea!). The proposal should be concise, concrete, focused and to the point. It should answer a few basic questions:
Why? (Motivate your idea; is it interesting, important, relevant?)
What? (Exactly what do you propose?)
How? (State your hypothesis and evaluation procedure)
When? (You need a realistic timetable and deliverable; is it doable?)
Project Wiki
Each group should maintain a wiki page about their project. The Oncourse site wiki tool is available for this purpose. The function the wiki is that of an open
lab notebook
, to note planned research, problems and solutions, delays, preliminary results and analyses, and to track progress along the proposed timeline and toward the stated project objectives, as well as any deviations from the approved proposal. The instructors will monitor the wiki on a weekly basis to check for progress, and the wiki will be used as a component of the project evaluation toward the course final grade.
Sample of past projects
Spring 2007
Mining Pharmacogenomics Information using Topical Web Crawlers
Pagerank & Sample Size
Can we beat Cinematch (Netflix Recommendation System)?
SMILES Index for Retrieving Chemical Information
Social network community emergence around new digital media
Trend Prediction
Evaluating Hypertext Documents for Authenticity
Spring 2006
Usage Statistics of Robots Exclusion Standard
in Proc.
IADIS WWW/Internet 2006
Mining for Blog communities
Directed News Analysis
Ontology Generation from Specialized Corpora
Using Online Social Networks in Topical Sentiment Analysis
Using Page History to Rank Search Results
Web Mining Developmental Trends in Social Networks
Web Topology of the Indiana University Domain
in Proc.
Web user profiling and its applicability to system security
Spring 2005
Multilingual news search
Effects of guided summarization on QA using the Web
Mining people connections
Personalized search by history context
Phishing Attacks Using Social Networks
(see coverage in
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to appear in
Structural evolution of Web content
Clustering of political opinion sites using unsupervised techniques
Spring 2004
Experiments with PageRank Computation
Clustering Weblogs using LSA and Link-based Methods
Sherlock News Search Engine
Focused Crawlers vs Accelerated Focused Crawlers
Domain-Based PageRank Personalization
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9:05am Wednesday 17th March 2010 in Match reports By Dave Flett, Sports reporter
COURTNEY Pitt's spectacular first goal for York City secured the Bootham Crescent club's first victory in eight games.
The former Cambridge winger's unstoppable, 61st-minute strike earned the Minstermen a deserved three points although Richard Brodie, without a goal in nine games, squandered an opportunity to make victory more comfortable when his penalty was saved.
Ex-City loanee Luke Foster was also sent off in the closing stages for Mansfield, whose play-off aspirations now look remote.
Manager Martin Foyle made two changes to the side that started Saturday's 0-0 draw against Altrincham.
On-loan Chesterfield midfielder Paul Harsley was handed his full debut and Neil Barrett was recalled after a hamstring injury with Levi Mackin suspended and Adam Smith dropping to the bench.
The Minstermen began the match in confident fashion, looking comfortable in possession and pushing Pitt forward as a third striker at every opportunity.
On four minutes, Michael Gash forced the first save of the night, creating space in the penalty area with a neat sidestep before firing a 15-yard effort at Alan Marriott.
Mansfield's first-half threat was limited to dead-ball deliveries with Rob Duffy heading over from an Andy Nicholas long throw on 17 minutes.
Shortly afterwards, Gash chested down a James Meredith free-kick into Brodie's firing range but the England 'C' international lifted his right-footed, edge-of-the box attempt over the bar.
Brodie went closer on 28 minutes when his dipping 20-yard shot was scrambled around his right-hand post by Marriott.
Right-back Ben Purkiss then fired into the side-netting after nutmegging Nicholas and Barrett dragged an edge-of-the-box effort wide following Brodie's lay-off.
Despite the home fans' reputation for fickle reactions, the odd boo at half-time after their side's poor opening 45 minutes was drowned out by applause and the Stags' players also received a rapturous reception before the restart.
Mansfield responded well with Jon Challinor forcing a near-post parry from Ingham early in the second period.
But City weathered the pressure with Gash heading narrowly wide from a Harsley cross on the hour.
A minute later, the visitors broke the deadlock courtesy of a terrific strike by Pitt.
Harsley was again the architect, driving purposefully through the middle of the park before finding Pitt.
The former Chelsea trainee then cut inside full-back Gary Silk before unleashing a powerful right-footed drive into the roof of a bewildered Marriott's net.
Within two minutes, the Minstermen had an excellent opportunity to double their lead when Meredith found Pitt and he teased a foul out of Challinor.
Brodie stepped up to take the penalty but, with manager Martin Foyle looking away as is his custom, the City leading marksman's effort was pushed around his right-hand post by Marriott.
Sangare, repeatedly penalised for conceding free-kicks throughout the game and yellow-carded in the first half, received a long lecture from referee Stephen Martin after a clumsy challenge on Kyle Perry and Foyle swiftly replaced the French centre-back with David McGurk on 76 minutes.
Mansfield were then reduced to ten men when Foster was harshly adjudged to have prevented a goalscoring opportunity after tripping Michael Rankine despite the City substitute heading away from goal and looking to have kicked the ball out of play on the right flank.
The visitors survived an 87th-minute scare when Jake Speight stabbed wide with only Ingham to beat but Smith forced an injury-time save from Marriott before Stafford official Martin blew the final whistle.
Match facts
Mansfield 0, York City 1 (Pitt 61)
York City: Michael Ingham 7, Ben Purkiss 8, Djoumin Sangare 6, Luke Graham 8, James Meredith 7, Paul Harsley 7, Jamie Clarke 8, Neil Barrett 7, Courtney Pitt 8, Richard Brodie 6, Michael Gash 7.
Substitutions: David McGurk for Gash (77min), Michael Rankine for Sangare 77, Adam Smith for Pitt (90). Not used: Daniel Parslow, Richard Pacquette.
Key: 10 – Faultless; 9 – Outstanding; 8 – Excellent; 7 – Good; 6 – Average; 5 – Below par; 4 – Poor; 3 – Dud; 2 – Hopeless; 1 – Retire.
City's star man: Pitt – moment of magic won the game and trickery also earned a penalty.
Mansfield: Alan Marriott, Gary Silk, Luke Foster, Michael Brough, Andy Nicholas, Louis Briscoe, Jon Challinor, Gary Mills, Andy Burgess, Rob Duffy (Kyle Perry 65), Blair Sturrock (Jake Speight, 65). Subs (not used): Neil Collett, Matt Somner, Kyle Nix.
Booked: Sangare 56, Gash 76, Nicholas 85, Perry 90 Sent off: Foster 82.
Shots on target: Mansfield 2, City 5.
Shots off target: Mansfield 2, City 5.
Corners: Mansfield 2, City 3.
Fouls conceded: Mansfield 16, City 20.
Offsides: Mansfield 0, City 0.
Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire).
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Sir Alex says...
Minor point on the report. If Foster had been penalised for denying goalscoring opportunity it would have been straight red not second yellow.
Looking forward to Saturday.
12:24pm Wed 17 Mar 10
NotInOz says...
3:41pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Monkey2 says...
11:46pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Pop Stand says...
11:53am Thu 18 Mar 10
Sir Alex says...
Monkey2 wrote:First yellow was something to do with the penalty - prob spoke out of turn.
what was the first yellow for? I didn't go, but listened to Toss on the wireless- he didn't mention the first booking?
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The fantastic news that universities and their courses are to be rated and made more visible to students through showing their drop-out rates, graduate job future earnings and the number of hours (contact hours) students can expect with their tutors. Part of a consumer revolution in higher education this is planned to given graduates the best start to there graduate careers before they make the decision regarding their course.
This is great news as potential students will be able to see the best courses to enter. However it would be good if the universities secretary Lord Mandelson would also show if the courses have resulted in careers along that degree subject.
How many graduates actually end up doing something in their career that they studied at university? Not many go to university to study for a sales job and then get a graduate sales job, not many. We have proven to UK business over the years that graduates can make the best sales people as they have the best attributes.
At Pareto we take any degree discipline with any grade as we assess graduates on their characteristics, attitudes and motivation rather than the course they took.
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The 2011 Tour de France was undoubtedly one of the most exciting Tours of the last 20 years; complete with devastating crashes, exciting sprint finishes and an emotional overall victory that has been years in the making. Oakley is proud to congratulate Cadel Evans on his much-deserved victory as well as the rest of the Oakley team who collectively rode one of the most successful Tours in recent Oakley history.
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The dying words of his late coach were more than likely at the top of his mind. Oakley star cyclist Cadel Evans fulfilled the dream of his coach Aldo Sassi this weekend – claiming the Yellow Jersey in Stage 20 on his way to an overall Tour de France Championship triumph. The Aussie standout, the first of his country to claim the ultra-prestigious honor, closed out what had been one of the most intensely dramatic races in years by trampling a 57-second deficit to fellow Oakley star Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek).
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"This is an easy vegan falafel using dried garbanzo beans and ingredients you already have in your cupboard. No eggs or bread crumbs either as filler--just tasty falafel! Serve with tzatziki and typical falafel fare such as lettuce, tomato, and cucumber. It's not much more work than using canned beans, but the taste is phenomenal and authentic."
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- Rinse the garbanzo beans under cold water and discard any bad ones. Place in a large pot, and cover with water. Let soak 24 hours, and rinse again.
- Place the garbanzo beans, onion, and potato in the bowl of a food processor. Cover, and process until finely chopped. Leaving about 1 cup of the garbanzo bean mixture in the food processor bowl, pour the rest into a mixing bowl. Add the garlic, cilantro, coriander, cumin, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper to the garbanzo bean mixture in the food processor bowl; process on low to blend thoroughly. Return the reserved garbanzo bean mixture to the food processor bowl, and add the lemon juice, olive oil, and flour; process on low into a coarse meal. Cover, and refrigerate 2 hours.
- Stir the baking soda into the garbanzo bean mixture until evenly blended. Using damp hands, form the mixture into 1 1/2 inch diameter balls.
- Pour the canola oil into a wok 1 to 2 inches deep, and heat over medium-high heat. Cook the falafel balls, turning so all sides are evenly browned, about 5 minutes. Remove falafel from oil, and drain on paper towels. Repeat to cook remaining falafel balls.
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Finally a recipe submitted using dry chickpeas instead of canned. You have to do it right to get authentic falafel. You don't cook the chickpeas, only soak overnight and then grind, this makes a real difference in the outcome. I have made with and w/o potato, no difference. I am not familiar with cilantro in falafel (so I didn't try it), we only use fresh parsley in the middle east, and another teaspoon of cumin was needed for our tastes. I also use an additional 2 tablespoons of flour to help it hold together well. And all falafel here is served with a tasty tahina (sesame seed paste) sauce. Here it goes: 1 small clove garlic, crushed with a mortar and pestle (or forget the mortar like I do and just squash it up in the bowl with the pestle)1/2 of a juicy lemon, about 1/4 cup tahina (you can find tahina in the specialty aisle) 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste and a couple of tablespoons of room temp water. Whisk together, adding more water if needed until it is a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over falafel or use in falafel sandwiches. Enjoy and thank you for a good recipe.
These are great and very easy. I couldn't see where the recipe said to add the flour, so I added it when I added the baking soda. I have used another recipe for years, but it always had a raw bean flavor which this recipe doesn't have. I baked these instead of frying. I dropped them from a rounded teaspoon onto a parchment lined baking pan, covered with foil and baked for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. I then uncovered and turned them, and returned them to the oven uncovered for another 15 minutes. Very tasty wrapped in an untraditional tortilla with sprouts and tomatoes and cucumbers and a vegan thousand island too!
Loved this! I've been trying to make falafel like this for years with no success. I baked mine rather than frying and it came out perfectly. It won't be long before I can recite this recipe by heart. Thanks very much!
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Amount Per Serving (10 total)
- Calories
- 245 cal
- 12%
- Fat
- 8.7 g
- 13%
- Carbs
- 33.8 g
- 11%
- Protein
- 9.6 g
- 19%
- Cholesterol
- 0 mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 731 mg
- 29%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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The BRA just approved plans for two new residential projects, one in the Seaport and one in the Fenway:
General Growth Properties, the owner of Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston and the Natick Collection and the country's second largest mall owner, must pay off or refinance $1 billion (yes, with a "B") in debt due next month, as reported by the AP. Given the current financial crisis, the markets are guessing a reworking is not possible, as their stock has gotten hammered down to $0.49 per share as of yesterday. With another $3.07 billion coming due next year, I'm guessing a bankruptcy filing is in the near future.
According to Kimberly Blanton in the Boston Globe (The last empty lot), Boston based developer Ted Raymond plans to develop 161-163 Commonwealth Ave in the Back Bay (click to see a satellite view of the site) into five luxury condominiums of about 4000 square feet each:
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The massive Columbus Center project, designed to bridge the gap between the South End and Back Bay by building luxury condominiums, hotel, retail, and green space over the Mass turnpike near Columbus and Berkeley Streets (map of project), is showing new signs of life.
I was watching the Olympics last night and was once again startled by the fact that nobody can agree who the winner should be in gymnastics. The commentators were bashing the judges for choosing the Chinese girl (who is actually 7 1/2 years old!) over the American (who is actually Russian!) in the uneven bars. It just exemplifies how silly any sport that requires a judge to decide the winner can become. Nothing against the talented athletes and all their hard work to get to that level, but any time you put the decision of a winner into a judge's hand instead of the athletes themselves, the process can and will easily be unfair. It becomes a subjective decision no matter what. Kind of reminds me of the development process in Boston.
In the Boston development landscape right now, everyone has a different opinion on what should be built where. And how do do it. Take for example the Ron Druker project at 350 Boylston (the corner or Boylston and Arlington across from the Public Garden), which the Boston Redevelopment Authority rejected and sent it back for a redesign for not being "symapthetic" enough with the existing historic enviroment. Who says what is sympathetic or not? Are there guidelines? What exactly is the exiting historic environment? Seems to me there is a multitude of varying styles running all the way down Boylston (from the Apple Store to the Mandarin Hotel to the Trinity Church to the Boston Public Library...you get the point). If you look just around the Public Garden and Common, the same applies.
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