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Thanks for all the replies, I'll upgrade couch and erlang to the latest and retest. Yes, this is a single time import, but 70 millions records at 50 - 60 writes a second doesn't mean a day, it means 2 weeks or more. I don't mind throwing extra hardware at the problem, but I just want to make sure I'm throwing extra hardware in the right place and using existing hardware as best as I can. If writes to all DBs are serialized in a single thread, then if I partition the data into two DBs and fire up two copies of couch, I should be able to make use of another processor on the same machine? I'll test this tomorrow along with the newer versions. Thanks, Josh Paul Davis wrote: > Erlang 5.5.5 is borked. 5.6.x should be ok. > > Also, yes, writes to the database are serialized in a single thread. > For reference, when storing data, are you using the _bulk_docs > interface? > > Also, in trunk the fsync calls are turned off by default now so you > should notice more speedup there. > > Also, if these are archived records, wouldn't this be a single time > cost? Faster is always better, but if it takes a day, is that a big > deal? > > HTH > Paul > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Josh Bryan <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > >> Chris Anderson wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Josh Bryan <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am looking into CouchDB as a solution to store a bunch (approx 70 >>>> million) archived documents. While planning for the import process, I >>>> did some benchmarking to figure out how long the import will take. I >>>> get about 50-70 inserts per second on average. However, when I looked >>>> for the bottleneck, I couldn't figure it out. I am connected to the >>>> database via a fast lan and can verify that the network is not >>>> saturated. I can also verify that disk IO is not saturated. The only >>>> clue is that of the 4 cpus on the server, it seems that only one is >>>> getting fully loaded. Also, of the 5 erlang processes I can see >>>> running, only one of them seems to be getting most of the cpu time. I >>>> know that erlang is built with smp enabled, so if it is cpu bound, why >>>> can't it make use of the other 3 processors? >>>> >>>> I thought that perhaps there was some internal write lock issue per >>>> database that allowed only one thread to write to a db at a time, so I >>>> tried running the benchmarks while hitting multiple databases, but still >>>> got the same write rate across the databases. Is there some globally >>>> shared resource in couchdb that limits all writes to a single thread? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Josh >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Before we can help you diagnose the performance you're seeing, could >>> you tell us the version of CouchDB and the version of Erlang that you >>> are using? It wouldn't hurt to describe the hardware in more detail >>> either. >>> >>> >>> >> I am seeing similar results on two systems. >> >> System 1: >> Quad core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5160 @ 3.00GHz >> 2 GB ram >> Linux 2.6.18-4 -- Debian Lenny >> Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.6.3 [source] [64-bit] [smp:4] >> [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:false] >> couchdb - Apache CouchDB 0.8.0-incubating >> >> System 2: >> Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz >> 3 GB ram >> Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.5.5 [source] [async-threads:0] >> [kernel-poll:false] >> couchdb - Apache CouchDB 0.9.0a724455-incubating >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >>
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'A Wild Thematic Rant' would probably do in a pinch, but I'm eager to see what others (who have had more sleep) come up with.
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Delta V wrote on 24 Jun 2012 07:40
So, we need a good backronym for AWTR - unless, of course, y'all think we should stick with "All Were Thematically Revolting" even once shorn of its original context…
Very interested to see where this goes. Any suggestions for how to accomplish the data archival? Might be simplest (though tiresome in some ways) to have the members port their own materials over from the thread.
That's sort of what I had in mind. If you want to do so, make pages in the wiki area for now - I still have to fiddle with a few things on the Wikidot side to get a good spot for such things (and a proper front page, too).
In the meantime, if there's any of my stuff that anyone thinks is worth keeping, feel free to port it on my behalf. There's a few things I've written which I want to keep, but I want to get this site up to par first.
I actually kind of like the idea of keeping the "All Were Thematically Revolting" tagline, to highlight our discussions with an accent of wry, faintly exasperated humor and subtle sarcasm in the spirit of Mark Twain or Edwin Newman. We would have to be constantly on our guard not to drift into pretentiousness, however.
I also agree.
It not only speaks to our explorations regarding themes in stories, as well as their adequate representation in said stories, but 'revolting' also implies 'revolution', or change. Thus, it's like saying that we're also advocating for a storytelling revolution of sorts, where themes, plots and characters are consistently well-represented and adhered to in any body of work.
Thus, while we're studying the thematically revolting nature of many stories, we're also building a compendium of reasons for the revolution, and evolution, of storytelling as a medium.
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People have been talking about trusting our "gut instincts" since the beginning of time and it has always meant that humans should trust that instinctual part of them that tells them if something is right or wrong. This old adage hasn't really been backed by science, but researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles have found new meaning for the term by finding a link between the microbes in our intestines and the way our brains are formed and how they function.
Scientists at the university looked at 40 different women and performed two tests, one involving their fecal matter and the other using a magnetic resonance imagine (MRI) scanner. When inside the MRI scanner, the women were shown various images of individuals, environments, situations or objects that were designed to evoke emotional responses.
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Of the 40 women tested, 33 of them had more of the bacterium called Bacterioids, so they were grouped together in the first primary group. The remaining 7 women had more of the Prevotella bacteria. The Bacterioids group showed that they had greater thickness of the gray matter found in the frontal cortex and insula, which are regions involved in complex processing of information. This group also had larger volumes of the hippocampus, which is involved in memory processing. These women were less likely to experience negative emotions when shown negative images.
By contrast, the Prevotella group had very different results. These women displayed more connections between emotional, attentional, and sensory brain regions and lower brain volumes in several regions, like the hippocampus. This group's hippocampus was less active than the other group's while viewing negative images and they exhibited higher levels of negative feelings related to anxiety, distress, and irritability than the Bacterioids group did.
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"Reduced hippocampal engagement to negative imagery may be associated with increased emotional arousal," the authors concluded in their paper.This study, though only the first piece of a very complex puzzle, supports what has been found in mice and even monkeys since the 1900s. Early scientists used to prescribe dairy products in order to change the bacterial ecology of a person experiencing depression, fatigue, and neuroses.
While some critics point out that it's likely that a patient's brain is what produced certain microbes in the gut, recent research has shown that this may not be true. In a study conducted on mice, the mice were fed broth infused with Lactobacillus rhamnosus, a common bacterium that is found in humans and also used to ferment milk into probiotic yogurt for several weeks. This type of bacteria is known to release immense quantities of GABA, which calms nervous activity and is targeted by high-profile anti-anxiety drugs like Xanax and Valium. After being fed this concoction, the mice were thrown into a forced-swim test in which they swam longer and experienced shorter periods of despair, showing that they were less inclined to experience depression and hopelessness. The fact that the mice reacted this way after being fed the bacteria may prove that the microbes affect brain activity, not the other way around.
While the most recent study involving the women is just the beginning of many studies to come, it did yield interesting results that are likely to further this field of study and could be the precursor to exciting things, like bacterium transplants rather than intensive psychotherapy treatments. The fact that such a link between seemingly unconnected organisms exists is reason enough to encourage further research.


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Let's start with this quote from Michael Scott-Joynt, the Anglican Bishop of Winchester, reporting to his diocese on the recently-ended Lambeth Conference:
In the UK, too, today the "orthodox" often face mockery, and charges of "bigotry", for their convictions (as I know well)!
See, it's not that he's a bigot, it's that he has "convictions."
Uh-huh. Okay, dude, whatever.
His report is actually kind of funny; he spends a whole paragraph detailing, ain't-it-awful style, the LGBT presence at this international convention, where Gay people were much talked about but seldom spoken with. You'll find that we were "well-organized and well-funded," that we "colored the environment," that we published a daily newspaper and put it in "strategic" spots and even made it look like it was real! Egads, the sky is falling:
For many of us, and perhaps especially for many Bishops from the developing world, these impressions were exacerbated by the extent to which the physical environment of the Conference was strongly coloured by the well-organised and well–funded activities of groups and individuals lobbying against the Communion's [anti-Gay] teaching expressed in Resolution 1.10 of the 1998 Lambeth Conference, and for that publicly advocated by The Episcopal Church and those who think like it. Around a third of the stalls in the "Market-place" were taken by those lobbying for change in the Communion's teaching; Bishop Gene Robinson was quite often around the campus and extensively "hyped" by the British media; and news-stands at strategic points around the site offered copies of a near-daily news-sheet, The Lambeth Witness, sponsored by InclusiveChurch and providing its "take" on events and people, while looking as if it might be an official organ of the Conference!
Take a nerve pill, Michael. If we'd been disorganized and underfunded, you'd have made fun of us for that. Enough with the paranoia already, we've been organizing since 1969 and we've learned a little about how to do it.
The fact that this was a religious conference meant it was heavy on the Scripture-parsing; that was inevitable, it was even a good thing. If it had been a mere Bigot Convention, the same thing would have happened; bigots have always loved pointing to holy writings to justify their prejudices.
They also hate to be called homophobic. A few now reply, "I'm not afraid of Gay people, some of my best friends, etc." Then they proceed to tell us the usual litany of why being Gay is lonely and unfulfilling, Gay sex is dangerous and Gay marriage will ruin civilization.
To us it sounds absurd—but it's not the words they say that matter, it's their unspoken but very real agenda: They have put in place a Total Superiority System of legal, cultural, political and economic advantages for themselves, then overlaid it with morality to hide what they've done.
They are bigots because they believe in Heterosexual Superiority, though there's only one thing they're better at than we are. (Want to end global warming? Control the birth rate. Out-of-control Straight people are killing the planet. By 2050, population experts say, Earth will be home to an extra two billion people—which is like adding another India and another China. They'll all want electricity, they'll all want cars, they'll all want central heat and air conditioning.
(No wonder God loves Gay people and keeps making more of us.)
This Heterosexual Superiority System is designed to make Gay people subsidize Straight folks, just as under apartheid, Black and "Colored" people were made to pay for Whites.
Apartheid is the most instructive example we have of a Total Superiority System, because under apartheid, all the rules were written down and we still have most of the records. Two examples:
• Under apartheid, Black people were taxed on incomes starting at $65 a month, while Whites weren't taxed until they made twice that much.
• Under apartheid, White schools were given $900 a year per pupil, while Black schools received $100.
Apartheid controlled every aspect of human life: where you could live, where you could travel, how much education you could get, what kind of job you could do, whom you could hire, whom you could marry, what language you could speak, and how you got treated if you got sick or broke the law.
And they called this a "policy of good neighbourliness"!
It was all about the money; God put Black people in Africa to make money for White people.
These policies were generally supported by Ronald Reagan in the United States and Margaret Thatcher in Britain.
So what parallels do we draw?
• A heterosexually married American whose spouse does not work gets a tax break over a homosexually married American whose spouse does not work.
• The heterosexual spouse is entitled to Social Security. The homosexual spouse is not.
• The heterosexual spouse receives over 1000 automatic rights in all 50 states. The homosexual spouse isn't entitled to a one of them in 48 states, and what rights the homosexual spouse does receive stop at the state line. It's just a fact.
No one discriminates against heterosexuals in employment, housing or public accomodations; LGBs and especially Ts get discriminated against every damn day. This is considered right and just in the USA, the self-proclaimed "greatest nation in the world."
No one kills a Straight guy for "making a pass at me," but Gay guys get killed for the same thing every day.
No one bombs a Straight bar because there are Straight people in it, but Gay and Lesbian bars do get targeted and attacked. Remember Atlanta and Eric Rudolph?
The Bishop of Winchester, the campaigner for Heterosexual Superiority, moves about with the greatest of ease, while Gene Robinson, the lawfully elected Bishop of New Hampshire, has to hire bodyguards and wear a bulletproof vest under his cassock—to attend the Lambeth Conference!
He may have been much discussed in the British press (jealous, Michael?), but considering he's the alleged cause of Scott-Joynt's overhyped schism, who can be surprised?
At the present time, one man on earth should be looked at and listened to for moral guidance on the issue of Gay rights—and he's not Gay, but a faithfully married man and father. Here's what he says on all this:
May I wholly inadequately apologize to my sisters and brothers who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered for the cruelty and injustice that you have suffered and continue to suffer at the hands of us, your fellow Anglicans; I am sorry. Forgive us for all the pain we have caused you and which we continue to inflict on you.
(From the Foreword to In the Eye of the Storm.)
That one man on earth, who knows more about this than anyone, is the Anglican Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, former chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Desmond Tutu.
He knows all there is to know about Total Superiority Systems. They can't be reformed, they must be destroyed. And no, the entire edifice of Western Civilization does not rest on that pillar, but upon many pillars, including all the accumulated wealth of White people enriched by generations of Black and Brown laborers. The Anglican Communion can keep blessing this system if it wants to, but the Episcopal Church is now post-Anglican. Thank God for that.++
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This comes from The Washington Post site: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012103180.html
Wife says Polanski is 'marvelous' husband
By ELAINE GANLEY - The Associated Press
Thursday, January 21, 2010; 4:42 PM
PARIS -- Film director Roman Polanski's wife said she "understands perfectly" that women have been shocked by the 32-year-old sex case revived by her husband's sudden arrest in Switzerland.
But she added in an interview with Elle magazine appearing Friday that in the 1970s, when the crime occurred, society viewed sex and drugs in a different light.
"My personal truth is that Roman is a marvelous husband and man," said actress Emmanuelle Seigner, 43. "He is an impeccable man and I have nothing to reproach him for."
The 76-year-old Polanski, who has two young children, is fighting extradition to the United States. The director was initially accused of raping a 13-year-old girl after plying her with champagne and a Quaalude pill during a 1977 modeling shoot. He pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse, then fled to France on the eve of sentencing in 1978.
"My husband never believed he was above the law. The proof is that he pleaded guilty...," she said.
Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on his way to a film festival in September. He was jailed for more than 60 days before being placed under house arrest Dec. 4 in Gstaad, Switzerland.
The woman who was the child victim at the time, Samantha Geimer, is supporting a motion by Polanski's lawyers urging that the director be sentenced to time served then - 42 days in a California prison for psychiatric evaluation.
Geimer's attorney, Lawrence Silver, faxed that position to other lawyers Wednesday, asking that Polanski be sentenced in absentia.
The director's wife said the 1970s were a "crazy time."
"The relationship to drugs wasn't the same, the relationship to sexual liberty and permissiveness neither," she said. "Today, public opinion has considerably evolved on the subjects."
Seigner described her personal horror after her husband's arrest.
She said she has had the impression of "falling into a well like Alice in Alice in Wonderland," and that each day the fall has been "slow and regular ... and this long fall won't stop."
Switzerland has not yet decided whether to honor the extradition request.
More of that interview is here: http://www.theage.com.au/world/polanskis-wife-defends-him-over-sex-charges-20100122-mooo.html
Here is what Samantha Geimer is saying and wanting to do with the case now:
Here is what the prosecutors had to say about the above:
Polanski being compared to German Officers/Nazis?
I found this strange conversation that apparently appeared on the radio not too long ago (link: http://sweetperdition.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/awn-2009-year-in-review/) :
Sharon daVanport: I'll tell you something that really caught my attention; I think it's pretty controversial: Roman Polanski. He's probably most famously known as Sharon Tate's husband—Sharon Tate was one of the victims in the Manson murders. He's been a fugitive for 30 years. They've been pretty split in Hollywood; he's got a lot of pretty big Hollywood stars who have backed him, and said that they should just drop these charges.
He actually was charged with statutory rape, I guess in Los Angeles. He's been on the lam for 30 years and was finally caught, and some people are protesting and saying: "Oh, they should drop the charges" just because it's been 30 years. If he wasn't Roman Polanski, would people be doing that? He had sex with a 13 year old: I don't think so. Hello?
Tricia Kenney: It's the same thing with those German officers. I don't care how many years have gone by, and how old you are now. What you did was still wrong and you still should be held accountable for that.
Sharon daVanport: Right. And I was really surprised at some of the people in Hollywood who were saying: "We need to just drop these charges." They're trying to say that even the victim says she just wants to move on. Well, a lot of victims do. They just want it to be done with it; but it's not up to them. It's the law, and I think that he should be prosecuted. I really do.
Sorry but comparing Polanski to german officers or Nazis??? I think that's pushing the envelope a bit much (and I'm being sarcastic here), don't you?
And saying that the victim's voice means nothing???
If it hasn't been bad enough that most of these people do not actually know the details of the case, now we hear this???
Here's to hoping that the Geimer and Polanski will have the upper hand!
I reported on Dennis Hopper the other day. I still do not know if Sharon and Roman knew him but here is the latest on him:
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Emmanuelle Seigner Defends Husband, Samantha Geimer Takes New Position in Case, Polanski Being Compared to Nazis??? and More
Posted by LovinSharonTate at 4:48 PM
Labels: Alice in Wonderland, Dennis Hopper, Elle Magazine, Emmanuelle Seigner, Lawrence Silver, Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer, sharon tate
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- AnonymousJanuary 21, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Wouldn't it be something if Doris Tates hard work in establishing California's Victims Bill of Rights(1982)pays off in helping Roman? That would be cool.ReplyDelete
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- The FocusCube is a standalone device and includes controller functionality via software. No physical hand controller is included nor is it necessary. However, Pegasus Astro now offers an optional external hand controller (sold separately) for those who want that convenience.
- DO NOT connect it with the Dual Motor Focus Controller or any other controller on the market. The RJ45 port on the left is only for external accessories and the temperature probe at this time.
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Focus your telescope quickly, reliably, and accurately by using the "FocusCube" from Pegasus Astro.
The evolution of technology in astronomy requires a system which will assist the focusing of the telescope with great accuracy. Fast optics and modern camera devices require automatic focusing in every small period of time as temperature can affect focal length and modify the optimal focus position. The Pegasus FocusCube has been developed to meet these requirements.
Designed in high quality with modern electronics, it can provide digital precise focus control from a PC.
FocusCube includes a stepper motor for absolute position focusing. Electronics and stepper motor are enclosed in a compact sized box.
Do not be fooled by its size! This device can easily lift more than 4kg (approx. 8.8 lbs) of imaging equipment when the telescope points to the zenith!
This stepper motor is a high resolution geared stepper motor (Step Angle 7.5, Deg 120, Gear Ration 1:120). Its gearbox has very low backlash and high torque suitable to focus in micron scale!
You only need this device to focus! Attach the FocusCube to your refractor / reflector / SCT telescope, plug the power and a USB cable, download ASCOM drivers or standalone software and you are ready to go!
Two Bracket Versions
You can select the "Universal" bracket version (sold separately) which fits many focusers on the market, or Celestron SCT Bracket versions, that are available in two sizes (this item - for smaller SCTs).
Temperature Probe
An external digital temperature sensor input is located near the motor connector. A digital probe of one (1) meter length is supplied. The probe can be placed near the focuser so the exact temperature of the focuser / environment can be seen through the supplied software or ASCOM driver (probe always included in package).
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FocusCube includes an expansion RJ45 port on the left side. Pegasus plans to offer an optional handset for manual focus control in the future for those who might want to add this functionality at extra cost.
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The controller can be operated by the standalone software (Only available for Windows).
USB cable included
A 1.8m USB Type B cable is included in the standard package.
Firmware Upgrade Support
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Better football through chemistry.
This four-word quote from North Dallas Forty says nearly all you need to know about the film. Uttered by aging, battered wide receiver Phil Elliott (Nick Nolte) as he receives a numbing injection in his knee -- thus allowing him to limp through another game -- it's one of many cynical quotes in an entirely cynical movie.
The cynicism about professional football is well deserved, at least if you believe novelist Peter Gent's take on his years as a Dallas Cowboy in the 1960s. Gent was none too charitable toward the Cowboys in his 1973 novel North Dallas Forty, on which the film is based. (Gent also co-wrote the script.) He tells a sordid tale of professional football's win-at-all-costs mentality, with greedy team owners and victory-obsessed coaches doping up players so they can play with crippling injuries. It's also a tale of brutish machismo; the players live in a testosterone-fueled, disgustingly misogynistic world where the biggest and meanest among them make the rules.
Unsurprisingly, most Cowboy fans -- ever a blindly faithful lot -- considered Gent's novel nothing short of blasphemous. The NFL was no less outraged, condemning the story as grossly exaggerated and dismissing it as little more than an act of revenge by a disgruntled former player. (If Peter Gent wanted to be a pariah, he succeeded.) Released in 1979, the film version of North Dallas Forty fanned the flames of outrage once again, despite being a somewhat sanitized and more comic version of the original story.
North Dallas Forty's plot isn't complicated. Phil Elliott and quarterback Seth Maxwell (Mac Davis) are outstanding players and longtime friends facing the reality that their careers won't last forever. (Elliott is all but done with football, relying on painkillers to function on the field and off.) The story follows them as their team, the fictional North Dallas Bulls, prepares for a pivotal game with the also fictional Chicago Marauders.
The Bulls coaches are so focused on winning that they have little sympathy for injured players. Head coach B. A. Strothers (G.D. Spradlin) demands great discipline and effort from the team, turning a blind eye as the players gobble up pain pills. Gruff assistant coach Johnson (Charles Durning) is at his angriest when the players tear ligaments or bruise a few ribs, berating them as if they've damaged team equipment. (That the players themselves are little more than equipment is North Dallas Forty's central theme.)
When not battering each other on the job, the players drink themselves silly and engage in the boorish behavior we would expect. In one classic scene, they ride down a rural road on the hood of Maxwell's car, drunkenly shooting at cows. In another, simpleminded behemoth Joe Bob Priddy (Bo Svenson) lifts a terrified woman over his head at a party, refusing to put her down and threatening anyone who tries to stop him.
Elliott also has the requisite love interest, a quiet, sophisticated woman named Charlotte Caulder (Dayle Haddon). She initially rejects Elliott as just another macho jock, but soon falls for him because he's an unexpectedly sensitive guy who shares her cynicism about football.
Not surprisingly, the much-hyped and controversial North Dallas Forty was a box-office hit; it also garnered generally positive reviews. Critics appreciated the film's unblinking eye on the ugly reality (or was it just Gent's opinion?) of professional football, its locker-room humor (often intended to mock locker-room humor), and the way it skewered the Dallas Cowboys' unique brand of phony, Jesus-infused righteousness. Nolte also was lauded for his jaded, physically and emotionally bruised, wincing portrayal of Elliott. (In this fascinating interview, Austin's Carolyn Jackson interviews Nolte about the film.)
Despite its critical success, I'm not quite so enamored of North Dallas Forty. It's predictable, unpolished and delivers its message too simplistically, and I'm not convinced it deserves its status as a classic sports film. Then again, I did enjoy Nolte's performance and the genuine chemistry between Elliott and Maxwell. Having lived in Dallas in the Seventies -- and thus witnessed first-hand the nauseating hero worship of the Dallas Cowboys -- I also appreciate the film's many dead-on jabs at America's Team. (Or was it God's Team? Supposedly, the huge hole in the roof of Texas Stadium allowed God to watch His team play.) The film is worth a look for anyone who remembers Dallas in that era -- and anyone who hated the Cowboys as much as I did.
North Dallas Forty is available on Netflix Instant and DVD. If you prefer the DVD, rent it; the disk is pricey and includes nary an extra beyond English subtitles and scene selection.
Austin/Texas connections: As Texas-centric as North Dallas Forty is, it wasn't filmed in Texas. The movie was to be shot in Houston at the Astrodome and the Houston Oilers practice field, but a few days before the start of production, the Oilers and NFL revoked their permission to use the facilities. Undaunted, the filmmakers quickly moved production to Los Angeles. (Gent blamed this last-minute snafu on the NFL's desire to bury North Dallas Forty. Read his ESPN Classic article for a very funny account of the film's production.)
While North Dallas Forty wasn't shot in the Lone Star State, several of its stars are native Texans. Mac Davis is from Lubbock, Steve Forrest (Conrad Hunter) is from Huntsville, Kevin Cooney (Pete Peterson) is from Houston, and Tony Frank (Rindquist) is from Nacogdoches. Dabney Coleman (Emmett Hunter) and Guich Koock (Eddie Rand) are from Austin. In the film's first scene, the voice on Elliott's radio is beloved Dallas DJ Ron Chapman.
Gent was not all that
The fallacy in his book (and movie) is that Pete Gent was never an "outstanding" player for the Cowboys. He was (mostly) a back-up WR who sometimes played when the guys ahead of him were injured. The movie makes it sound like Gent was Meredith's "go-to" guy. His best year was 1966 when he had 27 catches. HB Dan Reeves had 41 catches in 1966, meaning Gent was hardly the go-to guy that he would have us believe.
I don't know about their off-field friendship, but Gent joined the Cowboys in 1964 and he was gone after the '68 season. Meredith was a rookie in 1960, so they were together on the Cowboys for five years. Does that qualify as a "longtime" friendship? Not to me, but that's just my opinion.
Still, it is another example of how highly Gent viewed himself, his importance to the team and his relationship with Meredith. I can't find the quote now, but I believe Meredith once quipped that, if Gent was as good a WR as the book (or movie) paints him to be, Meredith would have thrown to him more often (or words to that effect).


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Now, consider the differences in the definition of "The Cloud". We have IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service). We have PaaS (Platform as a Service). We have SaaS (Software as a Service). All three have very different definitions of what makes it "a cloud" and there is very little consistency across those definitions. Oh, there are vague similarities: elasticity, automation, easy provisioning. But those are nebulous terms that are about as useful as slapping a "Size 8" on a pair of jeans and expecting a woman to know what that means. She doesn't, and neither does the consumer of "cloud." Dig into "cloud computing" and "intercloud" and standards efforts and you'll see this is true at the infrastructure layer, as well. The challenge of defining standards around intercloud computing and cloudbalancing and just collaboration within a single cloud computing environment is made infinitely more challenging because infrastructure Vendor X "size 8" doesn't match up with Vendor Y "size 8." Features, naming, resource models, capabilities – all different. Yet all must be able to communicate and collaborate to not only provide the basic foundation for a cloud computing environment, but to be able to migrate from one provider to another. API versus RESOURCE MODEL This is what's going to make defining standards more challenging than ever: we've got to not only standardize protocols but common industry and market definitions as well. The former will likely turn out to be much easier than the latter because it's more abstract; it's about management and control without regard to implementation. It is the resource model that will be difficult to nail down. William Vambenepe writes in Separating model from protocol in Cloud APIs: Things become a lot more sensitive when you touch the resource model, which reflects the actual capabilities of the Cloud management infrastructure. How much flexibility in the network setup? What kind of application provisioning? What affinity/anti-affinity control level? Can I get block-level storage? Etc. Having to implement the other guy's interface in these matters is not just a matter of glue code, it's a major product feature. As a result, the resource model is a much more strategic control point than the protocol. William nails the problem with his assessment of the differences between the resource model and protocols. Given his obviously intimate knowledge of web services standards and thus SOA, this is no surprise. One of the core tenets of SOA is the separation of these two very different but very vital components. The interface should be separate from the implementation. In InterCloud, we must separate resource model (data protocol implementation) from interface (command and control protocol) in order to achieve standardization. Interestingly enough at the last Infrastructure 2.0 Working Group, which is focusing on this problem, Vint Cerf mentioned out of hand that the separation of IP from routing "in the beginning" was actually accidental. If you read the IP RFC you'll note that it ends up being just a "resource model"; it describes the format of information being exchanged and mentions how packets should flow across internetworks, but it defines no API-style protocol for doing so. It offers only minimal guidance on the higher level interfaces that might be used to transmit and receive Internet Datagrams. That accidental omission turned out to be the best thing since sliced bread. Routing protocols have come and gone since then, but IP remains at the heart of the Internet. Basically we need to duplicate that, but at a higher layer in the stack. Any InterCloud protocol will almost certainly be easier to develop than the resource model. While there already exists some commonality across components and concepts in the infrastructure, still there are many more resources for which every vendor has their own definition. It is that disparity that needs to be addressed independently and codified in a common set of resource models that at the same time allows for extensibility on a per vendor basis to account for uncommon resources. This is no easy task. Consider a very simple example – persistence in load balancing solutions. Persistence is a commonly implemented feature in all load balancers that can be achieved in a number of ways. Among the most common are: source IP, destination IP, Cookie, and SSL session ID. Now take a look at the difference in definition of these - from a purely naming standpoint – between Citrix Netscaler and F5 BIG-IP: Citrix Netscaler XML API "Size 8" F5 BIG-IP iControl "Size 8" Looking at both implementations – and remember this is just naming – you'll notice that the most common methods of persistence exist in both solutions, but use very different naming conventions. Netscaler defines source IP-based persistence as "SOURCEIP" while F5 uses "PERSISTENCE_MODE_SOURCE_ADDRESS_AFFINITY"; same concept, different terminology. Once you get beyond the common methods you find even more disparity and it becomes more difficult to map between the two without a firm foundation of knowledge of both systems. For example, is the Citrix "CALLID" the same as the "PERSISTENCE_MODE_SIP" definition? Perhaps they are, perhaps they aren't. You can imagine that at the operation level, the API, the naming conventions used there are so drastically difference that attempting to map the two would drive even the most experienced integration developer a bit insane. STANDARDS TAKE TIME Just as cloud computing providers continue to roll out new services over time, behaving in a manner similar to Web 2.0 applications that never quite come out of beta, so, too, will the standards of InterCloud need to evolve. It's going to take a lot of comparisons, discussions, and mappings to figure out what is an acceptable common resource model for each infrastructure component and in the process we're going to have to abstract quite a bit. Less challenging will be the need for a common namespace for this resource model across all infrastructure components. After all, an IP address is the same whether it's used by a virtual machine, an IPS, a load balancer, or a firewall. But these are easier to discover and define than elements unique to a particular solution space and once we get the ball rolling one can hope that the momentum keeps it rolling. The Internet wasn't built in a day – really, it took the 'founding fathers' quite a bit of discussion and hard work to get the standards defined that allowed mass interoperability and collaboration. But I am willing to bet that we'll see InterCloud standards long before the fashion industry decides to standardize its sizing for women. Long before then, I'm sure. 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50 Greatest Bowlers in the History of Cricket- the Finale
So far, we have looked at 40 of the greatest bowlers this game has produced in parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this countdown. Now rounding up this mammoth list are the top ten bowling talents in the history of cricket. The ten greatest bowlers the world has seen till date- the Zen masters of the art of bowling. The ten consist of 4 Australians, 2 Caribbeans and 1 each from New Zealand, England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This means that our top 50 contains 12 bowlers each from England and Australia, 9 from West Indies, 6 from Pakistan, 4 from South Africa, 3 from India and 2 each from New Zealand and Sri Lanka. This means that Zimbabwe and Bangladesh were the only top nations to miss out. Considering there is only one bowler to have taken over 300 international wickets from the two nations, it is hardly surprising.
Of these 50, 45 are right arm bowlers and 5 are left arm. If we classify them on the basis of bowling styles, there are 32 fast bowlers, 17 spinners and surprisingly enough 1 medium pacer as well. Right arm seamers rule the roost by accounting for 30 entries, followed by right arm spinners with 15. They are joined by 3 left arm seamers and 2 left arm spinners. The oldest player to make the cut is Fred Spofforth who made his debut in 1877 in the 2nd Test ever while the latest is Dale Steyn, the only active player on the list. Contrastingly, there were 10 active players in the corresponding batting list. This just goes on to show how lop sided modern game has become of late. Six of these stalwarts played predominantly before the First World War (1880-1914); 4 in between the two wars (1918-39) and 13 after the war till the beginning of the ODIs (1945-70). Thirteen players played in the first wave of one day cricket (1970-90) and 11 in the final golden age age of bowling, the generation we grew up watching (1990-2000). Only three cricketers from the 21st century (2000 onwards) make the cut. Of these 50, only one (Steyn) actively plays in international games while three others (Muralitharan, Warne and Vaas) play in domestic games around the world.
Before I commence, I want to give an honourable mention to five bowlers who could be in any list of the 50 greatest bowlers but missed out here, not because of any lack of talent but because of stiff competition. Had they been numbers 50-46, it still would have made sense. They are (in chronological order):
- Brian Statham (Eng) 252 Test wickets at 24.84 and 2260 FC wickets at 16.37
- Bishen Singh Bedi (Ind) 266 Test wickets at 28.71 and 1560 FC wickets at 21.69
- Craig McDermott (Aus) 291 Test wickets at 28.63 and 203 ODI wickets at 24.71
- Heath Streak (Zim) 216 Test wickets at 28.14 and 239 ODI wickets at 29.82
- Brett Lee (Aus) 310 Test wickets at 30.81, 377 ODI wickets at 23.18 and 28 T20I wickets at 25.50
So now, without wasting time, let us take a look at the ten greatest bowlers in the history of cricket.
Top Ten
10. CURTLY AMBROSE (WI) Right Arm Fast (1985-2000)
Tests- 88, Wickets- 405, Avg- 20.99, 5W- 22, Best- 8/45
ODIs- 176, Wickets- 225, Wickets- 24.12, 4W- 10, Best- 5/17
941 FC wickets at 20.24 with 50 five-wicket hauls
The demolition man of cricket, Ambrose could cripple the most celebrated batting line ups of all-time with absolute ease and unprecedented menace. His legendary skills were made iconic and enigmatic due to his refusal to give interviews, citing his famous motto "Curtly talk to no man". When your bowling analysis reads something to the tune of 5/32, 6/24, 7/25 (which included a spell of 7 wickets for 1 run) and 8/45, there is no doubt that you are wreaking havoc on batsmen around the globe. At 6 feet 7 inches, Ambrose could generate deadly bounce and enormous pace (fastest recorded at 96mph), which helped him snare 405 Test wickets at an average lower than all others in the 400 club. Ambrose was truly the most dangerous bowler of his generation.
9. BILL O'REILLY (AUS) Legbreak Googly (1927-46)
Tests- 27, Wickets- 144, Avg- 22.59, 5W- 11, Best- 7/54
774 FC wickets at 16.60 with 63 five-wicket hauls
His Wisden obituary called him 'probably the greatest spin bowler the game has ever produced'. Tiger O'Reilly was a spinner unlike any the game had ever seen. He released the ball close to medium pace and still managed to extract a surprising amount of turn from the pitch. He was a ruthless spinner; aesthetics were not for him. The combination of bounce and pace he generated managed to not just befuddle batsmen but knocked many wicketkeepers off their feet. His figures become even more impressive when one considers the kind of batsmen he bowled against (he dismissed Wally Hammond ten times) and in an era where batsmen regularly dominated the bowlers.
8. WASIM AKRAM (PAK) Left Arm Fast (1984-2003)
Tests- 104, Wickets- 414, Avg- 23.62, 5W- 25, Best- 7/119
ODIs- 356, Wickets- 502, Avg- 23.52, 4W- 23, Best- 5/15
1042 FC wickets at 21.64 with 70 five-wicket hauls
881 List A wickets at 21.91 with 46 four-wicket hauls
Undoubtedly the greatest left-arm fast bowler ever and arguably the greatest left-arm bowler of all time, Wasim Akram was the best thing to have happened to the world of cricket in a long, long time. When he emerged on to the scene has a tall 18-year old, many thought Pakistan had found another Imran Khan. But Akram wasn't satisfied with the tag; he went on to surpass even his great master. It was Akram who put the reverse into the swing. He was a genuine match-winner, unlike any Pakistan had ever seen, and his was his world record haul of 18 wickets which carried Pakistan to its first and only World Cup triumph in 1992. Oh, and did I mention he scored a Test double century as well.
7. MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN (SL) Right Arm Offbreak (1989-2011)
Tests- 133, Wickets- 800, Avg- 22.72, 5W- 67, Best- 9/51
ODIs- 350, Wickets- 534, Avg- 23.08, 4W- 25, Best- 7/30
T20Is- 12, Wickets- 13, Avg- 22.84, Best- 3/29
1374 FC wickets at 19.64 with 119 five-wicket hauls
682 List A wickets at 22.39 with 29 four-wicket hauls
Back in the 1930s they thought that no one would ever divide cricketing opinion quite like Douglas Jardine. But in their defence, they did not know that one Muttiah Muralitharan would spin his way into record books and public conscience six decades later. No other player has had his bowling action scrutinized to such an extent and no other player has emerged unscathed from each criticism and allegation quite like Murali. The man from Kandy snares wickets at a rate faster than fathomable. He turns the ball a country mile, regardless of the surface. He single-handedly carried the load of the Sri Lankan attack on many occasions and his treasure trove of five-wicket hauls shows how little support he received from others around him. He is undoubtedly the greatest sportsman his country has ever produced and a flag bearer for modern spin bowling.
6. GLENN McGRATH (AUS) Right Arm Fast-Medium (1992-2007)
Tests- 124, Wickets- 563, Avg- 21.64, 5W- 29, Best- 8/24
ODIs- 250, Wickets- 381, Avg- 22.02, 4W- 16, Best- 7/15
T20Is- 2, Wickets- 5, Avg- 15.80, Best- 3/31
Here was one fast bowler who terrorised batsmen despite of the fact that he did not possess express pace, enormous swing or frightening variations. McGrath simply relied on the age-old formula of bowling in the right areas. No other bowler could psyche the batsman like McGrath did (ask Lara, Ganguly or Atherton). McGrath's specialty was not that he took wickets, but he took the most important wickets. He had a penchant for dismissing the biggest batsman the opposition had and left it for his deputies (Gillespie, Fleming, Lee et al.) to clean up the tail. Remarkably fit (in an age where fast bowlers drop like tenpins every now and then), he was 36 when adjudged Man of the Series in the 2007 World Cup, having taken 21 wickets in the tournament. Fittingly, this was his last ODI appearance.
5. SIR RICHARD HADLEE (NZ) Right Arm Fast (1971-90)
Tests- 86, Wickets- 431, Avg- 22.29, 5W- 36, Best- 9/52
ODIs- 115, Wickets- 158, Avg- 21.56, 4W- 6, Best- 5/52
1490 FC wickets at 18.11 with 102 five-wicket hauls
No other bowler has had to carry the load of the entire team quite like Richard Hadlee. When he played, New Zealand did not possess even a single other player worthy of being called world-class. Hadlee was New Zealand. It was a monumental responsibility but Hadlee carried it with the concentration, grace and determination of an Olympic gymnast. His bowling was more art than sport. It was his bowling performances that earned New Zealand their first wins against England (1978), Australia (1981) and even the mighty West Indies (1984). Even at the time of his retirement, Hadlee was very much fit and definitely in form, returning figures of 5/53 in his last bowling performance, taking a wicket off the last ball he bowled in international cricket.
4. SHANE WARNE (AUS) Legbreak Googly (1991-2007)
Tests- 145, Wickets- 708, Avg- 25.41, 5W- 37, Best- 8/71
ODIs- 194, Wickets- 293, Avg- 25.73, 4W- 13, Best- 5/33
1319 FC wickets at 24.61 with 69 five-wicket hauls
When Shane Warne bowled Mike Gatting in his first Ashes Test with what is now called the "Ball of the Century", the world knew that a great had arrived. When Warne arrived on to the scene, the art of spin had been wrapped in a body bag, locked in a trunk, thrown into the dungeons behind fortified doors and long forgotten. He John Ramboed it back into action. Charismatic, eccentric and spectacular to watch, Shane Keith Warne was a broadcaster's delight. With him bowling, there was never a dull moment on the field. Those who played him often say that he was trying to get a wicket of each ball. His phenomenal strike rates (57 in Tests and 36 in ODIs) are testament to this. As long as he played (and for quite some time after that), he was the biggest headline grabber in cricket. But no one minded, because Shane Warne had the talent to match his appetite for fame.
3. SYDNEY BARNES (ENG) Right Arm Medium (1894-1914)
Tests- 27, Wickets- 189, Avg- 16.43, 5W- 24, Best- 9/103
6229 wickets in all cricket (Test, FC and Club) at 08.33
In 1901, the English captain AC Maclaren plucked a 28-year old medium pacer playing in a local league from obscurity and picked him for the English side. Thus began an unbelievable career where Sydney Francis Barnes demolished the best batting line-ups of his time with utmost ease. There had never been anyone quite like him till then and there hasn't been one since. Till date, Barnes remains the only English cricketer to be regularly picked for the national side from league games as he hardly ever played first-class cricket. In the words of the great Clem Hill, Barnes could "swing the new ball in and out very late, could spin from the ground, pitch on the leg stump and miss the off." He was Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath rolled into one.
Statistically, no bowler can ever match him. He took 7 wickets per game throughout his international career, taking a phenomenal 24 five-wicket hauls in just 27 games. For his local side Staffordshire, he took 1441 wickets at just 08.15. For his club, his bowling average was just 06.03 (4069 wickets). His record of 49 wickets in a single series (against South Africa, 1914; his final series) still stands, almost a century later. He bowled to some of the finest batsmen ever in Trumper, Hill, Taylor, Nourse, Armstrong and Bardsley and he emerged victorious in his battles with all of them. The biggest testament to his greatness is perhaps that his reign was the only period in cricket history when a bowler, and not a batsman, was the greatest player in the world.
2. MALCOLM MARSHALL (WI) Right Arm Fast (1977-96)
Tests- 81, Wickets- 376, Avg- 20.94, 5W- 22, Best- 7/22
ODIs- 136, Wickets- 157, Avg- 26.96, 4W- 6, Best- 4/18
1651 FC wickets at 19.10 with 85 five-wicket hauls
How do you stand out in a side filled with bowling legends? When Malcolm Marshall was first selected for West Indies in 1978, the side had been crippled by the World Series Cricket. Four of its biggest bowlers- Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner and Wayne Daniels had left the national ranks to join the cash rich Packer Circus. No one would have thought that this tiny express bowler from Barbados would one day surpass not only his illustrious contemporaries but also several greats of the past to be called one of the finest fast bowlers ever. To be called the finest bowler from West Indies is a monumental compliment. It means you beat giants like Hall, Griffith, Gibbs, Ramadhin, Valentine, Roberts, Holding, Garner, Croft, Walsh and Ambrose. No single team has given the world more ferocious quickies than the West Indies. And Marshall is simply the best of the lot.
No one with over 200 Test wickets has a better average than Marshall and few have a lower strike rate. He took 4 or more wickets in an innings 41 times in Tests and 6 times in ODIs despite having to compete with three of the greatest bowlers ever for his scalps. In ODIs, his economy rate made him even deadlier and his combination of accuracy, pace and aggression made him one of the most dangerous bowlers ever. He lacked in height but turned that handicap into an asset by developing one of the deadliest bouncers ever seen in the game. His enormous cricketing intelligence, massive heart and boundless talent made Marshall the greatest bowler of his generation; and mind you, his generation had some pretty great ones.
1. DENNIS LILLEE (AUS) Right Arm Fast (1969-88)
Tests- 70, Wickets- 355, Avg- 23.92, 5W- 23, Best- 7/83
WSC Matches- 14, Wickets- 67, Avg- 26.87, 5W- 4, Best- 7/23
ODIs- 63, Wickets- 103, Avg- 20.82, 4W- 6, Best- 5/34
In 1972, the Haslingden Club in the Lancashire League picked a 23-year old former Australian international as their overseas player. Barely a year later, Dennis Keith Lillee was terrorising the English batsmen with enormous pace and unrivalled aggression. Barely two years ago, stress fractures of the back had all but ended this young bowler's career. His back had broken in three places and it was unsure if he would ever walk again, let alone play. But he came back with a bang by cutting down his pace (only relatively; he still bowled at 95mph) and increasing his accuracy. Critics call him the most complete bowler of all time. He had everything a fast bowler should have- a sound action, quick pace, fierce aggression, heart and bravado, spotless technique and most importantly- the ability to take wickets in wholesale quantities.
He modelled himself on West Indies' great Wes Hall and broke through the ranks as an express quick in the 1971 Ashes. Armed with a copybook action, he went on to break all sorts of bowling records through his career. He is still the fastest bowler to reach 200, 250, and 300 wicket milestones. Had he not lost 3 years of his career to World Series Cricket, he would surely have been the first man to cross 400 as well. Every captain's dream and every batsman's nightmare, Dennis Lillee was known for taking wickets just when the team needed and just how the captain asked. Along with the supremely quick Jeff Thomson, he formed one of the most feared new ball pairs in history. Lillee was much more than just his numbers. He was an all-time great, a true performer in all conditions, against all opponents, in all sorts of settings. A legend for all times!
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Consumer Protection: A Cancelled Project Doesn't Leave You Out of Pocket
If you check out Toronto's skyline, you'll see cranes – lots and lots of cranes. They're a sign of the times in today's condo construction boom. While the frenzied market we saw for detached homes in 2017 has calmed down a bit, the demand for condos has continued to grow as people see them as the only affordable option.
While there seems to be no shortage of willing condo buyers, however, there is a shortage of preconstruction condos available for sale. Unfortunately, this is due in part to development projects taking longer than expected to be built, or some being cancelled altogether.
There may be many different reasons why some developments don't ever get constructed – for example, the builders might lack sufficient capital or fail to obtain the necessary zoning or permits. Whatever the cause, a cancelled project can leave purchasers without a home to look forward to. The good news is that it shouldn't leave them out of pocket.
Under the Condominium Act, if a condo project is cancelled, purchasers are entitled to receive their entire deposit back, including any payments made for extras and upgrades. This is because the builders are required to put these monies in trust or provide alternative acceptable security. If a project is terminated and for some reason the deposits and other amounts are not repaid by the vendor then condo buyers are eligible for protection from Tarion up to $20,000, plus certain accrued interest.
If you're buying a pre-construction condo, there is always a risk that the project could be delayed or cancelled. There have even been cases where purchase agreements are terminated and then the condos are constructed at a later date.
That's why it's important for potential buyers to know that under the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act, a builder must attach an Addendum to every condo purchase agreement that requires them to disclose the status of the zoning approval and construction. It also limits what kind of early termination conditions that they can impose in the purchase agreement and obligates them to use reasonable efforts to meet these conditions before they can cancel the project.
There are consumer protections in place to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to complete a condo project, but it is important to understand your rights as a purchaser if it does not. If your purchase agreement is terminated through no fault of your own, you should get your money back within 10 days. If you don't, Tarion is here to help.
HOWARD BOGACH is president and CEO of Tarion Warranty Corp., a private corporation established to protect the rights of new homebuyers and to regulate new home builders. Tarion.com


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Boyer Cemetery (Kootenai Cemetery)
Kootenai Bay, Bonner County, Idaho
Lat: 47°58'08"N, Lon: 116°26'39"W
T57N R1W Sec 5
Contributed by Mary Garrison, Mar 11, 2002 [email@example.com] Total records = 14.
This cemetery is located East of Sandpoint, Idaho at the junction of Highways 200 and 95 continue east on Highway 200, approximately 3.9 miles.
The Boyer Cemetery is on the right side of the highway, across the railroad tracks and behind the Stutzke place. The oldest burial appears to be George R. Hildreth in 1919.
This cemetery is also known as the Kootenai Cemetery, probably because of it's location near Kootenai Bay on Lake Pend Oreille.
I have transcribed from my survey when I walked this cemetery during July 2000. It was last updated 06-13-2001.
- Mary Garrison
Gibbs, Spruce McCoy, b. 11-09-1875, d. 07-04-1936
Hildreth, Edward Delbert, b. 03-06-1859, d. 03-07-1943
Hildreth, Elgin, b. 1907, d. 1936
Hildreth, Elizabeth Mary, b. 1867, d. 10-05-1957
Hildreth, Frederick Theo, b. 08-25-1921, d. 01-23-1924
Hildreth, George R, b. 1918, d. 1919
Hildreth, Gladys M, b. 05-26-1915, d. 10-16-1922
Hildreth, Guy, b. 1916, d. 1916
Hildreth, Harold H, b. 11-20-1907, d. 05-03-1984, Cremains
Kelly, James Kenton, d. 02-26-1925, Infant
Kidder, Hoffine Nevada, b. 10-07-1905, d. 09-01-1938
Lazona, Sadie Bertha, b. 03-02-1902, d. 06-26-1938
Lear, Alice, d. 1915
Leark, George Frederick, b. 03-30-1919, d. 10-28-1962
6 unknowns
Idaho Death Records
- Idaho Newspapers, Full Search (1864-1953), 41 titles - GenealogyBank.com
- Idaho Obituary Search, (1989-current) - GenealogyBank.com
- Idaho Funeral Notices - GenealogyBank.com


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Bazaar Haul4:59:00 PM
School Term is over! Early? No. Because of quarter term vacation is good for one month only. X( Moving on, I went to the Super Sale Bazaar held at World Trade bazaar last March 3. I haven't blog about it because i was too busy reading piles of engineering books.
I wasn't really prepared for this. It was my first time going to a bazaar♥ hahaha
For my haul
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NYX milk - 200
Maybelline - 150 (sale)
And i got this for FREE!!!♥
Awesome, right? :)


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Making The Most Of A Twitter ChatEstimated Reading Time: 8 minutes
Huddle, huddle, roil and muddle
I remember the first Twitter chat I attended. It was #journchat, one of the first, if not the first, Twitter chats created.
Image: Maria Johnson via Flickr, CC 2.0
It drove me nuts.
The stream moved so quickly, it was really hard to keep up with what was going on. And if there's one thing I pride myself on, it's being able to keep up with several things at once or, as the jargonites would put it, "multi-task."
And if I'm being honest, some of the tweets people shared seemed so puerile, I said to myself, "Do they really work in public relations?"


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An op-ed exploring energy alternatives, written by USU's William F. Shughart II, was published by the Salt Lake Tribune last night. This excerpt is from the op-ed:
"The Carbon Power Plant, Utah's oldest coal-fired electricity generating facility, will close in 2015 because not enough physical space is available for the equipment needed to meet the EPA's new mercury limits. … Dozens of U.S. coal mines have closed, idling more than 150 of them this year and leaving thousands of miners jobless. Implicit in the administration's hostility to coal is an assumption that other, greener energy sources are available to continue to ensure reliable and adequate supplies of electricity. But that is just whistling in the wind."
Read the op-ed here. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/57063496-82/coal-oil-gas-uranium.html.csp.