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Remarks on Global Food Security
Secretary of State
Well, this has been an amazing day, and I'm all that stands between you and getting out into this absolutely beautiful afternoon and enjoying some of the sights that Washington has to offer. But I wanted to come to close out the formal part of the program to express great appreciation, first and foremost, to the Chicago Council – in particular, Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman for bringing us all together today to our very special guests, the heads of state and government from Tanzania, Benin, Ethiopia and Ghana, and to tell you how exciting it is that we have this partnership at the highest levels with the countries that you represent here at this conference and for the months and years ahead. I also want to thank Raj Shah and his great colleagues at USAID. Raj has led a tireless effort on behalf of advancing food security worldwide along with the wonderful help of people not only here in Washington but in our posts and missions across the globe.
Thanks to our G-8 partners. I see representatives from the G-8 countries here. Thank you for your commitment to food security, for the great work that started in L'Aquila and has continued forward to here in Washington. And thanks to all of you in the private sector, in the not-for-profit sector, in the academic world, in the faith community, in the agricultural productivity and research world. Thank you all.
And this has been a real diverse conference. Not only heads of state and government and foreign ministers and aid workers and health experts and businessmen and women, but we had at least one rock star. I have it on very good authority. (Laughter.) And although we hail from different regions and hold different points of view, as Senator Graham said about his and my perspectives, on this we all agree – the need to drastically decrease hunger and poverty worldwide. And strengthening global agriculture is a powerful way to do that.
Now it wasn't long ago that a symposium on food security would have drawn a very different crowd, because for years, passionate and persistent advocates made the case that this issue needed to be on the development agenda of every nation. Well, the United States listened, the G-8 countries listened, and now it's a signature issue. Billions of dollars have been pledged by the world's largest economies, and those pledges are being met. The G-20 has embraced this mission. So has the World Bank and the African Union. And 30 African nations are creating national agricultural investment plans and revising their budgets to make agriculture a leading priority.
Now in the United States, we've created our own global food security initiative, and as you were able to hear directly from President Obama earlier today, Feed the Future is at the forefront of our global development agenda. Now we took on food security right out of the box in this Administration because the facts were so compelling. Yes, it's a complex, far-reaching issue, but it comes down to a couple of very key facts – nearly a billion people worldwide suffering from chronic hunger; by the year 2050, the global population will climb to 9 billion, and the world will need to produce 70 percent more food than we do today just to feed everyone; 75 percent of the world's poor live in rural settings and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.
Now there are many other facts, but I think these three are sufficient not only to make the case, but to add up to a tremendous opportunity, because if we can help the rural poor produce more food and sell it in thriving local and regional markets as well as on the global market, we can decrease chronic hunger today, we can build an ample food supply for tomorrow, we can drive economic growth in places where poverty is persistent, and we can have better futures for men, women, and children.
Now I think what we are seeking to do through our investments in global agriculture is not just to solve the problem of hunger, we also want to solve the problem of extreme poverty. And agriculture, in our opinion, may be the best intervention point to do that. Development dollars spent on agriculture have the greatest impact on poverty reduction, more than money spent in any other sector. So if we want to make big gains in the fight against poverty, agriculture is the best way to do that.
And there is no place that that is more true than in Africa, where there is such great potential for gains in agricultural productivity. So together, African governments, donors, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society can close the productivity gap and feed many more people.
Now having said that agriculture development can deliver strong results, I have to admit the goals we have set for ourselves are very ambitious. They need to be. The countries that we are supporting are trying to transform how people farm, what people eat, how crops are stored and sold, and that is not easy. Some of the changes they seek will take years, perhaps even generations, to lock into place. So we need to have the foresight and to stay committed to this mission.
Many worthy ideas have been shared here today about what should come next in the global fight for food security. And I want to emphasize three issues that I believe deserve our particular attention. All three are areas in which progress is both urgently needed and well within our reach. And all are priorities of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition that President Obama announced this morning.
The first is a centerpiece of this symposium: partnering with the private sector. As President Obama said earlier, the New Alliance includes a major push to mobilize more private sector investment and involvement. Now part of the reason for that is simple math. Consider the 30 African countries that have created or are now creating comprehensive national agriculture investment plans. When we look at their own spending, even in those countries that have met the goal of allocating 10 percent of their national budget to agriculture, and then when we add to that the pledged support from development partners like the members of the G-8, a significant gap still remains because governments alone cannot supply all the investment needed to transform agriculture. We need the private sector.
Now that's not only true only of agriculture. Private investment has become invaluable to development across the board. In the 1960s, official development assistance from governments and multilateral organizations accounted for 70 percent of capital flows going into developing countries. But today that number has fallen to just 13 percent. And that's not because public assistance has gone down; it's because private investment has skyrocketed. Now we need to drive more of that investment toward agricultural growth.
And beyond investment, the private sector has a great deal to offer in terms of skills and expertise. Whether it's improving the supply chain so fewer crops are spoiled on their way to market, as Premium Foods is doing in Ghana; or training growers in certified seed production, like Tanseed is doing in Tanzania; or expanding the production and processing of highly nutritional foods like chickpeas and soybeans, as Guts Agro Industry is in Ethiopia, businesses often know how to do important things better and more cost effectively than anyone else.
African countries are taking the lead on cultivating private sector involvement. They are reforming their policies to make their economies and agricultural sectors more attractive for both domestic and international investment and private sector activity. Their partners can support this by launching our own innovative collaborations with businesses, both local and international.
Now, I do realize that not everyone welcomes wholeheartedly the notion of more private sector involvement. And let me be clear that while global corporations play an irreplaceable role, we want them to prosper alongside local business, not at their expense. Private sector activity must start with the smallholder farmers whose future prosperity is the focal point of all our efforts, and then expand outward from there.
Furthermore, I know that some worry that by asking the private sector to step up, governments are hoping that gives us the excuse to scale back. Well, I want to say as clearly as I can that the United States is in this for the long run. And we ask others to hold us accountable as we will do the same in turn. And we believe accountability must apply to our private sector partners as well. But private sector activity is the only lasting basis for self-sustaining economic growth. And ultimately, after all, isn't that our goal?
The second topic I want to emphasize is nutrition. In recent years, we have learned that improving access to food does not automatically lead to improved nutrition. Neither does raising incomes nor creating new markets. What leads to improved nutrition is focusing on nutrition itself and integrating it into all our food security initiatives.
Nutrition is just too important to be treated as an afterthought. Children's entire lives are shaped by whether they receive enough of the right nutrients during those crucial 1,000 days from pregnancy to second birthdays. And this, in turn, heavily influences whether a country will have a healthy and educated workforce. So when we overlook nutrition, we set ourselves up for a less healthy, less productive, less prosperous future.
Two years ago, during the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly, I joined international leaders, including Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, the foreign minister of Ireland and others, in announcing the "1,000 Days" partnership in support of the Scaling Up Nutrition movement known as SUN. That was the first time foreign ministers had gathered to focus squarely on nutrition as a critical development priority. And since then, a growing number of countries have committed to improving nutrition. Twenty-seven countries have committed to taking action through the SUN movement, and I urge more countries to join because we have proven solutions to the problem of under- and mal-nutrition
And let me also say that under-nutrition is not just a problem facing only developing countries. We're struggling with it in the United States, and we have plenty of food. But many people, including far too many children, are not eating nutritious foods. They're eating, but they're not eating in a way that improves and sustains their health, and they are increasingly facing serious health problems.
In Chicago on Monday, while the NATO summit is underway, there will be a "1,000 Days Summit" to focus on the problem of child under-nutrition, not only abroad but here at home in cities like Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking on the so-called "food deserts" as a public health priority, because this problem of under-nutrition cuts across all borders and all incomes.
The United States has a set an ambitious nutrition target within Feed the Future. We aim to reach 7 million children within five years to prevent stunting and to increase child survival. I think we have the capacity to reach even more, and if we all work together we can set a global target.
The third issue I want to emphasize is gender equality. I'm sure it's no surprise to anyone that I am convinced women are critical to our success in every field of endeavor. And this is not a matter of sentiment or personal interest on my part. This is also actually a fact-based, evidence-based statement. It has been said that – (applause) – the modern face of hunger is often a woman's face, because in many parts of the world, women still eat last and eat least.
The face of a farmer is often a woman's face as well. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, women comprise nearly half of the agricultural workforce across Africa. So if we want to support farmers, we also have to support women farmers. And that is not something that happens automatically. It has to be part of a deliberate, determined strategy that takes gender equality into account across everything we are doing.
And the results speak for themselves. The FAO estimates that if women farmers had the same access to productive resources as men – seeds, credit, insurance, land title, and so on – they could increase yields on their farms by 20 to 30 percent. And that, in turn, could raise total agricultural output so much it could reduce the number of hungry people worldwide by up to 150 million.
Now the obstacles that stand in the way of women's equal access to resources in agriculture or anything else are, unfortunately, formidable. They include laws, deeply held traditions, lack of information, plain old inertia, and we have to overcome each and every one of them. We can't just hope that women get the support they need as a side effect of our work. We have to push for it. And it's not optional. It's not marginal. It's not a luxury. It's not expendable. It happens to be essential, or we will never reach our goals.
The United States has integrated gender equality throughout Feed the Future, and we will do the same with the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. We've created new tools like the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index to measure our impact. And we look to our partners to help us in this broader effort. When we liberate the economic potential of women, we elevate the economic performance of communities, nations, and the world.
So the work we're talking about today will require all of us to change how we do business. Now that's not always easy. I've seen that firsthand at the State Department and USAID. To give you just one example, I instructed our ambassadors in many parts of the world to take on agricultural issues, not something that our typical ambassadors know a great deal about, but they've educated themselves about land reform and export bans and fertilizer subsidies. And they've gone out and worked closely with our partners to help them achieve their goals.
No institution is easy to change. Some of you know that all too well. But the State Department and USAID have changed for this issue because we are so convinced of its overall importance. And we will all have to change and change again to keep moving forward. But if we continue to align our investments and resources, find opportunities for partnership, share news of our progress, and share the lessons from our mistakes, and hold each other accountable, I absolutely believe we will succeed in significantly decreasing hunger and poverty worldwide.
In the past three and a half years that I have been privileged to serve as Secretary of State, I've traveled to nearly a hundred countries. And in many, I've met with farmers and agricultural scientists, policymakers, nutrition experts, and of all I have seen and all the people I have met, my hope and commitment has only been deepened. There is a sense of anticipation that we can move ahead. Not since the Green Revolution has there been this level of focus by the world on this problem. And we also are heartened by the real progress that we see already underway.
When I was in Tanzania last year, I visited a women's farm cooperative with the prime minister. And the farm receives funding from USAID. The women there are raising vegetables – peppers and leafy greens mostly. But they didn't have a market nearby where they could sell their excess crops. So they started one. And then they built cooling huts. And even though their vegetables are high-value, the women don't sell all of them; they save them for themselves and their children because they have been made aware of how rich they are nutrients, especially for growing children. They were so eager to show me their crops, their drip irrigation system, their greenhouse. They know they are contributing to something of great importance – not only better lives for their own children, but a better future for their country.
So to anyone who wonders whether progress is possible, go visit women like the ones I met in Tanzania. Go visit the scientists in India who are carrying on the tradition of the Green Revolution by developing drought-tolerant and disease-resistant seeds. Go visit their counterparts in Kenya, who are working in their labs and greenhouses to create a green revolution in Africa. Look at the school lunch program in Brazil, which provides nutritious food every day to every Brazilian child, all grown by smallholder farmers. Look at the policy makers in Indonesia who had the foresight to make a substantial investment in nutrition as a strategy for economic growth. Look at the farmers, the entrepreneurs, the activists, the political leaders, the teachers, the parents who are devoting themselves to making their communities healthier, more just, and more prosperous.
These are the people who are on the frontlines of progress. Our place is standing right behind them, giving them the support they need to succeed. And I am very proud to be part of this movement, because indeed that's what it is, and to work with each and every one of you and countless others like you who sign on to this movement's mission. I am absolutely convinced we can not only keep the progress going, we can show results that will just surprise people everywhere and give hope to those who will never know our names, will never understand what we were doing here in Washington, but whose lives will be so much better because we made this commitment together.
Thank you all very much. (Applause.)


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Bad lyric day
I'm racin' with time
You burn in my mind
I'm a man with a mission
I gotta rocket in my pocket
And nothin's gonna stop it
'Cause your my obsession
Please wait for me, wait for me
Your top secret, your top secret
I creep down the street
My sensors seek your heat
Covert operation
You're a bomb that's tickin'
I'm goin' down kickin'
That's classified information
Please wait for me, wait for me,wait for me
I'm runnin', I'm hidin'
You're top secret, you love is so exciting
I'm lyin', denyin'
You're top secret,and baby I'm dyin'
I'm in way too deep
There's no time to sleep
And I'm hungry and thirsty
It's like my finger's in a socket
I need your love to shock it
But time has no mercy
Okay, let's back up to the first verse. "Rocket in my pocket"? What 13 year old did they hire to write that? Skip down to the next verse and we have "my sensors seek your heat". I guess they thought this was clever, but if you are going to be tacky and cheesy then just do instead of trying to come up with other words for it. That just seems lame. After that it's simple and fluffy and then we get to the last verse I listed. We have the lines "It's like my finger's in a socket" then "I need your love to shock it". Shouldn't someone in the Ratt camp or Atlantic records have read these lines and said "P.U., try something else"? These lyrics are like small peaks of badness, but they occasionally rise to mountain-like levels of truly unthinkable badness. I'll be back next week with some more bad lyrics. Until then watch out for those sockets.

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After that the king received Hoskuld most graciously, and bade him come on board his own ship, and "be with us so long as you care to remain in Norway."
Hoskuld answered: "Thank you for your offer; but now, this summer, I have much to be busy about, and that is mostly the reason I was so long before I came to see you, for I wanted to get for myself house-timber."
The king bade him bring his ship in to the Wick, and Hoskuld tarried with the king for a while. The king got house-timber for him, and had his ship laden for him. Then the king said to Hoskuld, "You shall not be delayed here longer than you like, though we shall find it difficult to find a man to take your place."
After that the king saw Hoskuld off to his ship, and said: "I have found you an honourable man, and now my mind misgives me that you are sailing for the last time from Norway, whilst I am lord over that land."
The king drew a gold ring off his arm that weighed a mark, and gave it to Hoskuld; and he gave him for lip another gift a sword on which there was half a mark of gold. Hoskuld thanked the king for his gifts, and for all the honour he had done him. After that Hoskuld went on board his ship, and put to sea. They had a fair wind, and hove in to the south of Iceland; and after that sailed west by Reekness, and so by Snowfellness in to Broadfirth. Hoskuld landed at Salmon-river-Mouth. He had the cargo taken out of his ship, which he took into the river and beached, having a shed built for it. A ruin is to be seen now where he built the shed. There he set up his booths, and that place is called Booths'-Dale. After that Hoskuld had the timber taken home, which was very easy, as it was not far off. Hoskuld rode home after that with a few men, and was warmly greeted, as was to be looked for. He found that all his belongings had been kept well since he left. Jorunn asked, "What woman that was who journeyed with him?"
Hoskuld answered, "You will think I am giving you a mocking answer when I tell you that I do not know her name."
Jorunn said, "One of two things there must be: either the talk is a lie that has come to my ears, or you must have spoken to her so much as to have asked her her name."
Hoskuld said he could not gainsay that, and so told her the truth, and bade that the woman should be kindly treated, and said it was his wish she should stay in service with them.
Jorunn said, "I am not going to wrangle with the mistress you have brought out of Norway, should she find living near me no pleasure; least of all should I think of it if she is both deaf and dumb."
Hoskuld slept with his wife every night after he came home, and had very little to say to the mistress. Every one clearly saw that there was something betokening high birth in the way she bore herself, and that she was no fool. Towards the end of the winter Hoskuld's mistress gave birth to a male child. Hoskuld was called, and was shown the child, and he thought, as others did, that he had never seen a goodlier or a more noble-looking child. Hoskuld was asked what the boy should be called. He said it should be named Olaf, for Olaf Feilan had died a little time before, who was his mother's brother. Olaf was far before other children, and Hoskuld bestowed great love on the boy. The next summer Jorunn said, "That the woman must do some work or other, or else go away."
Hoskuld said she should wait on him and his wife, and take care of her boy besides. When the boy was two years old he had got full speech, and ran about like children of four years old. Early one morning, as Hoskuld had gone out to look about his manor, the weather being fine, and the sun, as yet little risen in the sky, shining brightly, it happened that he heard some voices of people talking; so he went down to where a little brook ran past the home-field slope, and he saw two people there whom he recognised as his son Olaf and his mother, and he discovered she was not speechless, for she was talking a great deal to the boy. Then Hoskuld went to her and asked her her name, and said it was useless for her to hide it any longer. She said so it should be, and they sat down on the brink of the field.
Then she said, "If you want to know my name, I am called Melkorka."
Hoskuld bade her tell him more of her kindred. she answered, "Myr Kjartan is the name of my father, and he is a king in Ireland; and I was taken a prisoner of war from there when I was fifteen winters old."
Hoskuld said she had kept silence far too long about so noble a descent. After that Hoskuld went on, and told Jorunn what he had just found out during his walk. Jorunn said that she "could not tell if this were true," and said she had no fondness for any manner of wizards; and so the matter dropped. Jorunn was no kinder to her than before, but Hoskuld had somewhat more to say to her. A little while after this, when Jorunn was going to bed, Melkorka was undressing her, and put her shoes on the floor, when Jorunn took the stockings and smote her with them about the head. Melkorka got angry, and struck Jorunn on the nose with her fist, so that the blood flowed. Hoskuld came in and parted them. After that he let Melkorka go away, and got a dwelling ready for her up in Salmon-river-Dale, at the place that was afterwards called Melkorkastead, which is now waste land on the south of the Salmon river. Melkorka now set up household there, and Hoskuld had everything brought there that she needed; and Olaf, their son, went with her. It was soon seen that Olaf, as he grew up, was far superior to other men, both on account of his beauty and courtesy.


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I installed Ubuntu 13.10 on my HP dv7 3080us laptop. This laptop's a few years old but it's (still) a beast. Ever since I installed this version of Ubuntu, I've run into problem after problem. For the first time in a long while, I've come to regret upgrading to a new Ubuntu version. The main problems I've run into:
- Suspending my laptop causes it to crash [this almost never happened with 13.04]
- Sometimes, locking my laptop causes it to crash
- Crashes more frequently on cpu-intensive tasks like compiling than 13.04 did
As a developer, this is pretty freaking inconvenient. I'm not sure how this release got out of the gate but I sure hope that Canonical knows that no matter how pretty they make Ubuntu, it will turn off users if we can't use it! As always, I'm dutifully submitting crash reports and even volunteering for further bug triage if necessary. Hopefully there is someone at then end of that line listening.
In summary, stick with 13.04. I wish I did. 🙁


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For lovers of quick, clean, eminently usable technology, Apple's computers, smartphones and software packages are the gold standard. For mobile users though, iOS, lacking the nitty-gritty of Windows and the advert-enabled leanings of Android, is fast becoming one of the most respectable operating systems developed by the richest company in the world, an operating system that looks set to become even more lofty with the upcoming release of iOS 9.
So what can we expect from the new iteration of the best-selling operating system? Firstly, changes are afoot in the way that users will be able to use Apple's cloud computing service, iCloud Drive. Up until the new OS is released later this year in autumn, users have only been able to manage their cloud drives from their mobile devices using a third party app – otherwise having to rely on the functions of their other Apple products – but will be able to use a dedicated iCloud Drive app within iOS 9, saving heaps of time and advancing the cloud computing innovation a little further.
New developer tools have also supposedly been integrated into iOS 9, potentially boosting and improving the services, applications and experiences that users will be able to enjoy via the operating system. This could mean that entertaining mobile games of the ilk provided by Royal Vegas Casino may be faster, more complex and more responsive, and developers may be able to get more out of the nascent virtual reality field, creating whole new experiences that no mobile user has yet to enjoy.
Those new experiences will also be able to be enjoyed by the largest population of Apple users ever too, thanks to the new operating system's approach to compatibility. iOS 9 will allow users of every iPad since the iPad 2, and every iPhone since the iPhone 4, to download and install it on their devices, meaning very few current users will be left in the dark.
But what about Siri, Apple's artificial intelligence helper? Well, apparently it's about to get a whole lot more complex, so much so it may rival Google's Now helper. According to tech sources, Siri will be able to understand the word 'it' and will be able to scan through apps to find what a user is referring to if they were to say something like "Siri, find out the date this is taking place". Location-based knowledge will also be a hallmark of iOS 9's Siri; if you're in the car and plug it in, music suggestions based upon your previous journeys will appear. Finally, Siri will actively suggest things for you to pop in your calendar, and will generally be able to understand a lot more of the queries thrown at it. Let's hold our breath and see whether or not this feature will be useful, or downright annoying!


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Guillermo del Toro
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Guillermo del Toro Gómez (born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican film director, best known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), The Shape of Water (2017) and Pinocchio (2022).
- "The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7."
- 10 Questions for Guillermo del Toro, Time, 9/5/2011. [1]
- Para mí estas cosas son como una cebolla, entre más capas descubres, más vas llorando. No hay vencedores en las guerras, sólo sangre y vencidos.
- Translation: For me these things are like an onion, as you discover more layers, you cry even more. There are no winners in wars, only blood and losers.
- Interview with Guillermo del Toro on 10/09/2006. [2]
- Lo que me interesa del fascismo es justamente que es un hoyo negro de la voluntad. Es un sistema que no necesariamente es único, pero absuelve la brutalidad, absuelve la falta de moral y absuelve la decisión propia. Cuando te dicen "Tú puedes matar a esta gente porque que son judíos, rojos o homosexuales, ¡lo que sea!" En ese mundo puedes permitir una acción brutal en base a un consejo colectivo, eso es lo que me asusta.
- Translation: What interests me about fascism is that it is a black hole of free will. It is a system which isn't necessarily unique, but it absolves brutality, it absolves the lack of morals and it absolves people of their own decisions. When they tell you 'you can kill these people because they are Jews, reds or homosexuals, or whatever!' In this world you can permit a brutal action on the base of collective advice; that is what scares me.
- Interview with Guillermo del Toro on 10/23/2006. [3]
- Lo que más interesante es en la naturaleza existen dos especies, unicamente dos especies que son expansionistas: el hombre y los insectos. Las demás especies son territoriales. El insecto es devorador, expansionista, hasta que se siegue expandiendo y no le importa. Y el hombre es así... las dos especies que van a acabar peleándose por el mundo van a ser insectos y hombres.
- Translation: The most interesting thing in nature is that two species exist, only two species, which are expansionist: mankind and insects. All other species are territorial. The insect is a devourer, an expander, it keeps on expanding so much and it doesn't even care. And mankind is like that, as well… The two species which are going to end up fighting over the world are going to be insects and human beings.
- Interview with Guillermo del Toro. [4]
- "There is beautiful in the grotesque."
- Interview with Guillermo del Toro. [5]
- "I never liked horses, but after this scene, I hate them. I hate them, they are nasty animals, and I hate cows. Cows are evil. Cows are absolutely evil, I tell you. They look, like, inoffensive, but they're perverted creatures, and so are horses, they are absolutely evil motherfuckers."
- Pan's Labyrinth DVD director's commentary
- "We're here to entertain you while you wonder why the fuck this channel has two asshole talking while you're trying to watch your movie."
- (Seeing character with a wig which the producer insisted he try in a delete scene): "Look, that is Peter Frankfurt's fucking doing! Explain yourself! Look at that fucker! It's fucking Michael Bolton!"
- "'Less is more' my ass. I mean, 'less is more' on atmospheric movies. In ACTION/horror movies, more is more baby!"
- Peter Frankfurt (producer), discussing a stuntman: "He missed being killed in that shot be literally half an inch.
- Del Toro: "Needless to say, I wanted another take."
- With producer Peter Frankfurt on the Blade II DVD commentary
- "Success is fucking up on your own terms."
- Portland Mercury Q&A [6]
- The carnies know they're carnies, [t]hey don't try to be anything else. It's the people in the city who pretend they are judges and philanthropists and industrialists. True rot comes when you con yourself.
- See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival New York Times, December 15, 2021
Quotes about Guillermo Del Toro[edit]
- "Guillermo Del Toro is the most challenging of directors in the fantasy field because he invents from scratch, or adapts into his own vision. He has made six features since his debut at 29 with Cronos, and I have admired, even loved, all of them."[7]
- "[He] is, in my opinion, the new Orson Welles."[8]
- Mark Kermode


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing recommendations for residents in states that might be affected by Hurricane Irene to minimize the potential for foodborne illnesses in the event of power outages, flooding, and other problems that could be associated with the storm.
"Hurricanes not only pose dangers to people's physical safety, but the resulting power outages and other effects of hurricanes also can affect the safety of the food people may rely upon after hurricanes strike," said FSIS Administrator Al Almanza. "The American public should be aware of things they can do to protect the safety of their food before and after natural events."
Steps to follow to prepare for a possible weather emergency:
— Keep an appliance thermometer in the refrigerator and freezer. An appliance thermometer will indicate the temperature inside the refrigerator and freezer in case of a power outage and help determine the safety of the food.
— Make sure the freezer is at 0°F or below and the refrigerator is at 40°F or below.
— Freeze containers of water for ice to help keep food cold in the freezer, refrigerator or coolers after the power is out.
— Freeze refrigerated items such as leftovers, milk and fresh meat and poultry that you may not need immediately — this helps keep them at a safe temperature longer.
— Plan ahead and know where dry ice and block ice can be purchased.
— Have coolers on hand to keep refrigerator food cold if the power will be out for more than 4 hours. Purchase or make ice and store in the freezer for use in the refrigerator or in a cooler.
— Freeze gel packs ahead of time for use in coolers.
— Group food together in the freezer — this helps the food stay cold longer.
— Store food on shelves that will be safely out of the way of contaminated water in case of flooding.
Steps to follow after the weather emergency:
— Keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible to maintain the cold temperature.
— The refrigerator will keep food safely cold for about 4 hours if it is unopened. A full freezer will hold the temperature for approximately 48 hours (24 hours if it is half full) and the door remains closed.
— Discard refrigerated perishable food such as meat, poultry, fish, soft cheeses, milk, eggs, leftovers and deli items after 4 hours without power.
— Food may be safely refrozen if it still contains ice crystals or is at 40°F or below when checked with a food thermometer.
— Never taste a food to determine its safety!
— Obtain dry or block ice to keep your refrigerator and freezer as cold as possible if the power is going to be out for a prolonged period of time. Fifty pounds of dry ice should hold an 18-cubic-foot full freezer for 2 days.
— If the power has been out for several days, check the temperature of the freezer with an appliance thermometer. If the appliance thermometer reads 40°F or below, the food is safe to refreeze.
— If a thermometer has not been kept in the freezer, check each package of food to determine its safety. If the food still contains ice crystals, the food is safe.
— Discard any food that is not in a waterproof container if there is any chance that it has come into contact with flood water. Discard wooden cutting boards, plastic utensils, baby bottle nipples and pacifiers.
— Thoroughly wash all metal pans, ceramic dishes and utensils that came in contact with flood water with hot soapy water and sanitize by boiling them in clean water or by immersing them for 15 minutes in a solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented, liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of drinking water.
— Undamaged, commercially prepared foods in all-metal cans and retort pouches (for example, flexible, shelf-stable juice or seafood pouches) can be saved. Follow the Steps to Salvage All-Metal Cans and Retort Pouches in the publication "Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency."
— Use bottled water that has not been exposed to flood waters. If bottled water is not available, tap water can be boiled for safety.
FSIS's YouTube channel provides a video in English and Spanish titled "Food Safety During Power Outages." The channel also includes the SignFSIS video in American Sign Language titled "Food Safety During a Power Outage." Food Safety at Home podcasts regarding food safety during severe weather, power outages, and flooding are available on the FSIS website in English and Spanish.
Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day. "Ask Karen" live chat services are available Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. Podcasts and SignFSIS videos in American Sign Language featuring text-captioning are available online.
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Originally I posted this article on Thu Apr 25th, 2002 at 02:29:34 PM EST to Kuro5hin.org. I am reprinting it here with minor corrections.
As most software and creative professionals know, coffee is an important technology for boosting mental acuity and maintaining peak on-the-job performance. But did you also know that coffee can be a damn tasty beverage? It's true. All you need is the appropriate amount of disrespect for the mainstream coffee industry and a desire to enjoy a better beverage. So read on, and learn the secrets to great coffee.
First things first. Mainstream coffee sucks, and specialty coffee mostly sucks. Mainstream coffee is primarily stale, low-quality, high-yield beans, many times cheap robustas, foisted on a largely unknowing public in supermarkets nationwide. Specialty coffee isn't so much coffee as it is flavorings, sweeteners, and milk; what coffee is sold is often neither "special" nor properly prepared – it's usually over-roasted to serve as a background for sweet flavorings. A few specialty coffee purveyors, however, do sell good coffee, and I'll show you how to find them, but most are happy to sell you stale beans whose dead taste is hidden behind raspberry and caramel syrups. Buyer beware.
Nevertheless, good coffee is good – great even – all by itself. It's also dirt cheap and easy to make. Therefore, don't settle for a cup of crappy coffee: make a cup of the good stuff for yourself.
The coffee quick course
If you follow these three guidelines and do nothing more, you will enjoy coffee better than you can find in most specialty coffee shops:
- Buy only whole-bean coffee roasted within the last few days.
- Grind it fresh, just before brewing.
- Brew it in a French press or a pour-over filter using fresh water, off the boil.
The first two guidelines strike at the nemesis of good coffee – staleness. Stale coffee is dead coffee. There is no way to get a good cup from it.
Sadly, most of the coffee you buy in stores is stale before you get it home. While green (un-roasted) coffee beans can stay fresh for 2 years, roasted coffee goes stale in under 2 weeks, and ground coffee goes stale in a few short hours because of the immense surface area that grinding exposes to the air. Special "freshness preserving" packaging doesn't help much either; it's mainly a marketing gimmick.
The only reliable way to get fresh coffee is to know when it was roasted. Therefore, when you buy coffee, buy it from a purveyor who can tell you when it was roasted. If a coffee purveyor can't or won't tell you when their coffees were roasted, find another purveyor. And when you buy your coffee, buy it whole bean. Store it away from heat and light (but not in the refrigerator). Use it before it goes stale. If it goes stale, throw it away and get fresh beans.
Also, get a grinder. An inexpensive ($15) blade grinder ("whirly-blade") is sufficient for making drip coffee and lets you grind just before brewing, which is the key to avoiding staleness. At this price, there is no reason to suffer stale, pre-ground coffee. If you want to buy a better grinder, that's fine, but don't think you have to spend a lot of money to enjoy fresh coffee.
The third guideline addresses another common flavor-denial attack: Low-temperature brewing. Most drip coffee makers brew at a temperature too low for proper flavor extraction. The most frequent explanation that I've heard for this sad yet pervasive flaw is that "really hot" coffee is a lawsuit waiting to happen, and thus manufacturers have lowered brewing temperatures accordingly. Whatever the reason, the effect is a cup of lifeless coffee.
So what is the right temperature? Off the boil works well. Put a kettle of freshly drawn, cold water on the stove. When it boils, take it off the heat, wait a minute or so, and slowly pour it over your freshly ground coffee. If you're an experimenter, a $10 instant-read thermometer is all you need to "dial in" the optimal temperatures for your coffees and your taste-buds.
Since you'll be using a "pour over" technique, you'll need a pour-over brewing apparatus – either a French press or a $5 pour-over filter holder, found in most supermarkets. Use the French press if you enjoy the stronger flavors of unfiltered coffee. Use the filter holder if you prefer the convenience of a filter, which makes clean-up easy. Both are small enough to take to work, and the filter holders are cheap enough to leave there.
And that's how you make great coffee. If you think that's too much effort, at least you can use your new knowledge to find coffee shops that use fresh beans, grind them just before brewing, and brew them properly (most commercial brewers do use proper temperatures, thank goodness).
Oh, there's more
If you follow the advice above, you will drink great coffee for the rest of your life. For some people, that's enough. For other folks (like me), that's just the beginning. It's the first step toward a fun, inexpensive, and gastronomically rewarding hobby. Even if you don't want to make coffee into your hobby, you do have the opportunity – right now – to give up bad coffee and start drinking the good stuff. Why not seize the day?
Home roasting
Roasting your own coffee is simple and provides three major benefits. First, you can buy your coffee green and store it for over a year. Second, you can roast your coffee as you need it, so you'll always have fresh beans. Third, you can experiment with a wide variety of beans, blends, and roasts to enjoy coffee that you could never find in a store.
A further benefit is that green coffee is less expensive than roasted coffee. By home roasting you'll not only have better coffee and more control but also more money in your pocket.
To roast your own coffee you will need two things: green beans and a roaster. The beans can be purchased online at places like Sweet Maria's (where I get most of my beans) and locally from the better coffee shops in your neighborhood. A roaster can be had for as little as $5 – buy an old hot-air popcorn popper at a garage sale. That's what many folks on alt.coffee use for their roasting. If you prefer a less adventurous solution, there are many home-use roasting machines now on the market in the $100–$300 price range. I use a $150 Hearthware Precision roaster, and it works well. Just drop in a scoop of beans, dial in the desired roast, and press a button.
Yes, it's that easy. And, yes, the results are better than most pre-roasted coffees you can buy. Nothing smells as good as freshly roasted beans. Nothing tastes as good when brewed. Once you try home roasting for yourself, you will understand.
If you want to experience the concentrated essence of coffee, you must drink espresso. Good espresso. Unfortunately, practically none of the specialty coffee shops and chains in the United States knows how to prepare espresso properly. If you want good espresso, you'll have to make it yourself (or take a trip to Italy).
Unlike the advice I provided earlier, which is simple and just plain works, making good espresso is difficult. Finding the right combination of beans, grind, packing, pressure, temperature, and exposure takes practice. It took me months of gradual refinement to learn how to make a truly good cup. After years, I'm still seeking the perfect cup.
Since the perfect cup of espresso is a never-ending quest, I can only point you in the right direction. The rest is up to you. Here is what I can tell you:
- Plan on spending > $250 USD on a good pump machine. "Steam toys" aren't capable of good espresso. Do your homework: Read what people who own the machines say in the consumer reviews of brewing equipment on CoffeeGeek.com.
- Plan on spending that amount again on a good grinder. Many people buy an expensive espresso machine but skimp on the grinder. Big mistake. Since grind is probably the single most important variable under your control, a grinder must be highly adjustable and produce a consistent grind, and that means high-quality burrs set in a rigid enclosure. These features don't come cheap. When shopping for a grinder, again, check out the consumer reviews on CoffeeGeek before buying.
- Read the alt.coffee wisdom on espresso, ristretto, crema, and tampers. It's also a good idea in general to hang out on alt.coffee. I've learned most of what I know about coffee and espresso there.
If you want to dig a little deeper, you can read my semi-rant about espresso on Slashdot.
Brew well and drink well, my friends
Although coffee is commonly considered a utility beverage, it is an amazing drink when well prepared. Given its ubiquity in software and creative circles, it's likely that you will be drinking a lot of it. So why not prepare it as it was meant to be? Why not enjoy a cup of truly good coffee? If you buy fresh, high-quality beans, grind them on the spot, and brew with hot water, you can't go wrong. And if you decide to try home roasting or espresso, you will enter a whole new world of flavor and nuance. The rewards are worth the effort.
Whatever else you may do, please don't let the mainstream coffee industries convince you that bad coffee is all there is. Good coffee is out there. Insist on the good stuff.


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The project not only will help the university save energy, but also gives the students practical experience that will be valuable when they go job hunting after graduation, Lawrence said.
In addition to the ecology building audit, Lawrence put together a separate report on how an energy conservation program for campus buildings might work. He recommended the university develop a plan to conduct up to six building audits and modifications a year and make the program a continuous process in coming years.


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Tag: Military Commissions Act
Update: AP article here. They made their decision based on Obama's election to the Presidency. My translation: They don't want to be moved to federal court where they would be more likely to get life in a Supermax prison than the death penalty, and if they got the death penalty, face years in prison before it was carried out.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other detainees facing the death penalty in military commission trials decided today to plead guilty. Human Rights Watch responds:
"What should have been a major victory in holding the 9/11 defendants accountable for terrible crimes has been tainted by torture and an unfair military commissions process," said Jennifer Daskal, senior counterterrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch. "These five men are known to have been mistreated and tortured during their years in CIA custody, including the acknowledged waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed."
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"The conviction of Al Bahlul is yet another example of a military commission system set up to produce convictions, not to deliver real justice. Unfortunately, because the system is fundamentally flawed and lacks any semblance of due process, a cloud of illegitimacy hangs over this verdict. The world deserves better than that from America. The next president should close Guantánamo and future prosecutions should occur in criminal or military courts where the Constitution still means something and where verdicts, no matter what they are, can be trusted." ...The ACLU calls on the next president to close Guantánamo, ban torture and end extraordinary rendition.
Original Post:
McCain vs. Obama on Gitmo Trials
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More reaction to the Gitmo detainee decision (pdf):
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Human Rights First
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A military judge today dismissed the charges against Guantanamo detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani. The Pentagon had claimed al-Qahtani was the "20th hijacker" for 9/11. He had been subjected to harsh interrogation techniques.
The charges against five other detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were approved. They face a possible death penalty.
Here are some of the techniques used on al-Qahtani, from the interrogators' log : [More...]
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The Washington Post reports that the Bush Administration says it is unlikely that trials of any of the Guantanamo detainees will take place before Bush leaves office.
Nearly seven years later, however, not one of the approximately 775 terrorism suspects who have been held on this island has faced a jury trial inside the new complex, and U.S. officials think it is highly unlikely that any of the Sept. 11 suspects will before the Bush administration ends.
Though men such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, are expected to be arraigned in coming months -- appearing publicly for the first time after years of secret detention and harsh interrogations -- officials say it could be a year or longer before worldwide audiences will see even the first piece of evidence or testimony against them.
All three presidential candidates, Hillary, Obama and McCain have promised to close Guantanamo. [More...]
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A must-read today: Russ Tuttle reports on the planned Guantanamo military commission trials in The Nation:
Now, as the murky, quasi-legal staging of the Bush Administration's military commissions unfolds, a key official has told The Nation that the trials are rigged from the start. According to Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for Guantánamo's military commissions, the process has been manipulated by Administration appointees in an attempt to foreclose the possibility of acquittal.
This is mind-boggling: Pentagon Chief Counsel William Haynes told Davis there can be no acquittals: [More...]
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Austin, Texas (CNN) -- A Texas jury on Wednesday convicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges of illegally funneling corporate money to help elect GOP candidates to the Texas Legislature.
DeLay was found guilty of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering, court bailiff Gilbert Soto said. He was accused of funneling $190,000 to help elect Republicans to the state House and Senate in 2002.
At the outset of the trial, DeLay predicted the jury would clear him, and he remained unrepentant after learning the verdict.
"This is an abuse of power. It's a miscarriage of justice," DeLay told reporters. "I still maintain that I am innocent, that the criminalization of politics undermines our very system, and I'm very disappointed in the outcome. But you know, it is what it is, and we will carry on and maybe we can get it before people who understand the law."
Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg said the verdict showed no one was above the law.
"This case is a message from the citizens of the state of Texas that the public officials they elect to represent them must do so honestly and ethically, and if not they'll be held accountable," Lehmberg said.
DeLay's sentencing was set for December 20, and he faces a possible maximum prison term of 99 years on the money laundering charge and 20 years on the conspiracy charge.
Two other men facing charges in the case are awaiting trial.
DeLay, a conservative Republican, helped Newt Gingrich spearhead the GOP revival in 1994 that won control of the House and Senate in the first midterm election under Democratic President Bill Clinton.
While serving as the GOP's congressional whip, DeLay earned the nickname "The Hammer" for his strict enforcement of party discipline. In 2004, he was admonished three times by the House ethics committee, which warned him to "temper" his future actions to comply with House rules.
DeLay stepped aside as majority leader after his 2005 indictment on the money laundering and conspiracy charges and resigned from Congress the following year. He fought the charges on procedural grounds for several years, seeking unsuccessfully to have the trial held in his home county in suburban Houston instead of in the state capital, Austin, and blaming the indictment on a partisan prosecutor.
This past summer, DeLay said a separate, long-running federal criminal investigation of his ties to lobbyist Jack Abramoff had been closed with no charges.
Abramoff pleaded guilty in 2006 to charges of fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials. Two former DeLay aides who joined Abramoff's lobbying team after leaving Capitol Hill also pleaded guilty during the wide-ranging influence peddling investigation.
The Justice Department has declined to comment on the status of the Abramoff investigation, which also resulted in prison time for Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Ney and for Steven Griles, the No. 2 official in the Interior Department for much of the administration of President George W. Bush.
In August, DeLay told CNN that his legal bills have topped $8 million.
Despite his legal troubles, DeLay found time last year to appear as a short-lived contestant on the television show "Dancing with the Stars." He dropped out of the demanding dance competition due to stress factors in both feet.


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Part-Time Per-Credit Costs
946 of the 8,902 undergrads at Arizona State University - Downtown Phoenix take classes part-time.
Arizona State University - Downtown Phoenix's fee per credit hour for part-time undergraduate students residing outside the State of Arizona was $1,200 per credit in the 2019 - 2020 school year.
In-State Discounts for Part-Time Students
Arizona State University - Downtown Phoenix offers a 36.3% discount for in-state (Arizona) students.
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Out-of-State | $1,200 |
In-State | $765 |
Future Part-Time Per-Credit Costs
With an average annual increase in per-credit charges of 3.8% over the past five years, the per credit cost for the 2020 - 2021 year is expected to be $1,245 and may reach $1,390 per credit by the 2023 - 2024 school year.
For in-state students, these costs are estimated to reach $779 and $823 respectively.
In addition to the per credit costs outlined above, colleges typically charge part-time students certain fees, although these fees are usually not as much as those charged to full-time students. We recommend contacting Arizona State University - Downtown Phoenix directly for more information about these costs.
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A revised edition of Metal Gods.
Metal Gods is a sourcebook dedicated to incorporating robots, androids, and other forms of artificially intelligent life into campaigns on the Twisted Earth.
Pages: 59
Format: Landscape (screen viewing), Portrait (for printing)*.
So, what will you find in this tome of Post Apocalyptic goodness?
History of The Metal Gods
Metal Gods looks at the evolution of robotics in the alternate history of Darwin's World.
Robotic Characters
A flavorful system for creating android and cyborg characters that utilizes similar mechanics as mutations and defects. Two new classes for android characters and a new class for worshipers of the Metal Gods.
Robotic Terrors
A collection of robotic terrors ready for use in your post apocalyptic campaigns, including androids, automatons, cyborgs, droids, and robots.


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With obviously-staged photos and incendiary allegations like this, there can be little wonder why jihadists must love HuffPost - and have for a very, very long time. Think about it: if the Taliban, Al Qaeda or ISIS hired a professional photographer to create an iconic anti-American propaganda picture, would the end result be much different than this? Actually, no.
This "news" headline appeared at the top of HuffPost's front page, October 16, 2015.


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This is a long post. Maybe you want to skip the text and just see more pics. :)
Omigosh, do I love this pattern!
I liked it when it came out. I ordered it during the big BMV sale a week or two later. It arrived, along with all the other new pattern goodness, and, much to my surprise, I just knew I had to make this one first. I didn't expect that when I ordered it, but once I had the pattern in hand, I immediately envisioned the project and couldn't wait to get started.
Luckily, I had the perfect fabric on hand. Months ago, I purchased 6 yards of a "denim linen" from FabricMart (it's no longer available). I washed and dried it several times. This is truly a denim linen and not just a denim-colored linen. It is woven in a twill weave, just like denim. The warp threads are white and the weft threads are indigo-colored, resulting in that typical yarn-dyed denim effect. The only difference from standard denim is that the fiber is linen, so the resulting fabric has a nice drape and wrinkles like crazy.
I had trouble finding a suitable lining fabric. I bought at least three different potential linings from Fabrix, but none worked. It's difficult to match blue, especially this heathered, indigo shade of blue. I dove into my stash, but came up empty handed, at first. Finally, I found a sueded, sandwashed rayon that I bought from FabricMart maybe 6 months ago that worked pretty well. I purchased the fabric just after attending a lecture by Sandra Ericson where she talked about making Vionnet (and similar) bias garments. Someone asked Sandra how much fabric she buys and she answered that when she finds a nice, drapey rayon she will usually buy 5 yards for a dress, so that's what I did. I still have a couple yards left – I am not making bias dresses anyway. ;)
- denim linen from FabricMart - I used about 5 of the 6 yards
- slate blue sueded, sandwashed rayon for lining, also from FabricMart - you need more than is called for if you want to line the sleeves
- 2 spools Gutterman cotton topstitching thread, color 20 (white)
- white tricot fusible interfacing from Fabrix
- 4 1-1/4" shank buttons from Fabrix
- 4 5/8" clear buttons from Fabrix
I often make muslins, but I couldn't bring myself to make one this time, partly because I'm running out of fabric suitable for muslins - I can't keep cutting up my kid's bed sheets. :)
Instead, I pinned the pattern tissue together, tried it on, and decided I needed an FBA. Vogue gives the sizing of this pattern as "Very loose fitting" and they are right. According to the pattern, the finished bust measurement is 48" for a size 14, 50" for a size 16, 52" for a size 18, and 54" for a size 20 (the largest size). Usually, I cut out a size 20 and have to add an FBA to add width at the bust, but this time a size 20 was plenty big in the bust.
However, I still needed an FBA to add length - without it the hem of the coat would be shorter at the front. So, this time I used Sandra Betzina's princess seam FBA, from the book Fast Fit, which adds to the length only. I added 1" to the front pattern piece. For the middle front pattern piece, I added 1" to the side that is sewn to the front piece, tapered to 1/2" on the side sewn to the side front. On the side front, I added 1/2" to the side sewn to the middle front, tapered to nothing at the side seam (remembering to hinge at the 5/8" seam line to maintain the overall length of the seam). I also lowered the bust "bump" on the middle front several inches to my actual bust line. I applied the same alteration to the front lining pattern pieces.
I imagined this wonderful design a bit differently than shown on the pattern. First, I wanted to fold down and sew the scallops to the coat, rather than have them marching at attention along the seams, mimicking the back of a T-Rex. I also wanted to use a single fabric, rather than 6 contrasting fabrics. To ensure that the scallop detailing wasn't lost, I topstitched the seams with white topstitching thread.
A couple notes about the scallops: If I had thought this through a bit better, I would have realized that a twill fabric is not going to yield easily to scalloped seams. A twill weave is a diagonal weave, meaning it behaves differently depending on whether the bias angles to the left or the right. Scalloped seams have, by definition, bias in both directions. Creating a smooth scallop is not easy on a twill fabric. I was very painstaking when cutting and sewing the scallops, but they are not perfect. Of course, this isn't entirely my fault because the pattern scallops were apparently drawn by a human – they are not even - they vary quite a bit. I really don't care, but keep this in mind.
If you find the scallops too "unusual", it would be an easy matter to fold them down on the pattern before cutting out the fabric. I did this when I created the lining pattern for the sleeves.
Scallop construction
Folding out the scallops for the sleeve lining.
How many scallops? The body of the coat has six seams with six scallops each. The sleeves have another five, so there are 46 scallops total.
What is the deal with the buttonholes? I think of the buttonhole treatment as a quasi-bound buttonhole. You first sew a lined square - similar to an empty beanbag. Markings are transferred to the square, which is then sewn to the inside front facing. The buttonhole is cut, and the square is pulled through to the front. The opening is top-stitched, encasing the raw edges. The fabric square, which is now on the front of the coat, is pleated and topstitched to create a decorative bound buttonhole.
Pattern alterations and construction notes:
- The pattern tells you to interface the scallops. This might be a good idea if you plan to let the scallops stand up, as designed, but I omitted the interfacing since I planned to stitch them down and didn't want them to have a different "hand." I did interface the front band, the collar, under collar, and collar stand. However, since the scallops aren't interfaced, stitch and handle carefully so as not to stretch the bias portions of the seam.
- I narrowed the shoulders approx 3/4". I could have narrowed them even further.
- There are no shortening or lengthening line on the sleeves. This is because the scallops run along the entire length of the sleeve. I needed to remove length, so I removed about 1/4" from each of the five scallops. (I folded approx 1/8" - 3/16" from the fullest part of each scallop, perpendicular to the grainline.)
Shortened the sleeves by removing 1/4"-3/8" from each scallop.
- The body of the coat is lined, but the sleeves aren't lined. I created my own lining by folding the scallops down, creating a straight line. I realized this fairly late in the game, so I sewed the sleeve lining in and then bound the armscye with a bias linen strip.
Creating the sleeve lining by folding out the scallops.
Lining. You can see the bias strips finishing the armscye.
- The decorative buttonholes are a multi-step process. You first create a lined square, transfer the markings to the square, and sew it to the inside of the right facing. Cut the buttonhole and pull the fabric to the outside. The topstitching is done in three steps. First, stitch around the buttonhole. Then stitch around the outer part of the square. Finally secure the tucked portion of the buttonhole.
Steps one and two of the topstitching are finished.
Completed buttonholes
More Pics!
Topstitching goodness!!
Worn closed. Remember this scarf? My friend Renee made this this silk Nuno scarf for Christmas last year.
Hangar shot
Without scarf.
What do I like about this pattern?
- The fit and flow of this great silhouette. If the scallops seem weird to you, it is easy to fold them out of the paper pattern, so don't let that deter you from this great design with lots of RTW details!!! You can also use regular or standard bound buttonholes and eliminate the decorative buttonhole detail. I'm just sayin'. :)
- All the delicious topstitching goodness!!!
Some of the great topstitching!
- The unique quasi-bound buttonholes!
- The collar with the collar stand. The stand doesn't extend all the way to the front edge of the collar, which is unusual, and it feels like high-end RTW. The under collar is cut on the bias and is slightly smaller than the upper collar, so it's easy to create a collar that falls beautifully.
- The "two" princess seams in front, one has the scallops, and the other has the pockets, so the fit is so nice and the pocket is placed at a more natural location.
- The bias band that finishes the hem.
How could one not love this line drawing? It reminds me of a Picasso, with the squiggly lines, and buttonholes that look like eyes stacked on top of each other! That little horizontal line at the bottom looks to me like the bemused mouth – it's actually the word "FABRIC" shrunk to a tiny size. :D
Postscript: After the coat was nearly finished, I moseyed on over to the discussion boards at Pattern Review. In the "New patterns from Vogue" thread, I saw that this coat had received some rather cutting comments, and had been dubbed the "Stegosaurus Coat" or the "Stego Coat." I love the nickname, but those reviewers really didn't see how marvelous this pattern can be. I want to make it again and already know what fabrics I would use for it (yes, next time I would use more than one fabric and I might even leave the scallops standing up).


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This is a list of ideas for improving Solr.
All users should feel free to add new ideas to this page, or add links to other wiki pages containing more involved designs.
Users should also feel free to open "New Feature", "Improvement", or "Wish" issues in Jira – particularly if they already have code that makes progress towards the idea.
Many of the ideas on this page have been discussed on the Solr mailing lists, you should search there for more information.
Simple Non-Invasive Tasks
This section is for ideas that are relatively straight forward or don't involve major changes to the Solr codebase. People who are eager to "give back" to the Solr community but don't have a lot of familiarity with the Solr code base may be interested in taking on these Tasks...
- the bf param of dismax should be smarter then just splitting on whitespace (ie: don't split in the middle of parens)
- "Build Instructions" should probably be moved out of README.txt and into a BUILD.txt and expanded on.
- Create a Powered_By_Solr icon that people can include in their applications if they so choose.
- all source code in "tgz" based releases should be processed by ant's
in case someone prepares a release on a windows box - alternate ways of indexing?
- over JMS
- a DateTime field (or Query Parser extension) that allows flexible input for easier human entered queries
- allow alternate format for date output to ease client creation of date objects?
- support for max disjunction and minNrShouldMatch in query parser (really a Lucene item)
- UnitsFilter... 17" => 17 inch, etc
- Admin query interface: add highlighting options, query writer options, facet options (see also SOLR-67)
- Documentation
- Add to the existing tutorial, or write new tutorials discussing out of the box features...
- highlighting
- dismax handler
- the various output formats
- simple facet counts
- DataImportHandler
- CSV Loading
- result XML format - needed, or self-explanatory?
- Java Docs
- good overview.html
- package.html for every package
- class level documentation for every class
- detailed method javadocs for every method in all of the "pluggable" classes and every method in a key class used when writing a request handler...
- SolrCache ... in progress
- SolrEventListener
- UpdateHandler
- FieldType ... in progress
- SchemaField
- Add to the existing tutorial, or write new tutorials discussing out of the box features...
- SolrQueryParser Configuration in schema.xml
- make more options configurable via schema.xml besides operator (discussion)
- refactor option setting into a utility (possibly in IndexSchema) so people constructing a SolrQueryParser instance directly get the built in defaults. (discussion)
- Live demo server or application (perhaps host on apache lucene zone)
- Mailing List Index? (No urgent need, since Lucid has a great such index already)
- Apache Whirr is automated deployment for app-level services like Solr. As you can see ElasticSearch is supported but Solr is not: Services and Cloud Providers. Go Solr! Beat ElasticSearch!
- Caches have fallen behind changes in index-handling. When a commit changes a few segments, it should be possible to throw away only the document cache entries for the removed segments.
- Another cool feature ElasticSearch has is 'percolation'- real-time alerts. After each commit it runs a search on only the new segments. If any new documents match the search, it does an HTTP call and posts the new document ids. This is profoundly useful, and Solr needs it.
Big Ideas for The Future
This section should be used for ideas that are more involved and may require major changes to the Solr codebase, and definitely should involve a lot of discussion among developers about the appropriate way to tackle them...
- Robust and configurable field aliasing and globbing support: FieldAliasesAndGlobsInParams
- A more powerful query language allowing one to express complicated logic without resorting to a custom Java query handler plugin.
- Make use of HiveMind or Spring for configuration & dependency injection
- Implement some ideas for ComplexFacetingBrainstorming or DynamicallyCalculatedFacetRanges
- Implement some ideas to MakeSolrMoreSelfService
- support for composite keys ... either with some explicit change to the
declaration or perhaps just copyField with some hidden magic that concats the resulting terms into a single key Term - investigate this "SynonymQuery" and how SynonymFilter might be modified to set token types to trigger it's use automatically in SolrQueryParser
- FederatedSearch
- refactor and separate update XML parsing from update handling... possibly implement support for JSON updates.
Wiki Markup \[DONEish?\] the refactoring is done, but still no JSON update support
Wiki Markup \[IN PROGRESS\] refactor all of the JSP pages into request handler so a JDK/JSP compiler isn't needed (the current JSPs are very sparse on presentation, and use no custom tags, so there is almost no advantage to them being JSPs)
- Better handling of arbitrary XML charsets: see SOLR-96
- Better support for tagging: UserTagDesign
- RealtimeSearch and updates
- HadoopRmi based distributed search
- Automatic redundant failover and coordincation of SOLR servers using a distributed naming service (such as Zookeeper)
- New DocumentProcessing framework (aka pipeline/chain) which is robust, scalable (multi node) and easily extensible
- VariableRangeGaps discusses SOLR-2366 and a more flexible range facet
- Support multiple files for each of the core configuration files: solrconfig.xml, schema.xml and solr.xml. Find and load all of these files dynamically, and allow all to contribute configuration information. This is a much more flexible alternative to using XInclude in solrconfig.xml etc. Also, it allows Solr to stop rewriting solr.xml, which is a very bad design.