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We hate to say we told you so - but we did. This was entirely predictable. According to SPIEGEL - Germans are increasingly "disillusioned" with President Obama:
In a new global survey released on Wednesday, approval of President Barack Obama's policies has declined significantly since he first took office. Overall confidence in Obama and attitudes towards the US have slipped modestly as a consequence. By several measures some of the greatest slippage has occurred in Germany, especially with regard to America's image and Obama's foreign policies. After more than three years in office, Germans are disappointed in the US president's unilateralism; his use of force, particularly drone strikes; his inaction with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian situation and his lack of effort in curbing climate change.
And here is the top scenario Davids Medienkritik predicted in 2008 for an Obama presidency:
Analysis: The initial euphoria of an Obama victory and Republican defeat will lead some to predict a bold new era of happiness in transatlantic relations. These predictions will gradually be worn to a cool realism/cynicism by geopolitical realities which will inevitably manifest themselves through differences over trade, the use of force in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East, the unwillingness of even the Democrats to go along with Kyoto, etc. Obama may remain quite popular as a personality in the German media. The Republicans - despite their reduced role - will continue to act as foils and receive blame for all that goes wrong. The refrain that what Bush has broken will take time to fix may well grow to become a reflexive defense for some time to come among those who insist on clinging to their own initial euphoria.
But at least Obama is convincing Germans that he is making progress in transforming the American economy into a more socially-just copy of the German economy. According to the SPIEGEL piece:
"Germans also don't see America as an economic superpower. In 2008, only 30 percent of Germans named China as the world's leading economic player. Now 62 percent do, while only 13 percent say the U.S. plays that role. No other Europeans judge American economic prowess so harshly."
But it's really too bad that Germans still don't love America now that Bush is gone - we thought that his departure would end all anti-American feeling. All there is left to say is...


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R.I.P. Artist Kurt Dalen Friday, 06 December 2013 /// Written by Trippe
Sad to have learned today that last night's hit and run victim in the Mission was that of SF artist Kurt Dalen who studied at SFAI. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Below is a short on Dalen produced in 2009. He was a talented painter.
The Energy That is All Around @SFAI Friday, 27 September 2013 /// Written by Trippe
The Energy That is All Around (thru Dec 14th) at the San Fracisco Art Institute's Walter and McBean Galleries is hands-down the best gallery show I've seen in a while. Showing the work of Chris Johanson, Margaret Kilgallen, Alicia McCarthy, Barry McGee, and Ruby Neri, the show commemorates these Mission School artsits after gaining two decades of recognition not only in the Bay Area, but worldwide. The works alone are obviously phenomenal, but the way in which the gallery intertwined them with each other brought a sense of balance and community that speaks to more than the geographical proximity which links these artists.
The night started with a small and mature crowd but quickly snowballed when students and the public were allowed in. Several rock bands played on the patio as the beer and wine flowed, and it was so clear that we could see the new Bay Bridge sparkling in the distance. It was exciting. Students could not only gather with each other, but look at work of SFAI alumni who have clearly made an impact on both the local and international artworlds. Hopefully, one or two of them will return in twenty years with their impactful work, continuing this energetic evolution.
Margaret Kilgallen, Untitled, 1997
Alicia McCarthy, Barry McGee, and Ruby Neri, Untitled, 2013
Margaret Kilgallen, Untitled, 2000
"ENERGY THAT IS ALL AROUND" - Great Show Not to be Missed at SFAI Opening Sept 12th Friday, 30 August 2013 /// Written by Trippe
SAN FRANCISCO --- Mark your calendars, people, as the show ENERGY THAT IS ALL AROUND featuring works by Chris Johanson, Margaret Kilgallen, Alicia McCarthy, Barry McGee, and Ruby Neri is one not to be missed which opens Wednesday, Sept 12th at SFAI.
ENERGY THAT IS ALL AROUND features early and formative work by five artists—Chris Johanson, Margaret Kilgallen, Alicia McCarthy, Barry McGee, and Ruby Neri—who began their careers in the early 1990s in San Francisco's Mission District and, by the early aughts, had been identified and celebrated as key members of the so-called Mission School.
~show details
Honey Boo Boo's Amurrican Starquest Thursday, 06 June 2013 /// Written by Van Edwards
Ingrid Wells just got her MFA from The San Francisco Art Institute and these oil paintings from her Honey Boo Boo's Amurrican Starquest were on display as part of the recent MFA exhibition... Ingrid Wells works and lives in San Francisco.
SFAI's MFA Show "Currency" Opening Friday Thursday, 16 May 2013 /// Written by Trippe
Wowzas, there's a lot of art happenings this weekend, and while you're making the rounds, be sure to stop at SFAI's MFA show Currency opening Friday, May 17th at the beautiful old SF Mint Building (88 5th Street).
SFAI's 2013 MFA graduates—working in painting, photography, printmaking, film, sculpture, installation, digital media, performance, and across media—will present work that embraces the Institute's signature spirit of experimentation and conceptual risk-taking.
Opening reception: Friday, May 17, 7–9 pm & running through Sunday 11-6pm daily. -- complete details
Photography by Vladimir Tikay Thursday, 09 May 2013 /// Written by Trippe
I'm originally from nicaragua. I grew up and operated in San Jose, CA. Last August I moved up 2 sf to study photography and film at SFAI. One day it'll all make sense (2008-2012) - expired color film - thespacetraveler.com
SFAI's Graduate Studios Saturday Thursday, 18 April 2013 /// Written by Trippe
FREE FUN EVENT Saturday ~~ SFAI will host their Graduate Open Studios this Saturday, April 20th (12-5pm) where some 200 emerging artists in all disciplines (and all in one building) open up their studios to the general public in the Dogpatch neighborhood. ~Complete Details
Mike Giant Lecture @SFAI 4/11 Tuesday, 02 April 2013 /// Written by Trippe
Mike Giant will be giving a free lecture at SFAI this April 11th @7pm at their main campus (800 Chestnut St.). Mike will also be selling screen printed posters before and after the lecture.
Out & About Tuesday, 19 February 2013 /// Written by Van Edwards
Drinks were had at the opening of the Contemporary Jewish Muesum's great show with Kehinde Wiley, a graduate of SFAI, now on display, and a show that you're highly encouraged to get to. If you're unfamiliar, Kehinde creates iconic grand portraits of black urban men from around the world.
Also on display through the 24th are illustrations from the award-winning author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats <-- this is a very entertaining show worth getting to as well. Only on display through Sunday.
Photos of the work weren't allowed, but people were ok. Here: Mrs Trippe, Jeremy Fish, Jade, and Art Business' Alan Bamburger at Wiley's opening last week
Work by illustrator Ezra Jack Keats
Mario Ayala - Mini Interview Friday, 15 February 2013 /// Written by Trippe
I grew up in Los Angeles/ Inland Empire area and currently live in Oakland. Im 21, and I'm in my last year at San Francisco Art Institute. ayalamario.tumblr.com/
I guess I would tell someone I primarily work on paper, prefferibly stretched over panels. I use a wide range of mediums, gouache, enamel, oil, etc. My imagery derives from various interests I have, drug/alcohol consumption, Suburbia, and Santeria to name a few.
Jazz, Giorgio Morandi, James Bond, the Lost Bros familia, my dog Bubba Gucci, but my biggest influence has got to be my father. Hardest working man I know.
PIZZA!/ Sam's Burgers on broadway
Haven't done much traveling, but I recently visited New York for the first time last summer and was pretty stoked on it.
I try an work either early in the morning, but I usually end up working on things late at night shackled in my atelier listening to some jazz or oldies. You know, that Art Laboe shit.
Alex Ziv Studio Visit Friday, 25 January 2013 /// Written by Trippe
Last Thursday we visited the studio of SFAI graduate painting student Alex Ziv located out in San Francisco's Dog Patch. Inside an old warehouse is SFAI's graduate studios, and within the massive building is Alex's studio space sandwiched between dozens of other students' studios.
We first met Alex when visiting Henry Gunderson's studio when he and Henry were undergraduates at SFAI. Back in like 2009.
Return to SFAI Party, Sat, Nov 3rd Wednesday, 24 October 2012 /// Written by Trippe
The San Francisco Art Institute has extended a discounted ticket rate ($15 off) to Fecal Face viewers through Oct 29th for their Return to SFAI Party happening on Saturday, Nov 3rd (5-10pm) at their Russian Hill campus.
The evening will feature an alumni art exhibition, specialty cocktails by THE BON VIVANTS, Hors d'oeuvres by renowned Bay Area chefs, Exclusive performance by SFAI alumna KAREN FINLEY, and live music by Bay Area punk icons and SFAI alumni PENELOPE HOUSTON of The Avengers and DEBORA IYALL of Romeo Void.
Besides all the food and drink, SFAI has the most beautiful campus with incredible views of the city from their huge roof deck. A great way to spend an evening, plus the next day, on Sunday, will feature The SFAI Winter Art Festival (11-4pm) ~see ya there
~complete details | discounted tickets
Michelle Ramin & SFAI Grad Show Thursday, 10 May 2012 /// Written by Trippe
Thanks to Michelle Ramin for emailing us some her recent paintings. Michelle will be displaying her work as part of SFAI's MFA graduate show running this weekend and opening Friday, May 11th at the Pheonix Hotel here in San Francisco.
"The MFA Graduate Exhibition is one of the most exciting times for SFAI's Graduate Program, when we see in one place the manifestation of two years of labor, sacrifice, and commitment by a new generation of artists ready to contribute to the landscape of contemporary art and culture," says Tony Labat, Director of MFA Programs. "The Bay Area has always been at the forefront of artists and curators seeking alternative spaces for exhibition and production, and this exhibition continues that important tradition." -Details (scroll down)
Jeremy Fish Talk, May 2nd Thursday, 26 April 2012 /// Written by Trippe
Our buddy Jeremy Fish will be giving a talk Wednesday, May 2nd (7-9pm) at SFAI here in San Francisco to discuss the development of his career as a painter and illustrator. It's free and open to the public. -complete details
SFAI Open Studios Saturday Thursday, 12 April 2012 /// Written by Trippe
Join the San Francisco Art Institute on Saturday, April 14 for Graduate Open Studios. Our students are excited to welcome the public for a rare behind-the-scenes look at the experiments, materials, challenges, and results of the creative process. ~details
Painting by Michelle Ramin Friday, 28 October 2011 /// Written by Trippe
Great painting emailed in from SF based Michelle Ramin whose studying to get her MFI @SFAI.
SFAI MFA Show Tonight, Fri Friday, 13 May 2011 /// Written by Trippe
Happy Friday the 13th --> SFAI opens thier MFA Graduate Exhibition tonight (6-8pm) on Treasure Island (yeah, in the middle of the Bay w/ awesome views of the city) at the SF Winery --> the show runs through May 21st and can be viewed daily 11am-6pm.
2pm update: Free shuttle from SFMOMA every 20min. Last shuttle back to the city at 10pm <-- thanks to Chris who left this info in the comments section. See you there.
The San Francisco Art Institute is proud to announce the 2011 MFA Graduate Exhibition, opening May 13 at The Winery SF on Treasure Island. As SFAI celebrates its 140th Anniversary, the exhibition continues the school's tradition of innovation, showcasing 72 graduating MFA students working in painting, photography, printmaking, film, sculpture, installation, digital media, performance, and more. ~complete details
Loaded @Diego Rivera Gallery (SFAI) Tuesday, 22 March 2011 /// Written by Henry Gunderson
Loaded: Mar 7-12, 2011 @Diego Rivera Gallery (SFAI)
Works by Alex Chaves, Kerbi Urbanowski, and Rachel Mica Weiss.
Artist Henry Gunderson got some photos from a recent show featuring some of his fellow students and friends at SF's SFAI.
SFAQ Saturday @SFAI Friday, 12 November 2010 /// Written by Trippe
SF Arts Quarterly's new issue focusing on the Mission has been out for some time and available around town in galleries and other artist venues... This Saturday at SFAI is their second symposium/ party w/ speakers J.D. Beltran, Glen Helfand, Renny Pritikin, Tony Labat, and Amy Berk. Art, music, alcohol ~full details
Chris Pugliese, Van Arno, Casey Gray, & SFAQ Tuesday, 13 July 2010 /// Written by Trippe
Last Saturday we headed down to the Tenderloin to view works from Chris Pugliese and Van Arno at The Shooting Gallery and next door to White Walls to view stencil works by recent SFAI painting masters graduate Casey Gray... Also swung through SFAI for SFAQ's issue #2 release party. Good times indeed.
Great oil paintings by Chris Pugliese
Stencils by Casey Gray
@SFAI for the SFAQ's release party
Gone Fishin' Tuesday, 13 October 2015 11:39
I don't think at this point it needs to be written since the last update to Fecal Face was a long time ago, but...
I, John Trippe, have put this baby Fecal Face to bed. I'm now focusing my efforts on running ECommerce at DLX which I'm very excited about... I guess you can't take skateboarding out of a skateboarder.
It was a great 15 years, and most of that effort can still be found within the site. Click around. There's a lot of content to explore.
Hit me up if you have any ECommerce related questions. - trippe.io
SF Giants' World Series Trophy & DLX Wednesday, 04 March 2015 17:21
I'm not sure how many people are lucky enough to have The San Francisco Giants 3 World Series trophies put on display at their work for the company's employees to enjoy during their lunch break, but that's what happened the other day at Deluxe. So great.
Alexis Anne Mackenzie - 2/28 Wednesday, 25 February 2015 10:21
SAN FRANCISCO --- Alexis Anne Mackenzie opens Multiverse at Eleanor Harwood in the Mission on Saturday, Feb 28th. -details
The Death of the Artist—and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur Wednesday, 21 January 2015 10:34
When works of art become commodities and nothing else, when every endeavor becomes "creative" and everybody "a creative," then art sinks back to craft and artists back to artisans—a word that, in its adjectival form, at least, is newly popular again. Artisanal pickles, artisanal poems: what's the difference, after all? So "art" itself may disappear: art as Art, that old high thing. Which—unless, like me, you think we need a vessel for our inner life—is nothing much to mourn.
Hard-working artisan, solitary genius, credentialed professional—the image of the artist has changed radically over the centuries. What if the latest model to emerge means the end of art as we have known it? --continue reading
"Six Degrees" @FFDG Friday, 16 January 2015 09:30
"Six Degrees" opens tonight, Friday Jan 16th (7-10pm) at FFDG in San Francisco. ~Group show featuring: Brett Amory, John Felix Arnold III, Mario Ayala, Mariel Bayona, Ryan Beavers, Jud Bergeron, Chris Burch, Ryan De La Hoz, Martin Machado, Jess Mudgett, Meryl Pataky, Lucien Shapiro, Mike Shine, Minka Sicklinger, Nicomi Nix Turner, and Alex Ziv.
In Wake of Attack, Comix Legend Says Satire Must Stay Offensive Friday, 09 January 2015 09:59
"[Satire] is important because it brings out the flaws we all have and throws them up on the screen of another person," said Turner. "How they react sort of shows how important that really is." Later, he added, "Charlie took a hit for everybody." -read on
Solidarity Thursday, 08 January 2015 09:36
SF Bay Area: What Might Have Been Tuesday, 06 January 2015 09:36
The San Francisco Bay Area is renowned for its tens of thousands of acres of beautiful parks and public open spaces.
What many people don't know is that these lands were almost lost to large-scale development. link
1/5/14 - Going Back Monday, 05 January 2015 10:49
Jacob Mcgraw-Mikelson & Rachell Sumpter @Park Life (5/23) Friday, 23 May 2014 09:22
Opening tonight, Friday May 23rd (7-10pm) at Park Life in the Inner Richmond (220 Clement St) is Again Home Again featuring works from the duo Jacob Mcgraw-Mikelson & Rachell Sumpter who split time living in Sacramento and a tiny island at the top of Pudget Sound with their children.
Jacob Magraw will be showing embroidery pieces on cloth along with painted, gouache works on paper --- Rachell Sumpter paints scenes of colored splendor dropped into scenes of desolate wilderness. ~show details
NYPD told to carry spray paint to cover graffiti Wednesday, 21 May 2014 10:37
NYC --- A new graffiti abatement program put forth by the police commissioner has beat cops carrying cans of spray paint to fill in and cover graffiti artists work in an effort to clean up the city --> Many cops are thinking it's a waste of resources, but we're waiting to see someone make a project of it. Maybe instructions for the cops on where to fill-in?
The NYPD is arming its cops with cans of spray paint and giving them art-class-style lessons to tackle the scourge of urban graffiti, The Post has learned.
Shootings are on the rise across the city, but the directive from Police Headquarters is to hunt down street art and cover it with black, red and white spray paint, sources said... READ ON
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text: At 06:54 PM 3/19/98 -0600, Randy Brukardt wrote: >>> >While we're in the same general area, why wasn't the exit statement >>> >permitted to exit a block statement? >>> >>> Having spent a lot of effort to get this to work, I can assure that >there >>> is no such limitation in Ada 83 or in Ada 95. >> >>I think you may have misinterpreted the question. >> >>I suspect the question was why can't you use "exit foo;" to go to >>the statement immediately following the end of the enclosing block >>named foo, since blocks can have labels just like loops? >> >>I.e., why is "exit" only defined for loops? > >Having seen your answer, I think you are correct. > >I think of a block more or less like an if statement, and I don't think in >terms of "exiting" such things. (Loops are special; you have to break the >iteration somehow, or you go on forever.) What you're thinking of is more >like "return" to me, but calling it that wouldn't be possible. > >In any case, I think we both agree that such things aren't worth the >effort. A few well-placed Gotos handle the rare cases where this is >useful. > >Having said how useless I find a block exit statement, I just noticed that >all 5 gotos in Claw (to two labels) are essentially block exits. The >labels are on the line after the end of a block, and >the gotos go there. Perhaps it would have been useful! :) That was the point of my question, Randy...mike ------------------------------------------------------ Mike Kamrad [log in to unmask] BlazeNet 1.508.370.4343 x139 Suite 300 1.508.370.4344 FAX 1671 Worcester Road Framingham MA 01701


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As I had lived in Barcelona for 12
years (1989-2001) and come back to this city many times since, I have
never really "explored" its system as I would in other
cities where I might be visiting maybe just once in a lifetime. So
while on other occasions I mostly came to catch up with old friends
and see new or refurbished stations, this time I stayed for several
days to do some real work for my forthcoming "Metro & Tram
Atlas Spain" due for release later this year. For some
impressions gathered at the end of 2012, click here.
Barcelona is probably the most exciting
city in Spain for urban rail enthusiasts because it offers such a
variety of different modes, including several funicular railways and
aerial cable cars. In the Metro field, I decided to ride on all lines
because there is always something new to discover. Many stations have
been refurbished in recent years, some in a sober way, some very
pleasantly. I was quite surprised when a saw the colourful design of
Bellvitge station on L1, for example. I also like the bright
panelling at Joanic or Alfons X on L4 or Sants Estació on L3,
especially when compared to the cheap panelling used in earlier
refurbishments like at Urquinaona (L1 & L4) or Lesseps (L3). At
the latter, however, I was surprised to find a huge new entrance
built in provision for the now mothballed section of L9, although the
stairs down to the narrow platforms are still a bottleneck. Most
stations have meanwhile been retrofitted with lifts, which must have
been quite a challenge, not only due to the depth of some stations,
but due to narrow platforms and fare gates that require multiple
What I still don't like in many
stations in Barcelona, however, is the often ugly wall behind the
tracks in those stations with a middle supporting wall, a problem
Barcelona shares with cities like Vienna. Budapest's refurbished M2
showed clearly what a difference it makes! Another more technical
problem in Barcelona is the lack of ventilation in the stations while
all trains are air-conditioned and therefore discharge the heat in
the stations creating a kind of oven, while inside the train it is
like a fridge! Just the new L9/L10 is an exception, while especially
the stations in the city centre can get unbearable, and not only in
the summer.
Being a Mediterranean city with life
continuing late into the night even on weekdays, I find it strange
that the Metro closes at midnight. I think it should at least run
until 1 a.m. During my 12-year stay in Barcelona it used to close at
23:00! Now it runs all night on Saturdays.
This time I also took a ride out to
L11, the cute line of the system, with semi-automatic 2-car trains
shuttling deep below ground. When I was there some 10 years ago, it
was still operated manually, but now four of the five stations have
platform screen doors, and the trains run driverless, although not
completely. For a reason I do not quite understand, the driver on
board takes over in ATO mode between Casa de l'Aigua and Trinitat
Nova, where L11 terminates on the opposite side of L4 sharing the
same island platform. I wouldn't see a reason why platform screen
doors could not be added here, too. Anyway, this way the train looks
a bit less spooky with an attendant on board. The line was fairly
used during late morning hours, so it seems to provide the right
level of service it was supposed to provide. Due to the tight
schedule on L4 and with only one track available here to reverse
(drivers skip one train to be able to walk from end to end!),
connections are not guaranteed and often it may be frustrating to see
an L4 train leave just when L11 arrives. Although I had done it
before, I was quite surprised that from the L4/L11 platform you need
to go down some 4-5! levels to reach the L3 platform, which in return
was not very busy.
I took a full day to explore the FGC
lines departing from Plaça Catalunya towards the Vallès area and
found it sad that the term "Metro del Vallès" is hardly
visible nowadays. It was a catchy brand (and I was told that locals
and students of the Universitat Autònoma actually use it!) and quite
adequate as lines S1 and S2, reinforced by S5 and S55 run as often as
every 6 minutes to Sant Cugat, where they split. Along the line there
are many old station buildings giving nice photo motifs. There are
many new trains from CAF with a rather posh interior, but
unfortunately, once again, what look like ergonomic seats, did not
fit my back bones! Instead I get into my shoulder blades what other
people may use as a head rest! When will those designers ever learn
that there is no ergonomic seat for everyone? Otherwise FGC seems to
be a very good railway operating company, all stations are in good
condition, and it is always fascinating watching trains arrive at and
leave from Pl. Catalunya, a 5-track terminal station. In Terrassa I
had a look where the future underground stations will be located, but
I'll have to wait for next time to see them from the inside.
FGC's other terminal at Plaça Espanya
is similarly busy, but a bit more chaotic! This is due to many
tourists getting a train there to Montserrat and the rather confusing
line numbering on that bundle of lines departing from here. What is
shown on metro maps as L8 hardly exists as such, because all trains
except a few peak expresses stop at all stations up to Molí Nou
anyway, so the L8 rather denotes that this is zone 1 of the overall
fare system. Previously, most regional services used to skip some of
the inner stations, but now all trains serve all stations, probably
because due to the dense intervals they can't really save time. But a
simplification of the line numbering is urgently required here!
Actually L'Hospitalet station has four tracks which would allow
overtaking, but maybe the platforms are to short to accommodate
double trainsets on the outer tracks.
On the ADIF/Renfe network I was
positively surprised to find a nicely refurbished and much enlarged
access to Passeig de Gràcia underground station, also improving
transfers to L3. Rodalies trains now run either in old typical
red/white Cercanías livery or in the new local Rodalies variant in
orange/white, often in mixed trainsets. Although the newer Civia
rolling stock has at least a centre doors matching the platform
height, I find it rather pathetic how you have to climb into the
train at the other doors, even worse than on the older trains. With
Alstom's Coradia Nordic in Stockholm or the many Stadler Flirt trains
having been around for many years for similar platform heights, I
guess that even CAF would be able to produce something similar, as
they have always kept up with the latest trends and often in the end
came up with better products than their competitors.
Barcelona's tram system has not changed
much in recent years, it still consists of two isolated networks, and
with the central portion of Avinguda Diagonal recently having been
restyled with bicycle lanes, there is little hope that anything will
happen in the foreseeable future.
The Trambaix is, however, quite
well used, with a tram every 4 minutes on its inner section shared by
three lines. The negative point here is the existence of some
single-track sections, notably the end of T2, which give the
impression of a rather slow journey. The Trambesòs is a bit weird in
that T5 and T6 run infrequently approx. every 20 minutes and
constrained by a single-track section east of Glòries where they
terminate, but without a reversing facility they have to change
direction on the tracks more frequently served by line T4, which
itself terminates somewhere where a tram should not terminate.... So,
an extension into the city centre of these lines is urgently needed,
and the single-track bottleneck needs to be eliminated somehow,
because it does not make sense to have a grade-separated section
following over three stations (a kind of tunnel with daylight coming
in from the northern side where a motorway runs in a trench) if after
that trams are halted because of a late-running tram in the opposite
direction. So I was not surprised to see the tram I took from Besòs
to Glòries almost empty, and the covered stations largely deserted! A nice feature of Barcelona's Citadis trams is their generous width, 2.65m instead of the more typical 2.40m!
As for the fare system, Barcelona
probably has the best of all Spanish cities. Just single tickets are
issued by individual operators without any transfer options, but
anything above that starting from 10-ride tickets is fully integrated
included Metro, buses, FGC trains and also Renfe Rodalia, allowing
several transfers with one fare. Besides day passes available for the
already very large zone 1, easy-to-use day passes are also available
for up to six zones reaching far into the hinterland. To explore all
FGC routes from Pl. Catalunya, or from Pl. Espanya to Martorell, a
3-zone day pass is enough. Targeted at tourists, but available to
anyone from any metro ticket machine, passes for zone 1 are also
available for multiple days. Strangely, both Renfe and FGC use a
slightly different fare zone system for their own exclusive tickets
which is a bit confusing when looking at their own maps! If you
travel to Barcelona on an AVE or other long-distance train, you may
be eligible for a free onward ticket on Rodalies trains (there was an
announcement on my train from Valencia about this), check with Renfe
My next visit to Barcelona will
hopefully be in early 2016 (February?), when L9 from Zona
Universitària to the Airport is currently scheduled to open. Some
stations along this section promise to be quite interesting in
design, notably Fira.
TMB (Metro and buses)
FGC (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya)
Barcelona at UrbanRail.Net


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Magic in Vermont: the Old Spokes Home
And these looked downright commonplace next to contraptions with labels such as "Crypto Alpha Bantam."
- with its enormous rear chainring. I did not have a chance to ask about this bike and I do not see it listed in the collection, but some have suggested that the purpose of the large chainring was for the bike to be paced by a train - much as Charles "Mile-a-Minute" Murphy did by drafting behind a Long Island Rail Road boxcar.


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I have a file which consists of a URL. I'm trying to get the URL from that file using a shell script.
In the file, the URL is like this:
('URL', 'http://url.com');
I tried to use the following:
cat file.php | grep 'URL' | awk '{ print $2 }'
It gives the output as:
But I need to get only url.com
in a variable inside the shell script. How can I accomplish this?


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5 Things to Consider When Looking for Quality Home Furniture
As we're all too aware, choosing the right furniture for your home can be a lengthy process, though ultimately pleasurable when you eventually get the job done. It's about falling in love with particular pieces that will not only transform your home, but also effectively tell your story to all those who are a guest in your home.
Below we have compiled a few different tips on how to make sure that you select the right furniture for your home absent any major issues along the way.
All in all, take your time and try not to rush the process. It can be stressful and it is all too easy to grow impatient and rush into big decisions. Just remember that there is a wealth of resources out there, giving you access to all manner of delightful pieces for your home. Enjoy it!
Step 1 – Construction:
One of the most fundamental steps in selecting the right furniture for your home is ensuring that the piece feels sturdy and heavy. You should avoid light aluminium frames and stick to solid wood construction, given that wood is renowned for lasting much longer and sets the standard when it comes to fine quality furniture. That being said, it is important that the price is consistent with your expectations – it's no good spending over the odds if the piece in question isn't designed to last a lifetime, or at least comes with an attractive guarantee.
Step 2 – Shape:
Shape or 'silhouette' is the general shape of the piece that you are looking at. Is it a trendy, modern piece or something that will surely stand the test of time? It all depends on how often you tend to update or renovate your home and what sort of style of décor you are going for. Our advice is to choose a shape that you love now, but will also thoroughly enjoy in the future. There is nothing worse than buying a piece of furniture that you grow tired of after a few short months or a year. Either way, regardless to the style of furniture that you desire, you will find a wealth of incredible, well priced and top quality furniture all over the market.
Step 3 – Finish:
With any exposed wood you need to ensure that the finish has been added appropriately. It's all very well having the right colour, though you must make sure that the stain and lacquer is designed to withstand a lot of use. Also, it is important to note that just because a particular piece of furniture that you love doesn't come in your desired colour or finish, you can always opt to have it re-conditioned. Often it is better to go with your gut and order a piece because you love the shape and solid build, and then have it conditioned in your desired colour and finish.
Step 4 – Fabric:
Fabric is one of the most important factors to consider when renovating or decorating your home. For example, lighter coloured fabrics are appropriate for the living area, bedroom or a guest room. Then again, if this particular piece of furniture is something that will be frequently used, then we would suggest using a slightly darker colour perhaps. The key is to plan thoroughly and consider every possibility.
Step 5 – Personality:
Opt for furniture that stands out with an element of personality. Your personal style should be reflected in your furniture and the way that you design and layout your home. It's all very well being practical, and for the most part you should definitely strive to be so – though at the same time, you need to breathe a little life and memorable décor into your home.


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I finally have a draft canvass of the 2011 Harris County vote. You know what that means. Here's the breakdown in the Council districts for the Mayor's race:
Dist Simms Ullman Wilson Herrera Parker O'Connor ===================================================== A 4.41% 1.28% 16.31% 18.03% 41.89% 18.09% B 22.41% 3.02% 11.92% 12.71% 43.80% 6.14% C 1.65% 0.83% 9.11% 11.21% 65.38% 11.83% D 15.33% 2.63% 11.07% 11.67% 50.84% 8.45% E 2.48% 0.81% 18.23% 15.03% 38.25% 25.20% F 5.20% 2.15% 10.81% 13.48% 48.78% 19.59% G 1.49% 0.51% 12.16% 9.43% 50.50% 25.91% H 6.04% 2.09% 7.70% 29.48% 47.33% 7.36% I 5.95% 2.47% 8.82% 29.98% 44.68% 8.10% J 5.82% 2.15% 13.27% 13.97% 50.05% 14.74% K 9.62% 1.99% 10.29% 11.00% 56.63% 10.47%
For comparison purposes, here's my analysis of the 2009 Mayoral runoff. A couple of thoughts:
– As expected, Mayor Parker had her best showing in her District C stronghold, but let's be honest: 65% against a bunch of no-names is nothing to write home about. Even on her friendliest turf, she failed to top the Lee Brown line. This is what I mean when I say that her problems begin with a lack of enthusiasm in her base. That needs to be Job One for her political team.
– All things considered, Parker did pretty well in the African-American districts, certainly compared to her 2009 head-to-head with Gene Locke. Obviously, not having a top tier African American candidate opposing her helped, but at least she can say she got a lot more support in these areas than before.
– On the flipside, the Mayor lost a lot of support in Republican areas, though she maintained a (slim) majority of the vote in District G. While there were no A listers among them, the fact that there were three conservative Republicans running against her was certainly a contributor. Seeing this makes me wonder why Republicans didn't back Roy Morales more strongly in 2009. He's no worse a candidate than any of the three Rs this time around were, and he'd run citywide before.
– The results in district H and I should concern Team Parker. How much of that was genuine dissatisfaction with the Mayor, and how much was Latinos voting Herrera's name plus a lack of engagement from the Parker campaign? In my neighborhood, I saw a lot more Herrera signs than I did Parker signs. No question that a lot of the former was driven by the issues we've discussed before, but the latter I suspect was mostly about lack of outreach. I spend a lot of time in District C, and I barely saw any Parker signs there. What, other than run some TV ads, was her campaign team doing to reach out to voters?
– Looking at this, I wonder if the strategy of squeezing Parker out by running an African-American and a Republican against her – say, Ben Hall and Paul Bettencourt – would really have worked. I've no doubt that Hall could have taken a chunk of African-American votes away from Parker, but it's not clear to me that Bettencourt had much room to improve on the performance of the three Republicans. For one thing, if you replace Wilson, O'Connor, and Herrera with Bettencourt, I'd bet he'd lose some of the Latino votes Herrera got in Districts I and J. He might do better in District G than the non-Parkers did, but maybe not. It's also possible that the presence of a polarizing figure like Bettencourt, combined with the possibility that she might actually lose to this partisan, conservative Republican, could galvanize the Democratic vote in the Mayor's favor. It's anybody's guess who would benefit from higher turnout, but I don't think it would strongly favor any one candidate. I think the odds are very good that a Parker-Bettencourt-Hall race winds up in a runoff – Parker had very little margin for error, after all – but I think the most likely ordering would be Parker, then Bettencourt, then Hall – remember, it was Sylvester Turner that got squeezed out in 2003, not Bill White. In that scenario, I'd make Parker a solid favorite in the runoff. Ironically, if she went on to post a decent win in that hypothetical runoff, say 55-45, she might then have been perceived as stronger than she is right now. You can drive yourself crazy thinking about these things.
I'm sure I'll have more things to say about this as I keep thinking about it. For now, this is what we have. I'll run the numbers for the At Large races next. Greg has more.


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The United States has been quick to help deliver aid to storm survivors in the Philippines. The US military has contributed troops, cargo planes and ships to the relief effort.
That's not surprising, given our nation's long, and sometimes rocky, relationship with the Philippines.
US interest in the Philippines goes back to the late 19th century, the classic age of great power politics. US naval strategiests were keen to project US naval power into the Atlantic and Pacific to protect the US mainland from invasion and protect US commerce, and also just to plant the flag when empires were planting flags all over the world. This is the era in which Hawaii was occupied, along with several smaller island chains, to provide bases across the Pacific, known as coaling stations.
The Philippines at the time belonged to Spain, and had been a Spanish territory for 300 years. So when the Spanish-American war came along in 1898, the US Navy was ready, willing and able to attack and seize the Philippines.
At the time, there was much US rhetoric about freeing colonial peoples, and Philippine nationalists had been fighting against Spain. But to all intents and purposes, the US made the Philippines a colony of its own. That didn't go down too well, and led quickly to a nationalist rebellion and a prolonged insurgency. Thousands of Americans served there in operations recognizable to those who served in Iraq — with combat outposts, patrolling and training of local forces.
Eventually the revolts were crushed, and the country stabilized. That stability was helped by granting gradually increasing degrees of self-government, while the US maintained control of its military bases — which had been the original purpose for entering the Philippines. Activities centered on the naval base at Subic Bay, and Clark airbase.
The real turning point in the relationship was World War II, when Americans and Filipinos fought side-by-side against the Japanese, who attacked the Philippines immediately after Pearl Harbor. Japan conquered the island, but US General Douglas McArthur vowed to return. He came ashore with four US army divisions on the island of Leyte in late 1944, not far from where Typhoon Haiyan came ashore last week.
The common effort against the Japanese greatly increased the American level of respect for the Philippine people, and led to independence for the Philippines in 1946. Again, the US was sure to keep hold of its bases. These proved to be of enormous use in the Cold War, supporting operations in the Korean War, then in Vietnam and south-east Asia.
The base grew enormously in size, with millions of Americans passing through or flying missions from there. In fact, the bases became small American towns, with schools, movie theaters, ball parks and more.
But anti-colonial feelings remained strong in the Philippines. Protests broke out from time to time, and a lot of negative publicity surrounded the red-light districts that flourished outside the US bases.
In 1991, the US bases were devastated by the eruption of the Mt. Pinatubo volcano, just as a typhoon hit. At the same time, the Philippine Senate, out of the blue, voted to block the renewal of a new bases agreement, and within a year, the wrecked bases were abandoned. US forces relocated to Guam and elsewhere. This did wonders for Philippine pride, but was considered damaging to America's ability to project power in the western Pacific.
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, US-Philippines cooperation entered a new phase, with US forces sent to help the Philippines military combat a Muslim insurgency in the south with ties to al-Qaeda.
Then the Philippines became alarmed by a newly resurgent China, and got involved in a dispute with Beijing over who has sovereignty over various islets in the South China Sea. This coincided with President Barack Obama's "pivot to Asia" policy, and as of June, 2012, the US has been granted permission to use military bases in the Philippines once again, and a semi-permanent presence is envisaged.
So the US is back in the Philippines, but this time as an ally and guest rather than as a colonial power. It's for that friendship, as well as common humanity, that the US is now providing much-needed assistance to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
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Obtain certificates signed by a third-party for Splunk Web
On Splunk Enterprise only, you can create and have a third party sign certificates necessary to configure Splunk Web for SSL authentication and encryption.
There are multiple ways you can create these certificates, depending upon your organization's policies, your network structure, and the tools that you are using to create the certificates.
If you have already generated these certificates and keys, or if you are experienced with creating third-party certificates, you can skip this step and go directly to the configuration topic in this manual at Secure Splunk Web with your own certificate.
Before you attempt to perform the commands in this procedure, you must understand what the $SPLUNK_HOME
directory means. In this procedure, $SPLUNK_HOME
refers to the Splunk Enterprise installation directory.
- For Windows, the default installation directory is
C:\Program Files\splunk
. - For most *nix platforms, the default installation directory is
. - For Mac OS, the default installation directory is
You must also have experience using either a shell prompt (on Unix) or a command prompt or PowerShell window (on Windows.)
Create a new private key file
- Create a new directory to host the certificates and keys. This example uses
.Place your new certificates in a different directory than
so that you don't overwrite the existing certificates. This ensures that you can use the certificates that ship with Splunk for other Splunk components as necessary. - Generate a new private key. Splunk Web supports 2048-bit and longer keys.
Unix command Windows command $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd openssl genrsa -aes256 -out mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key 2048
$SPLUNK_HOME\bin\splunk cmd openssl genrsa -aes256 -out mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key 2048
- When the OpenSSL command prompts you, create a password to enter the passphrase for the original key.
A new private key file
appears in your directory. You can use this key file to sign your CSR. - Remove the password from the private key. You must do this because Splunk Web does not support private key passwords.
Unix command Windows command $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd openssl rsa -in mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key -out mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key
$SPLUNK_HOME\bin\splunk cmd openssl rsa -in mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key -out mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key
You can use to following command to confirm that your password was successfully removed:
# openssl rsa -in mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key -textIf the password was successfully removed, you can view the certificate contents without providing a password.
Create a Certificate Authority (CA) request and obtain your server certificate
- Create a new certificate signature request using your private key file
:Unix command Windows command $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd openssl req -new -key mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key -out mySplunkWebCert.csr
$SPLUNK_HOME\bin\splunk cmd openssl req -new -key mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key -out mySplunkWebCert.csr
If you receive an error similar to the following:
Unable to load config info from c:\\build-amd64-5.0.2-20130120-1800\\splunk/ssl/openssl.cnf
Try typing the following in your command prompt then run theopenssl
command again:
set OPENSSL_CONF=c:/Program Files/Splunk/openssl.cnf
- Use the CSR file
to request a new signed certificate from your Certificate Authority (CA). The process for requesting a signed certificate varies depending on how your Certificate Authority handles a certificate signature request. Contact your CA for more information. - When your CA advises you that your certificate is ready, download the certificate from the CA. This example uses the name
for the downloaded file. - Download your Certificate Authority public CA certificate.This example uses the name "
for this file. - Confirm that both the server certificate and the public CA certificate are in privacy-enhanced mail (PEM) format. If the certificates are not in PEM format, convert them using the
command appropriate to your existing file type. Following is an example of a command that you can use for Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) formats:$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd openssl x509 -in mySplunkWebCert.crt -inform DER -out mySplunkWebCert.pem -outform PEM$SPLUNK_HOME\bin\splunk cmd openssl x509 -in myCACert.crt -inform DER -out myCACert.pem -outform PEM - Check both certificates to confirm they have the necessary information and do not have a password associated with them.
Unix commands Windows commands $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd openssl x509 -in myCACert.pem -text $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd openssl x509 -in mySplunkWebCert.pem -text
$SPLUNK_HOME\bin\splunk cmd openssl x509 -in myCACert.pem -text $SPLUNK_HOME\bin\splunk cmd openssl x509 -in mySplunkWebCert.pem -text
The issuer information for
should be the subject information formyCACert.pem
, unless you are using intermediate certificates.
Combine your certificate and keys into a single file
Combine your server certificate and public certificate, in that order, into a single PEM file.
Set up certificate chains
To use multiple certificates, append the intermediate certificate to the end of the server's certificate file in the following order:
[ server certificate] [ intermediate certificate] [ root certificate (if required)]
For example, a certificate chain might look like the following:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... (certificate for your server)... -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... (the intermediate certificate)... -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... (the root certificate for the CA)... -----END CERTIFICATE-----
The root CA that signed the intermediate certificate and all intermediate certificates must be in browser certificate stores.
Next steps
After you have created the certificate chains, you can then use them with Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Web. The web.conf
configuration file lets you use your certificates for authentication. See
Secure Splunk Web with your own certificate for more information.
PREVIOUS Self-sign certificates for Splunk Web |
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.7, 8.0.8, 8.0.9, 8.0.10, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7, 8.1.8, 8.1.9, 8.1.10, 8.1.11, 8.1.12, 8.1.13, 8.1.14, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.2.6, 8.2.7, 8.2.8, 8.2.9, 8.2.10, 8.2.11, 8.2.12


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Strawberries may seem a bit out of place in a BBQ sauce...but I promise that it's FABULOUS! The sweet-tart berries pair perfectly with succulent pork. The strawberries are added in two stages: half when the meat and sauce simmer for two hours, then the other half shortly before serving. The first round of berries basically cooks down into the BBQ sauce, but the second batch provides a fruity compliment to the savory pulled pork. Michael was a bit skeptical at first, but ended up eating two sandwiches and pronouncing the recipe a keeper!
Strawberry BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Step 2: Combine the following ingredients in a measuring cup: 1/2 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar (I used Con 'Olio fig balsamic), and 1 tbs. sriracha. Stir to thoroughly combine and add to the Dutch oven. Add 2 cups quartered strawberries, 1 tsp. dried thyme, 1 small chopped shallot, a chicken bouillon cube, and 1 cup water.
This recipe is so simple...once you assemble everything, it simmers away on top of the stove while you prepare the rest of your meal, watch the big game, or take care of other stuff around the house. Your patience is rewarded by the end result: succulent pork flavored with a sweet-and-spicy homemade BBQ sauce! I hope you'll give this unique spin on pulled pork a try...and that you'll join this week's #SundaySupper Twitter chat at 700EST.
Starters & Snacks
- Lobster Salad with Avocado, Corn and Tomatoes by The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Grilled Vegetable Spread by Magnolia Days
- Toast Topper #8: Tomato Confit for #SundaySupper by Yummy Smells
- Honey BBQ Wings and Cool Ranch by Big Bears Wife
- Finger Lickin' Chicken Drumettes by Noshing with the Nolands
Main Dishes
- Baked Shrimp and Pasta Caprese by Mama's Blissful Bites
- Korean chili by Crispy Bits & Burnt Ends
- Newfangled Cowtown White Chicken Chili by Shockingly Delicious
- Strawberry BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches by The Weekend Gourmet
- Spicy Seoulful Pulled Pork Sandwiches by Kimchi Mom
- Smoked Pork Butt (A How-To) from Juanita's Cocina
- Soy Glazed Chicken Thighs by The Messy Baker Blog
- Stuffed Green Chili con Queso Cheeseburger Sliders by Damn Delicious
- Adana kebab by Small Wallet, Big Appetite
- Portabello Paninis by The Hand That Rocks the Ladle
- Bloody Mary Skirt Steak by From Fast Food to Fresh Food
- Tuna and Roasted Pepper Packets by Cindy's Recipes & Writings
- Mint Marinated Beef Kabobs with Garlic Sauce by Sustainable Dad
- Creamy Latin Style Pasta by Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
- Spicy Portuguese Style Sliders by Daily Dish Recipes
- Aromatic Glazed Salmon by Happy Baking Days
- Pork sliders by Basic 'N Delicious
- Foil Packet Chicken by In the Kitchen with Audrey
Salads & Sides
- Mom's Savory Pork 'n Beans by Webicurean
- Ranch Potato Salad by My Catholic Kitchen
- Gluten Free Penne hot salad with basil, asparagus, cherry tomatoes fresh mozzarella and chicken with a mustard vineagarete for #SundaySupper by Cooking Underwriter
- Southern Surprise Potato Salad by Granny's Down Home Southern Cooking
- #SundaySupper Marinated Ginger Chicken & Spinach Salad by Kwistin's Favorites
- Roasted Potato & Corn Salad w/ Bacon by GirliChef
- Vegan Caprese Salad by Galactosemia in PDX
- Picnic Friendly Grilled Vegetable Salad by Mama Mommy Mom
- Smokin Hot Caribbean Spiced Corn-On-The-Cob by Sue's Nutrition Buzz
- Potato salad with Stilton and bacon by Tora's Real Food
- Tomato Feta Orzo Salad by Family Foodie
- Frozen Sangria by Supper For a Steal
- Persian mint & cucumber cooler (sekanjabeen) by Family Spice
- Lightened Lemon Pound Cake by The Meltaways
- Root Beer Float Cupcakes by Chocolate Moosey
- Strawberry Cream Squares by Dinners, Dishes and Desserts
- Fresh Mango Pie by La Cocina De Leslie
- Brown Butter M&M Cookies by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Gluten Free Lemon Blondies by No One Likes Crumbley Cookies
- Blueberry Lemon Cream Cheese Coffee Cake by Baker Street
- Strawberry Pie + White Sangria by Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Grilled Banana Splits by Diabetic Foodie
- Easy Desserts: Frozen Chocolate Bananas by Home Cooking Memories
- Ice Cream Sandwich Cake by Comfy Cuisine
- Blueberry Lemon Whoopie Pies for a Holiday Cookout #SundaySupper by In the Kitchen with KP
Wine Pairings
- Labor Day Cookout Food And Wine Pairings by ENOFYLZ


text: Black hole found to precede galaxy bulge NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY NEWS RELEASE Posted: November 14, 2004 Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope to study the most distant known quasar have found a tantalizing clue that may answer a longstanding cosmic chicken-and-egg question: which came first, supermassive black holes or giant galaxies? For years, astronomers have noted a direct relationship between the mass of a galaxy's central, supermassive black hole and the total mass of the "bulge" of stars at its core. The more massive the black hole, the more massive the bulge. Scientists have speculated extensively about whether the black hole or the stellar bulge formed first. Recently, some theories have suggested that the two may form simultaneously. However, the new VLA observations of a quasar and its host galaxy seen as they were when the Universe was less than a billion years old indicate that the young galaxy has a supermassive black hole but no massive bulge of stars. "We found a large amount of gas in this young galaxy, and, when we add the mass of this gas to that of the black hole, they add up to nearly the total mass of the entire system. The dynamics of the galaxy imply that there isn't much mass left to make up the size of stellar bulge predicted by current models," said Chris Carilli, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), in Socorro, NM. The scientists studied a quasar dubbed J1148+5251, that, at more than 12.8 billion light-years, is the most distant quasar yet found. Discovered in 2003 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, J1148+5251 is a young galaxy with a bright quasar core seen as it was when the Universe was only 870 million years old. The Universe now is 13.7 billion years old. Aiming the VLA at J1148+4241 for about 60 hours, the researchers were able to determine the amount of molecular gas in the system. In addition, they were able to measure the motions of that gas, and thus estimate the total mass of the galactic system. Earlier studies of the system had produced estimates that the black hole was 1 to 5 billion times the mass of our Sun. The new VLA observations indicate that there are about 10 billion solar masses of molecular gas in the system, and that the system's total mass is 40-50 billion solar masses. The gas and black hole combined thus account for 11-15 billion solar masses out of that total. "The accepted ratio indicates that a black hole of this mass should be surrounded by a stellar bulge of several trillion solar masses. Our dynamical measurement shows there's not much mass left over, excluding the black hole and the gas, to form a stellar bulge. This provides evidence that the black hole forms before the stellar bulge," said Fabian Walter, of the Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, who was a Jansky Postdoctoral Fellow at NRAO in Socorro when the observations were made. "One example certainly doesn't make the case, but in this object we we apparently have an example of a black hole without much of a stellar bulge. Now we need to make detailed studies of more such objects in the far-distant, early Universe," Carilli said. "With the vastly improved sensitivity of the Expanded VLA and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), which will come on line in a few years, we will have the tools we need to resolve this question definitively," Carilli added. "Studies like this are the key to understanding how galaxies first formed," Walter said. Walter and Carilli worked with Frank Bertoldi and Karl Menten of the Max Planck Institute in Bonn; Pierre Cox of the Institute of Space Astrophysics of the University of Paris-South; Fred K.Y. Lo of the NRAO in Charlottesville, VA; Xiahui Fan of the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory; and Michael Strauss of Princeton University, on the project. Their research results are being published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation, operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. |


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Paul Ryan has supported privatizing Social Security.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Representative Paul Ryan has long wanted to let Americans invest part of their Social Security taxes in private investment accounts.
After legislation he co-sponsored in 2005 went nowhere, Ryan included a detailed plan to privatize Social Security in his budget proposal in 2010. Under that plan, he would allow workers to funnel an average of roughly 40% of their payroll taxes into personal retirement accounts.
Mitt Romney, who chose the Wisconsin lawmaker as his running mate on Saturday, has also voiced support for private accounts. He has said he likes the idea of allowing people to put some of their funds in accounts with higher returns than Social Security.
"Personal accounts will be a big plus," Romney said at a town hall meeting in 2007.
The thinking is that people would gain control over a portion of their retirement savings and be able to build bigger nest eggs by investing in stocks. Another plus: They could pass the accounts along to heirs.
But neither Ryan nor Romney have said much about private Social Security accounts lately. Ryan dropped it from his more recent budget proposals, while Romney doesn't mention it on his campaign Web site.
Adding private accounts to Social Security has been a hugely controversial issue for many years. President George W. Bush's effort to create such a system in 2005 went down in flames in the face of Democratic resistance.
Since then, there haven't been any serious attempts to open the retirement program to the stock market. And, of course, the market's roller coaster ride of recent years soured many Americans' view on the idea.
"Because of the ups and downs of the market, people see taking their Social Security nest egg and investing it in the market as a risky proposition," said Dan Adcock, director of government relations and policy for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
There's another reason why many supporters of private accounts have fallen silent in recent years ... that's because Social Security is no longer running a surplus.
When the system was taking in more funds than needed, it could afford to let people direct some of their payroll tax towards individual accounts.
But now that the surplus has ended, the system needs all the payroll tax money to pay benefits to current retirees. So private accounts became less desirable because any diverted funds would have to be paid by the federal government.
"There is no spare money anymore," said David John, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
That didn't stop Ryan from suggesting it be done. His budget plan unveiled in 2010 called for allowing Americans to open private accounts starting this year.
"Due to the higher rate of return received by investments in secure funds consisting of equities and bonds, these accounts would allow workers to build a significant nest egg for retirement that far exceeds what the current program can provide," he wrote in the proposal.
Starting a private account would be optional, and their contributions would be guaranteed if the market goes south. The accounts also could be passed down to heirs.
More recently, however, Ryan scaled back his plan. In the budgets he proposed this year and last, he now cites ideas put forth by the President Obama's bipartisan fiscal commission, on which he served, that would strength Social Security. These include raising the retirement age and reducing benefits for wealthier retirees.
Romney's campaign website lists the same recommendations.
Asked about the change, a Romney spokesman said the candidate has "a comprehensive plan to save Social Security with commonsense reforms."
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In this tutorial i'm going to show you how to do a dark and surreal photo manipulation called "Released". You will learn how to manipulate stock photos in a proper way, adjust light and shadow correctly, make a good use of adjustment layers and blending modes and more!
As always, this is the final image that we'll be creating:
Open background stock. I crop the a part left side as shown below:
We see a thing that bright cloud part looks a bit awry from center ( to the right):
From background, make a selection for this part with feather = 50 ( you can set feather depending on the size of your file):
Right click, choose Layer via Copy and we have a new layer with this part. Move this part to the right and add layer mask with soft black brush to hide rough edges:
In this step we will darken cloud. Create a new layer on the top and take soft brush with color #696b68 to paint on this part, then set layer to Soft light 100%:
Make a new layer and use soft brush with color #919e8c, paint around the cloud, then put it as Multipy 50%:
In this step we will brighten the part on the top of cloud. I want to make a look that light stream comes from above. So i take a new layer, use soft brush with color #fcf9cd and paint on this part, then set this layer to Soft light 100%:
Create a new layer, use soft brush and color #878c82 painting on two sides of picture, then set this layer to Multipy 50%:
We see the left side is still brighter than right side so i use a new layer, same brush color and same mode ( Multipy 50%), paint on selected part:
Now we will make the road in the middle glow. Create a new layer, use Polygonal Lasso Tool to make selection for it, set feather = 1, then fill it with white:
Apply Outer Glow :
Make a new layer on the top, use soft white brush with large size ( about 150-200 px), paint on the road top with opacity 100% ( for center part) and opacity and flow 50% ( for the side part), then put it as Soft light 100%:
Open crystal stock. Extract it and move it into our document, resize it and place it on the road top, name this layer as "crystal":
As we see, the crystal does not look very transparent. There are some white parts caused from light in original picture.
To fix it, create a new layer above crystal layer with Clipping Mask, take Clone Tool ( make sure that Sample All Layers is checked on property bar), clone on white parts shown in previous screenshot:
Don't worry if it does not look perfect as we will do some steps to make it look better.
Create a Color Balance layer for crystal with Clipping Mask to add some light yellow tone:
This is result we get:
Create a new layer with Clipping Mask. Set foreground to #fcfbf6 and take random lightning brushes, paint within crystal. Do it till you get desired look. Here is my result:
Create a new layer ( with Clipping Mask) with Overlay mode and fill it with 50% gray:
Take Burn Tool with Midtones range and Exposure about 40-50% painting on the bottom of crystal as i want this part darkener.
You can see the result of using this tool with Normal mode and Overlay mode:
Open pillar stock. I choose this stock as it has old look with form, light and shadow suitable for our picture and we can easily edit it. Isolate it from background, scale it and situate it as shown below:
Place this layer under crystal layer.
Add layer mask, use black brush with hardness about 20-30% to hide rough edges at bottom of pillar:
Create a new layer above pillar layer with Clipping Mask. Take Clone tool and remove some parts on pillar as the screenshot below shows:
Add a new Curves layer ( with Clipping Mask) to make pillar color fit background:
We have:
To brighten the part of pillar which catch the light from background, i use a new layer with soft white brush painting on this part ( with opacity 100% and 50%) then set this layer to Soft light 100%:
Open crystal ball stock. Cut it and place it on the top of pillar, then hit Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate it:
Add layer mask to eraser ball bottom to get a look this ball stuck with pillar:
Create a new layer ( Clipping Mask) with setting like step 11. Take Dodge tool and brighten the ball bottom:
Duplicate pillar layer and on under layer, choose Edit-Transfrom-Flip Vertical. Press Cmd/Ctrl+U to open Hue/Saturaion dialog and drag Lightness button to -100. Name it "pillar 1 shadow" and move it under pillar layer:
Lower opacity to 50%, apply Gassian blur with 2 px and transform it as shown below:
Choose all layers of pillar ( except pillar 1 shadow) and crystal ball.
Hit Cmd/Ctrl+G to make group for them. Right click this group, choose Duplicate Group. On duplicated group, right click and click Merge Group. Duplicate it four times, resize and position them as two rows. Rename them "pillar 1″ to "pillar 6″. You can see how i ordered them in screenshot below:
Duplicate pillar 1 shadow five times ( you can detete layer mask of pillar 1 shadow as we don't need it). Place these layers under pillar 2 to pillar 6. Remember that the nearer pillar ( to the light from background ) the shorter and more visible shadow. So i use combine key Cmd/Ctrl+T to transform these shadows and change opacity of pillar 3 and 4 shadow to 70% and pillar 5 and 6 to 80%. Also add layer mask for shadows of pillar 3, 4, 5, 6 to blur or hide their top.
We will add a step to retouch pillars. There are some parts of them need to be darker or brighter:
Make two new layers with Multipy mode 100% and Soft light mode 50%. Take brush with color #d0cdb9 and paint on the parts which need to be darker ( Multipy mode) and which need to be brighter ( Soft light mode):
To correct light and shadow of crystal balls, i use two new layers and brush with color #c2c2c2 painting on them. One is set to Multipy mode 100% and one with Overlay mode 70%.
The parts which are not lighted up must be darker and which are lighted up must be brighter.
Now we will "decorate" cloud. Make a new layer, set foreground and background to #ffffff and #858786. Use Elliptical Marquee tool to draw a circle around cloud part and set feather = 50:
Choose Filter-Render-Cloud:
Still keep this selection, choose Filter-Distort-Twirl:
Transform it to be longer, narrower and change the mode to Soft light 100%. Add layer mask to eraser any rough parts you've noticed.
New layer again, use lighting brushes with color #fcfbf6 painting under bright part of cloud:
Create six new layers , continue with lightning brushes and color #fffee9. On each layer, paint a lightning brush and transfrom it to make a look that all lightnings and crystall balls are connected. Eraser extended parts and apply Outer Glow with default settings for any lightning brushes which does not have glowing effect. You can see my result below:
Make a new layer on the top. Use soft brush with color #fffee9 painting on crystal and crystal balls as the screenshot below show then change the mode to Overlay 50%:
Cut model and move her onto the road, downsize her to get the look below:
Duplicate model and so the same techniques done in step 18 to make her shadow. As we see, light from background come front in front of her, so her shadow must be straight and behind:
Now our problem is solving light and shadow of model. As you see, light on model comes from right to left and it's very prominent. So i choose method to remove all light of model first then add light for wanted parts.
Create two new layers above model with Clipping Mask and set to Multipy 100% and 80%. Use brush with color #5387ad painting on bright parts of her jeans to reduce light on them.
This step is to do same purpose but for right arm ( light is very strong there). Create three layers ( with Clipping Mask) and choose brush with color #e2ccd0. I set the first layer as Normal mode 100%, two rests as Multipy mode 100% and paint on her arms to remove the light:
On a new layer ( Clipping Mask of course), use brush with color #16151c painting on model hair and pull. Put this layer as Multipy 100%:
This is result we have till now:
To make color of model fit background, i use a Selective Color with Clipping Mask:
Also a Hue/Saturation layer to reduce light of model again:
To add light for model (we want light from in front of her) i use Inner Shadow with white color from Blending Options:
We finished adding all elements. I use Gradient Map layer to change color of picture:
Change the mode of this layer to Overlay 70%:
We will do a final step to make the light and dark of picture more impressive. Add a new layer on the top and use Radiant Gradient with default color ( black and white) :
Set this layer to Soft light 100% and add layer mask to hide the top of picture ( because i don't want this part too bright):
Duplicate this gradient layer . On layer mask, use soft black brush to eraser the top part and eraser some of model jeans to remove the contrast:
You can view the final outcome below. I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial and would love to hear your feedback on the techniques and outcome.
Thank you for reading this tutorial, I hope that you enjoyed it. If you want to view my other arts and tutorials you can look at my Deviantart page or follow me on Facebook.
Great tutorial Jenny! I actually really liked the stock background, but your final product looks amazing! I love the twirl lighting effect in the sky.
Yes, the background looks really great and inspiring . Thank you Chris, it's really a pleasure for me to have your kind comments in all of my posts .
I agree that this is a wonderful tutorial! The outcome looks really nice and I like how you incorporated the lightning and also adding the pillars/columns really helps to lead your eye towards the center of the piece. Nice work =)
Thanks very much Eric
hi there..
This is an awesome tut.. thanks..
But somehow the Step creating the Glow on the Street doesn't work properly for me.. with the given setting i always have a double line there, and it never seems to get to a smooth outcome.. i changed values up and down, but result never loos like screenshot here..???
Here is result after adding glow effect in full size. Make sure that you followed all settings shown in screenshot exactly:
Pls tell me if there is any problems.
nice effects Jenny! i love the way u made the sky and the crystal effect is cool
WOW! i really like your stuff is really cool and nice….
well u did really good job on your stuff and it's so creative..okay my friend is nice to see your example i really want to try it..okay bye and take good care.
cool!I love it.Thanks!!!
Amazing tutorial fantastic
can't even began to thank you
dont have the proper vocab for that
i greatly appreciate what you did there. This is like tons of years of experience that you gave us for free
Hats off. thanks a lot.
There may be many many more people who would have seen this , but didn't care to write. Thumbs down to them. Learn to be grateful.
Your work is wow! i love it!!!
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the elves
It's already been a weird week of elfish triumph, freakish nature and things that nightmares are made of.
First the triumphs: our garden elves and selves yesterday planted the cutting garden and spread leaf mulch (every one of us was eyeing it jealously – why can't we all have arboretum leaves for our own gardens?!) and the Rockettes changed venue to attend to post-planting details in the North Garden. A fresh layer of buckwheat hull mulch makes that garden look extra fancypants!
The leaf pile gave us this little treasure yesterday — qu'est-ce que c'est??
And I noticed this little sporty thing in a North Garden Clematis integrifolia today — it's hard to tell but it seems to be one of the petals choosing a different path in life. ("I always felt like a leaf in a petals body…") Anyone else notice this sort of thing ever?
As for nightmares – I was too bereft to take pictures: we lost a bunch of dahlias to rot. I was feeling so smug for packing them so diligently and – I thought – so successfully in sawdust last fall. As a matter of fact, I unpacked some and potted them up on the 18th and they were fine! Less than a week later Gail went to unpack more and noticed the wildlife (gnats… a family of mice…) and rot… What happened???!!
and I had to take a picture of this because if anything causes me to question my calling in life, it's a tangle of garden hose…
But miracles bring me back from the brink — the bamboo shoots are up! We're often asked if we sell it — we don't. It's the kind of thing that makes neighbors angry when it runs to their side of the fence and under foundations! (say it with me — "it's invasive!") There are nurseries that stock it though if you've got the space to let it run. We (I mean, the guys) mow the edges of our grove to keep it in bounds.


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Wolf the Whore Was Wolf Blitzer's first language English, or was it Esperanto? On CNN's The Situation Room, which he anchors, Blitzer draws on such a limited vocabulary that I predict that when he dies and the coroner cores his skull, the world will learn that he possesses a brain the size of a walnut. Like a windup toy, Blitzer repeats the same stock phrases into the camera like an ad man. Other CNN talking heads working political stories with Blitzer aren't just his colleagues; they're "the best political team on television," an empty boast that ever echoes on CNN. "I'm Wolf Blitzer," he intones like an automaton. "You're in The Situation Room." Actually, you're not in the CNN situation room. You're at home or at work or at the bar, of course, and it's Blitzer who is in the situation room. But apparently, that has not yet been explained to him. The full extremity of Blitzer's very handicap is revealed, however, in those moments that he tosses the story to one of CNN's correspondents or attempts to impress viewers with CNN's devotion to a news topic. Blitzer announces that he or a CNN reporter "will be watching" or "has been watching" the topic "closely." Before the second hour of tonight's election coverage had concluded, Blitzer had leaned on his "watching" construction so many times, I had to remove my shoes and socks to keep up with the count. "We're going to watch it closely," Blitzer said at about 8:43 p.m. ET, it being the early electoral returns that were spelling terrible news for John McCain. Here's a sampler of Blitzer boilerplate in action over the past couple of months, paired with the name of the thing being watched: "Al-Qaida supporters seem to be watching this
presidential campaign rather closely."
"We're watching this very, very closely." (Hurricane
"We're watching all of this very closely." (Hurricane
"And Rick Sanchez is going to be watching that
very, very closely." (Hurricane Gustav)
"Meanwhile, the Republicans are watching very
closely." (The Obama nomination)
"We're watching it very closely." (Obama's vice-presidential
"You're watching this about as closely as anyone,
Zain [Verjee]." (North Korean shenanigans)
"We're watching all of this very, very closely."
(Obama's delegate count)
"We're watching this number very closely." (Obama's
delegate count)|
"We're watching it about as closely as we possibly
can." (How to count Michigan and Florida)
Why can't Blitzer break out of his cliché patter? Doesn't he prepare before his shows? Won't CNN spring for a vocabulary builder? Or a speech coach? Is it not his fault because the network overworks him, and it needs to hire a co-anchor or a co-co-anchor to take pressure off him? Or doesn't anybody at CNN watch these broadcasts critically? Addendum, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. Blitzer's Final Count Thanks to Nexis, it can now be revealed that on Election Night, Blitzer went for the "watching" something "closely" construction at least 17 times, and on at least three occasions, he reached for its cousin, "looking closely." Here's Blitzer's final tally: "There's a balance of power in the House and in the Senate that people are going to be looking at very closely, because you and I know, and our viewers know, the way Washington works, the executive branch is important, but the legislative branch is pretty important as well." "Indiana and Virginiathose are battleground states. So we're going to be watching those very, very closely." "What are you watching for most closely right now?" "Fifteen states, and the District of Columbia at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, will be closing, and we'll be watching very closely to see what's going on." "We're watching Georgia closely." "We're watching this race closely, Virginia with about 3 percent of the precincts reporting, McCain with 56 percent, Obama, 44 percent." "And West Virginia, we're going to watch all of that closely." "We're watching Indiana very closely because that's turned out to be a battleground state." "And we're going to watch very closely to see what happens in these states, because some of these states could be indicative of a trend that could be emerging in the course of this night." "Now, we're going to watch it closely." "[Shaheen] is ahead by almost 10,000 right now with almost 10 percent of the precincts in. This is a race that we're watching very closely as well." "I want to take a look at some numbers coming in, ballots coming in, and some Senate races that we're watching very closely." "So, it's shaping up. It's still very, very early. We're watching it closely." "Campbell and JohnOhioI don't think we can stress how important it is, and we're watching this state very closely." "We're watching all these states. They're gettingthey're very close in several of these states." "We're watching all of these races very closely." "I want to go to Campbell and John, because they're looking closely at this very important balance of power in Congress." "We're watching those states very, very closely." "Before I go over to John King, I want to show what's going on in these four Senate races that we're watching very closely." "So that's why we're looking at this so closely."
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Christmas Ornaments
by ScottThis is a bit of a belated Christmas post about our new 2010 ornaments. Tina and I have started a family tradition of making new ornaments each year to hang on the Christmas tree. I hope that some day we'll be able to decorate the tree and each ornament will be connected to a special memory. This will be our third year to do the tradition and each year we have used a different material.
2008: Our first year making ornaments we made ceramic ornaments at the local ceramic store. They made everything very easy. They had a wide selection of un-decorated "bisque" ceramics in all shapes and sizes ready to be painted. Once you paint them with a chalky glaze paint they'll need to be fired in an oven. The local ceramic store had everything we needed: we picked out the ornament shapes out and painted them right there. A few days later we picked them up after they had been fired in an oven. They turned out great; see the gallery below.
2009: The following year we choose to go with simple wood ornaments. They sell various shapes at the local craft stores and along with a set of paint pens we were ready. These were the easiest to make so far, and I'd expect them to last the longest.
2010: This year we wanted to do stained glass, but we don't know anything about glass making. Instead of real stained glass we used painted glass that when it dries it has a stain glass look. We picked up some plain clear glass ball ornaments at the store along with a paint kit. The kit had several colors along with a bottle of liquid leading which is a thick black paint that when dries resembles the lead joints seen in stain glass windows.
To make the painted glass ornaments we had to do a two-step process. The first day we used a China Marker to draw an outline on the glass. Next , we used the liquid leading to draw a beaded line along the outline. The liquid leading requires at least 8 hours to dry. So we left them to hang in the closet. The next day we came back and painted color in between the shapes created by the leading. To paint the color you just use a special tool that comes with the paint kit to scoop paint into the area. You fill up the entire area pushing the paint to cover all the areas. It requires more paint that you expect; it thins out as it dries translucent. The color paint requires another 8 hours to dry then they are ready to hang on the tree.
Next year: We haven't decided what material we'll use for next years ornaments but Tina's interested in using Fimo Modeling Clay. We'll certainly have lots things to celebrate with our ornaments next year after getting married!


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