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Zille said she had responded to a "broad and over-arching invitation" that was "specifically directed to the DA by name" through Cosatu's Western Cape secretary Tony Ehrenreich.
After reading reports about this on Monday, Zille said she informed Craven the DA accepted, but when she tried to contact general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi to discuss logistics he did not return her call.
When they spoke later, Zille said she told Vavi the DA would have a problem if Cosatu intended calling teachers out of classrooms to take part.
Vavi was about to do a radio interview and said he would call her back, Zille said.
Instead she received an SMS on Tuesday morning. It said: "Hi Helen – thanks for the call and sms. I checked with both HQ and Gauteng province of Cosatu – no one has invited you.
"Politically it will be a disaster for us if we are seen to be joining hands with you even on the areas of common concern such as the tollgates.
"I know you won't agree or like this but we want to stay pure and not get the opposition political parties joining the march. Please understand."
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Most Americans would consider my job a plum job. I am a tenured professor of history at a public university in the Midwest. I get summers off to read and write. I have health care. My employer matches my retirement-plan contributions. My salary is above the median annual household income.
And I'm miserable much of the time.
My main problem, which becomes less tolerable with every passing year, is the students. My best are mediocre. The worst are semiliterate. Grading a stack of exams or papers is a painful experience.
Every year it gets harder to persuade myself that my comments may lead to student progress, even when I notice marginal improvements here and there. One of my better students — the sort who ordinarily provides a slender ray of hope — e-mailed me recently, fretting over a "marked decline in student attitudes" on our campus, as students "demand more of the professors and less of themselves." The local school district, the area's pipeline, is in crisis, so future prospects aren't good.
Add to all that a major dollop of alienation and anomie.
My closest friends on the faculty, with whom I forged tight bonds in my first few years here, have left or are leaving. I'm in a locality far from family or roots, out of sync with my cultural and political instincts.
I know: Accentuate the positive. And there are many good things about my job. Everything in my first paragraph and several more — research support, conference travel, consulting opportunities — are posted at my computer so I don't forget them in my darker hours. I haven't always agreed with the administration, but my dean is fair in evaluating my performance. With new buildings and plans, the physical look of the campus is improving, and that makes more of a difference than one would think.
But I'm so miserable because of the quality of my students that I'm giving very serious consideration to throwing in the towel on academe, which would have been inconceivable even a few years ago. The only thing that's stopped me is my children, who need my income and benefits.
An outside offer has proven elusive. In my field, moving to another institution at a level beyond assistant professor is difficult to achieve. I am publishing at a rate and a level of quality that may warrant it, but every year only a handful of jobs are advertised that I fit. When I leaf through the faculty-job ads, I find myself regretting my early tenure. It feels as if I will never be able to move, given that senior-level positions are scarce and the competition impressive.
I could invite Jim Beam, Jack Daniel's, and my old pal Bud over for a little party or take a more legitimate route and score some Xanax or Prozac. But I've found myself turning to a different form of self-medication: the rock 'n' roll of defiance and departure.
I'm not sure "sublimation" is the right word if one is merely the consumer rather than the producer, but there's no doubt that a departure song can take away the feeling of being trapped, even if the departure is a matter of pure fantasy.
Here is a rock 'n' roll top five for my fellow claustrophobic academics who might need a heavy-rotation soundtrack to take them through the summer:
1. "Already Gone," the Eagles. I was never much of an Eagles fan, and I don't care that they're back on the cover of Rolling Stone, but few tunes better capture the moment of triumph in departure than this one, and it's hard to beat its stripped-down sound:
Me, I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong I will sing this vict'ry song
'Cause I'm already gone
Play that as you tool around the campus looking for a parking spot. Instant rejuvenation.
2. "Fly Away," Lenny Kravitz. The best song of escapist longing ever written, particularly since it is not about love but about leaving behind a whole life and place:
I wish that I could fly
Into the sky
So very high
Just like a dragonfly
I'd fly above the trees
Over the seas
in all degrees
To anywhere I please
... I want to get away
I want to fly away
3. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," Eric Burdon and the Animals. A shopworn classic, admittedly, but the definitive song of place-bound love and the potentiality of alternative horizons. Feeling trapped can be a shared experience. There's no reason to contain it all within yourself.
Croon to your amour:
We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
'Cause girl there's a better life for me and you
4. "Time for Me to Fly," REO Speedwagon. Admit it, you don't always turn the dial when this one comes on, so spare me the class condescension. This song works: Just substitute your university for the song's object of soured desire:
You said we'd work it out
You said that you had no doubt
That deep down we were really in love
Oh, but I'm tired of holding on
To a feeling I know is gone
I do believe that I've had enough
... I believe it's time for me to fly
Time for me to fly.
5. "Someday," Steve Earle. Southern-fried, Earle has written some of our time's rockingest working-class jeremiads, not to mention the best songs generated by the Iraq War. Back in 1985, he nailed the fantasy lives of those stuck in small towns with this jangly number:
There ain't a lot that you can do in this town
You drive down to the lake and then you turn back around …
Someday I'm finally gonna let go
'Cause I know there's a better way
And I wanna know what's over that rainbow
I'm gonna get out of here someday
6. Bonus track, dude! "Should I Stay or Should I Go?," The Clash. With its posture of contumacy grafted onto near-total emotional confusion, this is the perfect artistic representation of existential dilemma:
It's always tease, tease, tease.
You're happy when I'm on my knees
One day is fine, next is black
So if you want me off your back
Well come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
In the blare of The Clash, I can begin to imagine transcending it all. Maybe a punk attitude — inner contempt, the sneering lip, the imagined possibility of exit at any time — will give me the fortitude to stick it out for just one more year, and then another, never really thinking of this place as permanent. Perhaps departure songs can supply me with a will to endure. … Or should I go?


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I should also add that I have a CAPONE auto loan with a balance of 25000 and 3 on time payments that I just got. at the time my score was 650 but the high utilization has brought it down. My score predictor on FICO said it would go up to around 680 if I paid down all my debt....
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When you close that card, you will lose the $2300 reported limit. Without paying down more of the other cards, you are increasing your utilization. Now if you close it and take your refunded deposit and apply it towards your remaining card, that would be the best route. I would apply the returned deposit as follows (assuming the deposit is $2k)
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After doing that, you will only have ONE card reporting a balance at approx. 24% util instead of 6 accounts with a util of 69%. BUT, the payments that were going to the other cards can now be applied to this card and help you bring that balance down much quicker. Remember FICO scores overall and individual util. Having almost all your cards maxed is killing your score. That is how I would attack this debt. AND THEN, I'd app for a barclays card.
Edited: to reflect actual limit of Kay card and revised util %.
thanks for all of the help! really appreciated.
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I'm 29, about 5'9" & I weight 150 lbs. My bra size is 80B I want to be 80C/D, my breasts sag & are hollow on top. I currently reside in Sofia, Bulgaria & I've seen 3 PS. They suggested an anatomical implant, submuscular placement in result I would get a natural fuller look.Their size suggestions varied from 410cc to 450cc; I wanted round implants, & any size would do as long as it gets me from a B to full C or D. Submuscular placement is what I want but not sure about the anatomical implants and the size?
All the PS's I've Seen Suggest That I Should Get an Anatomical Implant Between 410-450cc, but Im Skeptical? (photo)
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Anatomical implants
I like the anatomical implants and I use the anatomical implants ocassionaly. However, I think you will do very well with the submuscular placement of silicone moderate plus profile implants
Anatomic Breast Implants?
Thank you for the question and pictures. Your breast demonstrate a significant amount of rust tissue volume and a pleasant shape; you are at an excellent starting point for breast augmentation surgery. In my practice, I would recommend a round breast implant placed in the sub muscular ( dual plane) position.
One of the concerns that exists when shaped or anatomical breast implants are used involves the potential for rotation or shifting of the breast implants in the breast implant pockets. If this shifting/rotation occurs, the breast shape may change; this change may necessitate further surgery to correct.
Select your plastic surgeon carefully. Communicate your goals clearly. Once you feel you have communicated your goals clearly, allow your plastic surgeon to use his/her years of experience/judgment to choose the breast implant size/profile that will best meet your goals. In my practice, this decision is usually made during surgery.
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Anatomic implants do not provide as much upper pole fullness.
Based on your photos and what you wish to achieve, I agree with your concerns about the anatomic implants. The anatomic implants provide a more natural shape to a relatively flat breast by bringing more fullness to the lower half of the breast. In your case, you already have plenty fullness in the lower half of the breast. To gain more upper breast fullness, a round implant would be a better option. RB
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Based on your body dimensions and bra size, I think that the implants that your plastic surgeons recommended will result in breasts that are larger than a full C or D. Placing sizers in a non-padded bra, especially a borrowed C or D cup bra will give you a better sense of which implant size will help to achieve your cup size goal.
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All the PS's I've Seen Suggest That I Should Get an Anatomical Implant Between 410-450cc, but Im Skeptical? (photo)
Seek a few more in person opinions. The volume of implant sounds good but shape could be UHP or HP implants that are round.
Round vs anatomical breast implant
Based on the photos, you already have quite a bit of fullness at lower pole of your breasts. If you are looking to get more upper pole fullness then round implant is actually more suitable. Because of your height, you should be able to have 410cc to 450cc implants without looking excessively huge. Of course you should have measurement done during consultation to make sure it's a good fit.
Best Wishes,
Stewart Wang, MD FACS, Wang Plastic Surgery
Round implants help restore the upper breast pole fullness
Dear Sherisue,
Thank you for sharing you photos.
It seems that you are on the right track considering the round implants instead of the "anatomical" ones to achieve upper breast pole fullness.
As for the size, I recommend that you use the "rice test" where you fill 2 stocking with rice and stuff them underneath a sports bra you will be wearing; you can adjust the volume of the rice in the stocking to reach your desired appearance. The volume of rice that will give you the desired size would be measured and reported to your surgeon.
That being said, please remember that commendable results require an exceptionally skilled surgeon to perform the surgery and settling for anything less than that increases the chances of additional corrective surgeries dramatically.
I hope this helps and please feel free to check the website below.
Thank you for your inquiry.
The best of luck to you.
Dr. Sajjadian
Learn more: http://www.DrSajjadian.com
No shape advantage for "anatomical" shaped implants over round implants, especially in the upper poles..
Your instincts are correct. Round implants would work well for you and there is no advantage in shaped "anatomic" implants, especially if you want fullness up top, which most women desire. The highly-cohesive form-stable implants are commonly used in Europe, and are shaped (and you are in Bulgaria), but they are a little firmer than less-cohesive round silicone gel and saline implants (commonly used here in the U.S.). Yes, submuscular placement is best. With your existing B cup bra size a 450 cc implant will get you up into a D cup, so you might want to use a slightly smaller implants if you want a full C (but there is nothing wrong with a D cup size either if that is what you want). Have a look at some women with similar breast sizes treated with round implants and see what you think. I've attached a link to my website.
Learn more: http://swansoncenter.com/content/ideal-breast/procedures/breast-augmentation/patient-photographs.asp
Anatomic breast implants vs. round breast implants
Anatomic breasts implants are not used much any more because all round implants look anatomic when a women is standing. An anatomic breast implant is flatter on the top, therefore if you have any sagging or loss of volume on the top an anatomic implant is not for you.
Learn more: http://www.beautifulself.com
Round versus anatomical
I agree with you that round implants would give you the upper pole fullness you lack. An anatomical implant would be less full up top and more full on the bottom, but you already have plenty of tissue below.
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Vegetables in Dill Sauce Recipe
"This recipe is ideal for using up vegetables from your garden," writes Edie DeSpain from Logan, Utah. "It's a great side dish for grilled chicken. Enjoy!"
- 4 cups water
- 1-1/2 cups pearl onions
- 1 medium carrot, sliced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
- 2 small zucchini, sliced
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons fat-free sour cream
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons fat-free milk
- 2-1/4 teaspoons finely chopped onion
- 1/2 teaspoon snipped fresh dill
- Dash white pepper
- 1. In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add pearl onions; boil for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water; peel.
- 2. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute onions and carrot in butter for 1 minute. Add mushrooms and zucchini; saute 6-8 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender. Stir in the lemon juice, marjoram and salt.
- 3. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine the sauce ingredients. Cover and microwave on high until heated through, stirring once. Serve with vegetables. Yield: 6 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1/2 cup: 80 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 9mg cholesterol, 186mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 2g fiber), 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 1 fat.
Reviews for Vegetables in Dill Sauce
Average Rating
Reviewed Jun. 1, 2011
"I used whole milk, reg. mayo (not low-fat), dried minced onion and dried dill. Was very good, everyone liked it!"
Reviewed May. 24, 2010
"This is a very tasty and enjoyable recipe; one of my guests is a vegetarian and asked for the recipe..."
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Final: Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3
Game over: Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3
After coming up empty with a chance to tie it in the ninth inning last night, Victor Martinez was ready to come up big tonight. The only problem was that there was no one on base.
Ryan Kalish singled to bring Martinez to the plate, but before he could blink Kevin Gregg caught him napping with a pickoff move. With the bases clear, Martinez, launched one deep to the Granite City sign on the Monster. In a scene from a Stooges movie, Fred lewis and Vernon Wells crashed into each other and Martinez raced to third.
He'd be stranded there.
Adrian Beltre grounded to short to end the game, and the Red Sox fell 4-3, falling to the Jays for the second straight night. Josh Beckett threw seven inning, giving up four runs on 11 hits. He ran his pitch count up to 111 (69 strikes).
The Sox threatened (11 hits) but the offense couldn't cash in. Meanwhile, Jose Bautista inched closed to becoming the 26th player in baseball history to post a 50-homer season, banging a 1-1 pitch over the Wall in the first inning to put him at 49 for the year.
As far as post-game reaction, Josh Beckett was a goldmine.
On the Jose Molina's sixth inning bunt that scored John McDonald from first: The ball's going foul and it kind of gets in the lines, a little bit of a divot, so yeah it's a tough play. Salty didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to do. I certainly thought the ball was going to go foul. I think Salty thought the same thing. Then, it stays fair.
It's not a situation that comes up very often, but nobody but me has to have the plate. That's got to be my play. Salty's running after the ball, I've got to figure out what I'm supposed to do there, not sit there with my thumb in my [butt] and follow Salty. We don't need two people fielding the ball. I need to figure out what I'm supposed to do there.
On his own physical condition after as a difficult season closes: It's tough to tell. It's up, down, whatever. Everybody in this clubhouse is grinding it out, and we're trying to win games. Nobody's really running and hiding right now. As far as the people who are ahead of us, we've just got to try to figure out a way to win some games. Like I said, the limited damage I gave up was just too much.
On Jose Bautista's 49th home run, a bomb over the Wall in the first inning: He's hitting .260 — .270 probably after tonight. Yeah, there's ways to pitch to him. Have I figured it out? No. And there's some other guys that haven't figured it out either. But there's ways to pitch to him. It's not like he's hitting .400. Ted Williams is still the last guy to do that.
That's all I've got tonight good people. Next time.
End of the 8th: Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3
The Jays went down in order and the Sox left Jed Lowrie stranded on first.
Bottom of the 7th: Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3
The chance was there. The Sox had runners on first and second with two outs and David Ortiz at the plate. He ripped hard at a 2-0 pitch but came up empty. He laid off a pitch outside for strike two, a call he didn't particularly agree with. He took another pitch outside to run the count full. Then, with the Fenway fans charged, Ortiz swung and missed a fastball. Inning over.
Top of the 7th: Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 1
Jose Bautista got doubled up on a fly ball and didn't seem to notice until he was at third base. He took off on a Vernon Wells fly ball to right and never looked back. Drew had all the time in the world to throw to first for the inning-ending double play.
Bottom of the 6th: Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 3
The Sox get both runs back on some equally ugly play by the Jays. Adrian Beltre doubled to lead it off, and David Ortiz walked, then a Romero wild pitch moved them both up a bag. Jed Lowrie drove Beltre in on a groundball to third. Then a well-rested JD Drew shot a grounder up the middle. John McDonald slid to get to it, but rushed the throw, bouncing it by Lyle Overbay at first. Ortiz scooted home to close it back to a one-run game.
Top of the 6th: Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 1
The Jays took advantage of a couple of ugly plays. Adam Lind, who led the inning off with a double, scored when Adrian Beltre misfired on the throw to first on a John McDonald grounder. McDonald scored from first on an bunt that hugged the line, puzzling Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Bottom of the 5th: Blue Jays 2, Red Sox
Three up, three down as the Sox offense struggles. No hits since the second. JD Drew's walk gave them their only base runner.
Top of the 5th: Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1
Beckett throws a clean fifth inning, getting some help when Vernon Wells grounded into a 6-4-3 double play.
Bottom of the 4th: Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1
All quiet. Romero, who's had his struggles against the Sox, is pitching well. Just
three four hits* allowed, all in the second inning.
(*Darnell McDonald was just awarded a hit on the first inning play that was originally an E5)
Top of the 4th: Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1
Tough luck for Adam Lind. He smoked a 2-2 pitch to the triangle. It would have been a homer in most ballparks and at the very least it would have scored Lyle Overbay from first, but instead it bounced over the wall for a ground-rule double.
It looked like Boston's luck was tougher when Adrian Beltre seemed to tweak the wrist on his glove hand diving for a John McDonald ground ball. Sox manager Terry Francona jogged out of the dugout and trainers took a look, but Beltre stayed on the field. Overbay scored on the play to put the Jays ahead.
Bottom of the 3d: Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 1
A clean inning for Romero, fanning Darnell McDonald then getting Victor Martinez and Adrian Beltre to bounce out for a 1-2-3 inning.
Top of the 3d: Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 1
Beckett sits Escobar, Bautista and Wells down in order. Bautista put up a fight, but grounded out to third.
Bottom of the second: Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 1
The Sox hang one up. Adrian Beltre led the inning off with a double and David Ortiz brought him around, shooting a single through an unshifted Jays defense.
Top of the 2d: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0
Fred Lewis turned hard on a Josh Beckett pitch and sent it screaming into the seats by the Red Sox dugout. It hit a female fan, but she didn't appear to be seriously harmed. She left to with field officials, likely to be checked out. Lewis struck out again on a 93 mph fastball to end the inning.
Bottom of the 1st: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0
Despite a throwing error by Bautista, Ricky Romero only needed six pitches to sit the Sox down, getting Victor Martinez to ground into a 6-4-3 double play.
Top of the 1st: Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0
Josh Beckett started things off by fanning Fred Lewis with a 2-2 fastball, then he caught Yunel Escobar looking a curveball, but when he tried feeding another curve to Jose Bautista on a 1-1 count, Bautista sent it sailing by the Sports Authority sign to give the Jays an early lead.


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text: I watched the first set of Serena's match with Li Na at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart . She took it 6-0. So prematurely deciding the outcome of the match, I changed the channel to CNN with a hope to watch something more amusing (aka something said or done by the U.S. vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin). Needless to say, I was quite surprised to read this final scoreline 6-0, 1-6, 4-6. Jelena Jankovic will take over her No.1 ranking next week. Read more on the match at Women's Tennis Blog.


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Hi Guys,
Just been pointed towards your website as I'm hoping to take the plunge into open canoeing this year. I've got a background in walking, camping, bushcraft and a fondness for tinkering with old stoves so I reckon more ventures are on the horizon.
Am also on the lookout for a canoe so all advice greatfully received.


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Juniper Intros Archer Field PC
Light Reading
LOGAN, Utah -- Juniper Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of ultra-rugged handheld field computers introduces a new addition to its mobile product line, the Archer Field PC(TM). The rock solid Archer features Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(TM) version 5.0, powered by the Intel(R) XScale(R) 520Mhz processor. Archer's durability and compact size make it the first choice for those in need of a pocket-sized Field PC for use in harsh applications. Use it to document, navigate, communicate, look up, and share information; the Archer is field ready for the most rugged application.
Weighing only 17 ounces, the compact Archer Field PC(TM) meets IP67 and, MIL-STD-810F, standards for drop, vibration, immersion, shock, humidity, and operating temperatures. The case is made of sturdy magnesium with an easy-to-grip over-molding. Archer's vibrant color display offers excellent visibility under the harshest lighting conditions. The intelligent, rechargeable Li-Ion battery pack operates for more than 20 hours on one charge and recharges in less than 4 hours.
The Archer's unique communications module provides USB host and client plus a 9-pin RS-232 serial port for use with peripheral devices. User accessible, sealed CF and SDIO card slots let you integrate a camera, GPS receiver, bar code scanner, Bluetooth or memory cards. Enable wireless communication via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or cellular modem.
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Mobile applications include Office Mobile, Outlook(R) Mobile, and Internet Explorer Mobile which deliver improved productivity by allowing seamless synchronization of files, tasks, and appointments with a desktop PC. Voice recorder and voice command software are included.
Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR)


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Duke dominates at FSU 79-60
Posted February 2, 2013
Tallahassee, Fla. — FINAL: Duke 79, FSU 60
Duke shot the lights out in Tallahassee en route to a huge win over Florida State. Seth Curry led the Blue Devils with 21 points including 5 three-pointers. Quinn Cook also had 18 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds for Duke. Curry, Cook, and Rasheed Sulaimon combined for 53 of the 79 Duke points. The Blue Devils held FSU to one double-digit scorer and 3 of 13 shooting from three.
3:14 2nd: Duke 76, FSU 53
Duke continues to shoot a scorching 63 percent from the floor. The Devils have hit 11 threes. Florida State is only 3 of 13 from long range, and leading scorer Michael Snaer is 3 of 12 for 7 points.
7:43 2nd: Duke 70, FSU 45
Seth Curry has had the hot hand for Duke shooting 7 of 11 from the field including 6 of 8 from three. Quinn Cook has done a nice job running the offense for Devils, with 12 points and 6 assists. Aaron Thomas leads the Seminoles with 11 points on 3 for 6 shooting. Michael Snaer is 2 of 11 for 5 points.
11:09 2nd: Duke 65, FSU 41
Duke continues to pile on the points in Tallahassee. Seth Curry, Rasheed Sulaimon, and Quinn Cook are all in double figures for the Blue Devils and have hit a combined 9 three-pointers. Florida State continues to struggle from behind the arc, shooting 3 of 13 from distance.
15:13 2nd: Duke 55, FSU 34
Back-to-back threes for Duke to open the 2nd half stretched the Blue Devil lead to 26 points. Seth Curry continues to lead the Blue Devils with 19 points, 15 of which have come from behind the arc. Michael Snaer, FSU's leading scorer, hit his first field goal to cut the lead to 22. His three was only FSU's second for the game. The Seminoles are shooting 32 percent for the game.
Halftime: Duke 42, FSU 22
Duke leads Florida State by 20 behind some hot shooting. The Blue Devils are shooting 62 percent from the field, including 57 percent from downtown. Seth Curry leads Duke with 13 points, including 3 three-pointers. The Duke defense has suffocated the Seminoles, allowing FSU to shoot 29 percent in the first half. Michael Snaer, Florida State's leading scorer, is 0 for 2 shooting for 0 points.
3:56 1st: Duke 36, FSU 12
Duke has dominated from the opening tip at Florida State. Seth Curry has 11 points, including 3 three-pointers, along with 2 assists and 2 steals for Duke. The Blue Devils are shooting 67 percent from the field and are holding Florida State to 25 percent shooting. FSU's leading scorer, Michael Snaer, has not scored.
7:52 1st: Duke 27, FSU 10
Quinn Cook leads the Devils with 9 points and 2 assists. Seth Curry has 8 points, including 2 three-pointers, along with 2 assists and 2 steals for Duke. Duke is shooting 75 percent from the field and is holding Florida State to under 30 percent shooting.
11:48 1st: Duke 18, FSU 7
Quinn Cook still leads the Devils with 7 points and 2 assists. Duke is shooting 80 percent from the field and is holding Florida State to 30 percent shooting. The Duke defense has also forced 4 early turnovers.
15:21 1st: Duke 11, FSU 2
Quinn Cook leads the Devils with 5 early points. Mason Plumlee, Rasheed Sulaimon, and Seth Curry have two points a piece. Duke is shooting 5 of 6 from the field while holding the Seminoles to 1 of 7 shooting.
The fifth-ranked Duke Blue Devils set their sights on getting back into the Atlantic Coast Conference race Saturday at 2 p.m. as they take on the Florida State Seminoles at the Tucker Center in Tallahassee.
Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils are the highest-ranked team in the ACC, but sit in second place in the conference standings at 5-2, a full two games behind league-leading Miami. Duke has won two straight games since getting blown out by the Hurricanes on Jan. 23, getting past both Maryland (84-64) and Wake Forest (75-70) in the last week.
Leonard Hamilton's Seminoles were supposed to take another step in the right direction in 2012-13, but inconsistency has plagued the team, which enters this contest at 12-8 overall and 4-3 in-conference. The Seminoles have won two of their last three games, including a thrilling 73-71 win over Maryland on Wednesday.
Duke holds a commanding 31-9 lead in the all-time series with Florida State and is 13-6 against the Seminoles in Tallahassee. However, FSU has won three of the last four meetings.
Mason Plumlee erupted for a career-high 32 points, leading Duke to a five-point win over a pesky Wake Forest squad last time out. Seth Curry was a perfect complement, pouring in 21 points, as Duke shot 51.9 percent from the floor, despite a mere 2-of-14 effort from three-point range. Quinn Cook added 12 points to the cause, while dishing out seven assists.
Duke utilizes a balanced offensive attack, taking advantage of Plumlee's interior dominance and the team's long-range snipers. The 6-foot-10 Plumlee has been unstoppable this season, converting just under 60 percent of his shots and leading Duke in both scoring (18.1 ppg) and rebounding (11.1 rpg).
Curry is shooting 41.4 percent from behind the arc and is pouring in 16.0 ppg. The team is still without the services of three-point specialist Ryan Kelly (13.4 ppg, .521 from beyond the arc), but Rasheed Sulaimon (11.7 ppg) and Cook (11.2 ppg) have helped assuage the loss.
For the fourth time, Michael Snaer saved the day, as his three-pointer with just over a second to go did in the Terrapins this week. Snaer finished with a game-high 19 points, hitting three 3-pointers and going 7-of-13 from the floor overall. Okaro White added 14 points and Ian Miller came off the bench with 10, as FSU won despite getting crushed on the boards (36-20).
Snaer certainly has a knack for being a clutch performer and leads the Seminoles in the scoring column at 14.2 ppg. White is the only other double- digit threat in terms of scoring average, netting 12.7 ppg. The Seminoles are putting up rather modest offensive numbers this season, averaging 69.2 ppg, on 44 percent shooting. The team is also being out-rebounded by almost three boards per contest.
Tallahassee has not been the safest of havens for Florida State this season, as the team is just 6-5 at home this year. Duke can't afford to fall any further back in the league standings, and although the Blue Devils have struggled with the Seminoles lately, they should be up to the task this time around.


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Hope everyone are doing great.
I have one question regarding Requirements --> UC phase..
Is priciples like reusability could be applied while finding out UCs itself?
For ex: I have a requirement where customer views his trasaction. I call this as ViewTransaction UC.
This ViewTransaction contains 2 steps. Search for Transaction and View.
But my system requires search for transactions at many places.
So is it better to have separate UC SearchTransactions?
If so, Is it not we are focussing on some development aspects which should be put out of requirements phase?
If not, are we not introducing redundancy in UCs namely SearchTransactions flow and hence in all subsequent stages which are based on UCDs?
I appreciate comments on this.
Thanks in advance
For a rough first estimation, for example, it might totally suffice to use what Cockburn calls "one bit use cases", that is, only their names accompanied by some discussion.
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way. - Heraclitus
I've often found myself in a situation where the discussion has drifted from the design itself into arguing about the definition of some specific visual notation by the UML specification. Not just use case diagrams. This has happened with every diagram type I've encountered...
It's the engineer mind that gets stuck with petty details and it's not easy to drop that perfectionist behavior - it's natural with engineers. You know what they say, programmers know the English syn... I mean grammar better than English students. I'm always adding commas etc. into whatever document I'm reading.
Author of Test Driven (2007) and Effective Unit Testing (2013) [Blog] [HowToAskQuestionsOnJavaRanch]
I am not too clear about what you mean by "reusability and UCs" - could you shed some more light on that?
Author of Test Driven (2007) and Effective Unit Testing (2013) [Blog] [HowToAskQuestionsOnJavaRanch]
Start small. Don't think about reusability from the beginning but first try to get all the pieces on the table - even if it contains serious redundancy. Then start refactoring. Combine, separate, add, remove. After a while, you should have a reasonably well "refactored" set of UCs with not much overlapping.
On the other hand, it is not necessarily too wise to think about code reusability when you're still in the process of refining functionality and requirements. The early design will handle the redundancies just fine. In fact, two partially overlapping UCs overlap only in their description, not in their implementation. If the redundant documentation seems to be distracting, go ahead and extract the common functionality into a separate UC.
Author of Test Driven (2007) and Effective Unit Testing (2013) [Blog] [HowToAskQuestionsOnJavaRanch]
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User enters criteria
System displays first 'n' matching results
User requests next 'n' results
System displays next 'n' results
User selects one or more items from results
User indicates search complete
Any number of concrete use cases can reference the abstract one, specify the criterea and results. This would help you build consistent searches across the system.
One posting above really rang true - you can spend forever arguing about use case relationships and is this allowed in RUP, is this object oriented, and so on. None of that matters. What counts is discovering requirements and getting them down in a friendly, easy to read fashion so every participant in the project can understand them. Missing one matters. Having it in the "wrong" document matters much less.
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of the idea. John Ciardi
What counts is discovering requirements and getting them down in a friendly, easy to read fashion so every participant in the project can understand them.
Very much true. I was trying to get used to use cases ,and in the process of understanding their use, was already trying to think smart by thinking about abstractions, re-use, etc. (typical symptoms of an OOPS guy ) I too think, as Stan already pointed out, use cases should focus on capturing the business requirements accurately and everything else should be of secondary priority. Doing things in a bit smarter way always helps, but we should never lose focus of the intended purpose, otherwise they will become useless cases
Guys have a good weekend.


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This week Tesla Motors announced options and pricing for its battery electric Model S line, with some versions due after mid 2012 and full rollout expected by the end of 2012.
A broad array of battery capacity and other upgrades mean the entry level vehicle (before subsidies) will fetch $57,400 and a packed-out version will go for as much as $105,400.
The base model is said to be able to go 160 miles per charge with its 40-kwh battery with advertised 0-60 time of 6.5 seconds and top speed of 110 mph.
A mid-level version with 60-kwh battery pack will start at $67,400, offer range of 230 miles, 0-60 in 5.9 seconds, and top speed of 120 mph.
Four versions with the 85-kwh battery are the $77,400 Model S, $84,900 Model S Performance (add $5,000 in "Additional Standard Equipment), the $95,400 Signature, and the Signature Performance for $105,400.
Range for all four when measured at 55 mph is estimated at 300 miles. The Model S Performance and Signature Performance zip to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds with top speed of 130 mph, while the Model S and Signature do 0-60 in 5.6 seconds with top speed of 125 mph. All 85-kwh models come with an 8 year/unlimited mile battery warranty.
Naturally range estimates assume a certain sedate driving style. Tapping into max speed or acceleration potential will see range diminish just as one would expect of an internal combustion car.
The vehicles are to be built in Fremont Calif., and Tesla's investors include Toyota Motor Corp., Daimler AG, Panasonic Corp and others hoping to see it become the first profitable battery electric vehicle maker.
Company CEO Elon Musk, who is its largest shareholder, said the company may be profitable by 2013. To date, Tesla has not issued an annual report.
The company said it has orders for more than 7,000 units, and next year's production is already sold out.
To see all options and pricing (Tesla lists prices with $7,500 federal tax credit already deducted), click here for Tesla's Web site.


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WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators raced against the clock Wednesday to reach a deal to fund the government for the rest of the year.
As Democrats and Republicans continued to bicker publicly over who is responsible for the weeks-long stalemate, senior aides to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., appeared to make progress in private talks, raising hopes for at least the broad outlines of a pact by week's end.
President Barack Obama met at the White House Wednesday night with Boehner and Reid. The meeting, called by Obama, underscored the drama in the nation's capital as the White House and Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill spent the day pointing fingers at each other in advance of a possible government shutdown at midnight Friday.
The meeting was called after a day of pointed sparring between Democrats and Republicans, with Boehner accusing Obama of failing to lead on the budget, while the president said Republicans had injected politics into the negotiations.
"I do not want to see Washington politics stand in the way of America's progress," he said.
The meeting came at the end of a day in which some lawmakers and aides reported signs of progress in confidential negotiations between the House and Senate.
"There's been a direct negotiation — things put on the table that had not been discussed before, and I think we're moving towards closure," said Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 3 Senate Democrat.
Even if they do reach an agreement, both sides acknowledged that it may be all but impossible for the bill to make its way through the House and Senate before midnight on Friday, when Washington will effectively run out of money and the government is set to shut down.
To keep that from happening, House and Senate leaders would have to agree to yet another stopgap resolution.
At a meeting with fellow Republicans, Boehner announced that he will bring a one-week spending resolution to the House floor for a vote today. It calls for $12 billion in cuts and would fund the Pentagon for the rest of the year. Republicans rallied around the idea. The teary-eyed speaker received a standing ovation from GOP members, lawmakers said.
Even the most conservative lawmakers, led by Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., vowed to support what they called a "troop funding" measure, and Boehner's closest allies grew confident that the good spirits would carry over to a compromise plan on a full-year measure, particularly after the party's release Tuesday of a 2012 budget proposal designed to save trillions, not billions, of dollars.
"I think there's a transformational moment here recognizing that big gains come with the budget which we're marking up, and I think that's shifted an attitude to say it's time to move beyond $10 billion, $11 billion, $3 billion, $60 billion, whatever. We've got trillions we need to deal with to get this country on firm footing," said Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore.
Senate Democrats dismissed Boehner's one-week proposal, which also contains an unrelated provision to ban federal and local government funding for abortions in the District of Columbia, as a political maneuver: Democrats will certainly vote against it, allowing the GOP to blame them if the government shuts down.
"We've been more than reasonable, more than fair," Reid said Wednesday evening on the Senate floor. He suggested that it was Boehner who was afraid to cut a deal.
"All they would have to do is say yes," Reid said.
"You want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway," Obama said Wednesday afternoon in Fairless Hills, Pa., outside Philadelphia. "How many folks are married here? When was the last time you just got your way? I mean, that's not how it works."
Some members of the most critical bloc of conservative Republicans — the 87 freshmen — have signaled that they might be willing to compromise on a 2011 spending plan in order to move on to bigger issues, including the 2012 budget proposal that GOP House leaders unveiled Tuesday. A vote on that bill could come next week, but Boehner first wants to dispose of the dispute over this year's funding plan.
While a potentially decisive group of Democrats appears willing to support the emerging 2011 spending plan, Boehner has sought to draw as much support as possible from within his own caucus. He spent the past week denying claims from Vice President Joe Biden and Reid that he had agreed to $33 billion in cuts. Instead, he floated $40 billion as an acceptable number.
A shutdown looms as the economy is still climbing out of the doldrums and financially strapped states have less ability to fill in for shortfalls in federal funding.
As a separate branch of government, Congress has its own shutdown plan, which defines an "essential" employee as someone who helps lawmakers "perform their constitutional duties." That definition will include the elevator operators in the Senate, but not employees at the house staff gym. It also will ensure there will be plenty of aides around Capitol Hill to help lawmakers wage the battle that is holding up the spending bill.
"They're just toying with the lives of federal employees," said Daniel Sobien, a weather forecaster in Tampa and president of the National Weather Service Employees Organization, who described himself as angry that some Republicans are calling for a shutdown.
Like Sobien, 85 percent of the nearly 2 million federal workers live outside the Washington, D.C., area, and often in communities where federal prisons, military bases, hospitals and park anchor the local economy.
If a shutdown does come, and lasts only a few days, most in the military would receive their full paychecks April 15, officials said. But if a shutdown lasted beyond the mid-April pay period, they would get roughly half of their check on April 15 and have to wait until the next pay period for the rest.
While the political wheels turned, hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside the Capitol calling for budget cuts and a shutdown if necessary to get them.
"Shut the sucker down," one yelled, and the crowd repeatedly chanted, "Shut it down."
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By Julian Smith
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Feb 24, 2002
|I may have been incorrect about additional information being available on the Internet. It appears that Rock and Ice issue number 63 has some information and some good topos on the Black Wall.
By Brian Milhaupt
From: Golden, CO
Jul 6, 2003
|I had heard this area described as yosemite quality granite. I wrote this off until I laid eyes on the vertical splitter crack systems. As of the 4th of July, the entire wall is dry.
By Brian Milhaupt
From: Golden, CO
Jul 9, 2003
|I found no article or topo in R&I #63.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Jul 9, 2003
Try R&I #32 or Climbing #105. I just looked this up on the online climbing mag index at:
By Brian Milhaupt
From: Golden, CO
Jul 10, 2003
|Thanks George, I had the Climbing article, but couldn't find the R&I.
By Tony B
From: Around Boulder, CO
Aug 7, 2004
|The second rap was sure CLOSE with two 60M's to the ledge. Careful!
By J. Thompson
From: denver, co
Aug 26, 2004
I beefed and cleaned up the anchors on the rappel route on 8-26-04.
I replaced the old button head bolt on top with a brand new ASCA bolt(was able to use the same hole) and added camo chains. On the "half way" anchor I pulled off a bunch of old tat, pulled one of the old pins, added a bolt, and put in camo chains. The next party down might want to bring one more quicklink to connect the 2 remaining pins- I left them connected with a booty biner- sorry I was one Quicklink short!
By Anonymous Coward
Aug 27, 2004
|J. Thompson- a little confused here, there are 2 sets of rap anchors from the rim- if you walk past the first (older) set, you come to newer bolts...did you replace the first set? 2nd set is faster, more direct, etc.
By J. Thompson
From: denver, co
Aug 31, 2004
After 2 recon mission's up there, and with direct reference to Hubbel's guide, this site, and with info from other people. I replaced the anchors on the "rap route". Both anchors are bomber and have chains.I actually found 3(or was it 4?) sets of bolts on the summit. I replaced the ones that had been most described as the standard rappel route.
I'm alittle disappointed that it took my time and effort for people to speak up and say there was a "better way".In any case the Original standard RR is bomber and has fixed chains.
By Rob Dillon
Sep 4, 2004
We rapped the D'Antonio route, which was very clean and direct. Watch your ends at the bottom!
With all respect to J. Thompson's efforts, I have a suggestion:
The next person up there-- bring some pliers and move the chains to the D'A anchors. This would give us the clean raps and the nice new gear on the same route.
By J. Thompson
From: denver, co
Sep 5, 2004
Have you tried rapping the "Rap route"?
If the chains are moved I will most likely remove them.
By Brian Milhaupt
From: Golden, CO
Sep 6, 2004
|I have used both rap routes and found the one Bob installed to be more usefull. The rap is cleaner, without the potential for ropes being stuck. It also sets you at the base of the most popular routes and serves as a belay for the bolted route there. Whether there are chains there or not doesn't matter. It's no problem to leave some slings and retrieve them when you finish your route.
By Cameron Cross
May 21, 2008
I just wanted to let everyone know that the Black Wall and all climbing in the Upper Chicago Lakes basin (including bouldering) is affected by a voluntary seasonal wildlife closure from May 1st - June 30th. All climbing opens to use on July 1st.
Bighorn sheep and mountain goats use the area for lambing and kidding during this time and are extremely sensitive to any contact with humans.
The voluntary closure arose from Forest Plan Standard 102, which designates that it shall restrict new developments, including new facilities, roads, and trails, and concentrations of humans, within a one-mile sight distance of bighorn sheep lambing and mountain goat kidding areas if they would adversely impact lambing or kidding.
Climbing is considered to be a concentration of humans and therefore falls under the closure.
The newly created trail from the Upper Chicago lake to Summit Lake has been recognized as a source of potential disturbance as well and is closed during the lambing and kidding period in order to avoid negatively impacting reproduction patterns.
Here is a map of the area affected by the closure:
Mt Evans (May 1st - June 30th): Seasonal voluntary closure of the Upper Chicago Basin for bighorn sheep and mountain goat lambing and kidding. The closure area affects the Black wall and any bouldering in the Upper Chicago Lake basin. The Chicago Lakes trail is also closed in the affected are to any use.
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By Peter Beal
From: Boulder Colorado
May 22, 2008
|Thanks, Cameron. Can you clarify which bouldering areas on Evans are affected? Is it all of them?
By Chip Phillips
From: Broomfield, CO
May 22, 2008
|Obviously the Black Wall itself, and bouldering-wise Areas C & D. I'm pretty sure all downvalley bouldering is fine.
By Buff Johnson
May 22, 2008
|The area that the lambing occurs is pretty obvious from the Summit Lake Col; you can easily see the mass impact of people to the animals. Probably won't matter much this year as we have a friggin' ton of snow up there now.
By Cameron Cross
Jun 4, 2008
Hi Peter,
I apologize for not responding quicker. The affected bouldering is Area D and anything near the Black Wall. Area C is outside of the closure area. All the lower areas are unaffected.
Mark is right though...there is so much snow this year that bouldering up there is pretty much shot anyway.
By David A. Turner
Jul 27, 2008
|Ken Trout showed us his one rope rappel today. A 70 meter rope is essential, but gets you down no worries. When you are at the top of the wall looking out to the east, rap off the anchor on the right, the one with the long chains. Head down the ramp as you normally would, but stop at the first anchors you come to, about 25 meters down. The second rap goes climber's left off the ramp. After about 20 meters, it's a short rap, you will find an anchor on a small slab. (Ken told us he scrounged these anchors off of N. Table, so they look their age, but are completely trustworthy.) Head on down the steep wall looking for a "rock island" a full 35 meters down (knot the ends of the rope). There are two rock islands, you are aiming for the one on climber's right. The one on climber's left, somewhat higher up, has a one bolt anchor, and may not get you to the ledge system. The fourth and final rap takes you to the ledge system. Towards the bottom of the rap, Ken dropped his rope to climber's right of a large block, into a short chimney, was able to get onto good footholds, and then stroll over to the base of Good Evans. We went climber's left of the block, and had to downclimb a short ramp to the same place.
By J. Thompson
From: denver, co
Aug 3, 2008
A quick note on the "single rope descent".
The comment posted above was a little misleading.
You can make it down in 3 rappels with a 70m rope.
#1 Rap off the long Chains on top. Look for a 2 bolt anchor at a very good stance. This rappel is approximatly 30m.
#2 Rap down the ramp directly below the anchors. Once you've moved onto the steeper section of the wall trend left...aiming for an "island" aka ledge below. This is a long rappel checking in right at 35m, knot your ends. There are 2 bomber bolts.
#3 Rap off the bolts to the ledge system below. It's easy to scramble to the base of GE and RW from here.
Alternately you MIGHT be able to do the raps with a single 60m rope if you use the old rap anchor with chains in between rappels #2 and #3.
By Greg Cameron
Aug 5, 2009
|Perhaps it was a mistake on my part by making up a new crag name, Roofer Madness Wall, rather than sticking with the Black Wall. The Roofer Madness Wall is the mainly north-facing wall to the climber's left of the east-facing Black Wall and part of the same cirque. I get the feeling that most folks perusing the climbs in this area probably completely miss the reference to the Roofer Madness Wall.
By Ken Trout
From: Golden, CO
Jun 5, 2011
By kevin murphy
From: Lafayette, Colorado
Aug 25, 2011
|So if using the rap anchors with chains RR, will (2) 60 meter ropes work. Will (2) 60s work for the Bob D. raps?
By Kevin Stricker
From: Evergreen, CO
Aug 26, 2011
|Two 60s will get you down in 2 raps off Bob's anchors and the rap route. One might get you down on the rap route (70m definitely works) as there are several extra bolted anchors in the vicinity.
By Joseph Crotty
From: Broomfield, CO
Jun 24, 2012
There are two standard rappel descents for the Black Wall; Rappel Route and D'Antonio Rappel. Either can be used to access any route on the wall, however, the D'Antonio rap requires double 60m ropes.
Rappel Route - Use to access Cannonball Corner and anything climber's left of there; Road Warrior, Good Evans and Cary Granite. A single 60m or 70m works. 70m preferred. See photo below.
D'Antonia Rappel - Use to access Cannonball Corner and anything climbers's right of there; Brown Dagger, Coffee Achievers etc. Double 60m required.
By Lisa Montgomery
From: Golden, CO
Jul 24, 2013
By phil wortmann
From: Colorado Springs, Co.
Sep 25, 2015
Last weekend, Eric and Ilana drug me along on their bad idea, "Mount Evans Triple Shot." We started in Idaho Springs, rode bikes to the summit, climbed the Black Wall, then headed down in a little over twelve hours.
There are a few good scenes of Cary Granite if you're interested in a glimpse.


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This is the second half of the two-part series of photos taken in Oakland, CA (aka "the O"), shot over the past few months. Like the previous set, most of these are simply shots of random objects and things that grabbed my attention at the moment I snapped them. One of the reasons I love taking photos is that it offers me fresh new insights into everyday objects and things. Whenever I look back at a photograph of some scene or image, no matter how commonplace or how many countless times I might have walked by and noticed it with the naked eye, I always manage to view it in a whole fresh new light after capturing it on camera. And so, for me, taking pictures is not just a fun hobby but it also enables me to start looking at life's little things, and hence life itself, in a whole new light.
These photos were taken in and around downtown Oakland and near the lake (Merritt), including the above shot of the beautiful outdoor ceiling near the ticket booth of the Grand Lake Theater. Not only is the Grand Lake an absolutely beautiful structure both inside and out, complete with its own mighty Wurlitzer organ, but its politically aware owners regularly post some topical and relevant message on the marquee outside in letters large enough to see as you drive by on 580. Meanwhile, below, among the dozen more photos is another one of the Grand Lake's outside sign. Also in the pictures below is a shot of the sign above the nearby legendary Oakland greasy burger spot -- just down the block a bit from the Grand Lake Theater-- Kwik Way, which some longtime music fans might remember was also the name of a short-lived Bay Area mid-eighties punk band who jacked not just the name but also the logo of the take-out only eatery as the cover art for their sole album back in the day.
When I last went by that Lakeside Kwik Way (the last remaining one of the three of the locations unique to Oakland) it was still closed. Rumors about it reopening clashed with rumors about it being closed for good and reopening as a Fat Burger spot. Bummer! That would be kinda sad because to me this is an Oakland landmark -- one where, over the years, I have eaten more dubious, greasy late night munchies than I would care to admit or remember, and one that most Oaklanders have some story to tell about...Like how one time someone's fries came complete with a bonus deep fried mouse. It was also immortalized in rhyme by Oakland rapper Too $hort who cross-referenced it on his 1990 album $hort Dog's In The House in the hometown anthem "In The Oaktown." At that time all three of the Kwik Ways in "the town" were still fully operating, including the one over on Telegraph, where, I remember, the staff were always so rude and snappy with the customers it was endearing in a twisted kinda way. I liked it because the grumpy staff, unlike the fake niceness of McDonalds, were at least being honest and truly just being themselves -- miserable in their hot, greasy work.
It's like comparin' Mickey D's and Kwik Way
You only got 3 stores I got the whole wide world
I get beeps everyday from your favorite girl
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Uh . . . it's not viewing that is forming my soul. I gave up watching television several years ago, sort of by accident. I was already upset by how I woke up every morning thinking about murder after watching reruns of Law and Order. I'd also had a spiritual director for ten years who didn't watch television. He had a sense of peace I needed.
But it happened all at once in a period of mental and emotional overload. After being overseas for two weeks (watching no television), I came home to two crises—the death of a close relative and a shocking revelation about another. Processing these events required significant downtime. I sat on our back porch and stared a lot. As I recovered from these things, I still couldn't interface with the chaos of watching television. I stayed on the porch reading and felt rejuvenated with a spaciousness of mind. As the days and months and years passed without TV, I didn't miss it at all.
The benefits have been enormous. It has formed my soul in that I'm more able to welcome a stranger (I talk more to my neighbors), celebrate and worship (I enjoy more sunsets and we take more walks), and think better (I read more good books and can concentrate better on difficult ones). I can now clean up my kitchen without rushing and we go to bed about 9 PM. I feel that years have been added to my life.
In my book Abundant Simplicity, I tell the above story and explain that people might fast from certain media in layers (pp 128-129). For example, my one exception is watching PBS's Masterpiece. We also rent or borrow from the library DVDs but try to intentionally choose ones featuring a redemptive plot line, taken from a classic novel, offering characters that stimulate us to love and good works, or offering settings and cultures we haven't experienced.
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There have been so many Project Café rumors in such a short amount of time that it's kind of hard to keep up with all of them. What is becoming clear as the dust settles is that Project Café seems to be two different machines at once. One console is on par with current gen systems while the other is "significantly" stronger. Perhaps, like Schrodinger's cat the Wii's successor will remain both machines until it is observed at E3. For now I'm left wondering, when that box finally opens up will my interest in the machine have survived or perished?
I'm getting a little ahead of myself though. Let's look at these two versions of Project Café and see how different they really are: (note, I'm only comparing them semantically here since 1. we don't have hard specs to go by and 2. even if we did, I wouldn't know what they meant) 1. The Powerhouse-this idea of the Wii 2 has been put forth mainly by IGN. More specifically, it hinges on the second line of Jim Reilly's breaking story on Project Café. His story claimed that Nintendo's next console would be "significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360." Scott Lowe, also of IGN, published another article on Project Café a week later which gave some key info on the system's internal makeup. 2. The Modest Upgrade- as near as I can tell, 01net.com has led the charge on this version of the console. For those who don't know (I certainly didn't until these rumors started to hit) 01net is a French website that very recently revealed accurate hardware specs for the NGP before they were released. In a recent article (as translated by Google), 01net reported that Project Café would be "roughly equal" to the 360 in terms of power, "just a notch" above.
Who was I to believe in this battle of rumors? As much as I wanted to put stock in IGN's early report, I was hesitant. My reservation stemmed from IGN's recent 3DS coverage in which their anonymous source stated that the handheld's processing power would be closer to that of the PS3/360 than the Wii. This turned out to be inaccurate.
True, IGN Nintendo was now under new management, but with the aforementioned accuracy of 01net's NGP reports, it still seemed clear to me whose word I should take... that was until I read Scott Lowe's blog post about his anonymous source. "I, of course, would love to explain why I know the information we received about the Wii 2/Project Cafe is legitimate, allowing you to share my excitement for knowing it to be true, but I can't," said Scott. "You just have to trust me. I won't steer you wrong." Despite the lack of any hard evidence, this statement actually reassured me. No editor at a major gaming news site would ask for trust like that, boldly risking his reputation on a rumor, unless he had a very good reason to do so. Thanks to Scott I was once again confident in my belief that Project Cafe would be a system that was a significant upgrade over the current gen. But, then I read his article again. It mentioned that the console's GPU would outperform the PS3's and that the CPU would be similar to that of the 360 but with a higher clock speed. Nowhere in the article did the words "significantly more powerful" appear. In fact, the only thing that I could really take away from this announcement was that Project Café would likely retail with a $350-400 price tag. Que the return of the sinking feeling in my gut...
At this point I was left asking myself, do these two rumors even conflict or have Scott Lowe and 01net just described the same console? Since there was no real judgment from Mr. Lowe as to the practical power of the system (beyond that it would be capable of running games in 1080p) I was going to have to find a way to interpret those hardware specifications put forth by IGN in order to compare the two rumored Cafés. For that, I was going to need some help.
The first person I reached out to for clarification was MyIGN's very own LadyShadowheart, a tech savvy blogger with aspirations to one day work in the games industry herself. Shadowheart did some digging and came back with interesting results. Though she declined to give specifications on the CPU due to a lack of hard information, she noted that the GPU was likely "WAY faster than current consoles," and overall was "very good, [but] not spectacular." She even went so far as to guess that the next generation of gaming machines would be on "much more even footing" than this one. That was encouraging, but I still wanted specifics so I spent some quality time with Google.
I found various theories and "facts" put forth by less reputable gaming sites claiming that the system was anything from two Wiis duct-taped together to a powerhouse capable of running Crysis. Not helpful. However, during the course of my search I found several well known news sites linking back to a source by the name of Fudzilla, whose focus seems to be gathering news on and comparing the latest PC parts. I decided to see what they had to say on the subject. The first Project Café article on Fudzilla predicted a console that was on par with the current gen of systems. At last scale of evidence was beginning to tip and I at last had my answer, even if it wasn't the answer I wanted. Then I saw that they had another Project Café article that was published a day later. This second article inferred from Café's rumored CPU and GPU that the console "should be able to outpace the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3" and "pack quite a punch, especially in light of Sony's and Microsoft's apparent decision to postpone their consoles until 2014." So now I was sitting on two different takes on the same console based on the same information from the same site.
It seems like the harder I look, the more I find evidence for both versions of Project Café. I've still got my ear to the ground for news, but it seems like the brief torrent of rumors on the console have dried up, leaving me with a question that I'm still no closer to answering. "How powerful can we expect this gaming machine to be?" As I've already admitted, my search is hindered by my near complete ignorance of gaming PC parts. If anyone with more knowledge would like to shine some light on the subject I'd be grateful, but I suspect that without more information you won't be able to tell me anything definitively one way or the other.
So here I sit in the same position as I was when I started this damn search--watching, waiting, and most of all wondering what the hell is in that box.
What do you think is in there?
Thanks for reading -Z
PS: I'm going outside now. Way too much time spent looking into this.