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Yeah, I cringed as I wrote that headline too. Not necessarily because of Johnny Manziel, but more so the broad subject matter. It pains me to entertain draft speculation in early February, only days after the Super Bowl. But if it relates to the first overall pick and the most polarizing quarterback set to be on the board, we have to listen. And then we can choose to either laugh or applaud gracefully.
In a few short weeks once the calendar flips to March, the draft will still be in the distance, but the yearly speculation exercise won't feel so bad. Pro Days will be ongoing, many anonymous scouts will be saying many erroneous things, and Nolan Nawrocki will be on a college campus somewhere being completely gutless. But right now Manziel will still grab our attention in the early going, and the latest appetizer yesterday was a rumor that he could be targeted by the Houston Texans at first overall.
It's a loose and vague one of course, as they all are at this stage. But it's a reminder that we may be entering a brave new world where Teddy Bridgewater isn't the assumed, no doubter first overall pick.
Here's the sizzling rumor, which comes to us by way of Russ Lande through his "GM for a day" series, which is of the highest quality:
While the Texans have only $6,100,000 in cap space, cutting Matt Schaub is no done deal: they will wait until they feel 100-percent confident in one of the quarterbacks available with the first overall pick. According to trusted sources, the Texans are initially leaning towards taking either Blake Bortles or Johnny Manziel with the top pick. Although Manziel would obviously be the choice of owner Bob McNair, O'Brien is not sold that Manziel possesses the work ethic and intangibles necessary to be the face of a franchise.
Somehow and some way, the Texans will surely take a quarterback, and it's just a matter of which quarterback. Between Bridgewater, Manziel, and Blake Bortles, this is a strong class up front, but the former Texas A&M frat boy is the greatest wildcard. And risk isn't exactly ideal for a franchise aiming to climb out of its quarterback hole dug by Matt Schaub and his pick six spree.
I won't dive into the intangibles Lande hints at and new head coach Bill O'Brien is apparently concerned about, because that's a fancy-word way of saying "he drinks a lot". But I'll direct you to what I wrote about a month ago when Manziel officially declared for the draft (this pretty stupid play is referenced):
There are a handful of similar plays that you'll see repeated on an endless loop from now until early May, and they have the same common elements. Manziel makes an incredible and unbelievably athletic play to escape a rush, the sort that parallels or even exceeds anything we've seen from the current batch of NFL quarterbacks who come to mind when you hear the tag "mobile quarterback". Then he heaves a desperation prayer jump ball which should be intercepted, and his plea to the football gods above is answered.
That won't fly in the NFL, but he's no Tebow in the sense that his arm and throwing mechanics are infinitely better, as if his college career is indeed over he finishes his two seasons with a completion percentage of 68.9, and 9.1 yards per attempt to go along with his absurd 2,169 rushing yards. Manziel's decision making can be developed, but that natural athleticism can't be, which is why a team will take the leap and make him a first-round pick.
I'm still really early in my tape study and draft homework, a process that will kick up several gears once I get back from a week drinking things in Cuba. So I reserve the right for my perception to change.
But as of right now, that's who I believe Manziel is: a quarterback whose ceiling is high, as is his potential purely because of athleticism that can't be taught, but his decision making is often lacking. That makes him a risk at first overall, but under the right quarterback whisperer said risk is minimized.
Isn't that why the Texans hired O'Brien?
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The Peyton Manning character assassination
Yesterday I tried to define what exactly a legacy is, since that's the thing to do right now with Peyton Manning. Ultimately the conclusion any reasonable-thinking person should come to is that, while both Manning and his entire team played poorly Sunday night, something as grand as a player's legacy can't sway dramatically after one game. Football is inherently a small sample size with its 16-game seasons, and one-game playoffs. So with a term like "legacy" that's intended to cover an entire career, why do we insist on making it even smaller?
With Manning, it gets worse. As Chase Stuart writes in his excellent piece, for whatever reason over the years his losses on a grand stage have stuck out far more than his accomplishments on the same stage, even though other quarterbacks on his level have experienced similarly monumental face plants.
When Tom Brady leads the greatest scoring offense in NFL history to 14 points against a defense that allowed 22 points per game during the regular season, it does not become part of his narrative. When Joe Montana leads the 49ers to just three points in back-to-back playoff losses to the Giants, those games are pushed to the footnotes section of his biography. When the favored Colts were shut out by the Browns in the 1964 NFL title game, that goose egg did not become indelibly intertwined with the legacy of Johnny Unitas. Our memory of Otto Graham's 1953 season is that it was one of the greatest quarterback seasons in football history, even if he went 2/15 for 20 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions in a losing effort in the NFL title game. We remember Sammy Baugh as one of the greatest players ever, forgetting that he was the face of an embarrassing 73-0 loss to the Bears in the 1940 championship game. For most quarterbacks, ugly playoff performances are quirks of history; for Manning, they become bullet points in a character assassination.
There are so many reasons why Richard Sherman is the best
There's never really a good time to call Richard Sherman "needle dick". But right about now the anonymous keyboard douchebags of the Internet are about to meet a force they've never encountered: Sherman with a championship, and a lot of free time on his hands.
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It seems the kind soul who initiated the contact here has since deleted her account, as is the way of the keyboard warrior. But let the record show the first shot said this:
Seattle beat Denver, but you contributed nothing and got carted off with an injury. Karma's a NASTY bitch, needle Dick! :P
This man is a lunatic
Golden Tate is also the best
I remember a few years back when I used to also write about a sport us Canadian folk care about, the Boston Bruins went ham with their Stanley Cup party, cracking out a giant and expensive bottle of champagne. It was at that moment I learned what Ace of Spades is, and that any man who brings it to a party might just be the best.
So take a bow, Golden Tate…
Golden Tate celebrating Seahawks win on Sunday with $100,000 bottle of @armanddebrignac pic.twitter.com/eFm3QPjXSY
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Not the best, and definitely the worst: Trent Richardson
Sadly, with a disaster of a Super Bowl now in the books, it's time to start embracing the offseason. Right about now is when we catch our breath for a little bit before the Combine begins, which unbelievably is already upon us and is exactly two weeks away. Then that quickly bleeds into the free agency insanity in mid March, followed closely by intense draft scrutinizing in all of April and early May, and then oh look, August is here again.
The down time in the NFL calendar is something that hardly exists, and bring it. But right now immediately after the Super Bowl there's a slight lull, which gives us time to pause and reflect. When granted this time, Rotoworld's Pat Daugherty put together a list of the 2013 season's most disappointing players from a fantasy perspective (and usually by extension, a reality perspective), and there's only one name that can lead a list of that nature: Trent Richardson.
Richardson's failure was so staggering, so comprehensive, that it's hard to know where to begin. There isn't a fantasy owner alive who doesn't know the gory details, so instead of an avalanche of ugly numbers, we'll begin with a comparison. Richardson is a first-round pick twice over. Andre Ellington was the No. 187 selection of last April's draft. Ellington led the league with 5.52 yards per carry. That was nearly double what T-Rich averaged as a Colt, 2.91. Now you could consider this an arbitrary observation. T-Rich and Ellington are two very different players. But if that's arbitrary, T-Rich's numbers are capricious. He averaged 25.5 rushing yards per game over Indy's final nine contests. He rushed for more than 40 yards four times in 14 games. His season high was 64. He averaged 4.0 yards per carry exactly once. In the playoffs? Richardson had as many lost fumbles (one) as yards (one). We'll explore the "why" of Richardson's 2013 in a future What Went Wrong?, but the "where" is unambiguously clear: In a gutter all by itself.
A man cutting into his knee does not scare NaVorro Bowman
I'll freely admit that I wouldn't be calm and cool enough to take a haha funny picture moments before major reconstructive knee surgery. But I am not NaVorro Bowman, a hulking slice of man who fears nothing.
The surgery was performed by Dr. James Andrews (because of course it was), and now Bowman faces the long and unpredictable road to recovery after tearing his ACL and MCL in the NFC Championship game. Yes, you'll point to the likes of Adrian Peterson and Robert Griffin III in recent years who suffered similar injuries late in the season or playoffs, and were on the field the following September. In Peterson's case he was far more than just on the field as he nearly broke the all-time single-season rushing record. Griffin? Yeah, he was pretty much just on the field.
Bowman has that recent precedent in his favor, but this is the part when I remind any 49ers fans to proceed with caution here. An ACL recovery is still a delicate thing, and no two are ever the same.


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NOIDA: Now you don't have to run from pillar to post to register complaints and get information from government departments. Noida Authority is all set to revive its 'dedicated call centre' for grievance redressal. The Authority is upgrading the existing software in the almost defunct call centre, connecting it to all departments and also to its Facebook page to ensure that no complaints are missed.
The Authority had initially proposed to set up a centralised call centre to register grievance and get residents' feedback in 2004. While the centre still operates from the ground floor of Noida Authority's office in Sector 6, officials say it hardly receives any complaints. Neither are the employees equipped to get in touch with the caller after his complaint is addressed.
The Authority has invited bids for upgrading the centre and will begin the revamp within a week, Noida Authority Chairperson Balwindar Kumar said. In the first phase, this facility will be extended to seven departments which include revenue, development, supply, social welfare, education, health and electricity. Gradually, the service will include other departments as well.
At present, complaints related to water works, sanitation, light and building and construction are only received at Noida Authority office. Once the call centre is upgraded, residents will be able to call and register complaints related to specific civic issues. The new software will scan the complaints and allot them to the respective departments. All complaints will be addressed within 15 days.
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The departments concerned will be notified immediately ensuring quick response," said a senior Authority official.
"Since most residents are busy with their daily schedules through the week, they do not get the time to come forward with their problems. But with this facility, we are just a phone call away. The aim is to make our functions more transparent besides increasing accountability, fixing responsibilities and reducing the response time to each problem," he added.
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Country Club Shores residents, who have dealt with poor visibility when attempting to drive onto Gulf of Mexico Drive from Spinnaker Lane, and a closed off sidewalk, began noticing the project's signs of completion today.
The exterior water pipes and pump, which acted as a bypass while the underground lift station was rehabilitated underground, are being removed today. Town Engineer Anne Ross said concrete barriers in the area would also come down today. New sod in the right of way will also be placed this week.
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Only about a quarter of registered voters in Arizona participated in last week's partisan primary elections and, with two months to go until the general, a third of the statehouse is already set.
The selection of lawmakers in the primary is one of the reasons Arizona policies tend to skew "extreme" on issues such as gun rights and immigration, and why things have to change, former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson said. He's leading a campaign to make Arizona the third state since 2008 to open primaries to all voters and candidates, and send the two with the most votes, regardless of party, to the general election.
"The people who are winning only have to appeal to a very narrow base," Johnson, 53, said in a telephone interview, spitting out percentages of turnout and registration that he says are far too low. "There is no doubt the system has evolved into something our founders didn't plan."
The proposed change -- which would apply to all local, state and federal races except for president -- will be on the November ballot. It follows California, which tested its top-two primary system for the first time in June, and Washington state, where a similar process has been in place since 2008.
Many states, including Arizona, have sought to change the electoral process through measures ranging from public financing for campaigns and term limits for lawmakers, to overhauls of redistricting. The move to scrap partisan primaries, a more pronounced shift in how elections are conducted, comes as hundreds of statehouse races nationwide are uncontested and there is little or no competitiveness in many districts, including for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Not Alone
Arizona is certainly not alone in a lack of competition. In Massachusetts, which held its primaries yesterday, more than half of state lawmakers are unlikely to face an opponent in either the primary or the general election, said Brian McNiff, a spokesman for the Secretary of State.
Nationwide, about one-third of all statehouse seats are uncontested in the general election and even more go without primary challenges, said Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote, a Takoma Park, Maryland-based nonprofit.
California's new top-two primary -- supported by a coalition that included then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, a Democrat who was speaker of the Assembly for 15 years -- was passed by lawmakers in 2009 and approved by voters a year later.
Moderate Stance
The change is meant to encourage candidates to take a more moderate stance to appeal to a broader audience, instead of just the party base, since voters of any affiliation can support them in the primary election. In districts that skew toward a single party, as many do, two Republicans or two Democrats can end up facing off.
That's the case for incumbent U.S. Representative Pete Stark, a California Democrat who has served in Congress since 1973. After the top-two primary in June, he is facing a challenge from another Democrat, Dublin City Councilmember Eric Swalwell, in a district that leans strongly Democratic.
"In a general election against a Republican, he would have coasted to victory," Jack Pitney, a politics professor at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, said in a telephone interview. "But in a top-two system, he's facing a very tough challenge from a Democrat and he may very well be defeated."
Pitney and others say it's too soon to tell if California's system will help ease partisan gridlock or result in more centrists in the statehouse or Congress.
Party Line?
"The benefit to the voter is that everybody gets to participate in the primary," Pitney said. "We'll see what the winners actually do in the Legislature and the Congress. Will they be more moderate, or will they vote the party line?"
Richie, whose group FairVote supports a shift to proportional instead of winner-take-all elections, said results in states with similar systems don't indicate that top-two will improve competition in many races or drive voter turnout higher.
Vote-splitting can lead to representation that doesn't reflect the majority of voters: In one Democratic-leaning congressional district in California with a large Latino population, two white Republicans will compete in the general election after the Democratic vote was split among four candidates in the primary, he said.
Third Parties
Another drawback is that the system can shut third parties out of the general election because it narrows the choice to two candidates -- often from the major parties, Pitney said.
"This system largely puts them out of business," Pitney said.
Johnson in Arizona calls this concern a red herring. Third parties don't win in general elections now, even if they're on the ballot, and they would have a chance in the primary along with other candidates, he said.
Johnson, an independent who was a Democrat when he was mayor of Phoenix and ran for governor in the 1990s, said candidates of all parties would have to appeal to a broad segment of voters under the top-two system.
In Arizona today, Republicans dominate and the voices of moderates are "squashed out" in the primary, he said.
"You make sure you know how to capture the base -- which usually means the most extreme voter," Johnson said. "Compromise is not a bad word to the general public, but it is a bad word to the voters who make up the extreme voters on both sides."
Unaffiliated Voters
Under Arizona law, independents can choose to cast ballots in either the Democratic or Republican primaries. About a third of the state's registered voters are unaffiliated with a major political party.
Bill Montgomery, the Republican elected county attorney for Maricopa County who's a spokesman for top-two opponents, said the system shouldn't be changed to influence public policy. Election outcomes are up to voters, he said; if they don't like who wins, they should vote.
"I'm sick and tired of hearing how great moderate candidates are," Montgomery said. "Sometimes voters need candidates who take principled stands so that they have a choice."
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Surviving early spring freezing temperatures, torrential rains, flooding, high winds and tornados, growers of Georgia-grown peaches, melons and blueberries were poised to start another spring season.
Harvesting of blueberries normally starts in mid- to late April while the state's signature peach crop begins packing in mid-May, with cantaloupe pickings expected to begin in late May. Growers begin watermelon harvesting in mid-June.
Rebounding after two successive below-average production years, Georgia peach packers this spring are looking forward to a more typical production year.
Spring freezes took out nearly all of their crops in 2007 and more than half of their crops last season.
"It's been three years since we have had a decent crop," said Al Pearson Jr., president and managing partner of Pearson Farm, Fort Valley, Ga. "This year, we have an adequate crop set. It's not a real big thinning job, but we have to thin all of the trees, which tells me we should have a decent crop of fruit. I think we as a state are going to be a good and dependable supplier."
Pearson in late April said he didn't see much disease and that everything appeared to be on track for a May 15 normal start.
Heavier than normal spring rains should also help the crop's sizings, said Duke Lane III, vice president of sales with the Fort Valley-based Lane Southern Orchards.
"This season's sizings should be really good," he said in late April. "The amount of dormant chill hours we have had, which was tremendous, will serve us well with overall quality. It's going to be a good year with good eating and large volumes of southern peaches."
Though the severe weather may have harmed some isolated trees by causing burning, Lane said the threatening weather didn't appear to have harmed his trees.
Last season, prices opened $18-22 for early fruit, and then declined as the season moved on, Lane said. He said prices normally start in that range.
Lane said he expects to pack close to 700,000 25-pound cartons this season, up from the 150,000 cartons it packed last year.
Georgia, the third largest fresh-producing peach state, normally packs 3.2 million cartons, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Battling rainy weather, Georgia grower-shippers in late April were finishing watermelon plantings.
An April 9 freeze scared growers, as the soaked fields prevented them from entering their fields to spray to protect their plants from freeze damage. The temperatures, however, didn't fall low enough to cause damage, said Greg Leger, president and partner in Leger & Son Inc., Cordele, Ga.


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It's a rainy Monday here in New York, and I'm downtown serving my first day {ever -- a momentous civic occasion!} of jury duty. While I'm sitting and waiting . . . waiting . . . waiting . . . I thought this might be a good opportunity to tell you about some fantastic pickles I made over the weekend.
These are truly pickles of spring: ramps, those delicious and stinky little wild leeks with a fleeting season that's by now almost at an end; and asparagus, whose green spears are popping up in markets everywhere lately (I was finally able to set aside a batch for pickling that didn't go straight into a hot skillet).
Though I like fresh ramps just fine -- especially sauteed in butter and olive oil and tossed with soba noodles -- I've discovered that I actually like pickled ramps even better. Briefly blanched, they retain a fresh crunch, and their pungency stands up to an assertive spice mixture including mustard and fennel seeds, black peppercorns, and Aleppo pepper. These would made a great addition to a potato or whole grain salad, and would also be killer in a bloody mary -- maybe even a dirty martini? For now I'm just eating them plucked straight from the jar.
With its crisp, dense-fleshed stems, asparagus is also an ideal spring vegetable for pickling. The spicy and tangy pickling mixture complements but doesn't overwhelm its distinctive, sweet-savory-umami flavor. I might tuck a few spears into a sandwich, add them to pasta and salads, or use them to spice up a cheese plate along with rich marcona almonds and some dried or fresh fruit. {Seems to me that the bloody mary and dirty martini remain viable options here, too.}
Are you pickling vegetables this spring? Any favorites or tips you've gathered along the way?
pickled ramps and asparagus
adapted from sassy radish, natural health magazine, and food in jars
yield: one 20-ounce jar of asparagus pickles and one 16-ounce (pint) jar of ramp pickles
For the pickling liquid:
- 1 cup white wine vinegar
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 1 Tbsp coarse salt
- 2 Tbsp coconut palm sugar {or sucanat, rapadura, natural cane sugar, etc.}
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
- 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- 1/4 tsp Aleppo chile flakes {or any crushed red chile flakes}
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 sprigs of thyme
- 3 bunches of ramps, leaves removed and reserved for another use, bulb ends trimmed and washed well {yield is about 2 cups of bulbs}
- 3/4 pound of asparagus, washed well and tough bottom stems removed {I trimmed them to a height that would fit in the jar I was using and saved the tender sections that had to be removed for another time}
- 2 slices of lemon
- 1 stalk of spring garlic, cleaned and sliced into 1/2-inch segments {or 2 mature garlic cloves}
- One tall, 20-ounce jar and one 16-ounce {pint} jar, sterilized in boiling water
Combine all ingredients for the pickling liquid in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Bring a pot of water to a boil. Blanch the ramps first {for 10 seconds} and then the asparagus {for about 1 minute}, transferring each to an ice bath.
Place a slice of lemon at the bottom of each jar. Arrange the ramps in the pint jar and the asparagus in the taller jar, tucking in a few slices of spring garlic as you go along.
Pour the cooled pickling liquid into the jars {I used about 1 cup of liquid for the ramps and 2 cups for the asparagus}, placing a bay leaf and a thyme sprig in each jar and evenly distributing the spices between the jars.
Seal the jars tightly and refrigerate. The pickles will be ready to eat in about 2 days and will keep for weeks in the fridge.


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Hawaii's North Shore is floating CinemaScope, Beach Blanket Bingo crossed with The Truman Show, an eerie landscape where everyone is living out a curious life movie. For haole—vintage slang for visitors from the mainland—it's one big Surf Land dude ranch. At plush Turtle Bay Resort, guests take lessons at the Hans Hedemann Surf School, no doubt channeling an interior dreamscape that embraces hotdoggers and scrappy wahines from Gidget, The Endless Summer, Riding Giants, Step into Liquid, and Baywatch, with Lost and such reality TV fare as (what else?) Boarding House: North Shore the most recent additions to the psychic equation. Nothing on the North Shore feels quite real, as if Elvis Presley, whose old rental mansion remains a testament to his Blue Hawaii period, might appear at any moment and start warbling away to some moonstruck secretary.
Since the halcyon era of the fifties, when a handful of madcap California surfers drove north from Waikiki to stoke themselves silly on their quaint long boards, the world's coolest village has been in the business of myth, churning out visions of paradise. This 26-mile stretch of beach and the surrounding hills—called the country on Oahu—does have very real surf breaks: Hammerheads (named after a nearby shark breeding ground), Himalayas, Avalanche, Marijuana's, Banzai Pipeline, Gas Chambers. In season, from October through March, truly monstrous waves—with faces up to 25 feet tall—turn the North Shore into the mecca of surfing, which pretty much means it also becomes a stomping ground for international pop culture.
For all practical purposes, the North Shore extends from the Mormon Temple in Laie—most of Laie is owned by Mormons, an influence reflected in a video store with a sanitized version of Sideways ( "Just a few swear words and a bit of nudity," says a clerk. "You hardly notice the difference")—to the wild vastness of Kaena Point. Haleiwa, a Christian outpost in the 1800's, is the official entertainment center of the North Shore. It's home to assorted surf stores; Celestial Natural Foods and Billy's Barber Shop; slaphappy teenage testosterone in SMILE UGLY T-shirts cruising aimlessly in jacked-up trucks; the down-home Café Haleiwa; and the forever packed Matsumoto Shave Ice, complete with day-tripping Japanese tour groups and glossies of Adam Sandler on the wall. At Haleiwa Joe's (immortalized in The Big Bounce, with Owen Wilson), middle-aged barflies watch competitive surfing on television and rail against the showboating of young surfers.
Haleiwa has one true Old Hawaii hangout, the Manu O Ke Kai Canoe Club, full of outrigger canoes and the feeling of being a long way from regular Joe America. Naturally, this unpretentious gem, an authentic hole in the wall, has been discovered by the fashion industry, and one afternoon, bikini and surf gear shoots were going on simultaneously. The 25-year-old "lifestyle surfer" Jamie Sterling was on the job, talking about the progression from grom (surfer kid) to cult star with the casual self-consciousness that comes from having been raised in America's grooviest beach town. On the North Shore, schools are filled with a bewildering array of students—white kids whose roots go back to the mainland, native Hawaiians, Portuguese, Chinese, Filipinos, Mormons, Buddhists, Samoans—who speak an impenetrable language, a cross between hip-hop and rhyming slang: brah for friend, da grinds for food. Boards are brought to school, and when the bell rings, the rainbow tribe heads out to the beach.
Since Sterling competes sporadically, he's free to travel the world in an endless quest for epic waves, sponsored by magazines, documentaries, and corporations. As with any other model, the more editorial pages he has in magazines, the more valuable a marketing commodity he becomes. For Sterling, life has taken a curious turn: "I started getting paid to surf in my junior year, but in high school, football players got all the girls—surfers are no big deal here," he says. In fact, surfing is just part of the landscape to natives, as ordinary as golf or tennis is in, say, Scarsdale, New York. Wholesome suburban families, from Grandma on down, will emerge from a minivan with their boards at Waimea Bay, updating the whole Beach Boys "Surfin' USA" number. Churches use surfboards as signs (LOVE GOD), and locals like real estate agent Don Darnell meet prospective clients while paddling out to waves.
Ultimately, the North Shore gestalt is about the great surf breaks of Sunset Beach—about eight miles north of Haleiwa—and the 15,000 or so year-round residents who cling to Kamehameha Highway, forming a community without a real name, town center, or anything to do after 9 p.m. (Surfers wake up early for the "dawn patrol," beating the crowds on prime surf days.) I traveled to the North Shore from my hometown of Miami—another tropical frontier that is part of America in only the broadest conceptual sense—and Sunset Beach came as a wistful lesson in what Miami Beach could have been if towering condominiums hadn't devoured the culture of the street. Sunset Beach is a miraculous place, the most organic, pedestrian-friendly, and resolutely democratic town imaginable. America has become a land of gated communities, but Sunset Beach proves that every socioeconomic class can play nicely with others, though many North Shore natives resent that they can't afford beach houses anymore. (A 1,166-square-foot beach house that went for $750,000 in 2000 would now, according to various brokers, sell for $3 million or more.)


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"I made this for my workplace Christmas party yesterday and it was a hit! It's strong but tastes so good that you're tipsy before you know it. One batch is definitely not enough if you're making this for a big party... there were about 15-20 people at this one, and I doubled the recipe. Only a little bit was left at the end of the party, so it was..."
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OK there are a number of States that will not honor my Texas CHL (21 to be exact) that means another 29 do.
There are the two famous States (Illinois and Wisconsin) that do not allow concealed carry at all.
So what happens when a high profile person that has a body guard goes to a state his license is not honored in or they go ti IL or MN?
I assume there is some kind of body guard law that allows a registered body guard to carry, and if so what kinds of hoops do you have to jump through to get a body guard license?
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I have tired, dated oak cabinets in my kitchen. We may move in a few years so I want to redo the cabinets in a color that will be timeless and I like the idea of lighter colors. I have a friend in the cabinet business who can give me two choices in a light cabinet - an off white ivory or white white cabinet at a good price. The white white is a little to modern for my home. The off white is a Victorian ivory. Does ivory work as a white kitchen or when people talk about a white kitchen being classic are they talking about more of a white white? The ivory color is almost the shade of my bisque appliances (which we plan to replace). I understand that bisque appliances are dated but would that shade in a cabinet be? Thanks all! |
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I think when people talk about white kitchens they are talking about a wide range of whites. Sometimes it's white-white, but it's often cream to ivory. If you like the ivory color and it goes with the color scheme you want, I'd go for it. Also, I don't know if there is a true timeless kitchen - some things are trendier than others, but styles come and go through the years. |
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 17:33
Why don't you paint your existing cabinets white? We did this in our last home and it looked like we had put in brand new cabinets. The old oak cabinets were painted in White Dove by Benjamin Moore, using a satin oil based finish. If was a nice soft white that wasn't too stark. If you have solid oak cabinets, they may be of higher quality than the new ones you are considering, so that's something to consider as well. Our old oak cabinets looked great and it was a lot cheaper and less messy than buying new ones. We also upgraded the trim and added more detailed moldings and embellishments to the cabinets before we painted them. It looked like a new kitchen for a fraction of the price. Here is our BEFORE picture... |
This post was edited by TXBluebonnet11 on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 17:59
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 17:34
Here is the after picture. I will post a few more... |
This post was edited by TXBluebonnet11 on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 17:37
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 17:38
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 17:45
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 17:56
And another one. The first one shows the cabinets when we were in the process of replacing the backsplash. I didn't mean to hijack your thread; I just wanted to show you what paint could do. |
This post was edited by TXBluebonnet11 on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 17:57
Your cabinets look beautiful. Dove white is a color I have been considering for trim. I thought about painting the oak cabinets but mine have a cathedral arch on each panel at the top which makes them super country looking. Not a simple round arch - an angled arched. I am thinking if we painted them white we would end up with white, country looking painted panels. I am not sure that would be an improvement. In your case you dont have the arch to begin with so you got more of a modern look.. |
This post was edited by Lee333 on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 19:19
How's about keeping the boxes and painting them and then upgrading the doors and drawer fronts? |
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 20:57
We refaced the cabinets in our even older house (the house before the one in the photo). We ordered new doors and drawer fronts and painted it all white to match. It looked amazing. Just like new and much cheaper than new cabinets. We did not go to the expense on the last house (the one in the pictures) because we knew we were moving. If you do choose to reface, you can even go from the standard cabinets to a full overlay, which will really give a higher end look. |
This post was edited by TXBluebonnet11 on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 22:02
TXB, your kitchen is beautiful! Great job. |
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 21:58
Thanks Barbara. That's the kitchen from my last house. We will be starting the kitchen for our new home very soon. I'm still trying to decide if I should do white again. I will say, I never got tired of it. If you go to the white cabinets, Lee, I'm sure you will be happy. However you achieve them. I look forward to your after photos! |
We thought about refacing but we can get such a good price (at cost pretty much) on brand new thanks to our friend that I am not sure we would save much. But we are limited to the white white modern or ivory.. It is hard to tell from photos the shade of white many of these kitchens are and if they are ivory. |
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 23:20
Ok, if those are your options, the most timeless and safest choice is going to be the white. It need not be modern looking depending on the style of cabinet doors you choose. if you choose a classic door style and classic hardware, they will look classic. Choose a modern door style and modern hardware and they will look modern. In my mind, white is like a blank canvas and you can decorate around them in any style you choose. Just my opinion though. If you like the look of bisque, they could always be painted white later if you feel they are dated. |
This post was edited by TXBluebonnet11 on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 23:22
The white white is to modern for our home I think. the ivory is here...http://www.cabinetstogo.com/ic280Collectionfrm.asp?prodno=VICTORIA*WC and the white is here..http://www.cabinetstogo.com/ic280Collectionfrm.asp?prodno=WHITE*WC currently we have oak with cathedral arch and a handle. |
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 17, 13 at 10:35
Lee, I don't mind the cathedral arch and handle. I don't think they would give you a country look if redone. I think the key would be having them done professionally, where it's prepped and sanded well and the cabinets are sprayed with a sprayer as opposed to a paintbrush. And using a backsplash, counters, paint, etc that don't look country. I looked at the links. Can you get the WHITE color cabinets in the cabinet style of the IVORY cabinets? If so, I would do that. The reason why the white is looking modern to you is because of the door style in the photo. I don't think that if you used the first door style in the white color that they would look that way at all. So my vote is white with the ivory colored door style. If the only way to get white is to get the modern cabinet style, I wouldn't go that direction. In this case, I'd reface and paint the existing cabinets. I like cream colored cabinets, but I'm not sure about the color on these. The thing that would worry me is that they may not look either white or cream, but like the white paint got dingy. Is there any way you can get some samples and take them into your kitchen to see if the color works? |
This post was edited by TXBluebonnet11 on Wed, Jul 17, 13 at 11:22
"the ivory is here..." I copied the link so it would be click-able in the Optional Link URL so I could view them easily and so could others. |
Here is a link that might be useful: the ivory cabinets are here...
'and the white is here..' I copied the link so it would be click-able in the Optional Link URL so I could view them easily and so could others. |
Here is a link that might be useful: White cabinets click-able link
TXBlueBonnet11, I love the White Dove Painted cabinets! Since your cabinets were in great shape with a straight edge and solid oak, that was the right decision for you. Your kitchen is now gorgeous! |
The Ivory and the style door is very pretty and I think very traditional. I prefer the white Shaker doors since that is more my style but they are both very pretty and nice and (in my humble opinion) neither door style or color is outdated and both are being used today. |
The ivory looks to be a soft white not a yellow white. So it still looks definitively "white" from here and I would choose the softer one. Then again, you said the ivory was close in color to bisque appliances and the picture does not look that way! I think people make too much of arches on their doors : ) Have you researched the quality of this manufacturer well? |
Unfortunately TXBluebonnet11,,, the choice is one or the other door color and style. @lynn2006 thanks for making links. Here is what my kitchen would likely look like with the painted cabinets. We would also have to put handles on in those areas to replace the ones on there now tho we would use a different style. What do you all think of the oak with the cathedral arch painted white? Yay or Nay? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Oak Painted White Cabinets
This post was edited by Lee333 on Wed, Jul 17, 13 at 11:16
- Posted by TXBluebonnet11 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 17, 13 at 11:29
Lee, the cream colored cabinet doors are very nice. One option is to purchase new doors and drawer fronts for the existing cabinets (you can choose exactly what you want this way). Then use hidden hinges and a full overlay on the fronts and install new hardware. The cabinets could be trimmed with richer molding and details before painting. This option would be more work for you to coordinate, but you could get exactly what you want. If you want to go with new cabinets, I'd get the cream ones. If you find them too creamy, you could always paint them later. But you can't change the door style on the white ones - that's a permanent decision.I wouldn't get a door style I don't like just for the lighter color. I can't wait to see your new kitchen! |
If I went with the creamy what color ceiling and trim would you suggest? I had planned to go with Dove White for the rest of my house - do you think that would work? |
BM white dove OC-17 It is so confusing since Linen White and Cloud White has white at the end while White Dove has white at the beginning. I love both Cloud White and White Dove and planned to paint my kitchen cabinets that color until painters said I really needed new cabinets as mine are not solid wood. |
This post was edited by lynn2006 on Wed, Jul 17, 13 at 13:30
I would have the paint matched for the trim in the kitchen and if you do the ceiling white. It shouldn't be an obvious difference in another room. Does White Dove blend with this cabinet color or are they quite different? Consideration: Is this open concept with adjoining trim areas? |
This post was edited by snookums2 on Wed, Jul 17, 13 at 11:49
I don't want to add to anyone's confusion, but I decided on cabinet paint color by their undertones. My granite is New Venetian Gold so I wanted a white with yellow undertones. The new doors were factory painted, the boxes were sanded and primed in matching color which is BM Canvas, I had 4 whites to choose from, KD from DIY place pointed out the undertones of cabinet doors to me....am sure you will love your new kitchen as much as I do. src="http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w383/ilene84c/2016.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2016.jpg"/> "http://s1073.photobucket.com/user/ilene84c/media/2016.jpg.html" target="_blank"> |
Ilene-84, I love your upgraded kitchen. I need to look into that BM Canvas as it looks like such a nice white in your pictures and one of my favorite granites is New Venetian Gold. I loved how you mixed hardware with both knobs and handles. I really like the layout of your kitchen. |
Lynn, thank you!! If your picking New Venetian Gold canvas is a good choice, good luck with your kitchen! Lee do you like how your cabinets will look painted? For me, I wanted a different look, with hidden hinges, so I needed new doors. What's interesting is that until I got a new table (which didn't shout country), everyone considered new kitchen still country....since new table it's considered transitional......(I thought it traditional, but will take transitional over country...lol). |
Lynn, thank you!! If your picking New Venetian Gold canvas is a good choice, good luck with your kitchen! Lee do you like how your cabinets will look painted? For me, I wanted a different look, with hidden hinges, so I needed new doors. What's interesting is that until I got a new table (which didn't shout country), everyone considered new kitchen still country....since new table it's considered transitional......(I thought it traditional, but will take transitional over country...lol). |
iLene...your before pics look like my kitchen. No I dont think I would like the cabinets just painted white. They would still have the arch etc. So just to be clear you had new doors put on and the rest of the cabinet painted? But you kept the old cabinets? And you used the color BM Canvas? What did the resurfacing work cost? And who is KD from DIY :) Thanks! |
- Posted by debrak2008 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 17, 13 at 19:41
Don't mean to hijack but Ilene can you tell me about the item on your dining room wall? It looks like fabric to me. |
Here is an after pic from our recent remodel in case it helps. The cabinet color is "Dover" from Brighton Cabinetry. Thanks |
Nice...so you put in all new cabinets or did you resurface the old ones? Very beautiful! |
The cabinets are new. Thx |
Lee, yes I used my old boxes, and replaced doors and drawer fronts. Cabinet doors cost aprox 1,300 (with slow closing hinges). I was the GC (had practice with small BR), my painter did the sanding/priming/painting of boxes (also had to do same for my walls which had textured paint). I hired a contractor who was also able to do wood work for me, I had cabinet above cooktop raised for microwave, and pushed out cabinet over refrigerator, also had (something I would recommend) drawer made for under cooktop, and pullout for sponges, he put on my hardware, and did tile work. Contractor also installed my floor and all kitchen appliances. Electrician did additional lighting, under counter lighting, and outlet for microwave. Total cost of kitchen was 14,000 (not including appliances). When I priced gutting my kitchen (leaving sofits), cost was 20,000, price without all the extras. Before starting kitchen I thought price was going to be 10,000. The only thing I didn't purchase before was the BS….needed to see granite and cabinets together, but since kitchen took almost 6 weeks to complete I had time. I shopped for fabricator both by price and recommendations. The only person I would never use again was the contractor, who did excellent work, but was difficult to deal with. I knew what I wanted, shed many tears, but am very happy with my new kitchen. (I will look for manufacturer of doors if you want it). debrak2008 the wall hanging is old tin ceiling tiles. This site may help. I was lucky I found it mounted at a flea market, but they can be put together to make art work by mounting on wood. http://dishfunctionaldesigns.blogspot.com/2012/05/embossed-tin-ceiling-tiles-recycled.html |
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A PSNI spokesman said four officers were taken to hospital after police came under "heavy and sustained" attack during disturbances in the area on Saturday.
Two have been discharged, while two are still receiving treatment for their injuries.
Violent clashes first broke out between loyalist and nationalist crowds near the Short Strand area, where a number of homes were attacked and windows were smashed, after the city centre protest.
Rocks, bottles and fireworks were thrown at police when they moved in to separate the rival crowds amid reports of hand-to-hand fighting on Saturday afternoon.
Six baton rounds were fired and water cannon was also deployed.
Police also came under attack in the Castlereagh Street area, while a car was set on fire at the junction of Castlereagh Street and Templemore Avenue as sporadic trouble continued into the night.
Earlier politicians and community workers from both sides attempted to restore calm on the Albertbridge Road.
Loyalist community worker Jim Wilson said the police decision to block the Queen's Bridge as loyalists protestors were returning from the city centre resulted in disturbances.
It saddens me that once again in east Belfast we have trouble on the streets.Jim Wilson
It saddens me that once again in east Belfast we have trouble on the streets.
Jim Wilson
"I warned them (police) that this possibly could happen," he explained.
"I said to them if they do not let them through then they will take an ulterior route and the problem is they took an ulterior route and they came round this way and then police were not prepared for that."
Loyalist community worker Alfie McCrory also questioned the decisions taken by police on Saturday afternoon.
"Forty landrovers on this side and none on the inside," he said pointing to the Short Strand area.
But police claim flag protestors had been made aware that they should move out of the city centre via the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge and Middlepath Street, therefore bypassing part of the Short Strand.
Officers closed off the adjacent Queen's Bridge and were working with marshals when they say loyalist protestors, who were trying to cross the bridge, broke away and ran down Oxford Street, splitting at Lanyon Place.
"Some individuals ran along the Laganbank Road while others ran along East Bridge Street. At this stage many put on masks and covered their faces," a PSNI spokesman added.
Police say they then came under attack from bricks, stones and other missiles.
This was a difficult operation dealing with a large number of people determined to cause disorder and violence.Matt Baggott
This was a difficult operation dealing with a large number of people determined to cause disorder and violence.
Matt Baggott
As the loyalist protestors approached the Short Strand, police said missiles were thrown by "rival factions" across the interface and a number of homes were damaged at the flashpoint.
PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott praised the work of his officers in a "difficult" situation.
"My colleagues brought the situation under control with exceptional courage and professionalism," he said.
"I know the vast majority of people will be grateful for their efforts. Police will continue to engage with all those committed to finding a solution to these issues."
Local Sinn Féin Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile said tensions are running high among Short Strand residents after five weeks of loyalist protests in the area.
"What has been allowed to happen here is an absolute disgrace and now we as a community have to deal with the fall-out of illegal protests, anti-democratic protests and people who simply cannot tolerate the fact that the Short Strand as a community exists," he said.
Short Strand resident Barry Reynolds spoke to UTV after his home was damaged during the rioting.
He says bricks were put through his window as his 15-year-old son watched TV.
He is angry at police after the attack. "It's a disgrace... Why can't they sit here and protect us?" he said.
A number of homes along the Albertbridge Road are seriously, seriously damaged. That's the impact of an illegal parade.Niall Ó Donnghaile
A number of homes along the Albertbridge Road are seriously, seriously damaged. That's the impact of an illegal parade.
Niall Ó Donnghaile
Earlier flag protestors gathered at Belfast City Hall to show their ongoing objection to the council's decision to limit the flying of the Union flag to 18 designated days.
They came from across Belfast and further afield to take part in the weekend demonstration, which has been held each Saturday since the vote was taken in December.
There was a low-key police operation surrounding the protest at city hall, which passed off without incident.
Public transport into and out of the city was disrupted and Translink said a number of bus services were also suspended on Saturday.
On Saturday evening, police confirmed they were also aware of a peaceful protest on the Antrim Road into Ballymena.
It comes after violence broke out in Newtownabbey where four police officers were injured on Friday night. Rioting also flared in Carrickfergus.
It followed six consecutive nights of violence in east Belfast earlier this month.
The Confederation of British Industry has revealed the flag dispute has cost businesses in Belfast up to £15m.
Local traders are expected to ask local politicians for a bailout at a meeting of business owners planned for next week.
A peace rally will be held in the city centre on Sunday afternoon.
Amber snow alert in effect across NI
Tesco to shut three stores with 170 jobs
Public warned not to eat spilled fish
McCollum 'may serve shorter sentence'
Belfast pub facing 350% rates hike
'Old dynamite' behind Desertmartin alert
NI has 'too many' hospitals
Broken down car left on blocks
Primary school kids 'taking legal highs'
Paul Clark to be awarded honorary degree
Motorists tackle Belfast fish spill
PSNI call for increased online powers
Talks to avert planned healthcare strike
Weather warning for midweek snow
Call to review Irish school approval
Armed robbery at Lisburn off-licence


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What are the various graph theory techniques which are used in modelling of computer networks? Secondly, Will routing algorithms like bellmanford etc also be considered to be part of modelling networks? In short , I want to know the algorithm names which are used in modelling computer networks.
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FIRST PART: There are many types of networks, therefore you really cannot have a single answer for this question. I hope that this is a good answer. For instance, wireless networks as modeled as geometric graphs or unit disk graphs. P2P networks are modelled as an arbitarary graph (Kazaa and Gnutella) and complete graph (Chord, Pastry etc ..). This despite the fact that no every terminal is directly connected to every other. But if they know the IP to each other, then a complete overlay network is formed. Bipartite graphs are used recently to model RFID readers networks. The server-client architecture is widely used (which is a star topology - tree of height 1). This lead to hierarichal architectures (e.g. DNS for example). Earlier, ring topologies were frequently used (FDDI). Theoretical networking scientists love this topology because it gives them a simplified view of the problems they try to solve (for instance, the spanning tree construction lower bound in terms message complexity is found only on these structures - based on that, they concluded the same lower bound for arbitrary networks [because arbitrary may be a ring !]). From my experience, in wireless networks concepts such spanning trees, maximal independent sets, dominating sets, steiner trees, and geometric spanners are frequently used. In P2P, there are many types of networks that are used to model it (e.g., rings, chord graphs, de burijn graphs, viceroy). P2P networks uses the idea of greedy routing to search for objects. -- all these are graph theoretical ideas. SECOND: routing techniques are not part of the modelling process. But you can optimize your network in a way such that specific routing algorithms work fine on it ! (e.g. structured P2P networks, Bluetooth scatternet formation and topology control problems). The routing algorithms are graph-theory solutions. They are considered under the category of shortest paths in graphs. There are many heuristics for that. Becuase we dont' really need the best performance always. OR, our performance metrics are different. In conclusion: networking is the practical side of graph theory ! |


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HemangiomaDefinitionA hemangioma is a buildup of blood vessels in the skin or internal organs that is not normal. Alternative NamesCavernous hemangioma; Strawberry nevus CausesAbout 1in 3 hemangiomas are present at birth. The rest appear in the first several months of life. The hemangioma may be:
Most hemangiomas are on the face and neck. Exams and TestsThe health care provider give you a physical exam to diagnose the hemangiomas are diagnosed. If the build up of blood vessels is deep within the body, you may need a CT or MRI scan. A hemangioma may occur with other rare conditions. You may need other tests to check for related problems. TreatmentSuperficial or "strawberry" hemangiomas may not need treatment. They often go away their own, the appearance of the skin returns to normal. In some cases, a laser may be used to remove the small vessels. Cavernous hemangiomas that involve the eyelid and block vision can be treated with lasers or steroid injections to shrink the mass. This allows vision to develop normally. Large cavernous hemangiomas or mixed hemangiomas may be treated with steroids either as oral medicines or injections into the hemangioma. Taking beta-blocker medicines such as propranolol may also help reduce the size of a hemangioma. Outlook (Prognosis)Small, superficial hemangiomas often disappear on their own. About half go away by age 5, and almost all disappear by age 9. Possible Complications
When to Contact a Medical ProfessionalAll birthmarks, including hemangiomas, should be evaluated by the health care provider during a regular exam. Hemangiomas of the eyelid may cause problems with vision must be treated soon after birth. Hemangiomas that interfere with eating or breathing also need to be treated early. Call your doctor if a hemangioma is bleeding or develops a sore. PreventionThere is no known way to prevent hemangiomas. ReferencesHabif TP. Vascular tumors and malformations. In: Habif TP, ed. Clinical Dermatology. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 23. Morelli JG. Vascular Disorders. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 642.
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A contrarian is a person who takes up a contrary position, a person who seems to be "contrary for the sake of being contrary," especially a position that is opposed to that of the majority, regardless of how unpopular it may be.[1] It is similar to iconoclasm; attacking or openly rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices, but unlike the contrarian, the motive is not simply to be contrary or a tool to incite discussion. Contrarian styles of argument and disagreement have historically been associated with radicalism and dissent.[citation needed]
Contrarian tropes in journalism[edit]
Contrarian journalism is characterised by articles and books making counter-intuitive claims, or attacking what is said to be the conventional wisdom (a phrase attributed to John Kenneth Galbraith) on a given topic. A typical contrarian trope takes the form "everything you know about topic X is wrong".[2]
Slate magazine has collected a set of parodic proposed contrarian titles appearing on Twitter.[3] Writer Juliet Lapidos observed, "Maybe it's contrarian for us to say so, but some of these are quite brilliant":—
- The New York Yankees deserve to be loved, but not for the reasons you think.
- Wings: Better than the Beatles, or just different?
- What's the giraffe's most distinctive feature? Hint: It's not the neck.
Supporters and critics[edit]
The magazine The Contrarian Media describes itself as "The Toast of Delinquent Intellectuals Everywhere".[4]
Paul Krugman has criticised "contrarianism without consequences", in relation to the debate over global warming, and in particular, the controversy over the book Superfreakonomics, saying "The refusal of the Superfreakonomists to take responsibility for their failed attempt to be cleverly contrarian on climate change is a sad spectacle to watch ... having paraded their daring contrarianism, the freakonomists are trying to wiggle out of the consequences when it turns out that they were wrong."[5] The Economist has suggested that the critical response to Superfreakonomics may represent the end of contrarianism as a popular style of journalism,[6] quoting the Crooked Timber blog description of contrarianism as "a cheap way of allowing ideological hacks to think of themselves as fearless, independent thinkers, while never challenging (in fact reinforcing) the status quo.""
Contrarianism in science[edit]
In science, the term "contrarian" is often applied to those who reject a general scientific consensus on some particular issue, as well as to scientists who pursue research strategies which are rejected by most researchers in the field.[citation needed] Contrarians are particularly prominent in cases where scientific evidence bears on political, social or cultural controversies such as disputes over policy responses to climate change, or creationism versus evolution.[citation needed]
Writers on scientific topics commonly described as "contrarian" include David Berlinski, a critic of mainstream views on evolution,[citation needed] and Richard Lindzen, a critic of the scientific consensus on climate change[citation needed]. Bjørn Lomborg, who accepts the scientific consensus on climate change, but argues against action to mitigate it, has been called "the poster boy of the contrarian trend".[7]
Scientific contrarianism is frequently referred to, favorably, as skepticism and, pejoratively as denialism. An example of the latter usage is climate change denialism.[citation needed]
Sports Contrarian[edit]
A Sports Contrarian, in a US context, is someone who doesn't root for the home teams in the state they reside in, but rather supports teams in other states. They either dislike their own home team's tradition and favors the tradition of another team, believe their home team is playing mediocre and is unlikely to make the postseason, or they favor the conference/divisional rivals' players over the home team's roster.
Contrarian investing[edit]
A contrarian investing style is one that is based on identifying, and speculating against, movements in stock prices that reflect changes in the sentiments of the majority of investors.[citation needed]
- ^ WILLIAM SAFIRE, Published: April 9, 1989, New York Times,
The etymology of "contrarianism" and related words is discussed in ON LANGUAGE; Gun That Rumor Down A contrarian is "a being contrary for the sake of being contrary"
"contrarian as a noun, and lately as an adjective, refers to more than "one who is contrary"; the word as noun means "one who sees a value or an advantage in taking an opposing view" and, in adjectival form, "deliberately opposing for the strategic reason of being against the trend."" - ^ Everything you know about the 1960s is wrong, Salon.com, November 24, 2012
- ^ http://slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2009/10/22/the-slate-pitch-twitter-meme.aspx
- ^ http://www.thecontrarianmedia.com/
- ^ Krugman, Paul (23 October 2009). "Contrarianism without consequences - NYTimes.com". The New York Times.
- ^ "Telepathic Supreme Court vote counting". The Economist. 30 October 2009.
- ^ "Copenhagen climate change conference 2009: climate contrarians". The Daily Telegraph (London). 25 November 2009.


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SIGRETURN(2) BSD Programmer's Manual SIGRETURN(2)
sigreturn - return from signal
#include <signal.h> int sigreturn(struct sigcontext *scp);
sigreturn() allows users to atomically unmask, switch stacks, and return from a signal context. The processes signal mask and stack status are re- stored from the context. The system call does not return; the users stack pointer, frame pointer, argument pointer, and processor status longword are restored from the context. Execution resumes at the specified pc. This system call is used by the trampoline code and longjmp(3) when re- turning from a signal to the previously executing program. Note that sigcontext contains machine dependent information.
This system call is not available in 4.2 BSD hence it should not be used if backward compatibility is needed.
If successful, the system call does not return. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
sigreturn() will fail and the process context will remain unchanged if one of the following occurs. [EFAULT] scp points to memory that is not a valid part of the pro- cess address space. [EINVAL] The process status longword is invalid or would improperly raise the privilege level of the process.
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