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A reality check?
If you (or perladmin or anyone else) want to give the Perl6 devs such a thing, then there are lots of better ways of doing this than commenting the bikeshed colour.
1) Fix your pet peeve in the source code. Don't like the lack of an install-base on Debian? Make some
2) Start playing with Perl 6 to see if it's really as good as
Better internals? Pervasive OO? Mutable lexical grammars? Working exceptions? NCI? Macros? JIT? Bytecode? Grammars? Serializable continuations? Multidispatch? STM? Hyperoperators? Pervasive laziness? Immutable sigils? True reference context? Aliasing and binding? Few globals? A robust pars
But of course the real question is: if you are not willing to spend the few hours to research what these things are, and how they would benefit your work, why --pray-tell-us-- should anyone be even slightly interested in what you have to say on the matter of Perl6 development?
[[Side question: do you really not know what "Better internals" means? "A robust parser"? "Macros"? "Working Exceptions"? Hmm...]]
There's a lot of pushme-pullyou going on in this comment thread: on the one side chromatic wants to push the progress made in making perl6 a reality, including the availability of rakudo, but on the other side there's the "gimme binary and get out of my way, and stop whining about how it's complicated to make: everyone knows it can't take more than a year or two to design a language and implement it. Wake up to yourselves..." folk who want the shiny new package and want it *now*. Unfortunately it looks like there's still quite a gap between what's being offered on one side and expected on the other (though maybe a nice neat platform-dependent blob would placate some of the angst, even if it wasn't the fully laden camel?)
the real question is: if you are not willing to spend the few hours to research what these things are, and how they would benefit your work, why --pray-tell-us-- should anyone be even slightly interested in what you have to say on the matter of Perl6 development?
Ah, is that the real question? I was wondering.
Maybe you should be slightly interested because he's a human being, and it might be beneficial not to marginalize [wikipedia.org] and trivialize him? Or because you can't predict where the black swans [wikipedia.org] might come from
Once in a while a disinterested, uninformed (not meant pejoratively) observer makes a brilliant observation which transforms a field of study. For every one of those, you have to put up with most of a million Time Cubes. (I can think of a few people in this discussion who've written about why those features matter and why anyone should care, not that some people have bothered to look -- nor apparently even ask.)
That's a nice segue to let me be unequivocably clear about the singular thesis of this journal
do you really not know what "Better internals" means?
LOL! Could this be any more vague?
Fine, let me spell it out for you.
Perl 5's internals are a mess of poorly documented and often intrinsically contradictory features implemented as mazes of macros calling macros calling macros and pseudo-OO C code implemented as semi-isomorphic structs. There's little distinction between an internal and an external API, and it's almost completely unknowable if changing any part of the API will break the guarantees of backwards source compatibility that p5p tries to maintain even between stable major releas
As an example of that, I proposed that "
length undef" should silently return undef rather than returning 0 after warning about undef. Rafaël took a first short at implementing this, but it broke thousands of tests, which puzzled him. Nicholas spotted the problem quickly, but it took him an extended tracing session to figure out where all he needed to stick flags in order to make disparate parts of the guts work together so that this would work as specified. When it takes Nicholas and half a
In Perl 6, if
length were written in Perl 6, we'd add another multi variant for the undef case. It's two SLOC. If
length were written in PIR, it's four or five SLOC. Either way, it's trivial code.
Yes -- sorry to have raised the temperature of this discussion.
I agree that they're painfully complex. I have the git clone of the blead repository sitting on my disk as we type. But I think one of the things Perl 5 teaches is the value of staring complexity in the face and beating it to death with the available blunt instruments. Starting over always feels great -- I love doing so with my own code -- but there are reasons that perl5, like many other mature pieces of software, is so ugly. And it will ta
there are reasons that perl5, like many other mature pieces of software, is so ugly.
Many of those reasons, in the case of Perl 5, are very bad reasons though. The biggest problems are the lack of a specification beyond "What someone discovers that the implementation has been doing for several years" and a lack of encapsulation.
I reserve judgement about whether it's better enough to make up for perl5's maturity.
That's fair. I believe it will be, but that doesn't happen overnight, and it doesn't happen
The two main reasons for ugliness I'm talking about are weird platform issues and non-obvious cases where some language behavior makes more sense. It's almost impossible to anticipate these things, so you just have to spend years tripping on and fixing them.
I think Perl 6 has an advantage in uncovering these things because of its heritage, but it's far from automatic.
But those are not the reasons why the Perl 5 interpreter codebase is so convoluted.
My point is that being cross-platform is necessarily ugly, and that it takes time to acquire the warts.


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Getafe promise to eject racists from stadium
MADRID, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Getafe president Angel Torres has promised to get tough with fans who make racist chants at games, after Valencia's Portuguese defender Miguel was abused during the King's Cup match there on Wednesday.
'It is difficult to find these stupid people. If we do catch them we will have no problems in throwing them out if they are season ticket holders,' Torres told sports daily AS on Friday.
The referee stopped Wednesday's match during the second half and asked the club to put out an announcement over the public address system, after fans chanted abuse at Miguel.
Getafe made an appeal and put a message up on the scoreboard.
Last season Getafe were fined 3,000 euros by the Spanish Football Federation after fans made racist chants at Barcelona's Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o, and were fined 600 euros after a similar incident with Eto'o the previous season.

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National City, Calif.—As San Diego Christian College men's basketball coach Tim Cook enters his second season at the helm, Cook has made a point to teach his players the importance of taking time away from the game, school, and themselves, and focus on the needs of others by instituting projects in an effort to spread the Gospel through service.
Recently, the Hawks served at South Bay Community Church in National City, packaging food for needy families and helping cook and feed the homeless with the Friends Downtown ministry.
"What I loved about this service project is it really helps reach the San Diego community," said Cook. "The church takes a bus downtown and picks up as many people that they can fit on their bus every Sunday and Wednesday. They feed them a hot meal, provide clothing, and they also have 3,800 pounds of food in their foodbank available for people who are hurting right now."
"Something that is in all of our hearts is to serve those who are less fortunate."
According to Pastor Eddie Duenas, who heads up the ministry, the ministry has served over 50,000 meals since its inception. In addition to a meal and clothing, the ministry has a weekly bible study on Wednesday evenings.
"We (the coaching staff) didn't have to do much to prompt the guys to get involved; they just jumped right in. It is a tribute to the character of guys we brought in and the type of character we are trying to develop."
"I have always said that I try to recruit kids I want to be around. I am proud of this group and the way they represent SDCC and the way they honor God."
The men's basketball team will continue to serve in a variety of contexts in the future, including volunteering at The Battle at the Midway Coaches Basketball Clinic, a visit to the Ronald McDonald House, reading books to disadvantaged youth, and a city cleanup day at a local park.
"It really put things in perspective about how blessed we truly are," said sophomore guard Luke Spoelstra. "It is humbling to know that the simpliest of things that we can take for granted can make someone's day."
"It was great to see the smiles that we were able to put on their faces."
To see pictures of the project, click here.
For more information on the Friends Downtown ministry and to get involved, contact Pastor Eddie Duenas at [email protected].
To learn more about the Friends Downtown ministry, please watch the video below.
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The Sausalito Library Speaker Series will present "Easter Island Sketchbook: An Artist's Journey to the Mysterious Land of Giant Stone Statues" from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the council chambers, 420 Litho St.
Susan Sternau, author and illustrator of a new book on Easter Island, presents more than 65 watercolor and ink paintings that bring to life a place that few people have the opportunity to visit, according to organizers. More on Susan Sternau at www.susansternau.com.
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Seoul: SK Telecom's net profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter, South Korea's top mobile operator said on Tuesday, partly as a result of one-off asset sales.
Net profit in the October-December period surged to 519.1 billion won ($477 million) compared with 195.5 billion won a year earlier.
Operating profit was up 37.6% over the same period at 544.6 billion won.
The surge in net profit was partly down to revenue of more than 700 billion won from selling property and a stake in steel giant Posco.
The extra revenue was used to help pay for the roll out of next-generation Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks which offer quicker connection speeds.
A company statement said SK Telecom had acquired 7.53 million LTE subscribers by the end of 2012.
South Korean wireless operators have spent heavily to promote the new 4G service—up to five times faster than 3G—to accommodate a growing number of smartphone users demanding faster speeds to download videos or play games.
One of the world's most wired countries, South Korea has more than 30 million smartphone subscribers out of a total population of some 50 million.


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GOP without Jewish Senator after Minn. Loss
The defeat of incumbent Norm Coleman in the drawn-out Minnesota Senate race leaves Republicans without a Jewish senator for the first time in half a century. Coleman's departure comes two months after the GOP's other Jewish member, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, switched parties to become a Democrat. Coleman conceded his long-contested race with Democratic challenger Al Franken Tuesday after the Minnesota Supreme Court rejected his legal challenge. Republicans have had at least one Jewish senator since New York's Jacob Javits took office in 1957, reaching a peak of three during the mid 1980s.
Schools' stimulus dollars released
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is releasing $2.7 billion in stimulus dollars earlier than planned to help states confront increasingly tighter budgets. Duncan said Wednesday that he is distributing $2.7 billion to states that he had planned to distribute in October or November. The stimulus law passed earlier this year provided about $100 billion for education. The department is releasing the money in stages and has distributed about $38 billion so far, though much of the money has not yet reached schools.
Detainee report is delayed again
The Justice Department is again delaying the release of an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program during the Bush administration. The report had been expected to be made public two weeks ago. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday that the report written in 2004 by the CIA's inspector general, expected to be made public in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union, may not be released this week.
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To feel my feet crunch on the gravel path,
hands, brushing brambles and box-hedges.
To knock on the dead leaf door;
Hear: the sound of fox-knocker on wood.
See the mice curtains twitch;
Your red robin face, through glass, materialise.
Your tea, ginger cake and chipped fine
china smile; your voice boiling and
bubbling from the arctic kitchen
the smell of dark furniture from the North,
as I wait with the framed family photographs,
and ivory cutlery in the canteen.
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August 15, 2007--LCA joined American Legacy Foundation (ALF) and more than 45 groups dedicated to protecting and improving women's health by calling for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to remove its Camel No. 9 cigarettes from stores across the nation. With its stylish packaging and advertising featuring black, bright pink and teal colors, a female-friendly design motif and a name evocative of women's fashion icons, Camel No. 9 is directly targeted to teenage girls and young women.
The impact of Camel No. 9 advertising and packaging on young women is a serious public health threat. In the wake of the Camel No. 9 launch, more than 40 members of Congress called on women's magazines to refuse advertising for this product, because the members see such ads as direct attempts to attract girls and young women to smoking. (Click here to view the letter. (.pdf)) On August 1, 2007, members of Congress sent a follow-up letter to leading women's publications, urging them to consider to "voluntarily adopt an institutional policy of rejecting cigarette advertising aimed at young people" and asking for a response by August 15.
While R.J. Reynolds' marketing executives say that their Camel No. 9 ad campaign is solely aimed at adult women who already smoke, the more than 40 public health and women's groups who have signed on to the letter understand that the facts say otherwise. In internal company documents made public, an R.J. Reynolds executive once explained that, "It is relatively easy for a brand to retain 18-year-old smokers once it has attracted them. Conversely, it is very difficult to attract a smoker that has already been won over by a different brand."
Since lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women, LCA has joined ALF and others in calling for R.J. Reynolds to remove Camel No. 9 from the marketplace. Together, we hope that this action will prevent hundreds of thousands of young women and teen-age girls from starting to smoke, from becoming addicted to nicotine and from dying prematurely because of smoking-caused disease, especially lung cancer.
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If you were a high school student in the United States any time in the last 100 years, you were probably assigned the reading of a sermon preached in 1741 by Jonathan Edwards, called "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." It's not a warm and fuzzy, feel-good sermon. Edwards describes God as angry … [Click to read more …]
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We humans are a funny bunch. We love to talk about fairness and justice and everybody getting what they deserve – just as long as we get to decide just what that means. Jonah is a prime example. God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh and tell the folks there that if they don't make some … [Click to read more …]


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Strange things are happening at Jurassic Park, and they have nothing to do with velociraptors.
On Wednesday, Universal Pictures released a statement revealing that the studio has put production of "Jurassic Park IV" on pause, confirming widespread speculation that had been buzzing on various movie blogs since Tuesday afternoon.
Universal's statement read, "In coordination with filmmakers, Universal has decided to release 'Jurassic Park 4' at a later date, giving the studio and filmmakers adequate time to bring audiences the best possible version of the fourth installment in Universal's beloved franchise. We could not be more excited about the vision that [director] Colin Trevorrow has created for this film, and we look forward to watching as he and the producers create another great chapter in this franchise's storied history."
Word began to spread that something was amiss with "Jurassic Park IV" on Tuesday, when two figures involved in the film posted messages on Twitter suggesting production has been suspended.
Dean Sherriff, a concept artist on the picture, tweeted, "Jp4 on hold." And more dramatically, Todd Smoyer, the film's digital asset manager, tweeted, "Hollywood makes and crushes dreams. Goodbye JP4." Both tweets have since been deleted.
These hints came as a surprise to fans, since "Jurassic Park IV" director Colin Trevorrow (best known for the indie comedy/drama "Safety Not Guaranteed") tweeted a photo from the film's location on May 2, confirming speculation that the new story will take place on the island of Isla Nubar, as in the first film. Also, producer Frank Marshall posted a tweet on March 13, reading, "All's well on JP4, updates soon."
Also on Tuesday, a fan site devoted to the upcoming picture cited a report from an unnamed crew member, saying those working on the movie had been laid off, but that production was on hold rather than cancelled. Another post, quoting yet another unnamed source, essentially repeated this, saying the studio had differences with the project's creative team, and that the concept were being re-tooled to make the movie more visually spectacular, though director Trevorrow is still said to be on board. Universal's statement, which suggests a vote of confidence for Tevorrow, shows that the fan site's reporting was on the right track.
Now that "Jurassic Park IV"'s anticipated release date of June 13, 2014 is a thing of the past, it's anyone's guess how Trevorrow, Marshall, and Universal plan to retool the project, or when the movie will see the light of day, though given the history of the franchise, it will certainly arrive in theaters eventually. Needless to say, this should be one of the more intriguing Hollywood stories to follow over the coming months.
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The fight continues in Texas; Homophobia is a punishable offense, yet legislators march on in opposition to the already underway 21st century; Some guy named Stephen on homeschooling.
Mary Helen Berlanga is the senior member of the Texas Board of Education. She is warning Texas citizens of impending fights on the board regarding a number of issues, including evolution.
She asked her constituents to travel to Austin next week to speak out against proposed amendments outside consultants are pushing for that she says exclude Hispanics and other minorities from classroom instruction.
Intelligent design is the school of thought that says there are parts of nature too complex to be dismissed as random chance and that evolution must have been guided by a higher power. In previous interviews, Berlanga said schools should stick to teaching evolution because intelligent design too close to teaching religion in school.
The Texas Freedom Network "Network News" winter edition outlines "The Battle Ahead" regarding evolution in the Lone Star State.
More than 80 years since the Scopes "Monkey" trial, this country just can't seem to get past battles over religion and science. What's more, all of these recent stories are only prelude to a much bigger fi ght over science education set to begin in Texas in 2008.
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Jason Fiske is currently serving a rather light 22 year sentence for murding a gay man. The light sentence is because he was allowed to cop a plea to manslaughter. The victim
Hale's body was found in a Montrose park in July 2005, weeks after he had gone to police to complain he had been threatened because he was gay.
Hernandez, Fiske and Hale had been at a bar. Hernandez told investigators he wanted to beat up Hale because Hale had made sexual advances toward him, authorities said.
The day after the slaying, Fiske told police he placed Hale in a choke hold while breaking up a fight between the other two men. The arrest affidavit said Fiske told police he thought Hale was unconscious when they left him in the park.
An autopsy showed Hale died of strangulation, and that he had methamphetamine and an epilepsy medication in his system.
LGBT groups called for hate-crime charges, but prosecutors declined to do so saying robbery was the real motive for the killing. Hale's wallet containing $8 was missing when the body was discovered.
Fiske is now seeking a reduced sentence, because 22 years is steep for manslaughter. Details here.
Back in Texas, two police officers are in trouble for anti-gay remarks. One officer is said to have made the remarks and the other failed to report this transgression.
Cmdr. Calvin Smith,… newly appointed supervisor of the Austin police training academy, told outgoing supervisor Cmdr. Larry Oliver that he was worried about the "kind of message" the potential transfer of a gay female officer would send at the academy the Austin American Statesman reported.
Smith later denied the woman a transfer to his command. Oliver, following that, mentioned the conversation that Smith had had with him to another female officer and a complaint was filed with internal affairs.
"Commander Smith's opinion concerning the sexual orientation of these employees, and their assignment within the Austin Police Department, exhibited a personal bias, was inappropriate, and failed to demonstrate an impartial attitude required by Austin police employees," the papers said.
The disciplinary papers also noted that Oliver told investigators that he was "pretty taken aback" by the comment.
"I've reported discriminatory statements in the past to my chain of command," according to the papers obtained by The Statesman. "I just didn't do it this time, and it was an oversight on my part."
Smith agreed to a 20 day suspension but Oliver refused to accept a 30-day suspension for not reporting the incident.
He was subsequently fired. It is not known if he will appeal….
Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania,
The Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee passed a proposed amendment to the state constitution Tuesday that would ban both same-sex marriage and civil unions.
The measure was approved on a 10-4 vote. It still needs approval in the full Senate and in the House. It would then need to be approved again by both houses in the next session of the legislature before being put to voters.
Pennsylvania already has a law limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. Supporters of the amendment say they fear it could be overturned by a judge.


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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's speech at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on the occasion of his grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's 33rd death anniversary had two purposes: to look back at the injustice meted out to Mr Bhutto by the Supreme Court in 1979, and to point out that the Court was targeting the PPP again. His fiery speech linked the two events to show that the PPP has always been the victim of the permanent establishment and has never really been allowed to govern freely. It was a speech that eschewed conciliation in favour of confrontation. But this is a fight that the PPP has not chosen; but rather been thrust upon by a judiciary that is exercising unprecedented power and an army that has never supported the PPP.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, lest we forget, was given the death penalty on false charges framed by military dictator Ziaul Haq simply because he feared the popularity of the country's first popularly-elected leader. And while the current SC has opened a reference case into Bhutto's judicial murder, it has pursued the case with far less enthusiasm than it has various cases against the sitting government. Bilawal pointed out in his speech that the PPP has partly suffered because it is not a Punjab-based party. Its Sindhi roots have always worked against it in the corridors of power — and there may be some takers of this thesis.
Bilawal's speech can also be seen as the start of the PPP's counteroffensive in the run-up to the next general elections. In the event that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani is found guilty of contempt by the Supreme Court, the PPP may well use that to portray itself as the victim of an establishment conspiracy. Thus the party that is in power will be able to campaign as the gritty underdog foiling the machinations of those who truly rule the country. The strategy is a shrewd one as it will shore up the PPP's vote in Sindh, a province it badly needs to sweep in order to be voted back into power. In the coming months, as the PPP's leaders address the hustings, the memory of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto will be a powerful tool at their disposal, as a reminder that the PPP has never been allowed to govern. Bilawal's speech was perhaps the opening thrust in the election campaign.
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HORACE BROWNING KNOWLES -- For more than half a century the name of Knowles has been prominently identified with the undertaking business of Providence, being represented here by Horace B. and Ellmer F. Knowles, father and son, who succeeded one another as the head of the large establishment here. Since the death of the latter the business has passed into the hands of his son, Horace E. Knowles, and his son-in-law, Harold F. Sanderson. It was founded in Providence in the year 1854 by Horace Browning Knowles, a son of John and Hannah Knowles, of Hopkinton, R. I., where he was born, January 27, 1824. The Knowles family in Rhode Island has figured prominently in Colonial and State history since the second half of the seventeenth century. Henry Knowles, immigrant ancestor and progenitor of all of the family of ancient date in Rhode Island, came from London, England, to Portsmouth, R. I., arriving on April 15, 1635. Of his three sons only one, William Knowles, lived to perpetuate the line.
William Knowles, born in 1645, was a resident of Warwick, and of South Kingstown, where he was active in official life for several decades, serving as deputy to the General Assembly in 1706 and 1707. His sons, with the exception of John, who removed to Richmond, were residents of South Kingstown. Through John Knowles descended the Knowles of Richmond and Hopkinton, of which the late Horace B. Knowles was a descendant.
Horace B. Knowles attended the Hopkinton schools, both public and private, until 1842, then became an apprentice in the establishment of a cabinet maker, where he learned the trade and became an expert workman. He continued in this line until 1854, and then accepted the appointment as manager of the undertaking department with great skill and sagacity for thirteen years, from 1854 to 1867, and then resigned, having decided to employ his skill and business genius on his own account. For seven years after leaving the firm of Cleveland Brothers he conducted an undertaking business in Providence in association with James Boyce, the firm being known as Knowles & Boyce, but in 1874 this partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Knowles continued his enterprise alone. After a number of years he admitted his son Ellmer F. to partnership. The latter eventually became his father's successor.
Horace B. Knowles was the first man in Providence to gain an expert knowledge of and to practice the art of embalming. In fact, modern methods of undertaking in this city may be said to have had their beginnings with Horace B. Knowles. Broad-minded and progressive, upright and honorable, he gave to his calling a new dignity and a high purpose which carried him through his responsible duties with the least possible obtrusion or display. His successors have followed in his footsteps, and the business which is known as Horace B. Knowles Sons, Incorporated, and which is the largest of the kind in the State is carried on in the most progressive manner. Every invention known to modern undertaking has been applied to its conduct and a mortuary chapel has been added to the establishment at No. 187 Benefit street. Every detail of the surroundings reflect dignity and good taste, and the ability and high reputation both of its founder, his capable successor and son, and the present able owners and managers.
Horace Browning Knowles was always active in general affairs in addition to the carrying on of his own great business. He was elected the first president of the New England Undertakers' Association in 1868. This organization, now merged with the Massachusetts undertakers, was the first of its kind in New England, and the second in the entire world. As in his private business, so in his public life, Horace B. Knowles was progressive, public-spirited and loyal. He met every obligation of his life fairly, and while modest and quiet by nature he shirked no duty and left a record of tasks well performed and a business greatly advanced from the conditions which had prevailed when he entered it. Although a man of more than seventy-eight years when he laid aside life's burden, he continued at the head of the business which he had founded up to the last, and while many years have elapsed since his death in 1902, his spirit still pervades the work of his successors.
Ellmer F. Knowles, son of Horace Browning and Eliza Mary Knowles, was born September 5, 1850, in Providence, and died there August 28, 1918, after a short illness contracted at his summer home in Maine. He was educated in the Providence schools and completed his studies at the Scholfield Commercial School from which he was graduated. As a young man he became associated with his father in the latter's undertaking business here, and during the years of preparatory training for greater responsibilities attended full courses of study and was graduated from the United States College of Embalming. As his father advanced in years the younger man naturally shouldered the heavier burdens of the business and finally became its head upon his father's death. In 1902 he admitted his son, Horace E. Knowles, to partnership, and this continued until 1909, when the business was incorporated under the name of Horace B. Knowles' Sons, Incorporated, at which time Harold F. Sanderson was admitted to the business.
Mr. Knowles was a member of Nestell Lodge, No. 37, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Providence Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons; Providence Council No. 1, Royal and Select Masters; Cavalry Commandery, No. 13, Knights Templar; Palestine Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and had attained to the thirty-second degree in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. In his youth Mr. Knowles enlisted in the First Regiment of Light Infantry, with which he served twelve years, later continuing his connection through membership in the Veterans' Association until his death. He was fond of the sports of forest and stream, and maintained a summer home at Bridgeton, Me. He was a man of genial manner and a cheerful disposition and was always ready to enjoy the lighter side of life. He was a capable, earnest and sympathetic business man, holding closely to the ideals of his father, which have also become those of the present management.
Ellmer F. Knowles married, June 12, 1874, Ella Frances Evans, a daughter of Charles Henry and Caroline (Jones) Evans, of Nantucket, Mass., where the former was engaged in the whaling business, and was a skilled mariner. Mr. and Mrs. Knowles were the parents of the following children: 1. Horace Ellmer, mentioned below. 2. Alice Ella, who married Harold F. Sanderson, of further mention.
Horace Ellmer Knowles, son of Ellmer F. and Ella Frances (Evans) Knowles, and grandson of Horace Browning Knowles, was born on October 6, 1878, at Providence. He attended the public schools of the city, and on completing his studies entered business life in association with his father and grandfather, the three generations of the family remaining in partnership until the death of Horace B. Knowles in 1902. Horace Ellmer Knowles entered the business as office assistant, was admitted as partner at the time of the death of his grandfather, and since the demise of his father has become its active head. He has devoted his life to the great family enterprise and has familiarized himself with its every detail. His devotion and loyalty to high ideals are a potent factor in its present success and high standing. He is a prominent member of the Masonic order and belongs to Corinthian Lodge, No. 27, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, being past master; Providence Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons; Providence Council, Royal and Select Masters; Calvary Commandery, No. 13, Knights Templar, and Palestine Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Rhode Island Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.
Mr. Knowles married, January 22, 1908, Ann Martin Parker, of Providence, and they are the parents of a daughter, Virginia, born September 17, 1909.
Harold Frank Sanderson, member of the firm of Horace B. Knowles' Sons, Incorporated, was born February 13, 1875, at Waterbury, Conn., and was educated in the public schools of that city. As a youth he obtained familiarity with the drug business, when ill-health compelled him to resign all active business responsibilities. In 1909 he became a partner in the present association and is now one of its active managers. For eight years Mr. Sanderson was a member of the First Regiment of Light Infantry, and for nine years of the First Regiment of Rhode Island National Guard. During the Spanish-American War he served in the First Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers, with the rank of lieutenant, and is now a member of the Spanish-American War Veterans' Association. He is also a prominent Mason, and is affiliated with the What Cheer Lodge, No. 21, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Providence Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Providence Council, Royal and Select Masters; St. John's Commandery, Knights Templar; Palestine Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and the Rhode Island Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.
Mr. Sanderson married, January 20, 1902, Alice Ella Knowles, daughter of Ellmer F. and granddaughter of Horace B. Knowles.
It is an occurrence of sufficient rarity to excite comment, to find three consecutive generations of the same family in one business. The remarkable feature in this case is the fact that the sterling qualities of the founder of the business have been transmitted to his successors, and the successful accomplishment of the senior Mr. Knowles in building and maintaining on a high and modern level of establishment of the Knowles type has inspired the men in whose hands he left the guidance of his business to still higher achievements. The business integrity, the sterling worth, and the personal dignity of the successive heads of the firm have set a high standard among their associates in the business and professional world.
William Winsor Hopkins received his education at the public schools of Gloucester, R. I., after which he came to Chepachet, where he engaged in the lumber business, and also worked as a teamster in this region for twenty years. He then purchased the interest of Mr. Potter in the general store at Chepachet and became the partner of Mr. Brown, with whom he is still associated. The business of this store is a large one, and it is now the most important establishment of its kind in this region. Mr. Hopkins is also very active in public affairs in this region, and is a staunch Republican in politics. He has served the community in the capacity of assessor of taxes for the past ten years, and has given complete satisfaction to the entire community, political friend or foe alike, on account of the efficient manner in which he has handled this work. He is a member of Chepachet Grange. He and his partner, Mr. Brown, are the representative business men of this town and stand high in the estimation of their fellow-citizens.
William Winsor Hopkins was united in marriage, September 29, 1892, with Lillian Gustell Brown, a sister of his partner, James Leon Brown. They are the parents of one child, Ella Maud, born May 15, 1897, and a graduate of Pascoag (Rhode Island) High School. He has also adopted Robert H. Steere, his sister's son, who was born in 1902, and now attends the Moses Brown School at Providence. Mr. Hopkins is the owner of a large farm in this region, where he spends most of his leisure time.
James L BROWN
1872 - 1958
Minnie M BROWN
1877 - 1967
Caroline E (SPRAGUE) BROWN
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|James B BROWN
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|Lucy E BROWN
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|William W HOPKINS
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Ella M HOPKINS
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Mary S. Steere
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JAMES LEON BROWN, one of the proprietors of the popular general store at Chepachet, R. I., and a member of the firm of Brown & Hopkins, is a native of Gloucester, R. I., where his birth occurred December 14, 1872. Mr. Brown is a son of James B. and Lucy Ellen (Hopkins) Brown, of Foster, R. I. The elder Mr. Brown was a native of Gloucester, and for many years engaged in the lumber business there. Later in life he took up farming, which he continued until his death, October 6, 1904. He was a prominent man in Gloucester, and served on the Town Council there, and also as overseer of the poor. He married (first) Caroline Sprague, of that place, who died in the year 1866, and they were the parents of three children: Eugene E., of Hopedale, Mass.; Frederick F., of Butte City, Cal.; and Nettie A., the wife of Harry Steere, whose death occurred April 13, 1914. James B. Brown married (second) Lucy Ellen Hopkins, of Foster, R. I., whose death occurred March 31, 1890. Of this second union two children were born, as follows: Lillian Gustell, who became the wife of William Winsor Hopkins, and James Leon, with whose career we are here especially concerned.
The early life of James Leon Brown was spent at his native town of Gloucester, R. I., where his education was obtained at the local grammar school. After completing his studies at that institution, he went to Spindalville, Mass., where he secured a position with the Westcott Spindle Company, guiding spindles, and held that position for two years. He then returned to his home at Gloucester, where he was engaged in farming for one year, after which he formed a partnership with William Horton, of Providence, R. I., with whom he conducted a meat market. After five years of this business he returned to the farm, where he remained for eighteen months, and then purchased the general store at Chepachet, from Mr. Reed, and continues in this business at the present time. He is a man of good judgment and wide business foresight, and under his managment his enterprise has grown until it is one of the most important of its kind in this region. He is a hard worker and devotes practically all of his time to running his business. Although possessed of wide popularity and the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens, Mr. Brown has never taken any prominent part in local affairs nor entered politics.
James Leon Brown was united in marriage September 26, 1900, with Minnie M. Hopkins, of Chepachet, where she was born Feburary 19, 1877, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah J. (Winsor) Hopkins. There have been no children born of this union, but Mr. and Mrs. Brown have adopted Ruth Evelen [sic] Steere as their daughter. Their residence is at Chepachet, R. I.


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Here are a few modern myths about gaming: no-one makes scary games anymore, Nintendo games are all family-friendly, and launch games by Ubisoft rarely live up to expectation.
And here's a game that dispels every single one of those. Released in tandem with Nintendo's strange new Wii U console, ZombiU is a terrifying, atmospheric and most importantly smart first-person action game, and it's one of the best horror games there's been for years. As a result, it's also one of the best reasons to get yourself a Wii U.
ZombiU's a return to one of Ubisoft's older games, though you're forgiven if you haven't played it before, or if you hadn't even heard of it. Zombi was a 1986 release for the Spectrum, Commodore and Amstrad, and it was the French outfit's first ever game.
Undead Again.
There are similarities, though - you play as a series of survivors in a post-infection city, picking through the undead in a bid to stay alive above all else. And when everyone's after your jugular and there are few friendly faces, that's much harder than it sounds.
London provides the backdrop, and it's an oppressive, atmospheric one. This is a caricature of the capital that's liberal with the details: Brick Lane backs up on to Buckingham Palace, according to ZombiU's curious geography, and it would seem that almost half of the population are Beefeaters.
Inaccuracies aside, it's a great place to explore, full of the little dark corners that can really make a horror experience fly: abandoned supermarkets explored by torchlight prove especially chilling, as do the dark corridors of tube stations where dead commuters slouch in shattered train carriages. Or, perhaps, they're not dead after all. Best bop them on the head with a cricket bat just in case.
Shooting For Six.
Ah, the faithful cricket bat. It's often your best weapon, because ZombiU most definitely isn't a first-person shooter. Guns are unwieldy, vicious things, kicking back violently and proving hard to use effectively. So you're often better off with just a strip of willow; a nice couple of cover drives will see your foe to the floor, where you can deliver a big strong hook to finish them off before you break for tea.
The cricket bat will also be the only real weapon at your side, for most of the game. Like any survival horror game worthy of the name, ammo's scarce, but there's more to ZombiU than that. You see, when you succumb to the grisly grips of the undead - and you will, and often - that's it for that character. They're dead. Finished.
Well, not quite. You'll respawn in new flesh in the bowels of Shadwell Station (and ZombiU's got a great line in understated heroes - my best survivor was a drab 26 year-old recruitment agent in a Primark dress suit called Holly Willows), from which you're best advised to revisit the scene of your demise and see off the reanimated corpse of your former self. It's the only way you can be reunited with your inventory; otherwise it's just you, the cricket bat and six untrustworthy bullets for your pistol.
In Your Head, In Your Heaaadd.
The odds stack up over time, so you'll have to become more resourceful, more canny and just a little bit more nasty. A personal favourite technique involves throwing off a flare for a horde of enemies to all dumbly gather around, and then swiftly following up with a grenade chaser. It's crowd control at its best, and very messy.
Even when you've got a pocketful of explosives, though, ZombiU's never anything less than scary. Ubisoft's use of the Wii U GamePad helps that cause - it's used, quite smartly, as a scanner to help you track down items, but even more effectively it's where you must look when you want to manage your inventory. With your attention torn away from the game world as you rustle around your backpack or through the belongings of an undead-again corpse, it becomes an unbearably tense experience.
So ZombiU's real horror, and it's horror done really, really well. It's the kind of experience we haven't really seen since the early days of the Resident Evil and Silent Hill series, but it's delivered with lessons learned from the likes of Dark Souls. Against all odds, it's something of a modern classic.
GAME's Verdict:
The Good:
- Properly scary
- Smart mechanics
- Great use of Wii U's idiosyncrasies
The Bad:
- Er, a bit too scary
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- October 9, 2008, 6:44 AM
Precision Pattern, a Wichita-based specialist in aircraft interior cabinetry and finish, has signed an agreement with Appearance Group to provide after-market support in terms of touch-up, repair and mechanical adjustments for cabin cabinetry. As part of the agreement, Appearance Group will receive training and instruction from Precision Pattern. Wichita-based Appearance Group specializes in the cleaning and restoration of cabin interiors, from leather and fabrics to veneers and carpets, as well as aircraft exterior detailing.


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Steve Chiotakis: There's a new government expected to be sworn in today in Greece -- an interim parliament to oversee more big spending cuts. In Italy this weekend, a new government will likely be sworn in to do many of the same things.
And Marketplace's Stephen Beard is with us from Rome and reports on how the country is
literally split on the economy. Hey Stephen.
Stephen Beard: Hello Steve.
Chiotakis: I know Italy's economic growth hasn't really kept up with its debt. What's driving the big disparity there?
Beard: Well, the low growth is largely due to things like excessive regulation, corruption and cronyism. The huge government debt, on the other hand -- well a lot of that has been wrapped up keeping this country together. Italy has this kind of split economic personality between the north and the south -- the relatively rich, productive north and the much poorer south.
The government has sent huge amounts of cash from the north down to the south to even things up. And that does account for a lot -- but not all -- of the debt.
Chiotakis: And how do you solve that problem and get Italy back to economic stability?
Beard: Of course, it's going to be horrendously difficult. The government is today racing a raft of austerity measures through the parliament. But it's going to be very difficult -- the country is virtually in recession, the tax base is shrinking, the north is suffering too.
And as Professor James Walston of the American University here told me, to make matters worse, the country's best know manufacturer -- based in the north -- Fiat, is thinking of bailing out.
James Walston: Fiat itself is possibly going to be leaving Italy. The CEO Marchionne has been talking about transferring as much as possible out of Italy.
Fiat is fed up with all the regulations, and problems with its labor force.
Of course, Italy could solve its debt crisis virtually overnight, if the tax-evading Italians paid their tax. They account for about 30 percent of the economy -- but you can't change the habits of a lifetime overnight.
Chiotakis: Marketplace's Stephen Beard in Rome. Stephen, thank you so much.
Beard: OK, Steve.


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Host Football Rob and special guest "Reverend" Ralph Mancini discuss current news topics in the NFL. Both Steelers halfbacks Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount were arrested on August 20th on charges of marijuana possession and could face suspension from the NFL. Find out what this could mean for the Steelers going forward.
Also discussed is the recent news that Johnny Manziel will be backing up Brian Hoyer to start the season for the Cleveland Browns. Will this benching be a blessing in disguise for the flamboyant rookie? Other QB battles across the NFL such as the situations in Tampa Bay, Oakland, Houston, and Minnesota are also discussed on this program. Make sure to follow Mancini throughout the NFL season on his twitter handle @ReverendRalph.


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Breast Cancer
Radiation levels: mammogram
Hello - for the past 2 years - i`ve had issues with my right breast. A ton of pain in upper right area near my armpit, lumpiness, etc. Back in may of 2007, a dr. took 2 pictures (film mammogram) just of the area. I was 30 years old. Through the end of 2007 and 2008 i had follow up ultrasounds, etc. I was told it was fibrous tissue/perhaps small cysts, etc. Two weeks ago i went to another provider because i thought the lumps may have been getting larger. She(knowing my history) did an ultrasound and decided that she wanted to do a baseline digital mammogram on both breasts (just to make sure nothing was hidden). I`m 32 and have had 2 "sets" of mammogram pictures on my right breast over the past 2 years. I`m assuming the Dr. wouldn`t have done it if she was worried about radiation levels (with me being under 35). I have no family history as well. Do i need to be worried?
Correct. There is not much risk at all from the radiation in mammogram exams. Breast pain is an infrequent sign of breast cancer, but it should be evaluated when the pain is in one area. Start with a mammogram, and probably ask for a referral to a breast surgeon (if you have not already seen one) to evaluate the "lumpiness". Ultrasounds and mammograms are a good start, though.
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I'll admit that I've never heard of the Jungle Bunch, and quite frankly I think these are the weirdest looking jungle creatures I've ever seen, and as for the story line… well there is a message there, somewhere.
However I am not the target audience for this movie. My little target audience loved it and watch it on a loop. My daughter now wants a toy tiger penguin (and if anyone happens to see one let me know would you?). Overall the movie is a fit for most kids 10 and under, although I have caught my tween putting it on a couple of times now 😉 Great rainy day viewing.
About the movie: The Jungle Bunch movie is the story of how a penguin's egg fell off an Antarctic ice floe and ended up in the jungle. Maurice (the hatched penguin) is adopted and raised by an affectionate tigress, and is actually convinced that he is also a tiger. His time is divided between re-painting his stripes, hunting and teaching his own adopted son, Junior the Tiger Fish, his special hunting techniques. Two penguins from Maurice's native Antarctic village, are in search of "The Great Tiger Warrior" to save their village from an oppressive group of walruses. Their search leads them to Maurice's jungle home, where they tell him of their plight. Determined to help, Maurice, and his team of misfit friends embark on an adventure they will never forget!
We received a copy of The Jungle Bunch from Universal Studios Home Entertainment to review for this post, and thanks to them I have a bundle of movies to giveaway! Including copy of The Jungle Bunch, Lego Ninjago, Zhu Zhu Pets Quest for Zhu and Nims Island.
To win please comment below to go into the draw, tell me what your favourite childhood movie was? Mine was, and still is the Dark Crystal. I will draw in one week, sorry Australian entries only. Don't forget to leave a valid email address (that won't be made public here) so I can contact to you, and no I never send spam.


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"True success takes more than talent. It takes dedication and hard work."
Well said, LeBron. In the latest episode of LeBron James' animated series 'The LeBrons', Kid and his boys prepare for the school basketball team try-outs while staying away from distraction from his in-school rivals as well as the legacy of Athlete. Will Kid make the team? At first, he avoids the try-outs, claiming to earn his b-ball rep on the streets, but soon comes to realize that he needs to work for his glory. Does Kid make the team? Before he does, he needs to get through a scrimmage against his rival Jamal. Check out Episode 4 below and let us know what you think!
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The state's DFL and Republican party leaders are trading barbs today over a campaign flier circulating in the northern Minnesota House district where a special election is scheduled next week.
The flier from GOP candidate Paul Jacobson shows a hunter aiming a gun under the message "take your best shot." The piece criticizes DFL candidate Carly Melen as "full of holes" on gun issues. But in the aftermath of the Tucson shootings, DFL state Party Chairman Ken Martin called on Republicans to tone down the rhetoric.
"It's not necessarily the fact that they used this issue," Martin said. "I think there's more important issues that they should be focusing on. It's the way that they decided to portray this in this literature piece which is really despicable."
State GOP Chairman Tony Sutton defended the brochure. Sutton said the message was about 2nd amendment issues and nothing else.
"Rather than talk about the issue, they try and have this diversionary attack," Sutton said. "It is unconscionable that they would for political purposes try and exploit the tragedy in Arizona, when it's obviously when you look at the piece, it's obviously a hunter."
Jacobson and Melin are running for the seat formerly held by DFLer Tony Sertich of Chisholm. Cynthia Kafut-Hagen is the Independence Party candidate.


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Congress leader Jana Reddy flayed Telangana government over the division of districts, which he said are unscientific and against the wishes of the people. Telangana rule is not as per the dreams of the people of the new state, he opined. His party leaders are questioning the government on behalf of the people, he said. Districts should be formed with facilities and historical importance in mind, he added.


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Inuyasha [VIZBIG Edition] (GN 17)
Title: Inuyasha [VIZBIG Edition]
Volume: GN 17
Pages: 752
Distributor: Viz Media
Release date: 2013-11-12
Suggested retail price: $19.99
Age rating: 16+
Inuyasha and friends lose a mortal enemy, but not before they receive a shocking message. Then Inuyasha and Sesshomaru learn the story behind their blades' awesome powers... one that is yet to be finished as the truth pits brother against brother.
Meanwhile, their arch-nemesis Naraku strives to corrupt the spark of purity Kikyo managed to instill in the Shikon Jewel. Things get briefly less serious when Shippo enters a fox demon competition... Kagome learns a piece of critical lore about the Shikon Jewel - as well as the secret behind the incredible powers she cannot access. But then Naraku takes on a particularly malevolent new form!
This omnibus "big" edition collects Inu Yasha volumes 46-48.
Story and art by Rumiko Takahashi.
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use globalisation in a sentence.
That's the eventual result of globalisation, yes.
It's called globalisation, and you're just gonna have to deal with it...
The Yes Men are about more fundamental issues than some measly symptom of globalisation happening to the people who benefit the most from it.
In the begining globalisation was about information and tech.
You can't equalize level of life without social rights and globalisation don't push for that (especially in the US where globalisation is mistaken for global free-market).
I'd deploy this more if the copy weren't aimed solely at Australians; which it shouldn't be as globalisation means if you're not an Australian, Australia is just a test-case for wherever you happen to be.
So you really think in a time of globalisation and opening markets, a country will suddenly become an island because people are too poor to travel?
It's not much of a paradox but something that capitalists said that globalisation allows a huge demand for workers in developing countries until the workers can demand developed world wages.
What was the state of globalisation with respect to arranging businesses to minimise tax at the time of that comment?
Just what is the cause of globalisation given the current political & economic climate?
I believe your parent was arguing that vaccines facilitate travel and that globalisation is anathema to monoculture.
My personal opinion is that with the rise of globalisation and non-native English's prevalence on the internet, any use of language that is understandable and unambiguous is good enough for discourse.
Wouldn't this just be an adjustment to something that occurred due to lack of free trade and globalisation/ ease of communication in the past?


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What the fuck was Michael Brown thinking when he decided to go on The Colbert Report on March 28?
Survey says: He wasn't thinking. Matter of fact, the ex-Federal Emergency Management Agency chief is getting pretty famous for not thinking, an oversight reflected in everything from his infamous musings about his fashion choices in e-mails written during Hurricane Katrina, to deciding to open a disaster-consulting firm in Colorado in the hurricane's wake. Time and again, Brown has proven that his head is in the clouds. Or up his ass.
Brownie's latest gaffe? Deciding to take a call from What's So Funny.
Michael Brown
The other night, I happened to catch a rerun of Brown on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report. I'd seen the show a few times before; in it, Daily Show veteran Stephen Colbert takes on a Bill O'Reilly, obnoxious-pundit persona and proceeds to mercilessly lampoon guests of the political persuasion. Sometimes the guests stammer at Colbert's antics, sometimes they stubbornly ignore him and voice their views -- but they always come off looking shaky and scathed. So when Colbert announced that the guest was going to be Brownie in the flesh, I was shocked. Why would a man who has been so publicly drilled ever since Katrina, a man who has been so mercilessly gutted by humorous late-night talk-show hosts and Jay Leno alike, subject himself to a public thrashing at the hands of Colbert?
"That's a good question," Brown says when I call, helpfully adding that he hasn't picked up a copy of the WestWorld in quite some time. "They wanted me to come on the show, and they sent me several DVDs, and I saw that people were able to say something substantive, despite what Stephen was doing. Stephen said he also wanted to apologize for all the crap I've been taking, to give me the chance to counter that on air."
When I ask Brown how he thinks he did on the show, he up and flips the script and asks me how I think he did.
"Uh, all right," I stammer.
Truth be told, I think it was probably the most embarrassing interview I have ever seen in my life.
I have a friend who says awkward, uncomfortable people make him feel "itchy," and in that respect, watching Brownie was the equivalent of chicken pox. It was the type of television you can't stand to watch yet can't take your eyes off of. Breaking Bonaduce-type shit. You flip back and forth to other channels for momentary relief, but you're back to the show that makes you itchy in seconds, unable to help yourself.
Unless you're a legitimate humor-meister like Funny, the only way to survive a Colbert interview is to ignore him altogether. He's going to do his thing and get his laughs, and you just have to sit there and let it happen, voicing your opinion whenever you can. According to Brown, Colbert even told him before the show that the thing to remember is that he essentially plays an idiot. If you keep that in mind, you'll make it out alive.
Brownie didn't. But so far, it doesn't look like he knows he's dead.
"It was fun," he reports. "I hope I had a good balance; it's so easy to get sucked right into his role of being a complete dufus that you have to stay on your toes. It's the kind of good media training that a lot of people get: 'I don't care what you ask, here's the answer.'"
You might want to head back to media boot camp, Brownie, because you came off like you majored in dufus. To wit:
Colbert: You e-mailed back [during the hurricane] and said you wished you were home having a margarita and walking your dog, correct?
Brown: Yes.
Colbert: What kind of margarita are we talking about here? We talking a frozen margarita? Salt around the rim?
Brown: Probably salt...uh, more sweet than sour. I don't like the sweetness too much. On the rocks.
Brownie can't say he was taken out of context. He can't say, "Look, that wasn't what I meant. I was merely relating how taxing it is trying to provide relief during a mammoth hurricane, and was voicing the fact that I, like any normal human in that situation, was definitely going to need some relaxation soon." No, sir. Instead, he just took a cue from the funny-boy host and attempted to crack wise.
Er...crack average.
Mentioning the margarita discourse, I ask Brown if he regrets any answers.
"I wish I had said that I would drink a margarita at the Rio Grande in either Boulder or Denver," he says.
This leaves the normally verbose What's So Funny speechless. Is Brownie trying to drop a plug for a local reporter, or is he really that obtuse?
For their part, the peeps at The Colbert Report say they're pleased with Brown's performance.
"I admire his willingness to defend his reputation," says Emily Lazar, the program's talent booker. "Some people are so cautious and self-conscious that they're not willing to engage in that arena. Whether he did a good job or not, some people hide under their bed and never come out. I admire his willingness to stand up for the reputation that he thought he deserved."
And Brownie says his props are way up in that key 18-to-34-year-old group. "It's been amazing," he tells Funny. "It seems that demographic watches the show an awful lot. I have had a lot of people approach me about it."
And not just youngsters, either.
"I just met with former senator Bob Kerrey," he explains, "and he told me that I had more guts than anyone he knew because I went on that show."
That's one way of looking at it.
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To his credit, Brownie -- who says the interview was the toughest he's ever done, never mind testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee -- realized what an effective means The Colbert Report could be in helping clear his name. And in some respects, he feels his efforts paid off.
"You could tell from the audience right away," he says. "A few people were giving me high fives. By the end of the show, I walked off the stage and I felt that the audience had a better impression of me. You have to have guts to do the show. It shows that you're a human being. That even in the midst of a tragedy where people have died, in the midst of dealing with serious policy issues, at the end of the day it's important to have a sense of humor."
And a clue.


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Research Topics
Mary Willy
Affiliation: Food and Drug Administration
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Emergency department visits attributed to selected analgesics, United States, 2004-2005Mary Willy
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 18:188-95. 2009..To estimate the rate of emergency department (ED) visits attributed to selected analgesic-containing medications...
- Estimates of acetaminophen (Paracetomal)-associated overdoses in the United StatesParivash Nourjah
Office of Drug Safety, Division of Drug Risk Evaluation, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 15:398-405. 2006..To estimate the number of acetaminophen-associated overdoses in the United States and identify possible risk factors for intervention...
- Informatic tools and approaches in postmarketing pharmacovigilance used by FDAJoyce Weaver
Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20903 0002, USA
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I am wind. Nothing more than a refreshing touch for the sons and daughters of neglect and anarchy. Now I'm gone. A lifetime there would not have let this well of passion run dry, but the wind must move, or it is no longer wind. But those sons and daughters, and the creative ether floating between the crows of roosters and the rush of the sea, have united together and liberated me. These 28 months of words, of thoughts, of stories, of poetry, and of dreams, remind me that every month of this existence was time when I was alive, fighting to erect monuments to hope in the hearts of people who will never be heard. We built them together in these two wondrous years, that even I will come to forget. But although forgotten, I'll feel their weight with me always, because I carry this invisible monument, this swollen heart, and I too have hope for the future.
On the dusty floors of an empty house, they will find the shadow of a life that I left behind. My prized name brand jeans were left in a pile of abandoned things, with mud stains, torn strips of fabric where the barbed wire fence humbled me, and blue pipe glue stuck to the thigh. There was a bottle of cologne that I had never used. It was probably once valuable, but all I can smell is alcohol. I kept trying to find space in my bag to take my dented machete home. Living simply teaches you very quickly how trivial most of our possessions really are. My suitcases were once full of important things, to the point of bursting. Almost two and a half years later, a less cluttered life helps me to see more clearly. Value is as capricious as a kite by the sea, and culture is the wind swaying it to and fro. Is anybody holding the string?
Over the course of time spent abroad, an image sharpened in the mirror. I no longer needed the electronic things, the fine fabrics, the security, the comfort. I will have those things again, but I will never need them. What I needed was time to learn. I was a castaway dreamer in a gray place, that smelled like exhaust, new leather shoes, and a different kind of slavery. And Love, the kind of Love that makes us willing hostages, bound together, as life just moves around, like a protruding rock, stubbornly parting a river- could it ever be anything more than a stunted sapling in a place where optimism and dreams could not take root? Time. Space. Freedom for my heart to beat, for my mind to wander, to journey deeper into the essence of human happiness, and of suffering. I owe this place so much. I owe these people everything. The more I tried to give, the greater my debt grew.
But I'm back now, 28 months later. I didn't need to smell the leather shoes to know that everything has changed. I think all that was missing was the confidence to know that I can choose where, and how I live. It's the fruit of a reckless love of life, and it always leaves you with the realization that you are free. Now there's a bit of love, and laughter, and more love- so that the world doesn't look so gray. But most of all, courage is here now. The courage to not only see who you are, but to assert it at all cost.
In face of this heart wrenching conclusion to almost everything that defined me over the past two years, it is important to write about the new beginnings. Octavio began to explore his own country, visiting the beach with me for the first time in his life. Six new UVA students moved into Corozo, and began a metamorphosis that I know all too well. I said goodbye to four walls, but have gained a new home- the space between Kati, Canela, and I, which will rest somewhere along the DC metro route, where poor people and smelly dogs are welcome. After traveling to the heart of adventure, after dreaming, and fighting for social justice, it would not be easy for me to bus dirty dishes off tables again, but I'll do it if it becomes necessary. Or maybe I'll get lucky, and get the job I've been striving for. This dream job would allow me to continue being a champion for justice in the forgotten corners of the world, where the word "progress" is not yet whispered, for fear that it may become a broken dream. From the office, I would learn. From the phone, I would fight. And when my plane lands in those dark corners, my eyes would be opened once again, and I'd remember how small I am. But maybe I will sculpt a few more invisible monuments before it's all through. That's the new horizon, that's the new dream. And vague as it sounds, this new horizon has a name, but I still fear to whisper it.
Kati and I have been easing ourselves back into this new world, as slowly as time and money allows us. We're not well equipped to survive in these concrete labyrinths, because we are Neanderthals with flip phones, with only a piece of toilet paper pinning the battery in place, and at least mine has NO INTERNET access. I've got phone numbers, an Indiana Jones lego game (well, a demo anyways), and my only "ap" is the calculator function. Even the people who have lived through the Smart Phone revolution over the past three years must be aware of how far reaching this transformation is, but imagine being absent through it for two and a half years, and returning, expecting to find things more or less the same. I don't know almost anyone anymore who doesn't have a Smart Phone. This universality makes even a week spent in the city without a Smart Phone feel almost daring.
I'm experiencing culture shock all over again. Nowadays, everyone obsesses about these things, called "aps", and I don't know where I can find one with my flip phone. Apparently, if you get enough of them, you can eliminate every source of discomfort or inconvenience in your life, and at the very least are cooler than everybody else. Since arriving, conversations have never sounded more electronic, with my words being punctuated by a lost pair of eyes and digital interjections. I believe the new convention is that the knife sits upon the napkin to the right of your plate, the fork to the left, and the escape from everything around you is always in your hands. At the first sign of a lull in conversation, or when the next digital harbinger of inane personal updates chimes in, how can you remember the flavor of your food? Or the charm of your company? Maybe there's an "ap" to solve the problem. In this new America, mysteries are not discussed, they are solved in nanoseconds on your screen. Stories are not shared with enthusiasm, and wild hand gestures, they are watched on youtube. Smart Phones are now indispensable tools for everyday conversation. Kodak moments are not experienced, they are pocketed like collector cards. As long as you are willing to fragment everything magnificent down to a few pixels, they can live forever, right? I'm pretty sure Lord Voldermort tried something similar with his soul, and look where it got him. What language is being spoken now? What does Instagram, Uber, and What's Ap mean? Where can I get an ap? Will it help me communicate with my friends better? I was only gone two and a half years. I haven't even mastered texting with T9 yet. Since when did not owning something make everyone, including myself, so uncomfortable?
Breath Dan…. Breath. I guess this makes me a luddite, and history will reduce unsavory manifestos like this down to nothing more than speed bumps on the road to progress. I will one day own a "space phone" too, because apparently you need them to survive in our new world, but I'm going to wait as long as I can. Will I be able to control the phone or will it control me? I see the benefits of this change, bright as day, you don't need to remind me what is gained by it. Let's just remember to discuss what is lost as well.
Before the weight of the world befell us, Kati and I decided to take one last hiatus from real life- a camping trip out west. After seeing so much of the world, we decided it would be a crime to not experience all of the natural grandeur of our own country. What was once envisioned as a road trip that would stretch from Canada to the Grand Canyon, with every national park and compelling urban area between, was scaled back to a two week long camping trip from Denver to Montana, with the occasional visit from friends. This will at least save more adventure for later. The highlights of the trip were our friends, Rocky Mountain National Park, The Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and Glacier Mountain National Park.
We traversed the floral dream of alpine tundra in the Rocky Mountain national park, counting how many snowy ridge lines proudly jutted out between our smiles and the horizon. At 13,000 feet above our memories in the Dominican Republic, we heard what we thought was thunder, and looked out of our tent to see a distant rock slide playing in the snow. Not a blade of grass dare grow around our tent, where boulders, and the Dove Glacier mingled to form a positively lunar landscape. And as we slept in the tent, I could feel my heart beating for want of oxygen, and the raw skin on my heels that would soon become blisters. All of the muscles in my shoulders that were sore from lugging the weighty luxuries of canned ravioli and ripe apples to the top of this peak, but it is in this discomfort that I find paradise time and time again.
In the Grand Tetons I mistook a curious porcupine prowling around in the bushes for a Grizzly Bear, and we found a hidden and verdant valley between the jagged icy peaks, hidden from less determined tourists. We walked alongside elk, black bear, moose, and bison. The caldera of the super volcano in Yellowstone Park was covered in steamy pits of water and bubbling pools of mud and sulfuric acid. We saw enormous geysers of water that were announced with fumes of rotten eggs, and all of the colors of the rainbow splayed out as thermophilic bacterial mats. The most gorgeous display of natural wonder was Glacier Park, along the Canadian border. A more elegant array of snow covered peaks and mountain lakes can not be found. The hike from our first camp site to Jackson Glacier was surreal, and I'm happy to say that we were able to share the dream with our good friend from the Peace Corps, Alex, accompanied by a few of his friends. We finished with snow in our boots in late July, and felt what future generations will only experience through photographs- the melting shadows of a once proud Ice Age calling out to us, reminding those who will listen of how indomitable and mighty nature can be.
The wind ceases to be wind when it stops moving, and to keep growing, so must I keep moving. My host mother Tona said it well, "para seguir, tienes que superar esta vida", (to go forwards, you need to overcome this life). After living like a nomad for months, and adventuring, and trying to make a difference in the world, I feel like I was everywhere and nowhere at the same time. I will enjoy a sobering dose of stability in my life, but as comfortable as I get with this stability, I will always remind myself to keep moving. Maybe not physically, or geographically, but I must move mentally, so as to not become a slave to routine. There are too many experiences waiting for me to allow myself to be confined to the same ones over and over again.
How do I conclude these past two years of life? How do I thank everyone who made these two years wonderful? Will my mind and heart move on? Or will some part of me always linger back in the campo? I felt at home there, like I belonged there as much as anyone else. Even though I was a mystery to many people, I was at least a familiar mystery. I had my place, and so I dissolved into the backdrop as much as those living, rustic statues, completing their daily journeys upon four legged time machines, marching into obsolescence. I achieved a degree of unity with the land, and the people, and now words seem pathetically inadequate. Manuel passed me a note before leaving, that read, "there are so many things that I want to tell you with regards to thanks, but I can't find the words. It only consoles me knowing you understand." I do understand. When we are truly one, silence is the only thing that is genuine.
For my heart, for my mind, for their hearts and their minds, there's nothing of significance that my words can convey. But the breeze stirs again, and I am moving, and as I move I will change, but I will always feel the weight of this swollen heart.
This will be my last blog post on the Road Less Traveled, so I may challenge myself to find something new to fill the void, and in doing so, continue moving, continue learning, continue growing.
For those of you interested in seeing a little bit of footage from the inauguration of the El Corozo water system, and a description of the project. You can find it here. Fundaccion Reddom posted this video on Youtube a week or two ago- the awesome techno music it's pretty wonderful, too.


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To make your own Temple Cards, remove this page from the magazine, glue it to heavy paper, and cut out the cards. You can add these cards to the cards that appeared in each issue of 2003 and in the April 2005 and September 2007 issues. To print out more copies of the cards, go to liahona.lds.org.
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We're now officially Globalize DC. You may have known us as the DC Center for Global Education and Leadership (or CGEL). We have a new name now but the same mission – to leverage the unique resources of the nation's capital to ensure that our city's young people are prepared for the global future they will inhabit. We hope you enjoy the website and please let us know what you think!
Opening the world to our city's youth
Globalize DC focuses exclusively on increasing access for DC's public school students to high quality global education, language learning, and study abroad opportunities. We have adopted five strategies to do this work.
Connecting to a global city
Washington, DC is both our home town and a global capital. Globalize DC works to bridge the gap between the city's unique wealth of global resources and our own local students, educators, and schools.
Join the movement
We can't do this work without you! Your financial contribution will help us build a strong organization that makes a real difference in the lives of our city's young people. No gift can be too big or too small.
Focus: Japan
Konnichiwa! This school year we're all in on Japan. Read about our growing menu of Japan related programming for students and learn how you can get involved.


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Want to know what California will look like in 20 years? Google Tijuana.
Google Earth has partially cataloged the streets of Tijuana in the "street view" and it is not a pretty sight. The sprawling urban city of 1.5 million butts up against the US border. It has one of the highest murder rates in the Western Hemisphere. Google street view shows a dense urban landscape where residents live in total fear of their neighbors. The entire city is covered in massive concrete walls, steel gates, and steel bars. Combine that with the gang graffiti and crumbling roads and it looks like some post apocalyptic landscape. It is so dangerous that the United States Marine Corps recently ended a decades old tradition of letting soldiers take leave in the city.
Click here to explore the real Tijuana.
Obama to Latinos: I don't have to enforce immigration law.
Obama went on Univision, the Spanish language network, to re-assure Latinos that he has no plans to enforce US immigration law.
"The most important thing that we can do is to change the law because the way the system works — again, I just wanna repeat, I'm president, I'm not king. If Congress has laws on the books that says that people who are here who are not documented have to be deported, then I can exercise some flexibility in terms of where we deploy our resources, to focus on people who are really causing problems as a opposed to families who are just trying to work and support themselves," President Obama told Univision.
Note: Obama released Haitians criminals from detention centers in a unilateral backdoor amnesty. These were illegal aliens from Haiti who have already committed crimes in the United States. They had served time in American jails and prisons and were awaiting deportation. Obama released all of these illegal alien thugs back into society. Some have already committed new crimes. Obama's comments are absurd. He wants all illegals to stay, no matter how many problems they cause.
Velasquez fans show their hatred of white people after fight.
Latino MMA fans celebrating Velasquez victory with racial animosity. The new UFC heavyweight champion has "Brown Pride" tattooed on his chest and boasts of being "100% Mexican" despite being born in California. His title match took place in Anaheim where Latino fans waved Mexican flags and signs saying "Brown Pride."
The irony is a white competitor with "White Pride" tattooed on his chest would be barred from even competing. Velasquez defines himself in racial terms and his Latino fan base love him for it.
After the fight, youtube and internet message boards were filled with tens of thousands of messages from Valasquez fans attacking whites. In fact, praising Velasquez for his victory and attacking white people with profanities and racial slurs seem to go hand in hand for Latino fans.


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Jul 01, 1996 | 256 Pages
If you want to read something really interesting about our obsession with looks, go out and buy The Face of Love, a slender, subtle volume. —Daphne Merkin, The Boston Globe
"An alluring book. . . . Moved by the trauma of her own mastectomy, broadened by her kinship with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women novelists, put on notice by the odd fascination she feels for photo albums that record her youth, Lambert makes palpable to readers what she plainly experienced as a middle-aged woman: a secular revelation that beauty is very deep indeed, as deep as we're capable of making it." —Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer
"The book's affirmation of the corporeal as an important root of our identity places Lambert at the forefront of an important new area of feminist research and theory that is beginning, at last, to take women's bodies seriously without trapping them in politically dangerous notions of the essential female. By reclaiming the vivid ways in which beauty can be understood as a quality of the spirit—even in a culture dominated by images of MTV vixens and willowy supermodels—Lambert has produced an eloquent plea for the enduring uses of beauty in feminist discourse." —Jennifer Jones, In These Times
"A dazzling and unpredictable book which should provoke passionate discussion. Ellen Lambert rightly presents beauty as a more taboo subject than sex. Kudos to her for so stimulatingly breaking the taboo. The Face of Love will certainly lead to re-readings of many classic texts and may lead some women to reconsider the story of their lives." —Phyllis Rose, author of Parallel Lives
""The Face of Love is a wise and often poignant book about the connection between love and feelings of ugliness or beauty. Feminists or not, we are our bodies; Lambert understands women's anxieties about beauty as serious, and shows in deft literary criticism and moving personal memoir how meaningful they can be." —Elaine Showalter, author of A Literature of Their Own


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Leigh is a small coastal community in the north of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It lies on the west side of Omaha Cove, a small inlet within Omaha Bay to the south of Cape Rodney. It is 13 km from Matakana, 21 km from Warkworth and approximately 92 km north of Auckland City. It is most noted for being the nearest town to Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve surrounding Goat Island. The reserve, the first of its type in New Zealand, is also the location for the University of Auckland's Marine Laboratory.
The population was 390 in the 2006 Census, a decrease of 33 from 2001.
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So the fans are generally taking the side of the players. The players want to play. The fans want to see them play. Everybody wants to see the season go on, but the owners rather lock players out until something gets decided rather than operate under the CBA that they claimed was perfectly good after the last lockout.
Ultimately, the fans are the losers in this equation if part (or all) of the season does not happen. Is it the fans who are truly punished in a lockout, denied the sport they love and support through thick and thin.
Teams assure ticket holders that money will be refunded if games are not played, but in the meantime, every dollar out there invested in tickets, be they STHs or single game purchases, is a dollar spent in good faith by the fans that the season will in fact start on time.
The fans have been watching the CBA discussions with acute interest; now with the owners so blatantly making it clear it's all about the money, the fans are looking to take their money elsewhere.
Fans are making their contingency plans, too. AHL and ECHL and college teams will find their games better-attended this season if there's a lockout. Fans will seek out European and KHL and CHL games on the internet. Those who like football and soccer and basketball will spend their money there.
Meanwhile, in Russia, there is a team and a city that is grateful to have a team in the KHL again this year, a team that knows all too well the value of a season lost.


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MensTennisForums.com (http://www.menstennisforums.com/forumindex.php)
- The French Musketeers (http://www.menstennisforums.com/58-french-musketeers/)
- - Jérôme Haehnel (http://www.menstennisforums.com/58-french-musketeers/35183-j%E9r%F4me-haehnel.html)
Jérôme Haehnel
Hello everybody, in case you didn't know it yet, Jérôme Haehnel's French site has been opened for a while, if you want to follow his results and to talk about our tennisman, come and join us on www.jhaehnel.com
(if the link's broken please come on http://jhaehnel.free.fr/V1/PHPNUKE75FR/html/index.php)
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Very nice Site, lot of infos, pictures and updated daily...
Good job girls
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Thanks a lot for your wonderful pics from 's-Hertogenbosch at the Tommy's forum. They are really great!!! I love them very much. :hearts:
I found 3 old pics of Jerome from Stuttgart 2004.
Of course you can use them without credit for your site, if you would like. ;)
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I'm happy to see that you like Tommy's pics from S-Herto (attendez j'essaye d'étaler mon pauvre anglais au maximum :rolleyes: ) :) :) . Thank you very much for the Jerome's pics,I have add them to the website :worship:
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It's a formidable player, very simple and very frindly with his fan.Thanks to him, now i'm interested of advantage in Challengers
désolée pour mon anglais catastrophique! mais bon en clair! JEROME THE BEST! :)
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Good luck Jerome!
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Happy Birthday to Jerome a few days ago,
Today in StuttGART, Jérome lost to Alexander Waske 5-7 2-6 :sad:
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I read Jérôme got married recently with a girl named Aurelle Sautet. I didn't even know he was engaged. Congratulations! :yeah: I didn't know his coach was his ex-fiancée/new wife too!... :eek: We know who's the boss in the Haehnels' home, now. :devil:
It looks as if Julien Benneteau was the best man (he's the only one from all the other tennis players invited to wear a flower on his suit like Haehnel...)! :haha:
On Monday he lost in the final of the Cordenons Challenger in Italy. Too bad but he had a great run. Congrats again to him and his few fans! ;)
Edit: Scans of the said article plus an ad with him (didn't know he endorsed Inesis either...i should keep myself up to date more...).
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Jérôme will play this afternoon his compatriot David Guez at Geneva Challenger.
Come on Jerome !!!!!!!!!!! :rocker2:
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Wow, that's unusual! I don't mean to stereotype, but I've never heard of a male pro having a female coach.
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But the problem with Haehnel and his coach is that's she's also his wife. One of the unofficial "rules" that allow a good coach/coached relationship to be (as said by coaches in an article i scanned and posted recently that i should begin to translate... :o hum...It's like "don't be nor their "guru", nor their "doggy", nor their "nanny", nor their (too close) "friend" "... ) if not many of them are broken because of this.
That's like in any work. It's often hard to work around someone from your family even more if it's someone very close as a wife or an husband. And when it's about learning stuff it's almost impossible. Not like businesses where it's often a family affair without any problem because in this case there's all the advantages of what family relationships can bring like easing the creation of a team spirit in the group, easing team work, being able to work late hours because your family understand the situation, children being in touch with the field since they were born through their parents' experience so being very competent and efficient etc...whatever...without that many disadvantages. There's the Mirka Wavrinek/ Federer exemple to show it can work in tennis too with her managing his carreer, all his affairs etc...
But as it's unbearable in the long term when one of your parents is one of your teacher for exemple (i know someone who was in this situation when he was younger and hated it...), i don't think this will work. I believe they'll have to stop one of the aspects of their relationship (i hope for them she'll only stop coaching him and not the other option...) or it's going to get hard to deal with (almost schizophrenic...) and not because she's a female coach but because she happens to be too close to him.
It's like players being coached by their father or brother etc...with it being even harder to deal with (your father or brother doesn't live with you...). That doesn't work for long generally (there are still the cases of Paradorn Srichaphan but he changed from his father to his brother to coach him, Davydenko with his brother Eduard, a lot of female players like Sharapova and Yuri Sharapov, Marion Bartoli and her father Walter, Emilie Loit is coached by her husband too plus many other exemples in the present and the past...but those kind of collaborations are bound to stop after only a few years as it has often been seen already...).
Maybe they'll proove me wrong and manage to separate very stricly their family relationship from their professional relationship and manage to get only good things out of this collaboration for years and years. But i think it will only be a fantastic experience for a few years that will make both of them progress and learn a lot but that it won't work in the long term. Maybe it will work perfectly and they'll start a new trend in tennis, who knows? ;)
:o :rolleyes: I'm too talkative...And as always when i make a giant post: sorry if there is any mistake...
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Congratulations Jerome and thankyou for the scans Delsa :D
I love the inesis advert
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Jerome def David Guez 2/6 7/5 6/4.
Tomorrow he'll play Carlos Cuadrado (spain) at Geneva Challenger.
ALLLEZ JEROMMME :yeah:
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:worship: Jeromeeee!!!
Good luck for the rest of competition
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Thanks for the article and ad scans, delsa! :D Jérôme looks gorgeous! ;)
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PHP and mathematics
For programming you need to be a mathematician. For example if you do C/Java/Pascal/Python(...) programing. But what about PHP? If my mathematics is very poor, can I do PHP programming well? Who can tell, make it clear please.
Programming is programming. The amount of math involved depends on the project. If you're just taking input and throwing it somewhere, you can probably get by with first-grade math in just about any language. On the other hand, if you're writing a 3-D graphics engine (probably not something you'd do in PHP, but the point stands), you'll need college-level calculus and discrete mathematics for things like vectors, planes, transformations, and projections.
There is no yes or no answer to this. It really depends on the programming work you're doing. PHP is primarily designed for web applications though, so chances are that you probably won't see anything too complex in day-to-day stuff. But there are still things like Boolean logic, bit operations (these are computers, after all), and image dimensions. Math comes with the territory in any language (and in most careers), so I suggest you find some good math courses or online tutorials.
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New York City Target Corp.'s chairman, CEO and president Gregg Steinhafel was upbeat in assessing the chain's business at its annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday as the discounter raised its quarterly dividend by 45%.
But despite the company's optimism, it is still taking a cautious approach to expansion.
"We are taking nothing for granted," Steinhafel said in a brief address at the company's annual meeting in Boulder, Colo., the Associated Press reported.
Target is set to open 13 stores this year, all in the second and third quarter. Steinhafel described it as the "low point" in its expansion but told investors Target will step up new store openings in 2011.
Steinhafel told shareholders that Target has benefited from changes in marketing and merchandise, from adding perishables to its general merchandise stores to emphasizing low prices in its advertising. The company is also making other changes in its store, including improving sight lines in its shoe department and adding more interactive displays in its video area.
Steinhafel reiterated that Target plans to expand and test smaller formats in urban markets and is exploring expansion overseas for the first time, but didn't provide any more details.
The discounter had said in January that it plans to open stores in Canada, Mexico and Latin America, but not for at least three to five years.