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With pgAdmin, every window is a new connection to the database and this alone wastes resources when you have lots of users. select count(distinct usename) as unique_users, count(*) as total_count, count(*)/cast(count(distinct usename) as float8) from pg_stat_activity; For our system, we currently have 9 distinct users connected with a total of 30 connections which translates to over 3 connections per user. This makes sense because pgAdmin creates 1 connection for the main UI, 1 connection to the Maintenance database, and 1 connection per SQL window. Now my system is actually running Greenplum which means I have 16 more (17 total) connections per user's connection because each segment host running gets a connection. So my measly 9 users actually are consuming 510 database connections! EnterpriseDB now has a similar product to Greenplum http://www.enterprisedb.com/community/projects/gridsql.do and I'm assuming it does the same thing. It certainly does look that way based on the fact both products make use of parallel execution with shared nothing parallel database servers. I would greatly prefer if pgAdmin only created a connection if it needed to. If a query window is busy and a user attempts to execute SQL while the other window is busy, then it would create a new session. A simpler solution would be only to allow one connection per pgAdmin instance. Is this even on the radar for EnterpriseDB or pgAdmin users? Is this even considered a problem? Jon
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Bollywood Stars Who Appeared In Music Videos Before Films
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To get chances in Bollywood is not easy. One has to establish himself/herself to gain entry into the World of Bollywood. One must have some talent to be get noticed. There are so many Bollywood stars now , who have struggled a lot to enter into the Hindi cine World. Watch the video to know certain stars, who have come out with their music albums and proved their potential to get chances in Bollywood.

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Award-Winning Poet, Author and Literacy Advocate Pat Mora to Speak at the 13th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture
That night, bumping along in the tired old car, Tomás held a shiny new book, a present from the library lady. Papá Grande smiled and said, "More stories for the new storyteller.â€
— Tomás and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
Poet, author and literacy advocate Pat Mora, who is the founder of DÃa: El dÃa de los niños/El dÃa de los libros, a nationwide celebration of children and books, will be featured at San Francisco Public Library's 13th Annual Effie Lee Morris lecture on June 2.
Mora, the author of more than 25 books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction for children, teens and adults, embraces her Mexican-American heritage in her work; her poetic vision explores our borders both literally and figuratively. She writes about the myriad treasures of her cross-cultural background in poetry, essays and richly diverse children's literature. Her work speaks to and about children – especially the bilingual, bicultural child – while addressing the dearth of multicultural books published today.
Mora will talk about her work and life as a writer in her lecture, "Bookjoy, The Zing of Writing,†at the 13th annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture at 6 p.m. on June 2 in the Koret Auditorium at the Main Library. A book signing will precede the lecture at 5 p.m.
"I'm delighted to participate in an event that honors Effie Lee Morris and look forward to chatting with San Francisco book lovers,†said Mora.
Mora's work includes the memoir, House of Houses, the poetry collection, Aunt Carmen's Book of Practical Saints, and the children's book, Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman With a Great Big Heart, which won the Pura Belpré Honor Award, the Golden Kite Award and was named an American Library Association Notable Book.
Mora is a popular national speaker and appears often at conferences, universities and schools to talk about her books, literacy and leadership. Her honors include honorary doctorates from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo, honorary membership in the American Library Association, a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship to write in Umbria, Italy; and a Visiting Carruthers Chair at the University of New Mexico. She was a recipient and judge of a Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a recipient and advisor of the Kellogg National Leadership Fellowships.
The Effie Lee Morris Lecture was established in 1996 to expand upon the idea of looking at children through their literature. The series is named in honor of Effie Lee Morris, who was the first coordinator of children's services at the San Fran¬cisco Public Library from 1963 to 1977. As one of the pioneer children's services leaders in the country, Morris was responsible for the development of the broad range of Library services now available to the children of San Francisco. She also developed the children's historical and research collection—which is also named in her honor—to meet the needs of Bay Area researchers studying our view of children and their world as reflected in the books written for them.
The program is free and open to the public.
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Cyndi MacMillan's current projects include three children's book series. Her "life as a writer' blogs can be read at https://cyndimacmillan.wordpress.com/ Three of her poems have been published in Room magazine, issue 49.4, This Body's Maps, https://roommagazine.com/issues/bodys-map Two poems have been published in the Prairie Journal ( Issue 67)http://www.prairiejournal.org/subscribe.html Other poems can be found in Fieldstone Review, Issue 2015 http://www.fieldstonereview.usask.ca/article.php?article=167, Grain Magazine, issue 42.4, Summer 2015, Passed Signs/New Fields http://www.grainmagazine.ca/424 , The Steel Chisel, April 2016, http://www.thesteelchisel.ca/april2016_07.html. The Centrifugal Eye, Spring 2016, the Unformed issue http://www.centrifugaleye.com/ . She participated in the 20 Poem Challenge at The Ekphrastic Review: Writing and Art on Art and Writing, and thirteen of her poems have been published by the journal.http://www.ekphrastic.net/apps/search?q=Cyndi+MacMillan.
Her fiction has appeared in local newspapers and has won contests. Her short story, Missed Steps, has been published by the Windsor Review https://view.joomag.com/windsor-review/0830468001484586649 . She enjoys reading literary journals, and she is actively pursuing further publication within their glossy covers while writing chapter books and early middle readers.
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Delighted, I return to the stained glass
studio in a dream. A Maltese Seraph
is nigh, pleased by crafted canvasses.
Peace plays in her illuminated laugh
for she is moved by both the fired art
and wholesome scenes piously framed
in elongated windows. Pure light darts
between beauty forged by artistic fame
and the silvered coats of horses pulling carts
on the village street. St Jacobs, a plain land
praising simplicity: a message of heart
heard in her voice, seen in the lay of hands.
But a wink teases as she lifts suncatchers,
seeing sweet figolli in each pastel patch.
*Above, a picture of Figolli,a Maltese cookie decorated with bright icing and enjoyed at Easter. Like two dimensional Easter Eggs ;)
This is to our friend, an angel of Soup, who is from Malta.
About the studio
Heartbreaking! The studio which I so poems/love'>loved has closed its doors. The shop lives on in my memory and dreams. Suspended on chains were countless stained glass ornamentations, strung in perfectly straight lines to create the illusion of walls. The Studio had too many windows to count and the light would stream through each grouping of glass, creating the effect of small, glowing rooms. I wish now I?d taken a picture. The pictures in this blog of stained glass are from a studio in Muskoka, which I may highlight on another sonnet.
About St Jacobs
St Jacobs is a Mennonite Village. It is common to see people drive by in horse and buggy.Old order Mennonites wear clothes of another century. The women wear prayer caps and pinafores, calico dresses, no make up, no adornments. The men wear black suits, black hats, solid shoes. Some of the old order Mennonites even STILL work their land with a horse drawn plow, make solid wood furniture without a single tool that requires electricity and do not own phones.
About the Poem
I specifically chose to plop our Charmaine into this colour imbued shop with elaborate art, so unlike the village where it ?was? situated. The juxtaposition was important to me. Also, the Mennonite view to ?keep things simple? is shared by Charmaine, whose writes can have strong themes yet often choose, wisely, to refrain for overly elaborate words or hidden meanings. She likes things to be understood, to be clear, as do the Mennonites.
I think that our Charmaine is so filled with light, reflects what is good and INTENSIFIES it, like a suncatcher, so I chose words carefully to emphasize the comparison. Delighted and illuminated were intentionally used. Charmaine is a spiritual woman who shows such grace on the soup. I used faith inspired language: Seraph, peace, wholesome, piously. I wanted the euphony, the ... cadence?...of a hymn. I hope I captured this effect in MaltEse, pEace, ScEnes, piouslY, beautY, SimplicitY, StrEET, tEases, FigollI (which I imagine is pronounced Fig-ole-lee (yes, Charmaine?), ShE, SwEEt ... As a Christian, I associate hymns with this sound because of jEEEsus, the long E sound often stressed or held. Nigh, an old word, I use in a contemporary form with the theme of an olden art, timeless ways
I edited the word ?Sheen? and changed it to ?Silvered? but wonder if I should have
I?m a fan of alliteration and used it here Crafted/Canvasses, Peace/Play, Between/Beauty etc...
Now, the comparison between the cookie and the stained glass windows was to echo the aha moment of a haiku, a form which Charmaine enjoys ...
I usually do not use the nearly even a third of the amount of adjectives and adverbs which I use here, but I am happy with the finished piece
About Contemporary Sonnets
Contemporary sonnets are free to use whatever rhyme scheme they choose or the poets can invent their own. Rhyme are not necessarily ?perfect? rhyme but can use a wide variation of rhyme styles. Actually, rhyme is not even required. Also, there is no RIGID syllable count, but most counts do remain within the 9-11 range. A sentence may end mid line or even just one word into a line for effect and weight. Meter is not usually considered in contemporary sonnets..
Many contemporary sonneteers WORSHIP the classic sonnets (I know I do) so most prefer to KEEP the volta, though some may leave that magic spin for the last lines, as opposed to the traditional 9th line in an Shakespearian sonnet, per say. Contemporary sonnets SEEM to be liked by the editors of literary/academic journals. Many of today?s sonneteers are being lauded for releasing the sonnet from its captivity in archives, libraries and musty tomes and modernizing it enough that FRESH ones would appeal to the modern tastes of today?s readers.
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Guy Fieri To Pace Indianapolis 500 in Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
DETROIT – Restaurateur, best-selling author and host of the Food Network's hit show "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" Guy Fieri will drive the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Pace Car to lead the field of 33 drivers to start the 2012 Indianapolis 500 on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
"There are races and then there are races," said Fieri. "And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I've always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car…this is going to be unbelievable."
Fieri is an avid classic car collector. He owns a red 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible that is featured on his show. Among others, Fieri also has a 2011 Camaro SS convertible, 2007 Corvette, 1970 Chevelle SS 454, 1967 C10 pickup, 2006 Kodiak C4500 4X4, 2006 Silverado 2500 and a 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV.
"We are excited to have Guy Fieri drive the Corvette ZR1, the official Pace Car for the 2012 Indianapolis 500," said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet vice president, Performance Vehicles and Motorsports. "Guy will bring his genuine enthusiasm as he leads the starting field to the green flag for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500. We are humbled by his passion for Chevy and 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.'"
With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production car ever to pace the race. This will be the 23rd time a Chevrolet has paced "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" and the 11th time a Corvette is serving as the Pace Car. Both are event records. The 2013 model year will mark the 60th anniversary and the final year of production for the current generation Corvette.
Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the world's largest car brands, doing business in more than 140 countries and selling more than 4 million cars and trucks a year. Chevrolet provides customers with fuel-efficient vehicles that feature spirited performance, expressive design and high quality. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com.
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Alicia Keys took a break from promotion to enjoy KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2012 in LA. She went bright and bold in a turquoise leather jacket, Burberry Prorsum Printed Top, and $697 Giuseppe Zanotti Fold Over Zip Ankle Boots:
She finished her look with the season's must-have dark lip.
Though I couldn't pinpoint her exact jacket, this $1215 Iro Biker Jacket is a close match.
Alicia's top isn't up for grabs, but check out the piece's print on the brand's Spring 2012 runway.
Her leather boots feature a foldover, point-toe silhouette, zipper detailing, and 4.5″ stiletto heels.
I like the pieces separately, but I'm honestly not feeling them all in one look.
At any rate, if you're up for the splurge you can snag her boots at www.stylebop.com.
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*Jordin Sparks was also in attendance at the concert in a pair of $850 Jimmy Choo Belgio Pumps and $310 Nicole Miller Ruched Ponte Knit Dress.
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ADVISORY, April 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What: Churchill Downs, Incorporated [CHDN] will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell remotely from the world-renowned Churchill Downs Racetrack, home of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, to kick off the beginning of its namesake racetrack's 140th Spring Meet. In honor of the occasion, Robert L. Evans, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, and William C. Carstanjen, President & Chief Operating Officer will ring the Opening Bell. Where: Churchill Downs Racetrack When: Friday, April 25, 2014 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET Churchill Downs Investor Relations Contact: Mike Anderson (502) 636-4492 email@example.com Churchill Downs Media Contact: Courtney Norris (502) 636-4564 email@example.com NASDAQ MarketSite: Christine Barna (646) 441-5310 email@example.com Feed Information: Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463 Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West 18 mhz Lower DL 3811 Vertical FEC 3/4 SR 13.235 DR 18.295411 MOD 4:2:0 DVBS QPSK Social Media: For multimedia features such as exclusive content, photo postings, status updates and video of bell ceremonies please visit our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ. For photos from ceremonies and events visit our Instagram Page: http://instagram.com/nasdaq. For news tweets, please visit our Twitter page at: http://twitter.com/nasdaqomx. For exciting viral content and ceremony photos visit Tumblr Page: http://nasdaq.tumblr.com/. Webcast: A webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live or http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx. Photos: To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice. About Churchill Downs, Incorporated [CHDN]: Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) (Nasdaq:CHDN), headquartered in Louisville, Ky., owns and operates the world-renowned Churchill Downs Racetrack, home of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, as well as racetrack and casino operations and a poker room in Miami Gardens, Fla.; racetrack, casino and video poker operations in New Orleans, La.; racetrack operations in Arlington Heights, Ill.; a casino resort in Greenville, Miss.; a casino hotel in Vicksburg, Miss.; a casino in Oxford, Maine; and a 50 percent owned joint venture, Miami Valley Gaming and Racing LLC, in Lebanon, Ohio. CDI also owns the country's premier online wagering company, TwinSpires.com; the totalisator company, United Tote; Luckity.com, offering real-money Bingo online for a chance to win cash prizes; Bluff Media, an Atlanta-based multimedia poker company; and a collection of racing-related telecommunications and data companies.
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Upon meeting NYU student Yael Cypers, her cool demeanor makes her seem more mature than a college freshman. However, style wise Yael felt she needed to add a little drama to her minimal and low maintenance look so her maturity and fashion senses better aligned. In turn, StyleCaster recruited Topshop along with the hair stylists and makeup artists of Pierre Michel to pump up Yael's college look. Scroll through the images to follow Yael through her makeover day! Janice Chou
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LAKEPORT -- Two people who were arrested on weapons and marijuana-related charges as a result of evidence gathered during an investigation into a Christmas day fatal shooting will appear in court this morning.
James Michael Jean, 50, and Nora Katherine Jean, 49, are scheduled to appear in court for their entry of pleas and setting hearing at 8:15 a.m. in Department Three of the Lake County Courthouse.
James Jean was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana for sale, committing a felony while armed, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition and possession of bullets with an explosive agent.
Nora Jean faces charges of possession of marijuana for sale, committing a felony while armed and possession of bullets with explosive agents.
The investigation stemmed from an incident during which Lake County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) deputies were called to a property where an intruder allegedly attempted to break in to a home on the 1400 block of Hunter Point Road in Upper Lake, according to a press release issued by the LCSO. The caller reportedly said the intruder had some type of firearm.
When responding deputies arrived, they were allegedly directed to Maurice Oliver Watts III, 30, who was reportedly lying dead on the ground from an apparent gunshot wound. Deputies reportedly found a replica handgun near the man's body.
The investigation into the death of Watts is ongoing, the LCSO stated, and no arrests or charges have been made regarding his death.
During the investigation, the LCSO served two warrants and allegedly seized 433.6 pounds of marijuana from a property at Hunter Point Road, 173.3 pounds of marijuana from Lake County Car Audio and 374 pounds of marijuana from a Broadway Avenue residence, LCSO stated. Investigators also reportedly found three handguns, 13 rifles including several high-powered, assault-style weapons and restricted armor piercing and tracer ammunition.
All the properties reportedly belong to James and Nora Jean.
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- Expiration of the mortgage interest deduction
- Expiration of the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act
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- Expiration of Operation Twist
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By now most of us are aware of the term "fiscal cliff." The term refers to the economic mayhem that is expected if tax increases, spending cuts and the budget deficit rules go into effect in January 2013. But while a fiscal cliff threatens the economy as a whole, real estate has its own fiscal cliff that's quickly approaching. And unless certain rules, laws and programs are extended, we could see a huge falloff in the recovery of the housing market. Potential borrowers might want to get their transactions completed in front of those changes, since they might push rates and fees higher in their respective wakes. Here are five items with approaching expirations that could seriously threaten the strides we've made so far:


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This Alexandre of England airforce blue cross panama suit has been subtly tapered through the chest and waist to create a more contemporary silhouette. This garment has been made using an 100% wool cloth. It has a two button fastening, notch lapels, AMF stitching and a five button functional cuff. There are subtle details that separate this suit from the rest of the crowd; there is a split under collar melton and a unique stylish internal with flashes of colour and design that will stand the test of time.
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EAST MONTPELIER — Athletes from Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Vergennes won events at Saturday's Division II championship meet at U-32 High School in East Montpelier.
MUHS junior Hannah Buttolph repeated as the girls' high jump champion, clearing five feet, two inches to win by six inches. That height would have won the D-I meet by four inches.
Mount Abe freshman Lydia Pitts continued her dominance in girls' D-II hurdling, winning the 100-meter hurdles in 16.46 and the 300 in 49.84.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College athletics program finished seventh among 322 NCAA Division III colleges and universities that registered points in the 2014-2015 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings. The Panthers earned their 12th straight top-10 finish, including winning the cup in 2011-12.
In this competition, schools are given points in 18 intercollegiate sports based on how well each team performed. The overall champion is the institution with the highest number of points.
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MIDDLEBURY — The Ralph Myhre Golf Course had a busy docket last week, with faculty-staff-retiree and alumni tournaments as well as the regular Thursday afternoon men's golf competition.
On June 3, the course hosted the nine-hole faculty-staff-retiree tournament. In mixed-team results, the foursome of Cory Buxton, Karen Carpenter, Derek Hamel and Cindy Wemette carded a 34 to top the 37 shot by the second-place team of KJ Krasco, Sarah Raunecker, Abigail Copeland and Katie Cobb.
It was Friday morning, and we'd just loaded our fishing gear into the car, but neither of us had a preference for any particular stretch of river. As I sat behind the steering wheel in my driveway trying to decide which way to go, I suggested pike fishing in Otter Creek, probably from my canoe.
WEST HAVEN — Defending American-Canadian Tour champion Joey Polewarczyk Jr. on Saturday at Devil's Bowl Speedway won a caution-free People's United Bank 100. His victory was part of a four-division card that also saw Bucko Branham, Dylan Rabtoy and Chris LaVair carry the checkered flag.
Hudson, N.H., racer Polewarczyk started seventh on the 26-car field and conserved his tires in the first half of the race as Wayne Helliwell Jr. of Dover, N.H., and Barre's Nick Sweet, each a three-time Devil's Bowl winner, waged a see-saw battle for the lead.
VERGENNES — The third vote this year on a Vergennes Union High School spending plan finally won voter approval.
BRISTOL -- Mount Abraham Union High School has a budget for the coming school year.
Voters in the five-town area on Tuesday approved a $13,947,738 spending plan for fiscal year 2015-2016; the tally was 852 in favor and 597 opposed.
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin today announced that he will not seek another term as the chief executive of the Green Mountain State.
In a press conference in the Statehouse, Shumlin said that by the end of his third term in January 2017 he will have completed what he set out to do as governor. He outlined what he said were his accomplishments as governor.
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What Possessed Us To Open Wine?
A. I have never had a wine from Austria. B. I have never tasted this particular grape. Yes, that's really the name of the grape. No, it doesn't originate from Portugal. I chose this wine from Club W's list of reds. I couldn't wait to open it.
What Did The Label Want Us To Know?
It is labeled "Qualitatswein Troken" (which means pretty good) and I just like to say that 3 times real fast. Not much other information.
What's So Great About It?
We thought cherry, pepper with a medium body. It had a nice magenta color and I especially liked it on the outside of my tongue.
Someone Else's More Qualified Opinion:
Conversation This Wine Engendered:
Verbal agreement vs. on paper. Which do you prefer?
Real estate in Cabo. They have some.
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From TEIWiki
For use cases where these techniques might be used, see Stand-off use cases.
The XPointer Framework is a collection of schemes (note: schemes not schemas) that specify the method for addressing into the XML tree or help in this task. One end of its functionality overlaps with XPath, but the other allows one to address points and ranges inside elements, and this is often precious to us TEI-ers, especially in some stand-off markup systems or for working with ontologies (RDF may use it). It was initially defined as a companion to XLink that took care of URI fragment identifiers (the strings placed after the '#' in a URI).
Some of the schemes, e.g. the simplest element() scheme, which uses simple tree-traversal syntax, are supported by any decent XML tool nowadays. It is worth pointing out that any tool that claims to support XInclude, must support the general conventions of the XPointer Framework and the XPointer element() scheme (per the XInclude spec). The "general conventions" of the Framework mean, practically, the possibility of addressing elements by their IDs and the possibility of using multiple schemes in a single pointer (see below).
Apart from element(), there is also the xmlns() scheme that does namespace binding, and finally the xpointer() scheme that does an incredible lot of useful things in a very clever way, except it's not supported in full anywhere.
The three schemes mentioned above have been defined or, in the case of xpointer(), drafted, by the W3C. The XPointer Framework, however, allows other parties to define their own schemes and get them registered in a special corner of the W3C called the XPointer Registry. And this is the point where we, as the TEI community, may want to focus some of our attention. Thanks to Syd Bauman, a number of schemes (described in the Linking and Alignment chapter of the Guidelines) have been registered with the W3C. One of them, xpath1(), is actually shared with other Internet communities, and implemented in Firefox (see bug #182323). Another is smlxpath1() defined by the Service Modeling Language. Yet another is the string-range() scheme, one of the TEI-defined schemes that are useful in stand-off architecture and that may address into the content of elements.
Structure of the XPointer Framework
The structure of the XPointer Framework is illustrated below:
XPointer Framework . . / \ / \ . . syntax scheme repository . . / \ / \ . . W3C schemes external-party (a.o. TEI) schemes . . . . . . / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ . . . . . . element() xmlns() xpointer() range() string-range() ... xpath2() . . / \ / \ . . XPath 1.0 functions XPointer functions . . . / | \ / | \ . . . range-to() end-point() string-range() ...
Notice that string-range() is mentioned twice in the diagram above. This is because of an unfortunate homonymy that has generated some confusion in the past but, hopefully, will not do so any longer.
The XPointer xpointer() scheme uses XPath functions and adds to them several others, which, by entering the inter-character space, are able to cleverly address what no XPath has been able to address before. Among these functions is one called string-range().
Thus the difference between the W3C's
(location-set) string-range(location-set, string-to-match, offset?, length?) function and the TEI's
(string) string-range(pointer, offset, length?) scheme is not merely a difference in the definition, but also a difference in the status. There is at least one important consequence of this, worth bearing in mind: the status and implementation of TEI's schemes does not directly depend on the status and implementation of the xpointer() scheme. Of course, one can hope that the former may piggyback on the latter, from the perspective of software developers.
XPointer syntax
The term "XPointer syntax" is used here informally. Its practical relevance is that it allows for two things: addressing by ID and using multiple pointers. Still informally, the syntax may be sketched as follows:
Pointer ::= ID | SchemeBased SchemeBased ::= PointerPart+
The first alternative allows for addressing by ID, reminiscent of HTML:
"resource.xml#ID" (which may also use the element() scheme, as in
"resource.xml#element(ID)"), and the other for sequencing schemes, as in the examples below:
"resource.xml#xpointer((//p)[1]) element(p1)"
The XPointer processor must evaluate such sequences from left to right and stop whenever it succeeds in making a match. This means that in the first case, if the scheme is recognized, the processor tries to match the first of all <p> elements that can be found in the document, and if it does not succeed, it moves to the second scheme and looks for the first element identified by the ID "p1". Notice that this setup makes it possible for us to use TEI-defined schemes with any processor, provided that we provide some kind of fallback as the last scheme. Does that buy us much? Hardly, but it's a step forward until the processor starts recognizing TEI schemes.
The second example sequence involves namespace binding: the xmlns() scheme binds the prefix, returns no result, so the processor moves to the next scheme and tries to make a match against, this time, a namespace-qualified element name.
The fact that the non-W3C schemes xpath1() and smlxpath1() are supported and in use (note: what are the tools that support them? -- need to find that out), makes it more likely for us to get the developers to plug in TEI-defined schemes into their tools. Of course these schemes have to be coded first, but that was obvious from the beginning.
Pushing the xpointer() scheme ahead might result in our being able to reuse the routines handling that scheme, which would reduce the work on TEI-scheme-handling.
Link to Xpath12match.xslt
Here I have to stop for a while
What follows is a mess for now.
Lobbying section
(Refer to my unfinished essay on community efforts that will probably have to wait for after TEI-MM; this section is obviously also unfinished.)
Libxml2 is to my knowledge the only XML toolkit that has rudimentary support for XPointer's xpointer() schema. In fact, the support is rather bad... but at least it is there and can be fixed and extended if the need for it can be demonstrated. (The trick with diploma works may also work here -- there is a separate XPointer module that the student can concentrate on, possibly having an eye on what is common in handling the xpointer() scheme and the TEI-defined schemes)
In fact, the TEI doesn't need the xpointer() scheme to be supported in xmllint (libxml2's parser) -- it just needs the general XPointer Framework to work (see the Addendum below for explanation).
This is a fragment of my e-mail, with some links in it, about the xpointer/xinclude stuff
Have to extract some bits from this fragment still.
I searched for freely-available free-standing XPointer-aware tools and found out that only libxml2 (with xmllint) comes reasonably close, but its XPointer support is incomplete and buggy. I reported some of that on TEI-L some time ago. Since then, libxml2 has seen two bugfix releases, but the crucial functionality is still missing.
We have a colleague, Jakub Wilk, who did some bug-hunting and submitted a few patches to libxml2 in his free time, but I guess both his free time and patience have run out now (which I find perfectly understandable).
In case you were interested in pursuing this further, let me give you some links as starters:
- "internal error, xpointer.c:2409" when using string-range()
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562541
- Xpointer range-to function loses the end-point children
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306081
- buggy range() XPointer function
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=584219
- buggy string-range() XPointer function
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583442
I tried to use the xpointer-schema string-range() function instead of the TEI-defined string-range schema, but that was impossible for a while, until this bug got fixed:
- unrecognized XPointer schemes are not skipped silently
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=563562
(so there is a light...)
But that would require a few complications in the markup, to provide a cascade of XPointer schemas, with the W3C schema as fallback until the TEI-defined schemas are supported by some tool.


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It's only been open since July, but Mack's Barbershop at The Bridge, Dallas' homeless recovery center, is having a positive impact on the homeless as they seek jobs, permanent housing and a better way of life.
The demand for haircuts has surpassed original projections, and so have requests for training from aspiring barbers and hairstylists.
The barbershop has consistently exceeded its goal by providing more than 90 haircuts per week since July.
"We are thrilled at the overwhelming success of Mack's Barbershop," said Jay Dunn, president and CEO of The Bridge. "But the shop's goal is to be self-sustaining in the next few years, and that can only be achieved with continuing help from donors in the community."
Mack's has developed a partnership with the Ogle School of Hair, Skin & Nails. On the fourth Thursday of each month, 10 to 15 students and instructor Christine Benkert host a spa day in the barbershop to provide facials, manicures, eyebrow waxes, haircuts and hairstyling for men and women.
Several former guests of The Bridge volunteer at Mack's after graduating from barber college, including Fate Navors and Steven Montgomery, who cut Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings' hair at Mack's opening ceremony.
Mack's Barbershop pays tribute to the late Frank "Mack" McManemin, who opened a barbershop in 1920 near Fair Park and operated there for 50 years. His grandson Casey McManemin donated money to launch the shop through a donor-advised fund that he and his wife, Megan, established at Communities Foundation of Texas.
The McManemins became interested in The Bridge after touring and seeing so many people intent on overcoming challenges in their lives. Megan McManemin volunteers each week at the library at The Bridge.
Enter restaurateur Shannon Wynne, a Bridge supporter, who was dining at the McManemins' home one night when he spotted an old photo of Mack at his barbershop. Wynne suggested reopening the shop at The Bridge.
The McManemins turned to the Communities Foundation to structure the grant. It will also help make Mack's sustainable by developing partnerships with barber colleges and others.
"This grant is an excellent example of how donors can develop creative, meaningful ways that will improve the lives of the people who need help the most," said Brent Christopher, president and CEO of Communities Foundation of Texas.
Megan McManemin said that she's noticed a change at The Bridge since Mack's opened. "Everyone feels more confident with a good haircut. Our family is honored to give this gift to the wonderful people at The Bridge," she said.
Casey McManemin said: "I am also pleased that Mack's is a part of how The Bridge is serving veterans, who make up almost 20 percent of the homeless population. My grandfather would be happy to see the barbershop making such a big difference in people's lives."
To contribute to Mack's Barbershop at The Bridge, contact Teresa Hiser at thiser @bridgenorthtexas.org or 214-670-1137.


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Hey Julie!This one is a lil out there but I have NO CLUE what to do… I recently started dating this guy Tim who is AWESOME! I have stayed at his place mostly as I have a roommate and it's just easier for us to hang.Here's the problem. He has a parrot that he LOVES and adores and the parrot talks. This past weekend when I was over and we started to get intimate "Boo-Boo" the Bird started mimicking us…And mostly me. It was as if I had an echo and at one point I burst out laughing in the middle and it just killed the moment. I can't do this…and he refuses to put the bird in another room.How do I handle?Thanks! Jess
Why are you keeping your pet in the bedroom?! Break-up immediately, this is crazy. You kick animals out of the bedroom for this. What does this bird say to him every other night? Seriously? There's something wrong with this guy.
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- 1 ½ lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded to an even 1/2" thickness
- - kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 5 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, divided
- 2 tbsp. minced shallot
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 2-3 tsp. minced fresh sage
- 1 tsp. snipped fresh chives
- 1 tbsp. Kowalski's Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp. chopped fresh Italian parsley
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DEFTONES have been forced to postpone tonight's (March 18) concert in Bristol, United Kingdom due to "illness" (reportedly on the part of the group's frontman Chino Moreno). No further details are currently available.Moreno and DEFTONES turntablist/keyboardist Frank Delgado will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Saturday, March 24 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time (between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST) at BBC.co.uk. The show is available all week via the "Radio Player" / "Listen Again" feature on the 6 Music webpage, so no matter what you're doing Saturday you'll still be able to hear the guys rockin' on with the Bruce for a whole seven days. DEFTONES' video for its new single, "Mein", is currently being streamed at the following locations: Windows Media 700k
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Quicktime 220k DEFTONES is continuing to tour in support of its fifth album, "Saturday Night Wrist", which has sold around 200,000 copies in the United States since its October 31 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The DEFTONES were featured on the "Family Values Tour 2006" CD and DVD, which came out in December. (Thanks: Davebass / Slayerfreak)


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• Under administrative direction, oversees, supervises, and coordinates the management of all stages of projects, including capital improvement projects, within an assigned division of the Engineering Services Department; coordinates assigned activities with various divisions, outside agencies, and the general public; and provides highly responsible and complex staff assistance to senior management. Positions may be assigned to the utilities or the Engineering Services Departments.
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• Assumes responsibility for assigned services and activities related to the management of projects, including capital improvement projects, within an assigned division of the Engineering Services Department including design, bid, post-bid inspection, construction, and related functions and professional contracts; ensures completion of projects within budgetary, regulatory, and time constraints.
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Airlines are pushing for legislation that would begin a transformation to a satellite-based air traffic control system and would change a funding formula that allows corporate jets to largely avoid paying for the traffic control services they use. Meanwhile, JetBlue is gearing up to open the terminal of the future at Kennedy in the fourth quarter of 2008. It will resemble, in some ways, a new ticketing-area design by Alaska Air ( ALK) that eschews ticket counters in favor of kiosks and self-check baggage facilities. So far, Alaska's design has only been implemented in Anchorage, but when JetBlue's $750 million terminal opens in the world's media capital, it will likely become the talk of the airline industry and could trigger redesigns around the country. A primary concept is that CEO "Dave Barger never wants to see a passenger in line," said Debbie Usvaltas, project manager, who guided TheStreet.com on one of the first tours of the facility, which is now under construction. Instead of lining up, JetBlue passengers will flow past dozens of ticketing kiosks to areas where they can tag their own baggage and place it on conveyor belts. Only 32 staffed check-in positions are planned, and they will have low counters "to encourage customer-friendly interaction with the agents," said Usvaltas. Nearly 200 kiosks will be located throughout the terminal. Some will be used for check-ins, some will be at the gate for rebooking, and others will be at the baggage claim so passengers can report problems.
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Bull or Bear? Vote in Our Poll (Updated with commentary, stock prices.)NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The Dow fell below 10,000, and the major averages retreated Friday, as better than expected data and earnings from Microsoft ( MSFT) and Amazon ( AMZN) did little for other stocks in a "sell the news" environment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 109.13 points, or 1.1%, to 9,972.18, while the S&P 500 gave up 13.31 points, or 1.2%, to 1079.60. The Nasdaq edged down 10.82 points, or 0.5%, to 2154.47. That was just enough to erase gains for the week, as the Dow edged down 0.2%, the S&P 500 gave up 0.7%, and the Nasdsaq lost 0.1% for the five day session. Microsoft and Amazon shares were higher by 5.4% and 26.8%, respectively, after topping estimates and after multiple upgrades to the latter -- but it had little effect on the broader markets. "We're getting to the end of the biggest week of earnings so far this earnings season, and with the exception of a few stellar performers, people are selling the good news," says Michael James, managing director at Wedbush Morgan Securities. "The prevailing theme is that people were expecting good numbers this quarter, and as we've been getting them people are selling into the strength." This has been particularly true for semiconductor stocks, he says, and at the same time, retailers aren't seeing any follow through from the Amazon surge. Last, the dollar, which has had an inverse relationship with equities, was gaining ground against the pound, euro and yen. "I think partially what you're seeing is a certain amount of nervousness," says Doug Roberts, chief investment strategist at ChannelCapitalResearch.com, adding that it's in part because the S&P is near a technical resistance level of 1,100. "Earnings seem to be good, but people want to hesitate to see if there are any land mines out there," says Roberts. "We did have quite a large run without any correction, and you might see that things are settling and will not play out until we get more clarity."
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Down Syndrome research at Johns Hopkins shows promise
(WJLA) - Devin Mitchell is 11-years-old and full of personality. She also has Down syndrome, which her mother Gena Mitchell learned of when Devin was born.
Mitchell says Devin's down syndrome is part of what makes her so wonderful.
"I genuinely accept who she is and I love who she is," Mitchell says. "She's charming and smart and witty."
Now, new research out of Johns Hopkins is making big waves in the field of Down syndrome.
A part of the brain called the cerebellum is 60 percent smaller in people with Down syndrome.
But scientists found when they injected a new compound into mice with a Down syndrome-like condition on the day of birth, their cerebellums grew to normal size in adulthood.
"It turned out the structure of the cerebellum was completely normal from one injection the day of birth so that was pretty surprising," says Roger Reeves, Johns Hopkins Professor Department of Physiology.
What the researchers say surprised them even more was that the compound - called the Sonic Hedgehog Pathway - also improved learning and memory.
"But why we caused that something we're very intensely working on right now," Reeves says.
Mitchell is excited by the research but isn't sure what it means for her daughter.
"I would give to my daughter anything that would give her a better quality of life," Reeves says. "But I am very leery - and I would be scared about changing at the core of the foundation who she is."
And the scientists say much more testing is needed before a compound like this, if deemed potentially beneficial for humans, could become available.


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St. Martin's Press is pleased with the early sales performance of Stephen Coonts's 12th national bestseller, Liberty; the book enjoys its second week at the #13 spot on PW's list. The publisher reports that the author's five-city tour was very successful, with all signings "extremely well attended." His latest book's plot concerns terrorists smuggling nuclear weapons into the U.S., so it's no surprise that Coonts has had many media interviews on current international affairs (and SMP reports that more interviews are scheduled for this month). First printing for Liberty is 150,000 copies.
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Russell Adler, a name partner in convicted lawyer Scott Rothstein's former Fort Lauderdale firm, was sued Monday for more than $1.2 million by bankruptcy attorneys who claim the money was the fruit of Rothstein's massive investment scam.
The bankruptcy complaint accuses Adler and his wife Katie of using $475,000 of that money to buy a Manhattan co-op apartment in August — two months before Rothstein's Ponzi scheme imploded, the firm collapsed and federal authorities launched a criminal investigation.
The complaint claims the defunct firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler made salary "overpayments'' totaling nearly $580,000 to Adler and an additional $655,000 in "unpaid loans'' to him and his wife, who live in Fort Lauderdale.
Adler, who has said he was unaware of Rothstein's $1.2 billion investment racket, declined to comment. One of his attorneys, Fred Haddad, said Adler would "vigorously'' fight the bankruptcy suit.
"Russell earned everything he was paid and was worth every penny of it," Haddad said. "The mortgages were 100 percent legitimate. Russell had no knowledge of any alleged improprieties by Rothstein."
That assertion doesn't matter to the attorneys for the firm's bankruptcy trustee, Herbert Stettin. In the complaint, they called the firm's transfers between 2006 and 2009 "fraudulent'' and are seeking to recover the payments and loans to Adler and to seize the co-op to repay Rothstein's victims.
"They enjoyed the fruits of it by a dramatic overpayment of compensation, especially compared to what his business generation was and how the firm was doing," lawyer Charles Lichtman, whose firm, Berger Singerman, is handling the bankruptcy case, told the Miami Herald. "Law firms aren't in the business of buying condos for their partners."
During his tenure with the firm, Adler and his wife Katie also gave about $185,000 to state and federal politicians. Among them: former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for his presidential bid and later John McCain, when he became the Republican nominee for the White House.
Previous court documents filed by the bankruptcy lawyers have listed several other former RRA employees who received large salaries and loans from the 70-attorney firm — including the other name partner, Stuart Rosenfeldt.
Rosenfeldt, who co-owned the firm with Rothstein, received more than $6 million in total compensation in 2008, according to a court record. But Rosenfeldt, through his lawyer, disputed that he earned that much.
The bankruptcy complaint follows Rothstein's guilty plea in late January to five counts of racketeering, fraud and money laundering stemming from his sale of fabricated legal settlements to investors. Rothstein faces up to 100 years in prison at his May 6 entencing.
Federal prosecutors plan to charge others associated with Rothstein's scam, saying some former RRA employees "do have apparent criminal culpability." They have not identified any employees under investigation.
In the bankruptcy case as well, other employees are expected to be served with complaints similar to that filed against Adler.
"I've got probably an estimated eight more from RRA personnel that we are focused on," Lichtman said.
Lichtman declined to identify those other employees, but described them as "people who certainly appeared to be close to Scott and were well paid."


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The North Texas Tollway Authority agreed Wednesday to spend $900,000 to fix steel bridge supports that staff members said a contractor designed poorly.
The steel beams on the new Chisholm Trail Parkway were not built strong enough, according to officials. The problem was discovered when the beams arrived at the construction site.
Some affected parts of the toll road in Tarrant and Johnson counties were fixed before they were opened. Others have not opened.
The NTTA plans to recover the additional costs from its contractors.
Board members agreed to the expenditures without discussion. But at a committee meeting earlier this month, they peppered staff members with questions about why the mistake wasn't caught during the design process.
Assistant executive director of infrastructure Elizabeth Mow told board members that the agency spot-checks about 10 percent of a project's plans. She said the NTTA relies on contractors' engineers to certify the safety of their own designs.
Board members at that meeting said they wanted to review how the agency oversees its contractors' project designs.
The approval Wednesday for the additional $900,000 came in two votes. Those measures collectively included other expenses and had a total price tag of more than $1.8 million.
NTTA Chairman Kenneth Barr abstained from voting on about $1.1 million of those expenses. He said he had a business relationship with one of the subcontractors involved in that second vote. He did not name the contractor.
The board also unanimously approved a policy change that will make it easier for the agency to cover legal expenses for board members and staffers whose work-related behavior is the subject of a criminal probe or a lawsuit. The move means the agency will automatically cover legal fees if state law allows it. Previously, the board could choose whether to cover particular individuals' legal fees if the law permits it.
The agency came under media scrutiny in 2012 after it paid for a private attorney for a board member. David Denison, who is no longer on the board, racked up more than $211,000 in legal fees during an FBI investigation into possible conflicts of interest.
NTTA officials have since said they believe the investigation ended. No charges have been filed. Denison's last legal bill is almost a year old.


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LISTEN by Rene Gutteridge
Marlo is normally a quiet, peaceful town. Yet recently a website has popped up called Listentoyourself and it contains residents of Marlo's most private conversations… conversations that were held in the privacy of their homes with people they trusted. Soon accusations are flying and the local police force has its hands full trying to sort it all out.
Damien Underwood has been a journalist most of his life. He has been the creator of the Marlo Sentinal's crossword puzzle until as of recent he has been offered a chance to do a bit of reporting as well. Damien along with his best friend Police Officer Frank Merrit are surprised by the sudden popularity of this website that is ripping the town apart.
And Damien has his own home to be concerned with as well, his wife Kay is struggling to fit in with the Cheer Mom's, his daughter Jenna, normally sweet and easy-going has become sullen and in trouble at school for hitting another girl, his son Hunter is spending too much time in his room on the computer and Damien is concerned with what he may be looking at.
What is happening in Marlo?
This is the first Rene Gutteridge book I have experienced. A few weeks back, Hannah at Wordlily celebrated a whole week of Rene Gutteridge and I was curious….
As "the power of words" is the theme of this post, Hannah used the power of her words to influence me to give this author that I honestly do not think I have ever heard of, a try. I am so glad that I did. And now I am going to use the power of my words to tell you why. 😀
LISTEN is a book surrounded all around the one question. How responsible are we for our words when we think no one is listening? What author Rene Gutteridge shows through this book is something I have always believed, words are powerful tools. Words can lift someone up and they can tear someone down.
In Marlo, neighbor literally turns against neighbor. While the website Listentoyourself does not mention names – the conversations written out for all to see is word for word of what was said. People are hurt, in some cases they wrongfully believe some of the writing is about them, even more so, they decide who said it and react to it.
I really enjoyed that while the website is much of this book, it is not the only storyline that Rene Gutteridge has weaved within the pages regarding the power of words. While Damien is working the website angle, his wife Kay is involved in the words that people say about each other – gossip. As she tries to fit in with the Cheer Moms and they point the finger at one mom in particular Kay becomes part of the vicious circle of spreading words that hurt. And a third story line comes in with Jenna and the mean girls (oh wow – they are MEAN) at school.
Every Monday evening I am in a small group that meets and discusses a study that we are doing and last night we touched on the subject of the power of words. I smiled as it reminded me of this book.
While the book is not without flaws, there were a couple unresolved items and I was left with a few questions, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a book I did not want to put down and enjoyed the reminder of the power of words, as well as the power of truly listening. I will most definitely read more of Rene Gutterridge.
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The 2011 WHERE Are You Reading map has been updated to include LISTEN
I borrowed this book from my library
Posted on March 1, 2011, in Book Review and tagged Review. Bookmark the permalink. 25 Comments.
Wow, this sounds kind of intense. I'm looking forward to reading it!
This sounds like a good one. I agree with you that words are very powerful. I guess that is why I read and love it so much. I get lost in the words (in a good way).
Sounds like a very emotional book… I'll be adding it to my TBR pile!
Goods like a really good read. So glad I got this book when it was free for my Kindle a few weeks back.
This sounds really intriguing! XO
Looks like an interesting read. The plot is a nice twist, different from anything I've read. The crossword puzzle journalist who becomes a full-fledged writer sounds very much like a movie I saw, All About Steve. Though, in my opinion, the movie was a flop. Sounds like this book has a lot more going for it, plot wise.
I knew I should've downloaded this to my Kindle when it was free!!
I like the premise of the book and would like to see where the author takes it. I may have to pick this one up. Thanks for the review.
Sounds like an intriguing read and one I may pick up at some point. Thanks for your thoughts on it!
I love the premise of this book; I wonder how many of US would feel to find our private conversations out there – would it make us think twice about the words we use?


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Wu Chun was born on 10 October 1979, birth name Goh Kiat Chun, is a Brunei-born-Chinese Taiwanese actor, singer, former model and gym instructor.
Chun was a member of Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band Fahrenheit from its debut in 2005 to June 2011. He was the last and oldest member to join the boy band and was the bass vocalist of the group. HIM International Music, the group's record label, announced in an official statement on 22 June 2011 that Chun left Fahrenheit to concentrate on his acting career and also to spend more time with his family.
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Quinn Signs Law Ending Free Meter Parking For Disabled
Disabled drivers, get your quarters ready.
Over 600,000 Illinois motorists with handicap plates or disability parking placards will say goodbye to free parking at metered parking spots starting in 2014.
Monday Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law sweeping changes to legislation controlling disabled parking statewide, but perhaps has the most impact in Chicago.
Part of the impetus for the legislation came from reports of wide spread abuse of disabled parking placards to park for free in Chicago's very expensive metered parking spots first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
In addition, the City of Chicago began receiving multi-billion dollar bills from Chicago Parking Meters, LLC the company which has the 75 year concession to operate the meters. Per the contract signed with CPM in 2008, the city has to compensate the company for the massive number of drivers using disability placard and handicap plates to legally park without feeding the meter.
The vast majority of drivers with disabled placards and/or handicap plates will no longer be eligible for the free parking. Only drivers who cannot physically operate or access a parking meter will still be allowed to park without feeding the meter. Those drivers will be required to have their physician to sign a medical form in order to obtain the new placard or window decal to park at meters for free.
Even though the law goes into effect on January 1, 2013 the state will not issue the new placards until the start of 2014. Disability placards in Illinois must be renewed every four years and 2014 is the year current are due for renewal.
"Those will start in 2014 when we'll actually have the new placards ready to go out," said Secretary of State Disability Liaison William Bogdan. "Every single person that has a parking placard in the State of Illinois will have to re-certify with the Secretary of State office. We will require they go bak to their physician and have their physician acknowledge they still meet the eligibility criteria."
In order to keep doctors honest when they fill out these required forms, the law also calls for a $1000 fine for physicians or healthcare providers who knowingly falsify documentation to allow the handicap exception.
This law also raises fines for parking placard abuse.
Unauthorized use of a disability license plate, decal or placard rises from $500 to $600 and doubles the first offense for forging or even possessing a fake handicap license plate or placard, or using the placard without the authorized user from $500 to $1000.
"People who rely on handicap parking should not be victimized by those who would use fraudulent placards," Quinn said. "These laws will ensure more fairness and fight fraud across Illinois."
Quinn also signed another bill Monday targeting a slightly different side of disability placard abuse.
This law imposes heavier penalties on people misusing a deceased person's handicap placard making it a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum $2,500 fine and mandatory revocation of the offender's driving license and privileges. The law also raised the fine of a second conviction of simple abuse of a disability placard from $750 to an even $1000 and allows the Secretary of State to suspend or even revoke driving privileges for the offender.
"It is against all the laws of human decency for an able-bodied person to deprive a person with a disability of using a disability parking spot. I commend Governor Quinn for signing this important legislation," said Secretary of State Jesse White.
This law also goes into effect on January 1, 2013.
24 Responses to Quinn Signs Law Ending Free Meter Parking For Disabled
About damn time!
I'm wondering why the Sec State just doesn't have all 2014 placards be recalled and make everyone reapply for new ones in 2013?
Not that hard…..when you consider that out of the 600k that are in use….probably only 5% deserve free meter parking.
And what are we going to do about the out of state HCP plates and placards that seem to be so prevalent in this city?
The irony is that public employees are BY FAR the worst abusers of the handicapped/metered parking. Here's a little test: At 9:00 a.m walk over to some metered parking areas in the loop near the County Building or the State of Illinois Building (i.e. places where lots of government workers are) 90% + of the spots have handicapped hand tags. No go to metered spaces in, say, the financial district or the Mag Mile. Maybe 10-20% handicapped. Strange coincidence, no?
Does anyone have compassion for people with actual disabilities? It seems like people are assuming that everyone who has a disabled placard is using a fake or stolen one.
No one here thinks that everyone that has a HCP plate or placard is a scammer; however the simple fact is that Quinn and White have woken up to the fact that not all of the people that have disability plates/placards need free metered parking all day every day. I agree with the stipulations set by the Gov and Sec state.
Unless you are physically visibly restrained to a wheel chair…or can not manipulate a ATM card swipe reader….pay to park.
Public employees have been conditioned to entitlement throughout their entire careers, so no surprise they feel entitled to free parking as well. And in Illinois (state motto: I've got mine; screw everyone else) it is perfectly OK to get what you want however you can, even if its technically illegal and unethical.
Pete…that is why I go out of my way to Ticket City and State Employees.
They need to learn the lesson more than the average citizen.
forgot this story was here.
I think this crazy. I feel like they are cracking down on disabled people. A lot of the disable people are on disability and don't have jobs, so I don't understand why they are making them pay for parking. And What happens if someone comes here from another state and don't know about or have the mete free tags? I think this whole thing is just so stupid.
This is only a drop in the bucket. What are they going to do to the people who park in handicap designated spots in parking lots everywhere? According to the law stores and such who have spots for handicapped drivers/persons with disabilities are private property. Police can not ticket these people who are by an large a bigger problem, unless the store calls the police to come out and issue a ticket. In my experience NO manger or store employee ever wants to do this. I constantly see people with placards literally "run" into a store after parking in a handicapped designated spot. They just get away with it. Why should handicapped drivers have to suffer just because Chicago can't pay it's bills, and because they started a parking meter program that has come back to bite them. Make a disabled parking program that works and that does not punish the disabled person. If Illinois collected half the fines they should in any given year, it could probably solve most of it's financial problems. Just because they think disabled people won't speak up or that they can be overlooked. Shameful! I lived my whole life with a disability and have never seen a state with such little care or compassion for it's disabled citizens.
I can give a word for "Mary". The amount rcvd after yrs of hard work barely makes it from month to month once one becomes disabled. I am appalled at the rates they are now charging at parkign meters. Where once it was almost in my budget to go somewhere,I now sched my doctor and other apointments according to where they are located because I can not afford to take my son or myself to a needed apointment. If i know i have to go back for another MRI or MRA or test of any sort, I have to think of what time of the month it is and where I am in my budget to park. I am diabled and DO NOT have a placard. I did not apply for one even though i meet the guidelines. Personaly, my vehicle is big enough that if I backedout of a spot, I may not see someone of smaller stature behind me. And forget riding the bus_Do you realy think those punk kids get up for a disabled person? Not a chance. Just trying to get to and from somewhere is so taxing taking multiple busses ( i cannot navigate the trains) that I can not make it home in one day. I can barely make through the grocery store before I have to fall asleep. Hence, I have a bed in the back of my van and a service animal to tend to me.
What really ires me though is seeing the many cars in the disabled spots WITHOUT the proper placard or plate.Taxi drivers running into Walgreens are no exception. I clearly pointed out one to a police officer who was in the store and nothing was done.
There is abuse already in the system that is heaped on the consumer. I have already reported Medicare fraud on Swedish Hosp and one doctor. Once they see you have Medicare_the things they tack on is incredible. Or the abuse by billing when you havent even been to the Hospital.
Actually there is a Chicago Municipal Ordinance on the Books that allows for Private Property enforcement of HCP spaces by the Police and PEA's (but PEA's are never allowed to do it.).
Plus since HCP Plate/Placard mis-use/fraud is a Misdemeanor now, Criminal Offenses are not granted protection from enforcement because they might occur on private property.
Mary…Chicago Politicians didn't sponsor the Bill. Highland Park's Rep did. Chicago didn't Fight it because of Math.
1 Car with HCP Plates or PLacard costs the City of Chicago 1 full days rate on a Meter…2.00 per hour outside the Loop and around 4.00 per hour in the Loop. 24 hour meters in the Loop…24 * 4 = 96.00 per space per vehicle.
People with LEGIT HCP issues deserve all consideration. But with the Highest Meter Rates in the State…People are crawling out of the woodwork with scam's to park for free. Pay attention to the Stings that the State Police and City Police do that make the Paper…
People are getting Nailed for misuse of someone Elses Placard or for Placards that belong to the Dead or even Forged or Altered Placards.
If the state is going to do this You would think they, at the least, would make an exception for Disabled Veteran plates. The all of the vets I know who have a state DAV plate absolutely are disabled. The scrutiny given to them just to get it is extensive. Just a thought that I will be running across my State Rep. I hope others agree and do the same.
Vets with a Disability that prevents them from being able to Operate a Paybox or ATM is the litmus being applied to non-Vet Disabled.
These are the requirements to qualify:
Types of Disabilities That Will Qualify an Applicant
For Meter Exempt Parking
• Patient cannot manage, manipulate or insert coins, or obtain tickets or
tokens in parking meters or ticket machines in parking lots due to the lack
of fine motor control of BOTH hands.
• Patient cannot reach above his/her head to a height of 42 inches from the
ground due to a lack of finger, hand or upper-extremity strength or
• Patient cannot approach a parking meter due to his/her use of a
wheelchair or other device for mobility.
• Patient cannot walk more than 20 feet due to an orthopedic, neurological,
cardiovascular or lung condition in which the degree of debilitation is so
severe that is almost completely impedes the ability to walk.
If you can Use an ATM machine and walk from your car to the front door of your House/Apt…you don't qualify for a Free Pass.
For those of you who don't understand the difficulty of the handicapped feeding parking meters, try to put yourselves in our shoes for just a moment. It wouldn't be so difficult if the old parking meter system had been kept in place. But when someone who struggles painfully with walking or standing problems has to walk half a block to a paybox, then back to their car with a receipt before heading toward their original destination, it places undue hardship on them. This hardship is further compounded when pavements are wet, icy or buried in snow. Not every physical disability shows on the outside or requires the constant use of a cane, walker, wheelchair or crutches, but that doesn't mean the disabled person isn't in intense pain or that all of the "armchair physicians" out there are any experts on their disabilities. Starting January 1, 2014, I refuse to feed any payboxes or park on any metered streets in Chicago and will gladly take all of my commercial business to the suburbs where parking lots are abundant. Since I live in the northernmost part of Chicago, this will be very easy for me to do. Perhaps Governor Quinn should spend more of his time enforcing parking penalties on those able-bodied individuals who park in the striped access lanes next to spaces reserved for the handicapped. They are not parking spaces. They are for those handicapped individuals who might need to use a ramp and wheelchair to exit their vehicles!
I totally agree with you Irene. I live in southern Illinois and am not applying for a meter exempt status just a parking placard. I have MS and have had a parking placard for years but because I can walk 200ft my doctor won't sign the renewal form in fear of loosing his drivers license and being fined which I think is pretty ridiculous. So when my current placard expires I'll have to do without. Thanks Gov. Quinn.
Jealous? This need not be a zero sum game, where A can only 'win' if B 'loses'. It's an old ploy to divide and conquer. The REAL issue: why can't EVERYONE have free parking. The rates are WAYYY to high. THINK, people!!!
I am a recent above knee amputee. here's my feedback. there are too many offenders misusing this benefit. i see it all the time. this would have been a good law if only the city had made some provisions for providing handicap parking at public CTA transportation stops so we could use mass transit. Before my amputation, i didnt have to think or plan my commute but now i do so that forces me to drive my car. i wish i could just drive my car to a train station and park it there for the day for free and take the train.


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By Steve Powell
Apr 28, 2003
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Led this route yesterday, 4/27/03. One of my favorite Josh routes. Falling is not an option, and you need to be a good face climber. The crack is a lot of fun also and takes good gear. Good, solid rock, clean finger crack to lieback. Face offers good friction. Found the rating to be correct
If you have any doubts about your ability on runout face climbs, one should not lead this route. Some friends of mine feel that there needs to be a bolt between the crack and the anchors.
By Murf
Apr 28, 2003
|Some friends of mine think the crack should be filled with concrete so as not to ruin a great runout face climb.
By David Evans
Apr 29, 2003
|I think the crag should be dynamited so the crack runs all the way to the top. Finger size preferred.
By Murf
Apr 29, 2003
|So instead of retrobolting face climbs, we could begin to retro crack them. This could be the movement of the future!
By Dynomight510
Aug 21, 2003
rating: 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Nice crack. Fun face climbing and falling is not an option. Not for the beginning 5.7 leader. An added bolt would increase traffic on this route and perhaps shorten lines at others. An added crack would shorten lines since most people I know don't know crack.
The start was a bit hard for 5.7.
By Locker
From: Yucca Valley, CA
May 12, 2004
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|the "Runout" is no big deal. The route is ok
By Infernal Doom Fanatic
Oct 1, 2004
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Totally fun route. Nice finger jams and laybacking.Killer pro placements. The runout face is a blast(nice and scoopy), scary but not impossible. Great way to toprope The Classic Diamond Dogs and the runout Zardoz.
By Infernal Doom Fanatic
Oct 1, 2004
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|I forgot, a bolt on the face would definately ruin this climb!
By Kenton Card
From: Washington DC
Apr 25, 2005
|After only about 3 previous trad leads a friend of mine named Jeff decided to try this "cool" line as we walked over to TR Janes Addiction. He thought this "cool" line would have a bolt up high and even though i disagreed he decided to find out. 30 ft past the crack he started to believe me that there was no bolt. The funny thing was that as he was up high, begining to freak out before reaching the anchors, he had heard me say to another novice friend of mine how if he ate shit here he would hit the deck for sure.
By Anonymous Coward
Jan 2, 2006
|I dont normally post stuff, but this was a great route. getting pushed around by strong winds halfway between the anchor and the 3 aliens(red,yellow,green) that I stuffed in the crack made the route exciting. Falling is not an option on this climb. I remember manteling knob was a little unnerving (chris parks) I think the FT's ( read this as F' ing Tourists were wondering why I was sticking all the " gear " I had in the crack below the anchors. If they were around earlier I was coaching my belayer on running like hell if I blew out of the thing!
By Pat W
Jan 27, 2007
|Regardless, this route is 5.7X. The initial section is nice secure fingers, but above, falling is not an option. The upper slab is fun and committing, but not for novice moderate leaders. A fall up high = dirt nap.
By Bill Olszewski
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Apr 8, 2007
|Only TR'd it but checked the placements on the way up. Can't wait to lead it 'cause I'll never lead Zardoz again! (yecchh)
By Gary Schenk
Mar 3, 2008
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
This climb deserves every star it gets. I led it first thing Saturday morning, March 1. The finger crack was fun, but I was seriously contemplating helicopter rescue about half way up the face.
I spent the rest of the day in an adrenaline haze. It was such a fun route, there was no point in doing anything else that day! We did use the anchors to top rope Zardoz and Diamond Dogs.
This is a great climb and an exciting lead.
By Rodger Raubach
Feb 19, 2011
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
|This climb lends new meaning to the old saying :"the leader must not fall." Other than that, it isn't bad for a leader solid at the grade. I found the initial crack to be very nice, but I'm seriously more of a face climber and enjoyed the runout. The crack eats pro. Adding a bolt would ruin the excitement of this climb!
By Adam Stackhouse
Nov 1, 2012
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b X
|Not really sure how this climb can't be considered as an X. I suppose one could survive the fall but the mess of all the internal bleeding would be leave one pretty frail.
By Dave Chapman
From: The LBC
Jan 23, 2013
|I could swear BITD (mid 90's?) it did have a bolt about about halfway up the face?? Seemed like the runout wasnt too bad after this point as the steepness really eased up.
By dnaiscool
Apr 12, 2015
Gotta agree with Dave on this one: There was a single bolt between the crack and the anchors. I took many climbing classes here during the winters of '89-'91, and we'd run clients up this route all day. I'd thread the rope through a biner on that lone bolt to keep the rope in line with the base, and I have it drawn on the photo of the route in my purple 1986 Vogel guide book. I know a bolt was there, for SURE.
If there is no bolt there, then IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, So the next time you do this route keep a sharp eye out for either a hole or a busted off rusty stud about 20 feet above the end of the crack, right about where you'd start heading left to join the upper half of Zardoz.
No need to keep this terrific route without the fixed protection I KNOW it once had.
By Brandt Allen
From: Joshua Tree, Cal
Apr 14, 2015
|There was never a bolt on this route. My '79 Wolfe guide and '92 Vogel guide specifically mention the unprotected face above the crack. There is a 5.4ish move a ways above the top of the crack, but there are plenty of worse runouts to be found on other routes here in JT.
By dnaiscool
Apr 14, 2015
I led this route back in the 70's and guided many, many clients up it, and though it is not specifically mentioned, there was a bolt above that crack. It was there when I led it a long time ago, and it was there in the early 90's. I penned the beta for it into the photo of the route in my '86 Vogel Guide (the purple one), and even with that bolt you will STILL have to run it out another 40 feet or so to the anchors, and THAT is the run-out described in the '79, '86 and '92 guides.
About 15-20 feet above the "ghost" bolt the angle really drops off, and the difficulties ease to less than 5.0; so that bolt was driven to get the leader past the last of the "steep" slab above the crack.
I think it would be prudent for someone who cares to head back to this route and hunt around for the hole/busted stud...it is there...guaranteed!
In any case, there WAS a bolt, I clipped it, I used it as a directional for top ropes, and I think it should be replaced, which would return the route to its original condition. Why should only the super hard routes have descent protection? Why keep a really good moderate route in an artificially unsafe condition? Like I say, this route will still have a big run-out, even with a bolt in there, but the fall will be 20-40 feet rather than 80 feet... to a dirt nap.
Restore the route...replace the bolt.
By alex carey
Feb 6, 2017
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
|I brought cams thinking I'd be able to plug some from the route detail, but I ended up only using nuts for the entire route. It gets a 5.7 due to the crack but after that it dwindles quickly to a 5.4 slab and keeps getting easier. If you are at all used to Josh friction itll be no thing.


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