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Irving v. Lipstadt
Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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The Defendants' case
5.74In relation to Irving's portrayal of the events immediately following Kristallnacht, Evans again made criticisms of the manner in which he manipulated, misquoted and discounted reliable evidence. Evans contended that, contrary to the impression conveyed by passages in Goebbels at pp277-8, the diary entries made by Goebbels, as well as statements made by him at the time, provide convincing proof that Hitler wholeheartedly approved the pogrom and himself afterwards proposed economic measures to be taken against Jews.
5.75Page 277 of Goebbels includes the following paraphrase of Goebbels's diary entry:The vice which the Defendants perceive is that Irving's account suggests that Goebbels knew he was to blame for the pogrom and was apprehensive that Hitler would be angry with him. The Defendants contend that Irving had no basis whatever for adding the gloss that Goebbels was apprehensive since there is no such indication to be found in the diary. Far from being apprehensive, Goebbels's diary entry for 11 November shows how delighted he was at the success of the pogrom. Irving claimed that this entry is mendacious.
"As more ugly bulletins rained down on him the next morning, 10 November 1938, Goebbels went to see Hitler to discuss 'what to do next' ... there is surely an involuntary hint of apprehension in the phrase".
5.76Goebbels's diary entry continues:The Defendants contend that this passage from Goebbels's diary makes crystal clear that, far from condemning Goebbels for what had occurred during Kristallnacht, Hitler in fact approved what had happened. The Defendants add that this is borne out by the fact that Goebbels that same afternoon told the local party chief that the Fuhrer had sanctioned the measures taken thus far and had declared that he did not disapprove of them.
'I report to the Fuhrer in the Osteria. He agrees with everything. His views are totally radical and aggressive. The action itself has taken place without any problems. 17 dead. But no German property damaged. The Fuhrer approves my decree concerning the ending of the actions with small amendments. I announce it via the press and radio. The Fuhrer wants to take very sharp measures against the Jews. They must themselves put their businesses in order again. The insurance will not pay them a thing. Then the Fuhrer wants a gradual expropriation of Jewish businesses'.
5.77Yet at page 278 of Goebbels Irving described the meeting at the Osteria in the following terms:The Defendants cite this as an instance of Irving perverting what Goebbels recorded in his diary and distorting what actually happened in order to exculpate Hitler.
"[Goebbels] made his report [on 'what to do next'] to Hitler in the Osteria ... and was careful to record this ... perhaps slanted ... note in his diary which stands alone, and in direct contradiction to the evidence of Hitler's entire immediate entourage. 'He is in agreement with everything. His views are quite aggressive and radical. The action itself went off without a hitch. 100 dead. But no German property damaged. Each of these five sentences was untrue as will be seen".
5.78Evans deduced that the probable sequence of events was that during the morning of 10 November Hitler and Goebbels discussed what to do next. Hitler told Goebbels to draft an order calling a halt to the violence because, in effect, the objective had by that stage been achieved. They then met for lunch at the Osteria and Hitler approved the order Goebbels had drafted. The terms of the order were broadcast at some stage during the afternoon and the order was formally promulgated at 4pm. The significance of the timing, according to Evans, is that the violence was in effect permitted to continue for most of 10 November. (In Vienna the violence against the Jews did not begin until 10 o'clock that morning).
5.78At a meeting held on 12 November, attended by amongst others Goering and Goebbels, the decision was taken that the Jews should, irrespective of any insurance cover, bear the cost of the pogrom; that Jewish property should be "aryanised" and that Jews should be forbidden to run shops or businesses. Evans criticised Irving for omitting to mention, in his account of this meeting at p281 of Goebbels, that these decisions reflected the wishes expressed by Hitler on 10 November and, according to Goering, were taken in response to Hitler's express request. Nor does Irving mention that, according again to Goering and to an official of the Four Year Plan named Kehrl, Hitler had expressly endorsed the action taken against the Jews.
5.79At p281 of Goebbels, Irving writes:The Defendants assert that, since the court in question was a party and not a criminal court, there was no warrant for Irving to write that the culprits were to be handed over to the public prosecutors. Further Evans pointed out that the document cited in support of this passage, an order of 19 December 1938, made clear that referrals to the prosecution service were to take place only in cases arising out of "personal and base motives". The Ministry of Justice had already ordained that no action was to be taken in those cases where Jewish property was set on fire or blown up. None of this is mentioned by Irving. On the Defendants' case, the intent and effect of Hess's order is thus completely misrepresented by Irving, whose wording suggested to his readers that the Nazis determined to take firm disciplinary action against party members who had been guilty of unlawful violence during Kristallnacht and that anyone guilty of any misdemeanour would be handed over to be dealt with in the criminal courts.
"Hess ordered the Gestapo and the party's courts to delve into the origins of the night's violence and turn the culprits over to the public prosecutors".
5.80In the event, according to the Defendants, the proceedings of the Party Court were a farce. According to its report of 13 February 1939, it investigated only sixteen cases of alleged unlawful activity. In only two of those cases were the suspects handed over to the criminal courts. Those two cases involved sexual offences against Jewish women: the reason for their referral was that the offences involved 'racial defilement'. In the other fourteen cases (which included allegations that twenty-one Jews had been murdered), the punishments were trivial, apparently because the Party Court took the view that the culprits were carrying out Hitler's orders. Hitler was asked to quash the proceedings against those fourteen. The criticism of Irving is that he makes no reference to what the Defendants describe as a scandalous manipulation of the justice system. The disciplinary action instituted by the Nazi party was virtually non-existent.
5.81Irving suggested in Goebbels that following Kristallnacht Hitler distanced himself from Goebbels because he disapproved what he had done. But Evans contended that the record, including Goebbels's diary, suggests otherwise. For instance Goebbels reported in his diary that, when Hitler visited him on 15 November , Hitler "was in a good mood. Sharply against the Jews. Approves my and our policy totally". Evans asserted that there is no justification whatever for supposing that, as Irving implies at p282 of his book, that that was an invention on the part of Goebbels.
5.82Evans also disputed Irving's claim that the memoirs of Ribbentrop are further evidence that of Hitler's disapprobation of Goebbels. According to Evans, the documents cited by Irving do not upon examination support his claim that Goebbels was a pariah in Berlin and even less popular than Ribbentrop and Himmler. Evans noted Irving makes several references to an author named I Weckert, without giving the reader any indication that she is a well-known anti-semitic Nazi sympathiser, who in Evans's opinion is discredited as an historian.
5.83The final criticism made by Evans is that at p276 of Goebbels and elsewhere Irving seriously understates the suffering inflicted upon the Jews in the pogrom. The number of synagogues destroyed far exceeded Irving's figure of 191. The extent of the damage to Jewish shops is also downplayed by Irving. The number of Jews killed was many more than the thirty-six claimed by Irving, even if those who died en route to concentration camps are left out of account.
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SANTA CLARA -- Brent Jones played 11 seasons for the 49ers, won three Super Bowls and at age 34 might have had a few good years left in his career. But the tight end decided to retire because he worried about the effect of eight diagnosed concussions on his life after football.
He still worries nearly 16 years later.
"The thing that scared me the most: Is there a point that pushes you over the gray line?" said Jones, now 50, about when concussions can lead to brain damage. "They didn't know what that was then, and remarkably we still don't know."
Finding those answers is why Jones and former teammate Ronnie Lott will join some of the country's leading brain-injury experts Thursday at a Santa Clara University symposium that will examine the crisis of head trauma in sport. Santa Clara's Institute of Sports Law and Ethics assembled a powerhouse group of speakers to address arguably the biggest issue in sport today.
The conference comes just weeks after the NFL settled a lawsuit with thousands of former players and at the start of a new football season when fans are gaining an acute awareness that the bone-crunching hits they enjoy watching also can leave devastating, long-term brain impairment.
"People are starting to look at the game differently because we're seeing the damage," said UC Berkeley's Dr. Cindy Chang, one of the featured panelists. After celebrating a big hit, she added, fans are "then realizing 'Hey, maybe I shouldn't be cheering.' "
The conference will focus on what can be done to make a range of sports safer -- from football to soccer and hockey, and from the youth leagues to the pros.
"People are asking themselves now, 'Am I a bad parent for letting my kid play peewee football?' " added Chang, the U.S. team's chief medical officer at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Even so, it's clear that football's popularity -- from youth leagues to the NFL -- has not been hurt by a growing body of research that links concussions to brain damage. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the league will break the $10 billion mark in revenues this year, and the NFL's network partners are bragging about the huge ratings from last weekend's opening of the season.
The growing question is the cost for the modern-day gladiators on the field.
In late August, the NFL agreed to pay $765 million to settle with 4,500 retired players who said they had developed dementia and other brain disorders caused by the game's inherent violence. But the agreement included no admission from the league that it had concealed the risks of head injuries, which the players had claimed.
Despite the settlement and media spotlight on head injuries, many football fans believe the issue has been overblown. And the conference organizers see that resistance as both a challenge and opportunity.
"I would love it if people come who think (this) is the global warming of athletics, a contrived thing to get people grant money," said Mike Gilleran, executive director of the Santa Clara University Institute of Sports Law and Ethics, which is hosting the conference. "In our case, the more sunshine, the better. We live not knowing what the NFL knew and when they knew it."
Pro football is bracing for the upcoming book, "League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth," written by ESPN reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, who are scheduled to speak at the conference. Already the book has triggered some controversy as ESPN has withdrawn from its collaboration with PBS' Frontline for a two-part program in early October, timed to the publication. The league has denied charges that Commissioner Roger Goodell pressured the network to drop out of the project.
Meanwhile, many former players such as ex-49er George Visger are upset with the settlement terms.
"No one I've spoken to is happy," said Visger, a member of the 49ers' 1982 Super Bowl team. "It's PR. Just crunch the numbers and it comes out to something like $730 a month (per person). They didn't even accept responsibility. It's all about the love of money and not the human carnage."
When the settlement was announced last month, Goodell described it as the best outcome for both parties.
Visger, a former defensive lineman, has to write everything he does in notebooks because he quickly will forget it. He has lost his house, his environmental consulting business and is 100 percent disabled with frontal lobe dementia.
Visger, 54, recently moved to Southern California for treatment while his wife and their two younger children stay with family in Sacramento.
"My wife is so angry," he said. "She was saying the other day, 'I hate the NFL. I hate what it's done to my family.' You know, I expected to be injured. I expected to have knee, ankle and shoulder problems. But I never expected to not be able to remember the last 20 years of my life."
While concussion talk has centered on the NFL, the issue trickles down to every level of sport. Gilleran, a former West Coast Conference commissioner and NCAA investigator, discovered that when he and his wife pulled their son from football after he suffered from a concussion.
"But then what?" Gilleran asked. "The fallback is soccer and as we learn more, soccer is not a safe haven. The media have focused on football and not so much other sports. We need to learn more about that."
Dr. Robert Cantu, another conference panelist, said parents need to be aware of the dangers of all collision sports. Research shows how repetitive, "sub-concussive" blows can have a cumulative effect on the brain even when no concussion ever is diagnosed.
"Adults can do what they want to do if they understand the risk, but youngsters really don't have informed consent," said Cantu, author of "Concussions and Our Kids." "I want our youth to play sports, but I don't want them banging heads. I want to take heading out of soccer, full-body checking out of hockey and tackle-football away until you're in high school."
But just how much contact is relatively safe remains subject to debate even among experts.
"No, you're not a bad parent," Chang said of those who choose to let their kids play football, "but only if you are educated, your child is educated and your coach is educated."
Contact Mark Emmons at firstname.lastname@example.com and Elliott Almond at email@example.com.
Sports concussions: Problems and Proposed solutions
What: Fourth Annual Sports Law and Ethics Symposium
Where: Locatelli Center, Santa Clara University
When: Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Featured speakers and panelists include: Former 49ers stars Ronnie Lott and Brent Jones, soccer standout Brandi Chastain, Dr. Robert Cantu of Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, former head physician for UC Berkeley athletic teams Dr. Cindy Chang, University of Missouri law professor and youth sports expert Doug Abrams, New York Times writer Alan Schwarz, and the reporting team of Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada, authors of the upcoming book "League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth."
If you want to attend: A limited number of walk-in registrations will be available at a cost of $175. Santa Clara University students can attend for free with valid ID. For more information, http://law.scu.edu/ai1ec_event/third-annual-sports-law-and-ethics-symposium.
Concussion Education Program
What: The California Concussion Coalition will hold free concussion training.
When: Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Oakland's Skyline High School
Who: The program, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, will be presented by Dr. Cindy Chang, Dr. Jean Hayward, neuropsychologist Eric Freitag and former 49er Ben Lynch. The California Concussion Coalition was founded by the Sports Legacy Institute, a Boston-based nonprofit organization founded to advance the study, treatment, and prevention of brain trauma in athletes.
Concussions by the Numbers
173,285: Number of sports-related traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, treated at U.S emergency rooms each year for youth 19 and under. The two leading sports are football and girls' soccer.
15: The percentage of concussions in all sports-related injuries suffered by high school athletes.
4,447: Number of former NFL players who have sued the league over head injuries.
35 million: Number of kids between ages 5 and 18 who participate in youth sports.
2.8 million: Number of kids between ages 6 and 14 who play in tackle football leagues.
Sources: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Washington Times, USA Football, National Alliance for Youth Sports, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
For more information about concussions, go to www.cdc.gov/concussion.


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.. _intro-tutorial03: ===================================== >>! Writing your first Django app, part 3 <<! >>! 세번째 : 첫번째 views 작성하기 <<! ===================================== >>! This tutorial begins where :ref:`Tutorial 2 <intro-tutorial02>` left off. We're continuing the Web-poll application and will focus on creating the public interface -- "views." <<! >>! 이 페이지는 "views"라는 public interface에 대해 중점을 두고 Web-poll 어플리케이션을 다룹니다. <<! >>! Philosophy <<! >>! 개념 <<! ========== >>! A view is a "type" of Web page in your Django application that generally serves a specific function and has a specific template. For example, in a weblog application, you might have the following views: <<! >>! 뷰(view)는 장고 어플리케이션에서 구체적인 기능을 제공하고, 특정한 템플릿을 가지고 있기도 한 웹페이지의 "형태"중 한가지 입니다. 예를들어, 만약 당신이 블로그 어플리케이션을 만든다면, 아래와 같은 뷰를 사용해야 할 것입니다. <<! >>! * Blog homepage -- displays the latest few entries. * Entry "detail" page -- permalink page for a single entry. * Year-based archive page -- displays all months with entries in the given year. * Month-based archive page -- displays all days with entries in the given month. * Day-based archive page -- displays all entries in the given day. * Comment action -- handles posting comments to a given entry. <<! >>! * 블로그 홈페이지 -- 최근에 올라온 글 몇개를 보여줍니다. * 글 "자세히" 페이지 -- 한 개의 글에 대한 바로 가기 페이지 * 1년 기준 문서 페이지 -- 1년 동안의 모든 글을 보여줍니다. * 한달 기준 문서 페이지 -- 한달 동안의 모든 글을 보여줍니다. * 하루 기준 문서 페이지 -- 하루 동안의 모든 글을 보여줍니다. * 댓글 처리 -- 글에 대한 댓글을 작성하는 작업을 합니다. <<! >>! In our poll application, we'll have the following four views: <<! >>! 우리의 poll 어플리케이션에서는 아래의 네가지 뷰를 쓸 것 입니다. <<! >>! * Poll "archive" page -- displays the latest few polls. * Poll "detail" page -- displays a poll question, with no results but with a form to vote. * Poll "results" page -- displays results for a particular poll. * Vote action -- handles voting for a particular choice in a particular poll. <<! >>! * Poll "문서" 페이지 -- 최근 몇개의 poll들을 보여줍니다. * Poll "자세히" 페이지 -- poll의 제목과, 투표를 하기위한 폼을 보여줍니다. (결과는 없음) * Poll "결과" 페이지 -- 특정한 poll의 결과를 보여줍니다. * 투표 처리 -- 특정한 poll에 대한 특정한 선택에 대한 투표를 처리합니다. <<! >>! In Django, each view is represented by a simple Python function. <<! >>! 장고에서 각각의 뷰는 간단한 파이썬 함수로 표현됩니다. <<! >>! Design your URLs <<! >>! URL 디자인 하기 <<! ================ >>! The first step of writing views is to design your URL structure. You do this by creating a Python module, called a URLconf. URLconfs are how Django associates a given URL with given Python code. <<! >>! 뷰를 작성하기 위한 첫 번째 단계는 URLconf라는 파이썬 모듈을 작성해서 URL 구조를 설계하는 것입니다. URLconf는 특정 URL을 그에 주어진 파이썬 코드로 연결시킵니다. <<! >>! When a user requests a Django-powered page, the system looks at the :setting:`ROOT_URLCONF` setting, which contains a string in Python dotted syntax. Django loads that module and looks for a module-level variable called ``urlpatterns``, which is a sequence of tuples in the following format:: <<! (regular expression, Python callback function [, optional dictionary]) Django starts at the first regular expression and makes its way down the list, comparing the requested URL against each regular expression until it finds one that matches. When it finds a match, Django calls the Python callback function, with an :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` object as the first argument, any "captured" values from the regular expression as keyword arguments, and, optionally, arbitrary keyword arguments from the dictionary (an optional third item in the tuple). For more on :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` objects, see the :ref:`ref-request-response`. For more details on URLconfs, see the :ref:`topics-http-urls`. When you ran ``django-admin.py startproject mysite`` at the beginning of Tutorial 1, it created a default URLconf in ``mysite/urls.py``. It also automatically set your :setting:`ROOT_URLCONF` setting (in ``settings.py``) to point at that file:: ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls' Time for an example. Edit ``mysite/urls.py`` so it looks like this:: from django.conf.urls.defaults import * from django.contrib import admin admin.autodiscover() urlpatterns = patterns('', (r'^polls/$', 'mysite.polls.views.index'), (r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/$', 'mysite.polls.views.detail'), (r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/results/$', 'mysite.polls.views.results'), (r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/vote/$', 'mysite.polls.views.vote'), (r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)), ) This is worth a review. When somebody requests a page from your Web site -- say, "/polls/23/", Django will load this Python module, because it's pointed to by the :setting:`ROOT_URLCONF` setting. It finds the variable named ``urlpatterns`` and traverses the regular expressions in order. When it finds a regular expression that matches -- ``r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/$'`` -- it loads the function ``detail()`` from ``mysite/polls/views.py``. Finally, it calls that ``detail()`` function like so:: detail(request=<HttpRequest object>, poll_id='23') The ``poll_id='23'`` part comes from ``(?P<poll_id>\d+)``. Using parenthesis around a pattern "captures" the text matched by that pattern and sends it as an argument to the view function; the ``?P<poll_id>`` defines the name that will be used to identify the matched pattern; and ``\d+`` is a regular expression to match a sequence of digits (i.e., a number). Because the URL patterns are regular expressions, there really is no limit on what you can do with them. And there's no need to add URL cruft such as ``.php`` -- unless you have a sick sense of humor, in which case you can do something like this:: (r'^polls/latest\.php$', 'mysite.polls.views.index'), But, don't do that. It's silly. Note that these regular expressions do not search GET and POST parameters, or the domain name. For example, in a request to ``http://www.example.com/myapp/``, the URLconf will look for ``myapp/``. In a request to ``http://www.example.com/myapp/?page=3``, the URLconf will look for ``myapp/``. If you need help with regular expressions, see `Wikipedia's entry`_ and the `Python documentation`_. Also, the O'Reilly book "Mastering Regular Expressions" by Jeffrey Friedl is fantastic. Finally, a performance note: these regular expressions are compiled the first time the URLconf module is loaded. They're super fast. .. _Wikipedia's entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression .. _Python documentation: http://docs.python.org/library/re.html Write your first view ===================== Well, we haven't created any views yet -- we just have the URLconf. But let's make sure Django is following the URLconf properly. Fire up the Django development Web server: .. code-block:: bash python manage.py runserver Now go to "http://localhost:8000/polls/" on your domain in your Web browser. You should get a pleasantly-colored error page with the following message:: ViewDoesNotExist at /polls/ Tried index in module mysite.polls.views. Error was: 'module' object has no attribute 'index' This error happened because you haven't written a function ``index()`` in the module ``mysite/polls/views.py``. Try "/polls/23/", "/polls/23/results/" and "/polls/23/vote/". The error messages tell you which view Django tried (and failed to find, because you haven't written any views yet). Time to write the first view. Open the file ``mysite/polls/views.py`` and put the following Python code in it:: from django.http import HttpResponse def index(request): return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You're at the poll index.") This is the simplest view possible. Go to "/polls/" in your browser, and you should see your text. Now lets add a few more views. These views are slightly different, because they take an argument (which, remember, is passed in from whatever was captured by the regular expression in the URLconf):: def detail(request, poll_id): return HttpResponse("You're looking at poll %s." % poll_id) def results(request, poll_id): return HttpResponse("You're looking at the results of poll %s." % poll_id) def vote(request, poll_id): return HttpResponse("You're voting on poll %s." % poll_id) Take a look in your browser, at "/polls/34/". It'll run the `detail()` method and display whatever ID you provide in the URL. Try "/polls/34/results/" and "/polls/34/vote/" too -- these will display the placeholder results and voting pages. Write views that actually do something ====================================== Each view is responsible for doing one of two things: Returning an :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object containing the content for the requested page, or raising an exception such as :exc:`~django.http.Http404`. The rest is up to you. Your view can read records from a database, or not. It can use a template system such as Django's -- or a third-party Python template system -- or not. It can generate a PDF file, output XML, create a ZIP file on the fly, anything you want, using whatever Python libraries you want. All Django wants is that :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`. Or an exception. Because it's convenient, let's use Django's own database API, which we covered in :ref:`Tutorial 1 <intro-tutorial01>`. Here's one stab at the ``index()`` view, which displays the latest 5 poll questions in the system, separated by commas, according to publication date:: from mysite.polls.models import Poll from django.http import HttpResponse def index(request): latest_poll_list = Poll.objects.all().order_by('-pub_date')[:5] output = ', '.join([p.question for p in latest_poll_list]) return HttpResponse(output) There's a problem here, though: The page's design is hard-coded in the view. If you want to change the way the page looks, you'll have to edit this Python code. So let's use Django's template system to separate the design from Python:: from django.template import Context, loader from mysite.polls.models import Poll from django.http import HttpResponse def index(request): latest_poll_list = Poll.objects.all().order_by('-pub_date')[:5] t = loader.get_template('polls/index.html') c = Context({ 'latest_poll_list': latest_poll_list, }) return HttpResponse(t.render(c)) That code loads the template called "polls/index.html" and passes it a context. The context is a dictionary mapping template variable names to Python objects. Reload the page. Now you'll see an error:: TemplateDoesNotExist at /polls/ polls/index.html Ah. There's no template yet. First, create a directory, somewhere on your filesystem, whose contents Django can access. (Django runs as whatever user your server runs.) Don't put them under your document root, though. You probably shouldn't make them public, just for security's sake. Then edit :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS` in your ``settings.py`` to tell Django where it can find templates -- just as you did in the "Customize the admin look and feel" section of Tutorial 2. When you've done that, create a directory ``polls`` in your template directory. Within that, create a file called ``index.html``. Note that our ``loader.get_template('polls/index.html')`` code from above maps to "[template_directory]/polls/index.html" on the filesystem. Put the following code in that template: .. code-block:: html+django {% if latest_poll_list %}
 {% for poll in latest_poll_list %}
{{ poll.question }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% else %}
No polls are available.
 {% endif %} Load the page in your Web browser, and you should see a bulleted-list containing the "What's up" poll from Tutorial 1. A shortcut: render_to_response() -------------------------------- It's a very common idiom to load a template, fill a context and return an :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object with the result of the rendered template. Django provides a shortcut. Here's the full ``index()`` view, rewritten:: from django.shortcuts import render_to_response from mysite.polls.models import Poll def index(request): latest_poll_list = Poll.objects.all().order_by('-pub_date')[:5] return render_to_response('polls/index.html', {'latest_poll_list': latest_poll_list}) Note that once we've done this in all these views, we no longer need to import :mod:`~django.template.loader`, :class:`~django.template.Context` and :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`. The :func:`~django.shortcuts.render_to_response` function takes a template name as its first argument and a dictionary as its optional second argument. It returns an :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` object of the given template rendered with the given context. Raising 404 =========== Now, let's tackle the poll detail view -- the page that displays the question for a given poll. Here's the view:: from django.http import Http404 # ... def detail(request, poll_id): try: p = Poll.objects.get(pk=poll_id) except Poll.DoesNotExist: raise Http404 return render_to_response('polls/detail.html', {'poll': p}) The new concept here: The view raises the :exc:`~django.http.Http404` exception if a poll with the requested ID doesn't exist. We'll discuss what you could put in that ``polls/detail.html`` template a bit later, but if you'd like to quickly get the above example working, just:: {{ poll }} will get you started for now. A shortcut: get_object_or_404() ------------------------------- It's a very common idiom to use :meth:`~django.db.models.QuerySet.get` and raise :exc:`~django.http.Http404` if the object doesn't exist. Django provides a shortcut. Here's the ``detail()`` view, rewritten:: from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404 # ... def detail(request, poll_id): p = get_object_or_404(Poll, pk=poll_id) return render_to_response('polls/detail.html', {'poll': p}) The :func:`~django.shortcuts.get_object_or_404` function takes a Django model as its first argument and an arbitrary number of keyword arguments, which it passes to the module's :meth:`~django.db.models.QuerySet.get` function. It raises :exc:`~django.http.Http404` if the object doesn't exist. .. admonition:: Philosophy Why do we use a helper function :func:`~django.shortcuts.get_object_or_404` instead of automatically catching the :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ObjectDoesNotExist` exceptions at a higher level, or having the model API raise :exc:`~django.http.Http404` instead of :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ObjectDoesNotExist`? Because that would couple the model layer to the view layer. One of the foremost design goals of Django is to maintain loose coupling. There's also a :func:`~django.shortcuts.get_list_or_404` function, which works just as :func:`~django.shortcuts.get_object_or_404` -- except using :meth:`~django.db.models.QuerySet.filter` instead of :meth:`~django.db.models.QuerySet.get`. It raises :exc:`~django.http.Http404` if the list is empty. Write a 404 (page not found) view ================================= When you raise :exc:`~django.http.Http404` from within a view, Django will load a special view devoted to handling 404 errors. It finds it by looking for the variable ``handler404``, which is a string in Python dotted syntax -- the same format the normal URLconf callbacks use. A 404 view itself has nothing special: It's just a normal view. You normally won't have to bother with writing 404 views. By default, URLconfs have the following line up top:: from django.conf.urls.defaults import * That takes care of setting ``handler404`` in the current module. As you can see in ``django/conf/urls/defaults.py``, ``handler404`` is set to :func:`django.views.defaults.page_not_found` by default. Four more things to note about 404 views: * If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to ``True`` (in your settings module) then your 404 view will never be used (and thus the ``404.html`` template will never be rendered) because the traceback will be displayed instead. * The 404 view is also called if Django doesn't find a match after checking every regular expression in the URLconf. * If you don't define your own 404 view -- and simply use the default, which is recommended -- you still have one obligation: To create a ``404.html`` template in the root of your template directory. The default 404 view will use that template for all 404 errors. * If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to ``False`` (in your settings module) and if you didn't create a ``404.html`` file, an ``Http500`` is raised instead. So remember to create a ``404.html``. Write a 500 (server error) view =============================== Similarly, URLconfs may define a ``handler500``, which points to a view to call in case of server errors. Server errors happen when you have runtime errors in view code. Use the template system ======================= Back to the ``detail()`` view for our poll application. Given the context variable ``poll``, here's what the "polls/detail.html" template might look like: .. code-block:: html+django
{{ poll.question }}

 {% for choice in poll.choice_set.all %}
{{ choice.choice }}
 {% endfor %}
 The template system uses dot-lookup syntax to access variable attributes. In the example of ``{{ poll.question }}``, first Django does a dictionary lookup on the object ``poll``. Failing that, it tries attribute lookup -- which works, in this case. If attribute lookup had failed, it would've tried calling the method ``question()`` on the poll object. Method-calling happens in the ``{% for %}`` loop: ``poll.choice_set.all`` is interpreted as the Python code ``poll.choice_set.all()``, which returns an iterable of Choice objects and is suitable for use in the ``{% for %}`` tag. See the :ref:`template guide <topics-templates>` for more about templates. Simplifying the URLconfs ======================== Take some time to play around with the views and template system. As you edit the URLconf, you may notice there's a fair bit of redundancy in it:: urlpatterns = patterns('', (r'^polls/$', 'mysite.polls.views.index'), (r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/$', 'mysite.polls.views.detail'), (r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/results/$', 'mysite.polls.views.results'), (r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/vote/$', 'mysite.polls.views.vote'), ) Namely, ``mysite.polls.views`` is in every callback. Because this is a common case, the URLconf framework provides a shortcut for common prefixes. You can factor out the common prefixes and add them as the first argument to :func:`~django.conf.urls.defaults.patterns`, like so:: urlpatterns = patterns('mysite.polls.views', (r'^polls/$', 'index'), (r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/$', 'detail'), (r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/results/$', 'results'), (r'^polls/(?P<poll_id>\d+)/vote/$', 'vote'), ) This is functionally identical to the previous formatting. It's just a bit tidier. Decoupling the URLconfs ======================= While we're at it, we should take the time to decouple our poll-app URLs from our Django project configuration. Django apps are meant to be pluggable -- that is, each particular app should be transferable to another Django installation with minimal fuss. Our poll app is pretty decoupled at this point, thanks to the strict directory structure that ``python manage.py startapp`` created, but one part of it is coupled to the Django settings: The URLconf. We've been editing the URLs in ``mysite/urls.py``, but the URL design of an app is specific to the app, not to the Django installation -- so let's move the URLs within the app directory. Copy the file ``mysite/urls.py`` to ``mysite/polls/urls.py``. Then, change ``mysite/urls.py`` to remove the poll-specific URLs and insert an :func:`~django.conf.urls.defaults.include`:: # ... urlpatterns = patterns('', (r'^polls/', include('mysite.polls.urls')), # ... :func:`~django.conf.urls.defaults.include`, simply, references another URLconf. Note that the regular expression doesn't have a ``$`` (end-of-string match character) but has the trailing slash. Whenever Django encounters :func:`~django.conf.urls.defaults.include`, it chops off whatever part of the URL matched up to that point and sends the remaining string to the included URLconf for further processing. Here's what happens if a user goes to "/polls/34/" in this system: * Django will find the match at ``'^polls/'`` * Then, Django will strip off the matching text (``"polls/"``) and send the remaining text -- ``"34/"`` -- to the 'mysite.polls.urls' URLconf for further processing. Now that we've decoupled that, we need to decouple the 'mysite.polls.urls' URLconf by removing the leading "polls/" from each line, and removing the lines registering the admin site:: urlpatterns = patterns('mysite.polls.views', (r'^$', 'index'), (r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/$', 'detail'), (r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/results/$', 'results'), (r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/vote/$', 'vote'), ) The idea behind :func:`~django.conf.urls.defaults.include` and URLconf decoupling is to make it easy to plug-and-play URLs. Now that polls are in their own URLconf, they can be placed under "/polls/", or under "/fun_polls/", or under "/content/polls/", or any other URL root, and the app will still work. All the poll app cares about is its relative URLs, not its absolute URLs. When you're comfortable with writing views, read :ref:`part 4 of this tutorial <intro-tutorial04>` to learn about simple form processing and generic views.


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Spring has definitely arrived here in Washington, DC. The cherry blossoms are in full bloom and the tourist season has begun.
So, we've been staying home a bit more than usual. After a couple of days of yard work, I was so pleased to see my herbs start to sprout and spread. I've missed the light and fresh taste the herbs can bring to our meals.
I know it is a bit early for sugar snap peas, but my husband couldn't resist them at the grocery store this week, and I decided they would make a lovely spring dish with the addition of some of our backyard mint.
Blistered Sugar Snap Peas with Mint
Serves 4 to 6
Modified from Food & Wine
2 1/2 Tbsp olive oil, divided
2 pounds sugar snap peas, rinsed and dried
1 Tbsp lemon zest
1/4 cup finely chopped mint leaves
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
Put a large cast iron skillet on the stovetop over high heat until very hot. Add about 1 Tbsp of olive oil and swirl to coat pan. Add snap peas, toss a few times to coat with oil and transfer skillet to oven.
Cook for about 2 minutes, then stir/toss snap peas a few times to ensure even cooking. Return the skillet to the oven for another 2 to 4 minutes until the peas are crisp-tender and starting to blister.
While the snap peas are in the oven, combine remaining 1 1/2 Tbsp of olive oil with lemon zest.
Remove skillet from oven. Toss the peas with the lemon zest olive oil. Transfer to a serving dish. Sprinkle mint on top, toss again, and serve.
This dish is good served immediately when hot, or you can let it cool and refrigerate to serve later.


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BRUSSELS (AP) -- NATO is making its strongest statement of support yet for alliance member Turkey, after a week of artillery and mortar exchanges with Syria.
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AHN'-derz fohg RAHS'-moo-sihn) says NATO has "all necessary plans in place to protect and defend Turkey," though he adds that the alliance hopes it won't need to use them.
Ankara has sent additional fighter jets to reinforce an air base close to the frontier with Syria where shells killed five Turkish civilians last week. The incident and the Turkish retaliation that's followed has sparked concern that Syria civil war to mushroom into a wider regional crisis.
But the expression of solidarity is largely symbolic right now. NATO officials say plans for Turkey's defense have been around for decades and were not drawn up in response to the Syria crisis. And observers say there appears little appetite in Turkey for a war with Syria.


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CINCINNATI Oh. - Bengals DT Geno Atkins today was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week by the NFL.
Atkins, a third-year pro who was named yesterday to his second straight Pro Bowl, had 2.0 sacks for 17 yards in the Bengals' playoff-clinching 13-10 win at Pittsburgh on Sunday, extending his team-leading total for the season to 12.5. He led a defensive line which provided consistent pressure on Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, who completed just 50 percent of his passes and was intercepted twice. In addition to the sacks, Atkins led the defensive line with eight total tackles (four solo) and one forced fumble against the Steelers.
Atkins leads all NFL interior linemen in sacks by a margin of 4.5. He has set a new Bengals record for sacks by an interior lineman, topping the mark of DT Dan Wilkinson, who had 8.0 in 1996.
In addition, Atkins leads the Bengals in QB pressures (35) and tackles-for-loss (13), and he ranks tied for first in forced fumbles (four) after getting one at Pittsburgh. He also has two passes defensed, and he is third on the line in tackles for the season (64).
Last season, Atkins tied for the NFL sacks lead among interior linemen with 7.5, and he was the first Bengals defensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl since NT Tim Krumrie in 1988.
Overall, the Bengals this season have captured six of the league's weekly or monthly AFC awards, which ties for the most in franchise history, also achieved in both the 1988 and '89 seasons. It is the third defensive honor this season, with both of the previous awards also going to Bengals defensive linemen.
Below are this season's Bengals winners prior to Atkins:
* DE Carlos Dunlap earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his Dec. 2 performance at San Diego. He had had two sacks, and on each one he forced a fumble. He recovered one of the fumbles late in the game to help preserve the win, and he totaled five tackles and four additional QB pressures in the game overall.
* QB Andy Dalton earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his Nov. 11 performance vs. the N.Y. Giants. He passed for a career-high four TDs, with no INTs, and passed overall 21-for-30 for 199 yards.
* WR A.J. Green was AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September. In four games he led the conference in receptions (27), was second in receiving yards (428) and was tied for most receiving TDs (three).
* DE Michael Johnson earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his Sept. 23 performance at Washington. Johnson recorded a career-high 3.0 sacks for minus-17 yards, while totaling seven tackles (six solo).
* CB Adam Jones earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his Sept. 16 performance vs. Cleveland. His three punt returns for an average of 30.0 yards included an 81-yarder for a TD, the only non-offensive score for either team in a seven-point (34-27) Bengals win.


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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
{Eight Years of Amazing}
6 comments:
- Carolyn said...
Congratulations to the two of you. Praying for your marriage and your family. Can't wait to see where God leads you all next. Isn't God amazing?! God bless you all.
In His great and mighty love,
Carolyn O'Cain
P.S. I know first hand all about God seriously having His hand on a marriage. He has done incredible things in the midst of our hard times. I love my sweet husband more and deeper every day.
- January 17, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Angela has the same amazing blue eyes as your husband and your daughter.. God must have made her just for you. Happy Anniversary. You are truely blessed by an awesome God.
- January 17, 2012 at 8:18 PM
- Holly said...
Congratulations! Here's to many more years of love and happiness for you both.
- January 18, 2012 at 7:11 AM
- Kyla said...
Happy anniversary!
- January 18, 2012 at 2:43 PM
- Jade said...
Wonderful :-) Congrats to the both of you on a very beautiful love and even more beautiful family.
- January 22, 2012 at 10:01 AM
- JayCee said...
Congrats and Happy Anniversary!
- January 26, 2012 at 10:23 AM


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Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that's soaking up the Summit seasons.
We're going to start today off with a nice big thank you. Mary Pappas from Breckenridge sent us this.
"I would like to send a big THANK YOU out to C Grigoriou (store manager for the Guess outlet in Silverthorne). My daughter had lost her wallet with cash and a check from her grandfather for her birthday. The store manager chose to return the wallet to its rightful owner. She mailed the wallet along with a letter to my daughter's grandfather whose return address was on the her birthday check. My daughter is soooo grateful. She had all her birthday money plus the birthday check in her wallet. It is so nice to know that there is such great people out there. Thank you C. Grigoriou!"
That's the Summit love we expect to see. Nice work C Grigoriou!


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Sony Earnings: What to Watch
Sony is expected to announce another cut in annual guidance when it releases fiscal third quarter figures on Thursday, dragged down by continuing losses in its television and personal-computer businesses.
The key attention will be on what fresh actions Sony will announce to fix its struggling consumer electronics business with investors paying attention to additional reduction in headcount and a potential sale of its PC business. Last month, Moody's Investors Service cut Sony's credit rating to junk status citing challenges the company continues to face as sales of TVs, PCs and digital cameras slide.
For the three months ended Dec. 31, analysts, on average, expect an operating profit of 74 billion yen ($730 million) compared with an operating profit of ¥46 billion a year earlier, according to a poll of eight analysts by financial data provider Quick. Revenue is expected to rise to ¥2.2 trillion from ¥1.9 trillion a year earlier.
Depending on how big the costs would be to streamline its loss-making businesses, analysts say Sony could fall into the red for the current fiscal year through March. Currently, Sony expects an annual net profit of ¥30 billion compared with analysts' estimates of around ¥16 billion, which do not account for restructuring costs.
Here are the key issues to watch.
Is Sony ditching the Vaio business?
Faced with annual losses estimated to be over $300 million for its Vaio PC business, the company is in talks to sell its domestic PC business to an investment fund called Japan Industrial Partners. Questions remain on what Sony will do with its overseas PC operations and whether it plans to withdraw entirely from the Vaio business. If Sony signals an exit, investors will be looking to hear what growth strategy Sony has in mind that would replace annual revenue from the Vaio business that analysts estimate to be around ¥400 billion to ¥500 billion ($4 billion-$5 billion).
Is the TV business turning around?
While Sony is shifting its focus to high-end TV models with the rollout of ultra high-definition TVs, the company is still struggling with losses in the division amid an erosion in demand in emerging markets. Attention is on whether Sony will announce fresh steps to turn the business profitable. The TV division returned to profit for the first time in 12 quarters in the fiscal first quarter of this year, but quickly fell back into the red in the fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30.
Are smartphones still a bright spot?
When Sony lowered its sales target for most consumer products during the July-September quarter, the one bright spot had been brisk sales of its smartphones. Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai has put its smartphone business front and center as one of the company's growth pillars. But with NTT DoCoMo having launched Apple's iPhones in Japan in September, there are concerns Sony's flagship Xperia lineup could lose momentum. Finding a second U.S. carrier beyond T-Mobile US is also critical as Sony looks to expand smartphones sales globally. And if Sony is effectively pulling out of PCs, smartphone growth will become even more critical for Sony. In the fiscal second quarter, revenue from the mobile products and communications segment jumped 39%.
Is the entertainment business on a roll again?
After a dismal performance in the second quarter, the movies division is expected to recover following the strong performance of recent releases such as "Captain Phillips." Delivering on a promise made to U.S. hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb, Sony has announced plans to trim costs and is disclosing more information about its entertainment business. Analysts are mainly bullish about the division's outlook with the scheduled release of a new "Spider-Man" film later this year.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- When the Federal Trade Commission decided to close its antitrust investigation of Google (GOOG) without charges, one important factor, although hardly mentioned, was just beneath the surface: the mobile revolution.
Google has repeatedly made the argument -- and the commission ultimately agreed -- that the speed of change in the technology industry made it impossible for regulators to impose restrictions without stalling innovations. Exhibit A is the mobile device. Nowhere has technology changed as rapidly and consumer behavior as broadly. As people abandon desktop computers for mobile ones, existing tech companies' business models are being upended and new companies are blooming.
"Mobile is very much a moving target," said Herbert Hovenkamp, a professor of antitrust law at the University of Iowa who has been a paid adviser to Google. "This is a market in which new competitors come in a week's time."
When the commission began its investigation 19 months ago, for instance, the iPhone did not have Siri voice search, Apple (AAPL) did not have its own mapping service, and Yelp's mobile apps had no ads. By the time the inquiry concluded, all of that had changed. Google had new competitors on all sides trying to chip away at its hold on the mobile search and advertising market.
Still, Google is even more dominant on mobile phones than on desktop computers. It has 96 percent of the world's mobile search market, according to StatCounter, which tracks Web use. It collects 57 percent of mobile ad revenue in the United States, while Facebook, its nearest competitor, gets just 9 percent, according to eMarketer.
But, analysts say, as people change their search habits on mobile devices -- bypassing Google to go straight to apps like Yelp's, for example -- that dominance could wane, or a competitor could swoop in and knock Google off its perch.
"It's important to recognize that many mobile apps are really vertical search engines," said Rebecca Lieb, a digital media analyst at the Altimeter Group. "It is impossible to really say anyone dominates a section of mobile in a secure way right now."
On cellphones or tablets, for instance, people increasingly skip Google in favor of apps like Flixster for movie times or Kayak for flights.
Apple is taking on mobile search with Siri on the iPhone, which can answer questions about the weather or search for nearby restaurants. With its new mapping service, Apple has also entered local search.
This month, Blekko, a search startup, introduced an app called Izik for Apple and Android devices. It tries to make searching more tablet-friendly by showing images instead of just links and making it easier to swipe through many pages of results with a finger.
On mobile devices, said Rich Skrenta, Blekko's chief executive, "the user experience is so different that we think it opens things up. On your desktop, if it doesn't look like Google, you think that's not a search engine. On a tablet, it's just vastly different."
Jon Leibowitz, the FTC chairman, said at a news conference Thursday that the speed of change in the tech industry meant that "you want to be careful before you apply sanctions."
The commission also considered Google's partnerships with cellphone makers like Samsung and HTC that license Google search on phones, so that a search box appears on the home screen. In the end it decided not to take action against Google.
Some Google critics said that even though the competitive landscape is different on mobile devices, it should not have influenced the government's analysis of Google's behavior on the desktop Web.
"There's no doubt that mobile applications, including Yelp's, give consumers the ability to bypass the major search engines and go directly to the best provider of the service they're looking for," said Vince Sollitto, vice president for government relations at Yelp. Still, he added, "I don't see how that impacts how someone is acting anti-competitively on the desktop."
(One of Google's concessions to the federal agency, that it would allow other Web companies to ask Google not to show their content in its own vertical search products -- one of Yelp's chief complaints -- applies to mobile as well.)
But others said antitrust enforcement in the 21st century needs to be more agile.
"It's no good if you have a 10-year investigation and then you say, 'They're guilty,' and the company is already dead," said Tim Wu, a Columbia University law professor who worked as an adviser to the commission until last summer, including on the Google case.
One of the investigation's main targets was Google's practice of pulling information from the Web and showing it on search results pages, so people do not have to click on links to get what they want. Search for Barack Obama's birthday or the local weather, for instance, and Google shows you the answer above search results.
That is even more important on mobile devices, where people do not have the space or patience to click on several links, said Amit Singhal, Google's senior vice president for search.
The latest Google search apps for Android and Apple devices let people search by talking; the apps then offer spoken answers. And Google now shows its "knowledge cards" -- with answers to trivia questions or photos and details about people and places -- on mobile devices.
Other companies are also trying to more seamlessly provide information on mobile devices.
For example, it is easier and faster to book a table using the OpenTable app than it is to search for a restaurant on Google using a mobile browser, click on the link and then make a reservation. Even faster is asking Apple's Siri to book a table for you.
"The rate of speed at which mobile search is moving, you just have to out-innovate everyone else," Singhal said. "That's the only way you win."


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Ugh. It got me.
I really thought I was going to get through this winter without catching the crud. I was feeling strong, feeling good. I took all the necessary precautions. I wash my hands a lot, avoid anyone sneezing or coughing, and I got a flu shot.
At the first sign anyone around me has anything, I start taking Airborne. I know a lot of people are partial to Emergen-C, but I swear by Airborne. I have successfully avoided many a cold drinking the fizzing liquid. May be it's the placebo effect, but I swear it helps.
When the boys start blowing their noses, I ban them from the kitchen so they don't spread the germs into our food, and more importantly, directly to me.
But I can't even blame them for this. They're perfectly healthy. Not like when they were little and I would get everything they came home with. It would inevitably make its way through the entire family.
This bug I seemed to have found all on my own.
I hate that moment when I know I've got something. I know my body well enough to realize it, but I still work with denial for as long as I can. You know what I'm talking about, making excuses for all the on-coming symptoms:
"Geez, I'm tired today. Must have stayed up too late last night."
"I must be dehydrated. My throat is so dry."
"Man, that 30 minutes on the elliptical really kicked my butt this morning. Must be why my muscles are sore."
"It is freezing in here today. Why aren't you wearing your jacket? Where are my Uggs?"
And then that moment I realize I can't ignore it any longer. Acceptance. I'm sick.
For all the mothers out there, you know we never really get to be sick, right? There's always someone who needs to be driven somewhere, someone who needs help with homework, someone who wants to be fed, laundry to get done, dirty dishes that pile up.
Apparently we've done such a good job taking care of these people that they are incapable of picking up the slack when we're down. Well done. Makes me rethink my whole caregiving method.
And God forbid you have a job, as well. Trying to cover yourself at work long enough to recuperate presents its own unique set of challenges. Either way, it is hard to give yourself permission to be sick, hence my denial method.
The denial period lasted about a day and half until I gave up and hit my bed. Fully in acceptance the next morning, I called my doctor's office to make an appointment.
They all know me well there, as I have been in weekly since May getting allergy shots. When I said my last name, the reply was, "Linda? Oh, you don't sound good at all." It was actually reaffirming to have someone tell me I sounded awful. The boys hadn't mentioned it.
My doctor is also one of my best friends. Due to busy lives with families and work and blah blah blah, we don't get to see each other as we would like. So when she walked into the exam room, I couldn't help but croaking, "Do you see the lengths I'll go to spend a little time with you?"
We caught up as she listened to lungs and felt glands. After a fabulously uncomfortable swab, it was confirmed I did not have the flu, but I was to confine myself to bed for 48 hours and instructed to send the boys to their dad's house.
OK! Doctor's orders! A quick text to a coworker confirmed she could cover me at work. The stars have aligned! I actually get to be sick like a real person for two whole days!
I missed most of the first day, as I was asleep. I woke up long enough to write this. But I'm really looking forward to holding down the couch and falling asleep with a book on my face on that second day.
I have made a few interesting discovery being sick all alone in my house. First, time becomes very fluid when there is no schedule to keep and I'm in and out of a waking state.
Second, no matter how old I get, I always want my mom when I'm sick. Sniff.
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- That he is still at it must mean that Smith has either led a charmed life these past years or else he is made of steel.
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- If you prefer loafers or moccasins, you'll also have a chance to prove your fashion sense this summer, but sandals are really where it's at.
- I'm a huge, huge fan of festivals, so that's where it's at for me this summer.
- The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has plenty of money to give out, but collecting and interpreting the artefacts of human history is just not where it's at.
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- The first bit is exactly where my thinking is at.
- This is Rethel's most precise determination of who and where he is at that moment.
- So that's where my head is at these days.
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Since year-end lists are all the rage on music site after music site — authored by any skinny white kid with a 32GB or higher iPod — it struck me as a surprise that there had been zero of these type of posts on the WMFO blog page. Although this may be a bit late, I've decided to post an obligatory year end top-ten list; hopefully at least one person may pick up an album they otherwise would've missed from a year of music that was superb.
#10- The Monitor – Titus Andronicus: Titus Andronicus decided to follow up their chaotic and inspired debut album with this civil-war themed concept album. Much less of the production is in the red compared to their first album, a welcome addition because quite honestly a sane being can only take so many minutes of Patrick Stickles wailing into a broken microphone. There are more hooks here and catchy guitar riffs for the crossover fan of punk and hardcore to enjoy- not to say that this would ever be something you throw on with mom in the car for a long trip. It's all relative.
#9- Swim – Caribou: If you want to feel inadequate as a human being, look up Daniel Victor Snaith's doctorate thesis entitled "Overconvergent Siegel Modular Symbols." It's 55 pages of mind-bending horror, mathematics taken to the limit. Then check out his fantastic album produced last April. Snaith creates chill vibes and ambient noodlings that are catchy as hell and trippy to listen to. "Odessa" has the phattest bassline of the year, and the rest of the album is a remarkable hybrid of MIDI keyboard experimentation and pop structures.
#8-This is Happening – LCD Soundsystem: James Murphy seems to defy all logic: in a world in which sophomore slumps reign supreme- and then only go downhill from there- he makes each of his new albums better and better. This is Happening takes all of the influences apparent in Murphy's life (Depeche Mode, Devo, Talking Heads) and makes them into a masterpiece that is in no way ironic, just genuine. "Dance Yrself Clean," the epic opener, sets the pace for the rest of the outrageously fun dance-a-thon that never lets up. I went to the concert at the Orpheum in September, and it was one of the most energizing performances I've ever seen.
#7- The Suburbs – The Arcade Fire: After the exponentially increasing success of Funeral and Neon Bible, the Arcade Fire had a bunch to live up to. For their third album, the Montreal-based outfit started to stray away from their deeply emotional, often morbid themes and wrote this concept-y album about the normalcy and inferiority complexes that come with an unremarkable life in the suburbs. The music itself sounds like it owes a lot to Springsteen, yet everything that comes out of Win Butler's mouth always has a depressing undertone. It's an album that has an ambiguous outlook on its subject matter that makes an intriguing listen.
#6- Contra – Vampire Weekend: There'll always be the haters. Vampire Weekend were steeped in upper-middle class values on their self-titled debut, and alienated a lot of their listeners because of it. They don't make it any easier out of the gates on Contra, rhyming "balaclava," "horchata," and "Aranciata" in the first two minutes. It doesn't matter. Vampire Weekend do an exquisite job of blending the afro-pop they're rooted in with atmospheric keyboards and hideously catchy/beautiful vocals from Ezra. Because of the cohesion between all of its tracks, the album stands head and shoulders above its predecessor and'll keep the liberal arts students ecstatic until the next album rolls around.
#5- Halcyon Digest – Deerhunter: I'll be the first to admit that Deerhunter was barely on my radar leading up to the release of this album. I thought it was mostly filler with occasional, but rare, flashes of greatness. On Digest, they cut out virtually all of the feedback-filled instrumental hoopla that usually takes up too much of their time, and put out what probably is the best record to ever come out of the shoe-gazing genre. Bradford Cox was always known to be the resident genius in the band, but this album is Lockett Pundt's coming out party. He shows he can pop out songs with the best of 'em, and contributes a ton to this hazy and chaotic opus that is easily Deerhunter's best ever.
#4- Age of Adz – Sufjan Stevens: Sufjan Stevens was well on his way to becoming the Dave Chappelle of indie music. After the huge bonanza surrounding his 2005 Illinois, Sufjan did a number of projects that never really constituted an LP follow-up, went through a physical and mental health crisis, and admitted the 50 states project was all an elaborate commercial hoax. Who could've guessed that his next proper album would be a glitchy, immensely sonically layered, and 26-minute-song-closing oeuvre that could've been foreshadowed only by 2001's Enjoy Your Rabbit. The Detroit-born, softly-spoken Stevens ambles through 75 minutes of compositional brilliance, each piece of electric doodling fitting perfectly into place throughout each of his songs that are ostensibly about his developing musical schizophrenia (by the way, this show in November was incredible as well).
#3- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West: I think it would be ridiculous to argue with the fact that what we have on our hands with Yeezy is this generation's best example of a tortured genius. Although Kanye is self-aware of his public animosity, he still can't stop himself from creating more of it. After a mostly misguided foray into Auto-tune with his last album, Kanye dives into his contact book on MBDTF and makes what will surely go down as one of hip-hop's most ambitious and incredible albums of the last 20 years. Each song could be hit on its own; there isn't a guest act that seems forced or out of place (Save for maybe Justin Vernon on "Monster"), and West himself tears each of his verses apart, parodying himself while maintaining the hedonism that has defined him these past few years. It's an unbelievable accomplishment that single-handedly saves him from a public black-listing. For now.
#2- High Violet – The National: You can either love or hate the powerful and space-filling baritone of Matt Berninger, but you'd simply be wrong if you chose the latter. The singer could make commercial jingles seem as though they're as important as the State of the Union. Instead he opts to go with dense, melancholic lyrics that are emotionally wrenching no matter how many listens. "Bloodbuzz Ohio" is certainly near the top of my favorite tracks of the year, a type of moving, spacious beat that recalls "No Cars Go" by Arcade Fire a number of years ago. Each one of the tracks may take a number of listens to distinguish themselves as their own, but they are hauntingly beautiful and just have this sense of importance and weight that make it the National's best album yet.
#1- Treats – Sleigh Bells: I'm in love with Alexis Krauss (for a number of reasons). The ex-kindergarten teacher (so she has to be nice) met up by chance with Derek Miller a few years back and threw some rough, hyper-energized demos together that eventually caught the attention of MIA, who then immediately signed them to her own Mom + Pop label. They went into the studio soon-after and created what to me challenges the word genre itself. Miller's guitars screech and sustain; thick, electric, hip hop beats pound in the background, and Krauss' jubilant voice ranges from cat-calling to gentle caroling (she has a beautiful voice). The chaos in the instruments are often contained by the consistency of Krauss' overwhelming presence in each song. It all makes for what is quite possibly the most original album I've heard in the 21st Century and easily my album of the year (she's creative too).
[…] As I mentioned last year in my flagship post, the practice of making/searching for year-end music lists is a pastime in which all serious music fans take an unhealthy amount of pleasure. It's exciting—validating, almost—to see an artist you've invested in for the entire year wind up at the top of a publication's queue. Besides the selfish pleasure gained from seeing your favorite bands make a top spot, these lists can be equally rewarding if you can find an act you might've otherwise let slip through the cracks. It's in that spirit that I again impart my mediocre knowledge of music unto you who seek out the albums that I thought were the best of 2011. #10. Burst Apart –The Antlers […]


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New York State Police are asking for the public's help in finding a Massachusetts man who was last seen at a store in the Adirondacks a week ago.
Troopers say 46-year-old Scott Haworth of Chicopee, Mass., was at the Valley Grocery in Keene last Thursday. Police say he hasn't been seen since then.
Troopers say Haworth is avid hiker who frequently goes out on solo excursions.
Anyone who has seen Haworth is asked to call the New York State Police in Ray Brook at 518- 897-2000.


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Spartanburg deputies charge Chesnee man in assault case
Published: Friday, January 11, 2013 at 10:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 11, 2013 at 10:50 p.m.
Dustin Arnold Ward, 21, of 250 Cannon Ford Road in Chesnee has been charged with first-degree assault and battery by the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.
Ward is accused of striking a man in the face with an object on April 4, 2012 that required the victim to seek medical attention.
Ward assaulted the victim after Ward and the victim's daughter got into an argument and she asked to use the victim's phone, according to an incident report. The victim said Ward struck him with what appeared to be brass knuckles, the report states.
The victim suffered a severe cut on his left check, was profusely bleeding and had "massive swelling," the report states.
Ward was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center on Thursday and was still in custody Friday night under a $10,000 bond, according to online jail records
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Andre Iguodala is scheduled to land in our community this week, an NBA free agent arriving technically via trade. There are a few things he should know about local sports history and guys coming off the free-agent market.
The first is that we've seen 'em all.
The Bay Area has seen transcendent stars, such as Barry Bonds, who was returning to his childhood roots, and Deion Sanders, who discounted himself to win a Super Bowl.
We've known accomplished but aging veterans, such as Rod Woodson, who passed this way on the highway to the Hall of Fame, and Frank Thomas, a surefire Hall of Fame inductee when eligible.
We've greeted those who came to rebuild careers, such as Jim Plunkett and Tyrone Wheatley, and those who came to prove they could win, like Gary Plummer and Rich Gannon.
We've seen studs such as Justin Smith and duds like Javon Walker. We've seen garden-variety disappointments like Nate Clements and pleasant surprises like Carlos Rogers. We've seen faded stars, like Hideki Matsui and Mike Piazza, and stars in full bloom, like Tim McDonald and Ken Norton Jr.
We've been surprised (Esteban Loaiza to the A's), stunned (Jeff George to the Raiders) and shocked (Lawrence Phillips to the 49ers).
But we've not seen an NBA free agent join the Warriors and make a distinct positive impression, which brings us to something else Iguodala should expect -- besides the $48 million he'll be paid through 2017.
Local fans are going to trip over their tongues to express their love for him. Iguodala will have to go wrong 4.8 million ways before October to deny himself a standing ovation on opening night at Oracle Arena.
The bar for free agents who are paid big money to wear a Warriors jersey is woefully low, set by Derek Fisher ($37 million over six years in 2004) and Corey Maggette ($50 mil, five years in 2008). Iguodala immediately becomes the most heralded free agent to actually choose the GSWs.
It's not that the Warriors haven't signed free agents who became effective. They've had plenty of guys -- Terry Teagle, Rod Higgins, Mario Elie, Earl Boykins, Anthony Morrow, Nate Robinson to name six -- become fan favorites. But each was coming from the CBA or the D-League or off the street.
Iguodala is coming from another playoff team, a decorated star joining a competitive Warriors team on a feverish quest to improve. He joins a franchise trying to shed old skin, one that for the past quarter century has responded to every hint of growth by cannibalizing itself.
Iggy represents the kind of move the 49ers routinely attempted and often completed under the Eddie DeBartolo ownership before the NFL adopting a salary cap.
An Olympic gold medalist and All-Star in 2012, Iguodala is joining the Warriors mere weeks after their deepest postseason run since 1977. He is, to be sure, a 6-foot-6 neon symbol of the runaway ambition of CEO Joe Lacob, in his 32nd month atop the organizational chart.
Whether Iggy embraces this status or regards it a burden is up to him. His reputation is that of a talented player who performs unevenly, fantastic one night but missing the next. At 29, the former University of Arizona star has to know the next four seasons are his last best chance to chase a championship.
That brings us to the third and most significant thing Iguodala should know about local sports history as it relates to free agents.
Only once have we seen a decorated athlete make the personal choice to move to the Bay Area and actually win it all here. Sanders -- colorful, controversial and the NFL's best cover cornerback -- signed with the 49ers in 1994 specifically because he considered them likely to win the Super Bowl.
Prime Time immediately became an essential component of the team that rolled to victory in Super Bowl XXIX.
Yes, former free agent Barry Zito played an important role in the Giants winning the 2012 World Series. That, however, was a degree of vindication after five years of futility. Besides, he already was stitched into local fabric after a seven-year stint with the A's.
Plunkett was plenty decorated at Stanford but landed in Oakland, where he won a Super Bowl, because he wasn't highly coveted.
Aubrey Huff played a significant role in San Francisco's 2010 Series championship but arrived undecorated.
Success for Iguodala is defined as being an integral part of Warriors teams making annual playoff runs and being chosen for a couple All-Star games. He need not deliver a championship.
Becoming the first NBA free agent worthy of a megabucks salary paid by the Warriors, now that would be something we've never seen.
Contact Monte Poole at email@example.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/1montepoole.


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Trey Anastasio Band,
Saturday, 08/05/2006
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX
Set 1: Drifting, Sleep Again, Shine, Money, Love and Change, Spin, A Case of Ice and Snow, First Tube
Notes: This single set performance was as the opening act for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. This setlist is unconfirmed as recordings of the performance do not circulate.
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Jennifer Hartswick, Raymond Weber, Ray Paczkowski, Christina Durfee, Tony Hall


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Veterans Day is a time to remember and recognize those brave men and women who have gone into harm's way and the sacrifices they have made to protect our freedom. Community Coffee Company would like to say THANK YOU to all our veterans past, present and future!
The History of Veterans Day
To commemorate the ending of World War I, an "unknown soldier" was buried in the highest place of honor in both England and France. Both of these ceremonies took place on November 11th and in 1921, the United States followed suit by lying to rest the remains of a World War I American. This site became known as the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier."
In 1926, Congress adopts a resolution declaring November 11th Armistice Day, and in 1947, Raymond Weeks, of Birmingham Ala., organized the first "Veterans Day" parade to honor all of America's veterans for their service, not just those from WWI. Shortly thereafter, Congressman Edward H. Rees (Kansas) introduced legislation to change the name of Armistice Day to Veterans Day and in 1954, President Eisenhower signed a bill proclaiming November 11 as Veterans Day.
We encourage you to take time today (and every day) to thank a veteran or contact the Department of Veterans Affairs for other ways you can show your appreciation.
Community Coffee Company proudly continues our Military Match program to show our support for those bravely serving in our armed forces. You can also get the kids involved by coloring our "Thank You" cards. You can find the cards and mailing instructions here. All cards received will be used in Military Match packages shipped overseas.


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ST. LOUIS -- Lance Lynn's worst fastball of the night was the one he fired toward second base.
The right-hander rushed a throw after fielding Hunter Pence's ground ball in the fourth inning. The error helped the Giants break the game open with four unearned runs in a 5-0 victory in Friday's Game 5 of the National League Championship Series.
"It was just another bad inning,'' Lynn said. "This is the time of year when it can pile up on you if you give them an extra out. And I gave them an extra out tonight."
With Marco Scutaro on first and Pablo Sandoval on second, Lynn coaxed Pence into hitting a bounding ball back to the mound. Lynn could have flipped to first for an easy out.
But Lynn said he never considered anything but trying to get the double play.
"One-hundred percent that's the right play,'' he said.
Lynn said he "short-armed" his delivery, which is why the ball sailed wide of shortstop Pete Kozma and struck the second-base bag. Kozma said he was late covering the base, but a stern-faced Lynn took the rap.
"I turned around and threw the ball into center field when I could have gotten myself out of the inning,'' he said. "It's definitely my fault.
Scutaro scored, Sandoval moved to third and Pence wound up at first. By the end of the inning, the Giants led 4-0.
"I don't mind him being aggressive if he's got the play,'' Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "Kozma was in the right place. He just made a low throw. And to do it over again, I'm sure he'd like to take the easy way out and try his luck with (Brandon) Belt."