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As some of you already know, I am the main developer for Drigg. I donated probably more than 1000 hours of my life to the Drigg project, because I believed in it. After reviewing existing CMSs out there, I believe that Drigg is the best system available today for people who want to create Digg-like sites (but, in fact, when people deploy Drigg they get fully functional Drupal sites...!). You can see my contributions to Drigg daily. One more programmer has joined Drigg, which is going right ahead.
However, Drigg's community is still smaller than Pligg, its main competitor. Why?
I am not sure about the answer. If you look at the raw number, if you search for "Drigg" in Google you get 86000 pages; if you search for Pligg, you get nearly 6 million pages. Mind you, Pligg is a very unique name, whereas Drigg's results are helped by the town of Drigg. A lot of pages pointing to Pligg are people looking for Pligg experts, able to solve quirks and otherwise inexplicable issues. Drigg, on the other hand, is extremely stable and well engineered. Sometimes, I wonder if I should add quirks and random problems just to give users a reason to get together and work on something?
Drigg's forums are sort-of active, whereas Pligg's are... well, incredibly active. There is a strong community behind Pligg, which are effectively pushing the project and getting it to do the unimaginable. There are threads of people trying to get Pligg to share its user base with Wordpress, managing spam properly, and many other features that Pligg is lacking. Again, Drigg comes with Drupal, which also comes with fantastic (and integrated) blogging and forum systems. Extra Drupal modules can do pretty much anything you might possibly want--and more. This makes me wonder if Drigg's lack of limitations is... ironically limiting it.
Also, Drigg came late. There was big news about Pligg coming out; people described it as the "Digg killer" (Kevin Rose would have been quite amused by that). Drigg came out quietly. I began serious development on the 1st of October; it was then released "properly" on the 1st of January (that's out of tons of hard work, rather than me being a genius, if you must know!). There has been no "bombshell" when it was released. People are quietly discovering it, and migrating from Pligg. Now, in April 2008, it's reaching what I feel could be "version 1.0"--again, no bit announcement nor fanfare. Maybe, people just didn't notice.
The other issue is that the "Drupal" crowd seems to be very different to the "Pligg crowd". Pligg users seem to be more prone to applying "mods"--small hacks to the code to accomplish specific tasks. Drupal users are very, very resistant to changing Drupal's core, or even running patched versions of contributed modules. There are good reasons for this; the main one is that running software with "mods" makes upgrades nightmare-ish, and can create security issues. So, I guess Drigg will attract a different crowd--maybe a minority?
Should people migrate from Pligg to Drigg? Well, I would--and in fact, I did: that's why I wrote Drigg! FSDaily, "the" free software news hub where people decide what goes to the front page, used to be based on Pligg before Drigg came into existence. However, I am Drigg's author after all--of course I'd migrate. More rationally, I am sure there are a lot of people out there who have build their sites around Pligg, and who wouldn't find it beneficial--in terms of the amount of work required--to switch to Drigg. It would be another CMS to learn from scratch (and Drupal is rather big), another theme to create, and so on. Here are the reasons why I think migration is a good idea:
- Drigg's development has been steady.
- Drigg has a top-notch bug management system.
- Drigg's codebase is extremely good. The most recent version was all about rearranging Drigg's code in smaller, more manageable submodules.
- Drigg is based on Drupal, which comes with tons of free user-contributed modules.
- Drigg's vitality is guaranteed even if its main developer (myself) left the project.
- Theming for Drigg is easy, and themes are completely separate from the codebase.
- Drigg's database is well thought-out.
- Drigg will always, always remain free. It's released under the GPL, and will always be.
However, as I said, these reasons might not be enough to convince people out there to switch. For example, people switching to Pligg will have to:
- Rewrite their themes.
- Learn Drupal.
- Cross their fingers with the Drupal-To-Pligg import.
- Find themselves in a different community, where "mods" are frowned upon.
- Find themselves in a much smaller community.
Will Drigg manage to gain substantial market share? I don't know. However, the real answer is "It doesn't matter". Drigg has reached the critical point where a large number of people are using it, and are reporting bugs, quirks and problems (which are very quickly fixed).
Plus, choice is good in free software. Right?
Choice in free software
Plus, choice is good in free software. Right?
Well I would agree wouldn't I? ;o)
Free software alternatives: What good is choice if you don't use it
Seriously - a well thought out piece. In the one I link to above I talk about people thoughtlessly picking the first option they've heard of and certainly that could be the case here. I note where you mention the fanfare accompanying Pligg releases and the comparative quiet when Drigg "slips out".
This will be a contributory factor in why one project gets chosen over another. In the end we can but hope that people will do proper research when picking.
I've used neither so I can't really comment on which is best - other than sucking up to the editor of course :o) But one statement in your post rings out and would be a factor if I ever need to choose:
Drigg will always, always remain free. It's released under the GPL, and will always be.
Tony, your work on Drigg was time well-spent.
I think Drigg is the best user-moderated-forum software available. In my opinion, Drigg is also the most relevant and useful application of Jeff Eaton's Voting API. I've sought software like Drigg for years.
You can follow the evolution of the user-moderated forum software from SlashCode to Scoop, to Pligg and now Drigg. Drigg is the most advanced, hands down.
I would say that with Free Software Magazine, Free Software Daily and Drigg that it's clear that Tony Mobily is an entrepreneur to watch.
Choosing "Free Software" rather than "Open Source" branding was a critically important choice.
Choosing to build a user-moderated forum was a great idea. Choosing to base it on Drupal was another great idea.
Now you just need to get the attention of a few bloggers who have a big following. I have a few in mind...
Thank you for the kind words :-D
I do need to point out, though, that I don't own FSDaily! I still help them a lot, and they are in fact a _major_ sponsor for Drigg. But it's not mine. I'm "just" Drigg and FSM :-D
It's great to see two new online magazines with "free software"
branding in a market crowded by "open source" branded publications and projects.
Originally, there was free software, and the standards have always remained high for the Free Software community. The good work has continued even while free software has been over-shadowed by the corporate-assimilated "open source" brand and it's advocates.
Drigg is software I'll be using in the future. I have an environmentalism and sustainable-technology group-blog I'm working on.
I other ideas for it as well. I know some guys who are widely-read bloggers who are activists for civil liberties and social responsibility.
I'd like to see the "blogosphere" rejuvenated by the availability of this new software and the OpenID integration of Drupal.
The earliest and largest blogs have consolidated almost all the traffic, forming something of a blogger aristocracy. Now disruptive technology is required to give new voices a chance to be heard.
Don't measure your success by "market share"
It's a mistake to measure the success of free software projects by their "market share". Market share, as such, is only useful if you need to make money by selling software-related services.
What you need is a sufficiently large and motivated development community around your project (or to put it another way, a sufficiently large effective bazaar size). That's what keeps it growing and improving. And if you were mainly creating the project so that you (and similarly motivated people) can use it, then that's all you need.
By comparison, the number of "end users" is much less important.
As you point out, you may have less traffic on help lists, simply because your product is lower maintenance!
The goal of a free software project should be "independence", not "domination". You are not harmed by other people's success.
Market share=bad, strong user base=good
I agree with Terry. There is a parallel to be drawn with the non-profit sector, specifically charities, here.
Charities don't have competitors in the way businesses understand them. Whilst it's possible for charities to overlap with each other, they generally have enough diversity in their purpose to co-exist without conflict. The purpose of a charity is - usually - to address a specific set of needs. Sometimes those needs are a sub-set of another charity's but that still works. The purpose of a business is to generate profit and often that will involve beating the competition. Where one business addresses a subset of another's market you will still find the two in conflict.
Some free software projects can be seen to be similar to charities in that they don't have to compete with each other in the way that proprietary software products would. The good ones can co-exist because they address slightly different needs or the same need with different approaches. The smart ones recognise a need for them to co-exist and don't waste time saying how much worse the "opposition" is. The really smart ones concentrate on producing good software not grabbing headlines. That looks like where Drigg has been until now and - for your sanity - it should probably continue that way.
There's nothing wrong with a project wanting to be the best scratch for a particular itch or gaining a strong user base but neither really translate into "gaining market share". There is as we know a world of difference between "best" and "most-popular" and when a free software project focuses on the number of users I find it tends to lose touch with the reason it started.
Capturing "market share" is actually very important.
Having lots of end users is good. That can lead to a larger developer community. It can also bring in donations and consulting income.
Also, in a finite market, you can't let competition open up too large of a lead in market share or there won't be room for your project to grow.
In this case, Tony is in good position. He should enjoy an advantage among developers and contributors because he made a better design choice - building on top of Drupal.
He does need to get the word out that his software is the best for Digg-style websites (user-moderated forums).
Directly comparing Drigg to Pligg may not be the best idea for marketing but it can't be avoided that both the Drigg and Pligg projects are entrepreneurial efforts offering similar functionality in the same market.
Sorry to be so disagreeable.
Thank you...
Thank you for the fantastic insights, people.
I guess you're right. And yes, for my sanity, Drigg shouldn't grow "too" big --that would be two big projects to look after!
Let's see what happens with Drigg. I am happy with it anyway :-D I would love to see more developers joining in -- drigg is a very easy project to actually work on as a team.
Now that I upgraded to version 24, which breaks a few things, we'll see how many people will complain in the forums! No wait, I wrote the upgrade scripts so that they fix everything, and even warn you about methods that changed names... oh well! :-D
I have a few more ideas about the user-moderated forum.
As popular as Digg.com is, it is not the best user-moderated forum for user interaction.
Scoop as it implemented at DailyKos is the best I know of for user-interaction but the source code is kept secret, and regardless, the public version of scoop is not much fun for developers and site admin.
There are two main problems with Digg.com:
1) You could have a very controversial story. 105 people give positive feedback. 100 people give negative feedback. I would only see +5. It would be better to display 105/100. I think there may be an option for that in Drigg, but it should be default.
2) You can't see a list of names and whether they rated a story up or down in each comment. With Scoop, you see who rated any given comment up or down which protects the site from the equivalent of ballot stuffing. You can say "Hey, you guys always vote in a group and you always agree. What gives?"
3) The lists of people who've given feedback should be hidden divs on the same page as the content and all the comments.
In my opinion, Digg is not the standard-bearer for the user-moderated forum. It's DailyKos which can be and has been kept proprietary because of the SaaS loophole.
When I use Drigg, I'm going to be hacking it to behave like that private version of Scoop, because when people can see how everyone rated every comment, the flame-wars are much juicier. Also, I probably don't want it to look like Digg.com, but that's easy enough to change.
The reason Drigg is the best in my opinion is because it's well designed and Drupal-based. It has the content recommendation and role-promotion actions. It is as close as I can get to what I want at this point, so it's a great starting point.
Drigg is also great for developers and site administrators, while the public version of Scoop is lacking the features of the private DailyKos version, and not fun for developers and administrators.
Since I don't consider the Digg website or the Pligg project to be very interactive, I have to agree with Terry, that the success of Pligg doesn't really affect Drigg which has the potential to be much more disruptive since it's well-designed and Drupal-based.
Finally, socially-liberal political bloggers seem like the best end-user market to me because people want something like the proprietary version of Scoop at DailyKos. You can see the software which is similar but not very good at these sites:
Is there a list of existing Drigg sites?
I run a social news site about open source software:
It's based on Pligg, but also integrated with DokuWiki and Joomla. I'd be very interested to know if there are any successful Drigg sites out there. I have several sites built on Joomla, but Drigg might be a good enough reason for me to learn a new CMS and start looking into Drupal.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J. -- Another day, another fine football coach gazing at skid marks left by the machine that is Jim Harbaugh.
Harbaugh is the abrasive coach outsiders love to hate, and on Sunday his act and his 49ers drew rave reviews on Broadway.
The New York Jets and coach Rex Ryan were the victims this time, absorbing a 34-0 walloping administered by the 49ers. San Francisco's performance was, like Harbaugh, visibly flawed yet coldly proficient and utterly remorseless.
Ryan, once defined by his bluster, took his turn receiving the blunt end of the lesson so many other coaches -- Pete Carroll and Jim Schwartz in particular -- have learned.
That Harbaugh coaches as he pleases, without regard to their feelings or outside perception.
Before a sellout crowd (79,088) at MetLife Stadium, Harbaugh practically snatched the Jets' script from Ryan's hand and used it to whack the coach upside the head.
Though the 49ers won mostly because their defense vaporized a pitiful Jets offense, they spiked the victory by artfully rotating their quarterbacks in the town that was, according to voluminous reports, supposed to reinvent quarterback rotation.
For all the gallons of ink and the stacks of video utilized to explore the Mark Sanchez/Tim Tebow dynamic, the New York quarterbacks were upstaged by San Francisco's Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick.
Smith was merely adequate, but Kaepernick received the most significant playing time of his brief NFL career, running five times for 50 yards and a touchdown. The second-year quarterback failed to complete the only pass he threw.
"This isn't the first week we've given Kaepernick a package," Smith said. "He's had some plays. You just don't know when it's going to get called. This was the week."
The Jets defense, which presumably sees plenty of the wildcat formation during weekly practices, reacted as if this was its first glimpse of a running quarterback.
Asked about utilizing Kaepernick, Harbaugh's terse explanation was that he wanted to find "some creativity."
"It behooves the team when you can get as many guys a role in the game as possible at any position," he added.
It also feels good, if you're Jim Harbaugh, to flick the ear of the opposing coach. It's why during his stay at Stanford he violated the unwritten rule book and ran up the score against Carroll's mighty USC team. It's why he couldn't resist power-pumping Schwartz's hand, followed by a smack to the back, after silencing the Lions in Detroit last season.
After being humbled Sept. 23 in Minnesota, Harbaugh on Sunday sought not just victory but also a measure of vengeance. A statement.
And if he can get it in the media capital of the world, where everybody watches and reads and hears everything, so much the better.
"Even for us, it seems like a big deal," 49ers tight end Vernon Davis said. "This is New York, home of the Jets, home of the Giants. I mean, New York."
Ryan, who built his reputation on hard-hitting defenses in Baltimore and vows to deliver a champion in Gotham, was the picture of humility.
"I can't remember getting beat the way we got beat," he said. "I don't think that's ever happened."
Such a response surely warms the heart of Harbaugh. He deeply respects the game, and all compliments are welcome -- if not embraced.
But Ryan shouldn't take personally this defeat and the way it unfolded. He lost to a better team, to a coach on a mission. More to the point, he was soundly defeated by a coach determined to prove his Kaepernick could beat Ryan's Tebow.
The message: Take your "wildcat" and shove it. I'll ride with my "Kaep."
"We just go out and run plays," Kaepernick said. "We don't have any special name for it."
It would be too catty, and silly, to refer to it as the Ryan Response.
Harbaugh doesn't care what you or I or anybody else cares to call it. He doesn't care what you or I or anybody outside his locker room thinks about his game plan.
With the possible exception of his brother, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh is not inclined to consider the feelings of coaches not on the San Francisco payroll.
He will, given the opportunity, expose and embarrass the man on the other sideline. It's not by design. Nor do I believe it is with malicious intention.
It's just that he does ... not ... care. That's his deal. And when he gets an opponent where he wants it, he can leave scars.
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David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial: Electronic Edition, by Richard J. EvansTable of Contents
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(C) Irving's relations with Hitler's entourage
1. How did Irving obtain entry into this close-knit group of people after the war? He described his admission to the circle to Ron Rosenbaum:
In return for collecting documents for the archivist of the Munich Institute for Contemporary History, Dr. Anton Hoch, Hoch gave me a lot of help identifying to me the important people and all the addresses of Hitler's private staff, who at the time kept their heads very, very low. They kept down. They were a small circle of very frightened people who were putting up with grave indignities and who had a very tough time. Christa Schroeder, Hitler's secretary, had been held in prison by the Americans for three or four years, and that is a very unpleasant experience for a young girl.73
2. Schroeder was the key to the 'magic circle', but his real entry came when he translated the memoirs of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. He traced Keitel's son to ask him about ellipses and omissions in the published version of his memoirs. Keitel's son, impressed by Irving and indignant at the German publishers, offered to introduce Irving to Otto Günsche in 1967.
3. Gaining access to Hitler's surviving staff and having ferreted out papers from them is an obvious source of pride to Irving: 'Hitler's closest staff (secretaries, adjutants - the "inner ring") spoke only with me and at great length; they refused to talk to [John] Toland, with one or two unimportant exceptions'.74 Talking of one particular adjutant, Irving said to the journalist Ron Rosenbaum: 'He [Günsche] was Hitler's most faithful bulldog. And he has never spoken to anyone except me. I got ten hours of recordings of Günsche, which he's never given to anyone except me.'75 This journalistic scoop approach meant that Irving seemingly considered Hitler's staff as exclusively his source. Journalist Gitta Sereny questioned some of those quoted in Hitler's War only to be rebuked by him: 'Irving was most upset by the fact that we had spoken with his sources, angrily accusing us of "pressuring his witnesses."'76
4. At first sight Hitler's War appears to have been based on an impressive collection of previously unused sources. Nevertheless it remains pertinent to weigh up the importance of the various sources marshalled and, more importantly, their effect on Irving's interpretation. Irving's most significant discovery was undoubtedly the diary of Walter Hewel, Hitlers confidant at the Führerhauptquartier. But, as Charles Sydnor commented:
For all his self-congratulation about digging and burrowing in the sources, Mr. Irving's mining efforts have yielded more lead than gold. The collective testimony of those at Hitler' court, his wartime intimates, minions and attendants, the records of their meetings with him and the records of those who met with Hitler singly and infrequently - however laudable Mr. Irving's efforts to find them all and induce them to talk - are simply inadequate for such a full portrait of Hitler, much less a credible revisionist argument about what he did or did not know, order, do.77
5. One critic pointedly said that Irving's over-reliance on such sources meant that Hitler's War was nothing more than the 'valet perspective' on Hitler.78
6. Certainly an interpretation which concentrates on such material, inevitably blocks an historical understanding of Hitler and his epoch. It also gives the book its curiously unreal quality. While the readers learn the intimate details of life in the Führerhauptquartier they learn nothing of the sufferings of the millions of victims of the horrors of Hitler's war, despite the very title of the book. The book becomes a literary reproduction of the privileged milieu around Hitler, cushioned from the unsavoury and the distressing.
7. At its kindest therefore, it would be fair to say that Irving in demolishing the alleged myths and 'caricaturing process' surrounding Hitler merely replaces them with further myths and caricatures.79 But this would be to miss the central point. This is not the result of an unfortunate methodological flaw in Irving's work. In claiming to be merely writing about Hitler's 'inner mind', or describing the man as he was to those around him Irving is thinly disguising his real intention. It is a veiled excuse for his attempt to exonerate Hitler.80 Hitler's War and all the manipulations, bias, and suppressions it involved boil down to this point.
8. As the 'revisionist' purveyor of Holocaust denial literature, the Journal of Historical Review, put it, 'numerous survivors of the Second World War era who are often mistrustful (often with good reason) of establishment historians' are willing to talk to Irving or entrust him with private papers.81 Irving himself explained, 'I have interviewed scores of the principal German officers and personnel involved, including many of Hitler's close staff who have hitherto refused to talk to anybody, but who felt able to talk at length to me because of the nature of my previous books ("The Destruction of Dresden", etc.).'82 Irving gained access to the 'inner circle' where others had not, not because of his supposed objectivity, but precisely because of his sympathetic attitude to Hitler.
9. But given the continuing devotion of certain members of Hitler's staff to their Führer there is obviously a reverse side to this process: 'Once they'd won your confidence and they knew you weren't going to go and report them to the state prosecutor, they trusted you. And they thought, well, now at last they were doing their chief a service.'83
10. It therefore becomes hard to distinguish the more culpable party: Irving as Hitler's 'ambassador', or Hitler's staff who were 'at last doing their chief a service'?84 The symmetry between Irving's agenda and that of many of those he interviewed is perfect. The resulting history is inevitably tendentious. Seen in this light a piece of advice Irving offered to historians becomes paradigmatic for his revisionism, though presumably not in the way he meant it: 'You need to talk to the people at great length, steep yourself in their way of thinking, and learn to see things through their eyes. The documents take on different meanings.'85
11. Even so, Christa Schroeder dedicated a whole appendix to her memoirs headed 'Even David Irving who is advertised as "serious" and "upright" is not charmed against [...] imprecisions or however one wants to call it.'86 Nicolaus von Below wrote in 1980 that he could not understand how Irving could make the assertion in 1975 in Hitler und seine Feldherren [Hitler and his Generals] that his diaries were 'probably in Moscow' as he and Puttkamer had destroyed them in 1945.87 Irving repeated his claim in 1991 that the diaries were 'probably' in Moscow without offering an explanation for his continued assertion in the face of von Below's claim to the contrary.88 Von Below added:
Another comment of I.[rving]'s amazed me. I am meant to have "made unpublished contemporary manuscripts and letters available" and made the effort to - amongst other things - "work through many pages" of "the resulting text". I well remember on a couple of visits from I.[rving] when I answered his questions. But I must categorically deny his claims above and beyond this as not tallying with the truth.89
73. Rosenbaum, Explaining Hitler, p. 228. For another person's journey into the 'inner circle' see Ib Melchior and Frank Brandenburg, Quest. Searching for the Truth of Germany's Nazi Past (Novato, 1994).
74. Document 444, a list of selling points in Hitler's War, July 1976.
75. Explaining Hitler, p. 228.
76. Document 500, 'Mr Irving's Hitler - the $1,000 Question', The Sunday Times, 10 July 1977.
77. Syndor, p. 198.
78. Hitler heute, p. 90.
79. Hitler's War (1991), p. 6.
80. Hitler's War, p. xxi.
81. Daniel W. Michaels, 'Nuremberg: Woe to the Vanquished', Journal of Historical Review, vol. 17 (1 January- February 1998), pp. 38-46, p. 17.
82. Document 243, letter from Irving to Maximillian Becker, 7 October 1969.
83. Explaining Hitler, p. 229.
84. Document 753, Cindy Strafford to Irving, 3 January 1981; document 755, Irving to Cindy Strafford, 10 January 1981.
85. Document 882.
86. 'Selbst der als 'serious' und 'integer' annoncierte David Irving ist nicht gefeit gegen ... Ungenauigkeiten oder wie immer man es nennen mag.' (Er war mein Chef, pp. 262-266). For example Schroeder commented on Irving's 1980 book 'Wie krank war Hitler eigentlich?' Irving had related that Viktoria von Dirksen smuggled a 21 year-old relation of hers naked into Hitler's bed. This lady (Grafin Welczeck) was apparently insulted. Her friend Reinhard Spitzy demanded Irving apologise to her before she would be prepared to receive him for an interview. (ibid., pp. 69-70 and 264).
87. 'Die Aufzeichnung meiner Erinnerungen aus der Adjutantzeit stellte mich vor außergewöhnliche Schwierigkeiten. Meine Tagebücher sind bei Kriegsende vernichtet worden. Einen Teil verbrannt ich selbst, für die Verbrennng der auf dem Obersalzberg befindlichen Aufzeichnungen hat Puttkamer Sorge getragen. Es ist mir unerklärlich, wieso der englische Historiker David Irving zu der Behauptung kommen könnte - im Vorwort "Hitler und seine Feldherren" (1975) -, meine Tagebücher befänden sich "wahrscheinlich in Moskau." ' (Nicolaus von Below, Als Hitler's Adjutant 1937-1945 (Mainz, 1980), pp. 9-10.
88. Hitler's War (1991), p. 13.
89. 'Noch eine Bemerkung von I. hat mich in Erstaunen gesetzt. Ich soll ihm "unveröffentlichte zeitgenössische Manuskripte und Briefe zur Verfügung gestellt" haben und hätte mich der Mühe unterzogen - neben anderen - "viele Seiten" seines "sich daraus ergebenden Textes durchzuarbeiten". Ich erinnere mich zwar an einige Besuche von I., bei denen ich seine Fragen beantwortete. Aber seine weitergehenden Behauptungen muß ich als nicht der Wahrheit entsprechend entschieden zurückweisen.' (von Below, pp. 9-10).
90. Hitler's War, (1977 ed.) p. 529.
91. Leni Riefenstahl, The Sieve of Time (London, 1992), pp. 137, 152, and 211.
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an email I recieved from a disgruntled 17 yr old. Life stuff
an open letter:
i hate to keep a jornal, mostly because i think that it's pointless, why
would someone need to write down their thoughts, if it affected you that much
you should recall it easily. but none of that really matters, i just need to
get some shit off my chest. i'll do it in bullet fashion for those of you who
hate paying attention...
-i write poetry and raps, neither do i do very well. sometimes (more often
then not) i feel that my writing (i hate how pretentious that sounds) is not
valid or "real". i feel like i am stealing a part of something that i
shouldn't be involved in. i write what i feel but when i read it everything
comes off as whiny, dark teenage angst bull shit. i don't really know what
these feelings of lacking validity come from, maybe i just suck at life.
-i need a girlfriend, but i wouldn't wish myself upon anyone. i have nothing
to offer...physically, emotionally, financially. nada. i have an over active
sex drive, but i couldn't touch a girl because it would mess with my head.
"Sexual hang-ups leave me waiting nude and while alone/ it just gets
aggravating masturbaiting to a dial tone/" it's depressing and spooky how
accurate this statement is. that's another thing...
-i hate it when people try to compare everything in their lives to some
lyrics, but some stuff just applies so well. i suppose this is why i have
such problems with self-loathing. plus i like to whine a lot.
-i heart sage. it scares me how much i like/love/obsess over/apply
to/identify with this man. i don't know why, he doesn't know me, we've spoken
twice, probably wouldn't like me anyways. but i find myself basing my
decisions on "what Sage would do". i base what i wear on him, what i drink,
everything i do is predicated by this question...What would Sage do? scary
eh? i know, but i can't help it. i want to write like him, i want to live
like him, i want to speak like him and i don't know why. i hold fictional
conversations with him in my head every night when i fall asleep. he's my
best friend, every time that i grow to hate the small, stupid people around
me i just wish that Sage where here, then it would be ok...i can't even begin
to say how strongly i feel about him. (sage: please respond)
-i go through friends mad fast...i don't know why that is. i fear that it is
a symptom of something else. i'm 17 years old and i like about 3 people that
i know. everyone else i loathe. i have this friend, i don't know why we don't
talk that much anymore, he's really busy but it's mostly my fault. i
rationalize my murder of our freindship every day, but i can't tell how much
is bullshit and how much is real. sometimes i make just "music" friends, but
i don't find that much that pleases me in the musical realm so our
conversations are repetitive. very little pleases me in the world in general.
-i have destructive addictions. i have a bad cold but i'm still smoking
cigarettes. my throat burns and my phlegm tastes like an ashtray, but i can't
stop and it's scary.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:18 pm
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Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:27 pm
Joined: 01 Sep 2002
Posts: 114
Sage, you should start a cult.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:28 pm
Joined: 08 Oct 2002
Posts: 19
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Your an ass
Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:34 pm
Sage Francis
Self Fighteous
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21790
I am in the middle of an internet cafe laughing loudly
well...I posted this on the board without reading it first.
I just read it.
"-i need a girlfriend, but i wouldn't wish myself upon anyone."
ain't it the truth. That's the problem with love. I should say...that's ONE of the problems with "love." The more honest we are with ourselves the more we have to consider how little we really have to offer people we love. Other than ourselves. And when we don't think much of ourselves, that's not offering a whole lot, is it now?
If you really hold imaginary conversations with me, I hope I say things like "C'mon man...whatever...ya know?"
because that's all I really say anyway.
I have one suggestion...think more of yourself and less of everyone else. Always be considerate...but think more of yourself and less of everyone else.
we're all set to self-destruct. build yourself up while you can.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:35 pm
Joined: 02 Oct 2002
Posts: 199
Location: Portland, Oregon
Best damn thing I've read all day. Why can't school be this relevent? I understand (sort of) where he is coming from, something about sage makes it rediculously easy to relate to him.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:00 pm
Sage Francis
Self Fighteous
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21790
because I'm a piece of shit
Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:01 pm
Joined: 02 Oct 2002
Posts: 488
Most likely with this kid though, he simply isn't able to build himself up anymore. He's obviously depressed, and once you fall into that pit, it takes a miracle to claw your way out of it. But yes, he needs to stop focusing on negative shit like: "I have nothing to offer," and instead say something along the lines of "fuck you if you don't like what I have to offer, it doesn't matter to me anyways." They say theres no i in the word team, but life isn't a teamsport. Fuck the world, you come first.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:08 pm
Joined: 02 Oct 2002
Posts: 199
Location: Portland, Oregon
That sounds like the attitued of the next school shooter. Sounds to me like the boy needs to relax, maybe get into some sports, something to kill the time. Life sucks at that age, but it passes eventually. Telling him to have a "fuck the world" attitued will probably push him in the wrong direction.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:11 pm
Sage Francis
Self Fighteous
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21790
life definitely sucks towards the tailend of highschool
the world changes
friends fall off
it's a very difficult time
Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:14 pm
Joined: 02 Oct 2002
Posts: 488
"Fuck the world" does not mean "wreak violent payback to the world." "Fuck the world" is my eloquent way of saying "be yourself, don't worry about what other people say or think about you." When you're depressed the only thing you can think about how you're a failure, and how everybody else in this world has it made. Focusing less on them, and more on being yourself, is definitely step forward.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:16 pm
Joined: 02 Oct 2002
Posts: 199
Location: Portland, Oregon
See, that definition of fuck the world I can agree with a little bit more. I still like it when people pay attention to me rather then themselves though.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:19 pm
mc poohammer
Joined: 23 Jul 2002
Posts: 223
Location: teen mecca
i doubt that this kid will be posting here anymore.
Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:22 pm
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 805
Location: from the heart of queens
nothing wrong with going out of your mind and feeling like shit.. but shit is bound to suck.. lately my reaction to a lot of things/people is "ehhhhh.. "
it's either that or i get teh urge to punch people in the face.. but i'm not a violent person so i just end up laughing..
so conclusion - shit sucks but it's pretty fucking hilarious..
Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:41 pm
Joined: 19 Jul 2002
Posts: 131
mc poohammer, wrong again...
i'm not going to shoot anyone, i'm really not a violent person. i don't know why i sent this to sage (or why i didn't use fucking spell check, jornal, haha). i suppose that i
trying to elicit some of the responses that i got.
i think that it is awesome that people were so positive...i appreciate it. i was afraid that i would get blown to bits.
thank you. but "i ain't, goin nowhere. we can't be stopped now."
please...stop me now
Wed Oct 09, 2002 10:35 pm
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TEDA seeks your cash mob votes
Published: Monday, December 31, 2012 at 1:12 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 31, 2012 at 1:12 p.m.
The Terrebonne Economic Development Authority is seeking votes for its next cash mob location.
The next cash mob event will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 16. Mobbers agree to spend $10-$20 at the designated site and time to create a mini economic stimulus for the business owner. The goal is to not only help these businesses boost sales for the day but also unite the community in support of the benefits of shopping local.
Which nominated small business would you like to see mobbed by the Terrebonne Parish Cash Mob on Wednesday, January 23 from 12-1 p.m.?
You can cast your vote for the following businesses: AHA Massage Clinic and Salon, Funktion Salon, Periwinkle Pink Gifts, Rrus & Co. and Shoefits.
The public can vote on the next location by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or going to http://www.facebook.com/TerrebonneParishCashMob.
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Last week Bill and I tried out a new restaurant in the Zoar, Ohio area. The restaurant is called Canal Tavern of Zoar and is located on Towpath Rd just off of Rte 212.
We were pleasantly surprised by the quality renovation of the building, the friendly staff and the delicious food prepared by Chef Cameron Krahel. We ordered braised lamb served on a potato pancake and it came with lightly steamed vegetables. The Caesar salad was a perfect size and the dressing was very nice. Save room for dessert – house made Beignets and Tavern made ice cream.
We will definitely find the time to have dinner at the Tavern and highly recommend this restaurant to our overnight guests.
The Tavern is about a 25 minute drive from Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast and we'll supply you with the directions. Reservations are required for Friday and Saturday night by calling 330-874-4444.
I'll look forward to seeing you soon,
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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are getting married, according to OK! magazine.
Of course, OK! is not the most reliable source. In fact, editors supposedly came up with the publication's name when a writer asked the boss if they could just make things up, and the editor said "OK!"
Nevertheless, it's our duty to report that someone else is reporting that, based on one anonymous plant, animal, or human source, fictional or otherwise, that Pattinson and Stewart may (probably not) be planning a wedding.
"They're split between doing it in England or somewhere totally remote and tropical," an "insider" supposedly told OK! "Before the cheating scandal, the plan was always a wedding near Rob's home in the U.K. But now, some of his family and friends are not so keen on Kristen, so she's not really into that. Still, his mom always wanted him to have a very traditional church ceremony with a big fancy reception and Rob and Kristen have agreed that they're willing to do it to make her happy -- as long as the family can truly forgive Kristen."
They better not go to the tropics. With his pasty skin, he'll be on fire halfway through the ceremony.
As you know, the pair are back together after splitting last summer when it became news that Stewart cheated on Pattinson with her "Snow White and the Huntsman" director Rupert Sanders. So it only makes sense that they would be planning a wedding just a few months later, now that Stewart has that out of her system.
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UNITED NATIONS (WOMENSENEWS)--The United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, has been at the forefront of women's activism in the international development community since it was founded in 1976. The fund was established in response to calls from women at the 1975 First World Conference on Women in Mexico City to help ensure that women's needs and concerns are incorporated in development programs and policies.
Besides working with other U.N. agencies and governments to promote women's rights, UNIFEM also provides financial and technical assistance to groups and programs worldwide that foster women's empowerment and gender equality.
In Senegal, for instance, UNIFEM supported an analysis of taxation that found women were taxed at a higher rate because men were considered the primary breadwinners; afterwards, the fund assisted local women's organizations in advocating for a change in the country's family code so that both parents are recognized equally. Meanwhile, as a result of UNIFEM's advocacy, female migrant workers in Nepal began receiving information from their government on their rights and on the resources available to them in the countries where they work.
This year, UNIFEM will lose funding from its second-largest donor, the Netherlands.
A long-time supporter of the organization, the Netherlands contributed almost $3.2 million to the fund--nearly 15 percent of its core budget--in 2003. The Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation Agnes van Ardenne, however, announced last year that--in order to promote efficiency and avoid "fragmentation" of resources--Dutch development aid would focus on a fewer number of organizations.
Esther van Damme, press officer for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says Minister van Ardenne considered the effectiveness of small organizations such as UNIFEM and judged that women in developing countries would be better served if large development organizations such as the U.N. Development Programme and the World Bank were themselves expected to take full responsibility for defending and promoting women's rights. Consequently, funding to UNIFEM was cut after a final contribution of $1 million in 2004.
UNIFEM, however, was not left entirely in the lurch. The 2005 spending bill passed by Congress last fall doubles the annual U.S. contribution to the organization, from $1 million to $2 million, the result of efforts by four female members of the House--Representatives Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), and Nita Lowey (D-NY). It also provides another $1 million to the UNIFEM Trust Fund to Support Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women.
Even with the anticipated U.S. funding increase, UNIFEM's budget will still be running at a loss of over a million dollars. As a result, UNIFEM has reduced its support to projects in the African Great Lakes region that work to protect women caught in the region's conflicts and including them in peace-building processes. Another program that has been scaled back is the effort to fight HIV/AIDS among women.
The Dutch withdrawal of support for UNIFEM raises a perennial policy discussion about how to promote women's rights. Should they be promoted by special advocacy groups such as UNIFEM? Can and should they be left up to humanitarian organizations? Or should there be a mix of both approaches?
By shifting its funds to the U.N.'s main development program, the Dutch are taking the so-called "gender mainstreaming" approach, which shifts the responsibility for women's issues from gender specialists to all personnel in an organization.
Support for gender mainstreaming emerged in the 1980s and was championed by women's advocates, including UNIFEM, as a concept that recognized the gendered nature of development and institutions, and consequently emphasized that it was not enough for women to just be added to already existing programs and activities--they also had to have the opportunity to shape those projects.
Gender mainstreaming was adopted as the primary tool for promoting gender equality worldwide at the 1995 the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Since then, major development institutions such as the World Bank and Oxfam International have made some changes. Oxfam reduced its central gender unit and dispersed gender experts throughout the organization and its programs, while the World Bank has sought to identify and tackle the specific barriers that might prevent women from benefiting from the organization's poverty reduction and development projects.
Double Identity
UNIFEM, meanwhile, has managed, in a sense, to straddle the whole debate by having a double identity. While functioning as a specialized advocate for women, it is also supposed to mainstream gender rights within the U.N. system, working closely with the U.N. Development Programme and partnering with the Joint U.N. Programme on HIV/AIDS, the International Labour Organization, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and the U.N. Population Fund, among others.
The Dutch Development Minister believes that UNIFEM's gender-mainstreaming mandate provides an excuse for these larger development agencies to not take gender mainstreaming seriously. Increasing pressure on them "will be more effective than maintaining a small separate organization," van Damme told Women's eNews.
Noeleen Heyzer, UNIFEM's executive director, disagrees, arguing that gender-mainstreaming initiatives--though valuable--cannot succeed on their own. They can only work, she says, if there's a strong women's advocate, such as UNIFEM, to raise awareness about new issues impacting women and make sure these issues and concerns remain on the agenda of governments and policymakers.
Without a group whose primary commitment is to women's rights, Heyzer fears that there would not be enough resolve and dedication to keep the momentum going on issues important to women, and they would quickly fall by the wayside. A world where everyone working in development and government is equally concerned with women's equality, and everyone knows how to work towards achieving that goal, is far away, according to Heyzer.
Heyzer says UNIFEM's partnerships with other U.N. agencies have resulted in some of the most successful instances of gender mainstreaming in the U.N. system, particularly in the area of peace and security. Collaborating with experts from other U.N. agencies, UNIFEM, for example, helped organize the first All Party Burundi Women's Peace Conference during the country's peace negotiations in 2000; 19 of the women's recommendations were included in the final peace accord.
Work Being 'Cut Off at Roots'
At a time when the gains women around the world have made since the 1970s are being threatened by war, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and religious fundamentalism in various forms, Heyzer claims that the work of women's human and economic rights advocates is being "cut off at its roots and its base." Despite some of the lost funds being regained from other contributors, at least for this year, Heyzer worries about what kind of message the Dutch decision will send to other governments and to women's groups.
Women's development organizations, for their part, see the funding cut as undermining their own work.
"UNIFEM is a critical agency for projects that are developed and implemented by women's groups both [globally] and within the U.N. system," says Nadia Johnson, who works on social and economic justice issues at the Women's Environment and Development Organization in New York. "Lessening UNIFEM's capacity serves to do the same for women's organizations that depend on it."
Karen Mason, director of the World Bank Gender Unit, which has acted in partnership with UNIFEM and the Dutch government in the past, believes that UNIFEM "has been important for raising international awareness of important gender equality issues, such as the value of gender-based budgeting and the seriousness of violence against women."
Raising that awareness has proven to be key to UNIFEM's work. After a three-year advocacy campaign by the organization in the Commonwealth of Independent states, over 34,000 signatures were collected in Kyrgyzstan in support of a bill on domestic violence, which was then made into law in 2003.
It is these kinds of successes that show why UNIFEM is needed, argues Heyzer. "At the end of the day, gender mainstreaming is not an end, but a means to make sure that women can live lives free of poverty, violence and discrimination. The only way to do that is to invest in women's agencies."
Van Damme, though, insists that "if all big U.N. organizations take their gender commitments seriously . . . they could have an enormous impact on policies."
Bojana Stoparic is a freelance writer based in New York.
For more information:
United Nations Development Fund for Women--
UNIFEM in the UN:
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women--
Gender Mainstreaming at the United Nations:
Dutch Development Cooperation--
Mutual Interests, Mutual Responsibilities - Dutch Development Co-operation en route to 2015:
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Mark Bingham became an American hero on Sept. 11, 2001. One of the brave souls who stormed the cockpit of United Flight 93, the Los Gatos man helped save countless lives by sacrificing his own.
Now, 13 years later, his story has its homecoming when the documentary "The Rugby Player," which traces Bingham's life from his rowdy frat boy days at UC Berkeley to his harrowing final moments, arrives at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose.
New York-based filmmaker Scott Gracheff pays tribute to Bingham by remembering him not just as a hero but as an athlete, a son and a gay man who always stood his ground.
"Gracheff did an amazing job of capturing this person, who we all could be, and all aspire to be," said Mike Rabehl, director of programming for Cinequest, the South Bay's major film festival. "Because it's not a film about the tragedy he became part of but about his spirit as a person."
Indeed, the compelling 80-minute film, which screens Thursday, Saturday and March 15, etches Bingham's personality in heartbreaking detail -- and shatters stereotypes along the way.
"Throughout history, there have been heroes who were gay, it's just that we didn't know they were gay," said Gracheff, who has been working on the documentary for a dozen years. He screened an early version of the film, then titled "With You," at Frameline, the San Francisco LGBT film festival, in 2011. The film gets its mainstream festival premiere at Cinequest.
'Same rights'
"Our hope is that people who come into this film with preconceived notions about what it means to be a gay man will walk away understanding that we are all the same and that we all deserve the same rights," Gracheff said.
Standing up for what's right has become a guiding principle for Bingham's mother, Alice Hoagland, who still lives in Los Gatos. In the years since the death of her only child, she has become the keeper of his legacy and a champion of equal rights.
"I imagine I will be fighting for the rest of my life," said the warm and funny 64-year-old. "Until my dying day I will be fighting for the causes that have sprung from the smoking wreckage of Mark's death."
The irony of a national hero being relegated to second-class citizen is not lost on Gracheff.
"Mark Bingham led a charge against the terrorists on one of the darkest days in this country's history and yet there are still many states in which he would not be allowed to marry, and that's an outrage," Gracheff said. "What more do you have to do to prove that you are a good American?"
Certainly Bingham's life was shot through with poignancy. His parents divorced when he was small, leaving his mother to scrape by.
Mother and son spent time living out of the back of their car near Monterey. Mark learned to fish to put food on the table. He also learned to make the best of any situation.
"Mark didn't waste time; he knew you have to live each day," Gracheff said, "because it can be snatched away from you at any moment."
Things got better for the single mom when she became a United flight attendant, a career she loved until the day when air travel would forever become linked with terrorism in her mind. Mark, meanwhile, transformed from a chubby little boy to a brawny kid with guts. He became known as a gregarious fellow who faced down bullies and stood up for his classmates. When he found rugby, he found his calling.
"For years Mark played the No. 8 position, the guy who holds the team together," Hoagland recalled with pride. "That's who Mark was."
After graduation from Los Gatos High School, Bingham won an athletic scholarship to Cal. A burly guy who stood a towering 6 feet, 4 inches, he quickly established himself as an aggressive player with a flair for pranks and an unstoppable flying tackle. He once used that move on the Stanford Tree mascot during a game.
The authorities didn't share his sense of humor. In fact, that incident got Bingham fingerprinted, which is how his remains were identified at that field in Shanksville, Pa., where he met his end.
"It was important to us to show that Mark was not a cliché, that he was not defined by his sexuality," Gracheff said. "He loved heavy metal, he loved sports and he was also an openly gay man."
Bingham, who ran a San Francisco public relations firm, always had the courage of his convictions. The president of the Chi Psi house at Cal, he came out to his fraternity brothers at a huge graduation party.
He helped found the San Francisco Fog, a gay rugby team. He ran with the bulls in Pamplona. He may have only been 31 when he died, but he already had a reputation for never shrinking from a fight.
"There's a lot of blood let on the rugby field. You learn to be fearless and you learn to think on your feet despite the roar of the fray," said Hoagland, who has listened to the Flight 93 cockpit recording so many times she has every moment memorized. "That's a wisdom he needed to stand up against the hijackers and charge that cockpit. That small band of passengers (which also included Tom Burnett of San Ramon and Todd Beamer of Los Gatos) gave their lives to spare us the sight of the Capitol Dome in flames."
Hoagland is thrilled the documentary will be screened in her backyard, where Mark's childhood friends and teachers will have a chance to see it. But she also admits to being torn apart while watching it, especially the video that Mark shot of himself over the years. Sometimes it's as if he is narrating his own eulogy, which lends the film a haunting quality.
"I'm very grateful to be able to spend some time in his presence and hear his voice again but it is still very hard to watch," she said. "I cry every time."
Contact Karen D'Souza at 408-271-3772. Read her at www.mercurynews.com/karen-dsouza, and follow her at Twitter.com/karendsouza4.
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- Product Type
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- Width
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- Depth
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- Height
- 4.8 cm
- Weight
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Audio System
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Network & Internet Multimedia
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Supported Video Resolutions
- Supported Video Resolutions
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- Type
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Remote Control
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- Type
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- Power Consumption Operational
- 10 Watt
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Only issue I had was out of the box the wireless connection was playing up, as soon as I downloaded the latest firmware (Under Asus AIR on Asus website) it was perfect.
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This is one sweet little HD streamer. I've been looking at these to replace an old Xbox 1 running media centre (XBMC) for some time now and the latest version with wireless-n sold it to me. I had this up and running on my win7 network in less than 5 min's it really was plug and play.
It does have a couple of flaws with the onscreen display, and is a little slow to respond sometimes (up to the old Xbox), but this doesn't affect the performance while streaming so I can live with that quite happily.
Have quite happily streamed a 14Gb 1080p movie with no problems. And have not yet found a file it doesn't like. Most Impressed! Worth the money if you're looking for an easy way to stream downloads to your tv & surround sound.
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Breast milk is the only food recommended for the first 6 months of life. If you cannot breastfeed or express milk, your infant should be fed iron-fortified formula.
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Breastfeeding. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated September 3. 2014. Accessed October 3, 2014.
Feeding your 4-7 month old. Nemours Kids Health website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/healthy_eating/feed47m.html. Updated September 2011. Accessed October 3, 2014.
Formula feeding FAQs: preparation and storage. Kids Health website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_center/newborn_care/formulafeed_storing.html. Updated February 2012. Accessed October 3, 2014.
How often and how much should your baby eat? American Academy of Pediatrics Healthy Children website. Available at: http://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/feeding-nutrition/Pages/How-Often-and-How-Much-Should-Your-Baby-Eat.aspx. Updated July 9, 2014. Accessed October 3, 2014.
How to protect your baby from BPA. Bureau of Environmental Health Massachusetts Department of Public Health website. http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/environmental/exposure/bisphenol-a-brochure.pdf. Updated July 2009. Accessed October 3, 2014.
Nutrition (pediatric preventive care). EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated October 3, 2014. Accessed October 3, 2014.
10/12/2010 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Baker R, Greer F, the Committee on Nutrition. Clinical report—diagnosis and prevention of iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia in infants and young children (0-3 years of age). Pediatrics 2010;26(5):1040-1050.
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BERKELEY -- The best-looking play in Cal's spring football game Saturday was a 22-yard run around right end by a big, fast tailback who jogged into the Memorial Stadium end zone untouched.
But as it turned out, the ball carrier wasn't supposed to be touched. He was a ringer -- former Cal star Marshawn Lynch -- who entered the game on a third-down play as a surprise to the approximately 5,000 fans who showed up to get a sneak preview of the Sonny Dykes spread offense.
"We told the guys if anybody tackled him, it was going to be a $25 million fine," Dykes said of Lynch's play. "I didn't want to be getting a call from Pete (Carroll, Lynch's coach with the Seattle Seahawks)."
Lynch apparently approached Cal community relations director Kevin Parker and asked if he could do something at the spring game.
"We kind of brainstormed and figured out a way for him to do something with our team and catch people's attention," Dykes said.
As for the real game -- such as it was -- there were at least a few things that may have grabbed people's attention.
The defense outpointed the offense 28-24 in a bizarre affair that saw just one regulation quarter followed by two more in running time.
With the Bears defense depleted by injury -- 13 of the 22 players who sat out the game were on the defensive side -- Dykes and his staff devised a special scoring system and then decided to end the game early.
"The defensive guys were just huffing and puffing just trying to get through the scrimmage, so that limited what we could do," Dykes said.
The three-headed quarterback competition didn't deliver anything close to an early front-runner.
True freshman Jared Goff, redshirt freshman Zach Kline and junior Austin Hinder each directed one touchdown drive.
Kline got things started early with a 48-yard pass down the right sideline to Maurice Harris, followed three plays later by a nice 15-yard touch pass to Maximo Espitia for a score.
Hinder hit James Grissom on a screen pass midway through the opening quarter, and Grissom did most of the work on a 52-yard scoring play.
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SAN PABLO -- One day after a parcel tax proposal to save Doctors Medical Center was rejected by voters, Contra Costa public health leaders and politicians started the grim process of planning for the hospital's likely closure this summer and the resulting impact on public health in West County.
"I'm not anticipating any miracles," Dr. William Walker, Contra Costa County's top health official, said Wednesday morning. "I think we have understood for a long time that the only way to keep DMC open was a successful ballot measure, and we now face the scenario of dealing with the closure and minimizing harm. That is the task before us."
Measure C, a mail-in parcel tax measure, would have levied a 14 cent-per-square-foot tax on all property in the West Contra Costa Healthcare District, which stretches along Interstate 80 from Kensington to Crockett. Only 51.9 percent of voters -- about 16,000 residents -- supported the tax, which needed two-thirds approval.
"District voters have spoken," Eric Zell, chairman of the West Contra Costa Healthcare District, which owns DMC, said in a statement. "Given the unsustainable operating losses -- and despite all of our efforts to cut costs and bring in new revenue -- it is now incumbent on hospital leadership and medical staff to prepare for an orderly closure and to work with county public health officials on transition of patient care."
Doctors Medical Center operates the area's largest emergency room, seeing 40,000 patients a year, and provides all of West County's specialized heart attack and stroke care and an array of other acute and critical care services.
Walker said the nearby hospitals that would be most immediately affected by DMC's closure are Summit Alta Bates in Berkeley and John Muir in Concord, which have stroke and heart attack emergency facilities that could handle the patients that now come to DMC with those life-threatening conditions.
He added that finding alternative health care options for DMC's roughly 100 walk-up patients per day will require extensive planning by county health officials, including expanding the county's advice nurse hotline and urging nearby hospitals to take more primary care patients.
Kaiser Permanente's Richmond campus operates the only other emergency room in West Contra Costa, but it has only 15 beds compared with 25 at DMC.
"We are going to talk to Kaiser Richmond about increasing their same-day appointment capacity for non-Kaiser members," Walker said. "We are all going to ask everyone to step up to the plate."
Unions representing some of the 900-plus workers at the hospital are not giving up hope. Nurses with the California Nurses Association gathered outside the hospital early Wednesday to call on the county to take ownership of the hospital and provide the funds needed to keep it open.
"We don't understand the politics, but we know the county has an obligation to ensure the indigent of West County can receive adequate medical care," said Maria Sahagun, an ER nurse at DMC for six years.
Contra Costa officials have said previously the county does not have the means or the mandate to take control of the hospital, which serves residents on private insurance plans as well as the uninsured and those on Medicare and Medi-Cal.
County Supervisor John Gioia, an energetic proponent of Measure C, said Wednesday that the health care district board will meet later this month to discuss closure options.
"At this point, the hospital's only chance of survival would involve multiple health care partners stepping forward to financially support it," Gioia wrote in an email.
Measure C would have generated an estimated $20 million annually for the hospital, which is hemorrhaging about $1.5 million every month despite cost-cutting and new revenues that have cut the operating deficit in half in recent years.
State law requires 90 days notice to the community before an emergency room can be closed, so the health care board must act soon to close by early August, which is when hospital officials project that operating cash will run out.
Representatives from both Kaiser and Sutter released statements lamenting the failure of Measure C, but neither gave any indication that those providers would pony up funds to keep DMC open.
"Going forward, there must be a redesigned, sustainable health care delivery system in West Contra Costa. For example, urgent and primary care services could be expanded so residents don't have to rely on emergency rooms for their care," Kaiser Senior Vice President Claude Watts said in an email.
DMC, which opened 60 years ago as Brookside Hospital, provides roughly 80 percent of inpatient hospital capacity and nearly 60 percent of emergency-room care within its West Contra Costa service area.
Helen Hunt, a 62-year-old El Sobrante resident, was at the hospital Wednesday visiting her husband, who was recovering from intestinal surgery.
"I don't even want to think what is going to happen to us if this hospital isn't here," she said. "We are hoping for a miracle."
Contact Robert Rogers at 510-262-2726. Follow him at Twitter.com/SFBaynewsrogers.


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Citation: Levy, S., Wefel, J., Heilman, J., Himes, J., Holden, J.M., Cutrufelli, R.L., Phillips, K., Pehrsson, P.R. 2003. National fluoride database and intake assessment study. Proceedings of Ammerican Association of Public Health Dentistry. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 63, Supplement 1. Technical Abstract: Objective: Past fluoride (F) intake research has been hindered by the lack of a database for food and beverage F levels, and standardized approaches to assess dietary and non-dietary F intakes. This presentation presents an overview of the "National Fluoride Database and Intake Assessment Study," a new collaborative effort of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (MN), the USDA Nutrient Data Lab (NDL), the University of Iowa College Of Dentistry (IA), and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI). Methods/Results: The study will estimate F concentration levels and variability in a national sample of commercial drinking waters, beverages, and foods. Product sampling, purchasing, and review of quality control are by NDL, preparation of sample aliquots by VPI, and fluoride assay by IA. MN will develop a computer-based assessment for F intake in individuals, including dietary and nondietary sources and incorporating the national F database. The assessment methodology will include questionnaires of previous F intake and incorporation of assayed F values for actual water and water-based beverages consumed. The F module will be incorporated into the Minnesota NDS-R software for estimating intake of other nutrients. Conclusions: Results will assist future research concerning F intake by providing national average F levels for many foods and beverages, by standardizing approaches and allowing quantitative estimates of F intake for individuals. Supported by NIDCR and NHLBI.


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It is just the place to go for if you are looking for a nice relaxing holiday that helps you to recharge your batteries.
Cosy studio apartment on the 9th floor with stunning sea and mountain views. See the whole coastline of Playa de las Américas. The apartment is very spacious with 32m2 plus 8m2 balcony with sea view. Nice little dining corner with table and chairs, living area with two arm chairs and television with satellite TV, comfortable double bed with fitted wardrobe, American kitchen with cooker, microwave, fridge/freezer, coffee maker, kettle, toaster, juicer, etc., and bathroom with shower and washing machine.
Just outside the complex there are bus and taxi stop, supermarket, pharmacy, bars and restaurants and a wellness bath with bodybuilding studio.
If you want to spend your holiday with friends, you have the possibility to book more apartments within the same complex.
Playa Paraiso is one of the sunniest places in Tenerife located between Playa de las Américas and Los Gigantes.
You can find numerous restaurants, bars, supermarket, pharmacy and shops and two picturesque sandy coves.
There are very good bus services from Playa Paraiso to many parts of the island and the main tourist attractions.
Playa Paraíso is ideal for those who want a good tourist infrastructure, but do not want to live right in the main tourist areas of Los Cristianos and Playa de las Américas.
Who likes to dive or snorkel will find good conditions and a diving school. Playa Paraiso is also ideal for golfers, it is only a short drive away from the most beautiful golf courses on the island (Abama Golf and Golf Costa Adeje can be reached in 10 minutes).
No pets allowed.
We charge 20€ extra for arrivals after10.00pm.
On the day of your departure you have to leave the apartment clean without any rubbish or dirty dishes.
Private parking (depending on availability) price for a week 30€, after 1.week 2€/day.
Cleaning service can be provided for 10€/hour.
Normally on arrival a refundable damage deposit of 100€ has to be paid.
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ower stay in Playa Paraiso was wondefull. the appartment had everything we nedeed.
The beach was lovely.
Leiligheten var grei nok, men vi måtte ta livet av en del kakkelakker som dukket opp.
Et større problem som ødela oppholdet for oss var at 2 bygninger på 16 etasjer rett foran oss og mitt i vår utsikt var under rekonstruksjon til hotell. Det var en stor byggeplass med store maskiner som var i aktivitet fra 0630 til 1800. Enormt mye støy og støv. I tillegg ble svømmebassenget stengt for vedlikehold. Vi tok kontakt med utleier som selvfølgelig ikke kunne gjøre noe forholdene. Vi burde vært gjort oppmerksom på dette når vi bestilte leiligheten. Hadde det vært mulig burde vi fått våre leieutgifter refundert, men det ville jo ikke å reddet et forferdelig opphold.
Brit og Øystein Deschington
Schöne Unterkunft wie beschrieben. Alles da was wann im Urlaub braucht.
Vor allem das Frühstück am Balkon ein Hit.
Verbesserungswürdig wäre ein breiteres Bett mit härterer Matratze.
In der Umgebung feiner Supermarkt und gutes Restaurant ( Francis 2)
Unique location, amazing view! We just loved it !
In the description of the accomodation is mentioned "nice and quiet complex". This is far besides the truth because within less than 200 metres two big five star hotels (16 floors) are built and building works are going on 7 days a week from dawn till dusk.
Table and balcony chairs are not very comfortable and the chairs in the living room are not suited for people ovet the age of 55. The owner should see to it that missing cutlerly and glasses should be replenished in this appartment for 4 persons. During our stay 12 floortiles in the living dining room came with 4 loud bangs up.
The appartment is spacious and the lay out is very good. The lighting and electric appliances were al working.
During our entire stay we did not meet the guestwife/hostess.
There is a refurbishment work in progress on the two huge tower blocks next to the our block of flats.
As a result it was like living in the middle of building site,loud noise and a lot of dust Next bad thing was balcony,water pouring from the flats above ruin our lunch..
Excellent apartment with great views. All the basics and some nice furnishings. Wifi was not available in the appartment, otherwise I would give 5 stars
Faultless. Everything was in place as agreed when we arrived.
Perfect place for taking a relaxing break. Beautiful views of the sea from the apartment terrace so breakfasts and dinners were special.
100% recommendable.
Stayed in this beautiful apartment for one week and loved everyday of it. We arrived after 10pm and got a taxi from the airport which cost 45 euros which seemed a little expensive. Apparently taxis are more expensive at night but can't confirm if this is correct as that's the only taxi we got. Was met at outside the building by our contact who spoke very little English but made up for it by being the nicest person ever. The apartment was incredibly clean and exactly as it appears in the pics with views of the mountains to one side and the sea from the other. The apartment is on one of the top floors of a very tall building so gives aerial views of the village below. There is a beautiful pool downstairs but unfortunately this was closed for maintenance work two days after our arrival. There is free wifi in the reception area with lots of space to chill and watch the sunset. The beach is also a quick 5-10 min walk but the beach isn't amazing. It's small, a bit rocky but hardly too busy. There are a few shops around including a superdino which sells all you need. A few bars and restaurants dotted around. The only downside was the two high rise flats being built straight in front of the building. The construction work is within working hours so allows for a good nights rest and is a bit if a visual eye sore but this didn't bother us much as we didn't spend much time in the flat during the day and at night it's quiet and buildings vanish into the dark background of the sea. The construction appears to be in the final stages which should bring a bit more buzz to the area. Lastly, there is a bus stop just outside the building to pdla so definitely worth getting a bus pass if you don't have a car. Overall 5/5 for the apartment 4/5 for location.
Lovely view in apartment .appartment was fine but bedroom was twin beds.but no complaints.petra was lovely and communicated well.but the pool side well getting a bit run down and there is two blocks to the left empty but locals says that hard rock have bought it and it be ready in 18 months time.but we did enjoyed our holiday .
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The Flake and the Lightweight..
Our flake striker bought in January, and our too short, weak, lightweight attacking midfielder have created:
- 38 goal scoring chances for the team combined.
- Sturridge, the flake, has 11 goals in 15 league games, and 3 assists. That's 14 goals in 15.
- Coutinho the short, lightweight has, 2 goals and 5 assists. That's 7 goals in his 12 appearances.
For 20M pounds in the January window, where there is usually a lot of panic buys, over spending and enough quality to make a difference, these two have scored/assisted on 21 goals combined. That's about 2 goals per match, and they've only been on board a few months, are 23 and 20 respectively, and are doing it without a lot of players who have equal quality on board, and now w/o Suarez in 3, and Gerrard for 2.5..
I suppose 20M spent for 21 goals, was pretty bad business by BR, especially because neither can head the ball.. Now, perhaps after a full offseason of treatment and rest, we'll see what we saw in our 2 time player of the month Allen, maybe a much bigger influence from Borini who was absolutely decimated by a fractured foot/dislocated shoulder for over 6 months, yet almost hit a brace yesterday, and who knows when Samed Yesil is recovered from his torn ACL and more time training can do as a 19 year old.. I do give up on Assaidi since he seems to only make the bench if we're very short, so 3M.. no big deal..Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Jason I think we are ALL supporters of our club irrespective of our points of view concerning certain players or the manager...we thankfully havent opted for the All-American Cheerleaders gig ...yet. This last post of yours practically has u dancing off the page in one of those Cheerleader pleated mini skirts waving red pom poms giving us all RAH RAH SIS BOOM BA...one more meaningless game to go and then we can all sit patiently and see just what FSG and the manager and backroom boys can do to strengthen this squad before kick of of next season. ps u posts used to be interesting ?
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Colin, maybe Jason is doing a bit go gloating at those who wrote players off who it turns out have actually made a rather impressive contribution to the cause. But surely even you can say that maybe you were a little premature in your assessment of Sturridge?
I said 2 weeks ago stats don't lie in reference to Daniel's goal return, but they seem to be getting stronger each week. And if you were premature on Sturridge, do you not think it just possible that you might have jumped the gun on making conclusions on other players, especially those who have not been able to prove you wrong on the pitch due to injury?