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If I had to pick someone to play Bilbo Baggins in a Hobbit movie, it would have been Martin Freeman. Not only because he resembles Ian Holm (who played Bilbo in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), but because he's a great actor. If you don't believe me, check out Sherlock. So when Peter Jackson announced Freeman had been cast, like all fans, I was over the moon. And after speaking with him on set earlier this year in New Zealand, I think everyone is going to be extremely happy when they see him play the role.
During a group interview on the set of The Hobbit, Freeman talked about how much he looked at Ian Holm's performance, how much the ring affects Bilbo, what the first day on set was like, filming in 3D and 48fps, the way he likes to work, and so much more. Hit the jump for what he had to say.
Question: The hair looks a lot more rock star in person.
MARTIN FREEMAN: I know, it's normally a little bit more producted. This is a bit more wavy than normal. It's 'cause I'm about to get dunked. If they put product in it, it will just all run in my eyes. So they've left it Daryl Hall style.
One thing I am curious about, just in terms of keeping fidelity with the original Lord of the Rings trilogy and talking about the book itself– In the book, whenever Bilbo tries on the Ring, it doesn't really have any negative effect on him. But I'm curious if that's something that's going to change with the film. Is the Ring going to have an effect on Bilbo?
FREEMAN: I think it definitely has an effect on him. Maybe I shouldn't say how much of it is negative or positive, but it's clear that it has a pull on him, that, I guess would be recognizable from The Lord of the Rings. But it takes a different turn, I guess. I suppose, 'cause The Hobbit anyway, is slightly lighter and it's more of a family affair, so it's not quite as dark. But it doesn't mean the stakes aren't there. It definitely still has to matter that he is in possession of this thing. And I think a lot of the time, even he doesn't realize why he wants to hold onto it so much, but there is an unspoken hold that it has on him, an unconscious hold.
Do you, going into this, look at Ian Holms' performance and base your own performance off that at all?
FREEMAN: I'd say not really. I knew it, and I've watched the films again, obviously, in more detail before I came to this. I looked at Ian's more when I needed to– Again, I don't really know how much I should say, but there were points where it was relevant for me to look very closely at Ian's performance. But generally, no. Because I think we're quite a good– I know why I'm cast, do you know what I mean? 'Cause I think we're not that dissimilar, physically, or whatever else. I think if I was, I don't know, Jeff Goldblum or someone, then I might be thinking, "Right, hang on, if he's the older me, I'd better attend more to something else maybe. Well, grow, for a start. But no, 'cause I think I was always trusted with it. All I was told, which I think was flattery, and probably bollocks, was, "You are the only person to play it." So I thought, "Well, if they think that, then I've got? to trust that." And there's only so much you can run with someone else's thing. It's very helpful, in the way that it's brilliant as he is always brilliant, and it's a beautiful establisher of that character, and a very loved one, for obvious reasons. But it can also hamper you if you're thinking, like in the barrels, if there's even part of me thinking, "How would Ian have done this?", then I'm fucked. So I've got to let that go. I've always been mindful of it, 'cause I'm familiar with it. But I think the work for that connection was done in the casting of me, rather than what I'm then going to do on top of it.
Can you talk a little bit about being on set the first day, and what it meant to you, the experience of being there and working with everyone?
FREEMAN: Well, the first week or two even, maybe, was the Gollum's cave scene for me. That was the first day on set, so I was working with Andy as Gollum, which in itself is interesting. Fascinating as a baptism of fire. But friendly fire, because he's so good, that character is so beloved, and he knows that character, obviously, as well as anybody knows anything. So you feel safe, and you feel like it's an interesting way of– In a way, I preferred a scene that was more like a ten-minute theater scene than if it had been this scene, or just a running scene, or exploding cars– There isn't that in the film, though. We haven't gone that far– Then it would have been not in itself fascinating to play every minute of. But a ten-twelve minute, maybe, in a little chamber theatrical piece is really interesting to play. So the first days on set for me were about finding out everything– You find out so much in those first few days. You just come along, in a way, and be open and ready and receptive. And bring whatever you've got to bring, but don't bring too much because it's not a done deal yet. And it grew as the weeks and months went on, really. I was doing ADR the other day on that scene, and because it was the first thing I shot, I really was thinking– And I don't normally think this, not because I'm too conceited about my work, but I don't normally think, "I wish I had a chance to do that again." But jobs aren't normally this long, so this is a job where you can really look back and go, "If I had a chance to do that again, I would really do something different." But I can't, and it's all right. You're looking at Gollum anyway, so it's okay.
Just bridging off that idea, the greatest character evolution in The Hobbit is Bilbo learning how to become a hero. And over the amount of time that this movie has been in production, is that a challenge to hold on to, that full arc?
FREEMAN: Yeah, it can be. In the doing of it, it's ultimately my responsibility, but then obviously the greater responsibility, of course, is Peter's, because he has his eye on the ball– Well, on various different balls all the time. And also, he's got a picture in his head of how it's going to be edited, and what it's going to look like. And I could be doing a scene where I think it's scene ninety-four, it might end up being scene two-hundred and thirteen. So with the best will in the world, you have to commit, but also be open. That's the hard thing. Because if you think, "I'm going to do this scene, this scene means this, it's all these characters, and it's this moment…", it might not even be there, clearly, 'cause that's the nature of film-making, or it might be somewhere else. And he's pretty open about that. There's an acknowledgement that the edit will be rather important, shall we say. So it's for me to hold onto that, of course, but I'm not in ultimate charge of it, but I can only do what the actor's job is, which is to hold onto that stuff and be diligent about when it is scene ninety-three, where was I in scene ninety-two. Page one, one-oh-one stuff, but over the course of sixteen years filming, it will be, that's harder to maintain than two months.
Would it be fair to say that between taking on Bilbo, and Hitchhiker's Guide, and Sherlock, you're not really daunted by these big, iconic legacy pieces? A lot of actors would be scared to take on any one of those, but you've been in three, pretty big…
FREEMAN: Yes, I guess. The honest truth is, no, I'm not. And again, that's not because I think I'm great, it's just because I think it would just be– As you know the answer to it, it wouldn't be helpful. And that's not to say that– 'Cause clearly we don't normally, we're not really moved by our heads, we're moved by this. So even if I was intellectually saying, "This wouldn't do me any good", I could still be really scared. But no, I'm not. And I think it's this simple thing about, I came to this job, this profession, out of joy and out of play, and I know no-one's going to die, however shit I am, do you know what I mean? It's okay. I'd rather not be shit, obviously, I'd rather be good. Genuinely, it's crushing if people don't like me, but as with everything, I'm the ultimate judge of my work. I can only say, "Well, I liked it", or, "I didn't like it", and there are some times when I didn't like it. But no, I'm honestly not, I'm really not. I'm daunted by so many other things in life, work is not one of them. I'm daunted about almost everything else, it's a constant cause of fucking concern to me. But work is just not one of them at all, yeah. I don't worry about work. And that's partly 'cause I've been lucky and I've always worked. I left drama school early to work, and I've never really stopped working. It's easy for me to say, in a way, but I enjoy work, and even when it's driving me mad, I'd still rather be doing that than anything else. Of course there are times when I get insecure about it. Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don't really find that I'd be daunted with taking on roles or anything. And I think it's partly because I wasn't steeped in Hitchhiker's, or Sherlock, or Conan Doyle, or Tolkien. I think if I was– If you'd say, "You're joining The Beatles now", then I'd be like, "Jesus!" But it's not my Beatles.
But knowing that you were such a fan favorite for the role of Bilbo for such a long time, do you feel any sort of extra pressure? Knowing that, basically there was a fan campaign in place to get you.
FREEMAN: There was, but I have enough faith in Peter to know. I know that he's– 'Cause he's said to me about other things he's done, where he's taken maybe too much notice of what was going on on the internet, and actually been given a bum steer. And I think he's learned from that. We can all look on the internet and go, "He hates me! Oh, but she loves me. Oh, but he hates me," you know. And that way, madness lies. So I think yeah, it's very nice, it's gratifying that people wanted me to be in it. But they didn't get me the job.
It was such a long shoot every year, and you did some of this, went to Sherlock, and then came back? Was it a challenge getting back into the character?
FREEMAN: Kind of. But again, it's part of the reason that I think that we're all actors. Those of us who are actors, or just self-employed, or doing what you do, you don't know what you'll be doing for the next however many months or years of your life. Literally, you'll be doing this and then you'll be doing that, but all within something that you love, and in a world you love. So it's a challenge, but it's just a joy.
Talk a little bit about the advance in technology, you guys are doing it in 48 frames a second, you're shooting in 3D. Can you talk about your take on the 48 frames a second, and also on the 3D?
FREEMAN: I have no opinion on 48 frames a second at all. I'd be completely unsuitable to talk about that. I was on record before I did The Hobbit, saying I don't care at all about 3D. And I suppose I should now say I care a lot about 3D. I've always loved 3D, I think everything should be 3D, and I think it's just a shame The Godfather wasn't in 3D. I think as long as it's– And again, here is where one has to trust Peter's taste as a film-maker. If it's used as a gimmick, or if it's used as– Again, that line from Jurassic Park, that Jeff– It sounds like I'm obsessed with Jeff Goldblum, I'm not. Where his character says, "We got so carried away, we're doing something just because we could, we never thought about whether we should." And that, for me, sums up my entire opinion on life, and technology, and so called advances of things. I have no problem with it at all, having seen a few films in 3D and having seen a bit of myself in 3D– Yeah, it's fine, but it's not the story. And that's my genuine take on it, which will– I think I may now be fired.
But no, I'm not particularly committal or non-committal to 3D, because again, I did never watch The Godfather and go, "Do you know what this needs? This needs Fredo's hand coming out at you…" I think as long as it's used tastefully, and as long as it's used to enhance something, that's fine. But as soon as it becomes about– If the medium is the message, then no. But I trust Peter. He's a pretty well-versed film-maker, and he's got a pretty good taste. So I hope it will just be something that is a great thing. "It's this, and it's also 3D, brilliant"; rather than, "Hmm, Christ. Yeah, but it was in 3D." I'm trusting and hoping, and there's about two-thousand people working to make sure that it's story first. And no one knows this world better than he does. And I wouldn't trust anyone else as much as him, to make this world happen, to make the world of Middle Earth happen. And that's very helpful for me, 'cause if ever I'm in choppy waters, thinking, "What do I do here?", then he's a pretty good sounding board for that.
Bridging off, can you talk about working with the Slave Mo-Cam, and just how the experience has been?
FREEMAN: It's gone from horrendous to okay, yeah. I think most of us thought– 'Cause also in the early– I was going to say in the early years of this shoot. "In the first couple of decades of this shoot", because of the Red cameras and the 48 frames and the 3D and all that– They're not all Red, are they? They are Red? They would break down quite a lot. It would seem to be like once every hour, and that was genuinely difficult. Because me and Andy would be Gollum-ing away, and then it would be like, "Sorry, there's a problem with the camera", and we'd go, "Fuck!" And that was happening in the early parts of the shooting. And we used the slave shots early on. And it was something that I don't think anyone's done before. I think this is a Peter innovation, and we were all a bit– Again, if your background is theater, the most you can ask for is that there is another human being in the room, and that you're doing that, do you know what I mean? And so, the more you're asked not to do that, it feels compromised. You get better at it, and it's a necessity, it's fine. 'Cause there aren't really fucking big wizards, you've got to pretend. And that's fair enough, we're all pretending.
But yeah, I think we found it pretty difficult. But what was good about it actually, was that it meant you rehearsed and rehearsed and rehearsed to billy-o, like you were doing a play actually. And it was getting so precise, with Ian as Gandalf in another room looking at twelve tennis balls with our pictures on, and us looking at fourteen different bits of tape in the room for where he would be. It's a really magnificent achievement. And I've seen that scene cut together, not even finished, you can't see the join. You just can't see the join. I feel like someone now is looking at the King Kong of 1933 going, "You can't tell it's plasticine!" Whereas now you go, "We can." But I can't see how this will get much better. It's like with all technological advances, you think, "Where else can we go?" It looks so seamless. And actually, it ended up being quite enjoyable. Now when we've got slave shots to do, it doesn't seem like a huge thing, 'cause we're quite well drilled in it, you know what to expect. It's not going to be instant. Everything on this job is slow, by its nature. But I don't harbor any kind of, "Oh, God…" It's like, okay, it's just a different challenge, and not an unenjoyable one now, whereas I think at first we were all quite daunted by it. I just thought, "Are these people mad? This will never work!" And then I saw a cut and thought, "Yeah, it really does work." It works amazingly well, yeah.
Can you talk about playing off all the other actors? Somebody earlier mentioned it was sort of like a theater company of fifteen-sixteen main characters. And so there's you and Gandalf and the thirteen Dwarves. Just talk about developing a chemistry and playing off each other, especially when you're not always in the same room together.
FREEMAN: Well, firstly, I think what's remarkable about us as a group, and I would pay tribute to the group on this, is that there hasn't been any fallings out, there hasn't been any fist fights, and there hasn't even been really, really strong words. And there's a lot of blokes in there. A company of men, with egos, not falling out is kind of cool. I've not known it, I've not known it for this long. I've never done a job for this long. But the fact that we've all kept our heads and tried to act as a group and tried to be sensitive– I think it would be different if there was four of us. If there was four of you, there's nowhere to hide. You just have to get on with the other three people. But because there's a lot more than that, you can just go there one day, and there, it's a bit more evenly spread out. So we've really held together as a group very, very well. And like anything else, like any other working relationship, it's about finding your place within it, finding when it's your turn, finding out when it's not your turn.
And I'm amazed how well it's happened, I really am. It's one of the things I'm proudest of, actually. And I think it's one of the things we'll all be proudest of in ten years, is that we all maintained quite a good working relationship, and pretty friendly, really. I think the hard thing is don't make the drama school mistake of, first two weeks: "You're my best friend, I love you, I love you!" And then Christmas comes: "Ah, bitch." Because if you go in too strong, it will all go to shit. But we're all feeling each other out. Not literally, that would be wrong. But as a group, finding out just where we all slot in. And it's amazing– I'm not trotting out any party line here, we're all getting on fine, which is about as good as you could hope for after a year and a half. And we're still going out for meals, still going out for drinks, still being round each other's houses without wanting to kill each other, which is no mean feat.
The slave cam would come in handy, though, in case you can't get along together.
FREEMAN: Yeah, what, you mean different rooms? Yeah, that's true. And it's usually Ian. We all do hate Ian. So yeah, it's fortunate that it's Ian on his own, 'cause we have bullied him a bit. We've ostracized him.
As you're shooting out of order, and so much of the whole purpose of the film is Bilbo's journey, is it difficult for you to know where you are in your personal development and your relationship to the other characters?
FREEMAN: It can be. I think in a way, no more so than it normally is, because normally one shoots out of order, but in another way, more difficult, just because of the time. Because you might be doing scene fifty-five, that's fine, but you might have done scene fifty-four last February. Of course, you can look back on the script, but it's not the same as having a visceral recollection of where you were. So yeah, it can be. Without being glib about it, it's where it comes back to your homework and your training, frankly, and just being used to it and used to that being your job. But yeah, I sometimes fail in my job, so it's not foolproof. But yeah, you're so well-versed in– Because it's not only going to be me up there. For all of us, we just don't want to be shit. We don't want there to be any reason for us to go, "I could have worked harder on that", or "I could have attended to that detail a little bit more." Because more than twelve people will come and see this, do you know what I mean? And they all certainly have an opinion of it. So I think we all have to work very hard on that. And yeah, you're right, sometimes it is harder than on normal jobs, because, you know, you do a British independent film, it's done in six weeks. 'Cause everyone's saying we're on the home straight now, but normally, I'd be doing two films in between now and the end of this.
Some actors prefer the two-take method of Clint Eastwood, some prefer the fifty-take method of David Fincher. Where do you fall on that line, and what are you typically doing on The Hobbit?
FREEMAN: I go Clint-Fincher. I think somewhere in between. I think two takes must be brilliant if everyone feels you've got it. He doesn't do massive takes for acting purposes. A lot of the time, the takes will be for technical reasons, which can be frustrating as well if you think you've got it, but then like in the early days when the camera didn't get it, or the sound or whatever. That can be frustrating. But he doesn't really cane it, he doesn't flog a dead horse, unless it's a wider reason, a technical reason usually. I like to do it till it's done. I don't know. Six? Six? Picking a number.
Have you asked if you can keep Sting?
FREEMAN: No, I haven't, actually. I've got my eye on a dressing gown that Bilbo wears. But no, not Sting.
What about the wig?
FREEMAN: Fuck no.
The feet? The ears?
FREEMAN: The ears? No. No, I'm happy without them.
Hobbit feet?
FREEMAN: No. When you've worn something for so long, you think, "Yeah, that's cool." I don't– Yeah, they can have that.
Here is more from my Hobbit set visit:
- 70 Things to Know About The Hobbit From Our Set Visit
- Peter Jackson Talks Similarities and Differences to Lord of the Rings, Shooting in 3D and 48 fps, His Initial Reluctance to Direct, and More on the Set of The Hobbit
- Ian McKellan Talks Returning to Middle Earth, Differences from the Book, Advances in Technology and Filming in 3D, and More on the Set of The Hobbit
- Richard Armitage Talks Dwarf Humor, Script Changes During Production, Parallels Between Thorin and Frodo's Journeys, and More on the Set of The Hobbit
- Weta Workshop Head Richard Taylor Talks Turning Actors into Dwarves, Developing the Film's Weapons, and More on the Set of The Hobbit


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Ulysses overview
Completed (2009)
Charting the poles of the Sun - exploring our star's environment is vital if we are to understand the Sun, how it works and its effect on the Solar System.
Ulysses is the first mission to study the environment of space above and below the poles of the Sun. Its data have given scientists their first look at the variable effect that the Sun has on the space around it.
What's special?
Exploring our star's environment is vital if scientists are to build a complete picture of the Sun, how it works, and its effect on the Solar System. In particular, the satellite is studying the solar wind that blows non-stop from the Sun and produces a huge bubble in space called the heliosphere. Ulysses is providing the first-ever map of the heliosphere from the equator to the poles.
The solar wind filling the heliosphere is an outward-racing plasma of charged atoms and electrons from the Sun. This 'wind' is very different from the wind on Earth, but its gusts and shocks, causing aurora and magnetic storms, may affect our weather and can harm satellites, power supplies, and communications.
In 1990, Ulysses was launched by a NASA Space Shuttle on an unprecedented journey of discovery. The gravity of the planet Jupiter deflected it into an orbit taking it over the Sun's poles. With an array of sophisticated sensors for gauging the invisible winds, atoms, dust grains, and magnetic fields that permeate space around the Sun, Ulysses passed 300 million kilometres above the Sun's southern and northern poles, regions never studied before.
Ulysses has explored the solar wind from all angles, producing the first three-dimensional picture of the heliosphere. It found that the wind from the cooler regions close to the Sun's poles fans out to fill two thirds of the heliosphere, and blows at a uniform speed of 750 kilometres per second, much faster than the 350 kilometres per second wind that emerges from the Sun's equatorial zone.
Ulysses is equipped with a comprehensive range of scientific instruments. These are able to detect and measure solar wind ions and electrons, magnetic fields, energetic particles, radio and plasma waves, dust and gas, X-rays, and gamma rays. This combination of experiments will help scientists understand the Sun and its heliosphere, and perhaps the Sun's influence on the Earth and our climate.
After launch, Ulysses headed out to Jupiter, arriving in February 1992 for the gravity-assist manoeuvre that swung the craft into its unique solar orbit. It passed over the Sun's south pole in 1994, and the north pole in 1995. Beginning its second orbit of the Sun, Ulysses revisited the south pole in 2000 and the north a year later. At that time, the Sun was close to the peak of its 11-year cycle of activity. Ulysses then headed back out to the orbit of Jupiter on the long leg of its six-year circuit around the Sun.
The idea of sending a probe to explore the regions of space far away from the Solar System's ecliptic plane is by no means new. The first mention of an out-of-ecliptic mission was made in 1959. However, how to navigate such long distances, how to use gravity assists, and many other necessary aspects were then unknown to space science.
Missions such as Pioneers 10 and 11 showed the way to some essential knowledge – that gravity assists were possible and that high-radiation areas, such as the immediate neighbourhood of Jupiter, could be survived by spacecraft.
Europe and NASA studied the possibility of an 'out-of-ecliptic' (OOE) mission in the early 1970s. The mission would consist of two spacecraft flying in formation out to Jupiter and then one of them heading for the northern region of the Sun and the other for the southern region. Two spacecraft at opposite poles from each other would be able to almost completely map the Sun. The mission was approved in 1976, the payload approved in 1977 and a provisional launch date set for February 1983.
By 1980, NASA was concentrating on the Space Shuttle. Financial cutbacks were made in other areas of its space programme including the second spacecraft of the OOE mission. ESA decided however to go ahead with a single-spacecraft version of the mission, using a European spacecraft with half the instruments on board from the United States.
Now renamed Ulysses, it was due to be launched on board a Space Shuttle in May 1986. In January 1986, the Ulysses spacecraft was shipped out to Kennedy Space Center to finally prepare for launch. On 28 January 1986, the Challenger disaster occurred and put an immediate stop to all Shuttle launches and therefore the Ulysses mission. The spacecraft had to be dismantled and shipped back to Europe.
When Shuttle launches were restarted in 1989, Ulysses was given a new launch opportunity for 1990 and was launched successfully on 6 October 1990.
Ulysses is a joint ESA/NASA mission. ESA manages the mission operations and provided the spacecraft, built by Dornier Systems, Germany (now Astrium). NASA provided the Space Shuttle Discovery for launch and the inertial upper stage and payload-assist module to put Ulysses in its correct orbit. NASA also provided the radioisotope thermoelectric generator which powers the spacecraft and payload.
ESA's ESTEC and ESOC are now managing the mission with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Ulysses is tracked by NASA's Deep Space Network. A joint ESA/NASA team at JPL is overseeing spacecraft operations and data management. Teams from universities and research institutes in Europe and the United States provided the nine science instruments.


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It's 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the afternoon they send him back to school. That night he's off the grid. Out of sight, out of mind.
Two other men are in the classroom—an FBI agent and a CIA analyst. Each is a first-rate operator, each is fresh off a big win, and each is wondering what the hell they are doing there.
Then they find out: A Jihadist sleeper cell in Hamburg, Germany, has received an unexpected visitor—a Saudi courier, seeking safe haven while waiting to rendezvous with persons unknown. A CIA asset, undercover inside the cell, has overheard the courier whisper a chilling message: "The American wants a hundred million dollars."
For what? And who from? Reacher and his two new friends are told to find the American. Reacher recruits the best soldier he has ever worked with: Sergeant Frances Neagley. Their mission heats up in more ways than one, while always keeping their eyes on the prize: If they don't get their man, the world will suffer an epic act of terrorism.
From Langley to Hamburg, Jalalabad to Kiev, Night School moves like a bullet through a treacherous landscape of double crosses, faked identities, and new and terrible enemies, as Reacher maneuvers inside the game and outside the law.
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Irondale Youth Hockey Association Board Meeting Minutes
IYHA Board of Directors Meeting: March 18, 2010
Called to order at 6:35 pm by President Kevin Bourassa
Board Members Present: Mike Nundahl, Monica Crandall, Chris Drews, Tom Johnson, Theresa Spiering, Beth Soberg, Kara Chamberlain
Board Members Absent: Brent Eilefson, Dan Marcouiller, Nina Dojan
Minutes: The minutes of the last Board meeting were read.
Tom Johnson moved to approve February meeting minutes as read. Beth Soberg second. Passed without debate.
Board Roundtable:
We have reached out to the Irondale Athletic Director to offer assistance in the search to find a new coach. Surveys will be going out. Secretary is working on Elections. District 10 Annual meeting is coming up. Finalizing MV ice split. Sent in equipment grant. Congratulations to the Bantam A team for qualifying for and competing in Regionals. Good luck to all players in end of the season all star games.
Vice President: Report.
Secretary: Absent. Email report: Nominating committee formed per Bylaws. Committee includes myself, Phil Herbert, Melanie Peterson and Joel Swanson. Committee function is to solicit candidates only. Email solicitations being sent out looking for people interested in the open positions.
Treasurer: Financials distributed. Report.
Boys Program Coordinator:
Would like to recognize all players, coaches, and team support for making the hockey season possible. In particular would like to recognize the A Bantams for advancing to Regionals and to the C Squirts for winning the District Championship.
Overall our boys teams weren't overly successful in terms of wins and losses. While not the only measure of a season it is a significant one. All players please recognize that the off-season is the time to continue to work hard on-ice or off-ice. The IYHA website lists many fine camps so please take a look and find one that fits. If you don't get on the ice please shoot pucks, stickhandle around cones in the garage, run sprints, and do pushups and situps. These are all things that can be done with no expense and will have an impact on your game and the success of your team. The reality of youth hockey in 2010 is that other players in other programs are working to get better and we need to do likewise.
Boys team parents please fill out the survey.
Thank you to outgoing HS coach Jeff Martin and his staff for the support of the boys program they have given the past 6 years. Future collaboration with the HS coach is obviously on-hold until named.
Thank you to the board members with terms expiring for their support of the boys teams. Without you stepping up and volunteering we don't have a hockey program.
Finally, a recognition of all the outgoing Bantams leaving our program. Many of our players spend 10 years playing hockey with IYHA from Mini-Mites through Bantams. I am sure their parents would agree that the time flew by. Hopefully they will leave with fond memories and strong friendships. Thank you players and parents for your impact on IYHA and good luck in your ongoing hockey careers.
The players who have no more youth eligibility remaining are as follows:
Girls Program Coordinator: Report.
Initiation Program Coordinator: Report.
District Representative: Report.
Ice Commissioner: Report.
Registration Coordinator: Team books need to be returned.
Equipment Manager: Jerseys need to be returned, washed. Trophies from the season should go to Mike Nundahl for including in the trophy case at SuperRink. Dave's and IYHA have agreed to split cost of excess lettering on warmups.
Theresa Spiering moved to spend $180 for sweatsuit lettering. Chris Drews second. Motion passed.
Standing Reports:
Player and Coach Development Committee: Report.
Lake Region: Report.
Fundraising Committee: Report
Potential Partnership Committee: Dormant.
Website Update:
Still seeking a webmaster to replace Torri Johnson.
New Business:
Theresa Spiering moved to adjourn at 7:57 pm. Chris Drews second. Meeting adjourned.
NEXT BOARD MEETING: Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:30PM AT NEW BRIGHTON FAMILY SERVICE CENTER
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ADDENDUM TO MINUTES - eNEWSLETTER
Election Update
As previously noted in the March eNewsletter, please take note that this Thursday's IYHA Board meeting is the annual election meeting at which expiring Board positions will be filled. We currently have one candidate for each open position, which will result in an election by acclamation for those uncontested positions.
Current candidates for the open positions include:
Vice President – Chris Drews
Treasurer – Cyndi Olson
Equipment Manager – Steve Krahn
District Representative – Rick Laporte
Ice Commissioner – Kara Chamberlain
Each candidate will submit a statement for release prior to Thursday's Board meeting.
If you are interested in running for an open position, please contact the Secretary no later than 12pm, Wednesday April 14.
We have people who have expressed interest in the webmaster position, but there remains a need to fill the position of League Coordinator within District 10. This position is described by the D10 president as follows:
The D10 League Coordinator position is not a requirement from each association as some districts have it. We look for someone that wishes to get on the D10 Board as a district volunteer, not as an IYHA volunteer. We ask for a three year commitment. Everyone starts as a League Coordinator then if they wish to move up the ranks of the D10 Board as openings come up, each person is given the offer to do that. What you will need to have is someone to be present at all D10 meetings (during the season) and at the presidents meetings during the summer.
The Secretary's opinion only, but I would think the Board would entertain a motion to make the D10 League Coordinator position fulfill all IYHA volunteer hour requirements.
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Lloyds TSB is set to create 500 new jobs across the UK.
The banking company will create the new jobs as part of its plans to sell several of its branches to the Co-op.
Project Verde will see the sale of 632 Lloyds bank branches. The new jobs will be created in support centres in Sunderland, Gloucester, Livingston, Birmingham and Swansea.
The sale is a result of an order from the European Union, following the UK government's bailout of Lloyds during 2008's financial crisis and will likely make the Co-operative Group responsible for 19% of mortgages.
Gordon Edwards, telephone banking director at Lloyd's Sunderland site, said these new jobs are "great news."
Project Verde is proving to be a "highly complex" deal and is now facing delay as the Financial Services Authority seek assurances regarding the capacity of the Co-operative Group to take on this major acquisition.


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Hey, look! It's Link—who starred in the GameCube version of SoulCalibur II—making a triumphant return to the Stage of History along with that girl he's always having to rescue. The folks at NowGamercrafted Nintendo's iconic maiden-and-warrior pair with the character creator in Namco's just-released fighting game, and then have Princess Zelda and her eternal savior Link go toe-to-toe. Zelda's based off of new character Viola and Link is patterned after the game's cover boy Patroklos. The fight's even for a while but Zelda handily kicks Link's ass. There's only one thing to say about that: "Well, excuuuuse me, Princess!"
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UR::ModuleConfig - manage dynamic configuration of modules.
package MyModule;
use base qw(UR::ModuleConfig);
$val = MyModule->config('key');
%conf = MyModule->config;
This module manages the configuration for modules. Configurations can be read from files or set dynamically. Modules wishing to use the configuration methods should inherit from the module.
The methods deal with managing configuration.
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MyModule->config(%config); $val = MyModule->config('key'); %conf = MyModule->config; my $obj = MyModule->new; $obj->config(%config);
This method can be called three ways, as either a class or object method. The first method takes a hash as its argument and sets the configuration parameters given in the hash. The second method takes a single argument which should be one of the keys of the hash that set the config parameters and returns the value of that config hash key. The final method takes no arguments and returns the entire configuration hash.
When called as an object method, the config for both the object and all classes in its inheritance hierarchy are referenced, with the object config taking precedence over class methods and class methods closer to the object (first in the @ISA array) taking precendence over those further away (later in the @ISA array). When called as a class method, the same procedure is used, except no object configuration is referenced.
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This method allows the developer to set configuration values, only if they are not already set.
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This method reads in the given file and expects key-value pairs, one per line. The key and value should be separated by an equal sign,
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A new study shows that social networking is growing on the African continent, especially in South Africa, where the country?s Twitter-active population posted around five million messages in the last quarter of 2011, double the amount of tweets coming out of Kenya, the continent?s second most Twitter-savvy nation.
Now South African authorities are getting in on the action, using the micro-blogging site to gauge public opinion on important matters -- most notably, the country?s space program.
South Africa?s National Space Agency is reaching out to citizens via Twitter, asking for input on what its agenda should focus on over the next 20 years.
It?s a move that hasn?t surprised Arthur Goldstuck of World Wide Worx, an internet research company.
"The only surprise about the move onto Twitter and Facebook is that it took so long for a government agency to do it," says Goldstuck. "But it's appropriate that a high-tech agency like the Space Agency should take that step, because you would expect them to be visionary and forward thinking."
The main drawback of gauging public opinion via social media, though, is that it reaches only the internet-savvy market -- a small, mostly elite segment of South Africa's population.
"Initially, the internet user in South Africa, and therefore the social networker, was part of the higher income group," says Goldstruck. "But with the explosion of smart phones in South Africa, we're seeing the growth of the internet in the mass market through mobile access to the web and through apps and the like. And particularly because of the fact that any smart phone that you buy today will already have Twitter and Facebook installed on the device, or at least a logo or link to those services. As a result of that, the broader market is moving into social networks in this country. The fact that there's something like 4.8 million Facebook users in [South Africa] and as many Twitter users suggests that it's not only the haves, it's beginning to move into the arena of the have-nots."
To balance the scales, South Africa's space agency is also engaging citizens face-to-face, aiming to create an all-round robust public discussion on its planned space program.
To assess the power of social networking in Africa, one needn't look further than the Egyptian revolution, which began with a couple of Twitter messages. But how does South Africa measure up to other countries -- the United States, for example -- when it comes to engaging citizens online?
"There's a fundamental difference in the way government uses social networks in South Africa [as] compared to the U.S.," says Goldstruck, explaining that South Africa still has a way to go. "In the United States, social media and social networks played a major role in the last presidential election, and that woke up the entire landscape to the importance of Twitter, as both a campaigning and communication tool between government and citizens. In South Africa, it played a very small role."
But the government's first decisive step into the Twittersphere has got locals buzzing. It is only logical, they seem to think, that cyberspace would prove the ideal place to help plan the country?s journey into space.
South Africa's Space Program Wants Twitter Input
A new study shows that social networking is growing on the African continent, especially in South Africa, where the country?s Twitter-active population posted around five million messages in the last quarter of 2011, double the amount of tweets coming out of Kenya, the continent?s second most Twitter-savvy nation.


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2010: A Year in Review (Pt I)
In a year as dynamic as US American voters are shortsighted, finding just the right words to succinctly summarize all the goings on of MMX isn't really as hard as I thought it might be. Sure, 'Merican culture still clings to the absurd Canadian import or two and the global economy continues its tailspin while our government continues its fight in two unwinnable wars, but not all is gloom and doom, my friends.
In fact, personally speaking, 2010 was quite fantastic! I quit smoking, I got in the best shape of my life thus far, and I got to hang with my fanciful and oft repugnant colleague (and subsequent dear friend), Mr. Allen Krause, not once, but TWICE! First was the June baseball rendezvous in DC where we participated in a very special Strasmas celebration, then came an equally exciting Michigan Christmas, where I spent the holiday weekend with Mr. Krause and his family.
All told, it was the best of times, it was the… no. It was just the best of times.
Hell, we even got treated to a non-powerhouse World Series, where the Giants defeat over the Rangers inspired small markets all over North America to think about one thing and one thing only: pitching, pitching, pitching. And, of course, no RSBS review of 2010 could go without mentioning the inception of our very own Podcast, one that continues to kick butt on a sometimes semi-weekly basis.
That's right. Red State Blue State knows no bounds… and neither do the following top five Allen Krause penned gems of 2010:
2nd Honorable Mention:
We All Lose
Now and forever, September 11 will never be the same. I know that. You know that. Mr. Krause knows that. But through his strong dislike for all things pink in baseball and, of course, bigotry, Mr. Krause was able to both enlighten and entertain on this hallowed day. His message? Simple: "Hate kills."
Honorable Mention:
RSBS Presents: Chili
Personal note: If you want to coax Mr. Krause into doing… well, anything… tempt him with chili. Just know that it better be good chili if you want to be successful. Mr. Krause ain't no slacker when it comes to this US American staple, which he proves with this eloquent presentation full of chili flavor. Plus, whenever a writer is able to use "scatalogy", "concoction" and "awe-inspiring" in the same paragraph, he deserves a reward of some kind.
2nd Runner Up:
Understated to the End
Losing our heroes is never easy. And when Sparky Anderson died, my thoughts immediately went out to Tiger nation, and more specifically, Mr. Krause. Of course, I knew it was only a matter of time before a bit of literary magic would grace the pages of RSBS, and with his ode to ole Sparky finely tuned to an equally understated former president, Mr. Krause did not disappoint.
1st Runner Up:
Catastrophe in Multiple Forms
While compassionate might not be the first adjective (or the five hundred and first) adjective that comes to mind when I think of Mr. Krause, I can say that if he shows any, it is definitely genuine. Such is the case here, where his sentient empathy crosses paths with lots of bloody nipples and Austin Collie's head.
And the Winner is…:
RSBS Presents: A Baseball Fan's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
There are two types of people in this world: those who are ready for the baseball zombies, and those who ain't. Read this and you will be more than ready. Skip it and your brains are as good as gone by the chomp-slathering undead jaws of Pete Incaviglia and Todd Van Poppel. 'Cuz the zombies are real. They are coming. And they all fear Mr. Allen Krause.
Another year down, another horizon to chase. Big things are happening, and we're glad that YOU, dear reader, are a part of it.
Stay tuned for Part II tomorrow. Until then, don't hate me 'cuz I'm right!


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The most popular items carried away by the show attendees included full colour animal posters for different national parks and game reserves, National parks information guidebooks content, new conservation tariff books and a number of resale items used as souvenirs.
The UWA stall also attracted the third deputy prime minister Retired Lt.General Moses Ali, Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage Professor Ephraim Kamuntu and his junior colleague Ms Agnes Akiror Egunyu, minister of state for Water Betty Bigombe and the district leadership among others who were received and conducted around the UWA stall by the Executive Director, Dr. Andrew Seguya.
Earlier during the week, artistes donning the mountain gorilla suits caused excitement in Gulu streets when they participated in the clean up exercise, painting of Zebra crossing and a dinner dance dubbed the Gorilla Service Night at the BJZ joint.
UWA staff also showed a heavy presence at the launch of the Northern Uganda Slave Trade Trail held at Fort Patiko,37 km north of Gulu Town which was presided over by Betty Bigombe. The gorillas joined the traditional dancers in entertaining the visitors and drumming support for mountain gorilla conservation.
A the end of the Tourism week, UWA was appreciated by the ministry of Tourism,Wildlife and Heritage with a certificate of participation.


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2016 Camera Wrap-Up
 Dec 6, 2016
For the last several years we have done a year-end round up of the cameras that were introduced. It's always an interesting exercise to take a look back on what features and technologies vendors have chosen to feature in their products.
57 models were introduced between January and December of 2016. Although 57 models is a respectable number, it is a marked drop compared to the 72 models introduced in 2015 and significantly fewer than 2014 when 98 models hit the U.S. market. (Source: InfoTrends U.S. Camera Model Tracker**). Although there were fewer models released this year, there is no shortage of cameras for those looking to buy or upgrade.
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Rumors spread like wildfire on Monday afternoon concerning the Crew's apparent interest in Portuguese midfielder Deco throughout the internet. On Tuesday, from the confines of his office at Crew Stadium and not somewhere in Florida, President and General Manager Mark McCullers dispelled the hearsay regarding the club's negotiations with the former FC Barcelona stalwart.
"We are not in discussions with Deco," McCullers stated. "He's a well-known player, but not somebody we're in discussions with or would probably be interested in during this transfer window."
Though not interested in Deco, McCullers did not deny a possible move to improve the Black & Gold during the summer transfer window.
"We've said previously that we're always looking to improve," McCullers said. "We always have our ear to the ground, eyes open -- not just during the transfer window, but throughout the course of the year and in the offseason.
"Obviously everybody has their eyes set toward this transfer window, and there are some things we could do and we'll look at all alternatives."
Coming off an impressive 2-0 win against the Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Impact, McCullers is hopeful the Crew can move into a playoff position following the return of Chad Marshall, Josh Williams and Danny O'Rourke from injury. The Black & Gold currently sit in seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings on 20 points, just three points out of third place ahead of Saturday's home tilt with the Chicago Fire.
"I thought it was a huge win [against Montreal]," McCullers explained. "I talked to Bobby [Warzycha] that morning and told him 'I feel good about tonight' for whatever reason. Coming off a bye week [in MLS play], getting Chad, Josh, Danny and a few others back on the roster, we would just get a different kind of energy.
He continued: "We have some unsettled business with Chicago in my opinion. The match in Chicago [on April 20] was disappointing and certainly the recent Open Cup match was too.
"We have a lot to play for and we are not that far out of third place -- or even second place -- in the conference. Now would be a good time for us to find our form and play like the team I know we are."


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Here you will find a list of all of the recipes I feature on my site. I am hoping this makes it easier to find what you are looking for, and you will not have to scroll through an entire post if all you are here to do is find "that recipe you wanted to try". I am allowing comments on this page so that you'll be able to tell me any questions/comments/concerns/thoughts you have about this page and/or about the recipes here.
I will be putting links to the original posts where these recipes came from, as well as links to any recipe sites I've used, including other blogs.
So, here it is, a list of recipes I have featured on Having My Cake And Sharing It 2:
Cakes (includes cupcakes!)
Candy (including items such as lollipops and brittle)
Cheese (includes Marscopone)
Cookies (includes brownies and other bar cookies)
Custards (Just about anything held together with eggs can be considered a custard, which is why in England cakes are called "pudding". Here, in America, I am calling cakes "cake" and pudding "pudding", so that is what you'll find in this recipe category.)
Donuts/fritters (includes any fried dough)
Pies/tarts (this includes doughs and fillings)
Quick breads (Just about anything made with baking powder/baking soda can be called a quick bread. Here, I have listed items such as zucchini bread, and crackers.)
Souffles (This could really have fit under cakes or custards, but since I couldn't decide, and I want to make this easy to navigate, I made it its own category.)
Yeast doughs (includes cinnamon buns and obviously, any dough containing yeast)


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A young priest is unhappy with how little money his congregation contributes every week to the collection plate. So decides to try a new tack and hypnotize them, using Father Matthews' priceless pocket watch. Thus hypnotized, they all give the five bucks he asked them too. Pumped by his success, he ups the amount to $10 the next week. Amazingly, everybody gives ten bucks each. The week after that, he decides to up it to twenty bucks, but just as he's about to announce the amount, he drops the watch.
"Shit!" It took the workers two weeks to clean up the church.
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South is an incredible piece of software that lets you handle database migrations. This document is by no means meant to replace the excellent documentation available online, but rather to give a quick primer on why you should use South and how to get started quickly.
As always using Django and Python is a joy. Installing South is as simple as typing:
pip install South
Then, simply add south to the list of INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py file.
For a very short crash course:
Obviously, South is a very powerful tool and this simple crash course is only the very tip of the iceberg. Readers are highly encouraged to have a quick glance at the excellent official South documentation.


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counseling center faqs
Below are some frequently asked questions (FAQs) that have been by individuals seeking the Counseling Center for help.
What is "counseling"?
The primary purpose of counseling services at SXU is to promote mental and emotional health to all enrolled students to enhance the quality of their college life. It is our belief that helping students achieve optimal levels of functioning will increase the likelihood of their academic success.
If I seek counseling, does that mean I'm "crazy"?
No! Just because you are seeking services does not mean you're "crazy." Many of our students seek counseling for personal growth and/or for help managing the challenges life presents all of us at one time or another. Seeking outside help from a trained, licensed professional is a way to work through a difficult time.
What is the cost of services?
Counseling at Saint Xavier University is free to enrolled students. Alumni can receive an assessment and referral free of charge.
Does anyone (friends, family, professors) have to know that I am attending counseling?
We follow standard confidentiality practices. This information is shared with students during the first appointment. In addition, all counseling records are kept separate from any other university records.
Do I have to make an appointment for services at the Counseling Center?
Yes, under normal circumstances, we request that you complete a Request for Services packet either in person or online. However, whenever possible, we will make accommodations for those individuals in a crisis or feel the need to talk to someone immediately.
What if I need to talk to someone when the Counseling Center is closed?
If you are having a crisis or feel that you need to talk to someone during a time when the center is closed, call Public Safety at 773-298-3541 and they will contact the on-call counselor who will return your call. If the emergency is off-campus, call 911.
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In his acceptance speech, President Obama promised an electrified crowd in Chicago, Ill., that he would "work with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges" Americans face.
Updated at 4:02 a.m. ET: President Barack Obama won four more years in office on Tuesday, describing his victory over Republican nominee Mitt Romney as a call to action that would help move the U.S. past the difficult times endured during the past four years and promising "the best is yet to come."
Propelled by wins in Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa – states long touted as Obama's "firewall" insulating him from his GOP challenger – the president won a long-fought election in which the economy, its slow pace of recovery and Obama's management of it, became the central issue.
Emerging early in the hours on Wednesday in Chicago to the tune of Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" the president struck an upbeat note about the challenges that lie ahead during a second term, with which he'll have to reckon almost immediately in the next few weeks.
President Obama addressed an exuberant crowd, saying he's "never been more hopeful about America" and suggesting the country is not as divided as its politics might suggest.
"A decade of war is ending. A long campaign is now over. And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, I have learned from you, and you have made me a better president," Obama said. "With your stories and your struggles, I return to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead."
But there were strong indications that the first two years of Obama's second term would resemble the final two years of his first term – that is with a Republican-held House and nominally Democratic Senate stalemated over major tax and spending issues, as the balance of power in Congress remained unchanged after Election Day.
NBC's Tom Brokaw, David Gregory and Andrea Mitchell weigh in on the Election Day numbers.
The specter of gridlock appeared quickly as Obama prepared to confront the immediate task in addressing the series of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts – the so-called "fiscal cliff" – set to spring into place at the end of this year.
Now that he's won, the six splitting headaches waiting for Obama
As Obama won a second term, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Republicans' retention of their House majority meant "the American people have also made clear that there is NO mandate for raising tax rates." And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was even tougher in his statement, saying, "The voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the president's first term, they have simply given him more time to finish the job they asked him to do together with a Congress that restored balance to Washington after two years of one-party control."
President Barack Obama gives a victory speech Tuesday after being elected to a second term in the White House.
Obama nodded to the challenges that lay ahead in his Tuesday evening speech, hinting that he wishes to meet with Romney – as the president had done with Arizona Sen. John McCain after the 2008 election – to seek his help in moving past some of the most intractable problems to beguile Washington.
"Tonight, despite all the hardship that we've been through, despite all the frustrations of Washington, I have never been more hopeful about our future," Obama told a boisterous crowd in his adoptive hometown of Chicago.
In addition to the looming fiscal cliff, Obama will also have to confront a reshuffling of his cabinet. Both Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have suggested that they might depart the administration after Obama's first term, setting up a major remaking of Obama's inner circle.
Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
Campaigning with Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, voting and election results.
After months of campaigning that saw ad spending alone reach the $1 billion mark, Obama won a second term with much of his 2008 electoral map intact. Romney managed to flip only North Carolina and Indiana, which Obama won four years ago, back to Republicans in 2012; the GOP nominee failed to put into play more traditionally Democratic states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, on which his campaign concentrated its efforts in the closing weeks of the campaign.
The Midwestern troika of Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin helped insulate the Obama campaign from Romney and preserve Democratic inroads in other states, like Colorado and Virginia.
'We have given our all'
After having claimed momentum in the final days of the campaign, the erstwhile GOP nominee emerged in Boston shortly after 1 a.m. ET to offer his concession, a conciliatory speech capping a bid for the presidency for Romney that has spanned the better part of a decade.
"This is a time for great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation," the former Republican nominee said, joined by his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (who won re-election to Congress) and their families.
GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney gives his concession speech Tuesday after President Barack Obama was declared the winner of the 2012 presidential race.
"Like so many of you, Paul and I have left everything on the field. We have given our all to this campaign," Romney said. "I so wish that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead this country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader."
While Romney had campaigned on his own private sector expertise amid a weak economic recovery, improvements in hiring and confidence in the economy allowed Obama to parry his opponent's criticism.
Exit polls suggested that the economy was, by far and away, the issue at the front of voters' minds on Election Day. Romney edged Obama nationally by six points among voters who said the economy was their top issue.
Obama outperformed Romney on questions of empathy, and voters nationwide were virtually tied on the more direct question of who would better handle the economy and the budget deficit.
Obama also held a demographic edge over Romney among two key groups of voters. The president bested the former Massachusetts governor by 10 points among women (Romney beat Obama by 8 percent among men). Hispanic or Latino voters also broke heavily for Obama by a 39-point margin.
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Sun 23 Sep 2012
It's Easy To [Tell People How To] Govern
Posted by Ed under Africa, Delivering Development, development, Development Institutions, Food Security, globalization, Livelihoods, policy, research
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In my previous post, I objected to the way in which Tyler Cowen's recent NYT blog post pushed the dominant "crisis of production" narrative in discussions of food security. In my opinion, the recurrence of this problematic claim in various popular outlets has a lot to do with people's relatively surficial understanding of food security and the causes of hunger in the Global South. For some reason, development seems to lend itself to dilettantism…at least in part, I suspect, because people assume that the global poor are so bad off that any new ideas would be an improvement on what is there. Of course, there is also the subtle, durable assumption that poor people (especially of darker skin tones) somehow (re)produce their problems because they don't think rationally/clearly/etc*. Such arguments fall apart when they are tested with actual evidence, but most op-eds and policies have nothing to do with evidence…
This problem extends beyond how we talk about the poor themselves to how we think about the governments under which they live. While governance (not the same as government, folks – please try to remember this) is really important to development outcomes, it is not everything…and government (as in the formal rules and structures of governance in a particular place) can be even less important, as many of the global poor live beyond the reach of the state. So blaming the state and its policies for hunger can be a pretty tricky proposition. When Cowen, in an offhand way, wades into the role of the Malawian government as an illustration of how his presumed production shortfalls are exacerbated by problematic government policies, his lack of understanding of the African context becomes clear:
many African nations have unhelpful policies toward agriculture. Malawi, for instance, subjects corn to periodic export and import restrictions as well as to price controls, all of which thwart development of a well-functioning market. When market speculators save corn in anticipation of greater scarcity, they may be punished by law. These restrictions of market incentives exacerbate the basic supply problems.
First, Cowen cherry-picks Malawian government actions to make this point. While price controls and import/export restrictions have been used, there is another side to Malawian intervention in the markets: the subsidization of inputs to boost overall farm productivity. As a result, he ignores the near-perfect correlation between the years when the government intervenes in input markets – effectively, when the Malawian government subsidizes fertilizers – and the years when Malawi is a net food exporter to the extent that it can pay for the entire subsidy several times over (this correlation has proven very durable and very vexatious to some of the more theologically-inclined free marketeers out there). In the case of Malawi, some market intervention, however distortionary, actually does work to ensure adequate food production within the country each year. Which gets to a much larger point: the Malawian government is doing this not out of ignorance or irrationality, but because it is being responsive to citizens whose short term needs are so dire that to take a long-term only view would result in mass morbidity, if not mortality, in the short run.
For example, in a priori assuming that Malawi's decision to punish market speculators when they "save corn in anticipation of greater scarcity" (one person's "saving" is another's "hoarding"), Cowen fails to parse between the needs of an efficient market (a means of transmitting future price situations into current pricing decisions) with human needs (a means of obtaining adequate food such that members of the household do not die) – in most places I work, there is a large disjoint between the two. It is this disjoint that the government of Malawi, and indeed many governments around the world must negotiate. It is this disjoint, and its attendant reality, that is Cowen's second major problem, as he doesn't really understand it. This reality has two parts:
1) Yes, in the long run markets can transmit information about pricing and preferences that can lead to more productive and useful decisions, but in contexts where people are living on a dollar a day, their margins for error are small and their ability to wait for markets to work things out is limited.
2) There is a presumption that the anticipatory price signal will result in actions to address the problem before the shortage actually hits. However, the causes of shortage generally extend well beyond the management capacity of any single state. In short, transmitting shortage signals into the present only serves to prolong the challenges that the Malawian poor are going to face, without producing any effective policy or market response because there is no government capacity to respond. In short, why transmit the emergency into the present when you are going to need help to address it now or in the future? This is why many African states punish hoarding…though they could be looked upon as comprising a de facto futures market, hoarders transmit not just information, but shortage into the market and onto very vulnerable populations earlier than would otherwise be the case, undermining safety and security sooner and to no good end. Given the option of an efficient market populated by a lot of dead people and an inefficient, or even broken market populated by live people, most African states are going with the latter. Until someone sorts out how to set up functioning markets near-instantly, builds enough financial resilience into African livelihoods to weather this sort of market behavior, or builds the financial and infrastructural capacity of African states to a point they can manage this short of shock without external assistance (or some combination of the three), states will continue to be forced into this sort of decision, and will make the same choice. I am not convinced that the manipulation/corruption of markets Cowen describes is a cause of hunger as much as a symptom of a hugely problematic global political economy that no one small country can effectively manage.
In short, the situation in Malawi is very common in sub-Saharan Africa. For most countries, the issues I raise above have been in play since independence. The typical African country is dealing with a set of pressures that make straightforward economic decision-making nearly impossible – from state-building to market-building, these countries cannot just make economic decisions, they must make political-economic decisions that reflect the immediate reality around them. Government is easy…until you actually have to govern.
*This is not to absolve all poor people of all responsibility for their situations. The global poor, like everyone else, are human – they are subject to emotions, biases, prejudices, etc. that sometimes do cause major problems for their well-being. However, it has been my experience that this is not a dominant cause of the problems of poverty…mainly because if these problems were exacerbated more than they were helped by the efforts of the global poor, we'd have a lot fewer poor people because they would mostly have died. The global poor make fantastically difficult decisions about the allocation of scarce resources every day with a shocking degree of success…something we overlook at our peril.
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"near-perfect correlation between the years when the government intervenes in input markets – effectively, when the Malawian government subsidizes fertilizers – and the years when Malawi is a net food exporter to the extent that it can pay for the entire subsidy several times over"
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I've put myself in a bit of a pickle. Not the friendly kind of pickle that you may have played with your coach during baseball practice, but rather the kind that you see in a world series game where the players are vicious and it's only going to be resolved through a risk on the runner's part or the baseman's part. The kind of pickle that generally ends with the runner sliding into his base and a somewhat dubious call being made by the umpire that everyone will contest anyhow and will be analyzed in close up replays for the next four episodes of sportscenter.
The Pickle
A few weeks ago Brade and I began discussing Heroic Al'Akir, and more specifically were discussing how a lot of guilds were doing it on 10 man as opposed to 25 due to the relative ease of the encounter on 10 man. The pros to taking this approach were plentiful, including getting a set token that can be used for head/shoulders, and getting some experience with the encounter, which would be of benefit for everyone in the guild. We figured we could take in a solid group to learn the fight over a night or two, and then rotate people in for the fight until we were ready to tackle it on 25s.
There were a few logistical problems, namely breaking down a 25 man raid team into 10 people and doing so without having irreparably hurt feelings. But we generally consider ourselves pretty diplomatic folks, and knew we could work around this. However, there was one big thing we overlooked: Heroic Conclave.
In all of our planning, we assumed no one would mind throwing away normal Al'Akir as we were sharding the loot anyhow and a lot of people just dislike the fight. So we figured we could go in and knock out heroic 25 Conclave and then let the 10 man group that was working Heroic Al'Akir have the instance. Only, it doesn't work that way. We didn't fully comprehend/understand this (not really) "flexible" raid lockout. It wasn't until we scheduled our first run at heroic Al'Akir for Easter Sunday that someone spoke up and said "we can't kill Conclave on 25 heroic", and we realized that they were correct.
We were fine skipping Heroic Conclave this week, because it was a short raid week due to Easter anyhow, and we wanted to maximize our time with heroic Nefarian. But now we are between a rock and a hard place and there is a pretty massive flaw in our original conception of how this could work for us. We couldn't simultaneously run the two instances as we had envisioned.
Because it was already planned, the 10 man group went in last night, and after about 3 hours of work we were sitting at 41% on Heroic Al'Akir, just needing to tweak a few things to push phase 3. At this point, it seems, well, wrong to tell this group "sorry we had our shot" and not let have another night to go in to finish it out. Something that I'd like to think would only take one more sitting with him, especially if we can do it on a weekend with unlimited time to spend on it. And there are some very solid benefits to continuing with this 10 man, I will not doubt that.
On the other hand, it also seems quite wrong to tell our 25 man team – which is our main progression team – that we are going to continue to forego their heroic conclave loot (which has many BiS items for many people) so that we can continue to clear out Al'Akir on 10 man. I, honestly, just cannot find a way to justify it, even considering the set token, and even rotating everyone in for experience with the encounter until we get there on 25s. We are a 25 man guild, and it seems wrong to me to ask 1/3 of our raid team to forgo participation.
We have already decided that we are going to give the 10 man one more week with it, but then after that we just can't justify asking the 25 man to give up Conclave. There was so much interest in heroic Al'Akir, that when we get there, it only seems right to push it on 25s regardless of the comparative difficulty.
Now, of course, Brade and I are assuming that our 25s don't want to give up Conclave – but perhaps we should ask them. Maybe we are wrong, and more people would be more interested in a constant rotation into an Al'Akir 10 man for the kill during raid time than they would be in their BiS Conclave loot. On the other hand, wouldn't some of that BiS Conclave loot make our remaining heroic encounters easier? Of course, opening it up the discussion has the potential to open up a whole new can of worms. What if 70% of the people want one thing, and 30% want another? How do we reconcile it for those 30%?
As you can see, quite the pickle!
I'm curious how other 25 guilds are dealing with this situation. Have you opted to kill Al'Akir on 10s? Did you stick strictly to 25s?
My Frustrations With The Fight Itself
As I said above, after a few hours spent with the mean D'jin, we were very close to pushing out of phase 2 and into phase 3. However, it was phase 1 that gave us the most trouble, and often times I was the cause of the trouble. This is something that frustrated and exasperated me to no end – I am not that player. I don't make the same mistake multiple times, it's not how I play.
Except last night, as we first started with phase 1, I was that player. I died any number of ways in that first phase – I was fried, frozen and swept away. I changed over to my Tol Barad trinket to help my survivability (and it did help in both P1 and P2) – but I was still having some difficulty navigating "the perfect storm" of events. I got better at it, and about halfway into our raid night I stopped feeling like I was the person holding us back. And a few times I even felt like I made the impossible possible, keeping everyone alive through what seemed an un-survivable situation.
But I think I can do better in that first phase. And I definitely made some choices that, while kept me alive, caused me to lose one of the DPS I was also responsible for keeping alive. Mercifully our DPS is good enough to get us out of that first phase with only two wind bursts, but it seems like an eternity regardless.
Because of my own personal frustration and struggles last night, I thought I'd see if anyone had any tips/tricks that they might be willing to share – specifically with navigating the perfect storm.
Here is our setup:
I am the healer in the position to the left of the tank. And I don't know if it's just because it's happening to me, but it seems that my quadrant there, has the most difficult time navigating the shit storm during the wind bursts – as it seems I have an abnormally large number of wind bursts that line up with the squall lines. Am I imagining this?
In all honesty, I think a little more experience with phase 2, so that we can get the timing of the adds sorted so we don't drop our feedback, and a handful of pushes into phase 3 will result in a kill on the encounter. Because, let's face it, Phase 2 and 3 are fairly easy and not much has changed! However, I'm determined not to be the one who holds us back in phase 1 next time we step into the fight. I can't be – while I was most definitely humbled by the experience last night, my ego can't take it happening again.


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I feel like I don't have much to say about the whole thing. My hair looked really good. He seems like a genuinely kind person who has spent the last few years of his life completely invested in his residency. He also did not murder me or attempt to murder me. So: let's call it a success.
Thank you for the cheerleading, boys and girls. I don't think it's a stretch to say that I wouldn't have made it this far if it wasn't for all of you. It's really nice to have people in your corner.