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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. /quotes/zigman/188479 /quotes/nls/gs GS Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein isn't sure if this will be China's year.
But speaking before a mutual fund trade association, Blankfein said he thinks it could be China's century, adding that he was bullish for the long-term on China. In a wide-ranging discussion, he also raised concerns about new regulation of the $2.7 trillion money-market fund industry and implementation of the so-called Volcker Rule, which is a measure being implemented in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis seeking to prohibit speculative trading by big banks like Goldman.
"I would rather be a long-term investor in China than a short-term investor. I'd rather be investing for my kids than investing for short term for myself," Blankfein said at the Investment Company Institute's meeting in Washington. "As [problems] get worked through there will be big opportunities in China. If urbanization doesn't go well you can see conflict and dissatisfaction, but look at how many consumers are coming in and that will be a fabulous labor force."
However, Blankfein was more circumspect about short-term investing in China. "But as a risk manager, the next year kind of confuses me," he said. "We stay invested but watch how much we have in. We don't want to do is have so much in that if there is a problem we have to pull out. We try to keep a level of risk in that country that we think we can support."
Blankfein took issue with some key rules being implemented in the U.S. and elsewhere in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. He said that the Volcker Rule is "misplaced" but well intended and "potentially harmful to the markets."
He didn't refute the perception that big banks are too big to fail, an observation that large financial institutions are able to borrow more cheaply in the expectations in they will be bailed out by taxpayers in the event of another financial crisis like 2008′s. Blankfein said that the concept of too big to fail is something that needs to be "sorted out" to maintain the contract that banks want to have with the public.
Finally, in a subject that is a key focus for the mutual fund industry, Blankfein raised concerns about new reform efforts, arguing that any restrictions imposed on the industry would drive capital to banks. "To have all that exist on the balance sheets of banks that make loans to companies would inflate the balance sheet of banks and create more credit risk than the balance sheet size and credit risk we're not comfortable with today," he said.
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This week on Washington Business Report: The Hot Mommas Project, a group of businesswomen who use case studies of women-owned business success to mentor and encourage other women in business. The panel is Kathy Korman Frey, Kim Rosenberg, and Theresa Alfaro Daytner.
A roundtable discussion on the fiscal cliff and D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's five-year plan to make the city more hospitable to business and create 100,000 jobs.
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THE night after governments meeting in Nairobi last week decided to continue the ban on international trade in ivory, a woman tending her cattle not far from the city was trampled to death by a rogue elephant. It was a sad reminder that our relationship with the planet's largest land mammal is more complex than the debates on poaching and the ivory trade might have suggested.
Closing the conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), its secretary general, Willem Wijnstekers, noted that delegates have swung away from "sustainable use" of wildlife, towards narrow protectionism. The mood was set by the Kenyan hosts, who are adamantly opposed to the international trade in ivory (see p 6).
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Minor RequirementsTwenty-four credits which must include:
- WGS 101 and 102 (eight credits).
- At least four credits elected from the following: WGS 280, 385 or 399.
- At least 12 credits elected from the following, eight of which must be at least 200 level or higher: COM 123 or 301; ENG 340; IPH 223, 301 or 303; HST 140, 228 or 253; POL 141, 231, or 381/382; REL 202; SOA 220, 234, 353, or additional approved course.
- WGS101.Introduction to Women's Studies4Brings together a rich and varied selection of classic and contemporary works from the humanities and social sciences centered on women's images, realities and choices. Interdisciplinary survey of women's contributions, concerns, perspectives and theories. Diversity of class, ethnicity, race and sexual orientation addressed from feminist perspectives which counterbalance traditional biases.
- WGS102.Introduction to Feminist Thought4Historical and contemporary works examining feminist theoretical approaches to explaining experiences, representations and relative positions of women in society. Overview of American feminist thought which includes the varieties of liberal, cultural, Freudian, socialist, existential and radical feminism. Also considers the theoretical contributions of women of color, postmodernists and poststructuralists.
- WGS*280.Topics in Women's & Gender Studies1-4WGS-101Specific topics concerning gender issues, choices, realities and self-expression chosen by the instructor. May be taken more than once for credit with no more than four credits counted toward the minor.
- WGS*385.WGS Practicum2-4WGS-101 and PermissionInternship designed to provide on-site personal and service-oriented learning and experiences in a wide variety of areas related to women's studies, issues and concerns. Practicums must be taken through a relevant department, with permission of the women's studies coordinator and the department chair.
- WGS*399.WGS Independent Study2-4WGS-101; one of ENG-340, HST-140, REL-202, PHL-202, SOA-353 WGS-102 or WGS-280 and PermissionIn-depth study in the student's major area as related to the Women's Studies minor; under faculty member's direction.
- COM123.Performing Advocacy4Explores the relationships among identity, power and culture. Students learn how to become advocates through the use of Everyday Life Performance and other performance techniques, engaging in perspective taking and service learning with marginalized groups.
- ENG*340.Women's Literature4Two courses in literatureStudies in the literature of women from its beginnings in Julian of Norwich through Bradstreet and Woolf to the present. Includes historically and internationally diverse authors in a variety of genres.
- HST140.American Women's History4Introductory survey and examination of problems and issues in American women's history and American feminism, colonial era to the present. Emphasizes gender, race and class as categories of historical analysis. (ESPITH)
- HST228.Immigration & Ethnicity in American Hist4Examination of the experiences of immigrants and their transformation into ethnic Americans during the 19th and 20th centuries. Discussion of what it means to be American and the diversity of American society in a historical perspective. (ESPI/GP)
- HST253.Asian Studies: Modern China & Japan4Introductory study of the modern history of China and Japan. Examines the dynamic developments of political, social, economic and cultural changes, including relations with the West, from 1800 to the present. (ESPI/GP)
- IPH223.Issues in Global Women's Health2Develops an understanding of the full spectrum of factors which define illness or well-being in women's health from a global perspective. This includes investigating and understanding the social conditions of populations and how these conditions affect the health of women.
- IPH*303.Stress Management2Investigation of stressors in the work, social and self environments. The physiology of stress and deep relaxation techniques studied as an introduction to life style redesign. Requires sophomore standing.
- POL141.Intro to Public Mgt & Policy Analysis2-8Study of leadership and administration in public organization, including relationship between bureaucracy and the executive, judicial and legislative branches; development of organizational theory; policy-making and implementation process; bureaucratic ethics; and reconciliation of democracy and bureaucracy. Recommended for those considering careers in public service or jobs affected by public policy.
- POL*231.American Political Thought4Historical and contemporary meanings of democracy, its assumptions and implications: tensions between theory and practice, majority rule and minority rights, civil disobedience, economic-political democracy, institutionalization of democratic procedures, and the future of democracy.
- REL202.Women, Gender & Religion4This course addresses questions about women in various religious traditions and examines the ways feminist theory interacts with the study and practice of religion.
- SOA*220.Sociology of Family4SOA-101Examines how family life is structured by broader social, political and economic changes. Analysis organized historically around clan, lineage, nuclear and post-nuclear family structures. Contemporary family problems also studied. Fall Term.
- SOA*234.Aging and Health Institutions4SOA-101Examine key concepts, main theories and important substantive issues related to aging and health institutions from a sociological perspective. Among the central issues explored are gender and racial differences in aging, ethnic minorities and institutions connected to aging and public policy.
- SOA*353.Sociology of Gender4SOA-101How gender practices are socially constructed and enacted. Examine through ethnographic and observation methods how family, religion, race/ethnicity and social class have shaped gender relations. Explore movements to change and resist change in gender arrangements.


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MacBook Air 2
Wowza. Taking cues from the iPad, Apple has just reinvented the ultra-portable notebook with the MacBook Air 2 ($1,000-$1,700). Sporting 64GB-256GB of built-in solid state flash storage, the new MBA boots amazingly fast, wakes instantly from sleep, and offers Nvidia graphics, Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and incredibly thin Unibody aluminum enclosures. Available in the traditional 13.3" model with an SD card slot and 1440 by 900 display, or in a new, smaller 11.6" model with a 1366 by 768 display and a weight of just 2.3 pounds, or a little less than the power brick for your current laptop.


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UALR Theatre Creates Repertory Experience
The UALR Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present "Criminal Hearts," by Pulitzer Prize nominee Jane Martin, and "Visiting Mr. Green," by Jeff Baron, in alternating performances from Wednesday, Feb. 22, through Sunday, Feb. 26, in the University Theatre in the Center for the Performing Arts.
The two plays will showcase entirely different settings designed and engineered for a repertory experience.
"Criminal Hearts" will be directed by graduating theatre arts major Erin Anson of Little Rock as a capstone project.
"'Criminal Hearts' is a dark, quirky, fast-paced comedy about two funny women from different worlds who fashion a unique friendship. This provocative play has been described as a combination of 'Thelma and Louise' and 'The Grifters,'" said Dr. Jay Raphael, professor and chair of the theatre arts and dance department.
"Visiting Mr. Green" will star graduating theatre arts major Penn Ross Jackson of New Orleans.
"'Visiting Mr. Green' has been produced more than 200 times and translated into 22 languages. The comedy is a touching and compelling story of friendship, family, and forgiveness," Raphael said.
For more information, tickets, and reservations contact the Theatre Department at 501-569-3291 or email@example.com.
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A new chapter is dawning in Starkville Academy Lady Volunteers basketball.
The first half of the season is in the books and coach Glenn Schmidt and her girls are ready to begin work writing the second half's story.
"Every player on the court and on the bench all the way up to myself have to say to ourselves what else can we do," Schmidt said. "We have to do more. It is time to do more. That is what you do every year. You look ahead and say this is it. We have to take advantage of every moment to get ourselves ready to play the last few weeks of the season."
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Radisson Hotel Fisherman's Wharf Rating: 3.0 Pearls
The Radisson doesn't play up its family appeal, but it should. Its heated outdoor pool is among the nicest in the city, especially given the electric firepit, gardens, palm trees, and plenty of deck chairs and umbrella tables on the pool deck. And while there are about a half-dozen other big-chain hotels vying for tourists in the family-focused waterfront area of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Radisson is closer to the wharf than the Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton, and Holiday Inn (and it's often cheaper too).
Handlery Union Square Hotel Rating: 3.5 Pearls
For an affordable -- yet still comfortable -- family option near the high-end shopping in Union Square, you can't do better than the Handlery. This classic San Francisco boutique hotel has one of the few, and one of the best, outdoor pools in the neighborhood. Plus, for about the price of a small standard room elsewhere, families visiting the Handlery can upgrade to a large, 450-square-foot Club-level guest room with a balcony or patio.
Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square Rating: 4.5 Pearls
The best luxury option in the city for families (and not just because it's only a few yards from some of the world's best ice cream and chocolate in Ghirardelli Square) the Fairmont's huge, residential-style one-, two-, and three-bedroom units truly deliver all the comforts of home -- a full kitchen with Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances; an in-room washer and dryer; free DVD rentals to watch on a 40-inch flat-screen TV next to a gaslit fireplace. More importantly, foldout couches in the living rooms and bedrooms available with two twin beds make sleeping arrangements easy.
Argonaut Hotel Rating: 3.5 Pearls
With its "treasure chest" full of free toys in the lobby and nautical-themed guest rooms, the Argonaut is a great family option across the street from the Fisherman's Wharf waterfront, near the docks where the ferries leave for Alcatraz and one block from the tempting chocolate concoctions in Ghirardelli Square.
Hyatt At Fisherman's Wharf Rating: 3.0 Pearls
The family appeal of this stylish 313-room Hyatt is simple: It's just two blocks from the kid-friendly fun of Fisherman's Wharf, it has a heated pool (and Jacuzzi), and families can sleep comfortably in rooms with two double beds.


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Expect beautiful weather for the Fourth of July. The temperatures will reach the low 80s. The rain, clouds, and humidity will all be gone by the start of Saturday. Sunday is expected to be just as nice as Saturday.
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I actively developed the NBCU core video player, adding new features and maintaining existing ones. This includes advertising integration, closed captioning, sharing, content ratings integration, and analytics. In addition, I created a comprehensive testing sandbox, which became the de-facto testing suite adopted by the quality assurance group.
The video player has been featured on several of NBC and Universal's online properties, such as NBC.com, USA, Bravo, SyFy, and Oxygen.
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Annnnnd, now my brain is throbbing.
welcome to DESIGNER DANGER DAY, post #1
…and my watch has stopped.
"Bitch stole my bed!"
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Travis Barker Drum Solo 2011 (HD) (by TheJoemoze)
Lokid - Fireflies Remax (Owl City, Trina & Lil Wayne) (by Lokid)
Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin HD Colorado Recap - Red Rocks & The Fillmore (by PrettyLightsMusic)
Sometimes I do things with people. And sometimes said things result in cows burping at me.
OMG, a software update!
The majority of the movie was a bit lackluster, but the battles interspersed throughout left me speechless.
There is NO X in Espresso
This is my doing-client-work-on-a-friday-night face.
I'll probably be needing this tomorrow.
"$6 Happy Meal!"
"Come on, love me. Hank needs some sugar."
Pale kid raps fast (via gwatsky)
Sometimes being a pale white kid ain't all that bad.
Fuck fuck fuck scene from the Wire (via realfolo)
Best scene ever put on TV.
A single-image illustration of my life: writing code, Web Inspector, good TV, and Burn Notice episode 316. Not complaining.
"If Snotboogie always stole the money, why'd you let him play?"
"Got to. This America, man."
Decided to watch The Wire for the second time. Seriously the best TV show to ever grace my eyeballs.
I may have chosen the wrong career path.
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Introducing Word Lens (via QuestVisual)
It is now officially the future.
It probably seemed easier at the time.
Feeling kind of null today, myself.
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In reply to application for a graphic design vacancy
Thanks for your reply and interest in the position of print designer with xxxx. If successful you will be expected to work a three-month, pro bono probationary period and will spend three days in the week labouring on site with our construction workers. It is possible that you will have to design the website during you lunch breaks on site, it's ok the van is very comfortable although you will have to buy a laptop.
Let us know ASAP
We love the clean look of the site really - but I'm a little worried because you can't see all the content lower down the page - can we do something so the user knows to scroll down? Like maybe an icon that floats around with an arrow pointing down? Also, can we make the headings pop more - maybe make them bold and orange. And I'm also a little concerned about the call to actions - we need to make those pop more - all 5 of them. We need the links to be a bigger and the icons too. Can we use that icon we have on the buttons and put one of those in the header? And make it quite big? We really need that header to pop more. Okay when can I have those changes? Thanks so much, the site's looking really nice and clean…
I recently moved across town, and after meticulously setting up my desk in my new office I was disheartened to see that my Apple LED Cinema Display would no longer turn on. After a bit of experimentation I noticed that the USB ports, internal speakers, and magsafe charger all worked fine, but for some reason the display itself remained off.
After much unhelpful googling, I finally came across this post from a guy named Dan Myers, and it totally saved my bacon.
This trick was to delete the file described in his post (
$ sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist), but I additionally had to reset my PRAM a couple times while the display was unplugged (reboot while holding down CMD+Option+P+R).
$deity I didn't end up wasting any money on trying to service it!
John Gruber just summed up my exact thoughts about today's announcement by Microsoft previewing the UI changes being made in Windows 8. The last paragraph is particularly good:
Apple's radical notion is that touchscreen personal computers should make severely different tradeoffs than traditional computers — and that you can't design one system that does it all. Windows 8 is trying to have it all, and I don't think that can be done. You can't make something conceptually lightweight if it's carrying 25 years of Windows baggage.
As anyone who has been writing code for a while can attest, keeping track of reusable code snippets is a must in terms of speeding up development. After all, who wants to waste time writing the same code over and over when you can simply copy and paste?
There is a plethora of software-based solutions to this problem, notably Code Collector Pro and Snippets (both for the Mac). I have used both of these in the past, and while they are great apps they either don't work quite the way I want or are a bit too unreliable in terms of syncing.
So what's the best solution for maintaining code snippets and reliably syncing them across multiple computers? For me it's through the filesystem, with a lot of help from Dropbox. I simply create a folder for each language, each of which containing snippets for that language (one file per snippet, with the appropriate file extension for the language).
This presents several advantages over dedicated snippet management apps:
When you save a file it is instantly pushed to any other computers that are linked to your Dropbox account. You can even share folders or files with other people using Dropbox's sharing feature.
Being locked into a snippet management app's text editor sucks. Though many of them will let you open snippets in an external app, that's still an extra and unnecessary step.
This allows you to use Spotlight, LaunchBar, Quicksilver, or something similar to quickly search your snippets without having to launch another app. Practical filenames and embedded comments make finding the right snippet super easy, replacing the need for a tagging system.
Dropbox provides awesome file versioning, making it easy to revert back to a previous version if needed. Dropbox keeps your files safe in the event of a disk failure.
Your mileage may vary of course, but in my opinion this method works wonderfully, especially for a free solution.
I had to laugh a little at the irony of your recent tweet about mainstream design blogging. The article does hit the nail on the head, though. There's way too much noise on the Internet these days. And you're not helping it at all. But you could be.
Having been subscribed to your RSS feed for about a year, I'd be surprised if I've found more than two or three actually useful chunks of information hidden in the mass of unoriginal, regurgitated link bait. The same goes for your Twitter feed, which is nothing more than a half-assed attempt to copy Gruber's Linked List format (which he freely admits was not his idea). Seriously, it's almost as spammy as Guy Kawasaki's feed.
If you were to take down all of the posts whose subject start with a number greater then three or include words like "showcase" or "roundup," there wouldn't be a whole lot left except for a handful of "articles" based on product placement and name dropping.
I would simply unsubscribe and unfollow, but I like to have reminders around me of how not to act.
Here's the thing you need to realize: you aren't providing us any useful service or information. That is, nothing that we aren't already getting from far better publications. We already know about all the latest nifty jQuery plugins because we read about them on Ajaxian and DailyJS first. We already got the latest tech news from TUAW and Daring Fireball, who are kind enough to provide real, honest perspectives. We already know what the latest design trends are because we read about them from the people who are actually creating them. We get spammed with disingenuous tips for optimizing our workflows and businesses all day long, most of which boil down to common fucking sense. We don't need someone to aggregate our news for us, so what are you really adding to the mix?
But think about what you could be adding. What if you stopped with the unreadably long roundup posts and started writing original, thought-provoking, non-attention-begging content? What if you broke away from the easy formula and went out and talked to real people with real opinions, or better yet, came up with some of your own? What if you stopped using Twitter to spam my feed with 20+ useless links per day and started using it to generate substantive conversations among your followers?
You could (and should) be doing something better than picking the low-hanging fruit.
I just spent a good hour trying to diagnose a problem related to the view lifecycle in the iPhone OS, so I thought I'd share the solution here.
My problem was in trying to grab some data from the network immediately after loading a view from a UITabBar. The goal was to have it switch to the new view, issue the system network activity indicator, and update a UITableView when the data was done processing. Something like this:
- (void) viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
[self updateData];
However, no matter whether I put the code in viewDidLoad or viewDidAppear, the entire interface would appear to freeze before switching to the new view and would not respond again until the data loaded. I didn't even notice the delay in the simulator using WiFi, but when I deployed to my iPhone and tested it over 3G the process took upwards of five seconds (which I find unacceptable from a UX standpoint).
I eventually figured out a solution, which was to use a tiny delay before starting the network activity. This is a simple task:
- (void) viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
[self performSelector:@selector(updateData:) withObject:nil afterDelay:.1];
The afterDelay parameter defines how long the app will wait (in seconds) before issuing the method on the specified object. Note that you are forced to pass one parameter to the target method. If your target method doesn't need to take any arguments, simply pass nil as I did above. You will also need to update your method signature to take that parameter, even if you do nothing with it.
Something that has always irked me is having to take the value of a textarea and convert the text into HTML paragraphs (especially when using a WYSIWYG is not an option). Here's a quick PHP snippet to take care of that, whether the user uses one or two line breaks for new paragraphs.
$body = preg_replace("/\r/", "\n", $body);
$body = preg_replace("/(\n+)/", "

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$body = "
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The first line will convert all carriage returns into newline characters (to accommodate for the way different operating systems handle line breaks). The second line will replace one or more occurrences of a newline into an ending and open paragraph tag. From there, all you need to do it wrap the entire block in a paragraph tag, which is taken care of by the third line.
To be honest this feels way too easy, so if I am doing something wrong here please feel free to let me know.
I've finally gotten around to picking up a copy of The Mythical Man Month, a collection of essays on software engineering written by Frederick Brooks which was originally published in 1975.
While the majority of the book has stood the test of time remarkably well, Chapter 3, entitled "The Surgical Team," especially intrigued me. The essay draws an elaborate analogy between a team of software engineers and - you guessed it - a surgical team. Brooks proposes that splitting large groups of coworkers into multiple smaller chunks based on the following positions:
Ten people to work on one system or a part of a system? Isn't that a bit of overkill?
While the roles of the Surgeon, Copilot, Administrator, Editor, Secretary, and Tester are still alive and kicking, the Program Clerk, Language Lawyer, and Toolsmith have largely been replaced by the software that has been developed in the 35 years since the original writing.
The role of the Program Clerk is now filled by sophisticated version control systems like Subversion and Git.
The need for Language Lawyer has been mostly replaced by highly-optimized compilers, lightning fast interpreters, and next-generation hardware.
The Toolsmith can probably be largely replaced by free libraries available from services like GitHub and SourceForge (and in the special cases that require this role the surgeon could most likely fill it).
Additionally, some of the surviving roles probably are not necessary 100% of the time, in that team members can easily take on multiple roles. For instance, free tools like Dropbox and Google Voice mean that two secretaries (or even one) might not be necessary for smaller firms that don't need to spend a lot of time on correspondence. I don't think I've ever heard of or seen an ad for a position that consisted solely of testing other peoples' code. How much revising of documentation is there really to be done (that can't be sent to a wiki and delegated to junior developers)?
While I certainly agree that a pragmatic distribution of roles and a sensible partitioning of tasks are essential to a successful software development company, I tend to think that it's equally (if not more) important to consider how peoples' personalities affect the mix rather than what it is they do. I would much prefer working alongside a developer who produces 10% more bugs — but who is consistently enthusiastic, personable, and stimulating — than an emotionless savant or a pretentious guru. Spending a few extra minutes in code review is worth it when the offender contributes positively to the overall motivation of the team. Deodorant helps a lot, too.
I'll be interested to see how upcoming advancements in software and hardware continue to affect all of the surgical team roles. Here's to hoping that some rockstar developer doesn't write a piece of software that makes me as obsolete as OS/360.
I have spent the last few days redesigning my personal blog from scratch with a totally new look and feel. The motivation for this came from multiple sources, including the desire to practice my design skills by creating something new (which was not fully satiated by designing my new mini-site recently).
I also decided it was time to start eating my own dog food, so I have migrated everything from Wordpress (which powered the previous iterations of my site) to Spool, the content management system we developed at Boxkite.
And who knows, maybe the redesign will help me get off my ass and write more.
Let me know what you think of my new digs!
If you are building an iPhone web app, chances are you have gotten a bit tired of relying on your device for testing changes. It can definitely be tedious to upload your changes, pick up your device, and refresh Mobile Safari each time you make a change to your code. Here's a way to use your Mac to eliminate the device and the remote server from the development process.
For this to work, you will need to download the iPhone SDK from the Apple website. This is a free download, but you will need to create an account and log in to gain access to the software downloads.
The iPhone SDK is big. More than 2 gigs. Make a sandwich while you wait for it to download. Go on, you look hungry.
This will also take a little while (see Step 2). If necessary, make another sandwich.
After the install finishes, you can find a fully-functional iPhone simulator located in
/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app
Since this app is a bit hidden, I suggest creating a shortcut to it in your Dock or desktop, or by using Spotlight to launch it when needed.
In order to access your web apps from your local machine without having to upload them to a remote server, you will need to enable Apple's Web Sharing in System Preferences -> Sharing. This turns on the built-in Apache web server that ship with every Mac.
Now that you have a working iPhone simulator and a web server on your computer, you are free to access your apps from the simulator. First make sure that your iPhone is on the same WiFi network as your computer, then simply launch Mobile Safari and navigate to
http://localhost/~your_mac_user_name. This address corresponds to the folder
/Users/your_mac_user_name/Sites on your hard drive, so this is where your apps will need to live. There are ways to change that, but I'll leave that for another how-to.
So you built a website. The design is beautiful, the content is filled in, and it has been submitted to all of the major search engines. Maybe you have even purchased a bit of ad space on Google or another PPC network. So why is no one visiting your site? Turns out that there's a lot more that goes into bringing visitors to your site (and keeping them there) than what many people initially realize.
The concept of findability, an umbrella term that encompasses the techniques and methods one can use for driving traffic to a site and making the content easy to navigate, is often overlooked in the design and development process. However it is important to remember that in addition to attracting visitors in the first place one must also give visitors a reason to stick around and eventually come back. This all directly affects a project's bottom line in that the more findable one's content is, the more like it is that conversions will be made and that the project will succeed.
Whether you are selling a product, collecting donations, or supporting a cause, fresh and relevant content is key when trying to attract new visitors. Not only will this please the search engine gods each time they reindex, but it will encourage visitors to keep coming back and to spread the word about the site.
Ideally page content should be keyword rich in order to maximize SEO. Be careful though, as most search engines will look for patterns in keyword placement in an attempt to detect keyword spamming, a black hat SEO technique that could quickly get you blacklisted.
Having good content probably won't help too much if visitors are unable to find it on your site. This is where information architecture comes in. IA is the practice of organizing functionality and content into an intuitive structure that allows users to easily find desired content. This could refer to the ease of navigation of a site, the presentation of its content, and also the way that relationships between entities are represented.
If your IA is solid, most users probably won't even notice it. The goal is to create a seamless browsing experience that instills users with a sense of confidence that they are finding what they are looking for.
Measuring the usability of a site can be difficult, but there are many tools available today that can help with analyzing visitor behavior and usage patterns. Services like CrazyEgg and Google Website Optimizer allow site owners to monitor findability problems and to identify what content is the most important.
The way that graphical elements and text content are laid out and organized on a page is an important concern when designing a site and goes far beyond just having a "pretty" design. A talented graphic designer will be able to direct visitors' eyes to various elements along a strategic path in order to effectively communicate a message or a highlight a call to action.
Drawing attention to search boxes, RSS feeds, newsletter subscriptions, etc is a critical way to help users find what they are looking for and to discover new content down the road. This will help gain returning visits and will encourage visitors to spread the word.
It might not seem obvious, but the quality of HTML markup can be important for findability as well. Helping define the importance of the content of a page through the use of standards-compliant, semantic markup makes it much easier for search engines to accurately parse and rank content. By defining the semantic information hierarchy of a page, one can minimize search engine guess-work.
Building pages to be usable by those with disabilities is an important part of the development process on its own, but also helps with findability by easing search engine indexing. This also give you the option for strategic use of keywords in places like image alt tags, which are also crawled.


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How young is too young to go camping?
"It's one of the biggest questions people are searching for," says Brooke Stephens.
"If the men are searching, it's usually 'how can I convince my wife it's OK?'" she says. "And if it's the women, they want to make sure they're being a good mom and not doing anything that will inhibit their child's growth."
Brooke and her husband, Mark, publish AdventureParents.com where they document their outdoor activities and the outings of other families.
When Brooke got pregnant, it was like people started warning them with ominous prophecy, she says.
The in-laws, even their friends, they were telling Mark, it's a good thing you're getting all this climbing and backpacking out of your system now.
They were telling Brooke, it'll be 18 years before you get your freedom back.
Not completely true. The key, Brooke says, is adapting.
Kids make you plan out all the little details, she says. There's no picking up and taking off at the spur of the moment.
The activities change a bit, too. They transitioned from backpacking to more car-based camping and sight-seeing.
They often take trips with the grandparents, or Mark's brother, who also brings along his daughter. A few more people on the trip can help, and more kids means more fun for them, Brooke says.
"There's no definite answer," she says. "But from people we've interviewed, if you start before first grade, the kids grow up thinking of camping trips as something fun and special."
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We all cherish our belongings, but items (especially the antique ones) that can easily catch the attention of appraisers have a different score.
Whether you consider it cheap or expensive, these antiques should be well taken care of. Having it insured will also give you the peace of mind. Ever wondered if it's possible?
To discover how to insure and protect your valuable belongings, better read along the article.
Determine the valuable items
For many individuals, typical appliances such as LED TVs and expensive home appliances are valuable items. Although this can be a fact, still you should check a more stable list of valuables to know if your item is considered valuable it not.
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Because home appliances are usually covered in home insurances, the next step towards getting your valuable items protected is to have it covered. Make a list of these items with an attached photo and a brief description of each. Talk to an expert to know if all these items can be covered.
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- Jewelries
- Silverware and crystals
- Fine art
- Antiques
- Stamp and coin collection
- Animal skin or Fur
- Golfer's equipments
- Trophies
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Although insurance providers have diversified rules and terms, the fact still remains that there will be a limit for these items. It would be side to check on this before deciding which insurance provider you will choose.
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The next step is to check the add-ons. Aside from the basic valuable insurance coverage, you can get, some highly valuable items need extra coverage. Before choosing a company to insure your items, see to it that there are add-ons offered. It will be extremely useful especially if you're fond of purchasing antique items.
You should also check the prices of these add-ons. Often times, highly affordable basic coverage is paired with expensive add-ons. This means you have to be extra meticulous for overpriced offers.
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If you don't have enough idea about insurances, it's a wise move to talk to an expert. You can check online forums for advises or talk to an insurance expert in case you have complex queries.
Either way, it's highly advisable to gain enough knowledge before finding an insurance provider.
Your valuable items are not only a ratio of your financial state, more to that; it's also a sign that you have bigger responsibilities in terms of keeping it safe. That is why it's quite essential to know the actions you can do towards insuring these items and a step-by-step guide such as this one can truly help a lot. Nevertheless, this guide will remain as is if you will not do the necessary actions.


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Wild Mushroom Matzo Pizza
- Prep Time : 10 minutes min
- Cook Time : 5 minutes min
- Ready Time : 15 min
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 lb. assorted mushrooms, sliced (any combination of crimini, shitake, portabella, or oyster)
- 2 Cloves garlic, crushed
- Salt and pepper to taste
- cooking spray
- 4 pieces of matzo
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 Preheat oven to 400°F.
2 Heat pan over moderate heat, add olive oil, and mushrooms, sauté a few minutes, then add garlic and continue cooking until browned and water has evaporated. Then add salt and pepper, remove from heat.
3 Spread out 4 pieces of matzo on a baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Spread tomato sauce evenly over each piece of matzo.
4 Sprinkle with cheese and top with mushrooms. Bake for 5 minutes or until browned.
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Don't call it a comeback. He's been here for years. According to the Hartford Courant (and, obviously, his Twitter account), Adam Greenberg is back in professional baseball. This time, however, it's not back to the bigs for "one at bat"...it's back to Bridgeport. Greenberg hit .255 with 126 stolen bases spread across parts of four seasons (2008-2011) with the Bridgeport Bluefish. After getting an at bat last season with the Miami Marlins, he spent Spring Training 2013 with the Baltimore Orioles.
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Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) shouts "shame on the Republicans" on the House floor. Her remarks were initially requested to be removed from the record, a process that took about five minutes. She returned to invoke the Romney '47 percent' comments.
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Tia Maria cheesecake
By Sara Buenfeld
Cooking timePrep: 30 mins Cook: 35 mins Plus cooling
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 16
Perfect for a special occasion, this American style dessert really has the wow-factor
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Freezable
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 410
- protein
- 7g
- carbs
- 32g
- fat
- 29g
- saturates
- 17g
- fibre
- 1g
- sugar
- 24g
- salt
- 0.89g
For the biscuit crust
- 85g hot melted butter, plus extra butter for greasing
- 14 plain chocolate digestive biscuits, finely crushed
For the cheesecake
- 3 x 300g packs full-fat Philadelphia cheese
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 4 tbsp plain flour
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp Tia Maria
- 3 large eggs
- 285ml carton soured cream
For the topping
- 142ml carton soured cream
- 2 tbsp Tia Maria
- cocoa, for dusting
- 8 Ferrero Rocher chocolates, unwrapped
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To freeze
Cover the tin, first with cling film, then foil and freeze for up to 6 weeks. Thaw in the fridge for 8 hrs before serving.
Serving tip
Remove from the tin and slide onto a plate. Dust with the cocoa through a tea strainer until the top is covered. Lightly mark the cheesecake into portions with a knife, then place a chocolate on every other portion
- Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line the base of a 25cm springform tin with baking parchment. Blend butter and biscuit crumbs. Press onto the base of the tin, bake for 10 mins, then cool.
- Increase the oven temperature to 240C/fan 200C/gas 9. Beat the cheese and sugar with an electric whisk until smooth, then whisk in the flour, vanilla, 2 tbsp Tia Maria, eggs and 285ml soured cream.
- Grease sides of the cake tin with butter. Pour in the mixture and smooth. Bake for 10 mins, then turn oven down to 110C/fan 90C/ gas ¼ for 25 mins. Turn off the oven, then open the door and leave to cool inside the oven for 2 hrs. Don't worry if it cracks a little.
- Mix 142ml soured cream and Tia Maria, then smooth on top of the cheesecake. Chill.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2006
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Comments, questions and tips
I tried this cheesecake and stuck to the suggested recipe, it was gorgeous. I tried it again, using 1.5 of the suggested biscuit base, together with the appropriate amount of butter. I love the biscuit crust on a cheesecake and thought I'd try it. The result was that I had a much firmer cheesecake, as the biscuit crust seemed to absorb all the moisture in the cheesecake. It was still really gorgeous but I think that next time, I'll stick to the original recipe. This cheesecake is better than shop bought, the two versions that is!!!
made this with baileys and its unreal- be careful not to leave it in oven too long or it becomes a bit stodgy. i made it twice and was beautiful both times. place tin of water in bottom of oven to stop top from cracking, turn off oven and open door- leave in oven intil its cold- overnight if possible
Made this for a dinner party last nite and was a huge success. My sister is law said "I'm not a pudding person, but I am now!" and my neice asked whether it was a Tesco Finest Pud!! I would add some more Tia Maria into the basic recipe though, although saying that it was fab without it! Give it a go you won't be disappointed! xxx
Didn't have quite enough cream cheese when I made this so I added an extra egg and doubled the flour. Also doubled the Tia Maria and it still came out beautifully! I had to cook it an extra 10 mins and let it chill for longer to get a good set, but was really delicious and not as rich as if I'd used the full 900g. Made a topping of sour cream, melted chocolate and Tia Maria instead of the suggested one and the chocolate set to a good spreadable consitancy. Lovely!
I have made this cheesecake before and it went down a treat! So, I made this last week once again as my husbands office was holding a MacMillan nurses day and everyone was invited to make a cake so that they could raise money for this very good cause. Unfortunately I was word blind and only turned the oven down to 190c instead of 90c! Luckily enough it did not burn and tuned out o.k. I would make this cheesecake again and again, it is very easy and looks so professional but the next time I will not forget to turn the temperature down.


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Interesting story about an investigation into a jail house interview with Michael Devlin. He is accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Ben Ownby just after the boy got off a school bus Jan. 8 in Missouri. Police found Ben and Shawn Hornbeck at Devlin's apartment on Jan. 12. Shawn, now 15, had been missing since 2002.
Apparently, no media was allowed to interview him. But a reporter, who did the story for the NY Post, slipped in, signing herself in as a friend, according to Devlin's lawyer and police. I was interested in the 'expert's' opinion that the reporter damaged the credibility of journalism by the subterfuge.
I did one jail house interview. And I tried to go the media designated route, but they kept sending me to a line where you could only sign up as friend or family. After a few hours arguing, the woman who arranged the times for the county jail put me down as friend. I immediately identified myself as a journalist to the inmate before I talked to him, so I believe I was on the right side of the ethical standard.
We are not bound by what lawyers or police say when we pursue a story as long as we don't break any laws. As I said about our public records audit, there are rare times when not identifying yourself is the only way you can get information. But I'm not as quick to condemn this reporter. This story is of great public interest, partially by the families own hand after the fact. I don't know the protocal in Missouri. But if the reporter identified herself to Devlin as a reporter, before she interviewed, good job, I say.
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The Painkiller Problem
Eight retired players are suing the NFL claiming their painkiller addiction was the result of playing pro football. Do they have a case? Here, we break down possible defense strategies and explain why this could lead to marijuana use being condoned by the league
By Michael McCann
As the NFL tries to settle potentially billion-dollar litigation over the long-term neurological effects of concussions, the league has been hit with yet another major lawsuit: eight retired players, including Jim McMahon and Richard Dent, claim the league duped players into becoming addicted to painkillers. Attorneys for the players seek to transform the case into a class action on behalf of potentially thousands of other retired players.
The lawsuit portrays the NFL and its teams as taking extraordinarily unethical steps to suppress players' pain so they could remain on the field. According to the complaint, team doctors and trainers routinely prescribed medications without prescriptions and without warning players about the risk of addiction and side effects. These allegations, if true, would constitute criminal acts under the federal Controlled Substances Act. Other allegations suggest team physicians and trainers regularly ignored players' medical histories and disregarded the possibility of fatal interactions due to unique body chemistry.
Overall, the lawsuit depicts the NFL as a greedy enterprise which viewed players as disposable assets and treated them more like thoroughbreds than humans.
The painkiller litigation comes five months after U.S. District Judge Anita Brody rejected a proposed $765 million settlement between the NFL and retired players over concussions. Even if the NFL and retired players reach a new settlement over concussions and have it approved by Brody, some retired players likely would opt out of the settlement (as is their right) and file their own cases against the NFL. The NFL is likely to face player litigation for years to come.
NFL Legal Defenses
The league will answer the painkiller complaint in the coming weeks and ask that it be dismissed. As the litigation plays out, expect the league to offer at least six key defenses.
- Preemption
The NFL will argue that painkiller claims brought by the retired players are preempted by federal labor law. The league will insist that collective bargaining agreements between the NFL and NFLPA detail intricate rules for player health and internal grievance procedures for resolving questions about those rules. The NFL will assert that no court should hear a claim that players contractually assented must first be resolved through internal procedures.
A preemption argument will be one of the NFL's best defense tools. When unions and management agree to procedures to resolve disputes outside of the legal process, courts typically defer to those procedures. The NFL will stress that the league's duty to players through team physicians and trainers is a matter of interpreting collective bargaining agreements, not applying torts and other areas of law.
To be sure, the NFL is not assured of victory by arguing preemption. The players have alleged fraudulent conduct by the NFL, and such conduct arguably is outside the scope of any collective bargaining agreement. Put another way, players and owners can't agree to one side committing fraud on the other, and thus a fraud claim might fall beyond the reach of preemption.
Preemption is also a less certain defense for NFL activities that occurred between 1974 and 1977, and again between 1989 and 1993. During these years the league operated without a collective bargaining agreement. The NFLPA was also decertified between 1989 and 1993, meaning players did not negotiate policies with the NFL through a labor relationship. Although the NFL will stress that rules remained in place during periods without a collective bargaining agreement, watch for players to contend preemption does not apply during those periods.
- Blame the NFLPA
A related argument to preemption is that the players should place most of the legal blame on their union, not the NFL. Players entrusted the NFLPA with negotiating rules that impacted the diagnosis and treatment of their injuries, including rules for which painkillers could be used and under what circumstances painkillers could be prescribed. Along those lines, concern about NFL players overusing painkillers has been evident for years, without significant action by the NFL or—more importantly—the NFLPA.
As the exclusive bargaining unit for NFL players, the NFLPA has a duty of fair representation, which compels it to negotiate in good faith and competently. A credible argument could be made that, until recent years, the NFLPA prioritized financial compensation over safety in negotiations with the NFL. From the NFL's vantage point, the health and safety of NFL players is a subject of collective bargaining, and the NFLPA has the primary responsibility to advocate on behalf of those players.
- Unreliable evidence and unavailable witnesses
The eight players involved in the lawsuit collectively played from 1969 to 2008. In some cases it might be difficult to corroborate their claims through team records, medical files, letters and memoranda. Documents transmitted on paper rather than through electronic correspondence might no longer be available. Without actual proof, allegations the league illegally dispensed painkillers might remain just that: allegations.
The fact that many of the allegations concern events occurring decades ago also invites questions about memory and recollection. Witnesses who attempt to recall events from decades back often struggle when cross-examined by lawyers, as those witnesses might easily confuse facts or fail to recall crucial details. Will retired players be so sure about their memories of playing days while under oath and subject to the penalty of perjury?
The plaintiffs must also contend with the unavailability of doctors and trainers implicated by the lawsuit. Many of those health care professionals likely have retired or passed away. It could prove challenging, and in some cases impossible, for players' attorneys to depose individuals who are crucial to the case.
- Lack of causation and assumption of risk
A causal link between physical harm and painkillers might not be easily proven. Take allegations by J.D. Hill, one of the eight named plaintiffs. The complaint assigns blame on the NFL for Hill becoming addicted to painkillers, which eventually led to him suffering a weakened immune system, developing an abscess in his lung and becoming homeless. Hill's account is genuinely tragic, but the NFL will likely argue that the league is not to blame. The league will first stress it acted reasonably. The league will also assert that even if it acted unreasonably, Hill's harms are too attenuated from any wrongful conduct by the NFL. Other life events and personal choices, the NFL surely will contend, broke any causal nexus between the league and Hill.
The league is also poised to frame players as voluntarily using painkillers and thus providing consent. While the complaint argues NFL players—who unlike many other pro athletes play on non-guaranteed contracts— were aggressively pressured to play hurt, the NFL could reason that players ultimately made the decision to use painkillers. Along those lines, players could have at any point ended their NFL careers and pursued another line of employment. In their complaint, the plaintiffs anticipate this argument by asserting the NFL created and maintained a "culture of drug abuse." The culture, the players contend, denied players a meaningful choice by denying them the necessary information to provide informed consent.
- Team doctors and trainers were independent contractors, not team employees
The employment status of NFL team physicians and trainers has varied over the years and by team, and has been a key issue in malpractice cases against team physicians. Some physicians and trainers have been employees of the team, while others have been independent contractors. Employers generally have higher legal exposure to the wrongful acts of employees than those of independent contractors. Watch for the NFL to argue that the league is less responsible for the actions of physicians and trainers who were independent contractors. Retired players, however, can respond by asserting that teams should not be able to delegate responsibilities of care to physicians and trainers merely through employment classification.
- Statute of limitations have expired
The NFL will argue that the retired players' claims are barred by the relevant statutes of limitation. The statute of limitations is a legal device designed to ensure that claims be brought in a timely manner and before evidence and witnesses become unavailable. The players allege theories of negligence and fraud. These types of claims are generally available only for a handful of years following the negligent or fraudulent act. This might prove problematic for the eight named players, as most of their allegations concern events occurring prior to 2000, in some cases well before 2000.
In their complaint, the players recognize the NFL will cite the statute of limitations as a ground for dismissal. The players demand the statute of limitations be tolled (extended) on grounds the players were not warned and had no reason to know they were suffering harm by using painkillers.
Possibility of settlement
In the short-term, the NFL will deny the merits of the claim and try to convince a court to dismiss the lawsuit. But as NFL concussion litigation shows, the league may eventually conclude that settlement is a better strategy than litigation. The NFL is aware that fans, media and members of Congress are closely watching player safety lawsuits. There has been increasing concern in recent years that football is too dangerous and that outside intervention of some form may be warranted. Public perception is thus an important consideration for the NFL as it develops a legal strategy. Indeed, even though NFL attorneys believe lawsuits over player health are unlikely to prevail in court, those lawsuits could play out over years in a high-profile manner.
Consider some of the possible ramifications of lengthy and public litigations for the NFL. Pretrial discovery, which would involve players' lawyers deposing league executives and team owners under oath and obtaining records from them, could unveil unflattering facts about the league and its owners. Pretrial discovery could also lead to NFL owners having to reveal closely-guarded financial information. Worse yet, should any of the player safety lawsuits go to trial, league officials would have to uncomfortably watch retired players and families tell jurors about the pain they've suffered. To avert these risks, the league might seek out a settlement with attorneys in the painkiller litigation, just as they have done in the concussion litigation.
An opening for marijuana?
The painkiller lawsuit raises serious questions about the health risks of painkillers commonly prescribed to NFL players. Both Robert Klemko (for The MMQB) and I (for SI.com) have written about the impact of marijuana legalization on the NFL. While the health benefits of marijuana remain a divisive topic, its gradual legalization raises the possibility that marijuana might eventually become a viable alternative to suppress pain. As one prominent NFL agent told me, "What is the alternative to marijuana? The alternative sucks. Think about what players take for pain—they take much more serious and much more addictive drugs. Vicodin. Percocet. Oxycodone. These are highly addictive and synthetically manufactured drugs. … They can rip up your insides. I would much rather my guys take natural, less addictive stuff."
Michael McCann is a legal analyst and writer for Sports Illustrated and SI.com. He is also the founding director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute at the University of New Hampshire School of Law and the distinguished visiting Hall of Fame Professor of Law at Mississippi College School of Law.
The loud motuhted punk, Richard Sherman, eats a bowl of adderral every morning for breakfast, and apparently that is OK...
Is marijuana a PED? I don't think so. Why is NFL testing for it?
A lot of it is perception. Imagine a player at a function and some kids see him standing around puffing because his knee is sore ?
I am sure Goodell is not opposed to it as a person but as commissioner he has to think about controls.
if anybody thinks that smoking weed is "performance enhancing", they obviously have never used it. because it's going to be legal across the country soon, the NFL needs to re-evaulate why they are keeping it as a banned substance (other than they don't want them to be "bad" role models... just like Ray Lewis!)... give me a break.
As a retired physician, I can answer your question: "As one prominent NFL agent told me, "What is the alternative to marijuana?"
The alternative is to use properly extracted hemp oil, which can legally contain over 25% CBD, the aspect of the cannabis plant that contains many (if not most) of the benefits of that form of medicine. Since the higher the CBD, the lower the THC, these extracts generally have only 1 to 3% THC - not enough to provide a high (which occurs when THC fits into the C-1 receptor and gets you 'high'). CBD, properly extracted, fits the C-2 receptor, is a C-1 receptor antagonist, doesn't get you high but has substantial medical properties.
" the lawsuit depicts the NFL as a greedy enterprise..."
I'm shocked. SHOCKED !!!!
Beyond that, I always appreciate Mr. McCann's ability to present legalities in terms that a layperson can understand
The NFL doesn't have to approve use of cannabis, it can simply stop drug-testing for it.
So the NFL would rather have players take amphetamines for pain rather than marijuana?
It's time for the NFL to catch up with the times and be on the RIGHT side of history for a change.
It seems like the NFL is more concerned about a player deriving pleasure from using marijuana than admitting it as a bona fide, approved drug used to effectively treat pain.
Please tell me you're kidding about marijuana use being approved in the NFL.
If it is, can you imagine the lawsuit in 20 years when today's players are cancer-stricken, have cardio-pulmonary disease or a host of other ailments related to its use?
They would have been treated better if they were thoroughbreds. The value of a stallion or mare is their ability to breed additional winners.
So the players are given pain killers that take away the pain. They now complain that playing through pain free injuries are a basis for a lawsuit.
The problem here is that young athletes, young people in general, think they are bullet proof. To come back in your 50's and 60's and try to make more money off the same game that they CHOSE to play is ridiculous.
@Buck2185 That's completely off the topic and also, you're an idiot. If Richard Sherman tests positive for Adderral then he'd get the same punishment that any other player does when they test positive for the drug.
Semantically speaking it is; if a person suffers from anxiety and it relieves it then guess what? That goes for ANY substance one consumes
@sam93505 The league stands by guys who beat women and start brawls in strip clubs...but Josh Gordon misses an entire season for marijuana. Absolutely idiotic.
@alloverfatman Thank you for that response. I think the last thing any professional sports league needs is its players being able to use marijuana whenever they feel like it because they complain of pain. If they're in that much pain, then maybe they shouldn't play.
@JimKirkwood1 And the players weren't greedy? They didn't want to keep their lucrative contracts intact and keep playing football rather than drive a cab? Notice the lawsuit mentions nothing about the "tough guy" attitude that ruled the NFL years ago and is still prevalent today, although it is lessening. And that was promulgated by the players.
@Mulva And there is very little evidence that marijuana actually helps reduce pain. It's going to need significantly more study, targeting specifically pain-reducing aspects of marijuana and how it works being ingested, smoked, etc., vs. other drugs, hemp oil, etc.
@Mulva In my opinion, the only reason the NFL kept marijuana "illegal" is to garner favour with the corn-bred middle class rough & tumble conservatives, i.e. most of America for the longest time. Now that we're out of the scare-tactic dark ages, hopefully the NFL will see that prohibiting something as relatively harmless as marijuana is actually a public relations (& bottom line) no-no. You think Cleveland fans are happy about what's happening with Josh Gordon?
@RobertoMagnifico Roberto, you seriously need to educate yourself on marijuana...not only do you not have to smoke, but it's prescribed to cancer patients today (some of which prefer using a vaporizer, which eliminates the risks associated with smoking it). It is safer than drinking alcohol or smokng cigarettes, not to mention the highly addictive painkillers which destroy peeople's lives. Get a clue.
@RobertoMagnifico about as many as they do now for using steroids and getting away with it, i reckon...
If there's one thing all scientist agree about, the bud doesn't cause cancer. They don't know why, but are looking for financing to do the research. Here's one test they won't have problems finding willing testers.
@RobertoMagnifico And their IQ drops at least eight points ....See what they did do me when I smoked pot--- I can't remember my name ...Who did I play for, I forgot ..duh ..
@RobertoMagnifico Please do me a favour & cite all the cancer caused by marijuana. I'll wait. I have a feeling I'll be here a while.
@RobertoMagnifico How old are you? 70? 80? Get a grip man. You'd rather see these guys drown their bloodstreams with a slew of powerful and addicting chemicals rather than use a NATURAL substance? To me, that's just ridiculous, so either A.) You're delusional. B.) You're a marijuana advocacy troll.
As with similar arguments made for concussions, it misses the critical issue that the NFL either did not inform (painkillers) or misinformed (concussions) players about risks. The basis of your argument is that players knew the risk, but it does not seem reasonable that most NFL players had te medical knowledge to understand the risks of taking the painkillers. Your point that people of that age feel invulnerable makes this even worse from a medical ethics standpoint. Essentially, taking advantage of someone's circumstance or inclinations is not considered medically ethical. Last, even if players are magically imbued with medical knowledge upon entering the NFL, prescribers/dispensers of prescription drugs need a) to write a prescription and b) ask if the patient wants to be informed.
@KristianColasacco @Buck2185 I think he tested positive the night he did the interview with Erin Andrews. A non-positive, rational human being would not have acted that way....
@Mike D2 @sam93505 Josh Gordon is on his second drug violation. And the NFL does NOT stand by guys who beat women and start brawls, the NFL disciplines them. The difference is the agreed-upon penalties between the NFLPA and NFL for PED and drug use violations and for other forms of behavior like criminal activities.
@Whatever @alloverfatman Really? The very last thing any professional sports league needs?
You might want to take a deep breath and reevaluate your priorities.
@Whatever @JimKirkwood1 You really consider professional football players to be greedy... for wanting to be professional football players instead of cab drivers? And the men who play this brutal sport are tough as well? What scumbags.
What are you even talking about?
@liquidmuse3 That's the dumbest thing written today. The NFL lists marijuana as an illegal substance BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL FEDERALLY (except in 2 states). Even in medical marijuana states there are specific restrictions for its use. Plus, these players play in a variety of states, so they would be able to smoke one week but not the next? And you really think a player would abide by that?
Besides the legality of it, the NFL really doesn't want players who could be high out on the field. That creates a HUGE liability risk for the league and the teams, and it just can't happen. It would be like letting heavy machinery operators use marijuana whenever they had a headache, even if they came to work high. Stupid.
@RobertoMagnifico Also, study after study h ave shown it doesn't cause cancer...there is no link to it ever proven. You are spouting off ignorant comments without doing any research. You seem to have gotten your education on marijuana from the 1950's and "Reffer Madness"
@eddie767 I seriously doubt "all scientists" agree that smoking marijuana doesn't cause cancer. You can't get "all scientists" to agree on gravity or the sun.
@rskins09 @RobertoMagnifico You are not even making sense...and people using marijuana have been studied for years, if you knew that you would know that your claim about their "IQ dropping" makes you sound like a low-IQ suffering imbecile. I'll trust the medical professionals who have actually studied the impacts over your drivel.
@liquidmuse3 @RobertoMagnifico Ever heard of Bob Marley?
@adoseofdoby @RobertoMagnifico Neither. And where do you get the notion I'd "rather see these guys drown their bloodstreams with a slew of powerful and addicting chemicals"?
Nowhere in my post do I even remotely refer to such nonsense.
Guess you're seeing things that aren't there.
@adoseofdoby @RobertoMagnifico Opium is a naturally occurring substance too. Just sayin.
@CMFJ As of 2010, the league was still insisting that playing football could not engender any risk of lingering brain trauma. Suggesting that the league has been providing full disclosure on any aspect of healthcare is absurd.
@CMFJ It is also possible that management was not aware of the risks
@CMFJ I would not confuse the concussion issue with this latest folly.
Nobody put a gun to these players heads. It didn't take a genius to understand that pain is the bodies way of saying, hey there is a problem here. Masking the pain doesn't change the underlying issue. They all had access to their own personal doctors if they ever had a real concern. They fought through it with killers either for the love of the game, commitment to the team, or afraid of losing their job. They could have always said no and dealt with the other consequences.
This is a money grab, plain and simple.
@Buck2185 @KristianColasacco The way he acted is a lot like the way you just acted when you posted this.
Mike D2 is an idiot and a dirtbag liar.
@Whatever @liquidmuse3 You are hilariously ignorant about football, marijuana, the law, medicine, and pretty much every other topic you touch upon.
Keep up the good work.
Stop lying Mike D2.
@Mike D2 @RobertoMagnifico Dude, if you want to smoke go ahead. None of my business.
But 25 years from now when you're diagnosed with cancer do you really want to sit there wondering whether the lifestyle choices you made as a younger person led to your current situation?
As for research, see above post.
@Mike D2 @rskins09 @RobertoMagnifico The real problem is how fat linemen would be once they started smoking marijuana, making pot brownies, and hitting Taco Bell at 2 a.m.
Remember, nothing good happens after midnight.
@RobertoMagnifico @liquidmuse3 So you're saying that Bob Marley got melanoma from smoking marijuana?
@Whatever @RobertoMagnifico @adoseofdoby Ha. Ha. Ha.
@RobertoMagnifico @adoseofdoby Which probably means he should stop smokin' weed.
No, you have to process it. With marijuana, it's pick and smoke. But I get what you're saying.
@alloverfatman @CMFJ The NFL absolutely and intentionally hid what it knew about concussions. But the claims about painkillers are very different. There's no real allegation that the NFL hid from players the potential side effects of painkillers, plus each team had its own doctors, some as employees, some as independent contractors. Some players saw multiple doctors over the years.
Also, the players completely ignore the NFL Tough Guy Syndrome, which was particularly strong back when Van Horne and McMahon played. They used to brag that their kicker (Butler) hit like a linebacker. I could very easily see that the players begged for something for the pain so they could get back on the field, and even today we have players hiding symptoms and pain from doctors so they won't be forced out of a game or so they can come back from injury sooner.


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Archaeological excavations at sites associated with Midianite ware at the ruins of Seti II's temple to Hathor at Timna, in Edomite Seir, have unearthed copper statues of serpents. Whether these were cult images similar to the Nehushtan is unknown.
Nehushtan was possibly set up in Jerusalem by Ahaz. The biblical book of 2 Kings says that King Hezekiah destroyed the Nehustan. The destruction of the Nehustan was encouraged by the priests of the first temple who favoured a centralised monotheistic religion and did not entertain other religious places. The name "Nehushtan" may indicate that Hezekiah meant to disparage the image as a brazen thing, a mere piece of brass (2 Kings 18:4). This, however, may be a subtle play on words: heb. נחש (nachash) means "serpent" while נחשת (nachoshet) means "brass" or "bronze".
When the king came to the throne of Judah in the late 8th century BC:
- "He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan." 2 Kings 18:4
The dual -an ending might signify that the idol was actually of two snakes upon the pole, leading some to see a similarity with the familiar entwined snakes on the staff that survived in Hermes' caduceus and the single snake on the Rod of Asclepius.
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What a great tour it has been!
It's our final day in Potchefstroom and I'm sitting by the pool reflecting on our successes over the last two weeks. We've played some really good cricket and achieved our goal of winning every game we played out here.
Whilst I was disappointed not to play in the Twenty20s it was good to be in and around the squad. I know I need to keep working hard; it's tough as there is lots of competition for places in the squad at the moment which is great for women's cricket, but I really want to get in the squad that goes to New Zealand in February.
The girls performed really well in the three Twenty20s. It was a shame the second game was abandoned but there was no way on earth we could have gone back on after the biggest storm I have ever seem broke as we had just gone out to bat.
I really thought someone was going to get struck by lightning; it was crazy! Needless to say Jenny Gunn was not happy, she hates lightning.
It rained all afternoon and all night and we were amazed that we were told the match the next morning would start on time, so all credit to the ground staff at Senwes Park.
The Australian men's team arrived towards the end of our T20 series as they are playing South Africa A on the same ground when we have left. It was great to watch some of them in the nets and see how they prepare for their games.
After the last match of the series we all sat by the pool and listened to Heather Knight read out the list of funny things people had said or done throughout the tour; fortunately everyone was included, it wasn't just me!
Overall it's been a really successful tour for us and great to be part of. I'm looking forward to continuing to work on my game over the winter as I head off to Melbourne in a few weeks where I will be playing for Victoria and Box Hill.
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A Worldly Country. — with that strange period in the title — is John Ashbery's 24th book of poetry, published in 2007, when he was 79. It's hard to pan a book by a poet of 79, plus this is quite a good one — or anyway, mostly it is. Do some of the poems "miss," or do I just miss them? It is the greatness of Ashbery that one is uncertain.
(Are we the readers Ashbery deserves? Or are his True Readers a race of highly evolved reptiles on the planet Kozlika?)
Just before writing this, I listened to a record: La Mer by Debussy. The puddling rhythms and sudden shifts of chromatic texture — just like Ashbery! La Mer sounds like it's moving backwards, sometimes, like eddies in a cove. Ashbery also writes backward-sounding lines, such as:
All the reckoning is wrong.
(in "Promenade.")
Wrong is reckoning the all.
is its reversal. Let's continue with the poem:
What the caliph's calipers redeemed
isn't meant for us, far out
at the edge of Saturn's rings…
(Perhaps Ashbery's subtlest readers live on Tethys — a moon of Saturn.)
And what is "a worldly country"? The book's cover, from a precisionist painting by Jean Freilicher, "Afternoon in the City," suggests that the worldly country is New York City — or at least its rooftops.
One of the poems begins:
In all plays, even Hamlet, the scenery
is the best part.
This is a poem called "Cliffhanger." It goes on:
Battlements, wintry thickets
forcing their edge on you, cough up their promise
as the verse goes starry.
In other words, while you're watching Hamlet, you're also gazing at the backdrops: a castle, a Danish moor. (Notice Ashbery suddenly addresses the reader in the second person: "forcing their edge on you.") For two hours, while seeing Hamlet, you're staring at these pictures, until they "cough up their promise." Meanwhile, the verse — the language of Shakespeare — "goes starry." In other words, it becomes a little too flowery.
You will leave empty-handed,
others will know more than you.
You leave Hamlet feeling like an idiot, because you don't "get" it.
Time's aged frisson
gets to me more and more, like mice
in a pantomime.
This is a really bad line, I think. It means both: "I hate getting old" and "I'm sick of pretending to like Shakespeare."
And then the prompter
throws up his hands in dismay. You were mortal,
so why didn't you say anything?
The prompter throwing his hands up in dismay means that Ashbery can't think of the next line of the poem. "Why didn't you say anything?" is one of those great quotations from Overheard Speech of 2006 that fills this book.
I had certainly begun to lose faith in "Cliffhanger" by the time I reached the end, which is:
Now even the farthest windows have gone dark. And the dark wants, needs us. Thank you for calling.
And unexpectedly — I doubt it's conveyed here, merely quoting stray lines — this finale perfectly completed the mathematical necessities of the poem. The "equation" balanced! Ashbery is smarter than me! The "bad lines" were necessary, the way a twist of lemon embellishes a vodka martini. This is the titular "Cliffhanger"; you expect the actress to fall off the cliff, but at the last minute she's saved.