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So this is going to be a super short, super easy tutorial.
When I went to H&M I bought two metal ponytail cuffs. I really like them, but for $4.99 each I couldn't bring myself to purchase any more.
I thought I could dupe it somehow, so I went to the hardware store to check out plumbing gear or something of that sort. Nothing really caught my eye so I ended up walking out empty handed.
Next I went to the thrift store, I had given up, when I found these napkin holders for a quarter each. Lightbulb! I thought it might work...
I have really thick hair so the larger width didn't bother me, but for extra insurance I glued a bobby pin to one side (that way I could pin it to the hair-tie).
The one on the left is from H&M, the one on the right is my version.
The H&M one is connected directly to the hair-tie. Also, its on a spring so you can pull it open.
Here is how the H&M one works:
Now for my version:
- Tie your hair.
- Tie your hair a second time near the bottom of the tail
- Slip on your napkin holder
- Slide the bobby pin unto your top ponytail
- Undo your bottom ponytail
Super easy right?
You can always spray paint other napkin holders gold/silver and ta-da, you have your own metal ponytail cuff.
Thanks for reading.
- a

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Texas congressman Silvestre Reyes and Charlie Gonzalez rarely have a good word to say about Republican presidential candidates, but they're defending former House Speaker Newt Gingrich"s "humane" stand on immigration issues.
That's the word the two veteran Texas Democratic politicos used to describe the position espoused during the most recent presidential debates by the Georgia Republican who has soared into first place in recent GOP presidential polls.
They have another word for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's stances on the hot-button political issue: "extreme."
In last Tuesday's presidential debate, co-sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and CNN, Romney repeated his 2012 campaign position that he would turn off the "magnets" that attract people to enter the U.S. illegally. These magnets, he argues, include in-state tuition (backed by Perry) and any kind of government benefits such as public education and health care.
In doing this, Romney believes that immigrants staying illegally in the U.S will "self-retreat."
"They will go to their native countries," he says.
But Gonzalez, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, says Romney "has placed himself in a camp that is [mass] deportation" of the estimated 12 million people without legal permission to remain in the U.S.
"It is not practical," the San Antonio Democrat told reporters on a conference call. "It is not pragmatic. But most of all, it does not serve the economic interests of this country."
Gonzalez, who announced today that he will not seek re-election in 2012, called Romney's immigration latest immigration position "totally unworkable and extreme in nature," but said the one-time social moderate had veered far to the right "because he has got to go extreme in order to out-pander the competition."
Reyes, D-El Paso, the former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, says GOP candidates other than Gingrich have played cynical political games on the immigration issue.
"The only thing they've done is pander the extremists on the right that think we ought to completely seal off the U.S.-Mexico border," the former El Paso region Border Patrol chief said. "And, by the way, they are silent about the Canadian-U.S. border."
A Vietnam War veteran of Mexican descent, Reyes takes a passionate stance on the immigration issue.
"I fought to defend an America that was founded as a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws," said Reyes.
His vision is one shared by most Americans, he believes.
"In President Obama's and my vision of America, families who have been here for over 25 years, who have paid their taxes, who are integral parts of our communities and churches, should not be separated," Reyes says. "Even Newt Gingrich can agree with that. In the president's and my vision of America, young men and women who volunteer to risk their lives in defense of this country, should be thanked, not tossed out."
Reyes and Gonzalez referred to Gingrich's view on immigration as "humane" and say they hope he will remain unwavering in this position. However, they are fearful that he will start to back away from his belief in finding a reasonable solution and fall back on the traditional argument of securing the borders.
"You have heard Gov. [Rick] Perry do the same thing" when Republican conservatives denounced his immigration record as "liberal," Gonzalez noted.


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Shawn Dyson closed his barbershop and let his 10-year-old daughter skip school Tuesday, hoping they could become part of Baltimore sports history.
"When you have moments like this in your life, you've got to experience them," said Dyson, who's 49. "This is an epic moment for Baltimore."
Ravens fans called off work, skipped school and brought downtown Baltimore to a standstill Tuesday to welcome their Super Bowl champions home with an exuberant parade and victory rally.
The morning rush hour became a logjam as an estimated 200,000-plus people from across Maryland poured into the heart of the city, standing shoulder to shoulder before City Hall, lining both sides of Pratt Street and filling M&T Bank Stadium to capacity. Delays plagued the afternoon rush hour and stymied the light rail too, as demand overwhelmed the system and trains stopped altogether several times when fans broke through barricades and spilled onto the tracks.
Fans leaving the celebration also encountered a crime scene three blocks from the parade route. Three youths were stabbed, one fatally, at Howard and Fayette streets. However, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said, "It doesn't appear ... that it's connected to the Ravens parade."
In the morning, the traffic was so bad even the team had trouble making it to the celebration of Sunday night's dramatic 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. But fans, who haven't had a chance to party like this since 2001, said it would take more than traffic, wintry weather and professional obligations for them to miss this moment.
Long before the parade began, the rowdy throngs packed into War Memorial Plaza danced with Ravens cheerleaders to the team marching band and stadium favorites by Jay-Z, the White Stripes and Nelly. They waved shiny purple pompoms, mugged for national television cameras and screamed themselves hoarse.
Though they ended up waiting in the frosty air for more than an hour — the parade delayed so that the team could get there — impromptu Ray Lewis "squirrel dances" broke out, fans scaled flagpoles for better views and small children sat atop their parents' shoulders.
People pressed their noses to the windows of downtown office buildings, dangled signs and banners and, when they could, took to roofs and balconies.
"We've been with [the Ravens] when they've been bad. We've been with them when they've been good," said Bob Welck, 56, of Pasadena, who got to City Hall about 7 a.m. to claim a prime spot. "We wanted to make sure we were in the front. ... We stick with them."
One superfan, Tera Houser, a 34-year-old from Pasadena, drove 18 hours through the night from New Orleans to be there. When her husband insisted on going home to sleep, she said he was the crazy one.
When things finally started, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake told the crowd, "I want to thank all of you for your spirit. ... They underestimated us, but …"
"We won!" the crowd shouted in response.
When Lewis took the microphone, he expressed his love for Baltimore and held the Vince Lombardi Trophy up in triumph.
"Baltimore! We promised you we was going to New Orleans for one thing and one thing only," he said. "We told you all year: No weapon formed against us will prosper. This is the Ravens' year."
The crowd bellowed its appreciation.
"We love you, Ray," a woman yelled. "We love you!"
The feeling, apparently, was mutual. Lewis roared back: "Baltimore, I love you, forever and ever and ever and ever."
Ravens, many there with their wives, girlfriends and children, loaded onto floats, flat-bed trucks and military vehicles for the parade. Lewis was flanked by police on horseback to keep the crowds at bay.
As fans watched the players' every move, it was the ordinary people that mesmerized the Ravens, who held up phones to capture the roaring crowds.
Ed Reed, who took a turn holding the glimmering trophy, had a camera strapped to his wool hat. Before he got onto his parade vehicle, he walked the trophy along the barricaded sidewalks so the members of the crowd could touch it. They petted it like a puppy and rubbed it as if it held a genie. A few grabbed it as if they wanted to take it home themselves.
Mothers Melissa Albright, 45, and Heather Mendigorin, 39, said they didn't think twice about letting their children attend the parade. They consider it a history lesson. Super Bowl 101, perhaps.
"I'm so happy this morning and so happy we won," said Deborah Rodgers of Dundalk, who's 52 and brought a jersey to the parade that said, "Thanks, 52." She spent Monday painting her bedroom walls purple.
The hundreds of thousands of fans converging on downtown resulted in the Maryland Transit Administration experiencing "massive delays" on bus and light rail systems overwhelmed by demand and people crossing onto tracks.
"We put every available resource we had out on the system today, and the crowds were simply larger than the system could accommodate in the short time frame in which people were attempting to ride," said Terry Owens, an MTA spokesman.
Not far from the parade route, three youths, ages 15 and 16, were stabbed, one fatally. Police spokesman Guglielmi said the stabbing occurred about 1:40 p.m. near the intersection of North Howard and West Fayette Streets. He said one of the three victims went into cardiac arrest and was rushed into surgery at a nearby hospital, where he died. One was listed in critical condition; the other was expected to live. Guglielmi said the violence did not appear to be connected to the parade.
As the players' convoy inched through town toward the stadium, helicopters — including police crews — buzzed overhead. Several times along the parade route fans broke through the barricades and flooded onto the street to be closer to the Ravens.
Before the parade even started, it was all but impossible to find parking in lots surrounding M&T Bank Stadium. Officials had opened the gates to let fans in earlier than expected and the music was pumping by 9:30 a.m.
Seats had disappeared by noon. By 12:30 p.m. the stadium had reached capacity and no one else — even the thousands following the parade through town — would be allowed inside. Officials estimated at least 85,000 people packed the venue — possibly as many as 95,000 counting everyone standing and on the field.
Licks of flame and shots of smoke signaled the start of the stadium festivities. Cheerleaders ran onto the field waving golden pompoms. As the team management, coaches and players followed as "Where the Streets Have No Name" played and fans shrieked.
When Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Joe Flacco walked out, waving to the crowd and carrying his son in his arms, they played the dreamy oldie, "When You Wish Upon a Star." Perhaps it was a nod to the quarterback's whirlwind schedule since beating San Francisco Sunday night — Monday he held a news conference in New Orleans, flew to Disney World to mingle with Mickey Mouse and then jetted off to New York to tape "The Late Show" With David Letterman.
Lewis, who is retiring, came out last, gripping the trophy. He passed it off to someone before falling into what might have been his last dance at the stadium, working the crowd deeper into a frenzy with his signature moves.
Owner Steve Bisciotti thanked Baltimore for the fan support, for waiting so patiently for the celebration and for being the eternal underdog.
"I don't know how many more times we can do this," he said, "before Baltimore loses that chip on their shoulder. I hope that never happens."
John Harbaugh, hands in pockets, told fans their faith and zeal propelled the team to victory.
"We talk about the team. Look around," the coach said. "This is the team. This whole stadium is packed with the Baltimore Ravens team — together."
Baltimore Sun reporters Luke Broadwater, Yvonne Wenger, Kevin Rector and Justin George contributed to this article.
Sports throngs
Baltimore has a history of turning out to celebrate its teams' accomplishments.
April 1954: An estimated 350,000 people turn out to mark the Baltimore Orioles' first home game. Vice President Richard M. Nixon throws out the first ball, as the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1.
April 1971: An astronaut leads a parade to celebrate several sports teams with winning seasons, including the Baltimore Clippers (ice hockey), the Baltimore Colts (now the Indianapolis Colts), the Baltimore Bullets (later the Washington Bullets, now the Washington Wizards) and the Orioles.
October 1983: As the Orioles return to Baltimore after winning the World Series in Philadelphia, an estimated 100,000 fans pack downtown streets.
September 1995: After Cal Ripken sets a record for playing in 2,131 straight games, an estimated 300,000 Orioles fans gather downtown to honor the baseball legend. Another parade in Aberdeen, Ripken's hometown, draws an estimated 7,000 fans.
January 2001: Despite a cold rain, an estimated 200,000 Baltimore Ravens fans rally at City Hall after the team's first Super Bowl win. Gov. Parris N. Glendening is heckled at the rally and accused of being a Washington Redskins fan.
February 2013: At least 200,000 fans flooded downtown and M&T Bank Stadium to celebrate the Ravens' Super Bowl win.


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Not fun. (Newest from git, linux64)
Cannot launch Due IDE 1.5.1 on OS/X (10.7.5):Just downloaded a few minutes ago.
Nick, probably you have the hardware folder populated, there is a bug that crashes the IDE (we introduced it in the last beta, due to the new Boards menu with sub-options). We are working on it.I guess we need a more frequent release schedule.
Try "ant clean" first.
ou mean if I have some things like the Attiny in my Arduino default folder (for support of the other chip types) then the Due IDE won't start? I take it that is what you are saying.
Still, it's good to have stress testing, eh?
... but now I feel stupid. Got any ant argument for that?
"Launch4j" An error occurred while starting the application
"Launch4j"An error occurred while starting the application
I have an Hardware folder in my documents/arduino path that cause crash, remove it fix it.
Quote from: cmaglie on Nov 08, 2012, 09:56 amTry "ant clean" first.Thank you, it worked. ... but now I feel stupid. Got any ant argument for that?


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Students sue to reverse breathalyzer-related suspensions
Two Weymouth High School seniors who sued the school system over their breathalyzer-related suspensions after the homecoming dance say they are eager for their day in court, in a case that has drawn public attention to the use of the alcohol-detecting tests.
The girls insist they hadn't been drinking and want their school records expunged and legal costs paid, according to their lawsuit filed in November 2012 in Norfolk Superior Court. Their nine-day suspension "under the guise of a so-called zero tolerance policy'' violated the students' due process and civil rights, the suit contends.
"They're doing OK, but, yes, they want to go to court. They want this behind them,'' said Joanne Lambert, whose 18-year-old daughter, Paige, sued along with a 17-year-old friend identified as "Jane Doe.'' "That punishment was heartbreaking. [The school] went way overboard,'' Joanne Lambert said.
The Weymouth School Department denies any wrongdoing and won the first court skirmish, convincing a judge not to impose a temporary restraining order preventing punishment.
"The school district is entitled to a substantial deference in the imposition of discipline,'' Judge Kenneth J. Fishman wrote in his Nov. 16 decision. No date has been set for a trial.
The lawsuit has focused attention on the use of breathalyzers in schools as a way to combat student drinking. The practice, however, is not well documented, according to Massachusetts Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Massachusetts Association of Secondary School Administrators.
"I don't know of any data of how prevalent it is, or whether it is increasing or decreasing,'' said Richard L. Pearson, associate director of the administrators' group.
Anecdotally, however, breathalyzer use in schools "is not all that common,'' according to Mike Gilbert of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees. That's because "obviously there are legal issues, to ensure that it is done fairly,'' he said.
"Generally when somebody calls from a school district [asking about breathalyzers], we tell them to have a conversation with their legal counsel,'' he added. But he said interest in breathalyzers is increasing. "Every time a 16- or 17-year-old student is injured or killed in a car accident involving alcohol – oftentimes, these kids are coming to or from a school activity.''
Locally, policies on using breathalyzers vary. Hingham High School has been administering the test to everyone attending its dances after a problem with intoxicated students at the 2006 homecoming dance, according to principal Paula Girouard McCann. She said there hasn't been an incidence of alcohol use at dances since then. Although the numbers of students attending the events decreased, "it's a practice we have no intention of discontinuing,'' she said.
Westwood High School principal Sean Bevan also said breathalyzer tests have been " a condition of entrance'' to school dances for many years, and he knows of nobody testing positive for alcohol. "Kids know well in advance that this is what they will encounter when they walk in the door,'' Bevan said.
"We're hoping to deter, and it seems to work.''
Avon Middle High School also gives breathalyzer tests to all students before social events, said principal Sharon Hansen.
Walpole, Brockton, Hull, and Silver Lake Regional high schools are among the schools that have breathalyzers but use them sparingly — usually when they suspect a student has been drinking.
Officials at Randolph, Norwood, and Braintree high schools said they don't use the devices. "We assess students at the door'' of events, said Braintree High School headmaster James Lee, noting that both school staff and a police officer greet students.
"Generally, it's effective. The general climate is that we are all watching and all aware, and if we see anything, we will respond,'' he said.
According to documents filed at Superior Court, the Weymouth incident happened at the Nov. 3 Homecoming Dance at Weymouth High School. School officials pulled aside nine students, including Paige Lambert and "Jane Doe,'' suspected of drinking, and gave them breathalyzer tests. Seven tested positive, including Lambert, who recorded a .038 percent alcohol level, and Doe, at .028.
The legal standard in Massachusetts for intoxication is 0.08 percent; anything over 0.0 indicates the presence of alcohol, according to Albert Elian of the state Office of Alcohol Testing. (While not commenting on the specific case, he said breathalyzer readings are reliable but depend on such factors as someone's weight, gender, whether they'd eaten, and what they drank and when.)
The students were sent home and then suspended for 10 days, which was reduced to nine days after they attended an alcohol counseling class. Both Lambert and Doe say they didn't drink any alcohol and blamed another student's water bottle they'd sipped during the dance, which "tasted strange.''
Their lawsuit contends that being forced to take the breathalyzer test amounted to an unlawful "search and seizure,'' and also questions the validity of the results. The suit also criticized the severity of the punishment for what it says was a first offense for both girls.
The Weymouth student handbook lists possible consequences for violating school rules, ranging from early dismissal, parental conferences, detention, suspension from one to 10 days, and expulsion.
"This is a case about seven students who each made a stupid mistake at a high school dance and were then compelled to pay the consequences,'' the school district countered in its legal response.
Weymouth school officials "take their responsibilities as public educators very seriously,'' attorney John Davis wrote. "They promulgated rules and regulations designed to keep Weymouth students safe. . . . The public interest demands that they should not be hamstrung in protecting Weymouth students.''


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West Ham: Adrian, Fonte, Reid, Collins, Byram, Fernandes, Nordtveit, Cresswell, Lanzini, Ayew, Calleri.
Subs: Randolph, Feghouli, Snodgrass, Ogbonna, Fletcher, Quina, Rice.
Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Matip, Milner, Can, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Coutinho, Origi, Sturridge.
Subs: Karius, Moreno, Grujic, Alexander-Arnold, Lucas, Klavan, Woodburn.
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 13:41
La Vida Hammer
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 14:14
La Vida Hammer
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 14:22
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 14:51
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 14:52
Poor goal to concede, Sturridge lost his marker way too easily... I thought it was Cress at fault
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 14:54
by a few good yards
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 14:56
You're right, but no excuse for Cress to let him stroll past - he didnt even know he was there!
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 14:58
seen it too many times. still, plenty of time to even things up.
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:05
Looked like Fonte to me ashes.
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:27
If it was Fonte he should know better!
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:00
How did Ayeu miss that?
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:12
OK, a few little things. West Ham have, to my mind, not played badly. They are seriously outgunned, but they've created two, maybe three clear chances. They could easily be on level terms right now. I won't rule out a comeback in the second half.
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:13
Predictably all the pundits are tossing themselves off over Liverpool at the break.
More proof we need a goalscoring striker I think...Not one 'expert' has mentioned how severely depleted our squad is which shouldn't surprise us though - COYI!
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:28
Calleri and Fonte off COYI
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:36
Should be 2-1
Instead 3-0 and another famous bad decision against us.
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:37
I used to like Carragher but what a tosser the man is, a complete biased bstrd.
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:41
Never liked him. And I hate Liverpool for being the self proclaimed messiahs of football
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:44
They might as well as had Michael Owen co commentator
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:36
F'in joke... even at home we get the deicisons against us and thrn Collins gets a yellow to boot
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:47
Klopp can do one too
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:50
that's it for me, folks. ref ruined the game.
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:53
Ref may have ruined game but performance is disgraceful
Dicks is the man
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 15:55
over before ref ballsed it up. what utter disgrace all round. pathetic
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 16:04
Lacking intensity overall, beaten by a much better side.
Contributed to our own downfall to be honest with another unacceptable throwing in of the towel. Very disappointing.
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 16:26
Bilic out ? Probably not so more of same
next season
La Vida Hammer
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 17:12
3 k run and a dip in the pool and I still have that fecking Ref in my head, how could he not see that?? I know we were poor but at 2 1 it could have change the game. It would be a lot less stressful if I did not like football
Burkie 1
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 17:21
Bullshit talk of how the ref did us out of.it truth is they played us off the park .haven't seen us so bad in ages no spark no passion no balls no nufin these new signings are a joke Callers big time waist of money never thought I'd say it but Slav out
Burkie 1
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 17:53
If Bilic wasnt a former hammer i think a lot more would be calling for him to go
spurs win has probably saved him but it doesnt fill me with much confidence for next season
Dicks is the man
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 18:26
Ive backed him but am also realistic. too many poor performances. ok we are safe but they should play to end of season. hull gone so silva is an obvious candidate. id weigh it up if I were board
Red Neck Iron
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 18:49
You beat me too it Harry, but I'm sure people know my thoughts on the manager. Like you say I'm sure the Spurs game has saved bilic and maybe the fact that a lot of our players have now taken early operations rather than see the last 2 games out. With a bit of luck the board may change their minds if we get a similar performance last game.sending the fans off on their holidays with a performance like that just isn't right. I noticed the minute bilic made his subs we collapsed.changing the formation made it so simple for them.
Burkie 1
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 19:08
Its a sad indictment on us that our best player has such a minimal effect and to me its frightening how much excess we're carrying and the numbers of new players we are going to need Fonti ,Byram ,Feg ,Noedviet ,Ayew , Calleri ,Snodgrass. Along with whoever is responsible for signing this tosh need their pictures
Burkie 1
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 21:20
That we were going to get anything out of this game,considering the line-up?
We had half a team out through injuries,& apart from Lanzini,reid,ginge & adrian imo the rest are pretty much deadwood that need to be got rid off!!Big changes in the summer needed,with proper investment or we will struggle again next time out!!
Burkie 1
Sun, 14/05/2017 - 22:08
No more 6 or 7 mill signings ,i reckon we will have to send BIG time.i agree with you on your assessment about the line up we held our own for the first ten minutes after that it went downhill fast the odd long ball but rarely got into their box there was no bite in midfield and worse again up front this guy Calleri is a joke
Burkie 1
Dartford Bhoy
Mon, 15/05/2017 - 08:55
we had 8 players missing / not available, I think they had 2. They are a top four side and looked worthy of that position. Had we being playing also rans we could of got away with it. I question the attitude of all on the pitch was not acceptable and I mainly question the Bilic move of removing the back 3 and revert to a flat back four... it didnt work and in a blink we were 2 nil down and game over. This was a poor decision and he needs to stand up and recognise that.
Dicks is the man
Mon, 15/05/2017 - 13:54
disagree. tired of hearing that we had so and so out etc. all teams have players out..this is why we should have bought better back up players. we had nordveit, ayew, fonte, fernandez, feghouli…all players recruited for exactly this purpose yet we were poor. i also don't rate liverpool. owen and carragher may think they are the greatest thing around but for me any team with milner at left back and a dodgy central defence and keeper is lucky to be top 4.
Red Neck Iron
Mon, 15/05/2017 - 16:29
Spot on dicks. Probably the most over-rated team ATM. Just because the are media darlings.
Dartford Bhoy
Tue, 16/05/2017 - 08:41
3rd in the league, 73 points says to me they are a top side and this season we have been poor (bar Spudz) against top teams. Nordveit (seen as a big loss at BMG by the fans) , Ayew (panic buy), Fonte (filler for Oby), fernandez (potential), feghouli (unknown and I think was very lively when he came on)... all average at best. The hope being some of the average become good. The market is VERY competitive and we will never attract the big names until we make champions league. Example - we are linked with Dries Mertens at Naples, well guess what so is Chavski and Mancs.. so guess where he will go... Not to the LS! You have to be realistic, we are limited to the unknowns and make them better... Payet, Lanzini, Reed etc etc You maybe tired of hearing about injuries well Im tired of hearing we are the Academy and life was so much better at the Boleyn
Dicks is the man
Tue, 16/05/2017 - 09:20
but its the same old excuses. don't we get tired of saying that 'no one good will come to us?'. why accept this excuse? clubs around us find better players than us season after season…its not good enough. its someone's highly paid job to recruit quality. you mean to tell me the best we can hope for is feghouli and calleri each year because we are not top 4? come on.
Red Neck Iron
Tue, 16/05/2017 - 12:05
Why can't we attract the quality that soton halve? We should be competing with the players they want at least! Or maybe that their managers have got more from their players than our managers have! Bilic has been charge of several players that have had a spectacular fall from grace! Fonte, snodgrass and cresswell stand out by miles along with a few others. Infact has bilic actually improved ANY player during his tenure?
Dartford Bhoy
Tue, 16/05/2017 - 21:13
Because in fairness mate it's not so much an excuse but more of a reality. It's A fact that we can't at this stage of our development that big signings will come our way. The board panics and buys for the sake. I'm as frustrated as you, spent a fortune on going to all the games and had dross served up. I'm a realist with some optimism:o)
Dicks is the man
Wed, 17/05/2017 - 08:23
but you keep missing the point mate. no one is saying 'big name signings'. its not costa or bale we expect. there is however a lot better than what we got this time around. look at southampton and other clubs around us and see who they bought and the sort of impact they made with their teams. hell even palace splashed out of bent eke and townsend who would be better than calleri and feghouli. livermore or carroll better than nordveit. gabbiadini better than zaza. its o.k to get one or two duds, thats life but we haul in our nets bulging full of duds.
Dartford Bhoy
Wed, 17/05/2017 - 22:40
wow... you are bench marking us with Southampton and Palace, separated by a massive 4 points, who said aspiration was dead. At least give me the best of the rest... Everton. You seriously want Benteke? Do you have no Palace mates? he's a journeyman plum. No one disputes the signings were poor particularly Zaza and Calleri, it was no surprise to those in know... which by was not me. IMO Carroll, sick note in hand is still by far the best player we have in the squad and for what its worth Figgy has more talent than Ayew, calleri and most in the set up.... watch this space. Been on the piss in Germany and time for bed, good night and god bless.
Dicks is the man
Thu, 18/05/2017 - 11:43
Benteke v Calleri? well bent eke for me. people forget what he did at villa very quickly. he's also similar in style to carroll so imo would have slotted in very well. plus hes a belgian international so can't be as bad as you make out.
Dartford Bhoy
Fri, 19/05/2017 - 20:38
your turn to miss the point. Theres no comparison, Calleri is an unknown loanee that no one has or had heard of until we got him. Benteke is a well know overated Belgian that cost Liverpool £32M and flopped and Palace £27M and again a flop... no comparisons. Agree at Villa he was good but that was a long time ago.
Red Neck Iron
Sat, 20/05/2017 - 08:27
I'm not sure you say benteke has been a flop at palace. Sounds a bit harsh to me.
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Sat, 20/05/2017 - 09:52
The big bulldozer of a centre forward day are over
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Dartford Bhoy
Sat, 20/05/2017 - 11:35
could be right Red Neck but for £27M plus add ons I think hes a chump... hes no Lukaku who cost Everton just £1M more!
Dicks is the man
Sat, 20/05/2017 - 11:03
havnt missed the point thats exactly the point. palace spent money on a striker we didnt. his return and performance for palace is far better than calleris and zazas put together. oh and 15 goals this season is a flop? hmm.
Dartford Bhoy
Sat, 20/05/2017 - 11:31
15 goals is not a kings ransom and he lost them the game against us at SP... one of the worst pens I have ever seen and his touch was appalling. Personally I pleased that G&S didnt splash out on him, we agree Calleri is crap but so far no money lost on him and same with Zara being a loan. On paper... an Italian international striker from one of the biggest clubs on the planet certainly looked like a great idea. Anyway... I stop now... too much respect for you, we agree to differ :o)
Red Neck Iron
Sat, 20/05/2017 - 16:21
I'm certainly not arguing that lakaku knocks spots off benteke.id say benteke is over priced but I just can't help comparing benteke to calleri despite the price. I got a hunch benteke could get back to his villa days but someone has got to find out what makes him tick, like they did at villa. Price wise he is a lot of money but since the new prem money everyone has been over priced by about 10 mill. A lot of us think we should get a world beater for that but no longer.


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Since 2001, this site has seen its share of ups and downs, and it has surely petered out on more than one occasion. Perusing the amount of new posts that have been published over the last year, it's no surprise that the site has petered out again. Truth is, I think Jon, Adam and myself have simply moved on from the journalistic side of gaming, and returned to a pre-Internet age, when we just played games without worrying about what we were going to say about them through the written word.
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I've been using Microsoft Windows Vista for less than an hour, probably less than half an hour so far and it's already sucking my will to live.
My Ex-Wife has just got herself a new laptop to replace the one she had that got well and truly trashed. I'm not sure if this is a work issued one or not, it's got the Business Edition of Vista on there, but no Office or anything (hence why she came to me to get it set up with Office and AOL for her).
This is my first experience of Vista, my old PC still has XP Home SP2 on it, and that remains in the cupboard for most of the time as I'm pretty much a Mac person now, but try not to let your preconceptions of that get in the way, I still use Windows a fair bit as most offices are kitted out with XP based networks and I've been intrigued by Vista for a while.
There's a lot of posts online (that usually get flamed to shit by Windows Fanboys) that simply state "Vista Sucks", so far, I'd have to agree, since starting the laptop up and going through a few simple tasks it's been a horrible horrible experience;
StartUp - Took it's time (I didn't time it), then this Welcome to Windows type box appeared, well the box appeared then the contents followed a few minutes later all the while teasing me with a "Open this at startup" checkbox that wouldn't un-check until it had fully loaded.
IE7 - Now IE7 is a hell of a lot better than most previous versions, the button that views all of your open tabs in thumbnail, cheers and I've used it on several XP machines. However it took ages to load, changing the homepage was an overly laborious task, it's got Google and Norton toolbars (not IE's fault but it all adds up), it went "Not Responding" for a bit (as does pretty much everything in Vista it seems) and when I typed in a query into the live search field it took a good few seconds before actually bothering to look.
Control Panel - Took ages to load, I had to wait for the progress bar to fill up before it showed anything, then it was a new fangled 'user friendly categories' view, and when I told it to go to classic view THAT took ages as well even just to load the damn icons!!
A brief look around the folders - or not so brief as each one (documents, Photos, Music), with nothing in took a good few seconds to open and display the nothing in them.
Windows Update - No longer has a handy start menu shortcut (that I've seen), so through the slow control panel again, then before it can run it has to upgrade Windows Update, fair enough, yes please, screen goes dark, dialog appears saying Windows needs my permission, trackpad clicks before I've realised and it's installing shit, oh no password input then?....Control panel dissappears.....I wait a minute or so...is it done?... load Control Panel AGAIN, go to Windows Update, run it again, well it seems to be done, thanks for letting me know, XP was all about those damn speech bubbles, Vista's considerably more cagey, balance anyone?
31 updates (approx 60Mb), started at 13:08, it's now 13:33, it's still going.
So is this Vista's fault? Is Vista really that rubbish that it seems to be at the moment? Well that's clearly not the whole problem.
It's an HP laptop (Compaq nx7300), apparently it's running an Intel Celeron M processor (1.83GHz I think) and by the looks of it is kitted out with about 512Mb RAM, and Vista clearly doesn't like that, I'll be suggesting that she maxes the RAM in it as soon as poss (before madness sets in)
So the hardware is making it sluggish, is that the hardware's fault? Not entirely no, the system should be scaleable, you're gonna notice performance differences between systems obviously but it should be useable for Christ's sake! An the vendors should put an appropriate OS on their hardware, XP would probably be reasonably nippy on this laptop, Vista is a wheezing old man.
Aero - Fresh new Windows look, gone is the 'My First Computer' look of XP in is the 21st century snazz of the Vista desktop, get rid of "Start" in it's place the Windows flag, squash the windows control buttons, make the taskbar dark, change the colour of the windows. Transparency? I think I've already mentioned the performance issues here, plus I think you have to pay extra for that.
13:52 Windows Update has finished and finally restarted, the clock now reads 04:52. Thanks. Change the TimeZone and we're back again. Oh and yay, I have a speech bubble telling me that updates were installed. Thanks.
Everything has a progress bar - Control Panel has one, Help has one, the cocking folders have one, what do you think that tells you about system performance, the fact that they coded a damn progress bar into the folder views!!!
Norton - Before you go off on one, I know it's not part of Windows, but this machine shipped with it and a shitload of others do. Back in the day (we're talking DOS 5 & 6 here) Norton kicked ass, Norton Commander, cheers! Now Norton sucks ass, I tried a Mac version once (thought about it to clear PC viruses off to save me inadvertently sending anything), it nearly killed my iBook, I took it off, cleaned up the mess and all was good. I used to have it on my PC, I took it off because the negative effects on performance were just ridiculous, and guarenteed this current HP laptop would benefit greatly from not having Norton-cocking-internet-safety-bollocks on it. Engage your windows firewall, don't click links in emails selling you Viagara, don't accept random attachments and steer clear of porn sites.
Another speech bubble asking me to "Help Make Windows Better", maybe Vista's chatty after all.
I'm supposed to be installing some AOL and Office software on here, if I'm honest, I'm a little concerned and not at all looking forward to that particular process. I'm typing this on my MacBook btw, mainly cos I was running Windows Update so just left it alone, also because I feel much better typing it on here (despite Safari 3's annoying little quirks)
OK, I need her AOL username/password to d/l the latest version and Office can wait. One final niggle (for now), clicking the big 'power button' in the start menu, doesn't shut the computer down, I think it hibernates it, maybe they should've had a sleeping bear icon instead.
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Reports from out on the water tell the same story - "We would catch two snapper, then nothing happens for an hour, then we catch another one. It is very slow." This applies to fishing in the channels, and it is even harder out wide in deep water where small fish are common, but keepers are hard to find.
One theory is that the numbers of snapper just aren't there. There are large patches with no fish, so it is a question of finding them more than of how to catch them. The more successful boats move around continuously, picking up a few fish at a time.
Fishing inside the Waitemata Harbour has been excellent and there are good numbers of fish up the harbour, but the big tides this week shut it down. It is just too hard fishing in the harbour with strong currents, but that will change next week.
There are kingfish and bronze whaler sharks in the harbour, and kings can be caught on live baits or trolling lures. Dawn is the best time and if it coincides with low tide it is even better. Kings are also being hooked off places like the Cornwallis Wharf and the launching ramp at Waiau Pa on the Manukau Harbour. One fishermen also reported picking up kings to 11kg while trolling in two metres of water along the edge of the banks on the Manukau. "The one kingfish that I kept was full of baby flounder," he said.
Trout at Lake Taupo are in better condition than they have been for several years, which reflects improved food production in the lake, and indications are promising for the runs in the spawning rivers this winter.
Deep trolling and jigging in the lake has been producing some good fish about 45cm long, and fly fishing at stream mouths at night is starting to pick up as fish seek cold water. The lake is low and clear, which allows streams flowing in to form a good rip.
A small fresh in the Tongariro River at New Year sparked a run of brown trout, and the lower reaches have produced fish up to 5.2kg. A rainbow trout of 5.5kg was also reported caught in the river.
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Although this website primarily discusses construction and flying techniques of the Boeing 737, I believe it's pertinent to include articles that relate to flying in general and have merit to both real-time aviators and virtual pilots.
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Rather than create a link to an interesting article which may at some stage be removed, I've copied the article verbatim below. The article which came from Aviation Week Space and Technology is a little long, but well worth a read.
How To End Pilot Automation Dependency
It is foolhardy to draw hasty conclusions about accidents. The investigation into the cause of the Asiana 214 Boeing 777-200ER crash at San Francisco International Airport on July 6 is still in its early stages. While it is not clear exactly how crew performance figured into the accident that claimed three lives, we believe that there is no excuse for landing short on a calm, clear day in a fully functioning jetliner. If the NTSB determines that the 777-200ER 's engines and systems were working properly, then how could the Asiana pilots have gotten themselves into that jam?
It may be that the crew was acting primarily as "automation managers" and not remaining sufficiently engaged in actively flying the airplane. It would not be the first time that this has been a factor in an accident . In the final 2.5 min. of the flight, the NTSB says, "multiple autopilot modes and multiple autothrottle modes" were inputted—all while airspeed was allowed to drop far below the 137-kt. target. It also may turn out that software rules governing interaction of the autopilot and autothrottle in the 777 are not intuitive under some settings and problematic for landing (see page 25). But that would be no excuse for flying into the ground.
On balance, automation has been a major contributor to the safer, more efficient operation of airliners. But automation has not reached the point where it can handle all contingencies. We have not arrived at the point alluded to in the joke about the crew of the future being a pilot and a dog (the pilot is there to feed the dog, the dog is there to bite the pilot if he touches the controls). So humans must be prepared to hand-fly an aircraft at any point .
For years now, concern has been growing that airline pilots' basic stick, rudder and energy management skills are becoming weak due to over-reliance on automation systems. Pilots have become, in the words of Capt. Warren VanderBurgh of American Airlines ' Flight Academy, "children of the magenta," dependent upon computers that generate the purple-pink cues on cockpit displays.
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This addiction to automation is particularly troubling because of the rapid growth of the international airline industry in the last two decades, notably in Asia and the Middle East. Many nations, including South Korea, do not have robust general aviation, light air freight and commuter airline sectors where pilots can amass hundreds of hand-flown takeoffs and departures, arrivals and landings before graduating to the cockpit of an Airbus or a Boeing airplane carrying scores of passengers.
In the wake of the Asiana crash , Tom Brown, a retired United Airlines 747-400 standards captain and former instructor of Asiana pilots , said in an email to friends that while he worked in South Korea, he "was shocked and surprised by the lack of basic piloting skills." Requiring pilots "to shoot a visual approach struck fear into their hearts."
Other expatriate training pilots who have worked in Asia and the Middle East tell similar stories about lack of basic head-up airmanship skills and preoccupation with head-down button pushing. They can perfectly punch numbers into the flight-management computer but if something unexpectedly crops up late in the flight, such as an air traffic control reroute close to the airport or a runway change, crews may not have time to punch, twist, push and flick all the controls required for the automation to make critical changes to the aircraft's flightpath. And head-down, they risk losing situational awareness.
This pitfall is not peculiar to developing regions, of course. Advanced automation can lull any crew into becoming mere systems monitors.
So what should be done? The automation dependency paradigm must be changed now. Crews must be trained to remain mentally engaged and, at low altitudes, tactilely connected to the controls —even when automation is being employed. They should be drilled that, at low altitudes, anytime they wonder "what's it doing now?" the response should be to turn automation off and fly by hand.
Aviation agencies need to update standards for certifying air carriers. There needs to be a new performance-based model that requires flight crews to log a minimum number of hand-flown takeoffs and departures, approaches and landings every six months, including some without autothrottles. Honing basic pilot skills is more critical to improving airline safety than virtually any other human factor.
Click here to watch Capt. Warren VanderBurgh's "children of the magenta" lecture (VIMEO) to pilots on how the aviation industry created a culture of maximizing automation.


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Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Hair & Nail Gifts./
Hair & Nail gifts are easy to give. They are universal because most women like to have great hair and nice nails. And really, who doesn't like a little extra nail or hair pampering? What I really love about hair and nail gifts is that they go perfectly with those gift certificates for hair or nail services! Here are my hair and nail gift picks for this year.
Moroccanoil Styling Essentials Kit - $62.00
This Moroccanoil set contains some of the brands most popular treatments that will introduce hair obsessed girls to the great products. The set includes Moroccanoil Treatment, Moroccanoil Heat Styling Protection and Moroccanoil Luminous Hairspray Strong. It comes packaged in a very chic white faux croc clutch.
Dior Diorific Vernis Minuit - $26.00
This Dior nail polish is the most gorgeous blackened red color, perfect for the holidays or all winter long. It is elegantly bottled, packaged and makes for the most luxurious gift.
AVEDA Give Stronger Hair - $46.00
This gift boxed set contains everything a gal needs for better looking, stronger hair. It contains a limited edition damage remedy™ shampoo, conditioner and daily hair repair.
Kate Spade New York Holiday Mini Nail Polish Set - $28.00
This cute set includes four holiday-ready shades for any girl-on-the-go! Shades include First Blush, Shocking Pink, Rose Champagne and All That Glitters.
essie Holiday Collection Kit - $15.00
This set of five mini essie polishes is the ultimate must-have and includes iconic shades - ballet slippers, chinchilly, turquoise & caicos, forever yummy, wicked. Each one works with any fabulous outfit and looks great all year long.
mark Nailed It Trend Mini Nail Lacquers - $7.00
The look is all party with this great little gift boxed set of polishes. This set includes two mini nail polishes in super sparkling Snowberry & Tinseltown, a sparkling red and a sparkling silver.
Hot Tools Star Struck 1" Salon Nano Ceramic Flat Iron - $65.00
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Alterna Haircare "Katie's Favorites" Travel Set - $29.95
Curated by Alterna Co-Owner, Katie Holmes, this holiday gift set reflects Katie's travel must have's for the woman on the go. The handy travel bag includes Caviar Replenishing Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner, Bamboo Smooth Kendi Pure Treatment Oil, and Bamboo Style Cleanse Extend Dry Shampoo.


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|The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
|Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
This morning, I received my annual email from The Jewish Daily Forward, announcing the "Forward 50," the newspaper's list of the year's 50 women and men who have made a "significant impact on the Jewish story in the past year." Sure enough, there was the smiling face of the man of the hour here in the desperate city of Washington, D.C., a city in which the ruling Democrats are crying out for a symbol of sanity, humor, hope and chutzpah, a man who is brave enough to serve as a voice of moderation, which, of course, means criticizing President Barack Obama from the cultural and political left.
That man, of course, is Jonathan Stewart Leibowitz.
To tell you the truth, I was stunned that he was not listed in the Forward Top 5, overall. His Forward 50 biography states the case this way:
A Democrat in the White House has hardly tempered the irreverent and distinctly Jewish voice of the liberal-leaning fake news anchor Jon Stewart. The 47-year-old funnyman has entered his 11th year as host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," which has grown into a popular nightly platform to skewer politics and government. ...
Stewart is quick to play the Jewish card, drop a Zabar's reference or cozy up to bubbes and zaydes at the 92nd Street Y. Young Jews identify with Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz (his given name) and admired his tact after former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez made anti-Semitic comments about him and then was fired. Stewart recently came out with a new book, "Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race," which is filled with squishy science and funny one-liners. ...
The problem, of course, can we stated in a simple, yet eternal, question: What does the word "Jewish" mean?
This is an important, yet ultimately almost meaningless question, in this postmodern age. As the Hollywood Jew weblog puts it:
For some Jews it's perplexing that Jon Stewart, an American Jewish icon, isn't religious. How could the Jew who makes Jewish "cool" be so indifferent to Judaism?
Buried beneath the laughter from his jokes -- that he ritually delights in Big Macs with bacon on Yom Kippur or mocks Israel's leaders for skipping a U.N. meeting on Sukkot "you mean, the holiday with the huts?" -- is a deep and hidden disappointment that he isn't really doing what we're doing.
Earlier this week, The Berman Jewish Policy Archive, a research and analysis outfit at NYU, offered their findings on the state of Jewish journalism in the aftermath of a controversy at The Jewish Standard in New Jersey. One critique, from Andrew Silow-Carroll, expressed a wish "that journalists would move beyond their serial habit of assessing the 'Jewishness' of various public figures."
However, in this case, journalists really do not need to pull back from asking some variation on that question as they trek to the National Mall to cover our nation's latest festival of semi-political hero worship.
However, that is exactly what the principalities and powers at the Washington Post did the other day in the massive Style section look at Stewart and that thing that he keeps doing. This is the opening salvo of "Just who does Jon Stewart think he is?", which captures the spirit of the whole:
These days, he can claim to be many things: political satirist, pseudo-anchorman, media critic, author, successful businessman, philanthropist, Emmy Award magnet. On Monday he arrives in Washington in a new, self-anointed role: as our national voice of reason, moderation and rationality -- a uniter, you might say, not a divider.
Jon Stewart's Saturday afternoon "Rally to Restore Sanity" (merged with partner-in-satire Stephen Colbert's concurrent "March to Keep Fear Alive") may become the largest "nonpartisan" event to hit the national Mall since ... well, since a couple of months ago, when another basic-cable TV star, Glenn Beck, hosted his "Restoring Honor" rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Beck claimed his event was nonpartisan, too.
With less than a week to go, it's still not exactly clear how Stewart will be using this new platform. No guests or musical acts have been announced, Stewart has done only a couple media interviews, and he's offered few details about the rally on his nightly program.
Nevertheless, the similarities to Beck's rally are just the sort of thing Stewart himself would satirize on his show if, of course, it weren't his rally and his TV show in the first place. In his few pre-rally comments, Stewart has reached for some of the broad values and high-minded themes that Beck's did -- civility, decency, making America better -- though admittedly with fewer religious allusions and more comic panache.
And, of course, he has chosen to work with those notable moderates Arianna Huffington and Oprah Winfrey. There are no political, or religious, overtones in the work of that dynamic duo. Nope.
Thus, I think it is very strange that if one reads the rest of the Style piece, one finds absolutely zero references to how the religious or not-so religious worldview of this Leibowitz fellow -- OK, Stewart -- affects his work or how he views words such as "sanity," "reason," "civility," "moderation" and even "patriotism." On this front the article is completely silent or, one might even say, haunted.
Yet do the following equation in your mind.
Beck equals, what? The mainstream media coverage stressed that he is a Mormon, yet with a large (and most journalists incorrectly assume united) conservative Christian base. That was part of the story, no way around it.
Colbert equals, what? The media is beginning to catch on (RNS here, my Scripps piece here) that he is a Catholic who is quite progressive on basic political issues, yet has done a good job of offering a mixture of statements on social issues that take the doctrines of his church quite seriously. He tries to show respect for Catholicism, in other words. It's his faith and it is the faith that he is teaching to his children and to others. That is part of the Colbert story, no way around it.
Leibowitz (that would be Stewart) equals, what? Is he a cultural-secular Jew, a worldview that would shape how he views a wide variety of religious traditionalists, from Orthodox Jews to orthodox (small "o") Christians to who knows who? A cultural-vaguely religious Jew, not secular, but with dashes of postmodern "spirituality" that blends with all of those snickers and smirks? A secret religious Jew who is pretending to be a secular Jew?
None of this matters, as long as he's funny?
Yet, that Style piece accurately noted that, "Stewart has reached for some of the broad values and high-minded themes that Beck's did -- civility, decency, making America better -- though admittedly with fewer religious allusions and more comic panache."
The key word? That would be "fewer." After all, his worldview -- whatever it is -- is shaping his humor on issues that are clearly touched by debates about religion, culture, ethics and morality.
The faith element should be in the story, since it is in Stewart's humor and his public image. On top of that, religion was a major part of the Beck rally that Stewart will be dissecting, if not mocking.
That is part of the Leibowitz (that would be Stewart) story, no way around it.


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March 2002
Imagine a world in which…
- cars can be assembled molecule-by-molecule
- garbage can be disassembled and turned into beef steaks, and
- people can be operated on and healed by cell-sized robots
Miniature mobile robot, as envisioned at the NanoRobotics Lab, Carnegie Mellon University.
Sound like science fiction? Well, with current semiconductor chip manufacturing encroaching upon the nanometer scale and the ability to move individual atoms at the IBM Almaden laboratory, we are fast approaching the technological ability to fabricate productive machines and devices that can manipulate things at the atomic level.7 From this ability we will be able to develop molecular-sized computers and robots, which would give us unprecedented control over matter and the ability to shape the physical world as we see fit. Some may see it as pure fantasy, but others speculate that it is an inevitability that will be the beginning of the next technological revolution.
Laboratories, such as the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF), have already been researching nanofabrication techniques with applications in fiber optics, biotechnology, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and wide variety of other research fields relevant to today's technology.10 MEMS, "tiny mechanical devices such as sensors, valves, gears, mirrors, and actuators embedded in semiconductor chips",12 are particularly interesting because they are but a mere step away from the molecular machines envisioned by nanotechnology. MEMS are already being used in automobile airbag systems as accelerometers to detect collisions and will become an increasing part of our everyday technology.
In 1986, a researcher from MIT named K. Eric Drexler…
already foresaw the advent of molecular machines and published a book, Engines of Creation, in which he outlined the possibilities and consequences of this emerging field, which he called nanotechnology2 (he was inspired by Nobel laureate Richard Feynman's 1959 lecture, There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, about miniaturization down to the atomic scale4)
(since then) has written numerous other books on the subject, such as Unbounding the Future, and has founded the Foresight Institute, which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the responsible development of nanotechnology (it hosts conferences and competitions to raise the awareness of nanotechnology and the ethical issues involved in its development)5
Today, nanotechnology research and development is quite wide spread, although not high profile yet. Numerous universities, such as Univ. of Washington and Northwestern Univ., have established centers and institutes to study nanotechnology, and the U.S. government has created an organization, the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), to monitor and guide research and development in this field.9 In fact, as noted in an April 2001 Computerworld article, the Bush administration increased funding to nanoscale science research by 16% through its National Science Foundation (NSF) budget increase.11 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the NSF are currently the two largest sources of funding for nanotechnology research and have an enormous influence on the direction of scientific research done in the United States. With so many resources dedicated to its development, nanotechnology will surely have an impact within our lifetime, so it is important to examine its ethical implications while it is still in its infancy.
What is nanotechnology?
Nanotechnology, also called molecular manufacturing, is "a branch of engineering that deals with the design and manufacture of extremely small electronic circuits and mechanical devices built at the molecular level of matter."12 The goal of nanotechnology is to be able to manipulate materials at the atomic level to build the smallest possible electromechanical devices, given the physical limitations of matter. Much of the mechanical systems we know how to build will be transferred to the molecular level as some atomic analogy.1
As envisioned by Drexler, as well as many others, this would lead to nanocomputers no bigger than bacteria and nanomachines, also known as nanites (from Star Trek: The Next Generation), which could be used as molecular assemblers and disassemblers to build, repair, or tear down any physical or biological objects.
In essence, the purpose of developing nanotechnology is to have tools to work on the molecular level analogous to the tools we have at the macroworld level. Like the robots we use to build cars and the construction equipment we use to build skyscrapers, nanomachines will enable us to create a plethora of goods as well as to increase our engineering abilities to the limits of the physical world.8
Potential benefits
It would not take much of a leap, then, to imagine disassemblers dismantling garbage to be recycled at the molecular level, and then given to assemblers for them to build atomically perfect engines. Stretching this vision a bit, you can imagine a Star Trek type replicator which could reassemble matter in the form of a juicy steak, given the correct blueprints and organization of these nanomachines.
Just given the basic premises of nanotechnology, you can imagine the vast potential of this technology. Some of its more prominent benefits would be:
- Manufacturing
- Precision Manufacturing
- Material Reuse
- Miniaturization
- Medicine
- Pharmaceutical Creation
- Disease Treatment
- Nanomachine-assisted Surgery
- Environment
- Toxin Cleanup
- Recycling
- Resource Consumption Reduction
Along with all the obvious manufacturing benefits, there are also many potential medical and environmental benefits. With nanomachines, we could better design and synthesize pharmaceuticals; we could directly treat diseased cells like cancer; we could better monitor the life signs of a patient; or we could use nanomachines to make microscopic repairs in hard-to-operate-on areas of the body.3,12 With regard to the environment, we could use nanomachines to clean up toxins or oil spills, recycle all garbage, and eliminate landfills, thus reducing our natural resource consumption.
Potential dangers
The flip side to these benefits is the possibility of assemblers and disassemblers being used to create weapons or being used as weapons themselves, or for them to run wild and wreak havoc. Other less invasive, but equally perilous, uses of nanotechnology would be in electronic surveillance. Potential dangers include:
- Weapons
- Miniature Weapons and Explosives
- Disassemblers for Military Use
- Rampant Nanomachines
- The Gray Goo Scenario
- Self Replicating Nanomachines
- Surveillance
- Monitoring
- Tracking
Weapons are an obvious negative use of nanotechnology. Simply extending today's weapon capabilities by miniaturizing guns, explosives, and electronic components of missiles would be deadly enough. However, with nanotechnology, armies could also develop disassemblers to attack physical structures or even biological organisms at the molecular level. A similar hazard would be if general purpose disassemblers got loose in the environment and started disassembling every molecule they encountered. This is known as "The Gray Goo Scenario." Furthermore, if nanomachines were created to be self replicating and there was a problem with their limiting mechanism, they would multiply endlessly like viruses. Even without considering the extreme disaster scenarios of nanotechnology, we can find plenty of potentially harmful uses for it. It could be used to erode our freedom and privacy; people could use molecular sized microphones, cameras, and homing beacons to monitor and track others.
Ethical issues & analysis
With such awesome potential dangers inherent in nanotechnology, we must seriously examine its potential consequences. Granted, nanotechnology may never become as powerful and prolific as envisioned by its evangelists, but as with any potential, near-horizon technology, we should go through the exercise of formulating solutions to potential ethical issues before the technology is irreversibly adopted by society. We must examine the ethics of developing nanotechnology and create policies that will aid in its development so as to eliminate or at least minimize its damaging effects on society.
Ethical Decision Making Worksheet
Table 1. Most Relevant Facts
We are reaching a critical point where technology will enable us to build complex molecular machines. Molecular assemblers and disassemblers could be developed from this technology, which would have great potential for both good and bad. The two greatest threats from development of nanotechnology are catastrophic accidents and misuse.
Professional Issues
- Currently, nanotechnology research is primarily funded by DARPA and the NSF so the research agenda is primarily controlled by the government
- Since nanotechnology is being developed in many different fields, how can everyone's principles be synchronized?
Legal/Policy Issues
- Since nanotechnology concerns many different fields, who should create and enforce policies regarding its R&D?
- What international laws should be made regarding the safe development of nanotechnology? And who can enforce them?
Ethical Issues
- Nanotechnology will give us more "god-like" powers
- It has the potential to eliminate other ethical issues (e.g., assembling beef instead of slaughtering cows, constructing cells rather than getting them from reproduction, etc.)
- May lead to undetectable surveillance; Right to privacy could be jeopardized
- Do we have a duty to help and provide for others [countries] with this technology?
- NSF — [the government] since it funds much of the nanotechnology research
- DARPA — enforcing ethical guidelines may conflict with military research
- Researchers — their freedom of how to conduct their research and what to conduct their research on
- Explicit Users of Nanotechnology — may slow down development of the technology
- Potentially Everyone — nanotechnology may eventually be so far reaching that it could affect everyone
Ethical Decision Making Worksheet
Table 2. Actions & Consequences
Possible Actions
- Nanotechnology R&D should be banned
- A non-government regulatory or advisory commission should be setup
- Adopt design guidelines:
- Nanomachines should only be specialized, not general purpose
- Nanomachines should not be self replicating
- Nanomachines should not be made to use an abundant natural compound as fuel
- Nanomachines should be tagged so that they can be tracked
Consequences of Actions
Action #1: With the first possible action, it may stop general development of nanotechnology and prevent its wide spread potential harms, but it will retard current-day technological advances and may not prevent rogue researchers, companies, countries, or armies from developing it anyway. Action #2: The second possible action could unify R&D policies and procedures and force the research community to seriously consider the potential consequences of nanotechnology. Action #3: The third possible action would minimize "accidents" with nanotechnology by preventing potentially deadly behavior from nanomachines.
Individual Rights/Fairness
The second and third options seem to be the most prudent course of action since the second option is commonly done now for emerging technologies and the third option consciously prevents designs that could lead to the catastrophic scenarios.
Common Good
The second and third options also seem to advance the most common good since the second option involves promoting ethics within the research community and the third option is a set of design principles to discourage unethical or accidental uses of nanotechnology.
Final Decision
Nanotechnology research should be allowed to continue but with a non-government advisory council to monitor the research and help formulate ethical guidelines and policies. Generally, nanomachines should NOT be designed to be general purpose, self replicating, or to be able to use an abundant natural compound as fuel. Furthermore, complex nanomachines should be tagged with a radioactive isotope so as to allow them to be tracked in case they are lost.
It would be difficult to deny the potential benefits of nanotechnology and stop development of research related to it since it has already begun to penetrate many different fields of research. However, nanotechnology can be developed using guidelines to insure that the technology does not become too potentially harmful. As with any new technology, it is impossible to stop every well funded organization who may seek to develop the technology for harmful purposes. However, if the researchers in this field put together an ethical set of guidelines (e.g. Molecular Nanotechnology Guidelines6) and follow them, then we should be able to develop nanotechnology safely while still reaping its promised benefits.
© 2002, Andrew Chen. Originally published as a student paper on the Santa Clara University "student pages" web site. Reprinted with permission. Please contact email@example.com for reprint permission. See reprint policy.


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LOS ANGELES - Clean technology enthusiasts can mark their calendars for the second annual California Clean Innovation 2008 (CACI) conference, hosted by UCLA Anderson School of Management on May 9, 2008. The one-day event, dedicated to exploring innovations in clean technology, will showcase the latest ideas of forward-thinking companies and individuals in the business, policy and technology sectors.
Organized by students at UCLA Anderson School of Management, Caltech Center for Science & Engineering of Materials and UC San Diego's Rady School of Management, CACI 2008 will address prominent issues of clean technology through interactive panels, with topics ranging from solar and wind energy to biofuels and nuclear technology. Delivering the keynotes are Ira Ehrenpreis, a general partner with venture capital firm Technology Partners, and Stuart R. Hemphill, vice president of Renewable and Alternative Power at Southern California Edison.
Also on the agenda is the Fast Pitch Business Competition, providing up-and-coming entrepreneurs and early stage clean tech companies a dynamic platform to present their concepts to a panel of venture capitalist judges. In addition, attendees can network with industry professionals and develop new partner or investor relationships at the CACI 2008 Technology and Career fair, where clean tech companies will exhibit cutting-edge developments and recruit top talent.
CACI 2008 is intended for a wide audience of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investment professionals, policymakers, journalists, and students. For more information on the conference, including a complete list of panels and speakers, please visit: www.cacleaninnovation.com.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "Intellectual Capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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The VSERV utility lets users of the CONDOR on-line editor, FALCON data entry system, and CYGNET programming language view and modify VSAM data sets. Features:
- Access KSDS, ESDS, RRDS, and SAM data sets
- Alter alphabetic or hex characters
- Scroll and scan data sets
- Password protect access
You can display the files in a selected VSAM catalog or define a mask to restrict the display.A separate panel lists all data sets in a selected file. You can change alphabetic and hexadecimal characters by typing over them.
You can scroll through VSAM files to scan for specific data. A tab function lets you search for elements that are greater than, less than, or equal to a key you specify. A special window displays data component statistics for a selected data set, such as bytes of available space, logical record length, control interval size, number of allocated extents, etc.
VSERV comes with an optional security profile that may be installed to establish authorization levels for VSERV users. Documentation and 24-hour technical support are available.