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Schumer & Feinstein cave. (UPDATED)
Apparently Mukasey's unwillingness to call waterboarding torture along with his view that the president of the United States can operate outside the law weren't enough to persuade Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that he's the wrong man for the job. Their endorsement makes Mukasey's confirmation all but assured. Schumer's explanation is especially, well, tortured:
Judge Mukasey is not my ideal choice, Mr. Schumer said in a statementafterward. However, Judge Mukasey, whose integrity and independence isrespected even by those who oppose him, is far better than anyone couldexpect from this administration.
Really? So how do you explain Mukasey's bizarre 180 on torture and executive authority from the first day of his hearings to the second? The tune-change was distressingly reminiscent of Gen. Petraeus's turnaround on the question of whether the war in Iraq is making us safer. After Petraeus corrected his initial "no" with a "yes" just a few hours later, one senator wondered aloud whether the White House had gotten to the general. Likewise, I can't but question whether such a thing happened to Mukasey. If so, what sort of integrity does that demonstrate? What kind of independence?
Did President Bush's petulant complaints about the supposed holdup on Mukasey's confirmation push Schumer and Feinstein to their decision? Or were they offered something in return? It's hard to imagine the two liberal senators would be comfortable with Mukasey's unwillingness to disavow waterboarding as torture, to say nothing of his testimony on executive authority, in which he suggested that the president is exempt from following certain laws when they conflict with his duty to protect Americans. A vote for Mukasey is a vote for an imperial executive branch. It is a vote against the very system of government Schumer and Feinstein swore to uphold.
Update: Former Nixon White House counsel John W. Dean sees something familiar about the Mukasey nomination:
As the Senate Democrats complete another sad concession to PresidentBush, and confirms a nominee who refuses to declare water-boardingtorture, allow me to offer a brief historical reminder: the SenateJudiciary Committee has conspicuously forgotten that there are directsituational and historical parallels with Judge Mukaseys nomination tobe Attorney General and that of President Richard Nixon nominatingElliot Richardson to be Attorney General during Watergate.
Nixons Attorney General had been removed (and was later prosecutedfor lying to Congress) a situation not unlike Alberto Gonzalessleaving the job under such a cloud. Nixon was under deep suspicion ofcovering up the true facts relating to the bungled break-in at theDemocratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, not tomention widespread rumors that he had engaged in abuses of power andcorrupt campaign practices. Today, Bush is under even deeper suspicionfor activities far more serious than anything Nixon engaged in forthere is evidence Bush has abused the laws of war, violated treaties,and ordered (or approved) the use of torture and political renditions,which are war crimes.
Since Judge Mukaseys situation is not unlike that facing ElliotRichardson when he was appointed Attorney General during Watergate, whyshould not the Senate Judiciary Committee similarly make it a quid proquo for his confirmation that he appoint a special prosecutor toinvestigate war crimes? Richardson was only confirmed when he agreed toappoint a special prosecutor, which, of course, he did. And when Nixonfired that prosecutor, Archibald Cox, it lead to his impeachment.
Before the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee completelycave-in to Bush, at minimum they should demand that Judge Mukaseyappoint a special prosecutor to investigate if war crimes have beencommitted. If Mukasey refuses he should be rejected. This, indeed,should be a pre-condition to anyone filling the post of AttorneyGeneral under Bush.
If the Democrats in the Senate refuse to demand any suchrequirement, it will be act that should send chills down the spine ofevery thinking American.
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I think that George Bush was absoluteley correct when he said that the techniques used are within the law, and members of the House and Senate know what I'm talking about, they have been fully briefed.I think that refreshing bit of candour speaks volumes about the kind of moral leadership currently occupying the government of the United States at every level reaching to the leadership of each party.It is now truly up to the people. The candidates need to be asked clear and unambiguous questions regarding their policy concerning torture.If I recall correctly they were and it appears that camels nose is now under the tent and it won't be long until the moral repugnancy of torture (I am sure it will have a much more sanitized name by then) wanes in the public mind.
Grant: What if the explanation regarding Mukasey's doublespeak is correct? Let's say that folks in the administration and some who work for them have approved of and carried out waterboarding. Let's also say that if the Attorney General publicly admits that such acts were torture, and therefore illegal, he would be implicitly claiming that some in the administration had committed crimes.If all of this is true, you seem to be suggesting that the litmus test for any AG nominee is whether or not she or he is willing to accuse some in the adminstration of a crime. This is beginning to seem like a blood in the water kind of moment.Why is it not reasonable to say that nomination hearings are not the place to sort out this issue?
On Friday's NewHour, someone (whom, I don't remember, Mark Shield??) said Schumer was waiting for another Dem to go with him on a Yes vote. He got Feinstien. Why did two of the most liberal Senators go for this? As problematic as the torture question is, the exeutive power question--about which Mukasey was pretty clear--is shocking : In war time Mukasey thinks the president can do what he wants. Is the bottom line here this: no one wants an impeachment battle now and no one wants war criminal charges down the line, therefore, the Dems, to say nothing of the Repubs, want this administration to die a peaceful death with an AG who will raise no questions. Will Mukasey bury the documents, etc., and let the Dems take over with a tabula rasa? Pretty appalling, if true. You all notice that Patricke Leahey's "no" vote announcement got buried by the Schumer-Feinstein "yes."
Joe: I'm surprised you toted out the term "litmus test" here--a tired one to be sure. This isn't about political opportunism. This is about pulling the country back from the brink. But maybe I'm misreading you--having some troubling figuring out your point in asking, "Why is it not reasonable to say that nomination hearings are not the place to sort out the issue?" Peggy's right. Torture is appalling enough, but how Mukasey conceives of executive authority is worse. Impeachment has acquired the air of a dirty word. But this administration should not die a peaceful death.
Grant: Sorry about the "litmus test" thing; that's why we writers need editors. However, the point remains. It seems to me that you and Margaret have set up the following option: Either a sham of a confirmation or the first hearings on articles of impeachment. Once you pull the trigger on the latter, you better have all of your ducks in order, and I can imagine a very plausible scenario in which the Democrats do not have their ducks so ordered.I would rather have a less than fully honest confirmation hearing for the AG than a very mishandled beginning on the road to impeachment.Let me be very clear that I do not think that impeachment is a dirty word. However, it is one of the gravest moves a Congress can make (a truth the Republicans did not live up to with their efforts regarding Clinton). Like you, I want to see some integrity return to our political system, both domestically and internationally, and I see things only getting worse on both fronts if impeachment proceedings are carried out in a very sloppy manner.One genuine question: Is it possible that enough Democrats were in on the torture that any effort to make such charges stick against those in the present Adminstration would also end up sticking to the Democrats? If so, that in itself seems reason enough why impeachment is never going to happen.
Joe: it's not an either/or scenario. Mukasey can and should be rejected. That won't happen now, but if it did, impeachment would not necessarily follow.To be clear, I don't think impeachment is a a probability. The Democrats are too timid; but I can't think of a graver threat to our system of government than a president who believes and acts as though he is above the law. Perhaps the new AG will provide the secret "enhanced interrogation" memos revealed by the NY Times. They should occasion hearings, and depending on what they contain, arrests. Although I doubt being advised on the tactics constitutes a violation of the law (many senators are still complaining about that selective process--itself an affront to the legislative branch), if that includes Democrats, so be it.
Grant: Maybe where I am misunderstanding you is what you would envision happening with the next nominee, should Mukasey not get confirmed. Presumably, that person would get asked, "Is waterboarding torture?" If the next nominee essentially prevaricates in the same manner as Mukasey, what then? Would you think it likely that the Bush administration would nominate someone who was willing to say, "Yes, I think if my future boss can be shown to have approved of waterboarding, then I think he broke the law."?I agree entirely with your concerns about executive authority. I only wonder what the best way forward is with regard to changing matters on this subject.Is there a good book that you could recommend on the topic, whether related to current issues or something from the past?
This morning's NYT repeating what seems to be the Feinstein-Schumer justification reports that the administration is not going to send anyone better than Mukasey for confirmation, ergo let's confirm him and get on with it. And who would take the AG job if Mukasey got turned down? Schumer claims that there will be legislation prohibiting waterboarding, etc., and that Mukasey agreed that Congress has the authority to pass such legislation (that's, if there are the votes, and if it's veto proof). Schumer met with Mukasey yesterday (Friday) and there's what I would assume is a sanitized version of their interview reported in the Times. They are both New York pols (actually probably Brooklyn pals) and it's possible some deal was struck regarding documents withheld, etc.Joe Petit has a good point about how much the Dems knew and when they knew it! This may be a fight none of them are eager to have. Still, I admire Leahy's probity. Interesting though that he made his announcement in Vermont rather than DC. Hmmmm???
I am glad that Mukasey has agreed that Congress has the authority to pass laws defining waterboarding as torture that are binding on the executive branch. I would think on issues such as this deferring to the Constitution is a good idea (Sorry for the sarcasm).Why does the Senate have to confirm anyone? Perhaps an acting attorney general, given this administration's penchant for stacking the deck with political hacks, is the best choice for this job. Maybe that is the only way for the Justice Dept to maintain the indepedence necessary to do its job.
I don't know what to make of Schumer's hearsay. Interesting the Mukasey didn't speak such reassurances at his hearings despite his many chances. The vast majority of Dems haven't been read in to the "enhanced interrogation" program, and several have been vocal about it. Perhaps they ones who haven't were asked by those who have to back down, but, again, to what degree does being read in make one complicit? But even if there's a Democratic conspiracy not to push this question further, where does that leave the issue for those Dems who have been outspoken about it, called for investigations, etc? Are they lone wolves? I doubt it. I don't think the argument Schumer makes is irrational, I just think it's wron headed because it sets a very dangerous precedent. Update: Joe, what kind of book are you looking for? And: Bush hasn't admitted to approving of waterboarding, so the scenario you set up doesn't have legs. I'm not holding out for an ideal candidate here, Joe, just one who has the spine to honestly name the most iconic example of torture in history. And one who doesn't think the president can break the law whenever he sees fit. I would filibuster.
"One genuine question: Is it possible that enough Democrats were in on the torture that any effort to make such charges stick against those in the present Adminstration would also end up sticking to the Democrats?"OF COURSE !!!!!
I don't know who knew what when. I do know that just because Pres. Bush says Congressional committees are read in does not make it so, be they Dems or Reps.Again, that Mukasey would even try to make the case that there are laws the Congress passes that are not binding on the Executive because they limit the President's Constitutional authority is reason enough not to confirm him. Isn't this a big part of what was wrong Gonzalez, both as A.G. and W.H. Counsel? The last time I checked there is a way of challenging the constitutionality of a law- the Courts. Of course, the Bush Administration has lost on issues related to this, like the Military Tribunal case, even at the Supreme Court level.If the Dems vote to confirm Mukasey, why were they so adamant about getting rid of Gonzalez? It is exactly this lack of consistency and coherence that is hurting the Dems so badly. This is where I agree with Grant that confirming Mukasey using Sen. Schumer's logic sets a bad precedent. To my mind whoever votes to confirm Mukasey, whether they were read in or not, is complict in the shame, illegality, and immorality of the enhanced interrogation program.
Not quite fair to say, as J. Dean seems to do, that the Democrats are caving on the AG nomination. It's only Feinstein and Schumer, after all. What moves the former I have no idea, but no doubt as suggested above, behind the scenes NY politics no doubt have something to do with Schumer (who, rightly or wrongly, has always seemed to me primarily out for himself -- thus distinguishing himself from all other politicos, of course).H. Clinton is against Mukasey. And so, of course, is Sen. Leahy of Vt (for whom I have regularly voted).
I find the Dean update very helpful, and it goes nicely with the point made by Scott that Mukasey's take on executive authority leaves little distance between him and Gonzalez. Clearly, the Democrats could have thought this whole process through much better than they did. Thus, Leahy might be voting no, but he still should take most of the blaime for this situation coming to pass in the first place.Grant: I was looking for suggestions on any book related to the issue of the President's authority in "wartime." One reason I would value being able to think this through more is that some of these bedrock Constitutional questions need to be translated in ways that are compelling to the public. Dean says that what Bush might have done would be much worse than what Nixon did. Whether or not that is true, my guess (and I would back up this guess with a pretty hefty bet) is that the public would view matters differently. This would then create a legitimacy problem for those who sought to pursue matters further.I want to be able to explain in language that has not yet emerged on this thread why what the President might have authorized is clearly an abuse of power. So long as the administration can hide behind semantics, those who seek accountability have a problem on their hands. Even if you can get people to agree that torture occured, it still seems to me that we need clearer language to explain why those who sanctioned the torture should be held accountable for their actions, especially if they thought they were acting with executive approval.I am not saying that this cannot be done, or that I wouldn't be sympathetic to such an effort. However, I would like to seek a greater cultivation of public opinion on this matter, and I am wondering about what kind of arguments should be used to accomplish that.
News from New York: Just back from a hair-cut where I had an earful from a salt-of-the-earth New York voter, who has been a big fan of Schumer and is a Dem. She is shocked that Schumer is going for Mukasey and promises never to vote for him again!She argues (over snipping scissors) that the Dems have caved on the most important issues. In her view they should just keep sending things back to Bush--let him veto it again! Let him send another unconfirmable candidate for AG. Nicholas Clifford, I am curious about Leahy's low-keyed announcement. What's your take?
Joe: The language is simple enough: the president believes that he can authorize acts that are against U.S. and international law. That is an abuse of power. And it's not just about torture. It's about wiretapping and FISA. It's about detaining U.S. citizens indefinitely without due process. No semantics to hide behind there. Although this is the legacy of Rove's up-is-downism.Check out Joseph Margulies's "Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power." Also, have a look at Scott Horton's response to l'affaire Mukasey: http://harpers.org/archive/2007/11/hbc-90001567(H/T Andrew Sullivan):"I believe that Mukasey, as an individual, is exceptionally well qualified to serve as attorney general. I would approve the Mukasey who says he 'personally' finds waterboarding abhorrent. But I am troubled by the 'official' Mukasey who is being trotted out as something different. And I believe that the nation cannot, at this stage, accept the appointment of an attorney general who refuses to come clean on the torture issue. In the end this is essential to national identity, and to the promise of the Justice Department to serve as a law enforcement agency. Too much of what the Justice Department has done of late has little resemblance to law enforcement. Rather it looks to be just the opposite."If the Bush Administration wants to turn torture into a litmus test, so must Congress. The question therefore ultimately becomes one of principle and not personality. The Judiciary Committee should not accept any nominee who fails to provide meaningful assurance on this issue. And, though it saddens me to say this, Michael Mukasey has not."
Thanks Grant. The Horton post is pretty rigorous and convincing on why Bush, Cheney, et al have insisted on Mukasey's waffle. But the bit about the Federalist Society member's role in interviewing Mukasey as well as in the federal prosecutor brouhaha calls attention once again to the enablers who have fostered the illegal and/or immoral practices of the Bush Administration. It would be fascinating to know what Schumer and Mukasey struck a deal on--Schumer gets him confirmed and he goes after Gonzalez, Rove, Yoo, and through them Bush, Cheney, etc. No, I don't really believe that!
Schumer will be hurt by this. He has a smaller window of failure now. He will regret this action. As will Republicans who have no idea of the public outrage. Further, I am really ashamed of the Catholic right not coming out against this. As I have said even the evangelicals know torture is not Christian in any sense. W Bush and Co. An historic nightmare!
Was Leahy's announcement strangely low keyed as suggested above ? I'm not familiar enough with these sorts of things to judge. It can be found, incidentally, at http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200711/110207b.htmland it was indeed made in Vermont, where it is more likely to be favorably received than in Washington. But perhaps he should have tried to set conditions for the apparently incoming AG (of the kind Dean suggests) about war crimes investigations.
Mukasey is personally opposed to waterboarding but he won't try to impose his views on others--what liberal Democrat could possibly disagree with that line of thinking?
"Mukasey is personally opposed to waterboarding but he won't try to impose his views on others--what liberal Democrat could possibly disagree with that line of thinking?"And what conservative could possibly *agree* with that line of thinking?But seriously, Robert, what was important about Mukasey's statement was that he said torture violated the constitution, and that although waterboarding was "repugnant," he couldn't say whether or not it was torture until he had access to the classified information about it.He wasn't taking a position. He was being evasive. I don't think there is any serious doubt that waterboarding is torture, and I don't even think Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, and the others believe it isn't torture. The real issue is whether an administration can subvert the law and the constitution by making up their own definitions.Imagine if the Taliban, or Iraqi insurgents, or Al-Qaeda got their hands on American soldiers, subjected them to waterboarding, and put films of it on the Internet. Do you think anybody in America would defend the right to use this "enhanced interrogation" technique?Incidentally, I was a little baffled about why waterboarding was so terrible until I read the piece linked to below (the link is from another thread on dotCommonweal). Water is not just poured on the persons face. Its actually allowed to fill the lungs. As the piece puts it, its controlled drowning.http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2007/10/waterboarding-is-torture-perio/
Leahy's statement is excellent, balanced and to the point. Thanks for the link.I said "low-keyed" because issuing it in Vermont (the center of the universe, I know) meant that it didn't get the attention it deserved from the media--who gave Feinstein and Schumer more attention than they deserved. It's important for people to remember WHY this is an issued; Leahy's statement reminds them.


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Primitive People (Paperback)
What are these barbaric rituals that pass for social and family life? Who are these fearsome creatures who linger in decaying mansions and at glittery malls, trendy weddings and dinner parties? These are the questions that trouble Simone, a beautiful, smart young Haitian woman. She has fled the chaotic violence of Port-au-Prince only to find herself in a world no less brutal or bizarre -- a seemingly civilized landscape where dead sheep swing from trees, lightbulbs are ceremonially buried, fur-clad mothers carve terrifying goddesses out of pumice...and where learning to lie is the principal rite of passage into adulthood.
The primitive people of this darkly satiric novel are not, as one might expect, the backward denizens of some savage isle, but the wealthy inhabitants of the Hudson Valley in upstate New York.
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Francine Prose is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels, including the National Book Award Finalist Blue Angel and My New American Life. She has written three other novels for young adults: After, winner of the California Young Reader Medal, an IRA/CBC Young Adults' Choice, and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age; Bullyville, a PW Best Book and Book Sense Children's Pick; and her most recent, Touch. She is also the author of two picture books, Leopold, the Liar of Leipzig and Rhino, Rhino, Sweet Potato. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, Francine Prose was Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. She lives in New York City.


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Did you buy, rent, or steal a game last year expecting the worst only to be pleasantly surprised? Commenter DerpiestShazbot wants to know, and you'll tell him in today's Speak Up on Kotaku.
Heyo Kotakuites! So which game(s) from 2011 ended up being better than you expected?
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Right now the only games I can think of are Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Battlefield 3, and Mortal Kombat.
Mortal Kombat probably surprised me the most seeing how my friend and I each bought a copy for ourselves as a sort of joke. I wasn't expecting anything more than just a fun little fighting game with hilarious amounts of gore. What I ended up getting was actually, in my opinion, a very deep and engrossing fighter with an entertaining story mode which never took itself too seriously AND hilarious amounts of gore!
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Wison Engineering, China's largest private EPC provider for chemicals, started up its designed methanol-to-olefins (MTO) plant featuring Wison's proprietary technology.
Wison Engineering, the largest private sector chemical
engineering, procurement and construction management (EPC)
service provider in China, has successfully started up its
designed methanol-to-olefins (MTO) plant featuring its
proprietary technology.
The plant, designed by Wison Engineering, is located in the
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qualified ethylene and propylene products which meet the
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This marks the first commercialization of Wison
Engineerings olefin separation technology for MTO plants.
It also demonstrates another successful commercialization case
of Chinas coal-to-olefins technology, which will facilitate
the coal-to-chemical industry development roadmap in China,
according to company officials.
With planned annual production of 300,000 tpy of
ethylene and propylene, the MTO plant is one of the production
units of Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy. Following the
commissioning of the first Shenhua Baotou coal-to-olefin project, this is the first MTO
project in the world to apply advanced industrial MTO
technology from Honeywell's UOP.
The Wison Engineering olefin separation technology featured
in the MTO project utilizes itsproprietary
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and bringing longer operating cycles.
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Wison Engineerings core technologies.
The close cooperation between Wison Engineering and UOP on the
technological front has pushed forward the development of
domestic MTO technology and the upgrading of the modern
coal-to-chemicals industry.
Since its development in 2007, Wison Engineerings
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invention patents and one invention patent in Indonesia. The
technology has been adopted by enterprises such as Shandong
Yangmei Hengtong Chemicals, Shenhua Xinjiang New Materials
Sailboat Petrochemical and Pucheng Clean
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Novel Therapeutic Approaches in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
Date: November 10, 2001
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Symposium Web Page: www.lindacreed.org, www.joanborysenko.comand www.drsavard.com
Sponsors: Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation and the Center for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Objectives: To discover and integrate alternative therapies into one's lifestyle and healing practices
Who should attend: Anyone with chronic illness, especially cancer of any kind, and anyone interested in learning about new therapies for health and healing
Topics: Integrative medicine, patient empowerment, integrating mind, body and spirit in the service of deeper healing. Workshop topics include: massage; mind-body therapy; mindfulness meditation; nutrition; oriental medicine; spirituality and healing; t'ai chi chuan; and western herbs.
Agenda: Keynote speaker: Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., internationally-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and President of Mind/Body Health Sciences in Boulder, CO. Dr. Borysenko is Co-Founder and former Director of the Mind/Body Clinic at the Beth Israel/Deaconess Hospital in Boston and former Instructor in Medicine at the Harvard Medical School.
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5 Scientific Reasons You're Better Off Being Unattractive
There is a day in everyone's childhood when they first learn what "natural selection" is, and then there is another day a few years after that when they see it in action, as all of the pretty girls gather around the virile star quarterback and spit on the chubby kids when they walk by. It's easy to spend the rest of your life thinking that your bad luck with the ladies is just evolution trying to filter your weird face and frail physique out of the gene pool.
But that's not entirely true; a lot of what keeps the bouncers from letting you into the best clubs also gives you some important advantages. For instance ...
#5. Tall People Make Good Models, but Short People Live Longer
Let's face it: People don't usually consider "short" to be a synonym for "sexy" -- there's a reason Tom Cruise has made a career of hiding the fact that he's only 5'7". But there is one benefit of being short, and it's not that you can be smuggled in a suitcase: Taller people are destined to die sooner than their stumpy-legged peers.
Manute Bol: Dead. Muggsy Bogues: Alive. But still can't ride a roller coaster.
In fact, researchers have found a multitude of studies showing that shorter people generally live longer than taller people, and this isn't just some random coincidence that scientists are confusing with a real pattern -- they base these findings on studies that have been done all over the world. For example, the longest-living people are from Okinawa, Japan, and the average height of their elderly is a mere 4'9". They've also found that taller people contract heart disease and cancer more easily, while in shorter cultures, such as some African tribes, these diseases are virtually nonexistent.
"Hold on, smart guy," you may be thinking, "If this is true, then why do scientists say that we're getting taller on average, as well as living longer?" Well, it probably has a lot to do with the fact that our knowledge of medicine is much better than it used to be. While taller people are generally more sickly, we have the medical expertise to kind of keep up with it.
"Damn, our deductible's going to go up again, isn't it?"
How are we so sure? Because coronary heart disease was rarer than a healthy meal at Taco Bell back before the 20th century, during a time when people were on average 4 inches shorter than today. And in countries whose populations have only recently increased in height, such as Singapore and India? Yep -- CHD is more prevalent.
And this isn't just Mother Nature being racist -- there have also been studies that very obviously point out the connection between height and longevity, all within the same peoples, and even the same profession. Look at the charts yourself:
The first chart shows baseball players of the 20th century, while the second chart shows the average Frenchman in the 19th century. The pattern? Shorties live longer lives.
So what are the biological reasons as to why this occurs? Other than the fact that it's probably much easier to get your head caught in ceiling fans, scientists speculate that, since taller people have more cells in their bodies, they are more exposed to carcinogens, and so are more at risk of developing cancer. And how much is this risk, exactly? Researchers have found that for women, every extra 4 inches of height you have over 5 feet is another 16 percent chance of developing cancer. That's right -- you're more likely to get sick simply because there is more of you. It sounds like cartoon logic, but it also appears to be true.
This guy should be getting, like, hourly MRIs.
#4. Ugly Men Are More Fertile
So you rolled a less than average score in the genetic lottery. You've probably had to spend your whole life watching jealously while better-looking dudes blazed through entire cheerleading squads. Well, there may be some small consolation in the fact that Johnny Adonis over there might be shooting blanks. Studies have shown that there's a connection between how attractive you are and your sperm count, and it's not the one you think: Unattractive males are just more fertile.
You might think that this makes the opposite of evolutionary sense, but evolution knows what it's doing, which is why you're not in charge of it.
Think about it: Nature already assumes that attractive guys are getting more action, but that doesn't mean they're able to produce sperm faster than anyone else, so biology forces them to conserve their ammunition. If you're unattractive, on the other hand, your junk knows that each time it comes into contact with lady parts might be the last, so it gives it everything it's got.
If you listen really closely, you can hear the theme from Rudy playing.
In the interest of full disclosure, the above studies were conducted on animals, not people. But that doesn't mean that nobody has gone ahead to see if it applies to human beings as well. When scientists tried to find the closest thing they could to an objective measure of male attractiveness, they found that guys with deeper voices tend to be more attractive to women. We assume that the first thing they did with this information was try to invent some kind of voice-deepening drug for their own use, but the second thing they did was test their sperm count ... and yes, the Justin Biebers were packing more heat than the James Earl Joneses.
"Technically, some guy in Coruscant is your father. But I paid our bill at the fertility clinic."
#3. Big Noses Are Healthier
People are so self-conscious about the size of their noses that, in the U.S. alone, there are 50,000 rhinoplasties done per year. When people look in the mirror every morning, it's clear that they don't want to see a whole bunch of nose staring back at them. But it seems now that cutting off your schnoz might have a negative effect on your health. And we don't just mean if you're doing it yourself.
Researchers have found that big noses give you better protection against bacteria and infections. And although you might assume that an unusually large nose would be more adept at Hoovering up large swaths of the environment, it turns out that the bigger the nose, the better it is at keeping the world out.
"Hey, I'm Lungs' friend, Oxygen, m- my name should be on the list ..."
To test this, researchers made two artificial noses, one of them 2.3 times the size of the other. They found that the bigger nose inhaled 6.5 percent fewer particles.
Wait. How would the bigger nose inhale less of anything? Well, a bigger nose doesn't mean you breathe more. You still need the same amount of air. It's just that if you have a bigger nose, it's more likely to suck in air instead of your mouth. And that's good, because your nose is designed as a filtration device, but your mouth isn't. So the further all those diseases, pollens and anthrax spores have to travel, the greater the chance that they're going to get tangled up in that jungle of nasal hair in your enormous honker.
And you don't even have to worry about breathing three months of crap because you're too lazy to change the filter.
And this even works if you're a mouth-breather. The experiment showed positive results even when the researchers had the fake-nose monstrosities suck in the air around their lips. Apparently, this is because a big nose simply gets in the way of airborne particles before they can invade your respiratory tract. If we had any sense at all, we'd be attracted to huge beak-nosed people, knowing they'll make our children more resistant to disease. But who cares about that? They look weird.


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Let {a,b} be set of two points and {c} be a set of one point.
Clearly, $f:\{c\} \rightarrow \{a,b\}$ that is continuous and $g:\{a,b\} \rightarrow \{c\}$ is continuous.
Now $gf:\{c\} \rightarrow \{c\}$ So $gf(c)=c=id_{\{c\}}$
However, need to show that fg fails. But, I can't see what you use. Clearly, two points are being map into 1 point as we have $fg:\{a,b\} \rightarrow \{c\} \rightarrow \{a,b\}$ So you can WLOG $fg(a)=a$ and $fg(b)=b$. But, then you want to say that this can't be homotopic to the identity $fg(a)=a$ and $fg(b)=b$.
I don't know what to do next.Hmm you need to show that there is no continuous path from that constant to the identity map. It has to jump somewhere, but I don't really know how you would describe it. Like you have H(x,t). If you have $H(x,1)=id_{x}$ and H(x,0) is the map that is mapping to a for all values. It must jump inbetween the value of 0 and 1. However, don't know how you would do it properly.


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For a one-time project, I need to geocode a few thousand addresses. In the past I've used various online resources for this kind of thing (e.g., Google Maps API), but the addresses I'm working with have to be kept confidential - which means no sending it over the Internet, unless there's some iron-clad guarantee of privacy. What other options do I have?
Have a look at the
It's a ruby port of the perl module by the same author.
If using the Google Geocoding API or another online source is your preference rather than local options, I'd suggest looking into the Tor Project (easily installed through the bundle called 'the Vidalia Bundle').
Along with injection of random addresses and using ssl (https) to encrypt communications to their endpoints (make sure you're also doing this), I can't think of a more secure way to geocode remotely. Whatever geocoding service you're using won't ever be able to identify where the requests ultimately came from, and with https no one else will, either. Note: don't use a geocoding service that requires an api key for this, or you'll no longer be anonymous. (Google doesn't require an api key anymore).
A side 'benefit' of this procedure is that you'll no longer be restricted to any number of geocoding requests, as your requests will look like they're coming from multiple ip addresses. However, I do not recommend or endorse abusing these lovely free APIs! Rate will still be limited if the API limits rate (though the speed of transmission using Tor is quite a bit slower than connecting directly).
Case study in Python -- Once you've installed the Vidalia Bundle and have the proxy running on 127.0.0.1:8118 (the default), in Python 2.7 or higher you can set up an https urllib2 proxy using:
Note that urllib2 proxies don't work with https until at least Python 2.7 or so, so this method only works with recent Python versions. Make sure you've got 'https' (not 'http') in both places in the example above. I've only tested it with Python 2.7.1.
Vidalia changes your identity / apparent IP address origin every 10 minutes, but if you run into slow rates or other problems (quota exceeded errors), or if you are especially paranoid and want to change your identity more frequently, you can change your Tor identity using the python code here (slightly modified below). You'll need to change the Tor password to a static one (rather than a randomly generated one) by entering the Vidalia settings. Might also need to restart Vidalia after all changes.
One option is to use Geo-Coder-US, which is an open-source Perl module that uses the US Census' Tiger/Line data to geocode. I haven't used it personally, but it looks excellent. The link above includes a nice overview and a link to a version that already has the necessary Census files assembled.
The Geokit library can use any of Google, Yahoo, Geocoder.us, Geocoder.ca, and Geonames. It is written in Ruby, and there's also a sister library for your Ruby on Rails projects:
To conserve privacy, you could spread queries to all providers by separating them into sets that are less likely to be linked to your activities. You could also inject noise in your addresses by adding real addresses from an online phone directory. And I suggest you run this script from various places, such as internet cafés, combining the results at the end.
The only way to truly preserve your privacy is to download the full set of data and run your script against it. There's the Nominatim system from OpenStreetMap. It is not complete for all the cities, but you could use that to reduce the list of addresses sent to other providers.
Depending of where the address are located, you could download and use OpenStreetMap features.
Check it out: http://www.openstreetmap.org/
Also, if you are in the USA there is the TIGER project along with PostGIS TigerGeocoding API. http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk/extras/tiger_geocoder/
Although still in early stages of development http://openaddresses.org/ aims to provide an open database of worldwide addresses, and associated geocoding services.
Whilst not private, the nature of an open address database could mean it is available to download in its entirety (or at least for selected regions) to allow offline geocoding.
Most of the answers are steering you toward a local database. While that would certainly work, you must also consider whether gecoding is your core domain. (Is that what you are good at? If so, you probably already have the data they are recommending. If not, AND YOU WANT IT TO BE, then you should download the data and just do it locally. However, if you just need to solve a problem and don't want to put in countless hours ramping up for production, there are still options to do it through an API without compromising security.
First, insist on HTTPS because you need the data to be secure on the way to the API and then on the way back to you. Second, ensure that you are doing a POST request instead of a GET request to the API. Using POST, you are just passing a URL request with a payload and the only results that would hit the server log is the fact that an address verification and geocoding request was made at a certain time and from a certain IP. Neither the address submitted nor the address returned would be stored to disk or written to a server log. It doesn't get much more secure than that.
So, while a local box would definitely be secure, it could require a lot of development to do what you need. Since the security concerns can be pacified, you might want to consider (again) the option of using an API.
I work for an address verification company that specializes in secure API geocoding -- SmartyStreets.
I thought that the code behind http://geocoder.us/ was available for download such that you could get it and a TIGER data file and more-or-less set up your own local install. I don't see that immediately upon revisiting that site, but you may want to look around a bit.
Why not use the same geocoders you've used before, just remove all the other meta data?
Don't send over "Secret Location; 123 Main Street, Some City", just send over "123 Main Street, Some City"? The addresses are public information anyways. Just don't tell the geocoder that you have a list of nuclear bases or all NSA locations. The results will be in table format, you can then re-attached all your other secret meta-data.
The search on the OpenStreetMap homepage is an system called Nominatim. You can call it as a geocoding service (if you're gentle) but it's all open source, so you can set it up on your own server too.
This is using OpenStreetMap data loaded into postGiS database. It's relatively new and under development still, and the process of setting up and loading with data is not all that straightforward, and quite resource hungry. ...but it's free and open!
You could try JGeocoder
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Old thread but worth mentioning it. http://www.tigergeocoder.com/ using TIGER 2013 data, ready to run your own server instance in Amazon EC2 cloud.
Set up PostGIS Tiger Geocoder in your local linux box. It is definitely more cumbersome than online API, but maybe the best bet for your situation. And it can scale to millions of addresses if needed.
With the help of ansible playbook, setup the server in linux is much easier than before. Wrting SQL queries probably will take more time if you are not familiar with SQL or PostGIS.
You can check my system setup and my script for more details. It should include all the information you needed.


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Covington County -- At approximately 2:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, an Alabama State Trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle that was speeding on U.S. 331 near the city limits of Brantley. The trooper pursued the vehicle into Covington County where Opp Police successfully deployed spike strips. Opp Police were able to bring the vehicle to a halt. It was determined that an Opp officer fired upon the vehicle's tire, striking the driver in the process. The driver of the vehicle, Courtney Keon Jones, 32, of Birmingham, was transported to Baptist South Medical Center in Montgomery for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Jones has been charged with first-degree possession of stolen property (stolen vehicle) and attempting to elude.
The Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI), the investigative division of the Alabama Department of Public Safety, will conduct an investigation into the officer-involved shooting at the request of the Opp Police chief. The ABI's findings will be turned over to the Covington County District Attorney for review.
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Ben Palmer-Ball has always been keen on gardening. When he was a kid, commercials for Paramount pickles ("It's a dilly, a Paramount dilly!") inspired him to grow bushels of cucumbers to sell at Paul's Fruit Market in Chenoweth Square. For the past 11 years, that shopping center has been home to Digs, the store he opened to offer just about everything a garden enthusiast could want – except cucumbers.
A University of Virginia alumnus and an architect by profession, he worked for Yum! Brands, Inc. during the early part of his career. The corporation sent him to California in 1984; and for the next 15 years, he lived primarily in the Los Angeles area.
"Outdoor living is a way of life there; any space you have outside is an extension of your home," he said. "I'm one of those people who need more than a balcony."
When he returned to Louisville in 1999, he discovered that, although some stores sold outdoor furniture, no one seemed to cater to the whole outdoor lifestyle. That inspired him to open Digs in 2001, on the south side of the parking lot.
Word spread that he was filling that market niche with high-quality lines of all-weather furniture, including Brown Jordan, Gloster, and Summer Classics. Digs blossomed into a one-stop shop for just about anything that would enhance a porch, deck or patio – pots and planters, serving ware, lamps, lifelike artificial plants, and much more.
"For a while we did fountains, but there is maintenance involved. They have to be kept clean, and drained in winter," he said. "Customers wanted full service when they bought fountains, but Digs really didn't have the staff for that. Now we carry a few small fountains for terraces and similar settings."
About six years after opening his first Digs, Ben opened a second one, on Main Street. However, its sales volume was only satisfactory, and the St. Matthews store consistently did a higher volume of business. Last October, when the current Chenoweth Square site became available, he closed both of the previous stores and consolidated their inventories under one roof.
"It's good to have everything in one spot again," he said. "I like the frontage on Chenoweth Lane, and the fact that we have lots of windows and a nice outdoor area."
When Ben established his business, the selection of vendors and materials wasn't nearly as wide as it is today. Aluminum furniture is far more popular than iron and steel versions, which rust. Upholstery choices once were limited to canvas and a few other fabrics; but today's outdoor cushions can be covered with corduroy, chenille or other treated textiles.
"Everything we stock is outdoor-able," he said. "A few accessories are more suited to a porch or other protected area, but all of our upholstery is fine for outdoors. The fabrics resist fading and damage from sun and water." Even the area rugs are well-suited for outside use.
"When we have items that aren't rated for full exposure, we advise customers about the best ways to protect them. Many places sell garden pots, but people don't always know if they can stay out year-round," he said. "When winter comes, it isn't easy to move a planted-up pot indoors. The larger-scale planters and pots we buy are frost-proof for our market area."
Ben still accepts architectural projects, and is happy to go to his customers' homes to measure their outdoor spaces and use his trained eye to help them select the best furniture and accessories.
"It can be difficult to visualize whether something will work in an outdoor space. In a room, it's a little easier to visualize scale," he said. "I measure and do a drawing of the porch, terrace or other space, to give folks a comfort level for what they're seeing. I charge a nominal fee; but if they buy something from Digs, it gets rebated and applied to the purchase. I enjoy doing that kind of work, because I love seeing things in place."
Approximately 12 percent of Digs' customers, Ben estimated, are people who want to work outside as well as relax there. Because they are serious about gardening and require high-quality tools, he always has a good variety on hand. Whatever the product, from trowel to table, he stands behind everything he sells.
"Digs gives me the opportunity to indulge my two passions – architecture and outdoor living," he said. "Where else could I do that?"
Digs, 3905 Chenoweth Square, opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and opens at noon and closes at 4 p.m. Sunday; hours may be flexible on request. For more information, visit www.digshomeandgarden.com or phone 502.893.3447.


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Hello and welcome. I'm cpfc543 and I will be guiding you through my progress as the manager of Penya Encarnada d'Andorra of the small country called Andorra. This is going to be an extremely tough challenge as I want to make a small team in a small league in a small country the best in the world by just using my players from the yearly youth candidates team! The reason I am posting the progress of this save that I am doing is because I want to share with you my progress because of how big of a challenge it is.
The aim of this save is to take Penya Encarnada d'Andorra to the top of the first division, win all the trophies, take part in the European cups, manage Andorra internationally, whilst doing all this without buying a single player which means I will be relying on my youth academy!
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Database Size - Large
Player Count - 7000
Manager Experience - Sunday League Footballer
I hope that you enjoy reading my journey as much as I will enjoy playing it.
- Take over the mighty Penya Encarnada d'Andorra
- Won the Second Division
- Won the First Division 5 times
- Got to the Euro Cup 4th Qualifying Round
Andorra League Database
This is a really good league system created that I would recommend to anyone wanting to have a go at the Andorran leagues!


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ANDERSON, S.C. – In the first Basford Division II Region 2 rankings of 2014, sophomore Zak Hale was ranked fifth at 133, while junior Sean Turner was slotted seventh at 149 as Anderson University wrestling moved down a position from 12th to 13th in the team standings, released on Wednesday.
Hale (133) enters Anderson's 2014 schedule with a 7-3 record, as the sophomore has rattled off seven straight victories, including four over Division I opponents. For the season, Hale has four wins by major decision, a pin, a decision and a win by forfeit. Hale is currently a win behind teammate Zane Newton (157) for the most victories on the team.
Turner, a junior from Monroe, Mich., has notched three straight wins at 149 after beginning the year with a loss to Aaron Walker of The Citadel. Following the setback, Turner picked up back-to-back decisions over opponents from Division I Davidson and George Mason to close his 2013 slate after a 25-9 technical fall at St. Andrews. Overall, Turner is 3-1 on the year.
The Trojans look to improve on their regional ranking when they return to the mats on Friday for the annual Virginia Duals. Anderson's tournament campaign begins at 11 a.m. against Stevens Tech.


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1 Mar 2011 10:06 AM #1
Pressing a disclosure button also triggers the itemtap event
Setting different handlers for the "disclosure" and "itemtap" events on a list doesn't work because both are called when the disclosure button is pressed.
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4 Mar 2011 2:20 PM #2
you are right with 1.0.1a
as a workaround, you can check event target :
if (e.getTarget('.x-list-item-body') ) {
console.log("itemt tap!");
} else {
7 Mar 2011 10:16 AM #3
2 Sep 2011 4:25 AM #4
this bug is also on 1.1.0.
i add : Your trick did it to me, but sometimes when tap on event, the disclose also triggers. Don't know how to fix it.
3 Oct 2011 7:23 AM #5
Where is "e" defined in this scenario?twitter.com/epiphanydigital #sencha #drupal #jquery #craftbeer #guitar #photography
3 Oct 2011 7:39 AM #6
On the Sencha touch Doc :
Disclose : ( Ext.data.Record record, Ext.Element node, Number index,Ext.util.Event e )
So, it's the Event in the Disclose's arguments.
3 Oct 2011 8:56 AM #7
What I ended up doing:
onItemDisclosure : true, listeners : { itemtap : function(record,index,item,e){ if (e.getTarget('.x-list-disclosure')) { Ext.Msg.alert("Disclosure clicked!"); } else { Ext.Msg.alert("Item clicked!"); } } }
Anyone have any idea how to change the icon????twitter.com/epiphanydigital #sencha #drupal #jquery #craftbeer #guitar #photography
14 Oct 2011 1:51 AM #8
Simply add a 'cls' attribute on any .x-list-disclosure's parent (on the Ext.List itself for example)
Then change your .css :
.your-list-cls .x-list-disclosure {
-webkit-mask: none;
background-image: url('../img/trashcan.png') !important;
background-size: 100% 100%;
-webkit-background-size: 100% 100%;
background-color: transparent !important;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
width: 2em;
height: 2em;
14 Oct 2011 4:36 AM #9
Thanks!twitter.com/epiphanydigital #sencha #drupal #jquery #craftbeer #guitar #photography
31 Oct 2011 9:40 PM #10
how to display details of selected record in next page
i want to display details of selected record in next page without a pressing a disclosure button
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Why was the dependency injection pattern not incluided in the gang of four? Did GOF pre-date widespread automated testing? Is dependency injection now considered a core pattern?
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I was Editor of Software Development magazine when the Gang of Four book came out and I can say with total confidence that unit-testing was not a widespread practice in 1994, when Design Patterns was originally published.
In 1994, C++ was the most commonly used object-oriented language, and most people programming it were coming from a C background. One of the "thinking in objects" things that people simply didn't have is the idea of hundreds or thousands of entry points into your program. You thought about the
Java made multiple-entry-point programming more obvious. By the time of the original Dot-Com boom, unit-testing was a well-known technique, but it was really JUnit (circa 2001?) that caused it to catch fire and become a universal practice.
Although Strategy and the general concept of programming to an interface were part of GoF and the mid-90s zeitgeist, the idea of injection came quite late to the party (circa '03-'05?). Honestly, my gray hairs are still quite dubious about that aspect of DI ("Get off my lawn, you darn configuration files!").
They called it Strategy.
Their Strategy seems to have all the features of dependency injection without the complex-sounding name.
I think Dependency Injection is more relevant when separating implementation in tiers. Another area where we think about dependency injection is unit testing. And your pre-date suggestion seems to be correct. If the gang were to collect and segregate patterns in 2012, definitely dependency injection will be there.
Strategy could come up in discussions but Strategy does not talk about dependency injection. But when using strategy pattern in a single project or dll(all classes and interfaces remain in one project) it appears that we are doing dependency injection. In fact we are not.
Now, if the classes and interfaces mentioned in strategy pattern are separated in different projects or tiers then WE will have to use dependency injection techniques. We could use unity configuration files(no runtime change possible though). But Strategy pattern does not say how to inject a dependency.
If there is a pattern that resembles closely to Dependency injection then it is Abstract Factory Method pattern. This pattern could be used inside a strategy pattern to inject dependency.
First i would like you to reference Dependency Inversion Principle. Here is a reference from Object Mentor, : The Dependency Inversion Principle
According to this,
The document cited above shows a good example that a Copy module while itself is abstract one, depends on lower level details of source and destination type breaking this principle.
When design evolves, one must check whether this principle is violated. The simple way to test the virtual class against DIP is to create, inside a unit testing framework a pluggable class. Ideally, i would plug such a class - that the base class shouldn't have heard-of or designed for. If the primary functions works as expected - it means that base class is reasonably abstract and doesn't quite violate DIP!
This process of injecting such a class to test is Dependency Injection. As wikipedia says
There is no one way to apply dependency injection; it can be done in many was and mostly it would use some other pattern itself.
According to me it is a well understood method for a particular task; but not really so unique that it be called a pattern of it's own.
Here is another great example which explains what is Dependency Inversion Principle and shows how a unit test framework is used to uncover this!
the answer Strategy is 100% correct. I up voted it but can comment.
"Strategy lets the algorithm vary independently from clients that use it.[1] Strategy is one of the patterns included in the influential book Design Patterns by Gamma et al. that popularized the concept of using patterns to describe software design."
A design pattern is not dependent on its use. Dependency Injection is implemented by using the Strategy pattern. If we named each pattern based on the use case we would have to rename alot of patterns.
The repository pattern is not a new pattern, it is the Template Pattern.
"In the template method of this design pattern, one or more algorithm steps can be overridden by subclasses to allow differing behaviors while ensuring that the overarching algorithm is still followed."
Often the patterns are multiple patterns combined and named such as the MVC pattern.
The GOF didn't have interfaces the used Pure Abstract classes, and also took advantage of C++'s ability to inherit from more than one class.
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Definition of ballet in English:
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1An artistic dance form performed to music, using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures. Classical ballet, which originated in Renaissance Italy and established its present form during the 19th century, is characterized by light, graceful movements and the use of pointe shoes with reinforced toes.
Example sentences
- However, with modern ballet dance comes greater foot support through modern pointe ballet shoes and trained technique.
- I take ballet, jazz, and Pointe, which is ballet on toe shoes.
- There is an increasingly fine line nowadays between some modern dance and classical ballet.
1.1 [count noun] A creative work or performance of ballet, or the music written for it.
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- This is the last of the evening-length ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Soviet Union.
- By the end of 1777 he was writing operas and ballets in Naples.
- Whether this is the only way to make ballets now, interpreting music, certainly begs questioning.
1.2 [treated as singular or plural] A group of dancers who regularly perform ballets: the Bolshoi Ballet
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- Independent Ballet Wales bring this classical folk tale to life mixing explosive dance and classical ballet in a truly unforgettable evening.
Mid 17th century: from French, from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo 'a dance', from late Latin ballare 'to dance' (see ball2).
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Hello I am running ubuntu 11.10 and access it via ssh with putty. My problem is that when I log in I get the prompt
and my arrow keys do what the y are supposed to. When I try to login in as another user account I made all I get is this as the prompt it never says the directory or anyting
Also when ever I try to use the left, right, up or down arrow I get a character like this
Is this a bug in putty or did I just not set the account up right?


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Since I've updated to 12.10 I'm having a very bizarre behavior when running IntelliJ.
Notice how the "File" menu is 2/3 of the screen down instead of where it's supposed to be? This is the case when I activate it using the mouse or the Alt+F hot key.
I am using a dual screen setup. IntelliJ is currently maximized on screen 2, and a console is maximized on screen 1.
The behavior isn't consistent, but if I use it long enough (a few hours) I usually observe it.
The only non-standard plugin I have is IdeaVM. 2 part question. 1. Has anyone else observed this behavior in IntelliJ or other apps? 2. Any suggestions on how to fix it.