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Danger and Despair Knitting Circle
By awoodall
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 at 2:43 pm in Night Owl.
Oakland was quiet enough Wednesday night that I got all the way to San Francisco for a flick — "Cry Tough" set in Spanish Harlem — that's part of an underground noir series/cocktail salon.
The films, 16-mm reels shown in a secret location that is disclosed by the Danger and Despair Knitting Circle at its discretion, are "impossibly rare and hard-to-find" titles. And they're free. But the booze isn't.
"Can we have a martini?" I asked my boyfriend, who was my guide for the night. Yes, he resplied, we can. In fact, a martini might be considered obligatory at a noir film. Drinks in hand, we settled into our impossibly uncomfortable chairs that were never meant to hold a rear end for an hour and a half. But the City Club was a big step up from the small rooms in dismal basements where the group started five years ago, when the audience was 40 to 50 hard core, noir-files and cinema buffs. The room was near capacity at 115 people last night, according to the Robert Marion.
A guy by the name of Chuck, dressed from the waist up like a rumpled reporter from 1936, introduced the film, which featured zero Puerto Rican actors although it was supposed to be the story of the newest immigrants to the United States in 1959, Puerto Ricans. "This is the story of one of its sons" Miguel Estrada (played by John Saxon), an ex-con trying to go straight who gets caught between his American dreams and immigrants' hard-luck reality. "Do I have to rot here because I was born a generation too son?" he asks his father. "Everyone else busted out before us: Italians, Irish, Jews."
The double-crossing dame Santa, played by Argentinian actress Linda Cristal, has some sharp lines: "Nothin's shakin' but the bacon and that's taken," she quips at the toughs in the dive where she meets Estrada. Of course, it all goes downhill from there, ending in Estrada's death. Even if "Cry Tough" does stretch the genre in different directions, it's still noir. The theme of this installment of films is how TV affected film, thematically and stylistically.
Good idea. Poor execution last night as Chuck stumbled through the after-movie discussion that was supposed to be like a salon. I heard the Mark is the brains missing last night and the organizers were caught off guard. I am excited about seeing "Appointment with a Shadow," about an alcoholic reporter who becomes the target of a diabolical murder plot while trying to score the lowdown on a big story. In the meantime, noir owls, tonight "The Burglar" is showing at the PFA in Berkeley. Eddie Muller, the mayor of Noirville, will be on hand to introduce the film: "A miasma of incestuous desire hangs over thief Dan Duryea and sister Jayne Mansfield in Goodis's pulpy plot."
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WRU calls for central contracts
Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:38
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has invited representatives from each of the four regional organisations to a meeting to discuss the contracting centrally of key Welsh rugby talent.
The WRU has appealed to the four regional organisations to put aside their agreement not to play centrally contracted players and work with the union to help secure the future of young Welsh players.
The WRU will table, in advance of the meeting, a range of detailed options to be discussed, in addition to those already proposed, so that the four regional organisations are fully prepared to take part in a meaningful debate.
In an official statement the WRU stated that they would also welcome suggestions from the four regional organisations on how best a centrally contracted player system would work to help safeguard Welsh rugby.
In a separate statement released on Monday, the WRU claimed that despite having first tabled an offer to discuss centrally contracting Welsh qualified regional players in August 2012 and since renewing that proposal no meaningful response from the Regions has yet been received.
The WRU revisited the issue of George North and agreed to consider assisting in a financial model to retain him in Wales with one of the four Regions.
The WRU has recently discovered that the Regions signed an agreement which precludes any of them playing an individual who is centrally contracted to the Union.
The WRU urged all four Regions to abandon this stance and return to the negotiating table.
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Welcome Back, Baseballon April 5, 2012 at 8:33 am
As Opening Day is now upon us, Matt Peebles penned a poem in honor of America's past-time.
As Opening Day is now upon us, Matt Peebles penned a poem in honor of America's past-time.
Gabe Salgado, a recovering addict himself, identifies with the constant struggles Josh Hamilton has faced and will continue to face going forward.
Jeffery Sewing tackles a significant issue negatively impacting our favorite sports. The dreaded All-Star games.
Gabe Salgado believes the Cubs should have signed former Brewers slugger Prince Fielder, not the Tigers.
Patrick O'Hara — a life-long White Sox fan — woefully reacts to the Detroit Tigers' signing of former Brewers slugger, Prince Fielder.
If we're going to take Ryan Braun's MVP away from him for cheating, then we must remove half of the members of Cooperstown.
Albert Pujols, the man who was the face of the franchise and the face of the community has departed for waters uncharted. I'm stunned, surprised and shocked, but I'm NOT hurt.
Santo didn't have the eye-popping numbers that elicit a Hall of Fame feeling. He had very good numbers, and he played a very good all-around game. But he's suddenly in the Hall of Fame — because he's dead.
Justin Verlander won the American League's Most Valuable Player award earlier this week, which made me wonder: Should he have even been eligible?
What I will say to the three-dozen or so Marlins fans in Florida, along with the Ozzie fans from Chicago that are "adopting" Guillen's Marlins as their own: Prepare yourself to be disappointed.
The St. Louis Cardinals are the world champions. Congrats to them. Enjoy the cookies and all of the praise that comes with them. While they had their parade down the street and basked beneath the glow of the franchise's 11th title in their history, I wonder if they ever asked themselves the following question: "How in the hell did this happen?"
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer returned to home track Kansas Speedway a year ago at very different points in their careers.
Big changes from last year for Bowyer and Edwards
Edwards had claimed the top spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship a week earlier and was locked into a tense title race. Bowyer used the venue to announce his next career move after a nerve-racking summer scouring a limited free agent market.
Things couldn't be any more different a year later as they've returned for Sunday's race.
It's Bowyer, in his first year with Michael Waltrip Racing, who is now a title contender. Edwards, who lost the championship to Tony Stewart on a tiebreaker, is stuck in neutral after a steep drop-off.
"Man this thing is so competitive," Edwards said. "I cannot express to you guys how quickly everyone leapfrogs in the garage."
There is no better example than Bowyer and Edwards of how fast the landscape can change in the Sprint Cup Series.
Edwards, who still lives two hours away in hometown Columbia, Mo., goes into Sunday's race ranked 15th in the standings. He's not in the 12-driver Chase field and is stuck in a 64-race winless streak dating back to Phoenix in Feb. 2011. It's the longest drought of his nine-year Sprint Cup career.
Bob Osborne, his longtime crew chief, stepped down midway through this season for health reasons, and Edwards has been adapting since to Chad Norris.
This wasn't what anyone had in mind after last year's finale, which ended in a tie between Edwards and Stewart. The championship went to Stewart based on his five Chase victories, and Edwards sat down with the Roush Fenway Racing management group to figure out where they could have found that one difference-making point.
"Well, that didn't work very well, did it?" he asked.
While teammates Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth have won races and made the Chase, Edwards has struggled to match the consistency and repeat the dominance of last season. But he's seen improvement, and has four top-10 finishes in the 12 races he's been paired with Norris.
"Chad and these guys have done a spectacular job," Edwards said. "We qualified second at Indy, and we started picking up speed. I wouldn't want to be in Chad's position. We didn't make the Chase, but as it stands right now if we would have made it, we're still not running well enough and we're getting caught up with troubles that we don't need. It's not like we've gone on a tear and won three races. This is kind of how of where we deserve to be right now."
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Despite being touted as a success by the Obama campaign, the taxpayer funded bailout of General Motors has been the opposite. The company still owes Americans $42 billion and its stock is doing poorly. Charles Payne from the Fox Business network thinks the company is on the verge of bankruptcy and will need another bailout in the near future.
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The Bachelor
Bachelor 2013 Hot Mess of The Week: Ashley Palenkas
Oh, hey, guys. We're so glad you're here to join us during this love-fest for Ashley Palenkas, our new best friend and personal muse. We're still weeping soft tears over the fact that Ashley was deflowered after just one night on The Bachelor Season 17, but we'll always have the memories. And the drunk dancing. And the collection of S&M sex toys.
We first realized Ashley's potential for being our future lord and savior when she gave allowed ABC's pervy cameramen to film her reading 50 Shades of Grey in the solitude of her bedroom. Lord knows what she was doing under those covers, but we have a prevailing fear that handcuffs were involved (Anastasia Steele's fave, naturally).
Of course, then came Ashley's drunken meltdown during The Bachelor's inaugural cocktail hour, where she decided to dance like no one was watching (spoiler alert: everyone was watching), yell "SHHHHHHH," and then tell Sean Lowe that her mom approves of their sexually experimental relationship.
How dare you not give Ashley a rose, Sean? She was a total keeper! Then again, she might have eaten said rose in a drunken muchie binge, but what-the-ever. This girl's pre-Fantasy Suite dismissal is a crime against humanity.


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FACT: everyone loves asses.
We love to watch asses while walking. We love to watch asses shake on the dance floor. We love to put our hands on asses. We love to slap asses. We love to put a finger in asses. Heck, some of us have been known to love asses so much that we'll even stick our dicks in asses.
But where many people draw the line is at their tongue, which makes total sense when you consider what the ass's primary function is.
For lots of people, giving a rimjob is totally out of the question. Not that there's anything wrong with that. You should never feel pressure to something outside your comfort zone during sex. However, I know there are some people who read this blog that are willing to try anything, so with that in mind I'm going to teach you how to give a great rimjob in 3 easy steps just in case you're ever feeling adventurous enough to touch an ass with your tongue.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that the reason most people fear giving and receiving rimjobs is because it seems like a bonafide way to get you or your partner sick. I mean, if farting bare-assed on a pillow can give you pink eye…what ailments could you contract for giving a rimjob?
That's why you should always reserve rimjobs for a committed partner. Rimming a stranger could result in any number of complications because you don't know them or their medical history. But it's also great for couples because your partner is allowing you to touch a part of their body that's probably never been touched in such a way. If that doesn't solidify the intimacy between you two, I don't know what will.
But there's an easy way to avoid getting sick if you're looking to give a rimjob and that's through good hygiene.
Long before you're in the bedroom, ready to initiate a rimjob, make sure that you've stocked up on adult wet wipes. As Charmin says, "remoistened, flushable wet wipes provide a better clean than dry bath tissue alone."
Whoever is receiving the rimjob, ask them to shower and use the wet wipes before you go down and start licking. Heck, shower together! That's always fun for foreplay. You can also volunteer to do wipe for them, but that might be awkward.
Take every precaution you think necessary to make sure the asshole is clean before licking. Some couples like to use enemas to make sure that all fecal matter has been flushed out of their bodies before engaging in anal play. If that sounds like that would give you piece of mind, then
Just remember it's not like you see in porn movies. There's all kinds of preparation that goes on behind the scenes before pornstars do anal play for the cameras. I know you've seen porn movies where it seems like they spontaneously started licking their partner's asshole but that had to be green-lit long before shooting started.
So yeah, clean yourself.
Once your partner's asshole has passed the good hygiene inspection, don't just start feverish licking away at their asshole like it's a Tootsie Pop. You need to build up to it.
So start by performing cunnilingus on your girlfriend (fellatio if it's your boyfriend) like so:
For your girlfriend:
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(I shouldn't have to tell you that you should feel up and kiss your partner before going down on them, but I'm telling you now just in case.)
Once they're feeling all hot and heavy from that oral sex you've given them, have your partner get on all fours with their head down on the bed (it's just easier to see what your doing in this position).
To really accentuate the build-up, start by licking the taint (the area of skin between the vagina/scrotum) before you stick your tongue in their butt.
Once the sexual tension is palatable and the anticipation of the rimjob is making your partner super horny, then rim your partner. Start with long tongue strokes across the hole and then mix in tracing a circle around the hole with your tongue as well as flicking your tongue like a snake.
And there you are! You're giving a rimjob! That wasn't so hard was it?
Remember to work a finger or two into her pussy to stimulate her G-spot while you're giving the rimjob to really drive her wild. Alternatively, if you're giving a rimjob to a man, jerk him off while you're rimming.
You might really like giving/receiving rimjobs. But then again, you might not. At least you tried right? Scratch it off the old bucket list.
To further convince that you should consider giving a rimjob some day, here are some pictures of hot lesbians giving rimjobs:
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The Saskatchewan Government's Plan for Growth calls for a 10 million tonne increase in crop production by 2020. The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) believes innovation in design, selection and use of farm machinery will achieve 20 per cent of that goal.
Agricultural engineering will be a key contributor through the development and operation of better and more efficient machines.
Over the past 35 years, PAMI has helped advance what is now called the BIG-4 of farm machinery - the direct seeding air drill, tractor, sprayer and combine harvester. PAMI is working on a strategy to advance equipment research even further.
The process began last fall when they asked 30 producers and farm leaders for their input on innovation needs in the next decade during a visioning session at PAMI's facility in Humboldt.
"We are looking for input and collaboration on the specifics, but we have found the direction to go, where there is the potential to get a large part of the extra 10 million tonnes of grain the province wants and the world needs. Some of it could be through improving the system we already have," stated Jim Wassermann, vice-president of PAMI's Saskatchewan Operations.
Saving what is being wasted, improving efficiency and increasing production by using the land base more productively are key to reaching this goal, PAMI believes.
PAMI traditionally put its focus on the cost of machinery, trying to minimize the cost to the farmer, and on the function of the machinery, to ensure it worked as it was supposed to. Now PAMI knows it must expand the focus, realizing the impact machines can have on both production and yield.
The ongoing development of a better combine, along with better machine operation, will reduce harvest losses.
"PAMI has shown in the past that better setting and operation of combined decreases losses to one per cent, less than a bushel per acre," said Phil Leduc, a senior engineer at PAMI. "The problem right now is there is no automatic way to do that while operating the machine. We need better equipment for loss monitoring and better information passed on to the operator to allow them to adjust on the go. PAMI's role in developing this machinery and electronic systems could save up to one million tonnes of crop that is already produced but ends up laying in the field. The money was spent on seed, fuel, equipment, and the land was able to produce it, but it is lost."
Better training for operators is needed to overcome the concerns that taking the time for proper machinery adjustment will slow harvest. Training operators how to adjust the machines quickly and properly can overcome that obstacle.
PAMI is also looking into whether straight cutting as a practice would reduce wind losses like those experienced in 2012, when high winds blew swaths around in the field.
Further loss of yield due to weeds could be prevented through improvements in spraying technology.
"Through improvements in spraying technology, there is the potential of increasing yield, resulting in a significant increase in tonnes of product," noted Les Hill, another of PAMI's senior managers.
Spraying is one of the biggest opportunities to improving crop yield, PAMI believes. New technology nozzles with no drift in the wind could allow farmers to spray at the right time, not according to what the wind is doing. But that technology needs to be further developed. PAMI is looking to link up with Dr. Tom Wolf, a world-renowned spray technology expert, to work on that.
There are also opportunities to improve methods of fertilizer application. With the right equipment, producers could optimize application by top dressing the ideal amount of fertilizer during the growing season, instead of guesstimating the ideal amount at the start of the season.
With irrigation seen as another real opportunity to affect production, irrigation equipment technology advancement will also help grow more crops, PAMI believes. Novel approaches on un-irrigated land may be developed. For example, designing and building a machine that will irrigate a field only a small but critical amount by gaining moisture use from local water sources like lakes or sloughs could not only help farmers put water on a field at the optimum time, but also increase the value of reserve water supplies on their land.
Right now, there is no equipment available to do this sort of supplemental watering, but PAMI could play a role in developing such equipment.
Storage of crops needs to be improved, PAMI believes. Storing grain in proper conditions and minimizing overdrying would increase the tonnage of crops at the elevator. But equipment and management practices need to be developed to get a more uniform dryness for crops in the bin.
"This would prevent farmers from drying away their profits," Hill noted.
"Every bushel per acre saved through better machine use adds up to three-quarters of a million tonnes of crop saved.
"Through our expertise in machinery design and development, PAMI can work with our agricultural engineering colleagues to get 20 per cent of the way to reaching this goal," said Wassermann.
The rest of the 10 million tonnes could be found through other agricultural services like better crop rotations, better moisture and fertilizer use, and better crop varieties. PAMI researchers believe they can help with that, as well.
PAMI engineers and researchers would like to speak to producers about what they would like to see in terms of farm machinery, research and crop development in the future. They will be at the Western Canadian Farm Progress Show in Regina on June 19-21. Producers could also contact Jim Wassermann at PAMI, 306-682-5033.


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The Recruitment Theory of Language Origins
Leo Meyerovich recently started a thread on LtU asking about Historical or sociological studies of programming language evolution?. I've been meaning to post a paper on this topic to LtU for awhile now, but simply cherrypicking for the opportune time to fit it into forum discussion. With Leo's question at hand, I give you an interesting paper that models language evolution, by artificial intelligence researcher Luc Steels. Steels has spent over 10 years researching this area, and his recent paper, The Recruitment Theory of Language Origins, summarizes one of his models for dealing with language evolution:
By Z-Bo at 2010-01-25 15:41 | Critiques | Fun | Theory | 2 comments | other blogs | 6342 reads
Why Normalization Failed to Become the Ultimate Guide for Database Designers?
While trying to find marshall's claim that Alberto Mendelzon says the universal relation is an idea re-invented once every 3 years (and later finding a quote by Jeffrey Ullman that the universal relation is re-invented 3 times a year), I stumbled across a very provocative rant by a researcher/practitioner: Why Normalization Failed to Become the Ultimate Guide for Database Designers? by Martin Fotache. It shares an interesting wealth of experience and knowledge about logical design. The author is obviously well-read and unlike usual debates I've seen about this topic, presents the argument thoroughly and comprehensively.
The abstract is:
The body of the paper presents an explanation for why practitioners have rejected normalization. The author also shares his opinion on potentially underexplored ideas as well, drawing from an obviously well-researched depth of knowledge. In recent years, some researchers, such as Microsoft's Pat Helland, have even said Normalization is for sissies (only to further this with later formal publications such as advocating we should be Building on Quicksand). Yet, the PLT community is pushing for the exact opposite. Language theory is firmly rooted in formal grammars and proven correct 'tricks' for manipulating and using those formal grammars; it does no good to define a language if it does not have mathematical properties ensuring relaibility and repeatability of results. This represents and defines real tension between systems theory and PLT.
I realize this paper focuses on methodologies for creating model primitives, comparing mathematical frameworks to frameworks guided by intuition and then mapped to mathematical notions (relations in the relational model), and some may not see it as PLT. Others, such as Date, closely relate understanding of primitives to PLT: Date claims the SQL language is to blame and have gone to the lengths of creating a teaching language, Tutorial D, to teach relational theory. In my experience, nothing seems to effect lines of code in an enterprise system more than schema design, both in the data layer and logic layer, and often an inverse relationship exists between the two; hence the use of object-relational mapping layers to consolidate inevitable problems where there will be The Many Forms of a Single Fact (Kent, 1988). Mapping stabilizes the problem domain by labeling correspondances between all the possible unique structures. I refer to this among friends and coworkers as the N+1 Schema Problem, as there is generally 1 schema thought to be canonical, either extensionally or intensionally, and N other versions of that schema.
Question: Should interactive programming languages aid practitioners in reasoning about their bad data models, (hand waving) perhaps by modeling each unique structure and explaining how they relate? I could see several reasons why that would be a bad idea, but as the above paper suggests, math is not always the best indicator of what practitioners will adopt. It many ways this seems to be the spirit of the idea behind such work as Stephen Kell's interest in approaching modularity by supporting evolutionary compatibility between APIs (source texts) and ABIs (binaries), as covered in his Onward! paper, The Mythical Matched Modules: Overcoming the Tyranny of Inflexible Software Construction. Similar ideas have been in middleware systems for years and are known as wrapper architecures (e.g., Don't Scrap It, Wrap It!), but haven't seen much PLT interest that I'm aware of; "middleware" might as well be a synonym for Kell's "integration domains" concept.
By Z-Bo at 2010-01-09 00:24 | Critiques | History | 17 comments | other blogs | 28167 reads
EASTL -- Electronic Arts Standard Template Library
The gaming studio Electronic Arts maintains their own version of the Standard Template Library. Despite the fact this is old news, I checked the LtU Archives and the new site, and there is no mention of EASTL anywhere. There are quite a few good blog posts about EASTL on the Internet, as well as the the following paper, EASTL -- Electronic Arts Standard Template Library by Paul Pedriana:
This paper is a good introduction to a unique set of requirements video game development studios face, and compliments Manuel Simoni's recent story about The AI Systems of Left 4 Dead. This paper could be a useful inroad to those seeking to apply newer object-functional programming languages and ideas to game development.
By Z-Bo at 2009-12-22 15:05 | Critiques | Implementation | Meta-Programming | 1 comment | other blogs | 13903 reads
Back to the Future: Lisp as a Base for a Statistical Computing System
Back to the Future: Lisp as a Base for a Statistical Computing System by Ross Ihaka and Duncan Temple Lang, and the accompanying slides.
This paper was previously discussed on comp.lang.lisp, but apparently not covered on LtU before.
Foot note:
Duncan Temple Lang is a core developer of R and has worked on the core engine for TIBCO's S-PLUS.
Thanks to LtU user bashyal for providing the links.
By Z-Bo at 2009-12-17 15:01 | Critiques | DSL | History | 9 comments | other blogs | 11948 reads
Why API Design Matters
Michi Henning, Why API Design Matters, Communications of the ACM, May 2009.
This is a rather accessible look at the consequences of bad API design. Interestingly enough, the main example revolves around the inappropriate use of side effects. The last section concludes with cultural changes the author feels is necessary to improve the situation.
By Leon P Smith at 2009-12-15 22:09 | Critiques | DSL | 48 comments | other blogs | 17849 reads
On Understanding Data Abstraction, Revisited
One of the themes of Barbara Liskov's Turing Award lectue ("CS History 101") was that nobody has invented a better programming concept than abstract data types. William Cook wrote a paper for OOPSLA '09 that looks at how well PLT'ers understand their own vocabulary, in particular abstract data types and concepts that on the syntactical surface blend to all seem like ADTs. The paper is On Understanding Data Abstraction, Revisited.
The Introduction goes on to say:
Ergo, if the textbooks are wrong, then your Dinner Answer to (the) Cook is wrong! The rest of the paper explains how Cook makes computer scientists sing for their supper ;-)
By Z-Bo at 2009-11-02 15:48 | Critiques | History | Theory | 76 comments | other blogs | 101713 reads
Design Patterns 15 Years Later: An Interview with Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, and Ralph Johnson
Larry O'Brien recently interviewed three of the Gang of Four about their seminal work on patterns. Larry teased the interview's readers for awhile, but he eventually asked the pressing question that most language designers ask and debate about patterns ;) Here it is:
Note: At the end of the interview, Erich says that they tried refactoring the patterns into new categories in 2005. The draft breakdown he provides (accidentally???) takes out Memento, Chain of Responsibility, Bridge, Adapter, and Observer.
UPDATE: The Gang of Four have an accompanying article for the interview that they wrote as a group. See A Look Back: Why We Wrote Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software.
By Z-Bo at 2009-10-23 23:32 | Critiques | Misc Books | OOP | 25 comments | other blogs | 14097 reads
Phosphorous, The Popular Lisp
Joseph F. Miklojcik III, Phosphorous, The Popular Lisp.
Introduces the concept of the Gosling Tarpit, and presents a novel method for having both a broken lexical scope (needed for popularity) and maintaining one's reputation as a language designer.
(via Chris Neukirchen)
By Manuel J. Simoni at 2009-07-10 09:48 | Critiques | Fun | 7 comments | other blogs | 30523 reads
A Computer-Generated Proof that P=NP
Doron Zeilberger announced yesterday that he has proven that P=NP.
The paper is available here and his 98th Opinion is offered as commentary.
By Leon P Smith at 2009-04-02 06:54 | Critiques | Fun | Theory | 12 comments | other blogs | 20175 reads
Scaling Type Inference
Coding Horror is a popular programming blog. A recent post concerns type inference in C#:
I think this post is interesting for a number of reasons, and the link to LtU is just the start. Now it appears the author is confused as to what "implicitly typed local variables" are, confusing local type inference (which they are) with dynamic typing (which they are not). Many commenters also suffer from this confusion. Other commenters rightly note that the inferred type is not always the type the programmers wants (particularly important in the presence of sub-typing). Furthermore, type inference harms readability. I'm reminded of recent discussion on the PLT Scheme mailing list on the merits of local and global type inference. The consensus there seems to be that while local type inference is useful, global inference is not.
So, wise people, what is the future of type inference? How useful is it really, especially when we look at type systems that go beyond what H-M can handle? How are we going to get working programmers to use it, and understand it? Do we need better tool support? Do we have any hope of better education for the average programmer?
By Noel at 2008-06-20 16:10 | Critiques | 37 comments | other blogs | 20989 reads
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Intel's billion-dollar Vietnam bet along the Hanoi Highway - its biggest semiconductor manufacturing plant ever - is rising from the flatlands of former rice fields.
The Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant jolted the tech world two years ago when it announced it would build a huge assembly factory in this Southeast Asian country known more for making shoes and growing crops than assembling key PC components. Intel Corp. picked Vietnam, a nation of 85 million that lacks a single world-class university, over India, whose army of engineers has reordered the global software industry.


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Full Video: President Obama Speaks at the Planned Parenthood Gala
Obama asserted that "an assault on women's rights" is underway across the country, with bills introduced in more than 40 states to limit or ban abortion or restrict access to birth control or other services.
"The fact is, after decades of progress, there's still those who want to turn back the clock to policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st century," he said. "And they've been involved in an orchestrated and historic effort to roll back basic rights when it comes to women's health."
President Obama gave a speech this morning at the 2013 Planned Parenthood Gala, becoming the first US President to address the group and prompting the usual unison chorus of shrieking and freaking from right wing media and blogs. The full speech is viewable above, and here's the roll call of right wing reactions:
Doug Powers and Michelle Malkin are freaking out.
Anti-choice propaganda site Lifenews is freaking out.
CNS News is freaking out.
Weasel Zippers - freaking out.
Michelle Malkin is also freaking out at twitchy.com.
Jim Hoft, Dumbest Man on the Internet? Freaking out.
Also freaking out: the Daily Caller.
breitbart.com joins the mass freak-out with several posts.
And of course, Sarah Palin is freaking out too.
Well done, Mr. President.


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Windows Live Home nicely displays one's new emails and social notifications; however, it does not do this with some emails if one uses the feature allowing them to automatically sort emails into folders. Windows Phone 7 does not show me some new emails received, when using that feature, despite me syncing the folders to it (I don't know whether I'm doing something wrong with this or not).
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Does anybody know how I can automatically sort my emails into folders after a certain date? So, for example, I could set it to automatically sort my emails into folders, a day after I've received them. This would solve the problem I'm experiencing with both Windows Live Home and Windows Phone 7.
Within the sorting options, Microsoft hasn't provided a way to specify the date received (is that really not an obvious one?), so I cannot find a way to officially do this, but is there a way using a 3rd party application (I would prefer it to be done using Windows Live Mail, but, like Hotmail, that also doesn't appear to have an option for this).


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Olivet School of Media and Communication students sought inspiration in a field trip to the U.S. Capitol and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., hosted by Olivet alumni.
Olivet University's Jubilee College of Music, JCM, is putting the final arrangements together for its 2014 Music Technology Workshop sponsored by alumni.
Students from the Olivet University Institute of Technology joined the 120,000 people who attended Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference at San Francisco's Moscone Center. Top industry professionals gathered for a weeklong agenda of keynote speakers, training sessions, and networking.
Olivet University's MBA students involved with the the mid-point of the business college's finance class expressed their feelings as "being challenged and inspired." The course takes students into the deeper realm of financial accounting including theory and practice designed for use in real case scenarios.
Dr. Thomas Johnson, professor at Olivet University's Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies, has authored a paper that examines the change in an individual's worldview following a Christian conversion moment.
Professor at the Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies, Dr. Chansamone Saiyasak, presented his ideas on disciplemaking in Asia's Buddhist Context in a recently new paper. Entitled "Disciplemaking in Asia's Buddhist Context," Dr. Saiyasak wrote that the situation
Students from the Olivet College of Art & Design College took part in a series of seminars presented by San Francisco's Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD) and Inneract Project. The Scholarly Voices services brought together scholars from around the world to speak on topics of
A composition concert by Jubilee College of Music alumni is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 25 at the main campus' University Chapel. The concert will showcase choral and instrumental music pieces performed by alumni composers. The concert will also feature JCM students' performances.
Olivet students in the university's journalism program expect to experience a blend of professional practices with biblical vision and mission. In OSMC's 'Thesis Research and Methodology' course, students are learning how to prepare for their master theses.
Olivet Theological College & Seminary (OTCS) have some new faces in the faculty roster this fall quarter, including Rev. Dr. Susan Bubbers, who started to teach Spiritual Formation to the seminary students.
The 2013 Doctoral Colloquium successfully concluded with a word of gratitude from Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies Co-President, Dr. William Wagner to the students on Sept 17th evening.
On September 13, 2013, Olivet University held its Fall 2013 Commencement service at 5 p.m. PST. The University's two-hour Convocation service was held in Olivet's San Francisco Chapel, which was filled with hymns of praise Friday evening as Dr. Merril Smoak, Dean of the Jubilee College of Music led the audience in song.


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From the article: Names for Grandparents
Now that you are nearing the end of your pregnancy, have you thought about what you are going to call the grandparents? While grandma and grandpa are fairly common, there are plenty of others names to use for grandparents. There is mawmaw and pawpaw, nana and granddad, bubbye and zaidye. Some of these names herald from family tradition or personal preference. Some grandparent names come from whatever the new baby learns to say first. Are you having any conflicts? What names are you choosing to use? Share Your Grand Names
Names for grandmother
- I'm considering Ouma (Afrikaans) or Bibi (Swahili). I also really like that Lollie and Pop idea I read above. I'm 43 and grandma still sounds a little harsh to my ears. Plus everyone calls my mom grandma, even people who aren't her grandkids.
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G'parents names
- Where to start? I have 2 sets of parents so my mom & step dad are Nana & Papa. My Dad & Step Mom are Granpa & Altie (derivative of her 1st name her first grandchild started) with my 2 grandmothers still alive they are just great grandma +(last names) My husband's dad died when he was 15 so its just his mom & she was supposed to be Abuela but my son couldn't say that so he called her La, she loved it and so the rest of my kids called her that as well. My brother in law & his wife didn't like it so they called her G-Ma. Now that I am about to be a Grandparent and entirely too young at 40! I don't have a clue what I want to be called and really haven't given it much thought until today looking at this site, since the baby is due in a couple of weeks, still not happy about it either.
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What my kids call grandma
- Neenie is the name my son chose when he could barley talk and it has stuck with her for all family that is close.
- —Guest Patty
Grammy Papaw
- My parents go by Grammy and Papaw (my daughter was first grandchild on that side). My MIL goes by Mamaw or Grandma depending on which grandchild. My (great) grandparents have gone by Meemah, GrandDad, Mamah, Grandpa and Grandma. I am not sure what we'll go by. I think Pops or Poppy would be fun for my husband. Not sure for myself.
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Maw Maw//Paw Paw
- Being from the south, we called our grandparents Maw Maw and Paw Paw. I am not sure why but these are very popular substitutions to the traditional Grandmaw and Grandpaw. We always found it strange when grandparents were reffered to as the traditional names.
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Whatever baby says
- I will be proud to wear whatever grandchild #1 calls me, tho I DO like the sound of "Glam-ma"!!!!!!!
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Depends on the kid
- I call my grandma Ema (E-ma) and my grandpa Papa. I'm the only one of 8 grandkids that calls her Ema. On the other hand all 7 of the others call our great-grandpa Honey (since that's what his wife calls him). My fiance calls his grandparents Papa and Nanny. So I guess it all just depends on the baby on what our parents will be called.
- —Guest Ran
- I know a grandma called Pita and I think its great. Pita stands for "pain in the ass" ... I know when im a grandma I will spoil my kiddos wrotten.
- —Guest Ashlee
calling grandparents
- We always called my Irish father's parents Grandma and Grandpa-dada, but no one else seems to use this title.
- —Guest carol
Meme and Papa
- Wow, before I read these, I thought meme was spelled with e's! Then I asked her about it, and she said she had spelled it wrong on purpose because she wanted it to be Me Me, like it was all about her! Lol! ;) But then I found a shirt at the state fair that said Meme!! (it wasn't even ordered specially!) So I'm very confused. But whatevs!
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Sandy of nc
- My first child began trying to say grandma and granddaddy but ended up with gamma and gaggy. It has stuck thru the years!
- —Guest sandy
New Lollie and Pop
- My husband and I want to be Lollie and Pop. Our 1st Grandbaby is brand new so we'll have to see what he comes up with on his own.
- —Guest anncasey
Mimi and Papa
- I have a Grandpa and a Grandma on one side but on the other side, I have a Mimi and a Papa.
- —Guest Shamalamadingdong
What our grandchildren call us
- They call my husband Opa, & me Oma. German for grandpa & grandma:)
- —Guest Rcastrop
Grandparent's names
- My mom wants to be called "Honey". She remembers her friend called their Grandma "Honey" because they always heard their Grandpa calling her that! Now everyone calls her Honey :)
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Celebrating Formula One with Mumm at Greater Noida
When Sebastian Vettel claimed the winner's trophy at the India Grand Prix, there was one more winner with him on the podium, says Soni Sangwan. It was a tall, dark, cool and frothy individual, stylishly outfitted in black with the trade-mark Cordon Rouge. Vettel has shared space with this winner at every Formula One victory. In fact, the drivers on the winner's podium have changed over the years, but this winner has remained constant since 1950 (officially since 2000) and is none other than, G H Mumm, the champagne associated with victory. Pictured: Sebastian Vettel celebrating victory
Vettel was merely following tradition when he sprayed the pretty pit girls from a jeroboam of Mumm at the second Indian Grand Prix. However, according to insiders, before Mumm could make an appearance, there was a lot of 'cordon rouge' or bureaucratic red-tape to negotiate. Given our excise laws, the bottles of Mumm had to be 'exported' from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh, the venue of the Formula One races. A special hologram had to be obtained from the UP State Excise Department at Allahabad and affixed on the bottles, and only then were they presented at the winner's podium. One thousand bottles of champagne were consumed at the Formula One Paddock Lounge at the Gautam Buddh Formula One Circuit, Greater Noida, over the race weekend according to sources.
Mumm has been on the victor's podium at the Reims-Gueux circuit in the Champagne district of France since 1950. Till 1966, every Formula One winner was presented with a bottle of Mumm Champagne. But the tradition of spraying onlookers took off, quite by accident, in 1966. Jo Siffert had just won in the gruelling 24 hours category at the Le Mans race. When he was presented the bottle of Mumm, the cork popped out and on reflex, Siffert turned the bottle away, spraying the onlookers. The next year, Dan Gurney continued the popping and spraying and a tradition was born.
Now, G H Mumm produces a special Jeroboam only for Formula One. This is a three-litre bottle with the trade-mark Cordon Rouge or red ribbon and the winner's wreath with the number one nestled in between. The Cordon Rouge is meant to symbolise the principle of "Only the Best" espoused by Georges Hermann Mumm, who gave the initials to the company he founded. It represents the red ribbon of the highest French honour, the Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis. The jeroboam for Formula One comes in a special case, coated in carbon fibre that protects it. A separate bag made of metal and carbon fibre is also used as a jeroboam cooler.
G.H. Mumm, the official Champagne of Formula 1, is distributed in India by Pernod Ricard India


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Introducing a New Book, KISS WHAT? by Former Rock Star
Respected family ministry Focus On The Family warns in their book Chart Watch, "Today, more than ever, it's important teens be biblically discerning in all areas of their life, including the music they listen too."
KISS WHAT? Does just that!
Kiss What? Exposing What God And Satan Think About Your Music And Worship is much more than just another book addressing the issue of music and today's Bible believing teenager. It challenges teenagers to look deep into their heart and answer 3 questions. Does your music please God? Who has your heart? Who has your worship?
The main goal of Kiss What? is to teach teenagers how they can become a Champion Worshiper Of God and be discerning in their music listening. Nick addresses the issue of how to resist peer pressure, take a stand for their faith, and honor God with how they live their life in a relationship with him.
A major theme of Kiss What? is exploring today's music. Nick never mentions a particular band or song lyric. He approaches the topic from a solid, scripture based approach to help the reader understand music and music listening habits from a biblical perspective.
Nick draws upon the lives of three young men of God, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in Daniel Chapter 3. Teenagers will learn some valuable life lessons from the three young men to help them grow spiritually.
In Kiss What? Nick speaks truth from his heart and draws on his 20 years in speaking to teenagers. Prior to his conversion to Christ, he attained his childhood dream of becoming a rock star with the Canadian band Toronto. As a youth communicator and evangelist, he shares his life story and helps teenagers become all God has designed them to be. Nick is a graduate of The Billy Graham North American Institute For Emerging Evangelists.
Click here for a short clip of Nick's life story as a rock star.
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Menongue — The government of the south-eastern Kuando Kubango province will hold on Wednesday in Menongue city its first ordinary meeting, among others, to analyse socio-economic and political situation in the region in the last three months.
The meeting, to be led by the provincial governor of Kuando Kubango Higino Carneiro, will gather provincial directors and delegates as well as the administrators of the province's nine municipalities.
The meeting will also analyse the general Framework of the functioning of the municipal administrations, activity plans and State Budget of Kuando Kubango province for 2013, among other themes.


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- National History Day Students Recognized at National Level
For Immediate Release: Â Â Contact: Mary Katherine Marshall
The NHD PROGRAM IN SC IS NO LONGER MANAGED BY THE SC ARHIVES AND HISTORY FOUNDATION. ÂÂ IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT MARY KATHERINE MARSHALL at the Community Museum Society at
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NHD is a year-long academic program for elementary and secondary school students focused on the teaching and learning of history. A recent study by Rockman, et al found students who participate in NHD develop a range of college and career-ready skills, and out-perform their peers on state standardized tests in multiple subjects, including reading, science, math and social studies.Â
"These students have not only deepened their understanding of their chosen topics, but have also been energized by learning. This program truly brings history to life for students," said SC NHD State Coordinator, Mary Katherine Marshall.
. For more information on supporting the program, please contact the office at 843-374-1500.
About National History Day
National History Day (NHD) is a year-long academic organization for elementary and secondary school students. Each year, more than half a million students, encouraged by thousands of teachers nationwide participate in the NHD contest. Students choose historical topics related to a theme and conduct extensive primary and secondary research through libraries, archives, museums, oral history interviews and historic sites. After analyzing and interpreting their sources and drawing conclusions about their topics' significance in history, students present their work in original papers, websites, exhibits, performances and documentaries. These products are entered into competitions in the spring, at local, state and national levels where they are evaluated by professional historians and educators. The program culminates in a national competition each June held at the University of Maryland at College Park.
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- Foundation Officer Elections Unanimous
For more information, contact:
Mary Katherine Marshall, Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2011
SC Archives and History Foundation Elects New Slate of Officers
COLUMBIA, SC–The South Carolina Archives and History Foundation would like to welcome their newly elected officers to the Executive Committee: Chairman—X. Willard Polk of Camden; Vice-Chairman—Eric Wm. Ruschky of Columbia; Treasurer—Wm. Frank Lee of Lugoff; Secretary—Ruth "Lady" Hodges of Edgefield; At Large Members are—The Honorable Gary E. Clary of Central, and Charles P. Boyd of Atlanta.
Officer Elections were held last Monday, July 18 at the SC Archives and History Center on Parklane Road in Columbia at the quarterly board meeting with unanimous approval by the Foundation's Board of Directors.
The South Carolina Archives and History Foundation's full Board of Directors includes: Frank Beattie of Georgetown, Curtis Campbell of Orangeburg, Kathryn D. Durham of Columbia, Walter Edgar of Columbia, Eric Wm. Emerson of Columbia, A. V. Huff of Greenville, Phil Noble of Charleston, and Rodger E. Stroup of Columbia.
The South Carolina Archives & History Foundation supports the efforts of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. It is the caretaker of the South Carolina Archives, a collection of more than 325 years of historical documents recording the rich and diverse history of the people and government of South Carolina. In addition to preserving the documentary and cultural history of the Palmetto State, the Department also administers a variety of programs through the State Historic Preservation Office that help identify, recognize and preserve the state's architectural and archaeological heritage.
For more information on how you can support the SCHAF, please call 803.896.6124 or visit www.palmettohistorysc.org.
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June 20, 2013, COLUMBIA, SC — Six South Carolina students received top honors for their history projects during the National History Day National Contest at the University of Maryland, June 9- 14.
The South Carolina Archives & History Foundation is a private, 501 (c) 3 organization that supports the South Carolina Archives and History Department's mission to preserve and promote the documentary and cultural history of the Palmetto State through education and public programming and events.
Letter From the Chairman of the Board
Welcome to the South Carolina Archives & History Foundation website. As the private non-profit support organization for the South Carolina Department of Archives & History we are dedicated to providing resources to assist the agency in fulfilling its statewide mission of preserving the documentary and cultural history of the state. Founded in the early 1990's our initial challenge was to raise $2 million to equip the Archives and History Center with document storage and audiovisual equipment.
Since the opening of the Archives & History Center in 1998 the Foundation has solicited private funds to support the educational programs that enhance the outreach of the agency. Because of the budget cuts incurred over the past 10 years the Department of Archives & History depends heavily on the Foundation to maintain its public programs.
From the Civil War Symposium in the fall ÂÂÂ the Foundation works closely with the agency staff to insure the programs are meeting the needs of our patrons. Our bus tours to locations across the state enable the state's many communities to share their special places with others.
We invite you to join our membership program and support the preservation of the state's historical resources while you will have the opportunity to participate in our educational offerings each year.
Warm regards,
Chairman, SCAHF Board of Directors
Letter from the Executive Director
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the South Carolina Archives and History Foundation's reconstructed website. As you peruse these pages, I hope that you will be captivated with the richness of the Palmetto State's history.
You will find that there are many wonderful programs and events that will bring South Carolina's history to you in a fresh way and share with you the stories of our past.
Right now, as the budgets for state programs continue to be cut, the Foundation is working to provide for the continued programming that has brought these events to you for so many years.
It is through your support that we are able to provide the highest level of educational programs and events for our members. Please consider making a gift that is meaningful to you.
By supporting the South Carolina Archives and History Foundation, you are helping us ensure that these treasures will remain available for the education of our future.
I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming programs and events this year.Warmest regards,
Executive Director
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Boyd School of Law Alumni Gathering in Northern Nevada - Registration
Dean Dan Hamilton looks forward to reconnecting with you as we start the new year!
When: Friday, January 24, 2014 from 5:30-7:30 pm
Where: The Grill at Quail Corners, 6520 S. McCarran Blvd., Reno
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres provided. Cash bar.
If you have questions, please contact Ashley Nikkel, '12, our Boyd Law Alumni Chapter Northern Nevada Liaison at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Let's check up on the first crop of heads to have rolled out of Albany in the Spitzer scandal! When the news of the administration's vendetta against Joe Bruno broke, Spitzer quickly got rid of communications director Darren Dopp and state-police liaison William Howard, suspending Dopp and saying Howard would be "reassigned to a position outside of the governor's office." We'll take the second one first. Has Howard been reassigned? Well, yes, sort of. Turns out Howard was technically "on loan" to the administration to begin with. Today's Sun finds him comfortably spinning his wheels back at SUNY, where he enjoys a $175,900 salary as the director of something called the Center of Homeland Security Research, Training and Education. But things look bleaker for Dopp, who had no such sinecure to fall back on and has now retained a prominent lawyer. The Times, which is sympathetic to the ex-reporter and all but called him a fall guy in a recent profile, hands today's lede to Dopp's lawyer for a few choice words about Cuomo. The Post, however, begs to differ. The headline there is "Disgraced Spitzer Crony Lawyers Up." Odd: One would think the "Dopp wuz framed" narrative would appeal to them even more.
Albany Poser: What Happened to Howard? [NYS]
Suspended Spitzer Assistant Is Blameless, His Lawyer Says [NYT]
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I've had two moments with women in my life when everything slowed down, the music reached a crescendo, and we ran into each others arms and embraced. I expect this kind of moment from you too. Chances are that we will know the second that we see one another. This seems to be how it happens. Especially on Match. In the beginning, it was very simple. There was a plus sign and a minus sign. The man hunted and the woman nurtured and gathered. Life was about survival and procreation. Now, we're all mixed up. There is almost as much pressure on men to look good as there is on women to be successful (however you want to define it), yet somehow, we still find our match. If the masses still read books, I would be holed up in a cabin in the woods somewhere, or in a charming studio in Manhattan, working on my 8th novel. But, in our modern age, Film, or some form of it, is what reaches the world, and instead, I am currently wrapping up my 8th screenplay. I've had the great fortune of education, health, and at times, wealth, but I want to do more with my life. I plan on pushing the boundaries of the form, and discovering territories previously unknown.
Business networking , Cooking , Dining out , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Wine tasting
Aerobics, Basketball, Bowling, Football, Golf, Hockey, Other types of exercise, Skiing, Swimming, Tennis / Racquet sports, VolleyBall, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 5 or more times per week.
I have Dogs
I have a Shepherd/Collie mix. He weighs about 50 pounds. I went to rescue the dog that was in his cage and they wouldn't let me, but he licked me through the fence and that was that. He is 9 now and he still acts like a puppy.
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The Silver Peso, Baby Blues BBQ, Tony Roma's, Chipotle, The Wine Store, Bay Cities Deli, St. Nick's, Pomodoro, Gjelina, The Other Room, Rose Cafe, UCLA's Sculpture Garden, Marin Joe's, Lincoln Fine Wines, The Standard Downtown, Palomino Westwood
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
You, Paul Anderson, Season 1&2 of Arrested Development, Eastbound & Down, Girls, Louie, individuals who wear jeans to the gym, overweight people who ride tricked-out bikes, Pie-eating contests, chaps, flying, controlling thoughts, anything in pajamas
Teaching Bubbu New Tricks, Lifting Weights made out of Cinder Blocks, Hour-Long Keg Stands, Signing autographs, putting friends emails on SPAM lists, drinking a Gallon of milk in half-an-hour, historical re-enactments, tele-evangelism, shop for women
Your profile, Menus, sidewalks, Civil War pamphlets, ancient scriptures, Boyz II Men lyrics, Cher's Will, Paleolithic cave carvings, screenplays 6-8, Nutrition facts, How to satisfy a woman every time , Parking meter, cereal box, movie w/ subtitles
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I'm a Bruin for life, I know the difference between your and you're, I wear leather jackets with corduroy patches on the elbows, I like to climb trees in Westwood and write poetry, phenomenal EQ, this close to being a brain surgeon


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UTSA ring tradition sheds light on meaning of graduation
(May 7, 2010)--As another semester wraps up, many students are preparing for the final leg in their road to graduation. One tradition that helps shine light on graduation more than any other is the UTSA ring and the ring presentation ceremony. Alumni, juniors and seniors who have completed 60 credit hours are eligible to participate in the ring ceremony. On May 3, nearly 200 UTSA students and former students received their rings at the Convocation Center on the UTSA Main Campus.
Megan Lovelady, a junior communications major, was one of the students receiving a class ring at the ceremony. For her, the ring offers a glimpse at her end goal -- her college degree.
"I can definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel," said Lovelady. "When you get your ring, you know you're getting closer to finishing."
Lovelady had the full support of her mother and father, Steven Lovelady '89 and Deborah Lovelady; grandmother and grandfather, Jean Fetterman and George Fetterman, and sister Kayla Lovelady, who is a Alumni Association Scholarship recipient. For the Loveladys, the ceremony is a fun reminder that UTSA is becoming a family tradition.
"My husband graduated from UTSA in 1989 and Megan was one week old when she came to his graduation," said Deborah. "And now we also have Kayla who is a freshman this year."
Kayla Lovelady, a UTSA mechanical engineering major, understands the benefits of having an older sister at the same school.
"Since she is older, I always get to see the path that she takes and see the end result," said Kayla. "It's a great insider's point of view." Grandma and Grandpa also got involved by purchasing Megan's ring as an early graduation present. The ring can have many meanings to different people. For the Loveladys, the evening was all about family.
"I think the ring really does represent so much more than just a piece of jewelry," said Deborah "They chose UTSA, and we are really proud of them."
The UTSA Office of Alumni Programs administers the ring program. For more information, call 210-458-4133 or visit the UTSA Alumni Programs website and select "Official UTSA Ring."


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"It is never OK to misrepresent yourself," said Cathleen Faerber, managing director of The Wellesley Group, Inc., an executive search firm in Buffalo Grove, Ill. "If you have a gap in employment, show the gap. If you didn't complete your course requirements, so you attended, but don't claim a degree."
Likewise, if you never worked on the Hilton account, never held the title of "manager" or never received the Employee of the Year award, don't pretend otherwise.
Tampa-based employment attorney Ed Carlstedt, who's a shareholder with law firm Trenam Kemker, agrees.
"We don't have much tolerance for any fudging," said Carlstedt, who's screened many a recent grad for a position at his firm.
"If someone's got a 3.39 GPA and they bump it to a 3.4, that won't cost the job but it will certainly raise an eyebrow. But if a resume says they have 3.6 and the transcript says 3.3, that's inexcusable."
I know what some of you are thinking: "Yeah, how many firms actually check? Who's going to know?"
Anyone with a phone, a computer and a halfway decent BS detector -- that's who.
"A lot of job seekers don't realize that companies do check," said Ron Colaiuti, president of Royce Ashland Group, Inc., a recruiting firm in Monroe Township, N.J.
"Someone will say, 'I worked at Company XYZ from 2000 to 2008,' and then you go on a social media site and it says something different. Out of every 10 candidates, one is lying. One at least. I've been doing this 34 years and I have never encountered so much of this."
Because Colaiuti and his team of recruiters have seen more job hunters "exaggerating, fabricating and outright lying on their resume" since the recession began, his firm has (a) ramped up its reference checks, (b) turned up the scrutiny during candidate phone screens and (c) developed a sixth sense for detecting baloney.
Many other recruiters and hiring managers I spoke to echoed similar sentiments.
"If someone thinks they should put down, "Led the XYZ project; saved X percent," they should expect a question about their leadership style, how they dealt with people who didn't do their work and how the savings were calculated," said Kelley Rexroad, an HR consultant based in Tampa. "If the applicant was just a member of the team, it will show."
But recruiters with a finely tuned BS detector aren't the only ones foiling resume fibbers. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, a majority of employers now run background checks on their applicants. And if you think these searches on your employment and criminal history won't turn up any details you're trying to hide, you're wrong.
"You won't believe what our searches turn up every day," said Joel Goldberg, a spokesperson for Aurico Reports, Inc., a background screening firm based in Arlington Heights, Ill. "Convicted thieves apply for bank jobs. Convicted rapists apply for work in largely female offices."
In fact, Goldberg said, out of the hundreds of thousands of resume checks the firm has performed, "a good one-third have a pretty significant lie." And by "pretty significant," he means fabricated references, salary history, job title, job duties, duration of employment and reason for leaving a company.
Moral of the story: The days of embellishing your bio, resume or online profile with those little whites lie are over. Thanks to the hyper-competitive job market, employers are simply too picky and too skittish to gloss over them.


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LACONIA — Richard F. Monasky, 82, of Laconia, died Saturday, December 21, 2013 surrounded by his sons. He was born in Binghamton, NY on July 7, 1931, the son of Joseph E. and Marie A. (Turanek) Monasky. Mr. Monasky was predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Barbara J. (Racicot) Monasky in 2008. He was an auctioneer for 35 years in the Binghamton area and was known as Colonel Dick Monasky. Among his favorite hobbies was caring for his 1935 Studebaker Commander Land Cruiser and memorizing and reciting tales and limericks for friends and family. He is survived by six sons, Richard T. Monasky and his wife Debra, Sandy, Ut., Joseph J. Monasky and his wife Linda, Alton, N.H., Mark S. Monasky and his wife, Judy, Bismarck, N.D., Robert X. Monasky and his wife Marcy, Corvallis, Or., Michael E. Monasky, Binghamton, N. Y., and David A. Monasky and his wife Carolyn, Belmont, N.H.; two daughters, Marie E. Ahern, Meredith, N.H., and Barbara I. Opara, Spanaway, Wa.; nineteen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; one brother, Ernest Monasky, Roanoke, Va., one sister, Helen Fishback, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.; several nephews, nieces, and cousins. A Memorial Service will be held at the Laconia Senior Center, 17 Church St, Laconia on Friday, January 31 at 10:30 a.m.. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Laconia Senior Center, Laconia, N. H. 03246.


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1 - Soul Divas
2 - Soul Men
3 - Blues Divas
4 - Blues Men
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Watch Jack White's amazing 'Tonight Show' performance and interviewAdd to Favorites | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jack White took to the "Tonight Show" stage, bathed in blue light, to perform two songs from his new album, "Lazaretto." The the TV audience, White and his band shredded through the album's title track, which included a fiddle duet, something you don't see too often on TV.
He wasn't done there, though. Like many of the musicians that appear on "The Tonight Show," White then did a song for the internet. "Just One Drink" starts out slow, but had the studio audience screaming and clapping along by the end.
Host Jimmy Fallon also interviewed White, with the two of them going deep into the album's many secrets, including a song hidden in the vinyl label and a hologram etched into the record that is only visible when it spins on a turntable. Considering the work White put into making the album a special experience, it sounds like one you don't want to miss.
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The city of Starkville will soon launch its revamped website, which local officials say will offer more interactivity between city residents and their government and provide more information to non-residents seeking information about the city.
The existing http://www.cityofstarkville.org [3] address will remain, but on Dec. 14 browsers will see an overhauled site complete with new features including forums for residents to report concerns to city department heads and alerts which will inform subscribers of city events, notices and weather watches and warnings.
City Information Technology Manager Joel Clements said the site will have a citizen request tracker where residents will be able to report issues ranging from potholes in roads to power outages.
"The … citizen request tracker I think will be something people use quite a bit. If you go to the link to report a concern, there are several different categories from animal control, building and planning basically every department we have in the city that has a form you can go fill out and create a request. I can see that there has been a request submitted and I can go in as the employee and check that out. I can see that it was submitted at this address, what the priority is and if it was automatically assigned to me," Clements said. "You can actually go in and dig a little deeper and it will map the request for you. We can generate work orders from this as well. If it was a street department request they would get a map of where the pothole is exactly or if there's a broken water line the public services department would get a map. The employee can follow the request and also the person that submitted the request can follow the lifespan of that entire request. They can see that the request was created and if I respond to it as an employee it will record my response."
Residents will also be able to access the citizen request tracker on their smartphones through apps.
Another feature the site will offer is an e-payment portal which beginning next year will allow people to pay for tickets or citations over the web. Postings for job openings in the city will also be on the renovated site where people can apply online or download a form to fill out and turn in personally.
The front page has a customizable dashboard where people who sign up can personalize the site to feature updates on their categories of interest.
All of the archives of board of aldermen minutes and agendas that exist on the current website will roll over to the new one and be easier to find, Clements said, and there are plans to upload more archived material next year for residents to reference.
"We have volumes of paper documents in our storage space — everything from city clerk documents to court and police documents. We're currently exploring options to get all that digitized and once we have all those archives available digitally we will present those on the site for folks to be able to search," he said. "That's going to be a large undertaking but it's a feature we plan on rolling out in the future."
Clements said the city's IT department began working on the site overhaul earlier this year when the board granted a contract offer to Kansas based CivicPlus, a website builder strictly for city and county municipalities.
"They've done a great deal of (websites) and they're all very good," Clements said. "CivicPlus, we felt, gave us the functionality we were looking for and that's who we chose. They turned the site over to us after designing it and getting the modules up and running a couple of months ago and from that point forward the city of Starkville staff has been actually putting the content on the site and making sure everything is correct and all the modules function properly."
He said the city has been long overdue for a more user-friendly Internet portal.
"It was very difficult and user un-friendly to find information on the old site. If I were looking for everything related to the sidewalk ordinance, this site has an excellent search feature … that lists every document that mentions the word 'sidewalk,'" he said. "It's very easy to find things in general. You can drill down immediately exactly what you're looking for so you're there in one or two clicks rather than having to search … through the old site's navigation structure. People want transparent government and are used to interacting via websites. We feel this brings us into the modern age in that respect."
Mayor Parker Wiseman said the website stands to be a powerful tool for Starkville residents as it relates to how they are able to interact with city government.
"It is a very interactive website that allows for citizen requests to be made both directly through the website and through social media channels on the website," Wiseman said. "They can then be seamlessly turned into work orders to ensure that requests made are processed. The major goal with this website is to make the city more accessible and accountable to the public."
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City managers and economic development directors from cities throughout the Inland Empire will meet with U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Agency representatives on new funding available to the region through a report commissioned by the Green Valley Initiative.
The meeting is hosted by the Green Valley Initiative and will take place from 3 – 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, at the Inland Empire Economic Partnership offices at 1201 Research Park Drive in Riverside.
Each city will present their project ideas to EDA representatives to determine whether they might qualify for the funds. It's an opportunity for them to get an idea of what new projects are in the planning stages for the region, and how the EDA hopes to spark the growth of green technology in the region.


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How to setup SIM-Emu using configuration programs
Multi-SIM card can be programmed not only from keyboard of phone, but using special computer programs so-called configurators. Nowadays the best program is Sim-Emu Configurator фы Emu 6.01.
The program
- Read and write IMSI and KI using usual SIM-Reader
- Change PIN1 (all 10 ones), PIN2, PUK1 (all 10 ones), PUK2
- Unblock PIN1 and PIN2
- Change ICCID parameter. Mobile operator draws it on his SIM-cards. ICCID transmits to GSM network during a call.
- Turn on/off displaying of name of active position of number (the function Disable SPN)
- Turn on/off menu of SIM-Emu 6.01 (in order to nobody can change settings, suspect of emulator etc). The function called Disable Menu.
- Turn on/off test mode for Motorola phones (Enable Motorola Test Card).
- Backup information of EEPROM of Silver-card to a hard disk.
- Make backup copies of SMS, ADN, FDN.
- Work with menu SIM-Emu 6.01 like on mobile phone.
Install the program. Insert Silver-card to your SIM-Reader and connect in to computer. Launch SIM_EMU_6.01_CFG.exe.
At first, the program must be configured. Select "Setup\ Phoneix Plugin". Then select "Setup\Setup PlugIn". The new window will appear. There set up COM port on which SIM-Reader was connected. Set the speed for working with SIM-Reader: 9600 for quartz 3,579545 MHz. The other settings letТs stay as shown on the picture. You also can use УQuick SettingsФ. Select "Phoneix at 6.000 MHz on COM1", then correct the parameter УXtal FrequencyФ (define your quartz frequency). Everything must work.
Enter PIN1 (for any of exist positions), click Ok. Then enter PIN2 and click Ok. Go to page УConfigureФ.
In order to read information about available phone numbers, select mode УCardФ on page УConfigureФ. Click button УRead From CardФ. All information will be read from card-emulator and displayed. Only KI keys wonТt read, because of architecture of Silver-card program (security reasons). The program interface is intuitively clear. Rows of digits form 0 to 9 mean position numbers for Silver-card. For each position you can enter the following parameters: IMSI, KI, PIN1, PUK1, SMS Centre, Description (the text which will be displayed on the phone), Phone# (internal information for emulator).
The common parameters of emulator are: ICCID, PIN2, PUK2 and other option. Select УPhone LangФ to English. The point is that there is Russian version SIM-Emu 6.00, but it used rarely because of a lot of glitches.
When everything has been entered, press button УWrite to CardФ. The Silver-card will be programmed for several seconds, then you can put the card to the phone and use it.
Without doubt, the configurator is good thing for Silver-cards programming. We have solid experience with SIM-Emu, and we want to say: if you need to program more that 1-2 phone to the card, it better to use the Configurator. It will rapidly and accurately, that phone keyboard.
You can explore other functions of the program: reading/writing of ADN/SMS/FDN, EEPROM, keyboard phone emulation (the page SIM Appl).
There is a lot of similar programs for configuration of various of card-emulators. For example, configurator by PICador. The same SIM-Scan 2.01 has a function for IMSI and KI writing (it works with GoldWafer cards only). Launch SIM-Scan 2.01 and in the main menu click button УWrite IMSI&KIФ, then enter keys of SIM, which you have read before (they usually placed in file C:\SIM_Scan\imsi_ki.dat). The last digit of PIN will determine position number (where keys will be written).
The next page of the cite describes programming process of new clean Silver-card.


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When Cote de Pablo wraps her eight-year run as Ziva David, it will by no means be the first, but rather the latest, of several major shifts that CBS' NCIS has sustained since debuting almost 10 years ago.
As original cast member Michael Weatherly prepared to film his final scenes with scene partner de Pablo, he shared with TVLine his reflections on all that NCIS and Gibbs' team have been through.
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Vans has been touring across France this month on a BMX and Rock n Roll adventure called "Wheels of Rock." Featuring world class riders like Alistair Whitton, Colin Mackay, Corey Martinez, Mark Webb, Ben Hennon, Ryan Guettler and some French bands we've never heard of, "Wheels of Rock" still looks like a rockin good time. Via VitalBMX.
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Boot to Gecko wants to create an open platform, that will let developers and users get on the web to use apps, without depending on platform specific technologies. Undoubtedly, in theory, this is as good as any other open idea. However, in my opinion, the ground realities will not permit this project to have a smooth take-off.Read More
The Document Foundation (TDF) has an advisory board, which was formed back in June last year. The initial members of this foundation included Google, SUSE, Red Hat and the FSF. Although Canonical is missing from the advisory board, Intel will be a valuable addition to it.Read More
Google has patented a search gesture on Android that follows the letter+lasso style. Therefore, if you want to Google text content anywhere, you simply have to draw a lowercase 'g' and draw a lasso around the content. As soon as you lift your finger, the search will be performed automatically.Read More
CIA is having problems analyzing the massive amount of data it sniffs from various sources. Hereupon, it wants to pay for software services on a per-usage basis, rather than contracting the entire development of a product to a vendor.Read More
Google Chrome already runs Adobe Flash in a sandbox, and the Pepper API will allow it to go cross-platform with its plugin support. Moreover, the Pepper API will provide Flash for both x86 and x64 installations, although Adobe killed Flash for x64 Linux desktops back in June 2010.Read More
The hack was a result of debug logging being turned on one of the pages, which has been present from November 2007. This points many angry fingers at the developers of YouPorn.Read More
The HUD project is being led jointly by Sergey Brin himself, and Latitude creator Steve Lee. Latitude never took off as a product, though these HUD glasses are perhaps the most ambitious and most awaited experimental product from Google this year.Read More
You can simply put your Android phone in a dock, and connect it to a television. Certified business apps from Adobe and Cirtix make this product ready for the enterprise sector too. Moreover, Android and Ubuntu share the same Linux kernel, allowing users to switch between the world's most popular Linux distro, and the world's most popular open mobile platform.Read More
for the third time in a row, Oracle has come up with inflated damage reports claiming more than the applicable reasonable amount. The initial claim from Oracle was a ridiculous 6 billion USD, which has come down to 52.4 – 169 million USD. Google is still not satisfied with these estimates, and has filed a motion to cut this damage list and hence the claim amount, shorter.Read More
Kasgari is a 23-year-old journalist and faces the death penalty for this deed. This matter proves once again that regional laws govern the use of Twitter. It is only time before someone points a finger at the things we tweet.Read More
Last month, Anonymous took down the websites of the FBI and the Justice Department using the DDoS technique. It was their largest DDoS ever, and saw over 5000 participants. This time, they took downthe website of CIA. This takedown was motiveless, and has not been tagged with any ongoing operation so far.Read More
When Symantec tried to play the hacker Yama Tough, who claims to have the code, he got impatient and released the code online on 6 February. After analyzing the leaked code, Symantec has declared that it is a five-year-old code, and its patches are enough to keep users safe.Read More
Overall, this is an excellent move by the German Government to make its users secure. Germany sees a market dominated by Firefox at 51% and IE at 24%, and there are only 14.3% Google Chrome users, currently.Read More
Mozilla has brought anotification system called Push Notification, using a JavaScript API. It has also improved on Google's notification system, and will push notifications for all websites, irrespective of whether they are open in a tab or not.Read More
Development of Perl has slowed down considerably over the last decade, with new versions primarily resolving bugfixes, and including minor syntax changes. This donation should be a boost for the Perl Foundation, and should help it revamp the development of the "duct tape of the Internet".Read More