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The 76-year-old filmmaker, who has been on the lam for more than three decades after he fled the U.S. during his 1977 rape trial, was denied an appeal on Tuesday by a Swiss criminal court that would have sprung him from a prison.
Polanski, considered a convicted felon and a fugitive in the U.S., pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl before fleeing the U.S. He was arrested in September while accepting a lifetime achievement award at a film festival in Switzerland.
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According to Nielsen figures, Judy Sheindlin's courtroom show averaged 6.3 million daily viewers, compared with 5.7 million for Oprah Winfrey's talk show. "Judge Judy" became the first show to knock "Oprah" out of the top spot in a decade — and it was "Judge Judy" that did it the last time, too.
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Plum Conserve Recipe
This conserve is bursting with juicy, ripe plums, sweet golden raisins, and crunchy walnuts. Try it over ice cream, stirred into yogurt, or as a sweet accompaniment to grilled meats.
This recipe makes about seven half-pints. If you can them in a hot water bath they'll last for about a year on the shelf. Otherwise stash them in the fridge for up to three months.
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- Yield:Makes about 7 half-pints
- Active time: One hour 15 minutes
- Total time:One hour 30 minutes
- 3 pounds fresh, ripe plums
- 4 cups granulated sugar
- Zest and juice of one medium orange
- Zest and juice of one lemon
- 1 1/2 cups golden raisins
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
If you are going to preserve the conserve, prepare the jars and lids: place six half-pint jars on a rack in a large pot. Add enough water to cover the jars, and bring to boil over high heat. Boil for 10 minutes, then turn off heat and allow the jars to rest in the hot water. Meanwhile, put bands and lids in a small saucepan and cover with water. Heat over medium heat until the water is simmering, then remove the pan from heat and allow the bands and lids to rest in hot water until ready to use.
Pit and slice the plums. Transfer them to a food processor and pulse a few times until they are coarsely chopped.
Transfer the chopped plums to a large, heavy-bottomed pot. Add the sugar, orange zest and juice, lemon zest and juice, raisins, and cinnamon stick. Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pot. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook, stirring frequently, until the mixture thickens and reaches the gel stage (220°F), about 45 minutes. Stir in walnuts.
Ladle the hot conserve into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe rims of the jars, cover with lids, and screw bands on until just barely tight. Place jars on rack in pot and cover completely with water. Cover pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for 10 minutes. Turn off heat, uncover pot, and allow jars to rest in water for five minutes. Remove jars from pot and allow them to rest undisturbed on countertop for six hours or overnight.
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HBO has renewed its new prohibition-era drama "Boardwalk Empire" for a second season after just one episode in the can, according to reports.
It helped that the show's $18 million Martin Scorcese-directed pilot garnered 4.8 million viewers on Sunday to become HBO's most-watched series premiere since "Deadwood" drew in 5.79 million views in 2004, MediaWeek reported.
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Can The Knicks Get Creative?
Joe Treutlein, 3/4/2010 11:00:14 AM
With a projected $53,000,000 cap this offseason, the Knicks are currently set to have $31,428,263 in cap space, putting them just short of offering contracts to two maximum players. Aside from getting their target max players to take a slight discount annually (or praying the cap falls somewhere slightly about $54,000,000), the Knicks will have to get creative if their goal is to attract two legitimate stars, so let's take a look at some of the options potentially available to them.
To quickly re-assess the Knicks' cap situation, they have $17,782,905 in guaranteed salary locked up between Eddy Curry, Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, and Toney Douglas. By CBA rules, they then also must also account for 8 minimum cap holds of $473,604 each, bringing them up to $21,571,737 in guaranteed salary. For each player they sign, one of these cap holds will be removed, freeing up that space to be used for the next player they sign.
Considering virtually every possible scenario for the Knicks involves signing at least one max player, we'll play that out now so we don't need to do it for every possible scenario. To sign one of the big three (James, Wade, Bosh) to a max contract, the Knicks will have to fork up $16,568,907 for the first-year salary, so we need to deduct that from the $31,428,263 in available cap space, but then add back $473,604 for the recouped cap hold, bringing us to $15,332,960 in available cap space, while having a theoretical roster of Curry, Gallinari, Chandler, Douglas, one max player, and two second round picks to start with.
Scenario 1: The Knicks buy out Eddy Curry
The least creative of all the scenarios, buying out Eddy Curry is something the Knicks could consider if they can't find any takers on the trade market. This scenario would require Curry and his agent to believe Curry could get a minimum contract somewhere in the NBA, and that he'd get more minutes or be in a better situation elsewhere, neither of which is incredibly outlandish. The minimum contract for a player with 9 years experience will be $1,229,255 next season, and it's possible Curry could agree to a buyout saving the Knicks that amount, assuming he'd be able to get all that money back by signing elsewhere. For the Knicks, their total savings would actually be just $755,651, as you have to add another minimum roster hold to replace Curry's spot on the roster. This would bring the Knicks up to $16,088,611 in available cap space, less than $500,000 annually away from offering another max deal. With some projecting the salary cap to be slightly higher than $53,000,000, making this move should, for all intents and purposes, position the Knicks to offer two max contracts.
That said, this is obviously a last resort option for the Knicks, assuming Curry would even agree to such a move. The additional cap space they gain would be minimal, and it removes the option of using Curry's expiring contract as a trading chip at some point later in the season. Given that the Knicks are unlikely to have any real cap space next season due to the annual rises in salary of all the players on their roster, along with looming CBA negotiations likely lowering player salaries (and thus, the salary cap), using Curry's contract as a trade chip will be one of their few options to add to their new core of players. For these reasons, it's unlikely the Knicks pursue this option, but if they're active in trade discussions from draft night onwards, odds are they won't have to.
Scenario 2: Trade Wilson Chandler for second round picks and/or future first round picks
Wilson Chandler has a guaranteed salary of $2,130,482 next season, while second round draft picks and future first round draft picks don't count against the cap in the offseason. For these reasons, swapping one young asset for other young assets could be an attractive option for the Knicks, giving them more flexibility while also likely adding a player (or players) that are better fits for D'Antoni's system. Given Chandler's lack of reliable perimeter shooting, it's tough to field balanced lineups in D'Antoni's spacing-reliant system, which usually calls for three, if not four, players with three-point range to be on the floor at all times. Seeing how the Knicks also lack anything resembling a shot blocker in the front court (and direly need one moving forward), and further seeing how few starting-caliber shot blockers with three point range there are in the NBA, it will make it tough to fit Chandler into most lineups.
Trading Chandler for any combination of 2010 second round picks, future second round picks, and future first round picks will yield the Knicks cap savings of $1,656,878, bringing their available cap space up to $16,989,838, well above the amount required to sign a second maximum contract free agent.
Note: most of the remaining scenarios involve trading Eddy Curry for contracts that are guaranteed slightly less in 2010-2011, but extend beyond the 2010-2011 season, when Curry's contract expires. Teams could be inclined to make a deal like this to give themselves more financial flexibility in the future, while taking on slightly more salary in 2010-2011 as the price of doing business. The Knicks can also send up to $3,000,000 in cash in a deal such as this, minimizing that cost for their prospective trade partner.
Scenario 3: Trade Eddy Curry to Sacramento
The Kings could be one of the Knicks' most likely suitors, as they have multiple unfavorable contracts in Nocioni, Garcia, and Udrih. The Kings, themselves, are about $400,000 away from signing a maximum contract player of their own this upcoming season, under a projected $53,000,000 cap, and to get in range, all they'd have to do is find someone to take on Spencer Hawes' expiring deal, valued at $2,974,320, while they have a slew of assets to use as sweeteners, and someone might actually find giving Hawes a one-year test run to be a decent option in and of itself, so getting themselves into that range should only be a formality. For the Kings, it will ultimately come down to whether they think they have a good chance of attracting a maximum free agent, or if ridding themselves of some of their unfavorable contracts would be more beneficial to their long-term goals.
The worst-case scenario trade for the Knicks would be Nocioni ($6,850,000) and Hawes ($2,974,320) for Curry ($11,276,863), yielding them a total savings of $1,926,147 after you account for the recouped roster hold. This would just put the Knicks just into range to offer a second max deal and burden them with an extra year of Nocioni, hardly an attractive scenario. If the deal were to be done without Hawes, however, it'd yield the Knicks $4,426,863 in cap space, leaving them with $3,664,520 to sign a second player after signing two max contracts. This, on the other hand, would be a very attractive scenario, as it would allow the Knicks to sign another decent player or two through free agency for more than the minimum.
Another option for the Knicks would be trading for Beno Udrih instead of Nocioni, as he has a deal of similar salary but for one year longer. That said, Udrih is a much more effective player than Nocioni and appears to have found a nice niche in Sacramento, so prying him away would be tougher. His skill set is perfectly suited to D'Antoni's system, though, so this could be a very attractive option to the Knicks, as he could come in and instantly be among the Knicks' best three-point shooters, while bringing a very unselfish approach to the point guard position. Acquiring Udrih would probably mean giving something up, and the Kings could be interested in Toney Douglas as a way to get younger, cheaper, and more defense-oriented at the point guard spot. Trading Curry and Douglas ($1,071,000) for Udrih ($6,478,600) and Hawes would yield the Knicks savings of $2,894,943, leaving them with $2,132,600 to spend on a third free agent after signing their two max players. Getting Sacramento to agree to the deal without Hawes would yield the Knicks $5,395,659 in savings, leaving the Knicks $4,633,316. This would be a home run by all accounts, and probably isn't very likely.
Scenario 4: Trade Eddy Curry to Golden State
The Warriors are another potential trade partner, as they have one of the more unfavorable deals in the league with Corey Maggette's contract that extends into the 2012-2013 season. If the Warriors are looking to rebuild and gain cap space for the 2011-2012 season, a 1-for-1 swap of Curry and Maggette would save them nearly $10,000,000 each of the next two seasons, something no other team in the league will likely help them do. Trading Curry ($11,276,863) for Maggette ($9,600,000) would yield the Knicks savings of $1,676,863, putting them just into range to sign another max player and not much else.
Scenario 5: Trade Eddy Curry to Charlotte
The Bobcats are another team with an awful contract they might like to rid themselves of, that being Desagana Diop's monstrous deal that extends to the 2012-2013 season. For a team always worried about its finances, saving approximately $7,000,000 in each of the next two seasons would certainly be attractive for taking on such an albatross. A swap of Curry ($11,276,863) for Diop ($6,478,600) and D.J. Augustin ($2,540,400) just works under CBA rules, and would yield the Knicks $2,731,467 in cap savings, while adding a young point guard with a skill set very well suited for D'Antoni's system. The Knicks could send the Bobcats $3,000,000 in cash to offset the extra salary they add this season, and free up future salary allowing them to sign Raymond Felton to a long-term deal.
While D.J. Augustin has fallen out of favor and has reportedly been on the trade market, if the Knicks are unable to pry him away in such a deal, the Bobcats could replace him with Gerald Henderson and Alexis Ajinca, two more of their recent first round picks that have quickly fallen out of favor. Regardless, there are quite a few options to make such a deal work, and it would appear to be in both teams' best interest to make something happen here.
Scenario 6: Trade Eddy Curry to Milwaukee
This scenario is a bit more unconventional, and will require some chronological manipulation to make it work correctly. Michael Redd is due to make $18,300,000 in 2010-2011, and the Knicks have the cap space to absorb that salary in exchange for Curry's, netting the cost-conscious Bucks over $7,000,000 in savings this season for a player who likely isn't in their long-term plans and has shown seriously problems playing alongside Brandon Jennings.
For the Knicks to make a swap of Curry and Redd, the incoming salary must be within 125% + $100,000 of Curry's $11,276,863 deal. The figure for that is $14,196,079, so the Knicks must have $4,103,921 of cap space available in order to take on Redd's $18,300,000 in a 1-for-1 swap. Since the Knicks will be taking back more salary than they are sending out, it is best to make this move LAST in their offseason movements, allowing them to go slightly over the salary cap.
From the Knicks' $15,332,960, we'd subtract this difference, bringing us down to $11,229,039 in salary to use after signing the first max player and before making the Curry-for-Redd swap. This money could be used to re-sign David Lee, giving the Knicks a core of one max player, Redd, and Lee to add to its other players, along with anyone else they could add with the money remaining after signing Lee, depending on the size of his contract. They could also choose to sign another player or players instead of Lee.
The Knicks could also sign-and-trade Lee for up to $11,229,039, as doing so while remaining under the cap to sign him (read: not using his Bird Rights) wouldn't make him a BYC player. They'd have to essentially make the Lee sign-and-trade and the Redd-Curry swap simultaneous, however, in fact making it a three-team trade, as doing either trade individually would put the Knicks over the cap, making the other trade on its own no longer possible.
There are actually a few options the Knicks could look at for sign-and-trading Lee, as both Phoenix and Toronto could want to bring something back if they think they're losing Amare or Bosh, and Lee could be a good fit at a cheaper price. If the Knicks sign Lee for a deal starting at all their remaining cap space, they'd be able to trade him for $14,136,298 in returning salary, a little ways short of the maximum number of $16,568,907. Adding in Wilson Chandler brings them up to $16,266,780, which is a max deal for all intents and purposes, and with the cap possibly falling at a number more than $53,000,000 flat, it might be in range anyway.
This entire scenario would give the Knicks a roster of two max players, Redd, Gallinari, Douglas, two second round picks, and minimum contract players to fill things out, something that even the most pessimistic of Knicks fans would have to view as a home run. That said, it's incredibly unlikely and has a ton of moving parts, making the simpler Curry-for-bad contract swaps something more feasible for Knicks fans to set their hopes and dreams on.
The Other Scenarios:
These are obviously just a mere handful of the scenarios that could play out, but in addition to the countless variations of the ones described above, there are other unfavorable contracts out there the Knicks could swap Curry for, including Detroit's Jason Maxiell (or maybe even Gordon or Villanueva), New Orleans' James Posey, and Dallas' Matt Carroll and Eduardo Najera. Using Lee as an asset in sign-and-trade scenarios, or signing him to a contract along with another player or two instead of a second max player are also options that could be done in all of the above scenarios.
Possible Free Agent Targets:
In addition to the obvious targets the Knicks will have in the max contract range (James, Bosh, Wade, Amare, Joe Johnson), there are also a lot of mid-level guys out there the Knicks could set their eyes on if they can create some extra flexibility as outlined in some of the scenarios above.
At point guard, if the Knicks can't acquire D.J. Augustin or Beno Udrih in one of the aforementioned scenarios, C.J. Watson of the Warriors could be an attractive option. Likely to yield a contract starting in the 3-4million range, Watson is an efficient scorer, low turnover player, has three-point range, and is a good defender to boot. His +/- numbers have been very good for Golden State, he's young, and he has experience playing in an up tempo system. Despite showing solid court vision and being an unselfish player in general, he doesn't have the ideal creativity you'd want out of a point guard running the D'Antoni System, but if the Knicks can acquire playmakers like Lebron or Wade, and keep McGrady for a minimum contract, that can be made up for in other ways. And regardless, he'd still be an upgrade over the incumbents, and without many other options, you have to take what you can get.
On the wing, Ray Allen and Manu Ginobili both could sign for deals in the 5million range, and could be attracted to New York if it means playing alongside someone such as Lebron James in Mike D'Antoni's player-friendly system. Allen and Ginobili both have the type of playmaking ability and three-point range that is critical for wings in D'Antoni's system, and despite their age, both could be very strong contributors. Mike Miller is another guy in this role, albeit on a much smaller scale, and should likewise yield a smaller contract, making him another option.
Anthony Morrow is another attractive option on the wing, being one of the best three-point shooters in the league, while slowly developing the rest of his game and having experience playing in an up tempo system in Golden State. It's tough to say how much he'll command in free agency, and he's also an RFA, so he's probably less likely an option for the Knicks than some of the others.
Along with Tracy McGrady, another player who might be inclined to sign for a minimum contract in New York, assuming they add the requisite star power to make it worthwhile, is former D'Antoni wing Grant Hill. What a strange turn of events it would be to see McGrady and Hill joining forces again on minimum contracts instead of maximum contracts, but both could potentially see much more success in the wins column if they decided to give it a go. Both McGrady and Hill have excellent playmaking skills for D'Antoni's system, to go along with great positional versatility. Hill would need to opt out of his 3.2million deal with Phoenix this year to come sign in New York for a little more than 1/3 of the price, but as he's getting up there in age and with Amare undoubtedly on the way out, he may very well be inclined to opt out and try his chances at winning elsewhere.
In the frontcourt, options are a bit more limited, as bigs with excellent athleticism and three-point range are not very common in the NBA, and that's even more true if you're also looking for a shot blocker, something the Knicks direly, direly need moving forward. Tyrus Thomas has reportedly been a target of D'Antoni's for awhile, and could command a deal in the 3-4million range. Amir Johnson is another player to keep an eye on, as he has excellent physical tools, is a very good finisher around the rim, is great on the boards on both sides of the court, and routinely is among the best players in the league in target="_blank">Adjusted Plus/Minus, especially on the defensive end. If Lee is on the outs and the Knicks are looking for a cheap option to finish pick-and-rolls with Lebron while providing some help on defense, Johnson could be attractive, and he probably won't yield much more than 2-3million annually unless someone puts a lot of stock in his APM stats. He brings along a little bit of baggage in that he's fallen out of favor with coaches and his effort and focus have been questioned in the past, but this would be the perfect type of system for him to thrive in, assuming the Knicks can surround him with enough shooters at the other positions to make his lack of a jumper irrelevant.
Some other random players who could sign for minimum deals to round out the Knicks' roster with skill sets fitting D'Antoni's system include Eddie House, Tim Thomas, Travis Diener, Steve Novak, Jonathan Bender, Bill Walker, and Louis Amundson.
It should also be mentioned here that another strategy the Knicks should explore is going on a spending spree for second round picks. Since they're not guaranteed, the Knicks could technically buy every pick in the second round this season and not have it affect their cap situation one iota, and seeing how the Knicks' cap figure is probably going to be less than half what its been the past few seasons when you take into account the luxury tax (seasons during which the Knicks were STILL among the most profitable franchises in the league), they'll obviously have a lot of extra cash to throw around. Buying an additional 4-5 second round picks and really trying to maximize value there would be a great, low-risk option for trying to fortify the roster around the players they expect to sign in free agency, and it gives them much flexibility moving forward, either being able to stash the players overseas or trade them in the future if they don't work out. The second round is largely viewed as a crap shoot, but the more hands the Knicks play, the better their chances of striking it rich.
Whether the Knicks have a real chance at any of the marquee free agents this summer is still largely speculative, but aggressively looking to maximize their situation on draft night and as soon as free agency starts will both be in their long term interest and likely be attractive to players, who could question whether the Knicks have the assets to build a roster around their hypothetical stars. Seeing the way forward-thinking General Managers such as Sam Presti, Kevin Pritchard, and Daryl Morey have aggressively attacked the trade market around draft time, the Knicks should definitely have some opportunities to make some moves, and they obviously will have the cash to throw around if required. While Donnie Walsh has done a good job of clearing cap space with the Crawford, Randolph, and Jeffries trades over the past two seasons, he's done it in a pretty passive fashion, and the Jeffries trade was obviously largely done with Morey in the driver's seat, given the incredibly high compensation for taking on just 6million in salary. Whether Walsh will shift it into high gear and start getting aggressive and creative on the trade market down the home stretch is yet to be seen, but the opportunities will certainly be there if he wants to.


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Possibly not as ground breaking as the title suggests, nevertheless the fag packets upon which these articles were written were of the finest cardboard.
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96, 607 so far, thanks to all who have visited
26/10/2014 Flickr on the earlobe
Have spent more time uploading photos to Flickr than here, please see my Flickr link above to have a look
15/03/14 Time for a Change
Bored of the existing design and too many images on this site, have changed the design completely and moved most of the images to Flickr.
11/12/13 Time for another update
Been a while since I uploaded any photos, will do so soon as I've taken loads recently
11/07/13 Venice ze bus due? (read in German accent)
Took the wife to Venice last month for her 40th for a long weekend, took about 2000 shots, will upload best of this week
06/07/13 TV Stardom!
Well, sort of...a bit...in the sense of 'not at all'. But surpised and pleased that BBC Scotland contacted me and aksed for full resolution versions of some images I have sent them in the past for the 'Your Pictures of Scotland' web pages. They want to display large lightbox images in the BBC reception area and would like to consider using one or more of my images. Really hope they do.
09/05/13 World's Best Site 'Get's Better' Shock
That's it, I have finally finished updating and reorganising my collection. I hope you enjoy and either buy everything or offer me a job at £100k a year. With car. And holidays equivalent to a teacher. And the same working hours.
07/05/13 9th Photo Sold!
I have decided I don't need to go on the Apprentice now, I am a successful entrepreneur on my own. I am quite happy behaving like an arse at home without behaving like that on prime time TV.
Some photos will be unavailable to view for a while as I remove a lot of the images from this site, there are just too many mediocre ones!
15/02/13 Call me Mr Bailey
I have now sold 8 photos now! I thought it wouldn't change me, but it has. I now wear sunglasses indoors, drive like an arse and the public must not look me in the eye.
Photo Archive
09/01/13 Transferred over photo collection from one hard drive to another, turns out I have 41,600 photos. Too many??
I'm a Pro!
12/12/12 Sold 2 photos! One for $6.00 and one for 10 cents! I'm a pro! A rich pro! That's it, I'm resigning from my job. Today. Definitely...well, maybe....well, I'll give it another 6 months...or a year
01/11/12 Now using a new LEE filter system, with 0.9 ND Soft Grad and 0.9 ND Hard Grad slot in filters. Used on the Bamburgh Castle shots, seemed to make a difference but practice will be required!
New Lenses
Sept 2012 Got rid of 18-200mm EF-S and replaced with Canon EF 17-40mm F/4 L USM and Canon EF 70-200mm F/4 L IS USM lenses - brilliant to use, much improved image quality
99% done!
02/01/12 I have uploaded all my images now, just one or two things to do then that's it - the worlds least visited site is complete
Merry Xmas!
25/12/11 Nearly finished uploading the photos
Home page now online
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"The Lord places the lonely in homes" Psalm 68: 6
Our mission includes:
- Building a home for abandoned children and orphans in Tanzania, providing love, family and education.
- Teaching young women crafts to enable them to be independent.
- Supporting local families in catering for the needs of their orphaned relatives.
- Giving an opportunity of joining our family on a short-term basis through voluntary work.
- Offering an opportunity for others to partner with us through prayer and/or financial support.


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It's PS4 day, but what about the Xbox One? Don't worry. We'll be getting to it. We'll have a review of Microsoft's console live on Kotaku at 9pm PT on Tuesday, November 19 (that's midnight on Tuesday for those of us on the east coast). The system launches on Friday, the 22nd.
Sony allowed us to review their console and launch games all at the same time. Microsoft is doing things a little differently, staggering review embargoes throughout next week. Look for Dead Rising 3 and Crimson Dragon reviews as soon as Monday and Ryse on Thursday.
You might also be interested today in impressions of the PS4 and Xbox One that critic Chris Suellentrop and I wrote for today's New York Times about the consoles and some of their games.
Not only can you expect a lot more coverage of the Xbox One as we get closer to its release, but once both consoles are out, we'll be running comparisons for those of you who are trying to decide if one is better for you than the other.
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Calcium has several important functions.
These include:
- helping build strong bones and teeth
- regulating muscle contractions, including your heartbeat
- making sure blood clots normally
A lack of calcium could lead to a condition called rickets in children, and osteomalacia or osteoporosis in later life.
Sources of calcium
Sources of calcium include:
- milk, cheese and other dairy foods
- green leafy vegetables – such as broccoli, cabbage and okra, but not spinach
- soya beans
- tofu
- soya drinks with added calcium
- nuts
- bread and anything made with fortified flour
- fish where you eat the bones – such as sardines and pilchards
How much calcium do I need?
Adults aged 19 to 64 need 700mg of calcium a day.
You should be able to get all the calcium you need from your daily diet.
See the full government dietary recommendations (PDF, 148kb) for levels for children and older adults.
What happens if I take too much calcium?
Taking high doses of calcium (more than 1,500mg a day) could lead to stomach pain and diarrhoea.
What does the Department of Health and Social Care advise?
You should be able to get all the calcium you need by eating a varied and balanced diet.
If you take calcium supplements, don't take too much as this could be harmful.
Taking 1,500mg or less a day is unlikely to cause any harm.


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UEA's strategic business partnerships UEA's strategic business partnerships
Norwich Research Park
The Norwich Research Park is a partnership between the University of East Anglia, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and four independent research centres; the John Innes Centre, the Institute of Food Research, the Sainsbury Laboratory and The Genome Analysis Centre. With over 10,000 people the Norwich Research Park has one of Europe's largest single-site concentrations of research in Health, Food and Environmental Sciences.
John Innes Centre (JIC)
The JIC is an independent, international centre of excellence in plant science and microbiology.
Institute of Food Research (IFR)
The Institute of Food Research is a not-for-profit company with charitable status. It is an Institute of the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council and is the UK's only integrated basic science provider focused on food.
The Sainsbury Laboratory
The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) is located at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich. The Laboratory favours daring, long-term research and is housed in a modern building with access to state of the art technologies and support services to enable cutting-edge science.
The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC)
The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) is a national genomics and bioinformatics centre, specialising in sequencing and in bioinformatics for analysis and interpretation of genomic and associated data.
NRP Innovation Centre
The NRP Innovation Centre has over 30 office and laboratory suites, designed and fitted out to the highest standards for businesses involved in all aspects of science, technology and support services, including food, health, environmental sciences, bioscience, DNA technologies, pharmaceutical, clean energy, IT, software development and sustainable raw materials for industry.
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Located adjacent to the University, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides the best possible acute hospital care for a tertiary catchment area of up to 822,500 people.
A private weather forecasting and weather analysis company, WeatherQuest is focused upon providing tailored high quality services for weather sensitive business or leisure activities.
East Anglian Film Archive
The East Anglian Film Archive is the moving image archive for the English counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Norwich BioIncubator
The Norwich BioIncubator, based on the John Innes Centre site provides an innovative, dynamic and stimulating environment in which entrepreneurs and companies develop their ideas and technologies.


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Sacramento Suburban Water DistrictHome Menu
Meeting Agendas, Packets & Minutes
Sacramento Suburban Water District (SSWD) meetings are held in the boardroom at the District's Administration Office located at 3701 Marconi Avenue, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95821.
All meetings are open to the public. Attendance and participation is encouraged.
The regular monthly Board Meeting will be held in the Boardroom on the third Monday of each month, commencing at 6:00 p.m. except that the January meeting will be held on the fourth Monday of that month due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday and the February meeting will be held on the Monday following President's Day Holiday.
Committee meetings are scheduled as necessary.
If there is an item on the agenda that you wish to speak on, and are unable to make the start of the meeting, please contact District staff to notify the Board President. SSWD staff will do their best to accommodate your request.
In accordance with the California Department of Public Health's and the Governor's Executive Orders N-29-20 and N-33-20, the District's boardroom is closed and all meetings will take place solely by videoconference and teleconference. The public is invited to listen, observe, and provide comments during the meetings by either method provided below. The Chairperson will call for public comment on each agenda item at the appropriate time and all votes will be taken by roll call.
For members of the public interested in viewing and having the ability to comment at the public meeting via Zoom, an internet enabled computer equipped with a microphone and speaker or a mobile device with a data plan is required. Use of a webcam is optional. You also may call in to the meeting using teleconference without video. Please use the login information located on the Agenda of each meeting for videoconferencing or teleconferencing:
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- Date: 05/21/2013 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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It's the Houdini of the sea!
It's the Houdini of the sea!
Cuttlefish says
Needs limbo music.
Trebuchet says
Yet another reason I'm glad they have such short lives. They're very smart (squid anyhow, don't now about octopusses) and can do stuff like that. We'd be a slave species if they lived longer.
sundiver says
Octopi are pretty smart, they figure out how to unscrew lids on jars whether right or left-hand thread. I read about one octopus at an aquarium that would nail one of the workers with a jet of water from its siphon. Apparently this individual had done something to piss the critter off as no other workers there got this treatment.
DLC says
I for one welcome the new cephalopod masters.
Ulysses says
The advantages of not having an endoskeleton.
laurentweppe says
You know this might be a reverse abdul alhazred:
And I saw, above the waves, the Dead Cold Coral Which moves on it own volition, and there, walking around it, in the deadly Dry Water were the servants of the beast, moving around the spermwhalean shell, their body covered with a multitude of repugnant rash dead skins, their bodies standing on two rigid lims, dominated by an apendix which looked like the most twisted, monstruous difformation of a fish's head, their shrieking voices piercing the Dry Water, while the Dead Coral's unholy, inorganic song kept reasonating throught the two Waters, Dry and Wet, and the smell, Oh, the smell, the awful, perverse, nauseating smell that followed me for day after I escaped back to known waters.
An'Throp'Ftagn! An'Throp'Ftagn!
We Live in blisseful ignorance my Brethrens! Monsters roam freely above us: this world is not ours to rule!
cyberax says
Poor octopus. It was bleeding! Have you noticed the blueish traces when it fell into the water? That was its blood.
yubal says
Yes. That was cruel of the humans.
ChasCPeterson says
12-oz. octopus exits beer bottle
gridironmonger says
I had the great privilege, this very morning, to gain entrance to the Monterey Bay Aquarium two hours before the regular opening time. Among the various behind-the-scenes things available at that hour was the feeding of the Giant Pacific Octopus (actually, they have two, both males, in separate tanks). Apparently they don't need them when the Aquarium is open, due to their nocturnal tendencies. They are remarkable creatures, in a building full of remarkable creatures.
anuran says
"If the beak can fit, you must exit"
thumper1990 says
That is impressive (as was Chas' video). The advantages of having no solid skeleton.


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This website provides access to the research results of the VECTORS project, which can be used to support marine management decisions, policies and governance as well as future research and investment.
VECTORS was a large scale project that brought together more than 200 expert researchers from 16 different countries. It examined the significant changes taking place in European seas, their causes, and the impacts they will have on society.
Marine benthos refers to organisms living in, on or near the seabed, which can be rocky or sedimentary. Benthic communities can be subdivided by size (from smallest to largest microbenthos, meiobenthos, macrobenthos, megabenthos) or in terms of where organisms live in relation to surface of the sea bed (infauna, epibenthos, hyperbenthos). In deeper water, benthic communities generally derive their food by filtering plankton from the seawater or by eating detritus deposited on the sea bed. In intertidal areas or shallow seas where the water is clear enough for light to penetrate to the seabed, photosynthetic microbes or large plants or algae such as seagrasses and seaweeds, can also provide food to grazers and therefore support food-webs. Algal beds can be among the most productive habitats on earth and can also provide food as detritus to habitats in deeper water. Benthos in turn are preyed on by other benthic organisms or by demersal fish. The activity of benthic organisms affects pelagic-benthic fluxes of materials and chemicals. Many benthic organisms are commercially important themselves (e.g. crabs, lobsters, shrimps, scallops, mussels, oysters), or gain commercial importance by underpinning food-chains involving commercially important demersal fish (e.g. sole, plaice, cod).
The benthos is particularly affected by human activities that use, impact or alter the seabed, such as trawling, dredging and aggregate extraction, or the development of new structures including wind turbines. It is also sensitive to activities that alter water quality or clarity, or influence concentrations of nutrients or toxins. Changes in community structure or biodiversity driven by physical, chemical or biological factors (including invasive species) can alter ecosystem processes and influence provision of ecosystem services and benefits to society.
VECTORS research has investigated many of these drivers and their impacts through a number of studies, including systematic reviews of impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of algal blooms, invasive seaweeds and bioengineers, and experimental case studies on impacts of invasive crabs, seaweeds, amphipods and mussels in different parts of Europe. In the North Sea, there has been a particular focus on invasive Pacific oysters, including assessment of their impacts on ecosystem services and consideration of the practicalities and economics of management options. Researchers also modelled changes in distribution and productivity of commercial flatfish such as sole.
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This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 266445
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Now that OnLive—the ambitious cloud-based gaming service—has been available to the public for a while, we're starting to get an idea of just how well the service performs in the wild. And, unsurprisingly, there's lag, though it varies quite a bit from game to game.
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry blog has been testing the service since it launched in the US, and was able to achieve an optimum response of 150 milliseconds—with a 25mbps ADSL connection, as opposed to the minimum 5mbps recommended by OnLive.
"In a best-case scenario, we counted 10 frames delay between button and response on-screen, giving a 150ms latency once the display's contribution to the measurement was removed," says DF. "Unreal Tournament III worked pretty well in sustaining that response during gameplay. However, other tests were not so consistent, with DiRT 2 weighing in at 167ms-200ms while Assassin's Creed II operated at a wide range of between 150ms-216ms."
While 150ms does mean that most games are still playable, if a bit sluggish, it doesn't line up with claims made by OnLive's Steve Perlman.
"The round trip latency from pushing a button on a controller and it going up to the server and back down, and you seeing something change on screen should be less than 80 milliseconds," Perlman told the BBC last year. "We usually see something between 35 and 40 milliseconds."
Whether or not this level of latency will affect your enjoyment of a game depends not only on personal preference, but also what type of game you're playing. Jeffrey Rosen over at the Wolfire blog previously wrote that, in his experience, he actually found 3D games more playable than 2D titles like World of Goo. "Games where you need to track a cursor are very difficult to control with any latency, while I found it easier to get into 3D games like Batman, Borderlands, and F.E.A.R. 2."
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The Global Tech 1 and DanTysk offshore wind farms are not at risk from a dramatic decision by Stadtwerke München to freeze renewable energy investment, a Stadtwerke spokesman told Windpower Offshore today. But he could not say at this stage whether financing for the two projects would have to be renegotiated.
Munich's major municipal energy company has stakes in both offshore projects, which are under construction. It announced on Friday a freeze on its renewable energy projects that are not already under construction, following controversial "Energiewende" government proposals the previous week.
Federal environment minister Peter Altmaier and federal economy minister Philip Roesler proposed measures that, critics say, would negatively impact the financial viability of German offshore wind projects.
Stadtwerke München accuses the ministers of retrospectively changing a law that had provided the legal framework for renewable energy planning and investment decisions. A spokesperson for Axpo, a stakeholder in Global Tech 1, told Windpower Offshore today that "a reliable political framework is the essential basis for expansion of renewable energies". She said her company was "following the situation closely and preparing for various legal scenarios".
The largest stakeholders in Global Tech 1 are municipal energy companies Stadtwerke München and HSE (HEAG Südhessische Energie) with 24.9% each. Array cable installation is now underway at the 400MW development. The 288MW DanTysk project is owned by Vattenfall (51%) and Stadtwerke München (49%).


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This last April (2017) I was working on my Atlas mine wagon in styrene. I had done several versions and was not content with what I got. Same when I tried to make more wagons of the "best" version I managed to do, which got me thinking about 3D modelling. Previously I have been lucky to have friends who helped me with making the 3D models I wanted, but I now I got the idea that it really was time to do something about this myself .. So I did, and haven't touch my layout since .. 3D modelling really is contagious! Not at all complicated as I first thought, also all the software needed is for free, just download what you fancy. I am using AutoCad 123d designer, but there are several other to choose from. After a while I got questions if I could do this and that model to, and in scale x and scale y, and could I possibly do it also in z scale ..
So here will come a list of my models, which might interest the Gn15 / Hn15 people. The complete list is either on my site at http://Laurell.Today/shop/ or on my shop at ShapeWays https://www.shapeways.com/shops/henrik-laurell-models/


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... - this is the topic to which the author refers.
This text (article) is about...
The author refers to the crucial theme of...
The author dedicates the article to...
2. Defining the topic, you can try to formulate the problem of Free Essays.
The problem is an issue that requires study. The problem is formulated as a question, or a combination of the words "problem of …" There may be several in one text of the essay. It is important to see and comment on at least two points. Do not try to comment on the entire text, but deeply analyze the problems you've mentioned at the beginning.
What is the question you choose? It is important to choose the one question on which the author reflects the most and about which the author clearly states his position. Re-read how you identify the problem. If it is in the form of a question, the position should sound like the answer to a question. If you use the formula "the problem of," the structure would be different.
Online essay database suggests the following patterns: the author can … the problem:
• state
• consider
• launch
• affect
• name
• formulate
• investigate
• analyze
• touch
• address
Possible problems in Free Essays:
The problem of memory of origins, childhood (why, as adults, a person feels the connection to the house of his childhood, with the world of his childhood?);
The problem of role of childhood in human life (why childhood is the most important stage of a person's life?);
The problem of historical memory (why would a man keep the memory of the past, what it means to love his family and his motherland?);
The problem of father's house (for some reason we can not forget father's house);
The problem of assessment of childhood (what is the role of childhood in the development of personality?);
The problem of man's moral strength (why the moral nature of man often manifests in ordinary everyday situations?);
The problem of human impact on nature (the extent of human influence on the environment and what are the possible consequences of this effect);
The problem of human perception of nature as a living matter (whether a person must perceive nature as something living, to take care of it?);
The problem of social injustice, social order;
The problem of alienation of the world of the rich and well-fed from the world of the poor and hungry;
The problem of internal conflict of temptation abundance (whether children from poor families can resist the temptation of abundance and not become embittered?);
The problem of choice of profession taking into account the personal and public interests (whether personal or social interests should matter in choosing a profession?)
The problem of man's responsibility (whether a person can be free from society from other people?);
The problem of commercialization of culture.
3. Commenting on the problem in Essay database online.
Commenting on the problem and retelling the story are different. When retelling the story, you tell what heroes of the store do, and in the commentary you tell about the author. This is the most important and complex task.
It is important to reflect on some of the issues related to the text. Whom is the text addressed to? What is the relevance of the text? Does the author offer the solution to this problem? What category is the problem: moral, ethical, social, environmental, socio-political, philosophical, psychological? How this problem covered in the literature? Does the author accomplish his task?
Here it is possible to apply to the means of expression, if they help to determine the author's position. What is the point of the writer's vision? Perhaps the author shows this through the eyes of the narrator? In what mood he writes? What does he point out? What follows this? What conclusions we come to?
Templates: The problem may be:
• social
• social and political
• ideological
• moral and ethical
• philosophical
• psychological
• aesthetical
The significance of the problem can be emphasized by the words:
• socially significant
• burning
• life meaning
• urgent
• primary
• basic
• unsolvable
• principal • acute
• important
• serious
• disputable
• deep
• topical
• current
• complex
The problem can make the reader:
• think deeply
• talk with the author
• better understand themselves and others
• better understand the tragedy of what is happening
• seriously ponder
• critical of ...
• change the viewpoint on ...
• share thoughts about...
What to pay attention to when looking through essays in Repository of Free Essays?
It is important to comment on the main problem. You can do it using the mentioned words and phrases. This allows you to see the interests of the author. Commenting on the issue, you are showing your perception of what concerned the author. Comments allow you to look deeper at the problem posed.
Common mistakes in commenting in free essays:
• Retelling of the original text or its part.
• Commenting on all the problems in the text.
• Comments about the actions of the characters.
• Avoid repetition of the word "problem".
4. In analytical essay of Free Essays Service, determine the author's position (the idea of the text).
It is necessary to tell how the author decides the stated problem, mention the reasoning for his position, what, in the end, the purpose of the text is. If the problem of the text is a question, the author's position must be the answer to the question, how the author responds. Formulating the problem in the form of a question, you must know how the author responds to it. You are not required to formulate the position of the author at all, but to show his opinion on the problem highlighted and commented by you.
Author's position in the journalistic style is most likely to be told directly, and it can be easily detected. It is better not to quote the whole sentence, which reflects the author's position, but to quote or paraphrase a part. In non fiction style, the author's position can not be declared directly. It is important to note it the way it is stated: directly or indirectly; the use of means of expression; invocatory; evaluative; availability; simplicity, etc.
The author of Free Essay on analytical topic can:
• Dedicate his article
• Solve the stated problem
• Have emotional impact on the reader
• Make the reader think
• Figuratively recreate a picture of what is happening
• Highlight key issues (thoughts, words, motives)
• Figuratively represent the essence of the problem, which worries him
• Strengthen positive or negative attitude to anything
• Send depth problems (feelings, ideas, thoughts, generalizations, and reflections)
• Disclose the nature of set problem
• Precisely formulate (express) thought
• Form a positive or negative attitude towards the problem raised
• Try to find the reasons for the negative (positive) effects
• Underline the acuteness of the problem
• See the depth and urgency of the problem
• Give new life to an old theme
• Form a positive or negative attitude of the reader to the issues raised
• Emphasize the true state of affairs
• Ironically (sarcastically, with indignation, admiration, etc.) narrate about the events and heroes
• Speak with alarm about the urgent problems
• Handle to the traditions of foreign or domestic life, literature....
• Express opinion of the majority or minority
• Try to understand why
• Use a number of convincing arguments
• Encourage the search for truth
• Try to explain why
• Raise the issue in an article that seems most relevant
• Force a reassessment of relations...
• Raise a number of ethical issues that require immediate response
• Help us to see the traditional theme in a new way
• Clarify some points
• Write in an interesting and new way about old problems
• Push the reader to find a solution to difficult life issues
• Give an example quote
• Be strict and judge negative phenomena of life
• Set out to find answers to complex questions of life
• Force us to decide complex questions of life (making moral choices)
• Invite to talk about difficult issues of our lives
• Convincingly argue using specific examples
• Show a pattern of behavior, attitude to life
• Calls us to ...
Looking through essays in Essay database online, pay attention to those where the author seeks to achieve the objectives. Share his thoughts to make readers be interested in the topic, the problem and emotionally affect the reader.
• The author believes that ... The author claims that...
• The author is convinced that ... and this confidence has its reasons.
• For the author, it is important to convince the reader that...
• No doubt the author's opinion about the problem...
• The author leads the reader to believe that...
• The authors sought to convey to the reader the idea that...
• Solving the problem, the author concludes: ...
• ... - in these words - in my opinion, the author reflects the main problem of the text.
• ... - this statement accurately reflects the author's idea.
• The author's position is clear: ...
5. Expression of own attitude to the problem is a crucial part of an essay when you turn to Free Essays Service.
When proving, there should be given at least 2 arguments, referring to examples of the reader or life experience. Our own opinion should be expressed correctly. Your arguments should not repeat the ones in the original text. Dig in memory, remember what you have read about it, what you have literary associations cause. It is important that your arguments are confirmed, proving your point of view, rather than being merely illustrative of the same subject. Therefore, formulate for each argument that you prove the given examples. It is important to demonstrate why you think so. I (do not) agree with the author, because ... and I think ...
There is a strict structure of arguments in analytical essay:
1. thesis
2. reasoning
3. conclusion
Each argument starts with a new paragraph. Provide examples, citing examples from the literature, or famous people, your life or the lives of others.
• One can not but agree with the author that ...
• It is possible to argue with the author about ...
• The author is correct that ...
• However, his idea of … causes some doubts...
• It is difficult to disagree with the author
• The author's position is close (clear) to mine
• I (do not) share the view of the author
• I share the outrage (rejection, admiration) of the author, and I think ...
• My opinion is confirmed by the following fact ...
Templates taken from Repository of Free Essays:
• I am pleased to read...
• We can not remain indifferent...
• Unfortunately…
• It should be noted that certain of the author's position is no doubt...
• The author proves that...
• The author, in my opinion, is not quite right in saying that...
• The point of view of the author is, of course, interesting, but I think that...
• In my opinion, the author is too categorical in his judgments because...
• I believe that it is not quite true when the author says that...
• The author rightly observes that...
• Author's estimates are valid and accurate. Indeed,...
• Author's position on this issue coincides with my point of view.
• At first,… Secondly,…
Arguments must be accurate. The arguments used in analytical essay must be deployed and convincing. Arguments have to prove your point.
How can you enter arguments in the statement of own position? With phrases:
• Referring to (fact, scientific data...)
• To cite an example ...
• This can be proved as follows...
• Proof of this is the following fact...
• Here is another example that proves my point.
• This is easily seen by referring to...
With the introductory words and phrases:
• For example, assume...
• According to someone facts, I come to conclusion that...
• Firstly, ..., second, ... etc.
With the help of unions and subordinate part:
• As…
• Because…
• Because of…
• Thanks to…
• Due to…
6. How to finish the essay? By 2-3 sentences that duplicate entry. If you experience any difficulties with writing essays yourself, look through the Essay database online. There you can search for some ideas, examples and inspiration for your essay.
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This nice headless guitar is much likely handmade - its seller calls it a aa-Craaft Shark but aa-Craaft is a German brand of sound-systems (and they also tried to penetrate the guitar amps market - unsuccessfully since there are no traces of this on the Web) and never released any guitar unless I'm wrong - so the sticker on the guitar must come from a speaker...
Anyway, it's a very minimal log headless guitar - you can't be wrong when you build this - but what interests me is the original lap-rest, a very 90s design curved piece of plastic that seems quite fitting... Never saw that before, anyone did?
EDIT: just received this message from Ed from Laguna: "The picture of what you called a 'lap-rest' is upside down. My original Steinbergers have a similar plastic 'boomerang'. It is a pivoting connector for the shoulder strap, not a lap-rest." This means that such a lap-rest is yet to be invented, if I wasn't a lazy looser, I would patent this right away... Ed ends his message with: "Love your blog" so I forgive him for making a fool of me.
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A recent meme running on programming sites across the Web is a generally humorous discussion of the attributes of bad programmers. If we put aside the humor everyone has a war story here in my experience, bad programmers fall into two main categories: the dim and the reckless. The dim ones generally have a small skill and are unaware of its limitations. They generally avoid deep technical conversations, but when they do speak, they often greatly overreach in the estimation of what they're capable of doing or what they know. Curiously, I regularly receive article manuscripts from these folks ("Want an article on building your own DBMS in less than 100 lines of JavaScript?") and it's difficult to respond courteously to the proposals, so I often beg off by simply citing that the pieces are not what we're looking for.
The other group, the reckless, consists of those who have the skills but don't have the discipline. They are the cowboy programmers of yore. They code according to their own desires, do nothing to integrate their work with that of others, scrimp on basic discipline, and cause work for other team members. Fortunately, this model is dying out (somewhat too slowly) as IT becomes aware that their cost is rarely ever offset by their benefits.
I guess you could add a third grouping of folks, the jerks, who wield their roles so poorly that they drag down the entire team. They often come from one of the other two previous groups, but have been given enough responsibility that they can make life miserable for others. The only solution when faced with them is to hope that they eventually are let go or to leave yourself.
The Good Guys
To happier topics: Good programmers are, I believe, the core of the profession. They are competent, desire the right outcomes, and strive to contribute to the team. They frequently have well-defined skills, a good understanding of development disciplines, and are open to new approaches as long as the material can be integrated with what they already know. They write solid code, although only occasionally does it show a truly imaginative solution. More commonly, when faced with a difficult problem, they will lapse into quick and dirty hacking. They block themselves from greatness by not having the curiosity or know-how at their command to be more than they are. That is, they refine their skills principally by continued application, not by learning new technologies unless required to do so by job demands. Such programmers are at risk of slipping into the lower grouping by letting their skills atrophy. I discussed several examples of this in my previous editorial on coding from within the echo chamber.
Really good programmers have another dimension to them: They carry an abiding passion for programming. They like to solve challenging problems and they like to solve them well. They are not satisfied with writing one more CRUD app. They want the magical work that is hard and requires extended effort to bring to fruition. If they can't find this satisfaction in the workplace, they find it in personal projects or by contributing to open-source projects. They frequently test new technologies, try out new languages, explore new tools, and read about programming. Dr. Dobb's readers are found in great numbers in this group, I believe. Dr. Dobb's has no exclusive franchise here. These developers are interested, consume programming books, and hide out in developer forums as well. They revel in challenge and have a constant sense of searching. They're looking for the best answer to a problem, or the most elegant.
The Greats
The next tier up the final tier consists of great programmers who have supernormal gifts that enable them to do easily what good programmers find difficult. Due to my work in the press, I've met more than my share of these talents, although I've not had the opportunity to work with many of them. To my eye, the traits that most stand out are three in number: an excellent memory, a conspicuously wide knowledge of programming techniques and the judgment to know when to apply which, and a deep ability to relate details to the larger picture. The last trait being capable of quickly shifting registers from the large picture to small details and back again relies on the strong memory and operates on an almost automatic basis. There is an effortlessness to it, which makes them particularly good architects.
There's one discipline they all share as well, which appears only in varying degrees in the earlier levels: Without exception, they possess a very deep and intimate knowledge of their tools. Be it the editor, the compiler, or the framework, they know the ins and outs of its features and they navigate efficiently. They use a much wider array of features because they know exactly how the tools work.
Knowledge of tools, coupled with an extensive, tested palette of programming techniques, and the ability to remember large amounts of the code base, while relating low-level details to the whole with unconscious ease these are the traits I see most often in great programmers. And they're the skills I continue to aspire to in my work.
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Facebook Photo Importer lets you transfer hundreds of photos in minutes
We've already introduced you to the Google+ Photo Importer which makes it easy to transfer hundreds of photos in no time from your photo sharing sites right into Google+ using nothing more than your iPhone.
Dropico, the company behind Google+ Photo Importer, has just released a similar iPhone app, which makes it easy to get photos transferred from Flickr, Picasa, Instagram and Photobucket into your Facebook account.
If you've used the Google+ version of the app, you'll find that Facebook Photo Importer works in exactly the same way. After connecting the app to your Facebook account, you will then be able to connect to any one of the four photo sharing services that are supported.
If you've already used the Google+ version of the app on your iPhone, you won't have to authorize these accounts again. You can then select the service, and select certain photos within each album, or an entire album, to transfer to Facebook.
Once you have your photos selected, you can then choose to create a new album on Facebook or transfer the photos to an existing album.
There is one drawback to using the app. While the photos are transferred with minimal effort on your part, and the speed is just as impressive as with the Google+ counterpart, the way in which the photos are displayed on your profile could be an issue for some.
Rather than display just one post on your profile with the new photos that have been added, Facebook Photo Importer creates multiple posts on your wall displaying either one or multiple new photos that have been added to the album. If you're importing 100 photos – this is going to translate into a huge list of posts on your profile which you will have to manually delete one by one.
When transferring photos to your Facebook account, you will also be given the choice of whether or not to display a post on your wall linking to the application.
That said, Facebook Photo Importer will still come in handy if you want an easy way to cross post images from your photo sharing services to your Facebook account, while using minimal bandwidth as the transfers are all cloud-based.
Facebook Photo Importer is available for $1.99 in the iTunes store.
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The New York Times' outgoing Executive Editor Bill Keller received some pushback on his recently posted column [1] that demanded, in rather insulting fashion, that the media more aggressively question the religious views of the G.O.P. candidates.
Times Watch and others noted that his paper was hardly a model of journalistic assertiveness during the spring of 2008, when Barack Obama endured political controversy over the racially inflammatory and conspiracy-minded Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's minister at Trinity United Church of Christ. Keller responded via Twitter [2]on Friday morning:
Yes, Dems should be asked about their faith (and influences) too. We were late to Rev. Wright in '08, but we got there, and did it well.
Did they really? Times Watch's coverage from March 2008 finds Keller half-right; his paper was late to the story, glossing over Wright's rants on the attacks of September 11 and leaving off his notorious 'God damn America' quote for months. But they did not cover it particularly well even after they woke up, instead comparing Obama's politically necessary political address on the matter to speeches on civil rights by JFK, LBJ, even Abraham Lincoln [3]. The Times showed unseemly eagerness not only to help Obama move on from Wright, but to paint the confrontation to his political advantage against a racially challenged G.O.P.
Reporters Larry Rohter and Michael Luo glowingly redited candidate Obama's speech with trying to start a conversation on race in the March 20, 2008 "Groups Respond to Obama's Call for National Discussion About Race [4]." 'Religious groups and academic bodies, already receptive to Mr. Obama's plea for such a dialogue, seemed especially enthusiastic. Universities were moving to incorporate the issues Mr. Obama raised into classroom discussions and course work, and churches were trying to find ways to do the same in sermons and Bible studies.'
A March 23, 2008 Week in Review piece [5]by Janny Scott contrasted Obama, who 'spoke with seriousness and gravity and at length' about race to Republicans who used code words to win elections: 'Race did not disappear entirely from presidential campaigns; it went under cover. It lay buried in code phrases like 'crime in the streets,' 'states' rights,' and 'welfare mothers.''
The celebration of Obama's speech on race even continued into Easter Sunday, in a front-page story by religion reporters Laurie Goodstein and Neela Banerjee. The Times canvassed pastors at mostly urban liberal churches to see how Obama's speech would politicize - I mean, enrich-their Easter sermons, in "Obama Talk Fuels Easter Sermons - Some Religious Leaders Interweave Race and Resurrection [6]."
- Clay Waters is Editor of the MRC's TimesWatch [7] site


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Lyricist: Kanye West and Jon Brion
Composer: Kanye West and Jon Brion
I know it's past visiting hours
But can I please give her these flowers?
The doctor don't wanna take procedures
He claim her heart can't take the anaesthesia
It'll send her body into a seizure
That lil' thing by the hospital bed, it'll stop beepin
Hey chick, I'm at a loss for words
What do you say at this time? Remember when I was 9?
Tell her everything gon' be fine, but I be lyin'
Her family cryin', they want her to live, and she tryin'
I'm arguin like what kind of doctor can we fly in
You know the best medicine go to people that's paid
If Magic Johnson got a cure for AIDS
And all the broke motherfuckers passed away
You telling me if my grandma's in the NBA
Right now she'd be okay? But since she
Was just a secretary, worked for the church for 35 years
Things 'sposed to stop right here
My grandfather tryin to pull it together, he's strong
That's where I get my confidence from
I asked the nurse "Did you do the research?"
She asked me, "Can you sign some t-shirts?"
Bitch, is you smokin reefer?
You don't see that we hurt? But still
I smile, when Rosie comes to see me
And I can't wait for a sunny day (seeing it through your eyes)
Can't wait for the clouds to break
They outside of the emergency room, room
You can feel my heartbeat, beat, beat
If she gon' pull through, we gon' find out soon
But right now she asleep, sleep, sleep
My momma say they say she could pass away any day
Hey chick, what these doctors know anyway?
Let me see the X-rays, I ain't no expert, I'm just hurt
Cousin Kim took off of work
Plus my Aunt Shirley, Aunt Beverly, Aunt Clay and Aunt Jean
So many Aunties we could have an Auntie Team
Feel like Amerie, it's just "One Thing"
When they said that she made it you see they eyes gleam
I think we at a all-time high
To get there, we run, we fly, we drive
Cause with my family we know where home is
And so instead of sending flowers, we're the roses
I smile, when Rosie comes to see me
And I can't wait for a sunny day (seeing it through your eyes)
Can't wait for the clouds to break
(Sung) Oh, Rosie brings the sunshine, oh
I smile, when Rosie comes to see me
And I can't wait for a sunny day (seeing it through your eyes)
Can't wait for the clouds to break
I, smile, when Rosie come to see me
And I'm sad, when Rosie goes away
Oh Rosie brings the sunshine (say)
Can't wait, I can't wait, no
Can't wait, I can't wait, no
Can't wait, I, can't wait
No, can't wait, for, for a sunny day
Momma can't wait, for the clouds to break
Mm mmm mm mm-mm mm-mm
Oh oh oh oh no no, say
Tellin' you the truth now
Said I can't wait, uh-uh
I won't wait, no