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One of the most enjoyable aspects of system architecture is designing new frameworks for new applications. This is the point in time of the design process where you can be the most creative and bring new design patterns and new knowledge to the table to continually build most robust, scalable and stable applications.
There are of course a few key staple infrastructures that need to be in place in nearly every application. Sometimes it's fun to change it up and design these pieces in different ways to keep things fresh. There's only so many ways you can create a login form for example.
One of the key foundation pieces to nearly any application is logging. Logging can be implemented in a myriad of different ways, depending on the scope of the application. Certain pieces are not always needed and sometimes using the built in .NET tracing is sufficient. Personally I always want full control over my logging needs so I always create my own logging framework from scratch.
The main purpose of most logging frameworks is to capture exceptions. Handling exceptions is paramount is application maintenance: If you cannot track down your bugs efficiently your application and end-user performance will suffer greatly. You therefore need a descent exception logging mechanism which will allow you to pinpoint errors in your application hastily.
Secondary logging purposes include tracing or debug statements. This can help expedite the development process by creating custom messages around complex algorithms which can help remove a lot of trial-and-error debugging and testing.
The purpose of this tutorial is to design a basic yet useful logging framework which is Object Oriented and expandable to larger scale needs should your application require it. Part 1 of this tutorial will focus on implement most of the foundation of the logging framework and the basics of how to use it. The second and final part of this tutorial will put the logging framework into a basic ASP.NET application structure and show you how to use the logging framework in a more real-world structure.
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The Geordan Harris Memorial Scholarship Fund was created to honor Geordan Glasgow Harris, who gained his "eagles wings" too early after a fatal motorcycle crash in July 2013. Geordan was a 2003 graduate of Gonzaga College High School, a brotherhood that continues to run much deeper than just a diploma.
Geordan embodied his alma mater's motto of "Men for Others" as shown through his passion for his work, his family and friends, and his philanthropy. To remember his spirit and passion, his family, friends, and colleagues established a scholarship fund that allows Geordan's legacy and connection to Gonzaga to continue through others.
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A world on the brink of collapse. An Alliance of Three Dark Empires rule much of the world. Things are dangerous with magic and the supernatural having not only been proven real, but are spreading to everyday life. Join the Dark or join the Light. Play as an Organization, play as a Wrestler in these times of Chaos, and a brave hero or villain. What will be your Chaos Destiny?
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Diary of an Anzac
Please note: Care has been taken to transcribe these entries without alteration to preserve the original language of Herbert Vincent Reynolds.
'Spent the morning on ration fatigue* and was detailed for guard at 10m.'
*Feeding and clothing everyone in the First AIF was a massive undertaking. For this reason some men carried out their service facilitating the logistical side of fighting, such as the management of supplies, equipment and mail.


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Congressman Raul Ruiz sworn in in Indio
Congressman Ruiz takes oath of office for Valley to see
INDIO, Calif. - Hundreds of neighbors and Valley leaders gathered to see their newly elected 36th District Congressional (D) Rep. Raul Ruiz be sworn in to office on Thursday night.
This time, not on Capitol Hill, but at a special and accessible swearing in ceremony at the Indio Boys and Girls Club with the familiar faces who rooted for him all along. Rep. Ruiz placed his hand on the Bible, held by his three neices, and took his oath of office.
This comes just three weeks after Congressman Ruiz was officially sworn in on Jan. 3.
"I was sworn in in Washington D.C. There were a lot of important people there with fancy titles. The people that matter most to me are the people of this district," said Rep. Ruiz.
Many of them lined up to stand side-by-side with the one they now call "Dr. Congressman."
"I have plenty of pictures of him, but not of him as a Congressman," said Maria Blue, of La Quinta, as she waited to take a photo with him.
This congressman may only be a freshman but he's already getting to work, making some tough calls on Capitol Hill. This week he voted in favor of the bipartisan "No Budget, No Pay Act" for Congress.
"It's just like everybody else. If they don't work, they don't get paid. Congress should be held accountable," he said.
Before heading back to D.C. to cast more votes, Congressman Ruiz plans to spend the next week and a half meeting and listening to the voices of the 36th District, including "Talking about the votes I'll be taking about gun violence prevention. I'm really interested to see what firefighters and police have to say," he said.
Constituents are ready to see what the homegrown leader accomplishes next.
"I think he's an up-and-coming star, and we need someone like that who really cares about the people," said Jose Gonzalez.
Sixth-grader Erika Vargas says, "He inspires me to be a someone good and a better leader."
When we asked Congressman Ruiz about Washington and whether he's settled in out there just yet, he said Washington is too cold and will never be home. The Coachella Valley is the only place he calls home.


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Can anyone explain the kind of data conditions that cause gllamm or glogit2 to spit out:
flat or discontinuous region encountered
numerical derivatives are approximate
nearby values are missing
could not calculate numerical derivatives
missing values encountered
I have a colleague with proportion data that only has about 12 discrete values between 0 and 1 with about 90% 1's. Skew -3.27, Kurtosis>15.
We want to model for 3 groups (between) and 3 occasions (within). Prior work published in 2000, had similar proportions and used HML (Gaussian) and got interpretable results. After looking at the distributions, I suggested ologit might be more appropriate than regress.
I was already concerned about these proportion DVs because my colleague has calculated proportion correct of however many scorable events there were, and the number of events differs a lot from subject to subject. Some have 2 some have 10. BUT - my question for the moment is technical difficulty with numerical derivatives.
Since there is occasion nested within person, I was interested in gllamm with the ologit link, as well as robust ologit with "cluster(subject)". I also tried glogit2 because I was unsure the parallel regression assumption was met.
I easily get ologit to run. However both gllamm and glogit2 make similar complaints about missing or discontinuous numerical derivatives and do not complete. I tried the log-log link in glogit2 since the values rise slowly from 0 and suddenly go to 1. I kept rounding to get fewer levels.
I have to collapse to only 3 levels to get glogit2 to run. gllamm keeps telling me to use trace and check initial model, but when I do I see reasonable fixed effect values.
Is ologit able to use an estimation method that avoids these integration issues?
I am trying to get the disaggregated data so multilevel logistic regressions can be done, but it is not clear disaggregated data will be available.
Any pointers, advice, suggestions, references ... all appreciated.
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Tom Degan: I've been saying for quite some time that the GOP is the party of the plutocracy, and that it has been hijacked by a cabal of white-collar criminals, half-wits and crazy people. I'm not giving away any state secrets here.
Will Obama's Job Speech End Political Gamesmanship?
Anthony Samad: I'll be curious to find out how many people were hired from the CBC job fairs around the country. Or was it another "smoke and mirrors" engagement to make politicians look good?
A President Standing In Quicksand
Joseph Palermo: Obama and the Democrats are in trouble politically not because they did too much to help hurting Americans, but because they did too little.
Perry Compares Civil Rights Movement to Tax Cuts for Billionaires
David Love: It is not surprising that Perry — whose Texas board of education erased black and Latino civil rights leaders and their accomplishments from the history books — would try to turn the narrative of the civil rights movement into a fight over tax breaks. But it is outrageous, nonetheless.
Michele Bachmann: A Serious Candidate?
Stanley Kutler: Bachmann is so obviously an off-the-wall politician, one deservedly dismissed as a fringe candidate. But ironically, the liberal media have propelled her rise from well-deserved mediocrity to suddenly a "serious" candidate
Let's Have a Tea Party
Ted Vaill: Teabaggers, look at what has happened this past week in England – get rid of entitlements and you have rioting in the streets fomented by the unemployed youths who have been pushed down through England's safety net.
Step Right Up!' Snake Oil for Sale
Walter Basch: The Tea Party, mutant spawn of the Republicans, held their spineless parents and the nation hostage during the debt ceiling crisis, and is now demanding an even greater ransom.
If the Tea Party Were Liberal
Tina Dupuy: If liberals were doing to their country what extremist tea party Republicans are doing to theirs – it would be called unpatriotic. A whole tsunami of sound bites would sweep the country calling for the sabotage to stop.
What Brings Democrats and Republicans Together: A White President?
Anthony Samad: The rise of the Tea Party wouldn't have taken place had we had a white president. Blink if you want to…but the fact this has not happened to any other President has raised my "Race-dar," beyond anything ideological battles could muster. Race(ism) has not disappeared in this country. It's just been codified.
10 Reasons for Progressives to Feel Reassured About the Debt Package
Lucia Brawley: Polls showed a majority of Americans wanted Obama to compromise more. He did. In the election, no one can say he is the unreasonable one.
Politics, Reality Show Style
Tina Dupuy: For the last two and a half years politics has been trash television. We've had right-wing stars staying relevant through mudslinging and shamelessness. The tea party wouldn't be satisfied with just one Snooki. We've had fake stings by phony pimps and ideology-driven hoaxes. Astroturf is being sold as organic outrage.
America Held Hostage
Tom Degan: In a move that is as transparent as it is outrageous, our Republicans representatives are so desperate to take back the White House and the senate in 2012, they are within twenty-six days of sending the American economy – along with the American people – into the abyss.


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I am the comptroller for the various companies owned by Kevin Byram, Inc. When people like this file something against KEVIN BYRAM it only shows their ignorance as Kevin Byram is a corporation not an individual!
This is just a report filed by another drug addict who upon the background being completed was fired. Come on down to our office and we'll be happy to show you the police reports on him or call and we will be happy to furnish his name so you can check it out with the Orange County court system at OCCourts.com.
These people are derelicts that can't afford to live, have expenses that are well over their head and then when everything comes to a head files something like this against another company. Check out a similiar business he has done this to at Golden West Law Center.
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Man, when he holds out a bunch of you guys are going to feel betrayed.
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Man, when he holds out a bunch of you guys are going to feel betrayed.
He's stated that he's OK with the tag, I mean it is a $7M raise. No I don't think he will even insinuate that he might.
Don't think he would, but wouldn't blame him if he did. Family first.
I don't think RR will hold out. After all he did just get a $7,000,000.00 a year raise.
If he holds out, it will change my view of him dramatically. Right now I think Rice is awesome.
If he holds out wanting AP money, he will be a lot less awesome in my opinion, and I would hope the Ravens immediately start planning to replace him even if the plan takes another year or so to implement.
My understanding is that the Ravens have offered him a Foster-type deal and that strikes me as fair. If Rice wants even more, then IMO he's being unrealistic and very much not team-first.
I like Rice a lot. I've been watching him since he was at Rutgers. He was a guy I really wanted to see as a Raven even way back then.
Foster's deal is 5 years, $43.5 million, $20.75 guaranteed.
Supposedly they offered him something in that ball park and Tony even alluded to them offering him the exact same deal. If I were Ozzie I'd probably go as high as 5 yrs, $45 million, $22-24 guaranteed, but probably not much more than that. Right now Foster's deal averages $8.7 million per season, which is still a lot, but much more reasonable than AP's nearly $14 million per season. At most, I'd probably do $9 mill per season...maybe $9.2, but no more than that. It's nothing against Rice, but the RB position just isn't worth that kind of loot.
He's not worth Peterson money. Peterson isn't worth Peterson money.
Besides, I think Rice has an image to uphold in the community. I don't think holding out would help that. Even if it's "just business", fans rarely take the side of the player on hold outs.
For what its worth I don't see Rice holding out this summer. However if he and the ravens still have not reached an agreement then I don't see why he wouldn't hold out next summer. I would be dissappointed if he still wants an AP type contract next summer. I'm going to give Ray the benefit of the doubt and say he and his agent's demands will come down some in the next 4 months.
Next year, rice if he plays under the tag will cost the team a fortune. He is costing a fortune this year, no RB in this day and age is worth 7.7 million. If I were the Ravens I would at the very least go to some top RB prospect pro days, that should send a message quick. I wouldn't mind drafting a RB in round 2 or even 1, thus saving you 7-10 million NEXT year and for the next 3-4 years against the cap. You can really add to your team with those savings, plus Rice in a few years will be suffering from the law of averages of diminishing returns. From Holmes, Lewis, Mcgahee, mCClain and Rice the Ravens always ran the ball pretty well. Remember, after a few good years with MCGahee, and still having him under contract for 4 years they STILL drafted a RB in the 2nd round.
It's a business and I bet he'll do what his knuckleheaded agent tell's him too. If it wasn't like that already than he would've taken the deal they offered him. The Ravens aren't going to go any higher, and nor should they. If he holds out I'm not sure what they'll do. Personally I'd let him walk pending what kind of effect on the cap it would be.
First off what is the definition of "holding out"?? To me it is being under contract, and not showing up to camp because you want more money than you agreed to on that deal. Obviously that is not the case with Rice. He won't sign that tender until he has to, and therefore is not under contract.
If Rice does not get a deal before training camp he shouldn't and won't be on the field, but I would not consider it "holding out", I would consider it a smart business decision. Ray Rice has zero to gain from training camp and everything to lose if he gets a freak injury. Only a fool would be out there in July for no reason under the tag, especially a player the caliber of Rice.
It has nothing to do with his character which we all know is second to none, it is about protecting yourself and your future when you are in his spot. His agent will tell him there is no way you are setting foot on the field and rightly so, happens all the time.
It won't come to that though, because after all this posturing by the agent and his camp trying to squeeze out a few more dollars I firmly believe a deal will be in place before camp. There isn't one now because what is the rush form their perspective? There is none. Camp is 4 months away there is no urgency to get anything done right now. They are just going to keep playing the "who is going to blink first" game for a while.


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Sew Darn Charming
Sew Darn Charming is a great beginner quilt pattern using charm packs. This pattern is written for baby through king sizes. By choosing your four favorite fabrics/colors, it has a way to simplify all the variety of the charm pack and draw your eye to what you liked best about the fabric line.
Kit information available at 3 Wishes Fabric
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- Quilting by Donna Davis
- NOQ-1104-SDC-M quilt was made from Sanae's "Chrysalis" fabric line by Moda with Sweetwater's "Pure" fabric line "Boyfriend stripe" for the narrow strips
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Dear Josh – I'm stuck on a tough decision. A major corporation wants to acquire my startup. It would mean my co-founders and I never have to worry about money again. But who knows what will happen to our company if we merge with a big entity and move out to Redmond. Should I take the offer?
Dear Meg Ryan,
The first misnomer that makes me LMAO is the "never have to worry about money again" line. Trust me, before I deployed the balance of my $40 million into the ether, I worried much more about money than now (flat broke). In fact one of the worst days of my life is when I got my first $2 million. Checked my balance at Chase before bed (-$4.25) and woke up and the Chase voice-bot exclaimed "$2, 145,000.35."
That night during my celebratory dinner at Mr. Chou's with two beautiful woman, Mike Tyson was right next to me just one mediocre floozy, I got cold sweats upon realizing that the cash was in my checking account and my checkbook was sitting loose on top of my desk.
Back to you. By definition once you sell your company to the Borg it is assimilated and resistance is futile (that's why they call them "Microsurfs"). My suggestion is to negotiate the earliest possible exit strategy while still maintaining "good faith" to carry through on your deal.
Balance the payout with your precious time on earth. Listen to your little hidden voice that says: walk the walk, talk the talk but get out of this place at the first possible instant. Remember it is reasonably unlikely that you will thrive in that sort of corporate environment but rather you should view this as a high class prison wherein you are just doing time.
Josh Harris is the founder of JupiterResearch and Pseudo.com and the ceo of The Wired City, a web tv network in New York.
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Does anyone know where to order a firewall replacement for a 1983 chevy truck. I looked at all the sites (ie.. classics, lmc) still no luck. all firewall are for older trucks. thanks
The only way to replace it is to fabricate it or cut if off of another truck. Since the firewall isn't considered a removable part (it's part of the cab) it isn't sold like a fender etc. It should be fairly easy to weld in a patch due to the shape.
Sorry cruz no easy bolt on fix for this problem but like what shortbed said an easy welding job if you have the right skills.


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To achieve our goals, Rady Graduate Career Connections actively guides and assists Rady professionals in the career-preparation process, working directly with students to identify their applicable experience and skill sets. We provide guidance during the application process for internships or full-time employment, and help prepare Rady students for career success through guidance and mentoring. Every Rady student is capable of reaching their potential and being prepared for the workplace.
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The top priority of Rady Graduate Career Connections is to help Rady professionals manage their careers in the most productive way possible. It is our belief that each individual is responsible for his/her own success. Therefore, it is our mission that every student be given the tools to embrace career management and view it as a continual, lifelong process.


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Tefal Mince & Shred Express 'ME203140' food processor
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The Tefal 'Mince and Shred Express' is a must have for those who love home cooking. This innovative Tefal mincer allows you to not only mince, but shred, slice, grate and dice in seconds.
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This Tefal 'ME203140' is an innovative food processor comes with a host of attachments, including a two-grid meat grinder, biscuit maker attachments and a 'fresh express' attachment, consisting of two graters, two slicers and a cube. The included parts are all dishwasher safe to help you clean up quickly.
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* President Obama's inaugural address has put this polling graph back into play on the Interwebtubes…
Notice that it wasn't until the 1990s that a majority of Amerians finally approved of interracial marriage.
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:08 am
Are there state, regional or age cross-tabs available? It's easy to look at this and assume that the 14% who don't agree are old white people in the South, but it would be interesting to know. (Of course, this assumes that the 86% isn't a vast overcount owing to people lying.)
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:18 am
The "greatest" generation passes on.
Comment by Kasich Walker, Jr. Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:19 am
Hey, that arc does bend towards justice.
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:20 am
Wait, what's the correlation between the President's second inaugural address and this graph? The context escapes me.
Comment by The Captain Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:21 am
===The context escapes me.===
Then maybe you weren't paying attention…
===We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth. […]
It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began… Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. ===
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:23 am
I was born in the period where the percentage was below 20%, and in the community where I was raised, the percentage might have been in the single digits.
We have come a long way. My children's generation doesn't even pay much attention to race, and we live in a pretty "lily-white" suburb. My own son dated a girl that was half-black/half-white and it didn't even dawn on him that it was in any way controversial.
It's a pleasant trendline.
Past that - it has become a meaningless factoid - for that very reason.
Comment by Ghost of John Brown Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:24 am
@ The Captain: the correlation is about as strong as that between the speech & the policies that will be put forth in term 2.
Comment by Kasich Walker, Jr. Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:24 am
This is great news, as well as growing acceptance of marijuana legalization and gay marriage. The president also broke new ground in mentioning and supporting gay rights in the inaugural address.
Comment by Grandson of Man Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:25 am
–Notice that it wasn't until the 1990s that a majority of Amerians finally approved of interracial marriage.–
Amazing graph. In the early 70s, I remember the stir that was caused when an interracial couple and their children joined our church. Some serious arguments between parishioners who were troubled by it and those who actually stayed awake during the sermons.
The same thing's happening now with gay marriage. My kids think the whole "debate" is stupid beyond belief. Their kids will be very confused about what the fuss was about.
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:28 am
In hindsight, I question whether Irish should be allowed to marry Greeks.
Actually, I probably shouldn't joke about this. Right now about 1.5 in 10 still think there should be no interracial marriage which is just astounding.
When we look at things like the birthers and much of the tea party, it all makes sense. There is still a core of this country that has not moved forward on race. There is still work to be done.
Comment by Skeeter Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:29 am
Yeah that seems to be about gay marriage, your graph is about interracial marriage.
Comment by The Captain Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:31 am
–In hindsight, I question whether Irish should be allowed to marry Greeks.–
LOL, personal experience, I take it?
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:32 am
Look. A Kitty.
Comment by John A Logan Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:33 am
I think it's great that the President chose to highlight the issue of equality as it pertains to gay marriage in his inauguration speech. The chart above is important because if we had let the majority decide on interracial marriage it would not have been legal until the 1990's. It underscores the fact that the majority should NEVER get to decide on issues of equal rights. It's irrelevant whether you agree or disagree with gay marriage. You don't have a right to vote on issues of equality. If gay marriage offends your sensibilities, so be it. Nowhere are there any gurantees in the country that you can't be offended. The future is now and those of you opposed had better get used to it. You don't have to agree with it, but neither do you have a right to prevent it.
Comment by Demoralized Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:41 am
===Yeah that seems to be about gay marriage===
You apparently can't read, either.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:43 am
Wordslinger's example of what occurred in his church in the 1970's matches up with what happened in my father's restaurant when I worked there during that era. An interracial couple would cause stirs with other tables signaling me with comments about "aren't you going to do something about that?"
And the restaurant was located in liberal Lincoln Park in Chicago! Times have changed. Makes someone in my age group wonder what the fuss was all about back then.
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:44 am
This image — with graphs of the two sets of polling data (interracial marriage, marriage same-sex marriage) next to each other — is very encouraging for the future of marriage equality:
Comment by dave Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:49 am
When the President was born, over 90% of the population thought his parents' marriage was at least immoral, and maybe should be illegal. He wouldn't exist if they'd had their way. There's your context.
Comment by TooManyJens Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:50 am
Don't assume it's only old Southern whites against interracial marriage.
Comment by Emanuel Kant Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 11:51 am
In the early to mid 70's I dated a black girl for a time. I heard from both blacks and whites and neither side was supportive.
Comment by Kerfuffle Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:04 pm
The kids today are colorblind - at least that's what my 18 y/o has been telling for years. My Mexican mom married my African-American dad back in 1970. They are still married.
My sisters and I have married German/Polish/Swedish descendants.
So my thoughts on interracial marriage? Been there. Done that….and will do it again.. =)
Comment by Dark Side of the Moon Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:04 pm
I, like many other Americans in my age group (And a Southerner as well) have come full circle on this issue in the last 50-60 years. In today's society, I am all in favor of any marriage at all when the awful alternative is to follow the current pop culture fashion and just make kids out of wedlock. By all means, get married, raise your kids responsibly, and I don't care what racial mix is involved.
Comment by Skirmisher Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:05 pm
1) I'd definitely agree it's demographics. Even in the mid 1990's, I'm assuming that Gallup only asked adults. That means only a sliver of those adults polled even grew up in the 1980's, when inter-racial marriage wasn't seen as manifestly controversial. Most presumably came of age either in the 1970's or prior, when attitudes were quite different.
2) I can see the parallels to gay marriage, but I also have two points.
First, I'm not an evangelical nor am I particularly well versed in the Bible. But my understanding is that their view against gay marriage is far more prominent and consistent over the generations than it was against inter-racial marriage. I don't agree with it, but my understanding is that the case for resisting government mandates or regulations regarding gay marriage are a lot more credible than it was for resisting inter-racial marriages. To be clear, I don't see any reason for government discrimination I think the Equal Protection Clause should allow same sex couples to enjoy all of the benefits of federal and state governmental designation of marriage. Where I do see legitimate debate is in the regulatory issues like the birth control mandates, Catholic Charities adoptive services, etc. They shouldn't be getting state money of course, but the concept that the government can & will put a faith based organization (or even a private business owner who professes a faith based objection) in a box and basically tell them they can't have a business permit, or must pay extra fines or fees, I find very troubling. It's basically telling people that it's OK to believe what you want, just as long as you check those beliefs at the door as you exit your home. In my view it should be the inverse–you should be able to express and exercise your beliefs as you wish(even if I don't agree with them), but once you enter a government facility, a common transportation carrier, a public utility, etc, you need to check your beliefs at the door and realize that everybody should have access to those things. The Chick-Fil-A flap in Chicago earlier last year is a prime example. Rather than banning the operation of the business because they don't agree or adhere to your personal beliefs, the proper response is to just organize economic boycotts among private citizens.
2) I do think the normalization of gay marriage is inevitable, which is a good thing. However, although it is generational, I don't think it's 100% a straight line based on age groups. People's views change over time, and generally as people get older they become more socially conservative. So to a certain extent, as an isolated cohort that ages over tie, as the youth demographic gets older, they won't have such an overwhelming support for gay marriage. i.e., a certain percentage of the ambivalent or pro gay marriage youth now will turn into anti gay marriage or ambivalent gay marriage as they get older. That being said, as an overall impact, they will still tilt the scales towards gay marriage, especially as the older generations die off. Just making numbers up as an example: let's say the overall pro gay marriage support is at 40%, whereas the youth cohort is currently at 75%. I think if you follow the same group of people as they grow from the youth cohort to the middle aged cohort, the support within THAT group might fall to say 70% or 60%. But as the older generations die off and as younger generations come up, the overall support percentage for the all adults will most certainly still rise from 40% up to solidly north of 50%.
Comment by John Galt Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:06 pm
To me this reflects how we are constantly evolving as a society…which is what his speech was about. His election is a reflection of a changing society and demographic. For many this change is scary so they fight hard to keep things as they were, while others embrace the changes and the future ahead. it is not necessarily geographic or age specific it is really about how we all cope with change. It would be interesting to see what history has to write about this time in 50 years.
Comment by illinifan Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:07 pm
In 2001 when I (white) married across the race boundary (my wife is black) it caused a whole lot less stir in the family than when my mother's cousin did the same thing in the early 70's. Mom's cousin was ostracized then, but now my mother gets to share mixed race grandchildren photos with her. Times have definitely changed.
The gay marriage thing is now front and center in my family. Having moved away to the evil liberal big city, I am comfortable with it, but back home it is "If we don't talk about it, then it really isn't happenning." Ten years will erase that away too most likely.
Comment by train111 Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:09 pm
That 14% (who still disapprove of interracial marriage) is an even scarier number when you consider those are the people willing to admit to a pollster that they disapprove. How many of the 86% just aren't saying they disapprove because that's not politically correct anymore? It's amazing we still have so far to go in the area of race relations, even with Pres. Obama in the White House for a second term.
Comment by Yossarian Lives Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:10 pm
My maternal grandmother was a southern Illinois German-American. She married a southern Illinois Scotch Irishman. It was a controversy back in the day.
Can you imagine the howls of derision if anybody got upset about that today?
Things change, usually for the better.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:13 pm
I am all in favor of any marriage at all when the awful alternative is to follow the current pop culture fashion and just make kids out of wedlock. By all means, get married, raise your kids responsibly, and I don't care what racial mix is involved.
This, I think is the argument that will be persuasive to the GOP. I think it's inevitable that most of the party will come around to the pro gay marriage side of the issue. A major driver of poverty is single motherhood, and evangelical Christians aside, I think this could easily fall under the rubric of "pro family". I think the gay marriage argument for the GOP will hinge around the idea of shoring up the economic middle class with a modernized version & reaffirmation the positive economic and socializing effects of raising kids in a nuclear family wherever possible. The evangelicals will die hard, of course, but if the GOP is smart they will focus the evangelical's attention on the religious liberty aspects of gay marriage (that I discussed in the prior post), rather than fight the concept of governmental recognition of gay marriage generally.
Comment by John Galt Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:20 pm
John Galt
Do a little research and you will find that the Bible was indeed used to back up slavery, a separation of blacks and whites, prohibiting interracial marriage, and the whole gambit.
Quite frankly, you can find a verse in the Bible to back up anything you want, and it certainly was used as a means of discouraging interracial relationships in the exact way that people use it today to discourage homosexual ones.
Comment by train111 Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:21 pm
===the Bible was indeed used to back up… a separation of blacks and whites, prohibiting interracial marriage===
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:24 pm
What ever happened to the leftist claim you can't legislate morality?
Comment by Liberty_First Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:37 pm
Any right-wing conservative Republican party organizers paying attention to these stats? By the shape of recent campaigns, I'd have to say no. They play to an ever-shrinking segment of the population regarding these cultural taboos.
Comment by Newsclown Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:41 pm
===What ever happened to the leftist claim you can't legislate morality? ===
That slogan was aimed at laws which imposed morality on others.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:41 pm
…Adding… And I don't see how racial mixing imposes any morality on anyone. You are free not to marry someone of a different race, or of the same gender, for that matter.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:47 pm
The trend line shows that progress is possible. It also portends that Republicans need to embrace their libertarian side (i.e. individual liberties) if they hope to succeed in future elections.
Comment by Xylem Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:48 pm
Interracial marriage has always been legal in Illinois
Comment by Votecounter Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 12:54 pm
===What ever happened to the leftist claim you can't legislate morality? ===
Not really a leftist thing, Martin Luther was kind of big on the idea it was the church's responsibility to save you not the government.
Can't legislate what is in your heart (thank God IMHO)
Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 1:05 pm
The graph provides a dichotomy of happiness and sadness. It's obviously good news that we are trending upward and look forward to the day we are between 90 – 99% (I give up on 100% of anything) but it's sad to see how long it took just to get to 86% approval of two people of different skin colors marrying. It also reminds us of how much more we have to go toward acceptance of both race and sexual orientation.
I'm looking forward to attending the weddings of friends and family that are currently discriminated against by our government.
Comment by Ahoy! Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 1:09 pm
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Comment by Lycurgus Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 1:16 pm
"Interracial marriage has always been legal in Illinois."
Not true– Illinois statutes of 1845. "No person of color, negro or mulatto, of either sex, shall be joined in marriage with any white person, male or female, in this State; and all marriages or marriage contracts, entered into between such a colored person and a white person, shall be null and void in law; and any person so marrying or contracting to marry shall be liable to pay a fine, be whipped not less than thirty nine lashes, and be imprisoned, not less than one year, and shall be held to answer in no other than a criminal prosecution, by information or indictment."
It was repealed by 1874. Some pretty stiff penalties there.
Comment by train111 Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 1:31 pm
==What ever happened to the leftist claim you can't legislate morality? ==
I'm not sure what your are getting at here. What I will say is that I'm always amazed by the disconnect in the conservative point of view when it comes to social matters versus economic matters. When it comes to government regulation of the economy, the argument is hands-off. But throw a social issue in there and conservatives seem to change course and are all for government intrusion. Perhaps somebody can explain that dichotomy to me. It's not ok for the government to intrude in our economic lives, but it's the government's duty to intrude in our personal lives. Seems idiotic and inconsistent to me.
Comment by Demoralized Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 1:33 pm
- Yeah that seems to be about gay marriage, your graph is about interracial marriage. -
Yeah, when I think about those folks getting the fire hoses and dogs turned on them at Selma, all I can think about it what courage they showed standing up for gay marriage…
Comment by Small Town Liberal Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 1:34 pm
Leaving aside the logic to equate interracial marriage and gay marriage, lllinois prohibits marriages between first cousins, even though that is allowed in many other states and most nations, so if we really want to define marriage as anyone who loves another person, are we saying those standards only apply if you are gay? Where do you draw the line on "anyone who loves anyone" can get married?
And, an attorney who is involved in politics, who happens to be gay, also cautioned, "be careful what you wish for" because the family court system and legal process in Illinois is dysfunctional, expensive and time-consuming, so with gay marriage, there will also be gay divorce.
Divorce lawyers will have a whole new market and the already-dysfunctional legal system will get slowed down even more.
Maybe those who support gay marriage should push for reforming our antiquated, dysfunctional legal system.
Comment by OpenlineBlog Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 1:47 pm
train111: Wow. That floors me. I'm shaking my head see that in print. (Also, not that it matters to the conversation, but I had people already starting to come to Illinois before 1845.)
Comment by Cheswick Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 2:10 pm
All you have to do is redefine what a race is. Next you redefine marriage which obviously wasn't appropriately defined for the last several thousand years.
Comment by WazUp Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 2:21 pm
===What ever happened to the leftist claim you can't legislate morality? ===
What "leftist" said that?
If I recall, Barry Goldwater said that when he voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He went through some changes after he stopped running for president and became a great defender of civil rights for all.
Goldwater would punch you in the nose if you peeked in his bedroom window and couldn't care less how other people got down. He howled about how he thought the likes of Pat Robertson and Jerry Fawell were attempting to use government to shove a theocracy down our throats.
Now that I think about it, I'm sure Goldwater was who you meant when you said "leftist."
Among today's right-wing full-mooners (notice I don't say "conservatives"), Barry Goldwater, Bill Buckley and Ronald Reagan would certainly be considered leftists.
Reagan voted for FDR four times and was proud of it until the day the light went out — read his books. The Democratic Party left him, he said, he didn't leave it. Millions agreed with him — remember the "Reagan Democrats?" More than the Republican Party, he changed the Democratic Party. Because they got tired of him pounding lumps on their heads. Lesson learned.
Buckley brought the American conservative movement into the mainstream by giving it an intellectual foundation and driving out the Birchers and the racists.
Who doesn't miss those "leftists?"
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 2:26 pm
When I was younger, I would have disapproved because of the offspring of the marriage being subject to teasing, name-calling, bigotry, etc. Now, as I get older, given the too choices, I would probably say that I approve, which isn't totally correct. I'm not sure that I actually approve, but I do accept it. Society has changed; where I grew up, there were no black people in town. Now there are a few, but more importantly, there are several mixed race children, including a step-grandchild of mine. For the most part, there doesn't seem to be a racial problem in the schools, but the g-kid moved back to the bigger, more racially diverse city where his father lived, for his last two years of high school, partially because his dad and g-pa would be the only black people in that gym.
Comment by downstate commissioner Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 2:26 pm
The graph is an excellent reminder of the Confirmation Bias.
There is a natural tendency to ignore any evidence that contradicts our own prejudices.
Comment by Common Sense Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 2:56 pm
What it says is that if we wait for the voters to approve marriage equality for same-sex couples across the nation, we could be waiting until, oh, 2050, give or take.
Comment by Shoeless Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 3:20 pm
"Illinois prohibits marriages between first cousins.."
Not quite. If both are over 50 or one is diagnosed to be sterile, it's legal.
Comment by Cheryl44 Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 3:20 pm
Makes me think, and that is good
Comment by steve schnorf Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 3:22 pm
I hit Enter too soon. I don't see anything in any law that says you get to/have to marry someone you love, either. People get married for all sorts of reasons, none of which is the state's business.
Comment by Cheryl44 Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 3:23 pm
–When I was younger, I would have disapproved because of the offspring of the marriage being subject to teasing, name-calling, bigotry, etc. Now, as I get older, given the too choices, I would probably say that I approve, which isn't totally correct. I'm not sure that I actually approve, but I do accept it.–
DC, good on you.
You were raised a man of your parent's time. My parents were different, too, in their own way, but I understand where you're coming from.
As a grown man, you took the best of your parents' teachings — their goodness, decency and intelligence — and you adjusted.
It's guys like you who move life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, forward. The guys who have the guts and brains to change their minds.
The world would not progress without men like you, who think anew.
I'm sure your folks would be proud of you. I think you're the bee's knees. Here's to you, cousin.
Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 4:13 pm
==All you have to do is redefine what a race is. Next you redefine marriage which obviously wasn't appropriately defined for the last several thousand years. ==
Yes, because things throughout history have never changed. That argument is moronic and has always been moronic.
Comment by Demoralized Tuesday, Jan 22, 13 @ 4:31 pm
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Mary Mary Father, Eddie A. Atkins Jr. Dies of Cancer, Erica Campbell Speaks Out [UPDATE]
Mary Mary Father, Eddie A. Atkins Jr. Dies of Cancer
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Erica Campbell opened up to ESSENCE.com about what her father meant to her.
"It's really hard to deal with losing my dad," said Campbell. "He was truly the strength of our family. And even though him and my mom were not together anymore… they stood hand-and-hand and they stood side-by-side to support their children."
Campbell expressed that she was able to learn a lot from her father, especially his strength.
"He had a lot of health issues my entire life," she followed up. "No matter what he went through, he was a fighter. That's what I learned. He was super hilarious and super sarcastic. He never let life take him too low. He had his low moments, but he never let life take him too low. That's what we learned. We learned to cope with the challenges and keep it moving—that's why we keep singing, why we keep ministering, why we keep talking to people."
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The sister of the gospel duo Mary Mary have lost their father to cancer. Erica and Tina Campbell have lost their father, Eddie A. Atkins Jr. who was a big influence in their lives and to their church. He was a a youth minister, a church elder, a husband and a father of eight children.
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Although the certain aspects of the WE Television series, 'Mary Mary,' suggested some unresolved issues with their father, probably resulting from his three-time divorce and remarriage to their mother, Thomasina 'Honey' Atkins, it's clear that deep down they loved their father very much.
Erica & Tina @therealmarymary tweeted:
"Thanks 4 all the kind words & prayers sent today. Our Dad was a great man, but he's with Jesus now he taught us how to pray & trust God."
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Here we go. Our final predictions for the 2016 Oscars. We'll check back in after the show.
The Revenant is expected to clean up – winning at least 3 of the 6 categories (Picture, Director, Actor). This will be the year Leo takes his rightful place at the throne & Inarritu claims modern directorial supremacy. Inarritu will move into the ranks of greats like Steven Spielberg & Oliver Stone as a two time winner. Inarritu could become the first director to win back-to-back Best Director awards since 1950 (Joseph L. Mankiewicz) and only the third director ever to do so.
Supporting Actor is the most controversial – Stallone is leading in the model, primarily because the SAG winner wasn't nominated for an Oscar (Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation). In fact, only Christian Bale & Mark Rylance were nominated for both the SAG & Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Bookmakers still have Stallone as the favorite to win the award, which isn't entirely off base, but I suspect this will be a category many could get wrong. (If I was pressed, I'd have to go with Christian Bale as my personal pic – played Michael Burry an investor with Asperger syndrome who has a glass eye in the Big Short)
We did it! For the 2nd year in a row.
Here are our final predictions for the 2015 Academy Awards show.
Objectivity of the New York Times
If a reader wants objective news coverage, shouldn't it be available? Personally, if I want to get some objective news coverage, I go to the New York Times. It seems I'm not alone: this newspaper is considered an elite news source and has won 112 Pulitzer prizes, more than any other newspaper. It's the most popular local metropolitan newspaper and has the most popular website of the nation's newspapers. In this blog post, we try to explore just how objective the New York Times really is.
How can the objectivity of a document be measured?
One way is to compare the target document to other documents that are agreed to be subjective or objective beforehand. For example, movie reviews can be considered subjective. In a review, an author tries to give his viewpoint of the movie, and if the author is trustworthy, people take his viewpoint seriously. On the other hand, a movie synopsis just says what happened in a movie without offering an opinion or interpretation of the events.
We did it: 6 for 6 Oscar picks!
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How the Producers Guild Awards tie affects our pick
We hate to toot our own horn, but here goes: we correctly picked winners in 5 out of the big 6 Oscar categories last year. We did it using a complex predictive model (that's "stat geek" speak for a giant, very mathy equation). So we've been feeling pret-ty good about our chances for a repeat performance in 2014.
Then, our data scientists got a big surprise (and these guys are kind of hard to surprise)
Double winners—12 Years a Slave and Gravity—were announced at the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) January 19th. This was surprising for two reasons: first, it's the first tie in the 25-year history of the PGA. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the PGAs have historically been the number one predictor of the Best Picture Oscar winner.
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Fort Cochin has changed hands many times in the past with RC Portuguese -(Vasco da Gama lived and died here) being replaced by the Protestant Dutch and being a huge port there were Chinese fisherman
To balance things it was time to catch a rickshaw to Jew Town. - can you imagine asking for that as a destination in England, no PC here the newspapers refer to Pak this and Pak that - and we visited an ancient synagogue. It seems that after another expulsion a Jew and his wife swam into Cochin and was allowed to bring his mates to live next door to the Maharajah's palace. I met an Indian tourist who explained there were 70 Jews still in Cochin and 3000 in Mumbai; are there any Jews in England? he asked. I explained that there were slightly more than 3000 and he was surprised they hadn't gone back to Israel.
More wandering and we came across a Bollywood film being filmed
and for the second time this trip we were filmed albeit in the background. I also filmed the action and of course beautiful heroine who turned out to be not just any old actress but none other than Aisha Jakaia - well this chap was very impressed when I showed him my photo of her and told me she was the most famous actress in India - I always did have a good eye, I told myself!
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text: I sent an email to David Leininger, financial bigwig for the City of Irving about my idea of converting Texas Stadium into an indoor skiing venue and here is his response: - - - Thank you for your thoughts about Texas Stadium in the post-Cowboys era. We welcome any ideas that will result in the site and facility going back on the tax rolls and producing substantially more income! I am familiar with the program you have described. In my prior life, I worked for a consulting firm that actually performed a number of economic and market studies on this particular idea. The idea certainly has merit and can be an economically attractive venture. Like most entertainment ideas, it is a "big idea" and requires an excellent developer, entertainment operator and capital sources. The city does not fit any of those categories so we clearly need to seek out those who do. We will be moving forward with project solicitation efforts within the next six to twelve months, at which time this and other ideas will be considered. In the interim we have some things to accomplish, including a May election, completion of some marketing studies on convention and entertainment venues and determination of the final site for the proposed Presidential Library for President Bush. Thank you again for your thoughts. Keep them coming. David Leininger _ _ _ _ Here's a copy of my email to him: Dear Mr. Leininger - After the Cowboys finally leave Texas Stadium and the seats are all sold off, etc., I would like to see it converted into an indoor snow skiing theme park. There's one that just opened up in the United Arab Emirates or someplace over there. The hole could be covered with a double layer of lightweight mylar or something similar to reflect heat and admit some light and the rest of the roof insulated with lightweight foam or whatever. The luxury suites could become shops, bars and restaurants with a great view of the skiing. With that much space, there could be all kinds of runs, including some special mogul runs and half pipes for skiboarders and lotsa lifts and a great way to cool off in the long hot summer in the metroplex. By using spiral-shaped runs, there could be several long runs from the top of the nosebleed seats all the way to the field level - (Ice rink there?) You could have an extensive skateboard park outside. There are many hundreds of thousands of skiers within a 200 miles radius who would love to give it a try, many coming to the area primarily with the skiing as a destination and bring money with them. You could even build a ski/ice skate/ sports/travel motif shopping center that would attract people. At first it might sound crazy, but I think it bears looking into, doing general public surveys and skier/ski shop/ski clubs surveys to gauge the possible public reaction to such a place. Where else can you ski in Texas, even in July? Skiers in LA, OK, ARK, MS, TN would love to be able to ski without having to go all the way to the Rocky Mountains. I think the place could also attract a lot of carryover traffic from the Arlington entertainment venues that also attract large crowds to the area. Much of the construction, including a big covered hole in the ground has already been paid for and the skiing makeover should easily be accomplished with a minimal additional investment. The biggest expense would be electricity to keep the place cool, but fortunately, Texas Stadium lends itself well to adding large banks of solar panels to help generate electricity if necessary. I have neither the time nor the resources to be involved in the project as I have other interests in life that occupy me but I thought I would pass the idea on to you for consideration. Sometimes, you have to think outside the hole in the roof. Thanks for your time. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. Bob - - - - - Not everybody thinks it's a silly idea unworthy of consideration. While he did't say it was the winning idea, he didn't dismiss it out of hand, either. I thought it was interesting that some preliminary surveys have already been done.


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Misguided Muslim groups
Focus should be on extremists' war against the West.
By Omran Salman
On Aug. 10, British police arrested 24 Muslim suspects in a plot to blow up 10 U.S.-bound jetliners over the Atlantic. If successful, the attack would have killed thousands of people. The terrorists were motivated by religious extremism.
Rather than just condemn the plot and address the scourge of Islamic extremism, Muslim groups such as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) and the Muslim American Society (MAS) sought to both legitimize terror and portray Muslims as victims.
Do these organizations really represent Muslims in the West? Hardly. It is their apologia of Islamic extremism, rather than discrimination or religious hatred in Western society, which most victimizes American Muslims. (more…)