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Welcome to my blog! I'm a Sr. Software Development Engineer in the Seattle area, who has been performing C++/C#/Java development for over 20 years, but have definitely learned that there is always more to learn!
All thoughts and opinions expressed in my blog and my comments are my own and do not represent the thoughts of my employer.
Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to write and maintain. The index of all my past little wonders posts can be found here.
We've talked about the Select() and Where() LINQ extension methods before. The Select() method lets you project from the source type to a new type, and the Where() method lets you filter the list of items to the ones you are interested in.
Most people know of these methods in their simplest form, where they simply take a projection and predicate respectively that operates on just an element. However, there are overloads for both of these methods that take a delegate that operates on both the element and the index of the element.
So let's take a look at these and see what we can do with them.
The Select() method is responsible for projecting a sequence into a new sequence which may or may not be different types and/or values.
As an extension method, it's most common form is:
As you know, this gives us a lot of power, we can use it to change values (and keep types the same):
1: // an array of 1 to 10
2: var numbers = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).ToList();
4: // converts to an array of 2, 4, 6, ..., 20
5: var doubles = numbers.Select(i => i*2).ToList();
So that's an example of a projection that changes the values, you can also project to a different type:
1: // the numbers from 1 to 10
4: // project to list of strings "1: ", "2: ", ...
5: var lineNumbers = numbers.Select(i => i.ToString() + ": ").ToList();
Now that we've reviewed the basic form, let's look at a lesser-used overload of Select():
Note the difference here: in this overload the delegate takes not just an element, but an element and the index of that element in the source sequence this method is invoked upon.
Thus, if you had a list of items and wanted to take advantage of the item's index as well in the projection, you can:
1: // say that racers consists of the names of racers in the order of finish:
2: IEnumerable<string> racers = ...;
4: // get a projection of new objects consisting of placing and name
5: var finishers = racers.Select((r, index) => new { Place = index, Name = r }).ToList();
The code snippet above will take a sequence of string and convert it into a list of anonymous objects representing the racer's name and their place. So given this form of the Select(), you can use the index as part of the projection and either store it, or use it to build a new value.
One very important note, the index provided to the projection is the index from the sequence the Select() was immediately called from. This is an important distinction because you can chain together multiple operations which may alter the number of items in the sequence (or their order) before the Select() is invoked. This is very similar to the way that Skip() and Take() (click here for a discussion of these two methods) work with their index overloads.
For example:
1: // fibs under 100
2: var numbers = new[] { 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89 };
4: // even fibs and their indexes?
5: var evenFibs = numbers
6: .Where(f => (f % 2) == 0)
7: .Select((f, index) => new { Number = f, Index = index })
8: .ToList();
So looking at this code, you might think you'd get a list that contains Number = 2 at Index = 2, Number = 8 at Index 5, and Number = 34 at Index 8. But instead you'll get Number = 2 at Index = 0, Number = 8 at Index = 1, and Number = 34 at Index = 2.
Why? Because remember that the Where() filters the sequence from (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89) down to just a sequence of the evens (2, 8, 34) and that is the sequence the Select() is operating on, thus that sequence is the one who's indexes are used. Make sense? The Where() returns a new, shorter sequence, and that is the sequence that Select() uses for its elements and what it bases the indexes from.
So, how would you get the results with the original indexes? Well, one way would be to perform the Select() first, and then filter the results with the Where() second:
4: // yes, this works...
6: .Select((f, index) => new { Number = f, Index = index })
7: .Where(r => (r.Number % 2) == 0)
So this one first projects the sequence into a sequence of an anonymous type holding both the number and the index, and then it filters down to only the those that have an even number.
As you know, Where() filters based on a predicate. It's basic form is:
So, of course, as you've seen in the examples above, we can use Where() to filter a sequence of numbers to just the evens:
1: // 1 through 10
2: var numbers = Enumerable.Range(1, 10);
4: // 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
5: var evens = numbers.Where(n => (n % 2) == 0).ToList();
Just like Select(), the Where() extension method also has an overload that takes passes an index to the predicate:
For example, let's say you wanted to pull every other item in a sequence, you could do this with the overload:
4: // get every other fib number
5: var everyOtherFib = numbers.Where((n, index) => (index % 2) == 0).ToList();
The resulting sequence from the above will yield (1, 2, 5, 13, 34, 89). These may seem like trivial uses, but you could also use them to coordinate across sequences. For example, let's say you kick off multiple service requests in various threads, and have an array of bool representing whether the results came back successfully, we could filter the requests to get the list of failed requests:
1: bool[] wasSuccessful = new ...;
3: // get the list of requests that had bad return codes:
4: var failedRequests = requests.Where((r, index) => !wasSuccessful[index]).ToList();
So the code above goes through the requests, takes the index of each request, and checks to see if wasSuccessful at that same index is false.
Finally, once again it is important to note that the index passed to the Where() clause is the index of the item in the sequence Where() is immediately called upon. So, once again, if you need the index of the item in the original sequence, make sure that none of the clauses before your indexed Select(), Where(), Skip(), or Take() alter the sequence by re-ordering, adding, or removing items.
When you use the form of Select(), Where(), Skip(), or Take() where you provide a lambda expression that takes an index, it is often useful to name the lambda variables such that it's clear which item is the index.
1: // Ummm, is j the number and k the index? or vice-versa...?
2: var evenFibs = numbers
3: .Where((j, k) => (k % 2) == 0)
4: .ToList();
In the code above, because j and k don't really have any derivable meaning from the context, we have to know from experience (or Intellisense) that k is the index. However, many folks reading this code may not know that.
This is why typically, and this is just my personal style, I like to name the index variable explicitly index, or at least x so it's fairly clear that we're talking about an index and not the value:
1: // Ah... it was the index!
3: .Where((j, index) => (index % 2) == 0)
The Select() and Where() LINQ extension methods provide powerful ways to manipulate lists. The Select() clause is great for projecting from one sequence to another sequence containing different types/values, and the Where() clause is useful for filtering a sequence down to only those that match a given predicate. Both of these extension methods allow you to not only project and filter based on each element in the sequence, but also based on the element's index in the sequence. Care should be taken to realize that the index of the item may be altered by chained expressions.
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|This is the article on the chapter. For the genjutsu, head to Kotoamatsukami.
"Kotoamatsukami" ("別天神", "Kotoamatsukami") is chapter 550 of the original Naruto manga.
Itachi's crow flies out of Naruto's mouth. Itachi attempts to use Amaterasu on Naruto but the crow locks the eyes with Itachi causing him to stop. Itachi then uses Amaterasu on Nagato's dog summon and then turns to use it on Nagato himself and the bird summon. Itachi explains to Naruto why the crow has a Mangekyō Sharingan and how he got it. Shisui Uchiha had given his Sharingan to Itachi and wanted him to use it to protect Konoha. Kabuto overhears the conversation and states that his luck keeps getting better. Nagato uses Shinra Tensei to free himself from Itachi's flames, and Kabuto seemingly removes his personality. Nagato sneaks behind Naruto with his chameleon summon and uses Shinra Tensei once again to attack Killer B and Naruto. Nagato appears behind B and tries to attack him, but B goes into his Version 2 transformation and counters Nagato's attack with a Tailed Beast Lariat. Nagato uses the Preta Path's ability to absorb B's chakra, which leads Nagato to regain a youthful appearance. Nagato then grabs hold of Naruto and uses the Human Path technique.

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Digital Editions
When the editor asked me to write an article on enterprise streaming, I realized it had been a few years since I'd delved deeply into corporate streaming systems. Almost a decade ago, I spent several years designing and launching a corporate webcasting program, and I have continued to work with corporate customers intermittently since then. But I was curious to see what had changed in the past 2 years.
What emerged, after a series of interviews with representatives from major corporations such as CA, Lockheed Martin, Merck, and QAD, is a picture of enterprise use that goes far beyond traditional streaming. Each representative talked about the original intent of the company's streaming systems, and in every case, across a variety of industries, the expanded use of streaming solutions has led to expanded use of other types of technology.
Each of these companies employs workflow solutions that bear striking similarities to each other, but with enough variation to provide a bigger picture of the drivers that forced companies to move from early homegrown products to single- or multivendor projects.
Rather than telling each company's story separately, we've split this article up across a variety of topics, exploring how each company got started, what its growth looked like, and what has changed versus what has stayed the same. We've also provided a series of best practices that Streaming Media magazine readers may find beneficial in their own enterprise streaming implementations.
The CompaniesRepresentatives from four companies agreed to be interviewed for this article. While these multinational corporations may be familiar to most of our readers, as some have been featured before in Streaming Media, we've included an introduction to each company and its streaming representatives.
CA. James Lasher is director of audiovisual (AV) services for CA, Inc., a global independent IT management software company. CA's enterprise IT management solutions for mainframe and distributed computing enable what the company calls Lean IT for its customers, and streaming plays a role in keeping the company's internal communications on course with its strategic mission.
Lockheed Martin. Thomas Aquilone, media services and enterprise technology programs manager, works in Valley Forge, Pa., for Lockheed Martin, which has been featured in Streaming Media several times this decade. Aquilone discusses the use of streaming within several business areas of Lockheed Martin, including information systems and global services (IS&GS), enterprise business services (EBS), and aeronautics and space systems.
Merck. Two representatives from this international pharmaceutical company—William Vanderdecker, manager, Merck digital communications, and James Fox, associate manager, webcasting services—gave details on Merck's far-flung streaming initiatives, including expansion to Europe and Asia.
QAD. Scott Lawson, business systems architect for the information technology team at QAD, Inc., spoke about his role in the overall picture for the company. QAD provides enterprise resource management and supply chain software and services for global manufacturers. The company has 1,500 employees split fairly evenly between working in a main office and working remotely from home or small satellite offices.


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Group emails by the subject thread
You can group related messages by subject and hierarchy through Workspace Webmail so that all replies to a message are listed under the original message.
To Group Messages by Subject Thread
- From the Folders area, right-click the folder you want to set the option for.
- Click Options.
- Select Thread Messages.
- Click OK.
Note: When a folder contains 1,000 or more messages, you won't be able to group them by subject thread unless you delete other messages from the folder.


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The Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) C-17 Globemaster III is an American strategic airlifter manufactured by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, and operated by the United States Air Force, British Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Canadian Forces Air Command. NATO also has plans to acquire the airlifter.
The C-17 Globemaster III is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. It is also capable of performing tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions. The C-17 takes its name from two previous heavy lifter aircraft, the C-74 Globemaster and the C-124 Globemaster II.
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Feel free to work on it.
2049 is complete now. You should be able to pick up the changes I made by choosing Advanced>sqlCVS>Update and choosing all the dce and ir tables. However, for this to work your version of LinuxMCE needs to be newer than Update 2010-09-16 23289. A change was made to the Generic Serial Device plugin in that version which is required to use it with the Roku box.--Eric
Complete as it was intended, as in using telnet commands ?
I"m having trouble getting my roku setup. First off, my MAC is of the range: 00:0d:4b:5d:XX:XXBut I manually added the Roku as a child device of my core and have the picture exporting to a PVR150 over composite. The picture works just fine, but I cannot get LMCE to send commands to my device. I telnet in on port 8080 and am able to manually send commands to the device, but no buttons pressed on my MD or orbiters work.Under "Device Data" for the Roku player in the admin pages, "COM port on PC" is left as "Please select".Any help would be greatly appreciated-
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Ice fisherman killed after fall into lake in Moraine State Park
Passer-by spots Kenneth Andres in Lake Arthur's Big Run Bay
Authorities have identified an ice fisherman who died after he was pulled from a lake at a state park.
Officials in Butler County said the victim fell into Lake Arthur's Big Run Bay in Moraine State Park on Saturday afternoon.
A passer-by on Route 422 spotted something orange in the water called emergency responders at about 5 p.m.
A park ranger pulled the man to shore on a pontoon-type sled, and he was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Park operations manager Dan Bickel told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://bit.ly/YlR9Eo ) that the victim was 73-year-old Kenneth Andres.
Bickel said officials don't know how long he was in the water. He said the victim was fishing alone "which is never recommended."
Information from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, http://www.post-gazette.com


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Millions of Americans hoped President Obama would nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the consumer financial watchdog agency she had created. Instead, she was pushed aside. As Warren kicks off her run for Scott Brown's Senate seat in Massachusetts, Suzanna Andrews charts the Harvard professor's emergence as a champion of the beleaguered middle class, and her fight against a powerful alliance of bankers, lobbyists, and politicians.
Cont. reading [Vanity Fair]
- Elizabeth Warren raises $3M-plus – Boston Herald
- Warren raises $3.15 million in six weeks – The Hill
- Elizabeth Warren doesn't miss beat in Herald debate – Boston Herald
- Warren shines in debate debut – Boston Herald


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Israel and 17 other examining authorities have now set up a Global Patent Prosecution Highway.
The 17 offices involved in the GPPH pilot are IP Australia (IP Australia), Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO), Hungarian intellectual property office (HIPO), Icelandic Patent Office (ELS), Israel Patent Office (ILPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO), Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR), Nordic Patent Institute (NPI), Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO), Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT), Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO), Swedish patent and registration office (PRV), United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (IPO), and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
An application first examined in one, may, if at least one claim is found to be novel and inventive, be used to accelerate Examination in other pilot jurisdictions.
I suspect that with just about everything being fast-tracked, the system will probably break down. One wonders if a pile up on the Worldwide Superhighway could result in everything grinding to a halt. Still, there are no human test pilots, so no harm done.
The PCT, was, of course, supposed to achieve this. If, instead of ignoring PCT search reports, the various national phase jurisdictions would consider their findings, I suspect that backlogs could have been dealt with years ago.
Categories: Israel Patent Office, Patent Prosecution Highway, UKIPO, UKPTO, USPTO, WIPO, World Trade Organization, WTO


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Swarms of yellow shirts attacking incoming cars, vuvuzelas and car horns blaring, South African flags flying, crowds dancing around singing "ole, ole, ole" and soccer circles forming prompted by the popular World Cup song "Make the circle bigger, make the circle bigger …"
Such were the sights and sounds of Long Street in Cape Town last night after the South African men's national soccer team -- fondly known as Bafana Bafana, or "the boys, the boys" -- tied Mexico 1-1 in the Cup-opening game against Mexico in Johannesburg. The idea of such celebration in the streets after a tie might seem puzzling at first, but the fact is, most locals didn't have much hope for the boys. The general town sentiment towards the Cup opener was if the boys lost this game, all hope of advancement within the tournament would be lost as well.
Seeing the celebration in the streets was not only surprising because of the less-than-mediocre score, but also because after some reporting I did within the past week, I've found that although there are Bafana signs everywhere, based on my rough survey, I'd say more people in Cape Town are rooting for England. Taxi driver Jameson Karata, 25, of Funs Cabs Company, is rooting for England because "South Africa will not make it far." He said most of his friends are rooting for France and Spain.
The support from the people in the streets definitely shows it. On countless occasions, I've spotted a South African flag, an English flag and often a French flag, conveniently juxtaposed next to each other – outside bars, gas stations, stores, restaurants, you name it. The French support is interesting since France is in Group A with South Africa and will be directly competing with them for advancement in the tournament.
While taking a minibus, which is used more by the black South Africans than whites (I even got a warning from a white South African man to not take them because they were "dangerous"), the bus riders were all talking about where to find England fan gear. Most South Africans grew up watching English Premier League soccer more than South African, and coupled with their lack of hope for the advancement of their national team in the games, they are putting more of their faith in the team they think has a much better chance: England.
But the game against Mexico yesterday seems to have turned the tide a bit for South Africa. With a tie between the other squads in their group, France and Uruguay, everyone is on their toes waiting to see what happens next. And with big soccer names dropping out like flies with recent injuries, like the World Cup favorite Didier Drogba, of Ivory Coast, and English Captain Rio Ferdinand, there could be room for potential upsets or as we say in the States "a Cinderella story."
Who knows? Maybe Bafana Bafana will surprise their skeptical fellow countrymen.
Suzanne Kianpour is a soccer fan and desk assistant at NBC News in Washington, D.C. She'll be filing reports from South Africa throughout the tournament.


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oooh wee it's been a long time since i've done one of these. though it's actually a pretty good idea to smash all the lovely interwebs fashion finds into one post because there's just so much of it. so much of the goodness.
too many wonderful new things at la garconne to count. damn you.
same goes for frances may. double damn you.
oh and totokaelo. of course.
fischer s/s 2011. i want this outfit please.
carven s/s 2011. crap sticks.
chloé s/s 2011. oh the humanity! see these in hi-res here
always enjoy opening ceremony. always.
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By day I am a strategy consultant, working at one of the top 100 digital agencies in the UK. By night I am a blog crazed, Twitter obsessing, maniac.
I am yet to hand in my notice at work and so blog activities are confined to the hours of 8pm – 1am. During the working day I am ashamed to admit that I probably spend up to an hour checking blog statistics, tweeting, following Cornwall oriented tweeters, and leaping with joy every time someone new starts following Porthminster_Vu.
NB. Porthminster View is spelt like that because Twitter limits characters for user names; it is not because I am of the 'text speak' generation – I can assure you, I'm not!
It's a peculiar phenomenon – social media – 5 years ago no one would have understood the sentence 'I'll Facebook you', yet today it's part of every day speak (for the under 50s). In some circles I'm considered a digital immigrant, roughly translated this means that I'm not of the digital generation yet I've adopted it as part of my culture, this is in direct comparison to a digital native – someone under the age of 15 who has no concept of linear TV, doesn't know what a VHS tape looks like, and doesn't remember or understand a world without mobile phones.
All this aside, I never really had much interest in it. Yes, I like to share my photos on Facebook, look up what people are doing and (on occasion) stalk ex-boyfriends, friends, and old schoolmates; and that's about it, until just recently when I discovered the pure adrenaline rush that can be garnered from Visit Britain (for example), and other iconic organisations beginning to follow Porthminster View on Twitter. It's all very 'clan'. In my heart of hearts I know that there's probably some bored work experience intern sitting in the Visit Britain offices clicking 'follow' on every random company that pops their head above the parapet however, that doesn't really make a difference. I love it, I text my boyfriend proudly every time I get a new person following, and every time my blog gets a new subscription.
"Look what I'm doing" I say, like a child who has just learned how to tie their shoelaces. "How good am I?"… no matter that the mortgage is still to be approved, we are yet to sell my partner's flat, and we haven't learned how to make toast without burning it. No matter about all those quite vital things, for I am a social media genius! *Cue brass band music, fireworks and spotlights*
I genuinely never thought that I would be one of those people, people who become so dedicated to a project / job that they enjoy absolutely everything about it: From keeping spreadsheets up to date to organising the marketing, and from proactively phoning solicitors to being almost disappointed at the end of the working day. Yet I've discovered that when you are truly wedded to something, truly dedicated, truly want something to succeed, there really are no limits. I'm finally understanding, and having a bit of compassion for, my workaholic CEO who has built her truly amazing agency up from scratch. I get it. I really do.
Don't get me wrong I love my job, but I am yet to end work on a Friday disappointed that it's the weekend, and I am yet to leap out of bed on a Monday morning thinking "thank god that's over". With Porthminster View however, I am genuinely frustrated when there's nothing more I can do about something because I'm waiting for the mortgage company / solicitor / accountant / buyer / vendor to do what they need to do.
In all those gaps, and there are many gaps, I have social media. Twitter doesn't care that it's 2 o'clock in the morning, my computer doesn't go to sleep at night, and email still works even if no one (in this time zone) will read what I've written until the morning. In this crazy situation where there is so much to do yet nothing can get done before its time, I still feel like I'm achieving something. It's an outlet that I'm sure, if nothing else, my boyfriend is relieved I have.


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Alena Sharp, Youngin Chun share Marathon Classic lead at 64
Alena Sharp of Canada and Youngin Chun of South Korea shared the Marathon Classic lead at 7-under 64, a stroke ahead of Stacy Lewis and three others at Highland Meadows Golf Club
SYLVANIA, Ohio -- Alena Sharp of Canada and Youngin Chun of South Korea shared the Marathon Classic lead at 7-under 64 on Thursday, a stroke ahead of Stacy Lewis and three others at Highland Meadows Golf Club.
The 38-year-old Sharp, winless on the LPGA Tour, had eight birdies and a bogey.
"I played really well right from the first tee shot," Sharp said. "I felt really calm this morning coming into this event. I always love playing here. I have great housing."
The 19-year-old Chun, also seeking her first LPGA Tour victory, had a bogey-free round.
"I didn't know I shot 64 today," Chun said. "The funniest thing I finish par on the 18 and then I saw the leaderboard and there is a 7-under and I was like, 'Who is that?' I asked my dad. 'I think I shot 6, right?' He said, 'No, you're 7.' So it was me."
Lewis won the last of her 12 LPGA Tour titles in 2017. She was born in nearby Toledo and has an endorsement deal with Marathon Oil.
"It was awesome," Lewis said. "The biggest thing is I hit 18 greens today. I've been working on the ball-striking a lot, so just really nice to see some results. Got a few putts to fall there on our last few holes."
The Texan had seven birdies and a bogey.
"It's a golf course I'm not necessarily 100% comfortable on," Lewis said. "I just had some really good golf shots today. Had some easy tap-in birdies. I haven't done that in the long time, in general."
Azahara Munoz, Caroline Masson and Jenny Haglund matched Lewis at 65.
Lexi Thompson was at 66 with U.S. Women's Open champion Jeongeun Lee6, Carlota Ciganda and Clariss Guce.
Thompson is coming off a two-week break.
"I played five weeks straight before that and really I've never played five weeks in a row in my career," Thompson said. "It was definitely different for me. But two weeks off just relaxing, hanging out with my family and friends, just making sure I get that relaxing time was much needed. I felt good about my game coming into this week."
Defending champion Jasmine Suwannapura opened with a 70.
Yealimi Noh, the 17-year-old from California who tied for sixth last week in Wisconsin in her LPGA Tour debut, had a 73. Playing on a sponsor exemption after Monday qualifying last week, she had five birdies and seven bogeys.


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The fitness wake-up call can be a powerful catalyst for change. For Matthew Richter-Sand, it came during a flight home to see his family.
When the flight hit some turbulence, the 30-year-old felt his belly fat bouncing up and down along with the plane. "I was so disgusted; (being obese) wasn't me," said Richter-Sand of Los Angeles. "Right then and there, I swore to change."
Establishing new fitness habits isn't easy, but as Richter-Sand quickly learned, it's the key to success. Habits — unlike resolutions — last. The behaviors become wired so deeply into our brains that they occur without thinking, possibly freeing up the old noodle for other matters. And though habits take longer to establish and change, they are worth the patience and work.
Researchers still debate the time it takes for a behavior to become an ingrained action, but some findings show it takes four to six weeks of "consistent" action, said sports psychologist Gregory Chertok of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center in New Jersey.
For Richter-Sand, it took about two months before his workout pattern felt automatic. "In the beginning, I did what most people do; I overcompensated," he said. "I tried to change everything at once, which is a disaster."
Making lasting change involves going through stages that aren't necessarily linear, said Chertok. People fluctuate and transition between the stages. Knowing how to move through them can get you where you want to be. Here, we take a look at the stages.
Not ready to change
Looks like: You might be unaware your behavior is causing problems. Unfortunately, "pre-contemplation is where most people are at, with regard to lifestyle changes," said Lisa Menninger, a Utah-based wellness consultant. You may be aware that doing things differently could be beneficial, but there is resistance. This is where people tell themselves: "It's going to be hard. It's going to take too much time. It's going to hurt," Menninger said.
Get through it: She often tells people stuck in this stage that if they avoid discomfort now, it will only get worse and become chronic. "This can at least get the wheels turning and help them into the next stage. It doesn't require they do anything, except merely consider this reality," she said.
Contemplating change
Looks like: You're considering change, looking at the pros and cons, perhaps because, like Richter-Sands, you've had your wake-up call. You're not actually doing anything yet, but you think it might be a good idea.
Get through it: Mental images are good here. Visualization — or writing something down on paper — can also reprogram the neural circuitry of the brain, which has a direct impact on performance, said Chertok. "Think about how your life will look if you don't change," he said. "Then visualize the types of clothes you'll be wearing, how you'll feel when looking in a mirror, the response you get from your partner or children when you do," he said.
Preparing to change
Looks like: You're building momentum by setting small goals — making the appointment with the trainer, getting the gym membership, buying equipment or enlisting someone or something to help you track your progress.
Get through it: "The accountability factor is really important," said Gina Lombardi, a spokeswoman for the National Strength and Conditioning Association. The right person is key. It could be a certified personal trainer or wellness consultant or a coach. It can even be a friend who works out regularly, but make sure you find the right fit, said Menninger. "The trainer needs to meet the client where he or she is, striking the right balance between setting and meeting challenges."
Looks like: You're doing something! In the action stage, new healthy behaviors have been established; the tricky part is sticking to them. If you have accountability — it should be more painful to skip your habit than to actually do it — and you remember why you want to change, you'll have more success in this stage.
Get through it: A common mistake, however, is doing too much too soon, or getting injured because people think they're in better shape than they are. Richter-Sand, an Air Force veteran, worked out so hard that two days after he started, he couldn't get out of bed. "It was a science experiment," he said. "I had to find the right things that worked for me."
Have family and friends help you avoid tempting places, such as restaurants, and get to bed on time, Chertok suggested. "Sustained change sometimes requires the guidance of somebody with pre-existing healthy behaviors," said Chertok.
Also, start keeping a food log, said Menninger. The right food will help keep the workouts going; if you're eating poorly, you won't have enough fuel.
Julie Raines, 52, of Winston-Salem, N.C., maintains her fitness habits by making her workouts fun and setting goals for events ranging from charity bike rides to triathlons and half marathons. When she first joined the YMCA, her fitness trainer set her up on the FitLinxx system, which gave her points-based weight-lifting and aerobic activities. "Seeing my progress even just in terms of activity helped to motivate me and establish fitness as a habit," she said. "Later, tracking my workouts using a Garmin and heart rate monitor was useful in motivating me."
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Looks like: After six months of sustained change, you've hit the "maintenance" phase. It's still easy to slip, but "if you've changed lifestyle habits for yourself, rather than doing something because you 'have to,' this stage is easier," said Menninger. "It's shifting from 'I have to' to 'I want to.'"
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Get through it: If it feels weird to do things for your own benefit, remind yourself that you want to have options as you age, said Menninger. Without health and strength, you'll have to make compromises and you'll limit yourself, she said. "When we're clear on why we are doing what we are doing, we will stick with it — for good."
Raines now sees fitness as a hobby. "So it's not just a habit, it's a pastime," she said.
And Richter-Sand, now a personal trainer who runs an online nutrition and fitness company, found that his habit was more sustainable when he stopped trying things that worked for others. "There's no silver bullet — you have to experiment and see what works for you," he said. "It's taken me two to three years to where I feel good about where I am. And I'm still learning."


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Mumbai-based businessman-turned-actor Sammir Dattani started his Bollywood career with small films like Uff Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai, Pyar Mein Twist and Mukhbir.
But with Well Done Abba directed by Shyam Benegal, the actor may well have arrived. The film which opened to good reviews, also stars Minissha Lamba and Boman Irani.
Sammir always wanted to be an actor. He began young -- while at school. He did music videos when he was 17 and a Kannada film after that. He also had a small part in Madhur Bhandarkar's Corporate.
Sammir reveals to Nithya Ramani about the call that changed his life. Excerpts:
Working with Shyam Benegal must be a high for you...
Don't even ask. I thought it was a joke when I got a call from his office asking me to meet him for a role in his next film. He had seen me in Mukhbir and wanted me to play Arif in Well Done Abba.
I couldn't believe my ears and decided not to think too much about it. Since it is Shyam Benegal, I was ready to play any role he offered me. We usually read the script and see if the role is worthy enough before signing a film. But this is Shyam Benegal we're talking here. So when I met him I told him that I was ready to do any role. But he offered me Arif and I was more than happy. Everyone knows that Shyam Benegal's films are not preachy though they have a message in them.
Arif is a very earnest and honest young man. He is a progressive Muslim, who works as a typist at the high court during the day and a mechanic at a garage during the night, to make ends meet.
This is your second film with Minissha...
Yes. It felt nice to get back with her after Corporate. We had lost touch after the film. We caught up on things while shooting for Well Done Abba. She is a wonderful actress and fun to work with.
What about Boman Irani?
He was like a father to me on the sets. I still call him Abba. He made me feel so comfortable. He took care of me, made sure we were all okay, regularly checked if we ate and slept properly.
Though you are a few films old, why do you think you couldn't make a mark yet?
I think it is just a matter of time. I started my career at a very young age and did my first music video when I was 17. I have always wanted to get into acting.
Not many know that my first film was a Kannada one called Nana Preethiya Hudugi directed by Chandrasekhar. The film became a super hit and I started doing more Kannada films. I recently shifted to Tamil with Kutty (starring Dhanush and Shriya Saran). The Kannada film industry was welcoming and though I didn't know the language then, I have kind of learnt it well now.
It was a smooth ride and very successful so I became pickier about my role in Bollywood. I don't think I am far from making it to the top here. Though Uff Kya Jadoo Mohabbat Hai didn't do well, Mukhbir was well appreciated and now with Shyam Benegal's film I think I will make it here.
You all had to speak in the Urdu dialect, Dakhni. Was it tough for you to learn the language?
Languages doesn't leave me alone [laughs]. I had to learn Kannada, then Tamil and now Dakhni. Though Hindi wasn't a problem, this particular dialect was a little different. It took me some time but I learnt it.
What's next?
I am shooting for Karan Johar's I Hate Love Stories along with Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor. It is a typical rom-com entertainer. It is supposed to release sometime in June or July.
I then have a horror flick 8 by Wilson Louis. It is too early to talk about that film now.


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The most recent Field Poll once again highlights the mystery of the California mindset.
The poll found that 66 percent of the voters oppose the automatic trigger cuts scheduled to take place in January if revenues fall below projections.
As of the moment, state revenues lagging behind projections by nearly $600 million, based on the collections in July and August--not a good start. If the revenues continue at the current place, the state may be out of balance by close to $2 billion by the end of the year.
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Meanwhile, the automatic triggers were put in place by the legislature last June as a way to pass a bare-bones budget, assuming that an additional $4 billion comes in during the current fiscal year.
An absence of $1 billion or more would trigger cuts of $600 million to higher education, health, childrens' and other social services.
Revenues that are $2 billion short will trigger even deeper cuts, including the paring of seven days off California's incredibly short school year.
With such cuts approaching likelihood, Californians are in a tizzy. But we wouldn't be here had different events transpired.
All during Spring and up until the passage of the 2011-2012 state budget, Governor Jerry Brown begged the legislature to place on the ballot a proposal to continue temporary income, sales, and motor vehicle tax increases expiring in 2011.
That never happened, in part because Republicans wouldn't provide the necessary votes.
But the ballot issue never appeared for another reason. The more the proposal was discussed, the more that public opinion turned against it, as demonstrated in a series of state public opinion surveys. The Republicans had plenty of allies.
So, here's the conundrum: the same public that opposed a potential ballot issue that would have prevented drastic cuts now opposes those cuts.
One of these days Californians will discover we can't have it both ways. Until then, people elsewhere will wonder just what's in our coffee.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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With a flourish, Communist China announced November 15 that it will ease its long-time policy of allowing most couples to have only one child. But critics of China's population control strategy said that the government's brutal practice of forced abortion will continue. China's Xinhua news agency reported that under the policy, implemented in 1980, couples will be able to have a second child if one parent is an only child. Previously both parents had to be only children, while rural couples have been allowed two children if the first-born is a girl.
"China will implement this new policy while adhering to the basic state policy of family planning, according to the decision on major issues concerning comprehensively deepening reforms, which was approved at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC [Communist Party of China] Central Committee held from Nov. 9 to 12 in Beijing," reported the official state news agency. "The birth policy will be adjusted and improved step by step to promote 'long-term balanced development of the population in China,' it said."
While major media in the United States framed the change as a significant easing of restrictions on births, in fact only around 10 million couples out of a population of over 1.35 billion in China will have the option of a second child, with forced abortions and sterilization continuing unabated.
"The whole coercive system is still unchanged," said Bob Fu of the U.S.-based human rights group ChinaAid. "Unless the whole family planning system is abolished, Chinese women and men will continue to suffer the cruelty of forced abortion and forced sterilization."
Baptist Press News reported that China's Communist Party "claims the policy prevented 400 million births and helped lift countless families out of poverty. But the strict limits have led to widespread forced abortions and sterilizations by local officials, even though Beijing officially claims such measures are illegal. Couples who flout the rules face hefty fines, seizure of their property, and loss of their jobs."
Reggie Littlejohn, the woman who heads the group Women's Rights Without Frontiers, which has played a significant role in exposing the brutality and violence underlying China's one-child policy, warned that there will be little waning of forced abortion and other violence against women and couples under the updated policy. "The problem with the One Child Policy is not the number of children 'allowed,' she said. "Rather, it is the fact that the CCP is telling women how many children they can have and then enforcing that limit through forced abortion, forced sterilization, and infanticide."
Littlejohn stated that despite the number of children the communist government allows a couple to have, "women who get pregnant without permission will still be dragged out of their homes, strapped down to tables, and forced to abort babies that they want, even up to the ninth month of pregnancy."
She added that the supposed instituting of a two-child policy will do nothing to stop gendercide in China. "Indeed, areas in which two children currently are allowed are especially vulnerable to gendercide, the sex-selective abortion of females," she noted. "According to the 2009 British Medical Journal study of 2005 national census data, in nine provinces, for 'second order births' where the first child is a girl, 160 boys were born for every 100 girls. In two provinces, Jiangsu and Anhui, for the second child, there were 190 boys for every hundred girls born."
She said the study concluded that sex-selective abortions accounted for the majority of the excess males. Because of gendercide, "there are an estimated 37 million Chinese men who will never marry because their future wives were terminated before they were born," Littlejohn said. "This gender imbalance is a powerful, driving force behind trafficking in women and sexual slavery, not only in China, but in neighboring nations as well."
The Chinese watchdog group All Girls Allowed noted that the policy change will also overlook single mothers in China. "What about the mother who cannot obtain a birth permit simply because she is unmarried?" the group wondered in a statement. "In June, the world watched the dramatic rescue of the 'sewer baby,' whose mother was unmarried and gave birth in a toilet for fear of the authorities. Or what about the families that are eligible to have a second child, but get pregnant too soon? Under current law, many couples must wait at least four years to have another child. The restrictions are oppressive and unnecessary."
The group charged that the "foolish and cruel policy should have been abolished in its entirety yesterday, not merely tweaked today."
Littlejohn said that various news reports that China has relaxed its official one-child policy "are detrimental to sincere efforts to stop forced abortion in China, because they imply that the One Child Policy is no longer a problem. In a world laden with compassion fatigue, people are relieved to cross China's One Child Policy off of their list of things to worry about. But we cannot do that. Let us not abandon the women of China, who continue to face forced abortion, up to the ninth month of pregnancy. The One Child Policy does not need to be adjusted. It needs to be abolished."


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text: xen 1,869 Posted February 1, 2011 http://www.badassoftheweek.com/shrestha.html Bishnu Shrestha wasn't looking for a fight on the evening of 2 September 2010. As his express train roared through the darkness of the jungles of West Bengal, this Nepalese ex-soldier sat quietly, looking out the window into the calm stillness of the night sky above. The 35 year old veteran was finally on his way back home, having just retired from his position as a Naik (Corporal) in the 7th Battalion of the 8th Gurkha Infantry � a famous, battle-hardened regiment of ass-whompers that had produced balls-out awesome war heroes like Lachhiman Gurung, and a unit in which Shrestha's own father had served during Vietnam. One in a long line of warriors, Bishnu himself had seen plenty of combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, and probably a half-dozen other locations that may never be declassified, and now, after having spent a good part of his adult life crushing his foes with the stock of his assault rifle and charging enemy positions armed with a bayonet and his ultra-badass kukri knife, he was looking forward to finally seeing an end to the constant fighting, settling down, and building a family in the quiet mountains of his homeland. On this evening he rode the Maurya Express, a passenger train appropriately sharing it's name with historical badass Chandragupta Maurya, enjoying the serenity of the Indian night. But there would be no rest for the weary. Around midnight, the mighty locomotive ground to a halt unexpectedly, sending passengers lurching forward in their seats. Without warning, while everyone was still trying to figure out what the crap hell was going on, suddenly from seemingly every direction passengers stood up and began to whip out all manner of frighteningly gruesome-looking weaponry � guns, knives, clubs and fucking giant swords(seriously, who robs a train with a sword!) � and started shouting for everyone to sit still, get out their valuables, and prepare to get ripped the fuck off. As if that wasn't bad enough, from a side door more armed thugs leapt into action, pouring into the train from the jungle beyond. Dozens of unscrupulous goons began making their way down the aisles, shaking down everyone for their shit, stealing wallets, tearing jewelry from the necks of old women, snatchin laptops and cell phones, and waving knives in the faces of terrified hostages. Despite the chaos around him, Naik Bishnu Shrestha just sat there quietly. Not saying anything. Not betraying his emotions. Even when the thugs took his own wallet, he remained silent. Like a true badass, he knew that this wasn't his fight. Just be quiet, give them what they want, and survive. It's just a few hundred bucks. It's not worth dying over. But then shit got out of hand. You see, it just so happened that Shrestha was sitting near a cute 18 year-old girl, and when this gang of baby-kicking terrorists came by her seat they decided it would be awesome to be the complete fucking slime of the earth and gang-rape her in front of her own terrified parents just for shits and giggles. The terrorist leader cut open her shirt while she cried for help. That was fucking it. Bishnu Shrestha couldn't just sit by any longer. Unfortunately for the douchebags of West Bengal, when the thugs had robbed Bishnu they'd made one fatal mistake: They didn't take his kukri. This ultra-hardass Gurkha warrior, one in a long line of head-cleaving soldiers battle-hardened by centuries of hand-to-hand combat (and a steady diet of steel tacks and the corpses of their slain enemies), had given up his money, but knew better than to ever relinquish his weapon. Slowly, effortlessly, he eased the hilt from its hiding place. Now these fuckers were going to see what it felt like to get a taste of their own steel-tipped medicine, and it was going to taste like dental-grade pain and a roll of nasty old pennies. Corporal Shrestha leapt to his feet, drawing the ultimate symbol of Gurkha badassitude with one fluid motion. He flew across the train car, grabbing the would-be rapist from behind in a sleeper hold, pulled him up off the girl, and used him as a human shield while he lunged out and slashed one of the sword-swinging thugs, sending the hapless dude spinning off in a vicious tornado of blood. One of the other motherfuckers, unwilling to stab in the direction of his own boss, instead took the manly man's route and tried to cut the girl, slashing his knife wildly at her neck, but the girl only took a minor wound before Shrestha dropped him with a lightning-quick strike. With the terrorists in the immediate vicinity disposed of, he sliced the throat of his human shield and went looking for more fuckers to get his blood-rage off on. The news reports are pretty vague about what happened during this epic battle, where one balls-out Gurkha face-wrecker carved his way through a pack of 40 merciless cutthroats (indeed, even the above paragraph is a little bit of pulp fiction editorializing � merely my interpretation of the phrase "he took control of the attacker and killed everyone around him") but the fact of the matter is that after his initial ambush this ex-military mecha-hardass from one of the world's most over-the-top batshit-insane military organizations suddenly found himself in the middle of a hostage-filled train crawling with well-armed, highly-organized terrorists. This was Die Hard without the cowboy references. Delta Force without Lee Marvin. Under Siege without the Dramamine. and Passenger 57 without the always betting on black thing. And, worse yet, it was happening in real life. Over the next twenty minutes, Corporal Bishnu Shrestha raced through the aisles giving those wanna-be punk-ass thugs a first-class ride on the Pain Train to Severed Arteryville, cutting, dodging, and back-alley knife fighting anything carrying a weapon larger than a ball-point pen. He took on the entire train � 40 men � at once, killing three and wounding eight more with a ferocious series of face-stabs and Limit Break Whirlwind Slashes so badass they would make Jet Li proud. Even after he took a nasty sword blow that severed every major artery and vein in his left hand, he continued carving up douchebags with his kukri, all the while spraying what I like to imagine to be a pseudo-comical amount of blood from his non-killing hand. The sight of a real man was too much for those weak-willed thugs, and once they realized that they weren't just beating up schoolchildren and robbing crippled old ladies of their wedding rings and were instead facing a goddamned psychotic Gurkha with balls so gigantic they barely fit through the doorway of the train car, they dropped all their look and ran for it like fucking pussies. The whole thing was over in about 20 minutes. When the train pulled into the next station, police and emergency personnel were there to treat the wounded and rush Shrestha to the hospital, where he spent two months recovering from the injury to his hand. When the police searched the dead and dying thugs, they recovered 40 gold necklaces, 200 cell phones, 40 laptops, and nearly $10,000 in stolen cash. Those idiots lucky enough to be left alive were hauled in to jail. Bishnu Shrestha was temporarily un-retired from the Gurkhas for the purposes of being promoted and subsequently awarded two medals for bravery and awesomeness. His former unit also awarded him with a presumably-rightously-looking silver-plated kukri (kind of like how when you beat Goldeneye you unlock the Silver PP7) and a cash bonus of 50,000 Rupees, which is enough to buy like 200 Blue Rings in The Legend of Zelda. The Indian Government also awarded him the bounty that was on the heads of this vicious gang, and granted him discounted airfare and train tickets for the rest of his life. I guess after hearing this guy's insane story they just decided to say, "fuck those backscatter ultra-invasive x-ray machines, the best anti-terror homeland security measure our country can take is to make sure this guy is on as many flights and trains as possible." Ultimately, like a true badass, Bishnu Shrestha doesn't need any thanks for doing what he needed to do. The family of the girl he saved offered him a reward of $6,500, but the dude never stopped by to collect it. That wasn't the point. The man himself said it best, responding to reporters by saying, "Fighting the enemy in battle is my duty as a soldier. Taking on the thugs on the train was my duty as a human being." TL;DR Dude fought off 40 hijackers with a sword and rejected rewards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Consumer satisfaction in the first three months of 2014 took one of the biggest quarterly drops in the 20-year history of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), falling 0.8 percent from a score of 76.8 to a score of 76.2 on the 100-point scale.
A downturn in satisfaction weakens consumers' willingness to spend and can dampen economic growth.
Record satisfaction levels in the fourth quarter of 2013 had helped push spending somewhat higher despite the lack of discretionary income growth. Slower than expected retail sales in April and May bear out the weakening inclination to spend that the survey figures for January through March indicated.
"There may be more trouble ahead if the slide in customer satisfaction continues," said ACSI chairman Claes Fornell in a report released Tuesday. today. Fornell is a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, where the ACSI was created. "Weaker demand could further threaten economic growth in the second quarter and beyond."
All five economic sectors covered by the ACSI — accommodation and food services, health care and social assistance, information, transportation and energy utilities — posted a decline in customer satisfaction.
Within those larger sectors, industries accounting for nearly $1 trillion in economic activity were down significantly, including subscription television service (down 4.4 percent from an ACSI score of 68 to 65), Internet service providers (down 3.1 percent from 65 to 63), hotels (down 2.6 percent from 77 to 75), hospitals (down 2.6 percent from 78 to 76) and investor-owned energy utilities (down 2.6 percent from 77 to 75).
The full report is available here.
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Tom Goldstein at SCOTUSblog explains why he believes Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal will be named the official Solicitor General. I agree with his analysis, but want to extrapolate a bit more: Katyal will be named SG with the specific purpose of priming him for a Supreme Court seat.
Now here comes my march of the "ifs":
The said seat will not be open for quite some time. Justice Ginsburg, likely the next justice to retire, has no plans to do so for at least another five years. Assuming that Ginsburg remains healthy and that President Obama wins reelection, I also assume that Obama would replace Justice Ginsburg with a woman.
Whether or not Ginsburg proves to be the final retirement under Obama, if Katyal wants to leave the SG's office before another Court vacancy, then I expect he will be nominated to a federal court of appeal. Doing so will bolster his position as a future SCOTUS nominee, even if Justice Kagan's nomination straight from the SG's office has proven federal judgeships unnecessary for a nominee's confirmation.
If a fourth vacancy comes up before the 2016 election, then Katyal will be the pick. By age and political allegiance, Justice Breyer would be the most likely justice to voluntarily leave the bench during the Obama administration, especially if the country's in a Republican mood leading into 2016. Doing so would leave room for Katyal, Breyer's former clerk, to be a reliable successor while also becoming the Court's first Indian-American justice.
Further, if there is no fourth vacancy under Obama and a Republican becomes president in 2016, Katyal, who is now only 40 years old, will be able to spend eight years building his reputation as a judge and still be young enough for a nomination in 2024. Then again, by 2024, Clarence Thomas would be the oldest justice at 76–hardly retirement age for justices these days.
So instead, Katyal's placement as SG with an eye towards SCOTUS relies on the biggest "if" of all: the departure of Justice Scalia or Kennedy a) during a Democratic administration and b) before the retirement of Justice Breyer. This comes loaded with all sorts of assumptions, the most reasonable being a Democratic presidency beyond 2016–itself a far from a reasonable assumption. That said, in such an instance, Katyal could be the all-around perfect pick to thwart the full-on thermonuclear confirmation war expected to occur should either Scalia or Kennedy leave their seat–and the Court's ideological balance–in Democratic hands.
Goldstein's explanation of Katyal's credibility from both the left and the right could serve just as well for a SCOTUS nomination as it does for an SG appointment:
Katyal is the Acting Solicitor General, having served as the Principal Deputy Solicitor General throughout the Administration. In the Clinton Administration, he served as National Security Advisor in the Department of Justice. He then was a very well known academic (focusing on national security questions) who also practiced before the Court. He was among a handful of lawyers who formed an advisory body to Barack Obama during the campaign. Katyal's work before the Court was very highly regarded, including his victory in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. (Another disclosure, I was co-counsel inHamdan, but my role was relatively minor.) Katyal's reputation has been sterling, both within the Office of Solicitor General and in his interactions with the broader Department of Justice and the government generally. […]
Katyal has broad support in the Republican legal establishment that should smooth the confirmation process. My intuition when I decided to write this piece was actually the opposite: that Katyal's representation of Hamdan would present an obstacle to his nomination and confirmation. (Verrilli has somewhat similar issues, given that (like me) in private practice he generally appeared on the left-leaning side of cases.) But it turns out that conservatives have recognized that Katyal's role in Hamdan was entirely appropriate and that he has an exceptionally strong record on national security questions. He not only worked on national security issues for the government prior to Hamdan, but as an academic supported the use of national security courts (with Jack Goldsmith), and he subsequently represented the Obama Administration in successfully arguing against both the challenge to rendition in the Arar case and the claim that habeas corpus rights should be extended to detainees held at Bagram Air Force Base (drawing criticism from the left and the New York Times editorial page). For conservatives rejecting criticism of Katyal's work in Hamdan, see this piece by the Wall Street Journal editorial page; this piece by Reagan Solicitor General Charles Fried; and these articles quoting Ted Olsonand Richard Epstein.
Barring an actual conservative nominee or an indefinite hold on any nominee until the Republicans take back the White House, Katyal could be the best, most palatable nominee the Republicans could hope for from a Democratic administration.
Of course, a lot happens between election years and Supreme Court vacancies. Nominations themselves are entirely dependent upon political timing. But I would be surprised if the White House hasn't discussed the very scenarios I outline above when talking about Katyal.
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Spend a week on an adventurous drive into an untamed wilderness area to stand at the very top of Australia. Epic Cape York is a remarkable journey through Cape York Peninsula taking in memorable pubs, ancient rock art and spectacular natural scenery.
Drive along red outback roads, explore wetlands brimming with birds and fish, discover gold town ruins and try your luck at isolated fishing spots. Be amazed at the diverse birdlife, admire Aboriginal artists at work or enjoy the hospitality of a country race day. Test your four-wheel driving skills tackling treacherous creek crossings on the Old Telegraph Track and cool off in stunning waterfalls.
The adventure doesn't end at the tip of Cape York. Take a ferry to visit Thursday and Horn Islands, two of the 274 islands of the Torres Strait. Discover the diverse history of the Torres Strait Islanders which includes World War 2, the pearling industry, vibrant headdresses, colourful dance, ancient carving and modern printmaking
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Stop at Musgrave Roadhouse which was built as an overland telegraph station in 1887, then discover more about Cape York's history at Coen before driving through Oyala Thumotang National Park past the scenic waterholes of the Archer River. Continue north to Bramwell Junction to access the adventurous Old Telegraph Track. This is where your four-wheel driving skills will be put to the test with steep eroded banks and challenging creek crossings. The hard work is rewarded with beautiful scenery including Fruit Bat, Eliot and Twin Falls.
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Drive past the coffee, fruit and sugar farms of Mareeba on the Atherton Tablelands for the drier country of Cape York Peninsula. The Mulligan Highway is an easy drive on a fully sealed road to historic Cooktown.
Stop at Mount Molloy to see the grave of explorer James Venture Mulligan who discovered gold on the Palmer River in 1873, a find that opened up that region and turned Cooktown into a booming gold rush town.
There is fuel and food at Mount Carbine or cool off in the McLeod River, another 13 kilometes north. Next is the Palmer River Roadhouse which has a museum with fascinating relics from the Palmer River goldfields. Lakeland is the last stop for fuel before you reach Cooktown.
The highway crosses the Annan River which has a campsite and toilets as well as a walk to the spectacular gorge. The mysterious Black Mountain looms in the distance and it is not until you get you close that you realise it is a pile of enormous granite boulders precariously stacked on each other. It is another 25 kilometres to Cooktown where you can enjoy museums, monuments and a streetscape rich with pioneering history.
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Lush rainforest, spectacular beaches and mysterious mountains - this is the adventurous coastal Bloomfield Track.
Start at Mossman Gorge in the southern section of Daintree National Park where you can take a bush tucker tour with the area's traditional owners, swim in the icy waters of the Gorge or take a self-guided walk through the rainforest.
Daintree Village is popular for spotting wildlife including crocodiles on a river cruise before your adventure starts at the Daintree River Ferry, an unforgettable river crossing.
Watch for cassowaries as you drive through ancient rainforest with prettty beaches and creek crossings before reaching Cape Tribulation where the two World Heritage areas of the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics rainforest meet.
Leave the bitumen for an exciting four-wheel-drive journey crossing the Bloomfield River to the Aboriginal art centre at Wujal Wujal, and the township of Ayton.
For a touch of authentic Australiana stop off at the Lion's Den Hotel at Helensvale, an old Australian pub, and then continue through to majestic Black Mountain. The giant piles of black granite boulders have been the subject of Aboriginal legend over many years.
The quaint and historic township of Cooktown marks the end of your drive.
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Spectacular Roaring Meg Falls is just one of the highlights on the adventurous CREB Track. Lush tropical rainforest, clear flowing streams and spectacular views from ridges, make this an exciting journey.
The CREB track is a very steep and rough so driving times vary and it closes during the wet season. Originally the service access track for the old powerline to Cooktown for the Cairns Regional Electricity Board (CREB), the track takes you through the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area from the Daintree River through China Camp to Wujal Wujal.
Your adventure begins when you cross the Daintree River in your four-wheel drive not far from Daintree township. There's some very steep and slippery tracks along the way to challenge your four-wheel driving skills. The track crosses through the Burungu Aboriginal community and at the northern end is Roaring Meg Falls. There is an Indigenous-run campground just north of Wujal Wujal community, before you reach Bloomfield.
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Marvel at one of the world's top rock art sites on this drive from Lakeland to Laura. Start at the small farming centre of Lakeland, a great place to stock up on supplies including local tropical fruit and Laura Valley coffee. It contains a hotel, cafe, roadhouse and a small store. About 50 kilometres from Lakeland is the turn-off to Split Rock (Gugu Yalangi) Galleries. The galleries contain the best surviving examples of Quinkan rock painting, one of the most distinctive styles of Aboriginal art, dating back about 14,000 years. The area is known as Quinkan country after the Aboriginal spirits (Quinkans) depicted at the rock-art sites. A few of the sites are open to the public, including the Split Rock Galleries where you can take a self-guided tour.
At Laura, don't miss the world-class Quinkan and Regional Cultural Centre for more information on the tours available. The Centre is also a world-class Interpretation Centre of Aboriginal Culture and the European heritage of Cape York. Laura boasts only a few buildings, including the quaint old Quinkan Pub nestled in the shade of mango trees.
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This adventure drive from Cooktown will take you to extinct volcanoes, waterfalls, rock art sites, spectacular sand dunes and even coloured sands. Travel north from Cooktown to Barrett's Lagoon with its birdlife and water lilies. Mount Rose, an extinct volcano, can be seen as you approach the Endeavour Falls Tourist Park.
Endeavour Falls is just one waterfall with access through the beautiful parkland. Enjoy a swim in the crocodile-free swimming hole at the base of the Falls. Continue north to Hope Vale and Coloured Sands, one of the most spectacular sand dune environments on Cape York.
The new Hope Vale Arts and Cultural Centre, The Nganthanun Bamawi Bayan Gallery, is a must with its local arts and crafts.
Hidden in the hills surrounding the township are the Nugal rock art sites, set in a beautiful, ancient country with giant rocks and stunning views. Join Nugal-warra Elder and story-keeper, Willie Gordon, on a magical tour of his ancestral rock art sites.
Remote and beautiful Elim Beach, with its white sand and fringing reefs, is about 20 kilometres past Hope Vale. Coloured Sands is along the beach, four-wheel-drive with caution at low tide, or an easy 300 metres walk along the sands.
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Discover the relics of the gold rush of the 1870s as you drive through the Palmer River goldfields to the heritage-listed ghost town of Maytown. The unsealed four-wheel drive track is accessed from the Mulligan Highway, on the Whites Creek Road turnoff, 67 kilometes north of Mount Carbine. Travel is slow and the road cannot be accessed during the wetter months. Stay to the marked track as there are many side tracks which lead to mining leases.
The wide streets of the former township of Maytown can be seen with their deep stone gutters and the remains of the baker's oven is still there. Nearby are tracks to former mines where the enormous machinery has been left behind, including the King of the Ranges Mine, Mabel Louise workings and the Queen of the North Mine. Bush camping is available on the southern side of the North Palmer River and can be booked through National Parks. You will need to bring everything you need with you to this remote area.
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From Cooktown, access to Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park is via the four-wheel drive track of Battle Camp Road. Travel past Endeavour Falls to the start of Battle Camp Road and stop at Isabella Falls to cool off in the water before heading west. Wind around the mountain range to the Normanby River. The river is dry if you are travelling well after the wet season. If it still has water in it do not swim as it is a crocodile habitat. Head past the gate of Battle Camp Station and in to Rinyirru National Park. Cross the Laura River, which usually has some water in it, and then you will arrive at Old Laura Homestead where you can explore the ruins of the former cattle station.
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With its incredible river systems and wetlands, Rinyirru National Park, formerly Lakefield, is the most popular park on Cape York Peninsula for fishing and wildlife spotting. Access is limited to the drier months and exploring this large national park will require extra fuel to be taken.
The ruins of the Old Laura Homestead can be seen as you enter the park from Laura and then it is a short drive past the camping spot of Twelve Mile Waterhole to the New Laura Ranger Station. It is worth stopping at Catfish Waterhole, about halfway between New Laura and Lakefield Ranger Station, to see the variety of wildlife including crocodiles, waterbirds and turtles in the permanent waterhole.
Near Lakefield Ranger Station is Kalpowar Crossing on the Normanby River which has the most developed camp sites with toilets and fireplaces and is close to deep stretches of the river. About eight kilometres north of the Lakefield ranger base are the spectacular Red and White Lilly Lagoons. The Hann Crossing on the Kennedy River is a pretty and popular camping spot with good fishing downstream. The tracks then winds back to the Peninsula Development Road, rejoining it at Musgrave Roadhouse.
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This four-wheel drive adventure involves rough tracks, creek crossings and beach driving to the spectacular coastline of Cape Melville National Park. Travel north from Cooktown past Endeavour Falls to Battle Camp Road and on to Isabella Falls where you can cool off in the water.
From Battle Camp Road it is a 30-kilometre drive before you veer right. Continue for three-kilometres past the Morgan Junction turn-off and veer left to Starke Homestead, travelling past Mount Webb National Park. The road to the right takes you to Cape Flattery. The track deteriorates to a rough four-wheel-drive route where you will pass through a number of gates and creek crossings which may be washed away.
The Starke River has a number of good camp spots after the crossing or head for Cape Melville National Park, near the Jeannie River.
Bathurst Bay is a great place to camp on the beach with fresh water springing from a stream at the base of the range of granite boulders. A monument can be found two-kilometres from the top of Cape Melville and another 200-metres inland. It commemorates the more than 300 lives lost when a cyclone wiped out the pearling fleet there in 1899.
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This trail is suited to those with limited four-wheel driving experience, taking in open woodlands, melaleuca swamps and rainforest between the Archer and Coen rivers. It tends to be less crowded than other National Parks and is excellent for bird watching, but cannot be accessed in the wetter months.
The Oyala Thumotang National Park turnoff is 25 kilometres north of Coen, and then 60 kilometres to the next turnoff where you can head to 10 Mile Junction Camp or continue on another four kilometres to Rockeby Station and on to Mango Lagoon.
A number of picturesque camp sites can be found along the Coen River until you reach Horsetailer Waterhole on the Archer River. The national park is rich with bird species including the palm cockatoo, Australian bustard and a variety of water birds. Crocodiles inhabit the lagoons and you may see a spotted cuscus in rainforest bordering a waterhole. Fishing is allowed in all creeks and rivers within the park, except Peach Creek. Camping must be booked in advance with National Parks.
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Cape York Peninsula boasts great fishing with mighty rivers, secret waterholes and secluded beaches among the spots favoured by anglers.
Cooktown is where you can head to the Great Barrier Reef to target prized reef fish like coral trout and red emperor, fight a Spanish mackerel or try the ultimate in fishing - the giant black marlin during the season. Barramundi is another exciting species to catch and the Endeavour River offers plenty of great spots to choose from.
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park is very popular with anglers, especially those with their own tinnie. From Cooktown you travel via Battle Camp Road with a four-wheel drive. Barramundi is the most popular species with three major river systems and plenty of waterholes to choose from.
From Kalpower Crossing you can head into Cape Melville National Park on Wakooka Road to fish the pristine waters of Bathurst Bay. Fishing off the beach may snare you cod, flathead, queenfish, grunter or a barra. Heading back towards Cooktown stop at the Starke River to try for mangrove jack and barra with a fly or lure. There is an all-weather boat ramp there and the tidal inlets offer great mud crabbing.
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With a number of geographical regions merging in Cape York Peninsula there are incredible birdwatching opportunities. Wet Tropics rainforest, dry woodlands, coastal wetlands, mangroves as well as the Great Barrier Reef and its islands all have an array of birds. Migrant species arrive from October to early December.
In Cooktown cruise the Endeavour River to see black-necked storks and mangrove robins, listen to the yellow oriole and varied triller at the botanic gardens or discover barred cuckoo-shrike on the Mount Cook walking path. Head north to Endeavour River Valley where red goshawk inhabit the riverine forest and bustards can be seen on farms.
Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park is renowned for birds including white bellied sea eagle, great egret and little pied cormorant. Its Red and White Lilly Lagoons and Low Lake are where you will see waterbirds. Artemis Station is home to the rare golden-shouldered parrot or stay at Lotusbird Lodge, named after the jacana.
Nearby Laura has dry country species such as the diamond dove, while Lakeland is where you will find sarus cranes and square-tailed kites before observing honeyeaters at Annan River. On your return to Cooktown visit the bird hide at Keatings Lagoon to see pygmy-geese.
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The tip of Cape York has a rich heritage marked by explorers and war. Muttee Heads was an important landing point for military supplies during World War 2. The remains of the jetty and gun pits can be seen and there is a radar tower and gun emplacements on the hill.
Near the beach is a cemetery and monument for the people of Saibai Island who landed there in 1948 after their Torres Strait home was swamped by a king tide. More World War 2 history can be seen near Bamaga Airport where there are the remains of a Kittyhawk fighter and a Beaufort Bomber. Established in 1864, the northern settlement of Somerset was abandoned in 1942 for the war.
The ruins include monuments, stone walls and cannons. The grave of Frank Jardine, the former Magistrate of the Territory and Chief Police Inspector, can be seen near the beach. Around Punsand Bay are the remains of a wartime camp, army communication station and fuel dump. Offshore is Possession Island where Captain James Cook raised the English flag on August 22, 1770. The site is marked with a small monument and can be visited with a local boat charter.
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Start at Bloomfield Falls with a Walker Family tour learning about the significance of the rainforest and its resources to the Kuku Yalanyi people. Visit the Bana Yirriji Art and Cultural Centre at the Aboriginal community of Wujal Wujal.
In Cooktown, the James Cook Museum is where you can discover the Aboriginal perspective of the arrival of Captain James Cook and hear the stories of the people who lived at the Cape Bedford Mission.
Take a Guurrbi Tour with Nugal-warra elder Willie Gordon to learn about the rock art around Hope Vale. The Hope Vale Arts and Cultural Centre is where the Guugu Yimithirr is still spoken by the local people who are passing on their cultural traditions. The Quinkan rock art galleries at Laura are the world's largest body of prehistoric rock art and one of UNESCO's top 10 rare rock art sites in the world.
Take a self-guided tour or book a guided tour with an Aboriginal elder at the Quinkan and Regional Cultural Centre to gain a better insight into the mysterious Quinkan creatures.
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The Old Telegraph Track is an adventure through the scenic heart of Cape York Peninsula to the Jardine River. The track follows the original telegraph line and provides some challenging creek crossings to test your four-wheel driving skills.
Start at Bramwell Junction with the first difficult crossing at the steep banks of Palm Creek. Dulhunty River is a good place to camp before you tackle Gunshot Creek where many a driver needs to pull out the winch.
Walk Cockatoo Creek first to find the best way across the uneven rocky bottom. Follow the track to the Northern Bypass Road and turn left, then nine kilometres later turn right to rejoin the Old Telegraph Track.
Turn off to Fruit Bat Falls for a swim on the way to the campground at Eliot Falls National Park where you can enjoy Eliot Falls and Twin Falls. Back on the track you will cross eroded creeks and deep water crossings before the track becomes sandy and you reach the Jardine River.
Backtrack to the turn-off north of Nolan's Brook to access the cable ferry to cross the river and head to the northernmost tip of Australia.
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Travel through the ruins of the Old Batavia Goldfield to Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park, where you can see heath-covered ranges, tropical lowland rainforest and long sweeping beaches.
Turn off the Peninsula Development Road 36 kilometres north of the Archer River and drive through the Wenlock River crossing to reach the Old Batavia Goldfield. Here you will find old mining machinery, mullock heaps and the grave of William Stanley, the field's last inhabitant who died in 1957.
To the north of Pascoe River, the track skirts the mountain range before taking you in to the National Park and to Mount Tozer Lookout. From there it is a short drive to a T-junction where you turn left to reach Portland Roads and Chili Beach. The track on the right leads to the Aboriginal community of Lockhart River where you can tour its art gallery, the home of the internationally acclaimed Lockhart River Art Gang.
The 45 minute drive to Chili Beach takes you past a number of camp sites and the turnoff to Portland Roads. Camping at the palm-fringed Chili Beach can be booked through the National Parks' website.
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John Boos Newton Prep Master III Cutting Board with Juice Groove and Pan 24 by 18 by 2 inches Add a handsome yet highly functional tool to your kitchen arsenal with this wooden cutting board from John Boos. Made in the US of hard rock maple wood with edge grain construction, the reversible Newton Prep Master III cutting board measures 24 by 18 by 2 inches (LxWxH) and offers smooth work surfaces thanks to its Boos Cream finish with beeswax. One side of the board offers a flat surface for chopping, and the other side provides a slanted juice groove to catch drips and excess liquid. A stainless steel juice tray that can be used with either side of the board to catch spills and collect food. John Boos & Company circa 1900. The History of John Boos & Co In business since 1887, John Boos & Co. is the oldest industry in South Central Illinois. Founder, Conrad Boos Sr. named the business after his son, John and for years, worked out of a blacksmith shop in Effingham. 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Even though the government was tough on wood products through the 1970s and '80s, the company continued to grow with its new line of BDL store fixtures, park benches, and other butcher block furniture. Current Products & Markets The wood and metal products are listed with the National Sanitation Foundation, the leader in sanitation agencies for approving equipment to be installed in foodservice and supermarket operations. The products must have approval of various sanitation agencies in order to be accepted by the industry. John Boos & Co. Cucina butcher blocks and cutting boards are used by celebrity chefs throughout the USA, including Charlie Trotter, Ming Tsai, Paul Kahan, Susan Spicer, Mary Sue Milliken, and Susan Feninger. In addition, chef's featured on "The Food Network", such as Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse, prepare meals every day on John Boos cutting boards. In 1994, we were we were 1 of 22 companies awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence in Foodservice Equipment by the Chefs of America at a ceremony conducted at Carnegie Hall in NYC. John Boos & Company Today The company currently occupies approximately 150,000 square feet in Effingham, IL and approximately 65,000 square feet in Philipsburg, PA and Suring, WI. The company's four dry kilns dry up to 210,000 board feet of lumber on a continual basis. Most of the hardwoods used for manufacturing are shipped from the Great Lakes, while the stainless steel comes from warehouses and distribution centers in Chicago, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Care and Maintenance Keeping Your Board Sanitized Wash your John Boos cutting board with hot soapy water after each use and dry it with a clean towel or let it air dry. For further sanitation, the board can be rinsed with a vinegar or chlorine bleach solution. 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However, they found that older, knife-scarred plastic surfaces were impossible to clean and disinfect manually, especially when food residues such as chicken fat were present. Further, they found that if a sharp knife is used to cut into the work surfaces after used plastic or wood has been contaminated with bacteria and cleaned manually, more bacteria are recovered from the plastic surface than from the wood surface. The research team has no commercial relationships to John Boos or any other company making cutting boards. They believe, on the basis of their published and to-be-published research that food can be prepared safely on wooden cutting surfaces and that plastic cutting surfaces present some disadvantages. In conclusion, they believe their research shows evidence that wooden cutting boards are not a hazard to human health, but plastic cutting boards may be.
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