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LUDLOW Shirley S. Searl, 85, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at Gill Odd Fellows Home in Ludlow.
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This quarter should have ended with a 10 point (at least) lead for us..
Chandler is taking a dump on his old team...Sheed and Kidd have been amazing. Woodson seems to have shortened up the rotation at least tonite. Sheeds takin Cambys and Kurt Thomas's minutes from them
This quarter should have ended with a 10 point (at least) lead for us..
Pretty good half, we've been playing well enough to be up more than this though. Hopefully we put this one away in the 3rd
The Knicks have to step on defense if they're going to win this game. They cannot continue making Brand, Mayo and Collison look like Miami's big three.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
bad quarter overall
Felton/Chandler are doing too much of the work on offense
We're going to shut them down in the 3rd or 4th... It's a lot nicer when we do it in the 3rd though. So funny to think a year ago we would be pissing our pants about what might happen in the 3rd whereas this year we are winning games in the 3rd consistently.
Seems we score more when Melo is having a bad game...???
First and foremost, let's win, secondly, let's shut down Mayo (against him in fantasy, do have TC on my squad tho!)
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"
Chandler doesnt even attempt a block anymore...
Wow...that was really an offensive call?
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Collection Mapping the National Parks
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MapBoundaries of Yellowstone National Park as revised by act dated March 1, 1929, also the Grand Teton National Park as established by act dated Feb. 26, 1929. [Drawn by] Black. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Date: 1929
MapYellowstone. Scale ca. 1:250,000. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Folded title: Maps: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text. Map of Grand Teton National Park, ca. 1:140,000, on verso. AACR2
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Halo Too vs Valken V-max
Started by Jrwj97, Mar 16 2013 07:12 PM
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Posted 16 March 2013 - 07:12 PM
I have a GOG Extcy and was wondering which hopper would be better. Thanks.
Posted 16 March 2013 - 07:27 PM
Halo Too. The VMax is trash.
Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:13 AM
Definitely Halo Too. Vmax is weak and barely feeds 12-13 BPS. I have the Halo Too as my back up loader to my Spire.
Posted 18 March 2013 - 11:15 AM
Halo Too, if you want to buy new, but you can find a used V2 Prophecy for about $60, which will be better than both.
fuck yolo
Feedback 2/0/0 Buy my shit here: http://www.techpb.co...-bob-long-vcom/
Posted 18 March 2013 - 02:43 PM
The Vmax, is tooless feeds 15 bps fine, and has a very durable shell. Get the v-max, and if you think you are going to be shooting faster then 12.5 on ramp then get a pinokio prop shaft for it .
Posted 22 March 2013 - 05:27 AM
I have both. I prefer the vmax.
Posted 22 March 2013 - 10:48 AM
I have both also and I use my V-Max. The tooles dissasembly is great. It feeds at 15 bps with no problem. It is also very soft on paint that is why it realy will not feed that fast which is fine.
Edited by Snake Doctor78, 22 March 2013 - 10:50 AM.
Posted 22 March 2013 - 11:17 AM
I also have owned both. The halo too has a shitty shell and is a pain to take apart. Vmax is durable and has a tooless dissasembly, I perfer the vmax
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#97020 - 02/27/03 12:24 AM Bulwer-Lytton Prize winners
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/09/00
Posts: 3065
Loc: Jakarta
I've never been able to see what's actually wrong with "It was a dark and stormy night." myself, but be that as it may, here, copied from another board I frequent, are this year's winners of the Bulwer-Lytton prize for worst opening sentence of a novel:
| >
| > 10) "As a scientist, Throckmorton knew that if he were ever to
| > break wind in the echo chamber he would never hear the end of it."
| >
| > 9) "Just beyond the Narrows the river widens."
| >
| > 8) "With a curvaceous figure that Venus would have envied, a
| > tanned, unblemished oval face framed with lustrous thick brown hair,
| deep
| > azure-blue eyes fringed with long black lashes, perfect teeth that
| vied
| for
| > competition, and a small straight nose, Marilee had a beauty that
| defied
| > description."
| >
| > 7) "Andre, a simple peasant, had only one thing on his mind as he
| > crept along the East wall: 'Andre creep... Andre creep... Andre
| creep.'"
| >
| > 6) "Stanislaus Smedley, a man always on the cutting edge of
| narcissism,
| was
| > about to give his body and soul to a back alley sex-change surgeon
| > to become the woman he loved."
| >
| > 5) "Although Sarah had an abnormal fear of mice, it did not keep her
| from
| > eeking out a living at a local pet store."
| >
| > 4) "Stanley looked quite bored and somewhat detached, but then
| penguins
| > often do."
| >
| > 3) "Like an over-ripe beefsteak tomato rimmed with cottage cheese,
| > the corpulent remains of Santa Claus lay dead on the hotel floor."
| >
| > 2) "Mike Hardware was the kind of private eye who didn't know the
| > meaning of the word 'fear'; a man who could laugh in the face of
| danger
| and
| > spit in the eye of death -- in short, a moron with suicidal
| tendencies."
| >
| >
| > 1) "The sun oozed over the horizon, shoved aside darkness, crept
| > along the greensward, and, with sickly fingers, pushed through the
| castle
| > window, revealing the pillaged princess, hand at throat, crown
| asunder,
| > gaping in frenzied horror at the sated, sodden amphibian lying beside
| her,
| > disbelieving the magnitude of the frog's deception, screaming madly,
| 'You
| > lied!'"
#97021 - 02/27/03 10:54 AM Re: Bulwer-Lytton Prize winners
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
Yes, Bingley. Those do make Bulwer-Lytton look good. I think jealousy is principal reason
for dissing him.
#97022 - 02/28/03 09:03 AM Re: Bulwer-Lytton Prize winners
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 10538
Loc: this too shall pass
I think jealousy is principal reason for dissing [Bulwer-Lytton].
You are as impervious as an araphorostic shoe.
-Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, _Pelham, or The Adventures of a Gentleman_ (1828)
#97023 - 02/28/03 09:17 AM Re: Bulwer-Lytton Prize winners
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
Gotta rise outa you, didn't I?
"Anaphorostic" sounds like a coinage for a waterproof shoe,etc.
But for "phoros" only meaning I could find was:
1.tribute, esp. the annual tax levied upon houses,
lands, and persons
#97024 - 02/28/03 09:24 AM Re: Bulwer-Lytton Prize winners
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 10538
Loc: this too shall pass
uhnh. ( Replying only by monosyllables to the gay bavardage of the Knight. - Lytton, _Rienzi_ )
araphorostic - unsewn, seamless
#97025 - 02/28/03 09:40 AM Araphorostic aside
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York
Meanwhile, although I'm glad you reminded us that it's that time again!, Bingley, I have to say I'm pretty disappointed by these. They seem so silly and not at all in the great Bulwer-Lytton spirit. They are merely joke-ettes, puns, unto themselves.
#97026 - 03/01/03 11:51 AM Re: Araphorostic aside
old hand
Registered: 12/20/00
Posts: 1055
Loc: Berlin
>They are merely joke-ettes, puns, unto themselves
Yeah, I kept wondering whether or not a novel would, or could follow these oneliners, and if so, whether anyone might actually read them. Perhaps the judges were getting confused between the 'wittiest' and the 'worst' - I mean you gotta ask yourself, how does one get elected to judge such a competition anyway?
Regardless of the individual artistic motivation of each author though, I think they're a pretty funny dumb laugh.
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#97029 - 03/01/03 11:36 PM Re: Araphorostic aside
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I have to say I'm pretty disappointed by these. They seem so silly and not at all in the great Bulwer-Lytton spirit. They are merely joke-ettes, puns, unto themselves.
The last one sounds familiar, but I don't think the rest are authentically from the contest. For one, they're too short. For two, this was obviously from an e-mail, most likely and erroneous joke one at that. For three, the contest always has a ton of different categories, lot just a simple list like that. And for four, the official website for the contest: http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ doesn't have anything for 2003 yet.
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It's been 20 years or more, but I have read Bulwer-Lytton's "Vril, the Power of the Coming Race" It's an early science fiction novel, and yes it was a bit heavy going in places, but certainly wasn't the worst book I've ever read. Vril was his name for a mysterious energy source used by an advanced civilisation in the book. The book was very popular, and the word vril was taken over by occultists for various occult energies, and finally adopted for a new energy-giving beef drink, that many of us know and love under the name Bovril.
#97031 - 03/02/03 06:59 PM Re: Is this link a YART? Can a link be a YART?
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It would be a YARL.
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In the first article in this series, I explained why it is sometimes necessary to expire data, and discussed the standard approaches for doing so. The second article discussed a new approach to data expiration, called the Hashbelt algorithm, and documented a Java library which implements it. In this article I will show you how to use the hashbelt algorithm by using two distinct examples: implementing session keys and reimplementing the
RemoteStubCache class from my previous articles on command objects in RMI. By the end of this article, you should feel comfortable using hashbelts in your code and understand when it is appropriate to do so.
The source code for both the hashbelt framework and the examples used in this article can be downloaded from here. Please feel free to use and extend the source code for this article. But, please, give credit where credit is due and do not remove either the licensing information or my name from the source code. Moreover, please send me e-mail if you come up with any interesting ideas for using or extending the framework; I'm planning on maintaining this code and keeping it up to date for the foreseeable future.
Note: In order to use these classes, you must have downloaded and installed the generics specification. Furthermore, the jar files that come with the generics distribution must be the first items on your classpath. The batch file assumes the jars are in the same directory as the batch file -- if this is incorrect, you should edit the part of the batch file reading:
J-Xbootclasspath/p:./javac.jar -bootclasspath ./collect.jar
Before we dive into the examples, I want to outline what's involved in using hashbelts in an application. Incorporating hashbelts into an application is actually quite easy, and involves the the following three steps:
AbstractHashbeltExpirationSystem (either
StandardHashbeltExpirationSystem or
HashbeltContainer have the same semantics; choosing the appropriate container is simply an optimization and will depend on how you expect the system to be used.
We're going to follow this procedure for two different examples: session keys and remote stub caches. The discussion for session keys will be a little abstract (without knowing more about the whole application, it's hard to write a concrete example that includes expiration handlers). The discussion of remote stub caches, however, will be very concrete.
Session keys have been used as an example throughout these articles. Thus far, I've relied on the assumption that you probably have at least a vague intuition about what a session key is. However, now that we're actually getting down to coding, precise definitions are important.
A session key is a string, usually randomly generated, which has no value other than to identify a particular client to a server. The session key is generated by the server at the end of an authentication (or identification) sequence and sent to the client. All subsequent requests from a client are accompanied by the session key. The server often uses the session key to look up information related to the client, such as permission levels or shopping cart contents. Depending on the application, the session key expires after either a fixed period of time or a period of inactivity.
In our case, we're going to implement session keys that expire after a period of inactivity. This is how Web servers handle session information and is the most common way of using session keys (session keys that expire after a fixed period of time are often used by authentication systems and protocols such as Kerberos). Our session keys, and the associated session objects, therefore have the following characteristics:
The first of these bullet points immediately implies that we will be using a subclass of
UpdatingHashbeltExpirationSystem as our expiration system. The second bullet point implies that
HashlistBasedHashbeltContainer is a reasonable choice for a container class (we will be iterating through the expired objects and might want the iteration to be reasonably fast). This is all encapsulated in the code for
package grosso.sessions;
import grosso.expiration.hashbelt.containers.*;
import grosso.expiration.hashbelt.*;
import grosso.expiration.*;
import java.util.*;
Extends UpdatingHashbeltExpirationSystem so that active sessions get
their expiration delayed.
Uses HashlistBasedHashbeltContainer because it seems like a good compromise
public class SessionExpirationSystem extends UpdatingHashbeltExpirationSystem<sessionkey, session> {
protected HashbeltContainer<sessionkey,session> getNewContainer() {
return new HashlistBasedHashbeltContainer<sessionkey, session>();
This actually has more import statements than lines of code! One reason this is so simple is that it uses the default number of containers and the default rotation time defined in
AbstractHashbeltExpirationSystem. Recall that these were defined as follows:
protected static final int DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_CONTAINERS = 5;
protected static final long ONE_MINUTE = 60 * 1000;
protected static final long DEFAULT_ROTATION_TIME = ONE_MINUTE;
These are almost certainly not the best choice for session keys. In practice, I like to start by assuming there are 11 containers. A first pass at the rotation time is simply to divide the required expiration time by 10; this will ensure that every key, no matter when it is first generated, will have at least the required expiration time (some keys will have much longer).
Once you've estimated the number of containers and the rotation time, you will need to balance the following three forces:
The first two of these forces imply that rotation times should be fairly large relative to the expected time between uses of a session key. That is, if lookups using a particular session key occur every three minutes, on average, then a rotation time of one minute is bad, because keys will frequently make it into the fourth or fifth container (and, therefore, using the keys to get session information will be more expensive than is necessary).
On the other hand, the third force implies that rotation times should be as small as possible (and the number of containers should be increased). Using a short rotation time means that sessions will be expired closer to the required expiration time.
Let's make this more concrete by considering a Web server. Suppose our requirement is that sessions must be kept for four hours (if the user hasn't come back in four hours, we assume that they're done). And suppose that, when a user is active, they fetch a new page every minute or so. If we start by using the "divide by ten" rule of thumb, we arrive at: 11 containers and a rotation time of 24 minutes.
This is actually quite nice. The rotation time is huge compared to the time between fetches. On average, we're going to see the following access pattern for a session object:
and so on, until the user is no longer accessing the session. From a performance point of view, this is astonishingly close to simply using an instance of
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On the other hand, session objects won't be expired at the four-hour mark. A session object might, in fact, live for almost four-and-a-half hours after it is last accessed. If this half-hour is significant, we might need to increase the number of containers (and thereby reduce the rotation time).
Of course, this whole discussion is predicated on a rather strange assumption. Four hours is just too short a time for a Web-based session key. For example, according to Joel Spolsky's book on user interface design, Amazon.com keeps its sessions (e.g. the contents of the shopping carts) around for 90 days.
You probably can't keep all sessions from the past 90 days in memory; it's just too much data. A two-part strategy like the following is a much better idea:
This solution has some fairly nice benefits: when a session is active, it gets pulled into memory. When a session isn't active, it gets written out to disk. The session information is kept for a long time in a persistent data store and, while the session is being used, the information is kept in memory, and the expiration system is fast.
Our second example of using hashbelts involves rebuilding the
RemoteStubCache class from the second article from my earlier series on command objects.
Also by William Grosso
Introducing Automatic Data Expiration
RemoteStubCache solves a fairly common problem in client-server applications. The problem is that a naive use of naming services doubles the number of remote calls being made. This happens because programmers want to use a naming service to store the stubs to servers; doing so leads to a nice clean architecture and allows, for example, servers to be dynamically redeployed without changing client code. The obvious way to use a naming service is to write code using the following schema:
RemoteServer server = Naming.lookup(logical_name);
The problem is that each of these lines involves a remote call. The first line fetches a stub from the naming service and the second line actually calls the server.
Fortunately, there's an obvious solution. Transform the first line into a local call by using a
RemoteStubCache. Instead of fetching the stub each time, simply fetch the stub the first time and store it locally. The second time the translator is used, the stub is already available locally and, hence, only one remote method invocation is necessary in most cases.
Here's the implementation of
RemoteStubCache that I used for that series of articles.
import java.rmi.*;
import java.rmi.server.*;
import java.util.*;
Holds stubs to remote RMI servers.
public class RemoteStubCache {
private static Hashtable<serverdescription, remotestub> _serverDescriptionsToStubs= new Hashtable<serverdescription, remotestub>();
public static RemoteStub getStubToRemoteObject(ServerDescription serverDescription) throws ServerUnavailable {
RemoteStub returnValue = _serverDescriptionsToStubs.get(serverDescription);
if (null == returnValue) {
returnValue = serverDescription.getStub() ;
if (null!= returnValue) {
_serverDescriptionsToStubs.put(serverDescription, returnValue);
else {
throw new ServerUnavailable();
return returnValue;
public static void removeStubFromCache(ServerDescription serverDescription) {
This is, by and large, a fine stub cache for simple applications. However, it can cause more problems if you use advanced RMI features like Activation or actively take advantage of the distributed garbage collector because stubs keep references to servers. An example scenario will illustrate the problem. Suppose the people building the servers for a system make the following three design decisions (all of which are quite reasonable):
Unreferenced interface).
What happens to these architectural decisions when the client decides to cache stubs? They all break. Badly. The servers are launched correctly. But, since the client is keeping stubs around indefinitely, the client maintains connections to the servers, and the distributed garbage collector never thinks the server is unreferenced. The server never stores its data out to a relational database, nor does it ever shut down.
This is bad.
Fortunately, the solution is simple: the client shouldn't simply store the data in a global cache; the client should expire stubs that it hasn't used recently. Here's the code for an implementation of
RemoteStubCache that uses a hashbelt to get rid of old stubs:
package grosso.rmi;
import grosso.expiration.*;
import grosso.expiration.hashbelt.*;
import grosso.expiration.hashbelt.handlers.*;
import grosso.expiration.hashbelt.containers.*;
import java.rmi.*;
import java.rmi.server.*;
import java.util.*;
Holds stubs to remote RMI servers.
public class RemoteStubCache {
In previous versions of this, we used a Hashtable to store our stubs.
Now we automatically expire stubs using a cache.
We use an updatingHashbeltExpirationSystem (so stubs are reinserted into the
front of the conveyor belt every time we use them).
We use a NullExpirationHandler, because the only expiration logic we need is
done by the garbage collector.
And we expire our stubs if they've been inactive for more than 30 minutes
private static long FIVE_MINUTES = 5 * 60 * 1000;
private static long ROTATION_TIME = FIVE_MINUTES;
private static int NUMBER_OF_CONTAINERS = 6;
private static RemoteStubCacheExpirationSystem _expirationSystem = new RemoteStubCacheExpirationSystem();;
public static RemoteStub getStubToRemoteObject(ServerDescription serverDescription) throws ServerUnavailable {
RemoteStub returnValue = _expirationSystem.get(serverDescription);
if (null == returnValue) {
returnValue = serverDescription.getStub() ;
if (null!= returnValue) {
_expirationSystem.put(serverDescription, returnValue);
else {
throw new ServerUnavailable();
return returnValue;
public static void removeStubFromCache(ServerDescription serverDescription) {
private static class RemoteStubCacheExpirationSystem extends UpdatingHashbeltExpirationSystem<serverdescription, remotestub> {
public RemoteStubCacheExpirationSystem() {
super(NUMBER_OF_CONTAINERS, ROTATION_TIME);
protected HashbeltContainer<serverdescription, remotestub> getNewContainer() {
return new StandardHashbeltContainer<serverdescription,remotestub>();
Notice that this is entirely a change to the implementation of
RemoteStubCache; we simply used an inner class that extended
UpdatingHashbeltExpirationSystem instead of
Hashtable to implement the cache. None of the code that used
RemoteStubCache needed to change at all.
Note: This change to
RemoteStubCacheis a change that's often worth making in your code. Changing a global hashtable to an expiration system is easy to do and allows resources (whether distributed or local) to be released.
We've now spent three articles, and about 50 pages in total (if you printed these articles out), discussing data expiration. In the first article, we discussed various scenarios where data expiration is necessary, and then covered some common solutions to the problem. The second article introduced the hashbelt algorithm and code library, and this article has focussed on examples drawn from real-world applications.
In both the first and second articles, we stated a list of requirements for any data expiration system. Let's wrap things up by revisiting those requirements and making sure that hashbelts meet them.
RemoteStubCache example above.
java.util.Map to client code. Nothing could be easier to use.
HashbeltContainer and a new subclass of
AbstractHashbeltExpirationSystem to support the new indexing methods).
It's official: Hashbelts are a new data structure that expire data in a way that meets all our requirements! At this point you should be a true believer in hashbelts. If you're not, or if you have questions, email me and we can continue the conversation. Otherwise, feel free to use and extend the source code for this article (and send me e-mail if you come up with any interesting ideas for extending the library; I'm planning on maintaining this code and keeping it up to date for the foreseeable future).
William Grosso is a coauthor of Java Enterprise Best Practices.
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Did That Really Happen?
So let me get this straight.
Suddenly Jonathan Papelbon can't protect a 2-run lead in the 9th inning of a playoff game and Alex Rodriquez is Mr. October?
I'd better call Hyder and make sure that he's not around any sharp objects.
I'll get to Papelbon in a moment but first, kudos to Clay Buchholz. He was a little bit shaky with a 5-1 lead in the 6th inning, but he gave the Red Sox five solid innings in his first postseason start and would have been the winning pitcher if his pen pals didn't blow the lead.
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Jonathan Papelbon might want to take a nice vacation too, because I'm sure he's going to be going over every pitch he threw in Game 3 for weeks if not months.
Prior to Sunday's disaster, Papelbon had not allowed a run in 17 postseason outings covering 26 innings. It was an incredible streak, but it was bound to end eventually. Mariano Rivera had not allowed a run in more than 30 consecutive postseason innings when he took the mound with a 1-run lead in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. Rivera promptly gave up two runs to the Diamondbacks to cost the Yankees the championship.
In other words, hits happen.
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Rodriquez entered the 2009 postseason 0-for-27 with runners in scoring position dating back to the 2004 ALCS. His is rapidly exorcizing his playoff demons.
As shocking as the end to the Red Sox/Angels series was, I can't say that I'm surprised that Boston did not make it to the World Series. When the Yankees swept the Red Sox in that 4-game series in the Bronx in August, I think most of us got the feeling that this just wasn't Boston's year.
Sometimes it sucks to be right.
* * * * *
I was amused to see Dustin Pedroia take a shot at the Fenway Park grounds crew after Sunday's loss.
A tricky hop prevented Pedroia from turning a potential double play in the 8th inning and he didn't mince words after the game.
"Our infield sucks," Pedroia told reporters, "it's the worst in the game. I'm not lying about that. That is true. Took a bad hop. I just tried to put my body in front of it to get an out. I think about those things, too. That stuff upsets me. Like my job is to take 1,000 ground balls today and the other guys' job is to get the field perfect so we can play baseball."
That's classic Pedroia. During his time with the PawSox, Dustin was a chronic complainer – but not in a mean-spirited way. He gives maximum effort at all times and demands the same from everyone around him.
That's why he's made himself one of the most unlikely superstars in the game.
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Pedroia clearly threw Dave Mellor under the Bus, and you know what, You dont do that to someone in your organization, Period, Not to the Media for sure ! That was Lame, and so is his little tough guy act, Shut up an Play, maybe he still needs some work on inside Baseball Code. Take it from someone who Knows, Inside Baseball ! Weak Act for sure !
Oh, Dan–in my selfish misery I didn't even think about Hyder. I tend toward the philosophical, but I hope he's faring all right (and that his family members have locked him in a padded room for a bit).
I agree with your assessment of Pedroia's frustration (unlike the previous commenter). I find it amazing that folks ask whether the Sox were passionate enough and played with enough fire when they have a Jack Russell terrier of a second baseman never settling for what he thinks is not enough.
The Angels have a tough task ahead of them. But I hope the 26th angel on the roster has his thumb on the scale.
I was chatting with a friend who is in the Air Force in South Korea during the game. I think his comment when the game was over was perfect – I think my TV is broken. I thought the same thing….here's to next season!
Sittinstill, You got one Half right on Pedroia, and thats Jack, the other half is ***, Those comments by him wont go un-noticed by inside Baseball People, especially the ones who spend more time at the Park than the Passionate Players, who benefit from the Hard work from others everyday, and less paid !


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Home List of Titles Gemini GMOS and WHT SAURON integral-field spectrograph observations of the AGN-driven outflow in NGC1266
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/236616
- Title
- Gemini GMOS and WHT SAURON integral-field spectrograph observations of the AGN-driven outflow in NGC1266
- Author(s)
- Davis, Timothy A.; Krajnovic, Davor; McDermid, Richard M.; Bureau, Martin; Sarzi, Marc; Nyland, Kristina; Alatalo, Katherine; Bayet, Estelle; Blitz, Leo; Bois, Maxime; Bournaud, Frederic; Cappellari, Michele; Crocker, Alison; Davies, Roger L.; de Zeeuw, P. T.; Duc, Pierre-Alain; Emsellem, Eric; Khochfar, Sadegh; Kuntschner, Harald; Lablanche, Pierre-Yves; Morganti, Raffaella; Naab, Thorsten; Oosterloo, Tom; Scott, Nicholas; Serra, Paolo; Weijmans, Anne-Marie; Young, Lisa M.
- Abstract
- We use the Spectrographic Areal Unit for Research on Optical Nebulae and Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph integral-field spectrographs to observe the active galactic nucleus (AGN) powered outflow in NGC 1266. This unusual galaxy is relatively nearby (D = 30& 8201;Mpc), allowing us to investigate the process of AGN feedback in action. We present maps of the kinematics and line strengths of the ionized gas emission lines Hα, Hβ, [O iii], [O i], [N ii] and [S ii], and report on the detection of sodium D absorption. We use these tracers to explore the structure of the source, derive the ionized and atomic gas kinematics, and investigate the gas excitation and physical conditions. NGC 1266 contains two ionized gas components along most lines of sight, tracing the ongoing outflow and a component closer to the galaxy systemic, the origin of which is unclear. This gas appears to be disturbed by a nascent AGN jet. We confirm that the outflow in NGC 1266 is truly multiphase, containing radio plasma, atomic, molecular and ionized gas and X-ray emitting plasma. The outflow has velocities of up to ±900 km s−1 away from the systemic velocity and is very likely to remove significant amount of cold gas from the galaxy. The low-ionization nuclear emission region-like line emission in NGC 1266 is extended, and it likely arises from fast shocks caused by the interaction of the radio jet with the interstellar medium. These shocks have velocities of up to 800 km s−1, which match well with the observed velocity of the outflow. Sodium D equivalent width profiles are used to set constraints on the size and orientation of the outflow. The ionized gas morphology correlates with the nascent radio jets observed in 1.4 and 5 GHz continuum emission, supporting the suggestion that an AGN jet is providing the energy required to drive the outflow.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 426, no. 2 (Oct 2012), pp. 1574-1590
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Elliptical galaxies; Galaxy evolution; ISM; Jets; Lenticular galaxies; NGC1266; Outflows
- Publisher
- WIley-Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 The Authors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society copyright © 2012 RAS.
- Additional information
- The authors acknowledge support from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (/FP7/2007-2013/) under grant agreement no 229517, the rolling grants 'Astrophysics at Oxford' PP/E001114/1 and ST/H002456/1 and visitors grants PPA/V/S/2002/00553, PP/E001564/1 and ST/H504862/1 from the UK Research Councils, travel and computer grants from Christ Church, Oxford, the Royal Society in the form of a Wolfson Merit Award 502011.K502/jd, the ESO Visitor Programme which funded a three-month stay in 2010, a Royal Society University Research Fellowship, the Royal Society Joint Projects Grant JP0869822, the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'Origin and Structure of the Universe', an STFC Advanced Fellowship ST/F009186/1, an NWO/Veni fellow, the European Research Council under the Advanced Grant ProgramNum267399- Momentum, and ESO.
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Updated at 8:30 p.m. ET: The president of Somalia's Olympic committee and the head of the country's soccer federation were among the at least six people killed by a female suicide bomber at Mogadishu's newly reopened national theater Wednesday.
Sports official Shafici Mohyadin said the two were killed when the blast hit the first-anniversary celebration of Somalia's satellite television channel. The officials were Aden Yabarow Wiish, the president of the Somali Olympic Committee, and Said Mohamed Nur, head of the Somali Football Federation.
Al-Shabab insurgents claimed responsibility for the blast in yet another stark reminder of the fragile security in the capital, Mogadishu.
The bombing was an apparent attempt to kill the Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali at the TV celebration.
While the al-Qaida-allied militants pulled their fighters out of the capital last August, they have struck targets regularly in the heart of the coastal city using roadside bombs, mortars and suicide bombers.
A soldier guarding the theater said the bomber had been stopped but the premier's security team had insisted she be allowed in because she was carrying police ID.
"The suicide bomber was a young, slim lady with plaited hair. She wore a veil and carried a police identity card," Mohamed Ali, a soldier, told Reuters.
"She sat under the tree in front of the theater for a while. She stood and went toward the theater when she heard the voice of the PM. We were suspicious and shouted 'stop'. She wanted to target the PM. We stopped her. But the PM's guards inside shouted 'let her come in' because she had a police identity card in her hand. And all of a sudden we heard the explosion."
Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service, earlier said at least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded, including the country's national planning minister, although the higher death toll could not be verified.
Corpses were strewn across the floor of the theater and some of the dead were still in their seats, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Ambulance workers collected the bodies and sirens wailed as the wounded were rushed to hospitals.
Al-Shabab said it had targeted government officials and lawmakers with explosives planted ahead of the event, and denied that it had used a suicide bomber.
"We were behind the theater blast. We targeted the infidel ministers and legislators, and they were the casualties of today," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, the spokesman for al-Shabab's military operations, told Reuters.
In a statement, the White House expressed its condolences to the Somali people Wednesday, adding that the country had "made great strides in the past months to improve security and rebuild Mogadishu after two decades of civil strife." Al-Shabab is an obstacle in the path of this progress, the statement read.
British Prime Minister David Cameron called the bombing "sickening" and acknowledged the "difficult moment" for everyone involved with Somalia's Olympics efforts.
International Olympic Committee said of Wiish and Nur, "Both men were engaged in improving the lives of Somalian people through sport and we strongly condemn such an act of barbarism. Our thoughts are with the Somalian sporting community who lost two great leaders, and with the families of the victims."
Mogadishu's national theater closed during the early 1990s as the city was engulfed by civil war and terrorism. Many saw its re-opening as a symbolic step on the city's road to normality.
Public entertainment, including theater, were frowned upon by the al-Shabab militants forced out of large parts of the city last year.
Directors had planned to use the theater to stage plays reflecting the transition toward peace, which many parts of the country have recently enjoyed.
NBC News, msnbc.com staff and Reuters contributed to this report.
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Pay-Rod: MSNBC's Liberal Use of Famed MLB Moniker Proven Inaccurate
MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews led off its December 15th
broadcast with the teaser line "Pay-Rod" next to a photo of a
disgruntled, egomaniacal Rod Blagojevich — a clear shot at the
shortcomings of Blago's esurient character aimed to compare him to
Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez. The joke here is obvious: pay to play. But MSNBC got this baseball-politico comparison wrong and as the de facto authority on such surreptitious simile, allow me to tell you why:
Call him greedy, call him seedy, call him needy: A-Rod (aka "Pay-Rod") still produces results (*post-season not included in this study).
demands and receives big money because he is arguably the best player
out there; simple supply-and-demand economics only follow suit.
however, does not. His record low approval rating (even prior to
Patrick Fitzgerald's accusations) rivaled only that of our Dear Leader
Bush. His refusal to live in Springfield has long angered tax-payers
and politicians alike. His swashbuckling appropriations of state funds
caused him to be a Chicago Tribune target. And let's face it: his
hairdo sucks.
But the most appalling of all Blago character traits is his cocky swagger, his self-righteous talking points, his relentless refusal to come clean — to face the Federal music and tell the public what exactly is/has been going on.
In other words…
Rod Blagojevich is the Barry Bonds of politics.
Just as…
Marion Barry is the Josh Hamilton…. and…
David Duke is the Ty Cobb… and…
Barney Frank is the Billy Bean…
If we're going to throw out catchy baseball player references in
relation to controversial politicians, MSNBC, let's make sure they're
accurate, shall we?
Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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It is just amazing that pols like Blago think they can actually get away with the crap they pull. A note on Barney Frank – I was living in his district when he "came out of the closet". The citizens never cared about his sexual orientation – just that he does agood job for the district. He keeps getting re-elected by wide margins. Did you see him on 60 Minutes last night? He is as fiesty as ever.
Its amazing how you you can perfectly fit any of the worlds problems into a baseball correlation. Does baseball ever leave that brain of yours. good job AGAIN!!!
Indeed, Julia, I did see that 60 Minutes. Fresh in my mind, I couldn't help but find a reference to him as his work has done a great deal of talking for his movement. I made a mistake a while back (see: http://redstatebluestate.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/05/letter_to_the_editors.html ) and since then I've been doing my best to include all points of view here at RSBS.
Baba, the answer is "No." Baseball (and sometimes "women") are all I think about. Don't you know this by now?


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Earlier this summer, I had the pleasure of talking with Kevin Carroll, our Opening General Session speaker for WEFTEC 2013 ® in Chicago. Based on that conversation, we are in for a real treat at this year's OGS! I say that because Kevin's message resonated strongly with me in a very personal way, and I think it will inspire and amaze everyone who attends this session.
Thirty years ago I was dismantling a defunct water treatment plant, and now I manage one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in Ontario. A childhood curiosity for discovering how things work and finding new ways to improve them has everything to do with my career path. I'm fascinated by wastewater treatment, the complex systems, and the opportunity to find innovative ways to improve the process and continually produce the cleanest water possible. Everyone has something inside that can inspire them to greater levels of success than they ever imagined, the trick is finding that 'something'. And that's where Kevin Carroll can help you.
Kevin is a motivational speaker with an impressive list of clients who has authored several books related to his concept of the 'red rubber ball' or activity which brings joy and fuels the imagination to dream big. Discover your red rubber ball, and you tap into energy, resourcefulness, and creative agility, and work becomes play. Pursue your red rubber for a lifetime of joy and success.
There's much more to this concept and to Kevin than I can explain in a short blog. But I must add that he promises to adapt his inspirational message for the WEFTEC audience and help them be even more successful in their essential roles as water professionals. Check out Kevin in action and you'll get an idea of what he can do. Meanwhile, I'll pack my rubber ball up for Chicago and hope to see you there!
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The ACT Assessment tests are curriculum based. The questions on the ACT are directly related to what you have learned in your high school courses in English, Mathematics, and Science.
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While going to the dentist has never been perceived as a pleasant predicament to be in, the levels or degree to which they feel this unpleasantness, can vary widely from person to person.
There are those of us who just feel like procrastinating the appointment and then there are those of us who cannot sleep the previous night and pass out or throw up when we actually make it to the appointment.
Scientific basis underlying this is the degree of fear that you associate with the experience, so no matter whether you are just anxious or downright phobic here are a few things that'll help you keep your emotions and fear in check.
All talk no work -discussion based appointment.
If you're anxious or phobic it helps to ensure that you have all your concerns addressed before you jump on to the chair. (and so to speak the unknown)
Help your dentist identify the things that maybe difficult for you. People are usually scared of particular things like for some of maybe the sound of the drill, for others the water in their mouth so ensure you identify and communicate what's most unacceptable to you so that the dentist can be cautious and customize your treatment.
Timing is key
Fix your appointment before pain hits.
Communicate the degree of fear while making the appointment or request a tele consult to discuss your particular concerns.
Try and schedule a time when you can ensure the doctor is expecting you and won't keep you waiting so your anxiety doesn't grow.
Do your research
When choosing a practice ensure you know what their philosophy is in general and how do they manage dental pain, anxiety and phobias.
It would be advisable to ensure you are going to a practice trained and geared to manage your specific issues.
Besides being a great dental clinic with the right team and technology -the doctor needs to empathise with the reality of dental fear and should be trained to treat you in a different way then regular patients who can
Check in advance if the practice is painfree.
If you do end up doing the procedure,
Break your fear into bite sized chunks
Then ensure you choose to start with a smaller treatment and a shorter session like a cleaning or something that you don't attach fear to.
Once you have a rapport with the doctor you tend to build trust and get comfortable you can start coming in more regularly.
Do not do an internet search on your problem or talk to friends or relatives
The worst thing an anxious patient can do is tap the wrong resource for information. Please ensure that you are not self diagnosing and finding things that match your symptoms online. Things appear way more gory than they actually are on the internet! another mistake that people make often is discussing their dental problem with friends and family who further scare you with their bad experiences and your fear is compounded to a point where you now think all their cumulative dental mishaps are sure to happen to you.
Our advice is follow the above steps find the right doctor and then just sit back relax and enjoy your smile!
I have a bleeding gums. Whenever I brushed my teeth. It starts bleeding my mouth is full of blood. Whn I spit its oll red. Most of the time I have smell of it. Suggest me plz.
Sir ji mera beta 5 saal ka hai aur uske uper wali daad me kida lag gaya hai aap hi battaye hum kya kare?
Dental implants are surgical fixtures that are inserted into the jawbone to allow fusing over a span of few months. The implant works as a root replacement for a missing tooth. Eventually, this artificially placed tooth root helps in holding the bridge (partial denture) or the replacement tooth firmly. Dental implants are even designed to match your natural teeth, rendering a strong foundation to both the removable and the fixed replacement teeth.
Are you a candidate for Dental Implants?
Dental implants are used to replace a single tooth, several teeth, or all of the teeth. The goal of teeth replacement is to restore function as well as esthetics.
When it comes to tooth replacement, dental implants is of the three options available. Deciding on which option to choose depends on many factors. Specifically for dental implants, these factors include:
location of missing tooth or teeth,
quantity and quality of the jawbone where the dental implant is to be placed,
health of the patient,
patient preference.
A dental surgeon examines the area to be considered for the dental implant and makes a clinical assessment of whether the patient is a good candidate for a dental implant.
Here are a few advantages of getting a dental implant done:
Improved Appearance: Dental implants provide an almost natural look to the teeth. Since they are designed in a way to amalgamate with your bone, they subsequently become permanent.
Enhanced Speech: Dental implants let you speak effortlessly and without the scare of your teeth slipping inside the mouth and meddling with your speech; which is otherwise a common phenomenon with ill-fitted dentures.
More Comfort: Since the implants become a part of you, they do away with the hassles accompanying removable dentures.
Easier Eating: Sliding dentures might pose difficulty while chewing. Dental implants help you with an almost painless eating experience owing to the fact that they function just the way your original teeth would.
Improved Oral Health: There is no need of reduction or alteration of the surrounding teeth in order to support the implants. Hence most of the teeth are left just as they are, improving one's oral hygiene.
Durability: Implants are tough and resistant, and can last a lifetime if taken proper care of.
Convenience: Dental implants spare one the inconvenience that is so common with removable dentures and at the time of fixing them to their place with messy adhesives.
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A senior yearbook picture can be a lasting memory for many students, but also a costly one.
Now, the La Crosse School District is helping seniors create that lasting memory.
The district is helping any students who might not be able to afford the cost by asking local photographers to volunteer their time to take pictures.
Students will be given a disk with the pictures for them to choose from and a set of prints. "We had a student that came in and you know she did not have a senior picture and unfortunately we couldn't find them. So she ended last minute with a picture taken off her cell phone. Obviously very poor quality. And we said you know, we have to be able to do something to help kids that for what reason can't afford to take senior pictures," said Central Associate Principal Troy McDonald.
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11th birthday, 1 million NMM unique downloads, and a download overhaulposted by Dark0ne Site NewsWe've passed a few milestones over the past couple of weeks so I thought that now would be a great time to announce them along with a belated birthday present for the sites.
August marked the 11th birthday of the Nexus sites in its varying forms. From Morrowind Chronicles, to Morrowind Source, TESSource and Skyrim Nexus and everything in between these sites have been up and running for over 11 years now. I've said it before and I'll say it again; the principle goal when I first started hosting mods for Morrowind back in 2003 (before that Morrowind Chronicles was a Morrowind fansite and forum community) was to provide a modder's resource that people could rely on to still be up in the future. 2002-2004 was a turbulent time in the Elder Scrolls modding community as many mod hosts failed to keep up with demand (Morrowind Files, EuroMorrowing, Morrowind Mods et al) so I really wanted to provide a resource that mod authors could trust to stick around. I stuck in there, despite people telling me that the NewsCorp funded FilePlanet would always outlast whatever I did (ironic, no?) and I think I've realised that goal.
As if fate smiled upon the birthday we also reached a milestone of over 1 million unique downloads for the Nexus Mod Manager. We launched the Nexus Mod Manager last year, on the 15th of November, so we've managed to hit over 1 million downloads in just over 9 months. It's a great achievement and one I'm really proud of. I'm happy so many people are enjoying and making use of what we've managed to get out there, and we've got lots in store. Happy Birthday to the Nexus.
Our timing has been a little off, and it's taken us a bit longer than anticipated, but we're very close to finalising our work on the new download mechanism for the sites and for NMM. Some people have been reporting some sporadic issues when downloading from the sites or through NMM and we're hoping that this new system will sort that out.
When we set out planning the new download system we wanted to release something that would benefit both normal members and Premium Members alike and we think we've got it right. Premium Members are the life-blood of these sites and without them we could not afford our mounting expenses (currently at $25,000/month and growing monthly), so I'm always glad when we can add something to the Premium experience.
With the new download system your downloads are balanced across our entire file server network (currently 10 file servers). Non-premium members are capped at a download speed of 1MB/second (8mbit) across all their downloads. If you download 1 file, you'll be able to download at a maximum of 1MB/second. If you download 2 files, you'll download at 500kb/second for each file. 4 downloads would be 250kb/sec per file. And so on and so forth. Premium members are obviously uncapped and will be able to download as fast as their connections allow. We've also added another Premium-only download server in the US for their use.
All downloads have been opened up to download manager support, or even simple pause/resume functionality using the built in browser download mediums whether you're a Premium Member or not. This will now *fingers crossed* mean that if you get cut-off or the server drops half way through your download you'll be able to resume it from where you left off. If you're not a premium member you'll still be limited to 1MB/sec download speeds and you'll only be allowed to download 1 chunk per file, even if you use a download manager, but you'll have greater control over your downloads. Premium Members will be able to download files using multiple chunks/threads per file, even on the non-Premium-only servers, and thus get speeds as fast as possible. We still highly recommend using DownThemAll! if you're a FireFox user as this is the download manager that requires the least fuss when used in conjunction with the Nexus. We've also tested the system with GetRight and can confirm it works, but it requires a couple of settings tweaks which we'll write a tutorial for in due time.
Over the coming weeks we'll be updating the Nexus Mod Manager to take in to account these new download changes and we'll try to make it as obvious as possible in the download manager how fast you're downloading and whether you're hitting your download speed limits. The hope is to entice some of you to part with your hard-earned cash to help us out a little; not just with the server expenses but with bringing on more professional help to make these sites the best they can be. We've got 3 people working full-time on the sites now. 2 on the sites, 1 on NMM. And we'd like more. I'd never jeopardise the future of the sites by overspending, however, so can only get more people on-board if the cash flow is right.


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I'm not quite sure what has changed within the last couple days or weeks, but suddenly I am feeling like a fish that is attempting to walk on concrete as I go through what has become a pretty consistent routine for me. The early-morning sun is not quite as inviting as it once was, the subway has lost its previous luster, and even picking out a work-appropriate outfit is not quite the same.
Before the start of the summer, I was so looking forward to what an adventure it would be to take public transportation and be able to navigate the city without access to a car, a personal loss I have always deeply felt since leaving my vehicle-dependant hometown. I knew from the minute that I stepped onto the El, with its strange smell and horror-movie lighting, that I wasn't in Kansas anymore, but at the time that was okay. I was so excited to follow the yellow-brick road down to my own personal Emerald City–a job! real people! autonomy!–but suddenly Kansas is looking pretty darn good.
I love to people-watch, which is part of what made riding the subway so fun. It is a veritable explosion of hugely different kinds of people, a characteristic, I have come to find, that is generally associated with the Market-Frankford line. Spending my commute observing has now become a pastime that I dread but cannot seem to drop. If there is something to stare at, I tend to stare. I just can't help it. Before, all these funny little things that I saw people doing on the subway made me want to be an anthropologist and my fingers itched for a pen. My senior thesis would go by so quickly if this were my subject! Now I am so disgusted, so totally grossed out by all the things that occur on the train. It pains me when my bare skin brushes against the scratchy blue fabric that covers the metal seats. The sound of people blowing their noses, coughing, or any other type of bodily function makes me cringe. I walk the 3 dirtied blocks between my office and the train stop, and I practically jump out of my skin every time someone manages to sneak up on me (and given how busy Olde City Philly is, I'm surprised I haven't needed a pacemaker).
Like I said, I'm not quite sure what has changed. I suppose I miss the protection that comes from sitting in your car and being able to lock the doors…the way I can turn on the radio and not have to worry about how I look if I want to sing along to some Alicia Keys. I won't listen to my iPod on the subway because I'm too afraid to spare such an important sense; I won't move my arm from over the opening of my bag because I've heard of so many people whose belongings were taken by someone who randomly reached in to snag something. I basically look at everyone now as a potential ninja who may steal the $5 in my wallet and my TrailPass that I use to take the train. It's no wonder that people walk around urban streets with that world-weary look on their face.
When I'm walking around Philadelphia, I know now that I look like I (somewhat) belong. Men advertising tours on busses have stopped asking if I would like a ticket for one, and I get frustrated with tourists who are clogging the busy sidewalks. I'm proud that I can get around comfortably. One thing I'm not quite as proud of is how I have started to interact with other people…or rather, how I have stopped interacting. I look straight ahead when a homeless man asks me for spare change, not even acknowledging his existence; even in general, I tend to not look at people as they pass by the way I did before. This morning, I rushed to catch the elevator, putting in my hand to stop the closing doors, to no avail. "It just isn't worth it" a woman next to me said. I heaved a sigh and said in what was probably a rather cold voice, "Apparently not," and I turned away to wait for the next elevator.
When I was first looking at colleges, I ventured into NYC with my cousin to stop by a few schools. It was another world to me. The streets were dirty and packed, and people would brush by, touch, without even acknowledging it. Out of habit, I smiled at everyone I saw because that's how it is where I'm from. I've now learned that that kind of friendliness is a lot easier (and less strange) in a place where there are not so many people.
Now I'm one of those impassive and hurrying people, and it kind of makes me sad. While I still offer the occasional "bless you" to someone who sneezes and say "excuse me" as I brush past someone, there are times when I just can't be bothered. It makes me feel a little jaded. I've always been an idealist, but this summer has made me wonder if a part of that has died in me.
These changes feel especially stark when I go back home. A couple weeks ago I went back home, and my Dad and I went out for ice cream. A family next to us began talking about what kinds they might get, and threw a couple comments our way. With my arms crossed over my chest, I smiled and turned away. This made me pause. "Ever since going to Philly," I remarked to my Dad, "I am just not very nice anymore." "The big city will do that to ya" my Dad replied.
While this has been my latest summer struggle, my walk home from work today reminded me that I don't have to be a completely transformed from a suburban girl to an urbanite, but rather that my summer will more than likely result in some kind of synthesis of the two. Yeah, I might go back to Ohio and drive like a real jerk, but I'm also still that girl who will smile at people I don't know.
Every afternoon as I walk down Chestnut Street, there is a man with long curly gray hair playing the guitar and the harmonica at the same time, while also singing. Even on the hottest of days he is always there. Grappling with doing what you need to do to get by in an urban environment doesn't mean that I have to act like I am impervious to an unfortunate truth like homelessness or poverty. So while everyone walks by without looking twice at the homeless man who can play two instruments at once and also sing (that seriously takes some skill), I stop and drop a dollar into his guitar case. "God bless!" he calls. It's my third time giving him money, and every single time he sounds so surprised that someone stopped, noticed him, and bothered to give him a dollar. I turn my head and smile and keep walking. He may go use it for drugs, an umbrella, a cup of coffee…who really knows. It just makes me happy to consciously embrace my natural naiveté, that unblemished belief that maybe you're helping him to feed his kid, or just get by. It's what keeps me hopeful that we are capable of a more thoughtful, empathetic and united world.
P.S. Despite my philosophical romanticizing, I am still afraid of homeless people.