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Sepang, 17 July 2013: Malaysia Airlines, in yet another 'Malaysian Hospitality' initiative, today organized the cooking and distribution of 'Bubur Lambok' at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, to the airport authorities and agencies, business partners and stakeholders.
This 'bubur lambuk' project by Malaysia Airlines will be on-going for the rest of Ramadhan until the arrival of Syawal. Malaysia Airlines will distribute 'Bubur Lambuk' to all airport authority and agency personnels in various departments such as the Royal Customs, Immigration, Civil Aviation, Police, Health and Quarantine and JPA, working during the 'breaking of fast' shift.
The 'Bubur Lambuk ala Malaysia Airlines' has been a regular delicacy in the national airline's Domestic Lounges in KLIA enjoyed by First, and Business class passengers as well as the airline's Enrich Gold and Platinum members who patronize the lounge facilities during the Ramadan month.
Malaysia Airlines Group Chief Executive Officer, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said, "It is also to be noted that July 1 2013 was the 1st anniversary of our A380 operations. With the entrance of the A380, the airports have become busier than ever. We have double daily flights into London, daily flights into Paris and also Hong Kong via the A380. This means the airport has to handle approximately 1976 passengers just for this fleet alone. An increase of more than 50% compared to the time before the A380. So far, other than factors that are beyond our control, things have been fairly smooth, few complaints and problems. It is surely commendable. This 'bubur lambuk' project is timely in our effort to extend our hospitality to our stakeholders from the Airport Authorities and Agencies based at KLIA," he added.
The A380 is Malaysia Airlines' flagship product and is being deployed to various destinations namely London, Paris and Hong Kong. Approximately 1900 passengers enjoy this state-of-art aircraft coupled with the Malaysia Airlines 5-star service on a daily basis. As the national carrier celebrates the first anniversary of the A380 into its fleet, the team wants to bring the glory of the A380 far and beyond across all boundaries.
The special 'bubur lambuk' is made with the recipe of Malaysia Airlines and is cooked by Brahim's Airline Catering with an exclusive selection of beef and chicken.
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Colorado School of Mines receives $1.4 million pledge from ConocoPhillips
GOLDEN, Colo., March 10, 2009 – ConocoPhillips has pledged $1 million to Colorado School of Mines to support the construction of Marquez Hall, a new state-of-the-art facility planned for campus. In addition, the company plans to significantly increase its generous annual support for the ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholars Program, several departments and academic programs at Mines with a commitment of $400,000 for this year.
With ConocoPhillips' gift, the school has raised more than $22 million toward the $25 million goal for private funding for Marquez Hall, an interdisciplinary teaching and research facility that will house Mines' petroleum engineering department.
"This investment reflects our continuing commitment to Colorado School of Mines and its mission to achieve academic excellence in the fields of science, engineering and technology," said Robert A. Ridge, ConocoPhillips' vice president for Health, Safety and Environment and a 1971 Mines alumnus.
ConocoPhillips has given more than $1 million to the CSM Foundation over the last five years and has sponsored research consortia and projects at the school, including new initiatives through the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory. ConocoPhillips is one of the top recruiters on campus and currently employs more than 170 Mines graduates. Mines is also one of only eight universities at which the company has instituted the ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholars Program, which provides scholarships, enrichment activities, mentoring and employment opportunities to top students.
"We are thankful for ConocoPhillips' remarkable commitment to the Marquez Hall project and the company's ongoing support for Mines students and programs across campus," said President M.W. "Bill" Scoggins. "The Mines community is proud to count ConocoPhillips as one of its most dedicated corporate partners as we work toward continued excellence in critical fields related to earth, energy and environment."


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"My agency in the Netherlands told me that that they had only heard good things about this college and the students are really well taken care of. In addition, this was the only college I could attend at 17 and live in student housing instead of a host family. I was ready for some independence.
"I also wanted to travel and see the world. Coming to Green River College in Washington State was my first step in my world travels. I have made life-long friends from many different countries.
"Gap year really helped me to make the necessary step between high school and university. I didn't know what I wanted to study when I was in the Netherlands and the American system let me explore my interests. I have grown to really like the American education system because you can pursue your major and study other areas. For example, you can major in history and study psychology too. There are also a lot of clubs and activities that you can get involved in. If the club does not exist, you can create it. In fact, I helped to create the first European club on campus. It's a holistic education.
"This fall, I will be attending Roosevelt Academy in Middleburg. I am grateful to Green River College for opening my eyes to the importance of a liberal arts education. I am excited about my future and plan to major in History."
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By Sharon Salyer Herald Writer
EVERETT — To students in a fifth grade class at Everett's Emerson Elementary School, it didn't matter that the school destroyed by fire last month was nearly 200 miles away.
Their teacher, Pam Thomas, told them that Crestline Elementary School in Vancouver, Wash., had burned to the ground. Classes for its 500 students and 50 staff members now are scattered among five other schools.
Thomas' cousin works as a teacher in the school district. After reading about the fire, Thomas said all she could think about was, "How can I help these people?"
Thomas' own classroom is lined with shelves of books. She couldn't imagine what it would be like for students not to be able to have books waiting to be opened just a few steps from their desks.
The next day, she saw an offer from Scholastic, a children's book publisher, with a sale offer of 50 nonfiction books for $50.
"So that's how it started," she said. She challenged her students, fellow school staff, family, and friends to help raise money for the book drive.
"The students said, 'We want to do it,'" she said.
Student Dezirae Pearson remembers Thomas asking if each class member could bring in $2. "Most of us brought in more than $2," she said. If the Crestline students didn't have any books, "they would have nothing to do."
The students also made handmade cards to send to the students who had been forced from their usual classrooms by the fire.
Karina Calixto said the gentle advice she offered on her card was: "to be happy and to try to make new friends."
The 24 students in Thomas' class brought in $100 for the cause. Donations from Thomas' fellow school staff, friends and family raised the total donation to $1,600. That was enough to send 32 boxes of books — a total of 1,600 titles — to Crestline teachers.
Carol Fenstermacher, a spokeswoman for Vancouver's Evergreen School District, said the shipment of books from Everett is one example of an outpouring of donations from around the state after the fire.
Close to 1,000 people and businesses have made contributions, she said. "The show of support was incredibly generous from everybody," she said.
The goal is to have a new school built and open for classes on the Crestline site by the fall of 2014.
Cathy Heide, a Crestline librarian, said the school's students have told her how much they miss their favorite classroom books. Donations of books and supplies made to the students' classrooms "have been amazingly helpful," she said. "To have brand new books donated was really meaningful to our student and teachers."
Melanie Quinn, a Crestline instructional coach, said the school's teachers were "touched and grateful" to all the school districts.
Emerson student Alex Rose said she knew that her class' donations would "help them a lot."
Luka Roby said he wanted the Crestline student to remember that although their school burned down, "the soul of the school will live forever."
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Long Beach and surrounding cities had their share of news in 2012, from election-year politicking and budget troubles to a long-awaited airport renovation and . . .
Port strike: For the first time in a decade, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles saw a major shutdown of their terminals. In late November, more than two years of talks crumbled between clerical workers and their shipping and terminal employers, leading to a weeklong strike that shut down two-thirds of the nation's busiest seaport complex. The strike affected nearly every part of the supply chain and stranded shipments and forced ships to divert to other ports.
The strike ended the night of Dec. 4 when union and management officials reached a deal with help from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a federal mediator.
Middle Harbor deal: In April, Long Beach port officials announced a tentative lease agreement with Orient Overseas Container Line, the Hong Kong-based container shipping and logistics service company that will make the future Middle Harbor site home for the next 40 years. The historic $4.6 billion deal is expected to double cargo movement, create at least 14,000 permanent jobs, lower port-related pollution and potentially make the port the nation's busiest.
Projected for completion in 2019, the $1.2 billion Middle Harbor project will connect and upgrade two old shipping terminals and include upgraded wharfs, greater water access, more storage areas and an expanded on-dock railyard.
Port headquarters fight: After heated arguments, both publicly and privately, among Long Beach harbor commissioners and between port officials and City Hall, the port is expected to close escrow on the $14.25 million purchase of a former Boeing Co. building near the Long Beach Airport for its new temporary headquarters. The 350 port office staff members are expected to move into the temporary building in the next six to eight months, officials said.
Meanwhile, a permanent location to replace the aging and seismically unsound administration building is yet to be determined.
O'Donnell makes history: Long Beach City Councilman Patrick O'Donnell, a high school history teacher, made history himself this spring by becoming the first council member to beat term limits voters passed in 1992. In June, O'Donnell defeated business marketing consultant Daryl Supernaw in a runoff for the 4 th Council District.
To reach the runoff and earn a place on the ballot, O'Donnell squeaked through the April primary as a write-in candidate, coming in second among three candidates.
Lowenthal to D.C.: Alan Lowenthal, one of Long Beach's most well-known politicians, is headed to the U.S. House after winning the newly drawn 47 th Congressional District in November. Lowenthal, a Democrat who began his career on the Long Beach City Council and also served in both houses of the state Legislature, beat Republican Long Beach City Councilman Gary DeLong.
Richardson loses: Weighed down by ethics investigations, Rep. Laura Richardson, a longtime Long Beach politician, lost her bid for a fourth term in a Democrat-on-Democrat contest. Richardson, running for the 44 th Congressional District, lost in November to Rep. Janice Hahn, D-San Pedro.
Most in the Democratic Party had thrown their support behind Hahn, and Richardson, a former Long Beach City Council member and Assembly member, struggled to compete in the race all year. Richardson's political clout took a hit in August, when she was fined $10,000 by the House Ethics Committee for coercing members of her congressional staff to work for her 2010 campaign.
Hotel wages measure: Measure N, which boosted pay for hotel workers in Long Beach, was hailed as a resounding victory for workers' rights when it passed with 64.3 percent of the vote in November. Hotels are seeing it as something else - a reason to eliminate rooms, raise room rates and even lay off employees.
City budget cuts: The Long Beach City Council passed $12.9 million in budget cuts in September, but staved off controversial reductions to parks, libraries, police and other services. Though some library, recreation and senior programs were saved, the cuts still transformed Long Beach's delivery of services, merging the South and West police divisions into a new Central Division, consolidating detective units, implementing a new paramedic service model and taking a Belmont Shore fire engine out of service.
New fire chief: In July, City Manager Pat West named Mike DuRee as the city's new fire chief. The 44-year-old is a fourth-generation firefighter in Long Beach and the family's second fire chief. The 18-year veteran succeeds Alan Patalano, who retired in March.
Redevelopment ends: The Long Beach Redevelopment Agency's 50th anniversary in 2012 was also its last after state lawmakers voted last year to dissolve hundreds of agencies throughout California to fill a multimillion-dollar budget gap. Cities relied on RDA funding to combat blight, build affordable housing and foster economic development, though opponents called it a slush fund for local government.
New airport concourse: After two years of crowded trailers and years of legal battles over concerns about noise and pollution, the Long Beach Airport on Dec. 12 officially opened its sleek, new passenger concourse. The $45 million concourse features two terminal buildings, 4,200 square feet of resort-style outdoor seating and more than 10,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space for local merchants, plus a new neighboring parking garage.
C-17 hangs on: Civic, international and Boeing Co. officials in July ceremoniously sealed the deal with the company's largest international C-17 customer to date. India ordered 10 C-17 s in a $4.1 billion deal, which are to be delivered in 2013 and 2014, extending the life of the assembly plant that employs more than 4,000 people in Long Beach.
Battle over SCIG: The $500 million, 153-acre Southern California International Gateway railyard project being proposed by Burlington Northern Santa Fe continued to be a source of controversy in the Long Beach and Wilmington communities. To help accommodate the rising demand in cargo, BNSF wants to build a facility that would let trucks load containers and put them on trains closer to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, but opponents say the project will increase traffic and health issues in West Long Beach and Wilmington.
Dog rescuer guilty: In a case that garnered national headlines and stirred vigorous debate about animal cruelty, Long Beach dog rescuer Bonnie Sheehan eventually pleaded guilty to 14 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and was given two years of probation. Sheehan, the founder of Long Beach-based Hearts For Hounds dog rescue group, was arrested near Memphis in January for attempting to transport 141 dogs and a cat across the country from Long Beach to Virginia in a U-Haul truck and towed van.
Football star exonerated: After nine years of being labeled a rapist, it took less than 30 seconds in a Long Beach courtroom for Brian Banks to be exonerated. In May, the former football standout at Poly High School walked out of court after a forcible rape charge was reversed, the result of his accuser recanting the accusations she had made as a teenager.
Gang arrests: In June, the alleged head of one of Long Beach's oldest and most notorious street gangs was arrested following a lengthy investigation into a series of shootings that included a 2009 killing. Police arrested a total of 16 suspected members of the Long Beach Baby Insane Crips gang, including its alleged leader, Sabrille Acklin, 29.
Education cuts: For K-12 schools, community colleges and public universities, 2012 was tough year of budget cuts.
Long Beach Unified saw another school closure, with more likely on the way. Facing a $20 million budget hole, the LBUSD this year voted to close James Monroe K-8 school in Lakewood.
At Long Beach City College, the Board of Trustees voted to lay off 55 employees and reduce contracts for 96 positions, in the largest round of layoffs in the college's history.
Saved by Prop. 30: It could have been worse. If Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 tax measure for education hadn't passed in November, more cuts would have been likely.
Cal State University students narrowly escaped another tuition increase of 5 percent following a double-digit hike in recent years. Anticipating an additional $35 million loss in funding if Prop. 30 had failed, LBUSD was considering shortening the school year, closing schools and eliminating programs in sports, music and art. Prop. 30 will also help stabilize funding and mitigate cuts at Long Beach City College, which was anticipating an $8.4 million loss in funding but is now working with a $2 million deficit.
Councilman resigns: Councilman Randy Bomgaars - who was the city's longest-serving council member at 24 years - resigned from the council in June to collect a higher pension, though his council term wasn't up until March 2015. Bomgaars' council retirement occurred concurrently with his retirement from his 40-year teaching position with the Bellflower Unified School District. His seat remains open until a March city election.
New park: Riverview Park, the city's fourth and largest park, opened in October on 16.2 acres at 10500 Somerset Blvd. It includes a walking path, bike trail and native plant garden and is adjacent to the west bank of the San Gabriel River.
Cerritos College board change: The November elections brought major change to Cerritos Community College, which saw four out of five Board of Trustees incumbents ousted under a new district voting system. The college in 2011 faced a lawsuit from a group of Latinos claiming the previous at-large voting system left Latino voters underrepresented, so the board changed its policy. In November the board saw a new face of diversity, with three Latino board members elected.
Sex offender ban: Registered sex offenders are forbidden from entering any city parks and several public facilities under an ordinance approved in August by the Cerritos City Council.
Quiet council election: With no challengers filing for the three open seats in the Lakewood City Council, incumbents Steve Croft, Diane DuBois and Todd Rogers were all reappointed. The council then canceled its March 5, 2013, election, saving the city $80,000 to $100,000 in election costs, officials said.
New police chief: Joe Stilinovich, a former Long Beach Police Department commander who served nearly 20 years in that department, became police chief of Seal Beach this month.
Sale leads to shooting: In what family members said was a Craigslist car sale gone wrong, three people were left dead and two were wounded at a family business and a nearby home in October. Downey police arrested and charged Jade Douglas Harris, 30, with three counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. With special circumstances also filed, the case could qualify for the death penalty. Harris pleaded not guilty and is expected back in court in January.
Major development project:Tierra Luna which means "Earth Moon" in Spanish,is a 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development of shops, restaurants, a 16-screen cinema and professional and medical office space that the council approved in January. The project is being built on 77 acres near Lakewood Boulevard and Imperial Highway that Downey Studios occupies.
The development is projected to generate more than 3,300 permanent jobs, 1,200 of them in the office space, and $4.2 million annually in sales, property and hotel occupancy taxes.
New council face: A political newcomer was the big winner in November's Downey City Council election, along with two sitting councilmen. Alex Saab, the former president-elect of the Downey Chamber of Commerce, beat three opponents in the 5 th District, while Councilman Luis Marquez and Mayor Roger Brossmer also won.
New police chief: Capt. Carl Charles, a 22-year police veteran, was sworn in as the Downey Police Department's 10 th chief in December. He replaced Chief Rick Esteves, who announced his retirement in October.
Police shooting ruling: A Downey police officer acted lawfully in self-defense when he fatally shot a man mistakenly believed to be a robbery suspect in the back last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in October. Officer Steven Gilley fatally shot Michael Nida on Oct. 22, 2011, as police were responding to a call that a woman had been robbed at a Bank of America ATM. Nida was fleeing the scene when he was shot.


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Last summer there were two major storms near Gallatin, Tenn., where I live. It wasn't the best way to earn our 15 minutes of fame by being spotlighted on the national news after the tornados rampaged through.
After a recent drive through our friendly hill country, it appears that I wasn't the only native who had been flustered by the stormy experience. So I turned to my better half to inquire how the real estate market has reacted to the storm.
Concrete housing is gaining a strong and influential following, says my wife, who owns her own real estate company. She directed me to a local builder with whom she does business. This builder said he's been receiving more questions about different types of concrete construction, including requests for data about the insulating values.
He mentioned that south of Franklin, Tenn., where more estate developments and homes are built on larger parcels of land, more structurally safe housing is catching on. If you drive on state Route 840 between Murfreesboro and Franklin, there's even a concrete castle built into the side of the hill.
I used to think of residential concrete in either decorative terms, or in the sense of slab or foundation construction, depending on the terrain. After driving through the area and seeing the devastation firsthand, I strongly believe concrete housing is becoming a long-term reality rather than a fad.
More and more concrete
More than ever, I am seeing residential areas where whole subdivisions are being built out of concrete, some of which even includes tilt-up construction.
Vertical concrete surfaces open up a whole new world of decorative finishes. One home in our area is constructed out of what appears to be logs. Upon closer inspection of the outside walls, they are actually formed walls in the shape of logs. The finisher had imprinted leaves and other designs in the sidewalk and steps, even going as far as coloring the imprints.
A little further south, Marshall County was another area where there was extensive storm damage. One resident who has lived in the area for about 10 years told me, "If I had a stronger barn, this wouldn't have happened."
He had lost his entire barn. It reminded me of the big walking horse barn I passed recently when visiting Lexington, Ky. It was just outside of the city and built with tilt-up construction. They even had cast concrete posts for the fencing.
Smart builders, huh? I'll bet the termites had a big surprise, and they didn't have to worry about storms. How long will it be before the precast walls of a home are cast at the plant and delivered to the site? One of these days you may be able to order the walls already colored, or even better, the whole concrete home will come ready to put together.
Even so, driveways always fascinate me. Contractors and finishers are giving the entrances more razzle-dazzle. Custom designs, family crests, and wild imaginative logos are everywhere. An owner of a local Harley Davidson dealership built a home, and as they were pouring the driveway, they imprinted the bar and shield logo in the entranceway with orange and black colors.
Nearby, another home was being built on top of a hill overlooking the city. The shape of the home resembles the shape of corvette flags. The owner is a friend of mine, and he asked about black and white colors for the turnaround. I told him that anything was possible, to just use his imagination and open up his pocketbook.


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Mark Halperin & John Heilemann explain their approach to interviews for Game Change, amid suggestions that they broke their ground rules in quoting Harry Reid:
As a chagrined Reid telephoned political allies in the Senate and civil rights community to shore up his support this weekend, he made it clear that he felt burned by the authors.
In the book's"Authors' Note," they wrote: "All of our interviews - from those with junior staffers to those with the candidates themselves - were conducted on a 'deep background' basis, which means we agreed not to identify the subjects as sources in any way. We believed this was essential to eliciting the level of candor on which a book of this sort depends."
Heilemann said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "We had a very clear agreement with all those sources that our interviews would be on deep background. ... Our ground rules are ... that we won't identify any of our sources as the sources of the material. But we said to them all very clearly that if they put themselves in scenes of the book, if they were uttering dialogue to people in the book in part of a scene, that we would identify them as the utterer of those words."
Halperin added: "There's no one we talked to for the book who we burned in any way, or violated any agreement with."
I really have no idea what that bolded part means. Among other problems: How could an interviewee put himself in scenes of a book that had not yet been written? Obviously, he couldn't. The only person who can put an interviewee in a scene of a book is the book's author -- that's the person who decides what the scenes are.
And I'm not alone in being baffled by that explanation. Moments ago, veteran journalist Bob Franken responded on MSNBC:
"That's the most convoluted explanation I've heard in a long time. There's one thing that you have to remember in Washington: You don't burn sources. You don't burn them not because it's the right thing to do, it's because you don't get any information the next time around. And I really believe that what we might see is that these guys are not going to be welcome when they're talking to different people who might provide them information in the future."
Update: Washington Post reporter Ben Pershing doesn't understand the convoluted explanation, either:
Silver Spring, MD: It is my understanding that Sen Reid's remark was made almost two years ago, with reporters present. If true, why is it that this wasn't newsworthy then, but it is now?
Ben Pershing: Reid didn't make the comments in some public venue, he made it to these two authors who were working on their book and obviously wanted to save it for the book. The more interesting question, just from a reportorial perspective. is whether Reid thought the comments were off the record. The two authors -- Mark Halperin and John Heilemann -- have tried to explain how they were able to conduct their interviews on "deep background" but still name Reid as making these comments. I'm not sure if I understand their explanation.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 130 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"(a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Brown, Calument, Dodge, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Green Lake, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Shawano, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago.
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"WordCount™ is an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. The larger the word, the more we use it. The smaller the word, the more uncommon it is."
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Think of a word to enter. I chose "dog" and then pressed the Enter key. This may be the Return key on your keyboard. You can also click the arrow next to the blank box to start the search. Dog is ranked 1279.
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By Gary Cutrer
You would think in an area where a lot of sheep are produced you'd be able to find a reliable source of lamb in a local retail market. But that is not the case around San Angelo, Texas. Or at least it hasn't consistently been the case. Some of the lamb cuts you do find could be American lamb or they could be imported lamb, depending on price and availability for the retailer or retail chain. And, the quality of what is available can vary as well from tough and mutton like to tender and mild.
Philip Glass, who ranches at Water Valley, Texas, near San Angelo, has identifed that problem and the potential market locally and even nationally for a reliable supply of consistently high quality lamb cuts.
Glass's goal is not to serve discount retailers or grocers. He is offering Dorper lamb as a gourmet product at a price that's only slightly higher than the currenty going rate for lamb. A sale price for lamb at the local HEB at presstime was $9.99 a pound. Philip sells premium Dorper cuts currently around $12 per pound for lamb chops and $20 a pound for rack of lamb.
Philip and wife Jennifer raise Dorper sheep at their Half Circle Six Ranch near Water Valley, just northwest of San Angelo. It's the Dorper breed that makes the difference, Glass said, in the quality of lamb he offers for sale.
"We've got all the conventional cuts," he said. He offers boneless leg, boneless shoulder, loin chops, rib chops, rack of lamb, lamb shank and leg steak, as well as ground lamb, at a store in San Angelo, Pecans.com.
Glass said people are timid about trying lamb for dinner because they're afraid they don't know how to cook it. They think that if they cook it wrong it will have a mutton taste. Not true for Dorper lamb, he said.
"That's just not the case for Dorper lamb. You don't have to know how to cook it," he said. "Just like you don't have to know how to cook a (beef) ribeye. You put some salt, pepper, garlic on it and you cook it — fried, grilled, baked . . . the same is true for Dorper lamb. It has a mild flavor, has been proven by the USDA more tender than any breed in the U.S."
Sales of lamb cuts at Pecans.com have been best around grilling holidays in the summer, such as July 4, and during the Christmas gift giving season. And Glass is expecting good demand for the coming Easter season.
Though Dorper lamb is mild tasting and tender, meat from other sheep breeds can be just as good or it can be strong tasting. Meat quality and tenderness varies and is not always dependent on breed but on many other variables. But Dorper lamb is consistenly good, Glass said, and that's the kind he wants to sell.
Americans only consume eight tenths of a pound of lamb annually on a per-person basis compared to the USDA estimate of around 65 pounds of beef per person per year. One reason for that is because some people don't like lamb or have the perception that they don't like it because they've only had strong tasting lamb. And, lamb is price prohibitive for many consumers at $10 per pound in the supermarket when beef prices are much lower on average. Another reason lamb consumption is low is lack of availability or only seasonal availability.
Philip and Jennifer are hoping to change that, at least locally and for their online customers, by keeping a steady supply of Dorper lamb available.
Is the current U.S. Dorper population big enough to satisfy demand? On this level, yes, Glass said. And because the breed is popular and easy to care for, more and more ranchers will be raising Dorpers, he added.
Glass selects potential slaughter lambs from his commercial Dorper flock, consisting of all high percentage Dorpers.
"We just kind of fatten them up and round them off before they go to slaughter. They don't stay on feed a long period of time." The lambs get a 14 percent commercial grain ration and free choice hay for one to three months until they come up to target size, about 110 pounds at 6 to 8 months of age. Then they go to slaughter.
Glass has been sending groups of lambs to a small processor in Fredericksburg but will soon be using Sklenarik's in Miles, a much shorter drive from San Angelo. Both facilities are federally inspected. That's currently a requirement for interstate sales of meat, and Pecans.com sells some lamb to customers in California, Arizona and other states via its website.
Glass said the cost of processing is a big portion of the overhead in his business. He thinks a sheep and goat slaughter facility such as the now closed Rancher's Lamb would help him lower that cost as long as the slaughter plant's volume was big enough to keep it going.
"We were wanting to brand the product to show that we have something different, so we made our own label, 'Half Circle Six Ranches Dorper Lamb,'" Glass said.
Another part of the label claims "Natural Dorper Lamb" because it's a natural product, meaning no hormones were used in production and the meat is minimally processed.
Pecans.com is a retail and online gourmet foods market operated by Pecan Producers, Inc., a pecan grower-owned cooperative.


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A prior section 3796c, Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1204, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1221, contained provisions similar to this section, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by section 609F of Pub. L. 98–473.
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'Dumont's goal, scored in the final second of a five-on-three power play, helped keep the Sabres from losing their third straight game of the season against a Rangers team they are growing to hate.'
Archives for November 2001
Sabres, Rangers battle to draw
To his credit, Varada never backed off
'He has always been accountable and refreshingly candid.'
Kozlov fires shots from press box
'He also apologized if his earlier comments, which were broadcast locally before the game, had angered his teammates.'
Rangers make a point
'Until York scored, the Rangers headed toward their third consecutive defeat because of their lack of discipline.'
Late collapse ties up Sabres
'How would the Sabres survive without disgruntled winger Slava Kozlov? The answer, apparently, is no worse than they were doing with him.'
Rangers Put Pieces Together in Tie
'The Rangers could have easily lost their third consecutive game. Richter, who made 47 saves, was the reason they did not.'
Foul Stirs Passion of Rangers and Sabres
'On Monday, after the Rangers' practice, Fleury offered to meet with Ruff to clear the air. "He didn't want to, I guess," Fleury said this morning. "But the offer still stands. I would ask him what he was trying to say. Obviously, he dodged the question this morning. He did a good job."'
Richter Lifts Rangers
'"Richter gets my vote for U.S. Olympic goalie, by the way — he was fabulous," Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said, unsolicited.'
Ruff Barks Out Defense
'"Yeah, I stand by that, in a sense that I said what I said because a lot of it was Theo's antics on the ice — the chicken dance the game before they came into town," Ruff said, referring to Fleury's taunting of Islanders defenseman Eric Cairns Nov. 8.'
Richter points the way
'There is no telling what place in the standings this Ranger team would occupy if not for the work of Mike Richter.'
Richter Saves Day
'Mike Richter likes to get as much work as he can, but this is a little ridiculous.'
Varada Rips Theo – And It's Personal
'Varada went on to say that Fleury's postgame comments from Nov. 10 – that Varada is out to only injure opposing players – were hurtful and that Fleury's off-ice problems were fair game for discussion.'
Richter allows Rangers to rally to tie Sabres
'Whenever the Rangers get a point they don't think they deserve, Mike Richter is usually the reason they got it.'
Ruff denies shot at Fleury was about abuse woes
'"I know nothing of Theo's personal life. I never mentioned his personal life," Ruff said. "I was aware afterwards that (reporters) can interpret any quote any way you want."'
Rangers 2, Sabres 2
'"Not a lot of guys had legs, and nobody had a good feeling," coach Ron Low said. "But Richter said, 'We'll keep it close.' And we kept it close. We found a way."'


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An Insider Account Of How Fox Called Ohio On Election Night
Rove Fought Decision To Call Ohio For Obama; Fox Decided To "Show Off Megyn Kelly's Legs" While Explaining The Call
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New York Magazine's Gabriel Sherman reported that after Fox News initially made the call that President Obama had won Ohio, Karl Rove -- a contributor to the network and the head of a pro-Mitt Romney super PAC -- fought against the decision, causing "Fox News' top producers" to call a meeting with Rove and two of the people in charge of making the Ohio call, Arnon Mishkin and Chris Stirewalt.
Ultimately, Fox decided to have Mishkin and Stirewalt explain their reasoning on-air. But rather than have the duo appear on camera, producers decided to have Fox anchor Megyn Kelly "walk through the office and interview" Mishkin and Stirewalt in a conference room. Sherman reported that an anonymous Fox insider said: "This is Fox News ... so anytime there's a chance to show off Megyn Kelly's legs they'll go for it."
From Sherman's article:
Shortly after 11 p.m., Bret Baier went on-camera to read a script written by Fox's Washington managing editor Bill Sammon, based on an analysis by the network's decision desk, announcing Ohio for Obama. "That's the presidency, essentially," Baier said.
Instantly, Fox phones lit up with angry phone calls and e-mails from the Romney campaign, who believed that the call was premature, since tallies in several Republican-leaning Southern counties hadn't been been fully tabulated. "The Romney people were totally screaming that we're totally wrong," one Fox source said. "To various people, they were saying, 'your decision team is wrong.'" According to a Fox insider, Rove had been in contact with the Romney people all night. After the Ohio call, Rove -- whose super-PAC had spent as much as $300 million on the election, to little avail -- took their complaints public, conducting an on-air primer on Ohio's electoral math in disputing the call.
This time, it was the network divided against itself, and Fox News' top producers held a meeting to adjudicate. The decision desk stood their ground. They knew how momentous the call was. Earlier in the night, according to a source, before making the call, Arnon Mishkin, who heads the decision desk, told Fox brass, "let's remember this is Fox News calling Ohio. This will say something beyond Ohio going for Obama." Fox brass told Mishkin to get the numbers right and ignore the politics: "If we think Ohio has gone Obama, we call Ohio," said a Fox News executive.
With neither side backing down, senior producers had to find a way to split the difference. One idea was for two members of the decision team, Mishkin and Fox's digital politics editor Chris Stirewalt, to go on camera with Megyn Kelly and Bret Baier to squelch the doubts over the call. But then it was decided that Kelly would walk through the office and interview the decision team in the conference room. "This is Fox News," an insider said, "so anytime there's a chance to show off Megyn Kelly's legs they'll go for it."
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Letting the cat out of the box
Another San Lorenzo Valley Sunday, charcoal burning everywhere . . .
A few items culled over an unreasonably hot week here in Felton — we're talking the area being Miami with redwoods (but thankfully without humidity) — include:
Schrodinger's Cat lives: After a go/no-go meeting last week which sided with the former, Fedora 19 "Schrodinger's Cat" went gold and gets a non-radioactive green light for Tuesday, July 2. Curious about it, I downloaded the beta and put it on a Toshiba Satellite L455, ahem, "laptop" — a laptop if your lap is the size of, say, Andre the Giant's — and the silver behemoth ran the beta flawlessly. As I've mentioned before, I don't review distro alphas or betas because it's akin to sticking your finger in a bowl of batter and writing about how good (or bad) the cake will be once it's finished.
I can tell you this: I do like what Fedora has done with the install process, so much so that it was worth the wait when Fedora 18 was delayed (and I could take this opportunity to launch into why a six-month release cycle leaves a lot to be desired, but I won't, even though I just did). In addition, I think this one will be a good one, but you'll have to find out when I write about it next week. Get more information, and take the living cat out of the box on Tuesday, here.
The best distros: Last week, I said that a FOSSForce.com write-up a few weeks ago about what constitutes a community distro was an "uncharacteristically ludicrous article posted by the usually right-on-the-mark" site for FOSS news and commentary. As a blogger, I live in the glass house known as FOSS commentary and, regardless, I still reserve the right to throw stones. I can also admit without reservation or apology that the history of this blog is strewn with dozens of blogged eggs laid over the past several years; enough eggs to feed omelets to a small army during the course of a military campaign.
That said, I should clarify that I thought the message, not the messenger, was sorely lacking. But Christine Hall makes up for the article I slammed, and gains extra yardage on the play, by writing a great "top five" distro article which concludes — spoiler alert — with this: "Just keep in mind, there really isn't a best Linux distro, or even a list of five best Linux distros. There's only a best distro for you, the job you need it to do and the equipment on which you need it to operate."
Amen to that, Christine, and thanks for reciting the Larry the Free Software Guy mantra.
Widespread adoption of Unity? Not exactly: Like FOSSForce.com, LXer.com is also one of my daily stops on the web for news and commentary. Also, more entertaining is visiting the LXer.com discussion forums — yes, that's a reflection of how exciting my life is; deal with it (I have) — and finding some interesting morsels.
One item has an original poster bemoaning the fact that people continue to beat up on Unity. While I find it hard to agree with his premise — for a variety of reasons on several levels, Unity deserves its reputation as the pinata it has become in the tech press, with little in the way of argument against — it did prompt me to think about this question: If Unity is such an outstanding desktop environment, why hasn't it been widely adopted by other distros?
Think about it. Personal preferences aside, a metric which speaks to how good, or not, a desktop environment is would be its adoption by other distros. So you could describe Unity as having widespread appeal if you define "widespread appeal" as being adopted by 10 — count 'em, 10 — distros other than Ubuntu.
If you're keeping score at home, here's the list of distros other than Ubuntu using Unity as a default desktop environment (with DistroWatch ranking in parentheses): DreamStudio (49), The People's Republic of China's Ubuntu Kylin (105), Hybride Linux (108), Vinux (110), Leeenux (165); Bio-Linux (174), Ubuntu Christian Edition (188), Oz Unity (195), iQuinixOS (261), and Baltix GNU/Linux (274).
OK, so I would argue that it's not widespread adoption, for reasons I've mentioned in past blog posts — the posts you couldn't scramble and serve with toast.
Oh, and one more thing: Lindependence rides again. We're going to take Software Freedom Day in September and make it SFD-Lindependence Felton 2012, with all the trappings of the first one. More on this as plans develop. I would urge any group — Linux User Group, FOSS software-specific user groups, even the sectarian Ubuntu LoCos — to participate in Software Freedom Day by signing up here.
See you next Sunday, if not sooner.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy, Larry the CrunchBang Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)


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Mallet finger - aftercareBaseball finger; Drop finger; Avulsion fracture - mallet finger
Mallet finger is when you cannot straighten your finger. When you try to straighten it, the tip of your finger remains bent down toward your palm.
Common causes of a mallet finger are sports injuries, particularly from catching a ball.
More about Your Injury
Tendons attach muscles to bones. The tendon that attaches to the tip of your finger bone on the back side helps you straighten your fingertip.
A mallet finger occurs when this tendon:
- Is stretched or torn
- Pulls a piece of bone away from the rest of the bone (avulsion fracture)
Mallet finger most often occurs when something hits the tip of your straightened finger and bends it down with force.
What to Expect
Wearing a splint on your finger to keep it straight is the most common treatment. You may need to wear the splint for different lengths of time.
- If your tendon is only stretched, not torn, it should heal in 4 - 6 weeks wearing a splint all the time.
- If your tendon is torn or pulled off the bone, it should heal in 6 - 8 weeks of wearing a splint all the time. After that, you will need to wear the splint for another 3 - 4 weeks at night only.
If you wait to start treatment, you may have to wear your splint longer. Surgery is almost never needed except for more severe fractures.
Your splint is made out of hard plastic or aluminum. A trained professional should make your splint to make sure it fits correctly and your finger is in the right position for healing.
- It should be snug enough to hold your finger in a straight position so that it does not droop, but not too tight so that it cuts off the blood flow.
- If your skin is white when you take off your splint, your splint may be too tight.
You will likely be able to return to your normal activities or sports, as long as you wear your splint all the time.
Self-care at Home
Be careful when you take off your splint to clean it.
- Keep your finger straight the whole time the splint is off.
- Letting your fingertip droop or bend may mean you will have to wear your splint even longer.
When you shower, it is a good idea to cover your finger and splint in plastic. If they get wet, dry them after your shower. Be careful to keep your finger straight while you are drying it.
Using an ice pack can help for pain. Apply the ice pack 20 minutes of every hour you are awake for the first 2 days, then 10 - 20 minutes 3 times daily as needed to reduce pain and swelling.
You can also try pain medicines such as ibuprofen, naproxen, or acetaminophen.Talk with your health care provider if you have:
- Heart disease or high blood pressure
- Kidney disease
- Had stomach ulcers or internal bleeding
- Liver disease
Do not take more than the amount recommended on the bottle.
When it is time for your splint to come off, your health care provider will check how well your finger has healed.
- Swelling in your finger when you are no longer wearing the splint may be a sign the tendon has not healed yet.
- You may have another x-ray of your finger.
If you finger has not healed at the end of your treatment, your health care provider may recommend another 4 weeks of wearing the splint.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor if:
- Your finger is still swollen at the end of your treatment time.
- Your pain gets worse at any time.
- The skin of your finger changes color or you develop numbness or tingling in the finger.
Sokolove PE. Extensor and flexor tendon injuries in the hand, wrist, and foot. Roberts J, Hedges J, eds. Roberts: Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 48.
Review Date: 6/19/2012
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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As the U.S. continues consuming 25 percent of the world's produced oil, while holding less than 3 percent of proven reserves, North Dakota's Bakken geological formation offers a glimpse of the industry's Holy Grail: a large domestic source of accessible crude oil. Its extraction is bringing abrupt transformations of the land, massive economic gains (though not for everyone), and a housing shortage so severe that workers bunk in "man camps" that local architects compare (sometimes unfavorably) with post-Katrina FEMA trailers. However long the boom lasts, North Dakota's natural, built, and social environments are changing irreversibly.
Discovered in 1951, the Bakken formation—a subsurface reservoir 2 miles deep within low-porosity shale—generally resisted conventional drilling methods for decades. Recent advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing make retrieval economically feasible. Oil extractors and auxiliary industries began swarming to North Dakota after a 2008 U.S. Geological Survey report suggested a recoverable amount of 3 billion to 4.3 billion barrels.
Oil plays have raised North Dakotans' hopes before. After the 1973 OPEC embargo, domestic production picked up in the 1980s. Housing and hotel construction spiked in the North Dakota cities of Minot, Stanley, Tioga, and Williston, the latter of which became "a mini-boomtown," says Alan Dostert, AIA, president of Grand Forks–based EAPC. "Then the market shut off," recalls Craig Helenske, AIA, principal of Helenske Design Group in Fargo, N.D. "Some people went bankrupt. A lot of this property went into default. Literally, from the late '80s until three or five years ago, that same property was just sitting there. No activity, no need, no nothing."
A once-bitten-twice-shy attitude lingers among developers, bankers, and civic officials. Dostert notes that 30-year mortgages and decade-long booms are an unpromising combination. The state's Century Code, restricting communities from assuming certain levels of debt even when income is adequate to serve it, impedes construction of facilities needed "now, not two or three years from now when a bond gets paid off," he says. Helenske describes the conditions as "just an incredible logistics nightmare, [and] it's almost like a war zone out there." Industrialization is moving too fast for officials to give zoning, planning, or creative architectural input a moment's consideration. "What we're going to end up [with] here," he fears, "is a countryside that's going to look like one huge industrial park in the not-too-distant future. Basically, we're losing control of it. Architecturally, there's nothing good that's coming out of this—that will have to come later, when the dust settles."
Tom Rolfstad, executive director of economic development for his hometown of Williston, studied architecture at North Dakota State University and now works to guide investment in civic improvements. With today's boom driven by technical progress—not OPEC price manipulations—Rolfstad is among those expecting sustained benefits. His office is seeking $1.5 million in federal Department of Transportation funding to renovate Williston's Main Street area near its Amtrak station ("a really nice old depot," he says) and $350 million in state loans for water-supply upgrades. The language of transit-oriented development and smart growth is not prominent in the local vernacular, but Rolfstad believes that fast growth needn't equal hit-and-run exploitation. "Traditional oil drilling was kind of a boom/bust, because you had limited reserves," Rolfstad notes. "Now, as we map out just how many wells it's going to take, we're [theoretically] talking a minimum of 15 or 20 years."
The influx of jobs attracts skilled workers nationwide. Improvised housing includes campers connected to every available water/sewer hookup, notes Dostert. In winter, when the mercury can reach –30 degrees Fahrenheit, occupants insulate them with anything from tar paper to hay bales to snow. Apartment rents aren't advertised; landlords ask for bids. "It's a really strange demographic, a really strange market," he says.
Observers credit the oil interests for supplying worker quarters, but "this isn't housing that you'd want to live in," says Helenske. "These are basically glorified shipping containers, with maybe a window, a toilet, some ventilation, four bunks—and these guys have to pay over $1,000 a month to live in them." Locals caution outsiders against drawing inferences about the man camps from frontier history. Conditions are closely controlled, says Dostert.
Wayde Schafer, regional representative of the Bismarck, N.D.–based Dacotah Sierra Club, cites underreported downsides: spills, toxic drilling, mud spreading out of open storage pits during recent floods, the wasteful practice of natural-gas flaring. "Nationally, 1 percent to 2 percent is flared off," he says, but since foundries can't keep up with demand for pipelines, and gas isn't captured for the market, "in North Dakota it's over 30 percent. You're getting all of the pollution and none of the energy."
Schafer also points to incidents eroding community bonds. On July 2, The Bismarck Tribune reported a banker in Beach, N.D., bought apartments, gave longtime tenants a Hobson's choice between eviction or paying more than double their rent, and replaced them with high-paying oil field workers.
Nearby Native American tribes find the changes particularly troubling, reports Kandi Mossett, an organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), a nonprofit that advocates cultural preservation and environmental stewardship. Inequitably distributed floods of cash, she says, are dividing long-impoverished indigenous communities. Environmental risks disproportionately burden reservation residents. After a blowout near Killdeer, N.D., the IEN warns about further ruptures, she says, noting that pipes for fracking water pass directly beneath Lake Sakakawea, but "all we have is an interim environmental code and a draft emergency management plan that hasn't even been approved."
Truck operators are seldom held accountable for damage done on tribal lands; Mossett has seen tribal police pull drivers over for obvious chemical leaks without being able to detain them for inspection. "The oil companies are in charge of their own environmental assessment," she says. "They'll write up a two-page report, hand it in, find a FONSI—Finding of No Significant Impact—and then boom! They're drilling." A tribal compliance officer taking photos for independent assessment, Mossett notes, was chased away and told to give 30-day notice if he ever wanted to visit the site. "A lot goes unreported here," she summarizes.
Few philosophical contrasts are as sharp as that between Native Americans' seven-generation planning and the oil companies' speed. Helenske, noting that early-stage extraction jobs give way to smaller managerial workforces, recalls that some Bakken-region communities a decade ago benefited from interdisciplinary charrettes with developers, residents, academics, and industry personnel. "I've talked to people in Williston about trying to do that," he says. "The trouble is that they literally don't even have the time to take a breath." As industry pursues a bonanza that could alter the national risk/benefit balance in relation to peak-oil predictions and dependence on foreign suppliers, architects could bring some sorely needed skills in complex planning to the table. To date, nobody's been inviting them.


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Javascript Module Loaders Considered Harmful
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It's useful to separate the notion of module loaders from the notion of modules.
Clearly defining inter-module relationships and dependencies is fantastically useful.
Browser-driven asynchronous module loading is IMHO less useful.
Your article touches on this when you say:
> There is obvious merit here and helping us to define and understand
> dependencies, and to provide clear references between them in the form of things
> like require() calls, is certainly admirable.
The right solution is to use an AMD shim (AMD-Lite) module system to declare and resolve dependencies - but to use server-side bundling/minification of JavaScript.
When you do that, and when you use the AMD shim to only load your own script (not 3rd-party libraries) then the benefits are great.
What's more, you can then use the browser's built-in asynchronous script loading if you so choose. Simply set the async attribute on the script tag. Document ready happens sooner and the factory functions will only get executed when all dependencies are satisfied.
And for some AMD shims, you can ask it if there are any unresolved dependencies. If you are lucky, you will get a hierarchical tree of dependencies printed to the console.
- ionelmc said...
I think this is common in systems that use inversion of control. Because that's what the module systems are - god damn IOC assemblers.
Perhaps you meant to say "JavaScript Module Loaders Considered Harmful for Small Projects".
I can't imagine you would make the same argument if you were working in a JavaScript application with 100+ JS files.
- John Zabroski said...
When you say, "the fact is the vast majority of our projects don't have such complicated intramodule dependencies to really justify this", I wish you put detail sentences. This sentence should be the introduction to a paragraph or section.
For example, what happens if a client makes a request that requires validation between two modules? ALSO, what are your modules? For us, a module may be a filter, which in turn is a part of a filter list renderer module for searching.
Without these tinier modules you limit faceted compositionof your UI. Also, you run into ppotential for other kinds of race conditions related to two librarians using the same names for things and the order of your script execution.
That all being said, there is one gross thing about (current) AMD module LOADERS and it is that they can't, to my knowledge, statically detect infinitely recursive module references.
Anyway, thanks for trying. You at least made me think a bit, even though I think you are a bit naive and trying to enforce your naive worldview on others, I still greatly appreciate the effort and courage to speak your mind.
Please try to fill out your ideas with real world examples and explanations of how you divide your code into modules.
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- Norbert Kéri said...
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- Nicolas Joyard said...
Hmm, this just seems like FUD nonsense to me.
#1 confused debuggers
You don't have to debug using compressed/preprocessed sources. I have never done so. Source maps do work very well (I have never had a problem with them so far), but I have yet to see a bug that cannot be reproduced using the original sources.
You wouldn't debug a C program without debugging symbols, would you ?
#2 Load order
Relying on load order is just bad practice, period. It is even worse when working with loader(s) that rely on module dependencies.
Even when working with plain script tags, relying on load order is just opening the doors to maintenance problems.
#3 Workflow complication
This is a non-problem IMO. Each module standard has its ecosystem with corresponding libraries. Most loaders provide a way to shim around other module standards, that you only have to setup once for your first project.
In the end, most tools do complicate workflow. Bugtrackers do. Compilers do. VCS do.
But they also solve a bunch of problems for you. And so do module loaders. I have never been so happy with maintaining my JS projects since they all use a module loader. I don't have to worry about manual dependency resolving (load order anyone ?...), about minification...
As a conclusion, working with loaders is a different workflow, that is for sure. But saying it is beneficial or harmful is nonsense to me. It is very beneficial in a lot of situations and projects. It MAY be harmful in some specific situations, but that's about it.
In the end, a tool is made to do what it has been made to do. You'll always have problems if you try to nail down staples with a screwdriver. But screwdrivers are awesome at driving screws.
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