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Debates of June 18th, 2007
House of Commons Hansard #173 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was post-secondary.
- Question Period
- Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
- Canada Elections Act
- Housing
- School Speaking Tour
- EcoKids Prize
- Palestine
- Millennium Excellence Award
- 35th Annual Tournament of the Northwest Firefighters Association
- The Environment
- Georges Thurston
- The Environment
- Somali Week International Soccer Tournament
- British Columbia
- The Environment
- Canadian Skills Competition
- Constitution Act, 1982
- The Franco-Ontarian Festival
- Justice
- The Environment
- Afghanistan
- Firearms Registry
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Softwood Lumber
- Equalization Formula
- Gun Registry
- Expenses of the Former Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
- Foreign Affairs
- Softwood Lumber
- Air Transport
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Natural Resources
- Government Policies
- Older Workers
- Foreign Affairs
- Justice
- Airport Security
- Fisheries and Oceans
- International Trade
- Telecommunications
- Presence in Gallery
- Government Response to Petitions
- Public Prosecution Service of Canada
- Committees of the House
- Officers of Parliament
- Public Integrity Commissioner
- Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
- Committees of the House
- Business of the House
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Canada Elections Act
- Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
- Canada Elections Act
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Daniel Petit Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Mr. Speaker, an article published in the newspaper La Presse revealed that, of the 342 criminal groups identified by Quebec police forces, 57 street gangs work exclusively in Montreal and, of these, about 20 are considered major players.
The chief of the Montreal police force also stated that the mafia, bikers and gangs are working together to an increasing extent.
Can the Minister of Justice tell us what our government is doing to fight organized crime and street gangs in order to make our streets safer?
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Niagara Falls
Rob Nicholson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Mr. Speaker, our government has decided to take action by proposing a justice agenda that targets organized crime and gangs. Bill C-10 will impose longer mandatory sentences for criminals found guilty of serious gun crimes. Why are the Bloc and the Liberals not supporting this bill? Why?
Airport Security
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, as we know, the no-fly list came into effect today. We are hearing there are about a thousand names on the list.
My question is for the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. If in fact there are names on the list of people who belong to terrorist groups, why does the government not see that they are charged, prosecuted, put in jail so they will not only stop being risks to airlines, but also to all the rest of Canada?
Airport Security
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Lawrence Cannon Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, this list not only supports domestic air travel, but also international travel. First and foremost, the list's objective is to ensure that the vast majority of Canadians who, on a daily basis, take aircraft to go from one place to another will be able to do it in complete and total security.
This is another way that the government takes its job seriously and ensures that terrorist threats that exist will not impede our travel.
Airport Security
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, this program is going to cost us $3 million per year. The no-fly list will catch many innocent Canadians and ruin business and recreational travel plans. Worst yet, it is the victims' responsibility to get their names off the list. It will take at least six months, if they ever can do it.
This so-called safeguard will not protect ordinary Canadians, despite what we hear from the minister. If the government will not scrap the no-fly list, will it at least set up an ombudsman's office with the authority to have access to all the files and the power to immediately get names off that list that should not be on it?
Airport Security
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Lawrence Cannon Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, the fact is there is a recourse for an individual who happens to find himself or herself on that list. The hon. member knows that. He has hopefully read the regulations that govern this passenger protect program. There is a recourse there.
We have consulted with the civil liberty groups in the country. We have obtained the advice of the Information Commissioner. We have done our job and this list is there to protect Canadians.
Fisheries and Oceans
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Gerry Byrne Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, NL
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
Members of the European Union are putting a squeeze on Canadian fishermen through an illegal ban on seal products. In a flagrant violation of international trade law, Belgium has now banned Canadian seal products on the basis of domestic public concern.
Action must be taken by the government before other EU members consider enacting similar bans due to a perceived lack of consequences.
Will the minister and his colleagues formerly commit to launching WTO actions against EU members that are illegally banning Canadian seal products?
Fisheries and Oceans
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Newfoundland & Labrador
Loyola Hearn Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's question is actually a pretty good one.
First, let me ensure that everyone knows the EU itself has not banned or will not ban seal products. It has admitted that the seal hunt is conservationist. Second, it is looking now at the humaneness of the hunt, and we hope to be able to prove that also.
Individual member states, some of them including Belgium, have banned seal and seal products. This is a serious precedent. We cannot put up with it and we will take action.
International Trade
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Nina Grewal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
Mr. Speaker, building good trade relations with countries around the globe is vital for Canada to maintain its place in the world and to make us a more prosperous nation.
Earlier this month the Minister of International Trade concluded free trade negotiations with the European Free Trade Association countries, the first free trade agreement in six years.
Could the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Minister of International Cooperation say whether our government is engaged in trade talks with emerging economies like India?
International Trade
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Ted Menzies Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Minister of International Cooperation
Mr. Speaker, this government is committed to strengthening our relationship with India, and we have delivered. On Saturday, the Minister of International Trade announced that Canada has concluded a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement with India, a key step toward increasing trade and investment flows.
This FIPA and the recent free trade agreement with the EFTA countries send a clear and unambiguous signal that after 13 years of Liberal neglect Canada is back in business.
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Louise Thibault Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Mr. Speaker, twice now, when it comes to local telephone services, the Minister of Industry has shown that he does not care about people in rural areas.
First, he denied that his government was leaving the door open to rate increases. Then his parliamentary secretary downplayed the importance of the CRTC's decision and invited people to appeal it, which is a process that does not actually apply in this case.
Back home, communities are getting organized. They will form a coalition and will demand that the government back down from its stance and protect rural people once again.
Will the minister listen to the people, hear their message and take action?
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Colin Carrie Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry
Mr. Speaker, as I said before, we are putting consumers first. The CRTC has decided that it wants to update its price cap framework. I remind the member that this government will see that the CRTC will continue to regulate in areas where there is little competition.
Because the decision by the CRTC can be appealed within 90 days, it would be inappropriate for me to comment at this time.
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Order, please. I would like to draw to the attention of hon. members the presence in the gallery of the Hon. Diane Whalen, Minister of Government Services for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
June 18th, 2007 / 3:05 p.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 24 petitions.


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Saturday, January 14, 2012
Snow Gear Organizer
24 comments:
- Megan Hellrung said...
This is adorable. I love it :)
I hope you will share this at my party, Some Good Stuff: http://some-good-times.blogspot.com/2012/01/some-good-stuff-3.html
- January 15, 2012 at 10:21 PM
- Jen the CraftinCowgirl said...
Great idea, I struggle with keeping all of this organized and finding a coat hook that will hold all the coats, backpacks, snowpants, etc. I like the idea of keeping them separate. Thanks for sharing!
- January 16, 2012 at 8:24 AM
- Sara Campbell said...
Oh my goodness, this is great! I live in Jackson Wyoming and have been wondering what to do with my "mud room" area during snow season!
I would love it you would post this to SaMiE's first ever SURPRISE linky party, found here: http://www.samiedesigns.blogspot.com/p/samies-surprise-linky-parties.html
- January 16, 2012 at 9:33 AM
- cardsbymo said...
You guys got your first snow and we got our first sets of bathing suits at our local Target store here in North Florida. Sometimes I think the merchandise buyers in Florida are a little nuts!
This idea would work great in warmer climates to hold lunch boxes and hoodies!
- January 16, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- {northern cottage} said...
love it - yep - gotta have a dedicated spot for the winter gear (where the kids can REACH & hang up their own stuff) well done! c'mon by for a visit!
- January 16, 2012 at 7:08 PM
- Serendipity and Spice said...
So cute! I'm also hosting a linky party...come on over and post this if you like www.serendipityandspice.blogspot.com
- January 16, 2012 at 9:17 PM
- Creative Raisins said...
Great idea, I love the baskets. Snow gear takes up so much room and this is a great way to keep it seperate.
- January 16, 2012 at 9:50 PM
- Heather at Dragonfly Designs said...
Love this idea!! Totally pinning! TFS!
- January 17, 2012 at 12:12 AM
- momto8 said...
ha! makes me think duh?! with all this stuff laying on the floor!
- January 17, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- Sara said...
Oh I LOVE it SO much. Hope you can link this up at my turquoise lovin' party going on!! http://www.sweetlittlegals.com/2012/01/turquoise-lovin-21.html
- January 17, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- Eve Stein said...
What a clever idea! We don't get much snow around here, but I love this organizer and might incorporate it in another way! :D
- January 17, 2012 at 10:21 PM
- Trish - Mom On Timeout said...
So smart! I bet my parents would have loved to have this in our house with five kids :) I'd love for you to share with my readers if you get the chance: http://www.momontimeout.com/2012/01/taking-timeout-thursday-no-13.html
- January 18, 2012 at 9:04 PM
- mypollitos said...
Such a clever idea & cute too. A must pin!
Visiting from Gluesticks' Party.
Sapphire @ Life with My Pollitos
- January 19, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- Tutus & Tea Parties said...
This is wonderful! I love it. We can never find everyones things and it takes so long to get out the door!
I'd love for you to link up and share: http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/search/label/Link%20Party
- January 19, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- gail said...
awww, I love your snow gear area! That sign is perfect!
- January 19, 2012 at 7:54 PM
- Lindsi B said...
I found you on Tip Junkie! I would like to invite you to share this post with our readers for Fun Stuff Fridays. http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/01/fun-stuff-fridays-7.html
- January 20, 2012 at 8:29 AM
- OhioMomPatriot said...
I love the baskets! I don't have room for the whole projects, but I think the basket idea will work. Thanks for the inspiration!
- January 20, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- Adrianne Surian said...
Oh, brilliant!! My daughter is only one, but we have already amassed more winter gear (for Michigan) than I have space to store for our current solutions. I currently have hooks on a small shelf, but adding baskets somewhere OTHER than the floor would be a great space-saver!
Following you now ~ I'd love to see you drop by Happy Hour Projects and link up at my Friday party sometime!
- January 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM
- G Inspires said...
This is awesome! Must be a popular thing this year...I'm currently working on a project to serve this same purpose! Visiting via Get Your Brag On
- January 20, 2012 at 1:52 PM
- Sassy Sites! said...
What a cute idea!! For us that live in Arizona, we have swimsuit hangers and baskets YEAR ROUND! :) I love the sign! Thanks so much for linking up to Sassy Sites for our Friday ffa party! Have a fabulous weekend!
- January 20, 2012 at 6:36 PM
- Jenny@daysofchalkandchocolate said...
I know exactly what you mean and I could never figure out a solution. But yours is awesome!! I wish I had a place to implement this...I have to try to find one! I would love if you linked this up to my Friday party!
- January 20, 2012 at 8:20 PM
- Adventure Mom said...
Love this idea! I live in Michigan so the baskets are a great way to let the wet stuff dry out. Thanks for sharing.
- January 24, 2012 at 12:27 PM
- Katie said...
this is such a cute idea!
- January 26, 2012 at 12:03 PM
- Kenda Denlinger said...
I love this idea. Can you tell me where you found those baskets? I have looked every place (it feels like) and have not been able to find something that would fit and work as well as these.
Thanks for sharing!
- February 4, 2013 at 9:01 PM


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We are sticking in the mud. "Libya is going to hit the wall البلاد ماشية في الساس " is the sentence that everyone is saying these days. Yes, we don't know where we are going. I'm not talking about political issues. However, somehow these issues involve in many things. I'm talking about the general life issues in Libya, at least from my perspective. We are stuck in the middle of no where. All the world is watching us, and what will happen in the next step we take. We have to be efficient to build our country. To build a better life in the future, we have to start now. Yes, right now!! These the four words act as the plan that every Libyan should use in their daily life. We need to organize our life based on this plan. Follow these words.
SEE: See it everyday. Just see your city as the perfect city in the world. Just close your eyes now and see yourself in perfect shape. Just dream you have all good stuff near you. Just imagine how Benghazi looks like in the future. Just dream!! There's no limit to your dreams. Dreams are free. So, just dream. See the world as one of possibilities rather than constraints. See the path that your city should take to reach what you have imagined. You have to have a dream to live a real dream. Once you have a clear vision on what you and your city should be in the near future, you have to move to the next word.
BELIEVE: Believe that you can change your life. Believe that you can change your environment and your city. Believe that you can change the way things are now and create a new set of life. You should believe in your ability. You should believe that Libyans people have the ability to change Libya with you. Believe that your country have the right resource to establish the country that we are dreaming about. Without believing, we can do nothing. Once you become confident with yourself and your people, you should move to the next thing.
THINK: If you have a dream about that perfect life, and If you believe that you can transform your life, then you should think about how to change it. Think about the changes required to make meaningful transformation possible, and create a realistic plan. Plan first is what we all should do first. Planing, planing, and planing first. The life should be like this. Everything should be planned first, then the execution comes. However, what i have witnessed in Libya is the execution comes first without planing. Planing reduces errors later by 30%. Once you decide to build your new dream house, you will prepare some blueprints (خرائط) first, then you will start construction your house. And our life should be the same. Take 15 min every morning to plan your day, then start your day. You should include everything you are going to do. Libya needs a plan for next day, next week, next year, and the next 100 years. So, planing could be constructed for different duration. Thinking and planing are the most important part of our life. Without deep thinking we never accomplishing anything.
ACT: Once you have seen everything, and have done a perfect plan, you can now start acting. Acting is the steps of execution. This step is to carry out and make some effort to finsh your plans. I was thinking a lot about starting this blog, and I just did it. Don't stuck in just thinking a lot, just act. Don't talk a lot, just act. Once you start acting, you will feel accomplished. It's a great feeling. I feel so happy while I'm writing this article. I was thinking and planing to write, and I just now acting what I have seen, believed, and planned.
Libya needs everyone effort to get out from the mud. Libya needs to real honest Libyans who have a vision and ability to act.


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An allergy occurs when your immune system reacts to a foreign substance in the body. This could include something that you have eaten, something that has come into contact with your skin or something that you have inhaled. Allergies commonly affect both adults and children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 28.5 million children aged 5 to 11 were reported with common allergies in 2010. The symptoms of an allergy can vary significantly and can range from being very minor to potentially life-threatening.
Causes. Allergies occur when your immune system reacts to a substance that is normally harmless. The immune system produces antibodies, which, according to the Mayo Clinic, are then always on the lookout for a certain substance. If you are subsequently exposed to the substance, these antibodies release different chemicals, which cause the allergy symptoms. One such chemical is histamine, which causes the symptoms of hay fever, a common allergy.
Common triggers. While it is possible to be allergic to pretty much any substance, there are a number of common triggers that cause a reaction in many people. Airborne allergens like pollen, dust mites and animal dander (dead skin) often cause allergic rhinitis (or hay fever). Many people suffer allergic reactions to certain food items, including nuts, wheat, fish and milk. Insect stings can cause an allergic reaction, as well as certain medications, such as penicillin.
Symptoms. Different allergies cause different reactions, and so the symptoms can vary from one patient to another. A lot of different allergies cause a reaction in the skin, including itchiness, redness or hives (itchy, red welts that appear on the surface of the skin). Hay fever sufferers normally experience congestion, a runny nose and watery, swollen eyes. Food allergies, in addition to causing hives and skin rashes, can cause swelling of the lips, tongue or throat, as well as irritation in the digestive system.
Severe reactions. Some allergies can trigger a very severe reaction known as anaphylaxis (or anaphylactic shock). In these cases, your body's reaction to the allergy is so severe that you can go into shock, with potentially life-threatening symptoms. Patients suffering anaphylaxis can lose consciousness and/or have difficulty breathing due to severe swelling in the airways. According to the UCLA School of Medicine, anaphylaxis causes around 1,500 deaths a year in the United States.


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A conservative Christian, Julea Ward was expelled from a master's program in counseling because she referred a gay client who wanted to discuss his orientation to another counselor. Ward said she couldn't be supportive. When Eastern Michigan University kicked her out of the program for anti-gay bias, she sued, charging religious bias and infringement of her free-speech rights. Ward's suit was revived by a federal appeals court, which threw out a summary judgment, reports Education Week.
"Although the university submits it dismissed Ward from the program because her request for a referral violated the ACA code of ethics, a reasonable jury could find otherwise — that the code of ethics contains no such bar and that the university deployed it as a pretext for punishing Ward's religious views and speech," Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton wrote for the panel. "What exactly did Ward do wrong in making the referral request?" Sutton added. "If one thing is clear after three years of classes, it is that Ward is acutely aware of her own values. The point of the referral request was to avoid imposing her values on gay and lesbian clients."
If a counselor disapproved of my lifestyle or beliefs, I'd prefer a referral to a pretense of support.


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Area Police Reports
RIPLEY – Harry O. Lindsay, 33, of Findley Lake, was charged at 11:35 p.m. on Wednesday with fourth-degree criminal mischief. Sheriff's deputies and the Westfield Police were dispatched to a disorderly person on Route 5 in the town of Ripley. During an investigation, Lindsay became disorderly and punched the hood of a vehicle causing damage to the vehicle. Lindsay was arrested, arraigned in the town of Ripley Court and remanded to the Chautauqua County Jail on $1,000 cash bail or $2,000 property bond.
MAYVILLE – Brock D. Zampogna, 33, of 7 E. Sixth St., Jamestown, was charged on Thursday with fourth-degree grand larceny, misuse of food stamps and fraudulent receipt of benefits. From August 2012 through December 2012, Zampogna did not report employment/income to the Chautauqua County Department of Social Services. He did receive $3,023.80 in Medicaid and food stamp benefits that he was not entitled to receive. Zampogna is currently incarcerated in the Chautauqua County Jail where a warrant was served Friday. He will appear in the city of Jamestown court at a later date.
HANOVER – Steven M. Smith, 20, of Perrysburg, was charged with failure to keep right, driving while intoxicated and DWI per se blood alcohol content of .08 percent or greater Friday at 4:38 a.m. Deputies were dispatched to Allegany Road for a one-vehicle accident. Upon arrival, officers learned Smith drove off the road into a ditch. He was issued appearance tickets for Town of Hanover Court at a later date.
CHAUTAUQUA – Gary F. Shomo, 52, of Bedford, N.H., was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and speeding Saturday at 7:45 p.m. Deputies stopped Shomo on Hartfield-Stockton Road for speeding and he was found to have a suspended New York state driver's license. He was issued appearance tickets for Town of Chautauqua Court at a later date.
POMFRET – Larry A. King, 59, of Mayville, was charged with driving while intoxicated, speeding, consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle and refusal to take a breath test Friday at 10:05 p.m. Deputies stopped King for speeding on Fredonia-Stockton Road. Following an investigation it was determined King was intoxicated. He appeared in front of the Pomfret town justice and his license was suspended. He will appear in Town of Pomfret Court at a later date.
Jacob E. Andrews, 29, of Jamestown was charged Thursday with unregistered motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, improper/switched plates and unlawful possession of marijuana. The town of Ellicott Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Andrews. He was cited for the violations and was turned over to the Jamestown Police Department on a warrant. Andrews is scheduled to appear in the Town of Ellicott Court at a later date.
Joshua M. Eddy, 25, of Jamestown was charged at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday with resisting arrest, second-degree obstructing governmental administration and parole violation. Jamestown Police Department officers assisted NYS Division of Parole with a check of a Barrows Street residence for Eddy. Eddy was located inside the residence and did not comply with officers during the effect of his arrest. He was taken into custody, charged and is being held pending arraignment.
Dennis W. Norks, 26, of Jamestown was charged at 4:35 a.m. on Friday with second-degree unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree criminal mischief. Officers of the third platoon responded to 305 E. Fifth St. for a fight. Officers arrived on scene and located a female victim yelling for help. During the investigation it was found that Dennis W. Norks had broken property that belonged to the female and also physically restrained her in a closet which prevented her from leaving the apartment. Norks was charged and is being held in the City Jail pending an arraignment.
Michael A. Long, 34, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree criminal trespassing Saturday at 2:30 a.m. Officers responded to the Ramada Inn, 150 W. Fourth St., for a report of an unwanted subject staying inside a room. Long, who is an employee of the Ramada Inn, used his keys to open a room that he was not authorized to be in for the night. Long then invited several other individuals to the room to stay with him. Long was not authorized to make such an arrangement and did not properly reserve a room. He was taken to Jamestown City Jail and held in lieu of bail.
Leshawn T. Kimbrough, 22, was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and taken into custody on a Jamestown City Court warrant Friday at 4:02 p.m. Officers responded to the area of 40 W. 12th St. near Washington Street for a report of a fight. Upon arrival, officers made contact with Kimbrough and during the investigation it was learned that Kimbrough had a valid warrant out for his arrest. While taking Kimbrough into custody, he was found to be in possession of a pill bottle containing two different type of prescription drugs. Kimbrough was taken to Jamestown City Jail pending arraignment.
LAKEWOOD – Sean P. Miller, 26, of 258 E. Fifth St., Jamestown, was taken into custody on an arrest warrant out of Town of Busti Court after being released from Chautauqua County Jail on June 8 at 4 a.m. Miller failed to answer a court summons. He was remanded to county jail on bail and will appear in court at a later date.
Joel Wagoner, 28, of Salamanca was charged with fourth-degree tampering with a witness Friday at 9:10 a.m. He was processed and arraigned in Salamanca City Court.
Jamie John, 23, of Salamanca was taken into custody on a bench warrant out of Salamanca City Court on Friday at 2:21 p.m. He was held pending arraignment.
Steven Peacock, 49, of Salamanca was charged with having an unlicensed dog Friday at 2:38 p.m. He was issued an appearance ticket for Salamanca City Court at a later date.
Michael Deponceau, 49, of Salamanca was charged with second-degree harassment Friday at 8 p.m. He was issued an appearance ticket for Salamanca City Court at a later date.
Terry Nichols, 30, of Salamanca was charged with violating a city noise ordinance Friday at 9:37 p.m. He was issued an appearance ticket for Salamanca City Court at a later date.
Robert Deppa, 29, of Salamanca was charged with endangering the welfare of a child Friday at 11:36 p.m. He was processed and issued an appearance ticket for Salamanca City Court at a later date.
Ceanna Maybee, 23, of Salamanca was charged with violating a city noise ordinance Saturday at 3:20 a.m. Maybee was issued an appearance ticket for Salamanca City Court at a later date.
CONEWANGO – Ryan A. Brown and Nicholas M. Marczynski, both 18, of Randolph were charged with unlawful possession of marijuana Wednesday at 10 p.m. The two were taken into custody in a parking area on Swamp Road. They will appear in Conewango Town Court at a later date.
RANDOLPH – Joseph E. Novak, 19, of 210 Main St., Randolph, was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and second-degree harassment Thursday at 8:10 p.m. Novak was arraigned in Randolph Town Court and remanded to Cattaraugus County Jail in lieu of $1,500 bail.
MEAD – Elizabeth M. Johnson, 29, of Clarendon, Pa., was charged with driving under the influence after a single-car motor-vehicle accident Friday at 10:36 p.m. Police say Johnson was driving her 2007 Pontiac G6 eastbound on state Route 6 when she failed to negotiate a curve and began to spin. Johnson traveled across the westbound lane and struck an embankment as well as a mailbox. Further investigation revealed that Johnson was under the influence and she was charged.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (352 votes).
In short: Very welcoming race in a good location.In full: The marshalling was fantastic, very enthusiastic and encouraging. It was exremely well organised. For a beginner, a good introduction into competitive distance running.Date of review: November 16, 2010
In short: Well organised and well marshalledIn full: The race was very well organised and marshalled. There are quite a few underpasses and twists and turns on the two lap course, but with lots of marshals there was no worrying about where to go. (A special mention for the encouraging marshals at 10.2 and 11 miles.)The course is a mixture of urban cycle paths and parkland and almost entirely off-road. The first couple of miles of each lap are on a gentle, continuous, but manageable climb. A track finish is always welcome.I am clearly in a minority, but I prefer a technical t-shirt to a medal. Date of review: November 9, 2010
Date of review: November 9, 2010
In short: good in some areas-average in othersIn full: quite a few firsts for me in this race1st time I have ever got a shuttle bus to the start1st time I had to queue for chip-number1st time I have not received a medal for a half-done 8 now?great PB so not moaning too muchOrganisers and marshalling was great though-seemed to have so many marshalls-credit to their clubDate of review: November 8, 2010
In short: An enjoyable race but tarnished by a lack of a medal.In full: This was my first half marathon and I was looking for a fairly flat course with not too big a field. Apart from the exits from the underpasses this met my requirements. The weather was ideal.The marshalling was very efficient although I find it annoying when the marshalls call out encouragement to a Spartan runner and ignore you, they should be impartial with their praise and encouragement. There were two very enthusiastic young female marshalls at an underpass towards the end who gave great encouragement even though they must have been standing there for getting on for two hours on my second circuit. The last section around the track with the finish in sight gave that extra encouragement to put on a final spurt.I was sure that I had read that all finishers received a medal so I was rather dissappointed to get a t shirt (I already have quite a few technical t shirts), a banana and a bottle of water. Being my first half marathon a medal, however cheap, would have been a nice momento.Not a perfect race, but pretty good, thanks to all the organisers.Date of review: November 8, 2010
In short: Well organised, good marshaling. Quite hilly in places but nothing too severe, nice section through the park, good finish in stadium.In full: Date of review: November 8, 2010
In short: Superbly organised half marathon...but no medal!?In full: Well this was my first half marathon and I have to say it was a really enjoyable experience. The organisation was first class, especially the coaches from the city centre. I felt the marshalls did a good job, and certainly encouraged me in the final mile or two! Nice scenery, and great weather - and a nice running shirt at the end too. The only downside being a lack of medal. I'm not normally fussed about such things, but to me a half marathon was a real achievement and it would have been nice to mark it with a proper memento - put a dampener on what otherwise was a great morning.Date of review: November 8, 2010
In short: Enjoyable but could be improvedIn full: A very well organised half marathon. The course isn't flat but there are no big hills either. The finish on the athletics track is enjoyable.Not the most welcoming of races....I got the impression that some of the Fairlands Valley Spartans runners/marshalls seemed to resent the fact that non-club runners were taking part. Also, personally, I would have preferred a medal rather than the T-shirt. Date of review: November 8, 2010
In short: Excellent organisation, super facilities but where's my medal!In full: Freezing cold but sunny morning, no wind to speak of at first but half way through it picked up to 20 mph in places so was a little on the cool side. Marshalling was extremely well organised and lots of them, water at 2, 5, 7, and 11 miles and a jelly bean station at 11 miles too (one large box of jelly babies, one lady, by the time she's got one out I'd passed her). The course is two laps on tarmac cycle tracks and underpasses around the town. The first lap is a mile and a half shorter than the second so the second lap is psychologically tougher than the first. Did a good time, a steady 9:50 minute mile all round and a sprint finish so knocked four mins almost of my PB. The last 300 metres was on the Ridlins running track, cinders, tannoy man called out your name as you entered the stadium and you finished in front of the "grandstand" (seats about 150!). Finish funnel was well organised, lots of bodies with wire cutters to remove your chip, lots of drinks and huge boxes of bananas. Lovely fluorescent yellow tech t-shirt (great for evening runs). Great changing rooms, plenty of loos, courtesy bus back to railway station and town centre car parks. I'd recommend this one.Date of review: November 8, 2010
In short: Fast Scenic race got a PBIn full: Looking at the positives the race is definitely scenic and undulating which makes it an interesting race the 2 laps around the course didn't seem too hard got a PB of 1:27:03 so can't complain about the course.Not too much support for the non -FV runners and personally for me the biggest disappointment was no medal.Date of review: November 8, 2010
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Nathan Glazer's Warning should be heeded, writes Howard Husock in City Journal. In The Limits of Social Policy, the Harvard sociologist reviewed the research on education, training and poverty programs including the Job Corps, Head Start, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the school breakfast program and early-childhood education programs.
"At least some of the states known for high expenditure on education and social needs have shown remarkably poor records."
"After having done badly in schooling, we do not do well at making up for the failure through work-training programs, though we have certainly tried."
And crucially: "The evaluations of specific programs that were available during the first ten years after the launching of the [War on Poverty] confirmed the verdict: nothing worked, and, in particular, nothing that one did in education worked."
A neoconservative, Glazer came to see social policy as grandiose and too focused on "remaking" individuals instead of supporting families, writes Husock.
Any social policy, he writes in Limits, must be judged against "the simple reality that every piece of social policy substitutes for some traditional arrangement, whether good or bad, a new arrangement in which public authorities take over, at least in part, the role of the family, of the ethnic and neighborhood group, of voluntary associations."
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 1, 2011) – Three Sato volleyball siblings – Gary, Liane and Eric – were inducted into the Santa Monica College Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday (March 31).
Gary and Liane Sato attended a Hall of Fame luncheon in their honor and also answered question from students at Santa Monica College. Anna Collier, who has served as a beach volleyball coach for USA Volleyball and is Chair of the SMC Kinesiology & Athletics Department, served as the event moderator.
Gary Sato attended Santa Monica College after high school before attending UC Santa Barbara, and then again to pick up credits before going to Pepperdine. Liane Sato taught at Santa Monica College. All three siblings played volleyball at John Adams Middle School across the street from the college.
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Liane Sato, who was on the 1988 and 1992 Olympic women's volleyball teams, and won a bronze medal in '92, is a coach and physical education teacher at Santa Monica High School.
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Katy1977 wrote:If you don't mind my asking, how do you know what temperature the water is exactly?
debunix wrote:Katy1977 wrote:If you don't mind my asking, how do you know what temperature the water is exactly?
There are a lot of thermometers like these on the market; or you can get a kettle that will tell you how hot the water is.
legend wrote:...In addition to the ditinct taste of true white tea, you should also have a head feeling only associated with whites. Its had to describe the feeling- almost like you ARE a bit "high" (no pun intended) because you are drinking the remnents of the fresh chlorophyll which isnt present in this way in any other tea except whites. This is why the traditional Chinese tea culture especially values white tea for its nutritional properties.
churng wrote:I find whites taste very good brewed with lid off a porcelain teapot
This gradual cooling gives me a nice full rich flavour, with no astringency, so you can brew 3 or so mins and by the time you drink its just warm. I usually brew in a room with the temp set at 66-68 so it cools rather quick.
It seems like brewing a longer time ,with initial water at about 180 first but cooled fast over 3 mins (no preheat), really produces a flavour explosion with good mouth feel/body (good juiciness to it) and it's very smooth , not recommended though if you like your tea hot
I don't have to use much leaf at all to get good results with silver needles and white peony. This morning I got 3 good infusions from 2grams in 140 ml pot.
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Wow! Your comments sound like a wine gourmet describing a special vintage! I've been enjoying tea for more than forty years, but don't think I've ever had what you folks are calling a TEA HIGH. What exactly IS a tea high? I've discovered many excellent teas and blends over the years. In fact, some have been so good that I've drunk 2 or 3 potsful at a single sitting! By potsful, I mean, a porceline pot with a lid, into which I've added a tea ball, or other infuser filled with fresh leaves, and allowed to steep 3 to 5 minutes or longer. My favorite of all teas is a good, fresh black tea. I also love Roobios, and Oolong. This is just me, of course, but I prefer a flavored tea like Peach, or Blueberry, but the flavoring must be NATURAL, derived from fresh fruit or spices. None of that artificial stuff for me! Now, I feel that I'm missing something... How do I achieve that special mouth/body feel that you describe? ALL teas tend to make me feel relaxed and mellow, some relax me so much that I feel a little drowsy, especially in the evening or at night. Is that the tea high you were discussing?
BrandonTeaClub wrote:I brew Silver Needle very hot and very long, boiling water into an gaiwan, lid on, for five minutes. You might think I'm crazy, but it results in a very punchy, spicy tea, and it's never bitter.


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When I got the call that I had been hired by Comair (actually, I had to call them, but that's a different story), I was originally asked if I could be in class in less than a week. "Sure," I said, "I'll be there tomorrow if I have to be." Then about an hour later, I got a call from the same gal to tell me that my class date had been moved back. Over the next several days, more calls, and more changes, to the point where I was finally being placed in class about a month later than planned. I just shrugged my shoulders and figured that the extra time at home would be nice, not to mention the ability to help all of my students either finish up or transition seamlessly to a new instructor.
But one of my students, who was a flight attendant for USAir (as the company was still then known), told me I had really screwed up–that I was an idiot. This young lady, normally as sweet as her southern accent indicated, glared at me in a way that was decidedly uncomfortable. "Seniority," she informed me, "is everything." Little did I know.
My first lesson in just what that meant came during the first week of class, when pilots were jockeying for position in the airplane (the Brasilia [more senior] versus the Saab) or domicile of their choice (Cincinnati versus Orlando [more senior]). Most airlines, mine included, assign seniority within a class based on age, though some get creative and use the last two digits of your social security number or some other less obvious methodology. I was right in the middle, and I was initially assigned the Brasilia in Cincinnati. I was able to trade that slot for one in Orlando with another pilot who was from Cincinnati and wanted to stay near home. When I got hired, I was number 856, and for two weeks, I was the most junior pilot on the list (our hire dates were not assigned until we finished training, and the Saab drivers were two weeks behind us because of to a lack of simulator time).
As time went by, I began to realize that seniority really and truly "is everything." I got hired on the front end of a huge wave of pilots in the regional ranks as the majors were experiencing a lot of attrition and growth. For the first time in history, the majority of major airline pilot hires were civilians, and they came from regional carriers; Comair lost a huge percentage of its pilots because we had the largest fleet of RJs, which made our pilots a hot commodity.
My seniority began to improve. I started on reserve, and worked Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Super Bowl Sunday my first year. Soon, though, I got off reserve, got better trips, held the days off I wanted, and was able to get whatever week of vacation I wanted. I was able to hold the holidays off.
My next exposure to the importance of seniority came two years after I was hired. The company was phasing out the Brasilia, but still needed captains. It was forced to "junior man," which means that the company had to force pilots—starting with the junior-most eligible and qualified first officer—to be captains. I missed getting the JM–by…one…number.
Two and a half short years after getting hired, I bid over to the left seat of the jet as captain. As a junior captain, I was back on reserve, and back to having my schedule and my life determined by the whims and fancies of those senior to me. I worked holidays again while my wife visited family. The phone rang at all hours of the night. I did maintenance and ferry flights. But within a year, I was line-holder again, off reserve…until we went on strike. When we came back, I was back on reserve for several more months as the airline restored service not just once, but twice, as we were shut down again by 9/11.
By mid-2002, I was truly living the dream. I worked Tuesday through Thursday, with the occasional Monday or Friday thrown in for good measure. I have not worked a major holiday in more than 10 years. I got paid well, and thoroughly enjoyed my job. Several times I was able to fly into a new city the first week we served it. Life was grand.
The last five years, though, have been a challenge. At first, growth stagnated. Then, because of bankruptcy at our corporate parent, rising fuel prices, and old airplanes (see my earlier posts "The Challenge of a Profit" and "50 Seat Economics") the airline began to get smaller, and we have had to furlough pilots. Orlando closed—and re-opened and closed again—and JFK opened. It too has since closed, and Detroit is now open. By the end of 2012, we will be down to 44 planes, having shrunk by 75 percent from our peak. I currently hold seniority number 322. By the end of 2012, my number will be in the 270-280 range, maybe 300, and our Cincinnati hub is in jeopardy of closing.
"Seniority is everything."
Those words have a whole new meaning for me. Had I put up a fight in 1996 and pushed to get into that initial class to which I was assigned, I would have moved up roughly 100 numbers (20 pilots in class a week over five weeks). Why is that so important? Because when the shuffling is done, after 15 years of service, I will be demoted to first officer. Being an FO again is something I can handle. What won't be so easy is this: I will lose sixty-plus percent of my pay, and there will be no raises, as the FO pay scale tops out after eight years of service. In order for me to hold on to my current position, even on reserve, at least 20 captains senior to me will have to quit. I'm not sure it will happen. If the company shrinks even more—if it gets rid of the balance of the 50-seat RJs that are currently scheduled to stay—I will be furloughed.
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Thanks to the recovery of the global economy, shortage of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) has accelerated since August and reached its peak in October this year. While the demand towards personal computers will be traditionally weak in Q1 2010, with the continuing recovery it is highly likely that DRAM shortages will return in the second half of the year, claims DRAMeXchange research company.
According to the provider of DRAM market intelligence, some PC manufacturers had to spent $55, 1Gb for $3.25 equivalent, for DDR2/2GB module from module houses at spot market. Despite with the shortage ease in November and December, most PC OEMs and PC ODMs still indicate the strong shipment momentum while this situation resulted in the flat DRAM contract price during the periods.
According to DRAMeXchange, DRAM aggregate demand will be slightly below aggregate supply in Q1 2010, which will cause memory price to drop to 10% – 20%. It is interesting to note that the market research firm expects DDR3 memory price to drop less than the cost of DDR2, which seems to be logical considering roll-outs of new DDR3 platforms in January by Intel Corp.
"We expect that in Q1 2010 DDR3 price will show the less price decline than DDR2 given the strong platform migration momentum. Meanwhile, we also see the DDR3 will turn to the mainstream memory spectrum in Q1 2010 while market share will account 60% and will likely reach 80% of commodity DRAM in the second half of 2010," said Patricia Chien, a spokeswoman for DRAMeXchange, in a statement.
According to DRAMeXchange, 2010 PC shipments year-on-year growth will be up to 13%. Desktop PCs will merely grow 0.6% annually to 120 million, notebook market is projected to grow 22.5% year-over-year to 160 million units, whereas shipments of netbooks will grow 22% to 35 million units as well. The increase of demand towards personal computers will result in the raise of demand towards memory, which, according to DRAMeXchange, will cause shortages in supply, increasing prices and profitability for DRAM manufacturers.
"We think DRAM will likely face serious shortage in the second half of 2010 triggered by the hot PC sales. [As a result] PC OEMs may pull up the inventory level in Q2 2010 to handle the shortage for the second half of the year. This situation will result in the warming up effect for slow season in Q2 2010 and DRAM price decline will likely slowdown. Therefore, DRAM vendors will have great opportunity to remain profitable for whole year," said Ms. Chien.
The research company believes that an average system in 2010 will have 2.92GB of memory, up 16% from 2.52GB in 2009. It is expected that 4GB of DRAM will become standard for consumer machines, while 6GB will be typical in high-end systems as well as corporate replacement PCs in the second half of 2010. It remains to be seen whether 6GB of memory will actually become popular option since the vast majority of high-end systems next-year will still feature dual-channel memory sub-systems that are supposed to handle a couple of memory modules, which results in 4GB, 8GB or 16GB total system, memory.


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Notes From All Over Part IVJanuary 27
The 2004 SXSW awards finalists were announced this morning. The Zen Garden is up for 'Developer's Resource', with stiff competition from D. Keith Robinson's Asterisk, James Craig's Accessibility Internet Rally, Ian Lloyd et. al's Tools and Wizards at Accessify, and a new one to me, Jim Armstrong's 3D News and Tips.
Good luck to everyone nominated, and a huge, giant thanks to all who have participated in the Zen Garden. Be it with a design, translation, or even just good old link lovin', the Zen Garden wouldn't be what it is without everyone else's participation. This nomination is for all of us. §Matt Mullenweg writes with word of a WordPress CSS competition . Like a Zen Garden for WordPress templates, submit your CSS-based design for a shot at three growing cash prizes. Better get a move on it, the competition closes February 6th. § I've posted this twice elsewhere , so I may as well get it on here too: I used to think [that you should develop first in IE, then test in Mozilla and the rest], but there's a good reason why my mindset shifted. If you develop in IE, what happens is that you create dependencies on its buggy rendering. Since the other browsers don't use the same flawed rendering, you'll have to bend over backward to hack your layout into working properly with most of them. In fact, when I was developing in IE, I used to curse Mozilla quite frequently for rendering my code 'wrong'. My experience has been that if you start out by developing in Mozilla or Safari, and then test in everything else afterward, you have to do much less hacking to make it work. The fringe browsers benefit; IE5/Mac gets a surprising number of my layouts right without any extra effort. Opera generally cooperates, although it can be a crapshoot at times. IE (per the general tone of this thread) is the big problem. Can you get away with developing in IE? Of course. Is it easier? Generally not. If you don't care about the fringe browsers, then you'll get away with it. If you do care, then you'll have a far nicer time developing in Mozilla. § Between the plethora of spam, Nigerian scams, and new virii going around these days, whitelists are starting to look mighty attractive. Ten times the regular volume of email came in overnight, thanks to the newest plague, MyDoom . In a timely manner, Gates is calling for the end of spam by 2006 . Unrelated, this is the same Gates whose company spent a full month cleaning house two years back, to squash security flaws in their products. But are they really unrelated? Spam is a social problem, which somehow seems resistant to technological fixes. Email-based virii are a technical problem, which spread across social networks. If you manage to surpress one, have you surpressed the other? The postage stamp idea sounds promising when applied to spam. When your email address is spoofed by the latest virus on thousands of messages beyond your control when you haven't done anything to initiate it , who's going to pay the bill? § After being stung by theft recently, Josh Williams shares his thoughts on protecting your interests while working in a creative field. A logical extension of Jeffrey Zeldman's recent advice about designing on spec , Josh's tips are worth their weight in gold (you know, metaphorically speaking). § ]]>
Friday ChallengeJanuary 23
Whether it's a deceptively simple problem or a case of being too close to the code to see the easy answer, I've been struggling with this one problem on and off for months now:
Is it possible to use floats to position a fixed-width sidebar on the right of a page, with a liquid content area, if the content comes before the sidebar in the markup?
Floating, and not absolute positioning is necessary for the sake of a clearing footer. It's easier to see what I'm after by looking at the code:

Corresponding CSS:
#content {
float: left;
margin-right: 210px;
#sidebar {
width: 200px;
float: right;
#footer {
clear: both;
Simple, right? Should work? Well, check the test page. If the order of the content and sidebar
divs is reversed (and the float is switched accordingly), then it works like a charm.
But why should the sidebar need to go before the content in the code order? "Skip nav" links can route around this if absolutely necessary, but CSS is about freeing presentation from content after all.
Note that floats are reliant on code order, and do work best with defined widths, but with the proper CSS you should be able to get a simple two-column layout working. Shouldn't you?
I can't. And I'm hoping there's a ridiculously simple solution to this, and I'll look silly for even posting it. But since I keep running into the wall, here's what I'm going to do.
First person to reply with a solution that gets it using just floats, without changing the order in the test markup (that is, content first, sidebar second, footer last) gets a copy of the upcoming second edition of CSS: Separating Content from Presentation which I contributed to, whenever it's published.
Again—1) no changing the order of the code (although adding new
divs would be fine), and 2) no using absolute positioning unless you can somehow make it work with the footer. Other than that, the sky's the limit.
Update: Well that was quick. Ryan Brill takes the prize, with his creative negative margin solution. It tests fine in Safari, Firebird, Konqueror, all versions of IE 5+ (Win & Mac), Opera 6+, and even kinda-sorta works in NN4. Great job Ryan!
Digital Web InterviewJanuary 22
A new Digital Web Interview with yours truly is now live, conducted by Craig Saila. Plenty of thoughts await on time management, design influences, WaSP efforts, and more on that Garden thing. And so as not to leave anyone hanging, I briefly tell the story I've always wanted to.
Comments open. Feel free to continue the interview here, if you've got any further questions.
Business LossJanuary 21
Call me cruel (just call me!), but if the dotcom bust and the general recession mean that a 22-year-old can no longer collect eighty large for Instant Messaging his drinking buddies all day long, I don't consider that a profound national tragedy. — Jeffrey Zeldman for ALA, Jan. 2002
The dot-com boom, and bust, in a nutshell. Today we're back to the dollars and the cents, the business goals weighed against financial decisions, and the cold reality of making money.
In my neighbourhood, as in most, a selection of offices/stores/restaurants just can't seem to retain a clientelle. Dubbed 'black hole businesses' by some pundit along the way, these buildings cycle through business after business quicker than a snake sheds its skin. What was once an upscale tapas bar became an upscale seafood restaurant became an Indian grill is now a hair salon.
More profoundly sad, and perhaps a shifting indicator of the priorities of our times, are the two neighbourhood shops which closed up recently. One, a flower shop, the other a butcher's. Both established 1903. Both closed 2003. Exactly one hundred years in business, only to vanish in the night and greet the morning rush with newspaper-lined windows.
Much can be made of business strategy, economy, and marketability. But in the end you either win or lose. And while loss in this case may be quantifiably trivial, it certainly speaks volumes for quality.
Notes From All Over Part IIIJanuary 19
Fresh Monday links to enjoy while sipping your morning java. On CSS Hacks, XHTML Validation errors, Haughey and Zeldman under the iron, logo trends, security holes, anything-but-IE, video ads, ad agencies vs. the web, 404's, the Bloggies, and HTML rendering.
- CSS Hacks—Chris Nott of dithered semi-returns with what I'd call the ultimate list of CSS filters. Check this chart. Unreal.
- Common XHTML validation errors—Incomprehensible validation errors? Check this first.
- Matt Haughey Under the Iron—On Metafilter, taking on projects, and making money.
- Zeldman Under the Iron—Was paid content. Is now free. Go read. Insightful and interesting as always.
- Logo Trends 2003—a little old now, but still fascinating.
- Firebird's not home free, you know—Security problems increase proportionately with popularity.
- Developers Against Standards Deficient User Agents—not much content up yet. Looks to be an 'anything but IE' campaign. Echos of the ill-fated DASIE and Luxury Web concepts.
- Video ads with a twist—Fun. Annoying. Destined to make someone big money.
- Never let an ad agency design your web site.—Fair enough, but do you realize how much they get paid to not understand? If this is a problem, it isn't going away. Perhaps it's time to explore ways to help them get it, instead of decrying their misunderstanding. "The web is not about X": if someone is making money off of X, then you'd better make a good fiscal case for Y. Looking forward to next week's follow-up.
- The Perfect 404—Ian Lloyd tells us what to do with the pages we want no one to see.
- Absolutely incredible chalk art—Now there is someone who paid attention during perspective drawing.
- 2004 Bloggie nominations.—Vote early, vote oft... oh, hey, wait. I'm in there? I demand a recount!
- The #1 reason that HTML pages render incorrectly in alternate browsers is because of differences in error handling and recovery.
Type: the Extra MileJanuary 18
A few typographic terms before we get started. Kerning is the process of optically adjusting the spacing between letters, by hand in most cases, to produce a more even end result. Hinting is the adjustment of type outlines, a willful distortion of the letterforms to help them fit the pixel grid. The difference is that you will most likely never need to hint (it's done by the designer/foundry before font distribution) but kerning is an essential monkeywrench for your toolbox. And finally, anti-aliasing is the softening of jagged pixellated curves through interpolation.
The two lines of text pictured above show the difference between type set simply by entering and forgetting about it (top), and type that has been manually kerned (bottom). As digital type has matured, the defaults are getting rather good. Hinting of the more common professional typefaces is generally done well, but manual work by the designer is often still needed to take it the extra mile.
However, when you hit a certain size with your type, it becomes hard to apply traditional kerning reliably. 12 pixel high type rarely benefits, unless the gaps are too obvious to ignore.
This is because when working with small enough sizes, a whole new set of problems is introduced. The algorithms used to generate type hit the pixel barrier: no stroke or curve can be reduced smaller than a single pixel in width. Anti-aliasing offers a method around this, by half-toning two or three pixels instead of setting one to full intensity. The optical effect is a smoother curve, which will often appear thinner.
But anti-aliasing is problematic, as the extra pixels add blur. And since it's an all-or-nothing proposition, you will find them blurring in spots that you really would rather they didn't.
In the above image, you'll notice the stems (vertical strokes on either side) of the U are two grey pixels thick, instead of a single black pixel. The type display algorithm has essentially decided the center line for each stroke falls between the two pixels, so each is shaded. It's hard for the software, but easy for us to see that this results in a blurry U. Fortunately the tools exist that allow us to fix it.
The Photoshop dialogue at right highlights the adjustment tool you'll be looking for. By specifying a positive or negative integer, you control how much space displays between each letter. This is the same spot you'd go to kern. Note that your cursor has to be placed between two letters in order to work, without either highlighted.
For the purposes of our aliasing however, we're not so much concerned about the letter spacing as we are of where the type falls on the pixel grid. By playing with the values, it's possible to bump each letter off whatever axis is causing it to render sloppy, and tighten up the letters.
The dropdown shown above has some default values you can choose from, but often times you'll want to add a number in between those, which you have to type. That gets tedious. I just discovered this week that by hitting Option + (left or right arrow) [Mac] or ALT + (left or right arrow) [Win], you can adjust the spacing in increments of 20, which in most cases is good enough.
Compare and contrast the above images. Subtle changes can make a world of difference to final legibility.
Press PhotosJanuary 17
Because it's getting to the point where I'm beginning to need these, April and I took a walk today armed with my Canon and grabbed a bunch of vanity shots for miscellaneous press purposes. A big nod to Anil Dash for inspiring me to get outside for this.
A bit squinty since I was looking into the sun, but it'll do. Thanks to Vancouver's return to normal temperatures, we caught a bit of snow on the hills without having to wade through it on the ground. We took this on the Granville Street Bridge, if you're curious. There's a much higher-resolution version kicking around elsewhere on the site if you know where to look, but I'd rather not link a 600k download off this page. Use your head, you'll find it if you're really interested.
The rules of press photos, according to someone who knows nothing about them:
- Be creative. A headshot against a wall is as vanilla as they get.
- Be spontaneous. Take a bunch of shots in various locations. Get any pose/location you think might work. Try a few variations.
- Keep shooting. We spent ten minutes on the bridge and have about 30 shots to choose from, which was narrowed down to four, which finally settled onto one. Even this ain't perfect, but 30 is enough.
- Plan ahead. If you think you might need a press photo in the future, chances are you'll need it sooner than you expect. I wish I had this one a few months ago.
- Keep it fresh. You're a person, you change over time. A new shot every six months or year is an easy way to stay interesting.
- Pre-process it yourself. Don't rely on the publisher/designer to crop, adjust, or apply any form of fixing. Send a photo you're happy with, and you won't have reason to complain when they publish it as-is.
- Don't go overboard. Stay well short of this, and you're probably doing alright.
Mac GammaJanuary 14
One thing I'm noticing is that colour profiles are crucial when working in Mac Photoshop, even if the final product is meant for on-screen display.
A long-time trick/crutch of mine on Windows was the screen capture. Alt + PrntScrn grabs a shot of the active window to the clipboard, which is easily pastable to a Photoshop canvas. I never even thought about it, I just did, and I did a lot.
Because the Mac handles screenshots a little bit differently (Cmd + Shift + 4 dumps a user-defined area to a PDF file, instead of the clipboard) I've had to start importing the screenshot instead of pasting it. This involves a dialogue asking if I want to save or discard the colour profile attached to the document.
I'm getting hung up on this is when I can't remember which instances require using the embedded profile, and which involve converting to the working space. I've configured my default working space in Photoshop to 'Color LCD' which seems to keep input and output consistent relatively, but OS X saves each screen shot to 'Generic RGB Profile' which produces a mismatch warning. By discarding the profile attached to the file and just using my default colour space, I'm theoretically working with the raw pixels, non-corrected.
I'm still not confident I've got it though. Above is a shot taken as I was struggling to figure out which settings keep the colour consistent. The blues on the top are warmer, almost purple compared to the blues on the bottom. The top shot half is the screen shot, the bottom is the actual dock. Subtle difference, but this can be a big deal when you're dithering for transparency and colour-matching. Consistency is really important.
It strikes me as rather odd, though, that working solely with on-screen imagery requires such juggling of colour modes. Especially when I never had to think about it on Windows.
update: Brian Warren points out that Cmd + Ctrl + Shift + 4 copies the screen shot to the clipboard instead of dumping it to a file. Pasting that into an open document seems to alleviate any profile matching problems with screen shots. Excellent!
MT Comment SpamJanuary 12
So let's say you run a reasonably popular weblog that's open to comments from anyone and everyone. Let's also say in the same breath that you don't necessarily believe that turning off comments on older entries is a good way of squashing the comment spam problem, though it is terribly effective. For the sake of completeness, let's also say that you've bought into the idea that blacklists are inherently flawed, a losing proposition, and so you haven't bothered using them.
But let's also say that you have received a proportionately infinitesimal volume of spam despite it all, given how attractive a target your weblog must be.
What gives?
Well, I was going to tell you about the two days of battling spam I had this weekend. I was going to tell you how, by keeping on top of it, you could have eliminated the need for things like Blacklists and such. I was going to cover how spammers use Google to find open targets, and by reducing your spam profile you could have used other people's lack of security as a buffer to protect yourself.
But then I saw this (thanks Mark) and I realized that all bets are off. This is the same thing that happened to me this weekend. The free ride is over. Comments on older posts are getting turned off today, and comments on future posts will be scattered and available only for a short time. It was fun while it lasted.
I don't like it, but that's the sound of inevitability.
update: Six Apart released MT 2.66 on 01/14/04, which introduces new measures to combat comment spam.
Wanted: CMSJanuary 9
Wanted: recommendations for a proven, but simple open source CMS that's web-standards friendly.
The ideal candidate will work with LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL [or PostgreSQL in this case] /PHP). Function-wise, it should just be bare-bones, and usable through a browser. It will allow editing of multiple chunks of content that can be chained into a single page, although the chunks themselves will probably be pretty simple (a few headers and paragraphs, the odd list, nothing much more). At the same time, I'd like it to auto-generate things like site-wide nav and breadcrumbs and the like. No problem scripting those, as long as they're in some way possible. Free as in beer is a luxury, but not necessary.
Yeah, this is sounding like Movable Type. And in a way, that's more or less what I'm looking for. I'd like something that's page-oriented instead of post-oriented however, and although Matt's how-to would get me what I need, MT just feels like the wrong tool for the job. Zope is total overkill. I'm sure there are a plethora of others out there, but I'm interested in hearing about actual experience working with one.
And of course if it generates  tags out of the box, don't even bother mentioning it...
whoisJanuary 8
Well call me just plain out of it. Or blame it on my complete lack of Unix chops. Either may be accurate.
Until now I've been bouncing off of NetSol and putting up with the ridiculous (and highly inaccessible) image-based security widget every time I've run a whois search on an existing domain.
Google just launched a whois search, which is cool in and of itself (although the prospect of more spam doesn't thrill me). What caught my attention though, was an off-the-cuff remark by Joi Ito:
I guess this is useful for people who won't touch a command line, but I don't think I'd ever use it. I will continue to open a terminal window and type "whois google.com".
Well now, OS X's terminal does whois. Nice!
Abstracting CSSJanuary 7
The further you abstract the structure of your markup, the weightier your CSS file becomes. It's inevitable, and by all indications, the way things are meant to go for two important reasons: it fulfills the complete separation of structure and presentation, and CSS is cachable—each new page load pulls new content alone, without pulling new presentation.
Structural purists would like you to write markup that looks like so:
Markup Listing 1
Of course, we all know that's simply an ideal. The reality these days is still something more along the lines of this:
Markup Listing 2

Why the disconnect? With gratuitous use of CSS2 and CSS3 selectors, we could very well achieve for Listing 1 the amount of control we'd expect to apply to the Listing 2 and its extra

s and
classes. Except that, thanks to a few stagnant and under-powered browsers, we can't today.
It's easy to just say that things will be perfect when the proper selectors are supported across the board, but those who dismiss the issue that easily haven't looked hard enough at the implications of the incredible CSS-fu necessary to make the first example work. How do we hook into the second

 of the

, for example, if more than one

 exists on the page? The corresponding CSS for Listing 2 is easy:
#nav .about {}
Or simply, if there prove to be no conflicts with other elements on the page,
.about {}
What about the code in Listing 1? Consider the following snippit:
h3 + ul > li + li {}
Technically this selects all instances where a second
li is immediately adjacent to the first, so it works for selecting the second one, but we'd have to go further and override the rest of the
li elements in that particular list. Of course if we were trying to target the 8th element in any given list, that trailing group of
li + li + li + ... selectors gets awful long. CSS3 minimizes this by introducing the
:nth-child pseudo-element:
h3 + ul li:nth-child(8) {}
Neither of the previous two work in all of today's browsers. But we're exploring the future here, so stay with me.
Let's say we've written our selector to target the above-mentioned second

 in the list in Listing 1,
.about. Now we want to add modest formatting to the link within, say a style each for the
:hover, and
:visited states. We'll forget
:active for now, but assign the same style to
:focus that
:hover will get:
h3 + ul > li + li a:link {}
h3 + ul > li + li a:hover,
h3 + ul > li + li a:focus {}
h3 + ul > li + li a:visited {}
For comparison, the equivalent code for Listing 2:
.about a:link {}
.about a:hover, .about a:focus {}
.about a:visited {}
Now, so far we've assumed that there will only be one instance of the mentioned
h3 + ul adjacency. What happens if our document is littered with this particular one-after-the-other combination? How would we target a single item and style the links we mentioned above? What if we're relying on a parent element (perhaps an
id assigned to the
 element) to specifically style the link on a per-page basis? Let's extend the above example to address these what-ifs:
#homePage h3:nth-child(3) + ul > li + li a:link {}
#homePage h3:nth-child(3) + ul > li + li a:hover,
#homePage h3:nth-child(3) + ul > li + li a:focus {}
#homePage h3:nth-child(3) + ul > li + li a:visited {}
Clearly there's a problem here. As the markup simplifies, the necessary selectors increase dramatically. The current state of affairs says that the CSS equivalent of an old-school table-based design reduces the code's byte-size by roughly 50%. That's not a hard number, but the case is strong that file size savings are to be had. If the markup simplifies further, will the CSS complexity (and size) increase proportionately, or exponentially?
I've explored just this in the past. I'd even revise my numbers upwards—I now foresee writing CSS files of 80k to 100k and beyond. While comparing this experience to old style sites that wasted all their bandwidth in the markup is a valid point, I can't help but wonder about the future once we've stopped doing that.
There's a digression here about authoring files of that size, especially when you need to edit but one single selector. I'll save it, since I'd imagine most who work with 15k CSS files can easily see the consequences of that much more bulk.
There's another digression here about the selection methods used above, and how they're ultra-reliant on linear ordering. This again will be saved, though it bears investigation some time down the line.
Most of this isn't a problem now. Odds are it won't be for many years. But this is the ideal that we're supposedly moving toward, and I'm not quite sure how ideal it is.
StandardsJanuary 5
Support the standards and nothing but the standards, regardless of whether or not browsers get them right?
-- or --
Support what standards are available given today's browser support, and kludge together markup/script/CSS hacks to overcome deficiencies in implementations?
Oh sure, 'use the best choice for your audience'. That goes without saying. But there's an underlying philosophy that drives your decision-making process, and I know there are people who fall into each camp.
This is Progress?January 4
From an iBook on my lap, wirelessly connected to a router plugged into a cable modem connected to my service provider, wired into the internet backbone with countless hops between here and Nasa's web servers, which dish up live video feeds from inside their terminal, panning shots of live data feeds [time-shifted, of course] direct from Mars, and the only thing I could think to myself was "boy is this low quality."
One can only dream of the things we'll take for granted tomorrow.
acronym vs. abbrJanuary 3
Pedantry aside, I'm going to be kicking myself in a few years when I have to strip all the incorrect
<acronym> tags that litter my code today.
(To the curious: debates rage over the finer differences between
<acronym> and
. Technically, you should be using
 in most cases, except that MSIE doesn't support it, which means your work is going to waste. Then there's the accessibility side of things, which says that your good intentions in at least providing something to IE users is actually causing harm on the screenreader end of things. And there's the code issue which says you're using the wrong element to get the job done, which is a hack and will result in the scenario I began with. And finally there's the main accessibility bugbear which suggests the common screenreaders don't support either yet anyway. And all this over two seemingly redundant tags. Oy.)
A Third Strike for AppleJanuary 2
Let's review:
- I bought my G3 iBook in September. My first Mac purchase ever.
- One week after, Panther's release date was announced. I'm still on Jaguar.
- Two weeks after, Apple announced an upgrade to the G3 iBook line: G4s for the same price.
- Now it's coming out that the logic board on my particular model is flawed, to the point where there are rumblings about a class action lawsuit.
Apple has an upgrade program that gives users who buy before a certain date a cheap upgrade. I'd have been prefectly happy to pay for one, but I bought a week and a bit before the cutoff date. I called. It was recommended I submit a letter. I submitted. It was denied. I called again. Sorry, no chance.
Given the above list, the least I'd expect is Apple throwing me a coupon or a gift certificate or an OS upgrade or something. Apple is famous for poor customer service/appreciation, but I think this is crossing the line. I'm not a happy customer.
Listen, I know all this sounds like sour grapes. But I really want to like Apple. The operating system is excellent, the products are insanely well-designed, and the subversive anti-Microsoft sentiment is fun. They're just making it really hard for this first-time buyer to stay enthused.
I'll most likely be buying again in the near future and selling this iBook, since my needs have changed and it's not nearly powerful enough for what I need to do with it. The choices on the table are a 15" PowerBook (which, rumour has it, features an ugly spotted screen in some cases) and a cheaper Windows machine that will run circles around the PowerBook, performance-wise, and cost at least a thousand dollars less.
It's not looking good for Apple at the moment.
Happy New YearJanuary 1
There is a story I've always wanted to tell you. This is not it.
I can't say everything, in fact I shouldn't yet say anything. But I can refer you to the fact the Zen Garden's special notice has been down for some time now. I can tell you that a certain consulate in Buffalo has been moving in its mysterious ways.
I can tell you that family and friends are what's important, and if you do all you can every time to put them first, the rest is just details, and the rest doesn't matter, and the rest just works out.
2004 is already one of the best years I've ever had, and it has only just begun. Here's hoping yours is the same.
For those that are interested in such things as what other people read, my 2003 Booklist is up. It's about half of what I managed to read in 2002, but this past year was busier than most, to be fair. And there was no silly loser-makes-dinner month-long competition with my wife, also in the interest of fairness. (addendum — though she'll deny it to the bitter end, I won)


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Skip to comments.First Lady: Kagan, Sotomayor Will Protect Right to Love Whomever We Choose (barfus maximus)
Posted on 10/26/2011 7:03:35 PM PDT by Nachum
First Lady Michelle Obama told two audiences at Democratic fundraising events on Tuesday that the justices her husband appointed to the Supreme Court will protect the right to love whomever we choose. She also said these justices would protect privacypresumably a reference to the right to privacy the court invoked in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Lets not forget what it meant when my husband appointed those two brilliant Supreme Court justices,
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It's a jump to the left!
The list, ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
Does that include animals?
Even a wookie?
Kagan, Sotomayor Will Protect Right to Love Whomever We Choose
Like the First Lady's love of KFC........
New Obama campaign song...
AHA!!! So it IS a choice after all!
Heh, good one. That was fast indeed!
Fixed it.
"Kagan, Sotomayor Will Protect Right to Love Whomever We Choose"
The only thing that will ever love Kagan or Sotomayor will require it's batteries be replaced on a regular basis.
No worry. If there's a pregnancy as a result, these "ladies" on the Supreme Court will protect your right to abort the beast.
"First Lady Michelle Obama told two audiences at Democratic fundraising events on Tuesday that the justices her husband appointed to the Supreme Court will protect the right to love whomever we choose.
'Just setting the country up for muslims and their multiple wives and scads of children to go on the government dole.
I think this is because most of Obama's cabinet loves Mao, Che and Stalin.
Michelle, if you chose a guy that throws a baseball like a girl, I feel your pain.
How did this great country let these ass=holes get into the majority? Surely the masses don't agree with their twisted thoughts??????
Does that include animals?
Well, the First Lady is a Wookie, isn't she?
I was asked by a buddy if I would take one for the team to save the nation in regards to mobacaa, and said yes.
She is quite right that freedom of speech and freedom of religion are imperiled by these "justices."
You didn't think that she meant that they would protect those rigts, did you?
We're already free to love whom we choose. This is about getting a tax-break and free medical for "loving whom we choose."
why wouldn't they - they are obvious lesbians.
I think the one in gold is Hillary.
she's lucky stupidity isn't a capital offense.
This is what happens when you stay home and don't vote.
If I commit murder in the privacy of my own home, am I protected by the "right to privacy"?
What "privacy" does NOT mean in America is an X-ray without probable cause at airports, the DHS or DOJ collecting information on citizens, road blocks with searches of all vehicles, forces blood tests for suspected DUI's...
What a -perversion- of what that really means and was intended to protect one from.
The first, third, fifth and ninth Amendments play a role in the implied right to privacy, but the fourth Amendment is paramount: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Liberals have to keep the people stupid, that way they can't read and understand what the Constitution says, allowing them to reinterpret the Constitution for them in a what they feel it should be understood, the "living document."
If it vibrates, it's OK!
Well PETA's going to court to make sure animals have the same Constitutional rights as humans. My guess on your question would be Yes.
I presume Sotomayer/Kagan/Obama also will defend the rights of lovers who engage in incest, pedophilia, necrophilia and any other type of relationship including bigamy, polygamy and polyandry.
I'm guessing that this means the White House supports incest, bigamy and polygamy.
Will that buy them a vote?
I added a keyword, I added a keyword!
scuse me
gotta go hurl an obama,
my YOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Sounds like she outed these two big time...
what else could it mean?
No wonder she's practicing with a prompter.
I'd hit it. Like thick women.
When I was little I was in love w/ my gerbil.................
Love that!
I didn't know Wookie Wide Load was a Supreme Court Justice?
Kagen and Sotomayer shacked up together yet? Just a matter of time.
Which is why winning the White House AND A FILIBUSTER PROOF Senate is so damn important.
I think she could have said "whatever" instead of "whomever."
Unless you're a hetero woman in love with a hetero man and he with you. Then, SCOTUS deems that 'just plain wrong!'
These people make me physically ill. I'm so glad that I can (still) live the majority of my life either ignoring, debunking or thwarting them!
Hurry, 2013! I can't hang on much longer!
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Turkey: US Embassy bomber had terror conviction
ANKARA, Turkey – The suicide bomber who struck the U.S. Embassy in Ankara spent several years in prison on terrorism charges but was released on probation after being diagnosed with a hunger strike-related brain disorder, officials said Saturday.
The bomber, identified as 40-year-old leftist militant Ecevit Sanli, killed himself and a Turkish security guard on Friday, in what U.S. officials said was a terrorist attack. Sanli was armed with enough TNT to blow up a two-story building and also detonated a hand grenade, officials said.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that police believe the bomber was connected his nation's outlawed leftist militant group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C. And on Saturday DHKP-C claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on a website linked to the group. It said Sanli carried out the act of "self-sacrifice" on behalf of the group.
The group called itself "immortal" and said, "Down with imperialism and the collaborating oligarchy." But it gave no reason for attacking the U.S. Embassy. The authenticity of the website was confirmed by a government terrorism expert who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with rules that bar government employees from speaking to reporters without prior authorization.
Turkey's private NTV television, meanwhile, said police detained three people on Saturday who may be connected to the U.S. Embassy attack during operations in Ankara and Istanbul. Two of the suspects were being questioned by police in Ankara, while the third was taken into custody in Istanbul and was being brought to Ankara.
NTV, citing unidentified security sources, said one of the suspects is a man whose identity Sanli allegedly used to enter Turkey illegally, while the second was suspected of forging identity papers. There was no information about the third suspect.
Earlier, Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said Sanli had fled Turkey after he was released from jail in 2001, but managed to return to the country "illegally," using a fake ID. It was not clear how long before the attack he had returned to Turkey.
NTV said he is believed to have come to Turkey from Germany, crossing into Turkey from Greece. Police officials in Ankara could not immediately be reached for comment.
DHKP-C has claimed responsibility for assassinations and bombings since the 1970s, but it has been relatively quiet in recent years.
Compared to al-Qaida, it has not been seen as a strong terrorist threat.
Sanli's motives remained unclear. But some Turkish government officials have linked the attack to the arrest last month of dozens of suspected members of the DHKP-C group in a nationwide sweep.
Speculation also has abounded that the bombing was related to the perceived support of the U.S. for Turkey's harsh criticism of the regime in Syria, whose brutal civil war has forced tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to seek shelter in Turkey. But Prime Minister Erdogan has denied that.
Officials said Sanli was arrested in 1997 for alleged involvement in attacks on Istanbul's police headquarters and a military guesthouse, and jailed on charges of membership in the DHKP-C group.
While in prison awaiting trial, he took part in a major hunger strike that led to the deaths of dozens of inmates, according to a statement from the Ankara governor's office. The protesters opposed a maximum-security system in which prisoners were held in small cells instead of large wards.