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5 Horrible Things Nobody Tells You About Legally Growing Pot
#2. Your Life Is Full of Crazy People
Growing marijuana for a living puts a person in a "club" of sorts, and that club is stocked with crazy.
The cost makes trying to run a grow operation alone a near impossibility, which means partnering up with all sorts of sketchy characters to handle things like trimming plants, selling the product and all the other stuff you need help with once you realize you're in way over your head. No matter what the movies may tell you, weed enthusiasts are not comprised entirely of laid-back stoners. For every one of those that you might encounter during the course of a business day, there are probably two or three who are more like the guy who uses an alligator as a guard animal. Probably not the person to bond with over a shared love of Bob Marley and Rastafarian culture.
The ones who reek of Nag Champa are usually safe. But then you've got that to deal with.
When you're dealing with what still amounts to a quasi-black market fringe industry, it's inevitable that some of the people involved will be criminals, and they are going to rip someone off at some point. If you clicked that link, which points to a very brief story about a man who was ripped off by a "friend" in the industry, you may have noticed that it took all of two comments before someone chimed in with a transcript of a scene from the movie Snatch that explains how to properly dispose of a body. If you decide to set up a grow operation, these are your new friends.
And very soon, one of those crazy paranoid types is going to be you. A person immersed in a life of selling drugs, legal or otherwise, is going to live in a constant state of paranoia -- it's just a fact of life. Part of that has to do with constantly walking such a fine line between legal and illegal, knowing that it doesn't take much of a mistake to get tossed in jail and to see your entire investment vanish.
Remember what we said about how easy it is to go astray of the regulations? Well, the police don't need much of an excuse to come in and inspect your operation. Like, for instance, if you have spent the last three hours trimming product. The smell of fresh marijuana being trimmed is almost as pungent as a skunk from the same distance, which is why so many ideas are thrown around to conceal the smell. After handling the plant at all, its scent is on your clothes, your hands and, most importantly, your hair. That pungent smell is enough to warrant a search in some states. And, as we established, even if you've got your license to grow and your prescription blown up to a wall-sized poster, chances are good the police will find a reason to take your entire operation away if they come knocking.
"This smells like either a skunk farm or the devil's lettuce!"
And that's just the cops. What about the threat of home invasion from all those shady types who know your house is full of weed (and, they probably assume, cash)? Growers have been murdered during the process of armed robbery -- and that wasn't an isolated incident.
Then when the police respond to that crime, they start treating you like a criminal, too. It happened to Steve Sarich, a weed activist from Finn Hill, Washington. Five men broke into his home and shot him. When police arrived and spotted his (perfectly legal) grow operation, the crime scene turned into a marijuana raid.
And that's not even the most depressing thing about growing weed for a living. That would be the fact that ...
#1. The Payoff Sucks
After going through all of the bullshit listed here so far, a successful grow operation should come out the other end with five to six pounds of sweet, delicious weed to show for it. Guess what, though: That shit don't buy groceries, and it certainly doesn't pay the bills. So the next step is to take the harvested crops to a dispensary and cash in. And this is precisely where dreams of riches die for most people who enter into this industry.
"I'm sorry sir, but I can't take a jay in exchange for coffee."
As shitty luck would have it, legal cannabis dispensaries don't pay very well. No matter how great the product, the guy behind the counter at that dispensary has seen it and better a million times before. These are licensed professionals doing stacks of paperwork and constantly watching their legal asses as much as anyone entering into the profession should.
At the end of the day, after taxes, prices might not reach much higher than $2,800 a pound. If that sounds like a pretty sweet deal, let this message board full of people who would know far more about the matter reassure you how incorrect you are. When you factor in the exorbitant costs involved with keeping a grow operation going, $2,800 per pound amounts to about $4,200 in profit per month ... and that's before taxes (unless you're one of those legal weed farmers who doesn't bother paying taxes, in which case, enjoy prison) and before splitting the money with all those people brought on to help. And that's if everything goes perfectly, which it never does.
Sometimes the pot decides to smoke itself.
Think about all of the factors earlier -- from the seed to the lights to the water to the temperature to the cops to plain old Murphy's Law. If any one of them goes wrong, it can ruin an entire crop. At best that's costing a few thousand dollars in baby plants, at worst costing an entire mature crop, meaning the loss of all the time and the rent and the power bills that went into growing it. And all of this occurs while you're trying to pay off those start-up costs we mentioned earlier. You're learning on the job, and every mistake costs money.
It's at this point that most people decide all the time and effort wasn't worth it, leaving them with not much more than a few years of empty space on the "previous jobs" section of their resume. That might not all sound bad, except you're not 18 years old and behind the gym smoking pot anymore, you're an adult now, and you've come to the painful realization that you permanently crippled your ability to buy a home and become an actual member of society anytime in the next few years.
"We're really looking for someone with more of a background in Coke dealing, but thanks for your time."
Buzz kills don't get much bigger than that.
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WASHINGTON -- The federal debt limit extension deal passed by House Republicans last week assures that the federal government will not default on its loans through mid-May. But that might not be good news for Pentagon officials gearing up for the next showdown: sequestration.
Military budget experts say the extension deal could increase the risk that the automatic budget cuts set for March 1 will kick in -- at least temporarily.
"It increases the chances of sequestration," said David Berteau, director of International Security Programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, because with the debt ceiling issue out of the way, the spotlight falls directly on the sequestration debate.
Since the automatic cuts could be undone quickly with legislation needed to avert a government shutdown on March 27, more Democrats and Republicans have been signaling that they would be willing to see sequestration happen said Gordon Adams, a professor of international relations at American University and a former senior White House budget official for national security. Republican lawmakers -- including Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas; Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.; and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. -- have made recent comments that they expect some form of sequestration to happen.
Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., said one reason he opposed the recent debt ceiling deal in the House was that the Republicans' "no budget, no pay" strategy "involves letting sequestration take effect in March, cutting $500 billion from the Department of Defense." The cuts would come over the next 10 years.
"This is intended to put pressure on the Democrats to reform entitlements," Bridenstine wrote on his blog, but "using threats to curtail military funding to create a crisis for the purpose of political advantage is an inappropriate policy."
Congressional observers say the latest move indicates that congressional Republicans were willing to sacrifice the leverage they once wielded with the debt ceiling showdown in the hopes that they will regain it by refocusing on the fight over sequestration.
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"It's interesting that both sides kind of use sequestration as their leverage to get something out of the other side, but the hostage can't belong to both sides -- or it doesn't work," he said. "That's kind of the risk right now. If both sides think it's giving them leverage and it's not, it really could go into effect."
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I have a son who has just turned one. I like my LEGO and my desk at work is covered in minifig's etc, the problem is my wife isn't as keen on them. I was wondering can anyone recommend a set that would be appropriate for me to get for my son so I can bring my hobby home without feeling the wrath of my wife, or is it a bit too soon to introduce him to LEGO?
LEGO Group also did a range called LEGO Baby or Primo, which was pretty much suitable from birth.
It's not currently in production, but does come up on ebay and the like now and again, and is slightly inter-usable with Duplo and hence standard LEGO blocks.
Items ranged from things like this rattle, with chewable petals:
To the more "advanced" building sets:
My sons both enjoyed their Stacking Jungle Set, and the Bathtime Boat is still going strong ;)
LEGO bricks aren't suitable for children under 3 as they are considered a potential choking hazard.
LEGO also sell a DUPLO brand of construction toys which are twice the size of regular bricks. DUPLO bricks are designed for children aged 1½ to 5 years old.
In addition to DUPLO, there is also QUATRO. They are, as expected, 4X the size and impressively compatible with standard sized and DUPLO. I inherited some, so have no idea if they are still made or sold.
There is also a non-Lego product from Megabloks that is really good for young children. They studs on those blocks are rounded so they're easier to kids to get them to "lock" together. While not as sturdy as some of the Lego products, they do seem appropriate for real young children.


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At the application which I work on , there are main tab panels. When I click one of them , it gives me a script error. The detail of the script is , Invalid argument Line 7422 setLeftTop. (ext-all-debug). By the way, when other panels are clicked, there is no error like this.
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setLeftTop method is invoked in setPosition method. When I look at debug mode, at one of the invoked setLeftTopMethod, both parameters are NaN. Because of that, It gives the error "Invalid Argument". I could not resolve this situation.
What can cause this situation ?
Thanks for the replies in advance..
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fantastic location, beautiful Old Prague apartment. big and spacious: pity there's only one bathroom and the WC is truly small and uncomfortable. characteristic furniture although sometimes broken. very efficient reception with nice people welcoming and helping you. we stayed in 5 adults.
Very nice flat in a good location. Perfect service.
I went with my girlfriend, my parents and my dog. We all really loved the stay! The house is renewed, and everything was like shown in the pictures. It's well placed and the city is lovely. I really recommend.
Everything was great :) Can only recommend it.
Great location within 5-10 minutes walk to east croydon.Good walking distance to the shopping centre in Croydon. Apartment better then expected. Fully equipped, good heating. Had some problems connecting to the WiFi and to get hot water in the kitchen and sink I the bathroom, other then that,fully satisfied.
a nice place to visit
Nice flat with everything you need when travelling with family. The house is located close to the sea in a calm and charming little street. Bus stop is a couple of minutes. A great base to discover The Hague and basically the whole country. Our host was really helpful and friendly. I would return any time!
Perfect apartment for a long weekend with friends in Prague .
Everything was just fine - especially the terrace .
A great apartment well equipped good value for money, with a great view over the marina. This is the fifth time we have been to dives/ cabourg and would definitely stay here again.
Great location, only a short walk from all the sights and the apartment was much bigger than we expected - massive bathroom and really big social areas (lounge and kitchen is open plan, and pretty big!)
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My band had its debut show a couple weeks ago. The guitarist and singer and I (bass) have been playing together for a year plus, and we started playing with a new drummer in July. I'm really excited about our material and I'd like to go out and play every weekend if we could. We'd be more experienced at playing out, we'd meet lots of people who could help us (sound engineers, visual artists, basically anyone not already in our band who likes our music and wants to contribute their skills), and we'd learn how our songs work for a live audience. However, some of my band mates are concerned that we might be over-exposed, and that people would stop coming to our shows. This doesn't make any sense to me, seems to me only good things can come our way by playing out as much as possible. Who's right? Is there a "right" for this question?
There are a few ways to look at venues vs bands. Some bands can play the same venue all the time and still not become overexposed while other bands only need to play once and no one cares if they ever come back again.
UPDATE: if you consider venue vs stable audience I think there is a spectrum with one side being a venue that has a new audience every time such as a theme park or tourist area while on the other end there are venues with locals that frequent the same spot each week, and yes everything in between. A band might want to look at venues with this in mind too.
The short of it is, a band that plays well enough, has some charisma, and most importantly can make a connection with the audience has an opportunity to create a following no matter where they play. It would be a good idea for this kind of band to have someone selling their CD, T-Shirts, etc in the lobby.
Please allow me to indulge you with a true story of such a band.
Not too many years ago, late on a Friday night I was strolling through a small town in N. California and I could hear the distinctive tone of a great Strat player through a vintage Fender Super Reverb. It sounded so wonderful to my ears because it reminded me of the band I played with in the late 1960s. Our lead player although he played a Mustang played Hendrix like no one's business through a Super Reverb--it's a sound to die for.
I had to walk into this bar and see if I was right. Not only did I nail the guitar and amp, but I soon became in love with the band. It was none other than the original Tommy Castro Band, the year was 1994. For the next couple of years this band played this same venue at least once a month and because they were so good more and more people would show up until it became standing room only. In addition to this, either in 1994 or 1995 they appeared to play more gigs in a year than there are days in a year--they often had two gigs a day.
When you have a band that has the passion for music, and the talent, you will never have to think about being over exposed. TMB earned the title "hardest working band in the USA".
You can tell when you see them that they absolutely love doing their work. Ask yourselves, where's the love?
Until you know what your audience thinks of you it will all be trial and error.
If you have a wide range of songs, so can vary the set list, then playing every week at a particular venue might be fine. If you only have 8 songs and you just play them, even your best fans may get bored.
On the other hand, if you only play one gig in a city then never return, you can't gain much of a word-of-mouth following.
So you'll want to strike a balance of playing at your 'home' venue or regular venues, along with gigs further afield.
But equally importantly - you'll want to get your advertising right. Hooking up with good promoters can be essential to getting the right numbers along to your gigs, so find promoters in each city you wish to play in.
We have a baseline routine of once a month in our two main cities, and then add other cities, venues and festivals on top of that. This way our home audience doesn't get bored but we also get our word of mouth attendance increasing every month, and we get interest in other cities and countries too.
Back in the 60s and 70s thats how bands made it.. there was no over exposure. In an example AC/DC before they were famous were playing more than every weekend they would play as much as they could to try and get as much exposure.
That being said, AC/DC did not play the same venue week after week, and it wasn't always the same show. I think in the early stages of a band, exposure is important, it will give you a following. If you're going to play the same place a few times in not to long of a time span, don't put on the same show, change it up, do things with stage presence that attract people and help spread the word, or change around songs so it doesn't sound the same.
I say play any chance you can, really any exposure is good exposure as long as you keep the crowd entertained.
There is no right answer but there's also no substitute for playing in different venues, figuring out what could go wrong (anything!) and what to do about it, and gauging what people really like. Besides, it's fun to play out.
If attendance drops off, re-evaluate then.
If you play too much you will be overexposed(but good experience?) and if you don't play enough you will be underexposed.
There is no way to possibly answer your question until many years down the line. Hindsight is 20/20.
The good news is you guys don't have to chose one or the other... you can adapt! This is what intelligent people do. If you are playing a lot and not getting much attention, it means your sucking(more or less)/doing something wrong. Go figure it out.
If you are not playing much and people are asking when you are playing next, it means you need more gigs and to push harder.
Play as much quality as you can get.
You can never do enough support gigs, never.
BUT you most certainly can do too many local band, pay to play, 7 bands on the one evening type events.
Go for quality, but lots of it.
Playing at every possible opportunity is how you prepare for a few big shows.
Your big shows can be "electric" and your small shows "acoustic." Big shows can be 10 songs, small shows 4 songs. Big shows can be once a month at a club, small shows can be 3 house parties a night. Or any variation on all of that.


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Ideal for families and groups of friends.
Has 2 balcony , where you can eat,have a glass of vine in the evening (bottle of vine complementary, as well as juice) or drink coffee surrounded with trees , providing you feeling like you are not in city.
Nice sandy beach, named Bacvice, is in less than 5 minutes walk. The Diocletian's Palace, the old city center built by roman emperor Diocletian 1700 years ago, is just 10 minutes easy walking , than close there is old market "pazar" where you can buy daily fresh fruits, vegetables and typical dalmatian products.
Apartment is composed of: one sleeping room with double bed an done extra bed, 2nd sleeping room with 2 single beds,living room , kitchen , bathroom with shower, wi-fi, aircon, TV,towels, blankets and sheets are included in the price,all for max 5 person.
Just 10 minutes walk to passenger ship terminal where from you can travel on various day trips to attractive nearby destinations (surrounding Dalmatian islands, historic town of Trogir, Cetina river where you can rafting kayaking or canoeing...). Close by popular cafes and restaurants, well known museums, galleries, old open green market and popular sand beach Bacvice.
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This spacious apartment offers plenty of space and the two sunny balconies were just the end of October, midday sun are still used fine with their morning. The apartment is ideal for beaches, the Dokletianpalast and other old town areas. Everything within walking distance in around 10 minutes.
Bacvice is a green and quiet residential area, the apartment is located on a quiet residential street. The owner is very friendly and accommodating and are many interesting tips. Only the kitchen equipment was a bit sparse. We would book the apartment immediately!
Diese geräumige Wohnung bietet viel Platz und die beiden sonnigen Balkone konnten gerade Ende Oktober mit ihrer Vormittags-, Mittagssonne noch prima genutzt werden. Das Apartment liegt optimal zu Stränden, dem Dokletianpalast und anderen Altstadtvierteln. Alles fußläufig in rund 10 Minuten erreichbar.
Bacvice ist ein grünes und ruhiges Wohnviertel, die Wohnung befindet sich an einer ruhigen Wohnstraße. Der Vermieter ist sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend und gibt viele interessante Tipps. Einzig die Küchenausstattung war ein bisschen karg. Wir würden das Apartment sofort wieder buchen!
The apartment is located in an old house: clean, 15 minutes walk from the beach and the center of the old town, the bus station. The rooms are spacious. Articles and bedroom and kitchen accessories are sufficient. Good value for money.
L'appartement se trouve dans une maison ancienne: propre, à 15 mn de marche de la plage et du centre de la ville ancienne, du station d'autobus. Les chambres sont spacieuses. Les articles et accessoires de chambre et de cuisine sont suffisants. Bon rapport qualité prix.
A super apartment not far from the center. Everything was great clean. The best time to sit in the evening on the balcony was. We would love to come back!
Eine super Wohnung nicht weit vom Zentrum. Alles prima sauber. Am schönsten war es, abends auf dem Balkon zu sitzen. Wir kommen gern wieder!
We met a god hospitality, and good advices about the city. The apartment met fully our expectations, The 2 balconies were very nice!
We fully recomment this host and this apartment,
Great location in walking distance to the sandy beach, old town, port and bus station. Residential area that felt very safe. Near to shop. Very spacious, clean and well equipped and the two balconies made up for the absence of a separate living room. Helpful, attentive and friendly hosts. Highly recommended!
Appartement propre, confortable et bien situé (proche du centre ville et à 2 pas de la plage). Accueil sympathique.
Perfect help, great location!
Very much enjoyed our stay in the apartment and our visit to Split. Very clean and excellent location and the owner went out of his way to make us feel welcome and tell us about the area.
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Great apartment in a fantastic location, minutes from the Old Town and 10 mins from the sandy beach. Tomi was fantastic as a host. Definitely recommended and would go again.
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Sausage and Potato Strata
Categories: Casseroles, St. Patrick's Day
Type: Breakfast
Type: Breakfast
You can use sausage, kielbasa, or a turkey product in this versatile breakfast dish.
Serves: 6 servings
- 3 cups sliced cooked potatoes (about 3 medium)
- 1 1/4 cups shredded nonfat or reduced-fat Cheddar cheese
- 1 cup (about 6 ounces) diced smoked sausage or kielbasa, at least 97% lean, or 8 ounces Turkey Breakfast Sausage, cooked, crumbled, and drained
- 1 1/4 cups evaporated skim milk
- 1 1/4 cups fat-free egg substitute
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- Coat an 8-inch (2-quart) square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray, and arrange half of the potatoes over the bottom of the pan, slightly overlapping the slices. Sprinkle half of the cheese and then half of the sausage over the potatoes.
- Place the evaporated milk and egg substitute in a medium-sized bowl, and whisk to mix well. Pour half of the egg mixture over the potato, cheese, and sausage layers. Repeat all of the layers.
- Bake uncovered at 350°F for about 1 hour, or until the top is nicely browned and a sharp knife inserted in the center of the dish comes out clean. Remove the dish from the oven, and let sit for 15 minutes before cutting into squares and serving.
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We washed down the food with orange juice and chai tea (I'm not the biggest coffee drinker), and ended the meal with the Apple Walnut Maple Pudding Cake from La Dolce Vegan (a terrible picture of a fantastic dish). I am still full.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's Day Brunch
We washed down the food with orange juice and chai tea (I'm not the biggest coffee drinker), and ended the meal with the Apple Walnut Maple Pudding Cake from La Dolce Vegan (a terrible picture of a fantastic dish). I am still full.
16 comments:
- Heather said...
Mmm, this spread looks absolutely amazing and delicious!
Happy Mother's Day to Vegan Mom!
- May 10, 2009 at 10:56 PM
- danielle said...
Looks scrumptious!
- May 10, 2009 at 11:24 PM
- lucy said...
Sounds like a great mother's day meal!:-) those english muffins look unusually fluffy... :-0
- May 10, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- Janet said...
Ooo what a lovely brunch you created for lucky Vegan Mom and your friends!
- May 11, 2009 at 1:24 AM
- Alisa - Frugal Foodie said...
That is one lucky mom!
- May 11, 2009 at 1:33 AM
- Nanette said...
Your English Muffins look great - I've been thinking about making some all week. I'm planning on buying Peter Reinhart's whole grain book and now it looks like I need Bread Baker's Apprentice as well!
- May 11, 2009 at 2:58 AM
- Karl E said...
You're right about that last photo! It looks like the corned beef hash my mom used to bake eggs in. Loved it as a kid, but would not eat it now, obviously! Can't wait to try the apple walnut thingy though, sounds incredible. Take care, awesome blog!
- May 11, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- Oraphan said...
It sounds so yummy and all the food looks fantastic. Your guests are lucky... very lucky!!! =D
- May 11, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Your potatoes look amazing. I think that you should share this information with others at http://www.rawpeople.com/?utm_source=A&utm_medium=B&utm_campaign=C with others who are looking for smart, healthy althernatives to the drive through
- May 11, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- DJ said...
Mmmm - looks like a great spread! The Maple-Walnut pudding is always delicious!
- May 11, 2009 at 4:21 PM
- Bianca said...
Wow! I wish I'd had all that for brunch yesterday! And you're right about true friends...the best ones make food that you can eat even when they're not vegan. :-)
- May 11, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Angelina said...
Thanks for the English muffin recipe. I'm not the baker you are (especially bread) but I just might try this one! I really admire your blog and it actually inspired me to make my own recently. I'm still getting the hang of writing recipes but I would love for you to check it out :) http://veganmunchies.wordpress.com/
- May 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...
Looks like a lovely Mother's Day spread! yum.
- May 12, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- Sophia.Pflieger said...
Your wife is a lucky woman! That looks like a delicious brunch! Especially that maple cake, I love anything with maple in it. In my opinion maple syrups is highly underrated, only a fellow Ontarian can really understand! Lol.
- May 12, 2009 at 11:15 PM
- Mack the Spork said...
Hooray! Belated Happy Mom day to VeganMom!
And a perfect opportunity to say I just tried that recipe, for VeganMom's Scrambled Tofu, last week, and have made it two more times since! I LOVE IT!!! I think this will become a weekly food for me.
I replaced half the salt with black salt for extra savory/eggy flavor. Mmmm.
- May 16, 2009 at 10:09 PM
- Sarena Shasteen said...
What a great menu! I have got to try those English muffins! Everything looks delicious!
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Over 82 Million Views on YouTube
If you're looking for some positive way to communicate the Gospel of Life, it seems to me this video is a good place to start. I defy you to watch this and not smile.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk[/youtube]
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Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.
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That's great! I love it. I just took a break from writing a presentation that I will deliver at a diocesan catechetical event on Monday about faith and social media.... I think this might be on deck as for how to use video to communicate.
Lucky kid. When I did stuff like that to my boys, they would get the hiccups for the next two hours; either that, or they'd puke.
But, yes, I most certainly smiled at this video (and when my boys puked).
Oh that it would last a whole life through! Such simplicity. Such innocence. Such joy.
And the "culture of death:"http://www.slate.com/id/2189281/I'm generally not shocked by pop culture=but this shocked me.
I smiled, several times. But I find something a little "off" about the popularity of this video. The baby is laughing in response to a cue: a communal event, no doubt. But isn't he a little bit too....trained?I should mention that one of my personal anathemas is the phenomenon of "cute" child actors. It's hard to name one adorable famous kid who didn't fall apart completely the moment the adulation stopped.My basic problem is probably this: human beings are complex, and free. And yet the masses can only usually delight in certain rather programmable attributes. So there can be a real loss of the personal and the deep when these attributes become the focus of widespread attention.
Too trained? When my son was that age, he would laugh in exactly the same way if you pounded on a can of coffee beans, as I found out by accident one day. Some kids are just jovial that way.
I just had a ten minute conversation with a four year old. He's adorable, yes, but completely unpredictable.While we were talking his little brother hit me on the leg at random intervals. Their little sister said something unitelligible from time to time. Mostly those two walked around and around.
Cathy - I can't remember where I read it, but I once saw someone describe comments on YouTube as "the lowest form of human communication." Pretty accurate, in my experience. Makes you grateful for dotComm, doesn't it? (Not that I wasn't grateful already.)
A trained baby strikes me as an oxymoron. In the past 13 years, mine has continued to show a good deal of resistance to training of any kind, but, then, I've only got the one, and I make no claim to having any natural affinity for parenting.I do have a low tolerance for doting, on my own kid or other people's children, and this clip exceeds my limit by about 60 seconds.I'm generally not interested in more than a passing acquaintanceship with people who show me more than four pictures of their kid at any one sitting, or who insist that I witness its cuteness or new skill more than once per visit. Those parents who want me to witness potty training in progress are generally not revisited.
I enjoyed the conclusion of the Slate article Cathy linked to above:There are those who complain that Laughing Baby is a pointless waste of time, while others respond that happiness is made up of small, simple pleasures like the laughter of a little boy. It's a debate that speaks to the essence of YouTube itself. Do these little video distractions buoy our spirits and connect us to our fellow humans, or are we frittering away our time and talents with two-minute diversions? Do we laugh at the Laughing Baby, or is the Laughing Baby laughing at us?
Oh well. I suppose every silver lining has a cloud
Well. . . if I'm going to be analytical, . . .1. In the South Park video, the laughing baby was the only contender for youtube dominance that wasn't killed. That counts as a compliment, in Southparkese.2. I think we're laughing with the laughing baby --not at him or being laughed at by him. And that's why I think he's so popular. Laughter is human, and it's contagious. And to see a big, belly laugh out of such a tiny boy--well, that is quite amazing. 3. I guess I don't see this as an obnoxious, bragging parent, or a trick. I just see it as something normal, and human, that happened to be caught in a three minute video.
At the risk of becoming a garrulous blogger -- who would have thought?Thank you, Cathleen, for your analysis. It works for me.A good Sunday to all!
The problem with YouTube is that there's no context for these clips, so we tend to make context out of our own life experiences and prejudices.John Page sees unadulterated joy. I see an obsessive parent watching his kid grow up behind the viewfinder of a video camera.Says more about John and me, perhaps, than about the baby or his parents, and I think I'd come out on the wrong end of that stick if I analyzed my response further.So I'll shut up now.
Now the comment thread - for the YouTube and this post, become part of my presentation and not just the laughing baby himself. I am left wondering why some people can't just enjoy the laughing baby, the beautiful life force and joy of this child - which is what I think Cathleen was trying to put forth in the first place.
If it provides any perspective on my criticisms, I usually don't think Mozart is joyful, either.
Hello All,This video has indeed taken off like wildfire. Some of my students were watching it on their computers before we did our final presentations this afternoon.I wonder if the popularity of this video is simply due to timing. I agree it's wonderful, but I don't think what's filmed here is unusual. For instance, when my my nephew was this age he would laugh just as loudly and long when he saw adults fold clothing.Then again, perhaps it does not matter why this video is so wildly popular. It's just refreshing to see something like this take off.


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Two part event entitled "Elephant in the Room" in Downtown Fort Worth.
Part I 9-10:30am
"Breakfast with Leaders"
An open invitation to local leaders be it legislative, religious, educational and community, to talk about the "Elephant in the Room". We will be addressing sexual violence and talking about contemporary trends in anti-sexual violence law. Invite is also open to local law enforcement agencies, attorneys and other groups that would be impacted by pending or recently passed legislation.
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Recent and archived news articles by Judy Dempsey of The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune.
Merkel's Putin Problem
A fractured policy toward Russia won't help Germany or bring change in Moscow.
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Exchange Programs Foster an Arab Ideal of Democracy
A program that brings young people to Germany to debate how democratic systems function highlights how they want their countries to change, but according to their own values.
October 1, 2013, Tuesday
Survey Hints Europeans Are Turning Inward
As Europe's ambitions to develop a coherent foreign policy take a battering, a survey underscores a lack of faith in the use of force and a growing wariness of diplomacy.
September 17, 2013, Tuesday
Influencing Egypt With Soft Power
Violence before and after the coup in Egypt was a bitter blow to Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief. However, there may yet be a role for Europe's soft power in establishing political dialogue.
September 3, 2013, Tuesday
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Russia and the European Union are competing intensely for influence in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and other countries.
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Germans Play for Time in the Debate on Drones
With the German public having a deep-seated fear of using armed drones, the Social Democrats could call for a European legal framework to regulate their use. So far, the opposition party has failed to do so.
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Angela Merkel's long-time friend, Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière, is fighting for his political survival because of a deepening scandal over the expense of Germany's failed effort to develop a surveillance drone.
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Suppose $N$ intervals of length $\delta$ are positioned in $[0,1]$. The starting point $l_i$ of each interval is drawn from an uniform distribution, i.e., $l_i \in [0, 1-\delta]$, thus it will determine the position of the $i$-th interval.
These intervals may overlap at some point in $[0,1]$. I call "overlap" each superimposition of an interval over another interval.
E.g. A = [0, 0.2] B = [0.1, 0.3] C = [0.25 0.45]. Number of overlaps = 2 (A with B, B with C)
Since an overlap occurs between a pair of intervals, $\frac{N(N-1)}{2}$ is the maximum number of overlaps.
I would like to compute the expected number of overlaps between the intervals in $[0,1]$.


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I've recently come across the photos of Andreas Swane. These photos were taken in a clinic (secret location) in Germany, taken over by the Soviets after World War II, and now it's abandoned and decayed.
Source: Andreas Swane gave me permission to use this image.
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Current and former members of CU-Boulder's oldest collegiate a cappella singing group reunited during Homecoming weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Buffoons.
Inspired by the prestigious Yale Whiffenpoofs, the Buffoons was launched in 1962. In the years since, 12-16 CU male undergraduates in the Buffoons have performed a varied repertoire, including many genres from R&B to soul and from rock to pop with instances of vocal percussion or "beatboxing."
"A cappella singing has grown significantly in popularity," said Oakleigh "Oak" Thorne, who founded the Buffoons. "It's definitely here to stay. Every couple of weeks I drop by their rehearsals and give them a comment or two."
Thorne, who had been the musical director of the Yale Whiffenpoofs, came to CU-Boulder in 1954 to work on his PhD in biology. In 1962, at the request of Thorne, the Whiffenpoofs came to Boulder to perform on campus. When Thorne introduced the singing group to the audience, he suggested that a similar a cappella group be started at CU-Boulder.
After the concert, CU-Boulder juniors Don Grusin and Roger Nelson asked Thorne if he would help organize a campus a cappella group. With a nod to the university's buffalo mascot, the singers called themselves the BUFFoons. The spelling has since been changed to all lower case letters.
In 1963, they recorded an album entitled Songs of the CU BUFFoons. The album cover was photographed in Mary Rippon Theatre on campus with the group onstage looking dapper in gray flannel slacks, tan camel-hair blazers, and a brown-and-buff-colored striped tie designed by Thorne. In the foreground was "a sultry, young blonde-haired woman wearing a black dress and holding a long cigarette holder, which made a great album cover," joked Thorne.
Numerous albums have been recorded by the Buffoons through the years. Albums are available on iTunes and CDs. The newest album released last spring is titled Under the Arches.
A group of current and alumni Buffoons will perform Friday at the Pearl Street Stampede. Saturday they will sing CU's alma mater on Folsom Field before the CU-Stanford football game.
Joe Riedel, a senior majoring in ethnic studies and political science, a second tenor and the Buffoons' business manager, is looking forward to singing with Buffoon alumni coming for the reunion.
"I never thought I'd join an a cappella group and here I am helping lead one," said Riedel. "Joining these guys was the best decision I've made at CU."


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I've designed a database on Oracle 10g xe (Windows Platform) and I want to export the tables I created in a sql file. I've googled all night and didn't find anything. I also tried to install a Windows GUI for that database but I'm not able to connect to database. Please help me out with this :D
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There are a few different ways to do this:
If you just want to extract the DDL required to create the same objects in another database, see DBMS_METADATA package. It's quite versatile, and easy to use.
If you want the data as well as the DDL, you should look at Datapump export/import. It will write the DDL and the data into a dump file, but you won't be able to read the file format.
If you really want a .SQL file, that has all the DDL and the data, I guess you could script something. Perhaps use DBMS_METADATA for the DDL, and then write some SQL that generates SQL for the DATA in a whole bunch of INSERT statements.
But, really, if you just want to be able to move an entire schema, including data, then Datapump is the answer. If you just want the DDL, in human readable form, use DBMS_METADATA.
If the requirement is for DDL and data, and it all to be human readable, then please explain your requirement in further detail.
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Lost In The '50s Sandpoint Hot Rod ShowWritten by Chris Shelton on April 1, 2010 Notes From The Biggest Little Show You've Probably Never Heard Of
On the third weekend of May a very successful car show happens in a very unlikely place. It's called Lost in the '50s, and in the past quarter century it's grown to the point where it takes over the entire town of Sandpoint, Idaho, for almost an entire weekend.
Never heard of Sandpoint you say? Well you're not alone. If Idaho's panhandle is the middle of nowhere, Sandpoint is the outer edge. It's smack-dab between Coeur d'Alene and Canada, and as far as Google maps are concerned, it's one of the last northernmost towns worth noting. Still, it attracts nearly 500 cars from every corner of the country.
The event may be Sandpoint's big hurrah, but it's Carolyn Gleason's baby. Never heard of Gleason either? Well that's no surprise; she's about as unlikely a person to promote a car show as you'd think. She runs a pizza joint on Second Avenue. Reflecting on that first show 24 years ago she says, "I didn't know anything about putting on a car show. Heck, I don't even own an old car!"
What's more, the car show was adjunct to a '50s-themed dance she organized as part of a means to drum up money for the Festival of Sandpoint, a non-profit organization that brings musicians to the area. "We just wanted to do rock 'n' roll and get cars and have a good time," she explained. "There wasn't much of that going on 24 years ago. I got Bobby Vee and Del Shannon to come up the first year," Gleason continued. "I thought 'OK, we need cars too.'" So she went and begged friends and a recent winner of the Spokane Auto Boat and Speed Show to bring their early tin.
"We did a Friday night cruise where we hooked up speakers on the back of a Lincoln Continental convertible," she said. "We drove around hanging out of the car with pom-poms trying to get some action."
But something unexpected happened: The little dance made money. "We had 26 cars that year," Gleason observed. "The next year we had 56 cars. 'Holy mackerel, what's this?'" she pondered. The third year they hired Fabian. "The dance sold out like we were rock stars," she said, bragging that the dance sold out in a tick more than 20 hours. Oh yeah, 100 cars showed up too.
The event breaks down like this: It spans four days and includes several shows, dances, a cruise through town, and a full-fledged show downtown. It kicks off Thursday night with Rock 'N' Roll Heaven at the Panida Theatre, a '20s-era vaudeville and movie house. It's an impersonation show. "I mean how do you see Elvis anymore?" Gleason asked. "A lot of these original artists are gone but we wanted to show what they were like. It's my way of getting really fun music out of young entertainers, people who bring people like Elvis, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Jackie Wilson, The Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly back to life. It's the spirit."
On Friday afternoon cars and their drivers assemble at the high school parking lot. Once fully amassed, they line file out onto Division and head north. At this point the logistics of the cruise start to weigh in. Division is the town's longest north/south street, and as its name implies it's a fairly major thoroughfare. In fact, the city won't close off the entire street it's so important. But that doesn't really affect anything. Spectators, sometimes several people deep, line Division all the way to Cedar. It's really quite a spectacle.
Hooking a right onto Cedar is sort of a time warp. You know those nostalgic tree-lined places in the movies? Sandpoint is one of 'em. The town was incorporated in 1898, so it's got the history. It's pretty obvious by the buildings that the timber-harvesting money stayed here.
As the cruise winds the rest of the way through town, it becomes obvious that the money never stopped coming in. Sandpoint is the home to aviation (Quest Aircraft), specialty culinary (Litehouse Foods), and medical instruments (Percussion Aire), to name a few. The idea that upscale clothing manufacturer Coldwater Creek planted itself in Sandpoint suggests that the town is more of a destination than a waypoint. The abundance of high-end restaurants around the main store confirms that. While not officially sanctioned, the cruise generally lingers for a few hours.
Two events take precedent Friday night, and depending on family dynamics people generally go two ways (well three if you count the restaurants). The event established a true street dance a number of years back to cater to families. "It was basically created for kids," Gleason said. "I wanted them to have something more-they've never danced in the street. They never had a band in the street or anything."
The second event is the star of the show, so to speak. It starts about sundown, and unlike the street dance it's an adults-only gig. "Because at the dances you can't have kids and sell liquor," Gleason noted.
Remember how Gleason got Bobby Vee and Del Shannon for the first event? Well for the past 16 years revivalist band Rocky and the Rollers have provided backup for numerous acts like The Crystals and Johnny Thunder. And in its 24 years, Lost in the '50s has hosted 52 original rock 'n' roll and R&B artists. Gleason rattled off a few. "Let's see, we had Little Anthony and the Imperials, Chubby Checkers, the Shirelles, Gary Puckett, Peggy March, Shirley Austin Reeves-the original lead singer of the Shirelles," she said, pausing for a breath. "Johnny Rivers, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, the Drifters, Dickey Lee, and Little Eva," she continued. "We got a chance to have a lot of these performers play for us," she added. "A lot of them are gone now."
If a car show that closes downtown and hosts dances that attract A-list performers sounds like a big-dollar production, let us disabuse you of that notion. The big dance happens in a tin hall at the Bonner County fairgrounds. "It's not a hall that's good for sounds," Gleason admitted. At the same time, the acoustics weren't all that great in the gymnasiums and conference halls that hosted rock 'n' roll when it was new either. So in that sense these dances are closer to the way things were than we'd expect.
Saturday morning cars gather downtown. The show takes over First and Second between Pine and Cedar, which means downtown basically belongs to the show. Though it's a judged show, the criteria are pretty simple. Basically things boil down to what looks cool. In that way it's real informal.
That informality is intentional, according to Gleason. "We take people in as if they've lived here for years." She said it's largely due to the crew who puts on the show: A flagging service for traffic control and some concessions withstanding, Lost in the '50s is a volunteer venture. So instead of confronting disinterested wage earners who'd rather be elsewhere, you meet people whose best interest is your fun. In fact, rather than contracting businesses for certain jobs, Gleason said she makes a point of paying other benevolent organizations. Cub Scouts for example. "We'd rather give money to these service organizations to do clean up after the dance."
The event exists on Gleason's funding and local sponsorship, though you'd never suspect it. Seeing how the event is a non-profit, they can't keep a dime. So they've found creative ways to spend it. And they spend it on the attendees.
Starting at the beginning, Lost in the '50s entry gifts are legendary. "People told me 'I'm sick and tired of goodie bags,'" she said. "I've asked guys what they do with them. They say their grandchildren get some, some of it goes in the garbage, and the rest goes into a junk drawer."
So Gleason got creative. One year the entry gifts were oversized screen-printed golf umbrellas in the event colors. For the 20th she gave away stadium blankets embroidered with the event logo. "I spend the better half of their entry fee just buying something wonderful for them," she said. "They always look at us and ask, 'This is ours?' The next year we did a bag so everybody would have something to put all their stuff in."
The trophies are also unique. The first ones were literally unique; she attached various car parts-a '53 Chevy glovebox lid, a hood ornament, and a hubcap-to wooden plaques. Availability led her to simpler trophies over the years, but when an unappreciative attendee threw his plaque back in protest, she started looking. "We wanted people to feel like they were rock stars," she said. "Well I found a guy who makes gold records for the real people. I buy the frames and cut the mat and glue the records in myself." First place gets a gold record. Second and third get a gold 45 (the records are platinum for the 25th anniversary next year, by the way). "Those are just the little twisted things in your brain that make you ask, 'How can we be different than everybody else,'" she admitted.
When you consider the formal dance that repeats itself on Saturday night and the Aspirin Rally the following morning, Lost in the '50s starts to look like quite a lot of work. And it is, according to Gleason.
Whether it's the city fathers, the sheriff, or even the governor, "Every year they try to throw a brick wall in my way," she continued. For example, when the sheriff joked that it would be safer if she just closed the whole town for the weekend, Gleason and her crew appealed to the local businesses, filed the appropriate paperwork, and got the whole downtown area for the show. "They tell me I can't do something," she said. "Well don't tell me I can't do something." For another example of her fortitude, consider that a major highway splits the town. For that evening, though, heavy trucks and all conceded to the show traffic.
It's not money that makes that sort of thing possible; it's a labor of love. Nor is it money that makes people return year after year. If there's a single component that makes Lost in the '50s successful, it's hospitality. This little town of 7,000 practically doubles every third weekend of May. And for those four days, everybody is a local.
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Veterans out there surely recognize this '27. It's Early Times Car Club member Brian Tolbert's. It's still his; he's an Idahoan, and that's his kid piloting it. Naturally it has the goods: early stretched axle, juicers, and Kelseys, just to name a few.Recently Claude and Russ Freund restored this '57 for Jon Budda. Yes, we said restored; the custom treatment goes back to the very early '60s. The only thing "new" are the rollers and the Jeff Allison color combo (white-outlined black scallops). It runs a 283 and a T10. Cool.Bright light isn't kind to dark cars in photos, so you'll have to take our word for it that Dick and Muriel Uhlenskott's '60 LeSabre is one of the baddest Buicks you'll see. It has a 401 with Mondello heads and 48IDA Webers converted to injection. It also rolls 20- and 22-inch Billet Specialties and has a sculpted red leather gut. No wonder it won Best of Show.We can't imagine doing a '54 Ford with much more grace than Jim Radloff's. It's one of the clear-roof Skyliners but it sports '55 Pontiac trim. He also deleted the center grille bullet for a different look. It runs a 302 with an automatic.A few years back one of our co-workers, Colin McLemore, packed up his shop, Mac's Custom Tie Downs, and moved it to Sagle, the town across from Sandpoint. That's his '32 pickup. Erik Eberstein built it on a Squeak Bell chassis.He lives in Spokane but Don Wilbur sent his Deuce Fordor all the way over to John Barbero at Pyramid Auto Engineering. There's more going on than meets the eye: He extended the doors to remove the gap between them and extended the nose, among other things.Bill and Wendy Jabs have a number of cool cars, including a real '40 sedan delivery. But we'll take their '34 Australian-bodied Ford Ute. It has speed goodies, juicers, and a stretched axle, but the car remains mostly stock right down to its pump-in-head Flathead and original gearbox.Patsy Kachanoski owns both of these rigs, and both are rare. The foreground is a '49 Chevy Canopy Express. The background truck is a '58 GMC 3/4-ton 4x4 with power steering, a Hydramatic, and uncommon accessory 17.5 taper-bead wheels.
Lyle and Esther Brown's '66 Ford is the prototype for the practical custom pickup. It's an original-paint custom-cab made even rarer by an automatic transmission. A Camaro subframe gives it better looks and manners.Early Chevy IIs are sharp but so seldom are done well. Grant Peterson's '66 is the exception. Those wheels don't just look fancy; they're real forgings from Boze and they measure 18 and 20 inches in diameter. It also has a pretty nasty small-block, Wilwoods, and a modern IFS suspension going for it.


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After a proposed insurance premium tax failed to pass in Warren County, they made cuts to several departments including fire protection.
Now some of the smallest county departments are finding new ways to save money.
"In the last two years, we have pulled out 9 thousand dollars of our savings to make our budget work," said Gott Fire Department Chief Craig Peay.
"Anything I buy, we'll have to get a loan for, and pay for over years," said Barren River Fire Department Chief Shawn Whittlesey.
The fire departments decided to cut spending from the county's portion of maintenance of trucks and stations, meaning the departments may now incur those costs.
"We might have to dip into our own funds and cut back on turnout gear, and supplies for our trucks," said Browning Fire Department Chief Michael Green.
Some departments like Barren River have needs for new tankers and engines, and departments are working together to help.
"Alvaton was nice enough to loan us one of their trucks to replace our tanker until we can purchase one," said Whittlesey.
Peay says the mutual aid system the county operates requires three departments to respond to every call, reducing the stress on a single department to provide equipment.
"We may not have to buy a ladder truck because Alvaton has a ladder truck. In turn, we have more tankers than Alvaton does, so we use our tanker," said Peay.
Pay says 60 percent of Gott's calls are mutual aid for another department, but even with the system's benefits come setbacks.
"Our costs go up. You've got travel time on your vehicle, tires, oil changes... more fuel that runs through it," said Peay.
Peay says they cut costs by using local Amish men to help build needed station additions at discounted rates, and many departments purchase used, low mileage vehicles to save more money.
Peay says small departments are eligible for some grants, but are often not affordable when they require the departments to match a percentage of the contribution. They also look to the community for donations, holding pancake breakfasts and other benefits.


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My question is inspired by the fact that there is no universal set (at least in ZF). There are many abstract objects such as group, ring, field, vector space, topology, etc. such that we can say about embedding. In a sense, we can interpret $A$ embeds $B$ as $A$ 'contains' $B$. So it seems that there is no such universal objects (universal group/ring/field...) that embeds every possible objects (group/ring/field ..). How can I prove/disprove it?
There are cardinality limits in these cases, too. That is, there exist groups rings fields topologies (etc.) of arbitrarily large cardinal. So no " universal" ones exist.
But for example there are nice things like: a universal separable metric space: that is, a separable metric space such that any other separable metric space is isometric to a subset of it. Or a universal countable group. And so on.


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The dictionary says that advice can only be used in the singular. But in a specific part of computer science (aspect-oriented programming) this word is used to reference some object that implements some specific functionality. There can be many such objects in the program, and sometimes it's required to say something about a number of them. Is it OK to use advices in this case, or is it absolutely wrong? What is the best solution?
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When I program objects, I usually refer to them as "object instances". For example, "all
Sometimes we hear the term piece of advice; I suppose this could be pluralized to pieces of advice.
In the context of a program, though, you could refer to objects that provide advice, or, perhaps better yet, objects that advise. In the noun form, maybe use Advice Objects in lieu of Advices.
Advice is a mass noun, so the concept of plurality doesn't apply (1). In fact, advice is number one on the list of Wikipedia's examples mass nouns.
So just like there's no singular-plural distinction of milk, knowledge, or volatiliy, there's no such distinction in advice.
For your specific case, I'm not familiar with AOP terminology, but from reading Wikipedia articles on the subject, it would appear that the early coiners of terms in AOP ran into the same issue as you are, advice being a mass noun, and used it as a part of a compound noun instead (e.g., advice function or advice bodies) or with counts (e.g., pieces of advice).
I personally see no problem with you coining a new use of advice as a count noun as a shorter version of advice function. If you and your colleagues agree to use that terminology, go ahead; it may even spread.
I think "advices" is perfectly okay, since we're talking jargon here.
If you look at the PostSharp documentation (a popular .NET aspect-oriented framework), you'll see a namespace called PostSharp.Aspects.Advices. Google searches for "advices" coupled with other tools like AspectJ also show that it's common usage.
I.e., that provides advice? Then it is an advisor, plural advisors.
(Otherwise, why does the term "advice" apply at all?)
I would simply say "advice objects."
The British linguist David Crystal suggests here that the English of native speakers is being influenced by the English of non-native speakers to the extent that words like advice, commonly thought of as being uncountable, are now occurring in the plural in native speech.
List of objects that implement advise , or in OOP if you are using interfaces one can say the list of classes that implement the IAdvice interface, or T : List< IAdvice > (psudo code).
then you can be more specific e.g.
Set of all the T's or Set of some of the T's
Mixing the language of set theory would give you more control over the range of T classes/categories/sets you want.
I always considered
Perhaps this is just an artifact of how I generally get talked to. :-)
I would have thought that an object that carries advice would be an advisory. From there, advisories.
Almost all of these answers are coming from the wrong direction. To quote the relevant part of the question (with emphasis added by me):
Most answers here are talking about many
Now, if the asker is intending to come up with one object that contains many advice objects, the best way to name it would be to take advantage of another programming convention and call it something like
You need a partitive noun like "bit" or "item" followed by "of". If I'm not mistaken, "item" is usually used with abstract noncount nouns, but I've definitely heard examples with "bit" on BBC.
I looked into AOP a little bit with my under-qualified eye and I see that in the documentation for various frameworks (such as Spring), the authors never use a plural form. This is important, because this is "jargon" (specialized language) and words and usages can be created which are considered wrong in normal usage. The documentation writers haven't seen fit to break with normal usage.
However, I think your examples give an insight to the use of advice objects: they can be ignored. I would rewrite your examples (which are not quite grammatical to begin with BTW):
EDIT: Use of a capital letter might "buy you a pass" since it would be a signal to the reader that the word is to be accepted as a proper name:
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I'm not using EN this quarter because my coursework is just Math and I cannot type math really fast. But all of my homework is done online, and there's a lot of homework. I've made written lists but need a more sophisticated and simple way to keep track of homework assignments using Evernote.
Here's what I don't want: Create new notes for every assignment and move them to "Done" notebook from "Pending" notebook. That's too time consuming (relatively) and naive, IMO.
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I don't get the purposes of the disciplined badge. Why would someone delete a good answer where he has been awarded 3 up-votes, and why should he be marked as "disciplined" for doing so?
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It's disciplined because you delete the post even though you will lose rep by doing so - i.e. you actually care more about answer correctness and relevance than rep (or, as smackfu says, you care enough about badges that it pushes you over the line (gives you enough incentive to delete your answer, knowing you will get an extra badge out of it).
Here's a scenario I've been in many times: I post a quick answer to a question. It's accurate and reasonably helpful, and therefore collects several up-votes. Then someone else posts their answer... The extra time they spent on it clearly shows: it's comprehensive, easy to read, links to tangential-related information, includes good code samples...
And so I delete mine and up-vote the new answer. Maybe edit it a bit, to include something from mine that I feel would benefit it.
End result: the question gets a single, solid answer. The other guy is rewarded for the extra effort he put into it. I'm rewarded with... the satisfaction of a job well done.
And maybe a badge...
Because supposedly if his answer got some up votes, which gets him reputation, but the answer is irrelevant, he is disciplined by doing the right thing and deleting it.
Here's my story. I've just deleted an answer of mine with 4 upvotes (while all other answers on the page were at 0 or 1) after the OP made grave edits to his question that rendered my answer totally asinine.
At worst, my answer now suggests that I just can't read. At best, it now looks like I mixed things up and posted an answer to a totally different question. Which, in point of fact, I have, but any new visitor to the page would have trouble to understand the situation. He would just see the question "how to do X", then my top answer "here's how to do Y", and conclude that I and those who upvoted me must be a bunch of morons. He would then probably proceed to downvote my answer (and rightfully so).
Of course, I could still just leave my answer sitting there, since it would take a whopping 21 downvotes to make it a net loss for me. However, not being considered a moron is well worth giving up 40 points IMHO.
Lesson learned: always keep an eye on the questions you recently answered. They can get edited in ways you'd never imagine.
I deleted one after I misread the question and gave the wrong answer, but somehow got five upvotes anyway...
It incentivizes deleting an answer after it is no longer relevant. That's why I deleted the one that got me the badge.


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I think you need to think about what you mean by "speed of thinking". Your language implies that you are looking for a generalised way to be more intelligent. I have not seen any simple interventions for increasing general intelligence.
You may find it more productive to focus on particular domains of your life that you want to improve. Practice and instruction improve performance in a given domain. There are a wide variety of mechanisms by which this occurs, some of which could be characterised as speed of thinking.
In particular, practice often leads to automaticity. Take for example, learning your times tables. When you first encounter a given question (e.g., 8 * 8 = 64), you may have to use a longer algorithm to solve the problem, but with practice, the equation itself may directly trigger recall. Alternatively, take many computer based tasks. The first time you try to perform a task (e.g., sorting your email by date), you may have to think more about how this task can be performed. With practice, you just recall how to do it. A similar process of automaticity also applies to the perceptual and motor domains as you learn to assign visual attention effectively or learn to smooth out motor responses (for a review see Rosenbaum et al 2001).
This process of acquiring automaticity in a given domain is not exactly speed of thinking, but it has the same consequences. Automated actions reduce the demands on limited attentional resources, and can be executed quickly and efficiently.
For specific suggestions on what makes a great practice schedule you may want to read up on the literature on deliberate practice (e.g., Ericsson, et al 1993).
In chess it helps not to watch for the entire thing, instead to watch only out for "structures" you know, e.g., some particular structure of a famous checkmate position.
You can also think in layers, and remove minor threads out of your thinking, like pawns or pieces on the starting line. This should also work in real world thinking.
I am expecting a downvote here. Only one of these can be systematically taught and learned.
They are very effective though. Despite downsides of #1.


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SMITHFIELD - A discussion on the amount owed to the Jefferson County Water and Sewer Department for village water was brought up by Pat Freeland, council member, at Tuesday's Village Council meeting.
Freeland disagrees with the amount of money the county says is owed for water purchased.
Village Solicitor Bryan Felmet said the village started falling behind when a judgment was made in 2005 for money owed to the county for water purchased.
"You were paying on the judgment but the bill for the water supplied was adding up," he said.
Felmet suggested that a committee be named to meet with the county and look at and discuss the situation together.
"This arguing is injurious to our legal status. Some communication is needed. Regarding the certified bills being sent to you that you are not receiving, you need to check into this," he said.
Nikki Pflugh, council president, suggested they check with the post office to see who was signing for the letters.
Freeland said the money owed after paying off the last $200 of the judgment was not right, but Felmet pointed out that the cost of water being supplied monthly was continuous and building interest as well.
"We have been making progress on so many fronts, but what you said about paying the last $200 off is not right. There is still the billing for water that is continuous after the judgment. It comes from the meter readings and what you use," Felmet said.
Water used by the Jefferson County Agricultural Society was discussed by Freeland, who said the amount used for the fair was far less this year than last year and was not correct.
Again, Felmet said a committee needs to meet with the board because the numbers do not match.
Pflugh said a committee needs to sit down and hash out the problem.
Pflugh was named to the committee, as well as Debbie Coconaugher, fiscal officer; and Barbara Harrah, water board member.
Ron Saxon, village water superintendent, said the discrepancy with numbers was likely at a time when the meter was not operating right. "We were told that it was our meter and we needed to fix it. Then all of a sudden it was their meter," he said.
He reported on utilities for the month, noting the department worked on water meter complaints rather than working from an assigned schedule. He reported that a break on state Route 151 was too big for the department to handle, and the county offered and was called for help. Sewage stations at the stadium received attention, and the lift station is in need of a new control board.
A letter of resignation by Geordie Lindsay, councilman for 11 months, was read by Pflugh and is to be in effect immediately. He stated there was no time to dedicate to the village and his family.
Coconaugher said resumes will be accepted for the open council seat that needs to be filled until 2015.
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Police Chief Robert Mieczkowski asked that residents be on the lookout for people walking about the village that they do not recognize or acting suspiciously.
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"The UPS deliveries are another area where there has been theft. The packages are left on the porch when a resident is not home, and they are being taken," Mieczkowski said.
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What was the highest voltage achieved and was it produced by electrostatic means or just some transformers and multipliers? What are the limitations when it comes to producing voltage using electrostatic means?
Assuming you mean a macroscopic potential difference, the largest I know about was in the Nuclear Structure Facility accelerator at the Daresbury laboratory in the UK, and this was 30MV. The Wikipedia article on electrostatic particle accelerators claims this is about the highest possible in such devices.
Naturally, we already have Lightning which goes to some 120 MV.
A Van de Graaff Generator produces some $10^7$ volts provided a supply of only $10^4$ volts. It's the highest man-made voltage ever produced.
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Given an extension of groups $$ 1 \to H \to G \to Q \to 1,$$ there is a spectral sequence $$E^{ip}_2(M) = H^i(Q,H^p(H,M)) \Rightarrow H^{i+p}(G,M).$$ I understand that the composition of the cup products for $Q$ and $H$ defines a pairing $$ E_2^{ip}(M) \otimes E_2^{jq}(N)\hspace{180pt}$$ $$\begin{array}{cl} = & H^i(Q,H^p(H,M) \otimes H^j(Q,H^q(H,M) \newline \xrightarrow[]{\cup_Q} & H^{i+j}(Q,H^p(H,M) \otimes H^q(H,N)) \newline \xrightarrow[]{\cup_H^\ast} & H^{i+j}(Q,H^{p+q}(H,M \otimes N)) \newline = & E_2^{i+j,p+q}(M \otimes N). \end{array}$$ But according to section 7.3 in L. Evens' book (The Cohomology of Groups), the sign $$(-1)^{pj}$$ is needed in order to make this pairing a proper product in the spectral sequence.
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I regularly see SO questions with HTML/CSS/JavaScript code that is not optimal and that could be reformatted. Sometimes I just comment my suggestion, but sometimes the suggestion is to elaborate to be put inside a simple comment.
In those cases, I was thinking of using an answer but marking it CW. Is that a good approach?
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Nebraska City won the Eastern Midlands Conference wrestling tournament and cemented itself as the front runner to take first at the Class B-1 District tourney next weekend during action at Gretna on Saturday.
The Pioneers' EMC win was its first since the 1995-96 season, a span of 17 years.
Looking at the team scores, Nebraska City racked up 174 points, while Gretna was second at 157. Both Plattsmouth and Blair had 133 points.
Other scores were Bennington, 123; Elkhorn South, 119.5; Norris, 81; Elkhorn, 75; and Waverly, 37.
Gretna and Plattsmouth, both rated teams, will be in attendance for the Class B-1 wrestling tournament, which will be contested Friday and Saturday at Nebraska City.
Individual Pioneers excelled at the EMC event, with five making the final round and three claiming individual gold medals.
Jay Sornson, 145, picked up three wins, including a finals win over Lucas Lias of Plattsmouth by a 5-4 decision.
Keyes Nelson, 195, claimed first place with an overtime win over Gregory Gano of Elkhorn. Nelson's semifinal win over Logan Radik of Gretna also came in extra time.
At 285 pounds, Trent Kasbohm made the finals and beat Blake Chick of Gretna by a 9-1 major decision.
Tommie Knapp, 138, and Jake Touchstone, 170, both made it to the finals on Saturday before claiming second place awards.
Other Pioneers claiming medals were, in order by weight class, Kyle Francois, 120, third; Andrew Christiansen, 126, fourth; Jesse Barton, 132, third; D.J. Marco, 160, third; and Jake Pierce, 220, fourth.
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Thousands of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer will be treated with androgen ablation therapy as part of their cancer treatment. These patients include those with advanced disease (T3-4 or node positive) or high Gleason Score (8-10). In addition, long-term androgen ablation (> 2 years) has been proven to be more efficacious than shorter durations. Hence, investigators are exploring the multiple side effects of this therapy, one of the most notable of which is osteoporosis. This review article surveys the existing literature on osteoporosis secondary to androgen ablation (AA).
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This paperweight is easy for toddlers to make and a great Christmas gift for someone special.
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- Go on a walk with your toddler and look for a large, smooth stone.
- At home, have your child paint the stone in his favorite colors.
- When dry, brush with shellac for a shiny finish. If you like, sprinkle glitter on the shellac before it dries.
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Quality time is for the enjoyment of both child and parent. But a special treat for a mother is to show her baby to the people at work. So plan to stop by the office for a short visit before your maternity leave is over. The best time to visit is during a coffee break. Be sure you take these precautions:
- Call ahead to get your supervisor's permissionMention that your visit will be short.
- Call to see if anyone in the office is sick or has been exposed to diseaseRemember that a baby, especially in the first three months, doesn't have a fully functioning immune system.
- Bring a fully stocked diaper bag.
- Dress your baby in layers, rather than in heavy garmentsProtect the baby's clothes with a bib until you get there. Remove the outer garments once you re there to avoid getting your baby overheated.
- If you don't feel up to bringing your baby to work, have work come to youInvite people at times that avoid you having to cook a meal for them. Pace your visits. See them only when you want to.
- Approach your challenges with a sense of joyYou'll find the first few weeks after childbirth much easier to deal with if you keep this in mind. Celebrate your victories and remember them on days when you feel like a failure.
- Accentuate the positiveSome days will be difficult if not downright infuriating. On those days, try to think of the positive side of motherhood. Focus on the many wonderful things about your child. Keep funny or endearing photos in your wallet. Look at them when you re having dark thoughts at work.
- Seize spontaneous moments to play with your childA short play period with your baby after you get home from the office is a great way to release tensions and irritations. Children treasure many experiences that don't take much time or don't need to be scheduled.
- Focus on your child when you're togetherDon't get into the habit of thinking about something else when you're with your child. Requests will begin to feel like interruptions, and your child's very presence may feel like an intrusion. Once you're at home, put away the problems of the workplace. If you have trouble controlling your thoughts, put your concerns on a piece of paper, put it in an envelope, and seal it. Tell yourself you won't think about it until the envelope is opened.
- Accept your own decisions about your childIf you worry every time you make a decision concerning your child, you'll be under unnecessary stress. You can't be right about everything you do. Make your best decision, and if it's wrong, make another one to correct it.
- Schedule your own needsTake the time to discover what refreshes you and makes you feel good about yourself. Nurture your body and soul with things like reading, napping, painting, bathing, cooking, or writing. You will be amazed by how much energy and patience you will have after having a rendezvous with yourself for one hour.
- Diffuse your angerFind ways to avoid the angry moment. If your child starts crying when you pick up the telephone, save your call until nap time. Give yourself a time out when your toddler is driving you up the wall. Put your child in a safe place, then go into another room. Breathe deeply,count to ten, and hit a pillow. Do whatever you need to do to safely release your anger.
- Be a good role modelYou have the chance to teach your child how to handle stress by your example. In the long run, this will make parenting much easier. Take things in stride, be patient, keep a realistic perspective, and set a good precedent.
- Get supportEveryone around you, at home and at work, may be good resources for information, advice, and help with your child. Don't hesitate to ask for help. Also, look for a nearby parenting center, or a mother's support group off-or online to help you through bad times.
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