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Rocky_Creek wrote:Anyone believeing that list has anything to do with making Jack D. whiskey is very confused. Corn, barley, rye, 4 yeast types. Continous distill, then double, run thorough maple charcoal. Age. Some how it don't sound the same.
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WhiteLightning wrote:ok, i've changed my opinion after a couple of shots and some education. and my whiskey smeels like butterscotch too, after a few years, must be doing something right. lol. Oh if you want a butternut flavor/ smell to your whiskey, add 1 can of coor's beer to ur first distillation and distill 2 more times.
Uncle Jesse wrote:the quality of a whiskey has little to do with the grain bill. slight variations will change the flavors - and for these big companies it's probably more important that some adjuncts will reduce cost as well. at any rate, a well-done mash, pot-distilled with care will produce a fine whiskey. i'm sure a jack daniels mash could produce a great product, if they were willing to take the time to do so. however, you just can't do this when your emphasis is profit, not quality. they'd have to stop their continual stills and go back to pot stills, and they'd have to use quality barrels as well.
pot stills means less production and therefore less money, and quality barrels are rather expensive.
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Friday morning of Burning Man 2015 has us hustling and bustling around today as we head into the weekend and embrace the Weekend Warriors joining us.
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- Make a BBQ pizza to share with my camp of 2.
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- Do multiple costume changes.
- Ride my bike in search of beer. Hopefully before we drink too much at our home bar.
- At home dance party. Will look something like this:
For all you Burners staying at home this year, how will you be celebrating? Are you going to watch the live feed of the burns on Saturday and Sunday? We're heading to our own personal burn party, "Leftover Burn". I'm wondering what the effigy will be…
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The Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund and the Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund, managed by Margie Patel, took top honors for their performance during both the three- and five-year periods, winning a combined total of four awards. Ms. Patel manages $1.8 billion (as of December 31, 2016) in mutual funds and institutional portfolios allocated across both fixed-income and equity securities.
Three of the five Wells Fargo Funds recognized are multiyear Lipper Fund Award winners, including the Wells Fargo Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, which received its fourth consecutive performance award, as well as the Wells Fargo Index Asset Allocation Fund for its win in the three-year category for the third consecutive year and the five-year category for the second consecutive year.
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The following Wells Fargo Funds received 2017 Lipper Fund Awards based on data as of November 30, 2016.
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|Winner years (3, 5, or 10)
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|Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund–Institutional
|Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds
|3-year period (out of 453 funds)
|Margie Patel
|Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund–Institutional
|Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds
|5-year period (out of 400 funds)
|Margie Patel
|Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund–Institutional
|Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Conservative Funds
|3-year period (out of 321 funds)
|Margie Patel
|Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund–Institutional
|Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Conservative Funds
|5-year period (out of 275 funds)
|Margie Patel
|Wells Fargo Index Asset Allocation Fund–Administrator
|Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds
|3-year period (out of 511 funds)
|Christian L. Chan, CFA, and Kandarp R. Acharya, CFA, FRM
|Wells Fargo Index Asset Allocation Fund–Administrator
|Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds
|5-year period (out of 437 funds)
|Christian L. Chan, CFA, and Kandarp R. Acharya, CFA, FRM
|Wells Fargo Strategic Municipal Bond Fund–Administrator
|Short/Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds
|5-year period (out of 54 funds)
|Lyle J. Fitterer, CFA, CPA; Wendy Casetta; and Robert J. Miller
|Wells Fargo Short Duration Government Bond Fund–Institutional
|Short U.S. Government Funds
|10-year period (out of 56 funds)
|Thomas O'Connor, CFA, and Troy Ludgood
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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 8,600 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 269,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 27 on Fortune's 2016 rankings of America's largest corporations. Wells Fargo's vision is to satisfy our customers' financial needs and help them succeed financially. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.
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So after basically 4 weeks off, my desperation to feel back to normal and Becca's begging for school finally paid off and we began again. We've moved on to our Kindergarten curriculum because it is all planned out for me, a bit simpler than what I was doing.
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Here is Becca, trying to throw the ball into the box on the other side of the room. Every time she gets a "basket" she has to recite her bible verse of the week. I think even I will be able to memorize some verses with this curriculum!
Here she is gluing the cross on her collage picture – putting Jesus in the middle of history.
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Not every home change is nonessential. Appoint an assessor to look at the ranges of your home that you don't usually see. They may find shrouded issues that could contrarily affect your home's estimation. Little issues can turn out to be huge, lavish issues rapidly; the more you put off repairs, the more extravagant those repairs will be.
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Most people who profess to hate blue cheese don't know a thing about it. They see blue veins, and they turn their peacock heads toward the Jarlsberg display. What a pity. If only they would close their eyes and accept a spoonful of Gorgonzola Dolce, then they might think they were eating vanilla ice cream. Or if they accepted a morsel of Cremificato Verde Capra, they might mistake it for lemon frosting.
Not all blues are badasses. Some tread very, very lightly.
To be frank, I am a lover of rich-hot-spicy blue cheese (like Cabrales and Roquefort), but because gentle springtime flavors will soon be upon us, I want to give you a tour of some mild blues.
Put on your slippers and come with me.
The blue cheeses I want you to meet are the kind you can nurse at night in bed alongside an aperitif, or slip onto a cheese board designed for inscrutable guests. The northern Italians – with their creamy Lombardy milk — have perfected the smooth-talking softie (they are also masters of mascarpone and ricotta), so it's no surprise to find their subtlety in a variety of blue cheeses that even a toddler could love.
What Gorgonzolas Have In Common
You can always recognize Gorgonzola by its green-blue striations. Other blues contain indigo, navy-purple, or blue-black striations, but Gorgonzola always has a green twinge. Lombardians refer to this coloration as erborinato, which means "parsley."
True Gorgonzola (marked "DOP") is regulated by the Italian government and must be made using cow's milk from designated provinces. It originates in the area around Milan and is produced by several manufacturers, including Mauri, which exports some of the best Gorgonzola to the U.S.
Blue-green veins emerge when wheels of Gorgonzola are pierced with long needles, creating thin airshafts that encourage mold to develop. Contrary to popular belief, mold is not injected into the cheese. Bacteria called Penicillium gorgonzola are stirred into the curds early in the cheesemaking process; air vents simply enliven the bacteria.
All Gorgonzola is rindless. Cheesemakers wrap each wheel in foil to retain moisture. The same is true of Roquefort, a similarly creamy blue made by the French. You'll note that natural-rinded blues, like Stilton, are dry and crumbly – more like a scone than ice cream cake.
Three Mild Blues
Try out this trio on a dessert board:
Gorgonzola Dolce
Dolce means "sweet," and this silky number is a cherry bomb, a luxurious confection that makes white chocolate seem brash and salty. The texture is like that of an unbaked cheesecake. Veining is minimal. Adding fruit, or even a fruit-twinged beverage, is essential here — try a sour cherry ale.
Blue Mauri
The concentrated blue veining calls to mind claw marks, but Blue Mauri is not that sharp. With a blend of cow and goat's milk, this hybrid is lush in texture but not as unctuously sweet as Gorgonzola Dolce. Notice the beautifully rounded flavor. A drizzle of honey tempers any sharp inflections.
Cremificato Verde Capra
Made from pure goat's milk, this rare character offers a lemon twist and a touch of white pepper. You can pair it with savory foods like sautéed mushrooms, or play off its soft bite with bittersweet chocolate. A chocolate or coffee stout works especially well.
Pairing Ideas:
Mellow to medium-zesty blues benefit from a fruit treatment. Add ripe pears, thin slices of green apple, dried apricots, Amarena cherries in syrup, even pineapple. Walnuts or pistachios like to cuddle, along with honey and biscotti.
Pair mellow blues with porters, fruit ales, stouts, or sparkling whites. Want to keep it local? Try flutes of Moscato or Asti Spumante.


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Religion has always depended on information technology. Vital to the longevity of a religion is getting new followers, and in order for that to happen, the sacred texts, beliefs and rituals need to be spread and passed down. Central to this process, historically speaking, are books. We've talked before about the sacred origin of our reverence for the written word.
Of course, there were also times when information technology and religion have butt heads. The Catholic Church, for example, was famous for this. In its earliest days, it was against writing entirely. When printing came around, the Church was delighted by the ease with which they could print letters of indulgence and thereby raise money for their projects, but they were likewise horrified by the ease with which the general public could spread heretical ideas (see The Protestant Reformation).
Today, we're very comfortable with the concept of finding sacred texts in books. But what does the next wave of innovations in information technology have to offer?
Buddhists are one group that has been quick to adopt new technology. Joyce Morgan wrote a wonderful article on the Huffington Post about why this might be. Indeed, historically speaking, Buddhists have always been on the cutting edge. Buddhists in Japan and in China were the first people to adopt wood block printing on a large scale in order to mass produce and disseminate their sacred texts. That was a huge innovation in a predominantly oral world. And today, some Buddhist communities are taking advantage of the Web and podcasts more than practitioners of many other religions. ZenWest, for example, is a Zen community in Canada that cultivates an e-sangha, where Buddhists from all over the world can take part in a religious community—which is especially helpful for those who do not live near a physical community. On their website, newcomers to Zen can even take online orientation courses and join in discussions. They even have a podcast with regular lectures.
In the Great Courses audio series on the Sacred Texts of the World, Professor Grant Hardy poses this wonderful question:
With the advent of the technological revolution knwon as the Internet, is there some religion that might be able to harness its power to their own spiritual ends? Are there certain kinds of religious practices that may be better suited to the Web than to codices? In some cases, for example in Sikhism, it's easier to find their sacred texts online than in printed form. And for traditions such as Hinduism, in which the chanting or the singing or scriptures and ritual performances might take precedence over solitary study, YouTube is a marvelous resource. I'm sure that the Internet will transform religion in future generations. It will be interesting to see how that plays out and how that affects different religious traditions, because one of the secrets to having a tradition that continues and expands is being able to take advantage of technological and also scholarly resources that come along.


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Costco Doesn't Look Cheap Enough
Giant packs of kale to the rescue?
Costco Wholesale Corp.'s COST 0.04% finance chief joked in March about how the trendy vegetable may be one way to counter competitors targeting young, urban and health-conscious customers—in other words, Amazon.com Inc. and its Prime service. The online behemoth isn't the first company to mimic Costco's fee-based model. The world's top retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has long competed directly through its Sam's Club chain.
As Costco reports fiscal third-quarter results Thursday, investors would do better to study the company's existing competition before worrying about new entrants. Having already reported results for the same period, Sam's Club saw a 0.8% drop in comparable-store sales year over year and a 2.2% fall in operating income. Both figures were seen as disappointing.
Based on monthly sales reports through April, investors know Costco did better than that, recovering from a painfully slow winter with comparable sales growth of around 5% in March and April. What they don't know is how the bottom line shaped up following poor gross margins in the fiscal second quarter. Analysts see Costco reporting earnings per share of $1.09 compared with $1.04 a year earlier.
One factor to watch is the critical membership fee. An afterthought for many customers, it comprises about three-quarters of Costco's operating income. Without it, operating margins would be razor thin.
This will be the first quarter in two years that sees zero year-over-year benefit from a membership-fee increase. Since Sam's Club raised its own fee at a later date, its poor earnings performance would have been even weaker without that boost.
Costco, which doesn't give specific earnings guidance, has lagged behind analyst expectations materially three quarters in a row. It remains to be seen if analysts have lowered their sights sufficiently for Thursday's results, or if they underestimated the drag from factors like exchange rates—Costco gets 29% of its sales outside the U.S.—and continued pricing pressure on goods such as electronics.
Even if analyst estimates have come down enough to avoid a fourth consecutive nasty surprise, investor expectations still may need to be tempered. Costco's stock now fetches nearly 23 times forward earnings compared with an average of 20.5 times over the last decade.
With traditional competitors reeling and new ones threatening, the share price may need to go on a diet.
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| 017Bluefield chapter 1 . 10/21/2013
Yeah, I doubt Juto actually died from that. Or from La Strada's fall. Or its effects on the whole of Lanzheim. Still, this is nice to see. :)
| book maniac chapter 1 . 6/10/2010
I don't read alot of stories because I don't find many I like but this one was really good. I already have Magna Carta 2 and really like it. Keep of up the good work and can't wait to read your other stories. Good Luck
| me myself and ink chapter 1 . 2/13/2010
ok, you have to, have to, have to, have to, have to (or else i'm gunna die) the story with juto and the stone you were talking about and everything. see, i have the game and i'm heading to that big gate thin in rok..something to go fight that general, but not knowing what jutos past was and everything is going to drive over the cliff of insanity, and i saw a vidio about where juto was attaking Crocell but it didn't show what happened to make him do that, and it's just...i can't...ugh! will you just tell me so my mind wont explod please?
| Nina Hime chapter 1 . 2/3/2010
it was so nice to remember the ending!
thanks for wroting that!
-soory my bad english-


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He has signed a quit claim deed recently to surrender his interest in the home. His current wife has not seen it or signed it because they are now separated and living in different states.
Great question for a real estate attorney as laws can vary from state to state. Is the quit claim deed recorded? If he has no ownership interest in the home, a creditor should not be able to file a lien against it for something he (not you as an individual or as his spouse) was responsivle for. Also have to wonder if the quit claim was legal based on the fact he is married and didn't have his wife reliquish any ownership interest. Remember, a quit claim deed only transfers whatever ownership the grantor has, if his wife had partial ownership and didn't sign, that ownership would still be in force.
You should consult with an attorney for this question but from my layperson's knowledge of the subject, if the property was quitclaimed to the spouse through a legal separation proceeding &/or stipulated judgement signed by the Court, you may have some recourse to get the judgment against title vacated through a quiet title action. Also, the creditor would have to obtain a judgment against the party before any lien attaches to any title to the home. The judgment is a general lien in whatever county it gets recorded so it will attach to any and all property owned by the judgment debtor (and often times it attaches to property they don't own) therein.


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Romney Video for Bain Describes Plans to 'Harvest' FirmsJonathan D. Salant
Mother Jones, the magazine that published a secretly-made tape of Mitt Romney's May remarks to donors, released another video yesterday that shows the Republican nominee in 1985 characterizing Bain Capital LLC as a partnership created to invest in companies, help manage them and "harvest them at a significant profit."
Mother Jones said the video was on a 1998 CD-ROM marking the 25th anniversary of Bain & Co., the consulting firm that Romney left to co-found Bain Capital.
President Barack Obama's campaign responded with a statement from Randy Johnson, a former worker at American Pad & Paper, a Marion, Indiana-based company once owned by Bain that closed in 1995.
"Romney's business experience was never about creating jobs," Johnson said. "Romney's own words prove that his focus was putting profits before people from the very beginning."
Ryan Williams, a Romney campaign spokesman, said in an e-mailed response that Romney's work at Bain resulted in job creation.
"In addition to starting new businesses, Mitt Romney helped build Bain Capital by turning around broken companies, creating and saving thousands of jobs," Williams said. "The problem today is that President Obama hasn't been able to turn around our economy in the same way."
New Poll
The latest videotape release creates a new distraction less than a week before his first debate against Obama.
The president is leading Romney in the swing state of New Hampshire and runs narrowly ahead of him in North Carolina and Nevada, according to polls released last night.
Those results are in line with other recent surveys showing Obama with the edge in states that strategists in both parties say will decide who wins the White House on Nov. 6, the so-called swing states which have a history of voting for either major political party and the eight to 10 battlegrounds which the president and his challenger are actively contesting.
The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist College poll shows Obama ahead among likely voters in New Hampshire, 51 percent to 44 percent, and with 2-point edges in Nevada, 49 percent to 47 percent, and North Carolina, 48 percent to 46 percent.
The results for Nevada and North Carolina are within the margin of error for the surveys of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. The three states together account for 25 of the 270 electoral votes required to win the White House.
Change Dynamic
Romney "needs to change the whole dynamic," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute of Public Opinion in Poughkeepsie, New York. "Right now, the trends are not going his way."
At a fundraiser at the Union League Club in downtown Philadelphia, Romney said his race in Pennsylvania is uphill. He's also been trailing Obama in public polls in the state.
"We really would shock people if early in the evening of Nov. 6, it looked like Pennsylvania was going to come our way," he told a couple of hundred donors at a breakfast fundraiser in an ornate hall at the club.
The Republican nominee has struggled to re-set his campaign after the Sept. 17 publication by Mother Jones of the May video in which he tells a gathering of donors in Florida that 47 percent of Americans are "victims" dependent on federal largesse who won't vote for him.
Obama has led in the nine swing states surveyed by the Marist Institute for NBC News and the Journal since the end of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, earlier this month.
Colorado, Iowa
In five of the nine -- Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin and now New Hampshire -- Obama's support has been at 50 percent or more. Along with North Carolina and Nevada, the other states where the polling has shown him ahead with less than 50 percent support are Florida and Virginia.
In Ohio, without which no Republican has won the White House, a CBS News/New York Times/Quinnipiac University poll taken Sept. 18-24 showed Obama ahead of Romney, 53 percent to 43 percent, among likely voters. The CBS/Times survey also put Obama ahead in Florida, the largest battleground state, 53 percent to 44 percent.
In the latest Bloomberg National Poll, Obama leads Romney among likely voters, 49 percent to 43 percent, even as 60 percent of Americans say the nation is headed off on the wrong track as the president completes his first term.
The Bloomberg poll found that 49 percent of likely voters consider Romney out of touch, compared with 40 percent who say that of Obama. The telephone survey of 1,007 adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, was conducted Sept. 21-24.
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Are we what we think we are – or, instead, are we what others think we are?
Infiltrated by noisy, clamoring visions of how our identity is shaped, in my new book, "Ninety-Eight Point Six … and other stories," I explore people being defined by happenstance, by odd decisions and accumulations in their lives, by misjudgments, quirks. I write of how we are seen and how we hope to be seen seldom being the same thing. Fiction, yes, but tellingly close to reality, too.
A woman, bored with her own life, creates a new one entirely – on Facebook. A man is measured by the car he drives. No one bothers to tell the new receptionist when the mysterious agency is closed down – and she is seen so differently by those dealing with her. Why does this man move things around at the supermarket, how is the patient seen, who was it that actually died? And more.
Thirteen stories: Each and all as puzzling, complex, as wise and as funny as this life we think we paint for ourselves. Stories rooted in our own worlds woven around a core of a man who loses his identity, a man who gives up his own to take it, the new lives they form, the old ones abandoned.
The age-old gem of identity is the binding theme but with each facet accepting its sparkle differently.
"Ninety-Eight Point Six … and other stories" brings wit, perception and a fascination with how seldom we control our place in life – with amazing consequences.
The book is available through Amazon and Kindle and will be in bookstores. There will be book signings, too. I'll let you know.


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President Obama's inaugural address is being accounted for as one of his most progressive statements (certainly to a national audience) as President of the United States. Engaging in 'climate spotting', the paragraphs directly discussing Climate Change make it a true centerpiece of this (relatively) short inaugural address.
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. (Applause.) Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms.
The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries, we must claim its promise. That's how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure — our forests and waterways, our crop lands and snow-capped peaks. That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God. That's what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.
Sadly, as readers know, those who "still deny the overwhelming judgment of science" include the Republican Majority of the House of Representatives (along with, sigh, the Republicans on various science-related committees in the House and Senate). Recognizing this and the "political reality" that serious climate-change legislation is dead on arrival in the House, the question turns to:
What can President Obama do in the face of Republican obstructionism and science denialism?
Several days ago, the New York Times' Andy Revkin explored the question: "[What can President Obama] do to foster progress on environmental issues and the nation's, and world's, energy and climate challenges"? And, Revkin suggested that #ObamaEnv to be used as a discussion tool for other options. Looking at Revkin — and beyond — the answer re #ObamaEnv in the Second Administration begins with 'many things …'
After the fold are a number of measures that could occur with Presidential action — a swipe of a pen, as it were …
Bully Pulpit
- The President must build on yesterday and use the Bully Pulpit to foster a 'national conversation' on climate change. While Presidential speeches do not 'sway' the nation, analysis shows that leadership discussion of an issue (climate change not excepted) can lead to greater public (and political) understanding of the necessity and urgency of action. The President must make the (truthful and honest) case — forcefully, day after day, venue after venue — that catastrophic climate chaos is not just 'as serious and real' a threat to ourselves and our children as assault weapons but much more serious and devastating a national security, life, economic, and … threat. He show that he understands how serious a threat this is to his — and our — daughters' future.
- As part of the Bully Pulpit, the President should begin to leverage the 'power of the White House invitation'. Perhaps a bi-weekly movie night with, for example, a 'family' event with both Republican and Democratic members of Congress and their families invited to see Chasing Ice, How to Boil a Frog, and such (with some of Peter Sinclair's work thrown into the mix…) with members of the National Academies of Science with President Obama, the First Lady, and their daughters there sharing popcorn, beer and sodas. Could there be a better use of the White House screening room?
- The President — and other senior members of the Administration — should meet regularly with those knowledgable about climate science issues for substantive private and public discussions. Newsworthy events like the release of a major and rather terrifying (draft) climate analysis should not be buried in a Friday news dump but should be discussed in the WH briefing room and by the President in his Saturday address. Engagement by the President with such expert knowledge will heighten these people and issues within The Village and thus the national media discussion.
- There is no senior White House advisor specifically on Climate Change since the departure of Carol Browner. While it might provide a red flag move for Glenn Beck attacks, it is past time to have a "Climate Czar" back in the White House.
- Convince Lisa Jackson to stay at the Environmental Protection Agency. Lisa Jackson has announced her intent to leave the Administration. The President should reconsider his acceptance of her resignation. There is essentially no chance that someone as articulate, passionate, and knowledgeable about climate change (and other environmental / science) issues will make it past Senate confirmation. With Administrator Jackson, the President can make the case that he will be unleashing not just her but others throughout the Administration to undertake serious action on climate change and that he will be leading the charge leveraging the Bully Pulpit on climate change.
- Include climate change and energy issues within the discussion / consideration for every single second-term Administration appointee.
- "Free the Science Three": In addition to Lisa Jackson, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco has announced her departure. Secretary of Energy Steve Chu is expected to do so shortly. What is notable, to me, is that Lubchenco, Chu, and Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren were an amazing three-piece set of appointments early in the Obama Administration that gave substantive reason for real optimism for Presidential attention to mobilizing the nation to address climate change. These three (Lubchenco, Chu, Holden) share a powerful set of characteristics: All three were well-respected scientists in their field who made mid-career decisions that they needed to learn how to communicate critical science issues to non-scientists, that they needed to learn about/engage in 'management' and not just remain in the laboratory, and that Climate Change represented a 'clear and present danger' — and that their understanding of this demanded that they engage in the policy process to help foster change toward policies to mitigate climate change risks. For the past four years, however, these three have been mainly 'mute' when it comes to forceful public discussion of climate change. The 'mutes' should be removed from Administration members, like these, who have the capacity for clarity and power in their discussion of climate change science and policy responses.
- Leverage science and law to shut down polluting coal plants and speed the (already fast) diminishing role of coal in the nation's electrical system. "Implement the EPA's existing Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, which places limits on mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel, and other toxic emissions associated with coal." And, beyond this, regulate CO2 emissions from existing power plants (as the law requires) rather than simply new ones. Note that these two steps, alone, could have a significant near-term impact on reducing US carbon dioxide emissions and could pay for themselves just through the health care benefits alone.
You could pension off all the 80,000 workers in the coal industry for a tiny fraction of the medical bills due to burning coal," says Burton Richter, a Nobel laureate in physics.
- Study — and make public — fracking more seriously, including methane leakage within the natural gas system. Target — at a minimum — reducing the amount of leaked and flared natural gas at extraction and in the distribution system.
- Place climate mitigation, adaptation, and general disaster resiliency front and center for Federal efforts to "rebuild" and re disaster relief for Hurricane Sandy. Use this as stepping stone for future 'post' disaster investments to reduce future disaster costs/risks.
- Seriously examine "ethanol" as to whether it advances any legitimate climate agenda.
- End subsidies for construction in climate disruption threatened areas and make climate change analysis a mandated part of government analysis of projects.
- Put a requirement in Federal contracting (perhaps starting w/firms at over $100 million/year of business with USG) for contractors to have energy/resource efficiency programs like those required of Federal agencies. Require performance against plans part of contracting decisions. (Note that government contractors, such as the National Defense Industries Association (NDIA) (pdf) (see issue #4), have actually made calls for such moves.)
- Direct the Department of Education to focus seriously on the educational value and financial/other benefits from Green Schooling — including making this a core (if not central) part of "Race to the Top".
- Require all Fed rooftop construction/repairs to be (with explained exceptions) white (cool) / green (growing) / power producing. Make this, associated the above contracting requirement, a requirement for Federal contractors, GSA-leased buildings, roofs built/repaired with Federal money.
- Incorporate the real social cost of carbon in Federal decisions like leasing of coal fields (by, for example, requiring lease revenue to be above the social cost of carbon and other environmental remediation costs from mining/burning the coal) and in Export-Import (ExIm) Bank loan support decisions.
- Reject the Keystone XL pipeline as counter to national interest — on multiple grounds, not least of which is climate change impacts.
- Direct that the US representatives to the World Bank work to reduce coal and other polluting World Bank investment.
- Make the OMB/OIRA (Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs) use fully burdened cost/benefit analysis for decision-making on Federal regulations and other programs.
- Execute the mandate to use Fully Burdened Cost of Fuel (FBCF) in Department of Defense procurement programs.
- Take actions related to "the conversation"
- Put solar on the WH roof (and have the President & family flip the switch).
- Continue "National Service Days" but have the President engage in an energy efficiency project and putting solar on the roof (e.g., energy barnstorming events).
- Direct that the winners of the Solar Decathlon be brought to Washington, DC, (preferably the houses and not just the team members …) and have the President have dinner with the winning team within their house. (Photo to the right is from a dinner event in the 2009 North House. In the front of the photo is the Department of Energy's Richard King, who has directed the Solar Decathlon since (I believe) the inception. Having dinner in this house, with the sun setting over the Washington Monument, speaking with Solar Decathlon team members was truly an inspiring evening of the type that might inspire Administration officials …)
Above are just a few symbolic and substantive moves that should be part of the #ObamaEnv agenda in the second term.
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After noticing Watchmen's Box Office numbers slip 65% in its second weekend, we thought to ourselves, why aren't they marketing this film toward female retirees looking for some full frontal male nudity? Because, man, there's enough blue penis in this movie to make Vanity Smurf come out of his tiny closet.
Well, some folks over at Liquid Generation are helping keep the Watchmen buzz alive at the other end of the age spectrum, and figured that gamers like their penis 8 bits at a time. Check out this Kung Fu-inspired scrolling actioner featuring a monster... ahem... swordfight... after the jump.
Now, just a warning before watching, don't try to compare yourself to Dr. Manhattan. Even in 8-bits, he puts you to shame. Also... NSFW!
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14 Curious Literary Terms (Part 2)
A while back I devoted a blog post to the subject of curious literary terms. This is the second and final instalment. The following literary terms are presented in alphabetical order.
Beast Fable — A narrative with speaking animals for characters. These didactic texts aim to teach us lessons about morality. George Orwell's Animal Farm is one beast fable we are all familiar with.
Bowdlerise — A form of censorship that entails removing perceived indecent, immoral and/or pornographic words/passages from a narrative.
Eye Dialect — The use of unconventional spellings to signify conventional pronunciation. For example, 'She shud of left by now' in place of 'She should have left by now.'
Oneiromancy — The belief that the future can be predicted by analysing dreams.
Onomatopoeia — Words that mimic sounds, e.g. a buzzing bee, or a crackling fire.
Ornamentalism — An elaborate prose style in which the manner of narration is more important than its content. Vladimir Nabokov was an ardent devotee.
Pandect — A book purporting to contain all conceivable information on a given subject.
Portmanteau — A portmanteau combines two or more words to form a new word that expresses a single idea that is different from its component parts. Take brunch, a combination of two words, breakfast and lunch.
Prosopopoeia — A type of personification in which inanimate objects have the ability to speak.
Synecdoche — A device in which a part of a given thing represents the whole, or vice versa. If only I had some wheels (wheels are merely part of a car, but are representative of the whole).
Wanderjahr — A time in a character's life when they diverge from their usual routine i.e. travelling, gap year etc.
Verbiage — Superfluous words in a sentence that detract from its impact.
Zeitgeist — The trends and fashions that represent the essence of a period in time.
Zoomorphic — Relating to a deity that is believed to take the form of an animal.


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Here's another installment in our series giving ideas for how to plan a 'Things Beginning With…' scavenger hunt, this time using the letter D.
These scavenger hunts are great for using no matter how old the players are and can be used with groups of any size – from 1 to 100.
Here's how to play it:
- List (see below)
- Pens
- Cameras (only needed if you choose the photo option below)
This game is more fun if played in small teams. However, if you only have a few participants, you could have them paired up or playing individually.
Explain to the players that their task is to find as many items as they can that begin with the letter D.
You have a couple of options for how these items should be found / collected:
- Photo – Players have to go around and use the camera to take pictures of objects that start with the letter D
- Item – Players have to go around and collect objects that start with the letter D
The photo scavenger hunt option is the easier of the two, so this can be a better choice if organizing this for younger kids. If you want to make it more of a challenge though, have players collect D items instead.
Arrange a time and place to meet at the end and send them off hunting.
Players / teams earn one point for each item that they take a photo of / collect, as well as bonus points if the objects appear on the Special Items list.
Special Items List
Make a list of 10 items that start with the letter D (or use our list below), but don't tell the teams what these objects are.
If they happen to take a photo of / collect one or more of these items during the scavenger hunt, they should earn two points for each one, meaning there are 20 bonus points available.
If you're playing the version where teams need to actually collect the objects, don't include items beginning with D that they wouldn't be able to bring back with them.
Things like 'dishwasher' and 'dresser' therefore shouldn't be listed on the item version, although they're fine to include for the photo scavenger hunt list.
We like to make things easy for you when it comes to organizing scavenger hunts, so we've put together two different Special Items lists – one for the item option and one for the photo option.
Below these is a link to download a free printable copy of the lists that also includes a worksheet for players so that they can keep track of which items they've already found.
** Very important – the second page of the document features the Special Items list, so make sure you only give teams the first page! **
Photo version
- Dad
- Dimple
- Dishwasher
- Dog
- Door
- Dot
- Dreadlocks
- Drool
- Drum
- Duck
Item version
- Daisy
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Rite of Marriage
Posted by admin on June 16, 2012
This is the heart of the wedding ceremony. This is the liturgical part where parties express their free consent and volition to take each other as husband and wife. And without this consent, there is no marriage.
The following marital rites are taken, officially, from the Roman Catholic Ritual.
Priest; Dearly beloved N and N, you are here today to seal your love with an eternal bond before the Church. I assure you of the prayers of the community that God pours his abundant blessing on your love and help you carry out the duties of the married state. (Addressing the congregation), dear brother and sisters, may I ask you to help them with your prayers and accept them as a new couple in our Christian community.
Priest; May I now ask you to answer truthfully the following questions. (To the bride), Did you come here of your own free will to bind yourself forever in love and the service of your husband?
Bride: Yes, Father
Priest: (To the groom), did you come here of your own free will to bind yourself for ever in the love and service of your wife?
Groom: Yes Father
Priest: Are you both ready to raise as good Christians the children whom God will give you?
Bride & Groom: Yes, Father
Priest: N and N, since you wish to contract Holy Matrimony, please join your hands and express your intention before God and his Church.
Priest: (bride), do you take (groom) here present, for your lawful husband, according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church?
Bride: Yes, I do.
Priest: Do you give yourself to him as his wife?
Bride: Yes I do.
Priest: Do you accept him as your lawful husband?
Bride: Yes I do.
Priest: N (groom), do you take N (bride), here present, for lawful wife, according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Church.
Groom: Yes, I do.
Priest: Do you give yourself to her as your husband?
Groom: Yes I do.
Priest: Do you accept her as your lawful wife?
Groom: Yes, I do.
Priest: Now please recite together this prayer
Bride & Groom: Grant us , O Lord, to be one heart and one soul, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.
Priest: And I, by authority of the Church, calling on all those present here as witness, confirm and bless, the bond of marriage which you have contracted. In the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Under the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, this gives testament, that the spouses, indeed, are the "real ministers" of the Sacrament of Marriage. The priest's role is just to assist in the ceremony and receives the consent of the spouses. In addition, the priest gives its blessing and recognition in behalf of the Roman Catholic Church.


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Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper is a Full Professor of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She completed her undergraduate degree at University of Guelph, followed by a PhD at the University of Ottawa under the supervision of Drs. John Patrick and Jean Himms-Hagen. Her thesis focused on mechanisms of facultative energy expenditure, including Na/K transport mechanisms and brown fat thermogenesis. Thereafter she held a postdoctoral fellowship at Cambridge University in the U.K. where she trained under the supervision of Dr. Martin Brand, and studied the effects of thyroid hormone status on the uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Current research interests are mitochondrial energetics, redox, proton leaks and the role of the uncoupling proteins; fundamental mechanistic aspects are studied, and the processes are also examined in the contexts of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and oxidative stress. In collaboration with Ottawa Hospital and Heart Institute clinicians Drs. Bob Dent and Ruth McPherson, research has focused on metabolic and genetic factors contributing in inter-individual variation in weight loss. She has published 92 peer-reviewed papers, as well as a number of invited reviews and book chapters.
Her research has been acknowledged by awards including several postdoctoral fellowship awards, a Polanyi Award (Physiology and Medicine), a Premier's Research Excellence Award, an Endowed Summer Research Fellowship (Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, MA), a Canadian Foundation for Innovation New Investigator's Award, and the national Centrum Award for excellence in nutrition and metabolism research. Demand for her unique expertise is exemplified by many international invitations to collaborate and to lecture.
Dr. Harper has served on several national and international grant review panels. She also serves on various teaching and research committees at the University of Ottawa. In the Obesity Society, she has been an active member on several committees, and currently is a member of the Program and the Diversity committees. Dr. Harper has been a member of the Obesity Society since 1994.
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Canada October Labor Force Survey (Text)
Following is the text of Canada's labor force survey released by Statistics Canada.
Following two consecutive months of increases, employment in October was unchanged and the unemployment rate remained at 7.4%.
Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased 1.3% or 229,000, all in full-time work. The total number of hours worked also rose 1.3% over the same period.
In October, employment grew in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, while it fell in British Columbia and Manitoba. There was little change in the other provinces.
The number of public sector employees increased by 37,000, offset by a decline in private sector employment, which includes both private sector employees and the self-employed. Total gains over the previous 12 months were among both private sector employees (+157,000 or +1.4%) and public sector employees (+74,000 or +2.1%).
Employment in agriculture experienced a decline in October, while there was little change in the other industries.
The number of workers among the major demographic groups was virtually unchanged in October.
Provincial summary
Employment in Quebec increased by 20,000 in October, all in part-time work, pushing the unemployment rate down 0.3 percentage points to 7.7%. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment in the province was 1.7% higher.
In October, employment in Newfoundland and Labrador rose by 3,800, and the unemployment rate was 11.9%. Employment in the province increased 3.6% from 12 months earlier, the highest growth rate among the provinces.
The number of workers in British Columbia declined by 11,000 in October. Nevertheless, the unemployment rate fell 0.3 percentage points to 6.7%, as fewer people participated in the labour force. Year-over-year employment growth for the province was 1.3%.
Following two consecutive months of increases, employment in Manitoba fell by 7,300 in October, and the unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage points to 5.6%. Despite this increase, Manitoba continued to have one of the lowest unemployment rates among the provinces. Compared with 12 months earlier, there was little change in overall employment.
In October, employment in Ontario was little changed, as a decrease in part-time work was mostly offset by an increase in full-time work. The unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points to 8.3%, as more people searched for work. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment growth in the province was 1.0%.
While employment in New Brunswick was little changed in October, the unemployment rate increased 0.6 percentage points to 11.6%, with more people searching for work. Compared with 12 months earlier, the unemployment rate in the province was up 2.2 percentage points.
Employment losses in agriculture
Following an increase in September, employment in agriculture fell by 16,000 in October. Employment in this industry was little changed compared with 12 months earlier.
The number of workers in manufacturing was little changed for the fifth consecutive month. Compared with 12 months earlier, the number of factory workers increased 5.2%, with most of the gains earlier in the year.
Little employment change among the major demographic groups
In October, employment among men aged 55 and over was little changed. However, with more men in this age group searching for work, the unemployment rate increased 1.0 percentage points to 7.3%. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment among this group was up 87,000 (+5.1%), partly as a result of population aging.
Employment among women aged 55 and over was little changed in October. Compared with 12 months earlier, their employment increased by 102,000 (+7.4%), also partly a result of population aging.
Employment among those aged 25 to 54 was unchanged in October, and the year-over-year gains were 92,000 (+0.8%).
Employment among youths was little changed for the second consecutive month and was down by 52,000 (-2.1%) compared with 12 months earlier. Their unemployment rate was 14.7% in October.
Note to readers
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates are based on a sample and are therefore subject to sampling variability. Estimates for smaller geographic areas or industries will have more variability. For an explanation of sampling variability of estimates and how to use standard errors to assess this variability, consult the "Data quality" section of the publication Labour Force Information (71-001-X, free).
The employment rate is the number of employed persons as a percentage of the population 15 years of age and over. The rate for a particular group (for example, youth aged 15 to 24) is the number employed in that group as a percentage of the population for that group.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percentage of the labour force (employed and unemployed).
The participation rate is the number of employed and unemployed as a percentage of the population. For more detailed information, see the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (71-543-G, free).
Unless otherwise stated, this release presents seasonally adjusted data, which facilitates comparisons by removing the effects of seasonal variations. For more information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonal adjustment and identifying economic trends (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-010-x/2010003/part- partie3-eng.htm) .
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Mark Rauterkus, of the South Side, is a Libertarian. "I'm angry and agitated at the way the city is led," he said. He is particularly angry about deals, such as the tax increment financing proposals being studied by the school board. "These big ticket items are killing us," he said.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
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District 3 candidates do all the talking
Al Lowe 07.FEB.06
First in Allentown...
By Al Lowe, Contributing Writer
Jeff Koch, a city public works employee from Arlington and owner of a landscaping business, won the Democratic endorsement for the District 3 council race.
Democrats Patrick Sweeney and Eileen Conroy have both withdrawn from the race after failing to get their party's endorsement, but eight other candidates are expected to stay in the race.
The special election is scheduled for March 14, with the winner serving the remainder of the term of Gene Ricciardi, who resigned from council to become a district judge.
They had opportunities to make their individual cases before the voters at a Candidates Night held January 26 at St. John Vianney Parish Center and sponsored by the Reporter, A-CDC and the Allentown Civic Association.
The candidates personalities and philosophies were revealed as they fielded questions from moderator Tom Smith, South Pittsburgh Reporter editor.
His wife asked him why he was running, Democrat Koch said. His answer: "I know the needs of the community." I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty." The work that needs to get done will get done.�
One advantage he said he has as a candidate is that he has checked out every street through his work as a public works employee.
�My strongest point is that I�m in touch with the community.
He wants more undercover detectives to reduce crime and more financial stability for the city. He said he has reported crimes to the police.� �It�s not just lip service.� I mean what I say.�
When he was asked about the expected closing of Knoxville Middle School, Koch said �I hate to see any school close down.� The decision lies with the school board.� I would work with them.�
Mr. Sweeney, like the other candidates, was asked about how he would improve the quality of life for city residents and reduce social problems such as prostitution and drug abuse.� He is a public defender from the South Side.
�I don�t know why my clients do the things they do,� Sweeney said.� The key to reducing drug addiction is to
realize it is a matter of supply and demand and to reduce demand.� He is in favor of rehabilitation without �throwing away the key for criminals.
He also brought up �the huge budget problem.� The bailout package from Harrisburg is inadequate. We need a better deal from Harrisburg.� We need to go after nonprofits that don�t pay taxes.
As a councilman he promised to use his skills at negotiation to get five votes and get things done.
I�ll not just fight for my neighborhood, the South Side.� I�ll fight for every one of the neighborhoods.
�I live in the house that I was born in,� South Side resident Bruce Kraus, who is self-employed with a home design company, said.
�I said this was the people�s campaign from day one.�
He said he was concerned that Pittsburgh neighborhoods were losing their anchors. �Mom and Pop stores, schools and churches are closing.� When there is a vacuum crime comes in. Until we secure the anchor, we�ll always have problems.�
The candidates were asked about closing Knoxville Middle School.� Ideally, it could be used for another school, Kraus said.
Regarding another issue, he said fighting graffiti was his �passion.� He said District 3 was diverse, �with wonderful amenities and even better people.� He promised to use one-on-one communication skills to build good relationships with the people he works with.
I'm the only woman in the race, said former district judge Eileen Conroy, of Oakland. My knowledge and experience makes me qualified...As a judge I understand your problems. I understand your greatest needs.
Her response to several of the questions posed by Mr. Smith was that she �would sit down, find out exactly what was going on and solve the problems. Her answer regarding the vandalism problem at the Caliguiri high rise was she wanted less closed meetings among authority members.
With closed meetings the public is not aware of the decisions that were made.�
Regarding the expected closing of the Knoxville school, she said, �It is always sad when a school closes. There should be a public hearing so the best decision can be made about the property.
Ms. Conroy withdrew from the race last Tuesday after participating in a candidates� forum on the South Side on Monday, Jan. 30. She said that it just didn't feel right having to run as an independent after losing her party's endorsement.
Bruce Krane, a South Side resident, owns Pittsburgh Staffing, an employment contractor for temporary help. He was once chairman of the supervisors for North Strabane and worked in military intelligence.
He mentioned he has produced a radio show. I have significant skills. He said council needs a businessman.
Regarding Mayor Bob O�Connor, he said that if the mayor was right, he'd stand up for him, and if not, he�d go the other way.
Even without the Democratic endorsement, he�d stay in the race as an Independent.
Mark Rauterkus, of the South Side, is a Libertarian. "I'm angry and agitated at the way the city is led," he said. He is particularly angry about deals, such as the tax increment financing proposals being studied by the school board. "These big ticket items are killing us," he said.
The goals of Jason Phillips, a Green Party candidate, include: ending corporate welfare, more green space and returning more beat patrolmen to the streets.
"Stop wasteful spending," candidate Matthew Bartus said. "Stop subsidies to big business." He also wants council members limited to serving two terms and having to resign if they run for other offices.
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Introducing Drupal to non programmers as well,
a) Intro to Drupal and community by Israel David ~15 mins
b) Singing Communities Site presentation, User point of view and administrator point of view - by Amir Simantov ~ 20mins
c) On Linux - Ubuntu, OpenOffice and Firefox by Sivan Green ~15 mins
d) Our experience with Drupal by Yoni and Michael from YAM-Designs ~20mins
e) Q&A's ...
This meetup - hopefully first in a series - is to give students, staff and interested Yerushalmim, an introduction to the Open source/ Drupal community and the means at their disposal.
This meetup will have replicatesin another college, university and high school to initiate local Drupal communities.
You can participate in presenting and/or organizing a meetup in your city.
The Linux community is assisting by providing the hall/classroom.
Many thanks to the Jerusalem Linux Club.


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Hackers, I wanted to get a (ok, not so) quick note in about this before the beta dropped. I've been thinking about the "requires" parameter on extensions control files. Right now it just lists the names of extensions that are required for the extension to run: requires = 'foo, bar' But I'm assuming that at some point there's going to be something a bit more robust: specifically, requiring a minimum version, perhaps something like: requires = 'foo 1.0, bar 0.31.4' I know that Dimitri has thought about this a bit, and I suspect we can all agree that most extensible systems have some way to at least specify the minimum version of a dependency. Is this something that's likely to come down the pike, perhaps in 9.2 or later? If so, we return to the issue of comparing version strings in order to resolve/verify dependencies. One way to solve the problem would be either for a developer to specify a version order in the control file, or else to ensure that the upgrade scripts are there for every single version. But frankly, I would oppose something like this, as it once again puts the onus on the extension developer to take care of what is essentially a bookkeeping detail. And if I'm any example, there will often be mistakes, typos, etc. I think a better solution would be to mandate a version string format for extensions *today*. This would remove the onus on the developer, while making version comparisons inside the database efficient and predictable. Now, I know that ideas has been rejected in the past (at least for *right now*), but I'm here to tell you that not solving this problem up front is fodder for a nightmare later. Perl, for example, has only recently standardized on a version numbering scheme, but thanks to a 15 year history of none at all, it has to bend over backwards to try to manage any version scheme in existence. I mean, just look at this mess: http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/369/version-numbers-should-be-boring/ I definitely think that version numbers should be boring. A few simple rules and then forget about it, it should just work. I certainly didn't want to deal with this issue in PGXN, where dependency checking is planned for the command-line client. So I decided to use semantic versions. They have now been implemented as a native type in PostgreSQL, thanks to Sam Vilain porting the PL/pgSQL-based domain I originally wrote. The code is here: http://master.pgxn.org/dist/semver/0.2.0/ The reason I went with semantic versions, rather than just a numeric, as I'd originally planned, is because they are almost exactly the same format as PostgreSQL version numbers. So they were useful for specifying a dependency on a particular version of PostgreSQL. So by letting the core project set the standard, with just a minor modification of that standard, I get something that just works but is much more flexible than a numeric version. FWIW, the only difference that I've noticed between semantic versions and PostgreSQL versions is in developer/alpha/beta releases. So where PostgreSQL has released 9.1alpha5, the semantic version is 9.1.0alpha5. (And the semver data type can convert from the former to the latter). So, to summarize: * I think we're going to need a formal version string spec for extensions. * If that's true, I think it should be specified *now*, before extensions are in the wild, so that we don't end up with the legacy version string nightmares that Perl modules suffer from. * If we do adopt a spec, I think it should reflect the PostgreSQL core version strings as closely as possible, and should be fully compatible with them. * So it might be worth looking at semver or something similar to integrate. Thoughts? Best, David
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