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Sometimes stiff service the only sore spot
We stayed with our dog last weekend, and I was impressed by the attention to detail when we checked in: the fireplace all ready to go, soft music playing, curtains open to the beautful view. The feather bed was very comfortable. They are very pet friendly - our dog Casey had a treat and a biscuit with a little bow waiting for her. We also got a bottle of wine. They give you "pet sheets" so your dog can lounge on the bed or sofa, and there was free juice and water in the mini fridge. The breakfast was delicous. The only sour note on what would have otherwise been a nearly perfect nigth was the very rude reception we got from the hostess at breakfast. The ignored us when we first walked in, and then snapped at me when I asked if we could sit further inside, "Not with the dog you can't!" as if I were supposed to know. The reception staff were a little chilly as well, although certainly helpful.
Stanford Inn--False Advertising
Don't trust the Stanford Hotel in Mendocino to live up to anything they advertise on their Website. I was quoted a rate of $250.75 plus tax a night and then when I tried to find out about their free kyak rentals, which they advertised on their home page, was told they didn't do that. Finally, after much discussion with one of the owners about false advertising, she agreed to give fulfil their advertisement. Then, 15 minutes later I got a call and was told they would not offer me the rate their front desk person quoted me...that my date was a blackout period. Now this just feels like punishment for making them live up to their advertisement. Mrs. Stanford would not back down, so I canceled my reservation.
Above and Beyond...
We stayed at the Standford Inn in October and it was above and beyond my expecations...which it should be considering the price. We brought our 20 month old daughter, who loved all the amenities (garden, animals, pool, toys in the lobby and dining area, children's books, and even a little bathrobe for venturing to the pool).
Not worth it
We stayed at the Stanford Inn because they could accomodate our 2 well behaved dogs. It IS high end,especailly for Mendocino, although it has a big hotel feel that I do not travel to the north coast for.
Exactly What We Wanted
We were looking for a quiet, relaxing retreat in an idyllic setting. We were more than impressed with what we found at the Stanford Inn. The accommodations, while not elegant, were well appointed, had many unexpected amenities and features, were clean and quite comfortable. I had no idea what to expect from a vegetarian restauarant, but was more than a little surprised at how elegant the food was. No one should concern themselves that they will miss meat---the cuisine was outstanding.
We made use of the amenities, including the canoe ride into the Big River. What a wonderful way to spend a day!!!! My wife and I both found the experience enriching, refreshing and would not hesitate to return.
Good food but inn is TOO expensive
here is a opposing view: we stayed at their cottage away from the main building ($400 per night during the week!!!) and had a very average bedroom plus living room. there we lots of 'personal' touches - bottle of wine, fluffy towels etc as other reviewers have noted, but no way its worth $400. plus you can hear the traffic from route 1. the restaurant was very good - its vegetarian and we had a great dinner there. service overall was good. mendocino is cute - but it takes 1 hour max to visit. my advice is stay at calistoga next time (1 hour away) and get a great mud bath + massage and i bet $400 gets you a palace.
Stanford Inn is simply ... the best!!!
I have just returned from a two night stay at Stanford Inn. I was profoundly enchanted by the exquisite accommodations, the magical llamas, the organic gardens, "to die for" cuisine, and the warmth and professionalism of the staff. I had the good fortune to speak with Jeff Stanford, the inn's owner, and was very inspired by his commitment to caring for our planet as well as his wealth of guests. This is not an inn for "average" folks, it is a place for those who insist on enjoying the best that life has to offer.
Great Place!
My husband and I stayed at the Stanford Inn for 7 days while on our honeymoon. It was a pleasure to stay there. The staff really caters to you to make sure your stay is enjoyable and relaxing. I would highly recommend the Inn!
One of a kind gem!!! Ahead of its time!!
What an experience we had. We stayed for three nights (( would not suggest any less than that). The room was so cozy, comfortable and romantic. It had a wood fireplace, balcony with an ocean view, tv/vcr/dvd, stereo, probably the most comfortable robes I have ever worn at a hotel. It was all very plush! The room came with a full breakfast that we could order off of the menu. It is a vegetarian restaurant, but we certainly did not miss any of the meat that we sometimes have. Their omelettes were awesome as was their french toast! The best part of the place was the pool. It is enclosed in a greenhouse and is heated. They have classical music playing and it is like another world. There is also a hot tub and sauna. There gardens were beautiful - all organic. they have llamas, horses, ducks, lots of cats and dogs.
Absolute dream!
Stayed here in May 2003, and found it to be absolutely wonderful -- my favorite Inn so far. Stayed on the 2nd floor with a sweeping view of the grounds and the ocean (worth the price for the upgrade). The staff was friendly and the breakfast extraordinary. I felt so at home. If only I didn't have to leave...


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- Fat: 14.61g
- Fiber: 1.33g
- Iron: 2.21mg
- Protein: 54.03mg
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| Losing hard drive space after reboot Hello. Recently I've been losing large amounts of hard drive space on my Asus laptop upon reboot. It is running Windows 7 Home 64bit. The hard drive is not partioned. It is the OEM hard drive and is about two years old. For example last night I had about 21 GB free (out of total C: space of ~400 GB). This morning upon rebooting, I had a low memory warning and hard drive space had dropped to about 7MB! This has happened before -- I've moved files to an external drive freeing up several GB and again total space on C: drops to about 10MB after reboot. At the same time this has been occurring, I have also been receiving this error message at almost every boot: Windows created a temporary paging file on your computer because of a problem that occured with your paging file configuration when you started your computer. The total paging file size for all disk drives may be somewhat larger than the size you specified Could these two things be related? I don't have access to the laptop currently, so unfortunately I won't be able to provide any screenshots or run diagnostics until later. I also plan to go through Brink's "Hard Disk Space -- How to Free Up and Recover" post. I am curious to hear whether anyone has come across this before. I am concerned that the hard drive may be failing. Thank you in advance. |
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| Check with WinDirStat what's eating your space. WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics If that does not show anything unsusual, run this command in elevated cmd: vssadmin list shadowstorage How big is the Assigned number ?? |
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| Welcome to th 7 Forum geralph. I have no idea how you can loose 20 GB of hard drive space just by rebooting. I do know that Windows 7 needs a little working space on the hard drive to work properly. When it sees that the space is limited it will give you warnings and that is good. Using my 3 brain cells of memory I'm thinking Windows likes about 10% of the hard drive for working room. Removing things off of the hard drive or installing a bigger hard drive is two ways of solving this problem. If it was my computer I would remove things from the hard drive. Take a read through this and you will find other things that can help. Optimize Windows 7 A infection can be using up your hard drive space without you knowing it unless you do some scans. Using a utorrant can also use hard drive space and get you infected. I would do some scans with these before you move anything to another storage device. Moving things before the system is clean just infects the other storage device. ESET Free Online Virus Scanner | ESET Windows Defender Off Line Windows Defender Offline To put things in order. 1. Scan your computer for infections when clean 2. Remove things from hard drive 3. Go through the Tutorial Optimize Windows 7. --------------------------------------------- Please note: If a infection is found all the things your have already transfered to the external storage will be infected also. |
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| Hi Jack, why would you 'get out of the way'. You added some different and useful ideas that might help. At this stage we really don't know what the OPs problem is. So we have to use the shotgun approach anyhow. |
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| Sometimes I give to many suggestion at one time for the OP comfort level. vssadmin list shadowstorage is a excellent suggestion. It might be very large. |
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| Thank you VERY much, I will try these when I get home! Some kind of virus or malware infection was another concern of mine. I will update when I'm able. |
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| Check with WinDirStat what's eating your space. WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics If that does not show anything unsusual, run this command in elevated cmd: vssadmin list shadowstorage How big is the Assigned number ?? After running WinDirStat, I was able to determine that the problem was a Norton 360 backup folder. It had ballooned to 151 GB! Judging by the Norton user forums, several people have experienced this. I'm in the process of trying to get rid of the backup set and disable the backup feature (sad when the most common response by the Symantec forum posters is try disabling it!). I also ran a full system scan and nothing came up, although I'm taking that with a large grain of salt after this Norton experience. Thanks for the assistance! |
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It seems interesting, to me. It doesn't have recovery, which hurts, and its defenses suck, but who knows? I underestimate a whole lotta stuff.
Attack: 88
Defense: 50
Special Attack: 88
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Overview: I was shocked to find Liepard in LU, of all places. Its stats aren't the best, but they make for a passable mixed sweeper set, and it's fast, too. But the thing that caught my eye about Liepard is that it has been blessed with one of Generation 5's most broken new abilities: Prankster. In addition to that, it has Swagger and STAB Foul Play, a combination that can completely turn the tide in a battle.
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It seems interesting, to me. It doesn't have recovery, which hurts, and its defenses suck, but who knows? I underestimate a whole lotta stuff.
Prankster is such a good ability, and with taunt/encore it can work very well in disrupting an opponents set up.
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You're better off using Eviolite Monmen or even Eviolite Purrloin, they both do its job a lot better while actually having some sort of semblance of bulk instead of a trollish base speed that it will never need.
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Purrloin still does the job better.
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I'm pessimistic about frail things that can't hit hard. Cool it gets priority Thunder Wave but thats all the good things about it. Its defenses are about 10% greater than that of Deoxys N and it has horrible offenses. 88 mixed with Sucker Punch, Shadow Ball, Grass Knot and Hidden Power is pretty much all it gets offensively. Defensively it gets Charm but lol you still die in two hits instead of one. Foul Play is at best a 95 BP STAB move running off 130~ Attack but at worst its running off like 50 attack uninvested vs a Rotom or something.
Priority Thunder Wave is the only reason I would consider this as being good for anything besides a gimmick Assist team.
I'll still prefer Eviolite Monmen, much, much bulkier..
I use Lickitung......... deal with it.
Trust Vuvu =P
Also, with all this discussion about lack of attacking power. Erufuun and monmen have no real attacking power. Thats not the real point of prankster users (with the exception of Thunderus.) Hell, sableye uses nightshade as its primary attacking move. Still i do agree that lack of defenses is a problem which make me lean towards purrloin also.
The thing is that Liepard is also by far the worst staller of the bunch, it has a bad defensive typing, below average bulk and its only niche is priority thunder wave and gimmicky assist teams. Monmen and Erufuun can leech seed, Sableye has reliable recovery and a decent defensive typing, Tornadus and Voltolos has great attacking-stats. Any kind of priority except sucker punch and shadow sneak, whether it be fake-out or mach punch, will also do a good chunk and probably go before assist due to having to invest so much in bulk. Attacking power is only the top of the iceberg when it comes to Liepard, just use Purrloin if any of the others aren't LU by this point (which Monmen and Tornadus is).
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Added the set.
Ah, yes, Liepard Assist Whirlwind.
God that team was evil. Luckily I had Balloon Dory; it was literally the last Pokemon standing.
Assist V-generate is the best move i've seen, try it with a choice band and you'll see how much shit this kitty can destroy
I'll try both sets as soon as I can get them put together. Uh, no one's commented on the Foul Play set? It's worked quite well.
i've tried it with sableye and it was very good, but the main reason i stopped is that many foes snapped out of confusion and started to sweep my team
well, that's the problem. Set up a sub first on something that will try to status you or inhibit your sweeping, like Ferrothorn's Leech Seed or Thunder Wave.
I dont know... seems visble but as stated, Evolite Cottonee and Purrloin are better... The bulk is useful, especially since you want to get off as many swaggers, t waves, ect. Besides, its stats are teriible. I looked at it, OMG a Nasty Plot Prankster! Gasp!!! Then I realized no STAB special moves... But this guy used this with Unburden, Liechi Berry, Substitue, Sucker Punch, Fake Out and Thunder Wave and it was okay... Also, it does have a recovery move... but alas, its rest.
Liepard doesn't need recovery if it's sweeping.
Edit: OK, made a cooler set! EPIC ANTI-LEAD TIME!!! It works insanely well, the only problem is I can't kill off Forretress and Ferrothorn like Thundurus can, but I do get Fake Out, which is a nasty surprise to the opposition.
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Oh wow, this anti-lead set is great
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text: wilberjajaja do you think that ,donaire will kot in 7 round by guillermo rigondeaux Posted December 30, 2012 12:32 pmMoonshinemanRigondeux doesn't have a chin that can last while fighting BoxtradamusDonaire by stoppage or DOMINANT UD Posted December 20, 2012 8:29 amIvan o.l. (@carterknight)it would be a mega fight… I would bet for Nonito, only by ko……At the points Rigondeux would win him Posted December 20, 2012 4:31 amBeezyMannnnn.. I;m a HUGE Rigo fan. HUGE HUGE.. but even I know his chances are really slim here.. period….. Donaire by KO.. too big too fact.. too explosive for any at this weight.. Mares can get it too… any way he likes it… because he's goign to get knocked out too… Salido or Garcia would be bigger tougher challenges for Donaire imho Posted December 20, 2012 12:46 amHidalgoGuillermo gonna get whupped. Posted December 20, 2012 12:45 amFactsFight could go either way just wanna see the fight. Posted December 19, 2012 10:25 pmte tumbovery smart move by Team Donaire to target Rigondeaux first instead of the rugged, tested, and proven Mares. i mean, once you get past the stale "Cuban mystique" thing, the result is a great amateur but inexperienced pro who figures to experience severe culture shock when he's confronted by a lethal, experienced, and elite pro like Donaire. it's not quite cherrypicking. after all, the "experts" inSist that Rigondeaux is the real thing, limited pro-career notwithstanding, and Donaire is only performing his duty by eliminating all contenders, real and imaginary, in his vicinity and good for Donaire but too bad for Rigondeaux. i think he will be KTFO in summary fashion by Donaire and it won't necessarily be because he doesn't have the skills but it will have everything to do with minimal if any experience dealing with the likes of Donaire. Posted December 19, 2012 10:08 pmhecdogFinally, if this fight comes to fruition, Donaire, the Flipino Flake will get a boxing lesson of his life, and he will be exposed as a one armed fighter. True knowledgeable boxing aficionados can see holes all through his game. Rigondeaux, the two time Olympic Gold Medalist will shock the boxing world when and if this fight happens. Vasquez jr and a few others have already uncovered weaknesses in hi game. Donaire gets hit too much, can't fight inside, can't fight backing up and more importantly can't beat an experienced, moving southpaw in Rigondeaux. Go to the bank, get your life savings out, bet your home, car, girlfriend on Rigondeaux. He will win and win impressively. Posted December 19, 2012 9:03 pmmalachii cant wait for the flash to beat up mares im sorry but i'm actually looking past rigo he can't hang wit the flash….nooope!!! Posted December 19, 2012 5:29 pmTitopaTrikoy – Yup! Rigo's gonna find out REAL QUICK that Donaire is too fast and too powerful for him. Once Donaire lands, Rigo will do one thing….fight to SURVIVE! Posted December 19, 2012 5:27 pmTrikoyI'd rather see Donaire vs Mares. Two counter-punchers in there, and once Rigo gets hit, he'll be running with his tail tucked! Posted December 19, 2012 5:21 pmJuggernautHe got 11 fights to his name and no way he will survive with Donaire Posted December 19, 2012 4:50 pmFight AficionadoIf Arum is being truthful then I'll give props to him and Donaire for taking the fight. Rigo's the toughest fight out there for Donaire. Of course you know that "lying yesterday but today I'm telling the truth" quote from Arum so you never know. Posted December 19, 2012 4:24 pmwhiteboydayjust hope it really happens. These promo companies are like bickering children and we are the ones that have to pay for it in the end. Save us fifty cent save us! lol Posted December 19, 2012 4:18 pmTitopaRob – Don't worry. If the fight with Mares is made, Donaire is going to knock him out…guaranteed! Someone that wild and sloppy will NOT beat someone as sharp and powerful as Donaire. Mares to take huge shots on his way to the canvas. Posted December 19, 2012 3:25 pmTitopaSREDMOND – I agree! Golden Boy is just as much to blame as Top Rank is….these dudes need to stop blaming Donaire, or Mares. The fight isn't getting made 'cause of their promoters. It's simple! BOTH fighters have expressed their interest in the bout. Posted December 19, 2012 3:23 pmTitopaHopefully this goes through. Donaire can FINALLY shut the mouths of those who claim he's "ducking" Rigo. Pshhh! Donaire via KO Posted December 19, 2012 3:21 pmozzyI don't think Mares or Rigondeaux have enough in their locker to beat Donaire. In fact I would think both would be on the end of convincing KOs. Thankfully it doesn't matter what I or anybody else thinks as it seems that both fights will be made next year and we shall see what happens. Posted December 19, 2012 12:27 pmCheese CakeTard Posted December 19, 2012 11:58 amSREDMONDExplain to us how Mares and Donaire are going to fight when their promotional companies REFUSE to do business with eachother? What was the last MAJOR fight put together by Top Rank and Golden Boy??? Donaire is not ducking Mares he is basically cleaning out the division and when he smokes Rigo then what? Why is the onus not on Mares? His promoter is just as complicit in the lack of big fights being made between these two companies… I know, I know asking REAL questions is frowned upon… Posted December 19, 2012 11:27 amRobNonito is taking the easiest road ever lol with all these bums he has fought this year, Rigo is overhyped an 32, Nonito don't want no Abner Mares in his prime. Posted December 19, 2012 11:21 amMike JHope Arum follows through on this one…great matchup! Posted December 19, 2012 10:33 amAnonymousGood for all concerned if this happens. Too many good matchups never happen because the fighters are protected. When good fighters showdown with other good fighters, the fans and Television audiences will turn up. Posted December 19, 2012 8:25 ammedonaire destroys rigo Posted December 19, 2012 8:07 amRigoGreat news if it comes true. Go rigo! Posted December 19, 2012 6:13 amhookoffthejabi will believe this when i see them both in the same ring together gloves laced up and shizzle …. Posted December 19, 2012 5:59 amDonaire is a DoucheAn Arum promise? We'll see. Posted December 19, 2012 5:12 am |


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Title: | What Individual Difference And Social Context Veriables Predict University-level Academic Performance? |
Author: | Cheng, Wen |
Abstract: | The present study was an on-line correlational survey study of 377 UT-Arlington undergraduates. It examined what personality variables predicted university-level academic performance over and above conscientiousness, after also controlling for gender and previous academic ability (that is, high school rank and SAT scores). I found that conscientiousness predicted university GPA after controlling for gender and previous academic ability (high school rank and SAT score). However, some of predictive validity of conscientiousness proved to be attributable to more specific predictors such as academic locus of control and self-expectancy (H1). Moreover, conscientiousness and self-motivation compensated for each other in predicting university GPA (H2), and self-expectancy interacted with self-insight to predict GPA, whereas family-expectancy did not (H3). Finally, the results of factor-level regressions revealed extraversion was marginally negatively correlated with GPA, whereas socioeconomic status (SES) and self-assertion were both positively correlated with GPA. Overall, the data indicate that both personality characteristics and social-context variables can be used to predict university students' academic performance, with a multiple R2 in the present sample of .245. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10106/1889 |
Date: | 2009-09-16 |
External Link: | http://www.uta.edu/ra/real/editprofile.php?onlyview=1&pid=137 |
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Named Person: | Willa Cather |
Material Type: | Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material |
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Otis Young; Darrell Berg; Virginia Faulkner; Lucia Woods; Bernice Slote; Nebraska Educational Television Network.; Great Plains National Instructional Library. |
OCLC Number: | 23740554 |
Notes: | Includes a [1973?] black and white taped segment of photographs by Lucia Woods and others, written and narrated by Bernice Slote, music by Clarke Metcalf. |
Credits: | Producer, Gene Bunge; director, Greg Grafft. |
Description: | 1 videocassette (ca. 29 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
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Other Titles: | Willa Cather, a pictorial memoir Bookshelf (Television program) |
Responsibility: | a Cultural Affairs production of the Nebraska ETV Network. |
A segment of the Nebraska ETV series Bookshelf, with hosts Otis Young and Darrell Berg, and special guest Virginia Faulkner, discussing Willa Cather and the recent University of Nebraska Press publication: Willa Cather: a pictorial memoir.
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Some have asked, when will the Friday Music Break feature a song produced in, say, the last 30 years? I'll put aside my initial reaction to this complaint ("Get yer own blog, whippersnapper"), and respond to the voice of the people.
Here's Galactic, with some help from Irma Thomas, with "Heart of Steel." Just try not to bob your head. Go ahead, try. I bet you can't.
There are times when you can just see the wheels turning in Mitt Romney's head, as he cycles through the possible responses to a question, realizes there really is no good one, then spits out something that sounds like the least bad answer possible. It's almost sad. That frenzy of mental activity is what produces things like this bit of hilarity, after Romney got questioned about the story of a rich Republican thinking of running an ad campaign attacking President Obama with Jeremiah Wright:
Most of us would agree that Citizens United has been bad for democracy, with corporations and wealthy people now permitted to spend as much as they want to buy the kind of representatives they prefer. But there is one factor that we didn't really anticipate, something that mitigates the harm they can do: it turns out that rich people aren't necessarily that smart with their money.
So during the presidential primaries, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson spent $16.5 million to help out the campaign of Newt Gingrich, whom you might have noticed is not the GOP nominee. And in today's New York Times, we get an interesting story about Joe Ricketts, the founder of TD Ameritrade, who is preparing to spend $10 million to defeat Barack Obama. And what is the magic bullet Mr. Ricketts has located, the zinger that will bring down this incumbent president? Jeremiah Wright! Seriously. Jamelle discussed the racial aspect of this story, but I equally interesting is just how naive this demonstrates that influential people can be. Ricketts is going to spend all that money to "Show the world how Barack Obama's opinions of America and the world were formed...And why the influence of that misguided mentor and our president's formative years among left-wing intellectuals has brought our country to its knees." In other words, just about the same thing you could hear every day by listening to Glenn Beck's radio show or tuning in to Fox News.
As we know, Mitt Romney is not all that likeable. Now Mike Huckabee, there's a likeable guy. He used to say (and maybe still does) that he's a conservative, but he's not angry about it. It was a clever line, positing himself as the happy warrior and other Republicans as needlessly unpleasant. Huckabee has an easy smile and a friendly laugh. He plays bass. He invites liberals on his television and radio shows to have respectful discussions about issues. So how do we interpret it when Huckabee allows fundraising letters to be sent out under his name that say things like this:
"Listen, you're a person of faith and so am I. In his administration and now on his re-election campaign, President Obama has surrounded himself with morally repugnant political whores with misshapen values and gutter-level ethics."
Yeesh. Should this lead us to change our opinion of Huckabee? Or can you be a likeable guy and a vicious partisan at the same time?
In the last few years, many different kinds of communication technologies have been democratized. For instance, up until not too long ago, making a film that didn't look amateurish was impossible without a whole bunch of equipment whose expense made it out of reach for almost everyone, not to mention the technical expertise required. But today, you can buy a professional-quality HD video camera for a couple thousand dollars and video editing software like Apple's Final Cut Pro for a couple hundred, and presto, you can make what looks to be a "real" movie. That means that a kid with a dream to be the next Steven Spielberg can see that dream realized. It also means that a crazy person with a conspiracy theory can see his dream realized.
Which brings us to two new movie previews for anti-Obama films that, when you look at them, seem remarkably like "real" movies...
The always wise Tom Schaller raises a very important question in a column about government and the private sector: why do we blame "government" when government does things wrong, but we never blame "markets" or "capitalism" when they screw up? When you wait for three hours at the DMV to get your license renewed, there's a fair chance you'll walk away perturbed at government, and at those government bureaucrats who weren't as speedy or helpful as they could have been. But when you wait three hours for the cable guy to show up and he never does, you never say, "Damn you, markets!" So why not?
Tom doesn't actually answer this question in his column, so I'll hazard a guess...
As the debate over same-sex marriage has proceeded, one of the arguments you hear most often from those opposed to marriage equality is that there is this thing called "traditional marriage" that has been exactly the same for thousands of years, and if we "change the definition of marriage" to include gay people, well then things are really going to get crazy. There'll be no more rationale for keeping siblings from marrying, or keeping a guy from marrying his dog, or keeping a fish from marrying a toaster. What I don't often hear liberals say in response is: Yes, we are changing the definition of marriage. And that's OK.
I think it's because advocates of marriage equality understand that change can often be scary, so the impulse is to say, don't worry, this really isn't any big deal unless you're gay...
Journalist Marc Ambinder is leaving DC, and on his departure he wrote a pretty good listicle on what he's learned in his time here. His piece goes relatively easy on our nation's capital when it comes to its moral and spiritual depravity, but he makes some excellent points, including this:
Consistency is not a terribly interesting or useful proxy for effectiveness in a politician, and yet it seems to be the value held most high—or the value that, because someone is most easily able to convince you that someone else lacks it, becomes important. Politicians and the media haven't developed the vocabulary to explain how positions evolve.
Marc is absolutely right about this. You don't have to be a flip-flopper of Romnulan (I'm trademarking that word, by the way; feel free to contact me for licensing opportunities) proportions to fear the consequences of anything that looks like inconsistency; even the slightest deviation from what you've said previously can be punished...
The Obama and Romney campaigns have released to competing ads, both concerning Mitt Romney's time at Bain Capital. The Obama ad, which Jamelle posted here, attacks Bain Capital for buying, eviscerating, and then selling off a company called GST Steel in Kansas City, leaving the good hard-working people there jobless and desperate. The Romney ad, on the other hand, tells an entirely different story, that of Steel Dynamics, a company that employs thousands of good hard-working people, thanks to Mitt Romney. So which story should we believe? I'll give you the answer in a moment, but first, let's look at the Romney ad:
I don't know about you, but when I have to make a large consumer decision — pretty much anything over $100 — I put way too much thought into it. This is partly the curse of the internet, where there is a near-infinite amount of information available about everything. So I read a million reviews, obsessing over every detail, trying in vain to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of every conceivable feature, eventually reaching a point where every option seems like the wrong one and I'm sure I'll be disappointed no matter what I choose. The last time I bought a smartphone it took me about six months.
I suspect that Mitt Romney is going through something similar right about now. Romney is a famously methodical thinker, and I picture him with a 10-page pro/con list for every possible vice-presidential candidate, going over and over them all until none of them looks like a winner. All his options have weaknesses, and none of them seems to have the ability to do anything but make Romney look bad for having chosen them...
In an excellent column over at the Daily Beast, former Prospect czar Michael Tomasky points out Mitt Romney's enormous likeability deficit, which seems to grow worse with each passing week. It's not only true impressionistically, polls back it up: Gallup recently found 60 percent of Americans saying Barack Obama is likeable, compared to only 31 percent for Romney. Tomasky does a good job of breaking down all the reasons why, and points out that the last time the candidate considered less likeable won the presidency was 44 years ago, when grumpy Dick Nixon edged smiling Hubert Humphrey. This could well be one of those interesting-but-probably-meaningless correlations, like the taller candidate always winning (which held true for many years until 2004). But given the preponderance of "gut" voting among the American people, it's likely to make a significant difference in November.
But what is it that makes a person–not a politician, but someone you meet face to face – likeable? There are some specific things you could point to: they seem genuinely interested in you, they display values similar to yours, they're modest, they're considerate, they appear happy, they have a sense of humor. Of course, there's also something ineffable, a quality that you can't define but you sense. But if we put that last part aside for the moment, we see that the definable parts of likeability are qualities that every politician has, or at least wants us to believe they have
Since I wrote a couple of pieces about the story of Mitt Romney possibly being a high-school bully, I've gotten some unsurprising responses. The first, perhaps predictable one, is from conservatives complaining that Barack Obama was never "vetted," and the fact that we've learned about Romney's youthful "hijinks" just shows the media's double-standard. Needless to say, this is just absurd; there were hundreds of articles written in 2008 (and since) about Obama's family and his youth, not to mention the fact that he wrote a pretty frank book about it himself before he ever ran for office. The second complaint–less silly, but related–is that this is all a distraction, and we ought to be talking about real issues.
I've already said most of what I have to say about what kind of meaning we should ascribe to the bullying story, assuming it's true. But even if I disagree with the conservatives who are saying that the Washington Post should never even have pursued the story or that it shows the media's liberal bias, it's perfectly fine to have a meta-discussion about whether we should be talking about the issue...
Allow me one more point on this whole Romney bullying thing. If you haven't read my previous post on it, that's here, but today I have a piece on CNN.com arguing that this was a real missed opportunity for Romney. Here's the key passage:
A candidate who has struggled with seeming human, as Mitt Romney has, could have done himself a favor by using this as an opportunity to show a little more of himself. He could have said: Yes, it happened. It was stupid and cruel. I wish I could go back and undo it. But part of growing up is realizing where you failed when you were young, and learning from your mistakes so you can become a better person. Most importantly, Romney could have said something that indicated he had a conception of how horrible the assault must have been for John Lauber, the victim....
A candidate who has struggled with seeming human, as Mitt Romney has, could have done himself a favor by using this as an opportunity to show a little more of himself. He could have said: Yes, it happened. It was stupid and cruel. I wish I could go back and undo it. But part of growing up is realizing where you failed when you were young, and learning from your mistakes so you can become a better person.
Most importantly, Romney could have said something that indicated he had a conception of how horrible the assault must have been for John Lauber, the victim....
I considered making this Friday Music Break an edition of Party Like You're In Eighth Grade Again and going with Def Leppard's "Photograph," which was certainly my favorite song in eighth grade. But then I watched the video, which features a comely young woman dancing around in a darkroom in her underwear (to her credit, she manages to put some effort into developing her photos even as she dances) and determined that this being a family magazine, it would be completely inappropriate. So we're going with something a bit more sedate: Tom Waits, in a terrific 1977 live version of "Tom Traubert's Blues."
There was a time not long ago when Democrats feared the culture war. They'd try to make campaigns about things like economic fairness, and just when things seemed to be going their way, Republicans would jump out from behind a bush and shout "God! Guns! Gays!" Voters would scream in alarm and pull the lever for the GOP. But here we are today, with Republicans desperately trying to change the subject away from gay marriage and back to the economy. Whodathunkit?
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Rag and Bone, by Priya Sharma, is about Tom, who buys unwanted household items and scavenges other materials (including bones) and resells them in an alternative 19th century Liverpool in which the wealthy use the poor for parts from the inside out, should they need them. Colorful, disturbing, and moving as Tom maneuvers warily between the masters he serves and the poor from whom he scavenges.
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Critical Care Medicine
Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult
By- Joseph Parrillo
- R. Phillip Dellinger
Critical Care Physicians, Hospitalists and Pulmonologists
Published: December 2007
Imprint: Mosby
"...sterling overview."
"This text is truly remarkable to the canons of scientific literature."
"Thekey-point lists which augment each chapter serve to effectively summarize data while allowing physicians to review the most salient aspects of a chapter quickly and thoroughly. Simply, Parrillo and Dellinger have built a resource that is the mirror image of critical care medicine -- this vast and ever-evolving book will challenge its reader's attention and demand their deep input (much the same as the doctor-patient relationship itself)."
- John Aiello
- Part I CRITICAL CARE PROCEDURES, MONITORING,
1 Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Wanchun Tang and Max Harry Weil
2 Airway Management in the Critically Ill Adult, G. G. Lavery and C. A. Jamison
3 Assessment of Cardiac Filling and Blood Flow, Amish Patel, Andrew Rhodes, and Richard Beale
4 Arterial, Central Venous, and Pulmonary Artery Catheters, Jean-Louis Vincent
5 Temporary Cardiac Pacing, Lawrence J. Gessman and Joseph E. Parrillo
6 Pericardial Tamponade: Clinical Presentation,
Diagnosis, and Catheter-Based Therapies, Hani Jneid, Andrew O. Maree, and Igor F. Palacios
7 Intra-aortic Balloon Counterpulsation, Zoltan G. Turi
8 Echocardiography, Sherif F. Nagueh and Priscilla J. Peters
9 General Principles of Mechanical Ventilation, Ismail Cinel, Smith Jean, and R. Phillip Dellinger
10 Ventilatory Management of Obstructive Airway Disease, John Marini
11 Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Luciano Gattinoni, Eleonora Carlesso, and Pietro Caironi
12 Bronchoscopy and Lung Biopsy in Critically Ill Patients, Thaddeus Bartter and Melvin R. Pratter
13 Noninvasive Respiratory Monitoring, Amal Jubran and Martin J. Tobin
14 Arterial Blood Gas Measurements, Robin Gross and William Peruzzi
15 Tracheostomy, Yaakov Friedman and Sabine Sobek
16 Chest Tube Thoracostomy, Vincent E. Lotano
17 Intracranial Monitoring, Alan R. Turtz
18 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Jack T. Dinh and Adam B. Elfant
19 Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Boon Wee Teo, Nigel S. Kanagasundaram, and
Emil P. Paganini
20 Use of Sedatives, Analgesics, and Neuromuscular Blockers, Michael J. Murray, Lance J. Oyen, and William T. Browne
21 Principles of Drug Dosing in Critically Ill Patients, John W. Devlin and Jeffrey F. Barletta
Part II CRITICAL CARE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
22 Shock: Classifi cation, Pathophysiology, and Approach to Management, Anand Kumar and Joseph E. Parrillo
23 Cardiogenic Shock, Steven M. Hollenberg and Joseph E. Parrillo
24 Septic Shock, Stephen Trzeciak, R. Phillip Dellinger, and Joseph E. Parrillo
25 Cardiac Tamponade, Zoltan G. Turi
26 Severe Sepsis and Multiple Organ Dysfunction, Sergio L. Zanotti-Cavazzoni,
R. Phillip Dellinger, and Joseph E. Parrillo
27 Hypovolemic Shock, A. B. J. Groeneveld
28 Traumatic Shock and Tissue Hypoperfusion: Nonsurgical Management, David J. Dries
29 Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactic Shock, Marilyn T. Haupt
30 Severe Heart Failure, Fredric Ginsberg and Joseph E. Parrillo
31 Acute Coronary Syndromes and Acute Myocardial Infarction, Steven Werns
32 Cardiac Arrhythmias, Lawrence J. Gessman and Richard Trohman
33 Valvular Heart Disease in Critical Care, Zoltan G. Turi
34 Acute Aortic Dissection, Jonathan H. Cilley, Jr., and Robert J. March
35 Hypertensive Crises, Sergio L. Zanotti-Cavazzoni
36 General Principles of Postoperative Intensive
Care Unit Care, Michael J. Hockstein and Philip S. Barie
37 Management of the Patient after Cardiac Surgery, Robert G. Johnson and C. Allen Bashour
Part III CRITICAL CARE PULMONARY DISEASE
38 Acute Respiratory Failure, David P. Gurka and Robert A. Balk
39 Life-Threatening Asthma, S. Sujanthy Rajaram and R. Phillip Dellinger
40 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Guillermo DomÃnguez-Cherit, Juan Gabriel Posadas-Calleja, and Delia Borunda
41 Hypoventilation and Respiratory Muscle Dysfunction, Franco Laghi
42 Nonpulmonary Causes of Respiratory Failure, Ramya Lotano
43 Pneumonia: Considerations for the Critically Ill Patient, Michael S. Niederman
44 Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation, Martin J. Tobin
45 Pulmonary Embolism, John D. Buckley, Daniel R. Ouellette, and John Popovich, Jr.
46 Pulmonary Hypertension, Lewis J. Rubin
47 Massive Hemoptysis, Susan Garwood, Charlie Strange, and Steven A. Sahn
48 Pneumothorax and Barotrauma, Ankur A. Karnik and Ashok M. Karnik
49 Toxic Gas, Fume, and Smoke Inhalation, M. Sean Kincaid, Sam R. Sharar, and Leonard D. Hudson
50 Immunologic Lung Disease in the Critically Ill, Gregory A. Schmidt and Gary W. Hunninghake
Part IV CRITICAL CARE INFECTIOUS DISEASE
51 Nosocomial Infection in the Intensive Care Unit, Dennis G. Maki, Christopher J. Crnich, and Nasia Safdar
52 Principles Governing Antimicrobial Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit, John Godke and George Karam
53 Antifungal and Antiviral Therapy, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner and John H. Rex
54 Critically Ill Immunosuppressed Host, Henry Masur
55 Specifi c Infections with Critical Care Implications, Henry S. Fraimow and Annette C. Reboli
Part V RENAL DISEASE AND METABOLIC DISORDERS IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
56 Acute Renal Failure, Robert J. Anderson
57 Chronic Renal Failure, Robert J. Anderson
58 Acid-Base, Electrolyte, and Metabolic Abnormalities, Ahmad Bilal Faridi and Lawrence S. Weisberg
59 Acute Diabetic Emergencies, Hypoglycemia, and Glycemic Control, Michael Chansky and Ghada Haddad
60 Adrenal Insuffi ciency in the Critically Ill Patient, Robert W. Taylor
61 Thyroid Disorders, Susan S. Braithwaite
Part VI NEUROLOGIC DISEASE IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
62 Coma, Igor Ougorets and John J. Caronna
63 Neurologic Criteria for Death in Adults, Joseph A. Karam and John M. Luce
64 Stroke, Thomas R. Mirsen
65 Acute Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure in Myasthenia Gravis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Osman Samil Kozak and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
66 Seizures in the Critically Ill, Thomas P. Bleck
67 Head Injury, Alan R. Turtz and H. Warren Goldman
Part VII PHYSICAL AND TOXIC INJURY IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
68 Critical Care Management of the Severely Burned Patient, Jeffery R. Saffle
69 Poisonings, Janice L. Zimmerman and Maria Rudis
70 Hypothermia, Hyperthermia, and Rhabdomyolysis, Sanjay Subramanian, J. Christopher Farmer, and Christopher McFadden
Part VIII ADMINISTRATIVE, ETHICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN CARE OF THE
71 Intensive Care Unit Administration and Performance Improvement, Sean Townsend and Carolyn Bekes
72 Ethical Considerations in Managing Critically Ill Patients, Marion Danis, Ezekial Emanuel, and Henry Silverman
73 Delirium, Sleep, and Mental Health Disturbances in Critical Illness, Pratik Pandharipande, James Jackson, and E. Wesley Ely
74 Severity Scoring Systems: Tools for the Evaluation of Patients and Intensive Care Units, Rui P. Moreno and Philipp G. H. Metnitz
75 Education and Training in Critical Care, Nandan Gautam, Hannah Reay, and Julian Bion
Part IX OTHER CRITICAL CARE DISORDERS AND ISSUES IN CARE OF THE CRITICALLY ILL
76 Diagnosis and Management of Liver Failure in the Adult, Nick Murphy
77 Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Louis Chaptini and Steven Peikin
78 Acute Pancreatitis, John C. Marshall
79 Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic Disorders, Neil A. Lachant
80 Use of Blood Components in the Intensive Care Unit, Judith A. Luce
81 Intensive Care of the Cancer Patient, Brendan D. Curti and Dan L. Longo
82 Critical Care Medicine in Pregnancy, Stephen E. Lapinsky
83 Nutrition Support, Richard G. Barton


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Hot answers tagged serial-voting
Are you sure you want to discuss this in public?
I guess you do, since this is the second incident. Anyway, there were some really egregious sockpuppets and voting patterns here, and a lot of it.
Some examples:
users who say they are from "NY" and "Chicago, IL" -- when all their IPs geolocate halfway across the planet and remarkably near you.
users who ...
The script should simply count multiple votes on posts of the same question as one, no matter how many are voted on. It is natural behaviour to read through a question and its answers and potentially vote on all of those posts.
For example, voting on both a question and a self-answer to it is something the script shouldn't regard as serial voting, you are ...
We sometimes give a warning the first time, depending on how outwardly hostile their current (and past) behavior might be. In quite a few cases, no actual malice was intended, and I'll explain.
There are cases where someone happens across an answer that is just really questionable. The person then goes to the author's history and looks at other answers, ...
In the beginning when I downvoted the system popped up a message urging me to explain why I do so. The system also seems to count my upvotes to questions and answers and points out when I neglect to vote on questions.
Would it be so hard for the system to pick up when I'm downvoting more than, say: three posts of one user and pop up a message explaining ...
I'm sure this is not really brightening anyone's day.
You're not doing that person any favors. Someone might look at that and think this person is guilty of vote fraud. Please stop voting this way, it's more annoying than anything else.
I support this proposal.
As noted, we deal with a number of people who try to cheat the voting system here. I've personally handled ~50 such cases on Stack Overflow over the last month. Every one of these instances can take some time to deal with, and ways to make this process more efficient can save a lot of effort on the part of moderators and the ...
Sometimes these things take time. When we investigate flags reporting possible voting irregularities, there's a lot of data that we have to examine, and it can sometimes lead us to examining 20+ users in great detail. The one thing we don't want to do is pull the suspension trigger on someone that doesn't deserve it. Perhaps their dorm or office mates cast ...
Agreed. The problem with running a script is that scripts can be gamed, people can learn how they work and work around them. Scripts aren't intelligent, they don't learn.
In my opinion, users who have been detected to have engaged in serial downvoting should be forced to leave a 50-character comment for all downvotes for a significant period, e.g. a month, ...
I'm going to take issue with several of your points:
He has asked 167 questions and in that
time contributed 2 answers. One of the
answers is an answer to his own
question, and the other answer is an
unhelpful "Please rephrase your
So? Repeat after me: there is no requirement to answer in order to ask questions and frankly I find ...
Don't target users with votes. It's as simple as that. By all means feel free to vote for content you happen upon, but anything that looks like you targeting a user with votes (up or down) can land both you and the user you target in hot water. Don't do it. You'll cause more trouble than it's worth. Even if you mean well, and the votes are deserved, there is ...
Based on the Google-cached version of your profile, the number of upvotes on your answers plummeted (your top ten answers at the time had a total sum score of 115; now those same answers add up to 38). Most likely the vote fraud script detected suspicious activity and removed a bunch of the upvotes on your answers. That triggers an automatic rep recalc, so ...
I tend to agree with this - it looks bad, provides no real advantage to anyone other than a moderator investigating the root cause of the problem, and actually offers a reverse-engineering tool to folks intentionally looking to game the system.
Hiding it by default, visible only to moderators and profile owners via the "show deleted posts" checkbox, makes ...
When is upvoting content from one user frowned upon?
When the purpose of your account's existence is to upvote the other person.
Would my usecase be in danger of being a (what I consider 'false') positive for the fraud-detection?
Yes, it would be in some danger. No, I don't consider it a false positive, but you wouldn't be treated as harshly as ...
As long as you stick to voting on the content of the post as opposed to the user you will be fine. Even if you do trigger the anti fraud algorithm. There are many limitations to prevent unwanted behavior but sometimes even "honest" actions are tripped up.
An example of this could be the 6 question per day limit.
What happens if I really have 6 ...
If you mean today, that was an automated check - no individual moderator was involved, but those checks are very conservative - and this has triggered twice in a matter of days. If a random user suddenly starts upvoting you overwhelmingly and consistently for a sustained duration, then yes: that will be treated as suspicous. Because it is.
On SO, the ...
A user was trying to stay "under the radar" with respect to downvoting you (several checks are in place, he was doing it at a very low volume as to avoid all of them). We have invalidated all involved votes.
The offender has been dealt with. If, after their vacation, they offer an encore...let's just say they don't want to do that...
I was the recipient of it only one time in the past (and even then it was not that major). I think I disagreed with someone on their answer and voted them down, next thing I know I had about 7 of my older answers voted down in quick succession.
Some people can be pretty thin-skinned.
Edit: I am editing this because I do take issue with the idea that ...
42!* And possibly still ongoing. Originating from somewhere around this question which, for the record, I did not even downvote.
Some people have too much time on their hands. :)
* Yes, seriously, 42. I think I can die happy now. X-D
The only solution in this specific case: flag, and explain. Now that this Meta post is here, refer to it in your flag. The moderators will clean up, and already warned the user at least once, after cleaning up some comments:
Edits can be rolled back, any downvotes might be there to say, but who cares.
As for the (bad) reason: I'm sure at some point in ...
I don't really know what to attribute this to, but while you have been getting a few down-votes recently, they're not coming from the same user(s) and there doesn't appear to be any connection between the voters apart from their involvement in ios - which, of course, is to be expected considering your involvement in that tag. Occam's razor sez they're ...
That does indeed look very suspicious and may evade the serial-voting script.
If, after 24 hours, the downvotes have not been reverted, flag one of the posts for moderator attention.
Use the "other" option and explain, and a moderator will investigate. If there are sockpuppet accounts involved they have the tools to detect these and clean up.
This certainly falls under serial voting.
The votes are un-upvotes, but they are voting behavior non the less. And they are targeted at specific users, not the content.
As such this goes against the rules - it is not allowed in any shape or form.
The reversal script doesn't handle this specific kind of case at the moment, but we may very well add it.
You have an interesting way of answering questions. By interesting I mean unusual. By unusual I mean it's going to irk some people.
You tend to post code without much discussion. Sometimes it appears (for example in the linked question) that you don't seem to answer the question exactly, instead just provide a working example of code. Although your code ...
If you're seeing a pattern of downvoting, flag for moderator attention. In the flag, indicate that you also believe this user has a history of engaging in such a pattern.
Enough flags of that type (substantiated by evidence of course), and those users will absolutely be suspended.
I saw a flag someone had raised on this, and tracked the source. You were indeed being targeted by a user and his two sock puppet accounts. I destroyed these sock puppets, which looks to have eliminated all of the targeted downvotes here.
Given that these sock puppets were being used to vote for their own posts, and this is not the first time they've done ...
First off - I like this idea, but I don't like either of the options you put forth.
There's definitely room for improvement in the current system. But not by creating more bureaucracy, and not by making the current process - which is difficult in part to reduce the danger inherent in the task - more dangerous.
A philosophy of voting: privacy and freedom
First off, any system that considered a fixed number of downvotes as clear evidence of abuse would be crazy. Folks would be triggering it accidentally all the time. The system would break. And it would be trivially easy to game. So, we don't do that.
Here's my advice:
Don't worry about the voting-fraud script. Unless you want to be fraudulent with your ...
Our guidance here is to do exactly what you did, wait for the script to run and if the votes aren't reversed, it means:
It wasn't the same person. You'd be surprised how often that is actually the case
The votes did not trip the algorithm(s), which are designed to err on the side of caution.
What this prescribes is shrugging it off entirely, and possibly ...
Shog9 already took care of this particular user, but if I could, I'd like to make a suggestion for future flags of this type.
It really does help us if you can present as much evidence as you can in your custom flag. Even stating what you did above, that a series of votes came in within minutes on a certain date, can save us a lot of time in processing ...
Only top voted, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible


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Prices paid to local lobstermen have hit a record low for this time of year -- even as the catch has hit record highs.
The hefty harvests in June fell prey to the laws of the marketplace:
Boat prices dropped, with Monday's $2.75-per-pound at the docks equaling a low in 2009, although that $2.75 came in August ,when higher demand from processors drove down the price, said experts.
Processors are not buying here yet, and for July, the price is the lowest in at least five years, according to Bill Adler, executive director of the Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association in Scituate. That's an alarm for fishermen, who need $4 a pound to break even, he added.
Yet, what "should be," as Adler put it, a lure for consumers to buy the crustaceans in Gloucester is not necessarily so.
Some dealers and grocers offer bargains; many have not changed at all, pricing their lobsters at three, nearly four times what the fishermen are paid per pound. Restaurant prices, in general, have not fluctuated, either.
Because of unusually warm water in the spring, landings of new-shell lobsters, which are too vulnerable to ship long distances but make up perhaps half a catch, came early – too early for the tourist trade that generally gobbles them up, said Adler of the Lobstermen's Association. "Softies can be eaten just with your hands, and taste great, very sweet," said Adler.
The boon catch was also too early for purchases by the large processors in Canada, who like the soft shells but have inventory brimming with frozen hard shells to sell in bulk to casinos and cruise ships later in the year.
"The processors haven't even called," he said.
Adler suggested that a painful $2.75 might bring in the big boys from the north, somewhat easing the immediate glut.
"There's too much inventory," said Craig Babinski, owner of Rockport Lobster on Commercial Street, "and nobody knows the future. Lobsters shed six to eight weeks early and we had all this soft shell when we didn't need it."
The outlook for autumn, when about 75 percent of a lobsterman's catch is landed, is wary at best.
Joey Ciaramitaro, co-owner of Captain Joe and Sons in Rocky Neck, who sells to distributors like Ipswich Shellfish Group., the leading direct delivery seafood processor and distributor in the country, said "we're day to day." He declined to cite his prices, which others in the business said can be a bellwether for the city.
"June was the best catch in maybe 40 years. I'm bringing them in one door and they go out the other," said Ciaramitaro.
"My poor tired body can attest to the banner year," he said, "with the volume more than making up" for the price per pound to the fishermen. "But no one knows where we'll be in late August or the fall." he added.
Industry analyst Adler was a bit less sanguine, characterizing the market as "moderate."
"There's still good demand from consumers," he said. "Fourth of July week was OK," he said, with boat prices in Gloucester at $3 a pound, and as high as $3.75 in Boston and the South Shore. Last year's prices at this time were closer to $4 here and $5 in Boston.
Most markets pay different rates for soft or hard shells; Gloucester pays one.
"The truth is, demand is down," said Monte Rome, co-owner of Intershell Seafood Corp. on Commercial Street, one of the leading air shippers in the country. "I think this may be a fairly permanent reaction" to the financial crash of '08, he said. "Markets should grow, and this one isn't. I feel the perception is lobster is a high-priced item and people say 'we don't need it.' The European market has definitely dwindled."
As of Monday morning, Rome was buying at $3 a pound, cut from $3.25 the previous week, and selling new-but-firm shells at $5 a pound, hard shells at $5-6. The price to restaurants was $4.85 for firm, he said.
Allowing he had not done a survey, industry spokesman Adler said a bright aspect "should be" that the price to consumers is low – and lowest here.
On Monday, Market Basket at Gloucester Crossing was selling local lobsters for $5 a pound. At Shaw's, they were $6 pound, while $10 at Stop and Shop, the same as at Turner's Seafood Market on Smith Street.
Restaurants do not seem to have fluctuated. A one-pounder at Gloucester House on Rogers Street is $16, a twin 2 1/2-pound special is $25 – unchanged for months. At Lobsta Land off Route 128, a one-pounder fetches $22, also stable, and it's ditto for the Topside Grill on Rogers Street's usual summer special: $14 for a one pounder.
Nancy Gaines is a regular Times correspondent and a veteran writer and editor of both Boston-based and national publications.