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Like Lucy yanking the football away from Charlie Brown just when he's about to kick it, the owners of Hulu have once again pulled the plug on selling the popular online site.
Those lying flat on their back include satellite broadcaster DirecTV, cable operator Time Warner Cable and the Chernin Group, which was partnering with AT&T on a bid.
This is the second time in less than two years that Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox have gone through an elaborate auction process to sell the site only to get cold feet. Hulu's third owner -- Comcast's NBCUniversal -- is a silent partner in the site. That was one of the conditions the government put on Comcast in return for granting approval of its deal to take control of NBCUniversal.
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Instead of selling, the three companies said they would invest $750 million in Hulu. (Even though Comcast has no say in the running of Hulu, it has to pony up $250 million.)
So why did the owners back out this time?
According to one of the potential suitors, though Disney and 21st Century Fox are not on the same page about a long-term strategy for Hulu, they also can't bring themselves to part with it. Neither wants to be the Boston Red Sox trading Babe Ruth, or the Pittsburgh Steelers letting Johnny Unitas go.
Those left at the altar are not happy about the change of heart.
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"It's hard enough for one company to make a decision, with two it is impossible," said an executive at one of the companies that had been bidding for Hulu.
DirecTV, the most aggressive of the bidders, was hoping Hulu could give it a new platform to woo subscribers. The mood Friday at the the satellite broadcaster was very dark, after executives had spent weeks involved in the bidding process.
If nothing else, the Hulu saga has shown the challenges that come from having multiple owners with different agendas. It may only get worse in 2018, which is when the government's restraints come off of Comcast and it too can have a role in the running of Hulu.
Comcast has few cards to play in Hulu sale
DirecTV among pay-TV distributors eying OTT
Don't sell Hulu to pay-TV distributor, analyst says
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007
I'm Not Self-Taught Any More
Think about it - what's really more valuable: a degree ten years ago, or training in the latest and greatest last week? There are a few great schools where they make you write compilers, learn Lisp, build robots, and actually learn lambda calculus as math before you ever see a Python or Ruby lambda. But those schools are few and far between. Assume a normal degree, and you've got something of limited value, which value very rapidly decreases. Conference attendance is a lot more valuable than a degree.
By this standard, the tech industry actually undervalues education, except in the most junior and most senior programmers. Education can matter for compiler geniuses with multiple PhDs and fresh-out-the-gate MIT graduates, but for everybody else, it's totally inessential compared to recent experience with Popular Language X.
Personally, I've been on an absolute conference binge these last few months, and I recommend it for anyone and everyone in this field of work. It's good to be well-educated. As good as it is to have recent experience with Popular Language X, it's so much better to have insight, perspective, and detailed understanding of what's going on with Popular Language X - and a few other languages as well.
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Ah, 18 months ago, and I would have agreed with you whole-heartedly. I'm a programmer without a degree, and I've known plenty of programmers with degrees I wouldn't hire. I'm ashamed to say I was such a jerk, but when I was hiring people, I would count a degree in computer science as a black mark against a candidate.
Of course I'm about to say I started school 18 months ago. I did. Basically, I had 50 grand staring me in the face, which I could only use for school, and it was going to evaporate in 3 years, so I decided, why not? I had a good friend in grad school, and she was smart, so I knew it couldn't make me dumber, right?
I had no idea what I was missing. I'm not even going to a good school. I'd call it marginal at best (http://www.umuc.edu - great for distance education, but I know enough to know that some of my classes are not good.) The computer science classes: well, I'm learning a lot. Even though they are very Java-centric, I've learned how to articulate what I love about Ruby, and shown off JRuby to other students and professors. I'm in a survey of programming languages course now, and it's so interesting to talk with students who are also programmers, but program all day in things like Java, Cobol, Ada, and Visual Whatever. It's a massively different world, and one I'll never work in, but there's a lot there to learn. I'm understanding Ruby more through differential analysis.
And the non-programming classes! Why haven't I read this stuff before? Discrete mathematics was the most fun I've ever had doing anything in my life. Reading philosophy classics changed me deeply in a way I can't explain fully.
Ok - I guess I might agree with you. Education is wasted on the youth, without the experience to temper their new-found knowledge. This same education at 18 would have made me a crappy programmer. But to discount formal education and prioritize conferences instead; well, I cannot get behind that.
OK, I went to St. John's for a year and studied Ancient Greek, classical literature, philosophy, history, and science, and it was all very very good for my head. Went back to school and studied Latin and acting, did a bunch of art classes and started to get reasonably good, and have been in acting classes all year (in some cases with actual professional actors). And I'm currently taking Douglas Rushkoff's Technologies of Persuasion class online as well. Education is good.ReplyDelete
But my points are really these: first, conferences win when it comes to being up to date; second, you can't call yourself self-educated if you go to as many conferences and workshops as I do; and third, although I used to be all fiercely proud of being self-educated, because of the independence involved, I think ultimately being plugged into the community is more valuable.
It sounds like you're not self-taught any more either, so we may be more in agreement than not. But I do have to say one thing: I went through my own survey of programming languages without doing it in school, and I doubt I'd find many schools where I could survey as many, as quickly, and with equivalent freedom. Also, at Rails Edge, the majority of people there, including some of the most respected speakers, had either no degree, or a degree in some subject other than computer science.
Anyway, you don't have to agree, I'm just expanding my point, I've had this horrible flu forever and it's made my articulation a bit fuzzy. I'm not doing the knee-jerk anti-degree thing, per se, I'm saying that even the most independent self-taught hacker genius can learn something from other programmers.
There are very few professions where an college education is important. VLSI design, microbiology and surgery are a few.ReplyDelete
But programming is not one of them.
People with CS degrees are, with few exceptions, bad programmers.
A CS degree will not make a good programmer bad... but the people who were not programmers before they went to college are actually worse programmers when they leave.
Going to college when you have $50k to blow is probably a blast-- you take good classes where you actually learn something and you have the security to reject the BS.
But that's not the same as a degree.
A degree program is designed to maximize political correctness and profit for teh university- so you take a lot of BS classes (like socialogy and "poltical science" where they don't actually teach any political science) ....
The average CS Graduate is worse than useless....
and what's really pathetic is, rather than starting out right out of high school and getting four years of experience, they go and get four years of indoctrination by people who do not know how to program which takes another four years to beat out of them.
College CS students are 8 years behind and way in debt compared to people who start programming right out of highschool (and of course if they are real programmers, they started programming on their own in high school, unless they couldn't afford a computer.)
College is joke. ITs not surprising that the people who wasted all this money then go around an refuse to hire people on ability- instead only hiring people who have proven to be equally stupid with thier money.
Amen, Giles. I'll get a degree when I'm retired and the kids are out of the house. Until then, I'll go to conferences, meet amazingly smart people, and learn from them.ReplyDelete
Which reminds me, you'll be at RubyConf, right? =]
You'd be surprised, though, how often non-geeks ask me if I've thought of getting a Master's one day.ReplyDelete
It's not worth the opportunity cost, never mind the tuition + effort.
I agree with you for the most part. Formal education is over-valued by many employers and the best way to learn programming is a combination of doing and learning from others who are doing. Conferences rock for doing just this and I am looking forward to Ruby Conf.ReplyDelete
That being said, I live in the government space and so will be completing my BS in CS this December. I have not learned how to be a better programmer at school but doors will now be open in the government that were closed.
Hey Jim - yep, I'll be @ RubyConf, and expecting some Werewolf. Although I have to tell you, I was unable to get David Black to play with us. He told me Chad and Marcel had grown so obsessed that you can't socialize with them without playing Werewolf any more. He sounded fatigued.ReplyDelete
@Joe - people ask me things like "where did you go to school for that?" all the time. When I started out, I was doing stuff as new back then as Rails is today. Apache was new, CGI was new. I remember when people were arguing about whether or not the World Wide Web would ever be as big as Compuserve. I don't doubt that you get a lot of good foundation studying discrete math and such, but you can't get that inventing the future vibe in school. It seems to go in cycles, so I think the smart thing is to head back to school between future-inventing spurts (so to speak).
@doug - move!ReplyDelete
(just kidding.)
CS degree not worth it?ReplyDelete
Tell that to the quant programmers making 500k a year working at hedge funds.
granted you have to be pretty good and from a top 10 CS school which falls in line with your post anyways.
One day I'm day I'm gonna leave all this webbiness behind dust off my R-fu , move to Greenwich and cash in.
@nima - yeah, if you're a great math geek from a great school that really pushes you, that's something. but as far as I can tell a degree in Web Dev is BS.ReplyDelete
also, more to the point of the post, a great math geek who never published or went to conferences to stay up to date wouldn't be that great.
yea well it goes without saying that a person of esteem in ANY community needs to connect to other nodes in his/her community via information exchanges whether they be virtual (blogs, etc.) , or physical (journals , conferences).ReplyDelete
I just wanted to justify my 4 years of servitude to the computer science overlords at a pushy , over demanding school.
But much like you state in a later blog post about knowing the building blocks of the framework help you run circles around the people who only know the framework much is the same with computer science.
Things like discrete math , lambda calculus , lexical theory, etc. are the building blocks of all computation.

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Taxman to claw back underpaid tax from 2m workers
THE TAXMAN is to claw money back from an estimated two million workers who have paid too little tax during the last financial year.
HMRC said it has started writing to around 5.5 million taxpayers to tell them they have either made underpayments or overpayments through the pay as you earn system (PAYE) in 2013-14.
Officials expect the size of the typical rebate or shortfall to be £350 per person.
Those who have underpaid can make up what they owe through PAYE during the coming year, while around 3.5 million people who are thought to be owed money do not need to actively claim for a rebate as they will receive a letter and an automatic refund.
The exact number of people thought to have paid the wrong amount of tax in 2013-14 is still being firmed up, but the estimated number of 5.5 million is higher than the previous year's total of 5.2 million.
However, the typical size of the anomaly is about £50 less than in 2012-13.
The uplift in the number of people who have made an under or overpayment comes despite the introduction of a £270 million scheme designed to make the tax system more precise.
The revenue body's new "real time information" (RTI) programme allows employers to report wage changes on a weekly or monthly basis, theoretically making tax payments more accurate.
A spokesman for HMRC said that the increase in the number of people who have paid the wrong amount of tax could partly be explained by increased numbers of people finding work as the economy recovers, with some people taking on second jobs.
He said that HMRC is not always being informed straight away about changes to workers' circumstances, which also makes it harder for exactly the right amount of tax to be collected within a given tax year.
The spokesman added that under and overpayments are a "normal part" of how the PAYE process has worked over the 70 years it has been in existence.
The revenue body said that the full impact of the new RTI system is not yet being seen, as its staggered roll-out meant some employers had not used the system for the full tax year.
As the system beds in, the number of inaccuracies should start to drift downwards in the longer term.
Accountants have claimed that the increased errors in the tax system showed that RTI was not working.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, payroll consultant Kate Upcraft said: "Taxpayers have spent hundreds of millions on RTI and employers have had to spend hundreds of millions to use the new system, so we are entitled to expect significantly fewer errors in the reconciliation process."


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MySQL Storage Engines
What is a Storage Engine?
Data in MySQL is stored in files (or memory) using a variety of different techniques. Each of these techniques employ different storage mechanisms, indexing facilities, locking levels and ultimately provide a range of different functions and capabilities. By choosing a different technique you can gain additional speed or functionality benefits that will improve the overall functionality of your application.
For example, if you work with a large amount of temporary data, you may want to make use of the MEMORY storage engine, which stores all of the table data in memory. Alternatively, you may want a database that supports transactions (to ensure data resilience).
Each of these different techniques and suites of functionality within the MySQL system is referred to as a storage engine (also known as a table type). By default, MySQL comes with a number of different storage engines pre-configured and enabled in the MySQL server. You can select the storage engine to use on a server, database and even table basis, providing you with the maximum amount of flexibility when it comes to choosing how your information is stored, how it is indexed and what combination of performance and functionality you want to use with your data.
This flexibility to choose how your data is stored and indexed is a major reason why MySQL is so popular; other database systems, including most of the commercial options, support only a single type of database storage. Unfortunately the 'one size fits all approach' in these other solutions means that either you sacrifice performance for functionality, or have to spend hours or even days finely tuning your database. With MySQL, we can just change the engine we are using.
In this article, we're not going to concentrate on the technical aspects of the different storage engines (although we will inevitably have to look at some of these elements), instead we will concentrate on how and where these different engines can be best employed. To achieve this, we'll have to look at some of the fundamental issues before moving on to the specifics of each engine type.


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He started things off for Lipscomb in the first event of the day by winning the mile in a personal best of 4:19.11.
Later in the meet Ryan established a new personal best and a new indoor school record in the 800m, moving from 5th place to first in the final 30m to win in 1:55.49. Just a week ago Ryan established a new school record for the indoor 5000m in 14:53.10.
Ryan's time in the 800m leads the Atlantic Sun Conference. He is also ranked 6th in the mile and 3rd in the 5000m.
Ryan was joined at the top of the winner's podium for Lipscomb by Alex Jerkins, Jeff Musick and Caitlin Anderson.
Jerkins launched the shot a new personal best of 45 feet 11.75 inches to win that event.
Jeff and Caitlin won the men's and women's 5000m. Jeff posted a new personal best 5000m time of 15:28.92, while Caitlin won in 18:52.27.
Other indoor school records were set in the women's 800m by Amanda Twigg in 2:16.79, the men's 55m dash by Xavier Conley in a personal best 6.517, and by Bobby Bassett in the men's 400 in 50.07. Amanda and Sara Stephens (2:17.53) both ran all-time personal bests, and took over the top two positions in the ASUN conference rankings at 800m.
On the day 13 personal bests were set, and 24 top three collegiate finisher trophies were earned.
"It was the best day of track & field yet at Lipscomb University since I arrived two and a half years ago," said head coach Bill Taylor. "Ryan has really started this season off incredibly and is leading the way, not just with his excellent finishes, but by also showing both teams what we can accomplish."
Taylor stressed that the Bisons and Lady Bisons had some excellent performances, and not just the wins.
"Both of Ryan's races were exciting, as he held off a kicker in the mile, and outkicked the field in the 800m," Taylor said. "That 800m win was so exciting too. He just suddenly popped through. Isaiah Greer won his heat of the 800m in a new personal best of 1:58.93 with another exciting race.
"Alex's winning toss in the shot was fun. You could tell it was a good one when it left his hand. Amanda and Sara ran so well in the 800m. Those are really great 800m times for this early in the year. Jeff Musick also ran a very exciting race and held off a late kicker who was trying to run him down. He's a tough kid and a smart racer. And Xavier Conley ran terrific in the prelims of the 55m dash, reaching the final. That hasn't happened in a sprint race since I've been here, so that was a big step forward for our sprints program."
Taylor is expecting his teams to continue to build on their successes as the season progresses.
"Everything points to a really big season for this program as we continue to rapidly improve," Taylor said. " It is another huge step in our goal to build one of the best cross country and track & field programs in the nation."
Lipscomb Results from the TSU Invite:
Anika Piorkowski, 7.67, 32 of 48
Taylor Mason, 8.48, 48 of 48 (personal best)
Amanda Twigg, 2:16.79, 3 of 34 (personal best and school record)
Sara Stephens, 2:17.53, 4 of 34 (personal best)
Priya Pappu, 5:25.77, 4 of 21 (season best)
Jenny Randolph, 5:26.51, 5 of 21
Emily Longden, 5:27.11, 6 of 21
Caitlin Anderson, 18:52.27, 1 of 12
Catherine Beals, 19:14.88, 4 of 12
Distance Medley Relay:
A Team (Priya Pappu, Shannon Shoemake, Laura Stewart, Shelby Marvel), 13:02.39, 3 of 5
Shot Put:
Taylor Mason, 30-5.75, 12 of 20 (personal best)
Weight Throw:
Jessi Marshall, 35-2, 8 of 13 (personal best)
Taylor Mason, 29-8, 12 of 13
Xavier Conley, 6.517, 2nd in prelims of 49 (personal best and school record) (7 in finals, 6.54)
Mike Knox, 6.73, 22 of 49
Burton Elrod, 6.77, 25 of 49
Xavier Conley, 22.77, 10 of 43 (season best)
Brock Lutes, 23.40, 20 of 43
Burton Elrod, 24.08, 30 of 43
Bobby Bassett, 50.07, 8 of 31 (season best and school record)
Mike Knox, 52.02, 13 of 31 (season best)
Ryan Powell, 52.54, 17 of 31
Ryan Chastain, 1:55.49, 1 of 25 (personal best and school record)
Isaiah Greer, 1:58.93, 6 of 25 (personal best)
Andrew Jones, 2:00.12, 9 of 25 (season best)
Ryan Chastain, 4:19.11, 1 of 22 (personal best)
Mike Yang, 4:32.40, 7 of 22 (personal best)
Ashton Fisher, 4:33.79, 8 of 22
Jeff Musick, 15:28.92, 1 of 16 (personal best)
Chad Martin, 15:50.15, 6 of 16
Cormac Carolan, 16:07.68, 9 of 16 (personal best)
4x400m Relay:
B Team (Steven Mason, Brock Lutes, Mike Knox, Paul Wright) 3:30.26, 6 of 14
A Team (Ryan Powell, Andrew Jones, Xavier Conley, Bobby Bassett) 3:32.95, 8 of 14
C Team (Hunter Hethcoat, Ashton Fisher, Mike Yang, Isaiah Greer) 3:37.23, 9 of 14
Distance Medley Relay:
B Team (Jared Carlson, Aaron Todd, Jeff Hoover, Benton Reed) NT, 2 of 7
A Team (Mike Yang, Steven Mason, Andrew Shankles, Hunter Hethcoat) NT, 3 of 7
C Team (Jonathan Williams, Paul Wright, Ben Wright, Trace Carlson) NT, 4 of 7
High Jump:
Xavier Conley, 6-5, 3 of 8 (season best)
Adam Austin, 6-3.5, 5 of 8
Pole Vault:
Burton Elrod, 12-0, 5 of 5
Long Jump:
Xavier Conley, 22-8.5, 4 of 26
Burton Elrod, 20-3.75, 17 of 26 (season best)
Triple Jump:
Logan Ray, 42-9, 2 of 3
Shot Put:
Alex Jerkins, 45-11.75, 1 of 10 (personal best)
Walter Hough, 33-7.5, 7 of 10
Burton Elrod, 33-4.5, 8 of 10
Weight Throw:
Alex Jerkins, 36-1.5, 4 of 8
Walter Hough, 31-8.75, 8 of 8
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Nicole, Meryl, and Harvey
Deadline confirmed yesterday that The Weinstein Company has acquired distribution rights for Grace Of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman. So, you know what that means: he'll be pushing Granny Freeze for an Oscar campaign next year. (By the way, the Oscars will be held back to March 2, 2014 to accommodate the Olympics. Campaign season will be LONG.)
Interestingly enough however, Weinstein will also be representing August: Osage County at the same time. Who's in August: Osage County? Oh, just Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. Also produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov. Early screenings of August are coming back largely positive, especially re: Meryl's performance. Word is she's, well, she's Meryl. Extraordinary. And they're predicting yet another nomination.
It wouldn't be the first time Harvey's had two women in the race. When Meryl won for The Iron Lady last year, Michelle Williams was up for My Week With Marilyn, and both films were Weinstein properties. Michelle Williams however is not our Gran. Michelle wanted it, sure. But Nicole? Nicole WANTS it. And she usually demands undivided priority from those who would help her get it. Could she demand undivided priority from Harvey over Meryl Streep though?
Thing is, Meryl would be gracious enough to wave Nicole forward.
PS. Why aren't more parents naming their daughters Meryl? You're telling me Madycyn > Meryl? Really?
Here's Nicole at a couple of events for Omega on the weekend. She looked so much softer with her hair blown straight at the press conference than she does in the gown, with darker lips, and curls in the evening, non?
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The Liberty Jam 101.3 FM
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|East-Coast hip-hop
|Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
|DJ Clue
The Liberty Jam, 101.3 FM, is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, hosted by DJ Clue. The station plays East-Coast hip-hop, East Coast gangsta rap, hardcore hip-hop and Mafioso rap, all which were very popular during the mid-and late '90's especially when it was on the rise again (thanks to rappers Nas, DMX, Kim Lil' Kim and the late Notorious B.I.G and Pun Big Pun) after Coast hip-hop West Coast hip hop was dominating during the early and mid '90's.
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The exact name of the radio station is inconsistent. The DJ, as is all but one radio imaging, simply refer to the station as "Liberty Jam" with only "FM" or "101.3" augmented into the name; in addition, neither of the two versions of the radio station's logos (from the website or the audio options) use the article.
On the other hand, the manual of the game, as well as the game's audio options, refers to the station as "The Liberty Jam", with the aforementioned single radio imaging following suit.
Description Edit
Liberty Jam's airtime is primarily occupied by "The Desert Storm Show", which DJ Clue hosts. Often times, DJ Clue will announce multiple shoutouts to various individuals (including 8-Ball) between songs, and occasionally insert his own voiceovers into tracks in the same fashion as DJ Timecode at MSX FM, albeit in a lower frequency. Certain tracks are also bridged by transitions.
The station substitutes Grand Theft Auto III's Game Radio FM as the sole hip hip station in GTA Liberty City Stories, circa 1998, and is implied to be the chronological predecessor to Game FM.
- Method Man - "All I Need" (1994) Note: This is the album version without R&B singer Mary J. Blige
- Big Pun feat. Fat Joe - "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" (1998)
- DMX feat. DJ Clue, Drag-On, Jadakiss, Styles P. and Eve - "Ruff Ryders Anthem (Remix)" (1998)
- DMX feat. Sheek Louch - "Get At Me Dog" (1998)
- Big Pun - "Beware" (1998)
- Redman feat. Method Man - "Do What Ya Feel" (1996)
- The L.O.X. - "Chain Gang Freestyle" (1998)
- Noreaga - "N.O.R.E." (1998)
- Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones Pt.II" (1994)
- The L.O.X. - "Chest2Chest Freestyle" (1998)
- Onyx feat. Big Pun and Noreaga - "Shut 'em Down (Remix)" (1998)
- Raekwon - "Incarcerated Scarfaces" (1995)
- Note: Deep Cover 98 sampled Dr. Dre's Deep cover which was featured in Radio Los Santos. The video also even featured a cameo appearance from Snoop Dogg however the video was released in 2000 and dropped the 98 out of the title.
See also Edit
- Game Radio FM, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto III that plays east coast hip-hop.
- Wildstyle, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City that plays old school hip-hop.
- Playback FM, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that plays classic hip-hop.
- Radio Los Santos, a radio staton in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto V that plays west coast hip-hop.
- Fresh 105 FM, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories that plays old school hip-hop.
- The Classics 104.1, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV that plays classic hip-hop.
- The Beat 102.7, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV that plays contemporary hip-hop. It also features songs by Mobb Deep and members of The LOX.
- West Coast Classics, a radio station in Grand Theft Auto V that plays classic west coast hip-hop.


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United States District Court, D. New Jersey
September 6, 2017
JOSEPH F. RICHARDSON, JR., Plaintiff,v.CAMDEN COUNTY JAIL, Defendant.
Plaintiff Joseph F. Richardson, Jr. seeks to bring a civil
rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against
the Camden County Jail ("CCJ"). Complaint, Docket
Entry 1.
Section 1915(e)(2) requires a court to review complaints
prior to service in cases in which a plaintiff is proceeding
in forma pauperis. The Court must sua
sponte dismiss any claim that is frivolous, is
malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be
granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is
immune from such relief. This action is subject to sua
sponte screening for dismissal under 28 U.S.C. §
1915(e)(2)(B) because Plaintiff is proceeding in forma
3. For
the reasons set forth below, the Court will dismiss the
complaint without prejudice for failure to state a claim. 28
U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b)(ii).
4. To
survive sua sponte screening for failure to state a
claim, the complaint must allege "sufficient factual
matter" to show that the claim is facially plausible.
Fowler v. UPMS Shadyside, 578 F.3d 203, 210 (3d Cir.
2009) (citation omitted). "A claim has facial
plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that
allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the
defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged."
Fair Wind Sailing, Inc. v. Dempster, 764 F.3d 303,
308 n.3 (3d Cir. 2014). "[A] pleading that offers
'labels or conclusions' or 'a formulaic
recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not
do.'" Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678
(2009) (quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550
Plaintiff brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §
for alleged violations of Plaintiff's constitutional
rights. In order to set forth a prima facie case
under § 1983, a plaintiff must show: "(1) a person
deprived [her] of a federal right; and (2) the person who
deprived [her] of that right acted under color of state or
territorial law." Groman v. Twp. of Manalapan,
47 F.3d 628, 633 (3d Cir. 1995) (citing Gomez v.
Toledo, 446 U.S. 635, 640 (1980)).
Generally, for purposes of actions under § 1983,
"[t]he term 'persons' includes local and
state officers acting under color of state law."
Carver v. Foerster, 102 F.3d 96, 99 (3d Cir. 1996)
(citing Hafer v. Melo, 502 U.S. 21
(1991)).[2] To say that a person was "acting
under color of state law" means that the defendant in a
§ 1983 action "exercised power [that the
defendant] possessed by virtue of state law and made possible
only because the wrongdoer [was] clothed with the authority
of state law." West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42, 49
(1988) (citation omitted). Generally, then, "a public
employee acts under color of state law while acting in his
official capacity or while exercising his responsibilities
pursuant to state law." Id. at 50.
Because Plaintiff has not sufficiently alleged that a
"person" deprived her of a federal right, the
complaint does not meet the standards necessary to set forth
a prima facie case under § 1983. Plaintiff
seeks monetary damages from CCJ for allegedly
unconstitutional conditions of confinement. The CCJ, however,
is not a "person" within the meaning of §
1983; therefore, the claims against it must be dismissed with
prejudice. See Crawford v. McMillian, 660 F.
App'x 113, 116 (3d Cir. 2016) ("[T]he prison is not
an entity subject to suit under 42 U.S.C. §
1983.") (citing Fischer v. Cahill, 474 F.2d
991, 992 (3d Cir. 1973)). Because the claims against the CCJ
must be dismissed with prejudice, the claims may not proceed
and Plaintiff may not name the CCJ as a defendant.
Plaintiff may be able to amend the complaint to name a person
or persons who were personally involved in the alleged
unconstitutional conditions of confinement, however. To that
end, the Court shall grant Plaintiff leave to amend the
complaint within 30 days of the date of this order.
Plaintiff is advised that the amended complaint must plead
sufficient facts to support a reasonable inference that a
constitutional violation has occurred in order to survive
this Court's review under § 1915. Plaintiff alleges
that he was confined in the CCJ from January 26, 2015 to June
24, 2016, August 18 to November 14, 2015 and July 28 to
September 20, 2016. Complaint § III. The facts section
of the complaint states: "very poor conditions, mold to
showers, sleeping on floor, beat up knocked out taken to
hospital for head trauma and stitches." Id.
Even accepting these statements as true for screening
purposes only, there is not enough factual support for the
Court to infer a constitutional violation has occurred.
Plaintiff alleges that he slept on the floor, presumably
because no open beds were available. The mere fact that an
individual is lodged temporarily in a cell with more persons
than its intended design does not rise to the level of a
constitutional violation. See Rhodes v. Chapman, 452
U.S. 337, 348-50 (1981) (holding double-celling by itself did
not violate Eighth Amendment); Carson v. Mulvihill,
488 F.App'x 554, 560 (3d Cir. 2012) ("[M]ere
double-bunking does not constitute punishment, because there
is no 'one man, one cell principle lurking in the Due
Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.'" (quoting
Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 542 (1979))). More is
needed to demonstrate that such crowded conditions, for a
pretrial detainee, shocks the conscience and thus violates
due process rights. See Hubbard v. Taylor, 538 F.3d
229, 233 (3d Cir. 2008) (noting due process analysis requires
courts to consider whether the totality of the conditions
"cause[s] inmates to endure such genuine privations and
hardship over an extended period of time, that the adverse
conditions become excessive in relation to the purposes
assigned to them."). Some relevant factors are the
dates and length of the confinement(s), whether Plaintiff was
a pretrial detainee or convicted prisoner, etc.
Plaintiff's remaining allegations also are insufficient
to set forth a prima facie case under § 1983.
Plaintiff offers vague and cursory allegations that the CCJ
was "very bad conditions" with "mold on
showers." These allegations essentially complain
"of an inconvenient and uncomfortable situation";
however, "'the Constitution does not mandate
comfortable prisons.'" Carson v.
Mulvihill, 488 F.App'x 554, 560 (3d Cir. 2012)
(citing Rhodes, 452 U.S. at 349); see also,
Marnin v. Pinto, 463 F.2d 583, 584 (3d Cir. 1972)
("blanket statements alleging bad food and miserable
living conditions in the prison" were "naked
statements [that do not] ordinarily merit Federal court
Further, Plaintiff alleged he was "beat up, knocked out
take to hospital for head trauma and stitches."
Plaintiff does not allege who the perpetrator was or provide
any more details to this situation. This is ...
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Back in April I reviewed Matthew Lewis's historical novel Loyalty – a story of Richard III. I discovered Matthew on Twitter and after enjoying his historical tweets decided to read his book. If you have seen my review you will know how much I enjoyed this version of Richard III's story. I think good historical fiction has a hugely important role in introducing people to history – it can bring a particular period of time and the people in it to life in a way factual books do not, as the author is able to completely commit to their own interpretation of the characters and the situation. And I think Matthew Lewis writes good historical fiction. I was, therefore, really excited when Matthew agreed to speak with me and share his own experiences.
Karen Kilrow – Firstly, Matthew how did you become interested in Royal history?
Matthew Lewis – I studied the Wars of the Roses for the first time at school and it gripped me instantly. The period looks like a big bee hive from the outside with a convenient, over-arching name, but open the hive and the little honeycombs you can get all sticky in are endless. It tends to be eclipsed by the Tudors but almost anything they did, the Plantagenets had already done bigger, better and dirtier!
KK – I know I first became interested in Richard III as a teenager when I read The Daughter of Time, and felt how unfairly he had been treated. I don't think it would be giving too much away to say that you share this opinion. When did you start to question his historical reputation?
ML – My interest in Richard III was ignited at school too. As you found with The Daughter of Time, it takes very little study to shake the foundations of what we, as a collective consciousness think we know about Richard III and it is hard to see Shakespeare's caricature in the man revealed by just a little digging. But then it becomes hard to stop digging. Always just a little bit deeper. Then you find yourself presented with a beleaguered underdog and who can resist that cause? And so the raging inferno of an obsession was born.
KK – You have written a blog on Shakespeare's representation of Richard III – do you think Richard III has become a convenient villain for us? I remember hearing the story of the princes in the tower from quite a young age.
ML – I think Richard III has become a convenient, perhaps even accidental, villain. What if Thomas More wrote allegory directed at Henry VIII about the pursuit of absolute power without scruple? What if Shakespeare wanted to write a subtle message for Elizabeth I about the dangers of failing to secure the succession in her lifetime? What if his real villain was Robert Cecil, the hunchbacked advisor to Elizabeth who plotted behind the scenes for the Stuart succession? Richard was an easy target. The Tudors could not be criticised directly, at least not without the loss of your head. Edward IV and his ancestors were protected by the blood of Elizabeth of York. Richard stood alone in the middle with no-one to save him, crushed between the colours of the Tudor Rose.
KK – That's a really interesting interpretation – I hadn't thought about it in that way – following from that, in your opinion would Richard have been a good king?
ML – Given time and support, possibly. I see a committed social reformer in his Parliament, but not as a gimmick once he was king, because it can be traced back to his time in the north too. Yet the fact that Richard didn't have that time perhaps exposes his failings as a king. He inspired ferocious devotion in those close to him but could not translate that to the national stage. His social reforms were perhaps too much for some. The blunt, intractable yet fiercely loyal nature that attracted the few probably cost him the love of the many. Failing to secure time cost him his life and his family the throne. Ultimately, there is no greater failing for a medieval monarch. The obsession is fueled by trying to understand why he wasn't the successful king he could have been.
KK – So how did you begin to write about Richard III?
ML – I began to write Loyalty many years ago as an indulgence. I believed that there was a fantastic story to be told. My Richard is no evil demon, but neither is he a saint. It is in the grey areas in between that I hoped to find the 'real' man. It is easy to forget that historical caricatures like Richard were real people, with real hopes, fears, dreams and disasters that shaped them. I wanted Richard to be a person that people could believe, firmly planted within the political realities of his time. I think my portrayal is definitely sympathetic, but hopefully reasonably so. I hope I did him justice.
KK – One of my favourite parts of your book was the authenticity of the relationship between the three brothers – was this hard to achieve?
ML – I wanted the relationships to be as natural as possible. If I read something that opens a hole in the story or which seems to be an unnatural response it brings me up short, so I did try hard to make this aspect work. I think it came fairly easily as I wrote. I put myself in the room with them, listening to the conversation that I was writing and ensuring that it was natural. Much of the novel deals with the more domestic side of the characters' lives, when they are more relaxed and informal yet dealing with huge issues.
KK – I understand that you are writing a sequel to Loyalty, can you tell me a bit more about this ?
ML – The sequel to Loyalty moves both threads forward. The beginning of the Tudor regime was not as smooth nor as widely embraced as they would later try to convince everyone. Yorkists and Lancastrians were thrust together and men loyal to Richard – and there were plenty of them – tried to make their way in a world that hunted them. I am fascinated by the Tudors too and the book also follows events at the court of King Henry VIII as he finally makes the break with Rome. It's all very heady stuff and all of it relies heavily on the interpretation of the people involved that you select.
KK – How important do you think fact is to historical fiction and to what extent do you think fact may be altered to create a good story? I noticed that you had notes at the end of Loyalty explaining where you had altered facts – something I personally, really appreciated.
ML – In my opinion, the historical fact is the skeleton of the story. If I hang the skin and clothes on top of something that isn't right, it will never look right and the story element can be perceived too clearly. In this case the facts are so dramatic and fascinating that I didn't find I had to make things up, just present them in a way that hung well on the skeleton. Having said that I think licence can be taken with the presentation of some events to add to the drama without detracting from the accuracy. The notes at the end of Loyalty were a risk, because you tell the reader a story and then tell them it wasn't all true, but I believed it would add to the credibility of Richard's story (not mine) to acknowledge and explain these. In the case of the incident in France, I think that the effect of what Richard did on those who were there would have been similar to the effect upon a modern audience of what I wrote. That was the crux of the process behind altering any events for me; is this change all about presentation rather than substance? If so, I think it is fine. I tried to avoid radically altering real people or changing the meaning or outcome of events substantively. To me, it should be history presented as fiction not fiction presented as history.
I try to thoroughly research what I write. I want accuracy to enhance the story, make it more believable because it really does fit the known facts. I frequently get lost in reading because I enjoy the research and there is just so much to uncover that informs my view of events and how I wish to present what happened and the people involved. I claim it is to improve my story, but sometimes that's just a cover for following the white rabbits that catch my eye.
KK – I first discovered you on Twitter and have noticed you use this media a lot along with having your own blog. How important do you think social media is for new authors?
ML – Social media such as Twitter and blogging is the most invaluable tool available to the self-published author. I don't have an agent or a publishing house pushing my book or arranging publicity. I have me and a computer, so I have to make the most of those things. Making the most of myself is a tricky one – I'm far too English to pop up everywhere shouting 'Read my fantastic book!' The Greyfriars dig was the best publicity I could have hoped for and kick-started sales for me. I haven't been to the Leicester exhibition yet, but did manage to visit the Greyfriars dig open day in September. I couldn't resist strolling round the site, hoping that I might have been on the scene of King Richard's burial. Blogging and tweeting allow me to show people my take on history, my way of interpreting and writing it. If someone likes it, brilliant. If they buy my book, fantastic. If someone doesn't like it, that's fine too; it's a very personal thing and not everyone will. Taking criticism is a steep learning curve when people can offer their views on your precious work on the internet for all to see, including me! But without Twitter, we wouldn't be having this conversation, would we.
I very much enjoyed this opportunity to put questions to Matthew after really enjoying his book and I would highly recommend Loyalty to anyone interested in this period of history. I will definitely be looking out for the sequel! I am also pleased that Matthew has agreed to produce a guest blog for us which will be posted in the coming weeks.
If you would like to see my review you will find it here : http://www.royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/a-review-of-loyalty-by-matthew-lewis-a-story-of-richard-iii-6432
Also, if you are interested in reading this great book it can be purchased on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Loyalty-Matthew-Lewis/dp/1477594671/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373742610&sr=8-1&keywords=loyalty
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Group fitness classes are taking an ethnic turn, experts say, celebrating diversity by reaching across cultures for inspiration and combining diverse disciplines to keep workouts fresh and exercisers inspired.
First there was Zumba, the Latin-based dance craze, then Capoeira, a Brazilian blend of martial arts and dance said to have originated with 16th century slaves.
Tabura, a high-energy class that pairs West African dance moves with military-style punching, jabbing and kickboxing drills, is one of the newer hybrids.
"I'm excited to see fitness embrace our American cultural diversity and bring benefits of Latin dance like Zumba or African dance like Tabura with martial arts from Asia into the mainstream," said Shirley Archer, an American Council on Exercise spokesperson.
Dance fitness classes provide a aerobic workout that can improve heart health, burn calories and fat and improve mood and endurance, according to Archer, a fitness and wellness expert based in Singer Island, Florida.
Reign Hudson, a fitness instructor at Crunch in New York City, said she created Tabura, which means drill and endurance in Swahili, by fusing her two passions.
"I'd taught West African dance, and then I got certified in tae bo," she said, referring to the blend of aerobics and martial arts exercises developed by American Billy Blanks.
"Those were my two favorite classes so I decided to bring them together."
The class, which is fired by live conga and junjun drums or African house music, provides a cardio workout and toning. It also includes stretching, intervals of dance and drills, leg work and running in place.
West African dance is about storytelling, Hudson explained, and different dances have different names and action. A dance called Cuckoo is performed to celebrate a wedding or birthday.
Archer explained that integrating kicks and knee lifts can increase the toning effects for the muscles of the lower body, while punches and blocks tone the upper body.
"One-legged moves improve balance and combination moves improve coordination, rhythm and timing," said Archer, who has trained in shotokan karate (Japanese style) and tae kwon do (Korean style).
Another benefit of martial arts moves is that the training is very balanced, requiring equal repetitions on both sides of the body, she added.
Neal Pire, a strength and conditioning specialist with the American College of Sports Medicine, said Tabura shares the high-energy aerobic exercise of other dance fitness classes, like Zumba and Capoeira.
"It reminded me a lot of those old simple aerobic classes: you're on your feet, it's total body, there's kicking. African drums add a little oomph, a little fire," he said. "It's a style. It works for you if it gets you up off your butt and moving."
Archer said the beauty of dance fitness classes is that they're so much fun that people forget they're working out.
"And you can make friends. Research findings show that the single most important factor to sticking with any exercise program is social support," she said.
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We throw progressive trance parties (Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Deadmau5) in New York City clubs. We emphasize a sexy, positive, open, personable mindset, and we're all about electronic music.
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2) a flamboyant, classical/18-19th century ornate style too. This also fits with our new venue. Check out 2 pics of the place:
and 3) we would also like logo to be sexy without being cheezy, meaning possibly a sexy female image or symbol
It may be hard to make the three work but here lies both the designer's challenge as well as the originality of something that hasnt been done before in the trance music world and for which you will hopefully get recognition and kudos.
If these 2-3 concepts don't work together then feel free to submit a simple design as this may indeed be the best one.
Thanks for participating and good luck :)
Also, please send us an email with your profile name in case we want to work with you in the future even if you dont win (I dont know if Ill be able to contact you guys at the end of the contest). Contact info is on our website. Thanks!
To summarize these are the elements that I like and may need to be developed:
SIMPLICITY of design and color, teal/turquois seems to work best but I'm open to inclusion of pink and blue (see # 6).
HOT DJ CHIC image seems to work best if we're going to have a female image at all.
GLOWY NEON AND FUTURISTIC font, in keeping with trance logos everywhere, seems to continue to work (my two favs are # 6 and #29).
Try to continue incorporating an ornate, baroque, classical element in the design but if we can't make it work then forget about it.
I like the look of number six design, in terms of appearance, simplicity and coloring. The green/blue Teal or turquoise like color also seems to work, but I'm still not precluding blue or pink depending on the design. The font is very good, it's original and modern but a bit too linear (like the 'a's and 'e's). The glowy, subtle shadow effect over a subtle dotted background pattern is also really good. I also like the idea of an equalizer pattern like in number 12 somehow incorporated, so maybe instead of the dots an equalizer pattern might work? The subtle dotted background pattern does already work though.
Not married to this idea but am throwing it out there: I like the image of the girl in our logo contest flyer a lot (http://www.trancemansion.com), both her looks and her positioning. Am wondering whether we can incorporate an abstraction/shadow/outline of such a squatting, hot chick DJ image as well. But I'm close to abandoning the hot chick image in the logo concept if no one can make it work.
The full body image of girls is sexy but seems a bit cheesy. Maybe it's because they're just posing in standard poses. Maybe it's because it's been done 1 million times before. I'm thinking if we add headphones (turntable/cdj) or a DJ type image with a sexy girl that may work better. Also maybe more of a close up (medium shot) element of a girl, her headphoned face, or her body could work too. Not to offend anybody but I'm thinking our female image should not have the buxom hip-hop big butt body type, which I'm seeing in a lot of the designs (# 9, 10, 29, #8's back that ass up had me lmfao!). The more I think about it, it may be that the best way to incorporate a sexy female image is to have her as a DJ-type image. I want our sexy girl not to just be a bimbo or sex object but intelligent or substantive (kind of like the girls that liked our music and come to our parties), and I'm thinking the DJ image can help with this.
I like the idea of an emblem-like logo, which honestly is the best way to go if we can make it work (if you look at ultra music Festival or Armada etc. it's this emblem like logo and simplicity that seems to work best). So the emblem-like concept of number 26 is good. I like how angels wings were incorporated, I'm not crazy about the selection of wings themselves, but it's a good attempt at incorporating a classical, Angel-like idea in their. I'm guessing the head over the emblem has to go too, but wonder how you can incorporate a female figure with some sex appeal in there. Also wondering whether headphones and/or spending a turntable/cdj-type female image might also be able to be incorporated.
Despite all this, one or more of you may be harboring a great, original idea that's waiting to see the light of day, so these are just my impressions to serve as guidance and I'm still open to something completely different.
I want to thank all you guys for continuing to participate and will be online more frequently to give feedback over the next two days.
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Collateral Damage
Deborah (Debbie) Jennings filed a lawsuit in Federal court against the University of Tennessee and Dave Hart, UT's Athletic Director. Ms. Jennings was the long-time Media Relations Director of the UT Women's Athletic Department. She was an employee since 1977, became the first Lady Vol Sports Information Director in 1978, and ran the Media Relations Office until 2009 when the men's and women's Media Relations Departments were consolidated.
Jennings later resigned under pressure, as recounted in court papers.
But it was recently when the lawsuit gained national attention after Pat Summitt was made part of the legal festivities that the damage to hundreds of thousands of alumni and friends of the University was done.
One of Dave Hart's assignments as Tennessee's AD has been to consolidate the men's and women's athletic departments.
Among other things, the suit brought by Ms. Jennings alleges that during this consolidation process, she was marginalized and ostracized, was denied employment opportunities due to her gender, and/or age, and was gradually stripped of her duties and responsibilities.
The suit gets messy as it recounts how Jennings' computer was confiscated and emails "had been deleted or removed from her Outlook email directory."
The suit also paints a picture of Dave Hart's professional background as one where he routinely engaged in gender discrimination when an administrator at East Carolina and as AD at Florida State.
Prior to the original filing of the case by Ms. Jennings, Coach Summitt was asked if she would provide testimony. She submitted an affidavit dated August 10, 2012.
In the affidavit, Coach Summitt describes her working relationship with Debbie Jennings in a very positive and complimentary light. She described Jennings as somebody who "was not afraid to speak her mind and that was one of her strengths as an employee."
Summitt indicated that she was not consulted by Dave Hart prior to Jennings' termination, but would have asked Hart to reconsider or "try another alternative, such as disciplinary action, if he felt that was necessary."
She also wrote that during a February 15, 2012 meeting with Hart, the AD wanted to discontinue using the Lady Vol logo, intending to place all UT women's and men's athletics under one logo. "I was angered when he came out in an interview with the media in May 2012 and denied that he ever intended to do away with the Lady Vol logo."
Summitt's meeting with Hart in the now-famous March 2012 meeting had the AD telling Summit that she "would not be coaching the Lady Vol Basketball Team in the next school year" and she found that "very surprising… and very hurtful as that was a decision I would have liked to have made on my own at the end of the season after consulting with my family, doctors, colleagues, and friends and not be told this by Mr. Hart. I felt this was wrong." She also indicated that Hart told her she "would still have an office in Thompson-Boling Arena and (her) title could be Head Coach Emeritus."
Coach Summit indicates that, being upset, she shared information about this meeting with several people, including Debby Jennings.
Then, the most curious part of Summitt's affidavit is the last part:
"Unbekownst to the individuals I shared this upsetting news, Dave Hart spoke with me again, subsequent to the March 14, 2012, one-on-one meeting, and indicated that I misinterpreted what he said."
That's the end of the affidavit. Nothing more. No explanation. No extended commentary on the last sentence.
In response to Summitt's affidavit, UT spokesperson Margie Nichols said that the "statement is absolutely not true. It was Pat's idea to be head coach emeritus."
And this is when the collateral damage was inflicted.
The media of all types and all locations basically began to report that the University of Tennessee had forced Pat Summitt out and was now calling her a liar.
Dave Hart was now the hired henchman, presiding over an immoral and perhaps illegal act.
It didn't really matter that Coach Summitt issued a written statement on Friday to set the record straight from her perspective.
"It was entirely my decision to step down from my position as Head Coach of women's basketball at the University. As I stated at my press conference in April when I announced my decision, I loved being the Head Coach for 38 years, but, after consultation wity my son, my doctors, my lawyer, and several close friends, I concluded that the time had come to move into the future and step into a new role. I have welcomed and enjoyed my new role as Head Coach Emeritus, and I am excited for the opportunities that now await my dear friend and colleague Holly Warlick as Head Coach."
"I did not then, and I do not now, feel that I was "forced out" by the University. Anyone who knows me knows that any such effort would have met with resistance. If my affidavit has caused confusion on that point, it needs to be dispelled. In connection with my move from Head Coach to Head Coach emeritus, the University has treated me with the utmost respect and graciousness, as it always has throughout my tenure as Head Coach."
Yes, it really doesn't matter from the perspective of what will be said five, ten, or more years down the line. Somewhere down the road, we will all find ourselves in a conversation with someone saying "Yeah, Tennessee. How could they fire a legend who changed the face of her sport?"
It won't matter if Debby Jennings' claims hold water or not. It won't matter if Dave Hart acted legally or not.
It won't matter if Coach Summitt had forgotten the details of a conversation and/or if she was talked into modifying the original language of her affidavit.
The only thing that will matter is that perception rules over whatever the truth might be. And we will all have to bear the burden of that.


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By Caroline McGraw Oct 04, 2012 0
Effects of Leaving Normal
The title of the Washington Post article grabbed my attention immediately: "Autism Can Have Large Effects, Good and Bad, on a Disabled Child's Siblings" written by Ranit Mishori, a family physician and Georgetown University School of Medicine faculty member. I was intrigued, yet after my disheartening recent experience of reading "The Normal One," I was hesitant to dive into another piece about siblings and special needs. However, reading Mishori's essay was a reassuring experience for me. Her younger brother, Dror, has autism, and her article displays candor, courage, and a reasonably balanced perspective on both the positive and negative effects of being a "special sibling." For her emphasis on the fact that siblings and families are resilient, I want to say: Thank you.
As the article notes, having a sibling on the autism spectrum does pose difficulties. For example, I could relate easily to an incident Mishori described in which her younger brother bit her on the face. My first memory of interacting with Willie when we were kids is of him biting my hand during a battle over TV shows. We were fighting because each of us wanted to watch a different show, and right in the midst of our battle he bit my hand. More appalled at his behavior than physically hurt, I howled for our mother. Even at 4 years old, I remember noticing how my 2-year-old brother looked: guilty at having "crossed the line" but also a bit pleased with himself for his ingenuity. Yet while one could chalk that particular incident up to typical sibling rivalry, the story of how my brother bit my leg during one of his meltdowns cannot be categorized in the same way. That time, we were both young adults … and the bite really hurt. My physical and emotional wounds from that incident took a long time to heal.
And when Mishori details some of what siblings of children with autism are "up against," I can call to mind memories and examples to match every item on the list. When Willie and I were younger, his having autism didn't seem like such a big deal to me—at worst, I'd be annoyed when Mom, Dad, and I would have to hunt for Willie after one of his runaway episodes. But when Willie started having meltdowns in his teens, the challenges of being his sister increased dramatically. To paraphrase Mishori's list: I have "missed out" on typical family outings, felt afraid to invite friends over to our home, known the pain of unpredictable, aggressive episodes and felt the need to minimize any problems of my own and "step up" as the responsible one. Furthermore, I have known the frustration of having Willie's issues be the focal point of family life.
On the other hand, however, I concur with the siblings quoted in the feature who say that being a brother or sister to an individual with special needs or autism has increased their levels of compassion, sensitivity, and maturity. Thanks to being Willie's older sister, I possessed an immediate advantage at my first job at L'Arche Greater Washington, DC. When I served as a direct-care worker at L'Arche, I found myself giving thanks for all my brother had taught me: How to pay attention to seemingly-minor environmental irritations and thereby avoid potential meltdowns; how to follow a routine and also incorporate necessary deviations; how to respond with a calm presence and demeanor in the face of another person's anger. When I worked as a full-time caregiver at L'Arche, I found it natural to remember snacks and lunch bags, check the gas gauge the night before, and start my routines right on time. The list goes on and on; I knew how to offer support in difficult situations not in spite of my brother, but because of him. And I knew better than to judge based on first impressions; in fact, some of the people I found the most intimidating at first became my closest friends. Moreover, in living the lessons my brother taught me, I gained a greater acceptance of him as he is, not as I might wish he would be.


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Well, hello antionline.
Im a freshman in highschool, trying to learn all i can about all aspects of computers. Hopfully get a career in a related feild. Um, i am JP's little brother, (dont know if thats a good thing or not) but, thanks in advance for any suggestions/help youll give me in the future.


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Well Malcolm Gladwell's done it again. Produced yet another book that not only changes the way you look at the world but does it in such an entertaining way that the book nearly reads like a novel or a screenplay and leaves you wanting more.
If you've read The Tipping Point or Blink then you'd probably expect another fantastic performance from the man who explained how epidemics occur and why some things spread like fire through society and some fizzle out before they've had a chance to even get a flame. You might wonder, as I did, whether a third book could be as good--I mean hadn't he used up all the genius juice on the first two?
I assure you this one is just as amazing. While tackling a completely different topic Outliers demonstrates again Gladwell's wonderful narrative style which innervates each case study he sites and convinces you that he must, make that MUST be right.
Andrew and I listened to the audiobook together in the evenings in four segments read by the author and the premise of the book is this: It is our tradition to think that success is based on merit. If someone has reached the top of their field whether it be in business, the arts, science or sports we attribute their achievements to extraordinary ability. They're smarter or more creative or they just had that "something" that led them to do amazing things. It's what we'd call the legend of the Self-Made Man.
Gladwell, however, says pretty convincingly that there's no such thing. The Self-Made Man is a myth and in fact success is quite formulaic. If you want to master your field--whatever field that may be--it requires 10,000 hours of disciplined labor and practice. Those who find success are able to acquire those 10,000 early on in their careers and at just the right moment in history for those 10,000 hours to be of use.
Sound hard to stomach? Well Gladwell lays down all sorts of case studies including the Beatles, Mozart, Bill Gates, professional hockey players, J. Robert Oppenheimer, 19th century tycoons and Manhattan attorneys to prove his point and I have to admit he's got me convinced.
While we may think that the most successful people were born with some genetic fluke of greatness that brought the planets into alignment Gladwell in fact says it's the other way around: that those who are the most successful were just smart enough and that the planets aligned for them. They were just lucky.
While this may sound disheartening because it's comforting to believe that one can, by sheer willpower, strength of character, hard work and ability achieve anything (how many times is the phrase "You've just got to believe in yourself" marketed to us?) I actually find his theories to be quite the opposite. I think they give hope to those seeking success because it means that those at the top of the ladder aren't there because they were the smartest or the brightest or the handsomest or the most perfect or the most talented and therefore the only ones who will reach the summit, they're there because fate went their way and they had prepared themselves enough and worked hard enough so that when the opportunities came they were ready.
If you're just smart enough, just talented enough and are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve those magic 10,000 hours of training you have a good shot at success.
However, while putting in the work is something people can control there are plenty of other things they can't. You can't control when you are born any more than you can control the place or the situation into which you were born. While Outliers downplays the effects of Nature on genius and success it effectively shows how profoundly Nurture controls our destinies.
For example, if Bill Gates hadn't been born within a certain five-year period into circumstances where he miraculously had access to a free time-share computer as early as in elementary school his interests would never have come to fruition. The story is truly amazing and it convinces you that it's not so much that Bill Gates is a one-in-a-billion persona but the circumstances that combined to produce Bill Gates are one-in-a-billion. Or fifty billion if you prefer.
It sure makes you think differently about how the world works.
After listening to Gladwell's thoughts I've looked around at circumstances in my own life and seen the same principles at work. In Alaska, for example, oil was discovered in Prudhoe Bay in the late 1960s and the Trans-Alaska Pipe Line jump-started the state. Before the 1970s Alasak was sparsely populated (though some would say it still is) and those who built up the state through that tremendous period of growth were all of a certain age and of a certain generation. If you caught the 1970s just right you were in a position to play a part in what was happening to Alaska.
Looking around town at all the major businesses you notice the trend in age--if you caught the wave just right it carried you to the top of your profession--a few years too late and you hit the economic downturn of the 80s, too early and there wasn't the money to finance the growth in the 60s.
Or even on a more personal level I look at our family's experience. My husband graduated from the University of North Dakota--hardly what you'd call Ivy League--and neither of us is what you'd call a genius. However, he was certainly smart enough to graduate from law school and was smart enough that he was able to get a clerkship after law school. Because of the clerkship he landed a good job with a law firm which in turn led to an even better corporate job that has been wonderful for him and our family. One thing has led to another until he's doing things that someone his age typically wouldn't have access to.
Not only is the whole concept of genius is completely overrated--so much of success is how fate plays out and working hard enough to be prepared for the opportunities when they come--it doesn't apply only to those at the uppermost part of the economic heavens, the principles Outliers describes can be seen all through society.
Interesting stuff. What's Gladwell going to think of next? You think he'd let me take him out to lunch for an interview? Maybe fate will fall my way.
The Motherhood is hosting a forum where you can share ideas for ways to connect with your kids in the kitchen. I've got a story up over there and commenters will be entered to win prizes so check it out!
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APP graphic design
Budget $250-750 USD
I have an APP, 99% functions of it had been done by me, and user interaction design is also done for it. Up to now, it is a working APP, but missing a beautiful theme, so I need a graphic designer to help me to complete the graphic design: icon and rendering.
The APP design had been well documented, and my requirement is also well documented too, I had done the works for designer as much as I could, just left the work that could only be done by graphic designer, so I created the APP prototype design in sketch.
This APP got around 23 pages, the graphic designer should read my design document and complete the jobs that described in design document and finish the APP prototype design in sketch.
I hoping this project could be done in one month.
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http://goo.gl/ilrXyi). Mike McRoberts has a great instructional on the conversion process.
His blog has lots of great projects, and we really recommend his Arduino book: Beginning Arduino
Learn to monitor and control your home & environment with self contained, inter-communicating microprocessors. Arduino / Raspberry Pi DAQ and IOT Applications include ham radio, robotics, weather stations, model railroading, toys and more. - KK4HFJ


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Sonic Race 11.0m impression with Stephan v/d Berg
Former Olympic Windsurfing Champion and waterman Stephan van den Berg from http://www.vandenbergsurfandsnow.nl in the Netherlands, never skips a kite session, here you see him hydrofoiling with our all-new SONIC RACE 11.0m closed-cell racing machine, with 15m lines.
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GE Competes for Top Talent in China
John Rice of General Electric works with schools in China, aiming to nurture research talent.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Lou Reed was a veteran of the Bridge School Benefit.
The legendary rocker performed at the 11th annual Bridge concerts in 1997, on a bill that also included Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins and the Dave Matthews Band.
He died early Sunday, reportedly due to ailments related to a liver transplant. Later that day, stars would pay to tribute to their fallen friend on Day Two of the 27th annual Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View.
Concert organizer Neil Young reportedly joined with Elvis Costello and My Morning Jacket to perform the Reed composition "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" onstage.
The song hails from the 1970 album "Loaded" by the Velvet Underground, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act that Reed led in the late '60s and early '70s. The song was not sung by Reed on the album, but rather by Doug Yule.
Follow Jim Harrington at http://twitter.com/jimthecritic, www.facebook.com/jim.bayareanews and http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/concerts.


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Michele and I are in Sonoma for the 2012 "Passport to Dry Creek Valley." If you've been following this blog for awhile, I'm sure you've read about this event before, but if not, here's a little taste from last year.
We'll be doing the food at the gorgeous Frick Winery for the 16th consecutive year!
Despite all the hard work, it's a lot of fun and we look
forward to this every spring. I'll be back Monday with a new video, and hopefully some decent photos of this year's offerings. Stay tuned!
Friday, April 27, 2012
Hello From Healdsburg!
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3 comments:
- S/V Blondie-Dog said...
Hi Chef, hope you and your wife have a most enjoyable time at the event. Best wishes.
- April 29, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Just want to let you know I've been following your blog for a few months and I think it's wonderful! A few friends and I chose some of your recipes to cook after we graduated and they were both simple to cook and very tasty! :)
- April 29, 2012 at 2:15 PM
- Chef John said...
Thank you! :)
- April 29, 2012 at 8:11 PM
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