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Gray Eminence
One of the holdovers of black's recent fashion reign is the tendency to equate all new movements to that color (or lack thereof). Hence each time the palette changes it's suddenly "pink is the new black" or "orange is new black." Well, gray has arrived, but it isn't the new black.
The return of gray in men's suits and jackets signals not just another fashion turn, but a more pervasive change, a return to style and elegance. Don't think of it as drab or somber, but as the shade of distinction and subtle flair. Gray, in its many tones, from the elegance of pearl gray to the formality of a charcoal topcoat, is more stylish than ever.
Perhaps the No. 1 color choice of businessmen for generations, gray nevertheless escaped attention because of its understatement. But look back through the 1920s and '30s and you see that all the best—dressed men employed gray. Then it was pegged as the corporate world's chosen shade in the title of the 1955 novel The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, and Gregory Peck played the film role a year later. The suit was meant to be slighted as the uniform of the day, but watch the movie today and see how Peck comes off none the less dapper.
While the film's point may have been to portray a lack of individuality, the choices we feature here make quite clear the enumerable ways for a man to express his personality in gray. The muted palette emphasizes sublime patterns and the qualities of fine fabrics.
Not only does this season have a more refined palette, but autumn brings us a wide choice of other stylish elements that have been in short supply for far too long. Silhouettes are varied and such classic details as peak lapels and vests are part of the mix. Furthermore, gentlemanly accessories are essential to the look as providers of warming shades and spot interest.
The Peak of Style
The surprise is not that peak lapels (the upward slanting points at the chest fold) are to be found today, but where they are found. Double—breasted suits and evening wear always provide a place for peak lapels. Now single—breasted jackets and business suits enjoy their rakish charms. While peak lapels appeared in that context in the free—spirited late 1960s and early 1970s, it was in the 1930s and earlier that they were most common on single—breasted garments. Such men about town as Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gary Cooper and Clark Gable sported the look to great effect. The cut adds an increased formality, which is why it's always been popular in tuxedos and dinner wear. It also elongates the lines of a coat, making the wearer seem taller and slimmer.
Doubling Up
The 1987 film Wall Street burned the double—breasted suit into modern consciousness as the ultimate power suit. But, truth be told, it has been the body armor for tycoons dating to the earliest years of the twentieth century. Contrary to some popular opinion, it can be worn by men with a wide variety of shapes, its yards of fabric ample enough to hide an entire corporation. The secret is to keep it buttoned and not flopping open.
The d-b had its widest acceptance in the 1930s, most commonly seen in a six—button model (on which two were meant to be fastened and the rest left idle) worn by men ranging from Noel Coward and Adolphe Menjou to Humphrey Bogart. Then the double—breasted suit went to war. In 1942, War Production Board General Regulation L—85 stipulated that wool be rationed to save cloth for the boys fighting overseas, and the patriotic wore single—breasted suits. Sadly, double—breasteds never really attained the same prominence again, having been supplanted by the 1950s' skinny—lapeled sack suits, a style that doesn't work at all for the broad—chested. In recent years, the d—b cut was largely relegated to blazers worn by yachtsmen or the likes of Prince Charles. Happily, the style is assuming its rightful position, as a suit to be worn by captains of industry, or just fashionable young men who want to look that way.
Two Buttons Return
Since the 1990s, the three—button, single—breasted sports jacket and suit has been the most common model. But, lest we forget, two—button jackets enjoyed a long reign in the tailored clothing world. John F. Kennedy is most often cited for making it a virtual fashion lock in the 1960s. It may have been cut to better conceal his back brace, but the effect was a fresh silhouette to replace the three—button sacks of the 1950s. Businessmen and celebrities like Johnny Carson followed suit in the New Frontier. More recently, the two—button suit has stolen favor with the best—dressed crowd, often shown with a slightly higher button placement than styles last seen in the 1970s and 1980s.
Investment Dressing
Throughout its history, the vest has added a certain flair to men's attire (see dandies from the Compte d'Orsay through Oscar Wilde to Cecil Beaton), whether worn casually and unmatched with tweeds, or more formally, as part of a three—piece suit. According to Samuel Pepys's diary, the vest, or, as it the Brits more formally know it, the waistcoat, was first worn by King Charles II of England in 1666 and came down to the thighs. However, its current form—cropped at the waist—comes to us from a less regal source: England's nineteenth—century postboys, who rode and guided coach horses. The more utilitarian form matched well with the business suit, to inspire confidence. And while it's part of the perfect banker's or politician's suit (witness British prime minister Anthony Eden), when worn unmatched, vests serve as a way for a man to have a little fun and express his individuality (see Fred Astaire in Top Hat). While they last spread through the masses in the polyester double—knit world of the 1970s, today vests, as well as elegant sweaters worn under jackets, are occupying a more tasteful environment.
Patterns of Excellence
It is precisely gray's understatement that makes it so right for showcasing elegant patterns. Consider glen plaid and stripes. Properly speaking, the Glen Urquhart plaid, usually black, or gray and white, and consisting of a smaller and larger plaid combined, originally emerged from the Glen Urquhart Valley in Scotland. An excellent choice for a worsted—finish business suit, it was well favored in the 1940s and 1950s. Movie star Cary Grant was a particular fan, wearing glen plaid suits in films from His Girl Friday in 1940 to North by Northwest in 1959. You mightn't look like Grant, but it's possible once again to choose his favored pattern.
Undoubtedly, the most popular of men's suit patterns can be roughly divided into two categories, pinstripes and chalk stripes. The terms cannot be used interchangeably. Pinstripes are pencil—fine lines most commonly seen on flatter finish fabrics, while chalk stripes, just like chalk line, are broader and softer and are used in combination with somewhat heavier fabrics, like flannel, with a fuzzier surface. Favorites of both dandies and businessmen since the nineteenth century, the two styles reached a peak in popularity during the 1930s. While most men are leery of a bolder stripe, mistakenly identifying it with gangsters, stripes of any sort are always a preferred choice for the well—dressed man.
Formal Matters
The season's new palette lends itself especially well to clothing that has an air of formality. The elegant Chesterfield coat, most commonly seen with a fly front and velvet collar, may be the perfect choice. It was first popularized by the sixth Earl of Chesterfield, a fashion leader in the 1830s and 1840s. It was last worn with frequency in the 1920s and 1930s, a period generally recognized for its chic, characterized by men like Menjou. While less common today, the Chesterfield remains a tasteful choice for a man of style, particularly when worn with a dark and dressy business suit or worn formally with an evening suit.
While black will always be the new black, when it comes to evening wear, today's stylish dresser may consider enlivening the curiously egalitarian tuxedo form with a shawl collar. The look comes to us from the 1920s and 1930s when—spurred by the trendsetting Prince of Wales—a less formal approach to formal attire came into vogue, and the shawl—collared lapel could be seen on both dinner jackets and suits. Characterized by a rounded, unnotched lapel, the shawl remained a favorite of younger men from its inception. It's been particularly strong in periods—like the 1950s and the present—that favor narrower lapels but seek ways to convey a sense of insouciance.
Accessories to the Act
Part and parcel of an understated look is the requirement that interesting accessories pop out from the gray canvas. A tie, of course, is the first thought (we feel maroon is an excellent choice), but consider other options, such as tie bars, luxurious sweaters and handkerchiefs, as well.
The tie bar, considered an absolute necessity as recently as the 1950s, was dealt a severe blow by the youth quake of the 1960s. However, due to the return of a certain sense of dandy chic, the tie bar is once again seen in fashion magazines and on fashion runways. Not only does it add an elegant finishing touch to a man's attire, but it serves a functional purpose by keeping his very expensive necktie out of the soup. If you doubt the viability of this stylish accessory, check out any Fred Astaire movie of the 1930s (in which he wore it on the diagonal) or the Grant films of the 1950s (in which he wore a modest clip with his slimmer ties).
Finally, a well—dressed man always wears a pocket handkerchief. While it is always safe to wear white linen, the more adventurous can wear colors and patterns that relate to—but never match—the tie. While a pointed fold is perhaps more classic, the simple square fold in white is in vogue, complementing the new, narrower lapel. Interestingly, now that many men are forgoing the tie, the pocket handkerchief has acquired a new importance as a focal point.
Robert E. Bryan is a fashion journalist who has covered menswear for The New York Times magazine and W Men's Portfolio.


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Thanks for taking the time to reply. I was pretty sure vi, vim, and gvim could meet my short list, probably my longer list too. I'm not so sure, at least from what I've read in this thread and my limited exposure to vi, that they fit the bill as far as short learning curve and familiar keyboard shortcuts (afraid the command/edit mode ":" annoyance is something I just can't get past).
As for regex-like find/replace? I don't really like regex at all, and don't particularly want to learn two different flavors. Don't get me wrong, with Perl it is a wonderful and efficient tool for people who like it, need it and too rarely use it correctly, I just usually don't (like, need, or use it correctly ;-). On the rare occasions that I do need it, I use it appreciatively, but to use a different flavor of it regularly for editor find/replace? Er, no thanx.
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Reviews Are in for Rick Bayless's 'Cascabel'
The latest happenings around Chicago.
So, chef Rick Bayless is starring in a new dining theater production called "Cascabel." (Note: Absolutely everyone was surprised when this was first announced.) During his time on stage he cooks, dances, and acts. Obviously, we already knew he was good at the first item, but it was completely up in the air whether he'd be able to pull off the other two things, or whether the play itself would hold up. But the first reviews are in.
And they are good. Not completely over-the-top excellent, but very good. Here's a sampling.
The Chicago Tribune first reviewed the show on March 28, and theater critic Chris Jones gave it three and a half stars:
But if you're craving a little music, dance..., fine vittles and the sensual accouterments of the boudoir circus, and you have someone who you'd like to share all these things with, well, "Cascabel" is the sexiest and best tasting show in town.
The New York Times actually included a review of "Cascabel" in its Arts section:
While "Cascabel" is distinctly light on the palate as a work of theater -- call it Cirque du Soleil sprinkled with salsa -- Mr. Bayless's food is predictably delicious. As an actor, on the other hand, he does not exactly radiate natural stage charisma, although he acquits himself well enough in the delivery of his lines.
Time Out Chicago sent both its Theater editor Kris Vire and associate Food & Drink editor Julia Kramer to see how the combination worked, eventually giving the show four stars out of five:
Julia Kramer: At the beginning I felt a little like I was eating at a strip club, but I got used to it. In the end the interplay between things (e.g., the smell of food during the bathtub performance) was the most interesting part. I mean, it was a good meal. It wasn't really much of a play (feel free to disagree). But the overall experience felt one-of-a-kind.
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text: I've got a 1998 Moomba Kanga with 75 hours on it and trying to locate the source of an intermittent noise that I'm having. The boat has the 310 horse Indmar and ZF Hurth tranny /hydraulic unit. Its sounds like a high pitch squealing noise. Almost like a belt slipping but worse. The first time it occurred I couldnt pinpoint where the noise was coming from. It sounded like it was coming from the front of the engine so I replaced the impeller on the raw water pump. Next trip, same noise but I had some other people with me who could raise the cover and look closer to pinpoint the noise. It seems like the noise will not occur if I'm running along at lower speeds. Once I plane out like to travel to a different part of the lake and run for a while, the noise will start. Once it starts, you can see the vent cap on the transmission vibrating and the noise seems to be coming from the transmission area. There seems to be no slipping of the transmission when this occurs. Transmission fluid level and temp all look good. The vibration that accompanies the noise is not that bad. If it were not for the noise, the vibration is so minimal that I wouldnt even give it any consideration. When running the boat planed out and the noise starts, if I throttle way down the noise stops. If I throttle back slightly the noise continues just to a lesser extent. If I slow down and let the noise stop and then get right back on plane, the noise will return. It seems like if I slow down and wait for a while, the noise takes a while to return once I get back on plane. I thought maybe it was cavitation but it seems like the noise would go right away once I dropped the engine speed some if this were the case. I have looked close at the shaft. To the naked eye it looks good and straight. The rudder ??? that the shaft goes through and it holds the shaft at the bottom of the boat looks straight and no apparent signs of hitting anything. The rudder is solid and wont move if you put pressure on it. The bushing that supports the shaft through the rudder (cutlass) shows no slack side to side or up and down. Again the boat has very low hours for its age but that really means nothing.... The prop is dinged up some and one blade looks a little bent at the end. This is on my to fix list. I dont know if the prop would set up this noise or not.. I decided to try to get the sound to re-occur while on the trailer. Realizing that there would be no load on the shaft, transmission as you would normally see while on the water, I wanted to try anyways. I set up the water to the engine, water hose to run on the rudder to keep the Cutalss (?) bushing / bearing cool, one hose to spray on the shaft nut / packing from the bottom of the boat. Lastly one more hose to run on the shaft nut packing from inside the boat... Cranked the boat up and ran it at higher RPM's for more than 1/2 hour and just as I figured it was flawless ...no noise. I'm not sure who to try to call for advice. Im down on the Gulf Coast in Texas and its hours to the closest service. Im sure this kind of diagnosis can get pretty pricey. If anyone has any suggestions please reply... Thanks, Cliff


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"This Headline Is Irrelevant" will never make the front page. The evening news will not say, "Tonight's top story, Nothing to Report." You'll get a lot of "news" about sports, and "Muslim Rage", but never, "Government Forsakes Tax Payer Interests to Bail Out Acme Corporation" or "Tonight's top story, our senior business correspondent, fired for investigating our major sponsor". Likewise, products that admit "may contain nuts" will never admit "may contain cocoa harvested by captive runaway children".
If you want legitimate information, you have to get it from the horse's mouth. So I visited some animals and their farmers two weeks ago on Open Farm Day in New Brunswick. On two farms, I saw turkeys and chickens move about freely in open pens that were not spacious but not overcrowded. I saw pigs that were happy as pigs in…sod (that's what they're happy to be in). They ran to me like any family dog would, then scurried off and played. A week later, returning from the farmers market, I ate bacon that came from one of their cousins, smoked by the articulate, charismatic, happy-but-overworked (his words) young farmer with whom I spoke both on the farm and at the market.
Another thing I saw on Open Farm Day was grass fed cattle. (Contrary to a popular myth, Canadian cattle can be raised exclusively on their natural diet of grass and hay year round; they just can't graze in the pasture all year. The alleged "need" to feed beef cattle with corn—which they cannot easily digest, like making a lactose-intolerant person live on milk—is just a way to fatten them up in two years instead of three.) The four dozen cattle grazing in the field were as happy as cattle grazing in a field. The young ones, about 15 of them, were in a barn lined up almost shoulder to shoulder. The barn was clean and quiet, the air was fresh, the young cattle had fresh water and hay. What was distressing was that they were on very short tethers. For their first season, they can do nothing but stand up and lie down. The intelligent and personable farmer explained in plain and unapologetic terms that they are being shielded from pests (horseflies) and predators (coyotes) until they are grown. "We'd take them out for a walk every day if we could, but there are only two of us," she said. "In the spring, they'll be out in the pasture with the rest of them." For a dog or a cat to be chained up like that for a year would be torture. But these are not pets. Compared to conditions for industrial cattle, such treatment is luxury. My first thought was, It's so unfair. But I looked the cows and the farmers in the eye and, despite my sentimental misgivings, I felt that these were not conditions of cruelty and I did not feel the urge to return to vegetarianism.
If only we could all have such immediate access to the origins of all products we consume. To be able to drive an hour from home and see the very starting point of any item you pick up off the store shelf downtown, and form your own conclusions about how well the system is working. But for most people and most products, going to the source is not so easy. Where, then, do you get your information?
Around 1994, attending a presentation at UNBSJ discussing the emerging World Wide Web, I asked if it could be a reliable source of useful information. The presenter told me it would take time, but he believed it would gradually become a powerful resource.
My immediate reaction upon first reading about Twitter (back when I used to discover things on my own rather than through Facebook, to which I remember having a similar initial reaction) was, "What the hell is the point of that?" But as Oscar Wilde said, "The value of the telephone is the value of what two people have to say." Although it is damningly faint praise, I can now say that a few minutes on Twitter supplies me with wide ranging information of significantly greater importance and interest than does "the news".
People who have something valuable to say are finding each other. And, having been away from my own blog for some time, (the rewriting of my novel is going well, thank you), I was pleased to once again find something on my own—an increasingly rare occurrence—while looking for something to read in French.
This blog post introduced me to Sourcemap, "the crowdsourced directory of supply chains". A project of MIT's Tangible Media Group, Sourcemap "is a social network built around supply chains, enabling collective engagement with where things come from and what they are made of." Something starts out as some project which then begins to attract a handful of geeks and enthusiasts, and then one day is suddenly indispensable, a tool which becomes to shopping (and selling) as a seat belt is to driving. People are becoming increasingly conscious of the harms their spending can be connected to.
A rant about fair-trade bananas or chocolate gets a pretty small audience. But responsible consumerism may become something in which everyone partakes as a matter of course once it becomes possible to confirm, as easily as checking the weather forecast, whether the thing you are planning to buy is produced under inhumane conditions, grown in night soil, derived from unsustainable sources, or shipped from thousands of kilometres away when a local, ethical, sustainable option might be available.
With the "era of traceability" now upon us, participating in unsustainable and unethical consumerism is becoming increasingly inexcusable. Even here in backwards old New Brunswick, I am finding with no effort such things as fair-trade chocolate chips and local, grass-fed beef, at multiple locations and reasonable prices (no more expensive than the same products in fancy-ass Toronto where everything other than rent is generally cheaper than on the east coast).
Take a look, get involved. We can bring meaning to the phrase "guilt-free shopping". Where did the parts of this computer come from? Where will they go when it is recycled? Who made your T-shirt and where was the cotton grown? Sourcemap is still a work in progress, and it may not dazzle you yet, but watch out. You may soon forget what life was like without it.


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Under the creative direction of Alasdhair Willis, the model shots were captured by acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Elaine Constantine. Working with Hunter for the second season in a row, Elaine's work has featured in iconic campaigns and publications including W Magazine, Vogue and i-D.
Renowned for her pioneering portrayal of British youth culture, and BAFTA nominated for her cult film, Northern Soul, Elaine worked with the models to capture the very essence of music festivals, from the spirit of the band, and their energetic backstage preparations, to the sense of anticipation and euphoria that ripples through the crowds. The model shots were layered over surrealist animations by celebrated illustrator Will Sweeney.
The campaign features new footwear, outerwear and accessories from the Hunter Original spring/summer 2016 collection including the Original Bomber Jacket, worn by Suki Waterhouse and Jamie Chung at this year's Coachella Festival, the Original Colour Haze Boot, and the Original Clear Poncho.


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The Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance was approaching and Phil Toy, photographer, artist, and connoisseur of life, was ready. And so was the powder-blue baby he planned to display—his 1957 convertible Cadillac de Ville.
It was a gorgeous car with voluptuous curves, chrome speed lines, and two pert little fins in the back. But something else was needed, something to draw all eyes his way.
Pink flamingos.
"Pink goes perfect with powder blue," says Toy, who arranged five of the plastic birds around his car at the exhibit. "They were an accent."
"They're so serious at the Concours. I just wanted to do something off the wall and lighten it up, you know what I mean. I'm a free spirit."
The reaction?
"It just touched people's hearts."
The result?
"I think the car came in third place in my class."
Today, the winning car, along with Toy's several other 1950s Cadillacs, share space at his home in the Walnut Creek Eichler neighborhood of Rancho San Miguel.
Some people may love them, and some people may hate them, but it's hard to argue that the pink flamingo has become an American icon.
Invented in 1957 by a young, recently minted fine arts sculptor, Don Featherstone, who should have known better, the birds quickly took over lawns throughout the United States, beautifying some, defiling others, captivating some observers with their beauty while sending others into paroxysms.
Pink flamingos have divided Champagne connoisseurs from beer-swilling bowlers, opera lovers from fans of honky-tonk, even husbands from wives.
The New York Times, of all publications, reported this newsworthy incident back in 1983, which occurred at a New Jersey garden shop: "'Dick,' Shirley Bernell asked her husband, eyeing a pair of pink flamingos, 'do you think we should get some of these?' He looked at her, speechless, as if all their years together had meant nothing, then walked slowly to the checkout counter with a can of mosquito repellent, shaking his head."
Twenty-one years after revealing the Bernell flamingo spat the New York Times, still on the story, found itself in the snooty town of Clifton, New Jersey, where new homeowners Kevin Lee Allen and wife found their lawn 'flocked' with 24 pink flamingos, plunked there by their friends as a welcoming touch.
Flocking? You don't know flocking? For decades now, friends, occasionally enemies, groups doing it to raise funds for breast cancer research and other charities, even business people who make their living this way have been filling homeowners' lawns surreptitiously and late at night with dozens, if not hundreds, of pink winged creatures.
The Allens loved their flock. Not so the neighbors.
"This neighborhood is not a trailer park," a handwritten missive shouted. "Please remove these birds!"
They even draw the line against pink flamingos at Pomeroy West, a very non-snooty Santa Clara complex developed by Joe Eichler, whose rules forbid exterior changes to units except for relatively minor matters like doorway color and hardware. "If they put in a pink flamingo mailbox, they would hear about it," Scott Jaskower, a homeowner association president, said a few years back.
Why the battle?
Cultural critic and flamingo collector Jennifer Price, who's clearly given more thought to the hermeneutics of pink flamingo-ism than anyone alive (the essay in her book Flight Maps: Adventures with Nature in Modern America is a blast), nails it.
It's a form of class warfare, and of people who have reached a certain level of prosperity in America and taste not wanting to be dragged back—by a bunch of silly birds.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Instead of "Hail to the Chief," President Barack Obama most likely heard strains of "Happy Birthday" this weekend.
Obama, who turned 52 on Sunday, spent part of the day at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.
The White House said little about how he celebrated. The president played golf Saturday with friends from his days in Hawaii and Chicago. Some of them joined him at Camp David.
Obama said nothing upon his afternoon return to the White House.
His week ahead includes a trip Tuesday to Phoenix to discuss plans to help homeowners, an appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno and visit Wednesday with troops at Camp Pendleton in California.
He also has a White House meeting Thursday with the prime minister of Greece.


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Lawrence couple searching for missing 20-year-old son in Leawood and Lawrence
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Jim and Gail Ellis, of Lawrence, are searching for their son after he walked away from a group home in Leawood early Tuesday morning. Andrew Ellis, 20, lives in the supervised community because he suffers from a brain injury and his parents are worried that he isn't safe walking the streets by himself.
Leawood police said they were looking for Andrew and have issued an alert to law enforcement in the Kansas City area. Jim Ellis said he thinks Andrew might make his way to Lawrence, where his parents live.
Gail Ellis said Andrew is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, 160 pounds, and suffers from a developmental brain injury that may not be immediately apparent to those who meet him. He needs daily medication and does not have any money or a phone. He left the Life Centers community living center in Leawood, where he has been living since December, early this morning on foot.
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Album Rating: 3.0Basically Dan's songs and the first two songs are really good and the rest kind of sucks
"All I can think about when listening to My Shame Is True is a high school student trapped in a 37 year old man's body writing in his tear soaked diary about his first break up."
I never thought I'd have to write something like this about Alkaline Trio. RIP
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nice review. I agree on the Dan progressing and Matt regressing thing.
nice review [2]
I haven't listened to this whole thing yet i keep getting distracted by other stuff.
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Album Rating: 2.5yeah man nicely done. I guess I didn't focus on the lyrics that much because i really didn't think that many songs were about matt's break up.
glad this got reviewed : )
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Album Rating: 3.0Yeah there was an interview with Matt about the album and he said the whole album is about his divorce
But Dan's songs aren't about that obviously, so it just doesn't work
wow great review
Album Rating: 3.0But didn't you have this on 4 or so? And didn't you actually like the last song? Or was it someone different, idk now
Album Rating: 3.0I gave it a 4 at first as a placeholder, but nah I never really liked the last song
Good review,
I feel bad for you
love the summary though
...which I guess means im saying I like that line
Album Rating: 3.5Yeah, Matt's lyrics are so bad now. No metaphors and if there are there like a high school kid who failed english. Its a shame bc I actually like all the songs. Even the "bad" ones are ok. Its a shame bc Dan is literally making the best songs ever with great lyrics. I, Pessimist is so clever and heartfelt about drinking, why some do it to escape, and the pains of it. Good album though. Seeing em at the Metro May 30th.
Album Rating: 3.0"...which I guess means im saying I like that line"
Yeah it's a Dan lyrics, his lyrics are fucking great on this
Album Rating: 3.0What happened to Matt? His lyrics used to be so clever.
Album Rating: 3.5He gave em up to apparently pander to the teen crowd.
Album Rating: 2.5i disagree even though i haven't read the review
album is a light 4
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Offmy shame is trve
Was a little surprised with this album. Some catchy songs on there but still feels stale.
Don't mind it tho.
It's not a bad record but it's basically Good Mourning without the edge.
Digging: Coff - You&I
Album Rating: 3.5I don't mind Alkaline Trio but I just can't listen to them much
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It's that time of year when the "madness" is not only found on the basketball court, but in the classroom as well. The final countdown for the yearly state testing is here. Teachers are preparing their students rigorously for the yearly event.
Similar to the underdogs, the 8th seeded - Butler Bulldogs in the March Mania of college basketball, the Los Altos Bulldogs of the South Whittier School District, are the underdogs, making their climb up the ladder for rising test scores.
As a small school, the Butler Bulldogs, located in a small town in Indiana, often lose recruits to much larger named schools like Notre Dame or the Indiana Hoosiers. Their budget of 11 million yearly is far less than other Division I schools like Duke University, whose budget is 71 million yearly. However, student players who attend Butler University are happy to be there and they leave proud to be a Butler Bulldog. Butler's men's basketball program graduates 90 percent of its athletes.
Likewise, as a small school in a small school district, Los Altos Elementary, a tiny K thru 3rd grade school located in the southern end of Whittier city in Southern California, may, at times, lose students to the much larger surrounding school districts. Nonetheless, Los Altos students, however small, thrive and make progress, and most importantly, they are happy to be there.
In spite of a dismal showing, Butler's statistics against Florida this weekend were less than stellar: Field Goals 24-60; 3 Point Attempts 9 – 33; and Free Throws 17 – 27; it doesn't negate the fact that in the end the result remained: WINNING! If we were to base Butler's performance on statistics alone, we might not be impressed. But it's the consistency, the diligence, the perseverance, and the commitment that we applaud. Those are the real successes.
This is exactly what Los Altos teachers are offering to their students on a daily basis: consistency, diligence, perseverance, and commitment.
Dr. Erich Kwek, superintendent of SWSD, helped Los Altos begin to make its mark by assigning Mrs. Martha Mestanza-Rojas as principal for the 2010 -2011 school year. Mrs. Rojas offers the staff support by instilling an expectation of excellence. She provides an accountability and presence that was lacking in years prior. Also, Mrs. Rojas works closely with her 2nd grade team to strategize and gain insight on how to succeed in student achievement.
In addition to the recruitment of a new principal was the placement of Mr. Michael Long, California State Teacher of the Year – 2008, as the school's reading coach. Mr. Long supports and works closely with the 3rd grade team. He works daily with students who are in need of extra intervention for reading and language arts.
Teachers at Los Altos are working cohesively to build test scores and to move Los Altos up the ladder. Mrs. Michi Tanimoto, former South Whittier Teacher of the Year - 2002, works closely with me and her 3rd grade team through her tenure and her eagerness to reach her students in any way she can. Her classroom management skills are highly developed and she graciously shares this with her student teachers. Additionally, as a third grade teacher, I offer homework club everyday after school to ensure that students understand their curriculum.
Mrs. Cathy Valdez, who teaches 2nd grade, is the school's 27 year veteran. Mrs. Valdez is energetic and vivacious, yet consistent and firm. Her teaching styles and commitment to the writing process across the curriculum keep her students engaged. She is able to incorporate state standards authentically and still connect it with music and art. There is a high expectation level that the students rise to on a daily basis.
In 2008, the Butler Bulldogs and their league were virtually unknown and their players needed to be researched. Now, in 2011, they are in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. It took time, patience and a commitment to the game plan.
In 2011, Los Altos Elementary may not be the most well known school - yet the teachers have time, patience and a commitment to their game plan. We teachers know successes come daily, some in small increments, but progress is being made, despite the statistics.
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Did you know that teachers are mandated to test every student that enters their classroom regardless if it is one week or one day before testing, no matter what the language barrier? Teachers inherit those test scores and are evaluated with those same scores.
Did you know that in high transient areas like South Whittier, teachers do not get credit for the hard work they put into their student's progress if that student moves? The next teacher gets credit for those test scores.
Did you know that school districts spend thousands of dollars ordering test booklets? And they spend thousands more to have them corrected electronically? At whose expense?
Did you know that there are parents in neighboring states protesting state testing for 2nd and 3rd graders because their children are stressed out? With our economic status and hardships, this sounds reasonable.
Did you know that teachers are assessed on test scores as a whole with no credit for individual student progress from year to year?
Did you know that there is zero recognition for teachers who move a child from "far below grade level" status to "below grade level status" even though these are true successes? These students are simply labeled "failures".
Did you know that there is no required "proctor" to ensure secure testing procedures? Is there true fidelity, or do some teachers and schools embellish test scores out of fear of scrutiny?
Patti Martin is an entertainment writer, but an educator first. Her goals are for each child to have and achieve success. She is currently assisting former students with their senior projects. She is committed to educating parents and the community on the truths and fallacies about state testing. She hopes to be able to reinstate "The I'm Going to College" program that she had her students attend yearly at UCLA.


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It would probably look like this "Escape Machine" in Paris, which doles out free vacations (or oversized invalid tickets). It's like HAL and the monolith had a bastard child, and it was adopted by a nice couple from Candyland.
I guess it's a promotion for a French travel site, but I sort of don't want to know.
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On the pages below you will find many of Yogi Bhajan's teachings presented in his priceless class lectures, poems, and elevating quotations, along with inspiring personal stories students have written that convey some of his teachings at work in real life, and give us a glimpse into what it was like to be his student when he was with us on the physical plane.
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9th Annual Sattellite Awards
Jim received a nomination in the category Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for "Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind".
Kate Winslet, in the category Bas Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for "Eternal Sunshine".
Michele Ferron and Louis Morin for Visual Effect in "Eternal Sunshine".
Emmanuel Lubezki for Cinematography in "Lemony Snicket".
Dylan Tichenor for Editing in "Lemony Snicket".
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A few minutes later I was showering, and realized I'd left the shampoo bottle out on the counter. I asked Frank to hand it to me, and then lathered up my hair.
But it didn't lather. It clumped. And the more I rubbed the worse it got. In horror, I realized Frank had given me a bottle of generic hotel hand lotion, which showed no sign of coming out of my hair. I think I used up the hotel's entire hot water supply and quite a bit of shampoo to de- goopify my receding hairline.
The freeway went through quite a few small towns. A peculiarity you see in Idaho is that every neighborhood has at least one house with a sign up that you can buy jerky there.
Today we drove through Red Rock Pass in Idaho, which is an interesting area.
From roughly 14,000 to 32,000 years ago the immense Lake Bonneville covered large amounts of Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. At some point, roughly 14,500 years ago, this massive lake eroded through a weak spot at Red Rock pass, causing a torrential flood. The flood rate was 15 million cubic feet of water per second, which is 3 times the average flow of the Amazon river today.
It's oddly strange to stand in this quiet, rocky, area and think of it being under several hundred feet of water, pouring out with terrible force. Today the Great Salt Lake and Bonneville Salt Flats are all that are left of the massive lake.
We stopped for some groceries around noon. The store had a big aisle marked "Mormon Food Storage Supplies". It included rice, beans, wheat, big plastic containers, and (I swear!) A whole row of José Cuervo Margarita mixes. Either this is some new church doctrine, or they need a better stockboy.
Upon returning to our car, we saw this spankin' vehicle, which featured a plastic pigeon nailed to the trunk.
On the way out of town we passed a sandwich place advertising "15-inch footlong subs". I pointed it out to the kids, and asked what was wrong with it. Frank said it was because they were using the metric system.
On this trip we've seen quite a few wind farms. Back home I hear people complaining about them being horrible eyesores, and not wanting them around. I have to tell you, though, that 100 tall wind turbines are a hell of a lot better looking than a single belching smokestack.
We eventually arrived back at my FIL's house, where he enthusiastically greeted me with a gift-wrapped bag of the horrid jerky I'd tossed earlier in the trip, since he figured I'd enjoyed it so much.
While she and the kids visited with FIL, Mrs. Grumpy sent me to forage for pizza at a Little Caesar's, which had a sign in front that said "Little Caesar is hot and ready tonight". Since "Little Caesar" is allegedly the founder's nickname, I have to wonder if that was one of his college pick-up lines.
While driving back with dinner I was passed by a big Dodge pick-up truck with the license plate "ITSOBIG".
Only a few more days. I can do this.


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Sitting on the coast of West Africa is Senegal, one of the continent's most stunning places. A lot of the visitors who come to Senegal do so because of its unique climate, over 3,000 hours of sunshine during the year, not to mention its beautiful, uncrowded beaches. However, the country has so much more to offer, such as its game parks and its reserves, all there for visitors to try out hunting or enjoy the simple pleasure of bird watching. The nightlife of Senegal is centered on its capital city, Dakar, where the music scene is truly diverse and guests can take their pick of the genre of music they most enjoy.
The best time to visit Senegal would be from the months of November to February, which is when the climate is dry and cool. From July till the latter part of September, the country experiences its wet season and a few of the local parks are not accessible to visitors.
Places to see
When visiting Senegal, a must see is its capital city, Dakar. This is where there is an abundance of outdoor markets selling unique pieces of art, jewellery, food, and a lot of other interesting items. Bargaining is encouraged here. While in Dakar, get to see the Musée Théodore Monod museum, home of the best of African art. Lac Rose or Pink Lake is a favorite tourist site where the water seems to take on a bright pink hue due to its salt content. Swimming is allowed in the lake. Saint Louis is the place to go for walking tours and shopping as well.
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Jon Lowenstein has won the $10,000 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize for his powerful, in-depth look at life in Chicago's much-maligned South Side.
"The idea is to look at the South Side, in the space between the post-industrial meltdown to where Starbucks comes in," he tells TIME, "and how globalization affects local communities, and ultimately how we deal with wealth inequality in the United States."
Chicago's South Side was historically a booming industrial center that saw economic decline and later became home to some of the Unites States' largest public housing projects. The area is now undergoing a process of gentrification and swathes of African-American residents are leaving. Lowenstein has called the locality home for over ten years and has been documenting life there, he says, since he moved in.
"It's really changing," he adds. "But it's a visually rich place, historically rich."
Judges were particularly drawn to Lowenstein's stylized video project "A Violent Thread," which features interviews with locals. His personal poetry and narrative writing were also a key component of his win, officials say.
Lowenstein is owner and a member of NOOR Images and is the recipient of several fellowships and awards. His work has appeared in TIME, The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, among others. He hopes to turn South Side into a book, and that the award will help him find a publisher.
The Lange-Taylor Prize is awarded annually and aims to encourage documentary projects that make use of the interplay of words and images.
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Deposed Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich resurrected his fast-talking media blitz this morning with an appearance on the Today Show timed to coincide with the release of his book, "The Governor."
Blago used the appearance as a way to rehash lines from his book, which was released early last week by many bookstores, and continue to claim his innocence in only the way that Blago could.
"If what I say is true is true," he said. "And if a governor was stolen from office then something is totally upside down."
If what he says is true is true, then everyone from the president to the senate majority leader to the White House Chief of Staff was complicit in his unfair ouster from office.
Blagojevich claims that he was working on an above-board deal to hand the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama to his nemesis Lisa Madigan when he was arrested. He says that numerous political players were aware of the deal and that no one is speaking out on his behalf.
"The irony here is that the very accusers that said those things and took them out of context took me out of office are the very people that went to court to block the tapes for being released."
Blago said that once each and every wire-taped conversation is released, he will be "completely vindicated."
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In the meantime, he's trying to win vindication through books and media appearances.
"When you're an honest person and you want to tell the people who hired you and trusted that you did nothing wrong you look for the highest mountain top shout your message from," Blago said. "But no one hears you when you're on top of the mountain top so the next best thing is to write a book and come on a show like [the Today show.]
Blagojevich continues his media blitz this week. He's scheduled for an appearance on The View this Wednesday and on Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday.


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Elite-Backed Sterilization "Safaris" Meet With Growing Resistance Gallery
Jurriaan Maessen
December 31, 2012
The Telegraph out of Calcutta India reports that resistance grows in India's rural areas to a government scheme deploying sterilization vans.
Deputy director of India's Health Department's family planning division Subodh Jaiswal said that women in rural Bihar "are very conservative and it is difficult to convince them to take part in a sterilisation programme."
The article mentions that the department launched a mobile sterilization van "to promote sterilisation for women in Patna district." Jaiswal stated that "only 200 women have been sterilised through this project."
"Bihar", the article goes on to say, "needs rigorous family planning measures to check the unbridled growth of the population."
"(…) women in rural parts of the state are very conservative. To convince them of our sterilisation programme was very challenging.", Jaiswal said.
"The van has two nurses who administer the process. They try to convince women who have at least one child to opt for the sterilisation."
According to the officials, the mobile sterilization van was part of a government scheme attempting to "motivate female sterilization". They admitted that the project has failed miserably because of "conservative" sentiments among women.
"There has been a sharp decline in the number of people who availed of the scheme in the last fiscal.", they told the Telegraph.
"In 2010-2011, 10,367 women had availed of the benefits of the Adarsh Dampati Yojana; in 2011-2012, only 7,700 women took advantage of the service," Jaiswal stated.
These numbers prove that these sterilization vans are meeting with resistance from women in rural areas. The use of such mobile sterilization units is not the invention of overzealous health officials in India. It has been developed by World Bank- and UN personnel worrying about population growth in developing (and developed) nations. As early as the 1980s, the World Bank [world_bank_mobile_van]
suggests using "sterilization vans" and "camps" to facilitate its sterilization policies for the third world. The 1984 World Development Report also threatens nations who are slow in implementing the bank's population policies with "drastic steps, less compatible with individual choice and freedom."
The report is devoted entirely to the World Bank's long-term strategies in regards to population control and does not shy away from proposing the most draconian methods in order to depopulate the planet:
"Male and female sterilization and IUDs can be made more readily available through mobile facilities (such as sterilization vans in Thailand) or periodic "camps" (such as vasectomy and tubectomy-camps in India and IUD "safaris" in Indonesia)", the report states. [world_bank_docs_sterilization-vans]
To illustrate how serious the World Bank is in achieving the overall strategy objectives on population control, the report makes use of outright threats:
"Population policy has a long lead time; other development policies must adapt in the meantime. Inaction today forecloses options tomorrow, in overall development strategy and in future population policy. Worst of all, inaction today could mean that more drastic steps, less compatible with individual choice and freedom, will seem necessary tomorrow to slow population growth."
In the preface, then President of the World Bank and 1985 Bilderberg attendee, A.W. Clausen stated:
"(…) although the direct costs of The World Bank programs to reduce population growth are not large, a greater commitment by the international community is sorely needed to assist developing countries in the great challenge of slowing population growth."
"(…) governments can use incentives and disincentives to signal their policy on family size", the report continues. "Through incentives, society as a whole compensates those couples willing to forgo the private benefits of an additional child, helping to close the gap between private and social gains to high fertility."
To give an adequate illustration of the World Bank's preference for all-out government control over the people, and their intent on meddling in people's personal decisions, the following quote will suffice (page 107):
"By taxing and spending in ways that provide couples with specific incentives and disincentives to limit their fertility, government policy can also affect fertility in the short run. Government can offer "rewards" for women who defer pregnancy; it can compensate people who undergo sterilization for loss of work and travel costs; and it can provide insurance and old-age security schemes for parents who restrict the size of their families. [population-1]
Each of these public policies works through signals which influence individual and family decisions- when to marry, whether to use contraception, how long to send children to school, and life expectancy, and whether and how much family members work."
Under the header "Incentives and disincentives" (page 121), the World Bank proposes several more examples of government interference in the affairs of free humanity:
"To complement family planning services and social programs that help to reduce fertility, governments may want to consider financial and other incentives and disincentives as additional ways of encouraging parents to have fewer children. Incentives may be defined as payments given to an individual, couple, or group to delay or limit child-bearing or to use contraceptives. (…). Disincentives are the withholding of social benefits from those whose family size exceeds a desired norm."
The report uses the example of China to make clear such measures can be highly successful if governments would only be willing to implement them:
"With the possible exception of China, efforts to raise the age at marriage by persuasion and edict have not been particularly successful."
"In China the birth rate at the end of 1982 was estimated to be nineteen per 1,000 people, down from forty in the 1960s. The current figure, based on birth registrations rather than on a census, may slightly understate the actual birth rate; but it would still be well below current rates in South Asia, Africa, and most of Latin America."
On page 124, the World Bank report further marvels at the Chinese government's accomplishments:
"China has the most comprehensive set of incentives and disincentives, designed (most recently) to promote the one-child family. Since the early 1970s women undergoing various types of fertility-related operations have been entitled to paid leave: in urban areas fourteen days for induced abortion; ten days for tubal ligation; two to three days for insertion or removal of an IUD; and in the case of postnatal sterilization, seven extra days over the normal fifty-six of paid maternity leave."
Making clear that the overall World Bank population reduction strategy must be implemented in a country-specific manner, the report states:
"The specific policy agenda for each country depends on its political culture, on the nature of the problem it faces, and on what it has already accomplished."
What does have to be global, according to the World Bank, is continuing urbanization: people nicely locked up in massive townships. The report explains:
"Living in small towns does less to reduce fertility than does living in larger cities. That many of these changes take time to have an effect only underlines the need to begin them now. At the same time, other measures that complement and speed socioeconomic change can hasten a decline in fertility."
This report is completely in step with the strategies outlined by the UN, the Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, World Health Organization and IMF as they move to depopulate the earth in a consorted global effort. The pretexts for fertility reduction given throughout the report are "sustainable development" and "poverty reduction". The truth is, so states the World Bank itself, to introduce and further develop "policy measures to increase people's welfare as well as (and as a means) to reduce fertility."
According to a report out of India earlier this year, several victims of forced sterilization by state officials have come forward, providing bone-chilling evidence of widespread sterilization practices in Madhya Pradesh, a huge province in India's heartland.
An item carried by India Today, under the header "conned into sterilization" features no less than 8 victims of Indian government officials, who routinely round up citizens and sterilize them just to meet the state's family planning targets. As it turns out, it's not just the state's targets they are meeting. Every time some chicken-necked eugenicist grabs a surgical knife, it is the desires of the UN and World Health Organization he's satisfying.
The victims interviewed include a 98-year old man and an 80-year old man, both of whom were forced to undergo vasectomy. Government officials threatened the men with withholding their social benefits if they refused.
"While these men got to live the life they wanted till a ripe old age, 24-year old Jamuna Kori of Sidhi district was not so lucky. One day, he was just picked up from a road by two men, sterilised and left on the highway again."
The article, written by correspondent Rahul Singh, also features a woman who was drugged into submission:
"They gave me something to drink and I fell unconscious. When I woke up I realized they had operated on me. I want an inquiry".
The video also shows several mentally challenged individuals, who were not even threatened but just directly operated upon.
The clip also features a 25 year old man who took his 2 year old son for an anti-rabies vaccine after the boy was bitten by a dog. The doctors told the man they would only treat his son if the father would undergo sterilization. The Telegraph carried an article about this case, in which the young father said:
"My son's life was more important. I was told private hospitals charge 900 Rupees (£11) for each injection," he told The Indian Express."
"In 2010", states a 2011 article out of New Delhi, "Madhya Pradesh achieved a record sterilization target of 645,000, luring villagers with freebies such as mobile phones, two-wheelers and gold coins to undergo sterilization."
But now, in 2012, it seems the eugenicists in the UN are loosing patience as now they just order people picked up from the road to have them drugged and sterilized.
In an ad put out by the UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) for the job of family planning consultant (7 vacancies) the candidates are being informed about the reasons for more hands:
"Given that the presence of the private sector is marginal, there is major client load on the public health system. Hence, if sterilization services in Madhya Pradesh have to pick up, public health system has to gear itself and other options of public–private partnership, wherever feasible, will have to be explored."
Another piece of evidence that the sterilisation-efforts contributed to the state is actually being coordinated by the UNFPA:
"It is proposed to have a dedicated technical person in the office of divisional joint director, as divisional family planning consultant, supported by UNFPA. The consultant would be physically located in the office of divisional joint director health services and will work under direct administrative and technical control of joint director health services."
In fact, these practices are being conducted worldwide- always with the help of the same old modus operandi: the World Bank and their UN partners constrict sovereign nations to the point of them accepting trading-"privileges". In order to safeguard a seat around the transnational table, these nations- often struggling with widespread poverty- accept every and any condition by the lender of last resort (IMF, World Bank). These conditions are far from secret. They are actually right out in the open. This latest Indian horror story is further evidence of the fact that not the Indian state is the initiator of these forced sterilization policies, as the article by Rahul Singh argues. It is the UNFPA rather, the enforcement arm of the eugenicists, which both sets the standards, provides the technology, recruits the medical personnel, and- on a global level- enforces these sterilization policies through binding treaties and other supranational strangleholds.
In the context of the 2011 UN's World Population Day several developing nations were quick to pledge allegiance to the eugenic deity. In the east-Indian state of Bihar, officials put out the announcement that:
"The Bihar government will soon formulate a new population control policy. The policy will be framed in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF)."
Another Indian state, Karnataka, had President Gladys Almeida "observe World Population Day" at which event she told local government employees:
"There is a need to create an awareness on the need for population control."
Another individual present said:
"as the population increases, nature takes its own method to control it."
Another compliant nation, Pakistan, had their Federal Minister for Population Welfare Firdous Aashiq Awan announce that:
"The government is taking serious measures to control population growth in the country."
The government in Islmabad even recruits religious leaders (a trick stolen from the UN) in order to sell population control to the masses:
"(…) religious leaders are being empowered. For the first time, 'Imam Masjid' is being made a partner in population Welfare programmes. He would act as a social mobilizer, she (Awan) added."
These pledges of allegiance to the UN and their set goals of reducing human numbers are not exclusively made by developing countries. Developed countries have accustomed themselves with the same line of reasoning. The only difference is that, as of yet, the language has been more "friendly", masking the true purpose of the scientific dictatorship implemented.


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I know almost nothing about Ham radio. I am studying for my license right now. I am aware that many transceivers can be combined with a PC to simplify tuning. But I don't know anything about networking over ham. I'm not sure what equipment is needed. Right now I am thinking about a portable unit with a power adapter. The one I am looking at can interface with the PC for tuning. I just don't know if this interface provides the ability to network digitally or not. I've hunted around the web and mostly find projects that are modifying routers for mesh networking over ham. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, yet. I thought I might ask here since its likely, that once I find the information I need, I'll also need to find *BSD compatible hardware.
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Well, some ham gear comes with a certain amount of lock-in on the software you can use. In some cases, that can mean a windows-only environment. A few protocols are open or have been reverse engineered. So - I'd look at all of those details before I made any decision about gear.
The thing that is all the rage now is SDR (software defined radio). There is a ham transceiver called "Flex" that is very oriented towards this, but there are others.
You don't need a radio at all to start experimenting with ham + software + internet. Just install fldigi (open source digital ham software) on your BSD or Linux box, and go to:
Then, turn on your speakers and tune around the HF bands with your mouse. The utwente site/app has full coverage short-wave, with multi-user capability (usually over a hundred people are logged in at any given time).
If you have oss, port audio or pulse (alsa), you can redirect the audio from the websdr (above) to fldigi, and watch bpsk31 digital conversations, as well as others. You may need jackd, depending. Easiest is pulse (runs out of the box).
You need a browser with full HTML5 audio (webAudio API) to do this. Some browsers have only enough HTML5 audio to do YT. Vivaldi is one that works for me on the referenced site. It's in beta test though - so user uses at own risk. Some versions of Firefox and Chrome also work. Internet explorer does not.
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I don't know if you've noticed, but there has been a distinct lack of foodie posts on my blog recently. Yes part of the reason is I have been distracted with gallivanting around parts of Wales, the other is my other hobby: growing veg. But the real truth is my mother. One of the
As well as Birthday cake, pilau rice, potato tikkia, vegetable samosas, pakoras ... one of the other homemade dishes we have been feasting on is authentic saag - mustard greens. For many of my Welsh readers it will look like laverbread, but I assure you it is nothing like it. It is only similar in that is it is an acquired taste. In my childhood days and even in my youth, I did not like this jet green stuff much. However over the years my tastes have,...well matured shall we say. These days I would describe it as lush. Its like deep green butter or Pâté if you wish, that you can lavishly smear your naan bread or roti with it and eat.
Although saag can be made with any green, proper Saag is made with mustard greens, not that stuff that is sold in restaurants and take-aways as Palak Saag which is spinach by the way. My mother will say 'real saag is king and palak is the prince' and I think this is true to those who know the difference. If you interested to learn more about authentic saag, follow this link.
I have to put hand on heart and say, I have not attempted to make saag for myself as it takes hours and its such a laborious cooking process. The closest I have got it by making a cheats version of it with Turnip Greens, its was lovely - but different.
Anyway, we have enjoyed my mothers rich homemade saag with plain basmati rice, with roti and with naan bread. And guess what there is still loads more. I am freezing the rest for another day.


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I would transfer to MSU.
Your friend should have applied to more schools. Class rank and 1L gpa are everything in the transfer process, it has nothing to do pre-law stats. How much is the scholarship at Cooley for ? As far as the law review/moot court thing at Cooley, do these classes mean your are automatically on LR or moot court afterwards? Or do they mean that you have to THEN write on/compete after you take the classes? MSU is known for it's sports teams but that's not the same as being known for it's law school. MSU doesn't have good job prospects outside of MI and the midwest either. Cooley isn't that respected in MI. Law review at Cooley might push her ahead of some other candidates for jobs in the midwest but I wouldn't think it would be a lock for anything b/c the economy is so bad in MI and the midwest right now. To top it off, top 22% is good, but really not that impressive to a lot of employers who are inundated with a ton of apps for what little positions are available. Don't forget we're talking Cooley here.Your "friend" is in a really tough spot here. I don't think transferring to MSU would be a good idea unless the scholarship she has at Cooley is very small.Here's what I would do:1) See if there is a way to take a 1 year leave of absence from Cooley, then apply for transfer status at several other schools well in advance of the deadline. She'll have to call several schools and ask if they would go for this. Where does your friend have residency? If she has residency in a state that has a decent in-state law school(s), she needs to find out if she would be competitive for admission there. During her time off from school she should get a legal job of some sort, even if that means working as a paralegal or working in retail and doing an unpaid internship on the side.2) Visit at another school during her final year of law school. This might be difficult. I do not know what Cooley's policy on visiting students is and she'd have to apply to visit. It isn't that hard to get accepted as a visiting student SOMEWHERE, the problem is always trying to coordinate it with your "home" law school. The goal should be to visit her third year at a reputable law school in an area of the country where the economy isn't as bad as in the midwest, where she could try to network for a post-grad job. A downside is that she would have to pay full sticker price for her third year. If Cooley does agree to it, she'd have to find some way to do her law review duties off site (assuming she gets on and Cooley allows that). Moot court would be out.
MSU easily.http://www.law.com/img/nlj/charts/composite.pdf
So the question is, would you stay at Cooley with LR, Moot Court, and a 25% scholarship, or would you jump ship to MSU and have none of that?
Quote from: Ninja1 on August 03, 2009, 08:39:38 PMMSU easily.http://www.law.com/img/nlj/charts/composite.pdfI don't see how the NLJ placement stats (or the employment stats in general, excluding academic attrition and transfers) support choosing MSU. MSU's 3% NLJ placement, compared to Cooley's 0%, doesn't justify the transfer, IMO. Quote from: marsius on August 03, 2009, 05:12:46 PMSo the question is, would you stay at Cooley with LR, Moot Court, and a 25% scholarship, or would you jump ship to MSU and have none of that?Cooley. I think the $20K less debt, law review, and moot court turn the table on the lower reputation. And this isn't even considering the unknown possibilities, all of which are unlikely at MSU: higher class rank due to transfers, law review editorial board, publishing note/comment, moot court board, high placement at moot court tournament, good references/letters from 1L professors, social networks gained through moot court / law review / 1L year. Job prospects from both schools will not be great. MSU's marginally better employment prospects don't justify the jump, in my opinion. At least with law review and moot court at Cooley, your friend has some credibility. She'll be a nobody at MSU. Better to be a big fish in a small pond rather than just another fish in a slightly larger pond. If your friend was transferring to some random tier 2 or tier 1 school, the move would probably be worth it. But I don't see the move being worth $20K, law review, and moot court.
The latest things I've learned: MSU doesn't allow transfer students to earn latin honors at graduation and, if her interpretation of the student handbook is correct, they don't allow transfer students to graduate with regular honors either (I'm iffier on whether this interpretation is correct). They also don't give transfer students an official rank (something about only allowing them to have an unofficial "comparison" ranking. Not sure if it would go on a transcript or not).


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How large is one billion? One billion hours ago modern humans were living in the Stone Age. One billion minutes ago, the Roman Empire was flourishing. If you traveled from Earth to the Moon three times, your journey would measure one billion meters.
Today, we've reached our own one billion mark: Google Earth has been downloaded more than one billion times since it was first introduced in 2005. That's more than one billion downloads of the Google Earth desktop client, mobile apps and the Google Earth plug-in—all enabling you to to explore the world in seconds, from Earth to Mars to the ocean floor.
We're proud of our one billion milestone, but we're even more amazed at the way people have used Google Earth to explore the world. When we founded Keyhole, Inc. back in 2001 (the company was acquired by Google in 2004), we never imagined our geospatial technology would be used by people in so many unexpected ways. At www.OneWorldManyStories.com, we've collected stories from people all over the world who use Google Earth to follow their dreams, discover new and distant places, or make the world a better place.
Visit www.OneWorldManyStories.com to learn about people like Professor David Kennedy of the University of Western Australia, who's used Google Earth to scan thousands of square kilometers in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Professor Kennedy has discovered ancient tombs and geoglyphs dating back at least 2,000 years, all without leaving his desk in Perth. Architect Barnaby Gunning, after the April 6, 2009 earthquake near L'Aquila Italy, encouraged his fellow citizens to start rebuilding the city virtually in 3D. Their online urban planning will aid city planners and architects. Retired English teacher Jerome Burg created Google Lit Trips, which uses Google Earth to match places in famous books to their geographical locations, encouraging students to create connections between the stories they read in school and the world they live in.
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Note to the married homicidal: If the California legislature approves a new bill, whacking your loved one may not be as profitable as it once was.
The bill is designed to remove a 'loophole' from the state's divorce law that allows someone to get half of their spouse's estate if they hire someone to kill their spouse, fail, then file for divorce. Seriously.
Believe it or not, this actually happened. The wife of a Pomona police officer hired local gang members to kill her husband. Instead, the hired killers turned her in. She was sent to prison in February 2003, was released in March 2004 -- then filed for divorce and collected $70,000 from their estate.
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The inaugural Wintersalt Music Fest has announced the first headlining artists coming to San Francisco's Fort Mason Festival Pavilion on Dec. 28 to 29.
Drummer Travis Barker will perform in tandem with Mixmaster Mike, a Bay Area native best known as the Beastie Boys' DJ. Also on the initial lineup is a DJ set from electro duo Chromeo plus live performances from Dillon Francis, Zedd, Theophilus London, Paper Diamond, St. Lucia, and Viceroy. There will be art installations and a pop-up shop as well.
The 18-and-over event is produced by Eye Heart SF, which also promotes a popular annual New Years Eve party called "Streets of San Francisco," also to be held at Fort Mason on Dec. 31.
More artists, including a "special guest headliner," are expected to be announced next week. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Oct.16 via the official site. A warm-up party (free with RSVP) with a performance by St. Lucia takes place at 330 Ritch in San Francisco on Oct. 24.


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The South Kohala district encompasses the sun-struck shoreline of the Big Island's northwestern coast and reaches upland (mauka) to Waimea's cool green pastures. Near the ocean, volcano goddess Pele's work is a dramatic lavascape, studded here and there by kipuka (small vegetated oases surrounded by lava flows). Today, as in ancient times, this area offers a valued portal to the sea where you can still see Kamehameha the Great's shoreline fishponds all along the Kohala Coast.
During the 1960's bold land developers spent millions to create additional kipuka along the shoreline. These oases are the Mauna Kea, Mauna Lani and Waikoloa oceanfront resorts of the Kohala Coast. The resort culture, in turn, inspired development of luxury real estate options in the nearby areas: custom homes, villas, condominiums and vacation residences.
Tucked in among the Kohala Coast resorts is the tiny, low-key beachfront community of Puako. Once a fishing hamlet reachable only by boat, Puako embraces an appealing mix of high-end custom homes and vacation rentals as well as plantation-style beach shacks and modest cottages. The palpable contentment enjoyed by this diverse little enclave is the result of the live-and-let-live facet of aloha, evidenced when neighbors meet to talk story on the front porch of M's Puako General Store, the only store in town.
Six miles upland from the shoreline, Waikoloa Village (as opposed to coastal Waikoloa Resort) is a relatively new subdivision developed over the last 35 years. Originally intended as affordable housing for resort workers, Waikoloa has grown into an interesting convergence of young working families, "snowbirds" (part-time residents from the mainland), recent transplants, baby boomer retirees and kama'āina(meaning "old-timers") who enjoy the warm weather (in spite of sometimes blustery winds). With several condominium complexes, a shopping center and an active Community Association, Waikoloa Village is conveniently located between Waimea and Kailua-Kona. Homeowners in the Village also have access to nearby tennis and golf amenities.
On the high, cool plain to the north and east is the captivating cowboy town of Waimea, also known as Kamuela. "Waimea" translates to "red water," and every Hawaiian Island has at least one place called Waimea. When the 20th century Post Office needed a zip code, it was designated Kamuela, or Samuel, for a member of the Parker family.
Prized throughout Hawaiian history as a rich source of fresh water and good soil, Waimea is the headquarters of Parker Ranch, at one time the world's largest privately-owned cattle operation.
Although you see symbols of urban America in the town's main shopping area (including a Starbucks), the essential character of Waimea is an appealing balance of cowboy-rustic and cultivated sophistication. Here, you will find highly-regarded private schools, a contemporary hospital, headquarters for multiple astronomy observatories, fine restaurants, art galleries and the Kahilu Theatre, a performing arts center, all located in close proximity to a rodeo arena, acres of farms and grazing cattle on vast ranches.
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Update 11/8: The car has been found it's a 2002 Lincoln LS according to the translated article.
This comes from r/bicycling on Reddit it appears a driver hit and killed a Cyclist. r/cars is on the case, and have come up with either Mercedes or Infiniti, the popular consensus right now seems to be an Infiniti G45m but we can't be sure.
Here's a local news video including some better shots of the suspect vehicle
Lets get on this crime buster! I have faith in my fellow Jalops.