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Romney's Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes On The Middle Class, While Cutting Taxes On Wealthy
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Fox News is trying to cover up the fact that Mitt Romney's tax plan would disproportionately benefit the rich and harm the middle class, as the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center has concluded. The Center found that Romney's plan would "provide large tax cuts to high-income households, and increase the tax burdens on middle- and/or lower-income taxpayers."
Tax Policy Center: Romney Tax Plan Increases Tax Burden On Middle, Lower-Income Americans
Tax Policy Center: Romney Tax Plan "Would Provide Large Tax Cuts To High-Income Households, And Increase The Tax Burdens On Middle- And/Or Lower-Income Taxpayers." A recent study by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center concluded that Romney's plan would have to "provide large tax cuts to high-income households, and increase the tax burdens on middle- and/or lower-income taxpayers" in order to be "revenue-neutral":
Our major conclusion is that a revenue-neutral individual income tax change that incorporates the features Governor Romney has proposed - including reducing marginal tax rates substantially, eliminating the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) and maintaining all tax breaks for saving and investment - would provide large tax cuts to high-income households, and increase the tax burdens on middle- and/or lower-income taxpayers. This is true even when we bias our assumptions about which and whose tax expenditures are reduced to make the resulting tax system as progressive as possible. For instance, even when we assume that tax breaks - like the charitable deduction, mortgage interest deduction, and the exclusion for health insurance -are completely eliminated for higher-income households first, and only then reduced as necessary for other households to achieve overall revenue-neutrality- the net effect of the plan would be a tax cut for high-income households coupled with a tax increase for middle-income households. [Tax Policy Center, 8/1/12]
Tax Policy Center: Romney's Tax Plan "Would Require Deep Reduction In Popular Tax Benefits" Like "Benefits For Low- And Middle-Income Families And Children." The Tax Policy Center study further found that to offset the $360 billion in revenue losses under Romney's tax plan, Romney would be required to make "deep reductions" in tax benefits such as "mortgage interest deduction, the exclusion for employer-provided health insurance, the deduction for charitable contributions, and benefits for low- and middle-income families and children like the EITC and child tax credit":
Absent any base broadening, the proposed reductions in individual and estate taxes specified in Governor Romney's plan would decrease federal tax revenues by $360 billion in 2015.These tax cuts predominantly favor upper-income taxpayers: Taxpayers with incomes over $1 million would see their after-tax income increased by 8.3 percent (an average tax cut of about $175,000), taxpayers with incomes between $75,000 and $100,000 would see somewhat smaller increases of about 2.4 percent (an average tax cut of $1,800), while the after-tax income of taxpayers earning less than $30,000 would actually decrease by about 0.9 percent (an average tax increase of about $130) due to the expiration of the temporary tax cuts enacted in 2009 and extended at the end of 2010.
Offsetting the $360 billion in revenue losses necessitates a reduction of roughly 65 percent of available tax expenditures. Such a reduction by itself would be unprecedented, and would require deep reductions in many popular tax benefits ranging from the mortgage interest deduction, the exclusion for employer-provided health insurance, the deduction for charitable contributions, and benefits for low- and middle-income families and children like the EITC and child tax credit. [Tax Policy Center, 8/1/12]
Experts Agree With Tax Policy Center Conclusion
FactCheck.Org: "We Don't See That" It's "Possible" For Romney Tax Plan Not To Put "A Greater Burden" On Middle-Income Taxpayers. FactCheck.org looked at Romney's tax plan and concluded that Romney "has failed to prove" that his plan will not put "a greater burden, or a larger share of a reduced burden, on middle-income taxpayers." FactCheck.org further noted that "we don't see that it is" possible for his plan not to burden the middle and lower income taxpayers "based on available evidence":
But Romney is not arguing that more jobs and growth should compensate for a tax system that puts a greater burden, or a larger share of a reduced burden, on middle-income taxpayers. He's promising that the share of taxes won't change. He has failed to prove that's possible. And based on available evidence, we don't see that it is. [FactCheck.org, 8/3/12]
Wash. Post: Romney Plan Disproportionately Benefits Wealthy In After-Tax Income. The Washington Post's Dylan Matthews created a chart using data from the Tax Policy Center report which demonstrated that if the Romney tax plan is paid for with tax break cuts, it would create significant increases to after-tax income for the top 0.1 percent, while the bottom 95 percent of taxpayers would see after-tax incomes fall:
The blue bars indicate how the plan would affect after-tax income if the rate cuts are paid for with tax break cuts, and the red bars show its effects without making up the lost revenue. The top 0.1 percent see incomes that are 8.6 percent higher without paying for the rate cuts, and 4.4 percent higher if they're fully financed. Meanwhile, the bottom 95 percent of taxpayers see incomes fall by 1.1 percent if the rate cuts are paid for by cutting tax breaks. [Washington Post, 8/1/12]
Wash. Post's Ezra Klein: "I Can Describe Mitt Romney's Tax Policy Promises In Two Words: Mathematically Impossible." In a Bloomberg View column, Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein wrote, "I can describe Mitt Romney's tax policy promises in two words: mathematically impossible." He continued, explaining how the Tax Policy Center analyzed Romney's proposal:
To help Romney, the center did so under the most favorable conditions, which also happen to be wildly unrealistic. The analysts assumed that any cuts to deductions or loopholes would begin with top earners, and that no one earning less than $200,000 would have their deductions reduced until all those earning more than $200,000 had lost all of their deductions and tax preferences first. They assumed, as Romney has promised, that the reforms would spare the portions of the tax code that privilege saving and investment. They even ran a simulation in which they used a model developed, in part, by Greg Mankiw, one of Romney's economic advisers, that posits "implausibly large growth effects" from tax cuts.
The numbers never worked out. No matter how hard the Tax Policy Center labored to make Romney's promises add up, every simulation ended the same way: with a tax increase on the middle class. The tax cuts Romney is offering to the rich are simply larger than the size of the (non-investment) deductions and loopholes that exist for the rich. That's why it's "mathematically impossible" for Romney's plan to produce anything but a tax increase on the middle class. [Bloomberg View, 8/2/12]
Tax Policy Center: Romney's Tax Plan Would Not Boost Economic Growth
Tax Policy Center: "Reasonable Models Would Show That These Tax Changes Would Have Little Effect On Growth." The Tax Policy Center's study explained that when you look at "reasonable models," Romney's tax plan would have "little effect on growth." Moreover, the study shows that "even with implausibly large growth effects", Romney's tax plan "would likely result in a net tax increase for lower- and middle-income households and tax cuts for high-income households":
In addition, we also assess whether these results hold if we assume that revenue reductions are partially offset by higher economic growth. Although reasonable models would show that these tax changes would have little effect on growth, we show that even with implausibly large growth effects, revenue neutrality would still require large reductions in tax expenditures and would likely result in a net tax increase for lower- and middle-income households and tax cuts for high-income households. [Tax Policy Center, 8/1/12]
Wash. Post: "Romney Tax Plan Won't Help Economic Growth." The Post's Matthews explained in a Wonkblog post that "if you make [Mitt Romney's] tax plan revenue-neutral by cutting deductions and credits" the economic growth effect caused by cutting taxes "goes away":
One of the many ways in which the Tax Policy Center's analysis of the Romney tax plan went out of its way to be fair to the candidate was its inclusion of "dynamic scoring." And when analysts used this method -- where, as Suzy explained, any economic growth caused by a tax change is considered when estimating its cost -- found that the plan would cause $53 billion in increased revenue.
That's nowhere near enough to offset its $360 billion annual cost, but still a substantial chunk of change. Given that tax revenue is expected to be 17.7 percent of GDP in 2015, the year for which these estimates apply (assuming current policy continues) and GDP is projected to be $15 trillion, this would mean the taxes caused $300 billion in economic growth, or a 2 percent increase.
That's a big number! Dynamic scoring is controversial, so it should be taken with a grain of salt, but for perspective, if the United States were growing 2 percentage points slower at the moment, we'd be in a recession. The problem is that if you make the tax plan revenue-neutral by cutting deductions and credits, that economic growth effect goes away. One of the best recent explanations of this was written by Alex Brill and Alan Viard of the American Enterprise Institute, who concluded that "base-broadening" reform of the kind Romney is proposing would not increase growth much at all. The reason: It doesn't remove the incentive to not work created by the income tax. [Washington Post, 8/2/12]
But Fox Attempted To Obscure Effects Of Romney Tax Plan
Fox's Kilmeade Suggested Romney's Tax Plan Would Not Benefit The Rich At The Expense Of The Middle Class. During the August 6 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade and Reagan administration economist Art Laffer suggested that the claim that Romney's tax plan would cut taxes for the rich "at the expense of the middle class" was not "the truth." From the show:
KILMEADE: [W]hen you talk about the message amongst both parties, about the middle class and the refrain from President Obama is Mitt Romney wants to become president to give himself a tax cut and do it at the expense of the middle class. What's the truth? What do the numbers really look like?
LAFFER: Well the truth is Jack Kennedy, which you showed right there, was a very wealthy family. He didn't cut the highest rate to help his family. He did it to help the country. Kennedy cut the tax rates across the board to stimulate. He cut government spending. He reaffirmed the dollar's convert ability to gold in May of 1962. And he did free trade, which is called the Kennedy round tariff negotiation. Every one of those is opposed to what Obama is doing. Obama is going just the opposite direction. And I just don't understand why the Democrats lost their play card. Why they don't really support what they used to be the champions of.
CAROL ALT: Art just really quickly, why you don't tell us why it's so important to have these tax cuts, what that would do to the economy. [Fox & Friends, 8/6/12]
Laffer Falsely Claimed Tax Cuts For The Rich Create An "Environment Of Growth." Later in the show, Laffer tried to hype the plan saying it would create an "environment of growth":
LAFFER: Basically what you really need to do is incentivize producers to hire people Carol. You need to create an environment of growth; prosperity and you cannot love jobs and hate job creators. And that's what's going on here is the president is really talking down business, talking all these regulations everything. Those are the people who create jobs output and employment; those people who make over $250,000 a year are the very people who employ the middle and lower class people and create those jobs. It's ridiculous to think those people will continue to provide jobs, output and employment if you raise their taxes, and you are raising their taxes. It's not giving them a tax cut. For ten years, those tax rates have been this way. Now they're going to pop them up on one small segment, the job creators. It's silly.
KILMEADE: And unfortunately, we're in the silly season when things couldn't be more serious. Art Laffer, economist extraordinaire, thanks so much for joining us. [Fox & Friends, 8/6/12]
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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Young adults appear to have got the message: Debt is best kept to a minimum. Or have they? It's hard to know how people under 35 would behave if their economic condition were better. But there are some signs they've taken to heart the difference between good debt and bad debt. "After running up record debt-to-income ratios during the bubble economy of the 2000s, young adults shed substantially more debt than older adults did during the Great Recession and its immediate aftermath -- mainly by virtue of owning fewer houses and cars," says a study of government data by the Pew Research Center. "From 2007 to 2010, the median debt of households headed by an adult younger than 35 fell by 29%, compared with a decline of just 8% among households headed by adults ages 35 and older. Also, the share of younger households holding debt of any kind fell to 78%, the lowest level since the government began collecting such data in 1983." People younger than 35 carried a median of $15,473 in debt in 2010, compared with $21,912 in 2007. For people 35 and older, the debt load fell less sharply during that period, to $30,070 from $32,543. A cynic might say, well, that's just because lenders have been tougher on people who don't have strong credit histories, which take years to build. Also, the young have been particularly hard hit by unemployment and worries about job security, so they're less likely than in previous years to be buying homes and cars. Both factors probably account for some of the debt decline. Also, even those who do want to buy homes and can qualify for a mortgage may have been scared off by the weak housing market. No one wants to buy a home that might be worth less a year later, so some young people are remaining renters longer. Among those under 35, the share that owned their primary residence fell from 40% in 2007 to 34% in 2011. It's not clear, then, that carrying less debt is a choice, or that this group will cling to the benefits of low debt if they come to feel more economically secure.

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EUGENE, Ore. - Sophomore Kelsey Hayfinished 18th in the women's javelin at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Wednesday night. With that effort in the NCAA Final at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., Hay is set to become just the third outdoor All-American in University of Pennsylvana women's track and field history and the program's first in an outdoor field event.
Hay's first toss landed at 44.82 meters (147 feet), but she bettered that mark with her second effort. That throw traveled 47.28 meters (155-01 ft.) and remained her best through the final set of throws. The two-time All-Ivy honoree placed 11th in her flight and finished the year as the school record holder, the Heptagonal champion and the Heps meet record holder in the event.
Hay is set to earn honorable mention All-America honors when the USTFCCCA makes the official announcement early next week. The only other two Quakers to earn outdoor All-America honors were Leslie Kovach in the 5,000 meters in 2011 and Chris Lundy in the 3,000 meters in 1992.
In all, Hay would be the ninth women's All-American in school history and join Karyn Smith as the only Quakers to earn the distinction in a field event (Smith earned indoor All-America accolades in the triple jump in 1994).
The Quakers still have two more set to compete in the NCAA Finals of their respective events. Senior Maalik Reynolds and sophomore Sam Mattis will both represent the Red and Blue on Friday. Reynolds will aim for his fourth outdoor All-America honor in the high jump at 6:20 p.m., and Mattis will throw in his first NCAA Finals appearance in the discus at 7 p.m.
There will be a live telecast of the NCAA Championships on ESPNU beginning at 7:30 p.m. (EST) on Friday.
A full recap of each day's events at the NCAA Championships can be found at PennAthletics.com.


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>Running 101>What happens with "overtraining?' (HR question)
"Nothing's better than the wind to your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends beside you." Aaron Douglas Trimble
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away...(unkown) • Go With The Flow • Thyroid Support Group
Runners run.
There's a big difference between running too fast on your easy days and overtraining. Overtraining is an actual physiological condition in which your endocrine system gets out of whack from too much stress to the body--most of us non-elites have never experienced overtraining.
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Now that was a bath...
If you honestly feel like you're "barely trotting," you definitely aren't near your LT pace. How is your breathing on your easy runs? Can you talk? Sing a bit? Or are you gasping for air and ready to pass out? How do you actually feel? How does it feel when you finish?
On the other hand, if you're doing every training run at race pace, pushing that hard, you won't improve. But you don't need a machine to know if that's what you're doing in. And eventually your body will slow you down through injury.
I do know that I can judge very well what conversational running would be without a heart monitor. All you need is a mouth to figure out that one
I have been running at what is essentially the equivalent to my race pace. The "barely trotting" is my own perceived notion of my speed - I honestly feel that (esp on the uphills) if i was to slow down at all, I would be walking - as it is, i seriously doubt that I have both feet in the air at the same time...


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Dave Letterman recently surprised Guy Fieri with a 3lb burger.
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CNN's Piers Morgan Cheerleads for Obama
CNN's Piers Morgan tried to breathe some life into Obama's flagging presidency Wednesday, maintaining that America "needs" the President to get back in touch with his voters.
"Well, we need some audacity and some hope, I think," the prime-time host professed at the end of the segment, sounding an awful lot like an Obama campaign volunteer. "Yeah, we need the President to reconnect with his voters really, don't we?" he wondered.
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Morgan even asked The Atlantic's James Fallows, a former Carter speechwriter, to give Obama some advice. "What advice – if you were writing speeches right now for President Obama, what advice would you give him now to ramp up the rhetoric in an effective way?"
Fallows's recent column, the topic of discussion, covered the rhetorical malaise that hindered President Carter and similar problems that could not bode well for President Obama. Morgan admitted that while President Obama has shown excellent poise in some of his earlier speeches, he seems lost when talking about issues like the economy.
Morgan decried the "listless" and "passionless" rhetoric of the President's economic speeches of late. His guest seemed to agree. "Moreover, for all the areas in which President Obama has been able, very eloquently, to talk to various parts of the American psyche, economics has not really been his natural or strong suit," Fellows opined.
A transcript of the segment, which aired on August 10 at 9:12 p.m. EDT, is as follows:
PIERS MORGAN: You wrote speeches for President Carter, and then when you wrote that memorable article in 1979 you made your feelings pretty clear, I guess, about the way his lack of passion in the end resonated adversely on his presidency. What advice – if you were writing speeches right now for President Obama, what advice would you give him now to ramp up the rhetoric in an effective way?
JAMES FALLOWS, national correspondent, The Atlantic: I think that it's worth recognizing first that this economic challenge is more than purely a rhetorical one. Even Ronald Reagan, great an orator as he was, in 1982, he was not able to really say that the recession of those days was better than it was. But I think that if the President could find ways to talk about economic challenges and economic strains on people and also economic hopes in a way that seems somewhat less arms length from the predicament of ordinary people who have not been to Harvard Law School and don't know friends who are investment bankers and all the rest – that I think is the challenge. And finding ways to use simple stories – not the story of the government as a family but some other story about why we can have hope that measures we're taking now will lead better returns next year and in our children's time.
MORGAN: Yeah, we need the President to reconnect with his voters really, don't we?
FALLOWS: We do. And I think it's a matter that there's among his natural base, there's been a sense that he has not been fighting hard enough for them these last six months, especially when – from their point of view and, frankly, from my point of view – the real narrative is the emergency for America is lack of jobs, lack of demand, the possibility of a new recession, as opposed to the emergency being long-term debt issues, which are an issue but in my view not an emergency. So, finding some ways to tell that story again, and how the challenges of right now can lead to promise later on – that's what all political narratives do, and he is certainly capable of doing that. And so, we'll se what we hear.
MORGAN: Well, we need some audacity and some hope, I think.
- Matt Hadro is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center


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GAC Receives Perishables Logistics Provider Award
Global shipping and logistics services provider GAC has bagged the 'Best Logistics Service Provider Award – Perishable Logistics' at the Third Annual Middle East Logistics Awards.
The 3rd MELA Awards, organized by the Media One Group, brings together the region's key logistics industry players as they set benchmarks for performance excellence. The awards also recognise the industry's best practices and stellar performers who have made an impact on the Middle East logistics industry through their valuable contributions.
The winners of the 22 categories were presented with their prizes at a prestigious gala dinner held at the Monarch hotel in Dubai.
Dan Hjalmarsson, GAC's Regional Director for the Middle East says that the company is honored to clinch the accolade in the specialized field of perishable logistics where absolute temperature integrity throughout the cold chain is critical in keeping the products safe, viable and fresh.


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Tonight was one of those nights I just had to work with what I had. What I had was the need to think outside the bun. Seems like I have an inexhaustible supply of Mexican ingredients as well as a hamburger paddy. So here we go. Thought I'd marinate the ground chuck paddy with light olive oil, aged balsamic, and worsester sauce:
Out to the pit we go, where I cooked it indirect under the influence of mesquite
Dusted it with good ol' Chef Merito's carne asada seasoning (You already know how much I wuvs that stuff).
I could have eaten it right here as it is:
But I had bigger (much bigger) plans in mind. While the paddy was smokin', I broke out the extra grande size tortillas and began building. First, some chopped salad, onions, and red jalapenos.
Then salsa, queso fresco, and crema mexicana
Lastly the paddy:
I wrapped it all up first in one tortilla, then inverted and wrapped again with another tortilla. Here is a cross sectional view. Sorry about the pics-- Appears like I somehow smeared my lens. My taste buds went wild over the flavors of this burger.
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Since Sroach and I are in solidarity about the desirability of a D.o.d.g.e. (Drips oil, drops grease everywhere) burger, I hereby officially declare this one the "I made it for Sroach burger," or alternatively the official "Sroach Dodge Deluxe Burger."


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Prize Recipient
Jasmine Oliver
My name is Jasmine Oliver. I am from Valrico, Fl, and am a proud sophomore at South Carolina State University. I chose Physics as my major because the world is a wonder to me. I want to know about everything that it holds and to learn why and how everything happens. The components of this world are intriguing and complex, and I am taking the challenge to learn its intricate secrets. At SCSU, I am a member of the Jazz Ensemble, Symphonic Band and AME Campus Ministry. My favorite scripture is Matthew 7:13-14, Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. I strive to live my life for Jesus Christ. I served as Miss Richard Allen Club for 2007-2008 and I am presently serving as Miss Honors Program for 2008-2009. I have been elected Sophomore Secretary for the upcoming school year and this fall I plan to become a member of South Carolina States Marching 101. I am also a licensed Primerica Life Insurance agent.


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Foie gras and French dessert wines might make for wonderful duos, but when's the last time you had either outside of a fancy restaurant? The problem with most wine pairings is their inaccessibility — the wines tend to be too expensive for casual consuming, and the foods aren't exactly ones eaten regularly. What would be really helpful is knowing how to pair wine with foods eaten more casually — like, say, takeout favorites.
The wine gurus at Lot 18, an online wine marketplace, held an informal and refreshingly accessible wine pairing event for their favorite takeout foods. Held not at an uppity restaurant or sprawling estate, but at a long wooden table in a meeting room at their offices in Manhattan, the laid-back affair put forth a handful of interesting and useful recommendations:
1. Sushi and Bubbly: A Perfect Marriage
This may have been the most high end of the batch (with neither sushi nor champagne having a reputation for being light on the wallet), but it may also have been the most spot on of the pairings. The salty pieces of seafood paired beautifully with champagne that was sweet, bubbly and a teeny bit nutty.
The Food: Salmon and Tuna Sashimi
The Wine: NV Pommery Wintertime Champagne (75 percent Pinot Noir, 25 percent Pinot Meunier)
Also Pairs With: Dry Rieslings, Kerners, Pinot Blancs and even Pinot Noirs
2. Sweet Wines, Spicy Foods: Thai Takeout
A traditional Riesling, neither too sweet nor too dry, helped balance out the acidity (and considerable kick) from a fragrant bowl of Thai curry., Each mouthful was as smooth as it was refreshing. Rather than struggling to beat the heat with glassfuls of water, all it takes is a sip of sweet Riesling.
Fiery foods, beware: You've met your match.
The Food: Green Curry with Shrimp and White Rice
The Wine: 2007 Weingut Milz Laurentiushof 180° Riesling (100 percent Riesling)
Also Pairs With: Gewurztraminers and Gruner Veltliners.
3. Acidic Wines, Acidic Foods: Pizza Pairings
A high acidic wine, in this case, a Barbera, pairs perfectly with the acidic flavor in tomato sauce. Married with pizza topped with tangy tomato sauce, cheese and sausage, the Barbera's notes of raspberry, cherry and coffee shined through beautifully. Alternatively, try pairing it with pastas, olives and other acidic foods.
The Food: Sausage Pizza
The Wine: 2008 Quattro Leoni Vino Rosso Barbera d'Asti (100 percent Barbera)
Also Pairs With: Chianti Classicos and Brunello di Montalcinos (both made from Sangiovese grapes), Barberas, Montepulciano d'Abruzzos and Montefalco Rossos.
4. Complex Wines, Complex Flavors: Indian Takeout
A rich and almost (dark) chocolatey Pinot Noir nicely matches up with spicy and aromatic Tandoori chicken. Any lingering kick from the Indian food was met with a delicious aftertaste of dark berries and spicy fruit. Next time you order your Naan to go, look for a glass of this deep, flavorful red.
The Food: Tandoori Chicken, White Rice and Naan
The Wine: 2009 Lucie Russian River Valley Pinot Noir (100% Pinot Noir)
Also Pairs With: Pinot Noirs, Rieslings, Gruner Veltliners, Pinot Blancs and Pinot Gris.
Tell us, what wines do you drink with your takeout?
Wine pairings by Lot18 wine experts Janine Lettieri and Alexis Brock. Register and become a member of Lot18 here.


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I recently had a client request that I write a letter for him to send someone who liked his Facebook page. I can write the letter, but is this going to be perceived as spam by the 'Liker' and possibly endanger my client's Facebook account? Please vote on the poll and if you vote that it is appropriate, please comment on when you believe contact is appropriate.
Note: You can choose more than one option in this poll.
Let's get a few more details here...
I assume the person liked a business page but was any Facebook app installed giving more access rights?
Would you be contacting them by a personal account clicking on their name in Facebook? How would you email them?
From what the client says they "liked" the page. I don't believe there is any kind of app. What he wants to send is an email that gives more details on his company, but AFIK, the "liker" has not asked for more details. I won't be contacting them at all. I would only write the email or message for the client to copy/paste. Actually, there is no reason I can't write the letter but I don't like to take on work that will land my clients in trouble. My biggest concern is if the liker feels they are being spammed by my client they may take action at Facebook which may jeopardize my client's FB account.
I just took a look at the page. It's a simple business page that has a few tips about a service the business provides, but no apps that I can see. I don't want to go into too much detail here to protect my client's anonymity.
However, please understand that my question is not just about this business. I want to hear people's opinions about if they think it is ever okay to contact a "liker" (other than family/real time friends, etc.) and their opinions on why it is or why it isn't.
I dislike all forms of business spam which is what is happening in this case but it's exceptionally bad when it's out-of-the-norm spam.
By that I mean we all expect random email and certainly some snail mail to come in. We don't like it, we may negatively associate the company with it, but we aren't surprised either.
When something is done outside the parameters of what's excepted and requested it becomes a target and the response to it is terrible. Take text messages for example... there's only a handful of marketing promos floating around out there but when someone gets one you know all about it and those are from random scams, not identifiable companies.
People who like a page, especially a small page, tend to be the most local advocates or at least engaged customers. Thus when you cross the line to them you are very literally upsetting the people who defend you. This is made worse now that Facebook has become as mainstream as one can get. The bar is set, people know what to expect and crossing that line is insanely obvious.
There are mechanisms to message people about a page but they are not email nor a private communication. For your client it will be an issue. The only question is if they get enough FB complaints to suspend their account or if it only hurts their reputation.
Actually I totally agree, Ted. I did write my client and tell him I don't think it's a good move even before I posted this thread, but did want to hear it from others or maybe see a different side to it. Not too long ago, in another thread I asked about even messaging to say "thanks for liking the page" and most replies were not to do that. That's why I posed the question the way I did. I am looking to see 'when' (if ever) people think it's okay to contact a page like.
If you want people to interact after they like the page (which is why they liked the page in the first place), just keep posting relevant things to the page's wall. Unless there is some big announcement or change, I really don't want to be contacted by the page's owner.
However, if you still want a greeting or introduction, use the "about" page. I always check it for additional information when I like a page. Unfortunately, it is typically underutilized and page owners don't tend to include a lot of information there.
they should be interacting with the people who liked them on facebook through facebook itsself.
im not sure why, but lots of marketing people (and clients who have talked to marketing people) dont understand facebook at all
I certainly wouldn't want to receive fluff like "thanks for liking our page", and I would consider that spam. On the other hand, there may be occasional situations when a business offer is relevant and helpful, and I wouldn't object to that, as long as it was a very rare occurrence and was about a genuine offer and not just generic blurb about the regular product line and prices. But it's a very tricky one to get right, and very easy to upset and alienate a loyal customer by unwarranted contact.
I voted for "no email" and "no message".
Liking a page is simply too easy and almost frictionless these days. For a business, trying to email or message every Facebook fan is like trying to email or message every individual who picked up your brochure or stopped to look at what you have to offer in your menu.
However, if your client notices a super fan that frequently likes and comments positively on the content posted on the page, you can safely reach out to the person with a personal note.
The client is trying to shoe horn traditional old school marketing processes into social media. I see a lot of this on facebook and twitter where businesses don't get the conversational, low-key and soft approach to building relationships, and revert to what they know from traditional media such as TV, direct marketing and radio, i.e one direction hard selling and broadcasting.
It might be acceptable to contact them if they show evidence of real engagement, and true qualification of a likely need for the services, otherwise it's not worth potentially irritating them - social media is an arena where the customer can bite back.
Very good observation & analysis of the phenomenon :tup:
I would say that it all depends upon the manner of the letter/contact. Sending them a generic "Dear Sir/Madam" communication with very universal content is going to be binned straight away, which could potentially endanger your/your client's account. I used to work in a Marketing DP and the owner had a similar idea, but outsourced some profile research to get individual reports on every "Liker." He then outsourced to some Creative Writing students to write him up a letter specifically targeted to the "Liker." Expensive, but got some great feedback. Depends on your budget.As a general rule, I'd say leave it unless you have the time and money for this.
For me I think it is okay as long as if it formal approach. Nothings wrong with that.
I think it's okay to message them if you are promoting or if you would like to introduce your product to them.
It's ok because you're selling something? Doesn't that make it worse to step on their personal space so to speak?
with a formal approach and professionalism, I think it is not making it worse. If you have something to introduce (a product or something) it is not that you are selling something to them right away.
Regardless of whether you push the sale or not when you start pitching a product you've left the engaging medium you were participating and now into full on broadcast marketing. That's "not social" its self but to cross the line and step into someone's world putting a message in their inbox? I don't care how professional the wording is, it's still spam and to your most passionate customers.
I can see it is such a big deal for you if you are receiving messages from a person you did not know, but in my opinion, why liking such page in the first place if you don't want to be bothered at all?
People like, follow, circle, or whatever the term may be for a variety of reasons from seeing special offers to following updates from a company you like to simple affirmation. No matter what the reason it's critical to realize that a social connection is not the same as a marketing opt-in and treating it as such is poison to the relationship.
The reality of this can be seen in common social metrics... that only a few percent ever return to a brand's Facebook page directly, that engagement rates are measured in low, or fractions of a, percent speaks for the level of communication people are expecting as a whole. And from all of this there is no expectation that you will ever receive an outbound message from any social page. There isn't even a way to message fans directly through Facebook and there's a reason for that.
Social offers the opportunity to share out but more than that to hear back and continue to communicate with customers and prospects. Taking the traditional push-and-push approach is all to common and such a waste.
You got your own opinion and I also got mine. I posted my opinion and I hope you just respect that. Thank you, and please stop quoting my replies.


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PATIENTS cared for by community service Nurse Plus and Carer Plus (UK) in Swindon are now in safe hands according to the health watchdog – more than a year after staff were warned their poor record keeping was placing their charges at risk of harm.
Following an inspection from the Care Quality Commission in December, the health provider in Church Place was found seriously lacking when it came to adequately recording medications administered.
This was described by inspectors as a failure to protect the people in their care and posing a threat to their health.
Yet, after a new review of the service, which cares for people with a variety of conditions such as dementia, disabilities and drug addiction, in their own homes, the watchdog praised management for improving the recording system and training staff to keep track of medicines provided.
"During our inspection of Nurse Plus and Carer Plus (UK) Limited on 17 December 2013 we found that medication administration records had not been completed properly," inspectors said.
"This meant that the provider had not protected people against the risks associated with the unsafe management of medicines by means of appropriate recording.
"We asked the provider to take action to improve the service and provide evidence that this had been done.
"A review of the evidence provided on 28 March 2014 demonstrated that the required action had been taken and the necessary improvement had been achieved."
A new coordinator and supervisor were appointed to oversee the provision and medicine and ensure patients were safe at all times.
"We noted that a new care coordinator and field care supervisor had been appointed since our last inspection to ensure medicines were administered safely and appropriately audited," inspectors added.
Meanwhile, Dean Park Care Home in Park Lane met all five standards expected of all healthcare organisation by the CQC following an inspection on February 28.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 17/1/2013 (1678 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba's auditor general wants the province to "assess the reasonability" of salaries paid to top officials at the corporation that oversees The Forks Market and operates the parkade at Portage Place.
In a report this week, Carol Bellringer called the pay received by North Portage Development Corp. CEO Jim August "high" compared with salaries earned by provincial deputy ministers and senior executives of Crown corporations.
In 2011, August was paid $228,937, according to information provided by the NPDC on Thursday. The figure includes a contribution to an RSP, a car allowance and any bonuses that may have been paid.
Bellringer reviewed North Portage's books at the request of a member of the public. She is not obliged to investigate citizen concerns, but does so occasionally.
The North Portage Development Corp. is owned equally by the city, the province and the federal government. Each level of government appoints members to the organization's board, which sets the CEO's salary. August, in turn, is responsible for setting the salaries of those who work for him.
A provincial government deputy minister can earn anywhere from $105,951 to $162,331.
In 2011, Bob Brennan, then-president and CEO of Manitoba Hydro, the province's largest Crown corporation, earned $229,000, a Hydro spokesman said Thursday.
Rick Bel, chairman of North Portage's board of directors, said the corporation recently reviewed its upper management salaries with the help of a consultant and found its executive compensation packages were in line with what was paid by similar organizations. "The board is happy with what those salaries are," he said Thursday.
In her report, Bellringer said the province told her it has no authority to regulate remuneration paid by the NPDC. That authority rests with North Portage board, it said.
In an interview, Bellringer said that may be technically true, but it shouldn't stop the province from playing a role. "We still stand behind the recommendation," she said.
The North Portage Development Corp. and its subsidiary companies own and operate The Forks Market and the Portage Place IMAX Theatre, which is slated to close at the end of March. It operates the parking lot in Portage Place mall as well as several others in the downtown area. It also collects lease revenue from the Johnston Terminal at The Forks, the Inn at the Forks, Portage Place and Citytv. In 2012, it had revenues of $11 million and expenses totalling $9.4 million.
In its most recent fiscal year, Manitoba Hydro earned a profit of $61 million on revenues totalling $1.9 billion. In 2011, Hydro also paid two senior vice presidents $177,000 each, while another half dozen senior officials earned salaries in the $151,000 to $160,000 range.
In 2011, Paul Jordan, North Portage chief operating officer, earned $140,462, while Paul Webster, the NPDC's chief financial officer, made $150,890. The corporation does not have a pension plan.
Meanwhile, Bellringer also recommended the North Portage Development Corp. amend its bylaws to limit the number of terms a board member may serve. Directors appointed by the three levels of government are named for a three-year term, but there is no limit on how many terms they can serve. The longest-serving members have been on the board for 11 years.
The auditor general also recommended the province, in consultation with other levels of government, encourage the corporation to release more detailed financial statements to the public. Currently, it discloses consolidated financial statements for the corporation as a whole, but doesn't provide a detailed breakdown for different segments of the business.


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Mediterranean Dialogue
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to NATO Headquarters on Tuesday (21 June 2016) to discuss NATO-Israel cooperation. "For more than twenty years, Israel has been a very active NATO partner through the Mediterranean Dialogue, the only security forum that brings together NATO Allies with Israel and Arab countries," said the Secretary General. He stressed that NATO and Israel are taking cooperation a step further, agreeing to establish an Israeli Mission at NATO, headed by Israel's Ambassador to the European Union.more
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Greetings Mary and welcome Ed to our discussions,
Mary I am glad you changed the discussion to cancer, although I find the
subject of stem cells so interesting even though it is so controversial.
After watching the video on cancer it is amazing to me how much
scientists now know about the genes and proteins that control cell
growth. Nevertheless, we still do not have a "cure" for cancer. As
discussed in the movie, it is wonderful that there are so many new and
different treatments for cancer that did not exist 25 years ago due to
our increased knowledge of the cell cycle and the genes that activate
and inhibit cell growth. This subject is very personal to me because my
mother died of cancer at the age of 45. When she was diagnosed at 35 she
was only given 6 months to live, but actually lived another 10 years.
However, she suffered through chemotherapy for most of those years and I
remember her saying how she was hoping to live as long as possible in
hopes of the discovery of a cure for cancer. While watching the video,
I couldn't help but think that if the resources that are available now
were available when she was alive, she might have had a better chance of
surviving the cancer.
As for your question Mary, I think that access to health care is
essential to bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots. As you
mentioned, I am sure that many people do not trust the health care
system or are afraid of seeking medical treatment. Education is an
important component in the formula. That is why it is important for
students to learn about the causes and preventions of cancer and
understand the cell cycle so they have a better understanding of the
disease and therefore may use this knowledge if needed in the future.
It would be great if a national healthcare system was available.
Unfortunately, economically it does not seem very feasible. I think we
also need to fix our educational economic woes along with our healthcare
From: email@example.com on behalf of Mary Johnston
Sent: Tue 2/27/2007 8:43 AM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Cell Biology and Cancer and Reply to
Geneticsof Development
Dear Karen,
I am totally disgusted by someone selling fertilized embryos for
$3000 per embryo. This is the blatant selling of human life. I thought
we abolished selling people in this country quite a long time ago, but
apparently every time we take a few steps forward, we also take a few
steps backward. I realize that a fertilized embryo is not the same as a
fully developed new-born baby, but what else would an embryo ever
become? I know you could take the argument to the extreme and say what
about a sperm or an egg cell? Don't these have the potential to become
a new life? I don't believe so. It is that beautiful moment of
fertilization that makes all the difference. The information and
directions for a whole person are not present until that occurs.
Otherwise, any other point at which we say "Life" has occurred is really
arbitrary such as is it heart development or brain development or the
moment the fetus looks "human"? I know a lot of people would not agree,
but a sperm left alone will never become a human being. An embryo
allowed to develop will and this makes all the difference in my opinion.
In regard to the chapter on cancer, I was really surprised that
the National Cancer Institute's Budget was 4.6 billion dollars ten years
ago and we still have not managed to beat cancer. I know that there is
a lot of great work going on from tumor suppressor drugs to
anti-angiogenesis factors, but the fact that cancer is still killing so
many of us is a hard pill to swallow. Of particular interest to me was
the fact that cancer death rates differ among different sub-groups of
the population. For example, as quoted in the unit, the 1996
"colorectal cancer death rate was 16.4 per 100,000 for white Americans
and 22.5 per 100,000 for black Americans and that the death rate for all
cancers combined is about 30 % higher for blacks than whites." This
indicates that cancer is ravaging our society and also exploiting
discrimination. Perhaps blacks do not have as easy access to health
care or perhaps they are mistrustful of a medical system predominated by
white male doctors. Perhaps they are more often dismissed as being OK
when early signs of disease should have been caught or perhaps even that
they themselves have a culture of not seeking medical treatment because
they feel they cannot afford it or don't want to be burdensome to their
families. Whatever is the case, I found this to be a disturbing and
unacceptable trend. What can we as a scoiety do to stop this disparity?
Perhaps we need more free clinics that provide public services and
walk-in programs. More importantly, we need a national healthcare
system that provides everyone with equal access to medical care just as
we have a national public school system. I realize that there would be
some problems with this, but just because the situation wouldn't be
perfect doesn't mean that we shouldn't try and attempt beneficial
change. What do you think?
Mary Johnston
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Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Unit 7 Genetics of Development
To: "Discussion list for REDISCOVERING BIOLOGY"
Hi Mary,
I basically agree with you. It was interesting to learn about the
differences between a totipotent stem cell and a pluripotent stem cell.
I had never heard of a totipotent stem cell, but now realize that they
are the only ones that have the ability to develop into a fetus with the
associated placenta. Personally, I do not believe that we should produce
embryos for the sole purpose of research when other sources of stem
cells are available. These include embryos produced by infertile
couples that are no longer needed due to various factors. Many of these
embryos may be discarded and therefore I believe that these embryos
could be used for research. However there are still many controversial
implications concerning stem cells. Should we ban couples from using
fertility treatments because they will inevitably be producing some
embryos that may never be used? Is this the same thing as killing a
possible life? To me, it basically comes down to this... the stem cells
have not diferentiated into specialized cells. Accordingly, they do not
have nerve cells, brain cells, etc. which are cells assoicated with
thought, feelings, and pain. Similarly, organs have not yet developed.
Therefore, they are not really a living human being yet. Could we dream
up that ovarian egg cells and sperm cells are also a potential person?
I was watching the news the other night and they had a story about a
woman who is making and selling fertilized embryos to the general
public. The cost was about $3000 dollars, which is significantly less
that adoption (except that it was preferably to buy more than one
because implantation might not work the first time). She is making and
selling possible human life. What do you think about this?
From: firstname.lastname@example.com on behalf of Mary Johnston
Sent: Fri 2/16/2007 10:50 AM
To: email@example.com
Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Unit 7 Genetics of Development
Dear Karen,
I found this unit on the genetics of development to be quite
interesting and controversial. In terms of research it seems that
embryonic stem cells are the most useful. They can differentiate into
many more cell types. They are easy to grow in large numbers in the lab
and hold much promise in the treatment of many illnesses and medical
conditions including Parkinson's disease, diabetes, and leukemia.
However, in the harvesting of these cells, the embryo and thus a
potential person are detsroyed. Adult stem cells are much harder to
grow in large amounts and cannot differentiate into as many different
cell types. It is my opinion that research on existing cell lines
should continue as directed by the Bush administration, but the
destruction of embryos for the sole purpose of research should not be
allowed. We could be destroying a human being that actually does
discover the cure for cancer or HIV or any number of diseases. At the
same time, we must be reasonable and allow medicine to advance, so those
embryos that are already marked for destruction such as in unused
in-vitro fertilization procedures should at least have some useful
The key to this whole issue really is figuring out how to get adult
stem cells to become pluripotent. I have heard in the news that
researchers are making great strides in this research. Therefore, I
think that in the future the stem cell debate will not be an issue
because scientists will have figured out how to use adult stem cells
more prominently in their research. How do you feel?
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It's a very nice tool/script, but there is one thing I don't like so much:
While wifite is scanning the available APs and the connected clients, it would be much better, in my opinion, that the APs are shown instantly and refreshed dynamically. So I can see if the desired access point is available instead of waiting about a minute and the only things I see are the number of the available APs and the connected clients.
It's just a small "issue" in my mind, but it would be great if you'll fix that.


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HOUSTON - A fire broke out at a southeast Houston home on Wednesday, and city officials said they have a long history of problems with the homeowner.
Houston firefighters battled flames at a home in the 7000 block of Winfree near Eppes about 9:40 a.m.
Investigators said the homeowner, George Sterling, was cooking breakfast on a grill in the back yard. He left the grill unattended and a fire started.
Firefighters said the home is filled with several feet of possessions, including a lot of metal. Firefighters said they were having trouble moving around the home because the metal is extremely hot.
"The person who lives here had been collecting artifacts for 25 to 30 years," said Jay Evans of the Houston Fire Department. "We were not even able to get into the back yard. When you have collected things for 25 to 30 years and become in the hoarder class, there's no room ... pathways to move around."
Crews said they expected to be at the home for several hours to make sure there aren't any hot spots.
The city of Houston's Neighborhood Protection Department said it has had a long history with Sterling. The department said it has made hundreds of site visits dating back to March 1993 because of complaints of trash, nuisances, dangerous buildings, abandoned motor vehicles and animal feces.
City officials said "countless" court citations have been issued against Sterling. Officials said he's paid some of them and served jail time for not paying others.
The city said it has abated the location of trash and nuisances in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. The average cost of the abatements was $20,000.
City officials said the property was in violation at the time of Wednesday's fire. The violations were for trash, general nuisances and inoperable motor vehicles, officials said.
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Jonathan Adler Skyline Menorah new for 2007
A big departure from his previous ceramic menorahs, this is new for 2007. Jonathan Adler's Skyline Menorah. The polished nickel candelabra has a raised center stem for the shamas. You can enjoy the piece as a minimalist candelabra all year long. Dimensions: 10.5" high x 8.75" wide.


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I have done a fair bit of bash before but just getting started here.
Trying to get a basic menu to work, but all it ever prints in teh last statement...
- Code: Select all
ans = True
while ans:
1. Make a File
2. Read a file
3. Ping a website
Press enter to quit
ans=input("Enter choice: ")
if ans =="1":
print("\nWe will now make a file...")
elif ans =="2":
print("We wil now read a file.")
elif ans =="3":
print("\nWe will now ping a website")
elif ans !="":
print("\nNot a valid choice")
Regardless of input it only ever prints, "Not a valid choice"


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The Cuisinart Perfec Temp 14-Cup Glass Coffeemaker features state of the art coffee making technology that turns up the temperature to deliver hotter coffee, while retaining coffee's full flavor and quality throughout the brewing process - because temperature is as important as taste. Ideal for coffee lovers who prefer hotter coffee. The oversized digital display illuminates the full range of programmable options, including regular and bold flavor settings. The styling is sleek, with elegant angles and a new high-tech look with an extremely user-friendly control panel.
- 14-cup glass carafe with decorative stainless steel handle
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- Brew strength control allows you to select regular or bold coffee flavor
- Easy-to-view water window for accurate filling
- Brew pause feature lets you enjoy a cup of coffee before the brewing cycle has finished
- 60-second reset recalls settings and position in the brewing process in case of loss of power


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MBA President-elect Denise Squillante, a Fall River native, will
be honored with the John S. Brayton Jr. Memorial Community Service
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A sneak peak at what's in store for the colder months.
As all the pre-Fall hype would suggest, the end of summer is approaching faster than we may be prepared to admit. While there are obvious downsides that come with onset of winter, one thing we can all look forward to is the prospect of building up a new wardrobe, complete with darker hues, more layers and cosy coats to brave the chills.
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Le Creuset Reversible Grill & Griddle
I am a huge fan of Le Creuset and fan of indoor grill pans. Combine those two together to get the perfect Le Creuset Reversible Grill and Griddle. Make your favorite grilled items on one side, and flip it over in the morning for a delicious breakfast cooked right on the griddle side.
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POWER tools worth £5,000 were stolen during a break in at a building supply merchant.
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They also removed polystyrene tiles from the suspended ceiling below in order to gain access to the tool hire department in one corner of the building before stealing up to eight power tools including saws and nail guns, and exiting through the hole in the roof.
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Right taking a plunge in the deepend. Maybe a big ask this.
I'm having a go at writing a selector engine. It's for personal use with my own sites, so doesn't really need to be idiot proof.
It will be a fallback for querySelectorAll.
I started out just wanting something simple i.e. find 'ul li.myClass', but that wasn't enough.
This selector is intended to be a module along with an events module, which will bolt onto a framework. The framework constructor will be along the lines of jquery with a dummy constructor, prototype.init etc.
My real question is about the design or design pattern of this particular module. It's all getting a little bit messy and inconsistent.
There's a line I keep reading which is 'favour composition over inheritence'. I'm still none the wiser regarding that, but do get the impression that sticking rigidly to inheritence is problematic. Just not sure how or where to go about that.
So in conclusion pretty clueless:confused:
Rather than waffling on here's the code. If extra comments or details are needed let me know. Also I'm not looking for exhaustive answers or re-writes, but maybe just a nudge in the right direction.
// written by Russell Gooday (c)2011
(function(doc, global){
var Qselect, utils, splitToParts, find, filter, mapFind, child, relative,
attribute, groupChildren, propDelete,
hasOwn = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,
push = Array.prototype.push,
slice = Array.prototype.slice,
rxSplitParts = new RegExp(
+ '((?:\\\\w+)?\\\\[[^\\\\]]+])|'
+ '(>)|'
+ '(#[-\\\\w]+)|'
+ '((?:\\\\w+)?\\\\.[-\\\\w]+)|'
+ '(\\\\w+)', 'g'),
partMatches = ['selector', 'pseudo', 'attribute', 'relative', 'id', 'className', 'tag'];
// -------------- Generic utils ----------------------------------
utils = {
// make Array
slice : (function(doc){
try {
return function( obj ) { return slice.call( obj ); };
} catch(e) {
return function( obj ) {
var ret = [], len = obj.length;
if (len) { while (len--) { ret[len] = obj[len]; } }
return ret;
// forEach
forEach : function( arr, fn, context ) {
var that = context || null,
len = arr.length, i = 0;
for (; i < len; i++) { fn.call(that, arr[i], i, arr); }
// shallow copy
extend: function(from) {
var to = arguments[1] || this, prop;
for (prop in from) {
if ( hasOwn.call(from, prop) ) { to[prop] = from[prop]; }
// ---------------- End Generic utils ----------------------------
// ---------------- Split to Parts -------------------------------
// returns an array of tokens. for example
// 'ul li:first-child' becomes
// [0] {find: 'tag', selector: 'ul'}
// [1] {find: 'pseudo', selector: 'li:first-child'}
// These are processed by search.
splitToParts = function(selector) {
// Match Types
// ['selector',
// 1:'pseudo', 2:'attribute', 3:'relative', 4:'id', 5:'className', 6:'tag']
var regEx = rxSplitParts,
matches = partMatches,
len = matches.length,
parts = [],
match, i = 1;
// reset regEx counter for exec
regEx.lastIndex = 0;
while (match = regEx.exec(selector)) {
// loop through match types
for (i = 1; i < len; i++) {
if (match[i]) {
parts.push({find: matches[i], selector: match[0]}); break;
return parts;
// ----------------------------------- End Split to Parts --------------------------------------------
// ----------------------------------- Qselect -------------------------------------------------------
Qselect = function( selector, root ) {
if ( !(this instanceof Qselect) ) { return new Qselect( selector, root ); }
var parts,
root = root || doc;
selector = selector.replace(/^[ ]|[ ]$/g, '');
if( Qselect.cache[selector] ) { return Qselect.cache[selector]; }
// Need to also handle where root maybe an html collection
if (root instanceof Qselect) {
parts = splitToParts(root.selector.match(/([^\\s]+)$/)[1] + ' ' + selector);
root = root.els;
} else {
parts = splitToParts(selector);
this.els = Qselect.search(parts, root);
this.selector = selector; //Todo this is flawed. Needs to be root + selector
Qselect.cache[selector] = this;
// Add utils as static properties of Qselect
utils.extend(utils, Qselect);
rxClasses : {
"CLASS": /(\\w+)?\\.([-\\w]+)/,
"PSEUDO": /(\\w+):([-\\w]+)(?:\\(([^)]+)\\))?/,
"ATTRIBUTE": /(\\w+)?\\[/ // Todo Finish this expression
cache : {}, // needs work.
// The main search method.
search : function search( selector, root ){
var query = selector[0],
rest = selector.slice(1),
results = [],
els = (root.length) ? root : false,
len, i = 0;
if (!els) {
if (query.find === 'relative') {
els = mapFind.relative(root, query.selector, rest[0]);
rest = rest.slice(1);
} else {
els = mapFind[query.find](root, query.selector);
for (len = els.length; i < len; i++) {
if (rest[0]) { push.apply( results, search(rest, els[i]) ); }
else { results.push (els[i]); }
return results;
Qselect.prototype.get = function(){ return this.els; };
filter = {
attr : function (elems, attr, name) {
var results = [], len = elems.length, i = 0;
for (; i < len; i++) {
if (elems[i][attr] === name) { results.push(elems[i]); }
return results;
mapFind = {
id : function(root, selector){ return find.id(root, selector.slice(1)); },
tag : function(root, selector){ return find.tag(root, selector); },
className : function(root, selector){
var match = selector.match(Qselect.rxClasses.CLASS),
className = match[2],
tag = match[1];
return (!tag)
? find.className( root, className )
: filter.attr( find.className(root, className), 'nodeName', tag.toUpperCase() );
pseudo : function(root, selector){
var match = selector.match(Qselect.rxClasses.PSEUDO),
tag = match[1], pseudo = match[2], expr = match[3];
return find.pseudo( root, tag, pseudo, expr );
attribute : function(root, selector){
// Todo
relative : function(root, selector, query){
return find.relative(root, selector, query);
find = {
id : function (root, id) { return [root.getElementById(id)]; },
tag : function (root, tag) { return Qselect.slice(root.getElementsByTagName(tag)); },
className : (function() {
if (doc.getElementsByClassName) {
return function (root, className) {
return Qselect.slice(root.getElementsByClassName(className));
return function (root, className) {
var toMatch = new RegExp("\\\\b" + className + "\\\\b"),
elems = root.getElementsByTagName('*'),
len = elems.length,
results = [],
elem = elems[0],
i = 0, j = 0;
for (; i < len; elem = elems[++i]) {
if (toMatch.test(elem.className)) { results[j++] = elem; }
return results;
pseudo : function( root, tag, pseudo, expr ) {
var els = root.getElementsByTagName(tag),
filtered = [],
len, el, i = 0, j = 0;
if (/(first|last)-child/.test(pseudo)) {
len = els.length; el = els[0];
for (; i < len; el = els[++i]) { if (child[pseudo](el)) { filtered[j++] = el; } }
return filtered;
// Note: May re-write pseudo to take a node and return a boolean instead.
// That way can eliminate this extra conditional branching.
if (/nth-child/.test(pseudo)) {
Qselect.forEach(groupChildren(els), function(els){
push.apply(filtered, child[pseudo](els, expr));
return filtered;
// only takes '>' at the moment.
relative: function(root, selector, query) {
var els = mapFind[query.find](root, query.selector),
len = els.length,
filtered = [],
i = 0, j = 0;
for (; i < len; i++) {
if(relative[selector]( root, els[i] )) { filtered[j++] = els[i]; }
return filtered;
child = {
// split nth-child expression in to matches
rxExpr : /(-(?=\\d*n\\+\\d+))?(\\d*)(?:(n)(?:([-+])(\\d+))?)?/,
exprCache : {odd: 0, even: 1},
"first-child" : function(el) {
var currElem = el;
while (currElem = currElem.previousSibling) {
if (currElem.nodeType === 1) { return false; }
return true;
"last-child" : function(el) {
var currElem = el;
while (currElem = currElem.nextSibling) {
if (currElem.nodeType === 1) { return false; }
return true;
"nth-child" : function(els, expr) {
var filtered = [],
len = els.length,
e = {}, n = 0, i = 0, j = 0;
// if just a quick index value e.g. (5). return that element
if (/^\\d+$/.test(expr)){ return [els[expr]]; }
if (/^odd|even$/.test(expr)) { n = 2; i = child.exprCache[expr]; }
else {
// if the matched/split expression isn't cached.
if (!child.exprCache[expr]) {
// For clarity have labeled the matches
child.exprCache[expr] = {
oper1 : RegExp.$1, // -
num : RegExp.$2, // 3
n : RegExp.$3, // n
oper2 : RegExp.$4, // +
offset : RegExp.$5 // 9
// n is the step i.e. 2n is a step of 2
// i is the first element.
e = child.exprCache[expr];
n = parseInt(e.num || 1, 10);
i = parseInt((e.oper2)
? (e.oper2 === '+')
? e.offset : (e.num || e.offset) - e.offset
: (e.num || 1), 10)-1;
if (!e.oper1) { for ( ; i < len; i += n ) { filtered[j++] = els[i]; } }
else { for (; i > -1; i -= n ) { filtered.unshift(els[i]); } }
return filtered;
attribute = {
relative = {
">" : function( root, node ){
if (node.parentNode === root) { return true; }
return false;
// groups elements in parent->children groups
// need this for nth-child
groupChildren = function(els){
var len = els.length,
groups = [], parents = [],
pId = 0, // unique id for parentNodes
el, pNode, i = 0;
for (; i < len; i++) {
el = els[i];
pNode = el.parentNode;
if ( pNode._pId === undefined ) {
pNode._pId = pId;
groups[pId] = []; // add new parent group
parents[pId++] = pNode; // store parent node for clean up later
// cleanup parents and remove unique ids
while(parents.length) { propDelete(parents.pop(), '_pId'); }
return groups;
// delete property from element
propDelete = (function(el, prop){
try {
var body = doc.body, tmpId = '_tmpId:' + new Date();
body[tmpId] = true;
delete body[tmpId]; // try this
return function(el, prop){ delete el[prop]; };
} catch(e){
return function(el,prop){ el.removeAttribute(prop); };
// Todo: Add to framework, rather than window.
global.Qselect = Qselect;
}(window.document, window));
This is a simple test I'm running on the code. I've just added the ability to use the returned object as the root for subsequent selections. As pointed out by Raffles. Still needs work though.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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Britney Spears in a bikini
Here's Britney Spears at the Ritz Carlton in Marina Del Rey yesterday, and the sad thing is, I'm so tired of seeing her cockeyed nipples all the time that my reflex action is to immediately look down at her gut. Which is an action I do not recommend to anyone. Except the blind. And maybe Jon Gosselin. Seems like his bag.
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Codal-DM Syrup Side Effects
Generic Name: dextromethorphan / phenylephrine / pyrilamine
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of dextromethorphan / phenylephrine / pyrilamine. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name Codal-DM Syrup.
For the Consumer
Applies to dextromethorphan / phenylephrine / pyrilamine: chewable tablets
Other dosage forms:
Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur while taking dextromethorphan / phenylephrine / pyrilamine:
Constipation; diarrhea; dizziness; drowsiness; excitability; headache; loss of appetite; nausea; nervousness or anxiety; upset stomach; vomiting; weakness.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); difficulty urinating or inability to urinate; fast or irregular heartbeat; hallucinations; seizures; severe dizziness, lightheadedness, or headache; tremor; trouble sleeping; vision changes.
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to dextromethorphan / phenylephrine / pyrilamine: oral liquid, oral suspension, oral suspension extended release, oral syrup, oral tablet chewable, oral tablet chewable extended release
Cardiovascular side effects including arrhythmias, hypertension, hypotension, and palpitations have been reported.[Ref]
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects including coordination disturbances, drowsiness, dysphoria, euphoria, headache, insomnia, irritability, nervousness, sedation, and seizures have been reported.[Ref]
Dermatologic side effects including photosensitivity, pruritus, rash, and urticaria have been reported.[Ref]
Gastrointestinal side effects including constipation, diarrhea, epigastric discomfort, nausea, vomiting, and xerostomia have been reported.[Ref]
Genitourinary side effects including difficult urination and urinary frequency have been reported.[Ref]
Hematologic side effects including agranulocytosis, hemolytic anemia, and thrombocytopenia have been reported.[Ref]
Neuromuscular side effects including tremor and weakness have been reported.[Ref]
Ocular side effects including visual disturbances have been reported.[Ref]
Respiratory side effects including shortness of breath and wheezing have been reported.[Ref]
1. "Product Information. Codal-DM Syrup (dextromethorphan / phenylephrine / pyrilamine)." Cypress Pharmaceutical Inc, Madison, MS.
2. "Product Information. Viravan-DM (dextromethorphan / phenylephrine / pyrilamine)." PediaMed Pharmaceuticals Inc, Exton, PA.
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