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With over 40,000 homeless persons in our City, and with 2,000 individuals specifically in CD1, the time has come to review and apply a comprehensive approach to addressing this systemic issue in Los Angeles.
Approximately 3 out of 4 homeless persons on the street today have lived in our City or County for over 20 years. While concerted efforts have driven down veterans and family homelessness rates in the past few years, we still have serious work ahead to reduce both the general population of homelessness, and specifically target reforms to shelter and assist LGBT homeless - many of whom are youth.
I have witnessed first hand the positive effect of community organizations and volunteers to provide shelter service to our local homeless with dignity and respect. These community organizations should be given more government assistance, and my council office will provide support and resource assistance to existing community groups so they may scale and expand their service.
Secondly, as council member I will spearhead a thorough renovation and cleanup of City Park public restrooms. Whether you are walking your dog, enjoying a park with your family, or living on the street, the City can and should provide safe, well-lit and clean restrooms for all members of the public to utilize responsibly. In many ways, this small effort will contribute to rehumanizing our approach to transient populations by establishing a baseline access to hygienic care.
Finally, as a City we need to identify where and how we will construct single residence occupancy housing, and assist in placing homeless men and women into supportive housing while also problem solving health and substance abuse issues that prevent our homeless from regaining their footing and on the path to housing.

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It seems that Hyundai is just going from strength to strength. It wasn't long ago that their concept cars looked like the outgoing models from the competition. But now they have the skills to make good looking production cars, and judging by the HCD-14 Genesis, jaw-dropping concept cars.
The HCD-14 Genesis is intended to provide a glimpse of what the next-generation Genesis sedan might look like. Albeit in a more toned down and less futuristic form. The bold face of the concept is characterised by the large upright grille and jewel-like LED lights. The sleek profile of the car is made even more seamless with the removal of any superfluous details. Even the door handles have vanished somewhere into the bodywork. And unlike so many modern cars, there aren't a bunch of largely useless lateral air intakes and outlets to break up the graceful lines.
The interior is equally minimalist, although perhaps not quite as stylish as the exterior. The swathes of beige leather and dark wood accents have a rather dated feel in comparison with the futuristic exterior. The aircraft-inspired interior features a mix of both analog and digital displays. The driver-focused cockpit offers an asymmetrical center stack, with critical driving functions separated from passenger comfort functions. The center console includes an iPad tablet storage station.
Using state-of-the-art driver eye-tracking and 3-D hand-gesture recognition the HCD-14 Genesis concept is able to recognize driver commands. Once a specific feature is selected via eye-tracking, thumb controls or gesture recognition can be used to select navigation, infotainment, audio, HVAC, and even smartphone connectivity functions.
Powering the Hyundai HCD-14 Genesis concept is a 5.0 litre V8 engine with direct injection and Dual Continuously Variable Valve Timing. The transmission is an 8-speed automatic unit with paddle shifters located behind the steering wheel.
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Lead-Free Solder Assembly Implementation for a Mid-Range Power Systems Server
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Date Published: 1/30/2012 Volume: 25-1
This paper will discuss both the logistics and technical challenges required to define and execute the lead-free solder assembly process implementation for a mid-range server. This work shows that some mid-range server applications can transition to full lead-free assembly and is a critical advancement that paves the way to extend lead-free solder assembly processes throughout the server portfolio. The card assemblies targeted in this work were successfully qualified with lead-free assembly from both a yield and reliability perspective. Based on this work, however, technical challenges do remain in developing a lead-free card assembly process for high end server hardware.
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Matthew 12:1-37New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath."
3 He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5 Or haven't you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,'[a] you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
11 He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
13 Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
God's Chosen Servant
15 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. 16 He warned them not to tell others about him. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
18 "Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
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22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were astonished and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"
24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons."
25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? 27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29 "Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
30 "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
33 "Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
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You will have your own bathroom next to bedroom and space in the double garage.
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Great offenses at BYU, more often than not, have featured excellent tight ends. Great tight ends limit what opposing teams can do schematically, while forcing safeties and linebackers to account for the tight end on every play. This allows BYU to be more diverse in their play-calling.
Coming out of spring, the No. 1 tight end of the depth chart was Justin Jory. The injury-prone Jury sustained a broken bone in his hand in the first day of fall practice, but is expected to fully recover within the next month.
Tight end coach Mike Empey noted yesterday that "None of my tight ends have ever started, so Jory's injury doesn't really devastate us at this point. We're trying out a bunch of guys there, but what the loss of Jory does mean is that we lose an element of maturity and some leadership. However, Jory is still with us everyday and knows the plays. He should be good to go by the second game at the very least."
The tight end receiving raves from coaches and players is redshirt freshman Coats, a Utah All-State wide receiver in high school, who has bulked up handsomely to 245 pounds, apparently without losing his speed.
"Daniel is a stud. His progress has been impressive. I've always said that I have two starting tight ends and Daniel has risen to the point to take one of those slots in the early going," Empey added.
Coats came to BYU as one of the most highly touted wide receiver recruits ever. He reported to campus as a true freshman at 205 pounds, but has since gained 40 pounds of muscle to play the tight end position.
"I'm beginning to become more comfortable with my new weight. The biggest difference between playing tight end compared with wide receiver is that it's a lot more physical. I was able to use some finesse in my routes as a wide receiver, but I can't do that as much as a tight end. It's all about banging. I feel that with my new weight that I've lost little if any of my mobility and speed, but I'm a ton stronger and I'm able to bang better than I did when I first came here," Coats said.
Coats credits leaders like Jory and Aissac Aiono for his development. "I look up to those guys a lot. They've taught me a lot and I'm ready to learn as much as is necessary to become a great tight end."
Coach Empey added that "Daniel has been working out extremely hard and his greatest improvement is in his blocking. He's not content to be just a good pass-catching tight end, but really wants to become well-rounded and I think he'll accomplish just that. I think Daniel is going to be a great player for a long time."
Head coach Gary Crowton indicated the three tight end rotation he used in his first two years will continue this season, "We have a three tight end offense and we'll always do that. All the guys are battling pretty good and we're yet to name who those top three tight ends will be at this point."
"We're playing Daniel almost exclusively with the first team right now, Empey added, "but we're also trying guys like Gillespie, Niu and Aiono there since Jory went down with his injury. Aiono probably a bit more than the others at this point."
Empey said he likes the potential of this tight end group. "They're all good, but we're really young this year and we don't have a lot of experience. I had a great group a few years ago with Reid, Nead and Jolley. While I'm not even close to saying this group will approach that group in regards to ability, the potential is definitely there. They're all extremely talented. The sky is the limit for this group."
Freshman linebacker KC Bills, who is expected to see a lot of playing time this year, pulled his hamstring and will not practice again until they further evaluate the injury. Coach Crowton indicated he could miss up to two weeks.
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Intelligence agencies had information at least a year ago that the Pakistan-based jehadi outfit Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) was planning to attack Mumbai's five-star hotels after coming to the city via the sea.
Fahim Ahmad Ansari, a LeT operative arrested from Uttar Pradesh in February, disclosed this when he was being questioned, one of his interrogators told Hindustan Times.
The 62-hour-long terror attack on Mumbai, on the night of November 26, has claimed 183 lives.
Fahim, originally from Motilal Nagar slum in Goregaon, conducted an inspection of the Taj and Trident hotels, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Bombay Stock Exchange and the Mumbai police commissioner's office before December 2007. Police sources said he stayed at Sunlight Guesthouse near Grant Road under the name Shahil Paskar between November 28 and December 10 last year.
"He had surveyed each floor of the Taj and Trident, and gave detailed plans to his chief, LeT's operational commander Mohammed Muzzamil [alias Yusuf alias Abu Gurera]," an official who has interrogated Fahim said, requesting anonymity. "Fahim gave all the details to Muzzamil before he was arrested by the UP special task force."
The terrorist arrested by the Mumbai police from Girgaum Chowpatty — Ajmal Amir Kasav — has named Muzzamil as the group's "handler", the man they were reporting to.


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Here's what we just learned from Microsoft in their round-table discussion on Xbox Live and the new Dashboard. First, the impetus for re-designing the dash was that the current content navigation is too difficult. They only planned on a couple hundred/thousand items, but they currently have 20,000+ pieces of content in their marketplace. There needed to be a change, and the change is the streamlined dash. Here's what else we found.
• There might not be any de-listing of content from the marketplace now. MIGHT. Microsoft says they haven't de-listed anything "yet," and the whole point of the new dash is to make things easier to find-the problem that de-listing games was going to solve.
• Playing from the hard drive still requires games to be in the drive while you play, which means you can't just load all your games onto your Xbox and swap games from your couch.
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Dr. Chu Shulong is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the School of Public Policy and Management and is the deputy director of the Institute of International Strategic and Development Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. From September 2006 until June 2007 he was a visiting fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He was previously director for the North American Studies Division of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations. He is also a Professor at China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Party School and an advisor to China's Central Television (CCTV) international reporting. Dr. Chu's research covers political theory and Chinese politics, international relations, focusing on U.S. China policy and the Sino-U.S. relations, Asian security, and Chinese foreign and security policies. His most recent publications include The Sino-US Relations in the Post-Cold War Era; Basic Theories of International Relations; The World, the U.S., and China; Political Theories; and a forthcoming book, The Peaceful Rise and Development: China's Foreign Strategy and Policy. Dr. Chu received a B.A. from Dalian Foreign Languages University, an M.A. in Law from the Beijing University of International Relations, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the George Washington University.
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I e-mailed Melissa (No last name given) to ask what she meant when she said, "That hypocrite Treacher just made the Moxiepop scandal worse" (see below). This was the e-mail I got back, which she requested I publish in full:
Mr. Treacher,
I apologize for what I posted on Dawn Olsen's site. I was wrong. I didn't know the full story, and I was misguided by certain people in that circle who seem to have it out for you. I'll admit, I didn't read everything before I posted that response because I just made an assumption as to your character and the character of Madison Slade from what was posted by others (Madison herself, Dawn Olsen, [Name removed by request]*, etc.)
I have gone back through the archives and read more about it and see now that I and the others in the circle were, are, and continue to be, wrong. I apologize. I made an ass of myself, trying to put down someone (you) who was in the right. I feel like an idiot. I invite your readers to e-mail me (email@example.com) for a better explanation of why I have "switched sides," as it were. I was wrong, and I am woman enough to admit it and make amends.
Thank you,
Apology accepted, and appreciated.
* Melissa has since received the following request, which she passed along to me:
i would like you to tell this "jim treacher" person to remove my name from your letter to him, or i will be pursuing legal action.
i don't want to be mentioned on his website. whoever this guy is, he's a very sick individual.
Done! Didn't realize it would be a problem, but if you don't want to be publicly associated with them, I can certainly understand. Oh, and no hard feelings about the "you pathetic man" stuff.
That is what I am talking about. So what if Salon.com only paid him in minor-market pizza coupons; he received compensation for getting crocked and making fun of wealthy, attractive morons whose shimmering images appeared before him on the screen of his television. This is the world our forefathers fought and died to give us, and it is beautiful.
You know that part of the "Crazy in Love" video where Beyoncé is strutting around in an alley with a racially diverse group of dancers whose names she almost certainly doesn't know? And they all start shaking their asses at the camera like a big jiggly buttquake? That little 20-second clip should get its own award right there. Best Gluteal Seismic Event or somesuch.
Note to Christopher Walken: Get off Atkins now.
"Now come on over here and give Gramma a kiss!"
Michele at A Small Victory started to blog about the VMAs, but I think she's given up. I'm bummed, because I don't have MTV anymore as of this week, and I was hoping somebody could tell me how many inches of ass-crack Pink showed this year. Last year you could have parked your bike in it. BMX, even.
Dawn Olsen asks (assuming she hasn't deleted it already):
One blogger can't seem to get past the fact that they are completely wrong about a matter and won't quit harassing another blogger until that person does what? Kill themselves?
Well, since you ask, maybe the two of you could take responsibility for your actions, or even merely acknowledge those actions. Your suggestion is much more dramatic, of course, but I think mine is a bit more practical.
Since you ask.
Update: In that same thread, Melissa comments:
I assume that the first part of your post refers to Jim Treacher's on going posts about the Moxiepop scandal, something he played a big hand in making worse. My question is this in what way is he any any different than what he's accusing Moxie of?
Seems like a hypocrite to me.
The differences are subtle, but I'll try to explain:
I didn't accuse anybody of doing anything they didn't actually do. I didn't whip up a huge flamewar and then, when it went completely out of control, try to shift the blame and delete the evidence.
Other than that, good point.
It's only been about 24 hours since Alabama God-hugger Ken Barnett calmly informed a national television audience that a monument to the Ten Commandments should be returned to its rightful place in the lobby of the state courthouse, and he's already got his very own music video.
How about a cover of "Paint It Black" with that guy? "I see a statue and I want to PUT IT BAAAAAACK!!!"
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Uh, how likely is it that somebody who programs computers and can even e-mail people with his mind would be flummoxed by a mere remote control?
He was gone for a while, then he came back for a while, and now he's been gone for a couple months. What's up, A. Beam?
Noooooo! They're killing God! Don't they know they're killing God? Murder! MURDER!!!
That's right, it's Sam Henderson's logo for Dirty Danny Hellman, made entirely of seeds. Click on it to see the full-size picture that James Lileks took at this year's Minnesota State Fair, in something called the Seed Art Room. Does Ted Rall know about the latest plot to (literally) disseminate Hellmanite propaganda?
Update: Seedy Danny himself informs me that this was created by cartoonist Ken Weiner-Avidor. Good work, Ken!
Another Update: Courtesy of Cheese Hasselberger at House of Twelve, a spinoff...
Check it out as I rock the respective worlds of Steve Hogan and Greg Beato (and by "rock," I mean "am kindly permitted to inhabit"). Meanwhile, the woefully misguided souls at Mass Live and The Grand Hour, not to mention the comics guys here and here, have failed to condemn me. Don't these people know what sort of filth they're colluding with? Go get 'em!
P.S. While you're at Lafftracker, be sure to enter this week's caption contest.
P.P.S. "And no matter what anyone says, least of all Jim Treacher, I ain't Jim Treacher." Or... is he?
...this has been transformed into this. Remember: If you're tired of people pointing out what you did, just undo it. Problem solved.
Well, at least she's living up to her vow not to give me any more, in her words, "Moxie traffic." Talk about serious consequences.
Update: This message has just been added:
Your latest plea for attention has me even more convinced -- Jim go get some psychotherapy. Immediately before you hurt someone.
Hurt someone? Such as, say, getting someone fired? Nope, not my style.
Update II: Another addition:
If you STILL think I was behind that perhaps a padded cell would be more appropriate for you. Some delusions are beyond the grasp of modern psychotherapy.
I'm pretty sure this is the first time Madison has so much as acknowledged the whole thing. So that's a good first step. It only took, what, 2 months? And I do think she was "behind that," if by "that" she means "whipping up a huge blogwar against somebody she saw as a threat, turning on anybody who didn't fall in line, refusing to take any responsibility when it went very wrong, and failing to speak out against the creep who dug up private information to fuck with somebody's life over the aforementioned flamewar." There's no reason to think she gave a direct order to have Veronica fired, though, if that's what she thinks I've been saying. In fact, I've consistently said she should be given the benefit of the doubt. That happened as a result of her actions, and until now she has failed to address it whatsoever, but I don't think it was the intended consequence. So maybe she means something else by "behind that."
Update III: Now that blog entry is gone altogether. Weird!
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Emmanuelle Richard, who's up and running again after a computer crisis, has a bilingual cyberstalking roundup. (The post is bilingual, not the cyberstalkers. Although, for some of them, English doesn't seem to be the first language.) Also, she was smart enough to post the picture of her riding a Segway before somebody tried to use it for the purpose of blackmail. Those things look so silly, but I'm sure they're fun to ride if you give them a chance. Hey, kind of like me, ha ha.
Jackie at Au Currant wants me to write about: "High school."
High school is the place where you learn the rules that will apply for the rest of your life: Might makes right, humans form herds just like any other animal, rumors will beat facts every time, pretty people can get away with anything, etc. Somebody should come out with a line of Blogosphere High School clothing, but then, "Blogosphere High School" is kind of redundant. If Hollywood is high school with money, blogs are high school with hyperlinks.
Of course, I was such a huge nerd that the captain of the Chess Club gave me a wedgie and stuffed me into my locker. But I'm not bitter...
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All Taco Bells in California are letting you vote for governor without having to register or anything. Just buy a Beef Crunchy Taco to vote for Schwarzenegger, a Chicken Soft Taco to vote for Davis, and a Grilled Stuft Burrito to vote for... anybody else. I guess even Taco Bell doesn't have that many menu items. Maybe they could start offering tuna tacos in honor of Mary Carey?
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If you see a quick little TV review over at Lafftracker that's signed with my name, it actually is me. Check out the one I did about the new season of The Man Show. I did not care for this television program.
Looks like Cathy Seipp is dealing with one of her own. Just don't try to take mine, Cathy! My cyberstalker is hopelessly devoted to me.
Not really, but I just thought of that, and I've got a blog, so I'm putting it on my blog. Feel free to make a bumper sticker out of it and put it on your vehicle next to the Jesus Fish.
Today on Achewood, Ray and Philippe go back in time and meet Mark Twain. When you have your own Web comic strip, you can do whatever you want.
Last week, Black Table put out a call for reader submissions for their new feature, "The Black List." This week, they used the blurb I sent them about the Denis Leary roast on Comedy Central. I didn't get paid or anything, but it's still cool that they didn't just delete the e-mail. (Although they did cut the part where I said the roast is a C-, but a solid B for Lenny Clarke completists. Because there's no such thing as a Lenny Clarke completist, get it? Yeah, you're right.) The submission guidelines are at the bottom of the page, if you want to send them something. Kinda fun.
P.S. Sam Henderson shows the Dirty side of the blackout...
Okay, okay, here's your link, relax already. You tried hard and did your best, and that's what's really important.
Go here to listen and vote for the best song based on the title "What We Need More of Is Science." Hawking will probably win just out of name recognition, but I liked Ad Et Al, Brother Machine, and Squirrel vs. Bear the best. Trying to pick one of those three to vote for. A Kid Named Ace is A Kid Who Listens To A Whole Lot Of Radiohead, but that's also a good tune. (Hint: Check out the M3U stream if you don't feel like downloading them all.)
Apparently somebody posting as "Jim" is putting up personal information about people in blog comments. Deja vu. And again, it's not me. That's a shitty thing to do, which is what I've been saying all along. It's why I don't have comments anymore. Anybody can put anybody else's name on a blog comment and try to start fights between people who don't have any beef with each other. Please resist the urge to fall for it.
Update: Apology accepted.
Subj: [no subject]
Date: 8/17/2003
From: [Oh, let's not name any names if we don't have to]
To: [Me]
feeling better today, you pathetic man?
stop immediately--do yourself a favor and take down all moxie-related insinuations, alright?
I won't pretend being called a "pathetic man" doesn't hurt my feelings, because it really does. But I'm more worried about what'll happen if I don't "do myself a favor." Or what these "moxie-related insinuations" are that I'm supposed to have made. As I've said all along, we should give Madison and Dawn the benefit of the doubt that they didn't send the fax that got Veronica fired, and they don't know who did. My point is that they should own up to their part in the debacle that led up to it (instead of dodging the blame and then clamming up in hopes that it'll go away), and they should publicly condemn whoever did it. That's what I would do, at least. If any of my readers dug up somebody's private information and used it to hurt them, in a misguided attempt to defend me, I'd do whatever I could to remedy the situation. Is that really out of line for me to say? If so, I wish somebody could explain why.
Oh, and I didn't really feel bad yesterday. No worse than usual, anyway. So I'm not feeling better today, nor am I feeling worse. But thanks for asking!
As if that wasn't creepy and vindictive enough, now some asshole has reported somebody to Child Protective Services over another blogwar. What the hell is wrong with these people?
"Tubular" is not a complete sentence...
--Elizabeth Spiers, on her trip to Los Angeles
Tubular and awesome are very popular words -- to anyone who went into a coma in the 80s and just woke up yesterday.
--Amy Alkon, commenting on L.A. ObservedPosted by Jim Treacher at 09:44 AM
Apparently, everybody's supposed to use that phrase today. Once again, blogs are making a difference.
Hey, did you guys hear about that blackout?
Cathy Seipp writes:
...I should be doing a commentary on NPR's new "Day To Day" show tomorrow (Thurs 8-14), which airs noon-1pm on NPR stations in most markets. Topic: "The O.C." vs. my Orange County.
I'm there. Everybody's comparing that show to 90210, but you know what it reminds me of? Buffy! Think about it: An unconventionally pretty blond who looks good in a tank top moves to a suburb of LA, instantly makes best friends with an adorable, motormouthed geek, gets into fights constantly, and has to deal with their demons under the guidance of a strikingly handsome father figure with a funny accent. Okay, so this kid's demons are psychological rather than actual bumpy-faced monsters. And I'm not sure if the geek is more like Willow or Xander (before his tragic stuffed-crust addiction). But still.
Has anybody told Janeane Garofalo about this great new alternative to Botox?
It's been a couple months now, and despite the best efforts of Madison and Dawn to act like nothing happened, Veronica (AKA MoxiePop) is still out of a job. Madison still hasn't apologized for her unfounded accusation of identity theft that started the whole debacle. Dawn still hasn't apologized for whipping up another one of her patented vitriolic flamewars across several blogs' comments, yelling at anybody she couldn't drag into it, and attracting some creepy cyberstalkers who fanned the flames by imitating various combatants (and non-combatants) and putting words in their mouths.
Worst of all, they seem totally unconcerned that one of those still-unknown cyberstalkers took it upon him- or herself to fax Veronica's boss and get her fired. If somebody did that on my behalf, whether or not I knew about it beforehand, I'd feel pretty bad about it. I'd publicly condemn it, I'd reveal who did it if I knew (or, if I didn't, I'd call on the culprit to step forward), and I'd try to make amends in some way. Maybe Madison and Dawn figure if they keep their heads firmly in the sand, sooner or later everybody will forget what they started and how serious the consequences were. Normally I'd say that shutting up is good advice for both of them, but in this case it just makes them look even worse.
Alnord Sarariman! (You remember what happened last time the Krauts and the Japs teamed up, right? I'm just saying.)
I haven't really paid much attention to that BlogShares deal, but I saw this when I was checking my referral logs ("Who's talking about me today?") and it cracked me up:
Mother, May I Sleep with Treacher? was the subject of much speculation when analysts at several firms were heard to be very positive about its recent performance. Its share price rose from $1,493.52 to $1,792.22. Much of the hype was said to originate from Aine MacDermot, whose Spy Machine (artefact) was said to be involved.
Aine MacDermot declined to comment on the recent speculation.
Then it plummeted again. Oh well.
Dear Aine MacDermot:
Thanks for the push or whatever. Can I have some actual money?
Jim Treacher
That's the sort of job I need to find: headline writer. Just think of the other possibilities...
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I mean poll. And if you don't like that one, you would've haaaaaaated this one.
Acid Keg would happen, that's what!
That Acid Keg strip I helped out on has been generating a lot of discussion, by the way. Go Hogan!
Go here to listen to Ween's great new record, Quebec, which comes out today. Streaming loop, over and over. This is Ween themselves doing this, mind you. They're assuming that if people hear it online and like it, they'll buy a CD, and there'll be no need for lawyers or anything like that. You know, like how you used to hear more than a dozen different songs on the radio in a day, and you'd make your buying choices accordingly, and the court system wasn't an integral part of it. CRAZY!!!
P.S. Great interview with them in the latest Onion A.V. Club.
P.P.S. Now Ween Radio is back to random Ween songs, as usual. You missed it!
Why is it considered an insult to say somebody doesn't have a sense of humor? Everybody wants to think they do, but not everybody does. I mean, if you didn't know how to play the clarinet, and I said, "You know, you really can't play the clarinet," you wouldn't get mad, would you? It would just be self-evident. So big deal, you don't have a sense of humor. It doesn't make you a bad person. You probably have a lot of other good qualities.
Check out the harrumphing about the "extremely offensive hate literature" of cartoonist Johnny Ryan. The strip in question is here and here. Some gay comics fans hate it, and if he's lucky, some Muslim comics fans will go after him too. (Are Muslims even allowed to read comics? Just kidding.) The gist of the whining is: "How dare Fantagraphics Books publish something that offends me personally?" Well, because it makes them laugh? Not everybody has the same sense of humor as you? Let's just hope those guys don't see any of these sketches!
Courtesy of TCJ's Dirk Deppey, who notes:
Suffice it to say that given the choice of protesting either (A) a Congressional attempt to limits my rights as an American gay man with a Constitutional Amendment forbidding me access to the same rights and privileges other citizens take for granted, and (B) Johnny Ryan looking at me cross-eyed, I think I'll go with the former, thank you very much.
Update: Sam Henderson, who knows a thing or two about humor, puts it best:
The difference between Johnny Ryan's work and gay-bashing is context. He doesn't sit down thinking "How can I put the gays in their place?" The mythical oversexed, limp-wristed, mincing sissy-boy is used in the same way an 8'x10' desert island would be used. Like any other stereotype, Johnny debases it so far beyond its limits that anyone trying to find an agenda is missing the point. His gay friends don't have a problem with his humor and he doesn't hide it from them. I'm not going to say that anyone offended should sit back and take it, but neither should they impugn the creator and everyone associated with him.
According to Boing Boing, McDonald's is testing robotic burger-flippers and automated kiosks for ordering. Eventually they'll automate the whole process until humans become unnecessary at any point. An assembly line of efficient machines will slaughter the cows, grind them into burgers, fry them up, top them and put them on buns, chemically convert them into puddles of pickle-scented diarrhea that are then squirted directly into the toilet, and hurl trash cans through the windows to protest Western imperialism.
I'll continue to avoid their vile swill, although apparently their salads are okay.
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By now you have most likely heard the news that the Mets plan to demote Mike Baxter, Robert Carson and Ike Davis, with an official announcement coming Monday morning. If it took being embarrassed by the last-place Marlins for these very necessary steps to happen then that seems like a small price to pay to make the team better. Carson should never have been on the roster in the first place and Davis should have been sent down at the end of April.
It was a strange combination of stubbornness and wishful thinking that kept Carson and Davis on the roster this long. It's hard to divvy up the responsibility between Terry Collins and Sandy Alderson but ultimately the blame has to fall on the GM for these counterproductive players being kept in the majors. It is fine for the manager to show loyalty to his players but at some point the general manager has to say that they are simply not performing to major league standards.
Carson leaves with an 8.50 ERA with 8 HR in 18 IP. That's the third-worst ERA for any reliever in the majors with at least 15 IP. Davis leaves with a .500 OPS with 66 Ks in 186 ABs. Davis was in a neck-and-neck race with Jeff Keppinger for the worst OPS among full-time players, a fact made worse by the knowledge that Keppinger is a second baseman.
Getting rid of these players is not going to magically transform the Mets into playoff contenders. But hopefully it's a sign that this is rock bottom and that sub-par results will no longer be tolerated just because you were counted on for a big year, like Davis, or were a pet project of the manager, like the lefty-throwing Carson.
Results matter to those of us who follow and live and die with the team on a daily basis. We had no illusions of a World Series title in 2013 but we did have expectations of competitive baseball. And an 8.50 ERA and a .500 OPS fell well short of those modest expectations.
The bottom line is that we were sick of the excuses and the rationale for these types of poor performance. Are Carson and Davis the fall guys – in some sense, yes. But in the grand scheme of things, they were problems that needed to be dealt with and action was needed long before now.
Carson needs to spend the rest of the year in Triple-A, trying to find success in a larger sample than 16 IP. That doesn't seem like a huge hurdle to clear yet it's something that Carson hasn't done since he was in A-ball in 2009. As for Davis, hopefully he goes to the minors and hits the cover off the ball. If three weeks from now he has a 1.000 OPS then we would welcome him back with open arms.
With Davis, my desire was never to bury him or give up on him. Rather it was an attempt to try something else to get through to him. Playing in the major leagues was not making things any better. Maybe a trip to the minors is what he needs. Maybe it's extended Spring Training. Perhaps it's two weeks on a deserted island. Whatever Davis needs, the Mets should try to give it to him. It is unfortunate that whatever the secret to get him untracked this year is wasn't happening at the major league level.
And for those who think that Davis was on the verge of breaking out, take another look at what he's done recently. Starting with his two-hit game against the Braves (where one of the hits was a gift from the official scorer), Davis was 8-for-37, for a .216 AVG. And this came while being protected from facing too many southpaws.
Now the speculation turns to who replaces them. Hopefully the Mets move Lucas Duda to first base. Duda gets an "A" for his willingness to attempt to play the OF but he's simply not an MLB-quality outfielder, no matter how much they tried to pretend otherwise the past few years. If the Mets move Duda to first base, then they get a free pass from me on who they call up. Either way, we find out Monday who gets the call to Flushing.
Throughout this piece, there's been almost no mention of Baxter. But he was not getting the job done, either. Sure, he will always have a special place in Mets' fans heart for his fearlessness in running into the wall to preserve the team's first no-hitter. But this is the time for accountability and Baxter needs to be treated the same as anyone else on the team.
The bottom line is that while today was another horrific loss to the lowly Marlins, it was still a good day because management finally took some steps towards making the major league team better. And may this newfound accountability continue as we go forward, with no sacred cows in either the dugout or the front office.


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I realized this last weekend how much I like "fun runs". Fun runs are what I like to call goal-less runs. I am not training for anything right now. I had no amount of miles I had to "get done". I didn't have a pace time....heck, I didn't even have a preplanned route.
After that wild party on Saturday night (see yesterday's post) HM and I got up at 6am and went for a VERY lovely fun run in Tuscon.
We started from HM's mothers house and just started out with an easy pace. About 1.5 miles into the run, we came across a fun trail/canyon.
We tried to run as far into the canyon as we could, but it quickly changed into deep sand and rocks. No worries, we took a nice leisurely walk where HM allowed me to stop for many photo breaks.
After we finished our hike and returned to the paved trail, we ran another mile and half back to the house. We had enough time to enjoy and AWESOME breakfast made by the MIL before getting cleaned up and heading to the airport for our return to SLC. HM won't let me post photos of him getting cleaned up in the shower, so you will have to make due with Rosco's morning bath:
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Problem of politeness in Pashto language
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the problem of politeness in Pashto Language in comparison with English. Brown & Levinson (1987) claim that their politeness theory is universally valid. This study will examine the validity of politeness theory in Pashto culture. Again there is a stereotype that Pathans (Pashto speakers) are not very polite and even rude. The study will look into the matter whether it is their behaviour or language deficit that labels them as rude in cross-cultural communications. The study will also discover social patterns that determine politeness and the strategies used in Pashto language to show politeness.
Research Questions:
- What are the strategies used in Pashto language to show politeness or to save face?
- What are the politeness markers in Pashto language?
- Whether it is behaviour or language deficit that labels Pashto speakers as rude in cross-cultural communication.
- Are there any social patterns in Pashto community that determine politeness?
- Whether or not Brown & Levinson's theory of politeness in English (1987) is valid in Pashto context?
The study has the following hypotheses:
- Brown & Levinson's theory of politeness (1987) is not valid wholly in Pashto speaking community.
- It is language deficit that Pashto speakers are accused of rudeness in cross-cultural communication.
Literature Review:
- Politeness theory
A large number of theoretical and empirical books and articles concerning linguistic politeness and/or the notion of face have been published since the enunciation of politeness theory by Brown & Levinson (1978, 1987). It has been the most influential framework of politeness so far, and provides an important basis for the discussion of the notion of politeness and face. Brown and Levinson's theory represents the face-saving view, as it builds on Goffman's (1967) notion of face.
In most of the studies, politeness has been conceptualized especially as strategic conflict-avoidance or as a strategic construction of cooperative social interaction. In the recent decade, some critical overviews and analyses of politeness studies have been presented for example Eelen (2001) and Watts (2003). Fraser (1990) posited four main ways of viewing politeness in the research literature: the 'Social norm' view, the 'Conversational-maxim' view, the 'Face-saving' view and the 'Conversational-contract' view.
The idea that politeness should be understood as strategic conflict-avoidance can be found in avoiding disruption and maintaining the social equilibrium and friendly relations (Leech 1983: 225, 230)
Brown & Levinson (1987) claim their politeness theory to be universally valid. They posit a universal Model Person with the ability to rationalize from communicative goals to the optimal means of achieving these goals. This Model Person can be seen as the embodiment of universally valid human social characteristics and principles of social reasoning (Eelen (2001: 5)
- Language Deficit Theory
Bernstein is often credited (or blamed) for what is commonly referred to as 'Language Deficit hypothesis' which holds that some people, because they are raised in environments where contact with language is limited, acquire an inferior variety of language, which Bernstein labelled 'restricted code'. Other, more fortunate individuals acquire language in a richer environment, 'an elaborated code' that enables them to communicate more effectively. Those who only acquire the restricted code suffer from a linguistic deficit. (Wardhaugh 1986).
The study will use qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the problem of politeness in Pashto language in comparison with politeness in English Language.
- Qualitative Method:
In qualitative method of the study, the structures and strategies applied in both languages to show politeness or to save face, will be searched out. The politeness markers in both languages will be compared in relation to the respective cultures involved. From this structural comparison the evidence for the politeness problem in Pashto language will be brought into focus. It will further evaluate Brown & Levinson's theory of politeness (1987) in terms of politeness in Pashto language and culture.
- Quantitative Method:
In quantitative method the data will be collected from two groups of respondents (40+40=80) i.e. literate and illiterate.
Literate Group (GL=40) in the sense that they can read, speak and write English in addition to their native language (Pashto).
Illiterate Group (GI=40) is the native speakers of Pashto but they don't know English. Each group consists of male and female participants of different age.
- Written Test:
From the Literate Group (GL) a written test of translations of formulaic expressions of politeness will be conducted i.e. from English to Pashto and from Pashto to English to find out whether or not the participants, in each case, can find substitutes or equivalent in other language
- Audio Recording:
The speech of illiterate group will be recorded in various situations.
- Interview:
Interview will be taken from both the groups to provide further support to the data and to specify the problem of politeness.
Implications of the Study:
A lot of problems in cross-cultural communications emerge from different perceptions of politeness in different cultures. The same verbal or non-verbal act being polite in one culture may be perceived as inappropriate, impolite, or even rude in other culture. Such misunderstanding can lead to stereotyping, which in turn harm communication.
This study will provide some empirical evidence to explain that misunderstanding in case of politeness, because when we interact, we interact not with each other but with social framework itself. Context informs our actions, behaviour and understanding.
This study will also provide translation studies with an authentic Socio-cultural, moral and ethical background knowledge of Pashto culture as for as the question of politeness is concerned.
In addition to this, the study will create awareness across the boundaries of Pashto culture regarding its politeness in cross-cultural communication whether it is face-to-face interaction, electronic media, interviews, requests, invitations and imperative etc.
- Bernstein, B. (1971) Class, Codes and Control: Theoretical Studies towards a Sociology of Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
- Brown, P. & Levinson, S. (1987). Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Eelen, Gino (2001) A Critique of Politeness Theories. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing
- Fraser, Bruce (1990) Perspectives on Politeness. Journal of Pragmatics 14: 219-236.
- Goffman, E. (1967). 'On Facework: An Analysis of ritual Elements in Social Interaction' in Jawrski, A., and Coupland, N. (eds.) The Discourse Reader, London.
- Leech, Geoffrey (1983) Principles of Pragmatics. London: Longman.
- Wardhah, R. (1986) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Basil Blackwell Ltd, Oxford, UK.
- Watts, Richard (2003) Politeness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


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It must be one of the longest-distance takeaway orders in history. A British Airways jet carrying Tony Blair back from his whirlwind diplomatic trip to Africa made a 1,450-mile round trip to stock up on prawn risotto, asparagus mousse and cheesecake.
The Boeing 777 flew from Addis Ababa to Nairobi and back while Mr Blair was holding talks in the Ethiopian capital to pick up a consignment of in-flight food ready for his return trip to London. Downing Street staff and press were happy with the hot dinners after they boarded the plane on Thursday, but others were not so sure.
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