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LONDON — Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.
The typically temperate nation was just the latest to be walloped by unusually hot, dry weather that has gripped the continent since last week, triggering wildfires from Portugal to the Balkans and leading to hundreds of heat-related deaths. Images of flames racing toward a French beach and Britons sweltering — even at the seaside — have driven home concerns about climate change.
The U.K. Met Office registered a provisional reading of 40.2 degrees Celsius (104.4 degrees Fahrenheit) at Heathrow Airport — breaking the record set just an hour earlier. Before Tuesday, the highest temperature recorded in Britain was 38.7 C (101.7 F), a record set in 2019.
The nation watched the mercury rise with a combination of horror and fascination. With several hours of intense sunlight ahead, the record could go even higher.
"Temperatures are likely to rise further through today,'' the forecaster said after the first record fell.
The sweltering weather has disrupted travel, health care and schools in a country not prepared for such extremes. A huge chunk of England, from London in the south to Manchester and Leeds in the north, remained under the country's first "red" warning for extreme heat Tuesday, meaning there is danger of death even for healthy people.
London streets saw less traffic, as many heeded advice to stay out of the sun, and trains ran at low speed out of concern rails could buckle, or did not run at all. The British Museum — which has a glass-roofed atrium — planned to shut its doors early. And the Supreme Court closed to visitors after a problem with the air conditioning forced it to move hearings online.
Many public buildings, including hospitals, don't even have air conditioning, a reflection of how unusual such extreme heat is in the country better known for rain and mild temperatures.
The capital's Hyde Park, normally busy with walkers, was eerily quiet — except for the long lines to take a dip in the park's Serpentine lake.
"I'm going to my office because it is nice and cool,'' said geologist Tom Elliott, 31, after taking a swim. "I'm cycling around instead of taking the Tube.''
London's King's Cross Station, one of the country's busiest rail hubs, was empty on Tuesday, with no trains on the typically bustling east coast line connecting the capital to the north and Scotland. London's Luton Airport closed its runway for several hours Monday because of heat damage.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Britain's transport infrastructure, some of it dating from Victorian times, "just wasn't built to withstand this type of temperature — and it will be many years before we can replace infrastructure with the kind of infrastructure that could."
The dangers of extreme heat were on display in Britain and around Europe. At least six people were reported to have drowned across the U.K. in rivers, lakes and reservoirs while trying to cool off. Meanwhile, nearly 750 heat-related deaths have been reported in Spain and neighboring Portugal in the heat wave there.
The highest temperature previously recorded in Britain was 38.7 C (101.7 F), a record set in 2019. Tuesday's reading was provisional, which means they are produced as near to real time as possible with final readings issued after data quality-control, the Met Office said.
Climate experts warn that global warming has increased the frequency of extreme weather events, with studies showing that the likelihood of temperatures in the U.K. reaching 40 C (104 F) is now 10 times higher than in the pre-industrial era. In fact, that once unthinkable mark looked possible — even likely — Tuesday.
"This record temperature is a harbinger of things to come,'' said Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. "The increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves and other extreme weather events is the result of climate change, and these impacts will continue to grow" unless the world drastically reduces emissions.
Drought and heat waves tied to climate change have also made wildfires harder to fight.
In the Gironde region of southwestern France, ferocious wildfires continued to spread through tinder-dry pines forests, frustrating firefighting efforts by more than 2,000 firefighters and water-bombing planes.
More than 37,000 people have been evacuated from homes and summer vacation spots since the fires broke out July 12 and burned through 190 square kilometers (more than 70 square miles) of forests and vegetation, Gironde authorities said.
A smaller third fire broke out late Monday in the Medoc wine region north of Bordeaux, further taxing firefighting resources. Five camping sites went up in flames in the Atlantic coast beach zone where blazes raged, around the Arcachon maritime basin famous for its oysters and resorts.
But weather forecasts offered some consolation, with heat-wave temperatures expected to ease along the Atlantic seaboard Tuesday and the possibility of rains rolling in late in the day.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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How to Test your JavaScript Code with QUnit
QUnit, developed by the jQuery team, is a great framework for unit testing your JavaScript. In this tutorial, I'll introduce what QUnit specifically is, and why you should care about rigorously testing your code.
Tutorial Details
- Language: JavaScript
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes
- Required File: QUnit JS
What is QUnit
QUnit is a powerful JavaScript unit testing framework that helps you to debug code. It's written by members of the jQuery team, and is the official test suite for jQuery. But QUnit is general enough to test any regular JavaScript code, and it's even able to test server-side JavaScript via some JavaScript engine like Rhino or V8.
If you're unfamiliar with the idea of "unit testing", don't worry. It's not too difficult to understand:
In computer programming, unit testing is a software verification and validation method in which a programmer tests if individual units of source code are fit for use. A unit is the smallest testable part of an application. In procedural programming a unit may be an individual function or procedure.
This is quoted from Wikipedia. Simply put, you write tests for each functionality of your code, and if all of these tests are passed, you can be sure that the code will be bug-free (mostly, depends on how thorough your tests are).
Why You Should Test Your Code
If you haven't written any unit tests before, you probably just apply your code to a website directly, click for a while to see if any problem occurs, and try to fix it as you spot one. There are many problems with this method.
First, it's very tedious. Clicking actually is not an easy job, because you have to make sure everything is clicked and it's very likely you'll miss one thing or two. Second, everything you did for testing is not reusable, which means it's not easy to find regressions. What is a regression? Imagine that you wrote some code and tested it, fixed all the bugs you found, and published it. Then, a user sends some feedback about new bugs, and requests some new features. You go back to the code, fix these new bugs and add these new features. What might happen next is that some of the old bugs come up again, which are called "regressions." See, now you have to do the clicking again, and chances are you won't find these old bugs again; even if you do, it'll take a while before you figure out that the problem is caused by regressions. With unit testing, you write tests to find bugs, and once the code is modified, you filter it through the tests again. If a regression appears, some tests will definitely be failed, and you can easily spot them, knowing which part of the code contains the bug. Since you know what you have just modified, it can easily be fixed.
Another advantage of unit testing is especially for web development: it eases the testing of cross-browser compatibility. Just run your tests on different browsers, and if a problem occurs on one browser, you fix it and run these tests again, making sure it doesn't introduce regression on other browsers. You can be sure that all of the target browsers are supported, once they all pass the tests.
How to Write Unit Tests with QUnit
So how do you write unit tests with QUnit exactly? First, you need to set up a testing environment:
<!DOCTYPE html>   <title>QUnit Test Suite</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://github.com/jquery/qunit/raw/master/qunit/qunit.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
QUnit Test Suite

As you can see, a hosted version of QUnit framework is used here.
The code that is going to be tested should be put into myProject.js, and your tests should be inserted into myTests.js. To run these tests, simply open this HTML file in a browser. Now it's time to write some tests.
The building blocks of unit tests are assertions.
An assertion is a statement that predicts the returning result of your code. If the prediction is false, the assertion has failed, and you know that something has gone wrong.
To run assertions, you should put them into a test case:
// Let's test this function function isEven(val) { return val % 2 === 0; } test('isEven()', function() { ok(isEven(0), 'Zero is an even number'); ok(isEven(2), 'So is two'); ok(isEven(-4), 'So is negative four'); ok(!isEven(1), 'One is not an even number'); ok(!isEven(-7), 'Neither is negative seven'); })
Here we defined a function, isEven, which detects whether a number is even, and we want to test this function to make sure it doesn't return wrong answers.
We first call test(), which constructs a test case; the first parameter is a string that will be displayed in the result, and the second parameter is a callback function that contains our assertions. This callback function will get called once QUnit is run.
We wrote five assertions, all of which are boolean. A boolean assertion expects its first parameter to be true. The second parameter is also a message that will be displayed in the result.
Here is what you get, once you run the test:
Since all these assertions have successfully passed, we can be pretty sure that isEven() will work as expected.
Let's see what happens if an assertion has failed.
// Let's test this function function isEven(val) { return val % 2 === 0; } test('isEven()', function() { ok(isEven(0), 'Zero is an even number'); ok(isEven(2), 'So is two'); ok(isEven(-4), 'So is negative four'); ok(!isEven(1), 'One is not an even number'); ok(!isEven(-7), 'Neither does negative seven'); // Fails ok(isEven(3), 'Three is an even number'); })
Here is the result:
The assertion has failed because we deliberately wrote it wrong, but in your own project, if the test doesn't pass, and all assertion are correct, you know a bug has been found.
More Assertions
ok() is not the only assertion that QUnit provides. There are other kinds of assertions that are useful when testing your project:
Comparison Assertion
The comparison assertion, equals(), expects its first parameter (which is the actual value) is equal to its second parameter (which is the expected value). It's similar to ok(), but outputs both actual and expected values, making debugging much easier. Like ok(), it takes an optional third parameter as a message to be displayed.
So instead of:
test('assertions', function() { ok( 1 == 1, 'one equals one'); })
You should write:
test('assertions', function() { equals( 1, 1, 'one equals one'); })
Notice the last "1″, which is the comparing value.
And if the values are not equal:
test('assertions', function() { equals( 2, 1, 'one equals one'); })
It gives a lot more information, making life a lot easier.
The comparison assertion uses "==" to compare its parameters, so it doesn't handle array or object comparison:
test('test', function() { equals( {}, {}, 'fails, these are different objects'); equals( {a: 1}, {a: 1} , 'fails'); equals( [], [], 'fails, there are different arrays'); equals( [1], [1], 'fails'); })
In order to test this kind of equality, QUnit provides another kind assertion: identical assertion.
Identical Assertion
Identical assertion, same(), expects the same parameters as equals(), but it's a deep recursive comparison assertion that works not only on primitive types, but also arrays and objects. Assertions, in the previous example, will all pass if you change them to identical assertions:
test('test', function() { same( {}, {}, 'passes, objects have the same content'); same( {a: 1}, {a: 1} , 'passes'); same( [], [], 'passes, arrays have the same content'); same( [1], [1], 'passes'); })
Notice that same() uses '===' to do comparison when possible, so it'll come in handy when comparing special values:
test('test', function() { equals( 0, false, 'true'); same( 0, false, 'false'); equals( null, undefined, 'true'); same( null, undefined, 'false'); })
Structure Your Assertions
Putting all assertions in a single test case is a really bad idea, because it's very hard to maintain, and doesn't return a clean result. What you should do is to structure them, put them into different test cases, each aiming for a single functionality.
You can even organize test cases into different modules by calling the module function:
module('Module A'); test('a test', function() {}); test('an another test', function() {}); module('Module B'); test('a test', function() {}); test('an another test', function() {});
Asynchronous Test
In previous examples, all assertions are called synchronously, which means they run one after another. In the real world, there are also many asynchronous functions, such as ajax calls or functions called by setTimeout() and setInterval(). How can we test these kinds of functions? QUnit provides a special kind of test case called "asynchronous test," which is dedicated to asynchronous testing:
Let's first try to write it in a regular way:
test('asynchronous test', function() { setTimeout(function() { ok(true); }, 100) })
See? It's as if we didn't write any assertion. This is because the assertion ran asynchronously, by the time it got called, the test case had already finished.
Here is the correct version:
test('asynchronous test', function() { // Pause the test first stop(); setTimeout(function() { ok(true); // After the assertion has been called, // continue the test start(); }, 100) })
Here, we use stop() to pause the test case, and after the assertion has been called, we use start() to continue.
Calling stop() immediately after calling test() is quite common; so QUnit provides a shortcut: asyncTest(). You can rewrite the previous example like this:
asyncTest('asynchronous test', function() { // The test is automatically paused setTimeout(function() { ok(true); // After the assertion has been called, // continue the test start(); }, 100) })
There is one thing to watch out for: setTimeout() will always call its callback function, but what if it's a custom function (e.g, an ajax call). How can you be sure the callback function will be called? And if the callback is not called, start() won't be called, and the whole unit testing will hang:
So here is what you do:
// A custom function function ajax(successCallback) { $.ajax({ url: 'server.php', success: successCallback }); } test('asynchronous test', function() { // Pause the test, and fail it if start() isn't called after one second stop(1000); ajax(function() { // ...asynchronous assertions start(); }) })
You pass a timeout to stop(), which tells QUnit, "if start() isn't called after that timeout, you should fail this test." You can be sure that the whole testing won't hang and you'll be notified if something goes wrong.
How about multiple asynchronous functions? Where do you put the start()? You put it in setTimeout():
// A custom function function ajax(successCallback) { $.ajax({ url: 'server.php', success: successCallback }); } test('asynchronous test', function() { // Pause the test stop(); ajax(function() { // ...asynchronous assertions }) ajax(function() { // ...asynchronous assertions }) setTimeout(function() { start(); }, 2000); })
The timeout should be reasonably long enough to allow both callbacks to be called before the test continues. But what if one of the callback isn't called? How can you know that? This is where expect() comes in:
// A custom function function ajax(successCallback) { $.ajax({ url: 'server.php', success: successCallback }); } test('asynchronous test', function() { // Pause the test stop(); // Tell QUnit that you expect three assertions to run expect(3); ajax(function() { ok(true); }) ajax(function() { ok(true); ok(true); }) setTimeout(function() { start(); }, 2000); })
You pass in a number to expect() to tell QUnit that you expect X many assertions to run, if one of the assertion isn't called, the number won't match, and you'll be notified that something went wrong.
There is also a shortcut for expect(): you just pass the number as the second parameter to test() or asyncTest():
// A custom function function ajax(successCallback) { $.ajax({ url: 'server.php', success: successCallback }); } // Tell QUnit that you expect three assertion to run test('asynchronous test', 3, function() { // Pause the test stop(); ajax(function() { ok(true); }) ajax(function() { ok(true); ok(true); }) setTimeout(function() { start(); }, 2000); })
That's all you need to know to get started witih QUnit. Unit testing is a great method to test your code before publishing it. If you haven't written any unit tests before, it's time to get started! Thanks for reading!
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Dell Software addresses agency needs in BYOD, big data and security
Connecting state and local government leaders
Dell Software recently announced new tools for mobility management, security and business intelligence.
Dell Software offered IT managers a set of tools for three of their most pressing enterprise hotspots: mobility management, enterprise security and business analytics.
Dell announced a set of new apps to address all three priorities as well as several integrated software packages. The announcements are designed to tie-in components of the company's mobility and bring-your-own-device tools as well as to continue the integration of its network security and identity management technologies, Dell said.
In the mobile enterprise, Dell is building on earlier announcements to supply a unified solution for mobility device management, mobile application management, mobile content management and Secure Remote Access gateway through SonicWALL to establish secure endpoints.
Each component can be deployed separately or used together for an end-to-end mobility management solution. The software is designed to work to enforce policies in a variety of environments commonly found in BYOD deployments, Dell said, including iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, Windows and Linux-based desktops and tablets, thin- and zero-client workstations and virtual machines that exist in the cloud.
For smartphones that are owned by the government instead of the user, the software package goes an extra step, creating a secure, managed environment, enabling administrators to view and manage all their devices from one location − including destroying data if the devices are lost or stolen. The complete Dell mobility package will be sold as an annual software subscription license starting in early 2014.
In the area of security, all of Dell's offerings will build on existing products and integrate them into single, deployable packages. For example, SonicWALL's network security, secure mobile access and email security solutions will now combine to contribute greater information to the SonicWALL Global Response Intelligent Defense network, which gathers input from millions of sensors and informs users whenever trouble is brewing.
With insider threats being a hot topic in the wake of the Snowden breach, Dell is integrating the InTrust 10.7 software with Dell SecureWorks to complement intelligent data feeds that capture crucial aspects of user activity on Windows systems, detecting internal threats in less time and with less overhead. In addition, the connection of the Privileged Password Manager software and Privileged Access Suite for Unix with InTrust 10.7 will let agencies correlate a users' privileged activity with their general user activity for a full picture of what they are actually doing with their access. All security programs and integrations are available now.
For big data analysis, Dell is hopping up its Toad offerings. The Dell Toad Business Intelligence Suite is designed to work with all user skill levels to analyze and share data from almost any source. The new integrated suite includes Toad Intelligence Central, which allows users to combine data across multiple sources, locations and formats. Toad Data Point is used for analytic data provisions and Toad Decision Point works for business analysis. All Toad programs are available now.
"Innovative solutions and technology integrations like those announced today are a testament to Dell Software's commitment to providing our customers with affordable, simple-to-use, scalable solutions that help accelerate business results," said John Swainson, president of Dell Software. "By innovating and continually transforming our end-to-end solutions portfolio, we easily adapt to the ever-changing needs of our customers, and help IT become a valuable partner to the business."
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Sunday 3 November 2013
Birthday cards
21 comments:
- Juls said...
Fabulous creations!! Hugs Juls
- 3 November 2013 at 15:49
- Sid said...
Two fantastic cards !!
- 3 November 2013 at 16:14
- Paula Whittaker said...
love the top card....admire those TH stamps but haven't been brave to get them as I don't think I could do them justice (which you have!)
- 3 November 2013 at 17:55
- sam21ski said...
Fab use of T!m's images and I love how you've used the window die cut, fab isn't it!!
Sam xxx - 3 November 2013 at 18:20
both look great, love the stamps you have used.
- 3 November 2013 at 19:31
- Heather said...
These designs are unusual but very striking and, as you say, perfect for men. Tim's products are excellent aren't they?
- 3 November 2013 at 20:05
- Netty said...
Both are terrific cards Carol, have a great week, Annette x
- 3 November 2013 at 20:37
- Words and Pictures said...
Oh, brilliant, Carol! I love peeking through windows, so both these cards delight me. That window-box is a wonderful touch!
Had a crazy work week on the back of the house move, so now looking forward to some catching up (crafting and sleeping) over the next few days.
Alison xx - 3 November 2013 at 20:57
- Kazkrafts said...
both fab but I especially love the second one, lots of details and things to see, fantastic cards Carol!
- 3 November 2013 at 22:00
- Karin said...
Two great cards, Carol! I especially love the top one; with all those fabulous TH stamps and dies.
- 4 November 2013 at 21:19
- Rossella said...
These are wonderful
Rosie x - 5 November 2013 at 21:54
- karen said...
good to see you got your mojo back!!! The wedding was beautiful....I cried and then cried some more....
- 6 November 2013 at 13:59
Wonderful cards, especially the first one - I love the chemist!
- 6 November 2013 at 17:11
- craftimamma said...
These are both fab cards and I can see how the guys are going to really appreciate them. I'm like Paula and want to buy them but not sure I'd have the inspiration to use them, certainly not as well as you have.
Love the peek through the window. Now that is definitely a very useful die which I think needs to go on the list, ;D!
Lesley Xx - 8 November 2013 at 21:32
- Paula J Atkinson said...
Same die, two looks! Fabulous stuff!! I like them both because they are totally different in style.
- 9 November 2013 at 11:01
- Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...
Fabulous Carol, I really love the way you have used the window on these pieces, very clever. Love both designs too. Thanks so much Carol for popping by my blog and always leaving such positive feedback. Thank you . Tracy x
- 11 November 2013 at 19:49
- Neet said...
Great cards - I just love that chemist!
Hugs, Neet xx - 14 November 2013 at 08:20
- G Peplow said...
Hi Carol, Fabulous!! Your first card is so cool, I love the Chemist and it makes a brilliant male card, Your window frame works so great on both cards, the MP stamps look fab through the window, a wonderful job :D Gay x
- 15 November 2013 at 15:23
- Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...
Love the cards, Carol. How fortunate you have just the right stamps perfect for the recipients! :)
- 27 November 2013 at 22:23
- craftytrog said...
Two fabulous cards Carol! xx
- 30 November 2013 at 22:50
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I have yet to find the perfect Digital Portfolio app that I think I would use exclusively in a Visual Arts class. Some apps can be used as graphic portfolios or as beautiful sketchbooks, others are great at sharing. Not all of the apps available are great at all of these things. I have spent a heap of time trying to find one and would be more than happy for someone to send me the name of one they are using successfully. Having said that the following are apps that I would consider using;
Evernote: FREE
Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.
Paper: FREE
Paper is an easy and beautiful way to create on iPad. Capture your ideas as sketches, diagrams, illustrations, notes or drawings and share them across the web. Paper was designed from the ground up for touch and creating on the go. No fussy buttons, settings or other distractions. Paper works the way you think, like a familiar notebook or journal. Have all of your ideas with you in one place.
Three Ring: FREE
Three Ring is a fast, flexible, and simple way to organize and present your students' real world work, from handwritten assignments to classroom presentations. Unleash the power and the flexibility of digital tools, without sacrificing the important work your students do in non-digital formats. Rescue student work from the bottom of backpacks, trashcans, and filing cabinets and have it at your fingertips.
Coolibah: FREE
Coolibah is a digital scrapbooking app that could just as easily be used to present student's work as a digital portfolio. The features include: creating your own layouts using unlimited photos, elements, frames and text. You can move, size, and rotate photos, elements and frames anywhere on your layout. More importantly it has layout export for sharing online, texting and emailing
Voicethread: FREE
VoiceThread is already in use by architects, executives, kindergartners, professors, and engineers around the world. More than 25% of the top Universities in the U.S. use VoiceThread to connect and communicate around digital media. Create and share conversations about documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos - basically anything there is to talk about. You can talk, type, and draw right on the screen.
Minimal Folio: $2.99 AU
Minimal Folio is the easiest way to present your portfolio of images, video and pdf on your iPad. The app is unbranded so your folio does the talking. Minimal Folio allows you to copy and paste between folios or apps. It also allows Cloud sync to multiple devices with Dropbox as well as the ability to transfer files with iTunes. Settings in the app enable video scrubbing, sync options and more.


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Colloidal Silver IV Therapy in Stratham, NH
In his writings, the famous Greek physician Hippocrates discussed using silver to help heal wounds. Over the millennia, the idea of silver as an anti-bacterial agent has grown within the alternative and integrative health communities. Although not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), colloidal silver solutions have long been thought by some to be a natural antibiotic, effective in targeting bacteria and viruses. To make an appointment with a qualified healthcare practitioner and learn about colloidal silver IV therapy in Stratham, call (207) 536-9661 or contact Dr. Johanna Mauss online.
What Is Colloidal Silver?
Colloidal silver is a suspension of submicroscopic metallic silver particles in water. Colloidal silver supplements are measured and labeled as parts per million (ppm), meaning that for every million parts of water, there is a smaller amount of parts of silver.
According to a report written by Richard Davies and Samuel Etris of The Silver Institute in a 1996, it is believed that colloidal silver may help attack pathogens in three main ways:
- Catalytic oxidation: By holding onto oxygen molecules, silver may block the life-preserving cellular process known as cellular respiration
- Reaction with bacterial cell membranes: Silver may directly attach to bacteria cell membranes to prevent cellular respiration
- Binding with DNA: It is believed that silver can bind to DNA, preventing it from unwinding, which is an essential step in cellular replication
Is Colloidal Silver Safe for Medical Use?
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the daily recommended intake of silver is .005/mg/kg, meaning that an average sized adult could safely drink up to an ounce of a 10-ppm silver product every day for their entire life without suffering any side effects. When used in specific ways, silver can provide certain medical benefits:
- Silver has been reliably demonstrated to be an antiseptic
- Silver can be used in medical bandages and dressings to treat burns, skin wounds, and skin infections
- Silver is an ingredient in some medicines that prevent swelling of the eye membranes (conjunctivitis, also called pink eye) in newborns
Silver is not a nutritionally essential mineral though, and while colloidal silver products were once available as over-the-counter drug products, the FDA ruled in 1999 that colloidal silver products are not considered safe or effective in medical practices. This is because too much silver in your body can cause irreversible bluish-colored skin (argyria), organ damage, and if you're pregnant, abnormal fetal development in your infant(s). While there are currently no FDA-approved medications containing silver that are taken by mouth, colloidal silver can still be bought and sold as homeopathic remedies and dietary supplements.
What Is Colloidal Silver IV Therapy Used to Treat?
While colloidal silver is not FDA-approved or recommended, some integrative and alternative medicine practitioners believe that intravenous (IV) colloidal silver treatments may be able to treat a number of conditions, including:
- Eye infections
- Cold/Flu
- Sinusitis
- Bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Tuberculosis
- Leprosy
- Gonorrhea
- Syphilis
- Scarlet fever
- Stomach ulcers
- Parasites such as malaria
- Funguses like ringworm
- Viruses such as HIV, herpes, shingles, and HPV
- Skin conditions such as rosacea, cradle cap, eczema, impetigo and psoriasis
- Inflammation triggered by the immune system
- Staphylococcus infections and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Colloidal Silver IV Therapy for Chronic Lyme Disease
Some alternative healthcare providers believe that the antiseptic effects of colloidal silver can be used to treat chronic Lyme disease. Lyme disease is caused when Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria are transmitted from ticks to humans through insect bites, and can be treated with a few weeks of antibiotics. Although not recognized as a medical diagnosis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), some healthcare providers use the term chronic Lyme disease to describe situations where Lyme disease-like symptoms - such as fatigue, restless sleep, and aches and pains in the joints or muscles - linger after Lyme disease treatment, or develop without proof of a previous Lyme disease infection. If you have Lyme disease, talk to your healthcare provider about what treatments may be best for you.
Colloidal Silver IV Therapy Dosing
While there is not enough scientific information to determine the appropriate range of doses for colloidal silver, several healthcare providers agree that a dose of colloidal silver solution that contains silver levels between 100-200 ppm is toxic. Instead, it is recommended that healthcare providers use colloidal silver solutions that contain levels between 10-30 ppm. Talk with your healthcare provider about what amount of IV colloidal silver you should receive during your treatment, and what the duration of your therapy should be.
Results of Colloidal Silver IV Therapy
Some alternative and integrative medical practitioners believe colloidal silver to have numerous health benefits, including:
- Treating antibiotic-resistant superbugs
- Acting as an anti-viral treatment
- Stimulating healing in the skin and other soft tissues
- Being an anti-inflammatory remedy
It is recommended that the following individuals do not undergo colloidal silver IV therapy:
- Those who are pregnant
- Infants
- Patients on antibiotics
- Patients with cancer
- Patients with an allergy or sensitivity to silver
Side effects of colloidal silver IV therapy may include:
- Argyria, which can be made worse from sun exposure
- Abnormal fetal development - specifically affecting the ears, faces, and necks - if taken by pregnant individuals
- Organ damage
Talk to your healthcare provider about whether colloidal silver may be a safe and effective treatment for you.
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Watch Final Trailer for 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
20th Century Fox have released a new two-minute trailer for the Queen and Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. It's the final promo to appear before the movie arrives in theaters on Nov. 2.
Mercury, played by Rami Malek, is the focus of the selection of clips presented. In one scene, he's asked by future Queen manager John Reid why his band is "different from all the other wannabe rock stars I meet." He replies, "We're four misfits who don't belong together, playing for other misfits; to the outcasts right at the back of the room who are pretty sure they don't belong either. We belong to them."
You can watch the trailer below.
In a new interview, Gwilym Lee and Joe Mazzello, who play Brian May and John Deacon, respectively, discussed the filming of Queen's performance at Live Aid, which happened to be the first scene to be shot.
"Day one on set was us running out onto the stage, fear, adrenaline and it was very real," Lee told Digital Spy. "You either sink or swim in that situation – it's a real baptism of fire, but it forged us together as a unit."
"So much of that was timing because they really wanted us to be exact," Mazzello added. "The footage of that is so famous that they wanted to make sure that no matter what you saw, what the actual people in that video were doing, we had to be doing that."
However, Lee said that the real-life footage was an advantage: "You couldn't get too overwhelmed because when it came to it and you got a bit intimidated, all you had to do was look at the footage and go, 'Right, what's Brian doing in that moment?'"


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This blog post is coming to you live from York, England. I arrived here just a couple of days ago in order to participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar on the arts and devotional practices of medieval and early modern England. Though today was technically a "day off" on our schedule, many of us gathered together for a morning visit to York Minster and then an afternoon trip to St. Martin-cum-Gregory church in Micklegate.
The contrast between these two churches – separated from one another by just a few minutes' walk – is striking. There's an obvious difference in size and scale: York Minster is one of the largest and most recognizable Gothic cathedrals in Europe, whereas St. Martin-cum-Gregory is a small parish church. But that's not quite what I mean.
The two churches actually have more in common than we might expect. Both have their roots in the 11th century and continued to be added to and improved upon throughout the medieval period and beyond. Both have some lovely and cherished stained glass. Both have lost many treasures as the result of reformation, war, tragedy, and economic hardship. Both have strong ties to the powerful 15th-century Scrope family. Both were home to a thriving community. And both still have historians and conservators who are passionate about preserving the buildings and their history.
And yet, York Minster is a testimony to how well a medieval building can be preserved and kept alive, while St. Martin-cum-Gregory spends most of its days closed to the public. It's a crumbling building, rather dank and musty inside, but it has a grace about it that is entirely different from that which hangs about its much larger and fancier cousin.
We were fortunate today to have a couple of fantastic folks from the Archaeology of Buildings program at the University of York there at St. M-c-G to help us learn how to read the building: not just in terms of style (Romanesque vs early Gothic vs Perpendicular, etc.) but in terms of materials (recycled Roman stone from the late Anglo-Saxon or early Norman periods vs. smoother limestone used in the later middle ages), the tools used to work those materials (large axes vs. fine chisels), the functions which necessitated certain forms (adding side aisles once chantries – small chapels or altars for saying prayers for souls in purgatory – because fashionable in the 15th century), and so on.
It was an eye-opening afternoon. When I first entered the building, I must admit that I wasn't all that impressed. The whole interior of the church has been plastered over, the stained glass had been disassembled and reassembled so many times that it was, as one helpful sign pointed out, pretty much a "jumble" in some places, and the mildewy air made me sneeze. But by the end of our visit, I felt I had a whole new vocabulary and a whole new way of seeing. And that simply doesn't happen every day.
For example, in the picture of St. M-c-G above: at first, it's easy to just see some Gothic arches and a bunch of plastered-over stones. But when you look carefully, you can see that the stone in the clerestory (above the horizontal divider where the windows are) is totally different than the stone below it. And while the arches and the capitals are certainly later in origin, the columns they rest on are probably from the 11th century, based on the difference in stone and tooling. The arches were probably new when the side aisles were added in the 15th century, but that's no reason to assume that the columns are the same age. The big gap in the wall tells us where the rood screen (a large architectural feature that divided the chancel and altar from the nave, where the congregation gathered) was. Although we can't get a photo of what this church may have looked like in the 12th or 13th centuries before all these additions, learning to see past what is there now helps us to understand how the building has grown and changed in accordance with the needs of its congregation.
Every part of this fascinating building – no less than in York Minster – has a story. The buttresses on the south wall, for example, are purely decorative – there to make the building appear larger and more impressive from the side that would have been its primary medieval entrance. With all the beautiful parish buildings scattered throughout York, it's easy to see why the congregation of St. M-c-G would want to project a good facade … pun absolutely intended!
Sometimes, looking back at these buildings from our 21st century vantage point, it's hard to remember that medieval tastes and trends changed just as often as modern ones. We have to remember that those massive Romanesque columns, which must have felt so solid and comforting in the unstable years after the Conquest, would eventually have felt as dated to them as an avocado-green refrigerator does to us. I'm so glad that I now have new ways to read and interpret those stories.
To learn more about the conservation work going on at St. Martin-cum-Gregory and their efforts to make the building a public space once again, visit their website: http://www.stainedglasscentre.org/


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Thursday, August 28, 2008
At the Democratic Convention Thursday night in Denver the party finally delivered its Ruthian grand slam in the form of Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech for the presidency of the United States of America. And holy shit, the goosebumps are still here.
Call me Michelle Obama, but I feel damned proud of my country right now. Damned proud of my party. As someone who's pushing 50 soon, I've witnessed over the years the depths of ignorance and intense racial bigotry that America's been steeped in for so long. Though he still has a major hurdle to climb in actually winning the presidency, our nation has truly entered a new era. It was nothing short of biblical to see Obama, that shining embodiment of the American dream, stand before 75,000 loyalists in Invesco Field a brilliant, passionate black man receiving his party's nomination. Our country will never be the same again. As Obama said, "all across America something is stirring." I literally was moved to tears.
Obama not only gave us the soaring rhetoric he's become famous for, he also presented compelling specifics into his policies for health care, the economy, jobs, taxes, the auto industry, education, energy, Iraq, terrorism, diplomacy and national security. He even tackled abortion, guns, gay marriage and immigration. He was, to be sure, inspirational, charismatic and transcendent. But more importantly, especially at this critical point in his dogfight with the Republicans' presumptive nominee Sen. John McCain, he was extremely forceful, tough and the fighter he needs to be.
"It's not because John McCain doesn't care, it's because John McCain doesn't get it." And with that Obama ripped into his opponent for much of the 43 minute speech, attacking McCain for his 90% voting record with Bush, his disconnect with the lower and middle classes, and his ties to the wealthy, the oil companies and special interests.
He was especially tough on McCain when it came to the Iraq war and fighting terrorism, touting his own strengths and that of his party in the area of national security:
"John McCain likes to say he will follow bin Laden to the gates of hell, but he won't even follow him to the cave where he lives...We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe."
Here's a few more gems from Obama's highly effective offensive:
"If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament and judgement to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have."
"If John McCain wants to follow George Bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that's his choice, but it is not the change we need"
"I got news for you John McCain, we all put our country first."
He continued lashing into the Republican nominee as offering four more years of the current failed administration: "The Bush/McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans, Democrats and Republicans, have built, and we are here to restore that legacy."
On the social issues, he discussed the need to look beyond our differences, which is "America's promise...the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in commonality." And he dismissed the criticisms of his detractors who call this message of hope and change "happy talk."
On gun control, he challenged the GOP with "Don't tell me we can't uphold the second amendment while keeping AK-47's out of the hands of criminals."
He railed against those who dismiss the Democratic Party's larger goals as "just a Trojan horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values...Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare voters. If you don't have a record to run on then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from."
And in his stirring close he invoked Dr. Martin Luther King, whose speech 45 years ago on the the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. drew people from "every corner of this land" to "hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream. The men and women who gathered there could've heard many things. They could've heard words of anger and discord. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustrations of so many dreams deferred. But what the people heard instead, people from every creed and color, people from every walk of life, is that in America our destiny is inextricably linked. That together our dreams can be one. We cannot walk alone, the preacher cried. And as we walk we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate. And so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix, and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone, at this moment, in this election. We must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise. That American promise. And in the words of scripture, hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess. Thank you. And God bless you. And God bless America."
And then, in a brilliant co-opting of the GOP playbook, the stadium air filled with the good 'ole patriotic country music sounds of Brooks and Dunn's "Only in America" as the candidate stood with his family and his running mate Sen. Joe Biden and family. Nicely done, Barack, nicely done.
It's time now to help Obama fight the bigger fight and win the November election. He's gonna need money. Lots of money. Will you join me over the next several days in making as large a contribution as you can to the campaign? I am personally commited to raising $25,000 for Sen. Obama and you can help me reach this goal. Click here to make a contribution. The White House is well within reach. Let's not let it slip away this time.
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57 comments:
thank you john. i know you were a big hillary supporter, but i hope you now see why obama is the right man at the right time...i hope all the hillary supporters will put aside their understandable anger and work towards returning a dem to the white house...this country cannot survive another 4 years of corrupt republican rule.
last night obama soared about the clouds.....this was his best speech since clinching the nomination....i hope he keeps hitting mccain hard....he needs to punch mccain in the mouth (with facts)at the 1st debate.....
- Athena Smith said...
Obama is indeed the embodiment of the "American dream." This is the first time a competent minority member is a presidential nominee. That has not happened in any country, ever. America, despite its dismal image abroad and failing record at home, has started "damage repair" by leading again through example and not alienating by bullying around the neighborhood.
I have no doubt he will win and that he will win big.
All Americans, all global citizens, should be proud of him. - 8:07 AM
"It's time now to help Obama fight the bigger fight and win the November election. He's gonna need money. Lots of money."
If you are asking for money for The Messiah, I have to ask why you haven't donated any of YOUR money to Obama since your first and only donation of $500 (you donated 6/3/2008) ? You've actually donated more to the Clinton Campaign and you've donated to the Obama campaign. - 8:59 AM
I wonder if Obama has changed his opinion about the "bitter people" who turn to "their religion and guns.". I've never heard him make so many Biblical references like helping the least is serving Jesus, and "I am my brother's keeper." I have to say, as a Democrat, sickened that he supported spying, drilling and state/church unity, I don't trust his big swing to religion.
The rest of his speech was much I'd heard before. - 9:32 AM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
McCain's going to tap Ridge as his running mate to make a strong play for Pennsylvania and Ohio...
So, Andy, are you prepared to admit you were wrong when you accused us Obama supporters of being under the influence of an irrational infatuation when we said he'd make a great president? When you accused Obama of being a self-serving opportunist, willing to say one thing and do another by "playing the race card" against Hillary? (See Jan 15, "Obama shows his true colors.)
Or on Feb 20, in "Is Obama the Dems' version of 'the guy we want to have a beer with?'", when you wrote: "I worry that, like the car that is at or below empty, he's running on fumes. I worry that, beyond inspirational rhetoric (Remember 'bring honor and integrity back to the White House?' Remember 'compassionate conservatism?') and sexy soundbytes, that there's not a lot of 'there' there."
In you partisanship, in your own beer-goggled view of your chosen candidate and your willingness to talk ridiculous trash about anyone with the temerity to oppose her, you said some really dumb things about Obama, and about his supporters.
The man who delivered that speech last night was not significantly different than the man I supported back in January. He has been remarkably consistent in terms of the substance of his argument and the tone with which he's delivered it. The only thing that has changed is you: You've finally taken the time to listen to what he has to say.
I think you owe Barack Obama and his supporters an admission that you were wrong about him. But more than that, you owe yourself an admission that during this campaign you've been a fairly crappy pundit. You've acted as a partisan cheerleader, rather than a rational observer. You've make confident pronouncements of what will be, and over and over again, you've been proven _wrong_.
There's someone around here who should be ashamed by a comparison to George W. Bush, with his stubborn certainty in his own infallibility, even in the face of his repeatedly demonstrated failure to see the truth when his emotions lead him in a different direction. There's someone who should be ashamed about his poor judgement, and his willingness to say one thing and do another. But it's not Barack Obama. He remains, as he has been throughout this campaign, the real deal, an example of how to be better than that.
He's going to make a great president. And you owe him -- and his supporters -- an apology. - 10:12 AM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
As an Obama supporter from the outset, I do not feel that Andy owes anybody an apology. It was a hotly contested race between two very able Democrats. The time for recriminations and demands for apologies has long since past. 10:12, neither Obama nor his campaign have asked for apologies from Clinton's people and I think we should follow that example. We are a strong, united party. And victory is at hand. By the way, Andy, don't forget the little wager you and I have...
I find it very hypocritical of Ostroy to ask people to donate more money to Obama when he won't donate more of his own money to Obama.
- fred said...
i was not as moved as you Andy and i wanted to be more inspired and wasn't
i thought it was b+ at best and he didn't close the sale with the people he needs to win.
he has one more chance, the first debate with McCain. he'd better nail that or it is going to be another nail biter - 10:39 AM
10:12 "The man who delivered tht speech last night was not significantly different from" Laurence Olivier or any other great actor who has ever moved an audience. The speech was significantly different in his sudden regard for religion instead of knocking the "bitter" folks. Glad he finally mentioned women's issues; but, yet, again, anybody can read a speech.
The "real deal" doesn't flip-flop on major camgaign promises and does not say, as he did in his film, that his mother stuggled to send him to the best schools while on food stamps, when it was in fact, his grandmother who financed his exclusive school attendance. - 11:08 AM
Who designed that hideous set? And why wasn't there a background of nothing but American flags, instead of the one flag that was off-camera as he spoke. The earth tones and stark background made him appear to be in an office building somewhere afar. He was remote, whereas the speakers on other nights were right there near the audience so we all could see and get the spirit of the occasion. Thursday night was sterile. Bad planning.
- Sidney Condorcet said...
blah blah blah...Why don't you go hang out with the other 18 remaining Bush supporters, 11:08? And it's true that anybody can read a speech. But not everyone can both WRITE and truly DELIVER a speech. Obama's your next President, better get used to it. He's not perfect. He won't wave a magic wand and fix everything that Bush and his myopic cronies have fouled up. But he will respect the constitution, improve our reputation in the world, enact policies that are designed to benefit the middle class rather than the wealthy, and will find and bring to justice Bin Laden, something Republicans have failed to do.
Republicanism has lost all its credibility. In the words of Same Cooke, "a change is gonna come". - 11:25 AM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
McCain picked Alaska Gov. Palin...Now I am sure Obama will win. This is her experience according to Politico.com:
"former high school basketball star and beauty queen, Palin has limited experience in elected office: She served for four years as a member of the Wasilla City Council and four more years as the mayor of Wasilla, and she hasn't yet completed her second full year as governor of Alaska. "
Biden will crush her in the debates. Also, concerns about McCain's age makes the choice of an able VP even more important. Also, it undercuts McCain's argument that Obama is inexperienced.
They think they'll pick up a slew of female Clinton supporters with this VP, but Palin, like McCain, is 100% opposed to abortion rights and she's a lifelong member of the NRA. The Rethugs are toast!! She's the female Dan Quayle. - 11:37 AM
Well, we can all look forward to, once again, Sidney's endless, multi comments on this blog and his sexists remarks. I guess having another woman candidate to beat up on has brought him out of the woodwork. I myself will resentfully scan over his long diatribes.
The Obama campaign cannot safely criticize Palin's youth and inexperience because she is not running for President. When he picks on her he will only be calling attention to his youth and inexperience. Should McCain not be able to finish his presideency at some point, she will have gained invaluable experience that Obama does not have upon his entry into that position of leadership.
Obama's campaign has been "checked". - 11:48 AM
I thought you might like to know that under the heading of "Sarah Palin on Foreign Policy" at the On The Issue site for her, this is what's listed:
"No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org."
"Not Ready '08", eh? - 11:52 AM
This may come as news to Sideny, but every woman in American is not for abortion rights. Although it may be that some supporters of Pro-life may only wish to control women's choices, abortion remains in the opinion of many women to be murder.
- Sidney Condorcet said...
I understand that 11:55am, and I appreciate that insight. However, this was a play for Hillary's disenchanted female supporters, who are overwhelmingly pro-choice. So I dont think it will achieve what McCain hopes it would achieve.
Moreover, over 60% of voters believe in, at least limited, abortion rights. Having two 100% pro-lifers will not win over moderates and independents... - 11:59 AM
While I may have questioned you in the past about whether you would remain a true Democrat, today's blog entry is a great signal to all of us who believe in the principles of the party that we are coming together with common purpose.
No Hillary supporter owes Obama or his supporters an apology. Families squabble. We then dust ourselves off and go back to work still knowing we are a family with common goals and hopes.
Great speeches by Michelle, Hillary, Brain Schweitzer, John Kerry, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden and Barack. My fave "little" people: Lilly Ledbetter, the former Republican nurse from North Carolina (she was AWESOME!) and Barney Smith from Indiana.
Lastly, at first blush Sarah Palin is a bizarre choice by McCain. What it says to me is that abortion totally dominates the GOP on a national level and McCain is totally willing to ditch the "experience" meme to pander to the pro-life zealots.
Bloody Bill Kristol peed himself this morning... - 12:01 PM
The commentator who wrote about her regret at Sidney's return forgot to mentioin his verbally abusive and vulgar defenses for his reasoning disabilities. There will be a lot of those posts, too, as we have already seen.
He thinks making up a name gives him an identity. His "identity" is the predictability of his comments.
I'm sure Obama treasures his support. - 12:02 PM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
Ahh, thanks for coming to my defense 12:02pm. I like how you claim that I'm verbally abusive and have "reasoning disabilities" but fail to acknowledge that the commentator called me sexist and abusive toward women. That kind of unsubstantiated comment clearly doesn't bother you at all. I suppose I should just pipe down and let people slander me. Gosh, you're so wise. Guess you're just another member of the "there but for the grace of God" club. Keep up the great work.
McCain has the expeirience for the position he his running for: President.
Joe Biden has the experience for the position he is not running for: President.
Experience counts for the President on the first day of his term. - 12:08 PM
Gov. Palin seems very nice and all but she has only two years of experience. I guess that wouldnt matter but McCain is 72 years old. And it's not like she's been governor of a big state (economically). It's Alaska! I was considering voting for Senator McCain but this is really troubling.
Sidney does have a nice track record on this blog of coming out when there is a woman to beat up on.
Its too bad that Ostroy doesn't put HIS money where his mouth is. He's pledged to raise money, but won't donate any more of his own money to the Obama campaign.
Ostroy has donated more money to Clinton than he did to Obama. He gave once to Obama on June 3rd and hasn't donated since. Save your money, Ostroy is. - 12:16 PM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
Sidney does have a nice track record on this blog of coming out when there is a woman to beat up on.
Nice track record? Yeah, I was on here a lot because there was a hotly contested primary. Now, the teams have been set, the conventions have begun, and we're in a hotly contested general election. Your post hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning, that I only post on this blog b/c there is a "woman to beat up on", is quite alarming and intellectually lazy. I have never "beat up" on a woman. Pointing out Palin's deficiencies as a VP selection isn't "beating up on a woman", you brain dead slug. Keep up the good work... - 12:17 PM
Palin's got more experience to be VP than Obama has to be President.
Obama talks about McCain being in Washington for 26 years and not making any change, well Biden has been in Washington for 22 years and has made less change.
I'd rather have a President with experience than have Cheney part II in the form of Biden. - 12:19 PM
Are all donations listed at the various sites or only up to a certain amount? - 12:21 PM
That's some seriously convoluted logic and check your facts, please.
I've already heard from three Hillary people who were on the fence that listened to Barack's speech and heard about the Palin selection.
All three praised the speech and scoffed at Palin. They're voting Obama. - 12:24 PM
Where is the convoluted logic? I assume you prefer inexperience at the Presidential level ?
- Sidney Condorcet said...
Inexperienced Presidents: (much like experienced presidents, they tend to be hit or miss)
George W. Bush
Some Experienced Presidents:
Herbert Hoover
George H.W. Bush
William Howard Taft
This "experience" trope is bullcrap. The prospective President's agenda, temperment, inspirational abilities, intellect, and ability to ask his advisors real questions to arrive at the most informed conclusion, those are far more important than how many years you've been in Washington or the governor of some state.
For instance, McCain had the "experience" of being the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee for a number of years. Yet, he still claims to know nothing about economics. Clearly he hasn't taken advantage of that experience and turned it into WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE. He may have experience, but that doesnt mean he's not an intellectually incurious, unfit candidate. - 12:35 PM
How does Palin have more experience to be VP than Obama does to be President and what the hell does one have to do with the other?
Biden has been in the Senate for 35 years, not 22, and he's made far more impact than has John McCain and is more respected by his collegues. - 12:40 PM
You forgot to take your meds this morning.
58 minutes ago you jumped on Palin's experience. Now when rebutted with Obama's inexperience you state, "This 'experience' trope is bullcrap"
I think you just like beating up on women. I remember you were extremely vocal against Hillary then dead silent until today. - 12:41 PM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
"beating up on women"...I think you are a child molester, 12:41pm. How's that for completely ludicrous, unsubstantiated claims...
Sarah Palin? Are you kidding me?
John McCain has not cared much personally or professionally for women in his life, but now that he apparently needs one he picks a former beauty queen with zip for practical experience to carry his water.
Maverick, my ass. - 12:43 PM
I don't care what you think, anyone can review Ostroy's threads and see when you showed up on this blog and the comments you've made.
They can also see when you disappeared and now you show up again to beat up on a new female. - 12:45 PM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
haha, gosh, 12:45pm, I love that you don't care how stupid you seem...
If I ever actually was "beating up on a female" then you would point to the horribly sexist comments I allegedly had made. Instead, you claim that I "beat up on females" because I post on this blog only when the race is exciting and getting interesting. Again, you're incredibly lazy intellectually and you don't substantiate your baseless claims. You make me seem like a sexist merely because I've been an Obama supporter. That's such incredible bullshit. You're pathetic and have no honor whatsoever. - 12:50 PM
- The Ostroy Report said...
To Anon: take a breath, pal. I supported Hillary for months, and had some reservations about Obama's ability to move past the soaring rhetoric and deliver some real specifics....and to show some real fight. He did that for me last night, and as I wrote my blog last night urging people to open their wallets I did so myself, sending the campaign another $1500. Now it's your turn...
To John:
To give you the respect you did not give me in your sweeping mischaracterizations of me, I will briefly answer you. No, I will not be apologizing to anyone. It's no secret I supported another candidate in the primaries and that I had reservations about Obama...some of which I still have. That's my right. That said, he delivered last night. Not just inspirationally, but with some very real specifics about the economy, taxes, energy, national security, etc. And he fought back. Hard. Kicked McCain in the nuts, if you ask me. That's what I and millions of others have been waiting for. So, in my blog last night and in my latest financial contribution to the campaign, I give you the unity you and so many others pleaded for for so long. You got what you wanted. Be happy. Don't continue to be like so many of the arrogant Obamamaniacs whose twisted sense of entitlement called for the election to be over in March. I feel reasonably comfortable that the party is united now. That Hillary's supporters will vote for Obama. Leave it at that, Sparky, and let's together help The Big O get elected.
And now with McCain's selection of Palin virtually ensures us of victory....which I'll be writing about later. Stay tuned. - 1:09 PM
"Now it's your turn..." ??
I'm not donating money. I just wanted to see you donate money.
Obama will take enough of my money if he becomes President. - 1:17 PM
"But as for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does everyday?" - Sarah Palin, CNBC, 7/08
Hope somebody got her the job description... geez. - 1:21 PM
Dee Dee Myers, bringing the pain:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/08/sarah-palin-the-doublex-dan-quayle.html - 1:30 PM
If people want to see sexism on display, head on over to your local right-wing blog and see how many comments there are about how "hot" Sarah Palin is and how great she's going to look behind the podium while McCain gives State of the Union addresses.
They're saying she's going to pull in the "schwing" vote.
Keep it up, Repugtards. - 1:34 PM
or you could stroll over to your local left-wing blog and see how many anti-America and Blame America First comments there are.
I guarantee you this: If Obama wins the Presidency, you won't see the frequency of "Assassinate the President"-types of comments that have been common on the left-wing blogs for the last 7.5 years. - 1:41 PM
WHEEEEEEE!!! Lookee that spinnin'!!!
You cannot guarantee me anything. - 1:54 PM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
anti-America? try anti-Bush administration...To criticize one's country is patriotic...Being a cheerleader of disastrous policies and constitutional abuses and unnecessary wars is NOT patriotic.
I've got a question for the floor... I wonder how Don Young and Ted Stevens are feeling this morning?
Two long-time GOP stalwarts from Alaska under federal investigation for ethics violations are running for re-election. John McCain picks their governor who was elected on a platform of ending GOP corruption in Alaska.
Maverick Mac just threw his old buddy Stevens a bit further under the bus. Wonder if he will take it lying down or not? - 2:03 PM
I'm shocked at how many "toothless sewer rats" support Obama. They are crude, obnoxious and totally lacking in verbal skills. What in Obama attracks such vulgarity.
And, Lord help us, something unleashed Sidney and he's back ad naseum. Look how many "hits" he's made already on this new blog by Ostroy. I don't like some of the kind of people Obama seems to attrack.
I hope Sidney and the rest of that gang rememeber that just because Obama is criticized the remarks are not necessarily racist.
I was for Hillary and the nightly cable shows became so repulsively sexist that I switched to FOX NEWS as the only place to go to really hear fair and balanced and non-sexist news. They were not for Hillary but thay did not demean her as did Matthews, Olbermann, Maddow and the rest. - 2:19 PM
If McCain had to leave the office of the presidency after one month and Palin took over
she would be
assuming the office of the President with the same amount of experience Obama had if he had been elected President (give or take a month). - 2:27 PM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
By the way, I find it appalling and totally counter to traditional family values that Governor Palin, a mother with a FOUR MONTH OLD baby suffering from Down Syndrome, leaves the child to criss-cross the nation and then submit to the rigors of the Vice Presidency, and possibly the Presidency, should Old Man McCain keel over. She is essentially abandoning her child who has special needs to the care of others. She won't be winning Mom of the Year...
That's one of the most entertaining stretches of credibility I've seen all day.
Half of Palin's political experience is as a city councilwoman in a town of 5500 people. Add her stint as mayor of that same one-light town and you've reached three-quarters of her "experience".
Just two weeks ago Karl Rove dismissed Tim Kaine for having no experience. See he's in his first term as governor, too, and he was only the Lt. Governor of Virginia, mayor and city councilman of Richmond. Metro Richmond has a population of 1.1 million.
The duplicity of the GOP is boundless. - 3:52 PM
- Sidney Condorcet said...
For those who are comparing her experience with Obama:
He served as a State Senator for EIGHT years representing a district of 113,000 people.
He was Editor-in-Chief of perhaps the world's greatest legal publication.
Obama was a constitutional law scholar and lecturer for TWELVE years at the University of
Chicago Law School, one of the finest law schools in the nation.
Obama has been a United States Senator for FOUR years and has spearheaded ethics reform and
nuclear non-proliferation initiatives.
Obama has been under and survived intense media scrutiny for the last eighteen months.
Obama himself wrote two best-selling books.
Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School.
And now Palin...
In 1984, Sarah Palin came in second in the Miss Alaska contest.
She is a graduate of the University of Idaho.
Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council. Wasilla has a total population of roughly
6,500. She then served as Mayor of that incredibly small town.
From 2003-04, Palin served as Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation
Palin became governor in December 2006. She has less than two years of legitimate elected
YOU GUYS REALLY THINK SHE COMPARES WITH OBAMA? YOU ARE DREAMING!! In fact, Obama's state
senate district is only about five times smaller than Governor Palin's entire STATE. - 4:57 PM
For SO many reasons, I am glad syney's back. I missed his coherency.
Thanks for the 4:57 post. - 5:36 PM
Wake up women of America. If we perhaps thought Hillary's bashing was because she was so unpopular, we will undoubtedly reconsider that assessment when they're though with Palin. We will have our awareness raised this go round.
Palin's nomination has brought out all the old Hillary bashers back to this blog which never had so many "hits" as it did during Hillary vs. Obama. And, the most obvious one was of course Sidney. Now he's bashing Palin for not staying home with her Down's syndrome child. He overlooks that Obama's vote against life for children born after a botched abortion condemned one poor Down's symdrome baby to death. The child may have been aborted because he wasn't perfect. This is the one that is now famous because of the testimony of the nurse who found the discarded baby in a dirty storage room and held him until he died. Legally he could not be saved, thanks to Obama and those who agree with him.
No -- Palin is a rotten mother, says Sidney, because she's smart enough to have a family of five children who flourish, as well as a career that helps her fellow Alaskans. Sidney is for keeping "'em bareflooted, pregnant and in the kitchen."
I don't undestand why so many men who had mothers who loved them through childhood and beyond should hate women so much. Sexism has no explanation but it exists and is rampant in our society.
I know our country is not a country full of rotten women who cause their sons to hate and fear women. - 5:54 PM
Sidney, Sidney, Sidney, Palin is not competing with Obama. Obama's rival is John McCain, the Republican nominee for President of the USA.
A most fitting speech from the most worthy presidential candidate! I was proud of my political party for the first time in quite some time!
- karen said...
Anonymous,anonymous,anonymous, Palin must be qualified so she is up against Obama and Biden. She will be one heartbeat from the presidency therefore she has to be qualified and she isn't.
The set at the speech looks like the South portico, just outside the oval office.
Outside a row of flags would be blowing everywhere. Only republicans believe if you aren't decked out in flags you are not patriotic. - 5:29 PM


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Nice one, didn't know about this and indeed it can be *very* relevant. Oracle should really address this ASAP, SimpleDateFormat is widely used in multi-threaded apps...
I guess there is no reason to use it over FastDateFormat.
I've simply dropped jdk date classes in favor to jodatime from all our java projects enforcing this rule
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Thanks for your comment Stephan. Indeed many people uses JodaTime in place of SimpleDateFormat in Java. those who stick around only because of not introducing new library.
@Recordo, Thanks for your comments. If Oracle can make SimpleDateFormat better and bug free that would be best. Instead of introducing lot of new library in JDK7, they could have just address this as well.
Note that even if you do synchronize externally to use SimpleDateFormat in a multi-threaded environment, there's no way to serialize a SimpleDateFormat in a thread-safe way, because it holds a reference to a Calendar, which mutates its internal state during de-/serialization
(see Calendar#writeObject and Calendar#readObject, the 'zone' field is changed).
Good point @Anonymous. Thanks for bringing point of Serialization on SimpleDateFormat.
This is a topic Oracle/Sun are probably never going to address. I wrote about it 5 years ago http://www.danielschneller.com/2007/04/calendar-dateformat-and-multi-threading.html and still there is no change. If you do not want to move to Joda (or can't), around the same time I contributed a detector to FindBugs that looks for static fields of type DateFormat or Calendar (and their respective subclasses) and issues a warning in the thread-safety category. Make sure to have FindBugs run and check this and other stuff in your build process.
@Daniel, Thanks for your comment. you may be right because its known issue from long time. many of programmer have stopped using SimpleDateFormat due to its thread-safety issue and as you mentioned static code analyzer also has pattern for detecting static SimpleDateFormat among code. It's just unfortunate Sun doesn't address it.
Can anyone give a working code example for "call to format() and parse() method should be synchronized externally"? It would be a huge help for novices like me.
@Anonymous, It would be similar to how you synchronize shared object for mutual exclusion. here is a psuedo code
DateFormat localFormat; //shared
Commons Lang 3.x now has FastDateParser and FastDateFormat. These classes are thread safe and faster than SimpleDateFormat. They also support the same format/parse pattern specifications as SimpleDateFormat.
ThreadLocal + SimpleDateFormat = SimpleDateFormatThreadSafe


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Parents whose children attended a Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) Christmas party were told there was no money to buy Santa presents because of lack of funds, the Irish Mail on Sunday reported.
Last week's Christmas party at CRC Waterford was going to be cancelled, but it eventually went ahead when bosses at the clinic told parents they would have to buy the small Santa presents for their children.
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Chief executive Anne Hanniffy said two weeks of ongoing revelations about donations being used to top up salaries at the CRC was having a devastating impact on the sector.
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