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Do any of you know why it's like that here? I can tell you... his name was Bruno. He was always the guiding light in this area of Scot's Newsletter Forums; and his guidance spilled over into the rest of this place, making it a wholesome, friendly learning environment. His vision was of a place where NO ONE should be afraid to ask even the simplest question, where NO ONE would ever be criticized for the choices of operating systems or applications, where NO ONE would fear being teased or demeaned. In other words, a safe haven for those seeking knowledge and friendship.
We, in order to carry on Bruno's vision, must remember these things. We MUST remember what this place is all about. We must remember that we set an example for others. We must continue to be helpful, kind, considerate of others' choices and methods. We must remember that this forum is about Linux, all things thereof. We each have our favorites. We each have our own ways of doing things. We must respect the choices and methods of others.
Even Bruno had his opinions about things. He knew that to maintain the environment most conducive to learning and assistance, he had to keep his opinions to himself at times. We want NO fanboys here at BATL. We want NO snobbish egg heads looking down upon less knowledgeable members. We will tolerate NO ill treatment of other members anywhere at Scot's.
When you log back in the next time, remember Bruno's dream. Try to keep BATL the place that I found it to be back when I first came here. Were it not for Bruno and many of you still out here, I would never have learned the things I have nor accomplished the things that I did. A new Linux Explorer needs to know that our PRIME DIRECTIVE here at Bruno's All Things Linux is to assist them to learn and gain the knowledge they seek to accomplish their own goals in Linux.
That's what it's all about, folks. Let's not forget.
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This was so good, I have to add it to this post:The OpenRespect Declaration

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Bethesda, Maryland -- University Research Co., LLC (URC) is leading a new project in Haiti, a country with complex public health issues, including decentralization, HIV/AIDS, and cholera, to improve the population's health status. The three-year project, called Quality Health Services for Haiti (Services de Santé de Qualité pour Haïti – SSQH) North, is funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). URC will support the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population/MSPP) to increase the use and quality of its primary care and community services. Our partners include Abt Associates, Save the Children, and two Haitian organizations, the Foundation for Reproductive Health and Family Education (Fondation pour la Santé Reproductrice et l'Education Familiale) and the Centers for Development and Health (Centres pour le Développement et la Santé.)
"URC is proud to have the opportunity, together with our partners, to support the MSPP in this important project and continue our long history of strengthening health care systems and improving health care quality around the world," said URC President Barbara Turner.
Working in Haiti's four northern departments, URC and its partners will work to increase Haitians' use of primary health care services, particularly in rural or isolated areas; improve the functionality of selected referral networks that link communities with health care facilities; facilitate sustainable delivery of quality health care services; and strengthen departmental health authorities' capacity to manage and monitor health care service delivery. The project will also support services related to gender-based violence and child protection at key sites.
Key project elements include quality improvement and results-based financing. Quality improvement improves the effectiveness, efficiency, and safety of health service delivery processes and systems, as well as human resource performance in delivering products and services. Quality improvement, a field in which URC has globally recognized expertise, generates pride in and ownership of better performance by empowering health providers to make changes and see results. Results-based financing, a pillar of the Ministry's strategy for improved health services, offers financial or non-monetary rewards for achieving more and better service delivery.
"Using these approaches and engaging local partners is vital for fostering country ownership and sustainability long after the project ends, which is the goal," commented URC Country Director Dr. Frantz Simeon, a Haitian medical doctor with a master's in public health and more than 30 years' experience in designing, managing, and evaluating multi-faceted public health programs. Dr. Simeon has managed several successful projects for URC, including a family health project in Benin and an injection safety program in Namibia. He will lead the project in Haiti as Chief of Party.
Haiti has made substantial progress in reconstructing and reorganizing its basic health care services following the devastating earthquake in 2010. Yet, nearly 40% of Haitians lack access to primary health care. Supporting the Ministry's primary health care services and strong referral network will help Haiti recover and rebuild.
URC has 15 years of experience managing programs in Haiti. Through the USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI), for example, URC is providing technical assistance to Haiti's Institute of Social Welfare and Research and implementing partners to improve the quality of services offered to vulnerable children and families affected by HIV. The effort is currently helping Haiti develop and pilot minimum care standards for organizations delivering services to these children and families. From 1981–95, URC pioneered the development of a practical, systematic approach to operations research on critical issues affecting primary health care services in Haiti and other developing countries and helped to build the capacity of Haitian NGOs to deliver health care services to mothers and children.
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This code indicates that the PCM (or one of the other supporting control modules) has detected a malfunction in a particular throttle pedal position sensor circuit. These control modules may include (but are not limited to) the PCM, the transmission control module, the body control module, the antilock brake control module, the instrument panel control module, the fuel injection control module, the turbo control module, the anti-theft module, the cruise control module, the traction control module, proximity alert module, and the climate control module. Some models initiate a forced idle condition, a forced engine shutdown, or a forced reduction in power, if the PCM recognizes a throttle actuator control system malfunction.
In the event of throttle actuator control motor circuit error, a trouble code will be stored and a service engine soon lamp may be illuminated. Some models require multiple drive cycles (as many as 8) with a failure in order for the service engine soon lamp to be illuminated and others will activate it on the initial failure.
Symptoms may include black smoke at startup, poor or no acceleration, a no start condition, misfire at idle, start and stall If this code is stored, and a service engine soon lamp has not yet been illuminated, the code may be shown as a pending code.
The most likely cause of this code being stored is a defective throttle actuator control motor, throttle position actuator, throttle position sensor, or pedal position sensor. Other causes may include corroded, open, or shorted wiring or connectors in the throttle actuator motor or CAN Bus harness, a loose control module ground strap or broken ground wire.
Symptoms and stored codes that are present as a reaction to a communication failure are often misdiagnosed and repaired as the cause of the problem. Obviously, this leads to an unsuccessful repair. Engine misfire codes, lean exhaust codes, fuel injector codes, and virtually any other drivability or transmission code that is accompanied by a controller communication code can potentially be a pitfall for misdiagnosis. Follow the rule that says to diagnose codes in the order in which they are stored and you will improve you chances for a successful diagnosis. Utilize freeze frame data to help you determine which codes were stored first.


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The exhibit, whose name means "Earth Light," takes seemingly ordinary, everyday items and transforms them into meaningful pieces aimed at representing a bigger picture. Armed with a graphite or carbon pencil, Stump tells the story of objects like a broken leaf, a decimated pine cone, or a withering fern, bringing these moments of death to life. Stump allows us to see beauty in the imperfect, using these enlarged objects to reveal the artists "found" moment — a moment when the artist, reminiscent of narratives or images that lingered, anticipates future relationships.
Stump has been a professional artist for over 30 years, working and exhibiting primarily the Pacific Northwest. David has also taught Studio Art and Art History at the college level for over ten years and worked extensively in community arts programming for youth, including curating shows and serving as the 2005 Artist in Residence for Klamath County Schools in Oregon. Stump holds a Bachelor's degree in Painting and is currently pursuing his MFA in Painting.
Both the originals and prints are available for sale. Prints range from note cards up through 20"x 24" and come in both fine art and matte styles of paper. If interested, contact Jacquie Ray at the Shapiro Library Circulation Desk, 603-645-9605 or email at email@example.com.
The Pantano Gallery is located in Southern New Hampshire University's Shapiro Library and is open Mondays through Thursdays from 7:45 a.m. to 1 a.m., Fridays from 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 1 a.m..


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Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Shaarey Zedek was commissioned and built as a synagogue, religious school and community center. The complex was meant to bring together the sacred and secular elements of Jewish life, where congregants could find answers to their own and world problems within the sanctity of traditional thought and law.
The congregation first gathered in 1861 in Detroit, MI and between 1861-1962 worshiped at six different locations in the city. Desiring to build a group of buildings to serve their congregation, they commissioned Percival Goodman, a noted synagogue architect, to design a campus on a large parcel of land the Detroit suburb of Southfield, MI. In 1962 they moved to the new synagogue, where the congregation worships today.
The sanctuary was designed at 15,000 sq ft to hold 1200 worshipers normally, the space can be expanded to hold 3500 people on High Holy Days. In order to achieve this amount of seating, while keeping the space intimate where no seat is further than 120' from the alter, two adjoining spaces can be opened into the sanctuary. On normal days these two spaces serve as a lecture hall, and 600 seat dining area with a kitchen and service area attached.
The rest of the complex comprises two smaller chapels, one for adults, one for youth, a library, an administration block, and a school comprising 29 classrooms, with planned spaces to add more classrooms as needed.
The three buildings are joined together with a entrance hall, where one enters the sanctuary through doors on the northern wall, a smaller chapel ahead, and on the south wall a hall leading to first the library and then the classrooms. The sanctuary roof sweeps up into a peak, the base splayed out to form the roof connecting to the rest of the complex.
The other buildings in the complex are low slung and horizontal in contrast to the more vertical sanctuary. Two rows of stained glass, formed of multiple panels each, along the long edges of the peak wall flow from the base of the wall to the top apex. Made of concrete, the sanctuary walls are mostly light gray, contrasting with the darker warmer colors of the other buildings, and the metal roof. The side walls are made of repeating equilateral triangle pre-cast window frames. The approach to the building is towards the profile of the sanctuary, so visitors see the sprawl of the low buildings, and the high peak rising up from them.
The three buildings, synagogue, school and community center, were built together. At the time they were designed, Percival Goodman also designed where expansions could go as the congregation's needs changed.
The area around the complex was landscaped at the time of construction. Southfield, MI is a suburb of Detroit, and like a lot of mid-western towns has a fairly spread out layout. The congregation was able to purchase a large plot of land, setting the complex apart not hemmed nor compared to any neighboring structure.
There are a total of 17 synagogues in the town of Southfield. The majority cluster on 10 mile road, which seems to form the main artery through the town. Congregation Shaarey Zedek is several miles separate from this downtown cluster. In the sixties when the congregation bought the land it seems unlikely they could have found an equivalent site in the downtown area, large enough for their planned complex.
The main structure of the sanctuary is of poured reinforced concrete, other buildings in the complex combine concrete and brick. Framing for the service areas behind the social hall are made of reinforced concrete with a plank roof deck. The roof of the sanctuary and social spaces is made of wood planks over the steel trusses, covered in Terne metal roofing. The interior space of the sanctuary is wood paneled walls, leading to a white ceiling. The main focal point is the wood and white marble Ark, framed with abstract stained glass, the glass supported on the outside by a concrete pylon. The outside of the pylon is decorated with ten pre-cast ornaments representing the ten commandments. The Ark is 40' tall, and the sanctuary ceiling slopes to a height of 100' over it. The Ark has a stainless steel sculpture on it of the Ner Tamid, a symbolic representation of the tree of life, the inspiration for the menorah, whose form is taken from that of the Ner Tamid. The sanctuary is separated from the social hall spaces on normal days by a system of removable partitions made of wood and accented with colored glass. These act in part as noise reduction between the three spaces.
The adult chapel near the sanctuary uses the same wood paneling and white ceiling, only in different forms. Here the walls are covered in a hexagonal pattern. The Ark in the chapel is a vertical recess in the wood wall.
None of the materials nor building technique used are innovative, instead the strength and innovation of the building lies in the functional and aesthetic design created by Percival Goodman.
The space, especially the sanctuary followed the contemporary model for synagogue design, where smaller intimate spaces are preferred over the grand open, impersonal spaces of synagogues of the 1950's. While the smaller spaces were especially favored by Modern Orthodox congregations, many other congregations found the more intimate, understated space preferable to a grander design. An example of the earlier design style is the Temple Beth Shalom in Miami Beach, which Percival Goodman designed in the early 1950's, and was completed 1956. The synagogue in Miami Beach has one large open space, formed from a great white dome rising high above the congregation. While beautiful, the large space is on a much grander scale than the sanctuary of Shaarey Zedek, and less human for it. This shift in scale for the sanctuaries towards one more human, is something that Percival Goodman and other synagogue designers believe will help congregants in their worship. (Gruber 157)
The sanctuary for normal service occupies about of third of the floor space of the space, the walls formed by the wood partitions. For High Holy Days and other special services, the walls are folded back and the sanctuary tripled in size. On normal days the other spaces serve as a dining hall and lecture space.
There was a trend in synagogue in the post-war years, where the design would call to mind a tent, or Mount Sinai, or the prow of a ship, all important images to the Jewish story. (Gruber 83) Shaarey Zedek is a good example of this trend as the great vertical thrust of the sanctuary portion of the building easily recalls the image a ship or a mountain. The roof, and its white interior call to mind the inside of a tent. Percival Goodman was a prolific synagogue modern architect. He helped translate the modern building vocabulary and material form to synagogues, never repeating a aesthetic design. As many Jewish congregations moved to the suburbs, part of the migration of the middle-class from the cities that took place all across America, Goodman received many commissions to design new suburban synagogues. The stained glass and art in the synagogue reflect Goodman's insistence on including modern art within his interior design. The style of both the ark and windows behind it in the sanctuary, and the furniture Goodman designed for the interior, all follow the modern aesthetic.
Historically Jews, like most other religious groups, have tended to build worship spaces in the dominant style of the time. Shaarey Zedek, and other synagogues of the post-War period, break with this tradition. Architects concern themselves, not with aping a tradition, but rather with the whole of the space, the light that fills it, and the functional use of the space by the congregation. Many of these congregations were interested in a modern style building, as architects were, as one that was uniquely Jewish not simply copying or altering the form of Christian church or other religion.
Abraham Rattner designed a large abstract stained glass window for the Chicago Loop Synagogue, the popularity of which started a trend for abstract stained glass in synagogues. The windows behind the ark in the sanctuary by Robert Pinart follow this trend.
Shaarey Zedek is both a beautiful modern building, and Percival Goodman design. Each of Percival Goodman's synagogues are unique, fitted to the site and congregation's needs. It fits well within the scope of his synagogue work, compared to the early ones it has the small, intimate spaces favored in the 1960's versus the 1950's. The expanding space of the sanctuary, is characteristic of the importance Goodman placed on the functionality of a design, the building meeting the needs of the congregation.
Gruber, Samuel, Paul Rocheleau, and Scott J. Tilden. American Synagogues: A Century of Architecture and Jewish Community. New York: Rizzoli, 2003. Print.
Israelowitz, Oscar. Synagogues of the United States: A Photographic and Architectural Survey. Brooklyn, NY: Israelowitz Pub., 1992. Print.
Meior, Richard. Recent American Synagogue Architecture. N.p.: Jewish Museum, 1963. Print.
"Shaarey Zedek." Shaarey Zedek. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2013.
Archive of Percival Goodman Drawings and Papers, courtesy Columbia University Avery Drawings and Archives
Depicted item: Congregation Shaarey Zedek, source: From Local Projects' "The Synagogue Experience"


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Gaspare Tagliacozzi (1545-99)
Gaspare Tagliacozzi was an Italian surgeon based at the University of Bologna, one of the great medical centres of the 1500s. Tagliacozzi became famous for his skill in reconstructive surgery, and especially for the 'Italian method' of rhinoplasty, which differed from the 'Indian method' that was employed by surgeons such as Susrata.
Tagliacozzi improved the reconstructive surgery methods that had been developed in Italy in the 1400s and 1500s to repair noses which had been amputated, usually in war. The 'Italian method' took skin from the arm, using specially designed instruments to make the correct shape. Then the flap of skin from the arm, called a pedicle, was attached to the nose. The patient's arm was bandaged in the raised position for about 20 days or until the skin of the arm had attached itself to the nose. The pedicle was then severed from the arm and after 14 days the attached skin was shaped so that it resembled the nose.
Tagliacozzi did not confine his expertise to rhinoplasty. He also wrote a book detailing reconstructive surgery procedures for lips and ears.
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W F Bynum and H Bynum, Dictionary of Medical Biography (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2007)
M Teach Gnudi and J P Webster, The Life and Times of Gaspare Tagliacozzi, Surgeon of Bologna (1545-1599) (Bologna and New York: Reichner, 1950)


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Recently the Wall Street Journal published, Employees, Measure Yourselves: Encouraging workers to keep track of what they're doing can make them healthier and more productive by H. James Wilson. The article is a great resource of tools for individuals and suggestions for managers (e.g., support, don't demand participation). I was thrilled with the article as it promotes self-responsibility and I see responsibility as the flip side of transparency and autonomy in organizations.
The responsibility theme also came up during a great South by Southwest session: Truths of Working Smarter. The issue was the responsibility we all need to take on when we have the opportunity to make our own decisions about where and how we organize our work. Many of us are gaining new freedom at work, but it comes with responsibility.
Music to my ears as I have declared 2012 as the year that's up to us (my 2012 outlook post). There I suggest:
- Learn through commentators who provide you with good examples (I hope you see this blog and my GigaOM posts as sources).
- Give yourself permission to take time for professional development. Give your team members the same gift.
- Stop-Look-Listen, just like crossing a street, before making choices about how you do your work. This includes evaluating your choices. If you went to work in the Starbucks - were you effective? If you decided to leave your laptop at home and only take your tablet with you on a trip, did you make adjustments to your workflow so you would be productive?
- Share your approach to work design with your colleagues. Many things are more fun in a group (thus the proliferation of exercise tools that let you signal to your friends) and work is generally more effective if you're all moving in the same direction or at least understand the choices made around you.
We have new abilities to learn about our work and work styles. It is our responsibility to learn how to use this new information to do our work better. This is evidence based management applied to our own work and lives.
I'll be thinking about a post with some suggestions. The Wall Street Journal article gives us some ideas of what and how some people have learned. Have you used "auto-analytics" to improve you own work? What area do you think have the most opportunity for improvement?


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People in a society of ignorance cannot attain happiness, nor can they find a way out of their discontent, no matter what they do. One reason being, that they do not live for Allah, but for other human beings. If a person decides what is right and wrong, on the basis of what other people will say; if he is saddened by what makes other people sad, and pleased by what makes them pleased; if he tries to be appreciated by others and adjusts his behavior so as not to be embarrassed, then this person is living for others.
He then finds life difficult because everyone's expectations are different. If we were to imagine one subjected to the whims of hundreds of other people, then clearly he would have to work hard to please each one of them. He would want to be animated in the presence of one, grave and sober in the presence of another. Behavior that pleases one person would not suit another. These differences would reach into the thousands. Under such circumstances, one individual who lives for others would have to meet thousands of different types of demands at the same time. Only in this way could he satisfy everyone and make them appreciate him.
Allah offers an example of their anxiety in the Qur'an: Allah has made a metaphor for them of a man owned by several partners in dispute with one another and another man wholly owned by a single man. Are they the same? Praise be to Allah! The fact is that most of them do not know. (Surat az-Zumar, 29)
Essentially, there is only one way out—to submit to Allah's eternal knowledge and intelligence. Allah is the Creator of human beings and all other things. And it is only Allah Who knows what is best for human beings and what they must do to be happy. He has revealed to them in the Qur'an the way to salvation: Fear Allah alone and seek His pleasure.
Allah says, "Do not take two gods. He is only One God. So dread Me alone." (Surat an-Nahl, 51)
Failing to do so not only makes human beings unhappy, it also a grave sin against Allah. To seek the pleasure of other beings apart from Allah is called in the Qur'an "ascribing partners to Allah." One who ascribes partners to Allah chooses to worship a god other than Allah, and devoting himself to that god. But, they will encounter disappointment in the next world. Allah warns them so that they will not go to Hell and suffer repentance that will bring no respite.
It has been revealed to you and those before you: "If you associate others with Allah, your actions will come to nothing and you will be among the losers." No! Worship Allah and be among the thankful. (Surat az-Zumar, 65-66)
Allah does not forgive anything being associated with Him but He forgives whoever He wills for anything other than that. Anyone who associates something with Allah has committed a terrible crime. (Surat an-Nisa', 48)
Another thing that must be remembered is this: One may dedicate his entire life to the pleasure of others, abandoning Allah; in the Afterlife, however, it is He Who will abandon them. Everyone will be called to give account of the things he has done, and no one's deeds will suffice to save another. This important fact is revealed in the Qur'an:
Each of them will come to Him on the Day of Rising all alone. (Surah Maryam, 95)
You have come to Us all alone just as We created you at first, leaving behind you everything We bestowed on you. We do not see your intercessors accompanying you, those you claimed were your partners with Allah. The link between you is cut. Those you made such claims for have forsaken you. (Surat al-An'am, 94)
On that day, those fearing of being alone will ask those they called their nearest and dearest in this life—their children, spouses, friends—to offer ransom for them that they may escape the torment of Hell. Allah reveals this truth in the Qur'an:
No good friend will ask about his friend even though they can see each other. An evildoer will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day, by means of his sons, or his wife or his brother or his family who sheltered him or everyone else on Earth, if that only meant that he could save himself. But no! It is a Raging Blaze. (Surat al-Ma'arij, 10-15)
In light of all the information provided in the Qur'an, we can see that a life based on pleasing others will not just bring unhappiness; it will also cause one to be at loss in the Afterlife. The way to escape this is evident: Submission to Allah and living to seek His pleasure.2012-01-21 14:25:55


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Welcome to the February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Love and partners!
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month we're writing about how a co-parent has or has not supported us in our dedication to natural parenting. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants.
We've been doing a lot of things differently with the third baby. I don't know if it's because I am home full time or because I'm more confident in my parenting skills or because I know more about Natural Parenting now than I did five, or even three, years ago. Probably a combination of these, plus my new dedication to putting my kids before all else.
At first, my husband was skeptical of some of the "new" approaches (which are in actuality very old). But I wasn't giving in and insisted we at least try cloth diapers, bedsharing and (for the older two) the Time-In method. Once he saw how easy and effective they all were, he was sold.
He was most skeptical about the diapers. But I was no more interested in folding and pinning than he was, so I forked out the big bucks for one-size all-in-ones. These things are awesome. Not only are they just like disposables as far as ease of use, but they grow with the baby. Serieses of snaps make them adjust to fit teeny weenies like our Ellie all the way through potty-trainers. I haven't tried using them on Connor because we just don't have enough of them for it to be worth it but, in theory, I could. Ellie even wears them at night with no leakage. Once Mark saw how easy this was — that they weren't "George of the Jungle loincloths — he made no complaint about using them. He says he's still questions whether all the water used to wash them makes them less green and economical. I've told him it is, but he's not quite sold. As long as he uses them, I don't really care if he is.
I decided to have Ellie in our bed after reading an issue of Mothering that was devoted almost solely to bedsharing and co-sleeping. The arguments for it made sense to me. After our bedtime issues with Grace, the one I was most interested in was that bedsharing makes sleep/bed more appealing to babies so it's not a scary thing/place and once it's time to sleep alone, they'll do so without fuss. It took Mark a few weeks to adjust to it. He said he couldn't sleep well because he was worried about rolling over onto her and because her grunts and rooting noises woke him up. I just asked him what he thinks of it now after two months of part-time bedsharing, funny enough, he says it allows him to sleep MORE because if she cries, it takes me only seconds to calm her. He still is a bit nervous about harm somehow coming to her, especially because he doesn't always know when she's in our bed because she often starts the night in her bassinet and comes to bed at the first feeding.
He wasn't skeptical about the Time-In method so much as he wasn't sure we'd stick to it. But we've really made an effort to do so. We both find times that it just doesn't work and the kids are defiant and we do need to use a time-out. But I've see many times were Mark starts saying something and then amends it to conform to the Act/Ask/Attend/Amend tools.
On a side note, while talking to Mark about this blog post, he said that these days, I treat him as a co-parent and less as another dependent. I'm not sure what to make of that. Maybe he has just finally grown up. *wink*
If you want to know more about what Natural Parenting entails, check out the explanation at the bottom of this post. If you have questions about our thoughts on any other Natural Parenting principles/practices, feel free to ask in the comments or by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Visit Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama to find out how you can participate in the next Carnival of Natural Parenting!
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants:
(This list will be updated Feb. 9 with all the carnival links, and all links should be active by noon EST. Go to Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama for the most recently updated list.)
- A Thank You to my Husband — Lactating Girl at The Adventures of Lactating Girl thanks her husband for keeping her grounded and giving her unwavering support in the face of discouragement from within and without. (@lactatinggirl)
- My Reverse Traditional Husband In the Wild — Paige at Baby Dust Diaries gives us a lesson on how dads in the wild parent their young. Can you guess which male animal actually nurses its young? (@babydust)
- February Carnival of Natural Parenting — TopHat at The Bee in Your Bonnet tells us how the patience of a partner can make a difficult breastfeeding relationship succeed. (@TopHat8855)
- Parenting Together — For Alison at BluebirdMama and her husband, parenting is simply an extension of the way they live. (@childbearing)
- If We Had A MIllion Dollars — Melodie at Breastfeeding Moms Unite! and her husband would both agree to be crunchier parents if they had a million dollars to ease the way. (@bfmom)
- February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Co-Parents — Dionna at Code Name: Mama has written a letter to her husband, thanking him for his incredible support in every aspect of their natural parenting journey. (@CodeNameMama)
- Natural Parenting Fathers — Sarah at Natural Parenting is balancing being all there for her son with being present for her husband. (@considereden)
- Just Wonderful: Love and Partners and Natural Parenting — Zoey at Good Goog let her husband lead her to babywearing and cosleeping. (@zoeyspeak)
- All that stuff I don't get comes so easy to him — The Grumbles is taking this opportunity to say thank you to her husband for his mad parenting skills. (@thegrumbles)
- The Power of Having a Supportive Co-Parent — Chrystal at Happy Mothering and her husband started with vaccinations and moved on from there. (@HappyMothering)
- February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Love and partners — Lauren at Hobo Mama makes do with babbling incoherently about how her husband practices natural parenting in such an effortless fashion, with bonus video. (@Hobo_Mama)
- Love and Partners — Mrs Green at Little Green Blog shares her husband's moving account of her birth story, and his testament to the power of a woman. (@myzerowaste)
- labor support… — Mandy at Living Peacefully with Children is thankful that her partner has provided her immeasurable labor support through each of their last three unassisted homebirths (and will again for their upcoming fourth!).
- What co-parent? On prams, routines, ideals, sickness, and finding my way alone. — Ruth at Look Left of the Pleiades describes life without a present co-parent: making new choices and taking care of things herself. (@brightravenmum)
- Parenting With Support — How many people can say that their husband talked them into cloth diapering? Darcel at The Mahogany Way can! (@MahoganyWayMama)
- Co-Parenting Support — Summer at Mama2Mama Tips knows the importance of being supported in the face of criticism. (@mama2mamatips)
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- Daddy's Little Girls — Kate Wicker at Momopoly finds her husband right at home in a tangle of girls. (@Momopoly)
- How do I love my parenting partner? Let me count the ways. — Sybil at Musings of a Milk Maker is thankful that she and her partner co-parent fluidly and gracefully. (@mamamilkers)
- Interview with a Daddy — NavelgazingBajan brings us a highly amusing peek into her husband's perspective.
- Being Supported in Natural Parenting — Sarah at OneStarryNight has witnessed both ends of the parenting spectrum, and is grateful she found a father who is comfortable with natural parenting. (@starrymom)
- Moments in time: a love letter — Arwyn at Raising My Boychick will make you cry with the beautiful way she describes the complete relationship between father and child. (@RaisingBoychick)
- Natural parenting converts — Jen at Recovering Procrastinator brought her reluctant husband around to cloth diapers, bed sharing, and time-ins as a discipline method. (@jenwestpfahl)
- Breastfeeding Father — Amber Strocel at Strocel.com describes how her husband helped her overcome the breastfeeding challenges she encountered with her premature daughter. (@AmberStrocel)
- A Natural Parenting Village — Acacia from Art, Body & Soul, in a guest post for Jamie at Suddenly Stay at Home, broadens the term "coparents" to embrace supportive extended family on both sides. (@SuddnlyStyAtHme)
- A Natural Dad — Shana at Tales of Minor Interest doesn't have a husband who merely supports her — she has a husband just as dedicated to natural parenting as she is.
- Love and Support From My (sometimes pantsless) Man — Joni Rae at Tales of a Kitchen Witch Momma describes life with the sometimes bumbling but always lovable Pantsless Man. (@kitchenwitch)
- G-O-T-E-A-M! — Jessica at This Is Worthwhile made sure her future husband agreed with her parenting choices early in their dating. (@tisworthwhile)
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Friday, December 5, 2008
On the Street….Soho, NYC
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I really like this shot!!!
fun and funky!I love the shot and the subject
The pink socks rock!
No One is fuckin with this dude.
Who is this?
He's all about detail…gloves, bow-tie, mixed checkered fabrics…
pinky-red socks, he looks very interesting…
I sometimes wonder if you have conversations with these people ?
I don't think he copied this look from anyone else, even though plaids and cuffed jeans seem to be popular now. I won't be copying it, either, but I like the sense that it could only have grown out of an individuals own sensibility and personal sense of style. The two plaids are one thing, but the checked shirt and bow tie are a surprize and a sign that something else is going on here, likewise the lavender socks. There are some interesting things going on in terms of scale and proportion- the shoes/socks/cuffs, the gloves and jacket, the tie. The quirky elements make it and it looks right for him.
and a bow tie too! My god! one of a kind.
Crrazy–and why not? Pants, socks and shoes are ideal. The glasses suit the face, not so sure about the hair. The tie and lumberjack shirt? Crrazy, but I know I'll look at this image again. Where is this location?
What a character. The old school wing tips are perfect. I wish you could still find shoes like that.
This guy is badass! Great attention to detail.
There you go… I like the combination of his ponytale, the glasses, the big beard and the butterfly! Very cool indeed…
I like this, but it's a no-go on the gloves.
like the woolrich coat and the bllack shoes–reminds me of my father.
I saw this guy on the subway this morning. Did you JUST take this photo? If not, he wore the same outfit today.
I sincerely can tell you that this is one of my favorites!
Because this look is not about brands but about intelligence!
I want to be his friend.
Man, this guy has got it. Down. Good.
I wonder what kind of look the female equivalent would be?
Not often you see a beau brummel otter.
The coolest………….
such a character. a lumberjack/dandy/artiste!
One of my favorite shots ever. Not many can pull of this eclectic of a look and get away with it. His attitude allows him to own the look, and he clearly has an eye for great pieces and how to put it together. I love the juxtaposition of the hobo gloves and the bow tie. This guy has a masterful style vocabulary.
i love this guy, i always see him walking around and he always looks awesome.
Wow, definitely not a follower! Three types of plaid on top (with different scales and that's why they go well). The cuffed pants so we can see a bit of the marled pink socks on top of shoes that can be either very butch (as in this case) or very dressy (with a suit). I like that the look is very attainable, and that attention has obviously been paid to how things fit so that it doesnt look sloppy. Jorge from W Palm Beach
Wow, that guy is rock n roll old style!
so wool rich
ah! i love this man! this is the same dude you got (maybe last year-ish?) in warmer weather, wearing some seersucker shorts and a T-shirt or something. he had some amazing bracelet(s) happening and his hair– as it is here– was nothing short of magnificent.
again: love. this. dude.
He's so interesting! i like to think he was a preppie who went to Montana and came back to nyc via San Francisco. Great that you found a neutral background to show off all those cool details.
i bet he's fun. i wanna sit in a room somewhere in nyc and listen to records with him.
this guy looks exceptional. i could pass on the beard, but i like the idea of taking traditional male garb and spicing it up for a unique look. great, great sunglasses.
He's doin' his own thing and he looks darn good doin' it!!!!
the triple plaid, is genius
I like it. The shot was so unexpected.
I used to work in the logging industry in northern British Columbia (really!) and I used to see a lot of guys that looked pretty much like this – without the bowtie and the pink socks, of course. Add hobnailed boots and a chainsaw and he's got it nailed.
you can't really beat buffalo plaid and a BEARD!
Awesome. I will say that I used to wear 2 contrasting plaid shirts myself many years ago, and this fellow now shows me how it's truly done. I, too, especially like the socks.
The Lumberjack!!
Cool picture. Would love to go back to SOHO again sometime…it's been way too long!
Noooo! He stole my look! No one outside of the Berkshires is supposed to be rocking the plaid-on-plaid. Darn, back to the drawing board.
Nice blend of patterns and colors.
A nice "American rural" look
The glasses are a bit too modern in line and I think the red coat is ill-fitted and distracting to what is otherwise a nice elegant effortless ensemble.
nice shot!
for real…?!
where does one locate a house like that in SOHO…?
love how transplanted this look is. living in montana, this is what I see every day (minus the bow tie, typically) – it's refreshing and surprising here, though. great shot.
Pick socks rock, BUT, no man EVER looks good with rolled up jeans. No one!
i love that someone wondered what the female version of this would be. i love this and would absolutely wear it, in my size of course… wonder how it would look on a 5'4, 105 pound girl?! seriously i find this totally inspirational as a woman. it feels so authentic, and there is nothing i hate more than an outfit that looks like a coustume. fantastic!
He makes me think of an Elvis Costello gone rogue into the wilderness and then re-emerging months later. Love the wild man beard. :D
he's kind of what i imagined an aged 'freewheelin' bob dylan' to be like, if had never gone electric.
you know, kind of wise and rough and tumbley.
he needs some grooming. BAD. otherwise, it all works. i especially like the bowtie. It blends in a little, but it's cute. but seriously, someone give the guy a razor!
Urban lumberjack.
I really can't add anything to all the comments excep that they are spot on.
i really liked this shot. I love wearing those same clothes so much, and i don't care what others thing but my girlfriend is not a fan so next time I am going to tell her the Sart must think it's cool. That outta shut her up. She will probably just say "it looks good… on that guy !"
Haha Sart, I think this is one of your best shots, if not THE best. Kudos. :)
~ Alexandra
Good eye Scott!
My money's on those jeans coming from Blue In Green NYC.
is this the same guy you shot a while a go wearing a super-fitted polo button down and rolled up jeans? what a transformation….
I love it!! I also love how the parking lot behind sort of matches the vibe of his outfit. Ive been thinking about the new facial hair style for men. Moustaches and beards are back, i think it looks quite cool but not so sexy…its sort of weird to think about. Even Brad Pitts new moustache is something that is trendy but he looks better/hotter with the old style of scruff.
This guy has it. I wouldn't dare to clash so many patterns and styles. But he pulled it off. I think the beard adds to the outfit. STYLE!!!
Enough Said.
I have to believe that you are kidding. Seriously.
shoes just like my dad used to wear. love the personal style here.. no one else is doing this and it works.
@Jonathan. You CAN find shoes like that. Alden or Allen Edmonds. American Trad FTW!
One of a kind… Totally!
Talk about character.
July '08 – it is the same guy (with the tight polo & tan) He seems very meticulous in a way – except the facial hair.
looks like my dad in the 1960′s!!
nice shoes – but NO.
with all that hair though i have a question: when is the mustache goming back?
honestly – it is four weeks left till 09! – time to grow one friends!… or you will be too late
love the bow tie – so unexpected.
Kick-ass look, great dark blues, I like his take on combining plaid. It makes one wonder what this man does for a living and how he views his work. Nice shot and backdrop, Sart. Very spontaneous!
lovely shot!!
I swear my roommate Emilie donated
that exact coat to the salvation army about 5 years ago…
I am loving his swagger! The cold wind breaks upon your shoulders!
I want your jacket and shoes, sir!
Well done
so walt whitman!
that is my buddy amir …. every day he looks perfect, i don't know how he does it!
he has so much charisma, it is unreal.
and an IQ ….. wow!!!!
You've shot him before,
He lives in my neighborhood and always looks great
crabapplynyc, he wore different shoes today. i saw him in midtown… he rescued a bird that was paralyzed on the sidwalk.
A fun 'n wacky Yukon Cornelius look, just in time for the holiday!
Curious. No doubt he has opinions to match.
He needs a good barber pronto. Old style, of course, with the steaming towel, cutthroat razor and strop.
nice blog bro…
im from indonesia.. :D
my name abiq..
nice to meet you.. :D
Just this week I was getting all nostalgic about Woolrich shirt-jacs, and these days I live in the land of Pendleton, so I'm all about plaids and checks. The bow tie is brilliant and somehow works with all that hair. The mitts are a great touch as well.
All the droopy-drawers teen-agers I have to look at on the train should be forced to study this image carefully.
please, this could be anyone and everyone in brooklyn
i love how his wedding band throws you off a bit at first — but then it makes complete sense.
did he just step out of the boxcar, and on his way to a Beat poetry reading?
Straight out of the 50s, this man.
(and at first I thought it's Al Pacino in disguise, preparing for a new movie role)
Not something most men can pull off but he was born for it. I especially love the bow tie and brown check? shirt.
It's odd and beautiful. Like a hip physicist. Can't you just see him walking the hallways of MIT? If he were my professor I sure as hell would've been a lot more attentive in my physics class.
i wish i could grow facial hair.
damn my asian genes!
A perfect example of what I love about this blog. This guy's sheer inventiveness is amazing. Really well put together too. Makes me want to be more creative in my daily life.
This is one of the most original people I've seen on here. One of a kind with great patterns, mixed textures, and fits all his own. Bravo!
Love this! He looks awesome! Very unique and individualistic.
I actually own all three of those shirts – and the bowtie. Can't grow a beard like that, though
you all see??
its all about attitude
Wow, this guy looks so good-though without the attitidue, it would just be sad. Then again, it's impossible to pull *anything* off without attitude.
stranger in a strange land
i love him. isn't he the pink lacoste, khaki shorts and bohemian sandals guy from the summer that i fell in love with. so glad he's back and j'adore his winter look. see he's married….c'est la vie! i'll worship from afar. he's got style from his gorgeous locks to his pretty toes.
I want his sunglasses.
baked beans &
knap-sack on a stick
I love love love this!
flannel on flannel??
Is this the same guy that was photographed a while ago with the tight white polo?
Wow!! I love the confidence this guy exhudes. He is truly cool. I'm not disagreeing with anything he says!
where is the plaid shirt from–anyone know?
what a great image ! do it i say
This is my kind of guy. What an intelligent style!
who has can pull of plaid on plaid so well?
lumber-chic, i wonder how much he really thought about this outfit. bow tie and pink sock, definitely conscious decisions. rest i don't know ..
This is what every lumberjack should wear to transition from day to a dressy evening event! Since you want to blend in with your fellow wood choppers in the forest, the warm plaid layers work. Being in the outdoors, it is always smart to dress in layers and when you arrive at your event, you just shed the coat, and voila…you have a perfectly nice outfit with the tie and shoes! This man has it figured out! Straight from the woods to dinner in downtown Manhattan. Fabulous!
Haha! Oh, he looks rather cool!
<3 it! SoHo is the best.
Charming socks!!!
I have a feeling that it takes a little bit of $$ to look this effortlessly effortless.
He rocks it!
too cool for school!
this guy is fantastic! i want to meet a stylish lumberjack like this
Anonymous' comment about men in "the logging industry in northern British Columbia" looking "pretty much like this – without the bowtie and the pink socks" but with hobnailed boots and a chainsaw" made me LOL.
My immediate reaction to this look was also very We(s)t Coast (Vancouver BC). The red plaid jacket is ubiquitous here – but it's not usually worn with his panache. Great to see this look reinterpreted so interestingly.
Probably Japanese selvage, heavier denim (>14oz), slightly tapered and hemmed like they should. Kind of slubby fabric (could be Texas cotton but not necessarily). Samurai? Oni? Or is it Warehouse Dubbleworks 660 (with low/mid rise – the fly seems to contain 4 buttons)? Great portrait anyhow!
First thing that would come to mind if i passed by him on the street is biker/bum!
But damn what great sense of details and style!!!;)!!!
Originality-radar going off the hook over here…
this guy looks awsome. it looks like he just stepped out of a levi's vintage advertisment, but he looks amazing.he has given the outfit his own unique style.
wickedly inspiring man
i think this is one of my favorite posts. this outfit is one of few that seems like it was conceived completely intrinsically, without fashion influence, and it still works. this guy has true personal style.
talk about rounding this up! every detail is thought through.
The most remarkable thing to me: That golden ring with these wool gloves. Risky, yes.
The jacket looks a bit like Karen Walker for Swanndri – too bad it was only a one off thing!
A fantastic look and the jacket is by Woolrich. I know as I used to have one :-)
I sometimes wake up with the playful idea of wearing only black/stripes/whatever and keeping it as original as possible. This man surely has fun with his plaid. He's a badass, mountain man.
I saw this guy downtown once and could not stop staring at (read: worshipping) his unique sense of style. With the beard and slightly messy pulled back hair, he was wearing a "preppy" cable-knit and dockers. On anyone else it would look foolish, but he looked so hip and well planned.
I like everything about this shot, especially his color choices. Oh and the mix or the plaids and the texture of the fingerless gloves, and the shoes with pink socks and cuffed dark jeans. Ok I like everything about this picture.
I love this guy. The mixed of checks, I think, works well with the rest of his outfit. I especially love the turn-ups.
plaid+bowtie… see martin and osa
Looking GREAT!
can i get this guy's name. what a badass
the bow tie and the sox are fab =)
at first from afar when u see his two checked shirts you think he must've made a mistake of some sort, but upon closer inspection, u can see that he is indeed an intricately dressed man. Love the wash of the jeans and teh small details. great photo. =]
This guy looks like a native north Idahoan. Really, most of the guys here dress like that, except that some of them wear Carhartt's instead of the denim.
This reminds me of one of the hottest looks I've ever seen;a guy pulls up beside me at a stop light, full mountain man beard, full frizzy head of hair,calm and quiet yet very focused wide eyed almost madman-like, driving a brand new ferarri sport coupe.
plus, he looks like my dad!!
Saw him a couple of times in early Fall, with the same shoes, similar jeans, and checked shirt. His look is very deliberate. His hair and beard look slightly unkempt in this photo, but I assure you in person that is not the case. Each time I've seen him I have been struck by how great he looks — last time was at the airport when he was with a young woman I assumed was his wife; she had a very different style but looked just as fantastic.
I approve of the bow tie (I usually do) and the jeans, and even the beard. But I can't get past the fact that this chap is… wearing three shirts.
I love this man! Great style…just perfect!!!
Leon I agree.
from BiG.
Socks complete the outfit
I love this look! This fellow will never remember your name and is the life of the party.
Who makes his JEANS???? They are peeerfect like a grey raw mix..beautiful this guy has personality.
Isn't it time to forget all the plaid, America, and dream up somethin' else? Please?
I saw this and thought of Karl Lagerfeld, except with color and personality.
he was photographed before for this blog. He was wearing shorts with a polo and scandals. Absolutly loved it.
He looks like Williamsburg.
HA…I love his socks!
I have always loved this photo from your first book and was one of the reasons i started to follow you. great lifestyle shot!!


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With one episode remaining in the second season of "Homeland," several plotlines reached their conclusions, while others blew wide open.
Episode 11 killed off two of the series' most obviously troublesome characters: Abu Nazir and the Brodys' marriage. Perhaps most interestingly, the season two finale is set up to take yet another angle on the same conflict that has driven the show to this point: the struggle for control of Nicholas Brody's fate.
The first shots of the episode showed the characters exactly where they were at the end of last week's installment -- with Carrie lurking in Nazir's warehouse hideout; Quinn and others on their way to back her up; Saul help up at Langley in a bad situation; and the Brodys reaching their boiling point after several days of isolation in protective custody.
Even though Carrie is SURE he was RIGHT THERE, the teams sent to inspect the warehouse and adjacent tunnels fail to find Nazir. Carrie heads back to Langley, where she looks like she could really use a shower, or even just a change of clothes. She sneaks into Roya Hamad's interrogation room without Quinn's permission and delivers a monologue intended to manipulate Roya into a confession. Roya doesn't fall for Carrie's good cop routine, and she leaves the room shaken.
Unsatisfied, Carrie returns to the scene where she was held by Nazir and demands a final sweep of the site, and she personally accompanies the small attachment still lingering around the warehouses. It sure looks like it would be smart to have a little more backup, but as soon as the thought forms in our minds, Carrie turns around to find the soldier next to her dead, his throat slit.
A chase ensues, with Carrie and Nazir cat-and-mousing through the dark space until a handful of backup soldiers, presumably following the sounds of Carrie's voice, corners Nazir. They find him kneeling serenely, ready to accept his capture. He reaches for what might be a weapon and someone shoots.
Ding dong, Nazir is dead!!! But why does everyone look so glum? Brody, especially, reacts to the news of his secret mentor with genuine tears. This unexpected reaction tells everyone in the family that there may be a lot they don't know about this husband/father/war hero/congressman/philanderer. Dana has lost patience with the charade, and her tantrum about how Mike is a better dad actually helps to break the ice.
Released from FBI custody, the Brodys head home. Nick and Jessica discuss the inevitable in the driveway, and Morena Baccarin (the actress who plays Jessica) finally delivers an emotionally resonant scene after many, many clunky episodes. The Brody's don't blame each other, they say, but it's time to give up on the marriage.
Brody heads straight to Carrie's, where she receives him warmly at the door. But who is that lurking in the bushes? Ah yes, it's Quinn, apparently with orders to kill Brody at the soonest opportunity. His potential hide-out at Carries, however, makes Quinn's mission quite a bit more complicated.
To sum up before the finale, let's review the major conflicts and their resolutions. One of the qualities that makes this show so satisfying is it's ability to invent variations on a theme; that is, to fold the same conflict in on itself in order to keep the audience guessing.
Round one:
Carrie vs. the CIA. The primary plot of season one centered around Carrie's conviction that Brody had been 'turned' and was working for Nazir, while the rest of the agency dismissed her theory as the product of her mental illness.
Point went to Carrie, who proved that bipolar disorder and amazing spy savvy are decidedly not mutually exclusive.
Round two:
CIA vs. terrorists. Season two kept us guessing with regard to Brody's loyalties. Meanwhile, Carrie and others worked around the clock to detect and intervene Nazir's next big civilian-targeting move. The interception of a plot to bomb a state event, the assassination of Nazir, and the arrest of Roya Hamad wrapped up this conflict as a decisive victory for the CIA.
Round three:
CIA vs. CIA – the plot thickens! Now that Brody has fulfilled his function as an informant vital for the capture of Abu Nazir, Estes regards him as nothing more than a liability and has ordered Quinn to assassinate the sitting congressman.
Saul picked up on the plan, and now his job at the CIA has been threatened/suspended by Estes, who has ordered Saul out of the way. Once Carrie finds out what's going on, she's sure to side with Saul regarding the CIA's responsibility toward Brody.
How much does Brody know, or suspect? We're curious to find out if he showed up at Carrie's house at the end of tonight's episode in the interest of love, or protection.
Round three, continued (maybe):
Carrie & Brody vs. America. Let's not forget that these two are now harboring a major secret – that is, the murder of Vice President Walden. Will they keep the secret? Or could one turn on the other?
Given that Carrie always wins, our money's with her. Just when she seems most defenseless, she always manages to outsmart everyone around her. Whether this means that Brody will live, it's too soon to say… But we'd like to see him around for another season, so we'll be rooting for these star-crossed lovers next week!
With one episode remaining in the second season of "Homeland," several plotlines reached their conclusions, while others blew wide open.


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Even before Barack Obama is sworn in as president, journalists and historians have begun the ritual of reevaluating his predecessors and deciding where George W. Bush fits into the pack.
The problem with most rankings is not that they're subjective, but that they're based on the wrong criteria, such as charisma, intellect, communications skill, leadership, or management style.
Some presidential scholars emphasize effectiveness or how a president responded to a crisis. Bland men in boring times rarely achieve much note.
It's time to rethink the way we rate presidents. An effective president is not necessarily great, or even successful, if he effectively implements policies that are bad for the country.
Presidential rankings should be based on different standards: Did the president uphold the Constitution, and have an agenda that contributed to peace, prosperity, and liberty, and was he reasonably adept at getting that agenda implemented?
Presidents cannot take credit or be blamed for what they inherit when they take office. If they at least try to move the country in the right direction – as Jimmy Carter did when he proposed a top-to-bottom review of federal programs and government spending, known as "zero-based budgeting "– they deserve more credit than presidents who go along with things that are wrong.
Indeed, Carter, who is underrated as president, reduced government spending as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) faster than any other modern president, began deregulation of many industries, and nominated Paul Volcker to serve as Federal Reserve chairman. He was The main architect of the "tight money" policies that helped trigger the Reagan and Clinton booms.
The late historian Stephen Ambrose, biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, argued in his book "Eisenhower: Soldier and President," that an author's partisanship distorts the attempt to rate the effects of presidential decisions. A "more fruitful" way to judge a president, Mr. Ambrose wrote, is to assess "how well he did in achieving the tasks and goals he set for himself at the time he took office."
Such valueless judgments are the opposite of how historians should judge our presidents. By Ambrose's standard, any president with the skill – or the favorable conditions – to get his programs enacted could be labeled a good or great chief executive, even if the programs hurt the country. Woodrow Wilson, Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush would all rank high in such a system, because they were all reasonably effective in getting (misguided) policies implemented.
But consider the cost of that effectiveness: Wilson's policies arguably helped foment World War II, and they certainly led to bigger and more aggressive government. Johnson's policies helped create welfare dependency as an American way of life. And Bush's policies both dragged us into an unnecessary war in Iraq and, with the addition of Medicare's prescription drug benefit, provided for the greatest expansion of government in recent history. All three were effective; all three were wrong.
Presidents also are frequently evaluated on how they respond to crises – rather than whether they could have prevented them. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt are consistently ranked among America's greatest presidents. All three served during periods of great turmoil: the Revolution, the Civil War, and the Great Depression/World War II.
But why not give extra credit to presidents who keep us out of war? Ulysses S. Grant, for example, who kept us out of war with Spain in 1869-70 during a rebellion in Cuba, is generally rated lower in the history books than William McKinley, who took us to war against the same adversary for similar reasons in 1898.
Let's be honest: Sometimes what a president doesn't do is more important than what he does.
Martin Van Buren, for example, deserves high marks for acting with restraint during the economic panic of 1837, which prevented a deeper depression and allowed the market to correct itself. Compare that to the bail-everybody-out policies coming from Washington today.
He also avoided several wars, thus preserving limited government and restraining executive power. Compare that to the aggressive and activist policies coming from Washington today.
Calvin Coolidge lacked charisma, generally avoided government intervention, and served during a time of peace. He is known today as Silent Cal and is all but ignored by historians. I consider him among America's best chief executives.
We need to judge our presidents not by who they were, how they led, or how they governed, but by what they did. If they upheld the Constitution and enhanced peace, prosperity, and liberty, they should be ranked high. If they detracted from these important qualities, they should be judged more harshly.
• Ivan Eland is author of the new book, "Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity and Liberty," and a senior fellow with The Independent Institute, in Oakland, Calif.


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Here is my tweet: https://twitter.com/EcoBlogz/status/265589160872656896
It would make it memorable by making it easier to make a delicious meal, with two kids 3 and under I could use some help!
This would be great in my kitchen. When we were kicked out of our home that we were renting(long story) nearly every bit of my kitchen cookery items were left behind, all my crock pots, stock pots, slow cookers/roasters, etc...It has been real difficult using the bear minimal cooking/baking items...and now am teaching my son the finer points in cooking since he has taken his first cooking class at the age of 11, and he has been cooking with me since he was 4 years old ...what better way to reward him for his hard work than to win this, and teach him a new way of cooking!! I have always wanted one of these but could never afford one!
Our family likes all different foods - ham, turkey - and with the Ronco Rotisserie, we could cook both easily!
With the baby due any day, I'd love a little help in the kitchen. I LOVE the taste of rotisserie and would love to be able to get that without having to fire up the entire oven!
we have never used a rotisserie to cook the turkey, so that would really change things up
Rotisserie Turkey would be a great addition to Thanksgiving this year!!!
This will make my Thanksgiving easy & breezy and my small turkey will taste awesome!


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The Winder-Barrow High School wrestling team edged Apalachee High School 42-39 at the Best of Barrow event Tuesday.
Victories by the Mat Bulldoggs came at 106 (Gavin Pieneiasek); 132 (Landon McFarland); 152 (Trey Killings); 170 (Stephen Head); 182 (Dalton Crowe) and 285 (Agustin Salas).
Victories by AHS included 126 (Nick Zvirbulis); 138 (Trent Dobbs); (145) Justin Skinner; (160) Trey Dobbs and 220 (Matt Moore).
WBHS won by forfeit at 113 and 195 while AHS took forfeit points at 120.
Both teams will compete at the traditional area duals Friday and Saturday at Flowery Branch.
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*sigh* Well kids, all good things must come to an end – and last night, the inspired run that Bill had on DWTS this season came to a close. As soon as the judges handed out that first bullsh*t score, I think I knew there was no way in hell they were gonna let Bill even get within striking distance of the MBT – but thankfully, Bill went out on a very high note: I don't think Emma could have choreographed a more perfect routine for him than his freestyle 🙂 Just wish that the judges had given him just ONE pity 10, but again, I think they were afraid that giving him any excessively kind scores was going to prolong his stay…but it just became even more glaringly obvious when you take into account that each of the other couples got a perfect 30 on their freestyles. I'm trying not to be bitter about it, but the fact that Len admitted that Bill "did improve" on his Viennese waltz, and then proceeded to give him the SAME SCORE as he got the first time around, just doesn't compute for me. Grrrrr. But alas, I don't know that poor Bill had the energy in him for more dancing tonight, so I'm partially relieved that the guy gets his life back now…now I just have to work on getting mine back. Gonna miss Bill & Emma 🙁
Speaking of that blasted "judges' choice" dance – I don't know what the hell was going on with the scoring & commentary there. They tell Bill he improved, but give him the same score as the first time he did the dance; they tell Corbin he didn't improve, but give him a higher score than the first time he did his dance. I thought both improved, but from the way the judges were talking, you would have thought both had completely bungled their dances up even worse than the first go-round. But once again, I think the judges had an agenda there, and the scores and commentary given for those two dances in particular had little to do with the actual quality of the dance. The secret judges' mission statement of finale week, night one seemed to be "make sure Bill goes home at all costs". Oh well.
Gonna do my rankings in reverse order tonight – starting with 3rd place and working up to the winners.
3rd place: Corbin & Karina
Corbin's a fantastic dancer, no doubt, and he definitely delivered in all three of his dances last night – but I'm still left just a bit chilly after watching him dance, and it seems to be a sentiment shared by many of our readers. Something about Corbin's dancing just doesn't feel connected to me – it's as if he's dancing for himself each time, rather than for an audience, and the end result just seems to create a barrier that prevents me from really connecting to him. As I said before, I thought his quickstep was an improvement, but I still felt a bit of a disconnect in it – like he was more in his own head than interacting with the audience. He handled the samba pretty damn well for not having done it before – and while I do agree that he deserved to win the samba relay, I can't really say that his samba was my favorite or the most fun to watch; it was just very technical. His freestyle was pretty impressive and very ambitious – taking on MJ is no easy task, but both he & Karina did rise to the occasion. Wish they could have made it their own a bit more, as opposed to just throwing in a small section of tango before breaking into a hodgepodge of MJ moves; I also could have done without the extra people, as they only came in for a small portion and they damn near dropped Karina during the one stunt they assisted with. I think he'll probably handle his cha-cha/foxtrot fusion decently well, but when it all comes down to it, I just have a feeling that he's going to end up in third place – between the way the judges run hot & cold with him, to the way some of the viewers haven't been able to connect with him, to a fanbase that I'm really uncertain about, I just think the best he can hope for is third. Amber's got the judges on her side, and Jack seems to have the viewers – not a whole lot left for Corbin 🙁
2nd place: Jack & Cheryl
For what Jack lacked in terms of technique and energy last night, he more than made up for in heart 🙂 As I found myself tweeting more than once last night, I think poor Jack is just absolutely drained at this point – as someone who lives with someone with an autoimmune disease, I can tell you that the fatigue is neverending; sure, those suffering have good days and bad days, but most days they do just feel kinda sluggish…and on really bad days, they can barely get out of bed. I think after 13 weeks, Jack is just plain pooped – and as a result, his first two dances got a bit bungled. You could tell he was really trying hard with his jive, but he just didn't quite have the energy to pick his legs up and he may have gotten a little foggy on the choreography. At the very least, he admitted it wasn't his best and he was mad at himself – I don't think I would have been as sympathetic if he had acted like that jive was better than his first attempt. I agree with Len about their samba relay – it felt a tad safe and slow-moving, but I'm wondering if that was an intentional choice by Cheryl in order to somewhat preserve his energy for the freestyle. But man, was that freestyle something to behold – Jack seemed to come alive again, and I actually found that the Fred Astaire theme fit him remarkably well. And the tears both he & Cheryl shed after getting through it flawlessly? Just precious. If I think Bill & Emma were the best-matched couple of the season, I think these two were a very close second – I think Cheryl needed Jack just as much as Jack needed Cheryl, and this season has been an epiphany for both of them. I gave all my votes to Jack this week, and I could have sworn that I saw Bill whisper "Now you win this mofo!" in Jack's ear as the credits were rolling last night. I actually think he'll do quite well with his paso/salsa fusion – I think Corbin was pretty kind in giving him that, as he would have ended up with jive again, otherwise. I think Jack may benefit from the fact that he's the only remaining finalist that has really had a strong "growth" arc on the show, and also the fact that he's fighting with an incurable disease as he's been learning. Saw a lot of Bill fans tossing their votes to Jack – I'm hoping it helps him pull out 2nd place. Although seeing him hoist that MBT would be nice 😉
Winner: Amber & Derek
Amber was flawless last night – I don't think she could have done any better with her Charleston or her freestyle. They must have really drilled synchronization when rehearsing that Charleston, because I didn't see them out of step at all. While they handled their samba relay routine well, it seemed to get a little repetitive to me – a lot of samba runs and pivots – and I think that may have been what Len was referring to when he said that one couple had "almost" nailed it. Loved the concept and execution of their freestyle – the stepping was definitely something that's never been done before for the freestyle, and this was one instance where the extra dancers actually served to enhance the routine as opposed to just being in it. And best of all: it highlighted Amber and what she is capable of. I doubt the samba/quickstep fusion will give them any trouble – just hope they don't try to pull out "Sir Duke" yet again. Given their scores and the undoubtled large Glee fanbase, I would be surprised if they didn't win – still think there's an outside chance that Jack maybe gained some support after last night, and there's enough "Derek doesn't deserve a 5th MBT" naysayers out there that it could make a difference – but at the end of the day, I think Amber deserves to win.
So what did you guys think of last night's show? And who do you think will be walking away with the MBT tonight?


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I'm still at a loss as to why Donald Trump, AKA Carnival Barker, has such a deep hatred for President Barack Obama, while claiming he has a good relationship with "the blacks." His three oldest kids, Eric, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, reportedly met with him before the election and told him to tone down the Obama-bashing.
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He should listen to his kids because this is way over the top. That $5 million pledge for the president to releases his college transcripts and passport applications, as well as his Twitter meltdown over the president winning reelection are just some of the reasons why people dismiss Donald Trump as a loud-mouth bully.


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2012 AGU Fall Meeting: Lessons Learned from the L'Aquila Earthquake Verdicts Press Conference
A11N.* Data Assimilation in Geosciences
A21M. Gravity Waves in the Atmosphere and Ocean I
A21O.* Transport and Impacts of African Dust on Weather and Climate I
A31K. New Atmospheric Sciences Fellows Presentations I
A32D. New Atmospheric Sciences Fellows Presentations II
A42D. Interactions Between Tropospheric Chemistry and Climate I
A51L. Tropospheric O3 Profiles
A53S. Climate/Meteorological Applications for GNSS and Related Remote Sensing Techniques I
A54F. Space-Based, Operational Global Earth Observations From NPP and JPSS III
AE12A. Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity in Thunderstorms
AGU Presidential Forum – Ira Flatow, NPR Science
B23I. Disturbance Impacts and Responses I
B24A. Disturbance Impacts and Responses II
B33G. Impacts of Extreme Climate Events and Disturbances on Carbon Dynamics I
B34A. Impacts of Extreme Climate Events and Disturbances on Carbon Dynamics II
B54A. Climatic Controls on Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) II
Birch Lecture: T32A. Inside a Crustal Earthquake – the Rock Evidence
Bjerknes Lecture: A22A. Tropical Convection: A Half Century Quest for Understanding
Bowen Lecture: V22A. The Andesite Problem: Why is this Planet to be the Earth?
Bowie Lecture: G24A. How Attractive is our Planet?
Bullard Lecture: GP23A. Magnetotelluric studies in East Africa
C41D.* Dust and Black Carbon in the Cryosphere I
C43E. Climate Change and Cryospheric Systems I
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Paolo Mangiola and Edward Watson, Eric Underwood in rehearsals with Wayne McGregor | Random Dance © Chris Shipman/ROH
Edward Watson and Eric Underwood in rehearsals with Wayne McGregor | Random Dance © Chris Shipman/ROH
Paul Kay, Eric Underwood and Edward Watson in rehearsals with Wayne McGregor | Random Dance © Chris Shipman/ROH
On 22 November, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance will perform a trio of world premieres featuring dancers from The Royal Ballet; Edward Watson, Eric Underwood and Paul Kay.
The programme consists of works created by rising choreographic talents for dancers from both The Royal Ballet and Wayne McGregor | Random Dance.
Choreographer Paolo Mangiola, who has danced with Wayne McGregor | Random Dance since 2008, will present Alpha Episodes, a combination of solos and a trio that explores the identity of the alpha male. Set to an original electronic soundscape score by Swedish composer Dag Rosenqvist, it is blended with text from Virginia Woolf's The Waves.
We joined Royal Ballet dancers Eric Underwood, Paul Kay and Edward Watson in rehearsals with Paolo at The Royal Ballet School last week. During the session, the grand piano remained unplayed in the corner; instead the studio reverberated with Dag's dense electronica as, in less than half an hour, a series of disjointed steps and spins became a sharply executed, expressive dance.
"They know their bodies so well and are trained in such a specific way. It's like you have an amazing machine in front of you and you just have to press the right buttons," explained Paolo. "They are beautiful artists, and each and every one of them has a different quality," he continued. "I feel like a spoilt kid who has just been given three Ferraris to work with!"
Robert Binet, who was appointed Royal Ballet Choreographic Apprentice after working with Wayne McGregor in DanceLines last year, has created Life's Witness, a work for eight Random Dance artists. Rob's piece, which explores states of absence and presence, is set to five different pieces of music played by a live string quartet and accompanied by singer Melanie Pappenheim.
"I have learnt so much working with the Random Dance artists," explained Rob. "They have brought so much to the piece. They are just brilliant at the way they approach tasks and handle the movement puzzles I give them."
Royal Ballet Affiliate Choreographer Alexander Whitley will also present a work entitled Hertz for eight performers from Random Dance.
"The piece explores ideas of light," he explained. "It looks at the behaviour of light and the scientific theories behind it, but in a humanistic sense." He has set the work to Allow the Light by Icelandic composer Hildur Gudnadottir, which was inspired by how babies in the womb experience light. "I want it to reflect how our experience of light is always present in the way we view the world," continued Alex.
Wayne McGregor, Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, founded Wayne McGregor | Random Dance in 1992. The company quickly became renowned for its radical approach to dance, incorporating new technology into choreography and working with multi-disciplinary artists.
This season, the company will also perform FAR. A critically-acclaimed work known for its jaw-dropping visuals, it had its premier at Sadler's Wells in 2010. It opens in the Linbury Studio Theatre on 15 November. Wayne McGregor's Infra, an abstract ballet that features set designs by visual artist Julian Opie, will be performed in a mixed programme that opens on 3 November.
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance will be performing in the Linbury Studio Theatre from 22 to 24 November. Tickets are now on-sale.


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