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The Ten Commandment stone is a piece of history. It was there when I went to school and as far as I know it's been there for a long time. I believe we should leave it stand! Why take something down that many people walk by and read? Why take down a piece of American history? If we were talking about taking down a monumental building then everyone would try to save it. The Ten Commandments is a monument to the past. If we take it down, then we will be taking down a piece of our history. It's not mixing religion with school, because it is outside of school, not on the inside.
The Ten Commandment Stone was there before an evil Atheist, Madelaine Ohare Murray had prayer removed from our schools. Why doesn't this Stone fall under the "Grandfather" Clause? Now that she is dead and burning in hell, I wonder if she now believes in "God | eng | 80dbc3ad-7dd4-4b7e-9c3c-2439e3b89d82 | http://www.topix.com/forum/city/connellsville-pa/TN71VHF1V4I9RAE8I |
Profiles Managerial Fit™
Profiles Managerial Fit™ is a powerful tool which measures critical workplace compatibility factors between managers (executive, director, supervisor, team leader, etc.) and their employees(s). Understanding the dynamics of the supervisor-subordinate relationship helps the manager work more effectively with each employee by recognizing where their perspectives are similar and where they differ. This increased understanding of the relationship leads to a greater comfort for both the manager and the employee. | eng | 7c470eca-5fd0-4466-a835-71b95db317b4 | http://assessmentcompany.com/resource_center/managerialfit.html |
It's believed that this figure of a shaman holding a decapitated head was created in 100 A.D. It's known as the Shaman of Newark because it was found at the Newark Earthworks.
When looking at the prehistoric artefacts and earthen structures in Ohio, I'm always wondering what meanings these things held for the people who created them. I end up reading whatever explanatory sign is posted nearby, but while I'm doing so I'm also wondering how anthropologists know any of this stuff. Since prehistoric societies don't leave any texts explaining themselves or their culture, anthropologists have to be making a lot of inferences.
Seip Mound State Memorial Park is one of the five noncontiguous sites that make up the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. The other four sites are Hopeton Earthworks, Hopewell Mound Group, High Banks Works, and the Mound City Group (reviewed by us here). Native Americans belonging to the Hopewell tradition constructed this mound sometime between 100 B.C. – A.D. 400.
What's known as the "Mound City Group" is part of the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in Ross County, Ohio. This land was used for funeral rituals by a Native American civilization that flourished between 200 B.C. and 500 A.D. Mound City is approximately 13 acres in size. A low earthen wall about 3 to 4 feet high (1 to 1.3 meters) lies around the perimeter; it's shape is that of a square with rounded corners. Perhaps the builders of the Mound City thought of the wall as a "sacred enclosure" separating the land of the departed from the land of the living.
The "Hopewell Culture" refers to a Native American civilization that was centered in Ohio. It flourished here between 200 B.C. and 500 A.D. They are renowned for having built elaborate, huge, earthen structures. However when these mounds were excavated, many artifacts of great artistry were discovered. I would like to share photos of a few of these artifacts, or in some case, replicas of these artifacts. All of them were uncovered at "Mound City" which is where the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is today. They were on display in the museum portion of the park's visitor's center.
Overview
The Newark Earthworks were constructed about 2000 years ago by the prehistoric, Hopewell people. These are the largest, geometric earthworks in the world. To give you a better sense of the size and shape of these structures, it's best to look at an aerial view. Since I can't take aerial photos myself, I photographed some of the interpretive signs near the earthworks.
The plaque below shows the layout of the Newark Earthworks which occupy four square miles (10.6 square kilometers).
This plaque shows the layout of the Newark Earthworks.
I made a dotted trapezoid around two structures in the lower right corner of the above plaque. These two structures (an octagon and a circle) make up the Octagon Earthworks portion of the Newark Earthworks. Below is an aerial photo showing just the Octagon Earthworks.
Aerial Photo of the Octagon Earthworks surrounded by a residential community | eng | aa5b57d0-9874-49c9-b7b2-4ce8529c5855 | http://trekohio.com/tag/hopewell/ |
Another squid question . . .
Squid 2.3 seems to go into space on me on a regular basis i.e. I'll dial up
and try to connect to a site, get the message in the browser saying
connected (which it generates when it contacts the proxy)
and then - nada, niente, rien, until I stop and restart squid. Now I know
that 2.3 does DNS lookups itself rather than having a DNS helper and I
suspect it's something to do with this. I normally have an empty
/etc/resolv.conf which gets created when my ppp link comes up but squid
wouldn't start in that scenario - I solved that by putting a dns_nameservers
line in squid.conf. But this business of having to restart squid when I
connect is a bit of a PITA. Does anyone have an idea what might be causing
this, and how I can fix it ?
Regards,
Niall
P.S. I had started squid earlier and I now just connected for the first time
today, but I had no problems connecting to some web sites. Then I shut down
my connection, and reconnected, and it again worked. So it's not as simple
as dying when the connection goes down. I'll try Fergus' suggestion of
switching to 2.4 but if there are any other suggestions | eng | 4b45c08b-9d51-44ac-98ab-5e0ed9a4d296 | http://www.linux.ie/lists/pipermail/ilug/2001-July/034124.html |
Environmental Policy
Excel Cleaning recognises and accepts its responsibilities for caring for the environment, and concerns itself with both the long term and short term effects of its business in relation to the environment. The object of this policy is to provide a framework around which we can promote an environmentally responsible approach both in terms of the cleaning agents used and in handling waste disposal so a safe and healthy working environment can be developed.
As an employer we recognize our business has a potential to impact on the environment. It is our policy to minimise the use of harmful products and to use environmentally sound products and procedures wherever possible.
It is policy to liaise and co-operate with our clients and staff to ensure that our services provided and requested are assessed for environmental impact. Where appropriate we will recommend and endeavour to implement cleaning and waste removal practice which includes recycling.
Excel cleaning recognises its obligations to ensure that the environment is not adversely affected by our activities. We are committed to non harm to the environment and open to new processes and practices that have a positive environmental effect.
We will take the following measures as set out below, as far as is reasonably practicable, to meet our environmental responsibilities, paying particular attention to: | eng | 3dd6bfc4-b065-42a1-b993-d5976e4ff208 | http://www.excelclean.co.uk/environmental-policy/ |
A script runs in its own separate shell. So, if you just run the script, it runs in its own little shell and closes--if you ever played with DOS commands and had a bat file, it's the same sort of thing--you'd click on the .bat file, the black dos window opens does whatever and immediately closes.
Doing the . command (dot, space and then the command) tells it to run the command in the current shell rather than opening its own little shell and doing it.
If this isn't clear, let me know and I'll try to explain it less awkwardly.
i have another question if you guys don't mind...
there was a ".profile" file in my home folder when i had SuSe installed, and everything from there was executed upon booting.
is there a similar file in Fedora? or an alternative solution...
There is .bash_profile and also .bashrc. It works this way. (This is true for most shells.)
When you first log in, it looks at the .profile, .bash_profile, or whatever. For instance, at least some versions of the korn shell will look at profile and ignore the rc file unless you tell it not to (in the .profile).
Now the rc script is usually examined with each instances of the shell, that is when you're not logging in. (Sheesh, my explanations are obscure tonight. Well, if you're taking your nick from the Japanese word, you'll be brave enough to bear with me. Although, in that case, it should be konjou, sounding like a slightly longer o at the end.)
Ok, you log in. That is, you boot up the machine, or you start a new X session, or whatever--you type in your user name and password. That's when profile, .bash_profile or whatever kicks in.
Now, in that session, you open another shell. For example, you log into gnome by typing your user name and password, and then, while in gnome, you open a terminal. The terminal won't bother with your profile, it will just look at the rc file, which, in most Linux default installations, is .bashrc.
If you look at most (including Fedora's, I think--I'm on BSD right now so can't check, but can give you a similar example) it will often say something like
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then source ~/.bashrc
This means that if there is a .bashrc file in your home directory, read it and use what might be in there. In many cases, that might be the entire .profile or .bash_profile line. So, this means you can put all your environment variables, any aliases and anything else in your .bashrc.
For example, in FreeBSD, which I'm using to write this, the default shell is the somewhat simple original bourne shell. I have a .profile, which contains the line
ENV=$HOME/.shrc; export ENV
This means, look at the .shrc for various environment variables, such as which editor I want to use, what is my path, and everything else.
So, practically speaking, you can usually put these things in either your .bash_profile or .bashrc.
If you look at the man page for bash, and do a search within the page for INVOCATION, it gives additional explanation of what files bash looks for when starting up and when being used interactively, e.g., in a shell script.
The source command isn't recognized by sh. (Remember, on Fedora and many other versions of Linux, sh is simply a link to bash.)
It's considered best practice, I believe, to make scripts as portable as possible. For example, some bash scripts, to see if the user is root will make use of the $UID variable, which gives the UID number, which is 0 for root. However, if you're using plain old sh (on a non-Linux system, where it's not linked to bash) that won't work. So, it's good to get in the habit of using the universal $(id -u) rather than $UID. | eng | 08cf3ed7-3eb9-4dd6-9486-ab8cfd158f25 | http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=172040 |
The 10 rules of a Zen programmer
On a rainy morning I found myself sitting on the desk thinking about efficient working. Before I started as a freelancer I had some days were I worked lots but could look only back on a worse outcome.
I started with Zen practice back in 2006. What clearly came to my mind before a good while was: the old Zenmasters alredy knew before hundreds of years, how today programmers should work. Even when I don't like these "be a better programmer" posts, I want to outline some of my thoughts from that morning. It shall serve me as a reminder, but if you have some ideas about it, feel free to comment.
1. Focus
If you have decided to work on a task, do it as well as you can. Don't start multiple things at the same time. Do only one thing at one time. You'll not become quicker, just you work multithreaded. If you work multithreaded you'll become exhausted, make more errors and lose time to jump from one task to another. This is not only about programming, this is a general tip.
Kodo Sawaki says: if you need to sleep, sleep. Don't plan your software when you try to sleep. Just sleep. If you code, code. Don't dream away – code. If you are so tired that you cannot program, sleep. Even known multitaskers like Stephan Uhrenbacher meanwhile have decided to work singlethreaded. I have made a similar experience to Stephan and finally I wrote Time & Bill, a time tracking tool. Goal was to track my time so easily that I even do it for small tasks like a phonecall. Now I can create a few stopwatches at the beginning of the day and track my time with only one click. The outcome was a disaster: sometimes I just worked a few minutes on a task until I moved on to the next one. Now I am better. Similar to the Pomodoro technique I plan a few time slots and concentrate on them. No chatting, no sleeping, no checking out of a new great game on the Appstore.
2. Keep your mind clean
Before you work on your software, you need to clean up your memory. Throw away everything in your mind for the time being. If you have trouble with something, don't let it influence you. It is mostly the case that trouble will go away. If the trouble is so heavy that you can't let it go, don't work. Try to clear things up. But when you start working, let the outer world shape away.
Something exciting on the mailinglist? Leave it there. You can follow the exciting stuff again – later. Shutdown what fills your mind with shit: close Twitter, Facebook, your E-Mails. You should even mute the ringing of you mobile and leave it in your pocket. You can say it is similar to item #1, focus. But there is one more restriction: don't use that tools before work or at lunch. They connect you with the outer world and probably bring up some new trouble or things which require you attention.
Think like this: at most times your mind is pretty clean when you wake up at the morning. If it is not, some sports helps (I do long distance running). If you feel clean and refreshed, go to work and work as well as you can. When you leave your work then you can fill up your mind with clutter. You'll see it is not so much fun if you have a full working day behind you. Twitter and Co are consuming much of your energy. Do not think: it is just a minute. It is not.
You know it already.
3. Beginners mind.
Remember the days were you were a beginner. Or memorize, if you still are one. You have never learned enough. Think of yourself as you were a beginner, every day. Always try to see technologies from a beginners mind. You can accept corrections to your software better and leave the standard path if you need it more easily. There are some good ideas even from people who don't have your experience.
Was there ever a software build twice, the same way? Even if you copy software it is somehow different.
4. No Ego.
Some programmers have a huge problem: their own ego. But there is no time for developing an ego. There is no time for being a rockstar.
Who is it who decides about your quality as programmer? You? No. The others? Probably. But can you really compare an Apple with a Banana? No. You are an individual. You cannot compare your whole self with another human being. You can only compare a few facettes.
A facet is nothing what you can be proud of. You are good at Java? Cool. The other guy is not as good as you, but better with bowling. Is Java more important than bowling? It depends on the situation. Probably you earn more money with Java, but the other guy might have more fun in life because of his bowling friends.
Can you really be proud because you are a geek? Programmers with ego don't learn. Learn from everybody, from the experienced and from the noobs at the same time.
Kodo Sawaki once said: you are not important.
Think about it.
5. There is no career goal.
If you want to gain something and don't care about your life "now", you have already lost the game. Just act as well as you can, without looking at the goal you might reach after a long time.
Working for 20 years to become a partner? Why aren't you working as hard as possible just because it is fun? Hard working can be fun. A day without work is a day without food is a Zen saying.
There is no need to start happiness after 20 years. You can be happy right now, even when you are not a Partner or don't drive a Porsche. Things change to easily. You can get sick. You can get fired. You can burn out (if you follow all these items I guess likeliness is low).
Until these bad things happen, just work as well as you can and have fun with doing it. No reason to look at the gains of the collegs. No reason to think about the cool new position which you didn't get.
After all, you will reach something. You'll end up with nice memories, maybe a good position – and 20 excellent years. Every day is a good day.
If you ever come to the point were you think that working at your company is no fun at all you must leave immediately. NEVER stay at a company which does take away the happiness in your life. Of course, this is only possible in the rich countries, were people have the choice to go away. But if you are living in such a good environment, do it. Go away without regret. You have no time to waste, you are probably dead tomorrow.
When you have no career goal going away is easy.
6. Shut up.
If you don't have anything to say, don't waste the time of your colleagues. This doesn't make you look wimpy. Everyday you work you need to try not getting on someone's else nerves. Imagine if everybody would try this – what a great working place would that be? Sometimes it is not possible. Try hard, you will like it.
If you don't develop an ego it is pretty easy to shut up and care on the things you have something to tell. Don't mix up your ego with your "experience" and always remember: you are a beginner. If somebody has a good idea, support the idea.
7. Mindfulness. Care. Awareness.
Yes you are working. But at the same time you are living and breathing. Even when you have some hard times at work you need to listen to the signs of your body. You need to learn about the things which are good for you. This includes everything, including basic things like food. You need to care for yourself and for everything in your environment – because after all, the water you drink is the water which runs in the river. Because you are living only for yourself. You live alone and you'll die alone. World goes on, even without you.
Avoid working situations you don't like. Avoid working for free if it means you will have no fun and keeps you away from your bed. Let go what doesn't make you happy. "Working for free" is just theory? Consider the people doing Open Source in their prime time. If you have subscribed to some projects mailinglist you probably know what heat there is (sometimes). If you don't have fun with that – stop doing it. I know a bunch of people who work in an Open Source environment they don't like. Again with Time & Bill I have tracked the time I spend in 0pen Source projects and was surprised how much time I lose there – esp. on projects I didn't like so much.
Having this in mind, some people think they are only happy when they have prime time and can spend the evening with an xbox and some beer. While this is a good idea from time to time, it is not necessary that the whole time in your life is "fun". If you can avoid situations you don't like, avoid them (like I said above). But sometimes there is need to something really shitty. Like for example manually copy/pasting stuff from your managers Excel sheet into phpmyadmin. This can take you days, and it is really boring. It is no fun, but sometimes you need to do such stuff. You cannot always quit your job when you got a boring task. Zen Monks are not to shy with their work too. They get up at 4am (sometimes earlier, sometimes later, depends on the convent) and start meditation and work (they even consider work meditation practice). They have stuff to do like cleaning the toilets. Or working in the garden. Or as a Tenzo, they cook. They do it with all the care they can get. Whatevery they do, they do it without suffering and they are (or should be) happy, because every second, even the second where they are cleaning toilets, is a second of their life.
That being said: stop crying, if you need to copy/paste excel. Just do it. Don't waste your energy with such things, they will pass. Become the best excel copy/paster out there instead.
If you suffer a heart attack, people will probably say: "uh yes, he really worked too much, he even worked for me for free at night". Nobody can guide you to the other world. This last step is taken by us alone. You cannot exchange anything in this world. Not even a fart. So it is up to you to take care, in every second. If you die, you die. But when you live you live. There is no time to waste.
"Care" is a huge word in zen buddhism (and I think in every form of buddhism). I cannot express everything which needs to be said. it is difficult to understand the different meanings of "care". Propably you are better with the word "awareness". You must be aware of what you do, in every second of your life. You must be mindful in your life. Otherwise you waste it. But, of course, it is up to you to do so, if you like.
8. There is no Boss
Yes, there is somebody who pays you. There is somebody who tells you what needs to be done. And he can fire you. But this is no reason to give up your own life or to become sick of your work. Finally your Boss has no control about you. It can even be doubted that you have control about you – but don't lets go down this path.
Back to your Boss: he can make your life worse if you allow him to do so. But there is a way out. Say "No" if you need to do something which makes you sick or is against your ethics. What will happen? In worst case he will fire you. So what? If you live in western nations and if you are a coder (which is very likely when you read this) you'll get another job.
I don't mean to say "No" to tasks like copying CSV Data to HTML. I am speaking of 80 hours weeks and you feel your body breaks. Or if you feel that your kids could need some attention too. Or if you are forced to fire people just because your Boss doesn't like them. Or if you are a consultant and get the job to develop software for nuclear plants (some might say it is perfectly fine to work for nuclear power companies – it is against my ethics and serves as an example) or for tanks. You can say "No".
9. Do something else
A programmer is more than a programmer. You should do something which has nothing to do with computers. In your primetime, go sailing, fishing, diving. Do meditation, martial arts or play Shakuhachi. Whatever you do, do it with all the power you have (left). Like you do at your worktime. Do it seriously. A hobby is not just a hobby, it's expression of who you are. Don let anybody fool you, when he says hobbies are not important. Nowadays we can effort having hobbies. I have recorded several CDs and wrote fantasy books (the latter one unpublished, I must practice more). These things have made me to the person I am now, and finally they have led me to Zen and this blog post. These days I practice Zen Shakuhachi. It is a very important aspect to my daily life.
10. There is nothing special.
A flower is beauty. But it's just a beauty flower – nothing more. There is nothing special around it. You are a human who can program. Maybe you are good. There is nothing special around you. You are of the same kind as I am or all the others on this planet.
You need to go in the loo and you need to eat. Of course you need to sleep. After (hopefully) a long time you will die and everything you have created will be lost. Even pyramids get lost, after a long time. Do you know the names of the people who build up a pyramid? And if you do, is it important that you know? It's not. Pyramids are there, or not. Nothing special.
Same goes to your software. The bank is earning money with your software. After you leave, nobody remembers you.There is nothing wrong around it. It is the flow of time. Nothing you should be worried about it. If you are living after the first 9 rules, you'll see that this last project was a good and funny project. Now it's simply time to go on and concentrate on something else.
If your comapany closes because of financial problems, no problem. Life will go on. There is no real need for an xbox, a car or something else. Most people on this planet live in deepest poorness. They don't care about an xbox, because they would be glad to get some food or even water.
So… why exactly are you special? Because you had the luck to be born in the western territory? Because you can code? No, there is nothing special about it. You can let go you ego and live freely. Enjoy the colors and the smell of flowers around. Don't be too sad when the winter comes and don't be too happy when spring comes back. It is just a flow. Keep it in mind when somebody denies your application. Because the company is not so special that you need to be worried about the job.
Disclaimer
I am not a Zen monk. I am just practicing and learning. Please ask your local Zen monk if you feel there is something you need to understand deeper. Of course I can try to answer on this blog, but well, I am just a beginner. Anyway I am glad about your comment and if you would send a tweet with this pages url if you liked this post. Thanks for reading!
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@JLR: interesting question. With your hands tattooed you'll definitely have drawbacks when looking for a job. Most people look for your clothes and if they can send you to a customer. With tattoos many people will think you cannot go to a customer. This is true for many people. If you work for a startup and if you are pretty skilled, people might tend to ignore your outfit and ask for your skills only. This might be true or not. There are many nitpickers out there. Anyway, you can't know how your life will develop and who you'll meet. Personally, if you are a nice, fresh guy with good ideas, I probably would employ you with tattoos (if I would have the money).
There are some monks who refuse to shave their heads when they enter a convent. They say: why should we need to shave our heads? We can imagine very well how it is and we are here for Zen practice, not for outfit. The best answer I ever heard on this was: you can never know how it is to shave your head until you have shaved it.
In your case, you'll never know how it feels to be the tattooed guy without having tattoos. Just before you become an artwork yourself, ask why you want it. Because a "wish" is nothing which lasts forever. If you decide to do it, then you must prepare that you never regret your decision. You'll wear this for all of your life and it will change you (people will communicate different to you – at least this will change you because you have different experiences). Never you should regret your decision – don't stick with the past. Don't be afraid for the future. Monks have no money, they will survive day by day asking people for food. There were even monks in bad times in Japan like in the WW-II.
Just another inspiration: in Japan people wear tattoos too – in most cases they are tattooed in a way they can hide their body art with a t-shirt.
As a last word: it is your life. Your life is now, not tomorrow and not yesterday. Just don't overrate tattoos (-> There is nothing special)
There's something else, too: if you can't hold the whole thing in your head, you're thinking badly. That tiny little flag variable you use over there is just as important as that massive control loop you use over here. No piece of information is any more or less important than any other. If you start assigning importance to things, you'll lose the model in your head: instead, view everything as having no importance and you'll remember all of it.
Christian Grobmeier
@Dan Sutton: Interesting. I will think about it.
Acaz
Awesome!!! I imagine these throughts in your head.
Tami Henry
Are you serious???? It's okay to have an Entrepreneur spirit and work hard. Hard work is important. Having goals is important. This article/post places the emphasis on doing your own thing, your own way and in your own time … even at the expense of others. There is a total lack of consideration in this article; very self-centered even though it preaches against having an ego. So which is it? You are a dreamer? Or you are a doer? In my experience, the dreamers usually eat the doers leftovers.
LlamaStyle
How about some zen concentration on proof reading? Mindfulness. Care. Awareness.
Christian Grobmeier
Even with proof reading my level of english is not good enough to provide post without spelling/grammar errors. If you would like to help me, I am open to your corrections. Btw the book will be corrected by a subject specialist.
Ken
In 3. I like "Even if you copy software it is somehow different.", because I've encountered this.
I've got code to find answers. I'm finding duplicate answers. Don't see how I'm getting answers. Set up a workaround to not add answers that are already found. That works. Review code. See nothing wrong. Put in write statements to a file to trace the logic. (No debug capability) Bug disappears. I've done this before and when I remove the writes, the bug reappears and eventually I find the bug.
This time, remove the trace logic, correction logic, and code works perfectly. Just like I thought I had written it.
I'm baffled, but my code works. Shake my head and move on.
@Tami: you seriously got something wrong. Of course it is OK to work hard (a day without food is a day without work). You can even have goals. What I mean with "there are no career goals" is, that you should not stick with them. Some work 60 hours a week to reach a goal in 10 years. They are suffering but say:"in 10 years my life will become better". Unfortunately they might die in the 9th year and have missed their life. Your life is now, even when you work hard. Your goal should not control your life, when are dying then there is nothing more unimportant than that you have reached the role of a "product manager". Anyway, you can reach your goals without sticking with them, taking them too important. Just do the best you can. But with awareness. Not with the pain of a goal hunter.
Ego. If you don't have an ego as a programmer, it is more likely that you help your co-workers when they are in trouble. It is more likely that you enjoy your life and that others like you.
Own time: right. It is my time. Not yours. If my Son needs me because he is sick, I will help him. I will do this even when you (as my Boss) don't make enough profit. My life is more important than everybody else code.
In my experience my code and my customer service became LOTS better since I respect my body and mind. Customers say I am more nice and focused. I have learned that I am not a business machine but a human. Since then my business is more successful and I a feel better, because I do not waste my time.
My coworkers have not told me that i have become egocentric. I help them where I can.
Hope it clarifies things a bit. If you have more critics/questions please let me know (you can even write me an email if you prefer).
As for #5 – There is no career goal, I wish to add something. I am in total agreement with the author on this but I think it needs a little more explanation so as to avoid confusion. In the end, I hope it will help the other readers.
I think it is OK to have a career goal and work hard for it as long as you are happy doing it. After all, every hard work that points you towards the direction of achieving your goal is hard work that must be done and I personally will be very happy doing that hard work because it brings me one step closer to achieving my goal.
Now, if you are unhappy with the hard work you are doing, then think about it. Perhaps you are not happy because it's not directed towards your goal. Or perhaps, you have to rethink your goal. Is your goal so mundane and one that makes no sense in the end (i.e. making millions of dollars so I can be rich)? Or is your goal of greater importance (making millions of dollars so I can help my family, my community and my country)?
Even Zen monks work hard as mentioned in this article and they are happy doing it, yes even cleaning the toilet, because it is directed towards their goal of achieving enlightenment.
Excellent post, I have wanted to leave the book I think it should be essential reading this post, as many programmers are introduced both at work, they neglect the other parts of your life that are equally or more important .
I agree most of the points of this article, and even some of them help me get rid of blue mood recently.
However, there's one point I can hardly agree with: I don't think it is responsible for a programmer leave his or her work at once when he or she feel unhappy or sick about it. Although it may seem free and easy, it is not a responsible behavior.
Christian Grobmeier
I didn't say one should leave when he gets a boring task. I speak of "wrong loyality". There is no need to burn out for anybody. There will always be boring days or days in which one is not happy. Being unhappy is part of life as being happy. You are never happy/unhappy for the whole time. But can always leave when the boss is doing things against ones ethics. There is no need give up (mental) health. There is no need to commit suicide because the job is to heavy (look at the despair in Foxconn). In fact, its in the responsibility of the company leaders to create a friendly, healthy and positive environment for the employees. In addition the company is responsible not only for profit, its also for the greater good. I refer to Atlassian, which looks like it is such a great company. People I have met from there would accept many boring jobs before they leave. | eng | 6bc8e636-d012-4f58-a23f-358ddfd9895b | http://www.grobmeier.de/the-10-rules-of-a-zen-programmer-03022012.html/comment-page-2 |
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: As part of Earth Day activities at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, news media are invited to photograph a research wind turbine and interview test engineers in the world's largest wind tunnel on Thursday, April 20, 2000, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT. To get to Ames, take the Moffett Field exit off Highway 101. At the Moffett Federal Airfield main gate, proceed to the Visitor Badging Office to obtain entry badges and maps to the 80-by-120-foot wind tunnel. Bring press credentials and photo ID to gain admittance.
NASA TESTING WIND TURBINE IN WORLD'S LARGEST WIND TUNNEL
For the first time ever, engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center, located in California's Silicon Valley, are testing a wind turbine in the world's largest wind tunnel to learn how to design and operate the turbines more efficiently.
The three-week test of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) "Unsteady Aerodynamics" research wind turbine began on April 17 and will conclude May 5. Tests will be conducted in Ames' 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel. The wind tunnel is primarily used for determining low- and medium-speed aerodynamic characteristics of full-scale aircraft and rotorcraft (helicopters).
"Some of the problems encountered by wind turbines are very similar to those experienced by rotorcraft," explained Bob Kufeld, NASA project director. "NREL and NASA are working together using our wind tunnel and helicopter computer models that predict rotorcraft characteristics and their research wind turbine model to learn as much as possible about rotating blade aerodynamics," he said.
"If we can better understand the aerodynamics of rotating blades, then we can more accurately predict how the wind turbines will behave," said Dave Simms, NREL project director. "Our organization conducts research to make wind turbines operate more efficiently, more cheaply and more effectively," he added. "This research will help us learn how to build better turbines."
The research wind turbine is designed to measure structural loads and aerodynamic responses of the rotating blade or wing. The research wind turbine is mainly constructed from steel, but has lightweight carbon-fiber blades that measure 33 feet (10 meters) in diameter. The system weighs about 15,000 pounds (6,800 kilograms). Wind turbines, such as those found on the Altamont Pass in the East Bay (east of the San Francisco Bay, CA) are used to generate electricity for commercial uses.
During the wind tunnel test, the turbine will be mounted on a 40-foot tall stand and operated at a constant speed with its rotor turned left or right at various angles and different wind velocities. The wind tunnel is capable of producing wind speeds up to 115 miles per hour. NREL engineers developed the test objectives to meet recommendations of an international science panel of wind-turbine aerodynamics experts.
The NREL research turbine has been field-tested in various configurations since 1989 at the Department of Energy's National Wind Technology Center located near Boulder, CO. The turbine has been operated in outdoor atmospheric turbulent wind conditions up to 70 mph, and has been exposed to winds above 145 mph with the rotor locked in position. Test data have shown that turbulent winds create complex operating environments for wind turbines.
According to Simms, testing in a controlled wind-tunnel environment will eliminate these factors, and produce valuable data that will enable researchers to better understand how the turbines operate at various angles and wind speeds. "We need data to improve and validate enhanced engineering models for designing and analyzing advanced wind-energy machines," Simms said. "Hopefully, this test will provide that data."
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Note to Broadcast News Media: NASA Television will broadcast b-roll of the research wind turbine in the wind tunnel, footage of wind turbines at Altamont Pass and interviews with project engineers on Thursday, April 20. The video airs at 9 a.m. 12 Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. All times PDT and are subject to change. Check NASA website: NTV is broadcast on GE-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees West longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz | eng | 0297957c-194b-4ff6-9fc4-5eebf3913330 | http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2000/00_30AR.html |
The cooperative learning guide. This contains the roles of the teachers and the students in a cooperative learning situation. Two experts in the field of Educational psychology with knowledge in cooperative learning did the content and face validity while the language editing of the instrument was done by an expert in English Education. The purpose of this instrument is to make the subjects aware of their roles during a cooperative learning situation.
Achievement test on chemical kinetics (ATCK). This was made up of 2 sections. Section A, was made up of 30 items multiple choice questions. Section B was made up of 10 short unanswered questions. All the questions were to be answered by the subjects in 1 hour 15 minutes. Face and content validity of the instrument was done by four science education lecturers in the University and two senior secondary school chemistry teachers. The reliability coefficient of the test was calculated to be 0.84, using Kuder-Richardson formula 20 (KR20).This instrument was used to measure the subjects' achievement in chemical kinetics.
Students' attitude to chemical kinetics questionnaire (SACKQ). This was a twenty item questionnaire used to measure the subjects' attitude to chemical kinetics. The items were rated on a four-point likert type interval scales ranging from strongly agree (SA) to strongly disagree (SD). Face and content validity of the instrument was done by four experts in test construction. The instrument was administered on a sample of senior secondary ii chemistry students (SSII) in Ijebu-Ode Ogun State. The data gathered were used to compute the cronbanch coefficient alpha of the instrument which yielded a value of 0.79.
Lesson notes on chemical kinetics: - There were six lesson notes, which were prepared on weekly basis for the six weeks of treatment for the study. The duration for each lesson was 80 minutes (double periods).The essence of this instrument is to guide the research assistants (teachers) on the steps and procedure to follow during treatment. | eng | 3b0876d4-be40-4fc7-9e19-6e6acd23a9f5 | http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v12_issue2/ibraheem/page8.htm |
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The kids get a mysterious invitation for a party and later find out it was from Barney. He plans a sing-along for all his friends. The group begins going on magical journeys, beginning with an adventure to Grandpa's Farm. When they return, some of Barney's old friends: Michael, Kathy, and Tosha show up and recall some memories. Linda, Danny and Kim join them and the group goes camping at a make-believe campsite. Coming back from that trip, Min and Jason arrive as a surprise for Barney. The last trip of the day is to Storybook Land, a magical place where fairy tales become reality (complete with a castle). Back in the treehouse, Barney tells everyone (including the viewer) that they're special and they tell him the same and that he can count on them. | eng | 850ac2a3-da42-4f09-bf47-935f6f5e16d9 | http://barney.wikia.com/wiki/Sing_and_Dance_with_Barney |
Geez! I just saw Rick Phinney's real estate business site and he's got the nerve to call law enforcement and educators his opponents! Wow... so, money is his only motivator? Wow, talk about self-interested! His opponents are people whose job it is to serve the public and the community. Sometimes its not all about the money dude.
i went to last week's squidfy that briantits is talkin bout... and lookin at it I noticed that Kehoe fellow and I 'membered that that ol' bank building on the corner of main there's still all ol' n' empty n' lookin' like $#*t. How come oldtown and salinas keep lettin' these kehoe douches keep screwing them? and why does kehoe keep pickin on poor ol' oldtown? | eng | 9163715c-aa0a-41d6-a691-7db61d55c293 | http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/users/justintime/comments/ |
Getting Ready for a Healthy Pregnancy
Are babies on your mind? You know there are plenty of things you should (and shouldn't) do during pregnancy to keep your baby healthy – but did you know you should have a pre-pregnancy game plan too? Protect yourself and you future son or daughter by following these guidelines to a healthy conception and pregnancy.
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Quit your bad habits now. Pregnancy is hard enough without coupling it with cigarette withdrawal. Start cutting back on smoking, alcohol, and caffeine now, before the stakes are raised. These habits can also interfere with your fertility, and the fertility of your partner.
Start taking a prenatal vitamin. These supplements are recommended for women to begin taking three to six months before they begin trying to conceive.
Make an appointment with your doctor. He'll give you a physical, discuss your current lifestyle, provide conception tips, review your medical and family history, and ensure that you are up-to-date on your vaccinations.
It's our goal to ensure you experience a safe pregnancy and deliver a healthy baby! Learn more about maternity care at Mercy Hospital. You can also give our 24-hour baby helpline a call at (305) 285-2159. If you have any other questions or would like a physician referral, call our free Consult-A-Nurse® service at (305) 285-2929. | eng | 2fb3fafc-f00c-40be-a576-24aed8caa0dc | http://mercyhospital.ballywhointeractive.com/2012/11/29/getting-ready-for-a-healthy-pregnancy/ |
In the recent past most of this region was a single country - Yugoslavia. Civil war and a series of national secessions have resulted in Tito's federal state being fragmented into smaller constituent countries: Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herezegovina and Slovenia. UN-administered Kosovo remains technically a part of Serbia for the time being. Albania was a separate country but languished in isolation from the rest of the world during the repressive years of Enver Hoxha's regime. With obvious signs of the recent hostilities evident in some quarters it is little wonder that the term 'Balkanisation' was coined in this region. | eng | aee974ce-6603-45de-89fe-88ac0203c1d9 | http://www.laurencemitchell.com/photo_1661659.html |
Here in Oregon, we've had a long debate about the value of mandatory minimum sentencing. Measure 11 was sponsored by right-wing activists like Kevin Mannix and Steve Doell. Later, Measure 57 was put on the ballot by the 2007 Oregon Legislature as a way to blunt the effects of the Mannix/Doell Measure 61.
The battles over those measures featured a coalition of progressives, human services advocates, civil libertarians, and organized labor on one side - against the typical right-wing coalition of social conservatives, anti-tax advocates, and lock-em-up advocates.
But now, there's an interesting wrinkle. Grover Norquist, the leader of the right-wing Americans for Tax Reform, has come out strongly against mandatory minimum sentencing measures like Measure 11.
The biggest problem from the perspective of the taxpayer, however, is that mandatory minimum sentencing policies have proven prohibitively expensive. In 2008, American taxpayers spent over $5.4 billion on federal prisons, a 925 percent increase since 1982.
This explosion in costs is driven by the expanded use of prison sentences for drug crimes and longer sentences required by mandatory minimums. Drug offenders are the largest category of offenders entering federal prisons each year. One third of all individuals sentenced in federal courts each year are drug offenders. And these convicts are getting long sentences. In 2008, more than two-thirds of all drug offenders receive a mandatory minimum sentence, with most receiving a ten-year minimum.
The jump in corrections costs at the state level has been equally dramatic. State corrections spending has ballooned from $6 billion in 1982 to over $50 billion in 2008. These skyrocketing costs are hitting states at a time when they are already being forced to cut back due to the bad economy. ...
In closing, I want to note that questioning the wisdom of mandatory minimums has nothing to do with being soft on crime. I believe in strong and swift punishment when appropriate. I support the death penalty for murderers. But the government has a responsibility to use taxpayer money wisely. Viewed through the skeptical eye I train on all other government programs, I have concluded that mandatory minimum sentencing policies are not worth the high cost to America's taxpayers.
A few blogs have picked this up, but I can't seem to find any coverage from the traditional news outlets. God knows why; it's definitely a man-bites-dog sort of moment.
The question I'm thinking about this morning: Given the long association between anti-government advocates like initiative racketeer Bill Sizemore and lock-em-up advocates like Kevin Mannix and Steve Doell - what does Norquist's turnabout mean for Oregon?
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NPR has a story this morning re: California prison problems and the effect of mandatory minimum laws passed in the 1990s. Worth listening to. One part I found very strange - per the NPR report, in CA the prison employee unions are major financial backers of "Crime Victims United" and have sponsored and supported various get tough on crime ballot measures, apparently to increase the number of jobs available for prison guards. A strange moment in history to have Grover Norquist on the side of reducing prison populations and a public employee union on the side of increasing prison populations. Very odd.
Kari I diagree strongly with your characterization of people who favor mandatory minimums as right wing folks in the mold of Sizemore ect. Almost every if not all elected Democratic DAs favor Measure 11 as does the majority of the blue state of Oregon. It is interesting that you failed to have a major post about the legislature's betrayal of the voters on HB 3508 which was in my view the most significant event of the legislature.In a spirit of spite the leg tolled M57 by date of sentencing not date of offense (thereby jamming the courts up and encouraging delays and failures to appear so criminals can get a shorter sentence.)
I thought progressives fought to help the most vulnerable members of society; those tend to be crime victims. The real heroes are the ones who protect the vulnerable.
It's called a "mandatory minimum" because that law says to judges, here's the minimum sentence that you're allowed give by law. The maximum is just the other end of the judge's discretionary range, which exists for every crime, except those that have life sentences.
Finally, I should be clear: I'm not arguing that we should completely eliminate the minimum end of the sentencing rang for all crimes. Rather, we've been in a political environment for 2+ decades where prison fetishists want to jack up those minimums to unreasonable levels, without any evidence that there's any positive effect on crime rates.
It's worth noting that without egregiously bad decisions both at sentencing and by parole boards made back when "doing time" was arbitrary, there'd never have been any traction for mandatory minimums.
Between racial disparities for like crimes, wrist slaps for the wealthy and connected, revolving door justice for "charismatic" offenders, and the oddly soft headed judge or parole board, it is unsurprising that politicians at all levels, and/or the people directly, turned to hammering criminals by removing lots of previously misused discretion from the justice system.
It is further unsurprising that the prison guard unions seized upon controlling the spigot by funding crime victim groups and otherwise organizing their constituency.
The best reform remains draining the profits out of the illicit drug trade and releasing its non-violent employees and financial officers.
Ending the Drug War is what Grover Norquist is really voicing in his stance.
As a final note, if anyone has the right to be a "lock 'em up" crazy in Oregon, that person is Steve Doell, or anyone like him, who has lost a loved one to the senseless violence that was largely unheard of just a couple of generations ago.
It's worth noting that without egregiously bad decisions both at sentencing and by parole boards made back when "doing time" was arbitrary, there'd never have been any traction for mandatory minimums.
Maybe. But I suspect it's not that. I suspect it's the more arbitary need to punish for the more random heinous crimes. In other words, much of this has been gut reactions to awful stories of injustice.
I have been curious for quite some time if these "punishments" actually do the job. That is, do they provide us with the outcomes we seek as a society.
I don't know the answers. I'd love to hear from some folks who believe they know them.
An excellent question Carla. The prevailing contratemps of punishment versus redemption. Are some crimes so heinous that there is no choice at redeeming the individual? Or, are all crimes worthy of personal reflection and a chance at re-entry to society?
The mandatory minimums most likely did come about due to headline cases of judicial/prosecutorial leniency. The 'lock-em up' crows seized upon thes cases and made the push for mandatory miinimums. I agree w/boats that ending the War on Drugs would go a long way to clearing out our prison populations while at the same time taking the criminal element out of marijuana production, distribution and sales.
Kari in response to your question of a mandatory maximum it is like this: the criminal code says that for Burglary in the Second Degree the most one can receive is 5 years prison, however under Oregon's sentencing guideline scheme it is legally impossible to get five years in prison.
The maximum sentence a judge can impose without a jury deciding aggravating factors (why this burglary is worse than a similar one) is 10 to 30 days in the local jail. If one aggravating factor is found by a jury the maximum is 6 mos, if two (very rare) it is 12 mos- not prison but local jail. thus the judge has a maximum of 20% that of what the law actually says. That is what I mean by mandatory maximumms- they mandate a judge stop at far less than the law says. If you wanted to get rid of the gudielines AND mandatory sentencing, I think many in law enforcement would support that.
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This is inaccurate. Outside of the repeat property offender laws, the presumed sentence for property crimes is tied to the value of the property stolen. Also, the LOWEST presumed sentence is 30 to 90 days (for theft of less than $1000 in property; your example of ID theft is what would be given to someone who possessed someone else's ID and never used it, or used it to buy something small. Someone who stole more would get maybe one year in jail) There is NO presumed 10 to 30 day sentence under the guidelines.
The biggest problem with sentencing guidelines is that the harshness of the sentence is determined by considering much worse behavior than the elements of the crime. "Identity theft", for example, is sentenced as though the offender is the thief who obtains birthdates and social security numbers and causes everyone's nightmare of having thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges in theit name...but that's not how the crime is defined. A 22 year old white woman can be and is convicted of "Identity theft" for simply having in her pocket a picture ID of someone who looks like Bill Cosby, without ever once trying to pass herself off as anyone else. The law doesn't say she has to. People are convicted of sexual abuse of minors without ever encountering a minor, simply because of pictures on their computers. People are convicted of "delivering controlled substances to a minor" (which has a sentence appropriate for the scumbucket who sells dope to kids), simply for sharing a bong hit of marijuana with a stranger at a party, no matter that the mature looking 17 year old has been doing bong hits for three years and that no money ever changed hands. And the list is endless.
Judges need to be independent. They need to be free to consider individual circumstances and decide whether the facts fit the reasons for a given sentence being what it is.
Per NPR's report this morning:
California, which pioneered the mandatory minimums and 3 strikes measures has a prison recidivism rate of over 75%. The increase in prison population required more money for basics, like food, water, and security. The basics use money that previously went to education and training of inmates. The prisons in California are collapsing under the weight of mandatory minimums and recidivism has gone from 55% to over 75% without the training and work programs in place.
What is needed is a huge rethink in the whole approach, starting with the idea that you build a system out of independent actors (cops, prosecutors, judges, appellate courts) who have essentially zero accountability for their actions and who have no responsibility to make judicious use of resources.
We need to have good data on every actor in the system, the kind of data that would allow us to evaluate effective and ineffective participants, i.e., the ones that use the resources available for the most benefit.
Prosecutors are allowed to assume essentially infinite supply of prison beds and to terrorize defendants with charge sheets that coerce plea bargains; judges are not allowed discretion to recognize the bursting at the seams system, an implicit requirement to act as if there was infinite supply of prison beds. Nobody in the system is evaluated for effectiveness in terms of fixing offenders. Rather, we've got a hash house with exactly one item on the menu and, when that item proves not to be effective (when we have recidivism) our response is to shout "OH YEAH, then how about we give you 10 times as much of it," destroying any hopes for maintaining family connections and condemning yet another generation to fulfill their role in the system.
We need to develop ways to not just allocate prison beds but also to measure the effectiveness of sentencing AND CHARGING and tie consequences for those strategies to the actors who employ them. We need to develop a full range of menu items for our corrections restaurant and start treating prisons as the high-cost, low-utility places that they are.
This piece, by coincidence, published today, is an example of trying to be smart rather than bullheaded on our approach to dealing with crime. We need more like this something somethingMeasure 11 has caused a huge economic problem for Oregon and is just plain bad policy. Our judges need to have their discretion back! There is research that it is more expensive and the least effective means of dealing with public safety. We forget that the vast majority will one day be back on the street....so wouldn't it make more sense to educate, train and treat people???? It would save a lot of money in the long run while making our community a safer place to live!!!
There is literally a world of knowledge and research out there that says you can't just lock people up for long periods of time and for everything; it just doesn't work. What is the point of our criminal justice system? Is it strictly punitive? Is it meant to reform and allow for redemption? What kind of people do we lock up, and what kind of people do we want to release when their sentence is done? Who is served by minimum mandatory sentences? What cost do we incur to the checks and balances of our system when discretion is taken from judges and jurors, and given to the prosecutors?
We know that minimum mandatory sentences are expensive for our budgets, and swallow large percentages of our general funding. It's time that we also look at the path of destruction it has left in ruined lives and fractured families.
I'm old enough to recall the reason for the guidelines. And recalling the history also reveals the fiction of "soft headed judges and parole boards." (Though some judges are certainly softer than others)
Late 1970's early 1980's the State didn't have enough prison beds. The legislature wouldn't fund them out of general revenue and the voters rejected bonding or taxes to build them. So when these "soft headed judges" continued to sentence people to prison (5, 10 or 20 years), the "soft headed" parole board was forced to decide who to release, or face a civil rights lawsuit. (Which they would lose).
So the parole board came up with a matrix. Depending on a persons prior record and type of crime, and other factors that could predict recidivism, they would set a release date. Maybe for a burglary II people were being kicked out after 45 days. For an assault I, maybe four years.
Citizens (those same ones who voted the funding for more prisons down) were infuriated that these "soft headed judges" could sentence someone to 10 years and they'd be released in two. So the Legislature said...OK instead of that, we'll have truth in sentencing. If this person charged with this type of crime is released in 6 months under the parol matrix, Then we're going to sentence them to 6 months up front. Thats the guidelines. It was basically what the parole board was doing anyway.
Blowback...Now the citizens were really PO'd. Before the articles in the morning paper said some serial burglar got 20 years in prison and everyone was happy. THe people didn't know that that person got out in 48 months under the parole board matrix).
But With the truth in sentenceing guidlines the morning newspapars now reported that that burglar got a sentence of only 48 months.
J....C.....YOU'RE KIDDING ME?????? 48 MONTHS IS ALL???????? WHAT A BUNCH OF SOFT HEADED JUDGES!!!! WE NEED TO PASS SOME MORE LAWS!!!!
And in Salem some politicians acted as though they were shocked that this was happening. Like they had nothing to do with it.
The problem was, we should have been PO'd at the legislature and ourselves for not funding prison beds.
So in a way Grover Norquist is simply recognizing that we really need to get over this need and not do a spit take with our coffee in the morning when we read that some burglar got a 48 month sentence. And go back to the sentencing guidelines, with some tweaking, which do in fact take into account public safety and the cost of incarceration.
Don't forget, Kevin Mannix ran for Gov. on the slogan "soft on crime, no new taxes".
Norquist said, "The biggest problem from the perspective of the taxpayer, however, is that mandatory minimum sentencing policies have proven prohibitively expensive. In 2008, American taxpayers spent over $5.4 billion on federal prisons, a 925 percent increase since 1982. "
Perhaps it finally dawned on Norquist that "tough on crime" needed to be paid for, and some jurisdictions were turning to taxes to pay for that.
We will always lose on this issue until we start talking about the victims of crime and how to prevent there from being more of them, instead of how expensive it is to lock people up. Speaking as a devoted Democrat, it pains me to see how stupid the party is on this issue. Don't we see the obvious? PEOPLE THINK THAT LOCKING UP CRIMINALS IS MONEY WELL SPENT. The declining violent crime rates and studies of the cost to society of even non-violent property crime tend to support this positionmlw is correct when s/he states that people who want sentencing changes need to talk about preventing crime. Because I would hope thats what we're really talking about here.
Even though some folks will accuse anyone who would like outcome based sentencing of being soft on crime, I believe the debate is really about how to best spend the available dollars in the most efficient way that maxmizes pubic safety. Taking into account, on case by case basis, victims needs and expectations.
But I take excetpion with mlw in that you simply can't talk about crime prevention or reduction without talking about how the criminal justice system spends its money.
I don't hear many peopoe who would like to get rid of mandatory minimums say we should take any realized savings and give it away to some unrelated government program (Except Grover I guess who would like to cut taxes with the savings) I do hear that we should use the savings for non incarceration programs, Drug and alcohol treatment, and victim reparations.
So I agree that the debate here should be on what works for crime prevention (For a good discussion see Judge Michael Marcus' website at victim specific needs.
And some of you may be dissapointed that what works for some offendors may be even more jail or prison than recommended by the guidelines or any mandatory sentencing law. But if we are true to our end goal. Public safety, then thats fine.
I have read a lot from people who probably have never had to watch this system and kids. We have children, yes children, charged as adults. We ruine their lives before they even know who they are. We do this based on lies. I have watched a DA lie to a judge when the truth would have better served everyone and was told to be quiet. I have seen children who don't understand what is happening to them. They can be matipulated by the legal system when they don't understand the the long term consequences. We have a legal system that makes it reputation on the backs of children. Who protects them? Who protects the family that has to watch it from the sidelines? Who protects the siblings that has nothing to do with anything but won't be believed?
I will go back to being tough on crime when I see some honesty on the part of the system, it starts with not allow the police to lie, DA's having to tell the truth for all things and we stop labeling children for life for anything they doUntil we're going to have the intellectual honesty to say that each person and each case is unique and that judgments made three, five, ten or even twenty years before may have absolutely nothing to do with who is and isn't suitable for release and reintegration then, yes, we're not going to make progress.
I propose the following: that all criminal sentencing be conducted en masse each month, rather than seriatim and individually.
That is, each month, all the pleas and all the trial conviction cases will be forwarded to a sentencing jury made up of citizens who, with full knowledge of the capacity of the prisons, the projected occupancies, and the number of current open cases heading towards trial, arrives at sentences for ALL criminal cases at the same time -- might take a week each month. The prosecutors and the defense attorneys will be able to make arguments for their proposed sentences and the jury will have to fit all the sentences into the available space.
In other words, no more credit card spending without a limit on jailing people. The system will have a budget for incarceration and the sentences will have to fit within the budget. In such a system, the scary people who need to go away for a long time will, and the young and dumb are lots less likely to have their lives ruined by draconian sentencing rules; also, we will no longer have to use inflexible rules to ensure sentencing fairness. We'll do all the cases for like charges at the same time, starting with the homicides and working our way down to the public urinations, mopery, dopery etc.
Admiral you are the one who is wrong. While I agree that the guideline score is tied to loss, burglary-2 (being in a business with the intent to steal); ID Theft were one steals under $1000 are all what are called category-2 crimes under the guidelines. I am sure the lawyers with different views MLW and Robert Harris will agree with me.
These are not the only cat-2 crimes. Without the property crime minimum, outside of Burglary First Degree or Agg Theft-I (over $10,000) it would be IMPOSSIBLE to go to prison under the guidelines on a property crime unless one had at least one person felony on their record- and even then rare. Impossible. That is why the mandatory setnences are needed because the guidelines are weak.
Your ID theft example would be not raise to a beyond a reasonable doubt standard and would likely be thrown out by a judge before a judge could even here it. Case law as made clear there must be a financial motive. IF there was evidence that she was using or planning on using Mr. Cosby's ID to order stuff of the internet then she could AND SHOULD BE convicted of ID Theft.
Mr. Grover Norquist, I strongly believe that we need to abandon mandatory minimum here in Oregon. We are wasting so much money on this m-11 when we can put our money and efforts in our children's future. Like, build more schools than prisons. Make programs available for people that have an addiction. Locking them up and trowing away the key is not the answer. Also M-11 has been nothing less than a huge economic problem for Oregon. Wake up people and smell the coffee. Pretty soon we can just put a barbwire around our state and call it good. | eng | d4bf5fa9-e70c-4b7b-bd7a-79dc5361f8aa | http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/07/grover-norquist-abandons-mandatory-minimums-will-oregon-conservatives-follow-his-lead/ |
As Wyatt prepared for his walk he felt chills run through his body, a feeling of uncertainty and nervousness took a hold over him. Yet there was this little rush that surged in his fingers and toes, something powerful, something new.
"Okay, walk home don't get into any fights or arguments, look at the floor, just walk its only 7 blocks, you got this Wyatt," said Wyatt to himself.
As he walked he bumped into someone, someone he felt he knew. The mysterious stranger had seem to make Wyatt drop his phone, and that phone would happen to be more important than Wyatt's face itself. So of course the natural thing happened Wyatt got himself into a nice little debate.
"Watch where the hell you're going moron."
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Wyatt's eye's filled with rage for he had not only been born out of wedlock but lost his father a few years ago. He felt hot, his throat felt dry and as he tried to speak he felt a choking sensation but he couldn't let go of his anger he imagined the stranger burning for the dreaded words he had chosen and to his surprise that is exactly what happened the mans shirt lit on fire.
"What the hell! How the fuck did you do that?"
To Wyatt's surprise the man had a large grin across his face as the flame slowly burnt out, who was this man? is he a man? Wyatt knew something was wrong, he knew in his gut this man knew about his new found "gift" and had every intention of testing it.
Epi.4 coming soon ;)
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Feel free to give me your predictions, for all you know you may trigger this mind of mine.
"WENDY! Something weird just happened and I'm not sure if its the alcohol talking or if its real … talk me down. PLEASE!"
"What the hell happened? Are you okay?"
"I got really pissed off that they messed up my order and the damn steak lit on fire but no one else saw it. It's like everyone else was in another world and I was just there seeing things. Ugh, I don't know maybe I'm too drunk."
"Is this the first time you've felt like that? Have you seen something like this before?"
"I mean when I was a kid it would happen all the time but I just thought it was my imagination going a little crazy, why? You seem way too interested, where's my 'Oh Wyatt just drink some water and sober up, stop buggin'?"
"I think its time we have a very serious talk. I might know what's happening to you, or what gift you posses."
"Wendy what the fuck are you talking about, you are literally scaring the shit out of me, what the hell do we have to talk about?"
"Meet me at your place in an hour and please try, try with all your might to contain your emotions please dangerous things could happen if you don't."
Happy birthday Wyatt it seems there's a gift, but what could it be? You know better than anyone else that Wendy doesn't play along to ease your mind, so what could this talk be about and what did she mean by it could be dangerous? Be careful the walk home has some tricks in store lets see if you can get that heart off your sleeve… | eng | 21c03a67-285b-4270-aa2c-e354a1e08b2d | http://kidstupidfresh.tumblr.com/tagged/magic |
Occupy Melbourne surprised the local law by turning their tents into costumes; when police attempted to tear down the tents, they sprouted legs and heads and started running around the park. The cops turned and left, chased by tents.
But the cops came back, and exacted petty vengeance on the costumed protesters. Several officers grabbed a woman who was wearing a tent and restrained her while they sliced the tent costume off her and then they left with the tent, leaving the protester in a public park in only a bra and underwear.
So, that would classify as an assault of the woman would it not? They restrained and undressed her publically humiliating her. Sexual assault?
Crafty
This movement is a test of law enforcement dignity everywhere.
So many are failing.
DeWynken
Will these attacks on Gingers never cease?
Pink Galah
In Australia we call them Rangas ;] Our Prime Minister is one ;)
Joshua Ochs
You know, until these protests, I used to give the police a fair shake. Hard job, little thanks, extreme risk and stress. A few bad apples who make the rest look terrible.
These constant stories are pushing me more and more towards "vicious thugs who enjoy bullying people for a living". We have what, a half dozen cities now with massive police overreaction, force, and violence?
Depressing.
occupyordie
i feel for the loss of your trust in police, but I'm glad that more people are waking up to this that has been a reality in many places in this country long before the occupy protests. thanks for voicing your thoughts.
Guest
People have been saying this for quite some time, and largely they've been met with "You must have been doing something wrong; law-abiding people don't have anything to worry about." One of the inadvertent effects of the Occupy movement has been the undeniable display of inappropriate use of force by authorities.
I think people become cops for one of two reasons: they legitimately want to help people, or they're bullies hiding behind the authority of the badge.
Alfred Hitchcock was once asked in an interview, What scares you? He replied "Policemen scare me. In our society, they're the only ones who can tap you on the shoulder and say, 'Come with me,' and you have to go."
Never doubt that policemen are aware of this.
Catbeller
Police , and soldiers of the US military, and agents of any of the US spookshows will be able to take you away. In the latter cases, forever and a day, without trial, if Congress gets its way.
Sparg Otyebat
In the States the US military is not allowed to act as police, thanks to the Posse Comitatus Act, though the individual states can sic their National Guard units on you, unless prohibited by the individual states.
John Veteran
Sparg, you are no doubt familiar with the National Defense Authorization Act?
dragonfrog
Actually, in the first world, it's not very risky. Based on 1999 figures, policing is about as dangerous as gardening, 1/3 as dangerous as garbage collection or driving a truck, less than 1/10 as dangerous as logging or fishing.
Thank god people are seeing the light now. Ive been being beaten and harassed for about 10 years now (coincidence?) and its only gotten worse. Ive been hit, purposefully cuffed incorrectly causing permanent feeling loss in one wrist, ive been given FALSE CHARGES on multiple occasions, Ive constantly been verbally and mentally harassed, ive been tortured, and more. Its only now that people are seeing them for what they truly have become, even the people in the "nice areas" can see the blatant disregard for people. Ive frequently heard police refer to people as animals or dogs. I wouldnt even treat a really bad dog the way ive been treated. I wouldnt piss on a cop that was burning to death and that is a fact.
Its the police who run the prostitution and hard drugs through my neighborhood. Its like a movie but in reality. They find known areas, bust known sellers, condemn the house, buy a house up the street, open up shop, use confiscated drugs for re-selling, keep the hookers doped up, etc. Murder and cover-ups go right along with it. Its known, kind of like we know judges are corrupt, congress is the opposite of progress, and lawyers are snakes. Just facts.
EVERY SINGLE TIME I speak of this someone just doubts me or tells me im doing something wrong. Fact is, what im doing wrong is living in a bad neighborhood. It really is a shame when good honest hard working people like myself fear the police more than the criminals. I no longer call the police, I bought a bulletproof vest and a gun. Nothing else a cop can offer me.
Fnordius
You know, just to raise the tinfoil a little bit, I wonder if some of these cases of heavy handed police tactics are being ordered from above to drive a wedge between the police and the protesters. Maybe the goal is to suggest to the cops themselves that they are beseiged, that only their rich overlords truly respect them?
Daniel
We've had this "War on Drugs" thing going on for like 30 years now despite statistics proving that it's having no negative impact on the availability of drugs or the profitability of drug distribution. It leads to ridiculous numbers of minor drug offenders being imprisoned — disproportionately ethnic minorities. At this point, the "Land of the Free" has the highest incarceration rate of the world because of these policies.
It's not the least bit paranoid to suppose that the point of all this is to drive a wedge between law enforcement and civilians. I'd say that there's no other reasonable explanation for the War on Drugs or the War on Terror for that matter.
Donaleen Kohn
Boy oh boy, cops are vindictive and have NO sense of humor about themselves, let alone an appreciation for the absurd.
Cowicide
As is anyone else who is dumb as a brick.
joeydetroit
Kinda rapey, Australia. Clearly law enforcement is showing with OWS that they are able to behave worse than the 'criminals' they are supposed to protect us from.
jimh
Christ, what assholes.
Sean Nelson
I see kids every day with baggy pants and shirts that could easily be used as a tent. They'd better watch out.
…Also, I bet the next set of tent costume wearers don't wear underwear.
It is summer here in Australia, I imagine it was pretty hot wearing a tent and running about.
Stephanie
My god, that poor woman. If that were me, I'd be pressing charges. The police have to no right to slice off her clothing, no matter what she's wearing. She's clearly under duress and saying thing like "Don't undress me, this is not consensual, don't take my clothes off." Those police ought to be ashamed of themselves and lose their jobs, to boot.
EvilSpirit
If by "lose their jobs" you also mean "not be allowed within 1000 feet of a school," then you'd be treating them like any other lawbreaker, at least in these parts.
graou
I agree with you, but am i the only one considering the guy shouting at the end seems overly dramatic ? I mean, how would he shout if the girl had been raped or shot…
To be clear I'm a huge fan of the idea of tent outfits, the reaction of the cops is stupid and disgraceful, but come on, when you do things like that you have to consider the eventuality of disproportionate response from the cops, and being in underwear in public isn't traumatic for me… But maybe it's just me…
PS : "Can you please call the cops" was excellent by the way, i'll try to remember it when i see police abuse people.
makalove
The man shouting at the end seemed overly dramatic to me, too, but the raw emotion in his voice made me wonder if he had an emotional relationship to the victim (partner? sister? etc.).
As far as considering in advance that a cop might sexually assault you if you wear a tent to the park, isn't that sort of like saying that rape is wrong but rape victims should have considered in advance that they might be raped if they go out in a short skirt?? The victim's choices may have begun the conflict, but her choices are not the cause of the illegal and inappropriate behavior – that distinction belongs to the cops who stripped this woman in a public place in direct opposition to her stated objections. You may not feel being in your underwear in public is traumatic, but it's the way she ended up in her underwear that is likely the most traumatic part of this.
i agree completely, by the way, about "Can you please call the cops"! Perfect response to police misconduct.
PhosPhorious
So rather than looking slightly foolish, they prefer to look like rapists and sex offenders.
Good call.
ycleptShawn
Did she originally have clothes on under the tent? Seems weird to be in bra and panties under the tent outfit. Then again, a tent in the sun can be pretty warm.
bob d
December + Australia = Summer. So yeah, I'd imagine it's pretty hot.
jordan yerman
It was pretty warm in Melbourne yesterday, yeah.
Guest
And once again the local police prove they are the most organized gang in the city.
dxx
I'm starting to wonder if the world's police forces are basing their training on Chicago's police forces or if Chicago just used to get the most public coverage.
Will Traxler
I think it's a bit of both, I live in Chicago and I can safely say that some cops here are the worst kind, but there are plenty of friendly ones. However, if you piss off a Chicago cop, god have mercy on your soul.
Catbeller
I was hit by a car in Chicago. After I called for police, I waited an hour… and gave up and went home.
When the big antiwar march in 2003 went down, there must have been 5000-10000 cops on the route, with hundreds of cars on lower Wacker and helicopters in the air… Chicago is at core fascistic and always has been. Not a slur, just a checklist. The government doesn't work for us, never did. Works for banks and money men. They do not like protests, no sir – those piss off the real bosses royally.
Pink Galah
Great post [i don't live in Chicago BTW;]
Why does an image of the Blues Brothers come to mind when I read this??
dxx
Did Mark Horwood remove his comment or did it get moderated out? Either way, CWAA.
The_Cup_IS_Full
she could have worn clothes inside, but didn't. How much more are the cops supposed to take. You want to make a statement against the government, politicians and all involved in making policies … go ahead. Don't F around with the cops who are doing their jobs.
Why wasn't she wearing anything underneath the tent? Huh? She's in public. A tent is not a home. Public indecency is what she should have been charged with next.
dxx
Last I checked, there wasn't any law declaring that a tent couldn't be used as clothing. (To clarify: I'm not Australian, but I would LOVE to be proved wrong here. Then at least we'd have faith that the officers were actually upholding the law.)
Police should act responsibly, not emotionally.
bob d
Hmmm, can't tell if trolling or complete idiot…
UrbanUndead
The Venn Diagram does have a thick wedge of overlap…
Brainspore
Don't F around with the cops who are doing their jobs.
Interesting interpretation of "doing their jobs."
subhan
If she was doing anything to warrant stripping her in public, she should have been placed in the back of squad car & arrested, taken to the station, & dealt with there. The fact they left her sitting naked on the ground after the assault is pretty telling evidence that this was purely vindictiveness.
Dr_Wadd
Probably just as well the video didn't show too much of her ankles, I'm not sure how you would have coped with that.
foobar
You do realize that December is to Australia what June is to North America?
Sgt_HulkasToe
Hey, for these purposes, I'm agreeing that they can be naked in a tent. But still, Sergeant. What would you do?
mccrum
Give her my jacket, give her a ride home, give her some decency.
Sgt_HulkasToe
Alright. Fair enough. But you probably wouldn't give her your jacket. Tough to explain that to the boss tomorrow at roll call. I suppose you could let her go. But you'd end up with 8 guys without jackets and still have walking tents. I don't think that anyone should be humiliated.
mccrum
She gets the jacket to wear until we get to the car where I can give her a blanket or something from the trunk. I'm not giving it to her for keepsies but I'm sure as hell not going to leave anyone out in a park in their skivvies no matter what.
Protect and serve. Not just protect your job.
foobar
I don't see what the real issue is with people in tent costumes in a public park. Are Melbourne police so over funded that they really have nothing more pressing to deal with?
Itsumishi
They do seem to make a lot of money by getting their rookies to fine people for jay-walking all over the CBD every few months. I don't mean the odd lone cop fining the people for stepping in front of traffic or anything. I mean a dozen cops situated at a major intersection fining each and every person that jaywalks.
dragonfrog
How about leave her the hell alone, since there's no sign she's doing anything wrong.
MertvayaRuka
If their reaction to someone having a bit of fun with them is to tackle and forcibly undress them, they shouldn't be cops. Fuck that, they shouldn't be able to interact with the public except perhaps from on the other side of a sturdy set of steel bars or perhaps through a solid half foot of lexan.
Don't F around with the cops who are doing their jobs.Interesting interpretation of "doing their jobs."
Don't feed the trolls! I know they're cute, and they keep looking at you with those big, sad eyes…
Catbeller
When, exactly, do we get to tell our "public servants" to knock it off? If we're not their bosses, who do they work for?
Mark_Frauenfelder
The police are allowed to do whatever they want to people who aren't rich. That's one of the perks they get for being the faithful minions of the 1%.
alex4point0
If you want to let Victoria Police know what you think of their behaviour, you can drop their Digital Media Unit a line on twitter at @VictoriaPolice:twitter . #occupysocialmedia #ashamedvictorian #nottoofarfromthetruth #yesitsnotcanada
Supposedly the protesters were warned by council staff that if they wrapped themselves in the tents they'd still be removed. However, I can't believe that there's a bylaw that forbids the wearing of tents
What disappoints me about the video clip is that all the police officers were filmed only showing from the shoulder down. It's potentially difficult now to identify officers unless more footage surfaces. More disturbing is that the numbers on the officers uniforms appears to be removed – another big no-no and one that's come up repeatedly in the Australian press
exhipigeonist
In the longer video you can hear multiple people recording names of the police involved. They may not be visible on the blurry images we can see, but the protesters had them when filing their official complaint.
I wouldn't be surprised if they were published online somewhere, too.
Sgt_HulkasToe
Yeah, and you can see their faces, so they'll all be named. I'm sure it was pretty clear from the radio tapes who was there.
willyboy
That correspondent reminds me of Andy Rooney.
Jonathan Roberts
As far as I can tell, the 'rules' for protesters and police often seem to be to put the other side in a bad light. If the police can (through agents provocateur or other means) make the crowd a bit violent so that they can make arrests and dismiss the movement as a bunch of unwashed hippies or thugs, they've won. On the other hand, if the protesters can show footage of police brutality against them, public sympathy switches to their side. This wasn't just some childish prank, it was clearly a publicity stunt as they were expecting the police to try to 'evict' them and wanted to see what would happen. Warm or not, I don't just drop my pants when the police arrive. I suppose the idea here was to try to make the police look silly, rather than ending up without clothes in the middle of a public park. Of course, in this case the police seem to have taken the bait and bitten down hard.
Sgt_HulkasToe
Alright. So I could say that as an ex-cop, I agree with the guy who says why are they naked. But then I'd get yelled down as a troll and ignored as having a different view.
So, I would pose to you. You're a Sergeant with a squad of 8 cops. You have been assigned the job of clearing the tents from the green, because camping is not permitted. What do you do? Bear in mind, that this is a lawful order, so you can't ignore or defy it without losing your job.
PhosPhorious
"What do you do?"
Arrest them. Take them in.
Do NOT strip them on public and then leave them. Do cops have NO standards whatsoever? Does "doing your job" excuse everything?
Sgt_HulkasToe
Alright. So they're wearing tents. Hard to put them in a police car with a popped out tent. Now, they could have stripped them of the tents and put blanket around them, but seriously, what would you do?
Guest
I'd fire you and hire a cop who could mange to do this without being a barbarian or an obstinate jerk about it.
Sgt_HulkasToe
No. You're the boss on the scene. So you're saying you'd call for a Lieutenant and assume he would fire you for being sub-human. Unlikely. So you would do nothing?
William Joseph Dunn
" Hard to put them in a police car with a popped out tent. Now, they could have stripped them of the tents and put blanket around them, but seriously, what would you do?"
but they didn't put them in a squad car because the cops knew no law was broken. the fact that they just left her there proves that. they just got their little feelings hurt, so they decided to teach her a lesson by assaulting her and if you don't think it's not assault, if they saw a civilian do the same thing they did, they would arrest that person.
what would I do? I would walk away because you can't arrest somebody because you don't like what they are wearing.
Sgt_HulkasToe
There is a law that prohibits tents in the park, or camping. And they were there illegally. So you're refusing to follow orders?
Antinous / Moderator
So you're refusing to follow orders?
Have y'all not heard of the Nuremberg Defense down there in the Southern Hemisphere?
Guest
Didn;t they disobey orders for not taking her in when she had broken the law?
they stripped her and left her.
And you're defending them. Why is that?
JProffitt71
There is nothing to defend here. Nothing. They cut off her clothing, and then promptly left. There was no arrest, and therefore presumably no law broken. Therefore, what they did was cut absurd clothes off of a woman. This is not defensible, it simply isn't. There is nothing that can be explained at this point; this is a defined issue and they, and anyone taking their side on this incident, are in the wrong.
Catbeller
Let's just call it what it was: rape. Whatever it is they would charge US with if we cut the clothes off a woman and left her naked in public.
PhosPhorious
"Now, they could have stripped them of the tents and put blanket around them"
That. Why is that not a "serious" option?
They stripped her and left her there.
You're defending them with a moronic rhetorical questions.
Once a cop, always a cop, I suppose.
Sgt_HulkasToe
You've misunderstood. This is not rhetorical. This is an actual question that they faced that day. My point is that it's easy to call them facist tools of the state. But they are people just like you who have to make split second decisions often.
InvertedLens
Split decisions can be argued when your life is at stake. There was plenty of time before they originally approached the tents, and then turned around and left. To think about their actions and even the point of being ordered to have the tents cleared out. This is inexcusable, despicable and rape-like.
PhosPhorious
Sgt_HulkasToe:What makes this a rhetorical exercise is because the situation you are defending is not the one that transpired.There was no "split second decision." there was no "How do we get her into the squd car in that get up?"The cops went away and came back. They stripped her without arresting her.All the exculpatory possibilities that fascinate you so much exist entirely in your head.
John Smith
Wow, cops really are stupid. remove the poles, dirt brain.
tom burtonwood
i'm sure the cops in Oz have bigger vehicles. if not commandeer a flat bed truck or bus. either way it's simply a logistical issue and the on the ground commander should be able to improvise as need or hire someone who can.
Bodhipaksa
Your entire argument is predicated on the police having been given orders to remove tents from the park. Wearing a tent as clothing is arguably odd, arguably humorous, arguably cheeky. But what it is not is "camping." Now I doubt very much whether these police officers had orders to forcibly remove tents worn as clothing, so your argument is moot.
exoskeletor
Well, if I couldn't figure out what to do in a situation like that I guess I wouldn't deserve the position. Hypotheticals like this are useless. Cops, especially the higher ups, need to be able to think on their feet and be able to assess a situation like this as a potential PR problem.
Me? I would have walked her (in this case) to a safe area, maybe a paddy wagon, called a matron, and have her civilly undressed in private. Duh. Then take her down to be booked if that's what was going to be done or let her make a call for some clothes or get some from bystanders, and let her leave (as the hero she might think she is, but still control my fucking ego). It's really not rocket science. I'd have a lot harder time dealing with David in DC hanging onto a building's framework. What would you have done about him? Shot him?
cnawan
1. The follow up video (where she confronts the cops, tells them she wants to charge them with sexual assault, they refuse and laugh at her) takes place in front of a large police van, which I believe was parked on the edge of the park.
2. Among the police officers forcibly disrobing her are female cops.
What I might have done is have the female cops escort her into the van, assist her (if required) to remove the tent and give her something else to wear.
Now, how hard was that?
ernunnos
How? They're wearing tents. You have to get them out of the tents in order to fit them into a squad car. There is no good choice for the cops. That's the point, that's the kind of intractable situation the protesters wanted to create. And they succeeded. Congratulations.
You notice this is not inconveniencing the criminals who created the financial crisis one bit?
PhosPhorious
So they stripped her in order to arrest her?
Then why didn't they arrest her?
Brainspore
There is no good choice for the cops.
If only there had been some way for the cops to walk away WITHOUT stripping a young woman in public first. Alas, we live in the real world where entertaining such fantastical notions clearly gets us nowhere.
InvertedLens
They didn't arrest the girl though, they all walked away with the tent scraps.
Xof
Because the one thing we are *absolutely sure of* is that the police of one of the largest cities in Australia have nothing larger than a SmartCar to transport prisoners in.
Itsumishi
As John Smith pointed out above the really obvious solution is to remove the poles.
Mark_Frauenfelder
I missed the video where they put her in the squad car. The one I saw is where the left her half naked on the ground.
VerySincerely
Ignore human rights laws. Remember, the most important thing is that the police save face. Go ahead and sexually assault and humiliate the young woman in the park. Job well done.
Jonathan Roberts
Cut the metal/plastic supports and leave the protesters wearing ponchos?
Sgt_HulkasToe
I like that idea. I support that. Prevents them from camping in it and yes allows them dignity. +1
PhosPhorious
I'm curious, since hypotheticals seem to be your thing:
What would you do to the officers involved, if you were their superior? High fives all around, or something more formal, like a commendation?
sincarne
Police have been doing a pretty thorough job of clearing parks of protesters in the past month. Some peacefully, some like stormtroopers. Suddenly they put on tents and it's all changed? Interesting. If someone were to play peekaboo with you, would you really believe they'd disappeared?
I'm getting sick of people really digging to find excuses for this. This was petty vindictiveness that left a woman underdressed in a park. Nothing else.
Brainspore
You have been assigned the job of clearing the tents from the green, because camping is not permitted. What do you do?
I'd walk away once it was clear that the tents were part of a practical joke rather than an encampment. Maybe have a chuckle with my buddies about "kids today."
ernunnos
Despite what "Super Troopers" might have lead you to believe, the police hiring process does not generally select for an appreciation of practical jokes. You may or may not want to take this into account when encountering the species in the wild.
Brainspore
…the police hiring process does not generally select for an appreciation of practical jokes.
The Sgt. asked what I would do in that situation. But it doesn't really matter if the police appreciate it or not. If you're a law enforcement officer you can't take personal petty vengeance just because somebody annoyed or embarrassed you.
Catbeller
Not when there are cameras around. They usually take you into the alley and kick the crap out of you. That's always legal, 'cause they define legal.
You cannot use "following orders" as an excuse for breaking the law. If you can't figure out a legal and responsible way of carrying out an order, you ought not to follow it. I'm not sure how it plays on the police side of things, but in the military, there's a very explicit mandate to follow only lawful orders. Blow up an enemy tank? Check. Shoot a guy running naked and lipstick-smeared from your CO's house with said CO chasing behind screaming "shoot that —-er"? Not so much.
Xof
You do realize that what the police actually *did* does not correspond to your goal, yes?
foobar
Technically, as soon as the protesters stood up, the tents were cleared.
Peter
O.K. here is my interpretation of the situation the police faced and why I think your comment sucks.
1: the police had to do something because, by god, they cannot appear to be human or lax or just plain humiliated by a civilian. (why the hell do they refer to non-cops as cilviians….the cops are civilians too, nothing more ,nothing less. They are not sacred gods to be feared and granted indulgences…they are public servants).
2: Then when they do that and are shown as action oriented goons here come all of their comrades, holding to the line that cops can do no bad and the old excuse " OH, the poor Police!…they are just human….they were put in such an awkward position"….wah wah wah.
3: Oh , they were ordered to remove the tents from the green were they….then they should have waited for the protesters to retire or take off ther clothes…at that point the cloths become tents again and have to be removed ….because of the Sergeants orders.
4: The police can ignore the command and live ethical lives. Following orders indicates that the police have been militarized.
5: Funny how you think a cop can be fired for not following a stupid order. Cops can beat the crap out of someone for no good reason and the only punishment is 3 days off with out pay….fired! that a baloney argument.
You are welcome
Jo Bain
The lawfulness of the order is being debated in our federal court. A judge at a bail hearing I attended where someone was charged recently was not prepared to recognise the validity of the order and basically threw it out of court, furious that her time was wasted by the police.
This is important to keep in mind when discussing whether or not this was a 'split second decision' by the police yesterday.
Anonymous
Why do you guys continue to trip over yourselves addressing the authoritarian troll. Ignore, delete, ignore. He's got no leg to stand on, which is why the article was posted in the first place.They damaged the property of the activist and I argue they sexually assaulted the activist. Since when is public non-consensual sexual humiliation not a sexual assault?
Disemvowelling is pathetic, either ignore or delete.
Tim H
If we are imagining the thought processes of the policemen, we might try imagining how they were perceiving what was happening. They were probably told to go back and get the tents, which they did. They stripped the tent off the woman, and only then did they suddenly realize that she was basically naked underneath the costume. Up to that point, things were ugly but still within their understanding, after the stripping there WAS a split second moment when everything changed.
They had ALREADY stripped the woman naked, probably not understanding that removing the tent would cause this to occur. At that point we see who the human beings are, who the good policemen are, and we see that the police turned and left the park. They created a situation in which a woman was left all but naked, but then the left.
That's not just bad human beings, that's bad policing.
exhipigeonist
They did understand that removing the tend would lead to this. Well, sort of. The protesters claimed that they were naked underneath the 'tents', their only layer of clothing. When the police moved in one officer checked if this was correct, and reported that, in fact, protesters did have clothes on.
Not sure if this was misunderstood as meaning 'fully clothed' rather than 'only underwear', but still, they were told beforehand that this was a strong possibility.
PhosPhorious
"probably not understanding that removing the tent would cause this to occur. . . "
Exactly how did you calculate that "probably?"
Tim H
I couldn't understand a lot of the conversation in the video.
lostinutah
The Police will not be mocked. They are The Police, after all, and must be shown respect. The Police are really quite sensitive.
Manny
Ya know, hoop skirts are pretty much tents.
kairii
There's no excuse for the police behaviour demonstrated here. To leave a woman exposed in a public park in her underwear — after the humiliating and frightening experience of having been forcibly, publicly, stripped is abhorrent. Having said that:
If we're going to stereotype police officers — roll them all up into the thick as brick, humourless, bully-thug POLICE — then we oughtn't be surprised when officers become alienated from the public. There are d##@head police officers, sure — but not, I think, out of proportion to the d##@head: decent person ratio in the general population…considerably less, I should think. The Occupy movement has highlighted a lot of vindictive jerks in policing around the world; MOSTLY, though, the police have performed their duties responsibly. Responsible policing doesn't get a whole heap of media coverage; irresponsible policing does — as it should. Bad cops should be named, shamed, punished, but officers shouldn't be subjected to derision and prejudiced assumptions (as in some instances above) merely by virtue of their job — a job which is stressful, difficult and all too often thankless.
MertvayaRuka
They're not subject to derision and prejudiced assumptions merely by virtue of their job. They're subject to derision and prejudiced assumptions because they routinely do NOT name, shame or punish substantially those who are engaged in "irresponsible policing". And if they're going to stick up for the humorless bully-thugs that happen to wear the same uniform they do, they can fucking well deal with the fact that people aren't going to like that. The problem isn't just the vindictive jerks. It's the supposedly "good" cops who can always be counted on to back them up despite their "goodness".
kairii
If they're going to stick up for the humourless bully-thugs that happen to wear the same uniform as they do, then yeah, they can fucking well deal with the fact that people aren't going to like them. I'm not denying there are way too many bad cops, and I'm not denying there are too many cops who turn a blind eye to the kind of behaviour they themselves wouldn't engage in. But 'too many' doesn't equal 'all' or even 'most'. What I observe leads me to believe that in my city at least - Sydney – police of the kind you're talking about are a sizeable minority.
FrodeSvendsen
Doesn't matter.. Would you feel safe that the officer you encounter isn't one of the psychotic, pumped up beef-heads on a power trip?
You only need to meet one of them, and hey-presto, your life is turned right around..
teapot
I'll see whatever good you've seen the cops do here (Syd) and I'll raise you a hundred stories of them being power-tripping jerks or lazy morons. Anecdotes only go so far you see but you also seem to be forgetting that NSW has just about the worst history of police corruption in the country.
waetherman
As an aging radical (!) I have to say that the way that "the kids" today manage to outwit authority and bring innovation to the very idea of protest surprises and delights me. Seeing these "tent monsters" is an inspiration. Rock on, OWS. >golf clap<
Itsumishi
I wonder if this event will garner more support for the occupy movement in Melbourne. I sense it probably won't.
By far and large people in Melbourne seem to believe that whilst occupy every other city outside of Australia is justified, in Australia it somehow is not. The basis of this strange thought pattern seems to be that the protesters have nothing to protest about as our economy is yet to go down the shitter to use a local phrase. The fact that virtually all of the social ills and class divisions that exist in England, America, Europe, etc exist here also seems to be ignored. The degrees that these exist might be less in say Melbourne to London, but they sure as hell exist on a country wide scale.
Noctilucent Studios
So glad to hear they are pressing charges against the police. Here's hoping they win and win BIG.
flickerKuu
So did I see this right? A protester is detained and stripped of her costume. (All of which may be ok at this point) - but THEN, she is just LEFT sitting "nude" in a public place? No- you have to take her into custody then, and make sure she isn't breaking other laws by being naked in public. This is a rape / personal safety issue you have put her in now, and the police need to take custody of her and provide her with a jumpsuit or some privacy. There is no way this is right, decent, legal, or humane. -3874 for the cops and counting…
Petzl
Uh, anyone else grit their teeth any time she said "Mel-Born" (as opposed to Mel-Bin)? If it were Edin-Burra, Scotland, I guess she'd pronounce it "Edin-Burg".
This is CN-Frigging-N: Mr. Ted Turner made a big deal about calling having his reporters outside the US be called "international correspondents" and not "foreign correspondents." You'd think they'd show some awareness of the countries they allege they report on.
Itsumishi
No, and nor do I when I hear any English speaker refer to Paris instead of 'Par-ee' or Venice instead of 'Venezia'. Pronouncing names differently is hardly something to get upset about.
L_Mariachi
Your European examples are from different languages. Australians speak English (nominally.) "Mel-born" : "Mel-burn" is not analogous to "Cologne" : "Köln." Nobody says Mel-born, just as nobody says "War-sester-shire."
EvilSpirit
You fail to explain why that makes any difference. Nobody says "Paris" instead of "Paree" because they can't speak French, or because they can't pronounce "Paree." They say it because that's how it looks. Just as "Melbourne" isn't going to look like "Melbin" to anybody unfamiliar with the local pronunciation.
Itsumishi
Indeed, Paris is spelt exactly the same regardless.
Itsumishi
Fine, Pall Mall or Paul Maul? Car-stle-maine or Cas-tle-maine? New Zealand or Nu-Zelind? Australia or Ostraya?
The point is accents and pronunciations vary constantly, names of places being no exception.
GlenBlank
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That was really depressing reading.. How they so totally fail to see that the people we entrust this sort of responsibility to should be held to a higher standard is mindboggling.
DMStone
I don't understand why the tent monsters couldn't have had their laugh and then be done with it.
anharmyenone
Remember the Earth Liberation Front arsons? I'm afraid that when people start accusing police of sexual assault that we will see the kind of out-of-control emotions that will lead some in the occupy movement to start forming cells. It's time for people to take a step back and deescalate. Focus on ideas, not confrontation. The internet is the world's greatest soapbox and is there to be used to propose any desired reforms.
Antinous / Moderator
The internet is the world's greatest soapbox and is there to be used to propose any desired reforms.
Kind of like a free speech zone where people can protest without have any effect whatsoever on the government or the corporations or the police.
Brainspore
It's time for people to take a step back and deescalate. Focus on ideas, not confrontation.
Next thing you know they'll be organizing boycotts and marching on the National Mall. We can't have that! It might lead to something scary and new… like votes for women, or the Civil Rights Act, or ending the war in Vietnam. Best to just stick with angry letters to the editor.
EvilSpirit
The flaw in your argument is that the police actually did commit a sexual assault. I see no grounds for not accusing them of doing what they did.
what_do_you_care
Basically this boils down to how some cops (and sheriff's departments) are motivated by their emotions and politics, and feel that those motivations trump decency and procedure. I think they are emboldened when they see and hear people supporting them. Lt. John "pepper-spray" Pike, I'm sure, felt he was generating a good bar room story when he sprayed these kids directly in the face. And I'm sure he did receive secret accolades from his most malcontent friends for "having the balls" to do what they themselves "wanted to do".
You can't say that this is true about all county sheriff's departments or municipal police departments, and certainly about all cops, though. For a cop that has opposing politics, or even wrong-headed views, doesn't have to mean a cop that does much harm to the public if he is a well-trained and disciplined public servant.
For the many failures by police to carry power responsibly, though, the closest elected official should be scandalized by these incidences. We should hold them accountable.
donovan acree
This is a systemic problem. Going after politicians will do nothing. Politicians come and go but it is the culture of police which we need changed. I suspect it can only be done from the ground up.
Until I see police arresting police for this and other atrocities, all police are in the wrong. We/They need to stop this abuse. Excusing the actions and ignoring the inaction of the police only serves to continue the immoral and illegal activities of those we have granted power.
what_do_you_care
I don't know how you are going do any of these things, from the ground up or from the top down without politicians. Politicians are the products of democracy. The power of people is in democratic actions or revolutionary actions and in this "terrorism" climate revolutionary actions are going to go south swiftly and quickly with very little interest in the cause.
Is ballot activism so useless? Or as I wonder, is it just underutilized? Or perhaps it's under-organized? The protests have gotten some attention from some politicians. Why? Because they expect ballot rewards. They do change the conversation.
I don't have all the answers but I don't see the ballot box discourse happening as much as I think it could.
Other than that I'd say if you feel powerless then think about whatever it is that you do in life, and how you can do it better, and how you can do it to help change the conversation.
Mister44
WTF, Australia? And your Steakhouses seemed so nice…
teapot
"Steakhouses" don't really exist here. You can get delicious steak at a restaurant or pub, but there aren't really many dedicated steak restaurants. It confused me immensely to see "Outback Steakhouse" in the middle of Shibuya, Tokyo… Totally bizarro. I notice that there are actually some stores here in Australia now, but this bit of blurb from their site explains everything:
OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC, headquartered in Tampa, Florida was founded in 1988 by those who believe in hospitality, sharing, quality, being courageous and having fun! *puke*
you know your a hottie when your lookin good even wearin a tent. wowza :)
Brainspore
you know your a hottie when your lookin good even wearin a tent. wowza :)
You know you're a sicko when you get turned on by video of a woman being sexually violated. Wowza. :-[
Ipo
I had no idea, in Australia, the Fashion Police was endowed with undressing-powers.
Is this about some new anti-burqa-laws?
teapot
Usually Youtube comments demonstrate nothing but stupidity, but this guy has it right on the money.
Victorian Police are mostly societies rejects & retarded inbreds that failed to pursue a real trade or career in the real world
You know the morons were laughing about it back at the station. It's not gonna be so funny when they find their asses in court.
shadowfirebird
I have this pleasant fantasy* of a new fashion trend starting in Melbourne in response to this: everyone you see wearing tent-like clothing.
(* Not that sort, stupid.)
Mladen Kalinic
Power of the super rich. They don't like what you're doing, you won't do it anymore.
Let's just see how angry they can get us to be
Nathan Hornby
My favourite bit: "Can somebody call the cops??"
Illustrates the situation perfectly.
parker_vmg3
It seems that a lot of thought was put into this event from both sides. The real instigators were out of camera for the event's, but one of them can be heard quite clearly. The blowout for this will be amusing to say the least. Your and my thoughts on the matter will be negligible either way.
RaleighSaintClair
In the end, what has peaceful protesting accomplished?
dragonfrog
You're kidding, right? Please tell me you're just setting up an opening for a "How do I love thee, let me count the ways" type enumeration of all the amazing things achieved through peaceful protest.
donovan acree
If she was doing something wrong, wouldn't she have been arrested? They just cut up her property, left her half naked, and walked away.
sufficap much
From where I stand, this looks a lot like a gang-rape in progress. Citizens could (should) have intervened. Each of those 'officers' should have been placed under citizens arrest.
mikey p
There's a lively debate about the tent-cutting incident on the Victoria Police Facebook page:
You may, perhaps, like to let them know your thoughts on the matter.
Panagiotis Drivilas
Afterwards they should have arrested her for public nudity..
Scott Minnis
In Brisbane Australia: My house mate was attacked first by bouncers and then by cops because another black man had punched a bouncer earlier that night. This was just a little bit too ridiculous for me to hear. He was out for dinner with his girlfriend and another couple on a Sunday evening. I usually respect the police, but sometimes… | eng | d3a034b4-8ffe-4a39-a158-ca4123cae019 | http://boingboing.net/2011/12/06/melbourne-cops-made-to-look-fo.html |
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Flexible Learning: University Develops Its Own Mobile Platform for Students
By Bridget McCrea
09/02/09
When it comes time to implement new technology solutions, universities either shop around to find the vendors, programs and/or equipment to meet their needs, or they build the technology themselves. Walden University in Minneapolis took the latter route this year by developing a mobile learning platform for its 33,000 students, many of whom are working professionals.
Known as MobileLearn, the online course-content delivery tool allows students to access course materials in a format that best fits their own individual learning styles. The initiative is part of the school's ongoing effort to make its courses as adaptable and accessible as possible for students, who can use MobileLearn to view course videos and field-experience simulations, read assigned texts, listen to lectures and guest speakers, and download and access content using personal mobile devices, such as smartphones and MP3 players.
Gary J. Burkholder, Walden's vice president for academic affairs, said the school began developing its own online learning platform about 18 months ago, with the university's innovations department leading the charge. "We're constantly looking for new ways to incorporate technology into our classrooms," he said, "and to help students learn the material."
To kick off the initiative, the university set up a pilot for its research design course. "We thought that course was a good choice because it includes concepts that can be difficult for students to pick up the first time around," explained Burkholder. The pilot took about three months to create and roll out to students, with some of that time spent developing the course's audio component.
"We know that many people learn better by listening than they do by just looking at a computer screen," said Burkholder. "We wanted students to be able to download the course materials to their MP3 players and other devices and learn on the go." To accommodate students who prefer more traditional course materials, the team converted the textbooks and other materials into PDF files for easy printing.
"Our goal was to develop a system that could match each student's individual learning style," said Burkholder, "whether it's via computer, audio, paper or a combination of all three."
The institution's pilot program met that goal. Among the students participating in the program, an overwhelming majority said they would be more likely to complete their program with the addition of MobileLearn, and that they also had a deeper understanding of content covered in the course after using the online platform.
"Even students whose technological skills were lacking found the platform easy to use and engage with," said Burkholder. "Not only were the students satisfied, but we were intrigued at the way in which we could take all of our classroom content, transfer it into various modalities and deliver it in a way that closely matches particular students' learning styles."
Since the initial pilot, the MobileLearn program has been expanded and is currently available for many of Walden University's programs. According to Burkholder, all of those programs will be available on the online learning platform in 2010, with applications for the iPhone, Kindle and Facebook also in the works.
With a student population comprising a high number of working professionals, Walden University is a good candidate for flexible learning options. "Our students don't always have the time to sit in a classroom three days a week, do their homework at night and participate in the traditional university experience," explained Burkholder. "They're unique in that they expect us to work with them to find flexible education options that integrate into the other aspects of their lives."
Along with providing flexibility for students looking to learn outside of the walls of the traditional classroom, MobileLearn helps the university provide "the most inspiring educational experience possible," said Burkholder, who expects the availability of online learning to positively impact the school's student retention rate over time. "Students are getting to the point where they want to learn in a way that matches their own personal and professional lives. This is one key to meeting those needs."
What MobileLearn doesn't accomplish is save the university money. "I wouldn't necessarily say this is a cheaper way to deliver education. In fact, putting the materials into PDF versions and adding the sound across the entire university is not a cheap endeavor," said Burkholder. "While it may retain more students in the long run, economics certainly isn't a driver at this point."
Walden University, which has added technology such as media streaming to its classrooms, is looking to add more mobile device capabilities both on the educational and on the administrative side. For example, the institution plans to add mobile tuition/bill payment and registration options in the near future.
Burkholder said Walden University is also exploring the use of simulation tools, virtual field training laboratory options and social networking. "We're going to continue adding options that don't tie our students to a computer or a classroom," said Burkholder, "and that provide the flexibility our student body requires." | eng | 42fa81f9-17b5-493b-bde4-ea58a547cc0f | http://campustechnology.com/articles/2009/09/02/flexible-learning-university-develops-its-own-mobile-platform-for-students.aspx |
ABOUT THIS BOOK There are more than 200 species of primates in the world. Going Ape!is a wonderful introduction to some of the most fascinating ones for children just discovering the world of animals. From Japan's macaques to Africa's gorillas, brilliant images and brief, informative text will capture the imagination of young children.
PRAISE "Bustos offers simple facts about a variety of primates, from the well-known gorilla to the lesser-known De Brazza's monkey. The format is visually appealing, with large close-ups of faces of the different apes on the recto, and one or two sentences and a smaller illustration of each one on the verso. The large faces in particular will draw young readers in, as they are presented with bold, graphic features and coloring that pops off the white backgrounds." —School Library Journal
"… Bustos' concise, eloquent descriptions tell just enough to pique the interest of younger children without becoming monotonous…. Rodriguez's illustrations, reminiscent of Steve Jenkins' works, are bright and colorful, and they pop off the page…." —Booklist
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Born in Veracruz, Mexico, Eduardo Bustos has a degree in biology. Before he became a children's book author, he taught primary and secondary school. In his spare time he is a violin director for Trio Aguacero.
Lucho Rodríguez was born in Bogota, Colombia, where he began a career in publicity and graphic design. He has since received many awards for his advertising campaigns and for his children's book illustrations.
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Loan Register
Definition of 'Loan Register'
A journal that chronicles the recording of time loans. The loan register lists when the loans are due, recorded in chronological order, and organizes the list by numbering the loans consecutively. They are used by loan officers to track the maturities of loans so that they can notify their customers that the loans are coming due.
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Loan registers are important tools for loan officers, who use them to generate follow-up business. Loan officers will generally notify their customers of upcoming maturities either with a personal visit or by mail | eng | 26da473e-0e90-4b45-b726-0348ed7857e0 | http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/loan-register.asp |
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Those who are new to Pokémon or have start playing the games after GBA era: Togetic is evolved form of Togepi (the walking egg in anime version who says "pipipiiii") and comes from the 2nd generation games (Gold/Silver/Crystal, 1999 & 2000) released for Gameboy Color. Togetic's japanese name "Togechikku" can be transliterated as Togechic so the species is basically "spiked chicken" (toge = needle/spike) | eng | d3a96f0c-d033-4e97-8c67-31ba62b39708 | http://mimitchi.com/vpets/index.php?topic=1484.msg17113 |
New Class: Broadway Musicals
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Imperial Theater to pick up their tickets
Autumn of 2002 saw the premier of a new Level V and VI ELI course - Listening/Speaking
through Broadway Musicals. Developed and taught by ELI instructor Grant
Wolf, this latest addition to ELI's advanced American culture track uses
the uniquely American musical theatre to foster an in-depth understanding
of both language and culture through the exploration of four internationally
acclaimed musical plays: "West Side Story," "Evita," "Miss Saigon," and
"Les Miserables."
Students study the historical background, the songs, the characters,
the vocabulary and the unique message of each show through audiotapes,
videotapes, presentations, role-plays, discussions and interviews with
Americans.
The high point of the course is a trip to New York to see a live performance.
The September-October class attended "Les Miserables," the longest running
musical on Broadway.
If the enthusiasm generated by the premier offering is any indication,
Broadway Musicals promises to be one of the ELI's longest running content-based
courses. | eng | 1da3aa19-6bd0-4fc6-8503-59cf5dbdd766 | http://www.udel.edu/eli/02news/02broadway.html |
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Taekwondo techniques range from blocks, hand attacks, and kicks to locks, chokes, strangles, and falls. Many techniques are designed to immobilize and disarm attackers who are armed with weapons such as a knife, sword, club, or staff, as well as releases and take downs from holds and grappling attacks. Practically every martial art technique is effective under the right circumstances, but it is difficult to assess which technique is best for a particular set of circumstances. Generally, no one technique, no matter how effective it is, will defeat an opponent. Therefore, you should have a repertoire of effective techniques that you may attack with until your opponent is defeated.
Taekwondo students are guided by ethical motives; they try to defend themselves without hurting others. With practice, effective self defense becomes possible without the necessity of inflicting serious injury upon an aggressor. To accomplish this, Taekwondo students must be proficient with as many defensive and offensive techniques as possible. | eng | e5170d43-8e0b-47ca-9ffa-8a1ec1601a89 | http://www.tkdtutor.com/articles/topics/techniques/205-methods/1172-more-technique-information |
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The Australian Heritage Council is encouraging communities to participate in Australian Heritage Week, running from Saturday 14 April to Sunday 22 April this year.
Chair of the Australian Heritage Council, Professor Carmen Lawrence said that community and government organisations are hosting more than 400 individual heritage events over the coming weeks.
Australian Heritage Week is a national celebration of our unique historic, Indigenous and natural heritage, and captures many events being showcased by heritage festivals in all states and territories around this period.
"There are events to suit all, from activities to keep the kids entertained in the school holidays to art exhibitions and open days at historic sites. Many of these celebrations are part of heritage festivals being held around the country," Professor Lawrence said.
"Tonight I am attending the Western Australian Heritage Awards. These awards honour significant achievements in the promotion and conservation of Western Australia's rich cultural heritage.
"Visitors to Rottnest Island near Perth on will be able to learn about traditional materials used by the Noongar people by making taap—a bush knife—using the resin from a Balga bush.
"And more than 30 events are planned in Melbourne, including an opportunity to visit the clubrooms of one the oldest Aussie Rules football clubs in Victoria, the Port Melbourne Borough.
"In New South Wales, many activities are planned to celebrate Sutherland's heritage including a free concert and free horse and carriage rides.
"All of these events and more can be found on the Australian Heritage Week website.
Australian Heritage Week is an important time for communities to share in the celebration of their heritage and reflect on the stories and places that have shaped Australia's diverse identity.
"It is also a time to acknowledge the many people who work tirelessly to protect and manage our heritage." Professor Lawrence said. | eng | 83536cab-0051-462b-bb70-a7c4144aac39 | http://environment.gov.au/heritage/ahc/members/media-releases/mr20120417.html |
Newly discovered comet could be spectacular sight in fall 2013. Located beyond Jupiterís orbit now. Heading for close encounter with our sun next year.
Astronomers have discovered a new comet. It is currently moving in front of the stars of the constellation Cancer the Crab. Itís out beyond Jupiterís orbit still, now, but itís heading for a close encounter with the sun in 2013. Called C/2012 S1 (ISON) by astronomers, its orbital characteristics indicate it might become a very bright object in Earthís sky, beginning in November 2013. If so, all of us around the globe should be able to see it late next year.
At its discovery in September 2012, Comet C2012 S1 (ISON) was beyond the orbit of the 5th planet from our sun, Jupiter. It will sweep into the inner solar system in 2013. This is a false color image of the comet, showing the coma surrounding the cometís central nucleus, via Remanzacco Observatory.
This cometís orbit will bring it near the sun in 2013. By November 2013, it might become a bright comet to the eye! Image via NASAís Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Eastern European and Russian astronomers announced the new comet on September 24, 2012. Discovery magnitude was 18.8 Ė in other words, extremely faint. Vitali Nevski of Vitebsk, Belarus and Artyom Novichonok of Kondopoga, Russia spotted the comet on CCD images obtained on September 21 with a 0.4-m f/3 Santel reflector of the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) near Kislovodsk, Russia. Afterwards, astronomers at Remanzacco Observatory in Italy confirmed the cometís presence with the image above.
No doubt about it Ö comets have a mystique. Once considered omens of doom, we now know them as icy visitors from the outer solar system that sweep near our sun, then disappear again into the depths of space, perhaps never to return. People get excited about comets. They are temporary visitors to our region of the solar system. This comet will be no exception.
In November 2013, Comet ISON will pass less than 1.8 million kilometers (1.1 million miles) from the sunís surface. That sounds like a lot, but itís actually quite close Ė over 100 times closer to the sun than Earth. This near sweep past the sun might keep distant enough to prevent its breaking to pieces, as sometimes happens. If all goes well, the terrific heating Comet ISON will undergo when itís closest to our parent star might turn the comet into a bright naked-eye object.
Comet Lovejoy was a sight to behold from Earthís Southern Hemisphere in late 2011. Here the comet is reflected in the water of Mandurah Esturary near Perth on December 21, 2011. Image Credit: Colin Legg.
Of course, comets donít always live up to expectations. Comet ISON might break up into fragments, as the much-hyped Comet Elenin did around August 2011.
On the other hand, Comet ISON might survive its encounter with the sun as Comet Lovejoy did in late 2011. If so, it might go on to illuminate our skies with its beauty. And there is one thing we can count on. That is, if Comet ISON does become a bright comet, visible to the eyes of watching earthlings, it will be beautiful. All bright comets are.
If it does survive its close encounter with the sun in 2013, and if it does become bright enough to be seen with the eye, astronomers say Comet ISONís best appearance wonít be limited to just one hemisphere as Comet Lovejoyís was. Itíll be visible to all of us in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres for at least a couple of months, from about November 2013 through January 2014. If so Ö worth the wait!
Bottom line: The comet called C/2012 S1 (ISON) by astronomers is out beyond Jupiterís orbit now. But itís headed for a close encounter with our sun in 2013 and might become a spectacular sight from all of Earth around November of next year.
"Stockholmís not burning" 2013 05 25 Video here: ctvnews.com
With international media swooping on the Stockholm riots from every angle, The Localís Oliver Gee explains why Stockholmísís MI5 Connection to Woolwich Slasher Michael Adebolajo 2013 05 25
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People are still in a state of shock and disbelief following a recent attack branded as a ĎterroristĒ event by the UK media establishment and echoed in political corridors. It seemed so randomÖís Merkel shrugs aside new book about communist-era past, says she never hid anything 2013 05 25
Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germanyís communist system than previously thought, saying sheís never hidden anything.
The 58-year-old Merkel grew up in East Germany and entered politics as communism crumbled in 1989. Itís long been known that, like many, she joined the communist youth organization. She has said she ...
ĎLack of public debate on immigration caused Stockholm riotsíís the only way to avoid a repeat of the Stockholm riots, Mishra Mrutyuanjai, Swedish Democrats movement member, told RT.
Stockholm is reeling as ... | eng | a92bc7e8-0360-44cf-b3b2-50120b82d3b5 | http://redicecreations.com/article.php?id=22614 |
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Doctors make incisions with a scalpel during surgeries. Additionally, wounds caused by a knife, sharp glass, or a rose thorn are incisions. (This answer provided for NATA by the Weber State University Athletic Training Education Program.)
Doctors make incisions with a scalpel during surgeries. Additionally, wounds caused by a knife, sharp glass, or a rose thorn are incisions. (This answer provided for NATA by the Weber State University Athletic Training Education Program.) | eng | 804f795b-8c0d-4792-a3e8-e53d4854febe | http://www.sharecare.com/question/what-are-examples-incisions |
Influenza spreading throughout Minnesota
The flu season started earlier than usual and it's packing quite a punch, with hundreds of Minnesotans hospitalized in recent weeks for symptoms ranging from a fever to a sore throat, body aches and extreme tiredness.
According to Isaac Triebold, the West Central Epidemiologist based in Fergus Falls, a couple of factors may make this flu season seem worse than previous years.
"We saw flu cases in October this year when normally they would be more common in January and February," said Triebold. "The type is influenza A strain of H3, which tends to affect the elderly a little harder."
Triebold says while a longer flu season and the type of flu may make for a worse year, there is good news.
"The type of flu is a very good match for the vaccine," said Triebold. "Vaccinations are still available, and it is a good idea to get one."
Robyn Funk, lab manager at Avera Worthington Specialty Clinic, said cases of both Influenza A and Influenza B have been diagnosed in patients locally. The Influenza A is the more severe strain.
"It was right around Christmas," she said of the first diagnosed cases of the flu locally. "We had our first positives the day before Christmas and the day after." | eng | 658de13c-a0e2-4ac3-86ad-ded52f4fb7b6 | http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/2013/01/07/influenza-spreading-throughout-minnesota/ |
The South Pacific region comprises almost 38.5 million square kilometers, with less than two percent of that vast area constituting the land base shared by Pacific SIDS. This vast and complex marine system contains an enormous and largely undocumented array of diversity. It is known in general, however, that the region contains the most extensive and biologically diverse reefs in the world, the deepest ocean trenches, deep-sea minerals, the world's largest tuna fishery, as well as an array of globally threatened species such as sea turtles and dugongs. The many thousands of islands are, with the exception of some larger Melanesian Islands, entirely coastal in nature, often with limited freshwater resources and surrounded by a rich variety of ecosystems including mangroves, seagrass beds, estuarine lagoons and coral reefs. In addition to significant biodiversity value, these coastal and marine ecosystems support large subsistence and commercial fisheries. The fisheries are the major source of subsistence protein for much of the Pacific and form an indispensable part of the economic fabric, both present and predictable future, for many Pacific SIDS. Despite the remarkable and globally significant biodiversity of the region, and despite the extent to which the present and likely future economic health of the region is based on sustainable coastal and ocean fishery regimes, marine resource conservation and management regimes are currently inadequate. Coastal areas are degraded by increased land based sources of pollution, the modification of critical habitats, and growing, unsustainable exploitation of living and non-living resources. The necessity for a comprehensive and coordinated approach to coastal and oceanic management is made all the more urgent by an increased environmental degradation. This degradation negatively affects the region's natural resource base that is particularly sensitive to ecological disturbance, highlighted by the fact that the largest number of documented extinctions worldwide has occurred in the islands of the Pacific. Environmental degradation is further underpinned by pressure from growing populations and economic growth curves that are in many cases flat or falling. The biodiversity values and productivity of these resources, which are global in nature, are affected by, among other things, fishing, tourism, infrastructure development, waste disposal, and the introduction of exotic marine organisms - all of which are directly relevant to the health of the region's shared international waters.
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The long-term objective of this project is to conserve and sustainably manage the coastal and ocean resources in the Pacific Region. Project activities are designed to encourage comprehensive, cross-sectoral, ecosystem based approaches to mitigate and prevent existing imminent threats to International Waters. The SAP provides a regional framework within which actions are identified, developed and implemented. Targeted actions will be carried out in two complementary, linked consultative contexts: Integrated Coastal and Watershed Management (ICWM) and Oceanic Fisheries Management (OFM). ICWM actions will focus on freshwater supplies including groundwater, Marine Protected Area (MPA) enhancement and development, sustainable coastal fisheries, integrated coastal management including tourism development, and activities to demonstrate waste reduction strategies will be stressed. The OFM component will target the Western Pacific Warm Pool ecosystem, whose boundaries correspond almost precisely to the Western Pacific tuna fishery. Participating countries and regional organizations seek to achieve long-term sustainable development of ocean fisheries, explore regional level options to increase domestic benefits from the tuna fishery, increase the contribution of offshore fishery resources to regional economic food security, and divert fishing pressure away from overexploited coastal resources. Interventions will include three other pressing concerns related to SIDS, namely biodiversity, vulnerability to climate change, and land degradation. Management capacity at the individual country and regional level will be strengthened and global benefits would accrue. The project will provide working examples of economies of scale in environmental management.
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I remember reading a bit about it a few years back when I was reading "Thick Face, Black Heart" , but it seems like there are some guys in Asia trying to organize some group around Thick Black Theory called "houheixuepai". | eng | 65502468-0166-4345-9d55-c332b3376e95 | http://members.boardhost.com/xinyi/msg/1250063930.html |
Larson has written an engaging polemic against free-market capitalism and its proponents, focusing on the role of 'externalities'such as environmental destruction and the inadequate consideration of these by conventional economics.
David Graeber's much talked of Debt: The First 5,000 Years is what the title suggests –a history of debt since ancient times. Debt, that is, in the broadest sense, since Graeber discusses theological conceptions of debt as something humans owe to gods or to God or to society, which is rather remote from the more usual sense of owing money.
The myth of barter
Graeber sets out to refute the idea put forward by Adam Smith and followed by others that money arose out of barter. Smith argued that all humans had a "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another"and so that barter would have been the original way in which they exchanged the products of their different trades. As barter has the inconvenience that those wanting to exchange have to have what each wants, at some stage money is invented as something that can be exchanged for anything.
In an article "The decline of money" (Weekly Worker, 9 March) Hillel Ticktin argues that money did not exist in the USSR, does not exist in China and that fiat money issued by governments even in the West isn't really money.
Marx saw money as having two basic functions: (1) a medium of exchange or circulation, i.e. the means through which articles produced for sale get bought and sold; and (2) a measure of value, i.e. a common unit in which the value of articles produced for sale can be expressed as a price, and is thus a standard by which they can be compared. | eng | 50744959-d5ba-49c6-9d52-946cc8bf90be | http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/subject/money |
mayor valor menor valor en Granville
La propiedad mas grande | eng | 4dba1ec7-4728-4632-89c5-f23f5ac8e12c | http://www.movoto.com/es/real-estate/il/granville-info.html |
The spiritual practices of indigenous people have existed around the globe since prehistoric times. What wisdom do they offer us in the modern world?
I asked Tom Pinkson, a psychologist in San Rafael who has studied the rituals of indigenous tribes up close for more than 30 years, to share what he has learned. Pinkson, an expert on the psychology of death and dying, is a clinical consultant to the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Sausalito, where he works with children and families with life-threatening illnesses.
Seeking deeper truths about the mysteries of life and death, Pinkson began studying with shamanic medicine teachers in the Amazon jungle, the Andes and elsewhere who initiated him into their ancient ways. He wrote a book, "The Flowers of Wiricuta," and founded WAKAN, a spiritual community based on his 11-year apprenticeship with a group of Huichol Indian shamans in the Sierra Madre of Mexico.
You've been studying and participating in the ceremonial practices of indigenous groups since the early 1970s. What led you to that work?
My path of exploration began before my fourth birthday, when my father died and I was forcefully thrust into what the Buddhists call the "teachings of impermanence." I learned at a young age that death has the power to take away your loved ones whenever it wants.
That's a difficult lesson for anyone, let alone a four-year-old. How did you cope with that loss?
Basically, my unresolved grief imploded and I had a health crisis -- I came down with life-threatening asthma and severe allergies that required a host of weekly shots and medication. As I got older and the testosterone of adolescence hit, my pain from the loss burst forth in the form of acting-out through juvenile delinquency.
What sort of trouble did you get into?
I was in a street gang -- so I was getting into fights, destroying property, stealing cars and burglarizing homes. It was really by the grace of God that I didn't end up dead or in jail.
Eventually you got your life on track. You went to school and became a psychologist. How did you turn things around?
The forced confrontation with death as a child raised the question in my mind: Given that life can be taken away in an instant, what is worth basing a life on? That question did not have much currency with mainstream America in the 1950s.
So I began looking to other cultures for answers. I found that I identified with the black community in the South, where I was doing construction work in my late teens, and later with a Latino community in Southern California, where people still maintained connections with their indigenous roots. They had a way of relating to the world that was so much more vital than the shallow materialism and hypocrisy that I saw in the mainstream.
This connected me to life again. Having barely made it out of high school, I went to junior college and made the dean's list. I wanted to understand why I had behaved as I had and I went on to get degrees in sociology, social welfare and psychology.
Why shamanism?
After graduating from UC Berkeley in 1969, I helped start a drug program for heroin addicts in Marin County and a few years later created a new treatment program called the Wilderness Project. Part of the therapy was spending time alone in nature, a common rite of passage for adolescents in indigenous cultures.
This got me interested in finding out what other rituals indigenous cultures might have that could be useful to the people I was working with in the drug program. So I began seeking out native people in Northern California.
Were you welcomed? How did they react to a gringo like you coming to them for advice?
The first elder I met put me through a lot of testing. He really blasted me with his anger, his sarcasm, his scorn, to see if I would stick around. This went on for quite a while.
He also gave me assignments like fasting in the wilderness for days and nights, then grilling me when I returned on what I had learned. Something in the way I responded to these challenges eventually convinced him that he could trust me, and he took me to a native healing ceremony where I met my first medicine man, who became my initial teacher on the shamanic path.
Shamanism comes out of indigenous cultures that tend to see the natural world as being conscious. To them, it's alive. How does that view fit into a spiritual perspective?
The key to living harmoniously in that world is reciprocity. We don't create the plants, the trees or the animals. They are given to us. The gods and goddesses -- the Creator, the Sacred Mystery, the Great Spirit -- give us our lives, and we must feed them back through ceremonies and rituals, so they will continue to feed us. That's how life is sustained.
And the role of the shaman in this process?
The shaman is a man or woman who has a special capacity to communicate and work with spirit. Shamans have faced their death and survived, and they have been initiated by spirit and the elders within the tribe to journey through the door into the spirit world.
How does the shaman pass through that doorway, as you put it?
There are many different ways, such as fasting, sleep deprivation, wilderness solitude, drumming, chanting and dancing for sustained periods of time -- all of which alter consciousness. Some cultures use visionary psychoactive plants, like peyote, ayahuasca and hallucinogenic mushrooms, for the same effectIn 1981, you began working with the Huichol Indians in the mountains of northern central Mexico. They are known for maintaining shamanic traditions tracing back to the pre-Columbian era. What was that experience like?
At that point in my life I had been vision questing and working with different native elders for almost 10 years, and I was beginning to feel an internal conflict between the values of mainstream society and the ones that I was seeing in indigenous cultures, like living in harmony and balance with the Earth. The dichotomy between the two worlds was making me feel crazy.
When a doorway opened to go be with the Huichols, I jumped through it. Walking into the center of their rancho for the first time, I saw people sitting around the fire. They were in a sacred ceremonial space, praying together and creating ritual objects to take on a pilgrimage to their holy land, which is one of the primary rites of initiation for the shamans within their culture. I immediately felt at home.
You participated in peyote ceremonies with the Huichols. What is the purpose of those rituals?
The Huichols use peyote because it helps them remember who they are, where they came from and why they are here. It is tied to their creation story.
They do a pilgrimage where the shaman leads them on an arduous journey 300 miles from their mountain homes to their holy land. On the way there, a number of initiatory experiences take place, culminating in the hunt for the peyote in Wiricuta, where the sacred medicine grows. The peyote is consumed around the fire in a ceremonial setting led by the shaman.
Eating peyote makes you sick, doesn't it?
It can make you throw up, yes. The elders say that when you eat the sacred cactus, its spirit goes inside of you and looks around. It's wondering, "Is there anything toxic in terms of guilt or shame or negative judgment about yourself? If there is, well, let's clean it out."
So the vomiting is part of the purification work, but if you stay with it, if your prayers are good and you have done the previous rituals with faith and honor, eventually you can pass through the nierica, the sacred doorway, to commune with the divine.
As a psychologist, are you concerned about the psychic danger of using a drug in this way?
It's important to recognize that the Huichols take peyote in the context of a culture that promotes social stability and cohesion. There is a whole lifestyle built around a spiritual identity, and the peyote is just one part of that.
However, there is a psychic, emotional and spiritual risk. When you open those doorways, you are not in charge of what comes through. If you have repressed or denied something, that can come up, and it's going to be amplified because of the potency of the psychoactive substance. That's why it's important to be with an elder who knows the territory. That's the shaman's work.
I'm sure you must encounter skepticism about your spending time with native medicine men and taking peyote. How do you react to people who question what you do?
Unless I'm asked, I don't usually talk about it. I'm not a salesman. Spirituality is what my life is about, and shamanic practice is what feeds my soul -- gives it power, wisdom and energy.
What is the most important message of shamanism that you think people should hear?
In order to protect and sustain a quality of life for future generations, we have to face the fact that we are in a toxic relationship with our planet. We are the only animal that shits in its own nest. And it's reaching a crisis proportion.
The shamanism of indigenous cultures offers a model for a relationship with the Earth based upon thousands of years of human exploration about how to live in harmony with the powers of creation that we are dependent upon for our very lives.
We have to learn about the sacredness of reciprocity, how to give back to the spirit of the land in equal measure for what we take. This is the essential teaching of shamanism.
What gives you hope that we will learn these lessons when, as you say, we are so far off track?
That a mainstream newspaper such as yours would make room to discuss religion and spiritual issues exploring shamanism, with someone such as myself, gives me hope. Because, ultimately, it's a spiritual crisis that we are in. The Earth is spirit manifested, and so are we. These two spirits haven't been relating to each other too well for quite some time.
Anything else give you hope?
I'm almost 61 years old now, and it never fails to thrill me when spring comes. I see the trees and the bushes that have been barren all winter. All of a sudden this new growth, this bud, starts to come out. And then the next day it's a little bigger, and eventually it opens up and this amazing flower comes out. I believe that power for regeneration -- for rebirth -- is always inherent within us.
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During his far-flung career in journalism, Bay Area writer and editor David Ian Miller has worked as a city hall reporter, personal finance writer, cable television executive and managing editor of a technology news site. His writing credits include Salon.com, Wired News and The New York ObserverFascinating interview. Shamanism always seems to be cited as a causitive factor, if not THE causitive factor in an enhanced environmental consciousness by many of the folks who follow the topic. Yet there are many people with an identical ecological view who have no connection at all to shamanism--some are non-religious and just don't want to eat and breathe toxic crap and want to "fix the system", others are coming at it from a Christian perspective. Recently I read about the Catholic Church in Appalachia beginning to see environmental degration as a "sin" if you will, and are outspoken critics and activists against the mountaintop removal coal mining techniques ( is where I read the articles in their summer print edition, although they're not specifically posted on this site). The American transcendentalist tradition (embodied in Henry Thoreau) approaches the spirtuality of nature in a slightly different way, and no less reverently, but much more abstractly and without the anthropomorphic undertones of shamanism, leaving man on top of the totem pole so to speak but with a cleansed perception and a sense of duty very similar to what shamanism proscribes. I think what's uncomfortable about shamanism for many westerners is the sense of powerlessness in the face of the spirit world. From Prometheus on down, western society has been all about technology, power and manipulation of the physical world, stealing the secret of fire from the gods damn the consquences, the noble search for objective truth, but combined at its best with an abstract ethical consciousness and at its worst, totally devoid of same. I wonder if Mr. Pinkson could have made his same spiritual journey by finding a Christian God or by becoming an artist of sorts. Doubtless, he needed a mentor and a community to guide and validate his struggle as we all do. It seems to me that those types of communities that do that successfully have the same inherent value system, shamanic or not, i.e. integrity, personal purity, a strong ethical backbone, honesty, peace, etc. Mostly they exist in principle but not practice. Maybe they are more common in Shamanic societies. I don't know. It all makes me think of William Blake's "All Religions are One." | eng | 377cd8b0-da3b-4c1c-91f4-9caddd005bfe | http://www.breakingopenthehead.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2219 |
SOME PECULIARITIES IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF CANCER
ABSTRACT
In discussions of the relationship of climate and geography to health, attention has been especially directed toward communicable diseases. This perhaps is to be expected, since these are the diseases against which most control measures have been directed. Geographic variations in the prevalence of conditions due to other possible factors, however, have not been overlooked. Of particular interest with respect to cancer is the fact that Dr. John S. Billings pointed out the wide geographic variation in cancer mortality as revealed by the United States Census of 1880 (fig. 1). Although the data were admittedly incomplete, they indicated that cancer most frequently occurred among persons living in the states extending from New England to the Great Lakes and in the Pacific Coast states.1
Among the items taken up for study by the United States Public Health Service after the passage of the National Cancer Institute Act of 1937 | eng | f6b044c1-bb04-48f9-8da1-6e37f37f0d04 | http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1159281 |
I demand we spend more money on caring for the old... and the middle aged.. and the young. In fact, let's give everyone everything. I think that's worked out pretty well in the countries that have tried itAnd usually the amount of money you have determines that experience. You got several thou a month, you get a great experience, just got ss not so much.
yes and no, i would argue. we need to address the fact that the elderly are not internet proficient in the way the young are, i mean yeah, sure, you've got your silver surfers we're always hearing about, but they seem to distract from the basic fact.
if we take as a given that the internet is the tool to increase transparency and accountability and thus drive competition, the inability of the elderly to use it leaves a gaping hole.
The mention in the article retirement costing several k a month. I was thinking of retiring in a country with a lower cost of living(no where near that age but it is good to look into options while young.) Anyone happen to have some advice on that score?
Some old dude offered to give me 12 packs of Ramen noodles, to shank him, last time I was in the joint. Farking mushroom flavor. I boned him up the ass in the shower, for not showing proper respect, then called in some favors to make sure he lived another 20 years.
21-7-b:"Quality of life within retirement and assisted living homes varies dramatically from facility to facility and experience to experience and with the amount of money the poor bastards have to spend."
natmar_76:ThisThat's my plan for retirement, but I'll do a federal white collar crime. The Feds have a much nicer environment, Club Fed. Where the local jails and prisons have the muggers, druggies, murderers, and such. Meds, Beds, and Fed three squares a day.
KrispyKritter:natmar_76: This9k a month = 108k per year. Dare I ask if she is getting her money's worth?
KrispyKritter:Conversely, how much power do you want to give to doctors regarding involuntary commitment?
21-7-b:"Quality of life within retirement and assisted living homes varies dramatically from facility to facility and experience to experience."
Has anybody ever been to a nice retirement home? My grandad died a pretty rich man, and my family spent pretty good money to check out any and all of the facilities in the area surrounding Bloomfield Hills, MI, which is a relatively wealthy city (the highest income of any city outside of California, Florida or Virginia, according to Wikipedia), and as far as I could tell, the quality of life varied very little. The quality of the building, the medical equipment, and the number of staff varied, and perhaps the quality of physical care varied along with those factors, but the quality of life, and the level of concern for the patient's emotional well being, or even acknowledgment of their humanity, was always consistently, and terrifyingly low.
I think part of the problem is that no matter how much you're paying for a home, the people who deal with the patients for 95% of their time are still over-worked, minimum wage slaves whose compassion is worked out of them in short order, if they even had any to begin with.
I read some figures a few years ago about living aboard a medium level cruise ship full time vs living in a nursing home and it was actually quite a bit cheaper to live on the ship ($2-5K/month/ship vs $6-9K/month/nursing home) Of course you would have to be in good physical and mental condition and able to take care of yourself or have a large tip budget in order to get the ship crew to change diapers, hand feed and give bathsever go clubbing? you'll probably find more info online about most nightclubs than retirement homes. buying anything is about knowledge - the process of selection is all about information. retirement homes shouldn't be immune and whilst they are they aren't exposed to competition as the rest of society is, so they stay where they are, yet there's no reason retirement homes can't use the internet to advertize how they are able to differentiate themselves. as more do so more and more proactively so things will change.
We treat our pets with more dignity than our elderly. After watching my grandmother waste away, I've decided that when I can no longer care for myself, I'm just going to commit suicide. I'll be the one to decide the time, place and manner of my demise. No nursing home, no hospice care, just a quick out with a massive dose of morphine and a tequila chaser.
12349876:21-7-b: "Quality of life within retirement and assisted living homes varies dramatically from facility to facility and experience to experience."
And usually the amount of money you have determines that experience. You got several thou a month, you get a great experience, just got ss not so much.
most people can't afford a assisted living facility. even cheap ones cost about double what most people get from social security. medicaid pays for the vast majority of elder care. the vast majority of people who need care will have to spend down (sell) all their assets (you can keep a car if it costs less than 10k, that is all it used to be anyway) and then get on medicaid. you can forget about dying in your home if you need nursing care for any significant amount of time unless you can seriously sock away cash, like several million. depressing reality of our retarded pay as you go system.
Nrokreffefp:bhcompy: IThank you for saving me from having to type that out. Here is Wikipedia for reference. :)
asimplescribe:bhcompy: I demand we spend more money on caring for the old... and the middle aged.. and the young. In fact, let's give everyone everything. I think that's worked out pretty well in the countries that have tried it. | eng | 22487feb-f956-496d-ba5e-0ccaa95e81b7 | http://www.fark.com/comments/7127639/77107043 |
Yea I worry about waiting for the third great person to be an academy when you aren't a Philo leader, the academy/buro bonuses are just nuts. It also dumps a lot of forests into Stonehedge, which isn't a super strong start in my experience. Still good to consider, I never run down the bottom of the tech tree like that.
There are a few problems though: 1) you need a spectacularly good capital (the Gandhi one is about as good as they come), 2) it's always a gamble because the Oracle can go very early in a lot of games, and 3) even if you succeed, you have to weigh the risk of only having one city - albeit a bureaucracy capital - at 1500 BC. If there is still room to settle it can work as you can pump out settlers and workers pretty fast with bureau, but getting CS is not an instant win by any means.
The nice thing about CS, is that trading it back for a bunch of tech's that you miss is less painful as the AI doesn't leverage Bureau like we can. That said I won't ever be trying Deity and its somewhat reasonable gambit on something like emporer in the right settings.
Reminds me a bit of the Queen's gambit for any chess players. It wins you 2/3 of the games you play it if you know what your doing.
I said story not Ohhh & Awww which implies some writing ability. Don't know if I'm up to it.
Not necessarily. Out of the box means game options are available. The moment things change, like turning random events off, the notion of "out of the box" goes out the window. Debates develop.
His point is that HoF games are not representative of a typical game, and that's true.
HoF rules are in place for a reason however. If you didn't allow people to select their opponents, the guy with more patience ("let's just play 100 times until we get ideal leaders" and a good start) would outperform the guy who could handle a wide variety of starts skillfully.
Of course, allowing events runs counter to that goal and makes it somewhat of a joke if the finish times are close since something like tower shields on marathon abuse DEFINITELY can make a difference in finish date.
My main objection with HoF is that BUFFY runs the game slower than default, however. I don't like waiting for the interface. There's no reason I should be faster than the computer can handle on my own turn with a machine beyond specs available to most people when this game was releasedOn higher levels (say Emperor+) Oracle->CS is impossible without an exceptional start. IMO bulbing is usually better use of a GP than a shrine. Unless you are lucky enough to have an early religion (again difficult on higher levels) you need to build a missionary for every new coin from a shrine. That investment takes a long time to pay off. | eng | db0c4b28-79f3-466d-87f3-e27e306bf655 | http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=368678 |
Elizabeth Lesser launches her movement called "Take the Other to Lunch." This movement simply asks for a person to take another person - with totally opposite way of life, beliefs and personality - to lunch to avoid "otherizing" and promote a more peaceful society.
Christopher McDougall shares the mysteries of running starting from the Tarahumara tribe up until the modern day marathons. He presents the fact that humans are made to run and are designed to run long distances as part of our survival instincts.
Bruce Feiler shares his story of how being diagnosed with cancer changed his life and led him to reach out to his friends and family. He shares how the Council of Dads was brought about to help him nurture his daughters in case he loses to the disease.
Thomas Goetz tries to redesign the modern heathcare system by providing ready information to patients that will encourage them to take action on their health needs without compromising their actual execution. | eng | c8709a20-e750-42ce-875f-4d92b51900f5 | http://www.sweetspeeches.com/c/authors?page=2 |
Sunday, April 22, 2007
It's that time of year,
when God's vacuum cleaner starts dropping the nozzle about the place, and storms with a generally bad attitude start dropping chunks of ice on us. Some storms yesterday evening/last night out west, with some damage from tornados. Tomorrow afternoon/evening there's a fair chance of severe stuff in southwest OK, lesser chance here(about 30%); tomorrow night into Tuesday evening it goes up to 60% here. At least as far as the current forecast goes.
Ever had to wear a helmet to go outside to check for damage? It's an interesting sound, hailstones bouncing off | eng | 97d0718d-59d9-4dce-b60c-8c5814823d52 | http://elmtreeforge.blogspot.com/2007/04/its-that-time-of-year.html |
Op-amp transfer function help
Hello Group,
I need some tips on the deviration of a transfer function for an op-amp
circuit that is in "Troubleshooting Analog Circuits" by Bob Pease, pg.
95. I do not want anyone to solve it for me; rather, I would like a
sanity check on my loop equations that I am coming up with using Mesh
Analysis to determine the transfer function...and...if there is an
easier way.
Once I get the loop equations, that leaves me with three equations and
a big ass determinant to deal with. There must be an easier way and/or
something that I am missing. A single resistor between the terminals
shouldn't cause this much trouble :-(
I am assuming clockwise for all currents in each window and analyzing
clockwise as well. The loop equations I am coming up with are:
Loop1: Vin - I1(R3+R4) + (I2*R3) + (I3*R4) = 0
Loop2: Vin + (I1*R3) - I2(R1 + Rb + R3) + (I3*Rb) = 0
Loop3: -(I1*R4) - (I2*Rb) + I3(R4 + Rb + R2) = Vo
Mr. Pease states that the transfer function is:
Vout/Vin = (1 + R2/R1) + ((R2 + R4)/Rb)
Link to circuit:
| eng | c9a2cb3c-8dce-4f36-9800-9076c834c4ae | http://www.archivum.info/sci.electronics.basics/2006-08/01369/Op-amp-transfer-function-help.html |
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Eleventh graders investigate propaganda used during World War I. In this World War I lesson, 11th graders examine propaganda from the war and analyze war posters. Students then create their own propaganda posters on listed topics.
Eighth graders examine the role of women in World War I. In this women's studies lesson, 8th graders analyze digital images of women from a specified website and create visual essays regarding their findings.
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary resources. In this World War I lesson, students examine World War I posters. Students investigate the use of propaganda strategies in the posters and discuss the visual metaphors.
Students justify how alliances lead to war. They compare the conflicts of war that arose because of imperialist interest. Students explain the cause of World War I. They compare and contrast European maps before and after World War I. Students analyze the war and how it progressed.
Students read a collection of letters from an American soldier who wrote home while fighting in Belgium during World War I. They analyze the letters to gain an understanding of the emotional, social, and cultural effects of the war upon Americans.
Students analyze letters written by World War II soldiers. In this World War I lesson, students read letters written by World War I soldiers and research the events that the soldiers make reference to. Students write their own letters to loved ones as they take on the personas of World War II soldiers.
Students examine the impact of World War I on the American home front. In this North Carolina history lesson, students investigate the reasons Camp Greene was built and dismantled. Students also explore the role of soldiers, women, migration, and emigration during the war. Students write essays regarding their findings. | eng | ec7cc9e3-d23a-428e-a536-ea57d3f509f9 | http://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/world-war-i-technology |
21st September 2009
"It doesn't mean defeating death in the way the Death Eaters mean it, Harry," said Hermione, her voice gentle. "It means… you know… living beyond death. Living after death."
But they were not living, Harry thought: they were gone. The empty words could not disguise the fact that his parents' mouldering remains lay beneath snow and stone, indifferent, unknowing. And tears came before he could stop them, boiling hot and then instantly freezing on his face, and what was the point in wiping them off, or pretending? He let them fall, his lips pressed hard together, looking down at the thick snow hiding from his eyes the place where the last of Lily and James lay, bones now, surely, or dust, not knowing or caring that their living son stood so near, his heart still beating, alive because of their sacrifice and close to wishing, at this moment, that he was sleeping under the snow with them.
15th October 2009
"This guy is walking down a street, when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep, he can't get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, "Hey you! Can you help me out?"The doctor writes him a prescription, throws it down the hole and moves on.
Then, a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, "Father, I'm down in this hole, can you help me out?" The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on.
Then, a friend walks by. "Hey Joe, it's me, can you help me out?" And the friend jumps in the hole! Our guy says, "Are you stupid? Now we're both down here!" and the friend says, "Yeah, but I've been down here before, and I know the way out."" | eng | c7dc836f-6d8f-4216-88e3-29ec90e9523a | http://hermionejg.tumblr.com/tagged/quotes/chrono |
The problem isnít the rudeness or vulgarity or even violence of political speech, all of which are typical of democracies with freedom of speech. Itís the rank hypocrisy of liberals like Friedman who attempt to silence speech they donít like by invoking scary scenarios of assassination. And letís not forget the racial dimension of this newfound liberal sensitivity. From the beginning of Obamaís campaign, his supporters have attempted to short-circuit robust criticism by raising the specter of assassination by frothing racist, a trick akin to Jimmy Carterís recent charge that criticism of Obama reflects inveterate American racism.
The truth is, political speech in democracies has been notoriously vicious going all the way back to ancient Rome and Athens, where orators and comic poets alike charged their political enemies with everything from homosexual prostitution and incest, to plundering the treasury and selling out their country to the enemy.
but the hypocrisy of making it now.
Little that weíve heard so far from Obamaís conservative critics comes close to the vicious slanders and rhetorical violence aimed at George Bush, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, and the Republican Party for eight years, the aim of which was precisely the ďdelegitimationĒ thatís now got Friedman in a fit.
I often tire of the argument, presented almost daily, of "I know you are but what am I". Over and over we say, "Can you imagine if Bush/Cheney/Palin..... had done that? Why the media would be up in arms" In situations like this we say, "You guys were fine when it was our guy being lambasted & targeted. Why is free speech suddenly a problem for you now?"
The things is, though - it is true. It is irritatingly, gratingly true. The myriad gaffes and blunders made by Barack Obama would have filled op-ed pages and late-night monologues for weeks at a time had George Bush made them. The outfits worn by Michelle Obama would have been grist for every fashion magazine & talking-head had Laura Bush worn them. The ridiculous & potentially dangerous slips made by Joe Biden would merit full on frothing at the mouth outrage had they come from Dick Cheney.
Can you even imagine how the NY Times would have gone after a Bush administration so filled with corruption and graft and incompetence as Obama's has been in the early days? Every time he tries to fill a cabinet post or appoint a czar we get another glimpse into the sliding scale of ethics that exists on the American Left. (Come on, we've got a guy in charge of at Treasury who couldn't even pay his taxes, an "error" he blames on his inability to figure out TurboTax)
Still, as much as the hypocrisy burns like a Texas bonfire, making it nearly impossible to ignore, I wish we could continue to focus on the points being made by the demonstrators. Rather than complain about how they wouldn't be ignored/dismissed/derided/delegitimized if they were on the left, we need to just continue to help spread their message - loudly. Blog it. Tweet it. ReTweet it.
The folks who don't see the hypocrisy probably never will, no matter how much we point it out. They may, however, get the message that bigger government is not a positive direction for our country.
The folks who recognize the hypocrisy don't need to be reminded, they already know. They do, however, need to see they are not alone, they need to know that what they feel a part of is genuine. They need to see the right messages and principals being represented and repeated across the country - even if it never gets covered on CNN.
I like Thorton's article because he makes it clear how ubiquitous political speech is now and has always been.
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(I like Nordlinger's column *because he makes very clear concrete examples - and in effect, his protest is the hypocrisy itself.) | eng | 5c01e6a4-8169-4455-b6c8-8938f0f85ae5 | http://www.bkennelly.com/vox/archives/003508.html |
Does the United States need high speed rail?
Does the United States need high speed rail?
In California last week the California state Assembly and Senate passed $4.6 billion in funding for high speed rail enabling construction. However the debate over high speed rail continues with even many of its supporters worried about all the mistakes that have been made. To start with the first phase of construction is going to take place in the central valley creating a railway to nowhere until it connects major cities where there may actually be a market. The path of the railway has also been hijacked by political considerations with a costly detour to Fresno rather than going straight between Los Angeles and San Francisco. California is also perilously close to bankruptcy meaning that the only way the project can be funded is by increasing taxes – something which will be decided in November when voters get to decide if they should raise the sales tax and income taxes on high earners. The project could therefore still hangs in the balance.
Meanwhile Amtrak, the company that runs passenger services in the United States, has released a report on the redevelopment of the rail line in the North East corridor from Washington DC to Boston. This would partially be an improvement of existing lines but would mostly mean building new lines as there is a need for more capacity. Trains would by 2040 be able to travel from New York to Boston in 94 minutes. However the cost would be $151billion and a republican congress is unlikely to be willing to provide any funding.
Does the United States need high speed rail? Yes. Does it need this high speed rail? No.
The Californian rail system in particular seems to be going out of its way to be costly and so fail. It would make much more sense to keep the line from going out of its way to other population centres like fresno as the importance of high speed rail is in getting people between main cities quicky so why slow the journey down? It will simply make the network less competitive against planes that are unlikely to go via FresnoOne of the most expensive bit of building a railway, high speed or not, is getting through the cities. The existing railways can provide that for you if they just speed through the countryside. This wouldnt work for a maglev because they cannot just rip up the old railway and put a maglev there because of all th freight that already goes down those lines.
That said I know absolutely nothing about the Californian High Speed rail.
I am surprised no one has yet worked out how to have normal train wheels on a maglev - sure the train would need to slow down considerably to make the transfer but if the train was going to be running over tracks used for freignt trains then it could not go very fast anyway.
Frankly if at all possible you really want to avoid having mixed role tracks - Freight trains in the US mostly run at less than 50mph so what would be the point in having a high speed train if it is simply going to get caught behind a freight train trundling through the city? If the high speed line is ever to be viable it needs all of its capacity used by high speed services.
Honestly I do not know enough about US rail use to say for sure but it would not seem unreasonable for the lines to be able to be used for freight at night and reserved during the day, which is basically what happens in the UK on normal lines. Or even just for windows during the day depending on the frequency. I was assuming that the old sections would be upgraided to say 100 mph running as well rather than trundling ever so slowly through the suburbs. It ought to be remembered that even if the trains are slowed down by the cities they would still have the edge on planes, very few cities have their airport in the middle, most stations are!
I am not opposing building brand new lines into the heart of the city but in practical terms it is expensive, in order to get high speed off the ground it is therefore sensible to start with the long fast sections that really matter and then see if it is worthwhile burrowing miles and miles of tunnels (which surely is what we are talking about here).
Equally there are many places it would be worth running a high speed train a day to but not lots and lots of them, in which case they need to be able to use the normal lines. As many of the TGVs do.
If the high speed trains to Leeds and Manchester ever happen, I will be very unhappy if I have to change trains at Leeds to get to Edinburgh rather than have it run at 125mph up the ECML. Of course Im very likely to still have to change at Waverley for Aberdeen but some things you have to accept!
It would then be much cheaper simply to upgrade the lines to the maximum possible 125 mph like the UK has and then only build cheap high speed sections over areas of flat cheap land so keeping construction down to a minimum.
If you are going to have freight running at night then when will all the engineering works and checking that the line is ok take place?
But I think you are misinterprating me here. Im not going to run high speed trains over more than a tiny fraction of the current freight lines, you divert as much as you can, that which cannot goes at night. I was just thinking of the Eurostar, it has been running since 1994, 13 years longer than it would have if it had to run into London on its own tracks.
If there is demand the market would build it without subsidy, and if the market does not build it then that is probably because there is not the demand to make it viable! America is supposed to be the home of the free market and should not be engaging in providing large taxpayer subsidies to construct a rail network that may well never be completed and will almost certainly never really be used.
The situation in the United States is very different to that of Europe; cities are further apart for a start so it is not a good place to build high speed rail. Does anyone really think that Americans will get out of their cars to travel by train? If they were going to trains would not have been abandoned in the first place!
The United States is not seriously thinking of creating a whole high speed network; both the current projects in California and in the North East Corridor are in areas where there are several large cities close together - similar to what has been the case in other countries that have successfully adopted high speed rail. It is these medium distances that HSR is best for - where it is much faster than the car but the delays added to planes for things like check in mean that the plane is also slower.
The really big difference in the United States is that there is much less in the way of feeder infrastructure. Many more people travel on local trains and subway networks in Europe - these networks deliver you to the main railway station so making high speed rail an obvious link into a broader network. | eng | 097f1ebd-b87a-4c46-b17f-0d7ed9a3e827 | http://idebate.org/discussions/economics/does-united-states-need-high-speed-rail |
Flanked by the soaring Western Ghats in the east and blessed by the blue waters of the Arabian Sea in the West, Karnataka has a 320km long coastline dotted with unspoiled beaches and scores of temples. Some of these beaches and temples are unknown, unsung, and undiscovered - and that is their biggest attraction.
SAKALESHPUR & SHIMOGA :
Sakaleshpur is a Town in Sakaleshpur Taluk , Hassan District , Karnataka State. This region is in the midst of western ghats with lot of hidden treasure of nature. Ideal getaway from Bangalore with good connectivity of road. Shimoga is where the biggest waterfall is located. This is the epicenter of wester ghats.
NORTH KARNATAKA:
North Karnataka has innumerable sites in the Temple Map of Karnataka, India, with its some of its still surviving monuments going back to the 7th century AD. The Badami Chalukyas were the builders of rock cut caves and ancient temple complexes. At Pattadakal, there are Temples in the Dravidian style along with Temples in styles that were later adopted in Eastern and Central India. The sculptural quality in these temples is outstanding.
The Badami Chalukyas were succeeded by the Rashtrakutas and the Kalyani Chalukyas.
The Vijayanagar Empire marks the period of great Temple building activity in Karnataka and these temples are characterized by the building of pillared mandapas and lofty entrance towers The Vijayanagar Empire was destroyed by the Deccan Sultanates in the 16th century and the ruins can be seen at Hampi. | eng | 3bb9319f-f599-4722-98f2-f841ce484342 | http://holidaymantra.com/tours-karnataka1.html |
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Fort Lauderdale Computer Repair: A Brief Q & A
Whoever you are and whatever you use your computer for, chances are you'll need some assistance at some point. It's just a matter of time.
With that in mind, here are some easy answers to common computer support questions, as compiled by our Fort Lauderdale computer repair specialists. Read and learn - then contact our staff for help if you need it!
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A: If you're inundated with spam, it may already be too late. Consider a new and different email address. Otherwise, there are some programs out there that do quite a good job, while others are hit and miss. Gmail does a nice job of filtering spam, as far as free products are concerned.
A: If you're running a wireless network, or if you have a wireless router, then you do need some kind of encryption. If you a running an unsecured network, anyone in proximity can access your network. It's scary, but true.
Start with the WPA encryption with a pass phrase. Be sure your personal or business PCs have the right network support and security in place.
Q: Why would I need a Fort Lauderdale computer repair expert to help me? I know how to get around and troubleshoot with computers.
A: Maybe you don't need your hand held, but a lot of people tend to get a fraction of the benefits their computers are capable of providing. Either by fixing your machine or providing tutorials, our Ft. Lauderdale computer repair experts can show you the easy, fast way to accomplish what you need to, while explaining things in plain English | eng | 41aa35ee-738d-4165-953b-60853115c9dd | http://www.derosetechnologies.com/news/2007/06/fort-lauderdale-computer-repair-a-brief-q-a |
It's all a sly wink to the book's presentation: reddish-black ink on bluish-black paper, such that the reader is there in the eponymous pit. And the poet: a thief in a dark home, winking, slyly, in front of the witless reader, perhaps now: "Now. If the thing surrounding / this knife is a stomach, / then announce yourself, stomach." Now, it's all a sort of black hole: each poem pulled here by the force of the project, and in this way the wink is also a hole, and the stab wound. The holes in these poems are greater than the sums of their parts—themselves also holes. "Through the keyhole, no / light streams across the dark / hallway to the peephole." The hallway is also a hole, people. Now. | eng | a32282d1-6d29-4c2b-9162-d9a0a843bd81 | http://killauthor.com/issuetwenty/adam-atkinson-2/ |
Tag Archives: sauce
You know that thing where you buy two big bunches of broccoli for dinner one night and then you only end up using one bunch so the other bunch sits in your refrigerator in a plastic bag for a week? And then, one week later, you look at it and kind of feel sorry for it and don't want to throw it away but at the same time it's kind of limper than it was one week earlier: less Jessica Rabbit, more Jessica Tandy? Here's something you can do.
Once upon a time, I bought Richard Olney's "Simple French Food," a classic text that's required reading for many an aspiring chef. I remember reading it casually (I even cooked from it once: Squid & Leeks in Red Wine) and I remember making a mental note that if I ever found sorrel at the farmer's market, I would buy some.
The idea of putting mayonnaise on a sandwich repulsed me. It still does, actually. I mean: if it's a burger and there's mayonnaise on it, I'll overlook it because it blends with all the juices and the ketchup and the mustard and makes something of a sauce. But a turkey sandwich with JUST mayo? Blech! Nothing repulses me more. | eng | 800a0a77-edd4-468a-b23e-42f1159f80c9 | http://www.amateurgourmet.com/tags/sauce |
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