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Since I stepped up a post I had made numerous executive decisions conferencing with the CEO - with positive results. I discovered the key to understand people is listen-and-learn. You must listen and learn from both your superiors, as well as your juniors. Then make your execute decision in a swift and decisive style.
Who said making executive decisions are fun? Every decision you make can bring the organisation to an unimaginable wealth or you stand to loose millions of dollars. Its your call, its your head on the chopping block.
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I used to get a lot of hate mail — a lot. I know, it's hard to believe. I'm such a nice person. The high point in the wave of defamation was about a year ago, and I made a point of not mentioning it publicly because mean-spirited rejoinders don't solve any problems. They just create more ill will.
Things have subsided and now it's rare that anyone writes to me to exercise their vocabulary of epithets. Ninety-nine percent of the malice revolved around a tiny change in one particular package in one particular distro. One default flag could be reversed, and it would provide a tiny measure of safety for inexperienced users.
It wasn't a patch or a code change or even a feature removal. The flag existed, it could be reversed, the documentation allowed for it, and even encouraged using it. And any number of more "advanced" distributions applied the flag by default, mostly because it was a rather sane point to follow.
Eventually the change was adopted, the package was updated, and as a result now, if you try to delete your root directory in Ubuntu, it will ask you if you're really sure that's what you want to do.
That was over two years ago.
So you can imagine my relative surprise when a rather acerbic blog (with a considerable following) aimed at lampooning a particular segment of Linux users took offense at the reversal … more than a year after it had already been done and forgotten. That's where all the meanness came from, as irate readers arrived on my doorstep, vented profanities, and then wandered off to sour someone else's day. Late to the party, but no less angry for it.
I won't pretend to speak for the people who opposed that change, but I can guess that the rationale was, "You are new and inexperienced, and therefore unable to contribute. This is the way things have always been, and your idea isn't helping anything or anyone. Don't interfere in things you obviously don't understand or respect."
No one told me I couldn't use Linux, only that I couldn't change it to suit my beliefs. I was free to try it and use it and endorse it, but if my own perspective differed from the originators, I should keep my mouth shut and learn to live with things as they had been created, decades ago.
The funny thing is, most of the people who wrote to me — or left comments, or attacked me personally — would have exploded in an aneurysm of fury if I had suggested the freedom attached to using Linux be restricted. Or if I had suggested the licensure be rewritten. Or if I wanted a particular demographic to be denied access to Linux. They couldn't see that they were doing just that, to me.
You cannot release something into the wild, allow people to adjust or use it as they see fit, then chastise them if they decide they prefer things arranged differently from how they were originally drawn up. It's either free, or it's not, and you don't get to decide for someone else how they run things. If you need to control the way other people use their computers, then you need to start from scratch and license your work appropriately. Microsoft and Apple might be able to give you tips on how to get started.
Even small clauses, like those famous no-military-use restrictions, grate me like sand in my mouth. Extending your restriction downstream through other users and developers is an attempt to control the people who might otherwise find it useful.
Either it's free or it's not, and that includes differences of philosophy. That might make me sound like Stallman, but I've been on the receiving end of a torrent of acrimony, and all because I happened to think things should be slightly different.

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Wayne Rooney committed his future to Manchester United and then pledged to bring the glory days back to Old Trafford.
Rooney finally ended speculation regarding his future on Friday when he signed a four-year contract extension worth a whopping £300,000 a week.
With 18 months left on his previous deal some of Europe's top clubs began to take a keen interest in the England striker, but he has now committed his future to United until the end of the 2018-19 season.
"I'm very happy to have signed a new long-term contract with Manchester United," Rooney told his official website.
"This is one of the biggest clubs in the world and to know that I will be playing here for the majority of my career is something that I'm looking forward to.
"I'm happy that everything is now finalised and I can carry on concentrating on my football."
It was thought that Moyes' chequered history with Rooney would hinder the club's chances of renewing the contract of their star striker.
Moyes successfully sued Rooney for claims he made about the Scot in his autobiography in 2006, but the pair have since buried the hatchet.
Indeed the pair have built up a successful working relationship since Moyes took over the United hot-seat last summer and Rooney is convinced that the former Everton manager remains the right man to maintain the success that Sir Alex Ferguson brought to the club during his 26 years in charge.
United may be 11 points adrift of the top four with 12 games left, but the possibility of missing out on the Champions League has not put Rooney off signing what may end up being the final contract of his career.
"I know that's what some thought but it's not a massive concern for me," Rooney said.
"This is because I know the direction that this club is going in, and if we don't make it this season then we will come back stronger and claim a Champions League spot next season.
"Let's not forget we still have a chance this year, some of the other teams are playing well but we have a strong squad here and if we have a positive end to the season then who knows what can happen?"
United's best hope of qualifying for the Champions League may be through winning the competition just as Rooney did in 2008.
To bring back such glory days as those United have some major rebuilding to do.
Moyes started that process last month when he smashed the club's transfer record to sign Juan Mata from Chelsea for £37.1million and Rooney signing a new deal is another boost for the Scot.
Confirmation from Ed Woodward, the club's vice-chairman, that Moyes will be handed significant funds this summer, also appears to have helped persuade Rooney to remain at Old Trafford.
"The future is bright for Manchester United," Rooney said.
"This is still one of the world's leading clubs. We have seen this with the signing of Juan Mata in January.
"People have been saying we may have trouble attracting the world's best players but I think the fact Mata came here shows this isn't true.
"This is a new era for the club, we have a new management team and a great new manager in David Moyes, there has to be some time for change.
"We have some great players here and despite our recent form everyone has stuck together and the team spirit is still good, we will continue to work hard and get Manchester United to the top where it belongs."
Rooney denied that he had demanded to become captain or had sought assurances on the club's future transfer targets before signing.
The fact that he has pledged his allegiance to United when so many clubs were interested in him has helped his chances of succeeding Nemanja Vidic as captain a lot, however.
Rooney also found time to thank the fans, whom he said were key in his decision to sign the new deal.
United supporters hold Rooney in high regard despite the fact that he asked to leave the club in 2010 and - according to Sir Alex Ferguson - again last season. Rooney has always denied he submitted a second transfer request.
By the time his contract at United ends, Rooney hopes to have broken Sir Bobby Charlton's club record of 249 goals.
Rooney is fourth in United's all-time top scorers, just 48 behind 1966 World Cup winner Charlton.
"It's a great opportunity to try to break those kinds of records. I'm not too far away even though I've still got a few goals to go, but I'm confident I can reach it. Hopefully it will happen and if it does it will be a really proud moment," Rooney added on MUTV.
"My aim is always to score and create as many goals as possible, so if I can continue to score regularly and break the record then I would be delighted."
United also confirmed that Rooney has agreed to become an ambassador for the club when he retires.


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Colorado's mountain casinos posted an 8 percent increase in revenue in November compared with the same month in 2008, according to data released today by the state Division of Gaming.
Black Hawk casinos actually saw a 13 percent increase in revenue, but the statewide total was taken down because casinos in Cripple Creek and Central City reported drops in revenue.
Home to the state's largest casinos, Black Hawk generates the bulk of Colorado's gaming revenue.
For November, the state's 40 casinos reported adjusted gross proceeds – total bets minus payouts – of $61.2 million, up from $56.7 million last year.
Through the first five months of Amendment 50 changes, AGP is up 8.5 percent compared with a year ago. Gaming taxes are up 18.8 percent, an indication that the big boys (Ameristar, Isle) are responsible for much of the revenue increase. Any revenue generated beyond $13 million by a casino within a fiscal year is taxed at 20 percent, the highest rate. The first $13 million is taxed at rates ranging from 0.25 percent to 16 percent.
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Hi to all mommys,
Im a working mom in Corporate America and I want out! I am starting a business venture and am very nervous I am doing a tremendous amount of research to be absolutely sure about this move. I want to work for myself so I can be able to spend more time with my Baby girl (she'll be 2 next month) is that soo wrong?? Well if any of you mommy's out there have any great stories about being an entreprenuer mom please tell me i need inspiration and a little motivation thanks in advance!
Remember Mommy's Rock!Flag as inappropriate Posted by hula mom on 13th September 2007
Hi - welcome to the site!
I am the co-founder of Work It, Mom! and just wanted to say hi.
(I actually left a finance job to start this company, so can very much relate!)
Also, I just featured a great article you might want to check out on the Work It, Mom! blog - it's about ideas for internet businesses you might want to start from home.
Here's the link:
http://www.workitmom.com/blog/Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 13th September 2007
My only tip, and you've probably read this in other posts, is to recognize when you need to give in to your child. Sometimes, the more I try to distract my baby so that I can get work done, the less I get done (and the fussier he is). Every once in a while I have to admit that I am not going to get any work done and then go play with my son. After all, he is the reason I'm home in the first place- one of my perks is that I get to spend time with him!Flag as inappropriate Posted by Lisa R.(dirtydiapersyndrome) on 14th September 2007
I am new to the group and I would like to share a great home business with you. I work for a health and wellness company called Melaleuca (www.melaleuca.com) . We offer a free website, free training and support. No sales,no inventory, no home parties. It a great opportunity to make money while working from home. All you have to do is refer people to the company so that can enjoy same great savings and healthy natural products that you use from the company. You will receive a check every month for your referrals. Contact me and I will be glad to give you complete information. www.kidsrpeople.com Click Get InfoFlag as inappropriate Posted by Ernestine on 27th September 2007
Hula Mom,
No - you are absolutely NOT wrong for wanting to work from home.
My best advice is to find something you're passionate about and turn it into a business. Also, make sure you learn how to build a business... whether it's from a coach, or through taking business classes - that information will be priceless as you try and build your business.
Build a support system around you of like-minded WAHM's so that you can get sound advice when you need it, support, and so that you have awesome people to celebrate your success!
Remember - building a business takes time. It's not going to happen overnight - it doesn't have to take decades either... just be prepared for that time in the beginning when you're getting your name out there and people are learning about you and what you do.Flag as inappropriate Posted by Jenn_Givler on 17th October 2007
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http://freedomathometeam.com/cnh92Flag as inappropriate Posted by cnh92 on 6th March 2013
I've started an online Boutique called Fashion Showcase. I'm enjoying customizing my Boutique, filling it with products, and writing reviews. The cool thing is, I'm actually earning money in the process! In fact, I make up to 25% on every sale.
The transactions are all online so all I have to do is pick the pieces I think my friends will love. My website does the marketing and shipping for me. It's totally flexible, so it fits into my busy schedule.
I think this would be a great opportunity for you, too. It's completely free to sign up. Check it out at http://fashionshowcase.kitsylane.comFlag as inappropriate Posted by cnh92 on 6th March 2013
I too, am a working mom. I've been working in education finance industry for 10 years and would like to work from home, so that I can be with my son and plan for our next baby. The only problem is I do not know where to start and how to distinguish the bogus online companies from the legit ones. Any suggestions?Flag as inappropriate Posted by mamalioness on 22nd July 2013
Well I feel you are making a great decision. What mother doesn't want to work from home in order to spend more time with her family. I am doing it and I love to being my own boss. I will be honest I was scared at first but I stepped out on faith and I am so glad I did. So I say to you do GO For It!Flag as inappropriate Posted by Livingdivastyle on 20th March 2014
I was looking for the past year for a good work at home business. After going through a lot of scams and work that I did not feel comfortable with (pressure selling, or pyramid schemes), I found the amazon associate program.
Its been wonderful, the website building was at a novice level and they teach you everything you need to know to get started by offering an amazing support team filled with professional marketing consultants and a walk through website building program.
It was fun to start it and I have found instant traffic. You can't go wrong with a trusted site and for starting out this one really takes all the stress out of learning the ins and outs for building traffic before taking the step to building your own personal website.
You can take a look at my site if this interests you at all
I wish you the best. God bless.Flag as inappropriate Posted by Stacey on 23rd August 2014


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Bartley has recently led a service learning course in the Philippines, where students study the island nation's history and culture, concentrating on questions of race and ethnicity. At times they live without air conditioning, taking showers out of buckets. They work with communities on Mactan Island, just south of Cebu City.
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So what does all of this have to do with economics? Bartley is a "big believer in liberal arts." He feels it's important for students to have a lot of varied experiences. College is the time to learn about critical thinking and problem solving, and gain a theoretical foundation in economics. There will be time for specialization later, during graduate school, internships, or on the job.
As part of that philosophy, he encourages his students to pursue summer research projects and present their findings at the Kentucky Economic Association conference each October, where several Transylvania students have won the award for best student paper.
Not every economics student will be interested in research, however. Again, this is a time for trying new things. At the conference, "They can see how good they are. They can see other students from regional schools present and they can say, 'Where am I compared to everyone else?'"
For those economics students interested in law—and nearly half of the university's econ majors are—Bartley has another litmus test. His wife is an attorney at a large law firm in Lexington, where she serves on the committee that selects summer interns. When Bartley's students are juniors or seniors, he invites them to a casual gathering at his house, where students can talk to his wife and learn about the skills and experiences law firms are looking for in potential employees.
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Hubby has been eating bananas for his diet for months.He said 1 banana is equivalent to 2 fruits counts. Well,so every week I will get a "hand or bunch of bananas" for him .He is quite fussy if the banana turned to brown dots,he won't eat..So,I been keeping all the brown bananas in ziploc bag in fridge and have no idea what to do with it anymore..Sometimes I baked banana cake,sometimes I make banana pancake and today I decided to use it to make banana fritter!! Banana Fritter a.k.a Cekodok or Jemput-jemput (Malay language) is a popular teatime snack in Malaysia.Beside banana I also added some desiccated sweetened coconut in the batter..it's quite awesome!!
5-6 medium size overripe banana,peeled and mashed
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup desiccated sweetened coconut
4-5 tbsp water or coconut milk
1 cup frying oil(canola or corn )
2-3 tbsp granulated sugar
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2:Use a big spoon,dip into the hot oil before scoop the batter into the hot oil.Repeat the same procedure.Do not overcrowded the pot or fryer
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Discover Honeycup Awesome Giveaway
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Labels: Art, Giveaways, Kids Decor
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
it's a new DSM!
DSM has a new look and a new address! me have moved to http://diaperstylememoirs.com/ we can't wait to see you there ;)
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
in my dream closet - caramel baby & child
when i did my Playtime roundup post, i completely forgot to include Caramel Baby & Child on my favorites list. i am not sure why it slipped my mind then, but i don't think there is ever a bad time to feature this fantastic English brand. not only are the clothes to die for, Caramel also brings you vintage inspired shoes, toys, books and decor. i love the modern cuts with vintage undertones. the muted fabrics and colors you don't otherwise see in children's fashion. i would have loved to wear these clothes when i was a little girl. and i would get the entire collection for Sasha if i could!
check out the entire collection HERE and share your thoughts with us. what are some of your favorite pieces from Caramel. i think the dresses and the blouses are my favorites. they remind me so much of some of the clothes i used to wear when i was little. a lot more refined and luxurious of course :)
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Labels: In My Dream Closet, Kids Decor, Kids Fashion, Toys
Monday, May 9, 2011
how about a vote!
thank you for all of your support during this lengthy voting period. we appreciate all the love you have thrown our way. today is the last day of the contest. it's you last chance to give a thumbs up to Diaper Style Memoirs! so please take a second and vote!
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
mother's day art (free download) from Maddie and me
there are necklaces and flowers, cards and cupcakes too. so many different ways to tell mom, "i love you!" but my favorite way to show mom how much i care, is to give her a little piece of art and a poem that tells her that she's in my heart and she will always be there!
"mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, their hearts forever." - source unknown
and this little free downloadable art is what the lovely Maddie from Li'l Magoolie and i created for you this mother's day. Maddie is a mum from New Zealand and her awesome blog Li'l Magoolie is one of my all time favorite daily reads! so much fun things to look at and so much inspiration to be had. i have been a fan for a while and was beyond excited to collaborate on this project with her. i hope you like it as much as we do. i am sharing with you the little boy version of the download and Maddie is sharing the little girl version on Li'l Magoolie. feel free to download both, frame them and give them to your mom for her special day.
thanks Maddie for this awesome collaboration!
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
francis "the fanciful" fox
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this is Francis "the fanciful" fox! she is a lover of all things fashionable. she is one stylish fox! she loves to mix vintage with current trends and she adores her number one accessory - her pet bunny Flopsy. Wolfie is Francis' main squeeze. find out what Francis and Wolfie are wearing in the new issue of Babiekins Magazine out now ;)
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Governor Bob McDonnell came to Tysons Corner last week to participate in a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the opening for the 495 Express Lanes that took place on Nov. 17. More than 500 people turned out to celebrate the opening of the first in Virginia high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes with demand pricing. The level of the tolls will be indicated on digital signs when you enter the lanes, but the amount of the toll will depend on the number of people on the road that can continue their speed at 55 miles per hour. Persons with three or more in the car will not be assessed a toll as long as they have an EZ-Pass Flex that they can turn off. All users of the road must have an EZ-Pass or EZ-Pass Flex. For more details on how this technology-rich system works, go to 495expresslanes.com.
Waiting for the governor on his way from the hotel was a small group of demonstrators carrying placards protesting tolls the governor has proposed to put in place on I95 south of Richmond. The protestors brought a trailer truck that they had parked in the street with a billboard-size message on the trailer protesting the tolls. The realities of Virginia's transportation funding crisis were evident that day. Funding projects like the public-private project improvements to the Beltway are only possible when tolls are collected to pay back the private sector costs with a return on investments. As unpopular as tolls are, as the demonstrators expressed, the unfortunate truth is that tolling will increase in the future.
Tolls are not new to the residents of this area. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority that is building the Silver Line extension of Metrorail just voted last week to raise the tolls on the Dulles Toll Road to $2.75 total to help pay for the project. Improvements to traffic-congested I95 in Northern Virginia will be financed through a HOT lanes arrangement just like the Beltway. Tunnel improvements in Hampton Roads as well as roadway expansion are being paid for with tolls. Putting tolls on the interstate that brought out the protestors is viewed as a way to finance highway improvements.
The General Assembly has shown no willingness to raise the gas tax or other sources of revenue to fix highway congestion that in Northern Virginia has been found to be the worst in the nation. The current gas tax rate is the lowest in the country and continues to produce less revenue as cars become more fuel efficient. Other sources of revenue are ear-marked for other government services. But the problem must be addressed! I am totally open to working with the governor and other legislators in resolving this issue. Otherwise, the current direction is going to take an increasing toll on Virginians.


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The Center for Inquiry has created a Secular Celebrant Program to train and certify secular celebrants to perform weddings, memorials, and other "milestones of life" ceremonies.
Why a CFI Secular Celebrant Program?
Persons who are not affiliated with any religion constitute 20% of the US population. Unfortunately, the choice of persons to conduct ceremonies for marriages, same sex commitments, memorials, and other rites of passage is usually between religious clergy and civil officials.
For a nonreligious person this can be a traumatic experience. They may be required to go through religious counseling and/or have religious references in their ceremony. They may be prevented from having their choice of music or readings as part of the ceremony. The local minister called on to conduct a funeral/memorial may preach a "come to Jesus" sermon or otherwise use religious references that are not in keeping with the worldview of the person being memorialized. Many of us have seen this done.
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Law Professor: Megaupload Prosecution A 'Depressing Display Of Abuse Of Government Authority'
from the tell-me-about-it deptWe've written plenty about the problems with the government's case against Megaupload, but it's still interesting to see law professor Eric Goldman's rather brutal assessment of the government's case, suggesting that it's clearly a case of abuse by the government:
The more we hear and see about the government's case against Megaupload, it really appears that the government was relying almost entirely on the fact that Megaupload looked bad. It's hard to deny that there were plenty of things that Kim (in particular) did that makes him appear pretty obnoxious. But being a crass showoff doesn't automatically make you a criminal. Even worse, the government's action in the case to date seem to be doing everything possible to undermine their own case as they try to railroad Megaupload. I'll admit, when I heard about the shutdown, I (perhaps naively) assumed that the government had a pretty solid case. To take down a whole site, they must have the goods. In fact, in talking to another law professor in the hours after the indictment was made public, I was cautioned that there simply must be more to the case, because what was in the indictment just didn't seem complete. Perhaps there's something hidden in the back pocket of the DOJ, but so far it seems like (former anti-piracy exec) US Attorney Neil MacBride ran an effort against Megaupload that was more focused on how it looked to his former colleagues than what the law actually says.
The resulting prosecution is a depressing display of abuse of government authority. It's hard to comprehensively catalog all of the lawless aspects of the US government's prosecution of Megaupload, so I'll just focus on two:
1) Trying to hold Megaupload criminally liable for its users' actions. Criminal copyright infringement requires willful infringement, a very rigorous scienter level. I discuss the implications of this high scienter requirement in more detail in my decade-old article on warez trading. Megaupload's business choices may not have been ideal, but Megaupload has a number of strong potential defenses for its users' activities, including 512(c), lack of volitional conduct and more. Whether it actually qualified for these is irrelevant; Megaupload's subjective belief in these defenses should destroy the willfulness requirement. Thus, the government is simply making up the law to try to hold Megaupload accountable for its users' uploading/downloading.
2) Taking Megaupload offline. Megaupload's website is analogous to a printing press that constantly published new content. Under our Constitution, the government can't simply shut down a printing press, but that's basically what our government did when it turned Megaupload off and seized all of the assets. Not surprisingly, shutting down a printing press suppresses countless legitimate content publications by legitimate users of Megaupload. Surprisingly (shockingly, even), the government apparently doesn't care about this "collateral," entirely foreseeable and deeply unconstitutional effect. The government's further insistence that all user data, even legitimate data, should be destroyed is even more shocking. Destroying the evidence not only screws over the legitimate users, but it may make it impossible for Megaupload to mount a proper defense. It's depressing our government isn't above such cheap tricks in its zeal to win.
The government has also been shockingly cavalier about the collateral consequences of its prosecution on the marketplace. Legitimate web hosts, and their investors, are quaking in their boots that they will be next. It doesn't help that the content industry is circulating a "kill chart" of its next desired targets.
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Treatment for general anxiety disorder (GAD) falls into 2 categories:
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Since psychotherapy can be as effective as medication, it is usually the first treatment that is tried. Researchers have found that cognitive behavioral therapy is effective in treating GAD. The combination of psychotherapy with medications tends to be more effective than either treatment alone.
Although medical care can help most people with GAD, treatment success varies from person to person. Some experience an improvement after only a few months of treatment, while with others it may take a year or more. Treatment can be complicated by having another condition at the same time, such as substance abuse, depression, or other anxiety disorders.
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New IPhone 2.2: The iPhone OS 2.2 Rumor Round Up
OK, so we all knew that the iPhone 2.2 update was bringing Google Maps Street View and walking directions (about time, too). But Gizmodo says it will also include over-the-air podcast downloads. First I've heard of this, but a welcome feature that people like me and Dave Winer have been clamoring for from the beginning.
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For those of you who know me and have been a fan of my other blog Diary of A Transplanted Southerner, know that I had another blog on AOL that had this name. Sadly when I transferred it to Blogger, I picked up a troll of sorts so I closed this blog and opened the other. Well, I am happy to say that I am opening this one again. Mainly because I am starting my life over and I am no longer in Michigan. I moved out yesterday and not looked back.
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MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — The Foxwoods Resort and Casino is an abomination that rises incongruously from the empty woods in Connecticut as if to challenge all accepted notions of urban planning, and, indeed, logic. It also has good fights.
And you have to really want to see a fight at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, because it's a drive of several hours to get there, unless you happen to be a Pequot Indian. New England boxing people talking about Micky Ward's early fights in Lowell, New York boxing people feeling superior, Jersey boxing mongoloids, the usual awful casino crowd — it was an even more repulsive boxing crowd than usual. (Those of us who write about boxing are our own special category of scumbag.) But you had to give it to every last one of us awful, repulsive douchebags in the MGM Grand theater: we wanted to be there, goddamn it. We drove past the crashed bus on the side of the highway that had its top sheared off the morning before to get there. We were not easily dissuaded. We were enthusiastic.
We were Irish. Well, some of us, the ones who'd come for the "Celtic War," were Irish. Or Scottish. We were also Argentine, turning out to see Sergio Martinez, the greatest fighter that country has ever produced. And not a few of us were Greek, or Puerto Rican, or Dominican, each with some representative on the undercard that night. We were a veritable UN of enthusiastic, insufferable boxing awfulness.
Andrew Jones looked fairly decent in the first round, better than his 0-3 record would indicate. Then Abraham Lopez, his long-armed opponent from Oxnard, started hitting him, and Andrew Jones stood there and took it, his hands too low to fend off head shots. He just took those head shots almost willingly, then moved around, backed himself into a corner, and took a few more head shots; he'd take three or four to the head and then spin out, as if to say, "Well, I've eaten these punches, I guess my work here is done." He's now 0-4, understandably.
Seanie Monaghan, an Irish kid out of Long Island, spent four rounds just pounding on a hapless out-of-town opponent, as is his way. Seanie likes to hold his left jab on his opponent for a moment, a very deliberate measuring stick, and then whistle in a hard right hand to the top of the head. If you cover up to avoid it, he just goes underneath with left hooks to your ribs, just as deliberately; when you turn to avoid those, he starts with the right hooks to the ribs on the other side. Seanie Monaghan is very content to take what you give him. He'll hit you wherever. Very workmanlike and unassuming, while beating on people. (Later on that evening, a drunk guy walked up to me in the lobby, squinting at the press pass around my neck, and reached out to give me a pound. "Ohh, did you win your fight tonight, big man? Did you win?" Meanwhile, Seanie Monaghan walked through the lobby just behind us in a blue hoodie, unnoticed.)
A heavyweight women's boxing match is a treat to watch. There is no mistaking what is going on: a boxing match, between women, who are heavyweights. Tanzee Daniel out of Brooklyn is bald, squat, and enormous. Sonya "The Scholar" Lamanokis, fighting out of Brooklyn by way of Massachusetts by way of Greece, was slightly smaller, but still grand; she defiantly wore a sparkly pink shirt and striped pink and black socks — big, pink, and nothing sweet. The two fought head to head, inside, nose to nose for six rounds, like two bulls with horns locked. Daniel would sometimes mix in moments of wildly unlikely hands-down, dip-and-dodge-and-stick movement, a bit of showiness she pulled off with great skill and aplomb considering she weighs 250 pounds. But Lamanokis was busier, and fought with a bit more urgency, and kept her guard tighter on the inside, and therefore landed a greater number of those inside short hooks to the head. In the last round she got pushed all the way through the ropes and barely reached up and snagged the top rope with her glove before going entirely out of the ring; she hung there for a moment, waiting patiently for the ref to pull her back in. Then she continued on to a unanimous victory. Her fans sported attractive blue t-shirts with "The Scholar" emblazoned on them, which could look good in any number of social settings. She has a future.
Also having a future: Thomas Dulorme, a 21 year-old Puerto Rican welterweight whom I'd never heard of before. Neither, apparently, had Guillermo Valdes, his 38-year-old opponent, who could do nothing but stare wide-eyed as Dulorme's double jab, always accompanied by that "sh-sh" sound that signals incoming doom, blinded him repeatedly, just long enough for Delorme's cracking left hooks to stagger him again and again. The kindly looking old ref stopped the fight in the second round for humanitarian reasons, and Valdes, looking like a man who had just leaped off the tracks one second before the freight train whizzed by, raised no objections. The assholes in crowd booed lustily, though. They're only watching boxing until we legalize gladiator combat again.
Derrick Wilson is a fast lightweight. Which means he's freaky fast, because lightweight professional boxers are, as a rule, much faster than you are, unless you're a bantamweight professional boxer. Wilson fights exactly like fellow Floridian Andre Berto: an ethereal straight right that flies in in an eyeblink, and an astonishing left hook that he can spin flat-footed so fast that his shoulder seems to be double-jointed. The main difference is that Andre Berto has power, whereas Derrick Wilson does not. Still, Wilson has a naturally smiley countenance— a smile not of cockiness, or of false bravado, but one that comes from always, everywhere, being more talented than the person in the ring with you. One could even argue that he was more talented than his opponent this night, Javier Fortuna (he's the one on the right in the to photo). But if Fortuna had only 90 percent of Wilson's speed, he had 200 percent of his power. Had Wilson been more of a combo puncher, he would have stood a chance; but he preferred to wait and pick spots for one or two punches, which didn't add up to enough cumulative force to knock Fortuna's brain against his skull. The two would face each other, both totally tensed, using their lead gloves like rapiers, each waiting for the other to make a move, both knowing that they had so much combined speed that whoever punched first would start a rapid chain reaction of flurries back and forth that could barely be followed in real time. Wilson went down in the third, and again in the sixth, and then in the eighth Fortuna caught him with a slicing underhanded left full in the face that sent sweat exploding off Wilson's head in all directions and knocked him out cold and violently and sent the ring doctor running in at full speed. As Wilson lay unconscious on the canvas, surrounded by his cornermen and doctors and trainers gently trying to coax him back to life, one of the two spray-tanned, unhealthily skinny, blonde-highlighted Jersey ring card girls teetered over on her 5-inch heels, leaned under the bottom rope, and snapped a picture of the concussed young man on her iPhone. Awful, awful people. The woman wasn't even in press row. Only professional journalists are allowed to be that voyeuristic.
It won't surprise any true Celts to learn that the "Celtic War" between Irishman Andy Lee and Scotsman Craig McEwan was an exceptionally rousing contest featuring lots of hard punches to the respective heads. It's practically a replay of both nations' history. McEwan waltzed into the ring in what looked like basketball shorts, a t-shirt, and a baseball cap, trailed by a teenager holding up a Scottish flag. Lee came in slowly, regally, swaddled in a plush red robe, with a full entourage and hundreds of screaming Irish fans backing him. Lee, with his pale skin, skinny legs, long everything, and extra-short trunks, would have looked right at home losing to Roberto Duran 40 years ago. Some guys fight with their hands high and tight, and other guys fight with their hands low and flick punches from the bottom; but Lee, a southpaw, fights with his lead right hand cocked in an L shape, held straight out in front of him, as if he had a cast on his arm that he needed to keep parallel to the ground at all times. It looks odd, but it allows him to simply turn that hand over and twist his hip to throw a very short right hook, which is exactly what he did several times in the first round, catching McEwan on the back of the head each time. This posture took Lee's right hand away from his face, which made his defense vulnerable; but with his long arms, he could just keep turning over that little lead hook and then circling around behind it, staying out of harm's way.
It took McEwan (also a southpaw) about a round and a half of getting hit to figure out that he could duck inside of Lee's cocked arm and hit him with his own right hook. Which he did, with success. McEwan was a better combo puncher on the inside; Lee had heavier hands, and tended to be more watchful, picking his shots. Both landed many tremendous blows to each other's heads. In the fourth round, there was a brief period in which the men faced each other, simultaneously leaned to opposite sides, and then both threw hooks that hit each other at the same time; then they just leaned over and did it again. It was all very Celtic.
McEwan won all the middle rounds, and Lee was looking spent; still, his punches were noticeably harder, and precise. In the ninth, Lee finally put McEwan on his ass with the old one-two. In the 10th, with McEwan hurt, Lee smashed a mighty overhand left to the Scotsman's temple and dropped him for good, sparking a repeat of the ring doctor sprinting in at top speed, but this time with more cheering Irishmen in the background. Heart is nice, but heavy hands win.
There was simply no following the REAL CELTIC WAR. Just give it up. The green isles were exploding with whiskey bombs at that very moment, or so I liked to imagine. But there was still the main event: Sergio Martinez, who is somewhere between the second- and fourth-best pound-for-pound fighter in the world right now (really, fourth), against just some dude, also known as Sergiy Dzinziruk, out of Hamburg. Nothing against Dzinziruk — he was 37-0, for fuck's sake — but he amounted to a stay-busy fight for Martinez, who was coming off the Official Knockout of the Year over Paul Williams last November, a knockout that came on a lucky punch. Martinez wasn't even looking at Williams when he caught him with a crazy overhand left. It's worth noting, at least.
Martinez was just fucking around for the first several rounds. He likes to bend forward at the waist, staying very low, and just jab jab jab right up the middle, again and again. Jab jab jab. Just because he could. He also likes to drop his hands all the way to his knees, stick his face forward, and just move his head up and down like a chicken to dodge his opponent's punches, which can be enormously frustrating if you're the other guy. Martinez is not blindingly fast, but he's very quick; he's hittable, but he has a good chin; and he's very, visibly strong. The combination of strength and quickness together is what makes him dangerous. Once he got warmed up, his jabs had both the popping echo and head-bouncing effect of an average southpaw's powerful straight left hand. He was fucking Dzinziruk up with jabs, right up the middle, just because he could. Dzinziruk was hitting him back, but Sergio was like, "Whatever." He started throwing more powerful looping left hands, which were terrifying to behold for their sheer latent power, around the fifth round. In the eight he stepped inside and caught Dzinziruk with a very short left directly to the chin, which crumpled the guy to his knees. He got back up and was knocked down again; managed to make it back to his feet and then more or less just fell over on his own, at which point the fight was stopped. Martinez had TKO'd this 37-0 fighter easily, without really trying very hard, and without putting his hands up, and while throwing nothing but jabs for more than half the fight. He's still just the fourth-best pound-for-pound fighter. But he hits harder than the other three guys. A decent consolation prize.
Heavy hands win.
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The record run in crude oil prices is really beginning to pinch businesses with heavy shipping costs. Brian in Minnesota can't understand why shippers are passing along fuel surcharges so quickly these days.
We are a manufacturer of products for many industries and ship all over the world. We are starting to see a lot of fuel surcharges from UPS, FedEx, Roadway, ABF and many others, 20 to 30 percent! Examples: April 2007 — 17.7 percent; July 7, 2007 — 18.8 percent; October 2007 — 21.2 percent; March 2008 — 30.7 percent. I would think the big boys like the above would have fuel contracts. So why are we being charged fuel surcharges and they keep going up?
— Brian A., Zimmerman, Minn.
Heavy users of oil, like shippers and airlines, do try to offset the risk of rising energy prices by negotiating contracts to buy at fixed prices for a period into the future. Some of those contracts are bought and sold on the futures markets, and the value of these pieces of paper go up and down as oil prices rise and fall. If you've got a contract that locks in your price of oil at $100 a barrel in December, and the market price goes to $120 by then, that contract is worth the $20 savings you'll get if you actually buy the oil — or if you sell the contract to someone else who needs it.
These buyers and sellers of oil and other refined products are the "speculators" many readers blame for the recent surge in oil prices. If we got rid of these folks, the thinking goes, oil prices would fall back down and we would have to spend so much money at the pumps.
This is a myth, but like all myths it contains an element of truth. Speculators have indeed added what's known in the trade as a "risk premium" — the extra money they charge to compensate themselves for the risk that oil supplies six months from now will be pinched and prices will spike. If I'm going to commit today to sell you oil in December for $100 a barrel, I've got to add at least another $10 to your cost to cover the risk that prices will have shot up to $130. Think of it as an insurance policy. Maybe you're paying a little more for the oil, but you can sleep better at night knowing you're locked in at that $110 price. And if oil does hit $130, you still come out ahead.
If we banned the futures markets, you could no longer lock in that future price. Shippers would be at the mercy of sudden market shifts in fuel costs. They'd have only two choices: eat those costs and lose money, or pass along the risk of price spikes to customers with volatile surcharges.
This smoothing of futures prices works when the markets go up and down. The problem is that for the past several years, the trend for oil and fuel prices has been pretty much one way — straight up. When your futures contract expires and you need another one, the hope is that you can buy the next one for less and lock in a lower price. With oil, that hasn't been possible for awhile now. If each new contract costs the shipper more money, they can only eat those increases for so long before they're out of business.
Since it doesn't look like oil prices are coming down any time soon, and shippers have managed to pass long these higher costs to customers like you, the question now becomes: how long before you pass those cost along to your customers? Global competition has shaved profits for manufacturers to razor thin margins; until recently those who tried to raise prices simply lost market share as customers found cheaper suppliers. But at some point something has to give.
There are early signs that's happening. Last week's data on producer and consumer prices included pretty clear evidence that the higher cost of fuel is beginning tot "flow through" to the prices of other goods and services. As that continues — unless oil prices ease off — we could be looking at another round of energy-fueled inflation that becomes difficult to control.
John, why do you think readers want to continue to hear about how bad the economy is and how much their homes have lost their intrinsic value each day! Knock it off and publish something more financially and socially responsible!!
— Paul K., San Jose Calif.
Whenever the economic news and data get worse, you can pretty much count on readers to start asking that we knock off the "gloom and doom" and write something more upbeat. If we wrote that things were getting better, this thinking goes, people would be more optimistic, they'd spend more, hire more — and then things would get better.
For the record, as we've pointed out in recent columns we're not yet in the "time-to-head-for-the-hills" camp. So far, this recession has been relatively mild. Unemployment is still relatively low. The stock market has had some rough weeks but is holding up fairly well. Inflation seems to be rising, but it's nothing like the corrosive force it was in the 1970s. Banks have reported huge losses on ill-advised loans, but they can still get capital. The Fed has flooded the financial markets with money to put out the fire in the credit markets. Congress and the White House just doled out $150 billion in cash to keep consumers in a spending mood. Those medicines take time to work.
On the other hand (and we talk to those two-handed economists all the time), there are certainly troubling indications that tougher times may lie ahead. It's hard to see how the world economy can keep growing steadily when its primary fuel — crude oil — is becoming so expensive few people can afford to use it. Unless our government gets serious about heading off millions more home foreclosures — bailout or no bailout — it's hard to see how the housing market and the economy can recover.
You can construct plausible scenarios either way. Higher oil prices makes alternative energy sources more economically viable. And we may not be "running out" of oil after all; the Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras announced last week that it had found would could be the third largest pool of crude ever discovered. At 33 billion barrels — if proven out — it would be bigger than all proven U.S. reserves. (Back to that other hand: it would be a decade before that oil could be developed, refined and shipped to your gas tank.)
The point is that there's really just no way to know how this movie will end. And it's not our job to try to influence the outcome — other than to provide people with the information they need to make the best decisions they can about their own lives and the choices they make in November about who should represent them. Withholding information (good or bad) not only ill serves that goal — it's dishonest.
Besides, you don't need me to spin the economic outlook one way or the other. There's already an army of financial services publicists, corporate media specialists and government communications pros who are doing a terrific job.
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The things I've been wanting to write about lately are that there have been a few positive changes in our (mine and Jody's) families recently.
First off, my dad has stopped drinking and has sought out help to work on his recovery from alcoholism. Alcoholism is something he's been struggling with for a long time and I'm so proud of him for taking what had to be a huge step for him. I hope and pray that it continues to go well. I love him and would love to see him improve his quality of life in this way. One day at a time.
And, secondly, Jody's mom has stopped smoking. Unfortunately, this good news has some not so good news to go with it. It seems that she's recently developed angina. After seeing a cardiologist this week, he's decided to do an arterialgram tomorrow to check for blockage and assess what needs to be done to correct it at that point (angioplasty, bypass surgery, etc.).
If you could please keep her in your thoughts (or prayers) tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, we would appreciate it. And Sharon, if you are reading this, please know that we will be thinking of you and hoping everything goes just perfectly.
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Wikileaks email dump shows Stratfor's Burton concerned about skepticism concerning Osama narrative
Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The deluge of Stratfor.com emails released a result of the recent Wikileaks data dump includes a brief note from Stratfor's vice president for intelligence Fred Burton in which he urges the U.S. government to show photos of Osama Bin Laden's corpse in order to silence "lunatics like Alex Jones and Glenn Beck" who had questioned the government's official narrative behind the death of the terror mastermind.
The email was sent from Fred Burton's account on the afternoon of May 2, 2011 – one day after President Obama announced that Bin Laden had been killed in a raid in Pakistan and his body had been "buried at sea".
First Burton bemoans the fact that US authorities apparently dumped Bin Laden's body in the sea, fearing a Muslim backlash.
"Although I don't really give a rats ass, it seems to me that by dropping the corpse in the ocean, the body will come back to haunt us….gotta be violating some sort of obscure heathen religious rule that will inflame islam? I was sleeping thru that class at Langley," he wrote.
Burton then urges the U.S. government to release photos of the body to silence critics who questioned whether the story about Bin Laden being "buried at sea" was a fabrication, or whether Bin Laden had been killed at all.
"The US Govt needs to make body pics available like the MX's do, with OBL's pants pulled down, to shout down the lunatics like Alex Jones and Glenn Beck," wrote Burton.
Ironically, emails sent by Burton and his staff before the email referring to Jones and Beck revealed that Bin Laden's body had in fact not been buried at sea but was actually "bound for Dover, DE on CIA plane."
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"Reportedly, we took the body with us. Thank goodness," said Stratfor CEO George Friedman in an email that was sent at 5:26am.
Burton sent another email at 6:26am in which he expressed "doubt" that Bin laden's body was dumped at sea.
The Stratfor email dump revealed the fact that while the group fronts as an intelligence analysis outfit, Stratfor is little more than a contractor for large corporations and U.S. government agencies, including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Homeland Security and the DIA.
Little wonder therefore that some of the leaked emails show the organization's head honchos wringing their hands not only over Julian Assange, but also conservative media pundits who have proven to be a thorn in the side of the Obama administration like Jones and Beck.
Fred Burton himself has close ties to the U.S. government, having worked as a special agent with the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service. He was also involved in the arrest of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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The effort to understand conditions on Mars leads researchers to some of the most extreme environments on Earth, including Chile's Atacama Desert. Although no plants or animals live in the desert's super-dry core, microscopic organisms exist beneath a crusty varnish on some rocks, which may be like some rocks on Mars. Studying the Atacama rocks will help scientists design experiments to look for microscopic life in Mars rocks. [Kim Kuhlman]
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Rock Varnish
If you've ever hiked across a desert, you've probably seen them -- reddish-brown or black rocks that look like they have a glossy coating -- almost like they've been varnished.
Well, it turns out that some of them have. They're coated with clay and manganese -- a mixture known as rock varnish.
Similar rocks may have been seen in pictures from the surface of Mars. That could have important implications for life there, because rock varnish could be formed by bacteria.
KUHLMAN: Because it has so much manganese in it, people like to think that it's got to be formed by biology, because biology is the only thing we know that can concentrate manganese to that level. Plants are full of manganese, relatively speaking. But there's a large part of the community that thinks it's an abiotic process, and that there are other ways that manganese can be deposited.
Kim Kuhlman is a researcher with the Planetary Science Institute. She's studying varnish on Earth rocks -- especially from Chile's Atacama Desert, the dryest place on Earth -- to help figure out just how it forms, and to devise ways to study it on Mars.
Her studies show that rock varnish is a good habitat for microscopic life -- a shield against radiation and other threats.
KUHLMAN: The one thing I do know, especially with the Atacama sample, is that varnish is a niche environment that bacteria like to live in. From that standpoint, it is a target for looking for life on Mars.
More about Kuhlman's studies tomorrow.
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Etheridge to Sioux City's Saturday in the Park
American rock singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge has been rocking since the release of her self-titled, double-platinum debut album. Etheridge will headline Saturday in the Park in Sioux City, Iowa July 6, 2013.
Etheridge hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, "Yes I Am," featuring the massive hits "I'm the Only One" and "Come to My Window," a searing song of longing that brought her second Best Female Rock Grammy.
Billed as co-headliner with Etheridge are Sublime with Rome.
More than 20 years after forming legendary ska-punk band Sublime, band co-founder/bass player Eric Wilson met another singer/guitarist that would deeply affect his life.
That musician – his junior by nearly two decades – was 20-year-old Rome Ramirez. In Wilson's own words, "this kid could play guitar like a mofo and he's got a platinum voice."
Also on the bill are up and coming blues/soul singer ZZ Ward; SoCal rock/reggae/hip‐hop band The Dirty Heads; plus some dirt-stomping soul from Iowa City, Iowa's Tallgrass.
This annual free festival takes place in Grandview Park in Sioux City, Iowa each summer for over 20 years.


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eNiGMa wrote:Wow, great work, SuperRadz! The undead valkyrie looks great, and his victim just heightens the effect. Also, I love the use of the spiral staircase in making it look as if the hero has just come from below; sort of a climax-type thing one would see in an RPG.
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Thank you for your articles on human trafficking ("Ending 'The World's Most Savage Cruelty,'" February 2012). They played an essential role in shaping my sermon last Sunday; Jesus' work of freeing those who are possessed makes a powerful connection with the work of rescue and restoration you highlighted.
I intend to challenge the men and youths in our congregation to take a vow: "Made aware that all forms of so-called adult entertainment—from pornography to strip clubs to prostitution—are implicated in the degradation and deaths of thousands of women and children, I vow that not one dollar, not one dime of mine will feed the demonic beast of human trafficking. If it means struggling against my own longings for titillation or missing my best friend's bachelor party, so be it. I refuse to support those who with cruel and callous greed destroy our sisters, daughters, and young boys."
Blessings on the voice you give to victims of injustice.
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Mobile phones are computers you can carry in your pocket.
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Here, via broadband service company Sandvine, is a breakdown of mobile Web traffic in North America. By Sandvine's count, Google's video site accounts for nearly a third of the data piped into your phone from wireless networks.
Bear in mind that Sandvine is tracking data usage, not time spent, so this isn't an exact mirror of your phone habits. But it is revealing. Also interesting: We spend more data pushing updates, photos, etc., to Facebook than any place else.
If anything, Sandvine's data likely undercounts the amount of use these sites get from your phone, because a lot of your phone's use, particularly for stuff like streaming video, is probably happening at home, on a Wi-Fi network.
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Aviation Cocktail
1/3 Lemon Juice. (3/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice)
2/3 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Plymouth Gin)
2 Dashes Maraschino. (1/2 tsp. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur)
[2 Dashes Creme de Violette] (1/2 tsp. Rothman and Winter Creme de Violette Liqueur)
(1/2 teaspoon Rich Simple Syrup)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. (Garnish with cherry.)
In one of the Savoy Cocktail Book's more famous typos or mistakes, Craddock (or the editors) left the Violette out of the recipe for the Aviation Cocktail.
This is the earliest recipe from Hugo Ensslin's 1916 "Recipes for Mixed Drinks."
Aviation Cocktail
1/3 Lemon Juice
2/3 El Bart Gin
2 dashes Maraschino
2 dashes Creme de Violette
Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve.
The Savoy and Ensslin Aviations are a pretty sharp tonics. Very sour with only those few little dashes of sweetener.
Generally, if you order an Aviation in a bar today, you're more likely going to get something like this recipe from Gary Regan:
Aviation Cocktail
2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce maraschino liqueur
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
Fill a cocktail shaker two-thirds full with ice and add all of the ingredients. Shake for approximately 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Like Embury's Apple Jack Rabbit Cocktail, this is getting a bit far from the original recipe for me. Depending on the Maraschino you're using, this may also really be overkill on that ingredient. Especially if you're using Luxardo, too much Maraschino is not a good thing. It will completely dominate a cocktail in a not very pleasant manner.
So I propose the solution above. Don't skip the violette, don't overdo the Maraschino, and add a bit of simple syrup to mellow this very tart Savoy Cocktail Book recipe.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.