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6750 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Tel. 1-310-276-5424 Fax. 1-310-276-7430
January 12 – February 16, 2013
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 12, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
You've gotta love Jack Pierson. In this his 19th comeback attempt in as many years he still relentlessly bangs a drum for the critical and curatorial attention that has eluded him since his move into big budget studio roles.
In the early days of the 90's he rode into our collective conscience on an ecstatic wave that delivered him as grunge grandpa survivor. His early downtrodden exercises in blitheness seemed to speak so lyrically about lost youth AIDS and Beauty that we became blind as his overpowering self obsession morphed into a topiary of empty cultural signifiers. The International Cultural Elite (ICE) however did not. Once his salary became out of sync with the hobo-hemian legend he had created with the other crepe hangers of his 'scene' (he assiduously avoids the word 'generation', as they are all a few years much older than him) 'It' girl Nan Goldin, the late Mark Morrisroe, and the positively tubercular David Armstrong, only the most general public had any time for him. They showed up in droves though, to one treacly reassessment of his past glories after another, two tickets and a bag of popcorn in hand.
Oblivious to the fact that museums and art journals had long since slammed the door in his face poor Pierson continued to chew the scenery and sweep the floor with the lace sleeves of his despair. All he was hearing were the sighs of an adoring audience and the clatter of coins in the coffers. Hollywood beckons only once, and those who can, often do pass irretrievably through it gates. It happened to Rudolph Valentino, it happened to Elvis Presley, those idols had the sense to crumble and die. Pierson merely crumples as one hack director after another, each of them hand picked by the desperate aging actor, sets him like a marionette to strut and fret on the tiny stage of his latest self inflicted whim. Good Lord! His last picture play was released only in Europe under the misleading title Jesus and Nazimova.
It is a tragedy we can no longer be sure which role was his. In any case in this latest stab at re-establishing relevancy he has opted for the one commercial Grand Guignol he had managed to avoid lo these 30 years: The Badass Motherfucker in a Blockbuster. At 50+ the once winsome troubadour will star as a grizzled anti-action hero in this his biggest budget disaster spectacle to date: THE END OF THE WORLD! As if to insure sang-froid devil-may-fuck you delivery, the recently remodeled Pierson will star AND direct himself in this sure to be crowd pleaser.
This just in: On January 12, 2013 (get it? 1•12•13) Regen Projects Hollywood will open, to a line of ticket holders who have been forming since yesterday, this newest Jack Pierson vehicle in which he plays X, a lonesome post-Rapture nihilist walking the landscape of his vanished youth looking for signs of Ricky Nelson amongst the debris of his discontent.
Tearing tickets and kicking ass.
Sayonara Documenta.
Pierson's work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including CAC Málaga, Spain; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; MCA, Miami, Florida; and MCA, Chicago, Illinois. Extensive monographs and publications have been published about the work including Desire Despair, Angel Youth, and Jack Pierson.
An opening reception for Jack Pierson will take place on Saturday, January 12 from 6-8 pm. For further information please contact Heather Harmon, Donna Chu, or Jennifer Loh at 1-310-276-5424.


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Vet, FTC meeting affirms pharmacists' animal medication role
RHINELANDER, Wis. — A meeting with federal officials last week indicated that pharmacists' importance in dispensing animal drugs is growing.
Last Tuesday, pharmacists and veterinarians met with officials from the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., for a four-session meeting that affirmed pharmacists' increasing role, according to online pet supply company Drs. Foster and Smith.
Drs. Foster and Smith cited a study showing that about 6 million pet prescriptions were filled at pharmacies outside veterinary offices in 2011. The company also estimates that as much as 50% of all heartworm medications and arthritis drugs for animals will be dispensed at pharmacies rather than veterinary offices and hospitals in the near future.
"We stand behind the [American Veterinary Medical Association's] principles of Veterinary Medical Ethics, which encourages veterinarians to honor a client's request for a written prescription," AVMA president Douglas Aspros said at the FTC meeting. "The AVMA is supportive of the client's right to choose where they have their prescriptions filled."
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the AVMA had endorsed Veterinary Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Site certification, or Vet-VIPPS. The sentence has been removed.
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Longtime MUHS coach asked to re-apply for post
MIDDLEBURY — Longtime Middlebury Union High School boys' lacrosse coach Jono Chapin's teams have compiled a 231-100 record during his 20-year tenure.
Since 1992, his Tiger teams have won seven Division I state championships, and the boys' lacrosse team plays on a facility, Fucile Field, built largely because of tireless fund-raising by Chapin and a handful of other local citizens.
Chapin, a Middlebury resident recently named the Vermont Lacrosse Coaches Association's Man of the Year for his diligent statewide efforts on behalf of the sport, is now in the process of re-applying for the job, with no guarantees.
MUHS activities director Sean Farrell said athlete and parent feedback was not completely favorable after this past season, the second straight in which an inexperienced Tiger boys' lacrosse team won just one game.
Those two seasons are easily Chapin's worst, but it's been since 2003 that the Tigers have won a D-I title. And since 2004, when the Tigers went 7-11 to dip below .500 for the first time in Chapin's tenure, the program has compiled an overall mark of just 42-62.
But Farrell, who said he has to comment carefully about this or any other personnel issue, insisted the record isn't the issue.
"This has for me been a difficult process, because he has committed so much of his own personal time and resources to help the school within lacrosse and with the field and all the things he does," Farrell said. "But this process doesn't happen because we've had two losing seasons. It's not based on win-loss. I don't think I would ever deal with a coach purely on those issues. That's not what it's about."
Farrell said what he sees makes up the single most important part of the evaluation process for any MUHS coach.
"I have my own observations when I'm at games and practices," Farrell said. "I take mental notes of how things went and any issues. I don't wait until the end of the year to have conversations with coaches."
But he does take into account what he is told, especially in this case by lacrosse athletes who filled out a confidential online survey about their feelings from this past spring — all MUHS athletes, starting in the fall of 2010, are asked to do so when their seasons end.
"It's certainly about kids having a positive experience, and that's why a lot of this (decision to open the position) is on student evaluations and what they feel they're getting out of the program," Farrell said. "And if we don't have kids who … look at the whole program feeling happy about the direction, that drives me a lot more than parents or won-loss records."
And some parents have lobbied Farrell for a different coach.
"I use the analogy sometimes the pasture is greener on the other side. And the feeling is there's got to be somebody else out there," he said. "The parents (felt) there was somebody else out there … that maybe after 20 years maybe we need a new perspective."
Issues include, Farrell said, complaints about the relentless fund-raising needed to support the program, Chapin's alleged failure to update his practice regimen and tactics, and — Chapin raised this in an interview with the Independent more than Farrell — a sense that the team's overall discipline has not been strong enough in recent years.
Some complaints matter more than others, Farrell said.
Farrell said fund-raising is a fact of life for families of public school athletes, and that he is not concerned about the specifics of what drills Chapin is using in his practices, but possibly about a related question.
"The perspective of the student-athlete is … they're feeling kind of stagnant in day-to-day activities, drills and things of that nature," Farrell said. "Jono is very knowledgeable in the sport and does attend clinics and attempt to improve his knowledge of the game. I don't think anyone can argue Jono's knowledge of lacrosse … But it's that interaction and the kids feeling there's no progression."
Both Chapin and Farrell said their dialogue had been open and candid. Chapin said he feels comfortable enough to submit an application for the coaching job.
"I'm planning on re-applying," he said.
Chapin said he will work on those issues to which Farrell refers, and one he knows he must focus on is team discipline.
"That's not a strong area of mine, but that's an aspect of something that I've got to look deeply at and ask how other coaches are dealing with," Chapin said. "You've got to toe that line and hold that standard out there."
Chapin said while that issue may go back further, he believes the tough 2010 and 2011 seasons are sparking athletes' and parents' discontent. And he noted that his 2008 and 2009 teams each won 12 games and reached the D-I semifinals.
"I think there's a lot of frustration that is naturally going to build with two one-win seasons," he said.
Chapin said those results were understandable, at least in part, because MUHS relied on a roster that was heavy on underclassmen in each of the past two springs. In 2011 the Tigers had only three seniors playing regular roles against teams that he said all featured between nine and 18 seniors.
"It feels like we might be ready to turn the corner now that they are seniors, and we were in the semis three years ago," Chapin said. "Everybody's frustrated … but I don't think it should be fully on my shoulders."
And he said with a couple of exceptions, the Tigers showed better in each of their rematches with teams this past spring.
"I think we were (improving) in a lot of ways," Chapin said. "By the time we were playing teams the second time, we improved in every game, with the exception of CVU (Champlain Valley) and Essex."
Another larger fact of life looms. The other former Vermont boys' lacrosse power of the 1990s, Woodstock, has also failed to win a state title in the past decade; Woodstock is also the only D-I boys' lacrosse school smaller than MUHS.
Larger schools have developed effective feeder programs and have taken over. CVU, Essex, Mount Mansfield and South Burlington — with student counts roughly between 40 and 120 percent larger than MUHS — have divvied up all the D-II titles since 2003.
"The landscape has changed," Chapin said.
Chapin said parents and athletes see the relative success of the Tiger hockey and football programs in the past two years, but don't fully take into account those teams have been playing in Division II.
"I'm not taking anything away from the great seasons they had," he said. "But we're in D-I, and I don't think people see that it's not apples to apples."
Farrell agreed things look rosier when teams have winning records, but he was not basing the decision to advertise the position on recent seasons alone.
"Jono has been here for 20 years, and I've been here for eight. And over that time period there have been things we've worked on," Farrell said.
Regardless, Chapin does expect better things from next year's team, when many juniors with two years' experience will be seniors.
"Whoever is coaching this team next year is going to have more success," he said. "I'm going to put myself in the best position to have it be me."
Chapin said coaching under those circumstances might be difficult — he said he would not be getting a vote of confidence, but he wants to work to improve, not walk away.
"If I'm going forward, that's a heavy strain to be under," he said. "But I've put a lot into this program over the years."
Farrell said Chapin could be back — coaches are hard to find.
"When I post most of my vacancies, I'll be lucky if I get one or two applicants," Farrell said. "The issue will be who applies. If Jono is the best candidate, even with all the issues that people have brought forward (he will be hired). That's the best way to look at it."
As to what an ideal coach looks like, Farrell said the school's philosophy is that athletics are an extension of the academics, and a good coach shares the same qualities as a good teacher.
"Coaches that are strong are coaches who have good strong connections with kids, understand kids, can communicate in a way they understand," Farrell said. "When I hire coaches, I spend more time getting a feel of who they are as a person more than what they know about the sport … Someone with infinite knowledge may not be the best coach. But someone who I know can connect and can motivate certainly is the coach I am looking for."
Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at [email protected].
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text: Militant Islam Monitor > Articles > Al Qaeda Terror Cell Caught In Jerusalem - Planned Attacks On Bus, Conference Center and US Embassy Al Qaeda Terror Cell Caught In Jerusalem - Planned Attacks On Bus, Conference Center and US EmbassyJanuary 22, 2014 Al Qaeda Cell Nabbed in Jerusalem; Major Terrorist Plots Averted The Shin Bet and Israel Police have uncovered a Global Jihad terror cell in eastern Jerusalem that was directed from Gaza and which was planning to carry out a murderous attack on a civilian bus. A gag order on the investigation has just been removed. A total of three suspects have been arrested, all of whom are believed to have been recruited online as part of an Al Qaeda plot ordered by the jihadi network's central leadership, led by Ayman al-Zawahiri. They have been named as Iyad Khalid Abu Sara and Rubin Abu-Nagma, both in their twenties and from Jerusalem; and Ala Anam, a resident of the Palestinian Authority city of Jenin who is in his thirties. The cell was apparently directed by a Gaza-based Al Qaeda operative named Arib Al-Sham. Terrorist massacres averted According to the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), one of the plans was to carry out a suicide attack on a bus traveling from Jerusalem to Maaleh Adumim. That attack would have involved firing at the bus's tires first, in order to cause it to overturn. Then the terrorist was to murder the bus's occupants at close range and await rescue forces, whom he would also fire at. Another terrorist was to assist in carrying out a double suicide bombing at Jerusalem's Binyanei Hauma Convention Center, as well as a bombing at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. Those attacks were to have been carried out by foreign terrorists who would arrive in Israel with forged Russian documents, disguised as tourists, according to the Shin Bet. 23-year-old Abu Sara was supposed to meet these foreign terrorists, prepare the explosives for their explosive belts and for a truck bomb, and lead them to their targets. Abu Sara agreed to travel to Syria for military training, including training in production of explosives. He made preparations to go to Turkey, from which he was to cross into Syria, and received computer files from Gaza with instructions on production of explosives. Abu Sara reportedly studied the roads leading to Binyanei Hauma and the US Embassy, and is well acquainted with the bus lines between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim. Another member of the cell, Rubin Abu Nagma, confessed in his interrogation that he had planned various terror attacks, including the abduction of a soldier from a Jerusalem bus station and detonation of an explosive charge against Jewish families who live in a building in the Abu Tor neighborhood of Jerusalem. He had access to weapons and taught himself about explosive production with materials he downloaded from the internet, he said. A third member of the cell, Ala Anam, also admitted to being in touch with Arib Al-Sham regarding the establishment of a Salafi Jihad terror cell in Samaria. The arrests underline the emerging threat to Israel from "Global Jihadi" elements linked to or inspired by Al Qaeda, in addition to Islamist terrorist groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad whose aims are "limited" to the destruction of the State of Israel, and Arab nationalist groups such as Fatah. Back in November, Israeli security forces shot dead three "Salafi" terrorists near Hevron in Judea. The men were apparently planning a string of deadly attacks against Israeli and Palestinian Authority targets in Judea and Samaria. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/176603 |


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The 10 Most Unlikely Perfect Games in MLB History
Here's a look at how unlikely Humber was to reach perfection, and nine others who surprised people when they tossed their perfect games:
This was only Humber's 12th win of his entire career, having endured Tommy John surgery during his first year in the league. He's a former number three pick of the MLB Draft, and was shipped to Minnesota in the deal that brought the Mets star pitcher Johan Santana in 2008. He's long had the potential for success, and at last there are some flashes of greatness that will have people paying attention to him for a long time coming.
What a Mother's Day tribute it was when Braden pitched a perfect game in 2010, a day in which he had to be thinking about his deceased mother. It was just Braden's 53rd start of his career and his grandmother was on hand for the emotional moment. "It's a more important day for my grandmother than anything," Braden said. "That's the biggest thing to be able to give her something like this on a day of this magnitude, considering everything we've been through together. It's more about her for me."
Wells was a known pitcher when he played, mostly for his moodiness. In 1998, he entered the record books when he pitched his perfect game as a member of the Yankees. But controversy about the game erupted give years later as Wells was promoting his autobiography, 'Perfect I'm Not! Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches and Baseball.' In it, Wells claimed that he was half-drunk that day. A few days later, Wells clarified that he had misspoken in the book and that he was simply hung over when he tossed his perfect game.
In 1994,Rangers' veteran Kenny Rogers got his perfect game with a little help from outfielder Rusty Greer, who salvaged it with a diving catch in the 9th inning. "I never thought he was going to get it," Rogers said. "I thought that ball was going to drop, no matter what. Then, I thought the ball was going to pop out." Rogers entered that game with a 4.32 ERA and was not exactly a feared pitcher.
Just days after his teammate Mark Gardner flirted with a no-hitter, Dennis Martinez recorded a perfect game in 1991 at the age of 36. "I don't know what was special," he said. "I just think every game I pitch my best effort. It just happened. It may never happen again in my lifetime." Martinez wound up winning an impressive 245 games in his career, but never 20 in one season. His perfect game is what makes him a household name today.
Browning was one of the Reds' best pitchers of the 1980s, so it's not a shock that he had some good outings. But what's remarkable is how good some of them were. In 1988, he threw a perfect game after flirting with a no-hitter earlier in the season. And he almost did it again a year later when he came within three outs of becoming the first major leaguer to pitch two perfect games.
The Angels' hurler allowed just four balls to escape the infield in his dominant performance when he earned a perfect game in 1984. "I was awe struck," said the 24-year-old. "Getting 27 outs is incredible. All you're trying to do is get outs. All I know is it's hard as heck to get." Witt had gone 7-14 the previous season, and the California fans were not exactly enthusiastic about the ball club — only 8,375 fans were at Arlington Stadium that day. Still, Witt gave them something to see that day.
He had a much forgettable and uneven career in the '70s and '80s, but Len Barker did achieve something lasting in 1981 when he tallied a perfect game for the Indians. "I know I pitched a perfect game but it really hasn't set in yet," Barker said. "I pitched no-hitters in American Legion ball, but I always walked nine of ten batters." What's most amazing about Barker's accomplishment is that he was known as a wild pitcher, and it's hard to imagine him having the control and discipline to retire every batter he faced.
The most famous perfect game of all-time came during the 1956 World Series when the Yankees' Don Larsen took care of 27 Dodgers players in order. Larsen said in a 1996 interview with Sports Illustrated that he didn't know what a perfect game was until after he'd thrown one. He thought he'd thrown a no-hitter. Overnight, he became a celebrity. However, he couldn't keep up, finishing with a lifetime record of 81-91. "People said I didn't do enough in my career," Larsen said, "and maybe they're right. But I had one great day."
Robertson was the first White Sox pitcher to go perfect in 1922 — so long ago there isn't even a picture we can offer you. He accomplished the feat in just his fourth start. Robertson is not a known player, finishing 49-80 in his pro career. "Charlie Robertson was the worst major league pitcher ever to throw a perfect game," said a Sports Illustrated writer. After the game, the Tigers, who Robertson had shut down, wanted the league to check the balls for any funny business, but the league refused the request. Robertson must have been happy with his performance. It earned him a $15 raise.


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by Richard Palmer
A PRIVATE detective, employed by representatives of the Church of Scientology cult to investigate one of its opponents, shot at a Sunday Times reporter and photographer and threatened to kill them last week.
The detective, Jarl Grieve Einar Cynewulf, fired a pistol at the journalists after saying. "You'd better go now unless you want to end up in a wooden box. Do you want to be another Hungerford martyr?"
Although the gun was fired from close range, the journalists escaped unharmed after a chase through the streets near Cynewulf's home in Oldland Common, Bristol, on Thursday night.
Earlier, the private detective had said that the Church of Scientology had paid him $2,500 to smear the author of a critical new book on the late L. Ron Hubbard. Cynewulf said he had been told he could name his price if he could produce evidence that Russell Miller, the author, was an agent of the CIA.
Miller's book, Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L Ron Hubbard, is currently being serialised in The Sunday Times despite protests and harassment from representatives of the church's 6m members worldwide. The book challenges the authorised church version of Hubbard's life and implies that he was a liar and a cheat.
The scientologists, who have been criticised by judges in Britain, Australia and the United States for breaking up families and brainwashing devotees, have employed numerous lawyers and private detectives in an attempt to discredit Miller and prevent the book being published.
Cynewulf is one of several private detectives who have been asked to find a link between the CIA and Miller, a former Sunday Times journalist. The church wants to represent Miller as someone acting on instructions from the secret service because it believes the CIA is behind investigations into its tax affairs in the US.
It also fears the secret service is attempting to get the church banned, and any hint that Miller has links with the intelligence services would enable scientologists to discredit the book.
Although Cynewulf is clearly eccentric, to say the least, it is clear from his detaiIed knowledge of Miller's private life that he has been briefed and done work on the case. He repeated virtually all the charges, many never published, that have been levelled against Miller by other private detectives.
Cynewulf said he had been employed by Virginia Snyder, a private detective in Delray Beach, Florida, who had been paid by the Church of Scientology. Snyder, who admitted that she had employed Cynewulf on another case and had recommended him to other clients, refused either to confirm or deny that she had worked with him on the scientology case on the grounds that she would be in breach of her client s confidence.
While she confirmed that she is a friend of L. Fletcher Prouty, Hubbard's authorised biographer who has been part of the campaign to discredit Miller, she said he had not asked her to investigate Miller.
During a three-hour conversation last Wednesday afternoon, Cynewulf told a Sunday Times reporter that Miller's phone calls and mail were being intercepted and his house in Buckinghamshire was under close surveillance.
He said that although there was no evidence that Miller had any links with the intelligence community, some investigators would stop at nothing to frame him. "I think Miller is at risk," he said. "People acting for the church are willing to pay large sums for men to discredit him. These bastards will stop at nothing."
He said he was so disgusted with what was happening that he had told Snyder, his boss in Florida, that he no longer wished to work on the case. He said Snyder had also stopped working for the cult.
But following a telephone conversation with her on Thursday morning, Cynewulf said had been instructed to say nothing about the case.


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NOTE: This piece has been updated on July 2 to reflect the scheduled sittings of federal parliament.
One of the most important decisions now for new prime minister Kevin Rudd is selecting the date for the federal election. There are 22 Saturdays between now and November 30, the last possible date an election could be held.
The requirements for a campaign period of no less than 33 days rules out four Saturdays. Further options can be eliminated because of sporting grand finals, public holidays, school holidays and religious days.
Rudd has also ruled out two other possibilities. He has said the election will not be held on September 14, the date designated by his predecessor Julia Gillard, because it falls on the date of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.
He has also effectively ruled out September 7 by indicating that he would like to see the Australian prime minister attend the G20 summit in Russia, which is being held on this date. When these Saturdays are removed Rudd is left with 14 Saturdays to choose from.
Then there is the local government referendum, which significantly complicates matters for the new prime minister. According to the Australian Electoral Commission, a simultaneous referendum and election poll is not possible before September 14.
Of the remaining dates, Rudd will then have to weigh up political considerations. If he was to wait and hold the election in November, for instance, he could risk a voter backlash by making it appear that he was avoiding a vote.
Alternatively, the government could dump the local government referendum, wear the opprobrium, and go to the polls in August. But an August poll also carries the risks of repeating the mistake made by Labor in 2010 when they went to the polls too quickly after Julia Gillard became prime minister.
While notable exceptions can be found, the leader is at the centre of the campaign, and it takes some time to plan a campaign strategy and get the policy settings right to suit the new leader.
When the problems with a August, September and November poll are taken into account, Rudd is left with two Saturdays to choose from: October 19 and October 26.
Legal provisions
The combined provisions of the Australian Constitution and the Commonwealth Electoral Act (1918) require a minimum 33 day election campaign. They also dictate that the latest possible date for a federal election is Saturday, November 30, 2013. This is determined by Section 28 of the Constitution:
Every House of Representatives shall continue for three years from the first meeting of the House, and no longer, but may be sooner dissolved by the Governor-General.
Following the 2010 election, the 43rd parliament first met on September 28, 2010, and will expire on September 27, 2013. The House of Representatives may be dissolved earlier than the maximum term, and by convention this is done by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister.
Section 32 of the Constitution determines that:
Writs must be issued within 10 days of the expiry of the House.
Ten days after September 27, 2013, is October 7, 2013.
Section 156 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act (1918) says that:
Nominations of candidates must close at least 10 days but no more than 27 days after the date of the writ.
27 days after October 7, 2013, is November 3, 2013.
Section 157 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act determines that:
Election day must be at least 23 days but no more than 31 days after the close of nominations.
31 days after November 3, 2013, is Wednesday, December 4, 2013.
Finally, Section 158 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act demands that:
The day fixed for the polling shall be a Saturday.
The Saturday prior to December 4, 2013, is November 30, 2013.
What about the Senate?
In selecting an election date the prime minister will want there to be a Senate election held simultaneously. It would be a very brave national leader who would make Australians go to the polls more times than they needed to.
Section 13 of the Constitution requires that in half-Senate elections, the election of state senators shall take place within one year before the seats become vacant. Senators are normally elected for fixed terms of six years, commencing on July 1 in the year following the election, and ceasing on June 30 six years later. This means those Senators elected in November 2007 and sworn-in on July 1, 2008, will have their senate seat fall vacant in June 30, 2014.
Therefore a half-Senate election is required to be held between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Other provisions in the Constitution relating to the requirements of a 33 day campaign period mean the earliest date for a half-Senate election is August 3, 2013.
The agreement with the independents
Part of the agreement between the ALP and independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, which allowed Julia Gillard to form a minority government in 2010, says:
This parliament should serve its full term and that the next election will be held on a date to be agreed in September or October 2013.
With parliament having risen and the two regional independents signalling they are not running again, the status of this clause is highly debatable. If the new parliament was recalled by Rudd to pass legislative changes then there is an unlikely possibility it may come back into play.
The local government referendum
On June 24, parliament passed a bill authorising the holding of a referendum on whether to give constitutional recognition to local government. Section 128 of the Constitution provides that a referendum must be held after two months but less than six months after the approval of parliament.
According to the AEC, the combined effect of the Constitution and the Commonwealth Electoral Act is that the earliest date an election and referendum can be held simultaneously is two months and 18 days after June 24.
This means any election called before September 14 will not be able to be held simultaneously with the referendum, something the government will want to avoid. Alternatively, the government may elect to drop the referendum.
Parliamentary sitting days
A further complication is presented by the scheduled sitting of parliament on the weeks of August 20-22, August 26–29 and September 9-12.
It may be that the new prime minister wishes the parliament to sit again to consider legislative changes. However, this carries with it a new set of risks around managing the parliament and its members as well as providing the opposition with a platform to attack the new administration.
If the government wishes to avoid another sitting of parliament then an October election date is problematic.
When will Rudd name the election date?
One of the prerogatives of the prime minister is to name the election date. The prime minister is required to provide 33 days notice. But beyond that, there is no legal requirement to let the public know.
This arrangement delivers a significant advantage to the incumbent. It allows the prime minister to select a date which they believe gives them the best chance of winning.
Julia Gillard broke with convention by naming the September election date when she delivered a National Press Club speech in late January. There were mixed views about the political wisdom of this move. Either way, it has had a flow-on effect for Kevin Rudd by increasing the pressure on him to name a date.
The traditional line for a prime minister - "that's for me to know and you to find out" - is unlikely to hold for long given he is creating uncertainty by switching from a date that was previously known.
The Commonwealth, Queensland and Tasmania are the last remaining Australian jurisdictions not to have a fixed election date. For convenience and certainty it is a reform that should be adopted at the federal level. It will also mean people will be spared highly speculative commentary pieces like this one.
Finally, don't forget Australia's media outlets. They are waiting for tens of millions of dollars in advertising bookings by the political parties. These bookings would have been well advanced for September 14, particularly in prime-time slots. Now the media buyers will be frantically checking availability around the dates below (click to view), while the rest of the country awaits Kevin Rudd's announcement of a new polling date.


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NBehave source moved to Google Code
Well, we're fed up with it. CodePlex is a great home for everything…except source control. We've decided to keep all things project related (wiki, releases, discussions, etc.) on CodePlex, but move our source to Google Code.
We got the inspiration from the MvcContrib project, which is doing the same thing. Too many people love their SVN, it turns out. With Google Code, we can use SVN as our SCC provider instead of TFS. Pulling down source, submitting patches, and other source-related tasks should get much easier.
Our Google Code project can be found here:
And the source can be browsed here:
Our public CCNET instance has been updated, which can be found here:
It's been a bit of a journey integration NSpec and finding a new home for the source code, and moving to SVN should make all of our lives a little easier.


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A surprise suitor has entered the sweepstakes for four-time MVP Peyton Manning's services: the San Francisco 49ers.
NFL Network's Michael Lombardi confirmed an ESPN report that Manning was evaluated by 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman on Tuesday at Duke University in Durham, N.C. ESPN also reported that the 49ers had Manning undergo a medical examination on Wednesday.
Until Friday, it had been assumed that only four teams were seriously in the hunt for Manning, including the Denver Broncos, Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals.
ESPN reports that the Cardinals have been advised that they are no longer a consideration to become Manning's next team.
On Friday, Broncos officials, including John Elway, traveled to North Carolina, to watch Manning work out. Manning is also expected to work out for the Titans. On Wednesday, Manning met with Titans officials in Nashville for nearly seven hours.
Niners quarterback Alex Smith recently became a free agent, despite reportedly being close to signing a three-year deal to return to the team.
The 49ers are looking to upgrade their wide receivers during free agency, having already signed Randy Moss to a one-year deal. The team also hosted free-agent recievers Mario Manningham and Brandon Lloyd on Thursday.


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Saying the citizens of Florida need assurances that their money is being spent correctly, Gov. Rick Scott wants Citizens Property Insurance to have its own inspector general.
Creating the job will require a change in state law, and Scott says he will make it a priority for the upcoming legislative session. The governor noted that his own chief inspector general is investigating Citizens.
"What I'm worried about is misbehavior, mismanagement," Scott said. "They dismissed their Office of Corporate Integrity. I've asked for two IG investigations. Because this was set up for the benefit of the citizens, taxpayers of the state are taking the risk with this property insurance company and I'm worried about it."
Citizens officials said they were open to the governor's ideas but hadn't been briefed on any proposals.
"Although we cannot comment on legislative proposals we have not seen, we certainly welcome any discussion of ideas for strengthening our current oversight procedures," said Christine Ashburn, Citizens' director of legislative and external affairs.
Lawmakers and watchdog groups applauded Scott's announcement, saying they think the independent auditing and investigative services that an inspector general would provide would benefit Citizens and policyholders.


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L-R Mom, Travis, Kirsten, Dad-Christmas 2010
Week 51. Holiday Events. Where did your family gather for Christmas or Hanukkah as a child? Which family members and friends attended the event?
Christmas Eve was the time for our family's celebration. Every year we would attend our church's Sunday School Christmas Program and church services. The program never varied over the years. It was the retelling of the Christmas Story. Joseph and Mary, The Manger, Wisemen, and shepherds were the stars of this story. Christmas Carols were sung. The evening ended with ushers passing out paper lunch size sacks filled with shelled peanuts, hard filled Christmas candy, and chocolate drops.
Pre-1966, my mom, dad, sister-Linda, and myself would arrive home to find that Santa had visited while we were in church. Christmas Eve was also special as we were allowed to have pop as a treat. My dad would have to go to the liquor store to purchase it.
My younger sister, Nancy, was born in 1966 and my brother, Neil, in 1968. Christmas Eve traditions continued, pretty much unchanged, until my parents moved to Texas in 1981. We were only able to visit once for Christmas in Texas.
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- Use regular strength — 6 percent — bleach for the bath. Do not use concentrated bleach.
- Measure the amount of bleach before adding it to the bath water. Use a measuring cup or measuring spoon to add the bleach to the bath. For a full bathtub of water, use a half cup of bleach. For a half-full tub of water, add a quarter cup of bleach. For a baby or toddler bathtub, add one teaspoon of bleach per gallon of water.
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - President Barack Obama is looking forward to meeting Pope Francis in the near future, the White House said on Tuesday, saying Mr Obama is paying close attention to the pope's work on addressing inequality.
"I do not have any more details for you on that - timing or location - except to say that the president very much looks forward to a meeting," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at a briefing.
Mr Obama quoted the pope in a December speech in which the president pledged to devote the rest of his time in office to addressing the gap between rich and poor in the United States.
"I think that you can take from that that the president is certainly aware of and paying attention to the work being done by the pope and the Vatican," Carney said.
Secretary of State John Kerry met with the pope's top aide, Secretary of State Archbishop Pietro Parolin, on Tuesday to discuss Middle East peace efforts. Following the meeting, Mr Kerry told reporters that Mr Obama would visit the Vatican.


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sp_dropextendedproperty (Transact-SQL)
Drops an existing extended property.
[ @name = ] { 'property_name' }
[ , [ @level0type = ] { 'level0_object_type' }
, [ @level0name = ] { 'level0_object_name' }
[ , [ @level1type = ] { 'level1_object_type' }
, [ @level1name = ] { 'level1_object_name' }
[ , [ @level2type = ] { 'level2_object_type' }
, [ @level2name = ] { 'level2_object_name' }
[ @name= ]{ 'property_name'}
Is the name of the property to be dropped. property_name is sysname and cannot be NULL.[ @level0type= ]{ 'level0_object_type'}
Is the name of the level 0 object type specified. level0_object_type is varchar(128), with a default of NULL.Valid inputs are ASSEMBLY, CONTRACT, EVENT NOTIFICATION, FILEGROUP, MESSAGE TYPE, PARTITION FUNCTION, PARTITION SCHEME, REMOTE SERVICE BINDING, ROUTE, SCHEMA, SERVICE, USER, TRIGGER, TYPE, and NULL.
USER and TYPE as level-0 types will be removed in a future version of SQL Server. Avoid using these features in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use these features. Use SCHEMA as the level 0 type instead of USER. For TYPE, use SCHEMA as the level 0 type and TYPE as the level 1 type.
[ @level0name= ]{ 'level0_object_name'}
Is the name of the level 0 object type specified. level0_object_name is sysname with a default of NULL.[ @level1type= ]{ 'level1_object_type'}
Is the type of level 1 object. level1_object_type is varchar(128) with a default of NULL. Valid inputs are AGGREGATE, DEFAULT, FUNCTION, LOGICAL FILE NAME, PROCEDURE, QUEUE, RULE, SYNONYM, TABLE, TABLE_TYPE, TYPE, VIEW, XML SCHEMA COLLECTION, and NULL.[ @level1name= ]{ 'level1_object_name'}
Is the name of the level 1 object type specified. level1_object_name is sysname with a default of NULL.[ @level2type= ]{ 'level2_object_type'}
Is the type of level 2 object. level2_object_type is varchar(128) with a default of NULL. Valid inputs are COLUMN, CONSTRAINT, EVENT NOTIFICATION, INDEX, PARAMETER, TRIGGER, and NULL.[ @level2name= ]{ 'level2_object_name'}
Is the name of the level 2 object type specified. level2_object_name is sysname with a default of NULL.
Return Code Values
0 (success) or 1 (failure)
For the purpose of specifying extended properties, the objects in a SQL Server database are classified into three levels: 0, 1, and 2. Level 0 is the highest level and is defined as objects contained at the database scope. Level 1 objects are contained in a schema or user scope, and level 2 objects are contained by level 1 objects. Extended properties can be defined for objects at any of these levels. References to an object in one level must be qualified with the types and names of all higher level objects.
Given a valid property_name, if all object types and names are null and a property exists on the current database, that property is deleted. See example B that follows later in this topic.
Members of the db_owner and db_ddladmin fixed database roles may drop extended properties of any object with the following exception: db_ddladmin may not add properties to the database itself, or to users or roles.
Users may drop extended properties to objects they own or on which they have ALTER or CONTROL permissions. For a complete list of required permissions, see Using Extended Properties on Database Objects.
A. Dropping an extended property on a column
The following example removes the property caption from column id in table T1 contained in the schema dbo.
CREATE TABLE T1 (id int , name char (20));
EXEC sp_addextendedproperty
@name = 'caption'
,@value = 'Employee ID'
,@level0type = 'schema'
,@level0name = dbo
,@level1type = 'table'
,@level1name = 'T1'
,@level2type = 'column'
,@level2name = id;
EXEC sp_dropextendedproperty
@name = 'caption'
,@level0type = 'schema'
,@level0name = dbo
,@level1type = 'table'
,@level1name = 'T1'
,@level2type = 'column'
,@level2name = id;
B. Dropping an extended property on a database
The following example removes the property named MS_Description from the AdventureWorks2008R2 sample database. Because the property is on the database itself, no object types and names are specified.
USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
EXEC sp_dropextendedproperty
@name = N'MS_Description';
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This last 20 minutes or so redeems the whole evening for me, and I come out more impressed than I expected to be... even more so when one of my friends (who is a much bigger fan) informs me that the other encore tracks were all from his latest album. Well bugger me! There's life in the old dog yet!!
Sunday 28 March 2010
Ian Brown - Live Review
This last 20 minutes or so redeems the whole evening for me, and I come out more impressed than I expected to be... even more so when one of my friends (who is a much bigger fan) informs me that the other encore tracks were all from his latest album. Well bugger me! There's life in the old dog yet!!
10 comments:
- Mondo said...
A few years ago I was speaking to Nick Terry who produced/mixed a couple of Ian Brown solo albums - apparently he's notoriously out of tune as a singer. They get round this by double tracking the vocals to cover any dodgy notes. But live, not so easy, and there's festival footage of Ian Brown pointing at the monitors as indicating they're faulty, when actually it's voice that's gone wonky.
- Monday, March 29, 2010
- Cocktails said...
Funnily enough, I was just listening to The Second Coming on the weekend for the first time in years - I don't know what came over me! Anyway, Mr C. was making some derisory comments about the LP beforehand so I imagined that it would be even worse than what I remembered. But it wasn't - it was much better!
I've never really got into his solo work. I think that one of the main reasons why is that for me, the Roses were for a moment a v. special band (with a brilliant guitarist!)and I want to leave it at that.
See also: The Smiths and Pink Floyd! - Monday, March 29, 2010
- Piley said...
Mondo - It's almost his trademark now isn't it? If he was autotuned, people wouldn't know who it was!!
Cocktails - I bloomin love that album!! Always though it was so harshly judged at the time. Whatever they did was never going to be good enough as a follow up to the first album (in the eyes of the press anyway), but I loved the rockier feel to it - the singles off of it were fab! Did you ever try the Seahorses album? John Squire's first project after the roses? Soundwise it has the same feel to the Second coming, but a lot of people didn't like the the guys vocals (again, I didn't mind it!)
P - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Cocktails said...
Hmmm, yes, I did have a listen to the Seahorses and it just wasn't for me - probably for the same reasons that I didn't get into Ian Browns solo work.
There are some top tracks on The Second Coming. I am particularly liking Tears and Breaking into Heaven at the moment. I'm going to annoy Mr C. with them a bit more this week I think... - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Furtheron said...
Honestly never got The Stone Roses... I was probably too old. I've never got Ian Brown as a singer - as Mondo says he always has seemed too out of tune for me
I like The Seahorses - I know many didn't but that I really got, however it was a bit of a Pagefest in guitar playing terms I suppose and nothing that original. - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Heff said...
Never heard of him.
Damn these blogs are educational ! - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Piley said...
Cocktails - I love Squire's work on SC and The Seahorses stuff. I always find SC a bit fresher to listen to these days as well, as I never OD'd on it as much as the first album. His 2 solo albums are worth a listen too.
Further - Ahh!! So YOU were the other person who liked them eh?! Good to meet you!!! Guess it was a bit of a Pagefest in places, but if that helped a younger generation discover Page, then that's no bad thing in my book!
Heff - don't think the Bar n Grill will miss Ian Brown from it's CD collection!! The above mentioned John Squire is a guitarist you may dig tho!
P - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Kolley Kibber said...
For me the Stone Roses were a perfect chance occurrence, with the sum so much greater than it's constituent parts, who encapsulated an musical era so beautifully that they should all just have faded obediently away like fireworks once their moment was done.
Instead Ian Brown has doggedly and tunelessly continued to lope around like an elderly gibbon, making a horrible noise. I've never seen him as anything other than utterly pointless. You showed amazing endurance in staying for the whole show. - Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- E F RICE said...
It wasn't great but I have always liked the fact that Ian Brown's solo career, has been nothing like the sound you would have expected with the Stone Roses in mind.
I enjoyed the night, like the way he struts round the stage and I think his band are first class. I will admit it is an acquired taste but one I have grown to like quite a lot !
PS - I need to get you a copy of his greatest hits album. One of the tracks he played in his encore 'All Ablaze' is only available on this album. - Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Piley said...
ISBW - I agree with you on the Roses, and it's probably why i WANT to like IB more... It wasn't that hard work, I did find myself drifting at times, as one similar tune replaced another, but the end was good!
EFR - Yeah good point, his band were great. Oh yeah, up for that track then, ta!
P - Friday, April 02, 2010


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This year, instead of rolling out that tangled knot of old incandescent Christmas lights, consider investing in the future (and your monthly energy bill) by making the switch to low-energy LED holiday lights – you'll save a ton of electricity while spreading green goodwill to all. We've rounded up 8 of our favorite LED Christmas lights for the holiday season – from solar-powered LED snowflakes to frosty LED icicle strands and beautiful ruby-red berry lights, read on for our top picks!
So why should you invest in LED Christmas lights? Not only will they save you electricity and money, but they last up to 10 times longer than incandescents while consuming 70% less energy. This will add up to big savings on your electricity bill by the time the holiday season is over. They'll also save you some sanity, since a single LED bulb in a strand will not compromise the entire strand in the unlikely event that it does eventually burn out. And speaking of burning, you won't have to worry about any incendiary emergencies from overheating incandescent bulbs – LED lights are cool to the touch and represent much less of a fire hazard.
When LED Holiday lights first hit store shelves, some early adopters were turned off by their cool blue-ish hue, their tendency to flicker, and their tendency towards unidirectional shine. Flash forward to 2012 and we're happy to say that advances in technology have addressed all of these issues. As you can see from the following examples, many of today's LED Christmas lights feature "warm white" bulbs that cast an even, yellowish glow, reminiscent of an incandescent, without the flickering. There is also a great assortment of omnidirectional LED holiday lights available today – for instance, these wide angle LED lights and red berry LED lights – which are topped with cleverly designed diffusers that enable them to spread cheer from every angle.
Warm White "Champagne" Mini LED Bulbs
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If you're a traditionalist at heart, consider picking up a pack or two of these warm white C7 LED lights – they feature larger bulbs that hold up a faithful candle to the glimmering vintage light strands of holiday seasons past. Each 10 ft. string of lights features 25 LED bulbs spaced at 5-inch intervals.
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After speaking with Oujmane Keita, one of the owners of Bier International this past week, he informed us of this weeks upcoming "German Beer Week" Celebrating the 496th Anniversary of the "Reinheitsgebot" German Purity Law. Bier International will be celebrating German Beer Week in New York City, April 23 through the 30th. Saturday night (April 21st) was packed this past weekend. I'm sure the crowds will continue in celebrating the 496th Anniversary of the "Reinheitsgebot" German Purity Law this week.
We will keep you posted on what you can look forward to staring tomorrow Monday the 23rd each day of German Beer Week. See one of our previous reviews of Bier International.
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A classic car once owned by John Bonham is in need of a new home.
Bruce Screen purchased Bonzo's old 1915 Ford Model T 11 years ago and is now looking to move it on, according to the Express and Star.
He told the newspaper: "It needs to be seen and looked after. I'd be interested to hear from people with ideas about where it could go.
"Everyone asks what it is worth but the truth is there is no way of knowing because it's unique. I'm too frightened to drive it on the roads."
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Full Polished Grille Guard by Onki®. Protect the front end of your truck, van or sport utility from surprise dangers, and add style with all-stainless steel polished brightness. A full wraparound design gives a greater level of headlight assembly protection where others fall short. Easy, no-drill installation.
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Not only does Onki's Full Stainless Steel Grille Guard provide a dazzling, unadulterated look of all-stainless steel, it provides full protection from brush, game, and other objects that suddenly appear without warning. Unique, wrap-around designs are tailored to each vehicle and fully protect side areas of headlight assemblies that easily get damaged in side-corner incidents. Onki's Full Stainless Steel Grille Guard mounts easily with no drilling, and comes with all mounting hardware and instructions. Headlight grille sections are removable for vehicle cleaning, and pre-drilled holes on the grille guard allow no-fuss mounting of auxiliary lights. Onki's high level of commitment to customer satisfaction and quality control quickly becomes obvious when looking at any of its products, and this grille guard is no exception. After being crafted from triple-plated stainless steel with the use of precision-fitted joints and hidden welds, assembly line quality checks are performed by laser to ensure all tolerances are within specification. After that, the stainless steel finish is polished to perfection for a seamless appearance that would look proper on any ultra-luxury vehicle. Onki offers a limited lifetime warranty so you can be sure the grille guard will last as long as you own your vehicle, and add to its resale value when you sell it.
Founded in California during the late 1990s, Onki Corporation® has grown as a supplier of innovative sport utility and truck products due to their focus on high quality and customer service. Running boards available with creative colorful expressions and backlighting, grille guards, nerf boards, exhaust tips, and a selection of Hummer H2 accessories are just a few examples of the stylish and durable offerings from Onki. The company's goal is to become one of the leading auto accessory manufacturers and distributors in the United States, and Onki works hard to listen to customer needs and demands as they grow into tomorrow.


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Summary: Answers.com uses blade servers, open-source software and other tech tools to craft a robust Internet infrastructure for dispatching on-demand information to millions of users each month. In the highly competitive Internet search segment, success is measured in microseconds, and slow-loading pages can cost millions in lost advertising revenue. Dan Marriott, director of operations at the New York-based Q&A community site, tells how a "zero single point of failure" environment ensures both speed and reliability.
As director of operations at the world's leading Q&A community site, I am responsible for providing a lot of answers—literally. Answers.com delivers on-demand information to tens of millions of unique visitors each month and must do so as fast as possible because Internet users do not like waiting, and latency measured in seconds translates into significant losses.
With these demands in mind, we designed the Web infrastructure and content serving systems for Answers.com and other Web properties in our network to be blazingly fast, highly reliable and extremely scalable. As key management at a publicly traded company, we have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that Answers.com never goes down.
Answers.com constitutes the world's largest pool of community-supplied Q&A information combined with authoritative reference information. In total, Answers.com sites maintain a database of 9 million community-supplied answers to questions covering topics that run the gamut from travel to technology. Recently, Answers.com reached 5 million registered users.
In the highly competitive Internet Q&A and information search segment, success is measured in microseconds, and slow-loading pages can cost millions in lost advertising revenues. Naturally, we have put serious thought into the Internet infrastructure behind the Answers.com network. Through trial, error and hundreds of hours of testing, we built out a custom application stack designed for screamingly fast content delivery to anywhere in the world at any time, in a manner that accommodates any type of network connection.
But providing fast content delivery is not enough. We also must have a fully redundant architecture that minimizes the chance of catastrophic technology collapses. For that reason, we operate a "zero single point of failure" environment. Every server in our network infrastructure has a redundant counterpart. We run redundant power supplies, redundant switches and load balancers, redundant firewalls and redundant rack chassis clusters.
We checked out various blade providers before going with Hewlett-Packard as our primary server vendor. A key factor in the decision involved the features HP incorporated into its blades. For example, we use solid-state drives fairly extensively in our database tier, and HP was the first to offer PCI-based SSDs that could be incorporated within the blade form factor. It altered our whole approach to our database tier.
Another positive was the ability to add two- and four-port network interface cards, a key functional requirement for us. Based on the range of operational expenses—including power consumption, cooling, space/rack requirements, support and maintenance, and system administration—we found that the HP products offered better than 20 percent cost savings compared with other servers at that time.
For colocation, we use two facilities near the East and West Coasts. Each colocation server cluster provides sufficient CPU and bandwidth capacity to handle at least 120 percent of our peak traffic requirements. This gives us a total burst capacity of well over 200 percent of estimated peak traffic.
To speed that content on its way, we also deploy Varnish, an open-source HTTP caching application, in front of our LAMP-stack infrastructure. It also supports an essential requirement: to purge specific pages from cache any time they are updated.
On the client side, Answers.com uses now-standard practices to reduce load times, including deployment of CSS Sprites, combined files and image maps. Our engineering team uses Asynchronous Java-Script and XML (AJAX) wherever possible to let users down-load content in the background that can be quickly displayed.


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by Clerquette
Yes, Groupies: Clerquette realizes that it is merely November, and that drugstores everywhere are still stocked with Halloween candy (at fire sale prices, Clerquette hastens to add, for those of you who didn't get your fill of Sweet-Tarts and Hershey's Miniatures!). And, yes, Clerquette is aware that there are a sprawling 41 shopping days left before Christmas. But, after hearing sad news of the death of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's husband, John, Clerquette thought that a little holiday cheer might be in order. To wit, we have started compiling a non-denominational Holiday Wish List for Groupies. After all, it's never too early to start passing around a list of items you might want to find under your tree/menorah/other non-exclusionary shrine to holidays which happen to fall in December. One caveat: if you, dear Groupies, count yourselves among the devotees of Santa Claus, you will need to establish, with a reasonable degree of certainty, that you have been "nice," and need not be relegated to the list of naughty coal-receivers. I leave this task in your wise discretion.
With that, Clerquette suggests the following treats:
1)At the intersection of sabermetrics and High Court Geek Love lies ... "Supreme Court Sluggers" collectible baseball cards! The first in a promised series of trading cards features Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., who stares, glassy-eyed, from the front of the card, clad in a judicial robe and pitchers' mitt. The cards are the creation of the folks at The Green Bag -- whom, incidentally, Groupies can thank for the brilliant desk-bling we think of as the "Highest Bobbleheads in the Land". According to TGB, "the portrait of Chief Justice Roberts was inspired by the classic Mordecai 'Three Finger' Brown trading card;" Brown, was a "Natural" choice for a Roberts doppelganger because (says TGB) he "was a pitcher, the #1 position on a baseball team, just as Roberts, as Chief Justice, is effectively #1 in seniority on the Supreme Court." The Roberts card is a charming, spoke-ready morsel of inside baseball: for example, baseball nostalgists will be delighted by its portrait-within-a-portrait of Bill Klem, the "John Marshall of umpires, while the compilation, on the back of the card, of Roberts stats and quotes will make the Supreme Court fan on your gift list brandish his/her foam finger in unmitigated joy. Give us an "O"! Give us a "Y"! Give us an "E" ...
2) Joan Biskupic, American Original (2009). Just in time for Christmas comes this new biography of Justice Antonin "Nino" Scalia -- a.k.a. the Simon Cowell of the High Court. Biskupic, who has covered the Court since 1989, theorizes that Nino's flair for, well, flair, may have "roots in his childhood in Trenton and Queens." No: Biskupic is not suggesting that Nino was traumatized by the experience of Growing Up B&T; rather -- as she explained to SCOTUSblog's Tom Goldstein -- as the only child in his nuclear and extended families, Nino "had the spotlight on him the entire time." This blogress, for one, was tres tickled by the thought of Nino honing his razor-sharp wit, gift for showmanship, and operatic panache in front of a couchful of expectant relatives who, while waiting to be served an Italian feast, expect to be entertained, darn it. (We further deduce that the Clan Scalia probably never had a kids' table. No hiding behind baby talk for young Nino!) Clerquette was also fascinated by Biskupic's revelation that, despite his initial resistance, Nino eventually agreed to sit for extensive interviews. What won him over? Biskupic's research on a topic of great interest to Justice Scalia -- to wit: Justice Scalia. While you're waiting for your copy of American Original, check out the podcast of Biskupic's interview with Goldstein (see link above, or find it at the iTunes Store), or this interview with NPR diva Nina Totenberg, the link to which includes an excerpt from the book.
3) Given today's economy and the current reluctance of many to spend their hard-earned/non-existent bonuses on luxury goods, Clerquette suggests this stocking-stuffer for the sports fan-Groupie on your list: a membership in FantasySCOTUS.net, the newly minted Supreme Court Fantasy League. Recent law-school grad and self-described "big Supreme Court nerd" Josh Blackman created the site so that Groupies like you -- like us, dear readers -- can "play like the Tenth Justice." The Rules, Blackman explains, are "simple":
For each case the Supreme Court grants cert, predict:
-The Outcome of the Case (Affirm or Reverse the lower Court)
-The Split (9-0, 8-1, 7-2, 6-3, 5-4, 4-1-4, or fragmented)
- The Justices in the Majority, and the Justices in the DissentAt the end of the Term, the Associate Justice who predicts the most cases correctly will be confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Fantasy Supreme Court League, and win a to-be-determined prize.
In true appellate fashion, memberships fees are three-tiered; they range from free (for students and the unemployed) to $10. If you're a betting man, woman, or Groupie, Clerquette says: Christmas has come early this year! Indulge! If you're searching for a gift that will keep on giving -- at least from October to late June/early July -- look no further! FantasySCOTUS.net will keep your favorite groupie busy, away from productive activity, and unable to engage in telephone conversations while formulating bets for months to come. Hey: at least there's no draft.
Drop Clerquette a line with YOUR gift suggestions! You can email me at [email protected], or find me on Facebook!