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My experience crossing the border was a good example of this. I walked across the border with another canadian, david (from saskatoon) who i had met in Sam Neua at dinner. Right away we were approached by motorbikes for a ride to the next town (who knows where that is and what was there) for $10 US and told there's no bus
The next day we were waiting again (or still) at the side of the road and a canadian couple who i also met at dinner in Sam Neua caught up to us. There ended being a bus a couple hrs later that day but our experience was far but over. I'm gonna cheat here and copy what Phil wrote aboot our experience...you get a different perspective for a change that way
"The song thaew trip from Sam Neua, Laos to Na Meo was perfectly straightforward. The truck was crowded when it left Sam Neua but locals got out at various villages en route so that by the time we arrived at the border there were only 4 Westerners and half a dozen Vietnamese. The driver charged us 25,000 kip each, the same amount he charged the locals.
Laos immigration and customs was quick and courteous. No requests for extra money or anything of the sort.
Vietnamese customs is slow. They kept us for the best part of an hour as they examined our passport and searched our luggage and such. There was a quarantine fee of 2,000 dong which appeared to be legitimate (it's a tiny amount of money anyway). The man who appeared to be in charge was in plain clothes. He asked if we had any leftover kip. We had 290,000 kip with us - we had overestimated how much we would need to get to the border. He offered to change it for us at a rate of 8 dong for 5 kip. That seemed like a bad rate to me (it should be almost 2 dong to 1 kip) but he said that the US dollar had lost a lot of value against the dong and was now trading at 14,500 to the dollar
Once we cleared customs we walked a few hundred metres to the town. There we met up with a couple of travellers who we had met in Sam Neua who crossed the day before. The bus didn't or wouldn't run the day they arrived and although they had been swarmed by moto drivers offering to drive them to the next town at extortionate prices they didn't want to do that for safety reasons. There's a guest house in town but they demanded $40 for a very basic and none-too-clean room with marginally-clean shared toilets. They felt like the guest house was demanding a ridiculous price (10 times what the room should cost) because they knew they were stuck in town and had no other options. They ended up sleeping rough.
There were now 6 Westerners wanting to go to Thanh Hoa, which apparently was enough for the bus driver
The bus wasn't the greatest but it held together over the mountain roads until we got to the plains where we roared through villages at a terrifying speed, missing bikes, motos and pedestrians by millimeters. That's absolutely normal in Vietnam. Around 7:30 pm we arrived in Thanh Hoa. That's as far as we wanted to go and we were pissed that the driver lied to us. He told us we had to change buses here. We could see another bus right behind us, a much better one than the one we were on, with air-con and everything. The first driver hustled us out of the bus, opened the luggage department and literally threw our bags onto the ground, the whole time saying "no money, no money"
We weren't the faintest bit surprised that the first bus wasn't going to Hanoi but in theory we had already paid to Hanoi so the second bus should be free. We were strongly inclined to stay the night in Thanh Hoa but the other travellers wanted to go on to Hanoi because they had paid for it. It's only 130 km away and we were hopeful we could cover that distance in maybe a couple of hours.
Once we got underway we crawled slowly through town trolling for passengers. Eventually the driver rounded up a few more people and we started going faster once we cleared the outskirts of town. However, even though the traffic was relatively light at that late hour we made really poor time. It was close to 9:00 when we got to Ninh Binh which is just 40 km further north. At that point my wife and I were both tired of travelling and didn't care if we had paid for Hanoi or not - we just wanted off the bus. I went up to the driver and said we wanted off. He was very reluctant to pull over and I had to ask like 6 times before he did.
As soon as we stopped he jumped out of his seat, blocked the only exit door with his foot and placed his body firmly in the aisle blocking our way. He rubbed his thumb and forefinger together and demanded "money, money". (Do Vietnamese sleazeball bus drivers all go to the same school to learn this stuff?) He was a nasty customer and I wasn't certain what the odds would be if the confrontation turned physical. My wife was closest to the driver and he was shouting right in her face in a very intimidating manner. I had an inspiration and got out my camera and started taking flash photos of the driver. He covered his face with his arms and turned around to avoid being photographed like some dime-store thug doing a perp walk on TV. After a few minutes of this he suddenly reached over, threw open the door and told us to get out. He shouted at us as we got out, but he noticed that we wrote down the licence plate number as soon as we were off the bus.
I was worried that the other couple were going to have problems once they got to Hanoi. It would be very late, and who knows where the driver would take them. I got an email from them the next day saying that there were no problems at all when they arrived.
And in case anyone is thinking that this was all a big misunderstanding, and the first driver had scammed the second driver, I don't think so. The second driver was standing right there when the first driver was telling us "no money". (We should have been savvy enough to confirm that there would be no extra fare while the two drivers were still there, but we didn't - a month in Laos had dulled our spidy sense and although we were suspicious it didn't seem necessary to be paranoid.) If it was a misunderstanding, the driver would have innocently asked us for the fare when we went to get out. Instead, he jumped out of his seat and blocked the door - he knew a confrontation was about to start. And if he really hadn't been paid, why in the world would he let us out in Ninh Binh without paying, and why would he take the others to Hanoi without even asking them for the fare when they arrived?
Sorry for the length of this message - I kind of got carried away. I guess the short message is "be aware of potential problems if you use the Na Meo crossing".
But to be completely honest, as I sit in my hotel in Hanoi after another day of being hassled and overcharged and lied to, I'd recommend skipping Vietnam all together. It just isn't worth it. The things to see and do aren't really that great and to me it's not worth the trouble. We've had many great interactions with ordinary Vietnamese people, but I'd say the interactions we've had with Vietnamese people who deal with tourists (drivers, bus conductors, vendors, food stall owners, restauranteurs) have been overwhelming negative. These people seem to view Westerners as idiotic money bags who deserved to be cheated."
So finally made it to Hanoi, the capital... the experience continues in Vietnam as i try to survive...haha....


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Test automation is hard to implement in government departments because many of them lack official software test teams. The few departments that employ software testers tend to have business-analyst-type testers who lack technical software-testing expertise, but who possess excellent knowledge of business logic. This is a problem from the perspective of test automation. In many departments, the business team performs function testing while the IT team performs system and load testing. The tool needs of the former are different from those of the latter, and this distinction is often not understood. This article discusses this and other lessons learned from a recent test automation tool evaluation performed for a Canadian federal government client.
After being involved in limited, informal evaluations of test automation tools for various companies, I recently had an opportunity to do the same more formally for a Canadian government client, which I refer to here as "the Agency." This article will share that experience.
One of the Agency's business departments wanted to augment its manual testing with automated testing. Since they did not have anyone in-house with the expertise to do that, they brought in an outside consultant to evaluate the situation and make a recommendation.
The evaluation was performed in the following sequence of steps, which turned out to be very useful:
- requirements development for test automation
- criteria development based on these requirements
- preliminary evaluation with three major vendors
- analysis of the results of the preliminary evaluation
- detailed evaluation with two vendors
- analysis of the results of the detailed evaluation
- prototype development using tools that won the evaluation
- analysis of the results of the prototype
- possible deployment of the tools
During the course of the evaluation, certain realizations stood out as key considerations in any tool evaluation in a government setting. They are discussed below.
Categories of Test Automation Tools
After interviewing some of the key players, the first thing that became apparent was that test automation was a nebulous concept in the organization. People were confused between automated function testing and load testing. People in the business department currently performing manual testing wanted the automation of function testing. The people in the IT group, on the other hand, who had a system-level perspective, wanted load testing. They all wanted one tool to do both. One of the first challenges I faced was convincing them that no one tool could do both.
Cost Differences between Function and Load Test Tools
There is a huge disparity in cost between function testing and load testing tools. While typical function testing tools range between $5,000 and $9,000 (Canadian dollars), load-testing tools typically start at $25,000 and can easily cost $60,000 or more.
Current Canadian federal government purchasing rules mandate that the purchase of any tool that costs over $25,000 must be through competitive bidding. The departments balked at this because of the sheer amount of work involved in bidding, and the consequent delays. Competitive bidding typically adds at least six months to the whole process. In addition, nontechnical criteria that have no bearing on the effectiveness of the tools will get introduced into the process.
Fundamental Difference between Function and Load Test Tools
There is a fundamental difference between function test tools and load test tools. Function test tools work at the GUI level while load test tools work at the protocol level. So, for a function test tool, the big question is: "Does it recognize all of the objects in the various application windows properly?" Object recognition for function test tools is never 100 percent. If object recognition is less than 50 percent, your test automation people will be forced to perform so many workarounds that it will defeat the objective of test automation.
For load testing tools, this question is irrelevant. The big question here is: "Does it recognize the client-server communication protocols properly?" For example, if your multitier client/server application uses IIOP (a CORBA protocol called Internet Inter-ORB Protocol), you'd better ask whether the load test tool can handle this protocol. Even if this protocol is listed as supported in the tool specifications, verify it in your environment.
There Is a Business/IT Divide
Evaluations tend to be skewed in favor of macro-level criteria if the consultant has an IT background. Those with actual automated test script development backgrounds tend

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Global History: A Short Overview
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August 2001
BeschreibungThis short book offers a clear and engaging introduction to the history of humankind, from the earliest movements of people to the contemporary epoch of globalization.Cowen traces this complex history in a manner which offers both a compelling narrative and an analytical and comparative treatment. Drawing on a new perspective on global history, he traces the intersection of change in economics, politics and human beliefs, examining the formation, enlargement and limits of human societies. Global History shows how much of human history encompasses three intersecting forces - trading networks, expanding political empires and crusading creeds.Abandoning the limits of a Eurocentric view of the world, the book offers a number of fresh insights. Its periodization embraces movement across continents and across the millennia. The indigenous American civilizations are included, for instance. The book also ranges over the early civilizations of China and Europe as well as the Russian and Islamic worlds. Modern American and Japanese civilizations are, in addition, a focus for attention. The author examines national and regional histories in relation to wider themes, sequences and global tendencies. In conclusion, he seeks to address the question of the extent to which a global society is beginning to crystallize.
InhaltsverzeichnisAcknowledgements. Introduction. The Classical Era. Part I: The Primary Concern. 1. Global Odyssey: Searching for Subsistence. 2. Civilized Centres: Settlements Become Permanent. 3. Rulers and Myths; Preconditions of Stability. Part II: The Political Prospect. 4. Hostile Encounters: The Threat from Outside:. 5. Communication Network: Paths to Co--existence. 6. Global Response: The Spreading of the Empires. Part III: The Religious Factor. 7. Creeds of Empire: Conformity and Allegiance. 8. Crossing Frontiers: Faiths and Universalism. 9. Division and Decline: Propaganda for Salvation. From Classical to Modern. The Modern Era. Part IV: New Beginnings. 10. Movements of Peoples: Nomads and New Settlers. 11. Economic Breakthrough: New Bases of Subsistence. 12. Church and State: Twin Pillars of Stability. Part V: Wider Identities. 13. Centuries of Empire: Global Impulse Renewed. 14. Tools of Empire: Technology of Expansion. 15. Creeds of Empire: Ideologies on the Move. Part VI: Global Tendencies. 16. The World Economy: From Crisis to Growth. 17. Hostile Encounters: Civilizations at War. 18. Communication Network: Search for Co--existence. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
PortraitNoel Cowen writes from long experience and observation, early on as a newspaper reporter, later as a civil servant in the Treasury working on problems of postwar reconstruction in a global context, and at the Ministry of Education seeking to develop the teaching of world history, and finally as an independent researcher, writer and speaker.
Pressestimmen"This great little book is well--written, erudite and provides a sweeping historical survey which anyone with an interest in world history will find a very valuable introduction." ----Professor Anthony McGrew, Politics Department, Southampton University "This is a good contribution to theories of globalization, bringing an important historical dimension to approaches that are often ahistorical. The additional focus of civilizations rather than nation--states is particularly interesting." ----Gerard Delanty, University of Liverpool, Network "Noel Cowena s brave and brief text consciously imitates and combines the broadest patterns suggested by McNeill, Wallerstein and Braudel. His subject is not humanity but a civilizationsa that developed significant surpluses beyond subsistence...Cowen predicts an impending victory for financial imperialism, which has already converted most of the worlda s elites into its gospel of economic growth and higher living standards. If the human community can be provided with a unifying history, it will not likely be built over the sad skeleton of the history of tyrannies that Cowena s conscientious account so clearly exposes." (Canadian Journal of History, December 2004)
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: BLACKWELL PUBL
Erscheinungsdatum: August 2001
Seitenanzahl: 224 Seiten
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Why that John Lewis ad was genius
The John Lewis Christmas TV ad came in for some stick as well as praise. I loved it so much I was tempted to rush to the keyboard the hour it was first aired. Today's announcement of JL's record-breaking Christmas sales (they got it right, then), gives me the excuse to write a quick note now.
This was an advert hoping to make us spend money at someone's shop. Any criticism that forgot that entirely missed the point. You might as well complain that a polar bear kills seals or a traffic warden gives out parking tickets: that's what they're designed to do, and the way to judge them is to ask how well they do those tasks.
So we had a clever story told well, filmed beautifully and set to almost Schubertian piano playing with Amelia Warner/Slow Moving Millie's version of a Smiths' song. What was there not to like? If you were a Smiths' fan, you should have been celebrating. I was introduced to Bach – entertainingly mangled by Jacques Loussier – by Collett Dickenson Pearce's Hamlet cigar adverts when I was 12 (if you don't know them, watch the lot here). Bach has been with me ever since, almost every day.
To pick out just one thing I haven't seen commented on, I liked the cut from the clock pendulum to the swing, reminiscent of the flying bone cut in 2001, one of my favourite films. But what I most liked about the ad was simply that it understood its customers – you only get ads this good when client and creatives work together well. So let's celebrate the people who made it, among them Craig Inglis (marketing director, John Lewis), Lloyd Page (head of marketing/brand) and creative agency Adam and Eve.
It didn't hit you over the head with its products or prices, but soothed you into a world that was made entirely of John Lewis, artefacts barely on screen whose presence really came to life only when you visited a store. It was an ad that could have been designed by Danny Miller, an embodiment of his thesis in The Comfort of Things: we are shaped by the stuff around us, and we use artefacts to create who we are.
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I Wonder what future Archeologists make of all the roundabouts they keep digging up in the far future? Ritual sites [artefacts would include rusty hubcaps with arcane symbols]
or parts of a vast pilgramige network?
January 5, 2012 at 9:47 pm
If you like Bach, as well as standing stones Mike, you might also like this – http://theheritagetrust.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/the-cove-avebury-from-the-beginning/
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NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
The NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms features 8,107 terms related to cancer and medicine.
- blood clot
- listen (blud klot)
- A mass of blood that forms when blood platelets, proteins, and cells stick together. When a blood clot is attached to the wall of a blood vessel, it is called a thrombus. When it moves through the bloodstream and blocks the flow of blood in another part of the body, it is called an embolus.


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As Australians' love of Bali defies the doomsayers who thought it couldn't last, the number heading for Indonesia's holiday island will pass one million annually for the first time in the next three years.
The demand for Bali holidays was merely set back, but not destroyed by the terrorism threat early last decade. The market is now maturing as more and more Australians consider buying property in Bali, in spite of daunting hurdles that restrict foreign ownership of land in Indonesia.
Apart from the record 790,000 Australians who holidayed there in 2012, the number of Australians permanently in Bali is also now heading for 10,000.
And property prices are said to have increased by around 20 per cent in 2012, fuelled by an increase in demand from foreigners.
In fact, according to the local tourism newsletter, Bali Update, the local real estate market is so overheated, the country's biggest financial institution, Bank Indonesia, fears it is heading for a bust.
Nevertheless, the bank's Bali regional manager, Dwi Pranoto, admits: "In fact, the price of land in Bali, in real terms, is not so high."
So in spite of the complicated system where foreign buyers must designate local nominee to buy or lease Bali property, there remains no shortage of demand.
Some of the expat brokers who now specialise in guiding Australian buyers through the bureaucratic maze reckon there's the full range on sale, from million-dollar beachfront villas in fashionable areas like Seminyak north of Kuta, to homes with a pool for $250,000-$300,000 provided you're prepared to settle for less than prime beachfront and look inland.
This is in spite of Bali's well-known problems: a Third-World water supply that infects Westerners with "Bali Belly", beaches that are strewn with rubbish because they are not systematically cleaned and increased traffic congestion as a teeming mass of trucks, cars and motorbikes are imposed on the island's cobbled streets.
A consultant at the Hospitality Institute of Asia, said, Fabrice de Barsy, told London's Telegraph in April: "Bali didn't take care of its infrastructure and environment. Bali has now become dirty, the traffic terrible and the landscape is getting spoiled by ugly construction."
Bali isn't protected from the chaotic boom conditions in the rest of Indonesia. "The luxury market is not doing that well as hundreds of cheaper hotels and condo-hotels are being built," de Barsy says of Bali. "However, the country is doing well and a growing middle class can now afford Bali. Prices will keep going up, but on the very high end, a lot is for sale with nobody to buy."
Would you ever consider buying property in Bali? Would you want to live there? Post your comments below.


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Reviews of Cedar Lodge
Reviews of Cedar Lodge are gathered and edited from various sources around the Internet and include comments from recent visitors to Cedar Lodge (previously known as Cedar Street Inn and Heritage House Inn). This "Essence of Idyllwild" award winning lodge is unique in all of Idyllwild. This and many other rustic lodges are available through Cedar Lodge at Quiet Creek Vacation Rentals (click here for more information).
- Decided to take a weekend trip to do some hiking in Idyllwild. We stayed in the Cedar Lodge. The location is ideal as it's central to the town and everything is walking distance, yet it's not on the main highway. We will definitely be back. (Yelp.com)
- We stayed in the Cedar Lodge for a quick weekend getaway. The Inn was relatively centrally located and didn't need to drive except to the ranger station to get our hiking permit and then up to the trail head. Aside from that we were able to easily walk throughout most of Idyllwild. The bed was extremely comfortable. There was even a small patio in front of the room where we had a quick breakfast. I would happily stay in this room again. (Yelp.com)
- My friend and I went to Idyllwild (mid-week to avoid crowds) to hike the high country. It was winter but we still hiked and the trails are fantastic! Great medium to difficult level, depending on which trail you choose. We picked Cedar Lodge because it was so close to town. It's so cool not to have to get in your car to go check everything out. We picked up sandwiches after a great morning hike up Devil's Slide trail, brought them back to the inn, and sat on the sunny back deck watching the birds. The managers were great about advise on the local trails since they have explored the area extensively. Great resource for local information. We were comfortable at the inn. Can't wait to go back! (TripAdvisor.com)


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What can cause several thousand Washington area residents to spend the better part of a sunny Saturday afternoon indoors for an event that often brings them to their feet cheering and stomping and having a rip-roaring good time? No, it doesn't involve the Redskins, the Terps, the Hoyas or anything remotely related to NASCAR.
Answer: Girl Scout Step Show! At the Trinity Center!
For several years, Trinity has hosted this annual event that fills the Trinity Center with nearly 2,000 girls and their parents, siblings and friends as troops line-up their step teams to show their struts and compete for valuable prizes (T-shirts and glory).
The show last Saturday started with a marvelous reprise performance by Femi, an African Dance performer and teacher who introduced the day's theme with drums and the story of the origination of step dance in Africa. A Step Afrika troupe got the audience on their feet pounding the bleachers to the rhythm.
But the real show-stealers were the girls, the brownies and teen scouts who brought their own unique styles and rhythms and costumes to the serious business of putting on a step show for several thousand guests.
In a city where children and young people suffer so much pain every day, where the headlines at night too often bring news of yet one more tragedy involving our youth, the sight of so many girls and their families enjoying this amazing afternoon of fun, talent and Girl Scout good health was a delight.
"Where Girls Grow Strong" is a slogan of the Girl Scouts, and I've been involved in enough activities with the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital to know the proof of that statement. Girls who are involved with the scouts grow more self-confident and courageous with each passing year; they become eager to share their talents and brilliance, and unafraid of being different in a peer-obsessed culture that too-often diminishes the achievements and potential of girls. The step show was just one more example of the ways in which Girl Scouts teach girls how to do their best while working on teams, cooperating with each other, and performing in front of large audiences of caring adults.
Trinity is proud of our partnership with the Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital. Through our Girl Scout Scholarship Program we have enrolled some of the most talented women here at Trinity. Our partnership is a natural alignment of the mission of both organizations devoted to ensuring the lifelong health and success of girls, women and their families.
Congratulations to all of the Step Show Scouts! And, many thanks to Becky Vuksta and our own talented troupe at the Trinity Center for coordinating all of the work behind the great success of the show!


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Bottle blondes get by with a little help from purple shampoo and heat protectors.
From an amazing DIY hair mask to how to master winged liner, we were blown away by the Birchbox community's beauty tips.
Here's how you can adopt the technique that made Clinique a household name.
Treat dry ends and frizz to some end-of-summer R&R with the help of these hair-nourishing products.
Whether you're a ship captain or a salesman, knowing how to tie these fundamental knots can get you out of a bind.
At MTV's rebellious Video Music Awards show, anything goes fashion-wise.
Hit up any one of these on your next vacation up to earn "king of the swingers" status.
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Trophies? There are trophies? And here I was trying to kill my opponents and get the win. How stupid I was. I could have "grinded" for a year+ smh
Haha, funny how both situations can be considered no-life, as in, just as bad as each other...
Some people grind a year for trophies (they are not doing it right), and other people play Uncharted 3 for a year increasing stats etc..
I choose not to choose and wait for Uncharted 4 to be here whatever trophies it will have.. I know they can't sink any lower than Uncharted 3, and that it is so easy to design best multiplayer possible with the knowledge they have gathered over passed two games.
And hey, maybe the singleplayer will be on par with Uncharted 2 again too, The Hobbit movies are done with filming, so our beloved villain Lazarevic, and Cutter won't be taking off anymore to work on those movies...
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A few days ago we saw cute photos of Britney Spears, her fiancée Jason Trawick and her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James making their arrival in Maui, HI ahead of the 4th of July holiday and today we get to see a couple of new cute photos from the trip. Our dear Britney shared a couple of adorable personal photos with her fans on Twitter (by way of Instagram) that you simply MUST check out. The first photo is a family portrait. The second is a photo of just Brit and her boys. Check 'em out below.
Happy 4th of July from the Aloha State!
Getting ready for some pool time! Having a blast xxoo
I love the family photo. They all look so happy, especially Britney. It's so cool to see her looking so happy and content. The second photo, if I must be honest, is cute but … her weave looks a bit of a mess. Even still, messy wig or not, she looks HAPPY! I'm not sure how long Britney and the boys will be vacationing in Maui but I hope they can stay there for a few more days … at least. Maui is absolute paradise. Britney and her boys deffo deserve a nice long holiday together.0


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Discussion in 'Texans Talk' started by gary, Dec 23, 2007.
The Texans tried but IND just ran all over us.
Indy is a great team. It's them and the Pats and then the rest of the league.
Whoa - we tried?
That we did.
I really wasn't expecting a win, but I was hoping they would make it close. Instead they "laid an egg." Other than the 1st drive, I don't think they could've played any worse. Very disappointing. Was it just me or did Sage look like he was off today? I guess we still have a long way to go before we can compete with the Colts. Even their 2nd and 3rd stringers. JMHO!
But aren't we an NFL team? I'm embarrassed.
At points it seemed like we did not try.
Sage was off but where was the D?
Why cant we win against the AFC South!? Also why are we soo bad on the road? Yes, it was the Colts but still...
Team played with no Pride, all the momentum and respect they have gained over the past 3 weeks just vanished thanks to that game.
When did Mario get his sack..I missed it. What happend?
Got PM near their own Goal line, called back by TJ roughness.
IMO not even on this earth more like Mars.
I've always wondered this. How exactly do you know they played with no pride?
By the look on their face's
Couldn't agree more.
Maybe we can petition a move to the NFC...
This is the worst I have seen this team look in a long time. Yeah, it was the Colts, but still, there is no excuse for the way they played today. This was a total team defeat...the offense couldn't execute when it needed to and the defense couldn't stop the other team. This loss wasn't because of one player or one unit...it was a total team loss, no one played like they wanted to win today.
As far as not winning games in our division, face it folks, the Texans are in the toughest division in the NFL; the only one that is probably going to send three teams to the playoffs this year. You play the cards we are dealt and if the team is going to do better in the division, they are going to have to step it up a couple of notches and come to play every week, especially on the road.
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'The World's End' – What Did You Think?
Posted on Friday, August 23rd, 2013 by Russ Fischer
Edgar Wright's new film, the final chapter in the loose trilogy of films that also includes Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, is The World's End. The movie opened outside the US earlier this summer, but this weekend it hits the States. The story of five friends (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Paddy Considine) who are roped into taking on a pub crawl they failed twenty years prior, the film is a sci-fi comedy that explores the effect of nostalgia and the ways that life goes on (or sometimes doesn't) as we grow older.
This is a slightly different sort of comedy from the prior two films in the "trilogy," but one that is still very definitely related to those individual chapters. In the comments below, tell us what you thought of The World's End; keep in mind that spoilers are encouraged here. Read More »


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Gameclub Philippine Servers are Under Cyber Attack?!
With PSN being attacked one can wonder when such attackers will be coming here in the Philippines. It turns out that it isn't far off as Gameclub Philippines, publisher of games like Special Force and Cross Fire, has been under attack since last week. However, no hacker groups has claimed on the attack yet and most probably not the ones that attacked the Playstation Network months ago. Is this the first blow of attackers on Philippine servers? Gee, I hope not.
Website Notice posted below:
Good day players,
We have recently been targeted by cyber-criminals and have routinely been launching cyber-attacks at our game servers at night. We are using every resource possible in order to prevent these unscrupulous people from disrupting our services and your playing time.Please do not worry.
*Our game databases are secure and all your character and ecoin data are safe. These cyber-criminals only seek to disrupt our service by denying you, our important player base from playing the games you all enjoy. Our IT experts are already hard at work to prevent these cyber-attacks from disrupting your game-time. We apologize for the inconvenience this has cost all of you.
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We had a couple repeat winners and several new successes at our second annual Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. It was a great night at One Longfellow Square, a really good spot for showing movies (including a curved wall onto which the films were projected!). All the winners were there, except one, who had to work. Silly him — his future is in movies. And we were able to showcase the best Maine filmmakers, whether they are still in high school or long retired.
We really have some stars here, so check them out when you see Maine films in the theaters or at the video store. Watch the winning videos and get scheming for next year's festival!
Film of the yearThe Art of Walking
By Kevin Henthorn
It's hard not to giggle at The Art of Walking, which celebrates the quotidian challenge of getting from here to there. Seventeen-year-old Freeport High School senior Kevin Henthorn, who filmed his movie during the hectic two weeks before his junior-year final exams, says the idea for the movie evolved from looking at — and jumping around on — the diagonally patterned tiles in his school hallway. He cast his friends as exaggerated versions of themselves — a biker, a skater, an agitated driver, and a superstitious walker — and, despite a few "dirty looks from teachers," made a film that's charming in its simplicity. If you've ever avoided cracks to save your own, or your mother's, back, this one's for you.
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Best music videoStreet Musicians
By Charles Rotmil
Charles Rotmil calls the street his studio. The dignified Frenchman, who is in his 70s and lived in New York for years before moving to Portland in the 1980s, was trained as a street photographer; that background is evident in his Street Musicians. The film shows us four busking acts, three in New York City and one in Maine, and each is distinctive. Within the New York subway underground, Rotmil finds a xylophonist whose dreamlike music seems fit for a po-mo movie score, and a six-piece mariachi band that elicits both energy and money from the crowd. In Maine, he captures an accordionist who flirts with the camera like a natural. And in a park back in New York, he films an African musician whose unique harp-like instrument and clear voice are mesmerizing. Rotmil may be getting on in years, but he's still going strong — he's putting together a longer documentary about World War II, and collaborating with a friend on a music video they plan to post on YouTube.
Best comedyDeadphone
By Andrew Batson
Andrew Batson portrays one hot zombie, and his friend and co-writer/director Jarrod Anderson is equally attractive as a member of the still-living in their film Deadphone, which shows how annoying it can be when your friends won't leave you alone — even after they die. Twenty-five-year-old Batson, who hopes the film will serve as his introduction to the film world, says that the pair "didn't expect it to come out as well as we'd hoped." The undead never give themselves enough credit, do they?
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Scope and Contents: This letter, written on Sept. 20 and Oct. 10, 1847, mentions the dissolution of Philadelphia Industrial Association, a Fouriertist community near South Bend, Indiana, which had been incorporated in 1845. The letter was written in different hands, mostly by A. E. Winter, to his sister, Sarah Winter, of Belchertown, Mass. Winter also reports the debilitating sicknesses of himself and others in the family. The letter was given to the Illinois Historical Survey by Arthur E. Bestor, Jr., who had it transcribed.


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We sell nutritional supplements. We are creating a new Vitabolife Insiders Club where they get our supplements at discounted prices as well as training and coaching through monthly live teleseminars or webinars.
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The printing related challenges facing modern packaging are interwoven with innovation and synchronization of the individual suppliers in the supply chain. Therefore grounded know-how in the pre-press and printing area becomes ever more important as the market trends of ever-shrinking print runs, shorter delivery and manufacturing times, low cost production and greater efficiency requirements increase.
The initial "Image-to-Print" idea focusing on rotogravure was born on Drupa 2008 when Sun Chemical, Windmöller&Hölscher, Nordmeccanica and Janoschka have joined forces for local brand owners, retailers and business partners to catch up on facts and figures of latest technical developments and innovations.
Today the "Printing Technology & Innovation Days for Flexible Packaging" give a deep insight into best practices of packaging printing and its dominant technologies rotogravure and flexographic.
The workshops present market trends, strategies and latest technical developments in inks, printing formes and rotogravure and flexographic printing presses as well
as laminating equipment, and offer a great stage for expert discussions. The local market needs and its support are of course one major issue of the conference.
Image-to-Print roadshow had eleven stop-overs since its start in 2009 around the globe: Russia, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, Dubai, Mexico, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Italy.
Roadshow and Events
Besides presentations and think tank discussions, the agenda of the conference included a visit to Asia Pacific Engravers, one of the leading manufacturer of rotogravure printing tools and prepress partner for the FMCG and Tobacco market. The newly built production site, operative since late 2016, offers state-of-the-art rotogravure cylinder production in different technologies.
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Besides presentations and think tank discussions, the agenda of the two day conference will also include a visit to the leading flexible packaging producer Hebei Qite Packing Co. Ltd. who will grant insight into its running production on a Windmöller & Hölscher HELIOSTAR S rotogravure press and VAREX multilayer extrusion line as well as Nordmeccanica Simplex SL 1300 laminating machine.
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The programme was specifically focusing on market developments, strategies and technical innovations in printing inks and printing tools as well as printing and laminating machines for gravure and flexographic applications. In addition to presentations and discussions, the program provides dedicated think-tank working groups for an individual exchange.
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In addition to presentations, workshops and discussions, the Programme included a visit to Plasztik-Tranzit, one of the leading flexographic printers in South-Eastern Europe, giving participants an insight into the current print production on WINDMÖLLER & HÖLSCHER MIRAFLEX machines and an OPTIMEX Extrusion Line.
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Part of the agenda on 27/28 November in Poland besides presentations and exchange was the visit of the Polish packaging printer Drukpol who granted the 100 participants insight into its running print production on WINDMÖLLER & HÖLSCHER MIRAFLEX AM and laminating on NORDMECCANICA DUPLEX COMBI LINEAR.
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75 guests joined the recent stop-over in Italy. A highlight in Italy was the visit of the Nordmeccania headquarters and its shop floors. Nordmeccanica is among the leading manufacturer of packaging and laminating machines in the packaging industry, and the company visit and the life machine demonstration showed quite plainly Nordmeccanica's outstanding competence and know-how.
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250 guests attended the event beginning of April. A highlight in Ho Chi Minh City was the visit of the Janoschka branch Asia Pacific Engravers Vietnam, one of the leading providers of prepress products and services in Vietnam, where the roadshow guests enjoyed a deep insight into modern rotogravure tool production.
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Nearly 250 guests attended the event in October 2012. A highlight in Shanghai was the Grand Opening of the Image-to-Print partner Nordmeccanica who was celebrating the inauguration of its new premises Nordmeccanica Machinery Shanghai. Image-to-Print and its guests were honored to be part of the ceremony and ribbon cutting.
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Close to 200 guests from all over South East Asia attended the event in November in the Indonesian capital. Market trends, strategies and latest technical developments in printing inks, forms and machines for rotogravure printing and laminating were presented and discussed with the experts. The visit of the local printer PT. Indokonverta Indah with a life demonstration of the HELIOSTAR® SH press of Windmöller & Hölscher was visualizing modern rotogravure printing.
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Nearly 100 guests joined the event in Mexico City. The inauguration of Janoschka México, the first American Janoschka operation, was scheduled to be combined with the seventh Image-to-Print event.
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After successful "Image-to-Print" events in Russia, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil and Argentina, focusing on gravure technology for packaging printing, the Arabic market place was focussed. Although some guests were not able to join due to the influence of the political situation, there was a tremendous interest in the conference.
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About 100 guests from all over the South American continent participated in the event in Buenos Aires. The efficiency and performance of rotogravure printing form production were proven to be in step with actual practice by the newly installed Direct Laser System on site at Bosisio, part of Janoschka and one of the leading prepress suppliers for the rotogravure printing market in South America.
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More than 100 guests followed the invitation to Sao Paulo. The visit of the local printer Finepack with life demonstration of the Heliostar® SL press visualized modern rotogravure printing.
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With close to 100 participants the Thai event was a real success. The visit of the local printer TPN Food Pak with life demonstration of the Heliostar® GS press was the highlight visualizing modern rotogravure printing.
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The first Image-to-Print stop-over in Asia hosted close to 150 guests interested in professional speeches and the company tours at the printer Great Wall Plastic Industries on one side, and at the Janoschka subsidiary Asia Pacific Engravers Malaysia on the other side. The insights into the printing and prepress business were highly appreciated.
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The first Image-to-Print conference, followed by a company tour at Janoschka Pavlovsk (Janoschka's Russian production site for rotogravure cylinders and graphical services), hosted over 70 guests from different market players mainly from Russia and the Urkaine.
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Janoschka, headquartered in Kippenheim, Germany, has significant expertise in the prepress area and, with more than 1,400 employees plus an annual turnover of 119 million euros, is among the global market leaders in its sector.
Specializing in the packaging, tobacco, security and decor market Janoschka is offering its clients a comprehensive product range including printing tools for gravure and flexo printing, embossing rollers, artwork & reproduction, colour management, cylinder bases and much more besides. The company is represented globally through 26 subsidiaries in 14 countries across Europe, Asia and South and Central America.
The history of Nordmeccanica in the past 30 years is the history of coating and lamination itself.
Starting with the first machines built in the 70's all the way through to the most recent and highly innovative Triplex SL One Shot, the growth in Nordmeccanica has been equally harmonized between production capability and expansion of export: starting at 3000m2 (33,000sqf) of production facilities in the early days, up to today's 23.500m2 (250,000sqf), with 65% global market share and with over 1850 machines installed.
Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets.
With annual sales $4 billion, Sun Chemical has over 11,000 employees supporting customers around the world. The Sun Chemical Group of companies includes such established names as Coates, Hartmann, Kohl & Madden, and US Ink. Sun Chemical is dedicated to providing value to its customers through by offering the broadest product line, brand and share leadership, unparalleled new product development and unsurpassed technical expertise.
For 140 years, Windmöller & Hölscher has been constantly demonstrating its innovative power and is today one of the leading companies in the area of flexible packaging.
W&H offers its customers a broad range of machinery and equipment ranking among the best in the field of extrusion, printing and conversion. As a company with global activities, W&H sees itself as a partner and system provider offering its customers everything from the single source: from expert advice and engineering to the delivery of high quality machines and complete packaging production facilities. Special areas such as the complete reconditioning of used equipment are taken care of by our affiliate Garant.


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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 470867, 12 pages
Research Article
Microbial Adhesion and Biofilm Formation on Microfiltration Membranes: A Detailed Characterization Using Model Organisms with Increasing Complexity
1Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, P.O. Box 2461, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
2Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU Leuven, Charles Deberiotstraat 32, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Received 2 April 2013; Accepted 24 June 2013
Academic Editor: Dimitrios Karpouzas
Copyright © 2013 L. Vanysacker et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Locating Dancers
Choosing dancers to work with, either in the company setting or on special larger projects has always been a complicated venture. I am envious of the choreographers and directors that can choose artists to work with quickly. It seems more humane than the longer, extended periods that I need to make informed decisions. The work that I create and the method of discovery needed to reveal each dance is complex. So for me, the process of locating collaborators/interpreters/dancers of this world needs to take time and tremendous consideration. I am always asked how I choose dancers. Most particularly, what distinguishes one dancer from another in my mind? I am not sure that there is clear answer beyond instinct.
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There are 6 ways to get on base can you name them all. No cheating. And yes a intentionally walk and a walk are count as the same.
There are 6 ways to get on base can you name them all. No cheating. And yes a intentionally walk and a walk are count as the same.
There's actually seven.
1. Dropped third strike.
2. Walk.
4. Error.
5. Fielder's choice.
6. Catcher's interference.
7. Inserted as a pinch runner.
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You only named four, technically speaking.Originally Posted by ElHalo
5..You're just replacing another runner.
7..Catcher's interference is an error.
1..The proper term is "Third strike not caught".
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Not arguing, just confused . . . I realize that after interfering with a batter's swing a catcher is charged with an error, but isn't that play still ruled (and marked into the scorebook) as "Catcher's Interference"? If true, then an error and CI would be two distinct and independent ways for a batter to reach base.Originally Posted by bluezebra
"I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it." - Sandy Koufax.
"My name is Yasiel Puig. I am from Cuba. I am 21 years old. Thank you."
no, it doesn'tOriginally Posted by Outta Here
A hitting streak ends when a player does not get a hit in a game he makes a plate appearance. But if he walks or sacrifice bunts or HBP, the streak will continue. A Sacrifice fly would end the streak because he was trying to get a hit. Same with a fielder's choice.Originally Posted by Outta Here
As for Cabrera's streak, I do not know why it would not count. He did reach base. Maybe someone could expound on why it would not count on a fielder's choice.
Welcome back ARod. Hope you are a Yankee forever.
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Is it July already? Seems like only a month or so since we've seen this question. Or has it been two?
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Does a hitting streak end if you draw walks on 3 plate appearances and a catcher's interference on the 4th? (I'd assume not if it wasn't a plate appearance).Originally Posted by Outta Here
Here's one. First, if a player is at bat when the winning run scores from 3rd, does the batter get an RBI?Originally Posted by soberdennis
If so, there is one way to earn an RBI without a plate appearance.
Second, if a batter is replaced in the middle of an at-bat, and has walks in all of his other at bats, would that end a hitting streak?
You don't necessarily have to replace a runner on a fielder's choice. Say there's a runner on second and the batter hits it back to the pitcher. The pitcher tries to get the runner going to third but is too late. The batter gets to first on a fielder's choice but is not replacing a runner because the runner is safe at third.Originally Posted by bluezebra
The proper term for Cabrera's streak is "reached base safely by a hit, walk, or hit by pitch". This, by explicit definition, excludes Fielder's Choice.Originally Posted by Outta Here
From Angels website News:
SEATTLE -- Orlando Cabrera entered Tuesday with a streak on the line.
In the last 60 games, the Angels shortstop had reached base safely by a hit, walk or hit by pitch. Cabrera carried the suspense into the sixth inning when he hit a clean RBI single past Adrian Beltre to extend the streak to 61 games.
While there is some uncertainty about where it ranks exactly in streaks of that nature, the Angels believe it has had a positive impact on the club.
"On-base percentage is huge for our club and his ability to get on base during this streak has been remarkable," manager Mike Scioscia said. "It is one thing that is mostly a team-oriented goal. I know that if Orlando had a guy on base and he had a chance to move him over to sacrifice the streak, he would."
The streak is somewhat murky. Elias Sports Bureau has Ted Williams with the Major League record of 84 straight games set in 1949. They also know that Cabrera's streak is the longest since 1960, having passed Barry Bonds' mark of 58 straight games set in 2003. But precisely where Cabrera falls behind Williams is still being researched.
However, back to the original question, "get on base" includes fielder's choice. And Bob, if you're going to be so proper about the term for dropped third strike, you can also be more proper with reading the question. Fielder's Choice is a way of reaching base. Period. There's nothing in the question that excludes replacing another runner. It may not help your team in any way and it may even produce an out, but the question was "ways to get on base without a hit"; it doesn't matter....
Last edited by Ribeye; 07-14-2006 at 10:25 AM.
The batter is not charged an at bat on catcher's interference.
AB - At Bats
A batter is charged with an at-bat when he makes an out (unless credited with a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly), or reaches base on a base hit, on a fielding error or on a fielder's choice. A batter is not charged with an at-bat if he is credited with a walk or hit by pitch, or reaches base on catcher's interference..
Thank you. For some reason I didn't think of that scenario. I will lash myself with a copy of Rule 10.Originally Posted by Utter Chaos
The ways a batter can reach base without a hit depends on if you're talking about offensive scoring or defensive scoring.
OFFENSIVE (these are all scored differently for the batter by the official scorer)
1. Strikeout - third strike not caught
2. Walk (including intentional)
4. Error (with a charged at bat)
5. Catcher Interference (error with no charged at bat)
6. Fielder's choice
7. Sac Fly dropped by a fielder
8. Sac Bunt with an error
DEFENSIVE (these are all scored differently for the defense)
1. Strikeout with a passed ball
2. Strikeout with a wild pitch
3. Walk (including intentional)
5. Error (includes catcher's interference, sac flies, and sac bunts)
6. Fielders Choice
1. Strikeout
2. Walk
4. Error
5. Fielders Choice
I did not inlcude pinch runner because it's ways a BATTER can reach base
So I guess Herb Washington holds the record for most consecutive games on base?Originally Posted by ElHalo
The ball once struck off,
Away flies the boy
To the next destin'd post,
And then home with joy.
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If you reach on a sac fly when the fielder drops the ball wound that just be a err. and the same thing with the sac bunt with a err. So if that is the case there would be only 6 not 8.Originally Posted by Utter Chaos
Assume a catcher boots a ball trying to pick up a bunt. If he boots the ball and is late getting to 1B, he's charged with an error. If he boots the ball but still gets the ball to 1B in time for the out, he's granted an assist. On catcher's interferance, the batter automatically gets first base. Completely different scenario.
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Here you go, as explained to me several years ago: 1) Hit, 2) Walk, 3) Hit by Pitch, 4)dropped third strike, 5) error, 6)Fielder's choice, 7) catcher's interferance, 8) Fielder's interference, 9)Manager substitution.Originally Posted by bigdaddyvladdy
I have heard some say there are more, but I haven't seen them. Cheers, ADZ51
Failure to deliever the pitch in 20 seconds?
"Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."-Ernest Hemingway
I think that's just called a "ball" by the umpire, if and when its enforced.Originally Posted by jgangstahippie
If the batter had a 3-ball count, it would amount to a walk, already covered.
A walk is a walk, intentional or OTHERWISE, right?


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The City of Houston issued building permits valued at close to $280 million in June, down 14% from June 2011. But building permits for the first six months of 2012 reached $2.2 billion, up 37% from the first half of last year.
Patrick Jankowski is vice president of research for the Greater Houston Partnership.
"Home sales are on the pace to sell 70,000 homes this year. Office rents are going up and the vacancy is going down. So, there's a demand for more housing, there's demand for more office space, demand for more industrial space. When the demand's there, it's a sign that business confidence is up and consumer confidence is up."
Jankowski says the twelve-month total for construction is the strongest it's been since August 2009, when Houston was just coming off a year of rebuilding from Hurricane Ike.
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you'll wake up a little crampy i think it's more getting over the mental part. i'm sorry you're going through that just pray on it
Why? Why not adoption?
What kind are you having?
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Global capitalism is the real enemy
Stephanie McMillan
30th December 2013
Environmentalists should support working class struggles, argues Stephanie McMillan. Ecocide is the inevitable outcome of capitalism - and only the working class has the power to bring the system down.
Historically only one class has been able to challenge capital and offer an alternative to it: the working class.
We must recognize the fact that global capitalism is driving ecocide.
The problem reaches much farther back than capitalism itself. The combination of an early gendered division of labor with the adoption of agriculture and corresponding formation of permanent settlements set the stage for class divisions and the private accumulation of surplus wealth.
Maintaining this arrangement required the development of states with armies, social oppression and repression to weaken internal opposition, and ideologies to make it all seem normal and pre-ordained.
And as land was degraded and resources used up faster than they naturally replenished themselves, expansion became imperative, leading to conquest and forced unequal trade.
These intertwined and matured over time into an ever-more complex tangle, culminating in late-stage capitalism: the all-encompassing, all-devouring, spectacular horror that is our current global social living arrangement.
The most urgent problem we face - environmental collapse
The environmental crisis, specifically climate change, is the most urgent problem we collectively face. It is a simple fact that if our planet no longer supports life, then all human pursuits, including social justice, will also come to a screaming halt.
But attempts to solve the environmental crisis head-on, without addressing the underlying structural causes, will ultimately fail. Approaching it directly (for example by blocking a pipeline to prevent tar sands oil from reaching a refinery) cannot overturn the socio-economic system that makes resource extraction a non-negotiable necessity.
Capital is relentless, and will flow around any obstacle - or smash through it. Throughout history, it has demonstrated the willingness and capacity to wipe out anyone - including entire populations - who attempt to resist.
Historically only one class has been able to challenge capital and offer an alternative to it: the working class. This is not because of any sort of moral superiority, nor is it a matter of suffering the most. In fact, there are many others who are deprived of any means of survival altogether, which is an even worse situation than being exploited as a worker.
The working class occupies a special place
The reason that the working class has this capacity is that it is strategically placed. Workers have the most direct relationship with capital: they produce it. Even capitalists themselves merely manage and accumulate it, which they accomplish through the exploitation of workers in the production of commodities.
Commodities embody surplus value in the form of unpaid labor, combined with natural materials (which capitalists simply claim ownership of through legal or other violent means). This surplus value, when it's realized as profit and re-invested, becomes new capital.
Capitalism runs on exploitation, by paying the aggregate of workers less than the total value of their products (the rest becomes profit). So in order to sell all the surplus commodities that can't be profitably consumed within a social formation, capitalism is structurally required to 'expand or die'. The problem with this economic model on a finite planet is obvious.
The process is now at a stage where we face imminent catastrophe, unless we act decisively. Our collective strategy must be capable of smashing the entire global matrix of social relations - the economic, political, and ideological structures and practices (which all ultimately rest on the economic - the driving force is production).
The environment cannot be saved from within
Only if we free society from capitalism can there be any possible basis to re-organize human activity with different values in command, such as biocentrism and classless, mutual cooperation.
Once we understand that the environment cannot be saved within the system's framework, that reforming or restraining it are impossible, then the question becomes: how do we end capitalism?
How can we completely transform the way we live, so that the totality of human endeavor is no longer harnessed to the pursuit of private profit (through the production of surplus value)?
Capitalists will not voluntarily stop accumulating capital. They can't escape its structural imperatives any more than we can. Instead they are compelled to concentrate all their political might on crushing any and all threats to their hegemony.
If we are to become capable of driving them from power, we need to organize ourselves into a massive, global social force. Our only two choices are omnicide or world revolution.
Middle class reformism
Many classes and social groups are dominated by capital and have an interest in ending it, and often a burning desire to do so. But most of them, even if they resist capital's effects extremely valiantly, will not be able to permanently defeat it.
Historically, even after governments are overthrown, capitalism has either continued without interruption or been quickly restored. This is not a moral failing, but an inherent structural incapacity of the classes that have led these struggles - usually different fractions of the petit bourgeoisie (the 'middle' classes).
This flows from their own economic survival imperative under capitalism: the constant struggle to elevate their position in the marketplace. Thus they will insist on equality, 'horizontalism' and fairness (marketplace values), but will always stop short of destroying the market itself.
This is why the majority in the environmental movement (who are mostly from the middle classes) refuse to cross that line of advocating the destruction of capitalism through revolution, and will vehemently deny ("You're going too far!") the fact that it is the only way to save the planet.
Labour vs Capital - the fundamental conflict
The only class that is in fundamental conflict with capital is the working class. They face capital every day in an unresolvable antagonistic relationship of exploitation.
Emancipating themselves entails stopping exploitation - wage slavery, the private appropriation (theft) of surplus value generated in commodity production - which means destroying the reproduction of capital altogether. By emancipating itself, the working class can free all other classes and the entire world from the grip of capitalism.
Capitalism can only be defeated through revolution led by the working class. This is why anyone (in all the dominated classes) concerned with saving the planet - or ending oppression and other horrors perpetrated and held in place by capitalism - must, in addition to weakening capital by resisting all its manifestations and effects, also take up, amplify, and support the struggles of the working class.
Stephanie McMillan is a cartoonist and the author of seven books, most recently the "Resistance to Ecocide" (graphic novel) and "Capitalism Must Die!" (cartoons plus theoretical text). Please visit stephaniemcmillan.org.
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A Civil Aviation Authority report into a helicopter crash which killed two Far North men a year ago will be completed early next year.
Department of Conservation ranger William Macrae, of Awanui, and pilot John "Prickles" de Ridder, of Kerikeri, died when their Salt Air helicopter crashed into Karikari Bay on the night of November 30, 2011.
The men had originally been flying reconnaissance over a devastating fire on the Karikari Peninsula, but were re-tasked with a search and rescue mission for five people trapped between the sea and the advancing flames. A powerful wind was blowing thick clouds of smoke out to sea at the time.
The trapped people eventually managed to row out to sea in a dinghy and were picked up by a commercial fishing boat.
CAA spokesman Mike Richards said the safety investigators' final report would be released by the end of February, 2013.
About 70 family members, friends, colleagues and members of Karikari hapu Te Whanau Moana and Te Rorohuri gathered at the point nearest the crash site on November 30 to remember the men and celebrate their lives.
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Friends of Morgan Junction Parks take care of their neighborhood
By Simone Alicea
Despite a busy West Seattle weekend, the newly created Friends of Morgan Junction Parks went on with their weeding and mulch party Saturday morning in an effort to encourage people to stop by the pocket park on California and Bevridge.
Barry White created the organization at the beginning of the summer in conjunction with the Morgan Community Association . White, a master gardening intern with King County Master Gardeners, wanted to encourage neighbors to take care of the park where the city couldn't.
"As West Seattle becomes more urbanized, we'll need visual counterpoints to all the concrete and glass," White said. "People have a natural, sympathetic response that draws them to trees and plants.
The organization is registered with Seattle Parks, so there's no interference with city-provided maintenance.
"At the same time a lot of parks came online, a lot of budgets to maintain the parks were cut," White said. "This park was not getting the maintenance that it needed despite great efforts from the Seattle Parks Department."
Terri Griffith owns the Beveridge Place Pub next door the park. She was one of the key players who helped put the park there in the first place.
"It was just natural for us to do a project like that," Griffith said. "The whole thing was kind of amazing, how the pieces came together."
Before the pub was a pub and the park was a park, the property was taken up by a video store and an auto shop, respectively. Griffith and her husband bought the property as a whole in 2006 and later subdivided and sold half of the lot to Parks.
"In any community I think open space and gathering space is important," Griffith said. "It creates a focal point for people and maintaining it gives it a heart."
Now the neighborhood is looking to possibly expand the park into the lot just north of the current park. The city announced that it was in negotiations to purchase that land in 2012, but Lise Ward, senior property agent for Seattle Parks said that the negotiations were ongoing and that there was no word on when an expansion might happen.
"There are a lot of negotiations, which have been taking longer than usual," Ward said. "Expanding the existing park would be more advantageous than creating a second site."
Ward said that this expansion would fall under the 2008 parks levy, but because the economy took a downturn in that year, the City has had to be more economical with how it buys lands for public parks. With an expansion, Parks will be able to reassess the maintenance budget of the whole park, rather than trying to redevelop a plan for two separate parks.
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Veerle Pieters tells me that she has just launched the redesign of her blog. She's running it on Expression Engine and it looks pretty nice. Veerle will be joining me and a group of panelists at SXSW Interactive as we discuss Starting Small: Web Businesses for the Rest of Us. Be sure to get in on your chance to win free hosting for a year from Media Temple.
Nick - "pretty nice" is a little harsh. If you ask me, and a lot of other people, it looks great. Best blog redesign I've seen in a while - apart from my own, of course ;-)
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Thanks a bunch!Originally Posted by Big Sky WRX
This is a discussion on Alignment basics within the Suspension & Wheels forums, part of the Tech & Modifying & General Repairs category; Originally Posted by Big Sky WRX I'd dial out ~ .3-.5 degrees in the rear, they usually set the front ...
Thanks a bunch!Originally Posted by Big Sky WRX
this is such a helpful thread.....i am dropping my car and plan on getting an alignment the same day. I want to make sure that the alignment is done correctly, i've had problems in the past with "average" garage, would it be better to take it to a subie dealer perhaps or trust the same place that installs the springs?
I'd visit w/ the shop that is doing your springs to see if they will do a alignment to your specs. If their installing performance springs, my guess would be they won't have a problem.
I would guess most dealerships would have a problem w/ a "custom" alignment.
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using OEM bolts with no bolts or plates can we achieve -1.5 up front and -1.3 in the rear? thanks a bunch Big Sky.
Have a Greddy Evo 2 cat-back Exhaust system, willing to trade for: Greddy Ti, Apex'I N1, or Apex;I GT cat-backs. California only! PM if interested!
It will vary car to car and also what springs are used, but you should see -1.1 to -1.5 front and -1.2 to -1.5 rear. It's more important to have the cross cambers even up front vs max camber on one side- ie better w/ -1.2/-1.2 vs -1.2/-1.5. The rears are no-adj but seem to consistently fall into the -1.3 range. If you have a really(!) good alignment guy- they can make small adj in the rear (maybe a tenth or two) by pushing/pulling on the rear tires to adj camber (after the bolts are loosened) - takes two guys- one to push/pull- the other to tighten when you get where you want.Originally Posted by EtherealWRX
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Quick stupid question, I had my friend order me camber bolts and the guy he talked to said that I need 4 bolts, 2 for each side. Now I'm pretty sure I only need 2 bolts to adjust the rear camber, so tell me that I'm right about this, I only need 2 not 4.
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two is correct- they go in the upper strut holes- make sure they orientate them correctly- one way you'll get neg camber, the other positive. also insure they know that both nuts need to be loosened- not just the top
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Where can one get camber bolts and plates? And at what cost, thanks a bunch!
Have a Greddy Evo 2 cat-back Exhaust system, willing to trade for: Greddy Ti, Apex'I N1, or Apex;I GT cat-backs. California only! PM if interested!
try oakos.com- they sell both. Caster/camber plates in the $250ish range, camber bolts in the $30 range IIRC
"Simplify and add lightness." - Colin Chapman
This thread is most helpful. Got an alignment today and immediately noticed better turn-in and cornering. Factory alignment was off on the rear. Frt -3/4 camber l/r, 3/16 toe-in
Rear was left -1.7 right was -2.5 with both 3/16" toe-out. After specs are good to go! Now I feel the car is optimized!
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My car is a completely stock 2004 Subaru WRX STI and is used mainly for autocrossing. Can anybody give me alignment settings that have been proven to work? meaning minimize understeer, faster turn-in etc.
i just got an alignment today at Becker Subaru heres the specs
-0.4 ( -0.0) -0.4
3.0 ( -0.3) 3.3
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Total Toe = - 0.00
Thrust Angle = - 0.00
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I first want to say thanks to bigsky for this thread I really learned a lot. I just have one noob question. I have tein coilovers on my STi and I was wondering if I have to get an alignment everythime i adjust the height of my car?
Yes. Changing the rideheight will change toe and camber.Originally Posted by AnotherLevel
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what he saidOriginally Posted by qoncept
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Today at La Chilanguita Restaurant in Mexico City a press conference was held to present the fighters that will be in action in All Star Boxing, "Boxeo TELEMUNDO Ford" show of this Friday, November 30th, 2012 at the Foro Polanco in Mexico City. WBC North American Welterweight Champion Pablo "Sepulturero" Munguia of Mexico City, Mexico (16-3, 12 KOs) will defend his belt against hard punching veteran Antonio Pitalua (53-6-1, 47 KOs) of Monteria, Colombia in a bout scheduled for 12 rounds. Both fighters showed up fit and ready for their anticipated encounter of this Friday.
Also WBO female jr. Welterweight Champion Fernanda "La Camionera" Alegre (14-1-1, 6 KOs) of Buenos Aires, Argentina will defend her world title against Diana "La Leona" Ayala (13-8-3, 8 KOs) of San Pelayo, Colombia in a rematch schedule for 10 rounds.
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Miss Smith sat with her face buried in her hands while the tears trickled silently through
her thin fingers. Before her lay the letter, read a dozen times:
"Old Mrs. Grey has been to see me, and she has announced her intention of endowing
five colored schools, yours being one. She asked if $500,000 would do it. She has plenty
of money, so I told her $750,000 would be better—$150,000 apiece. She's arranging for a
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glowing dimly, had plodded on in a slow, dumb faithful work worth while; and yet others
had suddenly exploded, hurtling human fragments to heaven and to hell. Around this
school home, as around the centre of some little universe, had whirled the sorrowful,
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revenues; but the funds continued to dwindle until Sarah Smith asked herself: "What will
become of this school when I die?" With trembling fingers she had sat down to figure
how many teachers must be dropped next year, when her brother's letter came, and she
slipped to her knees and prayed.
Mrs. Grey's decision was due in no little way to Mary Taylor's reports. Slowly but surely
the girl had begun to think that she had found herself in this new world. She would never
be attuned to it thoroughly, for she was set for different music. The veil of color and race
still hung thickly between her and her pupils; and yet she seemed to see some points of
penetration. No one could meet daily a hundred or more of these light-hearted, good-
natured children without feeling drawn to them. No one could cross the thresholds of the
cabins and not see the old and well-known problems of life and striving. More and more,
therefore, the work met Miss Taylor's approval and she told Mrs. Grey so.
At the same time Mary Taylor had come to some other definite conclusions: she believed
it wrong to encourage the ambitions of these children to any great extent; she believed
they should be servants and farmers, content to work under present conditions until those
conditions could be changed; and she believed that the local white aristocracy, helped by
Northern philanthropy, should take charge of such gradual changes.