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The Renaissance Club - excerpt
I've been talking for months now about the novel I'm working on, the one set in Italy. I thought I better produce some evidence, if only to show that I'm not making it up. Well, I am making up the novel, just not the story about writing it. So here goes. A short synopsis and a little taste.
A month-long art history tour of Italy promises its organizer, middle-aged professor Norman Wesley, a new life of freedom from his messed-up marriage and deadening career. His fellow colleagues at Mount Antioch Community College, The Renaissance Club, wander through Italy with him, following broken loves and unsatisfied desires. Enter some down-to-earth saints come alive from their sculptures and paintings, and four couples find the marital deck shuffled and art and love proved to be chameleons. Their enigmatic tour guide, George St. James, keeps losing his gold cigarette lighter, which, passing through many hands, kindles surprising transformations.
At eight o'clock that night, nine tired Renaissance Club travelers stood in line at the concierge desk of the Grand Hotel. The eighteenth century grandeur of the lobby was filled with a crush of Italians in jewel-bright cocktail dresses and dark suits shouting at each other across the dark green and gilt expanse of a vast room. The club members stood in line to get their room keys, feeling dowdy and wrinkled after a twenty-three-hour trip as they slowly edged toward the desk. The vaulted, chandeliered space was filled with chattering, smoking Italians that seemed to be in a Fellini film, herded together into small groups by an energetic, tiny woman in a pouf of green taffeta and feathered hat. A man in an olive green suit jostled past them pulling along a woman in a strapless green dress. Green, oddly, was the dress code.
The travelers quickly unpacked and found their way back to their private dining room where Norman, Kathleen, and Sandra waited for them at a long table decorated with large silver pedestal fruit bowls and tall silver candelabras that glinted against dark green walls, making them feel they were seated in a jewel box.
Norman Wesley surveyed his club with satisfaction.
"It's wonderful to begin our first happy dinner party in Italy," he said. "I must make a few brief announcements. First, we've changed our plan. We're staying in Rome's best hotel because we got a discount.
Eva Manookian, the art instructor, looked sharply at him and said, "Norman, how much of a discount?"
"Let's say it's a grander hotel at exactly the same price as the one we were booked into."
Waiters served the table gnocchi and, exhausted and hungry, they all began eating with such concentration that few even looked up as Norman said, "I must announce that we're having a sort of imbroglio. A bit of crisis."
No one was listening. He always had trouble commanding attention when he chaired Mount Antioch College meetings, so he tapped his water glass with a knife.
Little response. In all the meetings he'd ever chaired, he had never tapped such a knife against such a glass: real silver on real crystal. He tapped again, then raised the knife to again tap, but Kathleen put her hand on his sleeve and tugged. As the dining room grew completely quiet she said,
"Jesus H. Christ, Norman! Spit it out."
He looked down at her, surprised. His spouse looked like an agitated sunset in her coral suit and pink face.
"I have to call it a crisis," he said, "because the shortage of funds will revise our plans, but of course hidden inside every crisis is an opportunity. Essentially—"
"Shortage of funds?" someone said.
"Why are we short, Norman?" Eva asked.
But abruptly, Norman burst out coughing and couldn't go on.
Eva said, "Kathleen, can you translate for him?"
Norman waved at Kathleen, drank some water, opened his mouth and looked at his fellow travelers. He felt as if he had never seen any of them, though they had been meeting for more than a year to study the Renaissance.
Rick Waller, the IT instructor, now stood up, letting his lanky height emphasize his assumption of leadership. He often challenged him when Norman waffled.
"Just tell us what the hell happened. What do you mean, shortage of funds? We have a right to know."
Rick's wife, Marianna, looked at Norman and nodded. With her wavy long dark hair and large serene eyes, Marianna was always the most beautiful woman in any room she entered. Now she looked at Norman, flashing at him the force of her displeased beauty, which Norman felt as a douse of chilly water.
"Why are we suddenly short of funds, Norman?"
Sandra reached up and touched his arm.
"Dad, tell them about the gypsies," she said, and fixed her pale eyes on her father in the way that young women thought meaningful. He brushed her hand away. pulled it back and began typing on her phone.
Rick sat down and also pulled out his phone and began typing. A few others looked down at their phones, so as to avoid the awkwardness.
But Norman had two dilemmas to reveal, and he chose the first one. "Several turns of event have unsettled our plans somewhat. Our esteemed guide Massimo, the Renaissance expert we hired to escort us throughout Northern Italy, has . . . well—"
"He's lying in a hospital," said Kathleen. "Apparently, having to escort American teachers around Italy gave the Pope's tour guide a heart attack."
They all looked at Kathleen, who frowned back.
Eva said, "I'm sure we can just pick up a guide specializing in the humanistic philosophy of the Renaissance. Let's just step out onto the sidewalk and hail one. Oh, Guide, oh Renaissance Guide! Hello?!"
"I know someone who might help us," Jacob Ismail said.
Jacob had been teaching at Mount Antioch for only a few years. Norman treasured his suave middle eastern good manners and his ability to create harmony. Perhaps because he refused to join departmental political brawls, most club members considered Jacob an outsider. Norman had no idea how to go about finding a replacement guide qualified to conduct a Renaissance art history tour, but Jacob had lived in Rome and specialized in Medieval-Renaissance Studies. Norman silently prayed that he could pull off a quick miracle.
"Yes, but what does he cost?" Eva said.
Jacob said, "The man I have in mind taught at Oxford. He lives here part of the time. George might do it just for free, for the fun of escorting such a well-prepared group."
Eva found no way to complain about a free guide. Shaking back tawny bangs from droopy seventy-year-old eyes, she said, "I've said all along we should guide ourselves. We've studied the Renaissance. I teach art and Darren teaches history. Why do we need a paid guide?"
She was too tired to completely glare at Norman, but with what little eyelid power left to her, she tried.
"Eva, we've discussed this," Norman said. "Italy has strict regulations about guides."
"If you're worried about silly regulations," she retorted, "let's just pretend we're talking among ourselves. What are they going to do, arrest a bunch of Americans willing to spend money in their country?"
Eva hadn't wanted to come on this tour, but did because of her husband Art's interest. She liked to bicker with her husband—they often referred to themselves as The Bickersons—but she rarely denied him anything. She figured anyone who would put up for twenty-five years wit her temper was worth keeping.
Norman said quietly. "Eva, my job is to steer us clear of problems. We can't add breaking Italian laws to the ones we already have."
"What are our problems, Norman?" Rick said. "What happened with our money?"
Norman, besieged, confessed. "The gypsies hit us on the Via Condotti. We were carrying some group funds, they got it all, and now we're a little short."
"Exactly how short?" Rick persisted, his voice rising in annoyance at the way Norman was drawing it out.
He was about to go on when Marianna gestured to him to pick up her tote bag and get something out of it. This totally undermined his stance. He reached down and hauled the pink suede bag into his lap, put his hand in and searched through its contents, then pulled out a mirror and lipstick and handed them to his wife with a disgusted expression.
Norman, given a moment to gather himself, summarized.
"Number one: We lost our guide. Number two: We lost some money. Number three: We need to find another certified guide and address how to deal with the shortfall. It's simply a matter for decision-making. I know you're all tired, but surely we can manage that tonight."
Marianna merely shook her head sadly. It affected everyone like the simultaneous snuffing of a hundred candles.
Rick said, "Give us the amount we're short, Norman."
Still Norman hesitated. Kathleen's complexion was moving beyond cotton candy pink to bright orange, an interesting combination with her blonde hair. Sandra looked up and opened her mouth just as Kathleen boiled over.
"Norman, just fucking tell them!"
Sandra smiled.
Rising, Kathleen said, "Here's the situation. I changed some of the club's funds into lire to get a good rate and before we could get back to the hotel to put it in the safe, a gypsy cut off my purse and ran. Unfortunately, Norman wasn't fast enough to catch her. We lost about six thousand dollars."
"What the hell, Kathleen," Rick said, frowning deeply. His thick dark eyebrows loomed over his thin face. "You lost our cash—now it's yours to replace."
The group was suddenly, chaotically noisy.
Rick said, "Let Norman find us a new guide. This trip was his idea."
Rick spent most of his time assigning code and logic to an illogical world. He was satisfied that he had solved their problems and assigned responsibility in two sentences.
"A theft isn't my fault!" Kathleen shouted. "We don't have that kind of money with us. Besides, we all agreed to share responsibility on this trip."
She didn't mention that they had used up all their credit, raided their savings, and used some of their own funds to pay extra so the group could stay in Rome's best hotel. The more she thought about it, the more the whole thing seemed like Norman's fault.
"Our money was your responsibility when we handed it over," Rick persisted.
"That must seem to you like the easy solution," she said, "but Norman and I don't have enough, even if we wanted to."
"Are you just crazy?" Rick said, as always using unrelenting offense to win. "Why did you turn our funds into cash and then walk around Rome?"
"What do you know about Rome? You can't just dash across town."
Rick stared at her and said, "How can you even be arguing about this?"
"I don't see that we should be responsible for an accident," Kathleen retorted. "We said we would all share responsibility whatever happened."
"Flagrant carelessness isn't an accident."
Kathleen repeated, "We said we'd share responsibility."
Norman hurried to add, "She's right, we can take care of this as a club. We're on an adventure, aren't we?"
But no one in the room believed this was part of an adventurer, or for that matter took Norman seriously as an adventurer.


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Washington, D.C.—President Obama announced today plans for an initiative to map the human brain and develop treatments for brain disorders and injuries, such as stroke. National Stroke Association's Chief Executive Officer, Jim Baranski, was invited to the White House for the presentation.
The president gave his address in front of a room full of researchers and others who work in brain-related fields. "I've invited the smartest people in the country," said the president.
The Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies initiative will support labs and universities and fund grants for research in brain science. The president's budget, set to be revealed next week, will include investments for brain research through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), along with other organizations, both in the government and private sectors. This initiative is especially important in light of sequestration, which cut roughly $1.5 billion from the NIH budget.
"A commitment such as this is truly historic," said Baranski after the address. "The brain is the next frontier in terms of healthcare and this is an important first step to get the brain on the radars of leading scientists across the country."
Because of the complexity of the brain, no two stroke survivors have exactly the same experience. Stroke survivors such as Diana Green, a resident of Aurora, may experience aphasia, a disability that causes difficulty in speaking, understanding spoken language, reading or writing. Many, like Diana, regain at least some of their abilities through therapies after stroke. New research on the brain could help improve therapies, thereby improving recovery outcomes for survivors.
National Stroke Association is headquartered locally in Centennial. It is the only national organization in the U.S. that focuses 100 percent of its efforts on stroke by developing compelling education and programs focused on prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and support for all impacted by stroke. Visit www.stroke.org for more information.
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The Portland Group has announced an agreement with NVIDIA under which the two companies plan to develop new Fortran language support for CUDA GPUs. The pair will release the Fortran language specification for CUDA GPUs at the International Conference on Supercomputing in Hamburg, Germany this week. The CUDA Fortran compiler will be added to a production release of the PGI Fortran compilers scheduled for availability in November 2009.
"Fortran support for CUDA GPUs is a perfect complement to our existing roadmap for the PGI Accelerator Fortran and C compilers," said Douglas Miles, director, The Portland Group. "It enables interoperability of PGI Fortran and CUDA C and gives PGI users a full range of options in porting and optimizing Fortran applications to leverage the power of CUDA-enabled NVIDIA GPUs."
The NVIDIA CUDA architecture lets developers offload computationally intensive kernels to the massively parallel GPU. Through function calls and language extensions, CUDA gives developers explicit control over the mapping of general-purpose computational kernels to GPUs as well as placement and movement of data between the x64 processor and the GPU. The NVIDIA CUDA C compiler already provides this capability to C programmers. The CUDA Fortran compiler will provide this same level of control and optimization in a native Fortran environment from PGI.


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October 14, 2011
|Students help paint at the Odyssey House during Wolves on the Prowl in 2010.
Loyola University New Orleans alumni, family, friends, staff and students are encouraged to show their 'Pack pride on Saturday, Nov. 5 for the 12th annual Wolves on the Prowl national day of service. The day begins with prayer and breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the St. Charles Room, located in the Danna Student Center. Projects begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 1 p.m., with an after-party in the Residential Quad. A limited number of T-shirts will be available for registered participants.
Wolves on the Prowl, planned and led by Loyola's Alumni Association and Student Government Association, pairs volunteers from the Loyola community with programs throughout the country that need help. Last year, more than 550 people participated, including alumni from 17 cities across the nation.
"One of Loyola's missions is to prepare students to lead meaningful lives with and for others, and I can't think of a better opportunity for everyone to come together, turn these words into reality, and help inspire everyone, not just in New Orleans, but all across the country," said Loyola University New Orleans President Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D.
This year, volunteers will be working primarily in Loyola's own backyard. Projects include:
- The New Freret—Volunteers will work along the Freret Street corridor weeding, collecting garbage and removing graffiti.
- Green Charter School—Volunteers will work in the school and in the Edible School Yard.
- Hike for KaTREEna—Volunteers will plant trees along Freret Street.
- Next Level Institute—Volunteers will beautify the interior of the Next Level Institute on Freret Street.
- The Good Shepherd School—Volunteers will coordinate a field day for students of the Good Shepherd School.
- Second Harvest Food Bank—Volunteers will assist in receiving, sorting and packaging food.
"Wolves on the Prowl is a great community event that students, faculty, staff and alumni should all participate in," said Loyola SGA President Michael Morin. "It is a unique experience that the Jesuit universities across the nation participate in and is a way for Loyola to give back to the New Orleans area that provides us with such an amazing college experience."
Alumni across the country will also take part in volunteer activities on Nov. 5, as well as other dates. On Oct 29, alumni in the Boston area will prepare and distribute canned goods and food packages to the needy. In Washington, D.C., volunteers will assist in preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for the area's homeless on Nov. 19. In Los Angeles, they will help with a blood drive, and in Atlanta and Baton Rouge, they will restore gardens in those cities. Other chapter cities participating in days of service include Lafayette, La., Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami (Nov. 30), New York, Raleigh, N.C. (Nov. 19), St. Louis, and Tampa.
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I received 2 more donations of baby items in the mail last evening. The cocoons and hats in the top picture were sent in from Kate of 'Stitches, Scraps and Sparkles in the Sun' - and the baby hats in the right side picture were sent in from Luna of 'My Crochet, Mis Tejidos'.
I finished up the preemie cocoon Thursday evening, and I think I like this one the best. I love the pretty colors and the ribbon.
The baby hats in the left side picture were sent in from Trish - you can read about her donation in this post: http://hooksandyarns.blogspot.com/2013/08/baby-hats-from-trish.html
I'm really excited about this adventure, and I thank you ladies from the bottom of my heart. ♥


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Youz returned! :D
I miss you and your anti Bella ways, sir.
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the one with bella going crazy in front of a green screen of somebodys mother
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Despite dire predictions that retail construction would stumble in the wake of the lackluster U.S. residential housing market, McGraw Hill Construction, New York, reports that retail construction grew 1% in March — a welcome surprise for many electrical contractors across the United States. "The value of retail construction starts, which includes shopping centers, smaller stores, parking lots, and auto dealers, was up 6% last year," says Jim Haughey, director, research and analytics, and chief economist for Norcross, Ga.-based Reed Construction Data. "So far this year, through the first three months of 2007, its 28% higher compared to the same period last year. So the trend is picking up on retail spending."
According to FMI Corp., a management consulting and investment banking firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., this growth will continue for the next several years. In its "2007 U.S. Markets Construction Overview" report, FMI forecasts that commercial construction put in place — including retail — will increase 32% from $78.9 billion in 2006 to $104.3 billion in 2010. Spurring retail growth are positive market drivers such as decreasing vacancy rates and increasing rental prices. "Over the past year, retail rents are up 4% to 5%, which is the biggest jump in a number of years," says Haughey.
When it comes to new construction versus retrofits, Haughey says the vast bulk of growth is new space. "Commercial real estate developers see they can make money renting shopping centers," he says. "They also see they can build one cheaper than they can buy one."
In contrast to many other construction markets, such as education and office, the South and West will not enjoy the biggest slice of the retail pie. Instead, the Rocky Mountain States, which include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming, are poised to experience the largest expansion in retail construction in 2007. According to Reed Construction Data, retail starts jumped by more than two-thirds last year in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah — and by half in Colorado. Similarly, Virginia, Texas, and the Great Lakes states saw an increase in starts in 2006. Reed Construction Data says this surge likely reflects previous under-building as opposed to an increased need for space. On the other hand, over-building in California, Florida, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland has caused retail starts in these states to flounder.
Regional shopping malls — enclosed and open air — continue to be the darlings of the retail construction market. In 2006, shopping mall construction soared 75%, and growth is expected to remain well above average throughout 2007. According to McGraw Hill, open-air malls, also known as "lifestyle centers" typically have lower occupancy costs — $40 to $50 per square foot versus the $70 to $90 per square foot cost of regional malls.
According to Kathy Grannis, spokesperson for the National Retail Federation, Washington, D.C., the expansion of department and "big box" stores is also fueling growth. Last month, retail giant J.C. Penney, Plano, Texas, announced plans to open 250 new stores over the next five years, including its first-ever store in New York City's Midtown Manhattan. In addition, Kohl's, Menomonee Falls, Wis., said it expects to operate more than 1,200 stores by the end of fiscal year 2010, while Minneapolis-based Target anticipates it will have 2,000 stores by 2011.
In spite of these encouraging signs, the weak housing market could still adversely affect future retail construction. "The housing market is important to consumers," says Grannis. "Year-over-year sales for certain stores, such as home furnishings, building supplies, and gardening equipment, have seen gradual decreases in sales over the last couple months because of the slowing housing market."
Haughey agrees, although he believes smaller retail centers will bear the brunt of the residential decline. "If a new housing development is cancelled, the local shopping center gets cancelled too — not the one people drive 20 miles to and bring the kids," he says.


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Today we compile inventories and record data on computers using database programs. Yet the origins of documentation date back about 5,000 years to the development of the cuneiform script in Mesopotamia.
March 16, 2016
A package from Japan brings a collection of Neolithic artefacts and a glimpse at a mysterious, ancient people: the Ainu.
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Decoding the mysteries of an ivory cross pedestal carved with skulls and biblical inscriptions found in Smerwick Harbour, on the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry.


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Barry and Matteo, thank you for pointing me to the GeoNames Ontology. Geographical containment can also be found in GeoSPARQL (http://schemas.opengis.net/geosparql/1.0/geosparql_vocab_all.rdf): sfContains. I had the feeling that what I primarily needed was the logical concept of containment/composition, because that would allow reasoning on the part of the data consumer. But I guess it would be best to specify both logical AND geographical containment. As far as I can tell, the geographical containment in GeoSPARQL and GeoNames does not imply logical containment. But perhaps I am overestimating the power of dcterms:hasPart? I was thinking about an example. Let's say the following is known: 1) A country consists of provinces 2) For each country, the complete set of provinces is available 3) For each province the number of inhabitants is available Could a machine answer the question "Which country has the highest number of inhabitants?" without help from a human? Regards, Frans On 21-2-2013 14:10, Matteo Casu wrote: > You could also check the GeoNames ontology, which considers administrative subdivisions: http://www.geonames.org/ontology/documentation.html > E.G.: in the USA, level 1 administrative subdivisions are States. In Italy, they are Regions. > > It is a minor change of perspective with respect to yours. > > > Il giorno 21/feb/2013, alle ore 14:01, Frans Knibbe | Geodan <email@example.com> ha scritto: > >> Thank you Martynas, that seems to be just what I was looking for! >> >> Frans >> >> On 21-2-2013 13:54, Martynas Jusevičius wrote: >>> Hey Frans, >>> >>> Dublin Core Terms has some general properties for this: >>> dct:hasPart http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/#terms-hasPart >>> dct:isPartOf http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/#terms-isPartOf >>> >>> Martynas >>> graphity.org >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Frans Knibbe | Geodan >>> <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I would like to express a composition relationship. Something like: >>>> A Country consist of Provinces >>>> A Province consists of Municipalities >>>> >>>> I thought this should be straightforward because this is a common and >>>> logical kind of relationship, but I could not find a vocabulary which allows >>>> be to make this kind of statement. Perhaps I am bad at searching, or maybe I >>>> did not use the right words. >>>> >>>> I did find this document: >>>> http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/BestPractices/OEP/SimplePartWhole/ ("Simple >>>> part-whole relations in OWL Ontologies"). It explains that OWL has no direct >>>> support for this kind of relationship and it goes on to give examples on how >>>> one can create ontologies that do support the relationship in one way or the >>>> other. >>>> >>>> Is there a ready to use ontology/vocabulary out there that can help me >>>> express containment/composition? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> Frans >>>> >>>> >> >> >Received on Thursday, 21 February 2013 14:11:30 UTC
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Singer and songwriter Jackson Browne will join members of the Eagles in a tribute to the band's founding member Glenn Frey during Monday's 58th annual Grammy Awards.
Frey died Jan. 18 of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia at the age of 67. Browne will join the Eagles' Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit and Bernie Leadon during a special performance during the show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Browne and Frey wrote together early on in their careers, including the Eagles' first single in 1972 and one of their signature songs, "Take It Easy."
The Grammy Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on CBS at 8 p.m. EST.


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Technical Abstract: Phlebotomine sand flies, including Phlebotomus papatasi, are blood feeders and vectors of significant public health importance because they transmit Leishmania spp., which cause leishmaniasis. Deployed U.S. Military personnel in the Middle East suffer from sand fly bites and are at risk of contracting leishmaniasis. The Deployed War-Fighter Protection Program, which is a USDA-DoD joint research venture, was established to develop more effective sand fly control strategies to protect US War-fighters deployed in the Middle East. As part of its mission, scientific activities at the USDA-ARS Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory in Kerrville, Texas support the Deployed War-Fighter Protection Program. The Deployed War-Fighter Protection Program at the USDA-ARS KBUSLIRL focuses on three research areas: (1) laboratory evaluation of both existing and novel insecticides with different modes of action; (2) development of new insecticide formulations that can improve control efficacy against sand flies; and (3) development of rapid molecular diagnostic tools for detection of insecticide resistance in sand flies. This poster summarizes progress on insecticide toxicity bioassays and the molecular characterization of insecticide targets in P. papatasi. This work is supported in part by the USDA-DoD Deployed War-Fighters Protection Program (DWFP). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.


text: These dogs just blow my mind. Why don't we see dogs like this in the US? Is it their breeding program, or their training program? Or both? Either way, this is an outstanding video. Some crazy stuff though - dogs jumping onto decoys from above, and multiple dogs attacking one decoy.


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Last Friday the White House partied like it was 1999. It was fascinating to see Bill Clinton back at the podium, and it's a pleasure to see a master of the medium at work. But the Administration's latest moves raise serious concerns about the future of Obama's Presidency. Clinton played the "centrist" angle brilliantly in the 1990s, artfully fusing Republican and Democratic positions and rescuing his own political fortunes. But times have changed, even if Washington's illusions have not.
Today the country's real center – the commonly-held set of goals and aspirations shared by Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike – has never been farther from the narrow right-leaning viewpoint that's still being peddled as a "centrism." If the White House and other Democrats buy into that illusion, as they seem to be doing, they'll lose the country.
The Third Way Fallacy
Politicians and journalists in Washington cling to the belief that there's a better way to run government, one that dispenses with the messy process of debate and disagreement. Call it "the Third Way Fallacy." It suggests that all will be well if we just stop all the partisan "bickering" – "bickering" being a pejorative word for the political discourse that permits voters to distinguish one politician's views from another and vote accordingly. The Third Way approach would replace the quarrelsome democratic process with a system in which powerful people from both parties sit down amicably to "work things out," presumably in quiet – and private – places.
This elusive dream is revived every couple of years by some well-funded publicity campaign, and this year is no exception. Like its predecessors, this year's model assumes there's a political spectrum represented by Democrats on the left and Republicans on the right. If they meet in the middle, the fallacy goes, we will have found the "center."
But if we look at the public's opinions issue by issue we see that the opinions of this so-called "center" – the points on which so many Washington-based Republicans, Democrats, and journalists agree – is wildly out of step with Americans of all political affiliations. The nation's center is not the Beltway's center.
Truth in labelling
There's a reason why we have laws requiring labels. Without them people can get sold a bill of goods. Consider the latest PR campaign for the right-wing Washington consensus, "No Labels": Its "founding leaders" include two key members of George W. Bush's political team, several mid-level figures from the rightmost spectrum of the Democratic Party, and two career "centrists" (including Jon Cowan, whose organization "Third Way" provided the name for this new fallacy). The reason this group isn't labelled is because a label would read as follows: "A center-right to far-right group that reflects the worldview of powerful Washington insiders from both parties."
I feel safe in predicting that "No Labels" will revolutionize American politics every bit as much as Unity08 did. That is, it's going to be announced with great fanfare – fanfare that's generated by the highly-paid efforts of Washington publicists. It will then be received enthusiastically by the David Broder crowd, and nobody else. Within six months it will have been forgotten by the few people who had ever even heard of it in the first place.
"No Labels" is the latest reflection of a deep-seated yearning among Washington insiders: the yearning to fuse the leadership of both parties into a unitary political order, one that can dispense with bothersome chores like justifying your actions to the public. Washington "centrists" are the One Worlders of American politics, dreaming of a Utopia governed by a Council of Elders.
Except that these Elders rose to power in the rough-and-tumble world of partisan campaigns funded by influential donors. They're not going to suddenly turn into a wise and kindly ruling body likes the ones that govern peaceful forest planets on old Star Trek episodes. If they're given free reign to cut secret deals behind closed doors, the result won't be Utopia.
Washington 'Bipartisanship' vs. Public Opinion
Some of the Administration's comments imply they've interpreted this election as a mandate to pursue precisely this form of centrism, and the President has often indicated that this is how he would prefer to govern. What have we seen so far, as the result of horse-trading conducted by party leaders along a narrow political spectrum?
- Social Security benefit cuts appear to be a real possibility, despite the fact that a vast majority of the country opposes them – including 76% to 77% of independents, Republicans, and Tea Party supporters.
- The financial reform bill was largely negotiated behind closed doors, out of the public eye. As a result, we'll never know which politicians undercut some of that bill's most urgently needed provisions. That kind of secrecy that undermines democracy and public accountability, especially when most Americans want stronger bank regulations. That's an option that the bipartisan "consensus" has agreed is not on the table.
- One financial reform measure rejected by the "bipartisans" – a limitation on bonuses for bankers we've rescued – was more popular with Republicans than Democrats! (That makes sense, when you think about it: If you believe in the free market, as they – and I – do, you should believe that bad judgement must be punished with economic pain.) Overall, 85% of the public wanted large bonuses limited or banned. The "centrists" say no.
- Only one American in 25 thought that Congress should make deficits its first priority after the last election, and only one in 50 thought its first priority should be taxes. What's dominated Washington politics (and media coverage) since then? Deficits and taxes.
The end result is shown below:
The blue portion of the bar represents the majority opinion on each issue. In every case, this view is supported by most Republicans and independents, as well as by most Democrats. There's a real bipartisan consensus in the nation – to protect Social Security, tax the wealthy, preserve Medicare, improve banking regulations, and ban big bonuses at banks which were rescued by the taxpayers. The ersatz 'centrism' being peddled in Washington is on the wrong side of every single issue. It would turn the leadership of the country over to people on the red, rightmost side of the chart, restricting the debate to the best way of implementing these unpopular positions.
No wonder 70% of people surveyed are "somewhat" or "deeply dissatisfied" with the way Washington works. The political consensus doesn't represent them, and these "solutions" would merely institutionalize that lack of representiation.
Bipartisan, Nonpartisan, Antipartisan
Sure, people say they'd prefer a "bipartisan" solution when pollsters. They'd rather see politicians act in the country's interests, rather than their own. But "bipartisan" literally means "of two parties" – Democrats and Republicans. On issue after issue, neither party is promoting the public's preferred policies. What's striking about the polling data is how much agreement there is among registered Democrats, Republicans, and independents – and how different that agreement is from the conservative agenda being peddled in their names as "centrism."
Neither the public, nor the press, nor politicians seem to understand the difference between "bi-partisanship" – something negotiated between Democrats and Republicans – and "non-partisanship," which is the process of making decisions without partisan preference or loyalty.
A "nonpartisan" set of solutions crafted by experts might closely parallel the public's preferences. Or the experts might offer several alternatives for the public to choose from. Either way, a non-partisan approach would probably lead to far more democratic results than the bi-partisan approach being pushed in Washington today.
The Third Way Fallacy fundamentally misreads independent voters, too. While many of those voters will vote for candidates from both parties – "I vote the man, not the party," as they said in the old sexist days – many of them hold both parties in equal disdain. They'll vote for a candidate like John McCain for just as long as they can believe he's not a self-serving politician like all the others. These voters aren't bi-partisan, either. They're anti-partisan.
Why doesn't the "centrist"/Third Way/ "No Labels" pitch ever work with voters who don't like either party? I can only use a personal example: I don't like pickles in my sandwiches. I don't like cottage cheese, either. If someone offered me a pickles-and-cottage cheese sandwich, I would not want to eat it.
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Another prominent member of the "No Labels" team is David Walker, the former U. S. Comptroller General who comes to the team after two years in the employ of Pete Peterson's foundation. Peterson's the billionaire who opposes most taxes for the wealthy, wants to radically downsize government, and has spared no effort or expense in his mission to cut Social Security benefits. Peterson's used the "no labels" playbook for many of his highly subsidized ventures, including the "AmericaSpeaks" forums, his "bipartisan" commissions of right-wingers from both parties, and of course his
Deathrace 2000 "Deficitball" games.
How would a truly "no labels" agenda look if it reflected the strongly-held policy preferences held by Americans across the political spectrum, and weighed the consensus view of truly non-partisan experts? It would protect Social Security benefits, promote public investment in jobs and growth, tax the wealthy and the big banks to restore deficit balance, and expand the financial regulations passed earlier this year.
What do all those positions have in common? They're the exact opposite of everything David Walker's been trying to accomplish for the last two years . As for "No Labels," it is keeping a veil of secrecy around its donor list. We're not allowed to know who's bankrolling this venture.
See why we need labels?
Behind the labels
Why aren't the views of the American majority represented in Washington? For one thing, they threaten the vested interests that bankroll political campaigns – and gimmicky "centrist' organizations, too. For another, these views look an awful lot like liberalism, which Washington elites have spent decades demonizing. A lot of "Third Way" types are too locked in the left/right paradigms of the past to embrace positions that look this much like Mommy and Daddy's liberalism. But unfortunately for them, yesterday's liberalism is today's bipartisan consensus. So they keep trying to marginalize these ideas by pretending they represent the extreme wing of one party, rather than the views of an overwhelming majority.
There's nothing wrong with holding center-right opinions, of course. And there's nothing wrong with advocating a form of governance that would dispense with public debate and turn decision-making over to current or former leaders from both parties. But it's misleading to label those positions "mainstream" or "centrist." They're not. Back in the 1990s, a lot of people in both parties believed financial deregulation and reduced government services would lead to a brighter future. But deregulation led to disaster, and today the American people see the vital role government plays in their lives. The public has changed with the times. The "Beltway bipartisans" have not.
Third-Rate Results
We saw the electoral fruits of the Third Way fallacy in November's election. Democrats who embraced it were seen as representing nothing in particular, so they were judged by the status quo – a status quo that was made worse by "centrist" policies. Now we're seeing an ever-widening gap between the public's wishes and a Republican/Democratic/media elite that refuses to accept or acknowledge them. That's a recipe for bad policy, and politically it's a one way ticket for the Democratic Party to receive the Mother of All Shellackin's in 2012.
It's still not too late. Many Democrats embrace the proposals most Americans want. A few Republicans will back them too, if forced into the open by partisan "bickering," as we learned during the financial reform debate. The President can still embrace them too, leading his party and the country toward a much brighter future than the one they seem to face today. But to do that he'll have to let go of the Third Way Fallacy and fight for the positions that the American people want and need.


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Gilmat Interior, 2017-11-03 18:44:38.Choosing the actual piece of bed for your bedroom that is made of wooden bed frames could really be a great decision. There is actually other option to take as well that is the metal frames but surely the wooden one is a better choice. It is great to really invest in something good that is said to be the 1/3 of your time spent in it, the bed.In term of the available choices, frames of your bed that are made of wood offer various choices. There are plenty types of wood that you can consider accordingly. There are the types of wood that may be preferred due to their look while there are also the preferred types due to the price. The point is that you have a freedom to choose the type of wood for the frames of your bed freely.Another reason that you should go for the frames made of wood for your bed instead of other types is that it has great strength. There are wood types that even come with a long guarantee of its durability. You may already know that there are old piece of furniture made of wood which could be so expensive today. That is evidence that the frames of wood will have its strength to last for a long time in its use. So, why bother looking for other options then?Just in case that you are among those people who really concern about the environment, this type of frames of your bed is the best choice to go for. Wood is considered to be among the renewable source. It means that using it will not damage the environment as long as the renewal process of the trees and forest is always on going for all times. Thus if you are a person who wants everything to go green, this one type of frames for your bed is your best bet.The fact that wood could last for a long time in its origin means that you do not need to do such complicated cares in order to keep its shape and appeal for a long time. Thus you have no need to worry about the wood itself even if you are not that cautious in caring for it. Even if it is damaged a bit, you can always do the repair for your wooden bed frames easily in no time.
Gilmat Door Design, 2017-09-22 16:47:48.The door latch and lock are essential for any home. Good quality door latch hardware will help you ensure that your home has at least basic safety measurement to keep intruders or burglars from entering your living place, causing loss and harm to your properties and family. Even so, there are some times when the door latch parts don't work properly. Luckily, dealing with door lock that doesn't latch properly is not a difficult task to do and you can fix the issue right away yourself.When the door latch does not click into position, this usually means the strike plate and the latch are out of alignment. Try solving this problem by tightening the hinge screws, and then loosen its screws and shift it slightly to try adjusting the strike plate. If possible, it is actually easier for you to file a little bit the slots in the strike plate. This way, the strike plate will receive the latch. Shift the position of the strike plate by mortising the jamb, filling part of the old one, and so ahead. Misalignment can also be solved by replacing the existing strike plate with an adjustable type.Stuck door latch happens for many reasons, and most of them are actually easy to fix. When the latch of your door sticks, check if the hinge screws are tight. The latch will bind if the door is misaligned. Besides, check the lock assembly and knob if there is any misalignment or loose screws. Lastly, take a close look at the strike of your door jamb. If it is out of adjustment or blocked, the latch surely will not run in and out freely.For timber door, you can use a lock system named as mortice sashlock. It is a combination of a handle-operated door latch and a mortice lock for you to open and close the door without requiring the use of a key, and then securely lock it with a key as you go out. There are different security levels, with 5 lever as the highest security level perfect for back door or areas where high security is required.There is also a door latch called as nightlatch to use with timber door too. It is suitable to secure external entrance doors, including your front doors. It's mounted on the inside of your door at shoulder height with a latch mechanism similar to one used on internal doors which keep the door closed.
Gilmat Outdoor, 2017-09-23 03:17:45.Swing Chair is a type of chair that provides more than just a seating place. This chair also provides different experience when you use this chair to sit. You could swing yourself comfortably like you are sitting in a real swing. This chair is recommended to be used in big house rather than small house because it needs more space to swing the chair as well as it can be good if it is located in the patio or garden. You could choose a lot of types and design for this chair that you think fits best for you.If you have a patio at the back of your house, you could make the patio become a comfortable place for you to enjoy the scenery and the air. You could have a very comfortable chair to fulfill your need of refreshing and calming place to escape when you want to escape from your routine. This kind of chair is made by different materials which are combined into a beautiful chair which ranges from wood, metal, cotton, rubber, until polyester.The frame of the chair is usually made by hard materials such as wood and metal. For the seating, it can be made from cotton, polyester, rubber or other soft materials. So, you did not need to worry to use this chair. Even though it is swing chair, it is very soft and fluffy in the seating. The materials are also made to resist the water and other weather damage. Even though you put the chair outside, the chair will not easily get broken.Because of the models that is unique and comfortable that could allow you to enjoy the breeze, you could choose this chair with many different models and colors. You could choose black, white, grey, pink, red, blue and even pattered seating design that looks so appealing. You could choose the colors that you think will fit with your patio design. You could also mind your budget when you buy this chair because the price is quite expensive.So, when you like to have a patio that you like very much, you could choose chair with swing mode. This chair will be very comfortable to accompany your leisure time by enjoying the breeze and fresh air. With Swing Chair, your time in your outdoor patio will be one of the best moments that you have in your house because it offers you more hospitality.
Gilmat Interior, 2017-09-24 15:58:20.Bathroom is a very crucial room in any home designs. In the bathroom, you will find toilet bowl that is very important. Even, you may need it every day. You can imagine of the bowl is not comfortable to use or when the design is not as what you want, it can make you feel uncomfortable when you are in the bathroom. So, the design should be comfortable while the look of the bowl should meet your standard.In both online and offline markets, this toilet bowl comes in a very large selection. You can get the bowl with design or style you like as well as with the functions that you want. Innovation is also developed to the bowl to make you feel comfortable and to make it always clean as the problem such as clog can be minimized. Therefore, you will find the bowl with different brands. Each toilet bowl brand provides the bowl in different designs with some functions.Sure, the price can be different depending on how the innovation implemented to the toilet bowl. So, if you have some bathrooms in your home where the bowls are different by the designs and brands, you can differentiate one that is more comfortable. This includes for the durability of the material. Each brand may offer the bowl in different material depending on their considerations. It can be made of ceramic as the common choice. You may need to consider the material.Excellent design of toilet bowl will not have a problem more often. When you say about problem for bowl, it is not only about the clog where it is actually not from the bowl but the drain as there is something getting stuck such as your kids flush half of their apple there. The toilet bowl problems can be about the water and plumbing. Normally, a good bowl design contains water and plumbing that is made to be filled with water rapidly. When the water is not working, then it can be a problem.To avoid the problem of toilet bowl, you need to pick the bowl with the right design and function first. Then you will need to install it rightly. Installation is a crucial part. There is no reason except asking the help of professional. The right installation can avoid many problems to the bowl as well as the drain. It means you can save more budgets in the future as you will not need to repair it more often due to the wrong installation.
Gilmat Living Room, 2017-09-20 22:00:47.After years or even months, you may feel bored with your sofa expression. Its colors or patterns can be unexpressive anymore. It can be caused the color of the sofa that is not timeless. If you are now feeling the same, then you are better not to think to replace the current sofa with the newer one. It will cost you more. There is an easier way to update your sofa with fresher look and even stylish new look. It is by dressing your sofa with sofa covers. These covers give you more advantages.This cover will work as a protector. Your sofa will be protected as it is dressed with these covers. Dust, dirt, splashes or drops of food and drink will not stain your original sofa's upholstery. So, it will be indeed well protected. Your sofa will be always in new, fresh and stylish just like you buy it at the first time. Sofa covers are the smart idea to protect your sofa as well as enhance the look of the sofa as you have a wide selection out there.If you look at the collection of sofa covers online, you have so many options. You can find the covers with any designs, patterns and colors you like most. Even, you will not only find sofa covers but also covers for the throw pillow. The covers of the throw pillow are usually in same designs with the covers for sofa. It is to complete the expression so they can enhance the sofa appearance as well as for the room interior design.You may need to see the pictures of ready made sofa covers to see the wide selection offered to you to pick to create a new look for your sofa. You can instantly refresh your sofa expression with these sofa covers. Without doubt, these covers will always make your sofa looks new, fresh and stylish. Furthermore if you have some collections so you can change the covers whenever you want.For example, you pick these sofa covers with seasonal themes. Then, you will change the cover with certain theme based on the season that is coming. It will be more wonderful as your room interior will be always in fresh and wonderful with the seasonal covers. You can find the covers with any designs, patterns and colors you like most. Just look at the huge collections here. You can definitely find the best covers.
Gilmat Interior, 2017-09-21 13:23:37.Pool deck is one of the trendiest ideas to add to your home outdoor space like in your backyard. Pool in the backyard can make this outdoor space more relaxing. You can feel a pure enjoyment from the pool design you have. In another side, deck in your backyard can make your home more refreshing. You can spend endless hours in the deck just to read books, have a chat with family member or friends and more. So, how it can be when both pool and deck is built then combined together?Indeed, you will have a wonderful backyard design out there. The combination of pool deck will make you complete your relaxation. You can swim then enjoy a sunbathing time. You can just enjoy the freshness of the pool from the deck. However, it is not an easy project to build both of them in the one place at the same time. At least, you will have two choices. They are the pool and deck design that is built for the above ground pool and inground pool.Both of them have different structure. So, the pool deck will be differently planned and built. It is recommended to ask a professional to build pool deck designs for above ground pools as well as for the inground pool. For above ground pool, the deck will be built following the height of the pool. This is where the difficult project will start. You need to build the deck really carefully. Everything should be rightly planned, built, and finished. Then you can find what you are looking for when it is finished.For the pool deck ideas for inground pools, the deck will be built around the pool. It is like free standing deck design. You can build a shade here. So, the pool deck will be more relaxing and refreshing. You will not need to worry about the hot sunlight or rain if you just want to enjoy your time in the deck. This is an excellent idea to add to your inground pool design.However, any designs and ideas of the pool deck that you want to build either for inground or above ground pool: it is recommended to be finished by the expert only. It is more wonderful when the deck is built from wood. It can be more relaxing. Although concrete deck for inground pool is popular, wood deck is still catchy as it has aesthetic values.
Gilmat Table Design, 2017-09-22 19:07:25.If you asked what the important part of dining room that its expression can influence the whole room space, the answer is dining table. It is the focal point of the room. So, anything you do with the table can give an impact either good or not depending on what you add. Before that, you need to find what the right table design that looks excellent for your dining room. If you want stylish look, then glass top dining table is the right choice. This table looks excellent with the glass accents.Here, you have two choices at least. First is dining table set with glass top and second is glass dining table. The first choice, you have a dining table with glass top. The legs of the table can be in various options like wood, metal, or chrome-plated. You can even find this glass top dining table with glass legs too. It depends on what you like most. Any of them can influence your dining room with its own accents. Glass top accents create certain impressions depending on how you will decorate the table.However, this glass top dining table looks modern and stylish. It can add perfect accents too. You just need to consider the shape and size of the table as you need. To find the right shape and size, you can look at the size of your dining room. The larger dining room space will not have any serious problems. Otherwise, for the small dining table, it needs the right size so the dining table will not take more spaces. However, for the small space you can pick the table in round shape to save more spaces.Solid glass top will absolutely add awesome accents for your stylish dining room interior. This table may come in one set with the chairs or separately. Look at how glass top dining table set 4 chairs come in one set. They look perfect from the designs, styles, colors and accents. Your dining room will be more perfect too when you have glass top dining table with the right chair design. This should complement your dining room interior.This table is indeed elegant. The glass top dining table even looks glossy and stunning. If you want a perfect touch, then you can consider this table with modern design as most of them is designed with modern cut. It can be more excellent as the table has clean cut. Your modern and stylish dining room design will be well enhanced with this table.
Gilmat Pools, 2017-09-21 16:26:00.The LED pool lights are indeed a truly interesting addition to complement your outdoor area. With LED lights, you can experience a whole different living experience with the spectacular LED pool lights color changing for more appealing outdoor space even though it gets dark outside. Even so, before you decide to upgrade to LED pool lights color splash from traditional halogen lights, it's better for you to know these important things first.While the LED lights can be as bright as, or even brighter than, halogen, there are many factors taking into consideration. However, remember that number of LEDs doesn't mean a brighter light. It's because you just cannot compare the number of LED pool lights or watts or power. The overall brightness will depend on the efficiency of the LEDs themselves—a thing we call luminous efficiency, which measures how the LED uses power efficiently. The more efficient the LED is, the higher the luminous efficiency. This means a 15 watt LED light can have the same brightness as a 30 watt one of the lights are twice as efficient.The glowing effect produced by LED pool lights is due to how the lights are spread rather than focused like a torch beam, which is what halogen lights produce. And with different beam angles available for the LED lights, you can thus customize the overall lighting effect to complement your outdoor swimming pool area. From a wide beam angle that can spread the light from 150 to 180 degrees perfect to light a large area, you can also decide to highlight a feature item with a narrow beam angled light.While it's true that there are formulas to find out the number of LED pool lights required, it's not usually as simple as that, though. In general, you must consider the size and shape of your pool, followed by pool surface, color of the light, purpose of the light, and output of the light. In the end, though, a level of expertise is always required when planning for pool lighting. Therefore, it's best to leave the job to the professionals.With LED pool lights required to be sealed to keep the water from getting in, usually they are sealed with an O-ring or rubber gasket. Today's LEDs, though, are now filled with a resin to seal and cover the electronics inside totally. Even so, resin-filled LED lights are not serviceable—you must replace the entire fitting if something goes wrong with it.
Gilmat Interior, 2017-09-24 15:56:24.Clogged toilet will not only make you frustrating but also can spend a lot of budgets if you don't know how to deal with it. There are many solutions offered before you call a plumber as it will cost you more. You can try with DIY solutions. You just need the right tool to unclog the toilet. Toilet plunger is the common solution. However, it may not work. If you see there is no progress after you use the plunger, then the next solution is using toilet auger. This tool can be even more effective than plunger.So, if you have used a plunger but the water is not draining out of the toilet bowl as how it should, this toilet auger is the better solution. Typically, you will have this auger in the form of sharp spiral of wire for the tip. The wire is semi-rigid so it can flex easily when you use it through the bends in the bowl. This tool will clear the drainage as once you insert and push it. You just need to know how to use a toilet auger so it will not damage the toilet where it can cost you more.It is recommended to find the right toilet auger. In the market you have a wide selection. Even, each brand has its own collections. Read more reviews of the general brand toilet auger. The rating stars and good reviews from the customers can make you sure to pick that auger type. Then, you just need to learn more tips and ideas to use this auger. You can shop this auger online and learn the tips to use it by watching the video online. Follow the step by step process carefully.Select the toilet auger that is designed for ease of use, reliability, and safety. You can find the auger that is featured with spring wire that is rust-resistant as well as grip handle that is non-slip. You can find it with high-carbon spring wire that resists rusting, safety guide tube and plastic turning handle that is non-slip. The price is affordable. Be more selective, read the review and learn how to use the auger rightly. This is an effective clearing tool you need to use.Toilet auger is an affective drain clearing tool that is specifically designed for unclogging a toilet. So, if you do it rightly, normally you will be able to unclog the toilet by your own hands. Don't forget to find more tips and ideas to use auger rightly. It is because you don't want to spend a lot of budget to call a plumber to unclog the toilet.
Gilmat Door Design, 2017-09-23 13:58:13.While it is true that choosing the right door closer for your project is an essential task, it does not mean it must be a daunting one. Luckily, there are many product options and manufacturers in this regard available on the market, with wide array of door closer parts, including door closer hinge, to choose from. Just keep in mind that your best closer is ideally the one that fits your entrance perfectly, controls the door adequately, and complies with the local and federal building regulations.There are actually various types of door closer you can find on the market. Even so, the most common types in the market today are overhead concealed, surface mounted, and floor mounted concealed. There are some important factors to consider when you choose the right type, including type and location of door opening, choice between exterior or interior mounting, door type, frequency and volume of door traffic, weight and size of door, wind or building pressure conditions, and door swing.Surface mounted door closer is the most commonly used one as it offers a wide array of options features you cannot find on other closer types. Typically, this closer type is available in 4 variations: regular arm surface mounted, top jamb mounted, parallel arm surface mounted, and slide-track arm. This option is typically used for aluminum storefront doors and is best to use for low-to-medium traffic entrances. Surface mounted closer is relatively easy to install and highly economical.Overhead concealed door closer, on the other hand, is most appropriate to use in area with medium to heavy traffic. This closer type is typically installed inside the headers of storefront frames and doors, thus allowing the closet stay hidden from sight. The overhead concealed closer can also be positioned in offset arm or center hung positions with wide, medium, or narrow stile doors.Last but not least, we have the floor mounted closer option. This door closer type is known for being the most durable and longest lasting option. Therefore, if you wish to install one for spots with high to extreme traffic or with heavy doors, the floor mounted closer option can make an appropriate solution. It is often easily adjusted and fare really well in conjunction with substantial, wide, or tall storefront doors, especially those that are made of heavy or insulating glass. This closer type, along with overhead concealed, is best option if you use patch-fitted doors or all-glass rail.
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A few weeks ago we went to see the Jaume Plensa exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
And it was awesome.
In fact, I was a little overawed if I'm honest. By the time I reached the final piece of work I was a little overwhelmed and had to leave the room ... battling back tears ...
I know .. either I reeeeaaaalllly adore sculpture or I'm a complete crazy-lady ... [actually it's a bit of both ... ].
But, with that in mind, when it came to making a scrapbook page featuring some of the photos we took that day ... I thought I'd be safer with a work that didn't make me lose my mind/composure in a public space!
So instead here's a page about Twenty-nine Palms a curtain made of steel letters which form strands of poetry from 29 of Plensa's favourite poets:
In fact, you're encouraged to touch it and when you do, when you gently run your hands along the letters, they tinkle and chime adding to the magical feel of a curtain of floating poetry.
[There are a few videos of it on Youtube if you really to hear it for yourself - just search for Jaume Plensa].
And when I wasn't taking photos of it I was trying to read it:
I'd love to know if you've seen any of Plensa's work - I know he's an international artist - but I'll leave it up to you to declare whether or not it made you cry or feel like a child again!
Julie :-)
The small print:
- TheYorkshire Sculpture Park website.
- The YSP on Twitter.
- I based the structure of my layout on Shimelle's 'Sketch of the Week for 8th June'
- The papers + fabric come from the Crafty Templates Quirky Kit I'm guest-designing with this month.
- The alphabet border stamp is by Lost Coast Designs and is available from 3DJean [there's a 3 for 2 offer on all stamps from now until 9pm June 20th 2011].


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For centuries the enormous city of Omicron has lived in technological peace, bumbling through their problems and generally living happily. That is of course, until a plague hits the city and an enormous trans-dimensional gate opens up in the center, unleashing an army of malevolent bureaucratic robot demons on the world. Luckily, the Nerevarine is present for the destruction, and with a magical spear, a determined expression, and an empty head, undertakes a journey to send the daedra back to hell and such. Featuring a steampunk overtone, Deus Ex Machina includes over 50 technological themed quests, vast levels and complexes to explore, and strange and wondeful machinery to interact with.
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I skimmed my previous review before starting the research for this one; for those of you who want to get up to speed, you can read it here. At the end I noted that the search engine bears watching, and it's nice to see that I was proven right. But before I dive into the larger changes, let me talk about some of the changes they've made that I think of as incremental.
As part of my previous review, I became a member of Searchles, and I've found it helpful in my line of work. I belong to several groups, and I would receive an email every time a link was posted to one of those groups, as well as every time someone commented on one of my links…or even one of my comments. That got me a lot of article ideas, but also far too much email. So I was very happy when Searchles put a little more control in the hands of its users; to wit, take a look at this preference panel (cropped and shrunk to fit):
Instead of getting an email every time something happens, you have fine grained control for all of your groups and all of your notification types – so you can get a notice immediately, when you receive a summary, or never. This has massively reduced interruptions for me while still giving me the helpful information I need. Incidentally, the drop-down for how frequently you receive a summary email offers lots of different options, from every hour to every three days.
Another change I think of as incremental is how much Searchles uses AJAX on its site now. Whenever you make a comment or save certain changes, the site carries out the operation without having to reload the page. I never thought of how much of a difference that could make in the user experience until I started running into it more; now visiting a site where the pages reload for these simple things feels almost primitive. Kudos for the change!
Searchles has made a lot of other changes to its look and capabilities which, to be honest, I haven't had the time to check out until now. But when Elias Shams, CEO of Searchles, sent me a press release with the latest list of changes to the site, well, with a looming deadline I couldn't resist.
{mospagebreak title=Oh My Searchles}
Searchles' home page has changed to emphasize the most active groups and the most active users a lot more. They still show the most recent links on the home page and still display a keyword cloud in the right column. And I was delighted to see that their help has improved, with separate FAQs that explain how to make bookmarks and how they work, how the bookmarklet works, and a lot more. In particular, there's a list of user questions, a really detailed explanation of how groups work, how to use their widget (great for bloggers) and "Searchles TV," a way for users to put all their favorite videos in one place.
The biggest change I noticed was in my personal Searchles home page. Let me show you what I mean. Here's what the page looked like when I did my first review:
Very simple, with a few features visible and easily accessible in the upper right corner. Part of the reason it looked so bare is because I hadn't done much with it at that point. I later added an avatar, a saying, a bunch of links (which showed up in that empty middle area under "terri's posts"), and friends and groups, which appeared on the lower left in those two rectangles. But look at it now:
Okay, the blue rectangle at the top is rather like a control panel. It lets you manage your profile, create and manage groups, create and manage channels for Searchles TV, find friends, and check through posts. There are a lot of new abilities here; group managers can remove spam postings from their groups, invite people to join, ban them, and more. And some groups are invitation only now. I really have to praise Searchles for continuing to give their users the fine-grained control that impressed me eight months ago.
If I went into detail about the stuff in the blue rectangle, I wouldn't have enough room in this article to talk about some of the most exciting details. So let me just mention Searchles TV – in fact, let me link to Searchles' information page about it. Basically, you can set up a "channel" on Searchles for all of your favorite videos; just enter the link and you and others can view the videos without leaving Searchles in whatever order they wish. Searchles supports video from YouTube, MySpace, Google Video, Grouper, and blip.tv, and plans to add more. If you like to visit a lot of video sites, Searchles TV can be a great time saver.
{mospagebreak title=It's Alive!}
Searchles Live is a new feature that lets you automatically track what is happening in your groups, what people are commenting on, and what your friends are doing. It updates automatically. You get to it by clicking on a "searchles live" link that appears on the upper left on every page. You also see it on your personal home page; check out that big box on the left just under the blue rectangle on the screen shot in the previous section. Let me give you a different view of Searchles Live, from clicking on the link for it:
This was cropped and shrunk to fit, but I think you can make out at least some of it. There are three buttons at the upper right, "Pause," "Clear" and "Settings;" I clicked on the last one to give you an idea of the kinds of filters you can apply. This is literally a live feed. You can see what's happening with various groups and channels, for openers; that's the blue box on the left. You can check out who's rating what; that's the green box on the right (hmm, looks like dumbfinder is getting in a few afternoon chuckles with some funny videos). And you can see who's commenting on what; that's the box just below the green one that barely shows up in the screen shot.
I'm going to refer back to the screen shot of my personal page for a moment, because there's something I didn't cover that is also a live feed. That's the large box on the right:
This is actually a feed of the top-rated items among your circles, groups, friends, and friends of friends (that's what the "fof" stands for). Those are tabs at the top. It's another feature that can give you a quick impression of what's going on.
{mospagebreak title=So What is Searchles Now?}
Is Searchles a social bookmarking site, a social search engine, or a social networking site? As near as I can tell, it's a bit of all three, and each aspect feeds off the others. Shams explained in a presentation that his company's objective is "To be the glue between people and content on the Internet using social search to deliver better collaboration and more precise, relevant results."
In short, Searchles seems to be harnessing the kinds of networks that existed between people before the days of the Internet (and still exist today, of course), when you always knew who to ask if you didn't know how to do something or where to find something. You can join groups if you're interested in particular things, and if the group is public you can still search through the links posted there for information. You can find out a person's interests and go through their posts, tapping into their expertise without even having to contact them personally. If you do want to contact them personally, Searchles does have a message system.
You can interact with posts by sharing them with your friends, commenting on them, or rating them (which is one of the ways Searchles can spot spam and try to keep it under control). This is somewhat reminiscent of other sites such as Slashdot, but Searchles offers its users more features.
Searchles is particularly proud of its video search. Its users can post videos from a variety of sites, so it can index videos that you might not find on YouTube. That gives it a definite edge over sites that can only search their own videos, but it will be a while (if ever) before Searchles' index matches YouTube on sheer quantity. As to quality, well, it wouldn't be on Searchles if someone didn't see it, like it, and think it was worth sharing, though one can say the same thing about YouTube. It becomes a question of the taste of your users.
Searchles is a hybrid. It's been said of hybrids that they tend to not do any one thing well – but if you're a dog lover you also know that some of the hardiest dogs are mixed breeds. Searchles is not just a social bookmarking site, because people can comment on bookmarks and interact with other users; it's not just a social site like Slashdot or Digg because users are actually saving bookmarks and displaying their interests; it's not just a networking site because such sites (LinkedIn is one example; dating sites are another) don't typically have people posting and saving URLs, let alone having other people comment on them. About the only thing Searchles doesn't have that's Web 2.0 is separate blogs for its users.
You'd think all of this would be confusing, but Searchles has managed to pull it all together in a way that is easy to understand after you've played with the site for a while. And it can be rather addictive to play with. This lovable mutt is starting to look a little like a contender, and I'm looking forward to seeing what it comes up with next.


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I'm wondering how to define " clear weather " for the Ducal evocaitons. The climate here isn't postcard and even on days when it isn't raining it's usually windy foggy or partly cloudy and blowing a gale. Clear blue sky with no clouds ... doesn't happen very often... This month maybe 3 days at the most where it stayed clear more than a few hours with no clouds.
How have you guys been defining clear weather practically. I know all you don't live in sunny florida or the sw US. I was thinking anytime the air is clear... ( not foggy, raining or snowing or a mix of all the above ) and reasonably calm ( can light a fire safely)
how does the weather affect the results.


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Dixie Prowell had never done anything like it before. Prowell, 58, an Albuquerque CPA, was moved by Cindy Sheehan's vigil outside President Bush's hobby ranch. Sheehan wants Bush to explain exactly what her son died for in Iraq. While Prowell doesn't agree with all Sheehan says, "I agree with her quest for the truth. She has been able to say he lied in such a poignant way. Her 'emperor has no clothes' story really appeals to me."
In 48 hours Prowell organized a vigil in support of Sheehan that drew over 220 people outside the First Congregational UCC Church at Girard and Lomas. It was one of seven similar events around Albuquerque on Aug. 17, all pulled off with great success on short notice.
The vigil was quiet and reserved. No loudspeakers, no drums. Mostly women and children with "Moms for Peace" signs holding candles and waving to motorists honking horns in support. It was a dramatic change in atmosphere from efforts to protest the war more than two years ago, which were frequently met with obscenities and police and sheriff's deputies sent to intimidate dissenting voices.
Sally Alice Thompson, a Navy veteran, attended Prowell's event to collect signatures on a poster addressed to Sheehan. She and other Albuquerque-area veterans are heading to Crawford this week. They, too, want Bush to fully explain this "noble cause" for which over 16,000 Americans have been killed, maimed, blinded, burned and scarred for life.
At the Mitchell Elementary School athletic field in the Northeast Heights about 100 people listened to a woman who lost a nephew in Iraq.
Forty people gathered at an event labeled "Pro-Soldier, Anti-War," hosted in the home of a mother whose son served in Afghanistan.
Similar crowds gathered in Rio Rancho and the North Valley. Outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, well over 300 people lit candles. Vigils were held in Farmington, Silver City, Las Cruces, Taos, La Madera, remote Hillsboro and a ranch outside Abiquiu.
"MoveOn.org," explains Prowell, "made it all so easy."
In fact, MoveOn.org's superb Internet facility made it possible for over 1,600 vigils across the country to be organized on little more than a day's notice. Several venues drew crowds of over 1,000 people.
Whatever the right-wing hyenas have been doing to tear into Sheehan's credibility, it wasn't working with those who turned out to hold candles in the darkness. There is no moral authority like that of a woman who has lost a son in a war built on lies and directed with incompetence. On the night of the nationwide vigils, 200 parents of soldiers and veterans of Iraq stood with Sheehan in Crawford. Their numbers grow daily. As more bereaved families join her, the attacks on Sheehan will increasingly resemble the desperate propaganda of liars caught in the act.
In related news, I wrote an article for these pages some months ago entitled "Stupid Yellow Ribbons." It lambasted the delusion that slapping a magnet on the back of your car did anything to really support the troops. If you want to actually benefit the troops, I argued, demand our country give them the care they need and call for them to come home now. I received more applause from parents of soldiers than I would ever have predicted.
The article was reprinted in a newsletter for paralyzed veterans. A nurse at the VA Hospital sent it around to coworkers. It circulated here in New Mexico among Blue Star Mothers, moms with children in the military. The response from those women has been running 5 to 2 in favor of what I had to say.
Some Blue Star Mothers pointed out that buying a yellow ribbon through their organization, not Wal-Mart, helps them send supplies to the troops. Several wrote to thank me for saying what so many know to be true, but too few are willing to say aloud. To be thanked by a woman who worries every day about unwanted news from the Pentagon is the highest reward I will ever receive for this modest effort at giving the First Amendment a weekly work out. To New Mexico's Blue Star Mothers, I extend my own "thank you" and add a sincere wish for their loved ones' safe and speedy return home.
Many military families are troubled by the widespread inattention to the sacrifices being made for Bush's war. Women like Cindy Sheehan and Dixie Prowell might begin to change that. Reporter Jeff Deal of Channel 13 KRQE-TV covered five of the vigils in Albuquerque. That's a start.
But the next day, the Albuquerque Journal continued its practice of marginalizing dissent and shielding its readers from too much information about Iraq. It ignored the vigils. And it spent not a drop of ink on the deaths of four more GIs ripped apart by a roadside bomb while mothers' candles burned across America.


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