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The Phils increase their present winning streak to seven straight, as they sweep their second straight three-game series as they defeat the Marlins, 3-1.
The Phils end their present home stand with a two-series sweep as they sweep the fish, 3-1.
The Marlins ended a 0-0 pitchers' duel by taking the lead in the sixth as, with two men on, and with two men out, Carlos Lee hits an RBI single, knocking in Donovan Solano, who had earlier reached first base on Jimmy Rollins' fielding error, then was safe at second base on Cliff Lee's force attempt throwing error of Jose Reyes' grounder, giving the Marlins a 1-0 lead, while sending Reyes, who had reached first base on C. Lee's throwing error, moved up to third base. The Phils would tie the game up at one-all in their half of the sixth as, with two men on, and with two men out, John Mayberry, Jr. hits an RBI single, knocking in Jimmy Rollins, who had started the inning off with a single, ending pitcher Josh Johnson's no-hit bid, then moved up to second base on Juan Pierre's sacrifice bunt, 2-3, while sending Chase Utley, who had earlier walked, over to third base, just barely beating center fielder Gorkys Hernandez's throw to third base. The Phils took the lead in the seventh as, with one man on, and with two men out, Rollins hits a two-run home run, his nineteenth home run of the year, knocking in pinch hitter Pete Orr, who had just singled, then stole second base, giving the Phils a 3-1 lead. That would be the final score as Jonathan Papelbon collected his thirty-fourth save of the season as he threw a scoreless inning, striking out the side.
Cliff Lee (5-7, 3.36) got the win as he pitched seven innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and a walk, while striking out six. Phillippe Aumont recorded his third hold of the season as he threw a scoreless inning, giving up a walk, while striking out a batter. Jonathan Papelbon recorded his thirty-fourth save of the year by pitching a scoreless inning, walking a batter, while striking out three. Josh Johnson (8-12, 3.81) took the lost as he also pitched seven innings, giving up three runs on four hits and three walks, while striking out six. Ryan Webb pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk, while striking out one.
The Phils had only four hits in the game, with Jimmy Rollins leading the team with two hits, a single and a two-run home run, knocking in two runs. John Mayberry, Jr, (Single, RBI) and pinch hitter Pete Orr (Single) had the other two hits, as Josh Johnson had the Phils batters under control, before finally allowing three runs to score. The Phils also had four walks and a stolen base (Orr, (2)) in the ballgame.
The Phils (72-71, 3rd East) will start a four-game series with the Astros (45-98, 6th Central), beginning with a game tonight. The game will be played at Minute Maid Park and is to start at 8:05 pm EDT (7:05 pm CDT). The Phils will send to the mound Tyler Cloyd (1-1, 4.24), who is coming off a no-decision against the Rockies on September 9, as he threw four innings, giving up four runs on eight hits and a walk, while striking out two, in the Phils' 7-4 win. He will be trying to help the Phils increase their winning streak to eight games. The Astros will counter with Lucas Harrell (10-9, 3.83), who is coming off a no-decision against the Reds on September 7, as he went six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and four walks, while striking out five, in the Astros' 5-3 win. He will be trying to end the Phils' present winning streak. The Phils will be trying to avoid their late season troubles with the Astros as they try to stay in the race for the second wild card spot.


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Let say I have a table that is mapped to an active record model. I add in a bunch of custom logic to the model and now I have added 15 new fields to the table. Is there a way for me to regenerate the model to proper configure those 15 new fields without erasing my custom logic I have built?
In the framework I was building, when I did model code generation I generated 2 files, a base file and then a model file for each model. After that when I regenerated the models, I would only update the base one which stored all the field configuration stuff. That way the user could add all the custom logic in the model file that extends the base one and not worry about regenerating the model code when the table changes. Does something like this exist with Yii?
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Usually you don't have to adjust your models when you add new db fields - except rules() maybe. The rules that get autogenerated from the yiic "model" command are only for quickstart anyway. In most cases they'll need some manual tuning. So: No command to update the models but it shouldn't be a big deal to do so manually.
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Can anybody confirm whether Andrei's surname is Utraniyev? I was under the impression it was, although I now see that the article does not mention his surname. A-Dust 22:22, December 3, 2009 (UTC)
Well, seeing as nobody responds to this, I guess there is no proof that his surname is Utraniyev. Perhaps it is better to move? Master Sima Yi 15:36, December 24, 2009 (UTC)
In the august 2010 issue of playstation magazine, theres a article abour mikhail faustin and it says his full name is Andrei Utraniyev
- Scan, please?--Spaceeinstein 14:06, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
- I dont have a scanner but theres an article called most dangerous ladies and angry men. Under mikhail fustins angriest moments it says "too much boozing and drug abuse has given faustin a brutally short temper. during the course of the game he murders his henchman Andrei Utraniyev (for being noisy)"
- Just a small note, the person who created Bulgarin's first name was the same user who created Andrei's last name. Since the user wasn't adding in utter bs in the edits, I wonder where did the user got the names from.--spaceeinstein 02:39, 10 April 2011 (BST)


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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Elias Harris had 20 points and nine rebounds as No. 2 Gonzaga beat Portland 81-52 on Saturday to stake a claim to its first-ever No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press' Top 25.
Gonzaga, winner of 12 consecutive games since a last-second loss at Butler, has escaped the losses that have afflicted other teams at or near the top of the poll in recent weeks. That included a loss by top-ranked Indiana to Minnesota earlier this week that opened the door for the Bulldogs.
The Zags have never been ranked higher than their current No. 2 position. But because of their lightly regarded conference schedule, there is a chance a lower team could leapfrog them in the poll. Gonzaga's only other loss was at home to Illinois in December.
Derrick Rodgers scored 10 points for Portland (11-20, 4-12), which has lost 18 straight to Gonzaga dating to 2003.
The game concluded the regular season for both teams. Gonzaga is virtually assured a 15th consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament.
This one was over quickly, as the Pilots were undone by poor shooting and Gonzaga's dominating inside play.
Portland opened the game with three 3-pointers to take a 9-7 lead. But Gonzaga made three 3s during a 13-0 run for a 20-9 lead.
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Gonzaga pushed the lead to 30 points with less than 9 minutes left and the Pilots did not threaten after that.
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Gonzaga's 29-2 start this season is the best in team history, topping the 28-2 record set in 2003-04. The Zags have the best winning percentage in the country and coach Mark Few has the highest winning percentage among active coaches with at least five years' experience at 80 percent,
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Tom Cruise has sold his 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom condo in New York for $3 million, UsMagazine.com reported.
"He just doesn't really need it anymore," a source told the magazine about the flat, which is located on the 10th floor of an East Village apartment building.
"He's barely in the city... The only reason to keep it was when he had Suri and Katie and needed a real home in the city for them."
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Ah, so they end up hiring the either the balanced or the intelligent. Not a bad end for them.
The thing was completely worthless; Anyone with an IQ over 90 could have figured out the "correct" answers.
Perhaps you misunderstood the purpose of the test.
Would you want to hire someone who couldn't even figure out how to lie convincingly during an interview for a position which would involve being in constant contact with the public?
A big part of dealing with customers is figuring out the "correct" answers. Basically, that the customer's concern is important to you, that the more expensive product really is a better choice, and that you really are going to be right back after checking the reserve stock section which really is located right near the break room.
If a simple test can filter out the applicants who are too honest or too clueless for a career in retail sales, why not use it?
But it can't. The test does most likely not correlate with actual behavior at all.
To just say it bluntly: almost all personality tests are completely unreliable, the best ones are at most somewhat reliable. This means that most people, when they do the same personality test some time later, score differently. This is a terrible problem, as the point of these tests often is to measure a personality, something presumably stable over time. If a test used to measure a trait gives unreliable test results, it app
If a simple test can filter out the applicants who are too honest or too clueless for a career in retail sales, why not use it?
You raise an interesting point, unfortunately these tests are usually used to prevent losses due to employee theft.
My industrial psychology professor once told me a story about a group of nuns and monks that took these tests and failed. When they were asked questions like, "do you know anyone that abuses drugs," or, "do you know anyone who has committed a felony" they answered yes, and therefore failed the test. This group of monks and nuns volunteered at substance abuse rehabilitation centers and had answered the questions truthfully.
I took one of these tests years ago for a role in a support helldesk.
The results came out that I was :
a) excellent at problem solving
b) crap at being in a team
c) crap at being micro-managed
When they fired me six months later, the reason given was "Despite being one of the best problem solvers (95% clean-up rate) I didn't fit with the team, and had a personality clash with the manager"
I told them that was the exact result from the test, and they said "Well, we assumed everyone lied on the test". Way to go...
I was given a couple of these at a company I applied to some years ago (a hi-tech job). I took them on condition they'd show me the results, which they were fine with doing. Nice guys, but kind of a creepy outfit. Amusingly, I scored slightly above normal in the hostility department (my inward reaction to that was "Who you callin' hostile, m___f___r?"). But they took all that in stride and offered me a job, which I didn't take.
Google makes you take a looooooong and in depth personality test just to apply for an IT position. It's really insulting.
P.S. Fuck you, Google. Didn't want to work for you anyway. Put that in your personality test.
I recently completed a postgraduate course on "organisational behaviour", which is the field from where the justification for these personality tests is supposed to originate.
It turns out that there is no objective justification for the tests. The texts were quite clear that little if any benefit can be derived from subjecting individuals to such tests, as the tests were only ever designed to measure populations. While the aggregate score across many people might have meaning, a single individual's results are meaningless. Being subject to such a test is a useful indicator that the prospective employer you are interviewing has a clueless HR department.
It was interesting doing a few job interviews with large companies after having completed the course. It was soooo tempting to answer each question with a page number from the text.
They are very valuable, They act as both an IQ test to see if you are too stupid to lie, and a drone test to see if you are the kind of person willing to sit in a cubicle and waste 40 minutes on something so stupid, with little to no promise of reward.
I used to do these right(i.e. lie) but then I started to just answer them honestly, and know what happened? I still got the job, but they had to sit me down and actually go over the results. Apparently when a cashier gives you back to much change you are supposed to tell her! Of course I just lied to the HR reps face and made her happy.
They are an interesting idea: make the person interviewing lose all respect and loath the business as incompetent within the first 15 minuets so they know exactly what they are getting. I guess that's why you only see these at entry level service jobs.
I call BS. I interviewed at Google, for a dev position, fell through at the final stage of things.
I never had to take a personality test. Lots of technical interviews (four levels, if I recall correctly), but no personality test.
Google makes you take a looooooong and in depth personality test just to apply for an IT position. It's really insulting.
Erroneous. Google does not make you take a personality test.
P.S. Fuck you, Google. Didn't want to work for you anyway. Put that in your personality test.
I'm sure that's why you opted to apply and interview with them.
why not just leave them in there for 6 to 10 days and then hire the one or two still alive?
"If you found a stranger "making out" in the park would you inform the authorities?"
I answered "Yes" and that's what the hiring team wanted to hear. If I had answered "No," then this team would assume that I would engage in similar activity if I were in a place that I am not known.
"Making out" here, was intentionally phrased that way to keep it vague, but we all know what it means right?
I got the job, though I quit seven months later because this job was had began to run my life, something I loathed with a passion.
Maybe you should watch it again.
The whole point is that it is not a question.
Holden: You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down...
Leon: What one?
Holden: What?
Leon: What desert?
Holden: It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical.
Leon: But, how come I'd be there?
Holden: Maybe you're fed up. Maybe you want to be by yourself. Who knows? You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you...
Leon: Tortoise? What's that?
Holden: [irritated by Leon's interruptions] You know what a turtle is?
Leon: Of course!
Holden: Same thing.
Leon: I've never seen a turtle... But I understand what you mean.
Holden: You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon.
Leon: Do you make up these questions, Mr. Holden? Or do they write 'em down for you?
Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Leon: [angry at the suggestion] What do you mean, I'm not helping?
Holden: I mean you're not helping! Why is that, Leon?
[Leon has become visibly shaken]
Holden: They're just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response... Shall we continue?
They didn't ask you what you would do you you were out in the desert and you found a turtle on its back roasting in the sun?
it's a hackneyed question.
Everyone knows you're hot helping because you're also a turtle on its back.
I think the entire point of using the term making out is because it is so vague. IF you said no, they could figure that your willing to over look potentially wrong doing by other employees. If you said define making out, it could show that your willing to over look the actions that you agree of or the rules you disagree with. If you said something along the order of "if they were just holding hands and kissing, no, if it was more then that probably (or yes)", if could show that you know enough to know when
Given that these tests have if not methodological history, then atleast spirtual ancestry in stuff like the MBTI(tm) test, which is horribly flawed in it's concept and methodology, I'm pretty skeptical of these tests. these tests really only weed out the obscenely stupid or inept. Which I guess where they succeed, but I'm also wondering if they weed out honest and capable individuals. Although if you can't do some googling and get an answer in an IT context, maybe you shouldn't get that job as an admin or support rep.
My father, a civil engineer, once worked for a Phoenix company that employed another kind of test--long, pointless, exhausting tests and interview questions for candidates, followed at the end of the day with one or two questions that were actually important. He, too, was in a hiring position, and informed that it was "all about wearing them down" so they would give honest responses at the end out of sheer impatience with the process.
Part of the reason for those long exhausting personality tests is repetition.
Important questions are repeated with the question/answer slightly changed. If you're 'cheating' (aka lying) then it is likely you won't give consistent answers and it shows up as a giant red flag when the answers are being evaluated.
Of course, none of that matters when the testing procedure flawed. I.E. I've done monolithic personality tests where you can flip back and look at your answers. A proper test is broken up into sections
The one I really liked was the one in the movie "The Game"...
You just can't beat the Consumer Recreation Services' true/false test with items like "I frequently hurt small animals." and "I feel guilty when I masturbate."
And, as a follow up, these tests notoriously reflect a person's "self-image," not necessarily the way their personality actually functions and how they will interact with others. The indications a test determines must be carefully verified in an interview, not taken at face value like a piece of litmus paper.
The basic fact is that a single person's testimony is demonstrably unreliable, sometimes even (or in many cases especially) when it regards themselves.
I was recently turned down by a recruiting company when they discovered that I had 2 DWIs (both of which were 10+ years old) and 2 weapon possession cases (one of which was legitimate, the other was total bullshit that I signed a plea-bargain on so I wouldn't have to sit out the time and lose my job).
Now, personality tests aren't a big worry to me. I'm pretty crazy (by "normal" standards) but intelligent and diligent, so not only do I make a good (if outspoken) employee, but I figured out a long time ago how to manipulate psychological tests. I did it as a teenager, when I was incarcerated in numerous state institutions. If I wanted out of the place, I just picked the answers that made me sound as sane and healthy as an indoctrinated drone. If I wanted to beat a criminal case on grounds of insanity (that's the shortened term for it), I simply picked answers that would make sense for the given situation.
Human beings are pattern-recognizing creatures by nature. And the more intelligent a person is, the more aware of a situation they are and the easier it becomes for them to manipulate a test.
When I was trying to get a job in teaching, the hardest jobs to apply for were the ones that used a personality screening. I never got past that, it was obvious why -- the test was looking for suck-ups and yes-men, teachers who would do exactly what the principal said, and never rock the boat.
And isn't that one of the problems with education today? Not to brag, but I guarantee that I was in the 98th or higher percentile on my Praxis tests. But I know for a fact that other teaching students with me got jobs teaching math while I barely got interviews. People that barely can follow along with the book are going to do a better job of showing the joy of mathematics than I am? When the school is selecting for sheep and not smarts, what kind of teacher do they get? What kind of school do they get? And what kind of "educated" students do we turn out? Shit, shit and shit, of course.
I first saw this in the early 90's or so. Text included, to avoid melting the server (which I don't believe is canonical anyway)
http://kuoi.com/~kamikaze/Hacker/interview.php [kuoi.com]
* "How do you work in a team situation when all the other team members are fools and idiots?"
* "How well do you program under the influence of hard drugs?"
* "Have you ever beaten or killed a co-worker?"
* "Give me a rough estimate of the maximum dollar amount that you've stolen from each of your previous employers."
* "Do you object to bullwhips in the workplace?"
* "Emacs or vi?"
* "You have a large network of Suns being used by secretaries for word processing in FrameMaker. Which GNU packages would you install for your own entertainment, and how would you justify them later?"
* "You see a wounded puppy bleeding and whimpering on the side of the road while you're running to work to fix a downed computer that tens of users are waiting for. Do you let the puppy die?" "Why not?"
* "How much of your workday would you waste by reading news?"
* "Recite the GNU Manifesto."
* "How many clients (30% diskless, 60% dataless, 10%
I applied for a job in a large chain store a few years ago and got a question almost exactly like the last one, it was something a long the lines of "Do workers and management have the same interests at heart?" Woe to the blue collar wage worker who has read the first page of the Communist Manifesto, which says "Our epoch, the epoch of the bourgeoisie, possesses, however, this distinct feature: it has simplified class antagonisms. Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other -- bourgeoisie and proletariat."
These types of tests have been used ever since professional management was invented as a skill separate from actually being able to do anything economically useful.
I suggest that anyone who has to work in an organization that uses these types of tests read "The Organization Man" by William H. Whyte. Some key chapters are online here: http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/whyte-main.html [upenn.edu] However, what is not online is the Appendix, titled "How To Cheat on Personality Tests". The book was published in 1956.
Whyte doesn't suggest that you cheat on personality tests just because you are greedy, or because corporations are evil and you have to survive, or anything radical like that. It is clear from the book that Whyte is the kind of guy who presumes that most people are well-intentioned, that managers probably want to hire the best, and they need these scores to cover their ass, so people should give the correct answers on tests so managers can then pick the good guys and promote them.
Meyer-Briggs and Minnesota Multi-Phasic whatchamacallits have never been shown to be of any practical use, and their pointlessness has been known for decades.
"The Organization Man" is one of the funniest books I have ever read, but I think it is only funny if you have been exposed to Organization Men enough to recogize the traits he points out, and it is a kind of dry, no-punch line humour that I associate with old men who are constantly laughing at you inside. For the enjoyment of Slashdot I will reproduce here a couple of paragraphs from the "How to Cheat on Personality Tests" chapter:
"The important thing to realize is that you don't win a good score: you avoid a bad one. (...) Sometimes it is perfectly all right for you to score in the 80th or 90th percentile; if you are being tested, for example, to see if you would make a good chemist, a score indicating that you are likely to be more reflective than ninety out of a hundred adults might not harm you and might even do you some good."
"By and large, however, your safety lies in getting a score somewhere between the 40th and 60th percentiles, which is to say, you should try to answer as if you were like everyone else is supposed to be. This is not always too easy to figure out, of course, and this is one of the reasons why I will go into some detail in the following paragraphs on the principal types of questions. When in doubt, however, there are two general rules you can follow: (1) When asked for word associations or comments about the world, give the most convential, run-of-the-mill, pedestrian answer possible. (2) To settle the most beneficial answer to any question, repeat to yourself:
a) I loved my father and my mother, but my father a little bit more
b) I like things pretty well the way they are
c) I never worry much about anything
d) I don't care for books or music much
e) I love my wife and children
f) I don't let them get in the way of company work"
You know what is the saddest about these personality tests ? This guide to cheating on them was written just a few years after the basic ones became popular (they were developed in the 20's and 30's, came into use and were standardized (and also statistically tested and proven worthless) in the bureaucracy of WWII, and The Organization Man was published in '56), but the cheat guide works perfectly well even for tests developed long after the cheat guide was written.
You can take a computer administered test developed in the last few years by the best minds in modern management theory, and cheat it with a guide written over 50 years ago.
These tests can help tell you if you are inclined to be a good sales person vs a good engineer for example.
And its not mumbo jumbo that drives this. Its just freaking statistics. You do a lot of research characterizing lots of people and then you find a set of questions whose answers correlate the characteristics you have observed.
Having added this testing to our interview process, we have dropped our bad hiring decisions from 30% to less than 10%. Personally, again, I think its a courtesy to all concerned to do eve
I can see points of bias in your tests already.
The exclusion bias.
You have no idea how many people with different personalities from those you know were excluded. Perhaps people who had personalities with more facets than the test could examine, or with facets none of "kennedy's wiz kids" (who designed the test the same way they ran vietnam) have ever seen.
The inherent inaccuracy of self-confidence.
self-confidence is a relative thing.
People who are interviewing for a job generally have their fundamental ability to eat and pay rent at stake. Those are much, MUCH higher stakes than "this is a new client, let's do a good job" and as such is subject to greater risk aversity.
Analytical capability:
Various positions require various levels of analysis, and my experience is those robotic tests do not provide adequate clues as to the level of analysis which should be applied.
And its not mumbo jumbo that drives this. Its just freaking statistics.
because we all know statistics cannot be manipulated, misrepresented, improperly gathered, etc.
Employment prospects are more like a scatter plot with high variance, and these tests are like the most simplistic best-fit regression lines. They WILL exclude wide swaths of excellent candidates based on arbitrarily placed limits. This is especially true for testing services contracted from outside.
o everyone a huge favor by helping to ensure that the people we offer jobs to will do well in them and be happy
Isn't that what interviews and training programs are for? acquainting them with company policy, teaching them the procedures, filling them in on how to do their job?
I applied for a job with Oracle in the UK after University - over 6 years ago now. The first thing I came up against was this online personality test.
I decided to be honest with the answers. Evidently not the right decision as I failed the test and they were not interested in talking to me (despite at that time being almost guaranteed a 1st class degree in CS from a top university).
Q: "You have to give up on some things that you start."
A: "Strongly disagree."
This was one of the questions in the Oracle test - I put strongly agree. Occasionally new information appears after you've begun something, and possibly tells you that you're heading down the wrong path. You learn from this and start again.
Marvelous! The super-user's going to boot me! What a finely tuned response to the situation!


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Several spoke on Tuesday during a hearing of the Senate Education Committee that is reviewing the role of the Tennessee Textbook Commission, which recommends its selection of books to the State Board of Education.
Earlier this year, parents in Williamson County raised concerns about a question in a world geography textbook that asked students to consider whether a suicide bomber attacking civilians in a cafe in Israel was terrorism or retaliation for military actions against Palestinians.
Critics say the question is among passages that display bias.
State education officials acknowledge the commission should incorporate a stronger public review process, such as allowing the books to be reviewed online.
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In their second trade in four days, the Mets acquired closer Tyler Clippard from Oakland on Monday for minor league pitcher Casey Meisner in a swap of right-handers that increases New York's payroll by a little more than $2 million.
The 30-year-old Clippard, who is eligible for free agency after this season, is 1-3 with a 2.79 earned-run average and 17 saves in 21 chances. The Athletics obtained him from Washington in January.
On Friday night, the Mets acquired infielder Juan Uribe and utilityman Kelly Johnson in a deal with Atlanta.
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Four years ago a world-class poet moved to Northampton, city of poets. Perhaps you read about it in the newspaper headlines. Or you would have if poetry was celebrated in the manner of other arts. But David Kherdian settled in quietly and went about the business of writing poems, as he had been doing for the previous 45 years, and now a new book, Living in Quiet: New and Selected Poems has gathered his life's work in a beautifully designed edition with a woodcut by his wife, Nonny Hogrogian (more about her in a moment), on the cover. It has been published by Deerbrook Editions, a literary publishing house based in Maine.
Kherdian found his voice early. His first volume, On the Death of My Father, of which William Saroyan correctly said, "The title poem is one of the best lyrics in American poetry," sets out one of the many themes that Kherdian explored in the more than 20 books that followed. What does it mean to be the American-born son of an Armenian immigrant father? How does one celebrate the family and heritage that is in their blood and lineage, while forging one's own path and identity?
It is a lifelong struggle with no easy answers but the questioning is all:
…Because our relationship did not end
with your death, but continued in this way,
my way, on the page and right on through
to the heart of everything that matters,
the eternal matter of life on earth
and after death. (from "Our Time")
They stare at each other
unable to communicate
aware of the abyss
on one side father Armenia
and on the other, son America
(from "The Father and the Son")
Originally identified with the Beats and the San Francisco renaissance of the '60s, Kherdian quickly went in his own direction, eschewing cliques and "isms" for a style that would serve him well and never waver. There is depth without the need for overt difficulty; there is personality without false humbleness or the flaunting of self, and Kherdian is never afraid to risk sentiment in his search for truth. These are poems hurled into being by the grace of love.
Which brings me back to Nonny Hogrogian, a two-time Caldecott-winning artist and Kherdian's partner of 43 years and collaborator on many books for children. In The Nonny Poems, originally published in 1971, many of which are reprinted in the current volume, he charts their relationship from first meeting—to marriage—to a life in art lived together.
Hogrogian means earth carrier
In the language of our ancestors
And now Nonny takes up the tools
Of her new trade, putting the
Tools of art aside for the moment—
To actualize something new, that
Is as old as our people, whose
Beginnings precede Biblical time,
Knowing, as she has always known,
That to work is to enter mystery…
(from "Nonny Hogrogian")
There is so much to recommend in this book. The boyhood poems of growing up in Racine, Wisc. take on some of the subject matter of U.S. Poet Laureate Phil Levine's Detroit and its industrial landscape. But while Levine's work is mostly fueled by anger at a succession of "stupid jobs," Kherdian sees his home city as through a child's eyes, reflecting back more quietly, with both horror and wonderment.
The poems Kherdian wrote during the nine years he and Hogrogian spent at a spiritual community in Oregon, studying the ideas of Gurdjieff, are also here, as are the poems he wrote after leaving the community. While there, he gardened, started a small press and tended to the animals. Kherdian's poems appear simple on the surface—the sort of poem that should entice a wide audience—but they are far from commonplace, as he says about the act of watching two horses and a man plowing the earth for nurturance:
…as if one did not know that
the simple is not commonplace
as if one did not know
that the commonplace
has been nearly lost
and was being recaptured now
by the quiet, difficult
necessary toil of honest labor:
a man, two horses, the earth—
as if holiness for the moment
could be anything but this.
(from "Coming Into The Farm")
And finally, there are poems which directly address the Armenian genocide. How could there not be? Kherdian's biography of his mother, The Road from Home, was a Newbury Honor book, and to my mind the definitive exploration of that still under-reported period in history. The poems make the tragedy personal but leave us thankful that Kherdian is the one telling the tale.
This numbness has taken a lifetime
to lift. Now in your lowered graves,
I beseech you to look upon the
empty space I will fill once
we come to be joined again
because we were always one.
(from "Mother Father Poem")
A 2012 recipient of the Armenian Star Award, Kherdian is widely recognized as one of the most important and distinctive voices in Armenian-American poetry over the last four decades. I am pleased he is still writing, and here among us in Northampton.•
David Kherdian reads from his work Aug. 23, 5 p.m., at Food for Thought Books in Amherst.
Richard Michelson is the current Poet Laureate of Northampton.


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So this is what it has come to in Ottawa. Senators head coach Craig Hartsburg might start tonight's game in New Jersey with playmaker Jason Spezza centering checkers Jarkko Ruutu and Chris Neil, as Ken Warren tells us in the Ottawa Citizen.
Ottawa has lost four of its last five and scored just four goals in its last four outings. Ouch!
MK: This is good news for the Bruins in that it's obviously panic time in Canada's capital and that means that if this move doesn't work, the Sens might be demoralized — making them an easy two points for the remainder of the year and a candidate to do some major trading of its higher-priced assets.


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From there to here – who are you? How do you connect with new people and a new place? Drill down into culture across countries with writer and poet Julia Alvarez as she discusses moving, meeting people, and reinventing herself once she arrived in New York City after growing up in the Dominican Republic.
About Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez is a poet, essayist and fiction writer. She spent her early childhood in the Dominican Republic, emigrating to this country at the age of ten. Her works include How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, which was selected as a Notable Book by the New York Times and the American Library Association, and In the Time of the Butterflies, a finalist for the 1994 National Book Critics Award in fiction. She is also the author of books for young readers, including Before we were Free, Finding Miracles, How Tia Lola came to visit Stay, and Return to Sender. Alvarez is a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College and she and her husband have established a sustainable farming project and literacy center in the mountains of her native Dominican Republic. Her "green fable," A Cafecito Story, is based on her experiences on that farm. She is also the author of Saving the World, her most recent adult novel; The Woman I Kept To Myself, her most recent collection of poetry; and Once Upon a Quinceañera, a non-fiction book that was nominated for a 2007 National Critics Book Circle Award.
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CINCINNATI— An in-school dental clinic believed by local and state health officials to be the only one in Ohio officially opened Monday.
The three-chair clinic has been operating a few weeks but was officially unveiled at Oyler School in the Cincinnati Public Schools District. The city health department and the Cincinnati Dental Society's Oral Health Foundation are operating the clinic, and it will be staffed by a full-time dentist, with the foundation providing volunteer dentists to help serve children who don't have insurance.
Health and school officials say a lack of dental care is a frequent problem.
"There is a national epidemic of early childhood decay that is frightening," said Dr. Marilyn Crumpton, director of school and adolescent health for the Cincinnati Health Department. "We have been identifying children we don't see at city health clinics until their jaws are swollen. This will provide prevention as well as treatment."
The clinic is expected initially to serve 900 students and children from the surrounding community and reach full capacity of 1,300 students in a few years, but Crumpton said students from throughout the 33,000-student district can come to the clinic if they can't get to other services.
Various organizations helped cover the startup costs, with Delta Dental Foundation providing most of the funding. But the clinic is designed to be self-sustaining.
Crumpton says it will operate on a sliding-fee schedule with the clinic billing health insurance providers, including Medicaid, and parents when possible. But no students will be turned away if their parents cannot pay.
A senior at Oyler was at the clinic Monday to get some broken teeth fixed.
"I love it," said Romello Kirkland, 18. "If this wasn't here, I probably would still be in pain and trying to see a dentist. But I was able to walk right in here and get help."
Steven Stanley Sr. has a 5-year-old son attending the school.
"This is great idea, especially because of the convenience for students and parents," Stanley, 28, said. "Parents won't have to take off work or take their kids out of school to get dental care for them."


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The Associated Press
POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- The Jacklin Seed facility in northern Idaho is being shut down and the bluegrass seed operation moved to Washington state, J.R. Simplot Company officials say.
Simplot spokesman David Cuoio in an announcement Thursday said 25 production employees at the Post Falls facility in Idaho will not be sent to the new site in Othello, Wash.
The company also told the Coeur d'Alene Press (http://bit.ly/VDbmG9) that 40 employees in research and development, administration and sales will be moved to Washington state.
J.R. Simplot Company acquired Jacklin Seed in 1997. But it also has a seed-cleaning facility near Othello, Wash., which is closer to the company's production areas in central Washington.
"The growing area for the bluegrass industry in the Pacific Northwest has shifted, and this new location near Othello will keep Jacklin Seed in the midst of the market," said Chris Claypool, Jacklin Seed general manager.
Officials said the Othello site will take the Jacklin Seed name during the transition. Jacklin Seed products are used by golf courses, lawn care companies, athletic field managers and others.
J.R. Simplot Company plans to provide severance packages, counseling and other services to those losing their jobs.
"We will be doing what we can to ease the transition," said Garrett Lofto, Simplot AgriBusiness Group president. "We hope that making this announcement so far in advance of the closure will help them adequately plan for their futures."
Cuoio said the Post Falls site is in a prime location for future businesses and will probably be sold. He said the company's decision to make the move wasn't based on the decline of grass seed production and field burning on the Rathdrum Prairie in northern Idaho.
Kerri Thoreson, a city council member, said Simplot's decision is another indication of the area moving away from its farm background.
"To lose a company that has been such an integral part of Post Falls' local economy for 77 years is a sad day, especially for the good jobs that will be lost as well," Thoreson wrote in an email to the newspaper. "This underscores just how important it is moving forward to aggressively pursue and attract manufacturing jobs to our city."
Arden Jacklin founded Jacklin Seed in 1936, and Jacklin is a well-known name in Kootenai County. Many buildings and facilities use the name, including at the arts and cultural center in Post Falls, the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, and University of Idaho Research Park in Post Falls. And the Jacklin Land Development Company in Post Falls gave 28 acres to the University of Idaho Foundation in 1997 for a research park.
Information from: Coeur d'Alene Press, http://www.cdapress.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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In 2013, nearly every storage and networking vendor either introduced, or said they did, software-defined technology or said their products are ready for it. Startups by the dozens also came to market with software-defined-focused technology.
What's left to be done? Getting everyone to agree on a definition and standards and then following through on those agreements. And that is much more difficult than pledging support for the technology.


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2013-14: Did not row in the fall season … CRCA Scholar Athlete … started the spring season in the 2V8 boat in eight seat at the Beanpot (3/29) and rowed all four races there … also rowed in the four position with the V4B crew at the Knecht Cup (4/12) … rowed in the Dad Vail Regatta (5/9) and IRA Championships (5/31) in the four seat of the V4 crew.
2012-13: Did not compete.
2011-12: Rowed in varsity 8 at the San Diego Classic, Dad Vail Regatta, EAWRC Sprints and IRA national championship, sitting in the two and four seat … rowed in novice 8 during the fall season … rowed in second varsity 8 at the Muri Cup … rowed in varsity 4 at the Knecht Cup.
Off the water: Majoring in brain and cognitive sciences … concentration in Spanish … internship with Turner Construction Company … research at the Picower Institute on Parkinson's treatment … Social Chair for living group … participates in Taekwondo … CrossProducts a capella group.


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Look up FyreTV. Unfortunately, they just ended the free beta period. It's $10 for 100 minutes of streaming per month and the hardware is free.
but seriously when is porn going to get into the streaming scene? (insert joke)
When R. Kelly starts filming again.
... but seriously when is porn going to get into the streaming scene? (insert joke)
There are a ton of for-pay webcam services. They seem to be intermediaries between 'independent contractors' in mostly 3rd world countries and customers in the west. They often take the lion's share of the money (usually $1/minute and up), paying the contractors 25% or less, although I've heard of one place advertising for contractors and claiming to pay 50%.
Sorry, I don't know any URLs off-hand, but you can probably find them easily enough even with a brain-dead google search since that's kind of their
Someone just needs to build a nice small XBMC replacement. Something the size of Popcorn or Apple TV. Donate some engineers / money to the XBMC guys to get it to work with your chipset. Maybe some 1080p hardware decoding.
My XBOX is starting to show its age, but XBMC hands down beats every single one of those players hands down.
Maybe you missed the part where I said "Someone needs to build a nice small XBoxMC replacement".
XBMC is already ported to Linux, OS X, and Windows. It's a project that's been refined over the last 4.5 years. All it needs is someone to come in and create a 4"x4"x2" device designed just to use it.
The AppleTV is woefully underpowered and too expensive.
And "Interface" is just a matter of what skin you have installed, my XBMC looks gorgeous as is.
I think you might want to eat those words... considering the Xbox is the real "woefully underpowered" device.
The Xbox has an Intel Celeron (coppermine) 733 dating from 1999 or 2001 depending on when it was produced, by comparison the AppleTV has an Intel Crofton 1.0Ghz from the last year or so.
There's also the RAM, 64MB of DDR SDRAM in the xbox, 256MB of DDR2 SDRAM in the AppleTV.
As far as it being too expensive, the xbox at release was double what the AppleTV was at release... nuff said.
XBMC runs on most OS's and most computers.
The GP probably was not referring to the original xbox.
Unless I'm completely mistaken the Xbox launched at $299. The cheapest AppleTV is $229 at Apple's website right now. It is no longer possible to purchase an Xbox brand new expect off 3rd party channels. However, used consoles can be bought from any Gamestop for $50. A purchase of the original Splinter Cell for $3 and some time will allow you to softmod your Xbox and install XBMC.
The specs on the Xbox might look extremely underpowered right now and they are for HD playback, but the Xbox doesn't have an O
The other issue with the AppleTV is that you still need to hack it just like the Xbox. There was a Boxee installer for it; however, shortly after release an update magically came out that updated the system if you had automatic updates enabled. This updated the OS, removed Boxee and closed the hole they used to install it. That's not exactly the open platform I'm looking to run as my media frontend IMO.
I was thinking along those same lines, but I also did some searching and discovered that Boxee has a new installer [boxee.tv] for installation on AppleTV 2.3. It has two bugs right now, but there appear to be workarounds for them, and an updated installer is in the works to address at least one of them if not both.
Of course, everyone running Boxee on AppleTV will be turning off automatic updates and will be watching carefully for reports if another update disables it again. How Apple responds to the workaround will de
I wonder though about that other AppleTV mod that added functionality only if the thumb drive was attached was affected by the 2.3 update; disconnect the USB drive and the AppleTV is back to normal. If only I could remember what mod that was...
Ah, apparently I needed to search GeekBrief.TV with "Apple TV" instead of "AppleTV" to find reference to aTV Flash [atvflash.com]. It too was affected and they also have an update that works with Apple TV 2.3.
The software can be easily removed at any time, and will NOT void your warranty.
Key Features:
Have you seen an AppleTV running Boxee?
The problem with that setup is all the frakkin' daggits. I hate daggits.
FYI the aforementioned Boxee hack for AppleTV is actually an XBMC fork.
You can already install XBMC on AppleTV. I find it much more usable and snappier than Boxee, which seems...boxy on the ATV compared to XBMC. If you have the PlayOn DLNA server (one-time $30 fee) installed on a Windows PC, you can stream Hulu to XBMC on your AppleTV (or 360 or PS3, etc.).
My number 1 gripe about Boxee...it insists on sharing your viewing habits with people on your "friends" list.
In true Build-It-And-They will come if we just get something like MRSS going where a "Feed" is known as a "Channel" and can link to other Channels, as well as slideshows (Channel full of png links), movies (some freeish codec), tv shows (a series would just be a Channel full of consecutive episoses) and music (an albumn would just be a Channel of consecutive songs) with nice png thumbnail support, the ability to add links to "buy plastic disc edition" and the whole thing very easy to mashup and deep link (J
Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't "advanced compression" defeat the purpose of HD video?
What's to miss about better picture quality for the same bit rate?
Compare h.264 to mpeg-2.
doesn't "advanced compression" defeat the purpose of HD video?
Certainly not if it was lossless compression (which I don't know if it is).
Isn't HD Netflix OnDemand available already? I see a section under their OnDemand feature labeled HD with a small selection of content.
There are also technical issues; HDMI doesn't have a CC stream so the merge of CC or subtitle and video have to happen in the Roku box or upstream.
Netflix may be providing videos but I don't think they count as a video programming provider.
No, Netflix isn't a broadcaster. The FCC only has jurisdiction over radio waves.
The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
FCC rules about close-captioning apply to broadcast TV, period.
(2) Video programming distributor. Any television broadcast station licensed by the Commission and any multichannel video programming distributor as defined in  76.1000(e) of this chapter, and any other distributor of video programming for residential reception that delivers such programming directly to the home and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.
and "any other distributor of video programming for residential reception tha
What "openness" would that be? Link?
I'd call you a shill as a couple of AC's have done, but if you are a shill, you're an incompetent one making completely baseless claims. At the moment there is no evidence of openness that I can find.
At the moment there is no evidence of openness that I can find.
you either didn't look very hard or don't have much in the way of researching skills.
http://www.roku.com/community/gpl_nfp.php [roku.com]
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2932 [zdnet.com]
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/30/1645200&from=rss [slashdot.org]
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10050649-93.html [cnet.com]
http://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/netflix-player-source-code-released/ [hackaday.com]
http://forums.rokulabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=17046&highlight=&sid=1bea026fdae6ddaace484e70273f2d0d [rokulabs.com]
I'm not saying much has become of it, but Roku has
And all of this manifests... how? My Roku only plays Netflix. (Or rather, only played now that I've sent it back.) How do I get it to play anything else?
Right now, it's all 100% talk, and has been for a while. GPL'ed code doesn't mean crap if I can't change the box at all.
As an AppleTV I must say I really admire Roku.
Wow I didn't know AppleTV automatically connected to Slashdot and replied to threads about its favourite software. I want one!
I was going to go with "Have you contacted Apple to let them know you have become self aware?"
As an AppleTV I must say I really admire Roku.
Great. Now we have electronic appliances with self-esteem issues. This isn't going to end well. I'm not looking forward to my toaster oven gaining an oedipus complex.
The article says
"Presumably this will include sources such as YouTube, Hulu, Comedy Central, MSNBC, etc."
I'm pretty sure this would be a licensing issue, not at technical issue about streaming formats.
It's one thing to have to sit at your computer, or faff about with a media PC to watch content. But I imagine the networks would be very scared of a simple, cheap, no subscription, plug-in box. I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if they let Roku get to that content.
Once Hulu comes to my Tivo (I hate having a million boxes for different things), I'd reconsider why I even pay for even the cheapest tier cable.
If anyone wonders what the Comcast 250G caps are about, they have nothing to do with bandwidth contention and everything to do with them realising soon they will loose half (more?) of their business when cable TV dies.
I use MediaMall's PlayOn media server to watch Hulu and Netflix on my PS3 and Xbox360. It also streams to my PopcornHour box. It costs $30. I am in no way affiliated with them, I just love the product.
http://www.themediamall.com/playon [themediamall.com]
I'm another happy customer. If you run XBMC on Apple TV, you can use PlayOn to watch Hulu. Netflix technically works, but it chokes to due to Apple TV's hardware.
Once Hulu comes to my Tivo (I hate having a million boxes for different things), I'd reconsider why I even pay for even the cheapest tier cable.
Cable is in for lots of rude awakenings in the coming year or two.
Once digital TV goes live, and signal strength increases on the digital signals, a lot of people in formerly "I can get a usable signal" areas will suddenly get crystal clear reception.
I live in the canyons of concrete and steel in NYC and went from missing a couple of channels and lots of snow (on an
I've been spending the past few weeks enjoying the HD streaming they recently enabled on TiVos. It's great to be able to go just watch any movie in my instant queue, all using the TiVo interface. There are nice little touches like TV series show up as a folder with one "recording" per episode instead.
It works very well, and I can get full quality (or sometimes one mark under, according to the little display) on my 6 Mb DSL line.
So far I've watched Meet the Robinsons, King of Kong, and a couple of other th
Steaming HD is good, I'll admit, but I prefer baked or pan-fried. It's not as healthy as steamed, but it tastes so much better. Basted with some chipotle sauce, and it's da bomb.
While all of this seems to be great, there's one problem nobody really wants to talk about: the imposition of monthy download capacity limits by Internet Service Providers.
Indeed, even Comcast's 250 GB per month is woefully inadequate to accommodate streaming HD video over a device like Roku or Apple TV if you watch a lot of movies streamed to your device. And many ISP's are talking much smaller monthly download limits, too. The result: either you can't download as many movies and TV shows you really want,
I think it might go the other way. It's one thing for a few geeks with home-brewed media center PCs to start streaming lots of movies and run up huge bandwidth totals.
It's a totally different thing for "Interweb" users with a cable modem and a single PC they use for online banking, when they get something like AppleTV or Roku and can start watching lots of stuff that way.
That is, once this starts to go mainstream, when average home internet users can start using these devices, there'll be a lot more pressu
That is, once this starts to go mainstream, when average home internet users can start using these devices, there'll be a lot more pressure for ISPs to NOT impose those bandwidth caps.
Actually, that's all the MORE reason for ISP's to put in download caps--with the current economic conditions, nobody is willing to put in the investment to tremendously expand the bandwidth necessary to accommodate large-scale video streaming.
Besides, with the prices of Blu-ray players and discs now dropping rapidly, why bothe
While download speeds isn't an issue, the issue I mentioned here is download capacity limits. Essentially, you're limited to 250 GB or less a month, which may put a kibosh on downloading HD movies given that one movie at 720p resolution will probably take about 12-15 GB of downloads.
ISP's are imposing download capacity limits not only because of fear of the current network infrastructure being overwhelmed, but also to discourage continuous downloading from torrent sites (torrent sites often carry illegally
I think the balancing act here, and the point of the OP, is that suddenly ISP complaints about a "few bad players [cough pirates cough] sucking up all the bandwidth," starts to really lose its authority. Then it becomes a balance between the loss of a PR whipping boy (file sharers) and the need to control costs. I think the first casualty in this battle will be the ISP's ability to continue to sell "unlimited" capacity. They will be forced into a little more truth in advertising. Then they will have to
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UN Human Rights Council – 20th Session
Australian Statement for the Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur
on the Rights to Freedom of Assembly and of Association 20 June 2012
Australia thanks the Special Rapporteur on Peaceful Assembly and Association and the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism.
Our comments in this Interactive Dialogue will focus specifically on the report of the Special Rapporteur on Peaceful Assembly and Association.
Australia thanks the Special Rapporteur for this report and for his committed work to protect and promote these freedoms.
We agree that the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association play a fundamental role in the effective functioning of democracy.
Although international recognition of these principles is long standing, they are rights that cannot be taken for granted.
Upholding these rights provides a channel for dialogue, pluralism and tolerance, where minority or dissenting views or beliefs are respected.
We welcome this resource on best practice as it relates to the rights of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association.
These freedoms serve as a vehicle for the exercise of many other civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.
Australia is committed to upholding the rights guaranteed in the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
We agree that these rights should be considered the rule, and their restriction the exception.
Australia would be interested in the Special Rapporteur providing further guidance on the situations where limits to these rights are permissible, for example, clarifying what is meant by public safety and recognising serious and organised crime, and terrorism, as threats to national security.
We also note with interest the Special Rapporteur's discussion of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of elections.
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Friday, February 22, 2008
Tutorial - Recycled Plastic Bottle Bag
This basic pattern can be altered in so many ways such as different color applications and combinations of different crochet stitches to give you a different look or design. Here I've posted a basic pattern using single crochet, double crochet and triple crochet. There are many great websites that teach how to do these simple stitches.
To make a bag like the one shown here you will need:
-One empty and clean plastic bottle, such as vinegar, bleach, detergent, etc. (I used a 2 QT vinegar bottle.)
-Approximately 2-3 oz. yarn (I used worsted weight cotton yarn)
-crochet hook (I used H/5mm) Make sure your hook is small enough to fit through your holes punched in the bottle.
-Hole punch and scissors
1. Prep the plastic bottle by cutting the top off. If the top edge is sharp you may want to use fine sandpaper to smooth the edge. With your hole punch make an evenly spaced row of holes along the top edge. Be careful that the holes aren't too close to the edge.
2. Attach yarn to the bottle:
(round 1) Make a slip knot on your hook, insert hook through first hole in bottle and crochet a SC through hole. Continue to make one SC through each hole around. Join to beginning SC.
3. Crocheting the top:
(round 2) 1 SC in each SC across.
(round 3) *2SC in first SC, 1 SC in next 5SC*; repeat from * around
(round 4) *2SC in first SC, 1 SC in next 4SC*; repeat from * around
(round 5) *2SC in first SC, 1 SC in next 3SC*; repeat from * around
(round6-until desired height) 1SC in all sts around and around. (I did 6-24 rows)
*Bonus-you always have a place to store your yarn and hook when working on this project. :)
4. Once you've reached your desired height:
CH3, *skip 1 SC, TR, CH1*; repeat from * to * around, join to CH.
1SC in all stitches around
5. Scalloped edge:
*6 DC in first "space", SC in next "space"*; repeat from * around
Fasten off, weave in ends.
6. Make drawstring:
There are two applications you could use here. I've a CH st chain about 1 and a half times the length of the top edge. Then I wove my chain through the TR spaces.
An alternative to this would be to make two chains about 10 inches longer than the length of the top edge. Weave both chains through the TR spaces. Fasten each chain to itself to make two individual loops. Then pull each loop in opposite directions to cinch closed.
Note-I chose to crochet in the round for a seamless look. Also--If you're number of holes punched is an odd number that doesn't exactly coordinate with the pattern-adjust to your needs. This pattern is very flexible and doesn't really need to be concise with increases and number of stitches.)
If you make a recycled bag using this tutorial I'd LOVE to see it. Please leave a link in the comment section of this post. If you'd like to share a link to this tutorial on another site that would be awesome, but please give me a heads up!
This tutorial is intended for personal use, please don't sell goods made from this pattern.
*I don't claim to be an expert at writing a crochet pattern, if you find the directions confusing or an error please let me know!
12 comments:
- Xanthe said...
Thanx so much! Off to dig thru my recycling!
- February 22, 2008 at 3:48 PM
- Andrea said...
This tutorial ROCKS! =*^.^*=
- February 22, 2008 at 7:58 PM
- woof nanny said...
Thank you so much for this! I'll add it to the links on my purse blog.
- February 23, 2008 at 6:38 AM
- mud and mint said...
how cool is this! you're a crafty genius!
- February 23, 2008 at 5:58 PM
- Silvia said...
Hi :)
Great tutorial! Thanks!!!
- February 27, 2008 at 6:51 PM
- MineFull said...
Thanks for the comments everyone.
- March 1, 2008 at 5:29 AM
- woof nanny said...
I blogged about it:
- June 26, 2008 at 8:44 PM
- amy said...
I love this, I think that I would make a whole bunch of these in the same color and I can store many of my craft items in it. Only, I don't know how to crochet. You could do this with an assortment of plastic recyclables. You could even make a purse out of it!
- July 22, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- Ingo Jewelry said...
This is so good to keep my kids busy and creative.
thanks for sharing
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What do you get when you surround live animals with more than two million colorful lights?
What do you get when you surround live animals with more than two million colorful lights?
Kim Atchley, press coordinator at Hollywild Animal Park, says the answer is "magic."
The Holiday Lights Safari is "a place where people can go year after year and know they are going to have fun," she said. "It's a place where families can bond and make special memories together."
She said there are a lot of lighted attractions in the Upstate people can go to, but this one is unique in that it features live animals. "To make personal contact with the animals is just magical."
The 22nd Annual Holiday Lights Safari Benefit opens on Saturday and runs nightly through Jan. 5. Attendees can drive through the lighted trees and pathways, and see familiar glowing shapes such as castles, animals and Noah's Ark.
A ride through the "enchanted forest" combines the light spectacle with herds of deer and other safari animals, all of which can be fed from car windows.
But the fun and "magic" extends beyond the car.
Visitors can park and walk around to visit with animals, or cozy up next to a bonfire. For an additional price, attendees can take a pony ride through a lighted forest, or enjoy cocoa, snacks or have their picture taken with Santa.
"Each year the experience is new on multiple levels," Mary Lee Rollins, the park's assistant director, said in a statement. "From the changes we make in the color and patterns of our light displays, the new features like additional silhouettes, and the interaction with new animals in Santa's Village."
This year, group and birthday party packages are open, Atchley said.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Moves Forward On Fashion Copyright
from the protectionism dept
There's no actual justification for it. The purpose of copyright is to benefit the wider public by creating incentives for the creation of new works. Yet, the fashion industry is highly competitive and constantly churns out new and innovative works. In fact, the research into the fashion industry has shown that the industry thrives because of the lack of copyright. It allows much faster dissemination of ideas into the market place, including more choices at more prices, which is what helps create fads that drive sales. On top of that, it encourages designers to keep designing new works to get ahead of the next trend. There has not been a single study that has proven any actual "harm" from this lack of copyright -- just vague and misleading statements that pretend this bill is about stopping counterfeits, which are already illegal under trademark law.
So why is it moving forward? It's plain and simple: protectionism by the established players. If you look at the history of copyright expansion, you see the same story over and over again. A lack of copyright (or very weak copyrights) leads to much greater innovation in an industry... and then the leaders of that industry don't want to let new competitors in, so they seek greater and greater copyright protections. That's exactly what's happening here and the folks supporting it -- including the 19 Senators who voted to move the bill forward -- should be ashamed of themselves for simply kowtowing to industry protectionism.


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I bought a new laptop this month and ripped off the OEM Win7 on it. I want a "Powered by Arch Linux" sticker on my laptop. I find two sites which is selling Arch sticker.
http://www.zazzle.com/powered_by_arch_l … 5349287279
Which site would have the money dropped into Arch Linux development if I buy on it?
Does the unit on schwag mean "one sticker" or "one piece of stickers"?
the schwag page is run by dusty, a forum fellow, im sure he's got a deal with archlinux. i dont know about zazzle.
From the schwag page:
Welcome to Arch Linux Schwag. If you are interested in purchasing custom Arch Linux apparel, mugs, stickers, shoes, or magnets, please visit the Arch Schwag Shop hosted by Zazzle. A portion of each sale made on zazzle goes to supporting Arch Linux development.
This page was created to fill a void in the Zazzle offerings. We have had several custom Arch Linux novelty items created and are distributing them for your enjoyment. A portion of profits from these sales go towards supporting Arch Linux development.
Please note: Many of these products are created on demand or in short supply and can take a while to ship. Expect delays of two to three weeks before products ship, and an additional one to two weeks for delivery time.
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I ordered 5 from the schwag store today. The zazzle one look like a round circle with the logo within, whereas the schwag ones look really professional.
People reckon I'm too patronising (That means I treat them as if they're stupid).
I ordered 5 from the schwag store today. The zazzle one look like a round circle with the logo within, whereas the schwag ones look really professional.
Yep. schwag one looks cool.
If you check menu here at http://schwag.archlinux.ca/product/laptopsticker/ then you can see Zazzle hyperlink on the top-right corner so I think both are semi-official but the price is different so I am confused.
Zazzle is a commercial store that pays royalties to Arch for every item sold.
Schwag is run by a volunteer, directly for Arch.
I would guess schwag ends up giving a higher % of the money to Arch.
Not sure whether Dusty actually gives anything to Arch, actually. You'd want to check with him for that (probably does, but if it doesn't say so best to ask).
Allan-Volunteer on the (topic being discussed) mailn lists. You never get the people who matters attention on the forums.
jasonwryan-Installing Arch is a measure of your literacy. Maintaining Arch is a measure of your diligence. Contributing to Arch is a measure of your competence.
Griemak-Bleeding edge, not bleeding flat. Edge denotes falls will occur from time to time. Bring your own parachute.
Not sure whether Dusty actually gives anything to Arch, actually. You'd want to check with him for that (probably does, but if it doesn't say so best to ask).
He does and has brought percentages in a few threads here.
I bought a couple of these stickers from the schwag and I really like them!
Just wanted to add I have just received my case stickers and am very impressed. The quality is indistinguishable from the manufacturers stickers I removed.
Thanks Dusty!
Thanks to Aaron approving the usage of Arch Linux logo on a sticker there is now a new place to buy those nifty little Arch Linux stickers; LibreStickers.com.
There are two options to choose from; satin white background and brushed aluminium.
0,10€ per sold sticker will be donated back to the project (online donation page coming in few months)
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1. The tentative friendship between Bella and Rosalie has survived Renesmee's arrival intact. Why do you think Rosalie is more tolerant of Bella since Bella still went ahead with the change? Do you agree with Bella when she says it's because she'd finally made the same choice that Rosalie would have made if she was in the same position?
Eh, that's hard to say. Possibly, Rosalie realized Bella could have just as easily killed the baby and went along with her life, but when Bella became pregnant, that was her first priority. Maybe because Bella ended up not giving up anything in the end.
2. Bella is happy and somewhat amazed that she is still very much "herself," even after the change, like her hatred of surprises. Did you have any expectations that Bella's personality would be altered, that she would be irrevocably changed in all ways?
Of course,.. I thought she'd be blood thirsty.. not completely normal almost. Not a ton has changed really about Bella and her emotions.. she just gets all the perks of being a vampire.
3. Esme went to great lengths to give Bella and Edward a place of their own. What was your reaction to the cottage?
Wasn't expecting it at all! It was so nice and sweet, of course, just like Esme. It was perfect,.. giving them alone time but not being very far away.
4. Some interesting desires come to surface during this chapter. Were you expecting Bella and Edward to be so drawn in by them or were you expecting them to be more in control? Were you shocked to learn about the other members of the family and their lack of control?
I think they've practiced plenty of control! With as strong of feelings Bella gets whenever Edward touches her, I couldn't believe they even came back from hunting.. I think they've got it down perfect. Rosalie and Emmett is not a surprise at all.. they just seem sex crazed ahah.
5. Bella fears that Edward will miss her humanness. When she confronts him, he initially dances around answering the question. Do you believe that Edward really doesn't miss it? Do you think he has some regrets or misgivings?
I think Edward is completely happy .. more than happy actually. But of course, he got so used to it. He has said before that her heartbeat was the singlemost important thing in his life.. something he could pick up on from miles away.. Of course he'll miss seing her blush and be clumsy,.. but really.. he won't be kissing the most delicious smelling dinner anymore


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February 16-23
Audrain Agribusiness members are making final preparations for the celebration of Agribusiness Week, which starts this weekend in Mexico.
February 16-23 is national Agribusiness Week and this year's list of local celebration activities include family-oriented, entertaining events.
Ag Business Specialist Mary Sobba with the University of Missouri Extension in Audrain County said the purpose of the weeklong observation is to "help promote local agribusiness and to show appreciation to the customers."
Sobba said Audrain County started celebrating Agribusiness Week about 10 years ago, with different events over the years.
"The last few years we've done these activities we've had good turnout. We hope they will come out again and enjoy what we have planned."
This year's activities include:
Saturday, Feb. 16: Customer Appreciation Pancake Breakfast from 7-10 a.m. in the lower level of the Mexico United Methodist Church. Tickets are available from Audrain Agribusiness members.
Feb. 16-Feb. 23: Daily health screenings at Audrain Medical Center from 6-9 a.m. in the AMC main lab. Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL, Calculated LDL, and Glucose (blood sugar) tests will will be performed. The total cost for all tests is $12. Participants must not eat or drink for at least 12 hours prior to the tests. Water and black coffee are allowed.
Thursday, Feb. 21: Free Movie Night at Mexico Cinema 3, "We Bought a Zoo" (Rated PG); two shows at 5:30 and 7:45 p.m. One ticket admits an entire family.
Saturday, Feb. 23: Western Farm Show in Kansas City. Coach bus transportation and tickets into the Farm Show will be provided for Audrain County residents. Pre-registration is required. Out-of-county residents need to call for details. To register call the Audrain County Extension at (573) 581-3231. Note: Limited seating. Registrations are taken first come-first serve with a $10 per person deposit. Seats become reserved when deposit is received.
The history of agribusiness, Sobba said, goes back more than 20 years, likely during the Farm Crisis. At that time many districts of Missouri, and this area, were identified as agribusiness areas. Most are not active anymore. Audrain County, she said, is still thriving.
"This area is considered a hub for agriculture in this part of the state, and the members here use that to help the businesses and do various things to show customer appreciation. A lot of our activities focus on customers, but it's both the businesses and the customers we are honoring."
Audrain Agribusiness is guided by a board made up of representatives from area agriculture businesses. The annual Agribusiness Week activities are directed by the board and new membership is always welcome. The board also holds quarterly educational meetings, and welcomes educational speakers to help keep the local membership aware of what's going in the agricultural sector, Sobba said.
For more information about Agribusiness Week or to purchase tickets for the area events, call Sobba at (573) 581-3231.


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U.S. stocks held on to their rally as markets closed Tuesday, as investors digested testimony from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and refocused on positive earnings.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 78 points, or 0.6%, the S&P 500 added 10 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq gained 13 points, or 0.5%.
Bernanke told a Senate panel that risks to economic growth have heightened and that the Fed is "looking for ways to address the weakness in the economy should more action be needed."
Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist for Key Private Bank, said markets staged a comeback because Bernanke's testimony didn't kill all hope for further central bank action.
"The disappointment that there was nothing promised from Bernanke caused the markets to sell off," he said. "But upon reflection, he also didn't say no, so that keeps the hope alive."
Investors were looking for hints of additional stimulus, including the possibility of more bond buying, or quantitative easing. Bernanke was non-committal.
While Bernanke's testimony dashed hopes of a quick fix, investors may be better off in the long run, said Kim Caughey Forest, senior equity analyst for Fort Pitt Capital Group.
"Bernanke was saying, 'Let's fix what's wrong rather than focusing on the short term,'" she said. "Overall, investors should want the economy to improve for good fundamental reasons, not for the Fed manipulating it."
As dust settled with Bernanke's testimony, investors focused on the better-than-expected earnings from Coca-Cola, Mattel and Goldman Sachs along with several economic reports that showed modest improvement.
Intel reported better-than-expected earnings after the bell, but revenue was slightly below forecast and the guidance was somewhat muted.
U.S. stocks finished lower Monday as investors moved into Treasuries, sending the 10-year yield to a record low after disappointing June retail sales data.
World markets: European stocks closed mixed on Tuesday. Britain's FTSE 100 was 0.5% lower and France's CAC 40 fell 0.2%, while the DAX in Germany added 0.1%.
Germany's high court said it will be another eight weeks before it issues a decision on the legality of the multinational bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism.
Spain's auction of 12- and 18-month debt resulted in lower yields than last month. But debt worries remain, and the yield on Spain's 10-year note edged up to 6.80%, closer to the 7% mark, which the nation's prime minister deemed untenable.
Asian markets closed higher. The Shanghai Composite rose 0.6%, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 1.8%, and Japan's Nikkei added 0.4%.
Economy: Consumer prices rose at a 1.7% annual rate in June, unchanged from May.
The Federal Reserve reported that June industrial production rose 0.4%, beating economist expectations of 0.3%.
Companies: Goldman Sachs beat expectations and reported earnings per share of $1.78 on $6.63 billion in revenue.
Coca-Cola reported earnings per share of $1.21 on revenue of $13 billion. Both figures were better than analysts' forecasts.
Shares of Johnson & Johnson were up after the company reported earnings per share of $1.30 and revenue of $16.5 billion, which was lower than expected.
Facebook's stock continued to slid Tuesday, a day after shares fell 8%. After a botched public debut, the stock has struggled to move back toward its IPO price of $38 a share.
Sprint Nextel shares edged higher as the telecom company launched faster service in 15 U.S. cities. The new 4G LTE network is about 10 times faster than the commonly used 3G and is available on five of its phones.
Yahoo shares lost traction after the company named Marissa Mayer, a Google executive who was one of the first two dozen employees at the search leader, as its new CEO on Monday. Yahoo reports earnings after the closing bell Tuesday.
HSBC shares fell after a U.S. Senate report released late Monday said HSBC failed to prevent billions of dollars worth of money transfers that investigators believe were linked to drug cartels and terrorist groups.
Shares of toy-maker Mattel were up after the company reported a 20% jump in second-quarter earnings, helped by strong sales of Barbie, Hot Wheels and American Girl.
Currencies and commodities: The dollar fell against the euro and British pound, but gained versus the Japanese yen.
Oil for August delivery settled up 79 cents to $89.22 a barrel.
Gold futures for August delivery fell $2.10 to $1,589.50 an ounce.
Bonds: The price on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury fell, pushing the yield up to 1.50% from 1.46% late Monday.
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text: Royal Adhesives & Sealants (Royal) announced it will acquire all of the assets of Vertis Communications' indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Webcraft Chemicals, which operates under the name Craig Adhesives & Coatings (Craig). Royal is a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal). Based in Newark, N.J., Craig is a supplier of ultraviolet light-cured and water-based adhesives and coatings to the printing and graphic arts markets. The acquisition builds on Royal's platform of adhesives, sealants and coatings and allows clients of both companies to benefit from an expanded range of customized and proprietary solutions. For Vertis, the sale provides additional opportunities to pay down debt and invest in cross-media solutions. The transaction includes a long-term supply agreement between Royal and Vertis, which allows Vertis continued access to Craig's specialized products.


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Java EE and .NET Interoperability
Coping strategies for co-existence
Book review This book is aimed at practising Java and .NET developers, at a fairly novice level, who want to take advantage of the strong points of each of the two platforms in a single applications environment.
It also aims to be suitable for IT architects and managers needing an overview of what Java and .NET integration technologies are available. It is not a detailed programmer's cookbook, nor a collection of interoperability design patterns.
It is also not (thankfully, perhaps) a set of standards specifications. It is, in essence, a catalogue of .Net and Java EE integration strategies. However, it adds to this basic catalogue, an introduction to each of the .Net and Java EE platforms (useful if you're unfamiliar with "the other side") and sections on integration of QoS (Quality of Service) and practical Porting/Implementation (which, here, means moving .NET applications to Java EE).
The book claims to be technology and vendor neutral, which claim it seems to meet, more or less - Mainsoft and "Porting Using Visual MainWin for Java EE" gets a chapter to itself , but this is quite validly an interesting product in this space.
It acknowledges endorsements and contributions from a slew of industry luminaries from Sun, Microsoft and Mainsoft amongst others, ranging from Dan'l Lewin and Bill Smith to God; and, as Greg Papadopoulos (CTO of Sun Microsystems) says on his Foreword, "it is truly an exciting time for Sun and Microsoft", since they officially became friends at last in April 2004.
However, the authors mostly come from Sun (one is from Mainsoft) and it is copyright Sun. So, they generally seem to accept the assumption that Java EE is superior to .Net based on "security, scalability and manageability merits, as well as the fact that much of the logic required to make applications highly available, reliable and performant is already developed as part of Java EE application servers".
Some might disagree with this view, although Java EE is certainly the choice many will feel most secure with for business critical enterprise computing. And, as I've mentioned, "implementation" is largely about porting from .Net to Java EE rather than the other way round (quite fairly, nevertheless, the book freely admits that .NET's strong point is its productivity).
The claims made in this book's introduction all seem to be satisfied reasonably well, although it does, in fact, mention quite a lot of patterns and give plenty of code examples (no bad thing). It certainly needs readers with a practical knowledge of coding and, despite talking about the "novice", seems detailed enough to be useful beyond that stage. For managers etc it covers essential topics such as Java security interoperability.
I'm not sure that the book's structure is as effective an aid to readability as it promises, but it makes a brave attempt and the book is readable enough. You also get access to a free online edition for 45 days, but this requires registration and my copy of the book had a coupon for a different work altogether, so I haven't evaluated this option. It's dated 2006 but probably still needs some updating for Web 2.0, although I doubt that this will be a big problem in practice. I think this is a useful book, in a vital field that cuts across 2 cultures and so may well not be covered well in other works.
Java EE and .NET Interoperability
Verdict: Even though this book is written from a Java point of view, it succeeds in being reasonably technology neutral, as long as you don't want to migrate from Java to .Net particularly. It is a catalogue of integration strategies which is detailed enough to be useful but with material that makes it suitable both for novice (but practising) programmers and for reasonably technical managers.
Author: Marina Fisher, Rai Lai, Sonu Sharma and Laurence Moroney
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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James Franklin remains the Vanderbilt head coach despite an earlier report Thursday that he was set to become the next Penn State coach.
Vanderbilt athletic director David Williams said Franklin told him Thursday afternoon that he has not taken a job at another school, according to the Associated Press.
Earlier Thursday, CBSSports.com's Bruce Feldman reported that Franklin's hiring was imminent.
BREAKING #Vandy coach James Franklin is expected to be the next head coach at #PennState, per source — Bruce Feldman (@BFeldmanCBS) January 9, 2014
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Vanderbilt defensive end Caleb Azubike confirmed what Williams said. Azubike told The Tennessean that Franklin had not made a decision and was still considering his options.
Franklin is 24-15 in three seasons with the Commodores and taken them to three consecutive bowl games.
Williams told the Associated Press that he is aware of the reports and knows that Penn State has been discussing its open position with Franklin.
Bill O'Brien left Penn State to become the head coach of the Houston Texans in the NFL.
Franklin, 41, was born in Langhorne, Pa., and played quarterback at East Stroudsburg (Pa.) University.
He has stops as an assistant coach at Maryland, Kansas State, Green Bay, Washington State and James Madison.


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American Masters Timed to coincide with Earth Day, the new documentary "A Fierce Green Fire" chronicles the modern environmental movement. Narrated by Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, Isabel Allende and Meryl Streep. 9 p.m. KOCE
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