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After some time enjoying my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, I have to say it is an awesome device. I absolutely love the direction Google is taking Android with Honeycomb and the various user interface changes. Having spent the last year or so using Android phones, the changes did take a little adjustment but once you understand the paradigm it works. It would be a lie if I said I was not enjoying the Tab a lot.
Now here's the thing I am still hung up on – as awesome as the Tab is, and as much as I enjoy playing around with it, I fail to see where a tablet is a must have device. There is nothing that jumps out at me that says "THIS is why you need a tablet" and no real killer app that is a unique enough of an experience on the tablet to make me give up my laptop.
So far it has found a niche for me as a luxury, fun device. I use it to check email when lounging on the couch and surf the web occasionally. I read my Nook or Kindle books when my reader is not charged and play a few games on it as well. Pretty much anything I was already doing on my phone, but now on a bigger screen. That's not to say it is bad – far from it. It's just that everything I do on my tablet I can do on my phone, just without the awesome screen.
The difference for me between a tablet and a phone is that I personally consider a phone a must-have device. If you are out on the town what will you check to see show times or find directions? The phone. You sure ain't going to carry around a 10-inch tablet without people thinking you are a bit odd.
I'd really like to use the Tab for more productive endeavors, but other than email and web I am still chained to the Macbook Pro for any serious work.
There are a couple of apps on the Tab though that do stand out above the rest in my opinion. – Gmail and TweetCaster HD (currently in beta). Both of these apps are optimized for the tablet screen and make excellent use of the the new user interface fragments introduced in the Android 3.0 software development kit.
Gmail on the Tab is an example of an excellent user experience. I'd even go as far to say it is a better Gmail experience than on the web or any other device. The layout, the flow of the interface, the simple design. It just works and is really well thought out.
TweetCaster HD has become my favorite Twitter app on the Tab. This of course is very subjective. You could ask five people with tablets which app is their favorite and you might get five different answers. But for me, TweetCaster HD is what I use on the Tab. The interface is very simple, it loads tweets quickly, and for any tweets that contain links it has a little preview box so you can get an idea if it is worth clicking through or not. A close second would be TweetComb which uses a different approach to the interface using multiple columns for tweets, mentions, lists etc. I used it for a bit but found I preferred TweetCaster HD.
One area I find the Tab shines is games. Not sure I'd personally ever want to play a hardcore arcade game on it due to the controls being weird, but for puzzle and strategy games it is great.
Plants vs Zombies (via Amazon's app store) and Angry Birds have both eaten a lot of time and battery.
The game I been enjoying the hell out of the last few days is Grave Defense HD. It is your typical tower defense style game, with awesome graphics and sound, and a fun story. Some of the levels are pretty damn tough even on a low difficulty setting so it is addictive.
So do people need a tablet? Not really. Should they get one? If they have the means, then sure why not. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is awesome and it really raises the bar for Android tablets in the big battle with Apple which up until now have been getting smacked around pretty bad by the iPad and iPad 2.
Consider this a big escalation of the tablet wars. When it comes to hardware, the newest Android tablets are on par or exceed Apple's offerings. But Apple has a huge leg up with not just quantity of tablet-specific apps, but the quality. Some of their iPad apps are polished to desktop-quality and unfortunately most Android apps are not there yet. It's all about the apps. Give it time though.
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By Jeff Wilson and Tony Dreibus, Copyright 2013 Bloomberg
Corn futures fell, capping the longest slump since 1965, as rain improved prospects for harvests in Brazil and Argentina and U.S. exports lagged behind year-earlier shipments. Soybeans and wheat also declined.
As much as 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) of rain will fall over the next seven days in Argentina, and 3 inches are forecast in southern Brazil, QT Weather said in a report today.
Corn prices retreated for the 10th straight session, the longest decline in 48 years. Combined output from Argentina and Brazil will jump 5.9 percent to a record 94 million bushels, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Feb. 8. U.S. export sales for delivery before Sept. 1 are 53 percent lower than a year earlier, and heading for the smallest annual total since 1972, data show.
"The rains will assure record crops this year in South America," Mark Schultz, the chief analyst for Northstar Commodity Investment Co. in Minneapolis, said in a telephone interview. "Prices are not low enough to spur increased overseas buying of U.S. corn."
Corn futures for May delivery fell 0.1 percent to close at $6.9275 a bushel at 2 p.m. on the Chicago Board of Trade. Yesterday, the grain touched $6.855, the lowest for a most- active contract since Jan. 11.
Prices have fallen 18 percent from a record high of $8.49 on Aug. 10, following a drought that cut production for a third straight year in the U.S., the top exporter. Farmers probably will boost output to a record this year as weather returns to normal, the USDA said Feb. 11.
Larger supplies may reduce livestock-feed costs for pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. and poultry processor Sanderson Farms Inc.
Ethanol Production
Weekly U.S. grain-based ethanol production declined last month to the lowest since June 2010. Brazil shipped $83.5 million of corn to the U.S. in January, compared with none a year earlier, the Trade Ministry in Brasilia said today.
Soybeans erased gains after the USDA reported that China canceled earlier U.S. purchases. U.S. exporters reported net sales reductions of 109,200 metric tons in the week ended Feb. 7, led by 230,600 tons postponed by China, the world's biggest buyer and consumer of the oilseed.
"The Chinese sales cancellations are another indication that demand will shift to South American soybeans," Schultz said.
Soybean futures for May delivery dropped 0.4 percent to $14.085 a bushel in Chicago, the sixth decline in seven sessions. The price had risen as much as 0.4%.
Wheat Drops
Wheat fell for the third time in four days on speculation that rain and snow in Oklahoma and Texas will improve crop prospects. As much as six times the normal amount of precipitation has fallen in the panhandles of both states in the past week, National Weather Service data show.
"Earlier this week we saw snow in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, and that is beneficial," Tom Leffler, the owner of Leffler Commodities LLC in Augusta, Kansas, said by telephone. In Kansas, "we picked up an inch or 2 inches in some places, but it's been very isolated. A lot of areas picked up nothing. It's like putting a Band-Aid over a bleeding artery. It's eased the drought, but it hasn't stopped it."
Wheat futures for March delivery retreated 0.5 percent to $7.32 a bushel on the CBOT, after yesterday touching a seven- month low of $7.225.
Corn is the biggest U.S. crop, valued at $76.5 billion in 2011, followed by soybeans at $35.8 billion, government figures show. Wheat is the fourth-largest at $14.4 billion, behind hay.


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Red Hot Chili Peppers Get Graphic in 'Monarchy of Roses' Video
Red Hot Chili Peppers are transformed into graphic novel characters in the visually arresting video for 'Monarchy of Roses,' the second single off the band's latest album 'I'm With You.' The vid, directed by Marc Klasfeld, is all black and white, with the only splash of color coming from the roses mentioned in the title, all of which fly around on the screen.
The specifically stylized clip was inspired by the work of artist Raymond Pettibon, so if you are not already familiar with Pettibon, this video should arouse your curiosity. He is the younger brother of Black Flag's Greg Ginn and is known for his comic-book like scribblings and ambiguous text. Well, both of those features of Pettibon's art are on display in the 'Monarchy of Roses' video, since text that is not referencing the lyrics appears on screen throughout. It's intriguing.
Frontman Anthony Kiedis still rocks that porno 'stache and in one particularly memorable scene, he is the puppet master of a devil marionette. There are plenty of striking images that pop up on screen, including a beating heart, a spider that crawls through it and the band performing atop a speeding muscle car, pictured above.
The images feel like pencil and crayon sketches come to life as they are sometimes splattered across the screen, and it feels like a graphic novel and a comic book developing on screen. It actually reminds us a bit of that film 'A Scanner Darkly' in how the comic renderings are so lifelike.
This is a video we recommend watching again and again and then again. There is so much popping off the screen that it's tough to process it all or catch everything in one sitting.


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The fellowship hall at Marion Presbyterian Church was festively decorated in royal blue to celebrate the graduation of the first Circles of Marion County leader class. An evening meal preceded a graduation ceremony in the church sanctuary, followed by cake and punch in the fellowship hall.
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The fellowship hall at Marion Presbyterian Church was decorated in royal blue Thursday as graduates of the first Circles of Marion County leader class were joined by families and many other supporters for an evening meal and cake and punch.
Clusters of blue balloons, blue tablecloths with tableware to match, and a fireplace decorated with blue graduation caps and stars provided a festive atmosphere.
A graduation ceremony followed in the church sanctuary. Those receiving certificates were Tammy Britton, Alisha Bryant, Destiny Cash, Charlotte Coleman, Richard and Amy McVey, and Kimberly Pierce. Susan Carlson of Lincolnville made the presentations.
The class met once a week for 15 weeks. Britton said she was not excited about it at first, but as the weeks went by, the sessions became more meaningful. Bryant said it helped her know that people cared about her.
"I found I'm definitely a bigger person," Cash said.
Coleman commented that she has more friends now. She said the class inspired her to get a job. She works at Carlsons' Grocery in Marion. She said she was surprised to see how many people need food assistance.
The McVeys both said they learned a lot and had fun.
Pierce said she moved to Marion last year and felt like an outcast.
"Now I know people who don't judge me," she said.
Each of the graduates will have three or four allies who will keep in touch and provide companionship and support.
Facilitator Jeremiah Lange told them, "This is not the end for you. This is the beginning. You are leaders now."
The series of classes was made possible by community volunteers who served on committees, provided childcare and food, and gave financial support.


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Linda Robertson: Novak Djokovic makes one-sided Sony Open men's final worth watching
The shots kept screaming past Rafael Nadal and landing in deserted patches of court.
At first, Nadal studied the balls bouncing out of his reach. Then he looked at them with disdain. Finally, as the match became a foregone conclusion, he regarded the balls with regret, as if he was back home in Mallorca, fishing in the sea, and they were the ones that got away.
Nadal came up empty at the Sony Open championship, again. Novak Djokovic never gave him a chance.
Playing precision tennis, Djokovic angled winners that reduced Nadal to a spectator in a 6-3, 6-3 victory Sunday that required just 83 minutes of his time and barely raised a sweat on his skin.
Drama drained quickly from Stadium Court when it became apparent that Djokovic was having one of those electric finals where every shot sent a tingle through his body.
Djokovic, No. 2 in the world, defeated No. 1 Nadal by hitting 22 winners, converting three of four break points and saving the only break point he faced. He won his fourth Miami crown while Nadal fell to 0-4 in Sony finals.
"I didn't have any letdowns, and I was at a very high level — serve, backhand, crosscourt, forehand," Djokovic said. "I wanted to play each point 100 percent because I knew that I am in control of the rallies and I needed to stay that way."
Had Nadal placed a thumbprint on the baseline, Djokovic could have nailed it, such was his vision on this sunny afternoon. It was akin to a hot LeBron James saying the basket appeared to be as wide as the ocean.
The better man
After Nadal failed to capitalize on a break point in the first game, he said the match flew away from him on Djokovic's preferred hard-court surface.
"Easy to analyze — the opponent was better than me," Nadal said. "Some matches are difficult to say. This one was not. He was better than me in everything."
Most frustrating for Nadal was his inability to engage Djokovic in long rallies in which Nadal's defense and power give him the upper hand.
The most protracted rally of the match was the last one. After Nadal moved in and failed to put a volley away, he batted Djokovic's reply back, and Djokovic scooped it into empty territory. Nadal was left flat-footed, gazing helplessly at the winning shot as Djokovic reclined spread-eagled onto his back in joy and relief. He got up and jumped around with a huge smile of satisfaction in his face.
Djokovic can log the match in his diary as a flawless performance to be remembered long after he retires. Or the next time he faces Nadal, his favorite rival. They have played 40 times, with Nadal holding a 22-18 edge overall and Djokovic holding an 11-9 edge in finals, including the 2011 final here. They are the current two best among the Fab Four in this golden era of men's tennis.
Asked whether he's glad Djokovic exists because of the challenge he presents, Nadal didn't hesitate.
"No," he said, adding as he broke into laughter, "I like challenges but I am not stupid."
Djokovic answered differently when asked about Nadal. Once known as a fragile player whose physical and mental breakdowns prevented him from achieving his potential, Djokovic today is a sinewy specimen with the tenacity, resourcefulness and endurance to solve problems during competition. On Sunday, he replenished his reservoir of confidence.
"Because of Rafa and Roger [Federer] I am what I am today," he said. "When I reached No. 3 and won the first Grand Slam in 2008, the years after that I struggled to overcome the doubts that I had. Then they made me understand what I need to do on the court.
"I worked hard and it's paying dividends, I guess, the last couple years. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best."
Djokovic beat Federer two weeks ago at the Indian Wells final. Now he will take aim at the clay court season and the Slam that's eluded him, the French Open, where Nadal is undisputed king.
It will be tougher on the red dirt of Roland Garros, but at Crandon Park Djokovic was able to rip crosscourt shots that shoved Nadal to the corners and put him, as Nadal said, into "negative positions too early in the point."
Taking control
Djokovic repeatedly neutralized Nadal's greatest asset, his mobility. Nadal usually chases balls down like a border collie on a wayward sheep. On Sunday, he seemed slow to react and didn't get much traction with his feet. He insisted afterward that his previously balky back and knees were not the problem.
"I feel that I didn't move as well as I do normally," he said. Was he 100 percent healthy? "Yes, I am fine, thank you."
At the one-hour mark, Nadal played an awkward game, losing four consecutive points on misreads of serve, errors and a Djokovic forehand he didn't even attempt to pursue. He looked lost as he fell behind 3-1.
Nadal held on in the next game as fans wearing T-shirts and hats with his Nike bull logo yelled, "Vamos, Rafa!" and hoped for a break.
But Spain's racket-wielding matador couldn't mount a counterattack on Djokovic, who connected on 73 percent of his first serves. He went ahead 4-2 with another sharp backhand. He was up 5-3 after two consecutive aces. Nadal scored only one point as he was broken in the final game.
Anticipation for the final ramped up when both Djokovic and Nadal didn't play their Friday semifinals after their opponents withdrew because of injury and illness.
Sunday's showdown did not materialize in a rivalry that has many chapters to come. But Djokovic, the sublime Serb, was at the very summit of his game. A classic was played on one side of the net. That in itself was worth witnessing.


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Some 40,000 college graduates descend on New York City every year, and most of them need a place to live.
The Next Step Realty plans to dominate that untapped market of renters by focusing on them exclusively. The company, which soft-launched in May 2010, works with agents in 30 cities in the U.S. and Europe, with a focus on New York City.
Founders Blair Brandt, 24, and Belton Baker, 23, started the agency after hearing complaints from their friends and classmates who had already secured good jobs in metropolitan cities but didn't know how to find the right apartment.
"College grads were unfamiliar with conditions of the market and needed to be pointed in right direction," Brandt said. "So this way they don't make mistakes wasting time, money, and energy."
Before launching the company, Brandt worked at Christian Angle Real Estate in Palm Beach, Fla. and struggled to find clients. He found that most potential sellers and buyers already had established relationships with brokers and didn't want to betray them, he said.
But that wasn't a problem with recent college graduates, most of whom had never dealt with real estate before. They lived in dorms, sorority or fraternity houses, or off-campus housing that was well-known and passed down through groups of friends.
"We heard the complaints and we saw this as a mutually beneficial relationship for the broker and the graduate," Brandt said. "The brokers get in early and start making long-term relationships with clients, and the graduates get some guiding help."
Brandt and his partner were also in a good position to deal with the young demographic because they were both recent college graduates themselves, Brandt from the University of Richmond and Baker from UNC-Chapel Hill.
The Next Step Realty spread the word about their service by sending an email to 1,000 friends and acquaintances. They put a tracking link on their URL, and within a month 100,000 people had visited their website. The clients started coming to them.
Brandt said the first two years were about working out the kinks, and in 2013 he wants the agency to make a push toward quality and not necessarily quantity. The majority of the company's efforts will focus on New York, where it plans to use about 20 brokers to cover the market.
Brandt expects each broker to have three appointments a day during the busy season (May through November), and to close on two of those three appointments. He's tough on his agents, generally starting with 50 at the beginning of the busy season and cutting the group to 25 or even 10 if they aren't up to par.
In addition to building a client base in New York City, The Next Step Realty just acquired former competitor Post Graduate Apartments, which focused on housing for the post-business and law school set. The agency is also going through a round of fundraising with angels, private equity investors, and some friends and family. And its new website launches at the end of this week.
"We're still building our clientele and trying to grab a larger portion of the graduating class each year," Brandt said. "But we've already had some graduates from 2010 come back to us when looking for their second apartment because they were satisfied with our product the first time around."


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If you believe UCLA's pro day numbers, then the Westwood campus must hold some sort of magic elixir.
Just two weeks after the NFL combine, four Bruin participants each improved their 40-yard dash times by roughly 0.20 seconds Tuesday. Not only that, but six players — including two who have been out of competitive football for a year — clocked sub-4.40-second times at Spaulding Field. As a reference point, there were just seven sub-4.40 times at the NFL combine last month.
The most glaring names: wide receiver Shaq Evans (4.32), who isn't known for blistering speed; running back Damien Thigpen (4.36), who missed most of his senior season due to injury; safety Stan McKay (4.38), known more for an on-field proposal than his play; and defensive back Brandon Sermons (4.39), who only started four games in his career.
Even 2013 prospects Aaron Hester and Jerry Johnson left with eye-popping numbers. Neither caught on with an NFL roster last season, but came back this week and recorded 4.37 and 4.31 showings, respectively.
Head coach Jim Mora understood that many might be dubious.
"People are going to hear that and go, 'That's insane. You don't have that many fast guys,'" he said. "Once again, these are electronic times. If I were out there scouting, I'd be like, 'Ehh, I don't know about that.' But once again, those are pretty true times."
The glut of sub-4.40 times also cast some doubt on the other numbers as well. All-America linebacker Anthony Barr, a potential top-10 pick, reportedly ran a 4.47-second dash last spring on campus. That ticked up to 4.65 seconds in Indianapolis last month, then dropped back down to 4.45 on Tuesday.
Scouts typically rely on their own hand-timed numbers, so these most recent pro day numbers may not have much effect beyond creating headlines. That said, even the NFL's own 40-yard dash timing process is far from transparent.
Combine comparison
Through his two-plus decades on various NFL staffs, Mora learned that college pro days were a little more useful to him than the NFL combine.
"You got to get your hands on them," he said. "You got to spend more time with them. They were in their environment. At the combine, it's typical that those guys might get three to four hours of sleep a night. It's really hard to perform well at the combine.
"What the combine is, is an opportunity to get all the prospects under one roof. ... You're getting a consistency. But I always thought it was the pro day that I put more stock in."
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Jordan Zumwalt is angling to be a third- or fourth-round draft pick, but he made headlines last month for a different reason: his language.
The fiery linebacker ran a 4.76 40-yard dash in the NFL combine in February, a performance that left him spitting out expletives before he was even finished.
"I didn't anticipate that they'd be so zoomed in on my face," he said Tuesday. "I didn't think that was going to happen. That's not running through my head as I'm running the 40."
Zumwalt was much happier with his showing at UCLA's pro day. He ran the same drill in 4.61 seconds.
"No need for the F-word here," he said.
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During this week there has been quite the conversation about adjuncts and their working conditions in the press. These articles have lead to further conversation in the blogosphere in regards anthropology adjuncts and anthropology in academia in general. Here is a round up of the conversations:
The Adjunct Scramble by Kaustuv Basu in Inside Higher Ed
How Universities Treat Adjuncts Limits Their Effectiveness in the Classroom, Report Says by Audrey Williams June in The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Closing of American Academia by Sarah Kendzior in Al Jazeera
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Less Than Zero Anthropology by Eliza Jane Darling on Zero Anthropology
Anthropology is the worst college major for being a corporate tool, best major to change your life by Jason Antrosio on Living Anthropologically
Anthropology minus one and counting and Academia, closed by Ryan Anderson on Savage Minds
From the conversations, there seems to two camps. One with a negative future on academia in general and the success of students pursuing a career in academia. The other with a positive outlook on the field of anthropology due to its versatility and broad scope of skills the discipline can provide; however, also recognizing that adjunct positions are challenging.
Is academia "less than zero" like Darling suggests? Is academia what we make of it as Anderson suggests? Is academia in need of change in order to meet the needs of underemployed graduates as Antrosio suggests? Or perhaps a bit of them all?


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Richard Allen Jefferson, 89, Wabash, Indiana, died at 10:58 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2, at Rolling Meadows Healthcare Center in LaFontaine. He was born Jan. 2, 1924 in Wabash, to Alfred A. and Myrtle F. (Owens) Jefferson.
Richard was a 1941 graduate of Wabash High School. He married Margaret C. Wallace in Marion, on Aug. 30, 1947. He worked at Ford Meter Box in Wabash 40 years retiring in 1988, and was a WWII US Army veteran. Richard was a member of Northside Wesleyan Church in Wabash and the Rossford First Baptist Church in Rossford, Ohio. He loved fishing, hunting, and mushroom hunting. Richard lived at Rolling Meadows in LaFontaine since March of 2011.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret C. Jefferson, LaFontaine; daughter, Gwendolyn S. (Marvin) Davis; two grandsons, Waymon W. Farmer, and Weylin W. Farmer; four great-grandchildren, Ajia Farmer, Tyra Farmer, Anthony Laipley, and Alexias Laipley, all of Toledo, Ohio, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three brothers and eight sisters.
Funeral services will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave. Wabash on Friday, Sept.6, 2013 at 2 p.m. with Pastor Joseph Kelly officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery. Friends may call 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
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The Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket), the authority responsible for maritime and aeronautical search and rescue (SAR) services in Sweden, has placed an order with AgustaWestland for seven AW139 intermediate twins.
The AW139s will be outfitted for SAR missions and equipped with a Full Ice Protection System (FIPS), allowing all-weather operations in icing conditions. The helicopters will be positioned and operated from five bases around the country: Goteborg, Ronneby, Visby, Stockholm and Sundsvall. AgustaWestland plans to begin deliveries in second quarter 2013 with the last helicopter completed during 2014.
Geoff Hoon, managing director of International Business, said that the Swedish Maritime Administration had completed a "detailed evaluation process" in reaching the decision to purchase AgustaWestland's AW139.
According to the SMA, the new aircraft will increase capacity and capability in the search and rescue operations. Said Noomi Eriksson, SMA deputy general director and head of search and rescue department: "It is very satisfying that the SMA in the future will have an improved capacity and ability to save lives."
Norrlandsflyg has provided SAR helicopters for Sweden's SAR duties since 2002. It has operated 12 Sikorsky S-76s. On Nov. 1, 2011 the Swedish Maritime Administration took over the administration of the company's activities when the Swedish government acquired all the stocks in its parent company, Scandinavian Helicopter Invest (SHI) through the national Maritime Administration.
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First; Thank you, EveryPoster for the UpDates.ggh wrote:When will these come up?addams wrote:I have, for many a Christmas, celebrated by planting bulbs.
I skipped last year, I was not feeling well enough to walk.
This year I will be planting Gladiolus.
I have enough for two medium pots.
I harvested these bulbs from last years garden.
I have had a plan brown paper bag in the refrigerator for months and months.Today, Christmas Eve Day, they are segregated onto two plates on the kitchen counter.Spoiler:Yes! Of course, it was labeled, Gladiolus!
Tomorrow, taking Fair Winds for granted, I will place them in soil. Then....I will...Spoiler:Wait for it.
They were my mother's favourite flower.
Will you post pics?
It is so interesting to imagine how your lives
flow on under such very Different weather conditions.
Second: ggh; aww..gee...You remembered...
...Me and your Mum.
Yes. I can easily understand Loving Gladiolus;
It is a Beautiful Flower.
Yes!! Yey!! Happy Dance!
They Made It!
When there was an unusual Deep Freeze,
after I had planted them;..My heart sank...
"Dead." I thought..."There is a slim chance." I thought.
Not Dead!! They live and show 3 to 5 inches of green!
I would Post Photos faster that a Jay finds an easy meal.
But,...woefully, I don't know How.
I'll keep you Posted on their progress.
They are Not dead.
That's Good News!
Plant life, inside the GreenHouse, protected from the relentless and damaging rain,
Is thriving in response to the longer hours of light, feeble as it is, through the clouds.
huh?...I wonder where ED, StprmAngel and the Convoy of HappyCampers are?
Personally, I'd like his Sister to have name, more ..umm "Cheese"? Really?
Does she look like a "Cheese"?
Or; Does she look like an Alice in Wonder-UpSide Down-Land?
My land is a land of WaterFalls.
A watery place.
Water showing all of its talents.
Our one Fame is our Water.
I had never thought of Australia as a land of Tumbling Water.
ED, Time and This Forum have been very educational for me.
EDIT: For decree: (forgetful me; excuse please)
Tell us more Stories of your lives.
Stories of City Life are like reading Stories of Alien Life.
Stories of Real Families are better than any Fiction.
Our Poster come from such far flung places.
The landscapes and culture are Fascinating.


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text: A week after the death of Donna Summer, the singer has joined the performers who work has been judged "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and preserved in the archives of the Library Of Congress, as part of the United States National Recording Registry. Every year since 2006, the Registry board has added 25 selections to its collection; Summer made it in via her Giorgio Moroder-produced 1977 disco smash "I Feel Love." This year's typically diverse list includes recordings by Lillian Russell ("Come Down Ma Evenin Star"), Ruth Etting ("Ten Cents A Dance"), Stan Kenton ("Artistry In Rhythm:), the interracial, all-woman jazz group the International Sweethearts Of Rhythm, the Dixie Hummingbirds ("Let's Go Out To The Programs"), Bo Diddley, Booker T. & The M.G.'s ("Green Onions"), Love (Forever Changes), Dolly Parton ("Coat Of Many Colors"), Parliament (Mothership Connection), the Sugarhill Gang ("Rapper's Delight"), and Prince (Purple Rain). Also included: a compilation of interviews with former slaves recorded mostly in the 1930s, Leonard Bernstein's debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Vince Guraldi's soundtrack to the first Peanuts TV special, and a famed 1977 Grateful Dead concert tape that all the Deadheads who work at the LOC presumably toke up to on their lunch breaks. You can check out the full list here, on your way to iTunes. [Via The New York Times]


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I'd very much like to go to the AGM on 10 February, but there is no way I can get to Swindon by train on a Sunday morning - no trains through Coventry until about 10am! Is there anyone in the West Midlands who could give me a lift (sharing petrol costs)? I can get to anywhere on the Coventry - Birmingham bus route (including a junction on the M42), and to Nuneaton and Bedworth. I'd like to have my two Cavalier boys with me, but they are good travellers, happy in their pop-up crate or at my feet.
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Earlier this year, Joseph Smith, who monitors the $25 billion mortgage settlement fund for 49 states, declined to comment on the Arizona legislative Republicans' decision to sweep $50 million from Arizona's portion of this settlement.
Given his position, I can understand why he did not want to comment, but I definitely want to comment. The $50 million came from a fund that was created by an agreement between 49 states, the federal government and the country's five largest residential mortgage loan servicers, who allegedly engaged in fraudulent loan and foreclosure practices. The money was supposed to be used to help people affected by the foreclosure crisis.
The Republican Legislature's decision to divert this money undermines the very basis for the settlement — to provide help for people struggling as a result of the foreclosure crisis. In this case, the Arizona attorney general's participation in the settlement was meaningless.
If the state's attorney does not have the power to enter into an agreement that the Legislature will honor, who does? If binding agreements mean nothing to the Republican-controlled Legislature, then the implications going forward are dire.
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Heard very early this morning of Mr. Bowie's passing. I cannot claim to be the biggest fan; there are board members who honorably hold that distinction. But I do know he has a lasting value in music from the past fifty years. I was enjoying his latest record, out on Friday, the 8th, his 69th birthday, titled Black Star and recorded with a jazz quartet. It had a 'sound' that I was warming to in the past few days. He has a catalog that will last I think and one that is expansive enough to hold the interest of many. Eerie this last single from the new record as he is seemingly filmed in his 'winding' sheets:
https://youtu.be/y-JqH1M4Ya8 I also liked that he was an avowed New Yorker. I remember with pleasure a few years back speculating with Otis if we would wander upon him as we walked the streets of lower Soho one summer day-Otis very much hoping to come upon him.
His obituary in today's New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/arts/ ... at-69.html
RIP David Bowie
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Agreed Jack. Very sad.
Words tend to get over used nowadays but he was a true legend and a genuine icon.
He definitely "changed the game" in so many spheres.
A sad day.
Words tend to get over used nowadays but he was a true legend and a genuine icon.
He definitely "changed the game" in so many spheres.
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08 February 2012
Let the Sunshine in!
Mr. Pickup and I installed a few along the back and in the basement last Thursday, and then recruited some help to put in the larger ones and finished things up on Saturday.
It was awfully frosty cold, but at least the weather was clear.
Here's the house at the end of the day. Now we just need some doors.
I was really pleased with how well the basement windows went in. Once caulked, they look like they are seamlessly apart of the window opening.
The front windows have a craftsman window grid pattern of six panes over one. I wish we could have done all the windows, but that was a little too much for the budget.
To install the windows, we had to prep the outer house with wrap, and then caulk around the opening. The window is then set in the opening and adjusted from the bottom with shims to make sure it is level, square and plum. Then, we used screws to fasten the window in place, and then added ice and water shield (the black layer) for additional water proofing.
The front windows for the great room are my favorite. They are three windows mulled together. (More energy efficient that way). I still love the view they frame, too.
One really neat feature are the grids in the windows. They are sculptured to look more like a divided window, although it is really a single pane.
Here's the dining area, looking into the laundry room.
This week, we're framing the walls that have to meet up with the vaulted trusses, and finishing up framing in the basement so that we can be ready for the plumber and the HVAC guys to rough in the pipes and duct work, and for us to begin installing the electrical system. Now that the house is dried in, things should really start to speed up. Hopefully we'll be ready for insulation be mid March.
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- Design Esquire said...
It's looking great, and I'm glad that things are moving along faster now for you. I love the windows you chose - and that view is just breath taking.
- 08 February, 2012 10:27
- Melissa said...
Beautiful windows - to frame a gorgeous view - good for you.
- 08 February, 2012 11:34
- Sarah @ Modern Country Style said...
Hooray!!! You're really making big progress, Chris! Well done!! I'm SO pleased for you - and it's lovely seeing all your plans coming together.
- 08 February, 2012 12:49
- Aimee - ItsOverflowing.com said...
Wow! Check you out! You are totally rocking it! I'm so excited to be your newest follower! I'm totally loving knowing about your blog! Thanks for your sweet note earlier and I'd LOVE to have you share the "love" when you visit next! I'm off to explore and be inspired! We're in the midst of renovating our 1950s house!
XO, Aimee
- 08 February, 2012 14:51
- Narelle Heath said...
It's so exciting seeing it slowly come together. I hope it all keeps going to schedule!
- 08 February, 2012 15:03
- Gwen @ Gwenny Penny said...
Looking good, Chris! And I have to agree with you on the view :)
- 08 February, 2012 15:07
- Michele Pacey said...
must be so nice to check the windows off the list. you guys are just so knowledgeable, it's crazy. can you come build me a new house once you're done with yours?
i helped install a window once. one window. we should do all the rest in our house very soon. someday perhaps...
- 08 February, 2012 19:17
- Tiffany said...
You really can't beat that view!
- 09 February, 2012 16:02
- Mandy said...
That is awesome!! What a great thing for your family!
- 10 February, 2012 09:01
- KJ@letsgoflyakite said...
You have a stunning vista!!! Those windows are beautiful, if there was one thing I could change about my home it would be the windows (not enough!). I love the layout - wishing you good weather to complete your home.
- 10 February, 2012 18:53
- Stephanie said...
Oh I love the window view! It's going to go so fast now! I am excited for you guys.
- 12 February, 2012 00:39
- Ashleigh said...
I love how everything is coming along! The windows look great! I'm so excited for you!
- 12 February, 2012 16:34
- Andy said...
Wow - How exciting! I love the windows you chose too!
- 14 February, 2012 08:29
- chris said...
@MandyThanks, Mandy. We're really excited.
- 15 February, 2012 09:22
- chris said...
@AshleighThanks, Ash. It's finally becoming real. :)
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Traditionally, information security has been based on strict dividing lines. Companies wanted to allow only their employees access to important resources and keep everyone else away. Network perimeter security products, such as firewalls, became popular because they established a clear demilitarized zones between insiders and outsiders.
As business moved to the Internet, deciphering the sightlines as to whom should have access to corporate resources has become blurry, and in some case indecipherable. "The corporate network perimeter has had more holes punched in it than a slice of Swiss cheese," says Paul Simmonds, global information security director at ICI, a paints, adhesives and specialty products supplier in the U.K. Simmonds is also the founder of the Jericho Forum, a user-based group preaching de-perimeterization.
Despite this change, CISOs are still being charged with maintaining clear boundary lines between legitimate and illegitimate users to ensure the safety of data. While everyone seems to agree that network security needs revamping, there is no consensus about how much of a change is needed and what will be the best steps to safeguard corporate data going forward.
A number of factors are at play in the dissolution of the perimeter. First, the corporate workplace has taken on a new look, one where employees no longer are firmly planted inside the network perimeter. Rather than toil in central offices, workers now more than ever are stationed remotely. "Many companies allow, and even encourage, employees to work from home or [other] locations, such as hotspots," says Lloyd Hession, chief security officer at BT Radianz, a connectivity provider for financial services institutions.
To streamline business processes, corporations have exposed networks to customers, who are reaching deeper into enterprise systems. Clients are able to access technical support information and fix their own problems, for example. E-commerce systems enable potential customers to not only view different products but also to check on the products' availability and shipping times.
Such changes are even more dramatic in the B2B space, where supply chains are becoming more integrated and information flows freely from company to company. "Corporations are providing access not just to the front end of their systems; they are also opening up their back-office applications, such as their ERP systems," Hession says.
The growing support for outsourcing has also meant job titles that belonged solely to company employees are now going to outsiders. In many cases, the individuals designing, implementing and monitoring a corporation's security policies are hired hands, and in such cases, outsiders could have access to virtually all corporate data.
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The result: No longer are there clear demarcations between those who should and should not have access to company data. Compounding the problem is the fact an individual may be legitimately able to access one piece of data, say an order entry system, but needs to be prevented from working with other information, for instance customers' credit card information.
Faced with such a complex set of problems, CISOs need to start somewhere to establish a security beachhead.
The perimeter does erect, at least theoretically, a dividing line between a company's network and the Internet, and to many, remains a logical berth for security functions. "Companies now run a number of security applications (intrusion detection, virus protection) on their firewalls," says Rich Mogull, a vice president at market research firm Gartner. In fact, a growing number of perimeter security systems help enterprises ward off the voluminous amount of spam and spyware that constantly tries to overrun their networks. "Firewalls are a great place for delivering features, such as QoS (quality of service) functions, and ensuring that the use of enterprise bandwidth is maximized," notes ICI's Simmonds. In addition, perimeter products enable companies to examine their security needs. "At our perimeter, we collect information about how we are performing, and are able to identify any security gaps that we have," says Bruce Woods, program manager at Progress Energy.
Vendors have responded to this skewering of the network with enhancements to their products. Many firewalls have moved beyond network-level filtering of data to application-layer protection. A number can inspect HTTP-based traffic passing through port 80 and determine whether to block it based on its content.
In other cases, companies are rewriting their security policies. To shore them up, they are moving their perimeter defenses closer to transaction endpoints, such as desktops and data center servers. "A growing number of companies are providing their employees with personal firewalls and virus-checking programs," says Dan Blum, senior vice president at market research firm the Burton Group. In addition, more security checks are being put in place where data enters and exits the data center.
This new environment raises new challenges for CISOs. First, it requires a wider breadth of security products, but management may not want to make these additional investments because security software often can be very expensive. Managing the growing array of products becomes more difficult; a company may have to update software on thousands of endpoints on a regular basis.
Groups such as the Jericho Forum anticipate that such limitations will result in the perimeter becoming less important as a security boundary line. "There is no future in perimeter security; the industry is moving security functions to where they belong--the application," says ICI's Simmonds.
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Pre- and Post-Connect NAC
To counter problems posed by a contractor, for example, plugging a device into a corporate network, organizations have turned to network access controls (NAC). Pre-connect NAC is gaining mainstream presence, and is bought either as a standalone solution or packaged with an SSL VPN. Pre-connect NAC verifies a connecting device complies with access policies. Non-compliant devices are denied or quarantined.
Post-connect NAC, meanwhile, is not widely adopted, but is the next frontier. Post-connect NAC monitors traffic after a device is granted access. It is especially useful cordoning off malware to a particular network segment.
"Post-connect NAC gives you the ability to take IPS functionality and bring it into the LAN," says Gartner analyst Lawrence Orans. "IPS is priced too high for deployment in every wiring closet."
Security Acceptance Testing
Outsourcing application development offshore?
Many organizations are, but how many are including language in service-level agreements for security acceptance testing? Ed Adams, president of consultancy Security Innovations, says organizations should demand to know from developers and vendors how security is integrated into the development lifecycle. Are there security reviews at each phase of the build? How are apps security-tested? What security training is provided to development teams?
"You have to contractually include language for acceptance testing when the app comes back," Adams says. "Demand third-party security certification."
Safety in SSL
It's no secret SSL VPNs are nudging IPsec off their perch as the de facto VPN standard. The Menninger Clinic in Houston allows physicians, clinicians and executives to tunnel into the corporate network via SSL, safely accessing patient data and business documents, and maintaining HIPAA compliance. Vendors also remotely support systems via the same NeoAccel VPN.
"It's very easy to partition access to files or applications and assign permissions since we've tied it to Active Directory," explains security manager Kevin Monser.
Long term, there is a belief is that a distributed security model will emerge, one that is based more on secure application development and defenses around data, and less on securing the network perimeter. These trust-based security systems rely on a set of statements about a user, called a claim, to complete tasks such as verifying a person's identity, validating a payment, granting access to sensitive data, or delivering personalized services.
Whether or not trust is granted depends on three components: the relying party, typically an application that requests the claim in order to decide what it can do for the user; the identity provider, which provides the claim; and the user, who decides what information he or she wants to provide to the application.
Various specifications that support trust models have been emerging, such as those from the Liberty Alliance, which has developed specifications for federated identity management and secure Web services.
"In today's business, trust relationships work only if everyone (employees, customers and suppliers) all adhere to the same set of standards," cautions Burton Group's Blum. While the different approaches have gained acceptance, it has been in select, rather than widespread, niches.
As the perimeter continues to dissolve, it's not clear how security will evolve to handle the changing paradigm.
"Because security threats are changing, companies are using a wider variety of products to secure their transactions," says Gartner's Mogull. "Going forward, perimeter devices, such as firewalls, will be one of the items used to make sure transactions are secure, but their exact role is open to question."
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Understand Insiders Treat outsourced business services (e.g., payroll, CRM) as you would an insider. Same goes for contractors, vendors and business partners. Apply stringent security controls to each relationship.
Liability Most organizations treat applications--especially outsourced apps--as assets. Think of them as liabilities, says Ed Adams of Security Innovations. "Think of security as life insurance. Use it to mitigate a risk," Adams says.
Old News Perimeters have been fading for a while. "This current notion raises awareness, but we've always had the issue of people bringing in laptops, bypassing millions in firewalls, IPS and other perimeter security building blocks," says Gartner's Lawrence Orans.
Get Help Smaller organizations with fewer resources will need to leverage a third party to assess the security of a potential partner.
Consider Post-Connect NAC "A machine can be "passed" initially but for various reasons, may fall out of compliance. So, a continual check is essential," says Al Wendt, network manager, Altarum Institute.
Move Over, Network Security
As business moves to the Web, security must move to protocols and data, and away from the network. by Paul Simmonds
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Vomiting during tube feeding
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My brother has throat cancer. He is being fed by a stomach tube. He gets the bulk of his feeding at night. He has been vomiting. So much that he has lost 32 pounds. The doctors are saying the reason for his vomiting is that the radiation is making his saliva thick. I have worked with people who are being tube fed. I think maybe his head should be elevated while he sleeps. Can you help?
Ellen Sweeney Cordes, RD, Registered Dietitian at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Yes, it is very important that a person's head of the bed be at least at a 45 degree angle while they are receiving tube feeds to prevent aspiration and vomiting. If this is done and he is still having vomiting there can be other causes. The increased saliva caused by radiation can be one cause; intolerance to the tube feed formula or too high of a rate, nausea, and constipation can be other causes. I would recommend getting a thorough evaluation by a dietitian, where he is being treated to assess for the these problems and make recommendations. For instance, he may need a slower rate of tube feeding during the night and then supplemental tube feeding boluses during the day to meet his goal amount of tube feeding per day. A dietitian will be able to estimate his calorie needs and make sure he is getting the right amount of appropriate formula to maintain his weight. He may also benefit from a higher calorie formula (one that gives 350 calories per 8 oz) if he is not already on one. If nausea is a problem, then anti-emetics (anti-nausea drugs) as recommended by the oncologist will be important in controlling the vomiting. If he is constipated, this can also contribute to nausea and vomiting and your doctor can recommend an appropriate bowel regimen for him. Obviously, it can be a multi-factorial problem. Requesting intervention from a dietitian to assess these issues, and work with the physician on solutions can be very helpful.


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TBR News.orgKarl Rove's "good friend" 'Jeff Gannon'Sun Feb 27, 2005 17:4188.8.131.52
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"An absolute non-issue with the American print and TV media is the control by very powerful gays of the top policy levels of the White House. Growingly pointed comments inside the Beltway social clubs, homes and watering places about Karl Rove's "good friend" 'Jeff Gannon' are being very thoroughly ignored by the mainline press.
There are two reasons for this crashing silence. One is the fact that a large number of powerful and wealthy Republicans are gay and do not want their wives and children to discover that they put on leather underwear and spend their spare time at the Eagle over on New York Avenue or getting rough trade action at the Crew Club. Fat Karl Rove was seen by one of my people entering a private homosexual orgy at a five-star Washington hotel over the Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) weekend last year. All the self-hating loyal Republican gays at the no-pants party, many of them Senatorial aides and military types, of course pretended they didn't recognize him, and who can blame them - imagine how repulsive Fat Karl must look without his clothes. The report that came back was that Fat Karl greatly enjoyed the supervision of a certain hairy 350-lb. Leather Dominator, who had won the Miss Virginia Daddy Bear title at the MAL festivities.
Karl used hang out at JR's, which is on 17th between P&S, before he became so well-known. This is a "respectable" gay bar for discreet people who do not wear mesh panties, high-heeled pumps and wear terrible wigs. How many people know about these activities? In Washington, a hell of a lot of the prominent. But very few of them dare to open their mouths because of their own small problems.
Power seems to draw gays like moths to a flame.
Johnson's top aide, Walter Jenkins, used to hang out in public lavatories, propositioning street bums but people like Rove, and others, are <>much<> more discreet.
This country is now completely and thoroughly run by a triad composed of Christian fanatics, sailor-chasing gays and rabid Likudists.
The Jesus Freaks are universally dimwitted and thoroughly obnoxious (except for the oh-so-sweet Ralph Reed…the eternally youthful Reed is in several camps)) but not numerous enough to be really dangerous (but one of their top creatures just loves to rub down muscular young servicemen, many of whom will never be transferred away from the fleshpots of the Beltway) and the gays are mean, self-hating elitists who have no problem bringing their sleazy lovers into the Imperial Presence. It is quite a coup to being a well-built Marine into the White House for a "private tour." Most grunts are not sophisticated and seeing their host being treated with deference by security people and staff is a powerful aphrodisiac.
There is an expensive apartment, with mirrors on the bedroom and bathroom ceilings, over near DuPont Circle that certain powerful senators take turn visiting with their pickups. At least old Barney Frank is out in the open about his orientation but some of the others, many of whom we can see on CNN preaching and piously touting Family Values, twenty minutes after they have serviced a well-hung sailor in the security of the DuPont Love Nest, and pretend to love their wives while dreaming of the bulging and tattooed arms of a lumberjack from Montana. I could discuss other parts of the male anatomy but arms will suffice. For now.
The Likudists are the most dangerous of all because they are all deep-dyed and ultra fanatic supporters of Israel and they are in defacto control of American foreign policy. It is these creeps that are pushing Bush into a new war with Syria because they consider that country to be a threat to them. They manipulated Bush into the Iraqi Adventure for the same reason.
However, it must be said that Fat Karl the Eunuch was right there, hissing into the hairy Imperial Ear, that a wartime president traditionally could do no wrong and could establish all kinds of delicious controls over a possibly restive population. Rove supported the Likudists and engineered that very funny, and comically phony, 'Abraham Lincoln' 'Mission Accomplished' farce.
Karl is very clever (see 'Wag the Dog ' for more concrete examples) but a mean, spiteful and very vindictive creature whose self-loathing is equaled only by his total control over the weak-willed and easily led Bush.
When I get back a report I loaned to someone, I will be happy to discuss the background and current activities of Ken Mehlman, the head of the Republican Party and, like Fat Karl the Eunuch, a <>warm<> friend of the President…and others. Many others. And there are letters, too, and confidential reports. And more people to discuss with you and your readers.
'Oh, what a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to deceive.'
I know about these fag bars and cock emporiums because it is my job to make sure there are no scandals to disturb the Rabid Rove the Queen of the Republican's goal of being the only political party in the U.S.. I personally have never been in a gay bar but people who work for me have and only because they are following certain interesting people. Eventually, all of this will end up in the print media and you can remember my discussions when that happens. Many of these unfortunates are eagerly in favor of a large army because it improves their choice of stud boyfriends .
Most of these creeps could be easily locked up but they say that punishing a homosexual by putting him in jail is like punishing a moth by locking him in a coat closet. And besides, who would run the country then?
Malice and disapproval aside, the real problem here is this: George W. Bush, supported closely by Karl Rove, was reelected as President of the United States on the so-called Moral Majority vote. In sum, Bush, via Rove, was projected as a moral man who would return a hedonistic America to the simpler virtues of a bygone era. This would be a moral crusade with strong religious overtones. Rove, who is brilliant if depraved, saw this and was successful. A large part of the American public, unhappy with what they saw as debilitating liberalism, abortion on demand, disgusting gay marriage and other forms of what they considered moral decay, put Bush back in office.
What will happen when these devout and angry people discover that their beloved symbolic President is just as bad as the evil, liberal Clinton? It was the Christian Right, financed by the weird Mellon heir, who harassed Clinton and got him impeached because of a seedy affair with the zaftig Monica Lewinski. Now they have to deal with rampant male whores prancing around the White House in consort with a small army of closet queens and all of whom very obviously have the ear, and the confidence, (and hopefully, that's all they have) of their "moral" choice for President. Shakespeare said that hell had no fury like a woman scorned and from the letters and emails we are getting here, the duped and conned Moral Majority types are going to be a source of great trouble for Bush. How can this happen, you ask? After all, Bush has been elected for four more disastrous years.
The Congressional Mid-Term elections are coming up and betrayed and angry members of the Religious Right will not vote for Bush-type Congressmen and will either not vote or will vote out what they will see as co-conspirators and traitors to their cause. This is the very real danger and since the smelly and mangy cat is out of the bag now, all Bush and Rove can do is to try to find some kind of sensational disaster to cloud the issue as much as possible. ('Al Quaeda-trained Eskimo terrorists have just blown up the Alaska pipeline!')
In addition to exposing the freak show in the Monkey Palace, here is a bit more information for your mills to grind. I did not go to Europe with St. George but have access to the official, and unofficial, reports (I have connections with the tour) and you all might be interested to note that the so-called 'New Beginning with Old Europe' was a dismal failure. There were the obligatory press PR pictures of Bush smiling and shaking hands with various European heads of state but his goal, to have Europe send troops to Iraq so he could deal militarily with Iran and Syria, ended in complete disaster. The French treated George very coldly and he was told to stop threatening world peace and get out of Iraq.
Neither the French nor the Germans will send any troops to support Bush's new 'Drang Nach Osten' and although the initial reports of the meeting with Putin are not all in, it appears that Bush got his tail caught in the door again. We know that the Oligarchy in Russia, made up of street punks, tried to sell the Russian oil and gas interests to a consortium of British and Americans but Putin put a stop to it. That's why the American press rants about Vladimir not being democratic enough. In truth, the big oil people want back the money they paid to the now-defunct Oligarchy but Bush was, in essence, told by Putin to piss up a rope. Vladimir is a very dedicated and very capable head of state and his interests are, as he sees it, to advance Russia's economy, not to cater to the whinings of George Bush and his oil barons.
The general feeling in Russian, French and German diplomatic, political and social circles is that Bush is a menace to world peace and ought to be removed from office before he starts a major war. There is already a major economic war raging with almost all of the world joined to shut down the dollar, spike the cannons of American dominant business interests and bring down, or neutralize, Bush and his cronies. This is all very well and good but all of this clandestine, and very effective, economic warfare will do terrible damage to the American people.
Bush frankly doesn't give a damn as long as he gets his money in front. This has always been the way he has operated - borrowing money from family friends, gutting the business ventures they paid for and stuffing his obscene profits into his pockets… and overseas bank accounts.
More on all of this massive swindling later and in detail."
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Hello my friends :) it's been quite a long time. I just wanted to say hello, ask how you all are and wonder if you'd be up to a revival of sorts.
I'm going to plan a CAH game night, just like old times.
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It doesn't take a large amount of time looking at the conservation of certain proteins and enzymes across a whole breadth of organisms to come away with a certain sense of wonder. Take, for example, the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family. Familiar to just about anyone who's been exposed to graduate-level biology, the GPCRs are a superfamily of receptors that can be found in just about every organism. GPCRs sit in the cell membrane; with seven areas that span the membrane, they form a barrel-like structure. In the center of this barrel lies a region where molecules can bind, altering the structure of a protein. Those changes are sensed by the portion of the protein on the inside of the cell, which triggers a signaling response mediated by a three-protein complex. That complex can then produce a number of different responses, including changes in cAMP, different protein kinase activity, or increases in intracellular calcium.
You use GPCRs every time you look at something—the light receptors in your eyes are GPCRs that are activated by photons—every time you taste or smell, they are the receptors used by the majority of neurotransmitters, hormones and other bioactive molecules, and they are also rather handy drug targets. There is a fascinating article in the current issue of Trends in Pharmacological Sciences that delves into the evolution of this ubiquitous family of receptors. GPCRs first emerged around 1.2 billion years ago, predating the divergence of plants, fungi and animals. The large number of different GPCRs have arisen thanks to gene duplications, where regions within an chromosome, entire chromosomes, or even the entire genome of an organism becomes duplicated. In these cases, there are now two (or more) copies of the original gene, and therefore a mutation in one that adds a new function doesn't end up breaking a copy that performs an existing function.
Recently, our ability to extract and sequence ancient DNA samples has come on leaps and bounds, and analysis of these ancient DNA sequences is being put to use in better understanding the evolution of GPCRs. For example, changes in GPCRs that are involved in the immune response can be tracked across time to see how evolutionary pressures such as diseases have influenced their spread throughout a species.


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It's all a load of shit whatever you do and never ever take advice from craner.
It's all a load of shit whatever you do and never ever take advice from craner.
Don't start by thinking of something cool and interesting start from wanting to make a contribution to society. So no missiles, more CAB.
And I think I'd be flattering myself if I thought anyone wanted to read about either my anxieties or my sex life.
I'll admit that pride has a certain amount to do with my antipathy towards a straightforward career in IT, as I'm well aware that I'd have to pay to go on a course to learn how to do stuff my (younger) brother could toss out in his sleep when he was 17. That, and that fact that I'm fundamentally not very good at it.
It's a noble question, and do tell me when you find out the answer.
I think mixedbiscuits' suggestion is a good one, when generalised to: prioritise finding something you can do on a freelance basis, and get paid pretty well for doing so. The people I know who have managed to make a freelance career are probably the happiest with their working lives (excluding those who actually like simultaneous boredom and suffering for 12 months a year). It likely (but not necessarily) means compromising and going for something you don't find fascinating, but it gives you time to do the things you do find fascinating, obv.
Thanks Hywel, some good stuff in there I think.
I think a big part of it is that quite a lot of things, including many that are not necessarily immediately obvious as 'fun' or 'cool' or 'interesting', can become interesting if you stick at them long enough. I don't mean that anyone who studies inheritance tax law for long enough suddenly has this Zen-like epiphany of awesomeness, more that it can be fun to be good at something but to get to this stage, you have to do the drudgey stuff first. Like how it can be pleasurable to drive a car on a country road (assuming you have the good fortune to find a stretch with no other traffic on it, which is a rare thing in southern England in 2016, but anyway) but long before you get to that level of competence, you have to complete the usually not-terribly-fun stuff of learning how to navigate roundabouts and parallel-park and all that bollocks.
I've had little glimpses of this in programming before so maybe there'll be a greater pay-off if I stick with the Python. Let's see.
hi mr tea
well i must say craner has been very generous with his sound opinion
your idea to learn python seems like a good plan.
i have a pretty good idea for you too. i met a former engineer recently working in my business. he found engineering a bit boring - now he uses a software called *houdini*
(they have a free demo or educational license)
it's a pretty complex procedural special effects software. because it is as forbidding and geeky as it is people like me (from arts backgrounds) kinda stumble when they come to it - but there is a reasonably strong demand in the vfx community for houdini programmers.
if you taught yourself houdini i reckon you might be able to find yourself work in vfx. but don't ask me (perilous giving advice innit)- have a good look on google first.
one other thought - this might seem a bit rude or odd (!) or even blatantly obvious - but i wouldn't be in a hurry to get married. once you're hitched it becomes a lot harder to carve yourself a niche - especially as it sounds like you need to be mobile...
I must say, when I was on the skids Matt offered me kind words and support, a good idea and even a contact for it. I appreciated that a lot and have never forgotten it.
Cheers Matt, you know that really is not something I'd ever have considered but it sounds pretty cool.
I've just watched the promotional video on their website and frankly I was sold by the Chinese lady with the nice boobs.
I'm not married but I've been with my girlfriend for about six years now and lived together for nearly three, so in effect I sort of am already.
"Nice boots", surely. Are you looking to be no-platformed, T? That's no way to get a job.
I'm not sure if Matt was being serious, but I was trying to be serious with my advice. My life, until the age of 35, was a series of catastrophic mistakes, but now I have a job I love, live by the sea, and own a house and a car. My love life is still a disaster, but that's always been the case. I was only trying to offer some pointers from what I've been through. Luke and I have diametrically opposed views as to what constitutes a successful or happy life, but we're still pals and agree on many other things. I just know I couldn't have continued to live in a London bedroom at the age of 40 writing prose poems nobody read and smashing cheap bottles of Bulgarian wine. I would have probably killed myself. There's no afterlife, you have to make something of and with what you have. Etc.
I thought about it at the age of 29, it sent me insane for a while, I made destructive choices that in the end proved creative, and came out OK. You have to think about the future, in lots of ways. One of my calculations, for example, and this was even before my father's young wife dropped dead unexpectedly, was, how will you take care of your elderly parents if you're on a crap wage and they need full time attention? Life gets more complex. What about if you fail to do yourself in with booze and fags? Do you want to be a destitute wreck with no income aged 70?
It's a deadly serious thing, life, if you take it seriously.
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I could be wrong, but Plan B works just like normal birth control pills, only more aggressively. The general mechanism for both is that it prevents the implantation of a fertilized egg in the lining of the uterus. Basically, Zach's "whole human" (or "conceived baby") gets flushed down the toilet.
So, if I understand Zach's logic and he remains consistent with it, he should consider that murder.
Yes, he's already stated that he considers birth control equal to murder.
I've can honestly say I've never heard that from an atheist before.
But Plan B can either get rid of a fertilized egg, prevent an egg from being fertilized or prevent the woman from ovulating (releasing an egg) at all. It all depends on what stage of her menstrual cycle she is in and when exactly after intercourse she has taken it. But at the time of taking it, she can't know what stage of fertilization the egg is in. By your logic she is a killer if she takes it and it happens to get rid of a fertilized egg, but if it simply prevents the sperm from fertilizing the egg at all, she is on morally solid ground. Basically you're thrusting the title of murderer on someone based on a die-roll. I don't understand this reasoning, because it is the sperm that carries the DNA of a human. Every sperm is a different human, yet you do not think there is any loss of a human life when a sperm dies. I disagree with you there, though I am pro-choice, I believe every lost sperm is a lost potential person. Do I think it deserves a name? Or mourning? Certainly not. Why? Because that sperm and even that fertilized egg has no knowledge of what it lost. Just as if I were in a vegetative state and someone pulled the plug I would not know nor would I feel any loss.
If you want to argue pro-life on the grounds of whether what is being aborted is human or not, then the science does not support you, nor does the medical community, and I'm afraid they are the authority on that issue. If you want to argue based on what's best for the fetus, well then based on what I and many others have said, pro-choice is the best route. It's much better to be born to parents that want you than to be born to ones that don't and face the undeserved consequences.
I don't get it. All I hear is pro-life this pro-life that. But what about during a childs life? I read all the time the death of a child from the hands of there parents, or from a "live in companion". It drives me crazy!!!!
@Liz: It's simple really. These people aren't pro-life, they are anti-sex. Because anything that feels good must be a horrible sin.
I don't get it. All I hear is pro-life this pro-life that. But what about during a childs life? I read all the time the death of a child from the hands of there parents, or from a "live in companion". It drives me crazy!!!!
@ Liz - Really, when it comes right down to it, even if the baby dies, shortly after birth, a lot of these pro-life types console themselves that at least God's will was not interfered with.
Aye, that's the key: Interfering with god's will. Why is it OK to interfere with god's will when these same people support going to war in order to terminate the lives of those who don't agree with them? Why is it OK to interfere with god's will when a child has a deadly disease? Because those things don't involve sex.
Pro-lifers only care the baby when it's inside the mother. When it's born they couldn't give a shit. Pro-lifers try and take control of the lives of other women.
"until she is willing to accept her duties as a baby making machine,"
I mean like the majority of religions that preach abstinence until marriage. Unfortunately this mindset tends to linger even after people leave religion.
Also, I'm not sure why you keep replying to threads and then deleting your responses.
that's the point, as i said in my previous comment: nobody within pro-life supporters seems to care about "the day after birth"... i hate this kind of hypocrisy.
I try to avoid this topic but have similar views to several already posted.
Whenever I am confronted by a religious person about this, I keep the following in mind:
"Prospective studies using very sensitive early pregnancy tests have found that 25% of pregnancies are miscarried by the sixth week LMP (since the woman's Last Menstrual Period).[53][54] However, other sources reports suggest higher rates. One fact sheet from the University of Ottawa states, "The incidence of spontaneous abortion is estimated to be 50% of all pregnancies, based on the assumption that many pregnancies abort spontaneously with no clinical recognition."[55] The NIH reports, "It is estimated that up to half of all fertilized eggs die and are lost (aborted) spontaneously, usually before the woman knows she is pregnant. Among those women who know they are pregnant, the miscarriage rate is about 15-20%." [56] Clinical miscarriages (those occurring after the sixth week LM) occur in 8% of pregnancies.[54]"
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscarriage
- essentially making "god" responsible for more abortions than any person or group.
God; the great abortionist in the sky.


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These days, you can find foodie adventures in every corner of the Bay Area. You can tour farmers markets with pros, go chocolate tasting with a guide or winery-hop through the Livermore Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains.
Here are five food-related adventures to get you started:
This San Jose-based company has reinvented pub crawls for gourmets. You walk, you talk, you nosh and sip at four or more restaurants all within a few blocks of each other. Every few days, a new Dishcrawl takes foodies through different culinary terrain — a stroll through San Francisco's Mission district, or an exploration of San Jose's eclectic delights. Locations are kept secret until just before the event. Over the next several weeks, Dishcrawls are planned in Burlingame (Feb. 20, $45), for example, as well as Mountain View (Feb. 24, $40), San Francisco's Hayes Valley (Feb. 27, $45) and downtown Palo Alto (Feb. 27, $45). Details: www.dishcrawl.com.
Gourmet Walks
Chocolate lovers will want to explore these three-hour cocoa-filled walking tours through San Francisco. The tours ($52), which start at Justin Herman Plaza at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays, include seven chocolate-tasting stops. Die-hard chocolate devotees may want to spring for the Ultra Chocolate version ($75), which departs from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel at 3 p.m. Saturdays and includes a cocktail pairing at a swanky hotel bar, a wine and truffle flight at a French wine bar, pralines, macarons and more. Details: www.gourmetwalks.com/chocolate-tour.
Edible Excursions
Led by Lisa Rogovin and her team, these culinary strolls showcase food-centric neighborhoods, such as Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto and San Francisco's Mission District, Japantown and the Ferry Building Marketplace, offering talks and tastes of everything from artisan sodas and handcrafted breads to gourmet cheeses, gelato and more. The Gourmet Ghetto tour ($75) is offered Thursdays and Saturdays. Details: www.edibleexcursions.net.
Stray Boots
Download this scavenger hunt app on your smartphone, grab your walking shoes and head out for a two- to three-hour, food-centric walking tour ($12) of San Francisco's North Beach that will have you traipsing in the footsteps of ravioli makers and Beat poets. The interactive Chinatown tour sends you into dim sum restaurants, tea parlors, markets and temples. Details: www.strayboots.com.
Savor Oakland
Food, culture and history come together on these three-plus hour tours ($45) that showcase the sweet and savory components of Oakland's Jack London Square, with stops at Miette, Bocanova, Chop Bar and more. Details: http://savoroaklandfoodtours.com.
Don't forget …
Join a CSA — community-supported agriculture — farm and you'll get more than a weekly box of veggies. Members of Eatwell Farms in Dixon, for example, can visit the farm for tomato-canning parties, strawberry days and even a summer solstice sleepover. Full Belly Farms in Guinda offers tours, dinners and a Hoes Down Harvest Festival — as in, put your hoes down and party. And at Pie Ranch in Pescadero, the community is invited to lend a hand in the fields, then join the crew for a potluck dinner and barn dance on the third Saturday of each month. Details: http://eatwell.com, http://fullbellyfarm.com and www.pieranch.org.