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Roasting a whole turkey is no more difficult than roasting a whole chicken. The preparation is easy as well; not much more is required than seasoning and a little oil.
Perhaps, at least in the U.S., because the turkey is associated with Thanksgiving, people tend to only purchase turkeys for the "big" meal. And then, one feels obligated by their families to fix a stuffing or two, and all of the other side dishes that are expected on the Thanksgiving table. And that doesn't include organizing hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and desserts. It's a lot of work.
It's sad, really. Because in reality, the roast turkey requires the least amount of time and attention compared to all of the other Thanksgiving dishes. One just has to estimate when the turkey is done, so as to time everything for the dinner table.
But I think once Thanksgiving is over, we tend to forget about the delicious turkey because we associate it with all of the hard work involved with the Thanksgiving meal.
Where I live, whole turkeys are only available prior to Thanksgiving. And that's the case online as well, from my experience.
This year I planned ahead, sort of. When I purchased my Thanksgiving turkey from Lobel's* in New York City (lobels.com), I also bought a couple turkey "breasts." The legs and wings have been removed, so you're left with a breast-meat-only dismembered turkey. I only bought two, but that's two more than I would have in my freezer post holidays.
I personally prefer dark meat, but my husband eats more meat than I do, so I got these turkey breasts more for him. And it doesn't kill me to make a little sandwich with leftover turkey.
So we're just in to the New Year, 2014, and I decided to roast one of these turkey breasts. Or, I guess you'd refer to these as two turkey breasts…
I'd love to offer you the pricing for this beast, but there's no information online anymore. It disappeared. Once Thanksgiving is over, that's it for turkeys! Perhaps I shall start some kind of write-in campaign to get turkeys year around! I think it's sad that they only make an appearance once a year.
I actually contacted Lobel's email service to see what they said about the availability of turkeys, and this is the response I received:
"Thanks for getting in touch about Lobel's. The demand for their turkeys is heavily centered on Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas, which is why they are only offered in November and December."
Okay, so maybe it was a dumb question. But I like turkey. If it's properly cooked.
The key to cooking turkey, whether whole or sliced into cutlets, is to not overcook them. I think turkey might have a bad reputation as being dry, although turkey meat is only dry if overcooked. As in the case of my mother in law's turkey, but that's another story.
If you ever come across one of these turkey breasts, they're worth a good roasting. I was very happy with the results.
Roasted Turkey Breasts
Thaw the turkey breast(s) out completely. I let mine get to room temperature.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Place the turkey breasts in a roasting pan and cover with oil. Then season generously with salt, garlic pepper and pepper. Or, use what you prefer.
Begin roasting the turkey, and after 30 minutes or so of good browning, reduce the heat to 350 degrees. All of these directions of course depend on how precise your oven is, and at what temperature the turkey was when you put it in the oven. That's why a good meat thermometer is a must. I remove turkey from the oven when the thermometer reaches 155 degrees.
Mine was done exactly one hour after I put it in. So don't start poking the turkey with the thermometer after only 30 minutes. Give it some time. However, don't let the turkey overcook, either. Then it will be a sad, dry mess. You'll have to put it all in a soup to moisten the meat in order to choke it down.
My turkey breast(s) looked like this when it was done.
Let it rest, just like you would a roast chicken, before slicing it.
With this cut there are no legs or wings to remove. Simply slice along the middle bone, called the keel bone, that runs in between the breasts. Slice as far as you can downward, parallel to this bone. Then turn the breast sideways and cut perpendicularly towards your slice. You are left with a beautiful breast, that you can then slice crosswise for make beautiful, manageable pieces for serving.
If you prefer, remove the skin first. See how moist the turkey is?
And if you're like me, it's way more fun to enjoy the turkey in a fun sandwich, like on a jalapeno ciabatta bun, with melted Swiss cheese, and a cranberry-walnut salsa. Thank you Emita, for the fabulous salsa!
All of us turkey lovers just have to figure out how to get turkeys year 'round!
* I have purchased organic, free-range turkeys ever since we could afford to, and the difference between these and store-bought turkeys is astounding. Lobel's has always produced a good turkey, as has D'artagnan. They don't even need brining.


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UPDATE: Scott Guthrie just announced that the patch for this issue will be released tomorrow (Tuesday, Sep. 28th) at approximately 10:00am PDT. The patch will appear first on the Microsoft Download Center, and will be released to Windows Update and the Windows Server Update Service over the next few days. Check back here or at Scott's blog for the links once they're available.
Late last week, Scott Guthrie posted a notice of a vulnerability that was discovered in ASP.NET that can lead to any ASP.NET-based application being compromised. The vulnerability in question is a form of padded oracle relating to cryptographic implementation. Attackers may be able to use the vulnerability to decrypt encrypted data sent to the client (such as encrypted ViewState), and may also enable the attacker to download files within the scope of the application, including web.config.
Scott's post details the recommended workaround until a fully-tested official patch is available (once the patch has been released, the workaround will no longer be necessary), so I recommend that anyone supporting an ASP.NET application go read Scott's post and implement the workaround as soon as possible.
Essentially, the workaround involves enabling Custom Errors, and ensuring that all errors return exactly the same error page (examples of both static and dynamic pages are offered…dynamic is preferable if possible). In addition to the details in the original post, Scott has posted an FAQ with additional information on the vulnerability and workaround.
Some additional resources:
- Microsoft Security Advisory on the issue
- ASP.NET Forum for questions/discussion of the vulnerability
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Over at The Nation magazine MSNBC host, Melissa Harris-Perry, wrote a very compelling article as to explain why there is no difference between comments expressed by Paul Ryan when it comes to inner cities and the policies that are put forth by the Democratic Party.
When Rep. Ryan made the following comments on a radio show:
"Charles Murray or Bob Putnam over at Harvard, those guys have written books on…this tailspin of culture in our inner cities, in particular of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work; and so there's a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with."
Many progressives and liberal were up in arms over Ryan's comments even accusing the him of racism. But Harris-Perry decries the hypocrisy of these people by pointing out policies from Democrats that basically say the same thing. Here is what she wrote:
It was future Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan whose 1965 report argued that a tangle of pathology, typified by female-headed households, was responsible for reproducing poverty among urban African-Americans. Like Paul Ryan, Moynihan leaned on academics such as anthropologist Oscar Lewis, who argued that poverty produced value systems that prevented those born into poverty from working their way out. Then, in the 1990s, Democratic President Bill Clinton declared "the end of welfare as we know it." He cited the influence of William Julius Wilson (who ultimately opposed Clinton's reforms), the pioneering black sociologist whose acclaimed 1996 text, When Work Disappears, argued that while policy-makers and private industry initially caused economic decline in urban areas, this disinvestment led to cultural patterns that devalued labor in poor black communities.
Harris-Perry evens take on President Obama and his "My Brother's Keeper" initiative as keeping to these same type of policies. Here is what she wrote:
"My Brother's Keeper" was announced just days after a Florida jury was unable to convict Michael Dunn of first-degree murder for shooting into a car of unarmed black teens after a dispute about hip-hop music. Jordan Davis was shot to death because of Dunn's assumptions about the meaning of his cultural expression. And "My Brother's Keeper" launches under the long shadow cast by the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin in a trial that put the teen culture of the dead boy—from his clothing to his Twitter account—on trial in both the courtroom and the media. The White House responded by launching an initiative to intervene with young black boys.Harris-Perry has some very interesting point. I would love to hear what you think.
The shootings of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis, and the Florida juries' response, might suggest that the culture in need of intervention is that of white men who carry firearms. But social science has spent little time debating the tangle of pathology that ensnares the privileged. We are trained to intervene with those who lack resources, to find the problems there, and to ignore the perpetrators of the inequality. Even our thoughtful, well-meaning, African-American, Democratic president reacts according to these assumptions.


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Up until very recently, much of the responsibility and burden surrounding hours of service (HOS) has fallen on truckers, even though drivers are only one piece of the puzzle. With the accelerated adoption of ELDs in Canada and mandatory implementation in the U.S. other participants in the industry, namely shippers and receivers are now having to share the costs.
We've heard countless stories of shippers and receivers taking too long to load/unload or to file paperwork etc. Unfortunately, unless drivers work in very specific industries (energy and livestock come to mind), that time waiting for the shipper/receiver to finish their jobs eats into their HOS. Essentially, more hours spent waiting means fewer hours spent driving, which means less money made. This isn't a new issue, for decades shippers and receivers have been operating in ways that don't take into account the time and money of drivers and carriers.
But lost wages aren't the only problem truck drivers face. When drivers are out of drivable hours, where are they supposed to go? There are many stories of these drivers being stuck between a rock and a hard place regarding their HOS and where they need to be. Since most shipping yards are not equipped with the adequate space to have a truck parked for 10 hours or are simply unwilling to provide that space or service, this puts everyone in a tough position.
Most shippers/receivers don't want the truck driver resting on their lot. As a reaction, they may try pleading or coercing the driver into altering their HOS so the driver can take their truck and find a rest stop. They could also contact the carrier, hoping that the fleet manager will attempt to coerce the driver into doing the same thing. However, if all these options fail, we have heard accounts of shippers/receivers threatening to call the authorities, citing trespassing laws as justification. However, from what we hear this rarely works. Especially if the officers are aware of the laws surrounding HOS. Since driving tired is a public safety risk, resting will typically take priority over any attempted claims of trespassing, which in themselves are illegitimate.
So what are the solutions? Well, first we should look at what the primary solution could be. Because at its core, this is an issue of efficiency and profitability. For years, truckers have been the ones responsible for bearing the costs of inefficient shippers, receivers, and consignees. Either paying with lost wages or with hours of lost sleep. However, ELDs provide a solid, unalterable "paper" trail meaning that shippers/receivers are now aslo being held responsible for their time as well. This is being translated into higher rates, more contracts, and a dispersed level of responsibility when shipments are late. So what could shippers/receivers be doing? The most obvious solution is speeding up the loading/unloading and filing process, being conscious of the truckers time and working with urgency. Additionally, shippers and receivers could have small dedicated rest areas on their lot for truckers who run out of drivable hours while waiting for the loading/unloading process to be completed, or at the very least be open to them using a portion of the lot for their 10-hour break.
However, if shippers/receivers are unwilling to cooperate or facilitate a healthier environment, the FMCSA has put in place a "Coercion Rule". Three things must occur for actions to be considered coercion.
- Anyone from motor carriers, shippers, receivers or transportation intermediary's request a driver to work outside of their HOS.
- The driver must also have informed the respective party that their request would induce a violation of their HOS.
- Finally, the respective party must make a threat or take action against the drivers' employment or work opportunities to get the driver to take the load, disregarding regulatory violations.
If these three things happen, which they often do, and if you're a driver operating in the United States you may file a Coercion Complaint with the FMCSA. According to their website, all complaints must be written and include the following information:
- Text messages or emails between parties showing coercion attempts; and
- Names of anyone who may have witnessed the coercion attempt
You can mail your complaint to the division office located in the state where the driver is employed. Here is where you can find all the info you need. Alternatively, you can file the complaint with the National Consumer Complaint Database here.
Drivers in Canada currently do not have an equivalent resource, but as discussed above we have heard many instances where law enforcement has been called and the matter resolved in favor of the driver, allowing them to stay on the property of the shipper/receiver without the threat of expulsion.
Driving safe is the priority of drivers around the world, and balancing timely shipments with health and public safety is a constant battle. Luckily, with the introduction of ELDs drivers and carriers have a concrete data trail to prove they are out of hours. Meaning they can get the rest they need.
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Guys, unexpectedly I have been crazy busy this week and alas my blogging has fallen by the wayside. I never intended to desert you all but occasionally real life can get in the way of your virtual life. Been busy hanging out with people face-to-face, I know right, sacrilegious.
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RANDOLPH _ The frontcourt appealed to Hannah Simonson as a doubles player so it's no surprise that she remains fond of the net when competing in singles.
Simonson, of West Morris, excelled there in her first-round third singles match at the Morris County Tournament when she defeated Whippany Park's Jennifer Kim, 10-4, on Saturday, Sept. 27 at County College of Morris.
"I go to the net a lot," Simonson said. "I played doubles so I like it. It works for me."
The tournament resumes Sunday, Sept. 28 at 8 a.m. at CCM. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be contested.
Initially, the eighth-seeded Simonson, a junior, was nervous and played defensively versus Kim, seeded ninth. She settled in and began to capitalize but then felt sick. After her match, Simonson, who built a 6-1 lead, went off to have something to eat, hoping that would alleviate the queasiness she was experiencing.
"I warmed up pretty quickly and felt strong," said Simonson, who will meet top-seeded Lena Parsch of Chatham in the quarterfinals. "I hung back then stepped it up a bit."
Simonson, who played first doubles for the Wolfpack last fall, not only is strong at the net, she possesses a solid backhand. She'll need to her entire arsenal of shots working when she goes up against Parsch, a talented freshman.
Morristown-Beard's first singles player, Allison Reiling, will meet Mountain Lakes' Emily Krupnick in the quarterfinals. Reiling, the fourth seed in the bracket, advanced by ousting Amanda Luong of Randolph, 10-1, in the opening round.
Reiling was pleased with her aggressiveness and backhand.
"I felt pretty good," she said. "I think I played well overall."
She realizes she'll have to be at her best against Krupnick, seeded fifth. Reiling is confident, having already beaten Krupnick this season, 7-5, 6-4.
"(Krupnick) is a pretty good hustler," Reiling said. "She gets to a lot of shots."
Sophomore Meghan Acampora of Morristown was one of the players to move on at second singles. Acampora, the third seed, dispatched Morris Knolls' Esther Chia, 10-0, in her first round match. Acampora will take on Nisha Godbole of Parsippany in the quarterfinals.
Godbole is a familiar opponent for Acampora. They've already shared a court this season, with Acampora coming away with a 6-2, 6-0 victory.
In the quarterfinals, Acampora will rely on her serve and forehand. Her backhand slice is another effective tool.
"I'd rather play someone I know," said Acampora, also a first baseman for the Colonials' softball team. "I'm expected to win again so there's a little more pressure this time."
Last season, Chatham claimed the team championship, unseating Mendham, which enjoyed a three-year reign. It was the first MCT crown for the Cougars since 2000.
Two of the Cougars' three singles players are back. Scarlett Blydenburgh, a sophomore, is out to defend her title at first singles. Bridgette Hickey, the runner-up at third singles, now holds the No. 2 spot. Sophia Fredriksson, runner-up at second singles, and her family moved back to Sweden. Parsch is at third singles.
"We're still very solid all around," Chatham coach James Cai said. "I don't want to put pressure on my players. I told them to forget about last year. The trophies and titles are past tense. We were the underdog but not anymore."
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Airbus, DCNS team up to develop the French Navy aerial drone
Airbus Helicopters and DCNS have signed an agreement to collaborate on designing the future tactical component of French Navy's aerial drone (Système de Drones Aériens de la Marine – SDAM) programme.
Under the terms of the partnership, Airbus Helicopters will be responsible for designing and developing the VSR700 drone as well as the various technologies needed for drones to perform aerial missions, such as data liaison, payload and a "see and avoid" capability enabling the drone's integration into airspace.
DCNS's role in the partnership will be to design and supply the entire warship-integrated VTOL drone system. DCNS will design and develop the solutions for the ship-based operation and integration of the drone, including the specification and validation of the payloads and mission data links. The French company will also produce the drone's mission system, which will enable real-time management of its operations and allow its payloads to be controlled through the combat management system.
DCNS CEO Hervé Guillou said: "We will continue to innovate in these areas and give drones the capability to perform increasingly complex missions over greater distances and timeframes in an interoperable environment with increased digitalisation of resources.
"Such digitalisation hinges on the roll-out of cybersecurity solutions that offer better protection of data and communications between drones and ships."
The VSR700 drone that will serve as the basis for the design is derived from a light civil helicopter, the Cabri G2 (developed by the company Hélicoptères Guimbal).
"Rotary-wing drones will play a crucial role in tomorrow's air/sea theatres of operation, performing the role of a roving eye and extending the coverage of surface vessels over the horizon," said Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury. "This partnership will see Airbus Helicopters pool its expertise in vertical flight and autonomous flight technologies with the skills DCNS possesses in naval combat systems, allowing us to respond to the emerging needs of our customers."


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Thursday, January 22, 2015
The Grave Importance of Pushing Daisies
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you have managed to hit upon one of my very very favorite things about this show! I love seeing how relationships play out on my screen, watching established relationships figure out how to just *be* is one of my favorite things. So rarely do we see it though, since TV loves using the will-they-won't-they (and audiences love it too of course) to create drama and interest in the relationship. I love how Ned and Charlie just love each other, and that relations are interesting because they are about people not just about whether they will do the deed or not.ReplyDeleteReplies
Totally agreed. There's a lot of breathing room in their relationship and in the show, and I think it's all the more powerful and engaging for it.Delete
My mom loved this show and tried to get me to watch the first season. After 3-4 episodes I had to quit. Too much eye candy. I felt like the one boy at an all girls school in a manga.ReplyDeleteReplies
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In the House of Commons on 21 March 2013, Michael Meacher MP asked why the Work and Pensions Minister Mark Hoban had refused point blank to meet a delegation from the Spartacus network of sick and disabled people. The Minister had expressed this refusal in a bizarre confrontation which Mr Meacher described in his blog.
Replying on behalf of Mr Hoban, Esther McVey MP, Minister for Disabled People, said that Mr Hoban did not feel a dialogue would be constructive, 'because of the words used by Spartacus [in the People's Review of the Work Capability Assessment] in this regard:
"The WCA is a statement of political desperation. The process is reminiscent of the medical tribunals that returned shell shocked and badly wounded soldiers to duty in the first world war or the 'KV-machine', the medical commission the Nazis used in the second world war to play down wounds so that soldiers could be reclassified 'fit for the Eastern front'."
Because of that wording, my hon. Friend felt that there would not be a constructive dialogue."
This statement was in fact taken from the foreword to the review, which had been written completely independently by Professor Peter Beresford OBE, BA Hons, PhD, AcSS, FRSA, DipWP who is Professor of Social Policy at Brunel University.
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I am writing this open letter as I am seriously concerned about an inaccurate statement made in the House of Commons adjournment debate on 21 March 2013 by the DWP Minister in relation to the Work Capability Assessment and the People's Review offering evidence on it, written by a member of the We are Spartacus network.
The Minister said she did not necessarily feel that a dialogue with the Spartacus network would be constructive because of the words used in the foreword to the People's Review. There seems to have been a misunderstanding of the part I have played in relation to the report. Perhaps I can clarify this matter to ensure accuracy.
Neither I nor Brunel University played any part in the production, writing or dissemination of the People's Review. As is generally the case with such forewords, I am entirely independent of the report and its author. While I am completely independent of Spartacus, I value the work they do under difficult circumstances and the important evidence they have brought into the public domain in this and other reports. The Minister quoted comments I made as if they are part of the report. However, it is made very clear in the report that these words are offered in a separate foreword that is quite clearly distinct from the body of the report and its evidence. I should also make clear that I stand by my comments both as a senior academic and as someone who has had their own long term experience as a mental health service user.
Sadly, the current welfare reforms, because of their deficiencies and crudity are, whether intentionally or otherwise, having a highly detrimental effect on the lives of many disabled people, undermining their rights and inhibiting their capacity to be full contributing citizens in our society.
This seems to extend to all groups of disabled people including, I am particularly shocked to say, from examples brought to my attention independent of the People's Review, people with life-limiting and terminal conditions and people with the most significant and difficult impairments.
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I will continue to wait as for me the Flex is still the best option out there and I like the people a lot. However I hope we get 2.x soon and some regular updates after that.
I'm in the software business. I am a manager for a team of 6 developers that work on a very complex software product that acquires data from a 100,000 event per second flow cytometer. In simple terms our instrument bounces lasers off of cells as they pass through a micro channel and we capture the reflections. Our firmware analyzes the half width of the pulse as well as the height. So for each reflection pulse we receive peak, area, height, and width measurements on 28 possible A/D channels at rates to 100,000 or more per second. Data from the instrument essentially can saturate a 100 base T network connection.
We use standard Windows 10 PCs (i7 processors) and lots of RAM to try and deal with this data. We have some very elaborate schemes to queue and process the flood as it comes in. We have to process the incoming data providing regions (gates) and statistics for everything and allow the operator to control the instrument including PMT voltages and fluidics control.
All that being said we have learned one very important lesson. Customers need and want frequent updates. Even if the fixes are small they feel forgotten and quickly get frustrated if they don't get updates.
For us this presents a huge problem because testing the software is very time consuming and complex. It has taken me the better part of a year to re-design the groups involved to have two paths:
Rapid Release
In Rapid Release we have 2 week sprints which means we have only the time to deal with small updates and critical fixes but from this branch our customers get regular (almost every two weeks) updates. This has made a huge difference in our customer response. We are able to address irritations and issues in a timely fashion.
In Main we take on much more risk and releases are more like 6-10 weeks apart. Most of my daily time is spent managing the team and ensuring that critical fixes are cross applied between the branches. I spend a lot of time merging and diffing code between the branches.
I'm accomplishing this with a team of 6 developers, 1 who is part time. We are making it work and the results are obvious. Our customers are for the first time in a while extremely pleased since their issues are being dealt with.
I'm not here to tell Flex how to do their jobs. I'm simply saying we are making it work. Our code is C# and consists of:
3650 Source files containing 3,539,849 lines of real code not counting blank lines or comments. So our project is relatively huge. We have however managed to spread our knowledge so most of the 6 developers including myself can find, fix and update the code. There are a few exceptions of course.
We do all of this and in parallel we are starting a brand new robotics project which is already starting to get sizable. We are approaching 400,000 lines of code in that project.
My point to all of this is Flex says "software is the radio" and I believe we should be seeing regular software updates. I think there have been updates but there are some here that feel they do not address the critical needs. I am hopeful we see this start to change!
Damned if we do - damned if we don't. We try to give as few dates as possible but sometimes we have to communicate our goals. There are factors completely out of our control such as component lead times that suddenly go through the roof with no warning. A missing component valued at $0.001 can stop a production line. It is a fact that component lead times are stretching right now due to supply and demand constraints across the industry.
Take a look at this list below of just a few component lead times I received yesterday from a major electronics distributor. Those are all parts we use. The lead time is from the time of purchase order to the time it hits the factory dock. Then it has to go through the entire manufacturing process. We try to anticipate lead times but a single one can bite you at the very last minute. We ordered all these components a few months ago for the new radios so we are counting on the vendors to be on time. If they slip, we slip. You can't build a radio if a single part number out of hundreds is missing. There are literally thousands of individual components in a radio.
It is in our best interest to deliver our products as quickly as we can without sacrificing quality. We do our best to meet our goals and we try to pad them for contingencies. I am a "glass half full guy" so that can get me in trouble. If I weren't half full, I couldn't get out of bed in the morning. ;>) My bad.
73 and back to work,
I'm hoping the long lead times is because FRS grabbed so much current production!
Have a fabulous 4th and catch you on the air!
The list is yesterday. We placed large production quantity orders earlier this year before the lead times stretched. You don't know exactly where you are until the kits are driven from the MRP system and kitted for the line. When 100% of the kits are 100% complete and ready to go on the line is when you know for sure where you are.
We sometimes have situations where you are promised a part on a certain date and the supplier says "oops" when you call to say where are my parts. We had that with a major distributor last year who had just done a major conversion to a SAP ERP system and their delivery times were screwed up on a worldwide basis for months. They could not tell you with any certainty when you would get parts. This hurt us big time on products we have built for years and caused us to go stock out on most of our radios a few months ago. Not sure they have fully recovered yet from the conversion disaster. It cost them two major semiconductor product lines that I know of, which are now moved to their largest competitor.
We have to work these issues all the time in conjunction with our manufacturing partner.
We see the same sorts of issues in my industry, and also with software conversions that create industry-wide disruption.
Juggling resource availability is a significant issue. The ripple effect of a refinery fire or unplanned outage reducing the supply of a raw component - and why does that always happen when currency movements have already added availability pressure? - lead to vendor production limitations/delays that affect our performance third hand away. Let's not even talk about the woes that trucking issues add!
Hope everyone has a great Holiday Weekend!
Steve K9ZW
A question for the people whho take great umbrage at Flex not putting out software exactly on a date announced months in advance.
Would you rather get a product "on time" product that has a lot of problems, or wait a little longer for a better product.
Life has taught me that the two things are often mutually exclusive.
A lot comes down to communications. Ample, accurate, and occasional aggregate catch-up summaries would be awesome.
I really liked getting FlexInsiders regularly, but do I know how when a team is busy how hard it is to get newsletters out.
Like many industries, I work in a schedule intense line of work where end clients would always like something better than what reality ever could be for delivery schedules. I've found some traction in earning better customer satisfaction in giving schedules based on dates from an achieved milestone(s). Rather than saying we will start your project on August 28th, we learned the hard way to say start would be roughly x number of weeks after contracts and submittals are all complete, including all owner option selections.
Seems to work better than going into print that a certain date is the start.
I do say I admire FRS for NOT pushing a partial/not-ready product out to meet an envisioned date.
To all have a fantastic 4th of July long weekend (sorry for those who have to work Monday or through the weekend) and 73,
Steve K9ZW
Of course you have been hearing about it for a long time.
But don't forget that a lot that we all thought we would have to wait for Version 2.x to get was brought forward into a Version 1.x release.
And as a credit to FRS ethics they didn't just name them with the original Version 2.x projected titles to force everyone to pay for a major upgrade.
It may be helpful to remember that dates really should be considered "projected dates" or "not before dates" than deadlines when something new is being created.
You know it feels kind of cool to know that once the Alpha's and FRS pass the code as a RC (Release Candidate) that we're a QC cycle(s) away from GA (General Availability?) release.
No marketing types quarantining the GA code to figure out the very last angle to milk end users for upgrade fees or playing marketplace games controlling releases to do market positioning against competitors.
Just the plain old when it is ready, we will send it out that FRS has done over an over.
I've lost track how many versions of SmartSDR I've received (I think it was in excess of 16-18 or more) which has been fabulous. Just like those installment collectors clubs or study courses one started with from the back of Boys Life magazine. And like that I have the eagerness for what's next??!!
BTW I'd first written on some of the features back in 2012:
It is neat to see so many guesses/predictions come out in the successive releases!
Steve K9ZW
I am making a guess here, but I suspect that much the new SmartSDR code is probably incorporated into their commercial equipment software and making sure that works properly is where the BIG BUCKS are. For that, stability is of tantamount importance.
I like having FRS' best estimates of dates for upcoming major changes, even if they are only best estimates.
We are still expecting to go to the alpha/beta test team with a Release Candidate today. As stated in my earlier post, we will only go to general release it after it is free of known critical bugs. They were down to two issues this morning to be competed today for the RC to go out.
We do rapid release sprints as well to a fairly sizable "alpha team" of customers who represent many use cases across ham radio. The sprints are typically 2 weeks on the front end of a release cycle and come closer to 1 week toward the end as we are down to bug fixes. With a RC, the cycles can get less than 1 week.
You have a big difference in your business in that your customers are professional/commercial and ours are consumer. I spent my early career on with your type of customer and there is a huge difference. My experience is not good with rapid releases to the broad consumer population across a huge number of use cases and wide range of skill levels.
I don't have the exact numbers but I am betting our code base is approaching the size of yours. Our radios have five processors plus large two large FPGA code bases. Maestro has five processors plus the main display CPU. We developed and maintain GUIs on PC and Maestro. That totals 14 code images that all interact in a real time system. There are also variant code bases for different models to maintain.
Regarding a v1.11 maintenance release. We are planning to use the v2 code base to build the maintenance release because it has all of the bug fixes and performance enhancements completed over the last few months. We will plan to wait for a little time until we get the feedback from v2 before rolling out v1.11 so that we take care issues that might come up in that release and roll them into v1.11. I will not give a date for v1.11. There may be a few maintenance releases (v2.0.x) before v1.11 if we need to fix bugs in v2.0, so we can roll them into v1.11 before release.
Later there will be a 2.1, 2.2, etc. with as yet to be determined features. Someday there will be a version 3.0, 4.0, etc. We intend for those to work across the entire FLEX-6000 family of products within their respective hardware capabilities. We have a wish list that we work from but we will not announce what those the new features are until the are in concrete. Our internal desire is to move to shorter public release cycles but that is not a promise of cycle time. It all depends on how complex the feature is. Some take man months and others man hours.
If you are not interested in v2.0 then wait to see what comes in v2.1, 2.2, etc. or go to v1.11 when it comes out and never upgrade.
So that is the complete status with the best information I have today - June 30, 2017.
I hear you about customer base. In our case we pretty much have to do this. But one thing we made made clear is just because we do rapid release sprints there is no guarantee that any particular rapid release goes anywhere except in the books.
We've actually done two recently that were exactly that. Internal feature fix releases for the most part because they were not deemed worthy of the trouble to update real customers with.
But I think what we are trying to achieve is a shotgun effect where we have this set of Rapid Release and we can test each and usually we will find one that is stable and good for customer release.
Anyway, I also completely recognize that 1.x to 2.x is a big jump with many new features. We do our rapid releases within a major release, not around the edges of one. I'm sure you do the same.
As the title of my post stated I will continue to wait and support FRS. My comment here was more to point out one way of doing this stuff. You are already doing it so good to hear.
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>3650 Source files containing 3,539,849 lines of real code
3.5 MILLION NCSLs is yuuuuudge. I don't even want to think about a project that size. The core portion of the Windows OS (no drivers, no HALs, etc) is only about 2 million lines. A project of 3.5M non-commented source lines scares me.
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>Damned if we do - damned if we don't
This, times 100. Haters gonna hate.
Keep doing the right thing: Release stuff that you're proud of, not stuff that makes you want to hide under your desk when the installer gets posted. That's what Flex has always done. Some people won't like it, and will whine. A whole lot more people would have whined a lot worse if you released something less functionally complete or less reliable.
Go home and enjoy the long weekend.
My goal every day is to move the ball forward on things where I have control and be at peace with the things I cannot control. Someone wise much before my time said that in a slightly different way. I know that it is impossible to make everyone happy so I don't even try.
Yea I'm aware of what I can do to lower the noise level..... eliminating it till a friends come on calling me is what i want, receiving multiple channels and no squelch is just wrong.
If you don't want basic functions fine, its not all about you.
I make my living as a sound engineer so I'm sure I hear what most don't.
4 channels of barely nothing is something.... We have whistles and bell for whistle and bells..... yet no basic squelch, ive repaired countless radios and cant recall a single one without squelch. Not asking for a whistle for my bell for my whistle that has a bell.
Friend was told the squelch module is already written.... said its intelligent squelch, static and such wont break it...... fine.. great..... better is better but basics first.
You have FM squelch today in v1 but you are not going to get general purpose squelch in v1. I am very sorry but that is the way it is. Our radios do many things that others don't but I understand that squelch is the only feature you care about. I never found a lot of use for squelch on HF but I know you are sincere in wanting it. I much prefer optimizing AGC-T as Mike said and not have squelch popping on and off with static crashes.
Yes, I wrote a squelch module myself for the original PowerSDR written in VB6 about 16 years ago before it every saw the light of day in public. I liked to demo it on narrow filter CW. Never liked simple squelch much on SSB. I never liked squelch much on the I/K/Y radios I owned before starting FlexRadio. I am not saying it is not important to you though. I understand it is because you have repeated it so many times on this forum.
It's all about the trade off between resources and priorities. Everyone has their own favorite feature. I have my own pet personal features that I would like to have just like thousands of others here. Virtually every customer I meet tells me about their pet feature. Many seem easy on the surface. I have to nod my head and say, "yes that sounds like a great feature." Unfortunately, we have to make decisions every day on the highest priority things to do next. I don't ask for any of my favorites.
Sorry, that your squelch has not risen to the top of the priority list and will definitely not be in v1.x. If and when it rises to the top, it will rise to the top. There is nothing more I can add at this moment so that is the last word on the squelch topic for now.
With respect and 73,
I understood Gerald's position and accept that it is what it is, not a priority, but I would like to share my 2 cents as to why it is important for some of us.
I personally never missed squelch with the 6300. But with the 6700 and potentially 8 ssb streams squelch would be useful. I use FRStack to have the functionality, but it would be great to have it native to SmartSDR.
I like to be able to leave a slice on 50110 usb with squelch to "hear" an opening when it happens.
I also do the same on ssb sats. I will leave a slice waiting for a pass, and will get on the radio if I hear a new grid calling. No need to be glued to the screen. No need to have the white noise on all the time.
I am a member of a local group of cw oms and we practice on 7035. I like leaving a slice there with squelch in case someone shows up.
There you have it, 3 scenarios where I have a use for squelch on ssb, 2 of them on hf.
However a "Smart SSB Squelch" that actually detects the frequency components of the human voice and opens the squelch when a voice is present would be a great addition. It would even trigger on weak signals that would be inaudible with the AGC-T technique, or would never open a standard level activated squelch.
That would be just the thing for monitoring 6 or 2 meters, or sitting quietly on a net or my group's rag-chew frequency, etc.
I would look forward to seeing something like that someday. But I wouldn't expect to see it any time soon. There are enough things to tackle right now.
I'm much more interested in Tim's barbecue drawer and beer tap feature request. That's critical! 8^)
Saying "It" doesn't BLAH, so give us BLAH, NOW! won't make BLAH happen. You first have to define BLAH.
Do we want LegacySquelch, or SmartSquelch. How long should LegacySquelch delay the creation of SmartSquelch. and how long should either delay the release of the the next user requested feature, or the next Bug Fix.
Anyone have any idea what type of Squelch controls they want, or where exactly they want them to be put, within the GUI?
Since SimpleSquelch isn't built-in yet, when I need Squelch I use FRStacks 3rd party SimpleSquelch, whenever I need SimpleSquelch. Quite often I get by without any SimpleSquelch, with only a few simple tweaks to the AGC-T settings, I also don't care to listen to empty band noise so I turn it down with the volume controls, or find a more interesting frequency to listen to, one with some audible signals present.
We "can" wait for SmartSquelch to be defined. or we could set about designing it, ourselves and then requesting it to be added when we know what we want it to be.
Software Defined Radio can also be User Defined Radio, once the Users Define it.
73, Jay - NO5J
This is a perfect analogy, which I quoted on another thread. It would be like telling someone your estimated time for the surgery is 4 hours and then at 4 hours closing them up and sending them to recovery with a known bleeder inside just because you estimated 4 hours.
Please know that there are a lot of us who admire FlexRadio Systems management for making the hard decisions to delay.
Those of us in Project Delivery know the pitfalls of premature delivery and the difficulties with some client's when their need for gratification is unsatiated.
Also must say that the extensive additional posts and communications are appreciated.
Four months ago I had quintuple coronary bypass surgery. The operation was expect to take 5 hours, however due due to unforeseen complications, it took 10 hours, followed by eight days in a medically induced coma, two weeks in intensive care and a total of six weeks in hospital.
Did I take it out on the Surgeons? Of course I didn't. I am so so grateful they took whatever time was necessary to get the job done.
I am sure that the vast majority of you clients are also grateful of your devotion to making every software release as good as it possibly can be.
Winston VK7WH
Best of luck to you Winston. Wow. My father fought Heart Disease all his life and lost the battle at 73.
Mark - WS7M
73 Winston
Ken - NM9P
I've had my 6700 for 5 years now. I know how to use it and I've played around with the AGC-T and several other settings to reduce background noise and allow me to pick out the signal I'm looking for. I hate to say it but this just isn't the same as a good squelch.
I understand there are a lot of folks here that could care less about an all-mode squelch but why in the world do you need to chime in and try to make someone feel bad for asking for this particular feature. While some of you could care less about a squelch, including Gerald, there are some of us who really really miss this feature. Especially with 8 panadapters.
Oh I almost forgot. I think the FM squelch is pretty poor. I don't really use it because it is constantly popping and emitting a burst of noise throughout the house. I use my IC-7100 instead and it works perfectly (squelch wise).
Apparently if a radio has Squelch the operator is somehow forced to use it or the radio will go into thermal meltdown, This is apparently a problem with only flex radios.
Nothing else makes any sense, I mean if a feature so basic as a squelch could simply NOT BE USED then surely the people that don't want Squelch would have no comments.
2 to 8 receivers and no squelch...... Cadillac with no AC....... I see no difference.
Flex usually priorities new features by consumer demand and resources required to implement it
While I personally have never used squelch on HF in my 59 years as a ham and don't recall talking to anyone else who uses it, I can understand that there are use cases for a small number of users.
In searching this forum, I could not find a lot of people (except for your myriad of requests) who were asking for squelch.
Perhaps, rather than belaboring the point over and over and over again, you might want to start a new thread requesting votes for Squelch. To be fair you might want to list other features people might want like VISIBLE COLOR SCHEMES, SPOTS ON DISPLAY, AUTOMATIC AGC-T (to name a few of my desires) and ask people to prioritize them
That way Flex might get a non-scientific indication as to how important these features are to customers and how many people might want them
If I were making the list it would be
4. Multi-client
5. Better NR
6. ........
999. Squelch
Obviouslt y YMMV
Frankly I suspect you will get much more traction if you can collect a number of prioritized requests than continual belaboring the point ad naseum.
6. locking a slice in the middle of the panafall and moving the panafall horizontally
while tuning, not the slice. See PowerSDR. Should be an option.
73, Alex - DH2ID
Here is a thread lets vote for it
A lot of people do not understand or use the VOTING feature.
When you LIKE an IDEA please click here:
(Not that it will do any good.... The whole idea that our votes in the community for features make a difference doesn't hold a lot of water IMHO.)
There are 133 conversations about squelch.
It is a 4 year old request that it is still Under Consideration.
So everyone wait and wait . . . and wait . . . and wait . . . and wait.
Yes, there are a lot of good and old ideas on the list. And voting them up doesn't really seem to get them addressed quickly but at least one of them has made it to V2. The "pop out" panadapter is basically what was asked for in the second highest requested idea. It has been on the list for 3 years and has 68 votes.
It looks like most of the ideas you mentioned are also at the top of the wanted list too. They are at the top of my list too. Maybe now that V2 is almost done we will see some of them start to show up.
FWIW, I'm in the group that doesn't plan on using the WAN feature but understand why it is important to the company and many other customers. FRS needed to prioritize it for those reasons. I'm much more interested in the other requests that have been on the top pf the list for up to 4 years and really hope we see them in the next year or so.
Here is a snapshot of the TOP 7 ideas with the number of votes highlighted. CLICK to enlarge.
There are 1,000+ ideas on the list, so most likely your favorite is already there. Add your comments and a vote, it may actually help.
Regards, Al / NN4ZZ
al (at) nn4zz (dot) com
The point I was saying is that Squelch does not seem to have that many votes


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This not-so-little ice cream shop in Century City Mall offers so many variants of cakes, cupcakes, ice cream, ice cream cakes, and others. Chiara is located next to the supermarket at the mall's basement. The shoppe doesn't look like your standard dairy joint or diner-like colours. It's somewhat too bright and green. Anyhow, just stare at their selections and focus.
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Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, said he expects three Republican senators to come forward in the next day or two to end the stalemate and request that the budget repair bill be withdrawn, though he wouldn't name the trio. "They may be ready to step forward," Larson said. "That's the way we can see this ending now. There are Democratic senators who are trying to talk to them and encourage them to step forward and say publicly that they don't want this bill. We hope a few of them stand up and be brave." – Wisconsin State Journal (via Huffington Post)
Wisconsin papers flooded the zone this morning with the news about Gov. Walker getting punk'd. That's because it's big news, no matter how it was done, which was well beyond the scope of what traditional journalism teaches, which hardly matters in the new media world.
Doesn't anyone remember Sarah Palin getting punk'd? You'd think that would have taught politicians to be more careful, if George "macaca" Allen's moment didn't.
The Kochs and Gov. Walker are now linked forever. It's the Right's George Soros moment. From David Weigel:
[…] How did the Kochs become the villains of Madison? They have, for decades, bankrolled libertarian think tanks and programs, and they help put on conferences where conservative ideas are spread. Among the ideas they end up spreading are drug legalization and opposition to the Patriot Act. The Tea Party was the first movement funded in part by the Kochs that really took off.
So why credit everything that Republicans are trying to do now to Kochs' influence? Partly because they do have some influence, and partly, as the Assembly Democrats kept goading Republicans, because they are shadowy "New York billionaires." A complicated fight over public-sector unions can be broadened into a stand against secretive malefactors of wealth, who can be connected somehow to every conservative victory or idea. And the fear and paranoia grows, because, theoretically, they could be spending more than anyone knows. If Citizens United lets conservatives spend more money secretly, it has a hell of a side effect.
It's put the Right on defense, which means the story has turned dramatically against Walker, no matter what conservatives think of him. Just look at the wingnut list from Memeorandum earlier today.
Michelle Malkin: Video: CWA union thug strikes young female FreedomWorks activist. Her latest blog post title I won't even write on this blog.
Red State: Bad Jew!
Townhall: New Tone: Democratic Congressman Urges Union Protesters to "Get Bloody" With Tea Partiers.
Last night, Jeffrey Sachs made a critical point that's been playing out slowly in the media. It's about collusion and coordination between Walker and the Kochs. On Obama, Sachs has it exactly right, so I'll let the video from Lawrence O'Donnell's show do the rest. It speaks for me.
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365 Days of Photos: 116-121
Sorry for the late 365 post this week. If I don't catch Alex in the morning on Sundays it usually finds itself getting pushed back to sometime during Mondays. This past week was a blur. I had so many after work events to attend that I was coordinating and lots of new projects at work. Not to mention the launch of the June subscription (which sold out in a day you crazy animals!) and all things stickers and planners. Alex's photos don't capture the craziness of my week, and I oddly appreciate that. It feels so calm in these photos and I'm pleased I can remember the week like this rather than the crazy one that it was.
[116] Candy bowl [117] Apartment vines [118] Driving [119] My Little Pony figurines [120] Puerto Rico board game [121] Tree at night


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Meet Tupper Ware Remix Party, The Band From Outer Space
After a long night of browsing the Internet, by random chance you may end up on what some people call "the weird part" of YouTube. No longer do you find run-of-the-mill cat videos or "let's play" channels, but instead content that's just flat-out unusual.
It was on one of those peculiar nights where I came across Tupper Ware Remix Party (TWRP), a band that embodies all that is strange and bizarre. As I went through countless videos of live concert footage and music videos, I was hooked on their catchy sound and stage presence. The main differentiator from other bands of their nature is their elaborate use of sci-fi and video game inspired costumes. Their style is akin to that of Daft Punk's earlier days and a throwback to the glourious '80s (minus the bad hair). Their songs blend science fiction, comedy, and rock together in a nerds' dream package, with a highlight song being about having to deal with a computer wife.
The party rockers from space each have their own persona and backstory. They consist of: Doctor Sung, the suave pylon wearing vocalist; Meouch, the pharaoh cat bassist; Lord Phobos, the interstellar guitarist; and Havve, the robot drummer.
After some lurking on the web, I discovered the band has three EP's you can stream on their bandcamp, all of which are ear-blasting and awesome. TWRP's getting increasingly popular, and their retro video game-influenced music video for The Hit currently has over one million views on YouTube.
The band has even teamed up with musical comedy duo Ninja Sex Party for a couple of tracks, as well as providing the instrumentals for Ninja Sex Party's new cover album, Under the Covers.
Their cheeky sci-fi references and insistence that they're actually from space makes TWRP stand out among the usual noise that's been taking over the music scene as of late. You can try and catch the synth-fuelled rockers in concert on their latest tour before they blast off.
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The question: Does Osama bin Laden's capture justify torture?
First, let's call it by its proper name. Waterboarding is not "robust questioning" or "enhanced interrogation techniques" or any of the other sinister euphemisms employed by Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and John Yoo. It's torture. It was torture when the Japanese did it to Allied prisoners in the second world war. It's still torture; and it's still wrong.
Since the killing of Osama bin Laden, the perpetually simmering debate over torture is again boiling out of the pan. The CIA director, Leon Panetta, suggested that information gained from waterboarding may have helped lead Americans to bin Laden. White House press secretary Jay Carney denied it. Republican representative Peter King, Fox pundit Bill O'Reilly and Jose Rodriguez, head of counterterrorism under George W Bush, insist that torturing two "high-value" detainees, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abu Faraj al-Libi, was essential to discovering the name of bin Laden's courier, which, in turn, led to the compound in Abbotabad. King, who has been holding McCarthyish congressional hearings on Islamic "radicalism" in America, said flatly: "We obtained that information through waterboarding." The Obama administration, as well as a number of former CIA and National Security Council operatives say torture was not key to catching America's Public Enemy No One.
Popular as it is, this is the wrong discussion. What we should really be talking about is whether it is ever acceptable to torture. Does the end justify the means? Torture apologists like to trot out the good old "ticking bomb" scenario. You know: the one where there's a huge bomb about to explode, planted somewhere in Los Angeles or London or Mumbai. The authorities have captured one or two or 10 of the terrorists responsible. If torturing them will reveal the location of the bomb, surely it's not merely justifiable but imperative. A few lives against millions? No contest.
Never mind that the "ticking bomb" scenario, beloved of the writers of "24", never happens in real life. Never mind that military intelligence experts say that beating, hanging, freezing, electrocuting or pretending to kill a suspect doesn't work. We would have to torture everybody even remotely suspected to be involved in a past, present or future atrocity, run a spreadsheet of whatever data they "provided", then sort through it to somehow figure out what was true and what was said just to stop the pain. Where do we stop? Twenty people? A hundred? A thousand? How do we simply dispense with one person's rights to preserve other people's?
Americans will tell you we are a nation of laws. A person is innocent until proven guilty. But the majority of detainees at Guantanamo and those in the secret prisons the CIA maintained with the help of morally flexible governments around the world have not been charged with crimes. It turns out that many of the people we held on that never never island just off Cuba were guilty of nothing more than herding goats on the wrong Afghan hill. How do we reconcile this with our core belief in equal justice under the law? We can't with a straight face claim that everyone's rights are worthy of protection unless that person happens to be a Muslim or come from certain countries or sport a long beard and answer to an Arabic-sounding name.
For a people convinced that their country is great because their country is good, we have been complicit in many shameful episodes since September 2011: Muslims, some of whom were immigrants, some of whom were US citizens, were rounded up as "persons of interest" in the first weeks after al-Qaida attacked. The Bush administration practised "extraordinary rendition" – kidnapping – sending people to Egyptian prisons where they were tortured. We were violating international law, contravening the Geneva Conventions. Despite Bush legal advisor John Yoo's dodgy claim that the president was not bound by the War Crimes Act and that Guantanamo detainees were not entitled to prisoner of war status, America was guilty. The world knew it. We tried to tell ourselves that it was "necessary", that we were protecting ourselves, that this, after all, was war.
The subtext is that our enemies, those guys in the orange jumpsuits, those guys with the turbans, they aren't really people. Not like us. European Americans enslaved and mistreated Africans for 300 years and denied them rights for another 100 on the grounds that they aren't like "us". The ideology of slavery was based on dehumanisation. We told ourselves those dark-skinned creatures were stupid, violent, immoral, animalistic. The logic of torture is similar: Muslims don't value human life. They're fanatics. They hate our freedoms. They don't follow the rules of war. They commit atrocities on civilians and soldiers alike. Not like us. Therefore, we are justified in treating them badly.
The proposition that America must not torture because the nation of Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Tubman, Crazy Horse and Martin Luther King Jr should hold to higher principles will not impress subscribers to Glenn Beck's caliphate theory (this is the one where American leftists, feminists, European socialists and Islamists join forces to create a totalitarian superstate) or even moderates who simply think you have to fight fire with fire.
It's a cop-out to say torture doesn't work. But happily it's true. Detailed investigations by the New York Times and National Public Radio (among others) confirm that torture did not yield actionable information. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times at a CIA "black site". Much of what he said while undergoing this barbaric treatment turned out to be lies. Mohammed gave up the good stuff months later to interrogators using subtler techniques. Still, the cop-out helps. Confronting our past crimes in the face of our present fears is a little less difficult if we cling to the utilitarian idea that torture does not accomplish anything other than wrecking our image in the world. It's a bitch, trying to be as good as you say you are.