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Has anyone ever tried creating a complete code documentation first, before actually writing the code? I was thinking about this earlier because I thought it would help to write a concrete interface and would make sure your initial design wasn't floored by making you think about how classes interact. Is this a good idea? Has anyone tried it? Ell
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It gets you thinking about what, exactly, your code is supposed to do. The idea is that you could start with any part of the code and know exactly what needs to be done to complete that module.
It's also easier fix something on the drawing board than in the IDE.
There are two ways of thinking about it:
1) Documentation as in Word documents, Wiki, etc. By definition you cannot have a complete code documentation because you don't have a code to document. You can try to document hight level design, assumptions, interfaces and contracts first.
2) Documentation as executable tests. There is a school of thought that states that executable unit tests is the best documentation. This school of thought also advocates this kind of documentation before writing the code (TDD). At the same time you don't write all the tests for the whole system right form the start. You break it down by use cases first, then you do tests and code per use case.
Starting with the documentation is classic waterfall model, and has all the pitfalls associated with that model. Broadly, the more you document the more you have to update when the requirements change. One benefit of starting with user documentation is that you might get feedback (and hence changes) sooner. But experience shows that most people are bad at mentally mapping documentation to actions. So we use prototypes instead, which allow people to actually use the software and give feedback that way.
One variation on "documentation first" is literate programming. Start by writing a description of what the program will do from a programmers perspective. Keep tweaking that until it compiles. Voila, a literate program.
I personally find it better to use diagrams (such as UML) to do simple modeling to show the flow of things. This is much quicker than documenting things out in words and if done right can be just as descriptive. I would be hesitant to do Full Documentation though because personally I haven't ever had a project I've worked on that hasn't changed through the course of programming it.
EDIT: Some documentation though should be done as you go a long. This makes it easier to do the full documentation later.
Some people even go further and state that a company should completely work backwards, so
See http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2006/11/working_backwards.html
Joshua Bloch discusses this very point in his interview for the book "Coders at Work". He is a truly intelligent person and I always find him very enlightening.
Contrary to more orthodox and academic views, he advises something to the tune of your thoughts (maybe you have read it there yourself?): that before writing the documentation you have to understand what do you want from the system and get a more "real" feeling. For this purpose he would design part of the interfaces and some client code that uses them.
I know that he addresses this point but unfortunately I can't remember exactly the way he puts it, so it'll be better if you can get a hold of the book and read the whole interview. As I said, he is always very enlightening.
Writing the complete code documentation first is probably overkill and somewhat reminiscent of the waterfall methodology. However, I've found that a more pragmatic approach is writing the README first. Here's why:
The README does not document every detail of your project. Instead, it typically contains the following info:
Writing the "sales pitch" up front forces me to be crystal clear about why this project should exist and why developers should use it. The mere act of writing full sentences to describe the project often changes it for the better: you understand it better, develop new ideas, and uncover potential problems. It's also a great prioritization tool: anything in the "sales pitch" is a must-have!
The "quick examples" and "quick start guide" force me to think through the key use cases from the user's perspective. I've found that doing this before writing any code - before being bogged down in implementation details and tight deadlines - leads to much cleaner APIs and designs. Remember: programs should be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute (SICP).
In "further documentation", I create an outline of the pieces that will need detailed documentation, to be done later. "Project organization" lets me figure out who will work on the project and the coding practices. "Legal notices"... well, may as well get those out of the way too.
Once you have this basic README in place, you have a document that's useful for discussion, design reviews, dividing up the work, and project planning. As you work on the project, frequently check back with the README to make sure you're still on track. Also, incrementally updating the README and the "further documentation" as you go means all your documentation will be done when the code is done, which is a much more pleasant experience than having to rush through documenting everything last minute.
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Why wouldn't you want to think about how classes interact? Why is that a bad thing? I actually think about the interactions before I even know what the classes are. That way the classes identify themselves.
You should have some idea of what you plan to do before you write the code. The issue always is how do you keep what you've coded in synch with what you've written? Some say don't try, others say forget the initial docs and keep up the comments. Of course the code is always the canonical source. The issue then becomes whether it is worth the effort to document what the code does for those who come later or use the code. Anyone can figure out what a function does. The writer's job is to help someone understand in 5 minutes what anyone can figure out in an hour. Add up the deltas and determine your path.


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What Dads Can Do for Daughters
Here's what the collective research has found about the role dads play with daughters:
- Fathers influence their daughters' lives more as the girls age.
- A girl's relationships with males are influenced by her early relationship with her father.
- Daughters who have high involvement with their fathers show greater nongender-role typing and less sex stereotyping.
- Daughters view their dads as heroes and protectors who embody order and authority.
- A father validates his daughter's dreams and desires.
- A father helps form a daughter's perception of femininity.
- Dads help girls to feel valued.
- Fathers affect in positive ways their daughters' inclinations to achieve.
- Daughters are nurtured by love from both parents.
- Fathers contribute to the development of self-esteem and self-confidence in daughters.
- Dads help their daughters develop a sexual and personal identity that affects their eventual achievements, parenting skills, and marriage.
- Dads convey beliefs and values that are adopted by their daughters.
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I can't see a way to get Mathematica to check my spelling as I type. Is this feature not supported? I've done everything I can think of with my options:
Is there a setting I'm missing?
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I create a new notebook and check if the previous word you typed is in the dictionary (English). Unfortunately, I do not know how to test for being in a
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8 Horrifying Movie Props You Won't Believe You Could Buy
Wouldn't it be awesome to own a piece of Hollywood history, like the actual Darth Vader helmet or that James Bond car that turns invisible (that was real, right?). Luckily for you, there are lots of auction sites letting fans and collectors bid on real props taken right from the sets of blockbusters. Just note that, out of their original context, many of them are pure nightmare fuel.
#8. Giant Fiberglass David Hasselhoff
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Some people stand in the darkness, but don't be afraid -- you can roll into the light with your very own lifelike, "oversized" David Hasselhoff. And by "oversized" we mean that thing is 14 feet long -- so his face is about 2 feet tall. Are you picturing it? Are you picturing yourself waking up next to it?
Sold as part of a large Hasselhoff auction that includes a classy Disney-themed denim jacket and an absolutely bitchin' Knight Rider golf cart, this Hoff replica was used on screen for the SpongeBob SquarePants movie. As if that jubilant, hollow void of a grin wasn't enough, the prop comes equipped with a roller that makes it easy for David Hasselhoff to follow you everywhere you go, including every dream for the rest of your life.
If you like a little bit more disturbing implication of free will, you could always go for this alternative model:
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Rise, Lord Hasselhoff.
Isn't that precious? He's trying so hard to escape his mechanical shackles that his pectoral muscle is erupting! Set him in the corner of your bedroom and pretend he's cheering you on while you're having sex!
#7. The Robot Dogs from Hell
Most of the furry animals in today's kiddie movies are made with CGI, but sometimes they still bust out the statues and animatronics for close-ups. At first, they look snuggly enough to sleep with, but after a bit of wear and tear, creatures like this bloodhound from the movie Cats & Dogs become pure childhood nightmare fuel:
"Daddy, is that what Bubba looks like now?"
"Oh, no, sweetie. Bubba is way more decomposed than that."
Granted, you might have to explain to your kid who cut off the front (back?) half of CatDog. Then there's the matter of that face, which looks like a still frame from one of those decomposition time-lapse videos. Maggots are bound to burst out of that thing at any moment. Otherwise, it's a pretty solid fifth birthday present.
If your child is more of a fan of the live action 101 Dalmatians movies, though, you could always go for the Puppy of the Damned:
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Given crippled legs, so that it can't stray far from its master.
That's one of the titular 101 Dalmatians, though you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the underworld. The scuffed nose and faded spots are bad enough, but the missing ears and broken legs push it into the suburbs of Creeptown. If your son or daughter is pestering you for a dog, putting this in their room should traumatize them into submission.
#6. Disembodied Faces
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Remember Anne Ramsey? Sure you do. Angry gal, about yea high, always sounds like she just came from the dentist. If you've seen The Goonies, it's impossible to forget her:
Warner Bros.
Many a boy lost their libido to that face.
In Throw Momma From the Train, Ramsey plays a woman who may or may not be in danger of being hurled from a speeding locomotive. The movie employed body doubles for the scenes in which the film title's demands are met. Since no one in Hollywood looks like Anne Ramsey, special masks were sculpted for the stuntmen. To put it mildly, they haven't aged well. Glue it to your dog's face, and surprise the neighbor's kids!
But honestly, it really is hard to sever a face and not have the result be the stuff of nightmares, even if the creature itself was adorable:
Goodbye, childhood.
Oh you, you know what that is. As far as imaginary animals we want to own and love and pet all the time, Mogwais are up there with Care Bears and Pikachu.
Warner Bros.
"And never, ever, feed them after midnight."
"How about carving their faces off Cage/Travolta style? Is around sixish OK?"
The reason is that the creators of the Gremlins movies did wonders with animatronics. Each critter was hand-crafted and was capable of a ton of different facial expressions. The robotics couldn't do absolutely everything, though, so the Mogwais had swappable tragedy/comedy masks prepared according to the needs of the scene. Since there are logically more faces than full-blown Mogwai robots out there, it's more common that a Gremlins-related auction will contain something like this:
It's kinda like if Chucky and Gizmo had an unspeakable demonic love-child.
With no ears or eyes to speak of, these masks resemble trophies belonging to a Mogwai serial killer. If you don't want to look like the gremlin version of Ed Gein, your only recourse is to find a spare set of body parts on Earth's most cuddly black market.
Meanwhile, if you want to play supervillain, why, just buy Ron Perlman's Hellboy mask and mount it on the wall like a trophy:
"Kill ... me ..."
Speaking of superheroes ...
#5. Batman's Gimp Suit and Terror Bust
"I'm Bortman the Damned."
It seems like you could pick any random prop from the Tim Burton Batman movies and wind up with something pretty cool. Or you could wind up with this terrifying bald lipstick-wearing bust of Michael Keaton, apparently used for wide shots of the Batmobile when there wasn't actually a human driving it. Stick it under the bed in the guest room for visiting family members to discover!
But of course, the ultimate prize from one of those films would be the suit itself -- forget some lame-ass Halloween costume, you can buy the real thing! Then you realize that, by just removing the emblem and the cape, Batman is basically running around beating up criminals in a gimp outfit. All that's missing is the ball gag and whip:
And Zed.
Also, the auction notes that this suit has seen several owners, so you can assume at least one of them thought to get freaky with it. Wouldn't you, if only to have the chance to use "Commissioner Gordon" as a safe word?


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Months of planning, weeks of preparation, countless hours of training and installation - and a whole lot of cable! - comes to fruition Thursday night when WIBW begins broadcasting our local news studio in high definition.
I must admit, it's a bit nerve-wracking to know that it'll be easier for you to spot every blemish and stray (and gray) hair. However, the tradeoff is how much more vibrant everything else you see on the local news will be. Video is what sets television apart and our photojournalists do such a fantastic job that it's exciting to think you'll be able to see their work as it's meant to be seen. Our switch to HD also brings new, animated graphics to our newscasts, which I hope you'll enjoy - we think they're pretty cool ;-)
As with all new systems, we've had growing pains and glitches - think about your home entertainment system times a million when it comes to all the wires, connectors and everything else that had to be switched out. We appreciate your patience as we've come this far and hope any interruptions will be minimal as we forge ahead into this new age. Meantime, let us know what you think!


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Dylan Leiner '93—Executive vice president, acquisitions and production, Sony Pictures Classics
James Longley '94—Documentary filmmaker (Iraq in Fragments); recipient of MacArthur grant
Laurence Mark '71—Film and television producer (Jerry Maguire, As Good As It Gets, Dreamgirls, Julie & Julia, Political Animals, Last Vegas)
Jim Margolis '93—Showrunner, Newsrunners; co-executive producer (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
C. Richard (Rick) Nicita '67—Independent manager; former co-chairman and COO, Morgan Creek Productions
Sascha Paladino '98—Documentary filmmaker (Throw Down Your Heart)
Matt Penn '80—Television director and executive producer (NYPD Blue, Law and Order)
Zak Penn '90—Screenwriter and television producer (The Incredible Hulk, X-Men: The Last Stand, Alphas); director (Incident at Loch Ness, The Grand)
Katey Rich '06—Digital Hollywood editor, Vanity Fair
Tom Rogers '75—President and CEO, TiVo; former chairman and CEO of media conglomerate Primedia
Jessica Sanders '99—Documentary filmmaker (After Innocence)
Paul Schiff '81—Film producer (My Cousin Vinny, Rushmore, Mona Lisa Smile, Solitary Man)
Stephen Schiff '72—Screenwriter (Lolita, True Crime, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)
Peter Schube '81—President and COO, Jim Henson Company
Matt Senreich '96—Emmy-winning screenwriter, television producer, and director, Robot Chicken
Sadia Shepard '97—Documentary filmmaker (In Search of Bene Israel) and producer (The September Issue); also, author (The Girl from Foreign)
Dan Shotz '99—Television writer and producer (Harper's Island, Jericho, Common Law)
Marc Shmuger '80—Producer (We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, The Spectacular Now); former CEO and chairman, Universal Pictures
Craig Thomas '97—Co-creator and writer of television comedy shows (How I Met Your Mother, The Goodwin Games)
Jon Turteltaub '85—Film director (Phenomenon, While You Were Sleeping, Cool Runnings, National Treasure, Last Vegas); creator of television dramas (Jericho, Harper's Island, Common Law)
Matthew Tyrnauer '91—Documentary filmmaker (Valentino: The Last Emperor)
Jason Weinberg '89—Founding partner, talent manager, Untitled Entertainment
Matthew Weiner '87—Emmy Award-winning creator, writer, executive producer of Mad Men; film director and writer (You Are Here)
Roger Weisberg '75—Award-winning documentary filmmaker (Road Scholar, Sound and Fury, Why Can't We Be a Family Again?, Aging Out)
D. B. Weiss '93—Executive producer and writer, Game of Thrones
Paul Weitz '88—Film director (In Good Company, American Dreamz, Little Fockers, Being Flynn, Admission, Grandma; and with brother Chris Weitz, American Pie, About a Boy); also, playwright (Privilege, Show People, Trust, Lonely, I'm Not)
Joss Whedon '87—Creator, producer, director, and writer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog [Emmy Award], Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D); film director and screenwriter (Speed, Toy Story, Serenity, The Cabin in the Woods, The Avengers, Much Ado About Nothing)
Mike White '92—Screenwriter and television producer (Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl, School of Rock, Nacho Libre, Enlightened); director (Year of the Dog)
Bradley Whitford '81—Film, television, and stage actor (The West Wing [Emmy Award], Billy Madison, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Cabin in the Woods, Trophy Wife, Saving Mr. Banks, Happyish)
Bill Wrubel '85—Television producer and writer (Will and Grace, Ugly Betty, Modern Family)
Benh Zeitlin '04—Film director and screenwriter (Glory at Sea, Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Food, Wine
Eric Asimov '79—Chief wine critic at The New York Times
Bruce Cost '66—Co-founder of Wow Bao, an Asian fusion restaurant in the Chicago Loop; partner in Big Bowl restaurants; author of several cookbooks, including Big Bowl Noodles and Rice
Paul Levitan '85—Co-founder, president and CEO, Galaxy Desserts
Michael Leviton '88—Former owner and chef of Lumiere Restaurant outside Boston; named one of "America's Best New Chefs 2000" by Food and Wine magazine
Jim Lacrosse '57—Chairman and president, National Wine & Spirits Inc.
Candace Nelson '96—Founder, Sprinkles
Ariel Rubissow Okamoto '81—Owner and vinter with her husband of Rubissow Wines, a second-generation, single vineyard producers of limited-edition artisan red wines
Doug Polaner '86—Founder (with wife Tina Fischer), Polaner Selections, Mount Kisco-based wine importer and distributor in the fine wine wholesale market
Steven Tanzer '71—Editor and publisher of the bimonthly International Wine Cellar, read by wine professionals and others in all 50 states and 34 countries
Journalism, Media, Publishing, Public Relations
Lindsay Abrams '12—Staff writer, Salon.com
Robert Allbritton '92—Publisher of Politico; chairman and CEO of Allbritton Communications, based in Washington, D.C.
Doug Berman '84—Peabody Award-winning producer who launched NPR's hit comedy show, Car Talk; currently CEO of Dewey Cheatham & Howe
William Blakemore '65—Correspondent and journalist with ABC for more than 35 years, known for spearheading the network's coverage of global warming
David Brancaccio '82—Host, Marketplace Morning Report
Ethan Bronner '76—Managing editor for international governement, Bloomberg news; previously deputry national editor, Jerusalem bureau chief, and deputy foreign editor, The New York Times; helped edit a series of articles on al Qaeda that were awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize
Marysol Castro '96—Anchor, WPIX Morning News, New York City
Dorothy Crenshaw '77—CEO and creative director, Crenshaw Communications
Alex Crippen '82—Executive producer, CNBC Business News
Pamela Dorman '79—Vice president and publisher, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
William Duryea '85—National editor, The Tampa Bay Times
Jane Eisner '77—Editor of The Jewish Daily Forward and the first woman to hold the position; previously held numerous news positions at the Philadelphia Inquirer
Cassi Feldman '96—Associate producer, 60 Minutes
Smokey Fontaine '93—Chief content officer, Interactive One, the largest online African American network; author of EARL: The Autobiography of DMX
Pauline Frommer '88—Editor of Budget Travel Online and an award-winning writer
Jordan Goldman '04—Founder and CEO of Unigo, an online students' guide to colleges
Christopher Graves '81—President and CEO, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide; one of the founders of Wall Street Journal television
Alberto Ibargüen '66—President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (journalism); former publisher of the Miami Herald and of El Nuevo Herald
Lisa Kaufman '80—Vice president and marketing director, Public Affairs Books
Robert King '84—Senior vice president, SportsCenter and News, ESPN
Julie Lasky '82—Editor, Design Observer and Change Observer
Ariel Levy '96—Staff writer, The New Yorker; author (Female Chauvinist Pigs)
Caroline Little '81—CEO, Newspaper Association of America
Emilie Marcus '82—CEO, Cell Press
Paul Mason '77—President and CEO, Link TV; co-founder of Mezclado, an independent television production company; former senior vice president, ABC Inc.
Alan Miller '76—Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, formerly with the Los Angeles Times; now founder of the News Literacy Project
Nicole Phelps '94—Executive editor at Style.com, the online home of Vogue and W magazines; an expert on fashion trends
Randall Pinkston '72—Emmy Award–winning television journalist; correspondent, Al Jazeera America; formerly with CBS News
Barbara Roessner '75—Executive editor, Hearst Connecticut Newspapers
Randy Siegel '83—President of local digital strategy, Advance Publications
Harold Sogard '74—Chairman, Publicis & Hal Riney, advertising agency
Johnny Temple '88—Publisher, Akashic Books
Laura Walker '79—President and CEO, WNYC Radio
Jonathan Weber '82—West coast bureau chief, Reuters; former editor-in-chief, The Bay Citizen
Susan Weinberg '80—Senior vice president, publisher, Perseus Books Group
John Yang '80—Peabody Award-winning general assignment correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Angela Yee '97—Radio personality on The Breakfast Club, Power 105.1, New York City
Matvei Yankelevich '95—Editor, Ugly Duckling Presse
Strauss Zelnick '79—CEO, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.; founder and president of ZelnickMedia
Neal Brody '80—Vice president and technical director of ENTRIX, Inc.; specialist in environmental cases
Denise Casper '90—U.S. District Court federal judge, Massachusetts
Fritz Faerber '65—Principal at Faerber & Anderson, renowned as an exceptional trial lawyer
Stephen Ferruolo '71—Dean, University of San Diego School of Law
Evan Flaschen '79—Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP
Katherine Forrest '80—U.S. District Court judge, southern district of New York
Karen Freedman '75—Founder and executive director, Lawyers for Children, Inc., a not-for-profit legal corporation providing free legal and social work services for children
Seth Gelblum '75—Partner at the law firm of Loeb & Loeb, chair of the theater practice group
Russell ("Rusty") Hardin '64—Trial attorney and founding partner of Hardin and Associates; founded Texas People Against Crime (TPAC), dedicated to addressing criminal justice issues from the perspective of crime victims and law enforcement
Monica Noether '74—Executive vice president and head of the litigation and applied economics platform at CRA International, a management consulting firm
Stephen Olesky '64—Of counsel, Hiscock & Barclay (Boston), focusing on complex civil litigation and appellate matters; known for pro-bono legal work
Steven Pfeiffer '69—Chair of the executive committee at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (Washington, D.C. office); board member of the Africa-America Institute
Sara Rosenbaum '73—Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University Law School
Jessica Rosenworcel '93—Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Brian Schorr '79—Partner and chief legal officer, Trian Fund Management, L.P.
Amy Schulman '82—Venture partner, Polaris Partners, and CEO, Arsia Theraputics; former executive vice president and general counsel for Pfizer
Hon. Anthony Scirica '62—Chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Philadelphia) and also chair of the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States
Theodore Shaw '76—Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the University of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights
David Skaggs '64—Senior strategic advisor and independent consultant, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP; former executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education
Paul Singarella '80—Partner in the Orange County office of Latham & Watkins, chair of its Environment, Land and Resources Department
Michael Steinberg '83–Legal director, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan
Hon. Stephen Trott '62—Senior judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit and one of the original Highwaymen singing group
Susan Webster '77—Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, a member of the firm's corporate law department
Melissa Woods '94—Of counsel at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.; part of the labor and employment law practice groups
Peter Adamson '80, MD—Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
George Allen '63, MD—The William F. Meacham Professor and chair of the department of neurology at Vanderbilt University
Herbert Benson '57, MD—Professor, Harvard Medical School; founding president of the Mind/Body Medical Institute; author of The Relaxation Response
Charles Cleeland '60—Director, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
William Dietz '66, MD—Director, Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University; expert on obesity
Joseph Fins '82, MD—Chief of the division of medical ethics, Weill Medical College, Cornell University; director of medical ethics, New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center
Geoffrey Ginsburg '78, MD—Founding director of the Center for Genomic Medicine in the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy; also professor of medicine and of pathology at Duke University Medical center
N. Thorne Griscom '52, MD—Physician at Children's Hospital Medical Center; leader in the field of diagnostic radiology in infants and children
Dennis Gross '80, MD—Physician in private practice; expert in cosmetic dermatology and the anti-aging process
Laman Gray Jr. '63, MD—Leader in the fields of cardiovascular surgery and development of artificial hearts and circulatory support systems; implanted the world's first self-contained artificial heart, the AbioCor
Jay Levy '60, MD—Pioneering AIDS researcher and educator; professor, department of medicine, University of California, San Francisco; head of the Laboratory for Tumor and AIDS Virus Research at UCSF
Michelle Anderson Lyn '84, MD—Chief of child protection in the department of emergency medicine at Texas Children's Hospital
Shonni Silverberg '76, MD—Endocrinologist and a professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, director of the Post-doctoral Training Program in endocrinology and metabolism
Joseph Wright '79, MD—Senior vice president. Children's National Medical Center, in Washington, D.C.; professor of pediatrics, emergency medicine, and health policy at the George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Amazing Baby (Will Roan, Simon O'Connor '05)—Brooklyn-based glam-influenced rock-band
Bear Hands (Dylan Rau '07, Ted Feldman '09, Val Loper, TJ Orsher)—Indie rock experimental band
Bottle Up and Go (Keenan Mitchell '08, Fareed Sajan '09)—Brooklyn-based pop soul band
Boy Crisis (Alex Kestner '06, Tal Rosen '06, Lee Pender '07, Owen Roberts '07)—Brooklyn-based band
Taylor Ho Bynum '98—Jazz cornetist and co-partner in Firehouse 12 Records
Chris Dingman '02—Vibraphoinst
James Fei '99—Composer
Fort Lean (Jake Aron '08, Zach Fried '08, Sam Ubl '08, Keenan Mitchell '09, Will Runge '09)—Indie band
Kiff Gallagher '91—Co-executive director of the Music National Service Initiative, a program that hires musicians to teach music in schools and after-school programs
Bobbito Garcia '88—Internationally known DJ; co-founder of Bounce Magazine; co-director (with Kevin Couliau) of the documentary Doin' It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC
Mary Halvorson '02—Jazz guitarist and composer with several recordings
Jay Hoggard '76—Jazz musician, premiere vibraphonist, and Wesleyan professor
Chris Jonas '99—Director of programs and operations, Warehouse 21
Le1f (Khalif Diouf '11)—Rapper and music producer
Steve Lehman '00—Alto and soprano jazz saxophonist; composer
MGMT (Ben Goldwasser '05, Andrew VanWyngarden '05)—Brooklyn based pop music duo with acclaimed recording, Oracular Spectacular
Hafez Modirzadeh PhD '92—Saxophonist
Amanda Palmer '98—Singer and songwriter; former lead singer of Dresden Dolls
Chris Pureka '01—Singer and songwriter
Steve Roslonek '93—Award-winning children's songwriter and performer (SteveSongs), with his own TV show
Santigold (Santi White '97)—Brooklyn-based rapper/singer/songwriter
Tyshawn Sorey MA '11—Jazz drummer
Francis Farewell Starlite '06—Performer and songwriter who leads the band Francis and the Lights
Himanshu Suri '07—Rapper and founder of Greedhead Music label
Tierney Sutton '86—Grammy nominated jazz singer
Dar Williams '89—Singer and songwriter in folk-pop music with many albums (The Honesty Room, The Pagans and the Christians, In the Time of the Gods)
Public Service
Jennifer Alexander '88—Middletown activist and organizer, entrepreneur and supporter; founder and executive director of the nonprofit Kidcity Children's Museum
Andrea Barthwell '76—President, Encounter Medical Group, P.C., ("EMGlobal"); former deputy director at the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy
Michael Bennet '87—U.S. senator from Colorado; previously superintendent of schools in Denver
Lael Brainard '83—Member, U.S. Federal Reserve's Board of Governors; former undersecretary for International Affairs, U.S. Treasury Department
Majora Carter '88—President, The Majora Carter Group, an environmental consulting company; founder and former executive director, Sustainable South Bronx; recipient of MacArthur Award; also founder of River Heroes, offering job training
Ka-keung Ceajer Chan '79—Hong Kong's secretary for financial services and the treasury; dean, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School
Sasha Chanoff '94—Founder and executive director, RefugePoint, which protects forgotten refugees
Kathleen Clyde '01—Ohio state representative, 68th district
Karen Donfried '84—President, German Marshall Fund; former special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the National Security Council at the White House
Graeme Freeman '77—Executive director, The Freeman Foundation
Brian Frosh '68—Attorney general, Maryland
Leslie Gabel-Brett '76—Director of education and public affairs, Lambda Legal; previously executive director of Connecticut Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
John Hickenlooper Jr. '74—Governor of Colorado; formerly mayor of Denver
The Hon. Robert Hunter '62—Senior adviser, Rand Company; former United States ambassador to NATO
David Jones '70—President and CEO, Community Service Society of New York
Edward ("Ted") Kennedy Jr. '83—State senator, 12th District, Connecticut
Yoriko Kishimoto '77—Former city council member and former mayor of Palo Alto, California
Daphne Kwok '84—AARP, vice president, Multicultural Markets and Engagement; chair, President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Matt Lesser '10—Connecticut state representative, 100th district
Eli "Ted" Lilly '66—Past president of Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, on the board of Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Mora McLean '77—Former president and CEO, Africa-America Institute
Kennedy Odede '12—Co-founder, president, and CEO, Shining Hope for Communities, Kenya
Shola Olatoye '96—Chairman, New York City Housing Authority
Jessica Posner '09—Co-founder and COO, Shining Hope for Communities, Kenya
Tucker Reed '02—President, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Ellen Remmer '75—President and CEO, The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc; expert on the subjects of family philanthropy, strategic giving, and women as donors
John Rhea '87—Former chairman, New York City Housing Authority
Muzzy Rosenblatt '87—Executive director, Bowery Residents Committee; former chief of staff for New York City's Homeless Services
Stefan Selig '84—U.S. under secretary of commerce; former executive vice chariman of global and investment banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Larry Selzer '82—President and CEO, The Conservation Fund
Peter Shumlin '79—Governor of Vermont
Jonathan Spector '78—President and CEO, The Conference Board
Jacob Walles '79—U.S. ambassador-designate to Republic of Tunisia
Kate Whitman '88—Former communications director of news media for the House Republican Policy committee; a lobbyist and advocate
Daniel Wolf '79—Massachusetts state senator, the Cape and Islands district
Taber Allison '74—Director of research and evaluation, American Wind Wildlife Institute
Taft Armandroff '82—Director, McDonald Observatory, University of Texas
Joshua Boger '73—Executive chairman, Alkeus Pharmaceuticals; founder and retired chairman, president and CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Linda Brinen '88—Director of structural biology, Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Neil J. Clendeninn '71—Board member at NCI/NIH; former corporate vice president; head of clinical affairs at Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
George DuPaul '79—Professor at Lehigh University and an internationally recognized expert on Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
Dr. Geoffrey M. Duyk '80—Partner, TPG Growth; former president of research and development at Exelixis, Inc.
Michael Greenberg '76—Chair of the department of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School and holder of the Nathan Marsh Pusey Professorship; directs the F. M. Kirby Neurobiology Center at Children's Hospital Boston
Gerald Holton '41—Retired physics professor at Harvard University and world's leading authority on the life of Albert Einstein
Laurence Kedes '59, MD—William M. Keck Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, University of Southern California
Jerry Melillo '65—Co-director, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, at Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Ellen Prager '84—Marine and earth scientist; president, Earth2Ocean, Inc.; author (Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime)
David Schenkein '79—CEO, Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc.
H. Eugene Stanley '62—Award-winning physicist and University Professor at Boston University; director, Center for Polymer Studies at BU
Peter Tontonoz '89—Associate professor/physician/scientist at the School of Medicine at the University of California/Los Angeles
Nicholas Turro '60—Award-winning chemistry professor, Columbia University
Bill Belichick '75—Head coach, New England Patriots, winner of three Super Bowls
Ambrose Burfoot '68—First collegian to win the Boston Marathon; executive editor, Runner's World Magazine
Larry DeGaris '86—Associate professor of sports marketing, University of Indianapolis
Jeff Galloway '67—Olympic runner and author of Galloway's Book on Running
Jennifer Heppel '90—Associate commissioner at the Big Ten Conference
Jed Hoyer '96—Executive vice president and general manager, Chicago Cubs
Kathryn Keeler '78—Gold medalist in rowing at '84 Olympics; Olympics coach in '96
Ted Li '68—One of the world's leading experts on fencing weapons, gear, and scoring equipment; armorer to the NCAA
Eric Mangini '94—Tight ends coach, San Francisco 49ers
Michele A. Roberts '77—Executive director, National Basketball Players Association
Dennis Robinson '79—CEO, Formula One Grand Prix of America
Bill Rodgers '70—Renowned runner, winner of four New York and four Boston marathons
Steve Chambers '86—Chief marketing officer and executive vice president, Nuance Communications
Jennifer Chayes '79—Managing director, Microsoft Research New York City and Microsoft Research New England
Joe Choti '82—CEO, Tickets.com
Marcelo Halpern '85—Nationally recognized speaker and author on legal and technology issues
Amir Hasson '98—Chief development officer (USA), Oxigen, India's largest service delivery and payment platform; founder, United Villages, low-cost Internet access for remote villages in developing nations
Gregory LoPiccolo '83—Vice president of product development, Harmonix (in the music industry)
Rishad Premji '99—Chief strategy officer, IT Business, Wipro Technologies
Hong Qu '99—Product and UX lead at Upworthy; adjunct professor, CUNY School of Journalism
Giles Richter '87—Expert on Japan's mobile Internet and wireless industry
Jonathan Schwartz '87—CEO, CareZone; former CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
James Shepherd Jr. '72—Expert on e-business planning
Peter Watkins '77—Former CEO, Webroot Software
Theater and Dance
Natalia Alonso '00—Dancer (Ballet Hispanico, Complexions)
Suzanne Appel '02—Managing director, The Cutting Ball Theater, San Francisco
Ken Barnett '94—Actor
Joshua Borenstein '97—Managing director, Long Wharf Theater
David Brick '91, Andrew Simonet '92, and Amy Smith '92—Founders of Headlong Dance Theater
Jeremy Dobrish '90—Theater director, playwright, teacher; co-founder, Midtown Direct Rep, New Jersey-based theater company
Kirsten Greenidge '96—Playwright (Bossa Nova, Milk Like Sugar, The Luck of the Irish)
Willy Holtzman '74—Playwright (Hearts, Something You Did, The Morini Strad, Smart Blonde) and screenwriter (Edge of America)
Thomas Kail '99—Theater director (In the Heights, Broke-ology, Lombardi, Hamilton)
Kate MacCluggage '04—Actress
Dylan Marron '10—Actor, writer
Lin-Manuel Miranda '02—Creator, Tony Award-winning composer, actor (In the Heights, Bring It On, House, Modern Family, Hamilton)
Charles Newell '81—Artistic director, Court Theatre, Chicago
Johanna Pfaelzer '90—Artistic director, New York Stage and Film
Michael Rau '05—Artistic director and co-founder of Wolf 359 theater company; director specializing in new plays, re-imagined classics, and opera
Jeffrey Richards '69—Theater producer (Spring Awakening, August: Osage County, Hair, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess)
Howard Shalwitz '74—Artistic director, Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Bill Sherman '02—Tony and Grammy Award-winning orchestrator, arranger, musician (In the Heights)
Stephen Trask '89—Composer and lyricist of the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch; also, film composer (In Good Company, Dreamgirls, The Savages)
Christopher Wink '83—Founder of the Blue Man Group and Blue Man Creativity Center
Frank Wood '84—Tony award-winning actor in theater, film, and television
Visual Arts, Museums
Desiree Alvarez '85—New York City-based artist who prints on fabric
Ben Boothby '97—Painter
Abby Carter '83—Creative director of Samantha Premium Juice Co., illustrated numerous books for children
Rutherford Chang '02—Artist
Jem Cohen '84—New York-based filmmaker/media artist (Museum Hours) whose works are built from his ongoing collection of street footage, portraits, and sound
Carl Crossman '62—Recognized expert and lecturer in the field of Chinese art and ceramics; appeared for eight seasons as a guest appraiser on the PBS series Antiques Roadshow
Jeffrey Deitch '74—Art dealer and curator; former director, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
Ellen Driscoll '74—Professor of sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design; work in major public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of Art
Vincent Armand Fecteau '91—San Francisco–based artist known for transforming ordinary materials, such as foamcore, seashells, string, rubber bands, paper clips, walnut shells, and popsicle sticks, into handcrafted sculptures
Lyle Ashton Harris '88—Photographer and artist with work exhibited in major art institutions
Rachel Harrison '89—New York-based sculptor, best known for assemblage work; winner of 2011 Calder Prize
Morrison Heckscher '62—Retired chairman of the American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, and author
Dana Hoey '89—Photographer who takes pictures of herself and others in intimate, quotidian settings; work in public collections, including the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
Jonathan Horowitz '87—Multimedia artist working in video, sculpture, sound installation, and photography
Michael Joo '88—Artist whose work explores the boundaries between art and science, recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship
Bruce Eric Kaplan '87—New Yorker cartoonist; co-executive producer, Girls
Brooks Kraft '87—Nationally recognized photojournalist who specializes in portrait photography and photojournalism in Washington, D.C., including pictures of U.S. presidents and the White House
Liz Magic Laser '03—New-York City-based photographer and video artist; adjunct professor of art history at the School of Visual Art
Glenn Ligon '82—Pioneering painter and printmaker whose work explores questions of race, language, desire, and identity
Michael Lobel '90—Author and art historian (Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art, James Rosenquist)
Anne Arden McDonald '88—Photographer and sculptor; best known for self-portraits, building installations in the landscape or in abandoned interiors, included in her book Installations and Self Portraits
Anissa Mack '92—Conceptual artist, "Pies for a Passerby" held in New York City, outside the Brooklyn Public library in 2002
Melissa R. Marks '87—Artist for her drawings, paintings, and installations, including a whimsical painting series, The Adventures of Volitia
Robert L. Marshall '82—Writer and artist who draws and paints on reflective surfaces such as mirrors and Mylar
K. L. McKenna '79—Landscape painter and owner of Coffey Gallery, Inc., noted for her signature, color, light and spirit technique
Thomas McKnight '63—Leading figure in the world of fine art, whose paintings, limited edition serigraphs, and aquatints have found a wide audience in the United States, Europe and Japan
Sasha Rudensky '01—Photographer and visiting professor of art at Wesleyan
Christopher Russell '83—Artist known for his architectural ceramics; his custom tile projects have been featured in the New York Times, New York Newsday, Food & Wine, and Tile and Stone
Wade Saunders '71—Prolific modernist sculptor who draws upon a variety of materials
Alan Shestack '60—Former deputy director of the National Gallery of Art
Franklin Sirmans '91—Department head and curator of contemporary art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Keith Sklar '80—Los Angeles-based painter and large-scale muralist
Jill Snyder '79—Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Karin Stack '88—Artist noted for her drawings; also a printmaker and graphic designer
Mark Steinmetz '82—Photographer whose books include Tuscan Trees and South Central; work is part of the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art; recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship
Melissa Stern '80—New York City-based artist, who has shown her ceramic sculpture and drawings all over the United States and in Amsterdam
Philip Trager '56—Photographer noted for his dance portraits, as well as for his evocative photography of place and of architecture; books include Villas of Palladio, Dancers, Changing Paris: A Tour Along the Seine, and Faces
Nancy Troy '74—Professor of art history, University of Southern California; expert on 20th-century design
Ben Weiner '03—New York City artist who works in oil, creating hyper-realistic paintings and finding the extraordinary in everyday objects
Marion Wilson '83—Installation artist
Andrew Witkin '00—Boston-based conceptual artist and director of the Barbara Krakow Gallery; winner of Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art's Foster Prize
Victoria Wyeth MA '05—Museum curator, Brandywine Museum, which showcases three generations of Wyeth paintings, as well as American illustration, still life, and landscape painting
Carrie Yamaoka '79—New York City-based artist who makes reflective and optically intriguing paintings of mylar encapsulated in resin
Michael Yamashita '71—Award-winning photographer who has worked for National Geographic for more than two decades; publications include Marco Polo: A Photographer's Journey, and Zheng He: Tracing the Epic Voyages of China's Greatest Explorer
Jody Zellen '83—Los Angeles-based artist who works in many media simultaneously, making photographs, installations, net art, and public art, as well as artists' books that explore the subject of the urban environment
Brenda Zlamany '81—Portrait, still life, and landscape painter; serves as master etching printer at Erie Lackawana Editions
Steve Almond '88—Writer (Candyfreak, Not That You Asked, God Bless America)
Rick Barot '92—Poet (The Darker Fall, Want)
Rachel Basch '80—Novelist (Degrees of Love, The Passion of Reverend Nash)
Ruth Behar '77—Writer (An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba), filmmaker, professor of anthropology, University of Michigan; recipient of MacArthur grant
Suzanne Berne '82—Novelist (A Crime in the Neighborhood, The Ghost at the Table); winner of the Orange Prize
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Ethane production in the US is likely to grow to 1.11 million bpd in 2013, 125,000 bpd more than in 2012, the report finds. Petrochemical demand, however, will not keep up with the flood of ethane supply.
The US will have 60,000 bpd of surplus ethane in 2013, global
consultancy ESAI Energy reported on Friday, citing
its recently published Global Industrial Fuels
The supply surplus results from new natural gas liquids (NGL)
fractionation capacity, the group said.
Even after modifying existing ethylene plants to process
more ethane, the US market will have an even bigger surplus
than it did in 2012, according to the report.
This supply glut and restrictions on the amount of ethane that
can be left in natural gas will significantly weaken ethane
prices in 2013, helping the petrochemical industry.
In response to rising shale gas production, total NGL (natural
gas liquids) fractionation capacity in the US will grow to 2.6
million bpd in 2013, increasing by 575,000 bpd from
In turn, that increased fractionation capacity and rising NGL
pipeline capacity to move natural gas liquids to the Gulf Coast
will enable more ethane production. Ethane production in the US
is likely to grow to 1.11 million bpd in 2013, 125,000 bpd more
than in 2012, according to the report.
Petrochemical demand, however, will
not keep up with the flood of ethane supply, ESAI
officials say.
Based on new capacity and announced modifications to
existing capacity, ethane demand is projected to increase by 100,000 bpd
to 1.05 million bpd, said ESAI Energy analyst Vivek
Mathur. "This means there is about 60,000 bpd of surplus ethane
this year. Of this, about 50,000 b/d could be left in the
natural gas stream.
"But 10-15,000 bpd of ethane will struggle to find a home
because of restrictions of how much ethane can be left in dry
natural gas. Piped gas specifications generally allow for up to
12% of ethane in natural gas, but can vary depending on
processing and commercial arrangements. This additional supply
will depress US ethane prices and support petrochemical margins."
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Gas turbine suppliers are testing the limits of their DLE combustors for ethane consumption. GE now allows up to 20% ethane in the turbine fuel for LM2500s and LM6000s. Siemens is allowing 80% ethane fuel in their standard combustors for the SGT 700s and SGT 800s.Looks like a great opportunity for power plant fuel.
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Someone will have the bright idea of making the surplus ethane into ethanol.This will have at least two benefits right off:1. It will take the pressure off the food supply. Not as much corn will be needed to make ethanol, so food will become slightly more affordable. Ethanol supply will be less subject to droughts etc.2. The EPA will be forced to revise its unrealistic demands for biomass ethanol with this new supply of ethanol.
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Why do we serve Arbes - chickpeas at a Shalom Zachor?
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Aveilus for the Torah forgotten. Taamei Haminhagim 902
Reading about it online, people seem to be saying that it's for aveilus (mourning): either because the baby was taught the entire Torah in the womb (like here), and was then forced to forget it, or because the baby was forced to come into the world (like here).
I heard that it was originally a takanah of the Vaad Arba Aratzos to LIMIT the expense of a shalom zachor food by limiting it to Chickpeas (Arbes) that were very inexpensive and beer (the most inexpensive alcohol).
Another explanation is it's a Yiddish/Hebrew pun, referencing to G-d's blessing to multiply Abraham's offspring: "arbeh es zar'acha".
Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveichik's last public event (due to his declining health and mental function) was the wedding of Rabbi Kenneth Brander. Rabbi Brander told his ailing mentor, "G-d willing we'll have you for many more happy occasions, maybe soon we'll have a boy and we'll invite you to his Shalom Zachor." Rabbi Soloveichik replied, "don't serve chickpeas."
Rabbi Brander is uncertain whether the comment was one simply of "I don't think I'll make it", or if Rabbi Soloveichik genuinely felt that we shouldn't serve chickpeas. The case could be argued, he said, that we don't mourn forgetting the Torah, as now we earn it on our own instead of it being a freebee. (Corresponding to Rabbi Chaim Volozhiner's recording how his mentor, the Vilna Gaon, ordered his disciples to refuse any angel who might come and offer to teach the entire Torah -- we do it ourselves, thank you very much!)
My speculative, unresearched reason for this custom is that it's based on the Gemara and Shulchan Arukh's edict to eat foods which increase sperm on Friday night. In medieval times, it was believed that chickpeas was one such food.
Interestingly, based on the sources brought down in Mishna B'rura, we may also explain why the chickpeas are served with black pepper as opposed to salt.


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Dear Editor,
Who is behind the deceptively named "workplace freedom" effort in Ohio? You can bet it isn't workers. These are the wonderful folks who are trying to bring this anti-worker law to the Buckeye State:
Maurice Thompson Executive Director of the 1851 law center is a lawyer who has never been elected to any public office, yet writes laws.
This guy was groomed by the billionaire Koch Brothers through their Charles G. Koch summer fellow program. The 1851 Law Center is the group that tries to repeal school levies, in places like Westerville, OH. This group also pushed Ohio lawmakers to eliminate Ohio's estate tax in the last budget, which cost our state millions of dollars, while at the same time cutting funding to Ohio's schools and other programs. Bradley Smith serves as Chairman of the Board for the 1851 Law Center. Mr. Smith, a law professor at Capital University, is the leading advocate in America for allowing the rich to contribute unlimited funds to political candidates. Most Americans feel that the top one percent giving unlimited funds to influence political candidates is corrupt, elitist and undemocratic. But not Mr. Smith, when he was appointed to the Federal Elections Commission, he argued that unlimited campaign spending is simply a form of free speech. Not surprisingly Mr. Smith's book "Unfree Speech" was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in it's Citizens United ruling.
If you look a little further to see who is behind this deceitful effort, you also discover Chris Littleton, a spokesperson for the fraudulently named group, "Ohioans for Workplace Freedom". This guy was also the president of the Cincinnati tea party. Another key figure of this anti-worker group is Bryan Williams, who happens to be the Director of Government Affairs for the Central Ohio Associated Building Contractors. This group supports the repeal of Federal Prevailing Wage laws, which establish guidelines for fair compensation for workers.
Let's not forget ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is the corporate dating service for legislators who put their names on Bills written by corporations. These Bills are aimed at gouging consumers, busting labor unions, strengthening monopolies, privatizing everything and protecting corporations from lawsuits. In exchange lawmakers get lavish family vacations, and more importantly, introductions to deep pocketed corporate donors like the Koch Brothers, who are also major supporters of this deceptively named "workplace freedom". The only freedom that so called "workplace freedom" provides, is the freedom that corporations would have to trample Ohio's working families.
If this so called "workplace freedom" is so good for workers, then why are billionaires, big corporations, lawyers and radical tea party nut jobs the ones who are pushing it, and not workers?
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The Art Program of the The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, under the direction of Gianna Volpe, MFA, is proud to announce the Radiation Oncology Mural Project. This was a joint collaboration of friends and volunteers of the Art Program donating their time to transform a plain, ugly long hallway into a refreshing field of wildflowers and blue sky. This reflects the Cancer Center's committment to providing for their patient's needs in both body and soul. The response to the mural has been overwhelmingly positive from both patients and staff alike. One patient, so moved by the experience, taped an anonymous note to the wall:
For the last six weeks, I have been passing through this hall every day on my way to and from radiation treatments. Each day I enjoy the colors and variety of all of the flowers and look forward to the newest flowers that have been added. My mind is never on the next treatment or the last one, rather I anticipate how the garden has grown and smile at the beauty of it all. Thank you for giving all of us now and everyone in the future the abundant flowers in this lovely garden.


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So if you are in the mood for some baking, I recommend these books.
Monday, December 15, 2008
A Tale of Two Breads
So if you are in the mood for some baking, I recommend these books.
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- shelby said...
Gorgeous loafs!
- December 15, 2008 at 10:09 PM
- Veg-a-Nut said...
Both of these books are awesome. Luckily my library has them and usually don't have to wait to long to get them. I haven't tried the fruit bread for the same reason of "heavy fruit cake" experiences. Glad to here it is much better than we both expected
- December 16, 2008 at 12:22 AM
- VegSpinz said...
Wow! I am all for easy bread! I have been making the No Knead Bread where you mix it up and leave it overnight, but never thought of leaving a batch in the fridge for up to 2 weeks! My household eats tons of bread and this would be perfect... I'd better buy more flour
- December 16, 2008 at 2:52 AM
- Chi-Chi said...
Oh, thanks for the recommendations!! I was actually looking for a recipe for holiday bread.
- December 16, 2008 at 7:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
i have actually been looking at both of these books recently. does reinhart's book have lots of breads that call for eggs? it's good to hear you had success with one using a flax sub.
i'm leaning towards reinhart's as i think it would be interesting to learn about the science of bread baking and a more traditional approach. i might check out 5 minutes a day at some point if i find recipes in reinhart's too complex or time consuming. if i like his book i might end up picking up his whole wheat book as well.
bread baking is awesome.
- December 16, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- jms said...
Thanks! I am SO excited about your Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes recommendation! I've been buying books and reading websites and dreaming about Baking Bread for years--honestly--but have been totally intimidated. I successfully made the NYT no-knead loaf but yearned for a whole-grainier bread. I just ordered the book, a peel, and stone, and will be anxiously watching my mailbox!
- December 16, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- lisbet said...
Do you just grind your flax on the spot or buy pre-ground? Just curious, because I am that lazy sometimes.
- December 17, 2008 at 10:49 AM
- Bianca said...
I went to a non-vegan potluck this past weekend and a guy brought stollen. Having never heard of it, I believed him when he told me it was naturally a vegan recipe. So I ate some, and it was good.
He even sent the leftovers home with me, but when I got home, I googled it and found that most recipes contain eggs. Since the guy is a huge proponent of meat-heavy diets, I figure he probably didn't know what vegan means.
And that made me sad. Because it was good. I didn't eat the rest. :-(
- December 17, 2008 at 12:46 PM
- The Little Mama said...
I went through a phase where I was obsessed with Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. It is still an awesome book, especially for busy parents, but I recently bought the Tassajara Bread book, and am loving that too. Not very vegan, but easily veganized... Oh bread, how I love you.
- December 17, 2008 at 1:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks. I was actually looking at both of these too. If you could only choose one of them which would you recommend?
- December 17, 2008 at 4:04 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
I by the seeds and grind them in an electric coffee grinder.
I have to recommend Reinhart over Artisan in 5. But, it depends on how serious you want to get about bread. The Artisan in 5 recipe are good, but not great. They are fast, which is a bonus, but Reinhart's recipes produce much better loaves.
- December 17, 2008 at 10:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks Vegan Dad! You have totally inspired me to get into bread. Thanks for narrowing down the choice for me.
- December 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
I went for the Artisan in 5 book and it is great. Once I get more secure in my baking maybe I will move onto the Reinhart books. Even good bread is better than so-so bread you find in most supermarkets and health food stores. Next I will move onto making great bread!
- December 22, 2008 at 11:58 AM
- pikaciuka said...
I am really interested in how your bread gets golden brown so much...Do you have a special oven or anything else out of the ordinary? Or do you do something special to the dough? My bread never gets like this, not even a little bit golden, it remains "white" :( If you have any tricks pretty please share them with us ugly bread makers..
And keep up the good work.
- October 13, 2009 at 8:18 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
The trick is a hot oven (400 to 450) and a pan of steaming water in the bottom of the oven. Check out Peter Reinhart's "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" for what he calls the hearth baking method.
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It really only struck me as I was trying to explain to a (non-whisky-loving) friend the weekend after this event that I was, to all intents and purposes talking in tongues. "Oh yes – well earlier in the week, I went to a Monkey Shoulder event at Callooh Callay" could just as easily have been "Oh yes – well earlier in the week, I went to a Badger Scapula event at Lorks a Lawdy". Nonsense. Just nonsense.
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5 Insignificant Things That Determine if Someone Likes You
#2. Have Pretty Facebook Friends
As the more perceptive Internet user may have noticed, during the last few years, a little site called Facebook has hatched into a giant social behemoth that envelops pretty much everything we do. It has become so big that you're actually considered suspicious if you don't have a profile. One neat aspect of Facebook is that within the limits of your privacy settings, anyone can see pictures of not only you, but also all your friends -- something a person with a non-stalker mindset can't do when meeting you in real life. Still, that's just icing, right? It's not as if anyone cares who your friends are.
Wrong. Your friends do matter, and people can and absolutely will determine how much they like you because of them. Or rather, what they look like.
"I'm telling you, if my kid friends one more ugmo, her ass is up for adoption."
To test this, researchers set up a little experiment. They took two average-looking people -- a man and a woman -- and made them two Facebook profiles each. The profiles were identical save for one thing: What the person's friends looked like. One profile had a bunch of pictures of pretty friends and their pretty profile pics, while the other featured rather more ... homely friends (who hopefully weren't told what the experiment was for).
They then had test subjects judge the profiles, looking at either the pretty friends or the ugly friends. After answering a survey on how much they'd like to meet the person the profile belonged to, the researchers found the shallow truth: People were a cool 20 percent more likely to like the profile just because he or she had pretty friends. Just so they could join that elusive club of pretty people.
"Dude, it's awesome. They even give you a decoder ring!"
Or to put it in more scientific terms, the phenomenon is based on Darwinian theory -- namely that whole "survival of the fittest" thing he was constantly going on about. As per our built-in survival instincts, we're constantly keeping a subconscious eye out for that optimal mixture of genes. So when you see an average-looking person who has a bunch of pretty people as Facebook friends, you instinctively project their attractiveness onto that person. You don't necessarily think of him sexually -- you just sort of assume that he must have access to the good gene pool, which in turn makes him worth knowing.
The possibility of getting invited to some kind of bikini party also probably doesn't hurt.
#1. Embarrass Yourself in Public
We devote a huge amount of our time, money and energy to not looking stupid in public. For many of us, this leads to a level of self-consciousness where we flirt with a nervous breakdown whenever we do something that's labeled "wrong" in public. You know the feeling -- all those judgmental eyes staring down at you, all haughty and acting like they've never attended the opera pantsless, with a tiny bow tie on their dong.
"It was just easier than doing it on my neck."
Fortunately, this general aversion to public humiliation offers a neat little shortcut to aspiring ascenders in popularity rankings: Scientists have found that when people see you get openly embarrassed, they tend to think of you as a nicer person.
"Sharting in interviews is the cornerstone of my career."
A bunch of Berkeley psychology researchers set up an experiment where participants were filmed while they described a very embarrassing moment in their lives. Then, other participants watched the videos and rated how embarrassing the situation was while assessing how kind they felt the people telling the stories were. The participants who were consistently rated as nicest were the ones who were visibly affected by their embarrassing situations, writhing in front of the camera as memories of the Walrus Incident of '99 tormented their brains. What's more, it worked the other way around, too: The people who did have embarrassing stories, yet chose to maintain a careful poker face while telling them, got labeled as selfish and untrustworthy.
He was elected mayor three weeks later.
Several other experiments verified that our brains indeed have a tendency to associate visible embarrassment with kindness and trustworthiness, whereas all the shame-free Mr. Cools out there end up filed in the same "do not trust" folder with used car salesmen and Internet comedy writers. It makes sense, really: Since the kind of person who gets embarrassed easily is also likely to be extra nice to others in order to avoid getting a red face, we have just sort of started viewing embarrassment itself as an indicator of trustworthiness.
So yes, by all means embarrass yourself on your next date. Just make sure you do it before you get to the bedroom.
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