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I then said to Tumulty, well you do know that Chelsea is the biological daughter of Webb Hubbell and not Bill Clinton? Tumulty's response was interesting - she did not deny or challenge this blockbuster assertion but rather just seemed to confirm it by her awkward silence and accepting non denial. Years later I asked a longtime high level Republican operative "How long have you known that Chelsea was the biological daughter of Webb Hubbell?" He said since 1992. Then I asked "Why didn't you use it in the 1992 presidential campaign?" His answer: "Because I was not running the 1992 campaign." I then asked "Would you say that most high level Republican and Democratic political operatives know that Chelsea is the biological daughter of Webb Hubbell?"
Dave Martin, historian and political commentator known as "DC Dave" on the internet: "First, the evidence that Chelsea is Webb Hubbell's daughter is strong and has been out there for quite a while. I first heard it from Chris Ruddy around 1994. He said it was all over Arkansas." Chris Ruddy, a journalist and the owner of NewsMax, was a long time Clinton antagonist. Ruddy has now made some sort of a deal and has "gone over to the dark side" with theClintons, to the puzzlement and dismay of his conservative friends who just shake their heads whenever Ruddy's name comes up.
Bill Clinton's own parentage has long been in question. The phony cover story concocted by Bill's mother Virginia, which is often told and repeated in biographies and at Wikipedia, is that Bill's father was a traveling salesman, William Jefferson Blythe III, who died in a car wreck 3 months before Bill was born. That is just a bunch of bunk.
Juanita's friend Norma Rogers-Kelsay found here in her hotel room after the rape. Juanita says "I was sitting there crying and so upset at the time … I felt like the next person coming through the door [was coming] to get rid of [my] body. I absolutely could not believe what had happened to me." Reporter Jon Doughtery says Kelsay "found Broaddrick in a state of shock, her lip swollen, mouth bruised, and her pantyhose torn at the crotch." Kelsay told Fox news on 2/2/99 that Juanita "was hysterical – her lip was blue and bleeding and her hose was severely torn in the crotch area." Kelsay says Juanita "told me they had intercourse against her will." Kelsay told NBC News that Juanita was in "quite bad shape" and her "lips were swollen, at least double in size."
What did you mean, Hillary? Were you referring to my keeping quiet about the assault I had suffered at the hands of your husband only two weeks before? Were you warning me to continue to keep quiet?" - Juanita Broaddrick
Key point: Juanita Broaddrick, Elizabeth Ward Gracen and the female Arkansas lawyer were all bitten by Bill Clinton. Biting is an old tactic used by rapists to disable their victims into submission; the women have to move their hands off protecting their vagina in an attempt to get the rapist's teeth out of their lips, thus leaving the vagina exposed for pillage.
It is very probable that Foster committed suicide in his office at the White House and his body was found by his co-workers who called Hillary. Hillary immediately demanded that Foster's body be removed from the White House and ordered his office sealed so that two things could happen: cleaning up the mess and more importantly, the removal of any papers incriminating to the Clintons on any topic.
"And that's when she told me [Bill] had a very, very small, almost to the point of what you would call deformed, penis. I mean this guy is lacking badly, if you know what I mean. She said he was 'iddy biddy', about two inches. Then, she said he had a fetish – he was just a wild man about oral sex. I mean he was just crazy. And then she told of a mole, she called it that, but it's actually a birthmark, on the outside of his left buttock."
Bobbie Ann Williams says Bill sired her son Danny or "Danno," born in 1985 – which deadbeat dad Bill has never claimed or supported. Lucille Bolton, Danny's aunt, says the man, now about age 28, is definitely Bill's son "There's no buts, there's no ifs, there's no supposes about it."
The Clintons' greatest shame is that Chelsea is the biological daughter of Webb Hubbell; but in my mind their greatest shame is Bill Clinton having a son with street hooker Bobbie Ann Williams: a son that Bill has never accepted responsibility for and never been there for financially or, more importantly, emotionally.
[Gennifer Flowers, Passion and Betrayal, p.42]
The next day Rush Limbaugh had a field day discussing this on his radio show … with NO denials from the White House. Republican insider Jack Wheeler had reported very early in the Clinton Administration that his Secret Service sources were telling him that Hillary was a full blown bisexual. Jack Wheeler said:
In 1992 when the Clintons knew they had a massive adultery problem to cover up, they put Chelsea on the cover of People Magazine in order to present the image of a "normal" intact family:
In 2010 Bill Clinton conducted the ceremony at the wedding of Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin, who is a top aide to Hillary Clinton. What could possibly go wrong with that situation? Why not Ron Jeremy being the master of ceremonies? It has long been rumored that Huma Abedin, Hillary's body woman, was a lipstick lesbian mistress of Hillary. I used to think that … but now after her marriage to Weiner and childbirth, I tend to doubt it. I guess I was wrong on that one. However, I have learned never to underestimate the sexual dysfunction and adultery in the Clintons and the people who closely associate with them.
Bill Clinton has been a CIA asset since he was an informer for them on his anti-war buddies at Oxford in 1968.George Herbert Walker Bush, who helped to organize the Bay of Pigs invasion, has been CIA since at least the early 1960's, probably the mid 1950's. The building at CIA HQ is in fact named after GHW Bush. (Sidenote: Poppy Bush is on the record saying he can't rememeber where he was when JFK was murdered in Dallas - in fact US Senate candidate Bush was staying in the Dallas Sheraton on 11/21/63).
CIA Cord Meyer told GOP insider Jack Wheeler, "We recruited Bill [Clinton] the first week he was at Oxford. Bill's been an asset of the Three Bad Words ever since."
Because of all this epic shared liability and crime history, the Bushes & the Clintons are always propping of each up politically. For example Bill and George W. Bush did PR work on Haiti. Another example would be Jeb Bush giving Hillary Clinton a "Liberty Medal" from the National Constitution Center.
It is why Jenna Bush makes comments like this: "I'm not sure if you know this, but Secretary Clinton and I are actually related. Yes, she is married to my uncle Bill. Uncle Bill has become so close with my grandparents and my father… that my dad calls him a brother from another mother."
Those 4 books are 1) Compromised: Clinton , Bush and the CIA by Terry Reed (1994) 2) The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran-Contra Insider by Al Martin (2000)
and 4) The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (1997).
Author Daniel Hopsicker concluded that Oliver North arranged for the murder of CIA drug smuggler Barry Seal on February 19, 1986. I agree, except that I would add that both then Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush and his son Jeb Bush were also part of the plot to murder Barry Seal.
The reason for Seal's murder is that Barry Seal, facing criminal charges in Louisiana and looking at a massive tax liability to the IRS, was a threat to plea bargain to authorities and give up much bigger names and bust Iran-Contra wide open. Seal was a threat to talk that had to be silenced. As it occurred, Iran-Contra did bust open in the fall of 1986 with the downing of a CIA plane carrying Eugene Hasenfus over Nicaragua on Oct. 5, 1986.
Al Martin worked closely with Jeb Bush during Iran-Contra. Here is how Al describes the scene in his must read book The Conspirators: Confessions of an Iran-Contra Insider (p. 201):
Daniel Hopsicker's seminal book Barry and the Boys: The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History is a must read for anyone interest in American history of politics. In a nutshell, the elites of the both the Republican and Democratic parties were heavy into the CIA drug trade in the 1980's.
That Clinton quote is my favorite quote in modern American politics and I think it sums up the situation nicely. Now do you understand why Jeb Bush awards a "Liberty Medal" to Hillary Clinton for her supposed support of the Constitution?
Bill Clinton has been CIA since he was recruited at Oxford in fall, 1968. GHW Bush has been CIA since before the Bay of Pigs operation, which he helped to organize in 1961. Barry Seal - until his murder by the US government in 1986 - had worked with the CIA since before this photo below was taken with him and other Operation 40 operatives in Mexico City in the early 1960's.
The Clintons are every bit as ruthless as the Bushes and vice versa. People ask, have the Clintons ever murdered anyone? Besides all the folks who got torched at Waco in 1993, the murder of Jerry Parks on September 26, 1993, may very well have been a Bill Clinton/Raymond Buddy Young murder.
I have had to walk the reader through a sampling of the epically dysfunctional relationship of the Clintons and the often criminal intimidation tactics they have used to cover up this chaos. This context is important for understanding that the Clintons have not had much sex even in the early years of their "marriage."
Here is another Chelsea/Hubbell morph: http://i30.tinypic.com/25q6k47.gif
Also, when Bill left the presidency in Jan, 2001, he pardoned everyone else, including Marc Rich and big time drug dealers …. but he sure did not pardon Webb Hubbell.
Hillary and Hubbell appear to be sending subtle messages involving Chelsea and their relationship to each other in their respective books. Hillary, in her book It Takes a Village, says that "a burly ex-football player" gave her advice on how to hold Chelsea as a baby: "Think of a baby like a football and hold it tight." Hillary is probably referring to Hubbell who played as an offensive tackle for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Hillary may have seen burly Hubbell as a father figure similar to her dad Hugh Rodham, a tough guy Navy drill instructor who played football at Penn State.
When Bill was elected president in 1992, Hillary tried to make Bill promise to appoint Hubbell to the U.S. Supreme Court if a vacancy occurred. Hillary had ordered Bill to give Webb an interim appointment as the chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court: "Well goddam it Bill he's my friend, you can appoint him by law, so do it!" – said Hillary according to L.D. Brown. Webb got the Arkansas Supreme Court appointment.
In his book Friends in High Places, Hubbell makes a special point of mentioning Chelsea when he says how successful he felt looking out at her from the living room of his big house in the summer:
Bill for four decades has been sickly hyper promiscuous. In the 1970's and 1980's cocaine Bill was sexually promiscuous to the google power. Bill literally was making out with a woman not named Hillary in the bathroom of his 1975 wedding reception. Gennifer Flowers tells about the time that Bill tried to have sex with her ... at his and Hillary's 10th "wedding" anniversary party in 1985. Bill would brutally, cruelly and openly humiliate Hillary in front of other women. Sally Perdue and Susan McDougall were 2 other of Bill's numerous flames during this era.
Sidenote: Bill was so addicted to cocaine during this period that he used so much his head itched all the time; his brother Roger Clinton was caught on an undercover police videotape saying that he needed to get more cocaine because his brother Gov. Bill "has a nose like a vacuum cleaner."
In 2013 I asked a well-known Republican political operative who has spent a lot of time at high levels in GOP politics "How long have you known that Webb Hubbell was the biological father of Chelsea Clinton?" He said he had known that since 1992. I said why didn't the Republicans use that as an issue in 1992? Reply: he wasn't running the 1992 presidential campaign.
Terry McAuliffe, a key Clinton insider and #1 fundraiser makes a point in his book What a Party! of gratuitously describing Chelsea as resembling Bill in a receiving line at a New Year's Eve party on 12/31/99: "The mother-daughter resemblance was strong, now that Chelsea was a poised, beautiful young woman, but then you looked over at the President and saw Chelsea's strong resemblance to him as well." I am not buying it. That just tells me the Clintons have enlisted McAuliffe in the cover up about Chelsea and whence she came.
In early 1993 Webb Hubbell was given the #3 spot, associate attorney general, at the Justice and it was subject to Senate confirmation. Vince Foster knew a Senate confirmation of Hubbell was dangerous because certain embarrassing facts about Hubbell and Hillary might come out in the process. Carl Bernstein in his book A Woman in Charge gets close to this, "Foster vaguely repeated his fear that the confirmation process would hurt Hillary. He seemed to know something that Nussbaum didn't."


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Genetic Alliance UK - Member Organisations
The Genetic Alliance UK is a national alliance of organisations with a membership of 160 charities which support children, families and individuals affected by genetic disorders. Membership application details can be sought by contacting Genetic Alliance UK. If you would like to advertise your charity through this web presence, contact Genetic Alliance UK.
At the bottom of the page there are also links to other patient support organisations who aren't eligible for Genetic Alliance UK membership but that we work closely with.
Genetic Alliance UK Members Alphabetical Index
Action for Sick Children (Scotland)
Advocacy for Neuroacanthocytosis Patients
aHUSUK (atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome)
Albinism Fellowship
(support group for those affected by adrenoleukodystrophy and adrenomyeloneuropathy both personally or medically)
Alkaptonuria Society
Alpha 1 Awareness UK
Amy and Friends (Cockayne Syndrome Support)
AMEND - Association for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorders
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group(AISSG)
Anorchidism Support Group (ASG)
Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC)
Anthony Nolan
The Arthrogryposis Group (TAG)
(the Angelman Syndrome Support Education and Research Trust)
The Association for Glycogen Storage Diseases (UK)
Ataxia - Telangiectasia Society
Batten Disease Family Association
Beckwith-Wiedemann Support Group
Breathtakers Charity
(Supporting sufferers of Obliterative Bronchiolitis and other Rare Lung Disease)
The British Porphyria Association
British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
Cancer Research and Genetics UK
CareWatch (Brent)
55 Townsend Ln, London NW9 8TP
Telephone: 020 8205 4862
The Cavan Tommy Hoey Trust (Ireland)
(for people affected by XLP, HLH, EBV)
CDLS Foundation
(Cornelia De Lange Syndrome)
CGD Society
(Chronic Granulomatous Disorder)
ChILD Lung Foundation
(For families and individuals affected by children's Interstitial Lung Disease)
Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT)
(For families and individuals affected by retinoblastoma)
The Children's Mitochondrial Disease Network
Cilliopathy Alliance
Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Society
CML Support (chronic myeloid leukaemia support group)
CMT United Kingdom
(Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease)
The Cogent Trust
c/o Dr Colin Steward, The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Paul O'Gorman Building, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8BJ
Telephone: 0117 923 0000 (switchboard)
Cohen Syndrome Support Group
Wall Grange, Berry Head Road, Brixham Devon TQ5 9AG
Telephone: 01803 883638
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Support Group
Costello Syndrome Support Group
Cri Du Chat Syndrome Support Group
Cure and Action for Tay-Sachs (CATS Foundation)
(National charity for Epidermolysis Bullosa EB)
Diamond Blackfan Anaemia UK Support Group
Dyskeratosis Congenita Society
Professor I. Dokal, Academic Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London, School of Medecine and Dentistry, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT
Telephone: 0207 8822205 Fax: 0207 8822195
East London Branch Sickle Cell Society
Dr E C Opara-Mottoh, 88 Windon Road, London E7 0QY
Telephone: 0208 5196302 Fax: 0208 5796302
The Familial Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
FAP Gene
(Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and Gardners Syndrome)
FSH Muscular Dystrophy Support Group
The Fragile X Society
Friends of Kabuki Syndrome
Telephone: 07882 917 308
The Frontotemporal Dementia Support Group (formerly, Pick's Disease Support Group)
The George Pantziarka TP53 Trust
Gitelman and Bartter Syndrome Patient Support Group
(the Craniofacial Support group)
The Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Support Group
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) Network UK
HITS Worldwide
(supporting families with neurocutaneous disorder also known as Hypomelanosis of Ito)
HME Support Group
(Hereditary Multiple Exostoses Support Group)
Huntington's Disease Association (Colchester Branch)
Mrs Joyce Kaye, 18 Chestnut Close, Gt Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 0RU
Huntington's Disease Association
Huntington's Disease Association Northern Ireland (HDANI
Hungtington's Disease Specialist Service
The Hypermobility Syndrome Association
IIH UK (Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension)
Inherited Prion Disease Support Group
International Autistic Research Organisation, The
The Information Point for Centronuclear and Myotubular Myopathy
Jnetics (previously Jewish Genetic Disorders UK)
Keratoconus Self Help and Support Group
Klinefelter's Syndrome Association
Laurence Moon Bardet Biedl Society
Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency community
Making it Better - Daniel Courtney Trust
(Microvillous Atrophy support group)
The MAX Appeal
(Di George Syndrome / VCFS and 22q11.2 deletion)
Motor Neurone Disease Association
Mowat-Wilson Syndrome Support Group
Myotonic Dystrophy Support Group
Provides information for those affected by Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia
National Sickle Cell Programme
Marion B McTair, 34 Sundial Avenue, South Norwood, London SE25 4BX
The National Society for Phenylketonuria
Niemann-Pick Disease Group (UK)
Organisation for Fetal Anti-Convulsant Syndromes
(Organisation for Sickle Cell Anaemia - Reading)
Trevor Smith, 4 Kenerton Close, Calcot, Reading, Berkshire RG31 7DG
Paediatric Adolescent Wild-type Syndromic GIST (PAWS-GIST)
Peutz Jeghers Syndrome Support Group
17 Barton Road, Harlington, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 6LG
Tel: 01582 878350 Fax: 01582 878313
Pennine Lancashire Genetics Outreach Project
01254 503047; 07850488197
Boulevard Centre, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 1EZ
The PKD Charity
(polycystic kidney disease)
Plagiocephaly Care UK
PNH Support Group, King's College Hospital
PNH Service, Haemotology Department, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
Tel: 020 3299 1039
Prader Willi Sydrome Association UK
Primary Cilary Dyskinesia Family Support Group
Primary Immunodeficiency UK (PID UK)
Ring20 Research and Support UK
Rubinstein Taybi Support Group
(Sudden Arryhthmic Death Syndrome)
Save Babies Through Screening Foundation UK & Krabbe Patient Support Group
Scottish Huntington's Association
(for deafblind people)
Sickle Cell and Young Stroke Survivors
Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases
(Support Organisation For Trisomy 13/18 and related disorders)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Support UK
Stickler Syndrome Support Group
Telangiectasia Self Help Group
Tuberous Sclerosis Association
Turner Syndrome Support Society (UK)
(UK Primary Immunodeficiency Patient Support)
Unique- The Rare Chromosome Disorder Support Group
Vasculitis UK (Stuart Strange Vasculitis Trust)
The Von Hippel Lindau Contact Group
Williams Syndrome Foundation Limited
The Wilson's Disease Support Group
Worster Drought Syndrome Support Group
XP Support Group
(Xeroderma Pigmentosum)

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Album Reviews:
Down Beat (6/97, pp.48-49) - 3 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...even today the sheer vocal athletics involved are astounding..."
JazzTimes (3/97, p.109) - "This two-CD package dates back more than 30 years, but it has lost little of its hipness during that time. If anything...[it] should win new fans to the art of vocalese..."
Album Notes
THE HOTTEST NEW GROUP IN JAZZ contains 3 LPs that Lambert, Hendricks & Ross made for Columbia records: THE HOTTEST NEW GROUP IN JAZZ; LHR SING ELLINGTON; and HIGH FLYING.
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross (vocals);
Additional personnel: Pony Poindexter (alto saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Gildo Mahones (piano); Ike Isaacs, Ron Carter, W. Yancey (bass); Walter Bolden, Jimmy Wormsworth, Stu Martin (drums).
Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
The immortal vocal jazz group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross recorded five albums during its career: one apiece for Impulse! and World Pacific and three for Columbia. This two-CD set has all of the music from LH&R's Columbia dates (The Hottest Group in Jazz, Sing Ellington, and High Flying), plus four previously unissued and three very obscure selections. Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, and Annie Ross were all very talented jazz singers as individuals, and were masters of vocalese. Virtually every one of their performances was special and, in the long run, influential. With assistance from the Gildo Mahones Trio, trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison (on the earliest album), and altoist Pony Poindexter (during the seven bonus tracks), the vocal group is heard in memorable form throughout the two-fer. Among the many highlights are "Twisted," "Cloudburst," Hendricks' hilarious "Gimme That Wine," "Everybody's Boppin'," "Cotton Tail," "All Too Soon," "Main Stem," "Farmer's Market," "Cookin' at the Continental," "Halloween Spooks," and "Popity Pop." Essential music for all serious jazz collections. ~ Scott Yanow
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Also Purchased
Oscar Brown, Jr.: Sin & Soul
The Art Ensemble of Chicago: Live at Mandel Hall
Bill Holman: The Fabulous Bill Holman
Woody Herman: The Third Herd
George Russell: Ezz-Thetics [Bonus Tracks]
Little Brother Montgomery: Complete Recorded Works (1930-1954)
Chick Webb (Drummer): Stomping at the Savoy [Fabulous]
Homesick James Williamson: Blues on the South Side
Barbecue Bob: Chocolate to the Bone
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- Sing Along with Basie (Basie, Count)
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Rick Crawford Fired from Mesa State
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Colorado Mesa University has fired cycling coach Rick Crawford after new allegations surrounding his involvement in doping riders have arisen.
Crawford admitted earlier this month to providing Levi Leipheimer and Kirk O'Bee with doping products in the late 1990s and early 2000s. After he came forward to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the university stood behind Crawford, installing former U.S. Postal Service rider and anti-doping advocate Scott Mercier as the program director.
The Grand Junction Sentinel has reported that another rider subsequently came forward accusing Crawford of providing him with performance enhancing drugs.
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Rick...you can get a job within insurance sales. It is what I did for 16 years to support my family during a clean cycling career getting my ass kicked by guys you were doping. Mercier could hook you up in Grand Junction. Seems poetic. Anxiously awaiting the next phase of your admissions to known events.
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Bravo to whomever went to Scott Mercier and Colorado Mesa University and came forward with the additional information about Rick Crawford's doping practices! Another step towards cleaning up bike racing in Colorado.
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sayonara suckpants!!!!! the
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sayonara suckpants!!!!! the doping bug bit ya in the ass yet again. in the words of the babe of ruth of professional wrestling, Hulk Hogan: "everyone cuts their own deal, Bro!!!!!!"
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University of Rajshahi
Glorious 52 years
Rajshahi University is the second largest university in the country and the highest seat of learning in the northern region. The University has crossed 52 years of its foundation opening its door for the students with a solemn promise to spread quality higher education an research on July 6,1953. Situated at the green square of Motihar, the main campus of the varsity is very close to the river Padma and three miles east from the Rajshahi city. The Foundation of the varsity was an outcome of the demand and series of movements of the people of all strata of the city. Madar Bux, a reputed lawyer and member of then East Pakistan legislative Assembly, Abdul Hamid, a prominent educationist and sheikh Ansar Ali, a retired judge led the movements at that time. In the wake of consecutive movements the Rajshahi University Act 1953 (East Bengal Act XV of 1953) was passed by the East Pakistan provincial Assembly on March 31,1953. On July 6, Prof. Itrat Hossain Juberi, a noted educationist and the Principal of the then Rajshahi College was appointed the founder Vice Chancellor of RU and it started functioning in 1954. Since its inception six disciplines- Bengali, English, History, Law, Philosophy and Economics were introduced while the number of students was 161 including 5 female students and that of teachers was 20.
that time academic and administrative activities were held at different building
including Fullar Hostel of Rajshahi, College, historical Bara kuthi, B.B. Hindu
academy, house of Mitra Mahashoy, and 18th centuries Dutch Trading
house. The varsity moved to its own campus during 1961 to 1964 after
construction of academic, administrative and residential Bhabans. According to
Colombo plan, Australian architect G. Swani Thomas in association-With John A.
Ziamanek designed the infrastructure of the university comprising about 303.80
hectres of land including Narikelbaria Agriculture unit.
In the glorious 52 years of RU a large number of
students as well as scholars have obtained graduate, and postgraduate degrees
from varsity. Simultaneously, with the contributions of noted educationists and personalities like literateurs
Dr Mohammad Shahidullah, Enamul Haque, Prof. Hasan Azizul Haque, Prof. Abdul Bari, Historian David cough,
chief adviser of care Government
Justice M. Habibur Rahman and English writer Alex roger, Anthropologist peter
Bouchy, Zohana Cork pattrick and Tapon Roy chowdhury the University has been
proud. In its long history convocation was held seven times while RUCSU election
was held 15 times and remained suspended for fifteen years. The University
Played pioneering role in the mass upsurge of 1969, in the liberation war of
1971 and in the anti-autocratic movement of 1990. In the arena of art and
culture as well as in games and sports in the country and abroad the
contribution of the varsity cannot be ignored. Dr Shamsuzzoha, then Proctor and
assistant professor of chemistry department embraced martyrdom on February 18,
1969 when Pakistani military opened fire of him on the main gate premises
following an 11 points movement. He is the first martyred intellectual in the
country. During the liberation war over 50 teachers students
and staffs sacrificed their lives to occupational forces. Due to campus
violence after independence over 100 bloody clashes among the student bodies
took place on the campus leaving 28 students including 4 outsiders dead over
5000 jnjured.
Now accommodation crisis is the main problem in the campus as only about 8000 seats are available in 16 halls (one under construction) against 25000 students. Apart from acute accommodation crisis, session jam, lack of modern facilities in the transport, medicare, and computer as well as Science laboratory and books in the central library are the major obstacles for students and teachers due to budget deficit and financial crisis. The university celebrated its foundation anniversary formally in 1987 and 1990 golden jubilee through a three-day ceremony from December 21 to 23, 2003 in its long history of 52 years. Marking of completion of 50 years a golden jubilee tower was erected in the middle of RU main. gate and administration Bhaban. Amid few problems the university considered as the most beautiful university in the country centring its natural beauty and planned decoration is now running smoothly with a mission to produce efficient manpower to face the challenge of the new era.
Words of Vice Chancellor
Prof. M. Altaf Hossain
While talking with The Bangladesh Today Professor Altaf Hossain, the Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi University said that he will take all necessary initiatives to enhance the standard of education and eliminate session jam restoring congenial atmosphere in the campus. He also sought al out cooperation from the government, mass-media representatives, teachers, officials and students to run the varsity peacefully. Prof. In reply to a question regarding holding of long awaited RUCSU election Prof. Altaf said, it would depends on the demand of the general students and student's organizations. If there is a consensus of opinions among the students' bodies relating to holding of election and if the atmosphere remains peaceful there will be RUCSU election soon. Replying to another question he assured that he would try his level best to maintain peaceful co-existence among the students bodies at the residential halls despite differences of their political ideology and affiliation. He also vowed to free the campus from terrorism and stressed the need for mutual understanding and fellowship development among the students, teachers as well as leaders and activists of different political bodies to avoid chaos and conflict. He also assured of restoring ecological balance and Bio-diversity of the campus through digging a big water reserver inside the campus and to make the Bio-logical Science Faculty as the centre of excellence.
Prof. Mamnunul Keramat
Pro-Vice Chancellor
Congenial atmosphere of study and research is very supportive, to eliminate session jam and improve the standard of education and research of a varsity. As a result, a number of departments including Law and Justice, History, Physics, Islamic History and Culture, Public Administration, Anthropology, Political Science, Library and Information Science, Computer Science and Information and Communication Technology, have been got rid of the curse of session jam. Moreover, I have already taken some steps to improve the standard of administration and academic manpower through various training programmes including computer course, office management. The AC and Automation plan of the central library will materialized soon to provide better facilities for study and research.
M. Abdus Salam
Now-a-days the horizon of knowledge and education is lot more extended. The students of these days know many things beyond their syllabus with the blessings of electronic print media. In this respect the students of Rajshahi University are not lagging behind using their enthusiasm and patience in higher study. Besides, the co-operative attitudes of students and teachers have been leading the varsity towards improvement of the standard of education, research and development.
Prof. Abdul Jabbar Khan
In response to the demand budget of 102 crore for the
fiscal 2005-06 UGC has approved
only 72 crore in which the UGC itself will provide about 59 crore and RU will
realize 3 crore from its internal resources. Sensing the existing budget deficit
of TK around 13 crore the RU authority
has formed a five-member committee with treasure Prof. Abdul Jabbar Khan as its
convener to negotiate with UGC for more budgetary allocation for academic and
infrastructural development.
Prof. Shamsul
Alam Sarker
The law and order situation of the Varsity is
comparatively better than couple of years before except few untoward incidents.
Prevalence of congenial atmosphere at RU helps the academic
and administrative bodies to overcome the barriers of the varsity
including session jam.
Zahid Hossain
Student Adviser
The interpersonal relation of students and teachers
has now improved a lot. Now the students get easy access to any teacher in order
to solve the problems relating to academic education and extracurricular
activities. In a word, it can be
said that the teachers and students are more free and frank as will as friendly
than before without few exceptions.
Prof. Abu Bakar Sddique Bhuya
Administrator, PRO
The public Relation office ( PRO) of Rajshahi
University is one of the most important organs of the varsity to have updated
information regarding higher education in the country and abroad. Headed by a
teacher administrator the office functions under the direct control and
supervision of Vice Chancellor. The office will be more effective to uphold the
image of the varsity to the nation and outside world if we can solve the
existing problems.
Prof. Abdur Rahman Siddiqi
Director, TSCC
Recreation helps to remove the burden of fatigue and
pressure giving mention refreshment to every people. Many social cultural
organizations have grown up in and around the campus where the students and
teachers get the easy access to enjoy the leisure and also can flourish their
latent potentialities. TSCC helps the promising artists to
use and develop their merit in proper way and the help can be extended
with completion of construction of TSCC building.
Prof. M. Nazrul Islam
RUTA President
In the evening most of the teachers of the varsity
gather at the 'Teachers Club' well known as 'Jubery club' to enjoy the
leisure. Alongside enjoyment the teachers share respective political thinking
and ideology of parties for long. Despite difference of norms and values of
party politics the teachers maintain a good relation with each. Rajshahi
University Teachers Club is representative body of teachers to realize their
demands and rights.
Information about RU: Established:1953 Area:303.80 Hectres Location: Motihar, Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. Faculties:
Arts, Law, Science, Medicine, Business Studies, Social Science, Life
& Earth Science and Agriculture. Departments (47): Arts (11); Law (1); Science
Business Studies (4); Social
Science (8), Life & Earth Science (5),
Institutes: (5):
Institute of Bangladesh studies. Institute of Biological Sciences.
Institute of Business Administration, Institute of Environmental Science and
Institute of Education Research. Course Duration: Honors 4 years; Master 1 Year. Course System: Semester and
Annual. Entry Requirement: HSC
(Bangladesh) or approved equivalent. Degrees Awarded: Honors BA, BSc, BSS,BBA,
BFA, Bpharm, LL.B. BSc Ag., BSc Fisheries.
Masters: MA, MSc, MSS,
MBA, MFA Mpharm, LLM, Professional: MBBS, MDS.
Ibrahim Hossain
President of Bangladesh Chhattra League
There is no peaceful co-existence among the student organizations in the
residential halls as the university administration has failed to ensure the
situation due to pressure of a ruling student body.
The student politics in the campus has lost its
grandeur and glorious past due to absence of RUCSU election for 15 year.
Jatiyatabadi Chhattra Dal
education and culture student politics based on merit with the capability of
leadership and dedicated attitudes is very important to materialise the legal
rights of the students. In the absence of RUCSU
election for 15 years the student leaders have lost their popularity to
the general students in comparison to the past.
Alam Salehi,
of Islami Chhattra Shibir
politics should be guided to enhance and ensure the environment of education,
research and other extra-curricular activities. RUCSU is a vital political hub
of providing qualified leaders next DUCSU. After the with held of RUCSU election
since 1990 the student politics has came to a halt in the perspective of
Student politics should be guided to enhance and ensure the environment of education, research and other extra-curricular activities. RUCSU is a vital political hub of providing qualified leaders next DUCSU. After the with held of RUCSU election since 1990 the student politics has came to a halt in the perspective of university.
Secretary Socialistic Chhattra Front
is the highest seat of learning and student politics is a democratic right of a
every student. But due to absence of RUCSU election for 15 years the student
politics on the campus has become less effective to the general students who are
the future of the nation.
Hossain, 4th year
of Law and Justice
am lucky to get admitted in the department of law and justice, as there is no
session jam. But we should have modem facilities including accommodation for
all, furnished library, technological facility here.
Sumi, Masters
of English
is a city of educational
and the expenditure of a student is consistent here to a middle class and
lower middle class family. The atmosphere of the
university is of proud worthy except few odds and ends.
Rajshahi is a city of educational and the expenditure of a student is consistent here to a middle class and lower middle class family. The atmosphere of the university is of proud worthy except few odds and ends.
Published by: The Bangladesh Today
Monday, August 8,2005
Pag-5, Interface
University Of Rajshahi
Motihar, Rajshahi city Post code:Rajshahi6205 Telephone:(+88 0721)750041(AutoPABX) Fax:(880721)750064 Address: Register, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205,Bangladesh
Md. Zubair Husain


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Pacific Islanders Facing Modern Health Problems
Western life and diet isn't doing Pacific islanders any favors. David Brooks of the AFP is on it:
Pacific islands are in the midst of a crisis of obesity and its associated dangers of diabetes, strokes and heart disease.Spam? Oh man, I just threw up in my mouth a little.
A diet which used to be dominated by fish, root crops, green leaves, coconuts and fruit is now heavily reliant on fatty imported meats, rice, and sugar and fat-laden processed snack foods.
Many islanders are now urbanised and drive to the local shop to buy tins of corned beef, spam, cooking oil and rice instead of tending crops and gathering seafood in the lagoon and surrounding ocean.
"What we have in this country is a raging epidemic. We have 6,000 to 8,000 cases of diabetes out of a population of 53,000 people," says Carl Hacker, the Marshall Islands director of economic policy, planning and statistics.


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When traveling on vacation our minds are generally elsewhere. We are thinking about what we are doing next and a majority of the time we are overwhelmed with everything there is to do while on vacation. In some situations, we may be forgetful or feel rushed, which is why sometimes we tend to forget things that we would normally never forget about. Such as, leaving the ATM without getting the card back.
This happens more often that you may think and because of security concerns, many banks have established safety measures to prevent the theft and use of your card by an unauthorized person. Even if you are the one who left it behind.
Most ATMs are set up to suck the card into the machine after it has not been used for a set amount of time. The card is then stored in the machine until it is serviced the following day. Most ATMs are checked daily for deposits, cash levels and any cards that were left behind. Cards are generally sucked back into the machine after approximately 20 seconds of no activity. Many ATMs nowadays are requesting your PIN be put in for each transaction and if the correct PIN cannot be inputted the card is sucked into the machine. Reducing the chance of someone behind you using your card after you have.
In most cases if your card is left in an ATM that is owned by your financial institution the bank will hold onto your card until you are able to pick it up. You will need to call your bank and let customer service know you left your card in the ATM and when you will be in to pick it up. Some banks only allow a certain number of days to come in and pick up the card. Do not forget to bring a photo ID with you, such as a driver's license, state issued ID card or passport when picking up your card. The bank will not give it to you without proof of identity.
For security reasons, some banks will destroy all cards that have been left in an ATM. In this case you must order a replacement from your financial institution. If you are unable to get your card back because it was destroyed or the bank will not return it, you will need to cancel your card right away and order a replacement. Some banks will allow you to cancel and order a new card over the phone or online, while others will require you to be there in person.
However, none of the security measures help prevent the next person in line from retrieving your card for you and using it. That is why the minute you discover or realize you left your card in the ATM you must call your bank immediately and cancel it.
Please note that depending upon your financial institution and your account details you may be held liable for a set amount of money taken from your account due to the negligence of leaving the card in the machine. Make sure to contact your bank to cancel your card immediately.
Hopefully this helps you understand what will happen should you forget to retrieve your card from the ATM while on vacation.
Happy traveling!


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Yesterday, at approximately 10:05 in the morning, Atascadero Police Officers were dispatched to the Faces of Freedom Veterans Memorial, located at the intersection of Portola Road and Morro Road, regarding a vandalism/hit and run. A bystander observed a mid-1980's red Chevrolet pickup truck drive through the Faces of Freedom Veterans Memorial grounds damaging several benches and lighting fixtures.
The vehicle fled the location on Amapoa Avenue prior to officer's arrival. Responding officers conducted an extensive area check for the suspect vehicle which ended with negative results. The vehicle is described as a mid 1980s Chevrolet pickup. The vehicle is dark red and has a diamond plated tool box in the bed and some type of rack. The damage to the memorial has been initially estimated at $15,000.00.
City of Atascadero Mayor Tom O'Malley states, "On behalf of the Council I am saddened to hear about the damage done to the Faces of Freedom Veterans Memorial this morning. While I am disheartened that an individual or individuals caused the damage, at the same time I am encouraged by the quick response of our City staff members, Memorial Foundation representatives and community members.
We ask for the community's continued response in providing the Police Department with any information they may have regarding the incident." Video surveillance of the incident is being reviewed to assist in identifying the suspect(s). The Atascadero Police Department's Traffic Unit is continuing to investigate this incident.


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At Venus a lander with a small balloon would be dropped into the clouds.
Original plans called for two versions, 5VS and 5VP. The 5VP Venus orbiter would be a relay station for a big Soviet-French balloon, to be dropped into the Venusian atmosphere by the 5VP Halley's comet probe as it flew by Venus. In 1981, it was decided to cancel the 5VS orbiters and redesign the 5VP to expand the Halley research program (this may have been in response to the cancellation of the US Halley probe the same year).
On the resulting Vega 5VK spacecraft the big Soviet-French balloon was replaced by a smaller Soviet-built balloon and a Venera 4V-1 type lander (minus camera). The flyby bus was equipped with the same solar panels as the Venera 4V-2 and carried a scan platform with remote sensing instruments to study Halley as well as extra dust protection shields.
The Vega 5VK spacecraft were fitted with scientific apparatus and equipment built in the USSR, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, German Democratic Republic, Poland, France, Federal Republic of Germany and Czechoslovakia.
Gross mass: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb).
First Launch: 1984.12.15.
Last Launch: 1984.12.21.
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I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them. John le Carré
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clepsydra Wrote:...and the New York weather not too harsh.
Dick L.
whichwatch at roadrunner dot com
Best regards
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8541 Wrote:Ralph, safe travels and a great pitty I could not make it this year. We look forward to your travelogue.
@ Dick, never fear - last year when faced with a similar predicament (a NYC GTG and shoes that had given up the ghost") 2 forumers took me out shopping and ensured a good pair of shell cordovan Alden's.
And that Folks is what is so great about this forum. We have the watches - but more than that we have the friendships, comaradie and watch-support of so many true friends - and because of these friendships it's easy for me to understand why and what makes Ralph fly across the big pond for a GTG.
Best regards,
"We are the other people, we are the other people...you're the other people too!"
Frank Zappa
whichwatch Wrote in reply to:clepsydra Wrote:...and the New York weather not too harsh.
I got here yesterday and arrived to a cold rain. This morning I can't believe I ventured out to pursue some non-watch interests. Man, it was just showering down wet snow that here in the city quickly turned to slush and generated slush covered sidewalks with huge puddles at each intersection. I don't know exactly how far I walked on my rounds this morning, but I think my shoes are about to dissolve.
I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them. John le Carré
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In case you missed the marketing blurb posted up by every single gaming publication on the planet, Halo: Reach introduces a brand new mechanic into the series with armor abilities. Each of these perks adds quite a bit more bang to your run-of-the-mill Halo multiplayer match. While advanced strategies regarding each armor ability are still in their fledgling stages, online play has already demonstrated quite a few %26ldquo;do%26rsquo;s%26rdquo; and %26ldquo;don%26rsquo;ts.%26rdquo;
Halo Reach armor abilities guide
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I've read numerous posts from women in their 20s who are very unhappy with men in their age group when it comes to dating and having a serious relationship/marriage mindset. I suspect gender differences especially during our formative years play a large part. Having unrealistic expectations can lead to heartache and disappointment. One young lady recently wrote:
"I have a boyfriend, he's 22, he likes to drink and gamble. We've been together for 6 months already. He has a very hard time showing any type of emotion and he is hard on me about showing my emotions about anything. I really care about him and I like him but I feel like I have to show him how a relationship works because he's never been in a relationship. He doesn't even know how love and being in love works. It's like rocket science for him. He was able to "open up" to me but it's sad because I mean he was drunk; it's like how am I supposed to believe any of this. Am I wasting my time here? Should I even try anymore?" - Desiree T.
Desiree, First of all most 22 year old guys are not looking to have a "serious relationship" regardless of whether they've had girlfriends before. The thought of settling down, potentially getting married, taking on a 30 year mortgage, and having children is like watching their life flash before their eyes!
The average 22 year old guy today just moved out of his parent's basement or a college dorm room. He wants to party with friends, play video games, watch sports, have sex, and possibly focus on career options. He is in no rush to become his parents! Six months of dating is not a major milestone to men.
Gender Differences
The majority of women as little girls were given baby dolls to change diapers, comb hair, feed a bottle, and push around in strollers. Many were also given "Easy-Bake Ovens" to make assorted cookies and cakes, or a Ken & Barbie's playhouse to furnish and decorate. In some instances little girls were given "princess dresses" which are symbolic of the wedding gown, and they've read several books about a Dashing Knight or Prince who swept the damsel in distress off of her feet and they've lived "happily ever after". It's also not uncommon for pre-teen girls to begin their first menstrual cycle. This is often seen as a rite of passage towards womanhood which often leads to serious discussions about maturity.
Essentially by the time the typical girl has reached age 12 or 13 she has been "practicing to be a mother and a wife" for the bulk of her life especially during her "formative years". Subconsciously a relationship/motherhood seed has been planted. By the time a lot of women reach their mid-20s they've attended weddings and mentally they're looking forward to having their own.
By contrast very few men ever "pretended to be fathers or husbands" during their childhood or "formative years". They were given water pistols, remote control planes/boats/cars, games to compete with friends, and just about anything that flashed lights and made noises. Many of them later were introduced to pewee football and little league baseball, or Cub Scouts/Boy Scouts. There is nothing that generally happens in a 12 or 13 year old boy's life that is equivalent to a girl's menstrual cycle which warrants an adulthood conversation. Men have not been fantasizing about having a loving relationship or marriage since their childhood. Note: There is no TV show called "Groomzilla".
My point is most women in their early 20s experience heartache when they pin their hopes of having a lasting relationship by falling in love with a guy in his 20s. They're just not mentally in that space. Many of the guys who have had relationship experience view their 20s as a time to "play the field" and not as a time to "settle down". If a woman in her 20s is looking to get married she might do better to consider dating guys in their early 30s who've established a career path and have not been married before. Guys in their late 20s or early 30s tend to be more ready to consider serious relationships.
Lessons In Love
Lastly if a man is truly "in love" or seriously cares about a woman he does not need "liquid courage" to express his feelings. Life is a personal journey. It's not your job to teach a man how to have a relationship or how to treat a woman. These are things one learns on their own through life experience. I imagine no one "taught you". Change comes from within. People don't change unless they're unhappy with the results they're getting. Most people want to be loved and accepted for who they are. No one walks around saying; "I'm looking for someone to change me."
Awhile back I wrote a book: My Cat Won't Bark! (A Relationship Epiphany) and in it I wrote the following. "There are only two ways to experience joy and peace of mind in relationships: we either get what we want or we learn to be happy with what we have." Best of luck!


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This summer try oil painting
Make this summer all about tapping into your creative side. Wes Benson, Instructor at the Kansas City Art Institute as well as a painter and illustrator, shares the basic techniques you need to oil paint.
Oil Painting Intensive for high school students
Date: Aug. 4-8
Location: Kansas City Art Institute
Time: 1-4 pm
Cost: $169 + $65 supply fee


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I'd like my .exe to have access to a resource string with my svn version. I can type this in by hand, but I'd prefer an automated way to embed this at compile time. Is there any such capability in Visual Studio 2008?
I wanted a similar availability and found $Rev$ to be insufficient because it was only updated for a file if that file's revision was changed (which meant it would have to be edited and committed very time: not something I wanted to do.) Instead, I wanted something that was based on the repository's revision number.
For the project I'm working on now, I wrote a Perl script that runs
This script is run as a pre-build step so that everything is up-to-date before the build kicks off and the appropriate files are automatically rebuilt by your build tool.
How about using SubWCRev the command line tool that ships with TortoiseSVN. You create a template file with tokens in it like $WCREV$ $WCDATE$ etc. Then have a pre-build step that run SubWCRev on your template file to create the actual source file that is fed to the compiler.
You can get SVN to embed it for you, if that will solve the problem. See the $Rev$ keyword on that page.
Have a look at svn keyword substitution here. There is another SO question here which I found through google!
antik's solution is the one we use. Be careful of using environment variables, the .h file ensures you can have a dependency which will cause any files that need it to be recompiled when the svn rev number changes.


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On occasion MP3s will contain a certain amount of undesirable audio artifacts called hiss. Hiss is a sharp sibilant sound typically presented as a broadband high-frequency noise in the sound spectrogram. This artifact can often be found in MP3 archives of vinyl records. Hiss reduction leads to much clearer and transparent sounds. SX Fidelity Amplifier contains an integrated function, capable of reducing unwanted noise and hiss in MP3 and other digitally encoded files as part of its approach to improved fidelity.
In contrast with typical noise filtering tools available for MP3s, the SX Fidelity Amplifier utilizes proprietary sound analysis and audio restoration algorithms for adaptive fitting for non-stationery noises substantially reducing and in most cases completely eliminating the hiss effect.
Certain popular MP3 sound editors contain hiss reduction tools which require a lot of manual tuning for partial removal of stationary hiss. SX Fidelity Amplifier on the other hand provides the option of fully automatic sound cleaning of music streams, including MP3, WMA, AAC or other formats. There is a single control button that allows simple adjustment of noise and hiss reduction strength to accommodate the occasional change in the amount of hiss or noise in the audio stream.
Below are spectrograms, illustrating the process of hiss reduction of an MP3 file.
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A February 20, 2014 story in the Hollywood Reporter notes that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas is venturing into the heart of Hollywood to address a secret group of film and television industry conservatives called "Friends of Abe." "Abe" is a reference to the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, who waged the Civil War and freed the slaves.
The FOA is currently embroiled in a fight with the IRS similar to ones being fought by other conservative groups over an attempt to establish itself as a tax-free charity organization. The IRS has demanded that the FOA turn over its list of members, something the organization has refused to do.
The problem is that conservatives, especially if they are not bankable stars, are treated in the movie and film industry pretty much as communists were in the 1950s. To be outed as a conservative is to lose work and to be, in effect, blacklisted. The FOA will not turn over its membership list for fear that it would be leaked, exposing many of its members to retaliation. The demand to, in effect, "name names" is an irony that should not be lost on anyone.
Cruz is warmly supporting the FOA in its fight.
"FOA should respond to the IRS as it would to any McCarthyite request for information. The US. Supreme Court has already ruled that Americans have freedom of association and that groups should not be forced to reveal the names of members, because that information could be abused for political gain. There has already been an incident where the IRS leaked that kind of information about a group."
The Friends of Abe is an unofficial group of Hollywood conservatives who meet frequently for discussions on political, current events, and popular culture. It numbers among its members sch stars as Kelsey Grammer and Jon Voight as well as many rank and file film and television industry workers,


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So far, there hasn't been much news about his projects, but a Twitter thread the other day alerted me to this: Baldwin and his collaborators have launched a Kickstarter campaign -- complete with video pitch -- to crowdsource the production funding for a new film. They're seeking $65,000, which isn't a lot. But Kickstarter (the presence and use of which among Portland-area creatives I wrote about last year) isn't exactly the same thing as Hollywood funding.
I sincerely hope something big comes of Baldwin's plans -- Portland has been starved for the capital necessary for a robust film business since forever -- but it's a little deflating to see that Kickstarter has become part of them.


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Tech Finishes 11th in Puerto Rico
Kimmy Hill finished in a tie for 8th in Puerto Rico.
Feb. 18, 2014
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico -- Texas Tech sophomore Kimmy Hill fired a 1-over 73 to help push the Lady Raiders up another spot into 11th place in the final round of the 2014 Lady Puerto Rico Classic at Rio Mar Resort and Country Club on Tuesday.
Hill ended the tournament with a 1-over 217 (74-70-73) and tied for eighth place. It was her third top-10 finish since the start of the fall. She once again found a way to birdie two of the course toughest holes (Nos. 2 and 12 - both playing over par this week) but had two bogeys in her final five holes to finish just outside the top five.
Elin Arvidsson finished in a tie for 27th 9-over (75-75-75--225) after her third consecutive 75 on Tuesday. The junior from Sweden finished the week 1-under on the back nine with birdies on five different holes.
Junior Stephanie Bertelsen duplicated her first round with another 78 on Tuesday to finish in a tie for 56th (78-76-78--232) while Hannah Arnold and Victoria Uresti ended the tournament in a tie for 69th and 79th, respectively.
Tech will take the next week off from tournament play before heading to Miami, Fla., for the Hurricane Invitational at the Biltmore Course, March 3-5.


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'The Physics of Wall Street': The Most Arrogant Book in the World? Part 16
Aaron Brown
The George Washington Bridge.
Editor's note: The following column is the 16th part of an ongoing series of articles by Aaron Brown examining the claims made in
The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable
a new book by James Owen Weatherall.
to read Part 1.
James Weatherall's
The Physics of Wall Street
claims that you cannot drive over the George Washington Bridge without trusting mathematical modelers. This confused conclusion relates to his misunderstanding of Black Swans.
Nassim Taleb labeled extreme events that happen because they are unexpected
"Black Swans,"
and argued that long-term results are dominated by them. Attempts to predict them or protect against them may make them less common, but only at the expense of making them bigger and more anomalous. There is quite a lot of theory and evidence to support this contention; it is not a midnight musing backed by a few anecdotes.
After disasters, people like Weatherall rush in to explain why the event should have been predicted, and to propose fixes. It usually turns out that people had already been taking more sophisticated precautions than the newcomers recommend, and in any case, more precautions may make the situation worse.
Weatherall appears to have read a review of Taleb's
The Black Swan
and missed the part of the definition about events happening because they are unexpected. People who never predict are never surprised. People who make simple, robust predictions and don't bet too much on them avoid extreme exposure to surprises. It takes sophisticated, fragile predictions that compile long-term track records of success and encourage excessive reliance to generate Black Swans. Black Swans do not come from nature; they are an unintended product of human engineering. Another key point Weatherall apparently misunderstands is that Black Swanness is not a property of an event -- it is a relation of an event to a person. The 9/11 attacks were not a Black Swan to the hijackers; it had extreme impact, but they expected it. It was not a Black Swan to most of the people in the world. They did not expect it, but it did not have an extreme impact on them. It was a Black Swan to US policymakers and many other groups, but not to everyone.
Because Weatherall thinks Black Swans are merely high-impact unusual events, he thinks he has a solution for them, which somehow eluded Nassim plus the millions of people who have bought his books. He says we must all think like physicists and anticipate the events, keeping in mind that we cannot anticipate perfectly. He claims that throwing out mathematical modeling is like refusing to drive over the George Washington Bridge.
Of course, that's a foolish point that is demolished thoroughly in Nassim's books. It takes real arrogance for Weatherall to think he is the first person to think of it, and that he can promote his rebuttal without having read
The Black Swan
. People do not drive over the George Washington Bridge because they understand the mathematical modeling underlying its design, but because it has carried people safely for 82 years. It may collapse someday, but the chance of it happening during your trip has to be pretty small. Moreover the bridge incorporates empirical insights from millennia of bridge building, plus fields like steel and concrete manufacture, civil engineering, and road safety. The chance of being killed in any manner by any sort of bridge is on the order of one in a million, and the overwhelming majority of that is the chance of deliberately jumping off one to kill yourself. Weatherall's contention echoes the point I made earlier that he views triumphs of engineering as illustrations of physical principles, and credits physicists for the work done by everyone else.
It's worth pausing for a moment to consider the role mathematical modeling plays in bridge design because it has some similarities to mathematical modeling in finance -- in fact, in most applied fields. Abstract mathematics may or may not play some part in the original conceptual design, but the many millions of calculations that went into the George Washington Bridge were mainly interpolations, or more daringly, extrapolations, from historical experience. We had data on the strength of single-strand steel cables, and also on the forces acting on bridges. None of this came from first principles of physics; it's too complicated to compute with enough accuracy for practical application. Mathematics — arithmetic, not advanced theoretical mathematics — is useful for scaling observed data to theoretical designs. While engineers do use concepts and formulae from physics, they could about an equally accurate job using simple assumptions and rules of thumb. Moreover, although calculations are done precisely, no one trusts them much, so large safety factors are routinely used to adjust the results. More recently, people have build computer simulations of structures, but these are calibrated to data, not based on theory. They're used for extreme stress testing and the results are merely suggestive; no one takes them seriously as predictions.
Physicists sometimes do something grander. They build an entirely new thing based on extensive theoretical calculation — an atomic bomb, a collider, a superconductor. These do involve real mathematics. But the practical implementation still takes a huge amount of arithmetic, trial and error, and scaling up of pilot implementations. Lots of engineers, technicians, machinists, and other skilled staff are necessary; these things do not spring directly from design to device.
Nassim's criticism of mathematical modeling refers to using pure theory to design something new, and putting it into practice without the hard work described in the last paragraph — and his point applies to all theory, whether or not it uses mathematics. No one disputes the value of arithmetic in building the George Washington Bridge, nor the insight mathematics can give a theoretical physicist. Weatherall cannot have thought much about these issues to think he needs to defend these uses of mathematics. What is under attack is the idea that insight alone is enough to make practical devices or systems.
One important difference between bridge building and mathematical modeling is that builders have skin the game. They must persuade people to trust them with resources to build, not to mention with the lives of bridge travelers. It will be obvious if they are not highly competent, because the bridge will not be built successfully in the first place. Engineers with extensive empirical experience will review every aspect of the planning and execution against history and the state of the art. Bridges still collapse, but not as often as they would if anyone could declare herself a bridge builder, without persuading anyone of anything, without any proof of competence, without any review and without any requirement to tie the model to empirical evidence. I'll bet even Weatherall is not arrogant enough to write
The Physics of Bridge Building
without any training, experience, or research in the field. He'd be afraid someone would take him seriously and people would get killed. But his physics PhD qualifies him in his mind to write books on mathematical reasoning in any field where practitioners are unlikely to take him seriously.
Just because mathematical modeling can be abused more easily than bridge building doesn't mean that it always is abused. Modelers can put skin in the game and bet meaningful personal stakes on their calculations. They can prove their competence, and ground their work thoroughly in empirical reality. They can incorporate safety factors set by experience, as bridge engineers do, doing a calculation and then tripling the result (or making some other adjustment) for safety. There could be standards for modeling and vigorous challenges in reviews. I think this is more or less what Weatherall advocates, anyway any reasonable person should support them. When these things are done, I believe even Nassim would trust the model to a limited extent, just as he drives over the George Washington Bridge without necessarily predicting it will never collapse, and without being anxious to write a liability insurance policy on it.
Nassim's point is that modern infrastructure, including bridges, inevitably leads to Black Swans. An overgrown tree in rural Ohio dislocated the lives of over 50 million people in the Northeast Blackout of 2003; no comparable event is conceivable when humans lived in dispersed tribes of hunter-gatherers. A single person harboring a newly-mutated virus could potentially infect the entire world in a few weeks today, something which was not true a century ago. The technologies that allow seven billion people to occupy the earth, most in reasonable security and comfort, are also used for wars that have the potential to end all those lives; those technologies are also complex, tightly-coupled, interconnected, and fragile. The speed of progress means that we have negligible empirical evidence on the long-term effects of modern diets, medical treatment, communication, education, or environmental impacts. This does not mean we should reject the modern world, kill 99.9% of the human race, and return to Neolithic technologies. It does mean we should be aware that we have created Black Swans. Weatherall is directionally correct. Yes, we should do better modeling. Yes, we should be aware of the weaknesses of modeling. But these things are no match for Black Swans.
However, Black Swans and bridges are not the biggest misunderstandings Weatherall has about Nassim Taleb's work. Next week we'll look at Weatherall, Taleb, option pricing, and fat tails.
Links to previous stories in this series:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
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Mitchell Zaremba learned to ride a motorcycle while his bicycle still had training wheels.
He was 5 years old when his parents gave him his first dirt bike.
Three years later, Mitchell is shaping up to be a national contender in the sport of Arenacross, a form of indoor motocross racing run on smaller courses.
This weekend, the 8-year-old boy competed in his first national event at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he took the top prizes in races on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Mitchell is following in the footsteps of his father, Medina police Sgt. Darin Zaremba, 41, who had a pro license in the sport in the early 1990s but gave up competing regularly after joining the force almost 18 years ago.
"We're on pace for nationals," Zaremba said. "Mitchy cleaned up in Michigan this weekend, and if we can do it again in Pennsylvania, we'll be headed for Las Vegas."
Mitchell, who lives in Avon and attends third grade at a private school in Fairview Park, said he's going to bring his winner's plaque in to school today to show his friends. Then he's going to hang it on his bedroom wall.
He said he wants to keep racing as long as he can because it's so much fun.
"It feels like you're in charge of something," the boy said.
At competitions, Mitchell rides a 2013 Cobra 50cc dirt bike and dresses in padding and a helmet to keep safe.
"I go pretty fast, like 20 mph," he said.
Zaremba said he worries about his son's safety on the track, but he's done all he can to make sure his son stays uninjured.
"First and foremost, we've spent a lot of time and energy getting all the safety gear we can — helmets, elbow pads, Leatt (chest protectors)," he said. "And we've worked really hard to perfect his technique to keep him safe.
"But on race night, I'm as nervous as he is."
Zaremba said his son usually practices twice a week in Avon or Cleveland and competes weekly, biweekly or monthly, depending on the season, normally in neighboring states. Mitchell will compete next on Feb. 9 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
He said watching his son race is a great replacement for personally competing.
"I get more satisfaction out of watching him than I ever got racing," Zaremba said. "I'm seeing vicariously through his eyes."
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Can a modern American city ever be sustainable?
"Not at the rate we are going" says Kimberly A. Gray Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at
perspective on the strides we can take to make our cities more sustainable.
She will speak at
Ms. Gray will discuss the requirements and the feasibility of developing truly renewable energy sources. She will also consider the role of technology in finding solutions to the problem of sustainability and will stress that technology alone will not supply the answers. She will describe how a deeper understanding of the structure of ecological systems is key to designing sustainable cities. She will draw on examples of re-engineering the water cycle and a 100 year vision for the City of
Kimberly Gray holds appointments in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in Chemical and Biological Engineering at
The Chicago Legal Clinic to provide technical expertise to solve environmental problems for low-income urban communities.


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Cardiff Hypermedia Team: Seminar, Conference and Workshop Papers on Hypermedia and Multimodality
Dicks, B. (2011) 'Hypermedia techniques in the generation of qualitative research data', invited paper for seminar Using digital technologies in the generation of data, London South Bank University, 21 June 2011.
Dicks, B.: (2011) Multimodality and Hypermedia: New technologies for qualitative field research, two-day invited seminar for 5th Qualitative Research Summer School, Venue: School of Nursing, Dublin City University, 9-10 June 2011
Dicks, B. (2009) 'Hypermedia and digital methods', invited paper for seminar Ethnography Day, Ethnography, Culture and Interpretive Analysis Research Group, School of Social Sciences, 13 Jan 09, Cardiff University
Dicks, B. (2009) 'Researching Techniquest', invited paper for British Science Association Science Communication Conference, Kings Place, London, 22-23 June 09
Coffey A and Renold E (2004) Hypermedia ethnography in educational settings: possibilities and challenges, British Educational Research Association annual conference, Manchester.
Coffey A (2005) New audio and digital technologies in qualitative research, ESRC Identities Programme/ National Centre for Research Methods methodology workshop, Milton Keynes
Dicks, B. (2005) 'Multimodality & qualitative research', plenary paper, ESRC National Centre for Research Methods: Summer School, July 2005, Data Generation, Complexity & Synthesis, Southampton University
Dicks, B. (2005) Building hypermedia ethnography, invited paper for workshop 'A multimedia future for visual anthropology?'' presented at 9th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Oxford University, 20 September 2005.
Dicks, B. (2005) Ethnography for the Digital Age, invited seminar paper presented at University of Kent, Canterbury, Department of Anthropology, 18 January 2005.
Dicks, B. (2005) Mixing modes in research invited paper, ESRC Research Methods Programme workshop 'Mixed-methods: identifying the issues' at University of Manchester Chancellors Conference Centre, 26-27th October.
Dicks, B. (2006) Hypermedia for qualitative methods, paper presented at Department of Sociology, University of Surrey MSc Annual Conference, Highcliffe Hotel Bournemouth 17-19 November, 2006.
Dicks, B. (2006) Visual Approaches To Qualitative Research, interdisciplinary seminar on behalf Of QUALITI Node ( ESRC National Centre for Research Methods), Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, 3rd July 2006
Dicks, B. (2006) Visual Methods in the Context of Multimodality: plenary address, ESRC Research Methods Festival, St. Catherines College, University of Oxford, 17-20 July, 2006.
Dicks, B. (2006) What is Hypermedia Ethnography? Workshop session, ESRC Research Methods Festival, St. Catherines College, University of Oxford, 17-20 July, 2006
Dicks, B. (2007) Multimodality and the Hyperlink, paper presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of East London, 11-14 Apr 07
Dicks, B. (2007) Multimodality and ethnography in the study of a science centre Multimodality In The Classroom, EDRU and INTELLECT Research Day, Open University, Milton Keynes, 26th January 2007
Dicks, B. (2008) A multimodal social semiotic approach to data generation and analysis, Multimodal Qualitative Research Workshop, Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, 1-2 May 2008.
Dicks, B. (2008) What is Multimodality? Workshop session, ESRC 2008 Research Methods Festival St Catherine's College, Oxford 30 Jun – 3 Jul 08
Dicks, B. and Mason, B. (2006) Sharing, Reusing and Representing Qualitative Digital Data: An Interactive Training Workshop; Cardiff School of Social Sciences, part of ESRC project Methodological Issues in Qualitative Data Sharing & Archiving July 4th 2006.
Dicks B and Soyinka B (2003) Multi-modal ethnography, International Visual Sociology Association conference, Southampton.
Dicks, B. and Wiles, R. (2005) Ethical issues in multimodal data collection, Workshop Session ESRC National Centre for Research Methods: Summer School, July 2005, Data Generation, Complexity & Synthesis, Southampton University
Hurdley, R. ( 2007) Wrapping Up Knowledge: packaging academic argument for 'knowing' audiences, paper presented at 8th European Sociological Association Conference - 'Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society', University of Glasgow, 3-6 September 2007.
Hurdley R., Alex Hillman & Nicola Ross (2007) 'Multimedia and Multimodality: presenting and communicating research findings, Seminar Workshop, CAQDAS 07 : Advances in Qualitative Computing, CAQDAS Networking Project, Royal Holloway, University of London, 17-20 Apr 07
Hurdley, R. and Dicks, B. (2008) One-day workshop: Multimodality and ethnography: working at the intersection, BAAL Multimodality and Linguistic Ethnography SIGs, Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, 26th February 2008.
Mason, B. (2006) Context and Hypermedia Ethnography, Presentation at Qualitative Data-sharing and Archiving ESRC Programme workshop 'Capturing and describing context for qualitative data', South Bank University, London, 3 May 2006.
Mason, B. (2006) Issues in methods and reuse for hypermedia ethnography, Presentation at Qualitative Data-sharing and Archiving ESRC Programme Showcase Day, Museum of London, 28 September 2006.
Mason, B. and Dicks, B. (2006) 'To the pain!' Hypermedia representation and ethnography, invited conference paper, Virtual Ethnography in social science, Virtual Knowledge Studio, Amsterdam 27-29 Sep. 2006
Mason, B. and Williams, M. (2005) Methodological issues in qualitative data sharing and archiving (MIQDAS), Presentation at Qualitative Data-sharing and Archiving ESRC Programme workshop on 'Online qualitative data resources: Best practice in metadata creation and web standards', Centre Point, London, 15 November 2005.
Mason, B., Soyinka, B. and Dicks, B.(2005) Hypermedia ethnography Workshop Session, ESRC National Centre for Research Methods: Summer School, July 2005, Data Generation, Complexity & Synthesis, Southampton University
Renold, Emma et.al. (2007) 'Multi-modal qualitative research' Interactive workshop, Plymouth University, 30 - 31 May 2007
Renold, Emma, Amanda Coffey and Bella Dicks (2006) Anonymity and confidentiality: foregrounding ethics in visual research with children: tales from the field, ESRC Research Methods Festival, St. Catherines College, University of Oxford, 17-20 July, 2006.
Soyinka, B. and Dicks, B. (2004) Multisemiotic ethnography, invited conference paper, International Sociology Association 6th International Conference, Social Science Method In The New Millenium, Amsterdam 17-20 August 2004
Williams M. (2005) Ethnography for the digital age, Cutting Edge Developments in Research Methods, British Society of Criminology, London.
Williams M and Mason B (2004) The virtual ethnographer: The ethical challenges of researching online environments, ESRC/Research Methods Programme Online Resources workshop, Cathy Marsh Centre for Survey Research, Manchester University.


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The ACM Experience will be held at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. This three-day family-friendly event gives fans the ultimate country experience. Enjoy shopping at 150 unique vendors and interactive exhibits from across the nation plus food trucks and free concerts at stages throughout the Orleans property. There is also a new two-day ticketed ACM Party for a Cause Festival featuring country's top hitmakers. Scheduled to appear on Friday, April 5th is headliner The Band Perry, along with performers Greg Bates, Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore, Cassadee Pope and Florida Georgia Line. Scheduled for Saturday, April 6th is headliner Dierks Bentley, along with performers Lee Brice, Kix Brooks, Hunter Hayes, Dustin Lynch, Eli Young Band and Love and Theft.
The 3rd Annual Fan Jam featuring Brad Paisley takes place at the Orleans Arena on Sunday, April 7. This live remote location gives country music lovers the ultimate fan-pass to be a part of the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The ACM Fan Jam continues after the Awards telecast ends, with performances by Brad Paisley and friends.


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It's easy to say Drew Brees is the best quarterback in the NFC South. But what about his backups?
The success of an NFL team in any season can depend on what happens when a critical starter misses time with an injury. Considering that, depth is essential.
In ranking NFC South teams by position grouping, I followed a criteria of what would happen if the starters played only three quarters of a game and the backups played the rest.
This might make for some interesting rankings, so share your opinion in the comment section below this post and let us know what you think. Feel free to post your own rankings too.
Here is the first in a daily ranking of the NFC South by position grouping.
July 1: Quarterbacks
1. New Orleans Saints
Drew Brees has never missed a start in any game of significance in his eight seasons with the Saints. And at 35, he has shown no signs of slowing, with more than 5,000 yards and an average of 42 touchdown passes in each of the last three seasons. The Saints' success relies largely on him.
But Brees' durability creates somewhat of a mystery of how Sean Payton's offense would operate with either Ryan Griffin, a 24-year-old in his second season out of Tulane, or Luke McCown, a 32-year-old with a 2-7 record as an NFL starter, behind the center.
Success without Brees would depend more on what Payton can get out his backups than anything either quarterback has already shown in the NFL. Fortunately for the Saints, having Brees for three quarters of a game can commonly be enough to earn a win.
2. Atlanta Falcons
A rebuilt offensive line and a healthy Julio Jones should let Matt Ryan be the quarterback he was before 2013, when he guided the Falcons to the playoffs in four of his first five NFL seasons. Even with last season's poor team showing, Ryan has averaged nearly 4,500 yards, 29 touchdowns and 14 interceptions over the last three seasons.
That the Falcons also added a quarterback with a playoff victory to his name, T.J. Yates, is helpful. Yates replaced an injured Matt Schaub and managed things well enough to get the Houston Texans into the AFC divisional round in 2011. He has not started a game since then and has thrown three interceptions in 32 attempts, so the Falcons should hope Ryan stays healthy.
Ryan, like Brees, has managed to do that. He has missed only two starts in six NFL seasons, both in 2009.
3. Carolina Panthers
Cam Newton was slightly more effective in 2013, with fewer combined rushing and passing attempts (36.5 per game) and more passing touchdowns (24), than in his first two NFL seasons. Newton benefited from the support of the NFL's No. 2-ranked defense as he helped the Panthers to a division title last season. Newton has never missed a start in three seasons.
Backing Newton will be either Derek Anderson, who won 10 games with the Cleveland Browns in 2007 but hasn't done much since, or Joe Webb, who has returned to playing quarterback after the Minnesota Vikings moved him to receiver.
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bucs have a quarterback, Josh McCown, who posted a far higher passer rating last season with the Chicago Bears (109.0) than he had in 11 previous seasons with four other teams (71.2). And McCown, the brother of the Saints' Luke, has already been named the starting quarterback by new Bucs coach Lovie Smith. A big question is if McCown can thrive without the tutelage of Bears coach Marc Trestman.
If he can't, Mike Glennon, who completed 59.4 percent of his passes and threw for 19 touchdowns with nine interceptions in 13 starts as a rookie last season, could replace McCown.


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Is there any command to list the contents if passed a directory, but output the contents if it's a file?
For example, often when I am navigating the directory structure I will start typing into the terminal something like
ll /etc/path/ # I see a file in tab-completion that interests me, called myfile.txt
ll /etc/path/myfile.txt # I do the auto-completion to get it into the command line
less /etc/path/myfile.txt # Now I have to go back and change 'll' to 'less'
Alternatively, if I'm looking for a file, I start with
less /etc/path # I see in tab-completion several files that might interest me, so I need to know more
ll /etc/path # See more info about file sizes, etc, so I can choose the file I want. Have to change 'less' to 'll'
less /etc/path/myfile.txt # Now that I know which file I want, I have to go back and change 'll' to 'less'
This is something I end up doing dozens of times a day, and starts to slow me down. Is there a command or script that does the likeliest scenario for you? For example
some-program /etc/path/to/file/or/directory
If the target is a text file or symlink to a text file, 'less /etc/path/to/.....' would be executed. But if it were anything else, e.g. directory, binary file, block device, it would do 'll /etc/path/to/......'
Of course if it does something you don't want, like 'less' on a file symlink but you want to see the symlink itself with 'll', then you just run 'll' manually.
Anything like this exist (I bet it's out there, it seems like such a common task)? Or am I just using Linux command line in an inefficient way and there are better ways to navigate through it...how do you do it? Or I am really the only one going back and forth in the command line all the time switching 'less' to 'll' and back again?
I tried writing something but I'm a bash beginner so it's definitely not working, and quite clunky even if it were. Surely there's a better way out there, some magic command I've just not heard about?
some-program() {
if [[ $# > 1 ]]; then
echo "Only one argument supported at this time"
exit 1
if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then
if [[ -d $ELEMENT ]]; then
ls --color=auto -alF "$ELEMENT"
less "$ELEMENT"