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Hotels Now Discriminating Against Snorers
Have you ever stayed in a hotel and been kept awake all night by someone snoring in another room? Well, I certainly haven't, but it seems to be a big enough problem that the owners of the Crowne Plaza hotels are now employing snore monitors to make sure no one is sawing logs in the "quiet zones" of their establishments.
Apparently light sleepers can ask to stay in a "quiet zone" so that they don't have to deal with noisy nights, and the monitors patrol these areas to make sure no one is snoring. If they are, they knock on the door and ask them to stop. Stop what? Breathing? Sleeping? It's not like people can change the way they sleep. It's like running a baked bean restaurant and telling people they can't fart. If someone asshole in a uniform woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me I was being too loud, I'd probably punch him in the balls. Or the lady balls, if it's a lady.
The hotel chain is also researching soundproofed "snore absorption rooms" to give their customers a better night's sleep. That's very sweet of them, but why don't they just start dosing the chocolates on the pillow with Ambien? I think that will make everyone a little bit happier.


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Great post hockeyfan! Don't know where I would be without you!Originally Posted by hockeyfan228In my opinion, Lipinski and Hughes had less to offer in other areas of their skating than Arakawa, although I think both of their Olympic programs were full of transitions between elements. Under CoP, rotation and the individual parts of jumping -- entry, air position, height, and landing -- are given more emphasis than a landed jump that is underrotated, has a skid or low entry, has little height, or has a faulty landing. Those were problems that were tolerated under the system in which Hughes and Lipinski thrived. Arakawa's strengths were rewarded by the system: clean rotation, solid entries, tight air position, good height, and the softness knees and landings in the business.
There's been huge amount of complaining about how technical difficulty has gone down in Ladies' jumping -- post Ito, Harding, Yamaguchi -- since the early 1990's, a decade before CoP was implemented. Bauil's Olympic-winning program had a splendid opening 3Lu, if telegraphed, and not many more well-executed and difficult jumps. All of these skaters, who had excellent spins as well, were from the school figures age, but they were able to trade their figures time for jump time in the early 1990's. The kids who came up post figures had that same block of time to work on more difficult jumps from an earlier age, once they no longer had to train for figures.
Kwan is usually credited with lowering the overall difficulty of Ladies' championship skates, because she "only" did 3T/3T, but did a series of top-quality spirals and footwork as well as spins in good positions with controlled and polished transitions. When speed because the calling card, she reduced the number of transitions -- just like Totmianina/Marinin did with their post-Cotton Club long programs -- in order to increase speed.
Under OBO, the "well-balanced" guidelines were minimums and under CoP, they are maximums. CoP doesn't force skaters to do any more spins or harder spins than the well-balanced program rules under OBO. The type of spin in the SP has been dictated for decades. What CoP encourages is more than perfunctory sit spins, especially among the men -- remember Yagudin in SLC? remember Joubert before CoP? -- and footwork sequences by offering points for more difficulty and, at least in theory, better execution. If you think that every spiral sequence in Ladies' is the same under CoP, Biellmann after Biellmann, you should have seen almost all of the 2003 European Ladies' spiral sequences: nearly all of them had catch-foots with flat backs -- picture Marinin in his LP spiral, except on 35 women -- or bent legs, and few positions were held for more than 2 seconds, with the free leg dropping like lead and hardly any core strength.
CoP point allocation doesn't discourage rotated difficult jumps at all. What it doesn't do is encourage jump diversity -- i.e., no bonus for doing all five or six triples instead of 2-3Lu's and 2-3F's or skipping a jump -- or harder combinations, because all combinations are simply the sum of the point values of the two single jumps -- i.e. no bonus for 2T/3T vs. 3T/2T or 3Lu/3T vs. 3Sa/3T. But in addition to encouraging more complex spins, spirals, and footwork, CoP also encourages doing more than five triples, and the skater can choose to do harder jumps, spins, spirals, and footword or to trade off higher levels of difficulty on spins, spirals, and footwork for more difficult jumps, if that is the way the skater wants to allocate his/her time.
Scenario 1: Six triple program with one 3/3. No 3A. Hardest six triple program.
The 3T in combination is worth 4 base points and the extra 2A is worth 3.6 (after the first half). Assume the five-triple program has one unplanned doubled flip. The total difference in base is 7.6-2 or 5.6 points.
If the same skater does a L1 upright spin instead of L4 upright spin, a plain sit-change-sit instead of a L4 change of foot spin, a L1 combo spin instead of a L4 combo, and a plain flying camel, the difference in base is 5.7.
Total advantage for 4-L4 spins vs. 3/3T and second 2A and all L1 spins is .1 in base, but the potential upside/downside for the 3T is twice for each level of GOE. And change the 3T in combination to a 3Lo and the single 3Lo to a 3Sa, and there's another net .5 on the jump base.
There isn't a singles skater at the Olympic or Worlds level who can't do at least one L2 spin with little additional training, and almost no skaters have all L4 spins. The point differential between 4-L2's and 4-L4's in base is 4.2, which would give the same skater with six triples and 2-2A's the opportunity to do a L2 instead of a L4 spiral sequence, and have a slightly higher base than the 5-triple skater with 2 doubles and L4 spins and spirals.
Scenario 2: Six Triple program, including a 3A.
In this case, the 3A raises the base difference by 4 points over scenario 1 -- 3A replaces second 3A -- and the skater can do all L1's -- spins, spirals, footwork -- and still have the same base as a skater doing all L4's.
Scenario 3: Seven triple program, not including a 3A.
Scenario 1 except the skater can do L1 spins, spiral, and footwork and have a higher base than the five-triple/2 double skater who has all L4's.
Scenario 4: Seven triple program including a 3A.
Scenario 1 except the skater can do L1 spins, spiral, and footwork and have an even higher base than the five-triple/2 double skater who has all L4's.
Any skater has the choice of taking that practice time and putting it into jumps that will rack up points,, especially if performed well, instead of increasing Levels on other elements. Weir, for example, could have done all of Tarasova's original spins, if he had completed all eight jumping passes and done the maximum combinations and still had the same, if not a higher, base score. (Why the USFS gave him griefs about his levels instead of his jump content is beyond me. 2x3=3x2.) Any skater has the choice of doing simpler spins, spins, and spirals and of converting the program time needed to hit and hold extra positions to longer and easier -- or harder, thus increasing the transitions scores -- set-ups for jumps. It's all there on paper.

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August 1, 2009
Swoony Edward Cullen Makes for a Happy Saturday!
16 comments:
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2009 at 2:49 PM
1st? my gosh! i fell off the chair!ReplyDelete
WOW!!!, the makeup job is so much better inReplyDelete
New Moon!!
Edward is finely going to look slightly otherworldly, rather than just pasty. Rob is definitely HOT!!!!!!!
His hair is 1,000 times better than in Twilight. The bouffant had to go.ReplyDelete
Does the man even have a clue what he does to the female population? The piercing golden eyes in New Moon have made a HUGE difference! It's dazzling.ReplyDelete
I agree, Kiirsi, his hair is so much better!
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2009 at 6:26 PM
HE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAZZLING HOT!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Everything is sooo much better ! :D :D
Yes indeed it does make for a happy Saturday!! Thanks guys:)))ReplyDelete
'His hair is 1,000 times better than in Twilight. The bouffant had to go.'
Awww I kinda liked the bouffant. Altough he does look scrumpteous here but I could do with a little bit longer hair.
R.I.P. Bouffant
oh and while I'm at it
R.I.P. Peacoat
As I waited in the lobby last night to see Harry Potter for the second time and gazed longingly at the New Moon poster while trying not to let my kids see me doing it, I realized that it's the top lip that comes just slightly forward of the bottom lip, and the bottom lip that tucks so sweetly and heart shapedly under the top lip that just kills me.ReplyDelete
no words...ReplyDelete
this is a good Saturday now indeed!
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 12:13 AM
aww...how cute..wait that's not the right word isnt it...let me refrase..how HOT?hmm..a better one..how PERFECT is the Edward on New Moon...but i also lykd the other edward..otherwise it's ROBERT-oh-so-HOT-Pattinson whose interpreting it..*sigh*ReplyDelete
GOSH how can he even got HOTTER?
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 2:48 AM
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Phillies Get A Knuckle Sandwich On Friday The 13th
Last Sunday, the Phillies handled the Mets knuckleballer, RA Dickey, scoring 4 runs. But tonight, Friday the 13th, the Phillies went hitless through 5 innings.
Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels had to break up the no-hitter himself in the 6th inning with a single, since none of his teammates were helping out.
Hamels certainly had a very strange night. In the 4th inning, he was hit in the leg with a line drive but appears to be okay. The next inning, Mike Hessman hit a long fly ball to left field that was called a home run. Raul Ibanez jumped up and down trying to signal to the umpire that a fan reached over the wall and interfered. Upon review, the homer was retracted but Hessman was awarded third base. This is guy who does not run well and the ball dropped close to Ibanez. How exactly the ump determined he would have had a triple is beyond me.
But it did not matter anyway; Hamels struck out the next 2 batters and got Dickey to ground out to end the inning. So the Mets left a runner on third with no outs thanks to the effort by Hamels. Then in the 6th inning, Hamels had two quick outs when David Wright hit a long fly ball to center. Shane Victorino misjudged the ball and it bounced over his head for a double. The inning should have been over; instead, the Mets scored a run after Carlos Beltran doubled next.
Through 8 innings, Hamels only allowed that one run while striking out 8 batters. He was spectacular.
The offense, on the other hand, was not so spectacular. By the 8th, they still had only ONE hit off Dickey; the single by Hamels. This poor guy has gotten NO support from the offense all year long.
The 9th inning was no different; Dickey pitched a one hit shut-out with the only hit allowed coming from the opposing pitcher. The Phillies are now scoreless at Citi Field for 36 straight innings. It was also their 10th time being shut-out this year. Disgusting.
The Phillies will attempt to score a run again tomorrow; game time is 7:10pm.
Dickey photo by Jenn Zambri Photography
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Top Items:
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Passes Tax Increases on Wealthy Americans — WASHINGTON - The Senate, in a pre-dawn vote two hours after the deadline passed to avert automatic tax increases, overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday that would allow tax rates to rise only on affluent Americans …
Ryan Lizza / News Desk: We're Over the Cliff—But Don't Panic
Oliver Willis / The Daily Banter: I See An Elephant Raising Taxes
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Senate Republicans Cave on Fiscal Cliff
Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction: Senate passes bad "fiscal cliff" deal. So is it time to give up on President Obama?
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Fiscal-Cliff Kabuki Nears Final Scene
Zaid Jilani / Progressive Change Campaign Committee: Under Obama's Tax Plan, Middle Class Will Get Higher Tax Increases Than Many Rich People
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Senate passes fiscal-cliff deal; House vote next
Prairie Weather / The Moderate Voice: Senate Passes Fiscal Cliff Deal: The (Biden) Deal, Its Supporters and its Opponents
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Will the House GOP Blow Up the Deal?
Deirdre Walsh / CNN: Cantor opposes fiscal cliff bill
Daniel Newhauser / Roll Call: House Leaders on Both Sides Begin Dealing with Member Reaction to Cliff Options
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast: Senate Vote Could Avert Cliff Plunge
Mark Kleiman / The Reality-Based Community: Boehner v. Barebone
Sheldon Alberts / The Hill: Rep. Welch: 'Cliff' bill likely to pass with Democrats' support
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS: One Fiscal Cliff Leads To Another (The Note)
Chris Cillizza / The Fix: Winners and losers in the fiscal cliff deal
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times: Grand Deals Give Way to Legislative Quick Fixes
David Brooks / New York Times:
Another Fiscal Flop — Over the course of the 20th century, America built its welfare state. It was, by and large, a great achievement, expanding opportunity and security for millions. Unfortunately, as the population aged and health care costs surged, it became unaffordable.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Mother Jones, The American Conservative and Right Wing News
Dean Baker / Firedoglake: David Brooks Reports that the NYT Can't Find Conservative Columnists Who Know Arithmetic
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
FISCAL CLIFF DEAL: $1 IN SPENDING CUTS FOR EVERY $41 IN TAX INCREASES — According to the Congressional Budget Office, the last-minute fiscal cliff deal reached by congressional leaders and President Barack Obama cuts only $15 billion in spending while increasing tax revenues by $620 billion …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air: Fiscal cliff: Does Boehner have the votes? Update: Deal in trouble; Update: Boehner vs. Cantor?
Manu Raju / Politico: Why Rubio voted 'no' on fiscal cliff deal
Michael Kennedy / Chicago Boyz: Happy New Year — I wish I were more enthusiastic but I still wish everyone a good year.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
House Takes On Fiscal Cliff — As the new year began on Tuesday, Congressional efforts to head off tax increases on most working Americans shifted to the House, where members began to pore over details of a plan passed by the Senate in the early morning hours as Republican leaders began …
Discussion: The Week and Balloon Juice
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Senate passes massive tax cut which raised taxes over $600 billion in middle of night without reading the bill — There are too many metaphors here applicable to the Senate's 89-8 passage of a "fiscal cliff" bill in the middle of the night (around 2 a.m. this morning).
Discussion: Business Insider, Twitchy and Post Politics
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider: Why Many Conservatives Hate The Fiscal Cliff Deal, And Hope It Dies Today In The House
Thisistwitchy / Twitchy: US Senate passes bill to avert fiscal cliff; $41 in tax increases for every $1 in spending cuts …
Felicia Sonmez / Post Politics: Senate approves 'fiscal cliff' deal
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
CBO: 'Fiscal cliff' deal carries $4 trillion price tag over next decade
CBO: 'Fiscal cliff' deal carries $4 trillion price tag over next decade
Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Tentative Deal Is Reached to Raise Taxes on the Wealthy
Tentative Deal Is Reached to Raise Taxes on the Wealthy
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James Joyner / Outside the Beltway: Over The Fiscal Cliff, Sort Of
Jason Sattler / The National Memo: Senate Passes Higher Tax Rates On Rich To Avert 'Fiscal Cliff' Crisis
Thisistwitchy / Twitchy: White House gloats: Ha ha, we forced Republicans to break their tax pledge!
Robert Reich / American Prospect: A Lousy Deal on the Edge of the Fiscal Cliff
Ann Althouse / Althouse: "Under the agreement, tax rates would jump to 39.6 percent from 35 percent for individual incomes …
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: Bipartisan fiscal agreement reached
Hunter / Daily Kos: White House, Senate unveil final, even stupider 'fiscal cliff' deal. Vote expected tonight.
Robbie Cooper / UrbanGrounds: GOP Completely Capitulates to Dem Fiscal Cliff Demands; White House Points and Laughs
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Focus now turns to the House
Focus now turns to the House
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Impolitic
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: One tweet to fool them all and in the darkness bind them
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
White House Claims Victory In Fiscal Deal
White House Claims Victory In Fiscal Deal
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Glenn Thrush / Politico: Fiscal Cliff: Obama's legacy trap
Vince Coglianese / The Daily Caller: White House celebrates end of GOP allegiance to tax pledge
Fox News:
Fiscal crisis measure now heads to the House for approval
Fiscal crisis measure now heads to the House for approval
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CBS News:
Fiscal cliff deal heads to House after Senate vote
Fiscal cliff deal heads to House after Senate vote
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Time for House to call a Time Out — pass Plan C
Bill McBride / Calculated Risk: "Fiscal Cliff": House could vote as early as 1 PM ET
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Fiscal Cliff Deal Reached: White House, Hill Leaders Agree To Delay Sequester By Two Months
Fiscal Cliff Deal Reached: White House, Hill Leaders Agree To Delay Sequester By Two Months
Discussion: AMERICAblog, Talking Points Memo, Taylor Marsh, New York Post, Firedoglake, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', Post Politics and The Plum Line
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog: Fiscal cliff deal in danger in House
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo: Are Democrats Inviting A New Debt Ceiling Debacle?
New York Post: Democratic officials: Fiscal 'cliff' deal reached; Senate will aim to vote before midnight but House won't
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake: What the "Fiscal Cliff" Deal Portends for the Upcoming Debt Ceiling Fight
Dave-Dr-Gonzo / Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes': White House, Senate Reach Fiscal Cliff Deal With Help From Biden; Senate Passes Bill
Felicia Sonmez / Post Politics: Labor chief opposes 'fiscal cliff' deal
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: The case for the Dems' negotiating strategy
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Budget Deal Is Sealed
U.S. Budget Deal Is Sealed
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Wcvarones / PoliPundit.com: Republicans surrender on fiscal cliff
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Quote of the Day — "Maybe now we are all believers of trickle-down economics.
Donald Douglas / American Power: Obama and GOP Seal Budget Deal
Gerald F. Seib / Washington Wire: Can GOP Claim Some Victory in 'Cliff' Debate?
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Senate to hold New Year's Eve vote on Biden-GOP fiscal cliff deal
Senate to hold New Year's Eve vote on Biden-GOP fiscal cliff deal
Discussion: Politico and Post Politics
David Rogers / Politico: Hurricane Sandy aid: House rolls out smaller bill
Felicia Sonmez / Post Politics: Pelosi weighs in — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi …
Leigh Ann Caldwell / CBS News:
It's official: Deal reached on "fiscal cliff"
It's official: Deal reached on "fiscal cliff"
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Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: Eighty-Nine To Eight
Jeralyn / TalkLeft: Senate Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill, 89 to 8
Paul Krugman:
Perspective on the Deal — To make sense of what just happened, we need to ask what is really at stake, and how much difference the budget deal makes in the larger picture. — So, what are the two sides really fighting about? Surely the answer is, the future of the welfare state.
Discussion: The Plum Line, The Agonist, Hot Air, Campaign for America's Future, Economist's View, Brad DeLong, ABCNEWS, The New Republic and Booman Tribune
Matttbastard / The Agonist: The Deal: Various Responses
Mary Katharine Ham / Hot Air: Fiscal cliff: How much trouble will House Dems cause?
Robert Borosage / Campaign for America's Future: An Ugly Deal — Early this morning, the Senate passed …
J. Bradford DeLong / Brad DeLong: I Do Not Understand the Obama Administration...
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS: White House Sees 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal as Game Changer
Donovan Slack / Politico:
White House declares victory — The White House issued a "fact sheet" statement Tuesday declaring the fiscal cliff agreement a victory, though the House has yet to vote on the measure. — "At this make or break moment for the middle class, the President achieved a bipartisan solution …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Hinterland Gazette and Weasel Zippers
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: White House Declares Victory in Fiscal Cliff Deal Which Raises Taxes …
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: White House Declares Victory In Fiscal Cliff Fight Before House Votes On Measure...
Suzy Khimm / Wonkblog:
Your fiscal cliff deal cheat sheet — The White House and the Senate have finalized the details of their deal to avert the fiscal cliff. The bill basically follows the framework that came out earlier this afternoon from the McConnell-Biden talks, with key additional details.
Laura Saunders / Wall Street Journal: Details of Tax Law Changes Spelled Out
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: Senate deals on fiscal cliff, House action pending
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: White House and McConnell reach agreement on "fiscal cliff"
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Joe Biden: The Most Influential Vice President in History? — From the fiscal cliff to gun control to Afghanistan, Scranton's favorite son has transformed himself from affable gaffer to West Wing powerhouse. — Kevin Lamarque/Reuters — Barack Obama just can't get enough out of Joe Biden these days.
Discussion: Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', The Week and Daily Kos
Stuart Shapiro / Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes': The Rise Of Biden — Vice President Biden comes in for a lot …
Georgia Logothetis / Daily Kos: Abbreviated pundit roundup: A new year, a new deal
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Wonkbook: Everything you need to know about the fiscal cliff deal
Wonkbook: Everything you need to know about the fiscal cliff deal
Discussion: JustOneMinute, The Mahablog and Angry Bear
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Obama Fiscal Cliff Remarks Spark Republican Threats To Blow Up Deal
Obama Fiscal Cliff Remarks Spark Republican Threats To Blow Up Deal
Discussion: ctj.org, Wonkblog, Chicago Tribune, The Gateway Pundit and Associated Press
AP Member Choice Limited / Chicago Tribune: 'Fiscal cliff' deal is 'in sight,' Obama says
David Jackson / Associated Press: Biden, McConnell discuss fiscal cliff deal
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Employers Must Offer Family Care, Affordable or Not — WASHINGTON — In a long-awaited interpretation of the new health care law, the Obama administration said Monday that employers must offer health insurance to employees and their children, but will not be subject to any penalties if family coverage is unaffordable to workers.
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Via Meadia and The Raw Story
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: ObamaCare - The War On Marriage Continues
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia: This Looks Like A Loophole — The Obama administration issued …
Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story: White House: Health law requires coverage for workers' children
Peter Baker / New York Times:
View From the Left: Obama 'Kept Giving Stuff Away' — President Obama's fiscal deal with Republicans has touched off a fresh wave of grievance among disappointed liberals who complained that he caved in on taxes and sent a signal that he would ultimately surrender on other priorities as he prepared to open his second term.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Paul Krugman
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo: No matter what Obama does, Republicans won't care and won't fold, by @DavidOAtkins


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Listen Francis Ford Coppola talks about his interest in family issues
Listen Francis Ford Coppola describes the importance of taking risks
Listen Francis Ford Coppola talks about working with composer Osvado Golijov on the score for Tetro
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Having made classics like "Apocalypse Now" and the Godfather movies, director Francis Ford Coppola is now able make pretty much any movie what he wants.
So at age 70, he has just directed the first original script he has written in three decades. The resulting film, called "Tetro," explores the rivalries within families, a subject Coppola said lies close to his heart.
"Tetro" begins as 17-year-old Bennie turns up on the doorstep of an apartment in Buenos Aires.
It's the home of his older brother who suddenly left the U.S. almost 10 years before. He apparently had a dispute with their father, a famous conductor. Bennie discovers his brother is married to Miranda and has changed his name to Tetro. He also isn't interested in talking about his past.
"People around here don't know much about me. Miranda doesn't even know who our father is. I'd like to keep it that way," Tetro says in the film.
"I don't care, yeah," replies Bennie, although his face falls.
"What?" demands Tetro.
"It's just it's going to be kind of hard to have a conversation if I can't ask any questions," says Bennie.
"Who wants a conversation?" demands Tetro. "I don't."
Francis Ford Coppola said many families will recognize this tension.
"All the feelings are true," Coppola said. "And the plot is totally fake."
Francis Ford Coppola said he wanted to use Tetro to explore what can happen within creative families. His own father was a classical musician and a composer, and may other family members make their living in music and films. He said inevitably some people do better than others, and that can lead to years of unhappiness.
"My question is, really, does that have to be a disturbance that's passed on through generations?" he said.
To answer this and a myriad of other complications of family life, Coppola gathered an all-star cast of American and Spanish actors and took them to Argentina. He likes to immerse himself in another culture as he shoots.
Coppola set up in La Boca, a bohemian part of Buenos Aires. Known for it's cafes where the music plays late into the night, it becomes the vibrant background for the story.
"I always have an eye open for what is happening around the camera, to see 'Oh, look what's happening over there- let's incorporate that,'" he said. "I think with this type of filmmaking you are constantly trying to be available to what is there, to incorporate into what you are doing."
Coppola creates a tense and highly emotional tale as Tetro and Bennie struggle with their pasts and their present. The story takes several surprising turns and incorporates opera, ballet and even radio.
The director also posed himself the additional challenge of making the film primarily in black and white.
"It's a different way of working," Coppola said. "The lighting is very different. It's in a way more difficult and more time consuming because, whereas in a color film the different colors tend to separate the person from the wall, in black and white it's all grays. So you have to do a lot of very artful lighting which gives the movie it's own quality."
Coppola admits that special look could actually spell financial trouble for "Tetro." Selling the broadcast rights is important for any movie, and TV and cable channels shy away from black and white films because they believe audiences don't like them.
But Coppola is self-financing Tetro. He doesn't have to answer to investors. He said he is now at a stage in his career where he wants to make films to learn something, and in particular learn something about cinema.
He says that can't be done without taking risks.
"To have the big success and to make a contribution to the form you have to go out to the wilderness without any assurances and just use you heart and your knowledge and your skills," he said. "And that doesn't go well with a business which requires hundreds of millions of dollars to pursue."
So what risks will be next for Coppola?
"I am writing a piece now and you know I have no rules," he said. "I am not trying to write a best seller. I am not trying to make a movie that will be at 4,000 multiplexes around the country, but I love to entertain the audience.
"I view making a film as though I was inviting you over my house for dinner and for sure I don't want you to leave thinking that it was a terrible dinner, or you didn't enjoy it."
Francis Ford Coppola won't reveal yet what that next project might be but he says, if he learns something along the way, it's all for the better.


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By Chris Iseman and David Wilson / MLB.com
Wheeler's pending arrival to set roster wheels in motion
NEW YORK -- With Zack Wheeler's promotion from Triple-A Las Vegas less than a week away, manager Terry Collins is nailing down a plan on how to manage the rotation with another starter on the roster.
Wheeler will pitch one game of the doubleheader in Atlanta on June 18. He'll be the 26th player on the roster that day, which is allowed after a rule change in the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement. After that, though, the Mets will need to figure out who will lose his spot to make room for Wheeler.
It won't be anyone in the rotation just yet.
"He's not replacing anybody," Collins said. "What we're going to do, most likely, when Zack comes, [is go] with an extra starting pitcher for a turn so that everybody can stay in line."
Eventually, though, one starter will be sent to the bullpen.
As far as who will be sent to Las Vegas to clear a roster spot, Collins said that's a decision for general manager Sandy Alderson to make.
Wheeler has made 12 starts for Las Vegas, and has a 4-1 record, 4.14 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 63 innings.
And from the reports Collins has been getting, he's going to be even better with the Mets.
Scouts have said that Wheeler will likely improve at the Major League level. Collins said there are a couple of reasons that might factor into that, including Wheeler's focus starting to wane as he continues to overpower Minor League-level talent.
"There are guys that get bored, who know they belong at the next level," Collins said.
Collins added that pitchers can have more confidence in the Majors, knowing there are typically better fielders playing behind him. And in Wheeler's case, he won't be pitching in Las Vegas, where the dried-out field plays quick and grounders often scoot through the infield for hits.
Collins wants Wheeler to understand that he doesn't have to throw a no-hitter every time out, just pound the strike zone with quality pitches, and he'll get outs.
As Wheeler's promotion draws near, the anticipation continues to grow. Collins isn't exempt.
Said Collins: "I'm anxious to see him."
Buck struggling under weight of responsibility
NEW YORK -- Manager Terry Collins said that catcher John Buck's current struggles at the plate are a result of him trying to do too much. Buck is 18 for his last 103 at-bats dating back to May 3.
Buck has 11 home runs this season, but nine of them came in April, and he hasn't hit one since May 24.
Collins said Buck is trying to carry the team on his own with so many of his teammates struggling.
"I think John's just trying to step up and pick up that big load, because he did early," Collins said. "No one guy can do it by himself."
Chris Iseman and David Wilson are associate reporters for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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coca cola in a bottle is the ultimate, but i'm hooked on coke zero now...
I drink maybe 1 or 2 sodas a month, if that.
My favorites are Coke and then probably Root beer & Ginger Ale.
I really don't like sugar a whole lot though and the idea of artificial sweeteners is kind of creepy to me. I'd just rather not have it in my body.
Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun
too much. Every work day, I do 32 oz. of Diet Coke.
cue, medical experts telling me I'm going to die of cancer.
I hate coffee, and need to stay awake.
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I've been a caffeine addict(seriously lol) since I was about 8. I've cut it out of my diet for about the last 2 weeks and I've been a lot more tired come nighttime, but I feel a lot better on the whole.
Wear gaudy colors, or avoid display. Lay a million eggs or give birth to one. The fittest shall survive, yet the unfit may live. Be like your ancestors or be different. We must repeat!
A little Coke trivia for you:
Coke Zero is the CocaCola Classic formula without corn syrup or sugar.
New Coke(from the 80's) was the Diet Coke formula with corn syrup and sugar.
Down South we call all soda Coke. The first time I went to a DC hot dog vendor, I asked him what kind of Coke he had and he looked at me and said, "Diet and regular." Language can be funny.
Coke in South America (made with real sugar)....ahhh.
My midsection has about 10 pounds from that alone.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
I gave up all carbonation about a year and a half ago, it eats oxygen. I drink about 2 gallons of water everyday. I finally got my wife to start doing it, I also made her give up coffee. But she's been doing it for a few months and she has more energy now and doesn't even miss the caffeine in the morning.
"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
Pop? it's soda
and it's either Sprite Zero, Sunkist or Cherry Coke Zero (a new addition)
Go Gators!
I drink a lot of coffee, but I also usually have a diet Dr. Pepper at work. If I'm at a pizza joint that doesn't offer diet Dr. Pepper, I'll just go with a diet Pepsi or diet Coke.
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Publisher Atlus has updated the Game of Thrones video game website with the new "Castlewood" section, one of the areas exclusive to the upcoming RPG that gamers can explore. Also available on the site are the "Riverspring" and "The Wall" subpages. "King's Landing" is still locked and off limits to the public.
The "Castlewood" page reveals information about Active Slowdown Tactical Combat and contains Quest 5: "Who rules the Riverlands during the reign of King Robert Baratheon?"
Situated on the banks of the Blackwater in the Riverlands, Castlewood is the prosperous seat of House Harlton, bannermen to the Tullys. Arwood Harlton became the lord of Castlewood after his brother was executed by Hoster Tully for the treasonous act of siding with the Targaryens during Robert's Rebellion.
An official Facebook page also went live today. There Atlus plans to post concept art, notes from the development process, special assests from the game, and more for fans.
Game of Thrones the video game is scheduled for release on May 15 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. It's being developed by Cyanide and is based on the series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin.


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Phillies prepare for another fish fry, to put some distance between themselves and the Marlins.
The Phillies (61-50) will be starting a two series, six games home stand with a three games series against the second place Marlins (59-53). The first game of the series will be played tonight at Citizens Bank Park, and will start at 7:05 pm Eastern. The Phillies' starter will be the 45 years young veteran Jamie Moyer (10-6, 3.79), who has pitched a win against the Nationals on July 30, and has pitched his tenth straight good outing, as he goes six innings, going up only three earned runs, all given up in the first inning, on six hits, in the Phillies' 8-5 win. Career wise he has been a major thorn in the Marlins' side, going 10-0 in ten starts with a ERA of 3.03, including three wins recorded so far this season, where he has pitched twenty-one total innings, giving up only seven earned runs on thirteen hits to the fish. Moyer will be trying to continue his dominance over the Marlins' while trying to set the tone for the present home stand. His opponent will be Josh Johnson (1-0, 4.18), who is coming off his first victory in four starts since coming off the disabled list and doing it against the Mets on July 30, going six and two-thirds innings, giving up four earned runs on eight hits, in the Marlins' 7-5 win. He has faced the Phils once so far this season, getting a no-decision on July 20, pitching six and two-thirds innings, giving up two earned runs on seven hits, in the Marlins' 3-2 win. He will be trying to improve on his previous start against the Phillies while trying to keep the Marlins close against the divisional leader.
The Phillies will be coming home after having a winning road trip which saw them sweep the Nationals and then take the series from the Cardinals, despite the offense being kept quiet during the series, especially their 1-3 hitters. Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino and Chase Utley will have to do better than they did in St. Louis, where they went a combined 5 for 33, with three walks, if they plan to help the team score the runs needed to beat the fish. At the same time, the starters will have to keep from giving up the long ball to the young turks of the Marlins, since that is really the only way to help stop their offense. If they can get this young team swinging at either bad pitches or at junk, the Phillies should have an easier time winning the series. Otherwise, this is going to be a very hard fought series. Hopefully, Moyer, Kyle Kendrick and Cole Hamels can help lead the way to a series victory against Florida.
The Phillies will enter tonight's game with a two and a half game lead over the Marlins, while their lead over the Mets is at three game, as the Mets prepare to face the Padres at New York, and doing it without the services of a hurting Billy Wagner. The Braves now trail the Phillies by ten and a half games after a lost last night to the Giants. Unless they can spark a late run, the Braves are all but out of the pennant race. The Phillies will be trying to put some serious distance between themselves and the Marlins and the Mets, to take full control of the division, starting tonight.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Monday, "Parents Magazine" announced their list of the top 10 children's hospitals across the nation.
University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital ranked 8th and was the only Michigan hospital to make the list.
In compiling the list of top pediatric facilities, the magazine ranked key areas including treatment success, groundbreaking research and family-friendly facilities.
"This is a major point of pride for our Health System, for the State of Michigan and for everyone who helped make the new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital a reality, including our patient and family partners," said Ora H. Pescovitz, M.D., executive vice president for medical affairs of the University of Michigan and chief executive officer of the U-M Health System. "I am incredibly proud of our talented faculty and staff who discover and deliver the best and most advanced care for children – this honor belongs to them."
C.S. Mott opened a new 348-bed building in December 2011.
"We are thrilled to be recognized by a magazine trusted by so many parents for advice on raising healthy children," said Chris Dickinson, M.D., interim executive director of C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and professor of pediatrics. "It is gratifying to be recognized for the top-notch care we provide, as well as for our groundbreaking research conducted by our faculty that truly changes the way pediatric diseases are treated around the world."
The new hospital features many patient and family-centered amenities like private rooms, family exercise facilities, an in-house Ronald McDonald house, playrooms and lounges with laundry and kitchen facilities, on-demand food, and internet and in-room movies.
"At C.S. Mott, the new building has given us a great place to do the great work that our doctors and nurses provide each and every day to the children we serve," said Valerie P. Castle, professor and chair of the department of pediatrics and communicable diseases. "But this ranking also highlights our commitment to researching new and better ways to combat the diseases that afflict children worldwide. As one of the nation's leading children's hospitals in NIH funding to research pediatric disease, we are proud of our discoveries and scientific programs that improve children's health."
Hospitals on the list were ranked by editors from the magazine, with input from a team of medical advisors, based on responses to detailed questions in the areas of : survival rates for childhood cancer, pediatric heart disease, and other critical conditions; experience in performing certain complex procedures; depth of the research program; safeguards to prevent medical errors; staffing ratios and quality; community outreach; and services that address the emotional needs of families of patients.
All surveyed hospitals are members of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions.
"Making an informed decision about your child's health care can be overwhelming, especially in the face of a serious illness," says Dana Points, editor in chief of the magazine. "We created this guide with the hope of making it easier to find a great hospital when you need one most."
The full list will appear in the March 2013 issue on newsstands February 12th, or online at Parents.com
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Aybar, Kendrick begin baseball activity
Scioscia juggles infield with tandem not quite ready to return
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Aybar, the shortstop, and Kendrick, the second baseman, were at U.S. Cellular Field, in uniform, gloves in hand, during workouts before Friday night's series opener against the White Sox.
According to manager Mike Scioscia, Aybar and Kendrick will take batting practice on Saturday and begin to run on Monday when the Angels return home to face the Yankees.
"They're coming along, making progress," Scioscia said. The hope is that both Aybar and Kendrick will be able to get back in the lineup with enough time to get their timing right for the postseason -- not that you'll hear Scioscia mention the postseason until the magic number, six coming into the series, is reduced to zero.
To increase his middle-infield flexibility and options, Scioscia moved Chone Figgins from third to second on Friday night, with Sean Rodriguez at shortstop and Robb Quinlan at third against southpaw Mark Buehrle.
"It's something we've talked about internally," Scioscia said of Figgins returning, for a day at least, to second. "We need to create some more depth at second. It's a good night to give Q a start. He's got to stay in tune. Of all the positions Figgy has played, he's probably played the most at second. He's comfortable there."
Just the other day, Scioscia was promoting Figgins as a Gold Glove candidate at third, where he has excelled this season.
"It's no problem going back to second," Figgins said, grinning. "I'm pretty adaptable. I've been doing this a long time now."
Aybar has been sidelined since Aug. 27, when he left in the ninth inning against the A's with tightness in his left hamstring. While sharing shortstop with Maicer Izturis, out for the season after thumb surgery, Aybar missed 25 games with a dislocated right pinkie sustained on May 20 in Toronto.
Aybar, batting .277, has hit safely in 34 of his previous 44 games and is batting .308 with runners in scoring position as one of several options for Scioscia in the No. 2 hole.
Kendrick, batting .308, departed in the same game as Aybar five innings earlier after straining his left hamstring. The same injury cost him 42 games after a baserunning misadventure on April 13 in Seattle.
Kendrick, batting a team-high .380 with runners in scoring position, had been playing superior defense at the time of his injury, with only one error in 71 games.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Youkilis exits with wrist contusion
X-rays negative; Sox first baseman considered day-to-day
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
Youkilis was diagnosed with a contusion and is day-to-day. The Red Sox went on to win the game, 10-1.
Initially, the injury looked like it could have been worse. Immediately after being hit, Youkilis went to the ground writhing in pain.
"Any time somebody gets hit in the wrist or the hand, there are so many bones there," said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. "His hand was shaking, he couldn't stop it. So yeah, there was a lot of concern."
It was the 15th time Youkilis had been hit by a pitch this season. Though Youkilis almost always tries to stay in the game in those instances, the pain was clearly too much in this case.
"For Youk, there wasn't much chance of him staying in the game," said Francona. "He's been hit a lot and he doesn't come out of games, so I was relieved when we got the report back."
Jacoby Ellsbury pinch-ran for Youkilis and stayed in the game in left field. Eric Hinske moved from left to first base.
Because the Red Sox were miffed last month when Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain threw two pitches over the head of Youkilis, it was fair to wonder if things might get tense after the first baseman was injured by a New York pitcher in this one.
Josh Beckett did hit Jason Giambi in the elbow in the seventh inning and a warning ensued from the umpiring crew. However, Giambi simply took his base and didn't make an issue out of it.
"I think everybody was just trying to grind it out," said Beckett. "We're playing against a tough team and I think that they'll say the same thing. Everything was fine."
The Red Sox are thankful Youkilis is OK. Aside from his on-base capability and 81 RBIs, Youkilis is a superb defender at first base. In fact, he has not made an error at the position all season.
It is also a position at which the Red Sox are not deep. The left-handed-hitting Hinske and David Ortiz are the only other players on the team with much experience at first. The Red Sox have recently been conducting some tutorials at first with outfielder Brandon Moss, who will play some first base in the Dominican Republic this winter.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Oceanic Subduction of CO2
Carbon dioxide is a by product of animal metabolism and the activities of man such as combustion products. Where does or will it go? One of the places where it goes are the cold southern oceans of the world. A few regions around the world are key in overturning deep and shallow layers of the ocean, and allow carbon to be locked away from the atmosphere for centuries. The Southern Ocean in particular is known to be a significant oceanic carbon sink, and accounts for 40% of all carbon entering the deep oceans. But how does it get sucked down into the ocean. A new paper from the National Environment Research Council resolves this matter, and shows the importance of 1000 kilometer-wide plunging funnels.
The carbon dioxide solubility pump is driven by two processes in the ocean:
The solubility of carbon dioxide is a strong inverse function of seawater temperature (i.e. solubility is greater in cooler water).
The thermohaline circulation is driven by the formation of deep water at high latitudes where seawater is usually cooler and denser
Since deep water (that is, seawater in the ocean's interior) is formed under the same surface conditions that promote carbon dioxide solubility, it contains a higher concentration of dissolved inorganic carbon than one might otherwise expect. Consequently, these two processes act together to pump carbon from the atmosphere into the ocean's interior.
One consequence of this is that when deep water upwells in warmer, equatorial latitudes, it strongly outgasses carbon dioxide to the atmosphere because of the reduced solubility of the gas.
The current southern ocean analysis is based around a decade's worth of data from thousands of robotic floats, and hundreds of ships spread across the southern hemisphere oceans. It has shown that carbon capture process occur in well-defined regions of the Southern Ocean. Five such zones were pinpointed in the Southern Ocean, including one off the southern tip of Chile and another to the south-west of New Zealand.
It was found that certain combinations of winds and currents are required to pump carbon dioxide into the deep ocean, where much of it stays locked away for thousands of years. Mesoscale ocean eddies have a primary role in this process.
The importance of ocean eddy processes in the global carbon cycle, demonstrated by these new results, raises the question of how well coarse resolution climate models represent the relatively fine-scale eddy processes. This work lays down some very significant challenges to the developers of climate and Earth System models, but also shows the way forward in evaluating and improving model performance.
For further information see Southern Ocean.
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Sarah Mordan-McCombs, assistant professor of biology at Franklin College and 2003 graduate of DePauw University, is the recipient of Franklin's "Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award".
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A biological sciences major at DePauw, Mordan-McCombs earned a doctorate in cancer biology from the University of Notre Dame. She joined the Franklin faculty in 2009.
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Capricia Penavic Marshall, a 1992 alumna from Case Western Reserve University's School of Law, was named chief of protocol this spring by President Barack Obama.
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The goal of this post is to outline a concrete framework for establishing a new economy based on rhizome structure that provides negative feedback against encroaching hierarchy, that ensures environmental sustainability, and that maximizes its compatibility with human ontogeny.
I will first outline my approach to the problem, then look at one historical example—how the lattice network of Tuscan hill towns created a topology that addressed its unique circumstances, then analyze the optimal theoretical topology of a modern rhizome economy, and finally discuss some real-world concerns for the conscious design and establishment of a new hamlet economy.
Part 1: Methodology
This post aims to take the theoretical structure of rhizome, and flesh-out how a real-world economy will be built upon that model. Rhizome, in short, is defined as a non-hierarchal network of self-sufficient but interacting nodes. Within the context of a hamlet-economy, defining the threshold of self-sufficiency is the key theoretical step. It would be unrealistic to suggest that each individual be totally self-sufficient—while perhaps possible, it would result in an unacceptably low standard of living, as well as lack the resiliency necessary to prevent the accretion of hierarchy. It would be equally unrealistic to place the threshold of self-sufficiency too high, for that would create uncontrollable dependencies internal to the economic structure that would trend, eventually, towards a kind of feudal hierarchy. The exact location of the threshold of self-sufficiency may vary, but it must be at the lowest level, under the circumstances, that can:
1) Leverage the de-facto division of labor without dividing the knowledge to perform that labor. This permits raising the potential standard of living above individualized self-sufficiency, without creating dependency on the knowledge of another that can lead to hierarchy and exploitation.
2) Provide adequate redundancy to absorb sufficient systemic shock. For example, if self-sufficiency is placed at a level of two-person groups, then in the face of a shock that incapacitates one person, the other must absorb the full shock. Similarly, because this model will be based partially on horticultural modes of production, it must have enough diversity that it can absorb failures of certain crops or resource production processes brought about by weather, disease, etc.
In this model, I have placed the threshold of self-sufficiency at the familial group level. This threshold leverages the existing, biological human tendencies toward kinship, and creates a basic rhizome node that consists of roughly 10-40 people, or about 4 extended, nuclear family units.
The mode of production for this model is a hybrid of horticulture, gathering and hunting, with emphasis on a highly diverse system of horticulture (based on permaculture, fukuoka, and forest-garden concepts) to maximize standard of living, but with continual maintenance of significant spare capacity (geographic space and knowledge) to both hunt and gather to act as an absorber of systemic shocks.
Finally, the issue of specialization and specialty production must be addressed, where each node, in addition to providing minimal self-sufficiency for themselves, also produces one or more specialized product to facilitate economic interaction with other nodes, as well as to leverage the communication and information processing capability of rhizome to organize economic interaction in a way that generates much higher standards of living than can each node on their own. This latticed economic interaction is the glue that holds together the rhizome structure, ultimately serving as the strongest defense against encroachment by hierarchy—a single node cannot likely hold out against expanding hierarchy, but a well connected rhizome society of nodes can.
Part 2: Topology Lessons from a Tuscan Hill Town
This discussion of nodes and lattice is all very theoretical—it can be difficult to envision how it would actually take shape in the "real world." For that reason, an extant, historical model that illustrates many of these concepts is useful. Tuscan hill towns are an interesting example—certainly not a perfect example of rhizome, but they are a decent example of a networked economic topology that consisted of many relatively self-sufficient nodes. They are, as with all vernacular physical geography, a unique product of their circumstances: fertile terrain punctuated by rough forests and hills, Mediterranean climate, an ancestral fabric of small farms, and a disintegration of rule by outside powers that led to the many social, economic, and technical innovations of the Italian city-states. My personal favorite is Lucignano, a relatively small and insignificant hill town depicted below. I will use it as the model hill-town for purposes of this discussion, so take a moment to familiarize yourself:
Figure 1: Here's a map of Lucignano. Note the defensive arrangement of the housing and the patchwork of small fields.
Figure 2: Here's an artist's sketch of Lucignano…both the map and the sketch below depict the town in its modern form, which as far as I could tell hadn't changed much in several centuries.
Figure 3: A picture Lucignano that I took from the Fortezza Medicea (see map above) where I stayed for a week in May of 2002.
I trust that you've enjoyed your brief virtual-tour of Lucignano…
It is interesting to note the impact of the continual wars between Florence, Siena, and other renaissance city-states in Italy on the architecture of the classic Italian hill town. Is this kind of inward-looking, defensive posture necessary in an envisioned future? Can a more open design, oriented to capture passive solar possibilities, be viable? What sizes of settlements are necessary—small familial farmhouse clusters, hamlet clusters of families oriented for convenience or defense, or trading or craft-industrial villages that produce local specialty products?
In the case of Lucignano, many or most farmers lived within the defensive walls and walked to their fields each day. Additionally, the degree of hierarchy—resulting from the high-level threshold for self-sufficiency (which was located at the level of the hill town—in this case over a thousand people)—was certainly not optimal. The specific architecture and economic structure will vary by climate, resources, level of defensive need, etc., but the basic network structure of the hill towns remains instructive: the hundreds of hill towns that dot the map of Tuscany formed a powerful and resilient network of localized economic interaction.
Today, this same region is demonstrating a resurgence of the very kind of sustainable, "fulfilled ontogeny" economy that is the goal of this model, even though it exists within a largely hierarchal and industrial society. The "Slow Food" movement was, in fact, initiated by the mayor of Greve-in-Chianti, one of the more famous hill towns of this region, and is now spreading around the world. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the Tuscan hill town is an important symbol of the "good life" that may ultimately be achieved through this kind of rhizome economy—it is something that is desirable even within our modern culture, that can be readily understood, and that promises not "a return to the stone-age," but a positive vision of "moving forward with an eye to the past" that is nearly universally preferable to the experiences of modernity. Since this can be such a difficult theoretical concept to sell, the ability to relate it to a well-known example is invaluable. There are certainly other examples, but within Western culture, this one may carry the most weight.
Part 2: The Optimal Topology of Rhizome and the Hamlet Economy
Rather than try to explain the optimal topology of a rhizome structure in words, I will try to more effectively illustrate this structure in the captions of the following graphics:
Figure 4: The above illustration is the theoretically optimal topology for a single rhizome node, representative here of a familial cluster.
Close and strong connections exist within the node, representing the connectivity inside the extended familial group. Outside links are variously looser and weaker connections, the closer connections with the local hamlet, and the distant connections creating inter-hamlet ties, and creating the "small-worlds" situation where weak and distant connections greatly enhance the overall efficiency of connectivity. The green region denotes the geographic space required by the node to achieve minimal food self-sufficiency.
Figure 5: The above illustration shows a hamlet, or a cluster of familial nodes.
The groupings in terms of 4:4:4 is not fixed, but merely a convenient way to convey a flexible structure. Close and strong connections exist within the hamlet, and variously looser and weaker connections reach outside, replicating in a fractal manner the same "small-worlds" theory as seen in individual nodes. The larger, lighter green region represents the geographic space required for "wildlife, hunting, and foraging," or permaculture's "Zone 5," which is controlled "in trust" by the hamlet for their non-exclusive use, but available for their use as a reserve-bank should their horticultural scheme underperform.
Figure 6: The above illustration represents the broader landscape of a lattice-structure of clusters of rhizome nodes.
It represents a theoretical distribution, and demonstrates that there are no "super-hamlets," towns, or villages—the landscape is "flat" at the hamlet level, because any accretion to a higher order settlement would open the door to hierarchy. Instead, more complexly coordinated functions are facilitated by temporary groupings, as shown in the next illustration.
Figure 7: The above illustration denotes the ability of transient connection, fairs, festivals, etc. to affect longer-distance, weak connectivity that greatly enhances the overall efficiency of the lattice's communication and information processing capability.
Because more distant nodes are brought in contact with these occasional events (shown as dashed blue, red, or purple lines), the number of nodes that information or exchanges must transit to span large distances is greatly reduced (as illustrated by the black line transaction, where only two steps are necessary to bridge a distance that would otherwise require 8 steps in neighbor-to-neighbor transfer). These larger, weaker, and transient networks facilitate more complex activity and more specialized economic exchange without facilitating hierarchy.
For example, even if only one node in 50 actually breeds goats or brews beer, all 50 nodes will have easy access to these products through seasonal fairs, transient markets, etc. In theory, there is no limit to the technological or industrial complexity that can be handled by such transient groupings of a still "flat" rhizome lattice. This format prevents more complex projects (defense, highly specialized goods like metal working or glass, social richness) from acting as a catalyst to the creation of hierarchy.
Figure 8: The orderly geometric lattice structure must, in reality, be draped over the natural geography, to include terrain, climate, resource distribution, etc.—as illustrated above with regards to a simple topographical map.
While the theoretical and geometrically symmetrical lattice illustrated in Figure 6 provides easier initial conceptualization, the lattice illustrated in this figure is more realistic. In reality, several different "conceptual terrains" will each simultaneously impact the actual geospatial structure of the lattice. For example, physical terrain, difficulty of travel, resource concentrations, water availability, soil richness, etc. will all influence the layout.
Part 4: Reality, and the Implementation of a Hamlet Economy
Real-world implementation of this conceptual "hamlet-economy" requires efforts to guarantee resiliency, coping with the existing built landscape, and achieving coordination and standardization of this fractal pattern without a top-down hierarchy.
Rhizome lattice is great, in concept. However, if it does not demonstrate adequate resiliency, it will only last until the first major systemic shock—and systemic shocks have always and will continue to impact humanity, from weather, war, technology, famine, disease, etc. The hamlet-economy fosters resiliency by using long-time-horizon resource cultivation techniques, as well as planned redundancy in resource cultivation.
For example, the forest garden concept is illustrative: while all horticultural and agricultural schemes vary in annual return, failure of a forest garden scheme one year does not propagate failure in future years. With a forest garden, after establishment, large quantities of resources are stored and available for harvest to make up for shortfalls in other areas. Similarly, maintenance of spare capacity in foraging and hunting, used only minimally in years where horticulture produces well, provides a safety net for years when horticulture produces poorly. This built-in redundancy is critical to maintain the viability of horticulture—along with its normal benefit of increased standard of living—through years when horticulture performs poorly.
It is also important to recognize that the implementation of this kind of hamlet-economy will, in most circumstances, require adaptation of an existing landscape—in most cases a landscape that is not sustainable, that is hierarchal, and that is not compatible with human ontogeny. This introduces an artificiality, in the sense that the theoretical structure may be impacted by existing hierarchal infrastructure (like towns and highways). Perhaps the best way to circumvent this is to begin to "plant the seeds" of a hamlet economy in existing rural areas, and then expand into prior towns and cities as they become non-viable.
Finally, it is important to address the issue of enforcing this structural pattern without utilizing top-down, hierarchal means. One key tool in this effort will be the use of open-source arguments to explain and justify the reasoning behind adapting this pattern—such as, hopefully, this post. Another will be the use—perhaps in modernized format—of the traditional norm enforcement tool of myth. Stories explaining the pitfalls of straying from this basic structure will help to keep the core principles intact.
Finally, and I think most importantly, the success of this theoretical structure will depend on the ability of the pioneer implementers to demonstrate that it provides a better standard of living than other structures. If the average American could live the "good life" of living in a stereotypical Tuscan villa, and if they are shown how they, too, CAN have this lifestyle, then people will literally flock to this structure. Ultimately, this is a POSITIVE vision of the future—not a reversion to feudal serfdom, but a progression to a more egalitarian and human-compatible life…


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Row totals: 15 30
Column totals: 7 9 11 13 5
And so on. I'll post the code I have, but it's pretty basic stuff since I don't know where to go with it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define N 5
int main()
int a[N][N], i, rowSum, colSum;
printf("Enter %d numbers: ", N);
for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
scanf("%d", &a[i]);
return 0;