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Booleans in PowerShell
Booleans seem like just about the simplest things. They are, after all, binary. Either $True or $False. But Windows PowerShell's assumption that the left side of an expression should control how the right side is interpreted can sometimes confuse you. Or at least me. For example:
PS> $True –eq 2
PS> 2 –eq $True
Yup. That makes perfect sense. If you realize that in the first case, what is happening is:
[Bool]$True –eq [Bool]2
but in the second case:
[int]2 –eq [int]$True
In the first case, the number two is evaluated as a Boolean, and any non-zero value is considered true. In the second case, the integer value of 2 causes $true to be evaluated as an integer, and the integer value of $true is 1. So the two integers aren't equal.
I put up an article on the TechNet Wiki here. Add to it, show some more examples, make it better. That's the Wiki way.
New Theme
My personal thanks to Barb Bowman for the new theme I'm using now. Very much appreciated! What I especially like is that it gives me a reasonable font (Consolas) for code blocks.
Changing the Maximum Message Size in Exchange 2010
This little script will change the maximum message size for an Exchange 2010 server. It's not tested and designed for use in very large Exchange organizations, but has been tested and works on single Exchange 2010 server environments such as Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard.
edited: 19/2/2011. reminded by Brian Desmond that I really should use param($MaxSize). Thanks!
# Change-ExchSize.ps1
# Script to change the size of the maximum send and receive for
# a Windows SBS 2011 Standard installation with Exchange 2010
# Expects: maximum size parameter in MB or prompts
# Created: 19/2/2011
# ModHist: 19/2/2011 (changed to use param(). Thanks Brian
if (! $MaxSize ) {
$MaxSize = Read-Host "What's the max size(in MB) you want for all mailboxes? "
$stMaxSize = "$MaxSize" + "MB"
"Setting Maximum Send and Receive Transport Size to: $stMaxSize"
Set-TransportConfig -MaxSendSize $stMaxSize -MaxReceiveSize $stMaxSize
Get-TransportConfig | ft -maxsendsize,maxreceivesize
"Setting Maximum Send and Receive Connectors to: $stMaxSize"
$ReceiveConnectors = Get-ReceiveConnector
$SendConnectors = Get-SendConnector
ForEach ($Connector in $ReceiveConnectors ) {
Set-ReceiveConnector -Identity $Connector.name -MaxMessageSize $stMaxSize
ForEach ($Connector in $SendConnectors ) {
Set-SendConnector -Identity $Connector.name -MaxMessageSize $stMaxSize
"The Maximum Receive Connector size has been set to: "
Get-ReceiveConnector | ft Name, MaxMessageSize
"The Maximum Send Connector size has been set to: "
Get-SendConnector | ft Name, MaxMessageSize
Uninstalling Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta and RC
Before you can install Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (or Windows 7 SP1), you need to uninstall the beta or RC version that might be installed. On a GUI install of Windows Server, no problem, run AppWiz.cpl and click on Updates. But on Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (or Server Core) there is no obvious way to uninstall the beta or RC versions of the Service Pack. You need to use the command line version of the Windows Update Installer: wusa.exe.
wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:976932
It'll take a couple of reboots before it's completely uninstalled, and then you can install the SP1 you just downloaded.
Update: Note, if it wasn't clear. This command line works equally well from GUI installs, including Windows 7.
PowerShell, Hyper-V and WMI
I've started an article over on the PowerShell Survival Guide Wiki to drop in quick hits how to do "stuff" with Hyper-V, using PowerShell and the native WMI interface of Hyper-V. The WMI namespace for Hyper-V is "root\virtualization". Turns out managing Hyper-V isn't as hard as I thought, at least in no small part because working with WMI in PowerShell is actually pretty straightforward. I'm still learning and poking around, but this stuff is all over the net if your bingle skills are good. Today I added the simple steps needed to create a VHD, either dynamic or fixed, to the Wiki page. Any one who wants to join in is more than welcome – that's what a Wiki is all about after all.
QuickStart PowerShell Remoting
Just created a new Wiki page on the PowerShell Survival Guide that is a quick guide to getting started with PowerShell remoting. I focused strictly on PSSession, since I find that the simplest way to get started. Let me know what you think, or better yet, update the content to improve it. That, after all, is what a Wiki is all about!
Customizing PowerShell–Using $Profile
A copy of the profile described here is at: Charlie_Profile
Probably one of the first scripts any new Windows PowerShell user writes is a custom profile. Your PowerShell profile ($profile in PowerShell speak), is run every time you open a PowerShell window, and it allows you to do a lot of different things to set up your environment the way you want it. Actually, though, there are four profiles that affect your PowerShell window, as described in this MSDN article. There are arguments for which profile you should be editing, but my personal preference is to use the most specific one:
The only problem is, that's not really were "My Documents" is for me. So, how to be sure you always work on the right one, wherever it's located? Easy – let PowerShell tell you!
First, let's see if we have a $profile yet:
PS1> Test-Path $profile
Nope. So, how to make one. First,let's create the path:
PS1> mkdir (Split-Path $profile)
Directory: C:UserscprDocuments
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d---- 12/22/2010 12:05 PM WindowsPowerShell
Now,use your favourite plain text editor to create the file. In my case that would be:
PS1> gvim $profile
And here you can start to build your customizations for PowerShell. There are lots of possibilities, including changing the colouring, updating the title bar, creating aliases and functions that are always available. Really the possibilities are nearly endless.
In my own case, I like to distinguish between a regular window and an elevated one, so I change the colour of all my regular PowerShell windows to white with dark blue text (works better for screen shots), and my elevated windows to dark red with white text. I also use a multiline prompt, and do some other customizations.
Here's my full $profile:
# This is Charlie"s custom PS Profile…
# ModHist: 26/05/2007 – Initial
# : 08/06/2007 – Added clear-host and winzip alias
# : 10/06/2007 – Changed OS detection
# : 22/07/2007 – support for running from local home
# : 14/03/2008 – changed to Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
# : 16/03/2008 – added productID test for Vista
# : 24/03/2009 – added mapdrives for admin shell
# : 17/10/2010 – minor cleanup before sending to VanTUG
# : 26/02/2011 - modified to post cleaner on WordPress
# Get the name of this version...
$CallingProfile = $myInvocation.mycommand.path
$FileRegEx = "(?<name>.*)(?<dot>\.)(?<extension>[pP][sS]1)"
$CallingProfile -match $FileRegEx
# Find out who we are...
$id = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
$p = New-Object system.security.principal.windowsprincipal($id)
# Get System WMI info -- Get it once, use it multiple
$SysWMI = Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem
$hostname = $(hostname).tolower()
$otherway = ($ENV:computername).tolower()
$ProdID=(gi ''HKLM:/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion'').getvalue(''ProductID'')
# Build a hashtable with information about versions, etc.
$SystemHash = @{} # Initialize the variable as a hashtable
$SystemHash["Build"] = $SysWMI.BuildNumber
$SystemHash["SPNumber"] = $SysWMI.CSDVersion
$SystemHash["Caption"] = $SysWMI.Caption
$SystemHash["SKU"] = $SysWMI.OperatingSystemSKU
$SystemHash["Architecture"] = $SysWMI.OSArchitecture
$SystemHash["Hostname"] = $SysWMI.CSName.ToLower()
$SystemHash["Arch"] = $ENV:Processor_Architecture
$SystemHash["ProductID"] = $ProdID
# We'll need the build number to persist in the environment
$Build = $SystemHash["Build"]
switch -regex ($SystemHash["Build"]) {
2600 { $ver="XP" }
3790 { if ($SystemHash["Caption"] -match "XP") {
$ver = "XPx64"
} else {
$ver = "Server 2003"
6000 { $ver="Vista" }
6001 { if ($SystemHash["Caption"] -match "Vista" ) {
} else {
$ver="Server 2008"
7600 { if ($SystemHash["Caption"] -match "Windows 7" ) {
$ver="Windows 7"
} else {
$ver="Server 2008 R2"
7601 { if ($SystemHash["Caption"] -match "Windows 7" ) {
$ver="Windows 7 SP1"
} else {
$ver="Server 2008 R2 SP1"
if ($SystemHash["Arch"] -eq "AMD64" ) {
} else{
# Find out if we''re running as admin (IsInRole)
# if we are, change the window colour and set effectivename variable
# But only on Windows Vista or Later
if ($admin -and ($build -ge 6000 ))
$effectivename = "Administrator"
$maps=''C:\Windows\system32\mapdrives.cmd'' #cmd file to map standard drives
if (Test-Path $maps) {& $maps }
} else {
$effectivename = $id.name
$host.ui.rawui.WindowTitle = $effectivename + "@" + $HostName +" >"
function global:prompt {
if ( $effectivename -eq "Administrator" ) {
write-host ("[") -nonewline -foregroundcolor red
write-host ($Hostname) -nonewline -foregroundcolor Magenta
write-host ("]") -nonewline -foregroundcolor Red
Write-Host ([string]$(get-location) +":") -foregroundcolor Green
write-host ("PSH>" ) -nonewline -foregroundcolor White
} else {
write-host ("[") -nonewline -foregroundcolor red
write-host ($Hostname) -nonewline -ForegroundColor Magenta
write-host ("]") -nonewline -foregroundcolor Red
Write-Host ([string]$(get-location) + ''> '') -ForegroundColor DarkGreen
write-host ("PSH>" ) -nonewline -foregroundcolor DarkBlue
return " "
# function to elevate a command. Finally.
function sudo ([string]$file, [string]$arguments) {
$psi = new-object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo $file;
$psi.Arguments = $arguments;
$psi.Verb = "runas";
$psi.WorkingDirectory = get-location;
# Now, a function to edit the executable script without knowing where it is.
function fvi
param($script )
$s = (get-command -ea silentlycontinue $script).definition
if ( $s ) { gvim $s }
else { "$script not found" }
# Update the path to make life easier, and add a function while we''re at it...
$ENV:Path="$ENV:PATH;" + "U:\psbin;" + "$ENV:HOMEDRIVE" + "$ENV:HOMEPATH" + "\psbin;"
function path {
write-host $env:path
# Now, start to build some aliases. These may be machine specific, so be careful...
if ($64bit) {
set-alias winzip -value "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WinZip32.exe"
set-alias word -value "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WinWord.exe"
set-alias excel -value "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Excel.exe"
set-alias OneNote -value "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OneNote.exe"
set-alias Visio -value "& mstsc C:\Program Files (x86)\RemotePackages\Visio_2010.rdp"
set-alias hyperv -value "C:\Program Files\Hyper-V\virtmgmt.msc"
set-alias vm -value "C:\Program Files\Hyper-V\vmconnect.exe"
} else {
set-alias winzip -value "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WinZip32.exe"
set-alias word -value "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WinWord.exe"
set-alias excel -value "C:\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\Office14\Excel.exe"
set-alias OneNote -value "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OneNote.exe"
set-alias Visio -value "& mstsc C:\Program Files\RemotePackages\Visio_2010.rdp"
set-alias edit -value "C:Windows\gvim.bat"
set-alias vi -value "C:windows\gvim.bat"
# set-alias ping test-connection # disabled. More annoying than useful
# The following is useful if you have automatic startup PowerShell windows...
if ( ! $Admin ) {
cd $home
There, that's complicated enough for most uses. 🙂
But hopefully you'll find some useful stuff in this that you can use for your own $profile.
Windows Server Backup with PowerShell
Windows Server 2008 R2 added some useful enhancements to the PowerShell snapin that was in Windows Server 2008. But it's still a pain to use, and a bit hard to get your head around. Here's a basic PowerShell script to do a backup. There are enough comments in there that it should help you get started.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------
# Script to set a Windows Server Backup policy for a server
# Assumes: Volumes C: and D: to backup.
# : Target - \storageserverserverbackup
# : Exclusions - D:temp, D:Users*.MP3, D:Users*.WMA
# : VSS Mode - Full Backup
# : System State - True
# : Bare Metal Recovery - True
# : Schedule - 12:30 PM, 11:00 PM
# Requires: Elevated PowerShell
# : (Must be run As Administrator)
# Planned Improvements: [minor] Check for elevated priv, error politely if not
# : [minor] Check for Server Backup PSSnapin before trying to load
# : [major] Accept cmdline parameters
# ModHist: 1/31/11 - initial (Charlie Russel)
# :
# With profound thanks to Richard Siddaway, Windows PowerShell MVP
# -----------------------------------------------------------------
# By default, the PSSnapin isn''t loaded automatically, so first load it.
Add-PSSnapin Windows.ServerBackup # will error if already loaded, but continue
# First, create a new empty policy
# Alternately, you can open the existing policy in Edit mode with
# $BackupPolicy = Get-WBPolicy -edit
$BackupPolicy = New-WBPolicy
# Now,define the parts of it.
# First,let''s do the "source" volumes that will be part of the backup.
# This requires us to first get a list of them, and then parse that list
# to add the ones we want (C: and D:)
# We don''t actually need C:, since we''ll get that as part of Bare Metal Restore,
# but we include it anyway for completeness
$volC = Get-WBVolume -AllVolumes | Where {$_.MountPath -eq "C:"}
$volD = Get-WBVolume -AllVolumes | Where {$_.MountPath -eq "D:"}
$Volumes = $volC,$volD
# Now, add those volumes to the blank policy.
Add-WBVolume -policy $BackupPolicy -volume $Volumes
# If you want to do the entire volume, you don''t need to define any exclusions,
# but if you want to exclude any files or folders, you need to define that exclusion
# and add that to the backup policy you''re building. First, define it.
$excTEMP = New-WBFileSpec -Filespec D:Temp -exclude
$excWMA = New-WBFileSpec -Filespec "D:Users*.wma" -exclude # Recursive unless
$excMP3 = New-WBFileSpec -Filespec "D:Users*.mp3" -exclude # -NonRecursive specified
$FileExclusions = $excTEMP,$excWMA,$excMP3
# and then add that to the policy we''re building
Add-WBFileSpec -policy $BackupPolicy -filespec $FileExclusions
# Define the backup target, this time as a network share.
# For backup to share, you need to create a credential to connect to the remote share.
# This wouldn''t be required for specifying a removable disk.
# You can specify the username here (DOMAINUser) but will be prompted for password
$Cred = Get-Credential exampleuser
# Now, define the target
$Target = New-WBBackupTarget -NetworkPath \StorageServerServerBackup -Credential $Cred
# Add the target to the policy
Add-WBBackupTarget -policy $BackupPolicy -target $Target
# Define the schedule
$sch1 = [datetime]"01/31/2011 12:30:00"
$sch2 = [datetime]"01/31/2011 21:00:00"
Set-WBSchedule -policy $BackupPolicy -schedule $sch1,$sch2
# Set for system state and for bare metal recovery
Add-WBSystemState -policy $BackupPolicy
Add-WBBareMetalRecovery -policy $BackupPolicy
# Finally, set for full VSS Backup
Set-WBVssBackupOptions -policy $BackupPolicy -VssFullBackup
# Finally, we need to SET the policy before it actually takes control
Set-WBPolicy -force -policy $BackupPolicy
# This completes the configuration of the SBS server backup policy
$Server = (hostname).tolower()
" The server $Server now has the following backup configuration: "


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Can Europe Learn to Love Americans At the Gate?
By LAURA M. HOLSON
Published: April 25, 1999
IF it is true that history repeats itself, the spirit of junk-bond king Michael Milken had to be present when representatives from several of Wall Street's most influential leveraged-buyout firms and a gaggle of European executives gathered at the opulent Claridge's hotel in London last November for two days of schmoozing.
The group had been invited by Chase Manhattan Bank to discuss investments in Europe as large corporations restructure there. And the guests -- feted as architects of ''the new Europe'' -- were denied no luxury. At the Wallace Collection, a museum in London's West End, and later at Claridge's, Europe's elite executives supped and sipped tea alongside emissaries from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company; the Blackstone Group; Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, and other well-known American buyout firms.
But despite the veneer of British gentility, the gathering had all the subtlety of Mr. Milken's now-famous Predators' Balls, the glitzy soirees where vulture investors prowled for takeover prey during the last merger craze. And that similarity was not lost on James Bainbridge Lee Jr., the group head of Chase's global investment banking department, who issued the invitations.
''The feeling in Europe is these people are the 'Barbarians at the Gate,' '' he said, echoing the title of the book that chronicled Kohlberg Kravis's 1988 takeover of RJR Nabisco. ''That was one of the big myths I wanted to pop. Europeans think they are corporate raiders. They were surprised to find out that some of them were nice.''
Barbarians or not, American buyout firms have been flocking to Europe in recent months, chasing the wave of corporate divestitures swelling as bloated companies begin to streamline. Already, several of the best-known buyout firms -- so called because they buy troubled companies with the hope of selling them later for a profit -- have opened their doors: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is planning an office in Germany; both Kohlberg, Kravis and Hicks, Muse have set up shop in London. And with American firms having more than $90 billion in their coffers -- 25 percent of that intended for Europe alone -- more are sure to follow.
But it will take more than biscuits and a cup of Earl Grey to soften their aggressive image. For all the talk of globalization, executives at buyout firms are learning just how ''foreign'' foreign countries can be. And if recent experiences are any indication, they are in for some tumultuous times.
Some American firms have offended potential partners by backing out of deals. Simple misunderstandings are turning into deal killers. And even when a buyout firm does find a company to take over, business practices taken for granted in the United States -- like dismissing employees or otherwise cutting costs sharply -- are frowned upon or illegal in Europe.
''The reality is the degree of brashness coming from the United States is not appreciated,'' said Michael Stevens, head of leveraged buyout services in Britain for KPMG Corporate Finance, a division of the accounting firm.
Franci J. Blassberg, a lawyer for Debevoise & Plimpton in New York, recently told a group of lawyers and academics about one incident in which a client was accused of pirating information after lawyers and accountants conducted a routine examination of a German business. ''The German seller misunderstood the process and concluded that our client's real motive was to obtain competitively sensitive information,'' Ms. Blassberg said. As a result, the seller terminated negotiations.
Europe is still lacking, too, in some of the deal-making tools necessary for complex transactions. Junk bonds are an accepted American form of financing, but in Europe, demand for them is relatively small. Stock option programs were illegal in Germany until 1998 and are still rare. And the market for initial public offerings in Europe is immature.
''We all know the big names have made a lot of fuss about setting up their operations,'' said Raymond Svider, a partner at BC Partners, a buyout firm with offices in London, Paris, Hamburg and Milan that is expected to compete with the newer entrants. ''But their experience is limited. And only time will tell if they will be successful.''
Signs of the American 80's
A leveraged buyout fund is a pool of money run by a buyout firm with assets culled from insurance companies, banks, pension plans and other institutional investors. The funds range in size from $100 million to $6 billion and are used to buy stakes in private and publicly traded companies. A fund's executives use its capital and borrow money -- hence the term ''leverage'' -- to buy two or three companies a year.
The goal is to cut costs, increase profits and then sell out. In the United States, that was easier in the 1980's, when corporations weren't yet so attentive to shareholder value. Companies like RJR Nabisco Holdings, Trans World Airlines and Safeway were taken over in an orgy of financial wizardry. Thousands of people lost jobs even as companies gained new strength, and legendary corporate raiders and financiers like Mr. Milken, Henry Kravis and T. Boone Pickens were either demonized or lionized, depending on the observer's politics or personal stake in the transactions.

subset: commoncrawl


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FORWARD OPERATING BASE BOSTICK, Afghanistan (AP) - The army is
increasingly trying to deal with traumatized soldiers suffering combat stress "in theater" - where they're stationed.
The idea is that soldiers will heal best if kept with those who understand what they've been through.
Treating soldiers on site also makes it easier to send them back into battle - key for a stretched military fighting two wars.
But challenges include ensuring soldiers get the proper treatment in the middle of war, monitoring those on antidepressants and sleeping pills, and deciding who can be kept in a war zone and who might snap.
Terri Tanielian of the RAND Corp. think tank says there isn't a lot of research and "there isn't necessarily a magic formula that says who's going to go back and be okay and who isn't."
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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To commemorate the Gettysburg Address, a photo of the Lincoln Home, Springfield. Photo taken October 15th.
Category: Greatest American
President Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 151 Years Ago Today
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
'The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire.'
George Washington engaged in his first military action 260 years ago today, May 28, 1754.
Washington arrived at the Great Meadows, as the Fort Necessity area was than called, on May 24. Although the meadow was nearly all marsh, he believed it "a charming field for an encounter" and ordered his men to set up an encampment. Three days later, after hearing that a group of French soldiers had been spotted about seven miles away on Chestnut Ridge, Washington and 40 men set out to find them. At dawn on May 28, the Virginians reached the camp of Tanacharison, a friendly Seneca chief known as the Half King. His scouts then led them to the ravine about two miles to the north where the French were encamped.
The French, commanded by Joseph Coulon de Villiers, Sieur de Jumonville, were taken by surprise. Ten were killed, including Jumonville, one was wounded, and 21 were made prisoner. One man escaped to carry the news back to Fort Duquesne. Washington's command suffered only one man killed and two wounded.
Fearing "we might be attacked by considerable forces," Washington undertook to fortify his position at the Great Meadows. During the last two days of May and the first three days of June, he built a circular palisaded fort, which he called Fort Necessity.
Source: Fort Necessity National Battlefield
The action at what came to be called Jumonville Glen sparked the world war that we know as the French and Indian War.
For his part, Washington loved it: "I fortunately escaped without any wound, for the right wing, where I stood, was exposed to and received all the enemy's fire, and it was the part where the man was killed, and the rest wounded. I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me there is something charming in the sound."
The title to the post is a quotation from Horace Walpole.
May 8th Ought to Be a National Holiday
Harry Truman was born on May 8th, 130 years ago today (1884).
The Truman Library has the Truman diary online. The diary, which was just discovered in 2003, was kept intermittently by the President during 1947. It is fascinating reading.
The entry for January 3:
Byrnes & I discussed General Marshall's last letter and decided to ask him to come home. Byrnes is going to quit on the tenth and I shall make Marshall Sec[retary] of State. Some of the crackpots will in all probability yell their heads off-but let 'em yell! Marshall is the ablest man in the whole gallery.
Mrs. Roosevelt came in at 3 P.M. to assure me that Jimmy & Elliott had nothing against me and intended no disparagement of me in their recent non-edited remarks. Said she was for me. Said she didn't like Byrnes and was sure he was not reporting Elliott correctly. Said Byrnes was always for Byrnes and no one else. I wonder! He's been loyal to me[.] In the Senate he gave me my first small appropriation, which started the Special Committee to investigate the National Defense Program on its way. He'd probably have done me a favor if he'd refused to give it.
Maybe there was something on both sides in this situation. It is a pity a great man has to have progeny! Look at Churchill's. Remember Lincoln's and Grant's. Even in collateral branches Washington's wasn't so good-and Teddy Roosevelt's are terrible.
The entry for January 8:
The Senate took Marshall lock, stock and barrell [sic]. Confirmed him by unanimous consent and did not even refer his nomination to a committee. A grand start for him.
I am very happy over that proceedure [sic]. Marshall is, I think[,] the greatest man of the World War II. He managed to get along with Roosevelt, the Congress, Churchill, the Navy and the Joint Chief of Staff and he made a grand record in China.
When I asked him to take the extrovert Pat Hurley[']s place as my special envoy to China, he merely said "Yes, Mr. President I'll go." No argument only patriotic action. And if any man was entitled to balk and ask for a rest, he was. We'll have a real State Dep[artmen]t now.
The entry for July 6:
Drove an open car from Charlottesville to Washington-starting at 9:15 Washington time.
Had a V[irgini]a Highway Policeman in a car ahead making the pace at exactly the speed allowed by V[irgini]a law. He forced all the trucks to one side as I always wanted to do. Made the drive in 3 hours. Had Sec[retary] of Treas[ury] Snyder, Adm[iral] Leahy, and Doctor Brig[adier] Gen[eral] Graham as passengers. All said they enjoyed the ride and felt they needed no extra accident coverage!
David McCullough's Truman is superb.
U.S. Grant
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on this date in 1822.
In 1839, his Ohio congressman nominated him for the U.S. Military Academy, but mistakenly as Ulysses S. Grant. The cadet simply adopted the name. Because his new initials were U.S., the same as those of Uncle Sam, Grant was nicknamed Sam in the Army.
The name U.S. Grant took on a whole new meaning in 1862 however.
Camp near Fort Donelson
February 16, 1862.
General S. B. BUCKNER,
Confederate Army.
SIR: Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
From then the U.S. in U.S. Grant stood for Unconditional Surrender.
Good Friday 1865
Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on this date in 1865. Lincoln died the next morning.
As Atzerodt and Paine fanned out to seek their targets, Booth, a celebrated actor, familiar to everybody who worked at Ford's Theatre, had no trouble in slipping upstairs during the performance of Our American Cousin. Moving quietly down the aisle behind the dress circle, he stood for a few moments near the President's box. A member of the audience, seeing him there, thought him "the handsomest man I had ever seen." John Parker, the Metropolitan policeman assigned to protect the President, had left his post in the passageway, and the box was guarded only by Charles Forbes, a White House footman. When Booth showed Forbes his calling card, he was admitted to the presidential box. Barring the door behind him, so as not to be disturbed, he noiselessly moved behind Lincoln, who was leaning forward, with his chin in his right hand and his arm on the balustrade. At a distance of about two feet, the actor pointed his derringer at the back of the President's head on the left side and pulled the trigger. It was about 10:13 P.M.
When Major Rathbone tried to seize the intruder, Booth lunged at him with his razor-sharp hunting knife, which had a 7¼-inch blade. "The Knife," Clara Harris reported, "went from the elbow nearly to the shoulder, inside, — cutting an artery, nerves and veins — he bled so profusely as to make him very weak." Shoving his victim aside, Booth placed his hands on the balustrade and vaulted toward the stage. It was an easy leap for the gymnastic actor, but the spur on his heel caught in the flags decorating the box and he fell heavily on one foot, breaking the bone just above the ankle. Waving his dagger, he shouted in a loud, melodramatic voice: "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants" — the motto of the state of Virginia). Some in the audience thought he added, "The South is avenged." Quickly he limped across the stage, with what one witness called "a motion…like the hopping of a bull frog," and made his escape through the rear of the theater.
Up to this point the audience was not sure what had happened. Perhaps most thought the whole disturbance was part of the play. But as the blue-white smoke from the pistol drifted out of the presidential box, Mary Lincoln gave a heart-rending shriek and screamed, "They have shot the President! They have shot the President!"
From David Herbert Donald's outstanding biography of Lincoln.
Read The New York Times story from the day after the assassination, headlined Awful Event.
On April 26, Booth and co-conspirator David Herold were surrounded while hiding in a tobacco shed in Port Royal, Virginia. Herold surrendered to Union troops, but Booth held out and was shot while the shed burned down around him.
Photo at top is from a Library of Congress exhibit showing the content of Lincoln's pockets that evening plus a newspaper report of the assassination. Click image for larger version.
Actually April 13th Really Should Be a Holiday
It seems to NewMexiKen that the country could use a federal holiday during that long spell from Washington's Birthday to Memorial Day — for shopping and sales and stuff. I propose that April 13th, Jefferson's birthday, would be ideal.
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13th in 1743. [It was April 2nd on the calendar when he was born, but it's that old Julian-Gregorian thing again.]
Eighty-three years later, at the end of his remarkable life, he wished to be remembered foremost for those actions that appear as his epitaph:
Author of the
American Independence
of the
Statute of Virginia
Religious Freedom
and Father of the
University of Virginia.
At a White House dinner honoring 49 Nobel laureates in 1962, President Kennedy remarked, "I think this is the most extraordinary talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
The Essentials: Five Books on Thomas Jefferson
Top 10: Misconceptions about Jefferson
How Thomas Jefferson Created His Own Bible
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The Jumbo Kingdom: Dimsums- the best!
The Jumbo kingdom floating restaurant is soOo unique! it's name came from where it is situated, obviously, floating in the aberdeen harbor. this restaurant is so popular among the locals and especially to the tourists. We went here to have lunch on my last day in HK but I think it's better if you go there at night since the restaurant is lighted with its surrounded colorful light bulbs.
Restaurant Business hours: Mon-Sat 11am-1130pm Sunday & Public Holidays 7-1130pm
From the entrance of the restaurant, you will be welcomed by these 2 giant dragon pillars. Once you entered, at the right side is the stairs going up inside the restaurant giving you this yellowish luminosity. infront of the resto, is a platform with a 2 golden chairs, like a king's and queen's throne. You can try to take a picture sitting in these chairs 'cause we just did!
the foods we ordered are mostly dimsums. I usually eat in chinatown in Manila and I really and strongly believe that all dimsums tastes the same. if you're a fan of dimsums, I think you better try this one! with its unique style and ambience, it's a totally a different experience!
Favorite Dish: I really love siomai and this "hakaw" i'm not quite sure if in HK they have the same name of this dimsum, in chinatown in Manila, it's a shrimp enclosed in a wanton wrapper that looks like a balloon.. it's really good!!! you gotta try it!!!!
But I recently got the information that they change their menu occasionally without prior notice. So, if you're a dimsum lover and unexpectedly you were asked to order with this menu content, then it's your lucky day!!!!
Address: Shum Wan Pier Drive, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen, Hon
Directions: From MTR Hong Kong Station Exit D to Exchange Square bus terminus and take bus no. 70, walk dock for free boat ride to floating restaurant
Website: http://www.jumbokingdom.com
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jumbo floating restaurant: What A Treat
Favorite Dish: I picked fresh fish of the day. I sentenced it to death by pointing out I wanted the big fish..
( a grouper). Out of the fish, they made three dishes with it, one steam fish, debone at the table and taken to the kitchen to make soup. fish tails and head . I small fillet was cut out to make stir fry vegetables mix with the fishes....good meal, served six.
cheers Tommy x
Address: Shum Wan Pier Drive Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen
Directions: Aberdeen
Phone: Shum Wan Pier Drive Wong Chuk Ha
- Food and Dining
- Surfing
Jumbo Kingdom: Theme Park on the Sea
We saw this place on our tour it apparently is a well known tourist attraction.
When we were there it was under scaffolding, and it has apparently (according to the website) had a multi-million dollar refurbishment which transformed it into a theme park on the sea.
Favorite Dish: I don't think we actually ate here.
Address: Shum Wan Pier Drive, Wong Chuk Hang,Aberdeen
Directions: Aberdeen
Phone: (852) 2553-9111
Website: http://www.jumbo.com.hk/eng/main.php
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Jumbo Restaurant: Jumbo Restaurant Review
Before leaving for Hong Kong almost everyone we spoke to had insisted that we need to go to Jumbo Restaurant for dinner. Now you need to know if you are a foodie or not, and by foodie I mean if you like to go and try out new cuisines and also scary looking stuff. If Yes, then Jumbo Restaurant is recommended, if not then please avoid.
As I (nor my wife) are very adventurous with regards to food, we could have well avoided the Jumbo Restaurant, but given the recommendations we received we decided to give it a shot.
How to Get there: Jumbo Restaurant is in the Aberdeen Area and you can get there from central by cab or by Bus. You can take any bus which goes to Aberdeen (I think the number was 571 and you need to get off at the last stop). However I recommend you take a cab, as the Bus Drivers usually do not understand English and you will be clueless as to where to get off.
When you get off you will need to walk along the waterfront and take the complimentary ferry to the restaurant which is offered by the Restaurant. It will have a big and well lit signage clearly stating Jumbo Restaurant. There are some chargeable ferries which will also take you there and the owners will try to get you into one – but please avoid. Just walk along the waterfront (depending where your bus drops you off) until you get to the Jumbo Signage.
To read the complete review you can visit my Blog Site on the following link
Favorite Dish: Chicken Tikka
Address: Aberdeen
Directions: AberdeenAdd to your Trip Planner
Jumbo Floating Restaurant: Special
As they themselves say "A Must-Go Attraction"
I had seen the Jumbo already in 1987. Somehow coming back after 22 years it still looked the same: a spectacular big boat with lots of colorful decoration beneath all those highrise buildings in Aberdeen. In the past I had not been very interested to eat there. But now I was invited.
It is really a great experience. Wonderful to sit on the upperdeck in a warm fullmoon night. Food was nice and service was good.
Queen elisabeth ii has eaten here as also famous actress Gong Li and Tom Cruise
Favorite Dish: There are several restaurants and bars
Address: Shum Wan Pier Drive, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen
Directions: Aberdeen
Phone: (852) 2553-9111
Website: http://www.jumbo.com.hk/eng/main.php
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Jumbo: The Floating Restaurants in Aberdeen
Jumbo, The floating restaurant in Aberdeen harbor is the place to go. This restaurant has been in many of the Hong Kong films, especially the 007 films. It is in the harbor, so you take a boat to get to it. The reataurant is a floating Chinese wood carving exhibit. It is covered with hand carved dragons, really quite stunning. I can't think of a more impressive place in Hong Kong to take someone.
It also has English menus, and while you are there, go see the aquarium onboard. This is where your fish dinner will come from.
You can take a taxi from Central HK Island, or you can visit Victoria peak via the tram and catch a taxi from the top to Aberdeen for a picturesque ride to the restaurant.
Favorite Dish: Anything is good, but I like to take friends and clients to the afternoon dim sum. You can also pick out your own seafood from their aquarium.
Address: Aberdeen Harbour
Directions: Aberdeen HarbourRelated to:
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Jumbo Floating Restaurant: A Hong Kong iconic restaurant
This is one of the most filmed restaurants of Hong Kong - the Jumbo Floating Restaurant.
It is a double storey boat which serve typical seafoond and Cantonese style cooking on board. Most people come for the atmosphere rather than quality of the food.
Jumbo Floatig Restaurant is frequented mainly by tourists and locals bringing their overseas business clients or foreign visiting friends.
There is a small boat ferrying from the terminal to the floating restaurant. At night, it is more surreal with all the bright lights on the boat over the dark sea.
Address: Aberdeen
Directions: Aberdeen
Jumbo Floating Restaurant: Fancy and Expensive Seafood Resturant
Its a nice place for tourist. When you get there you arrive at the port where a small boat takes you to the the floating resturant. Warning! This place is very expensive, but the food is very good. A 10% service charge will be added to your bill, so there's no need to pay extra tips. Its a nice and quiet place for couples to enjoy their dinner. The lights and the decoration on the boat attracts me most, looks very nice when we went there at night. Be sure to bring your cameras to take some nice pictures.
Favorite Dish: We ordered a set dinner with 9 dishes. The shark fin soup, abalone, and the fish was the best out of the 9 dishes. The other ones are just crispy chicken and other veggies. Overall the meal was very expensive, the bill came out to 900 HK dollars per person. I do not recommend eating the set dinners, but if you crave for shark fin soup and abalone then the set dinner would be a better deal.
Address: Aberdeen
Directions: Shum Wan Pier Drive, Wong Chuk Hang,
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Opening Hrs: 11:00-23:30 Mon-Sat
0700-23:30 Sun & Public Holidays
Phone: (852) 2553-9111
Website: http://www.jumbo.com.hk/
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Jumbo Floating Restaurant: World's biggest
Jumbo Floating Restaurant is as much a tourist attraction as it is a restaurant. Since it opened in 1976 it has received more than 30 million visitors including Queen Elizabeth, Tom Cruise and Gong Li. It was opened by Dr Stanley Ho at an initial cost of HK$30 million, but has recently undergone a multi-million dollar renovation. It is the biggest floating restaurant in the world and can seat up to 2,300 diners.
Its main Dragon Court restaurant is on the first deck. It serves Cantonese cuisine. Personally, I found the food here overpriced and, by Hong Kong standards, mediocre.
I would say come and have a look at the place because it is one of Hong Kong's most famous tourist attractions, but don't expect it to be a fine dining experience.
A Deluxe Set Menu for 2 in the Dragon Court restaurant costs HK1,680.
There is a 10% service charge.
Opening Hours: 11:00-23:30 Mon-Sat, 0700-23:30 Sun & Public Holidays
Address: Shum Wan Pier Drive, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen
Directions: Aberdeen harbour. You can take the restaurant's own shuttle ferry there from the Shum Wan and Aberdeen shuttle ferry piers.
Phone: (852) 2553-9111
Website: http://www.jumbo.com.hk/
- Food and Dining
- Luxury Travel
- Business Travel
Jumbo Floating Restaurant: Worth a look, but no good for vegitarians
The menu is heavy populated with seafood and meat options, not good for a vegetarian. They did try but the two mushroom dishes provided lacked flavour and imagination. I was informed by carnivorous friends that the duck was quite good, but very over priced. Guess you pay for the view.
Favorite Dish: None, the wine was good, but way over priced.
Address: Aberdeen
Directions: AberdeenRelated to:
- Romantic Travel and Honeymoons
- Luxury Travel
Jumbo Floating Restaurant: It is huge!
Although we didnt get to eat here, I thought I would include it in my tips, as it would be magnificent to visit and enjoy!
The Jumbo Floating Restaurant is known as a tourist Icon in Hong Kong.
It was built in 1976 and recently has had a major facelift...It is known for its "6Star" food and caters mainly in seafood..It can accomodate 2,300 people and is one of the worlds largest floating restaurant..We were warned it was expensive...but I would like to eat there just for the experience...Next time!
Address: Aberdeen
Directions: Aberdeen
Website: http://www.jumbo.com.HK/
Jumbo Floating Restaurant: Multi-level Floating Restaurant
Fun, interesting place. Each level is like a different restaurant. Outdoor seating gives you a good view of the mini-harbor. And as you can see, this place is lit up like a Xmas tree. Food is pretty good too... fish was very fresh. Upstairs also provides lounge chair seating indoors. And make sure you catch the last junk to the restaurant! Seafood served Chinese style and other.
Favorite Dish: Pan fried fish (multiple types to select from).
Address: Aberdeen
Directions: Aberdeen
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- Food and Dining
Jumbo Floating Restaurant: Dont Spend Your Savings On This Touristtrap
This is a huge boat serving food faster than McDonalds can handover a hamburger.
I am NO kidding...
We took the most expensive tour with Spledid in Hong Kong and this socalled restaturant was going to be the hightlight of the trip. It was real trash and the worst meal we had ever in Hong Kong.
So dont spend your time or money on this place. And dont take any tours with splendid.
All they care about is your money and that you cant get a refund.
Favorite Dish: None.
Address: Aberdeen
Directions: AberdeenAdd to your Trip Planner
Jumbo Floating Restaurant: you dim sum you lose some
Yum cha, or drinking tea, is an essential part of Hong Kong cuisine, and a must for visitors. The yum cha concept means spending a lot of time drinking tea and eating snacks (dim sum, literally "touch the heart" in cantonese), and is a great socialising experience.
The Jumbo is nowadays a sight in itself, despite its brief history (about 30 years), and well worth a visit for the quintessential Hong Kong experience. The free boat ride from the pier to the restaurant adds to the experience. Also have a look at the very Chinese decorations in the restaurant, especially the mosaic on the wall between the first and second floors.
In Jumbo, you do not order the dim sum off a menu, but rather choose what you like from the trolleys that are pushed around the restaurant. That means you know what you get, but on the other hand, you may overeat!
The Jumbo is not a regular tourist trap, as it is popular with the locals and the price level decent.
Favorite Dish: Anything with sticky rice and the delicious shrimp dumplings.
Address: Shum Wan Pier Drive, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen
Directions: Aberdeen Harbour
Website: http://www.jumbo.com.hk/eng/main.php
- Food and Dining
- Arts and Culture
Jumbo Floating Restaurant: Try the Dim Sum
Located on Aberdeen Harbour about 15 minutes by bus from Wancai District is the Worlds largest floating Resaturant. There are two piers with signs saying Jumbo where you catch small wooden boats across Aberdeen Harbour to get to the restaurants,Around the harbour are women who say they will take you on their boats however they will take you around the harbour first.
We decided to go mid morning and try the Dim Sum, for our party of seven I have to say only two really enjoyed it the rest said they were pleased to have tried it but wouldnt do it again.
For those of you who do not know Dim Sum are various dishes which come round on a trolley and you pick from a menu which you would like to try, in each steaming basket are maybe three small pieces of Dim Sum to try.
Favorite Dish: We tried steamed shrimp and chinese spinach dumpling 18HKD, steamed rice noodle roll filled with bbq pork 20HKD and spring roll with shredded taro 18HKD, we all enjoyed the latter dish but there were mixed views about the other two. Some of the Dim Sum on the menu were different!!!! e.g steamed soft turnip with dried scallop, steamed rice with spare rib and chicken claw, steamed fried ox stomach with ginger and scallion and deep fried cows organs.
Our bill total including drinks was 377HKD.
Address: Aberdeen
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Phone: 852 2553 9111
Website: http://www.jumbo.com.hk
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Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmey Gorynych
|Dobrynya Nikitich and Dragon Gorynych
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Sergey Selyanov
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Ilya Maksimov
Maksim Sveshnikov
|Yekaterina Gorohovskaya
Sergey Makovetskiy
Valeriy Solovyov
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Dobrynya Nikitich and Dragon Gorynych (Russian: Добрыня Никитич и Змей Горыныч, Dobrynya Nikitich i Zmey Gorynych) is a Russian traditionally animated feature film directed by Ilya Maksimov, made by Melnitsa Animation Studio. It opened in Russia on March 15, 2006. It is the second film in Melnitsa's "3 bogatyrs" series (the first was Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey).
The film opened at #2 in the box office in Russia and the CIS, and grossed around $3,500,000.[1]
The plot is based on the mythology surrounding the title characters: Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmey Gorynych. The film contains many elements of parody and jokes about The Matrix, Star Wars, The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed, Seventeen Moments of Spring and other famous movies.
Prince Vladimir's niece, Zabava, is kidnapped. Dobrynya Nikitich and his young apprentice, Yelisey, go to find her, discovering betrayal and treachery where least expected.
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- Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmey Gorynych at the Internet Movie Database
- Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmey Gorynych at AllMovie
- Dobrynya Nikitich and Dragon Gorynych at the Animator.ru
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ALLEN PARK Ś Stephen Tulloch urges anyone who might be concerned about the Detroit Lionsĺ linebackers to come out and watch practice.
ôWe have experience Ś DeAndre (Levy) is back, Iĺm back and Iĺm healthy,ĺĺ the middle linebacker said Monday. ôAshlee Palmer has been around a long time and the young boys Ś Travis Lewis and Tahir Whitehead Ś are getting better each day. Weĺre fine, weĺre good. Our defense is getting better.ö
Make no mistake though, a healthy Tulloch will make a major difference for this group no matter who starts. He dealt with tendonitis in his knees last season.
ôLast year was very difficult, very difficult. One of the hardest years Iĺve had to deal with in my career, playing through injury,ĺĺ Tulloch said. ôIĺve put that behind me and I feel the best Iĺve felt in a long time. Iĺll tell you itĺs like night and day, glad to be back out here healthy.ĺĺ
When asked if he felt younger, he threw his hands up and said, ôIĺm 28, Iĺm young.ö
But Lewis has seen the difference in Tulloch and thinks heĺs acting younger.
ôHeĺs having more fun definitely, weĺre laughing a lot more in the meeting room, weĺre bonding out there on the field, weĺre rooting for each other,ĺĺ Lewis said. ôYou can really see that his play, heĺs young again Ś itĺs eight years in the league for him but heĺs out there and having fun.ĺĺ
Without a doubt, Tulloch is key to the linebackers. Heĺs their leader, their captain, their go-to guy. Heĺs been in this same defense for eight years, starting under Jim Schwartz when he was the defensive coordinator with the Tennessee Titans.
While Lewis and Whitehead are just second-year players who spent most of last season on special teams, itĺs a huge that they have Tulloch to lean on and learn from.
ôGood guy, great leader, heĺs been in the system a long time,ĺĺ Lewis said. ôHe knows what heĺs doing. Heĺs not afraid to help you out and lead you along the way.ö
Justin Durant is the missing piece from last season Ś the Lions chose to re-sign Levy instead.. His absence has created a competition between Palmer, Lewis and Whitehead for the starting role.
Itĺs a good opportunity for each of them and they know it.
Still, the competition is friendly.
ôWeĺre all good friends, we all love playing with each other, weĺre all rooting for each other,ĺĺ Lewis said. ôöThatĺs what makes the competition really good.ĺĺ
In the first four days of training camp, the three have been alternating working with the first team trying to earn that spot.
ôYou just go out there and take advantage every day,ĺĺ Lewis said. ôYou canĺt worry about the competition, you canĺt worry about getting the spot today, you have to go out there and build on every day. Everything else will take care of itself.ĺĺ
Lewis, a seventh-round pick out of Oklahoma in 2012, said it doesnĺt matter if heĺs on the field with the first team or the twos. Itĺs just as important to perform well and be consistent.
Apparently, Tullochĺs message is getting through.
He said he wants to see consistency from the younger guys.
ôLimit your mistakes, be where you have to be. We call it holding the rope Ś if one guy lets go of the rope we all fall apart,ĺĺ Tulloch said. ôYou have to hold your end of the rope and be consistent day in and day out. Not come in here and have a good day then a bad day.ĺĺ
Tulloch said last year, when the Lions went 4-12, left a bad taste in his mouth. He likes what he sees this year, specifically the addition of veterans like safety Glover Quin and running back Reggie Bush.
ôThis team is a playoff team,ĺĺ Tulloch said. ôYou guys are out here today, you see whatĺs going on. Weĺve just got to put it together, we had distractions last year. We got rid of some players who were dragging us down and weĺve got players who want to win and understand what it takes to win.ĺĺ
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TREASURER Wayne Swan has responded to criticism of one of Australia's most controversial and complex taxes by proving the price of Weet-Bix has not risen overnight.
Speaking at Woolworths Nundah - opposite his north Brisbane electorate office - yesterday, Mr Swan said fears the tax would send the cost of groceries soaring had been exposed as "lies". And he had the shopping bags to prove it.
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On Friday evening, Mr Swan visited the supermarket and bought 11 items at a cost of $35.30. Yesterday morning, he bought the same items for $35.10.
His shopping included Weet-Bix, which Opposition Leader Tony Abbott claimed would cost more under the tax.
He also bought a $20 lamb roast, in addition to the 11 items, which Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce has claimed would cost more than $100 under the tax.
Mr Swan said Sunday was the day "that Tony Abbott is going to get mugged by the truth".
Brandishing a box of Weet-Bix and the lamb roast, Mr Swan said: "Does anyone seriously think this (lamb) is going to go to $100 any time in the next month, two months, three months? Or that the price of Weet-Bix is going to double?
"Yes (the carbon tax), will have a modest impact on prices overall, but all of the scaremongering from Mr Abbott and the Liberals is disproved here by the items we're looking at."
Mr Swan said the average cost rise would be 0.7 per cent, with many households receiving financial assistance to cover the increase.
Mr Abbott has said the "price of everything" will go up under the tax and has pledged to repeal it, if elected, saying it was based on a "lie".
Hendra mother-of-two Sue Pearson said for many people the prospect of a new tax was "completely terrifying" but was not expecting to see a significant rise in her grocery bill.
"I'm not incredibly opposed to it (the tax), but I think the people that are creating the largest environmental problems should be paying the most for it," she said.
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tc_id Posted at 1:45 AM July 02, 2012
Shame Wayne didn't visit the supermarkets a month ago, when the prices were lower generally than they are now, reckon it's already factored in and they're all in for the chop to make money out of any hot air that rises
Thomas Cleary of Australia Posted at 1:44 AM July 02, 2012
I checked out the carbon tax rally today. Did they only advertise it in the senior citizen papers?
Marty of Frasercoast Posted at 1:37 AM July 02, 2012
Since when did CO2 become pollution. Labor just keeps on lying.


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Happy 100th Day, Mr. President! Arlen Specter's defection from the GOP to the Democratic Party is the best gift Obama could ask for today, the eve of his 100-day milestone (he called Specter almost immediately after hearing the news, and told the new recruit he was "thrilled" to have him). But the political world is just beginning to wrap its head around the deeper significance of the Great Specter Switch of 2009. Will the Democratic agenda get that much easier to push through the Senate, or only slightly, or not at all? Does this signal the death knell of the Republican Party, dooming it to become even more conservative and regional than it is now, or does this reflect nothing more than a single senator preserving his self-interest in the face of certain primary defeat? Or both?
• Jonathan Cohn thinks Specter's switch could be felt outside the Senate as well. If you're a Republican voter, you may start to wonder if the party has "become too extreme for you, as well." [Plank/New Republic]
• Craig Crawford predicts that Specter's switch "could well be a tipping point toward Republicans becoming a regional party. Its base in the South could be all that's left for now." [Trail Mix/CQ Politics]
• Carol Platt Liebau contends that "nothing the Republicans are doing today is any more conservative (or in MSM-speak, 'extreme') than the Reagan platform in 1980." Specter has simply decided to "go where the line is shortest. There is no real competition for the Democratic nomination back to the Senate; on the Republican side, he was running 21 points behind Pat Toomey." [Town Hall]
• Michael Tomasky wouldn't be shocked if Maine's two moderate senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, who are likely feeling "more isolated inside their increasingly rightwing and increasingly regional caucus," decide to follow Specter's lead. Whether or not they do, "the Republican party continues to shrink into the tea-party party. I hope they have fun with that." [Guardian UK]
• Markos Moulitsas also speculates that this "could perhaps put pressure on the Maine Republicans to consider following suit, especially Olympia Snowe who may not want to remain a forgotten member of a deep and long-lasting Southern-based minority." [Daily Kos]
• Christopher Orr says the "primary significance" of the defection is that it "represents another data point — and a big one — in the decline of the GOP as a national party." [Plank/New Republic]
• Jay Nordlinger says Specter's claims about the party moving too far to the right are "not to be taken seriously." He simply "thought he was going to lose." [Corner/National Review]
• Jim Geraghty wonders how Democrats "feel about a guy who's been a Republican, with a lifetime ACU rating in the mid-40s, representing you?" [Campaign Spot/National Review]
• Greg Sargent says that labor is now in an "awkward position," because Specter still doesn't support the Employee Free Choice Act. They still expect that Specter's switch "virtually guarantees that EFCA will pass in some form this year. But no one knows what it'll look like." [Plum Line/Who Runs Gov]
• Steve Benen writes that while "Specter's switch will not mean that the majority will be able to necessarily block all efforts at Republican obstructionism," his "vote just got considerably more reliable than it was, say, yesterday." [Political Animal/Washington Monthly]
• Chris Good points out that while Specter "has a new party label, he's not that into party labels. And while he'll eat lunch with the Democrats every Tuesday, across the hall from his old party colleagues, he still represents a moderate faction of senators that will form the crux of many legislative negotiations in the upper chamber." While Democrats "could influence his thinking," Specter "may prove both as troublesome — and, alternately, as friendly — to both parties as he was yesterday." [Atlantic]
• Eric Kleefeld examines the demographic trends in Pennsylvania, and concludes that Specter's "choices other than retirement were to run as a Republican and probably lose the primary, run as an independent and face some serious structural disadvantages, or to take a chance on going over to the Democrats. And given those sets of probabilities, switching to the Dems became the obvious choice." [TPM DC]
• Josh Marshall wonders what, if anything, Democrats offered Specter. [TPM]
• Matt Yglesias points out that Specter "was exactly what he claimed to be — a Republican who was less conservative than many other Republicans." Despite his moderate credentials, he was still further to the right than four other Republican senators, which means "even if Specter were to reposition himself as the most conservative member of the Democratic Party he'd still have to become more left-wing than he's been." [Think Progress]
• Ta-Nehisi Coates asks, "Can the Palin\Limbaugh wing continuing [sic] to dominate like this?" [Atlantic]
• Megan McArdle doesn't think this is "a good sign for the future of the Republican party," but recalls that Jim Jeffords, who once tilted the balance of the Senate when he switched from being a Republican to an independent, didn't turn out to be such a "savvy political prognosticator." [Atlantic]
• Michelle Malkin tells Specter, "Don't let the door hit you on the way out." [Michelle Malkin]
• Matt Welch believes that by tying his switch to the stimulus vote, "Specter reinforces whatever notion there is that stimuli and bailouts are Democratic, not Republican, pet toys," which may "come back to haunt Democrats when those policies (inevitably, I think) become so derided that even Barack Obama's impressive popularity can't rescue them." [Hit & Run/Reason]
• Paul Krugman is struck by "the extent to which this is a self-inflicted wound. If Pat Toomey of the Club for Growth weren't so diligent about enforcing supply-side purity; if Republicans hadn't made Rush Limbaugh the effective head of the party; Specter might still be GOP, and the Obama agenda much more limited." [Conscience of a Liberal/NYT]
• Eric Trager agrees, noting that "Republicans do not help their prospects by rejecting a figure from their own party who has long represented state-wide political consensus. Granted, a left-wing Republican might not serve many Republicans' policy priorities effectively - but neither will representation by two Senate Democrats." [Contentions/Commentary]
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Indeed it is, but it's such a pity that those wonderful CS lenses can't be used in isolation from the focal plane shutter.Doug Peterson has suggested that the new Phamiya replacement camera for the DF will probably allow leaf shutter lenses to be used in this way. This is as it should be. More power to their elbow!
When I got my P45+ I too was told about marvelous camera abilities I would be able to see in the future.
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Or one could use a leaf shutter system at any speed.
Interesting - I've not seen this mentioned before.Obviously in many scenarios the shutter speed is a result of a desire to shoot at base ISO (often low in MF) and optimum lens aperture (typically around the f/8 mark), which means even with lots of light, you're going to end up with a slow shutter speed. Even "sunny 16" with an IQ180 and f/8 is only 1/140th of a second.But surely there are scenarios where it's preferable to compromise a bit on ideal ISO and aperture in order to get the shot with MF, rather than using an alternative format?Would you mind explaining the rationale behind your statement?Kind regards,Gerald.
Which MF camera would that be?
Yes, this imaginary camera will be soooooo good. Imagination is always better than reality. Will Doug go on the record with features and a release date? No? How strange.Edmund
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Hi,I am with Keith (?) here. I feel that DSLRs are better at high ISO than MFD and I tend to shoot minimum ISO also my DSLRs. For me, MFDB is on tripod, careful manual focus, minimum ISO, medium aperture, MLU and cable release. Otherwise DSLR. But, I rather use DSLR on tripod, manual focus (LV at 11X), minimum ISO, medium aperture, MLU and self timer/cable release.Under those ideal conditions the MFD system gives sharper images. Better images? That is another discussion, but I obviously think MFD has it merits, else I would not use it.Best regardsErik
I'd rate the IQ180 in a totally different league to any of the Canons I've used (7D, 5D II, 5D III, 1D4, 1Dx), even at ISO100.As an example comparison, the pixel pitch on the IQ180 is pretty close to that of the 1DIV. So for a given focal length, if you need to stop any "action", or compensate for any possible movement or vibration of the camera, you're going to need the same shutter speed on both. I've recently shot with both IQ180 and 1Dx from a helicopter. There is simply no comparison whatsoever between the two. The IQ180 blows the 1Dx out of the water (or I guess, sky, in this case). Obviously you need good light, but when if it's possible to pull the shot off with the IQ180, I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone - given the choice - would use a DSLR."MF and high shutter speeds don't mix well" is not the case in my (admittedly, limited) experience.Kind regards,Gerald.
Hi,I see your point.Just adding that I have a P45+ on a Hasselblad 555ELD, the IQ180 on a technical camera would have a larger advantage. My exposures times seem to vary widely in the 1/4 - 1/250 s range, so I am shooting in a region where mirror and shutter flap may be a problem. The Hasselblad is central shutter, but I have seen shutter induced vibration on my Pentax 67, so I know it can be a problem. Main main DSLR right now is the Sony Alpha 99.Best regardsErik
Main reason why I let my own 67ll go after about a year; it was beautiful to hold and look at, but even with MU the shutter was the killer. I loved the way it handled Velvia... something about a big Kodak lightbox and transparencies can never be matched on a hot-damned monitor. Just so tactile-looking under one's Schneider lupe! Downsides? Always used a tripod with the Pentax. It was why I bought it: hoped for best conditions results for stock...Rob C
Hi,I replaced my Manfrotto C55 with a Velbon Sherpa Pro and that did help a lot. So tripod matters, obviously.I have a 67 projector, from Götschman, glorios images. Perhaps I should get a film magazine for the Hassy and shoot some film.Best regardsErik
What the cost of switching to MF digital will be would buy an awful lot of scans. I've yet to see any digital look as nice as Portra film scanned.If I did not have to shoot to pay the bills, my digital stuff would be on ebay and I would be happy to be off the camera/computer merry-go-round.Imagine just having one camera to last you a lifetime, one enlarger to last a lifetime.Stick with the film you know, life will be so much simpler.
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The radio news intern will contribute to our local radio news programming by writing compelling and engaging 45-second news wraps and/or long-format (3 to 4 minute) feature stories. The intern will come up with story ideas, set up and conduct interviews, and write and put together air-ready final products. Successful applicants will have taken at least one newswriting class and be an energetic self-starter who takes initiative. Familiarity with the NPR style of news reporting a plus.
Contact Emily Reddy [email@example.com] to apply.
WPSU-FM Endowed News Internship
Availability: Spring 2016
WPSU-FM News is looking for a sharp, enthusiastic student journalist to join the radio newsroom for a paid internship position. The intern will take part in all aspects of news reporting at WPSU. He/she will receive story assignments, report them out in the field or from the station, and file for air and web. The intern will also pitch ideas, shoot photographs, transcribe tape, gather materials for the website, and provide research, production, and editing assistance.
The internship is open to current Penn State journalism/communications graduate and undergraduate students. Broadcast experience is not a requirement, but applicants should have some journalism experience. Members of the WKPS student radio station are encouraged to apply.
The application deadline for the spring semester is November 20, 2015. The position is 10 hours per week for 14 weeks and pays $9.25 per hour.
Contact Emily Reddy [firstname.lastname@example.com] for more information.
Front-end Web Design/Development Internship
Availability: Summer 2016 / Fall 2016 / Spring 2017
Contact Robert Kistner [firstname.lastname@example.com] to apply.
Project Development
Project Development Graduate Assistantship
Availability: Spring 2016/Fall 2016/Spring 2017
This graduate assistantship is primarily a research position for graduate students who plan to pursue careers related to one of the following areas: nonprofits, media management, marketing strategy, or graduate studies. The assistantship will provide a stipend as well as grant-in-aid for resident tuition. Project development provides the first step before an online or broadcast media project can be green-lighted. The graduate assistant will help research and analyze elements of media projects. Areas of research include current topics, project viability, competitive information, audiences, corporate and foundation funders, Penn State and community partners, and outreach and distribution strategies. The graduate assistant will gather, organize, and analyze information; develop files/lists/spreadsheets of contacts and resources; and write brief summaries.
The ideal candidate is an excellent writer and communicator; reliable and proactive; and detail-oriented with superb analytical skills. The candidate must be familiar with social media, online research, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. View these project examples.
Send résumé, cover letter, and a writing example that required research to Elaine Brzycki [email@example.com] to apply.


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The Walking Dead Game of the Year Edition launches
The Walking Dead is one of the most popular shows on TV. With the huge popularity of the television show and comic books, it was no surprise then Telltale Games launched a video game based on the franchise. That game proved to be very popular selling a million copies as of May 2013.