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This is a free version of ANDY (Voice Assistant).
ANDY is an intelligent personal assistant, knowledge navigator and voice control software designed for Android devices (phones/tablets) with the fast growing user base (hundreds of thousands users & almost 50 thousand paying customers).
Andy can send text messages, initiate phone calls, give you directions and literally answer pretty much any question you throw at him. It covers most of Wikipedia information, but you can also ask about weather and time, get answers to algebra questions, do unit conversions. It's smart enough to answer questions even if English is not your first language, it's design to extract the most relevant information.
To ask a question or to give a command, tap the microphone button on the application home screen. Alternatively, you may give your device a little shake (this requires enabling the Shake Recording option) or simply just type your question manually to get the answer. Andy will recognize your voice and speech, search for the best possible answer and read it back to you in a clear voice. The answer will also be displayed on your device screen with additional details, including videos, urls and more description you can read if you feel like it.
Additionally, Andy also works with most A2DP Bluetooth headsets.
Just to name some of its voice features:
- Ask any question
- Call anyone in your address book
- Send email messages by voice
- Text message by voice & read your latest messages
- Get celebrity and famous people info
- Movie and Music questions
- Open installed Android Applications
- Control Android features and functions
- Browse Internet using voice
- Use calendar
- Get coordinates and location details (down to an address)
- Currency conversions and live exchange and stock rates
- Word definitions
- Covers device hardware details
- Get directions to a nearest place (restaurants, stores, etc)
- Supports distance measurements (from one place to another)
- Query live flight status
- Ask about coming holidays
- Provides interesting facts (science, medical, etc.)
- Support for live gold, silver, platinum and palladium spot price
- Ask any math related question
- Translate any English word or sentence to over 60 languages
- Play music on your device, etc.
You can even teach Andy your name, set alarms & wake up times, set reminders, get sport results, get sunset/sunrise (for any city), get date and time in any world city, calculate restaurant tips, and more...
You can even ask questions such as: 'Do I need an umbrella?', or ask Andy to how to spell words.
Give us a try!
Full list of all features is at: http://AndyForAndroid.com
Get ANDY (full version today) - Single payment & all future app updates free of charge (no subscriptions):
Check video demo on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ESpqt7iYes
IMPORTANT: Andy (Voice Assistant for Android), while similar in its functionality and often compared to Google Now, Apple or Microsoft Cortana products, is not approved by, sponsored, affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by in any way officially connected with Google Inc., Apple Inc. or Microsoft Corporation.
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So HP's finally let loose another load of firesale 32GB TouchPads for $149, which will be available at Best Buy Starting November 1st. That would be totally great and welcome news except for one thing: You've got to buy a HP computer to get the sale price. Come on.
Meet Microsoft's New Surface Laptops
HP recently announced that it's pulling a Qwikster and not spinning off its PC division, and it's also announced future plans for tablets, though probably not the TouchPad in its current iteration. Still, the reversal of course probably has something to do with this totally sh*tbaggy but also sensible decision to tack the firesale TouchPads onto their PC hardware to try to drive some sales.
Unless, uhh... can we return the computer? Update: Nope! [Reuters via TechCrunch]


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There will be not just one new iPhone launched by Apple in September but two, according to a report.
9to5Mac claims to have been tipped off by a source that has provided reliable information in the past that there will be two models which will be immediately distinctive from each other.
The low-end model will be aimed at taking on cheaper Android-based mobile handsets, according to the report, though no other details are given.
The high-end model will sport an all-new design and be obviously different in looks and feature set to the low-end model, the source claims, but again few other details are offered.
There have been a number of seemingly contradictory rumours about new iPhones circulating in recent months that could be explained by plans to launch two new models rather than one.
Reports about a new iPhone 4S, with only slight updates to the features and design of the iPhone 4 have disappointed those who were hoping for new bells and whistles in the next-generation iPhone. Conflicting reports about a thinner, lighter iPhone 5 with an 8-megapixel camera have also been circulating in recent days and weeks.
The latest report is also strengthened by comments made by Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore late last month that he expected Apple to launch both an iPhone 5 and an iPhone 4S.


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'Fiscal cliff' meeting at White House: Will it be 'Lincoln' moment for Obama?
Many Senate Republicans say that with Congress deadlocked on averting the fiscal cliff, it is up to Obama to force a deal. The lesson from the movie 'Lincoln,' they say, is 'the president has to lead.'
The Friday afternoon meeting with congressional leaders at the White House represents a potential "Lincoln" moment for President Obama as time has effectively run out to cut a deal to avert the Jan. 1 "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes.
That's the view, anyway, of many Senate Republicans, back in session this week, who say that, with Congress gridlocked, it's now all up to Mr. Obama to produce a plan that can both cut deficits and win bipartisan support.
"To get hard things done, the president has to lead," says Sen. Roy Blunt (R) of Missouri, referencing the must-see film of the year for Washington insiders, "Lincoln."
"Virtually every member of the Senate, I think, has seen this new movie on Lincoln, and the lesson of that movie is that to get hard things done the president has to decide he wants something done," he adds.
In "Lincoln" the movie, an intensely engaged, hands-on president consolidates Republican ranks on the need for an amendment abolishing slavery, while peeling off enough Democratic votes to win by argument or raw political muscle.
President Lincoln's effort to pass an amendment abolishing slavery took months. Obama has four days to find a way around some $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect on Jan. 1.
Moreover, the 3 p.m. Oval Office meeting marks the first time the president has met directly with all four congressional leaders on the fiscal cliff since mid-November. With Congress gridlocked and House Republicans in disarray, it's not clear that the Obama White House has the capacity or the will to take responsibility for the outcome.
For what it's worth, Obama is winning the fiscal cliff battle in public opinion polls. A Gallup poll released this week finds that 54 percent of Americans approve of his handling of the fiscal cliff negotiations, compared with 26 percent who back the Republican leaders. While most Americans had been confident that Congress would resolve the fiscal cliff by Jan. 1, that confidence level dropped this week to just 50 percent.
"Blunt's remarks show how intractable this situation is. The GOP doesn't want to take the blame for proposing anything, and instead wants to blame the White House for not doing the same," says longtime congressional budget analyst Stan Collender,a partner at Qorvis Communications in Washington, in an e-mail.
"The White House sees no reason to bail out the GOP, whose approval rating is in the 20s while the president's is in the 50s," he adds.
Until Friday, bipartisan negotiations over the fiscal cliff have mainly involved the president and House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio, who was forced to pull his fallback "Plan B" from a floor vote last week after protests in GOP ranks. Friday's meeting will also include Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada, minority leader Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky, and House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D) of California, along with Vice President Biden.
Until a call from the president on Wednesday, Senator McConnell says he had had no contact from any Democrat on the fiscal cliff since Thanksgiving. "The phone never rang, so here we are five days from the New Year and we might start talking," he said in a floor speech on Thursday.
On the House side, Speaker Boehner, who faces a reelection for his post on Jan. 3, says the House has already passed legislation on May 10 and Aug. 1 to avert the entire fiscal cliff, so now the "Senate must act."
"Speaker Boehner will attend a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House, where he will continue to stress that the House has already passed legislation to avert the entire fiscal cliff and now the Senate must act," spokesman Brendan Buck said in a statement on Thursday.
With no new offers from Republicans or Democrats on Capitol Hill, say many congressional analysts, it's up to a president who has little incentive to shoulder a burden that the congressional leaders themselves have failed to take up.
"It's going to go over the fiscal cliff, because it seems to be in everybody's interest politically to do so," says Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., who is now interviewing senators on bipartisanship.
While Democrats are stronger in a new Congress, he says, "Boehner's interest [is] to get past his election for speaker," meaning both sides benefit from extending negotiations beyond the deadline.
"The president's position is so strong," he adds, "that from his position, it doesn't matter which side of Jan. 1. the effort is made."


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For some reason, May has become on our calendar the month to remember. We remember Mom, pushing Dad's remembrance off to June. We remember classmates as yearbooks are signed with pithy, and sometimes crude, sayings that last a lifetime. We are also remembered in class pictures, next to the same clever guy who signed your yearbook with an obscenity now holding up two fingers behind some unsuspecting dude's head in the class picture. That guy really cracks me up!
And we pause to remember and honor on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day, those unselfish souls who made the ultimate sacrifice in military uniform for our freedoms. Originally created to pay tribute to those soldiers on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line who perished in the bloody Civil War, Memorial Day has since expanded its definition by honoring all who served their country and died in that service.
Most of us on the Gulf Coast corridor are happy to remember the good times, the stressful times, the times spent with our loved ones in a place we all call home. And it's a part of our humanity that most of those memories involve food and drink. We remember meals, late night sessions with our buddies, special Thanksgiving gatherings, and sometimes just sitting in our favorite chair at day's end and letting the stresses of modern life leave us. Maybe a fine glass of bourbon assists in that exercise.
There are restaurants in every community that have hosted important events of long ago, and other restaurants have come along, adding to our inventory of where to go, "where everyone knows our name."
Here are a few old favorites up and down America's Third Coast that still put a smile on my face and a fine experience for the eyes, the nose and the mouth.
Marina Cafe
404 Harbor Blvd. (Highway 98)
Destin, Florida
(850) 837-7960
In a beautiful contemporary glass and wood structure, right on Destin Harbor, Marina Grill has been doing excellent work since the late 1980s.
The entrance is a large, pagoda-like ceilinged room with the bar in the center. Very welcoming and comfortable. The dining room is a long candle-lit hallway and raised table area with a glass wall along the harbor side, allowing for lovely views of the harbor and Holiday Isle across the water. Large yachts and fishing boats provide excellent backdrop for the varied menu.
Sushi and peppercorn-crusted tuna highlight the small plates menu while steaks and pork chops provide bigger fare. It's not uncommon to select several dishes from the small plates menu to enjoy the varied flavors of fresh seafood and other specialties.
The Fish House
600 South Barracks St.
Pensacola, Florida
Part of a quality local group of restaurants, Great Southern, The Fish House, established 1998, is all about, surprise! — local seafood, selected well and prepared to perfection. Whatever bounties the steps-away Gulf of Mexico has offered that day will be the featured presentation.
Chef Jim Shirley brings his considerable and award-winning talents to every dish. Located in the historic center of Pensacola, near Seville Square, and next door to Atlas Oyster House, another Great Southern outlet, this is authentic Gulf Coast dining without compromise.
The Deck Bar is one of the greatest spots in town to view the Bay and the Causeway heading to Gulf Breeze across the way. Even on chillier nights, which are more frequent than you would imagine thanks to the winds coming off the water, there is a fire pit to warm the outside of the body while the creative cocktail offerings do their job with the inside.
Dew Drop Inn
1808 Old Shell Road
Mobile, Alabama
I fought with myself to include this old-time hole-in-the-wall joint in this story. It's not fancy. Quite the opposite. It's not friendly. The menu is not varied and it's always packed. And those are its good points.
But Dew Drop Inn has a certain panache and style where if you get it, you've got it. For those that have never been, regulars tell them to order the hot dog with chili and kraut. The dog is pink. And, if you don't "get it," you are put off. Roll with the locals. Grab some okay onion rings, sit down and eat.
Don't expect anyone to offer dessert or coffee when you are done. If you want something more, ya gotta ask.
In the experience, you will have touched the soul of an American food scene from long ago. But still here.
Mary Mahoney's Old French House
110 Rue Magnolia
Biloxi, Mississippi
The full name of this restaurant is hardly ever used, with locals and knowledgeable visitors simply calling it "Mary Mahoney's." The building dates from 1737 and has had a glorious history, including 1973 when Mary and her husband, Bob, purchased the property, determined to offer proper Creole specialties, a la New Orleans cuisine.
The place even today looks as if it would fit very well into New Orleans' Garden District. It's more incongruous with the recent rise of the grand casinos and tall hotels that now dot the Mississippi Coast's shoreline.
You will find a lot of mixed reviews of the cuisine here, but don't let that put you off if you are among the very few folks that have never enjoyed the ambience of one of the most distinctive dining establishments anywhere in the South. Over the years, the place has been more "on" than "off," and just being here is such a grand experience.
3739 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge has always been a bit of an anomaly when it comes to cuisine. Sitting between two world-renowned eating towns, New Orleans and Lafayette, it seems Baton Rouge concentrated its energies on Tiger Stadium during Saturday nights in the Fall and let the dining scene chips fall where they may. The fine dining restaurants in Baton Rouge are quite good, just not plentiful.
Juban's, however, has been the go-to special-place destination since 1983. It has held the flag high and proud. In fact, consensus is that Juban's is better now than it was when Esquire named it one of the Best New Restaurants in America the year of its birth.
Juban's treatments of regional specialties, like Pain Perdu, Barbecue Shrimp, and Gumbo, take a back seat to no other restaurant anywhere. The emphasis is on seafood, but the meat offerings, steak, pork and chicken, are quite exciting. Keep your camera handy because the plating presentations alone are worth the trip to enjoy the artistic details.
There are, of course, in every community, older establishments still residing among the newer, shinier restaurants. But it's what comes out of those doors separating the kitchens from the dining rooms that makes the statement about a place.
Sure, we are all curious and anxious to test drive a new place. Yet somewhere along the way we have to find time to return to old standards that have served us well over the years. We have fond memories of time well spent with dear friends in comfortable, secure surroundings appreciating culinary masterpieces from creative minds.
It's not only a pleasure, but also a duty, to see that these temples of fine dining and keepers of history do not pass from the scene.


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Sunday, August 2, 2009
In My Mailbox (VIII)
For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along.
With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment. But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel. For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life.
14 comments:
- Fantastic Book Review said...
Enjoy Hush, Hush! But let me forewarn you- Patch is mine... LOL!
- August 2, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Jess (The Cozy Reader) said...
Enjoy! It was a good read. :)
- August 2, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Thao said...
Yay for Hush Hush. Enjoy!
- August 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- Sab H. said...
I can't wait to read this book!!!
- August 2, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Erica said...
Enjoy Hush, Hush! It's freakin' phenomenal!
- August 2, 2009 at 11:57 AM
- So Many Books, So Little Time said...
I want to read Hush, Hush so badly! Enjoy it!
- August 2, 2009 at 12:23 PM
- Katie said...
Ugh I am so jealous of everyone who is getting Hush, Hush. It looks amazing. Enjoy!
- August 2, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Lilixtreme said...
Even though it's only one, it is the best! Enjoy!
- August 2, 2009 at 2:20 PM
- Briana said...
I think I'm the ONLY one who didn't get Hush Hush. Enjoy reading it!
- August 2, 2009 at 4:54 PM
My niece LOVED this book!
- August 2, 2009 at 5:59 PM
- Katie said...
Ooooh, "Hush, Hush!" Looks great and I can't wait to get my hands on it.
Happy reading!
- August 2, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- Rebecca said...
Awesome book you got this week. Hope you enjoy reading it. It sounds like a really good book.
- August 2, 2009 at 7:33 PM
- Sara said...
I just finished Hush, Hush last night and I LOVED it! Can't wait to see what you think of it!
- August 3, 2009 at 12:49 AM
- Jena said...
My mom just called me to tell me that this book had shown up for me--at their house. Which is weird, 'cause I've been living in Canada for a year and a half now. Anyway, they're coming to visit in September and they're bringing it with them--and very likely, my sister will read it on the flight(s) here.
- August 5, 2009 at 3:04 PM


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Here is an outstanding example of the kind of "wealthy family" investment that germanforestgump may have been talking about.
Is there anything the members of this forum can do to support the initiative?
Certainly volunteers would be a benefit to this chap, to help the refugees to build infrastructure and a new home.


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Plan an easy landscape project
As leaves begin to bud on trees across the country and temperatures finally start to climb, landscaping can become a great weekend project.
Jeff Burke with Budget Landscaping has been landscaping since 1978 and has been serving Houston-area homeowners for the past 18 years. He said most landscaping projects run an average of $2,500.
Burke said that because his company has little overhead, it's able to work with homeowners to guide them through the landscaping process inexpensively. He said he's also able to offer homeowners solid tips and ideas.
Start Brainstorming
First, Burke said that homeowners should get to know the people who run local nurseries. Second, homeowners should get to know their neighbors, cultivating ideas and sharing experiences so that the amateur landscaper neither wastes time nor money in undergoing a project doomed to fail because of soil conditions or climate.
Many of Burke's landscaping ideas have nothing to do with green things — some center on rocks.
For example, he said one of his favorite inexpensive projects is to lay some flagstone rocks around the foundation of a house. He said he also likes to create ponds comprised of moss rock.
In both instances, Burke recommended that plants be removed and replanted in and around the rock areas to achieve a natural look.
The addition of a bench to a back yard is not only decorative, it's useful. For homeowners who are feeling a bit more leisurely, Burke recommended planting a couple of cypress, pine or oak trees just far enough apart to fit a hammock.
If a monthly bill isn't a tremendous concern, water placed within the proper context can add a splash of beauty to any landscape. Burke recommends that customers who are interested buy their own fountains at wholesale prices. He then adds flagstone underneath and plants irises around the edges.
Inexpensive landscaping projects can involve the entire family, as well.
"(Annuals) can add beauty to a home, and you can make it a family project, too," said John Buechner with Lawn Doctor.
Annuals are plants with a life cycle of only one year — they germinate, flower and then die.
Burke said he likes planting a few small trees, such as pines, at the side of a house to spruce up a home's profile. Having lived everywhere from Venezuela to Laredo, Burke said he's grown to appreciate everything from rainforests to orchids, pansies and pine trees.
On the other hand, Buechner said that improving a house's landscape can be as much the result of peer pressure as it is an appreciation for beauty.
"Landscaping and how your lawn looks is a personal decision," he said.
Even the government has entered the landscaping business. The Environmental Protection Agency features "A Source Book on Natural Landscaping for Public Officials."
Pro Might Be Best
If after all this, no ideas for an inexpensive landscaping project come to mind, perhaps it's best to let the pros have a look. According to Associated Content, many homeowners actually waste money trying to save it by doing it themselves.
Buechner said most of Lawn Doctor's customers look to spend a minimum of $300 on even the most inexpensive landscaping projects.
"For almost the same amount of money, he could buy our services," Buechner said.
Likewise, Burke said that homeowners who aspire to a little do-it-yourself landscaping shouldn't necessarily avoid professional service companies just because of costs.


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text: Girdwood, AK Everyone My Brother Knows in Girdwood, Alaska My younger brother Jason and I were both originally from Alaska. When I was five years old and he was two, my Mom loaded us up into our 1965 International pickup camper along with three standard poodles and two guinea pigs, and we began the 3,700 mile journey down the treacherous Alcan highway to our new home in Southern California. Jason was only two at the time, but his gregarious nature was already clear. It seemed he could almost instantly befriend anyone - from rebellious, punked-out hipsters to soccer moms to conservative business types. When it came time to sell candy for school fund-raising activities, I would always hand over my goods to Jason. He was good at selling and far more outgoing than I was, and after about an hour he'd return home with an empty candy box, a full cash envelope, and stories of a bunch of new friends he'd made. In 1999, Jason returned to Alaska - settling in the small town of Girdwood. As one might expect, he quickly wove himself into the web of the local culture, building a network of friends that spans the entire gamut of Girdwood's tiny society. In July 2008 in my temporary studio in the back of Chair 5, on the patio of the Silvertip, and in a few other makeshift locations around town, I set up shop and Jason did what he does best – gathering people of all types. Here is a very small selection from Everyone my Brother Knows in Girdwood, Alaska. (Click "next>" down below for photos, or move your cursor right until the red, clickable + sign appears, or start with thumbnails from the bottom menu.) Everyone My Brother Knows in Girdwood, AK


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WhatsApp criticized over privacy policy
Messaging app WhatsApp has been criticized over privacy policies following a joint investigation by Dutch and Canadian regulators.
Investigators said that when smartphone owners installed the app it asked to access their address books.
They said the problem was that it then transmitted all the contained phone numbers to its servers, and failed to delete those belonging to people who had not signed up to the service.
WhatsApp has not commented on the report at this time.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority has said that it could take punitive action if the Silicon Valley firm behind the product does not change it.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada added that it would also continue to monitor the company, but said it did not have the power to issue sanctions despite its belief that the firm was breaking local laws.
WhatsApp was launched in 2009 and allows users to send each other text, image, video and audio messages.
It works across Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone and Symbian platforms and does not charge a fee per message.
Instead some users pay its developer an annual $0.99 subscription, while others face a one-off cost to download the app. This has helped make it a popular alternative to SMS and MMS message services.
On installation users are asked permission to share their contacts so that the software can identify which of their friends are also on the service.
The regulators noted that only iPhone users running the latest version of Apple's iOS operating system were given the option of manually adding contacts rather than allowing their address book to be scanned.
They noted that although it was not illegal for the firm to have copied over data belonging to non-users, the problem was that it did not delete the information after running the friend-identification check.
Instead, the investigators said, the data was kept in a hashed form – in other words the telephone numbers were transformed into a short code and stored.
"This practice contravenes Canadian and Dutch privacy law, which holds that information may only be retained for so long as it is required for the fulfillment of an identified purpose," said the regulators.
The agencies added that the app's developer had taken steps to address some of their other concerns.
These included the introduction of encryption to prevent third-parties eavesdropping on messages sent via unprotected Wi-Fi networks, and the adoption of a stronger authentication process to make it harder for scammers to hack accounts in order to send messages from them.


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After watching others set up their transition, and talking with some others I knew, it was go time! What a better way to note how I felt just before the start of a race then to pose like a dork for a picture! Just for you guys...
The Swim: 1/3 mile
There were 3 waves with approximately 60-75 people in each wave. Not a lot of people participating, but not too few. Jill and I were in the 2nd wave. Once the first wave took off, the 2nd wave was able to get in the water. It was a lot colder than I thought it was going to be and instantly my heart rate went up. Any suggestions to help with this would greatly be appreciated.
Three minutes after the 1st wave took off, it was time for us to go. The swim was set up where you go out to the 2nd buoy and then come back on the other side, going clockwise. The water level was so low along the beach that you could stand in it the entire distance of the swim. It came up to just below my chest. I found myself taking advantage of this quite often, but did a lot of tarzan swimming - that is the free style with my head above the water.
I find that the more and more I do open water swims, the more comfortable I become. I just wish there were more lakes closer to where I live. As of right now, my practice open water swims consist of the 3 triathlons I have done and that's it.
I couldn't believe how many people were wearing wetsuits. I know that there are benefits to wearing one, such as warmth and boyancy, but I didn't think they would be necessary given the conditions and distance we were swimming. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong or missing any other benefits to wearing a wetsuit.
T1: The first transition went pretty well. I still kind of feel a little disorganized when going through transition. I feel like I haven't figured out the right order to put things on. I try to put my helmet on first, just so I don't forget to put it on, then the gloves, socks, cycling shoes, and then take off. How is T1 for you?
The last half of the route I was still struggling to get my heart rate down and new I needed to before tackling the run. I just couldn't seem to catch my breath. It almost seemed as if I wasn't getting enough oxygen. Do you ever have that feeling that no matter how hard you breathe in, it's not enough? It was weird.
- They claim this race is for the "Average Jo" - those who are just getting into triathlons. I hope that they also inform those Average Jo's that this course is full of nasty hills. I wouldn't suggest this race to anyone looking to do their first triathlon, that's for sure.
- Everything was well organized for the most part. They had tons of volunteers and enough water stations along the course. Another port-a-potty to add to the two they had would have probably been nice.
- If they could figure out a better way to get from transition to the bike route asside from the dirt road, that would be great.
- Will I do this race again? Probably not. But, it's truly nothing against this race. I just think that I will have more fun trying different races.
Overall Stats:
Swim: 1/3 mile - 7:43
Bike: 12 miles - 45:51
T2: ??? approximately 1:45 - they didn't have this information and I know it was added into the run, not the bike
Run: 51:16 (more like 49:30)


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Solar-powered factories, hovercraft apartments, glass towers topped with helipads: No, these are not concept drawings for EPCOT circa 1981. These are ideas for the future of North Korean cities, designed by North Korean architects in 2014.
Currently on view at the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, these visions were curated by Nick Bonner, the proprietor of Beijing-based Koryo Tours—the group responsible for some of the most incredible Instagram photos taken behind the DPRK curtain. The show includes dozens of images created by architects from Paekdusan Construction and Architectural Research Institute, the two organizations which design and build most of the government-issued projects in the country.
For the project—which was four years in the making—the architects were asked to create proposals for what tourism might someday look like in North Korea. It's an interesting proposition to consider since the idea of visitors freely entering the state is a completely foreign concept to residents at the moment. While some ideas are simply wacky, it's also fascinating to see how many elements of urban design that are commonplace in Western world are presented as "utopian" visions for the future. The desire to live in and engage with the natural environment is probably the most prominent theme.
Even though the real-world prevalence of bunker-like Soviet-era structures in North Korea don't necessarily infer a design-centric culture, architecture itself holds a prized role in the society. In 1991 Kim Jong-Il wrote a book entitled On Architecture where he described the ideal architectural style for his people: "There cannot and should not be a modern form of architecture that is devoid of national characteristics. Architecture that has been created to reflect the people's requirements in a new age, in keeping with the modern aesthetic feelings and modern civilized life is architecture that embodies modernity, namely, modern architecture." While that particular statement doesn't really make any sense, it's clear that the Dear Leader did envision himself as some kind of master planner, with a specific aesthetic vision for North Korean urban design.
While most Americans will never see real-life North Korean design in person, Koryo Tours' unique relationship with the government does allow visitors to get up close and personal with present-day North Korean architecture. If you'd like to go along for the ride, Koryo is organizing an architecture tour of Pyongyang in October. [The Independent, The Guardian]


text: Youth Bike Skill Up This Sunday, 9/16/12 September 12, 2012 by Ecology Center In the third event as part of our "Reclaim, Rebuild, Reskill" event series is a bike skill up, with free activities for youth. This event will be at Healthy Hearts Garden in North Oakland, a beautiful site run by our co-hosts, Phat Beets Produce. Also joining in to provide their bike expertise is Cycles of… Read more »


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Last Prince of Atlantis
The Last Prince of Atlantis is a beautiful fairy tale about love, an animated family movie. The dynamic intrigue, a bright and multidimensional shows keeps the audiences captivated. An old pearl-fisher Bltazar is forced to sell his boat to wealthy man Don Vincenzo. But this is not the worst part. Now Vincenzo wants to take his beautiful daughter Adrianna! The girl is against that, but for how much longer can she resist? Police and gangsters serve Vincenzo... But money and power are nothing when the real love comes around. The Last Prince Of Atlantis appears from the bottom of the sea, where he spent thousands of years in a stone sarcophagus. One day he sees Adrianna in the sea, strikes up looking for her and finds her...
Released: 2019-04-11
Duration: 84 min
Country: Russia, United States of America
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Swimming pools are a much greater danger to black children and teens than they are to other kids, a new government study shows.
Black children ages 5 to 19 drown in swimming pools at a rate more than five times that of white children, the research found. That suggests a lot of blacks are not learning to swim, said the lead author, Dr. Julie Gilchrist of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Swimming is a life-saving skill, not just another sport, she said.
The racial differences were smaller for drownings in lakes or other bodies of water. Experts think that's because relatively few blacks go boating or participate in other water activities.
Drowning is a major cause of death in children and young adults, and researchers have long observed a higher rate in African-Americans. The report released Thursday looked at racial differences in far greater detail, by age and by where youths drown.
Among whites, drowning rates peak in toddlers but then decline dramatically around age 5 and stay down. Experts think that's a result of swimming lessons kicking in.
Among blacks, the drowning rate for toddlers is lower, but it doesn't drop off the same way as children get older.
An earlier study showed that nearly 60 percent of black children surveyed were unable to swim or felt uncomfortable in the deep end of a pool, compared to 31 percent of white kids.
That stems from cultural differences, experts believe. Generally, more white families spend recreation time at pools or beaches, and more white parents make sure their kids can swim, Gilchrist said.
About 21,000 children and young adults drowned from 1999 through 2010, according to the CDC study. Overall, the black drowning rate was about 40 percent higher than the rate for whites. The rate for Hispanics was roughly the same as for whites and the Asian rate was slightly lower. The rate for American Indians and Alaska Natives was the highest — about double the white rate.


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April 18-19, 2013
The Center for Public Scholarship and the Food Studies Program at The New School are pleased to present the 29th Social Research conference, "Food and Immigrant Life: The Role of Food in Forced Migration, Migrant Labor, and Re-creating Home," on Thursday and Friday April 18 and 19, 2013, at The New School in New York City.
The conference will examine the complex relationships between food and migration. Food scarcity is not only at the root of much human displacement and migration—the food industry also offers immigrants an entry point into the U.S. economic system while simultaneously confining migrants to low wages and poor, if not unsafe, work conditions. At the same time, food allows immigrants to maintain their cultural identity. The conference places issues of immigration and food service work in the context of a broader social justice agenda and explores the cultural role food plays in expressing cultural heritage.
We are also pleased to be collaborating with several organizations external to The New School to offer additional programming around the conference: the China Institute, the Korea Society, El Museo del Barrio, Feet in Two Worlds, and Streetwise New York. Please visit the Additional Events page for details.
The conference is made possible through a collaboration between The New School's Center for Public Scholarship and the Food Studies program as well as the Writing Program, India China Institute, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, Center for New York City Affairs, Global Studies program, Gender Studies program, and International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship (ICMEC).
The director and founder (1988) of the Social Research conference series is Arien Mack, Alfred and Monette Marrow Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research, who has been the editor of Social Research since 1970. She organized this conference with Fabio Parasecoli, associate professor and coordinator of Food Studies at The New School for Public Engagement. For the history of the conference series, visit the Social Research conference series site. For information about other public events at The New School, see the university calendar. Find information about the more than 70 degree programs offered at The New School. For general information about The New School, visit the Quick Facts page.


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ECO 205 Development of Economic Thought
Designed for non-majors as well as majors, this course examines the intellectual history of economics. The ideas of great economists (including Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Keynes, Schumpeter and Knight) are analyzed and compared. Particular emphasis is placed on differing views toward capitalism—especially predictions about its eventual fate. This course is offered in the fall semester. This course is not offered in 2008-2009.
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Marie Lupe Cooley thought her job at a Jacksonville, Fla., architectural firm was in jeopardy after she saw a help-wanted ad in the local newspaper that appeared to be seeking candidates for her position.
She decided that if she was being fired, she'd exact her revenge, and came into the office on a Sunday and erased years of important data on her employer's computer system.
Cooley's story received local and national media attention earlier this year, and her act of sabotage is a good lesson for disgruntled workers everywhere. Her impulsive decision landed her in jail.
There are a number of workers out there like Cooley who may feel slighted by their employers. During tough economic times, no one's job is safe.
But disgruntled employees, take heed: If you deliberately sabotage your employer's computer system or do something that could undermine a firm's business, you could end up in jail or ruin your chances of ever being employed again.
Take, for example, the Boeing worker at a suburban Philadelphia plant who in May cut electrical wires on a $24 million Chinook military helicopter because he said he was upset about an impending job transfer. The vandalism caused more than $110,000 in damage, according to federal prosecutors, and the former employee now faces 10 months in prison or more.
As for Cooley, she was ultimately sentenced to five years of probation and agreed to pay restitution to her former employer.
"She felt she was wronged," says a source close to Cooley's case. (Cooley could not be reached for comment.)
Another disturbing fact: A survey by security firm Cyber-Ark that found 88 percent of information technology workers would take sensitive data with them or abscond with company passwords if they were fired.
People, this is illegal! This goes way beyond stealing Post-it notes.
Perceived injustice in the workplace
Some corporate security experts point to an uptick in such cases in the last year or so.
"It's a pretty common problem right now and it's only getting worse," says Andrew Serwin, chair of the privacy, security and information management practice for law firm Foley & Lardner.
Serwin, author of "Information Security and Privacy: A Practical Guide to Federal, State and International Law," thinks the reason behind the rise in corporate sabotage is that so much information is stored electronically. "Now you can come in with a thumb-drive or your iPod and download a ton of information," he says.
"In a lot of these cases of sabotage and aggression at work, it's a person trying to restore justice to a situation," says Paul Harvey, assistant professor of management at the University of New Hampshire. Some workers who are fired or not given a raise may feel it's an injustice that can only be remedied via payback.
And today's tough economic environment, which can lead to disgruntled workers, doesn't help. "With the possibility of downsizing, and the number of people fired or laid off, the potential goes up," he says.
There seems to be a lot of injustice in the workplace these days. Workers are being laid off by the thousands while the top brass at those same firms get big bonuses and raises. Earlier this year, a congressional committee even felt the need to scrutinize the big pay packages given to the CEOs in the mortgage sector, which has seen thousands of jobs slashed.
"People see that and think: 'They could have paid my measly salary," says Harvey.
Most of the employees who decide to carry out sabotage do it before they actually get escorted out of the building, says Dawn Cappelli, senior member of the technical staff at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute's CERT program, where her team looks at cybercrime committed by current or former employees or contractors.
"We had one case in a telecommunications company where an employee planted a logic bomb and let it sit there for six months until he found another job," she explains. When the logic bomb — also known as a time bomb, software code written to do something malicious to a computer system — went off, it disrupted service for the company's customers and wreaked havoc until the IT folks figured out what it was.
It's hard to know exactly how many sabotage cases like this have occurred, Cappelli says, because most companies, about 74 percent, never report such breaches. It's bad for public relations. Investors and customers may look at the breach by an insider as a sign of lax security.
That reluctance to report the sabotage to law enforcement means that many of these cases don't end up in court or jail time for those workers who perpetrate the sabotage, experts say.
But, as the electronic age has made it easier for workers to sabotage an employer's business, it's also made it easier for prospective employers to check you out.
So the last thing you need is to be known in the industry as a worker who took revenge on his or her managers, says Barbara Kate Repa, author of "Your Rights In The Workplace." You risk your own work reputation. The work world is a small world, and that kind of bad karma is going to follow you around and muddy your tracks for good."
Talk to your manager
If you suspect layoffs maybe coming or were not paid a bonus you were expecting, Repa suggests sitting down with your manager to discuss the matter, rather than stewing in anger.
And do it without whining, she adds. Come to the table with some suggestions of how you can make things better, for your department and yourself.
From the manager's perspective, it's a good idea to tell workers exactly why certain actions are being taken so they aren't left wondering "Why me?" That just gives employees "room to spin conspiracy theories," adds Harvey. If they know it was just part of a bigger cost-cutting measure, they're not as likely not to take it personally.
We all get angry and frustrated. "But some people's snapping point is lower than others. How a person handles things varies," Harvey explains.
In many cases of sabotage, Cappelli says, the employees feel remorseful in the end. "Everyone we talked to said, 'If I had to do it again I never would have done this.' "
But, she adds, some workers may be predisposed to this type of behavior. They tend to have one or two common personality characteristics: They can't take criticism, and they typically don't get along well with colleagues at work. "Something happens that sets them off; pay problems, layoffs, etc.," she adds.
There's nothing wrong with a little revenge daydream, says Harvey. "It's when you get to the point where you're planning out the steps that you're going to take to get that revenge that you probably reached the point where things are getting out of control."


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Everything a Father Should Be
The January after he was first elected to Congress, Rep. William Lacy Clay was sworn in — for the second time in his life.
Thirty-two years earlier, the Missouri Democrat had watched from the House floor as his father, former Democratic Rep. William Lacy Clay Sr., was sworn in.
"When he raised his hand to take the oath of office, I raised mine, too — at the age of 12 years old," he said.
Clay is one of 26 current Members of Congress to follow his or her father's footsteps into the Capitol.
Only one Member, Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.), was preceded by his mother, former Sen. Jean Carnahan (D-Mo.).
Growing up around Congress had its perks — children of Members often had free rein of their fathers' offices, the Capitol grounds and, sometimes, the White House.
Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) got to spend snow days at the Capitol with his father, former Rep. Del Latta (R-Ohio), who would put him to work.
"It didn't make any difference to me," he said. "I just liked being there."
Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and his five brothers and sisters would cram into the office of his father, the late Rep. Nick Begich (D-Alaska). They would interrupt meetings and even play in the House gym.
"Did I understand the historical moments? No," he said. "But did I know as a kid I had a great playground? Yes."
The late Rep. Stewart Udall's (D-Ariz.) prominent role in the House landed his son, Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), a chance to attend young Lucy Johnson's birthday party at the Johnson White House.
"It was very lively, and I asked the first lady — Lady Bird Johnson — to rock and roll with me," Udall said. "She accepted. It was a hoot!"
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) got a chance to visit the Capitol early on, thanks to her father, the late Rep. Thomas D'Alesandro (D-Md.).
"My brothers kept saying, 'Nancy, look at the Capitol!' and I asked in reply, 'Is it a capital A, B, or C?'" she said in an email.
Getting There
Despite the fun and inspiring childhoods they enjoyed, most legacy Members didn't plan on entering politics — and their fathers weren't always encouraging.
"My dad would never have said this was what he wanted me to do," Latta said. When he started law school in Ohio, "my dad's parting words to me that day were, 'Stay there.'"
Rep. Walter Jones Jr. (R-N.C.) said his father, the late Rep. Walter Jones (D-N.C.), never encouraged him to get into politics. Nor did former Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla.) encourage his son, Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.).
"He thought it would be better to spend time with my family, and I had a good law practice," Bilirakis said.
Rep. Dan Boren's (D-Okla.) father, former Rep. David Boren (D-Okla.), who followed his own father into Congress, too, warned his son against running for election.
"He said it's a really tough life," Boren said.
Sen. Jon Kyl's (R-Ariz.) father, the late Rep. John Henry Kyl (R-Iowa), said the same.
"When I called him and told him I was going to run for the House of Representatives, he said 'Why?'" Kyl said. "He didn't think that was a very good idea … he said, 'You've got a great job, why would you want to do that?' and I said, 'Well, for the same reason you did.'"
Still, growing up in a political family can help ease the decision to enter politics.
Rep. John Duncan (R-Tenn.) was won over watching his own father, former Rep. John Duncan Sr. (R-Tenn.).
"The politics just slowly gets into your blood," Duncan said. "If you'd asked me back in middle school if I would end up in politics, I probably would have told you no."
Rep. Rush Holt's (D-N.J.) father, the late Sen. Rush D. Holt (D-W.Va.), helped him see the brighter side of politics.
"I heard countless testimonies from people who appreciated what my father had done for them," he said.
Still, some fathers were proud to see their kids follow their path.
"While I was still in the middle of my first campaign for Congress, a tough battle, my father said to me, 'Just remember — I don't need a ticket to your swearing-in because former Members can go right to the floor,'" Pelosi said. "I pointed out to him that I hadn't even won my election yet! But I think that was a sign that my father felt great pride."
Job Experience
Encouraging them to run isn't the only way Congressional fathers helped out their children. They also landed them page jobs and internships or helped them campaign.
Boren's father helped him find a page job in Sen. Robert Byrd's office in the summer of 1988. Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) also served as pages. And Rep. Gus Bilirakis landed three different D.C. internships — including one in the Reagan White House — with the help of his father. Latta's father, like many others, even helped him go door-to-door, campaigning for early political jobs.
Their fathers' name recognition and political clout also helped some struggling Members — but that name recognition's not everything.
"He said that he could help me get elected but he could not help me keep the seat," Clay said.
It can even be a double-edged sword. Former Sen. Connie Mack III (R-Fla.) warned his son, Rep. Connie Mack IV (R-Fla.) of the potential difficulty.
"He said, 'Look, Connie. You're going to get half my supporters and all of my enemies."
Preparation for the Path Ahead
Once elected, Congressional fathers were a valuable resource. Dingell said he learned plenty just growing up with his dad, the late Rep. John Dingell Sr. (D-Mich.).
"Living with him was an education all by itself," he said. "Everything I needed to know."
Boren, who just announced he would not run for re-election, still seeks his father's advice and counsel on the big issues he faces.
"He said he probably would have done the same thing if he was in my shoes," Boren said.
Pryor's father, former Sen. David Pryor (D-Ark.), also gave him some good advice, he said, but it was hard advice to follow.
"When I was packing up the moving van and driving out the driveway, he said, 'Whatever you do, don't get on the Ethics Committee,'" Pryor said. "He served there for 12 years." Mark has now served on the same committee for six years.
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), daughter of the late Rep. Edward Roybal (D-Calif.), said that when she was a freshman, no one offered to help her, presuming she already knew what to do.
"I had to stop and ask, 'How do I vote? I don't know, either,'" she said. "The assumption is that you just automatically know things. But it's like if your father is a surgeon, just because you grew up with him doesn't automatically mean you know how to be a surgeon."
Not All Fun and Games
Having a Congressional father often made for some tougher childhoods.
For those who didn't live in the District, Dad was often halfway across the country — and for those who did, he often worked far later than they would have liked.
"Starting in 1961, Dad was gone," Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas) said of his father, the late Rep. Henry Gonzalez (D-Texas). "He couldn't be in San Antonio during the week because his workplace was in D.C., and we couldn't move to D.C. because finances didn't allow it."
It's also tough to be constantly in the Washington "fishbowl," as Roybal-Allard calls it.
"An elected official's family has to develop a thick skin," Gonzalez said. "Politics is rough-and-tumble, and you're in the public eye. That parent is your mom or dad, so it can get very personal and very hurtful, especially for small children."
Political parents also invite constant comparisons for their children.
"There's always going to be a comparison by the electorate," Gonzalez said. "Sometimes it's not kind. 'Your father would never have done this.' How many times you will hear that!"
With such a tendency to compare, distinguishing yourself takes on substantial importance.
"My father taught me something I try to teach my boys," Dingell said. "As I told my son Christopher, I said, 'Son, you be a first-class Christopher and not a second-rate John. You be yourself, not me.'"
Comparisons, however, aren't always thorns in the sides of legacy Members.
"There will always naturally be comparisons or people will have fond memories of him or his service," Pryor said of his father. "I think sometimes people do compare us, and that's OK with me. I see that as a compliment."
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, daughter of former Rep. Arch Moore (R-W.Va.), agrees.
"I used to say, 'Oh, I'm forging my own path, rejecting the following-the-footsteps kind of thing,' but naturally, that's an assumption," the West Virginia Republican said. "I think he left pretty big footprints, and I'm trying to follow in his footsteps — but carving my own path at the same time."
No matter the hours, the sacrifices or the job description, in the end, the former Members were all fathers first.
"I don't know that, as a kid, you recognize the difference," Mack said. "It's just your dad. He's the guy that shows up at your Little League baseball game and helps you with your homework and does all those types of things. He's a shoulder to cry on when you've got problems. … He's my hero, he's my dad, he's everything I think a man should be, a father should be and a husband should be."


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Prais'd be the fathomless universe...
For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious;
And for love, sweet love.
--Walt Whitman
See you in 2016!
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What came to me immediately was Egypt, because of their ancient animal gods-- jackal, cat, etc. It could also bring in mummies, tombs, things that twigged me when I was a kid..... So I said I'd give it a shot, did it the next day, just a few pages, pretty much a précis of what the first show would turn out to be, the imminent destruction of Thundera, their Exodus and so on. Jules had wanted a team of Cats so I added the other Tcats, their specific weapons, Snarf for comedy relief, named them, also the bad guys, Slythe, Monkian, Jackalman, etc, I called them "mutants" because it was a word that resonated with kids as bad guys… Mumm-Ra the Immortal…no, the Everliving because "immortal" had a benevolent sound to it, anyway, as the overarching evil that awaited them on Third Earth, which was what remained of Earth after two nuclear holocausts.Bass loved Starr's ideas and asked him to come in the very next day. Starr recalls:
When I got there Jules had had a "Deal Memo" prepared, specifying a certain sum for agreeing to the Memo, another for completion of a "Bible" which is a basic format for a series of 65 half hour shows for other writers to base their scripts on, another sum in the event of commencement of production, a price for each following script, a specific percentage of any merchandising revenues, all else to be further defined in, quote, "a more formal and complete contract now in preparation."Starr told Bass that if he was going to put everything aside and develop such a major project he wanted residuals. He recalled, "Jules said we'd work that out when we did the formal contract. " There was no time for formal contracts just then; the important thing was to meet the tight deadlines. Starr jumped on the project and worked day and night to get the first shows out. He wrote and rewrote the scripts. The show became a smash hit but unfortunately, the promised "formal contract" never appeared.
It was important to me was that my credit should have been "developed by" in addition to "head writer." I asked Jules about it, he said they had to do it that way. Why? He shrugged as if he didn't really know himself, it was out of his hands.Starr also drew a map of the world he envisioned for the ThunderCats:
|Starr original version
|Rankin/Bass copy
"Look,"says Jules, "If you want to sue us, sue us. It'll cost you a lot of money and you'll lose."So Starr sued but as Bass predicted, got nowhere because he did not have a contract. He only received what he was owed under the "preliminary" Deal Memo. Starr reflected,
"I didn't realize that 'A formal and complete contract now in preparation' turned out to be one of those complex legal terms that translates as 'Up yours.'"Looking over the legal papers, it's clear to me that Starr never had a prayer against the corporate armies of Rankin/Bass. He later recounted, "I mostly remember being disgusted, that such a fascinating, frustrating, exhausting, exhilarating, ultimately successful venture should have come to such a shabby end. ...These stories are Legion in that business. "
|Two frosty expressions that are very difficult to capture
|Alison Bechdel's version of an "abject and shameful mien"
|Kate Beaton's version of "consumed with lust"
|William Steig
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|"Modest smile"


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STELL, Gerald. Afrikaans speech norms and prescriptive Afrikaans norms: is there enough scope for grammatical diversity in standard Afrikaans?. Tydskr. geesteswet. [online]. 2010, vol.50, n.3, pp.418-444. ISSN 2224-7912.
Afrikaans may be a standardized language, but it is acknowledged that the standardization it has undergone is not quite thorough and should be continued, particularly at the grammatical level. How the standardization process should be continued has, however, been the topic of a debate that emerged in the 1990s: should Standard Afrikaans reflect spoken varieties or its own written tradition? The origin of that debate was the fear that the gap between Standard Afrikaans and spoken varieties would, in the long term, widen and alienate a growing number of Afrikaans speakers, undermining its position and status in the process. Against today's background of the diminishing visibility of Standard Afrikaans not only in the media but also in education, that debate arguably deserves to be reopened once more. But then, arguably, that debate cannot dispense with a clear idea of linguistic variation in the Afrikaans speech community, and in particular in the informal register. And the central question which must be asked in reference to that informal register is: how deep is the imprint that Standard Afrikaans has left on it as a result of compulsory education and exposure to the media? And considering today's changed sociolinguistic settings: is that imprint diminishing, allowing informal spoken Afrikaans to evolve its own rules? In order to answer these questions, a corpus of informal spoken Afrikaans has been collected among both White and Coloured speakers, subdivided into three distinct age cohorts, contained in seven samples spread across the three historical dialect zones of the Afrikaans language area. In the process, further possible geographical subdivisions of the Afrikaans speech community were taken into account, such as the urban/rural divide and the recent political border that separates Namibian Afrikaans speakers from their South African peers. In order to test the possibility of convergence with or divergence from the prescriptive norm, a total of 15 morphosyntactic variables with a standard variant and a non-standard variant were singled out for analysis. Among these are a range of variables whose non-standard variant is typically associated with Coloured varieties (e.g. non-standard onse vs. standard ons, "our", non-standard hulle se vs. standard hulle, "their"), and that I thus refer to as "ethnic variants", while the diffusion of the remaining variables is generally not described in ethnic terms (e.g. non-standard Verb Second in relative clauses vs. standard Verb Final). The first step in our analysis consists of looking at the invidivual diffusion of each of the 15 variables. The overall picture is that general convergence is sometimes observable in the direction of the prescriptive variant, but also at other times away from it. Also, there are cases of divergence between samples, observable when some of the samples are converging towards the prescriptive variant while others are moving away from it. An important observation is that Whites generally stand closest to the prescriptive variant. The second step in our analysis consists of a multivariate analysis involving all variables simultaneously in order to allow generalizations on convergence with and divergence from the prescriptive norm. The overall picture yielded by that multivariate analysis is again one that illustrates the prevalence of a systematic linguistic gap between Coloured and White varieties, showing White varieties to be linguistically more homogeneous than Coloured varieties. What it further illustrates is a general trend of mutual convergence between the South African White and Coloured samples. In other words, Afrikaans varieties (at least in South Africa) are becoming more homogeneous without necessarily getting closer to the prescriptive norm. I argue that this observation should be taken into account in any attempt to further standardize Standard Afrikaans grammar. On the basis of the observations described above, there seems to be scope for improving the representativity of the Standard Afrikaans norm. Enhancing the representativity of the Standard Afrikaans norm need not entail scrapping specific grammatical variants. Rather, it could mean acknowledging variation by mentioning variants which are typical of the informal registers of Afrikaans alongside their prescriptive equivalents. I argue here that one merit of this approach is that it reduces the gap between spoken and written registers without doing away with the latter, while also acknowledging ethnic diversity in spoken Afrikaans.
Keywords : Language Variation; Afrikaans; Standardization; Grammar; Ethnicity; Sociolinguistics; Spoken Language; Language Norms; Prescriptive Norms; Coloured Afrikaans.


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Brewers edge Pirates 3-2 for 8th straight win
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Carlos Gomez hit a leadoff homer, Jonathan Lucroy drove in the tiebreaking run with an eighth-inning single and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Saturday night for their eighth consecutive victory.
Gomez got Milwaukee started with a 432-foot drive to center field off Edinson Volquez, and Khris Davis scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-0 in the second.
Pittsburgh tied it in the third on Starling Marte's groundout and Travis Snider's single, snapping Yovani Gallardo's scoreless streak to start the season at 14 2-3 innings. Gallardo struck out Pedro Alvarez to end the inning with two runners in scoring position. The right-hander then held the Pirates scoreless over the next three innings, striking out the side in the fifth.
Lucroy singled to right in the eighth to drive in Ryan Braun, who slid in ahead of the throw to the plate.
Jim Henderson (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning of relief for the win. Francisco Rodriguez got his fourth save in four attempts.
Gallardo went six innings, giving up two runs and six hits. He struck out six and walked one. He is 11-4 in his career against the Pirates.
Volquez, making his second start of the season along with one relief appearance, gave up two runs and four hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out four and walked two.
The Pirates threatened in the sixth when Andrew McCutchen doubled with one out and moved to third on a groundout. Gallardo struck out Russell Martin looking to end the inning.
The Brewers (9-2) put runners on second and third with one out in the seventh against Volquez. Tony Watson retired the next two batters to keep the score tied.
Pittsburgh threatened again in the eighth, but the rally was thwarted in bizarre fashion.
With runners on first and third and one out, McCutchen hit a towering popup behind home plate. Lucroy made the catch and Snider attempted to tag up from first, but Lucroy alertly threw to shortstop Jean Segura covering the bag. As Snider retreated toward first, Marte broke for home but was tagged out by Henderson covering the plate to end the inning.
The Brewers broke through in the eighth. One-out singles by Braun and Aramis Ramirez off reliever Mark Melancon (0-1) put runners on first and second for Lucroy.
Gomez's home run was the lone extra-base hit for the Brewers. Doubles by McCutchen and Travis Ishikawa accounted for the Pirates' only extra-base hits.
NOTES: McCutchen was back in the lineup after being lifted in the eighth inning of Friday night's game with a sore ankle. … Gomez received his 2013 Gold Glove before the game. He was the first Brewers player to win a Gold Glove since shortstop Robin Yount in 1982. … It was Gomez's second leadoff homer of the season. … Milwaukee RHP Kyle Lohse (1-1) faces RHP Charlie Morton (0-0) in the series finale Sunday.