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Check the Illinois section. I think I saw some teams having some try-outs in there.
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In a paper delivered at the 2010 conference of the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) in Ghent, Samuel Hope, executive director of the National Association of Schools of Music, spoke about the complexities of assessment in higher music education. His speech emphasizes the "centrality of content" in educational policy, particularly assessment policy.
Assessment at the higher levels must involve the language of the field; musicians in an orchestra, for instance, assess themselves continually as they play but have no need to document such assessment. (Samuel Hope is not disparaging documented assessment; he's saying that in this particular context, at this level, it would burden the work instead of lifting it.)
Which aspects of musical composition and performance require highly advanced knowledge and judgment? Which are particularly resistant to standardized assessment? Hope draws attention to one in particular: knowing when to stop.
This means knowledge of when to stop doing something and begin doing something else and how to work effectively with relationships among stasis and change, and speed and time. Knowing when to stop is an aspect of mastering many relationships and balances in music. Mozart, Beethoven, and other great composers are consummate masters of knowing when to stop, when a chord or key or musical figure has been continued long enough, and when there is time for a variation or a change altogether. The performer of such music has thousands of choices about how to make the structural decisions of the composer come alive in performance. Great performers are also masters in this area. In many artistic dimensions, knowing when to stop is an essential determiner of the line between fine works of art and kitsch.
Knowing when to stop is important in all fields, but it isn't a transferable skill. You may have a general sense of what is excessive (in art, music, or poetry), but you cannot make fine decisions about stopping, or asssess the decisions of others, unless you know art, music, or poetry itself.
Hope points out that knowing when to stop is also essential to institutional review. You can establish frameworks for music instruction at the higher levels, but how detailed should they become? When should the frameworks stop and leave the remaining decisions to the individual institutions? It is essential that review and accreditation organizations such as AEC and NASM take on these questions, according to Hope, because they have the requisite knowledge and understanding.
One of the problems I see in K–12 education reform is precisely the lack of a sense of when to stop. Let's take group work as an example. It's one thing to say that certain kinds of group work, used in the right contexts, can foster certain kinds of learning. It's another to require group work in every lesson (or even in most lessons). Similarly, it's one thing to regard test scores as limited measures of intellectual attainment of a particular kind. It's another to treat them like numerical oracles.
To know when to stop, one must consider the subject matter itself. For instance, the Common Core State Standards have specified a ratio of informational and literary text for each grade span. But the proper ratio depends on what the students are learning. The ratio should not precede the content; if the content is well planned, then there's no need to worry about the ratio. It could vary from year to year, for good reasons.
Formulas are important, useful, even beautiful things, but they only do what they say they'll do. You can somehow calculate a curriculum of 70 percent informational text and 30 percent literature, and that's all it will be. It will not be, by virtue of this ratio, a good curriculum. It might coincide with some good curricula and conflict with others.
Back to music: in Beethoven's "Waldstein" sonata, there's a syncopated passage near the end of the third movement. It is twelve measures long and has an evanescent, ethereal quality. When I was a teenager, I would listen to the sonata every day and wait eagerly for that passage. Once it came, I wanted it to go on longer but knew that it couldn't.
But its beauty cannot be attributed to its length alone, or to its syncopation, or to its key changes, or to its place in the movement and in the sonata; it is all of these things and many more.
You can listen to this passage as performed by Jacob Lateiner. (It starts at 8:52, but I recommend listening to the full second and third movements, which are included in this clip). This recording and Vladimir Ashkenazy's were my favorites for many years. Lateiner plays the first movement too fast, I'd say, but his rendition of the third movement has something like a third ear to it, a sense of something beyond the notes. I have started listening to more renditions of the sonata; Claudio Arrau's has something remarkable as well.


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ATI, graphics products group of Advanced Micro Devices, has started to list several yet-unannounced products on its web-site. The new chips are believed to be manufactured using 40nm process technology and are projected to help the company to win market share in its ever-lasting battle with Nvidia Corp. Besides, AMD has validated its future AMD 890 core-logic with PCI SIG.
AMD recently listed its code-named ATI RV740 graphics processing unit for desktops as well as M93 and M97 graphics chips for mobile computers at its web-site as supported by ATI Catalyst drivers. All three chips are the first GPUs produced using 40nm process technology at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and, based on the fact that they are already supported by drivers, are completely functional and ready to ship.
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Debates of Sept. 29th, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #128 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was workers.
- Question Period
- Business of the House
- Environment and Sustainable Development
- Chief Electoral Officer
- Individual Members' Expenditures
- Order in Council Appointments
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Committees of the House
- Wage Earner Protection Program Act
- Crime Prevention
- Age of Consent
- Search and Rescue
- Adéodat Saint-Pierre
- Animal Rights
- Gasoline Prices
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Noël Lacas
- Federal Gas Tax
- Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound
- Child Care
- Gasoline Prices
- Age of Consent
- Canada Post
- Premier of Nova Scotia
- Carmen Provenzano
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- David Dingwall
- Finance
- The Environment
- Technology Partnerships Canada
- Health
- Softwood Lumber
- Justice
- The Economy
- Gasoline Prices
- The Environment
- Income Trusts
- Sponsorship Program
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Sponsorship Program
- Human Resources Development
- Transport Canada
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Presence in Gallery
- Privilege
- Business of the House
- Point of Order
- Wage Earner Protection Program Act
- Business of the House
- Wage Earner Protection Program
- Highway 30 Completion Bridges Act
- Wage Earner Protection Program Act
- Textile and Clothing Industries
Search and Rescue
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Don Bell North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Speaker, on September 17 it was my honour to attend the 40th anniversary celebration of North Shore Rescue, a volunteer and community based search and rescue team. It has approximately 40 members from all walks of life who share a common interest in providing an important life saving service to the public, year round, 24 hours a day.
The team has served our community during the last 40 years by successfully completing 1,600 search and rescue tasks involving over 2,000 individuals who are frequently found in dangerous conditions. North Shore Rescue volunteer members have contributed well over 100,000 rescue hours during the past 40 years and in doing so have become recognized for their high levels of expertise and dedication throughout B.C. and beyond. To date, in 2005, they have responded to over 82 calls, far greater than in previous years.
I would like to thank these volunteers for their caring and dedication to the community and thank their families who are without them while they are away helping others in need. In the past year we have all been witness to the necessity of emergency preparedness and we are comforted knowing that the men and women of North Shore Rescue give their time and energy to remain prepared.
Adéodat Saint-Pierre
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Louise Thibault Rimouski—Témiscouata, QC
Mr. Speaker, Adéodat Saint-Pierre is a man of the land. Protecting it, living on it, and making sure it flourishes have long been his objectives.
First regional and then national president of the Fédération des producteurs de bois du Québec, president of the Coalition urgence rurale du Bas-Saint-Laurent, a driving force behind Maisons familiales rurales au Québec, a former farmer and forester honoured with the Hommage bénévolat-Québec award in 2001, Mr. Saint-Pierre is known for his remarkable commitment and contribution to the environment.
It is truly an honour for me to acknowledge his ardour, determination, audacity even, and his vision for sustainable use of the land.
Next Saturday, l'Université du Québec in Rimouski will award him its prestigious Médaille institutionnelle in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the development of his community. I fully support their choice. I want to thank Adéodat Saint-Pierre and congratulate him on all his accomplishments.
Animal Rights
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Mark Holland Ajax—Pickering, ON
Mr. Speaker, over the course of the summer I was truly taken by the number of constituents, and indeed Canadians, who spoke up on the issue of animal cruelty and the lack of strength in the current legislation.
The last time these laws were changed was in 1956 and those were only minor amendments from the changes made in 1892. In fact, animals are still in our property section and are really afforded no protection. As various abuses occur, the reality is that nothing is being done.
The House has been dealing with an animal cruelty bill since 1999. We are now on our seventh incarnation of the bill. It is imperative that we take action. Bill C-50 is hopefully going to be presented to the House soon. It needs to be passed by all members of the House with great expediency. It is essentially the same bill that was passed previously. The bill that is currently before the Senate is woefully inadequate. It does not protect animals. It keeps them in the property section.
It is important to say this because there are a lot of people in the hunting community who have received false information. They have nothing to be worried about—
Animal Rights
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Yorkton—Melville.
Gasoline Prices
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Garry Breitkreuz Yorkton—Melville, SK
Mr. Speaker, two and a half years ago I informed Parliament that the most common complaint I was hearing from farmers in my riding was that they were fed up with the high price of fuel. Imagine what they are seeing today.
Liberals are telling Canadians that they will not lower taxes because high taxes are helping municipalities and the provinces. This is false. Funding for infrastructure in our communities will only amount to 5¢ a litre and not until 2010. This is a far cry from the 40¢ a litre every Canadian is paying in gasoline taxes today.
Many grain producers at this time of year are paying at least $400 a day for fuel. That is well over $100 a day in taxes alone. In 1969 gas was about 6¢ a litre and farmers were getting about $1.40 a bushel for their wheat. Today gas prices are 12 times higher, yet wheat prices are barely twice as much. It is obvious that something has to change.
Is it not sad that the finance minister, who lives in Saskatchewan, will not lower gas taxes?
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Anita Neville Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, I am compelled to rise today to speak out on the ongoing labour dispute between CBC and the Canadian Media Guild. I cannot stress enough the importance of restoring regular CBC programming to our airwaves as soon as possible. I applaud the hard work of the Minister of Labour and Housing to facilitate the negotiations.
The role that CBC fulfills is quite singular and the work stoppage is being felt across the country. The lockout has left a void in Canadian radio and television. Canadians, both in my constituency of Winnipeg South Centre and elsewhere, have made it quite clear that they want to see an end to this lockout immediately. Workers in my community ask for fairness and respect as employees.
I ask the management of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to allow the workers to do their work while the negotiations continue. End this lockout now, for the truth is that all Canadians are being locked out.
Noël Lacas
Statements By Members
September 29th, 2005 / 2:05 p.m.
Pierre Paquette Joliette, QC
Mr. Speaker, it was with sadness that we learned of the passing of Noël Lacas last week.
I want to acknowledge his exceptional contributions to the union movement and to the development of the Lanaudière region for over 50 years.
In 1952, the Conseil central des syndicats nationaux de Joliette hired him as a union advisor. It was in this role that he became instrumental in forming new unions and in negotiating for the public sector and for prison guards in Quebec.
Since his retirement in 1984, Noël Lacas had been heavily involved in sovereignist activities.
With his passing, the Lanaudière region and Quebec as a whole have lost a great unionist and staunch defender of Quebec.
A historian as well, he brought us a well-researched history of the Conseil central de Joliette, now the Conseil central de Lanaudière
His funeral was held on September 22 at the Joliette Cathedral. The Bloc Québécois offers its condolences to his family and loved ones.
Federal Gas Tax
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
David Smith Pontiac, QC
Mr. Speaker, I want to share with my colleagues my enthusiasm in light of the historic agreement signed between the Government of Quebec and the federal government to transfer a portion of the federal gas tax.
I am especially pleased because the 43 municipalities in my riding will benefit from new funding. This will allow small municipalities to plan and get work done, instead of waiting for funding.
During the last election campaign, we talked about the need for a new deal for cities and communities: promise made, promise kept. So, thanks to our government, Canadian municipalities will receive $5 billion over the next five years.
This is a government that keeps its promises, a responsible government, our government.
Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Larry Miller Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound, ON
Mr. Speaker, this month across Ontario there are dozens of agricultural fairs and community festivals, and my riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is no exception. I have attended many of these events, some of which have celebrated their 150th anniversary.
This weekend I will participate in the Meaford scarecrow invasion and family festival. This annual event is celebrating its ninth year, and from mid-September to mid-October attracts thousands of people eager to see the creations which pop up throughout the municipality thanks to hundreds of volunteers, businesses, schools and individuals. I would like to congratulate everyone for making these community events so successful.
I would also like to congratulate the city of Owen Sound for being selected the winner of the 2005 national edition of the communities in bloom. The city was competing with such places as Brandon, Brockville, Grand Prairie and Charlottetown, and was recognized for excelling in all criteria, including landscaping, environmental awareness and community involvement. Congratulations to Owen Sound.
Child Care
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Gary Carr Halton, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to applaud the government for its commitment to Canadian families, and especially the families of Halton.
As a result of the early learning and child care agreement signed with Ontario, Halton will receive 500 new spaces over the next three years. The child care spaces will primarily be located in or near schools so that junior and senior kindergarten students can benefit from a seamless full day of learning and child care.
Regional chair, Joyce Salvoline, said, "The investment made by the provincial and federal governments recognizes the importance of providing the tools for early learning to support the development of our children".
I am proud that my riding of Halton is able to benefit from this initiative. We are providing families with the resources they need to ensure that their children, our future, get the best possible start in life. I am very proud that Halton families have a government that they can rely on and trust.
Gasoline Prices
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Bill Blaikie Elmwood—Transcona, MB
Mr. Speaker, a study just released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives makes it clear that oil companies have raised gasoline prices away above what can be justified by the current price of crude oil. The study shows that Canadians should be paying several cents a litre less in the current circumstances, instead of being gouged at the pumps as is now the case.
The willingness of oil companies to profiteer from any and all situations would probably also apply to any tax relief on gas. They would just take up the slack and put it into their own pockets. That is why we would be better to have, as the NDP recommends, an energy pricing commission that would regulate the decisions of those who actually raise the prices in the first place.
Focusing on gas taxes is the approach of those who do not want to challenge the power of the multinational oil companies or those who do not want Canadians to be reminded of the fact that NAFTA curtails our ability to sell Canadians their own energy at a lower domestic price.
At the moment Canadians are paying the price of having a Liberal government and a Tory opposition that are both unwilling to tackle the real culprits.
Age of Consent
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Nina Grewal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
Mr. Speaker, over 80% of Canadians want Parliament to raise the age of consent so children are protected from sexual predators. In most democracies around the world, the age of consent stands at 16 years but in Canada it is 14.
Liberal social policy is making Canada a hot spot for Internet predators. Sexual predators are flocking to Canada to take advantage of our vulnerable youth. Kids in grade 8 or 9 are not mature enough to drink, drive, smoke or watch certain movies, but the government believes 14 year olds can make adult decisions when it comes to sex.
This is not about puppy love, but about perverts preying on our children. We need to act now before more innocent lives are ruined.
Shame on the Liberals and shame on the minister for not taking the protection of our children seriously. A Conservative government would do the right thing. We stand up for Canadian children.
Canada Post
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, in August, Canada Post announced that it would be transferring mail sorting services from Quebec City to Montreal, eliminating 500 full-time and part-time jobs in the region, with all the economic repercussions that this entails.
At a press conference this morning, a number of political and socio-economic stakeholders reiterated their support for a broad coalition that opposes this decision by Canada Post. Given the support of this broad coalition and the public, the Bloc Québécois will continue to demand a moratorium on this closure until the crown corporation tables a comprehensive restructuring plan.
The Minister of Transport, who is responsible for the regions of Quebec, downplayed this issue during his stopover in Quebec City, and the minister responsible for Canada Post has washed his hands of this matter by making his officials deal with it, despite the fact that the government is bound to act to save the sorting plant and the jobs at that plant.
Premier of Nova Scotia
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Peter MacKay Central Nova, NS
Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the great Nova Scotia Premier, John Hamm, who announced his retirement today.
A man of sterling reputation, Premier Hamm has led his province with distinction for six years and the people of Nova Scotia will enjoy the fruits of his labour for generations to come. Through his leadership the finances of the province of Nova Scotia are in the best shape they have been in decades. Under his watch reinvestments were made in health, education and infrastructure.
Among his many accomplishments, his greatest may be his securing of an offshore royalty deal that will ensure a prosperous and bright economic future for the people of Nova Scotia.
The Leader of the Opposition, the Conservative caucus and myself took great pride in working with Premier Hamm and his government.
Perhaps Gentleman John Hamm's greatest legacy will be the integrity and decency he brought to public life and the esteem he brought to the office of the Premier. He accomplished much with humble perseverance, humour and grace. At a time when cynicism about public life is high, John Hamm is leaving office with an ever increasing respect and affection of the people he served.
To John and his wife Genesta and their entire family, we extend our heartfelt thanks and best wishes.
Carmen Provenzano
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Brent St. Denis Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, ON
Mr. Speaker, this past July my friend and our former colleague, Carmen Provenzano, suddenly passed away. He was Sault Ste. Marie's federal member of Parliament from 1997 until 2004. He was a loving husband to Ada, a caring father to their children, a devoted member of the community, a hard-working MP and a great friend. His funeral mass was a wonderful testimony to his life.
Carmen will be missed but in many ways he will be remembered, including through the recent establishment of the Carmen Provenzano Memorial Cup to be given to the Sault Ste. Marie or Blind River team that does best in each of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League seasons.
Whether it was fighting to save the Sault's Algoma Steel Plant, working to ensure FedNor funding northern Ontario as our caucus chair, fighting effectively behind the scenes to advance community projects or doing the countless smaller but important things he did for his constituents, he will be fondly remembered as a man who loved his family, his friends, his community and Canada.
May my friend rest well and enjoy his place in paradise.


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|Team Night Train at World Championships
|Curt Tomasevicz, me, Justin Olsen and Steven Holcomb
|Debuting the new BMW two-man sled
2012-13 was an interesting season for me and my Night Train teammates. After an extremely successful first half and some much needed time at home with our families, we were ready for the New Year. We had amassed six medals prior to the Christmas break, and were anxious and motivated to pocket a few more before the season's end.
The first two stops following our Christmas break, however, were anything but triumphant. For four successive races in Koenigssee, Germany and Igls, Austria, Team Night Train failed to reach the podium. This was disappointing. As an athlete, however, it is imperative to be able to manage and control your emotions just as you would your physical being. I consciously work to never get overly excited after a great performance and to never get too discouraged when our results fall short of my expectations. Over the course of a season and a career, actively practicing this mindset helps keep our progress in perspective and maintain focus on the bigger picture. Although our first four races fell short of our goals, my teammates and I remained calm and used our failures as motivation and as opportunities to grow and improve. Our relatively poor performances during the final weeks of our competitive season only left us increasingly keen on winning a medal at the World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The biggest story leading up to the two-man race in St. Moritz was the American's new BMW two-man sled. After some very promising, but limited, testing that produced the fastest runs of the week, my pilot, Steve Holcomb, and our coaching staff made the decision to race our newly acquired prototype. Aesthetically, the new BMW sled is quite intimidating. With its low profile, sleek lines and full carbon fiber cowling, it was the subject of lust for many, if not all of our competitors. The sled is the product of BMW North America's partnership with the U.S. Olympic Committee and select National Governing Bodies, focused on giving American athletes need-based support as they prepare for the Sochi Olympic Winter Games. After two days of racing and four miles of ice, Steve and I ended up in fourth place, .10 seconds from a World Championship bronze. At the end of the day, the new sled ran extremely well, with some of the top speeds at the bottom of the historic and lengthy St. Moritz track. Looking ahead, I'm both confident in and excited to see the modifications BMW will make to improve our sleds with Sochi on the horizon. Their dedication to our success is as appreciated as it is evident.
Leading up to the four-man race the following weekend, our problems seemed to pick up right where they left off in Austria. Speed continued to elude us but, having confidence in my teammates and myself, I remained optimistic. Over the course of that week, our mechanic, Frank Briglia, and the coaching staff worked tirelessly, on and off the track, to make sure our equipment was ready for the task at hand. Their exhaustive efforts paid off on race day. After what was probably one of the worst periods of American bobsled racing to date, and after the hardest fought race of my career, my teammates and I found ourselves on the World Championship podium, with bronze medals hanging around our necks. Although I approach each race with every intention of winning, to come from sixth to third on the final run of a major competition really makes you appreciate just how special the journey really is.
The 2012-13 season culminated with an Olympic test event in Sochi, Russia. Palm trees and temperate climates do not necessarily evoke thoughts of the Winter Olympics. Sochi, which is nestled on the east end of the Black Sea, seems to affectionately disagree. After just an hour drive from the remote Russian airport, I found myself staring at soaring mountains and the sprawling venues, which in a year's time, will have the world's utmost attention. It was evident that the Russian government is very invested in these Games and is doing everything in its power to make sure they are successful. That being said, the majority of what will serve as the mountain venues next February is under construction. Although a year is a long period of time, the amount of work that still needs to be done is daunting. On a more positive note, the Olympic track where I hope to be competing is quite impressive. The start and finish areas are sizable and boast a modern look. The warm-up area is fantastic and the 'Sanki' track is as exciting as any. Regardless of the location, the opportunity to represent one's country at an event of such meaning and magnitude as the Olympics is surreal. With a lot of hard work and preparation, I just might have that chance, once again. Although our results this season were not as favorable as I had hoped, I know that Steve, Justin, Curt and I have every intention of capitalizing on our strengths, limiting mistakes and coming back in a year's time ready and eager to accomplish our predetermined goals. I firmly believe that God gives everyone gifts, and if we can see the gifts of others, use those gifts, and work together, there is no limit to what we can accomplish.


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Skip to comments.Eisenstadt the source for Sarah Palin Africa leak [Freepers expose another HOAX; see downthread]
Posted on 11/10/2008 1:47:10 PM PST by unspun
By now you've all heard the Fox News report last week that "unnamed" former McCain advisers leaked that Sarah Palin was confused about whether Africa was a continent, and which countries were in NAFTA. I was perfectly happy staying under the radar as an anonymous source for Fox News' Carl Cameron, but now that Palin has accused her accusers of being "unprofessional…jerks…cowards… taking things out of context, and then tried to spread something on national news" and begun to cast doubt on the Fox News report, maybe she's right to a certain extent. For those of us on the McCain campaign who thought that she acted like a rogue diva and lost John the election, maybe we DO have a responsibility to come out in public. But Sarah… careful what you ask for: some of us may have more to reveal.
So yes, to be clear, last week I was the one who leaked those things to a producer at Fox News who works with Cameron. Carl and his producers are good guys, and I don't want them to have to worry about protecting their sources (and going through the wringer ala Judith Miller or Matt Cooper) on something like this.
As you know, I was one of the foreign policy advisers on the McCain campaign who worked with Randy Scheunemann to help prep Sarah on her debate with Joe Biden. Did we outright give her a geography quiz when we started the prep? No, of course not. But yes, in the context of the prep, it slowly became apparent that her grasp of basic geo-political knowledge had major gaps. Could she have passed a multiple choice test about South Africa or NAFTA. Probably. But it was clear that she simply didn't have the ease of knowledge that we come to expect from a major party political candidate. Other slights came up, too: Not knowing the difference between Hezbollah and Hamas. Or the difference between the Shiites and Suni. Or when it came to international terrorist organizations, knowing that the IRA was in Northern Ireland, and ETA in Spain.
The real thing we had to constantly remind her was to never, ever compare herself in any way to Hillary Clinton, as she had at her announcement speech. We had it on good authority that Biden was prepping to unleash the inevitable line, "I know Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a friend of mine. And Sarah, you're no Hillary Clinton." Alas, Biden would have been right.
No tar, feathers, rail; everyone leave his house and cars alone, etc.
Keep your heart pure and justice should be appropriate.
Notice, he effectively admits that he lied about the Africa charge, while trying to throw more feces against the wall.
Git a rope.
Me thinks there is more to this than protecting his insider credentials.
And we are all celebrating that fact.
I jusy read on Lucianne.com that this is a hoax.
Search is your friend
I searched for "Eisenstadt" and did not find the article. Did my friend fail me?
And Hillary Clinton would have been lost in the details of how you actually RUN anything. So tit for tat. And, no, I don't think it's that much of an advantage that you've been in Washington for 100 years and know every diplomat by his first name. That's part of the problem!
Excellent summation. "Right" on target.
And this guy was a staffer for a Republican candidate. Unbelievable.
Notice, he effectively admits that he lied about the Africa charge, while trying to throw more feces against the wall.
if I was jousting with someone who was coaching me, I would have been dumber than Sarah sounded... Gov's just don't care about that stuff unless they're NOT doing their job and looking for a new one.
I was the one who leaked those things to a producer at Fox News
I was one of the foreign policy advisers on the McCain campaign who worked with Randy Scheunemann to help prep Sarah
Could she have passed a multiple choice test about South Africa or NAFTA. Probably.
So, basically he lied that she was confused about whether Africa was a continent, and didn't know which countries were in NAFTA.
Hey EisenNut,
It's ***your job*** to brief nominees on the nuances among shia, sunni, Hamas and Hexbollah, 99.9% of the electorate are unware too.
And then to blab to Cameron about this tripe shows you need to hit the pavement looking for a new job!@
What has HE ever done in his life?
Please explicate.
We had it on good authority that Biden was prepping to unleash the inevitable line, I know Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a friend of mine. And Sarah, youre no Hillary Clinton. Alas, Biden would have been right.<<
Let him use that line. This is a guy who spent over 30 years in the Senate and was best known for plagiarizing a British politician. Sarah could have creamed him on that one.
My guess is to cover the abysmal performance of the McCain campaign.
What a loser.
Hot air is claiming this is a hoax, I looked at McCains staff on Wikipedia and this guy doesn't show up on it.
Then whats the Point of your illness with Palin?
Good-Freekin-Grief, attention whore..
Governor Palin as the VP pick is the only thing that kept McCain in the game!
Palin is right. You are a jerk!
Sarah had nothing to do with McCain's loss. John McCain had very little to do with McCain's loss.
GWB was the issue not Sarah.
this is a hoax - the guy doesn't exist...
One must hand it to Martin (aka Michael, M. Thomas) Eisenstadt. Despite the supreme handicap of not actually existing, the guy has managed to assemble a strong list of media types willing to link to him to further their points.
Be sure and click the link and leave a comment for him on his web site.
Oops! Sorry! Wanted to ping myself.
My thread was 1st by 5 min. (2:42 pm) but mine is the one that's been frozen! :^(
But search probably wouldn't have helped in this case b/c I was probably preparing to post it at the moment that unspun searched.......
Hmm...so face punching is OK?
But it was clear that she simply didnt have the ease of knowledge that we come to expect from a major party political candidate. Other slights came up, too: Not knowing the difference between Hezbollah and Hamas. Or the difference between the Shiites and Suni. Or when it came to international terrorist organizations, knowing that the IRA was in Northern Ireland, and ETA in Spain.
There is only one thing anyone needs to know about those groups- they are TERRORISTS. Who the hell cares WHY they are terrorists or what their mailing address is????
Yeah, nowhere in his 'explanation' does he reiterate the Africa thing, once his name is officially attached. The woman has a college degree, for crying out loud. Of course she knows that Africa is a continent.
There are any number of specific issues about which Obama or any other major candidate wouldn't necessarily be able to wax eloquent on a dime. One difference today is that a) the media covers for him, and b) Obama ain't talkin', anyway.
He also says effectively that he believes she acted as a rogue diva, while taking no responsibility for her having been chosen as the running mate in the first place, or holding McCain responsible for her having been chosen.
What kinds of successes has he had in his career, anyway? I'd like to know.
Yes, she is no Hillary Clinton and that is a good thing. Some of the ways she is not hillary clinton:
1. She was running on her own executive experience as a mayor and governor, not on some experience by osmosis from being married to someone who held an office
2. She hadn't attempted a government takeover of the health care industry.
3. She hadn't obstructed justice by hiding records that were under subpoena in her cloaset for over a year.
4. She has actually worked in the private sector, has a husband that actually works in the private sector, and doesn't look at motherhood with disdain like hillary.
The debate prep should have had her do everything in her power to trap Biden into the "you're no hillary clinton" line. She could have quipped "So now you're plagiarizing Lloyd Bentsen, eh!" You're absolutely right Joe, I'm no hillary and you are no change at all from the tax and spend big government programs of George McGovern, Mike Dukakis, Walter Mondale, and the rest of the liberal establishment that made the same mistakes under Jimmy Carter that you are planning to repeat with Barak Obama.
The fact that he said that as if it were an insult to Sarah Palin tells us of the integrity of John McCain's campaign - he had literal enemies of the conservative cause advising him!
This is on John McCain, who we all know is not a conservative and is indeed a liar. John McCain trumped up the false "the Bushies accused me of having a black illegitimate child" to the people of South Carolina. Remember that lie?
If this insider actually did leak, no doubt he did so at John McCain behest.
As for Sarah Palin being no Hilary, of course not. Sarah started at City Council, then became Mayor, then became a State Governor with 80% approval ratings! Hilary was a manchurian candidate who's only qualification was that she was married to Bill and she wouldn't tell the cops where the bodies were buried.
Here he is kicked out of a McCain office because no one knows who he is!
ROTFLMAO! What a weasel! Used to be with Rudy before McCAin-a real metrosexual wannabee.
Yes, he admits he made up both the Africa and NAFTA charges, admits openly that he had no specific knowledge that Gov. Palin did not know either of the things that he so specifically LIED about in his leak..... but pretends it doesn't matter b/c he had other concerns.....
When lying RINO scum like this are on national campaigns, should we expect anything but disaster?
We know what your judgment and integrity are worth, Mr. Eisenstadt, less than what I just flushed down the toilet.
Now that link is no longer available.
Linkee no workee [or its been yanked].
That's okay, virtually NONE of the press knew the difference between the SDS and Weather Underground and those were DOMESTIC terrorist groups. The WU were often called a "1960s radical organization" when in reality they were formed in the final 3 months of the 1960s and did the majority of their bombings in the 1970s, ending their crime spree with a bank robbery in the 1980s.
The metrosexual Palin hater says at the very end in the above video.
This is the guy who was the source of the Palin rumors...
Great, another "B" carver.
Friday, November 07, 2008
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCains bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability.
Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the partys ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%) say she had no impact, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans have a favorable view of Palin, including 65% who say their view is Very Favorable. Only eight percent (8%) have an unfavorable view of her, including three percent (3%) Very Unfavorable.
When asked to choose among some of the GOPs top names for their choice for the partys 2012 presidential nominee, 64% say Palin. The next closest contenders are two former governors and unsuccessful challengers for the presidential nomination this year — Mike Huckabee of Arkansas with 12% support and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts with 11%.
Three other sitting governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Charlie Crist of Florida and Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota all pull low single-digit support.
These findings echo a survey earlier this week which found that Republicans were happier with their vice presidential candidate than with their presidential nominee. Seventy-one percent (71%) said McCain made the right choice by picking Palin as his running mate, while only 65% said the party picked the right nominee for president.
Well that sets it for me...the Huffington Post and Wonkette.
This is an amazing threat. The fact that he's willing to threaten someone shows as poor judgment as did his backstabbing. Now he has gone off in public and proven that he was out to injure someone.
He blames Palin for McCain's loss. Ridiculous. If anything measurable counts, the reason McCain lost is because he had about a fourth of the money that Obama had. The decision to go with public funding was McCain's, AND McCain/Feingold belongs squarely in McCain's yard. And even then, McCain still couldn't raise for the GOP the money that he needed to compete.
Eisenstadt is out of touch as well with the time at which McCain rose in the polls and fell in the polls. He rose after the convention and surpassed Obama because of Palin. He lost when the bankruptcy issue hit, and he bounced in different directions before finally settling on voting in favor of giving a trillion bucks to whom it may concern.
He lost after Palin clearly held her own in the polls, and McCain showed a serious inability to close a sale with the public on any issue.
Eisenstadt can go fauxbama himself....he is no conservative.
Thanks for posting. My blood pressure thanks you as well. ;-)
So, the question that remains - was FOX News fed a lot of BS not by disgruntled McCain people, but by someone who claimed he was in the campaign.
Inquiring minds wish to know....
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (85 votes).
In short: excellent yet minor changes could be madeIn full: I regret to remark that,conversely to the instructions in the leaflet ("..separate starts..several minutes .."), 10k and half marathon starts were given at the same time.I found myself at the end of the pack.This produced a mess a start either crossing the traffic barrier or turning right from bath road by slowing people down with a considerable safety risk. I don't get the fact of making people start and sharply turn around.Date of review: October 8, 2007
In short: Overall very well managed and executed. Big thanks to all the marshalls and organisers.In full: This was my first half marathon but I've done other running/MTB and duathlon events. This was very well marshalled. There was plenty of water stations. Plenty of direction markers. I would have liked a few more distance markers in the last mile as I was trying to pick my pace up for a sprint finish. Overall very well managed and executed. Big thanks to all the marshalls and organisers.Date of review: October 8, 2007
In short: Excellent value for moneyIn full: In this day and age, it is very refreshing to enter a race which doesn't rip you off! Great atmosphere, especially for beginners, with an adequate number of friendly marshalls. I agree that the 10K & half marathon should have a bigger gap between the start times to avoid congestion. Otherwise, a gem of a run.Oh, and a big 'well done' to the guy I ran with (Andy) who beat his PB by 6 seconds!Date of review: October 8, 2007
In short: The crowd really kept me going at the end, great marshals as usuallDate of review: October 8, 2007
In short: My first 10k would def do again!In full: Felt like we (10k runners) got in the way for the half marathoners over the first mile or so.Date of review: October 7, 2007
In short: Broke my PB (same event in 06) by 8.30Date of review: October 7, 2007
In short: I ran without a number as my "name was not on the list"!!!!!In full: funny how I got this emal today asking me to comment on the race - I went to collect my number at the start - but I was not on the list of paid runners for the 10K.I did it anyway and out of the anger got my PB 50 mins!Date of review: October 7, 2007
In short: a nice little run i did the 10k and my son the fun runIn full: a nice little run i did the 10k and my son the fun runDate of review: October 7, 2007
In short: Great run. I have no real negativesIn full: I thoroughly enjoyed the run this morning, I did the 1/2 marathon and was mere seconds out side of my pb. I actually thought it was a flat course, not sure if it falls under the undulating category, but that just makes for a pleasant surprise during the race.Like a poster below, I noticed that the 8 mile mark was missing. I just assumed that some meddling kids had nicked it to be honest.Date of review: October 7, 2007
In short: The only thing it didnt have was markers every k you passed. Would of helped with pace etc.Date of review: October 7, 2007
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avigopinath,You sound a little automated yourself. Posting your question in three threads? Many would regard that as either narcissistic or amnesic.
There are some limitations (e.g., you can't specify different toppings on different parts of the pizzas)
Hello,I am an IVR(Interactive Voice Response System) consultant by profession and just had a thought would it be a good idea if we were able to order pizza over the phone through an IVR.
I have not ordered a pizza in years. Why would I? But I see that all the younger Gen X,Y,Z or whatever have phones with internet and making a simple to use website order form accessible from a cell phone would be a far superior product that would be worthy of development time.RANTNobody wants to talk to anybody anymore. Zip in zip out with your food. As a kid getting a slice of pizza meant you had a 5 minute conversation with Bruno, he of course was curious why you were not in school at the moment LOL. In my town I knew the names of most of the employees and owners of many of the restaurants and grocery stores that I went to. It was a town of 50,000 people so I am not talking about a tiny place. When you got a hamburger and a coke, Archie would talk with you if he was not swamped - I miss that greatly!Put the Genie back into the bottle please!PNW
Pete Thats the quick Check here in Jersey same sub sandwich computer set up, and I admitt that its not that bad to get thru it. However theres the guy on the other side you can get to should there be a problem with order making or the product you recieve and a place to enter special instructions for you r special sandwich. can the ivr do that?Its still No for me for now on the IVR pizza call
I think adding a system like the one proposed to a pizza place is just one more way to disconnect from the human race. It might make life easier for the pizza operator, but that's not the point... the operator needs to have a human connection with his customer.
The automated system could prove to be better if it was designed right. For example, say I always order a large pizza with sausage & mushrooms and I like my crust extra crispy and a bit extra on the sauce. The automatedcustomer database would hold that info and it would help ensure that I received the same product each time. Whereas, calling in an order, the specifics may get misinterpreted, depending upon who was taking the order. ---pete---
Call your bank or cable provider and you'll see what I mean. "Press 1 for English...Press 2 if you're a current customer, Press 3 if you have a problem with your Internet connection"....Silence, then..."If you have connectivity issues with your Internet, you can reach us online at blah, blah, blah"Now imagine getting hold of a real person right away, be able to state your problem and have it fixed in a jiffy. Sounds good, doesn't it?


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Topic: Form validation via AJAX
Hi all,
I'm adding fields to a form using JavaScript and when I submit the form, if there are some errors during the validation, the form is reloaded and the fields added with JavaScript are lost.
I know that I could avoid this by replicating the validation in a JavaScript file hooking the submit action, but I would like to take advantage of the validation I set up in the model.
Is it possible to use it via AJAX?
Thank you.


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LINGUIST List 21.705
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Calls: Computational Ling, Semantics, Syntax, Text/Corpus Ling/Malta
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Full Title: 2nd Workshop on Building and Evaluating Resources for Biomedical
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Short Title: BioTxtM 2010
Date: 18-May-2010 - 18-May-2010
Location: Valletta, Malta
Contact Person: Sophia Ananiadou
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Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus
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2nd Workshop on Building and Evaluating Resources for Biomedical Text Mining
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LREC2010 (Malta, 18th May 2010)
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Call for Papers
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February 17, 2010 Extended submission deadline
March 5, 2010 Paper notification of acceptance
March 12, 2010 Camera-ready papers due
May 18, 2010 Workshop
We invite papers reporting on biomedical resources specifically used to
facilitate biomedical text mining and the process of designing, building,
updating, delivering and evaluating them. The goals of the workshop are on
lexical and knowledge repositories such as terminologies, ontologies, controlled
vocabularies, factual databases, annotated corpora, but also on design
guidelines, standards for building resources, storage and exchange formats and
interoperability of resources.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Building biomedical resources: controlled vocabularies, terminologies,
ontologies, corpora
- Guidelines and annotation schemas, challenges, interoperability
- Reengineering existing biomedical or general language resources - Update and
evolution of resources
- Interoperability of resources and standards
- Lightly annotated and noisy resources
- Tools for exploration of resources
- Data exchange formats
- Evaluation of resources / evaluation metrics
- Sophia Ananiadou, National Centre for Text Mining, University of Manchester
- Kevin Bretonnel Cohen, Center for Computational Pharmacology, The MITRE
- Dina Demner-Fushman, National Library of Medicine
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John McNaught, University of Manchester, UK
John Pestian, Computational Medicine Center, University of Cincinnati, USA
Andrey Rzhetsky, University of Chicago, USA
Jian Su, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Junichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo, Japan and National Centre for Text Mining, UK
Yoshimasa Tsuruoka, JAIST, Japan
Karin Verspoor, Center for Computational Pharmacology, University of Colorado, USA
Xinglong Wang, University of Manchester, UK
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Church plans Swiss steak dinner
The Dunkirk United Methodist Church is have a Swiss steak dinner on Tuesday, May 7, on the corner of Sixth Street and Washington Avenue from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. or until sold out. Cost is $8. The meal includes dessert and beverage. Eat in, take-out or delivery are available. Call 366-2230.
Annual church barbecue set for May 5
SILVER CREEK – Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Porter and Adams avenues, will host the annual chicken barbecue, catered by Chiavetta's, on Sunday, May 5, from noon to 3 p.m. The event will take place on the church lawn and is open to the public by ticket sale only. Tickets are available at $8.50 each from any Zion member. Sales at the door are usually limited to 50 tickets or less. If interested in purchasing a ticket, leave a message with the church office at 934-4742. All monies are due in advance and, as in the past, Zion will donate the proceeds to the service of the church and to local charitable organizations.
Church to feature guest speaker
CASSADAGA – The Rev. Susan Dinsmore from Canada is the featured guest speaker at Universal Unity of Spirit in Cassadaga on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Preceding the lecture, Diana Szydelko and David Small will be providing prayer chaplain and healing services from 1 to 1:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend the services and the refreshments and fellowship that follow at 89 N. Main St. (Route 60).
Today, the Rev. Shirley Calkins Smith will be facilitating a workshop entitled "Discovering and Becoming The New Human" from 1 to 4 p.m. Pre-registration is required. Also, Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Stephanie Turachak is facilitating a meditation and spiritual development circle. This is open to all and no registration is necessary. For more information on classes and services, go to www.universalunityofspirit.org or contact the Rev. Jan Cooke, 595-2617.
Chicken barbecue to be held Sunday
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish's annual chicken barbecue will be held this Sunday from 11 a.m. until sold out. Children's portions are available for $6, and adult portions will be $9 at the door. There will also be a raffle of prizes featuring an autographed football from the Buffalo Bills, as well as a Buffalo Sabres shirt, sent by the team.
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The particular characteristics of Darjeeling teas come from multiple factors...they use a small-leafed cultivar of tea leaf, the same used in many Chinese teas...but perhaps most importantly, the high altitude influences the flavor.
Teas from bordering regions, such as Sikkim (part of India), or Nepal, tend to have very similar characteristics to Darjeeling.


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Intel Corp. recently demonstrated a system based on the experimental 48-core supercomputer on chip (SCC) processor. The system appears to look like just an ordinary personal computer and seems to operate flawlessly. Unfortunately, Intel share no benchmark numbers for the prototype processor that belongs to the company's Terascale Research program.
Mainboard of Intel 48-core SCC prototype system. Please click to enlarge
The experimental mainboard for the 48-core SCC is called Copper Ridge and besides the processor itself it carries a specially-designed core-logic, eight DIMM slots, necessary I/O to enable operation of the system (graphics core, graphics memory on SO-DIMM, various standard connectors as well as numerous special-purpose connectors) and other necessary components. There are no Serial ATA ports installed, as a result, an Intel USB flash disk is used instead of a hard disk drive. Although the mainboard seems to fit into a typical computer case, it does not look like it complies with ATX specification.
Mainboard of Intel 48-core SCC prototype system.
During the event in Europe, the SCC – covered by a rather advanced cooling system – was up and running with all of its quad-channel controllers operating, which may indicate that the processor was showcased in all its glory.
Intel 48-core SCC prototype system. Please click to enlarge
Intel was demonstrating multiple applications running on the SCC, including a workload that shows the advanced power management capabilities and a parallel application that uses a standard MPI as the communication layer. It can be seen from the photo, Intel also demonstrated formation of fractals using Mandelbrot set, however, since the software was proprietary, no performance numbers are available.
According to Intel, the 48-core chip operates at the clock-speed comparable to Intel Atom microprocessors, which means that the frequency of the microprocessors is in the range between 1.60GHz and 1.83GHz.
The prototype chip contains 24 tiles with two x86 cores per each, which results in 48 cores – the largest number ever placed on a single piece of silicon. Each core can run a separate OS and software stack and act like an individual compute node that communicates with other compute nodes over a packet-based network. Every core sports its own L2 cache and each tile sports a special router logic that allows tiles to communicate with each other. A 24-router mesh network with 256GB/s bisection bandwidth. The processor sports four integrated DDR3 memory controllers, or one controller per twelve cores.
Though each core has 2 levels of cache, there is no hardware cache coherence support among cores in order to simplify the design, reduce power consumption and to encourage the exploration of datacenter distributed memory software models on-chip.
The SCC can run all 48 cores at one time over a range of 25W to 125W and selectively vary the voltage and frequency of the mesh network as well as sets of cores. Each tile (2 cores) can have its own frequency, and groupings of four tiles (8 cores) can each run at their own voltage.
One of the distinct features of the new 48-core experimental chip is its extreme programmability. Software applications will be able to automatically control the number of cores to use at any given time and operating systems will be able to assign certain cores for auxiliary tasks. Moreover, software will be able to manage power consumption, clock-speed of individual cores or even shut them down when not needed.
The experimental 48-core CPU will help Intel and software developers to study management and scheduling mechanisms of explicitly multi-core microprocessors in order to get prepared to bring them onto the mass market. Next year, Intel plans to provide software developers more than a hundred of experimental chips for development of new software apps.


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text: Feature Requests item #6396, was opened at 2006-10-30 02:51 You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=3152&aid=6396&group_id=797 Category: runner module Group: None Status: Open Priority: 3 Submitted By: Nobody (None) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: Disabled Specifications and a Yellow build Initial Comment: Add a method that denotes a specification is disabled and causes a yellow build. For example: disable_specify "should support disabled specifications" do end This will be helpful in writing a spec before the feature is implemented. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Aslak Hellesoy (aslak_hellesoy) Date: 2006-10-30 20:46 Message: which leaves us to: # todo specify "something that needs doing" and then use my editor to find the todos. all good text editors have that built-in. why should we reimplement this in rspec? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: David Chelimsky (dchelimsky) Date: 2006-10-30 20:30 Message: todo - I like that also. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Aslak Hellesoy (aslak_hellesoy) Date: 2006-10-30 19:18 Message: how about todo "something that needs doing" instead of implement "something that needs doing" because implement is really just a todo - isn't it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jay Levitt (jaylev) Date: 2006-10-30 08:33 Message: +1 for implement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Mike Vincent (agile) Date: 2006-10-30 08:07 Message: The suggested "implement" placeholder would be pretty cool. I have generally started fleshing out specs on rails based projects by flurrying through the model specs spewing out minimal specify statements for the limited things I know about them. Usually just throwing in violations as I'm flying through. Then I start running the specs and going through adding the contraints and going for green. It's a pretty noisy "todo" list when running the specs to find the placeholders. It'd be nice to have a more aesthetically pleasing "todo list" to work from. :) But I concur that being able to turn a real spec yellow probably isn't the behavior we're looking for. rake spec:implement or something that produced a spec:doc like format or something would be pretty nice. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: David Chelimsky (dchelimsky) Date: 2006-10-30 07:12 Message: FWIW - Irony of ironies, there is currently an abhorrently commented out spec in the trunk. And *I'm* the one who put it there. Even still, I'd rather do so and feel a little dirty about it than have the tool make me feel clean. Or even just a little yellow. Cheers, David ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: David Chelimsky (dchelimsky) Date: 2006-10-30 04:57 Message: Writing an entire specify block before a feature is implemented is not what BDD is about. It goes against the red/green/refactor cycle of TDD, which sits at the heart of BDD. For what it's worth, there is a similar feature in NUnit. I don't believe that I've ever seen it used to allow tests to be ignored in advance of implementation. I've only ever seen it used to ignore existing tests that had been passing and were now failing. Worse, I've seen this cause yellow to become the new green (i.e. an acceptable state for commits and sometimes even releases). Absolutely vile. That said, making decisions about behaviour in advance of implementation is very much aligned w/ BDD, even TDD. What would you think about something like this: implement "should support placeholders for yet to exist specs" This would not accept a block. In fact it would raise if you try to give it one. This way you could write placeholders for specs you know you want, but not allow you to put any code in them. Then there could be a command line option that allows you to report on yet-to-implement specs. Of course, if you insist on violating one of the most basic principles of BDD, you can write up your spec code and comment it out. The commented code would be in a logical place, but the tool would not be condoning the practice. Thoughts? David ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Brian Takita (btakita) Date: 2006-10-30 02:57 Message: I submitted this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=3152&aid=6396&group_id=797


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Posted on 03/09/2008 7:04:16 AM PDT by Kaslin
"Vote for me, and I will be your momma!"
LOL re your tagline
If you think my purple lips are unsightly, check out the wart on my nose!
Did you darken that photo?
"We're going to take Hillary away from you for the Common Good!"
"Just one banana please."
OOOH, Ah'm turnin' BLUE;
An' so should YOU;
Ah KNOWWWWW it's audacious;
Because ah'm NAHHHHT Caucasious;
Ah WONNNNNN a-Wyomin',
Where the BUFFaloes been roamin';
You see AH'M a uniter,
An' NOTTTTT a divider.
TURN BLUE, America.
It does look dark. I'm sure the AP did that, working for Hillary!, of course...
Barack Hussein Saddama
"Hope Change! Change Change Change, Hope! Hope Hope Hope Hope Change Hope Change!"
One boob with two nuts or one nut with two boobs. Your choice.
"...you think Dumbo's something?...just wait til THESE ears open up" !!
this is my biggest ear
If I am lying may my face turn blue and my lips purple!
Sorry, Boo-Boo, I had to do it. A voice inside my head kept saying: Take, Take. Take, take, take, take. Take, take, take take, take.
"Um...hello?...You forgot the halo here!!!"
OMGG that's the funniest thing I have read here on FR-and that says a lot! Kudos, Don!
Can someone make this into a bumper sticker? It should be the official Dem campaign slogan ala SoreLoserman!
And they sure look good to me (slurp)"
drink the PURPLE kool-aid!
"Come on! Who wants to pull my finger?"
Obama (in a Steve Urkel voice): "Did I do Thaaaat?"
LOL, it ranks right up there with "I'd rather be a Conservative nut job than a liberal with no nuts and no job"
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Use of non-aspirin NSAIDs during pregnancy may increase the risk of spontaneous abortion
- 1Department of Medicine St. Michael's Hospital, Ontario, Canada
- 2Mount Sinai Hospital and LifeQuest Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Ontario, Canada
- 3Division of Clinical Pharmacology/Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
- Correspondence to Gideon Koren
The Motherisk Program, Division of Clinical Pharmacology/Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; gideon.koren{at}sickkids.ca
Implications for practice and research
■ Data from this study support the assertion that the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of spontaneous abortion and should, therefore, be used with caution.
■ However, other factors such as socio-economic status and co-existing illnesses may have biased these results.
■ Further research is needed to explore the effect of taking NSAIDs during pregnancy and the other factors identified.
■ Future research should include data relating to the use of both prescription and over-the-counter NSAIDs.
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I'm home with plenty of beer and Cavs preseason basketball is back!
Kyrie nearly sprains his ankle, stayed down with a grimace, but got back up and looks good. This team won't be worst in the NBA. Maybe 22-44. Not just based on less than half of a preseason game. There's some talent and athleticism on the team.
Early 12/15 man predictions.
-Irving, Sessions, Gibson
-Parker, Eyenga
-Casspi, Gee
-Jamison, Thompson, Samuels
-Varejao, Hollins, Erdan
I think the last 2 spots are up for grabs, but the top 3 will be Harris, Harangody, and Mychel Thompson. A feeling Thomspson gets a spot on the 15...very talented family and good size. Gotta keep all the bigs you have, and see what you have this year. You already know you need a quality 2 and 3, just need to know if AV or Erdan are going to have a shot to start on a good team in this system.