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What would your ideal government system look like?
What would your ideal government system look like? Is a two party system such a good idea?
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Nov 13 2012: For me it would be having no government at all. but collectivism...something similar to Freetown Christiana in Copenhagen Denmark or something more ecological and egalitarian as Murry Bookchin mentions in his book "The Ecology of Freedom"...Perhaps a ecologically based libertarian socialist society.
Nov 14 2012: With reference to the youtube link to Chomsky's refutation, well... Chomsky is presenting straw-man arguments, and then "refuting" them.
Chomksy: "Here, libertarian means extreme advocate of total tyranny. It means power ought to be given to private unaccountable tyrannies, even worse than state tyrannies." And then he goes on about a few more very inaccurate portrayals, without giving any concrete examples of his so-called "corporate tyranny". Tyranny can exist only when some entity can justify their use force, like the police, courts, etc. Corporations, left to their own devices, never could justify force.
I'm afraid Chomsky is the one who is confusing issues and could be said to be lying. For example, he claims that in Europe, libertarian means something other than what it means in the US. Never does he mention where the word "libertarian" was first used. He claims it, automatically, for his ideology. He mentions Adam Smith. Adam Smith was a "classical economist". However, consider John Locke, Frédéric Bastiat, Ludwig von Mises, William Godwin, Carl Menger, and more, who were also called "classical liberals" earlier, and were later associated with the libertarian school of thought. Some of these guys were influenced by Adam Smith too.
Chomsky: "Unsubsidized capitalism... exists only in the third world, that's why the third world looks the way it does. It has never existed in any developed society."
I don't know where Chomsky gets his "facts" from, but that is plain wrong. Just one example, the entire silicon industry... Intel, Fairchild, etc. to HP, Dell, etc. to Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, etc. came to be without any state subsidies.
I'd be happy to listen to proper academics of the field talk about left-libertarianism, in the hope that they will be less prone to distorting what is plain to see around us. Chomsky's field is linguistics, and he has become largely irrelevant in that too.
Nov 15 2012: Hi John,
haha nice one, you put a lot on the table:
The purpose of the video was to show how Chomsky, who at this time was an anarchist, did not think that anarcho-capitalist qualified as being true anarchist as someone else on this forum mentioned. That was the intent of the video
Chomsky's statements are indeed true. especially if you look at G.W. Bush's presidential track record: tax cuts, elimination of social programs, privatization of government operations, deregulation, environmental destruction for the sake of private profit...Also read the Oct 17 2004 New York Times Magazine by Ron Suskind in relation to George W. Bush's administration and how they viewed politics and the U.S. place in history.
If you looking for sources you should research other Chomsky material.The man is full of facts and I can give your links and information if your willing to know more. These criticisms are also some of the basis on his analysis of anarcho-syndicalism or what he calls "Libertarian-Socialism".
It is also true that ideologies in Europe (especially in N. Europe) differ from that in the U.S. although some terms may be similar. An example of this is also found in his distinguishment of American anarchist from those from Europe. For the sake of not making this sound like an anarchist argument I'll say this: Europe has a radical tradition. There have been many revolutions, civil wars, conflicts, injustice, etc in Europe, so their response to critical issues is much more lively and radical than that in the U.S...
Chomsky in fact admires Adam Smith and has openly admitted that if capitalism was practiced in the way that Smith stated in the "Wealth of Nations" then he'd have no problem living in a capitalistic system.
I would rather hear someone like Chomsky than the "proper academics" being most of those deemed "proper" serve the intelligentsia. Chomksy's theories on language are theoretical and philosophical. His wife would be more scientific if that's what you want.
Nov 15 2012: I don't quite get why you bring up Bush's (or Obama's) presidential track record. The US (like most other countries) is a mixed economy. Not a capitalist or a market economy. This mixed economy has turned the US to what is called "corporatism". Not capitalism of any sort. And, I agree, there is "corporate tyranny", where senators (Chris Dodd, famously) are bought and run by corporations. But no one, neither in the US, nor in Europe, calls that "libertarianism", except Chomsky in his straw-man argument. "Here, libertarian means extreme advocate of total tyranny...".
But look at corporate tyranny in the light of what I said earlier "tyranny can exist only when some entity can justify their use force, like the police, courts, etc."
I am not primarily interested in Chomsky. I am more curious about left-anarchy and left-libertarianism. I'd be happier if you could give me pointers to some large companies (more than 500 employees) that are run on those principles -- where there is no concept of private property, internally. It is easy to find examples of tiny companies (less than 50 employees) that are running well on any principle at all. Larger companies, the kind that can buy an MRI machine, or a CAT scanner, need to be run in a manner that respects private property. But I am willing to reevaluate my attitudes towards left-libertarianism when I see things working in a left-libertarian manner.
Every continent has had its share of "radicalness". :-) South and Central America tried various kinds of statism, some even experimented with greater liberalism (Pinochet). Some Asian countries, esp. the South Asian ones, seem to be experimenting with democracy like there is no tomorrow. :-) The US (historically) is unique in its, what some would consider radical, strict adherence to the Bill of Rights. Sadly for the US, democracy had trashed the Bill of Rights. And, as you pointed out, Europe too has had its share of radical ideas.
Nov 16 2012: Ahh, you both must expand your horizons. Not once have I seen Chomsky repeat himself in any of his books or videos. That's just my experience but I cannot say more about yours. I'm done discussing the video since the original point of it seems to have been ignored or forgotten..moving on
Not once did I mention Obama in my original post. The reason for bring up G.W.B. was to show how the government supported corporate and justified corporate tyranny. You honestly cannot separate the two (at least during G.W. Bush's term).
I agree, as would Chomsky, that the U.S. does not have true capitalism but the U.S. does value the profit motive, wage labor, private ownership, division of labor etc...you may not call that capitalism but you can't deny that this is not something that is practiced in the U.S... I'm not going to debate the specifics of the term libertarianism.. You have your opinion of it, its clear your not changing your mind and I can't force you to. If you think its a straw man argument then that's your criticism of Chomsky.
Instead of focusing on companies (which I would find perplexing as to why any anarchist would value that in the first place) you need to focus on communities, which is most important to anarchist. There are many bread factories that run democratically but I'm not sure if they fit your standard of 500...If your concerned about people working together in a collective community there are many examples (one that I laid out in my original post)..I'm happy to provide more examples for you if you would like..as for your last paragraph as I'm going to talk about that in another post along with finishing my point with this one but I'm running out of characters
Nov 16 2012: It was not my intention to discuss the video with you either. Or even Chomsky. I'm happy to not discuss that. That is why I asked about left-libertarian companies, etc., exactly to expand my horizons.
I agree, you did not bring up Obama -- I did, because they are all (not just these two) the same to me. Reference http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-fact-check-bush-responsible-for-bailouts-and-gm-is-number-one/. I did not even deny that corporate tyranny is practiced in the U.S. What I did deny was that all big companies are tyrannical, and I gave examples for that. I brought up Chomsky's use of the term because I have not heard anyone else use it in that manner. I could even claim that the Nazis are now commonly believed to have been "libertarian" -- but that would not agree with anyone else's usage of that word, and all conversations would be meaningless because I have chosen to redefine words arbitrarily. It is even worse to claim that some unspecified people misuse the term.
As far as I know, left-libertarians do not believe in private property or property rights. (http://www.infoshop.org/page/AnarchistFAQSectionB3)
One aspect of bread factories is that each of these equipment would be fairly easily affordable to each person who works there. There never needs to be any "over-seer" to keep track of the usage of equipment. That is why I brought up the MRI machine -- almost no doctor can afford to buy one, and yet, most doctors use it. In a system without private property, but only personal property, one doctor can keep using it for his patients, and deny its use to other doctors who need it, by claiming "well, look at these cases that I have. I really do need it, and as long as I am using it, this machine is my personal property". Can that doctor then be fired from the hospital for not playing nice? Not according to what I know of left-libertarianism.
Nov 17 2012: With bread-making or other such tasks, one doesn't need to know too many different kinds of things: baking, maintaining equipment, maintaining inventory and accounts. All of which, each person could learn with a few weeks. All employees can, conceivably, be homogeneous, despite one person preferring to do the baking while another prefers to maintain accounts. However, in most larger companies, people specialize in things so deeply that jobs are no longer interchangeable. When a diverse group of people have to use limited resources at the disposal of a company, there is then a need for someone to prioritize the use of these resources. A mechanical engineer who is very competent at designing mechanical gears might not have no "vision" at all about what kinds of products the people are looking for, or how useful (or useless) his skills are to a particular group of people. If the hierarchical nature, that is common in companies now, were absent, this mechanical engineer might just squander his time at the communal equivalent of Adobe Software. I am explaining all this to communicate the importance of a hierarchical corporation. And this is also why I asked for examples of bigger companies where they manage to build products that are cutting-edge in this day and age. I am also of the opinion, which can be changed with real-world examples, that left-libertarian communities (and methods) will result in products that are about a hundred years behind our time. Of course, anything is still achievable in smaller companies. If I were working alone, for example, I could be working on the latest quantum computing device, almost irrespective of my economic ideology. Economic ideology becomes more and more important when working in bigger groups, with more limited resources, or more diverse technologies.
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Toronto was the highest entry north of the border at No. 36, based on a scoring system that awards points to criteria such as number of teams, championships, attendance, won-lost records and playoff berths, among other factors (Vancouver placed 39th, Calgary 42nd, Montreal 45th, Edmonton 53rd and Ottawa 54th. Oakville, Ontario was 309th, while Winnipeg came in at No. 313 and Hamilton landed the No. 325 spot).
Now with teams in the NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and the CFL, it's easy to assume that Toronto has more of a chance than most Canadian cities to succeed at any given time in the sports world - both on the field and in the stands.
But it also has more of a chance to fail.
And with the Big Smoke going oh-fer in championships in all four sports (some longer than others), fans in Toronto have been left scratching their heads in recent years at the misfortunes of their favourite franchises.
Here's a look at the recent struggles of some of Toronto's professional squads:
NBA - Toronto Raptors
Total Championships: 0
Last Championship: -
Last Playoff Appearance: 2008 (lost 4-1 in the first round to the Orlando Magic)
Toronto got a brief glimpse of NBA glory in 2000-01 when Vince Carter led the team to Game 7 of the Conference semifinals against Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers. The series ended in heartbreak as Carter's last-second jumper rattled the rim and fell to the floor, ending the Raps' exciting playoff run. But it gave fans an idea of how thrilling things could be that deep into the basketball post-season. Unfortunately for the Raps, they haven't even come close to that point again.
The Raptors finished 33-49 last season, well below most fans' expectations, but with the addition of Hedo Turkoglu, DeMar DeRozan and Jarrett Jack in the off-season, Chris Bosh and the new-look Raps are arguably T.O.'s best bet to get serious results this season.
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Total Championships: 2
Last Championship: 1993
Last Playoff Appearance: 1993 (won the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies)
The Blue Jays finished the 2009 season with a mediocre mark of 75-87, particularly disappointing considering how strongly they came out of the gate, with fans seeing shades of '92 and '93 in the early-going. The Jays wrapped things up 28 games back in the American League East Division - 20 games out of a wild card spot - and closed out the season on a three-game losing streak.
General manager J.P. Ricciardi was shown the door on Saturday, less than 48 hours before season's end. There were also rumblings that Cito Gaston, the man who had brought the team to greatness in the early 90s, had lost the locker room. It was not a pretty year.
Those 1992 and 1993 teams sent the city into hysterics, bringing baseball's ultimate prize north of the border for the first (and second) time and setting massive attendance records in the process. In contrast, on September 9 of this year, only 11,159 showed up for the Jays' tilt with the Twins (even with Roy Halladay on the mound), marking the lowest turnout ever at the Rogers Centre/SkyDome in its 20-year history. The good news? Things can probably only go up.
CFL - Toronto Argonauts
Total Championships: 15
Last Championship: 2004
Last Playoff Appearance: 2007 (lost Divisional finals to Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
The Argonauts are 3-10 this year and are fresh off their recent quarterback controversy. With the Buffalo Bills taking up a part-time tenancy at the Rogers Centre for two games this NFL season, the Argos are also competing for Canadian football fans' attention and money.
MLS Soccer - Toronto FC
Total Championships: 0
Last Championship: -
Last Playoff Appearance: -
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Total Championships: 13
Last Championship: 1967
Last Playoff Appearance: 2004 (lost 4-2 in Conference semi-final to Philadelphia Flyers)
The Leafs have not won the Stanley Cup since 1967, when George Armstrong and Dave Keon helped lead them to hockey's Holy Grail. It was a great achievement for the organization - but that was a long time ago. There are Leaf fans whose dads can't even remember this.
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I doubt even if many people are interested in seeing that fight. Amir hasn't earned it,
luthando in Khan calls out Mayweather
Listen we all know what would happen should mayweather fight khan khan gets stopped in about six rounds lets be honest what's the big deal with khan he has never fought a rematch with any of the names that beat him he should really...
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while khan may have the speed to give mayweather some problems, i just dont think the guy deserves a shot at the P4P number 1, granted he looked very good against collazo but im sorry to be fighting the best current fighter in the...
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Kell Brook clearly won this fight, defense wise smuthered majority of Porters work, no doubt Porter was aggresive but ring generalship was dominated by Brook, Looked very comfortable at elite level and a great win on US soil...Similar...
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Brook landed 158 of 441 punches (36 percent) and Porter connected on 154 of 626 blows (25 percent. Anyone who believes Porter won is a fool or terribly biased. Awful tactics just trying to spoil his way through the fight. Was hard...
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I cant believe some people are saying Porter won, it was a close fight but all porter did was charge with his head and swing and miss all night - brooks work was spoilt by this and i think porter knew he wouldnt be able to stand and...
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the comments make me laugh, porter is way over rated, he is no iron mike and infact in his last 10 fights he has went the distance 7 times ( thats 70% folks). he rushed at malinaggi because paulie has no power, if he rushes at brook...
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Brook has all the talent needed to beat Porter, but we could see him paying a heavy price for not mixing at world level prior to this title challenge. I don't think Porter is deserving of all the hype he's received from the...
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Q: I had an Asian-themed potluck dinner and a friend brought a large bottle of sake. I don't particularly like drinking it, but I know you can cook with it.
Does anyone have any recipes with sake?
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Editor: Gabrielle, well, first of all, if you don't like sake cold, do try drinking it warm; it's one of our favorite warm winter beverages.
After that, here are a few recipes from our archives that call for some sake.
• Matsutake Dobin Mushi
• Homey Chicken Soup (with Ginger)
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Readers, do you sake in your cooking at all? We know that it is also used for pickling sometimes.
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mix together 1/4 cup sake, 1/4 cup mirin, approx 4 tablespoons white miso paste, and 3 tablespoons sugar. marinate cod, sea bass, or any flaky fish in this for at least 24h up to 3 days. when ready to cook, lightly wipe off (with fingers) any excess miso on the fish fillets but don't rinse off. Place the fish in the broiler and lightly broil until surface browns. then pop in the oven at 400 and bake for 10-15 minutes. delicious!
I throw a Tablespoon on Mirin (sweet cooking sake) in all my stir fries, along with soy sauce and chili paste. Probably not authentic, but really good.
You can use sake to tenderize meat. Before cooking chicken, beef, or pork sprinkle a little over your meat and let it sit for 10-30 minutes. The recipe that I most often use sake for is oyako donburi. It was my favorite growing up so my grandma would always make it when I came home from college and wrote a recipe for me to make at school, per chicken breast.
Chicken Breast (or chicken katsu), sliced or pork
1/2 small Round Onion, thinly sliced
1 egg
1/8 c Water (or mix with half sake)
1/8 c Shoyu
1/8 c Sugar
Red Pepper
Optional: Peas, Mushrooms, green onions
In a shallow pan, bring sauce to a boil. Add onions and cook through. Add sliced chicken and cook until done (if using leftover katsu, till hot). Drizzle (scrambled) egg over and cover, reduce heat until cooked. Sprinkle with red pepper. Serve over hot rice.
I use sake all the time in my cooking. I use it in place of dry white wine because I don't always have white wine in my pantry.
But when a recipe calls for sake specifically, I've used it to marinate pork in this amazing Pork Rice Bowl dish.
And I also love this Bacon Fried Rice and Tuna Avocado Bowl.
SO EXCITED for the oyako-don recipe up there~! I LOVED when I ate meat, and I've been wanting to figure out what's the next-best meatless version...
In case it isn't general knowledge, shoyu is soy sauce.
Sake mirin soy sauce some sugar a little water, maybe = anything tastes vaguely Japanese. Make up the proportions. I always use more mirin than soy sauce. Cook down to thicken, if you like. Cook meats in it, thicken it to drizzle over vegetables, and on and on. It's great for when you feel like "Asian" but not takeout, or don't have the wherewithall or ingredients for a full-fledged Meal.
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Woodworker Aleksandra Zee Transforms Scraps Into Intricate Sculptures
Nature has always been a key element in artist Aleksandra Zee's life. The Laguna Beach native spent her childhood oceanside, of course (it shows in her permanently sun-kissed mane), not just surfing and swimming, but also drawing and painting.
"When I was a teenager, I realized that if I didn't have a career in art, I was gonna die," says the Mission resident, who constructs stunning works from new and reclaimed wood, fitting the pieces into ever-changing, Native American–inspired geometric patterns, in her Mid-Market basement workshop. Zee's former day job as a visual artist for Anthropologie, where she designed and built window displays, was her entrée into the world of woodworking. (While at Anthro, Zee met her studiomate Katie Gong, whom she credits with teaching her the basics—from A to Zee, so to speak—about woodcraft.) "I like the idea of creating something temporary," she says. "It's there and then suddenly it isn't. Fleeting beauty contains a moment of history."
Zee, who will open a solo exhibition at Rare Device in August, has amassed a Rolodex full of Bay Area contractors who give her a ring when they want to offload wooden laths, which eventually become the building blocks of her architectural puzzles. After cutting, trimming, and recoloring the timber, Zee uses it to form herringbone and chevron inlays in tabletops and headboards, and also to create stand-alone art installations—see her work at the Monk's Kettle and at the new Intermix in Palo Alto.
As pieces of salvage art, histories are inherent in each of Zee's creations; this heritage quality balances the modern aesthetic. For an artist with a natural affinity for impermanence, her work seems to be firmly rooted in the past. As one satisfied client stated upon picking up a custom-designed headboard, "This thing will probably live longer than I will."
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This documentary series was a part of an important assignment I photographed at the Handicap International Rehabilitation Center in Cambodia.
Apart from physiotherapy and the production and repair of equipment, the centers offer patients a social follow-up. Amongst these patients, there is obviously a large number of mines victims, but the centers welcome a wide diversity of people and types of disabilities, and even offer specific services to children suffering from cerebral palsy and babies suffering from clubfoot.
First I built a good relationship between eighter the children and landmine victims. That based on communication, tolerance, confidence, empathy and trust. Hope my project raise awarness of the subject.
Today still, Cambodia remains amongst the countries more severely affected by the problem of mines and unexploded ordnance, both for the number of victims and in terms of contaminated surface. Since 1979, more than 60,000 people have either died or been wounded by these weapons, leading to 19,000 deaths and causing around 9,000 amputations.
Janos Kis is a Hungarian photographer has been living for many years across different countries like France, USA, Japan, Israel & Cambodia. He's completely self taught and learned his craft through years of practice and experimentation. Janos has studied Sociology at Janus Pannonius University of Pecs & Assistant camera & Cameraman craft at School of Hungarian Society of Cinematographers "HSC Film Crew School". Janos's main interest is in Social documentary, Photojournalism, Humanitarian and Street photography.
He's working on several long term project and documenting the life of migrant workers, asylum-seekers, child labor, landmine victims and children with congenital disorders.
Regardless of the subject matter, Janos is interested in depicting obvious and essential details of life that are often overshadowed by larger, more newsworthy circumstances. He works primarily as freelance documentary photographer / photojournalist and available for Non Profit/NGO's clients as well.
Janos is available to photograph on assignment to help you meet your corporate, advertising, and/or editorial image needs and video "documentary" reportages in Europe, South East Asia, Middle East, Africa & Worldwide.
Janos provides pre-production and fixer services for foreign film crews and journalists. Has experience working with awarded directors.
Clients includes Engram Film, Vertigo Pictures, Channel NewsAsia...
Janos is member of the Overseas Press Club of Cambodia and contributing photographer for the South Korean Penta Press news agency.
Publication include: Phnom Penh Post, Eye See Media, Global Voices, CrowdVoice, Nikon Pro Magazine, Amerikai Nepszava, Handicap International, Open Democracy, Peace Dialogue, Moments, etc...
Articles in Asia Life Magazine, Phnom Penh Post, Nikon Pro Magazine
He's works were exhibited in Hungary and Cambodia. The latest exhibition was a charity fundraising in Wat Ketseraram held for a "Little Nun" who suffers from Down syndrome.
During the 4 days long assignment at Handicap International Cambodia Siem Reap Rehabilitation Center I maintained a strong relationship with landmine "victims" survivals and the parents for those children were born with birth defects "suffering from cerebral palsy and babies suffering from clubfoot".
I divided my work into two parts. 1. Once I photographed the general rehabilitation of mine victims and the process of creating custom fit prosthetic limbs. 2. The second part of my documentary focusing those moments are visually undoubtedly explaining the dramatic, sometimes defenselessness situations. These people came to the center for HELP and they all know, this is the right place to get Hope and adequate support from the highly skilled staff. My social issue is focusing for the mind victims and the children were born with cerebral palsy. They couldn't have chance to live an adequate life without the help of Handicap International Cambodia. The institution provides 100% free services for the patients.
These pictures in the gallery are part of the second project, and I HOPE will reach the right forum and get publicity. More black and white & color photos are available for publication or exhibition.
To license this work for editorial, creative, or other uses, click on the OZMO logo above.
This will take you to the Ozmo website where you can review the cost and license for the photographs in this exhibit.
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Jami Kennedy has lived in the Santa Clarita Valley since 1956 and has seen the progression of the Valley first hand. Now, a full-time volunteer in the Santa Clarita Valley and Southern California, Kennedy first started volunteering in the '80s with the Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club organization. She has been a contributor of their annual auction ever since. A longtime member of the Zonta Club of the Santa Clarita Valley, Kennedy has made headway through each office and currently sits as the Sunshine Chair.
"As a Sunshine Chair, I have ramped it up from the past and we have a couple of our members in hospice care and in a nursing home," Kennedy said. "I go there and take care of their belongings and have seen a couple of our members through death."
American Red Cross, the SCV Senior Center's Celebrity Waiter Dinner, and Gentle Barn are a few of the many organizations that Kennedy has and continues to work with. On top of volunteering, Kennedy sits on the board of the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita and Carousel Ranch Therapy while also being involved with the Circle of Hope and their annual silent auction.
"I have become really good at wrapping baskets and all of a sudden everyone is calling me and I have to hide," Kennedy said jokingly. "I wrapped around 70 baskets this year and I will do it again next year."
Kennedy was honored in 1989 for her service around the community and was named SCV Woman of the Year. Accolades and praise aside, Kennedy finds her joy comes from volunteering and helping out her community.
"The core of volunteers in this community will hopefully keep growing," she said. "So the needs of our neighbors will always be met."
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Warrior Outrageous takes a wonderful photo of flowers and makes it astounding. The color is off-the-charts beautiful. She did it in Pixlr Editor, and we love it. Pic of the Day, for sure. Thanks for sharing this with us!
Astound us with your photos.
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The Linux Virtual Server as an advanced load balancing solution can be used
to build highly scalable and highly available network services, such as
scalable web, cache, mail, ftp, media and VoIP services. link
ruby -i.bak -pe 'sub "2004", "2005"' *
Stefan suggested:
find . -print | xargs ruby ...
This program allows you to record the output of any standard OSS program
(one that uses /dev/dsp for sound) without having to modify or recompile
the program. It uses the same idea as the esddsp wrapper from the
Enlightened Sound Daemon (in fact, vsound is based on esddsp). That is, it
preloads a library that intercepts calls to open /dev/dsp, and instead
returns a handle to a normal file. It also intercepts ioctl's on that
file handle and logs them, to help convert the audio data from its raw
form. Vsound then uses sox to convert the raw data to the desired file
The upshoot of this is that instead of playing sound to the sound card in
your computer, the data is recorded to a file. This is similar to if you
connected a loopback cable to the line in and line out jacks on your sound
card, but no DA or AD conversions take place, so quality is not lost.
One use of vsound is to help convert real audio files to some other format.
Since the real audio format is proprietary, and all we have is a player, we
can use the vsound to create a wave file like so:
vsound -t -f /data/dvdburn/LL2/s2.wav realplay rtsp://22.214.171.124/ailab/mit-ll2-s2-09nov02-80k.rm
md5sum: 2f53d4dc4b24e37799143645772aabd0
The final 1.8.2 will be out on December 25th (JST), unless any
critical bugs will be found.
Apparently, this has been believed by many as a hoax, and so has been
linked to the famous Alan Sokal hoax (the paper "Transgressing the
Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum
However I think it's more like: a serious article written in a
tongue-in-cheek style and talking about an unusual topic.
Other authors i know who are writing about postmodern programming, are
Larry Wall (Perl) and Richard Gabriel (new online book "Patterns of
Software"). These days I am attempting to read the latter.
Richard Gabriel's work on software patterns, and for that matter, all
the work on software patterns for the last decade, has been tremendously
influenced by a book supposedly on Architecture (!!!), by Christopher
Alexander, called "The Timeless Way of Building".
Both C.Alexander and R.P.Gabriel spend a lot of time on an elusive concept
they call "Quality", which I immediately connected to Robert
Pirsig's "Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
(1976), a classic I finally read this year. The connection between the two
is quite large (Pirsig's book even more revolves around that
"Quality" thing). It has to do with attempting to define the
undefinable, in particular, those aspects of a thing that make it good
and/or beautiful but that, trying to approach them from a formal
standpoint, slip through our fingers.
There are a bunch of other interesting aspects (IMHO) in all of those