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How Plastic We've Become
Our bodies carry residues of kitchen plastics
By Janet Raloff
In the 1967 film classic The Graduate, a businessman corners Benjamin Braddock at a cocktail party and gives him a bit of career advice. "Just one word…plastics."
Although Benjamin didn't heed that recommendation, plenty of other young graduates did. Today, the planet is awash in products spawned by the plastics industry. Residues of plastics have become ubiquitous in the environment—and in our bodies.
A federal government study now reports that bisphenol A (BPA)—the building block of one of the most widely used plastics—laces the bodies of the vast majority of U.S. residents young and old.
Manufacturers link BPA molecules into long chains, called polymers, to make polycarbonate plastics. All of those clear, brittle plastics used in baby bottles, food ware, and small kitchen appliances (like food-processor bowls) are made from polycarbonates. BPA-based resins also line the interiors of most food, beer, and soft-drink cans. With use and heating, polycarbonates can break down, leaching BPA into the materials they contact. Such as foods.
And that could be bad if what happens in laboratory animals also happens in people, because studies in rodents show that BPA can trigger a host of harmful changes, from reproductive havoc to impaired blood-sugar control and obesity (SN: 9/29/07, p. 202).
For the new study, scientists analyzed urine from some 2,500 people who had been recruited between 2003 and 2004 for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Roughly 92 percent of the individuals hosted measurable amounts of BPA, according to a report in the January Environmental Health Perspectives. It's the first study to measure the pollutant in a representative cross-section of the U.S. population.
Typically, only small traces of BPA turned up, concentrations of a few parts per billion in urine, note chemist Antonia M. Calafat and her colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, with hormone-mimicking agents like BPA, even tiny exposures can have notable impacts.
Overall, concentrations measured by Calafat's team were substantially higher than those that have triggered disease, birth defects, and more in exposed animals, notes Frederick S. vom Saal, a University of Missouri-Columbia biologist who has been probing the toxicology of BPA for more than 15 years.
The BPA industry describes things differently. Although Calafat's team reported urine concentrations of BPA, in fact they assayed a breakdown product—the compound by which BPA is excreted, notes Steven G. Hentges of the American Chemistry Council's Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group. As such, he argues, "this does not mean that BPA itself is present in the body or in urine."
On the other hand, few people have direct exposure to the breakdown product.
Hentges' group estimates that the daily BPA intake needed to create urine concentrations reported by the CDC scientists should be in the neighborhood of 50 nanograms per kilogram of bodyweight—or one millionth of an amount at which "no adverse effects" were measured in multi-generation animal studies. In other words, Hentges says, this suggests "a very large margin of safety."
No way, counters vom Saal. If one applies the ratio of BPA intake to excreted values in hosts of published animal studies, concentrations just reported by CDC suggest that the daily intake of most Americans is actually closer to 100 micrograms (µg) per kilogram bodyweight, he says—or some 1,000-fold higher than the industry figure.
Clearly, there are big differences of opinion and interpretation. And a lot may rest on who's right.
Globally, chemical manufacturers produce an estimated 2.8 million tons of BPA each year. The material goes into a broad range of products, many used in and around the home. BPA also serves as the basis of dental sealants, which are resins applied to the teeth of children to protect their pearly whites from cavities (SN: 4/6/96, p. 214). The industry, therefore, has a strong economic interest in seeing that the market for BPA-based products doesn't become eroded by public concerns over the chemical.
And that could happen. About 2 years after a Japanese research team showed that BPA leached out of baby bottles and plastic food ware (see What's Coming Out of Baby's Bottle?), manufacturers of those consumer products voluntarily found BPA substitutes for use in food cans. Some 2 years after that, a different group of Japanese scientists measured concentrations of BPA residues in the urine of college students. About half of the samples came from before the switch, the rest from after the period when BPA was removed from food cans.
By comparing urine values from the two time periods, the researchers showed that BPA residues were much lower—down by at least 50 percent—after Japanese manufacturers had eliminated BPA from the lining of food cans.
Concludes vom Saal, in light of the new CDC data and a growing body of animal data implicating even low-dose BPA exposures with the potential to cause harm, "the most logical thing" for the United States to do would be to follow in Japan's footsteps and "get this stuff [BPA] out of our food."
Kids appear most exposed
Overall, men tend to have statistically lower concentrations of BPA than women, the NHANES data indicate. But the big difference, Calafat says, traces to age. "Children had higher concentrations than adolescents, and they in turn had higher levels than adults," she told Science News Online.
This decreasing body burden with older age "is something we have seen with some other nonpersistent chemicals," Calafat notes—such as phthalates, another class of plasticizers.
The spread between the average BPA concentration that her team measured in children 6 to 11 years old (4.5 µg/liter) and adults (2.5 µg/L) doesn't look like much, but proved reliably different.
The open question is why adults tended to excrete only 55 percent as much BPA. It could mean children have higher exposures, she posits, or perhaps that they break it down less efficiently. "We really need to do more research to be able to answer that question."
Among other differences that emerged in the NHANES analysis: urine residues of BPA decreased with increasing household income and varied somewhat with ethnicity (with Mexican-Americans having the lowest average values, blacks the highest, and white's values in between).
There was also a time-of-day difference, with urine values for any given group tending to be highest in the evening, lowest in the afternoon, and midway between those in the morning. Since BPA's half-life in the body is only about 6 hours, that temporal variation in the chemical's excretion would be consistent with food as a major source of exposure, the CDC scientists note.
In the current NHANES paper, BPA samples were collected only once from each recruit. However, in a paper due to come out in the February Environmental Health Perspectives, Calafat and colleagues from several other institutions looked at how BPA excretion varied over a 2-year span among 82 individuals—men and women—seen at a fertility clinic in Boston.
In contrast to the NHANES data, the upcoming report shows that men tended to have somewhat higher BPA concentrations than women. Then again both groups had only about one-quarter the concentration typical of Americans.
The big difference in the Boston group emerged among the 10 women who ultimately became pregnant. Their BPA excretion increased 33 percent during pregnancy. Owing to the small number of participants in this subset of the study population, the pregnancy-associated change was not statistically significant. However, the researchers report, these are the first data to look for changes during pregnancy and ultimately determining whether some feature of pregnancy—such as a change in diet or metabolism of BPA—really alters body concentrations of the pollutant could be important. It could point to whether the fetus faces an unexpectedly high exposure to the pollutant.
If it does, the fetus could face a double whammy: Not only would exposures be higher during this period of organ and neural development, but rates of detoxification also would be diminished, vom Saal says.
Indeed, in a separate study, one due to be published soon in Reproductive Toxicology, his team administered BPA by ingestion or by injection to 3-day-old mice. Either way, the BPA exposure resulted in comparable BPA concentrations in blood.
What's more, that study found, per unit of BPA delivered, blood values in the newborns were "markedly higher" than other studies have reported for adult rodents exposed to the chemical. And that makes sense, vom Saal says, because the enzyme needed to break BPA down and lead to its excretion is only a tenth as active in babies as in adults. That's true in the mouse, he says, in the rat—and, according to some preliminary data, in humans.
Vom Saal contends that since studies have shown BPA exhibits potent hormonelike activity in human cells at the parts-per-trillion level, and since the new CDC study finds that most people are continually exposed to concentrations well above the parts-per-trillion ballpark, it's time to reevaluate whether it makes sense to use BPA-based products in and around foods.
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How to clean a toilet
This was simply too much of a time saver not to share it with you
1. Put both lids of the toilet up
And add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.
2.. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close the lid.
You may need to stand on the lid.
4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds.
Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.
5. Flush the toilet three or four times.
This provides a 'power-wash' and rinse'.
6. Have someone open the front door of your home.
Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.
7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift the lid.
8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom And run outside where he will dry himself off.
9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.
The Dog
Please note this is a joke and not to be taken seriously by anyone. Do not put your cat in the toilet to clean either the cat or the toilet. I love animals and would never harm them. Do not allow your dog to roll on the floor laughing either.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Eagle Under Siege
Inside the Eagle
The city's classic gay leather bar, the Eagle moved to desolate West 28th Street in 2001, after the original Eagle closed further downtown, where it had survived since 1970 in a former longshoreman's pub until the neighborhood went upscale.
As the Times reported on this weekend's raid, the police turned on the lights, shined flashlights in patrons' faces, and forced people to empty their pockets. Patrons report being harassed and intimidated. An NYPD spokesperson said the raid had nothing to do with the bar's clientele, "it has to do with complaints." Said the Times, establishments targeted for this type of inspection are "selected because they are the subjects of 'chronic complaints' from community members" for problems like excessive noise.
How many noise complaints has the Eagle had in the past year? According to the 311 Service Request Map, there have been zero complaints of any kind. Am I missing something here? Most of the complaints in this largely unpopulated area are about construction noise.
The Eagle is a red rectangle, complaints are yellow circles
What's really going on? Was the Eagle raided because it was Pride Weekend? Or because gay marriage just passed in New York? No. It was raided because the city wants to shut it down--because this block is changing fast and the Eagle boys are not what the Bloombergians want here.
Not only has the extended High Line just opened on this block, but AvalonBay is building their massive Avalon West Chelsea directly across the street from the Eagle, taking 60,000 square feet of space to put in a 700-unit residential development with "provisions for restaurants" and a "parking garage for over 140 cars located in the building." To do so, they have already bulldozed a cluster of industrial businesses long located here.
In this shot from the new High Line, you can see the digging machines next to the Folsom East celebration (just a week before the raid). That is a vast empty lot about to be filled. And what will the finished product look like?
Here is the rendering of the complex to come--it looks a lot like Avalon's giant glass boxes on the Bowery and includes their wish for a Whole Foods along with "restaurants, galleries, fashion." If they did it to the Bowery, they can do it to West 28th.
What many of those south-facing windows look out on is the roof deck of the Eagle, where men in leather chaps and harnesses cavort. "Don't miss your chance to be a part of the High Line," says Avalon's ad copy. I don't think this is what they mean. Do the High Line huggers really want their view to include sweaty, furry leathermen?
The Eagle
The timing of this raid has nothing to do with Pride or gay marriage, and everything to do with the High Line's recent arrival on 28th Street and every glittering thing it brings in its wake. Mark my words, the Pride Weekend raid on the Eagle is Phase One of the city's plan to push this historic bar out of its home and put the kibosh on the Folsom Street East fair in the process.
This isn't your garden variety homophobia at work. It's Manifest Destiny. It matters to everyone who cares about the preservation of New York's soul because this is part of Bloomberg's plan to turn all of Manhattan into a luxury product. And the dress code does not permit leather and Levi's.
Further Reading:
Folsom Under High Line
Eagle's Nest
Pleasure Chest 1972
Men in Leather
Lenny & Leather
34 comments:
- Mykola ( Mick) Dementiuk said...
My response would be to publicly jerk off on Blumberg but I know he's going to win and it's over for the Village crowd. Very sad.
- June 27, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- JM said...
The next election isn't until 2013, if I have it correctly. All we can do until then, I'm afraid, is wring our hands and say goodbye to the New York that used to be, not so long ago.
The future looks very drab. It will take a good economic washout to halt and then reverse this insanity.
You do realize that people like us are dinosaurs? The direction the city is taking is actually right in line with the younger generation's (not all of them, but too many) conception of New York. This is the city they've come to, the city they think is great.
Our time has come and gone, and we won't be hanging on to much of it. As Bette Davis said, getting old is not for sissies. (No gay reference meant...and congratulations to everyone for living in a state that is finally refusing to discriminate against sexual orientation re marriage based on stupidity, prejudice, and millenia of religious superstition.) - June 27, 2011 at 8:30 AM
As a young person I came to this city because of what it was. Unlike the majority of frat boys and sorostitutes from Florida that move here because their friends and Carrie Bradshaw told them to. Unfortunately it was mostly gone when I showed up.
- June 27, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Once I saw some interviews, people reflecting on the Stonewall riots. In one, a detective commented that the riots were precipitated by the non-payment of graft. Could that also have been a contributing factor here?
NYC has become the magic kingdom. - June 27, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Marty Wombacher said...
That's clearly police harassment and it's fucked up. I hope they fight back, but sadly it's a fight that's probably impossible to win.
- June 27, 2011 at 11:29 AM
In Mike B's Disneyland, there is absolutely no room for gay bars - that space is reserved for Starbucks, Gap, Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Jamba Juice, and artisinal cupcake collectives.
- June 27, 2011 at 11:46 AM
- mike o said...
John M - I politely disagree in that I don't think this is age/generational. I mean, the term yuppie was coined in the eighties about NYC douchebags and norms living here at the time.
There's always been a struggle between the fringe and the mainstream, and between big money interests/owners and the poor/renters. If anything, now may be better because we have websites like this one, and other places for like minded people to band together and communicate with each other. It's a little pollyanna but also true. - June 27, 2011 at 3:11 PM
Agree with John M, 90% of the young folks I've met who have recently moved here WANT the luxury product formerly known as Manhattan.
When I moved here $2000 covered my first 3 months of rent plus the deposit.And I still had funds left over for food.
Now it barely covers one month, not including the deposit and the rider that mommy and daddy have to sign to make sure you get in the building.
Only young people who have money (or their parent's money) can afford this town.
Bloomie is a very busy little man, and although he only has 2 years left, we all know how much more our beloved island will change in those 2 years.
We are the dinosaur's, and as Jeremiah has noted in the past...this is our MASS EXTINCTION EVENT. - June 27, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- Lux Living said...
It's getting to the point where I don't even want to live here anymore but I refuse to give up NYC. All of my favorite clubs, restaurants and bars have either been closed or taken over by transplants. Naively I was just saying to my boyfriend we should go to The Eagle more often because it's less likely to be invaded by goofy straight girls looking for a gay night out. But the cops beat them to the invading.
Bloomberg is going to go down in history for scrubbing out the very things that make this city so diverse and fun. More so than Rudy. It's really an attack on our culture. - June 27, 2011 at 6:32 PM
- Unknown said...
Bloomberg wants the entire city to look like his apartment building on the Upper East Side. He's trying to turn the entire city into Westchester. Bike paths with no bikes on them, closing off the street to cars, turning 42nd Street into Disneyland, no smoking outdoors anymore. That was just the beginning. He's making it harder and harder for new nightclubs to get cabaret licenses, raiding existing ones for the most ridiculous things. He has no idea why New York is what it is and why people come here. Plus, he sounds like an old Jewish woman. I wish a bike would run him over and kill him.
- June 28, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
this is the dilemma, Lux. stay or go? it's getting less bearable to live here, but is anyplace else going to be better?
i keep hearing things about Berlin. - June 28, 2011 at 6:36 PM
It is still homophobia on the part of Mayor Bloomberg, the NYPD and the monied real estate interests that pull the strings. To them, the leather community is an embarrassment that is in the way and expendable, just as the gay and bisexual men falsely arrested for prostitution around Manhattan adult video stores in 2008 were expendable as illegitimate evidence gathered in an effort to close those video stores.
- June 28, 2011 at 7:15 PM
Hi. Been reading your blog for over a year, but only brought myself to write today because I am just so aggravated and can't take what's happening in NYC anymore. I live in Boston- - in the heart of the city, and the SAME thing is happening here. As a rule I try to spend a long weekend or so in NYC about 3 times a year. I get a nice, affordable, clean room at the West Side YMCA in the UWS. But who knows - maybe as we speak that Y could be closed-down. What I have to tell you is that I don't really like NYC anymore. Every time I go, a few more of my favorite watering holes or mom & pop businesses are gone - only to be replaced by some crowded, scenester sports bar or something jammed with howling, high-fiving, every-other word BRO or DUDE "frat-boy-turned-investment-banker" and their S.A.T.C. over-dressed, overly made-up, silly, vapid, white, puking white girls. I don't know where to go anywhere to sit and have a cheap cocktail, listen to juke box music, have relaxed conversation with a stranger or just sit and watch the world go by. When I was in Junior High I remember driving down 95 to NYC from R.I. to bring my sister to college. There were sights, situations, landscapes, that I had never experienced in my entire life. It was thrilling. Getting off Amtrak at Penn Station in 1974 took my breath away because there was this pulse and energy and all sorts of characters. I remember engaging in conversation at Penn Sta with some dude who was trying to sell me something - until my mom yanked my arm and pulled me away! And now this whole thing about The Eagle really sucks. What about all those Hellish, hedonistic,, trendy, WOO-HOO hollering at 3 AM so-called "hot spots" that are plaguing the LES and so many other neighborhoods aren't targeted by the police for shut-down? Tell me which is more offensive at 3AM........The Eagle, or a bunch of blasted, entitled, screeching, fighting, puking rich kids? In Boston the "Yunnies" are trying to shut-down a 90 year-old drag bar because of noise and "riff raff." Well, I did some research and the found that 96% of police complaints were a result of out-of-control Bachelorette parties who discovered the place and decided to go there so they could proclaim to their friends that they are "edgy" and "cool." I am sick over this. We can't win. Money talks
- June 28, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
thanks, Boston Anon, for that comment, and i'm sorry to hear it's happening there too. seems like i get a lot of comments and emails from around the country, and the world, saying, "it's happening here too." the same descriptions of the same people doing the same things.
so Bloomberg is part of something much bigger, something national and throughout the Western world.
when i think, "where can i go if i leave New York," there don't seem to be many options.
p.s. what drag bar do they want to shut down? - June 28, 2011 at 8:17 PM
Hi Jeremiah. Thanks for the reply. I only posted anonymous because I never did this before. My name is Sam. The bar the soccer mom's are fighting SO hard to close In Boston is in the Bay Village section of downtown. It's call "Jaques. Trust me, on any given night it is SO meek and mild-mannered there -- but then the Yunnie bachelorette girls come in and screw everything up on Saturday nights...pissing off the neighbors at 3AM with what I call, "White Girl Howl," I feel like I am up against a wall sometimes -especially when I try to have a conversation about such issues with anyone under 35. They all have the same LAME comment, "Ewwww, why would you prefer the dirt and crime of years ago?' Although unpopular, my response is, "Some element of crime in the air is good because with crime comes fear. And with fear comes respect. And with respect comes folks with thick skins who understand the laws of the big city and have street-smarts and understand not to leave their laptop, Ipad or whatever, bike un-locked.... unlike all the suburban pussies who are seemingly and unfortunately, driving the dominant culture in NYC. (and maybe across America).
- June 28, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
i remember Jacques. now they have this notice on their website: "please remember to keep the noise level down, and to be courteous and respectful to our neighbors upon arrival to and departure from the establishment."
and there's this: http://www.bostonbachelorette.com/nightclubs/jacques-cabaret-boston.htm
the screaming bachelorettes took over drag bar Lucky Cheng's in the East Village, too.
and here's what someone wrote about Jacques on Yelp: "This place is a sad reminder of what Boston once was - a city that had diverse nightlife instead of what we have now (yuppie martini lounges that are clones of the superior New York boites; bogus Mcirish bars that cater to the A & F college elites; even more bogus bridge/tunnel bars that attract commuter-rail ticketholders that enjoy a gin and tonic at 6 o'clock)"
sounds familiar. argh. well, if i was writing about Boston, i'd write about this. - June 28, 2011 at 9:07 PM
Yes, Jaques has always tried SO FRIGGIN' HARD to be a good neighbor during the Yunnie invasion. First, they closed at 2, then they were forced to close at midnight - and now the Yunnies are trying to get them to close even
earlier or simply close altogether. I think part of what pisses me off so much, Jeremiah, is that these days the wretched frat boys and girls have SO MANY CHOICES of where to go in our cities. Life today caters to them. Why would they even bother to seek-out an old drag bar? - June 28, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- mrpeenee said...
Speaking as someone who has lived in both, I can say New Orleans and San Francisco are facing the same forces of being converted into some processed food replica of their former selves.
Is this just evolution? Did the dinosaurs turn to each other and grouse "I liked it better before the stupid comet."? Maybe. Still sucks. - June 28, 2011 at 10:29 PM
I think Folsom went a step too far this year. I am no prude, and I love Folsom as much as the next and in years past, on a nice warm night, when it wasn't Folsom, have stripped off all my clothes and walked that block back and forth for the kink of it, so that's who I am. I think the porn guys mocked the tourists and the surprise inspection was retaliation for that. The message was "behave yourselves this weekend", because the weekend was Pride.
I agree they're trying to push us out, but it's economics, not homophobia. Look at Jersey City, it was all gay and LOADED with dungeons to play in. Now it's loaded with kids.
If the Eagle is pushed out, maybe it can find a home on the other side of 11th on 30th or 29th. Then another building will go up and it'll move again.
Look, bodegas are being destroyed by Whole Foods taking their corner, is that Hispanic Discrimination?
NYC of the 70s has long been dead, but there's still nooks and cranny's to play in. - June 29, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- Tony Adams said...
The Eagle is in for a hell of a fight. It's all about money. The developers are the culprits more than Bloomberg. They will use any means available to oust their unmarketable neighbor. The Eagle will need to fight back with close scrutiny/photos of every minute detail of what the developers do across the street. There will be all the usual inevitable infractions and lack of permits. The Eagle must bring these to the city until the developer will see that it is better to strike a deal with the Eagle.
- June 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM
Sad post. Manhattan is such a bore now. Even the suburbs of NJ and Long Island have more of an electric feel and nighttime excitement (even danger) that Manhattan doesn't. Manhattan is just for executives and doctors to live close to the office and school trips to museums.
- June 30, 2011 at 6:32 PM
Christine Quinn the current Speaker of the New York City Council, which is among the most powerful positions in city government after the Mayor. The Eagle falls within her District 3. We should seek her support.
- July 4, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- Peter said...
10 days after the raid at The Eagle, the owner of the club cancelled the popular independently produced FootMenNYC parties which had been happening at the club first on Mondays, and then Tuesday nights.
The FootMenNYC parties, which consistently brought in between 100-130 guys on an otherwise slow night.
It is clear that The Eagle is under siege by the Bloombergs, and is in for the fight of it's life. It will be interesting to see what happens to The Eagle and the other 'pleasure' businesses on that block. - July 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM
I thought NYC was the most open minded city in the world...LOL...gay life is not allowed according to the dirtiest mayor ever...but it is ok to cheat on wives left and right and have corruption....typical double standard...
- July 4, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- Liza said...
I have been dismayed and disgusted by the direction the city has been moving for a long time. The Disney-fication of Times Square was enough for me.
Truthfully, I am surprised the Eagle has survived in that white-washed environment for as long as it has.
I have been thinking for a while that it is time for the Leather scene to go back underground. If for no other reason than to get rid of the fashion show people.
As a New Yorker, born and bred, I hate to see how the city is going, but I guess time rolls on and things change. :( - July 4, 2011 at 11:43 PM
If you think this is bad, just look at what has happened to the annual Gay Prode Pareade in the past four years. Kicked off of Christopher Street, and later kicked out of the West Side riverfront, and later kicked out of the Greenwich Street Avenue, and now transplanted to a small two block area at Hudson Street that nobody even wants to attend, the gay community has to find a way of uniting and taking a stand.
- July 5, 2011 at 8:50 PM
- Unknown said...
Someone above mentioned that NY has become the Magic Kingdom. Close: Manhattan is become the Tragic Kingdom. Let's call it like it is: The NY f>ing Times is no longer on or even off Times Square. Who's the biggest tenant? Disney! It's Disney Square -- that's really more accurate, anyway. The intriguing thing about Manhattan is that in many respects its becoming increasingly homogenized, suburbanized, and Upper Eastside-ified. And, while some of these trends have permeated Brookly, the Bronx, and Queens (Staten Island was never not suburbia), there are still large swaths of Bx, Bkn, and Qns where you can still be as poor, crazy, ethnic, artsy, as you want and have wild crazy sex. SO, while relatively less convenient, THEY are the most likely future of edgy culture of any kind, including gay and sex culture. Manhattan will be for Wall Streeters, corporatistas, professionals of the upper class of any ethnicity and sexuality (monogamish, uxorious, 2.1 kids, etc) and the edge has moved east (and we'll see about north to the Bx). SO, now we can see, things have simply shifted: Bridge and Tunnel will refer to those coming from NJ, CT, Staten Island, Long Island - AND MANHATTAN!
- July 5, 2011 at 10:03 PM
- Joey said...
FootStud : I agree with you greatly. Manhattan will just be the big dull vanilla business headquarters. However, I think "Bridge & Tunnel people" (though I think that was a snooty attitude to begin with)will refer only to Manhattan people. Staten Island, NJ, Conn. and Long Island (not just Brooklyn and Queens) can be genuinely edgy too, and we'll see more leaving Manhattan on Saturday nights to go party in those places. -Joe (born, bred in NYC)
- July 6, 2011 at 1:02 AM
- Joey said...
P.S. Footstud : In my opinion, gays themselves are the culprits here too though. Where NYC used to attract gay men like Hart Crane (writing brilliant poetry but also coming home with black eyes after pursuing dockworkers and writing "How I am stalked by lust these dog days.."), Cole Porter, Jasper Johns, it now attracts cookie-cutter gays who wear rainbow T-shirts and have never had one original thought in their heads, except that they think they're somehow more glamorous now because they moved to Manhattan. They are in love with the idea of that more than anything, the idea of being a "NYC gay" more than really loving the city or ever being able to understand it. Which goes for a lot of the types who ruined Manhattan (like no real artists anymore, only people who like to fantasize that "now I'm a NYC artist")
- July 6, 2011 at 1:11 AM
For the first time in my life, it has been building up and I no longer love NYC. I am packing up and getting my place ready to sell. The West Village has completely lost it's charm. No more Mad Monk, Game Show. Now the St. Vincent's fiasco. Gay bashings! So SO SAD!
- July 10, 2011 at 4:22 PM
i remember NYC from 50 yrs ago etc. since i was born there way before that. ALWAYs the tourists & weekenders would go to the village to look around. west 8th street changed around early 60s, mac dougal/bleeker area after mid 60s. because instant media like internet, places get tourists faster. would would take 20 yrs, now could be 4 yrs. get it??? nothings changed except the speed. development has always been around. trends change. long island was developed first. at one time this was beautiful country. then malls highways housing etc. now the trend is to live in a city, now thats being "developed". & women are in the work force so they need to be in the manhattan/boston, also being single is now a lifestyle. in additional morals/attitudes have changed via media. this took 40 yrs! "gay" is cool what ever. "black" is cool what ever.... so now its all OK & entertaining, before these things were a no no. these cultures were un known even in my neigborhood in brooklyn. SO, the faster the media is, the faster things are "chased". everyone now loves a peep show. dont forget cheap air fares!! i paid the same fare for europe in 1967 as you do in 2011. people who took greyhound to NYC now can fly. also there are less boundaries than there were in the 1950s/1960s/70s. again its cultural shifts plus the internet, global corporate take over, off shore $$ being poured into NYC etc, now you have what you have. bloomburg is a small player. dont be stupid & think its about a TV show.
- July 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM
It's happening on the LES too. "anonymous" complained that it wasn't. on weekend nights we have road blocks, random car stops, klieg lights turned on at 2 am, police harassment, and just last week a police initiated brawl outside a bar resulting in 30 lawsuits against the city. oh, and it was all black people who got beat down with nightsticks in that melee. the police are trying to close the existing bars because all the hotels moving in need their liquor licenses. the police are working for the property developers and actively pushing out established businesses, resulting in lost tax revenue, and people put out of work. neighborhoods are losing their long time residential and business base and replaced with transient people and stores. soon, there will be no there there. at the same time that some bars are incessantly targeted and harassed, other nearby bars go unscathed. who is choosing who gets to stay and who gets to go? why is the comm board silent? why does the police capt say he wants to work with the bars, but takes every action, legal or not to ticket them, decrease revenue, and harass patrons and passersby? this is the dark side of democracy. after all, who you gonna believe in court? it's the cops word against the business owner. what will the long term effect be for the city? will it still remain a cultural capital? or more a real estate capital? with the choices the powers that be make, other things are excluded. perhaps this is the life span of great cities. i moved here when it was bankrupt, cheap, dangerous, and fun. now things are different, an upswing has been going on for quite some time now. too bad that means kicking people to the gutter, instead of benefits for all. you could call it competition, except for the fact that these bars are easy targets because they are licensed, and vulnerable to attack by forces that use these vulnerabilities to their advantage. can't fight city hall. or can you?
- July 12, 2011 at 11:18 AM
OOOOH! Fancy new building/neighbors for lucky rich gay men to enjoy both the building the the short walk to The Eagle.
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/07/17/new_renderings_of_zaha_hadids_swooping_high_line_condo.php - July 19, 2013 at 2:58 PM
let me address the issue of straight girls "invading" gay bars. (i dont mean going w/a gay friend, you know like the occassional fag hag). women fought to get into all male bars. (straight bars). they won, i think the decision was UNconstitutional. as each private business has a right to cater to their clientele. (female, male, mixed, lesbian, homosexual, families w/children, or all mixed together). choice w/options is what "made" (past tense) american great. lets move on to fringe groups who want "in". like transgenders in dorm bathrooms, being openly gay while teaching public school. you can thank radical feminists, gay rights extremists, for all the new laws. what goes around comes around. be careful what you wish for, it will come back & bite you. yes indeed it has. soon the girls will be right there w/you in the "backroom". someday all of us will have to go underground to have some privacy. hmmm........
- July 20, 2013 at 4:16 PM


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As this presidential election year was kicking off, strategists were saying the focus would be on the economy. But now — even as absentee ballots are being filled in — the candidates are still dodging details about how to improve growth.
"President Obama doesn't have a plan," says Kevin Hassett, an economic adviser to Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
Jeffrey Liebman, an economic adviser to President Obama, says Romney has revealed no plan other than "going back to the failed policies of the past decade."
One independent economist, David Pritchett, who used to work for the International Monetary Fund, listened Monday as the two advisers debated economic policy at the National Press Club in Washington. His verdict: "There should be more specifics."
This would seem to be a good time for the candidates to reveal more of their plans. Most voters remain deeply worried about the economy, and many have not yet decided who would do a better job of fixing it.
A national CNBC poll released Tuesday shows 55 percent of the 800 Americans surveyed say the economy is worse now than when Obama's term began. But there is no clear majority for which candidate would do a better job of fixing the economy in the future.
The poll showed 43 percent say Obama would do a better job, compared with 34 percent for Romney. But a huge chunk of voters — 22 percent — say they simply don't know who would do a better job with the economy in the future.
Other polls show voters want the candidates to provide more details on how they would reduce unemployment, change tax policy and alter government spending. But they aren't getting much.
During an interview aired Sunday by CBS's 60 Minutes, Romney declined to specify which tax deductions and exemptions he would eliminate to make it possible to lower tax rates. When asked for clarity, he said: "Well, that's something Congress and I will have to work out together."
On the same news show, Obama was pushed to explain why the unemployment rate remains above 8 percent. His response was that "the hole was so deep when we got in [office] that we lost 9 million jobs. We've created 4.6 [million]."
On Monday, a debate on the candidates' economic plans was sponsored by the National Association for Business Economics. The event, held at the National Press Club, featured Hassett and Liebman. Both agreed the No. 1 problem for businesses is the lack of customers. "Insufficient demand, for sure," Hassett said.
But they disagreed over how to stimulate demand for goods and services. Liebman talked up Obama's support for a jobs bill to create more work for teachers, firefighters and construction workers. By spending more on infrastructure, schools and public safety, the government could spur consumer demand, Liebman said.
If tax rates for the wealthy "go back to the same rate as [under] President Clinton, you can create enough revenue to bring the deficit down and you don't have to whack the middle class," Liebman said.
Hassett said Obama's deficit-reduction plan is built on "phantom savings."
Romney would cut taxes for everyone, including the wealthiest, and pay for the cuts by controlling spending, Hassett said. But he would not specify which one — cutting spending or lowering tax rates — would be the higher priority for Romney. He said he had not directly discussed that topic with the candidate.
The lack of specifics may be a good indicator of just how tough the problems are. Congress already has spent vast amounts on economic stimulus programs to create jobs. It has bailed out banks and shored up automakers and reduced taxes.
Now, going forward, the White House and Congress must move toward making much more painful choices involving spending and taxes to reduce deficits.
"I don't see any basis for optimism," Pritchett said after listening to the debate. The choices will be so difficult, no elected leader will want to make them. "There already are so many lines drawn in the sand that I don't see how you get to compromises," he said.
Though lots of details must still be filled in, here are the key points each candidate has made:
-- Boost domestic fossil fuel production.
-- Improve education by increasing school choice and changing teacher evaluations.
-- Expand international trade while curtailing "unfair" trade policies, particularly those involving China.
-- Cut federal spending.
-- Repeal the Affordable Health Care Act, supported by Democrats, who are likely to retain control of the Senate. Romney says he would allow each state to craft its own specific plan for expanding health care coverage.
-- Repeal the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law and replace it with more streamlined rules for Wall Street.
-- Create 1 million manufacturing jobs and expand exports.
-- Push Congress to invest more in infrastructure projects to create jobs.
-- Make "education a national mission" and increase job training.
-- Create "a tax code that makes sure everybody pays their fair share," including tax increases for those earning over $250,000 a year.
-- Reduce federal debt by $4 trillion over one decade.
-- Eliminate tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas.
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Callahan retires after more than three decades as Princeton men's squash coach
Bob Callahan, inducted into the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame last year for his contributions to the game as a Princeton player and as the University's men's squash coach, has retired.
"The word 'legacy' is often overused in today's society, but Bob's body of work over a 32-year coaching career merits such a term," said Director of Athletics Gary Walters. "I have always believed that a coach's immortality lies in leaving a vestige of oneself in the character development of one's players."
Callahan's legacy is far more than numbers, though the numbers are spectacular. Since taking over the program he captained to the 1977 national championships in his senior year, Callahan led Princeton to 314 victories, 11 Ivy League titles, and national championships in 1982, 1993 and 2012. He coached the individual national champion 10 times, including the 2011 championship by Todd Harrity, the 2013 Ivy League Co-Player of the Year. Princeton also won the 1988 National Six Man team championship.
When he announced Callahan's retirement this spring, Walters, a member of the Class of 1967, said Callahan "greatly embodied the values associated with the Princeton Athletics core mission: Education Through Athletics."
"It has been a great ride over the last 32 years, and I have so many people to thank who have supported me along the way," Callahan said. "Princeton squash means so much to me, and right now, I think this is the best decision for myself and this program.
"I want to thank Gary Walters and his administration for all the support I have received over the years," he said. "Both the hard work and consistent support from our department have helped Princeton squash reach great heights throughout this amazing journey of mine as head coach." He also thanked Princeton women's squash team coach Gail Ramsay and men's assistant coach Neil Pomphrey for their assistance over the years.
Ramsay said Callahan has been "the guiding light and visionary for Princeton men's squash for 32 years."
"He has touched the lives of so many young men and provided tremendous guidance and support while they have been at Princeton," she said. "College squash has not seen a better coach or person and we all will miss his involvement moving foreword."
One of the high points of Callahan's career was the 5-4 victory over Trinity College of Hartford, Conn., in the 2012 national championship match before an enthusiastic crowd at Jadwin Gymnasium on the Princeton campus. The Tigers ended Trinity's 13-year reign as national champion.
In his final season, Callahan took a team that graduated four seniors from the 2012 national champion and still managed to win its third straight Ivy League title. It was Princeton's ninth league crown in the last 14 seasons.
Callahan played on three national title teams, including his senior year when he captained the Tigers to an undefeated season in 1976-77. He took over as coach in 1981 and founded the nation's first major squash camp in 1982, which he had run ever since.
In 1998 he directed the World Junior Men's Championships at Princeton, the first time the U.S. had ever hosted a world singles championship. That event would ultimately help him land a young player now considered the greatest collegiate male squash player ever, Yasser El Halaby. He became the first male player to win all four individual championships (2003-06), and he helped Princeton to two Ivy League titles.
"Playing for Coach Callahan's team is a privilege that one recognizes after the first few team training sessions but only truly understands with time," El Halaby said prior to Callahan's 2012 Hall of Fame induction. "I have a tremendous respect for a one-in-a-million individual who exudes kindness, generosity and character integrity. The many lessons I have learned and continue to learn from Coach Callahan are not restricted to the game of squash, but encompass all aspects of life."
Callahan has been succeeded by Sean Wilkinson, who had been an assistant coach at Drexel University. Wilkinson becomes the eighth men's squash coach in Princeton history. "Bob Callahan, Neil Pomphrey and all the Princeton players have created something very special here, and I am humbled to have been chosen to continue that legacy," Wilkinson said.
Callahan retired at the end of the acadmic year in June. He spent that last month orienting Wilkinson to the squash program and will continue to be available to offer his successor help and advice whenever asked, Callahan said.
Callahan, who is being treated for cancer, turned 58 on July 4. He said he was gratified to hear then from many former players.
Among the scores of the players he coached over time were his five sons: Greg, Class of 2005; Tim, Class of 2007; Scott, Class of 2009; and identical twins Peter and Matt, Class of 2011. Coaching them and getting to see them several days a week during the squash seasons "ranks up there very near the top" of his fondest memories at Princeton, Callahan said.
Callahan will continue to live in Princeton in retirement. "I am still anxious to keep in touch with everyone," he said.
For a more detailed profile of Coach Callahan, visit the Department of Athletics website.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge has finalized Zooey Deschanel's divorce from her rocker husband of roughly three years.
Court records show a judge finalized the actress' divorce from Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Gibbard and Deschanel, who stars in Fox's "New Girl," were married in September 2009. They had no children together.
The actress filed for divorce in December 2011 after separating two months earlier.
The judgment does not provide financial details of the breakup, although it states that the former couple's marriage cannot be repaired by counseling or mediation.
Deschanel was nominated last week for a Golden Globe for her work on "New Girl."
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Infographic Wedding Invitation
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Wedding invitations can be so boring - cream card, flowery cursive, maybe a ribbon or two - which is why I think it's so awesome when couples decide to think outside the box and create a wedding invite that's a little more unusual. I love this infographic invite from Jonathan Quintin for a cute couple, Simon and Sarah. The colour palette is unusual for a wedding invite, and of course I appreciate the lack of script typefaces!
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How Becoming Parents Can Affect Your Relationship
Expectant parents spend months preparing for the arrival of their baby. By the time they bring their little one home, they've taken classes, read a library's worth of books, and bought enough onesies to fill an entire dresser. But even with all the preparation, the reality of caring for a baby can be overwhelming.
When your household grows from two to three, your relationship with your partner is bound to change. Here are some ways to get a handle on what to expect when you have your baby.
And Baby Makes Three
Before, you were a couple. Now, you're parents. How will your day-to-day life change?
To start with the obvious, you probably won't get enough sleep in the early months of your baby's life. At first, your newborn may only sleep for a few hours at a time, and when your tiny bundle is up, you're up. The resulting sleep deprivation can make you irritable and turn tasks like household chores and errands into ordeals because you have less energy and can't concentrate. You'll also have less time for work, for yourself, and for your partner.
Being a new parent is wonderful, but at times it can be really difficult and stressful, too. This can generate many different feelings. It's common for new moms and dads to feel guilty when they're not enjoying every second of being a new parent. But it's important to remember that it's OK to want — and need — to take a break from the baby every once in a while.
A baby also can stir up surprising feelings of jealousy. Sometimes new dads get jealous because the baby takes up so much of mom's time. Dad may feel like a third wheel, or maybe he's jealous that he doesn't get to spend as much time with the baby or do as much of the parenting. These feelings are completely normal when the structure of a family changes so drastically.
Moms have their own challenges to confront. Pregnancy temporarily robs them of the bodies they're used to; a couple of extra pounds and dark circles under the eyes from late-night feedings can make a woman feel self-conscious and less attractive to her partner. Some moms also find it difficult to reconcile the image of a mother with that of a sexual woman, so they may be less interested in intimacy.
The changes brought by a baby reach beyond your immediate family as well. Suddenly, relatives and even acquaintances have endless stories and advice about child rearing. Family members may drop by unexpectedly or schedule regular visits to see your baby. Just when you have more to do than you think you can handle, all these extra people decide to stick around for dinner. Although you know they just want the best for the baby, their constant presence can make you feel even less in control of your own life and household.
Even without all the outside parenting advice, you and your partner might realize you have different approaches to parenting — one of you might be more inclined to pick up the baby whenever he or she cries while the other lets your little one cry for a while, for instance.
And trouble spots in a relationship, such as who does more work around the house, can get worse if new parents don't sit down and talk about what's bothering them. It is also important to remember that with parenting there is often more than one correct way to do something.
The Need for Communication and Understanding
Communication is the best tool to defuse anger and prevent arguments. Parents can get so caught up in caring for the baby that they forget to take time to talk to each other. Small annoyances grow when you don't get them out in the open, so it's important to make time to communicate.
Often, all it takes to clear up a misunderstanding is to see things from the other person's point of view. For example, a new father may think that because he's at work all day, it makes sense for the mother to take care of the baby most of the time, even when he's home. But she may view the same situation as the father distancing himself from her and the baby just when she needs him most. In addition, mom may feel a bit more comfortable caring for the baby or feel uncomfortable letting dad do it his way. If mom is always telling dad how to care for the baby, dad may start to back away from the caregiving.
If something is bothering you, tell your partner, but make sure you do it at the right time. Starting a discussion about who left the dirty dishes in the sink when the baby is screaming to be fed will solve nothing. Instead, plan a time to sit down together after the baby is asleep. Be honest with each other, but try to maintain a sense of humor. Listen to your partner's concerns and don't criticize them. And keep in mind that sleep deprivation and stress can make you feel more irritable, so it may take extra effort to curb any tendency to be snappy.
Once you've both said what's on your mind, work on solving the issues together by coming up with solutions you both can accept. Be willing to compromise, too. If one person can't get home early on Wednesdays because of a staff meeting, the other can get the baby ready for bed on those nights. In exchange, the partner who gets home late on Wednesdays can take over on Thursdays.
This is also the time to "assign" baby care and household duties, like cooking, laundry, and early-morning feedings. When both partners know what's expected of them, the household will run more smoothly.
It can be helpful to only have one parent awake at night. It may make sense to have mom get up if she is breastfeeding, then give her a break during the day to catch a nap between feedings. For others it might work better to have dad get up, or alternate nights. Discussing in advance how to handle night time awakenings can help both parents get just a little more sleep.
Handling Conflicts
When disagreements arise, make time to discuss them. If that approach simply won't work — and you both need to clear the air right away — try to keep the argument focused on the issue that's bothering you. Tell your partner clearly why you're upset. If you're vague or make your partner guess, you probably won't resolve anything.
Figuring out how to resolve conflicts now will pay off in the end. As your children grow, situations and concerns will change, and having a good line of communication between mom and dad will help in the future.
Steer clear of generalizations like, "You're always late." They tend to make people defensive. Instead, try: "When you came home late yesterday, dinner was cold. I would've appreciated it if you'd called me to say you were running late." This puts the emphasis on the action, not the person, so your criticism feels less like a personal attack.
It's also unfair to use the argument as an excuse to bring up past wrongs. If you're talking about coming home late for dinner, don't revisit the time your partner forgot to buy milk or took a 45-minute shower while you did all the dishes. You'll find that listening to each other and trying to understand the other person's perspective are the best ways to make progress toward solving a problem.
If you happen to argue in front of an older baby or child, make sure he or she sees you make up, too. That way, your child learns that fights don't mean that people no longer love each other — this is an important part of your child's own impression of conflict resolution.
Finding Time Together
Even though your baby has made you a family of three, the two of you still need time together as a couple to keep that relationship strong. Because your lives are busier now, the best way to find that time is to plan for it. Try to make a regular weekly "date" — schedule a sitter and head out to dinner or a movie. If you don't want to or can't leave the baby with a sitter just yet, make a special dinner at home after you put the baby to bed.
Staying up after the baby is sleeping can also give you time to connect daily. Strive for at least 20 minutes a day to talk and share feelings; you can do this while you wash the dishes together or as you get ready for bed. On the weekends, get out of the house and do something as a family, like visiting a museum or a park. Even daily family walks when you get home from work let you grab a little time together while your baby enjoys a ride in the stroller.
The most important thing is to use your creativity to find a way to spend time together that works for you, whether that means meeting for lunch while a willing grandparent watches the baby or playing a game of cards before bed. Remember that one of the best gifts that you can give your child is a good relationship with each other.
Tips for New Parents
As you enter this new stage of life as a family, staying focused on what really matters will help you through the rough spots, especially in the first few months. It may bother you that you didn't have time to make the bed, but overall, that's not too important. The more flexible you can be about what gets done when, the more relaxed and in control you'll feel.
To keep you both on track with the chores that have to be accomplished, make a list of each partner's duties and post it on the refrigerator. For those tasks that are more draining, like nighttime feedings, take turns whenever you can. If you both help out, then one of you won't wind up feeling resentful because you have to do all the work.
Be sure to notice what's going right, too. Praise yourself and your partner for managing yet another round of feedings, diaper changes, and baby entertaining. All new parents need to hear about what they're doing well, remembering that each parent may do things slightly differently. The goal is a happy, healthy family.
And try to be aware of each other's emotions and needs. If your partner has had a particularly stressful day, offer to take the baby so your partner can soak in the tub, watch a favorite TV show, or read a book for half an hour.
Above all, enjoy the time with your new arrival — your little one will grow up faster than you realize.
Reviewed by: Heidi M. Sallee, MD
Date reviewed: November 2011
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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A Machinist's Calculator for the Holidays
December 17, 2012
As a technical guy, I like to repair things and make new things. My home shop includes tools for woodworking and metalwork projects. I love to get in the shop and smell the cutting oil, Thread-Magic fluid, and freshly cut wood. My shop has several wall charts that list hole diameters, drill sizes, corresponding tap-and-die information, and metric and English measurements, and I refer to them often.
But usually I must grab a calculator to figure out cutting feed speeds, perform metric-to-English conversions, make trigonometric calculations, and so on. So an advertisement for the Machinist Calc Pro from Calculated Industries caught my eye. The handheld calculator should be a hit with mechanical and mechatronic engineers, as well as hobbyists who enjoy making metal chips and swarf on lathes and milling machines in their shops.
This calculator computes speeds and feed rates for milling, turning, and drilling: cutting speed, spindle speed (RPM), feed rate (inches/minute), cutting feed, etc. Built-in drill and thread size tables (in inches and metric dimensions) will keep you from running to a wall chart or reference handbook. You can even enter the cutting angle and drill size to calculate the drill point cut depth. Key in numeric, fractional, or metric thread or drill sizes, and the calculator displays data for a tap, a roll tap, close and free-fit drill sizes, plus pitch, major, and minor diameters. (A roll tap deforms metal to form threads, while a regular, fluted tap cuts metal to form threads.)
The calculator also performs basic math calculations and unit conversions. If you want to add dimensions, for example, you can mix units such as 12.5 inches, 58mm, 5.25 inches, and so on. You also can choose the resolution for the results on the LCD. If you need trig and inverse-trig sine, cosine, and tangent operations, the calculator provides them.
Calculated Industries has an interesting history. The two founders started in real estate careers and realized they needed a way to perform standard property and financial calculations. Though a large calculator company had a similar product, the founders decided in 1978 to create and customize their own dedicated real estate calculator and sell it to other real estate and financial professionals. Over time, their company expanded its line to include calculators for construction, pipefitting, estimating, and machining. You can buy a KitchenCalc Pro-Master Chef to convert kitchen measurements and scale recipes up or down. I already have a Quilter's FabriCalc calculator for Mrs. T on my Christmas list.
Click here to download the calculator's 70-page instruction manual and watch eight short videos that show what the calculator can do. The Machinist Calc Pro sells for $79.95 and would make a nice gift for the mechanical gal or guy on your holiday list (hint, hint).
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Ibus-Typing Booster is a predictive input method for the ibus platform. It predicts complete words based on partial input. One can then simply select the desired word from a list of suggestions and improve one's typing speed and spelling.
- Name: Anish Patil
- Name: firstname.lastname@example.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 18
- Last updated: Tue Aug 15 2012
- Percentage of completion: 100%
Detailed Description
The goal is to provide an efficient completing input method that will assist users while typing text.
Different Keymaps: For Indic languages,ibus typing booster supports key maps (like phonetic, inscript, typewriter) which are supported in m17n db.
Boost: Within few keystrokes user gets the desire word within the list. It saves user's typing and makes typing faster. e.g For typing word "wordnet", it requires three 6 key strokes. With Typing Booster it requires only three keystrokes.
Easiness: No need to learn new method or technology. User can add/delete new words into the user dictionary. New words will get added automatically.
Accuracy: Since the suggestions come from a validated hunspell dictionaries, the selected words always give 100% accurate spelling.
Ibus typing booster is replacement of indic typing booster and english typing booster project.
Benefit to Fedora
Currently Ibus Typing Booster supports the following Asian and European languages:
- Assamese, Bengali, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
- English, Danish, French
Ibus typing booster will enhance the text creation process, and end users will be able to type more accurately and faster with this input method. Ibus typing booster offers features such as, prediction of words (auto-completion), suggestions of words:suggestions are by frequency of use.
This feature will give Fedora users a interesting, more modern input experience.
- Develop initial version of ibus-typing-booster. [Need to rename ibus-hunspell-table to ibus-typing-booster]
- Submit package for review and build. [in progress]
- Test in rawhide and updates-testing. [in progress]
- Block old *-typing-booster packages from rawhide/f18
- Add package to comps
Test Plan
- For installation of ibus-typing-booster
- sudo yum install ibus-typing-booster
- User will install particular language dictionary using set up UI of typing booster
- For selection of particular IME
- Run im-chooser (Input method selector) and select ibus
- Right click on desktop panel's ibus icon -> select preference -> click on input method
- Choose English(US) - Hunspell from English language submenu
- Testing the application
- Open any text creation application
- Click on ibus icon and select English(US) - Hunspell to start ibus-typing-booster for English language
Enjoy! and report any bugs or suggestions!
User Experience
Users have a new predictive input method which allows them to write in different languages with completion. It is particularly convenient for typing longer unfamiliar words. Boost in typing process with accurate spellings.
- No other packages depend on this.
- Upstream is maintained by feature owner
Contingency Plan
Revert to existing ibus-indic-table and ibus-european-table packages.
Release Notes
- Typing booster is a predictive text input method for different languages. It enhances user typing experience.


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Although I generally like to plan my meals out for the week, sometimes things don't work out as planned. At the end of this week I noticed that I had an extra bunch of spinach in my fridge that I had not used during the week and it now needed to be finished rather quickly. Luckily I had an idea of what to do with it; I had been thinking about using the spinach, feta and herb flavour combination in a quinoa salad and now was as good a time as any to try it. Well, perhaps not the best time, as I had envisioned making it with white quinoa and all that I had on hand was a mix of white and red quinoa, but that would not affect the flavour so I was good to go. This quinoa salad was pretty easy to make and once you had everything in the pot you can pretty much just sit back and wait for it to finish cooking. The spinach and feta flavour combination worked really well in the quinoa salad and the one thing that I liked the most, outside of the flavour, was how light and fresh the quinoa salad seemed. It is always nice when a last minute dish turns out so good!
Spinach and Feta Quinoa Salad
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 1 bunch spinach (roughly chopped)
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 cups vegetable broth (or chicken broth or water)
- 1/4 cup parsley (chopped)
- 1/4 cup dill (chopped)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 lemon (juice and zest)
- 1/4 cup feta (crumbled)
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
- Add the spinach and cook until it wilts.
- Add the quinoa, vegetable broth, parsley, dill and season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat, cover and simmer until the quinoa is tender, about 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and hit it with a splash lemon juice and mix in the feta.
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Clayton K. (8-4, 3.23) vs. Dillon G. (8-2, 3.47).
The intrepid Dodgers go for a season-high six-game losing streak tonight while also looking to hand the Mets a four-game sweep. But that will only happen if the bats can continue to not show up, as Kershaw figures to keep the Mets in check in his last start before the All-Star Game. The Mets are weakened without Jose Reyes, David Wright and Ike Davis, but despite that handicap, the Dodgers will push hard to come through with another loss.
Sax's note: SoSG Alex Cora and I will be at tonight's game, field level, third base side. As usual, leave a comment in the thread and ping us with an email if you want to grab a beer or four!