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All members are invited to participate actively in all of the Association's functions by submitting abstracts for scientific presentation, attending the Annual Meetings, and discussing papers presented at meetings in their area of interest. Members also receive a semi-annual Newsletter describing activities of the Association, as well as additional information on other pertinent issues before the Association and surgery.
To download the membership brochure, please click here »
Individuals become eligible for Active Membership in the Association at the Chief Resident/Fellowship level of training, or upon accepting a faculty position in surgery or one of the surgical specialties. Also, basic science faculty members with an MD or PhD who actively participate in surgical research are eligible for Active Membership.
Active Membership is offered to surgeons within 10 years of their first academic faculty appointment. Member dues are $300 per year and include a subscription to the Journal for Surgical Research.
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Active Members outside of the US have the option to pay a reduced Membership fee of $250. These members will receive all the benefits of Active Membership, except the journal subscription. However, a subscription to the journal can be obtained at a discounted rate of $50 a year.
After 10 years of service, Active Members of AAS will proceed to Senior Membership.
Individuals over the age of forty may apply to be senior members. Senior Members may present at meetings and may participate as advisers and mentors, but do not vote at the annual business meeting and cannot hold office. Dues are $80 per year, and a subscription to the JSR can be added for a discounted rate of $50 a year.
Surgical residents interested in pursuing an academic career may join the AAS. Dues are $30 per year, and a subscription to the JSR can be added for a discounted rate of $50 a year.
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"Do you want to build a snowman?" Moviegoers' answer to this question, posed by one of the catchy tunes in Disney's "Frozen," is a resounding yes.
Originally released over the Thanksgiving holiday, "Frozen" has steadily but surely become a cultural phenomenon. While holiday blockbusters like "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" have come and gone, "Frozen" is showing incredible staying power. According to box office aggregate Box Office Mojo, Frozen grossed $6.9 million in its 11th weekend of release, the eighth highest weekend gross of all time at that point in a film's run.
"Frozen," when all is said and done, will likely become Disney Animation Studios' highest grossing film and is showing no signs of slowing down. Original songs from the movie are proving to be just as successful — the film's official soundtrack has reached the top of the Billboard charts on the back of Demi Lovato's rendition of "Let It Go."
To help spur the film's momentum, Disney has released a sing-along version of "Frozen" in over 2,000 theaters nationwide. In this version, karaoke-style lyrics pop up on screen during the movie's several musical numbers. Along with a bouncing snowflake that helps the audience keep up with the tempo, the lyrics are color-coded with the film's main characters.
The sing-along component works with the film, but only sometimes. At a screening at the Harkins Arrowhead Fountains 18 last weekend, the audience composed of kids, parents and teens were particularly enthusiastic while singing "Let It Go" and "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?" but not involved during some of the film's less triumphant songs.
Sing-along component or not, "Frozen" is a charming, visually striking film that earns its place in the pantheon of Disney. However, this is not the kind of brash musical that benefits from audience participation. While crooning "Let It Go" as a delightful experience, most of the songs in the film are in the tradition of spoken word poetry, sung well but lacking melody.
The sing-along component may not be perfect in execution, but it has proven to be lucrative for Disney. According to Disney, the sing-along version added $2.2 million in ticket sales to its weekend total, allowing "Frozen" to edge out newcomers such as "Labor Day" and "That Awkward Moment" despite being in theaters for over two months.
If "Frozen" continues to be a box office smash long after the winter ends, perhaps audiences will be treated with more theatrical sing-alongs in the future. For those who love to go to the theater and have an experience that cannot be replicated at home, let's hope so.
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In the eighth episode "Thicker Than Water" of Under the Dome, the townspeople of Chester's Mill finally deal with the possibility that the dome might be there permanently. We also learn the truth about Junior's mother and delve a little deeper into the dome's mythology.
TEENAGE ANGST. Alice's death put a dent between my favorite duo Norrie & Joe with the former blaming the latter for her mother's death. She even went as far as to say it is Alice's own fault. After bonding with Angie, she finally allowed herself to mourn over her mother. Since the story duration is tremendously shorter compared to other shows, it'll take a while until Norrie copes with her mother's death but I do hope we'll get to see Joe & Norrie trying to unravel the dome's mysteries in the upcoming episodes again. It is easily one of the more interesting storylines of the show.
HOW WAS YOUR DAY, HONEY? Speaking of story duration, the romance between Julia and Barbie moves a little too fast for me. They have been together for what..? A week? And yet they seem like an married couple when Julia calls him honey while he is getting ready for bed. It was probably meant as a joke but it doesn't change the fact that this couple is moving oddly fast. I guess they want to show us as much lovey dovey romance before Barbie's dark little secret comes out. With the show returning for a second season, I have feeling we won't get to see that until next summer.
THE MONARCH. Meanwhile, Joe shows Julia the mini-dome and the egg which has started to glow in a bright pink instead of being pitch black. Upon contact, a second Joe appears and utters the words: "The monarch will be crowned." We've already seen a whole swarm of monarch butterflies back in 1.05 "Blue on Blue" at the dome and we saw another one when Barbie was digging Alice's death, then there is the shot of Angie's butterfly tattoo. They are foreshadowing something big for her but will she be "The Monarch"? Are butterflies merely used as a symbol or will actual butterflies be of importance in the bigger picture? It's interesting that the dome has chosen another teenager as a key player.
EVIL JIM VS OLLIE. After Evil Jim and Ollie fail to agree on a diplomatic solution, the fight over the well ends with a gun fight between Jim's and Ollie's forces. Barbie disapproves of the violent approach and blows up the well to redirect the water into a reservoir, resulting in both sides retreating as the very thing they are fighting over has been destroyed. Obviously, Evil Jim is very upset about that. He might have told everybody that he is doing it for the town but another reason why he was fighting so hard for the well is because controlling it means he would have regained some of the authority he has lost since the dome came down. It's funny that Evil Jim calls Ollie power-hungry when the motivation behind a lot of his actions so far was to keep his reputation in tact. And yet, despite all of this he has always done what's best for the town. Ollie might be a goner but Barbie blowing up the well created some friction between him and Evil Jim. It'll be interesting to see how this rivalry will play out. Both of them want to keep Chester's Mill safe & up and running but they also have very different conceptions of how to achieve that.
SHE CHOSE TO LEAVE US. The scene in which Junior confronts Evil Jim about the way his mother died is extremely well acted by Dean Norris (he can act circles around every single one of his co-stars) but it still fell short for me, mainly because of the lack of build up to this scene. Don't get me wrong, it was an excellent scene but just not as excellent as it could have been, had there been the proper build-up.
What I also find worth mentioning is the fact that at least one person died in each episode so far. With five people and Ollie dying in this one, the total death count rises to 16. I wonder if this will be significant later on. Maybe the egg hatches when a certain amount of people bite the dust.
Overall, "Thicker Than Water" was a solid - if not the best - episode so far. The early episodes were rather underwhelming as it felt like I was watching a procedural with a disaster of the week but things have been more serialized and it seems the show is becoming what people expected it to be.
What do you think? What's next for Evil Jim and the rest of the town? What's in the mysterious egg? What exactly are the Dome's plans for Angie and is it just me or was there something strange about the way she looked at Joe and Norrie at the end? Sound off in the comments below!
Rating: 4/5
Watch the promo for the next episode "The Fourth Hand" here!
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It is wonderful to see the increased interest in crochet, however, many people are finding it difficult to get quality tuition in different parts of the world.
All crochet is crafted, individually, by hand with no machinery involved. (*To date there is no machinery available to create crochet – only a lace or knitted 'look alike.') A crochet worker's pleasure and satisfaction is derived totally from their own levels of experience, talent, enthusiasm... and knowledge.
With many UK and overseas students, the International Diploma in Crochet has long been acknowledged as the ultimate achievement and most highly sought after qualification in this field. The three part distance learning courses are conceived for real people, living in the real world and living a real life. It devised and supervised by Pauline Turner, LCGI in such a way that even the invigilated examinations for Parts II & III can be taken in your region. There is no need to travel to Crochet Design to complete it! Crochet Design is easy to reach but is based in Lancashire, England.
As an activity, crochet enjoys obvious advantages in that it combines with almost any other craft and because of the course components, it appeals to those with both mathematical and artistic leanings. Note the next increase of fees for the International Diploma in Crochet will be on 1st January 2014
( Click Here For Enrolment Form and Fees )
Below is a brief look at what is included and what might be attained after studying and achieving a certificate in one of the three parts of the International Diploma in Crochet.
No crochet knowledge is required in order to enrol.
This part includes all aspects of crochet using smooth & textured yarn and thread
Techniques for both traditional and modern crochet designs
Different types of crochet (broomstick, hairpin, Tunisian)
Reading patterns & solving minor problems
Experimentation, observation and recording of results.
Taking this knowledge to a new level; those with the necessary skills will then be able (if qualified) to teach.
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You need to have a good all-round knowledge of crochet.
The focus in this part is on being able to both produce your own innovatory ideas without so much 'trial and error' – and to write patterns for them in UK terminology, American terminology and in signs and symbols
Information and explanations are given in:
- the use of textures, shapes, mixing yarns, combinations of stitches and colours within an article:
- writing commercial patterns in words and symbols
- sizing/grading
- advanced crochet techniques
- experimentation of ideas
- introduction to search/research
Popular, trendy...up to the minute fashion, along with household designs, is covered. This is updated in the bi-monthly newsletter
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You need to have a good knowledge of crochet and one other craft, being prepared to expand your originality of ideas in all areas.
This level is 'amazing' with the emphasis on experimentation, research and free but artistic design
Information and support is given in the fields of:
- colour
- texture
- art-to-wear, haute couture etc
- art forms (hangings, collages and sculptures)
- mixing crochet with other crafts both soft (any other textile) and hard ( ceramics, wood, metal etc.)
*Successful candidates receive a Certificate for this part; plus, if having successfully completed all three parts, they gain the International Diploma in Crochet – listing the area of specialism undertaken
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When I heard about the news that a government sector has been eyeing a new bullet train project that will eventually bridge the miles between Metro Manila and Clark International Airport, I was astonished at first. But suddenly, I ended up scratching the back of my head while voluntarily crumpling a few of my facial muscles.
I realized that this may doesn't sound as good as two thumbs up at all. I understand though that this may be a sign of a fast growing and developing economy, but I felt more bothered about how our recent MRT/LTR (Metro Rail Transit/ Light Rail Transit) scenario really looks like everyday. I guess, this needs more attention than laying out another more grandiose and expensive plan like putting up a new railway system for bullet trains just to reduce the travel time going to the airport in Clark (and to other provinces).
Please take time to watch this video so you'll understand what I am talking about:
However, it's not yet too late to resolve the problem. I heard that both the private sectors and the government are working hand in hand now to resolve the worsening problem though it might not be the fastest solution one might be expecting.
Because of this, I remember ZipMatch once again. If you have not read my very first article about it, you can read it here.
Why ZipMatch? There are quite a few good reasons.
To avoid the 'fever' that can be brought by the metro trains everytime you go to work or school in the morning, why not consider relocation, which means finding your new, ideal home that is more accessible and near enough to your workplace or school?
I tried going back to ZipMatch City Guides, and this really turned out to be a breezy experience.
ZipMatch City Guides is like a quick directory—more like a travel brochure in a snap. As what you can see on the screenshot below, it strategically showcases each and every prime location within Metro Manila and even some of its suburbs.
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So for instance, if you love to live in Manila, you might change your mind after seeing great spots around Bonifacio Global City, Tagaytay or even in Batangas.
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If you just can't live not seeing the city lights in the evening, you might as well want to check up some condominiums around Makati. If you are a leisure-loving yet workaholic type of person, this location will greatly work for you.
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Imagine yourself having a home so close to your favorite spots without experiencing the hassle of the country's faulty train system. Imagine spending extended hours with your family and love ones since you don't need to fall in line with the huge crowd just to get a train ticket. Imagine travelling to your school or workplace in just 5-10 minutes. Imagine waking up an hour before your call time. Now, imagine what would life be with your ideal home.
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Today, we surely do not need to sugarcoat the fact that the Philippines owns one of the world's worst railway systems. But despite this, I am still hoping to get this fixed. Though the government can no longer offer a faster way to get you to your workplace faster with all the needed comfort, safety and ease along the way, I believe that ZipMatch can make it better for you though. I'm telling you, it's never too late to make that change.


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Somebody needs to ass fuck him in prison, and when he cries about it we can point to the inanity of the Bible as an excuse.-Nam
Why did he smile at the camera as he walked out of the court room?
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Demonstrating psychotherapy competency in trainees will test the resources of psychiatry training programs. The authors outline the phases of team-based learning (TBL).
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Team-based learning offers a promising alternative to traditional psychodynamic psychotherapy didactics, potentially increasing resident learning efficiency through a structured learning cycle emphasizing accountability to a learning team.
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Would put that three spots below get married. ;-)
"People who are happy are slugs... They do not move the human race forward."
-- Camille Paglia, on Oasis
I didn't even notice get married actually...
so our plan isn't the best in the world, but DAMMIT we're getting there!
so for those of you falling in love
keep it kind, keep it good, keep it right
throw yourself in the midst of danger
and keep one eye open at night.
--"Elephants" Rachel Yamagata
There's end DADT, and actually, instead of marriage, there is seemingly more desire (although so far of the Facebook flash mob sort than by the people who actually affect change) to just get sexual orientation added to the Equal Right Amendment, which would seemingly legalize marriage nationwide, and a bunch of other things, rather than having to fight every single thing in all 50 states, and bankrupting both sides in the process (the right gets hit worse, because then they're financially AND morally bankrupt)
"People who are happy are slugs... They do not move the human race forward."
-- Camille Paglia, on Oasis
I'm pretty sure Icarus got it. :P It was a South Park reference. The Gnomes plan:
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"Transplants of stem cells from donors are used to treat leukemia, lymphoma and other life-threatening conditions," said Dr. Mark Juckett, of UW Hospital.
Cord-blood transplants began in the 1990s, using donated umbilical cords. The cords usually contain fewer stem cells than marrow or blood, but they carry an advantage. Their immune systems are naïve, so they're less likely to cause rejection.
"You get pure cells, without the other trappings of life we acquire as we grow and get exposed to various things," said Carla Moore, a transplant coordinator at UW Hospital.
That means donors and recipients don't have to match as well. Patients who do not match adult donors can usually find suitable cord blood, Moore said.
But studies in adult patients showed cord-blood transplants, using two cords, were as effective or nearly so as bone marrow transplants. UW Hospital has joined other medical centers to further study the issue in a clinical trial.
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Calories | 60 |
Total Fat | 3g |
Saturated Fat | 2g |
Cholesterol | 13mg |
Sodium | 45mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 8g |
Dietary Fiber | -- |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 1g |
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Serves: 36
Yields: 36 servings
Total Time: 1 hr 5 min
Prep Time: 5 min
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- 1.5 cup(s) flour
- 1.25 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1/2 cup(s) (1 stick unsalted) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup(s) sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) (pure) vanilla extract
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- On sheet of waxed paper, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and sugar until blended. Increase speed to high; beat until light and creamy, about 5 minutes.
- Reduce speed to low; beat in egg and vanilla until mixed. Beat in flour mixture, scraping bowl occasionally with rubber spatula, just until mixed. Shape dough into 2 balls; flatten each slightly. Wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate at least 4 hours, or overnight, until firm enough to roll.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough a scant 1/4 inch thick. With floured Easter cookie cutters, cut dough into as many cookies as possible; reserve trimmings. Place cookies about 1 inch apart on large, ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes, until golden around edges. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool; repeat with remaining dough. Let cookies cool completely before decorating.
- To decorate, divide frosting into 4 small bowls. Leave one white, and use food coloring to dye the other bowls into different colors, such as yellow, pink and blue.
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Where can I go to preview the ballot? I would like to read more before showing up on Tuesday.
(You'll need some information from your voter registration card to determine which ballot is yours)
To print it in its entirety this weekend so that EVERYONE can get a peek, and view it? Seems like the candidates, as well as the folks pushing for the amendments, would pay for HUGE ads to make sure that the paper is able to afford to print everything... ;->
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Lobster was one of the few menu items that I recognized from my first visit earlier that month. (I also remember a baked crabmeat stuffed shrimp for $17.95, dosed heavily with salt). At that time, the menu had been undergoing reconstruction; since then, the selection has been finalized. However, rather than order new menus, leaflets were simply pasted inside the originals. Keeping in mind the price of a lobster, I would have appreciated a classier approach.
In fact, it felt as if Nantucket had been opened in a hurry. A little menu experimentation usually occurs during the first few weeks in the life of a restaurant, but this was a major revamping; while the appetizers remained consistent, like the fried calamari with marinara sauce ($4.95) or the East Ham steamers ($5.95), most of the entrees had been reinvented. Also, three separate styles of chairs littered the floor like garage-sale hold-outs. Staff was overly polite, even while in the process of training.
Our waiter recommended the New England white bean and pasta with mussels soup ($3.95), a generous, stewy brine filled with capellini and large mussels. For a person of less appetite, this and the pumpernickel onion rolls could be a meal. And my partner spoke lovingly of his starter, the steamed mussels ($5.95) with white wine, garlic, and herbs. He dipped their plump bodies in hot broth, then in drawn butter without reservation, admitting however the littleneck clams he tasted on his first visit were a more tender choice.
One explanation for Nantucket's uneasy start could be overextension. Dubin and Billante have simultaneously opened a family-style Italian restaurant in Orlando called The Big Dish, an undertaking sure to rock anyone's boat.
Perhaps this is also the reason for the Italian influences on Nantucket's final menu. Tomato sauces, lemon, olive oil, and garlic are the dominant ingredients. For instance, my companion consumed scallops and calamari Nantucket ($15.95) in white wine and tomato sauce with green peas (though the peas were absent, or had been substituted with garlic). Flavorful and filling, this dish would have been well served over a pasta. Main courses are preceded by a mild Caesar salad; white and red clam sauces ($14.95) are available over linguini. Shrimp are tossed in an olive oil with fresh artichokes, mushrooms, and a touch of garlic ($19.95). The ghost of Porto Bello? More likely, it is Chef Manuel providing the Italian presence, a hold-over from the Mezzanotte kitchen where he worked as founding chef.
It seems Nantucket's main problem is one all growing adolescents face: identity. Marty Dubin says stone crabs and other local favorites are included on the menu because in South Florida, "even the Chinese restaurants serve stone crabs." In the end, it's what sets Nantucket apart, not what makes it conform, that will tell. Personally, I'd enjoy a little more New England, a little less South Florida. But I'll settle for the diverse elements of New England, South Florida, and Italy which, if woven tightly on the Dubin/Billante loom, could well be the yarn to Nantucket's charm. Otherwise, it's just a giant (lobster) trap.
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Final Fantasy V has been scheduled for release on iOS and Android devices in Japan.
According to Famitsu (via Joystiq), the smartphone edition will be a remake based on the Game Boy Advance version of the 1992 title.
Featuring redesigned sprites, it will launch on iOS later in March and on Android this summer priced 1,800 yen (£12 / $19).
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AXA S.A. is entering the U.S. employee benefits market, citing its assessment that employers with between 20 and 200 employees are under-served.
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) -- The buildings that once housed St. John's Hospital in Salina will be coming down.
Salina's Heritage Commission on Wednesday approved plans to demolish the buildings, saying restoring them would be too costly.
Salina Regional Health Center owns the buildings on the St. John's campus, which has been vacant since 2010.
Jack Hinnenkamp, of Salina Regional Health Center, said it would cost between $1 million and $2 million to demolish the seven-building campus. He said redeveloping the buildings would cost more but didn't provide any estimates.
The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/18EKIZb ) St. John's was started in 1914 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia and operated by the Wichita-based Sisters of St. Joseph until 1995.


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Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 452749, 4 pages
Metallic Light Absorbers Produced by Femtosecond Laser Pulses
The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Received 1 April 2009; Accepted 20 August 2009
Academic Editor: Chen Li
Copyright © 2010 Anatoliy Y. Vorobyev and Chunlei Guo. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Using high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses for surface structuring, technologically important metallic light absorbers (dark Au, W, and Ti alloy) with absorption of about 85–95% over a broad wavelength range from ultraviolet to infrared were produced. It was found that the enhanced absorption of the dark metals is caused by a rich variety of nano-/microscale surface structures. The dark metals produced in this study may find a variety of applications in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency, such as thermophotovoltaics, solar energy absorbers, thermal radiation sources, and radiative heat transfer devices.


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Was gonna ask Paul about the top 500, but I'm sure by now he's halfway through a bottle of tequila and surrounded by groupies. And he deserves to be.
If I can figure out how to get it out of Excel while being numbered from the row numbers, I'll post it. If I can't figure that out, I guess I'll just post it unnumbered which I think will be really bad to look at.


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Mistakes cover the ground on which we walk
and seep through our very beings,
never ceasing to obliterate the spark
of life that vainly tries to make us seem
to love, to hate, to cherish,
to feel, to disbelieve that we,
infinitely unable to embellish
ourselves with infinite amity
can succumb to human faults,
can throw ourselves into vaults
of pain, anguish and indifference
and form a wall of malevolence
around our minds, to enable ourselves
to disremember vague memories
of pain caused by a certain misstep
in the general direction of a mistake.
Ok, for the Afrikaans-challenged among us: are your English poems translations, or different poems altogether? I'm just curious...
Afrikaans is my mother tongue.. it's a bastardization of dutch and german .. with some african tribal languages and stuff thrown in..
practically indistinguishable from 'flemish' ? (i know the afr word is flaams).
Also .. the new OASIS supports multiple languages.. or atleast will .. once i have it all configured and translated.


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The New Economics Foundation believes it is time to look at a shorter working week
Shaun Lowthorpe, Business Editor
Monday, January 16, 2012
Monday morning, start of the week. But are you tired already; exhausted by the sheer push-and-pull of working life; time-poor; stressed out; forced to plug non-stop into your smart phone or email account; seemingly unable to escape from the tyrannical treadmill of your job?
You are not alone.
But at least, you might think, you have a job, and a roof over your head - not a bad thing, particularly as this week we will learn the latest unemployment figures and wonder yet again whether the eurozone is heading for some kind of economic armageddon, possibly taking us all with it.
Amid all the doom and gloom, keeping your head down might just seem the best option. Wherever you work, as jobs are lost, everyone it seems, is under increasing pressure to do more and more.
Technology too, is also playing a part, with growing evidence that rather than making life easier, gizmos such as smart phones and laptops are in fact making it harder for people to switch off from the workplace. Little wonder that companies such as Volkswagon recently announced plans to switch off emails outside of working hours.
But is there another way to running the economy than one that sees simultaneous sees people cast out of work, while those that remain are forced to do more and more?
One think tank, The New Economics Foundation, thinks there is - working less.
It sounds like madness, but the foundation is advocating a move towards introducing a 21 hour week, an idea it believes whose time has come.
This it believes would re-balance the economy in terms far more fundamental than those talked about by ministers - who simply mean relying less on banking and finance and more on manufacturing.
And while business lobby groups in this country push for less red tape as a means of kickstarting growth, the foundation cites evidence showing that working less has actually created more jobs even during a recession.
Dr Mike Harris, senior associate in social policy at the foundation, said there was a compelling case for reduced hours.
"We think there are three main benefits to the idea of moving over time towards a shorter working week," he said. "The first is in an era of quite high unemployment and low growth during the recession of the last few years, it will make it easier to create jobs. If you are hiring for three to four days a week, it means you can hire people across the week. It's an easier way of spreading jobs and working hours around.
"The second is that it will be better for the environment. What the research points to, is that if people are spending less time at work, that's less time commuting and means they have more time to spend at home. When they feel less time pressured, they spend less time on activities that will be damaging to the environment.
"The third benefit is that people will have more time to spend with their families or they can volunteer in the community."
Yet thoughts of more time in the garden, or even with the family, and a stroll to Norwich Cathedral to listen to Evensong, are rudely awakened. That's all very well, but what about paying the mortgage?
Dr Harris admits that such a change is not going to happen overnight.
"The countries that have made this move, it's taken them 10 to 15 years to put this into effect," he said. "A good example is the Netherlands. In the early 1980s the Dutch government quite consciously said they wanted to move in this direction. The way they started doing this was by hiring public sector workers on 80pc time, or four days a week. Over time it spread across the economy and became a normal thing to do. It did lead to increased employment, and the better quality of life led to a less stressed workforce.
"Now in Holland nearly half of people work what we call part-time. It's quite normal and there isn't the stigma that's attached. It spread across the board, the next section that took it up was financial services, and banking, then it went to the rest of the economy."
But even over a decade how could it be done? The trick is, apparently, to let the public sector go first, and also the young.
"There's a long-term cultural shift we think would have to happen," Dr Harris said. "The way they did it in Holland, and it seems the most logical approach, is to do it for people who are just entering the labour market, by offering those coming out of schools and universities three to four days a week.
"For them it's normal and they adjust their lifestyles accordingly. In fact when you offer them another day, they don't want to do that, because they value their three/four day weekend."
Government, too could play a part, by granting employees the right to ask for a shorter working week, and changing the welfare benefits system to help people on lower incomes, so the idea is not just the preserve of the rich.
"It's much more difficult for people who are used to working five days a week or even longer. If we can make it a little bit easier for people already in the workplace to approach their employers and not feel they are putting their jobs at risk."
Britain's long hours culture is reported to cost the economy £21bn in dealing with fallout of work-related illness and stress. The foundation also believes tackling it could also address other social problems, such as transport gridlock, and the high cost of housing.
"The reason we are interested in this agenda, is that it raises questions about other things, like the cost of housing. In Holland and Germany, there's more renting of property so people have not made that big investment. The problem here is that if you have a big mortgage, you need to keep making the payments, so you tend to be locked into a full-time working lifestyle.
"In Germany, during the last recession, the government introduced a proposal so that people could go down to three to four days a week, rather than being made redundant, or going on to unemployment benefits.
"What happened there, during a recession, was that Germany increased its employment rates. Academic studies have shown that if a similar measure had been introduced in the US, it would have created 10m more jobs.
Last week hundreds of people attended a seminar in London to hear more from leading economists about how the proposals could work.
"People have strong reactions either way," Dr Harris said. "We've been struck this week, just how much interest there has been. There is definitely a shift toward these kinds of ideas.
"That reflects the fact that people know things are going to be difficult for quite a few years, and we need to think of ways of not creating a lost generation of people, who are out of the workforce, and we need new ideas.
"I think mainstream businesses and organisations are more open to it," Dr Harris said. "The more they hear about how it can be done practically, and the benefits to business, in terms of people's health and a more productive workforce, the more they are warming to the idea.
"There are companies like BT that do encourage flexible working for staff and it's benefits. They have said it's saved them £10m and they keep staff for much longer. And there are some organisations, who are dead set against it.
"We think this kind of change needs to go alongside looking at the welfare and benefits system, in order to support it. You can't just change people's hours or work, without looking at things like taxation and welfare. The whole thing needs to be done together, so that people on low pay are better supported. Otherwise, as you point to, it's just going to be something for people who are better paid.
"It's also a generational thing. We were talking to somebody at BT, who was at the seminar and they said people who are coming out of college and university now, want to work in a different way - often they want to work nine months a year and take a three month break. And as an employer they want to attract that kind of employee.
"I think it's one of those ideas, which politicians might be a bit wary of engaging with, because when you first hear it, it does sound a bit of weird idea that working less might benefit the economy. But I think the politicians might catch on, the more people are talking about it."
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Are you having a laugh? Shorter working week when all the talk is about working into our 70s. Cram it all in now and retire early.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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The turbo-charging is largely due to the work of our principal engineer, Michael Smedberg, who figured out new ways to cache data about a listing so we don't have to query our database for basic property history every time a user wants to see the page. This caching is a little like keeping a fridge upstairs so you don't have to walk so far to get a soda. Some of the caching technologies we used have also been used by Facebook.
In a more elegant turn, Michael also re-worked how we load a web page about a listing, so you can see a listing's photos and basic details at the top of the page, while the bottom is still fetching the list of comparable properties. This is a little like getting to eat your sandwich while your husband gets dessert.
And on top of all that, we installed a super-duper solid-state disk drive — it got passed around at a company meeting and I got to fondle it for a moment, without really knowing what it was — into one of our database servers.
So our approach to performance this time was a classic case of beauty and the beast. What this means is that the site should really hum now.
Long-term we've wondered whether so many details about a single home — its neighborhood, its yard outline, its listing history, its property taxes, its Zestimate, the similar listings and and recent sales — belong on one web page. Amazon has a long web page about every book it sells because people like seeing all the details in one place. Are real estate consumers the same?
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NHL Skills Competition Grades
Once a Garage League, always a Garage League
*Obstacle Course Relay: F:
Nobody, including the announcers, seemed to know what was going on. Whoever designed this monstrosity ought to be drawn and quartered, or at least forced to watch the Devils the rest of the year. The idea that you could combine four events into one is beyond ludicrous. I had no clue how the scoring was being done. Neither did Doc Emrick or the Great Edzo. Neither did Versus. When they broke for a commercial, it was 1-1. When they came back, it was 2-1 East. Did we miss something? Did they not show one of the relays? Did they adjust the score? To make matters worse, the production and camera work was just awful. You simply couldn't follow what was going on as they tried to go back and forth between "events.†Oh, and Rick DiPietro's mic didn't work, either. This lead-off activity was so terrible that I would guess that half of the dozens who tuned in changed the channel.
Fastest Skater: F
It used to be that the fastest skater thing was halfway entertaining. It was fun watching two guys take a quick lap around the rink. But the NHL had to go and ruin that fun, too. Gee, wasn't that exciting, watching two guys do sprints to the opposite blueline {yawn}. Okay, I suppose even this could have been mildly entertaining had they at least had a clue what was going on themselves. Whether it was Versus or The Garage League (TGL), this one was screwed up from the start. The times on the screen seemed to be reversed. Either that or we and the announcers didn't know the rules, because each time, the guy we all thought crossed the line first had the slowest time. Now, it doesn't take much to confuse Edzo the coach, but when you confuse Edzo the announcer, well, it must be FUBAR. Then, in the final, as best as I could tell, they had the fastest West guy against the slowest East guy. If someone can explain that one to me, I'm all ears.
Shooting Accuracy: C
Well, at least they didn't muck this one up TOO much. But they still felt compelled to add a final round for some reason. It was fine the way it was before, so why did they have to go and change it? But for the maybe first time ever, I found myself cheering for Maple Leaf on that last shot, just to get it over with.
Hardest Shot: B
Thankfully, they didn't change this one at all. And there was no change in the winner, either, as Zdeno Chara took it again, with the second hardest shot ever. The highlight, as always, was seeing a shot of Al Iafrate's bald mullet. You can never get enough of that.
Elimination Shootout: F
By this time, the wine was kicking in, and my senses were getting duller. Here is further proof that offensive skill does not translate into shootout success. When a defenseman (Dion Phaneuf) wins the shootout competition, what does that say for your Garage League? Oh, and what's up with the world's worst skilled player at shootouts. Evgeni Malkin, actually scoring on his first try?
Breakaway Challenge: F
This grade is for all the players who decided to treat it as nothing more than a shootout. At least the two finalists, Alex Ovechkin and Ryan Getzlaf, seemed to "get it.†The players were obviously unaware that this event was all about entertainment, not who could score the most goals. Most of them just did regular shootout moves, while the two finalists went totally against the grain and did entertaining moves. Ovechkin's was by far the most original. Too bad he couldn't score on it, but I'd love to see him try that in a shootout sometime. I also enjoyed Getzlaf's backwards-skating approach. As for the judges, I leave it to the inimitable Michael Menser-Dell over at LCS Hockey, who said it best:
But here's the best part: a panel of celebrity judges will score each attempt. And the NHL pulled out all the stops, getting George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, and Keira Knightley to serve as judges. Hold on, I'm sorry, I read the press release wrong. The judges are actually Scott Mellanby, Dominique Wilkins, Bill Clement, and Taylor Kitsch.
Yeah, don't worry, I have no idea who Taylor Kitsch is either. But who better to judge spectacular goals than a basketball player, an obscure actor, and two guys who never scored a highlight reel goal in their lives? Really, this is going to work out just fine. Don't sweat it.
Young Stars Game: B
Remember two years ago, after the lockout, when the young stars event was oozing with talent and the future of the league was bright? Flash forward two years and who do you see on the ice in the young stars game? No, your eyes did not deceive you, that really was David Clarkson out there skating with the likes of Patrick Kane and Nicklas Backstrom. David Friggin' Clarkson. Let that sink in. Man, the future's so bright I might have to wear transparent shades or something. At least the event was more entertaining than last year's version, but it was basically one breakaway after another. I guess they couldn't find any young goalies to participate because they didn't want to scar them for life. But why weren't guys like Karri Ramo and Josh Harding in there instead of a fossil like Manny Legace? Makes no sense at all. I guess we only want to showcase good skaters, not good goalies? In addition, the scores on the screen were not matching what I was seeing on the ice.
Overall: F
This was an exercise in tedium. They crammed way too much into way too short a time, I suppose in a last-ditch effort to keep the fans awake. It barely worked.
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Icehole of the Night
This goes to Daniel Alfredsson, who in, the shooting accuracy event, shot one right at Scott Niedermayer. Okay, he didn't really, but it sure brought back flashbacks to the finals last year seeing them on the same ice. Besides, Alfie is one of those guys who can almost get this award by default just by being on the ice.
Monk Moment
Actual interview:
Bob Harwood: "One of our Eastern goaltenders has flashed his in front of you for the last little minute.â€
Don Waddell: "Ricky's got a way to show himself.â€
Yes, they actually said that. I need say no more.
Striped Buffoon Huh? Call of the Night
This has to be all the homer Atlanta judges that gave Ilya Kovalpunk such high marks for his incredibly boring breakaway move. Thankfully, it wasn't enough to get him into the final.
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