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A Canadian soldier killed yesterday in Afghanistan was so unhappy with his mission, he had asked an army priest if talk of suicide would get him discharged, says his girlfriend's father.
Cpl. Anthony Boneca, 21, didn't feel suicidal "but he went to the priest to see if he could get out that way," said Larry DeCorte. "He hated it over there. He was misled as to what was going to be there when he got there, and what he would be doing. He was very mad about it."
As a reservist, Boneca did not expect to be called upon for heavy duty, said DeCorte, adding Boneca had complained of a long-range patrol that was supposed to last seven days, but stretched into three weeks. The week's worth of food he left with had to be stretched as well.
"They'd have to cut the rations, or they'd run out of water," said DeCorte. "They'd have no food or water by the end of it."
Boneca's second tour, said DeCorte, was completely different from the first. "Nothing was good about this one."
DeCorte said Boneca had fractured an ankle but was kept on a patrol in the mountains for a week before he got back to have it looked at.
Boneca, a reservist from Thunder Bay serving with a regiment attached to the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battle group, was involved in a firefight with Taliban insurgents, west of Kandahar airfield, when he was fatally wounded at 8:30 yesterday morning Afghanistan time — midnight in Thunder Bay.
Shirley and Tony Boneca were told of their son's death by an army padre and a commander who came to their Thunder Bay home at 3:30 a.m. yesterday. Their only child had just three weeks left on his second tour in Afghanistan.
"This is so hard to do," Elizabeth Babe, Boneca's aunt, said from the family home yesterday. "He was coming home in 20 days. I have nothing but wonderful things to say about a wonderful boy. I've known him all of his life, as short as it has been."
According to the Department of National Defence, Boneca's unit was engaged in a fight about 25 kilometres west of Kandahar airfield. The unit was part of Operation Zahar (sword in Pashto), a joint Afghan/coalition effort to take out Taliban in the area. Boneca was flown by helicopter to a medical facility at Kandahar airfield, where he was pronounced dead.
A few hours after Boneca was hit, two other Canadian soldiers were wounded in action in the battle. They were flown to hospital at the international coalition base. Their injuries were described as non-life threatening. Two other Canadians were wounded Saturday, one seriously, in a firefight in the same general area. None of their names has been released.
Boneca is the country's 17th military casualty in Afghanistan since 2002.
"We really do have to admire his professionalism and his heroic efforts to help out people less fortunate than ours," said Brig.-Gen. David Fraser, the Canadian commander on the multinational brigade in Kandahar. "Our hearts and prayers go out to his family and friends."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement: "Our prayers are with the loved ones of Cpl. Boneca in these difficult times and we stand proudly as a nation knowing that his sacrifice was not in vain; that he laid down his life for the safety of citizens in both Canada and Afghanistan."
He leaves his parents, six aunts and two uncles, many cousins, family in Portugal, and his girlfriend, Megan DeCorte, 19.
Larry DeCorte said Boneca and his daughter planned to marry. There was no set date because Boneca had wanted to ask him in person for permission.
"He was the love of her life, and they were planning on a life together right after he got home," DeCorte said. "We loved him. The whole family here loved him. He is the kind of kid that, when you have daughters, you want your daughter to find."
Boneca was born and raised in Thunder Bay. He graduated a few years ago from St. Ignatius Catholic Secondary School, where he quarterbacked the Falcons, the school's football team, with great enthusiasm if not always across the goal line.
"He was always one of the ones where you'd have to repeat yourself about 30 times for instructions," chuckled Barry Quarrell, a vice-principal at St. Ignatius who coached the team when Boneca was there. "He'd always forget the plays. He'd say, `Give me a piece of paper, give me a book, write it on my forehead.'
"I just knew what kind of soldier he was," said Quarrell, "because he was dedicated at whatever he did, and I know that he loves what he did."
Boneca got his first taste of the military four years ago when he signed up as a reservist with the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, based in his hometown. The infantry unit has a motto of <>Inter Pericula Intrepidi<>, Latin for fearless in the face of danger.
"He didn't really have any goal for when he finished high school," said his aunt. "He sort of knew he wasn't ready to go to college or university.
"He liked military strategy, military games, and stuff like that. So I guess that just followed naturally. I guess he figured it would be something to try, and when he did go into the reserves, he really, really, loved it. He made a lot of friends."
Boneca emailed friends last week: "It's so hot here now you can barely handle it. I know you're all watching the news and know what's going on here, but don't worry, I'll be okay."
Coalition troops will pay tribute to Boneca today. Funeral details have not been finalized. Plans were being made yesterday to bring his body home.


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Brent police are appealing for witnesses after a 54-year-old man was seriously assaulted by two or three men in Harlesden.
The victim was robbed of his phone and his keys on Nicoll Road on Sunday July 13 at about 9.30pm.
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During the spring, Titans receivers coach Shawn Jefferson lit into rookie wide receiver Justin Hunter for not fighting through injuries that were keeping him off the practice field.
Hunter has continued to be a target of coaches and his teammates for not being tough enough and his preseason debut gave coaches another reason to stay on the rookie. Hunter, who the Titans traded up to pick in the second round, caught a pass beyond the sticks on third down, but wound up short of the marker when he doubled back in an attempt to get more yards. That didn't sit well with the Titans staff.
"They were waiting for me," Hunter said, via the Tennessean. "They were very mad. They were trying to get me to understand that when it's third down, get what you can and get down. You have to get the first down. I was trying to get more than what I had. I should've gone down."
It's the kind of mistake you see a lot from rookies who need to refine their games, which is part of the reason why few receivers make a huge impact in their first seasons. Taken with the other criticisms, it suggests Hunter has a way to go before he'll be in position to boost the offense.
With Kenny Britt, Kendall Wright and Nate Washington on hand, the Titans don't need Hunter to be the focal point of the passing game from day one. They didn't move up to pick him so that he could just sit on the bench and watch, though, so making enough progress to be a contributor would be welcomed in Tennessee.


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Rapper Problem has been a relevant name on the West Coast music scene for nearly a decade, yet if there's one thing he's learned from the tutelage of Snoop Dogg, it's that the game comes in waves.
Every time it appeared that he was geared to reach the proverbial next level, fate would rear its ugly head and bring Problem back to square one. How in the world did Chris Brown and Rihanna's fight stop his money? You'd be surprised. But with conflict comes clarity, and the Compton native has consistently leveled up with each setback.
With a solid team and a new perspective, Problem hit the reset button in 2016. Starting from the ground up, he began rebuilding the bricks he'd haphazardly laid during the initial height of his visibility from 2011 through 2014; but of course it's not a simple feat. You wouldn't know that from watching him, though.
While many artists aren't even able to get one successful run, Problem's already knee-deep in his second coming, and UGHH had to know how he did it. We caught up with him recently at his L.A. studio and discussed his new mindset, the choice to remain independent, attending "rap college," and much more.
You initially signed a deal in 2009, but it didn't work out. How did that even come about?
I was writing for Snoop at the time, who I'd met through Terrace Martin. He and I knew each other from just being in the streets and the whole LA music scene. Everybody that's kind of lit right now, we kind of all just had some type of story where they either stayed with somebody or was all in the same spot. But I met Terrace when I just randomly fell into this traphouse we was working in. We had an MPC in there and he just came in one day and just fucked with it. We've been linked ever since. At the time, he was getting into the Snoop shit real cool. Snoop needed writers because when he released Ego Trippin in '07/'08, he was moving a whole lot and that was his way of putting new people on. So I wrote a song about his life, and they brought me on staff. After that, my thing was, "Shit, if I'm running around with all these people and I'm around everybody in the industry the way they coming through here…if I can't work something out of this, then I ain't hustling." So my whole thing was like, let me get something going. I remember one night after a session in Atlanta, I played the song "I'm Fucked Up" and Snoop was like, "When we get back, put it out." I got back and put it out, and about three months later, it's tearing up the streets out here. Universal reached out and offered the most money for a single deal, so we took it. But it was just a two-single deal.
So once you fulfilled that, you left?
Yep, I was done after that. This is crazy as fuck, actually. So the first single, the radio version of it was called "I'm Toe Up." Dolla, may he rest in peace, at the time he had a record called "I'm To' Up." So, it was a conflict there. Then my second record was called "Whatever You Like." A week later, T.I. dropped "Whatever You Like." The label was like, "If you get it to 35 spins, we'll light it up." I get that bitch going, and then Tip's record dropped and it was a wrap. He was the biggest thing in the game, you know?
So the label couldn't get behind that, huh?
At the time, the Internet wasn't a way they measured anything. They really just checked BDS. They weren't able to just type something in and see how lit I had the city. It was more like, it's not reading good on BDS so it's not happening. It was more that type of shit. My label was in New York; I was on Universal Republic. They're not out here, you know? That's how it went; but like, I learned the system. So I started doing a few other things and me and my homies got together and was like fuck it, let's just try it ourselves! That's when I created my label, Diamond Lane.
That's a lot to deal with at one time. Did you ever start doubting yourself and start thinking maybe another direction would be better for you?
I didn't get discouraged then because at the time, it was a bunch of different things. I was really doing well with writing for other artists at the same time. After the Snoop Dogg relationship, I got a gig to write for Puff, and then I wrote for Chris Brown. He had an artist called Lil Scooter. Scooter was his backup dancer; 14-years-old. Nigga was supposed to be the next thing out here. I wrote on this song for him that featured Chris and was produced by Polow Da Don—who at the time was the biggest thing going! They were setting up Scooter to be the one: Disney Channel show, reality shit, all of that. They dropped the record…and the Chris and Rihanna incident happens four days later.
What is your luck?!
That's what was going on, so it got to the point where I can't depend on nobody else. We gotta put the dream in our hands. My boy Bird, he got the vision on shit like that. So he came with the plan, and my job was to handle the music. He handled the business, and that's when Diamond Lane got going.
So now y'all get in the groove, and you get a great look in 2012 on E-40's "Function." Then the following year you had another hit with "Like Whaaat," and another in 2014 with Rich Homie Quan's "Walk Through." That's a pretty consistent string. How are you feeling at this time?
I felt like I had the city on lock! It was buttoned up! We didn't even want to get no deal; we was doing it ourselves. We turned down a lot of money, and a lot of that was because they would want ownership and they would want to control my production or control this or that. But, our thing was like, what we did got y'all this money. Why would you want to come in trying to restructure? Again, it's not a time like right now where they'll just come in with the money and let you do what you do. Nah, they wanted to come in and try to control the whole play. It's about owning your shit and being able to put your shit out when you want. And nah, no amount of money is worth that.
Were there any slow periods between those hits where you started to get nervous again?
Not during that time because "Function" came, and my tape Mollywood dropped the same day the "Function" video dropped, and that started a streak until Mollywood 2 came, and "Like Whaaat" was on that. Then it was a wrap. Then "Bout Me" dropped with Wiz Khalifa, then Eric Bellinger's "I Don't Want Her" dropped, and the records were just coming. I had records here and there in little spots, different shit. So nah, it was flowing. What slowed everything down to me was just…that shit kinda just came so fast. You could say you're ready for something all day, but it comes at you and it's just me and two others trying to handle it all. You get what I'm saying? It was a lot of decisions that, now looking back, we see so many things we could have handled differently. On top of that, I started getting comfortable. I always felt like, "I could always do another one of these or another one of those," you know what I'm saying? Then there was the battle of feeling like I have to do club ratchet shit, but that wasn't in my spirit anymore. I started training, I stopped doing Molly and I was refocusing my life, but they wanted me to do those kinds of records still. I feel like that was just a lot. Then the beefs! I had different beefs with different artists and the temperatures are always changing. You're hotter than them at one point, then they get hotter than you so they're controlling the climate and having everyone against you. This game is fickle. It was all that type of stuff mixed with my personal growth and different personal shit.
Then you see YG, Ty Dolla $ign, and DJ Mustard really killing it in 2014 and leading the movement of the West Coast resurgence. Were you kind of frustrated like, "I should be at the forefront too and I'm not as big as them?"
I was frustrated, but it was because of the reason why I wasn't at the forefront, not because they were at the forefront. If you look at Ty's first Beach House mixtape, I wrote five songs off that. Even with Mustard, we've all worked together. So we go through our thing and I'm not saying they had anything to do with it, but the fact that people knew it was a thing between us made people choose sides. That's what was frustrating. I got burned in a lot of different situations, like being taken off the Fast & Furious soundtrack. I got taken out of a lot of situations because people didn't want to cross them because they were so hot. So that is what got frustrating.
In situations like that, do you start getting jaded?
Not me, because I don't do music to get famous. I do music because I love doing music. I'm like a gym rat, but with the studio as my gym. I like creating music, and not just rap but music period! That's what I love to do. So my thing was like nah, I'm not about to stop. I know this thing comes in cycles. I learned from the game I got from Snoop. Like, I really went to rap college! My first big "job" was Snoop Dogg, and DJ Quick is mixing the whole album. All my heroes growing up, they were banging shit in my head every day as an adult about waves and temperature changes and sticking with it and making sure you stay you, and different shit like that. So my thing was, I have bread and I got my skill up; I'll wait this shit out! Climate change is inevitable for anyone, but only the good niggas stay. I remember when people were talking about how Kendrick Lamar was dead for a minute. What the fuck kind of sense was that? Now he just dropped his biggest album ever. So, that's just how the game goes, and understanding that kept me going. "Walk Through" was a stay afloat joint for me. I got another plaque; I kind of keep my name up just a little bit. Then I had a couple others like the Rams shit and it's like yeah, we just have to chill for a bit and we'll be aight.
So then you had a few years of a quiet period, but in the last year, your visibility has been so much crazier than it had been. What do you think you can attribute to that?
Building a team and starting to really understand how shit works. This is going to sound so old, but I started to really understand Instagram, SoundCloud; I didn't give a fuck about none of that before. Like, I didn't understand the power of it, and then I didn't understand how people perceive it! Like, I'm the type of person that will call you on your birthday if I know you, and to the world, it's a diss that I didn't post them on social media! So, understanding different shit like that helped, and the fact that my music—it's me. That's me now.
You're no longer feeling forced to put out a certain type of record?
I like what I'm doing at this minute right now. I definitely felt at a point that I had to do ratchet stuff, but I don't feel like that anymore.
Have you remained independent?
Yeah, I'm still independent right now. It's Diamond Lane, no slashes. That's not a fake independent thing either. We're not like—not saying anything about other secret deals. I know that comes up a lot.
What would you tell the young Problem who was in the studio with Snoop and them?
That's crazy. I think I'd tell the younger me: "Don't assume that people are going to understand what you're saying or what your message is or what you're trying to get them to understand about you. Just say it." There were so many times I'd be getting so mad wondering why they don't get it, when I could have just been like, "Hey, this is what I was talking about." A whole lot of shit could have shifted a different way.
Are you happy?
Yeah. I really am.
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What Is Genre and How Can It Help You?What Band Names Can Teach Us about Genre
How Genres Make Reading and Writing Easier
Strategies for Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing Critical Thinking
Active Reading
Engaged Writing
Writing to Prompt Active ReadingWriting Summaries Sample Summary by Devin McGuire, "Summary of The Relationship Cure Excerpt" (STUDENT SUMMARY) Writing Reflections Sample Reflection by Sara Snider, "Lappe Reflection" (STUDENT ESSAY) Writing Rhetorical Analyses Sample Rhetorical Analysis by Kirsten Ridlen, "Is Brent Staples a Threat, or a Victim? A Rhetorical Analysis of 'Black Men and Public Space'" (STUDENT ESSAY) Writing Genres Writing Arguments Purpose and Audience Organization, Focus, and Development Effective Language Design Sample Argument by David Cook, "The Good, the Bad, and the Technological: Technology and Its Impacts" (STUDENT ESSAY) Writing Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor Purpose and Audience Organization, Focus, and Development Effective Language Design Sample Op-Ed by John Keane, "Facebook and the Fear of Missing Out" (STUDENT ESSAY) Sample Letter to the Editor by John Moss, "Understanding Flaws Eases Discussion" (STUDENT ESSAY) Writing Creative Nonfiction Purpose and Audience Organization, Focus, and Development Effective Language Design Sample Creative Nonfiction by Amy Peterson, "Fine Lines" (STUDENT ESSAY) Writing Blogs Purpose and Audience Organization, Focus, and Development Effective Language Design Sample Blog Post by Zach Schonfeld, "New York Times on Drunk Fruit Flies, Wooly Bear Caterpillars, and Prof. Michael Singer" (BLOG POST) Writing Brochures Purpose and Audience Organization, Focus, and Development Effective Language Design Sample Brochure by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, "Maybe I Have a Friend with an Eating Disorder" (BROCHURE) e-Pages Writing Presentations Purpose and Audience Organization, Focus, and Development Effective Language Design Sample Presentation by Jean Mervius, "Survivors Unite Speech" (STUDENT SPEECH)
Sample Presentation by Rikimaru Kataoka, "Survivors Unite Speech" (STUDENT SPEECH)
1 How Can Our Relationships Change and Grow?
Case Study in Genre and Relationships: The Relationship Status UpdateAbout the Readings Andi Long, Patching Holes (CREATIVE NONFICTION) Amy Sutherland, What Shamu Taught Me about a Happy Marriage (HUMOR COLUMN) John Gottman and Joan DeClaire, From The Relationship Cure (SELF-HELP BOOK) Deborah Tannen, From You're Wearing That? Mothers and Daughters in Conversation (SELF-HELP BOOK) Diane Davis, Cycle of Violence (BROCHURE)
Todd K. Shackelford, Aaron T. Goetz, David M. Buss, Harald A. Euler, and Sabine Hoier, When We Hurt the Ones We Love: Predicting Violence against Women from Men's Mate Retention (SCHOLARLY RESEARCH REPORT)
e-Page The White House, 1 is 2 Many (PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT)Visualizing Genre Bumper Stickers
Pulling It All Together
2 When Should We Assume the Best (or Worst) about Others?
Case Study in Genre and Assumptions: Attribution TheoryAbout the Readings Malcolm Gladwell, From Blink (POPULAR NONFICTION) Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Space (CREATIVE NONFICTION) Leslie A. Zebrowitz, Benjamin White, and Kristin Wieneke, Mere Exposure and Racial Prejudice: Exposure to Other-Race Faces Increases Liking for Strangers of That Race (RESEARCH REPORT) Studs Terkel, C. P. Ellis (ORAL HISTORY) Amel S. Abdullah, Assuming the Best of Others (ADVICE ESSAY) Sarah Adams, Be Cool to the Pizza Delivery Dude (RADIO ESSAY) Julie Schwartz Gottman, An Abbreviated History and Overview of Gottman Method Couples Therapy (PROFESSIONAL RESOURCE)
Gavin de Becker, From The Gift of Fear (SELF-HELP BOOK)
e-Page Sheri White, Seeing Beyond Our Differences (RADIO ESSAY)Visualizing Genre Public Service Announcements
Pulling It All Together
3 What Is Happiness, and How Can We Find It?
How Can We Be Happy?Case Study in Happiness: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs About the Readings Mary Beth Ellis, The Waltz (CREATIVE NONFICTION) Mary Pipher, June, from Reviving Ophelia (CASE STUDY) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, From Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (GENERAL AUDIENCE RESEARCH SUMMARY) Gretchen Rubin, Act the Way You Want to Feel, from The Happiness Project (BLOG POST) John Ratey, MD, Depression: Move Your Mood, from Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (RESEARCH SYNTHESIS) Martin Seligman, PhD, Positive Feeling and Positive Character, from Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment (SELF-HELP BOOK) Barbara Ehrenreich, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness, from Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America (CRITIQUE)
Arthur Brooks, Inequality and (Un)Happiness in America, from Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It (PUBLIC POLICY ARGUMENT)
Linked Readings
University of Leicester Produces the First Ever World Map of Happiness (PRESS RELEASE)Marina Kamenev, Rating Countries for the Happiness Factor (ONLINE NEWS ARTICLE)
e-Page The Happy Planet Index (INTRODUCTORY VIDEO AND WEB SITE)Visualizing Genre: Greeting Cards
Pulling It All Together
4 When Is Eating a Social Issue?
Case Study: Economic Impact of Past Labeling Reforms, from Food Labeling Chaos: The Case for ReformAbout the Readings Flavius Stan, The Night of Oranges (CREATIVE NONFICTION) Michael Pollan, The Food Movement, Rising (REVIEW ESSAY) Anna Lappé, Cafeteria Consciousness (MAGAZINE FEATURE) Sandra Steingraber, PhD, The Organic Manifesto (MANIFESTO) Rebecca Clarren, Is Your Eco-Label Lying? (MAGAZINE INFOGRAPHIC) Bonnie Liebman, In Your Face: How the Food Industry Drives Us to Eat (NEWSLETTER INTERVIEW) David A. Kessler, MD, From The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite (RESEARCHED ARGUMENT) Jonathan Safran Foer, Hiding/Seeking, from Eating Animals (MULTI-GENRE TRADE BOOK)
Wikipedia, Factory Farming (WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE)
Linked Readings
Michael Fitzpatrick, The Vegetarian Delusion (OP-ED)
Claire Miller, Eating Vegetarian, and Making a Difference (LETTER TO THE EDITOR)
e-Page Philip Wollen, Animals Should Be Off the Menu (SPEECH)Visualizing Genre: Food Packaging
Pulling It All Together
5 How Is Social Media Affecting Our Relationship with the World around Us?
Case Study: Twitter, The Chronicle of Higher Education
About the Readings
Johann Hari, How to Survive the Age of Distraction (OP-ED)
Linked Readings
Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid? (MAGAZINE FEATURE)
Trent Batson, Response to Nicholas Carr's "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (CRITIQUE)
Sherry Turkle, From Alone Together (RESEARCHED ARGUMENT)
Linda Stone, Beyond Simple Multi-Tasking: Continuous Partial Attention and Diagnosis: Email Apnea (BLOG POSTS)
Linked Readings
Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD, Kathleen Clarke-Pearson, MD, and Council on Communications and Media, Clinical Report: The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families (LITERATURE REVIEW)
John Grohol, PsyD, Pediatrics Gets It Wrong about "Facebook Depression" (BLOGGED CRITIQUE)
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Charlotte Braun is a minor female character from the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. Her name is a corruption of Charlie Brown's.
Charlotte's first appearance was on November 30, 1954. She was introduced as a female counterpart to Charlie Brown (a role later taken up by Sally). Charlotte has a very dominating personality, complete with obnoxious, loud-mouthed voice. She usually appears with Violet. She denies having anything in common with her wishy-washy near namesake, forcing Charlie Brown to shout in one strip, "You don't have to be so insistent!"
Charlotte's life in the strip was very short-lived. She made only a handful of appearances, the last of which was on February 1, 1955; a victim of being an under-used supporting character with limited comic potential. Her bossy, loudmouthed traits survived, however, in the form of Lucy, who gained much storyline potential after her personality was changed in the mid-1950s (until that time Lucy had functioned as a wide-eyed child of wonder).
In 2000, it was revealed that a Peanuts fan named Elizabeth Swaim wrote to Schulz, requesting him to remove Charlotte Braun from the strip. Schulz replied that he would be willing to do so but said that the person who wrote to him would be responsible for "the death of an innocent child". Schulz concluded the letter with a picture of Charlotte Braun with an ax in her head. The letter is now in the United States Library of Congress.
Some strips which featured Charlotte Braun were included in the 2001 book, Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz . All strips featuring the character were finally reproduced in 2004 and 2005 in the second and third volumes of The Complete Peanuts.


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Alex permalinkMay 17, 2012 3:38
Hi Vincent,
I'm interested in learning more about you. I imagine you don't not have many fellow Objectivists in the Philippines. Is that true? Are you the only Objectivist blogger there? Also I'd be interested in learning about your bio, your work. I am doing research and so that is why I ask. Of course, only if you care to share.
If interested you can learn about my work from my website uscotindoctrination.com
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
The decline of clientelism in politics?
I love this paragraph in the article by Bardhan in the Journal of Economic Literature: "As incomes rise and markets develop, the need for political connections for jobs or personalized help may decline (though rather slowly, as many cases in southern Italy suggest even now); also, voters become more expensive to buy. With the spread of education and information, the importance of the local vote mobilizer who provides selective benefits (the proverbial ward captain in Chicago precincts) diminishes, and herding of voters by ethnicity or regional affinity may also decline. With the development of transport and communication, the reduction of territorial insulation allows for supralocal affinities that may diminish the importance of the local patron." Something similar could be said about clientelism inside political parties: party members' loyalty now is more expensive, and at the same time party bosses in mainstream parties have less to offer because voters' support is eroding. The problem is that it is not automatic that clientelism will be replaced with something better. Are plutocracy and populism the only alternatives?
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Let's talk (and fund) federalism in Brussels
The association to which I belong and in which I have been active in the last years, Federalistes d'Esquerres (Leftist Federalists) organizes two important events in Brussels this coming week, on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th. Although I personally will not be able to be there this time, more than thirty of my colleagues will be joining the members of the European Parliament Javi López and Ernest Urtasun, two great federalists, in promoting the ideas and solutions of federalism, for a more united Europe and for a solution to identity and institutional problems, based on respect and solidarity. Federalism offers solutions to the economic crisis and to the crises of refugees and migrations, it offers mechanisms to reduce inequalities and to fight climate change. On Tuesday, there will be a fund raising event for the documentary FEDERAL, produced by our association and the award winning director Albert Soler. Everybody is welcome to this event, which has as explicit objective to raise funds to promote our ideals in the movie theaters. Do not forget to bring your wallet (it's a metaphor: you can pay through a crowdfunding platform or by money transfer). On Wednesday 28th, there will be an event at the European Parliament, hosted by the two parlamentarians, where our association will introduce itself and have a dialogue with our representatives and other attending people. In Brussels, my colleagues will have the occasion of continuing our dialogue wth other European federalists, such as those in the Union of European Federalists, to strengthen our cooperation and plan for future actions together. We are more committed than ever to make true the dream of our founding fathers: the federal United States of Europe.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Expanding institutional economics
In the last issue of the Journal of Economic Literature, Pranab Bardhan makes a number of criticisms to contributions by new institutional economists, including Acemoglu and Robinson. The most important of these criticisms, in my view, is that this literature does not give sufficient attention to the contradiction between committing to respect property rights and political accountability. Another important criticism is the resistance in this literature to consider other functions of government beyond respecting property rights such as providing coordination for example in the context of modern industrial policy. The criticisms of Bardhan elaborate or complement previous criticisms of the same literature by Clark, Chang, Allen and McCloskey. In my view, the arguments of these authors do not invalidate the work of authors such as North, Weingast, Spiller and others, who build on the seminal work by Coase and Williamson, but actually expand their focus and conceptual framework. At the end of the article, some suggestions are given for future research, among which I particularly liked this one: "An important, yet largely unresolved, issue is to find clear directions from empirical data about when democratic processes lead to long-term investments in public goods serving the poor and when they instead degenerate into short-term populism and clientelistic patronage distribution. What, empirically, is the pattern of the dynamics of erosion of political clientelism, and why does it vary so markedly between countries or even regions?"
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Michael Gazzaniga and the illusion of self
As recommended by Louis Putterman in the WINIR 2016 Conference in Boston, I have been reading neurologist Michael Gazzaniga. In particular, I read the book "Who is in Charge." This scholar is famously expert for his study of the parallel work of left and right hemispheres in our brain. As a byproduct of this work, he has a powerful theory of how consciousness is just an emerging property that has been evolutionarily useful, but that results from the interaction of specialized units of our brain that follow physical laws. In reality, there is no-one in charge, and no unique self calling the shots. For example, some hours ago, I was writing something related to economics in my computer, my daughter came into my offcie, said something related to an agenda and, when she left the room, I noticed that "I" had typed in my computer the word "agenda", which was completely unrelated to my writing before she came in. "...Consciousness involves a multitude of widely distributed specialized systems and disunited processes, the products of which are integrated in a dynamic manner by the interpreter module. Consciousness is an emergent property. (...) Our conscious experience is assembled on the fly, as our brains respond to constantly changing inputs, calculate potential courses of action, and execute responses like a streetwise kid." We are like other complex systems, such as an ant hill, made of self-organizing units. As a scientist that I heard in a BBC documentary said, we are just put together in a way that makes us look smarter. Therefore, the idea of a rational self that is free to make decisions is not only eroded from outside, by social forces whose role is increasingly recognized by social psychology and other behavioural sciences, but also from inside, as increasingly noted by neurologists like Gazzaniga. The rest of the book is about how "this post hoc interpreting process has implications for and an impact on the big questions of free will and determinism, personal responsibility and our moral compass."
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Is it ultimately about race and cultural anxiety?
In an interview with Christiane Amanpour, Paul Krugman has just said in the CNN, mostly inspired by politics in the US but refering also to Europe, that the increasing success of national-populism, contrary to conventional wisdom, may not be so much due to worsening economic conditions of workers in developed countries due to globalization, but due to race and identity. White people would feel threatened by multiculturalism and population movements. This coincides with work that has questioned that the graph called "Milanovic's elephant" justifies the interpretation that inequality is caused by globalization. A study has analyzed in-depth the data behind the elephant and, although the most important features of the graph survive (China's middle class being the big winners in global income distribution between 1988 and 2008 although not becoming richer than us yet, and the very rich doing much better than the working and middle class in developed countries, although this seems to have slowed down in the crisis), in turns out that in individual countries we see very different evolutions of the poorest deciles of the income distribution depending on government policies. The nuances of using the available data from countries to construct the final graph were already discussed in the background academic article by Milanovic and a co-author. Then it would be that the main determinant of inequalities would not be so much globalization but national economic policies. In any case, globalization poses huge challenges and constraints to national policies. In addition, if the main reason of political backlash is ethnic or cultural, this begs the question of what are the political and economic mechanisms that make a strategy of appealing to race and identity successful as opposed to a strategy based on class and redistribution. Branko Milanovic and John E. Roemer would be well placed to undertake such political economy study at a global scale, since both have done past work that speaks to this issue. Milanovic did work in the past about the determinants of ethnic voting, and Roemer explained why the poor do not expropriate the rich in democracies (answer: because the rich are able to make other dimensions more salient). One hopes that their recent and promising paper about national and global income distribution is just to whet our appetite. The elephant graph is still great and I have used it in my first class in a couple of courses to motivate the interest of the students in the controversies surrounding globalization, markets and inequality. I should also say to my students that to study the really important problems with real data is very challenging and a single graph can never close a debate.
Saturday, September 10, 2016
We should make Europe popular
The debate goes on about how to reform Europe to make it more efective and democratic. The Robert Schuman Foundation has published a report with some proposals. Some of them must be left for a Treaty reform, but others can be done in the current legal context. It mentions that "the think-tank Bruegel recently recommended, in a written contribution, a few actions that are legally possible within the framework of the present EU Treaties:
- avoiding excessive budgetary adjustments in the countries in crisis, by accepting a certain restructuring of the sovereign debt,
- conferring upon the future European Fiscal Board the task of guiding budgetary policies during exceptional periods, good or bad, when budgetary coordination would be necessary,
- asking for more stabilizing national budgetary policies,
- even providing for the creation of a European unemployment (re-)insurance scheme targeted at large asymmetrical shocks. This mechanism would have to be created via an intergovernmental agreement.
Hence these measures, not requiring a revision of the EU Treaties, could be implemented rapidly."
- avoiding excessive budgetary adjustments in the countries in crisis, by accepting a certain restructuring of the sovereign debt,
- conferring upon the future European Fiscal Board the task of guiding budgetary policies during exceptional periods, good or bad, when budgetary coordination would be necessary,
- asking for more stabilizing national budgetary policies,
- even providing for the creation of a European unemployment (re-)insurance scheme targeted at large asymmetrical shocks. This mechanism would have to be created via an intergovernmental agreement.
Hence these measures, not requiring a revision of the EU Treaties, could be implemented rapidly."
Europe will keep evolving slowly, but it is important that measures are taken rapidly to restore confidence in the European project. Otherwise, nationalism and opportunism will keep spreading in the public opinion and in sectors of the political elites, and the final result could be the collpase of the Union through a series of referendums that, in the name of democracy, end up destroying the supra-national European institutions that today make Europe possible.
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Increasing circles of solidarity
Today is the last day of the Conference WINIR 2016 on Institutions and Human Behavior. To me, the best moment was the presentation by Louis Putterman from Brown University about a new unpublished paper on "Democracy and Collective Action." Since I volunteered to be the chair of his session (because I wanted to meet him) I could overcome my shyness to approach him at the end and not only ask him to sign a copy of his book "The Good, the Bad and the Economy" but also ask him a question about his presentation. In his new paper he addresses the topic of the sustainability of democracy, which was absent from his book. According to Putterman, the assumptions of traditional economics would make democracy unsustainable, because of the free-rider problem. That is, if all of us are selfish utility maximizers, given the costs and benefits of getting involved in collective action, nobody would pay the cost of getting informed or participate in the political process as voters, demonstrators or candidates, and democracies everywhere would be in the hands of thieves. There is little doubt that politics is in the hands of thieves in several places, and some thieves are running as candidates in some places. But it is also true that in some cases democracy has reasonably provided public goods such as health, infrastructures and basic education or law and order. Putterman says that democracy is possible because we are not like the economics textbook individuals, but we are social and political animals, as Aristotle had established long ago. We have evolved to be social like many social animals. My question to Putterman was that if we are social in the way that many social animals are, that should be good news for politicians like Trump or Farage, because the solidarity of individual animals does not go beyond the local group, and it has the dark side of violence against other groups even of the same species. Putterman briefly answered that over the history of humanity we have developed an ability to increase the circles of solidarity and that he hoped that we didn't need a threat from another planet to develop some sort of global altruism. Perhaps global climate change will do the trick. I'll read the paper of Putterman more in depth when I land on the other side of the pond and I'll look for some references he mentioned. And perhaps I'll ask him by email for more details about his idea of increasing circles of solidarity. This and a bit of feedback for my own research is what you get in these conferences.
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Quilts, too, are the signature of the maker and are created with a variety of fabrics. This giraffe is constructed of a wide variety of brown fabrics, creating interest and depth.
The floor in this quilt uses many brown fabrics to look like wood planks.
Brown fabrics can resemble milk chocolate or dark chocolate. This deer is a hybrid of the two.
The body of this birdhouse is one fabric but the "doors" are darkened with fabric pens. It's a lot easier than appliqueing those small pieces.
Brown is a blend of colors and often gets overshadowed by its showier cousins like red and green. But brown has an important role to play in nature, in quilts and certainly in chocolate. Brown deserves some special attention.


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Shamrock Shuffle Wine & Beer Walk
Sat. March 10, 2018 ~ 5-8 pm
Bothell's Country Village
23718 Bothell Everett Highway
$25 Advance / $30 Door
Gather with your friends, bring your favorite glass, and dress in your lucky green party clothes to celebrate some of the area's best wines and beers! 15 local wineries and select breweries will be located throughout Country Village in one-of-a-kind, locally owned shops. This popular event sells out every year!
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|A sweeter version of another one of my
favorite 'go to' salad dressings.
It's so delicious I simply crave it at times...
Prep: 5 Mins.
1/3 cup fireweed honey
2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
2 teaspoons poppy seeds
¾ cup mayonnaise
Pinch of fine-grain sea salt
Pinch of fine-grain sea salt
Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl, and store covered in a glass or ceramic non-reactive container for up to two weeks in refrigerator.
A fantastic salad dressing, or to marinate chicken, halibut, or pork in prior to grilling. ~ Enjoy!
I made Sandra's Crazy-Delicious Grilled Chicken Cranberry Salad using this fabulous dressing:
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Aomori Nebuta Festival
Gigantic hand-crafted papier-mache dolls mounted on floats illuminate the Tohoku night with brilliant colors in this ancient festival of unknown origins.Traditionally held on July 7th according to the lunar calendar, the greatest attraction of the Aomori Nebuta Festival is undoubtedly the enormous brightly coloured illuminated papier-mache dolls (nebuta) mounted on floats which are paraded through the city by festival participants as the main event of the festival.
To make the nebuta figures, bamboo and wooden frames are covered with paper and shaped into historic figures such as samurai warriors and kabuki actors as well as animals and mythical creatures such as tigers, horses and demons. These are then illuminated from inside and set up on yatai floats which form the main part of the Aomori Nebuta parade.
There are several versions of the origins of the festival. One popular explanation is that it originates in the custom of neburi-nagashi, a ritual for casting away into the rivers and the sea bad habits of laziness and drowsiness which were a tremendous hindrance in rice farming in the olden days.
Another legend tells of how a warlord who was sent by the Imperial Court to subdue the rebellious people of the north of Japan had his soldiers hide inside gigantic dolls as a lure to his enemies - much like the Trojan horse tactic of ancient Greece. Today the soldiers are replaced by festival participants called haneto, who march and dance wildly and merrily to the sounds of drums and festival music.The Aomori Nebuta festival is extremely well known, attracting tourists from abroad as well as all over Japan. It is ranked among the four largest festivals of the Tohoku region, making it a must-visit for any tourists who are in the area at the time.
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While making out with Bruno Mars last night, it hit me, I have an obsession with food. I turned to Bruno Starry Eyes Mars, my name for him, and stared straight into his eyes and said, "Baby, I'm hungry". Bruno eased my famish body and said, "Don't worry, Coco, our buddy, Thomas Keller, is in the kitchen now preparing a feast for us". Life at that moment was complete; I had Bruno in my arms and I was about to have Keller in my tummy.
I pulled out my iPhone 8S+, the one Steve Jobs left me in his will along with the words "Coco, you are the only one that can follow in my footsteps, please, take this futuristic iPhone, which included a custom mother-of-pearl engraving labeled, "Coco Zaza", and change the world [by creating a global company with a closed ecosystem which will lock consumers into your company forever (i.e Apple)]", and I placed a call.
Although this fantasy, may or may not be my reality, continuing with my schoolgirl themed outfits, attitude and daydreams, I can't help but remember when I was in high school and totally into musicians, or generally, anyone that played groovy music, was into groovy tunes and understood what hifi was. Back in high school, when I first started really getting into house music and understanding its complexities, Soul Clap and Wolf + Lamb were my jam. If you could school me on a new podcast that I missed, then we were probably making out at the movies.
All of this music infatuation now leads me to my wish, amongst all wishes- I wish Bruno Mars was my boyfriend and I wish TK was my personal chef. I thought about writing more, but there just doesn't need to be an explanation here. Bruno's perfect. I'd catch a grenade for you. Throw my hand on a blade for you. I'd jump in front of a train for you. You know I'd do anything for you. Did I just quote your own lyrics to you, Bruno?
Please be mine. I love all of your songs and I even sing and dance to them by myself in my car, while everyone doing a drive-by thinks that I have an advanced stage of tourettes; but I do it for you. Treasure, that is what you are. Honey, you're my golden star. You know you can make my wish come true. If you let me treasure you. Yes, I just quoted you again.
Coco wears a Banana Republic Tweed Blazer, Brooks Brothers Ruffle White Collared Shirt, Forever 21 Pleated Camel Skirt, Nine West Booties, Italian Suede Heart Belt and Italian Bag (both acquired during my adventures in Italy), Grandmother's Pearl Ring, Forever 21 Decorative Ring and cuff.


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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve holds the tradition of attending the Candles and Carols service at our church....
and then taco soup and opening presents at our home.
Our bins actually play with toys! This toy occupied them the whole evening.
You know how I feel about these beads. But, how could I resist Johnny's asking to "do beads" every day since we ran out. :)
Brother gifts were a big hit.
BJ kept telling John that his hammer was a really good American made hammer. Finally Johnny said to daddy, "Would you stop saying that this is a good hammer? You've said it a hundred times." You can count on our Johnny to be honest and humorous. :)
The evening was very pleasant in all ways. It was nice to see the boys so appreciative for what they received....and so excited to give the gifts they bought with their own money for their assigned brother.
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Christmas Sunday
Here's the crew on Christmas Sunday. So, when I look at this picture I feel very thankful. These boys, wild as they may be, are such a blessing.
For all those guessing....Jared is holding Josiah. Jesse is holding Joshua.
My "sweet" husband attacking me. So much for a nice Christmas picture. :)
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Christmas Traditions....
#1- Christmas lights
#2 - "It's a Wonderful Life" movie night
And yes, that would be a lighted plastic Mary and Joseph in the corner of our room. My father-in-law is known for finding us treasures at his special places. :)
#3- Caroling
I love that these 3 activities are officially traditions. And as the boys are getting older, they won't let us forget to do them. :)
And yes, that would be a lighted plastic Mary and Joseph in the corner of our room. My father-in-law is known for finding us treasures at his special places. :)
#3- Caroling
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Family Band
We are really filling up Aunt Visa and Uncle Steve's basement. Last Christmas there were six new great grandbabies there, and this year there were two engagements. We are so happy for Jordan and Kayla and Nathan and Minna. Fun times.
It was also fun for Jared and Jesse to finally play in the family band. They were a little nervous at first but did a great job. BJ was reminiscing about his excitement in finally joining the family band waaaay back in 6th grade. :)
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The stockings were hung....
Aren't these mini stockings so cute? BJ's grandma Carolla knit one for each of her great-grandchildren last Christmas. I couldn't wait to hang them up this year. It is amazing that she still does these special things for each child even as the family as grown so large.
Thank You, Grandma Carolla. We love you.
Thank You, Grandma Carolla. We love you.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Double Digits!
Look who's 10!!!
Lucky for us, Jesse wanted to eat at Chevy's, and it was a Tuesday.....kids eat free! I always feel like JimBob Duggar when I get excited about that. :)
We met BJ's parents at the restaurant and then continued the celebration with just our family at home.
Look at the excited crew! The more the merrier!
Fun facts about Jesse Michael....
~he loves guns
~he doesn't like melted cheese
~he is my biggest helper
~he is easily grossed out
~he is very forgiving
~he does everything fast....from chores to school
~he still wears his Daniel Boone suit almost every day
~he is really good at building things
~he likes to pass out gospel tracts
~he is constantly attacking/wrestling his brothers :)
Happy Birthday, Jesse Michael!
We love you.
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Live Nativity
Live nativity at Lynchwood Church of God was a little crazy this year. Crazy for me since I was chasing around two little ones in the gym for 2 1/2 hours without my usual help. :) The boys, and BJ, had fun playing their roles. It sure was a chilly night.
Lynchwood has put on this nativity for 25 years. They have 13 scenes from the life of Christ. Jared was playing the part of the 12 year old Jesus at the temple.
BJ and the rest of the boys + Reaghan were in the Jesus and the children scene. BJ grew his beard just for this one night. I was glad to see his clean shaven face the following morning.
BJ and his Uncle Ed
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Away in a Manger
I was so proud of my boys last Sunday evening at our church choir cantata. It is a joy to hear them perform musically. They have made a lot of progress over the last year. Jared and Jesse played an arrangement of Away in a Manger and Justin sang a verse. So cute!
I was in the back with the twins, but I guess Judson Lee was on the front row poking at Johnny while the boys were playing. BJ ended up signaling for him to come up front and hold his hand. He needed a little help being a good boy. :) The choir up on the stage got a good laugh watching the whole ordeal.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Quotes of John Russel
His conversation with me this morning...
"Ya know what I want to get you for Christmas? A chocolate bar and a nice pink dress....that's what you'd like!"
And while sorting the white load....
"Bad grief! Know why I said bad grief? Cause we couldn't find the socks."
(He's seen Charlie Brown Christmas a few times. :)
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Skate Night
This year's Alert Cadet skate party was fun, especially since our boys knew how to skate this time. To add to the fun, Judson decided 5 minutes into it that he would like to give skating a try, and didn't give up until we took his skates off 2 hours later. :) This meant daddy got a nice workout...and a sore back.
Our sweet, energetic Judson attempts all activity with determination and vigor. I am impressed with how tough he is. He fell over and over again and wouldn't quit. :)
Justin and Johnny's skills greatly improved over the year. Jesse even commented that he could hardly keep up with Justin. :)
Our twins entertained themselves a good chunk of the time by eating apples.
Jared loved rollerblading.
This kind of activity is right up Jud's alley.
Can't wait for next year!
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DJ Carl Gasbo aka Kasbo doesn't listen to much electronic music. If you saw his set at this past Decadence New Year's Eve electronic music festival, you're more than aware of the talent this guy from Sweden has.
"I feel distanced from that 'EDM' term," he says. Preferring hip-hop and indie that inspire him to create a modern and approachable sound.
"It sounds tacky, but I try not to think in genres," said Kasbo, who is making what he loves. "I believe the music is a product of what you listen to."
It showed at Decadence when he mixed trance, hip-hop, indie, dance and house music. He does recognize Flume and Odesza for setting a path that helps DJs like himself to steer away from tired electro-pop hits and embrace diverse influences.
In Sweden, Kasbo believes electronic music is dying out and pop music is on the rise. "We definitely have Swedish House Mafia and Avicii… but I feel like it's kind of dying down."Last March Tim Bergling, aka Avicii, announced that his 2016 tour would be his last.


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awk, simple but efficient text manipulation tool.
October 17th, 2006 mysurface Posted in awk, Text Manipulation | Hits: 36405 | 4 Comments »
Awk is a simple and efficient for text manipulation, it is use to extract info from text data files especially the data is in the table form with columns and rows and each fields (columns) is separate by a common separator (usually a blank space).
awk '/keyword/' data.txt
It does the same as grep like bellow:
grep "keyword" data.txt
But what if I wanna print out only the 3rd and 4th columns if the rows match the keyword?
awk '/keyword/ {print $3 " " $4}' data.txt
Bare in mind, the keyword matching is at any columns, what if you want to match the keyword only in first column?
awk '$1 ~ /keyword/ {print $3 " " $4}' data.txt
Again it matches the word "keyword" and also other like "mykeyword" "keywords", I want it matches only exactly "keyword".
awk '$1 ~ /^keyword$/ {print $3 " " $4}' data.txt
awk '{ if ($1 == "keyword") print $3 " " $4;}' data.txt
There are a lots more to discover, check out this tutorial, I find it very simple to follow.
Have Fun!


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This weekend my littlest one turned 3! We celebrated with a little party, some "good" pizza and a few presents. The only "thrifty" thing I did for the party was used old Christmas Wrap to wrap his present in..lol . This technique would not have worked for any of my other children however, but he is so small he was just excited to have presents!!
By the way, he is totally potty trained — even at night now! As a frugal mommy that makes me soo happy to know my last baby is out of diapers…the savings..the savings. *happy sigh*
Anyways, Happy Birthday Liam — my sweet, smiley, baseball lovin, happy little blonde boy!


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Admission to NTI is competitive; applicants are encouraged to apply well in advance of the deadlines. Early applications may receive early acceptance. NTI welcomes applications from gap-year students, undergraduate students, and post-graduates. When selecting students, NTI looks for a proven ability to handle the demands of disciplined theater work and to be a positive and contributing member of an ensemble. Applicants must demonstrate a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges of an intensive study and a determination to complete the chosen program in a conscientious manner.


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Two Rivers Press has been publishing in and about Reading since 1994. The brainchild of Peter Hay (1951-2003), one of the town's most creative champions, the press grew out of his delight in this under-loved town and its recessed spaces. 'Pete believed in Reading, and his enthusiastic publication of local books and maps can be seen as part of a quiet campaign that a number of us have been waging for years – to prove that the town exists, lives, happens, and is by no means to be confused with Anywhere.' Adam Sowan.
In an exhibition at Reading Museum in 2004 to celebrate 10 years of Two Rivers, an accompanying book called Charms against Jackals explained the press's origins:
Two Rivers Press springs from a fine lineage of Reading dissent from the ways of the mighty: from the medieval Grey Friars who built a church to welcome townsfolk excluded by the Abbey, by way of Dr Pordage of St Lawrence, friend of ranters; a thriving and much-persecuted Quaker population; and the 1950s peace group that tended to the needs of the Aldermaston marchers, to a clutch of post-seventies initiatives: Acorn Bookshop, Red Rag, Reading International Support Centre and Reading Between the Lines, still the best town guidebook ever.
There was at that time (1990) a battle royal in progress to save the riverside from road-builders. An army of rebels and residents campaigned vigorously and effectively, wriggling through a maze of legal loopholes to ultimate victory: the Cross Town Route was one road that was never built. … In the guise of local historian, I had produced a microhistory of the free place where Thames and Kennet meet, fuel for the fires of some public enquiry. Pete saw it as the basis of a book and … transformed my humdrum prose into a thing of beauty: Where Two Rivers Meet. And so the press was born.
Adam Stout
Nearly two decades of publishing and over 70 titles since its inception, Two Rivers Press has been described as 'one of the most characterful small presses in the country.' A significant part of its work explores and celebrates local history and environment such as Abattoirs Road to Zinzan Street: Reading's Streets and their Names, and Down by the River: the Thames and Kennet in Reading. Bold illustration and striking design are important elements of its work, used to great effect in new editions of classic poems, especially ones with some Reading connection: for example, Oscar Wilde's The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and in collections of contemporary poetry from resident poets such as Reading Poetry: an anthology edited by Peter Robinson.
The Press is strongly rooted in the local community and has close links with the University, Poets' Café, RISC, MERL and other local groups. Its contribution to Reading's culture won for it a Pride of Reading award in 2008.
"Two Rivers Press says something about Reading that is unexpected. I love the detailing of their books; the artists and writers they work with have a very distinctive style. It is a real treat to have a Two Rivers Press book. They feel like little works of art in your hand." Suzanne Stallard.


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Rookies frequently report after their first NFL practices that the biggest adjustment they'll have to make is getting accustomed to the speed of professional football. But Panthers rookie receiver Joe Adams doesn't see it that way.
Adams, a fourth-round draft pick out of Arkansas who says he has run a 4.25-second 40-yard dash, told Panthers.com that he has no trouble adjusting to NFL speed.
"It's not overwhelming at all. I played in the SEC, where guys are pretty much this fast," Adams said. "Now, they're probably not this big."
Football in the SEC isn't really as fast as football in the NFL, but Adams certainly showed in the SEC that he's fast enough for the NFL. He's best known for an incredible punt return against Tennessee in which he dodged six tacklers before breaking into the clear and turning on the jets.
"A lot of people come up and ask me if I'm the guy that returned those punts," Adams said. "And every time someone realizes who I am, they always bring up Tennessee. . . . That probably was the craziest punt return I've ever had. I remember breaking all those tackles and all the fans screaming. Afterwards, I went home and watched it on highlights. It was on ESPN for a couple of weeks. I was pretty amazed at the things that I did."
So Adams is amazed at his own speed. But not the speed of the NFL.


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Roll of Honour
SHULER, Joseph Clifton
Joseph Clifton Shuler, Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class (356-12-85), enlisted on 13 May 1939 in Dallas, Texas. He was the son of Mrs F. N. C. Shuler of 742 Pine Street, Pacific Grove, California, and brother to Ted Shuler, also of Patrol Wing 22.
Shuler was in the Catalina commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Moorer, which took off from Darwin at 8am on 19 February. The Catalina was attacked and shot down by nine of the Japanese Zeros that later attacked Darwin. Lieutenant Moorer managed to land the flaming Catalina on the open water but four of the crew members were wounded.
Shuler helped Ruzak and Fairchild launch the raft through the navigator's hatch. The raft was picked up by the Florence D, but the ship was attacked later that afternoon by a second wave of carrier born aircraft. Joseph Shuler died when a bomb exploded almost on top of him.
Shuler was the only member of the Patrol Wing 22 crew to die that day. His body was not recovered. Shuler's brother Ted survived the war.
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What is your review on Blue host?
1and1 is offering best hosting or not in terms of security and customer satisfaction?
As I heard Bluehost is one of the oldest and most reputable shared hosting companies on the Internet. So it is quite good and provide all type of kind of things on cheap rates, so you can go with it. But you should also use some disaster recovery service providers so that you will not loose your data in the time of disasters and you can recover them whenever you want.
Bluehost is surviving in the industry since long time and it is popular in USA and Europe market.
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text: On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Slack-Moehrle <mailinglists at mailnewsrss.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a server that is running nicely, except I have hit the maximum RAM (4gb) and I wish to add more. > > It is an ASUS board, AMD X64 dual core, nvidia nic. > > What I want going to move to is a dell board, Intel Pentium M dual code, which supports 8gb of RAM. > > Can I just unplug the HD and move it to the new server and boot it up? > > I assume that the NIC will need to be re-setup, but what other issues would there be? > > I am not running X at all. Doing apache, zimbra, mysql. If you're worried, use a tool such as g4l to make an exact duplicate of your system. You boot with the G4L disk then clone the HD to an external HD or a network accessible share. Then boot the new with the G4L disk then reimage the drive from the backup. The ease with which this is done is all relative. Unlike MS Windows, which can have lots of problems when moving to a new system, Linux installations generally move quite easily. In fact, the initrd on CentOS contains many generic modules so at worst case it can often fall back to a compatible module. To inspect the initrd you can copy the existing initrd.img to file such as foo.img.gz, gunzip, then use cpio to extract the foo.img file. Once you do that you will see the many modules that exist. Going from ATA to SCSI or SATA will have some issues, generally with fstab but that's to be expected. Other than that, no real problems. BTW, prior to reading your email I'd posted another message about moving Xen systems from one system to another. The Xen infrastructure can hide a lot of the system specific internals so you may consider virtualizing if you think this may be a regular occurence.


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Adolf Eichmann, an architect of the Nazi Holocaust, protested his innocence in a final plea against his death sentence, newly released papers show.
Eichmann told Israel's president that he had only followed orders and was not responsible for "the unspeakable horrors" carried out against Jews.
Six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis during World War Two.
Israel released the papers on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Eichmann was convicted in Jerusalem and hanged in 1962.
Marking the publication of the hand-written documents, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said: "Not a moment of kindness was given to those who suffered Eichmann's evil - for them this evil was never banal, it was painful, it was palpable.
"He murdered whole families and desecrated a nation. Evil had a face, a voice. And the judgement against this evil was just."
The papers reveal that Eichmann believed the Israeli judges who oversaw his trial had "made a fundamental mistake in that they are not able to empathise with the time and situation in which I found myself during the war years".
He attempted to absolve himself of blame, telling Israel's then-President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi: "It is not true... that I myself was a persecutor in the pursuit of the Jews... but only ever acted 'by order of'."
Eichmann, who played a key role in the 1942 Wannsee Conference at which the Nazis' annihilation of European Jewry was planned, spoke in his appeal of the "unspeakable horrors which I witnessed".
"I detest as the greatest of crimes the horrors which were perpetrated against the Jews and think it right that the initiators of these terrible deeds will stand trial before the law now and in the future," he wrote.
However, he added: "I was not a responsible leader, and as such do not feel myself guilty."
Eichmann was captured by Israeli intelligence agents in 1960 in Argentina, where he was living as a fugitive, and smuggled to Israel, which put him on trial.
His plea for clemency was rejected and he was hanged in Ramle prison.


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the Pfeiffer Pfiles Presents....the Art Work of Artist Fred Pfeiffer
Fred Pfeiffer was an American Artist
He worked as an Illustrator out of N.Y.N.Y. and
L.A. CA. in the late 60's thru the 70's and into the 80's
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Pfeiffer Art Retraction: A Small Town in Germany
Internet sources have said that the John LeCarre novel called "A Small Town in Germany" features artwork by Robert Foster, and not Fred Pfeiffer.
Both artists have similar styles and I have reviewed book covers with Foster art thinking it may be Pfeiffer, and then located the Foster signature.
Thanks Scotty and the internet for setting this straight!
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The Corner Brook Royals now find themselves tied atop the West Coast Senior Hockey League standings following a two-win weekend.
On Saturday night in Stephenville, Brad Dyke was unbeatable in the Royals' crease in a 3-0 triumph over the Jets at the Stephenville Dome.
Nick Childs, Luke Pilgrim and Tommy Ryan found the back of the net in the winning cause.
On Friday night at the Corner Brook Civic Centre, the Royals edged the Deer Lake Red Wings 5-4 in a shootout. Both the Royals and Wings have eight points for a share of the league lead, though the Royals have more victories.
Matt Colbourne struck twice in regulation, and scored the clincher in the shootout for the win. Ryan Meade and Tyler Hunt also scored for the Royals, who were trailing 2-0 heading into the third period before storming back.
Stephen Simms, Shannon Moores, Zackary Applin and Matthew Roche provided the offence for the Red Wings.
Brad Power earned the win in net for the Royals in that one, while Ryan Hancock suffered the defeat.
The Wings had better luck on Saturday night, as they trounced the Port aux Basques Mariners 8-1 at the Hodder Memorial Recreation Complex.
Moores and Josh Easton both picked up a pair of goals in the win, with single markers coming from Roche, Simms, Joshua Oake and Gary Hynes.
Nick Tucker responded in the loss for the Mariners.
In other weekend action, the Mariners downed the Jets 5-4 at the Bruce II Sports Centre.
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Now is the time to join our club or renew your membership for 2010! Please download the NODC Membership Form today!
Thanks to Senator Gretchen Whitmer for visiting our North Oakland Democratic Club at the Clansman Gaelic Pub, in Lake Orion on Tuesday, December 15th to talk about her candidacy for Michigan Attorney General.
Thanks also to Kevin Hrit for bringing us up to date with Congressman Gary Peters!
Jason Bauer, Operations Manager and Political Director of the Oakland County Democratic Party discussed OCDP accomplishments in 2009 and goals for 2010. Thanks to Jason for helping us with our last mailing.
Thanks to Francine Melotti and Jody LaPointe for working on our food drive. "Grandpa Bob" at Oxford/Orion FISH asked that we convey his heartfelt thanks to the NODC for our generous donation. We ended up with about 50 lbs. of non-perishable food — and that averages to about two pounds per person who attended our holiday meeting. Not bad at all! NODC member kindness and generosity is appreciated, especially during such tough times in our community. We would like to suggest that we ask our members to bring food donations to every meeting.
To our North Oakland Democrats! We wish you a great holiday season! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Phil Reid – Chair, Tracy Jensen – Vice Chair, Patrick Howse – Treasurer


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Lan Weiwei: Creating a bridge between ancient and modern times, joining the East and the West
Toronto, April 29, 2014 - Following her successful Toronto debut with New Music Concerts in 2007, artistic director Robert Aitken is pleased to announce that pipa virtuoso Lan Weiwei (in Chinese 兰维薇) will return for two events in May. She will give a solo recital at Gallery 345 on May 17 as a fundraiser for New Music Concerts, and will be the featured soloist in NEW BEIJING- NMC's contribution to the inaugural 21C Music Festival hosted by the Royal Conservatory of Music on May 21 in Mazzoleni Hall. Lan was born in Sichuan, China in 1980.
Over the course of her 20-year long career, she has won a multitude of prizes since childhood and is currently considered one of the foremost pipa players in China. In recent years, Lan has been invited to perform in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Canada, Mexico, Vietnam and Indonesia, to only name a few.
The Chinese pipa, a four-string plucked lute, descends from West and Central Asian prototypes and appeared in China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534). Traveling over ancient trade routes, it brought not only a new sound but also new repertoires and musical theory. Originally it was held horizontally like a guitar and its twisted silk strings were plucked with a large triangular plectrum held in the right hand. The word pipa describes the plectrum's plucking strokes: pi, "to play forward," pa, "to play backward." During the Tang dynasty (618–906), musicians gradually began using their fingernails to pluck the strings, and to hold the instrument in a more upright position. First thought to be a foreign and somewhat improper instrument, it soon won favor in court ensembles but today it is well known as a solo instrument whose repertoire is a virtuosic and programmatic style that may evoke images of nature or battle. Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
From the very start of her artistic career Lan Weiwei has dedicated herself to introducing the traditional and folk music of China to the Western world. In addition, she has an intense passion for playing contemporary music written for her instrument – solo pieces, ensemble music and concertos with symphony orchestra etc. She has collaborated with numerous orchestras in China and has been a featured soloist in Taipei, Estonia, Freiburg and Toronto. Through her pipa music has become a bridge between ancient and modern times as well as between the East and the West. Lan teaches at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China where she also directs the contemporary music program.
New Music Concerts is very proud to have been invited to perform the opening concert of the inaugural 21C Music Festival. For this occasion, NMC has commissioned new works featuring pipa by Beijing composers Guoping Jia andXiaoyong Chen with the financial support of The Royal Conservatory and Roger D. Moore.
Jia (b.1963) completed his music studies at the Shanxi Jin opera academy in Taiyuan in 1984 and later attended the Central Conservatory in Beijing. From 1994 to 1998 he studied composition at the Stuttgart Musikhochschule and participated in the 1996 Darmstadt festival. Since 1998 he has been professor of composition and analysis at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. Chen (b.1955) also studied composition at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and later under György Ligeti in Hamburg. He celebrated his European debut as a composer in 1987 at the Donaueschingen Music Days and he belongs to a small group of Chinese composers who have aroused great attention on an international scale. In 2010 Chen was appointed Guest Professor of New Music, Composition and Chinese Musical Culture at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Hamburg. The concert will also include a selection of works for solo pipa and Toronto composer Alexina Louie's Imaginary Opera commissioned by the Montréal Nouvelles Musiques festival where it was first performed by Ensemble Court-Circuit in 2004. "These 'scenes from an imaginary opera' (an imagined ghost opera) reveal my long-standing pre-occupation with an integration of Eastern and Western approaches in my music", explains Louie. "Much of my music develops from the philosophy of (extreme) contrast and balance rooted in the principles of Yin and Yang".
Hosted by the Royal Conservatory of Music, the inaugural 21C Music Festivaltakes place May 21-25, 2014. Today's most innovative and fearless musicians and composers bring fresh new sounds and ideas at the newly minted festival. Festival passes, tickets, and information: visit: http://www.rcmusic.ca/media/
news-releases/21c-music- festival www.performance.rcmusic.ca/21c
An Intimate Evening with Lan Weiwei: Saturday May 17 at 7:30 at Gallery 345, Toronto
A performance to benefit New Music Concerts featuring traditional, folkloric and contemporary music for solo pipa plus a sneak preview of a Roger D. Moore commission for pipa and flute by Xiaoyong Chen. Lan Weiwei, pipa;
Robert Aitken, flute.
Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren Ave. 416-961-9594.
Tickets $100 ($150 for two) include fine food and complimentary beverages, with charitable receipt. Doors Open at 7:30, Festivities Commence at 8:00.
New Beijing: Wednesday May 21 at 8:00PM at Mazzoleni Hall
Inaugurating the 21C Music Festival at The Royal Conservatory
New Music Concerts at 21C Music Festival: New Beijing with Lan Weiwei. Guoping Jia: New Work; Xiaoyong Chen: Talking through Distance; Evapora; Alexina Louie:Imaginary Opera; works for solo pipa. Lan Weiwei, pipa;
Robert Aitken, flute and direction; New Music Concerts Ensemble. Mazzoleni Concert Hall in Ihnatowycz Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. 416-408-0208. Illuminating Introduction at 7:15.
For tickets: $32; $25 (senior/arts worker), please visit:
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Lately, a lot of questions have been coming up about distilled water and its uses, due to the discovery of pollutants in tap water that have been reported to cause diarrhea and cancer of the spleen. Here is a helpful FAQ to help answer your questions and concerns.
What is distilled water?
Distilled water is water that has been distilled using a distillation process to distill it.
Should I drink distilled water?
You should only drink distilled water. According to unconfirmed, possibly untrue reports, all other water is unsafe and may cause swine flu, and possibly immediate death. The EPA is working on it, but the house has voted against any action, and also, to end the EPA.
How is distilled water different than regular water?
Distilled water is just regular water with all of the cancer and diarrhea filtered out.
Should I bathe in distilled water?
People have been bathing in distilled water for centuries with no problems. George Washington used to bathe in it, and he got the idea from Ben Franklin. Thomas Jefferson bathed in it when he wrote the constitution, and Einstein discovered electricity just after a distilled water bath. John Adams refused to try it because he thought it was silly.
Should I used distilled water to boil my spaghetti?
You shouldn't eat pasta at all. It has a lot of carbohydrates which turn to sugar and you're already fat. Lose some weight.
I heard that distilled water can cause kidney failure. Is this true?
There is no known link between kidney failure and drinking distilled water. The only known side effects of drinking distilled water are 8 hour boners, acting silly, and lung cancer.
Should I give my cat distilled water?
You should only give your cat milk. Contrary to popular belief, cats don't like water, and don't need it. I only give Senor Meow Meow cow's milk. My friends claim this is the reason he weighs 57 pounds and is basically immobile, but I am scientist.
Hopefully you will find this FAQ. But if you have further questions please post them in the comments section and I'll try to get to them when I can. However, commenting has been disabled. That is your conundrum to face. I am very busy blazing trails.
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There is lots to discover in and around Wolfsburg. WMG (Wolfsburg Wirtschaft & Marketing GmbH) has a number of different Wolfsburg packages for you to enjoy, such as "Autostadt Adventure" or "Eat&Art".
To get to know the region, and Germany, better, we have put together a selection of links, which may be useful for planning your trip:
- Wolfsburg/ Braunschweig region: ZeitOrte (content only available in German)
- Federal State of Lower Saxony: Travel Trade Portal Lower Saxony (English)
- Germany: Travel destination Germany (English)