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The Avengers Classic TV Show
"Extraordinary crimes against the people and the state have to be avenged by agents extraordinary. Two such people are John Steed, top professional, and Emma Peel, talented amateur...otherwise known as the Avengers."
The Avengers Fan Tributes8 Tim from USA: Patrick Macnee and Dame Diana Rigg were two of my first TV heroes when I was a little fellow. This show is one of my all time favorites. Pure British class and style. Makes me so proud of my English and Welsh heritage.
7 james from kent: i found the show on re-runs and thought it was amazing. i even splashed out on the actual darts sean connery had in the movie. at only 26 im a bit behind everyone else, but i still watch the box sets and buy related items, so i'll cath up!
6 Ignacio from Buenos Aires: Great show, I would love to see a show in which the characters are gentlemen nowadays. They were so smart, great clothings they wore. And Mrs. Peel is who I consider the sexiest woman on TV ever. Love them.
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1 anne from belgium: It was new then - it still feels new now - dirty years onwards! And for once there were leading women who didn't need to wait to be rescued but could stand up for themselves! Just wonderful British TV! Wish they would still make such stuff.
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Ok, I need to let some steam off so here's my story:
I rented Fear for the first time and I kept on watching it over and over because I really LOVED it
. So, my mom got curious and wanted to watch it with me, so, I said "Ok"
Well, she watched it and said that it was a good movie, but she didn't like Mark's character.
So I said, "Ya,I agree, but his Dad shouldn't have gone so far and break into him and his friends house. Because if he didn't break in Mark probaly wouldn't have gone at there house and try to kill everybody."
SO.....then she exploded and said "YOU SHOULD NOT BE STICKING UP FOR SOMONE LIKE THAT! I DON'T CARE IF YOU LIKE MARK OR NOT YOU SHOULDN'T STICK UP FOR HIM LIKE THAT!"
and I said, "Mom, it's just a character, AND if I did have a boyfriend I would NOT put up with that OR stick up with him, PROMISE! I am not trying to stick up for him! Don't make a big deal out of it...."
So, now I am BANNED to buy the movie!
She also said, "If you buy that movie I will THROW IT AWAY or RETURN IT!"
So...now I can't see the movie again and I am REALLY sad! I love that movie so much! My mom was way over-reacting... what do ya'll think?
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Sorry....I had to let that OUT!!! I am soooo mad!! I could just scream!! What do I do???
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You could always buy it and keep it at your friend's house.
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I don't know Crazy4MW. I don't think the lesson here is to disobey your mother even if you think she won't know that you've purchased the movie.
Give it about a week or so (everyone should be more level headed), and sit down with her and explain that your desire to watch this film is because of Mark's acting abilities. Hint, butter her up first by explaining that she's raised you better than to accept this sort of crap from a guy, etc. May be say to her she's not giving you enough credit in your own judgement (yes, use the slight guilt trip too)
Finally, let her know that she's being unreasonable without actually saying it (e.g., while other kids may be interesting in doing drugs, etc., I find some solace in watching MW). I hope it all works out for you.
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Whoa!! your mom sounds like mines cause mines ALWAYS over reacts but I`ve learned to live with it...When Fear was on USA I taped it but the only VCR that would tape USA was the living room so my mom sat through the whole movie and saw it.I was surprised when she didn`t make a big deal out of it she just said that Mark`s character was scary(She gets scared out of nothing) and when I bought the movie my mom didn`t really care.....Well anyway I agree with Alicia J.
I love my mommy!!
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AlciaJ.....you are SOOOOO SOOOO SOOO awesome!!
I did exactly what you said...and my mom FINALLY agreed with me!! I am soooo happy!!! We had a long talk...! Is there ANYTHING I could ever do for you??
Because you ROCK!
Thanks a MILLION!
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Aww, thank you Anastasia. You're so welcome. I'm glad everything worked out for you. Now, if only my advice worked for me...lol
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Do you own Fear, AliciaJ?
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Crazy4MW, just wanted to say that`s a nice name....Anastasia.
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No, I don't own fear. I'm in the midst of purchasing some educational videos, so MW films are next on my list.
I'd like to own Fear, Rockstar, Boogie Nights, Perfect Storm, The Big Hit.
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AliciaJ...that's cool!
and.....Yara...thank you for the compliment!
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Hi Crazy4MW! I'm glad ur mum understood in the end! Fear was shown 1nce in the Uk and my mum told me bout it and we watched it 2gether! We recorded it and i treasure that video! Wot is your fav bit in the film?
Reply soon luv Sarah
p.s. soooooo happy 4 u!good on u girl!Fear rocks and now u can have it 4eva
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if my mom told me i couldn't have the movie i would do exactly what you did
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lol that sounds like my mom. she probably just got mad coz you wouldnt agree with her and argued with her... moms always try to bein control of ur whole mind like that, and its SO annoying!
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hey crazy4mw! lol that is so cute! moms, u gotta luv them! aliciaj man u r 1 smart cookie! that is such a good idea
! now i no what 2 do when i'm in this situation! hopefully it will work!
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To all the haters, get a fricken sense of humor and for the love of god, lighten up. Seriously not all of us want to hear all of moaning and bitching about as some one above said "some kids just being stupid and having fun." Really that is it. Am I a huge fan of A&F not at all, but damn people it is okay to laugh. Get over yourselves.


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This site is needed to help keep the community informed about changes occurring during some major reconstruction to the area - we need a design that is very clean, simple, web 2.0 style, but still trustworthy and authoritative. Layered PSDs only. No code.
1/ A logo and some published material already exists for the project but we need a website.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Forward Brian Rogers of the Harvard men's soccer team has been named to the College Soccer News All-Freshman second team, the publication announced Tuesday afternoon. This represents the second national postseason honor Rogers earned in 2009, as he was also selected to the Soccer America All-Freshman second team this fall.
The Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Rogers, who hails from Bronxville, N.Y., ranked second on the Crimson with 18 points, netting six goals and handing out six assists in 19 games. A National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Northeast Region third team honoree, Rogers was an All-Ivy League second team choice. He was tabbed as the Ivy League Rookie of the Week on three occasions this fall and began his career with a six-game scoring streak (Sept. 4-23).
Rogers scored goals in three straight wins against Army, Fairfield and New Hampshire (Sept. 14-23) and netted three game-winning tallies during the season (Fairfield, New Hampshire and Yale Oct. 3).
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Oh those Brits! UK's Channel 4 is doing us a service by providing a very detailed and clinical (NSFW) video on how to check your nether regions for testicular cancer. Nothing's left to the imagination, but that just means you probably won't have any questions!
Testicular cancer is a young man's disease, and yet this is the age group that has the greatest sense of invincibility from the illness. Dr Harper demonstrates the technique you can use to self-examine your balls, and as it's best carried out in the shower, it's a great excuse for taking a bit longer in the morning.
Check out the video! We think we're taking a little longer this morning... (NSFW)
Thanks for the info, Dr. Harper!! Any doctors in the house, Instincters?
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I really don't understand why the topic of NSFW is even mentioned. If you're watching this video it would be only work appropriate if your in the medical field, otherwise, there is no practical reason to watch it at work. And if Victor would like another set of hands fondling him, I'm up for it... I love how sexually free most people are in countries other than America, I get so tired of sexual prudes here in the states. I blame it wholly on religion, we have so many hang-ups based on religious views and expectations. I think if we had a little less bible based regulations, we would have less sexually related issues in the country...
Maybe they do nothing because they assume it's harmless. If I were you, I wouldn't take a chance though and I'd request blood work and/or an ultrasound. Here is some info about diagnosing testicular cancer:
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Having had testicular cancer at 52 I can tell you that she's not really correct when she says it's a young man's disease. When I said to doctor's that it must be weird that I have it they said no, they were seeing it more and more in older men. Everyone should be checking regardless of age.
It maybe clinical, but it is not something you would want to watch at work because it can be taken out of context and of course those that may get off to something like this. But yes, very informative and helpful. i would never have know to look for those symptoms. There should be more vids like this elsewhere.


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Earlier today Chris Webb posted a blog entry entitled OData and Microsoft BI where he remarked upon the increasing importance of Microsoft's burgeoning OData protocol for accessing data over HTTP. Chris also linked to Douglas Purdy's blog post OData: The Movie which listed the following Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies that support (or soon will support) OData either as a data producer or a data consumer:
To that list I would add Windows Azure which exposes data from its storage engine using OData and also the forthcoming Live Framework technology that is expected to surface user-centric data from Microsoft's various Live Services properties (e.g. SkyDrive, Messenger, Calendar).
Chris suggested that a pervasive format for data on the web would be a big step forward because any consumer that understood that format could talk to any producer that chose to expose it; win-win-win indeed. Unfortunately life is of course never that simple and as is so often the case there are many competing technologies in this space including (but, I suspect, not limited to) Microsoft's OData, Google's GData and the World Wide Web consortium's Resource Description Framework (RDF).
This is nothing new of course; we can draw parallels with Atom and RSS which were recent competing technologies used to expose blog syndication feeds. Interestingly both of these technologies generally sit side-by-side quite happily these days (read: Will the Online Identity War turn out like the XML Syndication War?) and it will be interesting to see whether the same will happen in the OData/GData/RDF space; will organisations opt to expose multiple service heads for their various databases? I await the answer to that one with interest.
RDF is of particular interest chiefly because one of its main proponents is Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web. RDF has been knocking around for about 10 years now and Berners-Lee sees it as the technology that will underpin the growth of the fabled Semantic Web; indeed he has been heavily involved with the recently announced service http://data.gov.uk which exposes data held by the UK government and it is no surprise that that service exposes its data using RDF.
I don't know too much about GData but I do have a working knowledge of both OData & RDF so perhaps an overview and comparison of the two might be useful. To this observer it appears as though OData is closely tied to the tables-rows-and-columns paradigm that anybody familiar with traditional relational databases will understand. An OData service exposes multiple entities (roughly analogous to tables) and the relationships between them.
RDF however is built around the concept of triples which I assert is more analogous to a conceptual Entity-Attribute-Value model (that assertion is something I hope to explore in a future blog post). The key difference between RDF and OData though is that an RDF document can contain links to RDF documents that are hosted on other services and attributes of entities are defined in terms of those other services. Put more simply, RDF data is one massively distributed, non-centralised, interlinked web of data and if that sounds an awful lot like the mass of HTML documents which form the world wide web then you shouldn't be too surprised given that Berners-Lee is so heavily involved. The notion of linking data together in this way has also given rise to the very descriptive moniker linked data which you may well hear mentioned in the same sentence as "semantic web" from time to time.
This has been a rather rambling blog post and really its just me dumping some thoughts out onto your computer screen as you can tell from the rather unimaginative title. Nonetheless there is some interesting stuff going on here that I hope to explore in the future so if you're interested please return some time. If you have any thoughts I'd love to read them in the comments section below.
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Hey Jamie
good post, this is an interesting space right now. Are you coming to Mix? You should ;)
cheers James
I'd love to mate, especially because I think I know what that wink alludes to. no can do tho I'm afraid, too busy and I can't afford it now that there is no-one else to pay for it - the downside of being self-employed!!!
Thanks very much for this post, Jamie! It is one of the few I've seen that begins to point out the key differences between the OData and Linked Data models, the most important being the ability of Linked Data (via RDF) to inter-link datasets.
A few comments re. OData and HTTP based Linked Data.
1. HTTP protocol
2. REST based Client-Server communication pattern
3. Entity-Attribute-Value Graph Model
1. OData introduces new content types that aren't understood by existing HTTP user agents (e.g. browsers)
2. OData doesn't leverage HTTP content negotiation which decouples data representation from communication layer .
Short-term, OData and Linked Data will meet via Middleware working in either direction, by this I mean:
1. OData to Linked Data via RDFizer Middleware
2. Linked Data to OData via {no-buzzy-name-yet} Middleware.
1. http://bit.ly/eBLv1 - post about URLs, URIs, and Linked Data meme
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Reid Capizzi, pictured, infant son of Mike and Laura Suess-Capizzi of Lewiston, has been selected as the baby who will be part of the dramatic re-enactment that will take place during the unveiling of the Tuscarora Heroes Monument on Dec. 19. The re-enactment will depict the burning of Lewiston by the British in 1813, when Lewiston citizens ran for their lives down Center Street to escape.
The monument will feature three, larger-than-life bronze sculptures, one of which will be a woman carrying her baby as she tries to escape the attackers. The other two sculptures will depict Tuscarora natives saving their lives.
"We are proud that Reid will have his spot in history, and it's something that he will be talking to his grandchildren about," Mike Capizzi said.
Volunteer Alexis Machelor, who has won prizes for her acting in previous "Flames Through Lewiston" events, will carry Reid, who will be 10 months old on Dec. 19. Machelor will be wearing period clothes as she is saved by the Tuscaroras, and Reid will be wrapped in a blanket.
"Needless to say, we're going to be careful and will take every measure to make sure he is safe and sound," said volunteer director Lee Simonson. "If the road is icy or the weather presents a risk, we just go to plan B, and Alexis can carry a doll. Meantime, the baby in the monument is crying, so if Reid wants to cry, too, that's fine by us. It will make it that much more realistic. Mom and dad will only be a few feet away."
Machelor and Reid will only be on the street a couple of minutes. At the moment they encounter their Tuscarora rescuers on the street, directly in front of the monument, spotlights will turn on and the sculptures will be unveiled as dramatic music floods the street and audience.
An estimated 3,000 people will attend the high-profile event, which will be the largest War of 1812 bicentennial monument project in the U.S. Volunteers from the Historical Association of Lewiston have been organizing, planning and fundraising for the construction of the monument for the past four years to commemorate the 1813 British attack on Lewiston and the brave Tuscarora defense of Lewiston.
The unveiling will take place regardless of the weather, and will start at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 19 at the corner of Portage Road and Center Street where the monument will be located.
People of all ages are invited to participate as volunteer re-enactors running down the street screaming and crying. Prizes will be awarded for the best portrayals, and there will also be a photographic contest for the best photos and videos that capture the once-in-a-lifetime unveiling. Those interested in volunteering can contact the Lewiston Museum at 716-754-4214.


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text: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 New in the Literature: Segmental Volume Changes and Lymphedema (PM&R. 2011 October 4. [Epub ahead of print]) Serial interval assessment of limb volume segments may be an important clinical tool to detect early-onset lymphedema in patients with breast cancer before total limb volume (TLV) changes, say authors of an article published online October 5 in PM&R. At arm segments 10-20 cm and 20-30 cm, a significant volume increase was noted before the diagnosis of subclinical breast cancer–related lymphedema (BCRL). Segmental volume changes correlated to the TLV change. At segments 20-30 cm, the coefficient of determination was r2 = 0.952, and at 10-20 cm it was r2 = 0.845, suggesting that these segments predicted TLV changes, add the authors. A total of 196 patients were enrolled in this prospective study conducted in a military hospital outpatient breast care center. Subclinical lymphedema developed in 46 of the patients. Limb volume data were available for 45 of the 46 patients from visits before the onset of lymphedema and were used in the analysis. The authors compared this group with an age-matched control group without BCRL from the same cohort (n = 45). Women were enrolled and assessed preoperatively. Baseline measures of limb volume were obtained with the use of optoelectronic perometry, and reassessment was conducted at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months postoperatively. BCRL was identified in 46 of 196 women at an average of 6.9 months postoperatively. A retrospective analysis was conducted in which the authors examined volume changes over 4 10-cm segments of the limb at the visits before the onset of BCRL. By using repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance, the authors compared segmental volumes between groups at preoperative baseline, time of diagnosis of BCRL, and time of follow-up after early intervention. Linear regression analysis was performed to determine the strength of the relationship between total limb volume change with segmental volumes at the time of diagnosis of BCRL. APTA Board of Directors member Nicole Stout, PT, MPT, CLT-LANA, led the study, which was coauthored by APTA members Lucinda A Pfalzer, PT, MA, PhD, FACSM, FAPTA, Charles McGarvey, PT, DPT, MS, FAPTA, and Barbara Springer, PT, PhD, OCS, SCS. Comments Thank you for your work. Posted by Heidi Harris on 2/12/2013 11:15 AM


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Program received funds from more than 8 percent of Lincoln Electric System customers
Lincoln Mayor Don Wesely announced today that money donated to the "Lincoln Cares" program will fund the installation of air conditioning at the Ager Indoor Playground. The air conditioning will be installed by June 1 and is expected to increase use of the facility in Antelope Park during the hot, summer months.
The project is the first to be funded by the new voluntary donation program launched in February which allows customers of the Lincoln Electric System (LES) to add $1 to their monthly bills to fund community projects. "Lincoln Cares" is also providing scholarships to give children from low-income families an opportunity to participate in programs of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department.
"We are excited that Lincoln citizens have embraced this new voluntary program, allowing us to make community improvements without adding to the City budget," Wesely said. "We expect to gain more supporters as people see the great projects being funded by the 'Lincoln Cares' program."
LES reports 8.4 percent of its 103,000 customers donated to "Lincoln Cares" in March. Officials hope to increase participation to more than 10 percent by the end of the year.
From February 4 through March 31, 2003, $15,262 was donated by LES customers adding one dollar to their monthly bills and through direct donations to the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation. With the 50-cent match from both TierOne Bank and World's Foremost Bank (Cabela's VISA operation), the gross receipts totaled $30,524.
Other projects selected to benefit from the "Lincoln Cares" program this year include:
"This is a very exciting project for community," said Lynn Johnson, City Parks and Recreation Director. "If each LES customer adds one dollar sometime during the year, 'Lincoln Cares' would receive $160,000. That would go a long way toward funding these important community projects."
LES customers can donate one dollar each month through the program. The dollar is added to the LES bill ONLY if the customer pays the amount listed in the box identified as "total including Lincoln Cares donation." Those who wish to contribute more than one dollar or those whose LES payments are on an automatic withdrawal system can send checks directly to the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation, 2740 "A" Street, Box 201, Lincoln, NE 68502. Donations are tax deductible.
For more information on "Lincoln Cares," contact the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department at 441-8264.
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Muiden is a pleasant town in the Netherlands of approximately 4000 people, on the shores of the IJmeer, at the mouth of the Vecht river. The town is known for its yacht harbor and for its historic castle, Muiderslot. Its proximity to Amsterdam - it is just 12 km east of the city centre - makes it a good day trip for anyone looking to get out of the city.
Get in
By bicycle
It takes about an hour to cycle from central Amsterdam to Muiden.
By train and bus
The fastest way to reach Muiden from Amsterdam is to take the train to Weesp station, and then bus 110. The bus stop is in front of the station, service every half hour, hourly after 20.30, hourly on Sundays. The ride to Muiden takes just 5 minutes.
Connexxion bus 101, from Amsterdam's Amstel Station to Blaricum, also stops on the outskirts of Muiden. Service every half hour.
By car
There are large parking areas on the outskirts of Muiden. It's not worth taking your car into the town itself. There are only two bridges across the river Vecht here, the motorway and a narrow swing bridge: on Sundays the narrow bridge is closed to cars.
Get around
Muiden is quite small, so getting around on foot or bicycle is the only reasonable option.
There are essentially four things to see in Muiden: the historic river quayside, the yachts moored there, the forst of the Stelling van Amsterdam and above all the Muiderslot
May-September 10:30, 12:30, 14:30 returning at 13:00, 15:00, 17:00 Weekdays in April and October ferries run at 13:30 returning 15:30, weekends are the same as May-September. There are no Services on Modays. Mored details on official website (Dutch Only) Entrance including ferry trip is €12 or €8 for children
Visit the 'Muiderslot', a beautiful castle on the waterside.
Favorite restaurants are "Graaf Floris van Muiden" which attracts most tourists and sailers and the more exclusive "De Doelen". Both are situated on the quayside.
Cafe Ome Ko is the favorite place on the waterfront. Watch the boats go by!
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Kind of rare around here. Not much, but it'll do for some killer snowmen and a snowball fight!
14 December 2008
The View from my Window
Posted by shadowfax at 8:59 AM
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Very Andrew Sullivanesque!ReplyDelete
- Gingerale12/14/2008 10:29 AM
re: US flag at the left side of the picture -- Ever since the presidential election results, I feel like flying the Stars & Stripes too.ReplyDelete
Gonna be one small snowman with that little snow ;)ReplyDelete
We had a snowman coated in barkdust. the kids love it. Not sure if the neighbor does, since it is in her yard...ReplyDelete
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Linux Criticism Revs Up
Backlash Against Success
The SCO lawsuit might have been the first significant shot across Linux's bow, and although it never really succeeded in slowing down Linux's growing popularity, it marked the beginning of many such attacks on the operating system's credibility.
Over the last several months, the level and tenor of the criticism of Linux has ratcheted up as more stories appear in the press about possible issues around intellectual property rights, security, application compatibility, the total cost of ownership and a whole host of other issues.
Just this week a new book by Kenneth Brown was announced that is highly critical of Linus Torvalds and Linux. This raises the question: is this merely a whisper campaign meant to generate fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) in the public's mind regarding Linux, or do the critics have a point?
Ultimately, the answer to any question as complex as this one lies somewhere in the middle. While Linux is clearly not the open source pariah that its harshest critics make it out to be, neither is it the operating system panacea that its fiercest advocates claim.
Gordon Haff, an analyst at Illuminata, says that the recent rise in criticism of Linux is the price the open source operating system must pay for its success.
"Folks like Microsoft and SCO are threatened at various levels by Linux and that's what causes them to take shots at it. And frankly, the nature of Linux is changing and a lot of the free and open source community isn't happy. They like the idea Linux is popular, but not what that implies," Haff said.
What that implies, according to Haff, is that as Linux matures there are going to more demands for stability and predictability.
"The fact you have much more corporate involvement means demands like support and stability become that much more important. The priorities for commercial operating system or software that sits on top of the operating system are different from those of a hobbyist who are more interested in the latest gee whiz feature and rolling out regular updates, and those do come into conflict with the more somber, better controlled, more predictable operating system or software for data center type of environment," Haff explained.
But some wonder if such predictability and stability is possible in an open source operating system.
Dan O'Dowd, CEO at Green Hills, a real-time operating system vendor created quite a stir in the press recently when he was highly critical of the use of Linux in military and defense applications. Although he uses Linux in some applications inside his company, he strongly believes that using open source in military scenarios leaves the equipment vulnerable to spies and hackers.
"We have seen military programs that are saying they are going to use Linux. We can't understand how you can go on the Internet and download code from who knows where, millions of lines of code--not a small amount--and put it into controlling a tank. Once foreign intelligence agencies of other countries realize we are doing that, they just put a few people in the Linux project and start adding some code in it. So maybe it will work great until January 12, 2008 then it will start doing weird things, and we've burned it into bombs, and missiles and tanks and then it starts misbehaving," O'Dowd said.
Haff dismisses this fear, saying that any operating system--open source or proprietary--can be open to hacking.
"There are really two polar positions--one that is strong security by obscurity, If people can't see the source code, I can keep total control, and I can make it so much more difficult to attack it or find security exploits. Well there are tons of examples of proprietary systems having security issues, and we don't have to pick on Microsoft here, but the fact is that all the major Unix operating systems have regular patches. You don't need open source to have security problems," Haff pointed out.
Haff believes, however, that this kind of shared vulnerability could actually be an argument in favor of open source, although he's careful to point out that open source has security issues of its own.
"Neither polar extreme, carries with it any kind of iron clad guarantee of security. Open source Linux doesn't have perfect record when it comes to security either. There are security patches released on a weekly basis by the various distributions for security holes," Haff argued. "It seems in this networked world, that anything that could be exploited, will be eventually be exploited, and if that's the case, then I think there is a reasonable argument to be made to have more eyes looking at the code to find the problems."
Microsoft has also jumped on the anti-Linux bandwagon with a Web site and statements from Microsoft executives including one from the Australian Managing Director of Microsoft that Linux wasn't "really open source." Haff says we can take an anti-Linux statement from Microsoft with a grain of salt, but that's not to say that some criticism isn't deserved.
"Any statement from Microsoft about Linux is frankly self interested. If Linux gains share on the desktop, that clearly comes at the expense of Microsoft. Having said that, there clearly are [legitimate] criticisms of Linux," Haff says
Stephen O'Grady, an analyst at Red Monk, wonders about the legitimacy of some of the recent studies showing a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for Microsoft over Linux, but he believes it's certainly legitimate to be asking questions about TCO.
"Analysts and media and customer like to take contrarian stances and take conventional wisdom that Linux is cheaper than Microsoft and are taking a hard look at that and we support that. It's always good to question conventional wisdom. What we have taken exception with is many of the studies are sponsored by Microsoft, which in our view, compromises the research. [That said,] some studies look at estimates or progressions based on certain assumptions involving retraining and so forth, and a lot of people do tend to overlook cost of maintenance and development and training," O'Grady opined.
In the final analysis, the fact that Linux is being criticized is probably a good thing.
First of all, it shows that Linux is making headway in the enterprise and beginning to have an impact on competitors and they are reacting to that. Secondly, it's healthy to take a long look at any solution and analyze its strengths and weaknesses and the economic ramifications of one choice over another.
Ultimately, consumers and decision makers need to look carefully at the data including the sources of the data and the criticism and decide if Linux is the right decision, but as more people choose Linux and it finds its place in the market, it is bound to wear a target. That's simply the price you pay for success in the marketplace.


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I went inside and tracked clockwise around the perimeter of the store. I paused in toys to see if there was an electronic YAHTZEE game. I lingered in hardware and automotive. I checked out the guns and hatchets in sporting goods. I came upon a big box of discounted books, mostly hardbacks, and stopped.
When we are on the road, far from home, as we were that day, I like to buy something different to read. I like to broaden my view, so to speak. Usually, I buy a magazine dedicated to some esoteric subject with which I am unfamiliar. This time, a science fiction novel would do. As far as I can recall, I have read only one other science fiction novel. It was a paperback that I took on a long bike-packing trip. I kept my place in that book by tearing out the pages I had read and discarding them whenever we came to a trash receptacle. That way, the load I was carrying became lighter as we traveled.
I enjoyed this most recent book of science fiction. I may even read another, although science fiction is not my favorite genre. I found myself intrigued by the use of magic circles in the formation of spells and the craft of witches. Whether magic or sacred or demonic, there were always circles.
I know where there is a weird circle formed of large, river-smoothed stones upon a small mesa above an Anasazi ruin in a broad canyon. I have never seen anything else like it in all my wanderings throughout the low country.
I was studying a distant ledge through my binoculars. There, to one side, sat a small complex of ruins. Closer study revealed a nice petroglyph panel. The petroglyphs attracted me most and I decided to hike up there and take photographs. I scouted a route through the binoculars and headed toward the cliffs.
I angled left and climbed until I was on the ledge where the ruins sat. I could not see the ruins, which were beyond a sweeping curve. I followed the ledge easterly until it began to narrow tightly between the ledge on my left shoulder and a drop-off on my right. I was alone. There was no reason to take risks. I retreated to come back another day.
I returned a few days later with Steve Keele, a friend. We circled around the east side of the little mesa and climbed up from the back. We crossed over the top and came down easily onto the ledge where the ruins and petroglyphs were. We photographed the petroglyphs. There was a nice Kokopelli figure reclining with his flute resting upon his knee.
When we were finished, we climbed back up on top of the little mesa. While poking around there, we came upon the circle of stones. We were amazed. The circle was roughly eight feet in diameter and perfectly round. It was formed by a border of large river rocks around its circumference. There are countless smooth river stones in the area, but these outlining the circle were unusually large. Someone had gone to considerable effort to locate large, smooth stones and to carry them up onto the mesa and arrange them into such a circle.
A thoughtful person cannot look upon such things without wondering, "Why?" I'll leave it to the science fiction writers to make up a good story about it.


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CallRunning position of horses in a race at various points.
Cannon BoneThe third metacarpal (front leg) or metatarsal (rear leg), also referred to as the shin bone. The largest bone between the knee and ankle joints.
ChalkWagering favorite in a race. Dates from the days when on- track bookmakers would write current odds on a chalkboard.
Chalk PlayerBettor who wagers on favorites.
ChartA statistical "picture" of a race (from which past performances are compiled), that shows the position and margin of each horse at designated points of call (depending on the distance of the race), as well as the horses' age, weight carried, owner, trainer, jockey, and the race's purse, conditions, payoff prices, odds, time and other data.
check(ed)When a jockey slows a horse due to other horses impeding its progress.
Chestnut1) A horse color which may vary from a red-yellow to golden- yellow. The mane, tail and legs are usually variations of coat color, except where white markings are present. 2) Horny, irregular growths found on the inside of the legs. On the forelegs, they are just above the knees. On the hind legs, they are just below the hocks. No two horses have been found to have the same chestnuts and so they may be used for identification. Also called "night eyes."
ChuteExtension of backstretch or homestretch to permit a straight running start in a race as opposed to starting on or near a turn.
ClaimingProcess by which a licensed person may purchase a horse entered in a designated race for a predetermined price. When a horse has been claimed, its new owner assumes title after the starting gate opens although the former owner is entitled to all purse money earned in that race.
Claiming BoxBox in which claims are deposited before the race.


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It's been a while since i gave some news, probably because i didn't know what to speak about (though it's really not like nothing has been going on).
After completing a really cool 3 weeks long trip to Italy (photos HERE) with Blane and Kiell (another HUGE thanks to all the Italian traceurs who trained and helped us out !), i moved to London and have been living there for a few months, teaching classes with ParkourGenerations.
I enjoy this new life a lot, earning a living with my passion is something really great, and helping people discover their hidden potential is so even more...
Although i enjoy each class i teach for different reasons (regular class, advance, and girls'), i must admit i have a slight preference for the girls' class i teach with Tracey (of course you do, which guy wouldn't ? Smart ass...). Before that, i had only trained with less than a handful of (talented) girls (like Silex, Hollie or Liv), nevermind teaching them, and i thought i would have to learn so much about their psychology before being able to teach them anything, but it turns out i find a lot of similarities between their approach to Parkour, and the one i had during my first years as a traceur (same fears, doubts, etc.), which helps me to identify myself to them a great deal.
Some of the girls over here are very dedicated and i find that women are nothing close to being weak, they can be in fact damn efficient (I'll always remember how scared, yet impressively focused and determined Lauren was when she climbed with Kaz and i to the top of the Dame du Lac in Lisses) !
The female Parkour scene is still making its first steps thanks to the efforts of a few pioneering girls in different areas of the globe, and i'd be very proud if i could be responsible for at least a fraction of its development and the expression of the traceuses' potential, women have not yet shown all that they are capable of.
Apart from that, I'm starting to go over my travel photos nostalgically, which is a good hint that it's time to hit the road again. I've already got a clear idea of what my next trip will be, it will take me back to certain places i haven't seen enough but also to many new ones, and it should be longer and more intense than anything i've done before (though i will not limit myself to cycling this time).
For weather reasons, i won't be leaving before the beginning of 2009, which leaves me time to prepare things comfortably, and to enjoy moments with my friends/students.
I'd like to add that i still plan on writing Parkour related articles on this blog, but it's just a matter of finding the time at the moment.
Thanks for the support and nice comments !
Monday, October 20, 2008
4 comments:
always waiting for new thoughts..
- October 22, 2008 at 9:45 AM
- Ricardo M.A said...
Always waiting for new posts...
- October 24, 2008 at 12:38 AM
- Rachacuca said...
Salut, Thomas.
I'm glad you're doing so fine. Can't wait to move to London and experience this sort of motivation with the Parkour scene.
Good luck on your preparation.
See you soon, mon ami.
- October 28, 2008 at 6:16 PM
put the erotic pic in the bdidge form finland
- October 30, 2008 at 1:35 PM
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Almost Wordless Wednesday
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- Corinne said...
Can't wait for that video, I've been dying to make my own cheese.
- June 11, 2008 at 2:22 PM
I can't be teased as I still have some Key Lime Pie in the fridge. I made 4 of them from your recipe the other day, sent 3 off as gifts and garnered a whole lotta praise.
- June 11, 2008 at 2:57 PM
- Chef John said...
thanks, but it's actually my Mom Pauline's recipe. I'm sure she'll be proud.
- June 11, 2008 at 3:11 PM
- noble pig said...
I love it. Can't wait to see it!
- June 11, 2008 at 6:58 PM
- PrimeBrit said...
You ROCK Chef and you are mentioned in this house, always, as someone praises me for my culinary greatness. When does school start??
- June 11, 2008 at 11:22 PM
would it work without adding the butter milk?
- June 13, 2008 at 3:44 AM
HI! i just watched the video and you said to check out the website for the recipe ....the proportion of the ingredients being very important. So where is the recipe? Thanks.
- June 26, 2008 at 10:20 AM
- Chef John said...
check the making cheese post. It's in the archive for May.
- June 26, 2008 at 10:25 AM


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The Cincinnati Bengals have become a trendy offseason pick to win the AFC North.
One reason behind the optimism is the potential for the Bengals' offense to return all of its starters to go along with rookies tight end Tyler Eifert and running back Giovani Bernard.
|Take a look as teams get back to work in the offseason.
Coordinator Jay Gruden is feeling the expectations.
The offensive unit needs to take "major, major, major steps in the right direction moving forward," Gruden said Thursday, per the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Whether or not the Bengals' offense can make the triple-major improvement hinges greatly on quarterback Andy Dalton's progress.
"Andy has gotten a lot of reps," Gruden said. "He's working through some things, and it is only his third year. We're going back to basics but throwing a lot at him. We're happy with the progress the offense has made."
Dalton was ranked No. 9 in Gregg Rosenthal's top 10 quarterbacks under 25 series, with Rosenthal citing Dalton's troubles getting the ball out of his hands as one reason he wasn't higher on the list.
The pieces added around Dalton should allow him to avoid the "Is A.J. Green covered?" one-and-done reads this season.
At least one -- if not all -- of those "majors" Gruden uttered was directed at Dalton. Gruden knows his offense will be as good as his quarterback makes it.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Tuna Melt – Open Face, Insert Hypocrisy
23 comments:
- Joel said...
This looks awesome. Fish and cheese is kind of a rule like how 'y' isn't a vowel. This makes me wish it was a vowel.
- January 9, 2013 at 10:40 PM
I thought tuna melts were always open faced :/ Maybe its a UK thing. I never add mayo, after all, the devil made it and it tastes terrible. I do usually add some lemon juice or butter into the tuna mix, so it doesnt end up dry, but I never thought of adding mozzarella. This will be a nice way to get rid of some of the extra mozz as there always seems to be not quite enough for anything else left! You know the amount. That thing that keeps nagging you when you look into the fridge "eat me, im almost gone and wasted, youre going to throw me out otherwise", but you cannot think of anything to use it with. Now to find some decent tuna I can use for this.
- January 9, 2013 at 11:30 PM
- Zac Nelson said...
All I can say is my god this looks amazing. Just wondering, Chef John, Do you use any recipe software at all? I have an app on my Mac called Sous Chef, where you can write your own recipes and as well as find some from the "Community" You can create a cookbook and share it with the world. I think you should make one!
- January 10, 2013 at 1:35 AM
- Chef John said...
Sorry, too busy! Thanks though!
- January 10, 2013 at 2:48 AM
- Orum said...
But seriously chef, what do you use to keep all your recipes. I would love to know your setup.
By the way, awesome video! But how do you manage the patience to put this on the bread and not just eat the tuna salad is beyond me.
- January 10, 2013 at 4:48 AM
- 1Bigg_ER said...
Is that Kerrygold white cheddar Chef? That stuff is great!!
- January 10, 2013 at 5:58 AM
- Pyrofish said...
I have been reluctant to try the tuna melt. I always think about Tuna Helper from my childhood, and how that just sounded nasty. I may have to give it a try now though. My wife is a fan already of the tuna/cheese.
A couple of things on tuna, as we eat the heck out of some tuna, I like to split my mayo with dijon mustard. Most people have no idea that's what's in there, but it adds so much flavor to the tuna. I'd bet it would be great in this. It also takes away some of that fat, which if you're dieting, is a good way to continue your use of full fat mayo :-) Don't use low fat mayo... just don't...
Number 2, when I took a trip to Malta, what seems like a lifetime ago, they had a sandwich IIRC called a Maltija. Malta is big in Tuna farming, and they seem to have a ready supply of the tastier non-all-white meat. To this was added sweet corn, Extra virgin Olive Oil, olives, capers, and onions. All served on a crusty bread with tomato rubbed into the bread. This was so delicious, all of us who ate it, came back to the US to try to make it. I came close, but never quite as good as theirs.
Food for thought on your future tuna adventures :-)
- January 10, 2013 at 10:37 AM
- Elle McGrath said...
this looks amazing.
what kind of bread do you buse for the sandwich?
- January 10, 2013 at 2:46 PM
- Jake said...
Chef John, I have a confession to make. I did use the cat food-tuna...
The recipe turned out excellent anyway, so I can only imagine how great it'll be with some better tuna. Cheers for a great recipe I'll be making again and again.
- January 10, 2013 at 5:48 PM
- Chef John said...
I just used basic loaf of french bread. Any oval loaf will work
- January 10, 2013 at 8:21 PM
- cleanerB said...
we have a family friend that uses cream of mushroom instead of mayo
- January 11, 2013 at 11:10 PM
- Elisabeth Bottoms said...
hey John! another wonderful modification to a classic. i did this last night for the wife and kids with the following twists: i had a small slab of smoked salmon left over from the holidays that was reaching its due date, so i put a thin slice on each of the breads after i pulled them out of the oven. then topped with the mass (i had buffalo mozz... so good) and forgot to get cheddar cheese, so i used ementaller cheese for the top. turned out absolutely amazing. btw served with vinegar sea-salt kettle chips and little cornichons.
great job! and greets from Vienna,
d and e
- January 12, 2013 at 4:43 AM
- inchrisin said...
Thank you Sensei,
I used 80% of your recipe, added some dill and tarragon and threw swiss and parm on top. I'm not a picky eater, but very critical of what I make in the kitchen. Most of the stuff I make is good, but this turned out GREAT! So simple, so delicious.
- January 13, 2013 at 9:21 PM
I made this tonight for my wife and me... and they were wonderful! Thanks Chef John!
I'm used to (and don't mind at all) "basic" tuna melts on english muffins -- and in fact thought that was the norm. These were much, much better -- for essentially the same effort! A nice, satisfying meal that can be prepped end-to-end in twenty minutes.
I did make one change: The fresh mozzarella I have easy access to is much firmer than what was shown in the video, so I decided to use ricotta instead. Turned out wonderfully, and was faithful, I think, to Chef John's vision.
Regarding the tuna itself: I don't mind the grocery brand canned tuna packed in water generally speaking, but I happened to visit my Italian grocery this weekend (with this recipe in mind, in all honesty) and splurged on a high-quality, imported Italian tuna packed in olive oil ($11 for 4.5 oz). It was better, but probably not worth the extra money or going out of your way for, in my opinion. YMMV.
While it should be obvious that using a nice bread and high-quality ingredients of course elevate the humble tuna melt -- and they totally did here -- the real surprise for me was the capers.
Thanks again!
- January 14, 2013 at 9:59 PM
I made a variation of this last night for a quick Friday night dinner. I happened to have an oven-roasted chicken breast that I hadn't used, so I used that instead of tuna. I otherwise followed the recipe and thought it turned out quite well.
- September 7, 2013 at 9:17 PM
- Reece Crump said...
I was a picky eater when I was younger, so every day I'm discovering new foods that are in reality pretty every day and affordable(and delicious). thank you for another of those, chef.
- May 3, 2014 at 2:28 PM
- Georgia Dabinett said...
Cannot believe how yummy this is. Every bite. Used recent olive oil poached tuna. Wondering if we can have this every night for dinner.
- May 5, 2014 at 6:42 PM
- Ryan James Jenkins said...
This looks amazing I will have to try this out
- February 2, 2015 at 2:29 PM
- shelly said...
The best tuna melt ever! No other recipes even come close!!! This is in a league all of its own.
- April 3, 2015 at 9:01 PM
- littlebirdy said...
Just made this for lunch. Delicious! My 14 yr old son asked If I could put this in his daily sandwich rotation. Thank you for your amazing videos. Every one that I fix is always a hit.
- April 25, 2015 at 1:22 PM
- Cynthia Sexton said...
Just had this for dinner andI have to say it was the best ever. My husband was raving and asked that we do this again. I love how you always add a little 'kick' to your recipes and this one was enhanced by it too.
- January 19, 2017 at 8:46 PM
- John Wayne said...
Thanks chef! This really is a great recipe. I had to substitute cellery for shallots and capers for pickled jalapeños. I could eat this everyday.
Greetings from germany!
- July 13, 2017 at 4:14 PM
- Unknown said...
I've promised to make this for my good man next time he's not on nightshift. For some reason I thought he wouldn't like it, for unlike me he doesn't put cheese on almost everything. But no, he said "Nom-noms". Damn, if I had the ingredients in my cupboard I'd make this right now.
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To Squeeze Or Not To Squeeze (Dry-hop bag)
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To Squeeze Or Not To Squeeze (Dry-hop bag)
Is there any downside to squeezing the bag when dry-hopping. Since the bag gets so large inside the secondary, I would probably need to stick something through the opening and press the bag against the side or something. Just seems like a lot of wasted beer and aroma inside there if I don't.
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i would probably say dont squeeze the bag, this may give you more bitterness then aroma, unless that is your goal, i used liberty hops in my secondary for a ESB and only used about 1/2 of a ounce, and with sampling and racking i still came up with little under 6 gallons, but then again you can always try, somtimes i find, things work out when you least expect them too
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Squeezing the bag won't introduce any more bitterness. That can only come from boiling and isomerizing the hop oils (which is why boiling the hops longer adds more bitterness to the beer).
By not squeezing the bag, you're just loosing beer that could be consumed
Normally, I dry hop with whole hops and don't bother with a bag.
By not squeezing the bag, you're just loosing beer that could be consumed
Normally, I dry hop with whole hops and don't bother with a bag.
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Who says frugal and fun can't go together?.
Introduced last year, the Ford Focus is one of the most enjoyable compacts in its price range. It's fun, it's practical, and it's safer than most, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Wild New Edge styling helps it stand out from the crowd.
An available twin-cam engine give the ZX3 hatchback, ZTS sedan and SE wagon enthusiastic response. Yet all models deliver good fuel economy.
Ford Focus comes in three body styles: three-door hatchback, four-door sedan and five-door wagon.
Two 2.0-liter four-cylinder engines are available (a 110-horsepower single overhead-cam and a 130-horsepower double overhead-cam Zetec). There's also a choice of 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission.
The sedan comprises the bulk of Focus sales and is available in three trim levels, an entry level LX ($12,385), an upgrade SE ($14,040), and the fully-equipped ZTS ($15,260). ZTS comes with the more powerful twin-cam Zetec engine.
The hatchback is available as one model, the ZX3 ($12,125). This is a sport compact, and comes with all the requisite hardware: a more powerful 130-horsepower twin-cam engine, 15-inch aluminum alloy wheels, and fog lights. Its wild styling makes the hatchback look sportier and even more distinctive than the sedan. Power windows, mirrors and locks, and keyless entry are now available ($740), along with optional cruise control.
The wagon is available only in the SE trim level ($16,235) and offers the largest cargo capacity in its class. For 2001, it comes standard with the 130-horsepower dohc Zetec engine. Also new, is the availability of the 5-speed manual transmission in addition to the automatic.
For 2001, Ford has added its AdvanceTrac ($1225) vehicle dynamics system to the option list. Described below, AdvanceTrac includes rear disc brakes and traction control, but requires ordering the optional anti-lock brakes ($400).
Other optional safety equipment includes side-impact air bags ($350). Cruise control, which was not available last year, has been added to the options list.
When Ford engineers designed the Focus, they didn't simply make a smaller sedan. Ford studied the needs of passengers and designed the Focus from the inside out. Instead of figuring how to fit passengers within the conventional three-box sedan profile scaled down to compact proportions, Ford raised the roof for today's taller average heights the elevated the seating height for more effective legroom.
To accentuate this change in concept, Ford employed its New Edge styling (introduced on the Mercury Cougar). Ford's New Edge styling, with tidy creases that define intersecting arcs, looks simpler than it really is. Large pie-section headlamps give the front end a distinctive appearance. On the ZX3, they are joined by fog lamps in the grille opening below the bumper. There's a similar, but smaller opening above the bumper that houses the turn signals. Both are outlined by arcs. The front and rear fenders are highlighted with geometric curves creased into the sheetmetal. The roofline is highly arched, particularly noticeable when parked next to another car. The roofline is truncated just aft of the rear axle line. Wedge-shaped tail lamps set in the C-pillars enliven an otherwise plain rear end. Ford claims the tail lamps are more noticeable in that location and reduce repair costs in minor accidents. However, the sedan and wagon have conventionally placed tail lamps, so we'll accept the unique shape and location as distinctive and effective styling.
Lower bodyside PVC coating provides protection from stone dings on all models, and the underbody gets PVC coating as well. Clearcoat paint is standard across the board. The ZX3 and LX have black rather than body-color bodyside protective molding, but this is offset on the ZX3 by black rocker panels. The door handles on all models are black as well. The door handles on black cars blends in, but black also masks the distinctive lines of the Focus that are accentuated by the brighter colors.
If you like the Focus outside, you'll love it inside. The New Edge styling extends to the interior. The dash is a collection of arcs, the instrument panel covered by an asymmetrically curved and sharply creased bezel. A 7000-rpm tachometer flanks a 140-mph speedometer in the ZX3. Both instruments are round and easily readable, clearly marked with white numerals on black, though the tach has no redline. The fuel gauge has a small arrow pointing to the right, denoting on which side the filler is located, appreciated by those of us who drive a number of cars, have bad memories or both.
The center dash panel is formed by an arc that sweeps upward across the dash to the right side of the car and an inverted parabola. The radio fits into the top of this area and includes a single-disc CD player. Part of the controls can be taken with you to discourage theft. Snuggled in to the left is the cigarette lighter/ash tray. Circular ventilation controls, less frequently accessed, fit below the radio and are styled in the New Edge theme, with buttons styled to fit the room available. The trunk release, on the left end of the dash, is triangular as well, shaped to fit into the intersection of the arcs outlining the instrument panel.
The overall asymmetry lends an informal air to the interior, but the feel of the interior is rich. The control knobs all have distinctive shapes for easy identification; rotary controls are rubberized for pleasing soft-touch operation. The steering wheel on the ZX3 is leather-covered and satisfying to touch. Even the plastics used on the dash and door panels have a finger-friendly soft-touch feel. Painted silver accents around the center dash give the ZX3 a modern look, while wood grain in the same area enhances the ZTS model.
The seats are comfortable with an exceptionally high hip point, 20 inches above the ground. The advantages of this seating include a better view down the road, plus more effective leg room front and rear, and it takes advantage of the Focus' roofline with headroom for the long and tall. It also makes entry and exit easier. The manual height adjustment on the ZX3 allows almost everyone to find a comfortable position behind the wheel and an easy arm's length away from the manual shifter.
The back seat of the ZX3 is best accessed by the young and agile, but both front seats do slide forward. Once back there, however, rear seat riders have lots of legroom, thanks to widely spaced runners under the front seats, plus adult-sized head and shoulder room. Versatility of the hatchback design is lost on most Americans, who prefer the more formal sedan profile with its conventional trunk, but this design is hugely popular among Europeans for its practicality. Fold the back seat of the ZX3 and there's 18.5 cubic feet of cargo space and a big door for access.
Driving Impression
Like an eager puppy, the Focus ZX3 begs to go for a ride and you're just as happy to comply.
The 2.0-liter 16-valve double overhead-cam four-cylinder engine starts instantly and rewards drivers with an almost imperceptible idle, it's so smooth and quiet. The 130-horsepower engine answers a heavy foot with surprisingly rapid acceleration, a benefit of a lightweight car with well-developed torque characteristics. Fully 80 percent of the engine's maximum torque is available from idle to 6000 rpm; peak torque of 135 foot-pounds comes at 4500 rpm. Making the ZX3 even more satisfying to drive is Ford's excellent control of noise, vibration and harshness in this engine. Forget the usual inexpensive four-cylinder harshness; this puppy loves to run and doesn't complain about visiting the upper reaches of the tachometer.
Clutch take-up is good and easy to modulate. Shifting into first gear reveals a rubbery feel to the linkage of the long-shafted shifter. It feels like a Saab shifter; it's precise but not inviting.
ZX3 doesn't act like an economy car. It accelerates and turns much more quickly, making this one of the most enjoyable cars in its class to drive. Response through the rack-and-pinion steering is quick and precise, and feedback is excellent. The car feels like it is leaning in corners more than it actually is because the driver is sitting higher in the saddle. Optional 50-series (16-inch) tires sharpen handling response.
The ZX3 cruises easily on the Interstate. The engine is quiet and wind noise is subdued. Ordinary roads feel smooth, while well-maintained superhighways feel velvety.
Optional AdvanceTrac monitors the car's behavior while cornering, checking the steering angle, lateral acceleration and yaw rate, then helps maintain stability. If it senses you're in trouble it reduces power and selectively applies to brakes to individual wheels to keep the vehicle on course; it uses the ABS and traction control system to help it accomplish this. The system intervenes progressively so that the drier is hardly aware that AdvanceTrac has been activated. It may be turned off by pressing a button on the instrument panel, but comes back on whenever the vehicle is started.
The Ford Focus breaks new ground in economy car design. The ZX3 hatchback proves the economical and practical can also be sporty and fun.
Overall, the Focus shows that Ford has done some thinking outside the box. In doing so, Ford has created an inexpensive car that is desirable as well as practical.
Model Lineup
ZX3 coupe ($12,125); LX sedan ($12,385); SE sedan ($14,040); ZTS sedan ($15,260); SE wagon ($16,235).
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ZX3 Premium Group ($1095) includes air conditioning, cruise control, front center armrest, tilt-telescoping steering wheel, map lights, 16-inch aluminum wheels with P205/50R16 tires; ZX3 Power Group ($740) includes all-door remote keyless entry, power door locks, dual power mirrors, power windows; anti-lock brakes ($400); side-impact air bags ($350).
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Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS 27290
It was the 1870s and modern medicine was a confluence of folksy remedies and newfangled science. Joseph Lister had only recently discovered the need for clean hands and instruments in surgery via the use of antiseptics. At the same time it wasn't inconsistent for people to believe that spring water could also cure what ailed them.
"Dear Sir: I had Diabetes all last summer, and by fall it was very bad. I then began to drink water from your Iodo-Magnesian Springs. I began to mend immediately and continued to grow better steadily, and I am now almost entirely free from any trouble of that kind. Yours respectfully, Simon Ruble." (April 13, 1875)
Sound remarkable? Even more so is that the Iodo-Magnesian Spring Company was in Beloit of all places. Yep, believe it or not, a bustling convergence of convalescents in tea gowns and top hats converged on a frontier farm just west of town in a scene reminiscent of Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon painting.
Mineral water from a natural spring on the farm was declared the remedy for myriad diseases beyond diabetes, like kidney stones, back pain, and nervousness. The water was bottled, kegged and barreled, and shipped all over the Midwest.
The "Sir" referred to above was Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1866), a giant in the field of geology. T.C., as he is commonly referred, likely partnered in the enterprise with his brother John, who had stayed on the family farm while T.C. went to Beloit College first as a student, then as a professor.
The company's brochure included testimonials and statements of support by notable townspeople like local physicians and first college president Aaron Lucius Chapin. Alas, the boom eventually subsided and things at the spring quieted dramatically. A huge gazebo that was once a hub was torn down and the place became a quiet and somewhat forgotten woods.
The property remained in the Chamberlin family until it was given to Beloit College by T.C.'s son, Rollin, in 1946. And now, after decades of deferment, the wonderful oasis is undergoing its own restoration as a natural laboratory for Beloit College. But in order to put the place in context today it's important to understand the legacy of this famous alumnus.
Thomas C. Chamberlin, above, class of 1866, would become an
internationally renowned geologist and, through his son,
leave a tangible legacy to scientific fieldwork at Beloit.
T.C. was born in southern Illinois in 1843 near Mattoon. When he was 3, the family made the grueling 250-mile trek to Beloit aboard two prairie schooners—large ramshackle wagons commonly pulled by oxen. They settled 160-acres of prairie purchased from the government, which would later become the site of the spa. Today, the college owns 40 remaining acres containing the springs, five miles northwest of campus on West Spring Creek Road.
The year they arrived, T.C.'s father, John, a Methodist minister and farmer, was present at the laying of the cornerstone of Middle College, and he encouraged his sons to pursue a college education.
But academics were a conundrum for T.C., as he experienced tension between religious faith and science. His son, Rollin, wrote about the struggle in a biography of T.C.: "Geology he faced with the attitude of a skeptic, for it did not at all agree with his theological beliefs. He determined to investigate the subject in order to show that his theology was right and that the geologists were wrong. So thorough were his investigations that, instead of convincing the geologists of their errors, he convinced himself of the truth of their contentions."
After graduating from Beloit, T.C. first became a high school principal in Delavan, Wis., where he took students on field excursions to identify rocks, plants, and animals. This fieldwork further fanned his geology flame, and he left for graduate study at the University of Michigan. He eventually returned to Beloit College in 1873 as a professor, launching a storied career as a geologist. And while this was the time of the spring water company, it's not a stretch to presume that those efforts were mainly his brother's. A review of five Chamberlin biographies comprising hundreds of pages devoted to the man did not reveal a single mention of the spa or the company. Instead, there is much focus on T.C.'s scientific and teaching excellence and his influence on star students like Rollin Salisbury and George Collie, who adored T.C. and became noted geologists themselves.
"Many of us felt that we were near to a man who was doing things in the scientific world, even great things, and we felt an enthusiasm for our work which seldom prevails among undergraduates," wrote Collie in 1932.
Those "great things" included completing a survey of Wisconsin as the state's chief geologist, studying active glaciers in the Alps and Greenland, and serving on a humanitarian mission to China commissioned by J.D. Rockefeller. T.C. eventually left Beloit College and his career flourished, with appointments as chief of the Glacial Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, the presidency of the University of Wisconsin and, finally, an offer to build a department of geology at the University of Chicago, where he assembled with his former students (and son, Rollin), founded the Journal of Geology, and became one of the most prominent American scientists of his time.
But how does this alumnus' masterful career relate to a quiet wooded property outside of Beloit today? The story resumes with geology professor Monta Wing, who arrived at Beloit College in 1923 from the University of Chicago.
"It was, in fact, Monta Wing, more than anyone, who convinced Rollin Chamberlin to donate the Chamberlin homestead," recalls Allan Schneider'48, Wing's student, who also went on to a long career as a geologist. "I remember [his] several trips to Chicago to visit the Chamberlins to accomplish this goal."
Consequently, the treks into the woods continued, with countless classes visiting the property. Professors Hank Woodard and Dick Stenstrom from the geology department commonly used the property as an outdoor laboratory, as did Dick Newsome from biology. Newsome, now retired, notes that in the late 1960s a committee was convened to consider how best to manage the property. A "hands off" approach was decided. At that time, the property was healthy, botanically speaking, and had a good mixture of native trees and plants. Unfortunately, an unforeseen invasion of non-native species took hold.
"The site over the years became more and more overgrown," notes Professor of Geology Sue Swanson, Weeks Chair in Physical and Human Geography at Beloit and faculty steward of the property.
"When I came in 2001, the property was nearly impassable," says Swanson.
Dingxi "Safari" Fang'14 (left) and Kelsey Rettke '15 rode their
bicycles the five miles to Chamberlin Spring for eight weeks
last summer. They were the first Sustainability Fellows to
conduct research on the property. Photo by Chris Hankins.
So Swanson was excited to receive a phone call from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 2012, inquiring whether the college had any possible properties for its Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, which works with private landowners to improve habitat.
"I immediately thought of Chamberlin Springs," recalls Swanson.
The program identifies land with inherent value as fish and wildlife habitat, partners with the landowners, and works on specific strategies to get the properties back on track. Seed money from the college matched the USFWS money, and some generous gifts from Beloit alumni tripled the original budget to nearly $25,000. The initial partnership funding went toward removing the invasive and undesirable vegetation and restoring the oak savanna near the springs. The additional funds reopened the wide path back to the springs—presumably the original path from the spa days—and added a much-needed parking area. There are plans in 2014 to build pillars and a new gate at the road. The funds also ensure an endowment that will fund the care of the property into the future.
"There's still potential to do more," Swanson says. "We need to make sure that we can manage what we've done so far. And in that sense, the funding that we have available will do that. But I kind of want to think big about this site, too."
Encouragingly, student work has already begun. Four student research projects have been conducted at the property in the last two years alone. One is serving as a senior thesis project for geology major Harry Kuttner'14, who is studying the hydrogeology of the springs.
"Field-based class work has been some of the most important education I have received through the geology and biology departments at Beloit," Kuttner stresses. "Without natural areas like Chamberlin Springs and Newark Road Prairie, I would have missed out on countless learning opportunities."
Two other projects were part of the Sustainability Fellows Program, which was launched in 2010 by Yaffa Grossman, professor and chair of the biology department. Grossman is working for a more comprehensive consideration of sustainability practices by the college as well as student research into sustainability-related topics.
Indeed, this past summer's cadre of Fellows reveals two very different projects that worked in tandem at Chamberlin Springs. Dingxi "Safari" Fang'14, an environmental biology major and anthropology minor from China, conducted a survey of the vegetation and studied stream flow. Kelsey Rettke'15, a history and creative writing double major minoring in journalism, did an immersion journalism project by conducting fieldwork with Fang while compiling a history of the property.
"I think it gave me a lot more appreciation for Beloit and the kind of things that you can do if you take the initiative," Rettke recalls.
Her advisor, Associate Professor of English Chris Fink, encouraged Rettke to take her journalism tools into the woods and immerse herself in an experience that included wading through Spring Creek, which meanders through the property.
"It was important to me that she get her hands dirty and learn some fieldwork techniques," Fink explains. "In my journalism class, Kelsey learned about personal reporting. I wanted her to report the story of Chamberlin Springs in such a way that she became a part of the story."
On her end, Fang even learned how to ride a bike early in summer so that the two researchers could pedal out to the site to conduct fieldwork. Both students exude ownership, excitement, pride, and a level of insight that results from this type of experiential learning, the type that Chamberlin himself relished.
"This is not like taking classes. It's so different from normal classroom learning. We really take responsibility for our projects," Fang relays.
In 1946, Bradley Tyrrell (1906), college vice president, Professor Monta Wing,
and Alumni Secretary James Gage'28 tour the land given to the college by
Rollin Chamberlin to mark Beloit's centennial. The wooded tract was to be "used
as a forest preserve, bird sanctuary, recreation spot, and geology 'workshop,'"
according to notes on the back of the photograph. Photo courtesy of Beloit College Archives.
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin was a gifted and creative thinker, and as a teacher who lamented the limits of textbooks and classrooms, he would delight in the use of his family's property as a means of getting students into the field, testing hypotheses, and learning by doing.
"In the architecture of Science, every beam is to be tested, every joint is to be put to trial," Chamberlin proclaimed at an 1893 University of Chicago convocation. "All phenomena are welcomed with equal cordiality. The mind opens itself on all sides to every avenue of truth with equal impartiality!"
Once again people are visiting Chamberlin Springs, yet this time around, it's their minds that are being quenched through the magical tonic of fieldwork and scientific research. And thanks to a remarkable Beloiter, his family's gift, and important restoration efforts, Chamberlin Springs will continue to welcome visitors from all over the world for generations to come.
John Morgan'96 is a freelance writer living in Stoughton, Wis. He, too, conducted fieldwork at Chamberlin Springs as a student of Dick Newsome and is a proud Chamberlin Hall Rat alumnus. John thanks Fred Burwell'86, Beloit College Archivist, for significant assistance researching this article and for all his efforts preserving Beloit's precious stories.


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Dayton has one of the more prospect-laden rosters in the Midwest League, as it boasts six of the Reds top 30 prospects. The presence of prospects does not always lead to wins; however, as Dayton is currently 3-8. It is the worst record in the MWL and they sit in last place in the Eastern division. To open the season, they lost three of four to South Bend, a club that features none of the Diamondbacks' top 30 prospects.
It has not been the fault of the Dayton prospects; however, as outfielder Jay Bruce (No. 2) and shortstop Paul Janish (No. 14) are hitting .304/.347/.565 and .440/.423/.440. That is not a typo, by virtue of having no walks and one sacrifice fly, Janish has a lower on-base percentage than batting average.
Lefthanders Travis Wood (No. 3) and Philippe Valiquette (No. 20) and righthander Zach Ward (No. 13) have combined for a 2.27 ERA in 32 innings, with 26 strikeouts and 13 walks.
The outlier of the group has been outfielder B.J. Szymanski (No. 4), who is hitting .171/.227/.390 with 23 strikeouts in 41 at-bats. This is Szymanski's second time through the MWL as he hit .262/.332/.471 there last year in 191 at-bats before his season was cut short by a hand injury.


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There is no facility built into MythTV for displaying notifications anywhere else.
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POPUP message defaultButton timeout button1 button2 buttonN - Creates popup Note: Use underscores ("_") instead of spaces for message and button text! * defaultButton: integer (starts at 0 for first button). * timeout: integer (seconds). returns identifier OK POPUP status - Gets status of popup returns identifier ACTIVE|CLOSED POPUP close - Closes active popup returns identifier CLOSED * If there is no popup identifier (eg. popup close called when there is no popup) then identifier will return 0.
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