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July 6, 2011
Creating Cross-Boundary Teams
Instead of a single government entity trying to solve a problem, cross-boundary collaboration allows a whole group of players to tackle tough policy challenges.
June 21, 2011
Municipal Benchmarking: The Holy Grail
Good municipal benchmarking doesn't provide all the answers, but it helps us ask all the right questions.
June 15, 2011
The Power of Cross-Boundary Collaboration
It helps government officials create public value by connecting, innovating and executing.
June 8, 2011
Better Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
Don't wait for disaster to strike -- or for feds to arrive -- to prepare for a catastrophe.
May 31, 2011
Homeownership with a Happy Ending
Massachusetts helps marginal earners become first-time homeowners.
May 26, 2011
The Lottery Winner and Food Stamps
How do you determine economic need?
May 19, 2011
Obama, the Zoo Lady and Job Security
As new technologies, priorities and budget realities take hold, public leaders have to insist that the public workforce embrace changes that promote efficiency.
May 16, 2011
The Ugly Side of Transparency
When information is delivered by the media, it can not only be a big, embarrassing dose of ugly, it can also be a distorted picture.
May 4, 2011
The Complexity Conundrum
When it comes to dealing with the unexpected, government struggles. In order to address the nation's greatest public challenges, government needs to destroy its bureaucracies.
April 25, 2011
Accountability, Bureaucracy and Ideology
Is public-sector accountability a pipe dream, or an excuse to gut government?
April 18, 2011
CEOs in Government
Can the Donald Trumps of the world translate their private-sector successes to the public sector?
April 6, 2011
Prevent the Project to Nowhere
The humble project plan can help avoid the anguish that comes with a poorly envisioned project.
March 28, 2011
The IT Gap
Innovation potential exists when technologies outstrip management's ability to put them to good use.
March 18, 2011
Progressive? Not Anymore.
BFC Contributor Stephen Goldsmith's column in the Wall Street Journal outlines how the legacy rules of the Progressive Era are crippling government operations.
March 8, 2011
On, Wisconsin! The War on Collective Bargaining
Unless we get past the political food fight, we won t get to the important issues that are at stake.
March 2, 2011
Self-Service Savings
The theory seems to be that automation is a bad thing because it eliminates good jobs. Inefficiency, however, simply isn't good public policy.
February 28, 2011
Social Impact Bonds, Policy Debutante
The idea behind Social Impact Bonds is fairly simple. Instead of paying for effort, governments pay only for measureable results.
February 15, 2011
Do Budget Cuts Drive Efficiency?
Will spending cuts lead to greater efficiencies? Or merely a reduction in services?
February 7, 2011
Legislative Leaders Facing the Crisis
State legislatures are on the front line of government and have a profound impact on how innovative state government is or isn't.
February 2, 2011
Fair Pay for Public Employees: A Question of Efficiency
Designing a compensation system that is both fair and promotes efficiency is a real challenge.
January 20, 2011
In NYC, 'Simple' Won't Come Easy
In his State of the City address, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a major push to streamline government operations.
January 5, 2011
Efficiency by the Numbers
Has the 'by the numbers' approach worked in practice? Not surprisingly, the answer is yes in some instances and no in others.
December 22, 2010
Innovative Reading
Reading suggestions for public officials looking to get up to speed on innovative management.
December 21, 2010
Rewarding Efficiency in New Jersey
It is one of the enduring conundrums of public budgeting: How do you feed success and starve failure?
December 14, 2010
Social Media Boom and Bust
Gov. 2.0 has led to some real enhancements. The focus on results must continue for Gov. 2.0 to deliver fully on its potential.
December 9, 2010
The Courts vs. Efficiency
Courts exist for a reason, but over-reliance on the bench for operational oversight can produce more due process than is due.
December 8, 2010
Free Your Data
Evidence is mounting that unlocking your raw data is a great way to enhance public services at very little cost.
December 2, 2010
Owing the Government, Money for Nothing
Many government agencies can and should do a better job of making sure that those who owe government money, pay it.
November 23, 2010
The Future Can Wait
We are all for innovation, but finding new and creative ways to kick the can down the road is not what we had in mind.
November 15, 2010
Cornered in the Corner Office
Hopefully, the current crisis will encourage thoughtful reexamination of even the most politically difficult policy reforms.
November 9, 2010
Corrections Cost Correction
The high cost of incarceration is spurring new thinking around every aspect of prison policy.
November 3, 2010
Privatization Ideology
The blazingly obvious truth about privatization is that in some cases, it leads to better services and lower costs; in other cases, it doesn't.
November 2, 2010
Turning Around Challenged Cities
A new initiative looks to revive some of the nation's most challenged urban areas.
November 1, 2010
Idiocy by Committee
If groups are so wise, why are committees so moronic?
October 21, 2010
The Cost of Blind Justice
When it comes to putting scarce resources to use, we need to better understand costs and trade-offs.
October 7, 2010
Boston's Wicked Bus Applications
This "wiki" approach of allowing outsiders to work out solutions to public problems is a growing trend in better, faster, cheaper government.
October 6, 2010
Inefficient Government Rules and Regulations
Rules are part of the public-sector terrain, but they can be the most frustrating aspect of government.
October 4, 2010
Social Media in the Public Sector
More and more government agencies are using social media tools to disseminate information, to share ideas and to communicate with the general public.
September 28, 2010
'Those Idiots!': Bureaucracy and the Fundamental Attribution Error
We need to question each and every rule, regulation, and law that limits people from exercising their good judgment.
September 27, 2010
Parking Meter Wars
The economics of meter privatization are rather straightforward. The politics of meter privatization, however, are another matter entirely.
September 20, 2010
Today's Management Challenges Echo the Past
A memo from a 1970 Office of Management and Budget official still resonates four decades later.
September 8, 2010
Labor Pains: Repairing the Management-Union Relationship
There are no magic bullets, but one approach to consider is the establishment of a joint labor-management committee.
August 31, 2010
IT Cost Reduction Comes with Risk
The fiscal situation and IT push within the Obama administration is sending a signal across all levels of government that a sea change is coming.
August 26, 2010
Selling (Out) the Future
In government, when times get tight, public officials turn to the sale of assets—the equivalent of selling the family jewels.
August 25, 2010
Too Many Governments?
It's too early to call it a movement, but state and local officials are beginning to ask hard questions about the multiplicity of government agencies.
August 25, 2010
Overload: Streamlining Governments
Too much government? Maybe. Too many governments? Definitely.
August 18, 2010
Tips for Serious Cost Cutters
Learn how to make structural changes that will bend the cost curve of government down.
August 18, 2010
Serious Cost Cutters Only, Please
This column is for those public leaders who are looking to make structural changes that will bend the cost curve of government down.
August 17, 2010
Goal Erosion: When Goals Don't Matter
What does it mean for government when political leaders routinely set unrealistic goals that go unrealized? Goals lose their power to guide and inspire.
August 4, 2010
Management by Audit
An independent review offers not just oversight, but insight.
July 28, 2010
A Terrible Thing to Waste
The saying may have its merits, but getting out ahead of a crisis is more sustainable and attainable.
Sustainable Government is Attainable Government
Don't wait for a crisis to drive change, make change a constant feature of government.
July 27, 2010
Rhee Turns DC Schools Upside Down – or Upside Right?
What Michelle Rhee has done in Washington, D.C., is not to turn the schools upside down, but to turn them upside right.
July 22, 2010
New Jersey Governor Releases Privatization Report
Most interesting is the report's call for a centralized entity whose sole purpose is to promote competitive efficiency within state government.
July 15, 2010
Finding and Spreading Good Ideas
Two new how-to guides for public innovators could prove very useful for public officials who need to find better, faster, cheaper ways of getting the job done.
July 12, 2010
Louisville Links Schools and Community Programs
Software and a swipe card break down information silos
July 8, 2010
Fiscal Crisis? Let the Games Begin
Games and simulations can be important tools as governments around the globe grapple with the grim reality of their fiscal situation.
July 7, 2010
The 5% Solution: The Dreaded "Across the Board" Cuts
The ultimate blunt weapon in the battle of the budget: across the board 5 percent cuts. But do they spur government to greater efficiency or inefficiency?
July 1, 2010
Debt, Deficits, and the Road to Fiscal Sustainability
States, cities and many nations around the globe are facing an existential threat in the form of a massive fiscal imbalance.
June 18, 2010
Stadiums and Economic Growth—or Not
Some governments are building stadiums they don't need with money they don't have.
June 17, 2010
Sandy Springs Outsources (Almost) Everything
The earliest days of Sandy Springs, Ga., provide a fascinating (and rare) instance of a community having the freedom to create a government on a blank canvas...
June 10, 2010
Iowa's Ban on Red Tape
Babak Armajani of the Public Strategies Group looks at the experience of the Iowa Charter agencies, an experiment in bureaucracy managed by results rather than red tape.
June 9, 2010
The Bureaucrat and the Telescope
NASA, James Webb, and networked government...
June 3, 2010
From Data to Transparency in D.C.
The District of Columbia has emerged as a transparency leader.
The Danger of Missed Warnings
Working in a high-risk environment, like a space shuttle or an oil rig, it is easy to grow complacent. What can managers do to avoid the complacency trap?
June 2, 2010
The Danger of Missed Warnings
Working in a high-risk environment, like a space shuttle or an oil rig, it is easy to grow complacent. What can managers do to avoid the complacency trap?
June 1, 2010
Los Angeles Offers A Lesson in Job Growth
Rather than throwing money at companies, encourage more business-friendly operations at City Hall, especially towards industries in which you have a natural advantage.
May 28, 2010
The Case for a Total Overhaul
The sobering fiscal reality of our current circumstances are creating an environment more open to a fundamental rethinking of government's roles and responsibilities.
May 25, 2010
The Key to Public School Turnarounds
How do you fix a dysfunctional school? It starts from the top, with strategies for training and mentoring great leaders, preparing them for...
May 21, 2010
The Art of Cultural Transformation
Getting the rank and file to think differently and embrace change can be a daunting task.
May 18, 2010
Don't Go There! – OPM begins "Telework" Pilot
The OPM initiative is a big invitation to get to work -- in your bathrobe, if you want to.
May 14, 2010
Learning from Home
Massachusetts is about to join a growing virtual-school movement that may soon transform public education.
May 13, 2010
California Wants to Attract Jobs – But What About Retention?
With all the focus on encouraging new business, what about keeping the ones you have?
May 5, 2010
D.C.'s Newest Superhero: 'Sweepercam'
There is nothing so mundane as street sweeping. So how did the District of Columbia generate cost savings, bring in additional revenue, streamline operations and...
D.C.'s Newest Superhero: 'Sweepercam'
The story of how a high-tech solution revolutionized one city's street-sweeping operation.
May 4, 2010
Steve Goldsmith to Bring "Better, Faster, Cheaper" Approach to New York City
It has been clear for some time that the innovative, cost-saving approaches highlighted at this site are in high demand among public officials. So it...
May 3, 2010
Government Bashing:
Anger at government and its employees is in the news, amped up in part by a bad economy and fueled by broad dissatisfaction with politicians....
April 27, 2010
Doing Less with Less
An article from today's Wall Street Journal documents the trend in government cutbacks: In Los Angeles this week, the mayor proposed closing most city offices...
April 15, 2010
The Future of IT in the Public Sector
In this 5-minute video, Professor Jerry Mechling of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government looks at the future of technical innovation. He argues that what we've...
April 9, 2010
New Column on Leadership: The Federal Coach
In a unique collaboration, The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service produce The Federal Coach, a leadership column and blog hosted by Tom...
April 7, 2010
Government's Prize-winning Strategy
Want a solution? Try offering a prize. To spur innovation, the federal government is turning to competitions and crowdsourcing. When Charles Lindbergh flew across the...
Government's Prize-winning Strategy
Want a solution? Try offering a prize. To spur innovation, the federal government is turning to competitions and crowdsourcing.
April 5, 2010
What is the Role of Big Citizenship in Social Innovation and Change?
In this column from the National Conference on Citizenship blog, Stephen Goldsmith weighs in on the role of social innovation in fostering approaches to big...
April 1, 2010
Putting Trust in People: How Ordinary Citizens can Help Solve Social Ills
What can be done to catalyze and grow innovations that promise transformative social progress? In this interesting column from the Case Foundation blog, Stephen Goldsmith...
March 30, 2010
Public Employees Making Government Better, Faster, and Cheaper
During this time of fiscal crisis, public employees are developing new and creative ways of helping the public and taxpayers save money while preserving quality...
March 25, 2010
Book Review: Improving Government Services Through Unified Communication
First off, this 87-page book is available free as a download, so it has an endearing quality right off the bat. Secondly, it offers a...
March 24, 2010
Put Your City or County on the 311 Map
I've complained before that established, proven technologies such as 311 aren't being adopted fast enough. Well, if you live in one of the many locations still...
March 22, 2010
Fighting Poverty through Social Innovation
How do you nurture the best approaches to getting communities out of poverty? How can we abandon strategies that don't yield results, and grow the...
March 21, 2010
Does Privatization Work for Cities?
It is an age-old debate: Can competitive outsourcing help struggling cities stretch scarce tax dollars? In this 8 minute video from the John Stossel show, Stephen...
March 18, 2010
The Big Reset - States Cope with the "New Normal"
The National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices has just come out with a new study called "The Big Reset," which provides guidance for states...
March 3, 2010
Strange But True Tales of Privatization
Those in favor of privatization have a new slogan: "Privatization saves puppies." It's true. When Kansas City privatized its animal shelter, it knew it would...
Strange But True Tales of Privatization
Privatization won't always work, but it should always be considered.
5 Great Cost Saving Ideas
Why everybody hasn't embraced these five 'innovations' befuddles this columnist.
February 3, 2010
5 Great Cost Saving Ideas
In the good old days, economic slumps were followed by recoveries. To survive lean times, governments tightened their belts, maybe raised some taxes and waited...
January 27, 2010
Nominate a Public Sector Hero
The Partnership for Public Service is accepting nominations for its "Service to America" medals, looking to honor the very best of the nation's federal work...
January 20, 2010
Chicago's Meter Privatization
Chicago's parking meter privatization is a fascinating study in media coverage and the public perception of public policy. The story has a lot of moving...
January 18, 2010
AZ Looks to Close Budget Gap
Not only is Arizona turning assets into cash through a sale-lease back approach, but Governor Jan Brewer's budget proposal is full of difficult cuts. The...
January 13, 2010
Transforming Government in the Red Ink Era
Steve Goldsmith has weighed in with why old ideas won't work with the current fiscal crunch, making the case that the circumstances are unprecedented and...
January 11, 2010
New Thinking in the Era of "Permacrisis"
In his column on "e21" -- a site that looks at economic policies for the 21st century -- Professor Steve Goldsmith argues that the budget...
January 8, 2010
NY Lt. Gov. Ravitch: Stimulus Funds Driving States Over a Cliff
An article in today's Wall Street Journal tells a grim tale of the unintended consequences of federal stimulus funds. According to Richard Ravitch, the Democratic...
Innovation by Design: Improving Customer Service
Denmark's innovative approach builds innovation and efficiency into government culture.
January 6, 2010
Innovation by Design: Improving Customer Service
Oftentimes, customer service improvements occur only after very public and very embarrassing failures. Consider the IRS. In the late 1990s, a series of televised Congressional...
January 4, 2010
California Groundhog Day
The writer Edward Albey noted: "There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California." The ongoing problems of...
December 29, 2009
Tell a Story, Spread an Idea
When it comes to spreading an innovative practice, it helps to be able to tell a good story. This interview with Sandford Borins, a Professor...
December 16, 2009
Connecting the Dots on Crime
The recent tragedy in Washington state has focused attention on sharing information about criminals between states. As Professor Goldsmith points out in his article, data...
December 10, 2009
A Little Nudge Will Do
When government wants to discourage something, the instinct is to criminalize that behavior. But small infractions often get lost by prosecutors and courts that have...
December 9, 2009
Pick It or Ticket
Wilmington had a problem. Sanitation-related complaints were flooding its Division of Licenses & Inspections (L&I), as neighborhoods were being dragged down by trash left outside...
December 2, 2009
Driving Change: Go Big or Go Home
Forget incremental improvement, create a team focused solely on change.
December 2, 2009
Driving Change: Go Big or Go Home
A city official once compared managing in City Hall to driving a bus, with one difference. "Every seat is equipped with a brake, so lots...
December 1, 2009
Finding Deadbeats
The problem of child support enforcement is a big one. This column highlights Virginia, which found a creative idea that uses a relatively low-tech approach...
November 30, 2009
Last Call for Deadbeats
Locating parents who are negligent on their child support payments just got a little easier with an innovative approach used by Virginia's Division of Child...
November 24, 2009
Murky Transparency
The movement toward open government is well underway, with the Obama administration leading the charge. The effort is praiseworthy, but the implementation is proving dicey....
November 15, 2009
Ending the Misery in Michigan
Michigan is home to the nation's highest unemployment, and faces a gaping $2.8 billion budget hole. Northwood University's Keith Pretty and Timothy Nash offer five policy...
Democracy on the Cheap
For low-cost elections, the future is now.
November 4, 2009
Democracy on the Cheap
What if they held an election and nobody came? That pretty much happened in New York City in September. According to the New York Times, "...
November 1, 2009
Fixing Public Pensions
Public employee pensions can be huge budget busters, as a previous article explored. In today's column, Bill Eggers explores ways to dig out from the...
October 28, 2009
Email in the News
In LA, the city has just signed a contract with Google to handle email for 30,000 city employees, a $7.25 million deal that is the largest of...
October 27, 2009
Finding the Clarity
If the data is buried in a computer, it doesn't do much good. Only when data is "mined" can actionable information emerge. In their article,...
October 21, 2009
Outsourcing Agnosticism
The best public administration occurs when the public sector takes direction from political leaders, but doesn't allow politics to stand in the way of performance....
October 19, 2009
Minnesota Misery
Like many states, the North Star State is facing tough times. The state's Department of Management and Budget says spending has been reduced in real...
October 12, 2009
Fixing Arizona
Like many states, the Grand Canyon state is facing some tough choices. An article below from the Goldwater Institute offers their ideas for some reforms...
Changing the Channel
How longer waits can mean better customer service.
October 7, 2009
Changing the Channel
When you buy a ticket from JetBlue, it costs you an extra $15 to book a flight over the phone compared to doing it yourself over...
October 6, 2009
King County, Washington - Furloughs Make for Extra-Long Long Weekends
The situation was dire. In the fall of 2008, King County Washington, the state's most populous county which includes the city of Seattle, was facing an...
October 5, 2009
Furlough Fever!
Reduced hours for public employees as a money-saving tool is all the rage. But is it effective? We recently ran an article on Atlanta's experiment...
October 5, 2009
Utah's 4 Day Work Week - The New Wave?
Since August 2008, Utah state employees have been working just four days a week and it doesn't look like the three day weekends are going to...
September 14, 2009
Made in the Shade
The latest article by Lynn Scarlett highlights something everybody can love -- an innovation that is not only good for the environment but saves money...
Where Less is More Efficient
Atlanta's four-day workweek has unexpected results.
September 2, 2009
Where Less is More Efficient
The idea first arose during the days of $4-a-gallon gasoline in the summer of 2008. But now, even with energy prices way down from their peak,...
August 31, 2009
5 Reasons Why the Feds Shouldn't Bail Out CA
Even before California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger began issuing IOU's in July, some pundits (Michael Maiello, for one) were calling on President Obama to bail out...
August 28, 2009
Missions and Measures: Two Paths to Greater Effectiveness
Two articles below include two totally different takes on how New York is dealing with the problem of homelessness. Steve Goldsmith writes here about "the...
August 26, 2009
Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
The dog days of August are upon us, and everybody, including President Obama, is on vacation. But government never stops working--sort of. Both Chicago and...
August 17, 2009
Digital Crime Fighting
It was William Bratton who brought criminal justice into the information age, launching New York City's CompStat under Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He's stepping down now...
August 17, 2009
Fighting Crime with Zeroes and Ones:
When you say "infrastructure" most people think roads, bridges, and tunnels. That's fine. But these conduits of physical goods were more crucial to the economy...
August 13, 2009
Foreclosure Nation: Who Mows the Lawn?
Today, the word "foreclosure" evokes an unfortunate reminder of the nation's economic meltdown, particularly the speculation and collapse in the real estate market. For city...
August 12, 2009
Taking Reservations at the Jail
The Santa Clara County Department of Correction had a problem. The system couldn't handle the daily onslaught of those coming to visit the more than 4,500...
Taking Reservations at the Jail
An online system is dramatically improving the process for inmate visitations.
August 5, 2009
$2 Million Worth of Software for $50,000
Vivek Kundra, the former Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, decided to turn everything on its head. Instead of waiting for a FOIA (...
July 28, 2009
State Government: Transformed or Transfixed
A great column above by John Kamensky and Jonathon Breul of the IBM Center for the Business of Government makes a compelling case that state...
July 23, 2009
Don't Panic: Innovate!
Engulfed by a tidal wave of red ink, governments across the nation are struggling to keep their head above water. The temptation, says Professor Stephen...
July 22, 2009
Obama, Goldsmith meet urban entrepreneurs
In July, President Barack Obama held a meeting in the White House, bringing together some of the nation's most distinguished social innovators. Stephen Goldsmith, who...
July 20, 2009
Obama, Goldsmith Meet Urban Entrepreneurs
In July, President Barack Obama held a meeting in the White House, bringing together some of the nation's most distinguished social innovators. Stephen Goldsmith, who...
July 20, 2009
Paper or Plastic?
Sometimes the best technology isn't the latest gee-whiz gadget, but something that's been around for a while. Sometimes the best cost-savings ideas aren't the result...
June 19, 2009
States in State of Shock
A budget crunch often offers an opportunity to introduce cost-saving efficiencies that would otherwise be too politically difficult to achieve. This blog entry was going...


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Paint a Room, Painlessly
In This Article:
Many factors contribute to the psychology and esthetics of a room, but none is more potent than wall color. And dollar for dollar, hour for hour, nothing returns more results than whole-room repainting.
This job calls for a logical work sequence. If you finish one process before starting another—clean all the walls before starting to patch them, for example—you'll be less confused, make fewer mistakes, and waste less time hauling tools and handling material. There is no need to wear a mask with latex paint, although it's always smart to keep some windows open for ventilation.
Step 1: The Color Scheme
Choose paint color carefully, since color may be the dominant factor in a room's personality. Colors have moods. Whites can make a room feel large and cheery, or cold or forbidding. Darker, more pronounced, colors can make a room feel cozy, inviting, or artistic—or small, even cave-like.
Here are some considerations for color selection:
Dave's Don'ts
Most people use flat or "eggshell," a slightly glossy and easier-to-clean variation on flat, for walls, and semi-gloss paint for trim. Avoid full gloss enamel unless you have plenty of experience; it's difficult to avoid brushmarks.
What colors are in the trim, furniture, floor coverings, and artwork? Your paint should harmonize with these.
Loud colors give a sense of energy, while softer, more neutral colors are more calming.
Before selecting a bold color, make sure your family can live with it.
Neutral colors slip into the background. As you paint, the room may seem stark or boring—until you add color with furnishings, art, and floor coverings.
If your sense of color is as primitive as mine, take a look at the coordinated color combinations presented by paint companies.
Dark paints are hard to lighten. To make a quick jump toward white on a wall that's now dark, put two coats of a good primer under your paint.
Unless you enjoy redecorating, avoid the color of the week: Don't paint yourself into a corner by falling for a foolish fad.
Don't judge a color based on a postage-stamp sample. Buy a quart of the color and test it on your walls. Or buy from a paint store that mails out larger color samples.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Home Improvements © 2004 by David J. Tenenbaum. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Concerning Jeremiah: does the lengthier text tradition found in the MT represent an expansion of the tradition that backed the LXX? Or does the tradition behind the LXX represent an abridgment of the Masoretic Text? Or do the two traditions relate to each other in some other way?
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The LXX and MT texts of Jeremiah are substantially different. The LXX is substantially shorter (around an eighth shorter) and the order of some of the text is different. This is much more substantial than most divergences between the LXX and MT.
In general, there are two main ways in which the MT and LXX can differ: the Hebrew text that the LXX translators were translating from was substantially different from the MT or the LXX translators translated loosely. In this case, we can be pretty confident that much of the difference is caused by the former issue. This is because in the Dead Sea Scrolls there are fragments of Hebrew texts of Jeremiah which agree with the LXX and not the MT.
Let's fix terminology and call the Hebrew text of Jeremiah circulating circa 2nd century BCE which was translated into the LXX the "proto-LXX" and the Hebrew text of Jeremiah circulating around the same time which was chosen a millennium later by the Masoretes the "proto-MT." Since the two are so substantially different, it is highly unlikely that the differences were caused simply by scribal errors, instead someone actively editing and rewriting happened at some point. There are three possibilities: the proto-LXX is edited from a proto-MT original, the proto-MT is edited from a proto-LXX original, or both were edited from a lost original. In the absence of a compelling reason for the third option, I'll concentrate on the former two.
Once you know that one of two texts is a redaction (edited version) of the other, you can use redaction criticism which attempts to figure out what the goals, language, and themes of the redactor were. So you can ask "does it make more sense that someone edited proto-LXX to proto-MT in order to do XYZ, or vice-versa?" A standard example of this kind of argument is the argument that it is more likely that Matthew and Luke redacted Mark than vice-versa.
From a quick search it seems that a strong majority of scholars think the proto-LXX is the original and the proto-MT was a revision. A major argument is that the redactor of the proto-MT was shows signs of working several centuries later. Another is that the proto-MT clarifies several confusing sections in the proto-LXX. I have not yet turned up a good snappy summary of the arguments anywhere in the literature yet.
In summary, the differences between the LXX and MT are caused mostly by the differences between the ancient Hebrew proto-LXX and proto-MT texts, not by translations. One of these versions was a revision of the other, and a strong majority of scholars thing that the proto-LXX was the original and that the proto-MT shows evidence of being a revision.
My main sources were wikipedia and its references, and this paper by a graduate student named Brian Davidson.
Several modern critical commentaries confidently dismiss in methodological exactness the typical traditional reasons why many have held that the 'MT is superior to the LXX'. For example on reviewing the omissions of the LXX which represents the largest difference, here is a concise summary of old ideas rejected by a critical commentary:
The author then proceeds to dismiss each concept and argues that the LXX is actually quite obviously superior to the MT. The basic argument is essentially that there is no evidence to support that the translators of the LXX were careless, ignorant, or hasty, or benefiting with any agenda for the many differences but that they must have been working with a different copy of the Hebrew.
So basically the argument in favor of the LXX in very simple form is: 'I trust manuscripts that were more public and trust the persons who made the translations as they seemed honest and intelligent.' Of course the actual argument is made using detailed arguments about each differing case, but all biased under this basic approach.
For me I take the opposite opinion. First, regardless of which manuscripts were used by the public and regardless of how intelligent and honest the LXX translators may have been, one should always give more credence to an original copy then to a translated copy all other things being equal. In other words one should start with a bias for the original language (the MT) then only if the evidence is overwhelming that something is wrong with the original -that the copy truly explains- should we even consider the copy as the better authority. I feel those arguing LXX supremacy simply abandon the MT prematurely without cause. (I have not reviewed each detail. I am only arguing from a sampling of the detailed arguments paying more attention to the general argument and assumption).
To me a good example case that puts the MT in a higher position is a very large change in the arrangement of the LXX version. Verse 25:14 is missing in the LXX and in its place the LXX inserts:
One has to look into something like this for one's self, but for me I simply find the internal logic and flow of the MT more meaningful compared to what appears to be a rearrangement in the LXX. The omission and additions are less conclusive and conjectural (something I think the supporters of the LXX seem to base most of their arguments on) than the internal reasonableness and flow of each one. Combining the reasonable bias for an original language to that of a copy plus this reduced quality of logical flow by the LXX significant re-arrangements I think the MT is the better source. Of course these sorts or arguments never end because each person investigating the subject puts energy into proving their initial suspicions at a higher level. Both argue that there favorite source 'has better flow' but I simply do not see it in the LXX.
Regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls most of them seem to have conformed to the MT but there is a 'claim' that some follow the LXX prototype which I am unable to find real significant proof of. Here is a summary of all the related scriptures based on the book, Scanlin, H. P. (1993). The Dead Sea Scrolls & Modern Translations of the Old Testament. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers
Here are the scrolls that are supposedly in favor of the MT:
Here are the scrolls that are supposedly similar to the LXX:
Here are the scrolls that have no significance:
So it should seem quite obvious that the only claimed section of scripture that lends itself to the argument of the superiority of the proto-LXX is Jeremiah 9:22–26; 10:1–18
Let's look at one of these important important sections under the ESV translation (I assume primarily based on the MT) and also on an English translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as a LXX English translation to see what are people really making these claims at a level of the actual overall meaning that each one is conveying and how divergent they are?
Jeremiah 9:23-26 (The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2001)
Jeremiah 9:23-26 (Brannan, R., Penner, K. M., Loken, I., Aubrey, M., & Hoogendyk, I. (Eds.). (2012). The Lexham English Septuagint)
Jeremiah 9:23-26 Abegg, M., Jr., Flint, P., & Ulrich, E. (1999). The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Oldest Known Bible Translated for the First Time into English (p. 388).
OK I don't know about you but whatever 'professor' decided to send a relay message to those discussing the LXX that this brings evidence to the LXX prototype must know something I can't see. To me this section does not even indicate any difference to all three versions. The more I hear of these types of arguments and claims the more critical I am at trusting what anyone says until some precise proof is presented. Basically I still think the best and most easily understood proof is that the MT flows more meaningful then does the LXX, or its supposed prototype. I see no evidence to support that before the MT editors were mixing everything up and down and only after the MT was established did they take such great care is preserving the original text. (There might be evidence somewhere but nothing I am able to find, even with fairly good resources at hand). After all, those who try and imagine great revisions occurring before the MT was established are really presupposing intentional revisions during times that no proof is available one way or the other indicating that it is a preferential presupposition that seems to simply be based on 'distrust' that the Hebrews actually faithfully recorded the scriptures.
Note: I should mention I am not an expert my any means on this subject. I am just the kind of person who does not trust anyone until I see it for myself. I like to research things for myself based on my skeptical view of human nature. All I can see is that the MT seems more reliable.
The DSS MSS have Hebrew rescentions of both the MT and LXX texts of Jeremiah, so there is really no solution to this problem when refering to them. Both types of texts are present there, so again it is only theory and opinion that gives preference to the text as found in the LXX over that of the MT. The DSS do prove that this issue goes back to a rescention of the Hebrew text, but beyond that, the question of which variant came first must be determined by other factors.
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Are there any frameworks or projects that support cross-platform mobile game development? At the moment Titanium does cross platform development, but doesn't support high end graphics APIs, so many things still have to be written specifically for a given platform.
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Unity is probably your best bet, it supports both iOS and Android, as well as Windows and Mac.
HTML5 and JavaScript are getting better every day. They may not have as developed toolchains as more existing platforms, but in six months or a year they look to be pretty strong.
The main advantage is that you can code and test by making a browser accessible webpage and navigating to it from the mobile device. Additionally the platform specific differences are very limited, though still present.
PhoneGap can also assist in creating "native" apps from cross platform web apps.
There are a ton of options for this, so it really depends on your budget and long term hopes. If you're planning on just making a one-off, then something like MonoTouch, Flash and Unity would be perfectly fine. If you want this code to be something you can grow and own yourself, then writing your own C++ layer that works with OpenGL on both platforms would be the best way to go.
Well...in theory you could also try using C++, then create bindings in Objective C and Java too import the goods.
Airplay SDK uses C++ and works across different mobile platforms (Android, iPhone, Symbian, etc)
Flash has their iPhone packager out, and Flash works on Android devices... but I really can't recommend the iPhone packager at the moment, as I had terrible difficulties with it. Your mileage may vary, though.
As noted above Unity is a solid choice, it supports Mac and Windows machines (desktop and web), iOS and Android devices as well as all three consoles (PS3, Wii, X360, downloadable and retail titles).
Mono supports iphone (mono touch) and android (mono droid) I am not sure how well game development would be supported through either of those. You would also be able to support WP7 as well. Sure the platform interface code would be different but you should be able to use 80- 90% of your code on all three platforms.
I have bad experinace in choosing Cross platform game development SDK, I did research and evaluated many SDK, and I finalized to use Airplay SDK, seems SDK has good documents and samples, so easy to jump, I developed around 60 games which deployed on android and iphone, it works fine.
Now I would like to integrate ad on Airplay based games, and seems airplay don't have capability to render HTML,CSS & JS (like webview), Seems it allow only to draw image but don't have HTML.
So if you are thinking to develop games without ads(or if you have own image ads) then I think Airplay is fine, if you are thinking to have ad, then I suggest to not go with Airplay.
Shiva 3D does iPhone, Android, WebOS and Airplay. It also has many non-mobile options.
Corona SDK
I am surprised that no one has mentioned this one yet. It is a high performance 2d game engine that runs on LUA and is really easy to use.
I'm an indie game mobile game developer and there is not a week that goes by without me trying to find a better toolset.
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I don't think HTML5 is there yet for cross platform... maybe one day. I have the additional requirements that my games must work on the Blackberry as well...
If your gaming involves 3D gaming, Unity is a good option. If you are comfortable with JavaScript, I'd recommend going for Appcelerator Titanium.
On the other hand, you may also want to look at Skiller SDK, it provides multi-platform support (Android, J2ME, Symbian and iOS in the works). It's a third-party SDK which augments gaming capabilities on multiple native platforms.
If your mostly looking to create a website/web app definitely check out PhoneGap here PhoneGapit has a huge assortment of supported features on each device and that with the combination of JQueryMobile JqueryMobile you can build some serious cross platform apps.
Unity and Sio2 look really solid and impressive. Pricey yes but I understand how much it is challenging to create such products.
You can check out Adobe AIR, which lets you write-once-run-anywhere in Flash and Actionscript for platforms like desktop, iOS and Android. It requires a bit more optimisation skill to optimise for mobile platforms, but once that's done deploying to either iOS or Android shouldn't be a problem.
See http://corlan.org/2011/07/18/using-adobe-air-to-reach-multiple-devices-conqu/ for an example of reaching multiple platforms using 1 code base.


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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Sort-of-Long Update (I'd say "Quick Update, but that would be a lie)
I know this may be a disappointing post for some of you because I don't have any new swatches to show you right now, but I just wanted to check in with you about a few things:
1) I am not dead! I've just been way busier with schoolwork this semester than I'd originally anticipated. I'm graduating college this year and have been writing my thesis this semester, which is both a fun adventure and a challenge unlike any other I've encountered in my life thus far. So that's primarily what's been keeping me from blogging regularly. I do miss it, though! :)
2) I do have new swatches and can't wait to show them to you - I'm just afraid if I start going through my pictures now, I won't get anything done all night (it's a pretty time-consuming process to sort through the pics, choose the best ones, crop them, resize them, label them, etc. - and that's not including writing the reviews!). Hopefully one day soon I'll get a chance to take care of all that. I do feel like a total schmuck for promising new swatches and not delivering (like with the last two Fantasy Makers duos - oops, now it's halfway through November and the Halloween displays have turned into Christmas displays!), but I have to make school my first priority, so sometimes that's just the way it has to be.
3) On the topic of feeling like a schmuck, I realize I've totally failed to update you regularly on the progress of my "Baroque Challenge." In short, I'm not sure if I'll succeed or not. With 10 days left until November 25th, I have 4 pounds to go (I've lost six so far). Maybe doable, maybe not. The same thing that's been keeping me from blogging (yes, Thesis, I'm talking to you) has also been limiting my time to exercise and cook healthy meals, so losing weight has not been an easy feat. With that said - while I am a little discouraged at the thought of not meeting my goal by the release of MAC's Baroque Boudoir collection, I am nevertheless proud of what I've accomplished so far. Today I went to the Gap (30% off Friends & Family/Teach for America charity sale, woot!) for a new pair of jeans, picked out what I thought was a pair from this cool new style, tried them on, immediately decided to buy them (they look HOT!), then looked at the tag and realized they must have been shelved in the wrong place: they were exactly the pair I was already wearing, but one size smaller! That was exhilarating, let me tell you. :) So maybe I'll get there, maybe I won't - but I'm starting to realize that this challenge has certainly evolved for me - I want to lose weight now because I feel better about myself these days (a little more every day, in fact), not because I want new makeup. I'm sure I'll still want something from the Baroque collection, but I'm not lusting after it anymore... now I'm lusting after going home for Christmas and seeing my family and friends look surprised at my new figure! It's funny how sometimes you make a goal and eventually the means come to mean more to you than the end... life can be weird that way.
4) Once I'm able to dive back into blogging again, I have some more exciting things to share with you in addition to the new swatches! One of my goals for the near future is to do some posts on my favorite products (i.e., favorite skin care and hair care products, favorite drugstore makeup, favorite high-end makeup [that I think is worth the money], application techniques I like to use, etc.), as well as some more giveaways. Last week I contacted Paula's Choice, a company that makes a couple of my favorite skincare products (though I am by no means a disciple of the Gospel of Paula or any other specified regimen, so fear not, there will be no glassy-eyed rambling from me). I'd never done this before, but I told them my plans and idea, and asked whether they might be willing to contribute one or two of my favorite products for me to use as prizes in a giveaway. Well, apparently they like me, because they're sending a lot more than one or two items - so there will definitely be some fantastic 'Squatch giveaways coming soon!
5) Last issue, and this is actually a question for you, readers! This is a bit embarrassing, but: there are a few things that I swatched such a long time ago and still haven't gotten around to posting that they're not as new/exciting as they used to be, or in some cases aren't available in stores anymore like the Fantasy Makers duos. Assuming these items could still be obtained in some manner (on eBay, through me, through swapping, etc.), do you still want me to post the swatches? Or would it just make you sad/mad for me to show you products that could end up being a total pain in the butt for you to acquire?
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Definitely post the older swatches. I'm a MUAer like you and I'll know what to look out for. They'll still be beautiful to look at regardless.ReplyDelete
Hey, don't beat yourself up. Life first, blogging later. Work on your thesis and take care of your future and well-being. We'll still be here! =)But it would be wise if you can develop a habit of visiting the gym (or workout video or similar physical activity) and eating healthful foods. Nothing is more deteriorating to our everyday lives than an unhealthy self. I love your swatches. I've been following your blog before I started my own. They're real helpful and I can tell that it's a pain in the ass to take all those pictures and keep track of them in an organized manner. All swatches are appreciated, discontinued or not. Have a good day!ReplyDelete
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Is it common for an English speaking person to understand the word "integer" (i.e. the whole numbers ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ...)?
Or should I not use that word outside the domain of mathematics or computer science.
Is it common for an English speaking person to understand the word "integer" (i.e. the whole numbers ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ...)?
Or should I not use that word outside the domain of mathematics or computer science.
I don't think you can assume integer is a term known outside the mathematics and computer science communities. Would my mother know what an integer is? No. I would use "whole number" to describe it, which I believe is better understood.
If you look at ngram search between 1900 and 2000 of words integer, rose and fun:
you will find integer least common, but still referenced >1M times and yes vast majority of the books will be from mathematic and computer science, but I would say that such a concept that is thought in primary school falls under general knowledge and is common.
EDIT: While checking some of smackfu findings I stumbled over the article where an author has no problem in admitting that integer is not in his general knowledge. So, maybe I jumped to conclusion that it is really common.
On the other hand - searching New York Times find ~160 posts and articles using the word (here are the results for integer, it does not include results for integers).
Education is very much widespread today, and Mathematics are an integral part of this education.
The idea of "integers" would therefore be quite well known, and generally understood.
My normal test is whether a large daily newspaper will use the term without giving a definition on first use. Looking back through archives will also tell you if a word has become accepted as commonly known over time. Unfortunately a newspaper will almost never have the need to use "integer" or synonyms, and I only found one decent cite in the NYTimes archive from 1981: "This has to do with determining how many ways a whole number, or integer, can be written as a sum."
On the other hand, you could also use the same lack of results to argue that a newspaper will never use the word integer outside of a math context.


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Are the following two assertions always true, always false or meaningless?
$\exists i \in \emptyset$
$\forall i \in \emptyset$
Because it seems that one encounters expressions of this kind fairly similar in mathematics, especially if we are dealing with degenerate cases of definitions. Let me give an example (in graph theory) of such a case. There, one can formalize the idea the two vertices are connected in the following way: Let $G=(V,E)$ be a graph and let $v,w\in V $. We define $v$ and $w$ to be "connected" if: $\exists n \in \mathbb{N}, \ \exists \alpha: \left\{ 1,\ldots,n \right\} \rightarrow V, \ \alpha_0=v \ \& \ \alpha_n=w \ \ \forall i\in \mathbb{N}, 0\leqslant i \ \& \ i<n:\ \left\{ \alpha_i, \alpha_{i+1} \right\} \in E$
Now, if we would ask, if every node is connected to itself (a fact which intuitively we would want to be true), we would have to exhibit an $n$ and a sequence $\alpha$, such that [bla bla...]. The obvious choice for $n$ is 0. But for this choice of $n$, no mattter which sequence $\alpha$ we would consider, the set of the $i$'s would be empty, because the set of the $i$'s is actually $\left\{ i\in \mathbb{N} | 0\leqslant j \ \& \ j<n \right\}$. But for $n=0$ this set is the empty set. Thus, because we quantify $\forall i \in \left\{ i\in \mathbb{N} | 0\leqslant j \ \& \ j<0 \right\}=\emptyset$, should the statement be true/false by definition?
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There are two common pronunciations of "either": British /ˈaɪðər/ and American /ˈiːðər/. If Americans are more or less consistent in this regard, then the Brits seem to be freely using both. In fact, from what I can tell, "either this or that" is more often in the first form, whereas "me either" is in the second. But I may be wrong. Is there any kind of an informal rule in the modern British English with regard to this?
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Usage of /i:/ ("EE-thur") and /ai/ ("EYE-thur") in Great Britain and in Canada seems to be mixed. In the United States, the predominant usage has always been /i:/. However, there's also a long history of /ai/ occurring among a few Americans, including Benjamin Franklin and James Fenimore Cooper in earlier times, and Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and Barrack Obama more recently. For many years, /ai/ was associated in the United States with British usage and, by extension, with certain elites who tried to imitate British usage. It seems to have become more widespread in recent decades, however. While some Americans have adopted /ai/, perhaps because they feel that it sounds sophisticated, other Americans regard it as pretentious.
Spelling, by the way, has nothing to do with the difference. In English, the spelling ei usually represents the "long a" pronunciation (IPA /ei/), as in eight, feign, or rein. In such words, it is derived from the Middle English /ai/ diphthong, which normally developed into the "long a" sound. In a smaller set of words, such as receive, ei represents the "long e" sound /i:/. It's rare for ei to represent the "long i" sound /ai/ in words that have been in English more than two or three hundred years; most words spelled with ei and pronounced with "long i" are recent borrowings, such as Poltergeist (from German), or other words that only recently developed a standard spelling, such as heist (originally a variant of hoist).
I think the variation in British usage is almost all between users, not between examples of use. It's mostly a regional and class distinction: I grew up saying /ˈaɪðə/, and we looked down on people who said /ˈiːðə/.
If you listen to Ira Gershwin's lyrics, you realize that this argument has been going on for quite some time in America as well.
You say "either" and I say "either"
The song points up for comic effect the differences between two lovers, who come from different social strata. Although few Americans would say "potahto" or "tomahto" these days, there still remains a divide in the pronunciation of either, sometimes within the same speaker. Many Americans, even ones who use what you call the British pronunciation most of the time, will say "eether" in constructions like "an 'either/or' proposition".
I find myself using the "ee" pronunciation most of the time, but switching to the other for emphasis: "Either you help me with this project right now or I won't have time to help you with yours."
There are other words which are similarly split with regard to pronunciation to the extent that there is no "correct" way to say them. Envelope comes to mind. Many Americans pronounce the first syllable of that word to rhyme with on. I don't think you can make any hard and fast rules; it just depends on who you are and what you grew up with.
According to The Complete Atlas Of The British Isles, "eether" is more common in the north of England and "eye-ther" in the south of England, with the Midlands and London using both. The atlas also mentioned a THIRD way of pronouncing the word, "ay-ther", in parts of the north of England, which I suppose is now extinct.
I'm British and I use either pronunciation. I can't think of any particular rule that I use either. I would consider either equally valid.
I wouldn't say "me either" though - that is certainly an American term.
I'm in Canada. Typically I pronounce it "ee-ther." I do notice a lot of American television dialogue uses "eye-ther," and American English has influenced Canadian English pronunciations since the radio and television age.
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The other day on television I heard a member of one of the richest and longest-established dukedoms pronounce the word as ee-ther. As I had always pronounced it aye-ther I wondered whether to change (foolish snobbery!). But on reading the comments above I think I can get away with aye-ther without being looked down on! Such is the folly of trying to be "correct"!
I found that I tend to use "eye-ther" before words beginning with a consonant sound and "ee-ther" before words beginning with a vowel sound. The same applies when I use neither.
E.g. "eye-ther this or that", "eye-ther him or her", "ee-ther a pineapple or a grape", "ee-ther orange or black".
I actually believe that there are some Germanic influences in the British English pronunciation of the word. In German, you would read
Yes that is ok because of the differences in pronunciation.For example:British say people and Americans call people folks.In America they say either with a sound of ey-ither but British always needed to pronounce it like a-ither they are both correct and you do not have to pronounce in a certain way and i dont think there is something in grammer of English (British) which orgnize
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My biggest problem is that I'm often at a dearth of ideas. I can target a publication or radio show or whatnot once I've got it, but I'm just not good at coming up with them. Tips?
One thing you can try (something I have just started trying), is the "fieldstone" method (cf. Weinberg on Writing). The analogy goes that when you are building a wall, as you walk in the field if you find a good stone, you put it in your pocket. Writing kind of works the same way: as you go about your day, you read things, you find something that interests you or bothers you, you take note of it, and over time you will see the idea for the next idea form.
One way to start coming up with creative non-fiction stories that are from your own life is by finding lists of journaling questions. For example the author of the blog Live with Flair (who was interviewed not too long ago by NPR) is posting a journaling question at the bottom of her posts daily. These questions can help you think of an event in your own life that you can spin out into a story.
Dig through old family letters. I've been amazed at the stories within my own genealogy that sound like they ought to be in a book.
For stories that are not from your own life, look at what is currently in the news. Find a story that relates - can you interview people connected with the story or who might have similar stories.
Also think of things that are currently catching your interest. Did you recently see a shooting star? Find a story within the astronomy community today. Did you recently watch an awesome sports game? Start there. Read a great book? See if the storyline of a fiction book can suggest a real-life story that might be out there.
I have found Google Reader to be a useful source for non-fiction story ideas.
I've created an account which is subscribed to a large number of feeds - news feeds, interesting blogs, cutting edge research feeds, and local information/events info. When I lack for inspiration, I'll go through the feeds, and through their recommendation engine, and have a long stream of fairly random potential nudges to my creativity.
The most important aspect for creativity is, as others have suggested here, the "raw material" that is critical to coming up with new ideas. Creativity and innovation are not a process of coming up with something completely new out of a vacuum - they occur when our brains combine two ideas together to form a third (our brains our exclusively binary operators). This can occur at any time and is usually a subconscious process that leads to those "Eureka!" moments. I scan about 800 - 1200 articles every day in my RSS reader.
So it's critical that in addition to reading A LOT, you have a collection system for your ideas. It's a mindset that I call "Always Be Collecting." Make sure you have a system in place to collect the raw materials (blog posts, pictures, new articles, presentations, etc...) and (most importantly) to record those ideas as soon as they occur to you.
It's also important to write - whether or not you have anything to say. You should be writing at least 300 words per day. It can be meaningless blather that nobody but you will ever read. If you have absolutely nothing to write about, just do a diary-like recount of your previous day with some commentary or forward-looking ideas.
You can try to use the Top-down or Bottom-up approaches:
As you can see, each approach has its own pros and cons. One approach lets you think big now and work the details later, while the other lets you focus on one fine element now and worry about the bigger picture later.
The best is to combine those approaches. Think about a theme, and work the details to match that theme. But focusing on one approach is probably easier.


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So Mitt Romney is turning 65. And on his landmark birthday, he's doing the exact opposite of what roughly 99 percent of Americans do at that age: He's not signing up for Medicare.
The news was broken by the blog Buzzfeed, and quickly confirmed by the Romney campaign.
Romney is clearly making a political point. Wealthy people like him ought to pay more for their Medicare benefits (if they get them at all) and that perhaps 65 is a little young to qualify, too.
"Wealthier seniors will receive less support," under the changes Romney is proposing for Medicare, according to his website. At the same time, he is proposing to "gradually raise the retirement age to reflect increases in longevity."
But could his political point cost him more down the road if he changes his mind? Maybe. Medicare charges penalties for those who wait to sign up. It's the program's way of ensuring that people don't wait until they get sick to enroll.
Signing up for Medicare Part A, which covers hospital care, never used to be a problem, because it's free once you reach eligibility age.
But a recent court ruling, involving former House Majority Leader Dick Armey as one of the plaintiffs, found that Social Security benefits and Medicare Part A are a package deal. If you sign up for the Social Security, you have to take Part A as well.
And experts say Romney might, in fact, have to pay a "late enrollment" penalty for his failure to sign up for Medicare Part B, which covers outpatient care and doctor visits.
So far the campaign hasn't said what kind of health insurance Romney has. And it does make a difference.
If it is a group retiree plan offered by Romney's former firm, Bain Capital, there's no penalty as long as he continues with it. But if Romney is buying his own individual coverage (since he has to be covered thanks to the Massachusetts law he signed as governor), he'd have to pay a higher premium for every month he delays signing up for Medicare.
Meanwhile, Medicare's former chief, Don Berwick, turned 65 last year, while he was running the agency. He said at the time he was happy to join the program he headed.
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I have installed 12.04 LTS but surprisingly not able to login as root. I have unlock and set the password for root but while login i can not see 'other' option in GUI login where i can put root id and password.
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Caveat: Don't do this unless you have a good reason
I store my home directory in lvm and occasionally need to unmount it to perform maintenance. It's much more convenient to login as root in those circumstances, as I can look up documentation online and browse the web while waiting for
By default, Ubuntu's greeter LightDM no longer supports logging in with an arbitrary username as it did in the past.
But this is still Linux, and we can configure this. Edit
Reboot, and you can now login as any user by username including root.
You can also try opening the terminal (ctrl + T) and entering the following:
type your password, and you should then have root privileges. Hope this helps! :)
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To do that you should try writing these on the terminal window (ctrl+T):
For the first command you will probably have to type in your password. The second will set your root password to whatever you enter.
As far as I know you can't login as root at the GUI login screen and it would be a bad idea anyway. Juan's answer is correct - you can launch a terminal and
This is not possible (without a lot of work manually overriding stuff) because it is pretty much always a bad idea.
In this question, there is a good discussion about the many things that can go wrong if you log in as root. Many things won't work at all. Other things won't work as expected. If you do anything wrong, you could destroy all the data on your computer. It makes your computer more vulnerable than windows to malicious attacks.
In all cases I've ever heard of, when a person is asking how to log in as root, they are trying to log in as root to accomplish something that could be better done without logging in as root.
As such, I recommend editing the question to ask how do best accomplish whatever you are actually trying to accomplish. We'd be happy to help you get to your goals :)
To actually enable root logins, first you have to set a password for the root account, and then unlock the locked root account. If you don't set a password for the root account the passwd command will return
So, first execute in a terminal
you will prompted for a new Unix password. Write it twice(second for confirmation).
Then execute
to unlock the account. This should return
Reverting back
If you want to disable root account in Ubuntu you need to lock the root account by using the following command
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Though the identifiable stars in a constellation(say andromeda) and galaxy(say andromeda galaxy) are situated light years apart, why isn't the galaxy appearing at different positions(with respect to the stars) at different time of the year?
The Andromeda galaxy is 2.5 million light years distant, so its parallax is only in the area of micro arc seconds due to the seasonal position of Earth. This is much too small to be noticed.
There are a few effects which cause small changes in the apparent position of stars.
Apart from parallax due to the change in position of the Earth around the sun, and so the angle we see stars at, there are effects due to the speed of the Earth and small changes in the Earth's tilt.
The Apparent Position of Fundamental Stars calculates the change for 1000 of the nearest and brightest objects. For more distant objects, and certainly for other Galaxies, the effect is too small to care about
You almost answered your own question by noting the tremendous distances between stars. Stars, and galaxies too, are indeed moving relative to each other but the great distances renders that motion nearly imperceptible. It's measurable in astronomical imagery though, and astronomers are indeed aware of it. The changes are too small to be noticeable over a human lifetime, once again because of the great distances involved.
Other answers have given the correct answer. I would like to add a few numbers, and offer an illustration you might work through. The distance from Earth to the Andromeda Galaxy is $2.57\times10^6$light years. Over the course of six months, Earth is displaced by the diameter of its orbit, 2 AU, or $3.16\times10^{-5}$ light years.
You can try drawing all three objects on a sheet of paper as three dots, and connect them with the sides of a triangle. Call the dot representing Earth $E$ and the angle adjacent to it $\epsilon$. The Andromeda Galaxy appears next to the stars in Andromeda in the sky precisely because $\epsilon$ is small, so you should draw it as small. Now move $E$, according to the scale of your drawing, and see how much $\epsilon$ would change. If you keep things to scale, $E$ will move $10^{-11}$ times the length of the line you drew between $E$ and the Andromeda Galaxy; this is probably smaller than the dot you drew for $E$. $\epsilon$ will change by a similarly-sized fraction. That shift in $\epsilon$, as others have noted, is called the parallax.
If you want to go further, try moving the dots representing the Andromeda galaxy and the other object around the paper, and even allow yourself to make $\epsilon$ large. Again, if you keep things to scale, the parallax will be tiny.
They are. However, they scales on which they are occur are so large that they are practically indistinguishable to us puny humans on timescales of mere years.


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I have a snapping sound in my right ankle. It was bad but I started to wear braces most of the time, even while I am working out. That does help a lot, and it feels stronger and more comfortable, but the snapping is still there (although less than before). Are there some exercises to do that will help to minimize or stop the sound forever? I am kind of addicted to working out and can't bear the idea of leaving the gym because of this kind of injury.
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You could be experiencing gas escaping, or tendons popping in and out of place. See this everyday mystery about cracking joints. Due to the repetitive nature of this affliction you have, it very well may have to do with the tendons.
I would recommend:
As to the braces:
If you choose to ween off of the brace, you'll have to go light until you build your ankles back up. I.e. start light, and build intensity a little at a time, consistently.


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What are viable strategies for trying to win Shadows over Camelot? Our group always seems to lose when we play. :(
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Shadows Over Camelot is actually unbalanced towards the Knights winning. In fact, the base game has even been solved (guaranteed victory) when playing with 7 players. The key to that victory lies in the special white cards. Since they're reshuffled (both decks are reshuffled when you reshuffle one) when you run out of cards, what the Knights should do is keep their hands mostly full as often as possible, thus they can quickly cycle Merlin cards and other whites, instead of 'saving' them.
Therefore, when starting the game, everyone should spend time drawing up white cards at Camelot, until they reach their limit of 12. Only then should someone go questing. The only exception to this is Lancelot's armor. The first knight who has a full house should immediately go claim the armor, as it's the most powerful tool for white victory in the game.
Because of this strategy, the most important Knight roles are King Arthur (for passing cards) and Sir Galahad (for playing the special whites for free). In general, Arthur gives the specials to Galahad, then he stays at Camelot drawing them and playing them (Merlins included).
Remember, this is a race against time, so movement is the enemy. Every time you move to a quest, you should lose a life to perform the quest's heroic action.
Now that bad blacks, life (through piety), cards, and even redrawing (through convocation) are dealt with, all that remains is how to complete quests.
As I said, the Armor is the most important. Get that quickly. Ignore the Dragon, for the most part. When fighting Picts and Saxons, your goal should be to complete the quest with 2 or 3 picts/saxons on the board, since then, effectively, those would have been 'wasted' black cards (i.e. don't be too safe and not put any mercenaries on the one you're working on, and, of course, don't lose the quest). Try to keep the Grail and the Sword, JUST SHORT of victory, until the armor is attained. If you complete these quests too early, you'll just be adding catepults. While this is happening, always take black cards, as they're the easiest. Cats are much more expensive to deal with.
Once you've gotten the armor, and defeated a pict/saxon or two, then gang up to get the sword, draw back up on grails, and then gang up to finish the grail. Since black cannot 'gang-up' on a quest, you're sure to have victory with the overwhelming numbers. You do the Grail last (hopefully with a Heroism card on it), and get 4 white swords for it. (Heroism is key to winning as well). The traitor won't matter, since even flipping two won't affect the outcome. Don't waste time on accusations. The first person to accuse will be the traitor, so if he accuses, accuse him back and it's dealt with.
Late in the game (during the gang-up phase). Use life points and cats to avoid drawing the black cards.
In terms of special blacks, most aren't that bad. The ones to really worry about (i.e. use 3 merlins to stop) are Mists of Avalon (always), Vivian (always), and Dark Forest (if the grail is in danger of being lost, only).
Here's how a typical game might go:
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