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Valdosta - With nearly 100 listings in the phone book, Mayor John Fretti says City Hall can be confusing and frustrating to callers.
"We were growing so much that I thought under a customer service base, it would be best to find one number, one call to City Hall where people can find out exactly what they need to know," Mayor Fretti says.
That number to dial? 311. Fretti hopes it will end all confusion by providing a one stop shop for all customer service needs .
"Anything from a street light out to some trash you've seen in the street. A traffic situation, where you can get a marriage license to what time is court?"
And a real person will take your request and make sure it gets to the right place.
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Control Arms reaction to delay in Arms Trade Treaty Talks
In reaction to the delay in Arms Trade Treaty Talks, Jeff Abramson, Director of the Secretariat of the Control Arms Coalition said:
Artists write to UN leader Ban Ki-moon on "a matter of life and death"
The Final Countdown
The arms trade is out of control. The irresponsible trade in arms devastates lives and livelihoods and the world can no longer continue turning a blind eye.
Piecing it all together
Modern weapons and military equipment cannot be made or maintained without parts and components that are sourced and traded around the world.
Sales of parts for weapons must be as tightly regulated as sale of weapons themselves
European Parliament resolution on UN Arms Trade Treaty
The European Parliament voted today on a resolution on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that will be negotiated at a major UN conference in New York on 2 – 27 July.
Armed Robbery
The poorly regulated global trade in arms and ammunition weakens the ability and willingness of governments to sustain progress in development.
Stop a Bullet, Stop a War
Guns are useless without bullets. An Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that does not control ammunition will not achieve its purposes.
Ammunition trade tops $4 billion yet little regulation to control and keep track of who bullets are sold to
The Devil is in the Detail
According to new figures, more than $2.2 billion worth of arms and ammunition have been imported since 2000 by countries operating under arms embargoes.

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What does that mean?? Isn't that what the Minster of Silly Walks is??
No no I read it wrong. Thank you! Did you make your own?
Same here! I had no idea that it even existed! Glad you found it :)
Hehehe isn't it?? I was looking through their movie/tv category and was SURE there wouldn't be any Python, but there was!!! Horray!!
I'm just burning my eyes following the little cleeses...
Yeah I know what you mean. It is hard to read your links but oh well. I'm not sure if there's a way to fix that.
actually i want to see silly walk better :P and then there should be a way how to edit the top of the browser window.. but i'm sure there isn't. damn. i mean that the silly walk would placed under the address line. I don't really need the links, I think they make no sense for me. Whoah. What a mess. Hope you understand what i meant.
Hahaha no I know what you mean. It would be really cool if you could have the silly walks across the top and then the toolbars underneath. But maybe someone good with computers could figure that out. I'm not really smart in that way!


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January 2010: Eating Light (and Refreshing Your Kitchen)
In January almost every food publication on the face of the earth focuses on eating light. Get back into healthy habits and routines after the splurge of the holidays! Clean the caramel off your stove, and restock the fridge with cruciferous vegetables, they advise. We here at The Kitchn will follow along gamely, as we do want to eat a little lighter this month and get our kitchens in shape for winter cooking. But it's also dark and cold outside, so eating light needs to lead to one thing: refreshment.
What do you need right now to refresh your cooking, your eating, and your kitchen? That's what we're talking about this month. I personally need to finish a kitchen deep-clean and maybe freshen up the walls by painting them too. I also want to eat lots and lots (and lots) of vegetables. Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, nourishing soups, and whole grains are all on my to-make list.
But so are a few comfort foods — foods that bring cheer in a dreary January. I am thinking of baking bread, roasting potatoes, and quite a few rich and meaty braises. All eaten in moderation, of course.
I want to bring flowers into my kitchen, turn up the lights, and have friends over for relaxed dinner parties. I want to cook and take my time about it — the rush and stress of the holidays is over.
And yes, I want to be aggressively health-conscious this month, while still enjoying the pleasure and refreshment that come from a nourishing kitchen.
What about you? What do you need to be nourished, refreshed, and lightened up this month? What lightens you (your size, your mood, your kitchen, your happiness) and how can we help you achieve it?
Welcome to Eating Light Month; let's all get refreshed together.
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We've banned starches from our kitchen and meals.
I've had some issues with disordered eating in the past, so dealing with the messages of repenting for indulgence is pretty stressful. But at the same time, I ate so much meat on my trip home for the holidays that I found myself excited to get home and start cooking tofu and vegetables.
I guess my goal to lighten my load and refresh my kitchen is to stress less about it. Keeping things clean and divvying up the dishwashing is a HUGE source of argument in our house and I'd like to find a way of getting around that without feeling like I'm doing more than my share.
What I'd love to see is ideas for finding balance and learning how to compromise - when living in a home with multiple adults (or even older children) with different tastes and schedules. Ways to stock the pantry to give us flexibility to change plans, or cook something new even when we can't make it to the grocery store.
January is for soup, soup, and soup. It's also a good time for plain and simple (but great) stuff like roasted veg w/polenta, beans, and grain salads (preferably warm). My new year's food plan includes baking bread and I'm looking forward to a warm kitchen. None of this need be rich or heavy at all.
But I will definitely need to throw in a batch of cookies. Nothing DECORATED of course.
I am getting married in March, and have a goal to lose a few pounds before that happens. I realized, over the Christmas holiday, that I love to bake! I made Challah, pecan rolls, corn bread, and muffins. Baking, especially yeasty breads that rise a few times, makes you feel homey, and connected to your kitchen. I purchased the Peter Reinhart book for myself, and can't wait to try.
I also discovered I am lactose intollerant, so wil be cutting out dairy. It's a sad day, writing that, but it's necessary. So, any good, comfort food recipes that are dairy-free would be appreciated!
Like cmcinnyc, my plans to lighten up and refresh my diet often involves lots of soup combined with some good whole grain and homemade bread. I can't think of a a better way to lighten the diet and stay warm and toasty at the same time. I bring soup for lunch and we have one or two dinners of soup a week. The other meals are heavy on the cruciferous vegetables and lean proteins; lighter on the refined starches, cheeses and alcohol.
Put kale in EVERYTHING!
I agree with soup, polenta, and lots of greens! But I am also feeling the call of legumes -- basically anything simple, and yes that could a sunny lemon cake!
I'm leaning toward lots of chickpeas with warm spices--chana punjabi, etc, eaten with hearty whole grains to keep me going--whole wheat couscous, brown rice, etc. And root vegetable salads--my new favorite winter salad is shredded celery root and apple with a tangy, two-mustard vinaigrette. Most root veggies can be eaten raw and they taste delicious this way and don't feel as heavy.
I'm also experimenting with making my own healthy granola, with just the right mix of nuts, oats, and fruit, for snacking on at school.
Greens, greens, greens! Brassicas, leafy, beans! I've been craving greens and lemony flavors and grains, too. And soup, glorious soup! Not to mention much simpler desserts (plain gingerbread with a little whipped cream, anyone?). And exercise after all that heavy holiday eating. Elliptical will be purchased by the end of the week. Now if only I can bring myself to use it...
I'm going to have a dry January--no alcohol for the month. I'm not sure if that really has to do with cooking, but it has quite a bit to do with meals.
I always crave citrus this time of year ... I'm obsessed with satsuma tangerines right now. Citrus zest seems to liven up any dish ... and make it feel cleaner. I am also going to try to only drink wine Friday-Sunday this month ... we'll see how that goes.
@bryn, depending on how lactose intolerant you are, you may still be able to eat yogurt and aged cheese. The bacteria in those things eat the lactose so it might be worth a shot. I know I'd try everything possible to keep cheese in my diet!
This season is for restraint, no repentance. I made my goal of not gaining weight over the holidays so now it's time to turn my efforts to cooking in support of my fitness goals (I WILL do a pullup this year, dagnabbit). Lots of protein and fiber from beans and lentils and the like and plenty of delicious greens. I'm thinking a nice cabbage gratin sometime very soon. Braised meats in moderation and a lovely glut of braised veggies.
Can't stop eating spinach salad with sections of grapefruit and orange with a sprinkling of hemp hearts. A little sesame/soy dressing, too.
after a particularly indulgent holiday season (and year!) I am cutting down on the cheese, red meat, refined sugar and fat (sayonara heavy cream...). No alc for jan, if you can believe it. I'm craving beans, greens and simple foods. Like the oatmeal-cherry cookies (with honey, not sug!) I might make later tonight....
After last year's house obsession (selling one, buying and renovating another) meant eating out for a year, I just want to play in my new (to me) kitchen. The house is no where near finished, but we are having people over regularly, getting to know neighbors, and I'm trying lots of new things in the kitchen. Monday night I made homemade char siu bao that turned out spectactularly, if I may say so immodestly. I want to start baking breads, hearty soups and stews too. I joined a local CSA and now have access to good meats, cheeses, and eggs. I want to start making stuff with that. I've long had several meatless dishes in regular rotation and that will continue. It's just such a lovely treat to actually be able to cook again.
mntwmyn - Homemade char siu bao?? Please share the recipe! And congrats on your new place :)


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Last weekend I went to check out, and photograph, the Rock Vegas Festival, a 2 day concert at the Mandalay Bay Resort. I ended up with over 1100 images, so I had to cut that back a bit. This post will cover some of the Day 1 bands I shot, and you can find the Day 2 post here.
Last year I hit Vegas to photograph the 48 Hours Festival, and it was a blast! So, when I heard about the Rock Vegas Festival this year, I had to go. Two days of rock, and lots of photographs. I knew this year was going to be different however. The 48 Hours Festival had both the Main stage and Second stage outside, in a festival style atmosphere. The Rock Vegas Festival's second stage was outside in the Mandalay Bay parking lot, but the Main stage was the actual Mandalay Bay Events Center. That meant the daytime acts had that festival feel, while the night acts would be a sit down concert.
I was only planning on shooting the main night acts, but while checking in for my photo pass I was told there were a few bands I should catch, and I'm glad I did. There was one band that had all the photographer talking. I didn't shoot every band, but below are a few of the images from the first day of bands.
Based on the mask you might guess that he used to be with Hollywood Undead. You would be correct. The set even started off with a Hollywood Undead number. He even takes the mask off after a few songs – like HU. Hmm. Still, while he sounded like… Hollywood Undead, he did sound very good.
This was the band we were all talking about. When I checked in I was told this band was the project of WWE's Chris Jerico, and I actually had ask if I heard that right. Had to see it, right? Well, it was the surprise of the day. They were just plan great, and a blast to watch. They seemed to be having so much fun on stage it was infectious. One of the other photographers summed it up well… "I would pay to see them". I hope to photograph them again sometime soon. (Got that Chris? Laminate pass, on stage shooting?)
Fozzy had this crowd in the palm of their hands.
The Fozzy guitarist Rich Ward was fantastic. Don't get me wrong, I could say that about the rest of the band too, but this guy jumped into the crowd to play twice. He took that guys hat, sat in the crowd and jammed. It worked.
This was the one outside band I had to see and shoot. I am a fan, and they delivered. If you ever get the chance to see these guys… do it. I still think they should have been on the inside stage.
This guitar was effin' awesome!
I was able to shoot Godsmack last year at the 48 Hours Festival. This is another must see band.
Well, that is a sample of the 1100 photos I took. There is a ton more, but at this point I am not even sure this page will load!
Overall, I think the concert was a huge success for the fans – and that is all that matters. As a photographer… I preferred last year's format. With the festival format we were able to walk around and shoot, or wait around the media area for photos of the bands backstage. The indoor format required us to have an escort to the arena, and then we waited in a small conference room. For each band we were escorted to the photo pit for the customary 3 songs, and then back to the room. For the early bands that was not a big deal, but as the night moved to headliners with longer sets, it meant we were waiting a long time. We could have gone to watch, but without our gear, and it's tough to leave your camera gear behind. The longest wait was on Day 2, so click here for the Day 2 story, and photos.
If you went, or have seen any of these bands, comment below.
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Beautifully furnished condo located within a 7-minute walk to Vail Village chair lifts, shops and restaurants, this unit has a master bedroom with a queen bed and private full bath, a smaller guest bedroom with a queen bed, and an additional full bath in the hallway. The unit has a fully equipped kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, dishes and cooking utensils; a dining room, and a large living room with a gas fireplace and comfortable furniture, including a full size sleeper-sofa and linens. The deck overlooks Gore Creek with views of Vail mountain and the slopes. A heated pool open year-round is located just outside...Read more
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The last thread on water quality pretty much concluded you must buy your drinking water here.
Is anyone using a Brita filter or similar and boiling there water? A Brita filter is not perfect but worked pretty well for US water that is mostly pure itself. I am thinking the amount of gas used boiling the water might offset the savings in not buying it.
We pay P25 for a 5 gal jug now. And the other question is, has anyone ever had the water tested from these water stations? I wonder just how pure it actually is?
Also what the hell is alkaline water and why is that a selling point?
Just wondering the relative costs of buying your water vs filtering/boiling?
I am not going to buy an expensive filtration system-the good ones cost alot and require maintenance. I will either buy it or filter/boil my own.
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Hey guys! This is one of my very first flash animations! So please be nice!
I know this whole "Call of duty sucks" thing has been overdone. Most people look at the game as a rehashed clone of the last edition, which I totally agree on. Here i'm just poking fun on how easy it is to get kills, and how hard it is to avoid kills sometimes.
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I'm gonna pretend I'm not bitter. My friend actually won tickets to see David Gray at Spreckels Theatre, but apparently there was a time limitation on when he could pick up the tickets. Long story short, I thought I was going to see David Gray tonight but my tickets disappeared. All I can say is lucky you if you have tickets, because every David Gray performance I've ever seen has been nothing short of amazing. Yes, I'm sad that I won't be there, but if you've got the moolah, I guarantee a David Gray show will leave you goosebumped and happy.
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The Chamber of Mechanical Engineers has completed its establishment procedure by the convening the First General Assembly on the date of December 18th 1954. The Chamber of Mechanical Engineers is one of the 23 constituent chambers of engineering of the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects. The Chamber of Mechanical Engineers has become a wide spread organization, which is covering the whole country through it's 18 Brances, 50 Provincial and 33 Country Representative Offices, 21 Professional Auditing Offices and nearly 1500 Representatives in Industry and work places. The total number of chamber members has exceeded 62.000 in year 2005, which was only 902 in year 1954.ESTABLISHMENT OBJECTIVES OF THE CHAMBER OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Establishment objectives The Chamber of Mechanical Engineers are stated below: · Performing technical and scientific studies in order to have high utilization of the natural resources of the country in respect to the benefits of country and society, the increase of production and the development of national industry in the most appropriate way in compliance with the national interests; and letting it's members and industry to use and get benefit from these studies.· Providing the technical responsibility of any research, study, project, and report preparation and application works in its area of profession, to be executed by expert mechanical engineers.· Performing technical and scientific research studies on industry oriented research and development subjects like work and workers safety, Ergonomy, Environmental protection, Energy Production and Management, Calibration of Measurement and Testing Instruments and other similar subjects.· Preparing all kinds of standard contracts, technical specifications documents and standards related to its area of profession.· Helping the education and training of engineers, who own the required qualifications to meet the needs of the country; in co-operation with the institues, those are providing education and training on it's area of profession.CHAMBER BOARDSExecutive Board:-President Vice-President General-Secretary -Secretary of Finance -3 MembersBoards (Elected):-Board of Honour -Board of AuditorsCHAMBER MEMBERSHIPAll of the engineers, who have graduated from any faculty or department of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Management Engineering, Aircraft Engineering, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, legally authorized to perform their art and profession within the borders of Turkey, are entitled to the membership of Chamber Mechanical Engineers.The Chamber membership of the workers of governmental establishments and organizations and Public Economic Enterprises is left to the preference of the individuals, in accordance with the 135 th article of the 1982 Constitutional Law. Chamber membership is a must for all other engineers, not included in this scope, in order to practice in this area of profession.A committee discusses the applications of foreign engineers for chamber membership. The foreign engineers are granted a temporary membership, limited with their employment period in Turkey.PUBLICATIONS ACTIVITIESPERIODICALSPeriodicals of "Engineer and Machinery", "Industrial Engineering" and "H.V.A.C and Sanitary Engineering" are published and one of these periodicals is delivered to our members free of charge according to their preference. Subscription possibilities are available in case of any member of the Chamber also wants to buy other periodicals. Information on both of the professional & technical developments and chamber activities & policies are transferred to our members by means of these periodicals.Engineers and MachineryIndustry, factory an plants originated articles of applications are also published in addition to the articles those are sent from the universities and scientific and research institutions; on this periodical, which is unique in its field in our country with 22.000 number of copies printed and 44 years of publication life. The qualities of the articles like inclusiveness of the latest technological developments and being readable by the majority of our members who are working in several different expertise fields are taken into account during the process of content determination. In accordance with our publication policy, the published articles are been evaluated by the expert umpires of the subject.Period: MonthlyNumber of Copies Printed: 22.000Delivery: Members, subscribers, related departments of the universities, public establishments and governmental organizations.Industrial EngineeringThis periodical has been published since 1989 and it covers articles related with theoritical and practical applications of industrial and management engineering Period: 3 MonthNumber of Copies Printed: 3.000Delivery: Members of industrial and management engineers, subscribers, related departments of the universities, public establishments and governmental organizations.H.V.A.C. and Sanitary EngineeringThis periodical has been published since March 1993 for our members working in HVAC and sanitary application. It covers technological develelopments about this area, sector news and Chamber facilities.Period: 2 MonthNumber of Copies Printed: 5.000Delivery: Members, subscribers, related departments of the universities, public establishments and governmental organizations.Books:Since its foundation the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers have published 300 books about our profession areas for our members and students. Therefore our Chamber has become an important source of technical publications in Turkey.Our Web Site (http://www.mmo.org.tr):Our Chamber carries on studies about internet which is the most effective and rapid communication tool of nowadays for three years. The technical services and facilities carried out by our Chamber, Chamber Boards and Commissions, Chamber publications and books, and news related with the Chamber and our members can be reached from our web site.TECHNICAL SERVICES CARRIED OUT BY THE CHAMBER Licencing*· Licencing of engineering projects and consulting offices · HVAC and Sanitary Engineers Professionnal Licence· Automative Engineers Professionnal Licence· Licencing of mechanical engineers working in design and production of elevators*The validity of licences given by our Chamber is one year. All of the licences re-approved by our Chamber every year according to our regulations and rules.Controlling Proffesional Activities Our Members· Endorsment of HVAC, Sanitary, Natural Gas Projects· Endorsment of Elevator Projects· Endorsment of Motorized Vehicle Revision ProjectsControls and Measurements· Periodic Controls of all kinds of compressed reservours and lifting devices· Flue Gas and Pollutants Measurements of Plants and Vehicles · Gas Leakage Control of vehicles runnig with LPGEDUCATION ACTIVITIESSince technology develops rapidly nowadays, engineers in production process must be re-new themselves according to these developments. This situation necessiates continous education for engineers. Our Chamber carry out this mission by giving courses to our members by means of Center of Profession Education founded in the structure of Chamber of Mechanical Engineers.Courses Given by Center of Profession Education in Chamber of Mechanical Engineers · Automotive Engineering· Conversion of vehicles from gasoline to LPG· Conversion of vehicles from gasoline to CNG· Designing, Producing and Installing of Elevators· Application and Design Projects of Natural Gas · Application and Design Projects of LPG· Swimming Pool Design · Industrial Laundry Design· Industrial Kitchen Design· Heating, Sanitary and Heat Insulation· Automatic Control· Air-Conditioning· Ventilating · Refrigerating· Fire engineering· Heating Systems with Steam, Super-heated Water and Super-heated oil· Pressurized air installations· Refining installations· Safety and Security of Working conditions· Hydraulic and Pneumatic· Welding· Courses to engineers working at food ındustryCONVENTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, SYMPOSIUMSName of the Activity and Secretary Branch- Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects Industrial Convention Chamber Center- Student Member Council Chamber Center- Maintanence Technologies Convention and Exhibition Denizli- Conveying Technologies Convention and Exhibition İstanbul- National HVAC and Sanitary Convention and Exhibition İzmir- National Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering Council Eskişehir- National Industrial and Management Engineering Council Denizli- Work Safety and Security Convention Adana- National Welding Technologies Convention Kocaeli- Machine Design and Production Technologies Convention Konya- South East Anatolian Project and Industry ConventionDiyarbakır- Iron-Steel Symposium Zonguldak- National Hydraulic and Pneumatic Convention and Exhibiton İzmir/İstanbul- Mechanical Engineering Education Symposium İstanbul- National Metrology Convention Eskişehir- Quality Symposium Bursa- New and Renewable Energy Sources Symposium Kayseri- Insulation and Energy Management Convention Eskişehir- Natural Gas Convention Gaziantep- Heating Science Technologies and Solar Energy Systems Symposium İçel- Transportation and Traffic Convention Ankara- Paper Industry Symposium Kocaeli- Automotive and Spare-Industry Symposium Bursa- LPG and CNG Applications Symposium İstanbul- Civil Construction Machines Symposium İstanbul
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I actually think a "don't rush into marriage" message might be valuable. The Eastern Bloc went through a lot of social problems when they woke up and suddenly had democracy and free markets; Russia's still dealing with that legacy. And Booker T. Washington's "Up from Slavery" brought up what he at least perceived were problems resulting from sudden emancipation. I'm gay, a POC, I think it's worth discussing, especially among an audience that's likely already part of the choir, as it were.
Thank you for your message! You're right, it's A) Not really fair for me to complain about Glee being awful before it does something awful. I have no real idea how the story's going to unfold. B) Not really something I am educated or knowledgeable enough to address, especially from my limited perspective.


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The first commenter on YouTube is right — this owl is "damn chill." I probably would be too if I had somebody scratching my stomach all day while I relaxed on a pillow. Once I got over the excitement of being an owl, that is.
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Yes it may look like or be to keep a positive reputation but can a patch really be made in a day?
Also if people are going to slam this comment ill give you some ammo, i am an apple fan (not fanboy) and i have not Jailbroken my iPhone 3G because i dont have any need to do this myself as most apps (like hulu etc..) only have good uses in the US.
Rare: Work on Avatars done 'before Miis were part of the gaming scene' {Joystiq Xbox}
Nov 19th 2008 8:54PM Avatars (not the MS branded type) have been around for as long as i can remember, look at zwinkys, yahoo, imvu. etc... i dont think either can claim they invented them or had the idea 1st.
I like Miis and not owning an Xbox it makes no diff to me but i wish Rare would come back to Nintendo lol Donkey King Country was there finest hour (or 007 if you like that)
E308: Wii MotionPlus puts better control in your motion control {Joystiq Nintendo}
Aug 7th 2008 10:04AM i cant wait for this and wii sports resort. its a tiny device and the wii offers more functionality than traditional controllers so i dont know what everyone's complaining about. as for those who complain about the classic controllers just buy an old GC wave-bird its probably cheaper and doesn't have to be put in the controller


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Thom Rae wants to know why his town is spending $1 million to keep a second-run theater afloat.
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Adobo Grilled Pork Tacos with Cucumber-Radish Salsa
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- 1 (2-ounce) package dried mild New Mexico chiles, divided
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 2 (3/4-pound) pork tenderloins
- 1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
- Cucumber-Radish Salsa
- 24 corn or flour tortillas, warmed
- Garnishes: lime wedges, fresh cilantro
- Slice chiles in half lengthwise. Remove and discard stems and seeds. Place chiles in a bowl, and add boiling water to cover. Let stand 20 minutes or until chiles are softened. Drain chiles, reserving liquid.
- Cook cumin seeds in a skillet over medium heat 30 seconds. Add oregano, and cook, stirring constantly, 30 seconds or until cumin is toasted.
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I saw this wtf, had a great stack of CD's and yotta yotta yotta, I landed on the moon.
That would be fine and dandy if bytes were always measured
in powers of 1024, but network transmission rates, for instance (like "gigabit"), are
not. I believe harddrive manufacturers also got in trouble for
misrepresenting their harddrive sizes because they used kilobytes (in
the SI sense) and not kibibytes (traditional kilobytes).
Now, in the few programs where I see "2.4 KiB", I actually know that it
means 2.4*1024 and not 2.4*1000. All it takes is a little "i" in the
symbol, and even if you choose to continue pronouncing it "kilobytes,"
it still helps to know which is meant.
And isn't it illegal in some jurisdictions for "kilo" to mean anything but 1000?
And what about bits instead of bytes? A kilobit is generally 1000
bits (because they are more often used in network transmission rates), while a kilobyte is 1024
bytes. That makes no sense.
I thought it was silly at first, but I have to constantly remind myself
whether Windows Explorer means 1000 bytes or 1024 bytes when it says
1KB, and I know for a fact that all programs are not consistant in this
I've calculatyed this before. It's early January or February,
2038 (hence the y2k38 bug) - unless you're posting from 2011, that's
not 27 years. If you are, can you please send through a few PDFs
of sporting or lotto results for me?
Ok... I'm actually the programmer of this snippet. I first heard
of the daily WFT about two weeks ago, so when I got an email just now
telling me my code was here, I kinda freaked out :) I'm pleased
to see that it's not so bad.
As for why...
a) why not? You'll note that the length of the "symbols"
list doesn't affect how you get to a given formatting. It could
have 1000 prefixes long and you still get to "k" in one step. The only cost is storing that list.
b) who says this is purely for addressing real data? How
much data do you need to describe the location of every atom in the
solar system to within 1mm? There are plenty of cryptographic
examples as well.
c) yes, it amused me. I actually trolled around for a
while to find the prefixes out that far. I sure didn't know them
off the top of my head :)
Also, new versions allow for SI-based scaling (1000 rather than 1024).
Venkatesh, is that you?
I think there was this d00d, who was able to look 100 years into future.
He was able to create highway system that's available right now in the U.S.
Now, what about the guy who has created that piece of code that seems to be the subject of ridiculousness?
I believe that a bit does have 10 possible values, namely 0 and 1.
A stack of CDs worth 1 Yottabyte is way larger than just four times the distance to the moon!
1 Yottabytes are 1024^8 = 1.21*10^24 bytes. A CD takes about 700
MB = 7.34*10^8 bytes, so 1 Yottabytes would need 1.65*10^15 CDs.
At about 1mm per CD, this stack is about 1.65*10^12m high. The
moon is about 1 light second = 3*10^8m away, so the stack of CDs is way
higher than just four times the distance to the moon, namely about 5500
times that distance.
The distance to the *sun* is about 8.3 light minutes = 8.3*60*3*10^8m =
1.5*10^11m, which is about a tenth of the height of the CD stack, so a
stack of CDs worth 1 Yottabyte would go to the sun, and back, and there
again, and back again, and there again, and back again, and there
again, and back again, and there again, and back again.
PS: I need to restore a file from CD #19327343264632. Could you please go get it for me? I'll wait...
"""In terms of Compact Discs, we'd need to
build a stack high enough to reach the moon ... and back ... and there
again ... and back again ... just to have a yottabyte worth of data."""
Let's do the math:
Average distance between moon and earth is 385000km, let's assume a
double layer DVD, capable of holding 2* 4.7 GB (2*4.38GiB). A DVD is
1.2mm thick. A yottabyte is 1024^8, so we end up with a stack of DVDs:
ceil((B*1024^8) / (8.76B*1024^3)) * 0.0012m / 385000km
= 400.60 times the average distance between earth and moon surfaces.
/me too will continue to ignore the first-of-its-kind (?) event, that the actual author of the WTF'ed code appeared.
Hi Micheal,
Actually i'm the one who responsible of this entry and it's nice to hear that you pleased to see your code here ;)
OTOH, i think your code in YUM is pretty delicious.. Keep up the good work..
Re: Just In Case It's Needed
2005-08-18 04:30 • by Welcome To The Machine
Hey there, good job writing this code, I don't have a problem with it and I fully support the use of these top-end multipliers, I would have struggled but could probably have named all of them - I've got a physics degree and although we just use 1 x 10^24 or whatever, we sometimes like to put a name on our numbers... it can be a yotta fun. :-P
OMG! The weird thing is that i know *exactly* what you are talking about. Its so funny... but man, its weird.
Sorry man, it melted... along with the floppy stack.
Of course, by that logic, one kilobyte, should be 10^3 bytes - ie 8 bytes.
kilobyte: 10^3 = 8 bytes
megabyte: 10^6 = 64 bytes
gigabyte: 10^9 = 512 bytes
terabyte: 10^12 = 4096 bytes
petabyte: 10^15 = 32,768 bytes
exabyte: 10^18 = 262,144 bytes
zettabyte: 10^21 = 2,097,152 bytes
yottabyte: 10^24 = 16,777,216 bytes
xennabyte: 10^27 = 134,217,728
deabyte: 10^30 = 1,073,741,824
vendekabyte: 10^33 = 8,589,934,592
As you can see, current (32-bit) computer systems can address 0.5 vendekabytes. In only a few Moore-times, when we have 128-bit systems, we will be able to address substantially more than a googolbyte.
Welcome, Michael!
Do not be intimidated by the purile spirt of this thread. Most of
us appreciate the elegance of your code and approach. Indeed, of
those mocking it, most of them do it in order to be funny, and not to
belittle its design.
As Alex said in his introduction, your code is not really a WTF (as a matter of fact, it is the most un-WTF-ish
entry we've had in a while), but it's amusing comments are entertaining
to other developers as well. Maybe Alex's well of WTF submissions is running dry...?
I hope you stick around this forum for a while. We could always
use more smart people with a witty sense of humour, and I'm sure you
can use the cynical amusement brought by laughing at bad code and
stupid designs.
On a serious note
whats the better statement
"640k (1/2 of a megabyte) ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates 1981
"just in case someone needs more than 1000 yottabytes!" - Unknown Programmer circa 2005
Which one do we have to pay for every day of our programming lives :)
Before you shoot me down in flames , the quote is not accurate i just googled for it and pasted it in
Ah, Vendeka Bytes... the little known cousin of Veruca Salt, and
Charlie's dearest love (after chocolate, of course). Last I heard
she was arrested by W.W. security when trying to break into The Factory.
Re: Just In Case It's Needed
2005-08-18 06:03 • by Someone Else's Name
You know why it does that, right? If you install a security
update to some piece of code that you're currently using (esp. part of
the OS), it's not secure until you reboot. (or at least close and
restart that code, but that's not always enough) Some people
would install the update and just ignore the request to reboot
Personally, I just shove the window off-screen until the end of the day, but it's not just doing that to be annoying.
Hmms, lets see if we can simplify this code a bit:
So the last assignment reads: depth = depth - (depth - len(symbols) + 1)
Which can be simplified to: depth = len(symbols) - 1
And as symbol appears to be a constant array (from this code snippet), this would be a constant...
This may be a reaction to the versions of the UNIX 'df' command where
the output formatting was messed up for values larger than a terrabyte,
and so on.
Either one of 10 cases just happened:
[*] Someone missed a binary joke or
The terrabyte - the Earth's native byte.
Yes, the terrabyte is the word-size of the successor of Deep Thought.
I was concerned at one point about the lack of overflow handling on a
particular counter in the program I was working on (given that the
software assumed that the counter values were unique within any given
invocation of the program).
Then I actually spent five minutes doing the math: overflowing that
counter would require running the software continuously for a few
hundred thousand years (and thrashing it pretty hard for that entire
time). So instead of adding overflow handling, I just put in a comment
warning that the software shouldn't be run for half a million years at
a time 8-|
Re: Just In Case It's Needed
2005-08-18 08:54 • by Alex Papadimoulis
But I was close! Just off by a couple magnitudes ... and the type of disc ;-). I corrected the post, thx for pointing that out.
I think actually that this WTF brings a serious issue up. Nobody knows
what all those mega this and giga thats mean. It's all greek.
I hereby suggest that we move to a new standard in describing data
storage, with the basic unit of measurement being "metres of floppy
disks". Everyone knows how much you can get on a floppy, and how long a
metre is.
"Dude, I just got a new computer, and it has 300MFDs (metres of floppies) of storage!"
"That's nothing. We've just set up our SAN at work, and we have a London-to-Paris worth of storage".
Ridding ourselves of the megagigayotta technobabble and embracing units
of measurement that the layperson can understand is the best thing we
can do for the industry.
Next up - "Calculations of the nation debt per minute" to make CPU
speeds make more sense, and "how well you can make out a cow from the
space station" specifications for digital cameras.
This is definitely a WTF. It's just a sort of happy, amused "WTF?" as opposed to the shocked, hair-pulling "WTF!" we're used to...
1 slug = 14.59390 kg
that's one big slug.
Re: Just In Case It's Needed
2005-08-18 12:52 • by OmnipotentEntity
Quoted for truth.
This snippet looks buggy to me. It is true that it is hard to hit the bugs during our lifetime even taking into account Moores law. I do not know the language it was written in but:
WTF: depth=depth-diff ->why obfuscate the code in such a manner instead of simply saying: depth=len(symbols)-1
where, of course, len(symbols)-1 could be a constant
Bug: number=number*thresh*depth is wrong. Correct would be: number=number*1024**diff,
this assuming in the language this is written ** means integer exponentiation and is implemented fast and accurately unlike FP exponentiation and has a higher precedence than multiplication.
It is amazing though that the language this was written in supports integers so big. I think that even 64 bit systems stop at 16exa.
"Not accurate" is one way of putting it. "Apocryphal" or "urban legend" are others.
I think you, as well as a few others missed the reasoning behind using
the 'thresh' variable as opposed to hardcoding 1024. YUM isn't
the only place you'll find that; I'm sure that if you looked at
apt-get, you'd find it there too, as well as the Windows updater.
The reasoning is to force it into the next higher measure earlier, so
that you'll get .90GB as opposed to 1000MB, to use the earlier
example. You have
noticed that, right? Well, doing it your way, as well as was
mentioned in an earlier reply(which you and about 3 others appear to be
overlooking) will keep that from happening, and won't roll the measure
over until it's exactly 1. So, in short, it's not a bug, and is
working as intended.
As an addendum, I've said this before, as have 3-4 other folks.
This code isn't a WTF in the sense that the board has come to be
acquainted with. There's nothing wrong with YUM from a design
standpoint, and I'd imagine the rest of YUM is similarly clean and well
designed. The WTF here is that they built it all the way to
yottabytes, which at this time don't really exist. In practice, a
terabyte is about as large as you'll see in a single storage device,
and even then, as I'm sure you know, you'll have to set up a rather
large RAID array to achieve that. Even so, this isn't really a
WTF in the sense of 'WTF was this moron thinking?'. To me,
snippets like this that just make you go 'Huh? WTF?' and have a
good laugh since there's nothing wrong; it's just something put
in there to get a WTF rise and act as a little bit of a joke are good
WTFs. And we could certainly use a few more of those around here.
I just started reading TheDailyWTF, and have been pretty impressed by
the quality (or lack thereof) of the submissions. When I saw the first
line of this, though, I went "WTF? yum has a WTF?" The rest was
reassuring -- it is nice to know that the open-source software that I
run does not come close to the scariness of the databases, web
applications, and proprietary in-house apps out there. Maybe it's the
OPEN SOURCE part of Open Source?
hehe, seems like you've never bought a new HDD. give me 1000 yottabytes
and a month's time, and i'll be back wanting more space :p
and not very future-proof either - it'll keep interrupting my workflow every 1440 minutes at best! hell, what kind of number is 1440, anyway?
1440 minutes = 24 * 6 = 1 day.
a 0 rolled off the screen and under my desk.
1440 minutes = 24 * 60 = 1 day.
That must be quite a porn collection.
And anyway, 640Yb should be enough for anybody.
Dear JThelen, look again.
Let's assume number is initially a Value of 1048576 yottabytes. Now after the loop the variables have these values:
depth = 10
number = 1
so diff will become 2, which is greater than zero, hence
depth = 8
number = 1 * ( 999 ** 8 ) = 992027944069944027992001
So the final output will be:
while it should be
Now, is there
[ ] no bug (neither thresh/1024 nor depth/diff)
[ ] one bug (either thresh/1024 or depth/diff)
[ ] two bugs (both, thresh/1024 and depth/diff)
And if you'd read the whole post that I was referring to, I wasn't
addressing that issue. Here it is, since you apparently missed it.
This brings up a question that's always bothered me.
Michael wrote:
b) who says this is purely for addressing real data? How
much data do you need to describe the location of every atom in the
solar system to within 1mm? There are plenty of cryptographic
examples as well.
So, a real-world conundrum: there are approximately 10**120 possible
chess games. There are approximately 10**115 atoms in the universe
(estimate). Even assuming one could store one chess game per atom,
we're still short. Who will decide which possible chess games never get
I did, and here is what you wrote
So you talk about rolling over at .9# and that's the cause for using thresh=999. And yes you are right.
Yes, it is ok to compare with thresh in the loop's condition. But in
I agree.
However, the original code produces always the same output for
1024 yottabytes
1048576 yottabytes
1073741824 yottabytes
1024**n yottabytes
And that's a WTF, even if it actually is an easter egg.
Yep. You guys caught me. There was indeed a bug in the
code. It's now fixed in CVS. Thanks. This is most
certainly the strangest bug report I've ever had! Fortunately, it
was actually in the code that deals with the >1000 yottabyte case,
so I rather doubt it ever caused any serious trouble for anyone.
Oh, and I've thoroughly enjoyed this. I have indeed taken any
criticism as playful. I figure if you emerge from here anything
less than bruised, bloody, and limping, then you should take it as a
compliment :)
And don't forget to change it here also:
I wonder what fix you did. I like Kannan Goundan's suggestion.
I certainly do understand the implications of not rebooting,
but "No means no." I'm not going to be attacked through a
security hole during the hour I leave the software unpatched, as I
generally do not even use the software being patched (in this case
Outlook Express).
If it were software I am actively using, I might save everything and
reboot, but that's a hassle I do not normally want to deal with.
This reminds me of a funny situation that I had in my first year at the university.
I think all of you know the classical Tower of Hanoi puzzle.
If not then check this link http://www.cut-the-knot.org/recurrence/hanoi.shtml.
So a friend of mine showed me how to implement a simple program in
Paskal that solves the puzzle (at these days I was not very good at
programming espetially at some "exotic" concepts like recusion :) )
Anyway our major mistake was to make it "user friendly". It prompted for a number of disks before starting moving them.
So we implemented it, saw that it was running and then left. I came
back in several hours and wanted to see it once again. But when I
started it, it just dumped something like "Haha, what a stupid program
it is - it does nothing"
I knew that the only one who could do this was my room mate (only he
had a key). When I aksed him why he did this he answered me "The
program was doing nothing but just looping endless. I left it looping
for hours and then I stopped it."
Beeing a little surprised to hear that I had a insight and asked him
how many disks he entered. The answer was devastating: "100. I wanted
to see how it works with large numbers. You see - you have a bug in
there - it is just looping ..."
So when I stopped laughing I explained him following;
The numbe of moves to solve the Tower of Hanoi puzzle is (2^n) - 1 Where n is the number of the disks.
So to move 100 disks we need 1267650600228229401496703205375 moves. If
we had a super PC that makes 1 000 000 000 moves a second (and mine was
an old 386 and was not doing 2 or 3 per second with the dumps) then
we'll need about 1267650600228229401496 seconds. Which makes
21127510003803823358 minutes -> 352125166730063722 hours ->
14671881947085988 days -> 40196936841331 years which is about 8000
times more than the life of the solar system and 4000 times more than
the existence of the whole universe.
Well ... he was right for one thing - the program would be really looping "forever" :).
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That would be the centennial birthday of Patterson High School.
I, for one, was a little fuzzy about early school history until running across some paperwork in our downtown museum. Here's a summary.
A grammar school district was approved in early 1911, a little more than a year after the community of Patterson was founded. A $25,000 building was erected the same year.
Then, in early 1913, a high school district was approved 129-16 by the voters, and a board of trustees was elected. By May of that year, a principal was hired, and it was decided to open the school in September with three grade levels taught by two teachers. (Until then, several local students attended high school in Newman.) Three years of math, English and Latin were to be offered, along with two each of Spanish, history, stenography, commercial work and bookkeeping. A fourth year would be added when needed.
Because of Patterson's rapid early growth, the grammar school built an addition in 1913, and that's where high school classes first met. Enrollment that fall was 45.
But before the year was over, plans had been drawn for a two-story high school building "of classic design." A bond issue was approved in 1914, and a contract was let for $46,950. Students moved into the first building in March 1915, and the first graduating class of seven received their diplomas that June.
Now comes the question: When do we commemorate Patterson High's centennial: In 2013, looking back on when the district was formed? In 2014, based on when construction of its first building began? Or in 2015, 100 years after the first class graduated?
I, for one, truly believe that holding an all-school centennial reunion would be a blast, an opportunity that shouldn't be missed. I can hear the groans of those near my age who have worked hard on past community celebrations, but let me strongly suggest that the next generation step forward to plan, organize and promote "100 years under the pillars," despite those pillars coming down in 1975.
After all, memories are better enjoyed being shared.
A good show
A gathering one morning last week at City Hall that was sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce turned out to be highly informative.
Discussed were Patterson's future — and more specifically, its economic growth.
Leading off the program were representatives from the Stanislaus Economic Development and Workforce Alliance, commonly referred to as the Alliance. This agency has been around for a few years but appears to have beefed up its efforts in getting out the word about its job creation and employment training in Stanislaus County.
The three Alliance speakers presented a guarded but optimistic picture of what they believe lies ahead for Patterson. The Alliance has lent several local businesses a hand and encourages others large and small, as well as job seekers, to check out its offerings by going online at www.stanalliance.com.
Then, Patterson City Manager Rod Butler briefed the Valentine's Day audience on where he feels the city is heading. He mentioned new businesses already committed to opening here and answered questions ranging from Project X (still moving along) to Patterson Vegetable Co. (no word yet on closure plans).
It was exactly a year to the day after Butler started with the city, and his comments were very pertinent. He's a good speaker and one who would make a good program for local organizations.
By the way, kudos to those few who have worked hard this past year to reorganize our Chamber of Commerce. Even without a paid secretary or manager, they've pulled off several good projects and deserve far greater support from our business community than they have received to date. We need a viable chamber, and their effort is to be commended.
About those 90-plusers
Another Patterson resident goes onto our list of 90-plusers. Josefa Esquivel Ochoa completed her ninth decade Feb. 8. She has lived in Patterson since 1972 after residing in Crows Landing for about 10 years. She nudges the list back up to 62.
But we lost a 90-year-old lifetime resident of Patterson, Miles Ghisletta, who died last week. He turned 90 last June 9 but wasn't on our list, an indication that our informants must be more vigilant.
We did learn that Dora (Gustafson) Hauert turned 93 early this month, a birthday noted in style at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, where she is the oldest member.
From the mailbag
Mr. Swift: You used to brag about having more than 70 credit cards. What's your present count? — Just Askin'
Dear JA: I wasn't bragging, just pointing out the ridiculous lengths to which credit card companies go to sign up customers. I was turned down only once, that being by Bank of America. They rightly pointed out I already had enough of their cards — nine.
I'm now down to 24 Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards, plus three or four chain-store cards that I never use. The major card companies have stopped most of their giveaways, except one that arrived the other day offering a no-fee card with a $50 refund on the first $500 charged, and 2 percent thereafter. Hard to beat those interest rates.
To avoid the postage charge, I applied online.
More questions
Readers continue to forward questions, apparently expecting Fast Talk to supply answers. Here's the latest:
If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
If a deaf child signs swear words, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
I'm working on the answers.
Tidbits of info
Travelers throughout our country should be advised of the following:
n Montpelier, Vt., is the only state capital without a McDonald's. (However, other dining accommodations are available.)
n Arizona is the only state in the continental U.S. that doesn't go on Daylight Savings Time. (Maybe Arizonians are smarter than the rest of us.)
n More triplets are born in Nebraska than in any other state. (Well, Nebraska has to be known for something.)
For the sports fan
Manny Ramirez to the Oakland A's? The way the A's have handled personnel in recent years, they deserve each other.
And finally …
Let's give the late Will Rogers one more say. After all, he almost always hit the nail squarely on the head.
"If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven."
• Ron Swift is editor/publisher emeritus of the Patterson Irrigator. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Shocking New True Crime Book Unveils James "Whitey" Bulger's Irish Mafia; May be the Real Reason William Delahunt is Stepping Down from Office
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Barclays boss Bob Diamond has admitted he is disappointed that the rate-rigging scandal happened on his watch and would "make sure that it cannot happen again".
The comments in a memo to staff came hours after Barclays chairman Marcus Agius resigned and announced an internal review into the bank's "flawed" practices.
Despite mounting calls for his own departure, Mr Diamond showed no signs of stepping down soon, telling employees in a lengthy letter: "I am committed to ensuring the recommendations of this review are implemented in full."
The memo emerged after the Serious Fraud Office said it hoped to decide within a month on whether a criminal prosecution in relation to the rate-fixing was appropriate.
Barclays has been at the centre of a gathering storm over banking ethics after it was last week fined £290 million by UK and US regulators for manipulating the Libor, the rate at which banks lend to each other.
In the letter, Mr Diamond, who will appear before the Treasury Select Committee on Wednesday, said it had been "an incredibly tough period" for staff given the "nature and volume of negative comment" against Barclays.
He said: "I understand why the reaction has been severe. No one is more sorry, disappointed and angry about these events than I am." He added: "I am disappointed because many of these behaviours happened on my watch. It is my responsibility to make sure that it cannot happen again."
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A blog about comparative literature: theory, books, complaining about English majors, random musings — here's the place for all your comp lit needs.
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Discussions of orientalism are, understandably, generally framed in a postcolonial context: the word "orientalism" itself makes it clear that the term refers to the "Orient", whether that be the Middle East or the Far East or anything in between. Discussions of colonialism in the Caribbean and in sub-Saharan Africa are likewise framable in terms of postcolonialism. What, though, do we do with places that were not colonies?
I am thinking in particular of Dracula: what do we make of, for example, Mina's comments on the Transylvanian countryside:
The country is lovely, and most interesting; if only we were under different conditions, how delightful it would be to see it all! If Jonathan and I were driving through it alone what a pleasure it would be! To stop and see people, and learn something of their life, and to fill our minds and memories with all the colour and picturesqueness of the whole wild, beautiful country and the quaint people!
Dracula, Bram Stoker
This attitude seems to show up fairly often in treatments of Eastern Europe, for that matter. I am currently reading The Lure of Vienna, a 1926 travel guide by Alice M. Williamson, which includes such gems as this:
To me, Vienna has more individuality than almost any other city, not actually of the East.
The Lure of Vienna, Alice M. Williamson
Is this still orientalism, or is there another word? There are a whole collection of stereotypes associated with Eastern Europe, and though there is, I think, some overlap between those and the assumptions that form the base of orientalism, I think there's enough difference that to call these attitudes "orientalism" would be too much of a stretch. Just plain "romanticism"? That feels wrong to me, though I suppose it fits better than anything else I can think of. Thoughts?
That is a fair point — I am used, I think, to thinking of Vienna (and Austria) as more closely associated with Western...
Orientalism isn't a bit of a stretch at all. You must remember that the Ottoman Empire and Russia had a huge influence...