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Any kimchi jar that bears amusing warnings like "pungent contents under pressure — open with extreme common sense" begs to be opened quickly and a little chaotically, maybe even shaken first. With the kimchi from Granny Choe's Kimchi Co., such irreverence is rewarded with an oxygen-fueled condiment variety show. The vinegary red chili sauce and Napa cabbage begin audibly bubbling and gurgling like a particularly spicy midnight showing; if you're lucky, the naturally fermented brew, made in small batches in Moorpark by South Korea native Oghee "Granny" Choe and her granddaughter, Connie Choe-Harikul, soon will begin creeping slowly over the lip of the jar. While some prefer to stir carefully measured amounts into soups and leftover fried rice, or drizzle the gingery condiment on sandwiches and sides, we prefer to eat our kimchi in defiantly independent, spicy bites. Available at Southland grocers including Whole Foods (Glendale; National Boulevard, W.L.A.; Venice; Santa Monica; Woodland Hills). (805) 750-0888, grannychoe.com/store_locations.php.
—Jenn Garbee
In this era of gastropubs and fusion bistros, it comes as a welcome relief to enter a place that still calls itself a "chophouse," as does Suzanne Tracht's 11-year-old West Hollywood restaurant, Jar. The moniker is a signal to other beautifully atavistic traits: a maitre d' in a suit and tie, white tablecloths, an iceberg wedge on the menu, a playlist of Sinatra and Armstrong and Nina Simone — and some of the best steaks in Los Angeles. Not only will your dry-aged Kansas City steak or your filet of beef or your prime rib-eye arrive perfectly cooked and presented, it will be served with a little white ceramic boat of sauce like the perfect accessory (a cufflink, a pocket square). The beef is so tender that it hardly needs the lobster béarnaise in the first place, but you are not here for restraint. (Think to yourself: What would Frank do?) Order a martini or two, then the stellar chocolate pudding for dessert. 8225 Beverly Blvd. (323) 655-6566, thejar.com.
—Amy Scattergood
Michael Cimarusti's seafood palace on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood earlier this summer celebrated its seventh birthday, a suitably biblical number for a fish restaurant with an excellent pastry kitchen. In those seven years, Providence has neither plateaued nor reversed direction: It has gotten better, kind of a stunning achievement for a restaurant that was worth 2 Michelin stars back when they gave them out in this town. Cimarusti and his crew manage something rare: a combination of technical mastery and playfulness, and a willingness to change things up instead of resting on their considerable laurels. The menu transforms as frequently as the fish swim in and out of their seasonal waters, the staff forages for local greenery, and the plates emerge from the kitchen like small epiphanies. Maybe you can credit it all to the fact that the chef and the general manager like to go fishing out of San Pedro on their few days off. 5955 Melrose Ave., Hlywd. (323) 460-4170, providencela.com.
—Amy Scattergood
Back in 2007, when Judy Ornstein first opened her neighborhood café FOOD, she had a recycling brainstorm: Why not install a plastic, serve-yourself, all-you-can-drink dispenser and fill it with filtered H20, ice cubes and whatever fruity odds and ends she found in the kitchen? Sometimes there are hunks of pineapple sweetly infusing the cold water; other times it's a mind-bendingly thirst-quenching day spa mainstay of cucumber slices and handfuls of fresh mint. Often they go refreshingly tropical with floating orange, lime and lemon slices. Ornstein's light, rejuvenating, bright idea also doubles as an art installation that changes daily: Some have compared the dispenser, sitting in a far corner next to a stack of glasses, to wallpaper in a ladies' restroom circa 1968 or a freeze-frame from a Trix cereal commercial. But we think it recalls a dreamy, zero-gravity fruit salad experiment at NASA — and what's not to like about that? 10571 W. Pico Blvd., W.L.A. (310) 441-7770, food-la.com.
—Margy Rochlin
Four dollars for a cup of coffee? Before you spit out your Starbucks, hear us out: There's a revolution going on in the java world that has little to do with the over-barbecued cafe loco you're used to and everything to do with small organic farms in South America that are churning out product with the kind of terroir previously associated only with wine. Now, we're not so sure about hints of chocolate and pomegranate in our perfect, 195-degree cup of Commissary joe, but it is super smooth and low on acid. Props to Intelligentsia Coffee for kickstarting this thing in L.A. But what we like about the 2-year-old Coffee Commissary in West Hollywood is that it's simple, casual and gimmick-free. Nobody's slurping and "cupping" this stuff, and you won't be huffed on if you don't know your Coava from your Victrola. Hot water is swirled over a cone of precious grinds, with the resulting brew transferred to a thick mug. That's it. 801 N. Fairfax Ave., #106, W. Hlywd. (323) 782- 1465, coffeecommissary.com.
—Dennis Romero
On a chic strip of shops near a leafy Sherman Oaks neighborhood filled with film-industry types, Sweet Butter is designed to feel as if you've stumbled into a sidewalk pastry shop in Paris. Fleur de sel caramel brownies, butter-rich croissants, bread pudding with brioche (in coconut-lemon and chocolate versions), cinnamon muffins filled with homemade peach or strawberry jam, plum-lemon bars and savory bacon-cheddar scones are churned out by three in-house pastry chefs. Founder Leslie Danelian, a former food stylist and longtime caterer, keeps the charm factor high but the prices low: Mouth-watering chocolate chip cookies are $2, muffins and scones $2.75. The pastry items rotate, so each day Sweet Butter's glass case is filled with surprises. The French county–style restaurant offers full breakfast and lunch menus, with items such as grilled turkey, fig jam and bleu cheese sandwiches. 13824 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (818) 788-2832, sweetbutterkitchen.com.
—Jill Stewart


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This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
The fully coupled WRF/Chem (Weather Research and Forecasting/Chemistry) model is used to simulate air quality over coastal areas of the Sea of Japan. The anthropogenic surface emissions database used as input for this model was based primarily on global hourly emissions data (dust, sea salt, and biomass burning), RETRO (REanalysis of the TROpospheric chemical composition), GEIA (Global Emissions Inventory Activity), and POET (Precursors of Ozone and their Effects in the Troposphere). Climatologic concentrations of particulate matter derived from the Regional Acid Deposition Model (RADM2), chemical mechanism, and the Secondary Organic Aerosol Model (MADE/SORGAM) with aqueous reactions were used to deduce the corresponding aerosol fluxes for input to the WRF/Chem model. The model was first integrated continuously over 48 hours, starting from 00:00 UTC on 14 March 2008, to evaluate ozone concentrations and other precursor pollutants. WPS meteorological data were used for the WRF/Chem model simulation in this study. Despite the low resolution of global emissions and the weak density of the local point emissions, it was found that the WRF/Chem model simulates the diurnal variation of the chemical species concentrations over the coastal areas of the Sea of Japan quite well. The Air Quality Management Division of the Ministry of the Environment in Japan selected the maximum level of the air quality standard for ozone, which is 60 ppb. In this study, the atmospheric concentrations of ozone over the coastal area of the Sea of Japan were calculated to be 30–55 ppb during the simulation period, which was lower than the Japanese air quality standard for ozone.
At present, more than 60 million people are added to cities each year worldwide, and approximately 325 cities have a population of more than one million, compared to 270 such cities in 1990 [
The main pollutants emitted into the atmosphere in urban areas are sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), metal oxides, and particulate matter (PM/aerosols), mostly consisting of black carbon, sulfates, nitrates, and organic matter. The oxidization of CO, VOCs, and NOx produces ozone in the planetary boundary layer (PBL), which has an important impact on human health in urban areas. The recent economic developments of China, Korea, and Japan are very rapid due to the rapid growth of heavy industrial operations. The rapidly growing urbanization in these countries will cause wide-ranging potential consequences in terms of environmental problems. These areas have been suffering from severe air pollution problems for the past decade, such as high particulate matter (PM) concentrations and poor visibility [
In Japan, VOC, NOx, and SOx were categorized as hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) in 1996 and are on the list of Substances Requiring Priority Action published by the Central Environmental Council of Japan [
Ozone is not emitted directly into the air; instead, it forms in the atmosphere as a result of a series of complex chemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and hydrocarbons, which together are precursors of ozone. Ozone precursors have both anthropogenic (man-made) and biogenic (natural) origins. Motor vehicle exhaust, industrial emissions, gasoline vapors, and chemical solvents are some of the major sources of NOx and hydrocarbons. Many species of trees and other plants emit hydrocarbons, and fertilized soils release NOx [
In the presence of ultraviolet sunlight (
Even in the absence of anthropogenic emissions, these reactions normally result in a natural background ozone concentration of 25 to 45 ppb [
VOC + NO → NO2 + other products
This equation is a simplified version of many complex chemical reactions. Because NO is consumed by this process, it is then no longer available to react with ozone. When additional VOCs are added to the atmosphere, a greater proportion of the NO is oxidized to NO2, resulting in a greater amount of ozone formation. Anthropogenic sources of NO lead to higher levels of NO2 in the atmosphere, and this NO2 is then available for photolysis. The formation and increase in ozone concentrations occur over a period of a few hours. Shortly after sunrise, NO and VOCs react in the presence of sunlight to form ozone. Throughout the morning, ozone concentrations increase while NO and VOCs are depleted. Eventually, either the lack of sunlight, NO, or VOCs limits the production of ozone. This diurnal cycle varies greatly depending on site location, emission sources, and weather conditions. Precursor emissions of NO and VOCs are necessary for ozone to form in the troposphere. Understanding the nature of when and where ozone precursors originate may help forecasters factor in day-to-day changes in emissions. For example, if region's emissions are dominated by mobile sources, then emissions, and thus the ozone that forms from them, may depend on day-to-day commuting patterns. The primary sources of NOx production are combustion processes, including industrial and electric generation processes, and mobile sources such as automobiles [
In this study, a preliminary evaluation of the model performance was performed by comparing results to the online observations obtained from different monitoring stations over the past few years (2000–2008) in Japan. The spatial and temporal dynamics were studied using simulations performed with the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model [
The development and occurrence of photochemical pollution episodes have been studied using air quality models (AQM) as they incorporate the contributing atmospheric physical and chemical processes [
Chatani and Sudo [
In this study an attempt has been made to examine the evolution of surface ozone and other precursor emissions like NOx over the Coastal Areas of the Sea of Japan using WRF/Chem, an online chemistry model. The performance of WRF/Chem in the simulation of ozone concentration distribution in the region that have occurred during the spring (middle of March) condition and the results from this study could provide useful information about ozone formative meteorological processes to air quality regulatory agencies and health administrators. The spring climate in the study region is characterized with strong land–ocean thermal gradients and the resulting mesoscale sea breeze circulation. The concentration distribution of ozone in 14–16 March 2008 during spring with sufficient observations was selected to assess the model performance.
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is a mesoscale numerical weather prediction system designed to serve both operational forecasting and atmospheric research needs. The development of the WRF model has been a collaborative partnership, principally among the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), the Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL), the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), the Naval Research Laboratory, Oklahoma University, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The WRF model is a fully compressible and Euler nonhydrostatic model. It calculates winds (u, v, and w), the perturbation potential temperature, the perturbation geopotential, and the perturbation surface pressure of dry air. It can also optionally output other variables, including turbulent kinetic energy, the water vapor mixing ratio, the rain/snow mixing ratio, and the cloud water/ice mixing ratio. The model physics include bulk schemes, mixed-phase physics of cloud-resolving modeling, and multi-layer land surface models ranging from a simple thermal model to full vegetation and soil moisture models. The full vegetation and soil moisture land surface models can include snow cover and sea ice, turbulent kinetic energy predictions or non-local K schemes for planetary boundary layer calculations, long wave and shortwave schemes with multiple spectral bands, and a simple shortwave model. On the other hand, the WRF Preprocessing System (WPS) is used to prepare a domain (region of the earth) for WRF. The WPS consists of three independent programs
In addition to a dynamical calculation, a chemical model (WRF/Chem) is fully (on-line) coupled with the WRF model. A detailed description of WRF/Chem is given by Grell
The WRF/Chem simulation in this study simulated the coastal areas of the Sea of Japan (latitude 31.4°N–45.0°N and longitude 129.3°E–146.2°E), which is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Russia, and is referred to in South Korea as the East Sea [
The nesting domain setting of the model.
In this study, the model was used to simulate medium-scale and regional circulation influenced by the complex terrain within and around the coastal areas of the Sea of Japan during the period from 00:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) [
WRF/Chem model domain settings and configuration options.
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|Moni-Obukhov (Janjic Eta) [
|Mellor-Yamada-Janjic TKE [
|Grell-Devenyi ensemble scheme [
|Wesley, 1989 [
|Guenther scheme [
|Madronich, 1987 [
Models will have spin-up time; that is the time needed to adjust to forcing. In weather prediction, the model physics will spin up a velocity field in balance with the density field, even in the absence of forcing. As forcing is applied, the velocity field will respond to it initially with transient flows that may not be realistic although continuously changing. For this reason, the model simulation was started from 00:00 UTC on 6 March to 00:00 UTC on 16 March, where the first 8 days simulation results were not used in this study. The model is executed with 8 days spin-up to achieve stabilized results of this study.
The chemistry is initialized with idealized profiles, with the anthropogenic emissions data taken from the global emission data "prep_chem_sources" described in
The linkages in the formation and transport of pollution between the local, regional and global scales are receiving increasing recognition and a variety of atmospheric chemistry models address these aspects. This modeling effort puts new demands on the emission inventories that are used as input to these models. The inventories need to be accurate at the local scale yet also cover the entire globe with a consistent approach.
The GEIA (Global Emissions Inventory Activity)/ACCENT (European Network of Excellence on Atmospheric Composition Change) data portal is a cooperative project that provides surface emission data (total and gridded data) for the main emission categories (total anthropogenic, total biomass burning, biogenic, and oceans) at global or regional scales from several inventories (e.g., RETRO, POET, EDGARFT2000, GFEDv2, and GEIA v1) (
The use of a global emissions data set has recently been added to the WRF/Chem model options. The global emissions data are from the REanalysis of the TROpospheric (RETRO) chemical composition data collected over the past 40 years and the Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR). Both RETRO and EDGAR provide global annual emission data of several greenhouse gases (e.g., CO2, CH4 and N2O) as well as some precursor gases on a 0.5° × 0.5° (RETRO) or a 1° × 1° (EDGAR) grid. In the present study, a simple grid-mapping program was used in the WRF/Chem model. This program, called "prep-chem-sources" for global emission data (dust, sea salt, biomass burning), was developed at CPTEC, Brazil and is available to WRF/Chem model users. The "prep-chem-sources" is an emission data generator package to provide gridded emission fluxes (kg/m2) which assimilates the inventory works (
Global inventories offered by the GEIA/ACCENT data portal.
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|Temporal resolution
|Anthropogenic biomass burning (natural)
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|Anthropogenic biomass burning
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|GFED v2 [
|Biomass burning/wildfire emission
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|GEIA v.1 [
|Anthropogenic biomass burning naturally
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|Annual + monthly for NOx, SO2, and nat. VOC
Annual and monthly pollutant concentrations observed at monitoring stations operated by Japanese local governments and the Japanese Meteorological Agency [
The locations of the monitoring stations in a populated area and of the EANET monitoring stations in Japan that were used in this study [
The concentrations of surface ozone at EANET monitoring stations in Japan show seasonal variations, with low values in the summer (August) and higher values in the spring (Middle of March). The average ozone concentrations in March at different EANET monitoring stations were found to be approximately 37 to 55 ppb, compared to approximately 33.5 ppb in populated Japanese areas.
Monthly variations of observed concentrations of ozone averaged over 2000–2008 at each of 10 EANET monitoring stations. The red line shows monthly variations of observed concentrations of ozone averaged over 1996–2008 above populated Japanese areas.
The two observation data sets have shown that there have been air pollution episodes in the middle of March at most of the monitoring stations, in which the concentrations of ozone, nitrogen dioxide (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (PM) are considerably high, hence causing lower visibility [
The past several year standard ozone average of two different data sets of different monitoring stations (
Time series (3 hours interval) zone concentrations from 00:00 UTC on 1 March to 00:00 UTC on 31 March of 2008 at Tappi, Rishiri, Oki. The black circle shows the peak ozone concentration (72 ppb) on 14 March at Tappi, which could be called an episode.
Ozone concentrations (ppb) over the coastal areas of the Sea of Japan from 03:00 UTC on 14 March to 00:00 UTC on 16 March (3 hours interval), 2008, based on the simulation results of the WRF/Chem model.
The time series of model-simulated ozone for the 48 hour period (3 hours interval) from 00:00 UTC on March to 00:00 UTC on 16 March of 2008 corresponding to the observation site are shown in
Comparison of time series (3 hours interval) zone concentrations from 00:00 UTC on 14 March to 00:00 UTC on 16 March of 2008, between the data of different monitoring stations and the WRF/Chem simulation results. The red line represents WRF/Chem simulation result and the blue line represents observation data.
Large-scale winds define the general wind regime, and local winds influence the convergence zones. Thus, regional circulation plays an important role in the dispersion of pollutants [
The temperature distribution (°C) at 15:00 UTC on 14 March and 00:00 UTC on 15 March.
Back trajectories from the observation site drawn at 3-hour intervals starting from 00:00 UTC on 16 March 2008 each with a time length of 48 hours.
This section analyzes the vertical distribution of the ozone concentrations in the PBL and discusses correlations between concentrations in the ground and at elevated levels of the vertical sections of PBL at a fixed latitude (35.7°N) for an east-west cross section of the entire domain from 12:00 UTC on 14 March (9:00 p.m. on 14 March, Japan Standard Time) to 18:00 UTC on 15 March (3:00 a.m. on 16 March, Japan Standard Time).
In general, the surface ozone exhibits strong diurnal variations, with a mid-afternoon maximum and an early-morning minimum [
After sunrise, the height of the unstable boundary layer begins to increase as the surface is heated and the nocturnal inversion is destroyed. This results in downward mixing of ozone from higher altitudes [
The vertical distribution of ozone concentrations (ppb) in an east-west cross section at a fixed latitude (35.7°N) from 12:00 UTC on 14 March to 18:00 UTC on 15 March (6 hours interval). The y-axis represents the atmospheric pressure (mbar).
Due to anthropogenic activities, the atmospheric trace gas composition has undergone significant changes during the past few decades. In particular, the tropospheric concentrations of many trace species (e.g., O3, CO, NO, NO2, and CH4) have largely increased. Nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) are key species in atmospheric chemistry and are heavily influenced by anthropogenic emissions. The availability of NOx limits photochemical ozone formation in rural and remote regions [
In this study, we simulated the evolution of the NOx plume with the atmospheric chemical transportation model WRF/Chem. The simulation results showed a plume that traveled eastward from east China (06:00 UTC on 14 March) over the East Sea, passing the southern part of the Tohoku region of Japan (00:00 on UTC 15 March) and then floated toward the Pacific Ocean (00:09 UTC on 15 March).
NOx concentrations (g/m3) over the coastal areas of the Sea of Japan.
By using the new generation of the regional air quality model WRF/Chem V3.3, a two-day heavy-pollution episode in March 2008 was investigated. Rapid ozone changes from 00:00 UTC on 14 March to 00:00 UTC on 16 March were observed throughout the entire domain of the coastal area of the Sea of Japan. During this 2-day period, the daytime and nighttime concentrations of ozone changed from 50 to 30 ppb throughout the entire domain. To understand the processes controlling this rapid change in ozone concentrations, a three-dimensional regional chemical/dynamical model (WRF/Chem) was applied. The results showed that the calculated trends of ozone concentrations and ozone precursors are consistent with the measured trends. The calculated magnitudes and diurnal variations of ozone were slightly underestimated relative to the measured values in most of the rural areas, while they were overestimated in populated urban areas, suggesting that industrial emissions or emissions from biomass burning in populated urban areas are significantly underestimated in this study and that their estimates need to be improved. The model's relatively coarse horizontal grid spacing in this study may have led to the overestimation in the O3 calculation. Therefore, the resolution of the WRF/Chem model in this study may not be high enough to predict the ozone concentrations over populated Japanese areas. Additionally, because the model is capable of calculating rapid changes in ozone, it is suitable for studying the causes of the changes in ozone. The analysis of the model results suggests that weather conditions play important roles in controlling the surface ozone in the coastal areas of the Sea of Japan. Under the winter weather system, the high ozone concentrations, which were chemically formed in the inland areas, were rapidly transported to the downwind region of the coastal areas, resulting in low ozone concentrations in the urbanized region of East Asia. This study illustrates that the WRF/Chem model is a useful tool for studying the high variability of ozone concentrations. The study of ozone variability has important implications for the prediction of ozone concentrations and for control strategies of high ozone events in the coastal areas of the Sea of Japan.
We wish to thank Kobayashi Tomonao of the Faculty of Engineering of Gifu University for sharing resources and data with us. Our deepest gratitude is also expressed to Naher Meherun, the late wife of the first author and a former doctoral student of the Graduate School of Agriculture, Gifu University, who passed away in February 2010.

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GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX has labelled Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg "cowards" as he prepares to take on brave Scouse super-bantam Jazza Dickens.
Frampton and Quigg put their IBF and WBA super-bantamweight belts on the line in Manchester on Saturday in a mouth-watering unification bout.
But Rigondeaux, who holds the WBO version of that title and is widely regarded as one of the best pound for pound fighters on the planet, is unimpressed.
The Cuban will fight in Britain for the first time on Saturday March 12 at Liverpool's Echo Arena when he faces Merseyside hero Jazza Dickens in a David versus Goliath showdown.
And he is already looking beyond Jazza at the winner of the Quigg-Frampton showdown.
"I'm going over to England to win and then I'm going to beat Frampton and Quigg," he said. "They are both cowards for finding ways to avoid the best in their division.
"I want to make a point that I'm here waiting for them; they know where to find me!
"I am a warrior and will fight anywhere, even in my own backyard."
The Rocky Road to glory for Jazza Dickens
He added: "We wait in anticipation to see if the winner of a great fight between them will step up and get in the ring with me so the whole world can see who the best 122 pound fighter is. Fans should come to Liverpool to see what a true champion looks like."
'El Chacal' or 'The Jackal' as Rigondeaux is known, is excited at the prospect of fighting on these shores for the first time and is planning on putting on a show to remember for his English fans. The two-time Olympic gold medallist has praised Dickens for having the guts to step in the ring with him.
He said: "I know English fight fans adore their boxing and I'm looking forward to showing them what a real champion is capable of. I'll go to England or wherever the action is at; if any 122 pounders have the balls to take me on they'll get beaten up,
"I commend Jazza for taking this fight. If the kid has the guts to step in the ring with me then I respect him for doing so. I hear he's a very good fighter but I'm going to have to disappoint his hometown fans and teach him a lesson in boxing. Once I'm done with him there will be nowhere for Frampton and Quigg to hide."
To see Flanagan vs Mathews and Rigondeaux vs Dickens at Echo Arena Liverpool buy tickets at: www.echoarena.com or telephone 0844 8000 400


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Todd Crawshaw at Book Passage, San Francisco
Book Passage Bookstore
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 6:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Todd Crawshaw reads from his new novel Heretofore ($16.00). This modern-day tale was inspired by Alice in Wonderland with a little Catch 22-humor thrown in. Crawshaw is the author of the novel Exploits of the Satyr and Light-Years In The Dark: StoryPoems.
When & Where
Book Passage Bookstore
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera,
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 6:00 PM (PST)
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Book Passage Bookstore
Book Passage has served the Bay Area for more than 30 years, providing the community with an array of author events, writing and language classes, and highly-respected, annual conferences. A New York Times-reporting bookstore, we offer a wide variety of books ranging from children's literature to travel guides, from top-selling fiction to mystery novels, and we continue to work diligently with community and nonprofit organizations. Book Passage has three stores, one in Corte Madera, a second in the San Francisco Ferry Building, and the third in Sausalito on the Bay.
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PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Pacific Office Automation Portland is a company that is very much aware of the importance of workplace efficiency and productivity. It is, after all, their business to help others improve their efficiency through their many products and services that are aimed at improving workflow processes. Recently, the company came across an article that espoused a number of Pacific Office Automation Portland's core values as methods for improving employee satisfaction.
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"It was a very interesting article, which was written by Joseph Folkman for Forbes," said a representative with Pacific Office Automation Portland. "It discussed various methods for improving employee satisfaction without giving out raises, something that many companies have been struggling with during these somewhat uncertain times."
The company noticed that many of their core values were listed in the article, and felt that it is important to make other companies aware of the values that have served them so well over the years.
"We felt that the values that we have employed here at Pacific Office Automation have really shaped our culture," said the representative. "We are all very much invested in our work, and when that is the case, a business is able to run much more smoothly."
Since Pacific Office Automation is in the business of improving workflow processes for other companies, it saw an opportunity to further help the companies that they serve by sharing their core values with others.
"The values that we have here are very simple, and they certainly are echoed in the article from Forbes, so we know firsthand that they work," said the representative. "Consistency, long-term focus, strong leadership, consistent communication and opportunities to grow are all values that we focus on here. They have helped us, and we certainly believe that they can help our clients as well."
The representative pointed out that if you look at any successful operation, business or otherwise, they all have these same traits in common.
"Any organization that has a reputation for success shares these same values," said the representative. "There is definitely something to the notion that if you implement these values and take them seriously, you too can be successful in whatever endeavor you pursue."
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These department store commercials for the holidays are such a farce. You know the kind we are talking about, like the son who moved away coming home in time to brew a pot coffee or the snowy walkways to Grandma's. They are bullshit because A.) that kid would have tripped the security alarm his parents put in after they kicked him out for the "pencil shavings" in his sock drawer and B.) global warming means there is no snow anywhere south of Santa's house.
We all know how most family gatherings go: there are two aunts giving each other the silent treatment, a handful of brats running full-tilt through the house, and one uncle will be parked in front of the TV watching football, swearing to no one in particular. The drive home is no better, because at some point you either said or didn't say something to your significant other's Mom and "it's clear how much you hate her." Happy Holidays, indeed.
You have weeks of this ahead, so you'd better do it in style and comfort. These things will help.


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Perfect for a variety of occasions. Currently using for spring & Easter themed cards but also will be using in a scrapbook. Could easily see this pattern working for hand made banners and party favors as well!
G45 wins again :) This is such a versatile collection.
Scrapbook .com ships so fast, I didn't have my other projects completed before this arrived for me to play :)
I am so happy to finally have it. I love the childrens faces, they are adorable!! The soft pastel colors go perfect with the children. It is a terrific paper pack!!
outstanding, used for Mini Albums and cards
Can never go wrong when you buy G45....


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Monday, February 22, 2010
Doin' it backwards
Circle casting that is.
I started off my Pagan journey over a decade ago where the majority of new seekers do - with Wicca. While my own path has evolved away from the structure and belief system of Wicca there are still some aspects of that path that I deerly love and have carried over in my workings, one of them being the casting of sacred space for indoor rites.
Being that I obviously live in the southern hemisphere I thought I'd write a snippet about the reason everything is performed backwards or upside down here. Basic instruction of casting circle is to cast doesil, sunwise - the direction of the Sun's apparent motion in the sky and dissipate widdershins - a course opposite the apparent motion of the sun. In the Northern Hemisphere the sun moves in a east-south-west direction thus moving in a clockwise motion across the sky, in the Southern Hemisphere the sun travels in a east-north-west direction meaning 'sunwise' or doesil is in a counter clockwise motion across our sky.
On a side note, funny thing with the phases of the moon down here as well. We all recognize this symbol )O( for the waxing, full & waning phases of the moon. For us it looks more like this (O)
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The New York Times, April 24, 2014
Despite strong dislike of President Obama's handling of health care, a majority of people in three Southern states – Kentucky, Louisiana and North Carolina – would rather that Congress improve his signature health care law than repeal and replace it, according to a New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation poll. The poll also found that a majority of Kentucky residents – and a plurality in a fourth state, Arkansas — said they thought the health care marketplace in their state was working well, even as they expressed strong disapproval of the health care law. More than twice as many Kentuckians say their state exchange is working well than say it is not.


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Anthemby Ayn Rand
A stunning and brilliantly realized future world in which individuality has been crushed is the theme of Ayn Rand's bestselling masterpiece, "Anthem". Rand presents her tale of a man who dares to make individual choices, to seek knowledge in a dark age, to love the woman of his choice. In a society in which people have no name, no independence, and no values, he is hunted for the unpardonable crime: having the courage to stand above the crowd.
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"In her usage of the English language she combines clarity of expression with prose of poetic grace. Here, indeed, is an anthem-an anthem, not in the idiom of music, but in the more difficult medium of words alone. This is the most beautiful, the most inspiring novel this reviewer has ever read. It is an ethical and philosophical rather than a religious dedication to freedom and the individual."—Joan DeArmond, Fact Forum News
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"Reading this inspired little story is a rewarding and satisfying experience which no American should deny himself."—All-American Books
"In her usage of the English language she combines clarity of expression with prose of poetic grace. Here, indeed, is an anthem-an anthem, not in the idiom of music, but in the more difficult medium of words alone. This is the most beautiful, the most inspiring novel this reviewer has ever read. It is an ethical and philosophical rather than a religious dedication to freedom and the individual."—Joan DeArmond, Fact Forum News
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It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil. It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own. And we know well that there is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone. We have broken the laws. The laws say that men may not write unless the Council of Vocations bid them so. May we be forgiven!
But this is not the only sin upon us. We have committed a greater crime, and for this crime there is no name. What punishment awaits us if it be discovered we know not, for no such crime has come in the memory of men and there are no laws to provide for it.
It is dark here. The flame of the candle stands still in the air. Nothing moves in this tunnel save our hand on the paper. We are alone here under the earth. It is a fearful word, alone. The laws say that none among men may be alone, ever and at any time, for this is the great transgression and the root of all evil. But we have broken many laws. And now there is nothing here save our one body, and it is strange to see only two legs stretched on the ground, and on the wall before us the shadow of our one head.
The walls are cracked and water runs upon them in thin threads without sound, black and glistening as blood. We stole the candle from the larder of the Home of the Street Sweepers. We shall be sentenced to ten years in the Palace of Corrective Detention if it be discovered. But this matters not. It matters only that the light is precious and we should not waste it to write when we need it for that work which is our crime. Nothing matters save the work, our secret, our evil, our precious work. Still, we must also write, for—may the Council have mercy upon us!—we wish to speak for once to no ears but our own.
Our name is Equality 7-2521, as it is written on the iron bracelet which all men wear on their left wrists with their names upon it. We are twenty-one years old. We are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are six feet tall. Ever have the Teachers and the Leaders pointed to us and frowned and said:
"There is evil in your bones, Equality 7-2521, for your body has grown beyond the bodies of your brothers." But we cannot change our bones nor our body.
We were born with a curse. It has always driven us to thoughts which are forbidden. It has always given us wishes which men may not wish. We know that we are evil, but there is no will in us and no power to resist it. This is our wonder and our secret fear, that we know and do not resist.
We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike. Over the portals of the Palace of the World Council, there are words cut in the marble, which we repeat to ourselves whenever we are tempted:
We repeat this to ourselves, but it helps us not.
These words were cut long ago. There is green mould in the grooves of the letters and yellow streaks on the marble, which come from more years than men could count. And these words are the truth, for they are written on the Palace of the World Council, and the World Council is the body of all truth. Thus has it been ever since the Great Rebirth, and farther back than that no memory can reach.
But we must never speak of the times before the Great Rebirth, else we are sentenced to three years in the Palace of Corrective Detention. It is only the Old Ones who whisper about it in the evenings, in the Home of the Useless. They whisper many strange things, of the towers which rose to the sky, in those Unmentionable Times, and of the wagons which moved without horses, and of the lights which burned without flame. But those times were evil. And those times passed away, when men saw the Great Truth which is this: that all men are one and that there is no will save the will of all men together.
All men are good and wise. It is only we, Equality 7-2521, we alone who were born with a curse. For we are not like our brothers. And as we look back upon our life, we see that it has ever been thus and that it has brought us step by step to our last, supreme transgression, our crime of crimes hidden here under the ground.
We remember the Home of the Infants where we lived till we were five years old, together with all the children of the City who had been born in the same year. The sleeping halls there were white and clean and bare of all things save one hundred beds. We were just like all our brothers then, save for the one transgression: we fought with our brothers. There are few offenses blacker than to fight with our brothers, at any age and for any cause whatsoever. The Council of the Home told us so, and of all the children of that year, we were locked in the cellar most often.
When we were five years old, we were sent to the Home of the Students, where there are ten wards, for our ten years of learning. Men must learn till they reach their fifteenth year. Then they go to work. In the Home of the Students we arose when the big bell rang in the tower and we went to our beds when it rang again. Before we removed our garments, we stood in the great sleeping hall, and we raised our right arms, and we said all together with the three Teachers at the head:
"We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives. We exist through, by and for our brothers who are the State. Amen."
Then we slept. The sleeping halls were white and clean and bare of all things save one hundred beds.
We, Equality 7-2521, were not happy in those years in the Home of the Students. It was not that the learning was too hard for us. It was that the learning was too easy. This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. The Teachers told us so, and they frowned when they looked upon us.
So we fought against this curse. We tried to forget our lessons, but we always remembered. We tried not to understand what the Teachers taught, but we always understood it before the Teachers had spoken. We looked upon Union 53992, who were a pale boy with only half a brain, and we tried to say and do as they did, that we might be like them, like Union 5-3992, but somehow the Teachers knew that we were not. And we were lashed more often than all the other children.
The Teachers were just, for they had been appointed by the Councils, and the Councils are the voice of all justice, for they are the voice of all men. And if sometimes, in the secret darkness of our heart, we regret that which befell us on our fifteenth birthday, we know that it was through our own guilt. We had broken a law, for we had not paid heed to the words of our Teachers. The Teachers had said to us all:
"Dare not choose in your minds the work you would like to do when you leave the Home of the Students. You shall do that which the Council of Vocations shall prescribe for you. For the Council of Vocations knows in its great wisdom where you are needed by your brother men, better than you can know it in your unworthy little minds. And if you are not needed by your brother man, there is no reason for you to burden the earth with your bodies."
We knew this well, in the years of our childhood, but our curse broke our will. We were guilty and we confess it here: we were guilty of the great Transgression of Preference. We preferred some work and some lessons to the others. We did not listen well to the history of all the Councils elected since the Great Rebirth. But we loved the Science of Things. We wished to know. We wished to know about all the things which make the earth around us. We asked so many questions that the Teachers forbade it.
We think that there are mysteries in the sky and under the water and in the plants which grow. But the Council of Scholars has said that there are no mysteries, and the Council of Scholars knows all things. And we learned much from our Teachers. We learned that the earth is flat and that the sun revolves around it, which causes the day and the night. We learned the names of all the winds which blow over the seas and push the sails of our great ships. We learned how to bleed men to cure them of all ailments.
We loved the Science of Things. And in the darkness, in the secret hour, when we awoke in the night and there were no brothers around us, but only their shapes in the beds and their snores, we closed our eyes, and we held our lips shut, and we stopped our breath, that no shudder might let our brothers see or hear or guess, and we thought that we wished to be sent to the Home of the Scholars when our time would come.
All the great modern inventions come from the Home of the Scholars, such as the newest one, which was found only a hundred years ago, of how to make candles from wax and string; also, how to make glass, which is put in our windows to protect us from the rain. To find these things, the Scholars must study the earth and learn from the rivers, from the sands, from the winds and the rocks. And if we went to the Home of the Scholars, we could learn from these also. We could ask questions of these, for they do not forbid questions.
And questions give us no rest. We know not why our curse makes us seek we know not what, ever and ever. But we cannot resist it. It whispers to us that there are great things on this earth of ours, and that we can know them if we try, and that we must know them. We ask, why must we know, but it has no answer to give us. We must know that we may know.
So we wished to be sent to the Home of the Scholars. We wished it so much that our hands trembled under the blankets in the night, and we bit our arm to stop that other pain which we could not endure. It was evil and we dared not face our brothers in the morning. For men may wish nothing for themselves. And we were punished when the Council of Vocations came to give us our life Mandates which tell those who reach their fifteenth year what their work is to be for the rest of their days.
The Council of Vocations came on the first day of spring, and they sat in the great hall. And we who were fifteen and all the Teachers came into the great hall. And the Council of Vocations sat on a high dais, and they had but two words to speak to each of the Students. They called the Students' names, and when the Students stepped before them, one after another, the Council said: "Carpenter" or "Doctor" or "Cook" or "Leader." Then each Student raised their right arm and said: "The will of our brothers be done."
Now if the Council has said "Carpenter" or "Cook," the Students so assigned go to work and they do not study any further. But if the Council has said "Leader," then those Students go into the Home of the Leaders, which is the greatest house in the City, for it has three stories. And there they study for many years, so that they may become candidates and be elected to the City Council and the State Council and the World Council—by a free and general vote of all men. But we wished not to be a Leader, even though it is a great honor. We wished to be a Scholar.
So we awaited our turn in the great hall and then we heard the Council of Vocations call our name: "Equality 7-2521." We walked to the dais, and our legs did not tremble, and we looked up at the Council. There were five members of the Council, three of the male gender and two of the female. Their hair was white and their faces were cracked as the clay of a dry river bed. They were old. They seemed older than the marble of the Temple of the World Council. They sat before us and they did not move. And we saw no breath to stir the folds of their white togas. But we knew that they were alive, for a finger of the hand of the oldest rose, pointed to us, and fell down again. This was the only thing which moved, for the lips of the oldest did not move as they said: "Street Sweeper."
We felt the cords of our neck grow tight as our head rose higher to look upon the faces of the Council, and we were happy. We knew we had been guilty, but now we had a way to atone for it. We would accept our Life Mandate, and we would work for our brothers, gladly and willingly, and we would erase our sin against them, which they did not know, but we knew. So we were happy, and proud of ourselves and of our victory over ourselves. We raised our right arm and we spoke, and our voice was the clearest, the steadiest voice in the hall that day, and we said:
"The will of our brothers be done."
And we looked straight into the eyes of the Council, but their eyes were as cold blue glass buttons.
So we went into the Home of the Street Sweepers. It is a grey house on a narrow street. There is a sundial in its courtyard, by which the Council of the Home can tell the hours of the day and when to ring the bell. When the bell rings, we all arise from our beds. The sky is green and cold in our windows to the east. The shadow on the sundial marks off a half-hour while we dress and eat our breakfast in the dining hall, where there are five long tables with twenty clay plates and twenty clay cups on each table. Then we go to work in the streets of the City, with our brooms and our rakes. In five hours, when the sun is high, we return to the Home and we eat our midday meal, for which one-half hour is allowed. Then we go to work again. In five hours, the shadows are blue on the pavements, and the sky is blue with a deep brightness which is not bright. We come back to have our dinner, which lasts one hour. Then the bell rings and we walk in a straight column to one of the City Halls, for the Social Meeting. Other columns of men arrive from the Homes of the different Trades. The candles are lit, and the Councils of the different Homes stand in a pulpit, and they speak to us of our duties and of our brother men. Then visiting Leaders mount the pulpit and they read to us the speeches which were made in the City Council that day, for the City Council represents all men and all men must know. Then we sing hymns, the Hymn of Brotherhood, and the Hymn of Equality, and the Hymn of the Collective Spirit. The sky is a soggy purple when we return to the Home. Then the bell rings and we walk in a straight column to the City Theatre for three hours of Social Recreation. There a play is shown upon the stage, with two great choruses from the Home of the Actors, which speak and answer all together, in two great voices. The plays are about toil and how good it is. Then we walk back to the Home in a straight column. The sky is like a black sieve pierced by silver drops that tremble, ready to burst through. The moths beat against the street lanterns. We go to our beds and we sleep, till the bell rings again. The sleeping halls are white and clean and bare of all things save one hundred beds.
Thus have we lived each day of four years, until two springs ago when our crime happened. Thus must all men live until they are forty. At forty, they are worn out. At forty, they are sent to the Home of the Useless, where the Old Ones live. The Old Ones do not work, for the State takes care of them. They sit in the sun in summer and they sit by the fire in winter. They do not speak often, for they are weary. The Old Ones know that they are soon to die. When a miracle happens and some live to be forty-five, they are the Ancient Ones, and the children stare at them when passing by the Home of the Useless. Such is to be our life, as that of all our brothers and of the brothers who came before us.
Such would have been our life, had we not committed our crime which changed all things for us. And it was our curse which drove us to our crime. We had been a good Street Sweeper and like all our brother Street Sweepers, save for our cursed wish to know. We looked too long at the stars at night, and at the trees and the earth. And when we cleaned the yard of the Home of the Scholars, we gathered the glass vials, the pieces of metal, the dried bones which they had discarded. We wished to keep these things and to study them, but we had no place to hide them. So we carried them to the City Cesspool. And then we made the discovery.
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Ayn Rand (1902–82) was born Alissa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her father's business was confiscated after the 1917 Russian Revolution, instilling in her a deep suspicion of Communism and eventually any system not structured along strictly capitalist lines. After moving to America in 1926 and changing her name, Rand had a short Hollywood career as an extra and a screenwriter before turning to fiction. Her first novel, the autobiographical We the Living, was published in 1936. Anthem followed in 1938, and then the bestsellers The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957). Rand's fiction is a dramatic manifestation of her staunchly pro-capitalist, individualistic ideals, codified in her philosophy of Objectivism. This school of thought was further enumerated in her nonfiction books, such as The Virtue of Selfishness (1964) and Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (1966) and has been extremely influential in the modern American conservative movement.
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- February 2, 1905
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- March 6, 1982
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- St. Petersburg, Russia
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- New York, New York
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- Graduated with highest honors in history from the University of Petrograd, 1924
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ANTHEM is a moving novel that makes you think about everything around you. Ayn Rand shows the reader a completely different world. That doesn't know the word I they only know we and they always think of the greater good. It especially makes you think about your freedoms and rights. Equality 7-2521 is an example of a person without rights or freedom in a world where everyone is equal and a few select people are allowed to think and use their creativity. The setting in the novel is in a world where there is no technology. Equality is a street sweeper who isn't allowed to you his intellectual abilities. When cleaning one day Equality finds a tunnel and in this tunnel are a light bulb and a circuit breaker which have electricity. Equality then feels like he has discovered something that the world has never known about. Ayn Rand uses this because it is the privilege in which we take most advantage of and she shows use a world without electricity. Can you imagine a world without electricity? No computer, television, air conditioning, and most importantly no lights. Just like in the novel where they have no lights instead they use candles because in their society lights are banned. Another event that changes the story is when Equality and the Golden One (the girl he falls in love with) find the vacant house in the Forbidden Forest. This house is special to the story because it is filled with modern day amenities such as lights, beds, bathrooms, and other things that we take for granted. The largest impact of this house is that she points out the flaws of society and how we have so much that we don't need or even waste. But in the house Equality finds things that are left from the society that we have today and he learns to be able to think and try things and even have ideas of his own. When Equality is reading a book in the house he finds a word that he had never heard or seen before and it's the word I. Which to us doesn't seem like much but in a world where there is no "I" and everything is "we" it is a big deal. After learning this word he starts to realize its power and how it helps people and life grow, so he decides to start a new life with the Golden One and in this new society everyone will know the power of the word I.
Some people find the society Ayn Rand creates in Anthem to be extreme. That being said, one must consider the perspective of a teenage girl in Soviet Russia whose father's pharmacy was taken by the communist government. The notion that everything belongs to the collective "We" and that one exists solely for the good of the state would surely lead to intense feelings of helplessness, anger, and frustration. Hence, Anthem. Told through the eyes of Equality 7-2521 in a society where there literally is no I in Team, the hero attempts to break from the herd and discover what once was, fueled by the mystery of the Unspeakable Word. An interesting choice for book groups!
Anthem is a very fast read. It says a lot, in few words, beautifully written.
This book is a book that will leave you wanting more.
You'll read it, and re-read it. And re-read it.
I recommend you this book, jist to get you thinking or for a thrill of being in somone else's shoes.
This is my favorite book! I love this story and I read it again from time to time. Rand really covers so much in just 100 pages. I liked it so much that the next book I read was her 1000 page novel "Atlas Shrugged". Another excellent book! Anyone who only gives a one star rating is a flaming commie -- it's as simple as that.
I, me, they, us, we words that separate individuals into common bonds. Bonds that are taken to the extreme in Ayn Rands "Anthem." A communal future that can only be taken back by individuals.
"Anthem" a book I wish I had read in my youth .I can see this society happening in the not too distant future,for the good of mankind forget I and just think of We,what nonsense.Thank you Ayn Rand,you may have saved mankind
In some futuristic, dystopian type of collectivist culture in which the use of the word "I" is a capital offense, a 21 year old young man known as Equality 7-2521 is cursed with a desire to learn more. He wants to be assigned to the Home of the Scholars, but instead is sent to the Home of the Street Sweepers. He soon discovers a hidden and long forgotten tunnel where he secretly begins to spend a lot of time alone, something forbidden, and experiment with many of the objects found there. Also, while on the job, he meets a woman, Liberty 5-3000, whom he calls the Golden One, even though another forbidden thing is for men to take notice of women. While in his tunnel, Equality 7-2521 actually makes a new invention, but when he tries to show it to the Council of Scholars, he is jailed. He manages to escape, but where will he go? What will happen to him? And will he ever see the Golden One again? I probably would never have had any desire to read this book, which was originally written in 1937 but apparently not published, at least in the United States, until 1946 and anticipates the themes which Rand explored in her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, except that when our son Jeremy was at Florida College, this was the book chosen for all students to read as part of their community conversation, or whatever they call it. I'm just glad that the college didn't have such clap-trap when I was there. Based on the description, I was predisposed not to like Anthem, but I found that I did like it. Along with George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and even Lois Lowry's The Giver, it shows the repulsiveness and the danger of a planned authoritarian or totalitarian society, and I think does a better job because it has less objectionable material. There is a short discussion about the "Time of Mating," but nothing vulgar or salacious. The term "damned" occurs a few times but only in its proper usage rather than as a curse word. It is especially interesting to see how the protagonist goes from "we" to "I." Author Ayn Rand has an appeal to conservatives because of her libertarian, laissez-faire views, but she opposed anything that she regarded as mysticism or supernaturalism, including all forms of religion. "Man has rights which neither god nor king nor any other men can take away from him." This would be true concerning the pagan gods of superstition, but for the Bible believer it is not true of God. However, one does not need to agree with all the implications of her extreme individualism to appreciate her opposition to the kind of collectivism advocated by Communists, Socialists, and Fascists. "But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, that men did not whither they were going, and went on, in blindness and cowardice, to their fate. I wonder, for it is hard for me to conceive how men who knew the word 'I,' could give it up and not know what they lost." I wonder too, but it seems as if 21st century America is headed in that direction.
Any freewill loving human with their own thoughts should read this book...
I like Ayn Rand's work. Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead are two of my favorite novels. I never really understood all the fuss about economics. But in this short novella, I understand how thinking for yourself could be a problem in a world that dismisses that. I see hints of the crucifixion here, of the needs of the many and the needs of the one, and of how scary the idea of thinking for yourself might be to a "collective brain". A short work at 59 pages, it can and has had some lasting effects. I challenge you to read this
Did i find a new rp
Alone res one
Walks in slowly
Looks around still humming a nice tune
Is back
Heyooo peeps.
Looks him in the eyes laughs nooo stop haahahay
Yay!! Thank u!! * hugs u*
Yeah...the week of august first or second im going back to cali so i probs wont have wifi then
She looks at Erin. "That was a horrible movie."
*She starts throwing rubber character figures at people from various animes and other fandoms.*


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Not too long ago, theorists fretted that the Internet was a place where anonymity thrived.
Now, it seems, it is the place where anonymity dies.
A commuter in the New York area who verbally tangled with a conductor last Tuesday — and defended herself by asking "Do you know what schools I've been to and how well-educated I am?" — was publicly identified after a fellow rider posted a cellphone video of the encounter on YouTube. The woman, who had gone to N.Y.U., was ridiculed by a cadre of bloggers, one of whom termed it the latest episode of "Name and Shame on the Web."
Upending Anonymity, These Days the Web Unmasks Everyone
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I'll grant you the good thing about khemri is that they are hilariously inept at doing anything which doesn't involve blocking.
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I'll grant you the good thing about khemri is that they are hilariously inept at doing anything which doesn't involve blocking.
I always wondered, isn't the Pass skill more useful than decent-to-high AG for long ranges?
It can be, but I think it'd depend on what your agility is to begin with. Plus higher agility has other advantages, though. Dodging, catching, intercepting, etc. You can't even use the pass skill if your player is too clumsy to get near the ball.
Unskilled AG4>Thro-Ra>Unskilled AG3 I think
Just did a bit of spreadsheet maths, which (I hope) you can see here.
It turns out, generally the opposite of my assumption is true - at short ranges the Pass skill serves you better than high AG. Except for AG 4 players, who when they have Pass throw better than an unskilled AG 5 at almost all ranges.
But, but, but - team rerolls...
I know a number of times, I've had to spend the TRR on a pass roll only to then fail the catch roll (yay for Dark Elves lacking the fundamentals).
Ag5 will always let you down. It's like a byelaw or something.
I agree the point about using a reroll earlier in the turn, but it seems to me that say half the times when this happens to me it's the result of me being greedy with blocks to farm SPP before a critical scoring action. With more self-discipline I think this would be less of an issue.
Fouling lacks any of those hazards.
Just remember a 2die no block/wrestle block is a 1/9 face palm, 1/27 fot 3die, but 2 die with block/wrestle is 1/36, block/wrestle 3die is 1/216.
@Cyber - That sounds fair enough to me!
@Helio - I would *never* do a pre-pass foul! It's, what, 1/5 or thereabouts to fail and you can't reroll it. Or have I misunderstood your point?


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We have missed maybe 6 or 7 baskets because the idiots at TNT cut away from live action.
Why do they always have to show on camera the player who just made a basket. They always show a closeup of the player who just made a basket. What do they think we don't know who just scored?


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Forcing Bulbs
By Jane Schildroth, Linn County Extension & Outreach Master Gardener
I have planted three little groupings of crocus bulbs in just the right spot in my garden. It will be fun to see the color pop up in the spring along with the other spring surprises. Now, I'm getting greedy. This is the year I'm definitely going to try and force some of those crocus bulbs to bloom in February. It doesn't seem to be difficult – the hardest part is going to be finding room in the fridge!
Even though I am experimenting with crocuses, it's also possible to use daffodils, hyacinths, tulips and Paperwhite Narcissus. The latter produces an aroma I've enjoyed for many years when the holidays are over and the house needs perking up. For varieties of bulbs recommended for forcing, see Forcing Flower Bulbs. Avoid cheap or obviously damaged bulbs to avoid disappointment.
Choose a container with drainage holes and one that is twice as deep as the bulbs you want to plant. This means for my crocus bulbs, I don't need a very deep pot. I will use a commercial potting soil and partially fill my containers. I want enough soil so the bulb tips will be even with the rim of the pot. In a pot that is 6 inches in diameter, I can use 10-12 crocus bulbs. Three hyacinths, 3-5 daffodils or 5-7 tulips will also fit. Next, fill in with more potting soil until the tips of the bulbs show just above the surface of the soil. Water from the top or partially submerge the pot in a tub of water until the surface is moist.
When you have planted your bulbs, place the pots in a cool cellar or a refrigerator for 12-16 weeks. They need this cold period to bloom properly. Put the pots in a plastic bag if you will be storing them in your fridge. This will protect the bulbs from fruit, such as apples, which give off a gas that can ruin this experiment. Once a month, the pots also need to be brought out, watered and left for 1-2 hours with the bag open so the bulbs have a chance to exchange air. After this time has passed, re-seal your plastic bag and put it back in place.
You'll know the bulbs have developed properly after 12 weeks in cold storage if there are roots visible through the drainage holes and if yellow shoots are showing from the bulbs. At this point, place your containers in a location that is 50-60 degrees with low to medium light. When the shoots turn green, move them to a brightly-lighted and warmer spot. In 3-4 weeks from their removal from cold storage, the bulbs will flower. Enjoy your blooms – but act now to make it happen!
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CIO Coleman Extols Benefits of Telework
As prepared for delivery
Remarks by
Casey Coleman
Chief Information Officer
U.S General Services Administration
Industry Advisory Council Executive luncheon
Washington, DC
December 5, 2007
Thank you and good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be here. I'd like to thank IAC on behalf of myself and our Administrator, Lurita Doan, for this opportunity to address the luncheon.
I think many of you are familiar with our Administrator. Lurita is a woman of limitless energy and many creative ideas. I was named CIO on August 29th. On September 12th, inspiration struck and Administrator Doan announced her latest idea and challenge for GSA leadership:
Get 50 percent of our eligible workforce teleworking by 2010.
Suffice it to say that was the easy part. At GSA Headquarters, word began to spread and people began talking. There was broad and enthusiastic support. Some started picking their telework days.
There was also this question for the new CIO:
Just how are we going to do this?
That's much of what I'm going to talk about today. First, though, a little background.
It shouldn't come as any surprise that GSA leads the development of alternative workplace arrangements for the federal community. As a long-time innovator and leader in this arena, GSA has been at the forefront of government-wide regulations on telework. We're now in the process of looking at each position in the agency to determine if it's telework eligible, and our latest job postings include a notice to the same effect.
There's also been a slight philosophical shift. That is, we now tell our managers and supervisors that every GSA job is telework eligible unless they document why it is not. That's not to say every job will be eligible. There are very good reasons why some positions are not suited to telework – I'll talk about those in a minute – but we are taking the opt-out approach in an effort to meet the challenge. Once we determine which positions are eligible, we will still need to look at the people. Not everyone is suited to be or chooses to be a teleworker. Our goal is broad participation and improved employee performance.
We live, as has been said, in interesting times. Advances in technology have made it possible for public and private sector workers to do their jobs away from the traditional worksite. It's a good deal if you think about it. They can work anytime or anywhere, conserve energy and lessen our dependence on foreign oil, all at the same time. They need a computer, a high speed data line, and a phone. In the very near future, I expect that all three will be rolled into one device. Voice over internet, high speed WI-FI, and data encryption all exist; it's just a question of the best and most cost-effective way of ensuring that each teleworker has the right equipment, training, and data security to do his or her job.
And by the way, the dividends go beyond environment and work-life balance. How many remember the SARS scare from a few years back? At the end of 2002 through the summer of 2003 we had an international pandemic with about 8,000 known infected cases and about 775 deaths. After China, Canada was one of the hot zones for SARS.
Unlike the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, we were a lot smarter about how to control the spread of the disease. In Toronto, if you visited a place where there was a known infection – like a hospital, doctor's office, or even a work place – you were sent home and quarantined for two weeks -- even if you never exhibited any symptoms. The good news is that the disease didn't spread much in Canada. The bad news is that, because many organizations lacked systems to work from home, a lot of people sat at home watching tv for two weeks. So, in addition to the other benefits I've mentioned, telework also plays a key role in continuity planning.
Of course getting everything in proper order requires support from the top. At GSA, we have a far-sighted Administrator who has become an advocate, and the effort to meet her ambitious target is already underway.
In truth, we need to do more in this area. In 2005, there were a little over 140,000 teleworkers in the federal government -- 19 percent of the telework-eligible workforce and 7.7 percent of the total workforce.
In D.C., federal employees now have the option of working from home or from one of GSA's 14 Regional Telework Centers. The centers, in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, were established to provide a full range of workplace services so employees can work away from the conventional office. The centers are equipped with computers and telephone services, fax and copier machines, meeting rooms, and onsite technical assistance staff.
A 2005 analysis shows that GSA's 14 telework centers saved commuters from traveling nearly 2.8 million miles, which, in turn, saved almost 115 thousand gallons of fuel. In addition, 2.3 million pounds of emissions were kept from being released into our atmosphere.
Home telework is even more important as GSA and other agencies include it in their routine planning and consultation with our client agencies to conserve energy by occupying less space and using less electricity and lighting in their buildings.
I confess our lack of progress is a little frustrating because the benefits of telework are so obvious: it saves taxpayer dollars; reduces energy use; cuts down on greenhouse gases; eases traffic; reduces our dependence on foreign oil and even increases worker productivity. And as we discussed, telework also prepares us to operate remotely and continue business operations in the event of a national disaster, pandemic event, or terrorist attack.
That's why Administrator Doan is so intent to have GSA lead by example. Let me tell you a little bit about how we're trying to meet the challenge.
While there are many personnel, policy and culture issues to tackle, a key concern involves information technology. Today's federal workforce is primarily made up of information workers -- employees who make their living using I-T tools and data to make critical agency decisions. To be productive, these new virtual employees need the same access to their data, agency I-T systems and agency intranet web sites from their homes, telework sites or other virtual locations as they now have in their offices.
GSA's CIO Management team has started performing cost/benefit analysis and vendor comparisons of products, and in the near future will be making some hard decisions about how to meet the Administrator's challenge.
Making telework a reality raises new I-T challenges – namely, how to provide the new breed of workers unencumbered access to the information resources they need while still providing adequate safeguards for agency data and networks. The issues around telework I-T security can be placed into three categories: endpoint security, network security, and data security.
Endpoint addresses what endpoint devices are allowed to connect to the GSA network over the internet and how or whether we allow them to connect. The idea is to provide a 'smart,' controlled, enterprise-managed entry point into the network for any legitimate computer requesting access to I-T resources on the GSA network. Endpoint security solutions can determine the difference between an agency-managed laptop plugged into a home broadband connection, an employee's home computer with out-of-date virus scan and another employee working at an airport internet kiosk, and perform specific "deny" or "allow" actions for each. These systems also allow for inclusion of 2 factor authentication as required by OMB. They provide an important first step in allowing safe, secure remote data access for remote workers.
Network security addresses many of the same issues as the endpoint solutions. These include protection of the agency network and data from malicious code, malware and viruses, while allowing secure access to agency data from outside of the safety of the network. Products in this space also help address the two factor authentication and session timeout requirements of OMB Memo 06-16.
The third issue is data security. I don't need to tell you that data security breaches make headline news. And trust me, the last thing an agency wants is to be on the front page of the Post explaining how personally identifiable or other sensitive data was compromised by a teleworker, a network vulnerability or other security breach.
So how do we protect this data while making it accessible to those who have a bona fide need for it? GSA is looking at a multi-pronged approach. First, there's the issue of data leaving the network. Employing systems that can 'sandbox' agency data into virtual sessions, such as Citrix or other server-based computing technologies, a user gets access to a virtual session with a fully functioning application and data, appearing to run on his or her remote, untrusted computer, but without the ability to save any data to that untrusted computer's hard drive, USB drive or if desired, to even print it to a remote printer. This provides the employee with a rich user experience while ensuring that the data never leaves. Another technology under review is data at rest, laptop data encryption, again to comply with OMB. GSA will be rolling this out over the course of fiscal 2008 on all portable computer systems.
While security is a paramount concern, it is by no means the only concern. Other issues being reviewed:
• Issuance of a single, laptop computer as the default computer for all eligible teleworkers. While requiring an additional upfront cost, this will significantly reduce overall hardware and support costs, and provide the agency with mobile I-T assets to be used for our coop response.
• Agency funding of home broadband service for teleworkers. While Public Law (104-52) allows agencies to fund "phone lines, necessary equipment and pay for monthly charges, in any private residence of an employee authorized to work at home," this is obviously a significant financial issue that must be decided individually by each agency.
• Next is the issue of asset management of remote devices. we're about to begin a project in which many or potentially most of GSA's laptop computers will be out of the office for extended periods of time. This presents another issue:
• How to keep track of them and ensure recovery when or if they get lost. To address this issue, GSA has recently added Absolute Software's 'Computrace' product to every new laptop purchased on our BPA with Intelligent Decisions, Incorporated. This product monitors a laptop's location, provides an asset management portal to track remote computers, and if a device becomes lost or stolen, can remotely wipe the laptop hard drive as well as assist law enforcement with locating the device.
A final decision and probably the most contentious is whether to allow personally owned computers to be used for telework. There are many valid reasons both for and against. One could easily make an argument that they are too insecure, could be used too easily by viruses to attack the agency network and if we are issuing laptops to every employee, why would we need to allow this? On the other hand, if the security measures I mentioned are employed, (especially requiring any user on an untrusted home computer to only access agency data via a virtual, server-based application session), this would provide a secure method to use personally owned equipment and yet prevent a network breach or data loss.
This method completely isolates the user's home computer from the agency network. Another argument for allowing this access is to provide for additional I-T assets to be used by employees in case of a COOP or pandemic situation, when anxieties will run high and the trusted, agency laptop may have been left back in the office or otherwise unavailable. We will undoubtedly have significant debate over this issue before a final decision is made.
To sum up, the benefits of telework are obvious to the agency as well as to the taxpayer and ultimately for the environment. However, before an agency gives the 'green light' for a majority of its employees to telework, it will require a significant number of issues for the I-T community to address first. The I-T vendor community has seen this trend to mobile workforce coming for awhile and has provided us with plenty of product choices to resolve the security, access, and management issues.
What needs to be done now is clear: each agency needs to identify its unique issues, do the analysis and put in place solutions to address them.
GSA plans to lead the way. In the process, we hopefully will demonstrate to our agency clients how to balance these tricky issues of cost, security and employee productivity.
Thank you very much.


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This month's e-Briefing features a discussion with climatologist and Cato scholar Pat Michaels. Pat is a past president of the American Association of State Climatologists, and is Senior Research Fellow for Research and Economic Development at George Mason University. He will address the pervasive influence global warming alarmism now has on almost every aspect of our society—from national defense, law, trade, and politics to health, education, and international development.


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EEOC Issues Guide On Religious Garb and Grooming In the Workplace
March 31, 2014
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a question-and-answer guide on employer responsibilities under Title VII regarding religious dress and grooming in the workplace. According to the EEOC, the guide "answers questions about how federal employment discrimination law applies to religious dress and grooming practices, and what steps employers can take to meet their legal responsibilities in this area."
In the guide, and the accompanying fact sheet, the EEOC provides examples of general religious dress and grooming practices:
- Wearing religious clothing or articles (e.g., a Muslim hijab (headscarf), a Sikh turban, or a Christian cross)
- Observing a religious prohibition against wearing certain garments (e.g., a Muslim, Pentecostal Christian, or Orthodox Jewish woman's practice of not wearing pants or short skirts)
- Adhering to shaving or hair length observances (e.g., Sikh uncut hair and beard, Rastafarian dreadlocks, or Jewish peyes (sidelocks))
Moreover, throughout the guide, the EEOC utilizes actual religious discrimination cases to illustrate more specific dress and grooming issues.
The EEOC states that, "In most instances, employers are required by federal law to make exceptions to their usual rules or preferences to permit applicants and employees to observe religious dress and grooming practices." The EEOC goes on to provide an overview of the general legal principles applicable to religious discrimination.
- Employers may not engage in disparate treatment based on religion, by excluding someone from a job based on discriminatory religious preferences, including those of customers or clients.
- Employers also may not engage in workplace segregation, such as by assigning an employee to a non-customer contact position because of actual or assumed customer preference.
- Retaliation for engaging in protected activity, which includes requesting a religious accommodation, is prohibited.
- In addition, Title VII prohibits workplace harassment based on religion.
The EEOC focuses on the reasonable accommodation obligation, once the employee/applicant provides notice that a dress or grooming accommodation is required for a sincerely held religious belief or practice. As summarized on the fact sheet, the EEOC notes that:
- Employers may not require an employee to cover his religious garb, marking (e.g. tattoo), or article of faith, absent an undue hardship
- Denying a dress or grooming accommodation request based on workplace safety, security or health concerns must be based on an actual undue hardship
- If a religious exception is made, the employer does not need to permit the same exception for secular reasons
- Co-worker and customer preferences are not undue hardships
Exceptions must be assessed on a case by case basis, and managers should be trained accordingly.


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By Jim Cheng, USA TODAY
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010, Summit, PG-13, $29; two-disc DVD, $33; Blu-ray, $35; combo, $41
The third film adapted from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels, in stores Saturday, offers more of the same mix of teen angst, mythology and action, but to its rabid fan base, that's OK. Bella (Kristen Stewart) is forced to choose between her love of Edward (Robert Pattinson) and her friendship with Jacob (Taylor Lautner), a decision that rekindles the struggle between vampire and werewolf. It's brooding vs. shirtless as the love triangle becomes more complicated. Extras include audio commentaries, making-of documentary, deleted and extended scenes
USA TODAY's Claudia Puig says: * * out of four. "This is definitely the most romantic of the films, and the action sequences are harder-edged, and occasionally exciting. But it's still hard to see what all the fuss over ordinary Bella is about."
Knight and Day
Roy (Tom Cruise) is a superspy on the run, and June (Cameron Diaz) is the owner of a Boston garage who is caught between Roy and his shadowy pursuers. But whose side is Roy on? Extras: behind the scenes; music video; viral videos. (Puig: * * *)
Going the Distance
Erin and Garrett (Drew Barrymore and Justin Long) meet by chance in New York and have a summer fling that continues after Erin returns to San Francisco. Extras: how to have a perfect date; guide to long-distance dating; commentary by director Nanette Burstein. (Puig: * *)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Regular guy Dave (Jay Baruchel) is recruited by sorcerer Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) to be his assistant. Blu-ray extras: several looks behind the scenes; outtakes; deleted scenes. (Puig: * 1/2)
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This Thanksgiving we would like to take the time to thank all of the people that have come together over the last year to help Android Community become what it is today. We are grateful for every one of our users who takes the time to read our blog and participate in the community.
Every one of our members has contributed to making this site a community by creating and joining social groups, posting photos blogging and pulling together to help each other out when there is a problem. In talking with members the last few months we have really gotten to know some amazing people out there. Thank all of you for your time and effort in our community.
To our Moderation staff and Lead Androids, not just for making sure the site stays spam free, but for helping keep our site in order. They all contribute to AC in so many different ways, from updating the Knowledge Base to making sure the Android Apps section stays as up to date as possible. We really appreciate all the efforts made by our Moderators and Lead Androids and would like to say thank you for all that you have done.
We are also thankful for all the support that companies such as Google, T-Mobile and HTC for always lending a helping hand whenever we need it. Everyone has always been so prompt when confirming or denying rumors or product info when we need details fast. T-Mobile was very willing to help us prepare for one of the first G1 reviews. Special thanks go out to developers for Android who have helped us out along the way, including Jason Hudgins, Rylan Barnes and Alexander Muse of Big In Japan for all the updates and interviews.
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When I am not working I do like to play football every week, just mid week ladies so don't worry my weekends are still free. I also like playing badminton and recently joined a friend to complete a mud run. Great fun if you have never done one.
Family and friends play a big part in my life, and I can often be found either out playing sport with them, maybe down the pub, or catching a film or city break in Europe.
What I lack in my life now is a woman to share this with. I do like a woman who is active and fun, and who doesn't take herself too seriously. Someone who shares my love of chocolate and is just as happy doing a mud run as they are snuggling on the sofa watching a film.
If you think this could be you, please contact me, I would love to hear from you.
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