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Not all pork is bad?
Not all pork is bad?
by Mario M. Galang
I hope I got it wrong – I mean my reading of the Supreme Court ponencia declaring the Priority Development Assistance Fund as unconstitutional. But, is the Court saying that not all pork is necessarily bad, even if it says PDAF is truly bad?
By implication, yes; and that much is implied when the Court defined its key terms. (Without even intending to, the definition has also put an end to the "confusion of meanings" that attended the pork debate. No more are we in pork Babel.)
"Pork barrel" is not defined explicitly, but "pork barrel system" is, and in so doing the Court hints strongly at what it means by "pork barrel."
"Pork barrel system" is "the collective body of rules and practices that govern the manner by which lump-sum, discretionary funds, primarily intended for local projects, are utilized through the respective participations of the Legislative and Executive branches of government, including its members."
I've taken note of the reference to "funds" that are: 1) lump-sum discretionary; 2) primarily intended for local projects; and 3) used through the participation of the Legislature or the Executive, including their members. All these three features combined describe or define our controversial "pork".
This pork variety is proudly Pinoy, not so unlike our adobo. It bears the marks of "local concept and legal history," as the ponencia acknowledges. Unique unto its own, it distinguishes itself from the universally understood lexical "pork barrel" that such authority as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) accords entry, as: "The state's financial resources regarded as a source of distribution to meet regional expenditure; the provision of funds (in U.S., Federal funds) for a particular area achieved through political representation or influence."
OED's pork shares with pork barrel adobo at least one common feature: the use of funds for local or areal projects. Otherwise, OED's pork hardly cares if the central funds are lump-sum or used by whoever in congress or the executive branch. In that sense, the adobo variety is restrictive and covers a narrower scope.
Definitions are only as good as the function they do in your scheme of things. Since the Court wants to establish the constitutionality of PDAF, "pork barrel" defined at this level lacks the precision to serve the purpose.
Hence, the term "congressional pork barrel" – "defined as a kind of lump-sum, discretionary fund wherein legislators, either individually or collectively organized into committees, are able to effectively control certain aspects of the fund's utilization through various post-enactment measures and/or practices."
Note that the use of fund is further qualified with "through various post-enactment measures and/or practices." The operative word is "post-enactment"- meaning, after the budget bill is enacted into law, or the stage at which the president executes the budget.
The description has now taken the unmistakable shape of PDAF. Defined as such, congressional pork barrel is intrinsically illegal, as if it was born with unconstitutional genes. Now, here's the catch.
Any salient point missing disqualifies an item for the "congressional pork barrel" label. PDAF qualifies, not because it is lump-sum per se; but, as Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno pointed out, its "infirmity is brought about by the confluence of (1) sums dedicated to multiple purposes; (2) requiring post-enactment measures; (3) participated in, not by the Congress, but by its individual Members."
Point 1 is precisely the lump-sum nature of the fund. The "post-enactment measures" cited in Point 2 are those that require, say, the agency implementing a PDAF-funded project to submit to Congress a priority list of beneficiaries 90 days from effectivity of the budget law – thus allowing Congress to join in the execution of the budget, in violation of the principle of separation of powers as the Constitution provides. For Point 3, one example is when individual lawmakers identify projects under PDAF, which become binding to the implementing agency.
The flipside of precision is exception or exclusion. Limiting modifiers in a definition may tend to stretch the list of exemptions. A few pages into the ponencia, the Court writes: "In a more technical sense, "Pork Barrel" refers to an appropriation of government spending meant for localized projects and secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district." This pork looks more like OED's pork as cited above. By definition, it "fails" the Court's congressional pork barrel test – is it legal?
The Court defined PDAF into extinction. It was swift and easy and just. What is there to replace it? Trust our lawmakers to come out with innovations of their own. With the Court's doctrinal definitions, the bounds of constitutionality are now clearer. They would know from this experience what to heed, and not among these is greed.
Galang is a fellow of Action for Economic Reforms.
My colleague Manuel Buencamino calls it the biggest reconstruction project in the Philippines after World War II. President Noy Aquino (PNoy) calls it a "comprehensive rehabilitation program."
Typhoon Yolanda has brought incalculable, terrible costs. Two weeks after the most powerful storm in more than a century ripped central Philippines, more than 5200 people have died, more than a thousand are still missing, and scores of thousands are recuperating from physical injury and emotional trauma.
The calculation of economic losses brought about by Typhoon Yolanda's devastation varies widely. The International Business Times (UK edition) provides some information on the economic impact:
CEDIM Forensic Disaster, based in Germany estimates that losses will range between US$8 billion and US$19 billion.
Another group, Kinetic Analysis Corp. places the economic costs at between US12 billion and US15 billion.
Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan estimates that the reconstruction costs can reach US$5.8 billion.
In short, the amount for rehabilitation is staggering. But as I will explain later, the resources can be mobilized without necessarily overburdening the economy. The important point is this: The rehabilitation program is an opportunity to lay the foundation for post-Yolanda all-round, sustainable development.
In this context of recovering from the devastation brought about by the super typhoon, we can apply loosely (even literally!) Joseph Schumpeter's "gale of creative destruction." Yolanda destroyed the old, and it is up to us as a people, not only the policymakers, to create a new one. We hope that what we rebuild, to quote Schumpeter again, will "revolutionize the economic structure" and bring in "the new methods of production or transportation, the new markets, the new forms of industrial organization."
The PNoy administration has created a "task group" for the comprehensive rehabilitation program, composed of Cabinet members and coordinated by Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla. The priority programs consist of shelter and reconstruction, power restoration, livelihood and employment, resettlement and psychosocial care, environmental protection, and resource generation and allocation. In the same vein, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is tasked to prepare a unified plan, which will integrate the rehabilitation programs and projects of different agencies.
From the description above, we can observe that the "task group" is basically made up of the whole Cabinet. That is, the Aquino administration for the remainder of its term will focus its energy and attention on the post-disaster program.
The administration has correctly identified the core programs. Of course. they are general categories that are part of any template on recovery and rehabilitation. And any program cannot offer sure-fire solutions,
Allow me, nonetheless, to identify and emphasize some areas, which are essential for the success of the rehabilitation plan.
First, the plan is an opportunity not only to rehabilitate and rebuild the provinces that were hard hit by Typhoon Yolanda. The reconstruction plan must be a national one. To repeat, now is the moment to "revolutionize the economic structure."
In addition, tens of thousands of victims have left their homes and have become internal refugees, evacuating to urban centers to start life all over again. This suggests that the scope of the plan cannot be limited to the damaged areas.
In another area, the restoration of power is not a quick fix. The power shortage extends to many parts of the archipelago. Further, we cannot discount a national energy crisis in the medium term. This entails hard decisions that will address the market failure in the energy sector.
Second, jobs have to be created. In the near term, giving cash to victims to do relief and rehabilitation work is a good step. The massive infrastructure rebuilding will also result in creating jobs, skilled and unskilled. But why stop there? After all, the administration is committed to inclusive growth, in which the creation of quality jobs is the cornerstone.
Third, employment generation—creating jobs of higher productivity and expanding the number of wage-workers—is linked to industrial and technology policy. The government through the Department of Trade and Industry has a program on expanding and diversifying manufacturing through new forms of industrial policy. This program, however, remains low key. It is high time we placed prominently on the national agenda industrial and technology policy, which is tied to job creation. In this regard, we welcome the technical assistance of multilateral organizations and donor countries,especially those in East Asia, towards doing industrial policy right.
Fourth, industrial and technology policy has new substance and forms. It is not just about picking winners; it is also about putting in place the disciplining mechanisms to prevent abuse of discretion. It is also about collaboration between government and the private sector to jointly diagnose problems, coordinate actions, and discover new ways of doing things.
Moreover, industrial and technology policy must adapt to an unfortunate reality in the Philippines—that we will continue facing horrible natural disasters. In this sense, developing local green technology to address disaster reduction and management and climate change can be the lynchpin of such policy. The advantages of indigenous green technology include its labor intensiveness and its dynamic comparative advantage (given that the technology is relatively new, even to advanced countries).
Last but not least, the rehabilitation plan will obviously entail huge resources. This can strain the government's fiscal capacity, but this problem is not a binding one. The Department of Finance and the Bureau of Internal Revenue have performed well in steadily increasing the tax effort. The combination of Kim Henares's tax administration reforms and the passage of the sin tax reforms symbolizes confidence in government's revenue performance.
To be sure, more revenue measures have to be put in place, all the more made pronounced by the expenditure demand for rehabilitation. It is thus an imperative for Congress to pass the bill on reforming mineral taxation and another bill on rationalizing fiscal incentives. On top of this, depending on PNoy's political capital, he may ask Congress to reform the specific tax on petroleum, which has been eroded through the years because of non-aadjustment to inflation.
Notwithstanding the increase in tax effort and the proposed tax reforms, government cannot avoid borrowing to finance the rehabilitation program. A word of caution though: It is better to borrow domestically than externally. A heavy inflow of foreign loans leads to a currency appreciation, which in turn weakens the real sector and thereby undermines the goal of inclusive growth.
We have heard it many times, but it has been recently articulated by Kim Henares, that slow development in the Philippines is attributed to our weak sense of nationhood. Typhoon Yolanda has moved the Filipinos, rich and poor, to act as one. Let us seize this moment to sustain national action. Let us turn disasters like Yolanda into a "gale of creative destruction."
What ought to be
What ought to be
Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III
Some of us are dismayed over the behavior of blaming and bitching government for the slow, disorganized, or powerless response to the Typhoon Yolanda devastation.
Here's a sample of Facebook comments that I liked:
• Please, if you are not doing anything to help, just shut up. We are all hurting, especially those in the affected areas. Let us unite in helping in any way we can. Criticizing, spreading false stories, predicting failure and all that negative stuff have got to stop.
• I hope all those know-it-all critics of the typhoon relief efforts sit down together and produce a magic master plan for the survivors. I've been waiting days for them to stop bitching and to come up with an alternative to what the government is doing.
• The damage from Yolanda is incalculable. The worst is psychical. The aftermath has made bitching a national pastime.
Don't get me or us wrong.
First, everyone is not faultless. Even PNoy. Recall that he criticized the local government of Tacloban, expressing doubts over its preparedness. In times of great distress and disaster, emotional outbursts are difficult to control. In fact, they are better released.
Second, criticisms are necessary. Government is not omniscient. Criticisms make government awake and responsive.
But the type of criticism we have to avoid is one that weakens the collective effort to provide relief and rehabilitation to the suffering millions.
Some criticisms or complaints stem from the thinking of what ought to be. Government must or should do this or do that. Dapat ganito, dapat ganyan.
What ought to be is the best situation; it is the ideal. But the ideal is not the real world. We face too many constraints to achieve our objectives. Apply this to the response to the devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda: The information and logistics failure overwhelm the people on the ground. Without information, infrastructure, and logistics, we can expect chaos.
Thus, attributing the absence of government's presence as a cause of the worsening situation is misplaced. Government's invisibility in some areas is but the effect of an objective problem—information and infrastructure facilities having been knocked off, leading to inefficiency and miscoordination.
It is also true that in remote areas, government cannot be found. But this has been the case since time immemorial. It is thus a constraint in the context of the ongoing relief and rehabilitation.
Another example of the "what-ought-to-be syndrome" is the tendency of some, particularly the foreign commentators, to compare the Philippines' poor response to that of advanced countries like Japan. In other words, we ought to be doing what Japan is doing. Again, that is the ideal, but far from real. How can we become a Japan that soon?
This reminds me of the weakness of the most incisive analysis of Douglass North on the role of institutions, which earned him the Nobel laureate. North and his colleagues distinguish between countries (developing ones) that have limit access orders—characterized by corruption, rent-seeking and oligarchic rule—and countries (the advanced market economies) that have open access orders. So what ought to be for developing countries is to achieve open access orders. But North et al. so far cannot provide the concrete answers how to get there.
When next time, we say government must do this and must do that, we better exercise prudence and caution. Let us be sensitive to the constraints. Let us also acknowledge our own constraint that we ourselves do not have enough information that will be the basis of the most appropriate response.
But below is one example where our commentary can be most helpful to the relief and rehabilitation effort. Note that the writer EJ Galang, a young, internationally awarded creative professional, avoids saying we must do this or must do that.
To my friends in government, I know it's a tall order, but can we expect a transparency report, an accounting of the donations that are meant for relief. I know it's a hard task but this recent expose made the people lose its confidence on how the government keeps track of the people's money. It will do the government good if you can restore a little bit of that trust.
The final solution
"It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail." – Abraham Maslow
Mama gave her 12 year old child a laptop because he needs it for school. One day she catches him watching porn. She freaks. So she installs all sorts of parental controls in the laptop. But the kid is a horny techie and breaks through mama's walls easily.
Mama catches the kid again. This time she is super freaked and takes the laptop away.
"Absolutely no more internet for you until you are 18," she says.
"But I need it for school, mama."
"Not anymore," she replies, "I'm moving you to another high school where they don't use the internet."
"You're moving me to Flintstones High?"
"Yes, because as far as I'm concerned that's the only way to keep you away from porn," she said with finality.
Later that evening mama is watching the news and she learns about Janet Napoles. She is aghast.
"My God! Those crooks should be jailed!"
Cynical papa who is sitting beside her on the couch replies,
"Honey, you can jail those crooks but others will just take their place."
"But we cannot tolerate corruption. We have to do something," she protests.
Papa replies, "You could ask the government to put in stricter controls."
"Good idea," she says.
She gathered her friends the following day.
"I'm sure you saw the news. You must be as outraged as I am by the Napoles scam," she said.
"Yes, how awful," they replied. "We have to do something about it. We can't have our children growing up in that kind of world."
Someone stood up and said, "Let's make our voices heard. Let's march. Let's call for plugging the leaks and jailing the crooks." And they all began to chant, "Plug the leaks, plug the leaks, jail the crooks, jail the crooks."
The problems of the world were solved and they all went home happy. Over dinner, mama told papa about the meeting.
"But you've been overtaken by events," he said
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"The administration announced it is adding stricter controls," he told her.
"That's great news!" she exclaimed.
He replied, "I hate to be the one to tell you this but I'm pretty sure crooks will still find a way to get their hands on the money."
Mama was appalled. She called another meeting to tell her friends the ugly reality she learned from papa.
"It seems that we can't eliminate stealing just like that," she told them.
"What do we do now?" they asked each other.
"We need to learn more about the issue," one observed.
"Let's invite experts to explain it to us," another proposed.
And so experts were invited to a series of merienda lectures. Scholars from academe, political analysts, economists, lawyers, politicians, clerics, business and civil society leaders, communists, columnists, and anybody who had an opinion on anything showed up. And they lectured. And they ate. Between bites, one said this, the other said that, and on and on and on. There were so many opinions expressed and so many nuances pointed out that no one came out any wiser, only fatter from gorging on too many meriendas.
Halfway through the merienda lecture series, mama told her group, "No more lectures! I have a simple solution. Let's just take away the money!"
"That's right!" the group replied. And they began to chant,
"Take away the money! Take away the money!"
At long last the final solution to the problem of corruption was found. Take away the money. Everyone would be going home happy and self-satisfied. And then it happened.
There is always, in any gathering, someone who has to say the most uncomfortable thing at the worst possible time. She said, "Take away the money, take away the laptop. That's how we solve problems?"


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Artists whose works will hang in the new La Chera Gallery sponsored an open house for its opening last month, and numbers of friends and family members attended.
The gallery is located inside Spikes Realty at 1913 Bell St.
A Smile And A Chat: DeDe Baum, left, shares some refreshments and conversation with Art Spikes.
Posing For The Camera: Larry Scruggs of Canyon, left, Jack Sorenson of Amarillo and Glenn Lyles of Plainview, right, all artists, smile for the photographer at the art gallery opening.
Contemplation: Kathryn Hird takes a close look at "Summer Picketts" by Laura Moser.
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If alt-country/Americana music is your preference, you've got two good – or tough, depending on how you look at it – choices on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Other options for live music in New Orleans include a south Louisiana all-star ensemble playing for free downtown.
Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, Lafayette Square, 5 p.m.
The free weekly Harvest the Music series downtown in Lafayette Square presents south Louisiana guitarist Tab Benoit's Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, augmented by special guest guitarist Anders Osborne. The Imagination Movers' Rich Collins opens the show with his guitar-pop band for grown-ups, the Kangaroo Assassins.
Patty Griffin, Tipitina's, 8 p.m.
The Americana singer-songwriter passes through town while touring in support of her "American Kid" CD. Released this summer by New West Records, the album pairs her twangy alto with Robert Plant's wail on two tracks. Additionally, Griffin's "lost" album "Silver Bell," recorded more than a decade ago, has been remixed and, in September, finally released. Local singer-songwriter Andrew Duhon opens for Griffin at Tipitina's.
Steve Earle & the Dukes, Civic Theatre, 8 p.m.
Steve Earle returns to the city where his "Treme" character was killed in a botched armed robbery. He and his band, the Dukes, will showcase his style of Americana country-rock-with-a-conscience.
The soul singer and keyboardist leads his band on Frenchmen Street.


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on December 14, 2012 - 1:00 AM
Don't blame police for driver's actions
What if the police shot the tires of the alleged drunk who should not have been driving? The driver may have hit the woman anyway. What if police chased the driver and he hit someone and killed her? We need to put the blame where it belongs – on the driver who used deadly force in not obeying the officers' command and put his life in danger.
How many of you citizens would put your life on the line as these officers do in dealing with people who refuse to obey the law?
There are way too many people driving drunk, and these people need to be dealt with more severely. Stop blaming the good officers who are only doing their job and making our society better.
David N. Wendt


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Wow, check out all the DALEHARTS at hardees chowing down on angus beef burgers. mmmmhmmm
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Legionaries of Christ priest not disciplined after fathering child
ROME – The leader of the Legionaries of Christ admitted yesterday that he knew for years that the scandal-plagued religious order's most famous priest had fathered a child but still allowed him to preach about morality.
The order, still reeling from revelations that its founder was a sexual abuser and drug addict with two secret families, suffered another major blow last week when it admitted that Fr Thomas Williams, an American based in Rome, had also led a double life.
In a letter to members published on the order's website, Fr Alvaro Corcuera said he found out about Fr Williams's child "early in my new assignment" as the order's director general, which began in 2005.
In an interview last week, Cardinal Velasio de Paolis, the man Pope Benedict XVI appointed in 2010 as his personal delegate to try to reform the order, said he did not find out about the affair until this year.
Fr Williams was the public face of the order, appearing often on American television networks to explain church teachings.
He was the author of more than a dozen books, including one called Knowing Right from Wrong: A Christian Guide to Conscience.
He was a big draw on the lecture circuit at Catholic institutions and had two websites, both of which were shut down last week.
In his letter to members, Fr Corcuera said that after he first found out that Fr Williams had a child he asked him to "start withdrawing from public ministry". However, he admitted that the restrictions "were not firm enough" and Fr Williams was allowed to continue teaching.
In fact, Fr Williams continued to appear in public and teach at Rome's Pontifical Regina Apostolorum University.
The Legionaries of Christ run private Catholic schools and charitable organisations in 22 countries, including Ireland.
The order and its leaders have been at the centre of controversy since 2009 when they were forced to admit their charismatic Mexican founder, Fr Marcial Maciel, had led a double life for decades.
Fr Maciel, who made huge financial contributions to the Vatican, secretly fathered children with at least two women, used drugs, misused donations and sexually abused seminarians.
He had enjoyed the support of the late Pope John Paul and was spared official censure for years despite what critics say was overwhelming proof of his crimes. – (Reuters)


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The Record: Smoke and taxes
SLOWLY BUT surely, the debate over the relative effects of e-cigarettes is making its way into politics. In New Jersey, that debate has escalated due to a provision in Governor Christie's proposed $34 billion state budget for fiscal 2015 that would raise the tax on e-cigarettes. Under the governor's plan, the tax on e-cigarettes would be raised from the basic sales-tax level to a rate comparable to the tax on regular cigarettes, which is now $2.70 per pack.
Those opposed to the tax, including Assemblyman Gary Schaer, D-Passaic, chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee, say e-cigarettes have helped them on the road to giving up traditional tobacco cigarettes. One North Jersey resident told The Record that e-cigarettes — which deliver a liquid vapor, with varying percentages of nicotine — were "the one thing on the market" that worked for him after years of trying to quit smoking.
Such stories are heartening, but the verdict is still out on the full effects of e-cigarettes. While many longtime smokers seem to have found benefits, e-cigarettes may also be enticing young people who have never smoked before to begin. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said recently in a news release: "Although e-cigarettes appear to have fewer toxins found in smoke compared to traditional cigarettes, the impact of e-cigarettes on long-term health must be studied."
Of course, it is economics that drive the current tax debate. So-called "vaping" stores that sell e-cigarettes, e-liquid and related devices have taken off in North Jersey, and last year, U.S. sales of e-cigarette products were reported to be in the neighborhood of $2 billion.
Clearly, e-cigarettes represent a growing market in New Jersey. Whether that means a higher tax would generate $35 million, as the Christie administration claims, is debatable, but certainly the commerce of e-cigarettes represents a viable target for taxation. The state needs every cent it can get right now. Taxing e-cigarettes at a higher rate doesn't seem an outrageous thing to do. Neither would regulating this new product that, like cigarettes, may prove to be more harmful to consumers than their manufacturers want them to believe.


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spring flowers
I'm down with the dreaded flu, third day with high fever and I feel a strong need to commiserate myself and try to get back to normal in some way. So I complain here about being sick and at the same time I post some photos of flowers I have seen recently, two pigeons with one broad bean as they say here in Italy. I have to confess that I am reposting the almond blossom photos below because that tree is now so tall that I can't do any close-ups anymore. Send positive vibes in my direction if you have the time please


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OpenGL in Qt 5.1 – Part 3
This article continues our series on what is new in Qt 5.1 with respect to OpenGL. If you haven't already seen them, you may be interested in reading Part 1 and Part 2.
Timer Queries
OpenGL on the desktop exposes a very useful tool in the shape of timer query objects. These can be used to record the amount of time taken by the GPU to process sequences of commands. If we couple this with the usual CPU profiling techniques then we can get a very complete understanding of the bottlenecks in our rendering code.
One obvious place that could take advantage of this is the Qt Quick 2 renderer. Although the Qt Quick 2 renderer does have options to enable timings of various stages of rendering, this only tells us half of the story. Namely, the CPU half. Using OpenGL timer queries would allow us to fill in the gap and gain an understanding of how the GPU is performing.
Another common use for OpenGL timer queries is to provide feedback to adaptive rendering routines in order to maintain more consistent frame rates. For example, if we instrument our rendering function and find at runtime that our application is rendering too slowly, we can perhaps increase the frame rate by using less complex shaders or by using lower resolution meshes etc. Conversely, if we find that we have GPU cycles to spare then we could improve rendering quality by perhaps using higher levels of tessellation.
Qt 5.1 will make such tasks much easier with the introduction of two new classes developed by KDAB engineers: QOpenGLTimerQuery and QOpenGLTimeMonitor. The QOpenGLTimerQuery class is a simple wrapper around a single OpenGL timer query object and can be used if you wish to have total control. It is expected that QOpenGLTimeMonitor will be the more commonly used class as this is a wrapper around a sequence of timer query objects and makes it trivial to measure the GPU time of the various stages of our rendering functions:
void Scene::initialize() { // Create a timer query object m_timeMonitor = new QOpenGLTimeMonitor( this ); m_timeMonitor->setSampleCount( 5 ); if ( !m_timeMonitor->create() ) qWarning() << "Failed to create timer query object"; // Generate some names for the various stages of rendering m_renderStages << "Clear Buffer" << "VAO Binding" << "Shader Program Binding" << "Drawing"; } void Scene::render() { // Start the timer query m_timeMonitor->recordSample(); // Do some rendering m_funcs->glClear( GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT ); m_timeMonitor->recordSample(); m_vao.bind(); m_timeMonitor->recordSample(); m_shaderProgram.bind(); m_timeMonitor->recordSample(); m_funcs->glDrawArrays( GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3 ); // End the timer query m_timeMonitor->recordSample(); // Block until the results are available QVector<GLuint64> timeSamples = m_timeMonitor->waitForSamples(); qDebug() << "timeSamples =" << timeSamples; QVector<GLuint64> intervals = m_timeMonitor->waitForIntervals(); for ( int i = 0; i <= intervals.count(); ++i ) qDebug() << i << m_renderStages.at( i ) << double( intervals.at( i ) ) / 1.0e6 << "msecs"; // Clear the query results ready for the next frame m_timeMonitor->reset(); }
This is obviously a trivial example but gives an idea of the usage. Note that the timer intervals and timestamps are recorded in nanoseconds. Sample output from this is:
timeSamples = QVector(5850713788736, 5850713794176, 5850713794848, 5850713795552, 5850713801952) 0 "Clear Buffer" 0.00544 msecs 1 "VAO Binding" 0.000672 msecs 2 "Shader Program Binding" 0.000704 msecs 3 "Drawing" 0.0064 msecs
So here we see in this trivial example (which just draws a single large triangle) that the GPU is using only a fraction of a millisecond. This means that we could easily ask the GPU to do more work per-frame (as we would certainly hope!).
There is much more to say about the nuances of using timer queries but we'll leave that to a future more in-depth article.
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One thing that is sorely needed in the Qt5 OpenGL world is a good set of compilable examples. The existing ones appear to be ports of the Qt4 OGL ones and don't illustrate the use of the new stuff. I know it's all documented but having something you can step through with a debugger is a much easier way to learn and/or build upon.
Another thing that might be worth mentioning is the usage of QWidget::createWindowContainer in order to create something analogous to QGLWidget from a GL backed QWindow. It took me many hours or googling and some IRCing to figure this out. Granted it is a very new feature so won't have percolated up to the surface yet, but being able to have a GL "subwindow" seems like such a fundamental feature I'm surprised its usage hasn't been made more obvious or documented.
Anyway, it looks like you've been doing a great job making OpenGL less of a pain with Qt5; long may it continue!
Did these examples ever make it into Qt5? I'm trying to find them in the dev tree, but failing. Thanks.
I discovered this web page when looking for anything helpful on using QOpenGLWidget examples. It sure would be helpful to have a set of comprehensive examples here.
For instance, QGLWidget is discouraged for new work and QOpenGLWidget is recommended. However, it is not obvious at all how to port some of the old functionality to the new. Hence, a comprehensive set of examples would help or at least a white paper describing where one needs to look or what one needs to do in situations. For example, QGLWidget has a renderPixmap function. QOpenGLWidget does not. How does one generate a pixmap when using QOpenGLWidget? Other questions like these are sorely in needed of being answered.
The Qt developers may think that all of this is obvious, but they are a little too close to the fire and seem to not realize that the rest of us who would like to use Qt can't get inside their heads.


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I'm not an expert in Unix. But, know the basics.
Here, I have two hosts with the same OS (Solaris 5.10)
But, sendmail command works in one host.
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New Commonwealth Governor's STEM Academy Hosts CyberPatriot Competition
Round one of the CyberPatriot V open division competition will begin this weekend at the New Commonwealth Governor's STEM Academy at Chantilly High School. Ten local high school teams are scheduled to compete from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 17, for a chance to earn a trip to the national finals in March 2013. Chantilly High School is a Fairfax County public school.
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Boy Scouts from Troop 1969 of Stanton took a trip to Boston from March 21 to 23. The Scouts were led through downtown Boston's historic sights by a guide. After lunch at Quincy Market, they hiked the remainder of the Freedom Trail, toured the frigate USS Constitution and the destroyer USS Cassin Young, visited the Old North Church and climbed to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument. Troop 1969 meets at the Stanton Reformed Church in Stanton. For more infor-mation on the troop, contact Scoutmaster Bill Wallace at email@example.com.
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Scouts (front from left) Zach Ferreira, Chris Jaeger, Jake Forrestiere, John Gilliam, Sean Kennedy, Jimmy Woods (middle row) Jacob D'Amico, Ryan Kennedy, Dan Barkholtz, Pat Quinn, Kyle Stansbury (back row) Derek Finn, Josh Newstadt, Andrew Gallagher, Sean Quinn, Peter Higley pose with Samuel Adams.
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The star that is online video continues to shine brightly for the digital publishing industry with both audiences and advertisers flocking to support this burgeoning media. For online video to continue its meteoric rise however, it's important to remember some of the basics to craft a great consumer experience…and acknowledge a rather large elephant in the room yet to be fully addressed in the Australian market.
First up, video must be contextual and it should never be forced onto our audiences. Consumers are interested in the story first and foremost – regardless of the multi-media platform(s) by which they consume it – and online video should only be integrated where it complements our storytelling. The key to increasing time spent – and driving additional streams – is to engage consumers with the initial story, and then seamlessly showcase clips that are relevantly targeted and integrated into the player design.
Undoubtedly, video consumption is skyrocketing and it's an exciting time for online video. We are at the tipping point right now with content, technology, consumers and advertisers all firing together. The good news is, engagement has increased across both short-form (e.g. 90 second clips) as well as long-form 'TV format' videos (e.g. 30+ minute episodes). Since launch of FIXPlay in April 2010, ninemsn's results have been dramatic with more than 50% of videos viewed past the mid-point of our hour long shows.
But we could still be doing so much more, and this leads me to the big elephant in the TV room. The most successful consumer multimedia experiences are ones that are brand lead, not platform lead, and as premium content purveyors, we all need to become far more coordinated across platforms. Earlier this year, I had an ongoing debate with my best mate on who would win the World Cup (my home country USA vs. his Spain). We communicated through email, Instant Messenger, on the phone and in person. At some point, I forgot about where the conversation occurred but just recall the debate and the sledging. The communication medium was irrelevant, it was all about the content.
As content creators, how do we make this happen for TV? If the consumer has a strong relationship with a great brand like Wide World of Sport or a show like MasterChef, how do we create a seamless, engaging experience across the 3-screens: TV-mobile-computer?
Unfortunately amongst many Australian media outlets, the fear of cannibalizing one's audience still outweighs the benefits of embracing other platforms for the role they can play in building brands. TV, mobile and online have the potential to evolve into a true media triumvirate and build brand loyalty amongst audiences on a scale never seen before. We just have to stop worrying about cutting each other's grass.
The work we have done with Channel Nine on building the A Current Affair brand is a good example – the show not only airs each week night nationally, it is also live-streamed on ninemsn with a dedicated micro-blog developed to give a voice to its audience of 1.2 million Australians. This makes the viewing experience interactive for viewers whilst providing immediate feedback to the show's producers. On Tuesday 6th July 2010, an ACA special on whether Australian democracy is against Muslim values generated the highest ever User Generated Content (UGC) response in ninemsn's history for a ninemsn news story with close to 15,000 comments published over a two-hour period. That is an engaged audience.
Similarly, The Block (Season 3) has been developed from the start as a cross-platform video experience. With access to behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive content made only for the website, we can ensure users experience and interact with The Block not only during its on-air broadcast, but throughout the week also. With pieces to camera and instructional 'how to' videos by each of the couples, users of the site for the first time can access the couples like never before. Of course, the audience can also catch up on the weekly TV show online thanks to FIXPlay.
It wouldn't be a discussion about online video if I didn't touch on pay models and our strategy has always focused on giving consumers choice. In some content areas, there is a plethora of free video available, and consumers will not be inclined to pay from their wallet. In these instances, the existing advertiser-funded pay model will continue.
However, audiences should also be able to choose a paid download method if they'd rather an ad-free experience, or if the content is truly differentiated and unique. This hybrid model is the way of the future and one we continue to place significant importance on at ninemsn.
Finally, the creation of branded content is set to grow exponentially as advertisers and publishers fully harness its commercial and audience benefits. Ninemsn recently launched Pixel Productions, an in-house creative division which gives advertisers new ways to communicate and engage with key audiences by producing targeted, brand-funded entertainment. Pixel Productions has already developed a video-entertainment series for Proctor & Gamble's Gillette Venus razor brand, which provides weekly celebrity, and entertainment updates from TheFIX in a short and snappy, TV program format. The show has already been a resounding success with streams of the first episode exceeding expectations tenfold.
In conclusion, if we get the consumer proposition and flow correct, the business will follow. And to get that right required genuine consideration about how the consumer is engaged in the first place, a focus on the consumer across multiple platforms and the provision of pay options. Ten years ago, I was part of the largest media merger of all time – AOL + Time Warner. The overarching goal of the corporate marriage was the convergence of the offline and online media worlds to radically change media consumption in the 21st century. It was a disaster. It failed for a variety of reasons including internal politics, technology challenges and business hurdles.
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Amid Legal Drama, Texas Takes Over Women's Health Program
The state this week launched its own version of the Women's Health Program. Texas is funding the program on its own because the federal government pulled funding after the state blocked Planned Parenthood from participating.
The Texas version still serves low-income women who would qualify for Medicaid if they became pregnant. It will cover about 110,000 women between 18 and 44 years old with free well-woman exams, basic health care and certain family planning services.
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WATKINS GLEN - While Tim Sager was happy with his fine finish Saturday in the Glenora Wine Cellars U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International, the Buffalo-based driver's best memory came from a far greater personal and emotional moment during the weekend.
Watkins Glen International and the Village of Watkins Glen took time to remember their sports car racing heritage with the running of the Grand Prix. The on-track activity, which attracted 370 vintage sports car entries encompassing 11 competition groups, was sanctioned by the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA).
Also, in conjunction with the activity at the track, the 20th annual Grand Prix Festival of Watkins Glen presented by Chemung Canal Trust Co. was held in the village Friday.
The festival featured daylong activity highlighted by the SVRA cars participating in a reenactment of the first street race ever held in Watkins Glen, in 1948. The reenactment ran through the streets and surrounding countryside of the village on the original 6.6-mile circuit.
Sager raced to a solid sixth-place finish in Saturday's Group 3 class race in his 1978 Fiat 124, but the biggest moment of his weekend came Friday.
Sager participated in the reenactment and had the pleasure of having his father, Tom Sager Sr., age 74, riding with him around the village circuit. It was a special and emotional moment Tim Sager will never forget.
"I got to take my dad with me," he said. "My dad suffered a stroke last year. He has some disabilities that are related to that. He went to the majority of the street races here as a kid and he's been to this track every year since then. It's probably close to 60 years that he's been coming here.
"When he was riding with me last night I just looked over at him and saw him smiling. It was just awesome. It made my weekend."
As far as Saturday morning's Group 3 race was concerned, Sager battled early rainy conditions.
"The race actually went very well," he said. "I was a little nervous on the grid because it started to rain. We were out there with a dry setup and dry race tires. It stopped raining although there were some spots on the track that were damp. Actually, going into the bus stop I locked it up on the first lap and that was a little scary. But I just kept the pace."
Brian McKie of Grand Island placed 20th overall in Saturday's Group 3 joust.
Among the other Western New Yorkers present with SVRA at The Glen was Bob Fairbanks of Portville, who drove his Austin Cooper to a 24th overall finish in Saturday's Group 1 DS class. Fairbanks' team is named Back Marker Racing.
"I just went out and rolled around. I had a great time," Fairbanks said. "I didn't even break anything. About 20 years ago, I gave the Back Marker Racing name to myself because I figured that I was going to be at the back of the pack. That's who I am.
"I've been vintage racing for 22 years. I watched a television program years ago with Paul Newman and Mario Andretti and they were talking about Paul not getting into racing until he was 47 years old. My wife said to me at the time, 'Hey, you are 47. So when are you going to start racing?' I said right now. So I started driving. I'm going to celebrate my 70th birthday in two days.
"Anytime you come off the track if you got oil pressure and if your temperature is not 240 degrees and you're able to drive your car on the trailer, in vintage racing that's called a successful weekend."
While Fairbanks was able to finish Saturday's Group 1 race, Sanborn's Bob Deull was not so fortunate. Deull, who raced in the Group 1 PW (Pre-war) category, blew his engine, finishing 32nd overall.
"I was having a lot of fun out there," said Deull who drives a 1940 Atlas Ford. "The car seemed to be going faster than it ever went. That might be part of the problem. I did have a pre-war Alfa spin in front of me in 'The Boot' and I was heading for his right rear tire. I was just able to get enough over to the left to avoid hitting him.
"I didn't want to hit that car because that's a multimillion-dollar car. I didn't want to hit anything. A couple laps after that, coming into Turn 10, I felt the car starting to slow down and I started hearing some strange noises and all of a sudden the motor blew and there was oil and steam coming out all over the windshield."
Kenmore's Joe Puma placed 20th overall in the Group 1 race.
Hamburg's Ed McMahon was set to run the Group 8 race Saturday morning but he, along with many others, elected to skip the race due to the rain.
"I no longer race in the rain. I have no rain tires," said McMahon, a local insurance agency owner. "I raced a Pantera in the rain one time and I put it underneath a bridge at Elkhart Lake, Wis., backwards. So I learned. . If you don't have rain tires you are going to die.
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av Chabby 11. juni 2014
thank you.
widnes (uk)term, derivative of 'cheers', quicker and simpler version.
widnes (uk)term, derivative of 'cheers', quicker and simpler version.
"pass me a beer mark"
"here you go, pat"
"here you go, pat"
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If you have to ask what CHIB is your not CHIB, CHIB is the Difference between you and everyone else, CHIB does not have a single meaning but it also means everything
"I am CHIB" "You are CHIB if you know why you are CHIB"
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An alternative to the popular phrase "chin up". A sarcastic response to something bad happening.
"Just found out my girlfriend has been cheating on me with my dad"
Response: "Chibs."
Response: "Chibs."
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A girl who leads a man on constantly. Dashing his hopes at every turn for him to develop their relationship any further
"I thought you were seeing that girl?"
"Nah she's just my chibs"
"Nah she's just my chibs"
av Overlord Hart 30. mars 2010
The equivalent of a n00b. Generally it is used when someone is behaving in a ridiculously n00b-like manner. Like when someone is doing something pointless.
Chibbing around can also be another way to call someone a troll.
Chibbing around can also be another way to call someone a troll.
"Quit being such a chib"
"Guys, quit chibbing around!"
"Guys, quit chibbing around!"
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small dollops of poo
you stood in some chibs back their
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Skip to comments.Hold The Line On Palin Freepers! (Vanity)
Posted on 09/03/2008 7:46:09 AM PDT by bcatwilly
I know that most on here are ticked off and supporting Governor Palin, but for those worried about the attacks and any polls of the moment consider the following:
1. This election was always going to be a dogfight given the political climate; does anyone believe for a minute that the polls would suddenly turn great with Romney or Pawlenty on the ticket with McCain? Having said that, Palin has fired up conservatives (me included) for this ticket at a level that was not possible with the other known choices at least.
2. If you assume that the base is fired up then now the McCain can begin to hammer away on the fact that Obama has done ZERO, which began last night. Ironically enough the attacks from the left and the Obama campaign on Palin's experience really just provides a major opening to have a discussion about Obama's total lack of experience. And yes I believe that can matter to people that he is at the top of the ticket when making final decisions, not the bottom of the ticket.
3. Some of this media frenzy about the Palin family and the "vetting" process has once again really pissed off conservatives and provided a major opening to further "vet" Mr. Obama in various forums, particularly the 527s. The Democrats can whine all they want, but a calculated slam of Obama's questionable ties done well could be the difference between winning and losing this election. They still reference the "Swift Boaters" from last election, and I loved giving them my hard earned money to get their message out.
4. It is never fun to be behind in the polls, but here is my take on the polls this cycle: - I do believe that Obama has brought in many new voters to their side and has an energized base, so this can't be discounted. However, I am still a little suspicious about the "party identification" numbers being so great for the Democrats in the poll weighting. I think that the pick of Palin firing up the Republican base may not be fully reflected in the weighting going forward. - The total lack of experience of Obama and quite frankly the racist tendencies of many blue-collar Democrats are factors that may never fully reflect until in the voting booth to make that final decision. I say that Obama better be at least outside the polling margin of error going into election day to feel very comfortable.
5. For the same reason that some have become anxious with the fast news cycle on Palin garbage, there can be significant changes in the dynamics of this race based on the debates. I don't think that McCain is a "polished speaker", but it is hard to believe that he couldn't just crush that guy on lack of experience in the debates. I also think that McCain should publicly challenge him from the podium in the very first debate to have a separate series of town hall meetings (as already challenged by McCain) so that public can fully "vet" the candidates in response to Obama's statement in his DNC speech that he would welcome any debate with McCain.
This will be a tough fight until the end, so hang in there Freepers and keep up the good fight!
I am behind McCain-Palin 110%.
What really makes me sick to my stomach are the so called "conservatives", who backed other candidates, who are attacking her because their candidate was not selected VeePee or because their candidate was not nominated.
Its time to attack....being passive is not going to work. I think we are tired of Repubs/Bush being passive and not getting their message out. Go after Obama and Bill Ayers...Biden and his son being indicted...attack!
Also don't go into a panic attack over every poll with Obama ahead.. Just watch in how they campaign.
Amen. I admit they had me reeling for a hot second, but I'm over that now. I am so nervous and excited for Sarah Palin tonight. I hope she hits a grand slam. And I can't wait for the new ad coming out at noon. (just in time for Rush.)
I am behind McCain about 70% and Palin about 150%
Which averages out to a nice even 110%!
Sarah Palin represents everything that the Left is not
It is often said that one can be judged by looking at who ones enemies are.
Gov Wilder was up by 20 points in Virginia won by 1 point.
The good news for the country is that Palin was a good pick. The worst scandals they have dredged up so far are that Bristol delivered Trig one month after becoming pregnant with a new baby, and that Palin may have pushed to permanently remove a state trooper who threatened civilians and used a taser on a child essentially for fun. The first accusation is so phenomenally stupid that I'm amazed it hasn't died off from laughter, although it wouldn't have mattered even if it was true. The second sounds like another reason to vote for Governor Palin - leaders are supposed to lead and to make the right thing happen. Or is someone suggesting that the Alaska State Police would have been better off with that trooper on their roster?
Polls are still meaningless at this point. This is going to bounce back and forth right up until election night.
Ignore them - just make sure you and everyone else you know does their duty and votes on election night. We'll win this in the end.
We must stand with her.. She is the future of our party and out nation.. The MSM knows this and they are attacking her with everything they got to get her out of this race.
"I don't want to get any messages saying, 'I am holding my position.' We are not holding a G*ddamned thing. Let the Germans do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding onto anything, except the enemy's b**ls. We are going to twist his b**ls and kick the living s**t out of him all of the time. Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose; like s**t through a tin horn!"
—George S. Patton, June 5, 1944
The MSM has already written their articles for tomorrow morning slamming everything about her speech. Expect more of the same.
The more the MSM attacks Palin, the worse it is for Barry.
She can field dress a moose, she's qualified to be Vice President.
For those in St Paul, it's time to get out of your seats and rock that house tonight!
I converted another dim relative to McCain/Palin last night. She (my relative) was outraged over the attacks on a fellow woman and mother. Those presstitutes have stomped on the flaming bag of dog poo that John McCain left on their porch.
"Sarah Palin represents everything that the Left is not"
Which is exactly why Palin was chosen to play the diversion,IMHO. Of course I'm speculating, but I'm sticking to my position that the real VP pick is about to make (her) debut as the September surprise unfolds. Yup, you guessed it. As blatently unlikely as it may seem I'm betting "Condi" as McCain's ace card, will be the real VP pick !!. So go ahead, fire away; tell me how much of a nut I am. But remember when it happens, you heard it here first !
I would not say for certain that we are behind in the polls. I still think that these pollsters know just who to poll to get the results they want. I wonder if some of them might even take money to make it seem that it is in favor of one candidate or another. Sarah hasn't shown the baracuda side yet, and I'm certain that Biden doesn't want to see it, either. I wonder if he will agree to a debate...even one!
What an awesome ad! American pie! The real deal!
Where can I find out the time of Palin's speech tonight (Pacific Coast time?) I want to try to be home and watch.
1 to 2 week ship date on McCain/ Palin yard signs. Is this a good sign or not?
Hi Huck, I wish I could let it go but the hypocrisy and blatant attacks by the media is something I can no longer stomach.
In addition Obama has not beeen vetted yet and every Conservative I know acts as if exposing him would be like kryponite. There is a Federal Lawsuit challenging his eligibility that is still alive.
I am not getting my hopes up but this is more of an issue than the State Trooper case where the Dems are defending a child abuser and crooked cop.
As long as McCain keeps the gloves on and refuses to engage Obambi on these issues, the more the American people are voting for a fraud.
I am totally incredulous and feel as if I am being followed around by an elephant that nobody else can see.
Hoping for a late October Surprise!!! Just like that DWI back in 2000.
I think the McCain team has been doing a great job all summer. I'm looking forward to today's developments. Hold the line.
I don't know.
Don't worry. Palin has energized conservatives in a way McCain never could have on his own. We'll be sticking by her.
You've taken the first step. . .admitted you have a problem. The next step is to get into some counseling and perhaps start taking some meds. Good luck in your efforts to restore your mental health.
There is a better chance that "Barack is not a US Citizen" gets exposed and that's a 100-1 shot.
Battle of the Conspiracy Theories!!!!
The dinomedia is attacking her causing obama supporters to quip hey they must regret picking such a controversial pick while obama sits back and let's them attack.
Bud Day and now Fred Thompson have fired me up. As a "military brat" and as a lifelong member of the United States military, I understand what Fred was saying about character tempered under fire. McCain is truly the man for these trying times. I am back in the corral. Go John! Go Sarah! Go USA!
"Well, you know, my understanding is that, uh, Governor Palins town of Wasilly [sic] has, uh, 50 employees, uh, uh, weve got 2,500, uh, in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. Uh, uh, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. Uh, so I think that, uh, our ability to manage large systems, uh, and to, uh, execute, uh, I think has been made clear over the last couple of years. Uh, and certainly, in terms of, uh, the legislation that Ive passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina, uh, of how we handle emergency management. The fact that, uh, many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place, uh, as we speak indicates the extent to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect.
Barack Obama
Ah, answering myself now:
7:50 pm; Carly Fiorina will reprise a speech "looking back" on a first term of a McCain presidency;
8 pm: Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele;
8:15 pm: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will talk about economic contrasts between Obama and McCain;
8:30 pm: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will follow on with economic and other social themes;
9 pm: Former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani will contrast Obama and McCain on a number of issues, especially the war on terror;
9:20 pm: Gov. Linda Lingle of Hawaii will introduce Gov. Sarah Palin
9:30: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will give her major address. (Oddly, her speech will come before she's actually nominated.)
Should be a big night. Stay tuned for updates.
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Source (hat tip) humanevents.com
Thanks for the vanity in support of Palin. Here's mine:
Sung to the tune of Oh! Susanna, dont you cry for me.
Oh, no Bama, please dont lie to me... for Im off to Free Republic with a keyboard on my knee.
I come from Minnesota with my keyboard on my knee;
Im goin to Free Republic my true love for to see.
It rained all night the day I left,
the weather it was dry;
The sun so hot I froze to death,
Obama dont you lie.
Oh! No Bama, dont you lie to me;
I come from Minnesota,
with my keyboard on my knee.
I had a dream the other night,
When everything was still;
I thought I saw Obama dear,
A-coming down the hill.
The smearing lie was in Duluth,
The tear was in his eye,
Said I, Im coming for the truth
Obama dont you lie.
Oh! No Bama, dont you lie to me;
Im off to Free Republic,
with my keyboard on my knee.
I fight in my pajamas
Its plain for all to see
I aim to be the next Buckhead
The media all hate me.
I fell in love with Sarah
When my sister bit a moose
The Guvnors family ate it up
And then they set it loose.
Oh! No Bama, dont you lie to me;
Im off to Free Republic,
with my keyboard on my knee.
I soon will be in Hawaii,
And then Ill look all round,
And when I find his birth record,
Ill fall upon the ground.
But if I do not find it,
This Freeperll surely die,
And when Im dead and buried,
Obama dont you lie.
Oh! No Bama, dont you cry for me;
Im off to Free Republic with a keyboard on my knee
According to this:
She will accept the nomination first, then speak.
Peggy Noonan just screwed us and we will still NOT vet Obama.
Hold the line.
Peggy Noonan is a nobody.
MSNBC will make sure that she is a household name by EOW.
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With the devastating Tornados of late, I think we need to do a kind of roll call. If you're in one of the areas getting hit, please please please let us know you're well! I just lost a friend and her husband tonight in the Joplin, MO tornado.
With the devastating Tornados of late, I think we need to do a kind of roll call. If you're in one of the areas getting hit, please please please let us know you're well! I just lost a friend and her husband tonight in the Joplin, MO tornado.
Toni....I'm so sorry about the loss of your friends; please accept my condolences.
Toni, I'm so sorry to hear that. I got chills when I heard about Joplin; it seems as if a good part of the city was flattened. Dreadful.
Once one joins a forum or other internet group, one really comes to understand John Donne's sermon about no man being an island ("Any man's death diminishes me"). One forms ties to people in so many places, and everything hits home. That's a good thing, in balance: it increases our field of compassion. But it can be heart-wrenching.
My condolences to you on your loss. I too have friends in that part of the country and worry for their safety. These storms are pretty terrifying. Sadly they seem to be becoming more frequent and widespread each year. We even had some earlier this month where I live in the Maryland/DC/Virginia area. A few died here as well. Hopefully, there won't be any more of these disasters.
Toni, sorry to hear about your friends. The tornados are all around Nebraska, it really is scary.
Toni I am so sorry about your friends, my condolences.
Dee stay safe.
To follow up on Toni's theme for this thread, I hope that all members in Oklahoma are ok. If you have done so, please take shelter and be safe.
I hope everyone's friends in Missouri and Oklahoma will stay safe. Toni, I am very sorry to hear that you have lost your friends in Joplin.
The Tornado in TX today touched down (or was threatening to?) near family friends of mine... to say I'm getting a little gun shy is an understatement when it comes to these tornado warnings and hits! STAY SAFE!
watching the coverage on CNN. it's heartbreaking listening to the family members still searching for their missing loved ones. especially the parents.
It's dreadful, isn't it, Toni? I think the one that got me hardest was the mother painting her phone number on a car. I don't know whether it would be worse to be the only one undergoing such a situation or whether it's worse when everyone around also has been affected.
So sorry Toni. My husband has relatives in Oklahoma that we are worried about. We had tornados touch down in Northern California yesterday...that never happens here as we are earthquake prone. Mother Nature is having her way.....42
tornados in N. Cali???? where abouts?
A consultant at work had a scare in early May. Fortunately, his mother and stepfather had left for vacation when a tornado destroyed their home and their boat. That was teh worst of the damage , but he was very worried all night about his siblings who also lived in teh area.
And there's terrible flooding in VT, in an unprecedented way.


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Moscow qualifiers to Zhuk Memorial
Girls Elder Age, Top 6 - they qualified to National Level Competitions.
1. Tsurskaya 227,18 (born at 2001, coach Tutberidze) http://youtu.be/a10BFDD3cjI
2. Bezrukova 211,55 (20 Jul 2001, coach Goncharenko)
3. Drynkina 203,32 (13 Now 2001, coach Tsareva)
4. Mitrofanova 194.92 (05 May 2002, coach Tsareva)
5. Mikhailova (14 Feb 2002)
6. Istomina (24 Dec 2001)
Very high score is because to score of SP and FS (Junior programs) added score for Elements.
See names of coaches - coaches of Lipnitskaia, Radionova, Pogorilaya.
Unfortunately, no other videos - refused by ice palace staff.
AlexRus, thanks for these!
Moscow qualifiers to Russian Nationals Elder Age 04-07 Mar 2014.
Schedule and Entries
http://ffkm.ru/index.php/12-competit...5-pervstvz2014 (Russian language)
Moscow qualifiers to Russian Nationals Elder Age 04-07 Mar 2014.
Starting orders (Junior Ladies, Men, Pairs, Dance)
StPetersburg Qualifiers to Russian Nationals Younger Age (Zhuk Memorial) 04-07 Mar 2014.
Three parts - Elements ( Solo Jump, Combo of two Jumps, StSq, spin), Short Program, Free Skate.
Two age groups:
Elder - born at 2001-2002, program is like Junior.
Younger - born 2003 and younger, program is like Novice.
Only singles (boys, girls).
We see - leaders of elder age have 3+3 combos.
Moscow qualifiers to Russian Nationals Elder Age 04-07 Mar 2014.
Results of SP (top-24 who earned FS) and FS Starting Orders for Junior:
Ladies http://s019.radikal.ru/i632/1403/ac/f538e50502f0.jpg
Men http://s017.radikal.ru/i412/1403/ee/780bd89f66dd.jpg
First after SP in Ladies - Proklova, in Men - Samarin.
Moscow qualifiers to Russian Nationals Elder Age 04-07 Mar 2014.
Junior Ladies Final Results
Top-6 Qualified to National Level
1. Proklova 173.82
2. Istomina 158.93
3. Kolyshkina 151.59
4. Kajumova
5. Bezrukova
6. Drynkina
Podium Photo http://instagram.com/p/lM-8OGR9Ur/#
FS Videos
1. Proklova http://youtu.be/J36qJnFvXE0
2. Istomina http://youtu.be/fjCwhPOynGE
3. Kolyshkina http://youtu.be/zHU87czk7jA
4. Kajumova http://youtu.be/CwrFsZL001o
5. Bezrukova http://youtu.be/EmLotarsFWU
6. Drynkina http://youtu.be/JcW3iq2p51M
7. Tarusina http://youtu.be/q7lfQ_dv6Jk
8. Fomina http://youtu.be/kISOASEDwAU
9. Maximova http://youtu.be/r9Jc66VizN8
10. Mikhailova http://youtu.be/8c3z39TaOUA
11. Avstriyskaya http://youtu.be/i8BUKqKnfng (hard fall from spin )
12. Kosareva http://youtu.be/I35juz69XMk
14. Lebedeva http://youtu.be/Xtrsf89ueHw
16. Novakhova http://youtu.be/ZYAxQjYMxFs
17. Panenkova http://youtu.be/75bR_ALiV5I
What happened to Valeria Evseeva? I really liked her last season.
At Moscow qualifiers to Russian Nationals Elder Age was other girl (also born at 1st half 2002, also CSKA) - Avgusta Evseeva. Her level is much lower than Valeria Evseeva.
I cant find the Boys FS score
Samarin scored 73+ in his SP, must have landed his 3A in SP finally
and no videos too
We see Samarin landed 3A in SP fine and in FS not so good (probably step out).
All the videos from Moscow qualifiers to Russian Nationals Elder Age are here
Viedos made by amateur, who had no time to see all the competition, sio if no video of skater there - no video at all.
I know it is somewhere explained but I can't find it. I am still confused about the system of Russian nationals. There are the senior nationals that take place around Christmas and they call them Чемпионат России, then they have junior nationals (I think in January or February) called Первенство России. This is still easy to understand.
Then they have some nationals that are in March called Первенство России - младший возраст (younger age) that actually have 2 age categories - the older ones (born 2001-2002) and the younger ones (born 2003 and younger), and another Russian championships in April Первенство России - старший возраст (older age). So if the older age is (maybe?) equivalent to novice, what level would be the championships in March (the younger age)? Or if the younger age championship is equivalent to novice category, why is there still subcategory of championships older age?
Why would Proklova want to compete at Russian nationals older age, if she was 4th in senior nationals and 3rd in juniors? Surely Elder age nationals are far below her skills, so the medal would not mean much for her. I know she is eligible, based on age, but Yuna Kim and Mao Asada were also eligible to compete at junior worlds the year they won senior championships...


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