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(written from a Production point of view)
Two members of the Xindi Council offer to stop the launch of the weapon if Archer can prove that the Xindi have been manipulated; the crew holds a memorial for their dead shipmates.
T'Pol visits sickbay for further treatment for her trellium addiction. She tells Doctor Phlox that she is concerned that the new emotions will overwhelm her. Phlox counsels her that it will take time to learn to control the emotions, but she will get used to it. He tells her of the Earth cautionary tale of the genie who, once let out of the bottle, is difficult to control.
While eating in the heavily-damaged mess hall, Tucker reveals to T'Pol that not only is he having trouble writing the letter, he has not slept since the Xindi attack in nearly two days. Moments later, their meal is interrupted by a nearby explosion. T'Pol and Tucker respond to the emergency and assist in shutting down the damaged systems and summoning Phlox. When Phlox learns of Tucker's lack of sleep, he orders the commander to get some rest. While sleeping, Tucker has a dream where he is confronted by Crewman Taylor in her quarters, who demands to know why he has not written that letter yet. She wants to know why it is so much that Tucker simply remember her. Tucker tries to run from Taylor, but finds the exit blocked. He awakes in a cold sweat, alone in his quarters.
Following hidden instructions left by Degra, Enterprise arrives at a sphere, where it meets with Degra's ship. Degra invites Archer aboard his ship to discuss the bio-weapon. Archer attempts to convince Degra and Jannar that what he is saying is true; that the Xindi are being misled by the Sphere-Builders. Archer invites the two Xindi aboard Enterprise and shows them the bodies of the Reptilians he stopped from releasing a bio-weapon in 2004, as well as the bio-weapon itself so the Xindi crew can test it for traces of time travel. He also shows them the scans of the Sphere-Builder test subject they rescued several months ago. Additionally, T'Pol and Archer show Degra the information they have acquired on the spheres, which surpasses that of the Xindi in some respects. Degra comments that he is surprised by the detailed nature of the scan, considering that Enterprise is a warship, to which Archer responds that Enterprise was originally a ship of exploration. Degra replies that if their mission succeeds, it will be again.
Meanwhile, one of the warp plasma EPS conduits ruptures out of the ship's hull, necessitating an EVA trip by Tucker and Malcolm Reed to fix it. Reed is required to operate a shut-off valve extremely close to the venting plasma. The temperature in his suit rises to near-lethal levels, but Reed ignores orders to stop his task, and nearly dies of overheating. Tucker rushes Reed back into the ship, where the lieutenant is hurried off to sickbay. Degra expresses his hope that Reed survives, causing Tucker to verbally lash out. Tucker accuses Degra of hypocrisy and asks if "seven million and one" is too many deaths for the Xindi to take. Archer orders Tucker to stop and escorts Degra from the room, but not without Degra pausing mournfully before he exits.
Moments later, a Xindi-Reptilian ship arrives at the sphere, having followed Degra, despite his attempt to mask his warp trail. The Reptilian captain demands that Degra and Jannar dock with his ship so that appropriate action can be taken against Enterprise. Archer begs Degra for some piece of information about the Reptilian ship that would give the still-weakened Enterprise an advantage in the imminent firefight. Degra and Jannar are conflicted. They know that Archer has provided them with compelling evidence of the Reptilians' deceit, but to aid in an attack upon another Xindi ship would be treasonous. Degra's ship leaves Enterprise, but instead of docking with the Reptilian ship, it attacks in conjunction with Enterprise, quickly targeting key systems of the Reptilian ship. Once the ship is disabled, Enterprise stands down, but Degra continues his attack, destroying the Reptilian vessel. Degra tells Archer that to leave the Reptilians alive would only make matters worse for them, as the Reptilians would have reported to the council immediately. Degra provides Archer with coordinates for a subspace corridor that can take him to the Xindi Council planet.
T'Pol confronts Tucker about his problems, and he reveals that it is not Jane's death that's bothering him; it is his sister, Elizabeth. He wants to know how someone so young and full of promise could just die. He has been repressing his emotions for months now, but finally lets go and cries for his sister. Tucker says that he envies the Vulcans, and how they do not feel any emotion. T'Pol tells Tucker that Vulcans feel sadness at the loss of family and colleagues, just as Humans do, but Vulcan emotions can be so strong that they would be overwhelming if they were not suppressed. As such, it is she who envies him. Having finally accepted the loss of his sister, Tucker finally writes the letter to Crewman Taylor's parents.
Memorable quotesEdit
"We're in bad shape – I can't deny that, but we're still in one piece. Enterprise is a tough ship. She took more than anyone could ask her to and then some. And so have all of you. I wanted to say thank you. I only wish I could thank the eighteen crewmen who were lost. Like you, they understood how important our mission is, and they accepted the risks. We came into the Expanse not knowing what we'd find, with no one to rely on but ourselves. We're going to succeed – to accomplish our mission – for everyone on Earth who's relying on us, and for the eighteen."
- - Captain Archer, to the assembled crew of Enterprise
"Perhaps you can demonstrate your ability to time travel."
"That might be a bit - difficult."
- - Jannar and Archer
"I'm relieving you of duty. You will go to your quarters and not return to your post before 0500 tomorrow."
"Six hours?"
"Please don't make me involve Security."
- - Phlox and Tucker, as the doctor orders Trip to take his first rest break in two days
"Well, Commander?"
"I could give you two hours."
"I believe the number was six."
"If I'm gone longer than three there may not be a ship here when I get back."
"Four. Not a minute less."
"Done. And remind me never to buy a car from you."
- - Phlox and Tucker, as Trip attempts to negotiate for less time away from his duties
"I assume you were watching the attack – calculating the blast yields. Boy, you must have been pretty damned excited. I mean, that beam cut one hell of a swath through Florida. That's the name of one of the places you destroyed, Florida. Did you actually see the cities burning, the houses, the people being vaporized? You know, I had a sister there..."
- - Tucker, to Degra, before he is cut off by Captain Archer entering the room
"I hope he'll be all right."
"What's one more dead Human to you? You had no problem killing seven million of us, but seven million and one is more than you can stomach?"
- - Degra and Trip, as Reed is taken away to sickbay after returning from their EVA
"I apologize for Mister Tucker."
"I never expected to meet anyone who'd suffered because of what I'd done. At the time, I thought the attack was necessary to save my people."
"I know. Believe it or not, we've had this conversation before."
- - Captain Archer and Degra
"The Reptilians are correct about one thing, captain – you have an impressive facility for deception!"
- - Degra, to Archer
"These scans are remarkably detailed for a military vessel."
"Enterprise was designed to be a ship of exploration."
"If we're successful, it will be again."
- - Degra and Archer
"We found Taylor over there, outside her quarters. She was probably trying to get to her station. If she'd made it a few more meters I wouldn't be trying to write this damn letter. 'Cause every time I start, I hear myself saying what a fine young woman she was — how smart and full of potential. And I realize, I'm not thinking about Taylor at all, I'm thinking about Elizabeth. There's so many people dead. I tried not to see her any differently than the other seven million, so I've spent the last nine months trying to pretend she was just another victim. But she's my sister, T'Pol. My baby sister." (Crying) "I envy you Vulcans."
"You think that the loss of a colleague or friend doesn't affect us? It does. But if we give in to those emotions, they overwhelm us. You're the ones to be envied."
- - Tucker, to T'Pol, finally realizing why he is having so much trouble writing a letter to Crewman Taylor's parents
"Goodbye, Elizabeth."
- - Tucker, as he touches a picture of his sister, Elizabeth (last line of the episode)
Background informationEdit
- The final draft script of this episode was issued on 22 January 2004.
- The writing of this episode was a collaborative effort. Co-writer David A. Goodman said about the outing, "I know that I'm not given credit for writing one of the best [episodes of Star Trek ever] [....] It was a real collaboration [with Chris Black]. We split up the script and we helped each other [....] Writing that script with him elevated that episode for me [....] That was a true one-on-one collaboration with a very gifted writer who was also very confident and understanding of what the rules were for writing for Star Trek: Enterprise." [1]
- The photograph of Tucker's sister was a photo of the actress portraying her standing on a terrace on the Paramount Pictures lot.
- At the beginning, Archer holds a memorial speech for eighteen lost comrades, but in the previous battle, only seventeen are lost (fourteen counted dead and three unaccounted for), though one more could have died from injuries sustained. The eighteenth could also refer to Crewman Fuller, who was killed in "Anomaly".
- Archer's address to the crew is reminiscent of Kirk's address to the crew of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- The attack on the Reptilian ship is referenced in "The Council", when Dolim confronts Degra.
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
- Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer
- John Billingsley as Doctor Phlox
- Jolene Blalock as Sub-Commander T'Pol
- Dominic Keating as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed
- Anthony Montgomery as Ensign Travis Mayweather
- Linda Park as Ensign Hoshi Sato
- Connor Trinneer as Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III
Guest stars Edit
- Randy Oglesby as Degra
- Rick Worthy as Jannar
- Bob Morrisey as Xindi-Reptilian Captain
- Seth MacFarlane as Ensign Rivers
Co-star Edit
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Adam Anello as an operations division crewman
- Jorge Benevides as Private R. Azar
- Solomon Burke, Jr. as Billy
- Jason Collins as Corporal R. Ryan
- Henry Farnam as Damron
- James Groh as Jane Taylor's father (still pic)
- Glen Hambly as a operations division ensign
- Amina Islam as a command division ensign
- Chase Kim as Private R. Azar
- Thomas Kopache as The Alien (photograph)
- Ricky Lomax as Private W. Woods
- Andrew MacBeth as Private E. Hamboyan
- Erin Price as Elizabeth Tucker (photograph)
- Unknown actor as a Xindi-Reptilian Guard (corpse)
baling wire; Brody; car; chronometric distortion; Degra's ship; Delphic Expanse; Earth; EV suit; EPS control specialist; evasive maneuvers; Florida; genie; hand scanner; imaging chamber; injector assembly; Kamata; Marcel; Rostov, Michael; magnesium; meter; neural pathway; optical subprocessor; pepperoni; pizza; plasma fire; plasma flow regulator; plasma torch; power cell; resurrection; Saratoga; shield generator; spatial anomaly; spit; subspace corridor; subspace energy; tactical alert; Taylor family; Tucker, Elizabeth; Vulcans; Xindi Council; Xindi-Reptilian warship; warp plasma; warp plasma conduit
External linkEdit
- "The Forgotten" at Wikipedia
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City Clerk announces redistricting timeline
Thursday, August 30, 2012
The City of Colorado Springs City Charter and City Code require that the City Clerk redistrict City Council districts every four years. Following is the timeline for the 2012 redistricting process pursuant to section 2-10(b) of the Charter and Sections 5.1.401, 5.1.402 and 5.1.403 of the City Code. City Code Sections 5.1.401, 5.1.402 and 5.1.403 succinctly outline the process for the City Clerk to follow. Council themselves passed these Code Sections in 2001 and created a process that deliberately does not include Council involvement in the redistricting.
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South Carolina roster preview
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Look up some of the top recruiting classes in the Southeast and there will be a handful of players from North Carolina on each one. If not, expect them to be there by Singing Day.
The Tar Heel state may have never produced a senior class with more talent. This year's crop includes arguably the nation's top running back, a pair of the quarterbacks ranked among the top ten in the nation and nearly nine different four or five-star recruits.
Each of them and many more will be showcased in the annual North Carolina-South Carolina Shrine Bowl in Spartanburg, S.C. Saturday. Practice began on Monday, and here's the lowdown on each and every player on the North Carolina roster.
Toney Baker: The biggest star of the game. The 5-foot-10, 220-pound senior from Ragsdale High is arguably the top running back in the nation and finished his highly-decorated prep career with over 10,000 yards – the second-highest total ever. He could go wherever he wants, but doesn't want to stray too far from home. N.C. State, Tennessee, UNC, Virginia and Virginia Tech are all in the hunt.
Everette Brown: Name any Division I-A coaching staff in the Southeast and this 6-foot-2, 240-pound defensive end is probably on their Christmas wish list. Very athletic and remarkably fast, the Beddingfield High product could also play tight end at the next level. He is leaning towards UNC and is also considering Florida State, N.C. State, Virginia Tech and others.
Jonathan Crompton (Tennessee): The No. 2-ranked pro-style quarterback in the nation is already being billed as the Volunteers next savior. When Philip Fulmer rotated two freshmen quarterbacks in the starting lineup to start this past season, there was heavy speculation that Crompton would start looking around. But, the Tuscola High product is firmly committed to the Vols despite interest from many of the nation's elite programs.
Curtis Crouch: One of the Southeast's highest-ranked recruits who is still available. The monstrous 6-foot-6, 320-pound lineman from E.E. Smith High is looking at Clemson, N.C. State, Oklahoma and Virginia Tech. He could make an impact for any school right away.
Joe Cox (Georgia): He used to be known as Chris Leak's replacement. But, the 6-foot, 207-pound quarterback has certainly made a name for himself. He recently led national powerhouse Charlotte Independence High to a fifth straight state title and broke the state's single-season record for most touchdown passes in a season with 64. Leak held the previous mark at 62.
Jonathan Hannah: Could make a big impact for a handful of major I-A programs by next season. The 6-foot-4, 255-pounder, who recently led South View to a state title game, is ranked the No. 4 tight end in the nation. He is mainly looking at Clemson, N.C. State, North Carolina, Penn State, Virginia Tech. He has visited UNC on a handful of occasions and his father, a former Shrine Bowler, played at N.C. State.
Montario Hardesty: The 6-foot, 195-pound running back from New Bern High is on the verge of committing. Tennessee and UNC are considered the favorites. Expect his decision to have a domino affect on several other recruits in the Southeast.
Mohamed Massaquoi (Georgia): Exploded onto the recruiting scene this past summer and is ranked the No. 5 receiver in the nation. The 6-foot-2, 190-pounder made huge plays for Charlotte Independence all season long – making several spectacular catches. He committed to UGA this summer.
Derek Nicholson: No player in either state's roster has better bloodlines when it comes to the football, and more specifically, linebackers. The 6-foot, 225-pounder's father played on the same line backing corps as Lawrence Taylor at UNC. His older brother, A.J., is the starting outside linebacker at FSU. Derek is ranked the No.5 inside linebacker in the nation. He finished his prep career with 300-plus tackles at Mt. Tabor High. He is considering Florida State, Miami, UNC, Virginia Tech and Tennessee and probably won't announce his decision until near Signing Day.
James Arnold (North Carolina): Few if any players in the Carolinas had a better senior season. The elusive 5-foot-10, 180-pound running back led Davie County High to an undefeated regular season with close to 2,000 rushing yards and nearly 30 touchdowns. He also pulled down eight interceptions and recovered three fumbles. He will likely end up playing at cornerback for UNC. He chose the 'Heels over Clemson and Wake Forest.
Re'quan Boyette (Duke): The top prize in Blue Devils' latest recruiting class. The 5-foot-9, 185-pound cornerback from Ralph Fike High chose the Blue Devils over offers from N.C. State and Wake Forest.
Josh Briscoe (Tennessee): Might end up being Jonathan Crompton's (highly-touted QB who has also committed to Tennessee) favorite target in the future. At 6-foot-3, 177-pounds, the Lawndale Burns High product has the frame needed to develop into a physically dominating receiver in the SEC. He also runs a legit 4.4.
Maurice Covington (Virginia): One of several prospects who committed to the Cavaliers before their senior season began. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound outside linebacker comes from one of the most talent-laden programs in the state – Southern Durham High. He may end up playing receiver.
Chris DeGeare (Wake Forest): Bigger than some of the offensive tackles in the NFL. At 6-foot-4, 335-pounds, the Kernersville Glenn High product might be the most intimidating player on both rosters. He chose nearby Wake over Duke and South Carolina.
Brandon Ghee (Wake Forest): The biggest prize of the Demon Deacons' recruiting class so far. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound cornerback from perennial powerhouse Jack Britt High had offers from North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia Tech and West Virginia. He has an older brother at Wake.
Levin Neal (N.C. State): The Wolfpack landed a commitment from this 5-foot-10, 176-pound receiver last weekend. The Wilmington Ashley High product ranks among the fastest players on both rosters. He chose the Wolfpack over a handful of ACC programs.
Antonio Wardlow (Tennessee): An athletic and versatile defensive back who could play soon for the Volunteers. Most of the major programs in the Southeast pursued the Parkland High product.
Brandon Woods (Virginia): A product of the recruiting pipeline that Virginia has created with Southern Durham High. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound, super athletic prospect could play a handful of positions, but will line up most at receiver Saturday.
Andy Barbee (N.C. State): This 6-foot-1, 295-pound offensive lineman might need a couple extra breaks in practice this week. He is coming off an exhausting and thrilling season, that ended with yet another state title for Shelby High this past weekend.
Bryan Dixon (North Carolina): One of UNC's first commitments. The 5-foot-9, 185-pound cornerback from South Columbus High runs a legit 4.4.
Van Eskridge: A strong performance this week could land this 6-foot-1, 190-pound safety, who recently led Shelby High to a state title, in the ACC or SEC. He has received interest from N.C. State, South Carolina, Wake Forest and others, but doesn't have any major offers yet.
L.J. Flintall (Wake Forest): Major recruits who play at big-time high school programs often get overshadowed and that may be the case with this 5-foot-10, 168-pound cornerback from Cummings. He spent the fall going up against receiver Brandon Tate (a UNC commit) every week in practice.
Darrius Massenburg (North Carolina): Might be one of the biggest sleepers in the Southeast. UNC began recruiting the 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive tackle from Roanoke Rapids High as a sophomore and he committed to the 'Heels this past summer.
Marquis Melvin (Duke): A name ACC receivers will grow to fear in the future. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound safety is a hard hitter and athletic enough to cover deep throws. He chose Duke over N.C. State and Wake Forest.
Mike Rinfrette (Wake Forest): One of the most underrated and most promising players in the state. The 6-foot-3, 260-pound tight end from Bunn High didn't gain major amounts of attention until this season. He chose the Deacons over UNC and Vanderbilt.
Kinney Rucker (Duke): The Blue Devils snagged this 6-foot-255-pound defensive lineman from their own backyard in Durham. The C.E. Jordan product also had offers from UNC and Virginia.
Stephan Virgil: UNC and Virginia Tech are battling head-to-head for this 6-foot, 177-pound cornerback. He led Rocky Mount High to a thrilling season, which included an undefeated run through the regular season and big upsets over Greenville Rose and New Bern. He could also play safety.
Andre Baxter: Will garner the attention of several coaches this week. The defensive tackle from S.W. Onslow High hasn't been recruited heavily, but with a 6-foot-3, 278-pound frame that could quickly change.
Zeke Clark: Opportunity has arrived for this 5-foot-11, 205-pound running back from Thomasville High. Not highly recruited, he could earn a D-I scholarship by proving he belongs with this impressive crop of players this week.
Michael Collins: Coaches who like hefty offensive lineman will notice this 6-foot-1, 285-pound prospect from Richmond High. He could develop into a dependable guard at the next level.
Andre Crouch: Don't expect this 6-foot, 290-pound offensive lineman from Richmond High to be taking any plays off in practice or the game. Not with a chance to grab the eye of a D-I coach.
Matt Dodge: Every season there are always several schools who need a kicker. Those who fall into that category at the moment will want to take a look at this prospect with a strong leg from West Carteteret High.
Lowell Dyer: Coaches who haven't seen this offensive lineman from Riverside High are going to quickly notice his potential. At 6-foot-4, 270-pounds, he has the frame to be a dominating pass blocker.
Timothy Frye: The Charlotte area produced a handful of great fullbacks this season. But, this 5-foot-10, 225-pounder was the only one to earn a Shrine Bowl invite. UNC commits Mark Pashcall and Nick Starcevic were snubbed.
Antonio Jacobs: Looking for a stocky defensive tackle to plug running lanes? Meet this 6-foot, 261-pounder from Parkland High who causes plenty of problems for offensive lineman.
Sam Kidd: Overshadowed by teammate and three-star cornerback Jordan Hemby at Freedom High. The 6-foot, 216-linebacker could play a handful of positions at the next level.
Antonio Lyons: Do not judge this prospect by his size. That would be a mistake. Despite being just 5-foot-10, 215-pounds, he proved to be one of the top linebackers in the state.
Eric Ludwig: One of the most underrated prospects in the game. The 6-foot-1, 245-pound defensive end from Western Alamance High is athletic and versatile. And by the end of this week, he could be a major recruit.
Derek Meeler: One of a handful of relatively unknown offensive lineman in this game. The 6-foot-2, 250-pounder from South Point High will be matched up with some of the highest-ranked D-lineman in the country.
Douglas Palmer: The Fayetteville area is loaded with a handful of D-I recruits this season. Add this 6-foot-3, 285-pound offensive lineman from Douglas Byrd High to that bunch.
D.J. Rice: UNC coaches may actually be hoping this 5-foot-11, 228-pound linebacker doesn't impress too much in practice or at least gets overlooked somehow. The Tar Heels recently began recruiting the Davie County High product and may end up asking him to walk on. Other schools will be offering him once they see him play.
Andrew Rinehart: One of two players from South Point High to get an invite. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound linebacker is capable of playing several positions, making him an enticing prospect.
Ross Schafer: Earning a roster spot is a major accomplishment for this East Henderson High product. Not too many 6-foot-1, 230-pound offensive lineman are invited to any all-star games.
Rob Varno: An athletic project. At 6-foot-5, 222-pounds, there is no doubt that the J.T Hoggard High product needs to add bulk to his frame. Programs who are deep at tight end might want to take notice and offer some patience.


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Hi there,
I have found this fossil. It is looks like a bone of an animal and weighs around 15 kgs.
Could anyone please help me identify it?
Many thanks,
it is almost surtainly a bone, but I dont know what it is off. if it is from the isle of wight it could be a dinosaur bone.
Hi Karol
A very interesting find well done.
I don't know if it is fossil bone, but could you take some close up images of the joint/knuckle end please because there looks to be a lot going on in that area.
Dan, Tabfish,
Many thanks for your replies.
Dan - I have found this fossil in Poland after a flood.
Tabfish - I will post some more photos later in the week.
Kind regards,
I don't know much about polish fossils but I think it could be a paddle bone of a plesiosaur. I am not sure, but I am reasonably confident. I will send a picture of one that I have in my collection tomorrow or maybe the day after.


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Maybe I'm losing something, but maybe (again...) there is a "little" amount of data involved for O(n) calculations... the I/O would be the bottleneck anyway. If I'm making the math correctly, and depending on the "current" MBs the files have, aprox. 20xMB is still MB or at most a little amount of GB... did you consider to read all the data at once and make calculations (OpenMP threaded, of course) directly on arrays?


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Skip to comments.Harding Dies Coolidge Takes Charge (How we avoided a great depression in the 1920s and prospered)
Posted on 08/02/2013 8:42:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Ninety years ago today, on August 2, 1923, President Warren G. Harding died at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. It was sudden, shocking, and has been fodder for conspiracy theorists ever since. His wife, Florencedescribed derisively by some as The Duchessdidnt allow an autopsy, so well never know exactly what caused the demise of the 29th President of the United States. It might have been congestive heart failure, or food poisoning, or even something more sinister.
Seen in retrospect, through the prism of the scandals associated with his White House tenure, Harding is usually ranked well toward the bottom of the list of presidents. In reality, he was a very popular and effective leader. But he was cursed with croniesmen who ensured that his name would forever be associated with political corruption. What is sometimes forgotten about Harding is that he also had some effective public servants on his team, men such as Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover, and above all, Vice President Calvin Coolidge, who succeeded Harding.
Historians tend to bunch the three Republican presidents of the 1920s Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover together in a way suggesting they were identical triplets separated at birth. But there were many differences some subtle, some not so much.
Herbert Hoover, all of his speechifying about individualism notwithstanding, was not the fiscal conservative many today make him out to be. Mr. Hoover had a strong interventionist streak in his personality. So, in many ways, he helped to turn a recession into the Great Depression. Ironically, when closely examined, Herbert Hoovers approach to economics had more in common with his successor than it did with the two men preceding him in the White House.
What is usually missed about Harding, though, is how effective he was on the issue of the economy. When he assumed the presidency in March of 1921, he inherited a mess. Woodrow Wilson had expanded the role and size of government dramatically, incurred a $25 billion dollar debt, and cracked down on political opponents - even imprisoning some (socialist activist Eugene V. Debs, etc.).
In fact, the economic problems in the 1920-1921 Depression were actually worse in many ways than the Great Depression a decade later. But that downturn didnt last as long thankfully. Warren Harding cut federal spending and lowered taxes. And in less than two years the number of unemployed in the country fell from 4.9 million to 2.8 million, en route to a rate of 1.8 percent by 1926 under his successor, Mr. Coolidge.
Oh and Harding set the political prisoners free, even inviting Debs to the White House. He was a classier act than many now remember.
The night Harding died, Coolidge was at his family home in Vermont. The house had no electricity or telephone, so word came to the vice president via messenger. He got up from bed and dressed. Then he knelt beside his bed and prayed, after which he went downstairs where his father, a notary public, administered the presidential oath to him.
By the time Calvin Coolidge became president, the country was on its way to enjoying some great years of prosperity. He was a fiscal conservative who tried his best to stay out of the way. He knew that the government functioned best as a referee not as a participant in the economic game or as a team owner.
Amity Shlaes has written the definitive biography of the man. Its called, simply, Coolidge. It came out earlier this year, and I interviewed her on the radio about the book and the man.
After he was elected in his own right the next year, he told the nation in his March 4, 1925 inaugural address:
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. That is the chief meaning of freedom. Until we can re-establish a condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the people, we are bound to suffer a very distinct curtailment of our liberty.
Then, on yet another August 2nd, this one in 1927, President Calvin Coolidge had breakfast in the White House residence with his wife, Grace, and remarked to her I have been president four years today. It was one of those quick, concise, directly-to-the-point sentences she had been used to hearing since they met in 1905. It was also something the American people were familiar with, having nicknamed the 30th president Silent Cal.
He had a 9:00 meeting with reporters in his office that morning. Before fielding a few questions, he told those gathered: If the conference will return at 12:00, I may have a further statement to make. Curious, but compliant, in those long-since-gone days of semi-civility between presidents and the press, the journalists found their way back at noon.
An hour or so before that conference encore, Coolidge took a pencil and wrote a message on a piece of paper. He handed it to his secretary with the instruction to take it to his stenographer and have him make several copies enough for the newsmen who would be at the 12:00 meeting. Ever the frugal man, he suggested that the brief statement could be copied several times on the same sheet, thus only using a few sheets of paper. He told the secretary not to give the note to the stenographer, though, until about 11:50 a.m.
He really wanted to manage this story.
He asked for the pages to be brought to him uncut and before the reporters were admitted to the office, he took a pair of scissors and cut the paper into smaller slips. When he was just about ready, he told his secretary: I am going to hand these out myself; I am going to give them to the newspapermen, without comment, from this side of the desk. I want you to stand at the door and not permit anyone to leave until each of them has a slip, so that they may have an even chance.
An even chance at a big scoop, that is.
The handwritten note from the president said: I do not choose to run for president in nineteen twenty-eight. Though the now classic Broadway play (made into several film versions), The Front Page, was yet a year away from being published and produced, it comes to mind with the image of dozens of reporters rushing to find telephones.
Calvin Coolidge could have been re-elected if he had wanted the job for another term. His anointed successor, Herbert Hoover, won big in 1928, though it is clear that Coolidge was less-than-enthusiastic about the Great Engineer. It is one of those curious what ifs of history would Coolidge have dealt with the coming of the Great Depression better than his successor?
His decision not to run in 1928 at the height of his popularity puzzled many. But Coolidge understood the nature of leadership, and its seductions. He explained it this way:
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness. They live in an artificial atmosphere of adulation and exaltation, which sooner or later impairs their judgment. They are in grave danger of becoming careless or arrogant.
Of course, it can never be proven, but I suspect that had Calvin Coolidge decided to run again in 1928, he might have responded to the initial shockwaves of 1929-1930 differently than Hoover. And maybe, just maybe, the Great Depression would not have lasted so long. And maybe, just maybe, people who should know better these days would stop trying the same old failed interventionist tactics that never really worked backed then.
At any rate, Mr. Coolidge died suddenly on January 5, 1933, after Hoover had been badly beaten by Franklin Roosevelt. He did not live to see what a prolonged depression looked like, but I suspect that he would have ventured an opinion or two.
His words would have been brief and directly on point.
I've been reading this book. It is somewhat slow
(as a book about Coolidge should be) but I am sure it will pick up soon.
What kilt him was that confounded Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in 1920!
Coolidge was a man of few words, but when he spoke, it was REALLY SUBSTANTIVE.
Coolidge and his vivacious wife Grace were invited to quite a few parties, where the legend of "Silent Cal" was born.
It is from this time that most of the jokes and anecdotes involving Coolidge originate. Although Coolidge was known to be a skilled and effective public speaker, in private he was a man of few words and was therefore commonly referred to as "Silent Cal."
A possibly apocryphal story has it that Dorothy Parker, seated next to him at a dinner, said to him, "Mr. Coolidge, I've made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you."
His famous reply: "You lose."
Coolidge often seemed uncomfortable among fashionable Washington society; when asked why he continued to attend so many of their dinner parties, he shrugged and replied, "Got to eat somewhere."
It was also Dorothy Parker who, upon learning that Coolidge had died, reportedly remarked, "How can they tell?"
Even the bicycling a**holes in spandex who thought they owned the town because it was astride their racing route on that particular day couldn't demean the legacy of one of America's great presidents.
Thanks for posting- I just got this book last week but won't start it until I finish this John Sanford I'm reading:)
Boy could we use Coolidge NOW.
My favorite President.
Hoover actively intervened against a fall in wage rates, and at a series of White House conferences obtained the agreement of the leading businessmen of the country not to reduce wage rates. Hoover's intervention was reinforced by the influence of the philosophy of altruism insofar as that philosophy played a role in the decisions of businessmen. For altruism implies that employers should not take advantage of the existence of unemployment to reduce wage rates.
The effect if such interference was that the fall in wage rates took place at a much slower rate than in any previous depression. Average wage rates dropped less than 2.5% in 1930 and only about 6.5% in 1931. In contrast, Harding allowed them to drop 19% in one year in the depression of 1920-1921, which was the cause of it being extremely short lived as a result.
If there was EVER a case for term limits -
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness. They live in an artificial atmosphere of adulation and exaltation, which sooner or later impairs their judgment. They are in grave danger of becoming careless or arrogant.
C. Coolidge
The announcement ("I do not choose to run for President in 1928.") took place in South Dakota, not at the White House.
He believed he came from the people and when he was done he would go back to the people... Great Man...
A couple of songs that reflect the hard times:
Ain't We Got Fun?--Van & Schenk (1921)
Second-Hand Rose--Vaughn De Leath (1921)
" It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. "
Cal was a visionary....
That is the book I am reading right now. I'm maybe a quarter of the way through.
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Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc.
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Kerr-McGee was founded in Oklahoma in 1929 by Robert S. Kerr and James L. Anderson. The company began as Anderson & Kerr Drilling Company; its only assets were three boilers and two steam rigs. The company was incorporated as A&K Petroleum Company in 1932 and made its first public offering three years later.
In 1937 the nation's economy was in recession, oil prices were decreasing, and the money to drill was not present. Anderson left the company, and A&K's management felt the company needed executive leadership; the company brought in Robert Lynn and Dean A. McGee to lead it. At that time, the company's name changed to Kerlyn Oil Company. Within the year, the company made its first major oil discovery, the Magnolia field in Columbia County, Arkansas. The revenues from this discovery fueled further expansion.
World War II brought about a dramatic increase in the demand for oil; Kerlyn, however, struggled under debt, taxes, government restrictions, a shortage of capital and manpower, and continuing low prices for its products. The company was chronically short of capital in its early years and often had to stop drilling until money could be raised to continue. In 1943 the company's exploratory drilling led to the discovery of oil to the northwest of Oklahoma City and set off the west Edmonton boom. The U.S. Bureau of Mines categorized this find as the year's "greatest addition of new oil." Three years later, the company changed its name to Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc.
The exploration aspect of the business continued to grow as the company expanded its drilling operations to the Gulf of Mexico. Seeking to capitalize on the increased need for refined oil products, the company also moved downstream in the oil business in 1945 with the purchase of its first refinery. Downstream activities included transportation, refining, storage, marketing, distribution, and slop disposal. During the 1940s the nation's energy needs were increasing dramatically. In 1947 Kerr-McGee completed the world's first commercial offshore oil well, eleven miles off Louisiana's shore. This marked the beginning of the U.S. offshore drilling industry.


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Best Celebrity Pictures Week of July 22, 2013
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From babies to bikinis and sweet family moments, it was an exciting week for stars. Newborn Prince George waved during his debut to the world while leaving St. Mary's Hospital with his parents Kate Middleton and Prince William in London, while Gisele Bündchen put her body on display in a leopard-print bikini for a beach day with Vivian in Costa Rica. Jennifer Aniston was all smiles as she reported to work on the set of Squirrels to the Nuts in NYC, and Ben Affleck and his daughter, Violet, shared an adorable father-daughter moment when he helped her wash the windshield of his vintage car.
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Hicks says Ryan to be more involved
Rangers want pitchers stronger and better conditioned
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- Rangers owner Tom Hicks said club president Nolan Ryan will become more involved with organization's pitching program during the offseason. "Nolan told me that we're going to take a system-wide new approach to pitching in the offseason," Hicks said before Saturday's game with the Rays. "We're talking about training, development, conditioning. ... He doesn't believe in putting a limit of 100 pitches a game on pitchers. He wants our pitchers to be stronger and better conditioned throughout the system. "Sounds like a good idea to me." The Rangers went into Saturday's game with a 5.45 ERA, the highest in the Major Leagues, after allowing at least seven runs in each of their past seven games. Since the beginning of Spring Training, the Rangers have put 16 different pitchers on the disabled list. "I think it's getting better," Hicks said. "We got decimated by injuries this year, hopefully that won't happen next year. Our young guys are gaining valuable experience. The team [Rays] we're playing this week is not a bad example. They had some young guys who struggled, and now they're doing pretty good." Whatever the Rangers' pitching problems, Hicks made it clear that the team won't solve them by spending huge amounts of money in the offseason. Hicks said he is opposed to giving out big contracts to free-agent pitchers. "It's the biggest gamble in sports," Hicks said. "We tried hard to get Barry Zito, and thank God the Giants outbid us. If Nolan and [general manager] Jon Daniels has one out there they feel is special, I'll listen, but I think it's foolish. It's the biggest high-risk and not necessarily high-reward contract. You're better off developing your own young pitchers or trading for young pitchers."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Why should an alien culture have to act like humans? There's nothing wrong with the episode. Logical? Of course their choices are logical, you may not agree with the premises they work under but that doesn't make their choice unreasonable. Their species has a biological urge to mate which will bring on large numbers of rape murder binges if not dealt with. Further, they are a telepathic species which seems to play a function in this as well, whether as a cause or effect. Arranged marriages are a very reasonable way for such a folk to make sure the couples have someone to connect with and make sure outsiders tend not to break up. Breakups leading to someone dying one way or another. As a side note, I despise the way Trek fans throw around the word logical. Logical does not mean something will be peaceful, happy, compassionate, benign or in anyway nice. Logic is a system of reason. Any outcome can be logical, even fights to the death, it's just a matter of the premises you start with.


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Just over four months after Zayn Malik announced his decision to leave One Direction, the 22-year-old musician is revealing the real reason why he parted ways with the group.
"I guess I never explained why I left , it was for this moment to be given the opportunity to show you who i really am! #realmusic #RCA !!" the English singer wrote on Twitter Wednesday. He also tweeted a photo of himself signing a contract, announcing his decision to team up with RCA Records.
"#REALME," he wrote on Twitter after sharing his new venture with his 15.1 million followers.
PHOTOS: Twitter reacts to Zayn Malik leaving One Direction
In a statement released in March, Malik sang a very different tune when it came to parting ways with former bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne.
"I'd like to apologize to the fans if I've let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right in my heart. I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight," he said at the time (many fans also blamed his fiancee Perrie Edwards).
Shortly after, he was spotted hanging out with producer Naughty Boy in the studio, sparking speculation, which was later confirmed, that he's launching a solo career.
No word yet what the remaining 1-D members, whom Zayn previously called his "four friends for life," think of Malik's bold move, but we're willing to bet they're a bit taken aback.
"Sometimes you have to move on because you're not enjoying what you're doing as much as you used to," Payne said in May when asked why Zayn left the band. "He wanted to spend time with his family and his missus. That's cool with us."
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Vida Guerra: A Great Ending
It's kind of hard to miss Vida Guerra's best ASSet. The thirty-seven year old model has a behind that should consider applying for statehood. Seriously, the curves on this Cuban hottie make Kim Kardasian look like Justin Bieber. It's rumored that she has to have GPS tracking devices installed in her thongs so she can find them to take them off. She used to have "Baby Got Back" as her ringtone but once Sir Mix A Lot got a look at Vida's booty, he volunteered to just bring her phone to her whenever it rings. We could make pun's about Vida Guerra's buns all day long, but we'll let them speak for themself in her hot gallery below. You can also follow her (since the view is best from behind) on Twitter.


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Update: Man arrested as Norwich pub car park remains sealed off after alleged assault early this morning
PUBLISHED: 16:08 30 May 2014
Police have arrested a man as part of their investigations into reports of an assault early this morning.
The attack is alleged to have taken place in the car park of the historic Adam and Eve pub on Bishopgate.
Police said a man in his 50s has been arrested in connection with the incident and remains in police custody where he will be questioned.
A spokesman added: "The car park remains sealed off while enquiries continue and police are keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious in this area in the early hours."
Police have not released any more information about the alleged incident, the victim or victims, or any injuries sustained.
A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said it did not have any record of any assault in Norwich in the early hours.
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I am in too much pain to post much right now. Chat away, btw the FMLA didn't apply to my broken back – lung deal because I hadn't worked where I work for a year at the time. I have now though.
Incidentally, I work in Texas, and there's a reason companies locate facilities to Texas: they can pay shit wages and avoid all kinds of red tape that they'd might be subject to in states like California or New York. Texas is a Right to Work state, which is a pretty Orwellian term considering what it really means.


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Matt: Why I volunteer
"The Affordable Care Act is really personal for me because I have a spinal cord injury. I broke my neck six years ago, and I'm paralyzed from my shoulders down. I want to go to law school, and without the Affordable Care Act, getting health insurance with my pre-existing condition and without a consistent, paying job would have been a nightmare. Now I can stay on my parents' health insurance until I'm 26.
"By volunteering, people have a chance to really make an impact on the future of not only our country, but on people like me who have a lot at stake in the President being re-elected and having the ability to continue carrying out the policies that are best for this country and all of the people in it."


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Jayalalithaa is clearly projecting her political power at a pan-Indian level - perhaps with an eye on Prime Ministership. She has a strong base in a big State, and although she shares ideological affi nity with the NDA, she can, under certain conditions, be the 'compromise candidate' of even a Congress-supported or a Third Front alliance. Go Puratchi Thalaivi!
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Jayalalithaa will not aim for the office of the Prime Minister because she is acutely aware that her political constituency is Tamil Nadu and not Delhi. She is not Lalu, Mayawati or Mulayam who flit t o Parliament when they lose power in the state and get back when times change. If all goes well, with bulk of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and her non-Congress network, she is certainly capable of calling the shots though.
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After a few weeks of break in time this enclosure really started sounding good but my teeth didn't rattle. I had an Alpine MRP-M500 mono amp behind it giving it all it could handle 300 watts. Altho it sounded clean, for my taste and the money spent i was a little disapointed my voice didn't vibrate when i spoke with it rocking! Crutchfields service is absolutely outstanding and their customer satisfaction is top priority to them!!! I called them up and explained i was disapointed and they allowed me to send the special order stealthbox back along with the amp for only $7 freight cost. Luckily for me the stealth box enclosure that houses 2 10" JL's was on sale and so was a bigger 800 watt Boston Acoustic 800m amp and when all is said and done the upgrade will be only $200!!! I will be sure to post another review once my new set up is installed and i am sure it will be what i was looking for!!! I will brag on Crutchfields customer satisfaction to anyone who will listen!! Im impressed, thanks crutchfield.


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N.M. Tech Offers Summer Research Program for Undergraduates, Feb. 13, 2008
by Valerie Kimble
SOCORRO, N.M., Feb. 13, 2008 – Hey, undergraduates – how would you like to spend nine weeks working on a hands-on summer research project, live on campus for free, earn four college credits and get paid to boot?
It's possible, thanks to the efforts of a New Mexico Tech assistant professor of chemistry and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF has renewed a grant written by Dr. Michael Pullin to fund a summer program for undergraduate research for the next three years. The program began in 2005.
For application materials and additional information about the program, visit the REU webpage: http://www.nmt.edu/~reu.
Also providing funding are New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. López, Vice Presidents Ricardo Maestas and Peter Gerity, and Graduate Dean David B. Johnson. The Department of Defense, New Mexico EPSCoR, and the National Cave and Karst Research Institute provide additional program funding.
The "Interdisciplinary Science for the Environment" program begins June 1 and ends on August 2. All participants will be given free on-campus housing, a food allowance, reimbursement for travel expenses, field trip opportunities, and a stipend of $3,800.
Free on-campus childcare and family housing are available for participants with families. Students will also earn academic credit. The deadline for applications is March 31.
Pullin said he is hoping to receive applications from undergraduate students at colleges that lack the necessary facilities or resources for real-world research opportunities.
In the past, 60 percent of the participants were from under-represented minorities. "We're shooting for 75 percent and above this year," he said.
New Mexico Tech is collaborating with four other schools to attract participants – New Mexico Highlands University, Northern New Mexico College in Española, San Juan College in Farmington, and Diné College in Shiprock and Tsalie, Arizona.
"We have enough funding for at least 12 students this year," said Pullin, adding that as many as 16 New Mexico Tech faculty are involved as research supervisors. On tap for this summer are eight, interdisciplinary research projects with faculty in the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Earth & Environmental Science.
"All of the projects will examine environmentally related issues," Pullin said. "Some of the projects are hard-core environmental science; others concentrate on environmentally-related applications."
For instance Dr. Michael Heagy, Chemistry Department, and Dr. Paul Fuierer, Materials Engineering Department, are spearheading a project to develop a new type of solar voltaic cells.
Dr. Tom Kieft of the Biology Department also will team up with Dr. Penny Boston, from Earth & Environmental Science, on a study of microbial life in some of New Mexico's many caves.
Pairs of students work closely with faculty and graduate students in interdisciplinary teams according to the subject areas needed to carry out a specific project and their own research interests. One of the goals of the program is to teach undergraduates to cross traditional academic boundaries.
"This does happen in the real world, especially in fields as complicated as environmental science, but it's difficult to teach that concept in the classroom," he said.
Pullin's own research is a study of carbon and nitrogen cycling in soils at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, and how the process is connected to rainfall and the water cycle. Pullin, a chemist, collaborates with a biologist, a geologist, and an hydrologist to do this.
"When I was an undergraduate, I had to wash glassware for a year just to get into a research lab, let alone get paid for it," Pullin said. "So for me, the best part of the program is seeing students get to work on real-world research."
Pullin, an Ohio native, received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry in 1999 from Kent State University. He spent two years as an NSF postdoctoral fellow at MIT, followed by two years as a visiting assistant research professor at the University of Notre Dame before joining the Chemistry Department at Tech in 2004.
"One of the great things about New Mexico Tech is the deep level of involvement undergraduates have in our research programs," he said.
"We're able to give students the experience of attending a big-name private engineering or tech school at the price of a state-supported university, which is very unusual," Pullin said.


text: Hey there. So I did a quick search of the forum and really didn't find an answer. Or at least, not a satisfying one. As some of you may recall, I've been working my way through the TNG movie-era novels and the DS9-R. It just so happens that I've come to a good "break" point in that reading order, I just finished the A Time To... novels and the Worlds of DS9 books, so I figured I'd dip my toe into the Mirror Universe books, and read all the way up through the DS9R Mirror Universe Trilogy. Anyway, I got it in my head to read through the MU stuff in chronological order. I know it's pretty self explanatory, but I wanted to make sure I'm doing it "right". I know that's subjective, but hear me out. Since there's so few episodes, I also thought it would be fun to watch the episodes with the books. Here's my attempt at a chronology and I want to see if I can get a yay/nay from the lot of you before pursuing it. It wasn't as obvious about where to put some of the Stories around the DS9 eps. Thanks for you help, folks! ENT/TOS ERA MIRROR U A Mirror Darkly Pts. 1 & 2 Age of the Empress "Nobunga" "Ill Winds" "The Greater Good" Mirror, Mirror The Sorrow of Empire (Full Novel) "The Black Flag" TNG/DS9/VOY ERA MIRROR U "The Traitor" "Freedom Angst" (From Seven Deadly Sins) Crossover Through the Looking Glass The Worst of Both Worlds "The Sacred Chalice" The Mirror-Scaled Serpent "Bitter Fruit" Shattered Mirror "Family Matters" Cutting Ties "Homecoming" Resurrection (I know, I know...) The Emperor's New Cloak Saturn's Children "A Terrible Beauty" "Empathy" "For Want of Nail" Warpath, Fearful Symmetry, Soul Key Rise Like Lions Does NF: Turnaround really fit in or does it just take place in *a* MU? I know it doesn't quite work but I was thinking of putting that Tim Russ-penned DS9 comic that takes place in the MU in here as well.


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The Solution: A Keratin Treatment
If your hair is on the curly side, your mood probably dips along with the barometric pressure. A keratin treatment can be a game changer, rendering you frizzproof and free to go about your life despite inclement weather.
How it works: A stylist seals keratin, a conditioning protein, into each strand with a flat iron. "The keratin weightlessly coats the hair, blocking moisture, which is what triggers the chain reaction that leads to frizz," explains Philadelphia-based stylist Alan Gold.
Where and how much: The treatment is available at salons nationwide. It can cost $150 or more, depending on whether you treat just one area (bangs, for instance) or your whole head.
Results last: Eight to twelve weeks, provided you don't wash your hair for up to four days following the treatment. You'll also need to steer clear of shampoos and conditioners with sodium chloride (a.k.a. salt), which breaks the keratin bonds.
A word to the wise: The treatment can release chemical fumes when it's steamed into the hair, so you and your stylist should wear masks. But fear not, says celebrity stylist Paul Labrecque: "Masks looks scary, but this is actually just safe practice."
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text: Here is a very normal scenario that most lawn and landscape operate from on a daily basis. Lets take a residential lawn and landscape maintenance scenario. Mr. Smith calls your company and asks for an estimate. Assuming you have gone through the process of determining that Mr. Smith is the type of client you would prefer to work with, now it is time to actually go and survey his property and determine the work that will be done and what it will cost. You go to Mr. Smiths house and you walk the property. He has told you everything he wants an estimate for : weekly mowing, trimming, and edging mulch shrubs and hedges trimmed aeration & overseeding landscape beds kept weed free fertilization & weed control applications spring clean-up leaf removal final fall clean-up So here is where many business owners make their mistakes They arrive with a notepad and pen and write down some notes and start to guesstimate what it will take to do the work. They finish walking the property, put their notes in their notebook and head on their way to get back to the many daily chores and tasks they need to deal with. Now, it is later that evening and the owner is in his office. He sits down and opens his notepad and decides he is going to prepare a written proposal for Mr. Smith. He looks at his scribbled notes and starts scratching his head. He cant remember if there were three beds in the back of the property or four. He closes his eyes to try and remember how big the turf area actually is. He thinks he wrote down how many shrubs there were that needed trimmed, but he is not sure if the number he wrote down was the number of shrubs or the number of tree rings on the property. Oh crap. So he puts his best foot forward and attempts to remember as best he can. He prepares the estimate and juggles around some numbers and finishes what he hopes will be another accepted job. He puts the proposal in the envelope and pops it in the mail. Reading over this scenario, I actually hope he DOESNT get the job, because more than likely he missed several important things he should have considered and he probably underestimated the size and scope of the work. So how should a lawn and landscape business owner actually conduct the actual estimating process? First of all, its 2013. Digital cameras are not that expensive. Get one. If you dont have one, more than likely you have a cell phone that is capable of taking quality pictures. Use it. Regardless of how good you think your memory may be, it is not easy to remember every little detail when you have a million other things flying around inside your head. If you dont have a measuring wheel, go get one. They cost anywhere from $50 to $150. They are worth every penny. If you really want to do yourself a favor, get a handheld digital recording device. Again, your cell phone probably has this capability, but if you want to keep things separate, go get a recorder. They cost anywhere from $35 to $150 again, worth every penny. So now you are armed with a camera in one pocket, a digital recorder in the other, a measuring wheel and you should have The Property Site Inspection Template in hand ready to write down everything you see and need to do. Write everything down. Take pictures. Take notice of things that you see need attention that the prospect did not point out. Measure the turf. Measure the beds. Look closely at the parking scenario as well. See where your trucks and crews will pull up, park and unload. Now you are ready to go back to your office and prepare a thorough, detailed, professional proposal with nothing disregarded or forgotten. Make sure your proposal is professional, organized, easy to understand, etc... The prospect will be impressed with how thorough you are and you will be able to sleep better knowing that you took everything into account for that property and if you get the job, money will be made. If you did not get the job then it would not have been profitable for your company anyway. To read this blog post and more like it go HERE


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If Jon Jones, Shonie Carter and Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson somehow had a love child, we'd imagine he'd look something like Amaechi Oselukwue.
Oselukwue and his unique look recently appeared at Xtreme Fighting Championships 16, where he took on fellow middleweight Gerardo "Julio" Gallegos.
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Oselukwue (2-5 at the time) entered the April 13 bout with four consecutive losses. However, prior to that, the former University of Memphis sprinter picked up a decision victory over Abe Wilson at Bellator 38. He got a chance for a signature win against the well-rounded Gallegos (4-2), a recent "Fight Path" subject who had four stoppages in four career wins while fighting often for XFC.
So could Oselukwue get back on track against the XFC staple, or would Gallegos rise to the occasion? Check out the embedded clip for the answer.
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Criminals are using the internet ?!
Pass a law against it, now!
Cloud computing providers came under fire today from security experts who blamed them for giving cyber-criminals the tools to launch attacks more easily, efficiently and anonymously than ever before. Speaking at the fourth InfoSecurity Summit in Hong Kong on Tuesday, SC Leung - a senior consultant at the city-state's Computer …
Pass a law against it, now!
And whilst you're at it, let's crack down on those wicked manufacturers who produce GPUs and FPGAs, and software vendors who provide the tools to use them.
FFS, this is not news. I've worked on alternative approaches since 2005, and the upshot is that it's more fun as well. The primary problem is that too strict processes kill off the creativity - you as a target become predictable, aka a sitting duck that can be repeatedly shot at. Case in point: anti-virus. The absolute first thing that happens with a zero day is that it is tested on virustotal.com.
At present, most people in IT security are either researchers, or glorified administrators. No surprises there..
As someone else said, think different... The traditional corporate mentality just doesn't work, you become slow and cumbersome while the hackers are not so constrained.
Also cloud isn't the problem, buying services from amazon is not what hackers do anyway because it leaves a paper trail... Instead they will hack boxes, and some of them happen to be hosted at cloud providers. Hackers have always compromised boxes and used them to launch further attacks, the only "cloud" connection is that providers like amazon are prominent and fashionable enough that lots of people with no server management experience want to try it out, so they leave insecure boxes on the internet waiting to be hacked.
...and that is exactly the case.
No self-respecting hackers would buy a service leaving credit card number just so squeeze some CPU power.
I'd say buying en masse cheap hardware and building your own cluster is easier than renting services. Virtually any brute force alike algorithm is embarrassingly parallel, hence it can run on commodity hardware connected via standard LAN.
Ah but they don't have the bandwidth of a hacked box in an ISP/datacentre, which is likely why they don't.
No self-respecting hackers would buy a service leaving credit card number just so squeeze some CPU power.
Cybercrooks, i.e. those stealing money via stolen credit card & bank details, would almost certainly use a credit card in their own name...Riiiggghhhhhtttt.
Cybercrooks, i.e. those stealing money via stolen credit card & bank details, would almost certainly use a credit card in their own name..
Credit card blocked - service blocked, it's not a single time purchase. You need it running for extended period of time.
Is not a substitute for addressing it.
Otherwise I could do my whole damned job powered solely by email and righteous indignation and charge 4x the rate.
the developers who work in industry aren't any slower that those that write exploits, its just that those in industry have to worry about whether the 'fix' will break anything. the virus writer doesn't have to care. this doesn't mean that they don't, simply that they don't have to.


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By Mark Polk
RV Education 101
Let me ask you a question. Have you ever hooked up your dinghy and headed down the road wondering to yourself, did I remember to check this or check that? I think it happens to most of us unless you use some type of checklist to make sure everything was completed before you leave on a trip.
Checklists serve as a good reminder, and can help prevent costly mistakes. This is my top 7 dinghy towing safety checks. These checks are designed to give you a general idea of items that should be checked before you tow a vehicle with all four wheels on the ground. Use the checks that apply to your situation, and you can add to the list as necessary. And when towing another vehicle, always adhere to your motorhome's gross combination weight rating.
Note: Always follow the towed vehicle manufacturer's instructions for towing a specific vehicle.
1. Always hook and unhook the vehicle on a flat, smooth surface. Set the emergency brake on the towed vehicle and the motorhome before hooking or unhooking the tow bar.
2. Before connecting the tow bar, inspect the base plate, receiver, tow bar and mounting hardware for any damaged or worn components. Check all nuts and bolts for secure mounting. Tighten loose bolts and replace worn parts before hooking up. Do not use any components of the towing system that are damaged or worn.
Note: If you have a coupler-style tow bar, check the fit of the coupler on the ball. Lock the coupler on the ball and secure the coupler latch with a lock or safety pin.
3. Hook up the tow bar. Make sure it is properly connected and that all pins, latches and clips are properly secured. Attach the safety cables securely. Secure the safety cables on a permanent fixture on the vehicle and on the motorhome. Attach the light cable and check all lights -- brake lights, taillights and turn signals -- on both vehicles for proper operation. Attach the breakaway lanyard if applicable.
4. Prep the vehicle for towing. Set up the towed vehicle's steering, transmission and/or transfer case to tow the vehicle in accordance with the vehicle manufacturer's instructions. If the vehicle requires any special modifications for towing, make sure they are installed and/or engaged.
5. If equipped with a supplemental braking system on the towed vehicle, test it for proper operation before leaving.
6. When the vehicle is completely hooked up and ready to tow, disengage the parking brake. Make sure the tires are centered, roll the windows up and, if you lock the doors, make sure you have a spare set of keys.
7. Latch the tow bar legs if you use a self-aligning tow bar. Slowly pull the motorhome forward, turning the steering wheel left to right until both tow bar legs are fully extended and locked into place.
Hit the road and have fun.
In addition to these safety checks, every time you stop check the tow bar, base plate and safety cable's to make sure they are still properly attached. Check the tires of the towed vehicle to make sure they are not too hot or losing air. If you are using a dolly or trailer, check the wheels to make sure they are not hot to the touch. If the wheels are hot, it may indicate a brake or bearing problem.
This checklist is an excerpt from my Checklists for RVers e-book.
Happy Camping.
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Australia Rugby
ARU backing Deans to deliver
ESPN Staff
December 11, 2012
Robbie has the support of the ARU © PA Photos
Australia head coach Robbie Deans has received the full backing of the Australian Rugby Union despite some vocal discontent with the New Zealander's performance among the media and the fans.
Deans is heading into the final year of his contract with the ARU and has come under pressure this season for the Wallabies' inconsistent displays on the pitch, which has included a 33-6 thumping by France this autumn and a 9-6 defeat to Scotland in June.
However ARU chairman Michael Hawker insists the former All Black retains their confidence ahead of a crucial 2013 season, which includes the visit of the British & Irish Lions for their three-Test tour.
''From the Australian Rugby Union, we're happy with where the Australian team is, Hawker said. ''We'd like to have less injuries and I think if we didn't have as many injuries, we would've been right at the top. Next year is a huge year with the Lions making a once-in-12-year journey down here.
"Having just come from the northern hemisphere, people are hugely excited over there to be here. It always creates a huge wave of anticipation seeing the best of the northern hemisphere come here. We're pretty keen to try and thump them. They're going to be a very competitive side and we're going to be a very competitive side and I think it's going to generate plenty of interest.
''I think the coaches think of every year as make or break … I don't think Robbie takes anything for granted. For us, I think everyone in the Australian public are keen to win all the games and so is Robbie. He'll do all he can. In the board's view, we have every chance in defeating the Lions next year.''
Australia have lost five of their 15 matches this term, averaging just a try a game, and dropped to third in the International Rugby Board rankings behind South Africa. However they finished a largely disappointing and tumultuous season - during which Quade Cooper slammed the "toxic" environment in the Wallaby camp - with narrow victories over Italy, England and Wales.
And Hawker is optimistic there is a lot more to come from Deans' Wallabies, especially when they get the likes of David Pocock, Will Genia, Quade Cooper and James O'Connor back from injury.
''You've got to put the Wallabies' performance in context with how many injuries we've had,'' Hawker said. ''We've had 55 people play for the Wallabies this year which is a pretty poor number of players, so we've had an unusual level of injury rate.
''That's something we're looking at as to why that occurred and how we might be able to do about that. We can actually improve the better player management process between the ARU and the Super Rugby franchises to make sure the player welfare is managed right collectively across those two levels of the game.
''When you've got a team that has playmakers such as [Will] Genia, [James] O'Connor, [Quade] Cooper, [David] Pocock and [Kurtley] Beale, who didn't play the whole year … If you took [Dan] Carter and Richie McCaw out of the New Zealand team, you'd have a different proposition. We had five major playmakers out of our game and we had a pretty good record.''
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Monday's fantastic WWDC keynote was the most significant product introduction since Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPad in 2010. But this time, the revolutionary product wasn't hardware — it was software.
The surprisingly well-executed event demonstrated two things:
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2. Although there was no new hardware (for now), Apple's trajectory is clear: It's getting into some very big things.


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Nokian Hakka Blue
TyresSummer tyres
Tyre dimensions205/60 R16 96W XL
Weight index96
Speed indexW (max 270 km/h)
Item No.R-236725
- Description
- EU Tyre Label:
The high-performance Nokian Hakka Blue summer tyre can masterfully handle the rapidly changing road conditions in the summer.
Tailor-made for the northern roads, the newest member of the Hakka summer tyre range offers the best possible traction and precise handling for challenging wet roads, when drivers most often need a reliable partner.
The new innovations, the Dry Touch Sipe and Swoop Grooves, give Nokian Hakka Blue excellent grip and allow it to stop nearly a metre shorter than traditional summer tyres from a speed of 80 km/h (50 mph) on a rain-soaked road.
This new tyre, designed especially for high-powered cars and with a good, accurate driving feel, offers uncompromisingly safe and comfortable travel from the first moments of spring until long into the autumn.
The eco-friendliness of this sporty tyre also adds to your peace of mind. Many innovations launched together with Nokian Hakka Green, the baby brother of the Hakka Blue, ensure that the novelty is green by nature and moves smoothly. Very low rolling resistance results in fuel consumption among the lowest in its class.
New innovations maximise wet grip
According to research, rain is the weather phenomenon causing the most traffic accidents. Driving is easy on a sun-scorched highway, but when a sudden rain shower strikes, the possibility of temporarily losing control grows. A key factor is the loss of tyre grip or dangerous aquaplaning, which can quickly turn the driver into a passenger.
When optimising the road contact and developing the structure of Nokian Hakka Blue, we aimed at maximising wet grip. We utilised a high-speed camera for this purpose to a great extent.
The finishing touch on the exceptional wet grip and anti-aquaplaning characteristics are the new innovations that effectively remove water from between the tyre and the road or store it temporarily, as well as the tread compound adapted for the varying conditions in the north, says Development Manager Juha Pirhonen from Nokian Tyres.
The new Dry Touch Suction Sipe effectively sucks the water out from between the tyre and the road, routing it to the main grooves of the tyre. This allows the Hakka Blue to achieve maximum contact on a rain-beaten road and establish a firm grip on the road surface.
The sipe shape ensures that the firm tyre has excellent wet grip, even when worn. The unique Dry Touch Sipe is larger at the bottom, which means that as the tyre wears, the groove volume does not decrease but rather increases.
To prevent aquaplaning, separate Swoop Grooves were shaped in the transversal main grooves on the inner shoulder. These elliptical slots store more water, as the volume of the transversal grooves increases.
The transversal grooves are also cut to be more open, which accelerates the flow of exhaust water as the tyre pushes its way through a water layer. The flow of the water displaced by the surface tread is also accelerated by the four wide and polished main grooves. Polishing the grooves also improves the stylish appearance of the tyre.
According to the comparison tests performed by Nokian Tyres, the Nokian Hakka Blue has a braking distance of 39.5 metres (129.6 feet) from a speed of 80 km/h (50 mph). This is up to 0.8 metres (2.6 ft) less than traditional summer tyres.
Eco-friendly, comfortable ride
The new tread compound, a combination of silica and pine oil, is matched for higher speeds. The carefully selected combination also improves wet grip at very low temperatures, on those early spring mornings and as the autumn gets darker.
Pine oil added to the compound lowers the temperature of Hakka Blue by reducing the friction caused by molecular movement. This makes the Hakka Blue an excellent choice for varying summer weather. The end results are lower heat generation and rolling resistance.
Since 1st November, 2012 all tyres made after 1st July, 2012 must show the European Tyre Label.
The European Union has developed this new provision to promote economic and ecological efficiency and ensure road safety.
Disadvantages The Tyre Label can provide an overview and give the customer more transparency, but it only covers three criteria. For an extensive evaluation of a tyre, however, far more performance characteristics are relevant. Especially in the search for suitable winter tyres the test results from different test institutions such as the ADAC are much more stringent.
We'd like to point out that it is the manufacturer that labels the tyre and provides us with this information. If you do not find the label values, either the manufacturer did not inform us of the label, or the product was manufactured before July, 2012. Before that date, tyres had not yet been required to carry a label, so in some cases it is possible to purchase a tyre without a Tyre Label.
The tyres are classified in terms of three performance characteristics:
• Fuel Efficiency (letters A to G)
• Wet Grip (letters A to G)
• External Noise
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Finally, it is the driver that determines the fuel consumption. In order to reduce this over the long-term, by being careful during acceleration drivers can become more fuel-efficient and environmentally conscious.
Regularly checking tyre pressure helps to improve rolling resistance, reduces energy loss, and supports optimum adhesion in wet conditions. To reduce the risk of accidents and ensure your and the safety of other road users, always keep a reasonable distance.
More information: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/tyres/labelling_en.htm
Choose from our large online selection or ask us for advice. Our experts are happy to help you choose the appropriate tyres from our extensive range of products.
The classification in terms of fuel efficiency is divided into seven classes, from the A-class (the highest) to G-class (the
lowest). A tyre in the A-class consumes 0.1 litres less at 100km than a tyre in the B-class. An essential component for fuel
efficiency is the rolling resistance or rolling friction.
Rolling Resistance
Rolling resistance is the force that opposes motion. It is formed, for example, when a wheel is rolling. Rolling resistance depends not only on the geometry but also on the properties of the material.
Average Average value is between C-E. Class D is not used.
It shows how efficient the vehicle can brake on wet roads. Wet grip is an important feature especially with summer tyres.
Class A has the highest safety and the shortest braking distances. Class F has low security and the longest braking distance.
The wet grip classes are based on test driving on wet roads with a speed of approximately 80 km/h. The difference between the braking distance of the tyres is 3-5 feet per grade. E.g., the difference in braking distance between Class A and Class F are up to 18 metres.
Average The average value of the tyres is between class B-E. Class D and G is not used.
The symbol indicates the external rolling noise in decibels and as a 3 class sound wave symbol to clarify whether the tire can
keep the recommended level. External rolling noise does not correspond to tyre noise inside the compartment.
A continuous sound level above 80 decibel can cause health problems.
Three sound waves symbolize the worst results. These are the tyres that exceed the maximum limit of approval. A symbol of 2 sound waves have noise level that corresponds with the approved sound level. Tyres that are marked with 1 sound wave are over three decibel quieter than the approval.


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"Glee" star Jane Lynch will reportedly be singing a new tune soon – the wedding march!
According to the New York Times' Carpetbagger blog, the actress is engaged to longtime girlfriend, psychologist Lara Embry.
The couple reportedly plans to walk down the aisle in May.
News of her upcoming nuptials is just another thing for the "Glee" star (who plays the overbearing Sue Sylvester on the show) to celebrate. Fresh off a Golden Globe nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy, Jane recently told Access Hollywood that news of a second season of her hit show has been very good for her mental state.
"This a psychological relief!" Jane told Access earlier this month. "Knowing that I get to do this show and play this character and work with these people for another year is just thrilling to me! We're booking! It's really good!"
New episodes of "Glee" return to FOX in April.
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Camp-Inspired Gift Picks
One of these charming, custom-made wooden ornaments, made from fallen tree branches, would look perfect adorning a bottle of wine or tied on as a tag.
($40 for a set of 5, thesittingtree.etsy.com)
There's more to this ceramic owl than meets the eye. When plugged into an mp3 player, it will pump out your favorite tunes. Other woodland creature speakers like squirrels, foxes and bears are also available.
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Matt Toomua's defence can be both a strength and a weakness
The old adage about the tight-head prop being the most important player in the side plays out across the Super Rugby semi-finals this weekend.
Of the four sides left, three have the starting tight-heads for the Wallabies (Sekope Kepu), All Blacks (Owen Franks) and Springboks (Jannie du Plessis) respectively, and the other No.3 (Ben Alexander) is the second choice for his country.
In no other position across the semi-finalists is there such a concentration of first-choice Test players.
But even the big men will concede the No.10 has a bit to do with the game plan as well, and the performance of the Brumbies' Matt Toomua against the Chiefs last week will have been looked at closely by the Waratahs.
Toomua is an unusual No.10 because of the way he defends. On three occasions last week, he either helped shut down a play or actually intercepted a Chiefs pass from the base of a ruck due to his willingness to rocket forward out of the defensive line.
But it's a high-wire act. He was caught out badly for the Chiefs' fourth try, which could have been very costly, and while his line speed and hard tackling can rattle opponents, the Waratahs will be happy if he keeps doing it on on Saturday night.
Toomua has drawn comparisons to Jonny Wilkinson or Dan Carter for his defensive prowess, but those are probably a bit premature. He's certainly a great tackler, which often makes him a great defender, but not always. Carter, for example, is the master of the drift defence – sometimes he won't even need to make much contact to do his job, he'll just push the ball carrier towards the sideline and crowd the space for the winger.
In some ways, Toomua is more like former Springbok Butch James – but legal – or even De Wet Barry, the ferocious No.12 who built his game around line speed and intimidation.
When he gets it right, it's impressive. As mentioned above, in the 32nd minute, 54th minute and 73rd minute last week Toomua made vital contributions by coming up quick and stopping the Chiefs' attack. There will always be question marks about offside when a player repeatedly does this, but Toomua is pretty clever. On occasion he sets himself like a sprinter on the blocks, so his feet are well back. Referee Craig Joubert is a good communicator with his assistant refs on the sideline and saw no problem, so Toomua does it well.
But, as always, there's a but. When the Chiefs set a good scrum in the 49th minute and halfback Tawera Kerr-Barlow simply picked up quick ball and ran straight and hard – denying Toomua the chance to line someone up, he burst over the advantage line through Toomua's inside shoulder. A try was scored a few phases later.
And when you look at what was different about the Chiefs' success with that play as opposed to the ones when Toomua shut them down, it simply comes down to the quality and speed of ball. When the Chiefs had a laboured delivery from the base, from loose-head prop Jamie Mackintosh, hooker Mahonri Schwalger, or a no-look pass from Bundee Aki, Toomua profited. When the Chiefs had accurate ball – different story.
This was the case again again in the 76th minute when the Chiefs had a scrum close to the Brumbies line and Toomua shot up to put a massive hit on replacement halfback Augustine Pulu and missed him, again on the inside shoulder, which created the room for the Chiefs to go over for a try that could have tied the scores but for Aaron Cruden's failed conversion. The line Toomua takes when he does this is so unforgiving for a defender – it's square, almost outside to in, and there's no safety net when he misses.
Which brings us back to our old mate the tight-head prop. In both the scrums that led to the Chiefs' tries, No.3 Ben Tameifuna did his job. Even though the second wasn't overly stable, any lateral movement suited the Chiefs – it opened up the side of the field they wanted to attack. The Waratahs are a pretty complete team. They can beat the Brumbies a number of ways – but if Kepu and Paddy Ryan get it right at the scrum they have the threats in No.9, No.10. No.12 and No.15 that can flip what can be a particular Brumbies strength into a weakness.
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