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Chaos Theory and Complexity Theory
Keith Warren
Chaos theory and complexity theory, collectively known as nonlinear dynamics or dynamical systems theory, provide a mathematical framework for thinking about change over time. Chaos theory seeks an understanding of simple systems that may change in a sudden, unexpected, or irregular way. Complexity theory focuses on complex systems involving numerous interacting parts, which often give rise to unexpected order. The framework that encompasses both theories is one of nonlinear interactions between variables that give rise to outcomes that are not easily predictable. This entry provides a nonmathematical introduction, discussion of current research, and references for further reading.
Community Violence
Neil B. Guterman and Muhammad Haj-Yahia
Community violence represents a widespread concern receiving increasing attention by social workers. This article considers the problem of community violence and our present understanding of its extent and consequences. Evidence is growing that identifies risk and protective factors linked with community violence exposure, particularly those of a demographic nature. At present early evidence points to potentially helpful ameliorative and preventive strategies for social workers to consider at the micro and macro levels.
Contexts/Settings: Corporate Settings
David Stoesz
Human service corporations provide opportunities that social workers are just beginning to recognize. Although the commercial provision of services has negative features, expansion of the for-profit sector bodes well for those professionals willing to consider it as a practice setting. Corporations have become prominent service providers in hospital management, nursing home care, managed care, child care, welfare, and corrections. Because for-profit firms are often more competitive than nonprofit agencies, privatization is likely to contribute to corporatization human services.
Mark R. Rank
Poverty has been a subject of concern since the beginnings of social work. This entry reviews three key research areas. First, the extent and dynamics of poverty are examined, including the measurement of poverty, patterns of cross-sectional and comparative poverty rates, the longitudinal dynamics of poverty, and poverty as a life-course risk. Second, reasons for poverty are discussed. These are divided into individual versus structural level explanations. The concept of structural vulnerability is offered as a way of bridging key individual and structural determinants in order to better understand the existence of poverty. Third, strategies and solutions to poverty are briefly reviewed.
Progressive Social Work
Rosemary Barbera, Mary Bricker-Jenkins, and Barbara Hunter Randall Joseph
Since the beginning of the profession, progressive social work has been characterized by a lived commitment to practice dedicated to advancing human rights and social and economic justice. Since the mid-1980s, the rise of global capitalism has vitiated support for robust social welfare programs and has had a conservatizing effect on the profession, rendering the progressive agenda both more urgent and more difficult. The economic crisis of 2008 has seen a rise in people suffering, while at the same time those programs that would help ease suffering are being cut back, further perpetuating the myth that austerity is the cure for the disease that it has caused. Meanwhile, the modernist ideals that gave rise to progressivism are being challenged by postmodernist thinkers. Progressive social work has responded to both challenges with innovation and energy, but theoretical and practical conundrums remain.
Settlements and Neighborhood Centers
Mike Fabricant and Robert Fisher
Settlement houses are a prism though which the turbulent history of social work can be viewed. This article specifically examines the genesis of social settlements over the past century. It describes the early work of the settlements in spearheading social reform and building community solidarity. It explores the relationship between historic shifts in the political economy and the changed work of settlements, particularly the development of neighborhood houses. Finally, it emphasizes the dynamic interplay in the past twenty years between corporatization of not-for-profit culture, shrinking government funding, and the redefinition of settlement services.
Sexual Harassment
Sondra J. Fogel
Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination as well as a complex social issue with psychological implications for both those who are harassed and those who perpetrate the harassment. Women continue to be primary targets, although men, youths, and sexual minorities are increasingly pursued. Legally prohibited in the workplace and educational institutions, sexual harassment persists in personal interactions as well as by electronic means despite prevention efforts such as education programs and zero-tolerance policies. This entry will define sexual harassment, provide an overview of its prevalence, and describe approaches for its remedy.
Social Impact Assessment
Paula T. Morelli and Jon Kei Matsuoka
Social impact assessment (SIA) is the process of analyzing (predicting, evaluating and reflecting) and managing the intended and unintended consequences on the human environment of planned interventions (policies, programs, plans, and projects) and any social change processes brought into play by those interventions so as to bring about a more sustainable and equitable biophysical and human environment (Vanclay, 2002). This subfield of impact assessment attempts to identify future consequences of a current or proposed action related to individuals, organizations and social macro-systems. SIA is policy-oriented social research often referred to as ex-ante evaluation, which involves pre-testing actions/interventions, or analyzing consequences.
Social Movements
Michael Reisch
Since the 19th century, social movements have provided U.S. social work with its intellectual and theoretical foundations and and furnished many of its leaders. Social workers were among the founders of the Progressive movement and have played important roles in the labor, feminist, civil rights, welfare rights, and peace movements for over a century. More recently, social workers have been active in New Social Movements (NSMs), that have focused on issues of identity, self-esteem, critical consciousness, and human rights, and in transnational movements, such as the Occupy movement, which have emerged in response to the consequences of economic globalization, environmental degradation, and major population shifts, including mass immigration.
Social Planning
Jon Simon Sager
Social planning emphasizes the application of rational problem-solving techniques and data-driven approaches to identify, determine, and help coordinate services for target populations. Social planning is carried out by a myriad of organizations—from federal agencies to community organizations—attempting to solve problems ranging from child welfare to aging. The advantages and disadvantages of this empirically objective data-driven approach, including different forms, will be discussed along with past, current, and future trends within the field of social work.


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Hey joooons,
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. With Valentine's Day coming up (BARF) or as others like to call it "Single's Awareness Day" (PATHETIC), I decided it might be fun to relive an awful V-Day memory that I've had. Don't get me wrong- I've had some good ones… but it definitely didn't start out that way…
Let me just be honest: I was an ugly kid. I was the kid that people made fun of in elementary school, but they weren't just talking shit– they were being brutally honest. No worries- I'm cute now… and Karma is a bitch (here's looking at you fatties).
On top of looking like a train wreck, I wasn't exactly the most popular kid in sixth and seventh grade. I was a dork. A true Persian style nerd (until the rebellion kicked in).
In the seventh grade, I really wanted to be cool. I tried to befriend the girls in the "in-crowd," start dressing like them, etc. Unfortunately, the fact that my Irooni mother cut my hair ABOVE my ears didn't really help my cause but I tried. In reality, I just wanted to be NOTICED. I wanted someone to realize that I was special (other than my dad).
And finally someone did. "Persian #1-"– the first of MANY Persian guys to come into my life…But at the time, he was the only male Iranian in my class. He was kiiiinda popular, not because he was good looking or cool- but because he was the class clown (only not as funny as Amir K.). That year, he decided that he liked me. At first, I pretended to be repulsed because hey- he wasn't attractive (you should see him now- damn). But his interest got me exactly what I wanted: attention.
So on Valentine's Day that year, when he snuck a bouquet of pink daisies into my locker while I was class- I was surprised and slightly embarrassed. How are you supposed to respond? I'd never had anyone have a crush on me before. I wasn't sure how to handle it. So I did the mature thing, I screamed, "Ewwwwww!" I slammed my locker door shut and ran to my newfound friends to talk massive amounts of shit about the "loser" who did the "dorkiest thing anyone could ever imagine."
I'm sure my sparkling behavior got back to him because I decided to call him that night to thank him in secret for the daisies that I actually really loved. But he hung up on me… three times.
Of course, it got out around school that I called him… at home… THREE TIMES… and I was made to look like the dork. The fact is: Persian #1 had balls. He went where no seventh grader had gone before. He did something thoughtful and sweet, and in the end got slapped in the face for it because I was too shallow to notice how brave he was to risk HIS reputation for liking ME– the weird, ugly "BROWN" girl.
Lesson learned.
Valentine's Day is a bullshit "holiday" where all of a sudden our relationships or crushes have this ridiculous amount of pressure added to them.
As if being in love with someone or wanting to date a person isn't pressure enough– Hallmark has to put a price tag on it. And if our men can't live up to Hallmark's standard, then WE act like total bitches.
How the fuck does that make ANY sense?
As long as you're not getting dumped on Valentine's Day (been there), just be thankful that you have someone in your life who tells you they love you everyday (and if they don't — you should really rethink your relationship). Sometimes the best way to celebrate your relationship is not to go out and spend a ridiculous amount of money on some boring restaurant with 50 other couples- but make dinner together, watch a movie.
Don't be generic.
Some of my BEST Valentine's Days are spent doing something intimate with the person of the hour- whether it was my boyfriend or a good friend. And let me share some of those ideas (aka my favorite memories) with you:
(1). Make dinner together and watch a corny movie– or better yet, a Disney movie. In my case, it was Beauty and the Beast (my favorite)– and that alone still stands out in my mind as the BEST V-Day I've ever had with a guy because he put thought into it. He didn't try to overdo it- he just did what he KNEW I would like.
(2). Single? Buy junk food and spend it watching trash TV with your homegirls. Look– if we're single women on V-Day- we are already expected to be sulking at home, stuffing our face with candy… so why not take advantage of that assumption and spend it laughing at the loser couples you've seen inappropriately kissing in restaurants… and at the park (creeps) as you ENJOY your high calorie frosting out of the can with the people you already love.
(3). Steer CLEAR from the dorky date/gift ideas. No one wants to be that couple who rides bikes holding hands. That's just embarrassing. So if you're looking to buy a nice gift, sometimes the best gift is something MEANINGFUL. Take your man/girl to a comedy show of their favorite comedian… or spend the day OUT- go hiking, do something that you wouldn't normally do– and remember: sometimes the best dates are the well thought out, LOW-KEY ones. STAY AWAY FROM THE PERSONALIZED MUGS:
Most importantly, don't give Hallmark the satisfaction of knowing they GOT TO YOU. They already make enough money with the bullshit cards they come out with every fucking day.
And for all you singles out there- who gives a shit that its Valentine's Day? Being a "couple" really isn't the most important thing in life. So if you are feeling down, which I'll admit- that sometimes I do, go do something for YOU. Read a book, take a pilates class, take a shot of tequilaaa– WHATEVER. It's JUST Valentine's Day.
Or better yet– you can write to us– because we promise you, we care more than Hallmark does ;)
Love alwayssss,

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Vibrating things have been big, like, forever, in the sex industry, but in cosmetics? This is sort of new. I was sent this Maybelline Pulse Perfection mascara to try out last week and I finally got round to having a play.
It's a whopping £15 – I saw whopping because its rather pricey for a drugstore level mascara. I think £10 is steep for a mascara anyway (considering that 90% amount of them that just don't work for my lashes).
Pulse Perfection worth spending £15 on? See after the jump!
So things that vibrate need batteries to run them and Pulse Perfection sits at the top of the tube like this:
I am always quick to mock those who are technologically retarded, but this time that person was me….."Where's the instructions….peel out what?……press what……IT WON'T WORK! IT'S BROKE…oh look its working…." and so on.
Good Vibrations
Unlike Estee Lauder's Turbo Lash (which costs £28 – so I guess Pulse Perfection is half the cost), this one requires you to press the small tab to get it vibrating. Estee Lauders vibrates as soon as you click open the lid.
Here's the thing. If you explained these two designs to me I would 100% say the Pulse Perfection tab idea is better. But in real use, the Estee Lauder tube is much better, because the Pulse Perfection encourages hand fatigue, and being at the very end of the tube, it makes it hard to hold down when applying.
The brush:
It reminds me of the Define a lash brush – quite bendy, spiky – its ok.
Sh-Sh-Shake it baby!
I compared the vibrations of Turbo Lash and Pulse Perfection (Mr Candy became very interested when it came to this part). The vibrations with the Turbo Lash is far far stronger than with Pulse Perfection.
One coat:
Lashes are well separated and defined. However the dreaded flop sets in:
Boo-hoo. I did a second coat anyway:
With a second coat it adds a lot of thickness and body to the lash and a bit of clump.
Its not a bad mascara at all to be honest, and performed better than I thought it would. It did cause floppage on me, which means its not something I would repurchase but those with natural length and curl will probably like it.
But anyway – the vibration is the crux here – and is the reason why Maybelline and other companies are charging high prices – I am not completely convinced yet. I'll update you if that changes!
Erm…….no. Not at all. It made my eyeballs tremble, but thats about it. From now on the only thing in my handbag that will vibrate is my phone and….that's all. That's all.


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On Tuesday, the Commerce Department reported the deficit on international trade in goods and services was $42.0 billion in July, up slightly from $41.9 billion in June.
Imported oil and subsidized imports from China account for nearly the entire $500 billion trade gap and pose the most significant barriers to robust growth and jobs creation. (Read More: US Trade Deficit Edges Up; Exports to Europe Tumble.)
The trade deficit on oil moderated a bit as economic activity slowed and prices fell from earlier in the year, but the trade gap with China continues to increase and now exceeds $350 billion on an annual basis.
The economic recovery began five months after President Barack Obama took office, and GDP (learn more) growth has averaged 2.2 percent. In October 2009, unemployment peaked at 10 percent, but has fallen to 8.1 percent entirely because fewer Americans are seeking work. (Read More: New Jobs at 96,000; Rate Hits 8.1%.)
Ronald Reagan inherited a similarly troubled economy with unemployment cresting at 10.8 early in his presidency. When he sought re-election, the economy was growing at 6.3 percent, unemployment was 7.3 percent and a rising percentage of Americans were seeking work.
The U.S. economy suffers from too little demand. Consumers are spending, but too many dollars go abroad to pay for Middle East oil and Chinese goods that do not return to buy U.S. exports. Businesses remain pessimistic and don't hire.
Reagan encouraged the development of natural resources and endured much criticism from environmentalists and academics. Whereas Obama has talked repeatedly about developing the full range of energy resources, but has bent to their pressure and imposed counterproductive limits on oil production in the Gulf, off the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts, and Alaska. Merely replacing domestic oil with imports does little to improve air quality or curb CO2 emissions.
These policies are premised on faulty assumptions about the immediate potential of electric cars and unconventional energy sources — the failures of the government subsidized Chevy Volt and Solyndra are two of many examples of failed government investments in alternative energy projects premised more on hope than solid business plans. (Read More: GM's Volt: The Ugly Math of Low Sales, High Costs.)
In combination, curbs on domestic conventional oil production and squandered resources on alternative technologies not yet ready for commercial application make the United States much more dependent than necessary on imported oil and destroy jobs by the millions.
Oil imports could be cut by two-thirds by boosting U.S. oil production to 10 million barrels a day, and immediately implementing more feasible solutions like the aggressive use of natural gas in fleet vehicles and more fuel efficient internal combustion engines. (Read More: No Need to Import OPEC Oil: Pickens.)
To keep Chinese products artificially inexpensive on U.S. store shelves, Beijing undervalues the yuan through government intervention in currency markets. It pirates U.S. technology, subsidizes exports and imposes high tariffs on imports.
Reagan was a forceful advocate for U.S. economic interests with the preeminent rivals of his day, like Japan. Whereas Obama, like President George W. Bush, has sought to alter Chinese policies through endless pleadings and negotiations.
Beijing offers token gestures, knowing President Obama will not take the strong actions, advocated by economists across the ideological and political spectrum, to force China to abandon its mercantilists policies. It successfully cultivates political support for the American policy of appeasement among large U.S. multinationals and banks doing business and profiting from mercantilism in the Middle Kingdom.
Cutting the trade deficit by $300 billion, through domestic energy development and conservation, and forcing China's hand on currency manipulation and other protectionist practices would increase GDP by about $500 billion a year and create at least 5 million jobs. (Read More: China's Wen Says Will Meet 2012 Growth Target.)
Longer term, large trade deficits shift resources from manufacturing and service activities that compete in global markets to domestically focused industries. The former undertake much more R&D and investments in human capital.
Cutting the trade deficit in half would raise U.S. economic growth by one to two percentage points. But for the trade deficits of the Bush and Obama years, U.S. GDP would be 10 to 20 percent greater than it is today, per capita income as much as $5,000 to $10,0000 higher, and unemployment not much of a problem.
Peter Morici is a professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, and former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Follow him on Twitter: @PMorici1.


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NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TINY), an early-stage, active investor in transformative nanotechnology companies, notes that Atelier Haute Communication, an expert in tailor-made mobile phones, has teamed up with Harris & Harris Group's portfolio company, HzO, Inc., creator of WaterBlock™, a nano-coating that offers water damage protection from the inside out for electronic devices. The partnership will enable Atelier to incorporate WaterBlock™ in an exclusive model from its range of luxury smart phones. The first smart phone to feature WaterBlock™ will be the TAG Heuer RACER Sub-Nano, a limited edition, Android-based model and is expected to be available in April 2013.
"Corporate partnerships are often instrumental to our portfolio companies' efforts to commercialize their technology," said Douglas W. Jamison, Chief Executive Officer of Harris & Harris Group. "At Harris & Harris Group, we believe these types of corporate partnerships will be fundamental for us in realizing value in these start-up companies over the coming decades."
WaterBlock™ works by creating a strong barrier between the internal circuitry of a device and water without any additional bulk, weight, or changes to the phone's aesthetics. The barrier is a transparent, thin film applied only to the internal electronics allowing the phone to survive complete submersion. In tests, it has proven to protect a device even when submerged to a depth of one meter for significant durations. Over 50 different smart phone models with WaterBlock™ have been tested to date. HzO's press release can be viewed at http://www.hzoinside.com/2013/01/10/atelier-haute-communication-hzo-sign-deal-provide-cuttingedge-water-protection-technology-luxury-smart-phones/2361.
Harris & Harris Group is an investor in privately held HzO, Inc.
Detailed information about Harris & Harris Group and its holdings can be found on its website at www.HHVC.com.
This press release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. These statements reflect the Company's current beliefs, and a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in this press release. Please see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as well as subsequent filings, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more detailed discussion of the risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties associated with venture capital investing and other significant factors that could affect the Company's actual results. Except as otherwise required by Federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or uncertainties. The references to the websites www.HHVC.com and www.hzoinside.com have been provided as a convenience, and the information contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into this press release. Harris & Harris Group is not responsible for the contents of third party websites.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 6th Aug 2012 18:34 UTC
Well, this is interesting. Apple has released iOS 6 beta 4, and it removes one of the staples of iOS, included since its very first release with the first iPhone: beta 4 does not include the YouTube application. YouTube is owned by Google, so that could be an explanation. However, unless Google has its own iOS YouTube application ready, iOS 6 could lead to a lot of unhappy iPhone and iPad users. The large websites with sources inside Apple are probably hard at work trying to find out what's going on here - could just be a bug, or maybe a way to gauge public response by causing news sites and blogs to post about it. Huh. Update: thank god for sites with clout: The Verge confirms that Google is working on a stand-alone iOS YouTube application. Good news for users, since the stock one wasn't particularly good to begin with.
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There used to be an app for that
by frostbyte on Tue 7th Aug 2012 04:29 UTC
I remember some 3+ years ago with a Nokia N900 in hand I was told left and right the phone/platform sucked because it lacked apps. Most of the time I thought the reason iPhone had the "there's an app for that" was because ultimately its browser sucked and couldn't handle Flash.
Now that iOS has matured, it turns out many/most iOS users are watching YouTube via Safari, since the browser is better at it than the discrete app...
That is all, back to my shack I go.
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RE: There used to be an app for that
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Who made the final go-ahead shot in last year's title game? Win a pair of passes good for all four nights of the 45th annual St. John Lions Club's Mid-Winter Classic beginning Jan. 15. We have a winner in the final contest. See full story for answers and winners to all five questions.
Win a pair of passes good for all four nights of the 45th annual St. John Lions Club's Mid-Winter Classic beginning Jan. 15.
Teams playing in the classic are St. John, Macksville, Pratt, Larned, Nickerson, Medicine Lodge, Central Plains and Ness City.
Answers can be posted using facebook, texting 620-377-7070 or email at email@example.com. Received time stamps will determine winners.
Passes must be picked up at the St. John News office, 113 E Third.
Question 5 - Last year the title game came down to the final minute of the game. Who made the final go-ahead shot for the winning team, what team was he on? Winner Derek Staub, answer Micah Swank, Pratt against Medicine Lodge. Swank shot a three-pointer with about a minute left to play to put Pratt up by two. Med Lodge player cut the lead to one with a free throw with about 40 secs left. Swank missed a free throw and two last minute shots by Med Lodge missed giving Pratt a 55-54 win. Swank was voted tournament MVP. Larned wont the sportsmanship trophy for 2012.
Question 4, Only one team has won the Classic more than three times in a row. Which team was it, and how many times in a row did they win? Extra credit for who won the most titles total. Winner Ron Moore. Hoisington won the title five years in a row from 1995-99. They also won in '74, '84 for a total of seven titles. St. John also has seven titles winning in 73, 81, 82, 83, 85, 89 and 04. Macksville has six wins starting in 1988 with their most recent title in 2011. Larned holds the record with nine titles starting with the third year of the Classic in 1971. They never won more than two years back-to-back.
Question 3, Who sent Macksville into the consolation bracket? What round? Winner Marilyn Grizzell, Pratt beat Macksville in second round. (Received at 9:23 a.m)
Question 2, Who knocked off St. John, last year? What was the final points spread?
First correct answer within five points wins. Winner Natalie Clark, Nickerson defeated St. John 73-62. (received at Friday at 5:53 p.m.)
Question 1, Ness City is making their first appearance at the Mid-Winter Classic. What team from last year are they replacing? Wichita West- winner Lorelei Massey Nelson, St. John


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The inclusion of a species in the Global Compendium of Weeds [GCW] does not necessarily indicate that the GCW author or sponsors (or the sponsors of the hosting website) consider the species a weed, nor do those entities vouch for the veracity of any particular source; the GCW is simply an attempt to provide summary information from a wide range of documented sources.
Read the introduction to the GCW book for information about how to interpret the information presented at this website.
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Notes on this version of the GCW website: The information on this website is more recent (includes more information) than the GCW book version (printed in 2002). Information on this site is current based on the data set* dated 24 January 2007. (*A small number [perhaps several hundred] species/reference combinations are missing from this online version due to data conversion issues.) The current online version SUPERCEDES the previous online version. For historical reference purposes, the old URLs are still available online, but should be considered obsolete. The current URLs (for species and references) may be considered permanent; it is not anticipated that these URLs will ever change.
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YMCA basketball team, Waterville, 1944Item 56913 info
Colby College Special Collections
Many of Maine's teenagers were involved in sports, and Jews were no exception. However, between the 1920s and 1940s, it was often tough for Jews to get involved.
As Ethel Talberth of Waterville recalled, "I loved sports. And, in order to engage in them, I had to bow down to the Catholic people. One would say, 'If you want me to vote for you, you have to scrub coals—you're Jewish.'"
But despite discrimination and name-calling on the courts and fields, Jewish teens had great success in athletics.
In 1944, Teddy Shiro was on the Waterville basketball team that won a New England title. By the 1950s and '60s, the name-calling turned from anti-Semitic to playful jokes.
Peter Beckerman, another Waterville native, remembered that his friends called him "bagel eater" on the basketball court. This did not offend him because it was funny and pertained to his identity.
Even if Jews experienced name-calling, they embraced the athletic lifestyle of Maine.


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Other Government Agencies Wanted Access To NSA Surveillance Data For Other Investigations... Including Copyright Infringement
from the seriously-now? dept
...drug trafficking, cyberattacks, money laundering, counterfeiting and even copyright infringementTo its credit (and I can't believe I'm saying that), it appears that the NSA has rejected most of these requests, saying that those other issues are not high enough of a priority and they don't want to violate privacy rights (don't laugh). Still, given how much pressure is coming from other agencies of the government, you have to expect that sooner or later the NSA will be pressured into opening up the data to other parts of the government. In fact, part of the concern about CISPA and other cybsersecurity legislation wasn't just that it would put the NSA in control over such information, but that it also made it clear that government agencies would be free to share that data with each other, for almost any investigative purpose.
And, of course, that brings us to the "copyright infringement" bit. It's no secret that different parts of the government -- including the DOJ and ICE (a part of Homeland Security) have taken it upon themselves to act as if copyright infringement is a huge problem that they, personally, need to stop. The idea that agencies are even seeking access to the NSA's data to deal with copyright infringement claims shows just how incredibly obsessed they are. Copyright shouldn't even involve federal law enforcement in the first place, as it really should only be about civil cases between private parties. It was troubling enough that the government was deputizing itself to be copyright cops -- but to find out that they also wanted to use the data the NSA collects (which is already of questionable legality) in order to further work on their copyright obsession is downright ridiculous.


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Make sure to buy the paper Wednesday. Check that. Make sure to buy the paper every day, but buy three copies on Wednesday: One to read, one to keep for posterity, and one to give to a friend who looks like he might need a little baseball knowledge dropped on them.
That's right -- the annual Daily News Spring Training Preview is coming out Wednesday. The theme of my main piece is change, and right now I am trying to decide what song lyric to work in. Feel free to give some suggestions, but here are three I'm considering:
"They'll all look at me and say/Hey look at him! I'll never live that way/But that's OK/They're just afraid to change."
--Change by Blind Melon
"Time may change me/But I can't trace time."
--Changes by David Bowie
"You gotta operate the easy way/I made a G Today/But you made it in a sleazy way"
--Changes by Tupac
I'm leaning toward Blind Melon -- One, because I don't want to get a bunch of emails from people who swear I misprinted David Bowie's lyrics. Two, because I don't think the Tupac lyrics are very relevant. Three, because I like the song.
Anyway, in the spirit of 21st-century information-distribution, I figured I'd give you guys a peek at some of what I'll be writing about well before you actually have to pay for it.
I'm going to take the 25-man roster on the day the Phillies clinched the NL East last season, and stack it up against the 25-man roster we're projecting will start the month of May (to account for injuries). That way, we can evaluate the changes the Phillies have made, man-for man.
I'll hit the rotation and bullpen today, and the line-up, bench and field tomorrow.
I. Rotation
Roy Halladay for Cliff Lee at No. 1 starter
Up is up, and the Phillies are obviously up here. Lee was spectacular when he first arrived from Cleveland and was dominant in the postseason, but he allowed at least five runs in four of his last seven starts of the regular season. Halladay has a longer track record of consistency, has not walked more than 1.9 batters per nine innings in any of the last four seasons, and posted a better ERA in a tougher division last season. It might not be a huge upgrade, but it is an upgrade.
VERDICT: UP, marginally
Jamie Moyer or Kyle Kendrick for Pedro Martinez at No. 5 starter
Although Kendrick pitched well at Triple-A and in a short stint in the majors, it is still unknown whether he has developed his change-up and slider enough to be effective as a regular starter. Moyer, meanwhile, is coming off both a disappointing season and a hellish offseason in which he underwent two surgeries and was hospitalized twice for complications. Martinez struggled in the World Series, but stabilized the fifth spot in the rotation after his midseason signing.
VERDICT: DOWN, until we know more
Cole Hamels for Cole Hamels at No. 2
I haven't talked to Hamels at all this season, but if I were him, I'd be pretty tired of hearing how bad I was last season. Consider: In his last 29 starts -- after an ugly seven-run outing against the Rockies in which his fastball was in the mid-80's, another against the Padres, and an injury-shortened performance against the Brewers -- Hamels posted a 3.94 ERA, allowed 0.95 home runs per nine innings, and struck out 7.84 batters per nine. Certainly not the Hamels we saw in 2008, but not nearly the basketcase teetering on the brink of collapse that some have portrayed.
Hamels struggled mightily in the playoffs, particularly against left-handed hitters, and there has been plenty of speculation about the importance of him developing a cutter this spring. I'm sure Hamels will experiment with a cutter, but his curveball is not a bad pitch -- he just seemed like he didn't have a ton of confidence in it last season. When Hamels' fastball is crisp and his change-up is acting the way he wants, his curveball is effective enough. I really think the inconsistency he showed last year was more a result of feeling less-than-100 percent physically after a grueling 2008, and what you saw in the postseason was a giant snowball that had accumulated girth and speed throughout the season.
II. Bullpen
Jose Contreras for Chan Ho Park at right-handed/multiple inning/7th-8th inning reliever.
Contreras is very much a wild card, but so was Park two years ago when the Dodgers converted him from a starter to a reliever. The big righty pitched well for the Rockies down the stretch in a relief role, and he'll provide some depth in the rotation. Still, Park was outstanding last season, and on paper this switch is a drop-off.
Danys Baez for Chad Durbin at right-handed/multiple innings/7th-8th inning reliever.
Durbin is back, but his role will likely change now that Contreras and Baez are in the fold. Baez has closing experience, and he put up solid numbers last year for the Orioles in his first season back from elbow surgery. His fastball averaged 93.3 MPH last season, according to FanGraphs.com, about three miles faster than Durbin's. He also pitched well in a set-up role late in the season, and posted an excellent groundball rate.
The addition of Baez and Contreras gives the Phillies more right-handed, late-game options than they had last season, which could help keep Madson and Lidge fresh while allowing Durbin to occupy more of the role he did in 2008, when J.C. Romero provided and a healthy and effective option late in games.
Chad Durbin for Clay Condrey at right-handed/multiple innings reliever
Condrey had a solid season last year, but was hampered by injuries late in the year and was ultimately non-tendered.
Durbin, a former starter, has been more effective in clean inning and multiple inning situations where he can afford to put men on base and work out of his own trouble.
Consider: In 18 relief appearances that lasted more than three outs last season, Durbin allowed just nine runs in 36.1 innings (1.98 ERA), allowing 1.14 walks and hits per inning.
Antonio Bastardo for Scott Eyre at left-handed reliever
Eyre was a true lefty specialist and thrived in that role for much of the last year and a half. But with his retirement, the Phillies don't have a player to fill that role. Bastardo is the likeliest choice, although he relies heavily on his fastball, while Eyre's slider was a deadly weapon against left-handed hitters. Bastardo has plenty of upside, but he is still very much unproven.
Kyle Kendrick/Jamie Moyer/Sergio Escalona for Jamie Moyer at Wild Card
Moyer performed well in long relief after losing his spot in the rotation, but his appearances were very much like starts. That said, Moyer has more major league relief experience than either Kendrick or Escalona.
J.C. Romero for Brett Myers at injured reliever
A healthy return by Romero would provide a tremendous boost to the bullpen. But he is in danger of missing up to a month, and perhaps more, depending on how his surgically-repaired elbow responds in spring training.


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The School of Dentistry's team triumphed for the second year in a row in UAB's annual Gurney Derby on Nov. 2, 2011. A Homecoming Week tradition, the Gurney Derby is one of many events sponsored and presented by the UAB National Alumni Society.
Sixteen teams competed in this year's derby. "Mixed Dentition" won the race down 13th Street South, gurney in tow. Second place went to the School of Health Professions' team, "Too Fast, Too Femerous: The Tibial Drifts." The dead last award and the award for most creative gurney passenger went to the School of Medicine's team, "The Burn Unit." The College of Arts and Sciences' team, "Dead Last," took the best dressed gurney award.
Homecoming Week events continue with Blaze the Night, a bonfire and pep rally at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in Mini Park, the campus parade at noon on Friday, Nov. 4 along University Boulevard, and the Homecoming football game at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5.


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Théodore Rousseau (French, Paris 1812 - 1867 Barbizon)
Landscape Study ("La Source"), ca. 1830
Signed bottom right in dark brown oil: T H.R...(illegible)
Oil on paper mounted on oak panel
9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (24.1 x 34.9 cm)
General Acquisitions Fund and Friends of Art Fund, 1966
This oil study of a rushing spring is attributed to Théodore Rousseau, the leading painter of naturalist landscape (the so-called school of Barbizon) in nineteenth-century France. The painting probably dates from around 1830. Its rugged topography and bold, painterly attack convincingly place it among Rousseau's open-air studies of the Auvergne and the Jura, such as The Torrent (ca. 1830; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes).1
The study addresses the harsh and varied topography of rock, brush, and crashing water as a set of textures, densities, and incidents of relief. It also exhibits the painter's facility and effort in extracting these traits from the material character of brushed pigment. The flat, simplified form of the rock at the upper right seems the result of direct sunlight and sleek strokes of paint; on the rock below, scumbled, matte deposits of dry brushwork provide a layer of rough moss. Thick dots and fluid lines of paint create touches of light on jutting forms. The water falls straight, opaque, and hard from the central ledge of rock, yet tumbles in soft curls and streaked layers over the rounded rocks at the lower right.
Rousseau's early oil studies represent a late phase within a tradition of open-air oil sketching that stretched back to seventeenth-century classical landscape.2 In 1800, the use and classification of oil sketching as a means of training the landscape painter's eye, memory, and hand were elaborately codified by the academic painter and teacher Henri de Valenciennes (1750-1819), in an influential treatise on landscape painting which Rousseau would have known. Among Valenciennes's recommended subjects and aims of study are minutely observed rocks and plants: "Note the details of bark, moss, roots, branches and clinging ivy....See how light the leaves look against a seemingly black surface."3
Other early oil studies by Rousseau and his contemporaries focus on a particular effect of light, or on ways in which a group of elements may be viewed and framed by the trained eye of the landscape painter, such as The Jetty at Granville (1831; Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum).4 The growing popularity of naturalist landscape and the taste for intimate, informal sketches made these works increasingly viable for exhibition and sale from the 1840s onward.5 The Oberlin study, however, was probably not intended for public exhibition or sale during Rousseau's lifetime, although such works were well known and admired by artists and a few critics. Its close vantage point, indifference to the motif as a visual ensemble, and its focus on discreet incidents of topography and brushwork mark it as a working study, intended principally for the artist's own use.
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Among the naturalist painters of Barbizon (named for the hamlet at the edge of the Fontainebleau forest where several of the group stayed or lived permanently), Théodore Rousseau was the greatest in talent, reputation, and complexity of achievement. He entered the atelier of Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond (1795-1875) when only sixteen, and later the atelier of Guillaume Lethière (1760-1832). By 1827 he was painting studies of sites in the Île de France, particularly the forests of Fontainebleau and Compiègne, with great vigor and directness. He made his debut at the Salon of 1831 with a composed landscape executed with an unusually bold attack. From 1836 until 1841, Rousseau's paintings were refused by the Salon, earning him the title le grand refusé, an epithet that linked his reputation with that of Eugène Delacroix and thus increased Rousseau's renown among artists, writers, and collectors sympathetic to Romanticism and its cult of nature. Rousseau's most eloquent and influential supporter was the great critic and Republican partisan Théophile Thoré (1807-1869), whose Salon reviews made frequent reference to Rousseau's "refused" landscapes, particularly his studies from nature. Rousseau began to participate again in the Salon in 1849, when jury members first included artists. Throughout the course of the 1850s and '60s, he received increasing official, critical, and commercial recognition (he won a first class medal at the Paris World's Fair of 1855). At the same time, however, many critics suggested that his successes had adversely affected his work. Though his reputation as chef d'école remained intact, many observers faulted his splendid effects of light, color, and space as "theatrical," and found his mode of execution intrusive and "false." Rousseau was plagued by financial worries throughout his life, despite the constant presence of various types and phases of his painting in the art galleries and auction houses of Paris, and in the collections of wealthy industrialists. His health was in steady decline during the last ten years of his life. Tended by his friend Jean-François Millet, Rousseau died in Barbizon on 22 December 1867.
General References
Herbert, Robert L. Barbizon Revisited. Exh. cat., California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962.
Forges, Marie-Thérèse de. Théodore Rousseau. Exh. cat., Palais du Louvre, Paris, 1967.
Miquel, Pierre. Le Paysage français au dix-neuvième siècle. Vol. 3. Maurs-la-Jolie, 1975.
Green, Nicholas. Théodore Rousseau. Exh. cat., Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 1982.
Sillevis, John, and Hans Kraan, eds. The Barbizon School. Exh. cat., Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, 1985.
Private collection, France
Sold to Hazlitt Gallery, London (1958)
Sold to Eugene V. Thaw, New York (after 1961), from whom purchased in 1966.
London, Hazlitt Gallery, 1959. Some Paintings of the Barbizon School. May. Cat. no. 28.
London, Hazlitt Gallery, 1961. Théodore Rousseau. November. Cat. no. 7.
Stechow, Wolfgang. Catalogue of European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin, 1967, p. 131, fig. 90.
Technical Data
The oil sketch was executed on paper mounted onto an oak panel. The thin, fine, off-white ground appears to be bound in an aqueous medium, and was prepared by the artist. The surface of oil paint is thin, allowing the texture of the paper (though not of the panel) to show through. While some areas appear glossy and clear, much of the painting's surface is dull and slightly hazy, either due to grime, or to deterioration of the natural resin varnish. Although the support is in sound condition, there are losses along the edges of the paper. Slight tears and creases, particularly in the upper corners, may indicate that the paper was attached to the panel at a later date. The paper is somewhat brittle, though securely attached to the panel, which is in good condition. Losses of paint at the edges and corners were treated at an unkown date. The inpainting is restrained and unobtrusive.
1.Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 46 cm; reproduced in Robert Herbert, Barbizon Revisited (exh. cat., California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962), p. 178, no. 84. A letter from Eugene Thaw to Chloe Hamilton Young of 21 February 1966 offers this comparison and a date of 1830 for the AMAM work.
2. See Peter Galassi (Corot in Italy: Open-Air Painting and the Classical-Landscape Tradition [New Haven, ca. 1991], particularly chapter one), for an extensive account of the roots and evolution of open-air oil sketching practices among European, and especially French, painters in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
3. Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Elémens de perspective pratique à l'usage des artistes, suivis des réflexions et conseils à un élève sur la peinture, et particulièrement sur le genre du paysage (Paris, 1800; 2d ed. 1820), p. 340. Translation from John Silles, "Plein Air and Historical Landscape," in The Barbizon School (exh. cat., Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, 1985), p. 14.
4. Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 43 cm; reproduced in Robert Herbert, Barbizon Revisited (exh. cat., California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962), p. 179, no. 86.
5. From the 1830s onward, the oil study changed dramatically in response to its new aesthetic prestige and increased public and commercial currency. On Rousseau's oil studies, their reception and the market, see Nicholas Green, Théodore Rousseau (exh. cat., Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 1982); and Pierre Miquel, Le Paysage français au dix-neuvième siècle, vol. 3 (Maurs-la-Jolie, 1975).


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With a dramatic mix of smooth riding, big amplitude, and a flaming snowboard, Tom Sims topped a tough field of more than 20 competitors to win the first-ever World Snowboard Fingerboard Championships and a cash purse of $1,000 (Canadian).
Held on the second night of the TransWorld Media Snowboard Industry Conference and Powderquest, the WSFC was organized by Dane Hjort and Charlie Anderson and sponsored by Northwave, Drake, Gravity Fingerboards, and Transworld Snowboarding and Snowboard Life magazines.
The event took place on the deck of the Garibaldi Lift Company under a cold and overcast sky. But with the lit course, the crowd of more than 50 witnessed the awesome display of snowboarding in a fingerboard snowboard park built by Snow Summit's park building guru Chris "Gunny" Gunnarson and Sierra at Tahoe's Park Specialist Chris Garvey. A mixture of halfpipes, two big kickers, a quarterpipe, and numerous benches to slide and bonk, the contestants put on an inspired show.
After watching others go, Sims dropped into the course while assistant Dave Wray lit a shot of Sambuka on fire across the first picnic table. Sims aired over it one time, and on his return run, landed the board right into the flame. The crowd went nuts. The board actually began to burn, and oblivious to the fact, Sims lifted his flaming board over his head to an even louder roar of the crowd.
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We spend a lot of time here at the Needles and Sins Compound discussing the application of tattoos but, every now and again, the issue of removal comes up. More often than not, any discussions of removal are about making way for a larger piece or eliminating a youthful "mistake," but I recently watched the documentary "Erasing Hate" and another facet was revealed: what happens when your tattoos no longer represent your personal ideology, much less your ability to function in society?
The documentary profiles Bryon Widner who joined the racist skinhead movement in the American mid-west as a teenager and it wasn't long before he had adorned his face with the violent markings of a violent ethos and lifestyle. But as he grew older... he grew up - recanting both his bigotry and beliefs. The one problem? Well, it's kind of hard to re-enter a culture of equal rights when your face is covered in images of racism.
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TORONTO — The Anglican Church of Canada passed a resolution calling on members to educate themselves "more deeply" about Israel's "illegal settlements."
The Anglican Journal reported that the measure was "hotly debated" at the July 3-7 meeting of the Church's General Synod, its main governing body, in Ottawa.
The resolution, which passed with the support of 73 per cent of the synod's nearly 300 members, reiterates the Church's long-held positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which "recognize the legitimate aspirations, rights and needs of both Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace with dignity within sovereign and secure borders; condemns the use of all kinds of violence, especially against civilians; calls for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza); and calls upon Israel, as an occupying power, to recognize the Fourth Geneva Convention, which forbids the transfer and settlement of its citizen in occupied territories."
However, the resolution also calls on Canadian Anglicans to take some new steps, including educating themselves "more deeply" on a variety of issues, including "the impact of illegal settlements on the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis; about imported products identified as produced in or related to the illegal settlements and misleadingly labeled as produced in Israel; and about the complexities of economic advocacy measures."
The resolution also includes a pledge to "explore and challenge theologies and beliefs, such as Christian Zionism, in support of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories."
Anglicans are asked as well to "explore and challenge theories and beliefs that deny the right of Israel to exist and strengthen relationships with Canadian Jews and Muslims to resolutely oppose anti-Semitism, anti-Arab sentiments and Islamophobia."
Debate ranged among members from some who said the resolution went too far and demonstrated left-wing or anti-Israel bias to those who said it did not go far enough in addressing the oppression of Palestinians suffering under an apartheid system, the Journal reported.
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'Skyfall' Gives Aston Martin a Boost, But is it Enough?
British supercar maker Aston Martin is getting another shot of positive buzz from the latest James Bond thriller, but in real life the company's in a very tight spot indeed.
Moody's Investors Service today said it has put the ratings for Aston Martin Holdings Ltd. on review in light of a "significant deterioration" in the company's liquidity and the uncertainty over when, and how, Aston's search for fresh capital will yield results.
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It's also late to the market. Originally expected in late 2012, the company says now it will go on sale in the U.S. in early 2013 at a price of $279,995 . Whichever bidder wins – assuming one does – they will face challenges that would try even the resourceful Mr. Bond.
The delays to the Vanquish launch have come amid a collapse in the brand's sales overall as the European auto market fell off a cliff. Aston Martin's sales volumes are down 19.5% for the first nine months of the year compared to a year ago, Moody's reports.
What's more, more expensive V12 models have slid to 56% of total sales, while less costly V8 models have risen to nearly 37% of sales from just under 30% in the same period a year ago. This shift in what industry executives call the brand's "mix" reflects broader trends in the luxury car business toward cars with smaller, more efficient engines – or no engine at all.
Aston Martins are gorgeous, supremely refined examples of the auto industry's past – when power and prestige were achieved with large eight and twelve cylinder engines that sucked in huge quantities air and gasoline to generate power. The sensual thrill of a big engine roaring at wide open throttle is one for which affluent consumers have been willing to pay handsomely over the years.
Now, regulation and changes in cultural attitudes are compelling prestige car makers to try new and very expensive alternatives.
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First loaves from yeast water
With dabrownman's assistance I was able to successfully start my YW. I used organic raisins and organic apple with spring water. I did a small test batch of levain using 50 g YW and 50 g AP flour. Growth was evident in an hour and it tripled in 6 hrs. For this first test batch of SD I simply subbed all YW for the water in the formula. There is a lot of info on TFL about YW. RonRay has cataloged it in one post. He uses all YW for some of his breads in place of regular water. Other folks use only a TBsp or so with flour to make a levain. It is all good as far as I can tell . Will need a lot more trials to see how it goes over time.
The dough was stickier than it usually is. It also showed abundant growth during the autolyse time of 2 hr and also after each set of in the bowl s&f's and the 2 on the board s&f's. I shaped and left at room temp for 1 hr. I then retarded shaped loaves overnight. As you can see they held their shape well when removed from baskets. I placed cold slashed loaves in hot pots and baked covered 15 min as per my usual bakes and 15 uncovered. I will post crumb shots later today when we have these with conchiglie tutto giardino.
Crumb shots added. The crust is fantastic...after sitting unwrapped for several hours it is wonderfully chewy. The crumb is very tender and not sour at all. I am pleased with the crumb structure. Will see how it evolves as the YW gets stronger. Lots to explore. c
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By Oliver Platt
The Ajax managing director, Rik van den Boog, promised Liverpool fans a "street fighter" when the Reds paid nearly £23 million to sign Luis Suarez 23 months ago. That characterisation has proved more accurate than even he might have imagined. Suarez has fought more than his fair share of battles in England and sometimes he has not come out of them in a flattering light.
One year after his lowest low, though, his star now shines brighter than ever. On the evening that ushered in 2012, the Football Association published the 115-page verdict produced by the independent disciplinary commission that investigated allegations of racial abuse by Suarez against Patrice Evra. The Uruguay striker's evidence was described as "unreliable" and "inconsistent" and he was banned for eight matches.
Those two stinging criticisms could hardly be less applicable to Suarez the footballer. Few teams in the Premier League have relied on one man as much as Liverpool have Suarez this season. Having provided two assists and struck 13 times himself, he has been on the scene for nearly half of their 31 league goals in 2012-13.
His first goal is mesmerising to watch. Clint Hill's shortcomings as a Premier League central defender are brutally exposed but that is to take nothing away from Suarez's brilliance. Even after Hill is sent into a spin, after all, neither Stephane Mbia nor Ryan Nelsen can close in on him quickly enough.
The second is somewhat emblematic of the jackhammer style that is Suarez's nature. Little more than five minutes have elapsed since the opening goal hit the net, but Suarez does not stop. He elects to try a pass across goal to Raheem Sterling, after a run in behind which perfectly evidenced his tireless nature. There is little more Nedum Onuoha can do than desperately slide in to prevent Sterling from converting and, in the process, return the ball to Suarez to slam into the roof of the net.
Only Robin van Persie, among the top flight's leading hitmen, can justifiably argue that he has been better than Suarez this season and, perhaps, in 2012 as a whole. Van Persie leads the goalscoring charts having found the target 14 times, but his supporting cast, both at Manchester United and Arsenal, has been considerably stronger. He is also playing in his ninth Premier League season; Suarez has the experience of only one and a half.
"He's been brilliant for us since he came to the club," Gerrard told Sky Sports following the 3-0 victory in west London. "Week in, week out he shows what a top player he is. These players have only got to play against him twice a year; we've got to train against him every day. He's a magician."
But as Redknapp noted, this was nothing new. He was even better in a quite staggering display against Norwich in September, to give just one example. "I think I've seen him do that to everyone he's played against this year," Redknapp said. "It's not something he's just suddenly done today, is it? It's what he is. He's the most fantastic striker. He's one of the best, in the half a dozen in the world, without a doubt."
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Still he is met with regular boos, cries of 'cheat' and chants referencing the Evra case at Premier League stadiums. Twelve months ago he responded by raising his middle finger to Fulham supporters following a 1-0 defeat. Now, he lets his football do the talking, and Liverpool are enjoying the benefits.
Suarez will only get better, and the doubts at Liverpool now do not concern his worth but the club's ability to grow as quickly as he is. Like it or not, 2013 could be the year of the street fighter.
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|non-portable (uses GHC extensions)
SafeCopy extends the parsing and serialization capabilities of Data.Binary to include nested version control. Nested version control means that you can change the defintion and binary format of a type nested deep within other types without problems.
Consider this scenario. You want to store your contact list on disk and so write the following code:
type Name = String type Address = String data Contacts = Contacts [(Name, Address)] instance SafeCopy Contacts where putCopy (Contacts list) = contain $ safePut list getCopy = contain $ Contacts <$> safeGet
At this point, everything is fine. You get the awesome speed of Data.Binary together with Haskell's easy of use. However, things quickly takes a turn for the worse when you realize that you want to keep phone numbers as well as names and addresses. Being the experienced coder that you are, you see that using a 3-tuple isn't very pretty and you'd rather use a record. At first you fear that this change in structure will invalidate all your old data. Those fears are quickly quelled, though, when you remember how nifty SafeCopy is. With renewed enthusiasm, you set out and write the following code:
type Name = String type Address = String type Phone = String {- We rename our old Contacts structure -} data Contacts_v0 = Contacts_v0 [(Name, Address)] instance SafeCopy Contacts_v0 where putCopy (Contacts_v0 list) = contain $ safePut list getCopy = contain $ Contacts_v0 <$> safeGet data Contact = Contact { name :: Name , address :: Address , phone :: Phone } instance SafeCopy Contact where putCopy Contact{..} = contain $ do safePut name; safePut address; safePut phone getCopy = contain $ Contact <$> safeGet <*> safeGet <*> safeGet data Contacts = Contacts [Contact] instance SafeCopy Contacts where version = 2 kind = extension putCopy (Contacts contacts) = contain $ safePut contacts getCopy = contain $ Contacts <$> safeGet {- Here the magic happens: -} instance Migrate Contacts where type MigrateFrom Contacts = Contacts_v0 migrate (Contacts_v0 contacts) = Contacts [ Contact{ name = name , address = address , phone = "" } | (name, address) <- contacts ]
With this, you reflect on your code and you are happy. You feel confident in the safety of
your data and you know you can remove
Contacts_v0 once you no longer wish to support
that legacy format.
- safeGet :: SafeCopy a => Get a
- safePut :: SafeCopy a => a -> Put
- class SafeCopy a where
- class SafeCopy (MigrateFrom a) => Migrate a where
- type MigrateFrom a
- migrate :: MigrateFrom a -> a
- data Kind a
- extension :: (SafeCopy a, Migrate a) => Kind a
- data Contained a
- contain :: a -> Contained a
- data Version a
- getSafeGet :: SafeCopy a => Get (Get a)
- getSafePut :: SafeCopy a => PutM (a -> Put)
- primitive :: Kind a
safeGet :: SafeCopy a => Get aSource
Parse a version tagged data type and then migrate it to the desired type. Any serialized value has been extended by the return type can be parsed.
safePut :: SafeCopy a => a -> PutSource
Serialize a data type by first writing out its version tag. This is much
simpler than the corresponding
safeGet since previous versions don't
come into play.
The centerpiece of this library. Defines a version for a data type together with how it should be serialized/parsed.
Users should define instances of
SafeCopy for their types
even though
getCopy and
putCopy can't be used directly.
To serialize/parse a data type using
SafeCopy, see
The version of the type.
Only used as a key so it must be unique (this is checked at run-time) but doesn't have to be sequential or continuous.
The default version is '0'.
The kind specifies how versions are dealt with. By default,
values are tagged with their version id and don't have any
previous versions. See
extension and the much less used
getCopy :: Contained (Get a)Source
This method defines how a value should be parsed without also worrying
about writing out the version tag. This function cannot be used directly.
One should use
safeGet, instead.
putCopy :: a -> Contained PutSource
This method defines how a value should be parsed without worrying about
previous versions or migrations. This function cannot be used directly.
One should use
safeGet, instead.
class SafeCopy (MigrateFrom a) => Migrate a whereSource
The central mechanism for dealing with version control.
This type class specifies what data migrations can happen and how they happen.
type MigrateFrom a Source
This is the type we're extending. Each type capable of migration can only extend one other type.
migrate :: MigrateFrom a -> aSource
This method specifies how to migrate from the older type to the newer one. It will never be necessary to use this function manually as it all taken care of internally in the library.
The kind of a data type determines how it is tagged (if at all).
Primitives kinds (see
primitive) are not tagged with a version
id and hence cannot be extended later.
Extensions (see
extension) tells the system that there exists
a previous version of the data type which should be migrated if
There is also a default kind which is neither primitive nor is an extension of a previous type.
extension :: (SafeCopy a, Migrate a) => Kind aSource
The extension kind lets the system know that there is at least one previous version of this type. A given data type can only extend a single other data type. However, it is perfectly fine to build chains of extensions. The migrations between each step is handled automatically.
A simple numeric version id.
Rarely used functions
getSafeGet :: SafeCopy a => Get (Get a)Source
Parse a version tag and return the corresponding migrated parser. This is
useful when you can prove that multiple values have the same version.
getSafePut :: SafeCopy a => PutM (a -> Put)Source
Serialize the version tag and return the associated putter. This is useful
when serializing multiple values with the same version. See


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