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I think this is a great idea.
Which one of you will get the highest score?
That's all.
Hi Coops
Great Idea thanks for sharing I'l definately be doing this! 😀
P.S – Great to see you on Aurora last week! wish Id managed to get my pic taken with you tho!
Hey, I found this a year ago, and I thought I was late to the party, otherwise I'd have mentioned it myself! I generated 5020 grains of rice and a vocabulary level of 50. Then I got distracted by Family Guy.
I got an app from those guys on my ipod touch. But I think it's only available from Cydia, so for people who jailbreaked their iPhones/iPods…
I'v been playing this, it's sooooo adictive. Genius.
is it a bit like click to donate rice/water etc
by haveign a look at the rice i would say there is about 89 0r 90 grains of rice in that picture am i right am i huh huh
Good advertising, I love that site! Remember there are loads of challenges, not just words.
Level 37 was today's high score. Hmph.
Great fun. I failed at 180 though. It's kinda hard to talk on the phone and answer the questions! What a thoughtful idea. Tar. I may actually become addicted to it.
great cause and concept, shame the answers to questions are invariably incorrect – mostly the answers are associations, rather than definitions. Got annoyed and gave up. Maybe I'm just a pedant.
I used to play it quite often about a year ago, I'll definitely go back to it
Here's a similar one –> www(dot)freepoverty(dot)com. Instead of rice you donate water cups for your geographical knowledge
I love this game, on top of all the mind-expanding charity fun there's the added game of chance as to which voice you'll get doing the pronunciations. About two thirds of the time it's some horrible nasal American male voice, but for that other glorious third you get a lady who often sounds as if she's bordering on orgasmic.
If you're really lucky you might get to hear her say 'touchwood'.
what is the rice game? guess how many there is?
Oh dear 60 points ;o( Might have another go in a bit.
Oh dear, it is addictive! But it is for a good cause. I gave it a rest at 1080. Lots of old Scottish and Norse words in there. Good fun.
Hm … it's not really .. erm .. proper to have the dictionary next to you huh? And for how long does it go on man … I stopped .. For those who like to test their word-archive (up there or in that book) … can be fun.
It's a weird site.
Is Brown going to give you an exam on the words in due time?
Ive just donated 1000 😀 and learnt a load of new words, hurrah!
thats my good deed for the day, thanks coops
I stopped when I gaveded 1000 grains of rice ;D
Was a good idea. I feel like i've done something good(ish).
Got to level 56 and then got annoyed with it after gaining over 500 grains! Bah!
I'll go back to it later
was playing it last week. It's really addictive, the famous artists subject is quite fun though. Give it go!
OK Mr barrel maker. I had fun with this but when my eyes started stinging, I got to 4000 grains of rice, and learned that flange=rim I figured it was time to give it a rest and have a nap….
Just did 3000
I got to level 50 but after a while my eyes really started to smart, so I had to give it a rest. Great fun though!
LC x
rcie?! ooh, wait, is that a typo or an arg clue… must not get paranoid… but what could it mean?!
I enjoyed donating the standard 1,000 grains… will also send it round the office 😀
Merci, Mr C!
I've been playing this for a while… it's a really good idea, fun, and you get to learn some awesome new words and do a little bit to help out.
Thanks Mr Coops!
bloody hell how addicitve is this?????!?!?!??! *grins*
i donated 300 grains, not much i know but atleast i did some
Done my first thousand… will get back to it when I'm looking for a timefiller.
Rice is nice when your hungry and want 2,000 of something……..
I discovered this yesterday. It's an amazing idea!
i saw this post by stephen fry a couple of days ago, such a good post.
7000 grains of rice. because i know french
@colinrocks – I wondered the same thing too. But then also wondered if we delve WAY too deep at times! 😉
LC x
Thanks for posting this Coops.
I just got to 3000 grains and only managed level 35 at my highest point, I is dumb, lol.
My mind isn't up to much recently and it started to give in, so I decided to stop for now.
I have put a link on my facebook though, so hopefully other peeps will get involved too.
Pax, amor et concordia.
How is this in any way a good cause? It's just another internet meme tugging on your heartstrings.
I would happily sign a petition to give ALL available rice to help end hunger. If the 'sponsors' have spare money to give to charity, why don't they just GIVE it instead of getting us to play silly games?
If the game was actually something productive, could help produce more rice or make some money, then it would be ok – but it's just a waste of time. They want me to waste my time with word games in exchange for them donating a little bit of money which they could just give anyway!
And they could easily make a much better job of selling the advertising space, which would at least be a valid way of making money to give to the charity. But they don't because – it's just a bunch of cock.
I started playing this AGES ago and I got really curious about what happens after you reach 10,000 grains. Its not exciting. Here's a screenshot: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/Midnight_Winds/freerice.jpg
Yes I have no life, and yes, my vocab level sucked.
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You're all really clever. Sorry: cLevA. I was secretly proud of my 37 score. 60 is just inhuman! In a wonderful way, of course. Well done you eloquent people
@Mathew. Calm down, it's just a fun way to raise awareness. Yeah they probably could just give all the rice straight to African villages, but it would mean that I'd have to sit in work for the next three hours with no fun way of wasting time. It's just a wee game, not doing anyone any harm! x
hey coops
im so glad you posted this, its a great idea. good find 😀
my highest level was 50…..i think that technically makes me a dork
I stopped at 2500, because it was becoming unhealthy. but i did the maths one, because that was easier for me (:
@Dmaco – then that makes us dorks together!! 😀
LC x
I was also curious about the 10,000 mark and played up until that point. I'm very tired now!
Oooh, level 39, and I shocked myself at how good my English was! Fab game!
Oh nice one! I spent a ridiculous amount of time playing this about eighteen months ago.
I thought it was great to be able to waste great swathes of time in the guise of testing your knowledge and acquiring a nice warm glow of altruism too!
It's nice to find an amusing form of procrastination that actually serves a useful purpose!
Oh this is sooo addictive, I'm on 4620 grains at the moment, I may be here for a bit…
If he had the time and inclination Derren would score the highest. I stopped at 300 because I have been awake for about 30 hours and am waiting for normal bedtime to come….
I just donated 1 rice thingy. Good for the tax stuff end of the year.
Oh, for god sake, I donate to charity, I give money (and yes, they still will have to buy the rice but hey …).
And awareness? We already that. It's been all over the news for years already .. already since I was a kid.
Nah, it's a good site, but hey…
Now then … who wishes to donate one of those round thingies to me … I'll give you riddles and you have to pay for each riddle one of those round thingies to me. I think that's only fair, I mean .. riddles dont come cheap or easy .. I have to work my mind to give mental satisfaction to you (ow .. that's sounds intriguing, doesn't it?)
Okay .. just donate the freaking rice then .. have it your … Coops way then!
I snif a complot here … it's going to Coopie's account. Did you notice how he put in the competing stimuli?
Def. Brown Towers complot.
What happened to Coops by the way?
@Tutti Frutti – I thought it was an incentive too. Hmmm. However, life takes over and the domestics need dealt with!
OK I've got as far as 10210 grains of rice on this round which added to my previous score of 1000 on english vocab ain't so bad.
(I is got that score by doing the questions what is all about inglish grammer!) I was better at French than I thought I was and my Art history ain't bad either!
My world geography's crap though… kept confusing Iran and Iraq which means I should use this knowledge and run for President of the USA!
Ah hang on a second, are we scoring this as a levels thing or a number of grains of rice banked thing? I think I need to go back to the drawing board…
Officially I have no life! Got up to level 60 and thought i'd keep bashing away, but nowt happened and just kept getting up there again and again and coming back down. Forgot to look before I gave in finally, but last time I looked it was over 2000. It's not Stephen Fry's standards, but I'm not Stephen Fry. Thank Gawd for teh abundance of old Scottish words – even if they're not how I've been spelling them! Now, I can finally fetch Mart's present and card, but I had to apologise to him for missing his birthday at teh stroke of midnight – because of this!!! Hell, it's for someone's supper. Good cause. I still hate you for providing us with these addictive posts!
Addictive! Stephen Fry Tweeted this yesterday. i thought I'd do just a couple and then couldn't stop 😛
I seemed to get more rice grains for a lot less effort and time earlier though, but then I didn't notice that there were levels to aim for at the time, so Hell knows what I got first time around. Didn't you get really arsed off when you got one wrong and it stole a level or even two off you?! Especially when you're on 60 already and it knocks you back to 58 and 57. Jesus, don't let me back on this tomorrow – which will actually be today, as I stayed on it so long! If I were married, I might be threatened with divorce tonight! I must go sleep. After another bit of birthday cake.
It is a very nice post and It is really interesting game also. I am really gonna play it with my friends soon.
This is a fantastic idea!!!!! Addictive though lol
Thanks Coops x
I've just realised, that UV poster code competition might kick off today…
It's 1st October, and my mother always told me to say 'Rabbits, Rabbits Rabbits' on the first day of the month 😮
Might be wishful thinking, but we haven't heard anything in a while (or at least I haven't noticed anything!)
– Sadly we're at the mercy of the Royal Mail at the moment Francis – until everyone has their poster we can't kick it off – P.
got to 330 – and it was fun but it never seems to end. Great idea though.x
Oh no, I've just remembered there are different subjects… Oh no, I feel another rice session coming on… After some shameful cocopops.
@ Phillis – Oh monkeys, I forgot about that.
Looks like you would have been better off using the elderly to hand-deliver the posters…
On second thoughts, they're probably too busy knitting Shreddies.
@Francis – Aw, my wee granny used to say that too. Aw, that's made me think of her again… Well, good luck to Derren and the lucky winner tomorrow night. You will be a winner. Derren won't let you down. No pressure again or anything…
Stuck at home ill and I just spent the last 40 mins doing this. Suprised at just how much German I remembered. Very obsessive! Damn you Coops! (Not really, luv ya..)
Big love <3 xx
thats a damn lovely thing 😀
i played for a while, until i got embarrassed about how many people were looking over my shoulder.
hopefully they'll click the link too 😀
I shouted out to my son what I was doing to encourage him to come over and help out and when I explained how t works he said, " Why don't they just give them the rice!"
Also what about the person having to seperate and count all those rice grains. Seems like it would be easier to just get a machine made that would count them,
I'm itching for another go…
This is brilliant! I've already donated 1000 grains of rice, and I want to play more! Fun, and all in a good cause.
My brain hurts but I feel slightly less guilty about this cauliflower cheese And have surprised myself at just how damn good I am and am off to annoy people with my sesquipedalian ways (see what I did there).
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|A previous study found that early intravenous indomethacin administration prolonged respiratory support in very low birth weight infants. We have, therefore, designed a randomized, double blind controlled study to evaluate the oxygenation, and surfactant requirements in preterm low birth weight infants receiving early indomethacin administration. Premature neonates who received surfactant therapy and on mechanical ventilation were prospectively randomized to receive either placebo or indomethacin (0.2 mg/kg intravenously at 12 postnatal hours and every 24 h for two more doses). Oxygenation was assessed by FiO2 required and arterial/alveolar oxygen (a/A O2) ratio during the first 48 h of life. The doses of surfactant were compared between the two groups. Twenty-seven infants (n = 14 of early indomethacin and n = 13 of placebo group) fulfilled inclusion criteria. At admission to the study, there were no differences in the birth weight, gestational age, sex, Apgar scores, a/A O2 ratio, and FiO2. The control group exhibited a significant improvement in oxygenation (FiO2 requirement and a/A O2 compared with the early indomethacin group at 24 (P = 0.026 and 0.02, respectively) and 48 h of life (P = 0.037 and 0.026, respectively). The requirement of surfactant was significantly larger in the early indomethacin group (P = 0.029). Early indomethacin administration increases oxygen and surfactant requirement.
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Who Is The Ink Master?
Finally. After years of Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, Top Chef, and Top Valet Parker, Spike TV has given tattoo artists their due with Ink Master, a worthy new addition to the genre of reality competition shows. And that makes perfect sense, since you can judge a finished tattoo through the TV screen much better than you can judge a turbot fillet from Hell's Kitchen. Speaking of judges, Spike has brought on Jane's Addiction rocker Dave Navarro, venerable tattooers Chris Nunez and Oliver Peck, and a rotation of guests (including INKED's creative director) to award one of its 10 competing artists $100,000, a feature in this magazine, and the title of Ink Master.
Nunez is a charismatic pioneer of tattooing on TV, having starred in Miami Ink as co-owner of Love Hate Tattoo Studio with Ami James. He started out in the graffiti scene and then traveled the world, picking up artistic influences that had yet to inform most American tattoo artists before getting into the tattoo game.
Oliver Peck is eight feet of tattooer stuffed into a five-foot-and-change frame. He's got the hottest machine in Texas, which he wields from Elm Street Tattoo, and he recently expanded to Los Angeles, taking over True Tattoo in Hollywood. In the TMZ world he is also known as Kat Von D's ex-husband and has been described as "what a cartoon villain looks like." (We happen to envy that mustache.)
"In general, I don't really watch television, but I saw a cooking competition show once and I couldn't believe it," Peck says. "Why do people watch that? Who cares? You made a soufflé and it went flat and now you're crying. Big fucking deal. In Ink Master it's not like you messed up some dessert and someone can't eat it—you're making tattoos. A lot is on the line for the people getting tattoos and the tattoo artists who want to elevate their profile."
And the pool of contestants hoping to do just that are a mixed bunch, with varying levels of talent and experience: Al Fliction (BKLYN Ink); Tommy Helm (Empire State Tattoo Studio); Jeremy Miller (Pigment Dermagraphics and Fine Art); Shane O'Neill (Shane O'Neill Tattoos); Brian "B-Tat" Robinson (Moving Ink); Heather Sinn (The Tattoo Room); James Vaughn (Straight A Tattoo); Bili Vegas (Sacred Tattoo); Lea Vendetta (A Stroke of Genius Tattoos); and Josh Woods (Black 13 Tattoo Parlor). "It's a pretty spread field," Peck says. "I have to be totally candid, which could make me come off as an asshole. But my job is to make sure that the good tattooers come out on top."
"I criticize, but I'm not there to hurt anybody's feelings or say anything that isn't true," Nunez says of his role on the show. "If you put yourself in the position to compete, then you have to be able to take the criticism. It's not like somebody woke them up and said, 'Hey, we're going to watch you create beautiful art and praise you all day.' We may sit up higher than the contestants, but Oliver and I are still tattooers just like they are."
Peck says he was nervous about his first encounter with Navarro ("Because you know what they say about meeting your heroes!"), but when they shook hands before taping they immediately hit it off and have since become buds. They even went so far as to tattoo each other in the greenroom. Nunez was a little skeptical when he heard Navarro was part of the panel, but the rocker quickly earned his respect, and Nunez says he feels the guitarist will bring a different and vital outlook on tattoos to the dais.
The competition, which airs 10 p.m. Tuesdays on Spike TV and kicks of beginning January 17, will be rigorous. Viewers of Top Chef and Project Runway are probably familiar with the format: Contestants live and tattoo together under the watchful eye of the judges, in the shadow of New York City skyscrapers. To house the action, Spike rented a church that time forgot and transformed the sleeping quarters of the clergy into pristine tattoo booths replete with old-school barber chairs and slick modern-day artwork. In the beginning of each episode the contestants will be given a quick creative task, a Flash Challenge, which gives the winner a leg up for the Elimination Challenge. At the end of each episode, the loser is asked to pack their needles.
The flaws some in tattoo-land have already pointed out are that good tattoos can't be created in a small amount of time. And what happens when, say, an artist adept at Japanese-style work finds himself up for elimination because of a not-so-perfect old-school tattoo? "Some of the contestants will be suited to certain challenges and some won't be, but in the end good tattoo skills will always win out," Nunez says. "The truth is that you can't do an intricate body piece in the allotted time, so tattooers should know that and work the size or complexity of the piece into their time constraints."
Fact is: You need to be able to serve more than one client a day and keep appointments by working under deadlines if you want to have a successful shop and be able to feed your family as a tattoo artist. "I know how hard it is to tattoo with cameras surrounding you," says Nunez. "I hope the field will figure out how to work under that pressure and progress as the season goes on. Truthfully, if you are a good artist you should be able to create art in any environment."
In addition to the obvious constraints on the artists, there are other difficulties with the nature of the competition that make it a difficult one to judge. Sure, there are tattoo competitions at conventions every weekend, but the judges of those are charged with picking a winner, not a loser. "I came in with the mind-set that we have to pick the best tattoos," Peck says. "But we have to pick who's the worst. It's a hard gig to be that guy who says you were the worst. They are all working tattooers, and we are saying to them, 'Hey, out of all these people you suck. Here's your fucking bag of shit. Go home. … Basically the best tattoo only means that the contestant is safe."
"It's going to be tough to eliminate somebody, considering that their livelihood is tattooing," Nunez says. But the winner is going to be the artist who keeps his or her eyes on the prize. "Don't forget that these tattooers are competing for a hundred grand. There are tattooers all over the country who don't make $100,000 a year."
Stakes are indeed high. They are high for the contestants and high for the industry, as the eyes of the country will be, in essence, judging the claim that tattooing is an art. Until now, tattooing has only been a backdrop to shop drama and clients' stories, but Ink Master will put the focus on the craft and its process, rewarding those with stellar work, not just those with stellar looks or sparkling personality. "A lot of complaints with tattoo shows are that they are not about tattooing anymore," Nunez says. "Hopefully this is going to highlight the appreciation of tattoo art."


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the washer has before in the past kind of hung where it wouldn't spin/drain. usually unplugging it and disconnecting all the plugs on the board will reset it. i've had to reset it maybe 3 or 4 times in the past few years.
no error codes are shown and the status just shows rinse with the countdown time not counting down anymore.
this time around, the reset worked for the load but it did the same thing on the next load and resetting it would not get it to drain.
i ran the diagnostic tests and it wouldn't drain. it also wouldn't spin which is not something it has ever had a problem with. when you start the test, you hear the click like it's supposed to be engaging but cycling through it just won't spin or agitate.
started with the normal troubleshooting and took a look at the motor
drain pump looked good, no clogs.
motor couplings are intact
motor did not have a burnt out smell
when you open the lid during a test, it will throw the open lid error code but i jumped the connection just in case
it never had any problems w/ the motor/transmission before prior to this so i don't think that is the problem.
i don't have a capacitor tester so i went to grainger and bought a replacement thinking the capacitor went out.
hooked everything back up and the same problem still. during diagnostic tests, it would just click but not spin.
looking at replacement costs on parts, if it's the motor/transmission/main board, i'll just replace the unit as it's 12 years old and can't justify spending a couple of hundred on it.
anything else i should check? anything else i missed or should try?


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Delareyville - A Gauteng bus owner has been arrested for trying to pay a R60 000 bribe to the head of the Delareyville traffic station, the North West safety department said on Tuesday.
The man wanted the release of six of his 14 unroadworthy buses, which were discontinued and impounded by traffic officials on Sunday, said departmental spokesman Simon Mmope.
The station head reported the matter to the police's special crime unit immediately after being offered the bribe on Monday, and was advised to play along.
The bus owner and a colleague offered him R7000 cash up front with the balance to paid when the buses were released. They gave the station head a list of the six buses they wanted released.
"The two were arrested and the police found an amount worth R30 000 with them," said Mmope
They would appear in the Delareyville Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on charges relating to bribery. - Sapa
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I'm a long time DBA (12 years in SQL). I'm running SQL Server 2008 Enterprise in a Win 2008 clustered environment. 128gb memory and 32cpu in each cluster node. Not wimpy.
I've got the weirdest performance issue I've seen to date, and its baffling me why it would occur...looking for ideas.
Occasionally, maybe 2-3 times per week, the performance of queries made by the application to the database will come to a crawl. Stored procedures that normally execute in 500ms, suddenly are up around 50 seconds. Forget about saving data...application .net code will time out before the data even makes the trip.
First time this happened was about 4 weeks ago. I kicked off a profiler so I could see if there were excessive queries or something, and didn't see anything strange. So, I copied one of the batches from the profile and executed it in SSMS. From that moment, the performance was perfect again. Application was snappy and no issues.
Next time it happened, I remembered that just running a batch in ssms seemed to "fix" the issue. So I took some benchmarks first and did it again. Same thing. Running ANY batch in SSMS relieves whatever is happening. I have reproduced this about 15-18 times over the past 4 weeks: The application comes to a crawl, and then I run any query in ssms, and all is well.
This is obviously a problem. In order to find out what is running or going on, I have to run a batch--which makes the problem stop. SO the act of trying to observe the issue resolves it. GAH!
Note: There are two clustered instances running on the same node. Only one of the two experiences this issue. And they are roughly the same size in terms of disk space and activity.
Anyone ever seen this?
Re: levorf's answer: The cpu and memory are not a problem. I know that for sure. The cpu capacity is way above what the application needs. And memory too. The instance is limited to 40gb, but the allocated memory is hovering right around 30gb--it has 10gb more to expand into, if it needs it.
There's only one application that uses the db. However, we log (on a different instance and db) user activity, including the start and end time of every page that is called. This gives me an indication of where to look for bad sql. In this case however, there doesnt appear to be a pattern. There's also not a pattern on time of day, nor is there correlation to any running agent jobs.
Also, there have been no changes to this application in several months--so its not like we introduced something new and then started having issues.
There's no pattern to where performance is poor. It is in all parts of the application (i.e., navigation, saving different kinds of data, lookup data, etc.).
I guess the question I'm stuck on is what would really be that different that running a batch via SSMS would "unclog" whatever is coming from the application server. <--by the way, I know that "unclog" isn't the right term, and I feel like I sound like my grandmother when I say it...I just can't think of how else to describe it.
Can't check waits because querying the server resolves the problem. Anything that WAS a problem before I query, no longer is a problem after I query. Same with locking.


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This morning I woke up to see that it was snowing. Sadly, the snow looked pretty pathetic… but at least it is something! Later in the afternoon, one of my friends (and teammate-Katie) came over to our house. Ash received a phone call for a job interview yesterday, so we waited for Ash to finish her interview and we hit the mall.
Before hitting the mall, we stopped at Portillos.
I always order the same thing when I go to Portillos, the chopped salad, so I decided to be crazy and try something new. After taking 10 minutes to figure out what I wanted, I decided upon a spinach Panini. I forgot what the actual name of it was… but it was actually really good! It had spinach, caramelized onions, tomatoes, some kind of cheese, and turkey. It was probably not healthy… but it sure was delicious
After finishing our food, we headed over to the mall.
I hope that you all enjoyed the last Friday of 2012!


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Anti-CD134-mediated targeting does not lead to liposome internalization by activated CD4+ T cells in vitro. A2b T cells were cultured with antigen-presenting cells and Con A to induce CD134 expression; CD25 is expressed constitutively on these cells. (a) Viable T cells were incubated with isotype control liposomes (filled histogram) or with anti-CD134 liposomes (black line). As a control, the binding of anti-CD134 liposomes or anti-CD134 monoclonal antibodies to resting T cells was assessed (gray lines). Cell-associated fluorescence was analyzed by flow cytometry, with live cells gated on the basis of forward scatter (FSC) and side scatter (SSC) profiles. One representative experiment of three is shown. (b) Viable T cells were incubated for 30 min with anti-CD134 liposomes on ice. After the removal of non-bound liposomes by washing, cells were cultured subsequently at 37°C. Samples were taken at the indicated time points and analyzed for the cellular localization of the liposomal fluorescence with the use of confocal microscopy. A representative cell from each time point is shown. As a positive control for cellular internalization of liposomes, cells incubated with anti-CD25 liposomes are shown. One of two experiments, yielding similar results, is shown.
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January 31, 2014
On Tuesday, President Obama stood before Congress and the American people to deliver a message of optimism borne from the progress we have made over the past five years recovering our economy from the Great Recession.
September 25, 2013
The House minority whip doesn't set the congressional agenda. He doesn't get to offer carrots such as earmarks and he doesn't wield back-room bludgeons to keep members in lock step.
January 18, 2013
Four years ago, President Obama took office against a backdrop of severe job losses, an auto industry on the brink of collapse and a housing market shaken by a foreclosure crisis. The very foundations of the American Dream appeared to be faltering. As he stood to address an anxious nation, our new president declared that "the state of our economy calls for action, bold and swift."
September 20, 2012
With Congress set to go home this week to focus on the upcoming election, Republicans in control of the House are leaving behind a long list of unfinished business. After two years in charge, House Republicans have not taken action on comprehensive jobs legislation to get Americans back to work, they have not prevented a tax increase on middle-class families, they have not worked to enact a big and balanced plan to reduce the deficit and turn off the sequester, and they have not passed major legislation, including a farm bill, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, or postal reform. Having racked up a dismal record as the "Do Nothing Republican Congress," their failure even to try addressing the serious challenges we face as a nation has been strikingly disappointing.
May 12, 2011
The century-old process of rounding up votes on the House floor is about to get a makeover.
December 15, 2010
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer appears to be solidifying his position as the Democratic leader whom Republicans can deal with and trust next year.
December 13, 2010
Despite sharp divisions, Democrats and Republicans might be able to reach agreements in the 112th Congress on issues such as scientific research and education and even on overhauling tax policy, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Monday.
August 26, 2010
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — President Obama's $787 billion stimulus — has been marketed as a jobs bill, and that's how it's been judged. The White House says it has saved or created about 3 million jobs, helping avoid a depression and end a recession. Republicans mock it as a Big Government boondoggle that has failed to prevent rampant unemployment despite a massive expansion of the deficit. Liberals complain that it wasn't massive enough.
January 26, 2010
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says voters in Massachusetts sent the message that "our country is not working right," and Congress needs to "turn [its] frustration into something productive."
January 12, 2010
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is probably the best politician in Congress. While Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) deserves high praise for holding her party together on some very difficult issues, it was Hoyer who helped seal the final legislative deals that spelled the margins of victory.
May 21, 2009
The House will probably adjourn for the Memorial Day recess Thursday without having resolved differences with the Senate on the war funding bill, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said in an interview.
May 5, 2009
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) is the most partisan Democrat in the House, while her deputy, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), is one of the most bipartisan lawmakers in the lower chamber, according to a survey conducted by The Hill.
June 5, 2007
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, already the highest-ranking congressman in Maryland history, became the longest-serving yesterday.
April 19, 2007
The House today passed legislation to give the District a full seat in Congress, marking the biggest victory in nearly three decades in the city's quest for voting rights.
March 21, 2007
I hope the Democrats, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, keep pushing to set a deadline for withdrawal from Iraq, because they are providing two patriotic services that the Republicans failed to offer in the previous four years.
March 7, 2007
The Iraq War is the topic of the day, the week, the month, the year. But before I get to it, I need to repeat a mantra that I will continue to chant: It's the oversight, stupid.
December 13, 2006
The first step is to go back to a five-day work week. Incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said this would include scheduling votes on Monday. This gives members an incentive to return from their home districts at the start of the week or be recorded as absent for votes, which is not something to boast about at election time...
December 6, 2006
House Democratic leaders, who will take control in January, said Tuesday that they are considering attaching a series of conditions to the estimated $160 billion supplemental war funding request for Iraq and Afghanistan that Bush is expected to send them early next year...
February 2, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The budget-cutting bill awaiting President Bush's signature may only make a small dent in the nation's huge deficit, but he is expected to propose more cuts in his 2007 plan, including farm subsidies, Medicaid and Medicare.
January 9, 2006
There was a time when to be a Democrat in Congress was akin to belonging to a luncheon club just so you could eat the food and enjoy the people. Staying for the program wasn't such a priority. No longer. Democrats on Capitol Hill are relying more on what has been the GOP political playbook, staying in step and sometimes getting tough with those who miss a beat.
November 6, 2005
Ask Rep. Steny H. Hoyer what Democrats need to do to win back control of the House next year, and his first response is a barely suppressed chuckle.
October 6, 2005
Congressional Democrats stepped up attacks on what they called Republicans' "culture of cronyism and corruption" on Thursday, trying to capitalize on a spate of ethics scandals and the Bush administration's heavily criticized response to Hurricane Katrina.
July 27, 2005
Pilots who violate restricted airspace over Washington would be liable for civil fines of up to $100,000 under legislation that is to be introduced today by Republican and Democratic House leaders.
March 21, 2005
After Bob Dole lost the White House race to President Bill Clinton in 1996, a group of prominent neoconservatives saw a void in foreign policy and decided to fill it.
March 16, 2005
The U.S. House approved $81.4 billion in additional spending in 2005 for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about $500 million less than President George W. Bush had requested.
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Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux will interview for both the openings with the Cubs and the Red Sox, Texas general manger Jon Daniels told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Maddux is one of a number of candidates being considered by both teams. Dale Sveum and Pete Mackanin have already interviewed with the Red Sox and are also expected to interview with the Cubs. Cubs president Theo Epstein confirmed Thursday that both Mackanin and Maddux will interview for the job in Chicago. Both teams are reportedly interested in Sandy Alomar Jr., as well. WEEI.com reported Alomar, the Indians bench coach, will interview in Boston next week.
Maddux joined the Rangers as pitching coach before the 2009 season after six seasons in the same capacity with the Brewers.
"Mike is in a key role for us and has had a prominent hand in our success the past few years," Daniels told the Star-Telegram. "But this is a unique opportunity to discuss a coveted position with two storied franchises, and we believe in allowing our people to pursue opportunities that they're interested in. It reflects well both on Mike and our organization that he's under consideration."
It should be of little surprise that there is a lot of overlap between the two lists, as Epstein had a hand in drawing up both.For more baseball news, rumors and analysis, follow @eyeonbaseball on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed.


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By Alex Pagliano - Bandits.com
Tucker Williams was not at morning shootaround this morning, but his presence was evident.The Bandits, including Tucker's father, Shawn, donned orange apparel that read "Braver than Brave" on the front and with his name, "Tucker," adorned on the back. The team also hung a banner just outside of the dressing room.
Tucker was recently diagnosed with Stage III Burkitt Lymphoma, a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It is the fastest growing human tumor, and can often be fatal if left untreated, with intensive chemotherapy being the best treatment.
"Obviously, this has been a heart-wrenching experience for the Williams family," Bandits head coach Troy Cordingley said. "But, everybody has had his back. The amount of support has been unbelievable. We (as an organization) have let Shawn (Williams) know that his family comes first."Tucker, who remains at Sick Kids Hospital, turns 8 today.Emotions aside, the Bandits host a resurgent Toronto team that looks to improve to 3-2 on the season. The Rock won at home last night, 17-12."We have to stay out of the box. Toronto has five guys that are dangerous on the power play," Cordingley said. "I thought we generated good looks last game against [Toronto goaltender Nick] Rose, but some did not stop. We'll have to continue to work tonight."
After four consecutive victories in the month of January, the Buffalo Bandits find themselves atop the NLL's East Division.The Bandits (4-1) look to remain there on Saturday, as the team hosts the Toronto Rock at 7:30 p.m. at First Niagara Center. The meeting marks the second time that the two teams have played in just over four weeks; Buffalo rallied to win on 12-10 on Jan. 10. In the season's first meeting, Toronto carried a 6-2 lead into halftime. But the Bandits responded quickly to open the third quarter. Buffalo went on a 4-0 run to knot the game at 6-6 and outscored the Rock 6-4 over the duration of the fourth quarter to earn the home win. "We turned the ball over and took some bad shots," Toronto forward Josh Sanderson said. "They went on a run, and it killed us."Steve Priolo recorded two goals for Buffalo. The defenseman joined the rush, a concept that has helped the team over the duration of the four-game win streak. "Our defense and our transitional game have begun to gel," Dietrich said this week. "[Goaltender Anthony] Cosmo is playing well. He found his swagger. The guys believe in him. And then the game becomes a total team concept."Priolo regressed to the mean last week, but the Bandits continue to generate chances pushing the ball. The Bandits scored at least twice last week with numbers in their game against the Rochester Knighthawks. The team almost added another as Dhane Smith converted on a 4-on-2 break, but the goal was waved off because Derek Suddons was ruled to have stepped into the crease. Dhane Smith has been tremendous for Buffalo this season, ranking second on the team with 26 points (10+16). Teammate Ryan Benesch, who leads the team with 27 points (7+20), acknowledged how valuable Smith's contributions have been."Dhane has been our best player for each game so far this year," Benesch said. "Once he started believing in his skill, you knew that he made that jump to become one of the league's best players."The Bandits have outscored opponents 18-9 over the third quarter this season; and, over the past two victories, the team has outscored opponents 10-2 over that span. Bandits head coach Troy Cordingley has seemingly found a message that resonates with his team at halftime, as well. Asked at the start of camp about expectations for the head coach, Dietrich had one concept at the forefront of his mind."[Winning] immediately," he said. "That's one of the reasons we brought Troy in. He's a guy that can come in here with an established group of players that can make the jump immediately. He has the track record of improvement."Toronto hosted the Vancouver Stealth on Friday at 7 p.m. before coming down the QEW on Saturday. The Rock defeated Vancouver 17-12 at Air Canada Centre.
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A cool project to work on. I am now modeling a character for a TV ad for Chaide & Chaide.
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Here are links to playgrounds in our New Jersey towns:
Chatham which is known for Castle Playground and Memorial Park.
Livingston Community Center, Littell People's Park by Livingston High School
Maplewood has Memorial Park, which is in a centralized location to Maplewood Village and Maplewood Train Station.
Millburn – There's Gero Park, right by the Millburn pool, and Taylor Park, located in town.
Madison – Visit Dodge Field, walking distance to Madison Train station.
South Orange – Farrell Field
Summit – Wilson Park, Mabie Playground, and my favorite – Memorial Field.
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|Identification and localization of a fatty acid response region in the human plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene.
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|The increased expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) is associated with increased concentrations of fatty acids in blood and may accelerate atherogenesis in diabetes. The present study was designed to define mechanisms by which nonesterified (free) fatty acids (FFAs) augment the expression of PAI-1. FFAs increased PAI-1 protein and mRNA expression by HepG2 cells. To identify potential regulatory elements, we constructed chimeric genes by fusing 1313, 853, 610, or 328 bp of human PAI-1 5'-flanking DNA to a luciferase reporter (PAI-LUC). A 2-fold increase in luciferase activity was seen when cells were transfected with PAI-LUC 1313, 863, or 610 and exposed to FFAs. No response to FFAs was seen with PAI-LUC 328 and after deletion of a 72-bp (-599 to -528) fragment from PAI-LUC 1313. This 72-bp fragment conferred FFA responsiveness to a different (simian virus 40) promoter. Two footprinted regions were demonstrated by DNase I analysis. Gel mobility shift assays indicated specific binding of extracted proteins to an FFA response element: 5'-TG(G/C)(1-2)CTG-3'. This sequence is repeated 4 times and is similar to an Sp1-binding site. Sp1 consensus oligonucleotides inhibited binding of extracted proteins to the regulatory elements. Accordingly, FFA-induced increased expression of PAI-1 in HepG2 cells is mediated by the binding of a transcription factor or factors to the repeated fatty acid response element, 5'-TG(G/C)(1-2)CTG-3', that is highly homologous to an Sp1-binding site.
|Y Chen; J J Billadello; D J Schneider
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Note: So, some might know the other version of the song called 'BabyShambles'
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Note/Chords: The Verse is played with powerchords E (x79977) D (X57755)
Intro: Em / C / D / Bm
Verses: Bm / Em D /
Middle- Parts: F# / G / A / D // F#


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Monday, January 19, 2009
A Drawing, Two Books and a Song
20 comments:
- bayou contessa said...
I love James Taylor, this is a beautiful video and a beautiful post. Here's to more understanding and gentler times.
- January 18, 2009 at 10:32 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is not an attack on you -this is a reality check:
I love your blog and your wonderful, realistic postings about your life.
I love James Taylor and his music and his hopes and dreams.
However - would he be that caring if he didn't know how he was going to buy groceries tomorrow.
I am one of your regular readers and for the first time I will post anon. And I will do this because I am embarrassed. I want to read about furniture and paintings but the reality is: I barely made the payment for my food for two weeks.......I haven't paid for my heat for the month .....I haven't worked since '06 and I can't find a job.
I love that these entertainers are so empathetic .....but do
they truly , as millionaires, understand what some of us are going through?
This is truly not aimed at you .....I just want all your readers to try to understand what many of us are going through right now - this is our reality.
- January 18, 2009 at 10:36 PM
- Jessicas Follie said...
My favorite comment also came from my youngest, my daughter, when she was in kindergarten.
"We learned about Martin today."
"Who is Martin?"
"You know mom, Martin the King."
"What did you learn about him."
"That he learned in a dream that everyone should have all of the same things."
so love Martin the King...
And recently we watched To Kill a Mockingbird as family movie night. Brothers #1 and #2 were both reading it for school and it will always be one of my favorites. Fantastic lesson.
- January 19, 2009 at 7:21 AM
- pve design said...
Your boys are a dream and you have a book or even a song in your fingertips. Share it please with the world. I have a dream for you!
My boys read "To Kill a Mocking-Bird" this year. I too loved that book and the movie.
- January 19, 2009 at 7:45 AM
- Renee Finberg said...
Mrs B
Last night I could not keep the tears from filling my eyes
while watching dateline and their coverage of the coming inauguration.
We are so blessed to have raised our children without prejudice.
I know how much society has changed in my lifetime !!
You and I can be proud of our children.
and hopefully, this is just the beginning of the
'Change that is coming to America'.
- January 19, 2009 at 7:48 AM
- Hill Country House Girl said...
As always, what a wonderful post! Thank you for starting my day in such an inspirational and sweet way.
- January 19, 2009 at 7:56 AM
- Mrs. Blandings said...
Anon - I am so sorry. I am so sorry that you are in this position. While we are still managing heat and groceries I want you to know things are very lean and very stressful here as well. I was just telling Courtney Barnes the other day that it has been difficult to post as many of the lovely things from artists and craftspeople and designers are quite dear; popping them up on the screen seems insensitive and flip. The responsibility here is mine. The song is old and I think we should leave Mr. Taylor out of it. We can't blame the haves for having, but we can work and pray for a system and structure that will allow us to care for ourselves. The words to the song are striking, I think. "There are ties between us, all men and women." We are in this together, you and I, and I do not mean this in a figurative sense. Hang on by your fingernails. I have hope that change is coming.
- January 19, 2009 at 8:19 AM
- Karena said...
Having recently been laid off for 3 months, finding work at a reduced salary, I am very grateful to have a job (with future opportunties) I still have my art business, and occasional market research projects. I guess we all do what we must! Martin Luther King made it possible for all races to work side by side and a better world for all.
- January 19, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- Dianne said...
I love this post. Thank you for starting my day beautifully!
- January 19, 2009 at 8:45 AM
- MIMILEE said...
GOD is the only one that can CHANGE our world, because change begins in the HEARTS of men. Martin Luther King BELIEVED that as he was a strong man of FAITH. He knew that God had called him to a task and that is where he received his strength to carry it out. And when that TASK was completed GOD called his child Martin Luther King home to GLORY to live with him forever. And I am sure if MLK could come back today and speak that would be his testimony, because he was a strong man because of his faith in the Lord. What a legacy MLK has left for ALL of as BELIEVERS to STAY the COURSE and TRUST the GOD who made us and LOVES us. What a great man of GOD he was and what a SERVANT of the LORD!!
Thanks for this wonderful post Mrs. B and for reminding us that because of MLK and his DREAM we are all reminded that our SOULS are ONE color and we are to "love our neighbors as ourselves" and live by the GOLDEN RULE toward ALL!
Anon, I am so sorry for your plight and hope and pray that you will find relief soon. My heart goes out to you and the countless others who are suffering.
My prayers are also with President-elect Obama as he takes the Oath of Office tomorrow. May he also feel the hand of God guiding him as MLK did! I am behind him all the way!!! Prayers for the precious Obama family too ....GOD SPEED!
- January 19, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- balsamfir said...
To Anon,
I'm sorry you're in this position. It sounds worse than mine, and I haven't been very happy about mine either.
To Mrs. B. and Anon,
I like to read about beautiful handmade things even when I can't afford them. I feel that art is one of the things we can afford, at least to look at, to raise our thoughts above worrying about the groceries, or in my case, the heating bill, or for others the wars. The poorest simplest cultures and the wealthiest all share a love of and need for beauty, adornment, decoration.
Finally, to Mrs. B,
Frame that picture!
- January 19, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- Style Court said...
You are raising special boys Mrs. Blandings.
- January 19, 2009 at 12:26 PM
- Coccinella said...
Thankyou for your lovely post. I have hope and my prayers are for the safety of the Obama family.
- January 19, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- Kwana said...
What a wonderful post. I love his drawing! My children share the actual birthday with MLK so I feel especially proud today. The dream is so close and so much closer now. This is a wonderful time for us and our children.
- January 19, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Leigh said...
Your beautiful post brought tears to my eyes. It reminded me of my own children growing up and the pure innocence of those days. They are young adults now and I can honestly say they are 100% "color blind" and have friends of all religious denominations and sexual orientation. This came not only from the wonderful Mr. King, but also from my parents and their example of compassion and generosity, which in turn was passed on to me. Schools can play an important roll, books and movies like To Kill a Mockingbird, but as my "Granny" always said – "charity begins at home" and that includes not only giving but also charity of spirit and of the heart. I am filled with joy for our country - even in these hard times because of what will happen tomorrow! In addition, what can happen in our children and grandchildren's future. We are making progress in social matters, even if it takes a generation at a time.
- January 19, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- Anne HH said...
The reason that I love to read blogs and, especially yours Mrs. B, is that you give us a glimpse of a person and a family behind your beautifully crafted words and your insightful ideas on design issues. I think that blogging has helped us become a village of people who know and care about each other while sharing information and opinions. I am so grateful to have your blog to read and to learn from your experiences and I just want to say thank you to you and to your other readers for their comments--you inspire me with your stories and I feel a kinship with a world beyond my blessed world here in Washington DC. Thank you especially to Anon. and to all of you and God bless the Obama family.
- January 19, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- Karin said...
What a truly lovely post...again. Love the music you provided as well. Yes, these are hard times, but don't feel bad about your postings of beautiful rooms and beautiful things. We may not be able to have them in our own homes, but looking at them on your blog is a wonderful way to share the beauty in the world, nonetheless. I think that's a big part of the change that is coming to our country starting tomorrow - the chance to hope that these hard times will be a thing of the past one day soon, and when better times do come, they will be better for ALL of us, not just a few. The "Call to Service" today was a good start. I don't have much time and certainly don't have much money, but I'm aching to DO SOMETHING! Tomorrow will be a beautiful day for all of us.
p.s Your children are precious and it seems like you appreciate that fact.
- January 19, 2009 at 7:25 PM
- Karin said...
p.s.s. To Anon: I'm truly sorry to hear about your troubles. I hope good things come into your life very soon.
- January 19, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- Gail - Northern California said...
I understand the feelings expressed by Anon. It was a heart-wrenching read and I understand such resentment. Growing up poor, I experience much the same feelings when receiving solicitations for money from the DNC when Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein who lives in a $16 mil mansion in Pacific Heights in San Francisco. Puleeze.
On the other hand Mrs. Blandings, I was so moved by your boys and tribute to Martin Luther King, I copied it and sent it to six friends -- two of whom have been almost housebound for years with husbands who are ill, and one who is recovering from surgery herself. In some small way, I want each of them to understand they are still a part of this world, people still care about them, and think of them always. Your little story became a lovely enclosure in handmade cards. Thank you.
- January 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM
- Petunia said...
To Anon and Mrs. B.
I have wondered why about six months ago I stopped reading interior design magazines, why I am three months behind reading Vanity Fair which has just never happened, -ever-. I have stopped dreaming and rearranging my house. I have stopped feeling creative. It's hard to look at beautiful things I once would not have thought twice about buying or attempting to reproduce. The times are different now. I feel different now. Many have it harder than I do but hard is all relative to what you know. So many people are afraid now, have lost too much not by their doing and can not for the life of them see the end of the tunnel or find their steady balance. We -are- in this together. Each of us has a duty to do what we can to fix our collective world. So, Anon, some might have more than you have, less worries than you have, but we are all on the same team, aiming for the same goal. We will help you and you will help us get there. In the meantime, there is dreaming to do, things to wish for, hope for, strive for. And Mrs. B, you provide all the ingredients for all of that with the lovely things you remind us are out there when in here looks bland and gray.
- January 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM


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I don't think so. Remember, Q is not necessarily male, so he's actually pretty clueless about what females really want (even Q females). He always made Picard work for whatever help Q gave him, so why shouldn't Janeway have to work for it, too? After all, she is also of the same species as Picard and although she wasn't given the "thou art directed to return to thine own Solar System immediately" line, she's still "on trial" along with the rest of humanity, just as Picard always was.
Oh I'm sure Q is completely aware of human sexuality, he's just made the mistake of dismissing it as a point of interest the way the rest of us don't pay any attention to those glands under our arms. He's getting a clue though with his preoccupation with the fripperies of romance, flowers and hearts etc.. he appeared in the bath with one he was wooing and in bed with another. I think that's what he really wants, his wooing to be successful from the point of view of his target. He wants them to actually
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