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"I Reject Your Reality…"
posted at 8:29 pm on November 12, 2009 by Dafydd ab Hugh
"…And substitute my own!"
So reads a t-shirt often worn by Adam Savage, one of the two original starts of the Discovery Channel's series Mythbusters, which I have slavishly watched since the very first episode (I think that was the episode where they busted the myth of the rocket-propelled car launching into the air).
The tee commemorates a pithy summary Adam Savage delivered on the show, I can even remember whether he meant it optimistically or sarcastically: "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" I remember Adam saying that, but I can't recall now what precipitated the remark. But after today, I suggest he send his wonderful t-shirt to another fellow who now has a greater claim to it: President Barack H. Obama.
Take a look and tell me I'm exaggerating:
President Barack Obama rejected the Afghanistan war options before him and asked for revisions, his defense secretary said Thursday, after the U.S. ambassador in Kabul argued that a significant U.S. troop increase would only prop up a weak, corruption-tainted government.
"I'm not happy with the options reality has offered me; I demand you produce new fantasy options more to my liking!"
Let's take an Eikenberry detour. Yes indeed, he was once a military commander in Afghanistan; but he's not the commander now, and he hasn't been for well over two years — during which time the situation has changed dramatically. Note that he also left before Gen. David Petraeus achieved such a thorough and remarkable victory in Iraq using a very similar strategy.
In 2007, as the Iraq COIN was picking up, Eikenberry was named Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, and NATO was not officially involved in the Iraq War (as they are in Afghanistan). Thus I see no evidence that Eikenberry has spent any significant time studying the Iraq COIN — or even talking to David Petraeus, who, as Commander of CENTCOM, is now McChrystal's boss.
Nor was Ambassador Eikenberry a COIN specialist when he wore a uniform instead of a suit. So why should his advice trump McChrystal's in the Obamacle's mind? (Except for the obvious explanation: Because what Eikenberry says, by happenstance or design, precisely matches what Obama wants to hear.)
Eikenberry's argument for why we should abandon Afghanistan is not exactly subtle; I think it boils down to the peculiar idea that the purpose of a counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy is to "prop-up" the existing government, whatever it may be; therefore, since we don't like the fellow that Afghan voters elected, Hamid Karzai, we shouldn't prop it up by implementing a COIN strategy. Instead, we should focus on "training" the indiginous Afghan troops.
Most others experts on the subject I've read — I'm certainly not an expert, so I must rely on others, such as Fred Kagen or David Petraeus — seem to believe the purpose of COIN is to improve civilian security throughout the country, thus to enlist civilian support for the war effort against the insurgents and deny the latter the chaos and collapse they need to seize the government.
It needn't incorporate any support for the specific civilian government at all, just for the concept of democratic voting. All we need from Karzai is that he not interfere with Afghan troops' participation in COIN-related joint patrols and operations… which is, incidentally, exactly how we go about training the local forces, both military and tribal militia, in the first place. No joint ops — no training.
Here is the Eikenberry thesis on display:
Obama's ambassador, Karl Eikenberry, who is also a former commander in Afghanistan, twice in the last week voiced strong dissent against sending large numbers of new forces, according to an administration official. That puts him at odds with the current war commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who is seeking thousands more troops.
Eikenberry's misgivings, expressed in classified cables to Washington, highlight administration concerns that bolstering the American presence in Afghanistan could make the country more reliant on the U.S., not less. He expressed his objections just ahead of Obama's latest war meeting Wednesday.
But there is an even more disturbing possibility: If AP is accurately recounting Eikenberry's objections (and I don't know that to be the case), then he, too, believes that Gen. Stanley McChrystal's recommendations consist of nothing but "send 40,000 more troops" — rather than "implement a COIN strategy, then decide how many troops we need." (McChrystal adds, "Psst… it turns out to be about 40,000 more than we have right now"). This would put the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan in the same conceptual box as the elite news media.
It's hard to swallow the contention that a former lieutenant general (that's a 3-banger) in the United States Army would be blissfully unaware of what counterinsurgency strategy is, and how it differs from a counter-terrorism strategy… where we "fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt". I hope that's not the problem. But if not, then what makes Eikenberry think he's more fit to opine on Afghanistan than the general that Barack Obama himself hand-picked to do just that? (And who is, as I understand it, an expert on COIN strategy.)
(There is a third, even more disturbing possibility: That Eikenberry knows very well that McChrystal is right, that a COIN strategy is the only one that leads to victory; but the ambassador believes that victory is the last thing Obama wants. In that case, Eikenberry may be quietly conspiring to lose the war, either to give Obama's leftist supporters the terrible American defeat they demand, or to deny President Bush the victory he earned. Or both. I certainly hope this is not what's going through Eikenberry's mind!)
But back to the One, who is ultimately calling the shots here. His philosophy of "I reject your reality and substitute my own" is, in fact, the standard modus vivendi of liberalism. As in:
- "I reject the reality that one must work hard, or at least smart, to live well; I substitute the reality where I can sit around and smoke pot all day but still receive a national income (big enough to pay for my dope)."
- "I reject the reality that says the best remedy for bad speech is more good speech; I substitute the reality where we can simply outlaw or ban bad speech, and then all that will be left is good speech."
- "I reject the reality that increasing health-insurance demand (via mandate) while decreasing supply (by driving companies out of business) will result in much more expensive insurance; I substitute the reality where a complete government takeover will lower costs, improve care, and expand the pool of those covered."
- "I reject the reality that we need cheap energy; I substitute the reality where we can tax the hell out of it, raise energy costs through the roof (as Obama himself gleefully predicted), declare more and more energy sources off-limits, and therefore make America stronger and more prosperous."
- "I reject the reality that doubling taxation of the average Joe will leave him with less money to spend; I substitute the reality where doubling taxation results in an explosion of new economic growth, causing the economy to take off like a rocket."
- "I reject the reality that Israel needs the ability to defend itself, or it will be destroyed; I substitute the reality where, if Israel will only give the Palestinians everything they want, while demanding nothing in return, the latter will be so grateful they will become fast friends with the Jewish state." (Alternatively: "I reject the reality that Jews should be allowed to have a state; I substitute the reality where Jews are so uniquely evil that they are the only "race" who should be barely-tolerated strangers wherever they live.")
To the liberal, reality is infinitely malleable: If you don't like it, just hold your breath, close your eyes, strain really hard, and intensely visualize the new reality. When you open your eyes and gasp in a lungful, the new reality will miraculously have been subbed in!
This seems to work in some environments but not others. It works great in Hollywood; and it works reasonably well in two-party politics — averaging out to being successful about half the time. However, it doesn't seem to work much at all in warfare, where the default reality has a depressing way of contradicting the happy-facers, rudely and abruptly.
Alas, even that catastrophe could play into the hand of Barack Obama and his incompetocracy; after bargaining down the number of troops we need — and implementing Slow Joe Biden's counter-terrorism strategy, rather than a COIN strategy — we might be handed a signal, Vietnam-style defeat. Then B.O. could declare:
- "Clearly this means the war was unwinnable from the beginning, and my predecessor should never have invaded Afghanistan in the first place."
- "I gave the policy of the previous administration every opportunity; I even sent more troops — not once, but twice! It's time to admit that the whole adventure was a terrible miscalculation, pull out, accept that defeat was inevitable, and MoveOn."
"Now the whole country understands why I have embarked upon a new era of Strategic Reassurance, talking to our enemies without preconditions, instead of the "cowboy militarism" of the Republican Party.
"We're going to redouble our efforts to talk Iran and North Korea into doing what's best for America, rather than what's best for themselves. I know we've tried it again and again, and it's never worked yet; but by the Law of Averages, that means we're due to hit the jackpot really soon now!"
In the long run, I don't think a strategy of denying reality is a military winner; and a long-run strategy of hoping for American defeat will not be a political winner in 2010 or 2012. But as John Maynard Keynes is reputed to have said, "In the long run, we're all dead."
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|SE Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2014
|nice off trail climb along with Paiute
|Posted May 5, 2016 4:15 pm
|With Pauite
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2015
|Traverse to Pauite
|Posted Aug 17, 2015 8:26 pm
|Beautiful hike!
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2015
|Lots of wildflowers, pikas, and marmots.
|Posted Jul 21, 2015 9:58 pm
|Super Windy Day
|Nice summit hike from the Brainard Lake area. This particular day was extremely windy, so it wasn't exactly ideal conditions. Still a beautiful trek tho.
|Posted Dec 14, 2014 5:32 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2014
|w/ G. Neely, E. Neely, C. Treiber, and L. Novais; Blitzed up and down the last section with Gabe to beat the storms. Fun day in the sun with great friends.
|Posted Sep 7, 2014 11:58 am
|Via SE ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2014
|The 3rd class is easy and short. The ridge is long and fun. Gaining the ridge was a talus scramble. I went around Mitchell Lake to the left, wandered through the forest to gain the white rubble field, then angled right to reach the lower/mid shoulder of the ridge. Loose, but doable.
|Posted Jul 26, 2014 9:42 am
Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2004
|Gorgeous fall hike and a lovely run in with a Newf!
|Posted Jul 19, 2014 9:19 pm
|Audubon to Paiute to Toll traverse
|Posted Nov 1, 2013 8:08 am
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2013
|Hiked up from Brainard Lake. Started around 6:00am and summited about 9:00am and after being knocked down twice by wind on the descent to the saddle with Paiute I decided to bail on any further peaks for the day and was back home around 1:30pm. First Indian Peak summit since moving to Westminster from Colorado Springs back in October. Amazing place - I will be back for more!
|Posted Jul 18, 2013 10:51 pm
|Mt Audubon- #34
Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2013
|Took the day off work and enjoyed climbing with rkymtn for our 9th wedding anniversary. Amazing views.
|Posted Jul 7, 2013 6:29 pm
|Snidely Whiplash
|Warm-up Hike
Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2013
|Had just arrived in Colorado the day before, so proud to make it over 13,000 feet on the first day. A good conditioner. Beautiful area.
|Posted Jul 6, 2013 8:52 pm
|Nice hike
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2013
|Made it up pretty fast. Awesome views. My emergency decent from Paiute was when it got really interesting
|Posted Jul 3, 2013 11:48 am
|Brainard Lake
Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2013
|A great day to spend with my wife on our 9th wedding anniversary. The road to Mitchell Lake TH was closed, so we hiked from the Brainard Lake parking area and added around two miles to the trip. It was fairly windy, but tolerable at the summit. It would have been rough in colder conditions. Being that it was in the mid 90's in town, we weren't anywhere near freezing up top. It was really clear and the views were fantastic. Awesome day!
|Posted Jun 26, 2013 11:05 pm
|Prep for Whitney
Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2012
|with LeeAnne, getting her ready for Whitney.
|Posted Dec 3, 2012 10:35 pm
|First mountain this year
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010
|I hiked it with my friends, very mild nice early summer hike.
|Posted Oct 22, 2012 5:07 pm
Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2012
|I almost decided to turn around a few times because the winds were so high (almost 70 mph according to someone taking measurements). I reached the summit in the late afternoon with my dog, and the views were great. Passed a family with a baby while I was headed back down...hope they decided to turn back for the kid's sake.
|Posted Oct 22, 2012 12:09 pm
|Windy, windy, windy, but beautiful
Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2012
|I hiked from Mitchell Lake Trailhead/Beaver Creek Trailhead to the summit of Mt. Audubon. Passed a few people that summited on the way up, but most out that day decided to turn around. The slope from the saddle to the summit was snowy, in some cases knee deep between rocks, and icy - glad I had ski poles (some hikers actually had ice axes). Sustained winds of 47mph up top with gusts of 67mph - wind chill putting temps down into 10s. Beautiful view!
|Posted Oct 20, 2012 9:47 pm
|Bill Reed
|A great day for it....
Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2012
|in spite of a biting, cold wind above treeline. Hiked the standard trail. Encountered very few folks on a Wednesday in September. Impressive size and number of rock shelters on the summit!
|Posted Sep 20, 2012 9:52 am
|Boriss Andean
|Mount Audubon and Mount Naudubon
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2012
|Climbed Mount Audubon from Brainard Lake Trailhead. Awesome views of Longs Peak, Meeker and Pagoda from the trail, as well of Paiute, Toll, Pawnee and Navajo Peaks from the summit.
I hit Naudubon "Notabon" (12,706 ft / 3,873 mt) on the way back to the trailhead since it was right there.
|Posted Aug 28, 2012 2:02 am
|Sarah Simon
|Standard route from Brainard Lake
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2012
|Got a late start so only got this one peak in, but the weather held beautifully. Many very friendly folks on this peak!
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I just replaced the Bank 1, Sensor 1 (Front) on my car. Attached is the picture of how it looked after taking it out at 105K - pretty dark!
Though I was successful changing the front sensor I couldn't get to the rear one - Bank 2, Sensor 1. The oxygen sensor was inaccessible due the sensor cover on top. It's a metal plate that is held by two screws which are pointing downward and are difficult to access. I thought I might be able to get to them from underneath the car so put her up on ramps and tried for about an hour but with no luck. I could see the screws from underneath but still couldn't make out how to reach them as the space isn't enough for a wrench to get there.
Anybody has any insight on it as to what would be the best way to get them out. Without removing that sensor cover plate it's not possible to remove the sensor. I was disappointed to put back everything without replacing the other sensor and that too just coz of those 2 darn screws!
How does BMW expects someone to replace them?
Any help appreciated!
IIRC, I did most of the work from underneath the car. It's really tight, but it's possible to twist one arm through the front suspension to loosen the bolts that hold the cover.
By "through the front suspension" do you mean I will have to remove the splash cover and the front passenger side wheel to access it?
I also have an '07 3.0si and have a SES light on. My code reader says that the bank 2 sensor is the problem. I see the metal shield that covers the back 3 sensors but I think you can still remove the sensor without removing the cover. Has anyone else done this and if so, did you have to remove the cover?
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1. Take out the "snorkel" in the front. You need to remove this so that you can get the plastic cover off the engine. The cover is removed with 4 5mm hex screws.
2. I used a crows-foot type O2 sensor tool. As a result I was forced to move the metal plate in front of the sensor.
3. Once you have the cover removed, follow the sensor wire back from the sensor to the connector. Once you find which connector goes to the bank 2 sensor, disconnect it as it has to be disconnected before you tackle the sensor.
4. There are two E-torx screws holding on the metal plate. The one on the right isn't too hard to get to except that one of the high-pressure A/C lines is in the way. Nevertheless, the screw on the right isn't too bad to remove. It's a slow process but I benefitted from using a new tool I got at Harbor Freight last week. It's called a "sidewinder ratchet". It works like a normal ratchet but it also has a T on the end of the handle. Once you get the screw loosened, you can turn the "T" and it turns the screw without having to move the handle. Very clever and useful in situations where movement is limited.
5. The screw on the left side is almost hidden from the top. If you remove the cowling that includes the cabin air filter, you can see it (barely) but I found the best way to get to it was by feel bringing the ratchet in from the right, parallel to the plate. I loosened it with the sidewinder and only loosened it half way out. The reason I didn't completely remove it is that I was afraid that I would have trouble lining up and starting the screws since you can't really see anything down there.
6. By loosening the left screw, you can move the plate just enough to attache the O2 sensor tool. I also attached a universal adapter and about 15" of extensions. You can't get a straight shot at the O2 sensor to loosen it. You pretty much have to use the universal.
7. Once you loosen the O2 sensor, you can twist out the sensor by hand but it helps to twist the chord at the same time in the same direction as the sensor comes out.
8. Everything goes back in the opposite of the removal methods. I was glad I left the left screw semi-attached as I used my sidewinder to screw it in the rest of the way. The right hand screw had to be started by feel only but with the left side already in it made it much easier to line up.
FYI, I tried to get to the screws and sensor from below with my car on jackstands. There was no way I could reach far enough from the opening below so I quickly realized that the only way to do it was from above. I reset my SES light with the Bavarian Technic cable and the light hasn't returned since. I hope this helps anyone else who wants to give it a go.
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The Cameron School of Business will host its Annual Alumni Week on March 11-16. All CSB graduates and students are invited to join in the activities for the week, including alumni class visits, a keynote speaker and luncheon, and speed networking.
During Alumni Week, CSB graduates have the opportunity to give back and enhance the current business student experience by sharing lessons and knowledge of their professional careers. Twenty-four alumni will speak to current undergraduate and graduate students in classes ranging from finance and economics to marketing and management. They will speak about their career experience and business concepts for the class.
Also, alumnus Joseph "Skip" Courtney '73 will present the keynote address during a luncheon at noon on March 13 in Ahern Room, Crooker Center. He will speak about his background and what attracted him to UST, honing interview skills, and how students can use values learned at St. Thomas in the workplace.
"I come from an Irish-Catholic family, and a liberal arts education was essential to being a well-rounded person," he said. "St. Thomas offers a broad-based education which really set the stage for my career."
Courtney, the chief operating officer at Hospitalists Now, Inc. in Austin, Texas, which develops software that provides physicians with real time financial and clinical information. Courtney, with Hospitalists Now since 2010, helped grow the business from four to 22 hospitals and the company value from $11 million to $25 million in three years. He previously was on the CSB advisory board and said his time at UST helped him form lasting relationships and laid the foundation for his future.
"The college years are so critical," he said. "One's influences on life are rooted, and you begin your life. Some of my closest friends are from St. Thomas, and I still keep in touch with Dr. Barry Wilbratte. I would do anything I could for St. Thomas, and I enjoy sharing the benefits I derived from UST with students."
The other featured event of the week is "Speed Networking" from 6-8 p.m. on March 14 in Ahern Room, Crooker Center. CSB and the Association of Latino Professionals for Finance and Accounting Speed Networking are hosting the event. Alumni will listen to the CSB students' elevator pitches and give supportive critique feedback. This is a rare opportunity for students to practice pitching to experienced professionals and receive an insightful critique. Students should RSVP to www.stthom.edu/csbspeednetworking.
Alumni still interested in participating should RSVP today.
For more information on the week and to find out if one of your classes will have a CSB alumni, contact Sue Klein at firstname.lastname@example.com or 713-525-3115.
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Rochester Police Benevolent Association ready to start fundraising
By JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent | October 30. 2013 6:54PM
The Rochester Police Benevolent Association (RPBA), which was originally formed in 1953 and dissolved in 2001, was reestablished this year to continue its two-fold mission to support current and former members of the city's police department and the community as a whole, according to Detective Steven Gahan, who serves as president.
"We are still in the infancy of restarting the organization, so help and support have been limited," Gahan said, adding the association hopes to raise $5,000 in the fundraiser, which is set to begin Friday and run through mid-March.
Gahan said the association plans to use the funds to provide gifts for retiring officers, and flowers and cards for births or deaths.
Gahan stressed that the fundraiser is legitimate, but any residents and business owners who are concerned about potential scams are encouraged to contact Gahan, Vice President Michael Mundy or Treasurer Nicole Rodler at the Rochester Police Department at 330-7128.
Additionally — as part of an auction at the game — residents will be have a chance to skate, win other autographed items and take part in the fun, according to the release.
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This year, the University of St. Thomas will award about $104,000 in scholarships to Hispanic and low-income students who are pursuing an online Master of Education degree in educational leadership or special education. Individual scholarships are available up to $5,000 a year based on financial need.
The Online MEd Program was developed through a $2.8 million Title V Grant to implement programs to achieve parity among Hispanic graduate students and other underrepresented groups in retention and graduation rates.
Yvonne Oliveira is a special education teacher who has been studying in the UST MEd program since summer 2010. She takes classes in a hybrid way, taking one face-to-face class and one online class each semester. She said she prefers the face-to-face classes, but the online classes are convenient for her schedule.
"I enjoyed it because you can complete coursework at your own pace," Oliveira said. "I didn't feel like I was rushed. I could do a little bit at a time and log in whenever I wanted."
Dr. Rita Coombs Richardson, assistant professor of education and director of curriculum for Title V Master's Program, developed the online program, which will also include an online bilingual education track in fall 2012.
Some online programs send students a CD with recorded lectures, but Coombs Richardson said St. Thomas personalizes the online learning experience with as much interpersonal interaction as possible.
"Before I get started, I ask the students to send me a picture for an online album and tell me something about themselves," she said. "It's very important for the instructor to be part of the class with the students. I email them, and I Skype video chat with them so we see each other."
Coombs Richardson said the online classes are as engaging as classroom courses. "The students have to be active learners," she said. "They can't just sit back and listen to a lecture anymore."
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Regardless of achievements, Danny Clapton has a place in the club's history.
He and his brother, Denis, were only the third, and most recent, brothers to appear on the pitch at the same time for Arsenal. The fixture was a 1-1 draw at Blackpool in November 1960 but signalled the end of Denis' Gunners career. Danny went on to make 225 appearances.
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Originally a Billingsgate market porter, Clapton became a professional after writing to Tom Whittaker requesting a trial. He clearly impressed and was drafted in to the junior ranks to develop his game.
Within 18 months and aged just 20, the right- winger made his league bow in the 1954 Christmas Day fixture with Chelsea. Blistering pace gave Clapton the upper hand on many a full-back and, packing a mesmerising body-swerve, his surges to the byline soon made him a firm favourite with the fans.
At his most dazzling, Clapton could torment the most seasoned of opponents, as an abrasive Tommy Burns found out one September in 1958. The 6-1 thrashing of Bolton Wanderers is widely regarded as Clapton's finest display in an Arsenal shirt and two months later he earned his solitary England cap, against Wales at Villa Park.
A lack of goals was one oft-criticised aspect of the Arsenal man's play, but for a player that so often created chances for others, it was never supposed to be the focal point of his play.
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Division of Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Laurie Foos
Professional Title: M.F.A. Creative Writing Faculty
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise: Fiction
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught: Distance-Learning Courses:· Creative Writing I-IV · Craft and Reflection I-III· Graduating Seminar Preparation· Creative ThesisResidency Seminars:· Where You're Going: Raymond Carver and the Malleability of Material· Courting the Muse· Driving a car at Night: Novel Writing as a Journey· Taking Milk From the Moon: An Overview of Fabulism
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The Giant Baby (2012)Before Elvis There Was Nothing (2005)Bingo Under the Crucifix (2002)Twinship (1999)Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist (1998)Ex Utero (1995)Work published in: Rougarou, The Rake, Great River Review, Quarterly West, Chelsea 64, Gulf Coast, The Greensboro Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Willow Review, Coe Review, Footwork, others.Memoir & book reviews published in: Twelve Breaths Per Minute, Bikini Magazine, Washington Post Book World,The Boston Globe, The Responsibility Project, others.
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Juat checking if anybody had recieved thier refund for the latest attempt at the foot wear run??...
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Juat checking if anybody had recieved thier refund for the latest attempt at the foot wear run??...
Nope..I've tried to contact MC, but has not heard anything back:(
Last I talked to him was a month or so ago. Said he's slowly but surely working down the list.
I know of a few people who've gotten their refunds though.
Here's what I last had from him:
At 03:35 PM 19/04/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Hi Jeremy,
Yes, that is true. I'm doing my best to get everybody refunded. It's going to take a while. I just blew my whole packcheck on refunds this week. I get paid in another 3 weeks. I'll send out your refund then.
I suspect that last post will be edited "to protect the innocent", re: use of full name
Good eye . . . I'm usually better than that - can't believe I didn't notice it! :)
I haven't heard anything for about 3 weeks. He did get back to me, but yeah, said it will take some time I guess :(
Just wondering here...
Why if he never had any boots actually made does he not have everyone's money? Shouldn't it have all been saved away somewhere? Obviously not... he spent it all and now has to come up with everyone's money. That is POOR, POOR business if you ask me. If you don't have the product, you shouldn't be collecting all the money for it!!!!
Just my 2 credits.
Agreed - but I will just wait patiently for the refund. Thanks for letting me know that at least some have gotten thier money back - at least I feel that I will see it someday.Quote:
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Just wondering here...
Why if he never had any boots actually made does he not have everyone's money?
Well, that was my question awhile ago too.
I mean, I don't have a problem sending money before something is made (although I can understand why some people would have a problem with that I guess). Ideally they'd have the product ready to ship once they get our money but, let's face it, with the amount of orders he had (and the custom sized nature of boots), it's a lot to ask to ask a guy to have $5000 sitting there to put into boots, then wait for the orders to come in (and hope they're for the sizes he produced). I know I don't have that kind of scratch laying around. :)
But, I think back to any run that I've done of anything here, I've asked for the money up front, but, I've always kept it totally separate from any other money of mine, so that if for some reason, things don't go well, I can get the money back to them pretty much at the drop of a hat.
I'll wait, and I'm sure we'll get the money but, agreed, very poor business.
Well like EGO kind of said, whatever his business is at home is just that. I'm not gonna grill him to ask what he spent my money on up front. Sure I didn't like waiting for my boots anymore than the next guy, and I sure as heck wasn't the most happy person when I found out they couldn't be made. However, I waited it out and low and behold my refund returned to me in full. Just sit tight and I'm sure MC will return it to anyone who has yet to recieve it. ;)
I'm not worried - just curious :)
MC emailed me and he said he would give me my refund by Thursday:)
I know Mark is a stand up guy, try to have patience. I have a set of his 10.5 boots that I'll part with if anyone wants them. I havent actually had any chance to finish my costume. I also have Durasteel Armor in metal. Anyone interested? The boots were worn once to a gig I played with my band and one of the spike tips fell off someplace. I was mad, but I know anyone can have one made fairly easily as a replacement. Heck, you might even be able to make a tip that wont fall off so easily. I love the boots and they are mint, but those tips were already tightened up twice before I lost a part. I dont think the design was that good on them. I do think the boots are WAY comfortable and nice though. Any offers PM me. Thanks.
PM sent
Got a email from MC- I'm supposed to have my refund in three weeks. :) Hope so, I've got an awesome blaster that will be ready almost at the same time!
It's a Fett World we live in...always something Fett to buy!!
I had also, dealt with MC in the past and am very happy with his product,I thought he was no longer making fett/trooper boots? Im new to the board and was wondering what the problem was with him or his boots? I have finalllllly started to weather mine, so here's a photo of them in the first stage of weathering, I just used basic chalks, rust & flat black spray paint.
oh - no problem at all with the product - in fact I was able to aquire a pair soon after MC mentioned he was unable to produce another run. I'm quite happy with them.Quote:
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Im new to the board and was wondering what the problem was with him or his boots?
A bit ago there was an attempt to produce another run - even after saying no more would be made... it looks like it was the truth :)
Your boots are looking good - I'm always happy to see somebody make thier large investment worth more by making it look worth less!
I just wanted to clarify, I thought I had posted this on the other boot thread, but MC had to pay the factory up front for the boots. He's waiting on a refund from the factory, which apparently can take some time. So he's refunding money as he's able, from his own funds, and at a loss, by my calculation, of at least $10.00 per person. I think his poor business practice lies in his lack of voluntary communication, but in my experience he does respond promptly to any emails he's sent, and has been nothing but apologetic to me. I received my refund some time ago, as I was one of the first to contact him about it. I think it's time to lay off of a guy who TRIED to do a nice thing for everybody, and ended up getting screwed.
I was visiting the RPF (and Ebay as well) earlier tonight, and I noticed and looked at a pic that MC also made boots for Stormtroopers as well, which looks almost with his "signature" (something that makes them look similar, but being two completely different types of boots), and they were great quality as well. I'll try to take that pic to let you see what I'm talking about.
The point is that he did a great job in quality, but somehow his business went down the drain. I hope that he could get back in his feet soon and when he does solve his little setback, to continue with the boot run, but this time with someone that he could really trust.
Robert :fettrotj
Got my refund today:)
Just wondering if anymore people got their refunds yet,because i still haven't gotten mine ?
nope...not yet
If someone had my money more than a couple months i would be sending that person to "THE JOE PESCI BATTING SCHOOL"!! :angry
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Just wondering if anymore people got their refunds yet,because i still haven't gotten mine ?
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Westside Baby Tea is Feb. 9
February 9, 2014
Hilton Airport Hotel & Conference Center
17620 International Blvd
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This year we are excited to introduce a few new twists to this event such as a tea "bouquet" contest as well as give away some fabulous prizes including two round-trip tickets donated by Alaska Airlines! Of course this Tuscan-style afternoon tea will include delicious food, Mimosas, fun prizes and a community impact like no other.
The Tea supports WestSide Baby operations and programs, allowing us to serve more local children with critical items to keep them safe, warm and dry. Guests are asked to give in support of our mission to provide essentials to local children in need.
Joanne Samuel Goldblum is our Keynote Speaker. Ms. Goldblum is a national leader raising awareness of childhood poverty and the ways that small things, such as diapers, impact big things.
She is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and offers a unique perspective on the shrinking national safety net for our children as both a social work and innovative leader with direct experience starting a national movement increasing diaper need awareness.
She established and serves as the Executive Director of the National Diaper Bank Network and previously founded The Connecticut Diaper Bank in 2006. In 2007, Joanne was chosen as Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leader.
American Sewing Guild Monthly Meeting
The Kenney
7125 Fauntleroy Ave. S.W.
Saturday, Jan. 18, 10 a.m.-Noon. We'll be planning out our activities and presentations for 2014. Put on your thinking caps and bring your inspirations and ideas for what you would like to learn or present. Don't forget your Sew & Tell along with your questions. For more information: Claudia at 937-5774.
Discovery Shop
4535 California Ave. S.W.
206 937 7169
Women's clothing is half price through Saturday the 18th, men's clothing is half priced starting Sunday the 19th. All blue tagged items are 50%. Early bird shoppers get double stamps on their customer appreciation cards every Monday from 10 to noon, seniors get 20% off on their entire purchases all day Tuesday and high schoolers with student IDs all day Saturday. When you shop, donate and volunteer with us you a part of our commitment to fund a cure for cancer The all volunteer run, non profit American Cancer Society Shop is open Sundays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and all other days 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
White Center Library January Events
11220 16th Ave. S.W.
Children & Families:
Somali Story Times ~ Wed., Jan. 22 & 29, 7 p.m. Ages 2 and older with adult.
Rise & Shine Family Story Times ~ Thurs., Jan. 16, 23 & 30, 11:15 a.m. Newborn to age 6 with adult.
Movie Mondays ~ Jan. 27, 6 p.m. Contact library for movie title.
Duplo Block Party ~ Fri., Jan. 17, 3:30 p.m. Ages 3 and older with adult.
Study Zone ~ Tues., Jan. 21 & 28, 5 p.m.; Wed., Jan. 22 & 29, 6:30 p.m.; Thurs., Jan. 16, 23 & 30, 5 p.m. Grades K-12. Drop-in for free homework help from volunteer tutors.
Game On! ~ Wed., Jan. 22 & 29, 3 p.m. Play video games at the library!
White Center Library Guild Meeting ~ Mon., Jan. 27, 1 p.m.
Start to Fitness ~ Begin the New year with a more active, healthy lifestyle. Throughout 2014, find ideas, inspiration and tips on simple ways to add more movement and healthy options to your life through this new adult series. www.kcls.org/fitness
Southwest Seattle Super String Saturday
Chief Sealth International High School
2600 S.W. Thistle St.
Sat., Jan. 25, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free community event. The day starts with a performance by the Seattle Youth Symphony. Then, the Youth Symphony musicians mentor the young string players from S.W. Seattle Schools by providing instrument technique clinics, chamber ensemble demonstrations and playing together as a full orchestra. This event celebrates the string players at Arbor Heights, Roxhill, Highland Park, Sanislo, West Seattle, and Concord International Elementary Schools and Denny International Middle School who are receiving free coaching throughout the year by professional musicians hired by the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras (206-362-2300 or email@example.com).
Longhouse 5th Anniversary Celebration
Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center
4705 W. Marginal Way S.W.
206-431-1582 or www.duwamishtribe.org
Sat., Jan. 25. Free. Open house 10 a.m.-5 p.m., reception noon-1 p.m., and concert 2-3 p.m. - The Duwamish "Epic of the North Wind" by NW Native storyteller Roger Fernandes. Visit Duwamish History Museum exhibits, art gallery and gift shop. As in ancient times, Longhouse is the site where tribal business in conducted and cultural and educational events are held. Donations in support of the continuing operation of the Longhouse are always welcome. Free parking in area.
West Seattle Meaningful Movies Shows "Broken on All Sides"
Neighborhood House
6400 Sylvan Way S.W.
Sat., Feb. 1, 7 p.m. Come at 6:30 p.m. for free snacks and a chance to meet your neighbors. No charge, but donations gratefully received. Has mass incarceration become the "new Jim Crow?" People of color are being targeted at significantly higher rates for stops, searches, arrests, prosecution, and harsher sentences. In this film, people on many sides of the criminal justice system explore a topic often walled-off from public scrutiny. http://brokenonallsides.com / westseattlemeaningfulmovies.org
Seattle Accordion Club Program
Senior Center of West Seattle
4217 SW Oregon St.
Meets 2nd Monday of month. Next meeting: Feb. 10, social 7 p.m., program 7:30-9:30 p.m. The $5 admission fee includes coffee/tea and cookies or other sweets. The programs feature both professional and amateur accordionists and groups.
The Skylark Cafe & Club
3803 Delridge Way SW
The Skylark Cafe will be hosting benefits every Thursday night that will support different causes each week. One dollar from every drink will be donated. Fri. & Sat. shows are 21+ (unless otherwise noted) and Sunday matinee shows are all ages. For show schedules and events and open mic: www.skylarkcafe.com.
West Seattle Rotary Club Meeting
Salty's on Alki Beach
1936 Harbor Ave. S.W.
Meets every Tuesday, Noon--1:30 p.m. Lunch $20.
Coworking Meetup
Office Junction
5230 California Ave. S.W., Suite B
1st and 3rd Wednesdays of month, 12-1 p.m. These are free, informal brown bag lunches for freelancers, independent business professionals, creatives and entrepreneurs working from home or coffee shops. We discuss business ideas, share skills, get feedback on projects, collaborate and network. Read about our past meetings at www.wsofficejunction.com. Come join us!
Stop 'N Shop
4504 California Ave. S.W.
Volunteers Needed:
Weekend volunteers needed to cashier at the Stop "N Shop thrift store. You will meet new people, gain a sense of achievement and give back to your community. Shifts on Saturday and Sunday are from 10-1 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.
Volunteer consultant, computer lab assistant needed. Network experience needed (Microsoft server), maintain eleven lab computers and security system. Hours can vary.
Contact Margie at 206-932-4044 x8 or email@example.com.
Seeking Host Families for International Students
Do you have a loving family and a spare room available at your home? Invite an international student to stay with you this year during his or her high school experience in the USA. Located in or near West Seattle. Financial stipend offered. For information: firstname.lastname@example.com or 781-362-2559.
West Seattle Lion's Club Events
Senior Center of West Seattle - 2nd floor
4217 S.W. Oregon St
Thursdays, Noon--1:30 p.m. for lunch & speaker unless otherwise noted.
Call Harvey Rowe at 206-762-1221 for reservations by prior Tuesday evening. Lunch $7.
Overeaters Anonymous Meetings
Peace Lutheran Church
8316 39th Ave. S.W.
Every Thursday evening, 7-8:15 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous is a fellowship of women and men who meet to help solve compulsive overeating (obesity, anorexia and bulimia). The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively. OA is a non-profit international organization patterned after the Twelve-Step Alcoholics Anonymous program. All are welcome. For more info 206-979-6665 or www.seattleoa.org.
Culinary Volunteers Needed
Senior Center of West Seattle
4217 S.W. Oregon St.
206-932-4044 x8
Great volunteer positions to utilize culinary talents. Friendly people and great atmosphere. Working with seniors and members of the community. Café assistants: 8:30-12:30 p.m. or 10:30-2 p.m., M-F. Kitchen Assistant: 9:30-1:30 p.m., M-F. Call Margie: 206-932-4044 x8 or email: email@example.com.
Business Network with Westside Professionals
Alki Masonic Hall
4736 40th Ave. S.W.
Wednesdays, 8-9:30 a.m. Build your business through referrals and networking. For info, contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Join the West Seattle Lion's Club
Senior Center of West Seattle
4217 S.W. Oregon St.
Meets every Thursday, noon-1:30 p.m.
Stop 'N Shop
4504 California Ave. S.W.
Remember to donate reusable items ie kitchenware, tools, knickknacks, jewelry, linens, furniture, home decorations, clothing & accessories to the Senior Center's Stop'n Shop. Our thrift shop runs on the generous donations of folks like you!!! All donations tax deductible! Hours are 7 days a week, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grief Support Group
Our Lady of Guadalupe Pastoral Center
7000 35th Ave. S.W. (just north of the Parish Center under construction)
Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Meet weekly for 6-8 weeks. Anyone in the community who has suffered the loss of a loved one is welcome. Led by a pastoral counselor and staff member. Questions or RSVP John at 935-0358 ext. 110.
West Seattle Senior Center Needs Volunteers
4217 S.W. Oregon St.
Make a difference by getting involved! For info 206-932-4044 or email at email@example.com.
Daystar Toastmasters
Daystar Retirement Village
2615 S.W. Barton
Come as a guest to grow your communication and leadership skills. Second and fourth Mondays of each month, 12-1:00 PM. Arrive 5 to 10 minutes early for orientation. See http://daystarclub.toastmastersclub.org Email questions to :email@example.com or call 206-932-6706.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Meetings
Mount St. Vincent-1st floor, Rainier Room
4831 35th Ave S.W.
Every Tuesday, 5:45-7 p.m. TOPS is an encouraging weight loss support group with weigh-ins every Tuesday. Info: Jan 206-762-7844 or email@example.com
Volunteers for Playing Piano/Entertainment or
Manicure/Pedicure Volunteers
Providence Elizabeth House
3201 S.W. Graham St.
Leave a message. email@example.com
AARP Defensive Driving Workshop
Daystar Retirement Village
2615 S.W. Barton St.
First Saturday of every month, ongoing, 9-5:30 p.m. $12 for members, $14 non-members. Call 206-937-6122 for info or to RSVP.
At Senior Center of West Seattle
4217 SW Oregon St.
Casino Trips via bus from West Seattle: call Flo at 206-938-1700.
Informal Conversational Spanish Classes
Fridays, 1-2:15 p.m. Facilitated by Suzanne Duffy-Kane, world language educator. Register: 206-932-4044.
Footcare & Manicures
Mondays, ongoing. Cost: Foot care $20 member/$22 non-member; Manicures w/polish $20 member/$22 non-member and no/polish $15 member or non-member. Cancellations must be made by 4 p.m. Friday prior to appointment to avoid being charged. Call 206-932-4044 ext. 1 for appointment.
Homestyle Lunches Daily
11:45-12:15 p.m. daily. FDA approved full meals for suggested donation of $3-$6. Reservations 206-932-4044.
The Cafe
9:30-1:30 p.m. daily. Nominally priced homemade soup, sandwiches, salads, and cookies.
Chair Massage
Fridays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. 15 minute appointments at $7/members or $9/non-members. Appointments with Eric LaSeur at 206-932-4044.
Gentle Yoga
Wednesdays, 9:15-10:30 a.m. Drop-in, $5 mem/$7 non-mem. Chair and standing postures (no floor sitting). Improve breathing, posture, flexibility, balance and peace of mind. Postures can be adapted to your abilities or limitations. Wear loose, comfortable clothing.
Enhance Fitness Exercise Classes
Monday, Wednesday & Friday, on-going, 8-9 a.m. & 9-10 a.m. (2 sessions). Free to Group Health members or $30 for 5 weeks. Innovative and fun strength-training classes, using wrist & ankle weights, aerobics, balance and stretching.
Seeking ESL tutors
Volunteers 18+, fluent in English, certified and experienced teaching adults.. Application, interview and background check are required. Orientation and on-going support are provided. Info www.stjames-cathedral.org/immigrant or 206-382-4511 or email email@example.com
WSHS Host Families Needed
Host families are needed for foreign exchange students who will attend West Seattle High School for the next semester. Host families do not need to have teenagers of their own; young families as well as empty nesters are excellent high school student hosts. For info: 360-661-0552 or email@example.com.
Old Clothes = New Opportunities Donation Station
Northwest Center 'Big Blue Truck'
Diamond Parking Lot
44th Ave. S.W. & S.W. Edmunds St.
Fridays - Sundays, 9-5 p.m. Clean out your closets and drop off your reusable clothing and household items at the donation station. List of donations accepted visit bigbluetruck.org or (800) 992-2060. Donations are tax deductible and donors receive a $3 off coupon to Value Village.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly
Guadalupe Church-Pastoral Care Center
7000 35th Ave. S.W.
Every Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. TOPS is an encouraging weight loss support group with weigh-ins every Tuesday. For info at 206-932-2621.
Irish Dance Lessons
West Seattle VFW Hall
3601 S.W. Alaska St.
Mondays & Tuesdays in the late afternoon & early evenings. Open to children and adults. Information at 206-935-3225.
Providence Elizabeth House
3201 S.W. Graham St.
Volunteers for Playing Piano/Entertainment
Every second Thursday, 12:45-1:45 p.m. We need someone to play piano or entertain seniors for an hour or so during Birthday Celebrations.
Volunteers for Sign Language Communication with Deaf
Come in once or twice a month to speak with a senior deaf resident. This would be very beneficial for us to have an opportunity to interact with them as well as provide practice to volunteer who studies or wants to practice using sign language.
BNI West Seattle Champion Meeting
The Kenney
7125 Fauntleroy Way S.W.
Thursdays, 7:45-9:15 a.m. Learn how to grow your business with quality referrals. $10 includes breakfast.
District Council Meetings
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way S.W.
Third Wednesday, 7–9 p.m. Representatives from neighborhood councils and other community organizations provide reports on what issues and concerns they are working on and announcements about up-coming community meetings and events.
Stay-at-home dads
Hiawatha Playfield Playground
2700 California Ave. S.W.
Mondays and Thursdays at 9 a.m. A resource and community for stay-at-home dads, fathers who are primary caregiver in their family, and other involved dads are welcome. All fathers are invited.
Volunteers Needed
Providence Mount St. Vincent
4831 35th Ave. S.W.
Volunteers for hair salon, gift shop, child care, field trips, one-on-one visits with elderly residents. For info 937-3701 ext. 28170 or www.providence.org/themount
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"Dolly Varden Trout #1"
Lisa Ruggiero(see more by this artist)
Wooden hand carved "Dolly Varden #1 Cutthroat Trout" that is part of the Living Waters Series of realistic fish from DryRiver Carving. No patterns have been used in any part of its creation, making each unique and one of a kind. The trout has been hand scaled with thousands of tiny scales before painting. Painted in bright watercolors which allow the natural grain/knots to show through. Sealed with 8 coats of a high grade, high gloss marine varnish. This will protect the colors against fading over time regardless of where the fish is displayed. The back also has 2 coats of varnish. This is the fourth fish of a series of Cutthroat Trout from around the USA I will be carving. This beauty measures 28 inches in length and is 11 inches in height. The trout also has a realistic glass trout eye. There are eye hooks with wire for ease in hanging for display. Comes signed, dated, numbered along with its name by wood burning on the backside. A certificate of authenticity is included stating this is a numbered original form DryRiver Carving.
*Please note that any fish or carving can be ordered with a 3-4 week lead time. Each will vary slightly since I do not use any patterns*


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Close duplicates
de Pomyk
A small extension that adds a button to close duplicate tabs. Badge shows how many tabs are duplicated.
With many tabs open I often find it easier to open the same website in a new tab than to search for it current tabs. But that creates many duplicate tabs. With this extension one click and all the duplicates are gone.
- Esta extensão consegue modificar ou adicionar funcionalidades a um ou mais sites.
Captura de tela
Comentários dos usuários
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not working for me.
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Does not work with Opera 12 build 1317 and previous :( For the rest good extension ;)
how does this extension detects that a tab is duplicate? by the fact that two tabs have the same url? because this is not always true, they may have the same url, but the content may not be the same!!!
please explain
if this does detect same url tabs, then we will need a list of the tabs to decide if we want them to be closed
I've made a fork of this extension and added some features people requested here. Please try:
It's useful extension, but it doesn't check last reload time. I don't know if it possible,
Also I wish sometimes to see which tabs are duplicates together rather than close them.
Please hide the icon if there aren't any duplicated tabs, or an option for that.
Thanks! It's a usefull Extension.
It's good enough. But it is a good idea to add possibility to close Speed dial tabs. Second good idea may be to add Autoclosing of repeated tabs.
This is a nice extension!
But in the end it's true that I just used it once after install in one month (and it was by mistake).
it's possible to add an auto close option?
And Add "Speed Dial" too please.
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text: Home- Faculty Search- Faculty Directory- Tom Michl Colgate Directory FACULTY DETAIL < BACK TO RESULTS Tom MichlProfessor of Economics Economics, 230 Persson Hall p firstname.lastname@example.com DOWNDLOAD COMPLETE CV In my research, I try to understand the behavior of modern capitalist economies by drawing on multiple intellectual traditions, not restricted to the neoclassical orthodoxy that dominates the economics profession. The traditions that I find most helpful include the Classical economists (Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and Karl Marx) and the Keynesian economists (John Maynard Keynes, Joan Robinson, Michal Kalecki). In my opinion, it is important to practice methodological pluralism by remaining open to the rich diversity of thought in economics. In my teaching, I try to expose students to multiple perspectives so that they can make up their own minds about how the world works. Most of my research and teaching interests focus on macroeconomic questions. I co-authored a text, Growth and Distribution, over a decade ago, and have subsequently worked on elaborating some of the models and empirical research that emerged from that effort. This research culminated in my book, Capitalists, Workers, and Fiscal Policy: A Classical Model of Growth and Distribution. This book focuses on understanding fiscal issues like the national debt or the social security system in the context of the class structure of modern capitalism. To illustrate how pluralism works, the basic model combines the life-cycle theory of saving drawn from neoclassical economics with a two-class structure drawn from Classical and Keynesian economics. All this research is directed at long-run growth over extended periods of time. Since the economic crisis that began in 2007, I have gotten more interested in understanding the nature of neoliberal capitalism, including its financial system, in the context of models that are more focused on the short run. Degree BA, Oberlin College, 1973; MA (1983), PhD (1984), New School for Social Research. Specialties Macroeconomics, political economy, labor economics, growth and distribution Interests Economic growth and income distribution, productivity and technical change, public debt, minimum wage legislation Professional Experience Director, Colgate London Economics Study Group, Spring 2011 and Spring 2014 Distinctions 2001 Otto Eckstein Prize from the Eastern Economic Association (for the best paper to appear in the Eastern Economic Journal from 1998-2000). Board Membership Editorial Board, Metroeconomica Member of Editorial Collective for Special Issues on Value Theory, Empirical Work on Marxian Crisis Theory, and David M. Gordon Memorial Issue. Publications Recent op-ed on Governor Cuomo's $15 minimum wage Recent op-ed on New York minimum wage Testimony on Subminimum Wage, 2014 "A Model of Fiscal and Monetary Policy," in L. Taylor, A. Rezai, and T. Michl, eds. Social Justice and Economics: Critical Economic Theory in the Spirit of Duncan Foley, (Routledge, Forthcoming, 2012) "Finance as a Class? Review of The Crisis of Neoliberalism by Gerard Dumenil and Dominique Levy, New Left Review, 2011. "Our Problem is Jobs," and "No End to Inequality," op-eds in the (Albany) Times Union, 2011 "Discounting Nordhaus," Review of Political Economy, Vol. 22, No. 4, (October 2010), pp. 535-549. Capitalists, Workers, and Fiscal Policy: A Classical Model of Growth and Distribution, (Harvard University Press, 2009) "Tinbergen Rules the Taylor Rule," Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 34, No. 3, (May 2008), pp. 293-309. (with Duncan K. Foley) "Crossing Hubbert's Peak: Portfolio Effects in a Growth Model with Exhaustible Resources," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Vol. 18, No. 2, (June 2007), pp. 212-230. "Capitalists, Workers, and Social Security," Metroeconomica, Vol. 58, No. 2 (2007) pp. 244-268. "Comment on 'Transition to Fully Funded Pension Schemes: A Non-Orthodox Criticism,' by Sergio Cesaratto," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 30, No. 6, (November 2006), pp. 981-984. "Capitalists, Workers, and the Burden of Debt," Review of Political Economy, Vol. 18, No. 4, (October, 2006), pp. 449-467. "Macroeconomic Theory: A Short Course (M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2002) "Can Rescheduling Explain the New Jersey Minimum Wage Studies?" Eastern Economic Journal, 2000 Growth and Distribution with Duncan K. Foley (Harvard University Press, 1999) Articles in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Political Economy, Metroeconomica, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, The Review of Radical Political Economics, Eastern Economic Journal, Science & Society, Monthly Review, International Review of Applied Economics, Dollars and Sense, and The Albany Times Union; contributor to several books


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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 254, September 13, 2002
- Review of Bioinformatics Codes Available at ARSC
- Loadleveler, Who Am I?
- UAF / ARSC Courses
- ARSC Training, Fall 2002
- AAAS Arctic Division Meeting, Next Week at UAF
- Quick Tip
Review of Bioinformatics Codes Available at ARSC
[ Thanks to Jim Long for this contribution. ]
ARSC is building a Bioinformatics infrastructure to support research in this important new area. To date, the following software has been installed on the SGIs, and is planned for the IBM platforms:
BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool)
A heuristic algorithm to query a protein or DNA sequence against available databases. Documentation: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/ for the ncbi web version.
CLUSTALW and CLUSTALX
A heuristic algorithm based on phylogenetic analysis for multiple sequence alignment. clustalx is a nice X window interface to clustalw allowing postscript output and other features.
FASTA is another heuristic algorithm similar to BLAST, while SSEARCH uses the Smith-Waterman algorithm. Documentation: http://www22.ncifcrf.gov/app/html/SeqAnaly/fasta/fasta_doc.html
Protein sequence analysis using hidden Markov models. Documentation: http://hmmer.wustl.edu/
A collection of software for inferring phylogenies. Documentation: http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip.html
A collection of software based on a library of functions to align nucleotide and protein sequences using Smith-Waterman. Documentation: http://hto-13.usc.edu/software/seqaln/---
Currently, about 10 GB of nucleotide and protein sequence data is maintained on ARSC systems and updated on a monthly basis. All data is additionally formatted for use by BLAST. The current base files are:
- ecoli.aa
- E. coli genomic CDS translations (peptides).
- ecoli.nt
- E. coli genomic nucleotide sequences.
- human.nr
- All sequences from nr that have [Homo sapiens] in the comment field.
- mouse.nr
- All sequences from nr that have [Mus musculus] in the comment field.
- nr
- Non-redundant GenBank CDS translations+PDB+SwissProt+PIR (peptides).
- nt (dna)
- Non-redundant GenBank+EMBL+DDBJ+PDB nucleotide sequences (no EST, STS, GSS, or HTGS)
- yeast.aa
- Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) protein sequences.
- yeast.at
- Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) genomic nucleotide sequences.
Loadleveler, Who Am I?
MPI, PVM, SHMEM, OpenMP, all have mechanisms which allow a given task (or thread) to determine:
- how many tasks there are in total and,
- its own identity.
The same information can be obtained for processes started on different nodes of an IBM SP by poe ("parallel operating environment"), in LoadLeveler.
This can be used to parallelize some naturally parallel jobs by simply having poe launch multiple copies of a serial or threaded program, and having each such process read and crunch a different input file.
How can a process determine how many nodes are there, and which it is?
One way is to use the loadleveler environment variable, LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST to get the complete list of nodes (by name), and the Unix "hostname" function, to get each individual name.
What follows is a perl subroutine "getNodeInfo" which implements this idea, contained in a test perl script.
"getNodeInfo" sets the four global variables,
There's one complication (which may not apply on your cluster), in that LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST returns switch names. On ARSC's SP, a simple "tr" converts these names, as shown in the script:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w my ($myHost, $myNode, $hostList, $nNodes); &getNodeInfo; print "LL_NUM_NODES=$nNodes;\n"; print "LL_MY_NODE_NUM=$myNode;\n"; print "LL_MY_PROCESSOR_NAME=$myHost;\n"; print "LL_PROCESSOR_LIST=$hostList;\n"; # print "export LL_NUM_NODES LL_MY_NODE_NUM LL_MY_PROCESSOR_NAME;\n"; ###################################################################### sub getNodeInfo () { my ($n); # For testing: -------------------------------------------- # $hostList = "i1s1 i1s11 i1s16 i1s2 i1s7 i1s8 i2s18 i2s19 i2s21 i2s30"; # $myHost = "i1n1"; # # For real: -------------------------------------------- $hostList = $ENV{LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST}; $myHost = `hostname`; chomp $myHost; @procs = split ('\s', $hostList); $n = 0; $myNode = -1; foreach (@procs) { if ($myHost eq $_) { $myNode = $n; } else { # # Needed because "node" names in "LOADL_PROCESSOR_LIST" # appear as their corresponding "switch" names, which # are identical, except with the "n" translated into an "s". # tr/s/n/; if ($myHost eq $_) { $myNode = $n; } } $n++ ; } $nNodes = $n; if ($myNode == -1) { print STDERR "ERR: $0 hostname $myHost not found in list $hostList\n"; } }Here's a loadleveler script to test this on five nodes of icehawk:
#!/bin/ksh # # @ output = $(Executable).$(Cluster).$(Process).out # @ error = $(Executable).$(Cluster).$(Process).err # @ notification = never # @ wall_clock_limit=60 # @ job_type = parallel # @ node = 5 # @ tasks_per_node = 1 # @ network.mpi = css0,not_shared,US # @ class = large # @ node_usage = not_shared # # @ node_usage = shared # @ queue export POE=/usr/bin/poe cd /u1/uaf/baring/LoadLeveler echo "hostnames: " $POE hostname echo "llNodeNum.prl: " $POE ./llNodeNum.prlAnd here's output from a run of this loadleveler script:
ICEHAWK2$ cat test_llNodeNum.ll.4628.0.out hostnames: i1n5 i2n20 i2n23 i3n40 i3n44 llNodeNum.prl: LL_NUM_NODES=5; LL_MY_NODE_NUM=2; LL_MY_PROCESSOR_NAME=i2n23; LL_PROCESSOR_LIST=i1s5 i3s44 i2s23 i3s40 i2s20 ; LL_NUM_NODES=5; LL_MY_NODE_NUM=3; LL_MY_PROCESSOR_NAME=i3n40; LL_PROCESSOR_LIST=i1s5 i3s44 i2s23 i3s40 i2s20 ; LL_NUM_NODES=5; LL_MY_NODE_NUM=1; LL_MY_PROCESSOR_NAME=i3n44; LL_PROCESSOR_LIST=i1s5 i3s44 i2s23 i3s40 i2s20 ; LL_NUM_NODES=5; LL_MY_NODE_NUM=0; LL_MY_PROCESSOR_NAME=i1n5; LL_PROCESSOR_LIST=i1s5 i3s44 i2s23 i3s40 i2s20 ; LL_NUM_NODES=5; LL_MY_NODE_NUM=4; LL_MY_PROCESSOR_NAME=i2n20; LL_PROCESSOR_LIST=i1s5 i3s44 i2s23 i3s40 i2s20 ;
Let us know if you make use of this, and we'll have another article for the newsletter!
UAF / ARSC Courses
The following for-credit UAF courses are taught with reliance on ARSC hardware and sponsorship from ARSC.
ART 472 Visualization and Animation Bill Brody
An introduction to visualization and animation with applications in fine and commercial art and science. Students will produce a series of three dimensional animation projects which will introduce them to the tools and concepts used by animation and visualization professionals.
PHYS 693 Concepts in Parallel Scientific Computation Guy Robinson
This course will introduce the concepts of parallel scientific computation. Primarily in support of graduate students in the physical sciences, this course is designed for students with research interests requiring the application of parallel computation techniques for specific science applications. Topics will include the basics of problem decomposition, and how to identify the necessary communication, with particular attention to scalability and portability of the algorithm. Techniques to assess the reliability, stability and validity of large-scale scientific computations will also be covered. After successful completion of the course, students will be able to solve scientific problems on the parallel computers commonly found in the modern research environment.
BIOL F693/ CHEM F693 Special Topics in Bioinformatics Nat Goodman
This 2-credit course brought to you by the Institute for Arctic Biology, the UAF Chemistry department, the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, and the UAF Biology department will introduce the concepts of bioinformatics through lectures, presentation, and student projects.
- Sequence comparison and database search: Smith-Waterman, FASTA, BLAST and similar methods.
- Advanced sequence analysis methods: Hidden Markov Models, profile search, etc.
- Microarray analysis: statistical issues, clustering, and other numeric methods.
- Systems biology: pathway modeling and simulation, inference of regulatory networks.
ARSC Training, Fall 2002
All classes will be held at UAF in Butrovich Bldg rm. 007 starting at 2pm.September 25th:
User's Introduction to ARSC Supercomputers.
Introduction to ARSC's supercomputers
- Architectures and capabilities of the Cray SV1ex, Cray SX-6, Cray T3E, IBM SP cluster, IBM Regatta, and linux cluster.
- Programming models
Programming Environments:
- Compilers
- Debuggers
- Performance analysis tools
Running jobs
- Interactive and batch
- Submitting batch jobs
- Checking job status
Introduction to using the ARSC IBM SP and P690 (Regatta)
This course is an introduction to the ARSC IBM systems, icehawk and iceflyer.
Topics to be covered include:
- Architecture and storage overview
- Compilers and options
- LoadLeveler
- Performance monitoring/profiling
- Mixed-mode programming (MPI and openMP)
- A few words on writing portable makefiles and code
The class is intended for those who already have some computing experience and are interested in running codes on the ARSC IBM systems. After attending this class users will be able to determine which of the two ARSC IBM systems will best suit needs and how to develop, optimize and debug codes in the ARSC IBM environment.
More details and registration will be available presently. Watch the "Hot-Topics" on #250
AAAS Arctic Division Meeting, Next Week at UAF
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Arctic Division 2002 Meeting starts next Wednesday at UAF. For details, see:
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Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ What's an "ulp"--a typo? a word? an acronym? I noticed it in issue [[ #250. Should I care? From the glossary of CrayDoc manual: "Cray T3E(TM) Fortran Optimization Guide": ulp Unit of least precision. It is used to discuss the accuracy of floating-point data. It represents the minimum step between representable values near a desired number: the true result to infinite precision, assuming the argument is exact. For instance, the ulp of 1.977436582E+22 is 1.0E+13, since the least significant digit of the mantissa is in the 10^13 place. Within 0.5 ulp is the best approximation representable. Thanks to those who pointed out that "ulp" didn't actually appear in issue #250 . IBM's vector intrinsics documentation, referenced in that issue, has it. Sorry for the confusion... Here's the relevant section -- "ulps" appears after the table: Mathematical Acceleration SubSystem (MASS) MASS Version 2.7 [...] The following table provides sample accuracy data for the libx, libmass, libmassv, and libmassvp3 libraries. The numbers are based on the results for 10,000 random arguments chosen in the specified ranges. Real*16 functions were used to compute the errors. There may be portions of the valid input argument range for which accuracy is not as good as illustrated in the table. Also, the user may experience accuracy which varies from the table when argument values are used which are not represented in the table. The Percent Correctly Rounded (PCR) column elements are obtained by counting the number of correctly rounded results out of the 10,000 random argument cases. A result is correctly rounded if the function returns the IEEE 64 bit value which is closest to the infinite-precision exact result. Math Library Accuracy libm libmass libmassv function range PCR MaxE PCR MaxE PCR MaxE exp D 99.95 .50 96.55 .63 96.58 .63 sexp E 100.00 .50 100.00 .50 98.87 .52 sin B 81.31 .91 96.88 .80 97.28 .72 sin D 86.03 .94 83.88 1.36 83.85 1.27 tan D 99.58 .53 64.51 2.35 50.48 3.19 [ ... 25 functions cut, for brevity ... ] * indicates hardware instruction was used Range Key PCR = Percentage correctly rounded A = 0, 1 MaxE = Maximum observed error in ulps B = -1, 1 C = 0,100 D = -100,100 E = - 10, 10 [...] Q: When I run my MPI program, some tasks start spitting error messages, which get all mixed up together, and then it stops. I'd like to know which message comes from which task, and, sure, I could fix the code so every message is prefaced with the task number, but I'd like an easier way. Do you know one?
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