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Howard Chu wrote:For those of you running multi-socket Opteron servers (and eventually, multi-socket Nehalem servers), AMD published a whitepaper last week on their work adapting Google's tcmalloc to be NUMA-aware. The whitepaper includes links to their source code / diffs. It appears to be quite a performance boost in their (very artificial) benchmark. I'll be trying it out soon myself.Doh. Forgot to paste the link: http://developer.amd.com/Assets/NUMA_aware_heap_memory_manager_article_final.pdf
http://people.cs.vt.edu/~scschnei/streamflow/This paper from 2006 indicates that Streamflow is even faster than tcmalloc, with comparable memory footprint. Has anyone here used it? I don't recall having heard of it when I was comparing allocators in 2007.
-- -- Howard Chu CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/ Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/


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Monday, March 22, 2010
Invasion of the Cherry Sisters
One of our favorite bold-surrealist turn-of-the-century Victorian vaudeville acts, The Cherry Sisters, are the subject of Dan O'Brien's wonderful play The Cherry Sisters Revisited, currently playing in Louisville as part of the Humana Fest.
Everything about the show screams Catclaw, so how could we not love it? Seriously, this play sums up just about everything that we're about, so please go and see it. We had kicked around the idea of doing this play ourselves over a year ago, or perhaps a Cherry Sisters revue of our own, but ATL's production is surely the definitive standard by which all future versions should be judged. Oh hell yeah. Amen. Selat.
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Transylvania Gentlemen Pub Crawl
So, yeah, you know the drill: it's the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Louisville which is being held on March 13 even though St. Patrick's Day is March 17. Jeffrey Scott Holland, good Irishman he, will be in attendance and wandering aimlessly from pub to pub with his entourage, representin' Catclaw, The Voraxium, and the Old Order of Transylvania Gentlemen. You in?
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Well I'm here again. I don't want to offer a long drawn out explanation/excuse for my absence, but let's just say it's been a tough few months, mentally and physically, and I haven't felt much like blogging. When I started writing this post in my head earlier this week I knew I was ready to start up again!
I did recover from the pinched nerve in my neck (totally back to normal now after a bout of physiotherapy and some massage therapy), and don't worry, I have been knitting lots.
I managed to block the Juneberry shawl for my friend, which she now has in her possession and is hopefully wearing lots!
I finished knitting the Ease sweater for myself and am now waiting for cold(er) weather to wear it. It's so comfy and warm, I really love how it turned out!
In my last post I wrote about my glittery teal yarn that I had been searching for the perfect pattern for. Unfortunately I haven't knit much more than what's in the below picture, because shortly afterwards I started doing my Christmas knitting and I've mostly been focusing on that instead.
The other thing that I started knitting for myself is a Sockhead Hat, which is a great way to use up those single skeins of sock yarn that just don't belong on your feet. The softly spun, single ply yarn (Manos del Uruguay Clara) knits like a dream, has beautiful stitch definition and is oh so soft, but as socks I think they'd wear out too quickly and/or get really fuzzy really fast. A hat is the perfect solution for this yarn, especially since I have a few other skeins of yarn in the same colour family that are possibly destined to be a (sort of) matching scarf.
Back in summer (remember summer? Seems like so long ago already...) I knit another Umaro blanket as a wedding present for dear friends of ours who got married in late August. It was almost as much fun the second time around, but I think I'll wait at least a year before knitting another one. That's three blankets this year already, it's no wonder that all I wanted to do after this was finished was knit socks. Tiny, portable, mindless socks.
Our friends scheduled the rehearsal for the wedding two days before the actual wedding, which happened to be at the same time as a massive rainstorm (if you live in/around Winnipeg you'll probably remember it) which caused all sorts of problems. The rehearsal had to be cancelled, since it was an outdoor wedding, but the bride, groom, and several of the groomsmen, including the Enabler, were caught in the rainstorm as they were unloading the beer which was to be served at the wedding. Needless to say they were all completely soaked and needed to go home to change before heading to the rehearsal dinner. We live only a 5-10 minute drive away from where the wedding was, with the restaurant we were to meet at being halfway in between, but with the rain causing every underpass and low point in the city to become completely flooded, it took us over an hour to get home. We had to take the very long way around and by the time we got home, the Enabler was in no shape to go back out, as he was miserable from being soaked and had also injured his back while unloading the beer. We decided that I would go to the rehearsal dinner by myself and he'd stay home and order a pizza.
It was well after the long drive back to the restaurant and into the meal when I realized that I had the Enabler's wallet in my purse, which I had taken from him before he went to unload beer to keep it dry. I sent him a frantic text to see if he'd ordered the pizza already, and he said that it was fine, he found some money at home to pay for it. I was of course relieved that I hadn't made his night even worse, and I thought no more of it.
We were recounting this story to friends of ours earlier this week, when the Enabler let slip an additional detail. This is where my grandma comes in. When my brother and I were young, my grandma would sometimes give us each the sets of commemorative coins which were released annually. You know the ones, set in a sheet of cardboard, protected by a plastic sleeve, one quarter for each province and occasionally a loonie as well. I had left these at my parents' house when I moved out, but a year or two ago, my parents were cleaning out our old rooms and insisted that I take them. I have a slight sentimental streak, but had no real attachment to these sets of coins. I was therefore left with a problem. I didn't want to display them, didn't want to break them apart for the cash, and didn't want to give them away because they had actual monetary value. So they sat in a closet for some time before the Enabler finally pushed me to make a decision. My decision was to let him decide. He could do whatever he wanted with them, I just didn't want to know about it.
I'm sure by now you've figured out the end to this story. About 10 minutes before the delivery guy showed up with the pizza, the Enabler realized that I had his wallet. He raided the change jar in the kitchen, but was still several dollars short. That's when he remembered the coin sets in the closet. He had just finished ripping them apart and counting up the money, cardboard and plastic still strewn all over the floor, when the delivery guy showed up. The Enabler gave the delivery guy his handful of coins and just said, "I needed pizza."
So we both owe my grandma a lot. Not only did she help rekindle my love of knitting which has helped to keep me sane in the past few years, but she also helped my dear husband to buy pizza in his time of need. Thanks Grandma!


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Although The Thief and the Dogs is a very famous movie written by Naguib Mahfouz, it was the first time for me to watch it. I really liked the story and how it represented a human's experience living in Modern Egypt/the life in the late 19th century. The story has a very depressing, tragic and gloomy tone to it. It has a very strange style to it as it has a lot of flashback and forwards that shows the viewer the exact stream of consciousness and thought that the center character goes through, which was very interesting and intriguing. At the beginning, it shows how life in prison is difficult, depressing and filled with suffering that is completely torturing and disturbing to one's mind and feelings.
The story begins with Sa'eed Mahraan (the central character), who has just been released from prison where he stayed two years because he was caught stealing. He is filled with extreme hatred and insists on taking revenge on and confronting his ex-wife and her husband Ilaash (who was his former employee) who betrayed him and told the police to arrest him. They completely ruined his life; his hatred grew more and more each day especially when his daughter didn't recognize him and was scared of him. When Sa'eed sees the success of one of his old partner and mentor, Raouf Ilwan (who as a journalist, uses Sa'eed's crimes in writing successful stories to help the police investigators capture him), he can't help but hating him too and avenge him. He is very driven by what is happening around him to the extent that he no longer thinks wisely. Even when later he is given the opportunities to change and live a happy settled life, he doesn't take them and ignores them. He accuses everyone around him (society) and claims that they are guilty of leading him to who he is now and that he shouldn't be blamed at all. This makes the likelihood of him changing almost impossible.
Even though he resisted the authorities till the very end, he was killed by the police. Sa'eed is a very lost person, he only finds satisfaction when he gets what he desires and even then he never finds emotional peace. In this story, Naguib Mahfouz was trying to investigate the frustrations and discontents in the failure of that time's revolution to bring real justice and change. He wrote a story with interesting characters in a way that makes anyone relate to their dilemmas, their obsessions and their aggravations. It's a story of a man who has lived his life in pain and greatly bent on self destruction. I enjoyed the movie very much and I feel very eager to read the story and see Mahfouz's written description of every little detail that adds so much meaning to the story.


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Target: Catherine Gjessing, General Counsel of Vermont Fish and Wildlife
Goal: Stop trapping and killing otters.
Otters are social and intelligent animals that are unfortunately still hunted heavily for their unique fur. In Vermont, trappers are allowed to set traps underwater that cause the animal to drown. It is time to stop profiting off of dead animals.
Trappers often use body-grip, leg-hold, foot-hold, and most commonly Conibear and pocket set traps in order to obtain otters. Conibear traps are placed underwater and cause otters to drown. This terrifying ordeal can last up to eight minutes. Pocket set traps are full body traps that slam down on the animal but do not necessarily cause a quick death. Most traps lead to agonizing deaths or incredibly painful injuries. The event is so stressful and scary that animals have been known to chew off their own limbs in order to escape.
Sign this petition and demand that Vermont lawmakers ban otter trapping. No animal should be killed for human greed.
Dear Ms. Gjessing,
Unfortunately due to otters' unique fur, these social and intelligent animals are trapped and killed in order for people to make a quick buck. It is time to stop exploiting and killing animals for profit.
Trapping is an incredibly stressful and scary situation for animals and often leads to capturing non-targeted wildlife including dogs, cats and endangered species. It is not uncommon for animals to chew off limbs in order to escape these traps. Otters even face the threat of underwater traps, which lead to a long, agonizing death by drowning. Seventy-five percent of people from Vermont want to ban this cruelty, and it is time you listen to your people.
Please consider putting an end to trapping otters and banning it completely. Fur is not a necessity and should not be treated as such. Please let these otters live out the life nature intended.
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I think its time that the world embraces the fact that the New York Jets are cursed. I'm talking Red Sox and Cubs cursed. And to the belief that Boston and Chicago's curses were worse due to longevity: would anyone think the Jets would have produced more championships if they had more time? It would be even worse and we all know it. Of course, these teams lifted their curses in 2004 and 2016, respectively. Steve Bartman goes back to being a guy who refused to accept the extinction of the Walkman. Now that these two teams got the proverbial monkeys off their backs, there's one other team that still walks in the darkness. And it doesn't look like it's going to end any time soon.
There needs to be a documentary created about the suffering of Jets' fans. I remember watching the HBO specials The Curse of the Bambino and Wait Till Next Year. Parades of Red Sox and Cubs fans chronicled their personal miseries as they recalled the most renowned hard-luck moments in their histories. There were even celebrity fans that chimed in; Denis Leary went on a foul-mouthed tirade about seeing Wade Boggs riding a police horse through Yankee Stadium after they won the World Series. Jeff Garlin spoke about his unconditional love for the Cubbies. I'm pretty sure that glazed doughnuts were a close second. The bottom line is that the creation of these documentaries legitimized the acceptance of the curses of both teams.
The history of the Jets is not for the faint of heart. After Joe Namath, the Fu Manchu wearing, lady slaying, Alabama Crimson Tide loving quarterback came and went, the team hasn't had a viable quarterback. In addition to that severe deficiency, the team is a recipient of tough luck. We all remember when Vinny Testaverde blew his knee out in the '99 season opener; when Doug Brien missed not one but two game-winning field goals; the time when the Jets avenged a 40+ point defeat on Monday Night Football to the Patriots by beating them in the AFC Divisional round only to come up short against the Steelers the next week. The list goes on and on.
I would imagine this Jets documentary to include the likes of depressed residents of the Tri-State area. They would sit in what looked like doctors' offices; for some reason books would need to be in view at all times. I guess this would be done so Jets fans could relate to times they were at therapists' offices. Celebrity fans would also be brought in. Imagine Adam Sandler, in his childlike muttering from Billy Madison, explaining his experience of Doug Brien's missed field goals:
A.S.: Uh, yeah you know, Brien was ready to send us to New England. I uh remember when he missed it. [lifting his hands up and shaking them as his facial expression resembles that of a guy in the middle of constipated episode on the toilet] YABAHABADOO!
Sidebar: Adam Sandler is the king of the played-out shtick in movies that no one seemed to call him out on; the shtick being his child-like voice and Scooby-Doo sounding expressions. He rose to fame on Saturday Night Live with the likes of Canteen Boy and he just seemed to go with that voice in feature films i.e. Billy Madison. It started getting old, of course, but we allow him to continue using it.
The icing on the cake would definitely be the inclusion of a fat celebrity fan. The Cubs documentary had Jeff Garlin, the Red Sox documentary had Michael Chiklis, and this Jets documentary would definitely have Kevin James. As soon as he would show his face, and it would probably be a quick cut to him, halfway through his diatribe, we would all say "Ok, this is legit." And I'd imagine his gut-wrenching experience would start with "I remember standing in line at the concession stand, watching that little television…"
So when did this curse begin? The Red Sox faithful blame the selling of Babe Ruth to the dreaded New York Yankees back in 1919. According to Fever Pitch, which basically ate and then regurgitated the screenplay of the aforementioned Curse of the Bambino, then-Sox owner Harry Frazee decided to ship Ruth to New York in order to fund the production of one of his plays entitled "No, No, Nanette." I'm sure that if you looked in a phone directory in all of New England prior to 2004, there would be not one Nanette listed. Of course the plan backfired; Frazee's play bombed and Ruth went on to be considered the greatest baseball player of all time.
In the context of the Chicago Cubs, their curse started when a Greek tavern owner was asked to leave Wrigley Field during the '45 World Series because his pet billy goat's odor was discomforting the fans. As he was escorted out, he supposedly said that no World Series would ever again be played in Wrigley Field. Two things: 1. Why did this guy own a billy goat? Couldn't he find a more traditional pet like a dog or a cat? and 2. How did the guy even get through the door at Wrigley? I can't even walk into a sporting event with a bottle but this guy was able to bring in a billy goat. Anyway, no matter how ridiculous this sounds, this guy William Sianis' words rang true for over 70 years.
So going back to the birth of the Jets curse. Where can this thing be pinpointed? As much as I would love to hear fellow fans chime in on this, I say that it all started when Joe Namath guaranteed the winning of Super Bowl III. The Jets were heavy underdogs. They were up against a juggernaut in the Baltimore Colts. Going back to this, doesn't it just get you nauseous that a team like the Colts were blessed with so many great quarterbacks? Unitas, Manning, Luck. The Colts sucked in 1999 and were able to lock up the first overall pick to take Peyton Manning.
Sidebar: The Jets were poised to select Peyton Manning with the first overall selection in 1998. In what might have been the best decision of his career, Manning decides to stay at Tennessee for his senior year. And lets just say Manning declares for the '98 draft and the Jets take him. You know the Jets would have gotten Cooper Manning instead of Peyton. I'm positive this team could have had Lombardi as a coach and nothing to show for it.
In 2011, Manning gets hurt at the most perfect time, sits out the year and we get to watch Kerry Collins and Curtis Painter lead the Colts to a 2–14 season. That record was good enough to land them the first overall pick and they take Andrew Luck. Yep, the rich get richer. And here us Jets fans sit, still waiting for that franchise quarterback. I guess that's how life goes.
Tangents aside, I still say that Namath's guarantee should be considered the apex of the Jets curse. Even though Namath backed up his words, he must've pissed off the football gods. "There goes that brash Namath, calling us out like that," growled heavenly football players resting on puffy clouds in the skies. He could care less about lining up against Unitas, that an AFL team had yet to win a Super Bowl, or that a fur coat was a risky fashion statement to make.
Following the miraculous win, Namath made a gesture that surely went too far among the gods who were probably sitting on a couch, watching the game from above: he pointed his finger to the sky. I don't know about anyone else but my parents taught me not to point. Its considered rude. Namath probably knew this too. Let's just say it was his big "fuck you" to all who doubted the Jets. Unfortunately for future generations of fans, it was a death sentence.
Of course, Joe Namath was unaware of his complicity in the birth of the Jets curse. I bet if he could, he would definitely take it back. That Super Bowl was the last one the Jets won and it was also the last one that the franchise has been to. Coincidence? I think not.
This past October, the Chicago Cubs shocked the world and finally won a World Series. It was their first championship since 1908. Prior to 2016, the franchise had not won a pennant since 1945. If you're keeping score at home, that guy and his billy goat were thrown out of Wrigley during the '45 World Series. In an even eerier fashion, the Cubs actually defeated the Dodgers in the NLCS on the anniversary of Sianis' death.
The Boston Red Sox exercised the Curse of the Bambino in 2004. Liev Schreiber, the narrator of not only the Red Sox HBO documentary but every other documentary ever created, noted that Edgar Renteria made the final out of that series. The number he was wearing? That's right. Number 3. "Just like the Babe," Schreiber quips. Isn't sports great?
So I guess we can all agree that some sort of eerily coincidental event has to occur during the exercising of the Jets curse. Maybe their Super Bowl victory will occur on the anniversary of Rex Ryan's lap band surgery. Or news will break that Brett Favre inadvertently sent an inappropriate text message to a Jets employee as the winning field goal goes through the uprights. Who knows. All I can say is that now that the Cubs got off the last stop of the Pain Train, the Jets are the lone travelers.


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From The May, 2014 issue, Ken Poyner's story, "Snake Oil Rights," has a salesman who sizes up a synthetic human--a female form, his own design:
"...the thunder of her spiked heel nearly touches the floorboard as one blue sensuous snake of a thigh slithers carefully over the other, the lip of her mini-dress folding just a little back. I turn to look over the whole of her, and it takes commitment to this trip's firm schedule not to stop the truck. But I need to get to wherever this place is. I am the new novelty, straight from the complicated cities. I am bringing progress, modernity, the life folks only see on their quaint hand-held view screens."He writes beefy characters so that actors like Gene Hackman, Charlton Heston, Eli Wallach, George Kennedy could have played them.
From Poyner's latest coming in October, "Establishment", an android barkeep eyeballs two customers engaged in discourse:
"You hate to see them waste their money on access when they could be wasting their money on maintenance, but I can't control the bone and protein crowd. I've yet to figure out their programming, and I stay out of the mathematics of it when two of them are dealing."There it is, from both sides. The first, he's acknowledging one of the base motivations for improving technology. The second, from the opposite viewpoint, is a unique combination of man/machine sensibility with genuine AI cynicism on what it is to be a man. He's comfortable in both places.
His characterizations are perfect raw material for classic actors of the sixties and seventies who played some great sonsabitches who didn't give a shit whether they got the girl or just who their ex-wife was tumbling now.
Ken's very low-key about all this and prefers a discussion of "personhood" but as far as I am concerned his voice is clear. And we don't see enough of this kind of work.
Check out Ken Poyner in the "May, 2014" issue. And get ready to welcome him back in October.


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Artist: 30 Seconds to Mars
Track: Kings and Queens
Year Released: 2009
Director: Jared Leto with the pseudonym of Bartholomew Cubbins
Genre: Rock
Main Audience: 15-24years old
• The video begins with an establishing shot of the skyline of Los Angeles city under the orange of the sunset sky.
• Following this shot we see a group of people silhuetted against the sun which is orange. A slow motion effect has been added here and this shot then jump cuts to a close up of the head of a microphone again with the sunset as the backdrop. The lead singers face then enters the frame from the right hand side, silhuetted. Still in slow motion
• The next shot is off the band set up on a roof but the intruments are mimicing the skyline the video opened with.
• This is a concept video with performance shot cut into it.
• A huge group are cycling towards the camera around the city at night. Some are dressed up, others are in everyday clothing.
• female gaze could be seen with the male band members however i dont think that this is a key feature that was considered for the music video itself, it is just a coincidence that they are attractive.
• lots of slow motion has been used
• video is edited fairly slow paced compared to some other that i have recently looked at
• Lighting is evidently a key part of the video with the sunset being the main setting and most of the filming done in the dark. also when they ride past the theme park that is all lit u
• This video is very repetitive.
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A whole lot of identities
I've been catching up on my blog role, finally... and found a dirth of postings regarding Microsoft's recent smiting of SAML which quotes:
Microsoft will soon start shipping "a whole lot" of servers that use WS-Federation protocols, and those client computers will be compatible, Schmidt said.
Wow. so, "a whole lot of computers". Good. I fell better now ;-) Really, I have no qualms about supporting WS-Trust and InfoCard. In fact, there is no reason SAML tokens could not be used within the InfoCard architecture, as near as I can tell... we'll see what pops out of the OASIS WS-SX Technical Committee at OASIS. Before that, who knows, really.
I had high hopes that Microsoft would support SAML in at least the InfoCard architecture, and Kim was one who had given me confidence in that aspiration. But he's blogged recently:
I have been tireless in arguing the need to support new token formats essential to such [identity meta] systems - rejecting the prevelant bugaboo that we should limit all future technology to SAML and then congratulate ourselves on how clever we are. Isn't that OK too?
Well, yes it's OK. Of course, I'm not sure who's actually saying that SAML should just be adopted by everyone, and we can all go home. Perhaps IT Executives who are waiting for the dust to settle a bit over WS-Fed vs SAML are eager to at least see some effort at convergence... but it seems that is less likely to happen, given this recent sentiment.
But I would say that SAML enjoys broad support and adoption. Tens ... maybe even hundreds... of millions of users are serviced by SAML-based protocols today. I think that is a "whole lot of identities", which is just (if not more) demonstrable of success and broad adoption, than "soon shipping"... "a whole lot of computers".
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I just had to share this incredible cake sculpture from Cake Follies, created to celebrate Easter. I think what particularly appears to me about this cake is how stylised it is – a true work of sculpted edible art!
Cake Follies is run single-handedly by Amanda Whelan, a vintage inspired cake maker, who produces hand-painted delicacies influenced by retro glamour, tattoo art and cabaret. Do check out her work!


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Lessing describes her life with the young son John. John is a very active baby, and exhausts her. She spends her mornings with the other young women and their babies. John has become her entire life with his demands. Frank's friends are all his age, about ten years older than Lessing. She is active and popular in this life, but deep inside she does not feel she belongs. When John is nine months old, Lessing and Frank decide to have another baby, and she is soon pregnant. John still needs constant supervision, as he will walk away from the house otherwise. As she pushes him in a pram about the town, she writes poems in her head, and one is included in this chapter. Frank does not like her poems, but encourages her to be a writer. Lessing and...
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'Gravity': exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from the DVD
It was one of the most watched films of 2013: a visually breathtaking, beautifully acted tale of life and death in Earth's orbit. Now – with ten Oscar nominations under its belt and a Best Picture win looking increasingly likely – Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity' is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on March 3. And we've got an exclusive sneak peek.
This short clip sees director Alfonso and his son and co-screenwriter Jonas Cuarón discussing the metaphorical touchstones inherent in this story of astronauts free-floating in space. Given the film's remarkable, groundbreaking special effects, expect the DVD to be stuffed to the space helmet with behind-the-scenes footage, of which this is just the first, sweet taste…
Read our review of 'Gravity', and check out an interview with the film's special effects supervisor, Neil Corbould, in tomorrow's issue of Time Out London.


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It's looking like measuring telomerase might actually be a real possibility! But there's a lot of work to do. I applied the 80/20 rule (80% of outcomes come from 20% of the input) to finish a draft of the protocol yesterday. I'm glad I didn't spend too much time perfecting it because getting my mentor's initial feedback today was incredibly helpful. He gave me some much needed guidance and focus.
Key points from our meeting today:
- Become an expert in ONE thing. The more you put into the study the more you have to defend. I had put about 20 different ideas into the protocol and am now narrowing it down.
- Take the next 2 weeks to become the expert on telomerase. This is the time to focus and be a scientist. Read EVERYTHING about telomerase.
- Don't get too attached to one idea, research is a lot of back and forth. Try not to get frustrated. If I spend time doing something that doesn't work out in the end, it doesn't mean it's a waste of time -- in 5 years I could come back to a lot of these things.
- Don't involve too many other people in the study just yet. Be careful of people who want me to do their work for them. This is my year to learn clinical research and pursue MY project.
- Within 6 weeks, write a grant to get funding for the telomerase enzyme assays.
- By mid-January, submit protocol for IRB approval and begin enrolling in March.


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How is your Lenten season going? This is my favorite time of year!
In the study I am doing, this week's focus is on confession. Confession is good for us. I know it sounds scary but it can actually be a very freeing experience. Did you know that when we confess our sins God forgets! Like completely forgets. He says it is as far as the east is from the west. (Psalms 103:12) You can go west forever and you will never reach east! Think about that for a second! Pretty cool huh!
I think one of the bigger struggles with sin is not the act of confession but the tendency we have to continue to define ourselves by our sins/mistakes. How many times have you believed that you couldn't do something because of your past, or felt like you weren't good enough for something because of something you did a long time ago, or even yesterday!? If you're anything like me it happens more than you would like to admit.
As I've said before, fear is a liar. My challenge for you today is to take some time of reflection to see where you are letting fear lie to you and prevent you from doing something.
One of the best parts about salvation and the life Jesus has given to us is the knowledge that we do not have to live in fear. We should not live in fear!
Is there something you have convinced yourself you aren't good enough to do?
Is there something you really want to do but are too afraid to do it?
Can I help you overcome that fear?!
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[caption id="attachment_160511" align="alignleft" width="300"] Eagle Street Productions[/caption]
You see where this is going, don't you?
Long (well, not that long) before he was Bilbo Baggins or Dr. John Watson, Martin Freeman was Tim Canterbury, one of the long-suffering paper company employees of "The Office." And the editing wizards at Eagle Beaver Productions have found a way for Freeman to get back to his roots.
The epic story of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is meshed with the epic boredom felt by the characters of "The Office" in this rather impressive mashup that transports the likenesses of the comedy series players to Middle-earth. If anything, it reveals that there's certainly a lot of Tim Canterbury in Bilbo Baggins already.
Oh, and if you think the sight of Ricky Gervais as Gandalf is both hilarious and unsettling in equal measure, wait until you see Mackenzie Crook as Gollum.
Commute to "The Office: An Unexpected Journey" below, and thanks to The Playlist for the find.


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Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
rug a boo
we want a new rug for our living room. our vision is to one day live in a house centered around neutrals. (by the time we own that house - yes we still rent - we will have a different vision.) we are big fans of creamy whites, greys, woods and metals.
our couch is our only "real" piece of furniture at this point. meaning, it is the one new piece we bought together, post marriage, as a start towards furniture in our home. that said, I love other elements in our living room too. the peacock book case and the french/german trunk from my grandfather are a few. I do also love the coffee table, iron legs, thick wood planks similar to a farm table.
(west elm)
our actual living room (from about a year ago - the yellow table and lamp are no longer there)
I'm getting to my point. What I wonder is this, I am sick of rug patterns that ultimately end up pissing me off after about two months. I want a simple, neutral colored rug. and in truth, I want it to be somewhere in the family of white. now, we have a big ol' crazy dog that has black hair and likes to run laps in our backyard, often after rolling around in rotten apples. I realize that a white rug is stupid. but I want one. I love the pebble rug from west elm right now, mostly because it is the most affordable in that style (we originally fell in love with one at design within reach).
I fear the grey pebble rug will only clash with our couch. or be drab. BUT is the ivory too white (too bright)? AND will it be immediately nasty? thoughts?
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felted garland
I just bought 8 different colors of wool roving to make this felted garland - can't wait!!!
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Another celebrity just died
They drop like flies it seems
Pills to wake up and pills to lie down
Drug induced sleep without dreams
It seems the life of the privileged
Is not much of a life at all
From a place at the top of the world
It is a long way to fall
Thursday, February 28, 2008
55 Flash Fiction Friday - 2/29/08
Another celebrity just died
Totally Optional Prompts - 2/28/08
I thought I would try this site once. This is the first thing that came to mind:
He lacks focus and direction
Inattentive and rebellious
Jumps from task to task
Rowdy and overzealous
He's disruptive and nonconforming
Insubordinate and defiant
Fidgety and uncentered
Disobedient and noncompliant
There is nothing we can do
To make this boy behave
We've exhausted our resources
The situation's grave
Fortunately Concerta and Prozac
Are available to prescribe
And Lithium and Adderall
May create a more positive vibe
How fortunate is the world
Panacea did not always exist
Or our entire human history
Would have a different twist
Had Da Vinci's brilliance
Been stifled and denied
Or Edison drugged into a stupor
Constantly glassy-eyed
Had Einstein been blasted
Into a euphoric state
And Mozart over-medicated
With no desire to create
John Grisham was another
Who was hyperactive in school
And the great Sir Isaac Newton
Was thought to be a fool
I think that often genius
Is mistaken for ADHD
Different drummers are not allowed
In our structured society
And as a substitute for parenting
Tough love and discipline
We are too quick to label
And give a dose of Ritalin
I know that some kids suffer
And need help of a chemical sort
But zapping kids into zombies
Should not be a first resort
And if there existed Dexedrine
When I was just a lad
These words would not be written
That could be good or bad
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Thursday 13 - Favorite Movies - 2/27/08
My thirteen favorite movies of all time or at least the first ones that come to mind. No particular order, just as I think about them: If a film has a sequel it will only be listed once even if I loved the sequels too, like Lethal Weapon. I am pretty much talking here about entertainment value, not masterpieces. I loved African Queen, Casablanca, and Citizen Kane, but they aren't going to make the list. I am only going back a number of years. Hey, I gotta put limitations on this to get it down to 13. There are also no chick flicks here but I do like some of those too. I think that Love, Actually is one of the best ever. If that is truly a chick flick. I have also included a clip from each movie. If you want to view them hit pause on my jukebox or you will drive yourself nuts.
1) My Cousin Vinny
2) Field of Dreams
3) Shawshank Redemption
4) Silence of the Lambs
5) Fargo
6) Slingblade
7) A Fish Called Wanda
8) Jaws
9) Terminator
10) The Unforgiven
11) Rain Man
12) A Few Good Men
13) Pulp Fiction
Three Word Wednesday - distant apology consider - 2/27/08
The prompts this week were distant, apology, and consider. I have no idea why it led to this:
The two photos he could see from his recliner were taken fifty years apart. The first was of their wedding, shortly after he came back from the Pacific at the end of World War II. Every time he looked at it he was amazed at how young they were and particularly how beautiful she was.
It was such a distant memory that it almost seemed as though he was looking at someone else. Yet, in other ways it was only yesterday, the pages of the calendar falling off the wall much too fast and accelerating with age.
The second was taken several years ago at their 50th anniversary party. He thought, had it really been twelve years ago? She was still so beautiful and so happy.
It was shortly after that when the disease began. It came slowly at first. She would forget to turn the stove off, lose her purse, or make a wrong turn driving home. A wrong turn on a road she had driven nearly every day for over sixty years. At first he teased her about it but he could see the change in her. She would become preoccupied and confused. She had always been a shrewd and crafty opponent at Scrabble or gin rummy. But gradually they discontinued playing. He could see the fear in her eyes, followed by anger, that she could not focus.
Then the first real terror came the first time she did not recognize him. It began as a momentary lapse and became more frequent and of longer duration as the months passed. They went together to see a specialist. His diagnosis confirmed what they already knew. Treatment was available but ineffective in most cases. The deterioration would continue. The bottom line was that as the disease progressed, they should consider either in-home care or moving her to an "adult care facility". At his age, he would not be able to provide the care that she would require. The doctor asked about children. They had two, both in their sixties. They both lived clear across the country and could really provide no help. They had their own lives, medical problems, children, and grandchildren. He knew, that their pensions and social security were sufficient to provide them a comfortable life, but there was no money for buying the kind of care she would need.
He had provided loving care for as long as he could. Through the heartbreak of watching his best friend become a stranger, he persevered. But, as promised, the symptoms of the illness continued to progress. It seemed like it was worse every day. Her once intelligent blue eyes were nearly colorless and vacant. It was not just her mind, but her body deteriorated to a shell. She could no longer control her bowels or emotions. He was not certain which left a bigger mess.
As he sat in the recliner, trying to summon the courage to dial 911, he could not bring himself to apologize for holding the pillow over her face as she slept. Perhaps realizing that her misery was at an end, there was only a feeble struggle as he heard the sounds of her last, labored breath. He kissed her a tender, final goodbye and as he stumbled through his tears into the living room, his pain was tempered by relief that their shared torment was at an end.
The smiles of the couple in the gold-framed photos were what he would remember. Of all the photos that adorned their home, of grandchildren and great grandchildren, of beloved pets……..these were her two favorites. And though he never admitted it to her, they were his favorites too.
This piece was rewritten and entered into the Coastal Carolina University creative writing contest where it took 3rd place.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Writer's Island and Sunday Scribblings - 2/23/08
Feeling lazy and not very creative. I decided to combine the Sunday Scribblings prompt of "Passion" and the Writer's Island of "Second Chance".
One of the most impressive events I have ever experienced is the Passion Play in the Bavarian town of Oberammergau in Southern Germany. It is a re-enactment of the trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ, performed every 10 years.
It began in 1634 during the Thirty Years War. The bubonic plague was devastating the town and legend has it that a promise was made to God, that if they were spared, they would honor Christ with the performance of the "Greatest Story Ever Told." They were spared and have honored that promise ever since. The entire village participates in this event, with a cast and crew of over 2,000. They spend years preparing, working countless hours rehearsing and designing elaborate sets and costumes. There are families that have participated since the beginning, 40 productions and nearly 350 years ago. It has become a huge tourist attraction and an economic cash cow for the community.
The Passion Play represents, for Christians, the second chance for mankind. This 6 hour production is an amazing spectacle and well worth seeing, for Christians and non-believers alike.
Though Passion Plays are performed all over the world, this is by far the most famous and most extravagant. The next memorable performance is in 2010.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
55 Flash Fiction Friday - 2/22/08
The Silent Killer
Bullets kill from the outside in
Often quick and humane
Cancer destroys from inside
With unnecessary pain
But the cruelest of all conditions
An agony Vicodin can't touch
An overwhelming anguish
With no origin to clutch
Loneliness dispatches life slowly
From an unaccompanied heart
Of a solitary soul existing
Without a counterpart
Thursday Thirteen - My Favorite Cities- 2/21/07
The 13 best cities I have ever visited. These are all cities, no towns, burgs, or hamlets here. These are the first that came to mind. I am sure there are many others that deserve to be on my list if I gave it some thought. These are in no particular order. I liked them all for different reasons: history and culture, people, nightlife, simple beauty, atmosphere, and personal memories/events.
1) New York City, NY
2) Athens, Greece
3) Heidelberg, Germany
4) Taipei, Taiwan
5) Washington, DC
6) Dublin, Ireland
7) San Francisco, CA
8) Vancouver BC
9) Venice, Italy
10) London, England
11) Bangkok, Thailand
12) Miami, FL
13) Madrid, Spain
Those are places to visit. But I live in the best of all places. Myrtle Beach, SC. It has everything I need. I would love to hear which cities are your favorites.
A MEME From Gathering Round The Table - 6 Habits
The Rules:- Link to the person that tagged you.
I got this meme from Gathering Around the Table
Post the rules on your blog.
Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
Tag random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
Let's go:
1. As soon as I wake up in the morning I turn on the TV for company. Usually it is just background noise and I am not paying attention to the programming. I live alone and really enjoy the company of television. But I cannot sleep with it on, so I let it rest through the night.
2. I pick at my fingernails. I don't bite them, I just pick at them. Normally, when I am bored or driving. As a result I have never had any fingernails and they are always sore. I have done this my entire life and it will never change.
3. I constantly blaze a trail to my refrigerator. This is something else I have done my entire life. My mom used to scold me for "swinging on the refrigerator door." Lately, I have cleaned my refrigerator out and eliminated most of the unhealthy items that I previously stocked. But that does not keep me from opening and hoping. I will wager that my fridge light has more on time than my reading light.
4. On my journey to the refrigerator, I almost always check my door locks. This is part of my OCD activities, of which there are many. I also find myself checking the switches on my range frequently. When I am driving, I constantly check the gauges and light switch. I also routinely pat my back pocket to check that my wallet is there. I realize I do all these things and often laugh at myself, but I still do them. I am like Monk without the deductive reasoning talents.
5. Like my TV, my computer is always on. Unlike my TV, I don't turn it off at night. It is in my bedroom. My screen-saver displays a slide show of family photos. Unfortunately, I have found that women are not apt to engage in kinky sex in front of my grandchildren. I also check my email any time I have an idle moment. As a result, most of the people I correspond with think that I am on the computer all day. I guess they are right. Though I don't sit in front of the screen all day, I am available if I am at home.
6. I am trying to cultivate new positive habits. The newest being that I try to write something every day. This is a difficult habit to incorporate into my life, as I had not really written much in years. I am almost certain that I would not do it without discovering sites such as Sunday Scribblings, Writer's Island, 3 Word Wednesday, and 55 Friday. The feedback I receive from reader's comments inspire and motivate me. I have met many "friends" through these contacts, and though we will never meet, we learn a lot about each other through our writing.
Feel free to do this meme, but I am tagging, Lucy, LittleWing, Giggles , Robin, and Heather.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
3 Word Wednesday - unravel - punch - t-shirt - 2/20/08
This week's words were t-shirt, unravel, and punch. I thought I would try to tell a story by a series of questions.
How was he to know that the holiday office party of 2007 was not going to be the benign gathering of past years? How was he to know that one single event would totally unravel his life? How was he to know that what seemed to be harmless punch was actually chemically enhanced? How was he to know she was the CEO's underage daughter? How was he to know security cameras with sound were in place in the executive washroom? How was he to know he would be replacing ten years of trading on Wall Street for a return to Jump Street?
How was he to know that he would soon be exchanging his Armani suits for a Wendy's t-shirt?
How was he to know he was destined to be the only person in the city with an MBA from Harvard for whom the words "Biggie Size" were part of his lexicon? How was he to know instead of the opening bell of the exchange, the clang of the drive-thru would now ring in his ears? How was he to know that subway tokens would fill his pocket instead of the keys of his recently repo'd BMW? How was he to know his Manhattan loft would be exchanged for a pest-infested efficiency in Brooklyn?
How was he to know that credit cards can be canceled so quickly? How was he to know that the answer to the question, "what's in your wallet", could be nothing? How was he to know how powerful the CEO of the second largest investment firm in the country actually was? As he took his seat on the subway that he now occupied daily instead of a seat on the exchange, the corners of his mouth curled up in a smile. The first genuine smile he had formed in memory. How was he to know he would be happier than he had been in years?
Monday, February 18, 2008
Writer's Island, Sunday Scribblings - Time Travel - 2/18/08 - 2/29/08
I thought a lot about this prompt and there were so many possibilities as to boggle my already cluttered mind. I could go forward and find out where we are going and come back and scare the crap out of everyone and probably win some Nobel Prizes. I could go back and change history. I could tell Lincoln, the Kennedys, and Martin Luther King to duck. I could push Yoko Ono in front of John Lennon and let her take some for mankind. I could create a diversion to cause air traffic in the northeast to be suspended on the morning of September 11, 2001. I could be selfish and go back and bet sporting events, pick lottery numbers, or buy worthless, desert land that later becomes Las Vegas. I could bankroll Bill Gates.
Then I considered the Prime Directive. If any of you were Star Trek fans, the crew of the Enterprise was were never supposed to interfere with cultures or alter history. It is more complicated than that, but that is it in a nutshell.
That was also a no-no according to Doc Brown in Back to the Future.
The premise is that by affecting one outcome, you affect many, many more. For example, if I prevented Pearl Harbor from happening, somebody important to mankind may not have been born after VJ day festivities.
Then there are those that believe that history is inevitable. For instance, if I went back killed an infant Hitler, someone else would have ascended to power in a 1939 Germany that was ripe for a dictator.
And if I went back and slapped the apple out of Eve's hand, the human race would have found other ways to sin and defy God. We are good like that.
With all those things in mind, I elected to limit myself to one visit back in time. One single place and time in which to beam myself within all of history. After careful consideration, I came to one conclusion. I would journey back to northern Idaho in the late 1960's. I would be in a little boat on Rose Lake fishing for crappie and bass with my dad. I didn't do nearly enough of that as a teenager. I enjoyed that more than anything as a child,
but as I grew up I became busy with other things and forgot what was most important to me. Maybe we would catch fish and maybe not. But I would get to know him and he would get to know me. And there is no better place to do that than a little boat on a tiny lake in Kootenai County.
So the Titanic is going to hit the berg, Chernobyl is going to melt down, and Chicago is going to burn to the ground. Dictators are going to oppress, assassins are going to murder, and governments are going to continue to make mistakes. I am going to attend to my little part of the world and let someone else drive the DeLorean.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Sunday Scribblings - Teeth - 2/17/08
When the prompt of teeth came up it made me consider writing about something that has been bothering me for some time. My dentist is old. He bridges the gap between the time barbers performed dentistry (I am sure glad they broke those two professions out) and today's modern procedures.
I am sure there are requirements for ongoing education for a dentist to keep up with modern technology, but I am in South Carolina. I am not certain there even exists state requirements for dentists to attend dental school in the first place.
My dentist does have a framed degree on the wall, which makes me feel a bit more confident in his qualifications. But I am not certain that just because he attended Colgate University, I should assume he received dental education. That could easily be a professional joke among dentists. Maybe this accounts for that one out of five dentists that doesn't recommend Crest. He is a Colgate alum.
I still miraculously have most of my own teeth, though I have some constant issues, having survived 20 years of military dentistry, where a temporary filling often lasts a lifetime. And due to funding, they sometimes share equipment with the motor pool.
Back to my dentist. I sometimes wonder as he or his assistant is rooting around inside my mouth with something sharp, if there is some young high-tech dental whiz kid that can just aim some kind of phaser in the direction of my mouth and all my dental problems are zapped away. Plaque – gone. Tartar – gone. Gingivitis – gone. Calculus – gone. Painless and quick.
It seems he uses the same procedures that dentists used when I was a kid. Brush and floss. Through the years they have changed brushing procedures many times. Around and round, back and forth, up and down, hard, soft. I wonder where they are at now with respect to my dentist's instruction. Has the main stream gone to some newfangled super-effective move and he still has me brushing in circles?
And what is with the arsenal of metal probes that he still uses to explore and scrape?
And the huge syringe. Junkies and diabetics have small needles, why not my dentist? Do those tools need to be on display on that tray right in front of me. Couldn't he keep them hidden until he absolutely has to use them? The assistant makes a complete Broadway Show out of lining them all up like I am a POW awaiting interrogation. Then they always leave me alone for a while to study them and make sure my anxiety and blood pressure are both spiking. My heart is beating so fast that should he draw blood, I will bleed out in minutes.
And everything he puts in my mouth tastes horrible. The polish they use after a cleaning. Holy crap, is that foul? And whatever that is that he rubs on my gums that he claims to numb them a bit before he injects me: xylocaine, novacaine, lidocaine, procaine, septocaine, or marcaine. It sure isn't sugar cane. And since it hurts like hell anyway, why the added discomfort of that nasty stuff? They can make bubblegum taste like fresh watermelon, can't they do something to knock some of the funk off of that stuff.
And if you have ever had to have an impression. Not only is the unknown viscous liquid material that they use in the tray cold and disgusting, but as it hardens it grows and crawls down my throat. The dentist always calls for the largest tray every produced and has the assistant mix up a batch and a half of the goo. I think the plan is to give me enough that I will gag. They probably have some sort of lunch bet on how much I can take before I actually choke.
Another concern of mine, due to his advanced age, is what if he has an attack of dementia while knuckle-deep in my mouth? Does his assistant have instructions to relieve him if he suddenly forgets he is a dentist and thinks he is carving a pumpkin or gutting a trout?
Of course if your own dentist has twenty-first century knowledge and procedures, you probably don't know what the hell I am talking about. Except those of you in England, where I believe the barber is still performing oral surgery. Hey, if the Prince of Wales or Hugh Grant can't be provided a decent set of teeth, the general public has no chance.


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|Kyle Busch is the driver to beat in Sunday's Brickyard 400.
It was a different story during Friday's final session as last years winner Kyle Busch Toyota paced the way with the top speed of the day (184.619). However, nine of the next 12 fastest speeds were Chevrolet.
Denny Hamlin's Toyota got set-up for race simulations and ran a session high 57 laps. He only had the 17th fastest lap going against teams who were also working on faster qualifying set-ups, but he ended up with the best 10-consecutive lap average.
Toyota flexed its muscles during Saturday's qualifying with Kyle Busch winning the pole (184.634) followed by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Carl Edwards second and Hamlin fourth. Toyota might have a slight edge in overall speed, but Chevrolet has them beat in numbers simply by having more more quality cars on the track this week.
Indiana native Tony Stewart (25/1) qualified third in his 18th and final start at his home track. The two-time Brickyard winner practiced well on Friday and has a little more zip in his step since winning at Sonoma in late June. Gordon (20/1) has five wins, including the inaugural race in 1994, and is the only driver to start all 23 events. He's come out of retirement to drive Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s (concussion) Chevrolet which he's part owner of. He qualified 21st and practiced so-so. Either one of these NASCAR legends winning would be the NASCAR story of the year.
Larson at 18-to-1 odds is down from his usual 30-to-1 because of a strong two day Indy test last week. In addition to the fast testing, where it was reported he had the un-official fastest lap on the first day, he's also averaged an eighth-place finish in two Indy starts. He had the third fastest lap in final practice and starts 10th. Hamlin probably offers the best value among all drivers at 18-to-1. He loves flat tracks and was fifth last year and third in 2014. With a win he'd be the third driver to capture the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same season.
Micah Roberts' Sprint Cup Driver Ratings
Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Sunday, July 24, 2016 - 12:20 pm PT
1. Kyle Busch 6/1 12th 1st 1st 31st
2016 winner, 9.7 average in 11 starts; second fastest 10-consecutive lap average in practice 2.
2. Jimmie Johnson 8/1 1st 7th 13th 35th
Four-time winner, the last in 2012; fastest on second of two day test session at Indy last week.
3. Kevin Harvick 6/1 4th 2nd 7th 9th
2003 winner from the pole. Using 2014 chassis that had win and three runner-ups in five starts.
4. Denny Hamlin 18/1 2nd 17th 4th 14th
Career-best third twice, fifth last year; fastest 10-consecutive lap average during practice 2.
5. Carl Edwards 8/1 6th 5th 2nd 8th
2008 runner-up; his race trim practice runs had several in garages saying he's the driver to beat.
6. Brad Keselowski 8/1 14th 18th 5th 3rd
Career-best ninth twice, 10th last year. Best chance Ford has to win Indy for first time since 1999.
7. Chase Elliott 15/1 7th 12th 15th 4th
Finished 18th in track debut last year; struggling in last four, but led race-high 51 laps at Pocono.
8. Martin Truex Jr. 7/1 10th 8th 8th 19th
Career-best fourth last year; comes big in big races: second in Daytona 500, won Coca-Cola 600.
9. Kyle Larson 18/1 17th 3rd 10th 11th
Seventh as a rookie in 2014 and ninth last year; fastest lap in first of two day Indy test last week.
10. Matt Kenseth 10/1 13th 30th 18th 7th
Two-time runner-up with 13.9 average finish in 16 starts -- seventh or better in past three starts.
* Results from the June 6, 2016 race at Pocono Raceway's 2.5-mile triangular layout, which runs most similar to Indy's flat 2.5-mile oval. Both have the longest straightaways in the series.
Odds courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.
Micah Roberts, a former sports book director, has been been setting NASCAR lines in Las Vegas since 1994. Follow on Twitter @MicahRoberts7
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Writing at The American Prospect, Liam Malloy and John Case argue for the implementation of a Pigouvian tax to reduce income inequality, which the article's subheading declares to be "America's most outrageous problem." For those not familiar with the term, a Pigouvian tax is one used to reduce something deemed to be harmful, with pollution often provided as a classic example. The logic at the heart of the tax is, as the authors note, "if you want less of something, tax it."
This is exactly correct, and a point more of our friends on the left should reflect on amidst their cheerleading for higher taxation. Just as a tax on pollution will reduce pollution, so will a medical device tax (such as the one imposed to help fund Obamacare) reduce the production of medical devices, incomes taxes will reduce income, sales taxes will reduce product sales and so on.
This is exactly correct, and a point more of our friends on the left should reflect on amidst their cheerleading for higher taxation. Just as a tax on pollution will reduce pollution, so will a medical device tax (such as the one imposed to help fund Obamacare) reduce the production of medical devices, incomes taxes will reduce income, sales taxes will reduce product sales and so on.
Of course, in order to implement a Pigouvian tax one must first identify a problem the tax would help mitigate. Seeking to spell out why income inequality should be a candidate for a Pigouvian tax, the authors list what they believe to be three deleterious effects. The first:
As the economy grows, the rich get nearly all the gains. The United States enjoyed an economic Golden Age from the end of World War II to about 1973. During that time, despite the fact that the top marginal tax rate never dropped below 70 percent (and stood at more than 90 percent until the early 1960s), growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita averaged close to 2.5 percent a year. There is a widely held—and mythical—belief that the United States has been in the midst of a great stagnation ever since. The minuscule increase in the median household income, about 0.4 percent per year, supports this myth.
But the economy has not stagnated. Output per capita has risen more than 90 percent since 1975, or an average of 2.1 percent per year. That's less than the figure for the Golden Age but not much less. The difference is that since the 1970s, virtually all the gains have gone to those at the top. The average income of the top 1 percent has tripled, while the median household income has increased by less than 20 percent.
The skewing of the income distribution, in short, imposes a cost on the vast majority of people. From 1975 to 2008, the median income of U.S. households rose by a total of $8,000 (in today's dollars). Had the distribution remained the same as it was in the postwar years, the increase would have been $40,000. Instead of its current level, $50,000, the median income of U.S. households today would be $86,400.
The authors appear to believe it is rather damning that median household incomes have not increased at the same rate as economic growth, but it unclear why it should be regarded as such or any kind of surprise. After all, no one is entitled to a certain slice of GDP, but rather only those who produce it. For example, the authors cite the growth in output per capita in the US, but that does not mean the growth in output has been uniform.
Imagine a village of 10 people, each of whom produces 10 units of output, for 100 units total. Now imagine that two of the villagers adopt some new technology that enables them to double their output to 20, thus pushing up total production in the village to 120 units. While per capita output has grown by 2 units per person, or 20 percent, eight of the villagers are no more productive than before, so why should we expect their income to have grown?
Imagine a village of 10 people, each of whom produces 10 units of output, for 100 units total. Now imagine that two of the villagers adopt some new technology that enables them to double their output to 20, thus pushing up total production in the village to 120 units. While per capita output has grown by 2 units per person, or 20 percent, eight of the villagers are no more productive than before, so why should we expect their income to have grown?
Beyond the theoretical angle, there are more practical problems with this line of argument. Unmentioned by the authors, for example, is the fact that household size has declined since 1973 from 3.0 to 2.6 currently. Thus, not only have incomes grown (albeit modestly), but they are being spread across fewer people.
More important, however, is that income is only a means to an end -- an improved standards of living -- and on that count one would be hard pressed to make the case that society is only 20 percent better off than forty years ago. Almost across the board, be it health care, housing, or even grocery stores, quality has increased. Not only has quality gone up, but many goods are also cheaper. Take for example, the telephone. In 1973, here's what a $35 phone ($175 in 2011 dollars) looked like:
Today, for only $25 more one can purchase (with contract) an iPhone 5 that includes not only the ability to make voice calls from almost anywhere (with long-distance included), but other features such as a camera and video camera, access to a wealth of information, alarm clock, music and even the ability to watch broadcasts over the cellular network in near high-definition quality:
More important, however, is that income is only a means to an end -- an improved standards of living -- and on that count one would be hard pressed to make the case that society is only 20 percent better off than forty years ago. Almost across the board, be it health care, housing, or even grocery stores, quality has increased. Not only has quality gone up, but many goods are also cheaper. Take for example, the telephone. In 1973, here's what a $35 phone ($175 in 2011 dollars) looked like:
Today, for only $25 more one can purchase (with contract) an iPhone 5 that includes not only the ability to make voice calls from almost anywhere (with long-distance included), but other features such as a camera and video camera, access to a wealth of information, alarm clock, music and even the ability to watch broadcasts over the cellular network in near high-definition quality:
|Screen capture from my iPhone
The iPhone is a particularly useful example, because although its development only generated monetary benefits for a relatively small number of people (Apple executives became fabulously wealthy, while stockholders and other Apple employees benefited to lesser extents), literally millions have people have seen their quality of life improved by the device (and millions more by smartphones in general). Although it may not show up in the form of additional income for most people, society is undoubtedly better off.
This story has replayed itself across the economy, with small numbers of individuals gaining disproportionate monetary rewards while society broadly benefits in ways perhaps not captured by median household income. Jeff Bezos has become extremely wealthy through the founding of Amazon.com, while the rest of us benefit by both increasing the range of products available and saving us a trip to the store. John Mackey's founding of Whole Foods has earned him tens of millions of dollars while the rest of society benefits in the availability of improved choices at the grocery store and increased competition that has led other stores to upgrade their own offerings. While we may not directly share in the financial rewards, we have all benefited from the work of these individuals. To say that "the rich get nearly all the gains" is flatly wrong, or at the very least deceptive.
This is not to say there aren't areas where progress has lacked, or life has become more expensive. For example, one big reason why income has shown only middling growth is because of the growing cost of health care, forcing companies to shift money that otherwise would have been used to increase wages to pay higher insurance premiums for employees. The cost of college has also soared, as well as housing in many parts of the country, leaving families and individuals feeling increasingly stretched thin. What this cries out for, however, is not punishing the rich or corporations (recall that the health insurance industry is not particularly profitable), but rather paring back government interventions that promote these trends (the health care sector is rife with government distortions, while housing supply in major cities is frequently held back by regulation).
Finding ways to increase the incomes and standards of living of all citizens is a conversation well worth having, but it is a distinct one from income inequality.
This brings us to the next argument (which seem to echo remarks made by then-Senator Barack Obama in 2008):
Many talented people focus narrowly on getting richer, to the exclusion of activities that might be more beneficial to society. The greater the number of very rich people, and the bigger their share of the pie, the more it seems that getting very rich is both feasible and desirable. For young people, going where the money is becomes more attractive than a career in science, education, or public service. As late as 1986, only 18 percent of Harvard graduates planned any sort of business career. In 2011, the figure was 41 percent, including 17 percent going into finance.
The new incentives affect the behavior of anyone with a decent shot at getting rich. CEOs of large corporations expect astronomical compensation packages. Wall Street executives pursue riskier lines of business in search of higher profits than they could earn through traditional banking or brokerage. Doctors and lawyers have an incentive to train for lucrative subspecialties, leaving a shortage of general practitioners and public defenders. All these brain drains impose costs on everyone else.
Or, just maybe, salaries act as price signals, telling graduates where their talents are most needed. Is there any indication the country suffers from a lack of teachers or bureaucrats? Would the country have been better served if Steve Jobs had opted for a job teaching calligraphy instead of running Apple? If John Mackey had gone to work at the Agriculture Department? Frankly, yet another argument in favor of smaller government is that it would free up smart minds to think of new innovations or businesses, which seems a better use of their talents than dreaming up new regulations.
In any case, where is the evidence that the public sector is having difficulty filling its ranks? If anything, the opposite seems to be occurring:
In 2009 alone, 16 percent more young college graduates worked for the federal government than in the previous year and 11 percent more for nonprofit groups, according to an analysis by The New York Times of data from the American Community Survey of the United States Census Bureau. A smaller Labor Department survey showed that the share of educated young people in these jobs continued to rise last year.
"It's not uncommon for me to hear of over 100 applications for a nonprofit position, sometimes many more than that, and many more Ivy League college graduates applying than before," said Diana Aviv, chief executive of Independent Sector, a trade group for nonprofits. "Some of these people haven't been employed for a while and are happy to have something. But once they're there, they've recalibrated and reoriented themselves toward public service."
...Renewed interest in public service is visible across the country. Applications for AmeriCorps positions have nearly tripled to 258,829 in 2010 from 91,399 in 2008. The number of applicants for Teach for America climbed 32 percent last year, to a record 46,359. Organizations like Harvard's Center for Public Interest Careers have been overwhelmed — and overjoyed — with the swelling demand from talented 20-somethings.
The authors are perhaps more on point with their critique of the salaries of doctors, lawyers and Wall Street CEOs, but let's recall that specialists in the medical profession are highly paid because of the incentives provided by Medicare, the law profession is crying out for deregulation and Wall Street is both highly regulated and subsidized by government bailouts. In short, none of these phenomena are the work of the free market.
Again, the authors may well have identified real problems, but it is not at all clear how any of them would be solved by higher tax rates, and in fact actual solutions appears to lie in less government.
Again, the authors may well have identified real problems, but it is not at all clear how any of them would be solved by higher tax rates, and in fact actual solutions appears to lie in less government.
We are then brought to the final critique:
As a group, the rich can use money to pursue political power and influence well beyond their numbers. Despite fundamental principles such as one person, one vote, the wealthiest Americans have always wielded disproportionate political influence. Today they can make unlimited, anonymous donations to "super" political action committees. They can play a huge role in financing nearly every campaign for federal office. Senators and representatives, faced with the need to raise an average $9 million (Senate) or $1.5 million (House) for each race, spend up to four hours every day cultivating the well-to-do. Nor is the problem confined to elections.
Generously financed lobbyists do their best to ensure that regulatory and tax policies at every level of government don't interfere with the opportunity to make—and keep—a ton of money. "Another vicious circle has been set in play," writes Joseph Stiglitz in his new book The Price of Inequality. "Political rules of the game have not only directly benefited those at the top, ensuring that they have a disproportionate voice, but have also created a political process that indirectly gives them more power."
Little wonder, then, that disaffected citizens on the right, on the left, and in the middle—whatever their views on inequality—believe that the very rich and organized business interests have hijacked America's political process. The danger, of course, is that the trend is self-perpetuating. In their book Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson show that sustained economic growth depends on open and inclusive political institutions. But when a moneyed elite so dominates the political order, it can rewrite the rules to forestall change and maintain a perch on top of the economic ladder. Acemoglu and Robinson quote Woodrow Wilson, who said during the last period when inequality threatened democracy: "If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it."
A few points:
- Political views among the country's rich are hardly uniform. While the rich are typically stereotyped as Republicans, there is no shortage of millionaires on the left, ranging from Hollywood to Silicon Valley to individuals such as Warren Buffet and George Soros.
- The notion the rich can simply buy their way to election victory has been disproven over and over again.
- If the rich are so powerful, why does the US have the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world? Do the rich enjoy paying high taxes? Why is the personal income tax rate on the rich higher now than when Reagan left office?
- If the rich control government, and thus control the rest of us, isn't that a great argument for reducing the size of government?
Despite the numerous and obvious flaws in the arguments employed by Malloy and Case, at least they attempt a detailed critique. The same cannot be said of a recent New York Times opinion piece by Daniel Altman, whose entire argument against income inequality consists of this:
Whether you're in the 99 percent, the 47 percent or the 1 percent, inequality in America may threaten your future. Often decried for moral or social reasons, inequality imperils the economy, too; the International Monetary Fund recently warned that high income inequality could damage a country's long-term growth. But the real menace for our long-term prosperity is not income inequality — it's wealth inequality, which distorts access to economic opportunities.
Thus, the sum total of evidence presented consists of unspecified IMF research (likely a reference to a paper written by Andrew G. Berg and Jonathan D. Ostry that has attracted considerable attention) and a claim that wealth inequality distorts access to economic opportunities, without any elaboration.
Also writing in the Times earlier this week on income inequality, Eduardo Porter similarly offered up rather thin evidence of its alleged social and economic ills:
This lopsided pattern of development is hurting us, many economists believe. It is undercutting the aspiration that every American should have a fair shot at progress. There is mounting evidence that our vast inequalities may breed instability and blunt the nation's economic growth.
It's worth noting that the first link provided by Porter only quotes one economist who believes that inequality harms society (Alan Krueger), while the second is much heavier on speculation ("may breed") than evidence, using the word "might" ten times. Like Altman, the link also cites the Berg and Ostry paper, which makes their argument worth exploring in more detail. A relatively short summary of their paper can be found here.
There are at least two important points worth noting: first that Berg and Ostry are fairly equivocal in their findings, using the word "may" or "might" 19 times. Second is that the role of public policy in addressing income inequality is uncertain:
The immediate role for policy, however, is less clear. More inequality may shorten the duration of growth, but poorly designed efforts to reduce inequality could be counterproductive. If these efforts distort incentives and undermine growth, they can do more harm than good for the poor. For example, the initial reforms that ignited growth in China involved giving stronger incentives to farmers. This increased the income of the poor and reduced overall inequality as it gave a tremendous spur to growth. However, it probably led to some increased inequality among farmers, and efforts to resist this component of inequality would likely have been counterproductive (Chaudhuri and Ravallion, 2007).
Still, there may be some win-win policies, such as better-targeted subsidies, better access to education for the poor that improves equality of economic opportunity, and active labor market measures that promote employment.
When there are short-run trade-offs between the effects of policies on growth and income distribution, the evidence we have does not in itself say what to do. But our analysis should tilt the balance toward the long-run benefits—including for growth—of reducing inequality. Over longer horizons, reduced inequality and sustained growth may be two sides of the same coin.
Here's an example of what the authors may be describing: government intervention in the US health care system has served to both artificially reduce the supply of doctors (examples: restrictions on the supply of teaching hospitals, licensing) while at the same time it has also driven up demand for medical services, mainly through subsidies and regulations (tax preferences and Medicare, regulations that certain procedures must be performed by doctors instead of other health care professionals) that encourage higher use of doctors than would otherwise be the case.
The unsurprising result? Bigger salaries for doctors, higher health care costs that act as a de facto tax on worker salaries through increased insurance premiums, and reduced economic growth through health care inefficiencies. In other words, inequality. However, inequality is not the driver of any of the problems described, merely a result. The actual underlying problem is government intervention that pushes up the salary of doctors, exerts downward pressure on the wages of workers and promotes economic inefficiency.
Again, a discussion should be welcomed regarding win-win policy measures that would both increase worker wages -- thus reducing income inequality (assuming the rich do not get richer at an even faster pace) -- and stimulate economic growth, but this is very different than the one favored by the left, which is primarily focused on achieving greater equality by reducing the fortunes of the rich through higher taxes rather than lifting up those on the bottom.
Income inequality continues to be an issue regarded by the left as one of the great plagues of American society, and yet one whose dangers they also struggle mightily to explain.


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Gucci Bordeaux Melange Crewneck Cardigan
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Tee – Target (Similar here)
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