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Monday, September 17, 2007
Bambanet Application a Headache
16 comments:
- coldtusker said...
Please let us know how the service works out.
I wonder what "real" speeds you will get as well as coverage.
- September 18, 2007 5:12 AM
- Harry Karanja said...
Finally, I'm connected. Posting this comment now from home using the Bambanet connection. So far, so good ... the jury is still out however on the speeds.
- September 22, 2007 8:41 AM
- Taruk Izamah said...
Hello Harry, could you keep us posted on your quality experience of this service? I am currently looking into the options of hooking up a childrens home @ Thika to the internet. The only viable option so far is GPRS for 30usd/month/250MB xfer, but this looks more promising. Thanks for your feedback!
- November 02, 2007 12:21 PM
I enjoy reading your blog alot.
I have a simplew question.
Can you use the bambanet in trading forex?
I'll be glad for your answer.
- November 09, 2007 7:48 PM
I forgot to inform you that i was one of your scalp student and i have started trading live, this is my second week and i am impressed with the pips i am getting. I started with a very small account so that i can learn to control my emotions with real money.
So that is why i wanted to know whether the bambanet can be reliable in fx trading.
- November 09, 2007 7:54 PM
- ngugimunji said...
lets talk time....assuming you don`t download anything,how much can you expect to pay after say an hour?
- November 14, 2007 5:28 PM
- Harry Karanja said...
Hey Ngugimunji,
Are you using the term "downloading" strictly or referring only to files that are not viewable on the browser (exes, zips etc.)
Because strictly speaking any information coming through your browser is 'downloaded'; like this page you're viewing. So if you don't download anything (and also don't upload anything), you should pay nothing.
However if you were using download in the looser sense of only apps and archives, then you can spend anywhere between 20/- and 60/- (assuming a 10bob/MB rate) depending on how much of a clickaholic you are
- November 15, 2007 8:56 AM
- majiqmud said...
... its so hard to get any straight word about the connection speeds with this service ... everybody is dodging the issue ...
what are the averages, best we can hope for startupkenya?
- December 23, 2007 2:13 PM
- Harry Karanja said...
Hi thanks all for the interest you have shown in this post.
@majiq is right that the issue of speed has not been clearly brought out, but maybe it's because there's no yardstick to use; but let me try.
First technical. Bambanet comes with the ability to connect to three types of network signals: HSPDA, EDGE, and GPRS
HSPDA is the fastest and only available in some areas of Nairobi. Network speed is indicated as 3.2 Mbps but actual throughput will average about 25Kbps. Latency averages about 800 ms
EDGE is available almost everywhere else. Network Speed indicated as 236Kbps, actual throughput about 8 Kbps. Latency averages about 1600 ms.
GPRS is the slowest and I've experienced it in very remote areas . Network speed 53Kbps, throughput 1-3 Kbps, latency 2500 - 3500 ms
Now practially,
Bambanet has been very useful to me, let me list some of its benefits.
1. I'm not sure whether this is a policy change by Safaricom or a mistake but I'm never charged more than KSh. 2,000 even when I exceed 700 MB.
2. I can use Bambanet to trade forex.
3. Speeds improve greatly at night which is great because that's when I'm at home and I need the bambanet.
4. I can do most activities online that I would do with my office broadband connection (except for P2P sharing)
5. I can use Bambanet in Uganda and Tanzania kama kawaida!
6. Speeds are great in the suburbs, great news for those advocating for neighbourhood networks.
Hope this info helps.
Happy browsing.
- January 03, 2008 9:18 PM
please could someone using this device explain clearly how it works and the charges.
- February 18, 2008 3:18 PM
- Harry Karanja said...
@ anon Feb 18.
Safaricom offers two payment options: prepaid and postpaid. Visit their website at http://www.safaricom.co.ke/2005/default2.asp?active_page_id=469 for more information on the charges.
I personally use the postpaid option, and I paid KES 8,000 at setup and KES 2,000 every month thereafter.
The Bambanet service is a dial-up service. Safaricom provides you with a 3G modem which you connect to your computer through the USB port. The configuration is plug and play so any PC with Windows 98 onwards should be very simple to set up. When connected for the first time the modem installs software that allows you to easily connect to the internet, configure settings, and/or send SMSs
To connect to the Internet you dial-up to the Safaricom network by clicking a button on the software. Once connected you browse as usual.
Hope this helps.
- February 19, 2008 9:29 AM
- A dogs life in Africa said...
I use 3G from the edge of the rift valley. Speeds are good and everything works - it's almost too good to be true. In fact, it is too good, here I am thinking I'll go out and enjoy the great outdoors, but no, hey the internet works in the bush, I'm fighting for time on my own PC with my son! Price - hey a musical bell went off then a text appeared warning me that I owed Safaricom 4,000. That sounds excessive but not compared to my dumb ass friends who are paid 17k for installation and 15 k per month subscription to wireless at home ...the only place they can take their laptop is to the loo, at least I can play on mine anywhere, anytime....
- March 05, 2008 3:26 PM
I agree with you about these. Well someday Ill create a blog to compete you! lolz.
- May 22, 2008 1:34 PM
- Unknown said...
Hey People...
Does any one here know where I can get Zencafe in Nairobi or Kenya??
Have been looking around but guys dont seem to know about it !!
- July 15, 2008 4:10 PM
- Benochali said...
Safaricom Bambanet is trully the most affordable internet connection available in Kenya.Am greatful they came up with the data bundles which is cheaper and more convenient to prepaid users.By just toping with regular scratch cards up and using,one is charged Ksh.8 per MB(uploads and downloads).Buying 300mb cost Ksh999,700mb cost Ksh 1999,2GB cost Ksh 3999.
To activate data bundles of your choice,send the word "ACTIVATE" to the following codes 300mb to 446,700mb to 447,1GB to 448.Top up with regular scrach cards.Am not such a heavy user so 700mb is just enough for me in one month.It is cheaper compared to most ISPs.
- September 27, 2008 8:49 AM
- Harry Karanja said...
An update to my Bambanet experience.
Although I was an early believer to this service, I have made a permanent switch to Zain for the following two reasons:
1. Consitency: - The service from SCom although at times incredibly fast (if you're in Nairobi) is grossly inconsistent. Don't these guys get it, consistency over speed always.
2. Charging: - Safaricom's post-paid contracts are dreadful. First of all, the 2000 figure is charged per calendar month, whether or not you use the service, whether or not the service is even connected. This is the MOST shameful and unapologetic example of corporate greed. I mean, I stopped using the service after I was getting 7K bills per month and what do they do? They cut my connection and continue charging me 2k per month. Shame on you Safaricom
Zain on the other hand charges a flat 3K per month (pro ratad) with round the clock and consistent speeds. in fact nearly 100% of the many people i initially preached bambanet too, have now moved to the Zain connection.
- September 29, 2008 11:46 AM


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Mango sponge mousse layer cake
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Oh, that looks absolutely delicious! Really light and fluffy. I can join your 'I suck at frosting' club, as it frustrates me enormously! You've done a great job here though :-)ReplyDelete
Jesica, this cake looks so impressive. I have been looking for a mango cake recipe for ages so thank you for posting this. Its very sweet that you made this for your friend even though you dont even like mango cake!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 October, 2011 13:50
@ Paula: Yes!! YES!! We shall conquer all the buttercream, whipped cream in this world...!!ReplyDelete
@ Mandy: Thank you so much... For those several hours, I grudgingly asked my friend "why mango? why mango? why mango?" But this goes to show, bakers don't always get to choose what they bake! :)
Wow, this looks super moist and so good! My kids would flip for this. Heck, we all would. I avoid frosting at all costs. I would much rather sprinkle some powdered sugar on a cupcake or cake and call it a day. Lovely blog you have here :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 October, 2011 07:52
@ Dee: Thank you Dee, I'm following yours (blog) closely! Same, I'd rather not have frostings, but the world demands it necessary! (it does complete your cake, one way or the other, like powdering a beautiful face)ReplyDelete
Wow! I would love to dig into this cake right away!! The close-up shot is even more tempting ;-)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 October, 2011 04:10
Oh, that looks delightful!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 October, 2011 07:24
@ easyfoodsmith: Thank you! I'd share one with you if you were my neighbour! :p (you'd have to share yours too or i might just steal some...)ReplyDelete
@ movita: thank you! your chocolate zucchini bread looks scrumptious!

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As the number of first-line HIV treatment options has greatly expanded over the last several years, research on the other end of the spectrum -- on antiretrovirals for people with extensive drug resistance -- has felt more stagnant. Last year's demise of vicriviroc cast a shadow over drug development in "deep salvage" situations, and left many in the field concerned that the small-but-growing number of people with dwindling treatment options may increasingly be up the creek without a paddle.
It's for that reason, as much as any, that ibalizumab raises so many feelings of hope: Though still relatively early in its development, ibalizumab is a potential oasis in the desert for HIV treatment-experienced people and the clinicians who treat them. Here at ICAAC 2011, new data maintain the vision of that oasis; whether it turns out to be the real thing or just a mirage will be borne out in future studies.
Ibalizumab is by no means a new kid on the HIV-treatment-research block: It's been in an assortment of early-phase studies for the better part of a decade, formerly under the name TNX-355, which has now been changed to TMB-355. It aims to eventually become the first HIV drug approved in the "monoclonal antibody" class -- a group of entry inhibitors that works differently from all the other types of entry inhibitors, though its exact mechanism currently remains a mystery even to the scientists who are developing it. Previous research has offered tantalizing signs that ibalizumab may be effective in highly treatment-resistant patients and -- perhaps almost as exciting -- may also buck the tradition of antiretrovirals that must be taken at least once per day in order to retain their efficacy.
The phase 2b study results presented here by Stanley Lewis, M.D., M.P.H., of TaiMed Biologics USA, the latest company to take on the mantle of developing ibalizumab, reaffirm the drug's potential. The double-blind (but not placebo-controlled) study involved 113 highly treatment-experienced patients -- we're talking people who had resistance to all three major HIV drug classes (NNRTIs, NRTIs and protease inhibitors) and were failing their current regimen (with a viral load of 1,000 or higher; mean viral load at baseline was actually well over 100,000), though there was still at least one antiretroviral in an optimized background regimen (OBR) that their HIV would be susceptible to. On average, study volunteers had been living with HIV for 17 years (and were in their late 40s); most patients were men and a majority were white. The vast majority of study participants entered with a CD4 count below 200.
These volunteers were randomized to receive an OBR plus ibalizumab in one of two doses: 800 mg once every two weeks or 2,000 mg every four weeks. You read right: a monthly dose. The catch is that the medication was administered via infusion, which isn't the most patient-friendly way to take a drug.
Twenty-four week data were presented. They show similar efficacy between both arms of the study, with the 800-mg-per-two-weeks dose trending slightly better in the primary endpoint: undetectable viral load.
The results were not stunning, but they were encouraging, particularly considering these volunteers' treatment history and baseline viral load: Forty-four percent of people on the 800-mg arm and 28% of people on the 2,000-mg arm reached a viral load below 50 (P = .160), while 58% of people on the 800-mg arm and 46% of people on the 2,000-mg arm reached a viral load below 400 (P = .321).
Other data similarly showed modest (in absolute terms), but noteworthy, gains: a median viral load drop from baseline of 1.6 log among patients on the 800-mg arm, versus 1.5 log among patients on the 2,000-mg arm; a median CD4+ cell count gain of 37 among patients on the 800-mg arm, versus 40 for the 2,000-mg arm; and the percentage of patients with a CD4+ cell count below 20 dropped from 26% at baseline to 12% after 24 weeks on treatment.
Importantly, though, this was not a controlled trial (there was no OBR-only or OBR-plus-placebo arm), so it's difficult to gauge how much of this success is due to ibalizumab and how much is thanks to the OBR. In a Q & A following the presentation, clinician-researcher Cal Cohen, M.D., contended that these efficacy findings were similar to that seen for OBRs in some previous clinical trials. So there is certainly skepticism among some researchers regarding the drug's true efficacy in highly treatment-experienced patients.
Moving on to adverse events: They were relatively common, with rash and diarrhea leading the way, closely followed by headache, upper respiratory tract infections, nausea, fatigue, cough, vomiting, nasopharyngitis and oral candidiasis (with some of these perhaps suggesting that immune reconstitution syndrome came into play as suppressed immune systems began to recover). Grade 3/4 lab abnormalities were also noted in several areas, including absolute neutrophil count, total cholesterol, creatinine, glucose, phosphorus and urine protein. In almost all cases, the 2,000-mg dose was more frequently associated with these adverse events and lab abnormalities than the 800-mg dose -- although, again, a lack of a control arm makes it difficult to determine which adverse effects are ibalizumab-related.
Worth noting after that laundry list of potential problems, however, is this: No volunteers reported reactions at the drug-infusion site; there were no reports of immunogenicity, which is a theoretical concern for an entry inhibitor with an as-yet-unknown mechanism of action; and none of the drug-related adverse events were severe.
And so, this intriguing and unique antiretroviral moves onward, albeit slowly. A small, phase 1 study going by the name TMB-108 is now recruiting. It will assess the safety and pharmacokinetics (in HIV-uninfected volunteers) of a subcutaneous administration for ibalizumab, which is still no walk in the park for patients, but is a leap and/or bound better than infusion (and the no-more-than-weekly dosing schedule would hopefully make injection site reactions more rare than they were for enfuvirtide [T-20, Fuzeon], that other not-so-popular subcutaneously injected antiretroviral). The study is being conducted in concert with the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Lewis also noted that an AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) trial, study A5299, would also study subcutaneous ibalizumab in HIV-infected volunteers, with a similar design to TMB-108.
In questions after his presentation, Lewis noted that the drug was most likely to continue its development using either a once-every-two-weeks dose, or even a once-weekly dose, to minimize the risk of adverse events and lab abnormalities that appeared more frequent with the higher-but-less-frequent dose.
While we wait for drugs such as ibalizumab to hopefully yield new treatment options for those who sorely need it, there are -- well, there are those who sorely need it. I urge any of you who are currently treating multidrug-resistant patients who are failing their current therapy to read Nelson Vergel's recent blog post on "single-patient Investigational New Drug" access and do what you can to hook your patients up.
Myles Helfand is the editorial director of TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
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Here's a somewhat amusing pitch forwarded to us by two people in the past 12 hours from an aspiring author named Lisa Monks who's writing a tell-all about some of her NBA bedroom conquests. From her [sic]'d email — sent to a couple gossip mags — it promises these not-so-explosive bombshells:
SUBJECT: Kardashian/Humphries/ details of what it's like to sleep with Kim's sexy fiancee!! and a book to follow that includes juicy details of other famous ballers!
I have a book that's almost ready to publish how not to marry a baller. All the mistakes I've made, and juicy details of the famous athletes I've been with.
This would be a great headline and great timing with Kris Humphries, Bosh and Lebron being big news right now. The heat are in the play offs, Kris' engagement. You can get the inside scoop on the book I have coming out. It's the truth about being mixed up with these guy's, not the glamourised version about trips and shopping.
Monks is 44, Canadian and looking for love, which she may have to find in the publishing business now that she's abandoned hopes for a stable relationship with a professional athlete. Oh if some of you were saying "I bet that lady has a sparkly MySpace page with excerpts from her unpublished book about banging Kim Kardashian's fiancee," after reading Lisa's pitch go ahead and high-five yourselves, winners. Also, Monks should set think about setting her sights on this fella. They could compare desperation notes.
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The collapse of New York's Twin Towers has been voted the "most memorable TV moment" of the last 50 years in a poll carried out by UK digital TV outfit Freeview.
The final top 10 has a decidedly Anglo-American feel, with the Moon landing, the funeral of the Sainted Lady Di, Python's Dead Parrot, and JFK's demise jostling for position. The outside world is represented by just one historic event: the fall of the Berlin Wall. Here's the full listing:
- Twin Towers collapse
- Princess Diana's funeral
- Moon landing
- Fall of the Berlin Wall
- Bob Geldof telling Live Aid viewers to "give us your fucking money"
- Two Ronnies' Four Candles sketch
- David Brent's dance from The Office
- Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch
- England's 1966 World Cup win
- Assassination of John F Kennedy
In case you're wondering just why Freeview chose to publish these fairly predictable results now, Reuters reckons it's to herald the fact that Whitehaven in Cumbria will this week become the first place to switch off its analogue telly signal in the run-up to the big digital switchover between 2008-12. ®
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By Jason HoppinSanta Cruz Sentinel Posted: 01/21/2013 03:56:59 PM
More than a dozen California cities have special rules for the backpack-sized machines, with several — Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles among them — banning gas-powered versions outright. Critics call them a noisy headache that kicks up dust and pollutes the air.
"We see fit to destroy the sound scape in vain pursuit to perfect the landscape. It's crazy," said Ken Foster of Terra Nova Landscaping, who stopped using gas leaf blowers years ago. "There's a lot of other ways we can achieve beauty."
Foster is organizing the inaugural meeting of the task force in early February. He is hoping to draw as many interested parties and as much input as possible on what can, or should, be done.
The first order of business is to articulate the problem, Foster said. After that, he wants to research what works in other communities — whether it's restrictions, a ban or just education — before possibly taking recommendations to local governments.
The California Landscape Contractors Association opposes leaf blower bans, while acknowledging concerns about their operation. The group makes several recommendations on their use, including noting there rarely is cause to use blowers on full throttle.
But the Sacramento-based group maintains leaf blowers
are fundamental tools and time-savers that efficiently clean rock, gravel or bark-covered areas.
"Leaf blowers are essential for landscape maintenance professionals," the group said in a statement.
Phil Roberson, owner of Aloha Landscape, said leaf blowers are a necessary evil, particularly when it comes to large commercial clients. He said he instructs employees about proper leaf blower operation, but without them "there is no business."
"I actually can't stand leaf blowers," Roberson said. "It's the most efficient way, when you're paying employees, to clean up a job."
There are electric leaf blowers — though Santa Monica bans even those — and while Foster said they're preferable, they still don't address the issue of kicking up particulate matter, which can include pesticides, fecal material or brake dust.
"It's a little bit like organic heroin. No matter how much effort you put into being ecological, it's still a bad idea," Foster said.
While the primary driver of regulations is noise — the machines sound like a bumble bee with an amplifier — environmentalists also are focusing more on leaf blowers and other equipment with small combustion engines.
However, neither the city of Santa Cruz nor the county address two-stroke engines in their plans to minimize climate change.
Since they burn both oil and gas, two-stroke engines can release more emissions into the environment than passenger trucks. And studies have shown two-stroke marine engines can splutter a quarter of their fuel, unused, into the water.
The Landscape Contractors Association calls air emissions a "spurious issue," citing tougher state emissions standards and leaf blowers' intermittent use. It also said any regulation on those grounds should be left to state and federal authorities.
For nearly two decades, the state Air Resources Board has enacted tougher restrictions for all two-stroke engines. Some local jurisdictions have even tougher rules on them, with older marine engines banned on Lake Tahoe and some Santa Clara County reservoirs, for example.
And when personal watercraft such as Jet Skis were banned from the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in 2008, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cited not only their erratic operation, but also reports noting two-stroke engine pollution.
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Source: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...ard-drive.aspx
According to a report based on leaked Xbox development documents published at the website The Verge, users will be required to install disc-based games on the next Xbox's hard drive.
The Verge report is based on leaked documents that were published on VGLeaks.com. In the documentation sent out to developers, Microsoft states, "Durango consoles will have a Blu-ray Disc drive. Disc media will be used for distribution, but during gameplay, games will not use content from the optical disc. An installation system is being designed that will allow gamers to begin playing while the game is being installed on the hard drive rather than waiting until installation is complete."
Another part of the document says that Durango "will always maintain a network connection so that the console software and games are always current."
Both these facts are leading to further speculation about the possibility that the next Xbox will have "always-on" DRM and could potentially lock out used games from being used on the system, something that industry analyst Michael Pachter doesn't think will happen.
One thing that's important to note: these documents are over a year old and it's possible that Microsoft's plans for the system could have changed.
Source: VGLeaks via The Verge
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CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is urging hunters and others who go into the back country to be cautious in grizzly country and carry bear spray.
Tara Teaschner with the game department in Cody says the department anticipates more people will encounter bears as they become more active and hunters take to the field.
Teaschner says hunter's techniques such as moving quietly and being active at dawn and dusk make them more likely to encounter bears. She says hunters and others in bear country should be prepared for a confrontation.
The game department recommends that hunters carry bear spray and know how and when to use it. Hunters also should hunt with a partner and stay in sight of each other.


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Yes, the constitution protects one's right to speak anonymously, but only to a certain extent. The question of one's First Amendment right to speak anonymously comes up pretty often in situations where a plaintiff seeks to unmask the identity of someone who is alleged to have committed an illegal act against the plaintiff online. Most often it is a plaintiff seeking to unmask an online critic in a defamation lawsuit.
In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court held in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission that a state statute prohibiting the distribution of anonymous campaign literature was unconstitutional. The court said that "an author's decision to remain anonymous, like other decisions concerning omissions or additions to the content of a publication, is an aspect of the freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment." 514 U.S., at 342.
One would be hard pressed to overstate the importance of anonymous speech. Three and a half decades before the McIntyre decision, the Supreme Court observed that "[p]ersecuted groups and sects from time to time throughout history have been able to criticize oppressive practices and laws either anonymously or not at all." Talley v. California, 362 U.S. 60, 64 (1960). And "[t]he loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury." Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373 (1976).
But free speech protection has its limits. A person does not have a First Amendment right to defame another. So when one party seeks to "de-anonymize" another using the court system, the judge must strike a balance between the plaintiff's right to seek redress and the defendant's interest (if any) in remaining anonymous.
Courts have come up with a variety of balancing tests. Though different courts have come up with different ways of conducting the analysis, the test always involves looking at the strength of the facts the plaintiff puts in his or her initial filing. The more likely it appears there is real defamation, for example, the less likely the anonymous speech will be protected. If the strength of those allegations gets beyond a certain tipping point, the risk of an anonymous free speech violation becomes outweighed by the need for the plaintiff to get relief for the unprotected, unlawful speech.
Evan Brown is a Chicago technology and intellectual property attorney, representing businesses and individuals in a variety of situations, including matters dealing with online anonymity and anonymous speech.
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In Moorcock's writing the Cosmic Balance is a force unto itself, albeit less forceful than Chaos or Law. Agents of the Balance battle Chaos's attempts to dominate worlds. (Law, apparently, is too lawful to violate the Balance, which doesn't ring true to me.) AD&D had a similar concept in True Neutral, a notably tenet of Druids. Unlike regular neutrals, who for the most part don't care about things that don't affect them, True Neutrals are neutrality extremists, intent on correcting any tilt
D&D 4th Edition assumes that the most important distinctions are between Good and Evil, for some definition of Good and Evil. What if we consider Law and Chaos as primary? Three of our alignments then become Lawful, Unaligned, and Chaos.
Lawful Good and Chaotic Evil could round out the set ... but really, people follow the Law always think of themselves as doing so for the Greater Good, and there's little difference between capricious and malevolent. Let's try something interesting.
Updated 04-29-2012 at 09:14 PM by fmitchell
D&D's various alignment systems provoke a lot of discussion, partly because they have multiple interpretations and multiple purposes. To quickly review changes across editions:
Original D&D and Basic D&D had only three alignments: Law, Neutrality, and Chaos. (One version of Basic, I forget which, added "Good" and "Evil". Not Lawful Good or Chaotic Good, just "Good".) Essentially it represented which "side" a character was on
"What is that THING you're using as an avatar now?"
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Lots of us have probably taunted Hanley Ramirez. He ruined fantasy teams (and, to some extent, the Marlins) in 2011, he porked up, he bungled balls in the field. But like any vengeful young man, he has waited six months and found revenge in a Spanish-language advertisement for a slightly downmarket sports drink.
Ramirez writes the Twitter handles of those who mocked @HanleyRamirez on a bat, and then he hits a ball with that bat. Doesn't it sting?
Have you criticized Hanley Ramirez on Twitter? Your name may be on his bat! [Big League Stew]


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Microsoft Faces 4 Big Challenges
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It's been an eventful few days for Microsoft, but new CEO Satya Nadella appears to have emerged with investors still on his side. Last week, he announced plans to lay off 18,000 workers. This week, his company announced earnings that would have been unequivocally strong had it not been for profit losses tied to its $7 billion Nokia Devices and Services acquisition, which accounts for two-thirds of the layoffs. Despite the tumult, and thanks to the quarter's stellar cloud and server revenue, Microsoft's stock has held steady since the job reductions were announced; within striking distance of $45 per share, it's also up 12% since Nadella took over.
But that doesn't mean Microsoft has nothing to worry about. The company had plenty of strong financials to crow about during the most recent quarter, but Nadella's popularity hasn't just been about numbers. It's also been about his willingness to admit that Microsoft faces an uphill battle in many markets, notably smartphones and tablets. By initiating layoffs, Nadella has taken a big step toward installing the 'challenger mindset' he says his company needs -- but many steps still remain. Here are four pressing questions Microsoft and its new CEO must still face.
[For more insight on Microsoft's device strategy, see Nadella's Windows 9 And Device Plans, Explained.]
1. Will Nokia fit inside Microsoft? Over the last week, Microsoft execs have gone out of their way to emphasize that the company is scaling down its device efforts. Yes, it will still make devices, because Windows Phone needs the help and because Microsoft wants devices that show off what its cloud services can do. But Nadella clearly knows some investors are leery of Microsoft's hardware ambitions, and he and other senior leaders have appeared determined this week to circumvent new concerns.
'We're not in hardware for hardware's sake,' Nadella said during this week's earnings call.
That sounds good -- but what does it mean for Nokia? Microsoft execs spoke optimistically this week about Windows Phone growth in emerging markets, but they conceded that low-cost (and thus low-profit) devices drove most of the sales. Nadella said that, to generate high-end demand, Microsoft will create devices that 'light up' Microsoft's digital services, such as Cortana, OneNote, and Office Lens. Will it work? Time will tell, but we'll know more after we see Microsoft throw its efforts behind a new flagship phone.
In the meantime, Microsoft will have to contend not only with Android, which is particularly dominant in the low-margin markets where Windows Phone has some traction, but also with the iPhone. Apple's smartphone could pose a particular challenge to Nadella's plan to situate Windows as the premier smartphone OS for productivity. Apple devices are already popular in the enterprise, could enjoy revitalized consumer growth when rumored phablet models arrive this year, and now have the backing of IBM's enterprise software and salesforce.
2. Will Microsoft's hybrid cloud synergies continue to click? Nadella's cloud-focused strategy looked particularly promising after this week's earnings report; Microsoft said commercial cloud revenue was up 147% year-over-year and is on pace for a full-year total of more than $4.4 billion. Moreover, execs said the cloud momentum -- which includes products such as Office 365, Azure, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Dynamics CRM, Lync Online, and Intune -- isn't cannibalizing its on-premises products.
'We don't see it as a zero-sum,' Nadella said this week.
Indeed, Microsoft also reported server products were up 14% from the same quarter last year. The implication is that hybrid cloud flexibility is helping customers to find the right balance
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So today I stumbled upon a framed and matted print (print, not orig. art), signed and numbered, from a favorite (and deceased) vintage artist of mine, and the ABAA-certified bookdealer is open to trades. About the only thing I have that could make it close to a wash would be a signed/limited Stephen King. I'm thinking of offering my signed/numbered/slipcased edition of King's UNDER THE DOME...also comes in the special aftermarket slipcase that includes a separate storage tray for the cards.
UNDER THE DOME was the book that brought King back in my life in 2009 after pretty much dismissing most of what he wrote in the ten'ish years before its publication (and found his '90s stuff hit and miss). That reigniting of Constant Readership lasted for a couple more books -- 11/22/63 and JOYLAND, both of which I loved -- before I once again fell off the bandwagon...tried one other one, DR. SLEEP, in 2013 and didn't care for it at all. I haven't read anything else of his since. I should also note that I have the signed/numbered limited editions of both 11/22/63 and JOYLAND (and CUJO) and two signed HC trade 1sts, so UNDER THE DOME is neither my only King limited nor my only signed King.
As mentioned, I'm thinking of trading it...but:
1). Since UNDER THE DOME reignited my King passion -- however briefly -- I do have some sentimental attachment to it, even though in the examination of things it's a stereotype-heavy, cliche-ridden book with a silly ending...not a bad book -- kinda fun, despite its faults -- but certainly not in the realm of 11/22/63 or JOYLAND (let alone his early classics). I won't be re-reading it.
2). I can't underscore how hard of a time I have selling books of much lesser import and pride and value...sometimes I think there's a certain hoarder aspect to this book-collecting hobby of mine. So: casting off a signed/limited Stephen King feels wrong by any measure...under normal circumstances.
3). But I reeaally want this signed print, so it feels like perhaps "normal circumstances" are not -- or should not be -- in play.
But will I miss the book? Am I being too impulsive (just saw the print today), and will I severely regret trading it away? All I know for sure is that I can't justify the expense of the print without doing this trade.
Not really sure about the point of this post, other than to put it down on paper, so to speak, and see if that helps resolve the issue....since rolling it around in my mind all day hasn't gotten me much closer to a decision. Any tips, advice, etc. anyone wants to throw my way is appreciated.


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Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:
Summarize the key new data and clinical findings around the use of CNIs post-transplant
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Tomorrow at New York City's Japan Society is Films For Hope, an international showcase of movies and short features inspired by Japanese animation. The event's date is no coincidence, as it falls a decade after 9/11 and six months after the Tōhoku earthquake. Notes io9 friend Marcelo Gallegos of this event over at Cinespect:
Themes which are prevalent in Japanese animation are particularly significant in light of both 9/11 and the recent earthquakes. A vengeful mother nature, often reacting to modern man's exploitation of the natural world, has its roots in Shinto beliefs and stories. Unease and tension experienced during the last 50 years of rapid modernization of Japan have given birth to apocalyptic landscapes and dystopian Neo-Tokyos. Terror manifests itself as demons, aliens and malevolent automatons. History shows that the Japanese have experienced tragedy and hardship in many forms, and have a singular insight into its effects. Through animation, the Japanese display their incredible resilience, reverence and creativity which have made them such a significant international influence [...]
At first glance, it may seem odd to spend 9/11 watching a day's worth of animation inspired by (or from) Japan. However, considering the massive loss Japan has endured with the March catastrophes, it seems an ideal fit as grief and remembrance is a social bond inasmuch as a personal experience – much like going to the movies.
Among those films being screened at the fundraiser are Pixar's new short La Luna and Dai Sato's Norageki! You can read more about it at the Japan Society's website.


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MaP (Maximum Performance) toilet flush testing - detailed information and reports on residential and light commercial toilet performance. To date, 2,000 different toilet models have been tested, 1,800 of which are reported in the public database on this website.


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Fatal Accident Shuts Down Portion of I-20 in Gregg County
An overnight accident involving an 18 wheeler has shut down a section of Interstate 20 in Gregg County.
Department of Public Safety says the M L K Bridge overpass is closed to westbound traffic and motorist are being re-routed to the access road at Estes Parkway.
Authorities report the accident occurred around 4 a.m. when a tractor trailer apparently lost control and burst into flames upon impact.
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Jerome M. Hauer, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's director of homeland security, took out his handgun and used the laser sighting device attached to the barrel as a pointer in a presentation to a foreign delegation, according to public officials. It happened Oct. 24 in Albany at the highly secure state emergency operations center below State Police headquarters.
These officials, one of whom claimed to be an eyewitness, said that three Swedish emergency managers in the delegation were rattled when the gun's laser tracked across one of their heads before Hauer found the map of New York, at which he wanted to point.
Hauer, commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, was disabled by a stroke a few years ago and can be unsteady. He isn't a law enforcement official. He carries the loaded 9-millimeter Glock in a holster into state buildings, an apparent violation of state law barring state employees from bringing weapons to the workplace, several witnesses say.
The incident with the Swedish delegation occurred during a two-hour briefing at the operations center concerning the state's response to Superstorm Sandy, according to one of the officials.
Asked about the matter over the course of several weeks, Cuomo's press aide promised to look into it but has repeatedly had no comment. Hauer's communications officer, Peter Cutler, also promised to look into it, but he has declined to respond beyond saying he is unaware that it happened. "I've heard rumors," Cutler said.
No one, including Hauer, has denied the episode happened. Approached by the Times Union at the Capitol after a meeting with Cuomo, Hauer was asked if he had used his gun as a pointer in a presentation. "You have bad sources," he said, but would not take follow-up questions.
According to one person who witnessed the scene in the conference room, which has mid-wall-to-ceiling windows so that people can see into the meeting space, two people opposite Hauer at the table moved quickly out of the line of the laser when he brought out the gun.
What happened that day? "Your guess is as good as mine," said Cutler, whose desk at the homeland security office at the Harriman Campus is a short walk down the hall to Hauer's. "I don't have any information on that."
Cutler said he would check to see if a Swedish delegation met with his boss on Oct. 24, but did not share whatever information he gathered.
Cutler also said he had no information about Hauer being under consideration for a job as a liaison between New York state government and the new administration of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
"I don't even know if he carries a weapon," Cutler said about his boss, who has drivers who also wear guns. Asked in the past why he carries a handgun, Hauer suggested that a reporter look him up in a Google search.
Cutler said Hauer is licensed to carry a gun in Albany and in New York City. The press officer said he isn't sure if his boss is authorized to carry one into state offices, however. He suggested a reporter contact the Office of General Services and the State Police to see if Hauer received some sort of carve-out from the Public Facilities Law, which prohibits employees from entering state buildings with weapons. Press officers from the two offices did not have information on Friday about whether Hauer has permission to bear arms at work.
Hauer, who is recognized as highly knowledgeable on bioterrorism security, is paid $136,000 a year in his post. He has been a consultant and was director of the New York City Office of Emergency Management during Mayor Rudy Giuliani's tenure.
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Farfalle with Cauliflower and Turkey Sausage (Adapted from CL)
2 links (about 4 ounces each) hot Italian turkey sausage
3 cups small cauliflower florets
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
5 garlic cloves, sliced
4 cups dry farfalle pasta
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/2 cup (about 2 ounces) fresh grated pecorino Romano cheese
fresh ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
With a knife, poke sausages several times so they retain their shape while roasting. In a small roasting pan, add sausage and cauliflower - drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil and toss to coat. Season with salt. Place into the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Remove and add garlic - toss gently to coat. Place back into the oven and continue to bake for 5 minutes, or until sausage is done. Remove and let stand 5 minutes. Slice sausage crosswise into 1/4" thick slices.
Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, add pasta and cook according to package directions. When ready, reserve 2 tablespoons cooking liquid - drain pasta.
In a large bowl, add drained pasta - pour in reserved cooking water, remaining 1 tablespoon oil and crushed red pepper - season with salt and toss until pasta is coated. Add cauliflower mixture, sausage and cheese - gently toss until combined. Season to taste with fresh ground black pepper.
Makes 4 servings.
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Farfalle with Cauliflower and Turkey Sausage
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I made this tonight. Small changes... broccoli instead of cauliflower and I halved the pasta/olive oil/parmesan. It was such a hit! Even my picky 4-year-old not only ate it, she asked if we can have it again tomorrow because it was so good. The roasted broccoli was the best. Yum!ReplyDelete
Jami - Perfect! Glad it worked out for you.ReplyDelete
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The U.S. SEC recently issued new rules requiring companies to provide financial statement information on their corporate web sites in an interactive data format using the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). This is good news because XBRL has the potential to increase the speed, accuracy, and usability of financial disclosures for investors while also ultimately reducing corporate costs.
Companies are now required to provide their financial statements on their corporate web sites in interactive data format using XBRL no later than the calendar day that they submit their financial statements to the SEC. In this format, financial statement information can be viewed interactively from your investor relations web sites, downloaded directly into spreadsheets, analyzed in a variety of ways using commercial off-the-shelf software and used within investment models in other software formats.
The U.S. SEC rules will apply to public companies and foreign private issuers that prepare their financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and foreign private issuers that prepare their financial statements using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
This interactive data format must be provided as an exhibit to all periodic and current reports and registration statements, as well as to transition reports for a change in fiscal year. The new rules are intended not only to make financial information easier for investors to analyze, but also to assist in automating regulatory filings and business information processing.
The XBRL Challenge
Until now, individual investors could obtain only high-level key financial figures for large companies with stock price history from sites like Yahoo! Finance and MSN Money. Institutional investors and research firms with deeper pockets could obtain real-time financial data feeds from pay-per-view data aggregators like EDGAR Online. However, these data sources are highly normalized, disconnected from the source and lack any semantic annotations. In greater detail, these data sources are fed by automated screen-scraper aggregation applications culling information from the HTML or ASCII filings and then are mapped to the data aggregators' various relational databases. This extraction process is expensive and error-prone -- especially when data has to be remapped to data aggregators' relational databases prior to distribution to their various subscription-based data feeds. Also lost in this aggregation process are essential features of financial information: access to the reporting entities' 'as-reported' stories, trust in the authenticity of the content, and granular detail. Data aggregated in this manner is not able to reflect the reporting entities' as-reported financials.
The SEC ruling introduces a phased mandate for filing in XBRL starting with the largest companies in June 2009, and the ruling will extend to companies of all sizes over the next three years. As a result, we can expect to see very large amounts of financial data becoming available in a machine interpretable format (XBRL). The challenge is to exploit this data to provide new kinds of services to investors.
With XBRL, financial data has become a lot more interactive, with an emphasis on helping users make sense of the data. What distinguishes XBRL is the precise semantics attached to every reported fact. This makes it easy to pull out specific figures and concepts, and facilitates accurate comparison. XBRL metadata also enables both drill-down to granular detail and linking to reference sources like definitions, rulings and accounting standards documentation sets.
How to Take Advantage of this Opportunity
Now is the time to get your IR web site compliant with the U.S. SEC mandate.
First, you need to ensure that your IR web site is ready and able to accept and post XBRL filings in an easily discoverable and permanently linkable manner. It is important that you clearly identify the data that you control on your IR web site. By assigning URIs (hyperlinks) to resources (actual XBRL-tagged filings), you enable other people to talk about and even share 'as reported' views of your filings using social networking applications.
URLs like this are not useful for XBRL filings:
A better approach is to use a URI scheme like this:
Using a numerical-based canonical URI provides an explicit hierarchical scheme that is much easier for search engines and other web browsing tools to discover. This approach represents the data in a way that people can use easily, and it will enable you to expose the data to a wider audience in a repeatable fashion.
Secondly, you should also consider delivering a rendered view of your XBRL-tagged SEC filings alongside the raw XBRL filings. Simply posting the raw XBRL files may not be enough. At this early stage in adoption, there are only a few desktop applications available to consume the XBRL content, and you will want to make sure that your site's visitors can take advantage of the interactive data and access the rich semantic metadata-enhanced XBRL-tagged financial reports on demand.
Finally, although the SEC ruling only requires that XBRL data be made available for at least 12 months on an issuer's web site, it would be wise to continue to host the data on a longer, more permanent basis. Links that disappear after 12 months can be very frustrating for users of that content and can create broken links in search engines. Also, keeping the data around long-term allows you to continue to control the data and allow for your site's visitors to perform a historical analysis of your financials without having to search for each filing individually on the U.S. SEC EDGAR site or subscribe to expensive data feeds.
In addition, by hosting your XBRL financial content on your Investor Relations web site, the data becomes infinitely more discoverable by search engines. The U.S. SEC blocks all search engines, including Google, MSN, Yahoo, and so on, from indexing any files at the SEC.gov web site. This practice impedes individual investors from easily linking to and aggregating the content on their own.
This new approach will enable your content to remain connected to the original source -- improving 'trust' in the provenance of the source of the information and enabling a previously unattainable level of information granularity.
If you take these few important steps, you will vastly improve the findability of your financial information, enable your site's visitors to view your filings in real-time, share them with colleagues across social networks, link to the filings directly on your site and eliminate the barriers to access by your key stakeholders.
Diane Mueller has been actively involved in the development efforts of the XBRL standard for the past nine years. She is the Canadian representative to the XBRL International Steering Committee, serves as Vice Chair of that body, and chairs the XBRL Working Groups on Rendering and Software Interoperability. She currently serves as vice president of XBRL development at JustSystems. You contact Diane at [email protected]


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Coconut oil for eczema, what does that mean?
Before we discuss the benefits of coconut oil for eczema, first we discuss what is eczema? The word "eczema" comes from the Greek, which means the same as "boiling". Eczema is a skin condition where the skin feels dry, scaly, itching and redness. For mild cases, eczema just feels like it, but for more severe cases, skin can be injured and bleeding. This is due to the skin that itches scratched by the patient and results in broken skin and bleeding. Is eczema including infectious disease? Based on the literature and the experiences of people with eczema, eczema is not a contagious disease. You do not need to stay away from people with eczema because the disease is not contagious. Who can get eczema? Eczema can affect anyone of any age. Either children or even babies to older adults can be affected by eczema.
Coconut oil for eczema
Many creams or lotions on the market to relieve eczema. But not suitable for all skin types using the product. In contrast to coconut oil, all skin types who suffer from eczema appropriate to use coconut oil. This is because coconut oil is a natural substance that does not cause side effects on the skin. As we know that coconut oil is a natural oil rich in vitamins, like vitamin E which is needed by the skin. Besides coconut oil is antiviral and antibacterial that can kill bacteria and viruses. People who consume coconut oil regularly will usually be protected from skin diseases like eczema, acne, and others. Coconut oil can make the skin softer and smoother.
How do I use coconut oil for eczema? There are several ways to use coconut oil for eczema, including:
1. By consuming regularly. Consume coconut oil regularly either by mouth or used directly for cooking food is very beneficial especially for the skin. This is because coconut oil contains many vitamins, especially vitamin E and the properties of coconut oil is antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal. Contains two essential acids that capric acid and lauric acid and contain good fats that MCT
2. By soaking in water mixed with coconut oil. The trick is this: Fill the tub with warm water. Then pour a cup of virgin coconut oil. Then stirred evenly so that the coconut oil mixed with water. Go into the bathwater and soak for about 30 minutes. Try for, during soaking, eczema affected skin exposed to water that is mixed with coconut oil. During soaking in warm water, the pores of the skin will give the opportunity opened and coconut oil molecules can function effectively remove impurities in the skin pores. After soaking for 30 minutes rinse your body with warm towels. Do it for some days to feel the benefits of coconut oil and your eczema improves. This method is very suitable, especially if eczema attacks the skin of the hard to reach like in the back, or inner thigh crease.
3. Another way is to apply coconut oil on the surface of the skin of eczema. Before you apply coconut oil to skin affected by eczema, please to wash with warm water and soap. If it has clean, the skin is smeared with coconut oil evenly. During the oiled coconut oil, the skin has to always clean. Wait a while until the coconut oil on your skin soak. Do this 3 times a day for several days. Until you suffer eczema improves.
Of the three ways that you can choose only one way to obtain the expected benefits of coconut oil. Three ways can be used to address all skin diseases like acne, phlegm and eczema. So if any member of your family gets eczema, do not be confused, and do not use any lotions or creams that are sold on the market. Especially without a prescription.


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Release Date: 2008 |
The fact that you call it post-metal but say it's different than Isis or Neurosis makes me want to check this out. I'll have to give this a listen soon.
Album Rating: 4.0this sounds really cool, good review
thanks for reminding me to give this a listen
Good review. I think The Ties That Bind is better, though I haven't yet listened to this as much.
I found this one really boring to listen right through, ok in short bursts. Good review.
this is a really good album, i was planning on reviewing this but yours more than does the trick. good job.
definitely not a 4.5, but im enjoying this.
Album Rating: 3.5This is really enjoyable stuff.
Album Rating: 4.5Wow. This is fucking epic as hell.
I can see the Neurosis/ISIS stuff, but like you said it's in it's own playing field.
Great album from start to finish
Album Rating: 3.5i wouldn't consider this a 4.5 but it's a great album. this is much more atmospheric then their earlier stuff.
This is really good.
Album Rating: 3.5Haven't listened to this in a while but good stuff back when I heard it.
Album Rating: 3.0eeeeepic.
Album Rating: 3.0Guilt and the Like is a really cool song...
Album Rating: 4.0hate and heartachew ftw
where should i start with these guys?
Album Rating: 4.5This is really fucking good.
Album Rating: 4.5yeah generation of ghosts is superb
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffOne of, if not my favorite post metal record.
Album Rating: 3.5Really liking this album.
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An amoral slacker who's going nowhere in life becomes the heir to a supervillain's mantle. Sound familiar? It's not just the plot of Wanted, Mark Millar's bleak graphic novel about a world run by supervillains. It's also the basis of Villains, a 2007 graphic novel from Viper Comics that you've probably never heard of. And now Villains is getting made into a movie about a supervillain apprentice. In other words, we may finally get a movie that lives up to the spirit of Wanted.
To be fair, there are some differences between Villains and Wanted. In Wanted, it turns out that supervillains took over the world in 1986 and Wesley Gibson's real father was one of them. He learns to take on his father's mantle and become an amoral bastard in his own right. In , a loser dork named Nick Corrigan is drifting through life and getting crapped on (including losing his job) when he realizes his cranky old neighbor is a supervillain. He blackmails the neighbor into teaching him the supervillain trade, but the neighbor has some nasty surprises for him. So it's sort of an Apt Pupil thing, with the supervillain possibly betraying his apprentice on several occasions. Could be fun. The main thing that makes me think of Wanted is the graphic novel's cynical narrative voice, which drones on and on, saying things like, "Some days it feels like everyone's out to get me. But that's just paranoia. The truth is, we're all out to get each other." Wow, man. The movie version will be co-written by Matt Jennison and Brent Strickland, who sold a World War II-era Wonder Woman spec script to Warners a while back. It's being produced by Idealogy, who are also behind Tr2n, the Tron sequel. [Hollywood Reporter]


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This is a regular Friday feature combining a healthy mixture of observation, analysis, and foresight on the Vancouver Canucks. If you'd like to get at me about anything covered in this column, follow me on Twitter at @yyjordan and let's start a textual relationship (wink).
1. Oh my god are the Buffalo Sabres ever bad. I know we said that about the Oilers after the Canucks blew them out a couple weeks ago, but this was worse. That game had a "call a press conference immediately after the final buzzer and fire your coach" feel. As far as Kassian vs. Hodgson, I thought Zack looked pretty good, while Cody was owned all over the ice save for a nice pass to Vanek that eventually rang off the crossbar and post. Maybe if it was a better pass that hits the bar and goes in?Get it together, Cody.
2. The most troubling part of last night's game was Ryan Kesler's frantic stick tapping behind an opposition player actually worked. Thing is, after failing at it 392 times in a row, I could almost hear him say "Ha! Works every time!" after succeeding at it.
3. I don't want to start a "they're finally having fun again!" narrative in regards to playing for Torts vs. AV, but that 3rd period comeback against the Flyers did look like an old fashioned barrel of laughs for this group of Canucks players. Even Luongo had a big grin afterwards, which we haven't seen since Mike Gillis tied him up and whipped him repeatedly with a car antenna (figuratively speaking…probably). As a fan, the last couple of seasons have felt pretty lifeless.
4. It was an uneven week for the Canucks in terms of the quality of their play. I'm seeing a lot of good things, they're just not doing them consistently enough while making the odd calamitous error. Those are hallmarks of a team adjusting to a new coach. Last year, the Washington Capitals were in dead last after their first month with Adam Oates before rebounding to win the division. I think it will be a while yet before we know how good (or bad) this group is under Torts.
5. The topic of whether or not the Sedins should be permanently separated was a hot one this past week. It hasn't been a question of how effective they are on their own for a long time; Henrik won a scoring title playing much of the season sans his brother. This season, no matter how you slice the argument it seems to be a matter of "which option best masks our lack of forward depth"? Ironically, last night they were put back together with Ryan Kesler, which while awesome, only further depletes the team's depth.
6. There was a time in the glory days of 2010-11 when it felt downright foreign if the team the Canucks were playing opened the scoring. That squad was ridiculously efficient at gaining the lead and holding it and, in the rare case that they fell behind, clawing their way back late in the game. Just two of many reasons why that was probably a once-in-a-lifetime season. Anyway, while the Canucks have completed a trio of comebacks so far this season (against bad teams, I'll begrugingly add), they haven't been very good at scoring first. At least they got to play the Sabres last night, who are even worse, being outscored 11-1 in 1st periods thus far.
7. John Tortorella gave a noteworthy quote after the win in Philly on Chris Tanev: "Tans is a guy who's picked things up very quickly as far as what we're looking to do, for such a young guy playing the toughest position." I had noticed the same thing up to that point: no Canucks defenceman appeared more willing to throw himself in a front of a shot than Chris Tanev. The fact that he is so coachable and adaptive no doubt played a huge role in his quick ascent from community college to the NHL.
8. Dan Hamhuis appears to be slowly recovering from Walter White replacing his Stevia with a low-grade form of Ricin. Even though his mistakes have been much more apparent than usual, he has still been dominating possession as pointed out by Dimitri. When you're playing a lot of minutes against elite players, you're going to make mistakes. Oddly, we probably wouldn't be talking about this so much if it was Edler making the errors.
9. Kudos to Ryan Stanton, who's had a great star to the season and picked up his first goal assisted by Daniel and Henrik Sedin. Torts had this to say after last night: "He plays within himself. He's in the way. He doesn't say much, he just gets ready for his next shift. He's played really well, he was a really good pick-up for us."
10. Who's looking forward to a little Canucks vs. Penguins tomorrow morning? Here's something to get you ready: a young Crosby, a prime Luongo, and a giddy Tom Larscheid.


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|Team USA after claiming the silver medal in the team relay
|Me and my nephew Lucas, wearing my silver medal
|Team Julia Clukey
2013 has been a great year for me thus far. The beginning part of our World Cup season I was lacking the consistency I had hoped for in competition this year. After spending a week at home at Christmas time, I came back to the World Cup tour refreshed and ready to attack my races. We started off the first part in Germany, with three back-to-back-to-back races there. In our sport we spend half of our season competing in Germany, which can be frustrating in the sense that they are such tough competition already, let alone on their home tracks. I finished the three-week tour with a fifth place, two sixth places, and a seventh place finish. Three of those four were personal bests on the tracks. This was the consistency I was looking for, and wrapping up the German swing I was eager more than ever to get back to North America and race on more neutral tracks.
Our first stop was Whistler, Canada, for our World Championships. This was my first time coming back to Vancouver since the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. So much has changed for me both personally and athletically since the 2010 Games. The first few days were a whirlwind of emotions but I was happy to be back on the track and looking for some athletic redemption to my Olympic performance. I had really great training for most of the week we were there, then I suffered from a stomach bug leading up to the competition which had a definite effect on my strength and start time, and I dropped five-hundredths of a second off my start time from when I was healthy, too the competition day. In the sport of luge, five hundredths is a significant amount of time especially on the start split. I ended up finishing the week with a ninth-place finish at World Championships. It was a really close race and I knew going into it that everything would have to be perfect to be one of the top sleds. Overall it was a disappointing and frustrating race for me, but with the season I have had I still feel optimistic that I can be a contender at the Games next winter.
Following Whistler we headed to Lake Placid, N.Y., for the eighth World Cup of our season. With my disappointment following World Championships I was more fired up than ever to have a great race in Lake Placid. I wanted to make sure I was capitalizing on my home track advantage. I finished a career-best second place, and finished on the podium for the first time in my career. It is still hard for me to put into words how special this is to me. I have worked so hard this year to get myself back to being not only the top U.S. athlete, but to be a contender on the World Cup level. Making it even more special was having a group of friends and family there to share the day with. I followed up the next day winning a silver medal with my teammates in the team competition. This is a huge moment for me, and couldn't come at a better time. We are packing up and heading to Sochi, Russia, this weekend for the final World Cup event of our season. It took me a while to get a hang of the track when we were training there in the fall, but I did end the training on a high note winning our internal team race. I am excited to get some more runs on the track and start trying to find the speed necessary to be the best.


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Some of the comments made to my recent post of "Beyond Evidence to Proof" noted the fact that this issue has "been raised many times in the genealogical community." That is likely very true, since I have written on the subject several times myself. I think the issue of defining genealogical proof is related, but not the same, as many other disciplines. Analogies to law and science may be helpful, but historical proof is always open ended as I previously noted and as confirmed by several comments.
I suggest we may want to move on beyond the rather confining concepts of evidence and proof to a more expansive view of genealogy. When we focus on evidence we are looking at specific facts relating to specific events or circumstances. The issue of proof arises most commonly in the context of trying to establish relationships such as parentage. Gathering evidence and establishing the proof of a given conjecture or hypothesis is substance of the day-to-day activity of a research genealogist. Perhaps this focus often ignores the larger historical context. Maybe the current emphasis on the "stories and photographs" is a reaction to this perceived narrow interpretation of human history.
For example, in addressing a multitude of "brick wall" situations where the researchers claim that they have spent years looking for an individual, I often find that the researchers know little or nothing about the local, regional or national history surrounding their family. Because their particular individual ancestor or ancestral family is not well known or famous, they ignore the context of their family's lives and continue to look for evidence of a specific event to prove or extend a relationship to previous generations.
I ran into this issue again this week. I had a patron at the Mesa FamilySearch Library approach me after a class and ask for help in finding an ancestor she stated she had been researching for years. I asked the standard questions about who, when and where and was told a now very familiar response: the ancestor was born in Kentucky in about 1760 to 1780. Just once, I would like to talk to someone who had done even five minutes of reading history before spending years looking for evidence in Kentucky. Just for the record, Kentucky became a state on 1 June 1792 and was never a territory. Until that time, it was part of the state of Virginia. This is what I mean when I suggest going beyond evidence and proof.
Now, you might argue that the fact of statehood for Kentucky is just another piece of evidence and very material evidence but I very, very regularly ask about state and county boundaries in my classes and it is rare that any of the researchers in the classes are aware of the resources for finding changes in state and county boundaries. I find almost no one who has checked to see whether or not a particular location cited for an ancestor was correct at the time of the events they are researching. Names of ancestors can change. Dates can be approximate. But locations are fixed on the surface of the earth. What is not fixed is where the genealogically related records from any given location may have been created and stored. Hence the need to understand and research the local, state (province, district etc.) and national history of any locality. I cannot tell you how many times I have asked the simple question of when was such and such county organized and received a blank stare and no response from a researcher. In addition, I frequently mention the need to read a local, county or state history, only to have the person look through the book summarily and dismiss it because their ancestor's name does not appear in the index.
Returning to the case of Kentucky, most of what is now the state of Kentucky was in Fincastle county Virginia or, at least, the extension of that county. By 1776, the eastern counties of Virginia were fairly well established along their current boundaries, but the western counties were largely defined by rivers and mountains. If someone recorded their birthplace as Kentucky, before statehood, what did that really mean? Just for fun, go look at and study the Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries for more specific information.
Genealogy cannot be divorced from history, but you would think it was a separate pursuit if you had my experience in talking to and teaching aspiring researchers. Ask yourself if you have ever thought; why am I reading this history book when I should be looking for my ancestors?
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Beyond both evidence and proof
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Thank you for this post. I have been searching for information on my husbands 4x great grandfather. I (erroneously) though he was in Bedford County PA, but after looking at Newberry Atlas it appears that the tiny segment I have been searching is actually in Northumberland County PA.ReplyDelete
That may be the reason I am not finding things.
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Losing religion, finding god
There are a few fundamental truths which, once you become a parent, crystallize and form the primary touchstones of your existence. For example, sacks of oranges and cattle prods are all fine and dandy, but if you want real torture try walking barefoot across a cotto floor strewn with Legos. And, given a choice between twenty minutes of sex or twenty minutes of dead sleep, sleep wins hands down. Finally, you believe in God. Or, you don't. Either way, it's time to decide because preschoolers don't deal well with ethical grey areas.
About six months ago, I drove past a huge basilica in the valley below Assisi, and my five year old piped up from the back seat, "Mamma, what's that?" Now, it is probably not such a good thing that my son doesn't recognize a church in Assisi, which is probably one of the places in which there is the greatest church per capita density on the planet. "It's a church," I told him.
"What do you do there?" he asked.
"Well, you pray."
"You play?"
"No, pray."
"What's praying?"
"Uh, well, that's when you talk to God"
"What's God?"
And there it was. The $64,000 question. One of the few questions to which I have no answer that I can't simply respond, "I'm not sure, but I bet Babbo knows." Because, quite frankly, my husband isn't that sure either.
I grew up in a deeply religious family, though of the flower children, guitar plucking, socially liberal kind. Though I don't consider myself psychologically scarred by all that, by the time I left home for college I was, let's say, religion-ed out. So, after a brief stint over at the Unitarians to detox, I settled into a benign sort of agnosticism. Though I considered myself a practician of the basic judeo-christian ethic which forms the foundation of most western religions, I would only actually show up at Mass once or twice a year to please Grandma.
When I moved to Italy after college, I thought my ambivalence regarding actively practicing a religion would be a problem, but I quickly found that, instead, there are quite a few Italians who are casual Catholics here in Umbria. And that no one really cared about whether or not I went to Mass, uh, religiously.
Italy, and especially a rural area like Umbria, is undoubtably Catholic. Italian civic culture is steeped in Catholicism, and in many ways there is no way of seeing where the religious culture ends and the secular begins. Most holidays in Italy are Catholic feast days, the local parish is very much the fulcrum of social participation in the countryside, and the passage from childhood to adulthood is still generally measured in sacraments: Christening, first holy Communion, Confirmation, nuptial Mass, and funeral Mass. Almost all public spaces sport crosses on the walls, even in some businesses where it seems out of place at best, like the local bank.
It is refreshing, in comparison to how in your face religious practice has become in the States, to live in a place where it is not an issue at all. Part of that is, of course, because something like 98% of the population of Umbria is Catholic, so no one really feels the need to wear their religion on their sleeve. But even among my few friends here who are active church goers and fervent believers, I have never felt uncomfortable, or judged, or pressured by their belief. Italians, and, more specifically, Umbrians, tend to be quite pragmatic about their religiosity. They are often Catholic and communist, both divorce and abortion have been legalized through popular referendum, and they are reluctant proselytizers.
In the years since I've moved, I have steadily and quietly shed any dogma which may have lingered in my moral paradigm but also feel like my life here has given me the opportunity to tap into a different spirituality…based on the tennets of secular humanism, no doubt, but still giving my life reference points which have led me to find my own sense of god, even if it's not God. Contact with and respect for the natural world. A feeling of belonging to a comunity. The importance of family and friends, and prioritizing the time you spend cultivating those relationships. Recognizing the wonderous beauty in art and architecture. The joy of eating good food in the context of its history and culture. The value of slowing down and finding time for quietness.
The late David Foster Wallace said this:
"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, "Morning, boys. How's the water?" and the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, "What the hell is water?" ….
The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death. It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: 'This is water. This is water.' It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out."
And this is what I have found here in Umbria. Perhaps not the God of churches and rites, but instead moments of grace and awareness where all of a sudden I am yanked out of my automatic pilot working and parenting and surviving mode and become aware of an instant in time, a fleeting quotidian miracle, and am reminded "This is water." And there I see god.
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Diana Strinati Baur |
Took my breath away.
Anne |
Beautiful thoughts! Every day of experiencing the awesome wonder of creation is a living prayer…
Michelle | Bleeding Espresso |
Beautiful. Thank you.
Marybeth |
You have such a way with words, it's always a joy to read your posts. I am struck by the fact that many expats seem to enjoy living in Italy more than Italian natives do. My Italian friends (all over Italy) shake their heads when I say I want to live in Italy, because they have such a difficult time reconciling their country's rich past with its present struggles, and what they see as a bleak future for their children. They love their country with a fierce passion, but they don't seem to be able to enjoy it as outsiders do. They find life in Italy difficult, painful, limiting, and many of them would like to live elsewhere, but don't have the resources, education or opportunity to do so. Expats, on the other hand, are finding a new joy by living in Italy. I can relate, as I feel the same way. But I sometimes wonder if I'm overlooking or discounting something very essential to the Italian way of life, and in doing so, not really understanding the true nature of Italy.
Jennifer |
Thank you. So glad Michelle sent me this way. Lovely writing.
Jen of a2eatwrite |
I found this post via Michelle – I am so with you on all of this. It's something I'm trying to focus on each day and in the face of too many in my life who wear their religion on their sleeve.
Beautiful writing.
Marybeth |
grazie mille for your thoughtful response. You've made many good points. I think it's the idea of "no back door" that gets to me. My interest in living in Italy is to truly understand another language and culture, but I'm beginning to think that it's likely to be an impossible task. My Italian friends have opened my eyes to the reality of how truly spoiled Americans are, myself included, by the wealth of choices that most of us have grown up with. We can't escape our heritage, nor can they escape theirs, it seems. But at least we can strive to understand each other better, share each other's wisdom, pain and joy, and be grateful for the process, which inevitably fosters transformation. And since it's the beauty of Italy that draws most of us there in the first place, why not savor it? Ti ringrazio tanto for your eloquent insights into Italian life, and your willingness to share your experiences.
Amy N |
Perfectly, beautifully expressed. As someone who grew up in three different cultures, I totally agree with you that the only way to truly appreciate where you are is to have been somewhere else.
Sarah Weiner |
Well said! I grew up with absolutely no religion. Just the awareness that we were Jewish and that was why my mother's family came to the US from Austria in 1938. I've always found what I think others' refer to as spirituality in the beauty of nature…and, well I guess anything else that I observe which affects me in some way. As some one who has always felt a bit naive regarding the need for organized worship, I really appreciate your take on it! Thank you.
Joanna Hamil |
The title caught my eye and your writing always draws me in. Lovely piece. Even the word "religion" has become an anethma to me these days, but you give it grace in this piece. Water! Water forever!
Anna |


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