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What stops me from ordering an X...
What stops me from ordering an X...
So do not order it.
+1 Tiebreaker. I was trying to come up with logical counterpoints but your reply is much more to the point than mine. :)
Its ok, you dont HAVE to want to buy the X. There are many others that like to tell us that they wont order it because of the doors, and thats ok. Like tiebreaker said, don't order it then.
Cox, don't sweat the replies, I'm with you 100%. I don't care if my car is a sedan, coupe, sport wagon, or SUV; I'm going to haul bikes, skis, kayaks, lumber, ladders, whatever, on the roof before I would succumb to getting a pickup. I'm especially going to do this with a sport wagon (first choice) or an SUV. We don't have to buy the X if it doesn't meet our needs. But it's certainly okay to use a forum like this one to share concerns we might have about specific design criteria on these otherwise great cars.
Now, we could get into the topic of SUV owners that never take their rigs off the pavement, or pickup truck owners that never seem to be carrying anything, or folks that live within 5 miles of work, but choose to drive their oversized vehicle instead of cycling, walking, or taking the bus, but let's save that for another forum. It seems like a lot of people buy vehicles and don't really use them for what they're inherently designed for.
"So don't order it."
Oh, snap.
I'm with Fluvio, Cox, don't mind the silly replies. If Tesla have any sense, then they monitor these boards as feedback. Your concerns are legit. I think Elon was in family mode when he conceived of the X. At the roll-out, he was extolling the virtue, thanks to the wings, of being able to buckle the kids in without having to strain your back. And that third row. This is a soccer mom's car -- just this side of a family van -- first and foremost. Now that Elon is a single male again, he needs to rethink the X.
He's got custody of all 5 kids, and Brit ex Tallulah Riley moved back in with him to keep him from going "king crazy". Still in family mode for another decade+.
I totally agree with Cox. I really want to order a Tesla, but have to wait until they get a SUV with regular back doors, because the falcon doors are just silly (and I prefer to sit up high as you do in a SUV). They look good, but are totally impractical. Having had several SUVs and raised 3 kids over the last 23 years, I know that getting in and out of the third seat row or being able to stand up while putting a kid into a car seat, is not as important as being able to open the doors just a little bit to throw in grocery bags, clothes, or my purse on the second row. The extra work to fold down the back of the second seat row or bending over the baby's car seat is nothing compared to the hassle with falcon wing doors. I often park in thight spaces (parking garages where I live - in Norway - are not made for wide cars) and sometimes we can only open the doors 12-15" before we get out. Not to mention the low ceilings in these garages. On my SUV, I sometimes have to hold down the door to the trunk so it doesn't hit the ceiling! And what if I want to carry a surfboard or a kayak or a ski box on my roof? No, pleeeeaaaase Tesla, give us the option to order regular back doors!
My opinion...and it is just that....Is that TM will come up with an innovative solution where the 'rear door' can open up (falcon style) and slide back (like a mini van). If they can accomplish this it will make everyone happy, including allowing for top mounted ski, bike, boat (small) racks.
Similar (not exact) doors have been seen on SUVs where you could open the rear 'hatch' up or sideways.
I can see how some people really need these features - only 2 rows of seats, plus roof racks, side doors - but I think what Tesla is doing is a little like Apple did with the early iPhones.
They iPhone was a brilliant fit for half of the users out there (and a clear improvement in every way), an okay fit for another 30%, and didn't have some functions that the last 20% wanted. But it needed to drop features to be brilliant in the first iteration, and many of those features were genuinely not needed, others remained in competitors or came back. But the change in people's attitude succeeded.
When you create a single product that works for lots of different customers, it usually has to compromise. Tesla would rather be brilliant for many people but sadly turn some users away (for now).
Now, to be honest I'm not sure the falcon wing doors are a brilliant change. My brother would have trouble opening them in his garage (if they don't stop themselves before hitting something). I think I would too.
More importantly though, if your purpose of buying a bigger car is to cart a lot of things around, it may have drawbacks for an electric vehicle. The roof racks add drag, stuff on the roof adds drag and may not be appropriate for fast acceleration, and filling the car with heavy items will change the performance. If Tesla's goal is to show how an Electric car is better than an ICE, it's better to not offer options that don't work well, so that people complain "why didn't Tesla do X?" instead of saying "Electric cars are crap for X".
It's one thing to 'not like' the falcon doors because you don't appreciate the look, that's just a matter of taste (or lack thereof ;-)
Folks keep citing practical and functional drawbacks like low clearance garages and tight fitting parking spots which simply are NOT an issue. Elon has stated on several occasions (shareholders mtg & teslive) there will be proximity sensors so that the door will never hit anything when its opening (in cases of low clearance garages).
That goes for closing as well. It can't "pinch" any fingers due to the pinch strips.
As for tight fitting parking spaces, if you can fit between 2 cars, then the falcon wing door will be able to open because of the dual hinge system, it opens UP first, then OUT.
The third row seating can be folded down when not in use to create more trunk space. For that matter, the entire back seat can be folded if need be (as demonstrated in the Model X intro video)
But at the end of the day, it simply can't meet everyones need for everything.
As for me, it will be PERFECT for my needs and I can hardly wait to drive it :-))
Elon said the doors require less horizontal clearance than sliding doors. The only valid concern above is roof transport of kayaks, etc. It's a crossover, not an SUV.
Most of the luxury SUV drivers I see in SFBA are soccer moms.
Those capable offroad vehicles never ever leave the pavement, don't tow a boat or do anything else they were actually designed to do.
Occasionally they'd go an a road trip to Tahoe, Yosemite or somewhere up North, a couple of hours drive, and that happens maybe a couple of times a year at best.
Bicycle racks are more common, but it's a separate rack attached to the hitch receiver.
This would be a good target market for the Model X.
All those Lexus 570s, Infiniti QX, Range Rovers, Mercedes ML and GL, Porsche Cayenne, Audi Q7 could be replaced by the Model X provided there's a charging infrastructure for occasional long haul trips to major recreational destinations.
The rest of time they'll be doing exactly what all the above vehicles are doing - driving on city streets but without polluting air and wasting gas.
I hope the hitch receiver is there though, bike rack is fairly common on the competitive vehicles.
I'm with you on this. I'd be first in line for a Model X if they hadn't copied the roofline of the Model S. The one advantage of an SUV is the ability to haul stuff. The X needs a squared off rear end to maximize headroom in the back of the car for carrying bikes, plywood, boxes, furniture. Without that I see no advantage over a Model S... just slightly taller.
I'm confused by the people who won't get this because 1) they have low garage ceiling and 2) they want to put the kayak on the roof.
How many kayaks/garages have you smashed so far?
I reserved a Model X a while ago. As a soccer mom in temperate climate, I can't wait to get it! For people in subzero temperatures who wish to haul huge equipment, sorry but if you don't like the current design, then this isn't the car for you. I don't think it is a car meant for women drivers. My husband likes it.
Elon, please keep the Model X design exactly as it is. If the falcon doors are taken out this car will lose half it's attractiveness and I will remove my reservation. Tesla will be making other models later, so "macho" people could wait for a "more manly car" able to withstand north pole temperatures. Good luck watching us enjoy our Model Xs in the meantime.
The clerk at Tesla store in Century City told me the third row seat will have the capability to fold down to increase cargo space. Why are you guys whining about the third row?
One more thought to add to the skis, kayaks and surfboards debate.....it looked on the video like you could fold down the second and third row sets on one side only and have plenty of room and length snide for skis, kayak or surfboard (maybe not longboard or paddle board) and still comfortably seat 4 or 5. I have and use all the above toys and that would work for me. Hitch is a must for bike rack though.
The car is a bit nice for a wet kayak to ride on the inside. The roof makes more sense for water toys.
I can't wait for the Model X, I'm sad I'm 580 on line to get it. It was by mistake when I wondered into the showroom to show the model S to my husband I found out they were making the X. This is a dream come true! Do you know how hard it is to find a car that can fit 4 car seats at the same time? It's a struggle to find something that has "real seats in the 3rd row!" It has so much storage I no longer need a cargo van to take me to the airport when we go on vacation. I can load all my vintage finds when all the seats fold down to fit a queen size mattress. And furthermore I don't have to be embarrassed when I drive down the street past my neighbors Bentley! It's a beauty, I love the doors, if you watch all the video's carefully the doors pull up then out. At any rate I wouldn't want to park it next to any of those gas guzzler's! If it's get up & go is anything like the S it's going to move down the road without drag. Elon, if you need any test driving in cold weather or anything else just drop it off. I'm holding my breath till they call me it's in.
The Wife;
Yes, I think Elon and the guyz had some serious "Wife" and "Mom" input when designing the X.
At the beginning of June I was just messing around when I chopped most of the roof off a Model X in an image manipulation...
As time went by I began to take the idea more seriously, revising the design and adding a 2nd model with an extended cab:
g+ link, for a larger view: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/115862438445218251875/albums/58939921...
The XT is a straightforward pickup conversion, a coupe utility, seats 2 (or 3, with an optional bench seat).
The XTX is a bit complicated. I hope I've explained it well enough in my g+ post(s)... In short it's more of a 'utility coupe', capable of temporary transformation into a pickup, seating 2 or 3 that way and up to 6 otherwise. The kicker is, it features a pair of wide falcon-wing doors.
There have been hints at trucks in Tesla Motors' future, presumably 'real' trucks as opposed to 'ute' versions of existing models. We can imagine that traditional SUVs will follow -- but I'd guess we'll have to wait at least 10 years for those.
Meanwhile I wouldn't expect the Model X to be offered without its falcon-wing doors.
Ive owned a Subaru Baja before, and IMO, a car with a short bed is useless for things you would actually use a truck for, except towing. That is just my experience though.
Unfortunately, I do not care for this mock up, and would probably not be interested in that body style. Good work though.
How short is short?
Hoping to find a number for the Model X's cargo area length, I found instead that the X has a longer wheelbase than the S -- by 4 inches. Using this information I was able to determine that the bed length of the XT (as I had rendered it so far) is about 6 feet.
Cargo area width is totally up to the engineers, but let's just say for the sake of argument that they can get it wide enough to accommodate the proverbial 4'X8' sheet of plywood. You could carry building materials of that standard dimension without having them stick out beyond the trailing edge of the (lowered) tailgate.
A 7-foot bed length can be achieved with a little stretching, but after doing this I think the best proportions will be achieved with a 6'8" bed and a 125" wheelbase.
XTX? Its transformation results in a usable cargo area longer than that of the XT, plus its rear window and one-piece hard tonneau cover have to be about the same size, so I doubt I'll be lengthening it.


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ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - UBS UBSN.VX is nearing a settlement in the coming days with regulators in Switzerland and Britain for control failures that led to a $2.3 billion (1.4 billion pounds) rogue trading loss, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
The Swiss bank has finished its discussions with Finma, the Swiss regulator, and is finalizing a settlement with Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA), the source said. The two regulators then plan to make a joint announcement.
The FSA could fine UBS between 20 million and 50 million pounds, the Financial Times said earlier on Thursday, adding that a deal could come next week.
The two regulators are jointly investigating the bank's control failings that led to Kweku Adoboli, a trader on UBS's "Delta One" desk, losing $2.3 billion for the bank.
That investigation is continuing after being put on hold during Adoboli's criminal trial. He was convicted of fraud and jailed for seven years on Tuesday.
UBS is keen to put the rogue trading scandal behind it, which could speed up any settlement with regulators.
Finma does not have the power to impose fines. It is expected to impose new supervisory conditions on UBS.
UBS, the FSA and Finma all declined to comment.
Any fine on UBS could be the second-biggest ever levied by the FSA, after its 59.5 million pound penalty on Britain's Barclays Plc (BARC.L) in June as part of a UK-U.S. settlement for the manipulation of Libor interest rates.
UBS is also one of about a dozen banks being investigated for manipulating Libor, which could lead to further hefty fines being meted out. It is also in the middle of a big overhaul of its investment bank arm as it tries to cut costs and boost profits.
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If, as they say, we employ a mere 10 percent of our brains, I suspect Luc Besson tapped barely a hundredth of his while writing and directing "Lucy." Star Scarlett Johansson even less.
If, as they say, we employ a mere 10 percent of our brains, I suspect Luc Besson tapped barely a hundredth of his while writing and directing "Lucy." Star Scarlett Johansson even less. Together, they redefine stupid by thinking they're smart in presenting an exceedingly dumb account of what it's like to exploit a brain's full potential. Irony never had it so good. It's a literal meeting of the meatheads, with Besson filling the screen with a mix of gratuitous violence and laughable metaphors, and Johansson struggling to register the faintest pulse.
Proving that blondes do have more dumb, Johansson wears a perpetually clueless expression in her portrayal of the title character, an American attending college in Taipei. The name Lucy is significant because, as you anthropology fans will remember, it's the moniker slapped on our oldest chronicled ape ancestor. Safe to say the old Lucy had more on the ball than our Lucy, who, thanks to her Euro-trash boyfriend, winds up kidnapped by Taiwanese bad guys and forced to become a drug mule. Ah, but what's in those large, clear-plastic bags? Is it the famous crystal-blue meth from "Breaking Bad"? It sure looks like it. But, alas, it's some concoction carrying the banal title CHP4. Oh, but the wonderful things this substance can do in expanding the mind and body. Lucy learns this firsthand when some of the wonder drug leaks into her system and allegedly causes her brain power to grow incrementally until reaching 100 percent. But why stop there? Why not 110 percent or more? Given his love of excess, I'm sure Besson ("La Femme Nikita") would have gone there if given the time and inclination. Yet, even at compact 89 minutes, he manages to go overboard with outlandish set pieces, choppy edits and dizzying storytelling that seldom plays by its own rules.
Intelligence clearly is not part of the Frenchman's vocabulary. Neither is logic. Otherwise, we wouldn't be left scratching our heads over such contradictions as Lucy pressing her luscious lips up against a hunky Parisian detective (Amr Waked) mere minutes after we've been told she's lost all concept of love and affection. Or the creepy dialogue, like Lucy phoning her mother – while on the operating table, no less – and telling Mom that "I can remember (as a baby) the taste of your milk in my mouth." Unfortunately, that's the only time "taste' enters the equation in a movie that uses brains as nothing but a handy target for a barrage of bullets to countless skulls. The message being that brains can do a lot of things, but they can't stop ammo.
In the right hands, "Lucy" could have been fascinating sci-fi. Instead of blood and guts, brain expansion could have been used to tackle something humanitarian, like the ability to solve global warming or find a cure for cancer. But that stuff is too boring for thin attention spans. Better to put your brains where your groin is, and flaunt Johansson's shapely breasts and come-hither eyes. And the things she can do with a white T-shirt and a Glock! It's an assault on our primal urges as much as an insult on our IQs.
Yet, I can't deny that I was entertained, in that "Lucy" is so awful it's good. I also begrudgingly give Besson credit for throwing restraint to the wind. He makes no bones about ripping off other movies ("D.O.A.," "The Time Machine" and "Limitless" come quickly to mind), nor is he shy about throwing a wrench into the mechanics of quality filmmaking. It's gutsy. As is his rampant use of blatant metaphors, like splicing in a pride of hungry lions devouring defenseless impalas while Lucy falls prey to her kidnappers. Or a thug washing the blood off his hands following the first of dozens of murders in a film obsessed with killing everything in its path. I couldn't stop laughing.
I also couldn't stop wondering why Morgan Freeman got mixed up in this mess. The man formally known as God at least is allowed to make full use of his noggin as a psychology professor specializing in the evolution of the brain. He's wasted of course, reduced to providing expository dialogue during a lecture that's spliced in with shots of Lucy steadily gaining brain power. And if somehow you couldn't pick up on that progress, Besson courteously inserts title cards to remind us what level Lucy is currently at in terms of brain activity.
Like I said, it's so moronic, you can't help but chuckle – for awhile. By the final 20 minutes, though, you're ready to strangle Besson, as his film goes completely off the rails with Lucy sprouting tentacles (via ultra-cheesy special effects) and connecting to a bank of computers to download her "knowledge." Then, in the middle of it all, Lucy's brain checks out and goes on a trip back in time, stopping to visit Manhattan in the gay '90s (that's 1890, not to be confused with the 1990s), powwowing with a quartet of perplexed Plains indians and hobnobbing with prehistoric creatures before blasting back off into space. It's about then you'll want to blast off – to the exits. But stick around, because the final scene is a scream, capped by Freeman literally holding the whole world in his hands.
Who thinks this stuff up? Besson, that's who. And bless his strange demented mind, even if he's only capitalizing on its slimmest and slimiest recesses. After all, it takes brains to be this idiotic.


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Normally every year on this date, the Militant does something interesting, or at least reflects on the past few years of Militancy in the City of Angels.
Four years is not exactly an eternity, but it is a considerable amount of time. If the Militant were an elected official, he would have served one full term. Are you more militant than you were four years ago?
Part of his inactivity is attributed to the fact that part of his job has already been done. The number of blogs and website out there in the local scene are much more in touch, more aware and more proud of the city they represent, and the number of bloggers and blog posts that represent the Uninformed-Los Angeles-hating-yet-you-still-live-here-WTF perspective are kind of rare these days.
And that's not just tooting his own horn. The site blogging.la has of late been doing a series highlighting its contemporaries in the local blog scene, entitled, Blogging (in) LA. About a month ago, writer Sean Bonner (Whom the Militant doesn't know personally, but has definitely been on quite a few group bike rides in the past...shhhh :)), wrote a touching paean to the Militant Angeleno's blog. Bonner went on to share his experience as a decade-long transplant to Los Angeles, but one that has learned to love, appreciate and defend his city (unlike most other transplants...). That meant a lot for The Militant to hear!
The quote of quotes read, "There is no question countless people in LA know more about their own city because of [his] efforts." The Militant won't put up a "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner up on some ship in San Pedro harbor, but it definitely validates the reason why The Militant exists.
The Militant has definitely been a presence on Twitter (follow him if you haven't already!) and it's much easier to do, so in this day an age, he's more than just a mere blogger but a FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH! He's even contemplating getting into Tumblr or something -- not to supplant the MA blog -- but to supplement it. He's even thought of doing his own podcast (locally-born/bred bands/artists, take heed!)
As The Militant alluded to at the beginning of the post, life has gotten in the way of blogging (but his real-life persona is no less militant, he will assure you). Sometimes life is too important to live than to write about.
But The Militant is by no means done, there are more journeys and issues to discuss. He has a list of them ready to go. Some of them take lots of time to research (much like his popular Sacatela Creek and Los Angeles Street Signs posts). Also, the next CicLAvia on October 9 will present an expanded route, which means an updated Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour!
If the Militant is starting out his "second term," then he wants to hear from his "constituents." No, not just "Nice post," but what you think The Militant has been doing right, has been doing wrong, places and issues you would like to see. Of course, The Militant doesn't answer to anyone and does whatever he feels like, but he does want to hear about something that will make him think, or at least inspire him. So, don't be afraid to comment on this post, email him or shoot him a Twitter message.
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Slaughter's saga: Ex-councilor tangles with Dell
No one could accuse Kay Slaughter of being too quick to throw in the towel: The well-known citizen and former City Councilor has earned a reputation for sticking to her issues– particularly the environment. Now she finds herself in the role of frustrated consumer.
By the time she wrote Dell Computer on July 22, asking that someone take responsibility for solving what had mushroomed into a very large problem, she felt as though she was devoting her life to ministering to her ailing laptop.
Slaughter bought the Inspiron 4100, which cost $1,540, in March 2002. Things were okay for the first six months or so, but then the computer started crashing "on a regular basis" when she was in Word– and she began, on a regular basis, to spend long stretches on the phone with various technical service representatives.
"If you check the records of my technical calls," she wrote, "you will see that I replaced the Word software (because it appeared that the version I obtained from Dell was for a Macintosh), replaced the CD drive, drained the power from the battery, reinstalled Word, reinstalled the XP service pack (after copying all documents on my computer), [and] reinstalled device drives (which included several unsuccessful efforts to reinstall the mouse)."
Furthermore, she asserted, in addition to the continual crashes, the internal mouse quit working. After talking to Dell technicians and going through two series of diagnostic tests, she finally bought an external mouse.
Slaughter wrote Dell for the first time on June 27. "I have an extended three-year warranty on the computer," she stated, "but I am not confident that, given that one-third of that time has expired, this computer is going to work. I would like you to send me instructions on how to return it to you for a complete overhaul and correction of the problems.
"I had been told that Dell was a wonderful system, and I have been very disappointed with these persistent problems and the seeming inability to resolve them."
On July 8, Slaughter got a call from a technician on the Dell "escalation team," who, she claimed in her July 22 letter, concluded that she "needed to have further testing completed by a technician prior to returning my computer to Dell.
"I called the 800 number on July 11, and the technician, after going through several hours of tests, said she would send a box for the computer. I also received an email confirming this exchange. However, it is now July 22, and I have received no follow-up, no box, and no return.
"There is something seriously wrong with this computer," she asserted in conclusion, "and I would urge that you scrap it and provide a new computer."
I spoke with Venancio Figueroa, Dell communications manager for consumer public relations, on Wednesday, July 23, and arranged to email copies of Slaughter's letters to him. He said that he would forward them, in turn, to the escalation team.
This time the escalation team lived up to its name. The next day Slaughter received a call from Dell, saying that a new Inspiron 5100 (the 4100 model has been discontinued) was being shipped. It arrived on Monday, July 28.
I'm delighted that this worked out so quickly and so easily. But I'm left with the same question I have so often: Why didn't the company work harder to solve the problem– before a reporter began calling?
Do you have a consumer problem or question? Email the Fearless Consumer, write her at 100 Second Street NW, 22902, or call 295-8700 ext. 406.


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We have a new technical white paper published on OTN, written by one of our senior developers, Ken Young, that covers what it takes to expose the WebCenter Social Computing Services (discussions, email documents, etc.) through WSRP 2.0 for consumption in third party portal products. The white paper, titled Exposing WebCenter Services Task Flows as WSRP Portlets and Ensemble Pagelets comes with a sample project that makes it easy for you to follow the steps.
The screenshot below shows consuming the mail and document library task flows in Oracle Portal.
Oracle Portal, WebLogic Portal, WebCenter Interaction (ALUI) customers – this white paper is for you all!
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Homeownership Myths
In a recent Washington Post op‐ed, Professor Joseph Gyourko, chair of the Wharton School's Real Estate Department, lists what he sees as the five biggest myths about homeownership. Given the central role of federal housing policy, particularly Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in our recent financial crisis, it is worth following Professor Gyourko's suggestion and question whether a national policy of ownership, all the time for everyone, really makes sense.
Professor Gyourko's five myths:
1. Housing is a great long‐term investment.
2. The homebuyer tax credit makes buying a house more affordable.
3. Homeowners are better citizens.
4. It's safe to buy a house with a very low downpayment.
5. Owning is always cheaper than renting.
You'll have to read the op‐ed to see his explanations. An important qualification on his analysis is that in many cases what can be good for the buyer, such as putting no money down, may not be good for the economy if it results in additional foreclosures.


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Zaurus Cluster How To With Distcc, Was: Arm Clusters To Speed Up Native Builds?
Zaurus Cluster How To With Distcc, Was: Arm Clusters To Speed Up Native Builds?
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I can't remember if I've asked this before, but here goes: It it possible/feasable to USB network all of my ARM devices, running a common OS (Ubuntu/Debian, likely) and have a mini-cluster going to speed up native builds? It would seem that with 2 Zaurii and an N810 (and hopefully a Pandora soon), I could get things built 2-3x faster, which would be nice.
I suspect something with distcc could be done, but my impression is that that ignores the "host" CPU (eg, if I started the build on the N810, only the two Zaurii would actually do work), making it less than optimal. Is that correct?
Anyway, thoughts, how-tos, etc.?
EDIT: It looks completely possible. I guess this thread will likely turn into a how-to once I get around to it.
EDIT 2: Changed the thread title, see the next post for the tutorial.
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Jun 9 2009, 03:14 PM
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OK, it turns out this is really easy. I'm going to do this from the prospective of two Zaurii running Zubuntu, so adapt it however necessary. This is a rough draft, so please don't expect everything to be absolutely correct the first time around.
Note that you COULD do this over traditional networks, but that the latency would slow things down to some extent (and it's pretty awesome to have a mini USB network cluster going).
A generic example can be found here.
0. Get USB networking between all of the involved devices going (not going in-depth on this, look it up):
Sample /etc/network/interfaces:
iface usb0 inet static
address 192.168.2.4
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.2.1
Then run:
ifup usb0
If all went well, you should be networked.
1. Install the necessary tools (both machines):
sudo apt-get install build-essential automake autoconf python2.5-dev
2. Download the latest distcc source (3.1 as of this writing, both machines unless you want to compile and transfer):
wget http://distcc.googlecode.com/files/distcc-3.1.tar.gz
3. Build distcc (both machines, once again, unless you want to compile and transfer):
tar -xf distcc-3.1.tar.gz
cd distcc-3.1
./configure --prefix=/usr --without-get --without-gnome --disable-Werror
sudo make install
4. Add a "distcc" user (both machines):
useradd distcc
5. Start the server (both machines, I believe):
distccd --daemon --allow "127.0.0.1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
6. On the machine "doing" the build, export the hosts:
export DISTCC_POTENTIAL_HOSTS='127.0.0.1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'
7. Run the build ("host" machine only, NUMBER_OF_THREADS should probably be the number of machines available + 1, IIRC):
cd /to/source/dir/
pump make -jNUMBER_OF_THREADS CC=distcc
8. Check to make sure everything is working (on "host" machine only):
If you see something like:
object_abc.o [0]: localhost
object_xyz.o [1]: 192.168.2.3
Sample speedups:
Building distcc using distcc (N810 and SL-C3100, using "pump make -j3 cc=distcc"):4 minutes, 49 seconds
Building distcc using only the N810: 4 minutes, 52 seconds
That's not really the speedup I was hoping for, but I'll try to build some other things and see how it pans out.
Anyway, I hope somebody finds this useful.
Jun 10 2009, 12:36 AM
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Thanks, I will get my third arm device soon.
So this is something nice to try indeed
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I think Huseng, like many of us, is not fond of institutions in general. They are a very necessary development in modern Buddhism, in my opinion, but do in some ways go against the traditional notion of the wandering sramana. Along with larger organizations go a lot of politicking, people seeking their own advantage, competition and other problems. This is just part of being a big organization in general, and I don't think is specifically related to Chinese Buddhism or a particular temple at all- but to people's minds, which are under the control of karma and affliction, and the associated behaviours that brings out when we are put in a competitive situation. The best of us can use that reality to challenge our afflictions and use the power of the organization to bring maximum benefit, which is what exceptional people do.
I always keep in mind that without the organizational structure of FPMT there would have been no translator school in Dharamasala, I probably would never have learned Tibetan, and never been able to work with and serve Geshe Sonam and the centres as an interpreter. The smaller, loosely organized centres are what I am attracted to in many ways, but more limited resources mean more limited reach and opportunities.
And the ethical issues around donations I think could be said not only for the large Chinese Buddhist organizations like FGS, DDM, Chung Tai etc. But also many of the larger organizations in my tradition- such as FPMT, Tergar, Shambhala etc. Sometimes Tibetan lamas think of this but usually only in retrospect- because the needs of the large monasteries, feeding many monks and so forth, are so great that donations often come just in the nick of time to prevent disastrous organizational cosequences. But one lama did tell me for example that he feels accepting Michael Roach's money, which could have in part come from transactions involving conflict diamonds, problematic. He said there could be consequences to MR's work later on for that sort of livelihood. But this seems more of a personal thing, he did not mention the possible impact on the organizations where the money went. (And certainly it went to some great projects, whatever people want to say about MR, like having refugees digitize important portions of the Tibetan canon.
In terms of the FGS home for the aged, I cannot feel cynical at all about that. I think it is wonderful. Even if it serves a practical function of helping monks and nuns stay in the temple, it is an amazing service and touches my heart. I know I should be perfectly renounced, but I do have some level of fear for my old age (wordly concern I know). The fact is Tibetan organizations generally just don't think about offering people who devoted their whole lives to the centres and projects any sort of security in their old age. This does lead to worry. I've thought about it- will there be any space on the social housing lists when I'm old? Will I be going to food banks? Out on the street? If FGS can offer freedom from these worries to its clergy and their families that is a cut above.
Osel (who was designated as the reincarnation of Lama Yeshe and is just now returning to active FPMT involvement) made these comments in an open letter to FPMT:
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It seems like FGS is doing that.While our goal is to benefit as many living beings as possible, and while the scope of that is so vast, we must not allow that to blind us to our immediate responsibility of showing appreciation, kindness, and concern for each other and each other's welfare within our own community. Unfortunately sometimes our rapid growth has caused a number of situations where we haven't measured up in this respect.
It is my intention to make sure that in the next phase of FPMTs growth we focus on looking after each other. Some of our teachers and students who pioneered the early days of our development are now in their 60s and 70s. While one of our priorities is education for the youth of our world today, as our organization matures, we also have to take care of those who have contributed so much and who are now reaching the stage where they require care and consideration.


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ANN ARBOR, MI — (WWJ) Cadillac's sleek new Elmiraj concept car will give you an idea of where the brand is heading, as it tries to compete with upscale imports from BMW and Mercedes.
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Racing games have evolved a lot over the years from simple kart racers to a genre that now contains a ridiculous amount of depth and variety. Whether you favor a more realistic racing simulation or a classic, arcade-style high-speed racer, youll find something out there to enjoy. The newest addition to this ever-growing genre of games is Pure, a racing title that puts aside complicated driving mechanics in favor of a more straightforward, adrenaline-pumping driving sensation.
In many ways, Pure very much achieves what it set out to do. There are certainly some problems with the title, but from the moment you power-on the game, you get the sense that the developers are on a mission to impress you as much as possible. From some really breath-taking courses to huge jumps and a fantastic sense of speed, Pure feels very, well pure.
The games controls are mundane and might suggest that this is just another run-of-the-mill racing game; thankfully, such is not the case. Right and left triggers control gas and brake, respectively, with the left analog stick your virtual steering wheel. Youll pull off a variety of different tricks with the right analog stick and three of the four face buttons, with the fourth assigned to boost.
In terms of modes, what youll likely be playing most by yourself is Pures World Tour mode, which essentially serves as the games career mode. You create a character, modify your vehicle, and hit the track in several varied races attempting to come out on top in the end. There are three different event types to play: Freestyle, Sprint, and Race. Each requires a different racing focus, and theres enough variety with these three modes to feel like youre actually playing differently each time.
These modes are spread out over a spectrum ranging from more precise (Sprint) to absolutely crazy and over-the-top (Freestyle) with Race falling in the middle as a happy balance. Race is obviously the more traditional racing game mode, but the other two also offer a lot of fun. Regardless, the point here is that Pure manages to spread out the content a bit so the focus isnt all on one facet of racing. While the awesome air-grabbing sequences characterized by Freestyle mode are probably the most fun, youre never pigeonholed into playing a certain type of racing game. The freedom that Pure gives you is impressive and appreciated.
That said, you will probably have most fun with Freestyle mode because its here that Pures strengths come most to light. The best time youll have with this game is pulling off tricks, building up your boost meter, and taking your ATV off massive death-defying jumps. Since Freestyle is all about racking up combinations of tricks and keeping the clock alive, its a mode thats very conducive to the titles central fun factor.
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By Teachers, For Teachers
The new school year is upon us. You may be thinking, what can you do differently this year? How can you stand out above the crowd? How can your school become a larger part of the school community?
While Twitter in the classroom is beginning to catch on with many educators, schools are lagging in their adoption of the platform. Twitter in the classroom is a quick and easy tool to let the entire school community know what's going on with you and your students. Updates can come from anywhere and users don't have to have a Twitter account to follow along.
But where do you start? What are some things to consider when using Twitter in the classroom?
Here is a quick guide for schools and districts that want to start using Twitter.
Prep for a Twitter Account
There are a few questions you and your team (and it should be a team) will want to ask and answer before you jump in:
• So, you are going to have a Twitter account. Great! Why? What do you want to do with this account? What do you hope to accomplish? What do you want to communicate? What do you want to tell people? The possibilities here are really endless. But think beyond the basic stuff like picture day and what's for lunch. Consider taking pictures of kids doing collaborative projects or highlighting staff of the month. It can really go beyond all the regular communication and show the community what your school (or district) is all about.
• Who will be in charge of the account? Will there be just one person who will post or will you have multiple people who post? This is all situation dependent. I would say more than one person is great but too many and things can get out of hand and duplicate information could easily be posted. Keep it simple and experiment to find what works for your group.
• Will you follow anyone? Again, this is situation dependent. You may want to follow other schools and the teachers in your school, but will you follow parents? Students? Community members? If you are just going to be broadcasting then following becomes less of an issue. If you want to facilitate interaction then following is important and your group will need to decide some guidelines on who to follow.
• If someone sends you an @ message, will you respond? Often times your account will get mentioned or someone will send you a question. Your group will need to decide how to handle these questions. My district has a Twitter account but it is a one way conversation. It rarely will respond to questions from the general public. I believe it should be interactive. So take time to get back to folks who need information from you.
Now you are ready to set up your account. You will need an email address that is not already associated with a Twitter account already. If you can have a generic email set up by the district that is the best way to handle that. Otherwise, you will have to find an email address to use. You could always set up a dummy email address as well. The email address is used to confirm the account and sent notices of direct messages and new followers and such.
As for your username, you will want to pick a name that is easy to remember and is your school's brand. This is the point where you will define who your school will be on Twitter. Remember though, users only have 140 characters to tweet with and if your user name is @RonaldReganHighSchool that doesn't leave a lot for others to tweet with. So maybe you go with @RRHS. Adding your location like town or state doesn't hurt either. Just keep it simple. And remember, there are several hundred million Twitter users so don't be disappointed if your first choice for a username is taken. Get creative and find something that can become your brand.
A profile will go a long way in letting people know who you are. This is the place you can put in your full school name, location, description and link to your school website. You will also want to put in a picture, either of a mascot or school symbol. That helps other users quickly identify who you are.
A good idea is to also come up with a hashtag specific for your school or district. This will allow you to track conversations even if your account is not mentioned in a tweet. For example, our distrcit uses initials as our hashtag, #wsfcs. The hashtag is good because classes and teachers can send tweets and still reference your school without mentioning you in the tweet. You can then collect them and retweet them as you see fit. Also, you don't have to follow everyone either to see what folks are saying. If you have monitors set up near your entrance you can use a program like Twitterfall to display all the tweets coming in on your hashtag. That might also entice folks to check out your Twitter account and learn more about your presence there.
The account does no good if no one knows about it. Let everyone know. Put a widget on your website so every time folks visit they see your updates. Tell parents about it in mailings home. A simple "Follow Us On Twitter" and a link will go a long way for getting folks to see what you are saying. You may also want to make some videos on how to find your updates and what you will be using your account for.
You may find resistance to the idea of a school Twitter account because folks don't want one of their own. That's fine, they don't have to have one. The easiest way to follow updates is to have their own account, but there are other options. They can subscribe via the RSS feed found on your profile page, subscribe through SMS (text) messages on their phone (they have to have an account for this), or you can add the widget to your page so they can see the updates every time they visit.
Learn some other basics from my Twitter In Education Livebinder .
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Sunday, 29 May 2011
Moscow Maxidrama
And so the drama started. The set was running a little late then photos and song titles trickled through only to find out that this was just a sound check. What the fuck? I thought it was weird but my overriding feeling was of jealousy that they got so many performances. So we wondered when the actual concert would start. The rumour got shot down by Adam straight after his "sound check" performance. Biggest collective fucking facepalm ever. Here are my video picks for you to enjoy:
Peering over the sea of red hearts, this look of Adam's tailored for a daytime rock festival gig for a 50k crowd on a huge stage is a lot more casual and less try-hard than the Glam Nation costumes. With a distressed leather jacket and aviators, I couldn't help but think of Top Gun. It's definitely more rock than glam though there is some subtle sparkle from the tight trousers. From the videos, we can see some magical mysterious wispy things floating in the air that I imagine are the exactly the type of objects that would appear in the presence of unicorns. Would someone care to explain to me what they are and shatter this illusion of mine?
MA opens the set and I notice there's a bit of flesh-flashing when he raises his arms. There's a teasy Tommy moment and it would've been ironic if he'd kept his sunglasses on for the song that specifically asks us to look into his eyes. I'm glad they came off. There are no dancers for DTRH but Adam does an incredible job with his slithery tentacle arms. There is some fantastic ad-libbing and notably excellent vocals, possibly due to forgetting that he shouldn't be going into RoF. The jacket comes off for a rock version of WWFM and he is left in just a vest. There are plenty of different and beautiful runs that he adds towards the second half, making this exceptional, and his voice is bright and powerful. There's no kissing for Fever but the crowd does get plenty of strippery moves when Adam moves onto the steps. There's a run that I love at the end of the second verse that had previously been exclusive to my concert in London and yes, I'm feeling a bit possessive over it but love hearing it again. Holy motherfucking shit, those Sleepwalker vocals! Nuff said. TCB is another fine one and the crowd goes wild as Adam goes to ruffle Tommy's hair. The IIHY chorus sounds quite different to the other live versions, very rock and not so electronic and I assume this is due to the absence of Cam on keys. Strut is a strange one and it's been a long time since I last saw it without the props and dancers. There seem to be major sound problems like in Berlin as Adam misses his cue at the start and sounds rather off-key. He doesn't do a lot of singing at the start, leaving much to the backing track but he recovers well to finish. We have a scorching electric 'woman' WLL and it's refreshing to see lots of males in audience. During SFW he misses a few notes but it's still a stomping, fist-pumping affair. Oh how I've missed these concerts, drama and all!
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Friday, 27 May 2011
Unlock Me
I created the single colour design so it can be printed using special glitter material. Unfortunately it doesn't display accurately in the shop illustrations but you can see an example of how the material looks here. If you like it, look out for 'Glitter' in the titles. The 3D-look design isn't available in the glitter material but I have used shiny metallic gold or silver. If you don't see the exact colour combo you'd like, please let me know and I'll set it up for you. Hope you enjoy them!
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Like a wily politician, I, as they say, became enlightened and changed my position regarding the perceived infringement on religious liberties the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) contained in regards to the contraception mandate.
I managed to avoid tossing the hackneyed and weighted John Maynard Keynes line: "When the facts change, I change my mind, what do you do, sir?" into my previous columns on the topic, but I have thought about using it. (And I guess now, I have.)
In its second public fissure with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic trade group announced that it could accept the Obama administration's original compromise on the contraception mandate albeit with a few "accommodations." And it should, for two reasons: Because it is a good deal and because it is the right thing to do.
Allow me address the latter reason first. Back in late January of 2012, I wrote my first column on the issue and slapped the incendiary title Let the Bishops have their bottle on it. I was hit with waves of angry emails by people who apparently did not read the actual column. If they would have read it they would have realized I was arguing, as was the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, that faith-based groups (hospitals and educational institutions, amongst others), with no direct affiliation with a specific house of worship, be offered the same exemption from the contraception mandate that churches, other houses of worship and their affiliated organizations are afforded.
My reasoning at the time was that the non-Catholic individual who was, say, employed as a janitor in a Catholic hospital should not expect steak to be served in the cafeteria on Fridays. Bottom line: If you decide to work for a faith-based organization and you are not a member of that specific faith, you should expect the mores of that faith to permeate your work environment. Therefore, women who work at a Catholic charitable organization should not expect that organization to provide them with contraception, sterilization and drugs that can cause early abortions.
Then, 12 months later I changed my mind. In my second column on the topic, entitled One year later, I assailed my original position as being narrow-minded and ignorant. You see, the fact is that 99 percent of women use contraceptives at some point in their lives for myriad of things besides actual birth control. Adolescent girls and young women are often prescribed birth control for irregular menstruation cycles, menstrual cramps, endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, an endocrine disorder. No one should be denied access to drugs for these conditions because of their employer's religious values.
The Obama Administration felt the same way, and I have a sneaking suspicion the CHA did too, but it was still not reason enough for the Catholic organization to get on board. A compromise needed to be struck and, alas, at a time when digging in one's heels is so fashionable that no one ever gets a full glimpse of anyone else's shoes.
In a canny move, the administration found a way for faith-based organizations to deflect direct responsibility for providing contraception coverage to their employees by shifting those costs to insurers. This was by all means a good deal. However, for many involved it was not enough. While the general public balked that Catholic groups were turning their nose up at a fair compromise that comprehensively addressed their concerns, there was more tweaking needed.
The CHA felt that there were two sticking points that needed to be hammered out: the four-part definition of what constituted a "religious employer" and, according to the CHA memo, "A federal precedent that mandated our members would have to include in their health plans [those] services they had well-established moral objections to."
HHS's most recent accommodations, issued on June 28, satisfied those concerns for the CHA. And on July 8, the CHA announced that the final rules issued governing the Health and Human Services mandate were acceptable. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, President of the United Conference of Catholic Bishops did not agree and had indeed proclaimed, five days after accommodations were announced, that they were unacceptable.
A good deal is hard to come by these days. And, to employ another hackneyed statement: Perfection should not be the enemy of good.
Let us be thankful that the United Conference of Catholic Bishops does not represent the 600 hospitals and 1,400 other health facilities that the CHA does.


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Tyler was still on my mind.
I dropped my yoga gear onto the floor and slammed the door behind me. I hadn't been able to relax during class after seeing Tyler and all I wanted to do was order some take-out and hide in front of the television. Without turning on the light, I washed my hands at the kitchen sink, opened the fridge and grabbed a bottle of soda.
"I thought you weren't drinking soda anymore."
Tyler was sitting on my couch and looking annoyed with me. I surprised myself by not screaming at the pain I felt when the soda bottle fell out of my hand and hit my toes. Tyler rose from the couch.
"What are you doing scaring me like that? How did you get in here?"
As soon as I said it, I already knew the answer. He still had his code to my door.
"Stupid question Laney."
When he took a few steps towards me, I outstretched my hand to stop him.
"You need to go."
Tyler came closer and stood a few feet away from me. I backed away to put more distance between us.
"No, I won't go. You walked away from me earlier and we weren't done talking."
I opened the front door for him.
"There's nothing more to talk about for now. I need space. We need space. Please just leave."
Tyler didn't budge.
"You can't put all the blame on me for the other night. You were a willing participant Laney. Instead of talking this out, why would you rather make this hard? This is crazy."
"Ty, you made it very, very hard for me to think straight that night. You just need to go, okay?"
A guilty look clouded his face but it quickly disappeared.
"Have it your way."
He brushed past me and I moved away so that we didn't make contact. When I heard the door slam, I finally exhaled. But when I turned to lock the door, Tyler was just standing there, watching me.
In one swift step, Tyler narrowed the distance between us, took me in his arms and hovered his lips barely inches away from mine. I didn't have time to think about pushing him away and even if I did, I wasn't sure if I wanted to.
We stood there for the longest moment just inhaling each other's breath. I felt myself propelling slowly forward towards his lips.
"There is no one in the world that I want more than you," Tyler whispered with expectant eyes. "If you blame me, then you'll just have to forgive me."
I wanted to forget everything in that moment but I couldn't.
I snapped out of my haze. The grin that had started to form at the corners of his mouth quickly turned into tensely set lips.Just as suddenly as he had taken me in his arms, Tyler let me go and stepped away. He'd managed to leave me breathless.
"I hate you," I said.
"Don't worry, I hate you too."
Tyler opened the door and didn't look back at me.
"And when you finally come to your senses, don't call me."
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I like love. But the really old definition of love from the Bible is problematic for me. That explanation makes you think. You know, like "love is patient" or "not rejoices in wrongdoing."
Glory, this is hard. Scientists have established that as humans, we need to be loved and to love. This makes sense. We thrive when we are around people who love us, and we really get a lift when we love someone or do something with love for others. I am still working on the patient, bearing all things, etc. part.
We can read the descriptions of love in every culture's literature and art. It is in some ways the impetus for all human behavior. No wonder we mess it up so many times.
We have done awful things in the name of love. We have done great things in the name of love. In endless ways, humans have used it as an excuse for about everything.
Self-worth can get caught up in this as well. We see this in abuse cases, where the victim translates the periods between the episodes of abuse with true love: "Well, he tells me he loves me."
Is this relationship only habit and does it help me continue to grow? I marry or just date. Should I move in with my family, or will I strain the precious love between us. How much do I really love doing a certain activity or can I give it up without much pain.
Loving is one thing, loving objects can trap us. Certainly as we age, some things become more precious, and there is the rub. You might hear from your precious family, "Why are you keeping this? What is this thing?"
We sometimes must let go of belongings, and it is never easy. This is when we need a trusted person to help us decide what goes. Sort it out and then let the family take what is precious to them. An orange parrot can be someone's special memory!
Love is tricky, huh?! We are human and need love. Age allows us to sort it out and then enjoy.
After all, most of us have seen all shapes and sizes of it, and we know love is just to be enjoyed. So as it has been said in ancient verse, love is kind, so offer love.
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Recent rumours of a red Xbox 360 were more than pure speculation, it seems, because Microsoft has now released official pictures of its resprayed console.
The red Xbox 360 doesn't feature blood splatters, sadly
The red Xbox 360 is a limited edition model that'll be shipped as part of a bundle pack to promote the upcoming Resident Evil 5 game.
Included in the pack is an Elite model 360 with a 120GB hard drive, red controller, black headset and a copy of Resident Evil 5 itself.
The all important bundle
Microsoft's red Xbox 360 will be available on 13 March for around $340 (£233/€265). There's no word yet on a UK release. ®
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Two Vacancies this Summer?
ABC's Ariane de Vogue writes:
Lawyers for President Obama have been working behind the scenes to prepare for the possibility of one, and maybe two Supreme Court vacancies this spring.
Court watchers believe two of the more liberal members of the court, justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, could decide to step aside for reasons of age and health. That would give the president his second and third chance to shape his legacy on the Supreme Court.
I do believe Stevens will retire and that Judge Diane Wood will be his nominated successor. But I deeply question that Ginsburg intends to step down. As National Law Journal's Tony Mauro reported a little over a year ago (and, due to a paywall, as conveyed by the WSJ Law Blog):
Not so fast, says Mauro. "If anyone asks you, 'When is she retiring?' " Ginsburg reportedly said at a law clerks' reunion last June, "tell them I have a great role model in Justice [John Paul] Stevens, who is going strong at age 88." Ginsburg, 75, would have to sit on the bench until 2021 to match Stevens's tenure.
However, Ginsburg's health scares since then, including pancreatic cancer and a spill on an airplane, may have changed her mind. If so, I submit the following prospects:
- Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Judge of the Georgia Supreme Court
- Neal Katyal, Principal Deputy Assistant Solicitor General, Georgetown Law professor, and winning advocate in Hamdan.
- Harold Koh, State Department legal advisor, former Yale Law School dean
- Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, former Harvard Law School dean
- Cass Sunstein, OIRA administrator, Harvard Law School professor
- Seth Waxman, Chair of WilmerHale's Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Practice Group, former Solicitor General
- Deval Patrick, Massachusetts Governor, former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
After Obama's firefight with the GOP over the very liberal and quite white Judge Wood, he will send up a moderate/center-left nominee of color. Hence Ward, Katyal, and Koh.
Because Breyer will remain on the bench if Ginsburg retires, there will be no need to fill the "Jewish seat." That puts Kagan, Sunstein, and Waxman on the back burner for the third vacancy. And only Kagan will be young enough to be nominated by then, given the present robustness of the other justices in the over-70 club (Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer).
Patrick is at the bottom because he is running for reelection this year and I believe Obama will choose a black woman before he puts another black man on the Court. After all, I think Obama himself may be the Court's third male African-American justice after he leaves office.
UPDATE: Since this writing, I've been somewhat disabused of my Harold Koh suggestion. Let me offer Denny Chin and Goodwin Liu as two other possible Asian-American nominees for when Ginsburg steps down NOT this summer.


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Of Certain Interest: The Discultimate Gear Guide, Levels 0-10 and Levels 10-20
IF ONLY IT did take five seconds, my little discipline priestlings. But hope springs eternal, and while it may take longer than five seconds, you can zwish through your first 20 levels with only minor inconvenience and light bruising without once being tempted to walk the sad path of Shadow Priest ( I see you there, with your finger on the button! Don't do it, you fool!).
Grind your way up to level 10, enjoying the sights and sounds of your native land for a mere hour. Take a moment to savor the transitory ease of leveling, and then bounce into 11 with a good basic understanding of your introductory Discipline spells and talents.
It's worth thinking at this point about whether you'll be willing to respec often, perhaps as the healing alt of a moneyed character, or whether you'll need this spec to go the distance (translation: you're a cheap bastard), pulling into 80 without once changing your course.
In this guide, I'll be outlining specifically how to stay disciplined the whole long road. Leveling as a Disc Priest is challenging, certainly compared to leveling as a Shadow Priest, but I think provides unparalleled opportunities to learn your Disc character inside and out.
I'm also assuming that your leveling will be a combination of Random Dungeon Findering and solo questing. I used to argue strenuously against using quests to level as a Disc Priest, but with the pacing of the new Cataclysm quests, I've done exactly that five or six times now (what can I say? I'm a fool for love!). With a little bit of know-how, solo questing as a Disc Priest is not only possible, but gleefully dangerous.
And we'll not be taking on Discipline PvP- at least, not yet.
Patience, my pets.
Talents are the choices that you make on your character Talent Tree screen. You get to allot one point every two or so levels. Abilities are the spells that you learn from a trainer, which show up in your spellbook. You can drag abilities to your quickbar to cast them more rapidly.
- 10 1/2 Improved Power Word: Shield
- 11 1/3 Twin Disciplines
- 12 – No points –
- 13 2/3 Twin Disciplines
- 14 – No points –
- 15 3/3 Twin Disciplines
- 16 – No points –
- 17 1/3 Mental Agility
- 18 – No points –
- 19 2/2 Improved Power Word: Shield
- 20 – No points –
- 0 [Smite] – Quick damage
- 3 [Flash Heal] – Quick heal
- 4 [Shadow Word: Pain] – DoT
- 5 [Power Word: Shield] – Instant protection
- 7 [Inner Fire] – Self buff
- 8 [Renew] – HoT
- 9 [Mind Blast] – Big damage
- 12 [Psychic Scream] – Interrupt
- 14 [Power Word: Fortitude] – Group buff
- 14 [Resurrection] – Revive companion
- 16 [Heal] – Medium heal
- 18 [Holy Fire] – Medium Damage + DoT
- None
The Big Idea: You can get into a Dungeon Finder group quickly and easily as a healer, but I'm assuming you'll be splitting your time between instancing and questing. Power Word: Shield will be your go-to spell in both places; you'll use it to protect the tank in instances, as well as using it on yourself while questing.
As you solo quest, you'll need a bit of oomph behind your Shadow spells. As Disc, though, oomph is severely lacking. Because of that, I highly recommend picking up Twin Disciplines as soon as possible to increase the effectiveness of your damage spells while questing (and, incidentally, your healing spells while instancing).
After all, there's only so much abuse you can take from low-level cloth-geared LFD warrior tanks, amirite?
- Buff all with Shadow Protection and Power Word: Fortitude, and yourself with Inner Will
- Shield the tank and hit him with a Renew *just* as he starts to run forward, then sit and drink just before they draw aggro (you'll spend a lot on drinks, but it's worth it to top off at the beginning of every fight)
- Flash Heal small damage
- Greater Heal big damage
- Shield specific DPS/yourself if they or you are consistently taking a lot of damage
- Use Fade often. Tanks don't have a lot of threat tools yet.
- Buff yourself with Shadow Protection, Power Word: Fortitude, and Inner Fire
- Cast Holy Fire (or Mind Blast, if you don't have Holy Fire yet) at your target, then cast PW: Shield on yourself. Immediately cast Shadow Word: Pain and then SmiteSmiteSmiteSmite
- If you're running out of mana, use your wand (I know, I know)
- When your bubble wears off, renew it unless your target is at less than 20% health
- [Your Racial Starting Area] (0-10)
If you play a Horde character, I highly, highly recommend that as soon as you hit level 10 you get your butt over to Brill, outside of Undercity, and begin the beautifully epic/hilarious Forsaken quest chain, which will take you through to level 35 without pausing for breath.
If you're Alliance, move with speed to Darkshore (you can get to Darnassus by taking a boat from Stormwind Harbor, then take the boat to Lor'Danel) for the revamped Cataclysm quest chains there. It's no Dark Lady, but hey.
- Westfall (10-15)
- Bloodmyst Isle (10-20)
- Darkshore (10-20)
- Loch Modan (10-20)
- Azshara (10-20)
- Ghostlands (10-20)
- Northern Barrens (10-20)
- Silverpine Forest (10-20)
- Ruins of Gilneas (14-16)
- Redridge Mountains (15-20)


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The hands-on history footlockers are designed for use in elementary schools, but they are easily adaptable for middle, and high school classes, as well as senior citizens groups and other organizations. They contain reproduction artifacts; photographs; cassette tapes, video tapes, PowerPoints and/or DVDS; reproduction clothing; and replicated tools related to the specific footlocker topic. Footlocker User Guides can be found online, in Adobe Acrobat format, to help teachers prepare for utilizing this resource in the classroom. These Guides contain: historical narratives; a bibliography; compliance with Montana Standards for Social Studies and Indian Education for All Essential Understandings where applicable; and lessons. In the User Guide you will also find many tools to assist you in teaching with objects and primary sources.
No rental fee is charged for the use of footlockers. However, schools are responsible for the cost of shipping the footlocker to the next venue via United Parcel Service (UPS). Footlockers must also be insured for $500.00 each (shipping and insurance varies by weight and location). If a school fails to insure the footlocker and it is lost in transit, the school will be responsible for replacement costs. Out of consideration for your fellow teachers, please note that footlockers shipped on Friday do NOT always arrive the following Monday, so plan accordingly.
Booking: To reserve a footlocker, please submit the Online Reservation Form. In order to get the materials that you seek at the times you prefer, please book early. Many teachers order the footlockers or slide units during the spring semester proceeding the school year in which they wish to use it. Call the Society's Education Office at (406) 444-9553 if you have any issues, comments or concerns with online booking.
Note: Footlockers are reserved on a first come, first served basis. In order to ensure the broadest possible access for educators statewide reservations are limited to four (4) footlockers per teacher per school year. If you feel that you need to exceed this limit please contact Katie White at email@example.com or 406-444-9553 to see if an exception is possible.
Architecture: It's All Around You - Explores the different architectural styles and elements of buildings, urban and rural, plus ways in which people can preserve buildings for the future.
Cavalry and Infantry: The U.S. Military on the Montana Frontier - Illustrates the function of the U.S. military and the life of an enlisted man on Montana's frontier, 1860 to 1890.
Coming to Montana: Immigrants from Around the World - Showcases the culture, countries, traditions, and foodways of Montana's immigrants through reproduction clothing, toys, and activities.
Contemporary American Indians in Montana - Highlights the renaissance of Montana's Indian cultures and tribal efforts to maintain their identities and traditions.
Discover Lewis and Clark - Traces the Corps' journey through Montana and their encounters with American Indians. Includes grizzly bear hide, trade goods, a sextant, books, and more!
East Meets West: The Chinese Experience in Montana - Explores the lives of the Chinese who came to Montana, the customs that they brought with them to America, how they contributed to Montana communities, and why they left.
From Traps to Caps: The Montana Fur Trade - Gives students a glimpse at how fur traders lived and made their living along the creeks and valleys of Montana, 1810-1860.
Gold, Silver, and Coal Oh My!: Mining Montana's Wealth - Chronicles the discoveries that drew people to Montana in the late19th century and how the mining industry developed and declined.
The Home Fires: Montana and World War II - Describes aspects of everyday life in Montana during the 1941-1945 war years. Illustrates little-known government projects such as the Fort Missoula Alien Detention Center and Civilian Public Service Camps.
Inside and Outside the Home: Homesteading in Montana 1900-1920 - Focuses on the thousands of people who came to Montana's plains in the early 20th century in hope of make a living through dry-land farming.
Land of Many Stories: The People and Histories of Glacier National Park
Focuses on the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of Glacier National Park. It is thematically tied to the MHS' exhibit The Land of Many Stories: The People and Histories of Glacier National Park. It examines the human experience in the area now known as Glacier National Park, from pre-contact to the recent past, focusing on human-environmental interaction.
Lifeways of Montana's First People - Emphasizes the various tribal lifeways of the people who utilized the land we now know as Montana in the years around 1800.
Montana Indian Stories Lit Kit - Immerses students in storytelling and the oral tradition with seven class sets of Montana Indian stories collected for the Indian Reading Series (1972) and reprinted by the Montana Historical Society Press. The lit kit includes animal puppets and User Guide. NOTE: Out of respect for the storytelling customs of many Montana Indian people, this kit will be made available for use in the winter months (November through March.)
Montana Place Names Mini Footlocker - Consists of ten copies of the book, Montana Place Names: from Alzada to Zortman, and the lesson plan "Mapping Montana, A to Z." Teachers will need to order classroom sets of Montana maps separately from Travel Montana or by calling 406-841-2870.
Montana State Symbols - Provides students the opportunity to explore hands-on educational activities to gain a greater appreciation of our state's symbols and their meanings.
Oral History in the Classroom Mini Footlocker - Includes eight Sony IC Audio Recorders, batteries and chargers, useful reference material, and detailed lesson plans for creating a classroom-based oral history project.
Original Governor's Mansion: Home to the Stewart Family in Turbulent Times, 1913-1921 - Investigates life and politics, 1913-1921, as well as the history and architecture of a magnificent building.
Prehistoric Life in Montana - Exposes Montana prehistory (10,000-12,000 years ago) and archaeology through a study of the Pictograph Cave site in eastern Montana.
Stones and Bones - Uncovers the earliest evidence of Montana's human history through a study of casts and reproduction stone and bone tools, including replica artifacts from the Anzick collection found in Wilsall, Montana. Explore our new complementary lesson, Making an Atlatl, which provides detailed instructions on how students can make atlatls and darts while learning more about the physics behind this ancient technology and the tremendous skill it took to hunt large games in the pre-contact era.
To Learn A New Way- Through a child's voice, as much as possible, this footlocker explores the late 1800's and early 1900's time in which Montana Indians were moved to reservations, experienced allotment and boarding schools - all of which resulted in dramatic changes in their lands, languages, and way of life.
Tools of the Trade: Montana Industry and Technology - Surveys the evolution of tools and technology in Montana from late 1700s to the present. Explore our new complementary lesson, Making an Atlatl, which provides detailed instructions on how students can make atlatls and darts while learning more about the physics behind this ancient technology and the tremendous skill it took to hunt large games in the pre-contact era.
Woolies and Whinnies: The Sheep and Cattle Industry in Montana - Reveals the fascinating stories of cattle, horse, and sheep ranching in Montana, 1870 to 1920.
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