text:
Featured News - Current News - Archived News - News Categories
Conan O'Brien to blog live during the episode through Emmy-winning "Team Coco" tablet app
TBS has set Jan. 31, as the day "Conan" will become television's first late-night talk show to present an episode featuring scenes entirely re-created by fans.
In November, Conan O'Brien announced the formation of the "Occupy Conan" movement, challenging fans to work together to produce an entire episode. Fans immediately began re-creating scenes from "Conan" and jockeying to have their versions chosen for the final episode. The resulting episode will premiere on TBS Thursday, Jan. 31, at 11 p.m., sponsored by the all-new Volkswagen Beetle Convertible.
During the episode, O'Brien will be blogging live through the Emmy-winning "Team Coco" tablet app, available free at http://teamcoco.com/sync.
To be considered for inclusion in the "Occupy "Conan" episode, fans were called upon to tape re-creations of various "Conan" segments, such as stuntman Steven Ho teaching O'Brien self-defense, Anne Hathaway doing a Lil Wayne rap and the musical group Fun performing the hit "We Are Young."
Fans could work on segments by themselves or together with other fans. They had the freedom to use any method they wanted to recreate their favorite clip, from live action to animation to sock puppets. Team Coco then evaluated all eligible videos and assembled the best version of each segment into a complete "Occupy "Conan" episode.
In addition, the best overall submission, as selected by Team Coco, will be rewarded with the grand prize, an all-new 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible.The winner will be featured at TeamCoco.com.


text:
XFree86 4.0 was the first official release of the new XFree86 4 series. XFree86 4.2.1 is the first update to 4.2.0, which is the latest full release in that series. XFree86 4 represents a significant redesign of the XFree86 X server. Not all of the hardware drivers from 3.3.x have been ported to 4.x yet, but conversely, 4.x has some hardware support not present in 3.3.x. Our Driver Status document summarizes how the hardware driver support compares between 3.3.6 and 4.2.1. Please check there first before downloading 4.2.1.
The 4.0.1 release introduced a new graphical configuration tool,
xf86cfg", and a text mode interface was added to it for the
4.0.2 release. It is work in progress, but definitely worth trying out.
The trusty old text-based tool "
xf86config" can also be used
for generating X server config files. In addition to these tools, we've
been working on a configuration tool that is built-in to the X
server. It is included in the release, and it works well for some
hardware. To try it out, just run (as root) "
XFree86 -configure".
Each of these configuration options will give you a reasonable starting
point for a suitable configuration file. We've put some effort into
documenting the 4.2.1 config file format, and you can find that
information in the XF86Config manual page. Check that, the driver manual
pages and the related documentation for further information.
Before you go to download and install the binary distributions for this release, please have a quick read through the Installation Document. It may save you some time and help you figure out which of the binary releases you need.
The next sections describe what has changed in the update release(s) as well as what is new in the latest full release (4.2.0). The other sections below describe some of the new features and changes between 3.3.x and 4.0. There are lot's of new features, and we definitely don't have enough space to cover them all here.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
We use cookies
Our website uses cookies to offer you the best possible browsing experience. By continuing to use the website, you agree to the use of cookies.
Metrohm AG
CH-9100 Herisau
Are you looking for the right titrator for your requirements?
New titration system for the modern laboratory: faster analysis, safer chemical handling, new software, more automation.
High-end potentiometric titrator that meets any requirements: flexible, compliant, customizable, and automatable
Compact, easy-to-use potentiometric titrator for a wide range of routine titrations
Entry-level, versatile potentiometric titrator for basic applications
Thermometric titrator for fast determinations if potentiometric titration cannot be applied
Are you looking for the right KF titrator for your requirements?
New volumetric Karl Fischer titrator for safe, easy, and fast water content determination
High-end titrators for determining any water content from 0.001 to 100%
Compact, stand-alone volumetric (> 0.1% water) or coulometric (down to 0.001% water) titrator with integrated touch-screen control unit
Entry-level titrator for coulometric (water content: 0.001 to 1%) or volumetric (up to 100%) water determination
Basic coulometer for determining low water contents (down to 0.001%)
All-inclusive system for water determination in liquefied and permanent gases
Find the right IC system for your requirements here.
High-end ion chromatography system for research applications and method development
Compact ion chromatography system for routine analysis
Entry-level ion chromatograph for water analysis and utilization as a training tool.
Find the right meter for your pH, conductivity, or ion measurements
Easy-to-use meters for use in the lab and in the field
Advanced pH and ion meters for use in the lab
High-end modules for customized pH, ion, and conductivity measurement
Find the right spectrometer for your requirements.
Near-infrared spectroscopy analyzers for routine analysis of chemical and physical properties
Handheld spectrometer for quick and easy identification of unknown substances
Find the right VA system for your requirements here.
Advanced VA systems with high-performance viva software for determining traces of heavy metals with polarography and voltammetry with high sensitivity
Portable voltammetric analyzer for the determination of trace levels of arsenic, mercury, and copper in water
Learn more about our solutions for CVS.
Advanced CVS system with dedicated high-performance software for brightener, suppressor, and leveler determination in the electroplating industry
Learn more about our families of Process Analyzers
Single-method process analyzers for water and wastewater monitoring with titration, pH, ISE, or photometry methods.
Taking high-precision Metrohm ion chromatography to an even higher level of autonomy, the Process IC can connect up to 20 sample streams and provide reliable multicomponent results for superior process control.
Process analyzers available as potentiometric, photometric, and thermometric versions and optional additional pH and conductivity measurement
Multifunctional process analyzers tailored to your requirements for multiparameter measurements and streams
Precalibrated and preprogrammed single-parameter analyzers
Multi-channel analyzer for nondestructive real-time spectroscopic analysis
Analyzer for continuous nondestructive analysis by means of contact probes or noncontact measurements above a conveyor belt or through a glass window
Fully autonomous system monitoring ions in aerosols and gases in ambient air
Find the right electrochemical solution for your requirements.
High-quality potentiostat/galvanostat instruments with a small footprint
Modular potentiostat/galvanostat instruments for any requirements in electrochemical research
Multichannel potentiostat/galvanostat instruments for simultaneous measurements
Compact, PC-controlled portable potentiostat for education and basic applications
Integrated solution for combined electrochemical and spectroscopic analysis.
Learn more about our solutions for stability measurement.
Instrument for determining the oxidation stability of natural oils and fats
Instrument for determining the oxidation stability of biodiesel and biodiesel blends
Instrument for determining the thermostability of PVC
Learn more about our Liquid Handling solutions.
Modern liquid handling system for Swiss-made precision and accuracy at an affordable price.
Liquid handling instrument for standalone use or integration into existing Metrohm systems
Manually controlled, high-precision instrument for all liquid handling tasks
Find dosing units, tubes, glassware, beakers, and other accessories and spare parts.
Metrohm offers a comprehensive portfolio of separation, preconcentration, and other columns for ion chromatography
Find the suitable electrode for your application: titration, IC, pH measurement, VA, CVS, electrochemistry and more.
Find Metrohm software for titration, IC, VA/CVS, stability measurement, electrochemistry, spectroscopy, and more.
Karl Fischer titration has never been better:
Metrohm Process Analytics has over 40 years of experience with online process analysis.
Metrohm Process Analytics combines Applikon's expertise in online analysis and the know-how of the world's leader in ion analysis, Metrohm. This combination has yielded analytical instruments that meet any requirements in the process industry. The product range varies from single-parameter analyzers to the most advanced multiparameter Ex Proof Analyzer for the most hazardous environments. With the NIRSystems Process Analyzers, Metrohm Process Analytics is setting the standard for real-time spectroscopic analysis with unmatched stability and performance.
Our family of Process Analyzers brings laboratory analysis online for continuous monitoring and control.
The 202X series is especially suitable for monitoring chemicals in water and wastewater for several sectors, including chemical, semiconductor, environmental, steel/metal, and petrochemical industries. These analyzers can monitor up to 2 sample streams with dedicated wet chemical methods such as titration, pH, ISE or photometry.
The Process Ion Chromatograph from Metrohm Process Analytics offers unattended, high precision analyses for a wide spectrum of ionic species in aqueous media. The Process IC is available with either one or two measurement channels, along with integrated liquid handling modules and several automated sample preparation options. System modularity, combined with Metrohm's decades of experience in ion chromatography, makes the Process IC invaluable for process monitoring and optimization.
The 2035 Process Analyzer family is designed with versatility in mind. This series comes in three different configurations – potentiometric, photometric, and thermometric – which can also be combined with additional measuring techniques such as pH and conductivity. Modularity of the wet part of the 2035 Process Analyzer means there is an analyzer configuration for any challenge.
The 204Y series covers a variety of techniques: from titration, ISE, and colorimetry to voltammetry for trace analysis and CVS for organic additive measurements. This advanced series offers maximum flexibility and can be 100% adapted to your needs. You can operate these analyzers at any location – from a hazardous offshore platform to a drinking water production site.
Simply connect to the process and you're all set – this is the big advantage of the Plug and Analyze series. The systems are precalibrated and programmed and ready to go. With over 20 analytes to choose from, these analyzers are suitable for many different industries. These Metrohm Process Analytics analyzers offer single-parameter monitoring at an attractive price.
Based on NIR XDS technology, the NIRS XDS Process Analyzer belongs to the next generation of process analyzers for real-time analysis. Nondestructive, accurate measurements are performed wherever a product is moving, for instance, above a conveyor belt, web, or sheet.
The NIRS Analyzer Pro is a process analysis system employing high-resolution diode array technology. It provides nondestructive analysis of granules, powders, slurries, or opalescent substances directly in the process line without bypass – a true inline system.
Fully autonomous system monitoring ions in aerosols and gases in ambient air. MARGA (Monitor for AeRosols and Gases in ambient Air) has been developed by Metrohm Applikon in cooperation with the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands. Hourly measurements are taken, providing information about short and long term air quality trends. This analyzer can be used for either temporary research studies or dedicated air quality monitoring campaigns.
Application news, practical tips for the laboratory, and more.
© Metrohm AG 2010 - 2019
Legal Notice
Privacy Policy
Company info


text:
from Joy Walker's exhibition Chanced at MKG127, Toronto.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Joy Walker
Posted by ahoi! at Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Labels: art, exhibitions, Joy Walker, printmaking, sunlight
2 comments:
- Peter Nencini said...
Weird to see these now, Michael. Been working for a few weeks on sun-exposed compositions; always a jolt to see someone doing something first. I hope to differentiate. These are very good, in the context of the other ideas too.
- July 8, 2011 at 4:11 AM
- ahoi! said...
Hi Peter,
It's funny because Joy and I have been working on some very similar things as well. I've had some similar jolts.
- July 13, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
A worker at the Tappan Zee Bridge is in Nyack Hospital after being injured during a construction accident, according to the Tappan Zee Constructors.
Emergency responders rushed to the bridge a little before noon Monday to provide aid to a subcontractor for TZC who was injured while working, said Damien LaVera, spokesperson for TZC.
The employee was transported to Nyack Hospital, where he is being treated for his injuries, LaVera said.
"We will review the incident in detail and identify if any additional measures can be implemented to improve our operations and limit exposures in the future," LaVera said.
LaVera declined to say what caused the accident and how severely the employee was injured.
Click here to sign up for Daily Voice's free daily emails and news alerts.


text:
I was visiting a plumber who has been in business for a number of years. He has no Terms of Trade in place, so is therefore "doing business on a handshakeâ€. I mentioned to him the importance of having correct Terms of Trade and especially that these need to be compliant with the new PPSA legislation.
He responded to me by saying that "he's been in business for many years and he knows all his customersâ€. I said "so what, every person whose business has collapsed is known to people. They'll be someone's mum, dad, footy coach, neighbour, friend, aunt or uncle. The fact that you know them is irrelevant.
Without up-to-date Terms of Trade with the PPSA clause (in order to become a Secured or Ranked Creditor) and also the ability to be eligible for free Debt Collection, you won't have a leg to stand on if/when your client gets into troubleâ€.


text:
Have a loved one affected with dementia? Get resources, recommendations, charts and advice for the support you need.
Download the eBook
Overlook Green earns 2018 Silver National Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.
out of 5
Based on
Meet the people who make Five Star great.
Watch The Videos
Website By Boston Interactive


text:
No passion without risk...
...leave the risk to us.
Hull and Increased Value
Hull & Machinery
Our hull insurance, as specified in the unique Pantaenius Superyacht Clauses, covers damage to the vessel, its components and equipment. This includes cases where you, as the insured, cause the damage yourself. The Pantaenius Superyacht Clauses are based on the American Yacht Form but complemented with straightforward and more customer-friendly definitions in order to provide our clients with the most comprehensive coverage available on the market.
Pantaenius will agree with you on a fixed value, based on the new replacement value of the yacht. This fixed value will be reimbursed without deduction in the event of a total loss. In addition, partial damages will be reimbursed without exclusions for wear & tear.
Advantages to you:
- Agreed fixed value – based on the new replacement value of the yacht
- Partial loss or damage- settled without a deduction "new-for-old"
- Salvage and wreck removal costs in excess of the value of the yacht
- No deductibles in the case of total loss and in respect of inspection after grounding, salvage or wreck removal costs, sue and labor costs, commercial towing fees, search & rescue costs, emergency accommodation costs and loss of charter income
Pantaenius Increased Value Insurance
In the case of a total loss, an owner is confronted with additional costs associated with buying an equivalent new ship, such as office expenses or brokerage. Covering the vessel's market value under Hull Insurance is therefore often not enough.
The Pantaenius Increased Value Insurance covers such expenses in the case of a total loss of the vessel and protects the owner from a financial loss.


text:
Migrating data from ASP to WordPress
August 5th, 2009 | 12 Comments | Tutorials
My personal site ArleyM.com has been an ASP site for about six years now, but the time has finally come to port over to WordPress and PHP. A lot of the heavy lifting was done over a year ago when I experimented with using Blogger as an RSS powering blog engine, but there was still some content fueled by a Microsoft Access Database.
In early 2004 I started a database of my Top5 high rotation songs of the week. This was a very simple database table with eight fields. It's been very rewarding to see this progress kept, so naturally I want to bring it into the new site. On the former version of the site ASP calls the database, and repeats each row of data in a table. I could just copy and paste the HTML tables after they've been rendered, but where's the fun in that? I'd prefer to have each table fall into my blog on the appropriate date for the last five years. (more…)


text:
Russian Federation Maj. Gen. Elena Knyazeva, the deputy chief of Science and Training of the Military University Ministry of Defense, visited the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Nov. 21, with a group of Russian military educators who wanted to learn more about how their U.S. counterpart teaches foreign languages.
"It is a great honor to be here," said Knyazeva, recounting that she knew, while she was a military language student in Moscow, that a U.S. counterpart existed in Monterey. "We were always curious to know what our colleagues were doing in the field and what types of achievements they had made," she said with a smile. "Coming here is like a dream come true."
Army Lt. Col. Jason Weece, the director of the Institute's Foreign Area Officer Program, briefed the Russian visitors about the DLIFLC mission and responded to the many questions about the length of courses, linguist attrition rates, and the use of technology in the classroom.
The visitors had an opportunity to visit a basic and advanced Russian course, speak with experts in the fields of faculty and curriculum development, and view a demonstration of the last foreign language materials used for distance online learning by linguists around the world.
The visit to Monterey came a day after the Russian delegation spend a day touring the Defense Language Institute English Language Center in San Antonio, Texas, where U.S. and foreign service members are trained to improve their English language proficiency skills.
Story and Photo Credits
Story and photos by Natela Cutter, Mission PAO Photo: Col. Vladimir Dekhtyarev, Col. Grigory Yakovlev, Maj. Gen. Elena Knyazeva, and Lt. Col. Nikolay Vladimov, of the Military University Language Center, pose in Rasmussen Hall at the DLIFLC Headquarters, accompanied by Lt. Col. Vladimir Kolchanov, the assistant Military Attache at the Russian Embassy in Washington DC.
Posted Date: 12 November 2013


text:
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Just Me and DPC
Sometimes, when doing this type of thing where the amount of time spent making the work is exponential compared to the amount of time the work is displayed can be anticlimactic. Which is how I felt costuming those plays, but this fashion show wasn't like that. I was completely satisfied in the end. In fact, I've decided to do another one. The next one is going to be just my stuff, in a place of my choosing, with twice the work . . . I can't wait, but I am getting way ahead of myself. I'll try to stick to this fashion show I just finished. Here are my favorite shots of each outfit:
I love this dress, and I am probably going to have a tough time thinking that stripes should be done any other way.
I am modeling this for the photos because my model for this outfit had surgery on her foot soon after the fashion show, and was in a lovely medical boot. I of course can empathize with that since I will be wearing two of them soon! This outfit was the very first idea that I had for the fashion show, and I was going to do a whole collection that focused more on this idea of pouffy skirts paired with aspects of menswear. But after thinking about it, and asking Mikey's opinion, he steered me into the direction that I eventually took with the collection.
I am a fan of (nicely done) peplums. They can make a women's suit really feminine.
I was originally going to do different ties for all of these, and with this one I had planned on using a mint green flannel to make it look more militaristic, but when I got the mint flannel and put it with the outfit it was so drab. The red polka dots ended up looking the best with all the outfits that had ties.
I love this outfit too. I think it is unfortunate that this ensemble has been commonly identified as "nerdy", when suspenders and bow ties used to be everyday wear.
When I was making this suit I was a little worried that it was going to be really unflattering and too manly. But when it all got put on together, pff, I loved it. There is nothing about it that is feminine (except maybe the cropped pants) but it works on her. And I think a suit just like this one could work on any woman, if they have the balls to wear it.
I really like all the in between stuff, but my favorites are the first dress and the last suit. Designing these two different things is a lot fun for me. On one end of the spectrum you have a feminine dress, where there really are no rules and the design possibilities are endless: fabric choice, color, length, sleeves, no sleeves, different necklines, buttons, gathers, pockets. Then on the other end there is the tailored suit. Still many possibilities, but there are certain rules to follow when designing and wearing a suit: the vest should just cover the pants waistband, the shirt cuff should fall 1/2 to 3/4 inches beyond the jacket sleeve. (Mine doesn't here because I messed up with the pattern making.) Then there are all these other sets of rules for matching the shirt to the suit, and the tie to the shirt, and then finding the right pocket square to tie it all together; what buttons to button when the jacket has two or three buttons, or when it is double breasted. All of these rules can really identify the amateur dresser from the practiced one.
Plus, I prefer men's accessories to women's. I don't wear necklaces, (except for a string of pearls with the right dress) rings, bracelets, earrings, anklets, or jesus god definitely not toe rings. I think that is reflected in my designs. There is usually no where to fit a necklace with my dresses. When I worked in clothing retail-for about three miserable months-every time I dressed a mannequin I had to accessorize it. Pair a necklace with the dress. Throw a purse on the shoulder. Are there some earrings we can display with that outfit? Bleck! Now these men though, they got all the good stuff: ties, bow ties, pocket squares, cuff links, tie bars, tie pins, collar bars, even a pocket watch would be cool.
So I guess what I am saying here, is that I am onto something good: manly suits and feminine dresses. What more do we need really?
8 comments:
- CircaLovely said...
Your clothes are beautiful.
- June 17, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- RedoMyShoe said...
I love the picture of you above. The proportion and lighting is perfect. And your clothes were amazing in the show; polished, classic, and flirty. Well done!
- June 18, 2011 at 6:48 PM
- samantha said...
I adore your designs. I've thought to make things similar to this so many times, but I'm still very much a beginning sewer. Wonderful! I did save your petticoat tutorial onto my computer so I could try my hand at it!
- August 6, 2011 at 7:39 AM
- generic viagra said...
I am happy to read about DPC... awesome collection... I am happy to find it...Thank you so much....
- October 10, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Raven said...
Absolutely lovely collection!! Congratulations! :)
- November 6, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- Anky said...
Such a beautiful collection.
thanks for sharing!!
Apparels Online Shopping
- November 29, 2011 at 4:29 AM
- beebayonline said...
Thanks very much! Great to hear from you, and I hope you're doing well.
baby clothing girls
- December 12, 2011 at 3:01 AM
- Peggy Parker said...
Where does one buy your clothing?
- April 9, 2012 at 7:24 AM


text:
LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Celebrate 6-Month Anniversary
Time definitely flies when you're having fun in love! Congratulations to LeAnn Rimes and hubby Eddie Cibrian, who are celebrating six months of marriage today, Saturday. The pair wed on April 22 in a private and surprise ceremony, but have been more public about their love since the nuptials. Rimes and Cibrian said "I do" in front of 40 of their closest friends and family just a few months ago, after being engaged since December 2010.
"Tmrw is my hubby and my 6th month wedding anniversary. Crazy how time flies! #happy," Rimes tweeted Friday, spreading the news to her nearly 200,000 Twitter followers. We marked this special day with a gallery of photos of the happy couple together at various events, cataloging their time together. Join us in wishing Rimes and her lucky man a happy day!


text:
Blaise Cronin
What is the most cited work in ARIST's history? I confess I had no idea until two of our doctoral students, Peter Hook and Weimao Ke, decided to crunch the numbers: roughly 60,000 references from 400 chapters covering forty years. Vannevar Bush's 1945 Atlantic Monthly piece, "As We May Think," came first, albeit with a fairly modest twenty-two citations, just pipping Dervin and Nilan's 1986 ARIST review at the post. Should Peter and Weimao rerun their study a year hence, Bush will almost certainly have consolidated his lead. Not only do we have a chapter by Ronald Houston and Glynn Harmon devoted exclusively to the many interpretations and enduring influence of his seminal paper over the course of the last six decades, but several other chapters—notably those by Colin Burke and William Jones—also make generous mention of the Bush/Memex legacy. Within the literature of information science—and not just between the covers of ARIST—Bush's article is indubitably a citation classic. But his footprint extends more widely: A recent editorial in the Communications of the ACM (Crawford, 2006, p. 5) introducing a special section on Personal Information Management, co-edited by the aforementioned Mr. Jones as it happens, acknowledged "Bush's inspirational vision."
This year's volume opens with three historically inclined chapters, a good way of reminding ourselves that information science is a field with a solid pedigree and, for those who take the trouble to familiarize themselves with the canonical literature, a clear sense of its own intellectual roots and identity, virtues that really should not be sacrificed to capricious latitudinarianism. Here, if I may be permitted an aside, it is hard not to think of the so-called I-schools movement and its discursive contortions (Cronin, 2005). As an antidote to the occasionally overblown rhetoric of the new that swirls around us, I recommend Bernd Frohmann's (2004) aptly titled Deflating Information, one of the most cogently argued books to have come out of our field in recent years. But back to matters historical: Burke, although a professional historian, does not here attempt to provide the history, or even an history, of information science—the original title of his chapter, "The Emergence of the History of Information Science as a Field of Study, 1994–2004: An Overview of the Literature and Comments and Cautions," clearly delineates his ambitions—but the appetite is whetted. Just as it is with Stephen Bensman's chapter on the impact factor (IF), a citation-based indicator that is loved and reviled in near equal measure by journal editors and authors alike. Bensman, who also, incidentally, trained as an historian, provides an historico-biographical account of the IF, viewed through the prism of Eugene Garfield's picaresque life. This is certainly not a conventional ARIST chapter, but it is a novel, exegetical approach, one which, inter alia, allows us to reacquaint ourselves with the "the Sage"—J. D. Bernal (see Brown, 2006)—a polymath, whose formative thinking on scientific information and scholarly communication probably deserves wider recognition. A more technical chapter by Bensman dealing with the validity and utility of the impact factor is planned for the next volume of ARIST. The remaining twelve chapters of this year's volume are forward-looking and, taken together, demonstrate rather convincingly that information science has neither lost its early vitality nor resorted, in its maturity, to excessive navel gazing. Some of the topics I have selected for coverage (e.g., digital libraries, Arabic information retrieval [IR], and universal access by, respectively, David Bearman, Ibrahim Abu El-Khair, and Harmeet Sawhney and Krishna Jaykar) may be par for the ARIST course, but they are none the less valuable for that: The national security implications of research in Arabic IR, for instance, hardly need stating, and the pace of developments in digital libraries—a procrustean label, to be sure—is such that regular updates are required, an observation that could be applied equally well to policy and empirical research addressing access issues such as the digital divide.
Other chapters, in particular those by Christina Courtright, Jeppe Nicolaisen, Soo Young Rieh and David Danielson, and Diane Sonnenwald, approach familiar topics from an original, or revised, angle: context in the case of information seeking; signaling in the case of citation behavior; credibility in the case of information systems use; factors and stages in the case of scientific collaboration. In each instance, the authors enrich our theoretical understanding of complex information practices and phenomena, adding incrementally to the field's knowledge base. One could quite easily add to this list the chapters by Birger Hjørland ("Semantics and Knowledge Organization") and Catherine Legg ("Ontologies on the Semantic Web"), both of which deal with axial concerns of information science, namely, meaning and representation. Thanks to the development of the Web, the practical significance of these abstract issues has become much more widely appreciated of late by scholars of all stripes and, indeed, by sections of the general public. One of the Grand Challenges facing computer scientists, information scientists, and artificial intelligence researchers is to create the Semantic Web, which will provide metadata on the semantics, not just the syntax, of Web resources. Thus, to use Legg's example, if you want to know something about Turkey, you won't be fobbed off with information on the feathered variety.
One of the fastest-growing and potentially most important fields of contemporary research in academia—one that straddles many academic disciplines and fields, from biology and physics to sociology, epidemiology, and information science—is network science (e.g., Barabási, 2003), profiled here by Katy Börner (electrical engineering), Soma Sanyal (physics), and Alessandro Vespignani (physics). Together they review a diversity of approaches to analyzing the self-organizing properties of biological, transport, social, and other networks. There is much that will be new to ARIST readers in this chapter, both conceptually and methodologically, but also not a little that will be familiar: bibliometrics and co-citation mapping are, after all, established techniques for revealing socio-cognitive networks and have been staples of the information science research literature for many years.
Volume 41 concludes with a chapter by Greg Downey, a geographer with a strong interest in the history of science and technology and author of the engaging Telegraph Messenger Boys (Downey, 2002). He makes the case that current thinking in human geography, especially notions of process, context, and relationality, should be of interest to the information science research community. Downey introduces us to "the geographical turn"—shades of the "cognitive turn" in information retrieval research (Ingwersen & Järvelin, 2005)—in the social sciences and humanities and reacquaints ARIST readers with concepts such as the space of flows and the social shaping of space. Downey is not the first, nor will he be the last, geographer to appear between the covers of ARIST; there are assuredly potential intellectual synergies between (classical) information science and (postmodern) human geography (e.g., Raper et al., Dykes, Wood, Mountain, Krause, & Rhind, 2002; Turner & Davenport, 2005). But, of course, the same could be said of information science and several other disciplines, a fact that is beginning to be recognized by scholars both within and outside our particular intellectual community, I am pleased to note.
Barabási, A.-L. (2003). Linked: How everything is connected to everything else and what it means for business, science, and everyday life. New York: Plume.
Brown, A. (2006). J. D. Bernal: The sage of science. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Crawford, D. (2006). Editorial pointers. Communications of the ACM, 49(1), 5.
Cronin, B. (2005). An I-dentity crisis? The information schools movement. International Journal of Information Management, 25, 363–365.
Downey, G. (2002). Telegraph messenger boys: Labor, technology, and geography, 1850-1950. New York: Routledge.
Frohmann, B. (2004). Deflating information: From science studies to documentation. Toronto: Toronto University Press.
Ingwersen, P., & Järvelin, K. (2005). The turn: Integration of information seeking and retrieval in context. Dordrecht, NL: Springer.
Raper, J., Dykes, J., Wood, J., Mountain, D., Krause, A., & Rhind, D. (2002). A framework for evaluating geographical information. Journal of Information Science, 28, 39–50.
Turner, P., & Davenport, E. (Eds.). (2005). Spaces, spatiality and technology. Dordrecht, NL: Springer.


text:
Alan Lee Ekstrom went to be with our Lord on May 13, 2012, at the age of 63, after a brief illness.
Alan Lee Ekstrom went to be with our Lord on May 13, 2012, at the age of 63, after a brief illness. A Memory of Life Service was held on Sunday, May 20, in Chico, Calif. Condolences may be sent to Darlene Ekstrom, 1555 E Lassen Ave., Unit 1, Chico, CA 95973.
Alan was born June 14, 1948, in St. James, to Arnold and Dorothy Ekstrom. He graduated from St. James High School in 1966, and began his career in the Navy after graduation. He met and married his loving wife Darlene in Hawaii in 1972. They were married 40 years. They had two children, Ann and Charles; seven grandchildren, Michael, Christina, Tanya, Brandon, Haleigh, Hunter and Matthew; and two great-grandchildren, Aiden and Abigail. Alan retired from the Navy in August of 1986, after 20 years of service. He then worked for Lockheed Support Systems for three years before moving back to St. James in 1989. In 2006, Alan and Darlene moved to Chico, Calif.
Alan is survived by his wife; children; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; brother, Arne Ekstrom; and sisters, Lois Tripoda and Beverly Buller.


text:
New ExactaBlend™ AGP U100 for Polyurethanes
Graco is pleased to announce the launch of the new ExactaBlend™ AGP U100 Advanced Glazing Proportioner for Polyurethanes.
The launch of the AGP U100 is the second system in the ExactaBlend family to be released by Graco. These systems are designed for manufacturers of insulating glass and specialty glass, where precise, on-ratio mixing is required. The AGP U100 is engineered to handle two-part polyurethane sealants and adhesives and help your customers improve mixing and dispensing quality.
The Graco ExactaBlend AGP U100 offers:
- Accurate, on-ratio mixing. The system monitors the flow rate of base material and automatically adjusts the catalyst flow rate to achieve on-ratio dispensing, even during pump changeover.
- Creates optimal mix for quality assurance.With the AGP U100, each ounce that is dispensed is properly mixed; a better mix results in material that cures evenly, with no soft spots.
- Offers easy operation. Compared to traditional proportioners with mechanical linkage and rocker arms, the AGP U100 electronic controls take the guesswork out of setting the ratio, and makes ratio changes simple.
- Green light for ratio assurance. A quick glance at the system's now standard green light tells the operator that materials are being dispensed on-ratio. If off-ratio conditions exist, the system will automatically shut down.
- Reduces wasted material. AGP U100 base purge is simple and reduces material waste. The base purge is fast, clean and easy with the simple touch of a button.
Graco is also pleased to announce the launch of two accessories for use with the ExactaBlend AGP systems:
1) The USB module for data logging lets you verify that the material was dispensed properly. Its reports provide you with date and time, plus A & B material usage, alarm events, flow rates and ratio.
2) The Heat Box is used to warm and pre-condition materials so they flow better.


text:
To request a user account, complete and submit this online form.
Please note that user accounts for this website are granted only to employees of NCASI member companies.
The information you provide will be verified with your employer before activating your account.
If you have problems signing in or have questions about the website, please contact the NCASI Website Administrator or call the NCASI Corporate Office at (919) 941-6400.


text:
It was slick. It was savvy. And it could well prove to be Team Murdoch's saviour.
Rupert Murdoch's performance at the select parliamentary committee in London, where he was grilled for two hours, was a polished, professional and painstakingly manufactured PR master class.
As father and son sat down looking like Mr Burns and Smithers, the phone hacking scandal had already knocked 12pc off the value of News Corp shares, which cost the Murdoch family a cool $750m (don't shed to many tears, the family's stake is still worth about $5.2 billion).
However, as Murdoch Senior masterfully handled his inquisitors and his wife busily batted away shaving-foam pies, the share price of his media empire News Corp began to soar.
At 80-years-old, Murdoch's public relations strategy has at times seemed as frail as the man himself. As the raging inferno of the phone hacking scandal engulfed News Corp, Murdoch looked out of touch as he lurched from crisis to crisis after one shock revelation followed another.
However, when he eventually assembled his dream team of PR advisors, their finger prints could soon be seen all over his statements, apologies and parliamentary performance.
Right from the get-go Murdoch's coaching was apparent. Just examine his opening statement — "This is the most humble day of my life."
This was contrived as a sound bite his handlers knew would be repeated in news bulletins and newspaper coverage. It may have been a bit early when he delivered it, but it none the less proved to be one of the quotes of the day.
The massive audience that tuned in to see a ruthless, all powerful, media mogul get his comeuppance, would have been shocked at the frail, tired man that looked every one of his 80 years.
It is very unlikely this just happened to be one of Murdoch's off days. Remember, this is the same man who was snapped earlier in the week out jogging with his personal trainer.
Again, his appearance as he sat in the glare of the media spotlight was well manufactured to evoke the sympathy an old man unaware of the shenanigans the bright young bucks his company had hired were getting up to deserved.
His son James was a little stiffer in his presentation, but stuck to fixed responses and used meaningless but complex phrases when he got the chance.
It was also noticeable that when Rebekah Brooks took the hot seat she was dressed almost nun-like, her hair colour darkened and her delivery slow and precise.
Her quietly spoken performance was miles away from the Alpha Male environment of the newsroom, which she dominated during her time as editor of the Sun and News of the World. Indeed, her polished performance aimed at showing dignified remorse tried to have us believe newspaper offices are a picture of calmness and politeness.
The phantom pie flinger was something of a distraction, but it very much worked to Murdoch's advantage.
How could someone try to attack a frail old man like that? When his wife leapt to his defence, she suddenly became the hero of the day. Indeed, the whole episode brought a very real human side to the ruthless billionaire and even an outpouring of sympathy.
Yes, cynics out there are already wondering if it was all part of a well-choreographed carnival. And with the levels these people have stooped to in the past, who knows?
Now Murdoch moves on, battle scared and weary, still wounded, but knowing that his excellent performance may well have helped save his bacon.
As the attention now turns away from the media mogul to focus on the Prime Minister's part in this sordid tale, without question Murdoch has his handlers to thank. It was a rare opportunity to see how they subtly helped change people's perceptions of Team Murdoch by focusing on how they spoke, looked and communicated. So while it was no doubt a good day for Murdoch, it was an even better day for the art of public relations.
Paul Allen, Managing Director of Paul Allen and Associates PR, www.prireland.


text:
See All Community Alerts
Retail Theft
Case Number:
Provide A Tip For This Community Alert
Call LEO Contact(s)
Alert Date:
Business Name:
Beer Frog
Spring Hill
LEO Contact(s):
Deputy May
Short Description
Retail Theft
Detailed Description
The subjects pictured below are suspects in a Retail Theft that occurred at Beer Frog, 14249 Powell Rd, Spring Hill on Tuesday, 08-21-2018. The subjects then left in an unknown red 4-door sedan.
Video / Audio
Some of the following links may not work on every device.
You may try to right click and save the file, for opening in another application.
There is no media for this Community Alert
If you wish to remain anonymous or to be eligible for a reward, call the
Hernando County Crime Stoppers toll free number 1-866-990-8477 or you may electronically send your tip via Crime Stoppers directly by clicking
. You may be eligible for a reward up to $1,000.
This site looks best when using a modern browser such as Internet Explorer 9+ or Firefox 9+


text:
Due to the web's constant evolution, and more specifically, because of the need to get more traffic, it's now common to see web sites delivering their contents in different languages, depending on the countries from which they're being accessed.
Google, Yahoo, and Hotmail, to cite a few, are good examples of how big companies implement this feature to offer a greater level of customization to their users all over the world. Even PHP's official web site gives visitors the choice to read the PHP manual using their native languages, which has contributed to expanding its utilization worldwide.
While it is easy for big web players, like the ones mentioned above, to provide their services through a multi-lingual platform, for small and medium-scaled web sites, implementing this feature can be a more complex and challenging task.
Not all is lost in cases like these. Actually, building a small web site that will offer support for several languages might be easier than you think, thanks to the existence of a few IP-to-country mapping databases, which can be freely used during the development of a particular web project.
By way of a mapping database, it's possible to build an IP-to-country application very easily. Such an application can be utilized, for instance, for creating a web site that delivers its contents in distinct languages according to the countries from which visitors are coming.
Currently, there are a few good IP-to-country lookup databases available on the web that can be accessed and used for free, but in this particular tutorial I'm going to pick the one provided by Webnet77 (http://software77.net/cgi-bin/ip-country/geo-ip.pl). It contains more than 87,600 records, which permit you to map over 3,200,000,000 IP addresses to their corresponding countries. That's a lot of information and hard work!
In summary, in this group of articles, I'll be demonstrating how to use the aforementioned database to build an IP-to-country lookup application with PHP, which can be incorporated into any existing web site with minor hassles.
So, want to learn how to spice up you own web site with neat geo-IP location capabilities? Then start reading now!
{mospagebreak title=Start building an IP-to-country PHP application}
Before you start learning how to build an IP-to-country application with PHP, you should download the source lookup database from the Webnet77's web site. Then, point your browser to http://software77.net/cgi-bin/ip-country/geo-ip.pl and proceed to download the ZIP file that contains a CSV version of the database to your machine (make sure to read the corresponding term and conditions before doing this).
Got that file uncompressed on your computer? Good. Now, it's time to use it to transfer all the records contained in the source database to a new MySQL table, so they can be accessed with PHP. To do so, you'll need to rename the downloaded file to "iptocountry.csv," and then create the table in question in the following way:
CREATE TABLE 'iptocountry' (
'lower_bound' INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL default '0',
'upper_bound' INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL default '0',
'owner' VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
'last_updated' INT(11) DEFAULT NULL,
'two_chars_country' CHAR(2) NOT NULL default ",
'three_chars_country' CHAR(3) NOT NULL default ",
'country' VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL default "
As shown by the above SQL code, the structure of the previous MySQL "iptocountry" table is comprised of seven fields, whose names speak for themselves about the type of data that they'll house. In this case, the two first fields will store a lower IP boundary and an upper IP boundary respectively, represented as numbers (not as dot-separated octets). Then, there are a couple of additional fields, called "owner" and "last_updated," where the first one represents the registry that owns that range of IP addresses, and the second field, not surprisingly, is the last time the range was updated.
In addition, the last three fields of the table will be used for storing the name of the country that corresponds to that range of IP addresses in the form of two-character and three-character strings respectively, as well as the country's full name. Not too hard to grasp, right?
So far, so good. At this point, you've created a simple MySQL table, which will store all of the data required for building an IP-to-country mapping program with PHP. It's quite possible, however, that at this moment you're wondering how this data will be imported to this table.
Well, since the source lookup database is actually structured as a CSV file (comma-separated values), it's necessary to build a simple PHP script that imports the data from that file to the "iptocountry" MySQL table.
Thus, if you're interested in learning the full details of how this script will be set up, please click on the link that appears below and read the section to come.
{mospagebreak title=Transferring the data of the IP-to-country database to the MySQL table}
As you may have guessed, there are many ways to create a PHP script that transfers the contents of the CSV lookup database to the MySQL table defined in the previous segment. But in this situation, since the number of records to be imported is fairly huge, I'm going to build a small file reading program, based on the script developed by Matthew Pennell here.
In short, the PHP script that reads the content of the lookup database and imports it to the previous MySQL table looks like this:
// connect to MySQL server
throw new Exception ('Error connecting to the server.');
// select database
throw new Exception ('Error selecting database.');
// set timeout limit (handy when working with slower machines)
// open 'iptocountry.csv' file for further reading
throw new Exception ('Error reading source file.');
// read file and populate 'iptocountry' MySQL table with each line of file
// check to see if current line is not a comment
// explode values
// build query
$sql="INSERT INTO iptocountry VALUES ('".implode("','",$values)."')";
// run query against MySQL table
catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
Although it may seen a bit complex at first, the logic that drives the above script is quite simple to grab. As shown previously, the script starts by connecting to MySQL and selecting a database (naturally, you should change these illustrative parameters and use the ones that correspond to your MySQL settings). It then opens the lookup database file, and reads one line at a time.
Finally, if the file line being read isn't a comment, it's used to build an "INSERT" query, which imports the lookup data into the "iptocountry" MySQL table. It's that simple, really.
In addition, there's an important detail worth stressing here with reference to the way that the previous script works. As you may have noticed, it extends the timeout default value of PHP to 360 seconds via the "set_time_limit()" function. Here's the reason: since the number of records to be imported is large (over 82,000 rows), this prevents the PHP engine from triggering a time out error when performing this process in a slow machine. Of course, if you're running the script in a turbo-charged computer, you won't suffer this problem.
All in all, if everything worked as expected, then by this time the "iptocountry" MySQL table should have been populated with all of the records imported from the lookup database file. The following screen capture shows how the table looks when viewed with the MySQL Query Browser:
Now things are getting really interesting, aren't they? At the moment, the lookup MySQL table contains all the data required to build an IP-to-country mapping application. As I said before, my purpose here is to build this application specifically with PHP, but undoubtedly you can use another programming language, as long as it offers support for MySQL.
In the following section, I'm going to code a slightly different version of the prior PHP script, which will read all of the lines of the database file at once, implying that it should only be utilized with computers with a huge amount of RAM.
To see how this modified script will be developed, please jump forward and read the segment to come.
{mospagebreak title=Importing records of the IP-to-country database to the MySQL table}
In the previous segment, you learned how to create a PHP script which was tasked with importing the contents of the lookup database file into the "iptocountry" MySQL table. Considering that this script reads one line of the file at a time, it's feasible to create one for illustrative purposes that fetches all of the lines in a single step, by means of the "file()" PHP function.
Here's how this sample script looks:
// connect to MySQL server
throw new Exception ('Error connecting to the server.');
// select database
throw new Exception ('Error selecting database.');
// read source file and populate 'iptocountry' MySQL table with each line of file
foreach($lines as $line){
// check to see if current line is not a comment
// explode values
// build query
$sql="INSERT INTO iptocountry VALUES ('".implode("','",$values)."')";
// run query against MySQL table
catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
Obviously, this modified version of the script built in the previous section doesn't differ too much from the original, since it utilizes the "file()" PHP native function to read all the lines of the lookup database file at once. Even though this approach can be faster, it requires a web server equipped with more RAM, so if you're running this script in a slower computer, then I suggest that you use the method discussed in the previous section.
Regardless of the PHP script that you may want to use for importing the records of the lookup database file into the "ipcountry" MySQL table, at this point the table in question should be filled in with all of the data required for building an IP-to-country mapping program.
However, this topic will be discussed in depth in the upcoming article of this series. In the meantime, feel free to tweak all the code samples shown in this tutorial, and don't forget to take a look at the contents of the recently created "iptocountry" MySQL table. You'll be amazed at how many IP addresses have been mapped to their corresponding countries.
Final thoughts
In this initial chapter of the series, I provided you with a quick overview on how to create an IP-to-country mapping MySQL table with PHP. Logically, the data stored on this table is pretty useless if it's not linked to a concrete application that turns it into meaningful information.
Therefore, in the forthcoming article I'll be demonstrating how to build an application like this. Now that you've been warned, you don't have any excuses to miss the next tutorial!


text:
Milestone ton playing on Tendulkar's mind: Hughes
The pressure of expectations surrounding his 100th international century will definitely be playing on Sachin Tendulkar's mind as the milestone once again eluded the champion batsman, said former Australia fast bowler Merv Hughes.
Tendulkar fell just 27 runs short of the feat when he was done in by a beauty from Peter Siddle that went through his gate and hit the stumps with the right-hander looking in course for a big on 73.
"Everyone's making it (the record) a big deal and there's been a lot of media about it as he's been on the verge for so long. It's got to be playing on his mind, there's no doubt about that," Hughes said.
'He batted really well but later he shut shop'
After dismissing Australia for 333 in the first innings, India rode on a solid 117-run third wicket partnership between Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, and opener Virender Sehwag's quickfire 67 to reach 214 for three at close on the second day.
Hughes, however, was of the view that Tendulkar was at his vintage best during Tuesday's knock.
"It's nine months since he's scored a hundred, that's like me not eating for two days," he joked.
"We've heard talk today of choking...he batted really well, he was really positive, and then I suppose late in the day it looked as though he just shut up shop so he could be there tomorrow," the 50-year-old former pacer told Fox Sports News.
'High expectations from Tendulkar'
Hughes compared Tendulkar's situation with that of former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, who imbibed a new life to his career with a gritty 62-run knock during Australia's first innings.
"Ricky Ponting's scored three 50s in his last five knocks and people are saying he should be dropped."Tendulkar, OK, he's not getting a hundred but he's getting 60s, 70s and 80s and then falling short of that magic mark," he said.
"If I made an 80 in Test cricket I'd be absolutely thrilled but people are saying to Tendulkar, 'bad luck'."
Hughes bats for DRS
Hughes also voted in favour of the controversial Decision Review System, and criticised the Indian Cricket Board for its reluctance to use the technology.
He said the ICC is a puppet of BCCI and the DRS will never see the light of the day on a compulsory basis unless India agree to it.
"If the players can't use it, I can't understand how the umpires can," Hughes said.
"For a ball that close, if he doesn't call it, why has the umpire got the ability to go to the review system when the players don't?"
"Everyone's saying that the ICC should come over the top and make the decisions. Ultimately, everyone knows that the ICC is run by Indian cricket, so if India don't want the review system, we're not going to have the review system," he added.


text:
I am happy to announce that I am going to be an Aunt! My sister is pregnant and this will be the first baby in our immediate family. Very exciting!!
To reveal the baby's gender my sister, Carrie and her husband, Ryan, decided to have a gender reveal party. So after a little snacking we all anxiously stood around, cupcake in hand, and broke into the fate of our family.
My sister baked the cupcakes with a colored gumball inside. Depending on what the gender was, the gumball represented that color.
So… boy or girl?
I am so excited to start buying frilly, girly, dressy clothes! My niece is going to be so spoiled and loved.
And after we experienced the baby excitement there was still another surprise. Why on earth would there be a pizza for dessert???
Surprise, it was a cookie pizza. Okay, so maybe it wasn't really a surprise but I bet I had some people wondering.
The recipe is really easy to make and turns out looking really cute. And the pizza box is just a nice added touch. I was able to get mine at the local pizza place for free.
This recipe came from the Neely's recipe on the Food Network's "Down Home With the Neelys".
Preheat oven to 375°
You will need:
•2 (16 1/2-ounce) packages chocolate chip cookie dough (recommended: Nestle Tollhouse)
•1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
•4 ounces chopped semisweet chocolate
•1/2 cup toffee chips
•1/4 cup chopped pecans
1.) Begin by spraying a 12 inch pizza pan with nonstick spray. If you don't have a pizza pan it is ok! I didn't either and here it what I did: Begin with a piece of foil that is fairly large. Draw a circle on the foil that will be the shape of the pizza. DO NOT cut the circle, just use this as a stencil for the cookie dough. You want to keep some edges of the foil in case the dough spreads. Spray the foil. And if you are using a regular pizza pan I suggest putting foil under it in case is spreads.
2.) Spread both containers of cookie dough on either the pan or foil and bake for 25 minutes. When pizza is finished, remove from oven and allow to cool.
3.) While the pizza is cooking, prepare the toppings. Begin by bringing the heavy cream to a gentle simmer. When it has heated, remove from heat and pour over chocolate. Begin stirring chocolate and cream until all of the chocolate has melted. Allow to cool and thicken.
4.) Top pizza with chocolate, then toffee and pecans.
5.) Slice, serve, and enjoy!
I hope you enjoy this recipe and the exciting news. Now I've got to start some online baby shopping so I'll talk to you all soon!


text:
bodhi.mobi needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 4 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
Need illustrator to design a peaceful zen like UI to aid in positive learning for children.
I have an application that is designed to help children write numbers by touching and dragging over the image of a number. The application is simple enough, the child will step through each number 0 - 9 and be prompted to trace the number then move to the next screen and count the corresponding number of dots.
The design should use soft colors, nothing overly stimulating providing a zen like natural experience that would be appealing to children. Possible panda illustration for a character theme on start and complete views.
Please see screen shots here:
Colors and design elements I like:
- Application Icon
- Start Screen
- Background for tracing and counting screen
- Completed Screen
- Hear Button
- See Button
- Next Button
- Generic Button
- Splash Screen
- No loud colors or over stimulating illustrations (the idea is a calm learning environment)
- I do not need the number characters designed, I have those already


text:
The elegance that is Paris Hilton took a sunbath yesterday in Hawaii, trying to get that all-over Crotchertone tan.
Spreading out a towel (and her legs) to enjoy the full effects of the Hawaiian sun (and breeze), the distinguished heiress/ex-con checked her e-mail while getting her infamous figure baked.
After her travails in jail, it's nice to see her back in the pink.
CommentsClick To View
Hot Video


text:
Alessandra Ambrosio photos and interview
Model of the Week: Alessandra Ambrosio
Model of the Week: Alessandra Ambrosio
Here's a little information on yet another Brazilian beauty, Alessandra Ambrosio. She was born on April 11, 1981 in the southern part of Brazil. She began taking modeling classes as a young girl, which lead her to Elite Model Management's 1996 Look of The Year competition. She didn't win, but later that year, she was granted a contract with Elite.
You may recognize her from her campaigns for Guess, Victoria's Secret and Revlon as well as from the covers of Brazilian Elle, Wallpaper, and Harper's Bazaar. She has also walked the runways of Nicole Miller, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Fendi, Issey Miyake, Kenzo, and Oscar de la Renta. In 2000, Alessandra joined the Victoria's Secret Angels and in 2004, she was named spokesperson for their Pink line.
Although she is a successful model, she still has dreams of attaining a college degree. She keeps active through sand boarding, volleyball, rollerblading, body boarding, surfing and snowboarding. Alessandra was a pleasure to speak with. She was full of smiles, energy and poise.
To read the interview and to see more runway pictures,
What is your secret for beautiful skin and hair?
I have a dermatologist in New York who makes skincare products, so I use those. Also, I always wash my face at night so that I don't go to sleep with any makeup on. As for hair, masks are very important to keep my hair healthy.
What is the one product that you can't live without?
Soft cotton balls. I am always searching for the softest cotton balls that will be gentle on my face when I take off my makeup.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Mmmm, I love chocolate.
What is your favorite drugstore product?
Victoria's Secret Body Lotion. It smells and feels really good on my skin.
Happiness is...
AA: Spending time with my family and visiting my hometown. It's my favorite place to be.


text:
Save debate until Met Council makes decision
In its rush not to lose its place for federal New Starts funding, the Metropolitan Council is planning the Southwest light-rail line through the Kenilworth corridor ("Tension rises as light-rail call looms," June 27). Area residents are concerned about destruction of homes, safety issues and the permanent loss of the unique, urban parklike setting and bicycle trails. The real issue is whether the option that best solves these concerns — a deep bore tunnel — or the alternatives make sense. Arguments can be made to support almost any position. Let the Metropolitan Council make its choice. Then let the real debate begin as to whether another route for light rail to serve the southwest suburbs is a better use of scarce public money and precious green space.
NICHOLAS SHURALEFF II, Minneapolis
* * *
A commentary that missed the obvious
Fred Zimmerman's cautionary article was interesting and educational ("Business Forum: Could a Detroit-style fall happen in the Twin Cities?" July 29). But I must ask: How can one write at length about the industrial demise of Detroit and never use the word "union"?
JOHN PERIOLAT, St. Louis Park
* * *
Some don't share the same religious views
To those folks sad about gay marriage, especially for religious reasons, I must ask: If your religion bans the eating of pork and shellfish, do you mourn the fact that others may order them from the menu ("Gay marriage foes more sad than bitter," July 31)? If your religion bans divorce, do you seek to make it illegal for everyone? If your religion allows polygamy, do you feel others should be compelled by law to take multiple wives? Your particular religion, whatever it may be, is a code of conduct by which you must strive to live, so if you don't want to marry someone of the same sex, by all means don't. However, others who don't share your religious views aren't, and shouldn't be, in any way bound by them.
STEVE HOFFMANN, Anoka
• • •
A mother's dream came true just after midnight Aug. 1. What a joy to witness the happiness of dear couples who finally were able to say their vows and marry the one they loved. It's a night I will never forget. Thank you, Minnesota!
RANDI REITAN, Eden Prairie
* * *
Too much is being done at once in Twin Cities
Congratulations to the fine people of the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Surely your intention in starting simultaneous construction projects on Hwys. 169, 13, 494 and 101 — as well as on Flying Cloud Drive in Eden Prairie — was a coordinated effort to infuriate as much of the west and southwest metro as humanly possible ("The Drive" blog, July 29). So on behalf of everyone who has to commute to or from that side of town, I say thank you. Mission accomplished.
ADAM SKOGLUND, Eagan
* * *
Why the secrecy about trips to lure business?
Am I the only one troubled by the mystery surrounding our governor's secret trips, presumably to woo jobs (Hot Dish Politics blog, July 31)? This is setting a dangerous precedent. Governor, just in case it slipped your mind, you work for the people of Minnesota. You owe it to the people to be upfront and straightforward.
SHARRON EBERT, Brooklyn Park
* * *
Better screening, more training is needed
It was with sadness and disgust that I read about the behavior of two Minneapolis police officers in Green Bay, Wis. ("Cops' 'hateful' slurs appall city leaders," July 31). More than any other civil service position, police applicants need to be thoroughly vetted, trained, and subject to reviews and oversight. What they are asked to do is beyond what most of us could handle and for that police officers deserve our support and appreciation.
MARGARET DeHARPPORTE, Eden Prairie
* * *
Update the laws to fit the digital times
Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks and the Edward Snowden cases raise questions: Shouldn't Congress now be taking pains legislatively to broadly distinguish between espionage/spying and leaking information ("Manning guilty of 20 charges, not aiding the enemy," July 31)? Should it establish meaningfully different penalties for each? Are espionage and spying to be seen as the same? In the digital age, when much can be shared so easily, we must take pains to clarify our laws.
DENNIS DILLON, Minneapolis
* * *
Approach the subject with an open mind
Many people think Al Gore is championing global warming because of the money he receives giving speeches. They also believe that climate scientists who claim that humans are the cause are just chasing grant money. The basis for their erroneous conclusions is that they believe everyone is primarily motivated by money. They find it hard to believe there are people who do what they do because they want to make the world a better place. We need to be able to listen, respect and compromise, or by the time everyone realizes that scientists were not lying, it will be too late.
William Bloomberg, Eden Prairie
StarTribune.com welcomes and encourages readers to comment and engage in substantive, mutually respectful exchanges over news topics. Commenters must follow our Terms of Use.
- Keep it civil and stay on topic.
- No profanity, vulgarity, racial slurs or personal attacks.
- Comments with web links are not permitted.
- Comments that violate the above will be removed. Repeat violators may lose their commenting privileges on StarTribune.com.
Comments will be reviewed before being published.


text:
E. Flagello; Ambrosian Singers, London Philharmonic Orchestra, I Musici di Firenze, N. Flagello. No texts. Naxos Historical 8.112065
The concept behind Nicolas Flagello's Passion of Martin Luther King is a compelling one: moved and saddened by Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Flagello (1928–1994) decided to create a musical tribute to the slain leader, appropriating movements from an earlier liturgical piece of his own for chorus and orchestra and interspersing new musical settings for bass-baritone of King's speeches. The resulting ten-movement work was recorded in London in 1969, with the composer conducting, but remained on the shelf until its recent release on the Naxos Historical label. In the interim, conductor James DePriest performed the work and recorded it in 1995 on the Koch label, but this was a revised version; DePriest felt that the concluding "I Have a Dream" movement was too straightforwardly beautiful and not bittersweet enough, so Flagello rewrote it. The present disc — a remastering of Flagello's 1969 original — is now the only extant recording of the composer's first version of the piece.
New York City-born Flagello comes off as a twentieth-century composer who refused to give up Romanticism; on the evidence here, at least, he composed in bold emotional strokes and primary colors. The musical language — sophisticated but tonally anchored — calls to mind Barber, Shostakovich and Britten, as well as Max Steiner and Franz Waxman. The opening "Hosanna Filio David" contains vivid splashes of Technicolor and reveals the composer's sure dramatic hand, which proves to be omnipresent. Timpani rolls and ominous, slow-building orchestral crescendos make their intended impact. The text settings are vivid and coloristically shrewd: the martial "In the Struggle for Freedom" is particularly effective, and the choral climax in the fifth movement delivers action-packed glory. The "Jubilate deo" movement is a brilliant choral fugue. The piece is not all flash, though: an unexpectedly tender setting of the phrase "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord" brings a lump to one's throat, and the "Stabat Mater" movement is deeply poignant. The vocal writing is unfailingly lyrical. Perhaps a bit old-fashioned in its earnestness, the piece is a refreshing respite from today's postmodernism and irony. It's also an excellent way to revisit some of Dr. King's enduringly inspirational words.
Giving a magnificent rendition of the solo part is the composer's younger brother, Ezio Flagello (1931–2009), who sang at the Met for twenty-seven seasons, giving acclaimed performances of Dulcamara, Pogner, Leporello and the Nozze Bartolo, among others. Flagello's forceful interpretation bursts with ruddy coloring and amazingly clear diction; he is ceaselessly formidable.
Also included is the masterful L'Infinito, a setting of a poem by Giacomo Leopardi, which packs a wallop in its brief three minutes and has some of the intensity of Ernest Bloch. The disc closes with The Land, a 1954 cycle of six Tennyson poems, which Nicolas composed for his brother. These are full of surprises, including attractive echoes of Respighi, Puccini, Richard Strauss and Ennio Morricone, wrapped up in Flagello's own brand of sophisticated expressiveness. This kind of thing was not the fashionable aesthetic in postwar contemporary classical-music circles, to say the least, but it's certainly worth revisiting now.
Send feedback to OPERA NEWS.


text:
This listing is for one Have a Glass of Relax Wine Glass. Please write in note to seller what 2 colors you would like on the glasses and if you would like a name or date or any other customization.
These are great for wine tastings, door prizes, parties or just to have the most unique glasses at your house! .
I offer a discounts for orders over 6 glasses!
Because these are hand painted glasses, no two designs will be exactly the same, which adds to their charm.
Need a larger quantity? Convo me about quantity pricing!
Paint is non-toxic and heat set for durability and top rack dishwasher safe.
Please check out my other items, LIKE my page on facebook for coupons and updates www.facebook.com/classyyetsassywineglasses.
All payment is due before I begin an order. I can provide a computer image of what the glass may look like upon request, however it is only a computer image and my handpainting will not be exactly the same.
Shipping from United States
Processing time
2-3 weeks
Customs and import taxes
Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs.
Payment Options
Returns & Exchanges
I gladly accept returns, exchanges, and cancellations
Just contact me within: 14 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 30 days of delivery
Request a cancellation within: 2 days of purchase
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
Questions about your order?
Please contact me if you have any problems with your order.


text: I wrote last week about the former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens and the excellent program he runs for returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans called The Mission Continues. Today, he has an op-ed in the New York Times that perfectly summarizes our priorities and mission in Afghanistan. I'd hope that President Obama read it on the long plane ride to Kabul.


text:
Featured News - Current News - Archived News - News Categories
The Niagara Area Development Corporation board of directors last week approved an application for assistance for consideration from Covanta Energy to refinance $165 million of existing tax-exempt bonds.
The Covanta Energy facility, located at 100 Energy Blvd., at 56 St., Niagara Falls, is a fully permitted and operational 821,000-ton-per-year energy-from-waste facility producing steam and electricity from municipal and commercial solid waste. The company employs 86 individuals.
Covanta Holding Corp. has been approved from the NADC to refinance $165.01 million in aggregate of existing Niagara County solid waste disposal facility revenue bonds from 2001.
The NADC was established by the Niagara County Legislature as a Local Development Corporation. Members of the NADC are appointed by the Legislature and are the same as the board members of the NCIDA. The staff of the NCIDA administers and manages the NADC under an administrative services agreement with Niagara County.


text:
Moorhead's Tony Uglem (10) celebrates his first-period goal with linemate Grant Weiss (20). Photo by Tim Kolehmainen.
Moorhead senior goalie Peter MacFarlane (30) peeks around his defenseman Will Borgen (19) and a Roseau forward.
How do you replace the irreplaceable?
It's a question Moorhead goaltender Peter MacFarlane probably hasn't heard this winter. Not that everybody wasn't wondering how the Spuds would fare without longtime goalie Michael Bitzer between the pipes. They most certainly were.
You remember Bitzer, right?
He's the guy who started nearly every game in goal since his freshman year at Moorhead. The one who helped the Spuds to three state berths in those four years. The one who capped a record-setting career by winning the Frank Brimsek award as the state's best senior goaltender.
Oh, yeah, that Bitzer.
Out of decency and a bit of Minnesota nice, MacFarlane hasn't been asked much about how he could possibly replace Bitzer. How could he?
"I don't think anybody's trying to compare me to him at all," said MacFarlane, who backed up Bitzer last year but didn't see a single second of action. "He's the best goalie Moorhead has ever had and one of the best in the state the last 10 years. He's a stud."
That's not to say the question hasn't been whispered around the rink on game night. The buzz was likely louder after the Spuds' first five games this year. Even though he won two of his three decisions, MacFarlane admitted he wasn't playing well. He'd allowed 14 goals in the three games but was bailed out by a high-scoring Moorhead offense.
But after Tuesday night's 4-3 overtime victory against Roseau, the din will most certainly die down.
With the game hanging in the balance, MacFarlane turned in his finest performance. He stopped 28 of 31 shots, including some spectacular glove saves against Roseau's sniping duo of Zach Yon and Alex Strand.
"I've been struggling coming into this game, to say the least," admitted MacFarlane. "It was real nice to see some of the pucks hit me for once. And the guys in front of me played a hell of a game."
"It's tough to replace Frank Brimsek there," joked Thomas Carey, whose goal 6 minutes, 10 seconds into overtime gave the Spuds and MacFarlane the victory. "But (Peter) played huge. He played just like Bitzer did last year, coming up huge when we needed him."
Moorhead coach Pete Cullen agreed that the victory should be a good confidence booster for his goaltender, but even more so for the whole team. "There were tons of questions surrounding the goaltender coming into this year," Cullen said. "If Peter can keep continuing to do these types of performances, it's going to solidify the rest of our team."
MacFarlane knows his style is different than his predecessor, but he's hoping to carry forward the momentum from Tuesday night. Perhaps deep into the section playoffs, perhaps into the state tournament – but first, into the Spuds' next game Saturday afternoon against Centennial.
The proverbial one puck at a time.
"I just have to go out there and play my game -- slow it down, control what I can control and not try to be a hero," said MacFarlane. "Just go out there and stop the first (shot) and if I have to stop the second one, stop that one, too."
Alex Strand (5) of Roseau rubs out a Moorhead defenseman.
Nemesis seemed to be a perfect word for Tuesday's Section 8AA tilt between Roseau and Moorhead. Not only are the two annual contenders for the section title – they've won every one since 1996 – but they tend to be a thorn in each other's side more often than not.
The perfect nemesis.
"It's been us and them as long as I can remember," said Moorhead goaltender Peter MacFarlane.
Nemesis also describes what each team was facing Tuesday night as it tried to end a stalemate. Deep into the night, the two rivals were tied at 3-3.
The Roseau crossbar was a puck magnet for the Spuds in the final 20 minutes, as they pinged the iron more often than a beer league softball slugger. Tony Uglem nearly ended the game from the high slot, but his wrister clanged off the bar and out. Three minutes later, Aaron Herdt dented nearly the same spot, dinging the crossbar like a bell.
"They liked hitting it off the bar and out," joked Moorhead coach Pete Cullen. "Probably tomorrow we'll have a little shooting practice and teach them how to go bar down."
On the other end of the rink, the Rams weren't finding iron – it was all leather in their way. MacFarlane twice denied the Rams with highlight-reel glove saves that drew oohs and aahs from the Sports Center crowd. First, he snared a blistering Zach Yon snapper that was ticketed for the top corner. Then in overtime MacFarlane flashed leather to nab Alex Strand's rocket.
In the end, the game came down to a simple question: who would defeat their nemesis first, Moorhead's "iron workers" or Roseau's "leather men?"
The Spuds' Thomas Carey answered that question 6 minutes, 10 seconds into overtime, when he tipped in Alex Mehnert's shot from the point. The puck didn't find iron – or leather – only twine.
"Usually a game winner is kind of grindy or greasy," said Carey. "We were just trying to get it on net and hope to get a rebound goal or something to go in."
Roseau's Alex Strand (5) celebrates his goal late in the second period that tied the score at 2-2.
Thomas Carey scored 6 minutes, 10 seconds into overtime to give Moorhead a 4-3 victory over visiting Roseau Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the Moorhead Sports Center. Carey's goal came on a redirection of Alex Mehnert's shot from the point, setting off a wild celebration for the home Spuds.
It was another big Section 8AA victory for Moorhead (5-1-0), which had already defeated Bemidji and Buffalo in the past week. The defending section champions have set themselves up early to earn a top seed, but there is still plenty of season left.
There were three ties and two lead changes in the back-and-forth game between the Rams (3-2-1) and Moorhead.
Tony Uglem gave the Spuds a 1-0 lead just 45 seconds into the game and Roseau's Jack Helgeson answered back just 1 minute, 43 seconds later. Aaron Herdt regained a one-goal lead for Moorhead later in the first period. But Alex Strand scored in the final minute of the second period and Zach Yon in the first minute of the third to give the Rams their first lead.
That advantage held just 49 seconds, as Leif Johnson hammered home a goal from the high slot to tie the score at 3-all, setting up Carey's overtime heroics.
Peter MacFarlane had a big game in goal for Moorhead, stopping 28 shots -- including a pair of highlight-reel glove saves late in the game against Yon and Strand. Ryan Anderson made 32 saves for Roseau.
1. Thomas Carey, Moorhead
After the Spuds had hit the pipe a handful of times in the final period, Carey found the center of the net with his overtime winner. Crashing the net, he deflected an Alex Mehnert drive from the point for the game-winner. Carey also picked up an assist on the tying goal by Leif Johnson early in the third.
2. Peter MacFarlane, Moorhead
MacFarlane has the uneviable task of replacing Michael Bitzer in goal this winter, but on this night he was up to the task. The senior made 28 saves, including a pair of game-saving glove saves on Roseau snipers Zach Yon and Alex Strand late in the third period and overtime. Both drew oohs and aahs from the appreciate crowd -- and groans from the Rams' bench.
3. Alex Strand, Roseau
Strand is one of the engines that makes the Roseau offense go, and he did just that Tuesday night. Elusive and quick, he has a knack for finding open space. Strand scored with 25 seconds left in the second to tie the game at 2-all, then assisted on Zach Yon's goal 40 seconds into the third to give Roseau its only lead.


text:
Wetland Plants of Wisconsin
|Mentha arvensis L.
wild mint
Family: Lamiaceae
Wild mint is found primarily on moist soils in full sun. It is strongly aromatic and walking through a patch of wild mint will often reveal its presence even if it has not been seen. Leaves are opposite, toothed and often pubescent (hairy). There are several other species of similar general appearance and the mint family has many representatives in our area, so beginners are well-advised to confirm their identification with a reliable dichotomous key, such as the Michigan Flora, Vol III, by E. Voss.


text:
'Tis the season for a party. On Wednesday, December 12 (9pm ET/8pm CT/ 6pm PT), we're hosting our very first #stylesolutions Twitter party with @CHRISELLEtweets from TheChriselleFactor.com. We'll also have a special guest that's pretty MAJ – Stylist and Fashion Icon Rachel Zoe.
The focus for our Twitter party will be what to wear underneath your favorite holiday outfits. Let's be honest, we've all had a favorite outfit ruined by wearing the wrong undergarments. Whether it's comfy, stylish undies you want or shapewear that slims and smooth's your troubled spots, our new collection – Rachel Zoe's "Major Must Haves" from Jockey – is the perfect foundation to build an amazing look.
If our #stylesolutions Twitter party sounds fun to you (we hope it does!), please find additional details and RSVP to the party here: http://bit.ly/SyLwD9. Throughout the party, we'll be giving away gift cards ranging from $20 – $200. Um, can you say, perfect opportunity to refresh the top-drawer for the New Year?
We hope to see you there.


text:
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Debate, Polls, Scandal
It's important to remember the pre-debate context, as well as the Auditor General angle not really being incorporated. The frame was as such, Conservatives with big lead, Ignatieff needed a "knockout punch" to get back in the game. This designation had a short memory, after all the Dion Liberals moved to a statistical tie in 2008 (3% Nanos, 4% Harris Decima) after the debate, and I don't recall any knockout variety exchanges in those debates. Last election aside, the pre-debate designation this time was confronted by a maelstrom story, breaking right before the debates. EKOS' Frank Graves was on CBC just prior to the debate and noted a substantial move in overnight polling, the lead down to 5.5% nationally, 3.7% MOE, a quickly tightening race. We also had Nanos out at 4pm, showing a huge fall for Harper's leadership score, a full 7% on trust. Combined, some compelling evidence that the Auditor General G8 scandal had penetrated beyond the chattering classes. This potential reality changed the debate dynamics, if we are seeing a pre-debate tightening, then the knockout punch simply isn't required, the frame DATED.
Nanos out this morning, and while the nationals are stagnant today, we do see the Liberal now slightly ahead in Ontario and some narrowing in British Columbia, a province Graves also singled out yesterday as changing rapidly, Conservative vote falling. Nanos shows the Liberals falling in Quebec, which offsets, but tonight we have the Quebec debate. I think the most recent polls, leadership, demonstrate that the race maybe closer electorally than previous assumed. With that contention in mind, Ignatieff's performance last night needs to be viewed within a more moderate lens.
The one glaring omission in the analysis I've read, hardly anyone plugged in the abysmal pre-debate Ignatieff impressions. A superficial negative impression, Anderson from Harris Decima added people really didn't know Ignatieff. Everyone knows Harper, Layton and Duceppe. While I think they all did well last night, Layton with the best "zingers", Harper's remained calm, Duceppe his usual self, I didn't see much where voters learned anything. As for Ignatieff, I thought he did fine, some very strong moments, a couple small stumbles, but overall he did well. If one was waiting for that nauseating knockout blow, then clearly disappointed, Harper wins by not losing. However, I don't think we needed that blow, and I don't think low expectations of Ignatieff properly plugged into the logic.
I think Ignatieff exceeded Canadians low impression of him, as Allan Gregg pointed out, simply not drooling and cobbling together a sentence, probably raised the bar. Ignatieff presented himself as an alternative to Harper, we saw clear policy direction distinctions. Ignatieff was a DRAG on Liberal numbers, his low standing capping our growth ability. I would argue less apprehension now than prior, and while not a big voter mover today, at least more openness to reconsider. It may well take a few days for the impact to shakeout, factor in the immediate French debate, within a scandal breaking in the midst, I'm not sure normal "reads" are worth much at this point. This isn't to say Harper didn't do well in the debate, only we are in a uniquely fluid situation at the moment, so assumptions need to incorporate this fast debate turnover, emerging issues that are indicating real resonance. Time will tell...
17 comments:
- Jerry Prager said...
Harper's bubble world is so complete, that only sociopaths have the same depth of oblivion. The man's vision is a vision of himself from within, with no external touchstones but what he himself touches on... creeps me out just looking at him, and whenever he says let me be clear, I can see the edges of the bubble serving as a lens for his distortions of reality.
- 7:50 AM, April 13, 2011
- rockfish said...
He has insulated himself well - which is something that needs to be hammered at again and again. Harper skates around responsibility, even lies about what those who are tasked with holding him account say. Canadians are being inundated with too many micro-scandals but the last few days are just being digested. If I had one wish for tonight's french language debate, it is that the following point be brought up...
- 9:41 AM, April 13, 2011
- sharonapple88 said...
Conservatives have a habit of imposing an idea on a situation--Stats Can supports a nonmandatory survey, unreported crime is up--instead of dealing with may actually be happening. There's an interesting quote by a Bush aide on how this is suppose to work.
"The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.'
(New York Times Article)
Personally, I'd rather live in the reality-based community.
- 9:53 AM, April 13, 2011
- Tof KW said...
sharonapple88, there's a word for what this Bush aide is describing:
Communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself.
- 10:36 AM, April 13, 2011
- Kirk said...
One thing about last night's debate is that because today we have the french debate we don't have the leader's out there building on their performances or taking advantage of any gaffes by others. That alone means I'll see the impact of the debate minimized.
But I agree, no mythical "knockout" and Harper held his own but then so did Ignatieff.
I was amazed the Harper claimed he wasn't cutting corporate taxes this year just because it wasn't in this year's budget. A bold faced lie that seemed to astonish Ignatieff so much that he could clearly address it. It may be encouraging to a supporter to see that Ignatieff doesn't think such lying is conceivable in a nationally televised debate but it would be more beneficial if the Liberals would expect Harper to lie when he speaks.
- 10:59 AM, April 13, 2011
- Jennifer said...
I really, really think the party needs to drop the gloves a wee bit more and call a lie a lie. When Harper lies, the party needs to call him on it. Loud.
I was a wee bit disappointed in Michael's performance last night, but only because I've seen him speak several times and know how much he is capable of swaying a room. but I still think he did fine. And I also had a great deal of sympathy - how does one debate someone who is completely unencumbered by facts or truth????
- 11:29 AM, April 13, 2011
- bubba said...
All here know my leanings, but there was only one prime minister in the room last night.Iggy had sooo many chances to define himself
-democratic reform?
-social programs
He did 0 to show anyone how Canada would be a better place if he was prime minister.
If the Conservatives are at 39% going into the debate that now becomes their floor.Also the Lib ceiling just got a little lower.
- 12:01 PM, April 13, 2011
- Tof KW said...
how does one debate someone who is completely unencumbered by facts or truth
...Again it should be called what it is. Propaganda. If Harper's not dealing with the facts, then he's using propaganda. Use the actual word against him, it's as old as the Romans and the tactic should be exposed for what it is.
- 12:06 PM, April 13, 2011
- Tof KW said...
bubba, Harper was a pre-programmed robot and only 'won' because he didn't get blow up and loose his cool. He didn't look very human thought, I swear I heard servos during the quiet times.
Ignatieff 'won' because he wasn't the scary, drooling caricature that Harper's 24/7/365 attack ads made him out to be.
Layton 'won' because he's a used car salesman and used to showboating ...been that way since he was in municipal politics.
And Duceppe always does good at these things, and I in fact thought he was the overall winner last night - except for that part about accommodation for immigrants in Quebec, he was very nervous during that and he should be.
In short, no one 'won' last night - this was a giant stalemate.
- 12:19 PM, April 13, 2011
- Marpman said...
To be Prime Minister. I think what makes a good PM is someone who can rally the populous.
While Ignatieff is not there yet, he has the potential to be a great collaborative PM. Harper has never met that definition, he rules by iron-fist in a dictatorial fashion which is so out of sync with Canadian's as a whole.
The line from the debate which I took away, and was reported this morning was telling:
"There he goes again with this word 'bickering,' " Ignatieff quipped. "This is a debate, Mr. Harper. This is a democracy. … You keep talking about Parliament as if it's this little debating society that's a pesky interference in your rule of the country. It's not."
- 12:30 PM, April 13, 2011
- Tof KW said...
Latest EKOS poll - if true Harper looking at a reduced minority, now only a 5-point gap.
Green - 7.8
Other - 1.5
LPC with healthy lead in the Atlantic. Drops for the CPC everywhere except the west. CPC and LPC now tied in Ontario (confirmed by Nanos & H-D) with NDP dropping badly there - serious implocations there. However NDP rising sharply in BC, now 1st
overall there. Quebec is wild - BQ dropping and NDP seems to be the main recipient (no surprise to me, the NDP runs separatists in la belle).
Overall a big drop for Harper, Libs static (but look good in ONT) and the NDP make huge gains here overall.
- 12:45 PM, April 13, 2011
- Niles said...
Did anyone else notice how many repetitive psych tells Harper led his statements with?
Maybe I'm too old, but they struck me as very Nixonian, including the "let me make this perfectly clear", which popped out more than once.
Most of his rebuttals consisted of "those things you're pointing out? well you're wrong, and my saying so makes it fact, neener neener. Double neener on us being in contempt."
The more significant answer for me was about the matter of ruling in a minority government. His repeated demand for a majority and lack of addressing working in a minority government said very much that it will be his way or the highway if there's another Conservative minority. And somehow, a majority is the only thing preventing us from going to a fifth election...although, we would go to elections every how many years anyhow, so it doesn't stop elections at all and didn't Harper call at least one of the elections before this, breaking his own 'law', meaning he could go to an election again any time he chose?
huff huff.
He got through the debate by essentially ignoring everything the others said and addressing the tv while they peskered his greatness from the sides. Sadly, the framing of the cameras played to that in the psychological power of filmic point of view. It was an echo of his usual style of ignoring others in Parliament and the media and talking 'directly' to the 'people' with his err...message.
That said, I thought all the Opposition leaders got in good, telling shots that far too many viewers might be hearing for the first time, regardless of how much media coverage there has been or not.
Ignatieff seemed to get tongue tied a couple of times trying to edit himself and say the polite thing rather than the 'you lying liar' thing. He was at his best when he just cut loose and said what was on his mind. Yes, he did seem astounded a moment or two when Harper out and out prevaricated on national tv. Maybe it will hammer it home that his Conservative opponent doesn't give a shit what kind of lies get out, so long as people don't read the retractions on page 45 by the ad for used cabbage. I want to see harder attacks from the Liberals. Being nice will NEVER be nice enough for the Conservatives. No, he didn't handle the absentee shot from Layton well.
Layton can take his crutch and beat all his concern troll critics with it. He looked great (bonus points because they were standing), sounded great, dragged healthcare out with neon signs on it and still got tripped flat by Duceppe on the bill 101 for workers challenge.
Duceppe had the armour of not having to concern himself with anything outside Quebec. This freedom allowed him to stab merrily with palpable hits, but he still went defensive on multiculturalism not being a Quebec value, muttering about ghettos.
- 1:34 PM, April 13, 2011
- Steve V said...
"Ignatieff seemed to get tongue tied a couple of times trying to edit himself and say the polite thing rather than the 'you lying liar' thing. He was at his best when he just cut loose and said what was on his mind."\
My only criticism, TO much debate prep. Watching the guy on the stump, he knows every issue inside and out, in the debate he was searching sometimes for "his line" and that made for a disjointed answer sometimes. Yes, when he just riffed, those were his strongest moments, and you don't need prep for that.
On that EKOS poll, he has a 5% gap, which means last night had to have been 4.5%, given the 5.5% he said for Apr 11.
- 1:54 PM, April 13, 2011
- sharonapple88 said...
If Harper's not dealing with the facts, then he's using propaganda.
I wonder how much of the crap Harper said he actually believed.
He got through the debate by essentially ignoring everything the others said and addressing the tv while they peskered his greatness from the sides.
Sort of like Sarah Palin after the VP debates except without the cue-cards.
- 3:43 PM, April 13, 2011
- Gayle said...
The people calling in to my radion station today were saying how weird it was that Harper was looking into the camera instead of at the people he was debating with.
I also found it interesting that those of us in my office who are following this closely were a little disappointed in Ignatieff's performance. However those who were not thought he won hands down.
Not that anecdotes are worth much, but I did find that interesting.
- 5:56 PM, April 13, 2011
- Steve V said...
Mansbridge on CBC just said that you have to be careful with pundit reactions, many times they get it wrong.
In some ways, I think tonight is the more important debate, because of the close proximity to last night.
- 6:26 PM, April 13, 2011
- Steve V said...
Also, viewship was way up for this debate over 08, so people might be more interested than pundits assume.
- 6:28 PM, April 13, 2011