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Balanitis is swelling of the foreskin and head of the penis.
Balanitis is most often caused by poor hygiene in uncircumcised men. Other possible causes include:
Symptoms include:
Your health care provider may diagnose the problem with only an exam. However, you may need skin tests for viruses, fungi, or bacteria. A skin biopsy may also be needed.
Treatment depends on the cause of the balanitis.
In severe cases, circumcision may be the best option. If you cannot pull back (retract) the foreskin to clean it, you may need to be circumcised.
Most cases of balanitis can be controlled with medicated creams and good hygiene. Surgery is not needed most of the time.
Long-term inflammation or infection can:
Tell your provider if you have any signs of balanitis, including swelling of the foreskin or pain.
Good hygiene can prevent most cases of balanitis. When you bathe, pull back the foreskin to clean and dry the area under it.
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Jordan GH, McCammon KA. Surgery of the penis and urethra. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 36.
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power out Wednesday April 8
Original post made by Bernie Brightman, North Whisman, on Apr 8, 2009
a resident of Castro City
on Apr 8, 2009 at 9:47 pm
just came home from church and noticed that the power had went out. 94040 area.
a resident of North Whisman
on Apr 8, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Hmm, wonder if this is related...
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AP source: Spies compromised US electric grid
By JORDAN ROBERTSON and EILEEN SULLIVAN – 6 hours ago
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Spies hacked into the U.S. electric grid and left behind computer programs that would let them disrupt service, exposing potentially catastrophic vulnerabilities in key pieces of national infrastructure, a former U.S. government official said Wednesday.
The intrusions were discovered after electric companies gave the government permission to audit their systems, the ex-official said. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The inspections of the electric grid were triggered by fears over a March 2007 video from the Idaho National Laboratory, which had staged a demonstration of what damage hackers could do if they seized control of a crucial part of the electric grid. The video showed a power turbine spinning out of control until it became a smoking hulk and shut down.
Although the resulting audits turned up evidence of spying sometime earlier, the former official told the AP that the extent of the problem is unknown, because the government does not have blanket authority to examine other electric systems.
a resident of North Whisman
on Apr 9, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Wow, that spy story is scary. Just wanted to add that I was in 94041 and on the phone with someone in San Jose when the power went off. We both experienced the same outage.
a resident of Shoreline West
on Apr 9, 2009 at 12:48 pm
The power went out while I was at work in the 94043 (Ellis & 101). When I got home (in the 94040), I realized that the power had gone out there too. I wonder why such a wide spread outage has gotten such little attention!
a resident of Monta Loma
on Apr 9, 2009 at 2:37 pm
KCBS has been reporting that a vandal cut four 8" cables in a vault on Monterey Highway in S. San Jose overnight. These cables carried phone lines for multiple vendors, including AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, etc., and has resulted in a lack of phone coverage in many places all over the South Bay and Santa Cruz. Emergency service is out, telecommunications is out, land lines and cellular communications is out. Repair crews are reconnecting the lines as I type this, says KCBS, and there is a criminal investigation in process.
a resident of Rex Manor
on Apr 9, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I work in the 94040 zip and power did not go off so I didn't notice anything different. When I finally went to bed as I live in the 94043 zip area (San Pierre Way at Middlefield) I noticed that my digital clock was blinking. Was this outage long lasting or a short outage?
a resident of Monta Loma
on Apr 9, 2009 at 2:42 pm
The outage was 10 seconds tops, right? My cell phone cut out at the same time so it must have also affected the local tower, which is weird because cell towers are supposed to have backup power....
a resident of North Whisman
on Apr 9, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I would say that the outage lasted 1-3 minutes.
The ten seconds that t.n. reports is probably the time it takes the cell tower's backup to kick in.
Interesting report from KCBS, but it doesn't seem to coincide with the timing of this one, or does it?
a resident of North Whisman
on Apr 9, 2009 at 7:13 pm
No comment on this at all in the MSM. It happened at 5:00 p.m. sharp, lasted about a minute. Do a search on "GhostNet" for info on the weird probing of our national grid.
a resident of North Whisman
on Apr 10, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Thanks for the comment and pointer, Johnny Robots (MSM = "main stream media" for all of you caught without a score card out there).
a resident of Jackson Park
on Apr 12, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I was at work near Ellis And Fairchild when the power went off. Does the Electric Company know something that they're not letting us know? What's the deal? All the talk about hackers and then the phone lines being cut in south santa clara county makes me wonder if terrorist are attacking us through cyber attacks!
a resident of Waverly Park
on Apr 13, 2009 at 10:44 pm
I had that one too, then two more on Sunday night and Monday night. There is no weather or wind to blame. What's up?


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Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 | 9:45 a.m.
SOCHI, Russia — An Italian gay-rights activist has been detained by Russian police as she entered Shayba Arena at the Olympic Park to watch a hockey game.
Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament who has become a prominent transgender rights crusader and television personality, was led away by four men while shouting "I have a ticket."
A few minutes later she was put in a car and driven away.
She had been walking around the Olympic Park for about two hours in a rainbow-colored outfit and a huge headdress. She had been shouting "Gay is OK" in English and Russian.
Luxuria earlier said she was detained on Sunday evening by police who told her she should not wear clothes with slogans supporting gay rights. Police denied detaining her.


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Multiple inside sources claim that Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning will soon be shooting an "intense love scene" for the The Runaways.Inneresting. Very inneresting. :-)
Stewart's transformation into teen rocker, Joan Jett, is all but complete as seen here as she arrives on set in a tank, skinny jeans and dark sunglasses. Fanning has been cast as lead singer Cherie Currie.
The lesbian tryst is set in a hotel room and well, we're still waiting for an explanation of what this is all about.
Thanks, Caro!


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By Amanda Wicks
Taylor Swift writes her experiences into her music, and more times than not those tend to be about love: Love lost, love won, loving someone from the sidelines, moving on after a failed attempt at love. You name, she's likely written about it.
Related: Taylor Swift's Country Roots Shine Through on '1989'
For every single about love that makes the airwaves and becomes a smash hit, Swift has a deep cut that stands the test of time and offers listeners not only insight into her life, but also something more universal that anyone who has felt the pangs and pleasure of love can relate to. Here are the five best, one from each of her albums.
"Invisible" – Taylor Swift
As far as setting the tone for the kind of material she would continue to cover across her next two albums, "Invisible" comes in as a strong deep track. It's a pining country ballad that positions Swift as the better choice even while the object of her affection has chosen another love. "I just want to show you/ She don't even know you/ She never gonna love you/ Like I want to," Swift sings on the chorus, picking up on the meter towards the end and signaling how she would develop as a songwriter. "If you only knew me/ We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable/ Instead of just invisible."
"Breathe" featuring Colbie Caillat – Fearless
With Swift's breathy, soft vocals and a mandolin peppering the song to give it a youthful quality, "Breathe" is a pretty song made even prettier with the harmonic vocals of Colbie Caillat. In the song, Swift learns to breathe and stand on her own two feet again after a breakup. "People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out," she sings in a mature observation about love. The song contains a slight pop quality when it comes to the bridge, as if Swift were already moving in that direction even while she was firmly entrenched in country territory.
"Better Than Revenge" – Speak Now
Instead of pining after someone she can't have or moving on after something hasn't worked out, "Better Than Revenge" pits her against a mean girl who seems to get everything she wants, including boys. "She looks at life like it's a party and she's on the list/ She looks at me like I'm a trend and she's over it," Swift sings on the second verse. Pre-#Squad, Swift showed that she doesn't always play the nice friend, especially if someone has crossed her. The song has a trace of Paramore about it with heavier guitar giving the country tune a rock 'n' roll edge.
"I Almost Do" – Red
The bright guitar that begins this song contrasts the other produced pop hits that peppered Red and saw Swift transitioning away from country. But "I Almost Do" feels like a classic country song that's all about the difficulty of moving on when someone once meant a great deal. "And I just want to tell you/ It takes everything in me not to call you/ And I wish I could run to you/ And I hope you know that every time I don't, I almost do," she sings on the chorus. Swift will eventually break free of this marginal position, but in the immediate aftermath she shows it's hard to let go.
"I Know Places" – 1989
Dating while in the spotlight can be nearly impossible, which Swift details in "I Know Places." The song begins with her repeating the word "I" over and over again while single piano keys build a mood that oscillates between desire and distress. "Something happens when everybody finds out/ See the vultures circling the dark clouds/ Love's a fragile little flame/ It can burn out, it can burn out," she sings on the first verse. She and her lover try to eke out a relationship together apart from the photographers and public, but the pressure from both strain their love.


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|2001 - Present
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Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, commonly known as Bulbagarden, is an English-language Pokémon community. It is most well known for Bulbapedia, its forums, and Bulbanews. The site's slogan is "the original Pokémon community".
Bulbagarden has, in recent years, made major pushes into the "Web 2.0" philosophy, starting with Bulbapedia and continuing with the Oekaki and the Bulbawiki networks.
The original Bulbagarden.com website was run by Bulbasaur ("Bulba", later known as Anenga after moving on from Bulbagarden), and was in operation during the so-called heyday of Pokémon Websites, in the peerage of such esteemed sites as TPM, Azure Heights, and the original UPN. The original site was shut down at the beginning of 2001 after problems with advertisers left Bulba with no ability to pay for server operation. The files were held in stasis on the server until the beginning of February, during which time the (then) forum head admin Archaic launched a desperate bid to fund the server for just one more month, enough to be allowed access to the files again and to make a forum backup.
Archaic began assembling a staff for the revitalized Bulbagarden in late 2002, following significant downtime on the part of Serebii.net, contracting the services of major players in the Pokémon community at the time. After officially opening to the public on January 1, 2003, Bulbagarden.com grew, quickly gaining memberships on the forums and struggling to put a site up for operations and a Pokédex. A pilot site had been completed, but a full version was never offered.
About a year later, the Bulbagarden.com domain name expired and was promptly squatted. After many attempts to reestablish the site at Bulbagarden.com, it was decided to move to a .net domain name, becoming (as it is today) Bulbagarden.net, which continues under the ownership of Archaic. Over the years, Bulbagarden has become one of the major communities in the online Pokémon fandom.
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon wiki encyclopedia)
- Bulbanews (a Pokémon news wiki)
- Bulbacast (a Pokémon podcast)
- National Bulbagraphic (a Pokémon e-magazine)
- Bulbagarden Archives (an image repository wiki for Bulbapedia and Bulbanews)
- Bulbagarden forums (a Pokémon discussion forums)
- Bulbagarden Gallery (an image gallery)
- Bulbakaki (an Oekaki)
- Bulbagarden Library (a fan fiction archive; currently undergoing revival)
In its long history, Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden hosted a wide variety of websites in a time where Pokémon sites were scrambling to be hosted by the bigger and more popular sites. One such place was Articuno Island, or Prussian Town as it was known at the time. Bulbagarden now operates on its own servers and currently hosts many other sites, including Dogasu's Backpack and the Japanese Pokémon Wiki.
Current staff
This is the list of Bulbagarden's senior staff. For the full list of Bulbagarden staff, including forum moderators and wiki staff, see this list.
- Archaic - Bulbagarden Webmaster
- Evil Figment - Vice-Webmaster
- evkl - Vice-Webmaster
- Zhen Lin - Vice-Webmaster, Technical Expert
- MAGNEDETH - Vice-Webmaster
- Werdnae - Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia
- Kogoro - Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia
- Gama - Head Administrator, Bulbagarden Forums
- Iteru - Head Administrator, Bulbagarden Forums
- Bikini Miltank - Editor-in-Chief, Bulbanews
- Adyniz - Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Bulbanews
Other noteworthy staff
- Dogasu - Staff translator, webmaster of Dogasu's Backpack, retired Head of Anime
- Musashi - Retired Head Administrator of the Forum, on hiatus
- Joshawott - Editor of BulbaNews Now, head of the Video Games Forum
Noteworthy retired staff
- Mozz - Creditor
- Murgatroyd - Head of Anime and Shipping, retired
- TTEchidna - Former Editor-in-Chief, Bulbapedia,
- Argy - Former Editor-in-Chief, Bulbanews
- RexRacer - Former Editor-in-Chief, Bulbanews
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"Last year was the first time I actually participated in Halloween. I dressed up as a pimp, and my sister was my bitch. We had to walk down Sunset Boulevard because we couldn't get a ride to the party, and everyone was sticking their heads out of their cars and yelling at us. It was great."
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Investors' love affair with cloud software companies is waning at the worst possible time for Box Inc.
The online-storage startup is delaying its plans for an initial public offering after a sudden weakening in demand for technology stocks. Box's March 24 IPO filing made it eligible to list shares as early as April, but people close to the company said the offering may not happen until June, and no timing has been set.
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The Atlanta Dream will have a chance to defend its back-to-back Eastern Conference Championships as the team clinched its fourth consecutive playoff berth.
A loss by Chicago late Thursday night in Los Angeles, on the heels of the Dream's 77-61 victory over Seattle on Sept. 11, guaranteed Atlanta a playoff spot.
Atlanta currently sits in third place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 17-14 with two games remaining. Since the Olympic break, the Dream is 8-4 and has won six of its last seven contests, including six straight at Philips Arena.
And while the Atlanta Dream are going to the playoffs, the Washington Mystics, their last opponents, are just finishing up another disappointing season.
The Mystics have lost 10 straight and are 1-12 since the Olympic break.
But it didn't look that way early in the game on Sept. 14 when the Mystics built an 11-point third quarter lead. Washington's upset hopes soon faded, however, as Angel McCoughtry scored 26 points and Lindsey Harding added 19 to help the Dream rally and beat the Mystics 82-74.
"We came out a little flat. I felt our energy level wasn't that high in the first half, and in the second half we picked it up with some more intensity on defense and made a few more shots," Atlanta coach Fred Williams said. "Washington came after us."
Atlanta trailed by 10 points at halftime after turning the ball over 10 times and surrendering 21 second chance points to the Mystics.
"They were out-rebounding us and getting a lot of second chance points which got them a good lead," McCoughtry said. "We just had to adjust and get on the boards in the second half."
Monique Currie led Washington (5-26) with 20 points and Matee Ajavon added 15.
"We played well for probably about three and a half quarters," Currie said. "Atlanta made some tough shots in the fourth quarter. Angel took over a little bit, but they hit some big shots and we didn't."
Washington's leading scorer, Crystal Langhorne, left in the second quarter with a left foot strain and did not return.
Trailing by four early in the fourth quarter, Atlanta went on an 8-0 run and eventually led by five. Then the Mystics tied it at 65 on a 3-pointer by Currie. But Atlanta
went ahead for good on McCoughtry's two free throws with 3:28 left.
After a Washington miss, McCoughtry sandwiched a jumper and a 3-pointer around a free throw by Currie to make it 72-66 with 2:18 to play as Washington got no closer than four points the rest of the way.
"We did some isolation plays for her to create some things and she's a good one-on-one player and she just made some clutch baskets for us," Williams said of McCoughtry.
As the WNBA's leading scorer, McCoughtry hit 10-of-18 field goal attempts.
Atlanta joins Indiana as the only teams from the Eastern Conference to reach the playoffs in each of the past four seasons. In the Western Conference, only San Antonio and Seattle have been in the playoffs every year since 2009.


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Premiering August 17th, Zacuto Films presents a new webisodic series which brings together film/video veterans, Steve Weiss, Director of FilmFellas/critics, and Philip Bloom, a London based Cinematographer and Filmmaker. With the growing popularity of video content sharing forums and video-centric social networking sites such as Vimeo, the program is the first webisodic show which critiques exclusively—web based video content.
With an open review forum and a loosely base video selection process, Bloom and Weiss keep their reflective commentary fresh by randomly selecting the videos during the show's taping by clicking on featured selections on a touch screen monitor. "We sort of toss all of the selected programs into a Vimeo album," Steve Weiss says, "and then kind of randomly pick them live. You'll see...it's not a real science."
In [ critics ], Weiss and Bloom candidly explore a wide range of video categories across many genres and artistic levels: short films, artistic videos, documentaries, music videos, animated shorts, and commercial video. "We'll review anything," says Bloom "and give the best advice we can." As the web constantly evolves by offering a plethora of video content, such as; amateur DIY videos, guerilla street films, political or statement pieces, and short films & features, [ critics ] also mirrors the eclectic nature of open web content. Thus, Weiss and Bloom explore amateur videos, such as "GAY=SIN" by Matthew Bennett and then quickly jump over to acclaimed short films like "A Thousand Words" by Director Ted Chung. The beauty of it—everyone gets the same chance at selection and critique.
The international appeal of [ critics ] comes from the dynamic relationship of Weiss vs. Bloom, where these dueling hosts, who while living across the pond from one another, remain industry friends, avidly support the independent film industry, and bring over 40-years combined experience to the biz. "Watching stuff on your computer can be quite a solitary experience," says Bloom, "with critics, it's like we are watching it with you and hopefully not coming across like the two old men Statler and Waldorf from The Muppet Show. You know how much we are enjoying something when both Steve and I shut up!"
[ critics ] offering an eclectic mix of personalities, perspectives and laughter. "The personalities of Weiss and Bloom are electric." [ critics ] a Zacuto Films production.
ABOUT STEVE WEISSWith over 500 productions under his belt, Steve Weiss has been in almost every aspect of the film/video business. With his start videotaping weddings in 1981 to running 1st Generation Film/Video as its Director from 1983 to 1993 and then selling it . Steve has also created and sold one of the first buyout music libraries in 1993 as well. From 1993 to 2000 Steve was the VP of production and director in another production company and did hundreds of productions there. Taking a hiatus from production Steve along with his long time DP, Jens Bogehegn, started Zacuto rentals in 2000 and the Zacuto USA product line in 2004. Weiss is also the director of FilmFellas & critics his two webisodic series, and has a completely narrative web series for the tween market in pre-production call R&J. Weiss believes the key to monetizing content on the web is attaching it to a product line, and he has not been shy about telling his views in video after video. Weiss has awards from these film festivals: Bronze Star Houston International film festival, AFVA Red Ribbon, 2 Chicago Film Festival International winners, 1 Chicago Film Festival International Certificate, NY Film Festival winner, 1st & 2nd prize beverage and food dynamics, 5 sliver & 4 bronze Tellys, Silver Triangle Award, Black Diamond Award for product design.
ABOUT PHILIP BLOOMPhilip Bloom was literally born with a camera in his hand. He didn't cry when he popped out of his mum he said "ACTION" with a Super 8mm camera in his hand. Ever since then he has been a film obsessive and it was only natural that in his career, being behind a camera was where he would end up. He was a news cameraman for many years traveling the world covering everything from wars to premieres. In more recent years he has worked on many TV series for broadcasters all over including Discovery HD, Channel 4, ITV, Sky and many more. He has also made numerous commercials and short films. Philip writes a very popular blog where he shares his camera and kit fetish with a global audience of similarly obsessed people. His friends no longer invite him to any social events as he always brings his camera, films them and sticks them up on the internet. He is currently receiving counseling so he can walk out of his front door without a camera. So far it isn't working!
ABOUT ZACUTO FILMSWanting to come full circle and get back to their roots of creating original content, In December 2008, film/video veterans Steve Weiss and Jens Bogehegn created their first Webisodic Series: FilmFellas which offers viewers a behind the scenes peek into the minds of influential and emerging filmmakers…where talking film is the family business. In August 2009, Steve Weiss, Director of FilmFellas/critics, and Philip Bloom, a London based Cinematographer, come together as dueling co-hosts to candidly critique web based video content. [ critics ] offering an eclectic mix of personalities, perspectives and laughter. For a complete schedule of Zacuto Films Programming, visit Zacuto.com.


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text: I've been using tennis shirts/pants made of dri-fit and find no reason to go back to cotton. Dri-fit remains drier and lighter than cotton. Recently, I also purchased a tennis cap made of dri-fit too, which I didn't know existed, and just love it. I think it could be personal preference, but is there any reason to wear clothing/caps made of cotton when synthetic dri-fit seemingly affords so much advantage in terms of dryness and weight over cotton? Any thoughts?


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Right now Naruto has the Air Affinity
which he needs to improve instead about worrying
about someone who care nothing for him(sauske)
but his next affinity will probably be water
and if thats true then will he have the ice affinity????
also could he use the ice affinity to freeze amaterasu???


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They say the 60's was crazy, but the 80's was worse
Crack fucked blacks and gave birth to a curse
The moon's bright, the sky's misty
I know my future 'cuz I know my history
My life predicted by a Gypsy
Murder she wrote at the end of the story, the streets get me
That's why I live quickly, and always keep a pistol with me
Ghetto prisons, won't stop fightin' until I'm free
Resident of the city of fallen angels where niggas ain't scared to bleed
If money's the root of all evil, then greed's the seed
This ain't living. We're taking 'cuz ain't nobody givin'
America's a rich man's vision, but a poor man's prison
So don't expect these politicians to give us a pot to piss in
Preacher man, stop preachin', 'cuz niggas ain't finna listen
Folks done lost hope and stopped trying
Life's a bitch from the start
That's why you come out your mama cryin', the world's dyin'
And the people have gone mad
I'll take a shit on the White House and wipe my ass with the flag
When will the evil end?
Too many browns and blacks in the system, victims of legal sin
In court, prayin' for mercy, being condemned by evil men
Ain't no love in the heart of the city
If there's a god, where is he
My homies dyin' over hundreds and fifties
I sit back, sip Cognac, and analyze the situation
Ain't a person alive today that knows the monster we're facing
They crucified Jesus Christ, sold Marcus Garvey for rice
Shot Malcolm X in the chest, gave Nelson Mandela life
Pac died at 25, Biggie died a year younger
All my life's been broke, I'm motivated by my hunger
Told my mom bury with a .357
Just in case God trips and I don't get into Heaven
If he sends me to Hell, then oh, well
'Cuz I just did 19 years in the ghetto as a black male
And it can't get much harder than that
I had a lot of pain in my heart, that's why I started to rap
See, them other brothers'll make you dance for justice or make you think
While you savin' up for a Bentley, I'm saving up for a tank
Sounds crazy, huh, well that's just the mindset of a soldier
Here's what I see, we're no longer slaves, but we sho' ain't free
So, until I ain't gotta steal and kill for my own folks
Tattooed across my chest are these words I just spoke
When I break all the laws on behalf of every innocent criminal?


text: This course is for majors only. This course introduces students to major points of correspondence and convergence between folklore and ethnomusicology. It is designed to engage students in a dialogue that explores the grounds for integration of these lines of inquiry based upon their conceptual frameworks, research methodologies, theoretical perspectives, modes of professional engagement, and intellectual histories. Folklore and ethnomusicology are interdisciplinary fields that both borrow from and contribute to a number of disciplines with which they share common concerns and approaches. In addition to works by ethnomusicologists and folklorists, the syllabus includes readings drawn from anthropology, history, linguistics, and musicology. The course is organized around concepts and research methods central to our disciplines, enduring issues that transcend historical shifts of scholarly emphasis. Among the primary objectives of the course are to understand the dimensions of key theoretical concepts and attendant methods, examine their configuration within particular folklore and ethnomusicological works, and explore their application and utility in our own research.


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Neil Young (and his team) put together a solid lineup of classic rock icons, indie rockers, chart toppers and a jazz singer for this years's Bridge School Benefit concert. The artists on bill all seemed enthused to be sharing the stage with Young, and judging by his on-stage visits, the feeling was mutual.
The annual, acoustic (or mostly acoustic) concert benefits the Bridge School, a private school located in Hillsborough, California, which educates children with severe speech and physical impairments. The school was co-founded by Young's wife, Pegi Young, with Jim Forderer, also a parent of a disabled child, in 1985 because they were unsatisfied with the schools that were available to their children. Along with Dr.Marilyn Buzolich, a speech and language pathologist, they created the Bridge School, whose mission is working with children with complex communication needs.
And since 1986, Young has headlined the annual concert to help raise funds for the school: Paul McCartney, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Guns N Roses, No Doubt, Tony Bennett and Bruce Springsteen have all played stripped down sets at the concerts over the years. You can learn more about the Bridge School, and donate to it, at their official website.
The concert also keeps Young in touch with younger artists: recent years have seen Foster The People, Gary Clark Jr., Ray LaMontagne, Mumford & Sons, Modest Mouse, Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, Band Of Horses and Death Cab For Cutie on the bill. But it's rare that Young jams with as many of his guests as he did this year. The love of Young was a big theme at day one (Saturday, October 26) of this year's event, which featured Young performing solo acoustic and also with Crosby Stills Nash and Young. Queens Of The Stone Age, Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, Jack Johnson, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, fun., Heart and Jenny Lewis were on the bill as well. On day two, Johnson and Arcade Fire aren't on the bill, but Tom Waits is. (The Killers were originally scheduled, but had to cancel.)
Here are some of this year's highlights:
Young opened the show with a brief solo acoustic set, starting with his cover of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind" (he opened his recent set at Farm Aid the same way). He also played "Heart Of Gold," not the first time we'd be hearing from his classic Harvest album (or it's sequel, Harvest Moon), during the night.
Heart, who have been in a Led Zeppelin state of mind for the past year – having covered "Stairway To Heaven" at the Kennedy Center Honors, and toured with Jason Bonham, performing a few Zep songs each night – again returned to that well, covering "The Rain Song" with their keyboardist Debbie Shair playing along with the band on Young's pipe organ (most of the artists performing used Young's organ and piano instead of bringing their own, presumably to make transitions between performances quicker).
Pianist/singer Diana Krall played a short set accompanied by upright bassist Dennis Crouch, highlighted by her cover of Young's "A Man Needs A Maid" from Harvest. She was soon joined by her husband Elvis Costello, and they duetted on the day's second Bob Dylan cover, "Wallflower." Soon, Krall left, and Costello performed his own set with Crouch, which included his hits "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" and "Alison," as well as a medley of his own song, "New Amsterdam" with the Beatles' "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away." He was joined by Graham Nash for a cover of the Hollies' "King Midas In Reverse."
Crosby Stills Nash and Young were the headliners, and drew from all phases of their career for their set. Opening with Nash's CSN hit "Just A Song Before I Go," they also played Young's "Human Highway," "Don't Want Lies" (from Stills' other band, the Rides), the Young rarity "Singer Without A Song," and Crosby's solo "What Are Their Names," before getting into an actual CSNY song, the Crosby-penned "Deja Vu." The set also featured the Stills-Young Band's "Long May You Run," CSN's "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and then another CSNY number, the Nash-written "Teach Your Children," joined by several of the other performers, including Jack Johnson, Jenny Lewis and members of My Morning Jacket and Arcade Fire.
Other notable moments:
- Opening act, singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis covered Young's "Buffalo Springfield Again" (from his 2000 album Silver And Gold), his ode to his former band.
- GRAMMY winning trio fun. covered the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Singer Nate Ruess noted that his father is a big CSNY fan, and felt that this concert was the coolest event that fun. has been a part of thus far.
- Neil Young joined Jack Johnson onstage for "Out On The Weekend," from Harvest.
- My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James told a story about seeing Young perform "Harvest Moon" (from the 1992 album of the same name) on Saturday Night Live with his mother, who went to get the album for him the next day. Instead, she accidentally picked up Harvest, which was a game changer for him. In tribute to that original TV performance, though, Young joined them for "Harvest Moon."
- Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler announced that he'd written a new song called "I Dreamed A Neil Young Song," which the man himself joined the red-hot Canadian band for.
You can watch the entire eight and a half hour webcast, which will be live until 11 pm PT October 30, below.


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$ perl -MDateTime -e 'print DateTime->now()'
$ perl -e 'print scalar localtime'
Tue Apr 4 19:09:10 2006
It seems that DateTime->now() doesn't do what I thought it did. I thought it returned the current date and time at this point on the planet. What it actually does is return the current date and time in UTC! (And please don't tell me that DateTime can't reliably figure out my timezone. Perl's localtime() manages just fine!) (You can, however, lambaste me for not reading the DateTime docs, since it's quite clear that now() doesn't return local time.)
Unfortunately I discovered this only in the late stages of testing version 3 of a large application that makes moderately extensive use of Datetime. That means the "easy" way to fix this, namely:
$ perl -MDateTime -e 'print DateTime->now(time_zone => "local")'
Isn't so easy, as it would mean touching a lot of files.
As far as I can tell I don't have a lot of good options here. I'm going to make a sub-class of DateTime which defaults to "local" for now(), new() and from_epoch(), but that will still mean touching lots of files. I did find discussion of this problem on the DateTime lists, but I don't think a solution made it into the module.
I did discover that Tim Bunce considers my chosen solution "trivial", whatever that means!
Another factor is that a lot of the most important dates were right. MySQL has a DWIM that matched our expectations - NOW() really is now, right here, on this spot on the planet. So times
Suppose that
DateTime were the other way round, and defaulted to the local timezone. Then somebody could've made an equivalent blog post to yours but comparing
DateTime->now with
gmtime and complaining that they are different!
There are 2 different possible behaviours. Obviously the module can only do 1 of them by default.
I've been inconvenienced the other way round, when I discovered that our MySQL database was storing timestamps in local time rather than UTC and not storing the timezone.
Sure, that doesn't mean that everyone should expect that or that the developers of DateTime are morons. They ju
E.g., in your example, the only thing we know about your timezone is that it is '+0400' now, but we don't know what DST rules you have. So instead of guessing the correct timezone, DateTime chooses to let the user decide.
As you mention NOW() in MySQL is just like "now" in real life - it's local time.
Except that it isn't it's more like floating time, because it doesn't also note the timezone. That's just wrong, because it means that MySQL's timestamps don't map to a particular moment in time, but to several possible moments. And even if you know the physical location, because of daylight-saving time that isn't good enough.
I don't mind at all which timezone MySQL uses to display its times. And I certainly don't
You could also note that it displays the date by default in ISO8601 format, which has the fields in an order that most humans don't use in their day-to-day lives.
I do, now, ever since I first used DateTime and thought, "What is that weird format, and why do they use it?"
sub DateTime::now {
push @_ => time_zone => "local";
goto &DateTime::__now;
I simply switched my own personal timezone to UTC. My watch is set to UTC, my PC timezone is set to UTC, my TZ variables everywhere I go are set to UTC, my Wikipedia preferences are set to UTC, my forum preferences many places on the net are set to UTC. I know when the sun rises and sets. I'm always reminded to convert timestamps for the benefit of my coworkers, 100% of whom are all distributed across the other three continental U.S. timezones. The hardest part is twice a year when I have to remember th
Why not make DateTime->now() return localtime and create a utc() method? I guess it would break backwards compatibility, though.


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Porter C. Thayer Photographs
Collection Overview
This archive contains 1300 photographs made by Porter C. Thayer, scanned from silver gelatin prints, held in the collection of the Brooks Memorial Library. The prints were made in 1980 from the 5x7 glass plates negatives created by Porter Thayer. These images are also available on microfilm at the Brattleboro library.
Porter Thayer was born Porter Charlie Thayer on January 6, 1882 on Main Street in Williamsville, Vermont. He grew up in the red house called the Tillotson Place in the Parish section of Newfane, Vermont.
He photographed Windham County, Vermont, beginning in 1906 through around 1920. Like most Vermont men of his generation he was a farmer, specifically an apple orchardist, managing his 50 acre apple orchard on Baker Brook Farm in Newfane. He turned to his apple business after ending his photographic career.
The postcard craze that most likely reached Vermont by about 1905, was perhaps the impetus for Porter Thayer starting up a photographic business. His diaries tell that he sold 1,197 postal cards during a six-month period at the height of his career. The cards were for sale as souvenirs to summer tourists at small general stores, local inns, boarding houses and hotels. Local folks purchased his photographs as well, especially around the Christmas season, to send to distant relatives. A Brattleboro, Vermont directory of 1909 lists Porter as advertising that he would come to anyone's home and make images for a reasonable fee. Around 1911 he recorded that he had 720 customers. Eventually he photographed in all the towns within a 25 mile radius of his home in Newfane.
Porter Thayer perfectly fits the archetype of the town photographer. He traveled the narrow dirt roads in his buggy, behind his faithful mare Lady, who accompanied him daily. He could apparently take extended naps while Lady brought him safely home, as she always knew the way. He used two cameras: a 5 x 7 and a 6.5 x 8.5 view camera and made glass dry-plate negatives. He traveled with stacks of postcards to be delivered at stores along the way to his days work.
Working continually through seasons and years, Porter Thayer left an archive that is a cultural treasure for southeastern Vermont. The quality of his work shows that he was able to combine business needs with aesthetic ones. During the time period Porter worked, Vermont was extremely poor and rural, yet held a close-knit population that shared the labors of life. Farmers helped one another to survive in a subsistence and barter economy. For women, men, and children, life meant constant work. Thayer's images describe the work and the tools involved. His landscape images reveal this working landscape, which today is mostly hidden by trees. The fruits of his labor as a photographer have grown in importance, as both the landscape and culture of Vermont has shifted into modern spheres of living.
Written by Jessica Weitz and Forrest Holzapfel, 2010.
Time Period Covered: 1906 - 1920
Published: October 11, 2010,
Rights: The William Thayer Family and heirs hold copyright to the Porter Thayer Photographs collection. Material in the collection may not be used without permission. For permission requests, contact Bill Thayer at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by rhubarbodendron, Jan 9, 2013.
Is there any way we can help?
^ Nah. I know where I went wrong. Plus I've spend a few hours tonight revising some notes on another subject. Shall do more over the weekend.
Believe me Elim it's better to fail and force yourself to work hard and master the subject and resit the exam, than it is to score an easy 99.9% and come away none the wiser (none the smarter?)
My rant isn't a rant so much as a pet peeve. I hate it when people misuse their facebook names to advertise their beliefs or products or companies or other things that are not their names.
John GoMagpies Citizen
Jane MelbourneMcDonalds Doe
and so forth.
It's especially annoying when they use the names of sports starts they admire, because their names are names, and it's hard to tell what's what.
Danielle Didak Person, or Jim Taz Parsons
Somehow or other I have allowed these people onto my friends list, and they sit there gathering mildew and forcing me to post-process their screen names, which is a really great way to annoy me. I could clean them out, but I'm really sentimental about my friends list. Besides their crime isn't worth a facebook death sentence. It's just annoying.
Rereading that, I sure am lucky if that's the best rant I can come up with.
^Isn't it a violation of the Terms of Service not to use your real name on FB?
Only if they catch you.
Related FB arrrgh... couples who have an account together. John Sue Doe. Seriously? You aren't separate people? Ew.
I hate that, too. I also hate it when they have separate accounts but use them almost solely to spam each other (and then spam other people's statuses with their cutesy back-and-forth talk.)
And why don't they talk like this to each other IRL instead of wasting their time (and our nerves) doing it online?
I've got something proper to bitch about now, and it's a doozy. My house was broken into last night. Probably as I was typing the above, funnily enough.
They entered through the side gate (that I should have kept locked, bad Nick), broke a window, moved one of my garbage bins for no obvious reason, ignored all my computers and electronic gear thank god, rifled through my wardrobe without taking anything, and then went through my jewelry bag. And, just to add insult to injury, they ignored my collection of cufflinks, chains and my fob watch and took the bag itself. At least they had the courtesy to close the window that they entered through on the way out.
The neighbours told me that they heard noises around 12:30 last night, which is when I got home, more or less. I could be the reason they made off with next to nothing, which far from being comforting, is creeping me the hell out.
I hope the cops catch these people before I do. I am going to burn them alive.
they must have left rather a lot of fingerprints on the window and trash bin and quite a lot of skin particles when they went over your clothes. A good labtech should have enough material for analysis (unless they wore plastic overalls, gloves and hairnets).
You might consider investing in a loud alarm siren, though. There are rather cheap systems that are connected with a contact at the window frame. When the window gets opened without switching the alarm off first, a circuit gets closed and the alarm goes off. Hardly any burglar has the nerve to continue his work with such a noise going on.
If you have enough time and money for it, a large dog would be an equally effective solution.
^ or a recording of a BIIG dog barking hooked to the window or door...
According to the internet, it's easy to spot fake dog barks.
But no matter, I've already started searching for both alarms and dogs.
I know people say it all the time, but this really is not the sort of thing you ever expect to happen to you.
if you seriousely consider getting a dog, please do keep in mind that it is a living being and as big a responsibility as a child. It's not a device you buy, install and then take for granted. It is a living, feeling person who's life quite literally depends on you. Someone who requires daily social contact, several hours of open air activities (and just letting it out in the garden is not enough), good quality food (no human food leftovers!), medical care etc. And when it's old you have to deal with illnesses and high vet bills and have to make the dog's life as pleasant as possible and not get it killed because it's no longer useful for you.
Also, you can not lock up a dog in the house for more than 5 hours at maximum before it needs a potty break (the results of which you have to collect and dispose of). That means: no fulltime job or no single household. If only one applies in your case, forget about the dog.
Think very carefully if you are really ready to accept this responsibility and are willing to live with the consequences.
Nonsense. During the winter my dog is in the house 8 hrs a day while we're at work. She has never had an accident (since she was a puppy, anyway) and sometimes doesn't even want to go outside right away when we get home.
Sounds like your dog has trained you.
My dog does fine with me working full time. I even have to run errands after work sometimes, and she's okay. Always happy to go out, and always happy to see me, but she's just fine.
There is no need to insult me in my own thread. If you are unable to disagree politely, please just stay away.
Not intended as an insult. I know a few people who held/hold the same view. In virtually all cases they were wrong. Their dogs convinced them that certain behaviours were inherent to their nature, when nothing could be further from the truth.
Also, this isn't YOUR thread. This is a public forum, if you want an echo chamber start a private blog. If I decide to insult you, I promise, it's won't be subtle.
It's quite comforting to see this place hasn't changed in ten years.
You know I am surprised more people haven't chimed in with advice on securing property. That's what would be helpful - what is and is not an effective deterrent.
Here is my rant of the day:
I'm sick of my own body trying to kill me. I've also decided to put off my birthday until the doctors find out what's wrong with me. I'm stuck wearing a stupid cardiac event monitor for the next two weeks to a month, and it's not fun or sexy, and won't look good with my birthday dress. So, birthday is off for now. At least I get to be 29 a bit longer this way.
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Budget-friendly tips on reviving pressboard cabinets
Reviving Pressboard Cabinets
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Reviving Pressboard Cabinets
We have pressboard cabinets that are 25 years old and they are fraying at the edges. We are retired and money is tight. How can we revive these kitchen cabinets at the top and the bottom?
Make Accent in Your Kitchen
If it is just the edges of the actual cabinet structure, get corner trim and stain/paint to match or accent, and just cover up the areas. If it is the cabinet doors, cover them with wallpaper for an accent pattern in your kitchen.
Give Facelift with Laminate
A nice facelift for pressboard cabinets is laminate. Use a router to clean up the edges once the laminate has been applied. The cabinet edges are not only cleaned up then, but they also have added strength. Many wood grain looks are available and it only takes a small sheet to redo the face, doors and drawers of a cabinet.
Leona in Spokane
Paint and Add New Hardware when Reviving Pressboard Cabinets
We also had pressboard cabinets at our old house. To revive them, I painted them and added knobs (on clearance at a hardware store). In your situation, I would glue a corner piece to the top and bottom of the cabinet to hide the fraying. From the side, the wood piece looks like an L. Then stain or paint, whichever blends in better.
If the cabinets are in good shape, another option would be to take the doors off, especially the upper cabinets. Then move the doors around to have the best ones on the bottom.
If you have just a little money, see if you have a Re-store in your area. You can pick up cabinet doors or new hardware or the trim pieces I mentioned above really inexpensively. Also, check with home improvement stores. They sometimes have clearance items from jobs that weren't completed or that didn't have the right measurements.
Advice from Years of Experience
We remodeled and flipped houses for years. We had a set of pressboard cabinets, and though they were in great shape, the doors had gotten too much use. We purchased copy sheets of paneling that looked like wainscoting with the thin panel strips. We cut them to size and used liquid glue on the back to secure them. We then used a short nail to reinforce the security in each corner. Using inexpensive trim around the edges, we secured again with liquid glue and short tack nails. We then slightly sanded them, used primer, and then painted them. We reattached the handles. One of the realtors that looked at the house said that she had to touch them to assure herself that they were not handmade wood panel doors. If you only want to fix the edges, just apply the trim and paint.
Don't Bother with the Pressboard
Anything made out of pressboard does not last long and is difficult to repair. Even if the surface looks acceptable, the interior gets weaker over time. If you live in an area where there are termites, the news is even grimmer. I would recommend finding a hardware outlet store and start looking for discounted cabinets made from real wood rather than sink your money into repairing pressboard. Or look into local vocational schools where students could build new cabinets as a learning project. Or if your county has an Office for the Aging, they may have some resources available for home repairs. Finally if you belong to a local church, maybe someone (contractor) in your congregation can help you out.
Toni B.
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Berkman returns to Rangers' lineup
By Master Tesfatsion / MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- Lance Berkman returned to the Rangers' lineup Wednesday as the designated hitter against the Mariners. Berkman hit sixth in the order after missing four games with a sore right knee after slipping on the stairs of the team plane. Berkman hit on the field with the team Wednesday and said he felt good.
"We'll see how it goes in live game action, but during [batting practice], there were no problems," Berkman said.
Berkman has played two of the last 11 games. He entered Wednesday 19-of-96 in his last 25 games, dropping his batting average from .309 to .263. With Berkman back in the lineup, the Rangers had five consecutive left-handed hitters against right-handed pitcher Felix Hernandez.
Ogando to make rehab start Saturday at Triple-A
ARLINGTON -- Alexi Ogando is scheduled to make a rehab assignment start on Saturday for Triple-A Round Rock. Ogando will throw about 45 pitches in the start against Omaha.
Rangers manager Ron Washington said Ogando came out of a live batting practice session fine on Wednesday. The hitters Ogando faced included Jurickson Profar and Engel Beltre. Ogando has been on the disabled list since May 16 with right biceps tendonitis. He'll likely have at least two rehab assignments before getting activated..
Red-hot Martin to remain low in Rangers' lineup
ARLINGTON -- Leonys Martin has been the Rangers' hottest hitter in the last month. He extended his hitting streak to 15 games Tuesday, the longest by a Ranger this season.
"He's been hitting the ball in the gaps," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "Right now, he's not missing his pitches when they're giving it to him. I think when you have a hitting streak, that's what happens. He's putting them in play. His bunts have been keeping him afloat also."
His hitting streak has occurred while in the eighth or ninth spot in the lineup, and Washington doesn't have plans to change his spot in the order.
"There's nowhere else I can move him," Washington said. "He's going to stay there. I'll move him at some point maybe if someone at the top is out and I think he can fit in there, but right now he's doing a good job there. I'm not going to mess with it."
Along with his hitting streak, Martin became the third Ranger ever with steals in five consecutive games Tuesday. He's tied with the third-longest steals streak in the Majors this season, as Martin has successfully swiped 15 straight bases without getting caught.
"He's doing a good job picking it up," Washington said. "He's running the bases with reckless abandon. You can see how reckless he was last night."
Berkman to donate fire truck to city of West
ARLINGTON -- Lance Berkman, with the help of the of the City of Arlington Fire Department, will donate a fire truck to the West Volunteer Fire Department Saturday during the City of West Night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
The fire truck was on display Wednesday before the game, sporting the Texas Rangers Foundation logo, Berkman's name and his No. 27 jersey number.
"It's unbelievable; you just can't imagine a destruction on that level," Berkman said of the fertilizer explosion on April 17. "I haven't been there personally and seen the devastation first hand, but from all accounts it's an unimaginable type of explosion that leveled several city blocks. I don't think I can tell you I've experienced anything like that to even know what it would be like."
Berkman received a tour of the fire truck by Arlington Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Bill McQuatters, who also helped Nelson Cruz find a fire truck to donate to his home village in the Dominican Republic last year.
"We shipped it here and stored it in one of our stations," McQuatters said. "The guys at the station started waxing it, cleaning it up to make it look good."
McQuatters said he has gathered some equipment to donate for the fire truck, but Berkman plans to supply the funds for the rest of the equipment.
The donation will be part of the pregame presentation Saturday. The Rangers expect over 5,000 residents and first responders from West in attendance. All donations collected during Saturday's Rangers Baseball Tomorrow Equipment Drive will benefit the Legacy West Education Foundation to help youth programs in West. Fans can drop off new and gently used baseball and softball equipment to any entrance from 4:00-6:45 p.m. CT.
Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association will make a $100,000 donation toward the relief efforts and the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation will donate $40,000 to the West City Council. The Rangers will wear a "Support West" patch for the game, and the jerseys will be raffled off to raise funds for the relief efforts.
Worth noting
• Joe Nathan was named Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month for June on Wednesday. He appeared in 14 games in June and converted on all 11 save opportunities.
• The Rangers went four straight games without a home run entering Wednesday's contest before David Murphy and Ian Kinsler hit home runs in the fifth inning. It's the longest streak since the Rangers went five games without a home run on April 11-16, 2011.
Master Tesfatsion is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.