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ST AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Urgent care centers are open on weekends, late at night and early in the morning. They provide very convenient care for urgent issues. So when should you use them rather than go to an emergency room?
A recent national study examined the average cost of an emergency room visit. It found bills sent out for sprained ankles ranged from $4 to $2,400. Overall the prices were extremely high and they found the average ER visit now costs 40 percent more than a month's rent.
So why spend the cash when there's a better option?
You won't get to ride in the ambulance, but you also won't get the bill. Emergency rooms have their place, but more often than not, that place is unnecessarily used.
Baringer of Healing Arts Urgent Care in St. Johns County opened his practice right next to Flagler hospital to treat that overflow. According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 130 million people visited emergency rooms last year and only 13 percent were admitted into the hospital.
"Most of the things we can do without going into that extra time and expense," says Baringer
One example is when his physician assistant came in with a deep laceration.
"I got a little too sloppy with my chainsaw. I took my finger off the trigger but it was still spinning, so I later looked down on my knee and I had sustained a fairly large laceration," says Randy Heath.
Most people would have headed to the ER but Heath called Baringer.
He also saved a lot of money.
"We're probably on average less than a fifth of what the charges are for the same thing at the ER," says Heath.
UF Health emergency room physician Petra Duran says the key is knowing the difference between emergency care and urgent care.
"In the emergency room we have a triage system which means the people who are the sickest they get cared for first they get first priority. It's much like if you were having a stroke or a family member was having a stroke, you want them to be cared for right away," says Duran.
So in the ER while a laceration, sprain or strain is urgent it's always dealt with after true emergencies. Most urgent care centers can do x-rays, stabilize an injury or wound, and help you get an appointment with a specialist at a fraction of the cost.
Florida Law requires urgent care centers post their pricing information. If you don't have insurance, you know exactly what you're going to pay, for what services, as opposed to the emergency room that doesn't offer that information up front.
At the ER they're prepared to check everything. They can start an IV, do blood work, X-rays, a CT scan. Financially that adds up and might not be necessary. But there are times when you shouldn't think but run to the ER fast.
"Any type of chest pain that is nagging or creates a pressure in your chest, the worst headache you've ever had in your life, a stroke is when you experience any signs of weakness or if you have slurred speech, or if you try to move a body part and it just doesn't respond correctly, " says Roark.
Also keep in mind you can't plan emergencies so it's important to plan ahead. Urgent care centers vary in price and expertise. It's advised to do your research before hand.
"Because in an emergency, when you're frantic and the pressure rises and the stress level goes up, it's really challenging to make that right decision. So it's always good to have a plan," says Roark.
For many people urgent care centers are all about location and convenience. Roark says call the ones nearby and see what it's capable of doing and ask for prices.
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2013 Record: 8-4
Posted August 14, 2014
at Zeeland West (13-1 overall) — 7 p.m. Aug. 28
These teams have met twice before, a 37-30 Country Day win in a 2007 D-4 state semifinal, and a 44-28 Zeeland victory last fall.
vs. University of Detroit Jesuit (7-5) — 7 p.m. Sept. 5
Country Day has lost to U of D in each of the past three seasons, including last year's 28-27 heartbreaker.
at Detroit Loyola (13-1) — 2:30 p.m. Sept. 13
Loyola's 20-14 victory last year put Country Day at 0-3 at the time. The Yellowjackets then went on to win eight in a row.
vs. Detroit Consortium (4-5) — 7 p.m. Sept. 19
This is the first meeting ever between these programs.
vs. Escanaba High (3-6) — 1 p.m. Sept. 27
Country Day won the only other meeting 34-7 in 2013.
vs. Detroit Cesar Chavez Academy (3-6) — 7 p.m. Oct. 2
Country Day rolled to a 56-6 victory in last year's meeting.
vs. Birmingham Brother Rice (14-0) — 1 p.m. Oct. 11
Rice and Country Day played every year from 2000-2004, with the Warriors winning four of the five games. They haven't played since a 30-8 win by Rice in 2004.
at Muskegon Catholic Central (12-2) — 7 p.m. Oct. 17
The teams haven't played since a 34-27 Muskegon victory in 2009. The Crusaders have won 30 games the past three years, including the D-8 title in 2013.
at Milan High (10-1) — 7 p.m. Oct. 24
These teams have met twice before, a playoff win by Country Day in 2007, and a Milan playoff win in 2000.
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Book Review: 17 Equations That Changed the World
What could be more boring than mathematical equations? The majority of folks would be hard pressed to find something to answer that hypothetical query. Myself included 🙂 I'll be honest, I'm a math minor and I picked up this book on a whim in a bookstore thinking to myself "Now why would anyone want to write or buy a book on 17 equations?" I flipped through it and immediately knew that I had to consume the rest of this book.
What Stewart is able to do is to take these 17 equations that manifest in everything we do, everything we observe, everything bit of space around us and bring life to them. He presents the opening of each chapter with a concise summary of these equations that helps immensely in revealing the underlying nature of the equations and then goes into the history of the creation (discovery?) of each of these equations and it's been an eye-opening read.
As an example, having majored in computer science, I worked constantly with logarithms and natural logs (there's lumber joke here somewhere) but never once understood the nature of logarithms. How did they come about? Why do they exist? What problem do they address? Just what in the heck is a logarithm? I knew them only in the abstract -- as operations that yielded a result; I knew them as a general pattern but not the nature of the logarithm. The second chapter simply blew me away with the clarity and simplicity with which Stewart was able to pull back the covers on what logarithms actually mean. No one in my years of formal education had bothered to explain it in the same way that Stewart does in this book.
While I cannot say that this book is for everyone, I will say that I find it is surprisingly approachable for most folks who are scientifically or mathematically inclined. Certainly, there are many equations and plenty of mathematics (and it gets especially complex (pun intended 🙂 in the later chapters. However, I think this book is still immensely readable and approachable, even for those who have never ventured deep into the vast field of mathematics or have long moved past their days of calculus, linear algebra, and so on. I, for one, will make sure that my daughter reads the chapter on logarithms as it starts to seep into her curriculum one day to make sure she understands the "why" and so that she has an appreciation for all of the history and magic behind that little "log n" button on her calculator.
This book is incredibly well written, well presented such that it is approachable for a large audience, an entertaining read, and highly recommended. If you've read this review to this point, you should probably just go ahead and by this book!
Book Review: Building Solutions for SharePoint 2010
I've been working my way through Sahil Malik's Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Building Solutions for SharePoint 2010 and I'm almost finished now. Just a quick review for anyone working on ramping up on 2010 or considering this book.
First, this book is good. I would recommend it without question to developers who are working on the SharePoint platform. Sahil Malik covers many of the new features as well as goes over some of the basics in a practical, mostly easy to read manner; there's practical advice in every chapter that you'll want to highlight and tuck away in your brain.
However, it's pretty apparent that the book was rushed (at least editorially) due to the large number of grammar mistakes, awkward sentences, terrible analogies (some of them a bit inappropriate in any textbook), and somewhat questionable structure of the content.
Again, Sahil does a good job of capturing a lot of the key changes in 2010 and gives good examples (chapter 5 being the most interesting to me, personally). If I were grading on content alone, the book would be closer to 5 stars. It's the editing team at Apress that have let down Mr. Malik by not putting enough attention in properly structuring and organizing the content and not performing adequate proofreading. I feel that many of the concepts and ideas could have been organized a bit differently and more coherently to help the reader better link the concepts together and have a clearer path to ramping up. It may have helped if the book had a more focused target audience (Mr. Malik himself points out that the book is broad in nature).
That said, as I mentioned in the opening of the review, I would definitely recommend this for SharePoint developers who are transitioning or preparing to transition from 2007. Despite it's flaws, it's still worthy of the time and money that you'll invest in it. I do wish that the author had gone into more detail regarding best practices and design patterns for developing solutions in SharePoint; this is an area that is sorely missing in terms of publications. Mr. Malik might have made the book even better by incorporating the different examples around a central solution or problem instead of the scattershot approach of one-off examples. In other words, his examples (in a book with "Building Solutions" in the title) would have been better served in the context of a more comprehensive, overarching example.
Update: Finished the book. A copy of the email I sent out to the folks in our practice:
Malik's book is worth the time to work through. I'd recommend it for all of the devs here. It provides good coverage of the most important topics in 2010 and is very readable (suffering somewhat from poor editors at Apress and questionable organization of data). Chapter 5 (client object model), 8 (ECM), 9 (BCS), 10 (Workflow), and 11 (BI) all demonstrate some of the core new features in 2010 and should be required reading for any dev. or architect. Chapter 3 covers some of the core restrictions of the new sandboxed solutions model. It's an important new feature, but it's equally important to understand the walls that are thrown up when using this model.
The book is generally light on code and, in most of the later chapters, covers how tasks can be accomplished from SharePoint Designer as well as from Visual Studio. It doesn't really go into development practices and things like building custom content type forms and so on. It doesn't cover building applications for the new services infrastructure. Again, it's light on code and should be readable by non-devs as well.
It's short by tech book standards, so it is understandably lacking a bit in depth. For example, some of the BI features in chapter 11 are really, really killer, but Malik doesn't dive into the technical details (one example would be the new REST APIs for Excel Services which are supremely powerful, but Malik only gives a few examples without details for the API). The BCS chapter (9) is also light and could have used much more meat since it covers the 80% scenario, but leaves a lot to be desired on the dirty work that would be required to build the 20% scenario. On the other hand, the ECM chapter (8), while light like the other chapters, provides information that is important specific to life sciences (and maybe financials).
In summary, I recommend getting this book used and going through it front-to-back. It's not that long, but surfaces a lot of the important features that are new to 2010.
6 Books That Should Be On Every .NET Developers Bookshelf
As I've been working on my current project, I've found that many freshman developers who want to get better often have a hard time navigating the huge amount of resources out there to improve their skills. It's hard to commit given the cost of some of these books (usually at least $30 a pop) and the time it takes to make it through them if you don't know where to begin.
IMO, there are six books which are must reads for any serious .NET developer with aspirations for architecture (I'd probably recommend reading them in this order, too):
- Pro C# by Andrew Troelson which covers just enough about the CLR and the high level concepts in .NET programming with enough readability to not put you to sleep every time you crack it open. Even if you never use some of the features of the platform, it's important to know what's possible on the platform as it influences your design and implementation choices. While the "bookend" chapters aren't necessarily that great, the middle chapters are invaluable.
- Framework Design Guidelines by Cwalina and Abrams which provides a lot of insight into the guidelines that Microsoft implemented internally in designing the .NET framework. This is important for writing usable code, in general. I tend to think that all code that I write is -- on some level -- a framework (even if in miniature). Many otherwise tedious discussions on standards, naming, type/member design, etc. can be resolved by simply referencing this book as The Guideline.
- Design Patterns by GoF all too often, I come across terrible, terrible code where the original coder just goes nuts with if-else, switch-case statements...basic knowledge of how to resolve these issues leads to more maintainable and easier to read code. At the end of the day, design patterns are aimed at helping you organize your code into elements that are easier to understand conceptually, easier to read, easier to use, and easier to maintain. It's about letting the structure of your objects and the interactions between your objects dictate the flow of logic, not crazy, deeply nested conditional logic (I hope to never again see another 2000+ line method...yes, a single method).
- Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Fowler My mantra that I repeat to clients and coworkers is that "it's been done before". There are very few design scenarios where you need to reinvent the wheel from the ground up. For business applications, many of the common patterns are documented and formalized in this book (to be paired with Design Patterns). This and Design Patterns are must reads for any developer that is seriously aspiring to be a technical lead or technical architect. As the .NET framework matures and we diverge from the legacy programming, understanding design patterns is becoming more important to grasping the benefits and liabilities of designs and frameworks. For high level technical resources, it's important to understand how to write "clean" code by designing around object interactions; design patterns document these commonly recurring interactions. It is also a vocabulary and set of conventions by which programmers can communicate intent and usage of complex graphs of objects.
- Code Complete 2nd Edition by McConnell While not C# or .NET specific, it delves into the deep nitty-gritty of the art of programming (and it's still very much an art/craft as opposed to a science). Too often, we lose sight of this core principle in our software construction process in our rush to "make it work", often leaving behind cryptic, unreadable, unmaintainable code. Some of the chapters in this book will definitely put you to sleep, but at the same time, it's filled with so much useful insight that it's worth trudging through this behemoth of a book.
- Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# by Hunt. This book, perhaps more than any of the ones listed above, gives a much more practical view of the how's and why's of good objected oriented design. Designing for testability intrinsically means creating decoupled modules, classes, and methods; it forces you to think about your object structure and interactions in a completely different mindframe. Test driven development/design is good to learn in and of itself, but I think the biggest thing I got from reading this book was insight into the small changes in code construction for the purpose of testability that yield big dividends in terms of decoupling your code modules. I think that once you read this book, you'll start to really understand what it means to write "orthogonal code".
Good luck!
Code Complete: Chapter 31
I've recently picked up my copy of Code Complete - 2nd Edition again after a long hiatus from it. It's such a massive book that I think if you plan on reading it from front to back, it'll bore you to death and put you to sleep. Of course, this is not to say that the book is bad - quite the opposite, the book is filled to the brim with knowledge that will benefit any level of developer - but that you have to approach it in a more "leisurely" manner.
The book itself is one of those that you can really just kind of jump in and out of the chapters (except for some of the early ones that should be digested together).
Some bits from Chapter 31 that I think really capture the essence of the book.
McConnell opens with an excellent statement that succintly summarizes my infatuation with proper code structure, naming, and other seemingly "non-development" coding activities: it is a matter of personal pride in my work and the effort that I put forth to make the code legible:
"The visual and intellectual enjoyment of well-formatted code is a pleasure that few nonprogrammers can appreciate. But programmers who take pride in their work derive great artistic satisfaction from polishing the visual structure of their code." (P.729)
The chapter covers the importance of good formatting and layout, the psychological effects of good layout and formatting (such as easier to memorize code structure), and techniques to achieve good layout.
McConnell introduces the idea of "The Fundamental Theorem of Formatting" which says "good visual layout shows the logical structure of a program" (P.732)
He quotes Elliot Soloway and Kate Ehrlich in their studies:
"…there is a psychological basis for writing programs in a conventional manner: programmers have strong expectations that other programmers will follow these discourse rules. If the rules are violated, then the utility afforded by the expectations that programmers have built up over time is effectively nullified." (P.733)
This is in alignment with the ideals of best practices. The core concept is to have a codebase that exudes familiarity even to first time readers. McConnell emphasizes the importance of the human aspect of coding:
"The smaller part of the job of programming is writing a program so that the computer can read it; the larger part is writing it so that other humans can read it." (P.733)
Indeed, writing code so that the machine can read it is easy: the compiler, IDE, and development tools like ReSharper will tell you when the machine can't read it. Writing code so that other humans can read it is a true challenge since there is no one to confirm your view of the code or structure (without a well defined code review practice or pair programming).
In that sense, writing code is not so different than writing in general. Using shorthand is always the fastest ways to write little notes for oneself, but when composing a written work that others must consume, there are certain conventions that people come to expect: proper spacing, proper usage of punctuation, proper grammar, and the usage of paragraphs to delineate discrete bodies of text – these details all help to make the text more readable from a mechanical perspective.
While code is certainly not literature (well, not to most normal people anyways ;-)), there are similar traits in elegant code structure and elegant prose: it is simple, clear, concise, and expressive. It might follow a pattern (rhyming, iambic pentameter, etc.) that gives it a flow.
Soloway and Ehrlich's studies concluded that:
"The results point out the fragility of programming expertise: advanced programmers have strong expectations about what programs should look like, and when those expectations are violated—in seemingly innocuous ways—their performance drops drastically." (P.735)
They cite examples where advanced chess players showed a marked increase in ability to memorize chess pieces arranged in "standard" or common scenarios over novice players, but demonstrated no increased ability when the pieces were arranged in a random fashion. The conclusion is that familiarity increases the ability to internalize and process an otherwise abstract structure (or in this case, arrangement of chess pieces).
Of course, it's not all just fluff and "nice to haves", right? McConnell raises an interesting observation that:
"The information contained in a program is denser than the information contained in most books. Whereas you might read and understand a page of a book in a minute or two, most programmers can't read and understand a naked program listing at anything close to that rate. A program should give more organizational clues than a book, not fewer."
This makes the argument clear for commenting, proper and consistent application of white space, and using descriptive rather than short names (see Framework Design Guidelines for more coverage on that). For example (and I've never understood this one), the use of "itm" instead of typing "item" or "tsk" instead of "task" or the use of "d" to declare a local variable instead of "document". One letter makes the code much more readable and much easier to process for another human reader of the code.
McConnell also makes a very good case for how code should be structured to reduce the complexity of the visual layout. He gives a good abstract comparison on page 747. These are small items which increase the readability of the code in very subversive ways; you probably never think about such details actively, but when processing a page of code, little details like indentation probably have a strong effect on your ability to understand the purpose and nature of the code. More importantly, when other humans have to process your code, these little details, taken in cumulative, could mean the difference between a day of ramp up and a week of ramp up time.
Of course, McConnell does acknowledge that in many cases, such matters of style are borderline "religious". But from an objective perspective:
"…it's clear that some forms of layout are better than others. Good programmers should be open-minded about their layout practices and accept practices proven to be better than the ones they're used to, even if adjusting to a new method results in some initial discomfort." (P.735)
Definitely a book that deserves some shelf space on any developer's desk (edit: or nightstand ;-)).
Book Review: Framework Design Guidelines
I originally came across a title Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries after perusing the documentation on the Subtext site.
For the most part, I had been following the guidelines outlined by Scott Bellware in his handy dandy style guide, but this text - FDG - takes it to another level and formalizes it in a way that it must be accepted by development teams since it was born from the source itself: the .NET Framework development teams.
I've reviewed it on Amazon, but here is the transcripted text:
I don't personally think that all developers will find this book useful. In fact, I have a feeling that some may find it highly useless and disruptive as it is abstract in a sense (one must apply the lessons to each library and scenario independently, taking into consideration many different aspects of usability and readability) and it does require some "retraining" of bad practices which have been long since ingrained due to years of usage.
But whether this book deserves a five star rating or a one star rating - whether this book is for you - can be answered by asking yourself the following question: are you obsessed with quality? Quality in the sense of creating a library that is:
- Easily reused by others, even first timers encountering the library or even first timers to .Net
- Well thought out with well designed classes
- Consistent within itself and consistent with the base libraries from Microsoft
The importance of the little things like naming classes, properties, methods, using one type of construct over another, using one type of accessor over another, etc. cannot be stressed enough in the overall picture of creating a library to a higher standard of quality, usability, and extensibility.
As Confucius is to have said:
"If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.
"When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish. When proprieties and music do not flourish, punishments will not be properly awarded. When punishments are not properly awarded, the people do not know how to move hand or foot.
"Therefore a superior man considers it necessary that the names he uses may be spoken appropriately, and also that what he speaks may be carried out appropriately. What the superior man requires is just that in his words there may be nothing incorrect."
As I wrote in an e-mail to my team, I think that digesting this book will lead to: higher quality public facing APIs for our customer development teams seeking to extend the functionality, increased readability and more consistency internally in our teams, increased usability and decreased maintenance costs for the support teams as well as new developers on our team, and of course, increased skill, knowledge, and competency as developers of each of the team members.
The title of this book is perhaps a bit misleading. In reality, this book is applicable for anyone doing .Net development since it will lead to better quality code construction irregardless of whether you happen to be working on a "framework". What I also like about the book is that the authors, architects, and various developers who worked on the .NET Framework admit error and inconsistency in some design and shows that this book is truly a work of the men in the trenches and intended for those of us who work on the front line of software development.
While the book does not delve into architecture or design, I think it still has value in enhancing the skill and mastery of any developer that takes the time to read it. Definitely pick up this book if you are serious about becoming a better developer in the sense of being a more refined craftsman.
To Follow Up…
So it turns out that Paul Andrew, the technical product manager of WF linked to my very abstract review of Essential Windows Workflow Foundation. For those that haven't been following, I wrote an awesome review of the book on Amazon and sent it in (or so I thought!) but I haven't seen it show up on the page yet :-S
So for the sake of others considering this book, I'll review it again.
There are two types of developers that you will come across: those that are content to make things work and solve business solutions from the top down and those that want to understand the underlying technologies to build solutions from the bottom up. This is not so much a discussion on "architecting", mind you, but rather a discussion on how different developers approach tools and frameworks. Not that one is better than the other, but each brings a different approach and each has different preferences with regards to technical resources.
If you fall into the former and you are mostly concerned with your immediate business solutions (learn top-down) and you learn best by doing, then this book is not for you. The contents of this book are not so much concerned with how to solve business solutions with WF nor is it a cookbook for WF solutions. This book doesn't have many pictures of the design surface and doesn't concern itself much with building workflows in the designer. It is an introductory guide to the underpinnings of the WF framework. It delves into the workings of WF and the principles behind many of the advanced concepts that may not necessarily crop up in most use cases.
If you fall into the latter category of developers (learn bottom-up) and you learn best by first understanding the tool and the design principles of the tool, then this book will be a good starting point to understanding WF. In fact, the first chapter of the book walks through a sample implementation of a simple "workflow engine" and covers the principles that drive the implementation of the WF framework. The chapter presents a "If I were writing a workflow engine, how would I write it?" scenario (if that makes any sense). This outline then serves as a basis for understanding the function and design of the WF engine.
The book provides insight into advanced concepts and does a fairly good job of it (examples are simple and straightforward - oddly, not all of the code is provided online), but it seems to come up short in the last chapter, where the authors just kind of jumbled everything that they didn't cover into one chapter. It almost seems like the authors were working on a 10 or 12 chapter book but were forced to cram the remaining topics (unfinished) into chapter 8. In short, the book seems unfinished.
This book is not for everyone. It does assume some familiarity with higher level .Net framework concepts that many developers from the ASP.Net world may not have experience with (specifically, threading and asynchronous method calls) so for that reason, I would recommend a companion book: Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform, Third Edition. As a general note, I've found that the "Microsoft .Net Development Series" of books from Addison Wesley typically does not cater to the first class of developer as the titles tend to be architecture and framework oriented as opposed to solution and implementation oriented.
In summary: 4 out of 5 stars; a worthy book that deserves a space on your bookshelf if you plan on doing WF.
Saw the Jets
Yesterday was my first time at an NFL football game (Jets vs. Bucs). This also means that I've been to each of the three major sports (NBA, MLB, and NFL). (For my international readers, the NFL is the highest league for American-style football).
I must say, the experience is quite something. It's very different from either of the other big three sports in that there is a whole huge sub-culture in the football world. If you've never experienced it, there's nothing quite like it at all.
Sadly, I didn't have my camera with me, but driving into the parking lot of Giants Stadium I was just struck by how many people were there tailgating. It was incredible, it was like a little town sprung up there that morning, with people pitching tents, watching TV, eating BBQ, throwing footballs around. I mean, it felt like these people lived there. What caught my attention as well was that a lot of men would urinate right by the side of the road without hesitation (since the lines for the port-o-potties was ridiculous.
The stadium itself was tremendous. There's nothing quite like it in the enormity of it all; you get kinda queasy sitting in the third tier just looking down.
The game itself was great. Vinny Testaverde was playing in his first game in 9 months since retiring with the Cowboys after last season. I have to say, I can only hope that I'm that mobile and that fit when I'm 41, because damn, the guy can still move and throw the long ball. He had the crowd roaring during pregame warmups when he threw a 60-70 yard pass to Laverneus Coles. Wow. Vinny only threw one interception, which was unfortunate (it was short only by a little), but acceptable considering that just two weeks ago, he was hanging out on his sofa watching the Jets play 😀
Afterwards, listening to Vinny talk, I was reminded of The Incredibles. Vinny had some great years (the best of his career) with the Jets and here he was again, up to his old heroics after retiring from football. And like in The Incredibles, it took a team effort to overcome the opponent.
In a totally unrelated sidenote, I got my copy of "Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface" on Friday. My review is on Amazon, but I'll copy it here for the lazy:
"Before you read on, bear in mind that I'm writing this review in comparison to the first "Ghost in the Shell". While Shirow does mention that this book is not a continuation of the first, there are some major differences in style.
Let's start with the artwork. As I've noticed with Shirow's work, all the ways from Appleseed, his style has matured with each work and is at a very advanced level, in my opinion, among top comic book artists in the world. He has a certain style of coloring that, to me, is really unique in how subtle, lifelike, and tactile he makes fabrics and skin. While only roughly 35-40% of the book is colored, it is done so fantastically.
In addition, Shirow has a supreme mastery of the female body form. It's simply stunning to see how beautifully he can render the female body, especially with the dynamic energy he brings to his characters. While he renders many of the panels with the female characters in the buff, he does not render "R" nudity, but rather "PG-13" nudity, except in one panel). (As a sidenote, parents of younger readers should perhaps consider this an "R" rated book. While none of the nudity is gratuitous, it can be a little too much for some).
As fans of Shirow have noticed, he has been experimenting with integrating 3D, rendered environments and objects with his 2D artwork. He shows his mastery of this technique in many of the panels, where it seems seemless; you feel as if the character is really a part of the scene. Then in others, it seems poorly done (for example, he renders pigs in a sequence of panels and the pigs just look weird). I'd also offer some criticism of his rendering of "virtual space", as it quickly becomes cluttered and very difficult to navigate, visually, especially in the low-res, black and white lineart panels.
As with all Shirow works, there is certainly enough cool technobabble and gadgets to get your geek juices flowing. From exoskeletons that envelope and "swallow" the pilot, to oddly constructed androids, to the techno-metaphysical discussions of reality, life, existence, and justice.
My main criticism with the work is the incontinuity *within* the plot itself (I fully understand and accept that this is not a continuation of the first). Without going deeply into the plot, there are some scenarios where he will start what seems like an arc, but then the arc disappears, without entering into the plot again. It seems like whole parts of the book were created just for the sake of showing artwork, and not progressing plot (to me, plot should always come first in a written work, which this is, despite the medium). It feels like the recent Star Wars movies in that they are really a showcase for Lucas's technique with fully rendered sets and have lost any semblence of a cohesive plot and the great acting (especially Harrison Ford) that made the first three the classics that they are. Yes, while I do appreciate the eye candy, this is still a graphic novel, and, as such, I expect a cohesive plot and not random interjections of this and that and whatever.
Some fans will also find the lack of action (compared to the first book) a bit disappointing. The first book was far grittier and more action packed than this book. It also had a richer cast of characters. "Man-Machine Interface" really only features one character (albeit in various bodies and forms) and thus loses some of the dynamic interactions between characters. Shirow never gets a chance to fully developer the chief of Poseidon police and his crew.
Overall, this book is excellent if you simply love Shirow's beautiful artwork, mastery of the female body form, and creative techno-gadgets. The plot, especially the ending, will leave you sorely disappointed. Whereas the first ended on a revelation of a metaphysical type, this book ends in a fizzle."
If you're a fan of Shirow, it's a no brainer, you gotta pick it up, but it's certainly not for everyone.
I'm also working my way through Fred Brooks' "The Mythical Man Month". I'm only 1/3 of the way through the book at the moment, but it's absolutely a great book that everyone in an IT organization (everyone!) has to read. I mean, even after all of these years, the same problems persist in software development (doesn't anyone learn from history?). If you're in the IT industry, whether you're a manager, a salesperson, or a developer, be sure to pick this one up. It's an easy read, too, since Brooks' style is very inviting and personable. He makes some excellent analogies. I think I'll do a mini book review after I'm done with the book 😀
That's it for now...been busy at work, so less time to post during the day >.<


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In Firebug, once you've done a lot of tweaking and editing to get the site looking right in the browser, there is no way in the current version (1.5) of Firebug to see a list of just the edits you have made. It's very difficult to find every last change and make those same changes in the code. That's what Firediff is for. You make all your edits, and then see a handy list of exactly what you changed. You can see a sequential log, or a color coded version of the file with all your changes highlighted.
In case you don't know, this is completely awesome, and has been sorely lacking in Firebug.
Firediff stops just shy of producing a usable patch file for updating your source code. However, it will show you a very useful visual diff to use for reference as you edit the source file yourself. It is far from obvious how to get it. Here's the trick. After a bunch of experimental editing to a stylesheet in Firebug, clicking on "Changes" (the Firediff tab) gets you a change log. You see every time you turned an attribute on or off, and every other little change you made along the way. This is not very useful. You may have a list of 150 things you did, when all you care about is the five things you eventually ended up with. You don't care that you changed the font size 25 times; you only care about the final font size.
To see that end product, scroll all the way down to the last entry in the list of changes, right click it, and click "Show snapshot". This will show you a highlighted version of the file, with your additions and subtractions in green and red, respectively – just like in the screenshot for this article.
This is the most useful view within Firediff.
Once you install Firediff, be sure to check the "Show Firebug changes" option on the "Changes" tab, in order to see only your changes. Otherwise, you'll see every change made by every bit of JavaScript on the site.
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Fox Chapel boys split pair of tough games
The Fox Chapel High School boys basketball team ran its record to 8-0 with a narrow 67-65 win over Hempfield on Thursday in the Montour Tournament.
The teams were tied at 51 entering the fourth quarter.
Matt D'Amico scored 25 points while Brian Papich scored 18 to go along with five assists, five rebounds and five steals.
The Foxes' unbeaten record came to an end on Friday as they fell to Beaver Falls, 79-73. D'Amico scored 32 points.
"It was a very good tournament," FC coach Zach Skrinjar said. "We were in two very competitive, intense games."
Skrinjar said both D'Amico and Papich have been playing well.
"Matt and Brian are doing very well and, even though they are juniors, are establishing themselves as two of the better players in the WPIAL," he said. "The stats speak for themselves."
Skrinjar said the team will view the loss to Beaver Falls just as it does any other game.
"We'll use the game tape to improve as a team and prepare for the second half of section play," he said.
"We still have to commit to defending and rebounding and we need to constantly improve in both those areas."
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Shady Side Academy hosted the Peter Sauer '95 Memorial tournament last Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The Indians opened the event with a 69-63 win over Highlands on Thursday.
They led by 11-8 after one quarter and 29-25 at the half.
Mike Ware led SSA with 22 points. Pat Loughran contributed 10, Aaron Horne added nine and Dan Marous scored eight.
The Indians lost to Bethel Park on Friday, 55-23, and fell to Riverside, 51-47 on Saturday.
Marty Stewart is a sports editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-782-2123 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This is the Obsidian Portal page for the AO game. This page contains campaign notes, houserules, and character notes. Its intent is to help us keep the game straight and have easy access to information about the game.
In game information will be marked with [IG], out of game information will be marked as [OOG]. As I give access to particular pages, you guys can use it to keep your own notes and share information with each other. Keep in mind, the over arcing story involves a massive conspiracy, so this can be a valuable resource for you!


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The Wolf and the Watchman
The Wolf and the Watchman
A Father, a Son, and the CIA
W. W. Norton & Company, Hardcover, 9780393239805, 304pp.
Publication Date: May 20, 2013
When Scott embarked on a career as a foreign correspondent, he found himself returning to many of the troubled countries of his youth. In the dusty streets of Pakistan and Afghanistan, amid the cold urbanity of Yugoslavia, and down the mysterious alleys of Mexico City, he came face to face with his father's murky past--and his own complicity in it. Scott learned that his chosen profession was not so different from his father's: they both worked to gain people's trust and to uncover their secrets. The only difference was what they did with that information.
In the aftermath of 9/11, father and son found themselves on assignment in Afghanistan and the Middle East, one as a CIA contractor, the other as a reporter for Newsweek. Suddenly, an unsettled Scott was forced to keep his father's secret all over again. As their professional lives collided, Scott and his father inched toward a personal reckoning, struggling to overcome a lifetime of suspicion and deception.
The Wolf and the Watchman is a provocative, meditative account of truth and duplicity, of manipulation and loyalty. It is also a moving, intensely personal portrait of a bond between father and son that endured in the shadow of one of the world's most secretive and unforgiving institutions.
When Scott Johnson was 14, his father told him he was a spy for the CIA. At first it was exciting, but as Johnson grew older, he began to wonder just how much his father was keeping from him. In The Wolf and the Watchman, Johnson explores their complicated relationship. More at NPR.org
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DOG owners across South Lakeland have been urged to offer up their pooches to become potentially life-saving blood donors.
It comes after a 15-month-old Border Collie came close to death when it ingested rat poison.
The dog was effectively drowning in her own blood and was in need of an emergency transfusion when she was taken to Westmorland Veterinary Group, on Natland Road, Kendal.
Luckily Gunner, a German Shepherd owned by one of the nurses at the practice, was on hand with a unit of blood and the canine went on to make a full recovery.
But following a series of poisonings in the last few months, vets at the practice are now calling on dog owners to sign up to their transfusion database.
"It's often a matter of life and death," said Gerard Winnard, senior small vet animal at the practice.
"Ideally you need to get the blood fresh and within a couple of hours."
He said there are around 10 currently on the list but was desperate for more.
"It's not just rat poisoning but a range of issues we need the blood for," added Mr Winnard.
"It's handy to have a number of dogs on there as inevitably some will move away."
The Border Collie was said to be very lethargic and had very pale gums when she was brought in.
Tests revealed that she had bled severely into her chest.
Her owners remembered she had passed blue faeces a few days earlier.
Vet Mary Crackles recalled: "Rat poison pellets are usually blue and kill rats and mice by causing internal bleeding.
"We gave her Vitamin K which is the antidote to the poison, but she had lost so much blood that she needed an emergency blood transfusion to save her life."
Dogs have blood types but it is safe to give one transfusion without cross-matching.
Both dogs were awarded brave pets of the month by the practice, which has also encouraged owners to be aware of slug pellet poisoning.
Slug pellets contain the chemical Metaldehyde which is extremely toxic and leads to collapse, seizures and death.
Vet Emily Sapsford said: "The pellets are flavoured which makes them very appealing to pets.
"Even if they are under garden mesh dogs will sniff them out and eat them."
Potential donors are asked to visit the surgery for a free nurse check. Details are then kept on file so if an emergency arises dogs can be brought in to give blood.
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I am proud of my Valleys background, my father was a miner and I have worked allmylife in the area.
My hobbies include DIY, reading and socialising with friends and family.
Describe yourself in one sentence – I am a family man who believes in fairness and equality for all.
Manifesto – In the coming years Islwyn is going to need a strong and powerful voice in the Assembly to stand up to the biting cuts by the Westminster Con-Dem Coalition Government.
As a former deputy leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council I have the experience to be that voice. I believe that the Welsh Labour Party offers a real alternative to these devastating Tory policies that will destroy our communities, just as they did in the 1980s.
The Labour-led Assembly Government has already protected essential services such as free prescriptions, free bus travel, free school breakfasts and support for our Welsh students so that they do not have to pay full tuition fees.
I will work to continue this good work and fully support the pledges to provide more apprenticeships and training opportunities for young people, greater access to GP surgeries in the evenings and on Saturdays, more funding for schools, an extra 500 PCSOs for safer communities and double the number of children benefiting from childcare and health visiting. I believe that even though this is a good start I want to see more inward investment to create meaningful jobs for the people of Islwyn.
By voting Labour on May 5 you will have a candidate who is totally committed to standing up for the people of Islwyn.


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Potosi is a city in Washington County, Missouri, United States. Potosi is about 10 miles north of Belgrade. The population was 2,660 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. The city was founded sometime between 1760 and 1780 as "Mine à Breton" or Mine au Breton, and later renamed by Moses Austin for the Bolivian silver-mining city of Potosí.
A lead mining settlement at this spot, "Mine à Breton" or Mine au Breton, was founded between 1760 and 1780 by Francis Azor, of Brittany, France. Moses Austin came here in 1798 with his family, including his son Stephen F. Austin. Moses obtained a grant of 7,153 arpents of land from the Spanish Empire and started large-scale mining operations, building his town to support it. Moses named the town after Potosí in Bolivia, which was famous for its vast silver mines. Austin's tomb and the foundation of his home Durham Hall can still be seen. Another mining entrepreneur in Potosi at the time of Moses Austin was James Bryan. Firmin Rene Desloge, who emigrated from Nantes, France in 1822 as the founder of the Desloge Family in America, located in Potosi and established a mercantile, distillery, fur trading and lead smelting business. The Desloge lead mining business Desloge Lead Company and later Desloge Consolidated Lead Company was later relocated to Desloge, MO by his son Firmin V. Desloge.
Potosi was designated county seat in 1814.
The Potosi Correctional Center, which opened in 1989, housed Missouri's death row and the state's executions were handled at the prison until 2005. The Potosi Center conducted all but one of the 62 Missouri executions between 1989 when capital punishment was reinstated and 2005 when executions were moved 25 miles east to the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri.
Woodcut artist Tom Huck grew up in Potosi, where he has taken inspiration from many of the region's local legends and folk tales. In 1998, Huck released "2 Weeks in August: 14 Rural Absurdities", a suite of 14 woodcut prints based on bizarre tales from the town's history.
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Panthers serve up pair of wins over EGF, TRF
Winning three tiebreakers helped the Park Rapids girls tennis team sweep a triangular meet at the Depot Courts Tuesday afternoon.
After opening with a 6-1 win over East Grand Forks, the Panthers won the close matches to defeat Thief River Falls 5-2.
In the win over East Grand Forks, the Panthers dominated the three doubles matches. Julia Renner and Christina Smith lost only two games at the No. 1 spot, Sarena Kinkel and Lindsey Girtz didn't drop a game at the No. 2 position, and Ali Walsh and Mariena Dearstyne lost only one game at the No. 3 spot to lead the way. Julia Smith and Hope Johnson posted straight-set wins while Charity Ridlon won a third-set tiebreaker to lead the way in singles.
The match against Thief River Falls was a lot closer as four matches went into a third-set tiebreaker. Johnson and Ridlon won in straight sets while Julia Smith won a tiebreaker in singles. In doubles, the Christina Smith/Renner and Walsh/Dearstyne duos prevailed with 10-8 scores in tiebreakers while Girtz and Kinkel lost in a tiebreaker.
Park Rapids, which stayed in the No. 9 spot in this week's state Class A poll, improved to 13-1 in dual meets.
Weather once again postponed the completion of the Mid-State Conference tournament. The tournament, which started last Saturday and was scheduled to be completed on Wednesday, was postponed again and will be completed this Wednesday (Sept. 25) starting at 1 p.m. at the Depot Courts.
Park Rapids 6, East Grand Forks 1
No. 1 singles: Julia Smith, PR, over Chessa Jones 6-3, 6-4.
No. 2 singles: Hope Johnson, PR, over Emma Dietrich 6-3, 6-1.
No. 3 singles: Charity Ridlon, PR, over Cynthia Loven 6-4, 5-7, 10-8.
No. 4 singles: Emily Strezishar, EGF, over Morgan Knott 6-3, 6-2.
No. 1 doubles: Julia Renner/Christina Smith, PR, over Kaity Randall/Ashley Normandin 6-1, 6-1.
No. 2 doubles: Sarena Kinkel/Lindsey Girtz, PR, over Rikki Mays-Reak/Kayla Cremers 6-0, 6-0.
No. 3 doubles: Ali Walsh/Mariena Dearstyne, PR, over Jenna Dietrich/Kayla Partlow 6-0, 6-1.
Park Rapids 5, Thief River Falls 2
No. 1 singles: Julia Smith, PR, over Karlee Jorgenson 6-3, 4-6, 10-6.
No. 2 singles: Hope Johnson, PR, over Brandi Malwitz 6-4, 6-1.
No. 3 singles: Charity Ridlon, PR, over Elle Jorgenson 6-1, 6-2.
No. 4 singles: Callie Fagerstrom, TRF, over Morgan Knott 6-3, 6-1.
No. 1 doubles: Christina Smith/Julia Renner, PR, over Sabrina Okeson/Kora Torkelson 6-3, 3-6, 10-8.
No. 2 doubles: Shawna Spears/Carley Lunsetter, TRF, over Lindsey Girtz/Sarena Kinkel 7-5, 5-7, 10-4.
No. 3 doubles: Ali Walsh/Mariena Dearstyne, PR, over Allison Okeson/Fran Marshall 3-6, 6-4, 10-8.


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Lena Olin, Terrence Howard and Sam Robards are joining Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba in the psychological thriller "Awake"
Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba, none of them are sleepy or even fallen asleep. They are all "Awake." Joined by Lena Olin, Terrence Howard and Sam Robards, all of them keep their eyes open, none other for the sake of the highly anticipated thriller "Awake."
The story of the film follows Christensen's role, who becomes the victim of "anesthetic awareness," in which a patient remains awake but paralyzed during surgery. Olin and Robards play Christensen's parents, and Alba plays his wife, who's facing her own demons. Elsewhere, Howard plays the heart surgeon who leads the operation.
As GreeneStreet Films and the Weinstein Co. have agreed to finance writer Joby Harold's directorial debut, the film production will be begun October 31 in New York.


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To say I wander the web would be a slight exageration. I hover over certain areas incessantly (particularly tech and baseball) but occasionally, I stumble on a resource that I want to pass on.
That resource was a new Photoshop one from a blogger who has a few very nice looks. Fabio Sasso is a Brazillian designer who was 'abducted' by design and thus a partial reasoning of the name of his blog and website. He has some terrific looks and takes the time to show you how to do them. Take a look at his site and his work.
The other resource for today is an old friend that I did NOT stumble over or upon. 😉 Dean Velez has been mentioned several times here and he periodically sends me an email with something that is new on his site. His latest is an AE curriculum that he published and so I paste the link here for you to peruse and use.


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Eric A. has a new Think Again column called "FISA and the Founders" here [1].
Name: Steve Milligan
Hometown: Colorado Springs
I hesitated to write about this, but I find this conversation disturbing. I do agree with you [2] and Mike Huckabee that journalists have much better things to enquire into than his personal beliefs about creationism. Frankly, the whole question about one's beliefs about evolution and the request to answer by raising one's hand or saying yes or no is utterly offensive. On the other hand, we certainly have a right to know if a person is going to continue the war on science currently being waged by this administration. Obviously we wouldn't want to live (or continue living) under a regime that eschews the obvious evidence of natural selection. If, however, the answer is a response to the basic philosophical question of "how did we get here?", it is the height of intellectual laziness to label all creationists as thoughtless or stupid. It is also, as you point out, not a very good political tactic. Nobody knows the answer to that question, and thoughtful people can reach different conclusions. The evolutionist (I don't even like that term) answer to that question is far from airtight. We on the left have been victimized enough by strawman arguments. We should know better than to brandish them.
I have just gotten off the fence and sent $100 to Obama. Why? Because in responding to Obama's critique, Hillary's attack dog, Howard Wolfson, compared Obama to Karl Rove, and added a few other nasty words. The mantra of the Clinton camp seems to be never let a criticism go but to attack back viciously and personally. It was just the latest in a string of comments from the Clinton campaign that have convinced me that if Hillary is elected, there will be no chance of bringing this country together at all; it will be all-out 24x7 political war for another 8 years on top of that we've endured through the Clinton and W. administrations. I can't stand the thought of any more of it. I don't know if Barack can break that cycle, but I'm betting my money on him because it's clear Hillary can't -- and doesn't want to.
Name: H Steven Dolan
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
The one thing that really struck me about Mr. North's conviction was that one of the charges on which he was convicted was:
Count Ten: Receipt of an illegal gratuity, charging North with accepting a home-security system paid for by Secord, in exchange for official acts performed by North.
For so many of the other truly egregious felonies he was acquitted, but on that small act of bribery the jury felt they had to convict.
However much he puffs himself he is, like so many others of his kind, in essence truly banal.
Name: Maria Blumberg
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
It is interesting to note that, in the oath no matter which version, swearing or affirming an oath to defend the Constitution comes before obeying the President or superior officers. It shows where the priority is placed. It is allegiance to the Constitution and the country that comes first, rather than any individual no matter how mighty or powerful he/she is.
Name: Jim Reuss
Hometown: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Colonel Bateman,
I believe you also have in the person of Oliver North [3] a perfect example of how we reward unethical, illegal and unconstitutional behavior and continue the downward spiral of our society. When I see men and women like this rise to positions of prominence, influence and power once they are outside of their service, as well as having abused their office while in it, I despair for our nation.
Unfortunately, he is not nearly the only man to be rewarded for abuses of power and trust, the throwing aside of civil rights, or forswearing oaths. Paul Wolfowitz or the Medal of Freedom given to Paul Bremer are two recent examples among myriads that the Altercators could cite. How do the Representatives and Senators who voted to create and continue funding the Patriot Act and the NSA spying programs sleep at night, knowing that they are destroying our democratic traditions as they put their names to the bills? Republicans express outrage at the lack of character exhibited in former President Clinton's sexual activity, and democrats express outrage at fiscal corruption, and you express outrage at a military man's failure to uphold the Constitution. I think the patterns of abuse are rampant, endemic and entrenched. I can be happy that Karl Rove will no longer do damage to our society in the post he is retiring from, but I am cannot bring myself to think he will cease doing damage, and furthermore, that he will undoubtedly be publicly acclaimed and rewarded for doing so.
I have no solution to offer, as we seem to be, like Diogenes, unable to find and honest man or woman to adhere to the founding principles of our nation rather than one who serves narrow and self-interests. I would put the suggestion to Altercators for their support of a Bateman/Pierce ticket in 2008?
LTC Bob replies: Oh cripes, couldn't I just go back to Iraq? I can see the campaign slogans now:
"Bateman/Pierce '08: When you've tried everything else anyway."
"Bateman/Pierce '08: One of us won't shoot you in the face."
"Bateman/Pierce '08: We have neither money, nor looks, or even much hair, but then you've already tried that and look where it got ya"
"Bateman/Pierce '08: Vote for us and you'll get Carl Kasell's voice on your home answering machine..."
But what would the Cabinet look like? All I can think of is the obvious: Press Secretary Jon Stewart.
Name: Merrill R. Frank
Hometown: Jackson Heights, NYC
Dr. and Lieutenant Colonel Bob Bateman,
It comes as no surprise that Fox News has the traitor North as a commentator/pseudo-journalist. He's a perfect fit amongst their cast of characters that are frequently called upon to analyze the events of the day. Namely disgraced former LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman as well as Watergate co-conspirators Chuck Colson and G. Gordon Liddy.
If only today's cable news had the standards to recruit folks of this [4] caliber [5].
LTC Bob replies: Coincidentally, I just happen to be writing an article for World War Two Magazine on Murrow and his "Boys." Should be out late this year. (History magazines have long lead times.) You are right. He was a man with integrity.
Name: Jennifer
Hometown: Greenwood, MO
Oliver North is not and has never been a journalist. There are people who work in the journalism profession whom I can point out are lazy and incompetent. North is a different category and serves a very different purpose for his employers. It's a waste of time to complain out his methods, tactics and overall professionalism.
Name: gmoke
Hometown: Cambridge, MA
I've been reading about Colonel John Boyd, USAF, and his ideas about strategy. According to his biography, he would buttonhole promising junior officers and give them his "to do or to be" speech. His idea was that you could decide to do something significant or to be a senior officer. You probably couldn't accomplish both.
Sounds like LTC Bateman's former superior officer, Captain "Trash" decided to do something and therefore was not acceptable to be any higher rank than he already was.
You can read John Boyd's original briefings and more about his work here [6] and here [7].
I've written "Guerrilla War of the Mind: John Boyd's Lessons on Counter-Guerrilla Campaigns," here [8], and "How the Pentagon Works: John Boyd's Lessons on Bureaucratic Warfare," here [9], if anybody is interested in my (limited) understanding of Boyd's work.
Dear LTC Bateman,
I'm confused by this claim [10]:
"I have no clue what General David Petraeus will say next month when he gives his assessment. I do know that no matter what he says, some significant percentage of the American people will write him off as a stooge, or a fool, while others will hail him a hero. Both groups will cite the same words Petraeus speaks as their "evidence" for their opinion. I suspect General P knows this as well. What I would like to pass to you, today, is my assessment. Take it for what it is worth. General P is smart, and he is savvy, both of which make him come off to some people as "political." He is not. But he is more like Trash than he is like LTC H, and that, Altercators, reassures me. "
It appears, if news reports are to be believed, that Petraeus won't actually be "saying" anything on his own account, as the White House plans to write his report for him. Aside from that, he hasn't had a track record of being particularly correct in the recent past, and he avoids media sources that might be "critical" (Greenwald). I don't feel reassured, but I don't have your experience, so it would be interesting to hear your reactions.
Name: Thomas N. Beck
Hometown: Princeton, NJ
I'm sure Petraeus himself is a very good man. But he works for a very bad president. It has been reported that the White House is going to write Petraeus's report for him - if that's the case, it doesn't matter how good a man he may be, he is permitting himself to be used by a very bad man. That does not give me confidence that he is not, in fact, "a stooge, or a fool." At best, he is permitting himself to get the reputation of being a tool.
LTC Bob replies: Thomas, I recommend to you a solid article about the ethics and morals of service. I wish I had written it, but in this case a Sailor/Scholar beat me to the punch. It appeared in the most recent issue of the Naval War College review. The article is by (Navy) Captain George Clifford, and it is titled "Duty at All Costs [11]." The short version is that if every officer resigned his commission whenever political parties exchanged power (because all politicians "use" us as "tools" ... that is our purpose), we would need two separate armies. That happened once, 1861-1865, and it did not come out well.
Name: mikefromtexas
Hometown: Corpus Christi
'Poker With Cheney' is without a doubt the best blog post I've ever read. Thanks for putting that back up [12]. The Editors have such a wonderful sense of snark.
Name: Ginger Mayerson
Hometown: Los Angeles
Eric A, Eric B, Eric R. And all Eric with a C, not K. Why is that? Eerie.
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During the summer, when the heat is high and locally grown veggies are in abundance, nothing is a more refreshing and nutritious lunch than gazpacho! It's easy to make with your food processor, extremely low-calorie and delicious!
You will need…
- 6 medium firm ripe tomatoes, stemmed and peeled
- 1 medium onion
- 2 medium cucumbers, peeled and seeded
- 2 medium green bell peppers, cored and seeded
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cups tomato juice
- 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon of tabasco sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 small garlic cloves, peeled (optional)
- 2 teaspoons salt (optional)
Using a food processor, feed sections of the cucumbers into the feed tube using the slicing disc. Use medium pressure and then transfer to a mixing bowl.
Use the metal blade and put the onion into the work bowl of your food processor. Pulse approximately 6 times to chop it medium fine and then transfer the onion to the mixing bowl with the cucumbers
Put slices of the pepper in the work bowl and pulse approximately 3 times. Scrape the bowl and pulse again, making sure that it is chopped medium fine. Then add it to the cucumbers and onions.
Put two tomatoes in the processor and pulse to chop them coarsely. Then put another three tomatoes in the processor and do the same. Add to the other veggies.
Take the final tomato and put it in the processor along with the garlic. Process for about two minutes to create a puree. Add to the mixing bowl.
Add the remaining ingredients to the mixing bowl. Stir well, making sure all ingredients are well mixed together. Cover the bowl and chill well. Taste before serving to adjust any seasonings.


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Megan Fox's Girl Power Scenes In "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Were Cut From The Film
- Megan Fox plays journalist April O'Neil in the upcoming "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie (yeah, they made it into a movie again) and lamented that "a lot of girl power ended up on the cutting room floor." Apparently there's a righteous fight scene we're never gonna see! [Hitfix]
- Charlize Theron is not engaged to Sean Penn — she just bought that diamond ring she's wearing for herself! [US Weekly]
- Here's a sentence you never thought you'd read: Kid Rock has been subpoenaed to hand over his glass dildo as part of a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Insane Clown Posse. [Stereogum]
- Taylor Swift is back to replying to fans' Instagram posts and this time, she gave a teenager some sweet advice about unrequited love. [People]
- The divorce between model Liberty Ross and "Snow White & The Huntsman" director Rupert Sanders has been finalized and she made out pretty well. [TMZ]
- Paris Hilton is starring in Carls Jr. commercials again. [Huffington Post]
- Iggy Azalea is set to host a reboot of MTV's "House of Style." [Vibe]
- Hear the most popular songs from the throwback year of your choice. [The Nostalgia Machine]
- Prince George's trips to the zoo are raising awareness of endangered animals. [People]
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Arthur Edward Garcia, better known as "Art", 74, passed away at home on Friday, February 7th, 2003, after battling incurable brain cancer for 4 months. Art was born to Eva (Valdez) and Louis Garcia on June 14th, 1928, at Heck Canyon, NM. His parents, sister (Viola Ramirez), infant brother (Frankie), and brother-in-law (Augustine Fernandez) preceded him in death.
Art attended St. Joseph Catholic School through 6th grade and then Springer public schools in Springer, NM He was an active player for both the Springer football and basketball teams. In 1944, he met Mary R. LeDoux, his wife-to-be. They married on June 12th, 1948 in Raton, NM. They were true soul mates and best friends for 54 years. Five children were born from their union: Arthur O., Paul and Fabian Garcia, Sr. (Bon Carbo, CO), Kathy (Mike) Lund of Eagle Nest, NM and Farah (Doug) Mitchell of Colorado City, CO. Besides his wife, he is survived by his five children and their spouses, nine grandchildren, whom he loved dearly: Erminia (Garcia) Rascon, Mark and Adam Martinez, Stevie and Christina Lund, Matthew and Breezie Marie Mitchell, Fabian John, Jr. and Dakota Garcia; four great grandchildren, five brothers; Albert (Alice) of Raton, NM, Jose E. of Avondale, CO, Louis (Annie) of Pueblo, CO, Ernesto (Garcia) Valdez of Albuquerque, NM. Two sisters, Felia Fernandez of Des Moines, NM and Josephine (Frank) Torres of Colorado Springs and one brother-in-law John (Ramsey) Ramirez of Trinidad. A number of first cousins including Betty (Jim) Sandoval of Moor Park, CA, numerous nephews, nieces and very dear friends.
Art's main interests in life were to guide and take care of his family. He enjoyed taking his family traveling. During his younger years he spent many hours motorcycle riding, hunting, fishing, hiking, swimming, ice skating, sledding and camping. In his later years he enjoyed many of the same activities with his grandchildren. As a young man he operated his father's coal mine in Bon Carbo, CO. In 1950, Art moved his wife and baby to Cimarron, NM where they lived for 41 years. His occupations while in Cimarron included ranching, truck driving, gas station operator and owner, theater operator, butane gas deliveryman, and Boy's Correctional School employee. He retired from the State Highway Department after 11 years of service. After retirement he moved to Bon Carbo, CO and spent the next 11 years cattle ranching and traveling with his wife. He volunteered much of his time with the soup kitchen, TACC Youth camping program, and the Colorado Welcome Center.
Art was a member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Cimarron, NM for 41 years and was a member of Mr. Carmel and Holy Trinity of Trinidad for the last 11 years. He was also a member of the Guadalupe Society for a number of years.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 from 2:00 -6:00 p.m. at the Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home Chapel. A rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the chapel.
Funeral mass to be held Wednesday, February 12, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Interment to follow at Garcia Family Plot at the Garcia Ranch.
Pallbearers will be Matt Mitchell, Al Pacheco, Adam Martinez, Fabian Garcia, Jr., Dakota Garcia and Michael Pacheco.
The Guadalupe Society members are requested to attend the services as a group.
The family would like to recognize Art's 23 godchildren: Tony Martinez, Richard Sanchez, Lorretta Garcia, Loretta Casias, Lencho Martinez, Pauline Sanchez, Natalie Jenne, Elizabeth Martinez, Michael Pacheco, Melvin Pacheco, Robert Valdez, Roberta Fernandez, Wilfred Cordova, Michael Cordova, David Cardenas, Thomas Arguello, Mark Martinez, Frujencio Espinoza, Debbie Barrett, Matthew Mitchell, Breezie Mitchell,
Patricia Alirez and Danny Brown.
Arrangements for Art Garcia are under the direction of the Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home.
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Gilgamesh is based in the edge of the horse market in Camdenand is said to be one of the biggest restaurants in London with five large rooms. This place stands out immediately as it has carved wooden walls both on the inside and exterior. There is an escalator to take you up to the first floor where the bar and restaurant lies. The walls are a dark mahogany colour that has intricate carvings that is so detailed it is almost claustrophobic.
As you walk in you are welcome by a receptionist who asks if you would like the bar or restaurant whilst hardly glancing up; she had the attitude of someone who doesn't think but knows that you are either a tourist or a not worthy of her attention. We walked into the large restaurant itself which is huge and opulent in design. There are large circular tables around the room which are covered in red tapestry and smaller wooden square tables intertwined throughout. The waiters are far friendlier in the restaurant itself you will be pleased to hear and although the room is large which could be daunting their friendly manner creates a relaxed environment.
We sat on one of the large circle tables that over looked the railway line on one side of the restaurant. This side has large airily windows that are needed in this dark wooden building. On the other side of the room is the large and imposing bar with a concoction of ingredients that are well thought-out.
We both ordered two Chinese cherry champagne cocktails which were delicious. The menu is traditionally Thai although there is sushi and dim sum on the menu too. We ordered the Thai green curry and the Thai spiced lamb ribs. These both came out efficiently and piping hot. The Thai green curry came out with coconut rice in a small stone pot. The rice was sticky yet not stodgy and the curry was one of the moist authentic curries we have had in the UK to date. It was delicate and fragrant with pink peppercorns, small aubergines and limes. The creamy liquid went well with the sour lime and infused rice. The lamb was served on a slate platter and each rib was sliced delicately. There was spot of green pea and pumpkin puree that lay with the garnish. Both dishes were delicious; fresh, thoughtful and well presented.
This was lunch visit and the small (but pricey) portions suit this perfectly. The food is delicious and unique for this touristy area ofLondon. It is a great place to show visitors as well as a refuge from the hordes in the market below. As a result we give Gilgamesh:
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For the twenty-six weeks ended July 28, 2012:
- Total net sales for the first two quarters were $201.6 million, an increase of 18.3% compared to the first two quarters of the prior year. Comparable store sales, which include e-commerce sales, increased 4.7%. E-commerce sales were $20.7 million, an increase of 26% compared to the first two quarters of the prior year.
- Gross profit increased 18.6% to $61.6 million. Gross margin was 30.5%, similar to the prior year period.
- Operating income on a GAAP basis was $2.7 million, including the non-cash compensation charge triggered by the Company's consummation in the second quarter of its initial public offering.
- On a GAAP basis, net income was $4.8 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, based on a weighted average diluted share count of 24.1 million shares, which included the one-time, non-cash compensation charge to SG&A as well as a one-time net tax provision benefit which totaled $3.0 million for the two quarters year to date. This compares to net income of $8.3 million or $0.41 per diluted share based upon 20.4 million weighted average diluted shares in the prior year period.
- Adjusted net income increased 31.9% to $6.2 million, or $0.26 per weighted average diluted share, compared to an adjusted net income of $4.7 million or $0.23 per weighted average diluted share in the prior year period. These results adjust GAAP net income for the one-time, non-cash compensation charge to SG&A incurred in the second quarter of 2012, assume an expected long-term effective tax rate of 40% for both this year and last year periods, and add a charge for on-going non-cash compensation expense for stock options of $0.6 million, before tax, to the second quarter of 2011, which equals the charge for on-going non-cash compensation expense in the second quarter of 2012.
- At the conclusion of this press release is a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results.


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As Joan says, "Copywriting for SEO is really a frame of mind. You have
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What Caused HealthCare.gov To Collapse? [Oct. 30, 2013]
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebellius testified before Congress for hours on Wednesday, saying she should be held accountable for the failures of the Affordable Care Act's website since it debuted on October 1.
That, while President Barack Obama was winging his way to Boston to tout the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, in spite of the website's rocky rollout. Faneuil Hall is where then-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed health care into law in 2006.
Greater Boston was joined by two who make a living overseeing website rollouts: Richard Banfield, the CEO of the web development firm Fresh Tilled Soil, and Chris Comparato, an executive at the cloud-based software company Acquia.


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Proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange (1099 B)
Just for a further muddying of the tax waters, there's another 1099 out there that sometimes goes overlooked: the 1099 B. "Anyone who sold stocks, bonds or mutual funds will receive one of these forms. This will tell you the number of shares sold, when they sold and the amount you got for the sale," Golden says. Keep an eye out for any 1099s that show income from investments, as these are reported to the IRS. What to do if an employer is dragging their feet on sending you what you need? "Documents can get lost or misplaced for many reasons -- a taxpayer may have moved, an employer may have gone out of business or gone bankrupt, or the items may have simply gotten lost in the mail. It happens, but if you do not have your documents yet, then in all likelihood, they're not coming," Steber says. Contact your employer
Your first course of action should be to contact your employer and get a new copy immediately. Most employers are quite experienced with this by now -- but they'll be very busy this time of year, so get your request in as early as possible, Steber says. Consider filing IRS Form 4852
If your company or employer is unreachable, consider alternatives such as IRS Form 4852 -- the Substitute W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. Form 4852 is completed by using your final pay stub. If you use it, however, be prepared to provide an explanation for where information for your income and withholdings has come from and why your W-2 is not available, the experts warn When all else fails, contact the IRS
If the IRS Form 4852 sounds like too much for you and your former employer is absolutely unreachable, you can contact the IRS and they'll reach out to your employer on your behalf. "If you cannot get your employer to send a W-2 you should contact the Internal Revenue Service. The number to reach them is 1-800-829-1040," Golden says. "Make sure you have your employer's business name, address, telephone number and, if you can track it down, the FEIN number. Make sure you have all of your personal info, including your Social Security number, at the ready, and the IRS will request a W-2 on your behalf."


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The state gained 15,500 jobs in January, the Department of Employment and Economic Development announced this morning, evidence that the economy is growing.
It's interesting to note that the growth is in the private sector and that, after all the budget squeezes on local and state government last year, the number of government jobs continued to decline. (See our Forced to Choose project and specifically reporter Curtis Gilbert's piece on local governments deciding to cut jobs.
Here's the state breakdown, with numbers seasonally adjusted. (Click on "Minnesota Seasonally Adjusted.")
There were 274,400 local government jobs in January, down half a percent from the previous month. That total includes K-12 teachers. The number held more or less steady for a number of years recently but then dropped below 280,000 early last year.
It's not just local government cutting jobs. Federal jobs in Minnesota have declined to 31,700, the lowest point in decades. State jobs were down slightly in January, although still near historic highs. (The downward spike on this chart reflects the state shutdown last summer.)