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Straumann's 2020 Forecast: Implant & CAD/CAM Dentistry Poised For Fantastic Growth
Posted Aug 02, 2012 in Industry News
At its Capital Markets Day event in Amsterdam in May, Straumann shared its Vision 2020 project with investors and the media. Using existing data, new research and numerous interviews with experts in the field, Straumann's management team outlined key demographic, restorative and technological trends the dental profession will experience between now and 2020:
•As the cost of equipping and running dental practices increases, more practitioners will join group practices and chains; single-dentist practices will become less common. Consolidation will be even faster in the dental laboratory segment as new technologies and larger competitors impact smaller labs.
•The number of newly trained dental surgeons might be insufficient to cover growing demand.
•The face of dental care will be increasingly female as more women are training to become dentists than men. It's also expected that a growing proportion of female dentists will work part time for family reasons, which may accelerate the trend toward group practices.
•Digitalization will change workflows and advanced scanning technology will be more common and converge with surgical and prosthetic software.
•New materials and minimally invasive techniques will open the door for a larger number of patients who haven't been able to have—or have avoided—implant treatment.
•By 2015, an estimated 50 million implants will have been in place for longer than five years. Although implants are associated with high success rates, there will undoubtedly be a growing need for maintenance solutions, particularly for restorative components.
•The global market for implants is linked to general economic conditions, consumer sentiment and disposable income. Current forecasts suggest there will be little economic growth in Europe over the next few years. However, the outlook is more positive for the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) which have high growth potential. Asia, Latin America and the rest of the world are therefore expected to make up a larger proportion of the global implant market.
•Based on its penetration, quality of dental care, access to treatment, demographics and household income, North America is the world's largest market and represents a significant growth opportunity for the implant industry. Its proportional contribution to the global market is expected to remain more or less stable.
•Over a quarter of a billion people in the industrialized world are missing one or more teeth and yet only a small proportion of patients get implant solutions. There are also huge populations of patients in emerging economies where implant and CAD/CAM dentistry are not yet established.
•Because the fundamental drivers—acceptance, access and affordability—of the implant market are improving, the global market for implant, restorative and regenerative dentistry may grow as much as seven to nine percent by 2020.
Positioning for the Future
"Based on this information, Straumann will be expanding its implant-related educational opportunities and developing innovative technologies, products and services. We predict Straumann will be able to more than double its present size by 2020, both in terms of net revenue and employees," said Beat Spalinger, President and CEO.
The company has various initiatives in the works to capture growth opportunities and prepare for the future. It's reorganizing globally; expanding its sales force in the North American market; and addressing the Latin American market with its recent agreement to acquire a 49% stake in Neodent, the leading dental implant company in Brazil.
This reorganization has created some vacancies, one of which will be filled by Dr. Alexander Ochsner, PhD, who as of September, will be EVP Head of Sales, Asia Pacific. With 10 years of experience in the dental implant industry, Ochsner was previously Senior Vice President & General Manager for Nobel Biocare in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Vice President Europe & Asia Pacific for Zimmer.
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Sencha is very clean. When I think of chinese greens, I think of more nutty and foody flavors. If I thought of chinese greens as clean, I'd drink more of them.
In the guricha, the tang is there, but not the crisp and sharp aspect. I do brew it delicately though, 176°f for 1 minute. This might keep possible sharpness/crispness away, but it leaves me with a yummy bowl of tea.


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Skip to comments.Brian Banks, football player exonerated in rape case, signs with Atlanta Falcons
Posted on 04/03/2013 12:11:48 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
ATLANTA Brian Banks said signing with the Atlanta Falcons is his second-biggest accomplishment.
The biggest was Banks' exoneration of rape charges one year ago.
Banks, 27, signed with the Falcons on Wednesday, giving him an opportunity he said he did not believe would be possible when he spent five years in prison and five years on probation following his conviction of rape and kidnapping charges a decade ago.
"I felt at the time in order for me to exit prison with a sane mind and be able to just function as a person I had to let go of certain dreams and goals I once held in life, football being one of them," Banks said.
Banks said he "couldn't have asked for a better place to be" than with the Falcons.
"I can't believe this is happening," he said. "It's surreal."
Banks was a 16-year-old junior and had made a verbal commitment to sign with Southern Cal when Wanetta Gibson, a Long Beach Poly high school classmate accused him of the rape.
Gibson recanted her claim and offered to help Banks clear his name after he was out of prison. That helped lead to the conviction being overturned by a California court and Banks' record cleared on May 12, 2012.
Banks' original defense attorney, Elizabeth Harris, declined to talk to "60 Minutes" as did Gibson, who has not returned the money she won in her lawsuit.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
The NFL should be proud fielding this "accused" rapist. He can join Worthlessberger as a couple of "accused" rapists that still get to make the big bucks. All they gotta' do is whatever the NFL tells them.
Of interest ping.
And the Non-Rapist Tebow continues to be disparaged....
This fellow may indeed be innocent, but even given that, it seems to be that the only organizations with moral standards even lower than the democratic party is professional sports.
Did you even read the article??? Good grief. Here is what it says so read it instead of jumping to stupid conclusions:
"Banks was a 16-year-old junior and had made a verbal commitment to sign with Southern Cal when Wanetta Gibson, a Long Beach Poly high school classmate, accused him of the rape.
Gibson recanted her claim and offered to help Banks clear his name after he was out of prison. That helped lead to the conviction being overturned by a California court and Banks' record cleared on May 12, 2012."
He went to prison for a false accusation that was later recanted by the "alleged victim." This is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING like Roethlisberger...
Oops, that's "organization", not "organizations".
Gotta stop typing in the brief moments when one of my sims ends and I've gotta reprogram.
I'm afraid I don't understand your comment. This man was a 16 year old boy when he was wrongly accused and sent to prison. His accuser later admitted she lied and he was completely cleared by the courts. He doesn't deserve a chance to make a living because someone falsely accused him 10 years ago?
Sorry . . . I just saw rape and immediately thought of Worthlesberger . . . I'm a Browns' fan.
Don't try and let facts intervene with yet another Free Republic temper tantrum because they didn't read the article and jumped to a wrongful conclusion...
Oh, well that explains everything.
(It's a joke)
It appears that a girl accused him of rape and ruined his life so her family could win the lawsuit lottery suing the school in which she claimed she was raped. Later, feeling guilty, she went and saw Banks in prison and admitted to fabricating the story (not knowing she was being taped).
Sorry . . . knee jerk response . . . saw the word "rape" and instantly thought of Worthlessberger. Mea Culpa . . . Mea Maxima Culpa!
Oh and Big Ben is a giant ass... ;-) My inlaws lived in that area in Georgia where his "issues" came up. There are countless other stories of him acting like a asshat.
Apology accepted. Of course you're still going to get thrashed by twenty other FReepers who don't read all the comments.
Except this guy was flat out innocent of all charges. The blurb above says that his accuser offered to help him clear his name, but she didn't offer. She was caught on tape telling him flat out that he didn't rape her but she didn't want to give back all of the money that she sued the School District for when she claimed he raped her.
Wow, you are even tough on those who are falsely accused of a crime.
So, I take it that you would be happy to be falsely accused of a crime, sent to prison, exonerated and then disparaged for being a criminal and denied the ability to work in your profession?
Yes, heard it on the top of the hour snooze report.
I'm sure he's guilty of something
And the Non-Rapist Tebow continues to be disparaged....
How, in any way, does your statement connect to this story?
The man in this story is also a non rapist.
And I don't know who you are talking to, but pretty much no one is talking about Tebow these days, except a GM in the Arena Football League who would like to sign him.
Tebow is not at all unique in the sense that we was a standout college football player, whose skills seem not to translate well to the NFL, at least in his position of choice.
LOL. Really, you read all comments to the end of a thread before you respond to any particular comment? That's impressive.
I try. Sometimes I'm weak, though, especially when the thread is several pages. However, before I blast someone with both barrels I usually hit the "view replies" button to see if they're already dead.
She cheated the school out of $1.5 mil and now she claims she is flat broke and it appears they are not going to go after her.
IIRC she's blew through the money, is unmarried, has a couple of kids and made up the rape story because she didn't want anyone to think she was easy.
At any givin time, half the people here don't bother to read the articles. They just like to post comment.
FR should give everyone a default tagline that reads "Proudly commenting since [sign-up date] without reading the original article!"
mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
I am truly very, very happy for him. When he was charged and convicted of such a heinous crime, he must have thought his career was over before it ever began. Then to sit in prison, branded a rapist... must have been one of his lowest points mentally in his life. Good for you, Brian Banks! I wish him the very best of luck!
I know laweeks wishes him the best of luck as well. Don't worry, laweeks, I still love you. LOL!
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Beeping cranes, hard hats and caution tape is what students attending summer classes will find at Maysville Community and Technical College this year. Workers are busy removing bricks and dated windows on the exterior of the Denham Building on the Maysville Campus, sprucing up a structure that has essentially gone untouched since it was erected in 1983.
Plans for renovations have been in the works for several years, with bids ran through the state. Cosmetic work will include removing the current brick and replacing with a higher grade brick filled with insulation, making the building weather resistant. Additionally, more energy efficient windows will be installed throughout the entire building.
"We want to continue to offer a safe, secure and healthy environment for our students," said Dr. Story. "This project will not only enhance the beauty of our campus, it will help us to save on energy costs." Funding for the renovations has been secured through KCTCS and remaining project funds. The makeover is projected to be completed by August 1, just before the fall semester begins.


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Skip to comments.Statistician Nate Silver predicts Seahawks-Patriots rematch in Super Bowl(Seahawks Lose Today)
Posted on 01/13/2013 3:10:22 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
Nate Silver, the New York Times FiveThirtyEight blogger and statistician who rose to prominence accurately predicting sports and elections, has run the numbers and has come to a conclusion: The Seahawks, he predicts, will play in the Super Bowl.
There, theyll take on the New England Patriots, Silver thinks. And while the Seahawks may not be the second-best team in the NFL Silver says thats probably the Denver Broncos they may just be the best team in the NFC.
Theres always uncertainty with any metric, Silver told ESPNs First Take. I do think with a Seattle team that did come on so strongly in the second half, you worry, can other coaches readjust to them potentially? Talent-wise Im not sure its a team that has as much pure talent as certainly a New England or Denver might, and thats why the coaching could catch up to them eventually in the postseason, I think.
Silver said he looked mainly at figures from Football Outsiders, a leading statistical analysis site that takes not just overall season numbers, but picks apart every NFL play and weights them based on situational context.
For instance, based on a statistic called DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average), Football Outisders gives the Seahawks a 30.0 percent chance of making the Super Bowl ranking fourth among the remaining NFL playoff teams and a 15.6 percent chance of winning the Super Bowl. The Broncos had the best chance of winning at 24.3 percent, the Patriots were next with 23.6 percent and the 49ers were fourth at 15.2 percent.
But Football Outsiders thinks the Niners have a slightly better chance than Seattle to make the Super Bowl, ranking third at 31.5 percent. Of course, it all depends on the conference champion matchups after this weekends second-round playoff games, during which the Seahawks travel to Atlanta and the 49ers host the Green Bay Packers.
San Francisco obviously also played very well for much of the year, Silver told ESPN, but in terms of the balance overall between offensive and defensive play, Seattle had that best balance throughout the year and really, again, in the second half were blowing people out by 50-7 scores and so forth. So they had the best stats from the regular season. Again, you can worry about, will teams adjust to them, will Russell Wilson be a guy that wont surprise people as much in the playoffs now? But I think, if you have to pick one team in the NFC, Im still comfortable with the Seahawks.
Of course, the Seahawks beat the Patriots 24-23 in Week 6 of the regular season, when QB Wilson hit wide receiver Sidney Rice for the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter Oct. 14 at CenturyLink Field.
You can watch Silvers entire First Take segment at ESPN.com.
Seattle did cover, though.
I told my liberal daughter that our Seahawks had the curse put on them when I earlier heard Silver yapping about SEA being in the Super Bowl.
Once again - Dad is right
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The only reason this little putz predicted the election is because he was aware the fix was in.
There's no secret inside information the NFL can give him, unlike the Obama administration with all their internal polling data.
He forgot about the "On Any Given Sunday" rule...
Not very much consolation. Do you follow him around and cheer when he stubs his toe?
Exactly, Nate works with the Obama campaign team. That's the equivalent of calling the first play of the game when the Offensive Coordinator tell you exactly what they will run.
he was their conduit to the little scumbag lefty voters to keep the faith. Also why Ostinko didn't give a crap about doing well in debates. Why bother, he already knew he was going to win.
Believe me, the dems will also "fix" the mid terms too.
He predicted that Notre Dame would at least cover the spread in the BCS Championship Game.
Trends in vote fraud hotspots could have told him what states would do what in the 2012 election.
He's obviously starting to believe his own ridiculous press too much.
Well, he would be wrong.
He's not a "statistician". He's the left's spokepesperson for the Odumbo campaign while waorking for the NY Slimes.
I guess he was able to predict the layoffs at the NYT s/
Yeah, I personally found absolutely nothing suspicious with Silver switching every swing state at the last minute to Obama.
Nothing suspicious at all.
True, Carnac the Magnificent had all the answers too.
But that was a better time...
Silver just got lucky when he predicted 49 of 50 states in the Election of 2008 and 50 of 50 states in the Election of 2012 and almost every US Senate races during those elections.
Now, it has been proven that Silver's predictions, using all his statistical data are no better than a coin flip.
Football scores aren't preordained by the corrupt collusion of the left wing of the democratic party, media and outright fraud, for the most part.
Well, if he's such a wizard, and his predictions are so golden, I guess you and the rest of us can just quit working and make an outstanding living just betting his predictions, right?
The fact of the matter, whether we like to admit it or not, is that polling has become very accurate in recent years, because there is so much of it being done, and the methodologies have become well refined. Anyone who has access to all the polling that he does is going to basically make the same predictions. It's not nearly as big a deal as the liberal media wants us to believe.
"OK, Timeout!"
"Wait!? He missed that field goal! I didn't call Timeout?! I didn't!"
SO maybe it will be Obama Vs. Patriots.
A match we're going to see anyway for the next four years.
I don't get the whole 'ice the kicker' routine. These are professional athletes. One is better off letting them kick with the play clock running down especially considering that they are expecting a timeout to be called.
"Well, if hes such a wizard, and his predictions are so golden, I guess you and the rest of us can just quit working and make an outstanding living just betting his predictions, right?"
No, markets only work when their are those who make predictions that turn out to be wrong. Those players who are best at analyzing data usually make the more accurate predictions and win most of the time.
Eventually, those who are inferior at analyzing data will wash out of the market and those who are best will thrive.
In the end, maybe 5-10% of the players will truly succeed and all other players will perish or hardly survive.
Even those who are best at analyzing data and making predictions are wrong once in a while.
If I were to bet on someone predicting which baseball prospects will be the best MLB players, who will win an election, or who will execute the best trading strategies or who will win the most money at poker, I will go with Nate Silver.
He just had inside information about the rigged voting machines.
Again with this poker rubbish. The guy has never even cashed in a significant tournament in his entire life.
Are you Silver's publicist or something? I see you just joined less than two months ago, which is more than a little suspicious to me, considering how long F.R. has been around.
Exactly my point. You are likely very savvy, and therefore do not bet on the basis of someone else's predictions, recognizing that they are making calculated guesses - and that even the best calculated guesses have significant margins of error. There are a ton of people in the world who have much, much more statistical expertise than those like Nate Silver, or any of the other lay press personalities. Further, many of these people have access to computing power beyond what most, if not all of us have ever had access to, but they are not routinely wagering themselves to riches on the basis of their mathematical powers of prediction. There's a lot of variability in the world, and that's wonderful.
That said, I will make a prediction, in part based on the inherent variability, uniqueness, and need for individuality of each human being - that every human experiment based on the Marxist model, or variation thereof, will eventually fail, and that all who cavort as intellectually superior because they espouse such models will be proved wrong by history.
My son told me the coach was not complaining about the timeout. Rather, he was miffed that Bryant got a "practice" kick. Who knows?
It would take some serious gall to complain about a TO to the same ref you got one from.
But, too bad, too sad for the Seahawks.
Pete should go back to B.C.....Always thought he was the definition of the "Peter Principle". That was a really dumb call by the same token the Atlanta coach having 12 guys on the field in the last minute of the game was equally as stupid.
Well, if hes such a wizard, and his predictions are so golden, I guess you and the rest of us can just quit working and make an outstanding living just betting his predictions, right?
There was money to be made on Intrade (not any more :-( )
Typical Silver. The guy is a hack.
More proof that Silver doesn't know what he is doing and just got lucky.
He predicted a rigged election - BFD
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Review of Reviews: Boy meets girl, girl dies
The Columbus Dispatch - February 15, 2013 10:16 AM
Those looking for an uplifting love story on the heels of Valentine's Day would do best to avoid the film Amour, a movie from director Michael Haneke. Since it received the Oscar nod for Best Picture, plenty of people will head to the theater to see what the French-language movie is all about.
There are plenty of movies involving the classic boy-meets-girl story. Others find success in the boy-loses-girl vein. Amour may be the first to explore the old-man-loses-wife-he-loved-for-more-than-50-years category.
The story involves the final chapter of a long stable marriage, one where problems arise after the wife Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) suffers a debilitating stroke. Her husband George (Jean-Louis Trintignant) cares for her in the home, witnessing the decline of her health.
Haneke adds a few of his trademark twists that define his style. The acting performances are powerful, but the dark subject matter probably won't turn out to be everybody's cup of tea, according to Dispatch critic Frank Gabrenya.
" Amour surprised many by scoring Oscar nominations, including one for best picture, that are unusual for such an intimate art-house production," Gabrenya said in his review. "The nominations will give the film a larger audience than it would otherwise have drawn, but those viewers might find the drama too starkly unsettling or its late twists unhappily baffling."
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What am I doing here then?
I wanted to mark this, ahem important occasion with a special post. As usual, all my creative juices dried up as soon as I decided to call on them.
I then decided that a moohn meetha karo was called for and get this, there is not a single piece of chocolate, candy or mithai in this house. Howzzat?? Very slimming but most disheartening nevertheless. I almost decided to chop a mango and eat that but suddenly that felt like too much effort and now I am chomping on some Calcium Sandoz Soft Chews of all that things.
I am guessing a simple Happy Birthday will have to suffice. So happy birthday, blog. Its great the way every now and then, I get an unlikely someone to tell me that they read my blog and hell, like it!
In keeping with the a movie a week program, M and I watched Sex and the City yesterday. Most uplifting I say. I wouldn't mind living in Manhattan on a freelancing writer's salary and wearing all those dazzling clothes and having a bunch of fantastic looking, dependable and loving friends around me at all times. No sir, I wouldn't mind that at all.


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The Greenville Drive (2-3) took to the road on Monday night, but the Hickory Crawdads (2-3) weren't feeling very hospitable. After surrendering the lead in the top half of the ninth, Hickory sent the crowd home happy, as Nick Williams hit a two-out, walk-off homer to give the Crawdads a 5-4 victory.
Drive reliever Yunior Ortega (0-1) sandwiched a one-out single by Luis Marte with a pair of strikeouts, but Williams smacked an offering over the left-field wall to win the game.
The walk-off win spoiled a ninth-inning rally by the Drive, in which they scored a pair of runs to take the lead. David Chester rudely greeted new Hickory pitcher Josh McElwee with a solo shot over the left field wall to lead off the frame, knotting the game up at 3-3. The Drive did the rest of their damage in the inning with two outs, as Jordan Weems singled to left and came all the way around to score on a double to center by Mike Miller.
The Drive struck first with a pair of runs in the top of the first against Hickory starter Eric Brooks. Miller drew a walk and advanced to second on Mookie Betts' infield single to shortstop. After a double play, Boss Moanaroa ripped a solid single to right field to plate Miller. Two batters later, Chester's line drive double to left brought home Moanaroa for the 2-0 lead.
Hickory relied on the long ball to even the score at two. Ryan Rua led off the bottom of the fifth with a home run to left against Drive starter Frank Montas, while Joey Gallo launched a solo shot to center field off Montas in the sixth to tie the game up.
Despite giving up two homers, it was a nice outing overall for Montas in his first start of 2013. He threw five and two-third innings, allowing six hits, two runs and no walks, while using his electric fastball to punch out seven Hickory hitters.
The Crawdads took the lead in the bottom of the eighth with Ortega on the mound. Gallo and Jorge Alfaro hit back-to-back singles with two outs, and Preston Beck's grounder was misplayed by Drive third baseman Nick Moore for an error, scoring Gallo.
Miller picked up three hits on the evening. Chester had two hits, and his solo shot was the first homer of the season for the Drive. Moanaroa also collected a pair of hits. Gallo had three hits for the Crawdads, while Jordan Akins had two hits of his own.
The same two teams will meet again tomorrow night in Hickory beginning at 6:00. LHP Cody Kukuk will make his first start of the season for the Drive, while RHP Kelvin Vasquez takes the ball for the Crawdads.
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Topic: Rails Reboot Script
I am starting to write my first Rails application using Rails 3.0.0. I am at the point where I have uploaded the application to my host and have everything working as I want. I am now trying to put together a script to start my server in the case where my host reboots the server.
I have put together the following shell script which I will execute on reboot via crontab - once its working!
#! /bin/sh
cd /home/userXXX/apps/wedding && rvm use 1.9.2 && thin start -e production -p 1300 -d
This script works great when I run it from my application directory /home/userXXX/apps/wedding
When I run the script from anywhere I get an error:
>> Writing PID to tmp/pids/thin.pid
>> Using rack adapter
Could not find activesupport-3.0.0 in any of the sources
Try running `bundle install`.
This is likely as much a Unix issue as a Rails issue since it seems like the script is running the 'thin start' command from the wrong directory, even though I am changing to the correct directory.
Any direction you can provide would be much appreciated by this newbie. Thanks!


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Skip to comments.White House aghast over 'secret Muslim' poll
Posted on 08/20/2010 8:51:40 AM PDT by SkyPilot
The White House was forced yesterday to reaffirm President Obama's Christian faith after shocking polls found that 1 out of every 4 or 5 Americans falsely believe he's a Muslim -- a considerable increase from last year.
"The president is obviously a Christian. He prays every day," White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters.
"He communicates with his religious adviser every single day. There's a group of pastors that he takes counsel from on a regular basis. And his faith is very important to him, but it's not something that is a topic of conversation every single day."
A separate White House statement stressed that Obama's "strong Christian faith is what guides him" in facing the nation's challenges. "But he doesn't wear it on his sleeve," the press office added.
The president's flacks also complained that Obama's faith is "often maligned and distorted by critics."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
This POS keeps giving America the finger.
Actually, I'm somewhat bewilded that most people believe that the original inhabitant of prehistoric Africa were all black - that didn't happen until the 2 vast Bantu migrations.
After that they were prey for Arabian Slavers who basically referred to them as "Kaffirs."
It's also what happens when everything you represent yourself to be is a loe, especially when what you claim to be changes according to the audience you're playing to. He can't keep up with the lies he tells. He knows most Americans would be aghast at who he truly is, whatever that may be, because whatever it is, it's anti-American. Too bad too many Americans don't look past the surface and the words he spouts.
As does his wife. . .and no question; their 'constituency' share an excited, vicarious thrill, as they do so.
On September 11th 2001 would anyone have believed that a guy dressed in this getup would be our next president? Makes me sick.
to number 42
1. Does a telephone call count as his daily communications?
2. Is his NYC based imam considered his "religious advisor"?
3. Do five imams make up a "group"???
4. Is "takes counsel" defined as "what direction is east"?
5. Is "regular basis" to be accepted as "once a quarter"?
I am so tired of this copout phrase used by politicians. I wear my Christianity on both sleeves, down both legs, around my waist and chest and everywhere else. As the apostle Paul said, "For me to live, is Christ." For the true follower, Christ is not relegated to a private "part" of your life, he is your life. His presence should define every word from your mouth and every step you take and every decision you make.
yep, he prays alright, 5 times a day, toward mecca
Hardly proof of one's Christianity. There are Muslims who pray every day but aren't really Muslim.
He could clear everything up by saying he is not a Muslim.
--A. Lincoln
"No one in the Obama administration will respond to me, listen to me, talk to me or read anything that I write to them. I am 'toxic' in terms of the Obama administration," *
All facetiousness aside, I think this is the first good thing that I've heard coming out of this administration!
And it only took a little over a year and a half.
Good done since Jan 20,2009: 01
Harm done since Jan 20,2009: 21,235,785,258 and counting
*tremble, curse, and go mad, because they will be drenched with the filth of their evil.*
well, that DOES describe Reid, Gore and Pelosi...
"The president is obviously a Christian. He prays every day,"
Right. 5 times, facing east, head on the floor, arse in the air, on a little rug.
His actions prove that his is without a doubt a MUSLIM SYMPATHIZER, and he never seems to want to side with Christians. I wonder how he reconciles his Christian faith with his position in support of infanticide and his belief that babies, gifts from God, are punishment? Also, his numerous lies, his desire to steal from one to give to another, his presentation of himself as some kind of messiah, his support of the homosexual agenda, his position against Israel, etc.
I listened to Rush today and he was blasting the TV media as well and did not say "with the exception of Fox News."
Rupert Murdoch and Bloomberg are alike. They want access to middle eastern sat TV for murdoch and bloomberg wants access to middles eastern money and to help develop islamic finaancial markets.
Rush mentioned that Rev. Wright had "been" a muslim. He is also pals with Farrakhan. My bet is his "church" was financial supported with Islamic money.
His daughters seemingly are being raised with no religion.
Not that he'd actually read this, but I'll write it anyway...
Mr. Obama....do you want to silence the people who say you're not a Christian, once and for all? Okay, here's what you do, fella:
1) Go on national television, get down on your knees, and publicly ask Jesus Christ into your heart to be Lord and Savior. Once that is done, publicly renounce ANY faith or religious belief that you may have held.
2) Get yourself a new spiritual advisor. I recommend someone like Josh McDowell, Louie Giglio, or any good Christian that believes the Bible is the infallible Word of God.
3) Go on national television and publicly declare that the United States is, from that moment forward a friend, ally, and defender of the State of Israel. State that ANY attack against her will be met with nuclear response against the city of Mecca.
If you do not wish to do these things, then the best way to silence your critics is to remove their reason for criticisms...in other words, resign the Presidency instantly. That way, they won't have any reason to say there's a muslim in the White House, because YOU won't BE there. Then you, your Bigfoot wife, and your daughters (whom I pray come to the Cross of Christ before it's too late) can retire to someplace warm (like your home country of Kenya) and remain there until you die and are firmly ensconced in a white-hot Hell reserved for the devil and his angels...and all those who reject Jesus Christ as the living and Holy Son of God....like YOU.
If he says that, in a believable way, I'd start believing in his Christianity. Until then, he's the Muslim-In-Chief.
Is he wearing running shoes while playing basketball in that picture?
What a coincidence!! So do muslims!!!
Don't forget Michael Signator. he paid him a visit while he was in Chicago on his birthday.
I disagree with your comments. All Obama has to do is show his birth certificate (which he might be hiding because it says he is a Muslim), state he is a Christian, support Christmas and the rebuilding of the Christian church damaged on 9/11 (and not the Muslim "cultural center"). Nothing more. He needs not make a big production of it or he would be seen as "protesting too much."
Oh please, if you can't see that he was a homo and Michelle is his beard you are blind, seriously. NEVER, not once was he seen with any woman before the Moose. Only girly men.
his decisions and "ways" are that of a muslim. I have not seen any Christian trait in this person... ever.... and it is impossible to be a Christian without it ever showing... just as I imagine it would be impossible to be a muslim without it showing... and for the obamanation, it does.
He sees his Messiah every morning when he looks in the mirror.
My household proclaims that our dog, Buhangin, is a Christian, that she prays every day, and that she is aghast at the number of people who say otherwise.
We also proclaim that she was born at Queens Hospital in Honolulu, that she is a Constitutional scholar, and that she is not a Socialist, as proven by her unwillingness to share her food.
We also proclaim that all her vaccinations are up to date, but we will not release the vet's records. She graduated at the top of her class at Harvard Obedience School, but we do not feel obligated to produce her transcripts.
Any further questions should be released to the team of attorneys we've hired at your expense to prevent investigations of these facts.
Mark 8: "Who do men say that I am?" 28 And they told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Eli'jah; and others one of the prophets." 29 And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ."
GG: Whos Jesus to you?
OBAMA: Right. Jesus is a historical figure for me, and hes also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher. And hes also a wonderful teacher. I think its important for all of us, of whatever faith, to have teachers in the flesh and also teachers in history.
Why did the MSM add the word "SECRET MUSLIM?"
ditto! The fact that they are responding and doing damage control just makes me believe even more that he's a closet Muslim.
KMA. It's the same as 0 and his "let me be clear" insult. Instead of leaving the word "falsely" out, they decide to go obama on folks.
He prays daily (and i think they meant 'preys' as in on the American public) and yet can't seem to bring himself to recognize the Chrisianity in Christmas?
Fascinating, I think the interview linked in 2004 establishes that his theology is Islamic and not Christian......
It is a fundamental principle in Islam that one who is not guided cannot guide. Thus Jesus is a fully realized man and an apostle of God. Jesus thus becomes, in Islam, a symbol (or sign) of the immense potential that exists within man's fundamental nature. The Prophet's of God are sent to guide man and to show man how to actualize this potential within him.
OBAMA: Right. Jesus is a historical figure for me, and hes also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher. And hes also a wonderful teacher. I think its important for all of us, of whatever faith, to have teachers in the flesh and also teachers in history.
Oooooh -— the dog thing is the dead give away. (i'm serious).
... and his religious adviser is whom? Mmm, could it be...
I almost forgot about that - where was "crhistian obama" when Graham was forced to pray OUTSIDE the pentagon??? Here is a mosque INSIDE the pentagon - Graham was NOT allowed to pray inside the pentagon. What about that? Don't you think obama would have jumped on that outrage and order the pentagon to allow Graham to pray inside?
Well, where are the Christians in NY, on Fridays? Why aren't they there doing the same thing, right next to them? It's time to move outside your comfort zone and fight back damn it.
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Official information may be found at the Java Client Library page.
Other Languages on the JVM
Michael Nitschinger has written a blog on Accessing Couchbase from Scala
Handling Timeouts
The Java client library has a set of synchronous and asynchronous methods. While it doesn't happen in most situations, occasionally network IO can become congested, nodes can fail, or memory pressure can lead to situations where an operation can timeout.
When this timeout occurs, most of the synchronous methods on the client will return a RuntimeException showing a timeout as the root cause. Since the asynchronous operations give finer grained control over how long is given for an operation to be successful or unsuccessful, this path throws a checked TimeoutException.
As an application developer, it's best to think about what you would do after this timeout. This may be something like showing the end user a message, it may be nothing, or it may be going to some other system for additional data.
In some cases, it may make sense to retry the operation, but this should be thought about carefully, as the cause of the timeout may be exacerbated. In the case of deciding to retry, doing this with a backoff or exponential backoff (see bulk loading below for an example) is advisable. This can be conceptually thought of as a pressure relief valve for intermittent resource contention.
Bulk Loading
When doing bulk loading of Couchbase Server, one can frequently overwhelm available memory in the Couchbase cluster before it can store data on disk. When this happens, Couchbase Server will immediately send a response back indicating the operation cannot be handled at the moment, but likely can be handled later. This is sometimes referred to as "handling Temp OOM" (where OOM means out of memory), though the actual temporary failure could be sent back for reasons other than OOM. Temporary OOM is the most common, however.
There are plans for future client support to handle this automatically, but handling it in your application is really a matter of a simple do-while.
One example of performing bulk loading when receiving temporary failures is:
package com.couchbase.sample.dataloader; import com.couchbase.client.CouchbaseClient; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.URI; import java.util.List; import net.spy.memcached.internal.OperationFuture; import net.spy.memcached.ops.OperationStatus; /** * * The StoreHandler exists mainly to abstract the need to store things * to the Couchbase Cluster even in environments where we may receive * temporary failures. * * @author ingenthr */ public class StoreHandler { CouchbaseClient cbc; private final List<URI> baselist; private final String bucketname; private final String password; /** * * Create a new StoreHandler. This will not be ready until it's initialized * with the init() call. * * @param baselist * @param bucketname * @param password */ public StoreHandler(List<URI> baselist, String bucketname, String password) { this.baselist = baselist; // TODO: maybe copy this? this.bucketname = bucketname; this.password = password; } /** * Initialize this StoreHandler. * * This will build the connections for the StoreHandler and prepare it * for use. Initialization is separated from creation to ensure we would * not throw exceptions from the constructor. * * * @return StoreHandler * @throws IOException */ public StoreHandler init() throws IOException { // I prefer to avoid exceptions from constructors, a legacy we're kind // of stuck with, so wrapped here cbc = new CouchbaseClient(baselist, bucketname, password); return this; } /** * * Perform a regular, asynchronous set. * * @param key * @param exp * @param value * @return the OperationFuture<Boolean> that wraps this set operation */ public OperationFuture<Boolean> set(String key, int exp, Object value) { return cbc.set(key, exp, cbc); } /** * Continuously try a set with exponential backoff until number of tries or * successful. The exponential backoff will wait a maximum of 1 second, or * whatever * * @param key * @param exp * @param value * @param tries number of tries before giving up * @return the OperationFuture<Boolean> that wraps this set operation */ public OperationFuture<Boolean> contSet(String key, int exp, Object value, int tries) { OperationFuture<Boolean> result = null; OperationStatus status; int backoffexp = 0; try { do { if (backoffexp > tries) { throw new RuntimeException("Could not perform a set after " + tries + " tries."); } result = cbc.set(key, exp, value); status = result.getStatus(); // blocking call, improve if needed if (status.isSuccess()) { break; } if (backoffexp > 0) { double backoffMillis = Math.pow(2, backoffexp); backoffMillis = Math.min(1000, backoffMillis); // 1 sec max Thread.sleep((int) backoffMillis); System.err.println("Backing off, tries so far: " + backoffexp); } backoffexp++; if (!status.isSuccess()) { System.err.println("Failed with status: " + status.getMessage()); } } while (status.getMessage().equals("Temporary failure")); } catch (InterruptedException ex) { System.err.println("Interrupted while trying to set. Exception:" + ex.getMessage()); } if (result == null) { throw new RuntimeException("Could not carry out operation."); // rare } // note that other failure cases fall through. status.isSuccess() can be // checked for success or failure or the message can be retrieved. return result; } }
This code sample originally appeared in this gist by [Matt Ingenthron].
Configuring Logging
Occasionally when troubleshooting an issue with a clustered deployment, it may be required to gather additional information from the Couchbase Java Client's logging. It uses JDK logging and this can be configured by configuring a runtime define and adding some additional logging properties.
Configuring Logging via Properties
For example, if running a command line java program, run with
...or put a logging.properties in your classpath.
handlers = java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = ALL java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter com.couchbase.client.vbucket.level = FINEST com.couchbase.client.vbucket.config.level = FINEST com.couchbase.client.level = FINEST
Other methods of enabling the additional logging may be appropriate depending on the deployment.
Since the Couchbase Java Client uses spymemcached and is compatible with spymemcached (we wrote it too, we like it!), if you want to set its built in logging to either JDK standard logging or log4j, simply use
Configuring Logging Programmatically
Sometimes, if you're writing in an IDE which is handling all the command line stuff for you, you just want to express your logging in code. That's possible too. Just add a section like this to your code:
// Tell things using Spy's logging to use the SunLogger compat Properties systemProperties = System.getProperties(); systemProperties.put("net.spy.log.LoggerImpl", "net.spy.memcached.compat.log.SunLogger"); System.setProperties(systemProperties); Logger.getLogger("net.spy.memcached").setLevel(Level.FINEST); Logger.getLogger("com.couchbase.client").setLevel(Level.FINEST); Logger.getLogger("com.couchbase.client.vbucket").setLevel(Level.FINEST); //get the top Logger Logger topLogger = java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(""); // Handler for console (reuse it if it already exists) Handler consoleHandler = null; //see if there is already a console handler for (Handler handler : topLogger.getHandlers()) { if (handler instanceof ConsoleHandler) { //found the console handler consoleHandler = handler; break; } } if (consoleHandler == null) { //there was no console handler found, create a new one consoleHandler = new ConsoleHandler(); topLogger.addHandler(consoleHandler); } //set the console handler to fine: consoleHandler.setLevel(java.util.logging.Level.FINEST);


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1485 - 260 from last week: 1225 YTD.
Last week was a disaster, and I was a Bosa TD away from dropping my entire 1K in picks. After a hot start, I have been middling for the last couple of weeks.
IU+10 vs. Sparty for a 100. Sparty's O is just too bad to cover that, and I think IU could actually win this one, not sure I feel good enough to take the moneyline at 300.
Navy +4.5 vs. Duke for 100. Triple option is a real PITA and I don't think Duke has the horses to adapt to that O in one week.
UF +8 vs. LSU. 100 Lot of points, UF's O is bad, their D is good and I am not really a believer in LSU.
UMD -5 vs. UVA 100.
Wisco -10 vs. NW. 100 I don't think NW bounces back well and whisky has had 2 weeks to prepare and a week with OSU's film to show them exactly how to use the power run game to gash NW.
UW +13 vs. Oregon. 100 I think this game could be close (or Oregon will win by 100). I am buying UW to keep it close at home.
PSU moneyline over scUM at 130 for 200. scUM is just not good, beating Minny doesn't change that.
Stanford -8 for 200.
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Mrs. Flinger: A work in progress
UPDATE TO Mrs. Flinger October 16, 2015
Because the Universe has a wicked sense of humor, after this delcaration, my blog threw up all over my last upgrade.
So I'm starting over using Craft. Turning 40 and kid entering Jr High next year, sometimes it's just time for a change. These archives will still exist in the way the last child goes off to college and their room is the same for 20 years, but it's just time to move forward.
OHMYGOD I Am One Of THEM. AKA: I'm clearly medicated Oct 12, 2009
Did I just totally gush out on you? Dearchrist. I just re-read my post and…
I think I threw up a little bit in my mouth.
When I started blogging, I was in grad school. I was plowing through programming which at the time, was akin to having my toenails shaved by the lovely asian gals until my toes were nubbins of bone. I used to envision this as I was studying the Java Sun Packages. I'd think, "SCRRAAAPEEE" toe one. "Scrraapppe" This is probably one of the reasons I never liked Java. I like my toes too much.
But then I got pregnant, finished up my thesis, had a baby and dipped in to PPD. I remember reading people's blogs who were so thrilled to be mothers.
I wanted to kick their asses.
Or drink a lot of gin straight from the bottle.
I used to gag, mentally at least, at the joyful posts of parents who rejoiced in their children.
My kid didn't sleep. That bitch. And I was tired.
I recovered thanks to medication and a therapist and became a mom. Then I got knocked up again.
And off the medicine.
And got a little crazy.
Or, "KrayKray" as V would say.
I'm open about my PostPartum Depression. I'm open about it because I don't feel at fault, but rather I understand the imbalance of hormones shifting can cause a drastic change after the birth of a child. Toss in sleep deprivation and you can get pretty whacky.
I'm planning on going off the medicine eventually. My therapist said it takes roughly two years for most synapsis to go back after the change, physical change, that occurs after you have a child. I just think I'm uber cool saying, "My therapist" like I'm some hip Californian who runs on the beach at sunrise and attends spa yoga. I say it with a lisp. "My THERAPYSHT"
It's been two years. We're now diving head long in to two and a half. But winter here is long and dark and I will wait until the light comes back before I make that change now. And I am ok with that. I am ok with having a little extra help in the mean time, after adjusting to the change of children. I'll re-evaluate next spring when the day comes back.
But for now you might get more Happy Happy Joy Joy posts. But I promise to try to keep them to a minimum.
And throw in some good cock.
Because damn, that's funny.
Inspiring Oct 12, 2009
I know we're all busy and yet we somehow manage to maintain this space on the Interweb. We drive to it most nights grasping for some bit of ourselves. It's our haven.
So know that when I say I'm drowning, I'm not asking for you to save me, but maybe just to toss in some floaties.
And a beer.
Or three.
I could post my todo list for you here. We could marvel at its length. We could giggle, "Wow, what a large todo list you have, Mrs. Flinger" and make 12 year old remarks.
Or we could look at some pictures of my kids at the harvest festival from this weekend.
I always say pictures of kids trump a todo list.
And maybe I'll toss in a quote that is especially moving to me today. After looking at these photos, experiencing the weekend through their eyes, and realizing I am just but one person, I want to leave myself with this small reminder:
"This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean won't wash them away. I think this is a wonderful kind of person to be." -Anne Lamott
Who is inspiring you today?
Healthy Pancakes Oct 11, 2009
My son is a pancake freak. Periodically at night he'll ask, "MORE PANCAKES." And by periodically, I mean every so often at 2Am. It's like he's having a sloppy pancake dream.
I use a recipe from my favorite cookbook, "Eating For Life" by Bill Phillips. I literally have this book tagged in fifty pages of recipes we use often.
Here's our pancake breakfast that keeps me from feeling too bad about indulging his passion.
1 cup Uncooked Whole-grain Oats (non-instant)
6 Egg Whites (We use egg substitute which comes out to 3/4 cup)
1 cup fat free Cottage Cheese*
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp ground Cinnamon
2 packets sugar substitute
1/2 cup sugar-free syrup
1. Coat griddle in non-stick spray and turn on to medium heat.
2. In blender, combine Oats, Egg Whites, Cottage Cheese, Vanilla, Cinnamon, and sugar substitue until smooth. About 1 min.
3. Pour batter, about 1/4 cup at a time, onto hot skillet. When bubbles form on one side, flip.
4. Top with syrup and berries (optional)
*Today we only had a half cup of cottage cheese so we substituted one whole non-ripe banana and it came out deliciously. Banana Pancakes with protein. Kid Approved.
The Working Mom: Improv #239 Oct 09, 2009
It took a long time for my brain to switch to work mode. I was so used to carrying around diapers and fourteen days worth of crackers that I often walked in to client meetings and sighed as I shoved aside four diapers, wipes, three fruit leathers and a nondescript item from what appears to be of a "gummy" family. Or once was.
I can't tell you when it happened that I actually stopped carting around my child's extra pair of panties in my purse, but I did. I started feeling like a woman again, not just the mom of two young children. At some point, I started leaving for work with just my laptop and a yogurt. I mean, how sensible is that?
Apparently, it's just SO sensible that I forgot my child still craps himself. Frequently.
Talk about sensible.
So what I'm about to share with you is my sensible, and very tactful way, of dealing with a ... um.. "shitty" situation for lack of a better term. (Or the want to use one.)
I met with a fellow company about some plans and was forced to bring the two kiddos with me. I mean, hey! What's a work meeting without yelling at your children in the play area? Who ISN'T professional without "pink milk" dribbling down one's arm and a nearly-five year old yelling, "I HAVE TO PEE MOMMY!"
After a while, saying good-bye, I realized my son smelled of poo. It's not something you usually bring up with clients/co-workers, etc, or people without children at all for that matter, about the consistency and smell of poo. Fellow Moms have no qualms saying, "Oh, yea, his turds nearly fall out of his pant-leg if he has too much cheese."
For some reason, that topic just doesn't seem to .. cut it? In this environment. (No, I won't stop the puns, damnit! I WILL NOT RELINQUISH THE PUNS.)
I dragged the children to the restroom and discovered sensible, classy-dressed me, only had my small black purse, cell phone, wallet, and one solitary cracker. No wipes. No diaper. Nothing.
So I improvised.
I took off the poopy diaper, gagged, and shook the turd out in to the toilet. "What are you doing, Mommy?!" my son asks. "I'm putting the poopoo where it belongs" because THIS IS A TEACHABLE MOMENT PEOPLE. BY GOD I LEARNED SOMETHING FROM DOCTOR PHIL.
Next I sat him down on the potty and wrapped a length of toilet paper in to folds. Over and over I folded the toilet paper until it could cover the soiled area on the diaper. "What are you doing, Mommy?" he asks. "I am making this clean so you can wear it again, Buddy. I have no new diaper."
"NOOooOOOOOO IT IS YUCKY!"
This is the first time my two year old ever made any sort of logical sentence in his life.
"Yes, it's yucky. Now, let's try to go poopoo in the potty, ok? NO NO STOP TOUCHING THE TOILET WATER."
I slapped the diaper back on him, all to his disgust, and washed (twelve and a half times) their hands and mine.
We left looking sensible. Clean. And nobody would ever have known except for the strand of toilet paper coming out of my son's tush.
Welcom, kiddo, to my world.
Sensible. Isn't it, though?
"IT" Oct 08, 2009
I sat on the plane next to a young gal, mid-twenties she would tell me later, who reminded me a lot of myself at her age. Realizing "her age" wasn't so far gone, but knowing it was still long enough away to form distant memories and wistful longings in my mind.
"You're married? With two kids? When did you get married?" she asks with wide brown eyes and a smile that reaches her ears.
"When I was 26. But I knew him for years and years. He was my best friend." I reply trying to condense our 13 year pre-story in to a sentence.
"How did you know he was the ONE?" she asks.
"I knew."
I hated that answer when I was her age.
But the truth is, my husband is the single person in the world I don't get sick of the more time I'm around him. We fight, sure, we drive each other completely batty sometimes, we annoy the everlivingshit out of the other one, but I can't stand not having him around.
The house is so much… less… without him.
Everything is so much .... less… without him.
Together we've worked through graduate school, birthing and raising two babies, and passing one (soon to be two) engineering exams. We've purchased houses, sold houses, and moved 5 times as a family.
And that's just since marriage.
Let's discount the 20 years we've known each other and the 14 years it took to make that commitment in the first place.
So when we decided, together, to buy a new house and take advantage of a sticky situation with some benefits of "the current market," we knew it could take a while.
I mean, comon, the guy can't buy a trashcan without a spreadsheet.
Imagine my shock, then, when we go for a drive at our lunch hour to "scope out the neighborhood" we'd ideally love to live, and find our dream.
I've never felt this way about a house before.
He clearly never has either.
Or a person for that matter.
We walk around noting the emptiness. We walk all over the grounds, picturing the children playing and each other fixing up the yard. We talk about where we would put the furniture as we peer through the spider-web windows.
It's so…... "Up" ..... in a way.
The house is ours from first sight. We're not sure about financing yet, if the foundation is sound, if we can even do this. But for some reason, this particular house, this one time in our lives, there isn't s spreadsheet, a lengthy discussion, a hesitation.
This one time I got to see my husband fall in love on first sight.
And I was right there with him falling in love, too.
I hope we found our home.
Our home.
Something tells me this is "it."
I just know.
Nobody tells you when you grow up, you'll want to be just like your kids Oct 05, 2009
My daughter is so dynamic.
So joyful.
So lovely.
She feels so intensely.
She cares so deeply.
She loves fully.
I watch her play and I wonder when I grew up. When did I stop running in the leaves or spinning in circles to feel the wind on my face? When did I decide socks had to match and outfits had accessories?
People sometimes ask my children what they want to be when they grow up. They have answers, "A mommy! A train! A tree!" They'll make those decisions later.
Much later.
And then, one day, even as they hold a job they adore and work with people they like, they'll watch their own children and finally realize:
When I grow up, I want to be just like you.
Women in Tech, a living example in PHP Oct 05, 2009
class nerds {
public static $boy = 'stands to pee';
public $girl = 'sits to pee';
public static function getBoy() { echo self::$boy; }
public static function setBoy() { self::$boy = 'Tech Boy'; }
public function getGirl() { echo $this->
girl; }
$ob = new nerds();
nerds::getBoy(); // output: stands to pee
$ob->getBoy(); // output: stands to pee
$ob->getGirl(); // output: sits to pee
// girls are never static thus you can use the $this->girl
class techgirl extends nerds {
public function lesson() {
$this->x = 'women are not objects';
$techgirl = new Techgirl
echo $techgirl->lesson(); //outputs women are not objects.
Next up: Bunnies! Fluffy Pink Hearts! And the cuttest kiddos ever!
The downfall of being a woman in tech Oct 02, 2009
I'm here at the EE Roadshow here in Seattle. I'm thrilled to be with so many fabulous developers in one location.
It's a freakin' GEEK FESTIVAL!
I'm glad to see women being represented here. There must be at least twelve of us in a full room of 200? :: fist pump :: GIrl power.
This, being the first and possibly one time ever, the women's restroom wouldn't have a line longer than security at Sea-Tac airport, they only have non-gender specific "washrooms". This means the boys now stand in line and the women STILL stand in line.
Which, ok.
But this sharing a bathroom with men is something I can hardly do at home, let alone with 180 strangers.
Strangers who happen to own the pipe version.
Who do not aim.
At all.
So men, yo, do a girl a favor. LIFT THE LID. Aim, get'er done, and then CLOSE THE LID.
Don't spray and run.
Do this sister a solid: Don't make me squat.
Thank you.
Fluffy green tutus: Time truly is liquid Sep 29, 2009
It's a cliche, how history repeats itself.
It's true, at least in our family, as life motors on I see glimpses of my past squished with my present or projected in my future.
Time truly is liquid.
My daughter started ballet a few months ago. She loves the pink outfit, the tights, the shoes. She prances around the house doing pirouettes now. "Watch this move!" she'll yell gleefully as she swiftly glides by the family in our living room.
I vaguely remember doing that myself.
I marvel, wondering if it's all little girls or only those in my family. If we all dream of tutus and ballet shoes and eating disorders and men in tights.
Or if it's simply the art of attention. Of feeling pretty. Of being graceful.
And if we ever grow out of that.
I watch as her face fills with so much glee. So much pride.
Her once two left feet carrying her in circles, her arms raised. Her smile lit.
Feet landing softly.
Out of order.
On their own.
Hearing a different music.
Than the others.
I smile at my husband, as he beams at his daughter. We laugh and look at our son. How one day he, too, will be performing for us. Music, sports, art.
I can not remember when they grew. I do not remember when I did. In my heart I am still the little girl dancing.
Her feet to a music all alone.
A smile wide and bright.
I don't remember the day I gave my ballet recital exactly, but I do remember the smile on my face.
Simply because I saw it again, on my daughter, just the other day.
Change- A Type A Mom Con Story Sep 28, 2009
I stepped off the plane in Seattle to a cold wind and sun. When I left, only four days earlier, summer was still raging and children played in sprinklers. However, fall noticeably bustled in during my absece, taking over the breezes and leaves, making the air chilly and my unused jacket necessary.
I felt just as different as the weather.
Four days ago I stepped on a flight to Ashville, NC. The 48 hours I spent at Type-A-Mom was a transcendent experience.
I met some fantastic women. I found some wonderful opportunities to grow and expand, both in my career and in my personal relationships. I held deep and wonderful conversations with some of my most favorite bloggers. These women, plus some new favorites, and old friends, friendly faces, and encouraging smiles, gave me the courage to stand up during the "Town Hall Meeting" and say something that is near and dear to my life as a blogger:
Be who you are and you will find companies who will want to work with you because of it. You can dress it up a touch, maybe make it a touch classy, but don't change yourself. The companies that love you for who you are will be a much better, long lasting relationship than the ones that require changes to you or your blog.
Photo copyright Rick of Tiny Prints used with permission
My first experience in this was after Blissdom 09. After speaking in the vivacious, charismatic way that I do, I wondered if my client in the audience would rather work with someone more professional looking, sounding. I have a wealth of knowledge behind this trucker's mouth. A ton of wisdom behind this post-child body. I have more to offer if I truly love working with you than if I don't. But I didn't know how she would feel after watching me "cracker it up" on stage.
Turns out? Molly is not only a client, but became a good friend. She not only stuck around after seeing me be myself in a professional setting, she clung to me like a lover and I to her. Ok, lover is a touch strong here, but you see what I'm saying.
I have similar stories with many of my clients.
Be yourself and your audience and sponsors will reflect who you really are.
After the Pioneer Woman linked to me, a (few) hundreds of people came by. Many were not my typical audience. Those who were, however, those who I found just as engaging and wonderful as they enjoyed what I had to say, stuck around and became new online friends. I couldn't change my type of writing simply to accomidate a larger audience. And so I didn't. But I did remain true to my own voice and those of you who are STILL around, are not only crackertastically adorable, but people I connect with on many levels.
For which I am grateful.
It is with this knowledge that I entered Type-A-Mom-Con this weekend. I became empowered to be the person I've always been, outgoing, loving to laugh, and silly. Friendly. Possibly too much so. But I felt accepted and met so many wonderful ladies that I truly couldn't change who I am if I wanted to.
I'm thankful to Rob from Cozi for his wonderful input in the ad session. I'm grateful for MomDot for being so open and honest and infomational. I'm always thankful for my friend Alli who's encouragement is never-ending and to Mishi and Rick for their photography inspiration and photos. I'm especially thankful to Dress Barn for the fantastic evening and outfit and to David for giving us the opportunity.
I will always be me. I hope you enjoy it. You? Are wonderful just the way you are.
I hope you know that.
Coyright Mishi
Dress Barn Models
Copyright Rick of Tiny Prints
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The U.S. Olympic Training Center
The Marathon Epee is a two-day epee tournament with two distinct competitions. Day one, Saturday December 15th, will be a Pentathlon style ROUND-ROBIN ONE-TOUCH mixed-epee competition with every fencer entered bouting every other fencer with the winner having the most total victories. Day two will be a regular 5-touch fencing competition with pools (male and female separated) seeded from the results of Day one. It is literally a Marathon of epee fencing at 6,000 feet of altitude.
WHEN and WHERE is the MARATHON EPEE?
The Marathon Epee tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday, December 15-16, 2012, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center Fencing Hall located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Competition begins each day at 8:00 a.m..
WHO IS COMPETING and WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The U.S. National Pentathlon Team, the U.S. Fencing Epee Olympic Training Center Resident Team, national teams from Ukraine and Brazil, in addition to numerous Olympians, National and World Champions in both Fencing and Pentathlon. The first 72 fencers (male and female) to register will be entered. Under NO circumstances will the field exceed 72 fencers which will equal 71 bouts.
PRIZES - There will be a $1,000 total cash purse.
REGISTRATION and RULES
Fencers must register via ASK FRED or through the USA Pentathlon office at www.USAPentathlon.org Fencers will be assigned a number on a first-come, first-served basis to a MAXIMUM of 72 male and female athletes. Cost is $35 per person. For information contact Genadijus Sokolovas at firstname.lastname@example.com Competition BEGINS at 8:00 AM. Hall opens at 7:00 AM. Normal USA Pentathlon and USFA rules apply. Fencers must be a member of USA Pentathlon or USA Fencing.
HOUSING and MEALS
A limited number of rooms will be available at the U.S. Olympic Training Center from Thursday, December 13th (arrival) through December 17th (departure). The cost for room and unlimited use of the Olympic dining facility is $95 per person per day. Contact USA Pentathlon for reservations.


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A collection of '80s rock videos by Southern Arizona bands debuts this weekend at HoCo Fest.
A collection of '80s rock videos by Southern Arizona bands debuts this weekend at HoCo Fest.
What does "Mapping Q" say about Tucson's social landscape and LGBTQ youth?; a look back to Tucson in 1776; The Friends of Tucson's Birthplace celebrates the city's 240th birthday; blues legend Stefan George remembered.
A new documentary pays tribute to "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas", an entertainer who blazed trails for women in music, comedy, and business.
Pianist & cultural historian Richard Glazier shares stories about some of the great American popular composers of the 20th century, including the Gershwins and Irving Berlin.
Lecture explores the cultural resonance of time telling; trio of young virtuoso musicians performs on traditional instruments.
A conversation with Julie Cajune, an educator and cultural preservationist, about a new CD of rare Native American music.
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Topic: Why does this respond_to block work?
I've been reading quite a bit about Rails 1.2 lately and many of the examples contain some ruby code that is beyond me.
respond_to do |wants|
wants.xml {render :xml => @people.to_xml}
After looking at the API for respond_to, I'm still not sure what sort of object (wants) respond_to is injecting into this block, nor what the .html and .xml methods do. It seems to me that this controller would return BOTH the html and xml representations.
Please help me get my thick head around this!


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Refreshing the icons in Firefox usually occurs in the later beta releases during the development cycle. This is partly because we have to stabilize the UI design before we know what icons we are going to need, partly because dropping in new images is pretty low risk in terms of performance and stability regressions, and partly because producing a large number of icons takes awhile. However the downside of landing the new icons later in the development process is that we don't have a lot of time to generate feedback before we release. To keep everyone up to date on what our new icons are going to look like, I'll be posting the images to my blog, sometimes ahead of the icons appearing in nightly builds.
190 * 4
Firefox 3 will contain roughly 120 icons (190 if you count different sizes) on each of the four platforms. You can view an interactive inventory here (click on the items on the right to filter the list). I should note that the icons shown below are just the first iteration we've received from our designers. Many of these icons are still drafts, many are still missing, and there are some inconsistencies across platforms. Also, a lot of the icons already have some modifications planned.
Click through for the full sheet of icons:
While the icons are styled for each platform, we plan on using consistent metaphors and symbols to ensure that interacting with Firefox feels familiar as users move between platforms.
Visual Integration
As I've mentioned in previous posts about our goals for the Firefox 3 visual refresh, we are paying a great deal of attention to visual integration with the platform in this release. While Firefox is developed as a cross platform application, we are putting a lot of effort into making sure that Firefox feels native on every platform. In addition to feeling familiar and comfortable, I want users to think of Firefox as the browser their computer should have shipped with. On OS X I want you to feel like you've upgraded to latest large predatory cat, on Ubuntu the latest Adjective Animal alliteration, and on Windows you've just installed Service Pack Awesome.
A major component of our visual integration strategy is matching each platform's conventions for icon design (Luna, Aero, Aqua, and Tango):
(my apologies to Johnathan for the use of lock icons, I had a complete set)
Windows XP Luna
The XP Luna style contains icons are colorful and fun. The icons appear as simplified illustrations.
We have decided to deviate from the XP Luna style in one specific way: our navigation toolbar icons are going to have a glossier finish than the default texture of XP Luna (we are planning to go with a finish closer to the Royale theme), while maintaining a similar color palette. Note that we just made this decision so the the change isn't currently reflected in the sheet above.
Windows Vista Aero
The Aero style contains icons that are considerably sharper and more detailed than XP icons. The style is not quit photorealistic, however unlike XP's Luna style, Aero icons are not created using a specific color palette, and the icons are generally more intricate, particularly for objects that exist in the real world.
The Firefox windows icons are being developed by the renowned icon design studio Iconfactory. The Iconfactory has previously worked on icons for mac applications like Coda and Transmit, Ubuntu 6.06, the Xbox 360, Mozilla Lab's Prism, as well as the icons for Windows XP and Vista.
OS X Aqua
Application icons in the Aqua style are the most photorealistic, and often contain glassy elements. However icons inside of applications on OS X are often considerably simpler, and leverage softer gradients. The main Firefox window on OS X will have a unified metal appearance (if you are running Firefox 3 Beta 2, be sure to check out the proto theme for a preview).
Our OS X icons are being designed by Stephen Horlander and Kevin Gerich.
Linux Tango
On Linux Firefox will use native GTK icons where available, and the rest are being created in the Tango style. Other applications that have adopted the Tango style include the Gimp, Pidgin, and (most notably) the Gnome desktop. Tango icons are light, crisp, and simple.
Our Linux icons are being created by Andreas Nilsson, Kalle Persson, Ulisse Perusin, Jakub Steiner, and Lapo Calamandrei. Michael Ventnor and Michael Monreal are helping to make sure Firefox uses the native GTK icons from the current OS theme wherever possible.
New Firefox Application Icon
In addition to refreshing all of the icons inside of Firefox, this release will also see a refresh to the Firefox application icon itself. We have contracted Jon Hicks to update our application icon for Firefox 3. Jon worked with Steven Garrity, Daniel Burka and Stephen Desroches to create the original Firefox application icon, so Jon is now getting a chance to re-imagine the original vision they had for the Firefox icon, while updating it to have a sleeker, more modern, and higher fidelity appearance. We unfortunately don't have anything to show just yet, but Jon has posted a small teaser to his blog.
We are releasing these icons publicly as soon as we receive them so that we can get feedback on them. Please feel free to post comments below, or over in a thread I've set up in dev.apps.firefox.


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text: Stephen King has had much of his output adapted to the big screen. Frank Darabont's three King movies are glowing exceptions to the standards of most of these adaptations, which have varied from barely adequate down to appalling (and I include Kubrick's The Shining in the latter category - as an adaptation, it stinks). John Carpenter's Christine is another honourable exception. King's story of a Plymouth Fury which is displaying its (never explained) malevolence before it has even rolled off the assembly line may well be one of his lesser works, but it is still populated with real people and carefully constructed, even to the first person narration from Dennis (the film does not use Dennis as narrator, but it shows a lot of what happens from Dennis' point of view). Spoiler The story is tragic in that Artie, carefully constructed to be a victim in his pre-Christine world, is destined to be destroyed by Christine from the moment she gets her claws into him, even though he goes through a period of illusory apparent non-victimhood before being lost (in similar fashion to Jack Torrance being consumed by The Overlook). Carpenter does a solid job of picking up most of the novel's beats and delivering them in slick, atmospheric fashion. The cast - largely unknown at the time - does an excellent job of bringing the characters to life, particularly Keith Gordon who conveys pre-Christine Arnie's nerdiness, post-Christine Arnie's single minded obsessiveness, and the transition from one to the other, all with complete believability. A tolerable job is carried out in using mechanical effects (and film run backwards!) to convey the fact that Christine has a life of her own. And the movie contains one of THOSE moments, you know, the ones which make the hair on the back of your neck stand up, when Arnie says "Show me", Christine's lights come on, and the music delivers a creepy downwards glissando.