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My wife asked me the other day, "Why do you want editors in the Writers Guild?" Why indeed. The simple answer is that we need them so we can continue to be the Guild that represents storytellers and creators.
Television is viewed as a writer's medium. Most of the top producers and showrunners of narrative television are writers. But narrative television is under some pressure for a variety of economic and technical reasons, and if we don't look to the future our Guild runs the risk of suffering an erosion of our influence and power.
One of the areas of danger is reality television. It is already displacing large amounts of broadcast space that would have otherwise gone to narrative programs. Reality television is not a new phenomenon from a story standpoint. Talent shows, dating shows, and Queen for a Day shows have been around since the beginning of television.
What is different is that new technology allows such shows to be shot with much more flexibility and visual potential than the traditional way narrative programming was produced. Thanks to light and inexpensive video cameras that require less lighting, massive amounts of raw footage can now be captured and manipulated on powerful new non-linear editing systems to make a show more visually interesting. American Idol is simply Star Search with a lot more footage. Interviews, back stage activities, footage from back home, auditions across the country, etc. are edited together at a fast pace. These images can be manipulated endlessly with low cost special effects that simply weren't possible 10 years ago.
The average reality show simply blows away the average narrative program from a production value standpoint. Count the number of setups, locations, new scenes and characters and most narrative shows fall far behind visually. The current television model where sitcoms take place in one room, and dramas have four days on set and four days out simply can't compete in terms of creating interesting visuals. They just have more bullets than we do. But having vast amounts of interesting footage doesn't make a show. Someone has to put that footage together to tell a story. Story is always the most important aspect of entertainment, and it's as important in reality television as it is in narrative television. But writing a script in advance isn't the only way to tell a story.
On reality shows, sometimes story producers do script material, or at least outline it, in advance of production similar to the way narrative television is written. However because of the way reality programs are produced, creating large amounts of footage on the run, the story producer's role more often is to take the raw footage and create a "paper cut" script that cuts, say, 250 hours of footage into about two hours, complete with a narrative arc, story beats, etc. The Avid editor then takes this and, in a more or less collaborative creative dance/struggle with the story producer, cuts the final 39-minute show. What the story producer is doing is, arguably, editing on paper. And what the editor partnering with him is doing is story telling, on an Avid. The similarities in their jobs, from a storytelling point, are greater than their differences. Whether one creates the story with a typewriter, or an editing machine, the creative process isn't that different.
In fact on some reality shows, it is the editor who is primarily in charge, as the showrunner. (They get the catchy title Preditors, producer/editors.) These reality editor showrunners have more in common with dramatic writer showrunners (writer/producers) than they do with editors of dramatic shows. Demand for the best of them will only increase, and it is unlikely they will move into other editing jobs where they have less creative influence. It is far more likely they will bargain for more power and respect, and in many cases, get it. Likewise, talented non-showrunner editors will be more likely to push to become showrunners of other reality shows, than move into editing traditional narratives.
Meanwhile, narrative television is also changing to respond to reality programming. Shows like Cold Case, CSI, and Lost are already experimenting with new narrative techniques (larger casts, moving back and forth in time) and faster editing to keep audiences interested. Programs like Curb Your Enthusiasm and Unscripted are adopting some of the same production techniques used in reality television. This trend will continue and as it does, editors, as storytellers, will become increasingly important in narrative television as well to sort out all this footage. And it's just a question of time before the most successful editor/showrunners in reality television start pitching their own ideas for hybrid narrative shows, and before the networks start buying them.
Rather than bury our heads in the sand and hope reality goes away, we have to prepare for a world in which the lines between narrative television and reality television are increasingly blurred. Rather than see editor/storytellers (and their story producer brothers) as our competition, lets make them our partners to create a variety of interesting television. We need to bring all these storytellers into our Guild to continue our monopoly on story telling. This will be good for our Guild and good for these writers who happen to use an Avid.


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We are in Sopromar boatyard now to put on anti-foul and have some of our survey done, Bev and Alan are also out of the water here as well. The yard is very clean and tidy, unlike some I have seen. The yard is efficient and they are very professional but pricey - thank goodness we brought out the anti-foul by car over winter, it costs a bomb here. However we did need to buy 2 new brass screws for our grounding plate about 6 cm long at the magnificent price of £20 each. Steve was not impressed but they were the only source unfortunately.
Ju from Little Else is an enthusiastic bird watcher and has been involved at A Rocha assisting with species counts since arriving in the Algarve. A Rocha is an environmental centre studying local wildlife and open to schools for nature trails etc. On Thursday mornings they carry out bird ringing and the public can attend to watch, coffee and nice cakes are provided. Ju always takes a party from the marina each year but as I had missed it she kindly took me later.
It was a beautiful, sunny day we caught the train to Mexilohoeeira and walked up the hill to A Rocha in time for coffee. Ju showed me round the grounds where they set up the nets to trap the birds. After coffee we watched the ringing, three birds were caught, a robin, sparrow and greenfinch. The birds are measured, examined to see their general health and weighed. If necessary they are ringed or if already done then just noted.
After that we set off to the salt marsh to do a spot of bird watching and have a picnic. It was great being with someone who can identify birds from appearance and song, I know lots but can only name them if they are quite still! Ju was hoping we would see an osprey and owls which are often around. Apparently if you are around at the right time of year Bee eaters and flamingos are about. We saw egrets, grey herons, oyster catchers, crested skylarks, chiff chaffs, stonechats, stints, magpies, wagtails, kestrels and a kingfisher. The best bit was when I finally got my eye in and saw a group of about a dozen spoonbills. There were also butterflies about - red admirals and brimstones.
I took Ju for a pint in the Amuras as a thank you.
Here is a novel use for a film canister, apparently the birds feel quite calm when put upside down in the canister to be weighed!
Here we all are about to tuck in. The camera angle would not let Steve into the picture, was he upset - NO!
Lesley and Andy from Glasgow returned from their Christmas/ Hogmanay break in the UK complete with 3 haggises or is the correct plural haggii? It was past the appointed date of 25th January but so what. There were 8 of us attending and we all had a haggis to cook on our boats as large scale catering on a boat can be tricky! Lesley prepared all the vegetables - neeps and tatties (mashed turnip and potatoes. Of course North of Hadrian's Wall turnip is swede unlike the whitish root vegetable we think of as a turnip further south! We also had a soup and dessert which was Portuguese rather than Scottish.
Lesley wore a tartan skirt and Andy did a valiant job of addressing the haggis - "great chieftain other puddin race" etc. I must say the haggis tasted better than the ones I ate as a child because my father was a Scotsman. We had a good time which went on for some of us till well after midnight. The wine and whisky flowed..................
I met Bev who has been over Winter in Lagos for the last 2 years and she asked if I would like to go swimming with her and some other ladies from the marina. Lagos has a municipal pool and exercise complex with a gym, dance/exercise studio and café etc. The more you use it the cheaper it is. I am going most mornings, Bev likes to meet at 8 am on weekdays leaving most of the rest of the day free for other things. I have been going about 3 times a week and can see my swimming improving. We all have a coffee afterwards and then go shopping at the Pingo Doce on the way back to the marina - handy!

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Master Sgt. Ed Kenna, a communications navigation technician with the 176th Maintenance Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, replaces a traffic collision avoidance system antenna atop an HC-130 "King" aircraft from the 211th Rescue Squadron before departing from the Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, Calif., Nov. 19. The Alaska Guardsmen were there to participate in an Integrated Training Exercise at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., which is an exercise designed to validate units before deploying to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Edward Eagerton)
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got my new shoes today, Sidi Dominator 5 Megas...yum yum. I took them out for about 13 miles...they're super stiff and fit like a glove, high arch support, adjusting to it, but overall a good ride and the shoes are feeling pretty good so far.
got my new shoes today, Sidi Dominator 5 Megas...yum yum. I took them out for about 13 miles...they're super stiff and fit like a glove, high arch support, adjusting to it, but overall a good ride and the shoes are feeling pretty good so far.
How many pairs of shoes do you have now...?
hey, c'mon, the mans gotta have his bling! Sidis are like the jordans of the cycling world. as soon as you scuff 'em, you need a new pur.Originally Posted by MadMan2k
Yeah man, having Sidi shoes makes you faster. Like all those little Honda Civics that have that little "Type-R" sticker on them that gives an extra 5 HP. I wonder if I'd get an extra 1 mph if I upgraded from my sweet Dominator 4 to the new 5? Nice shoes man!
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Or post a shot of my inner tube collection.Originally Posted by PWRDbyTRD
You thought it was silly to spend $49 on a kickstand but you have bought 3 pairs of cycling shoesOriginally Posted by PWRDbyTRD
Are they all the same type or did you get road and mountain shoes?
Ok what is wrong with 3 pairs of cycing shoes? I have 2 and am thinking about a third...don't want to make a fatal error here.
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1) Don't take a picture of emOriginally Posted by Grasschopper
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Nothing is wrong! The Tahos work excellent for being able to walk in and still ride clipless, the SIDIs...20 minutes of walking and I'm ready to fall over. The Duegis are simply uncomfortable...I'll keep them as a backup pair incase I mangle a shoe or something...mentioning all this I'm looking to pick up another pair of trail/casual shoes as my Tahos are starting to wear pretty bad on the bottom and the stitching is coming look in certain areas.Originally Posted by Grasschopper
ok, ive never had true cycling shoes before, but will be buying some soon.
do they fit like normal shoes? i mean, are they supposed to be any tighter or anything?
or, if there is a straight conversion from US sizes to the cm or whatever theyre measured in, is it safe to get that?
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The downside is that we are requiring users to install a compiler (primarily on MS Windows).
This has been an on-going headache, because vendors like MS keep obsoleting compilers, and some users tend to have more than one compiler installed.
We're considering using GNU C, and possibly C++, but even there, there are continual version issues.
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What steps should I perform to move the image to the SSD and boot from it instead?
The only complication is that the source HDD has three volumes, one that is a few MB reserved by windows, one that is about 35 GB, and one that is about 500 GB (Data volume). Clearly I only want the first two volumes on the SSD, thus, I suspect I may need to use some built in windows 2008 functionality to get them operating correctly on the new drive.
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Search Resumes At Stricken Italian Cruise Ship
"Rescue efforts have resumed aboard the wrecked Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, off the coast of Tuscany," the BBC reports. "Operations were suspended on Wednesday as the vessel shifted its position. More than 20 people are still missing."
The ship, with about 4,200 passengers and crew aboard, ran into rocks on Friday and listed over to its starboard side. Eleven people are confirmed dead.
The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, has been accused of manslaughter and abandoning the ship. He reportedly has claimed he "slipped and tripped into a lifeboat while helping passengers leave the stricken vessel," The Guardian says.
Italian Coast Guard Capt. Gregorio De Falco has become "an unlikely star" after the tragedy, as NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reported on All Things Considered, because of recordings that show how he angrily ordered Schettino to get back onboard the ship.
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The Chicco brand of baby gear hit Target stores this week with three key items featured in the retailer's weekly ad. Those same items were then called out in stores with red placards the size of album covers, in case anyone remembers what those were, that featured the advertised sales price.
Understanding that city-dwelling parents often need multiple strollers for transporting their children, the Union Square shop features a variety of boutiques showcasing products from such brands as Bugaboo, Maclaren and Stokke. As an added benefit to shoppers, Babies"R"Us has an on-site stroller specialist to help parents find the best stroller for getting around the city. And when it comes to maneuvering strollers through the store, the redesigned Union Square store boasts wider aisles and an easier-to-navigate layout.


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Anyone have a good recommendation on one and at a reasonable price? I've seen some in the stores from $80 but usually $100 or more. You can find some online for around $50 which is more around the price I am looking to spend on one but just wondering if anyone knows of a model they really like at a good price.
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No suggestions at all? I can find ones using google or buy.com but was wondering if anyone has a specific model they have bought and would recommend.
No brand recommendations from me. Generally speaking, I haven't been real impressed by what I've seen. My wife bought a digital frame for her dad a couple Christmases ago, and I don't think he uses it. The screen is too small to be hung on a wall, and it has to be plugged in. There are battery-powered frames, but I haven't seen one that goes for more than an hour or two on a charge. They're probably better suited for setting on a desk, especially if there's a computer nearby to easily swap pictures on it.
I can't believe there's that much difference between brands or models other than size of the screen and storage size.
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I can't believe there's that much difference between brands or models other than size of the screen and storage size.
I'd check resolution. That is a cost driver, but generally the more resolution the better in a given size. Also the bigger the frame the more important the resolution becomes.
But really, if it's a picture frame that's sitting on a table how important is it that it's super sharp?
Depends on it's purpose.
I'm hopeful that much larger ones are developed and the price is not too crazy. Would love to use 'em in the studio eventually - would be more cost effective in the long run instead of buying large prints and changing them out every so often.
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But really, if it's a picture frame that's sitting on a table how important is it that it's super sharp?
Maybe it's just me, but why would you want one if the pictures weren't sharp?
I've looked at them on and off (for both myself and my parent's) and I always come to the decision that the technology just isn't ready yet. Either the resolution isn't decent, the LCD is poor quality, need a power source, etc.
Heck, I didn't even realize that such a thing existed.
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you are probably best served with one at least a 10" screen and 800 X 640 pixels. They are a little pricey, but the cheap ones are not worth a crap. I got my wife a Pandigital with a 10 inch screen last Christmas and it is pretty nice. Watch out for screens with bad pixels and if you have a chance to get a better screen over a unit with sound, get the better screen. The sound option is silly or just plain annoying. It was about $200, but the prices have come down a lot since then.
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The current highest-performing supercomputers have just reached one petaflop (1015 floating point operations/second). These machines require approximately 5 mW of power between direct power and cooling with approximately 20% of the power going to network communications. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M., developed the Ultralow-Power Silicon Microphotonic Communications platform to address the bandwidth and power consumption limitations of future microelectronic inter-chip networks. The silicon microphotonic modulators demonstrate a hundred-fold reduction in communications power consumption, comparable to traditional electrical inter-chip networks in a platform capable of achieving up to seven terabits-per-second of communications bandwidth per communications line. The high-speed silicon bandpass switches demonstrate that the optical data can be routed on a silicon chip at nano-second switching speeds with less than 1 mW of power consumption. This communications platform can be applied to high-performance computer, high-speed digital imagers, and other high-bandwidth applications.
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As the ministry and mission agency of the PC(USA), the Presbyterian Mission Agency, in partnership with synods, presbyteries, congregations, Presbyterian-related organizations, and ecumenical partners, strives to offer the world a visible witness of Jesus Christ. Five ministry areas carry out the mission work of the Presbyterian Mission Agency: Compassion, Peace, and Justice; Evangelism and Church Growth; Racial Ethnic & Women's Ministries /Presbyterian Women; Theology, Worship, and Education; and World Mission.
For over 200 years, Presbyterians have been running the race of faith, taking the gospel into all the world and bearing witness to Christ's saving love (Heb. 12:1–2). Because our forebears call us to continue to run the race of faith, we do so by cultivating and nurturing diverse, transformational leaders for Christ's mission. Our racial-ethnic leadership institutes have already led to new opportunities for women and people of color. We also join with young adults in the reformation of the church by providing greater opportunities for service and expanding our national and international Young Adult Volunteer sites.
Through grants and coaching, and events to inspire leaders, more than 250 new worshiping communities have been launched as part of the 1001 New Worshiping Communities movement endorsed by the General Assembly in 2012. Half of these are predominantly racial-ethnic or multicultural, and a third consist primarily of young adults.
We are called to ministries of compassionate and prophetic discipleship. Our Office of Public Witness and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations have been providing leadership that has inspired Presbyterians to advocate for peace in the name of Jesus Christ. In September, when we encouraged and equipped Presbyterians to urge the US government not to take military action in Syria, over 5,000 people contacted their representatives within three days.
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Rev. James Fouther Jr., ecumenical representative, PMA Board
Vicki Garber, ecumenical representative, PMA Board
PC(USA) Agencies' Staff
Debbie Sexton , PMA
Kristen Shaw, BOP
Ellen Sherby, PMA
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Gracious God, lead us to hearts that need to know your love, and help us to demonstrate the hope you offer us all. Give us strength to respond with the love you have shown us, so that we may serve others in your name. Amen.
Daily Lectionary
Morning Psalms 63; 149
First Reading Nehemiah 4:1-23
Or alternate First Reading Lamentations 5:1-22
Second Reading Revelation 7:(4-8) 7:9-17
Gospel Reading Matthew 13:31-35
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If you had told me I would be Belly-dancing (well trying to!) here I would never have believed it. Jane, on our pontoon, has been doing it for about 10 years and offered to give us a taster session, though she is not a teacher herself. There were about half a dozen of us, we looked at videos on You Tube to see what we were aiming at but it obviously takes years and years. However Jane took us through some basic moves which was interesting and not very easy at all, she did a great job.
The picture, needless to say, is not of us in the shower block in Povoa!
We went to the barbecue which was the best attended ever apparently and a good time was had by all. Colin had made up a general knowledge quiz which was fun - along with some good-natured arguments about answers, thoroughly enjoyed by several of the men.
We have decided to stay here in Povoa for the year as it will be a lot cheaper than Lagos and other places further south - of course the weather will be cooler but it suits our needs at present. We like the town here and spent a year here 5 years ago before I stopped work. There is quite a little community here now and the marina provide a minibus once a week to a nearby supermarket. There is also a weekly barbecue and meal out at a local Portuguese restaurant, we went last Tuesday and it was very good value.
I have taken a picture of the church that looks like a boat at long last in Vila de Conde which joins onto Povoa, part of the marina and the restaurant straddle the boundary between the two.
There is a funfair behind the fish dock and music and dancing went on till 0530 on the 29th. Each night since the music and fair have continued but not till that time thankfully. There has been no procession this year or big firework display just little outbursts of isolated stuff. Perhaps it's due to the recession after all fireworks are costly and all Bank holidays have been cancelled in Portugal the next 3 years I am told to save money.
Haiken, a Swedish guy we met sailing his boat back home from Italy, left. We had many interesting chats over a few glasses of wine and a meal with him and wish him good luck finding a new crew soon. Here he is proudly posing on Milliger, a racing yacht.
Here is the tableau for Barrio Sul near the church and stage.
It is the main day of the festival so I went for a walk around the town expecting all the shops to be shut but they were all open as usual and just as well as Steve found the cream he needed for his Moussaka topping for tonight's meal with Haiken was well out of date!
Many of the shop windows and houses were decorated with the fishing theme and the stage has been put up for the "rusgas" tonight as well.
An old traditional fishing boat, that is normally moored in the marina, has been decorated and towed out into the harbour near the fish dock for the duration of the festivities.


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MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the Foreign Press Center. It's great to have you here. I'd like to remind you to turn off cell phones and other electronic devices that may make some kind of alarm. We are very pleased to have with us today John Zogby, who is a pollster and political pundit. He'll deliver a few words, and then we'll take questions from both here in Washington and from our sister office at the Foreign Press Center in New York.
So without further ado, John.
MR. ZOGBY: Thank you. And thank you very much. It always amazes me that you keep inviting me back. (Laughter.) This is Super Tuesday, and Super Tuesday, obviously, because so many states are at play. And let's just take a look at, first of all, the stage, and then I'll give you some thoughts, then, as to how I think tonight will play out, and then let me also remind you that this is purely for entertainment purposes only, because we have to see the actual numbers coming in. There's always time and room for surprises.
But essentially, let's go across the map and picture it in our minds. We have Massachusetts and Vermont. We have Ohio, which we have to say three times. Our colleague Tim Russert defined "Ohio, Ohio, Ohio." It's always a very important state. It is today. We have North Dakota as well, Montana, and Wyoming, and then very importantly, heading back east, we also have Virginia, our neighbor here, Georgia, Tennessee, and Oklahoma, and I hope that adds up to ten.
QUESTION: (Inaudible) Idaho.
MR. ZOGBY: Idaho. Okay. Thank you very much. (Laughter.) All right. So let's see what the polls are showing at this moment in time. In the Romney column, we can safely place Massachusetts and Vermont. Those are important must-wins for him. Virginia is a victory for Romney. He not only leads in the polls, but a number of candidates were not able to place themselves on the ballot. And so it's just Romney versus Ron Paul, and he's – it's assumed that he will win, win big, show that in some way, in terms of spin, he can win in a southern state.
At this point in time, Newt Gingrich, of course, still leads in his home state of Georgia, and in fact, has been building up his lead in Georgia. He has predicted that he would win in Georgia, and it is a must-win for him, although it's very hard to say where he goes from here with a credible candidacy for president.
In Tennessee and in Oklahoma, at this point in time, Rick Santorum still leads, and actually leads pretty handsomely. There are states where Ron Paul has a chance of winning. One is clearly Alaska, which I did not mention. That's a caucus state, and if any state is made to order for Ron Paul, it's that rugged, individualistic, very libertarian state of Alaska. Whether or not Ron Paul needs to win is almost an irrelevant question, but media have been asking about a victory just to show the credibility of his campaign. We all know that Ron Paul is basically building a libertarian movement within the Republican Party and always holds cards close to his vest as to whether he will lead his movement outside of the Republican Party and not himself, but endorse some Libertarian candidate.
Now, Ohio. Right now, there are conflicting polls, but basically saying the same thing, that either Mitt Romney is ahead by two in Ohio or Rick Santorum is ahead by two in Ohio. And I think I'll just end my comments right now.
What does that mean? It means that actually 11 days ago, Rick Santorum was leading by 17 points in Ohio. And since the Michigan – his Michigan loss, at least in the popular vote, he's not only been losing points and Romney gaining points, but actually, Romney has been picking up steam quite rapidly. And so to go from a 17-point deficit for Romney to, let's at least call it a tie, in 10 days is pretty substantial. And let's call that pretty substantial momentum for Romney.
Now, Ohio and its demographic makeup. Ohio has key cities, of course Cleveland and Toledo, Akron and Dayton. Those are substantial-sized cities. They are what's left of what we call traditionally blue collar cities. Now the blue collar voter, the old image that we have of the muscular, union blue collar male, not as many of those voters as we used to have. Those cities are changing, have changed to a service economy as well. But we do look at the blue collar prototype because that is the voter, whether still working blue collar manufacturing or has made a change into low to midlevel service economy, that is fundamentally a former Democrat, a Democrat in terms of social and public – or in terms of public policy, in terms of federal spending, in terms of economic policy, but is very conservative in terms of social issues.
So very importantly, and I hope this helps you, when we say the term blue collar, for us pollsters, we think of NASCAR racing fans, we think of households that shop frequently at Walmart. Walmart is an important social phenomenon and commercial phenomenon in this country and we think of traditional values.
To a large degree, there is not a, quote, "Catholic vote" in this country. What there is is a social values vote, and it represents what is blue collar, ethnic, third and fourth generation American, descendants of Italy and Poland and Central and Southern Europe. That's very important to note because Ohio, then, all comes down to this relatively small blue collar vote. Will they vote their traditional social values, in which case they vote conservative? Or will they vote aggressive stimulus – federal stimulus, state stimulus – in order to stimulate the economy and get back their jobs? This is a fundamental issue in the Republican Primary. We saw this play out to a considerable degree in Michigan just a little bit ago. More importantly, this is the defining issue in Ohio in November.
Will Obama win a larger portion than usual than a Democrat has been able to claim in recent years among this core vote because of the economic stimulus, in particular the bailout of the auto companies, and take credit then for saving the auto companies and hence stabilizing the unemployment rate? Or will Obama be seen as twofold – one, as too much of a social liberal or a radical on issues like gay marriage, now even contraception? Or for that matter – and this is another piece that makes this blue collar vote so complicated – I did not coin this term. But a colleague of mine, Thomas Edsall, one of the great journalists of our time and a columnist for the New York Times these days, has talked about the new haves versus the new have-nots in the United States.
Now usually, when we think in terms of haves versus have-nots, it's the talk we have been hearing about the 1 percent, very super rich, and the rest of us middle class. That is so not the United States. Americans don't resent wealth. They resent people who don't play by the rules. But the new haves versus the new have-nots, the new haves are in, according to Edsall, what are regarded as public employees – teachers, state and government workers, police, firefighters – those who seem to have privileges, benefits, pensions that blue-collars workers, middle class taxpayer Americans who work in the private sector do not have. These aren't my views, but these are the complications, the nuances, that make an Ohio very unpredictable, that make American elections very, very close, if you – as you've seen in the last decade or so.
So what will happen tonight? As I've traditionally said before the Foreign Press Association when I've done something on Election Day, mid-afternoon, I don't know. And you've heard this exclusively here. Don't forget – New York, don't forget that you heard me say this. But let's say I did, though, okay? Because I can't resist. There's a microphone here, and I enjoy it. I think Romney wins Ohio. Okay? You add that together with the other states that he'll win, and it's a Romney evening. If he loses Ohio, it is not devastating, but it just postpones his nomination. But if he wins Ohio, his nomination becomes one step even closer.
Here's how I see things. Right now, I just had a poll out in conjunction with The Washington Times. It was out Monday, and it was out Tuesday. And Romney leads the other Republicans on the basis of three Es. Electability – he is by far considered to be the Republican among Republicans who can defeat Barack Obama. Secondly is the economy. He is the candidate among the candidates in the field who is seen as best handling the economy. And the third E is elitism. He leads substantially among voters earning $100,000 a year or more, but in particular among those earning $200,000 a year or more.
So here are both his opportunities and his problems all wrapped up under the letter E. It's very hard to see, and voters are telling us on the Republican side that they don't see, a Santorum nomination. They certainly do not see a Gingrich nomination. And they obviously do not see a Ron Paul nomination. The metaphor that I use is they have test-driven – they're shopping for a car. Autos are very important in this election. They're shopping for a car and they've taken the candidates for a test drive and they have already decided they're not going to buy the other three. But they keep wanting to go around the block with this Romneymobile. They're just not ready. Yes, they've decided on Romney, but they're not ready to make the down payment just yet.
How's that? Okay? Let's open it up to questions.
MODERATOR: Thank you very much, John. With that, we will turn to questions. We'll start here and then we'll go to any in New York. So right in the front row, and please state your name and your news organization.
QUESTION: Zoltan Mikes, World Business Press Online News Agency, Slovakia. And my question is if – do you expect that after Super Tuesday the pressure on Rick Santorum to give it up in order to have one strong candidate on the Republican side will build up? Is there any constellation of the results that he will really give it up?
And the second question would be about winner takes it all rather than the proportional approach. Do you think that Republicans are happy with their decision to change to this?
MR. ZOGBY: Okay, those are a lot of questions but they're also very good questions. Okay. First of all, what we don't see any indication whatsoever from Santorum that he will give up. The wind behind his sails right now is that he represents a wing, a social conservative wing – a very, very social conservative wing – of the Republican Party. He has a podium and he has delegates. He loses the podium if he gives up the nomination.
He also loses the podium, to use his own words, if he decides at this point to become a, quote, "team player," which you recall he was severely criticized for during one of the debates a couple of weeks ago when he had to explain some of his votes in the Senate. And he said, well, I went against my principles because I was a team player.
And so this is much bigger than Rick Santorum. Right now this is about, I think, four distinct wings of the Republican Party represented by four men. I think that this is a serious fracture within the party. I think it's a battle over the heart and soul of the Republican Party, and I don't personally, reading my own and others' polls, I don't see how this fracture gets healed.
With that said, it's larger than Rick Santorum. But let's also add the fact these are four men who not only represent distinct pieces of the Republican Party, they're four men who annoy each other very, very much right now. So this is deeply personal.
Okay, yes.
QUESTION: Yeah. (Off-mike.)
MR. ZOGBY: Oh, yeah. The proportional representation enables these candidates right now. We get to a point later down the road where we get to winner-take-all. That's why it's very important right now for these candidates, in their view, to stay in so that they can collect delegates. And then if there is an effort in Tampa, which is where the Republican Convention is held, an effort on their part to speak or to negotiate with Romney, they want to be able to speak in prime time and speak their point of view. That will not help the Republican nominee, but it may offer at least some healing.
MODERATOR: Right in the second row.
QUESTION: Thank you, sir. My name is Bingru with Hong Kong Phoenix TV. My question is each time when election comes, the candidates played a China card, especially Romney this time. What do you think the entire China card this time will affect the voters' decision? Thank you.
MR. ZOGBY: That's another really good question. There is a substantial wing in the Republican Party that is populist and anti-China, that it is the wing of the party that at one point was represented by Pat Buchanan. And interestingly, though blue collar unions, manufacturing unions and their leadership are on the Democratic side, very interestingly this wing of social conservatives are really more substantial within the Republican Party than they are in the Democratic Party.
So is there a China card to play? Yes, most assuredly there is, because it works for certain candidates in the primaries. In the general election, it's a completely different story. By and large, depending on – my business is a very complicated business. It depends on the values that we seek when we ask questions of the public. The public supports globalization. Young people support globalization. The major Democratic constituencies, with the exception of organized labor's leadership, support globalization. Look at the leading Democratic constituencies: Hispanics, African Americans, the creative class, young people; those are all globalization constituencies.
On the other side, on the Republican side, is this populist constituency. It is not anywhere near a majority constituency.
MODERATOR: Right back here.
QUESTION: Thank you. Hi, my name is Kathleen Gomes. I work for a Portuguese daily newspaper called Publico. I have a couple of questions. Do you see anyone dropping out of the race tomorrow or tonight, depending on the results? For instance, if Santorum loses Ohio, do you expect him – I mean, will he be able to justify staying on the race after that?
The second question is about the blue collar voters that you mentioned. Were you talking specifically about the blue collar voters in Ohio or the Midwest, because I imagine that the blue collar voters in the South are a little different; they're not as fiscally Democratic, from what I understand, as the ones you mentioned. Thank you.
MR. ZOGBY: Okay, good point. Let me take the second question first. Yes, they are different. They're more traditionally conservative in the South. However, let's also take a step back. This is a good point, I think, to remind you. When we talk about union voters in this country, let's understand the term. Over 50 percent – it's now about 55, 56 percent of union voters – are public employees: teachers, police, government workers, and so on. So it's a smaller and smaller proportion of union voters that are the traditional blue color voters.
But yes, they are more conservative on fiscal issues, although there has been some transplantation among manufacturing workers, as there has been among all the various class and occupational levels in this country. Shifting from Midwest and Northeast down South, you have a transplantation of moderate former Northerners, or in states like North Carolina and Virginia, even Georgia, and so on. But by and large, no, it is a conservative vote.
I don't see Rick Santorum dropping out. I think by virtue of personality, by virtue of the fact that he has a constituency that listens to him that he has found, that is very intense, I think his constituency would see it as a betrayal at this moment in time. I don't see his constituency ready to jump on a Romney bandwagon, as much as, frankly, I don't see the major thrust of Ron Paul's constituency ever, ever jumping on a Romney bandwagon.
This is almost a gladiator battle, but one guy does have the sword like this over the other guys. We are rich with metaphors today. (Laughter.)
MODERATOR: We're going to switch right now to New York and our sister office Foreign Press Center there. Please give us your name and your media affiliation.
QUESTION: Thank you very much. My name is Erol Avdovic. I am representing Dnevni Avaz, biggest daily from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mr. Zogby, good to see you. We are following you even in Bosnia – your polls and everything. My question is how big of the issue will be and when will start actually to play a more bigger issue the foreign policy? When the foreign policy will start to play bigger issue among the Republicans in their campaign, and cetera?
And also as a follow-up to that, today we have heard President Obama talking about those who are beating the war drums, somehow accusing that they are irresponsible when they are bringing to the political arena just not playing with the security issues and cetera. Do you think that with that President Obama diminished the threat of really bringing that issue to the political arena of the Republicans, or they are going to proceed with that irresponsibly, some would say.
MR. ZOGBY: Okay. Stay tuned. This is deep, okay? The fundamental party breakdown between Democrats and Republicans over foreign policy is: What is the future role of the United States in the world? You've already seen Mitt Romney lay out his vision.
And frankly, foreign policy is not much of a battle line among the Republicans, because with the exception of Ron Paul, they're all in basic agreement of what we would call American exceptionalism. America is special, America is – has democratic values, America means liberty and democracy, and it is an evangelical – with a small E – missionary sense to those who subscribe to this view. And for Romney and the other Republicans, if America does not play this role, it is no longer the global leader. If America does not play this role, it's no longer the United States of America. And hence, Barack Obama represents to them the decline of the United States as the number one global power.
Now, there are some who will read in Obama's demographic and will say, a-ha, first African American, first Barack Hussein Obama, Muslim – there are those who will read that piece into it. Let's put that aside, but let's just say that's how the Republicans see America's role in the world. Obama, for a lot of reasons, represents the globalist point of view. And essentially, that is, in Fareed Zakaria's terms, the recognition that there are other major regional powers that are growing. They need to be recognized for the leadership that they bring, at least regionally. And that secondly, there are limits to this, quote, "empire" of the United States, that the United States cannot be policing and waging war and building bases and expanding, expanding, expanding.
This is really not only the fundamental foreign policy issue of our times. It's also what separates the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, and the reasoning is simple. I alluded earlier to the question about the China card. That's a part of it, the recognition that China stands as the replacement of America's greatness, that China's gain is at the expense of the United States – that the United States is now dependent, in fact, on China.
On the Democrats' side, let's look at the major constituencies that elected Barack Obama. You have Hispanics, and Hispanics are still very much in the immigration phase of their existence here in the United States. But the other thing about Hispanics is that we expect Hispanics to be 11 percent of the total vote in this year's election. I've watched, as a pollster, that figure go from 4 percent in 1992, 5 percent in '96 – I'm not going to take you each election – but eight percent in 2004, 9.2 percent in 2008, and now expecting 11 percent. African Americans are particularly in tune – though they are American and though they are urban, African Americans have never bought into the U.S. as an empire role.
Thirdly, are young people. Young people are 18 to 32 years of age, what I call America's first global citizens. They have a planetary sensibility that no other age cohort has. And they raise their market share of the total vote from, generally, around 17 percent of the total vote to a little over 19 percent of the total vote in 2008. Now, whether or not they're going to vote with similar intensity we don't know, but what we do know is that the two most popular candidates among young people are either Barack Obama or Ron Paul. Ron Paul, which is – of whom is not a globalist, but certainly not an imperialist either. This is that fundamental battle.
Now, let's get specific about Iran. Sure, this is a campaign, and it's to be expected that Republicans will talk about going to war, about taking a strong position about – against Iran, about the safety and security of Israel. Not so much because of the Jewish vote, but because of the Evangelical vote – the Evangelical vote – which comprises a significant portion of the total Republican vote.
And so foreign policy will be an overriding issue in terms of what's next for America, the broad vision. But there will be foreign policy issues at the same time – should we be leaving Afghanistan? Are we leaving a mess? Should we bomb or support the bombing of Iran? So this will play – this will be a huge issue.
But you know as well as I do: it's the economy. By and large, that's the number-one issue.
MODERATOR: More questions? Yes, please.
QUESTION: Hi, good afternoon, Mr. Zogby. My name is Dagmar Benesova. I'm also from Slovakia and this is also for Czech media. And my question is – I would like to ask you – as you mentioned today, the GOP party is divided inside. How much it could be beneficial for President Obama if tonight will not bring the clear winner? And another question: Is Gingrich – he – as in the past, he showed that he's a man of surprise. So we do not expect any coming back or supernova jumpback after Super Tuesday, or do we? Thank you very much.
MR. ZOGBY: (Laughter.) Every day that the Republicans do not unite behind a nominee is a good day for Barack Obama, pure and simple. Let's look at the situation right now that he finds himself in. His job performance ratings are acceptable. They're in the 48-49 percent category. When he is paired against Romney or – let's just say Romney for all intents and purposes – he's leading on average three to five points. Sometimes you'll see an outlier poll that has Romney ahead by two points.
But point being with unemployment where it is, with the economy where it is, that the incumbent president is viewed favorably by half the voters and is competitive against the Republican, indicates that the Republican Party still has a lot more salesmanship to go. And that's going to be very difficult until there's a nominee and somebody can produce some party unity. And frankly – not as a partisan, but as a pollster – I'm a little skeptical on that unity.
Gingrich is a man of surprises. You know Lazarus only rose from the dead once – (laughter) – in the New Testament. Gingrich is like one of those inflatable toys with sand in the bottom and – (laughter) – just keeps coming back. So the honest answer is I doubt it; I don't see how. But who knows? And he's very smart, interesting ideas. He's very comfortable in his own shoes. If you want to know how smart he is, ask him and he'll tell you. But so long as voters are still asking questions about Mitt Romney – I mean Republican voters, still quite saying, "Gee, you know, I don't know that I've ever quite met anybody like him. I don't know anybody like Mitt." Then I guess there can be a surprise, highly unlikely, but there could be.
MODERATOR: Yes, way in the back there.
QUESTION: A follow-up question to what you just said.
MODERATOR: I'm sorry. Where are you from?
QUESTION: Sorry, sorry. I'm Marco Bassets from La Vanguardia, Barcelona, Spain. How important is the Mormon issue?
MR. ZOGBY: Is the --
QUESTION: The Mormon – the Mormon issue in this election.
MR. ZOGBY: It's very important because it – when we look at those who answer the polling question honestly, will you never vote for a Mormon, it's almost 30 percent of those who identify themselves as social conservatives. Now, Republicans cannot win without getting a solid vote from social conservatives in the general election. Now, does that never become tempered when it's a Mormon running against an African American? Stay tuned, the movie isn't over yet. But at least for now, yeah, I think it's a problem. And to be honest with you, those are the ones – those are the people who admit that. This is one of those areas that I will say to you as a pollster, when it comes to issues like race, you don't always get – you may get a more socially acceptable answer than what really lies in peoples' hearts and minds.
MODERATOR: Okay. Yes. Right there. Wait for the microphone, if you would.
QUESTION: Hi there. My name is Veronika Oleksyn, I write for an Austrian newspaper. And I've been reading about how a Romney vote in Tennessee could have a lot of symbolic value, and I'm wondering how realistic is that and what are your thoughts on that. Thank you.
MR. ZOGBY: It's realistic because it's competitive in Tennessee. Tennessee is one of those states that on one hand it has a very high percentage, like South Carolina, of social conservative votes. It's also a state that has benefited from migration in from the Midwest because of the auto plants and because of, well, world-class cities like Nashville, for example, and Memphis and so on.
Right now, I can only tell you that Santorum leads, is maintaining his lead. Now, should Romney win Tennessee, I think it's even more than symbolic. It's extremely significant because it means he can go deeper into the South.
MODERATOR: Okay. And then after this we'll have time for one more question.
QUESTION: All right. Thank you. Betty Lin of the World Journal. What does it take for Obama to win Ohio? And also, for people who are from non-religious countries, it's really hard to understand how or why religion plays such a big role in this country. And so can you explain that in plain language? And like George Bush had to say that the greatest philosopher was God, and --
MR. ZOGBY: Jesus.
QUESTION: Oh, Jesus. Okay. (Laughter.) Well, I – okay. So is this country getting more and more conservative and religious?
MR. ZOGBY: You find it hard to explain. Imagine being from New York and I have to answer your question. Wow. There has always been this part of America's character. America in many ways is founded by those who were religiously persecuted, among other things, and it's part of our makeup, and it's part of our what we would call secular religion, that being free to worship is as much of a religion as what you worship.
But in that sense, we've always had this strain. What we're seeing today is really not new. You go back into American history and there were evangelical movements in the 1770s. Part of it was the American Revolution, but a part of it was also tarring and feathering people who were viewed as non-spiritual or witches. It continues into the 1830s and '40s – don't worry, I'm not going to take you on this long ride, believe me – but it continues. Some of it was against slavery and for women's rights, and some of it was very traditional and anti-Irish and anti-immigrant.
And so every generation we have this fundamental battle between the two distinct Americas: one urban, cosmopolitan; one rural and traditional, let's call it. In this instance, I think add to that the fact that there's so much change going on – we haven't even gotten into that – that's another story for another time – so much technological change, so much creative destruction, that there are numbers of people who are looking for comfort, looking for answers, looking for some stability amidst so much change.
But frankly, what happened last week with Rush Limbaugh and so on – that was a total shock. To me as a pollster, I watch this stuff for a living. Every single day, yes there is a conservative strain, but things have moved forward. Ninety-nine percent of women who are sexually active use birth control. Ninety-eight percent of sexually active Catholic women use birth control. Where's the political base here? And if I might add, just on a personal note, here's a guy who's married four times and never had any kids. I'm not going to go any further down that road. Draw your own conclusion, if you will.
But I have no idea how to answer your question. How's that? I'm sorry. (Laughter.)
MODERATOR: We'll segue into the last question. Yes. Right back there.
QUESTION: Carla Turner, Canadian Broadcasting. I just wanted to sort of overall get your – so it sounds like you're saying that these four are going to drag this out for – how long? Convention?
MR. ZOGBY: Oh, I think they could very well take it to the convention. A lot of it is dependent on whether or not Fox News decides, hey, Santorum, for example, you're not going to win anywhere, we're not going to cover you anymore. There are not going to be any debates. But we live in an age of new and social media and ways to reach people without Fox, which is – Fox is now a traditional medium. So yeah, my gut instinct tells me that they probably play this out as long as they possibly can. They have delegates, they have proportional representation of delegates up to a point, and they have their constituencies; they want a voice at the convention.
And then somebody's got to be able to explain to men who play by different rules – I mean, Gingrich – for Gingrich this is all – this is as much personal as it is political. This – for Santorum, this is as much about being a 1950s Catholic and making sure that he's representing Evangelicals and pre-Vatican II Catholics. And for Ron Paul, Ron Paul just is not a team player period. And even if Ron Paul were to say tomorrow – I don't mean this facetiously at all – but if Ron Paul were to say, "I endorse Mitt Romney and I hope the Republican wins," I don't think he takes one person with him from his base.
MODERATOR: Thank you very much, John, for joining us today. We really appreciate it. And thank you, as well, for joining us. And that concludes our event.
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"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_iahu.com> wrote in message news:<2uPrd.61$G45.36_at_news.oracle.com>...
> Write the shortest sql query that would return a minimal cover of a set of
> intervals. For example, given
> Intervals = {(x=1,y=3), (x=2,y=5), (x=4, y=11), (x=10,y=12), (x=20,y=21)}
> it should return
> cover(Intervals) = {(x=1,y=12), (x=20,y=21)}
> "Developing Time-Oriented..." book by R.Snordgrass demonstrates several
> rather lenthy solutions (pp.160+). The book is freely downloadable.
> To be able to compare results, lets agree that each of the clauses (select,
> from, where, group by, having) starts a new line. (Each subquery/inner view
> must obey this rule as well.) Also, no more than 2 column expressions are
> allowed to fit on a single line in the select clause. Likewise, no more than
> 2 view/tables are allowed on a single line within from clause, no more than
> 2 predicates in the each line of the where clause, etc. If anybody knows
> alternative (maybe even standard) sql formatting rules, you are welcome to
> suggest those.
I have not looked at the article, so I'm not sure this is any shorter but:
with cover(x,y,n) as (
select x, y, 1 from intervals
union all
select c.x, i.y, n+1 from cover c, intervals i where c.y > i.x
and (n+1) < (select count(1) from intervals) )
select x, max(y) from cover c
where not exists (
select 1 from cover where y=c.y and x < c.x ) group by x
tested with
create table intervals (
x int not null, y int not null, primary key (x,y)
insert into intervals (x,y) values (1,3),(2,5),(4,11),(10,12),(20,21);
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Darrel said on Sep. 12 '07
I really like the illustration, but the type seems to be a bit of a letdown. Maybe work on the type some more. Also, it's impossible to read what's on the flag. Maybe take off the writing and go with a standard triangle.
wilsonink said on Jan. 28 '08
this one is good too! :D
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I've got a new bike that's great, now I need to put a couple bags on it for some distance rides.
I think I would like an expandable seat bag and either a handlebar bag or a bag that straps to the top rail and stem tube(?). Does a handlebar bag hang on the front or rear side of the handlebars? It looks like it would interfere with the cableing on the front side.
I want to carry a patch kit, spare tube, some sort of pump, some sort of multi tool, a wallet, cell phone, iPod, water and gatoraid (hydration pack maybe), a snack or two, and a 9mm compact pistol. Any other essentials that I should carry?
I was looking on a site call REI.com. They had a lot of stuff but I know there are a LOT more sites out there. Any suggestions of sites with reasonable prices and good customer service? Thanks in advance for any help.


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Charles Joseph "Joey" Kirchner Jr. passed away at home February 10, 2013. Joey was a 1985 graduate of West Liberty State College. Joey is survived by his mother, Elizabeth and son Matthew. Also surviving Joey are his two sisters Darlene and Linda, his two nieces April and Natalie, nephew Michael, and step-grandson Charles.
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Last summer, I had the opportunity to travel around Maritime Quebec. My trip was billed as "Glaciers, Flowers and Gourmet Delicacies." What immediately stood out to me on the itinerary was the Jardin de Métis, also known as Reford Gardens. I'd read a lot about the gardens and couldn't wait to see them for myself. To get there, we had taken a ferry the night before from Baie-Comeau, where we had spent a day touring around, to Matane. We stayed at Hôtel-Motel Belle-Plage, so I fell asleep and awoke to the gentle waves of the St. Lawrence River. I was disappointed to wake up and discover an overcast and rainy day, however as we neared Reford Gardens, we drove into the sun.
After wandering through the unique, intellectual gardens that make up the International Garden Festival, we met up with Alexander Reford, director of Reford Gardens and great-grandson of the gardens' founder, Elsie Reford. Alexander has been instrumental in continuing Elsie's legacy and expanding the gardens in both size and profile. In fact, Alexander won a Canadian Garden Tourism Award for Person of the Year this past March at Canada's Garden Tourism Conference.
Alexander took my little group of three behind the scenes showing us some future project sites and introducing us to chef Pierre-Olivier Ferry whom we encountered in the kitchen garden.
I took a ton of photos and compiled them into a photo essay, which you will find in our Garden Travel section. I thought I'd share some of the more candid ones here.


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Responsive CSS/LESS/SASS Theming, Drupal backend development with Views, Context, Display Suite.
Including support for JSON/XML.
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A variety of coin banks.
Logan Rural Mailbox coin bank. Metal mail box on wooden stand. Box is 7" in length.
Small composition Panda bank. Marked FF Japan on the underside. Rubber plug still in place.
4.5" in height. TY29
Top Cat, hard plastic bank, Circa 1970s. Very good with scattered paint loss.
Peoples Life Insurance Company, Washington D.C. coin bank. Excellent condition,
no key. Ca. 1940s-50s
Admirals composition Savings bank with plug in the bottom. Very good condition.
Baby blue plastic Mr. Peanut coin bank. Chip to the base.
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Anyway, I had posted a query in the mounts forum recently about the ability to mount my C8 via a Vixen-style dovetail and then mount to the scope a Celestron Onyx 80 EDF via an ADM MDS dovetail. I had concerns about the stability of this configuration. After receiving an answer from Uncle Rod stating "keep on truckin'" I proceeded to try it out. Well, it seems solid enough to me! Now, due to weather issues, I have not had the chance to see if there is any appreciable flexure in the system when looking at stars, so I will update that at another time, hopefully in the coming weeks.
I have seen other posts where people posted questions or had concerns about such a configuration. And I had looked through numerous pics from other posters about their particular mount/scope configuration to see if I could find someone doing it as I was planning on doing it. I saw a few, but rather few. So, to share my experience I decided to post a video on YouTube showing this configuration. It can be found here: http://youtu.be/DMjuvcODXXo
Only downside to the Atlas is it seems to drain my battery far quicker than my old AC motor on my Byers drive. In fact, using it just last evening, the battery dropped one notch (highly accurate, huh?) on its meter after just 45 minutes of use after fully charging it during the day. Any suggestions on a good battery source? How many amp/hours would be good? Id like to try and avoid anything that has flashlights, air compressors, radios and all that built onto the battery. I just need a good battery!
Thanks to all in advance!


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2001 Outdoor: Redshirted.
2000 Indoor: Redshirted.
2000 XC: Redshirted.
High School: 2000 graduate of Page High School in Page, Ariz…four-year letterwinner in track and cross country…all-state and all-region honoree in '97…helped team to 4A state championships during junior and senior seasons.
Personal: Majoring in bioengineering…mother Alva Acothley…has three younger siblings: Michaelynn (9), Maria (7) and Matia (5)…born July 15, 1982, in Tuba City, Ariz.
Personal Bests: 1500 - 5:18.36, Mile – 5:40.


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Storm surge graphics to be issued this year
The graphic will be updated every six hours, and will reflect changes in a storm's track or strength.
The goal, hurricane center director Rick Knabb told Thursday's session, "is to enhance …
11:27 am Apr. 17, 2014
The graphic will be updated every six hours, and will reflect changes in a storm's track or strength.
The goal, hurricane center director Rick Knabb told Thursday's session, "is to enhance …
3:05 pm Apr. 15, 2014
Despite all the public education, a staggering 84 percent of people surveyed still believe wind, not water,is the greatest threat to their safety, and base their evacuation decisions on wind speed or a storm's category, the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes said this week.
The national Harris Interactive Survey, commissioned by the nonprofit group FLASH, revealed "frightening perceptions," FLASH said Tuesday in a release.
The survey clashes with the reality that hurricane …
11:13 am Apr. 10, 2014
Look for a below-average hurricane season, the soothsayers at Colorado State University said Thursday, in their first crack at predicting 2014.
The team of William Gray and Phil Klotzbach predicts nine named storms, with three becoming hurricanes and …
1:00 pm Jun. 13, 2013
With hurricane season off to a threatening start, The Palm Beach Post assembled an expert panel at its West Palm Beach headquarters on Wednesday for "Hurricane Season: Save Yourself."
Panelists were Robert Molleda, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service's Weather Forecast Office in Miami; Mary Blakeney, senior manager with the Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management; and Michelle Damone, of the Indian Trail Improvement District.
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On Wednesday morning, at the Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, sat down for a quick Q&A with the Post. …
6:16 am May. 8, 2013
Posted 6:15 a.m., May 8, 2013
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who's had the luxury of not presiding over a hurricane strike, is expected to preach against complacency at today's opening session of the Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference in Fort Lauderdale.
Florida has been spared in the seven years since the 2004-2005 onslaught that included Frances, Jeanne, Charley, Ivan and Wilma.
Also scheduled to speak Wednesday: Craig Fugate, head of the Federal Emergency Management …
11:06 am Aug. 9, 2012
With August comes the traditional gearing up of hurricane season, and government forecasters said Thursday they expect the rest of it to be a little more active than usual.
The Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called for a 70 percent chance of 12 to 17 named storms, of at least tropical storm strength, with five to eight becoming hurricanes and two to three of those major …
5:48 pm Jul. 11, 2012
In late June, the National Weather Service joined with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to launch a system that will send text messages to people in areas threatened by severe weather such as hurricanes.
These Wireless …
3:25 pm May. 30, 2012
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Craig Fugate, Gov. Rick Scott and outgoing National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read will hold a press conference Friday afternoon …
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And the radius of each of the concentric circles that make up the forecast cone will shrink by about three miles.
Forecasters also remind that in 2010, advisories were modified …
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David Caminer has died. Now there was a radical digital pioneer.
The incredible story of the world's first business computer
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- #1 dreamingspire on 06.30.08 at 8:44 pm
Yes, a true pioneer. I note that he was a senior man on the software of the ICL New Range series (2900 series). Not a successful range of systems, specified by mice, not men. Not David C's fault, however.
- #2 Greg on 07.01.08 at 7:38 pm
I've posted a link to a nice book about the emergence of the computer (easy non-technical read) – which has a chapter on LEO, with an inspiring and heartwarming description of David Caminer.
- #3 Greg on 07.01.08 at 7:39 pm
Ooops – the link (the book is called "Electronic Brains"):
- #4 kidsgrove 66 on 07.03.08 at 11:36 pm
The current versions of new range are still running many systems, government ones in particular, and will continue to do so until at least 2020. That gives it a life of around 50 years. It has been a financial and technical success. Not sure what dreamingspire bases has conclusions on


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News: Goldy Locks, Andy Hendrickson don't let a rocket stop the rock
Story by Staff Sgt. Alexander Burnett
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Department of the Army civilians and coalition partners enjoyed live entertainment on Kandahar Airfield, Sept. 10.
Hundreds of service members gathered at the boardwalk to enjoy stand-up comedy by Andy Hendrickson and live music from party band Goldy Locks. The show, which was sponsored by Armed Forces Entertainment, performed at two other forward operating bases in Afghanistan before coming to KAF.
"We played at Tarin Kowt and Spin Buldak before we came to Kandahar Airfield," said Goldy Locks guitarist Austin Leslie. "The troops at both bases were great, we couldn't have asked for a better audience."
The band kicked off the performance with a variety of songs ranging from classic rock to new metal. Goldy Lock, lead singer of the band with same name, encouraged soldiers to sing along to their favorite songs and shout out requests. She even brought a soldier on stage to dance and went in to the crowd to dance with the audience.
Comedian Andy Hendrickson took the stage next. Soldiers nearly laughed themselves to tears as he made jokes about relationships, friendship and even life in Afghanistan. His set was unfortunately interrupted when the rocket attack alarm sounded.
"I guess they didn't like that joke," Hendrickson said while waiting for the all clear in a bunker. "It does give us the chance to get close to the troops in here."
After the all clear, Hendrickson finished his act and Goldy Locks took the stage to perform a few more songs. All members of the show remained on the boardwalk to meet with troops and give signatures.
"We had a great time playing and I really want to do this again," said Goldy. "We want all the members of the military to know that you are loved and appreciated. Thank you for having us."
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Update: Deadline reveals that the film will shoot in July (leaving plenty of room for "Anna Karenina") with the film drawing comparisons to "Heat."
Of the current generation of leading men, James McAvoy might be one of our favorites. We first noticed him doing sterling British TV work on top-quality projects like "Early Doors," "Shameless" and "State of Play," but he went on to prove his big-screen chops with a trio of strong, diverse performances in "Starter For Ten," "The Last King Of Scotland" and "Atonement." Since then, he's worked carefully across a broad range of projects -- even in the unpleasant, noisy blockbuster "Wanted," he proved a charming lead while demonstrating his action moves, and he's got his biggest role to date coming up, as the young Charles Xavier in "X-Men: First Class."
It's always tricky to predict his next move, but, while he's been linked to massive projects like the now-defunct "At the Mountains of Madness," "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies" and "Akira," it looks as if he'll use his next slot to return to the U.K. for a smaller project, working with one of the most promising young British directors on a project that's more than a little exciting. McAvoy was on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" last night, along with Robert Redford and most of the rest of the cast of "The Conspirator" -- the Lincoln assassination drama that opens on Friday -- and, while somehow resisting the temptation to punch the host in his doughy face (he's a better man than us, clearly...), the actor let slip that his next project will be a film called "Welcome to the Punch."
The project's been on our radar since last year, when it placed highly on the annual Brit List, a collection of the best unmade screenplays in the U.K. The film's from writer-director Eran Creevy, who made an exceptional debut a couple of years back with the super-low-budget drama "Shifty," which starred Daniel Mays ("Made in Dagenham," "Red Riding") as a man returning to his home town to discover that his best friend, the titular Shifty (Riz Ahmed, of "Four Lions" fame), had become a coke dealer. The film was made for around £100,000, as part of Film London's Microwave scheme, but managed an enormous amount on that tiny budget, picking up five British Independent Film Awards, and has become something of a cult success in the U.K., although it never saw a release in the States -- watch the trailer below.
The follow-up, which sees Creevy again working with "Shifty" producers Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh, is far bigger in scope, a crime thriller in the vein of "Heat" -- Creevy described it at one stage as '"Shifty" meets Michael Mann meets "The Last Boy Scout."' It involves a London detective, Max Lewinsky (the role we imagine is earmarked for McAvoy), whose old nemesis, an armed robber known as Red Diesel, reappears after five years away -- but it's only the tip of a massive conspiracy. The script's mostly very strong, a gripping cop thriller with a scope and a level of action that's quite uncommon for the British film industry, and with Creevy at the helm, we can see why McAvoy would want to get involved.
We've reached out to McAvoy's reps for confirmation, but as yet haven't heard anything back, however, considering the news came from the actor's own mouth, it seems very likely that this is happening. It's unclear when the film's going to go before cameras, and indeed what it would mean for McAvoy's involvement with "Anna Karenina" -- Joe Wright told us last week that he'd offered a role in his Tolstoy adaptation to his "Atonement" star, and was waiting to hear back from him and we reckon that perhaps there will be some schedule juggling if he wants to do both. Still, we're very excited about "Welcome to the Punch," and look forward to hearing more about the project -- including additional casting, there being a good half-dozen juicy roles up for grabs, and we're expecting names of McAvoy's caliber to be lining up alongside him.


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America's Next Top Model: Preview Video
February 16, 2011 11:00 AM by Christine McDow
America's Next Top Model starts again one week from tonight and we can't wait! With all the old favorites back on the show, Tyra dishing out constructive criticism, and models who are both cat-walking and cat-fighting, it promises to be another season full of drama. Want a sneak peak? Click below!
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Beth White Says:
February 16th, 2011 at 11:24 am
ANTM is a great show and I can't wait! Shedding for the Wedding holds no luster for me at all. I'm over the weight loss shows, they are beginning to be all the same. I wish the show well, but it's not my cup of tea.
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I love ANTM but wonder why Tyra never did a season with male model wannabes? Would probably be just as much drama in the house


text: I am looking to buy a lightweight entry level single speed to zip around NYC. I am digging the Fuji Classic--I gave it a ride and really loved it. However, another bike shop suggested the Torker u-district as an option (certainly not as nice looking). Suggestions? Thoughts? I don't know too much about what would make one bike better than the other, so any help would be much appreciated. Also, I am 5'1 so that narrows down my options when it come to frame size and these two seem to have me covered there.


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Getting it done
Ask a building-products pro what's
new and wonderful in the world of products for do-it-yourselfers,
and, unless he has an endorsement deal that requires
him to wax poetic about self-closing toilet lids, the
chances are very good the first words out of his mouth
will be "cordless tools."
Cordless tools
themselves have been around for a while, but what's
new is the variety, the power and the battery life.
If you think your cordless drill is wonderful, check
out cordless circular saws, impact wrenches, rotary
hammers, planers, routers, nailers and screw guns. Those
are just a few of the tools now available. The newest
professional-grade tools are of the 36-volt variety,
more than double the power of many of the products currently
on the market.
"To be able to have the freedom from
the cords with a reciprocal saw and a circular saw is
great," says Jeff Wilson, a television host for
both DIY
Network and HGTV.
"They come with two or three batteries so you can
keep swapping them out. This summer, I was using my
old Makita drill and it kept running out of juice."
Ed Del Grande, a master plumber and contractor
and host of several DIY
Network shows, including "Ed the Plumber,"
is another huge fan of the new wave of cordless tools,
which use lithium batteries to power larger tools and
hold charges longer.
"The newer ones will run full power
until it goes off," he says. "It's not that
steady declining we used to have."
Plus, he says, some battery chargers are
now also radios.
"If you're looking for a new battery,"
he says, "just follow the music."
If there's a drawback to a big power tool
with a big battery, it's the weight, says Thomas Winter,
receiving manager at Lowe's Home Improvement in Sandy
Springs, Ga. For the general homeowner, he recommends
a bare minimum of 12 volts of power but prefers at least
14 volts. You can use that level of power for any project,
from hanging miniblinds to building a deck.
Another popular item in the area of tools
is the laser level, Winter says.
"It's fairly universal," he
says. "You can lay tile or hang pictures with them."
Some are single-position, providing one
line, while others shoot additional lines of light left
to right, floor to ceiling or even around corners. Some
also have stud finders and tape measures built in, and
some will stick to the wall or hang from a pin for hands-free
Here are some items from other product
categories the pros mentioned:
Painting kits. Ten
years ago, there were artists' schools for faux finishing,
Del Grande says. The first time he saw it done, he says
it was like watching someone paint a canvas. Now, there
are kits for do-it-yourselfers with textured rollers
that make quick work of the project and look pretty
darned good. "I never thought a DIYer would come
close," Del Grande says, "but it looks pretty
decent, unless you're comparing it side by side, and
then the difference would be obvious."
Flooring. The
biggest advance in flooring in recent years, Del Grande
says, is pre-finished hardwood floors.
"You don't even have to empty
the room to put them down," he says. "The
finishes are put on in a controlled environment, and
they're just gorgeous."
Installing hardwood floors is still
a job that's primarily tackled by professionals. Not
so with hardwood laminates, which provide a reasonable
substitute at a much lower cost. Plus, most people can
install the laminates themselves.
Interior designer and author Sharon
Hanby-Robie says she was "against the stuff five
years ago," but with improvements in the product
-- it now looks more like wood and it's quieter -- she's
a convert. "I've done so much of it throughout
the entire home," she says. "It's amazing.
It's doing a much better job of looking like wood than
looking like a piece of plastic."