text: On 2012-02-21 17:03:56 +0000, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> said: > What was the primary cause of the bloat? I can't imagine my proposal > causing any more bloat than the explicit jni call (or equivalent) woudl > have otherwise. I had one D class for every corresponding Objective-C class, each method wrapped in both direction, each wrapper doing automatic mapping of D and Objective-C wrapper objects and translating exceptions. I could actually override a method in a derived class of the D wrapper and it'd effectively override the method on the Objective-C side. But with all those D classes having virtual tables referring to all these wrapper functions, even if you use only 1% of all the bindings nothing can be stripped of the final executable. Quoting from a blog post of mine: """ But the real show stopper is the size of the generated code for the bindings. The system I created needs to generate a lot of code for each and every one of the functions and classes you define bindings for. This makes the final executable awfully big (and might also explain in part the slowness while compiling). The small test application included with the bridge takes about 60 Mb of code, thats for something that'd be only a few kilobytes when written in Objective-C. This wasn't the case at first. This bloat appeared as I added bindings for more and more classes in Cocoa. It is a real problem because no one in his right mind will want to ship a 60 Mb application that contains so much binding code that stay unused most of the time. A solution could be that everyone would have to write bindings that only contains the classes and methods he needs, but this is of rather limited interest. """ >> Maybe you'll have more luck, but for me wrappers just couldn't work. So I >> decided making the compiler understand the Objective-C runtime and object >> model was a much better solution. It was fun to do and wasn't that hard >> actually. Here's the result: >> <http://michelf.com/projects/**d-objc/<http://michelf.com/projects/d-objc/>>. Unfortunately >> >> I don't have much time to work on it anymore. > > That sounds appropriate for Obj-C, but I don't think it applies to VM based > languages however you slice it, since there's not actually a direct binary > linkage. There's no way to know about the Java/.NET/Lua/etc object model > internally, the VM owns that entirely, so you're forced to marshal through > API's. That's not actually very different from what I'm doing for Objective-C. Call to Objective-C methods are all done through low-level API functions in the Objective-C runtime. Class definitions are static data, but could be done dynamically through API calls in module constructors. The most interesting bit however is that class *declarations* require nothing to be compiled, the compiler will just emit the right code when calling a method, using objc_msgSend(). This has a major impact on compilation time if you have thousands of such functions. > That's okay though, you have to do it anyway. I'm proposing a way to > unify the concept of calling functions without obscuring the actual call > with junk, and still allowing the D language to annotate and optimise to > its fullest extent. The goal is certainly worthwhile. I think your proposal has merit if you goal is just to call functions and not define function or classes, although I'm skeptical overloading extern() is the right way to do that (perhaps a pragma?). But I'd suggest you define your goals more throughly before deciding on an implementation. Some questions you should try to have an answer for regarding OO: if you're interacting with classes, how should it work in an ideal world? Then, do you need to define new classes that'd be available in the foreign language? Do you need to override functions on existing classes? How do you want code using foreign objects to look? Then ask yourself what would be an acceptable compromise, and start implementing it. For my part, I came to the conclusion that you couldn't really use Objective-C APIs in a meaningful way without the ability to create subclasses and override functions… which led me to the current design where you can use Objective-C classes as if they were D classes. -- Michel Fortin michel.fortin at michelf.com http://michelf.com/


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Hello from the pizza oven. The meteorologists say that this year we might break the 1980 record for over 50 days at over 100 degrees. Awesome.
Indigo~ My Brit gal is also melting. I can't believe you've been to Enid, though. So random!!
Crystal~ Glad you got solid info from your doc, even if it's not exactly what you hoped to hear. Forewarned is forearmed, so I hope all continues to go well for you all xoxox
Seraf~ I'm echoing AHope's 'maybe it's twins!' Stranger things have happened.... And yes, I'll have time and place to pump when I get back to work. I'm just not sure how I'm going to be able to let little bit out of my sight...
AHope~ Your doula visit sounds wonderful. I'm glad you're feeling pampered~ lord knows you need it!
Ok, secret shame revealed: we can't stop watching Real L Word even though it's so awful, and this go-round there's a couple who are trying to get pregnant. The couple seems really unprepared (they aren't temping, didn't know how to work an opk, were out shopping for a sex toy that would squirt so they could do a home insem 'the real way') and now have been saddled with the world's worst RE who actually didn't know how to work their cryo-tank and killed one of their sperm vials. The only saving grace is that they seem like a sweet loving couple who would have a good home to bring a baby into. Is anyone else watching this, or is this just my shame?
Hi ladies! I have totally SUCKED at being on the boards since May, but July will be much easier from the work standpoint. May & June are nuts for me!
We had my anatomy scan and gender ultrasound on Friday. (We then left for a long weekend with my family in the mountains, 9 hours away.) Anyway, the scan went GREAT. Everything seems to be right on target with no issues.
For those who don't know.....we're having a BOY!
We are soooooo excited. And he was beyond thrilled to show us multiple times what gender he was. :) DS was the first person we told, and he didn't stop smiling all weekend. He told everyone that he was going to have a baby brother. To date, he's decided to name him Francis, Carlos, Spongebob, and Rex (from Pokemon.) I feel certain the list will continue to grow. It's absolutely adorable to hear his excitement!
I was absolutely amazed at all they could see on the scan. He was sooooo funny too. He kept flipping around, crossing his legs, rubbing his eyes (or it seemed), and waving. Granted, he probably wasn't actually doing any of this, but we liked to pretend. He then would put his little booty right up to the u/s wand. We were cracking up. He already has quite the personality already. I love him so much!
Wishing everyone a fantastic week!
Me (35). DP to S (39) ; Mommy to DS: J (6), Furball Pupps: L (10) & S (1) and a new little baby boy arriving on/around Dec 2.
Library- That is too HOT! I try to stay in the air conditioned house as much as possible. The Real L Word sounds terrible! LOL But I admit if I had Showtime I would be watching it! And I meant to add how painful it was to hold all that urine I almost did pee my pants when she was pushing down. After she was done and was ready for the vaginal ultra sound she told me I could empty my bladder, by the time I got to the exam table she asked if I went to the bathroom because my bladder was still full! So I pee'd again and by the time she was done she said it was full again. I don't see why that make people drink so much water!
EZ- Congrats on having a healthy boy! Seems like everyone I know is having boys. (hope that means I'll have a girl) I love how much personality he showed, the one I just had (10weeks) it looked like a little dancing teddy bear, so cute.
Crystal (26) Single Mama to Baby Cohen born 7 weeks early December 2011 <3
hi everyone,
I'm hoping to hang out here for the next 9 months or so :)
I got my second beta yesterday and it looks good - it was 132 @ DPO 14 and was 515 @ DPO 16. It is like quadrupling? so I'm not sure what that means but the nurse said it is really good.
EDD is March 14th - and therefore my math teaching geeky wife has decided to call this baby 'pi' while in utero. For all those who are not blessed with a math geek in your life, 3/14 is international 'pi' day (you know, pi = 3.1415....). Yup :)
My DW carried our first baby - who is now our 2 year old DD. I'm carrying this child. We live in Ontario, Canada.
We are so excited, and of course worrying about every little thing these days.
I look forward to getting to know you better (and am also excited about the coming births!).
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Good morning ladies, so exciting to see all the activity!
1mommy: Welcome! How exciting to be carrying your 2nd (and 1st?) baby! I bet you guys are thrilled. How are you feeling?
Seraf- Oh twins, your belly was pretty big at Pride........ :) I echo all the ? that Ahope had.
Library- We are watching it too, even though at times it is like porn!? I am so not giving it up right now so Chels probably likes it (haha) but at this point it just makes me jealous at how skinny they are!!! I love the couple trying to get preggo. They kind of remind me of us, we were clueless and honestly just got lucky. I hope they find it easy.I mean I temped and used OPKs but when it came to actual insem we probably messed that up terribly. I can't stand Romi and her gf, what a train wreck they are! I ordered showtime as my "push present" because we love Nurse Jackie and US of Tara. We are also watching Shameless, have you seen it? So good.
Ahope- 1 more day!! How exciting! Have you talked any more about nursing with DD? I feel like at the rate I am going you will give birth before me.
2EZ- Glad to hear from you! A boy! YAY! I am so excited to have 2 boys and can't wait to hear about your experience with it as well.
Starling: I am so jealous of the diving, you are brave. I think I would be too nervous to do it, although I am sure it is so cushioned and cozy in there. Any cute vacation pics?
AFM: Had some pretty good contractions yesterday that did nothing. I got excited, started cleaning and bouncing on my ball. When i finished, they were gone!!!!!!!! Ugh. 38 weeks 3 days today. I know I still have almost 2 weeks til my actual due date but he has to be out of room and we are all so ready for him to come. I am not sleeping much, I broke down and ordered a mattress pad and i am waiting none too patiently for that to arrive. Hopefully it makes all the difference! Trying to be a good mom, not let me kiddo watch TV all day long and remember to take all 17000 mG of Iron my MW is making me take. Chels keeps saying sex will make me pop (she is deprived, how do people have desire at this point?!!!) but so far I haven't taken the bait. Maybe tonight I will attempt, probably not though .
Library, going back to work is both hard and nice. It's great because you get all the social recognition of being an adult and such but it's hard to be away from the baby and hard to come home and be totally out of sync with the pace of her day.
2ez, great to see you back! He sounds adorable.
Onemommyonemama, welcome! Yay for pi! March is a great time to give birth. My oldest was a march baby.
Yellow, they say orgasms help bring on contractions and semen softens the cervix. Since you only have half the advantage, you can argue either way. A recliner is a great place for romance this late in pregnancy... And of course , I think it's easier to not squish yourself if you're on top. Good luck, I personally would try to go for it since there is no action to be had for at least a month post partum. I personally aim for morning time when it's still cool and I'm not feeling all hot and heavy (not the good hot and heavy).
AFM, fetoscope came in the mail last night. We tried it out but I need to read more about it. The power is out at work so the generator is running a fan but the air conditioner is off. I'm feeling a mite warm. It's only 80 so far, but it's going to be a long day.
I forgot to mention yesterday that I have finally started leaking colostrum. 15 weeks later than my first pregnancy.
QOTD, what is your favorite candy? Is it different than before pregnancy?
Question for tomorrow, what are some interesting things you see on a regular basis in your city that the rest of us probably don't see?
Geez, this board is quiet all of a sudden.
Seraf: Cool about the colostrum. I didn't have any pre-birth colostrum with DD and don't seem to this time around (just a few drops if I work at it), but I'm reasonably confident that my milk will come in when the time is right.
QOTD: Hmm...candy. I love Reese's peanut butter cups, though that isn't new. One thing I don't normally eat that I've enjoyed during the pregnancy is salt water taffy.
MizYellow: Exciting that you are getting some good contractions, even if they aren't progressing into labor. I bet you're making progress in the meantime, though. I'm so excited for you! Come on, baby H!
Pigirl: Any news?!
Amy: How about news or an update?
Library: The Real L Word sounds like good trashy fun. I may have to catch it on Nexflix.
OneMommy: Welcome and congratulations! It is great to have you here, and we look forward to hearing how things go for you.
Crystal: Any update on the bicornate uterus? Did you discuss the u/s results with your doctor? I'm glad you seem to be staying calm and hope that everything continues to go smoothly for you and the baby.
2EZ: Congrats on the u/s and the cutie little boy fetus! So glad you are doing well.
AFM: Full term today! I'm still amazed that my body has actually done it (brought a baby to term) and am hoping for another week or two to absorb all this before the little one makes her entrance. I picked up my newborn cloth diapers that I'm renting today, just in case... They are so tiny and soft! This is my last day on campus, though I'm still finishing up some work from home that I hope to get done by the end of the week.
Partner of 17 yrs to DP, Mommy to 10-yr-old Z , and Lilah Nyx, born 7/24/11 .
Midwife appt today! 2 cm dilated, 60% effaced and losing my plug. I started having back contractions this morning, they tapered off but they are back. Going to go take a really really long walk to try to get them going strong. Hopefully soon!!!!
yeah mizyellow :)!
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Woohoo Miz!!! Wishing you lots of luck and patience!
Me (35). DP to S (39) ; Mommy to DS: J (6), Furball Pupps: L (10) & S (1) and a new little baby boy arriving on/around Dec 2.
Oh! Exciting! You're doing great already! Do you think the baby is posterior? If so, are you doing hands and knees and stuff to try to get him to turn? I hope you don't have back labor. But I'm sure you'll do wonderfully no matter what kind of labor you get. ELVs coming your way!
Do we get an update tonight?
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hi all,
it's been a yucky 2 weeks here. last week ds1 got a tummy bug, this week ds2 got the tummy bug and now dp has it. i have cleaned up so much puke over the last week, ugh. i'm not entirely sure how i managed to stay healthy, i guess one of us has to! dp is miserable - already nauseous from being pregnant and now the tummy bug on top of that. zofran isn't helping at all. :(
ds1 appears to be settling in at his new daycare ok. we are waiting on the outcome of our investigation into the original daycare plus we also wrote a 5 page letter of complaint to their corporate office. since we pulled ds1 out (ds2 is still there because we love the teachers thru the 2yo room) the director hasn't given me the time of day and is purposefully avoiding me. sigh. why can't we all be adults? interestingly tonight we got an update from one of the other donor families (we are in touch with 4 families) and their 6yo son is gifted too.
mizyellow, how exciting!!!! keep us posted! :)
AmandaHope, it has been quiet, everyone is having all that summer fun, I guess. Congratulations on making term! Every quiet spell I think you and Yellow are in labor.
Yellow, I lost my plug the day before Ari was born! I know you can lose it for a while before the baby actually comes and you can be dilated quite a bit before labor starts. I guess it just results in a faster labor. Good luck!!! Hoping for some good news soon!
Indigo, that sounds awful! The puking, not the giftedness. Kid got double wammied, huh?
AFM, I heard the heartbeat this morning! The kids got to, too. When Sara gets home I will try to find it again. 140, so, I looked up a gender predictor, and if it's below 140 its supposed to be a boy and above is a girl? So I'm smack in the middle? I guess the mystery deepens. I knitted another hat. Will take a pic later.
Answer for yesterday, I am in love with gummy peaches rings. That seems to be pregnancy specific. I normally like all chocolate and my favorite is anything with coconut.
Answer for today, I paid attention on my way home. I saw farm and wild animals, a motorcycle racetrack, a junk yard and a couple of quaries. The rest was just houses and forest and farm.
Indigo- So sorry there has been so much vomit in your home, I am one of those people that always throws up when others do so I don't know how you do it. Chels always gets stuck with puke duty. Sounds like you an her both have a glamorous life! You are a good woman!
Ahope- TERM!! Glad you are about done with work, I can't remember where you live? Chicago? How is the weather? Yesterday was not so hot here, hope you are getting the same break.
So obviously I have not had a baby. My MW ended up stripping my membranes yesterday as she was sure it would send me into labor and she was on call last night. I walked for 5 hours and had awesome contractions til about 2AM. Now...........nothing. I am frustrated and sore. I can't decide whether to keep trying to walk and stay active to get labor going. I am feeling like my body doesn't know what to do. I never contracted on my own with Lennon, I can get them started but they don't stick around this time. BC of the diabetes if I go to my due date I get induced. I am so frustrated and just want my body to figure this out. I am having a tough time with positive thinking today, not to mention no baby= work today. Just call me Debbie Downer
QOTD yesterday- I have eaten like I was 7 this pregnancy. I love salads and fruit normally but I have only wanted, doritos, spaghettios, and pop tarts. So weird
QOTD today- not really, Columbus is like about every other larger city. We have great parks and lots of free festivals.
Yellow, having to be induced for going past your due date sucks. I mean, why is there a whole window for term? I don't think you can make labor happen before you're ready. But when you start losing your plug, it means your body is getting ready. I personally would either relax and get ready for labor to happen, or I would have lots of sex and try to bring it on. I know from experience that it doesn't really matter what I do, It will happen when it's time. You haven't mentioned station yet, how low is Mr. Harrison? Can you reach up there and feel him yet? (I couldn't feel Ari until I was pushing, so don't be discouraged if you can't.)
I really don't want to get induced but I understand the concern with still birth increase after 40 weeks. Sex hurts right now but I will give it a shot tonight. He is at -2 and although i can't figure out how to feel him but my MW said she was touching his head.
mizyellow - my wife had a sweep and it took more than 36 hours to really start. It was the second night after the sweep.
your body was already gearing up before, it does know what to do. It is already doing it! You are in labour :) it is normal to have these starts and stops. It is kinda great in a way, because you are getting nice breaks in your labour to rest up and get stronger for the time when you will be in full force :)
do what feels right, try not to worry too much. try to rest and eat well. You are almost there mama!
I am sorry this means a work day for you, after so much labouring last night.
we are thinking of you!
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Mizyellow, I'm right with you. My m/w attempted a sweep yesterday (39w1d) but I wasn't quite dilated enough for her to do it. I contracted all day, but then they petered out overnight. Soon. We will both have our babies soon. I had to be induced for my last birth, too, and so am having trouble beliving my body knows how to do it on its own. Our m/w yesterday said that because I'd gotten pregnant, and dilated once before (albeit after about 400 bags of pitocin), that my body would know how to do it this time. She's been a midwife for 30+ years, so I really feel like she knows what she's saying. Hopefully that can comfort you, too!
AHope, holy mackeral congrats on making it full term! In the least dorky possible way, let me say I'm so proud of us! PPROM's got nothing on us now! I hope your full term birth is everything you hope it to be. :)
Indigo, sorry about all the puking, and the stress with your sons' schools. I hope that all eases up soon.
I'm missing a whole bunch of posts, but let me at least welcome the new folks on the list. I hope your stay here is long and uneventful. (Onemommy, as a fellow math nerd, I'm jealous of your due date!)
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MizYellow: I echo other's thoughts that your body is *already* doing early labor work and making good progress. I don't think I'd push the walking if you're not currently having contractions, because there is a risk that you'll get exhausted before you go into active labor. Can you possibly get some extra sleep today or tonight? Other things my midwife and doula have mentioned to get labor going include eggplant parmigian (how do you spell that?!)--the eggplant and tomatoes have nightshade, which is supposed to help bring on or strengthen contractions--as well as sex, and then of course there is caster oil if you get pretty desperate. My doula says that the trick with caster oil is to do it in the morning, and she blends a few tablespoons into a smoothie once and then again, if necessary, a few hours later. I think the idea is that it will blow out your digestive system during the day and then often kicks the body into labor by evening. But you don't want to be up all night on the toilet, so don't do it late in the day. Also, I didn't know you had diabetes. GD? Somehow I missed that. I bet that even if you do get to your due date, it will take very little intervention to get your labor going. Maybe just some cervidil, etc.? Maybe you could even avoid pitocin entirely. Anyway, I think that you'll be in labor in the next few days. Oh--one more thing--on the hypnobabies.com website, there is a downloadable MP3 called "Baby Come Out!" Even if you aren't into the hypnosis thing generally, this one track might help. It certainly can't hurt.
Pigirl: So good to hear from you. Can't believe you're so close to your due date! I'm proud of us, too. Your midwife sounds wise, and you sound nice and relaxed.
Odd that all 3 of us (Yellow, Pigirl, and I) were all induced last time around. Not this time!
Seraf: Congrats on hearing the heartbeat! I have a fetoscope too and have only been able to find the hb a few times. FWIW, my baby's hb has usually been in the 130s, and three u/s say it's a girl.
AFM: We're going to do a belly cast tonight and then go to the 12am 3D showing of Harry Potter! Is anyone else going? I guess most of you have kids that are too little for that--anyone without kids yet into it? This is the first time DD is staying up that late, and we may pay for it for days... (hope I don't go into labor with a super cranky exhausted kid on our hands...but I don't really think I'm having this baby for another few weeks). But we are all so excited! DD and DP are pretty hard core HP fans, and I really enjoy the books and movies, too.
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AmandaHope, I thought of you when the nurse at wic asked the kids if they were excited about the baby. She just shrugged and he shrugged and gave a non-committal, "Eh...". So it's very normal behavior. Osha's mama is taking him to see HP after they come back from the beach. Ari is too young. I think it's ratted pg-13 and he is still kind of young, but he just finished the last book with her and I'm not going to say anything.
Escher, you have been quiet lately, everything great in your part of the world?
Pi, from worrying about going early to worrying about going late. What a change. Good luck.
If the 3 of you all have your babies, please come back and talk. This board is already so quiet I would hate to have to look all over for your updates.
Yellow .... SO exciting! I was naturally induced (from about your state of progression) solely using an oil of verbena protocol from my midwife, deep squats and some somewhat arduous sex. I'll try to find the induction cocktail recipe. It also calls for castor oil, but I didn't want to be worrying about sitting on the toilet or pooping copiously during labour, so I skipped that part. Let me go look. be right back.
Found it! And the recipe for labour tea, too. Good luck, mama!
I drank the tea every hour, I think. The smell of verbena still make my uterus contract in abject horror to this day. Worked swimmingly though!
2 cups water
1 part cinnamon
5 parts clove
tonnes of chopped ginger
Boil for 30 minutes, remove from heat and add 3 drops of VERBENA essential oil.
Makes two cups
2 tbs almond butter
2 tbs castor oil
blend with 300ml water
5 drops verbena (0.1ml)
200 ml apricot juice
drink quickly (within half an hour)
Leave out the castor oil if you want. I did, and it still worked!
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. Enchanting audiostories for curious kids. Come play in the forest!
Starling: I am soooo down! Where can I find Verbana oil? I am pretty sure I have a verbana candle, maybe I could just eat it.
I am mostly joking.
Does it take yucky? Not that I care, my MW told me not do the castor oil thing but it is looking better and better.
I have had NO contractions today. I am considering just making Saturday my last work day even if I don't go into labor.
Having sex hurts you guys. You are all nuts. We tried it a little bit ago and I almost broke her fingers and shoved them in the couch. I must have the most sensitive vagina in the world. It felt like she was stabbing my cervix with a light saber. I will pause and let you envision that. :)
I appreciate so much the words of comfort and wisdom and Piggirl it makes me feel soooo much better that you are in my boat. At least I know somwhere in the world there is a woman as uncomfortable still pregnant as I am ;)
that being said, I hope by the time you read this you are holding your sweet babe.
Seraf- Let me know what time you are coming Saturday. I work and am not sure what time I get off yet,hopefully early!
Yellow ... Dropping by (while I recover from the light saber visual) to say that we got the oil of verbena at a health food store that sells essential oils. Keep us posted, woman!
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HP was fantastic, but I'm about to collapse (waiting for DD to finish using the bathroom!). Yellow, how about sex without penetration of any kind? But the verbena might do the trick--hope so.
Well, I made it to 37 weeks and through HP without a baby. Yee haw. If I'd gone into labor today, I really don't think DD would have forgiven me or the baby...maybe ever. We're headed to South Bend this weekend to see friends and I still need to finish up chapter revisions, so I'm thinking the week after next? We'll see! Yellow and Pigirl are definitely up before me. Can't wait for news!
Nighty night, all.
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Yellow, sorry about the light saber, if your cervix is that low, your body is doing exactly what it is supposed to. So, orgasms stimulate oxytocin, as does skin to skin contact and nipple stimulation (and eating chocolate, I think. So if you want to get chocolate sauce involved, that is entirely up to you). So go for those you have the energy for and skip anything that doesn't feel lovely. Think of it as a first date where you may or may not "go all the way." If you don't find oil of verbena, let me know. I bet I can find some in columbus.
Starling how are you doing?
AmandaHope, I was right at term when I had to sit for my nursing boards. They watched me waddle in and asked when I was due, I remember saying, "term today." They got a little nervous, but I was happy to get it out of the way before Ari was born. So, now that you have the ever-important HP out of the way, you have anything else to do before she arrives?
Here's a picture of Ari listening to the baby's heartbeat.
and here is the hat (way bigger and softer than the last hat)
Seraf: Nice hat! I like the colors. My baby dream was that the home birth was smooth and not too hard, but so quick that the baby arrived before the midwives got here. The baby was healthy and full-term and a girl. I don't remember any other details anymore, but I woke up feeling reassured. During the day I still sort of think it is a boy. We'll see!
AmandaHope: Congratulations on making it to term! Hooray!!! How did the belly cast go?
Mizyellow: I'm sorry you are so uncomfortable right now. I hope you'll be holding your little one very soon!
Pigirl: You're getting so close too! I look forward to seeing your birth announcement!
Indigo: I'm sorry you've been having to deal with so much puke! I hope that everyone feels better soon.
QOTD about candy: I haven't eaten much candy during this pregnancy (since even now, at 25 weeks, there are only about 25 things I can eat without feeling a bit sick), but normally I'm a big fan of toffee and sea salt caramels.
Onemommyonemama: Welcome! That is a very cool due date. How are you feeling so far? How does the experience so far of being pregnant differ from having your wife be pregnant? Your beta numbers look great, but I understand being in the worrying place. I hope that things feel more secure soon!
2ez: Congratulations on your healthy boy!
Starling: Wow that you only have about 80 days left! I was very pleased to see in my pregnancy day by day book that I still have over a hundred. Which is good, because I am completely unprepared for a baby. It sounds like you're much more ready than I am!
AFM: It's been a busy but fun week with family events, and lots of family members were sweetly excited about this baby. I feel so grateful for people's support. It seems amazing that they care about this little person they have never even met. The baby is still kicking away regularly. I feel like I can now sometimes feel the baby's weight on specific parts of my belly even when it is not actively kicking, especially if I am lying on my side. I can't believe I only have a few more weeks in the second trimester. I'm still amazed that this pregnancy seems to be working.
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Darn I miss being on this board! But, I'm still on my quest to get tons of stuff done in July so that I can rest and be with friends and family in August and September. I know, not very mindful, present living. But, something tells me this is what I need. So much exciting stuff going on here lately....
Escher: what a great dream! Let hope is foretells the home birth you want. Also, very sweet and fun that family is gearing up. We're experiencing that too.
Seref: I love your pics... both of Ari and the hat. It's incredible to hear about the stuff your body does during pregnancy... early movement, colostrum. I'm hoping for the same to get an indication of my BFAR capacity, but won't get hung up on it if it doesn't work.
Amanda: congratulations on making it to term. I love that you've got a weekend getaway scheduled at this stage. Tell... how was your belly cast? Did you use a particular kit that you liked, or have someone do it. Don't tell about HP though... we're going tomorrow night.
Onemommyonemama: Welcome! Congratulations! Yay!!! That is a great b-day. I'm math-impaired, but I love the pisces time. I'm one and surrounded by them... wife, father, mother, best friend.
Yellow: Oooch, also recovering from that light saber visual. I'm really excited for you and waiting to hear how things go in the next day or so. ELVs at you...
Pigirl: congrats on being so close... maybe you're beyond close by now and you have a new babe? Here's to MWs who have been doing it for years! I've got one too and she's incredible. ELVs too!
Indigo: glad to hear things are going well for your DS at the new day care center.
EZ: Aw, that sounds like a great scan. So glad it's all going so well! I know that feeling of "oh, wow, I already love you a ton." Jumps up and surprises me now and then.
Library: Crazy hot! Where-ish do you live again? Oh, the Real L Word. We tried this for a bit during season one. So, I consider myself a nonviolent person, and I wanted to jump through the screen and pop some of those characters in the nose (i.e., Mikey). We just couldn't do it... which is weird, because DW and I have happily sat through many a craptastic dyke show or film. Hmmm, but I can see the need for some midnight distraction coming down the pike so perhaps season two....
AFM: Not much to report. Just slogging through a to-do list to move our house from construction to living state. Also, working through my reading list with more discipline right now. I'm on the Sears vaccine book, then moving on to the BFAR book soon. Pretty healthy amount of kicking going on and I'm not spilling sugar anymore. Next Monday is the first glucose test. I'm still being pretty disciplined, but I've had a bit of sugar here and there. Hitting a 40 family garage sale in Berkeley tomorrow that is supposed to have lots of baby stuff for sale. We've already got quite a bit but I'm hoping for a rocker. Take care all!
Julie: Glad to hear that you are having a productive July and that all is going well with the pregnancy. The belly cast was a little harder than I'd expected, both working with the material for DP and holding my arms up for me, but I think it will turn out really well. We still need to trim it and put the glaze finish stuff on it. We used a kit from "Proud Body" (on Amazon). It is so satisfying to do the things we'd planned to do during the end of my first pregnancy but never got a chance to do. Hope you get lots of awesome stuff at the yard sale.
I'm excited about our weekend in South Bend; even the possibility of going into labor there and having to come back isn't so bad. We'd only be 1.5 hours away from the hospital, and I can't imagine that things would be moving that quickly. And I doubt I'll go into labor this weekend. My friends there have to tease me, though, about keeping water boiling, etc. Kind of annoying. Men, especially, seem uncomfortable with women at full term. Oh, well.
Escher: I know what you mean about feeling more weight where the baby is, especially when lying down...and about being amazed that one's body is actually doing what it is supposed to do! So glad everything continues to go well.
Seraf: Sweet hat! I love the bonnet style, and it looks really warm.
HP was awesome (won't say anything else--promise). We all slept in until very late morning. Gotta run--happy Friday!
Partner of 17 yrs to DP, Mommy to 10-yr-old Z , and Lilah Nyx, born 7/24/11 .
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Yes, yes, yes....labor in South Bend!
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PS - I am thinking Thursday is the magic day!
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"I said no, I said I'm done, and I love teaching," said Kirstin Rogers, who gave up on her application upon moving from Utah and joined a lawsuit against the state board.Read More →
City considers law preventing most residents from renting their homes
"If you and I were next door neighbors, and you already had your house rented out, I'm screwed," said Burnell Beermann, a 76 year old homeowner who opposes the ordinance. "That's the thing, it ain't right. If they've got concerns with behavior, they should address the behavior."Read More →
74-year-old home-care worker challenges signature on union card; gets refund
"He sent me a copy of what I supposedly signed, and it doesn't look anything like my signature at all," Johansen said. "I'm left-handed, the letters are all formed differently. So they didn't have my signature. Somebody else just signed my name to it."Read More →
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A year and a half after voting in the first union for part-time faculty at a private Minnesota college or university, adjunct instructors at Hamline University remain without a contract to show for it. But the two sides remain deadlocked on a compensation package for some 200 adjunct professors in talks with an atmosphere the campus' union steward has described as "temper and tension in the air."Read More →
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Think you've got it bad? Consider Dong Ziaobo, a senior manager at a small, private provider of telecom software services in Beijing whose main client is China Mobile Ltd. (CHL ), the national carrier. Dong, 30 and unmarried, earns almost $2,000 a month -- nearly twice what the average city worker makes in a year -- but he slogs through 60-hour, six-day weeks. Although about 20 hours of that are overtime, he receives no extra pay. "I have no choice but to work overtime," says Dong. "Anyway, it's my duty to work hard at my job."
More than 300 miles away, in the capital of coal-producing Shanxi province, 31-year-old Liu Bo puts in a very different workweek. As one of 120 teachers at the Taiyuan Middle School, he spends exactly 40 hours over five days a week teaching history class. He never does a minute of overtime. For this, the married Liu earns just under $200 a month. But he's happy with his employment. "I just want to keep teaching my students," says Liu, who adds that as a government-employed teacher he is assured of social welfare benefits such as medical care. "I like my job because I face little stress and can fully enjoy my free time," he says.
In rapidly transforming China, the realities of Dong and Liu exist side by side. According to a study by the International Labor Organization, the Chinese workweek averages 44.6 hours. (In the U.S., it's 39 hours.) And 52% of Chinese workers put in more than 40 hours a week, well above the comparable 28% in the U.S.
Yet the ILO data also point out critical distinctions within the Chinese workforce. In particular, it matters whether you are employed by the state, where work hours are shorter, or in the fast-growing private sector, where the average workweek exceeds 46 hours. "Chinese, especially young people, are facing ever more pressure in their jobs," says Ma Mingjie, director of the Beijing-based China Youth Daily's Social Research Center. According to a survey by the center in April, 65.6% are working longer than eight-hour days, with 20% putting in more than 10 hours.
What's more, the ILO study found that 51% of Chinese workers -- unlike those in Japan and South Korea -- do not get paid for overtime, says Zeng Xiangquan, dean of the School of Labor & Human Resources at People's University and one of the authors of the study. While blue-collar workers log long hours to earn more money, white-collars do so for less tangible goals such as promotion or personal satisfaction, says Zeng.
Take Wu Xianyong, vice-president for marketing and international business at Beijing athletic gear maker Li-Ning, which is competing with the likes of Adidas-Salomon and Nike (NKE ) in China but intends eventually to vie for international markets, too. "I want to work to build Li-Ning into a global brand," says Wu, who regularly puts in 60-hour workweeks with no overtime pay.
Perhaps surprisingly, given the long hours, China's labor regulations are "actually good -- and pretty much in keeping with international norms," says Constance Thomas, director of the ILO Office for China and Mongolia in Beijing. The laws mandate 44-hour, five-day workweeks; two weeks of annual leave; regular holidays; and a minimum of one-and-a-half time pay for overtime. Moreover, those mandated work hours are down from close to 50 hours in a six-day week before 1995. But that doesn't mean the laws are widely followed, particularly in the fast-growing, unregulated sector of the economy or where migrant workers are involved. "It's a big country with a lot of regions that still need to develop," Thomas says. "We see differences in how the labor law is applied."
The jury is still out on what comes next. Although Chinese yuppies are starting to value free time and with labor law moving toward better protection of workers, the rapid growth of private enterprise is likely to mean longer working hours. "There is a push-pull effect," says the ILO's Thomas. And that means that at least for some time to come, all those 60-hour workweeks will help keep the Chinese economic engine roaring.
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Silly Bloggers: Katie Holmes Isn't Actually Topless In These Photos
Behold, some headlines that were splashed yesterday above these Katie Holmes images, from an ad campaign for H.Stern Jewelers that is currently running in Brazil.
- Katie Holmes Goes Topless in New H.Stern Jewelry Ads [Hollywood Life]
- Whoa! Katie Holmes Strips Down in Steamy H.Stern Ads [Us Weekly]
- Katie Holmes Goes Topless for New Ad Campaign [ABC News]
- Katie Holmes Topless: Strips for Sexy H.Stern Campaign [Daily Mail]
- Katie Holmes H. Stern Jewelry Ads: Truly Sexy or Just a Topless Zombie [Celebitchy]
I would simply like to point out that letting the straps of one's bikini fall loose does not make a girl "topless." Holmes has a top on in every single image.
I would also like to point out that these images making their way across the internet are not the final crops of Holmes used in H.Stern's ads. With a little photo snipping, the images become far less scandalous. See what I mean below.
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1. Brett Stewart
Made you nervous at times when he fielded kicks, but was generally solid in defence and always looking for the ball in attack, scoring twice. 8
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Very quiet night, and you wondered if he was playing before he saved a try, knocking the ball out of the hands of Brent Tate. That was it though. 5
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A howler not to take the bomb that led to a try on half-time. Limited opportunities in attack, and looked a worry in defence. 4
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Not a standout performer, but a big improvement on game one. Solid in defence, and when he ran the ball, it led to a try. A pass mark. 7
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Steered the team around the park OK, and his kicking game and defence were sound, but, like Carney, hardly a standout performance. 7
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Typical blue-collar Stewart, and you need one or two of them in Origin. Did all the things that nobody really notices, and did them well. 7
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Outstanding Origin effort again. Made metres with gusto, and stopped plenty of metres with ferocious defence. Importantly, too, he inspires others. 8
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It doesn't matter what number he wears, Gallen is an Origin star and a true leader. His men want to work for him, and they do. 8½
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Didn't get much game time, but made the most of it, albeit in defence. Nothing to complain about his game. 6
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What I love the most about this outfit is that it is so simple and versatile. The pieces in my closet that I wear and love the most are those pieces that look good going anywhere. This Fashionista looks as if she could go to lunch with friends, on a date or even just to class. She looks effortlessly chic, which is something that I personally strive for when I get dressed. Surprisingly, it is harder to do than it may seem. However this Fashionista, with her cool boots and easy to wear pieces, does it perfectly.
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I've considered jumping in on the ED group buy but things are taking way too long. Do you know if this is basically the same process for putting ribbon motors in OEM M3 mirrors. If this much work is required for the ED reps then why not just buy OEM ones and do the same retrofit? Plus, I'm very partial to the OEM blue tinted glass and I'm not wanting the clear offered by ED.
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1. A coupe can use the OEM M3 mirrors (non-ribbon) and bolt right up.
2. The sedans CAN NOT use the OEM M3 mirrors (ribbon or non-ribbon) without modifying the bases. Not a job for the weak of heart as it involves a grinder and multiple testing on the car.
3. I don't know if the ribbon mirror motors will work within the OEM M3 mirror mounts. I have never torn down an OEM mirror so I can't speak on it. If they do fit in the OEM M3 mirror mount then you should be able to swap em out with this DIY and bolt your mirrors right up on your coupe.
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Seen here at Coachella with Ali because positive role models are important, Lindsay Lohan reportedly owes more than half a mil in credit card debt, according to RadarOnline:
"Lindsay owes credit cards $600,000," a source tells RadarOnline.com of the troubled 23-year-old. "One card cut her off last week and it's only a matter of time before all her other credit cards cut her off too."
Lohan used to make a good chunk of change by doing club appearances, but as RadarOnline.com previously reported the invites are becoming sparse and the starlet gets only from $5,000 to $10,000 at most.
Of course some of you might be thinking, "C'mon, she's famous. $600,000 is nothing to celebrities," and I'd be inclined to agree with you. Except this is Lindsay Lohan so you could've said she owed someone $20 and I'd tell you there's no way she'll make that kind of money. No way.


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The passing game is far from effective. Our passing plays are so simple a high school team could run them, there's zero creativity. I don't care who Harbaugh learned from, times have changed and we need a better aerial attack. We can't pass the ball against any defense that is above average and that needs to be addressed. It seems that they just don't want to make it any better. Odds are instead of drafting receivers next year, they will draft more running backs.


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The Colorado Rockies are close to signing Carlos Gonzalez to a seven-year, $80 million extension, according to MLB.com.
Gonzalez's publicist has said on Twitter that two sides have agreed to a deal, pending a physical.
But Scott Boras, his agent, has said that they are still in discussions.
"That is not Carlos making that announcement," Boras said. "We are in discussions and negotiating with Colorado."
Gonzalez is currently in Venelzuela.
If the Rockies were to sign him to a long term deal, the club would lock up Gonzalez, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez for the next few years. Tulowitzki agreed to a seven-year, $134 million extension in November that will keep him with the club through 2020. Jimenez signed a four-year deal worth $10 million in 2009 that will keep him in Denver through 2012.
If Gonzalez does not sign, the Rockies could lose him to free agency after the 2014 or 2015 season, depending on whether he becomes arbitration-eligible after 2011 or 2012.
Gonzalez is coming off a career year. The outfielder led the National League in batting with a .336 average last season and won a Gold Glove.
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These days betas get a bad rap for being nothing more than a glorified demo, but if one game has bucked the trend, it's Lightbox Interactive's Starkhawk. The game has just entered version 1.3, bringing new vehicles, more players and a sweet trailer.
If you haven't already booted up the Starhawk beta, you'll be prompted to download the 1.3 update. This update will add two new vehicles to the game: the Ox Tank and the Sidewinder Jet Bike. The tank has a bit more of a futuristic look than what we've seen in Warhawk; it has six wheels as opposed to treads and two fire modes to boot.
The jetbike is exactly as you'd except, a nimble craft that's able to quickly move around the battlefield. See them in action in the trailer below:
The beta will also bring about a brand new map, called Dust, which you can see in the following screen shots. Dust will also allow players to join in on 32 player matches, a new feature that's been added to the beta. The previous two maps only held 16 players max, so it will be fun to see if 32 player matches can retain the same intensity as in Warhawk.
Sony's Chuck Lacson also answered a few questions on the PlayStation Blog regarding features that will be in the full game. While most of his comments were to thank people for showing support, one interesting tidbit did pop up – that much like Starhawk's spiritual predecessor, Warhawk, players will be able to hop online and play split screen with a buddy.
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As anyone in this field knows, you have to love it or you will never survive it, and though pay is a considerable factor, it does not explain the gender inequities. "I am of the mind that if everybody could be president of the company, everybody would be president of the company," said Ruth Scovill. "There is a selection process, and you might drop off at a certain rung. That doesn't mean you are better or worse than anyone else, it's just that you're not destined to go to the top of the ladder. That has to happen, or you would have all chiefs and no Indians."Smith offered insights on becoming a Producer. "I think it has to do with women who were in coordinating and production manager jobs who had the right connections becoming AP's to co-producers to full producers. Other women came up through the development and executive sides, already on board with the powers that be. There are other producers who come up through the accounting track, and they use their strengths to schedule and watch the stats."Universally, Coss, Smith, Winder, Eberle and Goulekas agreed the quality of women's reels were definitely up to par. Women tend to be highly creative, and lean towards broader interests. They are less likely to suffer from color blindness. However, there is also compatibility. Reputation travels as fast as email. If a person, male or female, is difficult to work with, they can kill a blossoming career in an instant. Said Coss, "I know for myself and my peers, we always wanted to know if someone was good and were going to fit into the organization. If we found out they were trouble, we would avoid them."There seemed to be little stopping anyone from a career path they wanted if they had the talent, desire, and personality, with a wide range of choices on which way to go. Many might prefer to work as a Producer rather than the often grungy work of a VFX Sup. "I think a lot of women would like to deal more with the money angle and being in the office," offered Eberle. "I think women who are in visual FX start out maybe as a coordinator and eventually end up, just out of natural default, in a producer type role rather than sitting in the trenches getting dirty." But that hands on work is often half the fun. "If I am out there with the boys, then I am out there with the boys," said Goulekas. "I'm doing the same things that they are doing. If I am going to go out there and act all fragile, I don't think I belong there. If anything, I've wound up being one of the boys nine times out of 10, not by any design, it's my personality. Out on the set, getting dirty, cool!"
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"My life, particularly my seven years as a cabinet minister and six years as leader of the house, has been preparing me for this challenge,'' Abbott told The Australian Financial Review at the beginning of what is likely to prove a pivotal week in his tenure as alternative prime minister.
Federal parliament resumes today in a high-octane atmosphere, after a one-week break during which election-year defining events took place. This week will effectively mark the beginning of the 2010 election campaign, whatever date Prime Minister
Labor's hash of both the design and marketing of a resource super profits tax was matched by Abbott's own inexplicable gaffe when he admitted last week that he did not always tell the "gospel truth".
Abbott's "confession" – he himself admits "it wasn't a great interview'' – distracted from what was a terrible week for the Rudd government.
The election year contest has tightened. Abbott knows the country is now handicapping him as more than a long-priced alternative to
For reasons that have much less to do with Abbott's ragged tenure as Opposition Leader and are almost entirely related to an extraordinary implosion in Rudd's own political standing, voters are taking a first, even a second, look at Anthony John Abbott.
As one of Abbott's former senior colleagues – now out of politics – tells the AFR, the electorate is asking itself a simple, but dangerous question (for the Opposition Leader): "Is this bloke up to being prime minister? The debate has moved on from what it had been up to now, which was good on Abbott for giving Rudd a run for his money. Now, people are saying to themselves we better have a look at Abbott because we may change the government.
"What Tony has to project is competence and unfortunately allowing himself to be tripped up by
"He's got to learn some discipline. This will be the test. To get through an election campaign you've got to be disciplined.''
That is the nub of the question about Abbott: Is he disciplined enough for the country's most challenging assignment at a moment when the world has re-entered treacherous financial waters? Or should his apparent lack of discipline disqualify him from consideration?
These are not easy questions either for the electorate or the man himself, who got a taste last week of the sort of heavy artillery that will be brought to bear.
As Abbott notes ruefully, "no fewer than 10 ministers'' issued statements eviscerating him after his ABC admission in a co-ordinated effort to deflect attention from the government's own self-inflicted gash – which may end up costing it seats in Queensland and Western Australia, and even threaten its hold on the Treasury benches.
But in the upside-down world of Australian politics, Abbott remains in contention, like a boxer who has taken some punishment but is far from out on his feet, against a glassy-eyed opponent (these days) whose detractors suggest may have a glass jaw.
What is not in short supply is invective. Over the weekend,
Anticipating a shellacking over Abbott's "gospel" moment, Brandis, a silk, entered this defence on behalf of his boss in remarks to the AFR:
"This is the Dostoevskian paradox about Tony: the more sincere and honest he is about his human failings, the more cynically the Labor Party spin doctors will seek to portray him unfavourably. And yet one of Tony's most attractive qualities is his conscientious humility in stark contrast to Rudd's insufferable conceit.''
Against this background, and with the polls showing Labor and the Coalition running neck and neck on a two-party preferred basis that would produce a knife-edge result if reproduced on election day, Abbott sat down with the AFR in Melbourne.
In a discussion that ranged across his childhood, his Catholicism, his political philosophy, his ministerial career, his various political relationships – from
Abbott, according to this new paradigm, is a "social fabric conservative'', defined as someone who combines elements of liberalism and conservatism and whose inclinations are to want to care for all creatures great and small – until he remembers he is leader of a party whose leanings are towards a version of hard-hearted economic rationalism.
"I think it is very important we respect everyone to whom we have some responsibilities, and a politician in Australia has some responsibilities for every other Australian and you've got to treat them with respect, and you've got to appreciate the interconnectedness that everyone has with everyone else,'' he says.
The AFR had asked him whether he would describe himself as a "social justice liberal'' or a "neo-liberal'', phrases he swatted away as "dangerous and slippery'' in the case of the former and "a term of abuse'' in the latter. But the very fact that Abbott – after nearly two decades in public life – prompts these sorts of questions is revealing.
In Howard, what you saw was what you got, even if you didn't much care for it, but despite Abbott's insistence that he is an "open book'', the truth is he remains a work in progress of many different chapters that are not necessarily in sequence. This is not least of the reasons why he is a risky – and unpredictable – conveyance for his party, and the country.
On the other hand, he needs – and deserves – to be taken seriously, if for no other reason than that, while unlikely, the possibility of an Abbott prime ministership cannot be excluded. If Abbott fights a steadfast campaign and in the process demonstrates he has more self-control than has hitherto been the case, people may be willing to take a chance.
This is a large "if".
Political leaders lose "unloseable" elections: ask Jeff Kennett, or Abbott's former boss, Hewson.
Abbott was Hewson's press secretary for the years 1990-93 (press gallery members recall an abrasive and confrontational Abbott) in what can only be described as a difficult relationship.
Hewson accuses Abbott of being a Howard informer – in other words, disloyal –alerting Howard to forthcoming Hewson statements and policy initiatives even before the ink was dry, bringing the member for Bennelong hastening into his office to remonstrate. This was especially so on social issues such as gay rights.
Abbott seems unsettled by the Hewson criticism, but beyond saying these allegations are "not true'', he is generous in his remarks about his former boss. "John and I had our ups and downs when we were working together,'' he says. "I have judgements about him, but on the whole I am very grateful for the start he gave me in politics and I think John Hewson will be better remembered in history than he was judged by his contemporaries at the time.''
But perhaps more awkward for Abbott are Hewson's observations about his apparent inconsistencies. Noting that one of Abbott's favourite expressions is a quote from American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson, "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds'', Hewson says his former press secretary would be "all over the place, black one day and white the next''.
Hewson also notes Abbott's proclaimed lack of interest in economics. Abbott himself has said he finds the subject "boring''.
"Tony is genuinely innumerate,'' says Hewson, a former economics professor. "He has no interest in economics and he has no feeling for it.''
Abbott rejects these observations as "unfair''. "I have an economics degree – for what that's worth (Abbott's Sydney University degree is in law and economics) – and, look, I accept economics is at the heart of communities. You can't have a community without an economy to sustain it,'' he says.
"[On the other hand] I am not fascinated by money. I don't thrill as I flick through the pages of an economics text book.''
Abbott would say his own portfolio responsibilities in the Howard government – Workplace Relations and Health – both had economic components, but it is the case that lack of frontline experience in treasury and/or finance is a drag on Abbott's ambitions.
Aware of this gap in his resume, Abbott bid twice for the Treasury portfolio during the Turnbull leadership but was turned down, political associates have told the AFR. This is not the least among reasons for frictions that existed between the two.
Speaking of ambitions, Abbott is a more ambitious politician than a knockabout manner might suggest (Abbott has a lot of "mates").
But the question is: Is he ready?
"I'm confident that I can discharge the office of prime minister better than the incumbent, who had far less experience in government when he came to office and whose lack of real depth is now being exposed,'' Abbott tells the AFR.
This might have sounded like boilerplate a few weeks ago, but in view of Rudd's deficiencies as a manager of executive government, including the shemozzle over the resources super profits tax (the government's failure to consult the stakeholders in any meaningful way was amateurish, to say the least) Abbott has a point.
After having spoken with dozens of Abbott's friends, associates and detractors over the past several months, what emerges is the complicated story of a complex individual who tends, in Hewson's words, to be "all over the place''.
This suggests either that Abbott is possessed of a restless mind, or that he has not, even at a relatively late stage in his political education, made up his own mind, or that, well, he is simply conflicted on a whole range of issues.
Is he dry or wet, is he a liberal-conservative or a conservative-liberal or a "social fabric conservative", is he part of the Liberal Party's mainstream, or does he represent a fringe viewpoint that owes more to the influence of B.A. Santamaria, or is he all – or none – of the above?
Santamaria, the Melbourne Catholic intellectual and lifelong opponent of communism who was a co-founder of the Catholic Worker newspaper that campaigned for workers' rights against capitalism's excesses, looms large in the Abbott story. Some of his closest political associates, past and present, believe he represents a throwback to Santamaria: that he is, in fact, the ghost of Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria who died in 1998 and whose requiem was presided over by then archbishop – now Cardinal –
This might be regarded as a bit unsettling for market-oriented Liberals. But for better, or worse, Abbott's welfarist tendencies (the latest manifestation being the several-billion-dollar parental leave proposal that would reward investment bankers in the family far more generously than a washerwoman) are now part of the Liberal Party's "social fabric conservatism''.
All this prompts the following sorts of observations from senior colleagues, past and present:
"He is DLP (the Democratic Labor Party that grew out of the Santamaria-inspired "groupers" campaign against communist influence in the unions and the Labor Party). He is a right-wing Labor guy. The key to understanding Tony Abbott is he's a right-wing Labor guy. He's not a free market guy . . . This is the ghost of Santamaria.''
Or . . .
"The DLP legacy makes him suspicious of Liberal economics and open and free markets. Historically he was very suspicious. Whereas Costello and
Abbott laughs when the AFR reads these observations about his relationship with Santamaria, including the part about being not the father or the son, but the Holy Ghost.
"Santa was my first political mentor and Santa was a genuinely great man,'' Abbott says. "There are few days that would not go by when I would not think of Santa in some way, shape or form, but he and I did not see eye to eye on economics.''
"I believe in the market – not an unfettered or an unregulated market – but I fundamentally believe in the market in a way that I don't think Santa ever did.''
Here, Abbott questions what he describes as "one of the quirks" of Catholic social justice policy, which is the notion of a "just price".
"I've always felt this is nonsensical,'' he says. "The just price is something someone will pay for something.''
Another of Abbott's colleagues defined his place in the political spectrum with an interesting turn of phrase. "Tony is oblique to the Liberal Party,'' he tells the AFR.
Abbott's response is notable for its stumble. "I think I am very much in the mainstream of the liberal (stumble) – of the Australian liberal tradition.''
This brings us to the issue of religion and whether Abbott's religiosity (he spent three years training for the priesthood after graduating from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship) is a plus or a minus politically.
Prominent Catholics, including The Australian's
What Lucas is really saying is that while Rudd's well-advertised religiosity (he is photographed frequently entering and exiting church on Sundays) is treated by the media as "normal", Abbott's is placed in a different category.
This is true, but then Rudd, born a Catholic and now an Anglican, did not train for the priesthood, nor has he associated himself with divisive religious or semi-religious figures like Pell and Santamaria, unless you count Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian and Rudd hero, as divisive in an Australian context.
When the AFR puts it to Abbott that, on balance, he benefits from being regarded as a man of religious convictions, Abbott replies ruefully: "If you say so, Tony, but I'm not so sure.''
In the AFR interview, Abbott is well-primed for a question about when it might be permissible to lie (it might be noted here that "thou shalt not lie" is not one of the 10 commandments, unless "bearing false witness" amounts to the same thing).
"You should not do it.
"You should try always to tell the truth,'' says Abbott, who knows full well that it would be easier for a politician to pass through the eye of a needle than adhere to this standard.
Leaving religion aside, Abbott's claims to be taken seriously for the country's top job must – or should – rest partly on his performance as a minister, and while the resume is fairly comprehensive (minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, 1996-98; minister for Employment Services, 1998-2001; minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Small Business, 2001-2003; and minister for Health and Ageing, 2003-2007) the achievements are sparse.
Abbott nominates his role in solving the doctors' indemnity crisis in 2003 as an important achievement, but in health his big push to have the commonwealth take over more responsibility for hospitals, as Rudd is proposing, came up short. Pointedly, he does not talk about Work Choices, the labour market initiative that helped put an end to the Howard-era.
A senior bureaucrat who worked with Abbott in the health area found him personally engaging, but frequently inattentive. Abbott rebuts this criticism, saying: "One of the things that disappoints me a bit is that since I've become Leader of the Opposition no one has gone back and carefully looked at my record as a minister.
"I think I was a very effective minister.''
Finally, no assessment of Abbott would be complete without reference to his likeability and his generosity of spirit: witness his many charitable works, including involvement with indigenous communities. In all the many interviews conducted for this item on background and on the record (even critics like Hewson personally like Abbott), this is the one constant.
Likeability is a political commodity that cannot be underestimated.
It is why Abbott has closed the gap on Rudd (his approval ratings are higher than the PM's), and it is why he might just have a ghost of a chance – if he manages to keep his foot out of his mouth.
The AFR encountered an example of the Abbott likeability effect on people in the unlikely surrounds of Brisbane's Irish Club on the eve of St Patrick's Day this year. Abbott appeared on the same platform as Rudd as Irish pipes swirled and jolly red-faced Irish-Australians downed their Guinesses.
Rudd, a local boy of Irish Catholic ancestry, and a Republican to boot, received a tepid reception.
Abbott, the authentic Irish boyo, in the view of those present, was warmly received, never mind that, with Howard, he helped to break Australian Republican hearts.
If the issue for Australians was simply one of likeability and authenticity, the election would be as good as over, but unfortunately for Abbott things are not that simple.
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Volkswagen has released their Super Bowl commercial. They bought :60 seconds for 8 million dollars to show it during this Sunday's Super Bowl, but after some backlash, some are saying that they might pull the ad before it even airs.
The editor at large of Mediapost.com told NBC's Today Show that 'It's just saying, "Black people are happy…Didn't ANYONE look at this? This is SO racist!"
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From the spiritual grounds of Borobudur, we headed further North into the marshy floors of an active volcanic complex. With the initial idea of returning back South, we'd changed our plans after meeting this energetic travel-savvy couple, Tina and Daniel, who decided to join us for the roadtrip. With our new-found travel mates, we geared up for some impromptu and adventurous fun. Off we went, deep into the highlands of the Dieng Plateau, on our sturdy rented truck. We were in for some wild adventure.
What was supposed to be a 1-hour smooth ride to the highlands, or so we thought, (since our hostel receptionist had assured us it wasn't far) turned out to be a 3-hour hair-raising steep drive along winding paths hugging slopes of terrace rice fields. One wrong move, and we would be plunging down towards the rolling green land.
Fortunately, with a sense of adventure, great company and Alberto's insane driving skills, we made it past harrowing traffic and flimsy wooden bridges. Road safety sure wasn't on the local drivers' top priority.
Dieng's Emerald Landscape
Passing through endless plots of beautifully-laid terraced fields, it was difficult not to get distracted by the stunning agricultural masterpieces laying ahead. Driving past the landscape of Dieng, one could easily get lost amongst the criss-crossed rows of vegetations and crops. Dieng might just be Asia's answer to Tuscany – nature's work of art.
Climbing up the caldera walls, temperatures start dropping as the wind outside transformed from hot humid air to crisp cool breeze.
Stopping by the viewing point at the peak of the Dieng, we found ourselves floating in the dreamy mist. Staring down at magically strewn paddy fields, they glistened in various shades of green. The clouds slowly moved into our sight, and soon, we could barely see our fingers. We were literally in the clouds.
Religious Abode of Hindu Gods
'Dieng' comes from the word 'Di-Hyang', which means 'Abode of the Gods' . At almost 2000m above sea level, its misty and dreamy location fused with out-of-this-world effusions, makes it an auspicious spot for religious purposes. 8 small Hindu temples built in the 7th and 8th century (oldest Hindu temple in Central Java) are found here, in the caldera of the Dieng Volcano.
Compared to other renown monuments, these hindu temples were not impressive in terms of architecture, but their sheer presence in the foggy realm of the highlands never ceased to captivate many.
Sulphur-coloured Crater Lake: Telaga Warna
Meandering up the caldera walls of the volcanic complex, the first stop we made was at the Telaga Warna. Oozing strong sulphuric smell, the crater lake stood in its own glory as its emerald-turqoise beauty glowed proudly. With the tall volcano looming in the background, the view was picture-perfect.
Meeting fellow travellers on the road always added colors and different perspective to our travels. Tina and Daniel were a great pair, making jokes and sharing their tales with us. We would have missed out the gem of Dieng Plateau if not for them.
Steaming hot lake: Sikidang Crater
Dieng has been dominated by phreatic eruptions and geothermal activities (mud pools and hot springs). Its emission of carbon dioxide has also resulted in the death of locals in the past. As we throdded on the marshy ground, the smell of sulphur was overwhelming. Bubbles of mudpools could be seen on the ground as fumes spread across the hot boiling volcanic lake. Surrounded by a flimsy wooden railing, the heat from the lake could be felt metres away.
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The Dieng Village was a scrubby little town with a couple of rundown hostels and grocery stores selling bare necessities. Instead, we found a tiny culinary haven right by the Sikidang Crater. Tucked at the carpark was a food market run by the Dieng natives, with colorful fried food on display. Food hawkers are seen throwing chunks of potatoes and yams into a wok full of steaming oil. Draining the oil off after the chunks turn golden, these smiley ladies sprinkle flaming red powder over the crispy snack. We dipped into them like hungry animals as the ladies laughed in amusement.
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Martha "Calamity" Jane Canary 1852-1903
Calamity Jane was born
Martha Jane Cannary. She was born at Princeton, Missouri. Her real birth
date is not known but is thought to be 1844. She claimed her birthday
was May 1, 1852. Her father was a farm boy, who married her mother, "to
reform her." Evidently it didn't work. In 1865, her family moved
to Virginia City, Montana. Her mother died a year later. After that she
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She named her Jean Hickok. She soon gave the child up for adoption and
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Here is another point of view about Calamity Jane from J. Leonard Jennewein and it is presented in here with the permission of his grandson Paul Hubbeling.
Submitters note: This is not a book review or academic paper. The following are excerpts from a book my grandfather wrote called Calamity Jane of the Western Trails. My grandfather was J. Leonard Jennewein. He also wrote Black Hills Booktrails, Prelude to Barbed Wire, Dakota Square Dance Book and Instructors Manual, and co-authored Dakota Panorama with Jane Boorman. He was a professor of History and English at Dakota Wesleyan University, and curator of the Friends of the Middle Border Museum in Mitchell, SD. In 1978 he was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
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Jane of the Western Trails
"She followed the
man-trails of the old West, the railroad gangs, the miners, the soldiers,
the bull-whackers. Cheyenne and Deadwood, Ft. Laramie and Livingston,
Billings and Bozeman and Belle Fourche and the long trails that lay between.
The creak of saddle leather, the early morning crack of the bull whip;
the long columns of marching men, the roistering, roaring men. The shouts
and laughter of a thousand honky-tonks; the long bars dimly lit, the feverish
braggadocio of simmering masculinity.
The following are hypothetical questions that can be answered using excerpts from Jennewein's book.
So where Calamity and Wild
Bill ever a couple?
What about her place of
What about the reports
that she was a scout?
What did she do for the
men on these excursions?
How did she get the name
A reader might get the
feeling that you were too hard on Calamity.
What led you to write on
Calamity Jane?
How was the author able
to come to these conclusions?
Calamity Jane of the Western
Submitted by Paul Hubbeling,
J. Leonard Jennewein's grandson.