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Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, May 13-15
Happy Hollidays to the 17.4 percent of you who rolled with Cardinals outfielder Matt last night, as he victimized Cubs starter Casey Coleman for a second-inning long ball and then added a single off reliever Justin Berg for good measure.
You know, just in case our system didn't register the dinger or something. Don't worry, Matt, we're on top of it. Spread those knocks out and you'll make a lot of friends around here.
Current leader thesantos2006 opted for Holliday's teammate Albert Pujols, and received a sixth-inning single to push his streak to 28 games.
Best of luck to you over the weekend, Mr. Santos — or is it Mr. Thesantos? You're one day from crossing over the halfway mark to $5.6 million and just two correct selections from tying our season leader. Oh, and one incorrect pick from winning absolutely nothing. No pressure, though.
Friday bonus video: Hey look, it's that guy who wrote the BTS Report last year!
Friday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Robinson Cano: .529 AVG (9-for-17) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz
• Miguel Cabrera: .500 AVG (10-for-20) since '06 vs. Royals starter Luke Hochevar
• Denard Span: .500 AVG (7-for-14) since '06 vs. Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Ian Desmond: .611 AVG (11-for-18) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Chris Volstad
You'll thank me later …
• Jayson Werth: .083 AVG (2-for-24) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Chris Volstad
• Jose Bautista: .150 AVG (2-for-13) since '06 vs. Twins starter Brian Duensing
Saturday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Adrian Beltre: .464 AVG (13-for-28) since '06 vs. Angels starter Dan Haren
• Ryan Theriot: .393 AVG (11-for-28) since '06 vs. Red starter Johnny Cueto
• Chris Coghlan: .500 AVG (7-for-14) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Livan Hernandez
Feeling kinda spicy?
• B.J. Upton: .538 AVG (7-for-13) since '06 vs. Orioles starter Brad Bergesen
You'll thank me later …
• Mark Teixeira: .194 AVG (7-for-36) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett
• Jimmy Rollins: .172 AVG (5-for-29) since '06 vs. Braves starter Jair Jurrjens
Sunday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
• Brian McCann: .462 AVG (6-for-13) since '06 vs. Phillies starter Roy Halladay
• Johnny Peralta: .455 AVG (10-for-22) since '06 vs. Royals starter Kyle Davies
• Hanley Ramirez: .400 AVG (8-for-20) since '06 vs. Nationals stater Jason Marquis
Feeling kinda spicy?
• Ivan Rodriguez: .600 AVG (9-for-15) since '06 vs. Marlins starter Javier Vazquez
You'll thank me later …
• Martin Prado: .077 AVG (1-for-13) since '06 vs. Phillies starter Roy Halladay
• Mark Teixeira: .167 AVG (4-for-24) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter Jon Lester
Top MLB streakers
Hunter Pence: 15 games
Shane Victorino: 14 games
Marlon Byrd: 13 games
Brian McCann: 12 games
Carl Crawford: 11 games
Victor Martinez: 11 games
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Weekends in BTS are rarely fruitful for the masses; just seems to work out that way. The number of 20+ streakers has grown considerably since last weekend. We have 64 entering today trying to get to or stay at 20+.
For the entire weekend, there are 126 streakers that are at 17+ games right now. Some of those 17-gamers will be at 20 come Monday morning. Of those 126 potentials, how many will start the new week out as 20+ gamers? That result will give you and indication of the relative fruitfulness of the weekend.
So why did Dave quit writing the blog this year?
What is the name of this new guy?
I went with Matt Joyce of the Rays today.
LaV's List
Friday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
138 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Miguel Cabrera 590 23.6
Andre Ethier 178 7.12 (1rst)(2nd)
Robinson Cano 162 6.48
Adrian Gonzalez 118 4.72
Ichiro Suzuki 85 3.4
Ryan Braun 85 3.4
B.J. Upton 78 3.12
No Selection 68 2.72
Denard Span 67 2.68
Asdrubal Cabrra 17 0.68 (3rd)
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 4 with streak of 18 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 16.79% with VLADDY reseting the most.
There was also 23.94% PPD due to players not playing OR rain, These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
L Scott, RESET 3, 11,9,8 GAMERS
N Punto STL, SAVED 1, DEF SWITCH 8 GAMER
C Young ARI, SAVED 1, 12 GAMER
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
gurpsing, 16, pg 7, 126, A Cabrera (PICKED 17X)
forcook, 14, pg 13, 277, A Gonzalez (PICKED 118X)
BLACKHAWKS, 11, pg 26, 624, C Beltran (PICKED 8X)
Dave55, 8, pg 94, 2065, A Cabrera (PICKED 17X)
mreck13, 8, pg 100+, 2065, B Zobrist (PICKED 32X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
GL to all
A lot of eggs in just one Miggy basket. Hmmm, mouth-watering
🙂 What? Bautista is batting less than 200 against himself? How is that possible? I'd think he should know what's being thrown! I didn't even know he was also a Blue Jays starter. A typo obviously on Dave's part in the "you'll thank me later section" for Friday. Bautista is facing Pavano today.
" Jose Bautista: .150 AVG (2-for-13) since '06 vs. Blue Jays starter Jose Bautista"
lol, maybe it's like the Angels, who after only a few months had generated another Francisco Rodriguez to put back in their bullpen.
2-Run HR by Joyce in the 2nd! Onto 6!
I'll be joining you on that #6 train, departing for #7 tomorrow. Kemp doubled on 3rd PA.
Definitely my best offensive streak this season:
HR x2, 3B x1, 2B x3, 1B x6
Up to 329 for the season & 375 this month
Cano just got hit by a pitch. 😦 😦 😦 This is two straight days that my pick has been hit by a pitch in their last plate appearance ending my last chance at a hit and of course my hitting power which was luke warm in the first place has gone out with 3 straight O fers. I have not had a 2 hits or more game since April 30. 😦 😦 😦
Check the weather reports for Saturday: STL/CIN & KC/DET
WX changing: KC/DET looks good 'nuf, STL/CIN & SF/CHC not so good
@LaVolpe: I am hitting .458 or 11 for 24 during my 6-game hitting streak.
That brings my batting average back to respectibility: .274 or 43 for 157.
Slightly better on my side: 12 of 25 for past 6 games. I like Miggy's numbers today.
Well you certainly made the most of your extra AB!
Is the Top 2500 going up soon?
Yes. im just trying to get ready for a wedding we have today.
00Liber hasn't chimed in today yet. I pulled the data. If Mark doesn't let us know he's active today, I'll post it top of the hour
Ignore last post of mine 🙂 What timing!
I went with Erick Aybar of the Angels today.
Within our group, 6 of us boarded #6 train to #7. Three departed the train early (2 at FLA & 1 at TB). The LAD passenger on the train is hoping its a direct line, no stops.
LaV's List
Saturday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
133 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Ryan Braun 309 12.36
Ichiro Suzuki 174 6.96
Adrian Beltre 126 5.04
Miguel Cabrera 123 4.92
Chris Coghlan 117 4.68
Matt Holliday 87 3.48
Martin Prado 84 3.36 (3rd)
Andre Ethier 70 2.8 (2nd)
Gaby Sanchez 68 2.72 (1rst)
No Selection 68 2.72
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 8 with streak of 16 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 20.28% with ROBBIE CANO reseting the most.
There was also 7.16% PPD due to players not playing ,These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
M Montero ARI, SAVED 1, 9 GAMER
J Jay STL, RESET 1, DEF SWITCH 16 GAMER
R Hernadez CIN, SAVED 1, DEF SWITCH 11 GAMER
D Fowler COL, SAVED 1, 18 GAMER
J Heyward ATL, 11, PR, (NO EFFECT) highest was 13 GAMER
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
gurpsing, 17, pg 6, 99, PRADO (PICKED 84X)
forcook, 15, pg 11, 219, HOLLIDAY (PICKED 87X)
BLACKHAWKS, 12, pg 20, 489, BRAUN (PICKED 309X)
Dave55, 9, pg 71, 1619, AYBAR (PICKED 52X)
mreck13, 9, pg 97, 1619, JOYCE (PICKED 56X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
GL to all
Mark, is "1rst" a Canadian thing, like Zed? Your country's southern neighbor uses "1st". Just curious.
Eh? Lol. Must be.
During my 20 year stint in the USAF, I was assigned to NATO. There, I supervised a CAF member and I quickly learned about zed, but don't recall 1rst
and Prado is already good with a HR.
Next time you get reset, you'll have to post ahead of time your following pick. Your ability to pick 1st AB hits after a reset is impressive.
Thx for Rubbing it in. Lol. GL to the rest of you waiting.
Matt Holliday doubled in the 7th, I'm back on the board! 🙂
Aybar's 7th-inning single pushes me to 7!
At the risk of letting LaVolpe pass me in "The Bloggers" group, I am picking Adam Lind today to pause, as I have ABSOLUTELY no idea who to pick for today.
Every hitter seems to either hit .220 during the day or facing a pitcher who only gives up a .190 average during the day or is going to get rained out.
There are some middling picks I would go with if I were at 0 or 1, but I am not going to risk my season-high hitting streak on such a low-quality pick.
I thought about just going with Ichiro when all else fails, but he is another hitter way under .200 during the day.
You still have a couple hours before games lock. Re-check weather forecasts. There are some good picks today. I agree with not risking if you are absolutely uncomfortable. My recent rule I set for myself is research 2 picks. If both look to not be playing for whatever reason, abort vs. trusting a coin flip pick.
Anyone, from that area, know if that game will play? WX shows rain all day, varying intensity.
Well I had 2 choices for today: Victor Martinez and Alberto Callaspo.
I was afraid of going with Victor Martinez because of the "100% chance of showers" forecast.
I thought they would play, but was worried about a rain-shortened game and they had officially called it before I got off the computer anyway.
For Callaspo, I had seen at RotoWorld that the last time Callaspo was rested, was against a lefty, and the Angels were facing lefty C.J. Wilson today.
With a 335 start, I knew I would not be able to see the lineups in time.
And Ichiro ended up raining out too, so the "all else fails" pick would have ended in the same result anyway.
For your 2nd reply, which game were you referring to.
Had V-mart locked in but I see that game has been killed. Going with holiday. GL all
Was just about to post the exact same thing!
Anyone, from that area, know if STL/CIN game will play? WX shows rain all day, varying intensity
For me, it doesn't really matter. Though I like Votto's & Holliday's #s in this game, too many variables… Rain, winner takes 1st place in division, manager intervention on pitch selection, animosity btwn teams, and pitchers focusing harder. I will gladly pick in a game without all that drama.
That line of reasoning is sort of what killed my other 2nd-string picks: Jacoby Ellsbury and Curtis Granderson.
Today, it definitely worked for me. I would have picked Votto over Holliday, but didn't want the added risk as mentioned above. So I opted for Bautista who had a 3-HR day.
LaV's List
Sunday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
153 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Victor Martinez 379 15.31 PPD
Matt Holliday 214 8.65
Michael Young 120 4.85 (1RST)
Albert Pujols 102 4.12
Howard Kendrick 89 3.6
Andre Ethier 85 3.43 (2ND)
Jose Reyes 83 3.35
Adrian Gonzalez 82 3.31
Joey Votto 76 3.07
Ichiro Suzuki 74 2.99 (4TH)
Miguel Cabrera 72 2.91 (2ND)PPD
Brett Gardner 65 2.63
Paul Konerko 64 2.59
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 6 with streak of 17 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 29.6% with Chris Coghlan reseting the most.
There was also 17.6% PPD due to players not playing ,These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
A Amezenga COL, RESET 1, 9 GAMER
J Heyward ATL, 13, DEF SWICTH, (NO EFFECT) highest was 14 GAMER
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
gurpsing, 18, pg 4, 63, Hanley Ramirez (PICKED 22X)
forcook, 17, pg 7, 154, Matt Holliday (PICKED 214X)
BLACKHAWKS, 13, pg 13, 319, Derek Jeter (PICKED 19X)
Dave55, 10, pg 46, 1078, Matt Holliday (PICKED 214X)
gamara21, 9, pg,89 1761, Albert Pujols (PICKED 102X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
mreck13, 9, RESET by JOYCE
GL to all
@Champ88. Hopefully your no-pick doesn't backfire on you. Per the game preview, Lind expects to be in lineup tomorrow. If that's true, it is possible he pinches today if needed; he is not scratched from the lineup & is on the bench. You may want to follow that game?
Unless MIN can come back with some serious offense, you won't have to worry about a pinch hit late in the game. Score is 6-0 in the 3rd.
Well the quote said, "All I can say is not right now" and that quote was from late last night, so I figured there was no possible way he could play today.
I see a couple of my thoughts came through: Paul Konerko and Alberto Callaspo, but there were a LOT of picks today I was considering that failed, so the success rate was FAR under even league average, so I think I made the right choice.
Usually when making a pick, I go through everything before I fully decide on it and see if I can give myself a good "excuse" as to why I used that pick and I could not do that for Konerko with all the walks he gets.
I'd say you're right. With the rain outs, about 25% of Top2500 sat idle today for that reason, leaving a little less than 75% playing (some picked DLs). As of right now, 3 games still remaining, we have just over 30% of entire Top2500 reset. That breaks down to over 40%-reset of those that did not sit idle.
I took Pujols today and guess what happened? another last AB Hit……………………………………… by Pitch! I'm under a jinx! 😦 😦 😦
Hmmm. The bloggers group Top2500 just about completely wiped out. Only 1 of 5 remaining.
With Jeter's 0-fer, all 5 of our "bloggers group" Top2500 fell
BTS gods demanded sacrifice today and lots of it. As mentioned earlier, about 75% of the Top2500 played while 25% rained out. By my estimates (give or take 2%), there was a 55% reset among those 75% that played. That's huge, a leader board cleansing event. Needed a streak of 9 to get on the Top2500 this morning, that'll drop!


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Via Schneier, I came upon this New York Times article, which talks about the use and abuse of everybody's favorite quant tool: Value at Risk (VaR). One particular section caught my eye:
…the big problem was that it turned out that VaR could be gamed. That is what happened when banks began reporting their VaRs. To motivate managers, the banks began to compensate them not just for making big profits but also for making profits with low risks. That sounds good in principle, but managers began to manipulate the VaR by loading up on what Guldimann calls "asymmetric risk positions." These are products or contracts that, in general, generate small gains and very rarely have losses. But when they do have losses, they are huge.
I find this interesting: reporting and acting on VaRs is not different from reporting and acting on the results of any other probabilistic model. Engineers and operations researchers do it all the time when modeling the failure rates of process units and finished products or services. The same applies to variations in process inputs (crude oil composition for a refinery, particle size distribution for a powdered pharmaceutical drug and so on). Even something as mundane as the residence time distribution in a reactor is a probabilistic model that important decisions are based on. Yet the failure modes are usually not catastrophic system meltdown. Why?
There are two questions I cannot fully answer yet: It is relatively easy to cross-check an engineering model with theory using back-of-the-envelope estimates from first principles. Is the same possible for financial models? It is also relatively easy to cross-check a model with data from controlled experiments, not just observations seen in the wild with confounding factors. Are controlled experiments feasible and practical for financial systems?
Of course, no model would be complete without a car analogy:
David Einhorn, who founded Greenlight Capital, a prominent hedge fund, wrote not long ago that VaR was "like an air bag that works all the time, except when you have a car accident."


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Featured Resource: Name Index of Artists
The Library's card indexes are no longer heavily used and understandably, as they have not been updated since 1992. Nevertheless, if you aim to gather as much information on a specific artist as possible, it would be unwise to ignore the name index of artists located to the left rear of the space occupied by the photocopiers and online public access catalogues (OPACS).
Although the Aleph online catalogue should always be your first option, do remember that some of the library's pre-1992 non English language material has yet to be added.
As an A-Z name index, it enables you not only to quickly locate the required artist, but also indicates whether the artist worked in more than one medium, and if so, where (approximately) on the shelves you might find a relevant book.
To summarise, you would not expect to find mention of Grayson Perry, Ai Wei Wei or Banksy in the name index but suppose you were researching the Dutch artist Anton Mauve (1838-1888). The Aleph catalogue gives you two references to exhibition catalogues but no reference to the book at D653 M by E.P. Engel. This demonstrates the value of searching both name index and online catalogue.
As a general rule, the more obscure the artist and the less written in English, the more likely the name index will help. For certain artists, only the name index will work, e.g. Jan Wouwerman (Dutch) or Boguslav Zivkovic.
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Editor's note: This article originally appeared on LauraPetherbridge.com. Used with permission.
"If I had a gun right now I'd shoot you, and my ex-husband." No words were verbalized but the hazardous thoughts charged through my brain. Sitting next to me was the unsuspecting gentleman who had foolishly asked me out on a date and then had the misfortune of my accepting. My obnoxious mood was the result of the recent abandonment by my husband. Why accept the invitation? The loneliness was overwhelming and I naïvely assumed an innocent date would be the cure. I was wrong.
Images of me snarling "Make My Day" as I gradually inched out the same cool one-sided grin that Clint Eastwood flaunts in Dirty Harry danced in my head, with gun in hand.
Fortunately, I came to my senses and realized that asking my date to stop at a pawnshop to make the purchase might seem odd. The rest of the evening was uneventful, and I was eager for it to end.
My re-entry into the dating scene didn't go very well, mostly because I attempted it too quickly. Laughing at the memory comes easily now (I wonder whatever happened to that poor guy?), but it definitely was not funny then. I detested the awkward adolescent feelings, and I resented having to return to the dating world. That stage of my life was supposed to be over. Dating slapped reality into my shattered heart and forced me to admit the painful truth of my deceased marriage.
Adapting to the dating world again doesn't have to be as excruciating as my experience. If timed properly, and prepared for, it can be a fascinating season in life.
In my eighteen years of leading divorce recovery ministry I've observed men and women of various ages transition back into dating. After scrutinizing both their wise and foolish choices I believe the following "dos" and "don'ts" to be helpful.
…wait until your divorce is final. Even though you may "feel" divorced, the truth is married people don't date. You weren't married until you took your vows, and God views you as married until you have a divorce decree.
…give your emotions time to heal. Most people dash into dating before their weary, wounded heart is ready. Loneliness is a compelling motivator to "get on with your life" but understand that you are extremely vulnerable. There is nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal.
…acknowledge your discernment about the opposite sex may be damaged due to the divorce.
…take Christian classes or read books that teach how to detect an unsafe person. Two excellent resources by Dr's Cloud and Townsend are Boundaries in Marriage and Safe People.
…look for someone who is satisfied in their singleness. If you observe a panic or necessity to get married they aren't ready.
…before the date, seek out people who can answer a few probing questions about this person's values, character, honesty, family history, etc.
…before the date, pray and commit to God your sexual purity. It's the person who doesn't prepare for temptation beforehand, which often weeps afterwards.
…drive your own car to the first few dates. This gives you the security and peace of mind of knowing you can escape if you're uncomfortable.
…guard yourself from date rape. Meet in a public place.
…observe how this person treats others such as a waitress or sales clerk. Is he or she rude? If so, this can be an indicator of how they will eventually treat you.
…listen for the ways he or she talks about family
…on the first date, ask significant spiritual questions such as: "What church do you attend?" "Are you in a Bible study?" "When did you come to know Christ as your Savior?" Listen carefully to the answers. Are the responses recited and without passion? Are they vague? Is your date offended by the questions? Look for God's warning signs and evidence of the person's spiritual health. You'll want to know these things before you are emotionally attached.
…if he or she is divorced, ask a few questions about the divorce. On the initial date this might seem awkward and inappropriate, but guarding your heart is worth it. Determining if he or she hasn't effectively grieved the death of their marriage is crucial. The person who has completed the hard work of mending a broken heart will understand your need to ask. If your date avoids telling you what broke up the marriage and/or what part they played, RUN…don't walk. This is a clear sign of an unhealed person.
…have wise friends meet the person you are dating. And then listen when they reveal any detected "red flags."
…ask God's protection from anyone who could jeopardize you or your children's safety. Then obey and escape when He reveals danger. Flee no matter how cute or charming he or she may be!!
…I've heard it said that you can know a person's character and priorities by examining his or her calendar and checkbook. Although demanding a look at the checkbook is a bit aggressive, you can and should closely analyze how your date spends money. Does she mention being in deep debt? Is giving both time and money to God's kingdom a priority in his life? Does she use things to meet her needs? The use or misuse of money can often reveal a person's true heart.
…recognize the customary temptation to become "The Brady Bunch". It was a fake and unrealistic TV show! Do the Brady's go to court for custody battles? Do Mike's boys get jealous over the girls trip to Disney with their dad? Do you see them argue over child support payments? Does Marcia ever say, "You are not my real dad"? NO…but that's the stark reality of step-families.
…ignore the experts. The words "that might apply to others, but not to me" are the flashing hazard signs of a rapidly approaching locomotive headed straight for your heart.
…place yourself in situations where sexual temptation can be fulfilled. Stay in public.
…use dating to fill the void and fear of loneliness. It often blinds you to the truth and can lead to re-marrying someone you shouldn't.
…drink alcohol or use drugs. It lessens your inhibitions and allows you to say and do things you normally wouldn't.
…assume a person you met at church is safe.
…give your address or personal information early in the relationship.
…let a new date into your home. Ladies, don't EVER get into a car or secluded place with someone you don't know well.
…ignore the warning signs of an unhealthy person. You and your children are the ones who could pay.
…bash your ex-spouse during the date. It's a huge turn off.
…introduce your children to your date. Your children shouldn't meet that person until engagement is on the horizon. If the relationship dies, they will suffer another loss. As the parent it's your responsibility to shield their heart whenever possible.
…rush into intimate settings that naturally point you to a deeper commitment. Examples might be: weddings, expensive restaurants, and candlelight dinners. Keep the dates light. A movie or play, coffee or lunch, the museum or park, bowling or golf are better choices.
…dash into meeting his or her family. Doing so signifies you are ready to get serious with that person.
…eliminate your time with same sex friends. This is a clear indication of an unsafe relationship.
…"Missionary Date" There is a strong tendency to assume, "This person is so wonderful, I know I can get them to accept Christ." It rarely happens. And if you are a Christian you will then have the painful process of falling out of love with someone God forbids you to marry.
…ignore even the smallest signs of addiction.
…ignore any use of pornography. If you think this statement is prudish, read up on the traumatic and escalating effects of pornography under the resource section on my web site.
…ignore the dangerous signs of possessive manipulation or control. Phrases such as, "If you loved me you would", "I act crazy because I love you so much," "I'll die (or commit suicide) if you leave me," are tactics of a manipulator.
…misinterpret codependency and "rescuing someone" as mercy and kindness. Ask yourself: is he or she needy? Is this person looking for someone to relieve the pain of their situation? Do I feel the need to fix the circumstances?
…minimize the vast complexities of second marriage. As difficult as you think it might be, it's twice as hard.
And the most important don't of all is…Don't let any person become more important or cause you to compromise your relationship with the Lord. He alone is the Lover of our Soul. And his passion for us runs deeper than we could imagine.
Portions of this article are taken from Laura's book, When 'I Do' Becomes 'I Don't'—Practical Steps for Healing During Separation and Divorce
Copyright © 2012 Laura Petherbridge. All rights reserved.
Laura Petherbridge is an international author and speaker who serves couples and single adults with topics on relationships, divorce prevention, singleness, and divorce recovery. She is the author of When "I Do" Becomes "I Don't"—Practical Steps for Healing During Separation and Divorce, and a featured expert on the DivorceCare DVD series. Her newest book The Smart Stepmom is coauthored with Ron Deal. Her website is www.Laurapetherbridge.com.
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Brittany Schusslter raced to take down her Sochi selfie from Twitter after being criticized for cozying up to Putin when he visited Canada House on Friday.
"I should've asked him to be my Valentine!" Schusslter wrote in the caption to the photo she shared.
Schusslter was not the only Olympic athlete to snap a selfie during Putin's visit to Canada House and USA House.
But Schusslter deleted her post amid criticism over Putin and a Russian law that bans gay "propaganda," the Winnipeg Free Press reported.
"To be clear I was joking + in no way want to be misconstrued as supporting his values," she later explained in a tweet directed to the paper.
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Learning with Grails: Security, Extjs, REST, Spring Insight
Unfortunately, security and performance are often postponed early in the development process and are surpassed for new functionality. Reasonable justification usually includes cost and time. A few of the real issues I think are difficulty and lack of experience. I have to admit I am no security or performance expert, and implementing both early on would be time consuming and difficult. I've always heard security done after the fact is never as good if it's done in the beginning. So I wanted to share my experience using the spring-security (acegi) plugin in grails. Not only did I learn a lot about security, but also how to add support for REST Services and integrate Ajax clients using Extjs, how to enable caching, and inspect the performance of my app using Spring Insight that comes with the Springsource tc server developer edition.
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Spring-Security (Acegi)
Building authentication and authorization into your app in the beginning can be difficult, but with the spring-security plugin and grails it's super easy. There are other security plugins for grails, but I decided on spring-security/acegi since our team has contemplated using it on our project several times and it seems to have a pretty good history. This isn't a how to guide on using the security plugin, the documentation is pretty good. However, I do want to share some unexpected things I ran into and how I arrived at some of my conclusions.
When applying the security capabilities, I applied Test-Driven Development (TDD) to test my assumptions and changes. After I installed the plugin, I got started right away creating Users, Roles, and Requestmaps in Bootstrap. Requestmap is the domain model mapping roles to URIs. I prefered this method initially because I wanted to persist this information to the database. First I wanted to lock down the ability to delete a model I called Event. Here is a sample Bootstrap to accomplish it:
In this first test I created an admin role, mapped the admin role to /event/delete, and then added a new user to the admin role. This worked as expected but had a pretty big security hole (see Unexpected observations using spring-security plugin). The issue was unauthorized users were still able to delete events using the edit form. Underneath, grails submits to the index action and the controller handles directing the request to the delete action in the controller bypassing the security created by my Requestmap. I could hide the Delete button on the edit page, but malicous users could still expliot this hole.
So instead of using Requestmap, I annotated my controller actions. This method can properly handle the use case above and deny unauthorized access to the delete action.
I also learned that users have to be associated with a Role, otherwise they are unable to log in (see post). This seemed rather annoying since I was expecting to use the predefined roles: IS_AUTHENTICATED_FULLY, IS_AUTHENTICATED_REMEMBERED, and IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY without having to associate all my users with roles. Two suggestions by Burt where to extend a Base model class that supported a default Role for all Users, or extend the GrailsDaoImpl class to remove the role requirement for users.
In summary, it seems best to annotation your controllers instead of using Requestmap and keep in mind that by default all users need to be associated with a role to login into your application.
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Now that I have portions of my app locked down, I wanted to see how this effected Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) such as those that use Extjs. I wanted to answer 2 basic questions:
- How can javascript clients remove admin functions like Delete buttons?
- How could I modify my controller to support multiple clients that need HTML, JSON, or XML?
I'm not super proud of how I contrived the roles and used them in javascript, but below is how I did it (If you were doing this for real, I'd make this a point of focus to come up with a better solution like creating a service that returned this information as JSON that could be called by an Ajax client).
Since there is no real easy way to get access to the users roles in a gsp, I set a bean in the controller that is used in the gsp. So in EventController I added the following grid action:
Then in a new grid.gsp I added the following:
Then when I build the grid, I could eanble or disable the Delete button by doing:
Ext.onReady(function() {
var roles = new Ext.util.MixedCollection();
<% authorities?.each { %>
<% } %>
That's pretty much how I disabled certain gui items that are restricted based on role. Again not very pretty, but effective.
Next, I wanted to populate my grid with real data from my controller. Fortunately for developers, grails excels in this area using convention over configuration using the withFormat content negiotation with URI Extensions. All I had to do was modify the controllers list action to support more than HTML responses:
Here I easily add support for XML and JSON clients while also continuing to support clients who want HTML. One thing to note, is I like naming arrays in JSON; that is why you see the render([list: events]) syntax. Without that, the JSON response looks like this
def list = {
params.max = Math.min( params.max ? params.max.toInteger() : 10, 100)
def events = Event.list(params)
withFormat {
html { [eventInstanceList: events, eventInstanceTotal: Event.count()] }
xml { render events as XML }
json { render( [list: events] as JSON ) }
{[{"class":"Event".....instead of my preferred way
{"list":[{"class":"Event".....Now all the client needs to do is request the URI /event/list.json or /event/list.xml.
Here is my complete javascript that includes the example JsonStore and Grid definitions.
Spring Insight and Caching
Next, I really wanted to try out the Spring Insight capability that is now included in the Springsource tc server developers edition. This would let you see into how grails and hibernate are operating on your behalf per request. For many web applications, there are typically 2 bottlenecks that degrade performance: 1) number of trips from the client to server 2) number of trips to the database. Using the Spring Insight tool, developers can see what SQL is being executed and how long it took.
To get started with Spring Insight I followed their Getting Started Guide. Once I had Insight running (http://localhost:8080/insight), I next ran 'grails war' to create a WAR that I could deploy to tomcat (Note: if you do this multiple times, redeploy, you have to be careful with what you do in your apps Bootstrap class. I was doing a lot of inserts that caused my WAR to fail deployment because by default when running 'grails war', grails defaults to the production environment which uses an update file database. So my Bootstrap was trying to add roles and users that already existed and that caused deployment to fail).
The WAR deployed fine and I was up and running watching my apps performance metrics in the Insight dashboard as I moved around in my app. What I noticed first was unexpected multiple JDBC calls when I thought caching was enabled by default in grails.
What I learned was you have to enable caching on a per domain or query basis. So I added the following to my Event domain model
rebuilt and redeployed the war and was able to see fewer JDBC calls proving that my cached domain was working. I then added a new Event, viewed all events, and saw the extra select call since the cache was purged. Pretty impressive!
static mapping = {
cache true
Next I wondered if spring-security was caching all the user and role information by default like it advertised. If not that could be a huge performance issue. Spring Insight was also able to prove that it was caching its results.
Overall, I learned a lot about grails, security, REST, extjs, caching, and spring insight and grails was the perfect platform to prototype these concepts in preparation for real production use.


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The one issue that candidates for public office consider more important than any other is the one they are least eager to talk about – the process of getting elected to office.
It is the issue that the press has focused on in the 2005 mayoral race. The first question in the first official debate among the Democratic candidates started this way: "Anyone who has followed the primary race so far may think that the defining moments have been the fiascos. Speaker Miller took heat over the million-and-a-half dollars in recent public mailings; Congressman Weiner faces questions over use of party resources; Mrs. Fields had problems with flyers and misplaced e-mails; and you, Mr. Ferrer, took a lot of heat for statements on the Diallo case...." On the Republican side, the focus has been on Bloomberg's billions.
However trivial some of these may seem, there are also substantive issues about elections that will last far beyond this particular campaign season. In the next several years, elected officials will have to weigh in on major changes both in the way candidates run and voters vote.
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After years of legislative gridlock, on the penultimate day of the 2005 session, the New York State legislature finally agreed on legislation to implement the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA). As part of this measure, the city will be purchasing brand new voting machines, possibly as early as 2006, and finally ridding itself of the old lever systems which we've all come to know, if not love.
It is now up to the city government to select the machines that voters will use and fund a portion of the cost. The federal government allocation of $3,192 per precinct will not cover the actual cost of replacing all lever machines, and of training a slew of new poll workers to teach voters how to use these machines. While much of the heavy lifting on this will fall to the long-under-funded Board of Elections, the mayor and City Council will have to allocate the funds in the budget to make sure that the transition runs smoothly.
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A key ingredient in being elected to public office is raising funds to be able to "get your message out." In some very rare instances candidates will fund their own campaigns, as is presently the case with Michael Bloomberg. However, most often candidates must approach donors, hold fundraisers and try to out-compete one another financially to get elected. This even extends to candidates for judicial positions.
In order to reduce the role that money plays in the process, the city's campaign finance program gives candidates "matching funds" if they agree to spending caps and contribution limits. In exchange for abiding by these caps and limits, the city's campaign finance program gives candidates $4 for every $1 they raise in donations less than $250. That quadruples the impact of each small donor and allows candidates with smaller donations to compete with those that get big checks. It also theoretically reduces the overall spending and time spent fundraising. The city has even instituted a bonus matching program of $6 for $1 when candidates face opponents who do not participate in the program and who spend above the spending cap that is placed on program participants.
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- Prohibiting the transfer of funds a candidate raises in a previous election cycle, for one office, to a candidate committee for another office. Candidates often stock pile money, or "war chests" to deter other candidates from joining the race. Prohibiting the transfer of funds raised for other offices will help level the playing field for those that have not been raising funds for years.
- Capping the amount of money that the city will give to candidates under the matching provision if a candidate is not facing a serious challenger. The campaign finance program is perceived by many as too lenient in its dispersal of funds and too easily abused by candidates that face very minimal competition. Enforcing a stringent threshold of money raised by a challenger in order for candidates to receive the full allotment of matching funds can save the city hundreds of thousands of dollars each election cycle.
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In the fall of 1993, New York City voters approved term limits for the city's elected officials by a solid margin of 59 to 41 percent. Since 2001, when the inaugural class of city officials were term limited out, public servants have been limited to serve for two consecutive four-year periods. The public has come to accept term limits.
It is less certain how popular term limits are among those public officials who now hold office because of it. There is talk in the City Council of a bill that Councilmember Gale Brewer is planning to introduce after the election that will extend the two-term limit to three. Others are talking of trying to rescind the measure all together. Those who oppose term limits will tell you that voters can get rid of politicians by voting them out of office. They will also argue that when they leave office they take their years of experience with them, ultimately hurting the city and putting much more power in the hands of permanent government and staffers. But the voters have spoken in two referenda. It may provoke a backlash to do the opposite of what the voters wish.
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One in a series of stories previewing the 2007 college football season.
Tyrell Sutton has a one-word explanation for Northwestern's 2006 season. "Fluke," the junior running back said a few days ago. "Last season was a huge downfall for us. It was a fluke." It was also wrenching emotionally. The season began with tragedy, the sudden death of head coach Randy Walker early last summer. It continued with the naming of 31-year-old assistant Pat Fitzgerald, who had not even held a coordinator's position, as Walker's replacement. It featured a series of wildly erratic performances, the first a loss to Division I-AA New Hampshire, the worst coming against Michigan State, when the Wildcats blew a 35-point lead to hand the Spartans the last win of John L. Smith's coaching tenure. The end result was a 4-8 overall record and a 2-6 mark in the Big Ten, which placed them eighth in the conference, tied with Iowa. "Last year, football was not the priority," Fitzgerald admitted. "Football was a great escape from reality." This year? "We're focused on getting back to business," Fitzgerald said. The Wildcats believe stability will lead to success. If there is success for the season, it has to come quickly, for Northwestern opens with three nonconference home games against beatable teams before facing Ohio State and Michigan back to back. "We've got to start fast," Fitzgerald said. "The great thing about the Big Ten is, if you win six games, you go bowling." Northwestern's schedule includes Minnesota, Eastern Michigan and Indiana as the leaves turn, so a six-plus-win season is possible. But the Wildcats likely need Sutton, who ran for exactly 1,000 yards last season on top of almost 1,500 as a freshman, to finish in four figures again to have a bowl-worthy year. For all the sleight-of-hand the spread offense provides a quarterback, Northwestern has used the formation to advance the ball on the ground far more effectively than it has through the air. That's thanks to the series of running backs the Wildcats have had going back to Bryon Sanders, who ran for 1,062 yards in 1988, when Walker was the running backs coach. Since then, Bob Christian, Dennis Lundy, Darnell Autry, Adrian Autry, Damien Anderson, Jason Wright and Noah Herron have run for 1,000 or more yards in a season. Now it's Sutton, who would be the first Northwestern back to do it in three seasons. "It's not just on me to shoulder the offense," Sutton said. "It's on everybody." That would include quarterback C.J. Bacher, receiver Ross Lane (who will see more playing time with Andrew Brewer, injured in training camp, out for the season) and offensive linemen Trevor Rees and Dylan Thiry, among others. But it will start with Sutton and an offensive line that Fitzgerald says is deep enough to rotate at every position. On defense, it will start with sophomore defensive end Corey Wootton, who piled up 51 tackles as a freshman, and senior middle linebacker Adam Kadela, who led the squad with 80 stops. Fitzgerald, a two-time national defensive player of the year at linebacker, says he couldn't play the position Kadela holds down. "The neck-roll guy that I was? He's a dinosaur now," Fitzgerald said. "With the spread offenses we see, you need speed." The Wildcats were beaten by speed and sheer force last season, surrendering 314 points, including 30 or more on seven occasions. Inexperience was part of the reason. "It's still a very young group," Fitzgerald said of a unit that includes five senior starters but an overwhelming majority of underclassmen in backup roles. "We made mistakes. We did things we had to correct." Northwestern also has to replace placekicker Joel Howells and punter Slade Larscheid. Saturday's opener against Northeastern provides a cautionary tale. The Huskies are from the same small-school league as New Hampshire, which stunned NU last year. And Northeastern beat New Hampshire later in the season. Thus, there is no excuse for the Wildcats not to treat the Huskies, 5-6 last season, with the utmost respect. "Last year, we learned a valuable lesson," Fitzgerald said. How thoroughly it was learned, Fitzgerald and his team find out Saturday. More college sports is at www.dailysouthtown.com/sports.


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Thunderbolt™ 3 is the latest version of the Thunderbolt standard for connecting computers and electronic devices. It is capable of the following:
- Total bandwidth up to 40Gbps. Data transfer speeds are dependent on the other features that you are using in your setup.
- USB 3.1 Gen 2 support.
- 4K 60Hz video on one or two separate displays.
- 5K 60Hz video on a single display.
- A 10 GbE network connection between two Thunderbolt 3 compatible computers.
- Up to six devices daisy-chained from a single Thunderbolt 3 port.
- Alternate modes, such as DisplayPort Alternate Mode (DP Alt Mode).
- Bi-directional power delivery up to 100W (not all Thunderbolt 3 devices support power delivery).
USB-C and Thunderbolt 3
Thunderbolt 3 uses the USB-C connector, but not all host connections, cables, and devices with a USB-C connector support Thunderbolt 3. This means that a USB-C device is compatible with a Thunderbolt 3 host connection, but a Thunderbolt 3 device is not compatible with a USB-C host connection. Therefore, it is important to know whether you have a USB-C or a Thunderbolt 3 host, cable, or device.
To determine if your component is a Thunderbolt 3 device, look for the Thunderbolt 3 symbol (shown below). USB-C devices do not include this symbol. For more information about USB-C, see the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/faq/usb-c-port-capabilites.
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If you use an adapter, Thunderbolt 3 host connections are compatible with Thunderbolt 1 and Thunderbolt 2 devices. You can use the StarTech.com TBT3TBTADAP to make a Thunderbolt 3 host connections backwards compatible.
Thunderbolt 3 devices are not backwards compatible with Thunderbolt 1 and Thunderbolt 2 host connections.
Thunderbolt™ 3 is capable of 100W of bi-directional power; however not all manufacturers will implement power delivery, or implement power delivery at the full 100W.
Optical Thunderbolt 3 cables do not support power delivery at any wattage.
Refer to the information provided by the manufacturer to confirm the power delivery capabilities of the following components:
- The Thunderbolt 3 host connection
- The Thunderbolt 3 cable
- The Thunderbolt 3 device (for example, a hard drive docking station)
Although the Thunderbolt™ 3 standard is capable of data transfer speeds up to 40Gbps, not every cable can support this bandwidth. For example, cables over a certain length or made with certain materials are only capable of data transfer speeds up to 20Gbps.
To confirm the capability of your Thunderbolt 3 cable, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer. StarTech.com lists the capabilities of the Thunderbolt 3 cables on the individual product pages.
There are two different Thunderbolt 3 cable symbols: the 20Gbps symbol and the 40Gbps symbol. The 20Gbps symbol is composed of the Thunderbolt 3 symbol, and the 40Gbps symbol is composed of the Thunderbolt 3 symbol and the number three. These images are shown below.
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Thunderbolt 3 uses the USB-C connector, but not all host connections, cables, and devices with a USB-C connector support Thunderbolt 3. This means that a USB-C device is compatible with a Thunderbolt 3 host connection, but a Thunderbolt 3 device is not compatible with a USB-C host connection. Therefore, it is important to know whether you have a USB-C or a Thunderbolt 3 host, cable, or device.
To determine if your component is a Thunderbolt 3 device, look for the Thunderbolt 3 symbol (shown below). USB-C devices do not include this symbol. For more information about USB-C, see the following FAQ: http://www.startech.com/faq/usb-c-port-capabilites.
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When you troubleshoot issues with a Thunderbolt cable there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
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To test your setup components, try the following:
Use the Thunderbolt peripheral, port, and cable in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
Use a Thunderbolt peripheral, port, and cable in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
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Meet the illustrator of the "Flat Stanley" series and the author of "Space Boy" at the 2008 Bolton Children's Author Festival, Saturday, Oct. 4, 1 to 4 p.m. in Davis Hall at The First Parish Church of Bolton, 673 Main St.
Meet the illustrator of the "Flat Stanley" series and the author of "Space Boy" at the 2008 Bolton Children's Author Festival, Saturday, Oct. 4, 1 to 4 p.m. in Davis Hall at The First Parish Church of Bolton, 673 Main St.
Spearheaded by Pam Kaminski and Mary Delaney, co-chairman of the Friends of the Bolton Public Library, the festival will feature a mix of 11 authors and illustrators of popular children's stories, including Bolton's own Suzy Becker, author of "Everything I Ever Wanted to Know I Learned From My Cat" and Delaney, who wrote the book, "Mabel O'Leary Put Peas In Her Ear-Y."
Books will be available for purchase, at retail price, and afterwards, patrons can have them personalized, for free, by the author or illustrator.
"We think it's a great time for people to Christmas shop. We think that signed books, especially when you get to meet the author yourself — it's a great thing. It's memorable shopping and these are books that people have a tendency to keep," Kaminski said, who noted that the first festival was held in 2006 and drew patrons from Bolton and area towns.
"We hope to keep this growing. We're doing it every other year. We hope to have more and more authors and have a reading corner and some other things. We are starting slow," Delaney added.
Delaney said that raffle tickets for baskets filled with signed books and memorabilia designed to accompany the books, including notebooks, pens, bookmarks and stuffed animals, will also be sold at the festival.
Money raised from the festival will go to the library capital campaign and is earmarked for furnishings and other odds and ends needed for the new library.
Kaminski said, "We have raised over $930,000; so we need $110,000. We met the amount that we needed to get the library construction started; we are kind of on the homestretch here."
To round out the event, cookies and cider will be served and pies will be sold.
"It's a nice homey Bolton touch," Kaminski said, referring to the pie sale, "a little extra something."
Admission to the festival is free.
Kaminski hopes that the event will generate excitement among residents about the library and the upcoming renovations.
Delaney added, "The library is something that can be the middle of the community and bring people together. I want people to understand that it's more than just this building that has been so controversial. It's a wonderful part of the community and taking care of our town."
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Eleven authors and illustrators of best-selling children's books will converge at Davis Hall on Oct. 4.
Anne Broyles
Anne Broyles' first children's book, "Shy Mama's Halloween," won the Teacher's Choice Award from Learning magazine and was named a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. Her second book, "Priscilla And The Hollyhocks" is based on a true story and follows Priscilla from her early years on a Southern plantation to her forced march along the Trail of Tears to the chance encounter that leads to her freedom. Visit Anne at Annebroyles. com.
Suzy Becker
Bolton's own Suzy Becker has written five books with pictures, including the newly expanded Double Platinum Collector's Edition "All I Need To Know I Learned From My Cat (And Then Some)". Her first board book (for babies) "Books Are For Reading" (Random House) will be out in January. Visit her at suzybecker.com.
Karen Day
Karen Day is the author of two middle grade novels, "Tall Tales" and "No Cream Puffs." She lives in Newton with her husband and three children. Visit her website: KLDay.com
Jeannie Brett
Jeannie Brett has illustrated four children's books. She can be seen visiting New England schools, libraries and speaking at educator conferences.
Susan Paradis
Susan Paradis is the author/illustrator of three books including "Snow Princess" and "Brass Button." Visit her at susanparadis.net.
Jamie Harper
Jamie Harper is the author of three picture books including "Miss Mingo And The First Day Of School," and two "Baby Bundt" board books. She has also illustrated the "Emma" series by Sally Warner. Visit Jamie at jamieharper.com
Mitali Perkins
Mitali Perkins' (mitaliperkins.com) award-winning books for young readers include "Monsoon Summer," "The Sunita Experiment," "Rickshaw Girl," "Secret Keeper," and the "First Daughter" books. She also writes Mitali's Fire Escape, (mitaliblog.com), a popular blog where she invites discussion about books and life between cultures.
Mary Newell DePalma
Mary Newell DePalma has written and/or illustrated more than a dozen children's books, including "A Grand Old Tree," "The Strange Egg" and "The Nutcracker Doll," a holiday story about a little girl's dream. Visit Mary at marynewelldepalma.com
Leo Landry
Leo Landry has written and illustrated six books, and been the illustrator of five books by other authors. His recent titles include "Space Boy" and "Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise!"
Scott Nash
Scott Nash has illustrated more than 30 children's books, including "Saturday Night At The Dinosaur Stomp" and "The Buggliest Bug" by Carol Diggory Shields, "Over The Moon" by Rachel Vail, "Betsy Who Cried Wolf" by Gail Carson Levine, "Snow Day!" "Beach Day!" and "Rainy Day" by Patty Lakin, and the "Flat Stanley" series by Jeff Brown. See www.scottnash.com.
Mary Delaney
Mary Delaney of Bolton got the idea for her book, "Mabel O'leary Put Peas In Her Ear-Y" from a babysitter who made her sit at the table until she ate all of her peas.


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Symantec is just weeks away from shipping a test version of the next major update to its Norton 360 desktop security-and-backup software, with the product expected to ship by the end of March.
Norton 360 version 2.0 will include new Web security and identity-theft protection features as well as a "smart firewall" that will use behavior-based analysis techniques to identify emerging threats. These security features are already shipping with Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2008 product, but Norton 360 will have a few tweaks designed to make it easier to administer as well.
For example, the software can now be used to back up data to new types of devices such as iPods or Blu-ray drives, said Mark Kanok, a senior product manager with Symantec. "We changed up a couple of things to make it a little more accessible and give the advanced users more control," he said.
The new browser protection feature, formerly code-named Canary, blocks Web sites from installing malicious software via the browser, known as a drive-by download. These types of attacks are becoming increasingly common, security experts say.
New Firefox and Windows registry cleanup and features are also planned.
Norton 360 v.2 will also include the Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response (SONAR) technology, which identifies new forms of malware by analyzing its behavior, as well as the Norton Identity Safe software, designed to protect against phishing attacks.
Pricing for the Norton 360 v.2 will remain unchanged, at AU$129.95 for a 3-PC license, Kanok said. The new beta will ship by early January, at the latest, he said.


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Gaga encouraged her 27 million followers to check out the tune, writing, "@nodoubt single 'Settle Down' is out. I just bought it! Go get it its (sic) so good! Band formed the year i was born! 1986 baby."
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Today's story: parents being interviewed about a new slave math scandal in school.
The mom who is head of School Council, trying to go easy on the teachers involved, said she thinks it's a very good idea to bring "social studies" into math.
Which reminded me of Histogeomegraph and the tragedy of content isolation. And of the middle school model. And of my own middle school, back when they were bringing in the middle school model here.
With the middle school model, we parents were told, wondrous connections amongst the disciplines would be made:
- In math class, the teacher could point out that Pythagorus was a Greek
- In English class, the teacher could point out that the father in The Miracle Worker was a patriarchal male who is ashamed of his handicapped child
- In science class, the teacher would take POINTS OFF!!!! for misspelling
From 1999, here's Nancy Granstrom:
During our eldest daughter's eighth-grade year in junior high school, I wrote a letter to the editors of the local newspaper praising the education in our school district. The teachers were highly knowledgeable, dedicated individuals, who imparted their expertise so well, and did an exceptional job of preparing students for high school. I was convinced that the Community Consolidated School District 21 in Wheeling, Illinois had cornered the market on how to truly deliver a quality education. Two years later, however, it was welcome to Jack London Middle School for our second daughter.Funny thing here in my district: we had two years of strife over the middle school model, then they brought in the middle school model, and then...nothing.
Our daughter had not been looking forward to all the spelling, vocabulary, history, pre-algebra, and reading of the classics she had seen her older sister do. It turned out that she did not need to worry because little of that took place at her middle school. The explanatory pamphlet from the district stated that middle school theory includes: "Integrated thematic instruction, cooperative learning, problem-based learning, multiple teaching styles, flexible block scheduling, and authentic assessment."
Under this system all teachers taught all subjects, even if they were not qualified to do so. The philosophy was and is that they should be able to teach anything. The reality is they have to, because the majority of the classes are extremely integrated.
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Nobody ever heard a word about it again, and except for some scheduling changes, things seemed to be pretty much business as usual.
Two or three years later, they brought in Lucy Calkins' reading workshop.
* I say "obnoxious" because the school was not teaching spelling at all. C.'s spelling was so bad that I had purchased a spelling curriculum I was using at home, and now, in the name of the middle school model, we were being told that the only help our kids would receive in the spelling department would come in the form of a cranky science teacher, nearing retirement, punishing the kids into better spelling by taking POINTS OFF!!! (That's what we always called it, back in the day: POINTS OFF!!!)
I wish now I'd kept a journal of those years. Ed attended that meeting....
Oh, wait! It's coming back to me.
Ed of course was strenuously lobbying against adoption of the "middle school model," and was playing a prominent and vocal role in the parent meeting convened to educate us in the nature of the coming changes. So when the science teacher said her contribution to Subject Integration was going to be taking POINTS OFF!!! Ed said forcefully & without a trace of irony, as if the POINTS OFF!!! plan explained everything (which it did), "That's very helpful to know. The science teacher will integrate English and science by docking points on science tests for spelling errors. That's the kind of information we need."
He told me later the science teacher glared at him.
Really, the best parents can hope for is to get these people's goat every once in a while.


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If there's a prime suspect for TV's next great lady cop, it's Maria Bello.
After catching audiences' eyes with a season-long stint on "ER" back in 1997, Bello's turned in compelling performance after compelling performance in film after film – not the least of which is her role in the upcoming "Beautiful Boy" as part of a married couple whose lives are devastated after their teenage son goes on a deadly campus shooting rampage. And next up is Bello's return to television next fall, headlining NBC's reinvention of the beloved British crime drama "Prime Suspect."
Bello's character, NYPD detective Jane Timoney, is cut from a similar cloth as her inspiration, Helen Mirren's Jane Tennison of Scotland Yard, Bello tells PopcornBiz in an exclusive chat. "There's something about playing this character: I feel like she's a real role model for women," she explains. "She is unapologetic – can't help herself but to be honest. She's terribly emotionally complicated, but has a sense of humor about life and herself. She's incredibly strong."
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Similarly, Bello hasn't hesitated to do the legwork necessary to get into the head of the character, an outsider trying to earn respect after being transferred into a frat-ish, male-dominated department. "I went on a ride-around with a female detective and went to the station with her, and what I found about her is that she had a real sense of her own femininity within that world," says the actress, who's discovered that sex bias remains a palpable force to be reckoned with, beyond the boys in blue. "I've been talking to a lot of women about this, in agencies, in PR companies. I've been doing business with some men, and I find that sexism is still insidious – and everywhere. It's something that we're all still working on, to be respected not only as a woman, but as a fully formed, smart human being."
Bello says that the series' emphasis will be much more about Timoney's personal struggles than about cracking cases, and that's what grabbed her.
"The reason that I wanted to do it – I hate procedurals and would never want to do a procedural – is it's not a straight procedural, which is great," she reveals. "It's about this character, her home life and the complications, and then the cases. There will be a lot of really cool and interesting cases – but it's not about that, thank God."


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When I moved into this space in 2010, after more than 8 years of blogging on other platforms and under various site (and personal) names, I had intentions of growing into this space and keeping it as my personal online journal.
Unfortunately, I could never quite settle on to how to use it; at the same time that I relaunched this site under a new domain name, we were also launching a family site. At first, I thought KarlaArcher.com might be my space to sort through things that didn't fit onto our other site. Posts about topics such as my thoughts on elections didn't seem to fit into the overall purpose over at Living The Life Fantastic (LTLF).
I tried – I wrote post about personal struggles, my strive for creativity, my need to run, posted random photos of the kids…
But, as time went on, many of the topics seemed to be just as appropriate for LTLF as this one, and I realized that I was spending more time worrying about which site to post my thoughts on than actually writing my thoughts out.
So this site sat here, untouched, for a year.
And it's time to make the decision and retire this site and make LTLF my online home.
Though I won't be posting here anymore, I'll be keeping this site up – I still get traffic from posts I've written in the past (eg: Print Your Own Daily or Weekly Planner) and I plan on updating and repurposing many of them – but, on LTLF.
I hope y'all will join me as I make my official blogging move from here over to Living The Life Fantastic. I'm excited about this change and I feel, oddly, liberated by it. Writing in the best of circumstances can be difficult enough. In this official move, my goal is to remove those false barriers I've set up around myself. I plan on writing about all the things I've wanted to write about but could never get settled on where to write about them.
If you do decide to follow me over to LTLF, would you consider subscribing to our newsletter? (I promise we won't sell your name or spam you!) And, if you want to keep up with me, but aren't interested in all of the other stuff we write about, click on the category "Karla's Blog". I plan on now using that category strictly for my more personal thoughts.
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Happy Wednesday!
As most of you know, I got my own office a few weeks ago and I'm still trying to put things together and purchase things. So I stopped by Target two weekends ago to pick up some office supplies, like notebooks, paper clips, etc.
I don't know about you, but I love Target's $1 bins. They're always filled with such amazing stuff, and it's only $1 or $2.50! Such a good deal for office supplies.
I purchased this calendar and a planner.
I'd like to talk about what I use the planner for in another blog post.
And the calendar I wanted to use for my office but I decided against it, but I'm going to keep it because it was only $7.99 and it's chevron.. soo.. I will find a use for it.
These cute little corkboards were only $1.00 each.
Nautical stripped top - $19.99
"Coupon" book for work. $1.00 I'm going to use this for receipts for purchases at work from employees. {More on this in a separate post}
I also purchased the Vaseline spray & go. I noticed a lot of bloggers being sponsored for this, I am not one of them, I bought this with my own money. But I really wanted to try it, because after every shower I do put lotion on and it is a pain to wait for it to dry.
I also picked up a Elf setting spray and a lip stain.
I literally went into Target for just office supplies and walked out with more than I wanted. I swear it's addicting.
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Legal historians who teach in law schools often, though not always, publish both law review articles and books—especially early in our careers. Many of us struggle with questions about the relationship between these two very different genres.
Law reviews tend to be heavy on footnotes and light on peer review—although I've been fortunate enough to benefit from student-editors (future professors, truth be told) who provided excellent, substantive editing as well as cite-checking. Books are often the favored medium of historians, many of whom don't regularly read law journals. A happy medium (in both senses) may reside in interdisciplinary journals such as the Law and History Review, American Journal of Legal History, and the Yale Journal of Law and Humanities. Another option is to publish in peer-reviewed history journals.
One typical, though certainly not universal, path is to publish one or more law review articles related to one's book project, while writing a book that includes some of the same material—and much new material—in more accessible, and less heavily footnoted, prose. This allows us to reach different audiences and juggle the expectations of two disciplines. It also presents challenges—learning two sets of disciplinary conventions, preserving fresh material for a later book, striking a balance between description and argument, writing in different voices, explaining to second-year law students why they should care about history, explaining to law school colleagues why writing a history book takes so long.
As always, I'd be curious if others have thoughts on this.