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The ladies sported fancy hats, the gentlemen dressed in their seersucker best, and then they headed to the Balboa Bay Resort for some Serious Fun and fundraising for Human Options' efforts to end domestic violence. They sipped mint juleps during a poolside cocktail hour and silent auction, and more fun was had in the ballroom, where dinner was served, a live auction followed and music was provided by former Righteous Brother Lee Ferrell and Friends. A special nod went to Elaine Weinberg, whose five children are attorneys, including co-honoree and daughter Nancy Dahan, a leading women's advocate in O.C. I do declare! Photography by Reggie Ige Photography


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Like the question says, the pack arrived pre-smacked! I'm making a yeast starter before I brew so that'll tell me whether the yeast is ok, but what I need to know is whether to keep it in the fridge when it's in this state. (A great answer will give me insight into why I should or shouldn't.)
Yes, keep it in the fridge if you don't plan to use it in the next 24 hours. There are two reasons:
As well as these reasons, Wyeast recommend you store the pack (swollen or not) in the fridge to maintain viability.
The only time I wouldn't put it in the fridge is if you plan to use it the same day or the day after. Then it's best to keep the yeast warm so they don't go dormant. This will reduce lag times.
That the pack has already swelled is not a problem, just possibly an indication that it has been above fridge temperatures. It's not actually "smacked" - the small sachet of media is most likely still intact, and if you can get to it and pop it the day before using the yeast, that will be good, but not essential as you're making a starter, so you could also just cut open the pack and pour the yeast into your starter, and forget about the packaged media.
On the Wyeast site they recommend that swollen packs can still safely be sold to customers. They make no mention that refrigeration is necessary.
Mine arrived swollen as well. I put it in the fridge for a day and the swelling went down considerably. I was then able to pop the nutrient pack without bursting the whole package open. Fermentation began within 5 hours of pitching.


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The Hall of Fame original hot chip of the natural food industry. Airy crispy wholesome snack food with the hot, stimulating flavor of real wasabi root. Made of select ingredients. Kneaded dough is dried, baked into chips, rice bran oil flash fried, and centrifuge spun to remove oil. A delicious anytime snack with great food value and benefit. For garnish crumble them on soups, stews, and salads. No hydrogenated oil - trans fat free or additives.
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Eden Hot n' Spicy Wasabi Chips are made with naturally dried vegetables and sea salt. The dough is formed, dried and baked into chips. Next the chips are flash fried in rice bran oil. After frying, centrifuge spinning removes excess oil producing crisp and light chips. While still warm, the chips are hand sorted and sprayed with a mixture of wasabi root powder and tamari soy sauce. A final oven bake hardens the glaze and cooks Eden Hot n' Spicy Wasabi Chips to perfection.
Wasabi has a biting, clean flavor and is a traditional condiment served with sushi and other Japanese dishes. A member of the cabbage family, wasabi is native to the islands of Japan where it is considered a national treasure. Deeply warming with a pungent flavor, wasabi is sometimes referred to as green mustard.
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I'm interested in NN3, I wanted to know if there is any limitations with the base setup with standard rotator.
I think it's attractive because of the weight. This is an issue because I mostly am either walking or biking, so I've chosen a Gitzo 1930 3 section tripod that weighs 1400 grams and they don't recommend you use heads that are much more than 1/3 the tripod weight. That makes the NN3 fit my setup weight wise.
I'll be using it with the Pentax K5 with the small limited prime lenses in the 15 to 70mm range on APS-C.
For more detailed work with the 70mm in portrait orientation I'll be working with about a 20° angle of view, so I'd like it if the basic rotator could be setup with theses detents. I hope that I would not need to upgrade to the rotator 16 not only is it heavier, but price is an issue, and i think for my use I'd rather use the money on the EZ leveller.
One more question is the rotator included in the EZ rotator kit better or different than the basic rotator. And if it is would it be an idea to get the EZ leveler kit with rotator and then the NN3 without rotator?
if I wanted to use the EZ leveler with rotator for single row panoramas could I then just use a nadir rail and leave the NN3 at home?
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So I just found the command
filefrag. I thought I'd see if any of my files are fragmented. I have quite a few large files, [500MB/+] and every single one I've tried has 5 to 42 extents found.
What's going on? I have EXT4, and I have 185G of 515G free [63% used].
I thought EXT3 and EXT4 didn't fragment files [unless absolutely necessary]. I did restore all my files actually, from a NTFS partition [My ext. hdd is NTFS. I've thought about formatting it to EXT, but it's 0.5TB and would take a long time to recopy my files] after I switched to a new laptop a week ago.
So how do I defragment these files, and why are they fragmented?


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A variant of the word toss, often followed by the phrase "that Bad Larry"
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A way of saying "yes" or a replacement for any other word or phrase.
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Why didn't Newton just propose the 2nd Law ($F=\dot{p}$) and leave it at that? The 2nd Law implicitly contains the first, doesn't it? If so, it seems he wasn't following his own Rule #1 of Book 3 of his Principia: "We are to admit no more causes natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances." There are intro textbooks (e.g., this one) that study momentum first and then force $F=\dot{p}$ based on momentum. Cf. also this SE post and comments.
Some of the problems regarding the first law are already pointed out and discussed in the question you linked to, so I'm not entirely sure where that part of your question comes from.
I understand theoretical physics as the activity of coming up with mathematical models to give a structure to the behaviour of quantities, which the consensus agrees to be part of reality. One does this to thereby "understand" reality and to be able to calculate predictions (and also to make money and/or have some fun). From that perspective it's very possible to argue that the first law is redundant. The argument is that you have to declare an explicit form for the force for every model anyway, e.g. $\boldsymbol{F}_{ab}={q_1q_2\over4\pi\varepsilon_0}{\boldsymbol{\hat{e}_{a}}\over r^2}$, and at that point the first law truly becomes just a special case. In its history, there are other ways to formulate it or read new meaning into a first law but from my perspective they don't help much in doing physics in the sense above.
The third axiom is not already captured by the second, because at the very least, if you really only take space, time, at least two point particles and Newton's equations of motion into account, then nothing would hold you from investigating a mathematical structure with $\boldsymbol{F}_{ab}\ne -\boldsymbol{F}_{ba}$. This is then not Newtonian mechanics. Moreover, having that relation guaranteed also makes it possible to conclude general results about the theory for all the systems you might consider, e.g. conservation laws.
Newton wanted to sound like Aristotle. Aristotle gives physical laws in two parts--- there are the "natural tendencies" of objects, so that Earth wants to be at the center of the universe, fire wants to be on the sun, air wants to be in the middle, and water wants to be down, but above the Earth and below the air.
In order to make this happen, things go in straight lines at constant velocity. So Earth falls down, water falls down, air goes nowhere, and fire goes up. This is to make the natural tendency work.
But then there are external forces that make things deviate from their natural state. All of this is ridiculous nonsense, but this is what people called "physics" in Newton's time, and Newton had to deal.
When he is writing, he formulates the laws of motion to persuade the idiots, since he knows they won't read past page 3. So he says right up front:
So now he has stated things Aristotle style (in Latin no less), and redefines the notion of "natural state" and "deviation from the natural state" so that first and foremost, it is correct, unlike Aristotle's bullcrap, and secondly, so that it is philosophically as compelling as Aristotle idiocies, if not more so.
Remember that Aristotle's physics had things that people considered laws of nature, like
All this stuff is complete laughable nonsense, but philosophers thought it was deep. The "nature abhors a vacuum" meant that if you have a vacant position in the leadership, people clamor to fill it. Nature doesn't make jumps means you don't screw with tradition. And nature proceeds in regularity means you execute your radicals. Aristotle didn't care much about physics. He just wanted to justify the stupid politics of his time.
Anyway, Newton gives you new laws that have just as much political resonance:
These philosophical points, as trite and stupid as they are, are what gave Newton's proclamations weight with the philosophers. In this way, Newton beats Aristotle, and Newtonian mechanics (aside from being correct) is a suitable replacement for the Aristotelian garbage.
The philosophical nonsense is so dated, it is hard to take it seriously. Aside from the maxim "nothing acts without being acted upon" (which is a general law of universal validity, useful for other arguments in physics), the rest is just an embarassing demonstration that Newton was a politician as well as a physicist.
Today, we can dispense with the politics, and say "Newton's laws are the statement that momentum is conserved, and angular momentum too, if you assume that action at a distance between points occurs along the line of separation of the particles". Note that Newton didn't state "the world is made of particles that attract and repel along their lines of separation" (even though he believed this), he confined himself to macroscopic laws he was sure could be justified empirically without making hypotheses regarding microscopic constituents. In this regard, he was a true scientist. As regards the three laws, remember they are the content of the first 3 pages. Read the rest of the book, that's where all the interesting stuff is.
Simply because Newton didn't write the formula $F = m * a$. This was written some time in the middle of the XIX century.
If you want to know what Newton really wrote and the historical back ground and development you can find detailed information here
As to the rule you quote it is not his rule but the centuries old Law of parsimony better known as Occam's razor
His versiom became very popular but the princple dates back to Aristotle (ibidem)
In the same wiki article you'll see that it is confirmed that Newton's rule was not original


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I have installed Google Latitude and am wondering how much quicker my battery will run flat? I know the way Apple implemented its "mutitasking" framework minimises the impact?
will running Google Latitude (or any similar app) in the background significantly affect battery life?
Specifically, the Latitude app (and other background location-updating apps) register themselves for location updates "on significant location change".
How the phone knows the location has changed significantly is when the phone does a cell tower handoff. It's moved enough that it's out of range of the tower it was talking to and its service is handed to the next tower. At that time, if any apps are registered for location updates, the phone fires up its GPS, gets its coordinates, and feeds them to those apps. Those apps then get to do a LITTLE work with what they were told.
When iOS 4 came out, I wrote a little app to play with this API. Basically it just sat in the background and recorded lat/lng for every update it got. Between my office and my house (like 10 miles) it got eight or nine sets of coordinates.
That means eight or nine times (call it once a mile or so) that the phone has to fire up the GPS chip, listen for signals from outer space, and do something with them. That obviously takes up more electricity than if it didn't have to do that.
Is it MUCH more? You know what? Not really. I charge my phone when it needs it (rather than, say, nightly), and I didn't notice it needing it more than usual when my little app was running. So my guess is that Latitude won't be a major battery suck. But it'll definitely suck some.
Yes, any app that runs in the background needs some attention from the CPU, and this costs battery power. Further, if the app needs GPS and/or 3G service or other battery-intensive services, then of course the battery will deplete even faster.
But depending on your situation and circumstances, this can be a trade-off that's worth it, especially if you only need to do this for shorter periods of time.
Due to the way multitasking is done in iOS 4, Apple tried to implement it in a way to reduce this as much as possible. For example, with the latitude app, it can only poll and post location information at certain intervals.
So, yes, any background app actually working (like GPS or Upload type apps) will use a little more resources than a phone not running them.
But, if one were to run this type of app fully in the background (for example, how some jailbroken apps do), it would be using a significant amount more of power.


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The Durango City Council tonight will consider hiring a consultant for $36,000 to develop a program for organically treating city parks and minimizing the use of synthetic pesticides.
The staff proposal is a compromise to get the Organically Managed Parks Team Durango to withdraw its ballot initiative that would otherwise go before the voters in November.
City officials have criticized the group�s suggested ordinance as too ambiguous and impossible to implement while Mayor Doug Lyon has rejected the science behind the fears of synthetic pesticides.
City staff members have met with the organic group almost �daily� since the council voted down their proposed policy Aug. 21. According to staff reports, the city�s alternative would allow for training and for standards to be gradually implemented through time.
Katrina Blair, a member of organic group, said she was pleased to collaborate. She noted that a consultant named Chip Osborne from Massachusetts is a �leading expert in this field� and available to be hired this month.
But Mike Amato, a board member for the Hillcrest Golf Course who opposed the ballot initiative, said he understood that the consultant�s position would �be put out to bid because the guy they (organic group) wanted was too expensive.�
As for the compromise, Amato said, �I think this means a less radical, and more legitimate, reasonable result is likely. Is this a good compromise? I think it�s one of those (situations where) we�re going to have to wait and find out.�


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NEW: Grape Pest Management—Third Edition
Grape pests and diseases cause significant economic losses to California's wine, raisin and table grape vineyards annually. Grape growers rely on University of California researchers and others for information that allows them to make sound management decisions.
In the much anticipated 3rd edition of Grape Pest Management, more than 70 research scientists, cooperative extension advisors and specialists, growers, and pest control advisers have consolidated the latest scientific studies and research into one handy reference. The result is a comprehensive, easy-to-read pest management tool.
What's new? Well, for starters, more information on destructive vineyard pests. The new edition, the first in over a decade, includes several new invasive species that are now major pests. It also reflects an improved understanding among researchers, farmers, and growers about the biology of pests. With nine expansive chapters, helpful, colorful photos throughout, here's more of what you'll find:
- Diagnostic techniques for identifying vineyard problems
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It's that time of year again when hot weather fuels the creation of ozone, or smog. Some pesticides emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that contribute to ozone formation. Using pesticides that release VOCs may be restricted in certain California locations between May 1 and October 31.
If you plan to apply a pesticide, use the Department of Pesticide Regulation's VOC calculators to determine emissions from fumigant and nonfumigant pesticides. Get there by clicking on the Air Quality button at the top of each treatment table in the UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Grape.
Simple steps can minimize the release of VOCs into the air:
- Use pesticides only when necessary.
- Decrease the amount of pesticide applied if appropriate.
- Choose low-emission management methods.
- Avoid emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulations and fumigants.
Ozone, or smog, is caused by mixing VOCs, nitrogen oxide, and sunshine. High levels of ozone can harm people and crops. Regions in California that do not meet federal or state air quality standards for ozone, called nonattainment areas, may restrict the use of pesticides that release VOCs.
Preparing Your Vineyard For Frost
Low temperatures experienced during the winter do not usually damage dormant grapevines in the San Joaquin Valley. However, succulent green shoots are much more sensitive to low temperatures, so spring frost damage is serious concern. Damage from spring frost can vary within and between vineyards. Some factors that determine the extent and severity of frost damage include vineyard location, stage of shoot growth, the minimum temperature reached, and the duration of time that the tissues are at or below critical temperatures (Table 1). A mild frost shortly after budbreak may only damage a few leaf cells, causing necrotic (brown to black) spots (Fig. 1, inset) which will appear to be unevenly distributed throughout the leaf blade or shoot. If enough cells are damaged, the leaves may become distorted, or killed. As frost intensity and duration increases, shoot tips and flower clusters may be killed (Fig. 1). Vines in low lying areas of a vineyard will experience the most damage since cold air will settle and not warm until late morning or later (Fig. 2). Severe frosts will kill entire shoots to the cane. When temperatures are low enough to kill whole shoots, the damage is often uniform throughout the vineyard. Shoots killed by frost will turn a dark brown to black color within a few days of freezing.
On clear nights when frost forms, the coldest air is found near the ground. As night progresses, a cool layer of air continues to build and the shoots nearest the ground are the first to experience damage. Thus, training grapevines to higher heights decreases their susceptibility to frost damage. For example, a Thompson Seedless vineyard trained to a height of three feet will be more susceptible to frost than one trained to a height of four feet.
Previous research has shown that temperatures during radiative freezes generally increase with height above ground before decreasing again at some height to form an inversion layer. For example, air temperature may be 28°F one foot above ground, but 30°F three feet above ground. At twenty to twenty-five feet above the soil line the temperature will gain another two degrees. The greater the temperature change between the soil line and the inversion layer, the greater the chance of avoiding frost damage. Wind machines can help mix the cold and warm air, increasing the temperature and providing relief for green tissue.
When frost has been predicted, growers should take note of their vineyard's growth stage so a strategy can be developed. Vineyards that are not yet at bud break may not require special attention. However, when green shoots are longer than six inches, soils need to be prepared well in advance of cold weather. Table 1 shows the relative susceptibility of grapevine tissue at different growth stages and critical temperatures.
Table 1. Frost damage to various growth stages of grape.
Growth Stage
Critical Temperature*
Buds—tight, closed
Buds with wool (eraser stage)
Budbreak—green tissue showing
Shoots< 6" in length
Shoots > 6" in length
< 32°
*Critical temperatures are based on research under controlled environments. Vineyard characteristics (location, cultivar, etc.) may increase or decrease susceptibility to frost damage. These values should only be used as a point of reference when developing a frost protection program.
If a significant frost event occurs and all the green shoots are killed, secondary or tertiary buds will push within one to two weeks. However, secondary and tertiary buds will not be as fruitful as the primary buds and growers can expect substantial losses. Vineyards that have experienced significant frost damage should be irrigated regularly in order to develop a full canopy and prepare them for the following season. Vineyards with substantial frost damage should not be neglected.
Soil Characteristics
In order to minimize damage caused by frost, vineyard soils should be prepared for maximum heat absorption during the day and release at night. Optimal conditions include soils that are free of vegetation, firm in texture, and moist. Moist dark soils improve their ability to absorb heat during the day and radiate it at night as ambient temperatures drop. Soil texture will also have an impact on heat absorption. Vineyards planted to sandy soils are more prone to frost damage because they retain less water. Additional water may be needed if winter precipitation has not been adequate to maintain soil moisture. Prior to a predicted frost, the goal should be a uniformly distributed irrigation that allows for maximum heat absorption. Table 2 shows the benefits of a bare, firm moist soil in contrast to less optimal vineyard floor conditions. Soils that have been recently cultivated or disked do not retain heat well because they are dry and have numerous air pockets and thus should be irrigated soon after cultivation. Native vegetation or cover crops that insulate soils from absorbing heat should be mowed, disked, and irrigated, unless significant precipitation makes irrigation unnecessary. Irrigation during a frost event can be beneficial. On nights that low temperatures are expected pumps should be turned on early enough that the entire vineyard is covered with water. In some vineyards, it may not be feasible to saturate the whole vineyard. In such cases, focus efforts on the most susceptible areas (low lying) portions where cold air tends to drain. Doing so will improve the chances of protection.
Vineyards that are drip irrigated should not have their row middles cultivated. Drip irrigation should be turned on to wet as much soil as possible. Growers will have to be especially vigilant to the weather forecast in order to start irrigating well in advance of the frost event. Cover crops or native vegetation should be mowed prior to budbreak and regularly thereafter until the risk of frost has passed (typically mid-April). Row middles should not be cultivated unless a significant rain event has been predicted. Doing so could result in significant losses if frost should occur. It only takes a single frost event (one night at freezing or below) to experience a complete loss.
Table 2. Comparisons between optimal soil conditions for frost.
Soil Characteristics
Temperature Benefit
Bare, firm, moist
Least optimal
Shredded cover crop
Low growing cover crop
1-3 °F colder
Dry, firm
Freshly disked
2 °F colder
Dry to moist
High cover crop
2 °F colder
Embryo Rescue: Making the Impossible Happen
Grapes like DOVine, Selma Pete, Sweet Scarlet and Scarlet Royal likely would not exist were it not for ARS scientists' expertise with a laboratory technique known as "embryo rescue." The technology "allows us to use two seedless grape plants as parents for new, seedless offspring," says grape breeder David W. Ramming with USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at Parlier, California.
"Seedless" grapes actually have a small seed inside, "but it's so small that your tongue can't detect it," says Ramming. What's the point of embryo rescue? To literally rescue the embryo within the minuscule seed so that it can be grown into an experimental vine for testing in the research vineyard.
DOVine, developed by the USDA ARS in 1995, as an early ripening raisin was the first variety released from the hybridization of two seedless grapes using embryo rescue techniques. DOVine resulted from a cross of 79-101 x Fresno Seedless made in 1983. 79-101 is a blue seedless grape of unknown parentage, probably bred by Elmer Snyder of USDA; Fresno Seedless is a sibling of Flame Seedless and resulted from the cross of (Cardinal x Thompson Seedless) x [(Red Malaga x Tifafihi Ahmer) x (Muscat of Alexandria x Thompson Seedless)].
As might be expected, when two seedless grapes are chosen as parents, the seeds inside the grapes of their offspring are also extremely small. Says Ramming, "In nature, those seeds would abort" instead of developing into hard little spheres, each with a healthy embryo inside.
To save otherwise-doomed embryos, Ramming and colleagues excise them with surgical precision from the developing berry (Fig.1). Then, the researchers nurture the embryos on a gel-like bed of nutrients until they form seedlings hardy enough to transplant.
Ramming pioneered the use of embryo rescue several decades ago to breed superb seedless grapes. Today, it still remains the survival secret of many of the team's most innovative grapes and used by private breeding programs.
Grape Breeder, David Ramming Retires
After 38 years, David Ramming has retired from the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-Parlier, California, where he bred grapes for California's raisin and fresh market industries. Starting in 1975, he replaced John Weinberger who had just released 'Fiesta', the first grape developed to replace 'Thompson Seedless'; the primary raisin grape for 100+ years. Since 1995, David has introduced four raisin grapes that helped make mechanized harvest a reality. 'DOVine', which ripens 2-3 weeks earlier than 'Thompson Seedless' was the first to be grown by San Joaquin Valley growers over large acreages. Trained using quad cordons, it is a vigorous variety that needs a large overhead trellis to grow. His most recent release in 2001, 'Selma Pete', was named after the late L. Peter Christensen, a world renowned UC Cooperative Extension Specialist who worked closely with David in developing cultural practices for new varieties. 'Selma Pete' has become the most widely planted raisin grape to date from David's program and is grown on both open gable and overhead trellis systems. Additionally, two Muscat flavored raisin grapes were released prior to 'Selma Pete'.
A technique pioneered by David known as embryo rescue has greatly shortened the breeding timeline for seedless grape advancement. Embryo rescue allows for seedless by seedless crosses by removing the small seeds and placing them on a nutrient-rich media, which allows them to grow into viable plants. All of David's raisin and table grape varieties have been developed using this novel technique, which also has benefited California's private grape breeding programs.
David's most recent work has focused on incorporating resistance to powdery mildew and Pierce's disease. He has been working with colleagues to determine what North American grapes have resistance and then using them to improve his breeding lines. Using molecular markers to find the progeny that have disease resistance in them, he has shortened the screening time. Young plants grown in incubators has saved time and money by not having to grow plants out in the field for evaluations or trials
In retirement, David plans on spending more time with his family and grandkids.


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I have heard of the term "Yankee" often referring to people in the Northern U.S. by Southerners. My question is: is this term considered derogatory or offensive and should it be avoided in workplace settings?
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I grew up in the northeastern U.S., and spent 20 years in the military, moving several times along the way.
In the northern states, the term is seldom used, and it's not considered derogatory. If anything, it's borderline patriotic, as in the song I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. In the south, though, it's a different matter.
I once had a colleague tell me, "For a Yankee, you're alright." Yes, the term was being used in a derogatory way, and I got the impression he was only half joking.
In Mississippi, I was told more than once, "You Yankees just don't understand this!" It was intended as playful, but you could still detect a trace of genuine resentment.
The only exception to it being considered used in a derogatory way in the north is in the Boston area, and that's when it's referring to the New York baseball team.
Its definitions do not make it inherently derogatory, but it really depends on the speaker and the context.
In the American south it is often used in a derogatory fashion. Consider this quote from Wikipedia:
I have also heard it used in a derogatory fashion by folks from the UK, usually with the abbreviated form "Yank". This is supported by Urban Dictionary and dictionary.com (see World English dictionary definition).
All right, enough with the speculation! Let's flip over all the cards right now: yankee is not inherently offensive. As I note in my comment, there is a Major League Baseball team known as the New York Yankees.
Why would they call themselves that if it were deemed a derogatory term? Where I live, in the Boston area, the term New York Yankees is somewhat offensive, but only because of that team's rivalry with the Boston Red Sox, and the term yankee by itself connotes hard-headed practicality and common sense.
There is, or was, a TV show called The New Yankee Workshop.
There was even a Broadway show called Damn Yankees! Way back in the 1950s!
Yankee is about as offensive to Americans as Limey is to Brits, I would say. It all depends on context and tone of voice. Someone could say
and it could be construed as meaning anything from vituperation to casual dismissal to downright admiration. It would depend on who was saying it and how it was being said. The same thing could be said about the term American, in fact. Said with a smile, it's friendly; with a look of hatred showing from behind the sights of an AK-47, not so much.
A little more evidence that Americans don't think the term is derogatory:
(Also known under the title A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.)
I could go on. But the people who are downvoting this answer wouldn't read that far anyway.
P.P.S. (for @J.R.):
The term 'yankee' is on the derogatory spectrum, but is weak to the point of being only nominally so. The word can be used in polite conversation, it is not vulgar or shocking in and off itself. No one would take offense at being called a Yankee (great offense may be intended, but the word itself carries no stigma beyond the implications of the de facto meaning of the word).
There are two primary definitions of 'yankee'
(there are more refined and humorous definitions say by E.B. White; the above two are the most prominent and relevant).
For someone who is not a Yankee to call someone else a Yankee (and who actually is a Yankee), the caller may mean it derogatorily, but the callee won't take the word itself as disrespectful. That is, the same emotive feeling could be reproduced by using a more formal term like American or Northener, there is no shock in using or hearing the word or being the callee.
This could be compared with 'white trash', definitionally 'poor white Southener (in the US)', which is fairly impolite and would be taken as hurtful by the callee.
From the UK, I would not call someone a Yankee ( or Yank ) unless they took the appelation themselves, because I know that some Americans do find the term offensive. It is rarely used here in anything other than a derogatory fashion, but is quite mild in intention ( maybe not in receipt! ).
I woudl say that using it within the US - as a Southerner to a Northerner - it may be taken as rather more offensive. I would suggest not using it, because someone may be particularly offended by it, while others may not care.
When I lived in Australia in the 80s 'Yank' was the most common term used for Americans and was rarely used to denigrate in any way, but on the contrary was a friendly designation. If the speaker's intention was to insult, "Yank" would simply be preceded by "bloody".
Yankee is one of those terms that were originally used in a derogatory manner (see the song Yankee Doodle) but has since been reclaimed with pride. For reference see Chicago's nickname "The Windy City". It was originally used by New Yorkers to criticize the native Chicagoan pride, calling Chicago a town of windbags (which still continues to this day). Also see the Second City as in Chicago is a second class city compared to New York.
Yankee was used by Brits as a slur to Americans during and after the Revolutionary War. As someone else pointed out southerners use the term to describe northern Americans. Few Americans refer to themselves as Yankees today, but during the Revolution, many Americans used the name with pride to describe themselves, thus taking the sting out of the Brits' usage of the word. Ironically, it goes hand in hand with the British view of Americans as a bunch of slack-jawed yokels. "Look at them, they don't even know when we're insultin' them."
I lived in England from 1969-71, and attended Grammar School in Cheltenham, GLOS. As a US citizen and one of only two such in the school (the other was a teacher there) I was referred to and addressed as "Yank" occasionally by my peers (although never as "Yankee"), and never took it as a pejorative, nor did it ever seem to be used as such.
For a few years prior to this, I lived in Toronto, Canada, but don't recall ever hearing either term there.
As a native Californian, being called a "Yank" didn't seem odd at all (although the protypical "Yankee" is from the Northeastern states, not the Western). However, I suspect someone from the US South would probably have received it with some degree of irony -- but probably not offense, unless through tone of voice it was perceived as such.
One of the most well-known New England regional magazines is called Yankee. :-)
I recently read a great article regarding both the origins of the term as well as some of the more "fine-tuned" features/aspects of a "true" Yankee.
As everyone will agree, the most popular uses of the term are derogatory in some say, ranging from teasing distinction to outright slur. These include:
I can't find the article, but it suggested that by the original criteria of the term, long before it became associated with the Mason-Dixon or American Imperialism, that these qualities are really only found consistently in Nova Scotia, making them the only true Yanks left.
However, if you're real question is "Will I get punched in the nose if I call someone a Yankee?" that depends on how likely they would use the term Yankee as a slur toward someone else. The best rule of thumb is not to use a term you think might be offensive unless you're ready to fight or run.
No, because it has no disparaging connotations. Yankees are people from New England/northeast US, and also players on New York's American League baseball team (the team with the most World Series wins, by the way).
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The September issue of Budget & Tax News reports on the government "shutdown" that lasted nearly three weeks in Minnesota, ending in July when lawmakers and the governor agreed on a two-year budget.
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- Tax-cut crusaders achieved a monumental victory in Ohio when Gov. John Kasich signed into law a biennial state budget that includes a total repeal of the estate tax.
- California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation requiring out-of-state online retailers to collect and remit sales taxes, even if the business has no physical presence within the state. The world's largest online retailer--Amazon.com--has responded by filing a petition to allow voters in the state to decide the matter.
- In a blistering letter to U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue, Rep. John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, scolded critics of the proposed House transportation bill as being "unable to recognize the reality that bankrupting the Highway Trust Fund and ignoring long-overdue policy reforms are no longer options."
- Using tax increment financing, TIF, urban renewal agencies take away more than $10 billion a year that voters thought they had allocated to schools, fire, police, and other urban services. Yet the work these agencies do has little value and may hinder economic growth.
- Members of Congress from both major political parties are calling for a "tax holiday" on repatriated earnings similar to one that took place in 2004. During the tax holiday, multinational corporations may bring profits held overseas back to the United States and pay tax at a rate that could be as low as 5.25 percent rather than the usual 35 percent.
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Genesis 22: 2 talks of the'land of Moriah' and 2 Chronicles 3: 1 of 'Mount Moriah'. Does the original Hebrew use these two different words? Is there any further evidence that it is the same place?
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The text in Genesis 22:2 says, "אֶרֶץ הַמֹּרִיָּה" 'eretz hammoriyah (the land [of] Moriah); Chronicles II 3:1, "הַר הַמּוֹרִיָּה" har hammoriyah (Mount Moriah, lit. "the mountain Moriah").
The traditional assumption is that Mount Moriah is the particular "one of the mountains" in the Moriah district where the events in Genesis 22 took place, but this is not explicit here in the text of Chronicles. (It may be explicit elsewhere; I do not know.)


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Friday, January 20, 2012
Such Things As Coexisting
For the last several weeks, when I look downward all I see is belly.
I haven't embraced it in the way that I thought I would, and find myself wondering on an hourly basis who this unrecognizable body belongs to and what strangers think of it and will I be able to tie my shoes in the morning?
Still, as the days go by I'm growing further and further in awe of this entire process, how my muscles and bones and hormones have taken over in a total and utter dictatorship, against all of my protests, directing my body to care for Aston in exactly the way that it should, in the way that every mother and doctor and midwife and textbook advises.
Yet my feelings towards it remain paradoxical. There is the intense respect I've developed for it, on an entirely new level, but it's coupled with a refusal to fully own it, to attach an identity to it, to redefine myself in any sort of physical way (though it's pretty hard to deny the pity looks I get when I'm running).
This surprises me.
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- liz @ bon temps beignet said...
I feel ya girl. Good news... I can still tie my own shoe laces. So when you're 40 weeks along, I'm sure you'll still be Super Woman, running around with a cute belly and watching everyone stare in amazement. I can barely walk fast, much less run.
- January 20, 2012 at 11:08 AM
- mrshoney said...
Better to just let go and embrace it all... Will prepare you for motherhood, which is full of things that are unfamiliar, uncontrollable, and utterly wonderful. Best thing that will ever happen to you. Ever. Enjoy!
- January 20, 2012 at 1:20 PM
- Sara @ Russet Street Reno said...
I haven't been able to exercise this whole pregnancy, starting about 7 weeks I just have no energy once I start a workout. I huff and puff and then give up. So, you're doing much better than me. I hear you on the belly - I haven't really embraced it either, but I'm happier now than a month ago.
- January 20, 2012 at 4:00 PM
- NotesFromAbroad said...
The wonderful thing about it all is in it's own way, physically for you, it is temporary. You will get your own body back and then you will find that you miss what you have now .. try to enjoy it now .. it will be over quickly enough ..
(I remember laying in the bath, with that great huge belly sticking up out of the water and I would quietly discuss with the baby ( my son) how things were going to be when he arrived, when he went to school, when he grew up.
Of course, once he was born, it was all done the way He wanted it to be done, so enjoy this time, it is really fleeting and so very precious)
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Today the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court remanded the "Voting Machines" case for a third trial. The Court found that testing that occurs before elections may not be adequate to detect either deliberate or inadvertent manipulation. The Court held that there is evidence that New Jersey's voting machines could be manipulated to change the outcomes of elections, and wants a trial court to conduct further fact finding on this point.
"This is a victory for New Jersey voters," said Rutgers School of Law–Newark Clinical Professor Penny Venetis, who is lead counsel in the case (Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, Stephanie Harris, Coalition for Peace Action, etc. vs. Gov. Chris Christie). "Even though the Appellate Division found that the voting computers were not constitutionally infirm, the Court recognized that therecould be serious problems with how New Jersey's voting computers count votes," Venetis added. She announced that she disagreed with the Court's constitutional findings, and that the plaintiffs plan to appeal the constitutional findings to the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Princeton University professor Andrew Appel, an expert witness in the case, was able to hack the state's voting machines in less than 10 minutes and cause the machines to cheat. Additionally, in 2011 voting machines in Cumberland County were programmed incorrectly to award the wrong candidates victory in a local election. The machines did not detect the error. Based on Venetis and Appel's challenge, that election was overturned. The Appellate Division used the Cumberland County election as the basis of its finding that New Jersey's voting machines might be too vulnerable for use.
"New Jersey is in the minority in 2013," said Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, a plaintiff in the case. "Today, 35 states require that computerized voting machines produce a paper record of each recorded vote that the voter can inspect for accuracy before casting his or her ballot. There has always been great concern with electronic machines that there are not adequate safeguards to ensure the integrity of elections. A paper trial would do just that." Such voter verification requirements that were passed in New Jersey were suspended in 2009 for cost reasons.
"The integrity of each election is questionable as long as votes cannot be verified" said Stephanie Harris, who is a plaintiff in the case. Harris does not know if her vote was counted when she attempted to vote on a computerized voting machine. "The computerized system did not appear to be working. Not even the poll worker knew if my vote was cast. She just kept telling me to press buttons. I may have voted up to four times, or my vote was not counted at all," Harris added.
Irene Goldman, chair of the Plaintiff Coalition for Peace Action of Princeton, a grass roots organization that has been spearheading the drive for voter verified paper ballots, stated: "We have two fine laws in the state of New Jersey that should be implemented immediately. The dozens of millions of dollars spent for the two latest special elections could have easily been used to make sure that every vote is counted as cast and can be verified by the voter."


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Come on, come fly with me, let's fly, we'll fly away. Sound like a plan? I know, I'm itching to get away, too. Instead, I am stuck behind a desk, pounding away at my poor computer's keyboard, so that I can finish up this book of mine – The Thing About Flying.
The problem? The more I write, the more people tell me their incredible, wonderful, weird, and ridiculous stories about flying. They express fears, hopes for the future, and dreams of one day jumping onto a private plane and spending a year just going anywhere and everywhere they please.
Are you one of these people? Do you have something to share? Let me know over here, and let's see if I can't help you. At the very least, you might just get a mention in my book.
I've also added a few entertaining, myth-busting comments about flying for you to read through. And then there's this – the answer to so many emails, so many google searches, and so many flight-long ponders – the difference between first class and business class.


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Today in Tweet Beat, hell has frozen over. Spencer Pratt is making sense in his beef with Perez Hilton. Plus, Meghan McCain is not doing a reality show.
@LaurenConrad wake up @mtv has JERSEY SHORE cast...You were so boring on HILLS they replaced you with @kristincav to keep HILLS interesting.
@spencerpratt Boo!
@PerezHilton just because you woke up and decided you weren't going to be "mean" anymore for three days and got your cameo on Ellen.
@spencerpratt I will take the higher road and ignore. xoxo
@perezhilton you saying to the media that your not going to saying anything mean is one thing but for you to act like your bully patrol haha
No idea where these weird rumors I am doing a reality show came from....
Everyone sees how uninhibited I am in my professional life, not a chance in hell a camera crew would get to film how I am in my personal one
I have decided to become the best rapper of all time! I put it on my things to do in this lifetime list!
Happy birthday to the most beautiful girl in the world!!!! @kimkardashian!!!!!!!
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All Rise...
The Charge
The real Lion King
Opening Statement
In 1965, audiences were moved by the story of Joy and George Adamson and their quest to reintroduce the lioness Elsa to the wilds of Africa. That movie was called Born Free, and I'm sure you now have the song running in your head. Well, forget it, because George Adamson's further adventures are not quite so inspiring.
Facts of the Case
Tony Fitzjohn (John Michie) is a man without a home, wandering around Africa taking odd jobs. When he hooks up with the famed wildlife activist George Adamson (Richard Harris) and his brother Terence (Ian Bannen) on the Kora Reserve, he thinks he has finally found a purpose: reconditioning zoo-bred lions for their return to nature. But Kenya is wild in more ways than one. Poachers, corrupt soldiers, and personal conflicts threaten to tear Kora apart.
The Evidence
The first scene makes this film look more exciting than it really is: a man is stalked and killed by a lion. It only takes a minute, but it says much about the film. We do not know who the man is, and the scene is over with quickly. And the sequence seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the movie.
When you watch a "nature" film, you expect a few things. You expect that the cinematography will show off the scenery. This is not the case in To Walk With Lions. Not only is this DVD only available in a 1.33:1 pan and scan format (the original aspect ratio is 2:35:1), but it has virtually no establishing shots or sequences where the story slows down to dwell on the beautiful vistas of Kenya. Shots are mostly medium range at eye level, like a television movie. The lions tend to drop into the background in favor of plot development among the human characters. And the print seems to be mastered for airing on television as well: the colors are flat and lack texture. Director Carl Schultz has spent much of the last few years scaling down the adventures of Indiana Jones for television, which indicates a skill for reducing impressive vistas to backgrounds and moving the plot ahead before the next commercial. While these talents do serve well for television movies, the resulting films seem to suffer later on DVD, where all the flaws come through loud and clear.
Another thing you might expect from a film such as this is some sort of "lesson." In this case, To Walk With Lions does deliver. Rather than simply pounding viewers over the head with the traditional "poaching is bad" message, director Carl Schultz tries to give a rather complex portrait of the political climate of Kenya, noting that poaching is a symptom of widespread poverty, the political fallout from local wars (the Shifta bandits are refugees who turn to robbery), and mismanaged land use (soil depletion drives herders into Kora in search of food for their cattle). In one notable scene, soldiers beat Fitzjohn after a violent battle with poachers. One of the soldiers tells Fitzjohn that not only was one of the soldiers killed his brother, but that one of the poachers killed was his cousin. In other words, the use (and misuse) of land and animals in parts of Africa is a part of the social fabric itself, and not magically fixed simply by rendering some actions illegal. Everyone is complicit in the problem.
And Adamson is a fairly complicated character as well. Is he an obsessed lunatic for insisting on protecting Kora even as his life is increasingly threatened? Or is he a hero for standing up for his lions to the bitter end? Adamson is more complicated than the usual "heroic naturalist" stereotype often seen in environmentally friendly movies. He is a man perhaps too deeply committed to his cause to see when it is time to move on to greener pastures. Unfortunately, while Richard Harris has some strong moments carrying off the part, his intensity seems to wane into mere exhaustion from time to time, and he spends most of the movie whispering. In one important scene, he and Tony discuss the future of Kora, and Harris actually steps to the edge of the microphone's pickup range during a two-shot and nearly drops out. And nobody went back to remix this or redub it later.
The rest of the cast gives serviceable performances, again more suited to a television movie, where scale and intensity can be cranked down a notch, than for a theatrical release (which might explain why this Canadian/British co-production did go straight to television in the United States). John Michie has a hard time making the cliché metamorphosis from dissolute wanderer to committed hero (and romantic lead) come across, but that is mostly due to problems in the script's pacing. As I have said before, it is always a bad sign for a script that must advance its action through voice-over narration rather than visual details. Honor Blackman pops in briefly as Joy Adamson, estranged from her husband (and shortly thereafter killed, apparently by poachers, although the biographical note elsewhere on the disc says that she was killed in real life by one of her own lions). And Geraldine Chaplin shows up later as an ex-girlfriend of Adamson's arrived for a reunion in the twilight of their lives. Both parts generate momentary character tension, but seem underdeveloped. The script seems to insist on moving ahead as quickly as possible without allowing either the scenery or the characters to take over. There is a distinct tension within the film as to whether it wants to be driven by character or plot, and the result is that both become flawed.
The Rebuttal Witnesses
I suspect that part of this inconsistent tone is the target audience. Although the film has its share of foul language, this DVD release seems targeting to preteens. The trailers included on the disc (besides the film's own trailer) are for Mom's Outta Sight (a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids pastiche) and Ping! This latter film (exclamation point included) combines an ugly-cute dog with the plot of Home Alone for slapstick gags seemingly written by a ten-year-old. And the trailer seems to show the entire movie. If you aren't frightened enough by that, go read Judge Naugle's review. In any case, it appears that Fox is aiming this film at preteens, even though its environmentalist message is fairly complicated, its language is not always kid-friendly (although the violence is somewhat lighter, given its poaching and murder scenes, than a theatrical Hollywood film might have been), and there probably is not enough footage of the lions and other animals to hold a kid's attention for long.
The full-frame print and the relative lack of detailed extras reinforce the sense that this film is aimed at families with preteen children. Cast biographies stress Harris' upcoming role in Harry Potter, but neglect to mention his last foray into Africa in Tarzan the Ape Man (perhaps the trauma of that film is what makes him seem to tune out during some scenes in To Walk With Lions). There is a text profile of George Adamson, but the disc needs some sort of interview, or essay from the real Tony Fitzjohn, or some first-hand documentary footage of Kora or the lions—anything to drive the reality behind the story home.
Closing Statement
There are moments where To Walk With Lions does make its point, that protecting the wildlife of Africa is a complex and dangerous affair. But inconsistent direction and performances make this less of an inspiration than it might have been. If you catch this on television or see it for rental, it is worth your time, but without much nature photography, you probably will not get enough replay value out of this film with your kids to make it worth owning.
The Verdict
For their good intentions, the cast and crew of To Walk With Lions is let off with a warning: make sure that you put forth the effort to match the scale of your subject. Fox is fined heavily for releasing this film in pan and scan only.
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Reading over an answer at the Skeptics StackExchange, it occurred to me that I had never really seen the adjective abject used with any other word other than poverty. Has abject become inexorably intertwined with that word, or are there other common usages or stock phrases? Also, does the word have a more subtle meaning or connotation other than an intensifier that might be summarized as "utterly"?
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Is the adjective "abject" ever found with any word other than "poverty"? Does it mean something other than "very" or "utterly"?
It just occurred to me that I know how to find this out for myself; it took a little learning of syntax, but I borrowed from nohat's bag of tricks and searched the COCA for
As I remembered, abject poverty did massively top the list of these abject constructions; The Raven's abject failure follows closely after it. But their dominance isn't as overwhelming as I would have thought.
Just for kicks, here is the Google N-gram usage data for those top 10:
Yes an abject person or an abject character.
abject means in reality "despicable".
The etymology is from Latin (abjĭcĕre: to throw away): something you want to throw away from you (repulsive, disgusting). It's the same -ject as in subject or "alea jacta est"
The sense has somewhat intensified to convey a sense of strong disgust, which is probably why it is sometimes understood as an intensifier ("utter" or "very").
You'll find that "abject coward" and "abject failure" are also common. There is a class of words that share this property of only arising in certain limited constructions. When they grow up, they become cliches.
To rest satisfied with the present is a sign of an abject spirit. Washington Irving, Journals, 1817


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Especially for programmers, designers, engineers out there. Say you are having a day or two when you are just tired. (Went drinking night before, been working hard for 2+ weeks, or watched that movie you didn't need to watch late into the night and now you're tired, etc).
Now comes morning and time to start crunching on heavy problem solving but the brain just wants to zone out.
Is there, a warm up technique that you can use to get yourself back into the mode?
For me presently, it's like jumping into a pool of cold water, just do it FAST and get it over with. I am wondering, for people who are able to maintain solid focus for weeks on end, if they are accustomed to a ritual that helps. (This is similar to my question: What is a good way to begin your work day?) but different because it's not about motivation, it's more about (in the zone type) of mental focus on problem solving; maintained for days (including low focus days).
I may be wrong and I may be still solving the problem in the area of procrastination or motivation. But I'm currently suspecting just the brain being tired, or.. like an attempt at pushing mental endurance of working longer (weeks) and on some days needing a 'warm-up'.
This is the mind being tired enough to not really care about tasks and deadlines.


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Paul Howard Award for Courage
About the Paul Howard Award for Courage
A bi-annual award consisting of $1,000 and a 24k gold-framed citation of achievement honoring a librarian, library board, library group, or an individual who has exhibited unusual courage for the benefit of library programs or services.
Courage is defined by the donor, Paul Howard, as:
"the quality of mind which enables one to face adversity, difficulty,
or danger with resolution and fortitude . . . it is that characteristic
which enables librarians to seek the achievement of goals in spite of all opposing forces."
2009 Recipient(s)
Christine Lesinski
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Konami requests delisting for Skullgirls on Xbox Live and PSN
Xbox Live Arcade and PSN title Skullgirls looks likely to be removed from sale in the near future.
State of Decay scores third XBLA UK No.1
For the third week in a row, State of Decay is the best selling Xbox Live Arcade game in the UK.
XBLA title State of Decay matches the UK's ENTIRE physical market in one week
275,000 physical games were sold in the UK last week. Xbox Live title State of Decay sold 250,000 units in two days in the same week.


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Too bad they didn't put the CompactFlash cards on sale. I could have used some of those...
Sale must be over because I see the 32GB @$27.90...unless there is a coupon code that wasn't listed.
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The sources for Jewish law have changed over the years.... I don't think any law written is the law of God anymore. The original books and teachings have been left behind. The Jewish Encyclopedia, the Judaic Encyclopedia and the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia tell us of the movement and change over time, the oldest being the Jewish Encyclopedia, and give the original outline of law and its original words. The only problem is the scribes of the Pharisees. The Jewish Encyclopedia says that the Judaism of the Old Testament and modern Judaism are very different: it says that after Nebuchadnezzar conquered Judea, 6th century BC, and led Judeans to Babylon, they had challenges to keep to their ways. Scribes of the Pharisees were put in place to write new laws. These 70 elders are mentioned to be wrong and made the law of God void. The scribes of the Pharisees prospered and there verbal Judaism was reconstructed and only written down in 135 BC; and they wrote down their religion into the Talmud which prospered and spread even to the powerful land of Khazar. Hence the two variations of the two groups: Babylon Jews and Khazar Jews; Khazar, who are mixed bloodline, making up around 70%. But the books that are read seem to be from the Old Testament, as, once they came to Europe, the scribes of the Pharisees had to adjust again. I would like to know, though: today, what do people read from? As the Jewish Encyclopedia states no one reads from the Old Testament; the 70 elders changed the course of God's word and replaced it with man made rules. What do you read: the new Babylonian Talmud or the Old Testament?
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What influences and books do modern Jews read today is it as it is said in the encylopedias? please help
Both: we read the Babylonian Talmud and Tanach.
The Rambam recommends spending one third of one's available time for study reading Tanach, and the other two thirds reading Talmud (Hilchot Talmud Torah 1:11).
Rabbeinu Tam on the other hand (Tosfot Sanhedrin 24a sv Belulah), feels that by reading Talmud, one also is credited with reading Tanach because the Talmud is full of citations from Tanach.
Jews read many sources.
Publicly fixed readings
We read the Torah publicly three times weekly. The entire Torah is thus read entirely each year - from "In the Beginning" until the end of Deuteronomy.
We read another section of the Bible weekly (usually something from one of the later prophets, but there's a set order). On Purim, we read the Book of Esther twice. On Tisha B'Av, we read Lamentations twice. On Passover and some before Shabbat, we read Song of Songs (Canticles). On Shavuot, we read Ruth. On Sukkot, we read Ecclesiastes.
We read many psalms in whole on a regular basis - daily, weekly, monthly - as part of our fixed prayers, or as part of various ceremonies (funerals, rememberances, etc.). Most of our prayers are also dotted with lines from or references to Psalms and Proverbs, as well as Torah and other parts of the Bible.
We also publicly read excerpts from the Talmud and from the Mishnah on a regular basis. Some congregations also read excerpts from the Zohar, a later mystical understanding of the Torah.
Non-fixed readings
In other settings, Jews read many sources. Some occupy their days learning Talmud. Others read from the Bible. Others learn Zohar. Some learn midrash - stories. Others learn commentaries of the more famous rabbis or they learn laws as they've evolved over time. Many Jews who consider themselves learned can read from the Torah and Prophets directly using the Masoretic text which has remained consistent since at least the 10th century (the exact letters of the Five Books themselves have been around much longer - there have been minor changes to the later books).
Most people consider all of the above to be part of the rich corpus of Jewish thought. The Torah, the rest of the Bible, Mishnah, both Talmuds, works of law, like the Shulchan Aruch, writings of rabbis like Rashi and Ramban, the mystical Zohar, the intellectual works of moderns and the moral works like The Path of the Just. All of these are just a portion of the influences of modern Jewish thought.
Apocrypha and miscellany
As for the Khazars and the Pharisees, I think you need to read a bit more on that. It seems you have confused a number of parts of history - some of which may very well be apocryphal. I'd suggest perhaps taking a class on Jewish history if that interests you. Florence Melton Adult Mini-School is an incredible two-year program that might help you answer a lot of the questions you've been asking about Jewish thought, Jewish ethics, and Jewish history. Good luck in your quest.


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Does anyone have a recommendation for wireless lighting?
I have a closet built under a staircase. Normal height at the door but slopes back at an angle (7+ ft. following the staircase). There is no electricity there & no outlets near the closet. So, I am looking for a bright wireless light to install. The local box stores only carry lights similiar to the Sylvania Task Lights - these are not nearly bright enough. Tried to search on-line but hesitate to order without seeing the light in person - don't want the hassel of returns. Does anyone have a recommendation for a light &/or retailer? Thank you!
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A motion activated light will turn itself on when you open the door, and turn itself off when you're done. It may be too bright, though. Maybe it could be mounted so the light shines into the closet (like just above the door's frame) so it won't be so harsh on the eyes.
edit: I just noticed that one turns itself on in low light settings, which means it wouldn't work for your needs. Oh well. There are other similar options on Amazon if you think this type of light will work for you.
@rprebel: Thank you for the link & suggestion of where to install the light. I didn't think about using an outside light! Good catch about the light turning itself on in low settings - I'll have to look out for this. thanks again, I appreciate the help!
Are these the type of task lights you are trying to avoid?
We are using these under our kitchen cabinets and I found them to be surprisingly bright! The one downside I might foresee in your case is that they tend to be fairly narrowly directed, which could be problematic if you are trying to light a large space.
I suggest candles. They are wireless and portable.
Open flame may not work in the closet, though.
@alpayton: Thank you. Local Lowes didn't have those I'll have to look for them. These are the ones Lowes did recommend. Tried them, they have a very focused light and are not quite bright enough for the space:


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What tools (ideally affordable ones) would folks recommend for creating a website wireframe? What tools have you used, and did you find them better than pen and paper?
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This blog post about using Google docs, Google drawings sounds intriguing:
The most suitable tools for wireframing and prototyping depend largely e.g. on your team structure (inter-operability, shareability, …), the project status (=> necessary visual and functional fidelity) and the type of stakeholders you need to communicate your design to. If you are working at least partly remote with a distributed team, requirements are quite different compared to having everybody on site. Further influencers comprise e.g. distributed editing and versioning. (IMHO, Zaki Warfel's book on prototyping provides a useful starting point when yo need to evaluate alternatives.)
My own workflow revolves largely around paper (freehand sketching, sketching w/ basic grid templates, sometimes cardboard stencils for often used elements, …) and then most often OmniGraffle at a later stage, sometimes supplemented by Indesign, Fireworks (only with certain clients, if hifi comps are required – otherwise its GUI performance is a major PITA) or Keynote (great if you need all kinds of transitions). I am currently considering migrating to Axure RP, though. Moving past paper prototypes and clickable mockups currently leaves basically the native format, i.e. most often HTML/JS (incl. jQuery). Balsamiq and other browser based solutions or RIAs so far have felt too slow und awkward for me, I just can't seem to get into flow with them. (Pidoco's collaboration and testing features might be interesting under certain circumstances, though.)
I use Gliffy (online tool) for simple wireframes
It's still early beta and am not sure of the pricing, but it's worth keeping an eye on. It's a web app written in Cappuccino so no need for Flash...
Cheers R
While I'm sure many of these tools are much better, here is a "low-tech" solution (given that you have PowerPoint) http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/294/wireframing-in-powerpoint
Throwing in a resource in **to support sketching as a great wireframing tool:
50 Sketching Resources for User Experience Designers** which includes sketching:
Firefox Pencil Plugin is another tool to check out.
Its free, has a nice basic set of stencils, and some sketchy stencils. You can get some rough mockups done pretty quickly. Not as many stencils as other tools, but it works pretty well.
I use Axure, and kind of satisfied with it. I wuold have some development ideas, to make usability of the program more convenient and faster. For example there are missing features when dealing with text (alignments, text-picture alignment, etc.)
I haven't tried other stuff yet!
I use Justinmind, great to wireframe and prototype dynamic websites (JS-like events & integrate your own data) without coding (even interactions are drag & dropped).
They also offer a service to share your wireframes online so that people can comment straight on elements & you can even carry out user tests as it integrates most user testing tools (clicktale, userzoom, google analytics...).
WireframeSketcher is a software tool that helps quickly create wireframes, mockups and prototypes for desktop, web and mobile applications. It comes both as a plug-in for any Eclipse-based IDEs and a standalone version.
I've found MS Visio to be pretty flexible if you've got the right supporting files. I use...
Visio - the interaction designer's nail gun (3rd edition)
Visio tips & tricks for Interaction Designers
Here's an online tool that has a Free plan as well as really cheap one at $50/year: http://www.mockflow.com/
I'm getting pretty tired of the people saying they are only using pen and paper.
If you can make complex frameworks with pen and paper then either you are non-efficient or never reuse modules from earlier designs or this is your first one ;)
The whole point with a tool for sketching must be to make a pattern library and use it so you can focus on the bits of the project thats interesting and innovative instead of the boring parts you have done so many times before.
The whole "I only use pen and paper" reminds me of the days when every HTML coder with any pride claimed that he never used anything else than notepad to code. Ok, the tools back in the day was bad (remember Frontpage?) - but still...
Comon! Of course you use pen and paper sometimes, but seriously, when people ask for advice about tools - don't mock them suggesting pen and paper - don't you think they know about pen and paper before they asked the question?
I use Axure. It's not pretty but it gets the job done.
(Don't get me started on those who say they jump straight to HTML. They are worse than the pen and paper ppl.)
I use ForeUI that is a great tool for creating prototypes, in which you can add behaviour to simulate rather complex system behaviour. - If that's required for your prototype.
The DHTML prototype can be exported and run in any browser, that support java, and easily be shared with colleagues and customers.
I'm designing software for Windows, but ForeUI can be used for anything - including web.
It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris and the price i $99. Usually a new version is released every fortnight. Find more details on www.foreui.com.
I would like to add a FREE, FAST, BASIC, ONLINE MockUp builder: (Silverlight required) http://www.mockupbuilder.com/App
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I have the following pseudocode to figure out the approximate running time of. Anyone able to help but please explain each step and reason. thanks in advance
int m = n;
while (m > 0)
for k= 1 to m
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m = floor(m/2)
Another Algorithm I would appreciate a break down of please. How would I compute the running time of this algorithm?
NB. This is taken from the wiki site writeup on merge sort but since that did not help, I was wondering if someone here would help break it down so I get where the O (n log n) comes from, for both best case and worst case.
function merge_sort(m)
if length(m) ≤ 1
return m
var list left, right, result
var integer middle = length(m) / 2
for each x in m up to middle
add x to left
for each x in m after middle
add x to right
left = merge_sort(left)
right = merge_sort(right)
result = merge(left, right)
return result
function merge(left,right)
var list result
while length(left) > 0 or length(right) > 0
if length(left) > 0 and length(right) > 0
if first(left) ≤ first(right)
append first(left) to result
left = rest(left)
append first(right) to result
right = rest(right)
else if length(left) > 0
append first(left) to result
left = rest(left)
else if length(right) > 0
append first(right) to result
right = rest(right)
end while
return result