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Policy Implications of Space Weapons
This is Section 2 of a report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), The Physics of Space Security: A Reference Manual, which was authored by UCS scientists David Wright, Laura Grego, and Lisbeth Gronlund.
This report discusses how the laws of physics apply to operations in space and to interference with such operations. The essential technical facts that emerge from that discussion are summarized in Section 3. This section lays out some of the policy-relevant implications of these technical facts for the operation and utility of various systems, including space-based weapons, as well as antisatellite weapons (ASATs), both ground based and space based. Space-based weapons can be designed to destroy their targets in one of several ways: with direct impact,¹ an explosive warhead, or a laser. Space-based lasers intended to damage parts of satellites other than the sensors are not discussed in this report because the technology for these weapons will not be available in the foreseeable future.
The first five points below concern the types of missions for which space is or is not well suited. Points 6 through 9 address antisatellite weapons, the ASAT capabilities of systems designed for other purposes, and the vulnerability of satellites. Point 10 concerns the overall military utility of space-based weapons. Each point notes the section or sections of the report where the issue is discussed.
1. Space basing is uniquely well suited to a wide range of civilian and military applications. (Sections 5, 6, 7)
Space offers several features not available from the ground or air. Satellite-based sensors can see much larger areas of the Earth than sensors closer to the Earth can see. This allows large-scale simultaneous observation of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, and communication between and simultaneous broadcast to large parts of the Earth.
Because the atmosphere blocks transmission of many types of electromagnetic waves, some kinds of astronomical observations can only be made from space.
Moreover, space is much better suited to some types of operations than to others. Electromagnetic signals (light and radio waves) can be transmitted over large distances almost instantaneously and with very little energy cost. Space therefore favors activities that entail sending and receiving electromagnetic signals over activities that involve transporting large amounts of mass from the Earth into space or that involve significant maneuvering in space, which can require a large mass of propellant.
As a result, the applications for which space basing is uniquely well suited include:
- large-scale environmental monitoring of, for example,
atmospheric behavior, climate change, and deforestation
- large-scale weather monitoring for weather forecasting
- astronomy
- global communication, broadcast, and data transfer
- highly accurate navigation and position determination
- reconnaissance on a global or large-scale basis
- detection on a global basis of missile launches, to provide early warning of attacks and information about the missile testing programs of nations
Some of these tasks could, as discussed later, be accomplished by ground- and air-based alternatives, if urgently needed, albeit on a regional rather than global basis.
2. Space basing is poorly suited to the mission of attacking ground targets using kinetic energy or explosive weapons. This mission can be done as well or better from the ground, and acquiring a prompt attack capability from space would be much more costly. (Section 9)
Space-based ground attack weapons could offer global reach, obviating the need to forward-base weapons, providing prompt attack capability, and shortening any warning of an attack. However, space-based weapons fare poorly when compared with other long-range means of attacking ground targets. In particular, intercontinental-range ballistic missiles can provide the same prompt, global reach, but are less expensive and more reliable than space-based weapons.
Deploying a space-based system would be tens of times more expensive than deploying a comparable system using ballistic missiles. This is a consequence of the fact that any satellite system with prompt global coverage would require numerous satellites to ensure that at least one is in the right place at all times. The exact number of satellites will depend on the altitude of the orbit and the reach of each weapon, but tens of satellites would be required for prompt attack of one target. For example, the constellation considered in Section 9, which could attack any point on the Earth within about 30 minutes, would require nearly 100 satellites. If the promptness requirement was relaxed to a 45-minute response time, roughly 50 satellites would still be required.
For comparison, a missile capable of putting a given mass into low earth orbit can deliver the same mass to a range of 20,000 kilometers—halfway around the Earth. The flight time would be roughly 45 minutes. This one ballistic missile could therefore provide global coverage with the same response time as a constellation of 50 satellites requiring 50 comparable missiles to launch them into space.
For the five nuclear weapon states, the relative cost of a space-based system would be even higher, because they already possess intercontinental-range ballistic missiles that could provide a prompt ability to attack ground targets globally.
Unlike ground-based weapons, space-based weapons that have been launched must remain operational without either routine or emergency maintenance. As a consequence, space-based weapons would be less reliable and an attacker would have less confidence in using them for an attack than ground-based missiles. If a space-based weapon in the proper position for an attack failed, other satellites in the constellation could be used in its place but could not meet the same promptness criterion, because they would take time to move into position.
3. Space basing is unsuited to ballistic missile defense using kinetic interceptors. Not only would such a system be expensive, its intrinsic vulnerabilities would allow an attacker to readily negate its defensive capability. (Section 9)
The global coverage space-based weapons can provide is also a key motivation for deploying ballistic missile defense interceptors in space. The United States is conducting research on various types of missile defense systems designed to attack long-range ballistic missiles during their boost phase (the time when the rocket booster is still burning), which lasts only minutes. The short time available means that interceptors must be located close to the launch site of the missile; against large countries it may not be possible to deploy ground or air-based interceptors close enough. In contrast, a constellation of space-based interceptors in low earth orbits could provide global coverage. Thus, in principle, a space-based boost-phase missile defense system could offer capabilities that would not be available with a ground- or air-based system.
However, because of the short response time this mission requires, the system would be intrinsically vulnerable to debilitating attack and to being overwhelmed. Any country with the capability to launch a long-range ballistic missile could also develop an effective capability to destroy satellites in low earth orbit using ASATs launched on short-range missiles. Once one or more space-based interceptors were destroyed, producing a hole in the defense constellation, an attacker could launch a long-range missile through this hole. If the defense used one of its interceptors to protect itself, it would still remove the interceptor from the constellation and create a hole.²
Alternatively, an attacker could overwhelm the defense. A defense system designed to intercept one ballistic missile launched from any given region would require many hundreds or even a few thousand orbiting interceptors, depending on the design of the constellation and the interceptors. Increasing the defense capability so the system could attack two missiles launched simultaneously from the same region would require doubling the total number of interceptors in the constellation. Because the system costs would increase rapidly with the number of interceptors, any plausible defense system would be designed to intercept only one or two ballistic missiles launched simultaneously. Thus, any country launching more than one or two missiles roughly simultaneously from the same region would penetrate such a defense, even if it worked perfectly.
4. A nation could not use space-based weapons to deny other countries access to space, although it could increase the expense of such access. (Section 9)
At first glance, it might appear that the first country to deploy a system of space-based missile defense interceptors with global coverage could control access to space by intercepting space launch vehicles, which are similar to long-range missiles. However, as discussed in Point 3, the vulnerabilities of a space-based missile defense system would render it ineffective at prohibiting satellite deployments by other countries.
Any country that can launch satellites has the technical capability to attack space-based interceptors to create a hole in the constellation. While requiring a country to attack the defense system prior to launching a satellite would increase the cost of placing a satellite in space, it could not in this way deny the country the ability to launch satellites.
5. Ground-based and space-based ASATs have relative advantages and disadvantages depending on the method of attack. Jamming or dazzling attacks would only be practical using ground-based ASATs, whereas high-power microwave attacks would only be practical from space. Kinetic energy attacks could be conducted from the ground or space; in this case, space-based ASATs may offer advantages for very prompt attacks or for simultaneous attacks on numerous satellites, but would be less reliable than ground-based ASATs because they must operate without maintenance. (Sections 11, 12)
Ground- or space-based ASATs can be used to damage or interfere with satellites. However, some means of attack are only feasible or practical using one or the other. For those types of attacks that could be conducted from both ground and space, an attacker's preference would depend on a wide range of factors, including the scale and time requirements of the attack, whether the attack is to be covert, and to what extent cost is a factor (keeping in mind that only space-faring nations would be capable of deploying space-based ASATs).
A trailing space-based kinetic energy ASAT (which would be deployed in the same orbit as the target satellite to trail it) could carry out an attack almost instantaneously from the time a decision was made to attack, assuming the attacker was able to communicate with the ASAT. This would not necessarily be the case for either space-based ASATs that are designed to attack satellites in other orbits or for ground-based ASATs: both types of ASATs may need to wait hours for the target satellite to be within range of attack. Similarly, it would take several hours for a ground-based kinetic ASAT to reach a target in geosynchronous orbit. Moreover, by deploying multiple trailing ASATs, an attacker could destroy or interfere with multiple satellites essentially simultaneously.
On the other hand, space-based ASATs have some significant disadvantages compared with ground-based ASATs. Placing ASATs in space is much more costly than basing them on the ground. Once in space, these systems must work without maintenance, and reliability becomes an issue.
6. Satellites are intrinsically vulnerable to attack and interference. However, satellite systems can be designed to be less vulnerable than the individual satellites that compose the system. Moreover, air- and ground-based backup systems can provide some of the militarily relevant, time-urgent capabilities that would be lost if the satellite system was disrupted or destroyed. (Sections 10, 11, 12)
Because there is no place to hide in space, satellites are inherently vulnerable to interference and direct attack. However, steps can be taken to reduce the vulnerability of the system, including hardening satellite components, employing antijamming techniques, building redundant ground stations, developing the capability to quickly replace satellites, and distributing the task of a single satellite among clusters of smaller satellites. The commercial communications satellite industry routinely deals with the failure of satellites. It places spare satellites in orbit to allow rapid substitution when satellites fail, and can reroute communication traffic around a failed satellite.
Moreover, for many military missions, ground- and air-based components can serve as a backup on a regional rather than global level. The United States is not only the country most reliant on space-based systems, but also the one most capable of building alternative air- and ground-based backup systems.
7. Deploying defensive "bodyguard" satellites to protect other satellites against ASAT attacks cannot provide confidence in the survivability of those satellites. Doing so will therefore not preclude the need to take into account the vulnerability of satellite systems and to have backup systems for any essential military capability the satellites provide. (Section 11)
As discussed above, satellites are vulnerable to many types of attack and defending them is inherently difficult. Equally important, nations will not be able to rely on bodyguard satellites to protect their satellites from direct attack or interference by a determined adversary, because the limited amount of real-world testing that would be feasible would provide little confidence in the capability of the bodyguards.
8. No country can expect to have a monopoly on deployed ASATs. Space-faring nations have an inherent capability to deploy effective ASATs. Many other countries have the capability to develop means to destroy satellites or disrupt their performance, although the options of these countries will be limited relative to those of space-faring nations. (Sections 11, 12)
The technology required to build effective ground- and space-based ASATs is within the capability of any space-faring nation. These countries have the ability to place objects in orbit or lift them to geosynchronous altitude, to track objects in space, and to develop homing interceptors. They could develop systems to attack satellites in geosynchronous orbits as well as low earth orbits. They could also deploy ASATs relatively quickly in response to the deployment of ASATs by another country.
Other countries also have anti-satellite capabilities. Satellites in low earth orbit can be reached by ground-based ASATs using missiles that are much less capable than the launchers needed to deploy the satellites. Countries with short- or medium-range missiles can reach satellites in low earth orbit at an altitude of roughly half the range of these missiles. However, such countries would not necessarily have the ability to develop homing interceptors. For a destructive ASAT, these countries might therefore be limited to releasing clouds of pellets in the path of a satellite—a method whose effectiveness is uncertain and potentially limited.
It is also within the capability of many countries to use other methods of interference. For example, ground-based transmitters can be used to interfere with, or jam, satellite communications. While such jamming is unlikely to prevent a well-protected satellite from communicating, jammers can cause the satellite to use antijamming techniques that can significantly reduce the amount of information it can transmit. On the other hand, during a conflict such active methods of interference can be located and attacked.
Countries that possess both nuclear weapons and short- or medium-range missiles could explode a nuclear weapon in low earth orbit. The x-rays released would destroy unshielded satellites in low earth orbit that were in the line of sight of the explosion, and the explosion would generate persistent radiation that would last months to years and would damage unshielded satellites in low earth orbit. While high-altitude satellites would not be directly affected by the explosion, this radiation environment could make it more difficult for them to communicate with ground stations.
9. Several types of systems not designed as ASATs have an inherent ASAT capability. (Sections 9, 11)
Missile defense systems designed to intercept long-range ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere during the midcourse of their trajectory have significant ASAT capabilities against satellites in low earth orbits. These satellites orbit at altitudes similar to the altitude at which the defense is designed to intercept missiles. Unlike the case of an attacking missile, the trajectory and appearance of the satellite would be known in advance and the future trajectory would be predictable. Moreover, even highly controlled intercept tests of the defense against ballistic missile targets would provide confidence that the system would work against satellites, since the information provided to the defense about the missile target in these tests is comparable to what would be available in advance about satellite targets. Using interceptors against a satellite
rather than against a missile warhead is also easier in that the attacker could take multiple shots at the satellite if the initial attack was not successful.
Defender satellites would also have an inherent ability to serve as ASATs. Such satellites would need to carry enough fuel to maneuver to intercept attacking ASATs, and this fuel could also provide the maneuvering capability to serve as a kinetic energy ASAT.
10. Being the first to deploy space-based weapons would not confer a significant or lasting military advantage. (Sections 5, 9, 11)
In ground wars, there may be clear advantages to being the first to occupy and exploit a strategic location. Digging in and preparing defenses may make it difficult for an adversary to take control of the area. There are no such strategic locations in space, and a defender will not have the kinds of advantages in space as on the ground. No foreseeable space-based technologies would allow one country to prevent another from deploying space weapons or would allow it to reliably protect its satellites.
1. Weapons that destroy by direct impact are called kinetic kill weapons. The kinetic energy of the fast-moving weapon and/or target provides the energy to destroy the target.
2. Instead of designing an ASAT weapon, an attacker could launch a ballistic missile without a warhead, thus forcing the defense to waste one of its interceptors and create a hole.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is getting $2 million from the Lilly Endowment if it succeeds in its campaign to raise $5 million by Feb. 3 to settle a labor dispute with its musicians.
The symphony said Thursday that half of the money is earmarked for continuing a marketing campaign to meet the fundraising goal, to raise money in the future and to upgrade a website for ticket purchases. The other $1 million would pay for replacing the 80-year-old seats in the Hilbert Circle Theatre.
The symphony this week received pledges totaling $2 million from Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and symphony board member Yvonne Shaheen. The three donations left the symphony with $2.35 million toward the $5 million goal.

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Sawmill Road & Hard Road has a Walk Score of 72 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
This location is in Dublin. Nearby parks include Olde Sawmill Park, Scioto Park and Sawmill State Wildlife Education Area.
Nearby schools include Educare Montessori, Dublin Scioto High School and Ann Simpson Davis Middle School.
The closest grocery stores are New Market Shopping Center, Market Ready Real Estate Services and Dairy Mart.
Nearby coffee shops include Tuula's European Cafe LLC, Tim Hortons and The Honeybaked Ham Co. There are 23 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Max & Erma's, Sumeno's Italian Restaurant and Pei Wei Asian Diner.
Sawmill Road & Hard Road is near Cardinal Health Headquarters.
There are excellent bike lanes and the terrain is flat as a pancake. Sawmill Road & Hard Road is very bikeable, biking is convenient for most trips.


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How great the Village of Massapequa Park looks along Park Boulevard as Operation Downtown winds down. The street lamps and benches are in and the planters are completed. We
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I'm 24 years old and I've been eating low glycemic balanced meals throughout the day for about 5 weeks now and tracking on MFP for 4. I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 16 years old and I came to the realization that my insulin resistance was totally out of control, as was my blood pressure. I started getting migraines for the first time ever and then I was denied a certain medication at a clinic because my blood pressure was so high. I was devastated and ashamed at the condition of my health. I read up on PCOS and insulin resistance, implemented a plan, and I'm already feeling exceedingly better!
I'm not sure what my starting weight was because I had thrown out my scale a couple years ago lol. I just got one a couple weeks ago and I know I've lost 3 pounds as of last sunday, my guess would be about 10 pounds overall. I'm trying to lose about 50-75 pounds in the scheme of things. Looking to make changes that I will live with for the rest of my life. Hell, eating like this feels so much better than the way I felt before, why not, right?!
So feel free to add me as a friend. I'd love to see what other people are up to and exchange support and encouragement!
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|Visitors enter the campus through the Gateway building - Auditorium at right, Store and Library at left.
In the summer, Haystack offers its Summer Evening Program Series, which features lectures and performances by faculty and visiting artists. Open to the Haystack community as well as the general public, free of charge, this Series, includes up to 40 slide lectures, performances, and other presentations that take place in the Gateway building. Most of Haystack's evening programs are free to the public, with a modest charge collected at the door for selected performances to help defray the costs for these.
|Evening programs are presented in Gateway Auditorium
Each summer Haystack also opens its doors to the community for auctions that are held at the end of each session and for self-guided studio tours—Studio Walk-Throughs—giving visitors an opportunity to see some of the work that has been created by participants in Haystack studios during their sessions. Proceeds from the end-of-session support the school's scholarship fund and studio improvements.
|Studios are open to the public during end-of-session Studio Walk-Throughs.


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Having sex with a woman that squirts in a way that when you pull out, all of the fluid shoots out of her vagina at once.
"I was pounding away my girlfriend with her bent over her bed, right? Well she's a squirter, so when I pulled out it looked and sounded like someone fucking threw a bucket of water onto the floor between her legs. I've been calling her floodgate ever since."
"Holy tits"
"Holy tits"
by juls727 September 15, 2011
mate: " oh mate yesterday when I was masturbating the floodgates just opened, there was cum everywhere!"
you: " okay......"
you: " okay......"
by urbanDICtionary November 23, 2012
another word for a whore, or a person who has been with a lot of people; it originated while playing the sexual chain game, where you try to see how many people you are linked to sexually by knowing who the people you have been with have been with and so on. a person is a floodgate if they have been with so many people that you actually have a lot of choices between who you can choose for the next link in the chain.
Bree is a floodgate.
by cawleen April 10, 2006
Extremely short jeans, usually worn by a "Gain" or someone who is just a fucking nerd. They are so high that you can see their ankels and their socks.
Damn, look at that kid. He's got massive floodgates!
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I posted this in my other blog, which nobody reads, nearly a year ago. Now, a full year has passed. As I reflect on this passing year, I find that my state of mind is hardly better than the year before. Frequently, I am troubled by the fear for the uncertain future and worried about various pieces of life that are falling out of their places. I know a lot of my friends are in the same boat: those who are reaching a junction of their life where the choices facing them are just too big and overwhelming, or those who are trying to pick up the pieces and try to figure out how everything fits again. I guess the following story is for those who struggles in life, and hopefully this lifts your spirits as it did to mine:
In the toughest of time, we often forget about the privileges for having the things we already have and blindly dwell on the things that we don't. I was reminded of that today when I was lining up to wait for my coffee.
Stuck in an usual lengthy line at school's Tim Horton, I saw that in distance there was a blind young lady walking past with her guide dog. It appeared that the guide dog was inexperienced, throwing her into this deep confusion by guiding her straight into the labyrinth of the Tim Horton's lines. She knocked her way through the line filled with students. Everyone in the line tried to clear out of the way for her. And as someone who are taught that staring is rude, I tried to pay no mind to this episode and proceeded with my wait in the back of the line. A while after, when I finally got my coffee and left the building, I notice the same girl on the street asking for direction to a nearby lecture hall, without any coffee or doughnuts.
On my walk back to my lab, a shockwave sent through my body. Here I was, worried to death about most trivial things about school, about whether my project to fall through, about whether the courses are too hard, and about whether I can handle another day of this, and in contrast, this young lady, who doesn't even have the basic ability to see and have to literally stumble to her lectures, chose to brave her circumstances in the name of learning and pursuit of higher knowledge. Her courage reminded me that the opportunity and the ability to learn is a privilege, God-given, and I should not for one moment take it for granted.
It was one of those moments in my life that didn't even last one minute, but its effect on me stays for a life time.
So lately I have been trying to sell my camera on Craiglist/Kijiji and have been running into a fair share of attempt to scam me. Just thought it would be funny to share it here for the posterity. And what is with the "because I claim to be a paster, that makes me honest"!?
It starts off with a reply to my Craiglist/Kijiji posting, (notice how he never mentioned about the product and had to ask for the price even though it was posted, sounds like our friend im"Pastor" here is computer) :
I am interested in the item, I want to buy the item you displayed. Please send an email asap to me with your firm price so that i will pay for it. Thanks.
Me: Yeah the camera and everything listed is $400. Where are you located?
Thanks for your Quick Response to my mail. Am happy to hear your item is still available and the price is okay for me. l live in New York and l would have love to arrange for the pick up but l traveled out of the State for a pastoral Visit to our New church program. l will appreciate your effort if only you will do me a favor to buy your item.l will pay through PayPal or you provide me with your details for money order. I want this item for my son's Birthday gift He stays with his mummy who is a Pastor on a missionary work and l want to buy the item, ship directly to the destination where they are living and I will include the shipping tax of the item for you.
Please specify any of the above mode of payment that will suit you.
God bless you.
Me: Sure! That is great. But sorry. I deal with in person only. Have a nice day.
I didn't bother changing his name because it's probably not real anyway. This is actually not the first instance of this. I will post another "Pastor's" request another day.
*Update: I did remove the name as someone pointed out perhaps the scammer used a stolen identity. Poor guy!*
Let's make an assumption that iPad will handle a significant chunk of the internet web browsing in 2011‡. That is one significant chunk of the Internet that would be shunned from the content made with Adobe Flash. As the iPad moves into the mind of the consumers as a main stream device, this will force the content producers to deliver their content in ways that does not depend on Flash. Why now? It seems that for the past year the quarrel between the Flash vs. non-Flash content has settled down as people from both camps carry on with their own merry ways. The reason this discussion has been able to hide under the radar was because the main device that dominates the user of the non-Flash camps are phones. Beside the video playback, no one expects the Flash experience as we know it on PC to translate to the mobile device. Take iPhone for example, it is still a phone. So if your parents pick up an iPhone and fail to load a flash-based site, they would likely shrug it off because a phone was never supposed to reproduce the Internet browsing experience completely.
But here comes iPad, with the form factor characterized by the screen real estate and the touch interface, its core competency is to browse Internet. Now your parents pick up the device and once again fail to load the content, they now realize they drop half a grand on a product that only serves half of its purpose. It is like buying a toaster that only toasts bagel and not bread. Now that this shortcoming directly impacts the core value of the product, they are at a fork road:
I am sure every single one of the 15 million iPad users were put to this decision, and the fact that iPad 2 has been projected to grow the market even more suggests to me that people has been making their decision in favour of their iPad. While iPad is great, the reason for that may have less to do with iPad's merit but more to do with the inability of its competitors to produce a tablet device that delivers reasonable performance for viewing Flash-based content.
It is been more than a year since something was promised about the true mobile Flash experience, and yet, after 2 generations of iPad have been released, this remains to be a hallow promise on spec sheet and slides. Surely I believe the technology will finally iron out the kinks and wrinkles and be a strong addition to any tablet that support it, but they probably miss their window to cause a mass abandonment of iPad.
I don't know what will happen in 2012 and on, but it looks like in 2011, iPad would be the de facto tablet computer that would likely attract enough user to reach a critical mass to cause the content provider to hit the switch or provide similar services via mobile apps. As a result, the allure of the eventual Flash support in a tablet device will begin to fade. In addition, The idea of Flash being espoused as a necessary part of the Internet will be proven weakened.
By the end of this year, another 30~40 million people would face the exact same question that I posed earlier. If it is the previous 15 million users that precede them give us any indication, the odds are stacked against Flash.
‡Having already sold 15million iPad, and with the strong signal that the iPad 2 and iPad together could sell somewhere in the neighbourhood of 30~40 million devices, it is safe to say by the end of the year, we should have about 50+ million iPad users floating around. That is not a bad assumption given that that is about 10% of Facebook user count and about slightly shy of a third of Twitter community.
So the controversy about the video posted by a UCLA student has reached an epic proportion – even New York Times has pick up on it. In the video, she has made numerous comments about Asian culture with some very, very poor taste. I particularly didn't like how she describes a group of Asian as a "hordes of Asian" and criticize us for keeping a close-knitted family connection, which I think is a virtue of the Asian culture that I am proud of.
Sure enough, because it is a white person who is making a mockery about another race, it is considered racist.
Granted, the way she posted her unfiltered thought on the Internet is totally absurd and reflected a total lack of judgement on her part. And evidently she badly needs some sensitivity training for her own sake. Stupid, silly, and totally self-unaware are labels that she has totally earned, but a racist – i think we gotta think about this one more carefully.
Yes, I admit that from time to time I also hurl racist accusation at my friends - "you are such a racist!?". And yes, I use the term lightly, but privately, because the humour was appropriate among my circle of friends. In general, "Oh that was so racist" becomes a phrase that crept into our vernacular because for many of us, the concept is light enough that we can joke about it. It is a reflection of our fortunate reality in which we did not have to be exposed to real crime of racial discrimination. It is something of the past, and it is something we can reflect on with a sense of humour. Imagine one of your family members were sent into a concentration camp because their race, then the term "racist" would probably take on a more serious tone.
The problem is this: some people cannot tell the difference between a humorous use of the word and a serious accusatory labelling of calling someone a racist. Base on which interpretation one choose to take, the reaction is extremely different and can become highly combustible.
I believe most of us when we saw that video will go for interpretation no. 1. We laugh about it and shrug it off. But there are some people who will actually opt for interpretation no. 2. These are the people who believe that the girl is actually a hateful person who deserves a full personal vendetta to be paid by every yellow skin people in the world. They launch campaigns, they slander, and they rally for hateful actions.
I once heard a word used by President Obama in an interview - victimology. This word strikes a cord in my mind and is described by the John McWhorter, the person who coined the term back in 2000, as such:
[One] can pass [one's self] as a victim disproportionately to what their experience is. The reason one might do that is because there is a sense that alienation for its own sake is kind of a [way to achieve] higher awareness.
In my opinion, this is what is happening here. By pouring anguish into the supposedly silly commentary, we deliberately make ourselves into the victim and magnify our misfortune in unreasonable way. Through that feeling of indignation, we justify and accept people's retaliatory action. But at the end, it was us who is acting hateful and spiteful, and it was us who is exhibiting all the violent behaviour of a true racist. So we really have to be careful with these provocations. New York Times said it the most adequately:
[don't] fall into the same kind of behavior they're condemning.
I guess I am being a little serious about this whole thing. But what I really want to say is, just laugh it off and enjoy all the humour at her expense, but leave the poor girl alone.
I am sitting here in Starbucks right now. The atmosphere is right and their music has a lot to do it with. There is a few consumer companies with a musical identity. I can think of only Apple, with its association to Dylan and now Beatle. Starbucks also has one, not sure if it is done consciously. But I think it can be better exploited.
To start, it would be nice to stream that their ambient playlist when you are in the store via their app. Or offer some sort of iTune play list.
So when I am here, I can put my head phone on and shut out the people: just me, the music, and Starbucks. Wouldn't that be nice…
Using my iPhone has come to the screeching stop this morning. the culprit: the notification system.
Yes ever since I have installed a number of social app on my iPhone, i think my phone has reach a critical breaking point of operability as the notification messages took over my UI.
That does two things, a. Bring my current foreground task to a completely screeching stop, and b. The notification has served no purpose at all because I could not retain any information delivered by the notification, especially after being rudely intruded. So the time and the train of thought lost to the interruption becomes a complete sunk cost in productivity.
Kk Apple, for a company that boasts its UI, you need to make this no 1 priority. Your competitor is gloating at you for your poor handle at this aspect, rightfully so.
I do not have a particular design in mind, but a couple of design principles you need to consider.
Users is entitled the control to the notification, "on the fly". Kinda like alarm clock, you can snooze it to gain a freedom of concentration and or turn it off completely, with ease. Like the snooze button, the UI should have elements to facilate that action, rather than burying it deep in the setup menu.
History of Notification. The worst interruption is something you cannot do anything about. It's like one of those "what the hell do you want me to do about it moment?" well, if I can't keep track of the notification that just came in, "WTF can I do about it"
Honestly, you don't need an ergonomic expert to do a 2 month case study to figure that out. Just ask any users.
Say what you want about Kayne West. He is brilliant at marketing.
I was listening to his latest album today and wondering to myself why every track sounds so vivid and the notes just stuck to my head so spontaneously. Every single song was like "WOW, this is some crazy stuff." While he produces some top notch quality stuff, I was never so impressible with his music, so that every track just wash over my psyche like torrents strike me as somewhat surprising.
Then I remember, "Ahhh, that 30 minute music video that I watched on my iPhone."
Our memory has always worked a little better with context. Especially with music, some of the music that I can still rolled off my tougue was the sound track associated with the soap opera I watched. (In Taiwan, every soap opera begins and ends with a sound track, and I can still regurgitate all the songs in every single drama I watched.) Simply because there is so much context, i.e. visual, plot, the characters, the provoked emotion, and other mental feedback, that surround the song, our brain hardwires the music to all these context and in response to the musical stimulus, automatically generate a rich response. The music is literally stuck in our head.
So while Kanye West latest music video is devoid of true theme and meaning, it is a visual concoction of all neuro-cues to trigger a response in the subconscious level within its audiences: flippant choice of colors, large explosions and rolling smoke fumes, the overwhelmingly beautiful ballad choreography are just a few of many visual psychodelic treats. And while you are tuning in his video, you have opened up your brain for construction of Kanye West exclusive jukebox.
To end, I will have to quote from the movie "Take Him to Greek", that I have just been "mind-f*ed". Crazy…
- a comment by RIM's representative when asked about Playbook's battery life (source link).
How can this be? Power performance is a system-wide design criteria that should be considered at every stage of the design and it seems that RIM is treating this as an after thought. Now I am really curious to see whether the Playbook can hit even hit 7hr.
Just watched Inside Job, a documentary on the 2008 financial melt down. A question pops into my head, "Are the Wall Street villainized? Or they are truly the villain?" Surely the documentary raised enough points to make all of us wonder about it.
But somehow, I think the thing that is scarier is not the question whether they are the villains that perpetrates the crisis, but that the public already have decided that they are and yet feel they could not do anything about it. Just look to how powerless Obama administration and himself are as they struggle against the control of these wall streets super power, what faith and hope do people have left?


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3024 21st St San Francisco, CA 94110 - Mission
Daily there are drug dealers, prostitutes, winos, and assorted miscreants at the public park/playground. They urinate on the street, set up tents, litter, and harrass passers-by. This park is unsafe for children to play at.
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1009-1011 S Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA 94110, USA - Mission
Horrible building full of problem people, lots of drug traffic. A crazy person who is constantly screaming about killing people. Lots of bums hanging out in front drinking etc.
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large latino man "steve" is always out side this old lady's house yelling profanities and threats up and down the street.
i believe he squats in the old lady's house, i've seen her kick him out before but he's always there.
every time i walk by, "steve" tries to sell me drugs and random junk (vhs tapes, stereos), and after i politely decline, @#$% get a little aggressive and go back to his profanity, threats and name calling.
he and his loaded "friends" have a weekly yard sale in front of the old lady's house, i live in the neighborhood and walk down this street quite often, he is always there being rude and aggressive.
Urination Open
The Areas around the trash cans Reek of human urine. Common all summer when there are no rains. Any answer?
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All street lights on Capp between 19th and at least 24th have been out for at least 2 weeks. City says it's a PG&E problem, but they know it's a high crime area. WTF? FIX THIS NOW!!!!
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3025 21st St San Francisco, CA 94110, USA - Mission
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The University of Arizona College of Engineering, in partnership with Girls Scouts of Southern...
Taking before and after pictures of Martian terrain, researchers of the UA-led HiRISE imaging experiment have identified almost 250 fresh impact craters on the Red Planet. The results suggest Mars gets pummeled by space rocks less frequently than previously thought, as scientists relied on cratering rates of the moon for their estimates.
Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across.
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- ATLANTIC POWER CORP reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has not demonstrated a clear trend in earnings over the past two years, making it difficult to accurately predict earnings for the coming year. During the past fiscal year, ATLANTIC POWER CORP swung to a loss, reporting -$0.42 versus $0.01 in the prior year.
- 38.90% is the gross profit margin for ATLANTIC POWER CORP which we consider to be strong. Regardless of AT's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of -4.80% trails the industry average.
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Want to know something neat? Gene Roddenberry has in his contract the clause that if anyone were able to invent a technology from Star Trek, they would be able to use the name. So if you were able to invent a Phaser, or a Tricorder, you could legally use the name, and he had no problem with it.
This has already been used once. A Canadian company invented a sensor device that measured light, temperature, EMF fields, color and more. They decided to market this as a Tricorder, called the Mark I (the Mark VII was the one currently in use on TNG at the time) but they went the whole hog, and got a license for Star Trek, and did it up with LCARS-style graphics. It wasn't quite as advanced as a "real" Tricorder, but the company basically said it was a "starting step". At $300 a pop, they didn't make many, and they closed a few years later, but even without the license, they would have been able to use the name.
Even after his death, this clause still keeps the option open. If you can create something from Star Trek, you can use the name.
Compare this to Lucas, who has gone after people for using "Droid" (the Droid phone actually has a license to use the name, from Lucas) and a medical company who marketed a laser scalpel as a "light saber".
This isn't an anti-Lucas rant, I like Star Wars, too, but Gene Roddenberry was far more leinent in his IP.


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Buddy Thomas isn't the only one who thinks Peyton Manning rules the NFL roost. The Indy quarterback topped a list of the greatest players in the NFL today voted on by 106 Hall of Famers, major award winners, executives, coaches and other football experts commissioned by 'The Sporting News.'
Though Brady received 50 first-place votes to Manning's 35, Manning topped the list. Brady was second, followed by Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson, Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and San Diego running back LaDainian Tomlinson.
San Diego, Indianapolis and Philadelphia placed six players on the list of 100, with the Patriots among a quintet with five. Following Brady were Randy Moss (No. 8), Matt Light (62), Vince Wilfork (65) and Logan Mankins (95).
With another National Football League season kicking off tonight, the timing to renew the "who's better" battle between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady couldn't be better.
We all know the sentiments around here, deep in the heart of Patriots Nation. Brady continues to be regaled and Manning ridiculed even though, since 2005, Brady has become the same quarterback Patriots fans were so quick rip.
Remember in the early part of the decade when individual numbers were lost in the glitter of Super Bowl rings? No active quarterback had or currently has more glitzier numbers or earned more individual awards than Manning.
Yet the glitter of three Super Bowl rings continues to blind Patriots' fans from recognizing those numbers. Forget his 2003 and 2004 regular-season awards: Manning was a choker in the postseason while the fingers on Brady's throwing hand had three rings.
So do the fingers of Tedy Bruschi, yet the recently retired linebacker has never been considered among the elite at his position. Why? He never had what Manning has plenty of ... numbers. Joe Andruzzi has three rings, but a good portion of Patriots Nation probably doesn't even remember what position he played. Brady was considered better than Manning for two reasons: he had more Super Bowl rings, and Manning "choked in the postseason."
So what's the rationale now? In the last four seasons, Manning has won a Super Bowl, captured a third MVP and padded his already gaudy career stats while every Patriots' season has ended in failure.
Manning may have choked in big games, but he's never gagged on the NFL's biggest stage like Brady did in New England's fall-from-ahead loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl two postseasons ago — a loss that denied his team a 19-0 season. Since winning that third ring, every season in which Brady's played has ended in a "Manning choke-like loss" in the playoffs.
Manning, too, has fallen short of re-capturing pro football's Holy Grail each season since his title. Yet only Manning continues to be slapped with the "choker" label in Patriots Nation, despite numbers that say otherwise.
It wasn't Manning who blew an 18-point halftime lead in that AFC title game that catapulted Indy into Super Bowl XLI, or had his final pass of the season picked off.
The San Diego Chargers bounced the Colts from the playoffs each of the last two years, two years ago doing it a week before the Patriots beat the Chargers to reach Super Bowl XLII. How bad was Manning? He completed 33 of 48 passes for 402 yards and three touchdowns while being intercepted twice. How good was Brady? He hit on 22 of 33 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns. He was picked off three times.
Ah, but it's all about winning here in Patriots Nation, isn't it? Except when it's Brady who can no longer "win the big one?"
Even though Brady may have more rings, Manning owns the more recent one and is undefeated on football's biggest stage.
Statistically speaking, there's no comparison, but — as one Patriots fan was quick to point out — the large gap between career numbers can be partially explained because Manning has played nearly three more full seasons after Brady missed 2008 with a knee injury.
He's right, but I guess last year's development also gives Manning the edge in still another category ... durability.
Buddy Thomas' column appears on Thursday in The Standard-Times.


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Titans, Ex-Rutgers Star Kenny Britt To Meet With NFL Commish Over NJ Arrests
Former Scarlet Knights star and current Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt will meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss his arrests during the lockout, and he's praying he doesn't get suspended.
Report: Beer Sales Could Be Coming To Rutgers Home Games
R U thirsty? Rutgers fans with a taste for suds may not have to rely exclusively on tailgates in 2012.
Eric LeGrand, Ready To Re-Train Legs, Inspires At Rutgers Media Day
Even from a wheelchair, paralyzed Rutgers player Eric LeGrand continues to inspire the Scarlet Knights with his attitude and amazing progress.
Paralyzed Rutgers Player Eric LeGrand Tweets Pic Of Himself Standing
Paralyzed Rutgers University football player Eric LeGrand continues to amaze. LeGrand has posted two photographs of himself standing during therapy with the assistance of a machine.
Ex-Rutgers Star Kenny Britt Pleads Not Guilty To Disorderly Charges In Hoboken
Former Rutgers star and current Titans receiver Kenny Britt has pleaded not guilty to three disorderly person charges stemming from a June arrest in New Jersey.
Rutgers' LeGrand Makes First Public Appearance
Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand made his first public appearance since being paralyzed in a game against Army more than four months ago. LeGrand attended a "Laugh to Heal Comedy Fest Fundraiser" for him at the Rutgers Athletic Center on Saturday.
UConn's Calhoun Calls On Fans To Embrace Squad
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun is hoping for bigger crowds to watch what he calls a very "embraceable" team. No. 10 UConn hosts Rutgers on Tuesday, coming off Saturday's 82-81 overtime win at No. 12 Texas.
LeGrand Injury Inspires Fund For Ailing College Players
In the wake of a tragic injury to Eric LeGrand of Rutgers, a group of football and business leaders have established a fund to support players who sustained serious injuries through college football.
Rutgers' LeGrand To Receive Orange Bowl Courage Award
The family of paralyzed Rutgers player Eric LeGrand updated his condition Thursday, the same day the junior defensive tackle was named the winner of the 2010 Discover Orange Bowl Courage Award.
Fundraiser Set For Rutgers' LeGrand
Parents from the Port Reading Saints Pop Warner Organization and the Colonia Patriot High School football program whose sons had played football with Eric LeGrand will hold a benefit dinner in Woodbridge Saturday.
Casey's Call: College Football – Week 11 Recap
All eyes were on Cam Newton to see how he would respond – at least on the field – to all the controversy and criticism surrounding his off-field problems.
Rutgers' Eric LeGrand Back In Rehab Center
Paralyzed Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand has been transferred to a rehabilitation center after being hospitalized with a high fever.
Rutgers Needs 2 Wins For 6th Straight Bowl Game
It's crunch time for Rutgers, as it bids for a sixth straight postseason bowl appearance.
Rutgers' Eric LeGrand Hospitalized With Fever
Hours after being admitted to Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, N.J., Rutgers says the 20-year-old LeGrand was moved to St. Barnabas Medical Center late Wednesday with a high fever.
Plancher Runs Wild In USF's Win Over Rutgers
Moise Plancher ran for a career-high 135 yards and tackle Jacob Sims recovered the running back's fourth-quarter fumble in the end zone, helping the Bulls beat the Scarlet Knights 28-27 on Wednesday night.


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Endangered tax breaks and benefits
Many tax deductions and subsidies are set to expire this year or in 2012 unless Congress steps in to save them. Could any of these raise your tax bill?
As Congress and President Barack Obama head into an election year, tax reform has emerged as a key roadblock to lowering the nation's debt -- and ultimately reviving America's economy and competitive edge.
Beginning in the George W. Bush presidency and continuing into the Obama era, national spending and tax revenue have diverged dramatically.
"We are rapidly approaching a time when the tax system we have will be unable to support the government that we want," said Howard Gleckman, a tax expert and resident fellow at the Urban Institute. "It's being held together by bubble gum and baling wire."
Bush-era tax cuts, as well as long-in-place tax breaks, expire at the end of 2011. Meanwhile, other established tax provisions will remain hot topics (and fair game) into the election year, as political and ideological rhetoric increases over how to reduce the nation's budget.
We asked Gleckman, author of the Tax Policy Center's TaxVox blog, and Dean Zerbe, the national managing director at the Alliant Group and a former tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, for their take on these tax cuts and subsidies.
Read on to see the most endangered tax provisions.
Capital gains and the 'Buffett Rule'
Obama got a lot of attention in September when he rolled out a deficit reduction plan including his "Buffett Rule" -- that no one making more than $1 million should pay a lower tax rate than the middle class.
In targeting this income group (whose income averages about $2.9 million annually), Obama recognizes that they make most of their money from investments. A few of these very high earners make more than two-thirds of their income from capital gains and dividends, which are taxed at 15%, said Bob Williams on the TaxVox blog.
While current rates expire at the end of 2012, the Obama administration would raise capital gains rates even as it cuts rates on ordinary income. For now, rates continue at historic lows for long-term capital gains and dividends. For taxpayers in the 15% income tax bracket and below, the rate is zero. For those in the 25% bracket and above, the rate is 15%.
The prospects of the "Buffett Rule" becoming law, however, are weak, with strong opposition among congressional Republicans. GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney would drop the rate on gains and dividends to zero for most taxpayers, with those making more than $200,000 still having to pay 15%, Gleckman said.
Research and development credit for businesses
The research and development tax credit celebrated its 30th anniversary in September. The basic credit rate is 20% and expires Dec. 31. Historically, the credit has been extended for a year or two and sometimes was allowed to expire and be restored retroactively, said Gleckman.
Although the tax credit is popular, there's room for improvement, said the Alliant Group's Zerbe. For example, raising the credit and offering a higher rate for small businesses would be a good start.
Both the administration and Congress have proposed raising the R&D tax credit as well as the related alternative simplified credit, or ASC, a simpler way for businesses to calculate the credit. "It can be a life saver for a small-business owner," Zerbe said.
IRA charitable donation
Congress extended this popular provision through 2011, but it will lapse in 2012 if lawmakers don't act. Donors older than 70½ may contribute up to $100,000 of IRA assets directly to one or more qualified charities. While there's no deduction, the gift is excluded from income, The Wall Street Journal reports.
More broadly, deductions that wealthier taxpayers claim will continue to be targeted by Republicans and Democrats heading into 2012. The White House has said that most of the cost of Obama's payroll tax cut and other job initiatives would be covered by limiting the deductions claimed by wealthier taxpayers.
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Using dropbear with git
Dropdear is a SSH client that is about half the size of OpenSSH. This is useful for embedded clients that have limited space. Therefore, it made sense to try to get dropbear working with git to handle the Palm Pre patch repository.
However, there are some challenges. Dropbear does not automatically look inside ~/.ssh for a public key and due to the limitations of GIT_SSH not being able to take additional parameters, we need to make some small changes to get this working.
1. Create a /opt/bin/sssh script that includes the following:
#!/bin/sh ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa $*
2. Next, export GIT_SSH=/opt/bin/sssh in /etc/profile.d/optware
3. Lastly, modify .git/config's [master]
[branch "master"] remote = origin merge = refs/heads/master
After this, you should be able to do a test pull/clone/push from a repo like Gitorious or Github.


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Former Commercial Managing Director of Press Association Sport to run world's number one cycling portfolio
Future, the international specialist media group and leading digital publisher, has appointed Andy Rice to the role of Head of Sport, Outdoor & Auto, with a brief to develop the UK and global reach, engagement and commercial potential of the portfolio.
Reporting directly to Future CEO Mark Wood, Andy will set and drive the next phase of strategic development for what is a key strategic portfolio within Future. The division houses internationally renowned brands including Cyclingnews, BikeRadar, Cycling Plus, Procycling, Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Triathlon Plus, Fast Bike and Fast Car.
Andy was previously Commercial Managing Director of Press Association Sport, one of the leading international sports content providers, delivering dedicated coverage of more than 40 sports worldwide. In a media career spanning over 25 years, he has held senior management roles at Archant and SportBusiness International Group.
Mark says: "Andy brings a wealth of experience of sports content management to Future. He will help us drive forward our existing Sports and Auto portfolio and will lead the way in taking Future into entirely new sport verticals."
Andy adds: "PA Sport and Future's recent collaboration illustrated to me the number of exciting opportunities which exist by combining Future's market-leading technology and digital marketing experience with unexploited content from various different sources. I look forward to working with the talented team at Future to continue to push the boundaries of digital publishing."
Future is the world's number one cycling publisher. BikeRadar is the global number one go-to website for product reviews, and in the last year has taken its US operation into a higher gear, passing 2.5 million unique users monthly. Meanwhile Cyclingnews achieved record growth last year, now reaching over 2.9 million unique users per month. Cyclingnews delivered a staggering 3 million page views in a single day as Bradley Wiggins ruled the mountain stage of the Tour de France last summer, and has delivered over half a billion page views across 2012.
Meanwhile last May Future launched its first iPad-only weekly cycling brand – CyclingNews HD – provides a must-have weekly package for all followers of international road racing. Including an essential summary of the weekly road racing news, CyclingNews HD also provides comprehensive analysis and comment from the experts, the sharpest photography of key events and riders, event previews, and the latest team-by-team news.
Andy will take up the new role in February.
About Future plc:
- Future plc is an international media group and leading digital publisher, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: FUTR).
- We have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating 200 publications, apps, websites and events.
- We hold market-leading positions in Technology, Entertainment, Music, Creative and Sport & Auto sectors.
- Future sells more than 24 million magazines every year, that's 45 magazines sold every minute. Our most well-known brands include T3, Total Film, Classic Rock and Official Xbox Magazine.
- We attract more than 50 million monthly global unique users to our websites, which include techradar.com, gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com and musicradar.com.
- We deliver over 100 digital editions, selling over two million products in the last 12 months through Apple's Newsstand for iPad.
- Future exports or syndicates over 200 publications to over 90 countries, making us the UK's number one exporter and licensor of magazine content.
- Future is currently Consumer Digital Publisher of the Year for both the Association of Online Publishers and the Professional Publishers Association.
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Basil, Chicken & Orzo Soup
Any of my friends, family, or coworkers will tell you that I'm kind of a ridiculous fan of soup. Love it. Love ordering it at restaurants. Love making it at home. Love cozying up with a warm bowl in the cold of winter. And alas…even on brutally hot summer days like we've had this past week (when the rest of the world is dining on popsicles), I can be found in the kitchen….making soup. :)
(And then I have a popsicle for dessert!!)
Really, though, I just love, love soup. So in order to use up some more of my still-growing (yay!) fresh basil crop, decided to give this "basil, chicken and orzo soup" recipe a go. I'm always a fan of chicken noodle, and loved the idea of the orzo (a little easier to spoon up than noodles!) and all of the delicious, fresh basil.
To be honest, the first night I tried it, I realized I didn't use nearly enough basil. Just tasted like a pretty classic chicken noodle soup. But the second day when I reheated it (and some of the other flavors had probably had a chance to meld more too!), I added in another handful of basil and it totally rocked! Wonderfully herb-a-licious.
So if you're a fan of chicken soup, grab some fresh basil and give this variation a go! I will definitely be making this again soon! :-)
Basil, Chicken & Orzo Soup
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 sweet yellow onion, diced
- 2 stalks of celery, diced
- 2 carrots, peeled and diced
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 8 cups good-quality chicken stock
- 2 cups cooked chicken, diced into bite sized chunks
- 2 bay leaves
- sea salt and fresh cracked pepper, to taste (I used lots!)
- 5-6 fresh basil leaves, chopped (chiffonnade)
- 1 cup dried orzo pasta
Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven or large cooking pot over medium-high heat. Once the oil is heated (if you add a drop of water, it will sizzle!), add onion and stir for 1-2 minutes. Then add carrots, celery and garlic then stir for 60 seconds. Stir in chicken stock, diced chicken, and bay leaves, then season with salt and pepper. Let simmer for an hour (or 30 minutes if you're rushed).
Raise heat to medium-high and bring the soup back to a boil. Then add basil and dried orzo pasta and cook per instructions until the pasta is al dente. Taste and re-season with additional salt and pepper (or more basil) if needed. Serve warm.
Ali's Tip:
If you like a super-brothy soup and are concerned about the orzo soaking up too much of the broth, just cook the orzo separately in another saucepan. Then drain and add to the soup!


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Parkview Field was named the top minor league baseball experience for the second straight season by Stadium Journey magazine. The publication reviewed 1,225 sports venues in compiling its "Top 101 Stadium Experiences for 2012." Parkview Field ranked as the No. 14 experience in all sporting venues. Parkview Field was also rated as the top experience in minor league baseball in 2011, when the magazine reviewed 754 stadiums.
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I realize that this is my fourth baby I have breast fed. But this time it was so different. After she was born she was great at the breast. She gained like a champ, slept wonderfully and I had zero doubts the entire system was working. Now, we are sitting at almost 8 months and now I am starting to have doubts. Last night she was up every two hours and she was crazed and appeared to be hungry. So I nursed (like I always do at night). This morning I expected to feel a huge weight in her diaper from all the milk she consumed. But it was just a below normal diaper for her n the morning. That of course lead me to think supply issues. From her 4 month appointment (95% in weight) to her 6 month checkup she dropped down to the 75%. Ok, that in itself is not at all alarming, but I am looking at it as more of a piece to the puzzle. Or is there a major GS that happens about now? Maybe she is just hitting a more calorie intense time? She is eating solids (purees) but we are still in the beginning stage of that with her since she was just not at all ready until late last month.
Ok, I really don't know what my question is. I guess this is just more of a rant and a plee for sleep to my little lady. I fear my supply is dwindling and the end is near. I just don't want to think that.i might just be over analyzing the details from the last few days. Maybe I just need to chill and let this all work itself out.


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Log Octanol-Water Partition Coef (SRC):
Log Kow (KOWWIN v1.67 estimate) = 5.33
Boiling Pt, Melting Pt, Vapor Pressure Estimations (MPBPWIN v1.42):
Boiling Pt (deg C): 360.85 (Adapted Stein & Brown method)
Melting Pt (deg C): 116.90 (Mean or Weighted MP)
VP(mm Hg,25 deg C): 3.14E-007 (Modified Grain method)
Subcooled liquid VP: 2.55E-006 mm Hg (25 deg C, Mod-Grain method)
Water Solubility Estimate from Log Kow (WSKOW v1.41):
Water Solubility at 25 deg C (mg/L): 1.449
log Kow used: 5.33 (estimated)
no-melting pt equation used
Water Sol Estimate from Fragments:
Wat Sol (v1.01 est) = 2.0618 mg/L
ECOSAR Class Program (ECOSAR v0.99h):
Class(es) found:
Neutral Organics
Henrys Law Constant (25 deg C) [HENRYWIN v3.10]:
Bond Method : 7.45E-008 atm-m3/mole
Group Method: Incomplete
Henrys LC [VP/WSol estimate using EPI values]: 7.997E-008 atm-m3/mole
Log Octanol-Air Partition Coefficient (25 deg C) [KOAWIN v1.10]:
Log Kow used: 5.33 (KowWin est)
Log Kaw used: -5.516 (HenryWin est)
Log Koa (KOAWIN v1.10 estimate): 10.846
Log Koa (experimental database): None
Probability of Rapid Biodegradation (BIOWIN v4.10):
Biowin1 (Linear Model) : 0.3499
Biowin2 (Non-Linear Model) : 0.0405
Expert Survey Biodegradation Results:
Biowin3 (Ultimate Survey Model): 2.8169 (weeks )
Biowin4 (Primary Survey Model) : 3.6784 (days-weeks )
MITI Biodegradation Probability:
Biowin5 (MITI Linear Model) : 0.4818
Biowin6 (MITI Non-Linear Model): 0.1332
Anaerobic Biodegradation Probability:
Biowin7 (Anaerobic Linear Model): -0.1384
Ready Biodegradability Prediction: NO
Hydrocarbon Biodegradation (BioHCwin v1.01):
Structure incompatible with current estimation method!
Sorption to aerosols (25 Dec C)[AEROWIN v1.00]:
Vapor pressure (liquid/subcooled): 0.00034 Pa (2.55E-006 mm Hg)
Log Koa (Koawin est ): 10.846
Kp (particle/gas partition coef. (m3/ug)):
Mackay model : 0.00882
Octanol/air (Koa) model: 0.0172
Fraction sorbed to airborne particulates (phi):
Junge-Pankow model : 0.242
Mackay model : 0.414
Octanol/air (Koa) model: 0.579
Atmospheric Oxidation (25 deg C) [AopWin v1.92]:
Hydroxyl Radicals Reaction:
OVERALL OH Rate Constant = 131.6674 E-12 cm3/molecule-sec
Half-Life = 0.081 Days (12-hr day; 1.5E6 OH/cm3)
Half-Life = 0.975 Hrs
Ozone Reaction:
OVERALL Ozone Rate Constant = 43.000000 E-17 cm3/molecule-sec
Half-Life = 0.027 Days (at 7E11 mol/cm3)
Half-Life = 38.378 Min
Reaction With Nitrate Radicals May Be Important!
Fraction sorbed to airborne particulates (phi): 0.328 (Junge,Mackay)
Note: the sorbed fraction may be resistant to atmospheric oxidation
Soil Adsorption Coefficient (PCKOCWIN v1.66):
Koc : 841.4
Log Koc: 2.925
Aqueous Base/Acid-Catalyzed Hydrolysis (25 deg C) [HYDROWIN v1.67]:
Rate constants can NOT be estimated for this structure!
Bioaccumulation Estimates from Log Kow (BCFWIN v2.17):
Log BCF from regression-based method = 3.403 (BCF = 2531)
log Kow used: 5.33 (estimated)
Volatilization from Water:
Henry LC: 7.45E-008 atm-m3/mole (estimated by Bond SAR Method)
Half-Life from Model River: 1.316E+004 hours (548.4 days)
Half-Life from Model Lake : 1.437E+005 hours (5989 days)
Removal In Wastewater Treatment:
Total removal: 85.72 percent
Total biodegradation: 0.73 percent
Total sludge adsorption: 84.99 percent
Total to Air: 0.00 percent
(using 10000 hr Bio P,A,S)
Level III Fugacity Model:
Mass Amount Half-Life Emissions
(percent) (hr) (kg/hr)
Air 0.0336 0.482 1000
Water 14.4 360 1000
Soil 52.7 720 1000
Sediment 32.8 3.24e+003 0
Persistence Time: 670 hr
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Senior Wellness will Rock in the Central Valley with 'Agile Aging' Director, Valerie Garrett, at Healings in Motion's Stroke Prevention Program
Learn easy exercises that stimulate your brain and increase energy at the lunch and learn program Central Valley Recovery, Awareness, Preventing Strokes Program (CV-RAPS"). The movements demonstrated can be done from your chair at home or at work.
Stockton, CA (PRWEB) June 30, 2011
Healings in Motion is presenting "Agile Aging "" Senior Wellness" with Valerie Garrett at their monthly lunch and learn program on Wednesday, July 27th from 12:00 pm-2:00 pm at the Worknet Building, located at 56 S. Lincoln Street, Stockton, CA 95203. Dress comfortably and gear up to have fun, learn and participate as these simple but effective movements are demonstrated.
Agile Aging's slow, subtle movements embrace a mind-body approach, accompanied by music and movement games that can be done seated or standing. Love yourself with graceful dancing to increase your confidence and reduce aches and pains. Learn from geriatric body movement expert, Valerie Garrett.
A healthy and delicious meal will be provided. Enjoy this event with friends or come alone and make friends at this social enhancing program designed to support senior wellness.
About Guest Speaker, Valerie Garrett: Valerie is a certified practitioner of Spatial Dynamics®. Her company, Agile Agingâ"¢ is an associate member of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA). It is based in San Francisco, CA. Valerie's approaches to agile movements support graceful aging. Valerie teaches Agile Aging nationally.
About Healings in Motion: Healings in Motion is a patient-driven non-profit organization that facilitates programs and events to reduce strokes and support recovery of stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury ("TBI"). Annually, Healings in Motion presents the "Coach for Life's Champions Awards Dinner and Show, as well as the annual Caregiver Symposium featuring the "Men's Caregiver's Roundtable Discussion", scheduled for November 12, 2011.
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This would be a great mentor text to teach using a characters' voice in writing.
Great book. Will have to read the next one in the series.
Nearly perfect book about a class that has a really special teacher. You have the mean girl, the fat one, the one who's mother made a mistake, the prankster, the smart one....You name it, they are in here. When tragedy hits, the class has to learn to not only forgive each other, but themselves.
This is a great choice for reluctant readers. Told from the perspective of various fifth graders who had a new teacher for the year.
This novel, by Rob Buyea, is an intermediate novel told by seven student's in new teacher, Mr. Terupt's grade five class. He is an inspiring teacher who brings wonder, excitement, and change to the students he teaches. The school year seems to be a positive turning point for every student, even for students who have struggled with school...until the unexpected happens and leaves the whole class in shambles.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 038573882X, Hardcover)It's the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There's . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who's having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the next; Peter, class prankster and troublemaker; Luke, the brain; Danielle, who never stands up for herself; shy Anna, whose home situation makes her an outcast; and Jeffrey, who hates school.
Only Mr. Terupt, their new and energetic teacher, seems to know how to deal with them all. He makes the classroom a fun place, even if he doesn't let them get away with much . . . until the snowy winter day when an accident changes everything—and everyone.
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What are some of the movies that have changed your life? Perhaps movies that have changed your perception of reality?
I'm hoping to expand my mind through a good movie. Looking for movie suggestions that left you feeling changed. Movie suggestions that are thought provoking.
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greg dahlen 50+Feb 2 2013: I don't know if one movie has changed my mind. I would say overall it's the whole body of movies you watch, and even the fact that you can watch a movie, that movies are such a marvelous invention.
For a "trippy" movie I recall "The Last Wave," possibly with Richard Chamberlain. I found "E.T." thrilling.
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And since I'm on a snap-count roll, here are a few more interesting ones from Sunday's game ...
And since I'm on a snap-count roll, here are a few more interesting ones from Sunday's game ...
Jason Pierre-Paul again lead the D-line with 51 (84%), but Osi Umenyiora got an unusually high 48 (79%). For most of the season he's had a more even split with Justin Tuck. This time Tuck had 40 (66%). Add in the 37 snaps Kiwanuka took along the defensive line, plus the 34 Linval Joseph got at DT (56%) and ... well, a lot of D-linemen played a lot, as it turned out. Markus Kuhn (20 snaps, 33%) is clearly ahead of Marvin Austin (7, 11%) in the DT pecking order, though as soon as Chris Canty is ready to play you won't see much of either of them. Adrian Tracy played only 12 snaps (20%). I'm pretty sure they were all at LB, though he did spend a lot of his LB time standing along the line of scrimmage. Keith Rivers, in his return from a hamstring injury, played only seven plays. Tyler Sash saw 20 snaps on special teams, but not a single snap on defense in his return from suspension. With Jayron Hosley back (36, 59%), neither Justin Tryon nor Michael Coe played a defensive snap. Neither did LB Mark Herzlich, who some people thought was on the verge of pushing Chase Blackburn (41, 67%) out of a job. Hakeem Nicks, in his return from foot/knee injuries, was on the field for 52 plays (80%). Who's No. 3? It's clear now that it's Domenik Hixon (22, 34%). Ramses Barden (3, 5%) is fourth and rookie Rueben Randle (0) is the odd man out. David Diehl took 13 snaps (20%) as the jumbo tight end.
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Dave Sifry, one of the founders of Linuxcare and its CTO, took me to task for my article about web services. First off, he criticized me for not checking in with Linuxcare before publishing the article, since he felt that it misrepresented their business. Second, he pointed out that Linuxcare was in fact doing many of the things that I was talking about in my article, and that I should be using them as a good example, not a bad one.
Since Dave did a great job of stating his own case, I want to quote extensively from his email. Here's what he had to say:
You wrote, "Linuxcare's initial business model involved a great deal of reliance on phone-based tech support and other low level services". Did you know that phone support has accounted for less than 10% of the total tech support tickets that we handle? We created a significantly easier way to provide service for our customers, by creating an online knowledgebase that integrates information both from publicly accessible sources (USENET, mailing lists, web sites, HOWTOs, etc.) and information culled from our staff of experts. Once we solve a problem for a customer, the information goes back into the knowledgebase so that customers (and non-customers) can get access to that information - which further reduces the number of people who end up contacting us, and we end up with happier customers at a lower cost. We realized the best way to provide support to people was to solve their problems before they knew they had a problem, and let them find the answers themselves. It makes for satisfied customers, less frustrated support staff, and higher margins because we don't have to spend the time answering the same question over and over again.
I appreciate your UUNet story, because in it you make a couple of interesting points - that markets evolve, and that the revenue producing opportunities in a given market are temporal. Rick Adams started off by selling dialup UUCP access to his customers - but as TCP/IP became more predominant, he moved more and more accounts to full-time TCP/IP service. The same effect is occurring in the open source space - 2 years ago, the one question everyone asked was, "Where can I get commercial support and services for this stuff?" Just as Rick started his business providing UUCP-based feeds, Linuxcare started out answering the single largest problem that enterprise Linux customers had - and we did it better than anyone else in the industry. But in the same way that Rick saw his business evolve, we too are seeing our business evolve. Just as a man who wandered in a desert immediately sates his thirst upon finding an oasis, it is only after he has drank his fill that he realizes he is hungry. Our customers have begun to sate their thirst and are recognizing that open source software and the open source process can do a lot more for them than just email, file, print, web, and DNS! They are deploying open source solutions in datacenters, in telco closets, in ERP systems, and in embedded systems, to name just a few. They have also seen that by taking advantage of the fundamental shift in the relationship between the user and the developer of code, they can get to market faster, they can reduce development risk and cost, they can turn potential competitors into allies, and they can create open standards where none existed before.
You actually make our argument for us when you refer to Collab.net, one of your investments. You wrote, "In the end, open source isn't just about new software licensing terms but also about a new, internet-enabled style of distributed software development." Yes, that's absolutely right. Companies large and small are intrigued by the power of the open source model, but doing it right is a hard job, and requires a unique set of skills. We've seen this before - with the growth of the Internet itself. Remember that taking advantage of the Internet as a medium takes a lot more than just converting one's corporate brochure and putting it up as a web site. Some companies early on learned that the web called for a different way of communicating between buyers and sellers, that it blurred the line between producer and consumer, creating a new intimacy. Just as in 1995-1998 the question on every CEO's lips was, "What's your Internet strategy", I believe that in 2001-2004 the question will be, "What's your open source strategy". Who is going to be there to provide those services? Who will provide a trusted source of information, advice, and know-how? The companies that can effectively answer those questions will reap enormous profits and will help to influence the shape of the open source movement for years to come.
I've already apologized to Dave for not talking with him before publishing my article, so that I could have gotten more of an inside view of how they now view their business. (However, I did point out that I took my starting point about Linuxcare's initial reliance on phone tech support as its revenue stream from a recent quote by Pat Lambs, Linuxcare's current CEO, in the news.com article that sparked my original piece.) But I'm really glad that Linuxcare is in fact looking beyond pure tech support to higher-value services. I suggested as much in my original piece, and based on what Dave says, it looks like they are on a really good track to deliver.
Overall, though, Dave's comments also made me realize that I was trying to do too many things in that article! I was using the current news about Linuxcare as a starting point for some "big picture" insights that I wanted to share. That's all well and good, but to the extent that I made Linuxcare look bad by implication, that was not a great jumping off point. Further, to the extent that collab.net and Digital Creations also employ professional services as part of their business model, I further muddied the water.
My key point was that professional services need to be part of a bigger "solutions" framework. In particular, I wanted to share my enthusiasm for the idea that (as I said in my original article), "In the age of the net, 'services' doesn't just mean professional services, it means figuring out how to build frameworks for automating activities that used to require human labor."
That's the drum I really want to bang. Since I wrote my Linuxcare article, Rael Dornfest of the O'Reilly Network has written a great article about the API he's provided for the O'Reilly Network's Meerkat emerging technologies wire service that illustrates very concretely what I'm talking about.
I plan to do some more writing about web APIs shortly, but I wanted to get an apology out to Linuxcare while the subject was still "hot." And despite the bad feelings, I'm hopeful that my comments will be helpful to Linuxcare overall. This idea of web APIs and e-services is an important new trend on the web, and something that companies like Collab.Net, Digital Creations, and Linuxcare will all need to incorporate into their services vision if they aren't already doing so.
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