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Quick Access Reference for Writers, by Troyka, Lynn Quitman; Hesse, Doug
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- Copyright: 7/27/2012
Lynn Quitman Troyka, Adjunct Professor of English in the MA Program in Language and Literature at the City College (CCNY) of the City University of New York (CUNY), taught freshman English and basic writing for many years at Queensborough Community College. Dr. Troyka is a past chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC); the College Section of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE); and the Writing Division of the Modern Language Association (MLA). She has won many awards for teaching, scholarship, and service, and has conducted hundreds of faculty workshops about teaching writing and its relation to college-level reading.
Doug Hesse is Professor of English and Executive Director of Writing at the University of Denver, one of only thirty writing programs to receive the CCCC Certificate of Excellence. Dr. Hesse is a past chair of the CCCC, the nation's largest association of college writing instructors. A past president, as well, of the Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA), Dr. Hesse edited, WPA: Writing Program Administration. He has served on the NCTE executive committee, chaired the MLA Division on Teaching as a Profession, and served on the MLA Committee on Contingent Labor. Author of nearly sixty articles and book chapters, he has been named University Distinguished Scholar at the University of Denver.
Hands-On Advice for Writers
1 Ten Top Tips for College Writers
2 Ten Troublesome Mistakes Writers Make
Sentence fragments
Comma splices and run-ons
Subject-verb disagreement
Pronoun-antecedent disagreement
Unclear pronoun reference
Sentence shifts
Misplaced modifiers
Comma errors
Apostrophe errors
3 Thinking Critically
a Critical thinking
b Rhetoric and the appeals
c Inductive and deductive reasoning
d Logical fallacies
4 Reading Texts and Visuals Critically
a Critical reading
b Steps for critical reading
c Close reading techniques
d Reading-writing connection
e Critical reading of visuals
Writing Processes
5 Planning Your Writing
a Writing processes
b Thinking like a writer
c Planning a writing portfolio
d Purposes for writing
e Audience
f Developing ideas
g Thesis statement
h Outlining
6 Drafting, Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
a First draft
b Overcoming writer's block
c Revising
d Revising with thesis statements and titles
e Revising for style and tone
f Editing
g Editing software
h Proofreading
7 Composing Paragraphs
a Understanding paragraphs
b Introductory paragraphs
c Topic sentences
d Supporting details
e Coherent paragraphs
f Strategies for body paragraphs
g Concluding paragraphs
8 Designing Documents
a Understanding document design
b Principles of design
c Text
d Headings
e Photographs
f Other visuals
g Page layout
Frames for College Writing
9 Personal Essays
a Understanding personal essays
b Generating ideas and revising
c Frame for a personal essay
d Sentence and paragraph guides
e Student essay example
10 Informative Essays
a Understanding informative essays
b Generating ideas and revising
c Frame for an informative essay
d Sentence and paragraph guides
e Student essay example
11 Essays Analyzing a Text
a Understanding rhetorical and content analysis
b Generating ideas and revising
c Frame for a textual analysis
d Sentence and paragraph guides
e Student essay example
12 Argument
a Understanding argument
b Generating ideas and revising
c Frames for argument
d Sentence and paragraph guides
e Student essay example
13 Proposal or Solution Essays
a Understanding proposal/solution essays
b Generating ideas and revising
c Frame for a proposal/solution essay
d Sentence and paragraph guides
e Student essay example
14 Evaluations
a Understanding evaluations
b Generating ideas and revising
c Frame for an evaluation
d Sentence and paragraph guides
e Student essay example
Source-based Writing
15 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
a Integrating sources
b Quoting sources
c Paraphrasing sources
d Summarizing sources
e Verbs for integrating sources
16 Avoiding Plagiarism
a Understanding plagiarism
b Avoiding plagiarism
c Avoiding plagiarism of Internet sources
d What not to document
e Documenting ideas
17 Writing about Readings
a Typical assignments
b Summary essays
c Response essays
d Synthesis essays
Research Writing
18 Starting a Research Project
a Understanding research
b Choosing a topic
c Developing a research question
d Types of research papers
19 Developing a Search Strategy
a Understanding search strategies
b Understanding sources
c Doing field research
d Choosing a documentation style
e Using a research log
f Creating a working bibliography
g Using documentation software
h Creating an annotated bibliography
I Taking content notes
j Planning a research project
20 Finding Published Sources
a Understanding published sources
b Using libraries
c Search engines v. databases
d Using search engines and databases
e Using subject directories
f Finding books
g Finding periodicals
h Using reference works
i Finding images
j Finding government documents
21 Evaluating Sources
a Location of a source
b Credibility of the publisher
c Credibility of the author
d Sufficiency/accuracy of evidence
e Other critical thinking tests
f Combining evaluation strategies
22 Synthesizing Sources in Research Papers
a Understanding the synthesis of sources
b Relationships between sources
c Sources about different subtopics?
d Sources that agree
e Sources that partly agree
f Sources that disagree
g One source more specific than the other
23 Drafting and Revising a Research Paper
a Writing process for research papers
b Drafting a research paper?
c Frames for research papers
d Argumentative research paper frame
e Revising a research paper
f Editing and formating a research paper
MLA Documentation
24 MLA In-Text Citations
a MLA documentation style
b MLA in-text parenthetical documentation
c Additional MLA guidelines for parenthetical citations
25 MLA Works-Cited List
a MLA guidelines for a Works Cited list
b MLA guidelines for sources in a Works Cited list
c MLA guidelines for content or bibliographic notes
26 A Student's MLA Research Paper
a MLA format guidelines for research papers
b A student's MLA research paper
APA, CM, and CSE Documentation
27 APA In-Text Citations
a APA documentation style
b APA in-text parenthetical citations
c APA guidelines for in-text citations
d APA guidelines for writing an abstract
e APA guidelines for content notes
28 APA References List
a APA guidelines for a references list
b APA guidelines for sources in a references list
29 A Student's APA Research Paper
a APA format guidelines for research papers
b A student's APA research paper
30 CMS Documentation
a CMS documentation
b CMS guidelines for bibliographic notes
31 CSE Documentation
a CSE documentation
b CSE guidelines for sources in a list of references
Grammar Basics
32 Parts of Speech and Parts of Sentences
a Nouns
b Pronouns
c Verbs
d Verbals
e Adjectives
f Adverbs
g Prepositions
h Conjunctions
i Interjections
j Subjects and predicates
k Direct and indirect objects
l Complements, modifiers, and appositives
m Phrases
n Clauses
o Sentence types
33 Verbs
a How verbs function
b Forms of main verbs
c Auxiliary verbs
d Using lie or lay
e Verb tenses
f Indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods
g "Voice" in verbs
34 Subject-Verb Agreement
a What subject-verb agreement is
b Ignoring words between a subject and its verb
c Verbs when subjects are connected by and
d Verbs when subjects are connected by or
e Verbs with indefinite pronouns
f Verbs with who, which, and that
g Verbs with one of the . . . who
h Other complicated cases
35 Pronouns: Agreement, Reference, and Case
a What pronoun-antecedent agreement is
b Pronouns when and connects antecedents
c Pronouns when or connects antecedents
d Pronouns when antecedents are indefinite pronouns
e Pronouns when antecedents are collective nouns
f Avoiding unclear pronoun reference
g Pronouns with it, that, this, and which
h Using you for direct address
i Using who, which, and that
j What pronoun case is
k Personal pronouns
l Selecting the correct case
m Case when and connects pronouns
n Matching case in appositives
o Subjective case after linking verbs
p Using who, whoever, whom, and whomever
q Case after than and as
r Case with infinitives and -ing words
s Case for -self pronouns
36 Adjectives and Adverbs
a Differences between adjectives and adverbs
b Double negatives
c Adjectives or adverbs after linking verbs
d Comparative and superlative forms
e Nouns as modifiers
Sentences and Words
37 Sentence Fragments
a Recognizing fragments
b Correcting fragments that start with a subordinating word
c Correcting fragments that lack a verb
d Correcting fragments that lack a subject
e Correcting fragments in a compound predicate
f Intentional fragments
38 Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences
a What comma splices and run-on sentences are
b Correcting comma splices and run-on sentences
39 Problems with Sentence Shifts
a Consistent person and number
b Consistent subject and voice
c Consistent mood
d Consistent verb tense
e Consistent direct and indirect discourse
f Sentences with mixed parts
g Ellipticals and comparisons
40 Misplaced Modifiers
a Misplaced modifiers
b Squinting modifiers
c Split infinitives
d Modifiers that disrupt a sentence
e Dangling modifiers
41 Conciseness
a Writing concisely
b Avoiding redundancies
c Avoiding wordy sentence structures
d Combining sentence elements
e Verbs and conciseness
42 Coordination and Subordination
a Coordination: Expressing equivalent ideas
b Coordination: Avoiding problems
c Subordination: Expressing nonequivalent ideas
d Subordination: Avoiding problems
43 Sentence Style
a Understanding parallelism
b Avoiding faulty parallelism
c Parallelism with conjunctions
d Strengthening a message with parallelism
e Understanding sentence variety
f How subjects affect emphasis
g Adding modifiers
h Inverting standard word order
44 Word Meanings and Word Impact
a Words and their meanings
b Exact words
c Increasing my vocabulary
d Suitable language
e Figurative language
f Clichés
g Effect of tone in writing
45 Using Inclusive Language
a Gender in English
b Gender-neutral language
46 Spelling
a Plurals
b Suffixes
c The ie, ei rule
d Homonyms and other frequently confused words
e Other spelling errors
Punctuation and Mechanics
47 Commas
a When to use commas
b With introductory words
c Before coordinating conjunctions
d With a series
e Between adjectives
f With nonrestrictive and restrictive elements
g With quoted words
h Other word groups to set off
i In dates, names, places, addresses, letter format, and numbers
j Preventing misreadings
k Avoiding other comma errors
48 Semicolons
a Instead of periods
b Instead of commas
49 Colons
a Lists, appositives, or quotations
b Between sentences
c Conventional formats
50 Apostrophes
a Possessive nouns
b Possessive indefinite pronouns
c Possessive pronouns: hers, his, its, ours, yours, and theirs
d Verbs that end in -s
e Contractions
f Letters, numerals, symbols, and terms
51 Quotation Marks
a Short direct quotations
b Long direct quotations
c Spoken words
d Titles
e Terms, translations, and irony
f When quotation marks are wrong
g With other punctuation
52 Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
a Periods
b Question marks
c Exclamation points
53 Other Punctuation Marks
a Dashes
b Parentheses
c Brackets
d Ellipsis points
e Slashes
54 Hyphens
a End of a line
b Prefixes and suffixes
c Compound words
d Spelled-out numbers
55 Capitals
a "First" words
b Quotations
c Nouns and adjectives
56 Italics (Underlining)
a Italics versus quotation marks
b For emphasis
57 Abbreviations
a Times and amounts
b People's names
c Jr., Sr., II, III, 2nd, 3rd
d Names of countries, organizations, and government agencies
e Addresses
f Using etc. and other Latin abbreviations
58 Numbers
a Spelled-out numbers
b Dates, addresses, times, and other numbers
A Message from Lynn Troyka and Doug Hesse to Multilingual Writers
59 Singulars and Plurals
a Count and noncount nouns
b Determiners with singular and plural nouns
c Nouns used as adjectives
60 Articles
a Singular count nouns
b Count and noncount nouns
c Using the with proper nouns
61 Word Order
a Standard and inverted word orders
b Placing adjectives
c Placing adverbs
62 Prepositions
a Using in, at, and on to show time and place
b Phrasal verbs
c Passive voice
d Expressions
63 Gerunds and Infinitives
a Gerund objects
b Infinitive objects
c Using stop, remember, or forget
d Sense verbs
e Choosing between -ing and -ed adjectives
64 Modal Auxiliary Verbs
a How modals differ from be, do, and have
b Expressing ability, necessity, advisability, or probability
c Expressing preference, plan, or past habit
65 An Overview of Writing Across the Curriculum
a Writing across the curriculum
b Audience and Purpose
66 Writing About the Humanities
a What the humanities are
b Types of papers
c Documentation styles
67 Writing About Literature
a What literature is
b Types of papers
c Rules for writing about literature
d Documentation styles
e A student's literature essay
68 Writing in the Social Sciences
a What the social sciences are
b Types of papers
c Documentation styles
69 Writing in the Natural Sciences
a What the natural sciences are
b Types of papers
c Documentation style
70 Making Presentations
a What oral presentations are
b Focusing the presentation
c Adapting for the listening audience
d Organizing a presentation
e Incorporating multimedia
f Presentation styles
g Collaborative presentations
71 Writing for Digital Environments
a What digital environments are
b Blogs
c Wikis
d Video and sound
72 Writing for Work
a Workplace writing purposes
b Features of workplace correspondence
c Work-related e-mail
d Memos
e Business letters
f Resumés
g Job application letters
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Hey All! I realize since I've now seen this video, that the whole world probably has (well, approximately 150K people) but it's pretty neat. Who knew the Ukrainians had such mad light engineering skills?

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Brownback asks Roberts about Kelo, the recent takings case, and Roberts shows his firm understanding of the issues, but, as one would expect, won't tell us if he thought the Court got it right. Brownback asks about Congress's power to remove particular issues from the Supreme Court's jurisdiction, and Roberts says what he said yesterday: it's a bad idea for Congress to use this power, which may or may not exist — he's not telling. Brownback moves to the topic of abortion, which he focused on in his opening statement: "Could you state your view as to whether the unborn child is a person or is a piece of property?" Roberts gives another short, noncommittal answer about abortion rights. Brownback then consumes a huge chunk of his time giving an anti-abortion speech, at the end of which Roberts can only say, "Well, Senator, I appreciate your thoughts on the subject very much."
Cryin' Tom Coburn bores me to tears except when he amuses me with: "Would you agree that the opposite of being dead is being alive?" And with his "medical" opinion — he's a doctor — that Roberts is a credible witness: "I will tell you that I am very pleased, both in my observational capabilities as a physician to know that your answers have been honest and forthright as I watch the rest of your body respond to the stress that you're under." I'm under some stress over here, listening to this nonsense.
Now we start the second round of questioning, with 20 minutes more from each of these 18 Senatorial characters. So it's back to Specter.
Arlen Specter gets Roberts to expand on the notion of a "living Constitution," which he brought up yesterday. Roberts says: "[The Framers] intended [the Constitution] to apply to changing conditions. And I think that, in that sense, it is a concept that is alive in the sense that it applies -- and they intended it to apply, in a particular way, but they intended it to apply -- down through the ages." That is not the "living Constitution," though. That sounds like a expression of belief that Framer intent governs, so the original conception of the right stays, but that the right applies to new situations — and that itself was intended by the Framers. On further questioning, Roberts restates his idea so that it falls somewhere between a fully evolving Constitution and commitment to original intent. Where the Framers have used a broad, abstract term like "liberty," the courts aren't bound to the particular details that they would have thought liberty comprised. "[W]e should hold them to their word" and interpret the term "consistent with their intent, which was to adopt a broad principle."
Patrick Leahy works through a set of questions mostly aimed at testing Roberts' sensitivity to the rights of the accused and the death penalty. Leahy is blabby and emotive. Roberts is crisp and intent on using legal analysis.
Orrin Hatch has a supportive interaction with the nominee that I'm not going to detail.
It seems more interesting to move on to Ted Kennedy. Toward the end of this exchange, Kennedy gets exasperated that Roberts won't answer more questions (which has become a very tiresome subject):
Well, this may eventually come on up before the court. But the fact is we know how every other justice has voted because they have all voted. And the American people would like to know where you stand on this very important public policy issue, particularly since Sandra Day O'Connor wrote such a compelling decision that was, I think, in the cause of fairness and justice.Yes, we know the opinions of judges who have already made decisions as judges, but how could that possibly mean that the nominee has to give an opinion in advance?
I like this Q&A with Senator Grassley:
GRASSLEY: Are you against cameras in the courtroom like Justice Rehnquist was?"My new best friend" — that's a locution you don't expect to hear from a sober judge. I hope it means he's Hollywood enough to want those cameras on him, because I want to watch.
ROBERTS: Well, my new best friend, Senator Thompson, assures me that television cameras are nothing to be afraid of.
Joe Biden is hamming it up big time, dramatizing the frustration of not getting Roberts to say how he'll decide specific cases. We've been through this so many times, but Biden seems to think that, if he just emotes more than the others, the American public will finally see the outrage of a judge not committing his vote before hearing the case. Yet every time Roberts explains why he won't answer, he sounds so eloquent and even inspiring about the role of the judge, that it ends up making the Senator look childish.
Next, Jon Kyl begins to pose a question, " A very wise senator on this committee once said something. Let me quote it to you. And by the way, I contend that he is still wise," and Joe Biden — who just got done hogging the stage — blurts "I bet I'm the wise one." Kyl goes "I'm sorry?" And we see Biden grinning crinkily, beaming as though he thinks he's just adorable. He waves his hand in the "never mind" way and looks down, laughing somewhat maniacally, inexplicably pleased with himself. In fact, the quote turns out to be what Biden said at the Ginsburg hearing about a judicial nominee not answering questions. Well, why doesn't Biden take responsibility for his egregious contradiction? Somehow that old quote doesn't count and he can be all outraged that Roberts is doing what he supported Ginsburg's doing? Doesn't Biden want us to take him seriously if he's planning to run for President? He seems hopelessly out of touch with the impression he's making.
Interesting question from Herb Kohl that Roberts doesn't answer: "Do you believe that the Senate's rejection of Judge Bork in 1987 was a reasonable and respectable act, or instead do you view it as a period of unfair partisanship? What were your thoughts about that case as it unfolded?"
Senator DeWine blats out this cornball advice: "By becoming John Roberts the chief justice, don't ever forget to be John Roberts, the man." And then: "When you put on that black robe and assume your spot on the Supreme Court, you will surely bring with you your heart and your soul, the values you learned from your parents and others that you learned as you grew up in the wide, open fields of your youth."
Uh-oh. Dianne Feinstein is next. I've heard some of this in the car, so I know how bad it is. The Senators pretend not to understand law (or actually don't understand it), and what I heard in the car was the worst. But I kind of like something she says at the beginning:
I guess what has begun to concern me a little bit is Judge Roberts, the legal automaton, as opposed to Judge Roberts, the man, because I've heard so many times, I can't really say because it may come before me. And yet, I don't expect you to say what you would do with Roe one way or another.That sounds genuine to me, not the usual pre-written material. Here's the part I heard in the car that lowered my opinion of Feinstein:
But I do expect to know a little bit more about how you feel and how you think as a man, because you're a very young man to be chief justice. You could be chief justice for 40 years. That's a very long time.
Commerce clause, the 14th Amendment, Lopez, which began a chain of about 36 cases, striking down major pieces of legislation. It's not easy to get a bill passed here. I mean, there are hearings, there are discussions, there are markups, there's one house, there's another house, there's a president.Why did I dislike that so much? Because there is a complete disconnect between the legal question, the scope of the Commerce Clause, and the rhetorical listing of victims of violence. Is the listener not supposed to notice that there are state laws against murder that don't prevent all murders? Why would a federal law against gun possession have been more effective? Or is one of Congress's enumerated powers the power to show it cares?
It goes through most of the time scrubbed pretty good before it gets to the president.
Gun-free schools -- struck down in 1995, an impermissible use of the commerce clause.
'96, Moses Lake, Washington -- shooting in a school. '97, Bethel, Alaska, principal and one student killed. '97, Pearl, Mississippi, two students killed and seven wounded by a 16-year old. 1997, West Paducah, three students killed, five wounded.
Stamps, Arkansas, two students wounded. Jonesboro, '98, four students, one teacher killed; 10 others wounded outside West Side Middle School. Edinboro, Pennsylvania, one teacher killed, two students.
And on and on and on -- an impermissible use of the commerce clause to prohibit possession of a weapon in schools.
Now, at what point does crime influence commerce?
I'm skipping Sessions again. On to Feingold.
Actually, no. I'm hitting the wall for today — a tough day, with some grueling minutes at the hands of my kindly oral surgeon. Time for a glass of cognac. I've had my pint of Haagen Dazs. I've downed my Advil tablets (leaving my prescription for a Controlled Substance unfilled). Sorry I'm not getting to Schumer. I heard a bit of him in the car and thought he was awful. But I'm going to have to sign off for the day. I'm not in pain. Don't worry! But I'm just beyond the point where I can carve out spiffy comments. And my senator, Feingold, deserves a fresher eye than I have now. Good night, all!
So that's it for Day 3, as seen by your humble blogger.
UPDATE: I survived the night without Controlled Substances. Advil was perfectly adequate.


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These are a few more of the portraits I've taken over the last months. I'm pretty pleased with how they've turned out, for the most part. This first one is of a friend of mine, taken at a birthday party. It was part accident, in that he was moving his face across the lens at the time, but the focus worked almost perfectly (could have been tighter on the eyes) and I loved the unusual, spontaneous crop and intense depth of field that resulted- so much detail on the face and such a strong connection with the lens. Nice one, Isaac.
I like this shot. This is T., and he's a happy baby right here. And look at all that cute baby-fat. Getting these photos took a little effort. We were indoors, in an overhung porch area, so the light was low and therefore getting the little tykes to sit still long enough to be photographed without going blurry was tricky. Additionally, getting the right focus, with shallow depth of field and a wriggly child, was a definite challenge. It paid off for me on this one though. Such a cute face, and I like the texture of the little red chair he's hanging off as well.
This is my buddy whose daughters I posted photos of in my last set of portraits. On his home in suburban Phoenix, they keep a clutch of hens, a dog, a cat, several goats, and three gorgeous kids. They also have a horse. Timing is everything, and I love the timing of this shot- a little moment of affection, which the horse seems to be relishing. Technically, the picture is sharp and well lit, with the background thrown out a little by depth of field. If my buddy was looking at the camera, his eyes would be in shadow due to the harsh overhead sun, but in this case, it doesn't matter as much, because (unusually for a portrait) in this moment, the eyes are closed. I personally like this shot because it tells a story, and one that shows a side to him that even I haven't really seen before; when we were growing up, he was never particularly into horses, but because his wife loves them, they've since become a part of his life.
This is my lovely wife. She won't like me for posting this photo, because as she points out, you don't usually capture someone's best side when you photograph them from below. But I like this one, because I guess it's a little unusual, and also because I love the halo of clouds behind her and the dramatic light. I guess it's got nice connotations for me too, as we were on holiday at Wilson's Prom at the time. But really, I just like how the shot turned out. And I like my wife 🙂
These two, P and C, are brother and sister, and cousins to T, above. C is freshly-baked, just four months old here, and P thinks she's great. It was a very cute moment. My only regret for this little photoshoot was that the angle and the space I was shooting in didn't let me get all three of them in their little chairs side-by-side. That, and the chance of getting all three little ones looking at the camera at one time and looking vaguely happy? Seriously, I don't know how professional portrait photographers do it.
Oh, well they use those little squeaky ducky things, don't they.
This is Steph. Steph is awesome. If you know Steph, you know she's a free spirit, full of character and energy, and a genuinely fun and lovely person to be around. I think this photo captures a little of that spirit. Sure, you can't see her eyes, and that's a downer from a portraiture perspective. But she's got such a big smile on her face that communicates that sense of fun that I think it matters less.
This might be my favourite portrait of 2012. Visiting a dear friend and his family in Savannah, Ga., a couple of months back, I managed to gatecrash a family reunion. Being the resident photographer on hand, and seeing as that meant they could all be in the pictures together, I took some group photos for them- not my forte as a photographer, but I guess it's all about learning, right? After the shoot, K. stepped away with her daughter and I managed to get this image of them together. It's a lovely, tender moment, utterly natural and unposed, and I love the affection on K's face, as well as the crisp focus on the subjects and the almost featureless, blurred out background. You can click on this picture to view it larger.
I've featured my step-daughter on my blog a bunch of times– because although I don't put too much personal stuff on here, she's a photogenic little thing and a lot of fun to photograph. In fact, there were pictures of her up on this blog long before she was my stepdaughter. I've referred to her variously as M., or more recently, as my wife has taken to referring to her over on her blog, as Magic. However, I've recently decided that from now on, she will be called Tangled. For the uninitiated, Tangled is Disney's latest Princess movie, featuring Rapunzel, she of long blonde hair fame. It's actually a very cute movie- probably my favourite of the Princess cartoons (yes, I've seen a bunch of them now…), and because one of my step-daughter's most prominent features, together with her bubbly personality, is her epic mass of tangled blonde hair (tamed like it rarely is in this photo), I think it works. The movie Tangled is one of her favourites too, and people who've seen it often tell her she reminds them of Rapunzel, so all up, that's the way we're going with this for now. These two shots were taken in Thailand. In the one above, she's getting stuck in to a serve of whipped cream on top of her banana smoothie, definitely a preferred past-time. In this last one, she's giving us her puppy-dog expression, which is generally synonymous with her being very excited about something (such as finishing off the whipped cream from a banana smoothie).
Yeah, she's a real cutie.


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And I have been neglecting it! Well, this break was planned, just not announced, but with October and everything like that there, I figured I needed to not write anything for a little while. Plus I was away, because my life is not spent chained to my computer like the rest of you. I was in New Orleans just a few days ago, and I saw a table of radicals at a book fair selling (or perhaps offering up to be stolen) signs that said "Kill Your Xbox". Oh, indeed! Indeed! TEAR IT DOWN!!! TEAR IT ALL DOWN!!!!
So anyway, probably this weekend is when something that is ostensibly worth reading might once more make an appearance. I'm not dead or anything.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
7 comments:
- Roderick Heath said...
You do not have a blog. You have never had a blog. You signed into the hotel alone.
- November 9, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- bill r. said...
No...no, that simply can't be. You...you must be mistaken...
- November 9, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- Greg F. said...
Who are you? Ha, ha, of course, I know who you are. You're the asshole that hasn't commented on, like, my last ten pieces! Up yours, asswipe!
- November 9, 2011 at 10:04 PM
- bill r. said...
Man, you really know how to make a guy feel bad.
- November 9, 2011 at 11:02 PM
- Greg F. said...
Oh, sorry. I meant "asswipe" as a compliment. My bad.
- November 9, 2011 at 11:12 PM
- Stacia said...
Hey, I'm not chained to my chair, it's completely voluntary servitude. I have standards, you know.
- November 10, 2011 at 5:13 PM
Just keeping writing, monkey-boy. That's what you're good at.
- November 13, 2011 at 8:15 AM
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About the Author
After graduating from Dartmouth College with a BA in English and Creative Writing, Phil Klay was commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He served in Iraq's Anbar Province as a Public Affairs Officer during the surge in 2007 and 2008. Upon discharge in 2009, he attended the City University of New York- Hunter College where he received an MFA in Creative Writing. He also sharpened his writing skills at the New York University Veterans' Writing Workshop. His works have been published in Newsweek, the New York Times, and the New York Daily News. Redeployment has been selected as one of five finalists for the 2014 National Book Award.
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Phil Klay will present Redeployment: A Marine's View of War and Homecoming in the Holly Auditorium on the Long Campus of the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 12 Noon. This program may also be viewed in Harlingen at the RAHC in the Ramirez Library Room 1.132.00; at the Laredo Regional Campus in the Laredo Library Room 1.101.07; and at the University of Texas at San Antonio Main Campus in the John Peace Library Room JPL 3.03.54.
A book signing and reception will follow the author's presentation. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event through the UT Health Science Center San Antonio Bookstore.
The event is free and open to the public.
For a preview, please consider viewing or listening to these two recent appearances by Phil Klay:
- In this 48-minute video produced by C-Span 2, Phil Klay, author of Redeployment, speaks with Anthony Swoffor, author of Jarhead, at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore in Santa Monica, California on April 22, 2014.
- The Pen/Faulkner Foundation presents this 56-minute audio-recorded interview with Phil Klay, author of Redeployment, from March 14, 2014 at the Hill Center in the Old Naval Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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Lincoln: The right man for the job
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By Congressman Joe Pitts
Last week marked 150 years since the epic battle of Gettysburg. There is no single field of combat more well-known in our nation and for good reason. Had the Union armies fallen apart at Gettysburg, the agricultural and industrial heart of Pennsylvania would have been opened to Confederate forces.
I realize it's quite a popular choice, but I am not the least bit ashamed to say that Lincoln is one of my personal heroes. In my office in Washington, I have framed four sketches I drew of the great man. They show him through the years of his presidency and you can see how he aged. The war took a physical toll on him, as the cares of the office weighed him down.
Lincoln was by no means a perfect man, but I do not see how any other political figure of his day could have borne the weight of the war and reunited the country. His qualities of intelligence, empathy, and conviction combined to form the man we needed to bring a greater freedom to the United States.
Lincoln was no general. He did not attend West Point and his only military service did not include any epic battles. However, he saw clearly the strengths and weaknesses of the Northern army. General George McClellan had a high view of his own intelligence and a low view of the President, writing of Lincoln as the "original gorilla." But it was Lincoln who knew that the war would not be won by the North with clever maneuvers. Overwhelming force and a willingness to engage was the needed quality.
Lincoln found that in Grant, a man who doggedly went after the critical city of Vicksburg. Despite repeated failures, Grant kept at the problem of the well-defended city until he found success. He would apply this same hard-headedness to the more vexing problem of getting to Richmond.
The Civil War was the greatest loss of life our nation has ever seen. Families across the North lost their fathers, sons, and brothers. Only a leader of incredible empathy could give them the confidence to bear this burden. In his letter to a mother who lost five of her sons to the war, Lincoln showed how deeply he felt the loss of these young men: "I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming."
The American people could trust that the President understood their pain and was not recklessly sending soldiers to their deaths. He felt the loss also and found deeply eloquent ways to express his pain that have stood the test of time.
Finally, Lincoln had a unique confidence that was necessary to see the war to its end. Surely, he must have been tempted time and time again to end the conflict short of reuniting the country. At the beginning of the war, he was still prepared to put aside his own opposition to slavery in order to avoid bloodshed.
But when war came, he maintained an outward confidence that outmatched most of his generals and the politicians of his era. We know that he had dark moments of the soul and personal doubts about his own quality. However, he did not let this undermine his ability to prosecute the war and to find military leaders who would share his same confidence.
We live in cynical times, where it can be popular to tear down the leaders of the past and focus on their weaknesses. Lincoln, like any other man, had weaknesses. Sometimes he trusted the wrong men to carry on the war. His marriage suffered as a result of his duties as Commander-in-Chief. He violated the Constitution because he worried that the enemy would use its freedoms to undermine the war.
We may doubt some of his individual choices, but I do not see how we could doubt his incredible leadership. As we reflect on Gettysburg, we cannot help but think of his immortal words: "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." It was his own qualities that ensured this would remain true to this day.


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PORTSMOUTH — Among the most enduring signs that summer lies just around the corner is the sight of the M/V Thomas Laighton plying its way around Portsmouth Harbor. And while residents and visitors alike associate the vessel with fun and exploration, the Thomas Laighton is also an exemplar of environmentalism in action.
The Thomas Laighton is the cruise ship of the Isle of Shoals Steamship Company, an iconic Seacoast institution. Having been in Portsmouth since 1962, the ISSCo. is truly part of the community. Originally founded as Viking Cruises by Arnold Whittaker, the Steamship Company is still in the family, having been passed along first to Bob, Arnold's son and most recently, in 1999, to Arnold's daughter-in-law, Robin Whittaker.
The company offers a variety of tours to New Hampshire's historic Isles of Shoals and throughout Portsmouth Harbor and the Greater Piscataqua Region, and is thoroughly committed to preserving the amazing history and heritage of the Seacoast.
Beyond those iconic tours, the company also charters the famous Thomas Laighton "party ship," where during the summer hundreds pack the vessel to hear the best in local music — everything from rock cover bands to reggae to DJs — all while taking in the crisp evening air of summertime on the Seacoast. The company anticipates offering three or four "party cruises" a week this summer.
Running mostly private events for the month of the May, ISSCo. offered its first public cruises on May, for a Cinco de Mayo event with a DJ, proceeds going to the Make A Wish Foundation, and, as part of Pro Portsmouth, on May 5, ISSCo. hosted a Children's Day an event it does every year.
"On May 10, we're doing a cool, local grassroots event called 'Joe Young and Friends,'" says Rich Ryzman, the Steamship Company's marketing manager. Joe Young is a local musical artist who won two Spotlight awards this year, one for best songwriter, the other for best song. He will be one of three different artists, each performing a live acoustic-music set on the vessel's main deck. The event is a part of the Hit the Decks weekend in Portsmouth, a townwide celebration that Portsmouth has observed the last few years.
ISSCo.'s regular schedule begins June 22 with daily trips around the Isles of Shoals from Tuesday through Sunday. On Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, ISSCo. will also run Star Island walking tours, which take about an hour, an exploration of an area with a lot of history.
While the company has always been committed to all things local — they've routinely hired undergrads from UNH as interns, giving students with backgrounds in everything from business to recreation management to history real world experience — the Isles of Shoals Steamship Company is equally dedicated to greening its operations.
"We're not just showing people these areas; we are also raising awareness about the different parts, as well as the marine inhabitants, of our seacoast. And we do so with a new and fresh view from the water," says Ryzman. "Without a doubt, when people see these remarkable islands and the creatures that live in the surrounding waters, they will be more apt to make choices that will preserve them."
Since this steamship company feels such a responsibility to its surroundings, it's no surprise it continues to strive to be as eco-friendly as possible. The Thomas Laighton has filled with biodiesel from Simply Green, a Green Alliance business partner. The Green Alliance is a union of local sustainable businesses promoting environmentally sound business practices and a green co-op offering discounted green products and services to its members.
So in many ways, ISSCo. defies common stereotypes about big boats. "From the outside, we look like a gas-guzzling party boat," says Ryzman. "People have this misconception. They think we use these massive engines that burn a lot of fuel. But we actually spend less money on gas per person than a smaller vessel would because of the biodiesel. Because we are primarily tour boats, we don't drive fast — when we are going full bore it's only 10 knots — so we don't use a lot of fuel and we get help from the tides and currents."
The Thomas Laighton will also begin using recyclable cups, "which is really going to reduce the amount of trash we waste. The one thing will be teaching our customers how to recycle cups and not throw them away," says Ryzman.
Green Alliance members can buy one Thomas Laighton adult ticket and get a free ticket for one child, or buy one "Party Ship" ticket and get the second one free. Also, GA members can save 15 percent on private charter bookings.
For more information on The Isles of Shoals Steamship Company and for cruise tickets, visit www.islesofshoals.com. And for more information about the Green Alliance, visit www.greenalliance.biz.
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PORTSMOUTH — Among the most enduring signs that summer lies just around the corner is the sight of the M/V Thomas Laighton plying its way around Portsmouth Harbor. And while residents and visitors alike associate the vessel with fun and exploration, the Thomas Laighton is also an exemplar of environmentalism in action.


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Whichever strategy or set of strategies one chooses, none will cover all eventualities. Nor, in all likelihood, will that strategy cover all aspects of any cataclysm. Not only will the learning curve be that of our particular strategy, but that required to adapt to conditions as they emerge.
Living our strategy, to my mind, is the best preparation.
You get to work out such bugs as you can, assess and revise your approaches. You can afford experiments and mistakes. Discover any gaps and fill them. Get to know the environment you've chosen, and shift if you're not pleased. Form networks and alliances before they're absolutely needed. Organize (eg, tahanson's Collapse Recovery Center), on behalf of the present as well as the future.
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text: Georgia accuses Russia of violating ceasefire as troops remain in key areas [AFP] 'Georgia withdrawal'The deputy chief of staff of Russia's army has said that the withdrawal of forces from the conflict zone with Georgia has begun.General Anatoly Nogovitsyn's announcement followed a statement on Sunday by Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, that Russia would begin the pullout from noon local time on Monday. Nogovitsyn told a news conference in Moscow that "according to the peace plan, the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers and reinforcements has begun". The general said that Russian forces were leaving Gori and pulling back to South Ossetia and security zone defined by a 1999 agreement.However, Georgia's foreign ministry accused Russia of violating the ceasefire by continuing military operations and failing to withdraw its troops. Map Key locations in the conflict "The Russian side is gravely violating the conditions provided for by the peace accord signed by the presidents of Georgia, France and the Russian Federation," it said in a statement. The ministry cited new operations by Russia on Monday, including the re-occupation of a military base in Senaki in the west of the country where explosions were heard. It also accused Russia of a "persistent delay in the withdrawal of its forces from Georgia".Shota Utiashvili, Georgia's interior ministry spokesman, said that Russian forces had blown up the runway.Tanks and armoured personnel carriers could also be seen moving freely around the strategically important city of Gori, about 60km from the capital Tbilisi, and Russian troops were controlling access. Withdrawal commitment The United States on Monday called on Russia to withdraw its forces from Georgia "without delay". "If it [Russia] rolled in after August 6th, it needs to roll out," Gordon Johndroe, a White House spokesman, said. "That would be in keeping with the Russian commitment on withdrawal."Russian tanks and armoured personnel carriers rolled into the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia on August 7 after the government in Tbilisi ordered a bombardment in an attempt to reassert its control.A French-drafted six-point peace pact requires all forces in Georgia to withdraw to positions held prior to the conflict.Sergey Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, told Al Jazeera on Monday that his country was adhering to the ceasefire. "We are fulfilling our obligations to the very last letter. All the briefings which our general staff give simply show we are very, very sincere in our intentions," he said. "We definitely need to see the situation on the ground is secured and this will require Russian peacekeeping forces. "I am not going to pour gas on the fire. I am only asking that the leadership in Tbilisi do not show anymore provocation. At the moment we see a distinct lack of this."Missile deployment Meanwhile, a US defence official said Russia had moved short-range SS-21 missiles into South Ossetia, possibly putting Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, in range. Medvedev hailed the 'heroes' of the military operation in Georgia [AFP] Nazanine Moshiri, Al Jazeera's correspondent on the North Ossetian, South Ossetian border, said: "There were reports on Friday that SS-21 missiles are now deployed on the outskirts of Tskhinvali [the South Ossetian capital]. There is no sign of a withdrawal here."Nogovitsyn disputed the claim, saying Russia "sees no necessity" to place SS-21s in the region.In Vladikavkaz, near the border with South Ossetia, Medvedev gave medals to 30 soldiers and servicemen involved in the conflict. "It has been only 10 days since you faced a cowardly aggression," he said, standing on a drill square in front of soldiers and officers he called "heroes". "I am sure that such a well-done, effective and peacemaking operation aimed at protecting our citizens and other people will be among the most glorious deeds of the Russian military."Nato meetingMeanwhile, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, arrived in Brussels to meet Nato allies to discuss the situarion in Georgia and the alliance's dealing with Russia. Nato foreign ministers will meet on Tuesday, at Washington's request, to seek a common position on the Georgia situation and reaffirm their solidarity with Tbilisi.Rice has accused Moscow of using "disproportionate force" against its neighbour, whose hopes to joining the military alliance have angered Russia.She will continue on to Warsaw later Tuesday where she will sign a deal on installing a missile defense shield pact with Poland, a move sure to further increase tensions with Russia.The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Monday that it had failed to agree on whether to send observers to Georgia but insisted that discussions were continuing. "No agreement has been reached so far. Consultations are continuing" said Aleksi Harkonen, the representative of the OSCE's Finnish chairmanship. The lack of agreement was largely due to the Russian delegation, Harkonen said, speaking of "the people who are actually in control of those areas" hit by the conflict in South Ossetia. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies


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Images of the vote, from a school gym to a shelter
On a chilly Vermont morning, a voter fills out a ballot at a table near the old wood stove at Calais Town Hall. In Chicago, a woman votes at the Su Nueva Laundromat, surrounded by industrial washers and dryers. In Elizaville, Ky., a few people arrive early at a general store built in 1821 to cast some of the day's first ballots.
Americans who show up at the polls on Election Day all have something in common -- they're filling in bubbles, punching holes and touching screens to choose who will represent them in government for the coming years. But the scenery and the imagery vary widely, together painting a portrait of a nation that's diverse in its population, its geography and its culture.
Here's a selection of AP photos offering a taste of what voting looks like around the U.S., from an elementary school gym in Montana to a makeshift shelter in coastal New Jersey.


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Sweaty palms, nervous laughter, a Brooklyn accent, panic-induced silences. These were just a few of the image blemishes addressed by Dorothy Sarnoff, an opera singer and Broadway star who had a much bigger second career as one of the first, and most influential, image consultants, coaxing stageworthy performances from business executives preparing a big speech, ambassadors on their way to foreign assignments and writers heading out on book toursSarnoff took an optimist's approach to training, focusing on bringing out the best in would-be speakers. Her three books on speaking are no longer in print: Speech Can Change Your Life, Never Be Nervous Again and Make the Most of Your Best: A Complete Program for Presenting Yourself and Your Ideas With Confidence and Authority , but you can find used copies of these classics.
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As fellow Democrats race to put bills on the desk of Gov. Maggie Hassan that will increase taxes on beer, gas and vehicle registrations, so too is the State Employees Association rushing the governor for more taxpayer money.
According to news reports, the union represents more than 10,000 state workers jockeying for a raise. Union President Diana Lacey argues that her contingent of state workers — about 90 percent of the executive branch employees whose contracts expire June 30 — will have gone more than four years without a general wage increase. And to add insult to injury, step increases had been frozen for one of those years and employees took the equivalent of a pay cut when pensions were overhauled by the Legislature two years ago, she added.
It takes some serious chutzpah to seek pay raises when it looks like Gov. Hassan will have to freeze state spending in order to balance the current budget by June 30. That move that may require layoffs rather than the anticipation of any pay raises.
We have to wonder if Lacey is willing to eat some of her own pleading by having to answer to those who lose their jobs for the sake of upping the pay for those who remain.
Lacey seems to also be ignoring a projected deficit in the next biennium before budget talks even began. Was she not paying attention when the governor and legislative officials were briefed only weeks ago?
If nothing else, Lacey should have been willing to give the heavily union-backed governor some breathing room before calling in the IOUs issued to Hassan during the past election cycle.
If Hassan refuses the pay raise request it will look like she welched on the deal. If she grants the request she will help her party dig the same tax-and-spend hole in which her party was buried in 2010 — the election that saw Democrats swept out of office in wholesale fashion.
Seems as if Lacey has put the governor between a rock and a hard place. Talk about a gubernatorial initiation by hell fire!
While we are at it, Lacey and the governor might want to look out the Statehouse window at Granite Staters who have not had pay raises for many a full moon, longer than some state employees. They should also look at those lucky enough to have jobs, unlike those recently laid off by Brookstone and other once up-and-coming New Hampshire firms.
For too many it isn't getting any better out in the world of free enterprise where success is measured by profit and loss, not whether you can tax someone enough to give someone (read: state employees) a pay raise.


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The Zweitälersteig Trail near Freiburg combines the Elz and Simonswald Valleys, hence its name (two valleys trail). We also get to climb one of the most beautiful mountains in the Black Forest on this route.
The 106 kilometre circular hiking trail is certainly an athletic challenge. Hikers climb a total of 4,120 metres, so an excellent fitness level is required for this tour. The Zweitälersteig Trail is the only route in Germany to have a minimum age restriction: under 16s are not allowed! Narrow paths often zig and zag at lofty heights. Hikers are rewarded with sensational 360° panoramic views, spectacular waterfalls, gorges, rock formations and dense forests. Some people say that this hiking path changed them. The pilgrimage chapel on the Hörnleberg mountain and the jovial, open and welcoming people of the region offer a well-deserved escape from the daily grind. So it should come as no surprise that the route is signposted with a decorative heart in a green diamond. As the day draws to a close, a generous slice of Black Forest gateau is a must. Delicious!
Manuel Andrack, editor, presenter, author and hiking blogger:
"I recommend hiking the first stage from the town of Waldkirch up the Kandel mountain. It is around 1,000 metres high and has alpine paths as well as the idyllic Thomashütte cabin. Stay in the mountain inn overnight."
At a glance: Zweitälersteig
Starts/ends: Waldkirch
Length: 108 km
Number of stages: 5
Altitude variation: lowest point 259 m, highest point 1,232 m
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News & Notes: Game 123
Buffalo Bisons
66-56, 2nd(-6.0)
LHP Michael Antonini 1-1, 4.50
Rochester Red Wings
47-78, 6th(-26.5)
RHP Kyle Gibson 0-0, 1.59
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Coca-Cola Field – Buffalo, NY
TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet 13
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com
TODAY'S GAME: This afternoon, the Bisons take on the Rochester Red Wings in the second game of a three-game set from Coca-Cola Field (1:05 p.m.). The Herd struck first in the series thanks to last night's 7-6 walk-off win. After this series, the Bisons host Pawtucket for six-game in five-day series.
COPYBATS: The Bisons did not gain any ground in the IL playoff race last night as Louisville also earned a walk-off win. Triple-A rookie C Devin Mesoraco hit a walk-off grand slam to help the Bats beat Syracuse, 5-3. The Bisons trail Louisville by three games in the IL Wild Card Race.
RED HOT HERD: The Bisons have won 14 of their last 17 games for a .824 winning percentage since July 30. The Herd has also won 11 of its last 12 games at Coca-Cola, including five straight going into today's game. Last night's victory was Buffalo's 10th walk-off win and 30th comeback win of the season.
THRUWAY CUP: The Bisons are 7-5 against the Red Wings this season, including a 3-3 mark at home. Buffalo is now 12-12 in the Thruway Series, five games behind Syracuse (17-7) and five ahead of Rochester (7-17). There are 12 Thruway Series games left in 2010, with the Bisons playing in eight of them.
STRIKEOUT KING: RHP DILLON GEE flew past the Bisons single-season record for strikeouts last night. Gee fanned eight Red Wings batters, giving him 144 strikeouts on the season. The previous record of 137 by RHP Vicente Palacios had stood since 1990. Gee's 144 punchouts are four more than any other pitcher at the Triple-A level this season.
HOMERING HERD: INF RUSS ADAMS became the sixth Bisons hitter to reach 10 home runs this year with his shot off the right field foul pole last night. Adams has three homers and a .450 average (9-20) in his last seven games. The last time the Bisons had six or more with double-digit home runs was 2007 when INF Andy Marte (16) and five others reached the plateau.
HIT STREAK: OF JESUS FELICIANO extended his hit streak to 10-games last night. Feliciano has hit .304 (14-46) during the stretch. The outfielder is now 18 plate appearances shy of IL qualification.
METS UPDATE: The Mets (60-60) defeated the Astros, 3-2, in 14 innings last night in Houston. RHP R.A. DICKEY allowed just two runs in 8.1 innings of work, but did not earn a decision. Former Bisons INF IKE DAVIS hit a sac fly in the top of the 14th for the game-winning run. The Mets take on the 'Stros again today at 2:05 p.m.
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A first for Galveston Beach Patrol: Water rescue of cow
During his 30-year career with the Galveston Island Beach Patrol, Peter Davis has responded to his share of unusual calls.
He's helped rescue alligators, pulled to safety scores of dogs and cats after Hurricane Ike, and even put a halt to a pornographic movie being shot on a Galveston beach in the mid-1980s.
Now Davis can add another notch to his belt: the dramatic rescue of a cow stranded on a sandbar about a quarter mile out in Galveston Bay at the San Luis Pass.
The drama began on Wednesday morning, when the adventurous cow wandered away from its owner's property. The owner first contacted Galveston police, who were unable to catch the breakaway bovine.
Then, about 1:30 p.m., an island resident called 911 to report a cow lost at sea. Could that be?
"The cow had actually walked out there because it was low tide and made it onto a shallow area," explained Davis, chief of the 110-member Beach Patrol. "It was standing on a sandbar about a quarter-mile from shore."
But there was one small problem: Rescuers couldn't use a personal watercraft because the water was shallow and the bottom uneven, so instead they walked and paddled out to the cow on a rescue board.
"They were hollering, 'Go, go, go, shoo, shoo, shoo!' " Davis said. "When it started moving they followed it and boxed it in. They brought it underneath the shady bridge where the owner picked it up."
It ended up being history in the making - the first water rescue of a cow in the annals of the beach patrol.
"Honestly, nothing surprises me anymore," Davis said. "Every year there's stuff that happens that you never would have thought would happen."
The San Luis Pass on Galveston's West End is a dangerous spot to swim or wade because of its unpredictable currents. It's where the Gulf of Mexico meets Galveston Bay, and is a favorite spot for angling.
Since 2002, the San Luis Pass has had 11 drownings, four of which have occurred since Memorial Day weekend.


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When something tells you "offensive jokes thread" You'd expect someone to get offended, but the title is there as a warning. Same about the controversial opinion one. It's quite simple really.Devil Pikney wrote:Thanks Matt
That's really unfortunate but to be honest I've felt for a while now that sooner or later that thread would upset someone although I figured it would most likely be potential members that it would cost us. I personally know 2 United fans who decided not to join because of some of the content on the offensive jokes thread and we'll just have to accept that stuff like this is going to happen.
Somethings are just too hurtful because of personal experience or life long beliefs for some persons to ignore or to accept as just another persons opinion with no intended malice.
The Talkingreds.net was setup with an automatic redirect.Lim wrote:I typed "talkingreds.net" and here I am
I must be coming to the wrong place
glad you pick the best United forum.TexasRedDevil wrote:I just googled "manchester united forums" and after clicking on a few different ones I found this one
Thanks Rob!robertbrian23 wrote:glad you pick the best United forum.TexasRedDevil wrote:I just googled "manchester united forums" and after clicking on a few different ones I found this one
WelcomeDivision wrote:Found the forum on google and seen the quality of posters was decent. Looking forward to joining in with the discussion. Fan of sports betting and tend to take a fairly analytical approach to games to see if there is a bet to be had.
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Worst may finally be over for AppleNovember 20, 2012: 1:07 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
Apple (AAPL) shareholders finally have something to give thanks for as we get closer to Turkey Day. The stock surged more than 7% on Monday.
So is the worst is finally over for Apple, following a rough two months? The maker of iEverything is still technically in bear market territory -- shares pulled back a bit Tuesday and are down 20.3% from the all-time high of $705.07 that they hit on September 21. But Apple has shot up 11% from the intra-day low of $505.75 that it just hit last Friday.
I continue to think that the sell-off, while painful to anyone who bought Apple with a stock price beginning with the number 6 or (gulp!) 7, was healthy and necessary. Keep in mind that Apple's shares are still up nearly 40% year-to-date and have risen about 185% in the past three years. Any stock that goes up that quickly has to cool off from time to time.
Apple's fundamentals remain ridiculously strong. Analysts are forecasting sales growth of 24% for fiscal 2013. That's incredibly robust for any company, let alone a decades-old firm that it is expected to post annual sales of more than $190 billion next year.
Related: The bear case for Apple looks flimsy
The Apple sell-off is merely an exaggerated example of what's playing out in the broader market. Investors are nervous about the fiscal cliff, Europe's debt crisis and a potential slowdown in China. Apple would be hurt by a global economic slowdown, just like most other major blue chip companies.
As cliche as it sounds, Apple is now a victim of its own success. Many mutual funds and hedge funds own Apple, which means that institutional selling can quickly feed on itself as pros run for the exits. Making matters worse, Apple now pays a dividend that yields a healthy 2% -- so its shares are likely getting hit by fears that taxes on dividends will rise if a fiscal cliff deal is not struck before year's end.
"There is a big debate about what caused the drop, but it's a market proxy right now," said Mark Spellman, manager of the Value Line Income & Growth Fund in New York. "If you don't like the stock market right now, you sell Apple. Period. It doesn't matter if you like the new iPad."
Spellman said he recently bought the stock for his fund, since it became attractive around $525 a share.
Of course, there are risks to the Apple growth story. Investors and consumers clearly won't be satisfied solely by updates to current products. (Ooh! The phone is bigger! And the tablet is smaller!) The reason that Apple has been such a phenomenal success over the past decade is because it invented stuff we never knew we needed and made those gadgets must-haves. Will a long-rumored television overhaul be the next iPod, iPhone and iPad?
It's reasonable for investors to wonder whether Apple CEO Tim Cook has what it takes to wow consumers, Spellman said. Some argue that Cook hasn't really proven himself yet, since the iPhone and iPad were both products that were introduced under the watch of the late Steve Jobs.
But Apple's flaws seem to be more than priced in to the stock. Shares trade for just 11 times 2013 earnings estimates -- and that doesn't factor in the $121.25 billion in cash and securities Apple has on its balance sheet.
"If this was a stock trading at 30 times earnings, I'd be a lot more worried," Spellman said.
Related: Apple's iPad mini may be 'less cannibalistic' than expected
George Young, manager of the Villere Balanced Fund in New Orleans, agreed. He said he and his firm's partners debated for several weeks last year about whether or not they should buy the stock. They wound up doing so just before Jobs died. Ultimately, Young said he was swayed by the fact that Apple is the rare stock that is growing like a momentum darling but trades at a price that isn't reminiscent of the late 1990s tech bubble.
"It's a cheap stock but it's also a faddish one," Young said, noting that he can't help but be impressed by a company that makes products that appeal to his 20-something daughter as well as his 70-something uncle.
And at the end of the day, which other tech companies look more appealing right now than Apple?
HP (HPQ), Dell (DELL), Intel (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT) are all struggling mightily because of the sluggishness in the PC business.
Related: HP takes $8.8 billion writedown, reports huge loss
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIMM) and Nokia (NOK) have both rebounded lately on hopes that new products will be big hits. But each stock remains well off its highs, and betting on a sustained turnaround is risky.
Amazon (AMZN)? The Kindle Fire may be doing well on the low-end of the tablet market. But the stock trades for more than 130 times 2013 earnings estimates!>
That leaves Google (GOOG). While the House of Android is also a tech blue chip, a company with a dominant market position and solid growth prospects, Google's stock is more expensive (it trades at 14.5 times 2013 earnings estimates) and it doesn't pay a dividend.
Apple will peak eventually. All companies do. But it seems premature to say that it's best days are behind it.
"I'm not naive enough to suggest that any stock is a holding forever. Nothing goes just to the sky, and you are always going to have occasional sellf-offs with stocks like this," Young said. "But this has to be considered a core holding."
Note to readers: Thanks for the Twitter comments that helped me pick Apple for today's column. I promise to do another one on Ford (F), which many readers also wanted me to focus on, sometime soon.
There will be no Buzz on Thursday since it's Thanksgiving. Hope everyone has a great holiday. Enjoy the food, family and football!


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Nokia has announced its latest Windows Phone, the Lumia 1020. The smartphone packs a 41 megapixel optical sensor and a 6x zoom.
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It can be hard to picture what the neighborhoods of Joplin, MO looked like before a tornado came through and flattened pretty much everything. But this comparison shot using Google Street view makes the destruction painfully clear.
Missouri photographer Aaron Fuhrman went and tok a photo of the scene on a corner in Joplin, then compared it to a Street View shot from the same location. It's shocking, more shocking than the photos of destruction alone. A perfectly normal neighborhood, gone in a span of minutes. Terrifying.
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Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652; Charleton, Walter, 1619-1707; Webb, John, 1611-1672 / The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury Plain, restored, by Inigo Jones ... To which are added, the Chorea gigantum, or Stone-Heng restored to the Danes, by Doctor Charleton; and Mr. Webb's Vindication of Stone-Heng restored, in answer to Dr. Charleton's reflections; with observations upon the orders and rules of architecture in use among the ancient Romans. Before the whole are prefixed, certain memoirs relating to the life of Inigo Jones; with his effigies, engrav'd by Hollar; as also Dr. Charleton's, by P. Lombart; and four new views of Stone-Heng, in its present situation: with above twenty other copper-plates, and a compleat index to the entire collection
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This man is Jim Hickey, the pitching coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. As you'd expect, life as the pitching coach of the Devil Rays — sorry: Tampa Bay Rays — is not easy. It's enough to drive a man to drink.
Or, at least, enough to drive a man to drink, rear end a batboy and try to take off when police are chasing.
Authorities say Hickey rammed his pickup into the back of another pickup driven by the D-Rays' batboy just outside of Tropicana Field. Although the batboy pulled his car over, an undercover cop saw Hickey drive off.
The plainclothes policeman followed Hickey to Interstate 275, where he radioed fellow officers about the vehicle. Police soon stopped Hickey, but they had to drag him out of the car after he wouldn't come out voluntarily. Hickey also struggled with the cops before he could be cuffed.
There may be no better metaphor for life as an employee of the Devil Rays than smashing into a bat boy and having to be dragged out of your car. Go D-Rays!
Devil Rays Coach Arrested [Sports By Brooks]
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State alumni and students will gather for Penn State Capital Day on April 9 in Harrisburg, Pa., to make their case with legislators that supporting the University helps Penn State students across the state and translates to a healthier commonwealth.
Teams of alumni and students will meet with state senators, representatives and legislative staffers to emphasize that a healthy state appropriation helps Penn State:
-- provide an affordable, accessible education at all Penn State locations across the state
-- keep its educational programs strong and suited to the needs of its students, the commonwealth and the nation
-- preserve the substantial "tuition discount" for Pennsylvania resident students
-- keep tuition increases as low as possible
In addition to individual meetings, Capital Day also will include a 1 p.m. Rally in the Rotunda to demonstrate support for Penn State, its positive impact on Pennsylvania's economy and its vital role in training future leaders. Following the rally, Berkey Creamery ice cream will be served to all participants.
Capital Day is organized by the Penn State Alumni Association's Grassroots Network, an education and advocacy group supporting Penn State; the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG), which represents Penn State students at 19 undergraduate campuses beyond University Park; the University Park Undergraduate Association; and the Graduate Student Association.
All Penn State alumni, students and friends are welcome and encouraged to participate. For more information or to register, visit www.alumni.psu.edu/grassroots/events. The deadline for registration is Tuesday, March 26.


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CHICAGO (REUTERS) - Trading in options of Twitter Inc was dominated by put volume with a mixture of selling, hedging and speculative activity in an overall orderly debut on the United States (US) options market, a week after the social media company's stock started trading.
A total of 82,000 puts and 41,000 calls changed hands in Twitter on Friday for a put-to-call ratio of 2:02:1, according to options analytics firm Trade Alert. Option volume was on the low end of expectations, while the underlying shares had a relatively light day of 8 million shares traded.
The options market has been "rather well-behaved" from a price, volume and implied volatility perspective, said Mr Tim Biggam, chief market strategist at options firm TradingBlock in Chicago.
Twitter's turnover did not match the frenzied pace of Facebook Inc, which set a record with its first-day options launch in May 2012, when more than 365,000 contracts changed hands, Trade Alert figures showed.
One factor that may have worked against Twitter option volume is that its first day of trading fell on the monthly expiration of November options, said Mr J.J. Kinahan, chief strategist TD Ameritrade.
"Typically during expiration, options traders are focused on expiring open positions in puts and calls in single stocks and mitigating their risk there," Mr Kinahan said. "So starting next week, Twitter options may get more attention with expiration out of the way."
Furthermore, Mr Kinahan said, many non-professionals are reluctant to trade as volatility levels and pricing can be volatile at first, although that was not necessarily true for Twitter options.
Option order flow consisted of two-sided trading in the at-the-money Twitter options, Mr Kinahan said. The most active option was the December US$30 put, with volume of 30,746 contracts.
There was a large seller of the December US$30 strike puts at five cents apiece. The put play could have been done for a variety of reasons, among them the desire to have the stock at the US$30 level by December expiration, Mr Kinahan said.
In terms of risk for the shares, the 30-day implied volatility for Twitter options stood at about 52 per cent, according to TradeKing data.
Implied volatility, a key component of an options price, is a barometer of perceived risk for future stock movement.
"Looking at options prices for Twitter today, it turns out that the shares were surprisingly available for short sellers.
So the put prices were not artificially inflated compared to the calls," said Mr Brian Overby, options analyst at online brokerage firm TradeKing based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The cost to borrow Twitter shares for short bets was between 8 and 10 per cent annualised, according to Markit. That was down from the 20 per cent level when shorting started earlier this week, but still more than Facebook and LinkedIn, which carry costs of less than 1 per cent.
Investors typically use options to hedge existing stock positions or speculate on future movement in a stock. Call options give buyers the right to buy a stock at a certain price by a specific expiration date. Puts convey the right to sell shares by a certain date at a specific price.
Twitter shares fell 1.6 per cent to $43.98 on Friday. They were priced on Nov 6 at $26 a share. On Nov 7, the stock opened at $45.10 a share on the New York Stock Exchange and rose to $50 a share before pulling back.


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Results, after one year and a half, 6 of sept. 2009
6.sept.2008 Results, after more than 1000 clicks on the main page of this survey:
. How quick can you write an ISI paper with Haskell ?
* One day using Haskell 565 * One week using Haskell 479 * One month using Haskell 334 * One semester using Haskell 341 * One year using Haskell 365
. How quick can you write an ISI paper without Haskell ?
* One day without Haskell 396 * One week without Haskell 313 * One month without Haskell 319 * One semester without Haskell 311 * One year without Haskell 322
The main results are, now, the same as in december :
1) Haskell seems to be a RAPID RESEARCH TOOL. So you are encouraged to write mathematical part of your papers in Haskell, or to make research using Haskell.
2) Comparing the results: looks like 160 more users will become able to write an ISI paper in one day, if they have studied Haskell ! It means almost a + 50% ! Somehow, without Haskell, people did not know, precisely, how quick can an ISI paper be produced.
Conclusion: Or you reject Haskell and,probably, you will need nowbody knows how many time to produce an ISI paper (without Haskell). Or you agree to use Haskell and your productivity will dramatically increase, and, you will be able to write an ISI classified paper in LESS THAN A WEEK and, maybe, in ONE DAY. Why not ?


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If all of your loads were going to go through an inverter and come out at 120 volts, having a 24 volt or even a 48 volt battery bank would be a no brainer. Like some of the other posters here, I thought if I ever had the chance to change to a higher voltage battery bank, I would do it. The higher the voltage, the smaller wires you can use. There is a little efficiency gain if your inverter is going from 48 volts DC to 120 volts AC. The biggest advantage is that your battery bank has more series connections and fewer parallel connections. I will try to add more about parallel connections in a future post.
I had my chance to jump from 12 volts last month. I had to replace my inverter/charger and therefore had free reign to buy whatever I wanted. Going to a higher voltage bank all sounded good until I started considering all of the things I had to do to have a higher voltage battery bank. All of my lighting (interior and navigation) is 12 volts. I have a 12 volt unit that uses UV light to kill bacteria and viruses in my drinking water. I have both entertainment stereo systems and a marine radio that are 12 volts. Even my TV and VCR are 12 volts. I added up all my 12 volt loads and figured I would need to plan for 50 amps to run everything that operated on 12 volts. In theory, you can tap ¼ of a 48 volt bank or ½ of a 24 volt bank to supply 12 volts. But in practice, that can cause battery bank imbalances. Battery bank imbalances are a big deal. They can dramatically shorten battery life.
I considered separate battery banks. But for two banks, you need two chargers, two monitoring systems, and a lot of wiring. It gets complicated.
I considered using a DC to DC converter to drop 24 or 48 volts from a battery bank down to 12 volts to use. But for 50 amps, a converter was running about $600. The manufacturer rated it with a lower operating temperature than the 110 degrees I often see on my lake. By the time I found a DC to DC converter that would reliably convert 24 or 48 volts to 12 volts at higher temperatures, I was looking at a $1,000 converter. I even considered using an MPPT solar charge controller to drop voltage from 48 to 12. But they arent cheap and not really tested or made for what I had in mind.
In the end, I decided to make the choice to stay at 12 volts. It didnt have so much to do with money as it did with simplicity and reliability. I never know when my life might depend on things like nav lights, water purification, and a marine radio. I want as few things as possible between those devices and their power source. Fewer things means fewer things to break. I go to my boat to play, not to work on things. So given the choice, I have a 12 volt battery bank.


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"Tax the millionaires, not teachers and bus drivers," says NEA VP
Labor leaders urge Senate to strike middle-class tax increase from health care bill
WASHINGTON - December 10, 2009 -
The National Education Association joined other labor organizations at the U.S. Capitol today to urge lawmakers to eliminate the excise tax currently in the Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The tax would target the health insurance plans of middle-class workers by taxing benefit packages over a certain amount. The tax would be placed on insurers, but likely passed on to workers by way of benefit cuts, raised deductibles and increased co-payments.
NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen addressed the group after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced an amendment to strip the tax from the bill. Eskelsen stood alongside leaders and members of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, the United Steelworkers Local 9477 and the Teamsters Local 730.
"We are in favor of health care reform, but the hemorrhaging middle class should not have to foot the bill," Eskelsen said. "We should tax the millionaires, not teachers and bus drivers. Lawmakers must realize that this plan would not accelerate raises for workers, but put the brakes on the very benefits that served as models for health care reform."
Eskelsen stressed how the excise tax would be devastating for educators. Across the country, the economy is already shedding education jobs. Educators have accepted salary freezes or cuts in order to save their health care coverage for themselves and their families. The excise tax would cut needed benefits for educators who serve our nation's children so well.
In a recent poll by the Mercer consulting firm, about two-thirds of employers said they would raise deductibles, change insurance providers and use other cost-cutting measures to avoid the dreaded excise tax.
"The excise tax is a tax on the middle class," Eskelsen said. "Throughout this process, we keep hearing politicians say that you can keep your current insurance plan if you choose. The excise tax would prevent that from happening. The excise tax would penalize people who have the quality health care that all Americans should be afforded."
For more information on NEA's positions on health insurance reform: www.nea.org/healthcare
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