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Uncle Jay is still on summer vacation! In case you're confused by the news without his help (or if you enjoy being confused WITH his help), here's just a little tidbit. Seeya in a few more weeks!
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Richard Nixon, Subscribe, Uncle Jay, Vacation, Vietnam
16 Responses to "Uncle Jay Explains: June 30, 2011"
roadyachtcaptain Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 11:07 pmIf you say you are on a road trip to Argentina, we will understand
The Real Kevster Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 11:15 pmSpot On Uncle Jay! … (as always…)
"Withdrawl: Doesn't sound 'manly' to me, Bill…"
The Economc Forecast: "Grim, with continued grim until recovery (in 5 years..) and then widely scattered 'pockets' of recovery…"
But, in the meantime… "The Elite" will continue to
"Government Sacks.. err, sack the Government (you & me) until…"The Force" decides otherwise…
Or, the prevailing wisdom of "the moment…"
Joe Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 11:37 pmOh, I'm sorry. Have you been gone? Must not have been paying attention. Haven't really missed you. Won't be signing up for your website or facebook deals. Once a week is more than enough. BTW, try to get a little more sun while your gone.
John Bartus Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 11:40 pmFor a geezer like myself, that was truly hilarious. Well, so long as we get our troops out safely. God bless EVERYONE.
kathy Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 11:40 pmLOL Uncle Jay. Hilarious.
Have a great vacation.
mskitty Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 5:41 amI'm so glad you are thinking of us, Uncle Jay, though I miss you I fully understand your need for a vacation, from the news or otherwise. I was hoping the surprise news item might be the one where the Dominique Strauss-Kahn rapist is now 'proven' to have lied after all. It's all quite scripted, isn't it? But that news item just came out this morning.
You look fabulous in your Hawaiian shirt, UJ!
Eddie Caplan Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 7:10 amUJ at his best… politics with context and humor.
mskitty Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 10:14 amooops I got that all wrong, didn't I? I meant the woman that accused Strauss-Kahn was 'proven' to have lied. If I had trusted my intuition about that whole DSK story from the beginning I could have predicted that outcome.
Brenda Girl Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 10:18 amThank You Uncle Jay, now go enjoy Your vacation. Hugs, kisses and…..You know.
Steve Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 12:19 pmUncle Jay ……………….. glad to have you back for a while, see you when you do return. Have a have a very happy vacation
Sam Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 1:03 pmYou ARE missed.Only you bring sanity and LAUGHS to the news. Thanks for letting us know how you are.
Have a great va-ca!
Patiently waiting for your return:-) -
Billy Boy Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 1:22 pmIt was a good morning campers – thanks to UJ popping up to look for his shadow and delivering some news blows.
It seems our incursions and withdrawals are the US's Ground Hog Days. Could we just stay limp for a while?
Dick was one and Barracho is conflicted I think. -
Jimmy Threeshoes Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 1:44 pmUncle Jay, will you be traveling to Coo'ba to visit Hugo Chavez while he gets back on his chubby little feet?
Have a wonderful vacation!
Your fans in cell block 8
Billy Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 2:05 pmOMG Uncle Jay We ARE of the same generation. LOTFLMAO
That was the hardest Ive laughed in a long time. Tricky Dickie returns for an encore. HEE HEE HEE
Sal Says:
July 2nd, 2011 at 7:45 amI just want to thank you Uncle Jay. I tend to be too serious minded and your little clips are therapy. You help me to laugh at the silliness. I hope you realize what a talent you have and what a gift you are. Thanks again. P.S. Looking forward to my next Monday morning dose of RELAX!!
plusaf Says:
July 2nd, 2011 at 10:28 pmY'all will like this one, I think…
from a friend…============
I was eating lunch on the 20th of February with my 10-year-old granddaughter and I asked her, "What day is tomorrow?"She said "It's President's Day!"
She is a smart kid.
I asked "What does President's Day mean?" I was waiting for something about Washington or Lincoln … etc.
She replied, "President's Day is when President Obama steps out of the White House, and if he sees his shadow we have one more year of unemployment."
You know, it hurts when hot coffee spurts out your nose…


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Federal Judge Denies Bond For Pakistani Terror SuspectA federal judge in Los Angeles has denied bond for a Florida man indicted on charges of supporting Pakistani terrorists.
Man Accused Of Supporting Taliban To Appear In LA CourtFederal authorities have yet to reveal why Irfan Khan – one of three men suspected of providing funds to the Pakistani Taliban -- was in Los Angeles.
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It's the New Year, and time for the 33rd Epiphany Run! Running yearns to be free - and so does Epiphany! Therefore: no t-shirt, no wimps, no complaints. Remember: you get what you pay for.
This is a run without any rules, really. Start whenever you want - though most of us gather at 7am at Skyline Gate to sing happy birthday to Tropical John Medinger on who's honor this run is forever 50k, or less. Run as far as you want. Everyone is responsible for keeping track of their own time and distance on the clipboard at Skyline Gate.
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Work-Poor Households: The Welfare Implications of Changing Household Employment Patterns
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"A certain sense of cruelty towards oneself and others is Christian; hatred of those who think differently; the will to persecute. Hatred of mind, of pride, courage, freedom, libertinage of mind, is Christian; hatred of the sense, of the joy of the senses, of joy in general is Christian."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"All cruelty springs from hardheartedness and weakness"
"War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
William Tecumseh Sherman
"All the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable, grew, blossomed and bore fruit in this one word, Hell"
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"If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking"
"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace."
"Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light."
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Royal Mail announced its annual stamp price rises in December which will take effect from 4 April 2011.
Postage rate changes which take
effect from 4 April - some over 12% - will require several new
stamps. The basic inland
rates will rise, 1st from 41p to 46p
& 2nd class from 32p to 36p.
There will be no 46p or 36p stamps as these rates are satisfied by the
existing 1st
class gold and 2nd class blue. The 'balancing' 10p in orange-brown
in use.
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Pre-issue images of new Machin definitives and images of actual stamps. The first show an irridiscent overprint but no year code. The code is actually M11L (2011) - colour variation is partly due to scan settings. |
The Country Definitive 68p & £1.10 values. These images are of the actual stamps showing the addition of the £ sign to the England top value. The pre-release image of the £1.10 has no '£' sign - they were probably not printed in this way, but it would be interesting if they were. |
The basic rates for Large Letters increase from 66p to 75p (1st class) and from 51p to 58p (2nd class) - satisfied by the existing NVIs.
The difference between the 1st
class and 1st class Large rates will be 29p (75p-46p) -
requiring 4 stamps unless the 9p is retained.
The difference between the 2nd class and 2nd class Large rates will be
22p (58p-36p) - satisfied by the existing 20p & 2p
The difference between the 2nd class Large and 1st class Large
rates will be 17p (75p-58p) - satisfied by the existing
10p, 5p & 2p stamps.
The Recorded Delivery fee is increased to 77p from 75p, which means that the (small) letter stamp will rise to £1.23 (from £1.15) and the Large letter to £1.52 (from £1.40).
International rates also rise at this time:
Basic Europe rate 20gr and postcards: +8p to 68p blue-green and country stamps. Earlier 'E' rate stamps still valid, as is the 20gr NVI issued last year.
Europe 40gr rate increases from 88p to £1 - existing £1 ruby-red.
Basic Worldwide rate 10gr and postcards: +9p to 76p - new stamp 76p pink.
Worldwide 20gr rate: +13p to £1.10, new £1.10 sage-green and country stamps.
Worldwide 40gr rate: £1.65 up by 19p. New £1.65 olive-brown
The Surface mail 20gr rate is increased from 58p to 66p, no new stamp has been created.
New Country Stamps valued 68p and £1.10 will be issued for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales in existing designs and colours.
Effect on the Small Packet rate used by us to send packets of stamps around the world!The basic 100gr rate rises from
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£1.82 to £2.07 for the rest of the world.
Higher weights are similarly affected, of course.
As an example the 260g rates rise from £2.37(E) and
£3.96(W) to £2.49 & £4.06.
However, 300g rates are reduced and subsequent rate steps
have been reduced with the new rates adding 55p and £1.11 for
each 100g respectively for Europe and Worldwide (previously 12p, 11p or
10p (E) and 24p or 22p (W) for 20g steps). See all the
details in the Royal Mail rates pdf (see link at the top of the page).
Presentation Pack - alert!
This is what the presentation pack looks like. All around the country packs are being sold from Post Offices without the low value stamps issued on 8 March. This is a mistake in make-up by Royal Mail or their suppliers. The price of the pack £5.10 includes the five low-value stamps worth 38p. If you have bought a pack with only 4 stamps in, go back to the Post Office or phone Post Office Customer Services to complain - (on 08457 22 33 44*. Lines are open from 8.15am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday and 8.30am - 2.00pm Saturday.)
Note that the stamps in the pack have been guillotined (possibly from coils) not torn from sheets. The backing paper is thus much smaller than on the sheet stamps. If your pack is missing the 1p - 20p stamps you want the guillotined ones to put in it, not stamps torn from sheets.
All the new Machin definitive stamps will be self-adhesive, printed by De La Rue in gravure in sheets of 25/50. They will have security cuts and the iridescent overprint.
The Country definitives will be litho printed on ordinarily gummed paper by Cartor Security Print ialso in sheets of 25/50. They will have no security features.
Special postmarks available on the day of issue will be shown here.
official pictorial FDI Windsor postmark Ref FD1113 - official pictorial FDI Tallents House postmark Ref FD1115 - official pictorial FDI London postmark Ref FD1116 - official pictorial FDI Edinburgh postmark Ref FD1117 - official pictorial FDI Cardiff postmark Ref FD1118 - official pictorial FDI Belfast postmark And co-located non-pictorial postmarks for all except Tallents House, same reference numbers with suffix 'NP' |
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Glasgow 2 operational cds postmark |
Ref S6042 -
Glasgow 10 operational cds postmark |
A postmark
similar to
this is available on 29 March from the Midland Special Handstamp Centre but the number has not yet been announced. |
any postmarks available on this date may also be applied
to FDCs - see Permanent postmarks and Other one-day postmarks |
Ref W5097 - Cardiff permanent handstamp. | Ref S4653 - Edinburgh permanent handstamp. | Ref S4641 - Belfast permanent handstamp. | Ref E4680 - Windsor Castle, Royal Mail permanent handstamp |
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Happy Birthday Instagram, if you were a child you would be in primary school
To celebrate this worthy coming of age, we've put together five DJs and producers who constantly seek to delight, amuse and entertain with their antics. Here's to another five years of making our lives seem even more fabulous than ever.
I lean heavily on 'Celebrity DJ Artwork' as an example of how to be a Legend Online. With his hilariously captioned snapshots of modern life and consistently above average mischief documentation, it can't be long now until 'artwork_yes_its_art' receives some sort of long form commendation for his contribution to the Internet.
Highlights: Recent diatribe on effectively stealing £200 from Natwest as a 13 year old boy.
Never has a man been able to make self deprecation look so amusing as Canadian sad lad Ryan Hemsworth. His account is a goldmine of kawaii-style 'don't look at me' images, from posing with people wearing his own merchandise to regramming his own photobombing achievements, Ryan Hemsworth literally has #nofilter.
Highlights: Sitting on Billboard hottie Tinashe's lap, wearing what looks like a pyjama suit.
An account easily mistaken for that of a travel photographer, kudos to Bonobo for using his #wanderinglifestyle to document the things he sees in the most beautiful fashion. Here lies more than just shots of crowds and DJ set ups. Click follow for rolling panoramas, endless vistas, and out-of-the-window-of-plane shots it would take an average person about ten hours to choose the right filter for.
Highlights: The gaze of a solitary Japanese newspaper seller.
The First Lady of PC Music is as much of a visual voyeur as you'd expect from someone who rolls with a crew who give away dildos with their music. Her Instagram is full of filters that surpass the basic Instagram offerings, all pinks and plastics and pouting. It's a teenage girl's dream.
Highlights: DOG IN A PVC HAT HAVIN A GR8 TYM.
In between the barrage of images of Garrix DJing to thousands, there are the occasional reminders of teenage humour. Helpful, because otherwise he really would just be a kid bragging about how he's achieved more in about 5 years than you have in 20.
Highlights: Nice one.
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Waitlisted? Join us for kindergarten Facebook Live!
Written by Insideschools staff Thursday, 23 March 2017 13:17If your child didn't get the kindergarten spot you asked for, tune in to our InsideSchools Facebook Live on Wednesday, March 29 at 12:30 pm.
InsideSchools' experts Pamela Wheaton and Lydie Raschka will talk about waitlists, how they work and how to keep in touch with preferred schools. We'll alert you of key dates, tell you when waitlists are likely to shift and give you input from parent coordinators and current kindergarten parents who went through this last year.
Still looking for a high school? Consider a charter school
Written by Clara Hemphill Wednesday, 15 March 2017 15:21If you're one of the 4,800 8th-graders who didn't get a high school placement last week (or if you didn't like the placement you got) you may want to consider a charter school.
Most charter schools start in the elementary or middle schools grades—and don't accept students in 9th grade—but a few begin with high school and some others have seats for new students in 9th grade. All admit students by lottery. The application deadline is April 1. (Because April 1 is a Saturday, some charters are accepting applications until April 3. Make sure to check their websites.)
Our picks for Round 2 of high school admissions
Written by Laura Zingmond Thursday, 09 March 2017 17:09If you're an 8th-grader who wasn't matched with a high school, you're not alone. This year roughly 4,800 (out of nearly 77,000) students did not receive a match and will need to apply to high schools with open seats during Round 2 of admissions. Applications are due March 28.
The Round 2 high school fairs are scheduled for March 18 and 19, 11 am–2 pm at the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus. Try to arrive early so you have plenty of time to meet with representatives from each school you're interested in and with Department of Education enrollment personnel who can answer your questions.
Eighth-graders who are unhappy with their high school match may reapply during Round 2, but be aware that if you are accepted to another school, you forfeit your Round 1 match.
Current 9th-graders who are offered a 10th-grade seat, in the first or second round, will have the option of remaining at their current school. Ninth-graders who didn't submit an application last December may apply now to schools with open seats.
Unhappy with kindergarten placement? Here's what to do
Written by Lydie Raschka Thursday, 09 March 2017 15:47If your child didn't get the kindergarten spot you asked for, try to stay calm. Waitlists at sought-after schools move over the spring and summer. We have seen it happen year after year. Children get offers on a rolling basis as families make final choices. Hang in there.
The city sent out offers for kindergarten seats this week: 49,064 students (71 percent) received an offer to their first choice; 12,897 (19 percent) got one of their other choices and 7,189 (10 percent) were shut out of all their choices. Some received offers to their zoned school even though they didn't list it.
Top 20: Francis Lewis gets most high school applications
Written by Pamela Wheaton Thursday, 09 March 2017 14:08For the second year in a row, Francis Lewis High School in Queens, a huge, successful neighborhood high school that offers a plethora of programs for all students, got more applications from 8th-graders than any other school in the city, according to data released by the Department of Education this week. Nearly 10,000 (9,890) students applied to the school in 2016—listing it somewhere on their list of 12—including those lucky students who live in the zone and are guaranteed a seat.
Midwood High School in Brooklyn, with its highly selective medical science and humanities programs, was second, receiving 9,717 applications. Three large neighborhood high schools in Queens—Forest Hills, Bayside and Benjamin N. Cardozo—were third, fourth and fifth on the list of 20 schools receiving the most applications. That's not surprising in a borough where the most popular high schools are over-crowded and operating with multiple start times.
Edward R. Murrow, a Brooklyn giant that accepts a wide range of students, was close behind with 6,977 applicants.
Hang in there: High school letters arrive by March 10
Written by Laura Zingmond Friday, 03 March 2017 15:44UPDATE 3/10/17: High school decisions are out! We're impressed by all the supportive words and advice our readers are sharing with each other. Join the discussion in the comments section below and also check out and comment on our annual post of Round 2 picks.
The wait is almost over. High school decision letters will be distributed by Friday, March 10. Schools got the letters Wednesday, but don't expect to receive yours before Friday when many schools choose to hand them out at the end of the day. If your school mails the letters, you may not get yours until Saturday.
Non–public school students should contact the person handling high school admissions at their school to find out their placement. If you're having trouble getting your letter you can always go to your nearest Family Welcome Center to find out your high school match.
All schools—public and private—will have access to students' high school placements via the Department of Education's enrollment system.
Details about this year's main round decisions have yet to be released, but if last year's results prove to be a trend, then the majority of students will be admitted to one of their top five choices and close to half will be matched to their top pick. Students who took the SHSAT (Specialized High School Admissions Test) or auditioned for LaGuardia will also find out if they got into a specialized school.
If you are not matched with a high school during the main round then you will have to apply to schools with open spots during Round 2 of high school admissions. Eighth and first-time 9th-graders who are unhappy with their high school placement may also participate in Round 2.
Round 2 high school fairs, where students can meet with representatives from schools with open seats, will be held Saturday, March 18 and Sunday, March 19 from 11 am to 2 pm at the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus in Manhattan.
Stay tuned for more information including our annual best bets list of Round 2 high schools.
Hang in there and good luck!
Updated on 3/6/17 to reflect that high school letters will by handed out at school by March 10 and schools' access to high school decisions via the enrollment system.
How Over-incarceration of Parents Can Harm Children
Written by Insideschools staff Thursday, 23 February 2017 14:24By Leila Morsy and Richard Rothstein
As many as one in 10 African American students has an incarcerated parent. One in four has a parent who is or has been incarcerated. The discriminatory incarceration of African American parents is an important cause of their children's lowered performance, especially in schools where the trauma of parental incarceration is concentrated.
Two policies have been mostly responsible: an increasingly punitive sentencing policy, including prison terms for violent crimes that have increased by nearly 50 percent since the early 1990s; and the declaration of a "war on drugs" that has included severe mandatory minimum sentences for relatively trivial victimless drug offenses. The incarceration explosion is primarily an expression of our race relations and of the confrontational stance of police toward African Americans in neighborhoods of concentrated disadvantage. (The incarceration rate of middle-class African Americans has declined and makes no contribution to the rapidly rising rate of incarcerations.) Young African American men are no more likely to use or sell drugs than young white men, but they are nearly three times as likely to be arrested for drug use or sale; once arrested, they are more likely to be sentenced; and, once sentenced, their jail or prison terms are 50 percent longer, on average.
Educators have paid too little heed to this criminal justice crisis. Criminal justice reform should be a policy priority of educators who are committed to improving the achievement of African American children.
Children of incarcerated parents suffer serious harm. It is tempting to think that these consequences are attributes of disadvantaged children, independent of parental incarceration. But careful studies of the effects on children have accounted for these attributes. Children of the incarcerated have worse cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes than children with similar socioeconomic and demographic characteristics whose parents have not experienced incarceration.
It's gone from famine to feast in recent years: Parents once faced with too few pre-k options may now wade through a world of choices. Let us help you narrow the list with some promising new programs and schools we can recommend in every borough. Note: If a great program is hopelessly oversubscribed we didn't include it here.
Applications for pre-kindergarten for children born in 2013 are due Feb. 24. (Charter schools have separate applications. The Common Online Charter School Application closes on Saturday, April 1 at midnight.)
Popular programs, especially in public schools, have many more applicants than seats. We've limited our picks to programs that are most likely to have space for children living outside the school zone or who aren't siblings of current students. Still, it doesn't hurt to apply to a program where space is tight: If you're not matched in this first application round, your name will be automatically put on a waitlist for all the choices you listed above the one you got. Be patient. Spaces frequently open up even in the fall.
Pre-k picks: Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
Written by Lydie Raschka Tuesday, 31 January 2017 13:19Got a 4-year-old? Now's the time to apply to pre-kindergarten. We've compiled a list of best bets, based on our visits and intel on schools most likely to have space. Before reading on, see more details about the process on our post, Pre-k picks: Manhattan & the Bronx
Fort Greene, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Vinegar Hill
In District 13, in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, PS 3, a school noted for its dedication to the arts, has five pre-kindergartens and even had space for out-of-district students last year. It has a great outdoor play area, a garden and it offers after school until 6 pm. We can recommend PS 54, an up-and-comer with space that has a great STEM curriculum. Kids run their own composting program. Just a block from Fort Greene Park, PS 67 has a vibrant, play-based program in a school that's on the upswing. A few blocks away in the DUMBO–Vinegar Hill area, PS 307 has some great perks, including a STEM magnet grant and a Mandarin Chinese teacher. The sparkling new pre-k center at Dock Street has 72 seats, and all did not fill in its first year: on a recent visit there were only 55 children enrolled. Consider PS 133, a lottery school which offers Spanish dual language in pre-k. It's also open to residents of District 15, but priority goes to low-income students and to those learning to speak English.
Suit up for summer programs this winter
Written by Seaira Christian-Daniels Tuesday, 31 January 2017 12:02Winter is the perfect time to think about summer activities for children. In fact, deadlines are coming quickly for many of the city's free programs. Summer is a great time for children to explore a new challenge or continue to sharpen their areas of strength.
Not sure how to find the right program? InsideSchools offers a guide of more than 100 free and low cost, summer and year-round programs for children.
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On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Jukka Zitting <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Managing separate release cycles within a single Jira project is quite > painful. Just look at the version fields in the SLING project for an > example. And that's just a single release per component so far... Looks a bit weird, but in the end it shouldn't be a difference in amount of work. The only difference I see is that you always see the versions of other components that are unrelated to the current component (in the Sling project). And the overview pages are a bit cluttered. But this could be seen as a missing feature in Jira... > The Apache Commons project has a separate Jira project for each > component and that setup works fine. Ok, so this style seems to be accepted, then Jackrabbit couldn't be made responsible for cluttering the Apache Jira ;-) > If a component is "too small" to even have it's own issues (!), then > there's not much point in even having such a component, is there? ;-) I didn't said it had no issues, I just proposed the granularity to be the one of a Jira component. It might be painful to release components separately, but that's simply because Jira doesn't allow a matrix-style versioning and/or forces release units to be a separate project. As it seems, releases are the major driver for this decision, so I can live with the separate Jira projects. Regards, Alex -- Alexander Klimetschek email@example.com | |
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Liquid Nails and screws would be 10 times as strong and 100 times as fast to construct. You remind me of the guys on This Old House, I can admire the craftsmanship but the voice in the back of my head is always saying "why the fuck are they wasting their time doing it that way?"
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So it looks like Google has patched this hole so ill run though what I did where it was and how they could have prevented it. It all comes down to one rule. Sanitize all user inputs no matter what. This persistent XSS hole I found was in the protocol field... you can see how I was able to inject an unauthorized protocol for the sites profile
The exposure of this attach was very minimal... they didnt validate the protocol against the list of options provided. Even though this has been fixed I still have a profile that has chromes special protocol on the analytics of one of my extensionsBy using the chrome developer inspector you can modify the option list and add any protocol you want, well at least when it worked
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Switzerland is a small country partly in the Alps in central Europe, with typical mountain animals, such as Alpine Ibex and Alpine Chamois. In order to obtain a hunting license in Switzerland is very complicated, so that the procedure has to start at least a year before the hunt. Foreigners can obtain the license for Ibex and Chamois hunt through a process of bidding. To get the license each hunter has to send, one year before the hunt, two photographs, a copy of a valid passport and USD 2.000 for Alpine Ibex and USD 1.000 for Alpine Chamois that will be revolved in case the license is not obtained.
The hunt in Switzerland is excellently organized, the local guides know very well the whereabouts of the animals and will take the hunter only on specimens that have been previously identified, that are very old and have very large trophies. Each hunter has the right to hunt for two days in the dates decided by the local government. The use of motor vehicles is forbidden and hunting can be done only by stalking. A discrete physical condition is necessary. Lodging and meals are provided in small hotels in areas that are closest to the one for which the license is given. Rates: 4/3 hunting days, 1 hunter, 1 professional USD 4.000 Observer daily USD 350 Trophy Fees: Alpine Ibex up to 80 cm USD 13.300 up to 95 cm USD 550/cm over 95 cm USD 670/cm Alpine Chamois USD 5.800 Rates Include: Geneva airport assistance, gun clearance, ground transportation, meals and lodging during the hunt, professional hunter, skinning, salting and trophy care, hunting license, hunting permit and insurance. Rates Don't Include: Hotel and meals before and after the hunt, trophy packing and shipping, taxidermy, export permits, veterinary certificates and legal order, airline tickets, phone calls and tips. Conditions: • Traveling days are included in the duration of the program. • When all trophies booked are collected the hunt is considered over. • The trophy fees should be paid if the animals are wounded and not found. • Non hunter fees are USD 350 if no extra vehicles are required. • The airport of arrival should be Geneva, Switzerland. • This hunting licence is personal and not transferable by cancellation of the hunt. • Programs, prices and exchange rates are subject to change and based on CHF. • Additional costs are due after the hunt, based on the hunting protocol which has to be signed by both parties
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Beautiful tones, Geir. Love this:)
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That article reminded me of the arm problems that were predicted for Pineda when the trade went down. I was skeptical but was excited and eventually totally forgot that they said there could be problems.
I really hope that he can come back and be in our rotation next year, but I'm kinda feelin the same as the guy who asked the question... I'm going to assume his career is over. Thank God Montero isn't raking in Seattle or I'd be super pissed.
EDIT: I'm assuming his career is over so that if he comes back and gets hurt or doesn't do well (or even if he never comes back) I won't feel bad cause I already feel like he's gone
Anyway, Ronnie M. just came off the 15 day DL in AAA ball.
Guy is crushing the ball in AAA. He is a pretty good third baseman with a strong arm(from reports I've read) They really use him all over the field down there. He can also play LF AND RF. But his defensive isn't as good in the outfield. I say let him rehab a week in AAA ball and bring him up.
He could be a-rod's replacement with using nix and chavez too. Instead of going to trade for a guy like ty wigg. Who is more of a platoon guy. Ronnie M. can hit both lefties and rightes. So you can have him play 5 games a week, 1 to chavez and 1 to nix, or something like that.
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Pineda's young and he will have the best doctors in the world working on him. I am confident he will be a Yankee starter next year and he will be impressive. If he were 35, I would write him off, but at his age, he will be back with a lot to prove (and that can be incredibly motivating).
With all his recent issues is there anyone that will take a shot at Josh Hamilton? Surely his price is dropping? Any chance he ends up in New York? I don't see it, but I would love to see what numbers he could put up in the Bronx.
I like your optimism and I agree completely. I see him coming back and hopefully the only thing wrong with his shoulder is that he has a huge chip on it and pitches like the beast from the first half of last season. He is a huge man, and still plenty young enough to have a great career.
I'd be all for bringing Mustelier up if they don't get a legit bat for 3B. If the options are Wigginton and guys like that I'd rather they stick Mustelier at 3B and see what he can do. Unfortunately even if they do bring him in they'll still go platoon crazy and I doubt he'd get a ton of time. At least there is some offensive upside with him.
Sources: Cliff Lee will not be dealt too rangers..phillies do not want to eat any of his contract and want good prospects in return.
Josh johnson not going to be traded, asking price is way too high.
Also Josh Beckett will not be traded to texas either, deal went no where.
Joe blanton's medical records were just faxed to the orioles..looks like they might be pushing hard to get him.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Where has the Time gone??
Is it truly the last week of July?...My oh my how summer has flown by. I feel like trying to capture it before it whisks away. Maybe because we have had such cool temperatures, and our family has had such a low key summer I feel that way.
I haven't been out and about much this summer, we've been hanging close to home, but I was able to get to Cake this past weekend...a glorious display of vintage-ness there!
My friends Jill, birthday girl Amy (her first time at Chaps/Cake-oh yes, she'll be back) and me after a yummy birthday breakfast. Thanks for taking our pic, Miss Celeste!!
I managed to get my display of Expo '74 (and a few Seattle World's Fair pieces too) up this summer... one project done...too many to count that will now have to wait for late fall & winter...
My collection of go to canning jars in my office, awaiting the next summer party...
I've been able to get to few and far between garage/yard/estate sales this summer, but got to go to one of my favorite neighborhood sales with my mom in early July, where I found some pretties...
This is the inside of a trunk I picked up at another neighborhood sale...ah summer junking! Can't wait to get to the fun stuff I've been stashing in my garage to ready and bring to Funky Junk Labor Day weekend in Sandpoint!
And the big reason we are home bound, sleep deprived and behind on all projects at our house; our rescue dog, Rudy, a four year old (going on two) lab/retriever mix. Our oldest had been saving a year for a dog to call his own. Now Mark and I are doing most of the work so Haden can have his boyhood dream. We all adore him, we're just ready to get back to some sort of new calm sometime soon.
I leave you with a picture of the stash of vintage ephemra goodies that the talented and kind Linda at http://itsy-bits-and-pieces.blogspot.com/at sent me this spring. While it's taken me way too long to give her public blog thanks, this little vignette sitting in my (completely undone) office has given me creative hope all spring long~thanks Linda!! Hers is definetly a blog worth following...
Happy summer of doing whatever you need to do to make it feel like summer~Hollie=)
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Hi Hollie,
It's Michelle O from the FJ show at St. Joes! I have actually been reading both yours and Jennifers blogs all day! fun stuff! I just wanted to tell you that ALSO have a Spokane Worlds Fair collection :)
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Put all together in blender and blend until smooth NO LONGER!! Blending it longer makes it seperate later making the salad not look so good.
Pour over salad and dig in. I usually make a salad of crisp lettuce, tomato, cucumber, chopped green onions and feta(dairy) then pour the sauce over it but any salad will do.
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Total Fat 15 g23.5%
Saturated Fat 2.1 g10.5%
Trans Fat 0 g
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Vitamin A 22.7% Vitamin C 28.9%
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I love the effects of the refirme, I needed skin tightening. I am getting Married in a few weeks and wanted a little tightening off my chin area and my brow area, and after the first treatment I have seen a great inprovement, I would love to have it done again before I leave.
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Lady Gaga: Will singer wear a lettuce dress for Indian activists?
Lady Gaga is performing in India, and PETA activists asked Lady Gaga to forgo meat, and wear a dress made of lettuce.
Mumbai — First, Lady Gaga wore a dress made of meat. Now, how about one made of lettuce?
Indian animal rights activists have asked pop star Lady Gaga to pose in a lettuce dress and embrace vegetarianism during her visit to India this weekend, where she will be part of the star-studded unveiling of the country's first Formula 1 race.
Lady Gaga, who famously wore a meat dress at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, will be performing at an invitation-only show in a five-star hotel in New Delhi after the race on Sunday.
In a letter to the singer's publicist, PETA India said it hoped she would honor India's reverence for animals by turning vegetarian for the duration of her visit and posing for photos in a lettuce gown to promote the importance of not eating meat.
"If she agrees, we'll make her a dress entirely of lettuce and held together by pins and threads. It will be a full length gown, and we'll make sure it looks sexy," said Sachin Bangera of PETA India.
The dress would be constructed leaf by leaf on the singer's body, taking some five to six hours.
"Someone will be on hand to spray the lettuce with water so that it doesn't wilt," Bangera added.
Earlier this year, in an interview with Indian chat show host Simi Garewal, Lady Gaga said she would like to soak up the local culture by taking an Indian cooking class.
Excitement has been bubbling all week about the country's first Formula 1 Grand Prix, which is seen as a symbol of India's growing global clout while also highlighting its enormous disparities in wealth.
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After much deliberation, I've gone ahead and placed an order for a 1m pair of Wireworld Equinox 6 interconnects to compare with a much more pricey pair of audio interconnects for use with a Motorola DCT2224 digital cable television terminal. Much effort and funds have already been invested in optimizing my digital CATV audio/video experience including a DIY Oyaide FTVS-510 continuous cast 5N pure silver digital CATV F-video coaxial cable terminated with ViaBlue TVR Series F-Pin connectors (6 foot) connected from CATV jack at the wall to DCT2224's coaxial input jack, with a Highwire Audio Power Wrap (0.375" diameter version) positioned at center of cable.
Even though the upstream in-wall coaxial cabling is crummy copper clad steel coaxial cable used by the CATV provider, it's wonderful how much an audiophile quality silver coaxial cable when implemented as a digital CATV coaxial cable from the wall jack can impact the sonic signature of a digital cable box analog audio output -- most profound perhaps being an affect on the bottom end, which is often the weak point of many digital coaxial audio cables -- the solid core silver Oyaide FTVS-510 helps provide a very authoritative bass presentation unlike any conventional RG6 coaxial cable that I've experienced, including other high quality aftermarket video cables including various silver plated make/models that don't perform nearly as well from an audiophile perspective. Video image is not nearly as impacted as the audio aspect is, IME. However, a solid core silver AudioQuest video cable from the CATV box to a Sony WEGA Trinitron KV-27FS100 CRT television video input is a truly excellent thing from a video POV...
I'll post a Wireworld Equinox 6 interconnect report down the road after ample burn-in and evaluation.
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Friday, July 25, 2008
Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson
Larson, Kirby and Mary Nethery Two Bobbies: A true story of Hurricane Katrina, friendship and survival, illustrated by Jean Cassels. Walker (Bloomsbury), 2008. After Hurricane Katrina, a cat and a dog were found starving and wandering together through the debris. Their rescuers discovered a special secret about the pair and only a very special family would be the right kind of home for this pair. Communities affected by Hurricane Katrina will appreciate this story of hope, but animal lovers of all ages will also be touched the two bobbies tale. EL – ADVISABLE. Cindy Mitchell – Library-Teacher
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Synopsis: In the past, some forty-five years earlier, the reader is introduced to a young Jimmy Kirk. At 16 years old, he embodies every parent's worst fears: he is brash, rebellious, impulsive, cocky, and reckless. He is first seen leading a group of similarly rebellious (and criminal) youths on a barely-considered scheme to "escape" from Iowa, sign onto an ocean-going freight vessel as underage deckhands (itself illegal), and make their fortune somewhere in South America. Even at this young age, it is clear that Jimmy is a leader, but he is completely directionless. His father's long absences on Starfleet assignments and his own experiences on Tarsus IV have made him angry and violent, as well as impatient for the right to make his own decisions and live his own life. It is clear that Jimmy's mother, Winona, can no longer handle him, but George's continuing commitments to Starfleet will inevitably keep him in deep space. Fearing that his son is on the road toward becoming a career criminal and ne'er-do-well, George briefly considers resigning from Starfleet until Winona suggests that he call in some old favors and take Jimmy into space with him. Warming to the idea, George contacts his old friend, Robert April, and arranges to take Jimmy into space on a routine assignment to the planet Faramond. A new archaeological dig is about to get under way there, and April has been asked to break ground. More than that, April has arranged not only to take George and Jimmy with him to Faramond, but to do so aboard the still cutting-edge U.S.S. Enterprise. Although Jimmy displays his usual rudeness and lack of respect for authority on the trip up from the Earth's surface, April displays an uncommon patience and understanding for his godson, even as George experiences continuing frustration. Nevertheless, even Jimmy is impressed by his first view of Enterprise. Also, I remember at the time: "The filmmakers sought inspiration from novels such as Prime Directive, Spock's World, and Best Destiny to fill in gaps unexplained by canon; Best Destiny particularly explores Kirk's childhood and names his parents." At first, I didn't really understand what Orci and Kurtzman were trying to do with Star Trek, with it's Nokia product-placements, and seemingly un-Roddenbury-like romanticism of Kirk's life. But, I think I understand their direction better now: They are trying to bring the Federation back to being the smaller, most intimate alliance seen in TOS, TAS, late ENT and the early books (like the 1989 reference work 'Worlds of the Federation', and Franz Joseph's ship designs from the 1973 'Star Trek Blueprints') - as opposed to this more mono-cultural post-First Contact Federation that stretches 8,000 light years, where travel between worlds has become mundane. Books like 'Cadet Kirk', 'Spock's World', 'Best Destiny', etc, seem to have heavily influenced it. And I think this is a very positive move. Star Trek was starting to become too ossified; the Federation was like a federal nation state during the Dominion War - the feel of an entity with diverse alien member worlds was missing - early Star Trek portrays the Federation more like a bunch of diverse rocky spheres hanging lonely in space, separated by the vast void - only marginally allied (i.e. Journey to Babel), each with exotic cultures (i.e. The Cloud Minders), like distant port cities in the European age of empire. I find that much more compelling, although it took a while to come to terms with it, after years of thinking of the Federation as an entity full of thousands of colonies, outposts, border stations, fleets of ships, etc. Do others like this direction too?
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T I only really saw ST09 as a dumb, fun popcorn action film. I wouldn't go trying to ascibe any deeper motivations into it myself.
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T That was my initial reaction, and someone said to me recently that 'your first reaction was probably the best'. But, it seems they did put some thought into how they wanted to portray the new universe, and they chose to go with a more 'retro-Trek' feel, lifting ideas directly out of earlier novels, rather than the post-90s feel (frankly, I enjoy what happened to Trek post-TNG less and less). We will just have to see if the next movie reveals more of a 'vision', or if it was just commercialism all along.
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T I thought they drew more on the early TOS movie (I-IV) "vision" of the Trekverse. The more colourful aliens, the bigger scope that comes with a bigger budget - all of which was reflected and expanded upon in the novels of the time. TNG, DS9 and VOY seemed to make the Trekverse and the Federation a far less colourful place. The writers are on record that the novels influenced their movie. There are more references and nods to a wider variety of Treks than in any other movie - Starbase One was inspired by Franz Joseph's Starfleet HQ, the USS Newton looks just like the Proxima-class from the old Starfleet Command games, the USS Kobayashi Maru was based on a set of 80's fan-made blueprints, Kirk's parents were loosely based on Diane Carey's versions etc. The early version of the script at IMSDB even mentions "cthia" from Diane Duane's Spock's World. Commercialism in Trek has been seen before - Crisis on Centaurus had a few current day buisnesses namedropped as being active in the 23rd century. FASA and Shane Johnson's manuals went further, inventing and detailing many future-companies that manufacured everything from food synthesizers to warp nacelles to future-cars (one of which, Leeding Engines Ltd, was namedropped on the now-defunct Experience the Enterprise promotional website) I love them for taking inspiration from the whole of Trek, not just the movies and episodes. And I thought Star Trek had a lot more depth and emotion to it than any other summer blockbuster I've seen. I can't wait for Into Darkness
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T It's a non sequitur to assume that the product placements had anything to do with the screenwriters' preferences. Paramount decided that they wanted to relaunch Star Trek as a tentpole motion picture franchise, emulating what they'd already done with another inherited Desilu property, Mission: Impossible. (The success Abrams and his team had with M:I:III was what got them the Trek gig.) That meant that the movie would have to be far more expensive to make than the previous Trek films, which had been treated by the studio more as a mid-budget property. And movie production costs today have skyrocketed to such an extent that it's impossible for a studio to make a tentpole blockbuster film without extra financing from outside sources -- whether financing partners like Spyglass Entertainment (which co-funded the 2009 movie) or corporate sponsors who agree to help underwrite the cost of the film in exchange for promotional considerations such as product placement. So no matter who had written the film, no matter what they had wanted its worldbuilding and philosophy to be, they still would've had to include the product placements. That's not a storytelling choice, it's just a basic necessity of American motion picture production. For that matter, there's no reason to assume the Nokia product placement was even mentioned in the script. The script may have simply said that Jim's uncle's voice came over the car's communication system. The visual and practical details of that would've been the business of the production designer in concert with the director -- and of course the studio's marketing department or somebody like that would've been responsible for arranging and coordinating the product placements. Indeed, given that the shot of the Nokia logo was in an insert shot -- a closeup of Jim's hand working the controls without his face visible -- it could've been shot separately toward the end of the production, or even as a pickup shot in post-production, and cut into the scene. Or maybe they did a shot of a hand working a blank panel and added the text later as a digital effect. The screenwriters and the people who shot the initial scene may not even have known whether there'd be a product placement there or what company it would've been for. Also, just in general, it's an error to assume that the credited screenwriters of a film are the top decision-makers about its content. It's actually the director and producer of a feature film who have the final say; the screenwriters are working to their instructions. True, since the Bad Robot team comes from television, writers like Kurtzman & Orci have more status and influence in the production there than they would've had on something like the Transformers movies they wrote; and because of the timing of the writers' strike, Abrams wasn't able to rewrite the screenplay during production to the extent that he normally would have. But it was still Abrams, as the director and producer, who had the final say. He's the "showrunner" of the Trek movies, just like he was the showrunner of Alias or Felicity. I think they're mainly just trying to portray a future that's similar enough to the present to be relatable to the casual moviegoer.
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T Interesting Christopher, I didn't really know how that particular side of the industry operates. I would rather they hadn't done it, but I'm not overly bothered Yeah good point - Star Trek I-IV with the colorful aliens certainly must have been a huge inspiration. I thought that alien on the Kelvin's bridge looks like that navigator from TAS too The economics of the Federation has always been an interesting topic. I know that the Federation certainly has some form of currency, the credit, and there is some evidence to suggest private companies still exist (unknown if they still operate like present-day companies, or are run like some sort of anarchist collective). Because of the conflicting views, most of which point to some kind of post-scarcity society, I guess I would rather they just left it alone, and let people speculate
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T Watch "I Robot" for a very painful example of marketing having way too much influence on a film
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T Hmm. That would explain much of the extreme revisionism and gleeful junking of canon (as I understand it, the whole premise of the M:I film franchise was that Jim Phelps had gone bad; that, for me, would be reason enough not to see it even if I had only slightly more interest in Tom Cruise movies than I did in Mel Gibson movies). But the OP certainly has a valid point here: if James Tiberius Kirk was a "problem teen" with a tendency towards juvenile delinquency with a mostly-absentee father, and was only straightened out by Dad arranging for him to go on a mission with Bob April, he would have been a total mess with a dead father (and quite possibly, an apathetic stepfather).
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T Diane Carey seems to have written a cycle of novels dealing with different aspects of Kirk's childhood and days at Starfleet Academy. And it is this view, presented by Carey, that JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindhof seem to have taken as the basis for their new continuity. I originally found the idea of the crew happening to fall into their roles on the Enterprise unbelievably, but if they were always in the same class at Starfleet, it makes much more sense (in TOS, Kirk would have sent for McCoy's transfer, as an old friend from the Academy, for example). The books I can identify are: - Starfleet Academy: Cadet Kirk (Spock, McCoy and Kirk at the academy + Spock/Kirk antagonism) - Best Destiny (Kirk's youth as a directionless young man, Kirk's parents named George and Winona) - Final Frontier (Kirk's father, George, serves as first officer of the Enterprise, under Robert April) - Enterprise: The First Adventure (not Diane Carey, but portrays Kirk/Spock's early relationship) They have also mentioned they were influenced by the novels Prime Directive, and Spock's World. I bet that last one in particular had a big influence on their portrayal of Vulcan society, and the Federation. As well as reading Arthur C Clarke books, and The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven (a non-Trek book too).
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T Prime Directive would appear to be an influence on Into Darkness... Spoiler: Into Darkness Kirk makes a huge mistake, loses his command, and leaves Starfleet. Kirk, Spock and Uhura, now civilans, try to fix things and clear Kirk's name.
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T You're completely off-base here. The film you're talking about was the first M:I movie, which was directed by Brian DePalma and which Abrams had absolutely nothing to do with. Abrams only came onboard with the third film in the series, which came out a whole decade later. Really, the first three M:I movies barely qualify as a series. Each is from a totally different director with a totally different approach, and each one basically ignores any continuity elements from the previous film, so beyond the continued use of the M:I title and the characters played by Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames, they're effectively three unrelated films that are more closely connected to their respective directors' overall bodies of work than they are to one another. It's only in the last two films (and the upcoming fifth film) that there's been any real continuity of story or style (because Abrams and Bad Robot have been kept on to produce the films due to the success of M:I:III). So your understandable objection, which I share, to the first film's treatment of Phelps has no bearing on any subsequent M:I film, and it certainly has nothing whatsoever to do with Mr. Jeffrey Jacob Abrams or any creative decision he's ever made in his entire life.
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T I always thought it was best to think that Jon Voight was playing the son of Peter Graves character. That is an interesting observation about the Federation in the first of the new films. I have always thought that the Federation did not take on any great level of significance until the TNG. Sure it was mentioned in TOS but it was mostly unexplored background. Particularity because the idea was not created in the earliest episodes. Even later it would have little relevance to stories of a ship exploring the unknown.
Re: The strong link between 70s/80s Trek literature & JJ Abrams Star T More and more, I dislike the way the Federation was presented in later works, as a homogenous mass of colonies, outposts, relay stations, thousands of ships, etc, where travel between one member world and another was as mundane as taking a flight from one US state to another on business. It implies the very kind of unethical thinking we engage in today; colonise everything, build stations everywhere, in order to deprive rivals of it's potential value - that isn't how Starfleet operates - instead it's more of an 'as needed' situation. TOS, TAS, the movies, and early TNG, all present an organization that is more separated by lonely distances, and less like a nation state in space - i.e. without solid borders. Perhaps a foreign ship can traverse much of the Federation without ever being seen - just by staying out the sensor ranges of it's widely scattered member planets. It makes more scientific sense, because there are 200,000,000,000 to 400,000,000,000 stars in the Milky Way, with only one in 47,000 planets bearing intelligence (according to Archer's estimate) - and so any space empire is going to have to be a few lonely star systems, separated by masses of systems, some of them pre-warp civilizations, or hostile planetary governments. The idea of a Federation with definite borders, i.e. the Cardassian-Federation DMZ, the Romulan Neutral Zone, the Klingon Neutral Zone, are probably misunderstandings - the border systems are still just spheres hanging in a vast void, perhaps with very powerful long-range sensors - not a literal line on a map of the Milky Way. Furthermore, DS9 and TNG seem to inadvertently confirm that the 'core' of the Federation is small, as the ships readily traverse it in short periods of time - indicating that there may be a compact core of founding members at the heart of the Federation - Earth, Vulcan, Andor, Tellar, within 15 light years - Arcturus, Denobula, Betazed, Delta IV, etc perhaps a bit further out. The explaination for Picard's quote of 8,000 light years in First Contact is that the Federation (being an alliance which is joined voluntarily), has odd members that are much further out, encountered by deep space missions like Kirk's and Picard's - plus the odd lonely outpost like Delta Vega. This is the most compelling theory that I have ever heard - it is logical, scientific, and explains everything seen in the show. It also explains the 'feel' of JJ Abrams Star Trek, where Earth only learns about an attack on near-by Vulcan via Planetary Distress Signal - even relatively small distances are huge and empty, not full of thousands of colonies and ships. I've grown to really dislike the idea of a Federation that is just a block of territory. I certainly no longer ascribe to this notion of a crowded Federation that covers 10,000 light years - this isn't Star Wars Other empires may be more compact than the Federation, because they expanded via conquest, expansionism, colonization without ethical restrictions, etc. But, even the Klingon Empire, I think, may be a very spread-out state, because expanding like a colonial empire, they would have only come across suitable prospects for conquest about as often as the Federation finds suitable members.


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Throwing Stones At A Glass Moon
(#) watch_the_sky 2007-04-12
eek, shes giving in. i love this story, the end.Author's response
slowly but surely. : ) slowly but surely.Throwing Stones At A Glass Moon
(#) fob4ever 2007-04-12
haha. horrible. she's gotten soft! i'm not sure yet if thats a good thing or bad thing...i'm sure its good though. i love this story! can't wait for more.Author's response
I wouldn't want to disappoint you, the "softness" won't stay around if Lindsey has any say in it. lol. it just makes apperances. just wait for the next chapter...at least I think it's the next chapter.Throwing Stones At A Glass Moon
(#) WynonaKing90 2007-04-12
post anothre chapter soon!!!
i hate cliff hangers!!!
but, i love your story ^^Author's response
I try not to keep you waiting too long. Another chapter will be up very very soon. Thanks for reading!!Throwing Stones At A Glass Moon
(#) GwenMerlon 2007-04-13
Ok, so I've been on here multiple times, attempting to post a response, but ficwad is filled with evilness and would not allow it. It would let me rate, but not review... (just like them... take my points but not my opinion)
But this was fantastic. I really feel the chemestry between LINDSEY and Andy. (See, I totally didn't space that time)And it's so easy to love Lin. Seriously, I find my heart just kind of breaking for her, and yet it's so believable.
I also have to agree with Lindsey with one thing: she really shouldn't be watching horror movies. I mean, seriosuly. She lives in a CAR! There is no protection there... If I were her I'd never be able to sleep again... or at least not without Andy's arms around me. :)
Fantastic job, Shel! I really love it so far and I can't wait for more!!!Author's response
Oh i understand completely, I've been trying to post the next chapter all day today but ficwad was being stupid. I'm going to try one more time once I respond to everyone's reviews. fingers crossed
Haha, and you definitely get a gold star for remember Lindsey's name this time. I'm still not quite sure why I was giving them out like crazy the other night.
My heart breaks with some of the things I have in store, haha, if that's not intriguing then I'm not sure I can be. lol.Throwing Stones At A Glass Moon
(#) riaryder 2007-04-14
Oh, I loved how her defences are just being chipped away. I loved how you showed she was doing the complete opposite of everything she thinks she wants to.
And the most telling thing? She likes Andy enough to eat the vegan stuff!
It all just flows so well. Nothing seems contrived in this story. Great job. You have me admiration. With a cheeky wee point stuck to it xAuthor's response
"And the most telling thing? She likes Andy enough to eat the vegan stuff!" Haha I swear vegan food isn't as bad as it must sound. Most of it is really good actually. But I do have to say that your review definitely made me smile tonight. :)Throwing Stones At A Glass Moon
I'm a little late with this, so sorry about that. I happen to think it is a fabulous idea that Lindsey stays in Andy's room for the evening! This chapter was, yet again, uberwonderful! And the whole vegan food scene made me kinda wanna vom, which means it was very well written!
Smooches!Author's response
haha, I don't know what it is about vegan food that disgusts people. I mean, I wasn't sure I'd like it at first but since I've gone vegeterian I've come to the conclusion that its pretty much incredible. I didn't serve Andy or Lindsey anything I haven't eaten myself (well except the carrot juice but once a waiter brought it to our table by mistake and it smelled SOOOOO good). Seriously, these days if I'm not going out for grilled cheese and ice cream (which is very non vegan haha) I'm at some sort of vegeterian restaurant. yum. P.S. I love the fact that you used the word uberwonderful. uber is definitely one of my favorite things to say.Throwing Stones At A Glass Moon
(#) XxIceCreamHeadachexX 2008-01-16
Absolutely amazing!
I feel like I'm right there in the scene whenever I read your chapters. It's like I can feel Lindsay's pain and abandonment. I love it.
Once again, off to read the next cahpter. =D
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In turn 4 people throw away three nuts from a pile and hide a quarter of the remainder finally leaving a multiple of 4 nuts. How many nuts were at the start?
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House fire in Princeton
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No word yet on location for shelter
Wayne County officials have money budgeted for the construction of a new animal shelter. They almost have a design ready for the building. And now the county has a pledge of an additional $200,000 in private donations for the project....Published: Sep 26, 2006 1:55 PM Full Story
Conditions top list in southern Wayne
School conditions were the topic of conversation Monday as the fourth in a series of six public meetings designed to help set the facilities future for Wayne County schools headed to the southern end of the county. More than 100...Published: Sep 26, 2006 1:54 PM Full Story
The facts behind the facilities plan
Here is the background information provided from Wayne County Public Schools about schools in the Southern Wayne district of the county, presented to those attending Monday night's public forum with the master facilities plan committee to discuss construction needs. It...Published: Sep 26, 2006 1:52 PM Full Story
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Wayne County Sheriff's Office officials nabbed four suspects allegedly responsible for more than a dozen break-ins in the Nahunta and Patetown areas. Brandon Ashley Sullivan, 19, of N.C. Highway 581, Fremont; Matthew Lavonne Brantley, 18, of Old Moye Road, Fremont;...Published: Sep 26, 2006 1:51 PM Full Story
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