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I have been recently following the LA Beat scene (Flying Lotus, Nosaj Thing, etc.) and am trying to figure out what methods they use to create their unique sound. What effects (reverb, sidechaining, compression, EQ settings, etc.) do you suggest I use?
I'm sorry if this question is written awkwardly; I can try to clarify details if you ask them in the comments.
The two works I have in mind are:
Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus
Drift - Nosaj Thing


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What does being positive have to do with getting a job? Everything! Being positive may well influence what career you decide to pursue, your resume, your interviewing, how effectively you network, your professional persona, and ultimately whether or not you are selected for a position. Employers know that positive people are generally more productive, creative, pleasurable to work with, and easier to manage; therefore, they would naturally choose to hire someone who is positive.
What does "being positive" mean? That is not so easy to define. However, for our purposes, let's use the following, rather simplistic, but useful definition: It is looking at the glass half full, not half empty. It is looking at the good in what is going on around us, in other people, and most importantly, in ourselves. For example, I had a difficult, unpleasant drive getting to an interview, and the interviewer asks, "How was your drive?" A negative person will focus on the heavy traffic, the crazy drivers and the lack of parking. Being positive means focusing on the fact that I got there on time, my car functioned properly, and I listened to beautiful music.
My career choice may well be influenced by the attitude that I have in two major ways. One, let's say I really want to be an actuary, but looking through negatively-tinged lens at the energy required to prepare for the exams and the somewhat limited number of positions, I may conclude that this field is not for me, in spite of the fact that I do want to pursue this career. Two, if I do not have a positive view of my own capabilities and strengths, I may opt out of this career choice because my negative self-image precludes the possibility of my success. Either way, I may pursue something below my actual capabilities because of my negative view of myself and what the career requires.
How can my resume be affected by not being positive? The goal is to come across as strong, confident, and passionate about the job opportunity being offered. Assuming one creates his own resume, a negative person may use words that are bland and lack vibrancy, like "did" and "worked" instead of words like "successfully accomplished" and "rigorously completed" which convey a more positive, powerful side – and is more appealing to a potential employer.
In the interview process it is clear that having a positive outlook will absolutely influence your chances for a successful outcome. Most of us can sense when the person we are interviewing has a negative orientation – it is obvious by their choice of words, facial expressions, body language, etc. Most employers would not want to hire a negative person, even if they are highly intelligent and motivated. It is not an attractive energy and tends to repel others. You can practice saying all the right answers, wear the right clothes, be well-groomed, but if you do not have a sunny, positive disposition, it may well mar your chances of having a successful interview.
As we pointed out in a previous article, the secret to getting a job, especially in today's difficult market, is to network, network and network! Have you ever been approached by someone who complains, does not have anything nice to say about others, and always finding fault with situations? If you are like most people, it takes too much emotional energy to deal with that kind of person, and we can't wait for them to move on. A pleasant, positive person makes a much more favorable impression and others like being around her or him.
How about your "professional persona," i.e., the way you are perceived in the world of work? A person with positive energy is someone who stands tall and erect, shoulders back, head held high (not too high), has pleasant facial expressions, smiles, walks with vigor and a sense of purpose, and projects the confidence that they can get the job done. You can feel it. Even their general health is affected by their positive attitude; they look alive, ready to make a difference and self-assured.
Over the last few years there has been a great deal of research focused on the benefits of being happy, i.e., "positively-oriented." Conventional wisdom says, "I'll be happy when I get a job (or get married, or make more money!") However, the research shows clearly that just the opposite is true. "When you are happy, you will get a job (get married or make more money)!"

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Carroll LeFon
Captain, USN (Ret.)
"Neptunus Lex"
I am still forward deployed to the CZ (another week on this tours of almost 4) so I am coming to this party a little late. But I am just as shocked and dismayed as any who have come before me.
The internet being instantaneous for all practical purposes that including here in the CZ, but my bandwidth being very slow much more like the old 9600 baud days. Strangely, I did see a note about this pretty early on and I did recognize "Whispers" posting on Lex's site as that of a message that someone had passed on. The" Missing Man" formation being very familiar to anyone working in the Aero-plane business and especially for one as long as I. But while it registered it did not sink in that it was Lex.
Not until I saw one of the eulogy postings did it hit me. Then I was flooded with them, nearly every place I went had a message of condolence a message of how Lex touched them. I have spent a lot of my down time reading comments on that Whisper post. Shaking my head in disbelief that Lex was and truly gone. Taken from us by too many snakes to wrestle in that wee bit of a cockpit.
Like so many others he was my inspiration for blogging as well. And like so many others he mentored me, answering questions and giving me advice from time to time. Never via a comment, always via personal touch with an email.
It is a wonder he found time to write for his own blog he was so busy helping so many fledgling bloggers. His true legacy in the ether that is the Internet is all the many hundreds of voices he helped shape.
I am proud to say that I am Lex.
In the Aviation business there is always this outcome. I have seen it many times before. Even when you don't know the man or men in person, you know the circumstance. And always in the back of your mind it the idea that it could happen right here, right now and take you.
As an avionics technician and final checker I was many times the final arbitrator of who went flying and who did not. The simple gesture of the outstretched fist with the thump pointing one way or the other either dispatched the aircraft and all the souls onboard into the heavens or kept them there in person, another jet for them on this event or the next. It always weighed on me the fact that one thing out of place out of the millions on the Jet and the millions on the ship end, and well that is why the "Missing Man" formation is so recognizable to a career aviator. Especially the ground pounding ones, when an aircraft never returns well, that is why it is called "Missing Man".
Aviation is a cruel mistress, sucking you in with tiny installments of almost indescribable pleasure. For years and years she Woo's you. You taste disaster only on the edges and soon you are so hooked it is your life she wants in return. If you stay long enough, teasing one more sortie, one more cycle, one more journey to the heavens. And then she wants it all back at once. Payment in full.
We may never know what really happened in the end there at Fallon. I keep going to Lex's place expecting that post from the other side telling in his poetic way the magic of that last flight. How the 0-dark thirty brief while mundane was necessary, how the cold morning affected A404 and how he coached her out of her chocks and up into the surely bounds of earth.
Up and away into the heavens. For surely he would return if he was every really ours for the keeping.
Rest In Peace Skipper.
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posted: Jun 8, 2006 category: Reviews
If you think the electronica genre has grown a little tiresome, here's something to give it a little juice: komposi003, the third label-showcase compilation from Positron! Records. I was unfamiliar with all of the 11 artists on board, but now I have 11 artists to add to my "watch out for" list. Largely void of vocals, komposi003 fronts a nicely chilled groove overall, though the tracks themselves differ a bit, running the range from IDM to trip-hop. It opens with the jazz-cut/drum-and-bass funk of the aptly named Amish Rake Fight's "Artist with a Thompson," while Chris Randall's thick and humid "Be There Tonight" sounds like the late-night city-driving song of the summer. Aizome's "Terminal" was my favorite track, a Tangerine Dream-esque tune with airport ambience and a ticking-clock beat. With contributions from Milkfish, Micronaut and Scanalyzer, komposi003 proves the indie scene is where tomorrow's electronica stars are currently brewing.
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There are three main varieties of endive — Belgian endive, curly endive and escarole. This recipe calls for Belgian endive.
In a large skillet, heat the water over medium heat. Add the endive, cut sides down. Cover and cook for several minutes until the outer leaves turn translucent.
Remove from the heat and uncover. Squeeze lemon juice over the endive and add salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with parsley. Serve immediately.
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This week on television, it's a time for tough choices. Several of your favorite television shows are back this week, plus Syfy introduces its new mutant super-team show Alphas. And Iron Man and War Machine both face impossible battles.
Check out the inside scoop on all the TV shows coming back this week. We've also got sneak peeks from new episodes of Eureka, Warehouse 13, Adventure Time, Alphas, Scooby-Doo, Futurama and Haven. And the trailer for a new Syfy Original Movie — about a super-volcano! Check out all the details, below.
Cartoon Network's Monday night animation bloc is back with a vengeance. First at 7 PM, there's a new Johnny Test, featuring two stories:
"Cat Scratch Johnny"- Johnny and Dukey can't get enough of the latest 3D movie so they ask the twins to make them everyday 3D glasses. They make the mistake of wearing them during the movie, causing too much D as the movie comes to life! "Johnny Deep"- Bling Bling uses a ring to hypnotize Susan to fall in love with him, then whisks her off to his yacht. Johnny and Dukey transform into sharks to search for the ring and destroy it, getting help from a retired underwater action hero.
Then at 7:30, there's another Amazing World of Gumball. But that's not why we're excited...
What time is it? Adventure Time! The show that many people consider the best new cartoon of the past couple years is starting a new season at 8 PM, with "The Conquest of Cuteness." What happens?
Finn and Jake are attacked by the Cute King and his army of the cutest, most harmless warriors ever. When our guys don't take the threat seriously, the Cute King tries other means to intimidate them.
Check out two clips from the episode:
And that's followed by an extended version of a previously aired Regular Show episode.
But Cartoon Network isn't the only channel that's trying to grab onto your eyeballs tonight. Syfy is also bouncing back on Monday nights, with two returning shows and one new one. (Check out our spoiler-free preview of Syfy's Monday night here.)
First up at, 8 PM, there's the midseason premiere of Eureka, "Liftoff," in which:
Zane pesters Jo for details she does not want to reveal. Carter problem-solves at Andy and S.A.R.A.H.'s wedding. Elsewhere, Zane's actions make him and Fargo unexpectedly airborne.
And here's a clip!
And then there's the third season premiere of Warehouse 13, dealing with the fallout from Myka leaving the team. It's called "The New Guy," and it's about, well... the new guy on the team. Plus people are mysteriously dying in a weirdly literary fashion, and Jimi Hendrix's guitar is wreaking havoc. Just another day at the warehouse, basically. And watch a clip!
Syfy is hoping those two shows will just leave you wanting more, so you'll tune in at 10 PM to watch the 90-minute pilot for Alphas, its new show about a group of mutants who work for the government and solve weird problems, while going through therapy. Here's what Syfy wants you to know:
Alphas follows a clandestine group of average everyday citizens with amazing abilities operating within the U.S. Department of Defense. Led by preeminent neurologist and psychiatrist Dr. Lee Rosen (Emmy Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn), the team investigates cases that point to others with abilities like theirs, and as they work against the clock to solve this new brand of crime, they must prevent their own personality differences and disparate backgrounds from interfering with their missions.
And check out a sneak peek!
Or if super-mutants isn't your thing, you could also look in on Teen Wolf on MTV, with "Night School." In which:
Scott and the others are trapped inside the high school as the Alpha draws near.
So it's a choice between Alphas plural, and Alpha singular.
At 7:30 PM, the Cartoon Network has another new Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc., with "Dead Justice."
The ghost of Crystal Cove's most famous sheriff, Dead Justice, has come back from his grave to make Sheriff Stone quit his job by trapping Crystal Cove's top criminals. Can Scooby and the gang stop Dead Justice before it's too late?
And then at 8, there's a Looney Tunes Show, "Peel of Fortune."
And then at 9 PM, there's a new episode of The Nine Lives of Chloe King on ABC Family, with "Girls' Night Out."
Chloe meets Nikki and Lilah, who are members of the South American Mai. The girls invite Chloe for a night out, but Jasmine has a bad feeling about them. After some time, Chloe gets frustrated with how Nikki and Lilah view humans, and a rift can potentially be created between the Mai prides.
Iron Man: Armored Adventures is back on Nicktoons, with "The Invincible Iron Man Part 1: Disassembled."
Iron Man tries to protect Justin Hammer when Whiplash tries to capture him! But War Machine and Pepper come to the rescue.
And here's a brief clip.
And then at 10 PM, there's a new episode of Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, on Science, "How Does the Universe Work?"
A revolution in science is underway that will transform life on Earth and ensure our survival as a species. If we can solve the equation of everything, it will present the keys to creation itself.
At 8:30 PM, Nicktoons has a new episode of Voltron Force, "Lion Riders Return."
Sky Marshal Wade invades the planet Ariel and attacks their lion-riding warriors, who request assistance from Voltron Force.
And then at 9 PM, there's a new Burn Notice on USA, "No Good Deed"
And there's another new Futurama at 10 PM on Comedy Central, "The Silence of the Clamps."
Bender goes into witness relocation after testifying against the robot mafia.
And here's a sneak peek — much apologies for the picture quality!
Also at 10 PM: another new Wilfred! on FX, "Acceptance."
And then at 10:30 PM, Comedy Central has a new episode of Ugly Americans, "Ride Me to Hell."
At 8 PM, Nickelodeon is having a special presentation: Spongebob Squarepants: Spongebob's Frozen Face-Off. Which sounds kind of disturbing, actually.
SpongeBob and his pals enter Bikini Bottom's worm-sled race to the South Pole.
And then at 9 PM, Disney has a new special, Phineas and Ferb: Boys Interrupted. When Mom tells Candace she wants to spend the day with her, Candace spends the entire time with her in the backyard so that she can bust her brothers. Unfortunately, Phineas and Ferb's grand plan for the day only entail watching the grass grow. Meanwhile, Agent P partners up with Dr. Doofenshmirtz to fix his destroyed "Dull and Boring Ray" into a "Dynamite Ray."
And then at 10 PM, Syfy brings back another of your favorite shows, Haven, with "A Tale of Two Audreys." And here's a sneak peek.
But that's not all — also at 10 PM is the second episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day on Starz, "Rendition."
After the Torchwood team reunites, Jack comes to the realization that he may be the most vulnerable man on Earth. Meanwhile, a flight headed for the United States galvanizes into a pivotal battle for survival.
BBC America is showing two Battlestar Galactica episodes, "Six Degrees of Separation" and "Flesh and Bone," from 7 to 9 PM.
And the Hub is having its random grab-bag of Transformers and G.I. Joe cartoons as usual from 7 to 9 PM.
And then at 9 PM, Syfy has a new original movie, Super Eruption! In which "a section of the super volcano under Yellowstone erupts after thousands of years, putting millions at risk. Yellowstone's top geologist (Juliet Aubrey. Primeval/The Constant Gardner) and a park ranger (Richard Burgi, Friday the 13th/Desperate Housewives) try stopping the poisonous volcano clouds from spreading before the entire world becomes a permanent apocalyptic winter." There's no shark involved, apparently. But it's still pretty awesome. And here's a cheestastic trailer.
Also at 9 PM, BBC America has episode five of the BBC's Outcasts:
Patrick Baxter, a Carpathian legend, long thought dead, arrives back in Forthaven. Cass and Fleur find themselves in grave danger as they venture into unexplored zones of the planet, while Tate must deal with Berger's growing power base.
There's another new True Blood on HBO at 9 PM, "I'm Alive and On Fire."
Sookie goes to Alcide for help in finding Eric while Bill finds a link with the Bellefleurs. Marnie needs help to undo a spell and Sam makes it into Luna's inner circle. Jason wants free of his obligations. Tommy goes back to where he originated.
Also at 9 PM: another new Leverage on TNT, "The Van Gogh Job".
And then at 10 PM, there's the season premiere of Breaking Bad on AMC, "Box Cutter":
Walt and Jesse face the deadly consequences of their actions. Skyler deals with a puzzling disappearance, as Marie struggles to help Hank with his recovery.
Meanwhile, there's also a new Falling Skies at 10 PM, "Sanctuary Part 1."
Another resistance leader appears at the camp, sounding an alert that the aliens will soon attack and offering to take the children to safe shelter. With time running out, Tom and the others must weigh his proposal.
Also at 10 PM, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Behind the Search, a one-hour special building on the channel's successful six-part miniseries about Bigfoot.
And then at 11:45 PM, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim has another new Aqua Teen Hunger Force, followed by a new Mongo Wrestling Alliance.
Sources: Futon Critic, TV Guide, and various TV studio press releases.


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Preparing for more snow
City employees are still digging and plowing their way through last week's snowfall, and officials said more snow could be on the way.
Before Wednesday, the city of Des Moines had huge stockpiles of salt, a bunch of barely used snow plows and manpower to spare.
Four days later, they have to refill the salt sheds, fix all the battered plows and keep the employees on standby in case another big storm comes.
"We haven't had a storm this bad for a decade, so we're still in transition as far as what the rest of this winter is going to be like," said Chuck Burrell, of the Des Moines Public Works Department.
The mild winter in 2011 meant $500,000 in savings for the city, but officials said 2012 will be different.
"We're on track to probably break even. We probably will not be having the savings this year after a storm of this magnitude," Burrell said.
Public Works said cleaning up after a snow storm is an expensive business, and it costs a whole lot of salt.
"In this particular facility, we started out with 2,600 tons (of salt), and as you can see, we're down to about 500 tons," Burrell said.
Burrell said the department is already shipping in from its back-up supply to get ready for the next storm.
"We watch KCCI, and then we know that the storm is coming, and then we immediately have all of our hands full and all of our employees ready to fight this storm," Burrell said. "We're still applying anti-icing agent throughout the town as needed, and we'll even go back and re-plow streets as needed."
The plows, however, are another priority.
"We have some equipment that went down, obviously, because of the magnitude of this storm," Burrell said. "Let's hope it doesn't get any worse than this."
The department said it has 13,000 tons of salt stored away in a remote location in Grimes.
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Jackie Kim, San Francisco-based branch manager for OfficeTeam, a staffing service that places office and administrative support professionals, says year-end jobs start filling in October and not only in stores.
If you're hoping to find work during the holidays, start looking now. Yes, the decorations and candy on the store shelves are for Halloween, not Thanksgiving or Christmas. But many companies start recruiting for seasonal staff as early as October.
Here are a few more tips that could help you secure that plum assignment:
Think beyond retail. Most people assume the only seasonal opportunities are in stores and restaurants. But many other companies also hire temporary workers in November and December to cover for full-time employees who are on vacation. Some types of demand we see at OfficeTeam include: aministrative professionals who can assist with year-end budgeting and other projects; customer service representatives who can answer phones and place orders during the busy holiday season; and office assistants and data entry specialists who can handle the paperwork that results from the benefits open enrollment period. The market for seasonal work may be far larger than you realize, so don't limit your sights.
Be proactive. You never know who might be hiring, so don't look solely at firms that have job postings online or in the newspaper. Target companies you'd like to work for, then call to inquire about possible openings, even if they're not advertising.
Return to former employers. If you've worked for a company on a temporary basis in the past, reach out to the person who supervised you to see if he or she is looking for seasonal help. Given the choice, companies are much more likely to go with someone they know.
Show hiring managers you have what they want. Companies that hire seasonal professionals want workers who are flexible — shifts may start or end at odd hours, for example, and managers often need people who are willing to go beyond the job description. Firms also seek temporary employees who take the job seriously even though the assignment may last only a few weeks. Highlight these qualities in your resume and during the interview.
Register with a temp agency. These firms have inside knowledge about who's hiring and what kinds of skills and experience are required, and they may be able to locate the right seasonal job for you more quickly than you could yourself.
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The England skipper had a boundary percentage of just 4.8%, showing how much he had to grind it out
Joe Root hit an unbeaten century in St Lucia as England piled up a 448-run lead on day three of the third Test against the West Indies.
Root managed just 55 in his five previous innings on tour, but stopped the rot to close day three unbeaten on 111.
England's innings of 325 for four was comfortably their best, and longest, of the tour and although there were more disappointments for openers Rory Burns and Keaton Jennings, a bright 69 from Joe Denly offered cause for cautious optimism.
Root's ton was his 16th in Test cricket – enough to put him level with Michael Atherton, Graham Thorpe and Herbert Sutcliffe – and his fifth overseas, a reminder that despite his recent wobble he remains the bedrock of England's batting.
With Windies seamer Keemo Paul injured inside the first 20 minutes and slow over-rates the issue of the day, the gentle spin of Roston Chase and Kraigg Brathwaite bowled 43 overs between them from which Root happily milked 56 of his runs.
The tourists began the day looking to build on what was already a strong position, 142 ahead thanks to Mark Wood's exploits with the ball, and with all 10 wickets intact.
Things remained that way for just a few seconds, Burns flicking Paul's first ball of the day to square leg to depart for 10. That lowered the Surrey captain's average to exactly 25 from six Test appearances, a disappointing return for such a capable player but one that is unlikely to bring a premature end to his opportunity.
The same is probably not true of Jennings, who clung on for 99 balls and 23 runs as he attempted to dig out a score of note. In the end he was bowled in ugly, if unfortunate, fashion after Alzarri Joseph's delivery took a detour off his thigh pad. He averages a fraction more than Burns from his 17 caps but does not currently have the confidence or tempo to continue at this level.
Had Denly been held by Shimron Hetmyer on 12, Gabriel the unlucky bowler having rattled the shoulder of the bat, his place might also have been in doubt.
As it was he used his extra life to showcase a pleasing line in cover drives and an ability to find the gaps behind square on the off side. After reaching lunch on 45 he brought up his fifty in style, lifting four over mid-on then crunching Kemar Roach down the ground.
Denly did not look the part on debut as an opener in Antigua but he was beginning to carry himself with conviction when he erred, wafting twice away from his body at Gabriel. He failed to make any contact the first time but got a thin edge when he tried again.
His angry reaction told the story of a job only half done.
He will have known there were more runs to be had in the afternoon, 60 of them comfortably banked before tea by the fourth-wicket partnership of Root and Buttler.
Both batsmen brought up their half-centuries early in the evening, Root in 120 balls and Buttler in 10 fewer, but a brief delay when a beach ball emerged on the outfield suggested their important accumulation work was not keeping everyone's attention.
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It took the new ball to part them. Roach nipped one in at Buttler but he misread the line entirely, playing inside and losing his off stump.
Joseph helped Root to three figures, providing a full toss which the skipper gratefully punched to the ropes, while Ben Stokes was 29 not out at stumps.


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We've got some sad news coming out of the Saab community today. Police in a suburb of Boulder, Colo. are trying to find out why a man shot and killed an employee of an independent Saab repair shop on Friday.
Mary McGrath, 56, was shot several times when a man came in to the East of Sweden repair shop in Broomfield, the Broomfield Enterprise newspaper reported. McGrath was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The 62-year-old man, whose name is still being withheld by police, was arrested at the scene, according to the report. The bomb squad searched his Saab 9000 because there was thought to be a bomb in it. There was a backpack that was removed and an item inside of it detonated in the street.
The Daily Camera talked to Saab drivers and other people who knew McGrath as someone who "didn't have a mean bone in her body," so it's unknown right now why this man came to shoot her.
East of Sweden is a popular Saab shop in the Boulder area, and highly regarded in the Saab USA community, so Saabists familiar with the shop and McGrath are hard-hit by the news this weekend.
Sounds like a very unfortunate incident. We hope that more answers will come soon.
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With many investors seemingly on the precipice of selling all of the bonds out of their portfolios, the fixed-income experts have stepped in with some sensible talk to coax panicky investors off the ledge.
The experts' challenge is to convince investors that while bonds' strong returns of recent years won't remain, they needn't fear a complete selloff in the fixed-income markets. True, Federal Reserve policy and bonds' strength have driven yields to historical lows—to near-zero territory for Treasuries, in fact. But there's still plenty of bond-buying opportunity, the experts say.
"If interest rates rise, we'll see a decline in bond prices but, over the long term, a rising rate environment is not a bad thing for people who are in it for income," says Vanguard Chairman and CEO Bill McNabb in a market comment on the Vanguard Group's website. "If you're reinvesting part of the dividend, you'll reinvest at a higher rate, and that will compound over time."
McNabb acknowledges that the next 10 years of bond returns won't be what the past 10 have been, when the broad bond market returned about 5% a year: "It's almost mathematically impossible because yields currently are so low," he says.
Yet bonds play an important role in a portfolio because they offer diversification, McNabb noted—with the proviso that yields are headed to a lower range. "Logically, with yields near historical lows, investors should have much more modest expectations for bond returns. I'm not saying to investors that they should abandon a sensible allocation to bonds. I'm just trying to help set realistic expectations."
Similarly, Russel Kinnel, Morningstar's director of mutual fund research, does his part to reassure bond investors, questioning the existence of the much-discussed "great rotation" in an analyst's note.
Kinnel writes that the historic inflows to exchange-traded funds and mutual funds—$115 billion in inflows to ETFs and open-end mutual funds in January alone—are decidedly not hurting the bond markets.
"Some called this the great rotation, but it really looks more like a great influx," Kinnel writes. "Investors aren't selling bond funds to buy stock funds. Far from it. Intermediate bond funds remain the most popular open-end category with $11 billion in inflows. U.S. equities remain toward the back of the long-term asset-class pack; however, they did receive $15.5 billion in inflows—their best month since February 2004."
So where should bond market investors look for the best fixed-income opportunities right now? In short-term securities, says independent investment advisory firm Gerstein Fisher, based in New York City, in its latest Research & Insights piece, "Long Rate Cycles and Your Bond Portfolio."
"Many market participants wonder if a long cycle of declining interest rates is coming to an end," Gerstein Fisher says. "Looking back over history reveals that allocation to short-term fixed income benefits portfolios during rising rate environments. Shorter-term bonds also fare well on a risk-adjusted basis in periods of falling rates."
Read how BlackRock investment strategist Russ Koesterich also questions the "great rotation" in Market Drives Record Fund Flows, Higher Returns in Q1 at AdvisorOne.


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Regardless of the chance that the minivan part could also be contracting, there may be nonetheless an honest variety of the people who have to buy this kind of autos. You will discover that there are quite a few stable contenders and amongst them there's the Dodge Grand Caravan. Since the present mannequin of the group has been on the enterprise since 2011, it's presently anticipated that the group can do the updating of the auto by the 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan. In any case, whatever the chance that there's some information on how the auto could appear to be, such information was not made in official approach.
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The 2015 Dodge Grand Campers is a seven-traveler minivan gave in 4 trim levels: American Value Package (AVP), SE, SXT and R/T. The SXT contains 17-inch amalgam wheels, high rails, energy again glass and a larger floor floor reassure. The commonplace is the Energy Benefit Group, which includes a vitality liftgate, pressure skimming secondary passages and pressure customizable pedals. The SXT may very well be furnished with a Double DVD/Blu-beam Enjoyment package deal that brags N-inch screens for each the second and third strains and the contact display showcase, again perspective camcorder and a few different tried and true J/T capacities. A extra plan cordial Uconnect Hands-Free Group offers Bluetooth sound affiliation. Of word is the SXT-simply Blacktop pack, which contains 17-inch mild weight aluminum tires, a darkish grille, haze lights, widespread calfskin inside stresses, bills towel units and silver stress stitching.
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he major choice for the 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan is that the driving force may have the capability to move quite a few vacationers along with their issues. The utility is the precept determine behind this auto which is ready to transport greater than eight people. At the purpose when there's a must have extra load, then someone could overlay the third and the second line so he can amplify the area of the storage compartment. Numerous people will likewise attempt for this convoy in view of the wellbeing it presents. It is important for the minivan to supply the most effective and the biggest quantity of the safety and as per the check finished on this convoy, the auto is one in every of these minivans that provide the highest wellbeing degree. Regardless of the likelihood that there aren't any insights about how the brand new auto will look, what it's regular is that the group will keep real to its phrase of honor and can provide the most effective autos and appears. Regardless of the truth that the brand new 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan shall be within the boxy define, the brand new auto could get just a few redesigns which can make it to look extra current day on the outer floor and the within components.
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Java 7u4, JavaFX 2.1, and NetBeans 7.1.2
Today, Oracle released a bunch of Java software, including Java SE 7 update 4, JavaFX 2.1, and NetBeans 7.1.2. There are some important tidbits to note about all of these, so I wanted to highlight them here.
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Java SE 7
First, this update of Java SE 7 is the first with official support for the Garbage First garbage collector, also called G1. Why is this important? The world has mostly outgrown the older collectors in Java, namely the Parallel and CMS collectors, which had significant trouble with heaps at or larger than 4 gigabytes. After that, garbage collection pauses could potentially take so long as to adversely impact a running Java application. Known as latency, this would result in monetary loss for some financial applications, inconsistent user response in web and GUI applications, and various other issues on a case-by-case basis.
Garbage First grew out of the need to support larger heaps, and to minimize or even remove pauses completely. These are two diametrically opposed requirements, mind you, and this is no easy feat. Nonetheless, G1 offers low-pause, large heap support out of the box. (In the past, I've written in detail about an early version of G1.) If your application has low-latency requirements, or your heap requirements are ever-growing, give G1 a try. This is straight from the release notes: "Applications that require a large heap, have a big active data set, have bursty or non-uniform workloads or suffer from long Garbage Collection induced latencies should benefit from switching to G1."
Additionally, this is the first official Java release from Oracle that supports Mac OS X. You'll notice that the Mac is now listed in the list of JDK downloads, along with Windows, Linux, and Solaris. It's important to note that with this version of Java 7, the plugin and Java Webstart are not supported. This means that if you need to run a Java Applet or launch an application using Webstart, you'll need to maintain your Java SE 6 installation on the Mac, and use the Java Preferences app to set Java 6 as the first version of Java to use (see the screen shot below).
Some will be excited to hear that this is the first version of Java to bear the fruits of the Sun HotSpot and Oracle JRockit integration. In fact, Oracle has stated that this release features a brand new JVM implementation, which includes better diagnostics, crash analysis (comforting, I know), and some changes to reflection. You can read more about this release, including the platform support, here. And then you can download it here and try it for yourself.
JavaFX 2.1
Next, with this release of Java SE 7, JavaFX has been included as a co-install for the first time, and has itself been upgraded to version 2.1. New features include (from the release notes):
- Playback support for digital media stored in the MPEG-4 multimedia container format containing H.264/AVC video and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio.
- New Webview support for JavaScript to Java method calls, which allows a user to render HTML/JavaScript and let JavaScript (in WebView) make calls to Java APIs to offload specific operations to Java.
- The ability to use Windows-style LCD sub-pixel rendering. All the JavaFX UI controls will be LCD-text enabled by default on Windows, as will WebView, the Webkit-based node for rendering Web content. Applications can also opt-in to use LCD text on the low-level scenegraph text node by a new API.
- Additional user interface enhancements including controls for combo box, stacked chart, and application-wide menu bar.
- JavaFX Scene Builder 1.0 Early Access, which is a visual layout tool for the JavaFX platform where you drag-and-drop components to create GUI applications.
Of course, there's continued Linux support as well, although that's still in beta form.
NetBeans 7.1.2
Finally, NetBeans has also been updated to support the changes in the Java SE and JavaFX releases. Specifically, there's a new Java debugger, improved PHP debugging, integrated GitHub support, enhanced support for SVN and Mercurial, and support for:
- JavaFX GUI application development
- Glassfish 3.1.2
- WebLogic with Java EE 6
There's a long list of other improvements you can find here.
So have fun checking out all the new-ness these Java and related releases have to offer. I, for one, am very excited to dive into the changes surfacing from the merging of the Oracle and Sun JVMs.
Happy coding!


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Versatility of Geotextiles in the Landscape
The simplicity of landscape fabric belies its versatility. Like a jack-of-all-trades, this product can be used in many different settings, for many different reasons. Whether it's for filtration, reinforcement under pavers, weed abatement, or even keeping wildlife at bay, this product can do it all. Better still, it comes in a convenient roll and can be cut to fit.
Landscape fabric is part of a group more formally known as "geotextiles." You might know it as reinforcement cloth or weed barrier, but chances are, you know it well and you think it's invaluable.
Used for both landscape and hardscape, landscape fabric is usually made from permeable polypropylene, and can be biodegradable or non-biodegradable, woven or non-woven, in a wide variety of thicknesses. It's used for separation— between layers of soil—as well as for filtration, reinforcement and drainage.
But it doesn't stop there. Protection, usually from the weather, is another vital use for these innovative materials. When a frost warning comes, draping geotextile fabric over threatened plant material can help it retain heat. Keeping plants just a few degrees warmer may be all that's needed to keep them from freezing. Conversely, like people with fair skin, some plants can't take too much blazing sun, either. Geotextiles can provide a layer of "sunblock" against a scorching hot spell. Fabrics are available that can provide anywhere from 10 to 90 percent protection from Old Mr. Sun's ultraviolet rays.
Control those weeds
But in the landscape profession, geotextiles' most common and familiar application is as a barrier material to keep weeds out. Many landscape contractors depend heavily on these fabrics for this purpose.
"We use a ton of geotextiles," says Todd Christianson, sales president and construction manager at Titan LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. He says that he's used landscape fabric in his business "since day one." "We use quite a bit of the commercial weed mat up here, because weeds are a big problem. People don't seem to realize that we get a lot of sunlight in the summer, so weed growth really creates havoc."
Weed control fabric is much more sophisticated than the plain black plastic used to make trash bags. "About 20 years ago, they started coming out with geotextiles," said 39-year green industry veteran Stan Hoglund, owner of Hoglund Landscape, Inc. in Fargo, North Dakota. "Before that, we used black plastic. It kept weeds out, but everything else, too. When they started making landscape fabric, I thought, 'This is wonderful—it lets air, water and nutrients get to the roots.'"
However, to get the maximum benefit from these products, you need to remember the old axiom: "When all else fails, follow directions." You must make sure that they're being installed correctly.
"Weed control fabric is great, but it's way overused," said Rolland Kuhr, owner of Naturescape Designs in Jackson, Wyoming. "Over and over, I've found it to be improperly installed. I can't tell you how many times I've taken on a new client and found fabric that had been placed tightly around a three-inch-caliper-width tree. Here it is, fifteen to twenty years later, and the tree has grown to an 8-, 10- or 12-inch-caliper width, and the fabric is literally inside the tree, embedded in the trunk, and I can't get it out." He suggests placing weed control fabric no closer than four feet from a tree's trunk.
"We put guidelines out there for installers," said Matt Kocian, product manager for Typar, a division of Old Hickory, Tennessee-based Fiberweb, Inc. "What we're dealing with in a case like that is somebody who didn't read the directions, or didn't care." He explains that you're supposed to cut an 'X' in the fabric, then install or plant into the middle of the 'X.' Then, as the diameter of the trunk grows, you won't have 'girdling,' which is the term for what Kuhr's describing. "If you just make a hole, you're not allowing for that fabric to expand. So if you 'X' the spot, as the tree grows, the 'X' just folds those tongues back." It also won't leave bare surface soil for weeds and in-competition vegetation to move in directly adjacent to the tree.
When using geotextiles, it might be good to keep in mind something Kocian said: "The challenge in landscape is always being able to predict and prepare for changes that will come."
You can also get landscape fabric that's impregnated with trifluralin, an herbicide that inhibits the growth of both weeds and roots. Hoglund often uses it for both purposes, having installed it in the landscape at three different hotels on the Las Vegas Strip.
"This product (called Biobarrier) was developed 35 years ago, specifically for stopping roots from naturescape designs/adam J. howard penetrating hazardous waste sites," said Kocian. "Roots were getting in there, pulling up those toxic materials and putting them back into the ecosystem."
Hoglund sometimes finds that he needs to protect his retaining walls from roots. "If there's a tree up against a wall we're building, or even as far as 20 feet away, we'll use a barrier so the roots don't come through. We've seen cases where roots will actually blow a wall up."
But an herbicidal solution isn't right for everyone. "Chemical herbicides aren't healthy for soil microorganisms, in my opinion," says Larry DeWitt, president/CEO of the De- Witt Company in Sikeston, Missouri. "This is not to say that all herbicides are bad. I praise the new organic forms, like the ones made from corn gluten." DeWitt confesses that he uses them on his own farm, but not in his personal vegetable garden. If you do use them, he recommends a yearly microbial application to give back what herbicides kill, as well as applying microbes to all newly excavated soils.
Wildlife fencing Geotextiles are useful not just for keeping flora—in the form of weeds and roots—at bay, but fauna as well. Polypropylene bird and deer netting is made by the same companies that make weed and root control fabrics. That's a relief to both Christianson and Kuhr. It seems that moose, prevalent in both Alaska and Wyoming, like to nibble on soft tree and branch bark. To protect their clients' investments, both of these landscape professionals use poly netting as moose barriers.
"Moose are like dogs in the neighborhood," says Christianson.
"Everybody up here has two or three they know by name. A moose can snap an $800 tree in half in a second. They can come in and just take out a landscape."
To keep trees from becoming moose munch, Kuhr wraps the lower branches and trunks of aspens, cottonwoods and willows with geofabric netting from mid-October to early May. "Snow covers up the first couple of feet, so I wrap them within two feet of the ground." Elk are just as destructive, according to him. "In the fall, elk bulls get into their rutting season. Their hormones go crazy, and they just run right into trees and tear 'em apart."
Hardscaping and erosion control
Hoglund finds geotextiles invaluable in doing paving and erosion control work. For those applications, he uses a heavy-duty, non-woven polypropylene geotextile that he refers to as "stabilization cloth."
"We do a lot of hardscaping. We use the stabilization cloth for building roads and rock-faced block retaining wall systems, or under pavers. For roads, we always put it underneath the gravel; then you don't get any soil integration. It just stays there."
Josh Kane is president and head designer for Kane Landscapes, Inc. in Sterling, Virginia, and a Landscape Industry Certified Technician.
"We use the non-woven type as drainage filters behind retaining walls, and for soil separation between aggregate stone and natural soil. We also use it around perforated drain pipes, to keep soil out." He finds that the non-woven type works well for drainage, and the woven type is better under pavers, patios and retaining wall bases. "We use non-woven landscape fabric under our decorative river rock swales to control water running off a driveway into the backyard."
Hoglund used geotextile fabric heavily with the earlier rock-faced block retaining wall systems, underneath the compacted material at the base as well as behind the wall, to keep dirt and water from washing through the seams. He finds that it's not needed as much with the better-made newer systems. For those walls, he tends to place drainage tiles covered with geofabric behind them.
For installing pavers, Hoglund has developed a "geotextile sandwich" technique that works well for him. "We get freeze/thaw up here, and what happens is that the ground actually mixes together." To solve that problem, after excavation and compaction, he lays in the fabric, then another six inches of compacted material. Over that goes yet another layer of fabric. Only then do the pavers and the sand go in.
"If you don't do that, the sand and the compacted material integrate into the subsoils. But if you sandwich it, you don't get any of that, because you've got the reinforcement cloth there to stop it." He adds that a lot of contractors will get settling and unevenness in their paver jobs, "but we don't. We've had great success and never get any callbacks."
Hoglund has had some nervous customers call during the first freeze following installation. "I tell them not to worry, that after the thaw the pavers will go right back into place. I never hear from them again." He attributes this to the stability of his sandwich technique, and the geotextiles' porosity. "You want moisture to get through. I've seen people putting [ordinary nonporous] plastic underneath their pavers.
Then the water doesn't have anywhere to go." That doesn't work well in the harsh North Dakota winters.
They keep getting better
Landscape fabric is a great tool, but it isn't foolproof. Another criticism is that sometimes weeds grow right through it. Christianson admits that, "We have to use a pretty strong matting to keep the weeds from growing through the sides between the edging and the mat, or just directly through the textile fabric itself." Roots can also grow under and over barriers. You need to make sure the fabric is installed deeply enough.
"I only use landscape fabric when I have to," said Lisa LaPaso, owner of Lisa's Landscape and Design in Austin, Texas. "I prefer to use four-millimeter painter's plastic and landscape pins than landscape fabric. Fabric tears easily, especially in the heat we have here in Texas, and then the weeds and roots get through the fabric and make it impossible to get them out." But she concedes that fabric is good for use on slopes where other types of plastic would not serve the purpose.
Christianson says he's seen significant improvement in geotextile technology in the 31 years he's been in the green industry. "It used to be more of a felt-type material, which they still make in homeownergrade. What we use now is much stronger and denser." However, he thinks there's still room for improvement. "I still don't think weed control fabric lets enough water and nutrients get through to the plants."
Of course, manufacturers of landscape fabric are anxious to allay fears like this and promote their benefits. "Test after test has proven that breathable fabric boosts soils' cation exchange capacity (soil metabolism) by as much as double," said DeWitt.
"After 40 years in the weed barrier business, I can assure you with confidence that a layer of polypropylene fabric, which is hydrophobic, placed on top of the soil will reduce plants' water consumption needs by more than 60 to 70 percent," said DeWitt. And, according to him, it does this without any side effects to the soils' vital microbe and earthworm decomposition process.
Continued innovation
Geotextile development isn't standing still, not with all the manufacturers out there competing for your business. Competition and demand means that landscape professionals can look forward to new products hitting the market regularly.
You may have been in the landscape business longer than geotextiles have. It's a safe bet, however, that they're no flash in the pan. Give them a try, and see if there aren't a few dozen things they could do for you.


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It looks like Anne Hathaway will be putting her drama-club-iness to good use this fall: According to the Daily Mail, Hathaway is set to star as Sally Bowles in a new revival of Cabaret — with Alan Cumming reportedly reprising his Tony-winning role as the Emcee! Hathaway performed a bunch of Cabaret numbers last fall at a benefit for the Public Theater, so she knows her willkommens from her bienvenues. This new production hasn't been officially announced yet, but Cumming did recently mention that he'd be returning to Broadway and that the show was "something [he] did before and we're doing it again." Maybe this time you'll win, Anne Hathaway!
Update: Booo, not true, according to Hathaway's publicist. "There are no discussions going on about this project for Anne," Hathaway's rep told the Times. Uh, start those discussions, Hatha-team!


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Shawn Wolfe, Vending Machineries, 2001
"Tell me about yourself, and you might mention where you're from, the music you prefer, perhaps a favorite writer or filmmaker or artist, possibly even the sports teams you root for. But I doubt you'll mention brands or products. That would seem shallow, right? There's just something illegitimate about openly admitting that brands and products can function as cultural material, relevant to identity and expression. It's as if we would prefer this weren't true..." — Rob Walker, Exhibition Essay, As Real As It Gets, 2012.
Journalist and author Rob Walker has a long history of projects that look at the intersection of designed objects and consumer behavior. Formerly of the Times Magazine "Consumed" column and currently found at Design Observer, Walker coined the term "murketing" in his 2008 book, Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are, to describe the blurred strategy between marketing and entertainment used to sell products without the associations of an overt branding campaign. Walker's current project swings to the other side of the spectrum, examining brands so compelling they don't need physical manifestations: he has curated "As Real As It Gets" at New York's Apexart about imaginary brands and fictional products. I talked to Walker over email about some of the questions the exhibition raises about our complicated relationship with things.
The show, in many ways, seems like a continuation or synthesis of your own speculative design projects with your different tumbleblogs. The majority of your own practice exists exclusively in the virtual sphere, for example your recent Significant Objects project with Joshua Glenn, where thrift store detritus was listed on eBay along with fictive narratives of their history in order to demonstrate the subjectivity of value (and ...


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Disco Bear
Saturday, October 31, 2009
I have been dying to make this card ever since I saw it at Regionals. Another very unique card that took a bit of time, but was well worth it because it is so cute! Don't you just love that sparkly disco ball? I'm thinking this one will be hard to give away, so if you happen to find it in your mailbox you will know you are extra special because I am only making ONE! The finished size of this card is
5 1/2" square.
SS: Beary Best Friends
CS: Basic Black, WW, Creamy Caramel, DSP: Pawsitively Prints, Night and Day, Razzleberry Lemonade
INK: Chocolate Chip, Markers: Melon Mambo, Black journaling, Pixie Pink
Accessories: Build A Bear Dies, Big Shot, Punches: 1 3/8", 1 1/4" circles, Sticky Sheet, Silver Chunky Glitter and Fine Galaxy Glitter Pin It Now!
Posted by Christi Waite at 4:00 AM
Labels: Beary Best Friends, Build A Bear
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
This is so stinkin' cute! Great idea:)
- November 1, 2009 at 4:22 AM
- Natalie said...
This is so groovy, I love it!
- November 5, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- Shelly Schmidt said...
What an awesome card- how great is this!!!
- January 2, 2010 at 9:02 PM
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PHILADELPHIA – Maryland once again took center stage as Patrick Mullins and Schillo Tshuma were both selected in the first round of the 2014 Major League Soccer SuperDraft Thursday in Philadelphia.
Mullins was taken 11th overall by New England Revolution. The New Orleans, native captured his second straight MAC Hermann Trophy last weekend. The forward posted 19 goals and eight assists in 2013 while leading Maryland to its second consecutive College Cup. A two-time All-ACC First Team selection, he guided the Terps to second straight ACC regular season and tournament championships as a senior captain. He capped his illustrious career with a remarkable 47 goals and 119 points – both the second highest career tallies in Maryland men's soccer annals.
Tshuma was selected by the Portland Timbers with the 17th overall pick. The forward from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and Alexandria, Va., garnered a coveted Generation adidas contract after tallying 16 goals and three assists in two seasons with the Terrapins. He was named to the All-ACC Freshman Team in 2012 and snagged second team All-ACC honors in 2013. He posted five game-winners during his time in College Park and teamed up with Mullins to form one of the most potent scoring threats in the nation.
"We are very excited for Patrick and Schillo as they take their soccer careers to the next level," head coach Sasho Cirovski said. "They are both special people and a coach's dream.
"It has been an absolute privilege to have coached both of them. Terp Nation is excited to follow them in New England and Portland as they embark on the next chapter of their professional careers."
The draft marks the 11th straight season Maryland has boasted at least one selection. It is the fourth straight year the Terps have had at least one player taken in the first round.
The final two rounds of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft will take place on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 via a conference call.


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Surprising Primary Wins for Pro-Life Women
If last month's primaries are any indication, there could be four pro-life women in the Senate this January.
WASHINGTON — Primary victories for GOP senatorial contenders Christine O'Donnell of Delaware and Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire's attorney general, boosted hopes that the 2010 midterm elections will make this "the year of the pro-life woman," particularly in the Senate.
But O'Donnell's win also exposed long-simmering tensions within the Republican Party, pitting its leadership against Tea Party activists. The GOP appears poised to sideline life issues in its effort to retake the Senate by appealing primarily to voters' concerns about the economy, government overreach and unemployment.
The divided reaction to O'Donnell's triumph underscored competing objectives within the party. While pro-life leaders and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele embraced O'Donnell, top party strategist Karl Rove and the National Republican Senatorial Committee distanced the GOP from her campaign.
"Christine O'Donnell's win, combined with the successes of Carly Fiorina and Sharron Angle, continues building momentum for 2010 to be remembered as the 'Year of the Pro-Life Woman,'" said Susan B. Anthony List's president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, in a statement released after the Delaware primary results were broadcast.
"While her primary opponent held an explicitly pro-abortion voting record, O'Donnell expressed her strong determination to be a vocal advocate for women and unborn children on the floor of the U.S. Senate, a stance which clearly made a difference at the ballot box," continued Dannenfelser.
But Rove offered a sharply different judgment on Fox News, where he distanced the GOP from O'Donnell, questioning her "rectitude and truthfulness and sincerity." Rove added, "We were looking at eight to nine seats in the Senate; we're now looking at seven to eight."
Dubbed "tropical storm Karl Rove," the broadside fueled a frenzy of intra-party debate regarding the wisdom of publicly attacking a GOP candidate. Rove's defenders speculated that he sought to deflect Democratic efforts to make O'Donnell — an inexperienced politician with a checkered personal history — the public "face" of the GOP.
Indeed, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs quickly jumped into the debate, suggesting that the firestorm signaled substantive problems with O'Donnell's candidacy, as well as a lack of GOP unity. As if to prove him wrong, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn promised to provide funds for O'Donnell's campaign — reportedly a reversal of the committee's previous stance.
Some conservatives back Rove's central point: O'Donnell's candidacy short-circuited the party's mission to re-take the Senate. National Review Online's Jim Geraghty suggested conservatives should have backed the safe bet in the Republican primary: Rep. Mike Castle, a liberal Republican, would likely vote with them "52% of the time."
Geraghty noted that the congressman "supported an amendment to the health-care bill that would ban using taxpayer funds to provide abortion services, an interesting vote for a self-described pro-choice Republican. He voted against the health-care bill."
The SBA List's Dannenfelser defended her organization's endorsement of O'Donnell, a pro-life activist and chastity educator. "Here's how we approached this midterm election: There was a strong wind blowing for a different type of candidate. Women who had not appeared viable in other elections were starting to become viable," she said in an interview.
Asked if the SBA List delved into O'Donnell's personal history, Dannenfelser said, "We interviewed her; there was a rigorous questionnaire. But there were late-breaking issues — those don't come out early in the process."
The subtext of the dispute regarding O'Donnell, say some observers, is the perceived viability of social issues in a midterm election widely viewed as a referendum on President Obama's economic policies.
"Fiscal issues have been primary in most people's minds and in the media," acknowledged Tom McClusky, vice president for government affairs of the Family Research Council, which also endorsed O'Donnell. "But when you look at the nuts and bolts of the primary campaigns, life issues have been foremost."
"In Alaska, Joe Miller's win was attributed to his all-out support for parental notification — unlike [Lisa] Murkowski, his opponent in the primary. Angle, Marco Rubio, the Florida Senate candidate, and Nikki Haley, the candidate for governor of South Carolina, have all embraced social issues," said McClusky.
Focusing on strategic party goals while affirming the conservative principles that drive the party's base has been a tough balancing act for GOP leaders ever since "Reagan Democrats" altered the GOP's political composition in the 1980s. Sarah Palin, another unpredictable force in the party, backed O'Donnell.
This year, the rise of the Tea Party movement, a grassroots initiative that includes libertarians and social conservatives, has further complicated the work of the National Republican Senatorial Committee: Sens. Bob Bennett of Utah and Murkowski of Alaska were among the eight establishment candidates who lost their primaries this year.
In past years, the collision between short-term political tactics and conservative principles has brought down top pro-life leaders like Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. He lost his 2006 Senate race in part because pro-lifers — angry about his previous endorsement of Sen. Arlen Specter — refused to work for his re-election.
That same anger was on display last month as conservative commentators took pot shots at the GOP leadership.
"Those who believe the [William F.] Buckley rule, that conservatives should vote for the 'rightward-most viable candidate,' know that the party establishment rarely followed it. If it had, it might have been taken seriously when addressing O'Donnell's shortcomings," charged J.P. Freire in the Washington Examiner.
The Family Research Council's McClusky takes a cooler view, but he agrees that the GOP leadership has stumbled when backing candidates like Florida's Charlie Crist and Rhode Island's Lincoln Chafee, who failed to win Republican Senate primaries.
"If he won, Mike Castle would have been the next Arlen Specter or the next Jim Jeffords [senators who switched political parties]," said McClusky, who has spoken before Tea Party groups and says they are open to life issues.
Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote.org, an online movement of lay Catholics involved in issue advocacy and electoral politics that reports about 550,000 members, says the Tea Party movement includes many "independent Catholics" frustrated with the political status quo.
"It's no secret that, for the sake of winning seats, the northeast Republican leadership has been willing to compromise the party platform, which has been pro-life," said Burch.
"In the past, Christine O'Donnell would have lost," he added. "She won with the support and passion of the Tea Party movement, a bipartisan movement that includes Catholic independents."
With midterm elections fast approaching, some Republican leaders may still be on the fence about O'Donnell, but they're scrambling to shore up their credibility with the party's base, including the Tea Party newcomers.
Within days of his broadside against O'Donnell, Rove returned to Fox News to defend his position.
Yet he insisted that his recent actions had actually "helped," not hurt O'Donnell: Her angry supporters would retaliate against him, he predicted, by pouring money into her campaign coffers.
Joan Frawley Desmond writes from Chevy Chase, Maryland.
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2 May is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years). There are 243 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1519: Muggle Leonardo Da Vinci dies in Touraine, France.
- 1998: The Battle of Hogwarts takes place, resulting in the final defeat of Lord Voldemort and the end of the Second Wizarding War. Deaths include Vincent Crabbe, Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Lavender Brown,[1] Colin Creevey, Severus Snape, Nagini, Bellatrix Lestrange, Lord Voldemort, several Death Eaters, and fifty others.
- Early 2000s: Victoire Weasley is born to Bill and Fleur Weasley (née Delacour). She is named after the victory over Lord Voldemort and his followers, having been born on the anniversary of that event.
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- The date, which corresponds with the Battle of Hogwarts and Lord Voldemort's downfall, is the same date as the Fall of Berlin (World War II), in 1945.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Gregory Goyle and Scabior also die on this date.
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TODAY's Al Roker reports from New Orleans, La., where Hurricane Isaac has roared ashore with 80 mph winds.
Updated at 11:48 p.m. ET: Slow-moving Isaac was downgraded to a tropical storm on Wednesday but left devastation in its wake, flooding homes to their attics when the sea breached a levee outside New Orleans.
Inside New Orleans, levees and pumps protected the city from widespread flooding, but Isaac had cut power to a third of Louisiana's households and was expected to lash the state with heavy rain and winds into Friday.
The $14 billion spent improving Louisiana's levee system did not include the levees near Plaquemines Parish. Residents who decided to stay behind when Isaac hit the region had to be rescued from their flooded homes. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
In Plaquemines Parish, National Guardsmen and residents rescued dozens of people trapped in homes.
"This wasn't supposed to be a Katrina," Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser. "It's turning out for the east bank to be as bad, if not worse."
As rains poured, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal warned there was "much more coming."
"This is a storm that we'll be dealing with not only through today and tomorrow," Jindal said. "We're going to continue to see the weather effects of the storm especially as it moves to the northern part of our state."
The storm has tested the city's post-Katrina flood defenses, leaving many roads impassable and creating a storm surge from Louisiana to Alabama. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
Jindal sent a letter to the federal government requesting an expedited major disaster declaration for the state. President Barack Obama signed disaster declarations for Louisiana and Mississippi later Wednesday evening to supplement state and local recovery efforts beginning on Aug. 26, according to a White House statement.
Jindal estimated damages to state and local agencies at $24 million as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Nola.com.
The 10 p.m. CT report from the National Hurricane Center said the eye of Isaac was 15 miles south of Baton Rouge, La., moving northwest at 6 mph. Sustained winds were near 60 mph with higher gusts.
A shift in the wind threatened the west side, triggering mandatory evacuations there of 3,000 residents -- among them 112 nursing home residents.
Stories from the storm: 'They were screaming away'
With the wind shift, officials also looked at whether to deliberately breach the overtopped levee so that water flushes out more quickly.
Mandatory evacuations were also ordered for parts of St. John Parish, Jindal said at a press conference.
A downgraded Isaac floods coastal communities and forces new evacuations, but levees still hold.
Isaac stirs up horrible memories for New Orleans residents
The storm surge also flooded areas of the Mississippi coast with water rising several feet in some parts, authorities said. Weather Channel meteorologist Paul Goodloe reported a number of homes had been flooded in Biloxi Bay, Miss.
"The entire stretch of U.S. 90 has been closed from the Bay St. Louis Bridge to the Biloxi Bay Bridge" due to flooding, Goodloe reported.
Isaac stirs up horrible memories for New Orleans residents
No deaths or injuries were reported, but some 4,000 people were in shelters.
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for Orleans Parish, which includes New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, East Bank of Plaquemines Parish, Northwestern Plaquemines Parish, Western St. Bernard Parish and St. Charles Parish in Louisiana and Jackson County, Miss.
MSNBC's Tamron Hall speaks with Jesse Shaffer, who is working with others to rescue people trapped by floods in their Louisiana homes.
Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, told The Weather Channel that the storm's large size meant it was "not going to fall apart real quick."
In New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew to protect against looting, and said the post-Katrina investment in beefed-up levees and pumps had paid off.
Related: MSNBC anchor's home lost to Isaac
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Related: Mississippi coast sees flood damage
"It's holding up," Landrieu told NBC News. "There's no risk of any failure from what we can tell, anywhere."
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says coastal officials may intentionally breach a levee on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish to relieve pressure on the structure. Watch his news conference.
"That wind is really, really heavy, which is why it is important that you stay inside," Landrieu earlier warned residents and tourists.
Landrieu said City Hall has been calling businesses urging them to open Thursday to help residents without power and supplies.
Power crews hope to head out Thursday, possible only if winds slow to 35 mph, Landrieu said.
Stories from the storm: 'They were screaming away'
"There are a lot of trees that are down," he added. "We have reports of streets being flooded in the city."
Knabb warned that isolated areas would get up to 20 inches of rain with 7 to 14 inches falling over a widespread area. "We're going to see flooding out of this from the freshwater perspective" in addition to the seawater storm surge, he said.
The center of Isaac first made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday evening with 80-mph winds and then moved back over water before making a second landfall just west of Port Fourchon, La., around 2:15 a.m. local time (3:15 a.m. ET).
NBC's Michael Brunker as well as The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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text: We have recently identified strong associations between circulating biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism (OCM) and lung cancer within the European Prospective Investigation and Cancer (EPIC) cohort, based on prospectively collected blood samples from 900 cases and 1,800 controls. The study strongly implicated important protective effects for both vitamin B6 and methionine independently of smoking status, resulting in 2.5-fold risk differences between the top and bottom 25% of the population for these vitamin measures combined (p=10-12). Repeat measures indicated that these effects were substantially under-estimated because of regression dilution. The main objectives of this expanded study are two-fold: i) to clarify the role of B-vitamins and related factors (the one-carbon metabolism pathway) in lung cancer etiology in a study population large enough to allow robust risk analyses stratified by smoking status, using both molecular epidemiology and genetic approaches, and ii) to measure the role of OCM biomarkers in lung cancer risk prediction in multiple cohorts. We have initiated a lung cancer consortium in collaboration with over 20 cohorts participating in the NCI Cohort Consortium, including in total 11,500 prospectively collected lung cancer cases with blood samples. This study will include equal proportions of 1,200 never, former, and current smoking case-control pairs recruited in US/European/Australian cohorts, as well as 1,500 case-control pairs recruited in Asian cohorts. We will also include 1,000 repeat samples from a subgroup to allow for correction of regression dilution bias, resulting in biochemical analysis of 11,200 serum/plasma samples. Circulating levels of up to 40 biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism will be measured in the whole study population, and we will quantify their association with subsequent lung cancer risk. Important analyses of a priori interest will include measuring the association with risk among never and former smokers separately. These risk estimates will subsequently be used in risk prediction models, also taking regression dilution into account. Preliminary data from the EPIC cohort indicate that serum measures of methionine and vitamin B6 may identify up to 7-fold differences in life-time risk of lung cancer. Lung cancer remains a major health problem world-wide, and is responsible for 28% of all cancer deaths in the US. As well as elucidating the association between OCM biomarkers and lung cancer, this initiative will create more detailed risk prediction models, over and above that afforded by detailed information on tobacco exposure alone. The important work that will go into the construction of this consortium will also result in opportunities to initiate additional studies concerning lung cancer etiology.


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< BeagleBoard | GSoC | Meetings
- Students will provide a quick update and we can all review
- Note that coding starts in less than 2 weeks on May 19
- vmayoral was present and confirmed good interaction with tridge
- vmayoral is keeping status reports at https://github.com/BeaglePilot/beaglepilot/blob/master/reports/report_victor.md
- Project intro video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-giV6Xr8RtY
- Already fighting some bugs and working on driver code
BotSpeak for PRU
- karki was present and confirmed good interaction with panto, mranostay and alexanderhiam
- karki is researching reading remote proc, virtio, upcalls and down calls
- karki is still analyzing and scheduling some project tasks
Beagle Android Remote Display
- praveendath92_ has created git repos (https://github.com/praveendath92/bard-droid and https://github.com/praveendath92/bard-linux)
- rseethamraju was present and confirmed good interaction with alexanderhiam and VoltVisionSteve
- DiegoTc showed off some template drafts at http://diegotc.github.io/bone101/Support/GSOC/template.html and http://diegotc.github.io/bone101/Support/GSOC/tempboot.html
- DiegoTc is working on a list of the tutorials and required hardware
- Abhishek_ was present
- Abhishek_ has setup blog and created a fork of libsigrok, but github setup is not complete as there will be a main BeagleLogic repo with submodules
Linux MMC+DMA
- disdi was not in attendance
Apr 30 16:02:20 <vmayoral> well, seems it's time :) hi everyone! Sorry i couldn't make it last time. To all new students welcome! Apr 30 16:02:28 <karki> hello panto alexanderhiam Apr 30 16:02:39 <alexanderhiam> hello karki Apr 30 16:02:48 <DiegoTc> Hi everyone Apr 30 16:02:58 <Abhishek_> praveendath92: exams over? Apr 30 16:03:06 <VoltVisionSteve> hello DiegoTc !! Apr 30 16:03:15 <DiegoTc> Hi VoltVisionSteve Apr 30 16:03:19 <praveendath92> Abhishek_ Yes. What about you ? Apr 30 16:03:34 <vvu|Log> exams over ----> let us dev something! Apr 30 16:03:40 <Abhishek_> Mine too, currently waiting at the airport Apr 30 16:03:57 <DiegoTc> Abhishek_: going on vacations? Apr 30 16:03:57 <praveendath92> vvu|Log: Yes ! Of course. Apr 30 16:04:06 <_av500_> praveendath92: congrats on getting in btw Apr 30 16:04:15 <_av500_> I was on vacation when the announce was Apr 30 16:04:21 <praveendath92> Thanks @_av500_ Apr 30 16:04:24 <Abhishek_> DiegoTc: home :) Apr 30 16:04:41 <praveendath92> Finally back :) Apr 30 16:04:43 <DiegoTc> Abhishek_: you study in USA? Apr 30 16:05:32 <bradfa> jkridner, sorry but I'm not able to stick around for the meeting but I'll scroll back through later today Apr 30 16:05:32 <karki> na, unless they shifted the IIT's to USA Apr 30 16:05:35 <praveendath92> av500: I forgot to tell you. I need to make small changes in my timeline. Apr 30 16:05:40 <_av500_> ok Apr 30 16:05:49 <praveendath92> Won't be there in the 1st week of June. Apr 30 16:06:17 <DiegoTc> VoltVisionSteve: have you checked the new tutorials? Apr 30 16:06:23 <Abhishek_> DiegoTc: Studying at India, living at Jakarta Apr 30 16:06:27 <jkridner> bradfa: k. even I can't pay attention as I have another meeting right now. Apr 30 16:06:48 * jkridner hopes students will provide a quick update and we can all review. Apr 30 16:06:57 * jkridner doesn't expect everyone to stick around for an hour Apr 30 16:07:24 <VoltVisionSteve> DiegoTc, yes looking @ them now. Apr 30 16:07:43 <vmayoral|pc> ok so i can get started with the quick update Apr 30 16:07:50 <praveendath92> vmayoral: Hello ! Apr 30 16:08:03 <vmayoral|pc> everything fine on my side, working close with tridge, anuj sid and the others Apr 30 16:08:09 <vmayoral|pc> i'll keep reports here https://github.com/BeaglePilot/beaglepilot/blob/master/reports/report_victor.md Apr 30 16:08:17 <karki> jkridner : I have been talking to panto mranostay and alexanderhiam. Apr 30 16:08:48 <karki> jkridner : been reading about remote proc, virtio, upcalls and down calls Apr 30 16:09:15 <vmayoral|pc> for now, i'm testing the initial work i did. I'm having some issues with the ardupilot code (specially with the I2C side). There seems to be a bug somewhere so i'm fighting with it. Still, nothing that will keep me hanged Apr 30 16:09:30 <vmayoral|pc> i keep coding drivers which is what i'm supposed to do through the first weeks Apr 30 16:09:33 <ds2> are intro videos done? Apr 30 16:10:03 <vmayoral|pc> mine is, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-giV6Xr8RtY Apr 30 16:10:06 <vvu|Log> just beaglepilot i think :-? Apr 30 16:10:38 <alexanderhiam> intro videos are due by first week of coding right? Apr 30 16:11:00 <praveendath92_> vvu|Log: I created the Git repos Apr 30 16:11:04 <karki> jkridner : I will get a detailed component splitup of my project by this weekend, then I'll make a video. Apr 30 16:11:13 <vvu|Log> praveendath92_: seen that, just starred them :) Apr 30 16:11:16 <vvu|Log> to keep updates from them Apr 30 16:11:25 <rseethamraju> I started doing moving file i/o code to C and had 2 meetings now with alexanderhiam and VoltVisionSteve Apr 30 16:11:28 <vmayoral|pc> jkridner: koen pinged me the other day suggesting to got for IIO drivers. I believe it's a great suggestion but i already agreed with tridge on building userspace drivers following previous the convention. Anyhow it can be done in the near future quite easily Apr 30 16:11:29 <praveendath92_> yeah. Apr 30 16:11:32 <_av500_> praveendath92: git url pls? Apr 30 16:11:35 <praveendath92_> https://github.com/praveendath92/beagle-android-display.ko Apr 30 16:11:39 <_av500_> ah Apr 30 16:11:43 <praveendath92_> https://github.com/praveendath92/beagle-android-display.java Apr 30 16:11:45 <vmayoral|pc> s/got/go Apr 30 16:11:46 <karki> jkridner : also looking at panto 's and mranostay 's code Apr 30 16:11:58 <vvu|Log> praveendath92_: change .ko .java remove from the name of the repos... Apr 30 16:12:02 <ds2> well, sooner would be good Apr 30 16:12:02 <vvu|Log> u can rename the repos Apr 30 16:12:07 <praveendath92_> yeah. Apr 30 16:12:09 <VoltVisionSteve> vmayoral, excellent job with the intro video and the diydrones post!!! I was checking it out earlier. Any student wondering how to approach the video, check out the video from vmayoral !! Apr 30 16:12:11 <karki> panto has been **very** helpful, not to mention patient! Apr 30 16:12:25 <praveendath92_> I just went with what stuck me at that time as we can rename Apr 30 16:12:39 <vvu|Log> ok, did u set up a blog ? Apr 30 16:12:41 <praveendath92_> suggestions ? Apr 30 16:12:45 <praveendath92_> I will. Apr 30 16:12:53 <_av500_> you can blog on goithub too Apr 30 16:12:55 <_av500_> no? Apr 30 16:13:03 <vvu|Log> yep, github pages :) Apr 30 16:13:04 <praveendath92_> I want to do it today itself but have a visa interview tomorrow morning. Apr 30 16:13:05 <vmayoral|pc> VoltVisionSteve: thanks :)! Apr 30 16:13:29 <panto> karki, I'm neither of these things Apr 30 16:13:38 <panto> don't go whitening my black name Apr 30 16:13:41 <praveendath92_> @_av500_: never used it as a blog but I will give it a try. Apr 30 16:14:05 <vmayoral|pc> praveendath92_: this link, http://proposal-place-holder.lol, is it broken? Apr 30 16:14:17 <vvu|Log> praveendath92_: just read on github pages and you can make a new post each week there, also when u have all the stuff set up post on the ML too to have people knowing what is going on Apr 30 16:14:21 <praveendath92_> That's just a place holder as it says :P Apr 30 16:14:24 <karki> panto : I think I'll need to put in a week or two more into my timeline? or will the current timeline do? Apr 30 16:14:35 <DiegoTc> This is my update: Apr 30 16:14:58 <vmayoral|pc> praveendath92_: ;), link to your blog? Apr 30 16:15:02 <DiegoTc> Hi, this is my updated. I have been working on the main page template (overview).I have show mentors 2 proposal. Today I'm working on a third one. diegotc.github.io/bone101/Support/GSOC/template.html & http://diegotc.github.io/bone101/Support/GSOC/tempboot.html Apr 30 16:15:08 <DiegoTc> The new proposal I'm working is with 3 cards horizontaly. I'm plannig to work on the video after I get approved the template. It will be cool having it working :) Apr 30 16:15:13 <DiegoTc> About the tutorials that will be available I have 10 tutorials in the google docs, need to talk with voltivisionsteve about this. Need at least 5-10 more. Apr 30 16:15:30 <praveendath92_> Yeah. That should be there in place of place-holder vmayoral|pc Apr 30 16:15:42 <praveendath92_> I didn't setup the blog yet. Apr 30 16:16:00 <karki> panto : do you think I should keep a blog too? Apr 30 16:16:10 <vvu|Log> also praveendath92_ update the wiki when u have time Apr 30 16:16:18 <ds2> karki: I believe all students are required to Apr 30 16:16:35 <praveendath92_> elinux ? vvu|Log Apr 30 16:16:39 <vvu|Log> yep Apr 30 16:17:08 <VoltVisionSteve> DiegoTc, do you have time to talk after this meeting? Maybe a skype? Apr 30 16:17:18 <DiegoTc> yes Apr 30 16:17:21 <DiegoTc> g+? Apr 30 16:17:22 <praveendath92_> I will first write the content and once that is there I will do it everywhere - blog, elinux. Apr 30 16:17:57 <VoltVisionSteve> DiegoTc, sure g+ is fine. You can start the call after this meeting. Thx! Apr 30 16:18:02 <vvu|Log> perfect Apr 30 16:18:11 <karki> ds2 : oh! okay. Apr 30 16:18:13 <praveendath92_> vvu|Log, av500 Suggestions for repo names ? Apr 30 16:18:50 * karki runs off to octopress and github pages Apr 30 16:19:07 <Abhishek_> My update: Blog has been setup last week, github setup is not complete; currently only my fork of libsigrok is there. Would create a separate BeagleLogic repo and add the code as submodules. I'm currently in transit. I'll have the video ready by this weekend; just began making the presentation. Apr 30 16:20:09 <panto> anything that you can keep a log is good Apr 30 16:20:49 <vvu|Log> praveendath92: kinda long names android beagle and display :) need to find a nice match Apr 30 16:21:26 <ds2> if you get stuck at any point, please do not sit on things for weeks Apr 30 16:21:53 <ds2> GSoC is short. talk to the mentors.... post updates on the blog even if it is just to say you a stock Apr 30 16:21:54 <praveendath92> Yeah. Still thinking. Anyway, that won't stop us after all. Apr 30 16:22:00 <ds2> always communicate Apr 30 16:22:07 <praveendath92> We will get a good name :) Apr 30 16:22:53 <Abhishek_> Like the lord of the cables ;) (one cable to rule 'em all )? Apr 30 16:23:23 <praveendath92> Haha. Apr 30 16:23:30 <praveendath92> #copied Apr 30 16:24:33 <Abhishek_> Indeed Apr 30 16:24:51 <Abhishek_> That was a quote Apr 30 16:24:52 <praveendath92> Abhishek_: Travelling ? Apr 30 16:25:06 <Abhishek_> Yep Apr 30 16:25:07 <praveendath92> Abhishek_: yeah. Famous one that too ! Apr 30 16:25:57 <DiegoTc> VoltVisionSteve: I guess the meeting is over? I am calling you right now


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One of my first thoughts while watching live Al Jazeera Tsunami news feeds online... What of Taiji? What of Sea Shepherd and whalers?
[...] Our Cove Guardian crew is still missing. Cove Guardian leader Scott West was with Mike Vos, Tarah Millen, Carisa Webster, and Marley Daviduk, and accompanied by Brian Barnes of Save Japan Dolphins. They reported seeing the water recede, and Scott Mike, and Tarah were reportedly in a van at the time. The others were reported to have been on higher ground. These individuals were last heard from just minutes after the tsunami warning horns began to blow, and have not been heard from since. They were very close to where the full force of the tsunami hit Japan, and we hope they are okay and that the problem is simply that much of the communication infrastructure has been knocked out. All the Cove Guardians in Iwate Prefecture were either American or Canadian and the embassies in Tokyo have already been informed. The Japanese whaling fleet is still about a week out from arriving back in Japan and thus was not impacted by the earthquake and the tsunami.
We anxiously await word from the Cove Guardians, and all of us with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society wish to express our support and sympathies to the people of Japan who have suffered this horrific natural disaster. We are also very concerned about the threat posed by some of the nuclear reactors that have been destabilized by the quake and the tsunami. We also wish to express our support and concern for the people living in the path of these deadly waves – especially to those people in Northern California, Hawaii, and the pacific coast of South America.[...]
After more than twenty-four hours since we last heard from them, Sea Shepherd Director of Investigations Scott West was able to call his wife Suzanne to report that he and the entire Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian crew are alive and unharmed.
They had to abandon their two cars in the devastated port city of Otsuchi where they spent the night on a hill. The entire town around them was destroyed. They walked out over scattered debris, roads that were completely wiped out, and walked past numerous dead bodies amidst piles of rubble. At one point yesterday they saw and heard a woman in the water screaming for help, but she was washed out to sea before they could do anything to rescue her.
The Cove Guardians went to Otsuchi to document the slaughter of Dall's Porpoise. Every year the fishermen slaughter over 20,000 of these gentle creatures. They had just filmed a fishing boat returning from a porpoise hunt when they saw the water in the harbor receding and they immediately headed for high ground. The time from the Earthquake to the Tsunami striking Otsuchi was about eight minutes.
The Cove Guardians were right in the midst of the most devastating Tsunami to ever hit Japan, and we are thank they have all survived and are well.
Scott West was only able to send out this quick message, as his mobile phone was fading:
We are all 6 safe and out of Otsuchi. Now in Tono at hotel with no power, Internet, water, or food. Have IPhone until battery dead. -- Scott
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one of our customers sent us a requirement where their users must be able to "Upload/Add" documents, but can't delete those or any other documents. However, at the same time, the user must be able to "Move" those documents into folders (pre-existing ones).
To be clear, the move operation is done by some code that we wrote (to handle "move" and metadata change at the same time, I won't go into details since they don't add anything to this question). To perform the move operation we use
Which works if the user have permission to "Delete" files, but doesn't work if we get rid of that setting.
Without using Elevated privileges, does anybody knows if there is a way to temporarily give "Delete" permission and remove it right away (after the move operation)? Or is there any other approach to do want I'm asking?
Thanks in advance