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Details of Representation
Today, my thoughts returned again and again to Will Ludwigsen's story "Faraji" in the April/May Weird Tales. I read the story mostly because Paolo Bacigalupi had some good things to say about it, and I like Paolo and respect his intelligence. Also, I like the efforts of various people at Weird Tales to bring the magazine into the 21st century. So I was all primed to enjoy the story.
But I couldn't. There are good things about it, certainly, and I could see why it had been bought and published -- the pacing is deft, there's a very clear narrative voice, and the setting is exotic.
The setting is a prison in an unspecified African country, where an American journalist has been held for nearly a year after being captured by a group of rebels who killed his two companions. In prison, he meets a boy (Faraji) who experiences time as a complete entity, and is thus able to know his own future as well as the narrator's. Eventually, the U.S. gains a gung-ho president who decides to send the military into various Third World spots to "remind the Third World of America's superior will" and our narrator is rescued along with Faraji so that the two of them can, presumably, go off to live out their predicted (predestined?) lives and learn that deaths can lead to meaningful events for the living. Or something like that.
There is an attempt at moral complexity in this story that I respect. I wish more stories aimed as high. I really wish I felt this one succeeded in its ambitions.
The central failure of the story is in its representation of Africa. The story is set in the future, it seems, or at least an alternate present, because there is a "President Russell" in the U.S. By not naming the African country where the narrator is imprisoned, the story unfortunately plays off of "Dark Continent" stereotypes that set all of Africa up as a mysterious, primitive, and brutal Other. It could be argued that the narrator is someone for whom the continent is, indeed, that, but I think such an argument utterly misses the point. The point is: Why tell this particular story in this particular way at this particular time?
A better argument against my position is that of the realist. Are you saying (the realist might ask me) that we shouldn't write negatively about Africa? There are places in Africa that have experienced almost unfathomable brutality. There are places in Africa where journalists are imprisoned, tortured, killed. Why shouldn't a writer portray such things?
Of course writers should portray life as it is lived. Of course they should not shy away from the horrors -- the human capacity for brutality is infinite. It is not that a writer should not portray such things, but that such things should be portrayed with care.
To claim that a story in which a naive white journalist from the U.S. goes to an unspecified African country, stumbles into an area where he shouldn't go, watches two of his friends get murdered, and then is kidnapped and imprisoned in a horrible jail from which he escapes only via a deus ex America -- to claim that such a story is either just being realistic or, on the other hand, shouldn't be taken very seriously because it's just entertainment, is to ignore an awful lot of things. It is to ignore that the idea of a place called Africa is an idea fraught with stereotypes for many First World readers, readers for whom "Africa" is a place they see on the TV news whenever there is a particularly bad catastrophe. An idea that holds fascination for us because it posits a place full of horrors, a place that it isn't "civilized", a place that lets us feel particularly good about our own lives, our privileges and luxuries.
Africa in such a story is not a place at all, but an idea, and that idea is the same damn one that Conrad and so many lesser writers used. There is a difference between setting a story in "Africa" and setting it in a particular place at a particular time. There is a difference between using the idea of "Africa" as a prop for your plot and actually writing about Africa. I think those differences are vital, particularly when writing about places that have suffered so much stereotyping in First World readers' minds.
Obviously, Will Ludwigsen didn't want to write about a real place in Africa. (He wrote about real places in the U.S. -- here's just one sentence: "In May 1994, I graduated from the University of Florida College of Journalism with a head full of ideas about the role of the journalist in society.") If he didn't want to write about a real place in Africa, why use the continent at all, then? To show that liberal-minded middle-class white Americans need a dose of "reality"? That seems to be the general thrust of the plot. But this isn't a story about reality at all. It's a trite fantasy based on colonialist cliches that, for First World readers, lend an air of exoticism to the setting. Playing off of those cliches and indulging First World readers' conceptions of the exotic is something I think writers should be careful to avoid.
Why do I think this story's primary effects come from its setting, a setting built from unfortunately exoticizing ideas? First, because the story doesn't need to be set in "Africa" -- there is nothing inherently African (or "African") in the story. Second, because the plot device of a character who can see the future and uses this knowledge to help another character reach some sort of enlightenment is hardly original, so if the story possesses interest that interest must lie elsewhere. Third, because "Africa" is always a convenient setting for a tale of naive white people gaining knowledge, perspective, and new philosophies through difficult experiences, with their new knowledge, perspective, and philosophies often given by wondrous natives. Blecch. (Personally, I prefer Paul Bowles's tales of whites in Third World countries -- his white characters suffer and often die and don't really learn anything except how ignorant and misguided they are.)
I'm reluctant in my criticism, and trying to be as fair in my expression here as I can be, because I do want writers to reach beyond their own realms of experience, to stretch and strive and imagine. But doing so requires a lot of skill and a lot of empathy. And for all I know, maybe Will Ludwigsen -- about whom I know nothing -- is from somewhere in Africa or has lots of experience with certain places on the continent. It doesn't matter to me. What matters is the story itself, and what that story conveys. (It's perfectly possible for any one of us to write badly -- utilizing cliches and stereotypes -- about our own experiences and societies.) What matters is that this story should have been written with more care and thought, with more consideration for the details of representation.
Details are what doom "Faraji". The vagueness of the setting allows cliches and stereotypes to blossom. Bad writing is imprecise writing, and for all the skill Ludwigsen demonstrates with pacing, with voice, with narrative, he fails to demonstrate the most important skill that his story needs: precision. Specificity. Detail. The kind of specificity we get in so many good and great books about Africa written by people who know something about the place, especially African writers themselves, people for whom Africa is not an idea, but (now) a continent of nearly a billion people and more than 50 countries, a continent with diverse and rich histories, a continent with, yes, plenty of misery, but also plenty of beauty and wonder.
We First World readers need fiction about the relationship between the First World and the Third World. We need to read stories about First Worlders in the Third World and Third Worlders in the First. We need to write openly and honestly about histories of oppression, misunderstanding, misconception, suffering. We need to acknowledge the limits of good will, the deficiencies of naive liberalism, the failures of grand plans. We need to imagine and to empathize. But we need to do so with an acknowledgement that what we write is not written from or on a blank slate, and so we must write with tremendous care. We should remember the satirical warnings offered by Binyavanga Wainaina in "How to Write About Africa". We should consider carefully the ideas of Achebe and Ngugi and so many other Africans who have written and thought about what it means to write and think about Africa. We should aim for complexity, because a complex perspective is the only one that gives us any hope of getting away from the "Darkest Africa" cliches and toward more nuanced and supple perspectives -- representations that don't neglect the more powerful details, the details that most deeply affect how we construct the worlds of our imaginations and most powerfully influence the worlds of our everyday lives.
*Yes, I know the terms "Third World" and "First World" are relics with lots of baggage. Every other term I've encountered for these concepts seems problematic as well, for various reasons, and so for now I'm using the most familiar terms, but also calling attention to their inadequacy, or at least my lack-of-total-comfort with them.


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She sleeps 10. Owner's large suite with ensuite his and hers bathrooms and study. Two double VIP staterooms with bathrooms en-suite in addition to two twin staterooms with shower rooms ensuite.
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Galley / Laundry MAIN GALLEY
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Audio Visual Equipment
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Column published Dec. 12, 2012 in The Mexico Ledger
100 Years Ago
"At a called meeting of the Special Road District Commission Thursday morning the commission settled with William Atkinson for constructing two concrete culverts. The commission paid $150 of the total cost which was $232.35, Mrs. Atkinson paying the remainder. These culvert's were built across roads passing in front of Mr. Atkinson's farm, northeast of Mexico. The commissioners also confered with the overseer about the other work on the roads."
50 Years Ago
"Twelve below zero – that's how cold it got last night. It was an unbelievably cold night for autumn – the coldest night 10 days before the start of winter that anyone could remember. The record reading came in the midst of a bitter cold, high-pressure wave that covered most of the nation east of the Rockies. Mexico's official temperature reading was the lowest in the state, but there were many subzero readings. Unofficial reports listed a minus 15 at Montgomery City and minus 14 at Martinsburg. The reading was the coldest here since the 12 below on March 4 and 5, 1960."
25 Years Ago
"Mexico's Board of Education received a glimpse into the inspired world of invention Wednesday night s sixth-grade student Jennifer Zeigler detailed a project that snared top honors at the national level and won a $1,750 grant for the school district. According to Seagull Gifted Program coordinator Jo Glover, the aim of the Invent America program is "to challenge students to think about everyday items and events, and see how they can change things to make it more convenient for society." In addition to the grant received by the district, Jennifer received a $200 savings bond in recognition of her accomplishment. She is the daughter of Leon and Bonnie Zeigler of Mexico."
10 Years Ago
"Approximately 15 accidents occurred from 6 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in Audrain County as a thick soupy fog froze to the ground, causing a dangerous condition called black ice. Four of the accidents were reported to have been with injury, none of them serious. It could have been worse for the area drivers, but conditions improved as the temperature increased and City maintenance crews came out early to treat some of the worst spots."
The Yesterday In Mexico column is published daily in The Mexico Ledger.
An expanded column is published on Fridays.
Call the circulation department (573) 581-1111 for subscription information.


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How To Pan-Sear Any Vegetable for a Quick Weeknight Side Dish
For as long as I can remember I've loved broccoli. It went with about everything...steak, chicken stir-fry, pasta, or even turkey and dressing. My mom didn't have to remind me to eat my veggies when broccoli was on the plate, and to this day, I'll eat right through a big bowl of it. Not everyone has a love affair with vegetables though. For those less enthused about nature's catch of the day, here's a quick stove-top method for turning almost any vegetable into a dynamite weeknight side dish.
My wife doesn't share my same enthusiasm for broccoli — she's one of those people who find the vegetable too bitter. But when blackened over high heat with some red chili pepper flakes, a pinch of kosher salt and a squeeze of lemon, even broccoli...or asparagus...or Brussels sprouts (ok, maybe I'm pushing it with the sprouts) is something she'll enjoy. This is how to turn up the heat.
How To Pan-Sear Any Vegetable for a Quick Weeknight Side Dish
What You Need
1 pound
veggie of choice — like broccoli, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, or carrots
1 to 2 tablespoons
grapeseed oil, olive oil, or other favorite cooking oil
red pepper flakes
Kosher salt (to taste)
- Equipment
Large skillet or wok
Rinse, dry, and chop the vegetables. Rinse the vegetables under cool water, dry them thoroughly, and then chop them into bite-sized pieces. You want a blackened, slightly charred exterior on these vegetables, so the drier the vegetable the better the crust.
Add the oil to the stir-fry pan and heat over medium-high to high heat.Add just enough oil to film the bottom of the pan with a thin coating. Since this method requires cooking at high heat, using an oil that has a higher smoke point like grapeseed oil will be best; however, olive oil will also work fine if you don't have grapeseed on hand. Just watch the temperature more carefully so you don't smoke up the kitchen.
Add the vegetables to the hot pan. When the oil begins to shimmer and you see a slight wisp of smoke, add the vegetables to the pan. Sprinkle the red pepper flakes and salt over the vegetables. Lay the lemon cut-side down on the bottom of the pan.
Cover and cook for 2 minutes, undisturbed. Cover the pan with a lid and let the vegetables cook without stirring for two minutes, until they are blackened on the underside. I'm a guy who loves to flip and stir things, but for this I have to tell myself to wait and it'll be worth it. Now's a good time to pour a glass of wine or open a beer.
Remove lid and check on the doneness. Give the vegetables a quick toss and let the other side blacken for another 1-2 minutes.
Remove veggies from pan, and finish with the squeeze of lemon. Transfer the vegetables to a serving platter or individual plates. Squeeze the blackened lemon half over the vegetables, and enjoy.
Related: How to Roast Any Vegetable
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APPLICATIONS for the post of Dudley Kingswinford's director of rugby post have now closed.
Interest has been world wide with applications coming from Argentina, Spain, South Africa and Thailand.
A short list of five names has been drawn up for interview and these are now scheduled for next week, with a decision hopefully before the end of the month.
The interview panel will consist of chairman Ken Crane, club captain Ed Parry and joint head coach Pete Knight.
Tony Lanaway and Gordon Bannatyne will sit in on the interviews in an advisory capacity.
Bannatyne said: "We hope to make an announcement on the new appointment within the next week or so."
DKs are back in action this weekend when they entertain Birmingham and Solihull (kick-off 3pm).


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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...A sale on ground turkey at a local warehouse store practically guaranteed it would appear in at least one Frugal Friday post. Tonight is the night. I've been looking for a calorically kind white pasta sauce, and when I found this recipe on Oprah's website, I knew I'd have to give it a try. The sauce is easy to make and comes together very quickly, though I must say the finished pasta bears no resemblance to the photo that accompanied the original recipe. My sauce remained white and never picked up the red hue shown in their photo. That being said, this is a nice recipe and if you are looking for a new way to sauce your pasta, do give this version a try. If you enjoy the flavors of bacon and lemon, I think you'll enjoy this dish. While it falls short of being memorable, it makes a nice family meal and it is perfect for a quick weeknight dinner. Do give it a try. Here's the recipe.
Lemony Turkey Bolognese...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by Kathy Brennan and Caroline at Oprah.com
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 ounces bacon (about 4 slices), finely diced
1 yellow onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 teaspoons dried oregano
Small pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
1-1/4 pound ground turkey, dark meat or a combination of dark and white
1 heaping tablespoon tomato paste
1/2 cup dry white wine or chicken stock
1 cup Greek yogurt
Grated zest of 1 lemon
1 pound penne or other tubular pasta
Olive oil for finishing the dish
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan or pecorino cheese, plus extra for serving
1) Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat until it shimmers. Add bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until it begins to crisp around edges, about 4 minutes. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of drippings. Add onions, garlic, oregano and pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, about 5 minutes.
2) Raise heat to high, add turkey and season lightly with salt and pepper.. Cook, stirring often and breaking up meat, until meat is browned, about 5 minutes. Add tomato paste and stir for about 1 minute. Add wine and briskly simmer, scraping up any caramelized bits from bottom of pan. Reduce heat, stir in yogurt and lemon zest and gently simmer to meld flavors, about 5 minutes. Taste again for seasoning, adjusting salt and pepper as needed. Set aside.
3) Meanwhile, generously salt boiling water. When it returns to a boil, add pasta, quickly stir to separate tubes, then cover pot until water returns to a boil. Uncover and boil, stirring occasionally, until pasta is al dente.
4) Drain pasta, reserving a cup of cooking water, then pour pasta on top of Bolognese sauce. Drizzle with oil, add cheese and toss to combine over medium heat. If the pasta looks dry, add some of the cooking water. Check seasonings and serve with more cheese. Yield: 6 servings.
If you have enjoyed your visit here, I hope you'll take a minute to...
One Year Ago Today: Onion Scones
Two Years Ago Today: Turkish-Style Pumpkin Hummus
Three Years Ago Today: Apple-Oatmeal Bread
Four Years Ago Today: Old-Fashioned Double Chocolate Pudding


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FusqlFS::Artifact - basic abstract class to represent database artifact in FusqlFS
package FusqlFS::Backend::PgSQL::Tables;
use parent 'FusqlFS::Artifact';
sub init
my $self = shift;
# initialize Tables specific resources
sub get
my $self = shift;
my ($table, $name) = @_;
return $self->one_row("SELECT * FROM %s WHERE id = ?", [$table], $name);
sub list
my $self = shift;
my ($table) = @_;
return $self->all_col("SELECT id FROM %s %s", [$table, $self->limit]);
sub store
my $self = shift;
my ($table, $data) = @_;
my $row = $self->validate($data, {
id => qr/^\d+$/,
-func => '',
}) or return;
my $func = $row->{func}? $row->{func}.'(?)': '?';
my $sth = $self->build("UPDATE $table SET ", sub{
my ($k, $v) = @_;
return " WHERE " unless $k;
return " $k = $func ", $row->{$k}, $v;
}, %{$self->get_table_fields($table)},
'' => '',
id => SQL_INTEGER);
sub get_table_fields
my $self = shift;
my ($table) = @_;
# fetches and returns field name => type hashref.
This abstract class declares interface between database artifacts (like tables, data rows, functions, roles etc.) and Fuse hooks in FusqlFS.
The point of this class is to abstract database layer interaction from file system structure operations, so it provides some basic operations under database artifacts like "get", "list", "create", "drop", etc.
For example FusqlFS::Backend::PgSQL::Tables subclass defines it's get method to return table's description and list method to list all available tables, so this subclass is represented as directory with tables in file system.
For more examples see childrens of this class.
Abstract interface methods
- new
Base constructor, shouldn't be overridden in most cases. Use "init" method to initialize object instance.
Override it only if you really know what you do and you have no other way to achieve you goal.
Input: $class Output: $artifact_instance.
- init
Abstract method called on object instance (
$self) by constructor "new" immediately after instance is created and blessed in order to initialize it.
All parameters given to constructor are passed to this method intact, value returned by this method is ignored.
Override this method instead of "new" in order to initialize your class.
- get
Get item from this artifact.
Input: @names. Output: $hashref|$arrayref|$scalarref|$coderef|$scalar|undef.
Hashrefs and arrayref are represented as directories in filesystem with keys (or indices in case of arrayref) as filenames and values as their content (maybe hashrefs or arrayrefs as well).
Scalarrefs are represented as symlinks, their content being the path to referenced object in filesystem.
Coderefs provide "pseudopipes" interface: at first request referenced sub is called without parameters for initialization and file content will be whatever the sub returns. On any write to the "pseudopipe" the sub is called with written data as first argument and the content of the file will be any text the sub returns back. Dynamic DB queries in FusqlFS::Backend::PgSQL::Queries class are implemented with this interface.
Scalars are represented with plain files.
If this sub returns undef the file with given name is considered non-existant, and user will get
- list
Get list of items, represented by class.
Input: @names. Output: $arrayref|undef.
If this method returns arrayref of scalars, then the class is represented with directory containing elements with names from this array, otherwise (the method returns undef) the type of filesystem object is determined solely on "get" method call results.
- rename
Renames given database artifact.
Input: @names, $newname. Output: $success.
This method must rename database object defined with @names to new $newname and return any "true" value on success or undef on failure.
- drop
Removes given database artifact.
Input: @names. Output: $success.
This method must drop given database object defined with @names and return any "true" value on success or undef on failure.
- create
Creates brand new database artifact.
Input: @names. Output: $success.
This method must create new database object by given @name and return any "true" value on success or undef on failure. If given object can't be created without additional "content" data (e.g. table's index) it should create some kind of stub in memory/cache/anywhere and this stub must be visible via "get" and "list" methods giving the user a chance to fill it with some real data, so successive "store" call can create the object.
- store
Stores any changes to object in database.
Input: @names, $data. Output: $success.
This method must accept the same $data structure as provided by "get" method, possibly modified by user, and store it into database, maybe creating actual database object in process (see "create" for details). The method must return any "true" value on success or undef on failure.
DBI interface methods
- dbh
Returns underlayed DBI handler.
Output: $dbh.
- expr, cexpr
Prepare expression with $dbh->prepare() or $dbh->prepare_cached().
Input: $sql, @sprintf. Output: $sth.
@sprintfis not empty,
$sqlmust be a scalar string with printf-compatible placeholders, and
sprintf()will be called to populate this string with values from
The difference between
cexpris the first calls "prepare" in DBI and the second calls "prepare_cached" in DBI.
- do, cdo
Prepare and execute expression just like "do" in DBI.
Input: $sth, @binds or $sql, $sprintf, @binds. Output: $result.
Both of them can take either SQL statement as a scalar string or prepared DBI statement in place of first argument.
If the first argument is a scalar string, the second argument can be either an arrayref or a hashref, and if it is, the string must be printf-compatible format string and "hprintf()" will be used to populate SQL statement with values from second argument just like with expr.
dojust calls "do" in DBI and returns success value returned with it, while
cdocalls "prepare_cached" in DBI and returns this prepared statement in case it was successfully executed, undef otherwise.
- one_row, one_col, all_col, all_row
Executes given statement and returns well formatted result.
Input: $sth, @binds or $sql, $sprintf, @binds. Output: $result.
Basicly these methods accept the same arguments (and process them the same way) as do, but return results in format better suited for immediate usage.
one_rowreturns the first row as hashref with field names as keys and field values as values.
all_colreturns arrayref composed from first field values from all result rows.
all_rowreturns arrayref composed from hashrefs, where each hashref represents data row with field names as keys and field values as values.
one_colreturns single scalar - the value of first field of first record fetched by query.
Data manipulation methods
- load
Parses input data in configured string format (e.g. YAML, JSON or XML) and returns perl structure (hashref or arrayref).
Input: $string_data. Output: $parsed_data.
Uses configured parser to deserialize plain string and produce perl structure (usually a hashref). In case of parsing failure returns undef.
$string_datais not a plain string, this method returns this value intact, so you can call this method on input data any number of times just to make sure they are correct perl structure, not a serialized data.
It is opposite of "dump".
- validate
Validates input data against a set of simple rules.
Input: $data, $rule, $overrule. Output: $validated_data|undef.
A rule can be:
- Hashref
The input data must be a hashref, every field in from rule's hash must also exist in data hash, rule's hash values are subrules to be matched against data's hash values. Hash keys with minus as first char are optional.
If input data is a scalar, it will be parsed with standard loader using "load" method, and validation will fail if
load()call is.
- Scalar
Ref of data value must be equal to this rule's value. If undef, data value must be simple scalar.
- Arrayref
Every element in rule's array is a subrule, data value must match against all of the subrules.
- Coderef
A subroutine referenced by the rule's value is called with data value as the first argument, it should return processed data if data is correct or undef if data is incorrect.
- Anything else
Data's value must magically match rule's value (with
Optional third argument (
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- set_of
Helper validation function, creates "validate" rule to check if given value is a set with elements from given variants set.
Input: @variants. Output: $rule.
- dump
Convert perl structure into string of configured format (e.g. YAML, JSON or XML).
Input: $data. Output: $string.
Uses configured dumper to serialize perl structure into plain scalar string.
It is opposite of "load".
- asplit
Splits string using configured split character.
Input: $string, $max_chunks=undef. Output: @chunks.
It is opposite of "ajoin". Second optional argument is an integer, and is identical to one of
split, i.e. sets max number of chunks to split input
$stringinto, but it also defines minimum number of chunks as well, so if
$stringcontains less than given
$max_chunkschunks, the result will be padded with
undefs to the right up to this number, so output always contain
- ajoin
Joins chunks with configured split character as a glue.
Input: @chunks. Output: $string.
It is opposite of "asplit".
- concat
Produces SQL statement to join given data chunks with configured split character as a glue.
Input: @chunks. Output: $sql_clause.
It is opposite of "asplit" (in some sense).
- build
Builds SQL statement step by step from given configuration data chunks, prepares and binds it afterwards.
Input: $sql, $filter, %iter. Output: $sth.
$filtermust be a coderef,
$sqlis a initial SQL statement value to build upon and
%iteris a series of key-value pairs (normally meant to be field value => build config pairs, but it is not carved in stone).
For every key-value pair in
$filter->($key, $value)is called in list context. It must return the next chunk of SQL which will be added to resulting SQL statement and an optional bind value to be associated with this SQL chunk. This bind value must be either a single bind value or a bind value and a configaration parameter for "bind_param" in DBI (i.e. third argument). If
$filterreturns empty list (or undef, which is the same for list context) the iteration is silently skipped and the next pair from
%iteris taken.
%iteris depleted, constructed SQL statement is prepared, all gathered bind values are bound to it using
bind_param()and the resulting statement handler is returned.
So you can use this method to construct complex SQL statements using table driven SQL statements construction, producing finely tuned binds with correctly typed bind values.
- hprintf
Static method. Extended sprintf version.
Input: $format, $binds. Output: $string.
$formatis the same as for
$bindsis either an arrayref or a hashref. If it is an arrayref the result of the method is the same as of
sprintf($format, @$binds). If it is a hashref the result is a little different.
For hashref
$bindsall placeholders in
$formatmust be in the form of
%(key)$x, where
xis any
sprintfcompatible conversion and
keyis the key in the
%$binds, so that instead of positional placeholders substitution, placeholders in
$formatare substituted with correspondent
%$binds' values.
E.g. if you call
hprintf("%(msg)s: %(count)d\n", { msg => 'The counter is', count => 10 })you will get the string
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Get difference between to arrays.
Input: $oldarray, $newarray. Output: $newitems, $olditems.
Gets two arrayrefs and returns two arrayrefs with items existing in $arrayref2 only (
$newitems) and in $arrayref1 only (
Configuration methods
- limit
Returns configured
LIMIT ...clause or empty string if it's not configured.
Output: $limit_clause.
This method can be used to compose
SELECT ...statements according to configured limit option.
- fnsep
Returns configured split character.
Output: $fnsep.
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Extend one hash with other hash inplace.
Input: $hashref, ... Output: $hashref
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Automagically plug all designated packages and plug them in as subpackages.
It takes a list of names, each of them will be put to lower case and used as subpackages hash key (so it will be subdirectory name in mounted filesystem). Package name for each of the name will be formed with current package name put to singular form appended with the name with first letter put to upper case. All absent packages (which couldn't be imported without errors) will be ignored.
Each such subpackage will be instantiated with
new()method call without arguments.
Singular form of current package name is produced by removing last "s" from package name, which can be quite naive for some cases.
For example if you run
$self->autopackages("indices", "struct")from
FusqlFS::Backend::SomeEngine::Tablespackage, two packages will be imported and instantiated with
new()method call (without arguments):
FusqlFS::Backend::SomeEngine::Table::Struct. Each instance will be put into
$self->{subpackages}hash under
structkeys correspondingly.
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Tennis signee Tierney wins Oregon 6A championship
From The Oregonian
By Brian Gjurgevich
BEAVERTON -- After Stuart Tierney closed out his final match and let out a primal scream toward the sky, a young fan was first on the court to ask for the Glencoe senior's autograph.
At long last, Tierney could sign it "state champion."
A top youth player and oft-injured prep standout who finished third in Class 5A last season, Tierney rode his powerful forehand and cruised to an inspired 6-3, 6-1 victory over South Medford junior Matt Pronesti on Saturday in the 6A boy's singles final at Tualatin Hills Tennis Center.
Tierney repeatedly looked to the hills behind the courts and made eye contact with his parents, but not for the encouragement he needed during a grueling three-set semifinal match on Friday that required four bottles of water, three bananas, a steak and pasta to "replenish." Instead, in this round, Tierney looked to his biggest backers for energy.
"With my mom, I get a little frustrated because I can tell by her facial expressions if she's happy with the shot or not," Tierney said. "My dad's really good at keeping a straight face. It's always a fist pump."
And there was plenty of opportunity for that during a final that featured a number of long, crowd-pleasing rallies. After winning the final three games of the first set, Tierney jumped ahead 3-0 in the decisive second, feeling nerves only when the match and once-elusive state title inched within reach.
"I got real tight there at 5-1," said Tierney, who's bound for Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn., next year and had Saturday night's prom at the top of his post-match priority list. "My hands were shaking when I got that match point."
Pronesti, a surprise six-seed with a booming serve and expressive on-court demeanor, said he didn't have his best game against a player he's competed with since their middle school days.
"Nothing was really working for me," Pronesti said. "He's an all-around really solid player and I couldn't really combat it."


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Happy Birthday, Queen Elizabeth! Hard to believe, but Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 90th birthday today. A large party with 10,000 guests is taking place in front of Buckingham Palace, and Brits as well as fans of the Queen are joining in as she marks the milestone. Be inspired by the birthday mood and give your home a touch of royal opulence. Our tips will show you how to create a royal British ambience in your own four walls.
If you believe the media reports and the pictures from Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II spends most of her time, then her interior style is a typical Brit chic mix of colourful patterns and materials, be it Persian carpet, floral couch, picture frames or bric-a-brac on a chest of drawers. During the reception of New Zealand's Prime Minister in 2015, she for the first time offered a rare glimpse inside the royal chambers of Windsor Castle.
Combining old and new is typical of the interior style of many British houses and apartments, where heirlooms or flea market antiques are combined with modern home accessories. The combination of different patterns such as Paisley, flower prints and tartans may seem somewhat unusual at first, but is widespread in English homes and underlines the homely ambience. This interior design trend is not about perfection, but a subtle mix of styles accentuating British understatement. Seating furniture with high backrests, wing chairs, banquettes, foot supports and dark brown leather furniture in Chesterfield style are an absolute must. The British style is ideal for both the bedroom and the living room, but the country house style is also suitable for the kitchen or bathroom. White kitchen furniture with wood panelling, flower decoration in the kitchen, nostalgic bathroom furniture or a free standing bath round off the style at home.
If you would like to give your home a castle feel, you can go one step further and decorate using rich and plentiful ornamentation. Elaborately crafted furniture with marquetry and ornamentation is typical of the royal style. This style, which is characterized by ornamental wallpaper, rich colours and baroque furniture, is also referred to as the boudoir style. Use picture frames to set golden accents, chandeliers are a real eye-catcher, velvet sofas and ornate wall candle holders create a baroque atmosphere, making your home shine in luxuriant splendour. Since the typical boudoir style can quickly appear flamboyant, we recommend using it only in selected areas or for creating an occasional eye-catcher with selected items of furniture.
Whether you want to adapt your apartment to the festivities in Britain or simply watch the ceremony on TV with scones, sandwiches and shortbread – we wish you lots of fun!


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Using Bible Analyzer 4.7.2 on Mac OSX 10.8.4.
According to the manual I am supposed to be able to erase Notes simply by erasing the note text and moving the cursor on to another verse, or by closing the program whereupon the erasure is saved. Unfortunately, even after doing these actions, the original note still shows up every time I open the program to the verse in question.
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The Whole Works of the Rev. William Bates, vol. 2
by Bates, William, Farmer, W.•
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Educated at the University of Cambridge as well as its constituent, Emmanuel College, Reverend William Bates was a distinguished and popular 17th century preacher. Logos is proud to offer The Whole Works of the Rev. William Bates from this important contemporary of such Puritan stalwarts as Richard Baxter and John Howe.
William Bates' work was published in 1700—the year after his death—by Aylmer and Robinson. The title for that initial collection was The Works of the Late Reverend and Learned William Bates D.D. and it included two previously unpublished works, On Divine Meditation and On the Fear of God. A second edition of the work was published in 1723 with an addition of Bates' The Everlasting Rest of the Saints in Heaven. All of Bates' works were arranged and revised in 1815.
Key Features
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Product Details
- Title: The Whole Works of the Rev. William Bates, vol. 2
- Author: William Bates
- Publisher: Robinson, Son and Holdsworth
- Publication Date: 1815
- Pages: 527
About William Bates
William Bates was born in 1625 in London. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and in 1644 and went on to study at Queen's College. A Presbyterian minister, Bates was vicar of St. Dunstan's-in-the-West until the passing of the Act of Uniformity 1662 when Bates—along with 2,000 clergymen—left the established Church in what became known as the Great Ejection.
Bates took part in the negotiations for the restoration of Charles II, eventually being appointed one of the royal chaplains. Refusing the urgings to accept the deanery of Lichfield and Coventry, Bates took the oath imposed by the parliament 'that he would not at any time endeavor an alteration in the government of church or state.'
In 1668 Bates worked with more moderate churchmen to try and incorporate the Presbyterians back into the Church of England but no agreement could be reached. After many more unsuccessful attempts at reconciliation, James II ascended to the throne and the persecution of the Nonconformists increased.
In the last years of his life, Bates pastored the Presbyterian church of Hackney. He died there in 1699, at the age of seventy-four. Dubbed the silver-tongued preacher, Bates was considered the politest of the Nonconformists.


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Last American Virgin, The (UK - BD RB)
And I'm gonna keep on lovin' you, 'Cause it's the only thing I wanna do...
Gary (Lawrence Monoson), a high school student / pizza delivery boy and his friends Rick - the pretty one (Steve Antin) and David - the fat one (Joe Rubbo) just want to have fun, and ideally with girls. Getting with the females wherever and seemingly however they can, Gary is struggling to get as lucky as his friends but when he meets Karen (Diane Franklin) he intends to change all that. That is until Karen meets Rick and Gary misses his chance... but he's not going to give up on love so easily.
The Last American Virgin is a movie very much informed by things like Porkys and American Graffiti. The style is fairly loose like Graffiti, following the teens around their town as they try to get lucky, all with a pop music backdrop but the through line love triangle is stitched together with a series of embarrassing set pieces (ala Porkys) involving one or all of the three teen friends.
There's a real sense that this cult comedy from 1982 (which is actually a remake of Israeli film Eskimo Limon from 1978) is very much the sort of thing that informed the rebirth of teen comedies that American Pie kicked opened the doors for at the end of nineties. So many of the set pieces here would fit snugly in the realms of the core American Pie films, whether it's getting with girls awkwardly just before someone's parents walk in, hanging out with loser friends pining about sex or measuring your entire gym class's erect penises for chuckles... okay maybe that one wouldn't be the easiest fit in a modern franchise (hell it barely even feels right in this flick).
The Last American Virgin is a fairly sweethearted film, despite its themes of desperation, heartbreak, abortions and betrayal. Sure the acting isn't all that great and the gags and embarrassing teen events don't always feel all that slickly handled but somehow that doesn't matter all that much and actually generates enough charm to carry the film. Director Boaz Davidson isn't scared to be heartbreaking and not let the good guy win and even if these sort of teen chuckles have been handled better elsewhere it's The Last American Virgin's fearless and honest approach to its subject matter that makes it that bit more memorable that other films in the genre.
There's no escaping the 80s looks here with the slightly paler than expected colours and the much more natural look than what modern teen dramas offer up but even with that said this is a good looking presentation. There's a thin layer of grain, edges are sharper than expected and the 80s fashions and sets come with bright pinks, yellows and neon blues. Textures on costumes look pretty good and blemishes and skin textures look very natural even behind the heavy make-up on some of the character's faces.
Darker scenes get a little heavier on the grain and a few of the black elements are closer to dark blue at times but colours still manage to hold up, even if the edges lose their sharpness and the grubbiness can sometimes sneak in to lesser lit areas. The only minor quibble I noticed was the odd speckle of dirt but it was a rare occurrence and this generally solid HD overhaul of a cult 80s teen comedy has way more pluses than minuses.
The dialogue is a little thin sounding but it's clear enough. It's more the musical numbers that bring the track to life with a great sounding stereo mix. It's not always used boombastically and is largely there to provide a consistent backdrop to scenes but it's really the musical elements keeping the largely quiet mix, in regards to ambience feeling a bit more energetic.
The odd song really packs a punch but whether the main focus or simply a backing track these tunes are all a good slice of 80s new wave, alternative fun with the odd power ballad to lift those spirits. You'll definitely come away humming a few 80s gems (probably the ones that are repeated a few times) and while this isn't a mix that holds you in its grasp throughout it's certainly one that knows its highlights and they're used accordingly.
The interview with director Boaz Davidson (36:06 HD) talks about how important the movie is to him and his experiences when making it. He also goes into his love of film, his career and his foreign sensibilities coming into American culture. There is of course a whole lot of time dedicated to the remake and its journey from the original film and in all this is a fairly complete historical look at the film.
The chat with lead actor Lawrence Monoson (26:07 HD) is very positive and he obviously has a lot of affection for the film still. He talks about his career before and after the film and some of the key scenes in the film and some of the challenges he faced.
The segment with Diane Franklin (20:59 HD) discusses how she landed the key female role and her hopes for it and moving on to Adam Greenberg (21:10 HD) the cinematographer we get more about the approach to the film, as well as a little bit on his own epic career. Last up is the trailer (01:55).
The Last American Virgin isn't a film I was really aware of existing but upon viewing it I can see a whole ton of modern filmmakers must have been because it is very much echoed through a lot of modern teen comedies. I guess at the time the film was probably considered wild but time has reduced its impact a fair bit even if the crazy teen scenarios still come with the required levels of winces and constant sense that this is going to end badly. Arrow supply another great disc that you'll walk away from knowing more about the film than you did when you began and the A/V is pretty great too, despite the film's age holding it back a little.
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The Devo track 'Whip It' is repeated in the soundtrack because of rights issues with the Human League track 'Love Action' (which date back years). This is how it would have originally sounded: http://vimeo.com/58370838
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Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 16th September 2013
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: LPCM 2.0 English
Subtitles: English SDH
Extras: Interviews, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Boaz Davidson
Cast: Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin, Steve Antin
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Length: 93 minutes
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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Shares of Medicaid insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc. surged by double digits Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected sales for the fourth quarter and coming year, the latter boosted by a hefty premium increase in Kentucky.
WellCare WCG, -2.93% ended the day up more than 10% to $59.72 after the company said it received approval for a 7% premium increase for its Medicaid program in Kentucky, effective Jan. 1, and will see another 3% hike on July 1, three months ahead of schedule.
As a result, the company said it should realize premium revenue of $8.7 billion to $8.8 billion for 2013. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of $8.5 billion for the year.
Sales for the fourth quarter also came in ahead of schedule, at $1.99 billion against the $1.89 billion estimated via Fact Set.
The company said net income was $48.8 million, or $1.11 a share, compared with $85.1 million, or $1.96 a share, for the same period a year ago. Adjusted earnings were $1.32 a share, a penny ahead of estimates.
Meanwhile, WellPoint Inc. US:WLP dropped nearly 5% to $63 after the insurer named hospital executive Joseph Swedish, 61, its chief executive.
The selection of Swedish raises eyebrows among analysts and investors who had expected the nation's second-largest health insurer to pick someone with experience in managed care.
Swedish replaces interim CEO John Cannon, who filled in after embattled Chief Executive Angela Braly left in August. The end of Braly's tenure was marked by several missteps, including a steep rate hike in California that became a rallying cry for proponents of President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul bill. There also was a second-quarter earnings miss last year and a resulting cut in company forecasts for the year.
"These have been a source of frustration for investors. With [WellPoint's] track record, but more importantly with challenging [health-care overhaul] implementation hurdles in front of them, investors may have expected a new CEO with strong payor experience to lead the product strategy through 2014," Jefferies & Co. analyst David Windley said in a note to clients.
Swedish previously was president and CEO at Trinity Health Corp., an operator of 47 hospitals in 10 states. He has, however, served on the board of Coventry Health Care Inc. US:CVH for the past three years.
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One of the most important things that impacts us in personal, professional, and financial life is an effect called confirmation bias. Put more simply, this is a tendency for people to only seek out information that confirms what they already think. In many cases, people will examine the same information and come to wildly different conclusions because of their internal biases. Naturally, this makes objective thought and analysis extremely difficult to perform since we are not always the best judge of ourselves.
This effect becomes especially dangerous when it enters the financial arena. When evaluating investment strategies, many people (such as Robert Merton and Myron Scholes of Long-Term Capital Management) fail to examine possibilities that lay outside of their theory. Many hedge funds and derivatives traders create highly complex formula's based on many assumptions that are usually true, but not always true. These financial models typically use large amounts of leverage, and are prone to tremendous losses if market movements do not match the model assumptions. Another iteration of this self-delusion is the tremendous run-up in housing prices that was based on the assumption home prices would never go down. There was ample evidence to indicate that housing prices could not increase forever, but it was completely ignored in favor of self-delusion by the government agencies, financial institutions, and borrowers who perpetuated the financial crisis.
The impact of confirmation bias also enters the political sphere on a regular basis. There are Nobel laureate economists in favor of higher taxes who claim to have evidence in support of their position and Nobel laureate economists in favor of lower taxes who also have evidence in support of their claim. When the government funds research studies, it is not surprising that the results of the study almost always come back confirming the original theory or hypothesis. Other ways that this phenomenon works its way into the political landscape is through metrics that are impossible to prove or disprove. One of the most famous is an ambiguous employment metric of "jobs created or saves". It is impossible to objectively define a "saved" job, so the intellectual delusion is perpetuated.
The confirmation bias effect has even found its way into the scientific domain, as demonstrated most prominently in the climate science movement. What used to be called "global warming" has now been changed "climate change". This makes every observation of temperature a "confirmation" of the hypothesis since the climate by its very nature is always changing. It should not come as any sort of surprise that the so-called "consensus" concerning climate change was completely fictional. It only resulted from suppressing voices of dissent and stifling debate so that the self-delusion of confirmation bias could continue without restraint. If the science was so strong, then it should be able to withstand a rigorous debate. If the proponents of the theory are not willing to debate, then it stands to reason that the science is not very strong.
In the end, it is and always will be extremely difficult to be objective. As astute individuals, we must learn to recognize the impacts of confirmation bias in ourselves and in the world around us. Since most of us do not possess the ability to change the world, we must squarely focus on the things that we do have the power to change… namely ourselves. When making an important decision, it is imperative to 'step back' and determine whether there is something we haven't thought of that could squash our plans. By actively avoiding the bias of confirmation, it will help us to make more informed decisions and live a more fulfilled life.


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Sing Through the Day!
After last week's video in which I talked about the power of verses for easing transitions with children, I had many requests this week to share more verses.
So this week, here are five verses that can be sung during transition times throughout the day. I have printed the words to each below, and you can watch the video to learn the tunes.
And here is a link to an excellent article on how singing to children helps develop language skills. So sing, sing, sing through your days! (Even if you think you can't.)
I hope you'll be inspired to incorporate some of these into your days with children.
Good Morning Song
Good morning, dear earth
Good morning, dear sun
Good morning, dear resting stones
And beasts on the run
Good morning, dear flowers
And birds in the trees
Good morning to you, good morning to me!
Clean Up Time
Tick-tock goes the clock
What does it have to say?
Time for us to pick up our toys
and put them all away
(Can be repeated until all the toys are picked up and the room is tidy.)
Folding Laundry
Corner to corner
Meet and greet
Fold our cloth so nice and neat!
(As above, can be repeated until laundry is done.)
Meal Time
Blessings on the blossoms
Blessings on the roots
Blessings on the leaves and stems
Blessings on the fruit
(I always sang this twice with gestures.)
Good-Bye Song
Dear friends, goodbye
Dear friends, goodbye
Now is the time of day
When we all go our way
Dear friends, goodbye
Dear friends, goodbye
Go well and safely
Go well and safely
Go well and safely
Our love be ever with you
Thanks to all of you who shared your favorite verses, blessings, and prayers for children, many of which I'd never heard before. All were delightful. Please keep posting and sharing!


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Washington: An Indian-American professor at Morgan State University has been indicted by a federal grand jury in an alleged scheme to defraud the National Science Foundation of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding.
Manoj Kumar Jha, 45, who oversees the university`s transportation engineering graduate programme allegedly fabricated an elaborate research proposal on behalf of a private company he founded and then applied for funding through the NSF`s Small Business Technology Transfer programme.
"The stated purpose of Jha`s proposed project was to enhance current models used by highway planners to optimize horizontal and vertical highway routes, and ultimately, to commercialise the result," according to prosecutors cited by the Baltimore Sun.
Jha received $200,000 to conduct the research but instead allegedly made personal mortgage and credit card payments, paid his wife $11,000 for work she didn`t do and wrote himself a $6,000 check, prosecutors said.
Jha, who is also the founding director of Morgan State`s Centre of Advanced Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering Research, also applied for $500,000 more for the project but did not receive it, prosecutors said.
The alleged fraud occurred between January 2008 and July 2009, and involved Jha`s lying on grant applications about his intention to take leave from Morgan State to work on the proposed project and about the University of Maryland`s being a collaborating research institution.
He also allegedly lied about another Morgan State professor`s serving as a scientific adviser on the project and about receiving $100,000 in matching funds from a third party, a requirement of NSF grants, prosecutors said.
According to the university`s website, Jha was born in a village in India in 1967. After obtaining a bachelor`s degree in engineering, he immigrated to the United States in 1991,
He then earned a master`s degree in mechanical engineering from Old Dominion University in 1993, became a registered professional engineer in Maryland in 1997 and earned a doctorate in civil engineering in 2000 from the University of Maryland.
He worked for seven years at the Maryland State Highway Administration, where he served as the "Year 2000 Risk Manager," according to his biography on the Morgan State website.
Jha faces a maximum 20 years in prison for each of five wire fraud counts, a mail fraud count and a falsification of records, prosecutors said.


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School Bus Scare: Superhero Teen Saves The Day [VIDEO]
This is an amazing story! 13-year old boy, Jeremy Whitshick, of Milton, Wash., jumped to action when his school bus driver had a heart attack.
Jeremy knew something was not right, because his bus driver just had a funny look on his face and his eyes were bulging. That's when Jeremy took charge and steered the bus to the side of the road safely.
When asked what compelled him to come forward to help, Jeremy told KOMO News he had acted "on instinct," adding that a "book about superheroes" had inspired him to turn the vehicle's engine off.
Jeremy also had the foresight to begin CPR on the bus driver until the ambulance arrived.
He also told KING 5 News that he knows how to drive because his mother lets him back the car out of the driveway when he washes it — but that, until now, it had been his little secret.
The bus driver was taken to the hospital. According to ABC News, his condition has been described as "grave." No one else was hurt.
It's refreshing to hear a positive story about our teens. This young man thought quickly without panicking. How many of us adults could do the same? I was interested in what "Super hero" book Jeremy got the idea to turn the vehicle off from , it was "Absolute Power."
Way to go Jeremy, you are a true "Super hero!"
Do have a story about a child that you consider a "Super hero?" I would love to hear it.


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Where are the children? (Adverb)a) The children are with me. (SVAs ?)
What is Norma? (Adjective)b) Norma was in good health. (SVAs or SVCs ?)
How is Norma? (Adverb)
What is he? (Adjective)c) He is without a job. (SVAs or SVCs ?)
How is he (situated)? (Adverb)
What are you? (Adjective)d) I am in a bad mood. (SVCs ?)
How are you? (Adverb)
Where are you? (Adverb)e) I am in the classroom. (SVAs ?)
off cigarettes (Object Complement modifying "her children")f) She managed to keep her children off cigarettes (SVOdAo ?)
Both are acceptable. In academics: adjectival/adverbial phrase.Originally Posted by hela
Form: so (adverb) expensive (adjective)a) This book is so expensive. (is it an adverb or an adjective phrase)
Function: so expensive: What is it? (Adjective phrase)
Form: prepositional phrase.b) The meeting is at 2.30. (is it an adjective or adverb phrase ?)
Function: When is the meeting? (Adverb phrase)
Form: prepositional phrasec) The dog smelled hungrily at the package. (adjective, adverb or nominal phrase ?)
Function: Where did the dog smell? (Adverb phrase)
Note that, if it were an adjective, it would tell us more about the dog, and if it were a noun/predicate nominal it would rename the subject (The dog).
Form: Prepositional phrased) I am in a bad mood. (is it a prepositional or an adjective phrase ?)
Function: What are you? (Adjective phrase)
How are you? (Adverb phrase)
Her children are off cigarettes.e) She managed to keep her children off cigarettes. (prepositional phrase ?)
Prepositional phrase in form and adjective phrase in function. 'off cigarettes' tells us more about the subject. It neither renames the subject or tells us where the subject is located in space or time.
Hopefully someone else will answer the rest. :wink:
All the best, :D
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Surprise! You can't stop the flow of media piracy with every-more-draconian measures. This stunning conclusion was recently published last week by the Social Science Research Council, as a report called "Media Piracy in Emerging Economies". The study focused on emerging economies, where media piracy is rampant, like Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. The report argues that efforts to enforce copyright law have largely failed, and that the problem of piracy is better conceived as a failure of affordable access to media in legal markets. Of course, without the state-granted monopoly on copyright, the media commodities being traded on the black market would quickly find the price the market is willing to pay.
What did 35 researchers discover after 3 years of studying the problem? Their answers could have been lifted from an Austrian Scholars Conference (maybe they pirated them…)
The major findings in the report:
- Prices are too high. High prices for media goods, low incomes, and cheap digital technologies are the main ingredients of global media piracy. Relative to local incomes in Brazil, Russia, or South Africa, the retail price of a CD, DVD, or copy of MS Office is five to ten times higher than in the US or Europe. Legal media markets are correspondingly tiny and underdeveloped.
- Competition is good. The chief predictor of low prices in legal media markets is the presence of strong domestic companies that compete for local audiences and consumers. In the developing world, where global film, music, and software companies dominate the market, such conditions are largely absent.
- Antipiracy education has failed. The authors find no significant stigma attached to piracy in any of the countries examined. Rather, piracy is part of the daily media practices of large and growing portions of the population.
- Changing the law is easy. Changing the practice is hard. Industry lobbies have been very successful at changing laws to criminalize these practices, but largely unsuccessful at getting governments to apply them. There is, the authors argue, no realistic way to reconcile mass enforcement and due process, especially in countries with severely overburdened legal systems.
- Criminals can't compete with free. The study finds no systematic links between media piracy and organized crime or terrorism in any of the countries examined. Today, commercial pirates and transnational smugglers face the same dilemma as the legal industry: how to compete with free.
- Enforcement hasn't worked. After a decade of ramped up enforcement, the authors can find no impact on the overall supply of pirated goods.
Ironically, the report itself is distributed under a Consumer's Dilemma license, which "shifts the developing-world consumer's dilemma onto other geographies and income brackets." So if you live in a rich country, you pay more, and if you are unfortunate enough to be in the business of enforcing copyrights on media, your price is a cool $2,000. The warning at the bottom of the page reads:
Non-compliance with this license (or with appropriate fair use/fair dealing exceptions and limitations) is an act of piracy, subject to prosecution under applicable national law. For US residents, this includes criminal prosecution under the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act, punishable by up to three years in prison (for a first offense) and $250,000 in fines per act of infringement.
For those who must have it for free anyway, you probably know where to look.
Today CNET published this timely gem, White House wants new copyright law crackdown. It seems the Feds are concerned about falling behind, and they want to get in on this new-fangled "streaming" thingy:
The White House today proposed sweeping revisions to U.S. copyright law, including making "illegal streaming" of audio or video a federal felony and allowing FBI agents to wiretap suspected infringers.In a 20-page white paper (PDF), the Obama administration called on the U.S. Congress to fix "deficiencies that could hinder enforcement" of intellectual property laws.
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Kamiak defeats Edmonds-Woodway 5-2 | Boys prep tennis
The Kamiak boys tennis team earned a league win over Edmonds-Woodway on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The final score was 5-2 for the Knights.
In the singles competition, Jimmy Hua beat Max Teer 6-0, 6-0, while Joseph Lee beat Brandon Chen 6-1, 6-4. Grayson Turley of Edmonds-Woodway beat Daniel Chung 6-2, 6-0, and Edmonds-Woodway's Arun Kalokhe beat Janson Garside 6-7 (4-7) 6-4, 6-1.
In the doubles matches, Kamiak's Dominic Lee and Garrett Peterson beat Riley O'Brien and Chase Holmes 6-3, 6-0, while Brian Moon and Lan Kim of Kamiak beat Conner Santel and Kit Teer 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Ben Lee and Oliver Collins won the final match of the afternoon for the Knights by beating Evan Lester and Quinn Walekr 6-0, 6-3.
Kamiak is 8-1 in league matches and 9-1 overall this season, while Edmonds-Woodway is 7-4 in league and 7-5 overall.
The Warriors will play at Jackson on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 3:30 p.m. and will travel to Cascade on Monday, Oct. 14.
Kamiak will play at Lynnwood on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 3:30 p.m. and will host Arlington on Friday, Oct. 11.
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I'm a pretty standard 30's guy who can follow a recipe. I would really like to start cooking Japanese food as well as making bento boxes. The bento box books that I've seen are look pretty complete as far as making a complete meal. It would be great if there were similar resources for making breakfast and dinner meals. I'm trying to make the distinction of cooking a dish from a recipe and putting together a meal. I can follow a recipe, but I break down when trying to combine things. So if you have any good recommendations on books or threads about putting together meals I would appreciate it.
Goodness. That reminds me of me 35 years ago trying to get the potatoes and the green veges and the meat to be all ready at the same time!
I think I'd start by only making one "recipe" per meal. I'm taking it that you do know what a balanced meal consists of, and you just need to work out the practicalities? Start with meals that have a salad or other raw or cold vegetable as one component. You can make that in advance and it doesn't matter when you eat it. Then perhaps as another component something that requires long cooking and little attention - rice in a rice cooker perhaps. Then you can give your entire concentration to the "recipe" part of the meal.
This applies to all types of cooking, not just Japanese. You can't just leap in and cook three or four complicated dishes at once. You need to get a bit of practice, it's a bit like driving a car, a lot of it gets to be second nature after a decent amount of practice.
A western version of this might be to put a casserole in the oven or slow cooker and forget about it while you make a fiddly vegetable dish.
If you want to know what sort of dishes to combine to make a meal, I'm afraid I can't help you - I'm very much of the "eat something with all major food groups and tastes good to you" school of meal assembler.
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In your post you mention that you want to start preparing (non-bento) Japanese meals. I presume this is for yourself.
I don't know if this will reassure you or not, but I also find this to be very hard to manage when using a 'typical' Japanese kitchen. Space can be really limited with few cooking or preparation surfaces so getting everything ready together would be a huge challenge (and not one I can easily master).
Thankfully, unlike with Western dinners, there isn't the expectation to bring food out all at the same temperature. Quite a few of the vegetable dishes are served tepid or cold. Maki describes this very well here: http://justhungry.com/2006/08/the_anatomy_of_a_japanese_meal.html
As you know, rice (generally) forms the central focus of the meal. Even if you don't have a rice cooker, you can make this first and leave it for anything between 10 minutes and 30 minutes (or longer) whilst you concentrate on the rest of the meal. The great part about 'okazu' dishes is that so many of them can be prepared in advance with many of them lasting for several days in the refrigerator.
In effect, cooking a meal can be as simple as getting the rice ready and preparing one main dish from a recipe. Then you go into the fridge and pick out one or two okazu options (you can always blitz these in the microwave if you want them hot).
There's not that many books in English using 'Western-friendly' ingredients that are better than Maki's sites. Here are some example okazu dishes that should last for 2 (perhaps even 3) days in the fridge
http://www.justhungry.com/asparagus-black-sesame-sauce-asparagasu-no-gom... (which can be made with green beans instead)
Any salad dish would work well too, and the okazu don't have to be Japanese either. You might find that a portion of antipasto from a local deli, or a Korean side dish (eg kimchi, seasoned beansprouts, kosari fernbrake) will work just as well. Any single person in Japan may well grab a couple of prepared vegetable okazu dishes from a local deli to supplement their meals finding it just as hard to get everything prepared as you do.
And there are tsukemono which gets translated as "pickles" but are often only lightly preserved. The great thing about these is that they will last that bit longer in the refrigerator. Maki also has published a few recipes, but she also recommends this book (which I think is wonderful!)
Many of these will work as okazu dishes also.
Miso soup can be extremely easy if you're prepared to 'cheat'. There are varieties of miso that can be purchased which already incorporate the 'dashi' broth. To make a bowl of this you only need to spoon some into a bowl, pour on some hot water and stir. To this you can add a sprinkle of dried wakame and some dried tofu pieces. It's as simple as making tea. There's also 'hondashi' in powder or liquid form - this is dashi concentrate you can make for yourself separately and you just add the regular miso of your choice to this. So the soup element of a Japanese meal can be very simple to prepare.
Naturally, you could stick to dishes that incorporate all the elements of a meal. During the summer I'd recommend Hiyashi Chuka http://www.justhungry.com/2006/07/hiyashi_chuuka.html which you can load up with as much protein and salad/vegetable items as you want.
For winter, the obvious example might be nabe http://www.justhungry.com/tori-nabe-japanese-chicken-and-vegetable-table...
And breakfast can be a miniature version of a Japanese dinner.
The classic simple and cheap breakfast would be a portion of natto (there's often a selection of condiments that are packed with it) whisked up with hot rice. But this isn't to everybody's taste.
For myself, a Japanese breakfast is more likely to consist of something like these salmon flakes
a very lightly poached egg beaten into a portion of rice and any tsukemono or vegetable okazu dish that's left over from the day before.
And miso soup.
Apart from the rice (and egg), it's more a question of assembling food together than actually cooking it. When I'm absolutely certain of an egg's freshness I don't even poach it, just whisk it in thoroughly with piping hot rice.
For cooking Western-style meals, I usually divide the meal into 3 parts: protein (usually meat), starch/carbs, and vegetables. My recommendations:
1. Cook a one-pot meal with all of these ingredients. Many stews are like this. Many curries call for meat and veg cooked together with rice on the side, so that's only 2 components to plan.
2. Cook with a timer. For example, baked chicken with plain rice and steamed broccoli. Chicken breasts take about 35 minutes to bake when I make them. Set the timer when the chicken goes in the oven. Once it's in, begin on the rice. About 5 minutes before the timer is finished, steam the broccoli (I use microwave). With a rough idea how many minutes each dishtakes to cook, going from long to short assures everything is done on time. It helps to do all the chopping/peeling or measuring of spices before the timer goes on.
3. Keep a record of dishes that taste good with many main courses. For example, mashed potatoes or canned vegetables can accompany many Western foods, rice can go with many Asian foods, and steamed broccoli with salt/pepper/oil can go with just about anything. That way, all you have to plan is a main course, and you can easily pull in two "goes with anything" sides.
Many cookbooks have full, detailed recipes for main courses, vegetables, and other sides. I would not recommend planning an entire meal with these. Choose a main course with simple side dishes, then trying more complicated side dishes along with a simple main course.
I hope that I answered the question properly. I find it easiest to work with 3 meal components for everyday cooking. Practice is the best for making sure everything is done on time. Most cookbooks will also recommend side dishes for a main course. Or, for ethnic foods, the introduction may list simple sides that can go with any main course.
Thanks for the good ideas. I currently cook Western style with a protein, starch, and vegetable dishes. My biggest problem is coming up with variety and combinations that work well. A lot of the Japanese food that I've had a restaurants seem to be almost one dish with a few small sides. So I am looking to see which ones fit together best.
I realize this is a great site (thanks for all the links!), I just work better flipping through cookbooks and picking out recipes that appeal to me visually. Maybe I'll have to take a look at the flickr pool and pick out some things that look good.
That is true ForceFeed...many food blogs, mine included, don't really talk about meal combinations much. Maybe we should! As far as Japanese meals go, the format you have seen at restaurants, with one or two main dishes and little side dishes, is the way it's usually done, even at home. The general idea is to try to balance flavors and textures - so for instance if you have a meaty main dish, you might balance that with a refreshing vegetable dish, or something a bit sweet (e.g. cooked beans) and so on. And miso or clear soup is usually served at every meal. And rice too of course! I should do more suggest meal combos on Just Hungry...thanks for reminding me to do so!
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Thanks for the great site. My biggest problem with it is trying to figure out how and what to search for. I think that is why I like cookbooks so much. I don't have to know what I'm searching for in particular, I can just flip through it until something catches my eye. There is so much information here I'm a bit overwhelmed.
I don't have great taste buds and have a hard time of knowing intuitively what mixes well together. Hopefully from practice I can get better.
I think the most helpful thing for having some variety is making a batch of something new every day or two, what I make usually varies based on season.
In the warmer months I will make different salads, making a new one pretty much everyday so after a couple of days I have 2 or three salads (just replacing one with another when I finish it). I also keep fruit cut up for snack, desserts or filler for meals. In the cooler months I make a lot of soup and stew, which again I rotate. Plus I also make sure the fridge is stocked with vegetable dished that I can reheat from the fridge.
In addition to making sure I have a constant supply of easy sides, I usually make one big dish of something as a main course, usually a protein and a carb (or a combination of the two).
I found that having a few different things all ready cooked works really, then you can just pick from what you feel like and you don't get stuck eating the same one dish meal after meal. Starting from scratch for every meal, just seems like too much especially when we all have our off days when you just want to nuke something and sit down.
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On the thread corrosion topic, I would like to note that there will always be corrosion when two dissimilar metals are put together then immersed in saltwater. Every aluminum housing I have ever owned (including most major brands) has had handles and other attachments secured with stainless steel screws, and all of these have shown a tendency to corrode and either disintegrate or weld themselves together over time, in spite of meticulous rinsing and soaking. I have not tried the teflon paste, but I have used a product called Lanicote for years with great success. The trick is to disassemble the housing parts and coat all the threads with whatever type of grease you choose before ever taking the housing into the water. This begs the obvious question: why can't the manufacturers do this? For whatever reason, they don't, and you should. The only other way out is to go with Ikelite, or other non-metal housing.
All the connecting holes in Subal housings are not directly threaded. The holes for the handles, tripods and top mount are filled with Helicoil systems (a self thread made in aluminium filled into the hole by the Helicoil technology). This way a stainlees steel screew does not get directly into contact with the aluminium housing and will not corrode. Just a little example of the quality in technology of a Subal housing. Can't really say anything about the Nauticam, except that when I checked the current Nauticam D4 against the one from Subal in a recent dive fair, I felt that the Nauticam was more bulky and less ergonomically than the new ND4. But cerntainly just a personal impression on a high level of both housings.
And the inmprovements Subal made over the last few housings are really impressive, as Alex already mentioned. In addition, if using all ports and extension rings with latest type 4 style, then also a full port lock of port and extension ring is available (not in my case since I am still using type 3 ports and extension rings on the type 4 housing,connecting both port adapters). I also noticed recently when testing the leak warning that sound and sight is now effective (a sound beep in former N3 housing was not given, I believe). So for me a change in brands was never a question.


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Jan. 3, 2008
After a missed three point shot by Michael Lusk and an offensive rebound by Jason Hopkins, Eddie Ard found the ball in his hands with one second left in regulation. The Bisons needed a three to stay alive, and the senior delivered as the final horn sounded to force overtime. The Bisons would capitalize on the extra five minute period to cap off an 86-79 win over the Fighting Camels from Campbell University.
Ard had a career high 35 points to go along with 10 rebounds. Lipscomb improves to 7-8 on the year and 1-0 in the conference. Campbell is now 4-8 overall and 0-1 in the conference.
"We needed every one of his (Ard) buckets that he got," said head coach Scott Sanderson. "He played awful good."
The Bisons took control of the game early on with a three pointer by Ard at the 19:43 mark of the first half. Lipscomb's biggest lead in the half was 32-22 with 3:30 left to play. However, the Fighting Camels would live up to their name and fight back with a 12-3 run to end the half. Lipscomb held on to a 35-34 lead going into the locker room for halftime.
The Bisons shot 39 percent from the field and 6-15 from downtown (40%). Lipscomb out-rebounded the Fighting Camels 23-17 in the first half. Ard led all scorers at half time with 17. Jonathan Rodriguez, the Atlantic Sun's leading scorer and rebounder, was held to 9 first half points and only 3 rebounds.
Campbell started the second half much like they finished the first half. They opened up with a 7-0 run to extend their 12-3 first half run out to a 19-3 run. The Fighting Camels took their first lead of the game at the 18:49 mark of the second half. Their biggest lead of the game was 64-51 which came at the 7:49 mark on a Jake Wohlfeil three pointer. Rodriguez led the Camels with 26 points and 7 rebounds.
The Bisons then went on a 21-8 run to end regulation and send the game to overtime. Lipscomb used their momentum to extend their run to 35-15 and secure a victory in Carter Gym at Campbell University 86-79.
"Any road win in the league is a good quality win," said Sanderson. "In the last eight minutes we were down ten or twelve points, and we dug our heels in. We got a couple of stops. It was 68-60 with like 4:47 left to go, and Josh makes two free throws and cuts it to six. We got a couple of big stops. That was a big win for us on the road."
Three Bisons scored in double figures to help secure Thursday night's victory. LaKory Daniels had 17 points and was 5-10 from the three point line. Brandon Brown scored 18 points as well as pulling down 8 rebounds. Ard had his first double-double of the season. He pulled down 10 rebounds to go along with his career high 35 points.
The Bisons came into this game second behind Campbell in both rebounding and rebounding margin. However, the Bisons out-rebounded the Fighting Camels 47-41. Hopkins led all rebounders with 12 rebounds.
The Bisons were 27-73 from the field (37%). They were also 12-32 from behind the three point line (38%). Lipscomb shot 20-26 from behind the charity stripe (77%).
Lipscomb's next action comes on Saturday night when they take on conference foe Gardner Webb at 7:15 CST. Coverage of the game can be heard on 900 AM beginning at 7:00 CST.


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Come make Pinot's Palette your Happy Place!
Just drop in to do one of our 50 self-guided paintings, create your own masterpiece, bring in a painting you did in one of our classes to touch it up or make some modifications, or just take a tour and enjoy a drink from our bar! If you would like to create a masterpiece, please allow 1-2 hours to complete (start no later than 4pm). No registration is necessary for Open Studio Happy Hour. Children welcome. This is self-guided open studio time - Artists are available to assist you, although no formal instruction is provided.
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