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Normally, you have to go to a West Michigan Whitecaps game to find something this deliciously grotesque, but the Texas Rangers are about to unleash what must certainly be the biggest hot dog in major league history -- if you don't count Reggie Jackson or Rickey Henderson.
Some concession stands at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington will feature a two-pound, two-foot-long hot dog that will sell for (drum roll) a whopping $26 dollars, which is at least a couple bucks more than they charge for a regular hot dog at FedEx Field.
It will be called the "Champion Dog" in the new Captain Morgan Club in center field, but the new mega-dog will be called a "Boomstick" at the regular concession stands that will offer it. In the restaurant, patrons will have the option of getting it sliced into several servings to share if they don't have a Schmuck-sized appetite. On the concourses, it will come in a carrying case with handles to make it easier to transport it to your seat.
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Exactly how useful is this industry standard? In some cases not useful at all.
I just wrote an article discussing the passenger/space ratios of various ships. I have always found this particular statistic to be somewhat dubious, but now I think it can be plain misleading.
Passenger/Space ratio is supposed to represent the amount of space "per passenger" on a cruise ship, and is merely a method to indicate how crowded a ship will feel during a cruise.
Now, to me the easiest way to see if a ship is too crowded is to order an omelet. If I had to stand in line for ten minutes just to place the order then that ship is too crowded.
I am happy to say that most cruise ships are not too crowded at all. Even Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, one of the world's largest cruise ships, never felt crowded to me. A well-designed ship is able to manage crowd flow easily, and so "passenger space ratio" really boils down to a bragging point more than anything else.
But the more I look the more the statistic seems merely supercilious. In my article I used a source which calculated the PSRs based on full capacity. But I just got an email from a self-appointed cruise ship specification enforcement officer (sorry, that is just a joke) that says I was wrong to calculate PSR of a cruise ship based on full capacity - because the industry standard is to always use berth capacity.
So - let's just take a look at Passenger Space Ratios - as an industry standard...
First of all, PSR starts by taking the total gross tonnage of the ship - actually a method of measuring the ship's internal open space in square meters. Gross tonnage has nothing to do with the actual weight of the ship - it is a measure of empty space, much like saying a "one-gallon bucket." In fact, a cruise ship has thousands of internal compartments (unlike a bucket) and so the internal empty volume of two similarly-measured gross tonnage ships could look and feel vastly different.
Further complicating the matter, in fact only a certain percentage of that open volume is accessible by the passengers. The GRT measurement of any ship also includes crew decks, the engine rooms and even inside the insides of smokestacks. Not really a useful representation of "space per passenger," right? In one case the actual GRT of a ship was changed after it was discovered they had included the balconies.
And even furthering complicating the matter - as an industry standard, PSRs are calculated using berth capacities, not full capacities of ships.
What is the difference? Berths are loosely defined as "permanent beds" and in almost all cases a stateroom is sold as "double occupancy" meaning each stateroom has two berths and accommodates two people. "Berth capacity reflects two people per stateroom, while "full capacity" reflects the total number of passengers a ship can carry.
Every cruise ship has several cabins with the facility to sleep an additional third, fourth or even fifth passenger. Most cruise ships sail at above their berth capacity on every cruise - the average figure industry-wide is closer to 104% capacity.
This person was kind enough to do some math for me and told me that the new Carnival Dream has a berth capacity of 3690 people, giving it a PSR of 35.23. But the full passenger capacity of the same ship is 4891, making the full capacity PSR 26.6. That would be considered a pretty dismal PSR in the cruise industry today, but fortunately Carnival ships rarely sail at completely full capacity.
But one ship this particular person called me out on is the new Disney Dream. This ship has a berth capacity of 2500 people. This is for double occupancy. But this is one ship obviously designed for families and almost every stateroom has extra pull-down or sofa-beds for the kids. In most cases there are two adults filling the berths and the kids take the extra beds. Some Disney staterooms can even sleep five people, although three or four is most common.
It was pointed out to me that using the "industry standard" berth capacity Disney Dream has a Passenger Space Ratio of 51. Well, 51 is a relatively high PSR, putting the ship in a league with very upscale ships. But in this case that would be a ridiculous way to describe this ship, since it is purposely designed to sleep far more than its berth capacity. I had written its PSR at 32 - based on its full capacity of 4000.
Obviously, you have to pick one or the other, berth capacity or full capacity. It does not make sense to mix them. But which is more accurate?
My friend then told me Disney Dream averaged 3800 people per cruise - just 200 people short of full capacity - for that last six months. He went to say that translates to an occupancy rating of 150.7% full.
What? To me - 3800 is 95% of full capacity of 4000, just 5% short of being completelly full, so somehow saying 150% just seems wrong. But when PSR is calculated based upon berth capacity, in this case 2500 berths, that infers the extra 1300 people are just 50% (or so) over the 100% full berth capacity. This pretty much renders Passenger/Space ratio another meaningless statistic, right?
As long as you have a standardized method - and as long as you know the berth capacity and full capacity for every ship, it has its own specific logic, and there is nothing wrong with having industry standards.
But let's be honest, is these really the best ways to calculate or represent ship space ratios? A ship that holds 4000 people that sails with an average of 3800 people onboard is actually sailing at 95% capacity, not 150%, right? Furthermore, the "average" PSR using the actual average figure (3800) is 33.6.
So, I said 32, and I was wrong according to industry standards, but I am being told the correct figure is 51. Um, who is closer to the actual PSR based upon average capacity in the last six months?
Okay - I will admit, I don't know the average capacity for every ship I mentioned, and it would be nice if such information was made more readily available, but at least I know one thing - Passenger Space Ratio as a way of comparing cruise ships is an even more misleading than I originally thought.

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Fashion law roundup: trademark (L)insanity; Claire's called a copycat; Coach "not famous" (BONUS: fashion law event calendar!)
Here are the stories that caught the eye(s) of LAW OF FASHION this week:
"Will the Real Jeremy Lin Please Stand Up? And Then He Can File a Trademark Claim for LINsanity" (Above The Law)
"[I]t seems like everyone wants a piece of the Linsanity, even on a legal level. Last week we wrote about a man with no actual connection to Jeremy Lin who tried to trademark "Linsanity." That guy simply, 'wanted to be part of the excitement.' Sure, by making money off of someone else's name, whatever. Since then several more people have attempted the same absurd bandwagoning. But finally, Jeremy himself has filed an application to trademark his own catchphrase [in connection with, inter alia, duffel bags and sportswear."
"Michael Jordan sues Chinese company for using his name" (Inside Counsel)
"Just wait until Linsanity fully takes root in China—His Airness will be all but forgotten. But until then, Michael Jordan has a battle on his hands worse than fighting the flu in Game 5 against the Utah Jazz in 1997. Arguably the world's most-well-known basketball star filed a lawsuit in China earlier this week claiming that a sportswear and footwear company used him name without permission..."
Additional coverage at WSJ ("In China, Air cheow-DAN Cries Foul")
"Are MANGO BEACH and MANGO Confusingly Similar for Soaps, Cosmetics, and Perfumes?" (TTABlog ®)
"Applicant sought to register the mark MANGO BEACH for creams, powders, soap, perfume, and the like [MANGO disclaimed], but Opposer asserted a likelihood of confusion with its registered mark MANGO, in the stylized from shown below, for soaps, perfumery, and cosmetics. The goods are identical in part and the marks sure are close, aren't they? How do you think this came out?"
"Did Claire's Accessories Copy Their Designs From An Indie Label?" (Styleite)
"We normally associate tween mall accessory giant Claire's with things like getting your ears pierced for the first time or finding birthday presents for your younger cousins on the cheap. But now that they've been accused of patently ripping off an independent British jewelry chain Tatty Devine, we're just not sure what to think...."
Additional coverage at The Independent ("Tatty Devine v. Claire's: The trickle-down effect, or outright copycatting?")
"Federal Circuit: COACH not a sufficiently famous brand, cannot oppose a similar mark on trademark dilution principle" (Patently-O)
"In a [trademark] dilution claim, the law requires that the mark holder prove that its mark is widely recognized by the general public. When the mark is also a common word – such as COACH – the mark holder must also demonstrate that those ordinary 'uses of the mark are now eclipsed by the owner's use of the mark . . . in almost any context' and that the mark has become 'a household name.' Coach [the handbag and accessories company] failed to convince the judges that its mark was sufficiently famous to qualify."
Additional coverage at -- yes, right here! -- LAW OF FASHION ® ("Federal Circuit to Coach: Your trademark isn't 'famous' enough for federal anti-dilution law (at least, not on this record"))
Tuesday, Feb. 28th, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. (NYC) - "Fashioning Our Industry" (featuring this writer, among many other panelists). Details here.
Tuesday, Feb. 28th, 6:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. (DC) - "Fashion Law Week DC" panel and roundtable at Howard Law School (featuring this writer, among others). Details here.
Wednesday, Feb. 29th, 6:30 P.M. (DC) - "Fashion Law Week DC" (continued, featuring Professor Susan Scafidi and others). Details here.
Thursday, Mar. 1st, 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. (NYC) - "On the Heels of the Week: The Status of Fashion Protection," sponsored by the New York State Bar Association's Fashion Law Committee (featuring Elena Paul of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Michael Kelly of Kenyon & Kenyon, and Thomas Kjellberg of Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, among other esteemed panelists). Followed immediately by Trunk Show from 8:00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. Details here.
Friday, Mar. 2nd, 6:30 P.M. (NYC) - "Fashion Under Attack" at New York Law School (featuring Barbara Kolsun, General Counsel of Stuart Weitzman, and Guillermo Jiménez, Professor at FIT, among others). Details here.
Monday, Mar. 5th, 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. (NYC) - "The Business of Fashion," sponsored by the NYC Bar Association Fashion Law Committee (moderated by Marc Lieberstein). Details here.
Thursday, Mar. 8th, 7:00 P.M. (NYC) - "Getting on the Catwalk" at New York County Lawyers' Association (featuring Karen Artz Ash and Heather McDonald, along with many of the aforementioned speakers). Details here.
Tuesday, Mar. 20th, 4:30 P.M. to 7:45 P.M. (Philly) - "Penn Intellectual Property Group Annual Symposium: Fashion Law" (featuring Dave Faux and Staci Riordan, among others). Details here.
Thursday, Mar. 29th, 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. (NYC) - "Why Copyright?" (sponsored by The Copyright Society and hosted by NYU). Details forthcoming.
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The internet experience on the iPhone is without par. End of story. Until the likes of Mozilla brings a decent experience with the Fennec mobile browser, we're all going to have to sit back and marvel at how well Apple managed to bring browsing to a mobile phone.
The quandary is obvious: how do you put internet sites designed for a larger screen on a tiny one? Mobile sites are, quite frankly, rubbish, and larger sites take a long time to load and are too expansive to view in one go.
Many people will be outraged that we call Apple's Safari browser the best when it doesn't bring Flash compatibility, but that is its blessing and its curse in one. While some sites might lose out on functionality, the vast majority of web browsing on the mobile will benefit. Flash-heavy sites very rarely bring something of great worth to the mobile experience, and thus its absence (until a decent solution can be found) should be applauded.
The improved processing speed is very much apparent when browsing the internet, with Apple claiming some sites load over twice as quickly, especially when combined with new 7.2Mbps download speeds.
While some sites did indeed feel a lot more snappy (not that they were particularly slow in previous iPhones) the main difference was felt when multiple pages were opened.
We managed to pull out eight separate tabs on the iPhone 3GS before things started to fall apart and judder, which is clearly enough for anyone on the go - we always could find three or four that we weren't using any more and forgot to close down.
This is probably a problem Apple needs to fix, as unless you want to open up all your tabs, there's no way to simply shut down a window, so the open tabs simply mount up until you notice there's a problem.
It's hard to even think of a browser that comes close to the Safari experience, with Opera Mini / Mobile probably the pick of the bunch, mostly because it employs similar functionality to Safari Mobile with features such as double-tapping to reformat the text to fit a mobile screen, so if Apple has any mobile internet laurels, it will surely be tempted to have a quick lie down on them.


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Over the last few years, Zenescope has gone from publishing a single anthology-style title in Grimm Fairy Tales to an entire universe of books that fall under the Grimm Universe umbrella, including Unleashed, Wonderland, Robyn Hood and now Oz and No Tomorrow.
The result is that it can be quite intimidating for a new reader to jump in and be able to understand who's who and what's what in Zenescope's ever expanding universe of characters and titles. Add on the fact that most of Zenescope's books feature female leads and don't fit into the standard superhero mold, and it becomes even more difficult to convince a Marvel or DC fan to give the Grimm Universe a shot.
Enter Pat Shand and Realm Knights.
If ever there has been a book that was designed and written to be a new reader friendly gateway to the world of Zenescope, this is it. Why? Well, let me tell you…
It's the Best Characters of the Grimm Universe in One Place
Sela, Hook, Red Riding Hood, Van Helsing and Robyn Hood. If ever there was an all-star cast for a Zenescope comic, this is it. You get all the best and brightest characters of the Grimm Universe in one book and thanks to Shand, a crystal clear picture of who they are and what they are like. It's like Zenescope's own version of Grant Morrison's JLA, just with more women (thankfully).
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When you read most of Zenescope's titles, they are not what I would call "happy fun-time" kinds of comics. Bad things usually happen to good people and nothing is as simple as black or white, like most superhero fare. It's part of what makes Zenescope stand apart from the pack and makes their books so appealing.
But sometimes you just want to read a comic that will put a smile on your face and you will have a great time reading. Realm Knights is that book. It's page after page of high adventure, nonstop ass-kicking and great character interaction. While I wouldn't call it a kid friendly book, I would call Realm Knights a departure for Zenescope in style and tone, and one that I welcome with open arms.
It's New Reader Friendly
Don't know a Highborn from a Falseblood? Don't really care how many Realms of Power there are? No problem. Realm Knights gives you all the information you need on the first page with the rest explained throughout the story. Shand has done an amazing job simplifying and boiling the Grimm Universe down to it's essence so that if Realm Knights is your first Zenescope comic, you get all the information you need between it's two covers to know what the Grimm Universe is like.
It Will Appeal to Fans of Superheroes
Have a friend who loves the Avengers or Justice League? Someone who won't give Zenescope a chance because he thinks they're all just scantily clad girls and supernatural elements?
Give them a copy of Realm Knights and watch it change their mind.
Realm Knights is the most superhero-ish comic I've ever seen Zenescope publish and it works surprisingly well. A team put together by the US government to deal with threats from evil Highborns and Falsebloods, the premise is like something straight out of an Avengers spinoff title. It's a book that relies less on the history and plot lines of the Grimm Universe and more on the characters themselves, which is the secret to any decent superhero team-up title.
It Takes Place Post-Unleashed
For those that have been living under a rock for the last few months, Unleashed is Zenescope's big summer event that brings vampires, zombies and the like back to the Grimm Universe and leaves Earth a very different place. It's a mammoth event, and one that would intimidate any new reader (unless you read my Unleashed primer, in which case you would be all set) and cause them to steer away.
Realm Knights picks up after Unleashed, so all the information you need to know is on page one and you get a look at what the Grimm Universe is like after the events of the miniseries. No muss, no fuss.
So, do you need yet another reason to check out Realm Knights? How about this: the bottom line is that it's a great comic that might just be my favorite Zenescope book published to date. An awesome story combined with great art making for one amazing comic.
Buy yourself a copy and get one for a friend. They'll thank you for it.


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Many children enjoy day camps and overnight camps. Research has shown that a camp experience can boost a child's self-esteem , social and leadership skills, and more.
Day camps usually offer activities during school holidays or breaks. These activities may have a special theme, such as basketball or horseback riding. Private homes, local youth centers such as the YMCA, churches, schools, or child care centers for younger children may all offer day camp programs. Some states license day camps and usually include training requirements and behavior guidelines for all staff.
Overnight camps range from one-night sleepovers to a few weeks. They usually involve a trip to a nearby destination, such as forest cabins or a beach. Overnight camps can be accredited by the American Camp Association. For more information, go to www.acacamps.org.
All camps should have written health policies and disaster plans. They should also tell parents and children how to get the most out of the camp program. footnote 1 All campers should have a recent health evaluation and immunization record on file. Camp records should include how to contact parents in case of an emergency.
Some children feel distressed (homesick) about leaving their home and loved ones to go to camp. Some of the things you can do to help prevent homesickness are: footnote 2
- Have your child take part in the decisions about what camp to go to and how to get ready for camp.
- Explain to your child that it's normal to feel homesick and that there are lots of ways to deal with it if it bothers him or her. Help your child focus on what he or she can look forward to at camp. Remind your child of a previous experience where he or she had a good time while being away from home.
- Give your child tips for coping with his or her feelings while at camp. Here are some tips: focus on the good side of things, write letters or look at family photos, think that the time away is pretty short, and try not to think about home.
- Arrange for your child to have time away from home before camp starts. For example, see if your child can stay a day or a weekend at a friend's or relative's house. This allows your child to practice how to cope with his or her feelings.
Related Information
- Council on School Health, American Academy of Pediatrics (2011). Policy statement: Creating healthy camp experiences. Pediatrics, 127(4): 794-799.
- Thurber CA, et al. (2007, reaffirmed 2012). Clinical report: Preventing and treating homesickness. Pediatrics, 119(1): 192-201. Also available online: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/1/192.full.pdf.
Other Works Consulted
- American Camp Association (2005). Directions: Youth Development Outcomes of the Camp Experience. Available online: http://www.acacamps.org/research/enhance/directions.
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JUST HOW much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The Supreme Court is only just coming to grips with that question. On Tuesday, it will consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.
California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling, particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the effects of suspects at the time of their arrest. Even if the justices are tempted, the state argues, it is hard for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.
The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California's advice. Enough of the implications are discernable, even obvious, that the justices can and should provide updated guidelines to police, lawyers and defendants.
They should start by discarding California's lame argument that exploring the contents of a smartphone — a vast storehouse of digital information — is similar to, say, rifling through a suspect's purse. The court has ruled that police don't violate the Fourth Amendment when they sift through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant. But exploring one's smartphone is more like entering his or her home. A smartphone may contain an arrestee's reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence. The development of "cloud computing," meanwhile, means that police officers could conceivably access even more information with a few swipes on a touchscreen.
Americans should take steps to protect their digital privacy. But keeping sensitive information on these devices is increasingly a requirement of normal life. Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution's prohibition on unreasonable searches.
As so often is the case, stating that principle doesn't ease the challenge of line-drawing. In many cases, it would not be overly onerous for authorities to obtain a warrant to search through phone contents. They could still trump Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe, exigent circumstances, such as the threat of immediate harm, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while a warrant is pending. The court, though, may want to allow room for police to cite situations where they are entitled to more leeway.
But the justices should not swallow California's argument whole. New, disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitution's protections. Orin Kerr, a law professor who blogs on The Post's Volokh Conspiracy, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.


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Costing an Arm and a Leg
The victims of a growing mental disorder are obsessed with amputation.
By Carl Elliott
Posted Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 10:15 AM PT
Baz remembers first seeing an amputee when he was a 4-year old boy in Liverpool. By the time he was 7 he had begun to think, "This is the way I should be." It was not until Baz was in his 50s, however, that he actually had his leg amputated. Baz froze his leg in dry ice until it was irreversibly damaged, then persuaded a surgeon to complete the job. When he awoke from the anesthetic and his left leg was gone, he says, "All my torment had disappeared."
Whole, a riveting new documentary by Melody Gilbert that recently premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and will soon be shown at festivals in Calgary and London, is about an increasingly visible group of people who call themselves "amputee wannabes." Wannabes desperately wish to have their healthy limbs removed, and some have succeeded in having it done. Kevin, a university lecturer and one of several wannabes featured in the film, had his leg amputated by Robert Smith, a surgeon in Scotland who has amputated the legs of two otherwise healthy people. George Boyer shot his own leg off with a shotgun. Others have used chain saws and homemade guillotines. Why? Nobody really knows, including the wannabes themselves, who often say they have had the desire since they were children. "It's obviously peculiar," admits Kevin. "But knowing it is peculiar and saying it is weird does not do away with the problem."
My interest in amputee wannabes began several years ago when I was writing my book Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream. I was trying to understand why so many people have begun to use the tools of medicine for purposes other than curing illness, such as self-improvement and self-transformation. I noticed that in the same way that some people said they only felt like themselves after, say, getting sex-reassignment surgery, or even taking Prozac, many wannabes said they would not feel like themselves without an amputation. I published an article about wannabes for the Atlantic Monthly and another on the legality of such amputations with my colleague Josephine Johnston for the academic journal Clinical Medicine. It was after reading about wannabes in the Atlantic Monthly that Gilbert decided to make her film.
Gilbert's sensitive film allows wannabes to speak for themselves. Many are so articulate and likable that no matter how difficult you find it to understand their desire, you will come away from the film with sympathy for their strange predicament. Yet perhaps the most disturbing figures in Whole are the clinicians. Even as the wannabes admit how baffling they find their own desires, the mental health professionals in the film speak with absolute confidence. The film features a social worker and clinical psychologist who have counseled Boyer in Florida, as well as Michael First, an academic psychiatrist at Columbia University, who has organized several meetings of wannabes and clinicians in New York. First says that the purpose of these meetings is to "facilitate treatment" for the condition, by which he says he means surgical treatment. His apparent certainty that nothing short of amputation can help these people is underscored by ominous music and a screen shot that reads, "There are no medications or therapies known to help wannabes."
This claim is not so much false as incomplete. No formal research studies on treatments for wannabes have ever been undertaken. In fact, nobody really knows much about this condition. Only a handful of articles about it have been published, most of them small case studies in obscure medical journals. You might think that clinicians would want to be certain that all options had been exhausted before recommending that patients have their arms or legs amputated, yet the clinicians in the film do not mention alternative treatments. The only person who expresses a hint of uncertainty is Robert Smith (the Scottish surgeon mentioned above); he wonders how the amputations he has performed will be perceived in 20 years.
Dissenting voices of any kind are largely absent from Whole. In her eagerness to document the extraordinary stories her subjects tell (and perhaps to gain their trust), Gilbert has produced a film that uncritically accepts those stories at face value. The patients explain what this condition is and how it should be treated, and the clinicians obediently nod their agreement. The only skeptical voice in the film comes from Jenny, the wife of an American wannabe living in France. When Jenny decides she cannot stay married to a man who wants to cut his own leg off, her husband accuses her of being narrow-minded.
Oddly, the film also glides past the sexual aspect of the condition and views it as a problem of identity, like gender identity disorder. (A rare exception is a moment in which George Boyer points to a sketch of a boy amputee and says, obliquely, "I could even get turned on by that.") In the few medical articles where the condition has been discussed, it is known as "apotemnophilia," because clinicians view it as a paraphilia—a displaced sexual desire like transvestism, voyeurism, and pedophilia. This is because many wannabes are attracted to the idea of themselves as amputees, and some are attracted to other amputees.
When I first wrote about this condition in the Atlantic, I worried that more people might start to identify themselves as wannabes and seek out amputation. Anyone with a rudimentary familiarity with the history of psychiatry cannot help but be struck by the way that mental disorders come and go. Conditions like social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, gender identity disorder, multiple personality disorder, anorexia, and chronic fatigue syndrome were once seen as rare or nonexistent, then suddenly they ballooned in popularity. This is not simply because people decided to "come out" rather than suffer alone. It is because all mental disorders, even those with biological roots, have a social component. While these new conditions are very different from one another, they share several important features.
First, the conditions are usually backed by a group of medical or psychological defenders whose careers or reputations depend on the existence of the disorder and who insist that the condition is real. Second, there is usually no hard data about the causes or the mechanism of the condition. Third, no independent lab tests or imaging devices are available to provide objective confirmation of the diagnosis, which is usually made solely on the basis of the narratives and behavior of their patients. Finally, there is often (but not always) a treatment for the condition even in the absence of knowledge about its causes and mechanism. The diagnosis of social anxiety disorder, for example, was driven by the development of profitable medications to treat it, such as antidepressant drugs.
Soon the new conditions are discussed in journals and at conferences; clinicians start to diagnose the disorder more and more commonly; the conditions themselves become part of popular discourse and are discussed in support groups, therapy sessions, Internet venues, and in articles like mine and films like Whole. Patients begin to reinterpret their own psychological histories in light of what they hear, and their behavior changes to match what is expected of people with the condition they believe they have. Often they diagnose themselves and decide on the proper treatment. "I want you to accept that this condition exists," Baz says emphatically in the film, "and that the only way it can be sorted out is surgery."
Perhaps, but this can only be determined through careful study. What needs particular attention are the reasons why some people come to be sexually attracted to amputees or to the image of themselves as amputees. The form paraphilias take differs not merely among individuals, but from one culture and historical period to another. When Richard von Krafft-Ebing was writing about paraphilias in 19th-century Vienna, he described men who were sexually obsessed with handkerchiefs. That paraphilia has largely disappeared. Yet many others have emerged. What is it about our own time and place that has helped create an obsession with amputees?
By all indications, the number of people identifying themselves as wannabes is growing. Robert Smith, the Scottish surgeon, has six more acceptable candidates for amputation. A popular wannabe listserv, whose membership was 1,400 two and a half years ago, has 3,670 subscribers today. A group of clinicians at Columbia University has set up a Web site to provide information about the condition. They are redefining it as "Body Integrity Identity Disorder." In the meantime, psychiatrists are no closer to understanding the condition, and they are proposing no therapy other than amputation.
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(Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, the son and brother of former mayors of Chicago, announced on Monday he is dropping out of the race for Illinois governor in 2014, according to a spokesman for his campaign.
The 65-year-old Democrat, who has served on two presidential administrations, was not ready for the "enormity" of his first bid for political office, said Peter Giangreco, a spokesman for his campaign.
"He got into this race and realized the enormity of ... committing five to nine years of his life because that is what it's going to take to dig Illinois out of this deep, deep hole we're in," Giangreco said.
Daley, who launched his campaign in July, was critical of Democratic Governor Pat Quinn, saying the governor has failed to lead a state facing a financial crisis over mounting costs of public sector pensions. Illinois faces an unfunded pension liability of some $100 billion and has the lowest debt rating among the states.
Daley's exit from the race leaves Quinn as the only major candidate running in the Democratic primary in March. Quinn was the lieutenant governor before being appointed governor when Democrat Rod Blagojevich was impeached and ultimately removed from office by Illinois lawmakers in 2009. Quinn won the gubernatorial election in 2010.
Blagojevich, who is serving a 14-year prison sentence, was the second Illinois governor in a row to have been convicted of federal corruption charges.
Four Republicans have jumped into the race for Illinois governor - wealthy businessman Bruce Rauner, Illinois State Treasure Dan Rutherford, and state Senators Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard.
The race for governor is expected to be extremely competitive. In the 2010 general election for governor, Quinn defeated Brady by less than 1 percent of the vote.
Quinn has been dogged by poor poll numbers and at one point in 2012 was the most unpopular governor in the United States, according to Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling.
Since then, Quinn has made some popular moves such as suspending the pay of legislators over their failure to fix problems with the state's public pension system.
Daley served as President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff for a year until January 2012. He was U.S. Commerce Secretary during the second term of former President Bill Clinton and chaired the Midwest operations of JP Morgan Chase from 2004 until he took the job in the Obama White House.
Daley is the son of a legendary Chicago mayor, the late Richard J. Daley, and the brother of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Reporting By Brendan O'Brien; Editing by Sharon Bernstein and Jackie Frank


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A Classic, Luxury Wedding at Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri
With a classic, black-tie wedding in mind, Lauren Westbrook (31 and works in marketing) and Brian McIntosh (31 and works in finance) played up the grandeur of their hotel venue with white orchids and pops of purple. Graham Chapel at Washington University was a natural fit for their vows, since Brian attended the school and Lauren grew up in St. Louis. "We kept the ceremony décor very simple," Lauren says of wanting to highlight the natural beauty of the church. Fresh orchids cascaded down a buttercream cake flavored with French vanilla and tart lemon. Monochromatic black-and-white details were scattered throughout the ballroom reception, giving the room a timeless, elegant feel. "We wanted a sophisticated wedding that allowed our guests to truly enjoy themselves," Lauren says. "We were excited to celebrate our love, our family and our friends."


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GOP moderates shrinking in numbers - and impact
Base shifts right, and ideological zealotry follows
WASHINGTON - As Tom Russell watches the nation's debt ceiling drama drag on day after day, the 44-year-old Republican from Keene, N.H., sees a dysfunctional family careening toward economic disaster, with leaders from his own party mostly to blame.
A self-described moderate, Russell said he feels abandoned by the Republican Party as its base shifts to the right and politicians respond with ideological zealotry, refusing to compromise even as the Aug. 2 deadline to raise the debt limit looms and the country nears the brink of defaulting on its debts for the first time in history.
The former stockbroker who now sells solar panels for a living says he believes that the seemingly defunct bipartisan plan by the Gang of Six to reduce the nation's deficit by combining program cuts with tax increases made sense. But many Republican lawmakers stood firm against taxes, and talks imploded.
"The Republicans have become the party of no,'' Russell said. "Now that we're at a tremendous crossroad when things are going down the tubes, it's kind of an embarrassment to say that we're even in the same party.''
The Republican Party has, in fact, moved away from its moderate wing in recent years, according to national polls, resulting in a growing chasm between its political leaders and a significant group of disenchanted voters. Republican lawmakers have increasingly aligned themselves with their expanding conservative base - the party's loudest, most active voices that helped propel GOP candidates backed by the Tea Party movement into the House in the 2010 primaries and general election.
Self-described moderates, who made up nearly a third of the Republican Party a decade ago, now represent less than a quarter of Republicans, according to new Gallup findings to be released Friday. Meanwhile, the percentage of Republicans who call themselves conservative has risen to a high of 72 percent, up from 62 percent in 2002.
"The base of the party right now is the Tea Party, frankly,'' said Trey Grayson, former secretary of state of Kentucky who now directs the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School after losing in the 2010 US Senate GOP primary against Tea Party candidate Rand Paul. "Those are the folks who are the most active, the loudest, who go to town hall meetings, call members of Congress, and show up at political barbecues, and they're pulling the party to the right.''
The shift, and resulting polarization between right-leaning Republicans and increasingly liberal Democrats, bodes ill for constructive discourse and effective governance, say political scientists. The far right has so vilified Obama that for Republican congressmen to even negotiate with the White House is seen as treason by many Republicans, said Alan Abramowitz, a political scientist at Emory University.
The split in the GOP is especially pronounced now in party members' disagreement on reducing the deficit. While polls show that many Republican voters support a combination of program cuts and tax increases, that is not true when it comes to the most conservative segment of the party.
Many disaffected moderates have shifted their party registration to independent and dropped out of the political scene, said Connie Morella, a moderate Republican and former Maryland congresswoman who led a study group at the Harvard Institute of Politics on the endangered moderate.
And current Republican leaders, many of whom have pledged not to raise taxes, are beholden to the increasingly right-wing electorate that swept them into office; more moderate members have been defeated in the primaries.
"Moderates were an endangered species, and now it's just about an extinct species,'' said Morella, a Somerville native. "Republican leaders feel they need to be loyal to their party because there could be repercussions if they are not. They are afraid it might be held against them in the next election, and that's a really difficult kind of prison to be in.''
The Republican Party's swing to the right has been in the making for 30 years as social conservatives joined traditional fiscal conservatives during the Reagan era, political scientists say. The change has accelerated in recent years as fiscal conservatives, stunned by the deficit spending that sped up under President George W. Bush, aligned with the Tea Party in rigid opposition to further spending and taxation, leaving moderate Republicans in the dust and creating a "zealousness and single-mindedness that hadn't been in the party before,'' said Garrison Nelson, political science professor at the University of Vermont.
"Anybody who suggests taxes be raised by even a dollar will be forced to walk the plank,'' Nelson said.
"They have turned economic policy into religion, and compromise is lost. They're playing chicken with the economy right now,'' he added.
Disenchanted moderates will be inclined to wash their hands of everybody, he said. And when that happens, moderates are likely to stop voting, leaving "the hard ideological core in the voting booth.''
In New Hampshire, home of the nation's first presidential primary, in which moderates are just as inclined to vote as conservative activists, moderate GOP voters expressed frustration about the current state of their party. Sarah Emberley, a 50-year-old Republican from Jaffrey, said her party leaders need to begin "listening and sharing in the sandbox'' with the Democrats on solving the nation's debt crisis.
"I'm exasperated with all of it,'' said Emberley, who believes Social Security and Medicare should be spared from cuts. "Our leadership is stuck. The Republican agenda is stuck. And the moderate voice has gotten lost in the whole rhetoric.''
Russell, the moderate from Keene, said he understands how Republican lawmakers must walk a tightrope and not be dismissive of the "extreme right wing,'' but feels the leadership should become more aligned with moderates like himself who have largely remained silent.
"Otherwise we are going to fracture, and the whole party will become a joke,'' he said. "I don't go to rallies. I don't make a big deal of my opinions. But I'm just disgusted right now with what's going on in Washington. If I had to vote tomorrow, I'd probably vote Democratic.''
Grayson lamented the disenfranchisement many moderate voters feel. Ultimately, the Republican Party needs to put together a coalition that can govern, keep its base happy, and appeal to voters in the middle in order to get to a majority. Posturing, as in the case of the debt talks, does not get stuff done, he said.
"As a Republican I am concerned about how this plays out,'' Grayson said. "I hope we win this fight and still remain a party that can accomplish things and govern. Sometimes that involves giving a little bit, and this is one of those moments. But, look, I ran on this message and I lost.''
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Aspen airport reopens to commercial, private flights
The wreckage from Sunday's private-jet crash at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport was cleared Monday night and the airport opened for business on Tuesday as normal.
The 12:23 p.m. Sunday crash killed one of three men who were on the plane. Two are injured and receiving medical attention at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction. All three men are pilots from Mexico.
According to a press release from the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office late Monday evening, the wreckage from the 22-seat Bombardier Challenger 600 aircraft crash had been removed. The National Transportation Safety Board will continue its investigation of the incident.
A full investigation by the NTSB began Monday, authorities said. The investigators also waited on assistance from representatives of the aircraft manufacturer, who were scheduled to arrive Monday afternoon.
NTSB investigators arrived in Aspen around 9:30 p.m. Sunday but were unable to investigate the interior of the wreckage until late Monday afternoon. During the day Monday, airport operations personnel repaired damaged runway lights and signs and carefully swept the runway of all remaining debris. There was no significant damage to the runway surface, the news release said.
Jet fuel containment efforts were conducted by a hazardous-materials crew, with assistance from fire personnel, before investigators were able to board the wreckage, the Sheriff's Office said. Haz-mat crews will continue cleanup efforts to mitigate environmental impacts, the press release states.
When the wreckage was stabilized and deemed safe, NTSB officials boarded the plane and recovered the cockpit voice recorder, commonly referred to as the "black box," and deactivated the emergency locator transmitter.
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Hundreds attend city of Glenwood Springs' The Whole Shebang
Hundreds attended this weekends The Whole Shebang, which was put on by the city of Glenwood Springs and delivered the facts concerning Rocky Mountain Resources' proposal for the nearby Transfer Trail Limestone Quarry.


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Had dry cleaning provided by dept. had tailor at cleaners taking in a coworkers waist 1/4 inch at a time. Then we all kept asking if he was gaining weight. Blew the ass outta 3 pairs of pants before he admitted he was gaining.I hired four city officers to show up at my work with a "warrant" to search my bosses trunk. You really should have should have seen Ruben's face when he opened the trunk for them and five, 5lb. bags of flour wrapped in cellophane were right there.
Set up a fake T stop, find big amounts of drugs.... And a gun...then act like your giving that suspect a brake with a warning.
That moment you when u get back to the car there face is pricelessCatch the guy on your crew that sleeps through just about anything. Catch him with his windows up and tape a full-size face to the outside looking in. Then call him on the radio.
replaced the contents of an age phobic sgt's hair spray with quick silver hair dye. All the Grecian Formula he used couldn't keep his hair from going totally silver gray in a little more than a week.
We've all heard the old "flour in the squad car A/C vents" prank, but let me ask you this: have you ever tried to get pink glitter off of blue polyester?Once, we were nightshift and knew that one of the guys on shift would go for a sleep, we found the car and jacked up the rear, removed the wheel and left it on bricks.We had someone OC the TP paper at our zone office, Deputy on duty used it and had to drive to a call right after that. Apparently he didn't get the "Hot seat" until he was about to go on scene. Had to take several statements with a burning ass and then drive back while trying to hold himself up."It's a convention of wolves over there with all the snarling, snapping, and baring of teeth."
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Cranberry Bars with Chestnut Spread and Crushed Pecans
As Thanksgiving approaches, I've been giving more thought to new dessert recipes to go with the traditional pecan and pumpkin pies that we make each year. I recently had an absolutely delicious lemon bar, and it occurred to me that a modified cranberry sauce would be a good substitute for the lemon curd.
I used shortbread as the cookie layer. Shortbread is very easy to make, and the buttery and crumbly texture is a nice foil to the sweet and tart flavor of the cranberries. Once the shortbread had baked, I spread a thin layer of chestnut spread over it. The chestnut spread balances the tartness of the jellied cranberries.
To make the cranberry jelly, I added guava in place of the usual orange juice to give the jelly sweetness as well as a more complex flavor. (It also reminds me of our recent anniversary trip to Cancun). Guava is not really in keeping with the season, so if you prefer, apple juice would be fine, but I think the guava has more depth. The goal is to limit the sourness of the jelly because after all, we're making a dessert.
After applying a generous layer of the cranberry spread to the bars, I finished them with a sprinkling of chopped pecans.
Yields: 48 bars14 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 tablespoons superfine sugar (or granulated sugar)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
cooking oil spray, for greasing the baking pan
1-1/2 cups fresh cranberries, (1/2 12-ounce bag)
1 vanilla bean, slit lengthwise
2/3 cup guava nectar
1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
1 star anise pod
1 clove
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons powdered pectin
10 ounces chestnut spread, (3 100-gram small tins)
3/4 cup pecans, finely chopped
For the jellied cranberries:
It's best to make the sauce a day in advance.
In a bowl, dissolve the pectin in 2 tablespoons of water.
Using a paring knife, scrape and gather all the grains of the vanilla bean.
Wash the cranberries. Pick out and discard any bad ones (discolored, shriveled or bruised). Place the cranberries in a saucepan; add the grains of vanilla, sugar, star anise, cinnamon, clove and 1/8 teaspoon of salt. Add the guava nectar. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to a gentle simmer. Skim off any foam that develops on the top. Cover and cook for about 25 minutes, until the cranberries have burst. Using a wooden spoon, stir frequently to prevent the cranberries from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Add the pectin liquid. Stirring constantly, bring back to a boil over medium-high heat and let it boil for about 20 seconds. Turn off the heat. To ensure the jellied sauce is set, place a drop of the sauce on a cold plate. After it cools for about 2 minutes, if you tilt the plate and it stays in place, the sauce is ready. You can also check when your candy thermometer reads 220°F. Remove and discard the cinnamon stick, clove and star anise. Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes.
For the shortbread:
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Line a (9 by 13-inch) baking pan with parchment paper. Spray cooking oil over it, especially on the sides of the pan.
In a bowl, combine the flour with 1/8 teaspoon of salt. Sift the dry ingredients.
Using the dough paddle attachment, cream the butter with the superfine sugar. Whisk using a stand-mixer to get as much air as possible into the butter. Add brown sugar and vanilla extract. On low speed, add the flour and mix until it forms crumbs of butter and flour. Do NOT over-mix. Transfer the dough into the baking pan. Place a silicone mat (or parchment paper). Even out the dough using a small rolling pin (or using food service gloves if you don't have one) by flattening and slightly pressing on the shortbread dough.
Bake for 15-18 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
Assembly time:
When the shortbread has cooled completely, spread a layer of chestnut spread. Add a layer of jellied cranberry sauce and finally sprinkle with the chopped pecans.
Using a paring knife, release the parchment from the side of the baking pan and remove the paper from the bottom. Cut 48 rectangles (about 1.5 by 3-inch bars) or 24 squares (about 3 by 3-inch bars).
Serve at room temperature.
After scraping the grains of vanilla, do NOT discard the remaining vanilla bean. Just place the vanilla bean in a jar and cover it with regular granulated sugar. Let it sit for a few weeks and you'll get a nice, fragrant vanilla sugar.
Our local market carries chestnut purée but you can also find it online.
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- rubyslipperz said...
yep and I bought TWO of the magazines with your pattern in it! Just in case the value goes up =P
- November 14, 2011 at 9:04 PM
- Tammy said...
I have a subscription to the magazine so I've had mine for while. Guess what? I already made your quilt and I love it!!!! It was so easy with the jelly roll. Actually I was able to cut two from the one jelly roll, got the border fabrics from my LQS. So I made one as a Christmas gift and one for myself to keep. I love the pattern; love the Kate Spain fabric. THANK YOU!
- November 14, 2011 at 11:44 PM
- Kathy said...
Congrats! That is sooooo cool!
- November 15, 2011 at 3:51 AM
- Lesley said...
Konda, I bought 2 of the magazines and gave one to a friend! It's a beautiful quilt...you're very talented!
- November 15, 2011 at 3:53 AM
- Anonymous said...
How cool is that? Your quilt is beautiful!!
- November 15, 2011 at 4:20 AM
- The Wheelers said...
- November 15, 2011 at 8:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
Count me in on buying that magazine. I haven't made it yet, but the instructions make it sound easy. Thanks for sharing.
- November 15, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Debbie said...
Very cool! I found it & am making my granddaughter a flannel Christmas quilt - next on the list!!
- November 15, 2011 at 11:03 PM
- Moose on the Porch Quilts said...
Thanks for all the quilt love!
- November 16, 2011 at 6:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
I have been meaning to write and tell you how excited I was when I received YOUR magazine!! I love the quit and I am going to start on it this weekend. I may even send you a photo of my result. It will not be a beautiful as your quilt unless I have my store send me the same fabric...
CONGRATULATIONS!! Hey, missed you at fall market - will you be coming to spring??
Mary Quilter's Eden
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Superman goes super-berserk in the opening sequence of the DC Comics-centric video game "Injustice: Gods Among Us." After learning the Joker has tricked him into murdering a pregnant Lois Lane and setting off a bomb that's destroyed the entire city of Metropolis, he's out for vengeance.
As Batman tries to stop him, Superman punches through Joker's chest and kills him—setting off a civil war between the two superheores and the rest of the DC universe.
"It's a scene that lets you know that this is not a normal story and it's kind of our take of this universe," said "Injustice" producer Hector Sanchez. "DC gave us almost complete freedom and said, 'You guys can make the characters and the story as badass as you want.' "
If you thought Christopher Nolan's Batman movies were dark, wait until you see NetherRealm Studios' twisted take on the Caped Crusader and friends. The Avondale-based studio, long famous for giving us the uber-violent beat-'em-up "Mortal Kombat" series, has created a new button-mashing fighting game with a backstory that blurs the line between good guy and bad guy.
Following his murder of the Joker, Superman and a few other Justice League members decide to rule over Earth as dictators because they believe humans are no longer fit to govern themselves. Batman and a group of rebels, meanwhile, take a stand against the new regime and try to free Earth from the tyranny of the Man of Steel.
"The premise is: What if these people we've revered as saviors of mankind—Superman and Wonder Woman," Sanchez said. "What happens if they were the bad guys? How would our world be? That's the core of 'Injustice.' "
It's a story that intrigued DC Comics so much the publisher teased the video game's April 16 release with its own 12-part comic book prequel to "Injustice," which is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U consoles from WB Games. The comic has topped sales in the past few weeks, and the game is expected to follow suit.
"I think it was refreshing for DC because it's a brand new, darker take on their characters," Sanchez said, "and for us it was nice to do something outside of 'Mortal Kombat.'"
At least a few of the 90 or so NetherRealm Studios staffers have worked on some version of "Mortal Kombat" for most of the last two decades. After finishing the ninth game in the series in 2011, Ed Boon, who co-created the series in 1992 when the studio was part of now-defunct Midway Games, decided to go in a different direction for the next title.
Because they had worked with DC Comics characters before on "Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe," a crossover fighting game developed in 2008, it made sense for NetherRealm to try its hand at a full DC game.
"There was a little bit of serendipity involved, where we're fully owned by Warner Bros. and DC is a sister organization so it made sense to give us access to these characters," Sanchez said.
For the past two years, NetherRealm has been hard at work on a game that would be a compromise somewhere between the spine-ripping gore of "Mortal Kombat" and the oft family-friendly vibe of the comics. The game has earned a "Teen" rating for its violence, which shows a little blood and involves over-the-top special moves like Superman grabbing an opponent and flying him out of the Earth's atmosphere, only to slam him back to the ground.
"It's a hard-hitting fighting game, but we're not going to rip off Wonder Woman's head or anything," Sanchez said. "It's not our place to do anything like that."
Ryan Smith is a RedEye special contributor.
Injustice: Gods Among Us
PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360
3.5 stars out of 4
Holy hostility, Batman! It might be strange to see Superman become a super-fascist in NetherRealm Studio's new DC Comics-themed follow-up to "Mortal Kombat," but the compelling story mode is only an appetizer in "Injustice: Gods Among Us." It's a clever excuse to set up a series of unlikely clashes between heroes (Wonder Woman vs. Green Lantern) and villains (The Joker vs. Lex Luthor). The meat of the game is the spectacular one-on-one battles themselves, which feel like an evolution of "Mortal Kombat." There's an emphasis this time on simplifying things for button-mashing newbies with three basic combat buttons instead of four and easy-to-use super moves. However, NetherRealm was smart enough to add an extra layer of depth for those who are hard-core enough to want to pull off 10-hit combos. The action isn't quite as smooth as I expected, but this still likely is the best fighter you'll play all year. R.S.
See 'Injustice' at C2E2
When: 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27
Where: Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, McCormick Place; more info at c2e2.com
What: NetherRealm Studios creative director Ed Boon will be joined by other members of the development team behind "Injustice: Gods Among Us" to discuss the game's story, characters and art direction.
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I've been looking at the code for ircd-hybrid recently, since I writing a state based server which uses CRLF terminated command lines just like an ircd does.
All of the code in ircd-hybrid uses a custom written double linked list to manage all the client state information. I've started using STL containers (map and list).
What I really wanted to ask is, am I doing anything wrong by using STL containers as opposed to the double linked list that is in ircd-hybrid?
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I've been watching the fall out of the appointments of James and Kendal to the PASS (Professional Association of SQL Server) board and it got me thinking.
The following are some of the blog posts.
Bill Graziano - http://www.sqlpass.org/Community/PASSBlog/entryid/402/PASS-Board-Appointments-additional-explanation.aspx
Chris Webb - http://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/pass-time-to-do-a-lot-more-than-change-the-by-laws/
Andy Warren - http://www.sqlandy.com/index.php/2012/01/pass-time-to-change-the-by-laws/
Steve Jones - http://voiceofthedba.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/ethics-and-power
Thomas LaRock - http://www.sqlpass.org/Community/PASSBlog/entryid/402/PASS-Board-Appointments-additional-explanation.aspx
Aaron Bertrand - http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2012/01/16/a-quick-reaction-to-the-pass-board-appointments.aspx
The situation, if you haven't heard, is that two seats became free on the PASS board due to a resignation and a move to the executive board. The byelaws of PASS state that for these, as they are not full term positions, the president chooses some people puts them to the board and, subject to a majority vote, they get elected. In previous years the people chosen are those that didn't get elected in the main election, in this case Kendal was the 2nd person not elected and James didn't run for the board (he was an international advisor but with no vote).
All the posts above have different views on the situation and put their point across very well. As well as the posts themselves the comments make interesting reading.
The views have hit a number of areas but largely the negative points have been about the board ignoring who the community has voted for and choosing who they want to fill the roles.
While you ponder, let me digress.
Looking at any public office, you have to be a certain person to put yourself forward, but just because someone puts themselves forward does that make them the best person for that position. I often think that the people that put themselves forward for public office (MP, Senator etc) are exactly the people that shouldn't be in those roles. To that end I also believe the people we need need in those roles don't put themselves forward because the roles look like awful, public battering, thankless tasks, half the country not wanting you, why bother?
The same can be said for PASS. Over the past years I've watched PASS change but I've also seen the battering PASS gets over almost every decision. Why would anyone put themselves forward for that. I consider most if not all the board friends and have spoke with most of them and past members about the role and whilst almost all of them want change, very little does change. PASS largely hasn't changed, from what I can see, in the past 10 years. Ok its bigger, different management company and some things are done more professionally, but in essence its just a bigger version of what it was. A group of volunteers running a multi million pound something.
Which brings me onto my point, the title of this blog post.
The one thing that hasn't changed (much) overtime, is how the board that run PASS is chosen. People, normally SQL Server people, nominate themselves for a thankless role. The role involves giving up their free time (sometimes billable time), often travelling to board meetings, with very little power and everything decided by a board. A short list is chosen by a committee and the community vote.
On what basis do they vote,
So its the communities fault.
The community keep voting for people that are the same type of people. As James pointed out to me, with a cycle of a few board members a year, getting a change of leadership big enough to affect a shift in the direction of PASS is very very difficult.
The community votes for the PASS board and so maybe that is the problem. The community doesn't know what people are needed to run PASS.
Just because you eat KFC each week doesn't mean you can run KFC.
Whats more the community doesn't have control over who puts themselves forward to be elected to the board. Maybe the community should be focusing on some other areas and not just the perpetuation of the same board appointment process that hasn't resulted in the large changes that some people want in PASS.
Do we need a new PASS?
Working in business you see management come in and impose their way of working on the business. They change the business to work how they want it to work. The same with governments they have three to four years to affect change, if they fail they are voted out.
Just because someone is passionate about SQL Server doesn't mean they know how to run a multi-million dollar global company, and that is what PASS is, a multi million dollar company. Do the people that are voted to the pass board get the real power they need to make change or is it all just dumbed down to the average of all those on the board. Rarely do I see greatness come out of committees, I feel we need to give more power to the board to affect change and more time to do it.
PASS is in a wonderful position to capitalise on an effective monopoly on SQL Server. We need an organisation that can do that and from that the benefits will flow to the community. Just voting in a board every year is perpetuating the same PASS we've had for years and we need change. I'm glad the board decided to not pick the normal people and choose James and Kendal. I hope that's because the board see them as being able to affect change. Lets give them time and see what comes.
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