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Perry's Dubious Tax Promise In his speech unveiling his proposed "flat tax" overhaul of the tax system, Rick Perry promised that "taxes will be cut across all income groups in America." But a newly released analysis of his plan by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center concluded that many lower-income persons and families would see their taxes go up. In his Oct. 25 "Cut, Balance, Grow" speech, Perry said a beefed up ... Full Story
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Thompson one of five award recipients Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence announces five 2011 award winners Thompson School District is one of five organizations in a three-state region to receive an award from Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence (RMPEx), formerly Colorado Performance Excellence. RMPEx is the Baldrige program in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming. For 10 years, they have been helping organizations on the journey to performance ... Full Story
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We are entering apple season. Beautiful green, yellow, and red orbs are entering the supermarkets, each with a distinct flavor. If you have an opportunity this fall, go apple picking. These five amazing recipes are the perfect way to use this popular American fruit.
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"You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?"
The doctor was holding the handle of the door. On the other side of the door there came the sound of scratching and whining. As he opened the door a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you notice that dog? He had never been in this room before. He did not know what was inside. He knew nothing except that his master was here, and when the door opened he sprang in without fear. I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing: I know my Master is there, and that is enough. And when the door opens, I shall pass through with no fear, but with gladnes.
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There's a word for a story that isn't true, but sounds like it ought to be true. I'll think of it 5 minutes after I type this I'm sure.
The original gave a very specific story - that a Jets governor (not Chipman) spoke up at a BOG meeting, and was told by Jacobs that they'd tell him when he could speak. Chipman denies this story.
Well enough. I believe Chipman when he says this incident didn't happen.
But from everything I know about the NHL owners, something like it has almost certainly happened. I'm sure the message has been passed down to Chipman and Co that they should just consider themselves lucky to be here at this point, and that new owners need to prove themselves. The league gives a lot of respect to the opinions of long-time owners, like Jacobs.
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At the end of the day whether its on the PA side, the NHL owners side, or most any group negotiation you are always going to have camps of power and influence within teams or at least that has been my experience. When I was much younger I was involved in 2 different union groups and behind closed doors during the meetings it was the same thing there are always going to be the Alphas in every situation.
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Scaling PHP Apps – Part 1: Scaling Up vs. Scaling Out; Stateful vs. Stateless
Scaling PHP applications, or any application for that matter, can be a complex topic. The first step in scaling a PHP application is understanding what your needs and goals are. Before getting into specific details, I want to first make sure we are on the same page.
The difference between scaling and performance
You can think of performance as the ability to meet your needs right now. Do pages load fast enough? Do queries return in a reasonable amount of time? Do you have enough resources for all of your users? These questions relate to the performance of your application.
Scaling an application, scalability, is the ability to meet your future needs. If you add 1000 new users, will your hardware scale to meet that? If your data grows by 500% (and trust me that happens), can your database scale to accommodate that?
When you read or hear people talking about web application performance, they are usually speaking about how fast a page loads. A faster load is equivalent to better performance. Scaling, however, means that you can load the page in the same amount of time for your 50 users today that you can for your 50,000 users tomorrow. That is, the ability to get same non degrading response time, but with more concurrent users.
When thinking about the scalability of an application, we also need to think about scaling well. If it is very expensive to scale your application, or very difficult and time consuming, then you do not scale well. How easy or difficult your application is to scale is dependent on many things. Below I will talk about several design issues and considerations for scaling PHP applications. The first step to scaling is deciding whether to scale up or scale out.
Scaling out vs scaling up
Scaling up is also called multi-core scaling or monolithic scaling. The idea behind scale up is that if a particular function or application will perform well on a server with one CPU, then it should perform twice as fast on a server with two CPUs, three times as fast on a server with three CPUs, etc. The truth is that while certain applications can scale well on monolithic hardware (a single "box"), it is generally not a linear increase and it gets very expensive very fast. Bigger servers just cost more. It's also true that applications that have wait states for particular activities (serialization) do not scale up very well. Why? Because threads block other threads.
Scale out has become the general standard for scaling web, and web scale, applications. Scale out is also called distributed scaling and distributed computing. The idea behind distributed computing is to add low cost hardware and send processing out to the new nodes to do work.
Both scaling out and scaling up allow the application to parallelize the work and take advantage of the additional hardware. The design of your application can greatly impact its ability to scale and whether you should scale up or out.
If you scale up, you have a hard limit on the amount of parallelization that you can do. Any machine will only have so much available memory and so many CPUs. If you buy a new machine with more memory and more CPUs, you will pay a premium for that scale and you still have finite resources. For scale up, your application should be prepared to run simultaneous threads and share a memory space. Java and C++, when coded correctly, are well suited for this kind of scalability, PHP and most databases, not so much.
When you scale out, you can add new nodes as you need them. You don't have to over buy to make sure you have capacity later. Just purchase new nodes and add them as needed. An additional benefit to scale out is that is builds in certain amount of high availability by allowing redundancy in processing and data storage. Because it is distributed, in many cases it will allow for a geographical distribution allowing for some disaster recovery.
The downside to scale out can exist if you do scale out yourself, manually and without ScaleBase, because you will need to reprogram app logic to address the additional nodes. In a database scenario, you may need to redistribute data between nodes. Making your application of aware of that new distribution can be painful. That's where Scalebase comes into the picture. ScaleBase specifically addresses this and removes a key pain point by centrally managing data distribution and removing any need to recode the application. I'll address that later in a entry on PHP and database scaling.
It's also possible to combine scale up and scale out when discussing a PHP application. You could very well have a monolithic application server and a distributed database, or you could have a distributed application server farm and a monolithic database.
When a particular method of scaling is required, the remainder of this post (and the related posts coming soon) will address scale out, not scale up. Some of the topics I discuss below are relevant regardless of the method of scaling. Some make more sense, or are only viable, via scale out.
Stateful vs Stateless
The final topic that I will talk about in this post is the difference between stateful and stateless applications.
A stateful application keeps information about the application session between calls to the application. A stateless application is more of a black box; no information is kept between calls and any setup information is passed as part of the call.
In a service oriented architecture, SOA, a stateless environment is the sought after ideal. HTTP itself, the protocol governing the web, is a stateless protocol. Each HTTP call stands alone. Cookies, when added into the mix, mimic a stateful process. Information about the sessions is stored temporarily in a small file between calls. Client state can be kept on the client (i.e. the browser) and server state is kept on the server.
While individual SOA services are ideally stateless, most user applications, PHP included, are stateful. Information about the user, open transactions, etc. are kept available between calls. In a distributed environment, server side state information cannot be simply kept in a file. A session may use any of several servers to respond to any particular request. Keeping server state on the client raises serious security concerns. Where, and how, to control server state raises serialization and parallelization concerns.
It's worth specifically noting that stateful apps can be harder to scale. That's because the state information that is preserved between calls requires each call to return to the same server not realistic for scalability reasons) or the session must be cached (in some kind of a shared file system, keystore or database) and that causes serialization issues. A database is the holy grail for session information (because of the rich data types and ease of use) but if manually configured, maintenance can be difficult. There is software written specifically to address this.
I will end the post here today. Future posts will cover items to keep in mind when scaling PHP applications. The following posts will cover access via the network, the application itself, session state management and I will end with scaling the database.


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There's a delicate balance between encouraging participation and surrendering control. Managing crowdsourced contributions not only takes considerable resources, it's unlikely that the ideas submitted will be "on strategy" or "on brand". Engaging consumers has always been paramount to building strong brands, but allowing the crowd to curate your brand is another thing altogether.
Arguably, crowdsourcing has been around for a long time. In fields such as chemistry, astronomy and other sciences, crowdsourcing has made large-scale projects feasible. Over the years many amateurs have made significant contributions to the fields of astronomy and space science. Comets, for example, are often discovered first by non-professionals.
However, in June, 2006 a Wired magazine article sparked a heated debate. In this article Jeff Howe first proposed the idea of "Crowdsourcing." Whether you believe crowdsourcing is a gimmick or the next big thing, it's important to note that the idea is still in its early, some would say idealistic, years. How it was proposed and what it may become will be largely based on how it is interpreted.
From Jeff Howe's Crowdsourcing blog:
"I like to use two definitions for crowdsourcing:
The White Paper Version: Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call."
"The Soundbyte Version: The application of Open Source principles to fields outside of software."
Crowdsourcing, or community-based design as it is also known, was made viable by the internet, and perhaps more specifically, social media. Each day on twitter we hear both sides of the crowdsourcing argument. What some see as crowdsourcing's biggest benefit, others sight as the practice's biggest flaw: an undefined group and uninformed execution. While we lean towards the latter both are true, depending on your application.
Crowdsourcing works well for large-scale initiatives where gathering data would be otherwise impossible. For instance, the vastness of space makes it impossible for a single astrological organization to chart. With so many amateur astronomers pointing their telescopes to the sky the odds of catching an astrological phenomenon greatly increases. And when professionals share their astrological data, the community benefits on a whole.
One would think that applying this same logic to creativity or brand management would yield similar results. However, the challenges are quite different.
Crowdsourcing may reduce the expenditure in gaining insights into how consumers think about a given brand or category by telling us what's important to them. It may eliminate the leading questions and group dynamics that distort focus groups. It may engage individuals who have a genuine interest in a given brand. However, it is not an all-encompassing solution to any given problem. There may be some advantages to the process, but there is also a dark side to crowdsourcing.
As it is commonly practiced in the marketing world, crowdsourcing forgoes strategy and outsources execution (We touched on the importance of acknowledging the intangibles between theory and practice in an earlier post "Merging Strategy and Execution"). These days, cash-strapped brands are looking for ways to cut costs. A model where the crowd makes the investment of time and labor yet is not compensated for their efforts, may not be sustainable and could cause a backlash. While currently the crowd benefits from the participation and pursuit of recognition, the future might present something far less idealistic—a digital sweatshop where crowd and brand each pays a high price only to see diminishing returns.
We've all heard a lot of talk about successful crowdsourced solutions. Personally, we have yet to see what we believe is a successful example of crowdsourced brand management or creative. The crowd is just another committee that produces results that are incredibly average.
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He wants to decentralize decisions and give them back to the parks (like Matt) and make them responsible. Sounds like "state vs. Federal Government type thing.
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Everybody wins in Fairlawn hoops
In Fairlawn Elementary School's internal basketball program, everybody scores at least one hoop per season.
That means even the smallest children, the ones who need a screen from a referee or a boost from a coach to toss a ball through a 7-foot-tall goal, can have a proud moment.
Fairlawn's league, which is sponsored by the PTA, has been going strong for years. Kids in all grade levels can play; the youngest ones have co-ed teams and don't keep score.
Parents serve as coaches, running players in and out of games every few minutes, shouting encouragement and urging hustle at all times.
Games are officiated rather liberally. Fouls are called, but traveling violations and double dribbles might not be, depending on the age group.
In all, there are 23 teams and nearly 200 players. That's a lot to keep up with, and the fellow in charge is the one with the whistle around his neck, Fairlawn third-grade teacher Bill Kramer.
He's been the league's de facto commissioner for 11 years, working as a referee, ordering the T-shirts and trophies, everything but mopping up the gym floor — and probably even that on occasion.
Comedic moments aren't unusual. During a short stoppage in a game Thursday night, a boy looked up at his coach and asked, "Is there time for me to go to the bathroom?"
Kramer recalled some others.
"I get to see all kinds of plays that you don't usually see on ESPN: two girls from opposite teams skipping down court holding hands, a player getting fouled while shooting at the wrong basket, a player hugging someone they just accidentally knocked down," Kramer said.
Lisa Keown's son, Kaden Tucker, also has been in the program since he started at Fairlawn.
"He's learned a lot. He likes the game and likes being with his friends," Keown said. "At this age, this is how it should be. It shouldn't be win, win, win."
Fairlawn pupil Tyler Fuchs is a basketball fan, and he said the league gives him an opportunity to play on a real court. His goal at home has a gravel lot underneath it.
"I really like it a lot," he said after finishing his game Thursday.
Kramer said he coordinates the league for the same reason children such as Tyler play in it.
"The main reason I'm out here is because I'm just a big kid. I'm usually having just as much fun as the players," Kramer said.
"I've had the privilege of working with lots of great parents. Many of them are like my extended family, and they still come back to help even after the kids have moved on to middle school. They keep the program going strong. You can't have a league like this without dozens of caring volunteers."
Kramer noted that older brothers and sisters of players operate scoreboards and run concession stands.
He said the activity is an attack on childhood obesity, and it's a safe and family-friendly after-school activity.
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At a round table meeting at this year's Shanghai Motor Show, the German car firm's design chief Michael Maur explained that although he was still busy with the newly launched Panamera, he was also working on a successor to the 911.
However, it also emerged that this successor might be much more than a simple evolution of the new generation 911, and instead join the firm's range as a fifth variant, alongside the long lived coupe.
When pressed harder on the subject, the firm's head of sales and marketing Klaus Berning, refused to comment further – but did admit that this sector of the market was of particular interest.
Latest sales figures show a decline in the number of entry level Porsches – like Boxster and Caymen – finding new homes, while flagship machines like the 911 and particularly Cayenne remain in high demand.
Though there is no firm date for the launch of a new 928, the firm looks set to base the new model on the Panamera chassis. Sporting three doors and a hatchback, the car would be a direct rival to the likes of the Bentley Continental GTC.
There's no word on engines, however it's possible that the model could usher in radical new technology as at the same interview the firm also explained that it was investigating the potential for powering its future cars with smaller, supercharged engines to help reduce emissions.
The firm is also working to introduce its stop and start technology, as seen on the new Panamera, to other models in its line up, including the Cayenne. For the time being, though there will be no such development for the 911… "we have already improved this vehicles emissions performance by as 25 percent," said Berning.


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There's trouble at Gray House, the girlhood home that Poppy left long ago. Poppy's family has called her back to save them all—mother, father, sisters and brothers, and dozens and dozens of deer mouse cousins. Poppy invites her rebellious son, Junior, to join her on the long trip across Dimwood Forest, hoping the journey will bring them closer together.
But with Junior's skunk pal, Mephitis, and Ereth, the cantankerous porcupine, in tow—sugared slug soup!—Poppy and Junior may be in for unexpected adventure.
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Avi is the author of more than sixty books, including Crispin: The Cross of Lead, a Newbery Medal winner, and Crispin: At the Edge of the World. His other acclaimed titles include The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth, both Newbery Honor Books, and most recently The Seer of Shadows. He lives with his family in Colorado.
Brian Floca's illustrations have appeared in several books by Avi, including the six volumes of the Poppy stories and the graphic novel City of Light, City of Dark. For younger readers, he is the author and illustrator of Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo II as well as the highly praised books Lightship, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and ALA Notable Book; The Racecar Alphabet, also an ALA Notable Book; and Five Trucks.


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Return of Rail Service to Lyman County could be on the Horizon
Return of Rail Service to Lyman County could be on the Horizon
The South Dakota Railroad Board authorized an application for another Tiger Grant to rehabilitate an additional 42 miles of track on the old Mitchell to Rapid City (MRC) line.
Bruce Lindholm, of the South Dakota Department of Transportation, stated the Tiger III application seeks $24.5 million to repair the line from Chamberlain west to Presho. "We'd like to get to Vivian, but we'll be happy to make Presho," said Lindholm during a telephone interview last Thursday.
It was also confirmed that Governor Dennis Daugaard made a commitment to assist with matching funds by pledging $4 million to the project.
Look for more of the story in this weeks issue.
Pictured: Weeds now grow between the tracks of the Dakota Southern Railroad line near the Wheat Growers Elevator at Kennebec that could soon be put back into service.
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- WCE Cooperative finishes up repairs after weekend storms
- High winds damage structures,
- North Central Farmers Elevator and South Dakota Wheat Growers Member-Owners Vote No on Unification
- Lyman School Board Election results
- Construction at new elevator site stays on schedule
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One Muddy Rodeo
This is what I experienced this weekend. Please no hating on the events for doing this in the mud, please take that to a different thread and take it out there. I don't have the patience to deal with you. ^^ For the record, no horse fell down in this. Except for one bull! Lol! The guy came out just fine.
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Have fun cleaning your tack. LoL.
ETA: Where's your other bell boot? HaHa.
Love that pole run.. The ground isn't that bad really..
BUT, I severely dislike you all with your stupid jackets and cold weather.. We're HOT here everyday..
lol Not like you any more!! It's not fair to make fun of the kid from the south when y'all have beautiful weather..I mean we're like 90s and 100s every day.
Ain't nuthin wrong with mud. You had a good time and so did your horse.
Looks just as bad as the MN highschool finals this weekend. There was standign water everywhere.
I always hated cleaning my tack after riding in mud. I'm also very anal about how clean my tack is :lol:.
I can sometimes get iffy about riding in mud. Sometimes I don't mind it, others, sometimes makes me want to not run.
I guess that's only because I've had a horse put down because of the mud. It was a non-riding injury, but it still makes me worry a little bit every time. I guess that's I never had the best times when riding in mud.
Most women of the 1800's learned to ride out of necessity from helping on the ranch and practicing the skills of the range. From an early age, women could stay in the saddle, break a bronc and rope a steer. In the late 1800's, the younger horsewomen began competing against males in a yearly gathering of herds -which progressed into participating in rodeos. The first rodeos began in the mid-1800 when thousands of cattle and horses were driven to town for the yearly round-up. The cowboys were eager for relaxation and would compete in tests of skills like roping, breaking horses, branding cattle and racing.
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Portland, OR
Restaurants in Portland, OR
From traditional cuisine to wildly creative menus, plus large quantities of the organic, farm-to-table fare that's become synonymous with the city, Portland restaurants offer eclectic dining opportunities as well as modern twists on traditional dishes, sure to satisfy even the most discerning foodies. At Pok Pok, James Beard Award-winning chef Andy Ricker serves up a fusion menu inspired by classic Thai cuisine and served in a trendy, low-key environment. Locals' favorites include Vietnamese chicken wings, boar collar, and Thai noodle soups. Castagna, on Hawthorne Boulevard, takes the farm-to-table ethos very seriously: Chef Justin Woodward forages greens and flowers from Portland's surrounding woods himself, and serves them up in an molecular style that will blow the lid off your classic salad. Just try not to Instagram each course of Woodward's inspired tasting menu.
For a dash of rustic-chic, visit Ned Ludd, a Portland restaurant where everything is cooked in a wood-fired oven, including the salads. Chef Jason French's menu includes whole roasted trout, pork noodles made entirely from pork fat, and a variety of pizzas, all cooked in the wood oven, of course. Portland's favorite meal – brunch – gets a makeover at Tasty 'N Sons, with a massive family-style menu comprising dishes from around globe. Some of this Portland hotspot's best dishes include shakshuka with merguez sausage, steak and eggs with corncakes, spaghetti carbornara, grilled lamb chops, and polenta and sausage ragu.
The restaurant has taken off not just because of its highly rated American cuisine but because of its home in the LEED Platinum Ecotrust Building, which includes a green roof with raised garden beds and its own water well.
This stand-alone cafe in eastern Portland has practiced a farm-to-table philosophy from its 2003 inception. The former Victorian home with art-lined red walls and a spacious back patio generally shuns meat in favor of vegetables or seafood.
Chef Barry Powelson took over this red brick-fronted restaurant in north Portland in 2007. His menu consists of hearty comfort foods like Bear's baby back ribs, grilled rib-eye steak, and an eponymous Gotham burger.
At this food cart in a gourmet "pod" two blocks from the park, Dutch Tacos (pork sausage and maple spread served in a crisp waffle) are a favorite snack.
This wine bar and bistro resides near the Willamette River's western shore, and has expanded since 2006 to include a 125-seat, river-facing patio, dining room with mauve walls and wine-related paintings, the private River Room, and a wine tasting bar called The Cellar.
In 2007, Nate Tilden and Matt Piacentini opened their "domestic and foreign" restaurant on trendy Ace Hotel's ground floor, boasting high ceilings, communal wood tables, and a destination bar.
The comfort-food restaurant's been around for a while, but it has a young new chef who trained at Mugaritz, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Spain.
Stumptown Coffee Roasters is so hopping that there are two locations within 10 blocks. Psst: free "cuppings" - coffee tastings - take place at 3 p.m. daily at the 12th Avenue store.
Appropriately named after a region that straddles France and Spain, chef John Taboada's restaurant in central Portland sources seasonal produce from the Avenue Farms CSA to derive Italian, French, and Spanish specials, but it also spotlights specific regions like Lyon 47th throughout the year. Th
Check Nong's Twitter feed (twitter.com/nongskhaomangai) to see if she's sold out of her signature (and only) dish, poached chicken and rice with soup. On the cart is a smiley-faced, rain-smudged sign: add fried chicken skin $1.
Creative Asian-inspired food and cocktails. Owner Joe Rogers found the name for his bar in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, where it refers to an unruly child.
Opened in the city's northern St Johns neighborhood in 2006, this vegan establishment houses a market that showcases organic produce, plus a café with art-lined yellow walls.


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On The O'Reilly Factor, Karl Rove misrepresented Sen. Barack Obama's explanation for not wearing an American flag lapel pin, falsely asserting that Obama's comments amounted to saying, "If you wear a flag lapel pin, you're not a true patriot." In fact, Obama said he stopped wearing a pin because it had become "a substitute for, I think, true patriotism"; he did not say, as Rove claimed, that the wearer was "not a true patriot."
Asserting that "millions of Americans of all colors are fed up with race-baiters and accusations of racism," Bill O'Reilly identified those he deemed to be "race hustlers" and "race-baiters" -- among them Media Matters for America -- and declared: "You better watch it. We got your number. And the gloves are off."
On The O'Reilly Factor, author Marc Rudov said: "I think we are promoting a homosexual lifestyle, and I fear ... the long-term consequences for children." However, studies have consistently found no evidence that children raised by gay or lesbian parents suffer adverse effects in their psychosocial development.
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Author Marc Rudov asserted on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor that "[m]en are depressed, and it's their own fault, because men are allowing women to take over the world." He also told guest host Laura Ingraham: "I don't have a problem with women, Laura. I have a problem with little girls occupying adult female bodies. And any women who feel entitled to wining and dining and jewelry and free vacations are not adults."
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Several media figures have falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama contradicted previous statements when he said during a March 18 speech on race: "Did I ever hear him [Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's former pastor] make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in the church? Yes." In fact, Obama previously asserted he had not been present for particular statements Wright made that were repeated by various media outlets and that spurred the recent controversy. He did not claim to have never heard Wright make "remarks that could be considered controversial."
After airing portions of a controversial sermon by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of Sen. Barack Obama's church, Bill O'Reilly -- who described Wright's comments as "anti-American, to say the least" -- asked Dick Morris, "If you were [Sen. John] McCain, do you use this against Obama?" Morris replied, "He doesn't have to. You just did. And the talk radio people around the country" will. Morris continued: "[T]he other media, the other conservative media can make a big deal of it."
Despite discussing on The O'Reilly Factor how Sen. John McCain should run against Sen. Barack Obama if he is the Democratic nominee, neither Karl Rove nor host Bill O'Reilly addressed Rove's reported role in "informally advising" McCain's campaign. Further, Rove did not disclose that he has reportedly given $2,300 to McCain's campaign.
During a segment of The O'Reilly Factor to discuss "What is the downside of having a woman become the president of the United States?" author Marc Rudov's initial response to the question was, "You mean besides the PMS and the mood swings, right?" Rudov later asserted: "Well, you know, I'm joking. Of course, the main problem I have is if a woman has a female agenda."
Bill O'Reilly again attacked The Huffington Post, claiming that reader comments on the website employ "the same exact tactics that the Nazis used in the late '20s and early '30s to demonize certain groups of people, so it would become easier for them, the Nazis, when they took power, to hurt those people." O'Reilly specifically mentioned his own site, where he said, "Those people do not have a right to spread hatred around." But several reader comments -- still on the site -- do just that.
Responding to a viewer's email about whether the current global warming "scare" is "natural" or "man-made," Fox News' Bill O'Reilly asserted: "It's all guesswork." Contrary to O'Reilly's assertion, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that the Earth is warming and human activity is very likely responsible for most of that warming.
On The O'Reilly Factor, Rush Limbaugh said, referring to a photograph of Sen. Barack Obama dressed in traditional Somali clothing, "I think that Michelle Obama is seething over the attacks that the Clintons have made against her husband with that photo with, you know, Obama looking like [Osama bin Laden's chief collaborator] Ayman [al-]Zawahiri, all of this talk about his middle name and so forth." In fact, Hillary Clinton has denied any knowledge of the photo's release and said, "[T]hat's not the kind of behavior that I condone or expect from the people working in my campaign." Limbaugh added that Mrs. Obama responded "with a womb-to-womb frontal attack on Hillary Clinton."
On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly responded to a viewer's letter -- criticizing O'Reilly for a "lapse of judgment" regarding his statement that he did not "see any difference between [Huffington Post founder Arianna] Huffington and the Nazis" -- by defending the statement. O'Reilly said: "If you look back at what happened in Germany, you cannot escape the similarities between what Hitler and his cutthroats did back then and the hate-filled blogs, what they're doing now."
While discussing comments posted to an item on The Huffington Post, Bill O'Reilly said of the website's founder, "Arianna Huffington, I have no respect for that woman. I think that she is hurting the country." O'Reilly asked: "[W]hat's the difference between the Ku Klux Klan and Arianna Huffington?" and later stated: "I don't see any difference between Huffington and the Nazis." O'Reilly frequently attacks those with whom he disagrees, comparing them to the Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan.


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Sarah Susanka contends that people are naturally drawn to intimate spaces. Large structures inspired by outdated patterns tend to result in houses that just don?t work. In The Not So Big House, she proposes clear guidelines for creating homes that serve spiritual needs as well as material requirements. Topics covered include designing for specific lifestyles, budgeting, building a home from scratch, and using energy-efficient construction. With more than 200 color photographs as well as floor plans, the book is perfect for homeowners ready to rethink their space.
"Think small: In an age of McMansions and exponentially expanding square footage, The Not So Big House is a welcome call for a reordering of priorities. Sarah Susanka outlines numerous strategies that help small spaces think big." Good Housekeeping
"Susanka says to evaluate what makes you feel at home and let your activities define your rooms. You'll end up with cozy areas you like and use rather than oversize formal rooms you never enter. The rooms pictured in the book are both practical and lovely." San Francisco Chronicle
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Susanka designs houses for living: comfortable, compact, uncrowded space for, often, multiple functions. Contrast her inviting, manageable houses with the vulgar, wasteful, show-off monuments to consumption containing specialized rooms that are rarely used (often because they are icy, sterile, forbidding). Taunton's usual splendid photography is evident in some 200 color plates. Floor plans show how traffic and life will flow. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Author Susan Susanska, "LIFE" magazine Architect of the Year, offers thoughtful guidelines for designing homes that more accurately reflect our lifestyles and personalities. 200 color photos.
The Not So Big House proposes clear guidelines for creating homes that serve spiritual needs as well as material requirements. Topics include designing for specific lifestyles, budgeting, building a home from scratch, and using energy-efficient construction. 200 color photos. Floor plans.
Ten years ago, Sarah Susanka started a revolution in home design with a deceptively simple message: quality should always come before quantity. Now, the book that celebrated that bold declaration is back in a special anniversary edition. In this landmark home design book, America's superstar residential architect provides homeowners the guidance and language to get what they want: a house that is better not bigger and one that emphasizes comfort, beauty, and a high level of detail no matter how small it is. Featuring a new package and introduction by Susanka as well as 16 additional pages that explore three new Not So Big Houses, this 10th anniversary edition is very big news.
Why are we drawn more to smaller, more personal spaces than to larger, more expansive ones? At parties, why do we spend more time in the kitchen and family rooms than we do in the formal living and dining rooms? What makes the sunny, intimate breakfast nook more inviting than the vaulted spaciousness of a cathedral-ceiling great room?
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Researchers contend that manufactured nanomaterials--now popular in consumer products such as shampoos, gels, hair dyes and sunscreens--may be detrimental to the quality and yield of food crops, as reported in a paper in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Manufactured nanomaterials are man-made materials produced by manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Their effects on human health and the environment are the subject of much scientific study.
"As MNMs are used more and more in consumer products, there is a higher likelihood that they will end up in wastewater treatment facilities," said lead researcher John Priester, an environmental scientist at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Conventionally-treated wastewater is a primary source of normally nutrient-rich organic materials applied to agricultural soil, and farmers beneficially use this treated water and the biosolids from it as fertilizer. As MNMs become more prevalent, there is concern about MNM buildup in soils and possible MNM entry into the food supply.
Priester and his research team reasoned that no single study had before examined the full implications of environmental buildup of MNMs for a soil-based food crop. The researchers sought to fill the knowledge gap by fully growing soybean plants through the seed production stage in soil amended with high-production nanomaterials.
Soybeans are a major global commodity. They are the fifth-largest crop in global agricultural production and second-largest crop in the United States. Moreover in 2009, the United States exported enough of the crop to create a $29.6 billion domestic soybean economy, making it a good candidate for study.
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Williams practices, likely be ready to face Vikings on Sunday
Updated: November 12, 2008, 7:34 PM ETESPN.com news services
TAMPA, Fla. -- Cadillac Williams will be back on the field when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice Wednesday afternoon and likely when they host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
The Buccaneers announced Wednesday they have activated the running back to the 53-man roster. Williams had been on the physically unable to perform list and hadn't been able to play since tearing the patellar tendon in his right knee in September 2007.
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Artist: Statik Selektah
Song: Crystal Clear
Album: Lucky 7
Mere days away from the release of his new album, Lucky 7, Statik Selektah has unleashed yet another track off the set. Following previously-featured joints Beautiful Life, Top Tier and All You Need,... More
Posted 18 hours ago
Artist: Truth Ali
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | KXNG CROOKED
Song: Lost In Paradise II
Truth Ali makes his debut Booth feature today, but brings along a couple familiar names for the effort. Flanked by Slaughterhouse crewmates Royce Da 5'9" and KXNG CROOKED on Lost In... More
Posted 4 weeks ago
Featuring: Dwele | Royce Da 5'9" | DJ Premier
Song: You Should Know
As you should already know, PRhyme's self titled collaborative album was the most hip hop album of last year. Still riding the wave, the duo of Royce Da 5'9" and DJ Premier have... More
Posted 3 months ago
Artist: DJ EFN
Featuring: Your Old Droog | REKS | Royce Da 5'9" | OC
Song: Revolutionary Ride Music
Album: Another Time
Last week, Miami's DJ EFN set the tone for his forthcoming studio album with If U Run, a polished street banger featuring bars by Killer Mike, Webbz and KXNG CROOKED. If you thought that jam was... More
Posted 5 months ago
Editor's Pick
Artist: Eminem
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | Big Sean | Danny Brown | DeJ Loaf | Trick Trick
Song: Detroit vs. Everybody
Album: Shady XV
Update: The visuals for Detroit Vs. Everybody have been added. When the tracklisting for the upcoming Shady XV double album was released late last month, there was one record on the 'X'... More
Posted 5 months ago
Artist: Twigg Martin
Song: Talk Is Cheap
Three years after Brooklyn up-and-comer Twigg Martin introduced himself to The DJBooth with reader-acclaimed single New York City, his Good Mornin' America street album remains unreleased and... More
Posted 5 months ago
Artist: Willie The Kid
Song: The Watch
Earlier today, Willie The Kid unleashed The Fly 3, a brand new album that comes complete with a 48-minute cinematic companion piece. If the ambition and scale of the project aren't enough to... More
Posted 5 months ago
Song: PRhyme
UPDATE: We've added the new Goldrush-directed visuals to PRhyme. Courtesy and U Looz, the singles released to date off Royce Da 5'9" and DJ Premier's collaboratorative debut as... More
Posted 7 months ago
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | DJ Premier
Song: U Looz
Last week, Detroit mic-wrecker Royce Da 5'9" and legendary producer DJ Premier officially lit the fuse on their collaborative debut with Courtesy, a lead single that, none too surprisingly,... More
Posted 8 months ago
Artist: Apollo Brown
Featuring: Ras Kass | Royce Da 5'9" | Xzibit | Bishop Lamont
Song: Giraffe P*ssy
Album: Blasphemy
Want to get lifted? You've come to the right place. By the time you've listened all the way through Apollo Brown and Ras Kass's latest single, you'll be "higher than Giraffe... More
Posted 8 months ago
Artist: Joell Ortiz
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | Joe Budden | KXNG CROOKED
Song: Brothers Keeper
Album: House Slippers
In Genesis 4.9, Cain, after murdering his brethren Abel, asked the Lord if he was his "Brother's Keeper"? This isn't a question you need to ask Joell Ortiz about his brothers... More
Posted 10 months ago
Artist: Trick Trick
Song: Twerk Dat Pop That
Don't let the title of Trick Trick's latest feature fool you. Twerk Dat Pop Dat is actually a learned treatise on grain cultivation in 16th Century France. Nah, just kidding; this... More
Posted 11 months ago
Editor's Pick
Artist: Statik Selektah
Featuring: Action Bronson | Royce Da 5'9" | Black Thought
Song: The Imperial
Album: What Goes Around
Remember when Statik took part in our Behind The Boards series? One thing that always stood out to me was when he said this about features, "I don't pay anybody; it's always trade-offs.... More
Posted one year ago
Artist: CyHi The Prynce
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | Joell Ortiz
Song: Huey (Remix)
Back in February, CyHi The Prynce earned reader acclaim for Huey, a mixtape single dedicated to the co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Today, the G.O.O.D. Music signee returns to our pages with... More
Posted one year ago
Artist: Blackburner
Featuring: Lil Wayne | Royce Da 5'9"
Song: Hotel Bitches
A Michigan-born transplant to the City of Angels, Skyla "Blackburner" Talon has been dubbed L.A.'s greatest dubstep act by ReverbNation. But even if you're not enough of an EDM... More
Posted one year ago
Artist: Trick Trick
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | K-Young
Song: No Fly Zone
You don't have to leave the country to step into the dangers of war. Let Detroit veteran Trick Trick show you why D-Town has become a No Fly Zone. On his latest single, Trick Trick's... More
Posted one year ago
Artist: Ty Farris
Song: I Promise
There are few sure things in this world but, when two rhymesayers as talented as Ty Farris and Royce Da 5'9" get together on a track, I can pretty much Promise you it's gonna be dope.... More
Posted one year ago
Editor's Pick
Artist: Lorenzo Asher
Song: Net Worth
Lorenzo Asher's Booth features to date have seen the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Cleveland spitter grappling with heavy subject matter: Begin found him expressing uncertainty over his future, and The... More
Posted 2 years ago
Artist: Jon Connor
Song: Michigan Sh*t
Album: Unconscious State
The Great Lakes State may not boast the same quantity of hip-hop talent as New York or Cali but, pound for pound, their forces rank with the best in the country. (I'm excluding Insane Clown... More
Posted 2 years ago
Artist: Havoc
Song: Tell Me To My Face
Album: 13
Got something bad to say about Havoc? On his latest solo single, the Queensbridge mainstay makes a suggestion to perpetrating haters and self-proclaimed killers who would presume to cast judgment on... More
Posted 2 years ago
Artist: Ca$his
Song: 123
With an upcoming project titled The Art Of Dying, it probably wouldn't be wise to expect a record reminiscent of sugar plum fairies and romantic sunsets on former Shady spitter Ca$his'... More
Posted 2 years ago
Artist: Koncept
Song: Watch The Sky Fall
Update: Click "Watch Video" above to view the Pace Rivers-directed Watch The Sky Fall video. Mobile users can scroll down. What do you get when you take two emcees from two different... More
Posted 2 years ago
Editor's Pick
Artist: Coalmine Records
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | Skillz
Song: One for the Money
Coalmine Records may be in it for the currency but, as long as their paper chase leads them to keep churning out high-quality underground bangers like new single One for the Money, I have a feeling... More
Posted 2 years ago
Artist: Big Sean
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | Kendrick Lamar
Song: 100
Album: Detroit
Big Sean's accomplished a lot during his time on earth—how many 24-year-olds can say they've released a major-label debut album, or worked with Kanye West?—but the Detroit... More
Posted 2 years ago
Artist: Tef Poe
Song: Can't Push Me
Hero worship has long been part of the rap game, with new emcees enthusiastically quoting from and comparing themselves to the greats that preceded them. Tef Poe, however, is bucking the trend. On... More
Posted 2 years ago
Artist: Slaughterhouse
Featuring: Joe Budden | Royce Da 5'9" | KXNG CROOKED | Joell Ortiz
Song: Truth or Truth
Album: On the House
Although Hip-Hop supergroup Slaughterhouse are gearing up for the release of their welcome to: OUR HOUSE album, the group has still managed to drop off a new record from their forthcoming On The House... More
Posted 2 years ago
Artist: Doug Crawford
Song: About That
An up-and-coming rhymesayer hailing from Kelowna, British Columbia, Doug Crawford introduces himself to our pages with freshly-minted promo single Bout That. Here, the headliner trades self-assured... More
Posted 3 years ago
Artist: Bun B
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | Redman | Statik Selektah
Song: Stop Playin'
I know what you're thinking, Booth readers: "Bun B, Royce Da 5'9" and Redman on one record? Stop Playin'!" But I assure you, the UGK lifer's latest feature is no joke.... More
Posted 3 years ago
Artist: Mistah F.A.B
Featuring: Talib Kweli | Royce Da 5'9"
Song: In My City
Mistah F.A.B. is back on the scene with a brand new, digital-only EP I Found My Backpack 2: The Lost Notebook, which dropped today. Not surprisingly, Booth selection In My City, featuring lyrical... More
Posted 3 years ago
Artist: Professor Green
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | Kobe
Song: Nightmares
Didn't think we'd let Halloween come and go without bringing you some appropriately diabolical tunes, did you? The perfect cut to get you hyped for a night of Trick or Treating, haunted... More
Posted 3 years ago
Artist: Slaughterhouse
Featuring: Joe Budden | Joell Ortiz | KXNG CROOKED | Royce Da 5'9"
Song: The Illest
"Ask your friends who's The Illest" and, if your friends are serious hip-hop heads, you can bet that the flamespitters who make up lyrical supergroup Slaughterhouse will factor in.... More
Posted 3 years ago
Artist: RaSun
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | The Jacka
Song: My Enemies
Though RaSun hasn't dropped off a fresh solo feature since way back in January 2010, the San Fran buzzmaker previously had a dope formula established: mellow, pop-appealing beats, tuneful hooks... More
Posted 3 years ago
Artist: OG Hindu Kush
Song: Hell's Kitchen
Too many cooks can spoil the proverbial broth, but there's always room for a chef as illustrious as Royce Da 5'9". On the first Booth feature from OG Hindu Kush, the Detroit street... More
Posted 3 years ago
Artist: The Academy
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | Sean Price | Bronze Nazareth
Song: Let's Go
If Samaryda, the inaugural leak off The Academy's forthcoming compilation album, wasn't star-studded enough to get you amped for the project, then you're a hard individual to please.... More
Posted 3 years ago
Featuring: Eminem
Song: Writer's Block
It it possible to improve upon a cut like Writer's Block, the massively-acclaimed, Slim Shady-assisted lead single off Royce Da 5'9"'s forthcoming full-length? Honestly,... More
Posted 3 years ago
Featuring: Nottz
Song: On The Boulevard
Detroit rapper and Slaughterhouse emcee, Royce Da 5'9 has been a very busy man lately. Fresh off of his collaborative Bad Meets Evil: Hell:The Sequel project with fellow Detroit native Eminem,... More
Posted 3 years ago
Song: Legendary
Does Royce Da 5'9" qualify as a Legendary emcee? If you're a devotee of the Detroit scene, or simply a connoisseur of aggressive street lyricism, the answer is likely "Damn... More
Posted about 4 years ago
Artist: Omar Linx
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | Joell Ortiz
Song: See You In Hell
If it's true that birds of a feather flock together, then you can judge Omar Linx as a dope emcee simply based on the collaborators the T-dot repper's enlisted for his Booth debut. If you... More
Posted 4 years ago
Song: Second Place
Though his '09's Street Hop LP earned considerable critical acclaim, Royce Da 5'9's recent buzz has centered around his collaborative work—first with street supergroup... More
Posted 4 years ago
Featuring: Eminem | Royce Da 5'9" | Bruno Mars
Song: Lighters
No, you're not hallucinating; Bad Meets Evil, the lyrically-bruising duo made up of Motown heavyweights Royce Da 5'9" and Eminem, hooks up with R&B-pop heartthrob Bruno Mars on... More
Posted 4 years ago
Song: Im on Everything
With current single Fast Lane standing strong at #1 on the Booth's Top Picks chart, Bad Meets Evil have elected to build up anticipation for their new EP by leaking another standout cut off the... More
Posted 4 years ago
Artist: Jay Daniels
Song: Long Way Home
Though we have a New Zealand representative regularly appearing on our pages (David Dallas, for those who haven't been paying attention), the Booth has never to my knowledge featured an emcee... More
Posted 4 years ago
Editor's Pick
Song: Fast Lane
Unless you're a true hip-hop head, and have been since the '90s, it's hard to describe how excited I am to learn that Royce da 5' 9" and Eminem have finally put their ridiculous beef aside... More
Posted 4 years ago
Featuring: Eminem
Song: Writer's Block
How do you effectively drop a dope single that gets everyone talking? The question has been asked over and over again by every rapper, singer, DJ, and label head, but there still doesn't seem to be... More
Posted 4 years ago
Artist: Pharoahe Monch
Featuring: Jean Grae | Royce Da 5'9"
Song: Assassins
I spent most of my recent review for Pharoahe Monch's new album W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) praising the immaculate lyricists refusing to water down his relentlessly deep and confrontational flows.... More
Posted 4 years ago
Song: Echo
The best thing about the holidays are unexpected gifts. Well, the holidays came early this year, as a particular collaboration between two artists almost a decade in the making is an unexpected gift... More
Posted 4 years ago
Artist: Eminem
Song: Living Proof
As those with their ears glued to the Internet grapevine may already be aware, Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" are Living Proof. Proof of… what, exactly? Well, you can take your pick: proof... More
Posted 4 years ago
Artist: Joe Budden
Featuring: Lloyd Banks | Fabolous | Royce Da 5'9"
Song: Remember the Titans
While the South may have have a nice run, thanks to vets like Slaughterhouse, Fabolous, and Banks, the North is definitely trying to take back the hip hop game. Leading the charge is Joe Budden, who... More
Posted 4 years ago
Artist: Sir Aah
Featuring: Royce Da 5'9" | KXNG CROOKED
Song: And the Beat Rocks On...
Crazy as it may sound, it's already been a year since Michael Jackson's untimely death on June 25, 2009. Appropriately then, Booth newcomer Sir Aah kicks his debut set's lead single... More
Posted 5 years ago
Featuring: Big Sean
Song: My Own Planet
Released back in October '09, Royce Da 5'9"'s long-delayed Street Hop LP received high praise from reviewers in the Booth and beyond, but didn't seem to get the large-scale... More
Posted 5 years ago
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