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Instead of celebrating with flowers and candy, hundreds of people are expected to come out to San Francisco this evening to commemorate Valentine's Day with a pillow fight.
The annual "Great San Francisco Pillow Fight," now in its eighth year at Justin Herman Plaza at the foot of Market Street, traditionally begins at the stroke of 6 p.m.
The fight entails whacking others with pillows -- but organizers are reminding participants to only hit those who have pillows themselves.
A post on a Facebook page for the event suggests bringing a synthetic pillow, packing light and bringing water to stay hydrated.
The Department of Public Works is preparing for the feathers to fly, and for the mess that will create, department spokeswoman Rachel Gordon said. "Feathers are not the easiest thing to clean up," she said.
Crews will be at the ready this evening, and are urging participants to be mindful not to leave a lot of debris behind.
Extra garbage cans will be placed in the plaza, Gordon said. The department has plans to send a first wave of crews to the plaza with some steamer machines at 9 p.m., followed by a more thorough cleaning scheduled overnight.
At 6 a.m. Friday, another crew will inspect the area and see if any more cleaning needs to be done, Gordon said. Last year, cleanup costs were estimated at about $5,000.
Below is raw video of a pillow fight in downtown San Jose.
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Kyzyl (Russian: Кызы́л kyh-ZYHL) is the capital city of Tuva and is the geographical center of Asia.
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The best option is to take the train from Moscow to Abakan (76 hours), with one-way fares varying from approximately 4,000 Rub (US$160) to 9,500 Rub (US$390). The price changes according to peak tourist seasons in Russia: by far the cheapest day to travel is the 1st of January, while July is the most expensive.
It is possible to take a bus from Abakan in neighboring Khakassia. While a night bus is an option, don't take it! The route meanders through the gorgeous Sayan mountain landscapes of the Ergaki region, which would be foolish to miss. The train from Moscow arrives in Abakan at 6 AM, and apart from the bus, there will be plenty of taxi drivers offering to take you to Kyzyl (approximately 420 km from Abakan) for 1,000 — 1,500 Rub (US$40-60). There is a possibility that you may have to register at the Russian-Tuvan border — just hand over your passport to the police officer, there is no fee for the service.
Kyzyl Airport is small and offers flights to the following destinations, as May 2014:
EC 64 Kyzyl - Krasnoyarsk (KrasAvia) 11:50 Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri until 10.10
EC 64 Kyzyl - Krasnoyarsk (KrasAvia) 12:10 Sat until 11.10
IO 146 Kyzyl - Irkutsk (IrAero) 14:00 Mon, Wed, Fri until 08.10
SP 5028 Kyzyl - Novosibirsk (Tomsk Avia) 14:45 Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat 09.10, except 20.05, 24.05
EC 64 Kyzyl - Krasnoyarsk (KrasAvia) 16:20 Mon until 06.10
Since 2014 there is also direct bus connection between Krasnoyarsk airport and Kyzyl. The fare is about 1400 Rubles (40$) and the trip takes about 14 hours. The busses start at 10 am / 3 pm / 6 pm from Krasnoyarsk airport. Tickets have to be bought at the counter in front of the departure building of the airport.
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The town is relatively small, so if you are staying in one of the hotels in the centre, all of the landmarks will be within walking distance. There are no buses in Kyzyl, but there are plenty of route taxi vans ('marshrutka') and regular taxis. The cost of one ride on the marshrutka in 2008 is 14 Rub (approx. US$0.57), regardless of the distance.
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The Centre of Asia Monument — located on the picturesque bank of the Yenisey River, where the Small and Big Yenisey Rivers join into the Great Yenisey. It is quite easy to find — just walk north from Hotel Kyzyl until you hit the river bank, then turn right and keep walking until you see it.
Shaman centre — located to the left of the Centre of Asia Monument. For a small fee, you can have your fortune told or an illness cured by a Tuvan Shaman. In summer, the government puts up a decorative yurt (traditional nomadic house) next to the centre.
National Theatre — located on the main city square opposite the White House (Government Building). Note the wooden carvings on the building, which were hand-crafted in the traditional Scythian 'animal' style.
Lenin monument — located on the main square, just next to the National Theatre.
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National Museum — located about 500 metres west from the National Theatre, down the main road. The new building opened in 2008, and some exhibits have not yet been moved from the old building. It features exhibits on the Tuvan flora and fauna, religion and traditions, archaeological findings from the Stone Age and the Scythian era, as well as exhibits from WWII and the Tannu Tuva Independent Republic. Surprisingly, the Museum also features paintings of renowned Russian and foreign artists, including Shishkin and Reynolds. Entry costs 100 Rub (US$4) for Russians, and 200 Rub (US$8) for foreign tourists. The Museum is open until 6 pm, and is closed on Mondays.
National Theatre — In summer, the Theatre hosts different festivals (traditional dance, throat singing etc.) so keep an eye out for posters and advertisments around town. Tickets cost around 100 — 300 Rub (US$4-12).
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1 mile southwards from the theatre is a market where items of daily need, clothes, tools and shoes can be bought.
There are also one or two souvenir shops in centre town. Anyway tourism is not that well developped so trade with souvenirs is very rare.
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There are couple of small café and fastfood stores having some local food, e.g. Mantüi (dumplings), pelmenii (dumpling soup), Piroshki (kind of deep fried pancake) and soup with noodle and meat.
In the center of Kyzyl are also plenty of hot dog stands, which also offer Shaurma and in some rare circumstances Hamburgers.
A place with a bigger choice of traditional tuvan food is the "Tuvan national centre" at the Lenin street.
Restaurants like in western countries don't exist.
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Sales of alcoholic beverages are limited to 7 pm on week days, at least in stores and supermarkets. In the summer time fermented horse milk is a delicacy and also Kvas, a sort of lemonade sold on the streets.
Drinking alcoholic beverage in public is prohibited and consequently fined.
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There are frequent concerts in the theatre.
But nightlife is more or less restricted to some dubious cellar clubs and a night club close to the Möngulek Hotel. Anyway after dusk you shouldn't go out alone and crossing streets in the night on the main road is particular dangerous because of racing cars and motorcycles.


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When I left the corporate world 20 years ago, I didn't know what to expect. After successfully launching and running my own marketing firm (first client: American Express), I wanted my next career step to combine my passion for baking challah with the business acumen I had acquired. Because I grew up with the aromas of my own mother's wonderful baking (usually old world Jewish recipes, for the Jewish holidays), it was only natural that I would come to love baking myself, and my family knew they could always count on the smell of home-baked challah every Friday afternoon.
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- Soil should be well-drained, but maintain adequate moisture either with mulch or plastic covering.
- Water one to two inches per week, but remember peppers are extremely heat sensitive.
- If you live in a warm or desert climate, watering everyday may be necessary.
- Fertilize after the first fruit set.
- Weed carefully around plants.
- If necessary, support plants with cages or stakes to prevent bending.
- Try commercially available cone-shaped wire tomato cages.
- They may not be ideal for tomatoes, but they are just the thing for peppers.
- For larger fruit, spray the plants with a solution of one tablespoon of Epsom salts in a gallon of water, once when it begins to bloom, and once ten days later.
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Culinary use:
- Can be sliced and seeded and used raw in salads.
- Will freeze successfully without blanching if seeded and sliced.
Or brush with olive oil, roast at a high temperature until the skin changes colour then put in a covered dish until cool and rub off the skin and remove seeds.
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Big East M5: 01.02.14 EditionPosted by Dan Lyons on January 2nd, 2014
- There were definite ups and downs to be found during the marathon that was the first day of Big East play on Tuesday. While those within the conference will admit that the play on the court didn't often set the basketball world on fire, there is still belief in the future of the league as a basketball power. Commissioner Val Ackerman cites past experience when discussing this topic: "When I was with WNBA, I remember saying it's not a sprint, it's a marathon. The same should be said about the Big East. There's a long history here, but with a new conference, what we do in the first year or two isn't necessarily going to be indicative." While Big East fans hope that the league makes a splash here in year one, the 10 programs aren't going anywhere, and there is plenty of time for this new-look conference to get its legs under it.
- Creighton wasn't great offensively in its first ever Big East game, but the Bluejays' defense was able to stifle a struggling Marquette offense, leading to a 67-49 win on New Year's Eve. Creighton only shot 40 percent from the floor, but they were able to known down 13 threes and kept up with a bigger Golden Eagles' squad in the paint, where they were only outscored by four. While this win was huge for Creighton — its first-ever in a power basketball conference — the performance is perhaps more telling about Marquette, whose well-publicized offensive struggles seem to be getting worse, not better. The Eagles were the preseason favorite to win the league, but without improvement soon, Marquette will struggle to punch a ticket to the Dance come March.
- Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery are going to become very familiar voices for Big East fans (if they weren't already), especially those who watched the entirety of Tuesday's basketball marathon. The team called noon's Xavier–St. John's game in Cincinnati and then hightailed it to Indianapolis for Butler–Villanova at 7:30. The IndyStar spent time with Fox Sports 1's top team on the bus between games, allowing the two to reminisce about some of their favorite Big East and NCAA Tournament memories. Spoiler alert: Butler fans are going to appreciate this far more than… say… Syracuse, Kansas State, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Florida, or Wisconsin fans.
- In anticipation of Tuesday's Creighton/Marquette clash, Andy from Anonymous Eagle and Jacob Padilla from The Creightonian got together for an enlightening Q&A discussion. Among the topics covered: Bluejay fans' excitement for this season and the Big East conference; the importance of the McDermotts to the Creighton program; Marquette's early season struggles; and the best places to get a beer and a bite to eat in Omaha. Even though it predates the game won by Creighton, both pieces are still fun reads. Check out Jacob's answers here and Andy's here.
- To round out a very 'Creighton vs. Marquette' heavy M5 this morning, we have footage from a raucous CenturyLink Arena crowd. On one play, the sold out crowd belted out Neil Diamond's stadium staple "Sweet Caroline" after the arena speakers had already cut off the song, and it seemed to throw off the Golden Eagles, who promptly turned over the ball. You can judge for yourself, but NBC Sports' Rob Dauster seems to think the crowd played a part in the play.


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House and Senate negotiators may be weeks or even months away from reaching a compromise bill to fund America's transportation needs. But transportation experts don't need to wait for the final product, set to be hammered out by a conference committee beginning Tuesday afternoon. Whatever bill emerges, they say, will once again succeed only in kicking the can of sustainably funding American infrastructure down an ever-more-rutted road.
Bipartisan commissions have repeatedly suggested two crucial changes in how America pays for its infrastructure:
- A short-term increase in the gasoline tax to make sure US highway funding doesn't go belly-up.
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"We're at a point where we're at the 'searching under the couch cushions' portion of finding transportation funding as opposed to dealing directly with the question of user fees," says Janet Kavinoky, executive director for transportation and infrastructure at the US Chamber of Commerce.
What's wrong with America's transportation situation? In large measure, it's the gas tax.
The federal gas tax is a primary means of funding highway construction and maintenance. The problem is that it is not indexed for inflation, so while road repair costs creep upward, the gas tax stays the same.
While that might be good news for American pocketbooks, it's devastating for America's highways. The tax was last increased in 1993, meaning that drivers are paying more than a third less into the Highway Trust Fund than they were at the beginning of the Clinton administration.
Moreover, the sluggish economy, high gas prices, and environmental concerns have led Americans to drive less and to buy more efficient vehicles. The lower demand for gasoline has further cut into federal taxes.
The result has been neglect of America's roadways, according to the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission. Its 2009 report suggests that the federal government needs to spend roughly $100 billion per year to maintain and improve its infrastructure. The Senate transportation bill offers $109 billion over two years.
"The gap between what we're investing and what we need is just enormous," says Rob Atkinson, former chairman of the NSTIFC. "And they make almost no effort to address that."
The problem is that paying for American infrastructure more fully means raising taxes on someone.
One solution, pegging the gas tax to inflation — or raising it outright — would risk further angering Americans already angry about gas prices. A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll showed 65 percent of Americans disapprove of how President Obama has handled gasoline prices, compared with 26 percent who approve.
Another solution, perhaps even more promising to transportation experts, involves taxing drivers by the number of miles they drive — an idea known as a vehicle miles traveled system, or VMT. This ensures a stable funding stream even as drivers increasingly turn to hybrid and electric cars.
While there are many permutations of such a system, one method currently being piloted in Oregon will allow about 50 drivers to use a variety of devices to track how many miles they drive and charge them accordingly.
"The states as innovators will find the solution," says Jim Whitty, manager of the division of the Oregon Department of Transportation group implementing the VMT pilot program this September, noting that Oregon was the first to pass a gas tax in 1919. "The key is to get the thing started" on the national level.
Getting a VMT system up and running could take 15 years, estimates Mr. Atkinson.
"That's why people like myself have been urging Congress to be more proactive," says R. Richard Geddes, a professor at Cornell University who served on a commission preceding the NSTIFC focused on transportation policy. Some cities, such as Stockholm, Singapore, and London" have started, he said, "but there really is no federal leadership on this."
Still, the Senate bill sponsored by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D) of California and Jim Inhofe (R) of Oklahoma, which is touted as creating or maintaining as many as 1.8 million jobs, has merits, experts say.
- It significantly consolidates federal transportation programs from roughly 100 to a third as many.
- It speeds up the delivery of projects by cutting back on regulations.
- It offers more flexibility to states to partner with the private sector on infrastructure projects, particularly tolls.
- It eliminates the nearly 6,000 "pork-barrel" projects that riddled its most recent predecessor, among them the vaunted "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska.
- It heads off a massive downshift in federal aid for highway spending slated for the 2013 fiscal year, when funds would wither to $12.8 billion from $38.9 billion the previous year.
The shortfall is a parable of Congress's ad hoc approach to transportation funding.
Congress approved more projects than it could pay for in 2005, assuaging itself with a promise to consider how it could reform its transportation-funding mechanisms. No reforms followed, but a recession did, dramatically shrinking revenues in the trust fund. In 2008, Congress gave the fund a $35 billion infusion to keep it afloat, but that has now been chewed up, leaving the potential $26 billion shortfall next year.


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Dear Editor,
Thank you for allowing me to clarify my recent letter to the Editor containing The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's October 25, 2012 release. The take away message that I intended was that of good news for Medicare enrollees, particularly because of the Part D Medicare Pharmacy Benefits which was implemented by the previous Administration and furthered by the present Administration. It was simply the dissemination of seemingly good news from The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid.
Donna M. Roberts
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Finally, someone spends time to work with a Linux server and OS X authentication issue:
OSX has what I would call an undocumented feature of the operating system- the portable home directory. Basically, it keeps a user's home directory sync'd up between a network share and the local pc. If you are not on the network you work on the local home directory. Whenever you login on the network, the mirror agent running on the local pc synchronizes the two directories.
Full Stack: Portable Home Directory over NFS on OSX authenticated via OpenLDAP on Debian Linux


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The Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame will hold its 2018 induction ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Crest Hollow County Club. For ticket information, go to https://gofan.co/app/events/26873. The fourth class of inductees is led by legendary basketball coach Larry Brown and former Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testaverde. Here's a breakdown of the athletes and coaches of the 2018 class.
TOM CASEY SR.: A 1945 graduate of Great Neck High School, he starred in football, basketball and baseball. He was All-Long Island in baseball three times and went on to enjoy tremendous careers in coaching (35 years) and officiating (over 50 years) in Nassau County.
CHRISTINE CURTIN: A track star at Mepham High School who racked up a pair of national championships in a five-year varsity career. A 1984 graduate, she won 12 state cross-country and track titles, and the Kinney national cross-country title.
HERB FITZGIBBON: Widely considered the best Nassau high school tennis player of all-time. The 1960 Garden City graduate never lost a match in four years, capturing four New York State singles championships in the process. Won gold and bronze medals in the 1968 Olympics when tennis was a demonstration sport.
ROB MOORE: A 1986 graduate of Hempstead High School, he was a four-sport star and two-time All-Long Island football player. He was the NYS champ in the triple jump. Wide receiver played 11 seasons in the NFL and is currently on the Tennessee Titans' coaching staff.
ROBERT REIFSNYDER: A 1955 graduate of Baldwin High School, he played four sports and starred on the gridiron, eventually reaching the NFL and playing for the New York Giants. He was a standout linebacker and running back on the Bruins' 1954 Rutgers Cup-winning team and won the Thorp Award that same year.
PAUL ROCHESTER: A 1956 Sewanhaka graduate who excelled in football at every level. He won the Thorp Award in 1955 and two years later was on Michigan State's national championship roster. He played 10 seasons in the pros and won a Super Bowl ring with the New York Jets in 1969, picking up the only sack of SB III against the Baltimore Colts.
LISA SMITH: This Hempstead High School 1983 grad finished her dynamic hoops career with 2,418 points, a state record at the time. She led the Lady Tigers to a 92-3 record, including a 52-game winning streak, and two state championships over four seasons.
BEAVER SMITH: A 1972 graduate of South Side High School, he had more than 1,000 career points and rebounds on the way to earning All-County honors twice. He was also named Nassau's Most Outstanding player in 1971 and '72 and went on to star at St. John's University.
VINNY TESTAVERDE: The only Heisman Trophy winner from Long Island graduated Sewanhaka in 1981 and capped an incredible college career as the University of Miami's quarterback in 1986. He played 21 seasons in the NFL and threw for more than 46,000 yards and 275 touchdowns. He was a two-time Pro Bowler.
FRANK ZACHMANN: Competed in four sports at Baldwin High School and graduated in 1937. As quarterback, he led the football team to an 18-0-3 record from 1934-36. In 1934, he completed 30 of 37 passes, three of which went for touchdowns.
LOU ANDRE: During his time as head coach of Massapequa and Lawrence football teams, he compiled a record of 145-57 and won three Long Island championships. A 1968 graduate of Valley Stream South, he was named Conference Coach of the Year eight times.
WALTER BACHMAN: Has served as a varsity basketball coach since 1978 and totaled 440 victories. Guided Valley Stream North from 1978-92 and since has been at the helm at Jericho, his alma mater (1968.) His teams have won eight conference titles.
AL BEVILACQUA: From 1963-77, he led Massapequa wrestling to a 145-35-3 record on the mat. He was one of the most popular, influential and well-known names in the sport and served as the USA Wrestling Chairperson for New York from 1971-79.
COLBERT BRITT: He started as a football coach at Malverne in 1972 and added track to his coaching resume' two years later and enjoyed immediate success with the girls' program winning division and county titles from 1975-80. He coached football for 43 years, and track for 41.
LARRY BROWN: One of the all-time greats, a 1958 Long Beach graduate, as a college and NBA coach. He won almost 1,100 games in the pros, and another 266 at the collegiate level. He is the only coach in the history of the sport to win both an NBA championship (Detroit, 2004) and NCAA title (Kansas, 1988.)
DOC DOUGHERTY: From 1974 through 2006, his football and lacrosse teams at Garden City compiled a record of 565-91. He was League Coach of the Year 15 times while guiding the Trojans to 11 county titles, nine Long Island championships, and four state crowns.
PAUL GILLESPIE: As wrestling coach at Long Beach, his teams had a dual meet record of 251-32-2 and captured 17 county titles and two state crowns. The Marines had a remarkable 110-1 record against league rivals under his watch. Now at Wantagh, he's added five county championships.
STEPHANIE JOANNON: A longtime three-sport coach and current athletic director at Port Washington. In 25 years on the hardwood, her teams won 309 games. She was the first female basketball coach in Nassau to record 300 wins. She totaled 289 wins as soccer coach, and 204 victories on the softball field.
DENNIS KORNFIELD: Since 1982, he's been the coach of Uniondale's boys' track and field program. The Knights have won an incredible 42 county titles (22 indoor, 20 outdoor) under his direction. He has 410 league wins to go with two dozen state champs. He's a 1959 Hempstead High School graduate.
AMBROSE MORAN: A 1942 graduate of Sewanhaka High School, he coached baseball and basketball at New Hyde Park. His teams won 558 games on the diamond and made the playoffs 35 times, while on the court his teams amassed 426 victories.
RICHARD MORAN: A storied lacrosse coach at the high school and college levels. A Sewanhaka graduate, his Manhasset teams in the 1960s went 67-5. He then became Elmont's first-ever coach and promptly went 29-3 and won two league titles. He went on to coach Cornell for 29 years and won three national championships.
JACK SALERNO: A three-sport star at Sewanhaka, he coached football and lacrosse at Elmont and won more than 400 games combined. His teams won 105 games and two county titles on the gridiron, while on the lacrosse field his squads went 303-53 with 13 league titles and three Nassau championships.
CHARLES SCHLEGEL: His swim teams at Uniondale (1956-60) and Plainview (1960-85) dominated on the Nassau and state levels, combining for 395 wins and 15 undefeated seasons. He won 21 county and 15 NYS titles and won Nassau Coach of the Year 23 times.
ANNE SULLIVAN: She's been the girls' and boys' swim coach at Garden City for 23 years and guided the girls' program to 17 straight county titles, including a 100-meet win streak culminating in 2012. The boys have won three county championships in a row.


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The Economy And The Massachussetts Effect
[In The Long Run]
There are two issues of particular concern for my column today; the economy and Massachussetts.
One is last week's UPS earnings preannouncement. Profits and shipments were up, which bode well for both the company and the economy.
Volume increases by the major shippers, UPS and Federal Express, reflect increased orders and deliveries for businesses in general. But UPS is planning to lay of 1800 employees. Such productivity enhancements are good for the company but bad for the economy overall.
Productivity is defined in terms of hours of labor input required to produce a given amount of output. Productivity levels increase as fewer hour of labor are required to perform the same task. In an expanding economy, productivity is a positive event. By producing a product less expensively, it can be sold, at profit, less expensively. In a contracting economy, the effect can be problematic. Productivity by layoffs reduces consumption in the overall economy.
The employed are ultimately the consumers. The unemployed cannot afford goods and services. With consumption representing over 70% of gross domestic product (the value of a country's goods and services), it bodes ill for gross domestic product (the value of all goods and service in the country). Significantly, blue collar companies pay salaries above the national mean.
Middle managers making above $75,000 and lower managers making $60,000 cannot expect to find comparable paying jobs in today's job market. Clerk and service jobs routinely earn less than $40,000 and with fewer health care an educational options.
It is still anticipated, broadly, that the worst has already passed in terms of layoffs, but it is disturbing to see these kinds of layoffs continuing.
The loss of the Massachusetts senate seat creates a major cloud in my serene long term market scenario. I had predicated my remarks on the ability of President Obama and the Democratic congress to pass a Keynesian-FDR style recovery program that would include government employment and/or incentives to wide scale private employment. Without casting aspersions on the motives of Republicans, their practice has been to obstruct efforts in public works and Democratic programs generally.
Further their preference or an unfettered free market would call for the markets to reach the logical extreme before correcting. That is productivity would rise at the expense of jobs as companies sought margin efficiency. Their effort would increase margins to limit the effect of lost sales from lost consumption. As consumers learned to adjust and necessities replacement took place, the economy would be expected to improve. By necessity this would prolong and increase the recession, possibly to depression proportions. Lending would be constrained by higher risk. Government jobs would be lost through the lack of tax revenues. Public works would also be thus constrained. The resulting decline in GDP would raise interest rates and lower the value of the dollar yielding an inflation/deflation scenario.
All in all, this represents a worst case scenario.
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ROCHESTER — On Wednesday, two recently promoted officers will take their oaths of office.
The Police Commission recently promoted Officer Michael Brinkman to sergeant, and Sgt. Anthony Bossi to lieutenant, said Police Commissioner David Winship.
Bossi and Brinkman assumed their new ranks last week, said Winship, and the two officers will take their oaths of office for their positions during Wednesday's Police Commission meeting.
Also on Wednesday, Officer Andrew Swanberry and Sgt. Eric Babine will be awarded the Lifesaving Award.
The Police Commission will also recognize Communications Specialist Bruce Daigle, who is retiring.
The commission will also discuss education incentives for Police Chief Mike Allen, who recently completed his master's degree. As per his employment agreement, Allen will be reimbursed by the city for receiving that degree, said Winship on Monday.
Police Commission members will also consider updating two Police Department policies pertaining to shoplifting arrests and police officer selection. They will also look to adopt a new policy regarding voluntarily relinquished prescription drug takeback events.
Wednesday's meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall.


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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Police Affidavit
What is amusing is the ranting from radical lawyers and their fellow travelers to the effect that somehow the publication of this affidavit will prevent the guilty bastards from getting a fair trial. They say lawyers engage in theatrics most of the time and in this case there should be some Oscars handed out.
The affidavit is essentially a summary of the reasons why police think they have good reason to carry out further aggressive action against certain parties to get the evidence they need to launch a prosecution. A jury will bring in a verdict depending on the evidence which is put before them. The fact that the evidence is made public in no way detracts from the quality of the evidence. Moana Jackson simply is grand standing and playing the race card as hard as he can go.
When you have people playing around in the bush with armour piercing ammunition, .223 assault rifles, silenced weapons, grenade launchers, napalm, vehicle ambushes, sniper rifles, and other assorted goodies then you have a very serious problem indeed on your hands.
Adolf presently occupies an office in the same building as a well known Auckland law firm. He has noticed various suit attired dour and mournful characters in the lift muttering about contempt of court. Well , all I can say is, the legal fraternity needs to back off a little and stop showing contempt for the common sense of the average New Zealander who, if he read the 155 pages of evidence, would agree whole heartedly that the police acted correctly in EVERYTHING they did on the day they rounded up these dangerous lunatics.
Here's just one example.
Some of our darky commentators were criticising the police for including no Maori officers in the personell for the raids. Well, the evidence suggests there was a risk that such personell might have tipped of the plotters. They were being fed information from members of DOC staff so why would you take the risk of one sympathiser within the police force blowing the whole operation?
Smiling Assassin Outflanks Queen of Text
Not for nothing is he called 'The Smiling Assassin.'
Yet another sector of the community alienated by Clark.
The perfect holiday tenant
Our good friend Whale Oil believes Trevor Mallard is in need of a holiday.
Key campaign works without National leadership
International Disgrace
This morning the headline story around the whole world is the crass rudeness of our piss ant PM who was seen text messaging during the Queen's opening address at the CHOGM conference.
(pic stolen from Stuff)
There is nothing to admire in this crude, humourless, harridan who seems to specialise in insulting people and nations who could be our friends as she cuddles up to nations and movements which potentially may be our enemies.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Civil War and the protection of your own culture
Of course such a scenario could happen in many a European country, perhaps even in Australia and New Zealand one day.
There has been some debate on a few of the blogs about where you draw the line in opposing Islamism and allowing 'racist' organizations to join the fightback.
Aurora over at The Midnight Sun has even posted commentary from Nick Griffin, head of the British National Party on his blog.
Normally, I would share the horror of many on the left in giving the BNP a platform, but perhaps the BNP is reforming and finally has ditched its old racist and anti-semitic ways and now offers a constructive contribution to the debate.
Certainly more needs to be done to highlight the horrors of Islamism.
Some blogs have mentioned this horrific case of the Saudi rape victim, yes, rape VICTIM, being sentenced to extra lashes because she sought media attention to her plight.
Where are the left here? Are they too stupid and blind to the religion they unwittingly promote?
Fortunately, I saw this piece from UK liberal Joan Bakewell, which made it into this Monday's New Zealand Herald.
But I heard no call from the New Zealand government to halt such Saudi Sharia brutality, apart from this Canberra story quoting our own Dear Leader, so a rare Goodonya Helen!.
So what can we do to stop the growing rise of this barbaric Islamist culture?
I see no alternative to raising the drawbridge against such immigrants.
I am calling for methods no worse than used by such organizations as liberal as the Department of Conservation.
Where there is a predator species causing harm to native plants and animals Doc typically wants the vector removed.
Thus, like conservationists calling for the removal for stoats and weasels, so the protection of native cultures in Europe and elsewhere demands the removal of the Islamist menace.
Not so much spraying the lands with 1080 poison, more a case of trap and release back in their native homelands, via Boeing 767 or Airbus 320.
I guess that makes me the ultimate conservationist, wanting to protect the indigenous cultures of Western Europe from Islamist aggressors.
As I walked down into Queenstown that fine Saturday evening, I noted a happy scene in our own GodZone.
It was a multicultural scene of people enjoying the warm sun, Belgian beer, Danish ice cream, Belgian chocolate, Thai and Indian restaurants, and there was some Kiwiana too- all being lapped up by Asian tourists.
Who could threaten the semi-rural Arcadia that we have created here in Aotorea?
Well, the Islamists might if we let them, as they are in Europe.
Far fetched you think? Well, the number one source of immigrants Britain is from the largely Muslim Indian subcontinent. Immigration could more than double the UK population to over 100 million within a generation or two, leaving the native British a minority in their own land.
And as for that Danish 'civil war' , well those 'youths' of 'North African origin' have been rioting - some of them armed- in Paris for three days now ( see picture above).
Hilary's hot ho! Rumours rife over carpetmunching Clinton
Juvenile Dementia
These poor little fellows have got themselves all into a lather because the National Party has spent some of IT'S OWN MONEY producing a somnolent DVD extolling the party leader John Key.
These folk don't realise that the only known cure for Juvenile Demenitia is 'irony' which can only be administered to those who can see it. These same clueless clots support the EFB and the Labour Wants Your Tax Money bill. Now THAT'S IRONY but of course the poor saps can't see it.
Yet Another Grim Milestone
At a dollar a week, it seems they have only only sixteen weeks left before the world can attend the funeral of the once proud Newspaper of Record.
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The Sleeping Giant Awakes
The latest Herald opinion poll shows the sleeping giant of ordinary New Zealanders is awakening to the machinations of those who think the EFB and its cohort election spend as much of our money as you like bill will steal them the next election.
Audrey Young noted the poll coincides with John Key's anniversary as leader. That's nonsense. John Key has largely been out of the public eye and that's why he has not gained in the preferred PM rating. She misses the real story which is that the poll wipes out ALL THE PARTIES which support the Electoral Finance Bill.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Cougars on prowl in Kenya
"It's a social arrangement. I buy him a nice shirt and we go out for dinner. For as long as he stays with me he doesn't pay for anything, and I get what I want – a good time. How is that different from a man buying a young girl dinner?"
More biting satire about Dear Leader
Prime Minister Helen Clark has delivered a stinging attack on opponents of the Electoral Voter Consumption Bill. The controversial legislation that would allow Cabinet Members to kill and eat members of the public has been opposed by opposition parties and human rights organisations.
'The critics of this bill are the usual hollow men that want big business and religious creeps to be able to buy and sell our democracy to the highest bidder,' Clark announced at her post-cabinet press conference.
The Labour Party introduced the legislation in response to a police investigation into the activities of senior Labour MP's Trevor Mallard and Parekura Horomia.
'The law around whether cabinet members can smash peoples skulls open and feast open the contents is unclear,' Clark announced today. 'All that this bill does is clarify the confusion surrounding this issue.'
National leader John Key has announced his attention to repeal the bill should National come to power in the next election. But in a rare display of disunity, former National Deputy leader Gerry Brownlee will be crossing the floor to vote in favour of the bill.
The Dim-Post
"A decade of John Howard has left a country of timidity, fear and shame"
Monday, November 26, 2007
Heartwarming news from Britain
In Britain, bureaucratic over-reach has seen the Labour Government creeping further and further into the lives of British people.
Goodonya Dave! Let us enjoy you taking your beliefs to their logical conclusion when you become British Prime Minister.
The Cops Were Right.
If the police had not acted as they did in rounding up the 'Urawera 16' they would have been done for criminal negligence. There can be no doubt the activities of these idiots were well and truly over the boundary of 'just a few loudmouths running around playing games in the bush.' This was much more than that. Silenced weapons, substantial quantities of ammunition, organised training for what can only be described as 'terrorist activities.'
The real scandal in all of this is that when the chips were down, Helen Clark's Labour government failed dismally in protecting us from these fools. Her legislation was incoherent and they've all been let go to continue on. Now that they have been enlightened as to the authorities eaves dropping methods, they will simply change the way they do things.
Contrast the dismal incompetent failure of Labour in New Zealand with the efficient and no nonsense actions of Fiji's Cmdr Bainimarama and I'll tell you who I'd rather have looking after the interests of ordinary people.
Can NZ National find its own Maxine McKew?
Liarbour: The Nasty Party!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Farewell, Dear John, Dear Friend of freedom and Good Luck mate!
And now John Howard is no longer PM of Australia and probably no longer the member for Bennelong.
Can't say I'd be too upset now if Howard did lose his seat.
After such a dignified speech last night , I feel John Howard can walk straight off the stage with huge amounts of respect and honour and with all our thanks.
He can take a much earned break with his family till he prepares for his next chapter in life.
Despite the scale of the defeat- emphatic but not a landslide- the Great Aussie Battler still has much dignity, or much mana, as we kiwis also say.
John Howard has a record to be proud of and it is indeed that record of economic stewardship that Kevin Rudd appears determined not to destroy.
Howard and Costello have delivered a much richer country, a more secure country, along with better public services.
Of course, Australians expect more from their politicians than we do. They are so easy to complain. And I guess the time for a change factor was strong.
Despite lefty talk of ending discrimination, ageism remains rife, dressed up in talk of the future, fresh starts, and change.
Change will obviously have to be a mantra for National here too in 2008, with a fresh, young and dynamic John Key contrasting against an old, tired and failing Helen Clark.
But even the greatest of leaders can outstay their welcome.
As a Pom, I recall the great service and the good things done to Britain by former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who resigned 17 years ago this week after a simialr 11.5 years in office.
Yet, her previous victories perhaps gave Margaret Thatcher too much courage or confidence to go too far, or at least further than what the people wanted.
This is where the matter of Work Choices will have contributed to Howards defeat.
With freedom comes responsibility. Giving employers the upper hand, more freedom to dictate the workplace, can lead to trouble.
In Australia, earlier this year, I recall one bar charging customers a surcharge for it being open on Anzac Day but the bar staff were not getting paid extra for working the public holiday.
The media hyped up this story for all it is worth and I don't know how common such cases were. But if employers were abusing Work Choices too much to their own advantage, it is inevitable that the 'workers' would get their own back by electing a government that will replace Work Choices with something more akin to the old-style Awards.
I have often argued with unionists that 'market forces work both ways' benefitting the worker too, but if the employer or employers seek to grab all the benefit themselves then it is likely workers will support a more collectivist solution.
Now, how the union dominated Labor Party will respond to Work Changes remains to be seen.
Kevin Rudd has created the image of a moderate, a social conservative even, Howard-Lite maybe, with so many 'me too' polices, such as taxcuts.
I have even heard of some comparisons with an Australian Tony Blair.
The right, upset as we are at Howard's end, can take some comfort.
Extreme leftism, which may well be lurking within Labor from the likes of deputy-PM Julia Gillard and Peter Garrett, has been defeated somewhat.
Rudd has had to slay many Labor dragons to help him gain office. But now he is safely elected PM, will he continue to keep them at bay, or will they rise up and burn him?
This is the challenge Rudd has in the years ahead. Labor has to maintain and enhance the economic success of the Howard and Costello years. He has to show he is worthy of the trust Australia has invested in him.
True, there will be calls from the left for extra state spending- and he has pledged to sign Kyoto- but if Rudd can maintain a moderate stance that allows Austraia to carry on with its correct and prosperous course, he has the makings of a successful and good prime minister.
In Britain, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown managed to maintain a steady, safe and prudent course, until the temptation to spend became too much. We saw something similar happen with Clark and Cullen in New Zealand.
The real radicalism didn't happen until the second term. And this is the prize that awaits Rudd, if he and Labor don't upset the apple cart too much.
For the Coalition, Australia and the world can and should offer the best wishes to the devotion to Australia shown by John Howard.
Let us hope something exciting and of value awaits him in future, something more worthy of Howard's talents than being a mere backbencher. Something on the world stage, perhaps.
Peter Costello, Howard's anointed successor, faces a tough task ahead as he must rebuild a Liberal party, which doesn't even control any states either.
I am sure Costello is up to the task. But judging by the support won by Malcolm Turnbull, it might well be him who leads the Liberals to future victory.
Finally, as we hope for a new and successful chapter for John Howard, let us leave with the concession speech of Dick Tuck who, upon losing a California state senate primary, said simply, "The people have spoken…the bastards."
I can't see John Howard saying anything like that, can you?
UPDATE: Here's an editorial from the Sunday Star-Times noting the 'tweedledee-tweedledum' nature of Rudd and Howard. And here's David Farrar kicking off the debate at kiwiblog.
UPDATE2: Costello says he's not standing for the leadership or deputy leadership, so a new generation can lead. Looks like Turnbull for leader but like some at kiwiblog, I rate Tony Abbott highly too.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Who is the worst employer? kiwi publishers or government?
What about our own 'Little Johnnie" ?- John Key !
Will Australia party like its 1969?
Friday, November 23, 2007
Assume the position
Twice in the last year (with the repeal of S59 and now the EFB), Labour have criminalised a large swathe of the population and fobbed us off with the claim that we can trust the organs of the state to exercise discretion in choosing which of these newly-minted criminals to prosecute. "The Rule of Common Sense will prevail!" cries Annette King. Er, maybe - this week. Who knows what will prevail next week? In any case, wouldn't it be preferable for the Rule of Common Sense to prevail at the point where these grossly-overpaid f*ckwits are drafting the law, as well as when their lowly-paid minions are enforcing it?
Even assuming we really could trust them not to prosecute us for the crimes they just invented, they add insult to injury by throwing into the mix an amendment to the Suppression of Terrorism Act, which secures our freedom by defining a "terrorist" as anyone the govt declares to be one. Unfortunately, the people going on about authoritarianism, creeping fascism and an encroaching Police state now have a very good case.
Sure, I can see plenty of counter-arguments to the above: the guy just convicted of assault on his kid was charged for treating him roughly enough to bruise him, not for smacking him; the EFB is intended to keep rich wankers from making up their parties' lack of popular support with bottomless and anonymous financial support; and above all, there's the fact that giving Labour a savage and merciless electoral beating would essentially put National into power - ie, we'd replace one authoritarian pack of scumbags with a worse one. Nevertheless, I think the Left has to do it to have any self-respect , for this basic reason:
If we're going to suffer creeping authoritarianism, I'd rather the left was opposing it, not writing apologia for it.
Right now, the govt's new laws all seem to amount to a directive to bend over and spread 'em. We can assume the position, or give their arses a thorough kicking. Which one's it to be, Standard?
Thursday, November 22, 2007
A World without Islam
Have They Woken Up?
$17.14 at today's close on the NYSE
Adolf wonders whether this about turn in editorial policy might have something to do with the steady decline in the paper's share price since in 2003 it mounted its aggressive campaign against the Bush administration and its War Against Terror centred in the Iraq theatre.
Just last week, the share price broke through (downward trend) the $18 barrier and now hovers dangerously close to the $17 mark, after declining steadily from a healthy $47 in April 2003 to a dreadful $19 before last week's plunge. Readers will see the share price was relatively stable up until the April 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The price trend since early 2004 seems more than coincidental.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Juvenile Troll Alert
From the comments it is obviously a lefty and no doubt the real dadforjustice will be displeased.
Apparently this sort of carry on is what passes for wit and flair amongst many of the left.
Auckland Bloggers drinks Xmas drinks
More 2 come. Book it into your diary now.
Exporting unemployment to Aus
A few points:
1. We're now losing 40,000 per year. Those socialist Liarbore bastards!!! This figure is the highest in a decade. Er, hang on - a decade? It was this bad 10 years ago? Surely the "socialists" weren't running things back then. Shit, who are we going to blame now?
2. Net loss is 26,500, due to 13,500 immigrants from Aus. Our Aussies tend to be skilled professionals, and the people we're shipping over there tend to be unskilled. Sounds rather like we're making on the deal to me.
3. 53% of NZers would consider a job overseas, according to an international survey. What, only 53%? What's wrong with you people? I've lived overseas twice and both were great experiences. NZ's none too flash on a world scale, certainly not so flash you wouldn't consider living anywhere else.
4. Apparently NZers are moving to Aus for the "lifestyle." Excuse me? I just came back from spending several days there for work - it was unpleasantly hot, swarming with flies, paranoid about where the next litre of water is coming from, and the grocery prices were eye-watering. I'd consider living in quite a few countries, but that one's low on the list.
Krudd Runs Out Of Wheels
Putting up an anit-Zionist campaign manager in a significantly Jewish electorate is not a strategy for winning the prize for best bar mitzvah. However, the ALP figures it's a good scheme.
It ain't over til the fat lady sings and the young Kruddy seems unable to stay in tune for the Grande Finale.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
A just and fair election in 2008
If the Left truly want a 'fair' election in 2008, and beyond, here's how it can happen:
- State fund every political party to the tune of $3,000.000.00 to be used for the 2008 campaign. That amount is each party's cap and covers everything, including broadcasting. No private fundraising is permitted.
- The penalty for exceeding the cap is deregistration of your party, and imprisonment for the party leader and the party secretary.
- Parties have until next Friday, 30 November 2007, to register for the election. This gives the current parties enough time to sort their shit out, and allows legitimate organisations wishing to contest the election just enough time to sort out a name, find 500 members and register. It is also just enough of too short a timeframe so as to prohibit 'wacky' organisations to partake.
- Parties currently in Parliament are allowed no extra funding, whether through Parliamentary Services or their own funds. Current Parliamentary Services funds for parliamentary parties are extinguished six months prior to polling day which is announced on Waitangi day - February 6th.
- The Electoral Finance Act/Bill or any electoral law whatsoever is repealed. There are no election laws for spending, save for the $3,000,00.00 cap.
- I reiterate, the $3,000,000.00 can be spent by the parties as they like.
- The above process would allow parties as even a playing field as you could get and a balanced contest of ideas.
- After the 2008 election, all parties who were successful at the election must partake in multilateral, bipartisan talks to enact electoral laws that are representative and equitable in accordance with the voters choices after the fairest election in monetary terms this country has ever seen.
Roy Morgan Kneecaps Clark
National is back out to a 14% lead but regrettably the Baubolic Plague has snuck up over 5%.
Just wait until the public realises that the EFB and its sister rort are a devious con job by Labour to steal not $800k but closer to $50 million to deceive and lie their way back into office
A bill board might well read 'This Time They'll Take Eight Million'
Little Johnny Kneecaps Krudd
I can write the script.
'How the hell do these people think they can run Australia if they can't even manage a piddly little process like selecting their candidates?'
Suddenly those sixteen marginals are looking bloody marginal for the little blonde wax dummy.
There was always going to be a rabbit out of the hat.
And Continuing On Down The Gurgler
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Monday, November 19, 2007
Electoral Finance Bill
Currently if you wish to erect a billboard in Mt Albert, for example, during the 3 month period prior to an election that says "vote Helen Clark", because that billboard asks for a vote for a candidate it has to be included as an election expense and the cost declared in the candidates return. Moreover, the billboard must carry an authorisation of a name and address.
Clause 5 of the Bill redefines election advertisement (the vote part described above) and now includes in that definition "…words or graphics, or both, that can reasonably be regarded as doing 1 or more of the following:" - it then lists the items.
Subclause (i) is not so scary - "encouraging or persuading voters to vote, or not to vote, for 1 or more specified parties or for 1 or more candidates or for any combination of such parties and candidates".
So words encouraging a vote for Clark would be prima facie an election advertisment. What Pete over at KiwiBlog has argued is that walking down Mt Albert Rd shouting "VOTE HELEN CLARK" on a megaphone is not an advertisement as it is ordinarily thought of (in fact, some may think you're a raving nutter if you did that!).
It is always useful to see what the purpose of the Bill is in order to ascertain what the words in the Bill might mean and I don't have a copy of the Bill so don't know what the Bill's stated purpose is.
But if you assume the purpose of the EFB is to restrict *money* speech then unless the nutter mentioned above is paid by the National Party to walk down Mt Albert doing what he is doing I doubt the definition would cover that circumstance. However, don't be fooled by the words "reasonably regarded". From the definition above it is only the *words or graphics* themselves that can be reasonably regarded as advertising (by encouraging people to vote Helen Clark), and not the way in which they are spoken or indeed in what manner they are delivered.
But, subclause (ii) of Clause 5 is very scary: "encouraging or persuading voters to vote, or not to vote, for a type of party or for a type of candidate that is described or indicated by reference to views, positions, or policies that are or are not held, taken, or pursued (whether or not the name of a party or the name of a candidate is stated)…".
This captures the issue position that the previous version of the Bill adopted. Now, let's say our resident nutter above then went and stood outside Sue Bradford's electorate office chanting "bring back section 59, smacking is not a crime". Much would depend on either a liberal or strict interpretation of the Bill. Again, without seeing the purpose I can't judge but the whole point is that this should never even be debated. Our poor soul above should never be in the position during an election year where he may have broken the law for expressing his views on section 59, for example.
Clause 53 bans election advertisements as defined in Clause 5 unless they meet certain criteria which I will come to. What is interesting is that it starts with a negative "Election advertisements not to be published in regulated period unless certain conditions met".
By casting off this way, by importing a negative and prohibitive statement on election advertising, it is basically saying that ranting and raving about s 59 is illegal unless you follow the procedures.
My view is that this should be the opposite: it should positively encourage it rather than actively discourage it. But I think I have found a curious thing.
If we assume the nutter above has published an election advertisement then under Clause 59 he cannot do that unless the name and address of the promoter is mentioned and the promoter is entitled to promote the advertisement.
Under Clause 5, the promoter is entitled to promote in the usual ways (secretary of political party/candidate etc) but now also includes the financial agent of a third party - let's say the Exclusive Brethren.
But our resident nutter is none of these: he is just an individual with a bee in his bonnet - much like D4J! So how is he captured then?
To do so he has to be a "promoter who promotes election advertisements during the regulated period…".
Now put to the side for one moment the $12,000.00 limit, if our nutter is not a "promoter who promotes election advertisements" but is merely Joe Citizen (i.e. not a political operative at all and never has been) then he isn't captured! He is simply not a promoter. He is just a guy with a loud voice!
I think it's that easy. I think (pray) the Bill's intent is geared around the professional political operatives and associates. My feeling then is that the guy in the street has nothing to fear.


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The first thing you will notice is that whole thing is wrapped with a call to cordova.define(). The first argument to define is id of your plugin and the second is the factory method that creates your plugin. Next you'll see the curious line:
The next bits are where we declare our constructors for IPAddress and IPAddressError. You really don't need to define the IPAddressError object for this short example but it is a good practice to get into. Actually in this example I won't even return an IPAddressError object from the native side as I'll leave that as an exercise for the readers. First person to post a solution wins a cookie.
Okay, our IPAddress object will provide one method called get which will, drumroll please, get the IP Address of your device. Again nothing magical here other than the call to exec. The method signature of exec is as follows:
success - your success callback
fail - your error callback
service - your Plugin service name. You'll need this later.
method - the native method to be called
params - a JSON Array of parameters that you can pass to the native side
Finally the last interesting bit is where we create our ipAddress object and export it using modules.export.
Alright so now we have our JavaScript code done so let's do some Java:
Beautiful eh? Well maybe not. Anyway, when writing your Java code you just need to make sure you class extends the org.apache.cordova.api.Plugin class. The only method you need to implement is the exec method. In exec you check to see what action has been called and they execute the proper native code to fullfil the request. If the action does not match anything you have implemented then you want to return a PluginResult with a status of invalid action. This will let the caller know they are attempt to execute a method that is not implemented.
In our example we only have one action, "get". If the "get" method has been requested we will call the getIpAddress method to retrieve the device's IP address. The implementation details are not important you can see them yourself. What is important is if we get a null or zero length string we will return a PluginResult with a status of error. This will cause the error callback of our JavaScript code to be executed. If we do have and IP address we will return a PluginResult with a status of success and we'll also return the IP address. This will cause our JavaScript success callback to be executed with the ip address as the only parameter to the function.
So all the code is done so we are ready to call our plugin from our app right? Well not quite there is one more step. You need to add a plugin line to your res/xml/config.xml file. The line follows the format:
<plugin name="service_name" value="full_name_including_namespace"/>
It is important that the service_name matches the service name you provide as part of the exec command. The full_name_including_namespace must be the full package and class name of our Plugin. In our specific case it would be:
<plugin name="ipAddress" value="org.apache.cordova.plugins.IPAddressPlugin"/>
Now let's look at the HTML code of our example. It will create and call get on our IP address plugin.
Again, there are a few steps to follow before you use your plugin.
- Register an onload event handler.
- In your onload event handler register an event handler for the deviceready event.
- In your deviceready event handler you are ready to begin calling PhoneGap method.
- Create and ipAddress using cordova.require("cordova/plugin/ipaddress"). The string passed to require must match the one you provided in the earlier cordova.define() method.
- Call the get method on your ipAddress object.


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Nothing is worse than tangled headphones! These DIY perler bead cord organizers will save you from the dreaded headphone nightmare and will keep your cords in pristine condition.
How to make perler bead cord organizers
- Perler beads
- Perler bead peg board (round and/or square)
- Iron
- Tweezers
- Hot glue & hot glue gun
- Bamboo skewer (optional)
- Create a circle on a round peg board that is 11 beads across -- this will create the first cookie of the sandwich cookie. I created the circle using a light brown color perler bead. You may find it easier to pick up and place the perler beads using the aid of a bamboo skewer.
- Once you've filled in the entire circle remove a few of the beads using tweezers or a bamboo skewer and replace them with darker brown perler beads to resemble chocolate chips.
- Then remove a line of three perler beads on either side of the circle, directly cross from one another. These will create the notches to organize the plug and earbuds on either end of the cord.
- Pre-heat your iron to medium or medium high. Place the ironing paper that comes with your perler beads over your circle and then iron in a circular motion for 10 seconds. Carefully lift the paper to see if the beads have melted together -- if not, iron for another ten seconds. Allow the cookie to cool for a second and then peel the paper off, flip the cookie over, place the paper back down and iron the second side. Allow to cool, peel away the paper and you've created the first cookie of your sandwich cookie.
- Create and iron a second circle shaped cookie identical to the first but without the notches.
- Next create and iron a circle that is two rows smaller than the cookie to resemble the filling. Then remove a single perler beads on either side of the circle, directly cross from one another -- this accommodates the organizing notches in the cookie. I created this circle using white perler beads. Create and iron two filling layers.
- Now we'll combine all four layers to create the three-dimensional sandwich cookie. Using hot glue connect one filling layer to the cookie with the notches making sure the spaces are aligned. Glue on the second layer of filling and then top it off with the second cookie. Allow the hot glue to cool.
- To use your cord organizer, place your ear buds in one notch, wrap the cord around the center filling layers and then tuck the plug into the second notch. The wrapped cord ends up looking like more delicious filling!
Helpful Tips:
- You can create all manner of cookie varieties! Try a second rectangular-shaped wafer cookie as shown in the video.
- Ear buds come in wide range of colors -- create a cookie using similar color perler beads for the filling layers


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(CNN) -- In the 22 years that Jay Leno hosted the "Tonight Show" -- give or take the spare months Conan O'Brien took the helm -- O.J. Simpson was the celebrity most often used as the butt of Leno's jokes.
The TV veteran took aim at politicians and celebrities with equal zeal, landing family friendly barbs about Lindsay Lohan alongside wisecracks about Al Gore. (Interestingly enough, former President Bill Clinton was the biggest Leno target of all.)
But on Thursday, Leno departed "Tonight" with a simple, tearful farewell.
"It's fun to kind of be the old guy and sit back here and see where the next generation takes this great institution, and it really is. It's been a great institution for 60 years. I'm so glad I got to be a part of it, but it really is time to go, hand it off to the next guy. It really is," Leno said.
"And in closing, I want to quote Johnny Carson, who was the greatest guy to ever do this job. And he said, 'I bid you all a heartfelt goodbye.'"
Now as we reminisce about his comic talents, we take a look at the stars he most frequently joked about, which are listed below.
Although the joke was occasionally on Leno in the press, the 63-year-old's late-night colleague, Jimmy Kimmel, made a great point with his goodbye tweet to Leno.
"Issues aside, 20 years at #1 is a remarkable achievement," Kimmel posted Thursday. "Congratulations and best wishes to @jayleno on an incredible run."
At least Leno can know that after all the drama he's had in his position, he's going out on top. Relive some of his best moments in the video below.
Tune in to the "Tonight Show" on February 17 to see the newest host, Jimmy Fallon, take over.


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Consumer Reports' latest review of smartphones have surprised many because the top-ranked smartphone is not from Apple, and phones from Samsung, LG and Motorola have beaten the iPhone 5 in a battery of tests.
Business Insider reported that the iPhone 5 isn't even in the top 3 smartphones on Verizon, instead those honors go to three Android phones, the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, the Motorola Droid Razr HD and rounding out the three is the Samsung Galaxy S III. For AT&T and Sprint, The LG Optimus G is ranked No. 1 and the Samsung Galaxy S III is No. 2 on both AT&T and Sprint providers. The iPhone 5 ranks third on AT&T and Sprint. Samsung's Galaxy S III is also tops at T-Mobile.
Several reports seemed to find this news shocking, including Boy Genius Report and TUAW. Forbes, however, took an "I told you so" stance, as did many other online news outlets, which we believe you should all take with a grain of salt since it was the first time we ever saw them take such a side. The results show that each phone is only about a point apart, so it's likely that the iPhone is a good choice for a smartphone overall, just like the Samsung, LG and Motorola models.
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Last night, the Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines to capture the 2013 National Championship.
While watching the tournament, you probably noticed a number of engaging advertisements for Dove Men + Care, an initiative to "end the face torture" that occurs when men's faces take abuse because of improper care. Dove wants all of us gents to have fresh faces, and they give us the tools to do so.
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Neither school in last night's title game can really be considered a 'fresh face' in the tournament's final weekend, as Louisville has now won three titles while the Wolverines have a title of their own (plus the complicated Final Four legacy of the Fab 5).
However, there were a number of players in this year's Final Four who can be considered fresh faces.
Some of these guys will be back next year to add to their collegiate accomplishments and legacies, while others will likely be plying their trade in the NBA. Regardless, they provided memorable moments during this now-completed March Madness.
Luke Hancock, Louisville
We have to start here, with the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Hancock proved that you don't have to be in the starting lineup to have the biggest impact of all.
After leading the Cardinals to a come-from-behind victory of Wichita State, Hancock did it again versus Michigan. With the Wolverines up by double digits in the first half, Hancock (a transfer from George Mason) took it upon himself to lead Louisville back. He started raining threes from all over the court, going 5-5 in the game and finishing with 22 points.
His name might not have been of the household variety before the tournament, but it certainly is now. And he'll back next year as a senior to help Louisville defend their crown.
Mitch McGary, Michigan
McGary didn't have a great championship game, but it became the cliche of the tournament to say that McGary was this March's breakout star. After an up and down freshman season, McGary stormed in the national college hoops consciousness by dominating down low for the Wolverines during their march to the final game.
The only question now is will the big, talented McGary parlay his tourney success into a first round NBA draft slot? Or will be be around to terrorize opposing postmen next year?
Wichita State
Congrats to the Shockers, who it could be argued gave Louisville an even tougher matchup than Michigan. Even into the second half Wichita State controlled the game before eventually succumbing to Louisville's swarming D and timely O.
And while Wichita State shouldn't necessarily be considered a 'fresh face,' because they have been an excellent program for a while now, it is still always a pleasant surprise when a #9 seed, especially one that isn't from a power conference, crashes the final ball.
Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse
Last year, Michael Carter-Williams was stuck on the bench behind a senior leader (Scoop Jardine), a dynamic future lottery pick (Dion Waiters), and a guy who has been starting at Syracuse since, it seems like, Carmelo Anthony's freshman year (Brandon Triche). But given the chance to play this year, Carter-Williams proved just how good he can be.
MCW did not have a particularly strong game against Michigan in the Final Four, but his sterling performances against Indiana and Marquette were a major reason why the 'Cuse made it to the tournament's final weekend.
Kevin Ware, Louisville
Few people outside of The Commonwealth knew the name Kevin Ware before the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately, because of his horrific injury, even casual sports fans now know his name.
And in one of the great moments of this year's tourney, Ware was able to make the final cut on the net last night for the team he helped inspire to the championship.
What other fresh faces did you take notice of during this year's tournament?


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|John and Bertha Boegel nee Rosbeck (sitting)
"Mrs. John Boegel
Mrs. John Boegel, 66, nee Bertha Rosbeck, of the town of Ashford, residing near St. Kilian, passed away Tuesday, June 3, at St. Joseph's hospital, West Bend, after an illness of nine months with carcinoma.
Born Aug. 2, 1880, in the town of Wayne, near St. Kilian, she made her home in the vicinity of St. Kilian most of her life. She was married to John Boegel on April 24, 1900, at St. Kilian and he preceded her in death on March 2, 1935.
The deceased was the mother of four children, one of whom predeceased her. Surviving are Roman of Theresa, Leona (Mrs. Roman Kuehl) of St. Kilian and Clarence of Barton. She also leaves five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Frances Steichen of Milwaukee and Mrs. Wm. Pesch of Kewaskum; five brothers, John, Herman, Martin, Adolph and Alfred Rosbeck; one daughter-in-law and on son-in-law.
The remains were in state at the Miller funeral home here from 7 p.m. Wednesday until the time of funeral services which were held at 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mathias church in the town of Auburn, the Rt. Rev. J. C. Lederer officiating. Burial was in St. Matthew's cemetery at Campbellsport.
Mrs. Boegel was a member of the Ladies' Altar society of St. Mathias parish, the members of which attended the services in a body.
Card of Thanks
Words cannot adequately express our deep appreciation for the many kind and sympathetic acts that came to us at the time of our bereavement. We are grateful to all who helped in any way during the sickness and after the death of our beloved mother. Mrs. Bertha Boegel, especially Rt. Rev. Lederer, choir, pallbearers, Lades' Altar society, for the floral offerings, spiritual bouquets, to the traffic officer, Miller funeral home and all who showed respect by calling at the funeral home or attending the funeral.
The Surviving Children"
Bertha was my husband's great grandmother. I feel very lucky to have a wedding picture of the young couple. I need to ask mom if she knows who the other two standing in the picture were! Since I try to type the obits as-is (no corrections...any differences are my own errors!), I need to specify that the paper got a couple things wrong or were omitted...
1) Bertha's daughter, Leona, was married to a man named Romand Kuehl not Roman. There is a "D" at the end of her son-in-law's name. Her brother was just plain Roman.
2) I really don't know why they mentioned that one of her son's predeceased her and then didn't mention his name. Either way, his name was Rudolph and he died in a hunting accident on December 7, 1924.
I also wanted to note that since this obituary was passed on to me by my mother-in-law and was a clipping, I do not know for sure which Wisconsin newspaper ran the obit not the exact date. It shouldn't be too difficult for someone wanting to track it down though!