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A senior Palestinian peace negotiator says the terms of a proposed Israeli deal to restart the peace process, leaked to the press this week, are unacceptable. But he did not rule out a meeting at the United Nations next month between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
In Germany today, Mr. Netanyahu said that no new agreement to stop settlement building has been reached.
The proposed Israeli deal to temporarily freeze settlement expansion in the West Bank, with exceptions made for all of East Jerusalem and what Israel calls the "natural growth" of existing settlements, was reported by the Guardian, a British newspaper, on Tuesday.
In return, the US, Britain, and France would push for tougher economic sanctions on Iran's nuclear program and Arab states would agree to make steps toward normalizing relations with Israeli, both things the Jewish state dearly wants. The broad outlines of the proposal were confirmed for the Monitor by an Arab government official.
But there has been considerable skepticism that President Obama would link the US strategy for dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions directly to the Arab-Israeli peace process. And notably absent from several days of speculation has been any real comment from the Arab countries whose support would be crucial.
Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erakat, a close aid to President Abbas, says that nothing short of a full settlement freeze would be acceptable.
"A comprehensive settlement freeze is critical to ongoing efforts to restore credibility to the peace process, and to creating an environment for meaningful negotiations," he said in a written response to questions from the Monitor. "The terms of a comprehensive settlement freeze are clearly spelled out in the Road Map. They include East Jerusalem and so called 'natural growth.'"
The 2003 "road map" for peace, which Israel agreed to, called for a freeze on settlement growth, which Palestinians see as undermining the feasibility of the future state they hope to establish.
Netanyahu was in Germany Thursday, and in a joint press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to pour cold water over recent optimism that a breakthrough was near. "These rumors are baseless, there is no decision or agreement. There is an attempt to narrow the differences. But reports of agreement are simply not true," he said.
Mrs. Merkel, meanwhile, appeared to insist that a full halt to settlement expansion – which has also been the public position of the Obama administration – was a necessary step toward restarting negotiations. "Stopping of the settlement [building] is very important," Merkel said. "Time is of the essence."
Land and settlements
Roughly 500,000 Israelis live in East Jerusalem and West Bank in settlements built since those areas were occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. The growth of those settlements, on what the international community deems to be Palestinian land, is a major deterrent to peace. The Palestinians say their growth has been used to fragment their own population and make the viability of a future state less tenable.
Mr. Erakat didn't rule out a possible meeting between Abbas and Netanyahu on the sidelines of next month's UN General Assembly meeting in New York, though he wouldn't confirm one either. Erakat said only that he "remains hopeful."
Nevertheless, signs continued to grow that the Obama administration is planning a major announcement of renewed talks sometime this fall.
"It's very clear that [the Obama administration] will make some sort of announcement on the resumption of negotiations," said an Arab diplomat in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity. He expected the announcement to come at the September General Assembly meeting, possibly accompanied by a meeting between Netanyahu and Abbas.
The diplomat said the proposed agreement will also include unspecified steps toward normalization from some Arab countries including Morocco, Qatar, and several smaller Gulf states. He said, as he understands it, that the US is willing to push for harsher action on Iran in exchange for a partial settlement freeze. "What's new about this is the linkage with the Iran sanctions," the diplomat said.
Arab disagreement
If accurate, the proposal would be widely regarded in the Arab world as a significant American concession to Israel at the expense of the Palestinians, analysts and observers here said.
"This will be a fake peace process," says Cairo University political science professor Hassan Nafaa. "What we need is not another process."
Arab leaders such as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have pressed Mr. Obama for an accelerated timetable toward final status negotiations, meaning the firm contours of a Palestinian state.
Netanyahu has favored an incremental approach that delays difficult issues, such as the right of return for Palestinian refugees living in countries such as Lebanon, and the status of Jerusalem, which Israel insists is its "eternal capital."
If Obama is in fact acceding to a gradual process, he will essentially be siding with the Israelis from the very start, Professor Nafaa says.
"You're still delaying all the real issues," he says. "This is a wrong start for Obama. He is escaping the whole issue. He wants to be reelected and he is not going to pressure Israel. People here expected him to be much more solid."
Mohammed Kaush, writing in Jordan's al-Arab al-Youm, captured Arab skepticism. "Netanyahu is manoeuvring ... and wants to draw attention to side issues to buy more time and create new facts on the ground. This will extinguish any hope that a state or even autonomy could be created," he argued.
Will Saudi Arabia approve?
It remains an open question whether any Arab governments will agree to partial normalization. Egypt and Jordan already have full diplomatic relations with Israel, leaving little to gain on those fronts, which makes large and wealthy Saudi Arabia potentially crucial to the new venture's credibility.
Khalil el Anani, an analyst with the Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo, describes improved relations with countries such as Qatar and Morocco as irrelevant to Israel's regional goals.
"Saudi Arabia is the real prize," he says. "But I don't think Saudi Arabia can open the subject with their own people about normalization."
Qatar hosted a longstanding Israeli trade mission for years and only severed relations in January over Israel's siege of Gaza. Morocco has long had quietly warm relations with the Jewish state, although never a formal treaty. Then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak attended the funeral for Morocco's King Hassan II in 1999.
Saudi Arabia strongly opposes any sort of incremental normalization measures and continues to back its 2001 Arab peace initiative, which offered full diplomatic relations with most of the Arab and Islamic world in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal from all of the West Bank and Gaza.
"Saudi Arabia has made it very clear that they will not change their position … not even a symbolic step," Nafaa says.
Another open question is the role of the Egyptians. With their own Israeli peace deal in hand and warm relations with the US, they have long positioned themselves as indispensable negotiators – as well as diplomatic rivals to the Saudis, who have sought greater regional influence in recent years. Egypt, which is home to the Arab League, could provide political cover for any smaller states that agree to take normalization steps. "Egypt may be asked to lend political support for those Arab states that do take steps toward normalization," the Arab diplomat says.
Nafaa puts it less diplomatically. "Egypt gave up all of its cards. There's nothing for the government to do except pressure the Palestinians," he said.


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Few beat 'em ups can claim to be as good looking as TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2. From the very start you're treated to a dazzling intro that sets the mood for a grand battle between deadly cyborgs, scarred martial artists and even some feisty animals.
No matter who you choose, each combatant looks incredible. From tutu wearing grizzly bears to mystical entities, the level of detail on TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2's massive roster is a feast for the eyes. Hair thrashes, limbs twist and special moves crackle with energy.
The beautiful fighting stages are equally impressive, transporting you to memorable locations such as a stunning tulip festival in the Netherlands and an atmospheric underground lair in Japan. Some arenas also change dramatically as you slam your opponent through breakable walls and floors and shatter nearby pots and trinkets.
Best of all, you can customise this engaging brawler to truly make it your game. Change the background music of each stage, whether it's shuffling the pre-existing soundtrack or importing your own punchy tunes. Then customise the loading screens, the characters' costumes and other details to create the most personalised TEKKEN game ever.
Who will you fight with... or against? TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 on PlayStation 3 features over 50 characters to delight fans of the series as well as newcomers.
Those familiar with the King of Iron Fist tournament will welcome the likes of Paul Phoenix and Anna Williams. Meanwhile newer combatants such as the masked Jaycee add something different to the impressive roster.
Each character brings their distinctive personality to the arena, giving them a unique look and feel. Bryan Fury's crazed laughter during victory complements his maniacal fighting style, whereas the smooth martial arts of Jun Kazama suit her calm nature.
With so many different characters to choose from, it's best to pick someone who matches your fighting style. If you're a fist flailing brawler who loves power moves, then the likes of Craig Marduk and King may be your first choices. If you prefer someone a little more unpredictable, why not try capoeira expert Eddy Gordo or the wooden training dummy Mokujin, who can mimic any fighting style?
If you've ever wanted to learn jaw-dropping martial arts and then show off your special powers in the tropical rainforest of Brazil or a gorgeous riverside promenade in Paris, then this is one game you can't afford to miss. TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 on PlayStation 3 flies you across the globe to prove your fighting ability.
Choose your favourites from over 50 characters and prepare for battles which seamlessly blend balletic grace with fearsome combat. Most fighters have over 100 pages of documented moves, ranging from simple kicks and punches to complex combos that will leave your opponents reeling.
Don't feel intimidated by this beefy catalogue of attacks, however. The entertaining and comprehensive Fight Lab teaches you the basics and advanced techniques, so it's never been easier to learn the incredible depths of TEKKEN. Here you'll master valuable partnership skills such as Tag Throw and Tag Assault, which can deal some devastating damage to hapless rivals. Make sure you time your tags well or you could leave your partner in danger before they return to the sidelines for a health restoring break.
It's also important to learn the unique relationships the characters share in the story to take advantage of the rage meter. As a fighter's health gets lower during a bout, your resting partner becomes enraged. The better the relationship between partners, the angrier they become, so when you tag them into the battle they experience a temporary strength boost.
Getting into the rhythm of the game's strategic fighting system is made painless through the variety of modes available to you from the start. You can customise your own training in Practice mode, tackle a series of opponents leading to a final boss in the Arcade Battle and build a roster of up to eight characters for larger fights in Team Battle.
Fancy something a bit more difficult? Then Time Attack challenges you to finish the game as quickly as possible, while Survival throws endless waves of foes against you until your health has entirely gone. Think you're up to the challenge?
The heart of any fighting game is in its multiplayer modes, and TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 has plenty to get your blood rushing. Build up your rank by taking part in offline modes such as Ghost Battle. All of your wins, losses and the characters you use are stored on your profile so you're constantly recording your growth as a fighter.
If you're still not ready to go online, jump into a VS Battle with up to three friends in the same room and enjoy a variety of tag team scraps. Use these opportunities to customise your favourite characters and become familiar with their techniques.
Ready to go online and take on the world via PlayStation Network? Don't dive straight in yet. Study the best players through replays on the TEKKEN Channel and then warm up on a practice dummy while the game searches for others for you to play against online. Don't forget to register your profile on the World TEKKEN Federation via your PC at http://tag2.tekken.com/register.
This free service lets you recruit friends, share tips and get in-depth statistics on each fight. It's the perfect partner to TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2, letting you mix it up with a passionate community as you create teams, learn new techniques and go toe to toe with the finest fighters across the globe.
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Combining Maryland's seventh-place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference last season and the recent decision by 7-foot-1 sophomore center Alex Len to leave early for the NBA, most figured that the Terps would not get a marquee matchup in next season's ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
There was also some speculation that Maryland's departure from the ACC after next season for the Big Ten might make the Terps a candidate for exclusion — something that had not happened to Maryland in the first 14 years of the series.
Maryland's non-conference schedule — criticized last season for how soft it was and how ill-prepared it left the Terps once the ACC portion began — became noticeably tougher Wednesday when it was announced that Maryland will play at Ohio State on Dec. 4.
Though clearly not the headliner of the night — an honor that belongs to North Carolina's visit to Michigan State — the Buckeyes are the most high-profile opponent the Terps will face in the series in several years. In the past three years, Maryland played Northwestern, Illinois and Penn State.
Maryland, which is 10-4 overall since the Challenge began in 1999, has won seven of its past eight in the series, including a 20-point win at Northwestern last season. It will also mark the fourth road game in the series for the Terps in the past five years.
Ohio State finished last season with a 29-8 record after losing to Wichita State in the NCAA tournament West Regional final in Los Angeles. The Buckeyes tied for second with Michigan State in the Big Ten (13-5). After going 8-10 in the ACC, the Terps finished 25-13 and lost to Iowa in the semifinals of the NIT.
The ACC-Big Ten matchups are based in part on a team's RPI at the end of the previous season and its prospects for the upcoming season.
Given where the teams finished, those making the ACC-Big Ten schedule either figured the Buckeyes are going to be a middle-of-the-pack team in the Big Ten after losing leading scorer DeShaun Thomas, or that the Terps, who return eight of their top 10 players and add freshman point guard Roddy Peters as well as center Damonte Dodd, are going to be much improved despite Len's departure.
The Washington Post also reported Wednesday that Maryland would add a non-conference game against Tulsa in December and play a summer tour in the Bahamas. An athletic department source confirmed the game against the Golden Hurricane as well as the trip to the Bahamas, scheduled for early August.
The game against Tulsa will be another opportunity for Mark Turgeon to coach against a close friend. In this case, it will be Danny Manning, who was 17-16 in his first season as a head coach. Turgeon played with Manning for three years at Kansas, graduating the year before Manning and "The Miracles" led the Jayhawks to the 1988 national championship.
In his first two seasons, Turgeon has faced his former boss at Kansas, North Carolina's Roy Williams, as well as two other good friends in Kentucky's John Calipari (who was a graduate assistant at Kansas when Turgeon played for Larry Brown) and Colorado's Tad Boyle (who was a teammate at Kansas).
The summer tour in the Bahamas will be a homecoming for rising sophomore center Shaquille Cleare, who grew up there before moving to Houston for high school. Cleare, who played sparingly toward the end of his freshman season, is going to be counted on along with fellow sophomore Charles Mitchell and Dodd to help Maryland replace Len.
Here are the ACC-Big Ten Challenge matchups that were announced Wednesday.
Tuesday, December 3rd
Florida State at Minnesota
Illinois at Georgia Tech
Indiana at Syracuse
Michigan at Duke
Notre Dame at Iowa
Penn State at Pittsburgh
Wednesday, December 4th
Boston College at Purdue
Maryland at Ohio State
Miami, FL at Nebraska
North Carolina at Michigan State
Northwestern at North Carolina State
Wisconsin at Virginia
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More than 1 in 5 American adults smoke despite the many well-known health risks associated with tobacco use. Many smokers say they want to quit, but doing so can be difficult. In this week's edition of "Project Health," Penn State Hershey's Jonathan Foulds, who recently earned a large federal grant to research tobacco alternatives like e-cigarettes, offers simple tips for making the commitment to quit.
Get more information about how to get started with quitting at BecomeAnEx.com.
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center also offers smoking cessations classes, available by calling CARELINE at 800-243-1455.
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DiabloSport Extreme PowerPuck Module
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The DiabloSport Extreme PowerPuck is one of the most powerful inline devices available today. With applications for diesel, light-duty, and medium-duty trucks, it is an excellent option for increasing power and performance, no matter how you use your truck.
Across the board performance gains are the name of the game with this power module. Enjoy increases of 100 horsepower and 100 ft./lbs. of torque with the DiabloSport Extreme PowerPuck Module, both of which make your engine run more efficiently. Fuel economy increases of 1-4 mpg can be expected when you maintain your driving habits. Better still, the PowerPuck allows you to make adjustments on the fly thanks to the "diablo dial." More power means greater towing strength, and all of the above add up to a better truck ownership and driving experience. Install this module in about half an hour's time and then hit the road, ready to rock and roll!
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Genealogists collect more names, dates, vital stats, call numbers, inscriptions, transcriptions and descriptions than anyone else we know. We sympathize, and to help you keep track of it all, we've given you four forms: a five-generation ancestor chart, a family group sheet, an oral history fact sheet for relatives to record their biographical details before an interview, and finally, a keepsake family tree chart on which you can proudly display your pedigree. Photocopy the forms (or download them from FamilyTreeMagazine.com <www.familytreemagazine.com/freeforms>) as many times as you like for your personal use. Once you've logged all those genealogical facts and figures, you'll be overjoyed, not overwhelmed.
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Chief justice to swear in Obama for second term
Chief Justice John Roberts will swear in President Barack Obama for a second term later this month.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee says Roberts will administer the oath of office at the White House on Jan. 20, as required under the Constitution. Since that's a Sunday, Roberts will also do the swearing-in at the public inaugural ceremony Jan. 21 at the U.S. Capitol.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') will swear in Vice President Joe Biden.
Obama followed tradition in choosing the chief justice to swear him in. Biden chose Sotomayor, who will be the first Hispanic judge to administer the oath.


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"To help you become all that the Lord wants you to become, kneel each morning and night in prayer to your Father in Heaven. Express to Him your gratitude and the desires of your heart. He is the source of all wisdom. He will hear and answer your prayers.
"Study the scriptures each day and apply what you read to your life. The scriptures are a powerful source of personal revelation and guidance and a constant strength to your testimony.
"Strive each day to be obedient. Follow the standards in this booklet, and encourage others to live them as well. Remember the covenants that you have made and that you have the opportunity to renew each week when you partake of the sacrament. Strive to keep these covenants. If you make a mistake, don't give up on yourself. Your Heavenly Father loves you and wants you to seek His help and keep trying.
"When possible, attend the temple and feel the joy and peace that come from serving in the house of the Lord. Prepare yourself for the temple covenants you will make in the future.
"In all circumstances, follow the teachings of the prophets, the other authorities of the Church, and your local leaders. They will lead you in paths of happiness.
"Be humble and willing to listen to the Holy Ghost and respond to His promptings. Place the wisdom of the Lord above your own wisdom.
"As you do these things, the Lord will make much more out of your life than you can by yourself. He will increase your opportunities, expand your vision, and strengthen you. He will give you the help you need to meet your trials and challenges. You will gain a stronger testimony and find true joy as you come to know your Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ, and feel Their love for you" (For the Strength of Youth [2011], 42–43).Close
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"The standards presented in this booklet are a guide to help you make correct choices. Review the standards often and ask yourself, 'Am I living the way the Lord wants me to live?' and 'How have I been blessed by living these standards?'" (For the Strength of Youth [2011], 42).Close


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- 4 bacon slices, cut lengthwise in half, then crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces
- 4 cups fresh corn kernels (cut from about 6 large ears)
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 1/4 teaspoons coarse kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese plus additional for serving
- 1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 8 ounces tagliatelle or fettuccine
- 3/4 cup coarsely torn fresh basil leaves, divided
Recipe Preparation
Cook bacon in large nonstick skillet over medium heat until crisp and brown, stirring often. Using slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon drippings from skillet. Add corn, garlic, 1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt, and 3/4 teaspoon pepper to drippings in skillet. Sauté over medium-high heat until corn is just tender but not brown, about 4 minutes. Transfer 1 1/2 cups corn kernels to small bowl and reserve. Scrape remaining corn mixture into processor. Add 1/2 cup Parmesan and pine nuts. With machine running, add olive oil through feed tube and blend until pesto is almost smooth. Set pesto aside.
Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain, reserving 1 1/2 cups pasta cooking liquid. Return pasta to pot. Add corn pesto, reserved corn kernels, and 1/2 cup basil leaves. Toss pasta mixture over medium heat until warmed through, adding reserved pasta cooking liquid by 1/4 cupfuls to thin to desired consistency, 2 to 3 minutes. Season pasta to taste with salt and pepper.
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Next Day Demolition Expands Their Renowned Services to Maryland
Annapolis, MD -- (SBWire) -- 08/31/2017 --Next Day Demolition in an attempt to branch out to various other states now is offering efficient and quick oil tank removal in Maryland.
Well-renowned for their exceptional services, Next Day Demolition brings the attentions of the citizens of Maryland to the possibility of there being oil tanks still located deep within their properties. While these oil tanks may not have been used for quite some time – the chances of a potential leakage are relatively high if it is not dealt with quickly.
Understanding the various risks involved with the excavation and removal of oil tanks, Next Day Demolition takes all of the necessary steps to ensure that the entire process is dealt with the utmost safety, as all environmental and local laws are firmly followed.
Their past experiences and knowledge also allows them to perform each excavation with a set of skills and expertise. They know that each situation differs and thus, assess it carefully; thus significantly reducing the chances of any risks.
Next Day Demolition is a widely known company as a result of their years of experiences in oil tank excavation and removal. Their procedures vary case-by-case, but generally start with their team analyzing your specific situation and understanding the different tools they would need to execute the process.
Before the removal process is brought to inception, the soil is tested to make sure the tank has not been leaking already. If it is, some precautionary measures are vital to purify the soul of any toxic substances.
In their attempt to provide their customers with a safe and hassle-free experience, Next Day Demolition ensures that there are no State or Local laws preventing them from the excavation. They, in some cases, even communicate with utility services to ensure that any underground wiring system is not damaged during the removal.
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To do their part in the recycling process, Next Day Demolition recycles the steel tank. That said, this high-quality service, which has already been available in multiple US states, now comes to Maryland, at a cheap and affordable price.
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Coke headed back to Detroit for MRI
MINNEAPOLIS -- A day after Phil Coke threw off the bullpen mound at Target Field, seemingly feeling fine and ready to return to the Tigers relief corps, things aren't fine anymore. He's heading back to Detroit for an MRI on his left elbow, which tightened up on him again overnight.
"Today it was tight and sore," Coke said. "And before I threw yesterday, I didn't feel anything."
Coke will undergo an exam Wednesday afternoon. What happens there is anyone's guess, depending on the results. Even the best-case scenario, treatment and rest rather than surgery, seemingly leaves little to no time to get him ready for the postseason, which leaves the Tigers bullpen devoid of experienced lefties.
Coke is hoping for the best, but it's clear he's understandably nervous about what he's going to find out.
"I'm incredibly disappointed right now just because the way it's been going," Coke said. "I feel like I'm letting everybody down. I don't deal well with being in this current position.
"It's a whole what-if thing. I mean, what if I told them to shut me down sooner? Where would we be right now? I don't know. That's what makes it so difficult."
What Coke means is something he has said in recent days: He has been dealing with some degree of elbow discomfort for a while, as long as last October.
"I'm really apologetic to the fan base for the season having gone the way it has, because I've been fighting it all season, and I was fighting through soreness in the postseason last year too," he said. "That's what I was attributing it to, because I was able to go out and do my job and get it done and no major problems. That's what I felt like I was doing throughout the season this year, but it must be a little bit different than I thought."
He became a postseason hero last October when he stepped into save situations during the American League Championship Series to mow down a lefty-heavy Yankees lineup. With Tuesday's news, it's looking more and more like he'll miss his chance to repeat it and put a frustrating regular season behind him. At the very least, the Division Series seems tough to pull off if he needs any significant amount of rest.
"I was really, really hopefully that today was going to be the best day," he said. "This is the definitive time. If you're going to proceed forward, you need to be doing your job."


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Policy Forum
Sovereignty, Blame Games and Tony Abbott's New Federalism
Anne Twomey, Jeremy Sammut, Nick Greiner, Robert Carling
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In July 2014, the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) held a public forum on reform of the Australian federation, which continued the CIS's involvement in issues related to Australian federalism over many years. It was…
Helen Hughes: A Tribute
Glenys Byrne, Greg Lindsay, Noel Pearson, Ron Duncan, Tony Abbott
27 August 2014 | PF26
CIS Senior Fellow Professor Helen Hughes AO passed away on 15 June 2013 after a lifetime dedicated to working passionately and always fiercely on behalf of the poor and the powerless. Helen was a distinguished…
TARGET30: Reducing the burden for future generations
David Murray, Maurice Newman, Simon Cowan
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TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government and cutting government spending to less than 30% of GDP in the next 10 years. This collection of speeches presented at the campaign's launch focuses on ensuring that…
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In 2011, criticism of Israeli government domestic policy intensified in Australia with the emergence of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign here. The local BDS campaign was directed against Israeli-owned businesses in Australia…
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Snapshots from Italy: Making Burrata, the Meta-Mozzarella, in Puglia
There's no cheese like fresh cheese, as any bufala-lover knows. While a Parmesan or a Gouda might age for months, even years, softer specimens are best straight from the cow—mozzarella can go from udder to wrapper in just a few hours, and is then shipped out the same day. And so too with burrata, as I learned on a visit to the Mozzarella Gioiella factory in the southern Italian region of Puglia.
Among the least appreciated of Italy's soft cheeses, burrata is like the postmodern version of mozzarella: stringy scraps of leftover mozzarella, stirred into salted cream, and enclosed in a stretched mozzarella casing. While other fresh cheeses might be called creamy or milky, burrata actually is. Sliding a fork through the smooth, soft cheese unleashes a satisfying ooze of cheese-speckled cream—just like cutting into a perfectly poached egg.
First invented by farmers from the city of Andria in the early twentieth century as a way to reclaim unused curds, it's now a respected Puglian product in its own right. So off the pastoral farmstead, how is burrata made? A tour of the cheese factory, after the jump.
Step One: The Milk
Fresh cow's milk is gathered from farms around the city of Gioia del Colle, collected in tanks, and transferred to these enormous vats within a single day. The milk is mixed with young calf's rennet and then heated to around 100° F, when it begins to curdle.
Step Two: The Curds
The solid curds are separated from the liquid (which is then reused in making ricotta cheese). After briefly resting at room temperature, these curds are then reheated to nearly 190° F, when they become soft and pliable.
Step Three: The Stretch
Working quickly, and presumably with fingers of steel, workers stretch the hot mozzarella and form it into familiar knots.
Step Four: The Shred
That mozzarella is then separated into short, thin strings called stracciatella, from an Italian word meaning "torn apart"—though no culinary relation to the egg drop soup or vanilla-chocolate gelato of the same name.
Step Five: The Filling
These tiny shreds are stirred into a base of salted fresh cream.
Step Six: The Pouch
An additional batch of mozzarella is then stretched into small pouches…
… which are piped full of the creamy mozzarella mixture, and twisted shut at the top.
Step Seven: The Rest
Each burrata ball is immersed in cold water for around thirty minutes, until the exterior mozzarella shell cools and thickens slightly.
Step Eight: The Finished Burrata
Finally, each cheese is wrapped and rushed to markets, stores, and restaurants across Puglia.
With such a delicate flavor, burrata is best in its natural state, as shown at the Osteria Del Borgo Antico in Gioia del Colle—perhaps with summer-fresh heirloom tomatoes and a grind of black pepper, or with just a simple drizzle of the ever-present extra-virgin, as pictured above. But even there, be careful; too much of Puglia's often spicy olive oil can overwhelm the soft, silky burrata. So proceed with caution.
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Months before inmates started to kill each other at Hays State Prison, correctional officers were in short supply.
For nine consecutive months starting in April, Hays State administrators used the phrase "staff shortage" to explain the need for more than $300,000 in overtime costs at the maximum-security facility.
During that time, the number of correctional officers averaged some 14 percent below full staffing levels, according to monthly reports prepared for the Georgia Department of Corrections.
At times that left just one guard to oversee 124 inmates, according to employee sign-in sheets obtained by the Times Free Press, with only one other officer in the tower to watch that officer's back.
With staffing so low, officers said, they couldn't get control of the inmates. Even worse, they said, administrators undermined their authority by warning inmates of upcoming shakedowns and keeping the lockdown, or disciplinary, unit overcrowded. Those officers asked to remain anonymous because they feared for their jobs.
Multiple officers said that except for the most egregious cases, they were left with virtually no ability to discipline inmates. Often, all guards could do was hand them a disciplinary report equivalent to a $5 fine, officers said.
Along with locks that easily could be defeated and inmates who -- according to a 2012 audit and interviews with guards -- had so much leeway they decided where they wanted to sleep, the ingredients of a deadly cocktail were all in place.
Correctional officers were quitting faster than they could be replaced. In all last year, more than one-third of the prison's correctional officers resigned or were fired, records show. At full staff at Hays should have 293 officers; 105 quit and 13 were fired.
Guards said they couldn't handle the broken locks, the radios that cut out, the lack of staffing and what they called mistreatment from management.
"What made me [quit] was seeing the downhill spiral," said a former officer who resigned in November but still didn't want his name used because he feared retaliation. "When you're seeing things get worse every day, not only see nothing done about it but blatantly people telling you to shut up, that's downhill. It's not going to get any better until it gets worse."
It got worse.
The first killing of an inmate came on Dec. 19, the second a week later.
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More bloodshed was to come.
On Jan. 18, inmates took the life of another of their own. A fourth Hays inmate was slain by other Hays inmates on Feb. 5, shortly after he was transferred to another prison.
By the time the Department of Corrections removed warden Clay Tatum on Feb. 6, the shortage of correctional officers had returned to more than 15 percent, near the 2012 peak recorded in August.
Department spokeswoman Gwendolyn Hogan last week denied a request for an interview with Rick Jacobs, acting warden at Hays and the department's field operations manager.
But in an interview in early February, Jacobs said that officials have been recruiting as quickly as possible and are constantly looking to hire officers.
In an email last week, Hogan didn't say how many employees Hays officials are seeking but said they would hire "until all the positions are filled."
GDC accepts applications for employment on its website and has participated in job fairs.
Within a day of Jacobs' appointment, a sign similar to one that might be used to advertise a car wash or a church function was placed near the front of the prison.
"Hiring correctional officers. Entry level $26,754," it reads. There's a phone number to call. The pay is $2,000 higher than what's advertised on the Department of Corrections website.
Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters also has been trying to help since the start of the year. He said he sends good applicants seeking county jobs to the prison.
Corrections officials haven't explained why the staff shortage wasn't addressed last year, before four inmates were killed.
Experts in criminal justice say staffing is one of the most important factors in controlling unruly inmates and managing the violence that comes with prisons.
"How do you keep violence down? It comes down to effectively using the resources you have," said Mary Finn, professor of criminal justice at Georgia State University.
Officials can't control how inmates act all the time; that's why it's vital to have adequate supervision and staff training, she said.
A local blogger recently mocked the advertised salary, writing on a popular website: "You, too, can get stabbed with a piece of broken window frame for only $26k a year."polls here 2210
Even lawmakers admit that officer starting salaries are low. Yet it could still be among the highest-paid jobs in the community, especially in a tiny town like Trion where unemployment is 10.4 percent.
Lawmakers blame budget constraints for the low pay, but say they and corrections officials have been working to change that. Among steps they have taken are adding 5 percent to the starting salary of officers who work with a higher security level of offenders and a 10 percent bump for military veterans.
"When you start making budget cuts you see staffing issues in every department," said Rep. Jay Neal, R-LaFayette. "[Corrections] works hard to make sure they have adequate staff."
Law enforcement advocates argue the low pay doesn't begin to take into account the risks and anxiety that come with being a corrections officer.
Regular officers don't carry weapons or even flashlights. They may have to break up an inmate fight with only set of keys, a radio and an ink pen.
"They have a job that most police officers on the street wouldn't have," said Joe Stiles, director of the Georgia Police Benevolent Association.
Short-staffing multiplies the dangers they face and it makes it difficult for them to do their jobs, Stiles said. Officers have to have manpower to do dangerous jobs like going through an inmate's cell and taking away his weapons. There's no excuse for shorting their pay, he said, and it should be increased.
"It's time for the Legislature to wake up and smell the roses," he said.
Meanwhile, for the current staff at Hays, all leave time has been canceled and officers normally working 170 hours for a 16-day pay period have 260 hours on their time sheets. That's more than 16 hours a day, and some officers haven't had a day off since mid-January.
"People are exhausted, and you don't make the best decisions when you're tired like that," said one current officer who asked not to be named because he feared losing his job. "It's unbearable for a lot of folks."
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…forget the rest, the best coverage of the event is at sixthseal.com
I arrived at DXO at approximately 6 pm.
Camwhored for about 30 minutes…
…and promptly passed out on the couch. This photo was taken by proxy, and most didn't turn out well coz Eiling is not familiar with my digicam.
I was there in body, but not in spirit. Pun intended.
I'm very sorry Nuffnang!
I was there as Osama bin Laden under custody, which is why I'm wearing the US-issue flak jacket for protection instead of my usual camouflage gear. I was blindfolded and had my hands tied behind my back to boot. The interrogation process quite appalling too and I think they slipped something into my drink…
…which was why I passed out.
I put all blame on the people who took me into custody while en-route to Guatemala Bay. :p
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As far as I can remember (it's hard to check since I don't think there has ever been a region 2 DVD) the fantastic but under appreciated movie Zero Effect featured a somewhat reclusive private eye whose sidekick did his publicity. He was also a genius detective whose major failure involved a female criminal.
The recent Sherlock Holmes remakes (the modern BBC version and the Guy Ritchie Movies) both somehow reminded me of Zero Effect and made me as two questions: why is it impossible to find on DVD or online (at least in Europe)? and was it intended as a sort of modern version of Sherlock (15 years before the BBC did Sherlock)?


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|When Allen's plans to build the Stratolauncher were made public in December 2011, the announcement was met with some degree of puzzlement by various news outlets and analysts.
That story comes to mind with the recent announcement that Stratolaunch Systems, funded by billionaire Paul Allen, has parted ways with SpaceX, one of the original partners on the air-launch system (see "Stratolaunch: SpaceShipThree or Space Goose?", The Space Review, December 19, 2011). SpaceX was supposed to build the rocket that would be dropped from the giant Stratolauncher airplane and carry payloads into Earth orbit. Now Stratolaunch has sought out SpaceX rival Orbital Sciences to investigate building a rocket for the project.
A Stratolaunch executive announced that their separation from SpaceX had to do with the technical modifications required to adapt a rocket to the aircraft. Presumably this would have been a distraction for SpaceX, which already has a pretty full plate upgrading its Falcon 9, building the Falcon Heavy, developing the Dragon crew capsule, and testing the Grasshopper flyback vehicle. While it is never a great idea to turn down somebody who wants to pay you money to do something, SpaceX isn't exactly short of customers. In addition, if they had been successful at building the air launched rocket, this would have placed the company in the awkward position of competing against itself. So the divorce makes perfect sense, and Orbital, with its experience with the Pegasus rocket, knows more about air launch than anybody else.
But the announcement is an obvious setback for Stratolaunch. SpaceX had joined the team about a year ago, so now Stratolaunch has lost a year of development. This should, but probably won't, pound another nail into one of the conspiracy theories attempting to explain why this project exists at all.
When Allen's plans to build the Stratolauncher were made public in December 2011, the announcement was met with some degree of puzzlement by various news outlets and analysts. The private rocket, many realized, would face substantial technical challenges and a potentially huge price tag. It would also be pursuing a part of the launch market that is at best a niche. This led various people to try and develop a rationale for why Allen is really building this rocket, and soon some people started coming up with conspiracy theories.
The explanation that started to circulate in space circles was that the official story is a cover for a classified mission launching covert satellites into secret orbits. It's akin to the Glomar Explorer, the very public "mining ship" that was actually funded by the CIA in the mid-1970s to secretly recover a Soviet submarine on the bottom of the ocean floor. The problem with this theory that it makes no sense, and the recent split with SpaceX is further proof of that.
If there really was an important national security requirement for such a launcher, would the Defense Department approve of this major setback in developing the launch vehicle? And considering that SpaceX desperately wants to be able to launch national security payloads, breaking the EELV monopoly, would SpaceX abandon this relationship and risk angering somebody they are trying to woo?
But the theory really made no sense for a pretty obvious reason: if the biggest airplane in the world took off with a rocket underneath and returned without that rocket, people would notice. It would not be "covert" at all. Instead, it would lead to much speculation about where the rocket had gone and what it had carried. The national security community could attract far less attention simply by launching on an EELV, like they already do.
|Air launch is simply not an attractive way to launch satellites. If it was, we'd have more companies and countries developing this capability.
During the early 1960s the CIA and the National Reconnaissance Office actually evaluated the possibilities of covert satellite launches. The earliest known scheme involved disguising a reconnaissance satellite as—no kidding—a test of an orbiting nuclear weapons platform launched atop an Atlas-Agena rocket. Details about this plan are scarce, but it seems rather odd to try and hide something secret behind the cloak of something that would have been dangerously provocative to the Soviet Union, and therefore would have attracted a lot of attention.
Declassified records indicate that by the mid-1960s the CIA considered several other options, including putting a satellite atop a Polaris missile launched via submarine, and dropping a rocket out of the back of a C-130 cargo plane. Instead of disguising the satellite, they sought to launch it out of sight. None of these options were pursued. The biggest problem was that none of the possible launch platforms could place a very large payload into orbit. Therefore, any "covert satellite" would be less capable than the conventional reconnaissance satellites then being launched every few weeks on Thor and Atlas, and later Titan, rockets. Instead of developing covert launch, the CIA and Air Force sought ways of rapidly launching existing satellites by reducing ground processing time. They also increased the responsiveness of satellites on orbit. But these satellites were still visible from the ground using conventional radar and optical systems.
By the 1970s the spooks looked at another option—if they could not pass the satellite off as something else, and if they could not hide the launch, maybe they could make at least some satellites invisible to observation. The first stealth satellite research started in the 1970s and got a boost during the Reagan era. The satellites are launched conventionally, but are not seen again by the amateur spy satellite trackers who search for them. They may be tracked by the Russians. Although little is known about them, we do know that they are rare, and apparently very expensive. They may also have other operational limitations that explain why most intelligence satellites are more conventional, and indeed, visible from the ground. There is no legitimate reason to build a giant, non-covert launch system, just to launch at most one or two stealthy satellites a decade.
In addition, there are the limitations of air launch itself. Air launch is simply not an attractive way to launch satellites. If it was, we'd have more companies and countries developing this capability. Out of dozens of rockets developed over sixty years of spaceflight, you can count the number of operational air-launched versions on a single hand with four fingers missing. Some of the problems are obvious, while other problems are less obvious. One former Air Force official has noted that an earlier, and now-canceled air launching project had an inherent flaw: after being dropped from its carrier aircraft and falling toward the Earth, the rocket engines had to cancel the backwards velocity before they could start providing forward velocity. The performance hit was so great that it was worse than firing the rocket from the ground. Has anybody made such a calculation for Stratolaunch?
|It's an egolauncher, and Allen will be able to turn to his rich friends who also have rockets and brag, "Mine's bigger."
So Paul Allen is building a big aircraft and a big rocket that seem incredibly cool, but also not very logical unless you're a Bond villain. But there are different types of logic. This project is entirely logical if you accept that it is not about profits but ego. If you're insanely rich, why shouldn't you have very expensive toys? Other rich men have the world's biggest private jets, or the world's most expensive antique cars. What Paul Allen wants is the world's biggest airplane that also happens to launch rockets. It is as logical as The Maltese Falcon. Outside observers are looking for market logic or technical logic when all that is required is understanding the human (well, male) ego.
Indeed, we should be used to this by now. After all, there's a joke that the best way to make a small fortune in the space business is to start with a large fortune, and we already have several examples of rich tycoons spending a small (or even moderate) amount of their net worth on space business ventures. They claim that they are also pursuing markets, but it's worth asking if those markets are real or merely justifications that they use with their wives to explain why they don't simply have a model train set in the basement, like normal middle-aged men. Sometimes business acumen gives way to daydreams.
It seems likely that the odds are against Stratolaunch actually succeeding. But it will be fun to watch them try. It's an egolauncher, and Allen will be able to turn to his rich friends who also have rockets and brag, "Mine's bigger."


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Herb Kohl says goodbye to Bradley Center workers with $500 checks
It was a surprise that left employees of the Milwaukee Bucks' arena stunned and some in tears.
Outgoing owner Herb Kohl sent BMO Harris Bradley Center employees a letter of appreciation as he leaves the team. And inside every note of gratitude was a check for $500.
Bradley Center usher Izeal Atkins says he's not quick to shed a tear. But when he opened his letter, he couldn't help but cry. Atkins says "nobody just walks up and gives you $500."
Security guard Markeish Stringer tells WISN-TV he was surprised and very happy when he opened his letter from Kohl. Stringer says "you just don't hear about ... people doing that."
The former U.S. senator has sold the team to New York investment firm executives Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry for about $550 million.


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Authorities on Friday identified the body of a man who was found entombed in concrete in the backyard of a northeast Georgia home.
The man has been identified as Sean Dugas, 30, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation medical examiner's office. The body was found Monday encased in a plastic storage container filled with concrete.
Authorities this week charged twin brothers Christopher and William Cormier, 31, with murder in the death of Dugas, a former newspaper reporter in Pensacola, Fla. The Cormier brothers are also charged with concealing death.
"It's a little hard to wrap your head around it," said Kris Wernowsky, who worked at the Pensacola News Journal, where he sat next to Dugas for about three years. "I've worked there for so many years and covered many things in Florida. You never would have thought you would go to a website and click on a story about someone you know. ... It's heartbreaking."
Dugas' dreadlocks and bushy long beard helped him stand out easily in the Pensacola area on the Florida Panhandle, Wernowsky said. Dugas had covered a wide variety of topics, including breaking news and entertainment, the newspaper said on its website.
Dugas worked for the News Journal from 2005 to 2010, rising from a clerk to a police reporter.
"He was a good breaking-news reporter," Wernowsky said. "He was the type of guy who was eager and loved his job. I rarely heard about him complaining about anything."
Winder, Ga., police officer Chris Cooper said this week that medical examiners declared the death a homicide based on the number and location of the man's injuries. The autopsy revealed that the man died of blunt force trauma to the head about a month ago.
Georgia authorities on Monday arrested the twins at a home in Winder that was being rented by their father. Winder is a small city located about 45 miles northeast of Atlanta.
Police said Dugas had been reported missing and was last heard from on Aug. 27, when he made plans to have lunch with a friend the next day.
When the friend went to pick him up for the meal, he wasn't home. After trying unsuccessfully for days to reach Dugas, the friend went back to his house on Sept. 7 to find it empty. Neighbors told her a U-Haul truck had been there Sept. 3 and they saw at least one man removing things.
That man told the neighbors that Dugas had been beaten and was going to live with him, police said.
The female friend continued to try to reach Dugas before calling police on Sept. 13.
Based on information provided by Pensacola, Fla., investigators, Winder police found the body at the Georgia home being rented by the Cormier twins' father, who told police his sons had arrived from Florida about three weeks earlier. They told him they were supposed to take care of their missing friend's dog. However, they supposedly claimed they'd ended up killing the dog and burying it in their father's backyard, police said.
"There is so much that is not known," Wernowsky said. "There are so many empty spaces for a lot of us. I didn't know any of his family, and I feel sorry for their loss. What a horrible way to end your life."


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Some of you prefer to keep customer lists in Google Docs Spreadsheet files because it is very convenient. You can easily create, edit, manage, and filter out customer lists using it. However, sooner or later you will need to create a mailing list out of a spreadsheet and send out personalized email newsletters to the customers who are on the list.
In this article, I will teach you how to export a customer email list form Google Docs Spreadsheet into a CSV file. Then I will guide you through the steps on how to import this CSV file into MacMassMailer and send out your first personalized mass email newsletter from your Mac.
The basic idea behind this is to use a standard plain text CSV file (comma-separated values) as a middleman between Google Docs Spreadsheet and MacMassMailer. CSV is always a plain text file, normally in unicode UTF-8 or UTF-16 text encoding. Every line of the file represents one record (a single customer record) that contains information about your customer in the form of data fields (such as name, email address, phone number, etc.) separated by a comma(normally), semicolon or TAB.
If your spreadsheet contains customers with Order, Name, Email, Product and Website columns, your CSV file would look as pictured below:
Note that the second example contains quotes around the data fields. The quote character is called Qualifier. Some spreadsheet processors add it for better clarity in case if commas are used in the fields. Normally, either quotes or apostrophes are used as qualifiers. Comma here is called Field Separation Character or delimiter. It can be comma, semicolon or TAB. By default Google Docs Spreadsheet uses comma as delimiter and does not use any qualifiers.
Now, let's talk about how to create a CSV file out of a Google Docs Spreadsheet. I assume you already have a spreadsheet file ready to be imported in MacMassMailer. So, let's start doing this.
How to create a CSV file in Google Docs Spreadsheet
1. Start Google Docs Spreadsheet.
2. Open your spreadsheet file.
3. Use the File->Download As->CSV (current sheet) command from the menu bar to open the Save dialog box.
4. Your web browser will show you a dialog box allowing you to choose whether you want to open the file or just save it. You need to select Save.
5. Press Ok, specify file location and in a few seconds a new CSV file will be created at the location you have specified.
Importing a CSV file in MacMassMailer
To import recipients from a CSV file, you use the Import Wizard in MacMassMailer. To start, you click on the Import button in the main toolbar which is on top of the main window. At least one recipient group has to be created in order to accommodate the new recipients.
If you are importing not only email addresses and names, but also other information such as telephone numbers, products ordered and so on, you must create custom fields that will hold this information.
Let's import the CSV file we just created into MacMassMailer.
1. Start MacMassMailer and select the Fields node in the outline view (on the left side of the main window). Note, we do not have the following fields we need: "Order", "Product", and "Website". We have these fields in our CSV file, but we do not have them in our database. If you import our CSV file now, these fields will not be imported. To add a new custom field, click on the + button while the Fields node in the outline view is selected.
2. In the New Field dialog box, enter a name of the new field, macro name and default value. Field name is used as a label for the field everywhere in MacMassMailer in the user interface. Macro name is used in your message templates to reference this field. For instance, ORDER will be referenced as follows: {ORDER}. Default value is used in case the field is empty in your database for a particular recipient. This recipient will use the default value when the macro is resolved.
3. Press Ok to add the field. Then repeat the steps to add all the fields we need. After we add all 3 fields, our field list will look as follows.
4. Now, let us add a new recipient group that will hold the recipients we have in our CSV file. Select the Groups node in the outline view (on the left side of the main window), then click on the + button.
5. In the dialog box, specify Group Name, From Address (the email address used in FROM of your email messages) and From Name (the name that is used in FROM of your email messages).
6. Press OK and a new recipient group will be added. You will see the new group in the outline view under the Groups node.
7. Select the newly created group and press the Import button on the toolbar that is located on top of the main window. The new recipients will be added to this selected group.
8. In the Import Wizard, on the first page, select the second radio button that states "Import email addresses, names and other recipient data fields". Then press the Next button.
9. Select the Local File radio button and then specify location of the CSV file you want to import, or press the Browse button to browse your file system for the file. Then press the Next button.
10. Now you have arrived at the Data Preview step. Very often you will see some alien characters in the data structure preview. This is normal. It happens if an incorrect text encoding has been detected. We will correct it later by using the controls we have at hand on this page of Import Wizard.
11. Select the correct text encoding. We used the Unicode UTF-8 encoding. Now we can see some readable text in the preview:
12. Now, select the Comma checkbox in the Delimiter group to separate data fields into separate columns.
13. Note the column header names. Then correspond the database fields to import the data fields of your file into. They must match the information in the columns. In our example they do not match.
14. To match the column headers and the data columns, you must simply drag a non-matching column header and drop it onto the right one. Or click on the header of a non-matching column with the mouse, and the column will become selected. Then click on the "<- Move Left" or "Move Right ->" button once or more times until the column moves under the correct matching header.
15. Repeat these steps for the other non-matching fields until all the column headers match the information that is contained in the columns.
16. Now, all the headers match the information that is contained in the columns. We can press the Next button to proceed to the next step.
17. If you are just importing new recipients, you should click on the first radio button that states "Add new and update existing recipients without enabling/disabling them".
18. Press the Finish button and MacMassMailer will import your CSV file successfully. You will end up with a populated recipient group.
19. Note that the recipient list displays only two fields: "Email" and "Name". You can not change this view. The other fields such as "Order", "Product", and "Website" are imported correctly but simply not shown in the table. You can check this by double-clicking any recipient in the list and checking the green fields in the recipient editor.
How to create a message template to personalize mass messages.
1. Start MacMassMailer, then select the Messages node in the outline view (on the left side of the main window). Then click on the + button to add a new message template.
2. In the message editor, specify Subject and enter the message itself in the Body box. Use the macros listed in the macro list to reference the data fields you have just imported in your message template. In the final messages the macros will be replaced with the real information stored in the database. Drag the macros from the list of macros and drop them onto the Body or Subject edit boxes.
3. Press Ok to save the new message. The new message should appear in the list of messages in the main window.
4. Now we are ready to send this message to our mailing list. But, wait! We need to test the message first. Exclude the newly created group with the real recipients by clicking on the checkbox located next to group name label in the outline view (on the left side of the main window). Then add a new test group. Name it "Test". Then select this group in the outline view and click on the + button to add yourself as a test recipient.
5. Enter recipient information and press the Ok button. A new recipient is now added to your Test group.
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I've loaded R-tables for the dset=1 and dset=2 versions. The R-tables are lists each 7364 long, each item is a station time series. The files are about 8 MB in size. I have a variety of little scripts to retrieve and analyze things. The data is located here:
Each file can be downloaded as follows:
con < – url("http://data.climateaudit.org/data/giss/giss.dset1.tab")
load(con) #giss.dset1
length(giss.dset1) #7364
It took about 15 seconds to load on my cable which is high-speed.
The names are the station identifications 3-digit country plus 9-digit station identifier. So you can pull out a station as follows:
test=giss.dset1[[paste("42574500003")]] ;
tsp(test) # 1898.000 2006.917 12.000
It would be easy to make a NetCDF file from this and I'll post one up if someone sends me a conversion script. I thought about posting up an ASCII version but it's about 4 times larger and NOBODY should be using Excel for this type of thing. Get with the R-program.


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|Pub: Warner Bros. Interactive
|Release: TBA 2012
|Players: 1 -2+ Online
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
by Amanda L. Kondolojy
If you want to make a Batman game, you'll have to eschew any thought of using guns because Batman doesn't like them. Like any good superhero, he likes to disable, not kill his enemies, and any game which has Batman wielding any firearms would just seem implausible and disingenuous to the franchise. How then do we end up with Gotham City Impostors, which is—on paper—a Batman game with guns?
Well, the first step is to remove Batman from the equation completely. Gotham City Impostors is a game that takes place in the Batman universe, but doesn't feature the big bat. Instead, you play as either members of a pro-Batman gang, or a group that supports the Joker. Interestingly, the faction you choose doesn't really affect the gameplay much, but we'll get to that in a minute.
We recently got to play a five-minute round of Gotham City Impostors, and though we didn't get to really put the game through its paces, several key things stood out to us. Most importantly, this is a multiplayer shooter first and a Batman game second. Starting up the game, we were able to choose load-outs (which we were told would be completely customizable in the full game) pick up a gun, and start shooting people.
Characters on both the Batman and Joker sides were all completely over the top, and it was honestly hard to tell who was on each side just by looking at their outfits. The world of Gotham City Impostors is a completely mad one, and this is one asylum that the inmates are clearly running.
In fact, the only real nods to the Batman franchise that I could find were sparse and littered around the environment. Aside from the odd black cape or Batman graffiti, Gotham City Impostors feels like a standard online shooter. Which is a good and bad thing. Certainly, setting a shooter in the world of Batman is an ambitious project, and Monolith Productions (who you might recognize for their FEAR series) has done an excellent job of creating a fully competent shooter that has traces of the Batman license in it. Again, this doesn't make for a terrible game, but it certainly doesn't feel much like Batman.
When the game is released next year, it will feature plenty of different modes, but in our demo we were only able to try out one: Psychological Warfare. This mode tasks players with a singular goal: broadcast a signal that will drive the other team crazy. Really. In order to accomplish this goal you will need to find a battery, put it in the signal-producing machine, and watch the madness ensue. Each time you activate the machine, you get a point, and the first to reach a point threshold wins.
Of course, you'll be outfitted with plenty of guns and crazy weapons to use along the way. It's certainly fun to go on killing sprees, especially when you learn that activating the psychological warfare device strips your enemy of all guns and leaves them only able to slap themselves. This makes mowing down baddies simple, effective, and hilarious.
The stage we were playing in was also pretty tongue-in-cheek. It resembled an old out-of-commission amusement park, complete with fake attractions, gift shops, and random trampolines. I'm not entirely sure where they got that last one, but bounding around on trampolines while trying to gun down enemies sure does feel great.
Once we were done with the single round we played, our time with Gotham City Impostors was over. The gameplay looks promising, and as an online-only multiplayer focused title, this one has promise. Just don't go expecting a lot of Batman in this version of "Gotham," as the Caped Crusader is nothing but a namesake here. And I guess, for all intents and purposes, that's perfectly OK.
Gotham City Impostors is slated to be released sometime next year, and will be a digital-only release. We should know more about the game soon, so check back for more on this Batman without a Batman game.
Amanda L. Kondolojy
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Conjunctivitis, I hate thee
Oh, did I mention my kid got conjunctivitis recently?
Conjunctivitis is an illustration of everything that's wrong with everything. When the daycare calls you at work, in the middle of a packed morning clinic, saying, "Your baby has conjunctivitis and you must pick her up immediately," you realize that it's impossible to live like this. How do you have a career when you can get called out at any minute for eye mucus? "Sorry, Mr. Smith, I realize you took the morning off from work to come to this appointment and you've been waiting to see me, but I have an EYE MUCUS EMERGENCY at home so I have to leave immediately."
And it's not just eye mucus. Every day, there's a new note on the door of my child's classroom, saying something like, "We regret to inform you that there has been a case of [conjunctivitis, head lice, strep throat, chicken pox, plague] in your child's class. The infected child has been sequestered in a plastic bubble and rolled home, where they will stay until their mother gets fired."
Lately, more and more, the model of one parent staying home or working half days seems to be the only reasonable thing to do. What else are you supposed to do on conjunctivitis days? Or when your kid gets out of school at, like, 2PM for some reason, even though practically every adult works until at least 5PM. Or during those random weeks off. I mean, President's week? Seriously?? What is that?
Can you tell I'm a little aggravated?
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- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 8:15 AM
That is why I am so happy I changed to federal employment. You get 12 days off per year for sick leave, not just for you, any of your family members. Plus where I work they do not penalize you for taking care of emergencies at home. Prior to that we had live in nannies for .... 7 years. You also find that there are so many non working or underworking parents in your child's school. This am I saw two parent couples (husbund and wife!) leisurely walking,biking,jogging together after dropping kids at school. They all had no place to run to at 8 am. And my husbund who has flexible schedule always tells me how shocked he is to see both parents picking up kids at 2 pm.ReplyDelete
Let's just say we do not deserve to be torn between a sick child, (angry) patient and employer who renewes your contract on annual basis.
Julia: When I worked at the VA, it was a little better, but not much. I had those 13 sick days, but I felt like I couldn't use them. I remember once I was up all night vomiting, but I felt slightly better in the morning so I felt obligated to drag myself to my busy clinic. Everyone commented on how awful I looked, but nobody suggested I go home.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 8:49 AM
I know, despite of what I said above my husbund is first in line to take care of sick kids. But I can use 1/3 of my sick leave without percussions. Better than before when it was coming out of my 20 days per year my vacation. It depends on individual clinic. We are not main VA center. Our administration chose to be doctor friendly. We work hard, I do not cancel, I reschedule my patients. But I can do it without second thought. We also have two (!) "floaters" who are there to do sick physician's clinic. That prevents peer hatered.ReplyDelete
Ah, hope it gets better soon. My kids are not as sickly now as in daycare days...
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Can I complain about the time I had to pick up my 8 week old daughter from daycare (her first week) for "diarrhea." Diarrhea being strictly defined as having 3 stools in one day. Ummm, have you ever taken care of a breastfed baby before? They love to poop. Good thing I didn't have clinic that day...ReplyDelete
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Yeah, it's hard. It gets better when the kids are older and they don't get sick as much. We had a local community hospital that had a "sick daycare", but they needed 12 hour notice, so that didn't work if you needed to pick up your kid THAT day. It worked for the following day, since our daycare wouldn't let kids go back until they were 24 hour fever free. Basically, it helps to have family backup. If my husband or I couldn't pick up the sick kid, both grandmothers live 15-20 miles away, so we could enlist them. One time, no one could get my 15 month old, so I picked her up and I had the department secretary watch her for two hours while I finished seeing all of my consults. That was really stressful.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 3:01 PM
One time I brought my toddler from his post op appt from clinic downstairs in my building. My patient who saw us coming in made a nasty comment about my child's looks. I then proceeded seeing the rest of my clinic for the day starting with that patient. My toddler was next door watched by all staff. Why are doctors seen as someone who owe everyone yet can be mocked?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 6:11 PM
My oldest daughter had small tear ducts as an infant. Every time she had a cold, she got mucous in her eye and day care sent her home for "pink eye". Fortunately we could generally get a same day appt with her pediatrician, who would look, confirm what we could see, and give us a note so she could go back. Unfortunately they did this 10 TIMES in two years. Thankfully her tear ducts are fine now. We had many disagreements over this with her (generally excellent) daycare. Sigh...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 9:58 PM
I had the same thing with my daughter with her tear ducts. The pediatrician wrote me a note and we put it in her file at daycare... but I am with you Fizzy. Every now and then, there is an email from daycare: "we have several cases of xxxx (coxsackie, fever, stomach bug, conjuctivitis, etc.. etc...), be aware of any symptoms in your child."ReplyDelete
I know a parent who got so frustrated to be called for any little bump, she switched to another preschool!
And trust me, working part time is not the perfect asnwer. I am part time and last winter between being unable to come because of 2+ feet of snow/ice on the ground and my daughter having fever because her molars were coming out, I was labeled as "not reliable" by my boss. Even though I worked on those days at home and I did much more than if I had been in the office...
Arg. This post worries me. We have been relatively lucky with our eldest daughter not getting sick too frequently in day care (although the few times she did were always when my husband was out of town) . I sooo worry about our baby boy when he starts daycare. I heard the second child gets sicker far more than the first. Not sure if it's true, I hope not.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2012 at 10:45 AM
I really don't see how two full-time working parents do it...especially when the kids get to school age. I don't know what kind of crack I was smoking but I distinctly remember thinking "wow, once little missy gets to Kindergarten our schedule will be so easy. And cheap!" Right on the cheaper part but oh wow on the schedule and sick and school holiday part. The good news is she wasn't as sick as when she attended child care but sick days continued to happen. Mix those in with the MONTHLY school holidays (plus spring break, fall break, Christmas break and summer break) and you have a formula that requires someone to be home at lesat half-time. Plus, the older kids are, the less they want to be in daycare in the summer. But that's another post.....ReplyDelete
I was never so happy and relieved as when my husband quit his job to stay home and care for our children. They were school age by then, but there were after school activities, orthodontist visits, teacher work days, summer vacation, sick days.... An unending nightmare of cobbled together childcare.ReplyDelete
Conjunctivitis is an infection occurred in eye in which the inner cells of the human eyes causes red, itchy, watery and may also cause due to the various factors such as Allergies, Viral infections and also bacterial infection too. which are treated by the firms like pink eye conjunctivitis.ReplyDelete
Symptoms Of Conjunctivitis - pinkeyeconjunctivitis.org


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I've always had a soft spot for Daniel Blumberg. Having both graduated from the teenage class revolving around the All Age Concerts hub (him at the altar, me as acolyte), his fronting of tipped-for-glory twee-poppers Cajun Dance Party led me variously from school battle of the bands competitions (where they beat off the then subordinate Bombay Bicycle Club) to a headline show at King's College – a show opened by the debut show of one Florence, minus machine.
His second attempt at a band, Yuck, mirrored a personal dive into a Nineties flipside, resulting in a souped-up spin on the grunge greats. What they lacked in subversion from their influences, they made up for in spirit, and the announcement that Blumberg was leaving the band struck many unawares.
For those in the know, however, the cracks in the singer's focus were long established. As passionate about his art as his music, and ever-present tangential side project, Blumberg's lackadaisical approach was summed up personally when meeting him for an interview in 2011. Constantly undermining my attempts to engage with his creative spirit, his actively stubborn persona was clearly more drawn to the bottle of whiskey on the table, the retro Space Invaders console in the corner, and telling cheese jokes*. Hebronix, then, might be seen as third time lucky. Although still clearly incapable of coming up with a non-shit name, has collaborating with Neil Hegarty of Royal Trux fame and taking a more solitary approach, resulted in refinement or rambling?
On first glance, both. Only two tracks on Unreal, Blumberg's first foray as Hebronix, wrap up within seven minutes, and much of its hypnotic haze revolves around relaxed, two chord sequences that invest in the long-term, rather than instantly engage. It's an album that may never have existed, as frustrated by the dulling mundanity of touring, and reproducing daily the same 'live' experience, Blumberg accepted a period of voluntary writer's block. Only upon seeing the Japanese guitarist Keiji Haino, whose improvisatory, unstructured creativity sparked his imagination, did Blumberg begin to play music again.
Although Unreal sits several country miles from such obscurity, it is densely infused with a weird beauty that blossoms and evolves in the songs' expansive arrangements. Gone is the hyperactive fizzle of previous projects, to be replaced with a stoned listlessness that feels doubly engaging for the disinterested effortless with which it is delivered, and effects a nuanced riposte to those who called him a rip-off. To say that the record is a 'maturation' is less patronising, and more a genuine response to its depthless subtlety, as via textured tangents and measured slow-builds each track cultivates a tumultuous wave from intimate germinations. Blumberg is a man who has been all too familiar with the four walls of a recording studio since he was a boy – allowing him the freedom to more vividly render his sonic visions in the freer, unrushed capacity that they flourish in so well on this 'debut'.
Anyone with even a slight care about getting heard through three minute hit singles probably wouldn't start with a track nearly four times that length. 'Unliving' sets the record's tonal atmosphere perfectly – starting with the solitary trad-angst acoustic strum of Blumberg, before evolving through tense jangle, cooed harmonies, and blissed-out wordless euphoria, before cutting through the mellow wash with the satisfying squeal of a tumbling, crunching guitar line. Lyrically, it's a opening reflective of the whole's germination – one man retreating to his island, absconding control, and working from the bottom up.
Second single, and second track, 'Viral', is the most condensed distillation of Blumberg's vision. Partnered with a video featuring simultaneously pretty suitable visual metaphors for the album (water, hazy, half-caught characters, deep and meaningful gazes), and some less obvious (eggs), its winding guitar lines and light orchestration provide probably the most easily accessible entry point for the album. However, the Wowee-Zowee aping, flanged-Americana of 'Wild Whim', stark delirium of title track 'Unreal', and the flute-heavy 'Garden' are equally idiosyncratic, charmingly imperfect musings from this enviably talented individual.
If its six, lengthy tracks appear slightly light in quantity, their unfolding riches more than justify their quality. For a man to whom music is only one string in his bow (he draws, and has released collections of his art), and with his long-standing immersion in the music industry, its mainstream focus is understandably skewed and jaded. Unreal's feel is of the hangover following the hedonistic romp that was Yuck – reassembling a broken self into a positive whole, and taking an auspicious step in a new direction.
*What's the best cheese to get a bear to come out of the cupboard? Camembert.
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